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Dexter Fowler

William Dexter Fowler (Dexter) (twitter: @DFowler24)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 22, 1986 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Milton HS (Alpharetta, GA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 14th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2008
Team: Rockies 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.168, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2005	19	COL-min	Rk	62	252	220	43	60	10	4	4	23	18	6	27	73	.273	.357	.409	.767		90	2	2	3	0	1		CAS · PION
2006	20	COL-min	A	99	458	405	92	120	31	6	8	46	43	23	43	79	.296	.373	.462	.835		187	8	7	2	1	0		AVL · SALL
2007	21	COL-min	A+	65	299	245	43	67	7	5	2	23	20	11	44	64	.273	.397	.367	.765		90	4	7	2	1	0		MOD · CALL
2008	22	COL-min	AA	108	505	421	92	141	31	9	9	64	20	8	65	89	.335	.431	.515	.946		217	6	8	8	3	4		TUL · TL
2008	22	COL	NL	13	27	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.154	.185	.154	.339	-12	4	0	1	0	0	0	/89
2009	23	COL-min	AA	3	13	10	3	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	3	.400	.538	.600	1.138		6	1	0	0	0	0		TUL · TL
2009	23	COL	NL	135	518	433	73	115	29	10	4	34	27	10	67	116	.266	.363	.406	.770	94	176	4	1	14	3	1	*8	RoY-8
2010	24	COL-min	AAA	27	124	106	23	36	10	4	2	13	1	0	17	27	.340	.435	.566	1.002		60	4	1	0	0	1		CSP · PCL
2010	24	COL	NL	132	505	439	73	114	20	14	6	36	13	7	57	104	.260	.347	.410	.757	92	180	5	2	7	0	0	*8
2011	25	COL-min	AAA	24	114	97	17	23	6	1	2	9	2	1	15	24	.237	.345	.381	.727		37	2	1	1	0	0		CSP · PCL
2011	25	COL	NL	125	563	481	84	128	35	15	5	45	12	9	68	130	.266	.363	.432	.796	105	208	6	6	7	1	3	*8
2012	26	COL	NL	45	145	123	24	34	5	4	7	23	4	0	19	32	.276	.373	.553	.926	134	68	2	0	3	0	0	*8
5 Yrs				450	1758	1502	257	395	89	43	22	138	56	27	211	387	.263	.357	.423	.780	98	636	17	10	31	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	633	541	93	142	32	15	8	50	20	10	76	139	.263	.357	.423	.780	98	229	6	4	11	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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	Awards
2008	22	COL	NL	13	27	-4	-0	0	1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.472	.498	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	/89
2009	23	COL	NL	135	518	-1	5	1	-11	2	-4	-0.4	14	10	1.0	.497	.498	2.1	-0.9	21	$401,000	*8	RoY-8
2010	24	COL	NL	132	505	-4	3	-0	2	2	2	0.2	14	16	1.6	.502	.501	1.4	0.4	14	$406,000	*8
2011	25	COL	NL	125	563	6	2	1	-3	2	8	1.0	16	24	2.5	.507	.506	2.7	-0.1	27	$424,000	*8
2012	26	COL	NL	45	145	7	1	0	-6	0	2	0.3	4	6	0.7	.505	.501	1.3	-0.5	12	$	*8
5 Seasons				450	1758	3	11	2	-17	6	5	0.7	48	54	5.5	.501	.501	7.1	-1.0	71	$1,231,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2008	22	COL	NL	27	23	1	1.2	115	.190	.154	.278	.185	.351	.154	.443	.339	.794	-12	.068	-4.6	-0.4	.174	-.038	.000
2009	23	COL	NL	518	349	71	5.4	117	.351	.266	.279	.363	.354	.406	.444	.770	.798	94	.557	-3.4	-0.3	.786	.335	.141	7.0
2010	24	COL	NL	505	344	66	5.1	114	.328	.260	.279	.347	.351	.410	.439	.757	.790	92	.552	-6.2	-0.6	.727	.294	.150	8.2
2011	25	COL	NL	563	376	79	5.7	112	.354	.266	.278	.363	.348	.432	.432	.796	.780	105	.609	3.8	0.4	.774	.314	.166	7.1
2012	26	COL	NL	145	94	27	7.7	113	.321	.276	.277	.373	.347	.553	.437	.926	.784	134	.727	5.7	0.6	1.000	.463	.276	5.1
5 Yrs				1758	1186	244	5.5	114	.340	.263	.278	.357	.351	.423	.438	.780	.789	98	.582	-4.6	-0.4	.770	.320	.160	31.6
162 Game Avg.				633	427	88	5.5	114	.340	.263	.278	.357	.351	.423	.438	.780	.789	98	.582	-4.6	-0.4	.770	.320	.160	11

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
2009	23	COL	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	4	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.214	.235	.214	.450	3	1	0	1	2	0
1 NLDS							4	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.214	.235	.214	.450	3	1	0	1	2	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	22	COL	NL	27	0.0%	18.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.2			1.63	1.83	78%	10%	0.0%	13%
2009	23	COL	NL	518	0.8%	22.4%	12.9%	8.3%	37%	1.73	3.7	108.3	12.7	0.74	1.18	61%	20%	2.5%	9%
2010	24	COL	NL	505	1.2%	20.6%	11.3%	7.9%	35%	1.82	4.2	73.2	12.2	0.84	1.15	65%	21%	3.6%	7%
2011	25	COL	NL	563	0.9%	23.1%	12.1%	9.8%	43%	1.91	3.7	96.2	10.7	0.79	1.11	62%	18%	2.9%	10%
2012	26	COL	NL	145	4.8%	22.1%	13.1%	11.0%	47%	1.68	3.8	17.6	5.3	1.07	1.73	58%	14%	18.4%	12%
5 Yrs				1758	1.3%	22.0%	12.0%	8.8%	39%	1.83	3.9	68.3	10.9	0.82	1.19	62%	19%	4.1%	9%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	22	COL	NL	-4.6	-0.4	28	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.86	-0.4	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.86	-5.4	0.36	3
2009	23	COL	NL	-3.4	-0.3	569	-0.3	8.7	-9.0	.99	0.7	-1.0	4.5	0.4	0.96	9.2	0.69	10
2010	24	COL	NL	-6.2	-0.6	536	1.3	8.9	-7.7	.93	0.4	0.9	10.0	0.9	0.90	4.2	0.91	12
2011	25	COL	NL	3.8	0.4	594	1.9	11.0	-9.1	1.00	0.8	1.1	18.0	1.7	0.98	12.7	1.17	4
2012	26	COL	NL	5.7	0.6	150	0.8	3.1	-2.4	.99	0.9	-0.1	11.2	1.0	0.91	13.3	0.69	4
5 Yrs				-4.6	-0.4	1877	3.2	32.0	-28.7	.97	2.4	0.9	39.5	3.6	0.94	34.0	0.80	33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	22	COL	NL	0	60%	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	23	COL	NL	6	39%	196	27	10	73%	22	9	5	1	0	6	3	10	27	67%	22	8	14	6	0	6	17	6	10
2010	24	COL	NL	3	40%	172	13	7	65%	11	7	2	1	0	3	2	6	24	48%	26	14	11	11	6	4	13	3	9
2011	25	COL	NL	7	40%	220	12	9	57%	11	9	0	0	1	5	2	11	18	74%	33	13	20	3	1	2	26	2	24
2012	26	COL	NL	2	37%	52	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	70%	5	2	3	2	0	1	3	0	3
5 Yrs				18	40%	645	56	27	67%	48	26	7	2	1	14	7	30	72	65%	88	37	50	22	7	13	59	11	46

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	22	COL	NL	27	100%	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2009	23	COL	NL	518	100%	115	19	5	10	4	0	1	0.69	4	0	9	2	2	2	2	0	22	14	64%	70	4	6%	41	19	46%	262	31	12%	24	9	38%	16	12	75%	0
2010	24	COL	NL	505	100%	114	15	4	12	2	0	0	0.91	6	0	6	6	0	5	1	0	11	7	64%	71	5	7%	41	14	34%	223	32	14%	20	4	20%	15	12	80%	0
2011	25	COL	NL	563	100%	128	6	1	4	1	0	1	1.17	5	0	11	4	1	3	2	0	9	7	78%	84	6	7%	28	7	25%	273	43	16%	17	10	59%	13	7	54%	0
2012	26	COL	NL	145	100%	34	6	1	4	2	2	2	0.69	7	0	3	7	0	6	1	0	3	3	100%	21	2	10%	11	3	27%	79	16	20%	6	2	33%	2	2	100%	0
5 Yrs				1758	100%	395	48	11	33	9	2	4	0.80	22	0	29	19	3	16	6	0	45	31	69%	252	17	7%	124	43	35%	850	122	14%	69	25	36%	47	33	70%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	22	COL	NL	27	97	3.59	61	63%	33%	11%	21%	34%	67%	0%	42%	83%	30%	4%	1	0	11%	3	1	11%	3	3	20%	0	0	0
2009	23	COL	NL	520	2172	4.18	1297	60%	29%	15%	30%	26%	71%	0%	43%	78%	27%	6%	32	0	16%	82	31	13%	65	38	27%	-2	0	0
2010	24	COL	NL	506	2046	4.04	1228	60%	29%	14%	29%	28%	71%	0%	43%	80%	29%	5%	24	0	15%	76	33	10%	49	22	28%	-1	0	0
2011	25	COL	NL	567	2236	3.94	1321	59%	27%	18%	27%	27%	73%	1%	43%	75%	30%	5%	31	0	15%	85	36	11%	65	36	30%	-4	0	0
2012	26	COL	NL	146	589	4.03	336	57%	25%	16%	31%	28%	75%	0%	43%	78%	32%	3%	4	0	16%	24	13	10%	15	10	25%	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				1766	7140	4.04	4243	59%	28%	16%	29%	27%	72%	0%	43%	78%	29%	5%	92	0	15%	270	114	11%	197	109	28%	-8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	22	13	27	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.154	.185	.154	.339	-12	4	0	1	0	0	0
2009	23	148	545	459	76	119	29	10	4	34	27	11	67	121	.259	.354	.392	.746	88	180	4	2	14	3	1
2010	24	280	1050	898	149	233	49	24	10	70	40	18	124	225	.259	.351	.401	.752	90	360	9	4	21	3	1
2011	25	405	1613	1379	233	361	84	39	15	115	52	27	192	355	.262	.355	.412	.767	95	568	15	10	28	4	4
2012	26	450	1758	1502	257	395	89	43	22	138	56	27	211	387	.263	.357	.423	.780	98	636	17	10	31	4	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	22	13	28	27	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.185	.214	.185	.399	1	13
2009	23	135	505	425	65	107	27	9	4	30	25	62	116	.252	.346	.386	.732	57	135
2010	24	132	493	431	65	106	19	13	6	32	12	53	104	.246	.331	.392	.723	55	132
2011	25	125	552	474	77	121	33	14	5	41	11	64	130	.255	.350	.416	.766	68	125
2012	26	45	142	121	22	32	5	4	7	21	4	18	32	.264	.360	.545	.905	23	45
5 Yrs		450	1720	1478	234	371	84	40	22	124	52	197	387	.251	.342	.407	.749	204	450
162 Game Avg.		162	619	532	84	134	30	14	8	45	19	71	139	.251	.342	.407	.749	73	450

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2009 NL 10 (5th) 2010 NL 14 (1st) 2011 NL 15 (3rd) 2012 NL 4 (3rd) Active 43 (22nd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2009 NL 27 (6th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2009 NL 14 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2009 NL 10 (6th) 2011 NL 9 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 NL  10 (5th)
2010 NL  14 (1st)
2011 NL  15 (3rd)
2012 NL  4 (3rd)
Active  43 (22nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 NL 27 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 NL 14 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 NL 10 (6th)
2011 NL 9 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (741), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1700), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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