Tony Graffanino

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: June 6, 1972 in Amityville, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Islip HS (Islip Terrace, NY).

High School: East Islip HS (Islip Terrace, NY)

Debut: April 19, 1996 (Age 23-318d, 16,849th in major league history)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 26, 2009 (Age 36-324d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Dan Lozano, Jeff Borris

Full Name: Anthony Joseph Graffanino

Pronunciation: \GRAPH-a-nee-no\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

2810

746

.266

442

RBI

302

OBP

.335

SLG

.394

OPS

.729

OPS+

Summary of 58 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 15 go ahead

6 Tms
CHW	17
ATL	13
KCR	11
MIL	11
BOS	4
TBD	2

Platoon
vs RHP	31
vs LHP	27

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	26

Outs
0	22
1	18
2	18

24 Opps
KCR	6
DET	4
BAL	4
HOU	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
CLE	3
ARI	2
SFG	2
STL	2
OAK	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
TOR	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
COL	1
ANA	1
LAD	1

54 Pitchers
Doug Davis	2
John Parrish	2
Darrell May	2
Kirk Rueter	2
Wandy Rodríguez	1
Steve Parris	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1
Scott Erickson	1
Ted Lilly	1
Jake Westbrook	1
Odalis Pérez	1
Randy Johnson	1
Chad Durbin	1
Akinori Otsuka	1
Kevin Slowey	1
Esteban Loaiza	1
Bobby Jenks	1
Nate Cornejo	1
Gil Heredia	1
Kirk Saarloos	1
Josh Towers	1
José Contreras	1
Lou Pote	1
Jorge De La Rosa	1
Aaron Sele	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Brad Thompson	1
Chris George	1
Matt Beech	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Ron Blazier	1
Kent Mercker	1
Yorkis Pérez	1
Robert Ramsay	1
Jae Kuk Ryu	1
Steve Woodard	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Liván Hernández	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
Alex Herrera	1
Jeremy Bonderman	1
Roger Bailey	1
Barry Zito	1
Jamie Walker	1
Doug Jones	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Brian Bohanon	1
Chris Holt	1
Rick White	1
Al Leiter	1
Steve Karsay	1
Scott Service	1
Mike Maroth	1
Sterling Hitchcock	1

21 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	13
Turner Fld (ATL)	8
Am Fam Field (MIL)	8
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Progressive (CLE)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	38
78	17
8	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
4	9
3	8
7+	8
6	7
1	6
5	6

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	56
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	5
-2-	4
1-3	4
-23	2
12-	1
123	1
--3	1

85 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	40
1 on	10
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	18

Inning
1	4
2	6
3	4
4	8
5	7
6	12
7	10
8	4
9	3

1-3	14
4-6	27
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	4
+1	11
Tied	13
-1	8
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	9

Ahead	24
Tied	13
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	12
1-0	9
0-0	6
1-2	5
2-1	5
1-1	5
0-1	5
2-2	5
3-1	3
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	36
3B	8
SS	5
1B	4
PH	4
DH	1

OrderPos
2nd	18
8th	16
9th	7
7th	5
1st	5
6th	3
3rd	2
5th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-06-21	ATL	@	PHI	Ron Blazier	tied 6-6	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	8	4	0.160	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Graffanino Scores
2	2	2	1	1997-06-26	ATL		PHI	Matt Beech	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFCBX	1	8	4	0.140	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1997-07-19	ATL		LAD	Pedro Astacio	behind 0-4	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	PH	0.059	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	1997-08-26	ATL		HOU	Shane Reynolds	ahead 5-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	0.022	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); T. Graffanino Scores
5	5	5	1	1997-08-27	ATL		HOU	Chris Holt	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	8	4	0.150	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Graffanino Scores
6	6	6	1	1997-09-06	ATL	@	SDP	Sterling Hitchcock	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	4	0.064	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	7	1	1997-09-13	ATL		COL	Roger Bailey	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	4	0.074	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	1997-09-26	ATL	@	NYM	Brian Bohanon	behind 3-4	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	8	4	0.128	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1998-05-01	ATL		SFG	Kirk Rueter	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	0.118	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
10	10	2	1	1998-06-05	ATL	@	BAL	Scott Erickson	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	4	0.108	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	3	1	1998-07-19	ATL		MIL	Doug Jones	ahead 8-2	b 6	1	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	8	4	0.007	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1998-07-29	ATL	@	CIN	Steve Parris	ahead 4-1	t 6	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	0.107	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Pride Scores; O. Guillén Scores
13	13	5	1	1998-07-31	ATL		STL	Kent Mercker	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	4	0.201	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); W. Weiss Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1999-08-01	TBD	@	OAK	Gil Heredia	behind 4-8	t 7	1	-2-	3,(1-1) SBX	2	2	4	0.086	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Lowery Scores
15	15	2	1	1999-08-15	TBD	@	KCR	Scott Service	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BFFBBX	1	8	6	0.140	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2000-08-09	CHW		SEA	Robert Ramsay	ahead 12-2	b 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lee Scores/unER; C. Johnson Scores; R. Durham Scores
17	17	2	1	2000-08-17	CHW	@	BAL	John Parrish	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	2	6	0.115	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2001-04-11	CHW		CLE	Jake Westbrook	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	4	0.022	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
19	19	2	1	2001-06-23	CHW	@	BAL	John Parrish	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	1--	7,(3-2) CBBFFBX	2	3	PH	0.191	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Singleton Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2002-05-12	CHW	@	ANA	Lou Pote	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	9,(3-2) CCBBFFFBX	1	2	4	0.185	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	2	1	2002-05-14	CHW		TEX	Doug Davis	ahead 5-4	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	2	4	0.118	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	3	2	2002-05-14	CHW		TEX	Steve Woodard	ahead 9-4	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	4	0.015	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Clayton Scores; K. Lofton Scores
23	23	4	1	2002-06-12	CHW		NYM	Al Leiter	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	5	0.096	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	5	1	2002-07-21	CHW	@	BAL	Yorkis Pérez	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	5	0.127	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	2002-07-27	CHW		KCR	Darrell May	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	7,(3-2) BBFFFBX	1	7	5	0.095	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2003-04-12	CHW	@	DET	Nate Cornejo	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	7,(3-2) CSFBBBX	1	7	5	0.107	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	2003-04-17	CHW		KCR	Chris George	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	1	4	0.079	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	2003-04-29	CHW		OAK	Barry Zito	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.112	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
29	29	4	1	2003-05-21	CHW		TOR	Mark Hendrickson	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	7	5	0.105	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	5	1	2003-07-13	CHW	@	CLE	Alex Herrera	tied 4-4	t 8	2	-23	4,(1-2) CFBX	3	1	4	0.403	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Harris Scores; C. Everett Scores
31	31	6	1	2003-07-19	CHW		DET	Jamie Walker	behind 1-2	b 7	2	1-3	6,(2-2) ...BFF1FBX	3	9	PH	0.484	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores; J. Crede Scores
32	32	7	1	2003-07-29	CHW	@	KCR	Darrell May	ahead 5-2	t 7	1	---	7,(3-2) CBFBFBX	1	1	6	0.056	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2004-04-13	KCR	@	CHW	Esteban Loaiza	behind 4-10	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	4	0.017	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	2004-07-03	KCR	@	SDP	Akinori Otsuka	behind 2-4	t 8	2	-2-	5,(1-2) SBSFX	2	2	4	0.325	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Relaford Scores
35	35	3	1	2004-07-24 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	Chad Durbin	behind 0-10	t 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. DeJesus Scores/unER
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2005-05-05	KCR	@	CHW	José Contreras	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	2	4	0.185	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	2	1	2005-06-07	KCR	@	SFG	Kirk Rueter	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	6	4	0.095	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
38	38	3	1	2005-07-06	KCR		SEA	Aaron Sele	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.076	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	4	1	2005-08-08	BOS		TEX	Steve Karsay	tied 5-5	b 5	1	1-3	8,(2-2) CBFBFFFX	3	8	4	0.214	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Millar Scores; R. Petagine Scores
40	40	5	1	2005-09-05	BOS		CHW	Bobby Jenks	behind 0-5	b 9	2	-23	3,(1-1) F*BX	3	8	4	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Nixon Scores/unER; K. Millar Scores/unER; T. Graffanino Scores/unER
41	41	6	1	2005-09-14	BOS	@	TOR	Josh Towers	behind 1-2	t 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) B11.X	2	1	4	0.263	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Machado Scores/unER; T. Graffanino Scores/unER
42	42	7	1	2005-10-01	BOS		NYY	Randy Johnson	behind 2-7	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	4	0.028	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2006-04-13	KCR	@	NYY	Tanyon Sturtze	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) .BBCFBX	1	1	DH	0.069	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	2006-05-07	KCR	@	CHW	Mark Buehrle	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	1	3	3	0.138	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	2006-05-25	KCR		DET	Mike Maroth	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	-2-	8,(3-2) BCBFBFF2X	2	5	5	0.106	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Brown Scores
46	46	4	1	2006-06-24	KCR		MIL	Doug Davis	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	7,(3-2) BCBCFBX	1	5	5	0.073	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	5	1	2006-07-13	KCR	@	DET	Jeremy Bonderman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	4	0.094	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
48	48	6	1	2006-09-10	MIL		HOU	Wandy Rodríguez	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	2	4	0.097	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
49	49	7	1	2006-09-26	MIL	@	CHC	Jae Kuk Ryu	behind 4-14	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Clark Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2007-05-01	MIL		STL	Brad Thompson	ahead 8-2	b 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	5	0.012	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Estrada Scores/unER; K. Mench Scores/unER; T. Graffanino Scores/Team unER
51	51	2	1	2007-06-05	MIL		CHC	Ted Lilly	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	4,(1-2) LCBX	1	8	4	0.094	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	3	1	2007-06-17	MIL	@	MIN	Kevin Slowey	behind 2-9	t 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	3	0.026	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Jenkins Scores
53	53	4	1	2007-06-22	MIL		KCR	Jorge De La Rosa	ahead 6-5	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	1	9	4	0.105	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	2007-06-24	MIL		KCR	Odalis Pérez	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	0.105	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	2007-06-26	MIL		HOU	Rick White	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	--3	1,(0-0) ..X	2	9	PH	0.079	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Weeks Scores
56	56	7	1	2007-07-17	MIL		ARI	Yusmeiro Petit	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	4	0.131	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
57	57	8	1	2007-07-19	MIL		ARI	Liván Hernández	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	4	0.105	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
58	58	9	1	2007-07-26	MIL	@	CIN	Kirk Saarloos	behind 3-4	t 7	0	---	6,(2-2) .CFBFBX	1	7	3	0.185	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)