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Kevin Frandsen

Kevin Vincent Frandsen (twitter: @KevinFrandsen)

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 24, 1982 in San Jose, CA
High School: Bellarmine HS (San Jose, CA)
School: San Jose State University (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2006
Teams (by GP): Giants/Angels 2006-2010
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.082, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2006 24 SFG NL 41 102 93 12 20 4 0 2 7 0 1 3 14 .215 .284 .323 .607 56 30 3 6 0 0 0 4/6
2007 25 SFG NL 109 296 264 26 71 12 1 5 31 4 3 21 24 .269 .331 .379 .710 83 100 17 5 3 3 3 467/59
2008 26 SFG NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SFG NL 23 54 50 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .140 .204 .180 .384 2 9 2 1 0 0 0 4/6
2010 28 LAA AL 54 173 160 24 40 11 0 0 14 2 0 9 10 .250 .294 .319 .613 71 51 5 1 3 0 0 5/34D7
5 Yrs 228 626 568 65 138 29 1 7 53 6 4 36 52 .243 .302 .335 .636 68 190 27 13 6 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 445 404 46 98 21 1 5 38 4 3 26 37 .243 .302 .335 .636 68 135 19 9 4 2 2
SFG (4 yrs) 174 453 408 41 98 18 1 7 39 4 4 27 42 .240 .304 .341 .645 67 139 22 12 3 3 3
LAA (1 yr) 54 173 160 24 40 11 0 0 14 2 0 9 10 .250 .294 .319 .613 71 51 5 1 3 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 174 453 408 41 98 18 1 7 39 4 4 27 42 .240 .304 .341 .645 67 139 22 12 3 3 3
AL (1 yr) 54 173 160 24 40 11 0 0 14 2 0 9 10 .250 .294 .319 .613 71 51 5 1 3 0 0

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
2006 24 SFG NL 41 102 -6 -0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 3 -4 -0.3 .485 .496 -0.3 0.1 -4 $ 4/6
2007 25 SFG NL 109 296 -9 -2 -2 -9 2 -20 -2.0 8 -12 -1.2 .481 .488 -0.3 -0.7 -3 $380,500 467/59
2008 26 SFG NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $397,500
2009 27 SFG NL 23 54 -6 0 -0 1 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.4 .477 .497 -0.5 0.2 -4 $ 4/6
2010 28 LAA AL 54 173 -4 0 0 -3 0 -7 -0.6 6 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 5/34D7
5 Seasons 228 626 -26 -2 -2 -11 3 -39 -3.8 18 -20 -2.0 .483 .495 -0.9 -0.8 -9 $778,000
SFG (4 yrs) 174 453 -22 -2 -2 -8 3 -32 -3.2 12 -19 -1.9 .482 .495 -1.1 -0.5 -12 $778,000
LAA (1 yr) 54 173 -4 0 0 -3 0 -7 -0.6 6 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 0.2 -0.2 2 $

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
2006 24 SFG NL 102 77 8 2.8 113 .234 .215 .272 .284 .343 .323 .442 .607 .785 56 .248 -6.4 -0.6 .494 .129 .108 .0
2007 25 SFG NL 296 219 29 3.6 112 .277 .269 .274 .331 .344 .379 .438 .710 .781 83 .343 -6.7 -0.6 .596 .193 .110 4.4
2008 26 SFG NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .430 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 27 SFG NL 54 45 2 1.2 108 .152 .140 .268 .204 .342 .180 .426 .384 .767 2 .072 -7.3 -0.7 .289 .100 .040
2010 28 LAA AL 173 128 15 3.1 96 .267 .250 .256 .294 .323 .319 .400 .613 .723 71 .324 -6.2 -0.6 .504 .138 .069 .0
5 Yrs 626 470 54 3.1 108 .256 .243 .268 .302 .338 .335 .427 .636 .765 68 .296 -27.0 -2.6 .523 .158 .092 6.5
162 Game Avg. 445 334 38 3.1 108 .256 .243 .268 .302 .338 .335 .427 .636 .765 68 .296 -27.0 -2.6 .523 .158 .092 5
SFG (4 yrs) 453 342 39 3.1 112 .251 .240 .273 .304 .343 .341 .437 .645 .781 67 .286 -20.8 -2.0 .530 .167 .100 5.1
LAA (1 yr) 173 128 15 3.1 96 .267 .250 .256 .294 .323 .319 .400 .613 .723 71 .324 -6.2 -0.6 .504 .138 .069 .0
NL (4 yrs) 453 342 39 3.1 112 .251 .240 .273 .304 .343 .341 .437 .645 .781 67 .286 -20.8 -2.0 .530 .167 .100 5.1
AL (1 yr) 173 128 15 3.1 96 .267 .250 .256 .294 .323 .319 .400 .613 .723 71 .324 -6.2 -0.6 .504 .138 .069 .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
2006 24 SFG NL 102 2.0% 13.7% 2.9% 5.9% 30% 4.67 6.6 46.5 13.3 1.03 1.30 75% 13% 6.5% 16%
2007 25 SFG NL 296 1.7% 8.1% 7.1% 6.1% 25% 1.14 11.0 52.8 8.5 1.10 1.73 80% 22% 4.7% 7%
2008 26 SFG NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2009 27 SFG NL 54 0.0% 7.4% 5.6% 3.7% 29% 1.33 12.5 50.0 1.20 1.28 85% 22% 0.0% 10%
2010 28 LAA AL 173 0.0% 5.8% 5.2% 6.4% 28% 1.11 16.0 11.4 1.29 1.80 87% 14% 0.0% 10%
5 Yrs 626 1.1% 8.3% 5.8% 5.9% 27% 1.44 10.9 81.1 10.7 1.15 1.63 82% 18% 3.3% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.6% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.04 5.1 33.5 7.7 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 24 SFG NL -6.4 -0.6 104 -0.8 0.9 -1.8 .85 -0.4 -0.6 -6.3 -0.6 0.92 -4.6 0.44 9
2007 25 SFG NL -6.7 -0.6 307 -2.1 4.3 -6.4 1.07 -0.6 -1.3 -7.1 -0.7 0.95 -6.2 1.41 26
2008 26 SFG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .56 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.69 -0.4 0.56 1
2009 27 SFG NL -7.3 -0.7 54 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 .93 -0.9 -0.2 -8.0 -0.8 0.91 -7.6 1.44 4
2010 28 LAA AL -6.2 -0.6 178 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 .94 -0.6 -0.7 -4.4 -0.4 0.92 -6.7 1.12 2
5 Yrs -27.0 -2.6 644 -5.1 7.3 -12.4 .98 -2.6 -2.6 -26.4 -2.5 0.94 -25.5 1.17 42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 24 SFG NL 0 0 37% 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 46% 6 4 2 4 2 2 1 0 1
2007 25 SFG NL 0 0 23% 111 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 32% 10 8 2 4 2 2 8 5 3
2008 26 SFG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SFG NL 1 0 27% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2010 28 LAA AL 4 0 48% 82 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 48% 11 7 4 3 3 0 11 3 8
5 Yrs 5 0 32% 243 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 5 42% 27 19 8 12 7 5 20 8 12

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
2006 24 SFG NL 102 10% 20 2 0 9 1 0 1 0.44 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 3 19% 12 5 42% 54 5 9% 5 1 20% 7 6 86% 0
2007 25 SFG NL 296 39% 71 10 1 26 8 0 4 1.41 5 0 10 1 4 1 4 0 6 3 50% 64 17 27% 35 14 40% 180 28 16% 13 9 69% 11 8 73% 0
2008 26 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SFG NL 54 28% 7 1 0 4 1 0 0 1.44 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 10 2 20% 7 0 0% 32 2 6% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2010 28 LAA AL 173 32% 40 7 5 2 1 0 0 1.12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 36 5 14% 15 7 47% 91 14 15% 4 3 75% 8 6 75% 0
5 Yrs 626 31% 138 20 6 42 11 0 5 1.17 7 0 16 2 5 1 6 0 13 6 46% 126 27 21% 69 26 38% 359 49 14% 24 13 54% 28 20 71% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 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
2006 24 SFG NL 102 324 3.18 237 73% 19% 10% 38% 33% 81% 0% 59% 88% 40% 4% 4 0 9% 9 4 4% 4 3 29% 0 0 0
2007 25 SFG NL 296 1056 3.57 689 65% 24% 10% 31% 36% 76% 3% 50% 87% 32% 6% 17 0 14% 40 14 6% 19 10 17% 0 0 0
2008 26 SFG NL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 SFG NL 54 179 3.31 116 65% 20% 11% 29% 40% 80% 0% 52% 86% 41% 2% 1 0 11% 6 3 7% 4 3 0% 0 0 0
2010 28 LAA AL 174 563 3.24 381 68% 27% 7% 26% 40% 73% 0% 49% 91% 29% 4% 7 0 12% 21 8 9% 16 6 0% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 627 2125 3.39 1425 67% 24% 9% 30% 37% 76% 2% 51% 88% 33% 5% 29 0 12% 76 29 7% 43 22 15% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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
2006 24 41 102 93 12 20 4 0 2 7 0 1 3 14 .215 .284 .323 .607 56 30 3 6 0 0 0
2007 25 150 398 357 38 91 16 1 7 38 4 4 24 38 .255 .319 .364 .683 76 130 20 11 3 3 3
2008 26 151 399 358 38 91 16 1 7 38 4 4 24 38 .254 .318 .363 .681 75 130 20 11 3 3 3
2009 27 174 453 408 41 98 18 1 7 39 4 4 27 42 .240 .304 .341 .645 67 139 22 12 3 3 3
2010 28 228 626 568 65 138 29 1 7 53 6 4 36 52 .243 .302 .335 .636 68 190 27 13 6 3 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 24 41 102 93 12 20 4 0 2 7 0 3 14 .215 .284 .323 .607 7 41
2007 25 109 292 261 24 68 11 1 5 29 4 20 24 .261 .322 .368 .690 30 109
2008 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2009 27 23 55 51 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .157 .218 .196 .414 2 23
2010 28 54 175 162 26 42 12 0 0 15 2 9 10 .259 .302 .333 .636 16 54
5 Yrs 228 625 568 66 138 29 1 7 52 6 35 52 .243 .300 .335 .635 55 228
162 Game Avg. 162 444 404 47 98 21 1 5 37 4 25 37 .243 .300 .335 .635 39 228

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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