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Nomar Garciaparra
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 23, 1973 in Whittier, CA
High School: St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1996
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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
1996 22 BOS AL 24 93 87 11 21 2 3 4 16 5 0 4 14 .241 .272 .471 .743 83 41 0 0 1 1 0 6/4D
1997 23 BOS AL 153 734 684 122 209 44 11 30 98 22 9 35 92 .306 .342 .534 .875 123 365 9 6 2 7 2 *6 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1,SS
1998 24 BOS AL 143 652 604 111 195 37 8 35 122 12 6 33 62 .323 .362 .584 .946 140 353 20 8 0 7 1 *6 MVP-2
1999 25 BOS AL 135 595 532 103 190 42 4 27 104 14 3 51 39 .357 .418 .603 1.022 153 321 11 8 0 4 7 *6 AS,MVP-7
2000 26 BOS AL 140 599 529 104 197 51 3 21 96 5 2 61 50 .372 .434 .599 1.033 155 317 8 2 0 7 20 *6/D AS,MVP-9
2001 27 BOS AL 21 91 83 13 24 3 0 4 8 0 1 7 9 .289 .352 .470 .822 113 39 1 1 0 0 0 6
2002 28 BOS AL 156 693 635 101 197 56 5 24 120 5 2 41 63 .310 .352 .528 .880 127 335 17 6 0 11 4 *6 AS,MVP-11
2003 29 BOS AL 156 719 658 120 198 37 13 28 105 19 5 39 61 .301 .345 .524 .870 121 345 10 11 1 10 1 *6 AS,MVP-7
2004 30 TOT MLB 81 354 321 52 99 21 3 9 41 4 1 24 30 .308 .365 .477 .842 113 153 10 6 1 2 2 6/D
2004 30 BOS AL 38 169 156 24 50 7 3 5 21 2 0 8 16 .321 .367 .500 .867 118 78 4 4 0 1 2 6/D
2004 30 CHC NL 43 185 165 28 49 14 0 4 20 2 1 16 14 .297 .364 .455 .819 108 75 6 2 1 1 0 6
2005 31 CHC NL 62 247 230 28 65 12 0 9 30 0 0 12 24 .283 .320 .452 .772 97 104 6 2 0 3 0 56
2006 32 LAD NL 122 523 469 82 142 31 2 20 93 3 0 42 30 .303 .367 .505 .872 120 237 15 8 0 4 9 *3 AS,MVP-13
2007 33 LAD NL 121 466 431 39 122 17 0 7 59 3 1 31 41 .283 .328 .371 .700 80 160 6 0 0 4 5 35
2008 34 LAD NL 55 181 163 24 43 9 0 8 28 1 1 15 11 .264 .326 .466 .792 107 76 12 1 0 2 2 65/3
2009 35 OAK AL 65 169 160 17 45 8 0 3 16 2 0 8 28 .281 .314 .388 .701 85 62 4 0 0 1 1 D3/5
14 Seasons 1434 6116 5586 927 1747 370 52 229 936 95 31 403 554 .313 .361 .521 .882 124 2908 129 59 5 63 54
162 Game Avg. 162 691 631 105 197 42 6 26 106 11 4 46 63 .313 .361 .521 .882 124 329 15 7 1 7 6
BOS (9 yrs) 966 4345 3968 709 1281 279 50 178 690 84 28 279 406 .323 .370 .553 .923 133 2194 80 46 4 48 37
LAD (3 yrs) 298 1170 1063 145 307 57 2 35 180 7 2 88 82 .289 .345 .445 .790 102 473 33 9 0 10 16
CHC (2 yrs) 105 432 395 56 114 26 0 13 50 2 1 28 38 .289 .339 .453 .792 102 179 12 4 1 4 0
OAK (1 yr) 65 169 160 17 45 8 0 3 16 2 0 8 28 .281 .314 .388 .701 85 62 4 0 0 1 1
AL (10 yrs) 1031 4514 4128 726 1326 287 50 181 706 86 28 287 434 .321 .368 .547 .914 131 2256 84 46 4 49 38
NL (5 yrs) 403 1602 1458 201 421 83 2 48 230 9 3 116 120 .289 .344 .447 .791 102 652 45 13 1 14 16

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
1998 24 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 4 18 15 4 5 1 0 3 11 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 15 1 0 0 2 1
1999 25 BOS AL ALDS CLE W 4 16 12 6 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 .417 .563 1.083 1.646 13 0 1 0 0 2
1999 25 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 5 22 20 2 8 2 0 2 5 1 0 2 2 .400 .455 .800 1.255 16 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 BOS AL ALDS OAK W 5 23 20 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .300 .391 .350 .741 7 1 0 0 0 1
2003 29 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 7 31 29 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 .241 .290 .310 .601 9 1 0 0 0 0
2006 32 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 3 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .429 .500 .429 .929 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 32 127 112 16 36 7 1 7 24 2 0 12 18 .321 .386 .589 .975 66 3 1 0 2 4
1 NLDS 3 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 13 57 47 12 16 4 0 5 15 1 0 7 5 .340 .421 .745 1.166 35 2 1 0 2 4
1 NLCS 4 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .429 .500 .429 .929 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 53 49 4 15 2 1 2 6 1 0 4 10 .306 .358 .510 .869 25 1 0 0 0 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
1996 BOS AL 22 SS 22 21 190.2 86 35 50 1 11 .988 -1.9 -12.0 -1.9 -3.2 1.3 0 4.01 3.86 .971 4.66 4.19
1996 BOS AL 22 2B 1 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 4.95 4.30
1996 BOS AL 22 DH 1
1997 BOS AL 23 SS 153 152 1344.1 720 249 450 21 113 .971 10.2 9.1 9.2 1.8 7.4 1 4.68 4.57 .974 4.55 4.05 AS,MVP-8,RoY-1,SS
1998 BOS AL 24 SS 143 143 1255.1 655 228 402 25 68 .962 10.6 10.1 11.6 7.8 3.8 -1 4.52 4.41 .972 4.71 4.26 MVP-2
1999 BOS AL 25 SS 134 133 1171.2 606 232 357 17 72 .972 -6.5 -6.7 -3.5 -0.9 -2.6 -3 4.52 4.40 .970 4.73 4.19 AS,MVP-7
2000 BOS AL 26 SS 136 136 1185.0 621 201 402 18 65 .971 8.6 8.7 11.6 9.2 2.3 -3 4.58 4.43 .973 4.71 4.17 AS,MVP-9
2000 BOS AL 26 DH 1 AS,MVP-9
2001 BOS AL 27 SS 21 21 184.0 93 34 56 3 13 .968 -2.0 -13.0 -2.0 -1.7 -0.4 0 4.40 4.29 .973 4.49 4.03
2002 BOS AL 28 SS 154 153 1341.0 710 218 467 25 92 .965 15.9 14.2 14.9 2.6 12.3 1 4.60 4.45 .975 4.56 4.15 AS,MVP-11
2003 BOS AL 29 SS 156 155 1364.2 692 216 456 20 83 .971 12.9 11.3 14.9 4.2 10.7 -2 4.43 4.31 .971 4.54 4.13 AS,MVP-7
2004 TOT MLB 30 SS 79 78 676.0 305 121 175 9 34 .970 -11.9 -21.1 -9.9 -4.0 -5.9 -2 3.94 3.75 .973 4.50 4.02
2004 BOS AL 30 SS 37 37 311.1 139 52 81 6 17 .957 -5.9 -22.7 -4.9 -0.4 -4.5 -1 3.84 3.59 .973 4.56 4.12
2004 BOS AL 30 DH 1
2004 CHC NL 30 SS 42 41 364.2 166 69 94 3 17 .982 -6.0 -19.7 -5.0 -3.6 -1.4 -1 4.02 3.88 .973 4.45 3.94
2005 CHC NL 31 3B 34 34 295.2 91 20 65 6 1 .934 -4.2 -17.0 -3.2 0.1 -3.3 -1 2.59 2.50 .959 2.77 2.39
2005 CHC NL 31 SS 26 25 206.0 98 41 51 6 16 .939 -6.2 -36.1 -6.2 -4.4 -1.8 0 4.02 3.54 .977 4.51 4.04
2006 LAD NL 32 1B 118 117 1017.0 1123 1058 61 4 113 .996 5.0 5.9 4.0 2.8 1.2 1 9.90 9.48 .994 8.85 8.05 AS,MVP-13
2007 LAD NL 33 1B 68 66 571.0 587 556 27 4 52 .993 -6.0 -12.6 -6.0 -5.4 -0.6 0 9.19 8.57 .993 9.21 7.85
2007 LAD NL 33 3B 43 41 354.2 102 32 64 6 3 .941 -1.5 -5.1 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -1 2.44 2.23 .955 2.68 2.25
2008 LAD NL 34 SS 31 29 238.0 122 29 89 4 14 .967 3.8 19.2 4.8 0.0 4.8 -1 4.46 3.81 .976 4.43 3.95
2008 LAD NL 34 3B 11 9 73.0 25 2 21 2 0 .920 -1.5 -24.7 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 2.84 2.09 .956 2.60 2.23
2008 LAD NL 34 1B 8 6 38.2 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 -1.1 -34.1 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0 12.34 6.63 .992 9.36 8.22
2009 OAK AL 35 DH 18
2009 OAK AL 35 1B 16 11 101.1 100 95 5 0 13 1.000 8.88 6.25 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 OAK AL 35 3B 6 6 32.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.53 1.50 .956 2.67 2.38
11 Seasons SS 1055 1046 9156.2 4708 1604 2955 149 581 .968 33.5 4.4 43.5 11.4 31.9 -10 4.48 4.32 .973 4.61 4.14
4 Seasons 1B 210 200 1728.0 1863 1758 97 8 180 .996 -2.1 -1.5 -3.1 -3.6 0.5 1 9.66 8.83 .994 9.00 8.00
4 Seasons 3B 94 90 755.1 227 55 158 14 4 .938 -7.2 -11.4 -5.2 -0.5 -4.7 -2 2.54 2.27 .957 2.71 2.31
4 Seasons DH 21
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 4.95 4.30
14 Seasons TOT 1360 1336 11642.0 6801 3419 3211 171 765 .975 24.5 2.5 35.5 7.6 27.7 -11 5.13 4.88 .953 5.14 4.61
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1997 *
1999 (SS)
2000 *
2002 *
2003 *
2006

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1997-AL-Rookie of the Year

Silver Sluggers
1997-AL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1997-AL-8-21%
1998-AL-2-59%
1999-AL-7-35%
2000-AL-9-17%
2002-AL-11-6%
2003-AL-7-25%
2006-NL-13-4%
1.67 Career Shares (120th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1998 AL--.323--6th
1999 AL--.357--1st
2000 AL--.372--1st
2002 AL--.310--8th
Active--.313--8th
Career--.313--81st

On-Base% s c a p y
1999 AL--.418--10th
2000 AL--.434--5th
Active--.361--48th

Slugging % s c a p y
1998 AL--.584--7th
1999 AL--.603--3rd
2000 AL--.599--7th
Active--.521--20th
Career--.521--59th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1999 AL--1.022--3rd
2000 AL--1.033--5th
Active--.882--29th
Career--.882--92nd

At Bats s c a p y
1997 AL--684--1st
2002 AL--635--7th
2003 AL--658--5th
Active--5586--47th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1997 AL--734--3rd
2002 AL--693--10th
2003 AL--719--4th
Active--6116--50th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1997 AL--122--2nd
1998 AL--111--9th
2003 AL--120--2nd
Active--927--39th

Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--209--1st
1998 AL--195--5th
1999 AL--190--9th
2000 AL--197--5th
2002 AL--197--5th
2003 AL--198--5th
Active--1747--34th

Total Bases s c a p y
1997 AL--365--2nd
1998 AL--353--6th
2002 AL--335--6th
2003 AL--345--5th
Active--2908--34th

Doubles s c a p y
1997 AL--44--4th
1999 AL--42--4th
2000 AL--51--2nd
2002 AL--56--1st
Active--370--34th
Career--370--214th

Triples s c a p y
1997 AL--11--1st
1998 AL--8--4th
2003 AL--13--2nd
Active--52--22nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1998 AL--35--10th
Active--229--44th
Career--229--232nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1998 AL--122--7th
2002 AL--120--6th
Active--936--35th

Singles s c a p y
1997 AL--124--7th
2000 AL--122--9th
2003 AL--120--8th
Active--1096--37th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1999 AL--153--5th
2000 AL--155--7th
Active--124--36th

Runs Created s c a p y
1997 AL--124--8th
1998 AL--120--10th
1999 AL--136--9th
2000 AL--140--8th
2002 AL--115--10th
2003 AL--121--10th
Active--1047--36th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--44--7th
2000 AL--48--7th
Active--190--28th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1999 AL--3.9--7th
2000 AL--4.2--7th
Active--17.3--28th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--85--2nd
1998 AL--80--7th
1999 AL--73--9th
2000 AL--75--8th
2002 AL--85--5th
2003 AL--78--7th
Active--651--33rd
Career--651--213th

Times On Base s c a p y
Active--2209--47th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1999 AL--.757--2nd
2000 AL--.771--4th
Active--.630--30th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 AL--11--2nd
2003 AL--10--3rd
Active--63--29th
Career--63--184th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL--20--1st
Active--54--50th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 AL--20--3rd
2002 AL--17--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1997 AL--25.4--2nd
2003 AL--22.6--5th
Active--134.3--37th
Career--134.3--222nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1998 AL--9.7--7th
1999 AL--13.6--2nd
2000 AL--10.6--5th
2002 AL--10.1--6th
2003 AL--10.8--3rd
2006 NL--15.6--2nd
Active--10.1--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
Career--24.4--250th

Outs Made s c a p y
1997 AL--502--2nd
2003 AL--486--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 78 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 112 (126), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Joe Gordon (845) *
  2. Bret Boone (838)
  3. Michael Young (837)
  4. Wally Berger (833)
  5. Aramis Ramirez (826)
  6. Mike Lowell (824)
  7. Travis Fryman (823)
  8. Vern Stephens (822)
  9. Babe Herman (818)
  10. Tony Oliva (818)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jeff Kent (872)
  2. Bret Boone (852)
  3. Joe Gordon (845) *
  4. Tony Oliva (841)
  5. Dante Bichette (832)
  6. Earl Averill (827) *
  7. Mike Lowell (824)
  8. Babe Herman (820)
  9. Brian Giles (816)
  10. Fred Lynn (815)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Yogi Berra (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ernie Banks (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hanley Ramirez (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ernie Banks (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ernie Banks (872) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ernie Banks (868) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ernie Banks (862) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Miguel Tejada (859)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Miguel Tejada (862)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Miguel Tejada (850)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jeff Kent (877)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jeff Kent (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jeff Kent (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 1994.

July 31, 2004: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Boston Red Sox with Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Francis Beltran, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

March 6, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1996Boston Red Sox$109,000
1997Boston Red Sox$150,000
1998Boston Red Sox$1,075,000
1999Boston Red Sox$1,400,000
2000Boston Red Sox$3,700,000
2001Boston Red Sox$7,250,000
2002Boston Red Sox$9,000,000
2003Boston Red Sox$11,000,000
2004Boston Red Sox$11,500,000
2005Chicago Cubs$8,250,000
2006Los Angeles Dodgers$6,000,000
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$8,516,697
2008Los Angeles Dodgers$9,516,697
2009Oakland Athletics$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$78,467,394
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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