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Rafael Furcal

Rafael Furcal

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dajabon, D.R.
High School: Jose Cabrera (Loma de Cabrera, DO)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2000
Teams (by GP): Braves/Dodgers/Cardinals 2000-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$14M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.000, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Paul Kinzer, previously: Adam Katz [*]
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All-Star

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
2000 22 ATL NL 131 542 455 87 134 20 4 4 37 40 14 73 80 .295 .394 .382 .776 98 174 2 3 9 2 0 *64 RoY-1
2001 23 ATL NL 79 359 324 39 89 19 0 4 30 22 6 24 56 .275 .321 .370 .691 77 120 5 1 4 6 1 6
2002 24 ATL NL 154 693 636 95 175 31 8 8 47 27 15 43 114 .275 .323 .387 .710 85 246 8 3 9 2 0 *6/4
2003 25 ATL NL 156 734 664 130 194 35 10 15 61 25 2 60 76 .292 .352 .443 .794 105 294 1 3 3 4 2 *6 AS,MVP-33
2004 26 ATL NL 143 632 563 103 157 24 5 14 59 29 6 58 71 .279 .344 .414 .758 95 233 9 1 5 5 4 *6/4
2005 27 ATL NL 154 689 616 100 175 31 11 12 58 46 10 62 78 .284 .348 .429 .777 102 264 11 1 5 5 3 *6
2006 28 LAD NL 159 736 654 113 196 32 9 15 63 37 13 73 98 .300 .369 .445 .814 107 291 7 1 5 3 3 *6 MVP-14
2007 29 LAD NL 138 643 581 87 157 23 4 6 47 25 6 55 68 .270 .333 .355 .687 78 206 11 1 2 3 3 *6
2008 30 LAD NL 36 164 143 34 51 12 2 5 16 8 3 20 17 .357 .439 .573 1.012 166 82 3 1 0 0 0 6
2009 31 LAD NL 150 680 613 92 165 28 5 9 47 12 6 61 89 .269 .335 .375 .711 92 230 11 1 3 2 2 *6
2010 32 LAD NL 97 428 383 66 115 23 7 8 43 22 4 40 60 .300 .366 .460 .826 125 176 5 1 2 2 5 6 AS
2011 33 TOT NL 87 369 333 44 77 15 0 8 28 9 5 28 39 .231 .298 .348 .646 79 116 3 4 3 1 0 6
2011 33 LAD NL 37 152 137 15 27 4 0 1 12 5 3 11 21 .197 .272 .248 .520 47 34 0 3 1 0 0 6
2011 33 STL NL 50 217 196 29 50 11 0 7 16 4 2 17 18 .255 .316 .418 .735 101 82 3 1 2 1 0 6
2012 34 STL NL 48 217 193 35 64 11 1 4 23 8 2 19 23 .332 .391 .461 .852 134 89 2 1 2 2 0 *6
13 Yrs 1532 6886 6158 1025 1749 304 66 112 559 310 92 616 869 .284 .349 .409 .759 98 2521 78 22 52 37 23
162 Game Avg. 162 728 651 108 185 32 7 12 59 33 10 65 92 .284 .349 .409 .759 98 267 8 2 5 4 2
ATL (6 yrs) 817 3649 3258 554 924 160 38 57 292 189 53 320 475 .284 .348 .409 .756 95 1331 36 12 35 24 10
LAD (6 yrs) 617 2803 2511 407 711 122 27 44 228 109 35 260 353 .283 .351 .406 .757 100 1019 37 8 13 10 13
STL (2 yrs) 98 434 389 64 114 22 1 11 39 12 4 36 41 .293 .353 .440 .793 118 171 5 2 4 3 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
2000 22 ATL NL 131 542 5 5 3 6 6 26 2.4 14 41 3.8 .519 .515 3.3 1.2 35 $200,000 *64 RoY-1
2001 23 ATL NL 79 359 -12 2 1 -2 4 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.1 .490 .495 0.3 0.2 4 $355,000 6
2002 24 ATL NL 154 693 -14 3 -0 12 8 8 0.8 19 27 2.6 .505 .505 1.4 2.0 15 $405,000 *6/4
2003 25 ATL NL 156 734 5 6 3 8 7 29 2.9 20 50 4.9 .519 .518 4.1 1.5 42 $2,200,000 *6 AS,MVP-33
2004 26 ATL NL 143 632 -2 7 -0 4 6 15 1.5 17 32 3.1 .511 .509 2.8 1.0 28 $3,700,000 *6/4
2005 27 ATL NL 154 689 4 9 -0 24 7 43 4.5 19 62 6.3 .529 .528 3.8 3.2 38 $5,600,000 *6
2006 28 LAD NL 159 736 9 2 1 4 7 23 2.3 20 43 4.2 .514 .514 3.8 1.1 39 $8,715,508 *6 MVP-14
2007 29 LAD NL 138 643 -18 3 1 9 6 1 0.1 17 18 1.7 .501 .501 0.9 1.5 9 $13,730,196 *6
2008 30 LAD NL 36 164 13 1 -0 0 2 16 1.5 4 20 2.0 .543 .510 2.0 0.2 20 $15,730,195 6
2009 31 LAD NL 150 680 -4 3 1 7 7 14 1.4 18 32 3.2 .510 .509 2.4 1.4 25 $7,500,000 *6
2010 32 LAD NL 97 428 15 6 -0 4 4 28 3.0 12 40 4.1 .531 .518 3.7 0.9 36 $9,500,000 6 AS
2011 33 LAD NL 37 152 -8 -1 0 0 2 -8 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .477 .495 -0.4 0.2 -3 $13,000,000 6
2011 33 STL NL 50 217 2 2 1 -5 2 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .504 .501 1.3 -0.3 13 $ 6
2012 34 STL NL 48 217 9 3 0 -2 2 13 1.4 6 19 2.0 .528 .508 2.1 0.1 21 $ *6
13 Seasons 1532 6886 3 52 10 69 69 203 20.4 187 390 38.4 .513 .509 31.5 14.2 321 $80,635,899
ATL (6 yrs) 817 3649 -14 33 6 52 38 114 11.3 100 213 20.8 .514 .512 15.7 9.1 161 $12,460,000
LAD (6 yrs) 617 2803 6 14 3 24 27 75 7.4 76 151 14.8 .512 .508 12.4 5.3 126 $68,175,899
STL (2 yrs) 98 434 11 5 2 -7 4 14 1.6 12 26 2.8 .516 .505 3.4 -0.2 33 $

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
2000 22 ATL NL 542 348 79 6.1 116 .349 .295 .273 .394 .351 .382 .447 .776 .797 98 .559 1.5 0.1 .819 .305 .088 7.3
2001 23 ATL NL 359 256 41 4.3 114 .315 .275 .272 .321 .344 .370 .446 .691 .789 77 .428 -11.0 -1.0 .654 .219 .096 6.8
2002 24 ATL NL 693 495 79 4.3 109 .324 .275 .268 .323 .342 .387 .427 .710 .769 85 .447 -15.9 -1.5 .628 .198 .112 12.3
2003 25 ATL NL 734 480 113 6.3 110 .310 .292 .270 .352 .342 .443 .433 .794 .775 105 .610 4.1 0.4 .803 .276 .151 18.8
2004 26 ATL NL 632 431 85 5.3 112 .296 .279 .271 .344 .343 .414 .439 .758 .782 95 .523 -4.6 -0.4 .748 .279 .135 18.9
2005 27 ATL NL 689 472 97 5.5 109 .307 .284 .270 .348 .340 .429 .430 .777 .770 102 .558 1.2 0.1 .786 .304 .144 19.0
2006 28 LAD NL 736 486 113 6.2 114 .333 .300 .273 .369 .344 .445 .444 .814 .788 107 .591 7.5 0.7 .814 .294 .145 21.3
2007 29 LAD NL 643 446 72 4.3 112 .296 .270 .274 .333 .344 .355 .438 .687 .781 78 .428 -19.6 -1.8 .637 .212 .084 9.7
2008 30 LAD NL 164 98 37 10.1 106 .380 .357 .265 .439 .336 .573 .423 1.012 .759 166 .791 14.6 1.4 1.102 .392 .217 6.2
2009 31 LAD NL 680 470 79 4.5 102 .302 .269 .260 .335 .332 .375 .413 .711 .745 92 .470 -6.6 -0.6 .641 .215 .106 10.3
2010 32 LAD NL 428 281 68 6.5 99 .338 .300 .257 .366 .327 .460 .405 .826 .732 125 .653 13.9 1.4 .848 .311 .159 11.7
2011 33 TOT NL 369 268 36 3.6 97 .240 .231 .257 .298 .324 .348 .400 .646 .724 79 .408 -9.7 -1.0 .576 .213 .117 8.5
2011 33 LAD NL 152 114 10 2.4 96 .226 .197 .256 .272 .323 .248 .398 .520 .720 47 .239 -10.0 -1.0 .442 .146 .051 1.7
2011 33 STL NL 217 154 26 4.5 97 .250 .255 .258 .316 .325 .418 .402 .735 .727 101 .511 0.2 0.0 .675 .260 .163 5.1
2012 34 STL NL 217 137 37 7.2 99 .357 .332 .257 .391 .325 .461 .406 .852 .731 134 .704 9.7 1.0 .865 .259 .130 5.3
13 Yrs 6886 4668 936 5.4 109 .314 .284 .268 .349 .339 .409 .429 .759 .769 98 .541 -14.9 -1.5 .737 .261 .125 164.6
162 Game Avg. 728 494 99 5.4 109 .314 .284 .268 .349 .339 .409 .429 .759 .769 98 .541 -14.9 -1.5 .737 .261 .125 17
ATL (6 yrs) 3649 2482 494 5.3 111 .315 .284 .270 .348 .343 .409 .435 .756 .779 95 .531 -24.6 -2.4 .742 .265 .125 87.6
LAD (6 yrs) 2803 1895 379 5.4 107 .314 .283 .266 .351 .337 .406 .425 .757 .762 100 .541 -0.1 -0.1 .727 .256 .123 62.7
STL (2 yrs) 434 291 63 5.8 98 .303 .293 .258 .353 .325 .440 .404 .793 .729 118 .618 9.9 1.0 .764 .260 .147 11.5

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
2000 22 ATL NL NLDS STL L 3 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 .091 .286 .091 .377 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 5 24 24 2 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 .250 .250 .375 .625 9 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 5 23 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .211 .318 .211 .529 4 0 0 1 0 1
2004 26 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 5 26 21 5 8 0 1 2 4 3 0 3 3 .381 .480 .762 1.242 16 0 1 1 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 4 24 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 .150 .261 .150 .411 3 1 0 1 0 0
2006 28 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 3 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 .182 .357 .182 .539 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 15 12 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .333 .467 .333 .800 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 23 19 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .211 .318 .368 .687 7 0 0 1 0 0
2009 31 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 14 12 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167 8 0 0 0 1 0
2009 31 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 23 21 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .143 .174 .190 .364 4 0 0 0 1 0
2011 33 STL NL NLDS PHI W 5 22 22 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 .227 .227 .409 .636 9 0 0 0 0 0
2011 33 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 30 27 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .185 .214 .370 .585 10 0 0 2 0 0
2011 33 STL NL WS TEX W 7 33 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .179 .281 .214 .496 6 1 1 1 0 0
9 Yrs (13 Series) 59 285 247 33 56 5 5 4 16 13 2 27 34 .227 .306 .336 .642 83 2 2 7 2 1
9 NLDS 36 176 152 22 39 1 5 2 12 12 2 19 23 .257 .341 .368 .709 56 1 1 3 1 1
3 NLCS 16 76 67 10 12 3 0 2 3 1 0 5 8 .179 .233 .313 .546 21 0 0 3 1 0
1 WS 7 33 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .179 .281 .214 .496 6 1 1 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 ATL NL 25 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 LAD NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 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
2000 22 ATL NL 542 0.7% 14.8% 13.5% 5.2% 21% 1.10 5.7 113.8 12.3 1.05 1.56 69% 26% 2.5% 7%
2001 23 ATL NL 359 1.1% 15.6% 6.7% 6.4% 26% 2.33 5.8 81.0 10.8 1.07 1.50 75% 22% 3.5% 7%
2002 24 ATL NL 693 1.2% 16.5% 6.2% 6.8% 27% 2.65 5.6 79.5 13.5 1.08 1.61 74% 20% 3.9% 11%
2003 25 ATL NL 734 2.0% 10.4% 8.2% 8.2% 31% 1.27 8.7 44.3 10.9 1.04 1.28 79% 16% 6.3% 15%
2004 26 ATL NL 632 2.2% 11.2% 9.2% 6.8% 27% 1.22 7.9 40.2 9.5 0.97 1.24 76% 14% 6.7% 12%
2005 27 ATL NL 689 1.7% 11.3% 9.0% 7.8% 31% 1.26 7.9 51.3 10.6 0.87 1.12 77% 19% 4.9% 10%
2006 28 LAD NL 736 2.0% 13.3% 9.9% 7.6% 29% 1.34 6.7 43.6 10.4 1.05 1.32 74% 18% 6.1% 7%
2007 29 LAD NL 643 0.9% 10.6% 8.6% 5.1% 21% 1.24 8.5 96.8 12.4 1.05 1.28 79% 16% 2.8% 13%
2008 30 LAD NL 164 3.1% 10.4% 12.2% 11.6% 37% 0.85 8.4 28.6 8.9 0.92 1.39 74% 17% 9.4% 15%
2009 31 LAD NL 680 1.3% 13.1% 9.0% 6.2% 26% 1.46 6.9 68.1 13.0 1.16 1.39 76% 17% 4.5% 13%
2010 32 LAD NL 428 1.9% 14.0% 9.4% 8.9% 33% 1.50 6.4 47.9 8.9 0.92 1.23 74% 20% 5.4% 10%
2011 33 TOT NL 369 2.2% 10.6% 7.6% 6.2% 30% 1.39 8.5 41.6 11.9 1.22 1.61 78% 15% 7.3% 14%
2011 33 LAD NL 152 0.7% 13.8% 7.2% 3.3% 19% 1.91 6.5 137.0 11.4 1.20 1.44 76% 15% 2.4% 18%
2011 33 STL NL 217 3.2% 8.3% 7.8% 8.3% 36% 1.06 10.9 28.0 12.3 1.23 1.73 79% 16% 10.3% 12%
2012 34 STL NL 217 1.8% 10.6% 8.8% 7.4% 25% 1.21 8.4 48.3 8.4 1.22 1.38 77% 18% 5.8% 10%
13 Yrs 6886 1.6% 12.6% 9.0% 7.0% 28% 1.41 7.1 55.0 11.0 1.04 1.35 76% 18% 5.1% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.01 5.1 32.6 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2000 22 ATL NL 0.8 0.1 612 1.7 10.5 -8.8 .97 1.4 0.4 13.2 1.2 0.94 13.5 1.67 1
2001 23 ATL NL -11.0 -1.0 392 -0.1 6.5 -6.6 1.06 -0.5 0.4 -2.7 -0.3 0.95 -6.2 0
2002 24 ATL NL -15.9 -1.5 745 -0.9 11.2 -12.1 .97 -1.0 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.92 -11.1 0
2003 25 ATL NL 4.1 0.4 777 1.9 12.7 -10.8 .90 1.2 0.9 12.2 1.2 0.91 16.6 2.82 2
2004 26 ATL NL -4.6 -0.4 678 0.8 11.2 -10.4 .98 0.5 0.3 9.2 0.9 0.95 8.3 1.10 10
2005 27 ATL NL 1.2 0.1 761 0.7 11.5 -10.9 .92 1.3 -0.5 13.7 1.3 0.93 12.9 3.98 1
2006 28 LAD NL 7.5 0.7 798 0.6 12.7 -12.1 .96 1.0 -0.4 12.6 1.2 0.93 9.1 1.22 3
2007 29 LAD NL -19.6 -1.8 677 -1.3 9.9 -11.2 .98 -0.9 -0.5 -14.7 -1.4 0.94 -12.1 0
2008 30 LAD NL 14.6 1.4 179 1.0 3.4 -2.4 .97 1.3 -0.3 12.1 1.1 0.95 12.2 0.00 1
2009 31 LAD NL -7.5 -0.7 706 0.2 12.2 -12.0 1.02 0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.94 -1.0 2.37 7
2010 32 LAD NL 13.9 1.4 461 0.9 8.2 -7.3 1.04 1.5 -0.7 20.2 2.0 0.94 16.7 2.17 6
2011 33 TOT NL -8.9 -0.9 390 -0.2 6.4 -6.6 1.04 -0.6 0.4 -5.4 -0.5 1.01 -8.2 2.41 2
2011 33 LAD NL -10.0 -1.0 161 -0.6 2.3 -2.9 1.06 -0.7 0.2 -3.3 -0.3 1.01 -7.8 0.83 1
2011 33 STL NL 1.0 0.1 229 0.4 4.1 -3.7 1.03 0.1 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 1.01 -0.4 3.99 1
2012 34 STL NL 9.7 1.0 230 0.9 3.8 -2.9 .88 1.3 -0.3 12.5 1.2 0.95 12.9 0.46 1
13 Yrs -15.8 -1.6 7406 6.1 120.3 -114.2 .97 6.5 -0.3 77.4 7.4 0.94 63.6 1.79 34

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
2000 22 ATL NL 7 0 40% 255 40 14 74% 34 13 5 1 1 0 6 0 7 21 61% 30 17 12 7 1 5 25 4 21
2001 23 ATL NL 2 0 32% 140 22 6 79% 19 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 60% 11 6 5 5 2 3 14 2 10
2002 24 ATL NL 4 0 41% 236 27 15 64% 24 15 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 20 59% 31 17 14 7 1 6 23 7 16
2003 25 ATL NL 6 0 48% 313 25 2 93% 22 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 28 39% 44 29 15 19 15 4 28 12 16
2004 26 ATL NL 9 0 44% 257 29 6 83% 28 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 21 61% 37 19 18 8 2 6 29 8 21
2005 27 ATL NL 10 0 39% 275 46 10 82% 42 10 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 23 49% 32 22 10 7 2 5 26 7 17
2006 28 LAD NL 6 0 38% 318 37 13 74% 36 11 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 20 44% 37 23 14 12 8 4 23 9 14
2007 29 LAD NL 6 1 39% 269 25 6 81% 23 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 13 46% 45 28 16 1 1 0 30 10 19
2008 30 LAD NL 0 0 43% 85 8 3 73% 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 45% 17 12 5 1 0 1 11 4 7
2009 31 LAD NL 8 0 38% 314 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 21 39% 47 34 13 11 6 5 22 9 13
2010 32 LAD NL 6 0 39% 173 22 4 85% 20 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 19 53% 18 9 9 4 2 2 16 7 9
2011 33 TOT NL 5 0 36% 124 9 5 64% 8 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 11 50% 18 11 7 0 0 0 12 4 8
2011 33 LAD NL 2 0 35% 45 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 50% 6 4 2 0 0 0 6 2 4
2011 33 STL NL 3 0 36% 79 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 50% 12 7 5 0 0 0 6 2 4
2012 34 STL NL 2 0 39% 121 8 2 80% 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 55% 18 9 9 4 1 2 7 2 5
13 Yrs 71 1 40% 2880 310 92 77% 279 82 30 10 1 0 20 7 53 221 50% 385 236 147 86 41 43 266 85 176

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
2000 22 ATL NL 542 100% 134 29 10 1 0 0 0 1.67 4 0 10 4 0 1 3 0 13 9 69% 75 2 3% 35 18 51% 293 37 13% 21 8 38% 18 13 72% 0
2001 23 ATL NL 359 100% 89 22 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 7 4 57% 58 5 9% 30 16 53% 181 26 14% 16 10 63% 7 6 86% 0
2002 24 ATL NL 693 100% 175 31 19 0 0 0 0 8 0 11 7 1 4 4 0 17 9 53% 71 8 11% 29 12 41% 297 43 14% 15 8 53% 15 9 60% 0
2003 25 ATL NL 734 100% 194 24 3 2 0 0 0 2.82 15 0 18 10 5 4 11 0 5 3 60% 73 1 1% 32 10 31% 321 48 15% 28 15 54% 11 5 45% 0
2004 26 ATL NL 632 100% 157 28 14 10 4 0 0 1.10 14 0 11 8 6 5 9 0 11 5 45% 84 9 11% 28 14 50% 321 48 15% 32 17 53% 17 12 71% 0
2005 27 ATL NL 689 100% 175 33 11 1 0 0 0 3.98 12 0 13 8 4 9 3 0 11 5 45% 81 11 14% 38 14 37% 306 49 16% 29 16 55% 10 3 30% 0
2006 28 LAD NL 736 100% 196 29 10 3 0 0 0 1.22 15 0 10 10 5 12 3 0 7 5 71% 87 7 8% 41 12 29% 319 49 15% 31 15 48% 17 12 71% 0
2007 29 LAD NL 643 100% 157 36 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 15 6 0 4 2 0 6 2 33% 80 11 14% 35 12 34% 329 41 12% 23 11 48% 11 7 64% 0
2008 30 LAD NL 164 100% 51 12 5 1 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 18 3 17% 6 0 0% 79 11 14% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
2009 31 LAD NL 680 100% 165 32 12 7 4 1 2 2.37 9 0 7 4 5 5 4 0 12 3 25% 100 11 11% 49 14 29% 320 40 13% 30 13 43% 20 13 65% 0
2010 32 LAD NL 428 100% 115 12 4 6 0 0 0 2.17 8 0 4 5 3 5 3 0 5 2 40% 58 5 9% 17 5 29% 199 36 18% 19 13 68% 7 4 57% 0
2011 33 TOT NL 369 100% 77 11 2 2 0 0 0 2.41 8 0 8 6 2 5 3 0 4 3 75% 42 3 7% 24 8 33% 176 21 12% 14 6 43% 14 6 43% 0
2011 33 LAD NL 152 100% 27 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.83 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 17 0 0% 11 3 27% 72 12 17% 5 3 60% 7 2 29% 0
2011 33 STL NL 217 100% 50 8 2 1 0 0 0 3.99 7 0 4 5 2 4 3 0 3 2 67% 25 3 12% 13 5 38% 104 9 9% 9 3 33% 7 4 57% 0
2012 34 STL NL 217 100% 64 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.46 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 100% 23 2 9% 14 7 50% 97 19 20% 11 6 55% 3 2 67% 0
13 Yrs 6886 100% 1749 307 108 34 8 1 2 1.79 112 0 116 73 39 62 50 0 100 52 52% 850 78 9% 378 142 38% 3238 468 14% 272 140 51% 152 94 62% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
2000 22 ATL NL 542 2219 4.09 1312 59% 32% 9% 29% 29% 68% 0% 40% 86% 24% 6% 35 1 17% 94 17 12% 67 20 40% 0 0 0
2001 23 ATL NL 361 1348 3.73 868 64% 28% 11% 29% 32% 72% 0% 46% 85% 26% 4% 15 1 15% 53 11 9% 33 10 27% -2 0 0
2002 24 ATL NL 694 2638 3.80 1667 63% 34% 8% 26% 32% 66% 0% 42% 88% 29% 3% 20 0 12% 84 30 9% 60 29 39% -1 0 0
2003 25 ATL NL 736 2849 3.87 1769 62% 32% 7% 27% 34% 68% 1% 42% 89% 17% 7% 52 2 17% 125 41 11% 84 43 28% -2 0 0
2004 26 ATL NL 632 2511 3.97 1570 63% 33% 8% 26% 32% 67% 2% 42% 88% 20% 5% 31 0 16% 102 32 11% 69 30 35% 0 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL 691 2632 3.81 1640 62% 32% 8% 26% 33% 68% 1% 42% 88% 19% 5% 37 0 16% 108 31 9% 62 23 28% -2 0 0
2006 28 LAD NL 736 2827 3.84 1711 61% 31% 9% 26% 33% 69% 1% 41% 86% 19% 6% 42 1 17% 128 47 10% 72 33 41% 0 0 0
2007 29 LAD NL 644 2373 3.68 1471 62% 30% 8% 27% 35% 70% 1% 43% 89% 23% 6% 37 0 16% 106 32 8% 52 25 28% -1 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL 164 653 3.98 394 60% 31% 7% 30% 32% 69% 0% 42% 89% 15% 5% 8 0 16% 26 9 10% 17 11 29% 0 0 0
2009 31 LAD NL 680 2649 3.90 1618 61% 32% 9% 27% 33% 68% 1% 42% 87% 21% 4% 29 0 14% 96 33 9% 60 27 36% 0 0 0
2010 32 LAD NL 428 1702 3.98 1027 60% 30% 8% 30% 32% 70% 3% 42% 88% 18% 5% 22 1 14% 61 19 9% 39 22 37% 0 0 0
2011 33 TOT NL 370 1349 3.65 815 60% 33% 8% 22% 37% 67% 0% 40% 88% 23% 5% 18 0 15% 55 23 10% 37 22 38% -1 0 0
2011 33 LAD NL 152 534 3.51 327 61% 33% 10% 21% 36% 67% 0% 41% 85% 21% 3% 4 0 17% 26 12 10% 15 9 38% 0 0 0
2011 33 STL NL 218 815 3.74 488 60% 33% 7% 23% 37% 67% 0% 40% 89% 25% 6% 14 0 13% 29 11 10% 22 13 39% -1 0 0
2012 34 STL NL 217 844 3.89 517 61% 35% 7% 25% 34% 65% 0% 40% 90% 16% 5% 10 0 15% 33 16 11% 24 11 52% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 6895 26594 3.86 16379 62% 32% 8% 27% 33% 68% 1% 42% 88% 21% 5% 356 6 16% 1071 341 10% 676 306 35% -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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 SF IBB
2000 22 131 542 455 87 134 20 4 4 37 40 14 73 80 .295 .394 .382 .776 98 174 2 3 9 2 0
2001 23 210 901 779 126 223 39 4 8 67 62 20 97 136 .286 .365 .377 .742 89 294 7 4 13 8 1
2002 24 364 1594 1415 221 398 70 12 16 114 89 35 140 250 .281 .347 .382 .728 88 540 15 7 22 10 1
2003 25 520 2328 2079 351 592 105 22 31 175 114 37 200 326 .285 .348 .401 .749 93 834 16 10 25 14 3
2004 26 663 2960 2642 454 749 129 27 45 234 143 43 258 397 .283 .347 .404 .751 94 1067 25 11 30 19 7
2005 27 817 3649 3258 554 924 160 38 57 292 189 53 320 475 .284 .348 .409 .756 95 1331 36 12 35 24 10
2006 28 976 4385 3912 667 1120 192 47 72 355 226 66 393 573 .286 .351 .415 .766 97 1622 43 13 40 27 13
2007 29 1114 5028 4493 754 1277 215 51 78 402 251 72 448 641 .284 .349 .407 .756 95 1828 54 14 42 30 16
2008 30 1150 5192 4636 788 1328 227 53 83 418 259 75 468 658 .286 .352 .412 .764 97 1910 57 15 42 30 16
2009 31 1300 5872 5249 880 1493 255 58 92 465 271 81 529 747 .284 .350 .408 .758 96 2140 68 16 45 32 18
2010 32 1397 6300 5632 946 1608 278 65 100 508 293 85 569 807 .286 .351 .411 .762 98 2316 73 17 47 34 23
2011 33 1484 6669 5965 990 1685 293 65 108 536 302 90 597 846 .282 .348 .408 .756 97 2432 76 21 50 35 23
2012 34 1532 6886 6158 1025 1749 304 66 112 559 310 92 616 869 .284 .349 .409 .759 98 2521 78 22 52 37 23

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
2000 22 131 527 445 77 124 19 4 4 33 37 68 80 .279 .376 .366 .743 60 131
2001 23 79 354 320 36 85 18 0 4 28 21 23 56 .266 .311 .359 .671 36 79
2002 24 154 689 633 93 172 30 8 8 46 27 42 114 .272 .319 .382 .701 77 154
2003 25 156 726 658 124 188 34 10 15 58 24 58 76 .286 .344 .436 .781 98 156
2004 26 143 624 557 97 151 23 5 13 56 28 56 71 .271 .336 .400 .736 76 143
2005 27 154 688 615 99 174 31 11 12 57 46 62 78 .283 .347 .428 .775 91 154
2006 28 159 722 644 104 186 30 9 14 58 35 69 98 .289 .357 .429 .786 99 159
2007 29 138 634 575 81 151 22 4 6 44 24 53 68 .263 .324 .346 .670 64 138
2008 30 36 164 143 34 51 12 2 5 16 8 20 17 .357 .439 .573 1.012 36 36
2009 31 150 687 618 97 170 29 5 9 49 12 63 89 .275 .342 .382 .724 81 150
2010 32 97 435 388 71 120 24 7 8 46 23 42 60 .309 .376 .469 .846 69 97
2011 33 87 377 339 48 83 16 0 9 31 10 30 39 .245 .313 .372 .685 38 87
2012 34 48 222 197 38 68 12 1 4 25 8 20 23 .345 .405 .477 .882 38 48
13 Yrs 1532 6849 6132 999 1723 300 66 111 547 303 606 869 .281 .346 .406 .752 863 1532
162 Game Avg. 162 724 648 106 182 32 7 12 58 32 64 92 .281 .346 .406 .752 91 1532

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2010 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2000 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (33, 0%)
2006 NL (14, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 NL  6.3 (7th)
Active  38.4 (33rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 NL  6.3 (5th)
Active  38.4 (24th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.1 (5th)
Active  31.5 (30th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2000 NL  1.2 (10th)
2002 NL  2.0 (2nd)
2005 NL  3.2 (4th)
Active  14.2 (9th)
Career  14.2 (107th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 NL  .332 (7th)
Active  .284 (47th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL  159 (6th)
Active  1,532 (38th)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 NL  636 (2nd)
2003 NL  664 (2nd)
2005 NL  616 (6th)
2006 NL  654 (4th)
2009 NL  613 (6th)
Active  6,158 (32nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 NL  693 (3rd)
2003 NL  734 (2nd)
2005 NL  689 (9th)
2006 NL  736 (4th)
2012 NL  217 (10th)
Active  6,886 (31st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2003 NL  130 (3rd)
2005 NL  100 (9th)
2006 NL  113 (10th)
2012 NL  35 (3rd)
Active  1,025 (24th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  175 (10th)
2003 NL  194 (4th)
2006 NL  196 (5th)
2012 NL  64 (3rd)
Active  1,749 (31st)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,521 (37th)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  304 (39th)

Triples s c a p y
2002 NL  8 (2nd)
2003 NL  10 (1st)
2005 NL  11 (3rd)
2006 NL  9 (9th)
2010 NL  7 (8th)
Active  66 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  616 (23rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2000 NL  40 (5th)
2003 NL  25 (7th)
2004 NL  29 (9th)
2005 NL  46 (3rd)
2006 NL  37 (7th)
Active  310 (12th)
Career  310 (153rd)

Singles s c a p y
2002 NL  128 (4th)
2003 NL  134 (5th)
2005 NL  121 (8th)
2006 NL  140 (2nd)
2007 NL  124 (7th)
2009 NL  123 (8th)
2012 NL  48 (3rd)
Active  1,267 (18th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 NL  37 (10th)
Active  936 (33rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  482 (40th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL  270 (8th)
2012 NL  84 (5th)
Active  2,387 (31st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Active  52 (30th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL  14 (2nd)
2002 NL  15 (2nd)
2005 NL  10 (6th)
2006 NL  13 (5th)
Active  92 (11th)
Career  92 (150th)

SB % s c a p y
2003 NL  92.59 (1st)
2004 NL  82.86 (8th)
2010 NL  84.62 (6th)
Active  77.11 (36th)
Career  77.11 (94th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2003 NL  18.8 (10th)
2004 NL  18.9 (9th)
2005 NL  19.0 (7th)
2006 NL  21.3 (9th)
Active  164.6 (18th)
Career  164.6 (136th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.1 (35th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 NL  495 (2nd)
2003 NL  480 (3rd)
2005 NL  472 (6th)
2006 NL  486 (5th)
2009 NL  470 (4th)
Active  4,668 (32nd)

Salary s c a p y
2007 NL  $13,730,196 (9th)
2008 NL  $15,730,195 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (741), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 49 (511), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 50 (389), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Phil Rizzuto (872) *
  2. Eric Young (871)
  3. Chuck Knoblauch (865)
  4. Frankie Crosetti (864)
  5. Lou Boudreau (864) *
  6. Greg Gagne (861)
  7. Tom Daly (861)
  8. Granny Hamner (860)
  9. Larry Doyle (857)
  10. Johnny Logan (855)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Orlando Cabrera (904)
  2. Tony Fernandez (899)
  3. Jay Bell (885)
  4. Barry Larkin (885) *
  5. Herman Long (885)
  6. Omar Vizquel (879)
  7. Ray Durham (878)
  8. Julio Franco (877)
  9. Pee Wee Reese (875) *
  10. Dave Concepcion (873)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tony Fernandez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Asdrubal Cabrera (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tony Fernandez (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tony Fernandez (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Fernandez (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Fernandez (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Craig Biggio (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Craig Biggio (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Craig Biggio (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jay Bell (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Orlando Cabrera (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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