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Michael Eugene Fontenot

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 9, 1980 in Slidell, LA
High School: Salmen HS (Slidell, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed September 5, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 2005 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Phillies 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.053, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2002	22	BAL-min	A+	122	547	481	61	127	16	4	8	53	13	9	42	117	.264	.333	.364	.697		175	3	10	9	5	1		FDK · CARL
2003	23	BAL-min	AA	126	515	449	63	146	24	5	12	66	16	5	50	89	.325	.399	.481	.880		216	6	8	4	4	3		BOW · EL
2004	24	BAL-min	AAA	136	590	524	73	146	30	10	8	49	14	7	48	111	.279	.346	.420	.766		220	9	9	4	5	0		OTT · IL
2005	25	CHC-min	AAA	111	449	379	60	103	22	10	6	39	3	2	59	77	.272	.377	.430	.807		163	4	6	3	2	3		IWA · PCL
2005	25	CHC	NL	7	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	74	0	0	1	0	0	0

2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	111	418	362	54	107	28	2	8	36	5	4	47	64	.296	.375	.450	.825		163	4	2	2	5	2		IWA · PCL
2007	27	CHC-min	AAA	55	231	211	46	71	17	4	6	34	3	1	16	32	.336	.384	.540	.925		114	10	1	2	1	2		IWA · PCL
2007	27	CHC	NL	86	260	234	32	65	12	4	3	29	5	4	22	43	.278	.336	.402	.738	86	94	5	0	1	3	0	4/6
2008	28	CHC	NL	119	284	243	42	74	22	1	9	40	2	0	34	51	.305	.395	.514	.909	131	125	1	3	3	1	2	4/6
2009	29	CHC	NL	135	419	377	38	89	22	2	9	43	4	1	35	83	.236	.301	.377	.677	73	142	7	2	0	5	4	45
2010	30	TOT	NL	103	261	240	24	68	13	3	1	25	1	4	15	41	.283	.331	.375	.706	89	90	3	3	1	2	0	45/6
2010	30	CHC	NL	75	185	169	14	48	11	3	1	20	1	2	10	28	.284	.332	.402	.734	94	68	3	3	1	2	0	45/6
2010	30	SFG	NL	28	76	71	10	20	2	0	0	5	0	2	5	13	.282	.329	.310	.639	76	22	0	0	0	0	0	4/56
2011	31	SFG-min	AAA	10	37	32	5	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	4	.219	.324	.313	.637		10	2	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2011	31	SFG	NL	85	252	220	22	50	15	3	4	21	5	1	25	48	.227	.304	.377	.681	93	83	3	1	2	4	3	64/5
2012	32	PHI-min	AAA	16	58	52	5	16	6	0	1	7	0	0	5	11	.308	.368	.481	.849		25	1	0	1	0	0		LHV · IL
2012	32	PHI	NL	47	105	97	13	28	2	0	1	5	0	1	7	23	.289	.343	.340	.683	84	33	2	1	0	0	2	45/D
2013	33	TBD-min	AAA	29	116	102	15	30	8	2	1	15	1	0	9	16	.294	.368	.441	.810		45	0	3	2	0	0		DHM · IL
7 Yrs				582	1586	1413	175	374	86	13	27	163	17	11	140	289	.265	.332	.401	.734	92	567	21	11	7	15	11
162 Game Avg.				162	441	393	49	104	24	4	8	45	5	3	39	80	.265	.332	.401	.734	92	158	6	3	2	4	3

CHC (5 yrs)				422	1153	1025	130	276	67	10	22	132	12	7	103	205	.269	.338	.419	.757	94	429	16	9	5	11	6
SFG (2 yrs)				113	328	291	32	70	17	3	4	26	5	3	30	61	.241	.310	.361	.671	89	105	3	1	2	4	3
PHI (1 yr)				47	105	97	13	28	2	0	1	5	0	1	7	23	.289	.343	.340	.683	84	33	2	1	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2005	25	CHC	NL	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	0.0	1

2007	27	CHC	NL	86	260	-5	1	-0	-1	2	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.3	.495	.498	0.4	0.0	5		4/6
2008	28	CHC	NL	119	284	13	2	2	7	2	25	2.5	9	34	3.3	.521	.515	2.6	0.8	27	$405,000	4/6
2009	29	CHC	NL	135	419	-14	-0	1	0	3	-11	-1.2	13	2	0.1	.492	.493	0.1	0.2	2	$430,000	45
2010	30	CHC	NL	75	185	-2	-2	0	-4	1	-6	-0.6	6	0	-0.1	.492	.496	0.3	-0.3	4	$1,000,000	45/6
2010	30	SFG	NL	28	76	-2	-1	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.0	0.1	0		4/56
2011	31	SFG	NL	85	252	-4	1	1	-3	3	-3	-0.3	8	5	0.4	.496	.498	0.7	-0.0	8	$1,050,000	64/5
2012	32	PHI	NL	47	105	-3	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.0	0.2	1		45/D
7 Seasons				582	1586	-17	1	3	0	11	-1	-0.4	49	48	4.3	.500	.500	4.3	1.0	48	$2,885,000

CHC (5 yrs)				422	1153	-7	0	3	2	7	5	0.3	36	41	3.7	.501	.501	3.5	0.8	39	$1,835,000
SFG (2 yrs)				113	328	-6	0	1	-3	3	-5	-0.6	10	5	0.4	.495	.498	0.7	0.0	8	$1,050,000
PHI (1 yr)				47	105	-3	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.0	0.2	1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	28	CHC	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0

2010	30	SFG	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	3	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.500	.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
2010	30	SFG	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0	0	0
2010	30	SFG	NL	WS	TEX	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							13	23	22	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.227	.261	.318	.579	7	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							8	14	14	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.357	.571	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2007	CHC	NL	27	2B	62	50	43	468.0	246	112	128	6	33	.976	-2	1	-4	2	4.62	3.87	.984	4.86	4.84
2007	CHC	NL	27	SS	3	3	2	19.0	4	2	0	2	0	.500	-2	-2	-114	-139	0.95	0.67	.975	4.45	4.43
2008	CHC	NL	28	2B	82	49	36	498.2	245	101	143	1	27	.996	2	7	4	17	4.40	2.98	.982	4.83	4.80
2008	CHC	NL	28	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.40
2009	CHC	NL	29	2B	70	63	46	529.1	264	112	149	3	36	.989	-2	2	-5	5	4.44	3.73	.984	4.86	4.82
2009	CHC	NL	29	3B	50	37	30	360.0	107	26	77	4	7	.963	1	-2	3	-6	2.58	2.06	.957	2.57	2.55
2010	TOT	NL	30	2B	49	38	32	348.2	187	85	96	6	21	.968	-5	0	-18	0	4.67	3.69	.984	4.78	4.73
2010	TOT	NL	30	3B	19	10	6	94.2	28	4	22	2	2	.929	-0	-2	-1	-25	2.47	1.37	.951	2.54	2.52
2010	TOT	NL	30	SS	9	7	4	61.0	28	11	16	1	2	.964	-3	-2	-53	-39	3.98	3.00	.971	4.31	4.27
2010	CHC	NL	30	2B	33	29	23	251.2	130	62	64	4	16	.969	-2	0	-10	0	4.51	3.82	.984	4.78	4.73
2010	CHC	NL	30	3B	13	7	5	68.0	22	3	17	2	1	.909	-0	-3	-9	-51	2.65	1.54	.951	2.54	2.52
2010	CHC	NL	30	SS	4	4	2	32.0	16	7	9	0	2	1.000	-1	-1	-34	-38	4.50	4.00	.971	4.30	4.28
2010	SFG	NL	30	2B	16	9	9	97.0	57	23	32	2	5	.965	-3	0	-38	0	5.10	3.44	.984	4.78	4.73
2010	SFG	NL	30	3B	6	3	1	26.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	0	1	18	49	2.02	1.00	.952	2.53	2.52
2010	SFG	NL	30	SS	5	3	2	29.0	12	4	7	1	0	.917	-2	-1	-74	-41	3.41	2.20	.971	4.31	4.26
2011	SFG	NL	31	SS	37	33	21	284.0	126	38	84	4	18	.968	1	1	4	5	3.87	3.30	.971	4.41	4.40
2011	SFG	NL	31	2B	23	16	12	155.2	82	32	47	3	7	.963	-0	-4	-1	-31	4.57	3.43	.985	4.76	4.75
2011	SFG	NL	31	3B	8	2	2	30.0	6	0	6	0	1	1.000	0	0	12	0	1.80	0.75	.953	2.52	2.52
2012	PHI	NL	32	2B	17	13	10	123.2	61	28	30	3	5	.951	-1	2	-10	19	4.22	3.41	.984	4.77	4.72
2012	PHI	NL	32	3B	12	9	6	77.0	25	5	18	2	3	.920	0	-1	7	-16	2.69	1.92	.952	2.45	2.42
2012	PHI	NL	32	DH	1	0
	6 Seasons			2B	303	229	179	2124.0	1085	470	593	22	129	.980	-9	8	-5	4	4.50	3.51	.984	4.83	4.79
	4 Seasons			3B	89	58	44	561.2	166	35	123	8	13	.952	2	-5	3	-10	2.53	1.78	.955	2.55	2.52
	4 Seasons			SS	50	43	27	365.0	158	51	100	7	20	.956	-4	-3	-12	-9	3.72	3.02	.971	4.40	4.38
	7 Seasons			TOT	442	330	250	3050.2	1409	556	816	37	162	.974	-11	0	-4	0	4.05	3.10	.979	4.36	4.29
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1740), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Second Base (292nd), 4.3 career WAR/4.4 7yr-peak WAR/4.4 JAWS Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed September 5, 2001.
February 2, 2005: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Dave Crouthers (minors) and Jerry Hairston to the Chicago Cubs for Sammy Sosa and cash.
August 11, 2010: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Evan Crawford (minors).
March 30, 2012: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
April 13, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 5, 2012: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 29, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2008	28	Chicago Cubs	$405,000
2009	29	Chicago Cubs	$430,000
2010	30	Chicago Cubs	$1,000,000
2011	31	San Francisco Giants	$1,050,000
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,885,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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