Choo Freeman

Raphael Freeman

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 20, 1979 in Pine Bluff, AR
High School: Dallas Christian HS (Mesquite, TX)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 2004
Team: Rockies 2004-2006

Final Game: September 30, 2006
Relatives: Cousin of Torii Hunter
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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
1998	18	COL-min	Rk	40	169	147	35	47	3	6	1	24	14	1	15	25	.320	.391	.442	.833		65	2	4	0	3	0		RKS · ARIZ
1999	19	COL-min	A	131	534	485	82	133	22	4	14	66	16	4	39	132	.274	.336	.423	.759		205	3	7	1	2	1		AVL · SALL
2000	20	COL-min	A+	127	476	429	73	114	18	7	5	54	16	8	37	104	.266	.326	.375	.702		161	7	4	1	5	0		SAL · CARL
2001	21	COL-min	A+	132	570	517	63	124	16	5	8	42	19	7	31	108	.240	.292	.337	.628		174	8	9	8	5	1		SAL · CARL
2002	22	COL-min	AA	124	514	430	81	125	18	6	12	64	15	13	64	101	.291	.400	.444	.844		191	15	15	4	1	1		CAR · SOUL
2003	23	COL-min	AAA	103	363	327	44	83	9	4	7	36	2	8	23	71	.254	.315	.370	.685		121	7	7	4	2	1		CSP · PCL
2004	24	COL-min	AAA	103	400	360	58	107	21	7	10	50	7	3	26	84	.297	.350	.478	.828		172	11	6	3	5	2		CSP · PCL
2004	24	COL	NL	45	105	90	15	17	3	2	1	11	1	1	14	21	.189	.298	.300	.598	48	27	5	0	1	0	1	8
2005	25	COL-min	AAA	97	390	354	46	99	10	6	10	59	4	3	29	78	.280	.334	.427	.761		151	13	2	1	4	2		CSP · PCL
2005	25	COL	NL	18	22	22	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.273	.273	.409	.682	68	9	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2006	26	COL	NL	88	191	173	24	41	6	3	2	18	5	6	14	42	.237	.298	.341	.639	58	59	1	1	3	0	2	8/79
2007	27	LAD-min	AAA	121	459	400	52	108	15	4	9	48	4	1	51	92	.270	.355	.395	.750		158	19	3	3	2	5		LVG · PCL
3 Yrs				151	318	285	45	64	10	6	3	29	6	7	28	68	.225	.296	.333	.630	56	95	6	1	4	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	341	306	48	69	11	6	3	31	6	8	30	73	.225	.296	.333	.630	56	102	6	1	4	0	3

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
2004	24	COL	NL	45	105	-7	0	-0	-2	0	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.480	.494	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	8
2005	25	COL	NL	18	22	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/8
2006	26	COL	NL	88	191	-10	-2	1	-7	0	-18	-1.8	5	-13	-1.2	.480	.489	-0.6	-0.6	-6	$329,000	8/79
3 Seasons				151	318	-18	-2	1	-9	1	-27	-2.7	9	-19	-1.8	.482	.494	-1.0	-0.8	-10	$329,000

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
2004	24	COL	NL	105	80	7	2.4	122	.235	.189	.284	.298	.358	.300	.461	.598	.819	48	.199	-7.7	-0.7	.519	.267	.111	1.0
2005	25	COL	NL	22	16	2	3.3	118	.353	.273	.282	.273	.354	.409	.450	.682	.804	68	.336	-1.3	-0.1	.563	.136	.136
2006	26	COL	NL	191	142	17	3.2	121	.302	.237	.283	.298	.355	.341	.459	.639	.814	58	.300	-12.2	-1.2	.525	.179	.104	2.9
3 Yrs				318	238	26	2.9	121	.285	.225	.283	.296	.356	.333	.459	.630	.815	56	.269	-21.2	-2.0	.526	.204	.109	4.0
162 Game Avg.				341	255	28	2.9	121	.285	.225	.283	.296	.356	.333	.459	.630	.815	56	.269	-21.2	-2.0	.526	.204	.109	4

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
2004	24	COL	NL	105	1.0%	20.0%	13.3%	5.7%	35%	1.50	4.3	90.0	8.2	1.34	1.85	65%	13%	3.7%	7%
2005	25	COL	NL	22	0.0%	22.7%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		4.4			0.70	1.75	77%	18%	0.0%	30%
2006	26	COL	NL	191	1.1%	22.0%	7.3%	5.8%	27%	3.00	4.1	86.5	9.6	1.21	1.24	68%	18%	3.6%	5%
3 Yrs				318	0.9%	21.4%	8.8%	6.0%	30%	2.43	4.2	95.0	9.8	1.20	1.46	67%	16%	3.4%	8%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	1.99	5.3	31.6	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	10%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	24	COL	NL	-7.7	-0.7	109	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	.98	-0.5	-0.3	-6.8	-0.6	1.00	-5.7	0.50	3
2005	25	COL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	22	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	.87	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.87	-1.0	0.43	4
2006	26	COL	NL	-12.2	-1.2	205	-0.5	2.5	-3.0	.88	-0.5	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.90	-8.6	0.93	34
3 Yrs				-21.2	-2.0	336	-1.5	4.0	-5.5	.91	-1.1	-0.5	-9.0	-0.8	0.93	-15.3	0.85	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	24	COL	NL	1	47%	47	1	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	64%	3	2	1	1	0	1	7	2	5
2005	25	COL	NL	0	100%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	26	COL	NL	4	41%	78	5	6	45%	5	4	2	3	3	1	6	60%	4	1	3	2	1	1	9	4	5
3 Yrs				5	47%	139	6	7	46%	6	4	3	4	4	2	10	59%	10	5	5	3	1	2	16	6	10

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
2004	24	COL	NL	105	43%	17	1	0	3	1	0	1	0.50	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	25	5	20%	13	4	31%	79	11	14%	7	5	71%	4	2	50%	0
2005	25	COL	NL	22	59%	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2006	26	COL	NL	191	45%	41	8	1	34	6	0	1	0.93	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	6	3	50%	28	1	4%	17	8	47%	105	17	16%	6	4	67%	5	4	80%	0
3 Yrs				318	45%	64	9	1	41	7	0	2	0.85	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	7	4	57%	57	6	11%	30	12	40%	192	28	15%	13	9	69%	9	6	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			57%

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
2004	24	COL	NL	106	405	3.82	242	60%	24%	18%	29%	29%	76%	2%	45%	76%	36%	5%	5	0	11%	12	3	10%	11	6	29%	-1	0	0
2005	25	COL	NL	23	86	3.74	57	66%	26%	21%	23%	30%	74%	0%	49%	71%	22%	0%	0	0	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	40%	-1	0	0
2006	26	COL	NL	193	732	3.79	475	65%	26%	18%	27%	28%	74%	3%	48%	75%	33%	6%	12	1	13%	25	10	8%	15	9	29%	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				322	1223	3.80	774	63%	25%	18%	28%	29%	75%	3%	47%	75%	33%	5%	17	1	12%	38	14	8%	26	15	29%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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	IBB
2004	24	45	105	90	15	17	3	2	1	11	1	1	14	21	.189	.298	.300	.598	48	27	5	0	1	1
2005	25	63	127	112	21	23	4	3	1	11	1	1	14	26	.205	.294	.321	.615	52	36	5	0	1	1
2006	26	151	318	285	45	64	10	6	3	29	6	7	28	68	.225	.296	.333	.630	56	95	6	1	4	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
2004	24	45	103	89	13	16	3	2	1	10	1	13	21	.180	.284	.292	.576	7	45
2005	25	18	21	21	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.238	.238	.381	.619	2	18
2006	26	88	187	170	21	38	6	3	2	16	5	13	42	.224	.283	.329	.612	15	88
3 Yrs		151	311	280	39	59	10	6	3	26	6	26	68	.211	.280	.321	.602	24	151
162 Game Avg.		162	334	300	42	63	11	6	3	28	6	28	73	.211	.280	.321	.602	26	151

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