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Jay Gibbons

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

Born: March 2, 1977 in Rochester, MI
High School: Mayfair (Lakewood, CA)
School: California State University, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2001
Final Game: August 12, 2007
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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
2001	24	BAL	AL	73	246	225	27	53	10	0	15	36	0	1	17	39	.236	.301	.480	.781	106	108	7	4	0	0	0	D7/3
2002	25	BAL	AL	136	541	490	71	121	29	1	28	69	1	3	45	66	.247	.311	.482	.792	111	236	9	2	0	4	3	93D
2003	26	BAL	AL	160	682	625	80	173	39	2	23	100	0	1	49	89	.277	.330	.456	.786	106	285	12	3	0	5	11	*93/D
2004	27	BAL	AL	97	380	346	36	85	14	1	10	47	1	1	29	64	.246	.303	.379	.682	78	131	11	1	1	3	0	9D3
2005	28	BAL	AL	139	518	488	72	135	33	3	26	79	0	0	28	56	.277	.317	.516	.833	118	252	15	1	0	1	3	9D3
2006	29	BAL	AL	90	378	343	34	95	23	0	13	46	0	0	32	48	.277	.341	.458	.799	106	157	12	2	0	1	2	D9
2007	30	BAL	AL	84	290	270	28	62	14	0	6	28	0	0	15	52	.230	.272	.348	.621	62	94	5	2	0	3	1	7D/9
7 Seasons				779	3035	2787	348	724	162	7	121	405	2	6	215	414	.260	.314	.453	.768	101	1263	71	15	1	17	20
162 Game Avg.				162	631	580	72	151	34	1	25	84	0	1	45	86	.260	.314	.453	.768	101	263	15	3	0	4	4

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
2001	24	BAL	AL	246	180	30	4.5	103	.222	.236	.261	.301	.327	.480	.420	.781	.747	106	.442	1.1	0.1	.711	.316	.244	.0
2002	25	BAL	AL	541	385	72	5.0	101	.233	.247	.258	.311	.325	.482	.416	.792	.741	111	.505	7.2	0.7	.738	.322	.235	1.9
2003	26	BAL	AL	682	470	93	5.3	106	.290	.277	.267	.330	.333	.456	.427	.786	.759	106	.523	5.1	0.5	.723	.256	.179	.0
2004	27	BAL	AL	380	277	38	3.7	108	.273	.246	.268	.303	.336	.379	.430	.682	.766	78	.348	-11.4	-1.1	.590	.217	.133	1.8
2005	28	BAL	AL	518	369	75	5.4	104	.268	.277	.267	.317	.330	.516	.423	.833	.753	118	.547	10.6	1.0	.764	.297	.240	.0
2006	29	BAL	AL	378	261	51	5.2	110	.290	.277	.274	.341	.339	.458	.436	.799	.775	106	.499	2.9	0.3	.735	.274	.181	.0
2007	30	BAL	AL	290	216	25	3.1	108	.260	.230	.272	.272	.340	.348	.426	.621	.765	62	.289	-15.6	-1.5	.521	.174	.119	.0
7 Seasons				3035	2158	384	4.8	105	.266	.260	.266	.314	.332	.453	.425	.768	.757	101	.473	-0.2	0.0	.696	.269	.193	3.9
162 Game Avg.				631	449	80	4.8	105	.266	.260	.266	.314	.332	.453	.425	.768	.757	101	.473	-0.2	0	.696	.269	.193	1

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
2001	24	BAL	AL	246	6.1%	15.9%	6.9%	10.2%	47%	2.29	5.8	15.0	6.3	0.69	0.94	70%	22%	17.2%	14%
2002	25	BAL	AL	541	5.2%	12.2%	8.3%	10.7%	48%	1.47	7.4	17.5	7.1	0.71	1.01	74%	23%	14.9%	20%
2003	26	BAL	AL	682	3.4%	13.1%	7.2%	9.4%	37%	1.82	7.0	27.2	6.3	0.68	0.88	76%	21%	8.0%	11%
2004	27	BAL	AL	380	2.6%	16.8%	7.6%	6.6%	29%	2.21	5.4	34.6	7.4	0.83	1.08	72%	14%	7.3%	12%
2005	28	BAL	AL	518	5.0%	10.8%	5.4%	12.0%	46%	2.00	8.7	18.8	6.2	0.59	0.69	79%	16%	11.6%	18%
2006	29	BAL	AL	378	3.4%	12.7%	8.5%	9.5%	38%	1.50	7.1	26.4	7.5	0.62	0.80	75%	17%	8.8%	19%
2007	30	BAL	AL	290	2.1%	17.9%	5.2%	6.9%	32%	3.47	5.2	45.0	9.6	0.64	0.86	74%	20%	5.4%	18%
7 Seasons				3035	4.0%	13.6%	7.1%	9.6%	40%	1.93	6.7	23.0	6.9	0.67	0.88	75%	19%	10.2%	16%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	24	BAL	AL	1	0	20%	74	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	41%	11	8	3	1	1	0	5	1	4
2002	25	BAL	AL	3	0	31%	194	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	31%	19	19	0	11	7	4	12	1	9
2003	26	BAL	AL	4	0	28%	231	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	9	44%	29	18	11	6	4	2	24	11	13
2004	27	BAL	AL	1	0	25%	107	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	44%	19	10	9	5	3	1	8	4	4
2005	28	BAL	AL	5	0	33%	161	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	33%	22	17	5	5	3	2	16	8	7
2006	29	BAL	AL	3	0	18%	124	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	12%	18	17	1	5	5	0	11	8	3
2007	30	BAL	AL	1	0	30%	96	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	21%	9	8	1	4	2	1	6	3	2
7 Seasons				18	0	27%	987	2	6	25%	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	55	33%	127	97	30	37	25	10	82	36	42
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
2001	24	BAL	AL	246	88%	53	2	0	9	3	1	1	1.87	15	0	9	13	2	9	6	0	0	0		51	7	14%	22	8	36%	183	23	13%	16	8	50%	12	6	50%	0
2002	25	BAL	AL	541	81%	121	4	0	4	1	0	1	1.96	28	0	10	26	2	17	11	0	0	0		85	9	11%	32	10	31%	290	43	15%	24	14	58%	26	13	50%	0
2003	26	BAL	AL	682	71%	173	12	0	0	0	0	0		23	1	18	18	5	12	11	0	0	0		134	12	9%	62	20	32%	470	85	18%	45	21	47%	53	26	49%	0
2004	27	BAL	AL	380	70%	85	9	0	3	0	0	0	1.94	10	0	9	8	2	4	6	0	1	1	100%	83	11	13%	41	13	32%	246	38	15%	19	11	58%	15	4	27%	0
2005	28	BAL	AL	518	74%	135	7	0	8	0	0	0	2.01	26	1	8	19	7	13	13	0	0	0		116	15	13%	37	11	30%	319	55	17%	18	14	78%	24	14	58%	0
2006	29	BAL	AL	378	83%	95	8	0	0	0	0	0		13	0	8	11	2	8	5	0	0	0		98	12	12%	38	6	16%	265	37	14%	18	9	50%	16	8	50%	0
2007	30	BAL	AL	290	83%	62	4	0	9	0	0	0	2.07	6	0	5	6	0	1	5	0	0	0		55	5	9%	26	4	15%	179	23	13%	15	8	53%	13	8	62%	0
7 Seasons				3035	77%	724	46	0	33	4	1	2	1.97	121	2	67	101	20	64	57	0	1	1	100%	622	71	11%	258	72	28%	1952	304	16%	155	85	55%	159	79	50%	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
2001	24	BAL	AL	246	874	3.55	579	66%	17%	18%	33%	32%	83%	0%	55%	78%	46%	2%	5	0	10%	24	14	6%	14	6	21%	0	0	0
2002	25	BAL	AL	541	1904	3.52	1231	65%	19%	13%	34%	35%	81%	1%	53%	84%	40%	3%	18	1	13%	68	38	9%	46	23	23%	0	0	0
2003	26	BAL	AL	682	2352	3.45	1567	67%	23%	13%	30%	35%	77%	5%	51%	83%	32%	5%	35	2	11%	74	29	6%	42	22	18%	0	0	0
2004	27	BAL	AL	380	1433	3.77	939	66%	22%	15%	32%	30%	78%	0%	51%	81%	33%	5%	19	4	13%	50	25	7%	26	15	16%	0	0	0
2005	28	BAL	AL	518	1849	3.57	1217	66%	22%	11%	31%	36%	78%	1%	51%	86%	27%	4%	21	1	14%	72	34	5%	27	14	29%	0	0	0
2006	29	BAL	AL	378	1375	3.64	855	62%	27%	10%	28%	35%	73%	1%	45%	86%	18%	7%	25	1	16%	60	24	10%	36	20	27%	0	0	0
2007	30	BAL	AL	290	1029	3.55	676	66%	26%	16%	25%	33%	74%	0%	48%	79%	19%	6%	17	0	17%	48	26	9%	25	14	13%	0	0	0
7 Seasons				3035	10816	3.56	7064	65%	22%	13%	31%	34%	78%	2%	51%	83%	31%	5%	140	9	13%	396	190	7%	216	114	21%	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
2001	24	73	246	225	27	53	10	0	15	36	0	1	17	39	.236	.301	.480	.781	106	108	7	4	0	0	0
2002	25	209	787	715	98	174	39	1	43	105	1	4	62	105	.243	.307	.481	.789	110	344	16	6	0	4	3
2003	26	369	1469	1340	178	347	78	3	66	205	1	5	111	194	.259	.318	.469	.787	108	629	28	9	0	9	14
2004	27	466	1849	1686	214	432	92	4	76	252	2	6	140	258	.256	.315	.451	.766	102	760	39	10	1	12	14
2005	28	605	2367	2174	286	567	125	7	102	331	2	6	168	314	.261	.315	.466	.781	105	1012	54	11	1	13	17
2006	29	695	2745	2517	320	662	148	7	115	377	2	6	200	362	.263	.319	.464	.783	106	1169	66	13	1	14	19
2007	30	779	3035	2787	348	724	162	7	121	405	2	6	215	414	.260	.314	.453	.768	101	1263	71	15	1	17	20

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
2001	24	73	246	225	27	53	10	0	15	37	0	17	39	.236	.301	.480	.781	31	73
2002	25	136	542	491	73	122	29	1	28	71	1	45	66	.248	.312	.483	.794	74	136
2003	26	160	678	622	79	170	38	2	23	98	0	48	89	.273	.326	.452	.778	91	160
2004	27	97	374	342	35	81	13	1	10	45	1	28	64	.237	.294	.368	.663	37	97
2005	28	139	512	483	72	130	32	3	25	79	0	27	56	.269	.309	.503	.812	75	139
2006	29	90	371	338	32	90	22	0	12	44	0	30	48	.266	.329	.438	.767	49	90
2007	30	84	288	268	26	60	14	0	6	26	0	15	52	.224	.267	.343	.611	24	84
7 Seasons		779	3011	2769	344	706	158	7	119	400	2	210	414	.255	.309	.446	.755	381	779
162 Game Avg.		162	626	576	72	147	33	1	25	83	0	44	86	.255	.309	.446	.755	79	779

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2003 AL--160--8th	Doubles s c a p y 2003 AL--39--10th	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2003 AL--11--7th	AB per SO s c a p y 2005 AL--8.7--7th
AB per HR s c a p y Career--23.0--211th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Dan Pasqua (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Quentin (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Butch Huskey (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Deron Johnson (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmie Hall (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Esasky (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50