Rafael Furcal
Rafael Antoni Furcal
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, 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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 ATL NL 22 SS 110 92 839.1 459 147 289 23 54 .950 3.1 4.4 3.1 1.8 1.4 0 4.68 3.96 .968 4.52 3.88 RoY-1
2000 ATL NL 22 2B 31 26 223.0 117 45 71 1 18 .991 2.8 15.1 1.8 0.4 1.4 1 4.68 3.74 .982 4.96 4.34 RoY-1
2001 ATL NL 23 SS 79 79 694.1 361 126 224 11 49 .970 -1.7 -2.9 0.3 -6.1 6.5 -2 4.54 4.43 .968 4.47 3.93
2002 ATL NL 24 SS 150 147 1314.1 738 245 466 27 111 .963 10.3 9.4 9.3 8.1 1.2 1 4.87 4.74 .970 4.52 4.00
2002 ATL NL 24 2B 4 4 30.0 19 7 12 0 5 1.000 1.5 60.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0 5.70 4.75 .984 4.95 4.28
2003 ATL NL 25 SS 155 154 1350.0 749 237 481 31 108 .959 8.1 7.2 9.1 0.5 8.6 -1 4.79 4.63 .973 4.52 3.99 AS,MVP-33
2004 ATL NL 26 SS 131 130 1134.0 627 192 411 24 101 .962 0.8 0.8 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1 4.79 4.60 .973 4.45 3.94
2004 ATL NL 26 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.30
2005 ATL NL 27 SS 152 152 1306.1 774 255 504 15 118 .981 17.9 16.4 17.9 9.7 8.2 0 5.23 4.99 .976 4.51 4.04
2006 LAD NL 28 SS 156 156 1371.0 788 269 492 27 117 .966 -9.4 -8.2 -8.4 -6.4 -2.0 -1 5.00 4.88 .972 4.41 4.00 MVP-14
2007 LAD NL 29 SS 138 138 1210.0 686 241 426 19 99 .972 5.7 5.7 4.7 1.9 2.8 1 4.96 4.83 .975 4.44 4.00
2008 LAD NL 30 SS 36 35 296.0 142 46 92 4 17 .972 2.1 8.5 2.1 3.4 -1.3 0 4.20 3.83 .976 4.43 3.95
2009 LAD NL 31 SS 149 141 1282.1 626 187 419 20 76 .968 4.25 4.07 .974 4.38 3.95
10 Seasons SS 1256 1224 10797.2 5950 1945 3804 201 850 .966 36.9 4.1 37.9 13.6 24.5 -1 4.79 4.58 .973 4.47 3.98
3 Seasons 2B 36 30 255.0 136 52 83 1 23 .993 4.3 20.2 3.3 1.9 1.4 1 4.76 3.75 .982 4.96 4.33
10 Seasons TOT 1292 1254 11052.2 6086 1997 3887 202 873 .967 41.2 4.5 41.2 15.5 25.9 0 4.79 4.55 .940 4.48 3.98

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2000 ATL NL 22 131 118 131 129 0 0 0 31 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
2001 ATL NL 23 79 79 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ATL NL 24 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 4 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2003 ATL NL 25 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 ATL NL 26 143 130 143 132 0 0 0 1 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
2005 ATL NL 27 154 152 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2006 LAD NL 28 159 156 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 LAD NL 29 138 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 LAD NL 30 36 35 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 LAD NL 31 150 141 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
10 Seasons 1300 1254 1300 1279 0 0 0 36 0 1256 0 0 0 0 0 28 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2000 ATL NL 22 3698 63% 74% 31% 349 94% 1 144 66 66 12 288 238 45 1 4 23 1 10 12 16 54 22 8 14 4 1 52 30 20 2 1 0
2001 ATL NL 23 3046 61% 73% 29% 234 97% 2 126 39 66 21 224 183 34 0 2 11 0 4 7 7 49 7 4 23 3 4 42 11 30 6 3 3
2002 ATL NL 24 5674 62% 74% 31% 545 94% 2 244 107 117 20 463 364 86 1 5 27 1 17 9 25 111 37 18 26 11 3 106 55 46 3 1 2
2003 ATL NL 25 5975 61% 75% 35% 581 88% 4 236 89 124 22 482 400 70 2 5 31 0 15 16 23 108 31 17 29 12 7 102 49 49 5 3 2
2004 ATL NL 26 5008 54% 75% 33% 479 88% 1 190 70 106 14 411 315 82 2 11 24 1 10 13 21 101 37 10 32 7 6 96 47 46 3 0 2
2005 ATL NL 27 5747 52% 77% 34% 593 91% 2 255 100 132 24 504 402 80 3 12 15 1 7 7 10 119 39 18 32 11 6 110 57 51 7 4 2
2006 LAD NL 28 6087 54% 75% 34% 602 89% 6 269 107 132 30 492 391 89 4 6 27 2 10 15 20 117 40 18 32 11 12 114 58 55 0 0 0
2007 LAD NL 29 5297 59% 73% 31% 532 89% 4 241 104 112 25 426 350 63 2 6 19 1 7 11 13 99 27 16 30 8 9 95 44 49 1 0 1
2008 LAD NL 30 1296 57% 74% 32% 110 93% 0 46 19 20 7 92 79 11 0 1 4 1 0 3 3 17 4 5 6 2 0 17 9 8 0 0 0
2009 LAD NL 31 5582 59% 71% 29% 532 89% 8 187 91 72 24 419 346 54 4 7 20 0 8 12 11 76 24 11 21 4 5 71 36 30 1 1 0
10 Seasons 47410 58% 74% 32% 4557 91% 30 1938 792 947 199 3801 3068 614 19 59 201 8 88 105 149 851 268 125 245 73 53 805 396 384 28 13 12
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2000 ATL NL 22 985 58% 75% 28% 78 99% 0 45 16 23 6 74 67 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18 10 3 3 1 17 4 13 1 1 0
2002 ATL NL 24 123 67% 76% 37% 13 100% 0 4 2 2 0 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL NL 26 7 43% 100% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1115 59% 75% 29% 91 99% 0 49 18 25 6 86 73 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 23 10 3 8 1 22 9 13 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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