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Estéban Germán

Esteban (Guridi) German

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 26, 1978 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Marcoris (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 2002
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers/Athletics 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.125, Arb Eligible: 2011, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
1998	20	OAK-min	Rk	55	242	202	52	62	3	10	2	28	40	8	33	43	.307	.413	.450	.863		91	1	4	2	1	0	ATH · ARIZ
1999	21	OAK-min	A+	128	620	501	107	156	16	12	4	52	40	16	102	128	.311	.428	.415	.843		208	3	5	5	7	0	MOD · CALL
2000	22	OAK-min	A+,AA	133	597	503	95	129	15	10	3	41	83	11	79	107	.256	.364	.344	.708		173	5	7	6	2	0	VIS,MDL · CALL,TL
2001	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	130	591	485	119	151	28	3	10	44	48	13	81	86	.311	.427	.443	.871		215	10	18	6	1	0	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2002	24	OAK-min	AAA	121	551	458	72	126	16	4	2	43	26	14	78	66	.275	.390	.341	.730		156	7	8	7	0	1	SAC · PCL
2002	24	OAK	AL	9	40	35	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	.200	.300	.200	.500	39	7	0	1	0	0	0	/4
2003	25	OAK-min	AAA	115	544	467	86	143	20	8	3	51	32	8	56	64	.306	.379	.403	.781		188	17	2	13	6	1	SAC · PCL
2003	25	OAK	AL	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	/4
2004	26	OAK-min	AAA	55	259	231	33	76	8	4	2	29	18	2	19	28	.329	.380	.424	.804		98	6	3	1	5	1	SAC · PCL
2004	26	OAK	AL	31	65	60	9	15	1	1	0	7	0	1	4	13	.250	.297	.300	.597	57	18	1	0	1	0	0	54
2005	27	TEX-min	AAA	117	564	489	103	153	27	6	5	68	43	6	65	74	.313	.400	.423	.823		207	20	7	1	2	0	OKC · PCL
2005	27	TEX	AL	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	351	4	0	0	0	0	0	/45
2006	28	KCR	AL	106	331	279	44	91	18	5	3	34	7	3	40	49	.326	.422	.459	.880	128	128	8	6	6	0	0	45/36
2007	29	KCR	AL	121	405	348	49	92	15	6	4	37	11	7	43	60	.264	.351	.376	.727	93	131	11	5	6	3	0	45/6
2008	30	KCR	AL	89	242	216	30	53	14	3	0	22	7	3	18	42	.245	.303	.338	.640	72	73	5	1	4	3	1	4/56
2009	31	TEX-min	AAA	105	472	389	63	124	15	5	4	59	35	9	65	63	.319	.419	.414	.833		161	11	8	2	8	0	OKC · PCL
2009	31	TEX	AL	19	50	46	9	14	4	0	0	4	1	0	4	7	.304	.360	.391	.751	95	18	0	0	0	0	0	5/43
2010	32	TEX-min	AAA	126	567	485	79	136	27	5	5	55	50	7	64	77	.280	.371	.388	.759		188	11	9	4	5	1	OKC · PCL
2010	32	TEX	AL	13	16	13	5	3	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	2	.231	.375	.231	.606	65	3	0	0	0	0	0	/46
2011	33	TEX-min	AAA	123	586	508	94	153	29	3	7	56	44	9	72	58	.301	.388	.411	.799		209	16	1	3	2	0	RRK · PCL
2011	33	TEX	AL	11	13	11	6	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	.455	.462	.818	1.280	228	9	0	0	0	1	0	/54D
10 Seasons				409	1170	1016	159	284	54	15	8	111	34	15	117	187	.280	.359	.386	.745	97	392	26	13	17	7	1
162 Game Avg.				162	463	402	63	112	21	6	3	44	13	6	46	74	.280	.359	.386	.745	97	155	10	5	7	3	0

TEX (4 yrs)				48	83	74	23	25	6	0	1	10	8	1	8	11	.338	.398	.459	.857	123	34	0	0	0	1	0
KCR (3 yrs)				316	978	843	123	236	47	14	7	93	25	13	101	151	.280	.363	.394	.757	100	332	24	12	16	6	1
OAK (3 yrs)				45	109	99	13	23	1	1	0	8	1	1	8	25	.232	.296	.263	.559	50	26	2	1	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2002	24	OAK	AL	40	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	/4
2003	25	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	/4
2004	26	OAK	AL	65	-4	0	-1	0	-1	0	2	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$301,000	54
2005	27	TEX	AL	4	1	1	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	/45
2006	28	KCR	AL	331	16	-1	2	0	-10	-2	11	16	1.6	26	2.6	-1.0	$333,000	45/36
2007	29	KCR	AL	405	-3	1	-2	2	-7	1	14	5	0.5	13	1.3	-0.8	$423,000	45/6
2008	30	KCR	AL	242	-9	0	0	1	-2	-1	8	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$1,000,000	4/56
2009	31	TEX	AL	50	0	1	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$	5/43
2010	32	TEX	AL	16	-0	1	-0	0	-1	-0	0	-0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	/46
2011	33	TEX	AL	13	2	0	1	0	1	-0	0	5	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	/54D
10 Seasons				1170	-0	3	1	3	-27	-3	39	14	1.3	43	4.4	-3.1	$2,057,000

TEX (4 yrs)				83	3	3	2	0	-3	-1	3	7	0.6	10	1.1	-0.5	$
KCR (3 yrs)				978	4	0	0	3	-19	-2	33	17	1.7	38	3.8	-2.1	$1,756,000
OAK (3 yrs)				109	-7	0	-1	0	-5	0	3	-10	-1.0	-5	-0.5	-0.5	$301,000

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
2011	33	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2002	OAK	AL	24	2B	8				46	22	23	1	6	.978	-2					5.63	.979		4.84
2003	OAK	AL	25	2B	5				11	5	6	0	1	1.000	-2	-1				2.20	.982		4.88
2004	OAK	AL	26	3B	15				31	8	21	2	3	.935	-2	-4				1.93	.951		2.62
2004	OAK	AL	26	2B	10				30	9	21	0	6	1.000	1	2				3.00	.982		4.91
2005	TEX	AL	27	2B	1				12	3	8	1	2	.917	0	0				11.00	.983		4.90
2005	TEX	AL	27	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1				0.00			2.70
2006	KCR	AL	28	2B	26				78	36	41	1	12	.987	-4	-4				2.96	.986		4.85
2006	KCR	AL	28	OF	25				40	36	1	3	1	.925	-2	-2				1.48	.986		2.27
2006	KCR	AL	28	3B	24				56	9	43	4	5	.929	-4	-8				2.17	.960		2.80
2006	KCR	AL	28	1B	1				9	8	1	0	2	1.000	1	1				9.00	.994		9.40
2006	KCR	AL	28	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			4.40
2006	KCR	AL	28	DH	15	15
2006	KCR	AL	28	LF	14	9	5	78.1	19	17	1	1	1	.947	-2	-1	-35	-15	2.07	1.29	.986	2.06	2.03
2006	KCR	AL	28	CF	11	8	5	71.1	21	19	0	2	0	.905	0	-1	3	-17	2.40	1.73	.989	2.65	2.61
2007	KCR	AL	29	2B	56				191	83	105	3	27	.984	-2	4				3.36	.985		4.92
2007	KCR	AL	29	3B	46				70	16	49	5	5	.929	-2	-3				1.41	.957		2.60
2007	KCR	AL	29	OF	8				8	6	2	0	0	1.000	-3	2				1.00	.988		2.28
2007	KCR	AL	29	SS	4				2	0	1	1	1	.500	-1	-1				0.25	.970		4.42
2007	KCR	AL	29	LF	8	5	2	42.0	8	6	2	0	0	1.000	-3	2	-94	57	1.71	1.00	.985	2.10	2.09
2007	KCR	AL	29	DH	2	2
2008	KCR	AL	30	OF	39				56	54	0	2	0	.964	-1	-2				1.38	.986		2.28
2008	KCR	AL	30	2B	35				121	41	77	3	19	.975	0	-4				3.37	.987		4.96
2008	KCR	AL	30	3B	6				7	2	5	0	2	1.000	-0	0				1.17	.959		2.72
2008	KCR	AL	30	SS	3				7	2	4	1	0	.857	-1	0				2.00	.971		4.33
2008	KCR	AL	30	LF	39	25	17	235.0	56	54	0	2	0	.964	-1	-2	-4	-10	2.07	1.38	.984	2.05	2.03
2009	TEX	AL	31	3B	10				21	5	12	4	1	.810	-2	-2				1.70	.957		2.65
2009	TEX	AL	31	2B	6				18	4	13	1	3	.944	-1	0				2.83	.986		4.70
2009	TEX	AL	31	1B	1				0	0	0	0	0							0.00			9.00
2009	TEX	AL	31	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			2.30
2009	TEX	AL	31	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
2010	TEX	AL	32	2B	3				11	5	6	0	2	1.000	0	0				3.67	.984		4.73
2010	TEX	AL	32	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		-1	0				0.00			2.30
2010	TEX	AL	32	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			4.40
2010	TEX	AL	32	DH	5	0
2010	TEX	AL	32	LF	1	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-154	0	0.00	0.00		2.06	2.00
2011	TEX	AL	33	3B	4	1	1	13.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	-1	42	-92	2.08	0.75	.953	2.63	2.60
2011	TEX	AL	33	2B	2	1	1	10.0	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	47	0	2.70	1.50	.983	4.77	4.75
2011	TEX	AL	33	DH	2	0
	10 Seasons			2B	152	1	1	10.0	521	208	303	10	79	.981	-9	-3	-1117	-360	2.70	3.36	.985	4.77	4.90
	7 Seasons			3B	106	1	1	13.0	188	40	133	15	16	.920	-10	-19	-908	-1753	2.08	1.63	.957	2.63	2.66
	5 Seasons			OF	74				104	96	3	5	1	.952	-7	-2		-5		1.34	.986		2.28
	5 Seasons			LF	63	40	24	363.1	83	77	3	3	1	.964	-7	-1	-24	-3	1.98	1.27	.984	2.06	2.04
	1 Season			CF	11	8	5	71.1	21	19	0	2	0	.905	0	-1	3	-16	2.40	1.73	.989	2.65	2.61
	4 Seasons			SS	9				9	2	5	2	1	.778	-1	-1				0.78	.971		4.39
	2 Seasons			1B	2				9	8	1	0	2	1.000	1	1				4.50	.994		9.20
	10 Seasons			TOT	343	2	2	23.0	831	354	445	32	99	.961	-27	-26	-1401	-1356	2.35	2.33	.979	3.56	3.65
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 4, 1996: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
December 8, 2005: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Kansas City Royals for Fabio Castro.
March 9, 2009: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
March 13, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
April 4, 2009: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
April 8, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 5, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	26	Oakland Athletics	$301,000	4/7/04 AP

2006	28	Kansas City Royals	$333,000
2007	29	Kansas City Royals	$423,000
2008	30	Kansas City Royals	$1,000,000

2009	31	Texas Rangers	$1,200,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,057,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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