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Chris Getz

Christopher Ryan Getz

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 30, 1983 in Grosse Pointe, MI
High School: Grosse Pointe South HS (Grosse Pointe, MI)
Schools: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2008
Teams (by GP): Royals/WhiteSox 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$968k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.050, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2008 24 CHW AL 10 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 /4D
2009 25 CHW AL 107 415 375 49 98 18 4 2 31 25 2 30 54 .261 .324 .347 .670 73 130 4 6 1 3 1 4
2010 26 KCR AL 72 248 224 23 53 9 0 0 18 15 2 19 28 .237 .302 .277 .579 61 62 3 2 3 0 1 4/5
2011 27 KCR AL 118 429 380 50 97 6 3 0 26 21 7 30 45 .255 .313 .287 .600 67 109 5 3 14 2 0 *4/D6
2012 28 KCR AL 30 94 83 9 23 5 2 0 8 6 1 6 8 .277 .322 .386 .708 95 32 1 0 4 1 0 4/D
5 Yrs 337 1193 1069 133 273 38 9 2 84 68 13 85 136 .255 .315 .313 .628 70 335 13 11 22 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 573 514 64 131 18 4 1 40 33 6 41 65 .255 .315 .313 .628 70 161 6 5 11 3 1
KCR (3 yrs) 220 771 687 82 173 20 5 0 52 42 10 55 81 .252 .311 .295 .606 68 203 9 5 21 3 1
CHW (2 yrs) 117 422 382 51 100 18 4 2 32 26 3 30 55 .262 .323 .346 .669 73 132 4 6 1 3 1

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
2008 24 CHW AL 10 7 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /4D
2009 25 CHW AL 107 415 -13 6 3 -11 2 -13 -1.2 14 1 0.1 .488 .492 1.2 -0.8 12 $401,000 4
2010 26 KCR AL 72 248 -10 2 2 -2 1 -7 -0.6 8 2 0.1 .490 .496 0.3 -0.0 3 $414,500 4/5
2011 27 KCR AL 118 429 -14 1 1 -1 2 -11 -1.1 15 3 0.2 .490 .493 0.4 0.2 4 $443,000 *4/D6
2012 28 KCR AL 30 94 -1 1 1 2 0 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .512 .502 0.5 0.2 4 $ 4/D
5 Seasons 337 1193 -39 10 7 -12 5 -28 -2.6 40 12 1.0 .491 .496 2.4 -0.4 24 $1,258,500
KCR (3 yrs) 220 771 -26 4 4 -1 4 -15 -1.4 26 11 0.9 .493 .497 1.2 0.4 12 $857,500
CHW (2 yrs) 117 422 -14 6 4 -11 2 -13 -1.2 14 1 0.1 .489 .496 1.2 -0.8 12 $401,000

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
2008 24 CHW AL 7 6 0 0.0 109 .333 .286 .273 .286 .341 .286 .428 .571 .770 50 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .000 .000 .0
2009 25 CHW AL 415 287 48 4.5 112 .298 .261 .273 .324 .343 .347 .438 .670 .781 73 .442 -14.9 -1.4 .668 .227 .085 3.7
2010 26 KCR AL 248 179 21 3.1 99 .270 .237 .259 .302 .327 .277 .406 .579 .733 61 .325 -12.0 -1.2 .545 .183 .040 .0
2011 27 KCR AL 429 311 38 3.3 99 .288 .255 .258 .313 .323 .287 .409 .600 .732 67 .348 -17.5 -1.7 .529 .147 .032 .0
2012 28 KCR AL 94 67 11 4.4 98 .303 .277 .253 .322 .320 .386 .410 .708 .730 95 .481 -0.6 -0.1 .694 .241 .108 .0
5 Yrs 1193 850 118 3.7 103 .289 .255 .263 .315 .331 .313 .419 .628 .750 70 .385 -45.7 -4.5 .591 .189 .058 3.9
162 Game Avg. 573 409 57 3.7 103 .289 .255 .263 .315 .331 .313 .419 .628 .750 70 .385 -45.7 -4.5 .591 .189 .058 2
KCR (3 yrs) 771 557 70 3.4 99 .284 .252 .258 .311 .324 .295 .408 .606 .732 68 .358 -30.2 -3.0 .553 .170 .044 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 422 293 48 4.4 112 .299 .262 .273 .323 .343 .346 .438 .669 .781 73 .433 -15.5 -1.5 .661 .223 .084 3.7

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
2008 24 CHW AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 7.0 1.00 3.00 86% 50% 0.0% 0%
2009 25 CHW AL 415 0.5% 13.0% 7.2% 5.8% 25% 1.80 6.9 187.5 12.1 0.90 1.24 78% 19% 1.4% 16%
2010 26 KCR AL 248 0.0% 11.3% 7.7% 3.6% 17% 1.47 8.0 12.4 1.13 1.30 79% 18% 0.0% 13%
2011 27 KCR AL 429 0.0% 10.5% 7.0% 2.1% 9% 1.50 8.4 14.6 1.18 1.46 79% 16% 0.0% 16%
2012 28 KCR AL 94 0.0% 8.5% 6.4% 7.5% 30% 1.33 10.4 10.4 0.53 0.56 81% 21% 0.0% 16%
5 Yrs 1193 0.2% 11.4% 7.1% 4.1% 18% 1.60 7.9 534.5 12.7 1.00 1.24 79% 18% 0.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 24 CHW AL -0.6 -0.1 11 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.01 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.99 0.3 0.01 1
2009 25 CHW AL -14.9 -1.4 449 -0.8 6.3 -7.1 .97 -0.6 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.93 -8.9 1.27 2
2010 26 KCR AL -12.0 -1.2 267 -1.7 2.9 -4.6 .99 -1.0 -0.6 -9.4 -0.9 0.95 -11.0 0.14 5
2011 27 KCR AL -17.0 -1.7 469 -0.6 7.6 -8.1 1.12 -1.3 0.8 -10.0 -1.0 0.99 -14.7 1.16 2
2012 28 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 103 0.2 1.6 -1.4 .99 -0.2 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.94 -2.4 0
5 Yrs -45.2 -4.4 1299 -2.7 18.5 -21.3 1.03 -3.1 0.4 -25.4 -2.5 0.96 -36.7 0.56 10

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
2008 24 CHW AL 0 0 100% 7 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 CHW AL 5 0 36% 176 25 2 93% 23 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 9 50% 22 15 7 8 3 5 24 8 15
2010 26 KCR AL 4 0 31% 99 15 2 88% 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 37% 16 12 4 1 1 0 10 4 6
2011 27 KCR AL 7 0 39% 157 21 7 75% 16 6 5 1 0 0 5 1 6 11 41% 23 15 7 13 7 6 13 6 7
2012 28 KCR AL 1 0 31% 35 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
5 Yrs 17 0 36% 474 68 13 84% 59 11 8 2 1 0 7 2 13 32 44% 63 43 19 22 11 11 49 19 29

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
2008 24 CHW AL 7 71% 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 CHW AL 415 83% 98 13 0 2 0 0 0 1.27 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 33% 76 4 5% 26 9 35% 240 30 13% 17 9 53% 9 7 78% 0
2010 26 KCR AL 248 79% 53 11 5 5 0 0 0 0.14 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 46 3 7% 22 7 32% 157 19 12% 19 10 53% 7 4 57% 0
2011 27 KCR AL 429 74% 97 24 6 2 0 0 0 1.16 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 88% 71 5 7% 34 14 41% 225 26 12% 15 7 47% 11 7 64% 0
2012 28 KCR AL 94 78% 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 13 1 8% 13 5 38% 51 8 16% 3 2 67% 6 4 67% 0
5 Yrs 1193 79% 273 52 11 10 1 0 1 0.56 2 0 18 2 0 1 1 0 29 22 76% 208 13 6% 95 35 37% 676 84 12% 54 28 52% 33 22 67% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 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
2008 24 CHW AL 7 22 3.14 16 73% 38% 6% 19% 38% 63% 0% 45% 90% 14% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2009 25 CHW AL 420 1583 3.77 1025 65% 33% 8% 28% 32% 67% 1% 43% 89% 15% 5% 23 0 11% 46 5 6% 26 4 28% -5 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 248 953 3.84 611 64% 33% 8% 27% 33% 67% 0% 43% 89% 13% 4% 9 0 14% 35 7 10% 25 6 21% 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 430 1601 3.72 1067 67% 37% 6% 24% 33% 63% 0% 42% 90% 15% 5% 22 0 12% 52 10 10% 41 10 27% -1 0 0
2012 28 KCR AL 94 336 3.57 216 64% 35% 6% 22% 37% 65% 0% 42% 91% 13% 3% 3 0 13% 12 4 9% 8 6 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1199 4495 3.75 2935 65% 35% 7% 26% 33% 65% 0% 43% 89% 14% 5% 57 0 12% 145 26 8% 100 26 25% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 24 10 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 117 422 382 51 100 18 4 2 32 26 3 30 55 .262 .323 .346 .669 73 132 4 6 1 3 1
2010 26 189 670 606 74 153 27 4 2 50 41 5 49 83 .252 .315 .320 .635 69 194 7 8 4 3 2
2011 27 307 1099 986 124 250 33 7 2 76 62 12 79 128 .254 .315 .307 .622 68 303 12 11 18 5 2
2012 28 337 1193 1069 133 273 38 9 2 84 68 13 85 136 .255 .315 .313 .628 70 335 13 11 22 6 2

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
2008 24 10 8 8 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 10
2009 25 107 410 371 45 94 17 4 2 29 24 29 54 .253 .315 .337 .652 38 107
2010 26 72 252 227 25 56 10 0 0 20 16 20 28 .247 .313 .291 .604 20 72
2011 27 118 434 384 53 101 6 3 0 28 22 31 45 .263 .321 .294 .616 36 118
2012 28 30 95 84 9 24 5 2 0 8 6 6 8 .286 .330 .393 .723 11 30
5 Yrs 337 1199 1074 136 278 38 9 2 87 70 86 136 .259 .319 .317 .635 106 337
162 Game Avg. 162 576 516 65 134 18 4 1 42 34 41 65 .259 .319 .317 .635 51 337

* 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

Triples s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  14 (4th)
2012 AL  4 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  92.59 (1st)
2010 AL  88.24 (4th)
Active  83.95 (7th)
Career  83.95 (13th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2401), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Juan Bonilla (970)
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