Jeremy Giambi
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 30, 1974 in San Jose, CA
High School: South Hills (Covina, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1998
Final Game: August 1, 2003
Relatives: Brother of Jason Giambi
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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
1998 23 KCR AL 18 70 58 6 13 4 0 2 8 0 1 11 9 .224 .343 .397 .739 92 23 3 0 0 1 0 /7D
1999 24 KCR AL 90 336 288 34 82 13 1 3 34 0 0 40 67 .285 .373 .368 .741 89 106 7 3 1 4 5 D3/7
2000 25 OAK AL 104 302 260 42 66 10 2 10 50 0 0 32 61 .254 .338 .423 .761 95 110 7 3 3 4 2 9D3/7
2001 26 OAK AL 124 443 371 64 105 26 0 12 57 0 1 63 83 .283 .391 .450 .841 123 167 13 4 3 2 1 D973
2002 27 TOT MLB 124 397 313 58 81 17 0 20 45 0 1 79 94 .259 .414 .505 .919 147 158 5 4 1 0 2 739D
2002 27 OAK AL 42 187 157 26 43 7 0 8 17 0 0 27 40 .274 .390 .471 .862 131 74 4 3 0 0 0 7/D
2002 27 PHI NL 82 210 156 32 38 10 0 12 28 0 1 52 54 .244 .435 .538 .974 162 84 1 1 1 0 2 39/D7
2003 28 BOS AL 50 156 127 15 25 5 0 5 15 1 0 26 42 .197 .342 .354 .696 81 45 3 2 1 0 0 D/79
6 Seasons 510 1704 1417 219 372 75 3 52 209 1 3 251 356 .263 .377 .430 .807 111 609 38 16 9 11 10
162 Game Avg. 162 541 450 70 118 24 1 17 66 0 1 80 113 .263 .377 .430 .807 111 193 12 5 3 3 3
OAK (3 yrs) 270 932 788 132 214 43 2 30 124 0 1 122 184 .272 .374 .445 .819 115 351 24 10 6 6 3
KCR (2 yrs) 108 406 346 40 95 17 1 5 42 0 1 51 76 .275 .368 .373 .741 90 129 10 3 1 5 5
PHI (1 yr) 82 210 156 32 38 10 0 12 28 0 1 52 54 .244 .435 .538 .974 162 84 1 1 1 0 2
BOS (1 yr) 50 156 127 15 25 5 0 5 15 1 0 26 42 .197 .342 .354 .696 81 45 3 2 1 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 428 1494 1261 187 334 65 3 40 181 1 2 199 302 .265 .369 .416 .785 105 525 37 15 8 11 8
NL (1 yr) 82 210 156 32 38 10 0 12 28 0 1 52 54 .244 .435 .538 .974 162 84 1 1 1 0 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1998 23 KCR AL 70 50 8 4.3 111 .229 .224 .273 .343 .342 .397 .434 .739 .776 92 .411 -0.4 -0.0 .673 .345 .172 .0
1999 24 KCR AL 336 218 42 5.1 116 .356 .285 .277 .373 .350 .368 .444 .741 .794 89 .476 -3.0 -0.3 .700 .222 .083 .0
2000 25 OAK AL 302 208 38 4.9 112 .290 .254 .271 .338 .344 .423 .436 .761 .780 95 .443 -1.5 -0.1 .721 .292 .169 .0
2001 26 OAK AL 443 285 67 6.3 106 .335 .283 .266 .391 .333 .450 .427 .841 .760 123 .598 15.5 1.4 .832 .334 .167 .0
2002 27 TOT MLB 397 239 71 8.0 103 .307 .259 .260 .414 .330 .505 .417 .919 .747 147 .711 25.2 2.4 1.008 .495 .246 .0
2002 27 OAK AL 187 118 30 6.8 104 .321 .274 .262 .390 .329 .471 .421 .862 .750 131 .642 7.8 0.7 .881 .369 .197 .0
2002 27 PHI NL 210 121 41 9.1 102 .289 .244 .259 .435 .332 .538 .412 .974 .743 162 .762 17.4 1.7 1.133 .622 .295 .0
2003 28 BOS AL 156 106 17 4.3 111 .250 .197 .274 .342 .341 .354 .438 .696 .778 81 .428 -3.1 -0.3 .705 .370 .157 1.7
6 Seasons 1704 1106 243 5.9 109 .314 .263 .269 .377 .339 .430 .431 .807 .770 111 .559 32.7 3.1 .805 .343 .167 2.0
162 Game Avg. 541 351 77 5.9 109 .314 .263 .269 .377 .339 .430 .431 .807 .770 111 .559 10 1 .805 .343 .167 1
OAK (3 yrs) 932 611 135 5.9 107 .317 .272 .267 .374 .336 .445 .429 .819 .765 115 .559 21.8 2.0 .805 .327 .174 .0
KCR (2 yrs) 406 268 50 5.0 115 .333 .275 .277 .368 .349 .373 .442 .741 .791 90 .465 -3.4 -0.3 .695 .243 .098 .0
PHI (1 yr) 210 121 41 9.1 102 .289 .244 .259 .435 .332 .538 .412 .974 .743 162 .762 17.4 1.7 1.133 .622 .295 .0
BOS (1 yr) 156 106 17 4.3 111 .250 .197 .274 .342 .341 .354 .438 .696 .778 81 .427 -3.1 -0.3 .705 .370 .157 1.7
AL (6 yrs) 1494 985 202 5.5 110 .316 .265 .270 .369 .340 .416 .434 .785 .773 105 .522 15.3 1.4 .764 .308 .151 2.0
NL (1 yr) 210 121 41 9.1 102 .289 .244 .259 .435 .332 .538 .412 .974 .743 162 .762 17.4 1.7 1.133 .622 .295 .0

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 25 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 4 11 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 .333 .788 3 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 5 14 13 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 25 22 1 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 .318 .400 .364 .764 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 9 25 22 1 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 .318 .400 .364 .764 8 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1998 23 KCR AL 70 2.9% 12.9% 15.7% 8.6% 46% 0.82 6.4 29.0 7.3 0.61 0.95 69% 22% 8.3% 23%
1999 24 KCR AL 336 0.9% 19.9% 11.9% 5.1% 21% 1.68 4.3 96.0 8.5 0.80 0.97 66% 26% 2.7% 11%
2000 25 OAK AL 302 3.3% 20.2% 10.6% 7.3% 33% 1.91 4.3 26.0 5.2 0.63 0.92 64% 28% 9.6% 12%
2001 26 OAK AL 443 2.7% 18.7% 14.2% 8.6% 36% 1.32 4.5 30.9 6.5 0.71 1.18 63% 28% 8.5% 12%
2002 27 TOT MLB 397 5.0% 23.7% 19.9% 9.3% 46% 1.19 3.3 15.7 7.0 0.59 0.97 50% 27% 20.4% 22%
2002 27 OAK AL 187 4.3% 21.4% 14.4% 8.0% 35% 1.48 3.9 19.6 9.2 0.68 1.26 58% 27% 14.8% 17%
2002 27 PHI NL 210 5.7% 25.7% 24.8% 10.5% 58% 1.04 2.9 13.0 5.6 0.50 0.71 43% 27% 27.3% 27%
2003 28 BOS AL 156 3.2% 26.9% 16.7% 6.4% 40% 1.62 3.0 25.4 8.5 0.73 1.03 51% 15% 11.6% 12%
6 Seasons 1704 3.1% 20.9% 14.7% 7.6% 35% 1.42 4.0 27.3 6.8 0.69 1.02 60% 26% 10.0% 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1998 23 KCR AL 1 0 18% 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 0
1999 24 KCR AL 2 0 25% 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 39% 17 12 5 3 2 1 8 2 5
2000 25 OAK AL 5 0 35% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 37% 15 12 3 5 3 2 10 3 6
2001 26 OAK AL 2 0 33% 196 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 37% 29 22 7 11 6 4 12 3 8
2002 27 TOT MLB 2 1 26% 172 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 38% 21 18 3 10 4 6 6 0 5
2002 27 OAK AL 1 0 28% 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 9 9 0 4 2 2 5 0 4
2002 27 PHI NL 1 1 25% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 42% 12 9 3 6 2 4 1 0 1
2003 28 BOS AL 0 0 21% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 5 4 1 2 2 0 3 0 3
6 Seasons 12 1 28% 715 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 33 36% 88 69 19 33 19 13 42 10 27
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1998 23 KCR AL 70 84% 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.12 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 3 21% 9 4 44% 44 6 14% 5 4 80% 2 1 50% 0
1999 24 KCR AL 336 83% 82 8 0 10 2 0 1 1.73 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 50% 59 7 12% 27 7 26% 222 35 16% 25 12 48% 23 6 26% 0
2000 25 OAK AL 302 76% 66 7 1 22 6 0 3 1.86 10 1 14 5 5 3 7 0 3 3 100% 79 7 9% 39 16 41% 249 42 17% 24 11 46% 19 8 42% 0
2001 26 OAK AL 443 80% 105 10 1 12 2 0 1 1.91 12 0 18 9 3 5 7 0 5 3 60% 100 13 13% 58 19 33% 292 47 16% 29 14 48% 27 13 48% 0
2002 27 TOT MLB 398 78% 81 2 0 21 3 1 3 1.78 20 0 11 19 1 12 8 0 1 1 100% 63 5 8% 26 6 23% 218 27 12% 12 4 33% 14 5 36% 0
2002 27 OAK AL 187 65% 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 7 1 6 2 0 0 0 20 4 20% 10 4 40% 80 10 13% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
2002 27 PHI NL 211 89% 38 1 0 21 3 1 3 1.78 12 0 5 12 0 6 6 0 1 1 100% 43 1 2% 16 2 13% 138 17 12% 8 1 13% 12 4 33% 0
2003 28 BOS AL 156 83% 25 1 0 10 3 0 0 0.95 5 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 16 4 25% 91 11 12% 10 4 40% 16 7 44% 0
6 Seasons 1705 80% 372 30 2 77 16 1 8 1.66 52 1 57 43 9 24 28 0 12 9 75% 332 38 11% 175 56 32% 1116 168 15% 105 49 47% 101 40 40% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1998 23 KCR AL 70 278 3.97 168 60% 24% 11% 35% 30% 76% 0% 46% 85% 30% 4% 3 0 19% 13 7 11% 8 3 33% 0 0 0
1999 24 KCR AL 336 1313 3.91 772 59% 22% 16% 33% 29% 78% 4% 46% 80% 33% 7% 22 2 17% 57 29 10% 32 15 31% 0 0 0
2000 25 OAK AL 302 1161 3.84 701 60% 26% 14% 31% 29% 74% 2% 45% 81% 29% 9% 26 1 18% 54 22 8% 24 17 21% 0 0 0
2001 26 OAK AL 443 1919 4.33 1137 59% 29% 15% 31% 26% 71% 1% 42% 79% 25% 5% 22 1 17% 74 35 12% 55 26 23% 0 0 0
2002 27 TOT MLB 398 1803 4.53 1031 57% 31% 16% 32% 21% 69% 1% 39% 77% 18% 9% 34 2 19% 76 27 17% 69 35 16% 0 0 0
2002 27 OAK AL 187 835 4.47 496 59% 33% 15% 28% 24% 67% 0% 40% 78% 16% 5% 9 0 14% 26 12 16% 30 19 18% 0 0 0
2002 27 PHI NL 211 968 4.59 535 55% 29% 16% 35% 19% 71% 1% 39% 77% 20% 12% 25 2 24% 50 15 18% 39 16 15% 0 0 0
2003 28 BOS AL 156 691 4.43 380 55% 30% 21% 27% 23% 70% 0% 39% 70% 26% 6% 10 0 21% 33 16 19% 30 13 24% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1705 7165 4.20 4189 58% 28% 16% 31% 26% 72% 1% 42% 79% 26% 7% 117 6 18% 307 136 13% 218 109 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1998 23 18 70 58 6 13 4 0 2 8 0 1 11 9 .224 .343 .397 .739 92 23 3 0 0 1 0
1999 24 108 406 346 40 95 17 1 5 42 0 1 51 76 .275 .368 .373 .741 90 129 10 3 1 5 5
2000 25 212 708 606 82 161 27 3 15 92 0 1 83 137 .266 .355 .394 .750 92 239 17 6 4 9 7
2001 26 336 1151 977 146 266 53 3 27 149 0 2 146 220 .272 .369 .416 .784 104 406 30 10 7 11 8
2002 27 460 1548 1290 204 347 70 3 47 194 0 3 225 314 .269 .381 .437 .818 114 564 35 14 8 11 10
2003 28 510 1704 1417 219 372 75 3 52 209 1 3 251 356 .263 .377 .430 .807 111 609 38 16 9 11 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 23 18 68 57 6 12 4 0 2 7 0 10 9 .211 .324 .386 .709 7 18
1999 24 90 331 285 30 79 13 1 3 30 0 39 67 .277 .366 .361 .727 37 90
2000 25 104 296 258 39 64 10 2 10 46 0 31 61 .248 .331 .419 .750 35 104
2001 26 124 440 371 62 105 26 0 12 56 0 63 83 .283 .391 .450 .841 65 124
2002 27 124 410 320 60 88 18 0 22 46 0 86 94 .275 .434 .538 .972 74 124
2003 28 50 157 128 14 26 5 0 5 14 1 27 42 .203 .350 .359 .710 16 50
6 Seasons 510 1702 1419 211 374 76 3 54 199 1 256 356 .264 .380 .436 .815 234 510
162 Game Avg. 162 541 451 67 119 24 1 17 63 0 81 113 .264 .380 .436 .815 74 510

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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