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Carlos Gómez

Carlos Argelis (Pena) Gomez (twitter: @C_Gomez27)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 4, 1985 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
High School: Ana FA Jimenez (Santiago, DO)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2007
Teams (by GP): Twins/Brewers/Mets 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.96M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.141, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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
2007 21 NYM NL 58 139 125 14 29 3 0 2 12 12 3 8 27 .232 .288 .304 .592 55 38 0 3 0 3 2 79/8
2008 22 MIN AL 153 614 577 79 149 24 7 7 59 33 11 25 142 .258 .296 .360 .657 77 208 7 7 3 2 0 *8/D
2009 23 MIN AL 137 349 315 51 72 15 5 3 28 14 7 22 72 .229 .287 .337 .623 65 106 1 4 7 1 0 *8/D
2010 24 MIL NL 97 318 291 38 72 11 3 5 24 18 3 17 72 .247 .298 .357 .655 76 104 10 4 6 0 1 8/79
2011 25 MIL NL 94 258 231 37 52 11 3 8 24 16 2 15 64 .225 .276 .403 .679 82 93 2 2 8 2 0 8
2012 26 MIL NL 30 79 74 11 21 5 2 1 7 5 2 2 12 .284 .321 .446 .766 104 33 1 2 1 0 0 8
6 Yrs 569 1757 1613 230 395 69 20 26 154 98 28 89 389 .245 .292 .361 .653 75 582 21 22 25 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 500 459 65 112 20 6 7 44 28 8 25 111 .245 .292 .361 .653 75 166 6 6 7 2 1
MIL (3 yrs) 221 655 596 86 145 27 8 14 55 39 7 34 148 .243 .292 .386 .678 82 230 13 8 15 2 1
MIN (2 yrs) 290 963 892 130 221 39 12 10 87 47 18 47 214 .248 .293 .352 .645 73 314 8 11 10 3 0
NYM (1 yr) 58 139 125 14 29 3 0 2 12 12 3 8 27 .232 .288 .304 .592 55 38 0 3 0 3 2
NL (4 yrs) 279 794 721 100 174 30 8 16 67 51 10 42 175 .241 .291 .372 .663 77 268 13 11 15 5 3
AL (2 yrs) 290 963 892 130 221 39 12 10 87 47 18 47 214 .248 .293 .352 .645 73 314 8 11 10 3 0

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
2007 21 NYM NL 58 139 -9 2 2 7 -2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 -0.3 0.5 -3 $ 79/8
2008 22 MIN AL 153 614 -21 0 2 12 2 -4 -0.2 21 17 1.7 .497 .497 0.4 1.6 5 $395,000 *8/D
2009 23 MIN AL 137 349 -17 1 2 5 1 -8 -0.7 12 4 0.3 .494 .495 -0.1 0.7 -2 $437,500 *8/D
2010 24 MIL NL 97 318 -9 1 -1 5 1 -3 -0.3 9 6 0.5 .497 .498 0.0 0.6 1 $1,100,000 8/79
2011 25 MIL NL 94 258 -5 1 1 15 1 12 1.4 7 19 2.1 .514 .508 0.4 1.8 4 $1,500,000 8
2012 26 MIL NL 30 79 -0 -0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .499 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 8
6 Seasons 569 1757 -61 5 5 43 4 -4 0.1 54 50 5.1 .499 .500 0.6 5.3 7 $3,432,500
MIL (3 yrs) 221 655 -14 1 0 19 2 8 1.0 18 26 2.7 .504 .502 0.6 2.4 7 $2,600,000
MIN (2 yrs) 290 963 -38 1 4 17 4 -12 -0.9 33 20 2.0 .496 .496 0.3 2.4 3 $832,500
NYM (1 yr) 58 139 -9 2 2 7 -2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 -0.3 0.5 -3 $

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
2007 21 NYM NL 139 102 13 3.4 109 .273 .232 .270 .288 .339 .304 .432 .592 .772 55 .328 -8.2 -0.8 .586 .208 .072 3.4
2008 22 MIN AL 614 451 63 3.7 102 .330 .258 .263 .296 .331 .360 .414 .657 .744 77 .374 -20.7 -2.0 .587 .184 .102 11.6
2009 23 MIN AL 349 259 32 3.3 106 .286 .229 .265 .287 .334 .337 .425 .623 .759 65 .313 -16.7 -1.6 .554 .200 .108 4.9
2010 24 MIL NL 318 238 31 3.5 102 .313 .247 .262 .298 .332 .357 .413 .655 .745 76 .377 -10.8 -1.1 .603 .220 .110 7.8
2011 25 MIL NL 258 193 28 3.9 101 .273 .225 .263 .276 .330 .403 .409 .679 .739 82 .442 -6.8 -0.7 .678 .303 .177 10.7
2012 26 MIL NL 79 57 10 4.7 103 .328 .284 .263 .321 .331 .446 .415 .766 .746 104 .516 0.1 0.0 .714 .230 .162 1.7
6 Yrs 1757 1300 177 3.6 103 .306 .245 .264 .292 .332 .361 .416 .653 .749 75 .374 -63.2 -6.1 .602 .215 .116 41.1
162 Game Avg. 500 370 50 3.6 103 .306 .245 .264 .292 .332 .361 .416 .653 .749 75 .374 -63.2 -6.1 .602 .215 .116 12
MIL (3 yrs) 655 488 69 3.8 102 .300 .243 .262 .292 .331 .386 .411 .678 .743 82 .420 -17.5 -1.7 .645 .253 .143 20.6
MIN (2 yrs) 963 710 95 3.6 103 .314 .248 .264 .293 .332 .352 .418 .645 .749 73 .351 -37.4 -3.6 .575 .189 .104 16.5
NYM (1 yr) 139 102 13 3.4 109 .273 .232 .270 .288 .339 .304 .432 .592 .772 55 .327 -8.2 -0.8 .586 .208 .072 3.4
NL (4 yrs) 794 590 82 3.7 103 .295 .241 .264 .291 .333 .372 .415 .663 .748 77 .403 -25.8 -2.5 .635 .245 .130 24.4
AL (2 yrs) 963 710 95 3.6 103 .314 .248 .264 .293 .332 .352 .418 .645 .749 73 .351 -37.4 -3.6 .575 .189 .104 16.5

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
2009 23 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0
2011 25 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 3 5 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250 6 0 0 1 0 0
2011 25 MIL NL NLCS STL L 5 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 2 0 1 1 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 9 23 18 4 5 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 4 .278 .381 .444 .825 8 0 2 2 0 0
1 ALDS 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 5 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250 6 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 5 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 2 0 1 1 0 0

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
2007 21 NYM NL 139 1.4% 19.4% 5.8% 3.6% 17% 3.38 4.6 62.5 10.4 0.85 1.00 71% 13% 5.3% 19%
2008 22 MIN AL 614 1.1% 23.1% 4.1% 6.2% 26% 5.68 4.1 82.4 9.8 0.78 0.94 70% 14% 4.1% 18%
2009 23 MIN AL 349 0.9% 20.6% 6.3% 6.6% 32% 3.27 4.4 105.0 11.3 0.85 1.17 69% 18% 3.0% 20%
2010 24 MIL NL 318 1.6% 22.6% 5.4% 6.0% 26% 4.24 4.0 58.2 12.1 0.92 1.50 67% 17% 6.0% 19%
2011 25 MIL NL 258 3.1% 24.8% 5.8% 8.5% 42% 4.27 3.6 28.9 9.6 0.77 0.84 62% 12% 11.0% 20%
2012 26 MIL NL 79 1.3% 15.2% 2.5% 10.1% 38% 6.00 6.2 74.0 10.6 0.48 0.54 77% 24% 2.9% 15%
6 Yrs 1757 1.5% 22.1% 5.1% 6.6% 29% 4.37 4.1 62.0 10.5 0.80 1.03 69% 15% 5.2% 19%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 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
2007 21 NYM NL -8.2 -0.8 155 -1.0 1.3 -2.3 .80 -0.4 -0.8 -6.9 -0.7 0.94 -6.9 0.99 6
2008 22 MIN AL -20.7 -2.0 668 -2.8 8.9 -11.7 .99 -1.5 -1.3 -17.7 -1.7 0.96 -20.4 0
2009 23 MIN AL -17.1 -1.6 373 -1.9 4.2 -6.1 .89 -1.5 -0.7 -15.1 -1.4 0.92 -18.9 0.00 2
2010 24 MIL NL -10.8 -1.1 342 -0.1 5.9 -6.0 1.04 -1.0 1.0 -11.8 -1.2 0.98 -9.1 0.88 15
2011 25 MIL NL -6.8 -0.7 283 0.2 4.2 -4.0 .91 -0.4 0.5 -2.2 -0.2 1.01 -3.5 0.12 5
2012 26 MIL NL 0.1 0.0 88 -0.1 1.5 -1.5 1.13 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.99 -0.3 1.04 5
6 Yrs -63.6 -6.1 1909 -5.7 25.9 -31.7 .96 -4.9 -1.1 -53.5 -5.2 0.96 -59.0 0.75 33

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
2007 21 NYM NL 2 0 32% 52 12 3 80% 11 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 73% 4 1 3 0 0 0 7 2 5
2008 22 MIN AL 5 0 41% 186 33 11 75% 27 10 6 1 0 0 10 5 8 10 61% 22 13 9 8 4 4 27 5 22
2009 23 MIN AL 2 0 51% 136 14 7 67% 11 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 9 54% 18 11 7 3 2 1 14 3 11
2010 24 MIL NL 4 0 38% 79 18 3 86% 15 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 6 6 44% 13 8 3 2 0 2 10 4 6
2011 25 MIL NL 3 0 48% 72 16 2 89% 14 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 9 9 65% 11 5 5 0 0 0 9 0 8
2012 26 MIL NL 0 0 42% 34 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 80% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
6 Yrs 16 0 43% 559 98 28 78% 82 21 16 6 0 1 21 9 28 38 59% 70 39 28 13 6 7 70 14 55

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
2007 21 NYM NL 139 45% 29 10 6 6 0 0 0 0.99 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0% 34 0 0% 19 7 37% 86 10 12% 10 5 50% 4 2 50% 0
2008 22 MIN AL 614 28% 149 51 30 0 0 0 0 7 0 18 4 3 3 4 0 13 3 23% 101 7 7% 51 15 29% 353 53 15% 40 19 48% 19 11 58% 0
2009 23 MIN AL 349 35% 72 16 5 2 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 10 7 70% 56 1 2% 33 11 33% 194 25 13% 13 6 46% 12 6 50% 0
2010 24 MIL NL 318 34% 72 19 11 15 3 0 0 0.88 5 0 8 3 2 3 2 0 9 6 67% 66 10 15% 31 5 16% 213 19 9% 16 8 50% 14 9 64% 0
2011 25 MIL NL 258 37% 52 8 4 5 2 0 0 0.12 8 0 6 2 6 4 4 1 10 8 80% 50 2 4% 28 10 36% 145 17 12% 9 4 44% 9 6 67% 0
2012 26 MIL NL 79 48% 21 3 0 5 3 1 1 1.04 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25% 19 1 5% 8 2 25% 49 6 12% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
6 Yrs 1757 34% 395 107 56 33 8 1 1 0.75 26 0 45 12 14 13 13 1 49 25 51% 326 21 6% 170 50 29% 1040 130 13% 93 45 48% 60 35 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 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
2007 21 NYM NL 140 468 3.34 337 72% 23% 18% 30% 30% 77% 6% 56% 77% 38% 5% 7 0 11% 15 4 4% 6 3 15% -1 0 0
2008 22 MIN AL 617 2112 3.42 1463 69% 21% 19% 31% 30% 79% 0% 55% 77% 44% 2% 12 0 10% 64 26 5% 31 14 21% -3 0 0
2009 23 MIN AL 349 1238 3.55 815 66% 22% 18% 28% 31% 78% 0% 51% 76% 39% 5% 18 0 11% 38 13 7% 23 14 28% 0 0 0
2010 24 MIL NL 319 1136 3.56 775 68% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 0% 53% 76% 42% 5% 16 0 12% 38 12 6% 19 8 25% -1 0 0
2011 25 MIL NL 259 899 3.47 619 69% 21% 20% 30% 29% 79% 0% 54% 75% 42% 4% 10 0 10% 27 8 7% 19 12 13% -1 0 0
2012 26 MIL NL 79 264 3.34 167 63% 19% 20% 23% 38% 81% 0% 52% 75% 35% 1% 1 0 16% 13 6 11% 9 7 25% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1763 6117 3.47 4176 68% 21% 19% 30% 30% 79% 0% 54% 76% 42% 4% 64 0 11% 195 69 6% 107 58 21% -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
2007 21 58 139 125 14 29 3 0 2 12 12 3 8 27 .232 .288 .304 .592 55 38 0 3 0 3 2
2008 22 211 753 702 93 178 27 7 9 71 45 14 33 169 .254 .295 .350 .645 73 246 7 10 3 5 2
2009 23 348 1102 1017 144 250 42 12 12 99 59 21 55 241 .246 .292 .346 .638 70 352 8 14 10 6 2
2010 24 445 1420 1308 182 322 53 15 17 123 77 24 72 313 .246 .293 .349 .642 72 456 18 18 16 6 3
2011 25 539 1678 1539 219 374 64 18 25 147 93 26 87 377 .243 .291 .357 .648 73 549 20 20 24 8 3
2012 26 569 1757 1613 230 395 69 20 26 154 98 28 89 389 .245 .292 .361 .653 75 582 21 22 25 8 3

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
2007 21 58 138 124 13 28 3 0 2 11 12 8 27 .226 .283 .298 .581 10 58
2008 22 153 618 580 81 152 24 7 7 61 34 26 142 .262 .301 .364 .665 62 153
2009 23 137 350 316 52 73 15 5 3 28 14 22 72 .231 .289 .339 .627 30 137
2010 24 97 319 292 39 73 11 3 5 25 18 17 72 .250 .300 .360 .660 31 97
2011 25 94 259 232 38 53 11 3 8 25 16 15 64 .228 .279 .405 .684 26 94
2012 26 30 79 74 11 21 5 2 1 7 5 2 12 .284 .321 .446 .766 10 30
6 Yrs 569 1763 1618 234 400 69 20 26 157 99 90 389 .247 .295 .363 .657 169 569
162 Game Avg. 162 502 461 67 114 20 6 7 45 28 26 111 .247 .295 .363 .657 48 569

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 NL  1.8 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  142 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (3rd)

SB % s c a p y
2010 NL  85.71 (4th)
2011 NL  88.89 (4th)
Active  77.78 (33rd)
Career  77.78 (80th)

Youngest s c a p y
2007 NL  born 1985-12-04 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2068), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2148), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bobby Brown (968)
  2. Carl Warwick (967)
  3. Norm Miller (966)
  4. Fred Valentine (962)
  5. Luis Matos (961)
  6. Rick Bosetti (960)
  7. Mike Anderson (960)
  8. Faye Throneberry (958)
  9. James Mouton (958)
  10. Paul Householder (958)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Tommie Agee (969)
  2. Beals Becker (959)
  3. Mickey Stanley (957)
  4. Ned Hanlon (954) *
  5. Norm Miller (952)
  6. Jay Johnstone (949)
  7. Tommy McCraw (947)
  8. Rich Becker (945)
  9. Chad Curtis (944)
  10. Cleon Jones (944)
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  3. Brian McRae (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tommie Agee (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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