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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.
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2000
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Standard Batting

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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 97 174 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 138 642 581 87 157 23 4 6 47 25 6 55 68 .270 .333 .355 .687 76 206 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 1.012 164 82 3 1 0 0 0 6
2009 31 LAD NL 77 341 304 44 79 16 1 3 19 5 4 34 49 .260 .334 .349 .683 82 106 4 0 3 0 1 *6
10 Seasons 1227 5532 4940 832 1407 243 54 86 437 264 79 502 707 .285 .351 .408 .759 96 2016 61 15 45 30 17
162 Game Avg. 162 730 652 110 186 32 7 11 58 35 10 66 93 .285 .351 .408 .759 96 266 8 2 6 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 (4 yrs) 410 1883 1682 278 483 83 16 29 145 75 26 182 232 .287 .357 .407 .764 97 685 25 3 10 6 7

Postseason Batting

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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 23 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 .150 .261 .150 .411 3
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
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
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 1 0
7 Seasons (8 Series) 33 162 137 23 32 1 2 3 10 11 2 21 21 .234 .340 .336 .675 46 0 1 3 0 1
7 NLDS 28 139 118 18 28 1 2 2 9 11 2 18 19 .237 .343 .331 .674 39 0 1 2 0 1
1 NLCS 5 23 19 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .211 .318 .368 .687 7 0 1 0

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 77 69 639.2 313 87 217 9 42 .971 4.28 3.95 .973 4.34 3.96
10 Seasons SS 1184 1152 10155.0 5637 1845 3602 190 816 .966 36.9 4.4 37.9 13.6 24.5 -1 4.83 4.60 .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 1220 1182 10410.0 5773 1897 3685 191 839 .967 41.2 4.7 41.2 15.5 25.9 0 4.83 4.58 .940 4.48 3.99

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *

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 (1327th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL--159--6th

At Bats s c a p y
2002 NL--636--2nd
2003 NL--664--2nd
2005 NL--616--6th
2006 NL--654--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 NL--693--3rd
2003 NL--734--2nd
2005 NL--689--9th
2006 NL--736--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2003 NL--130--3rd
2005 NL--100--9th
2006 NL--113--10th
Active--832--46th

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL--175--10th
2003 NL--194--4th
2006 NL--196--5th

Triples s c a p y
2002 NL--8--2nd
2003 NL--10--1st
2005 NL--11--3rd
2006 NL--9--9th
Active--54--18th

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--264--16th
Career--264--196th

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
Active--1024--46th

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL--270--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL--14--2nd
2002 NL--15--2nd
2005 NL--10--6th
2006 NL--13--5th
Active--79--16th
Career--79--212th

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--129.7--36th
Career--129.7--230th

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 NL--495--2nd
2003 NL--480--3rd
2005 NL--472--6th
2006 NL--486--5th

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 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 37 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (577), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Julio Lugo (918)
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  5. Fred Dunlap (913)
  6. Gil McDougald (913)
  7. Brian Roberts (911)
  8. Placido Polanco (911)
  9. Randy Velarde (911)
  10. Mariano Duncan (907)
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  2. Ray Durham (938)
  3. Paul Molitor (929) *
  4. Jason Kendall (925)
  5. Jay Bell (922)
  6. Woody English (920)
  7. Tony Cuccinello (915)
  8. Brian Roberts (911)
  9. Barry Larkin (911)
  10. Tony Fernandez (911)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  2. Bert Campaneris (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Knoblauch (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Durham (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ray Durham (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Durham (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Craig Biggio (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Craig Biggio (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 9, 1996: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2000Atlanta Braves$200,000
2001Atlanta Braves$355,000
2002Atlanta Braves$405,000
2003Atlanta Braves$2,200,000
2004Atlanta Braves$3,700,000
2005Atlanta Braves$5,600,000
2006Los Angeles Dodgers$8,715,508
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$13,730,196
2008Los Angeles Dodgers$15,730,195
Career (may be incomplete)$50,635,899
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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