Jason Grabowski

Jason William Grabowski

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 24, 1976 in New Haven, CT
High School: The Morgan School HS (Clinton, CT)
School: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 2002
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics 2002-2005
Agents: Bob Garber [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2005
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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
1997	21	TEX-min	Rk	50	216	174	36	51	14	0	4	24	6	1	40	32	.293	.423	.443	.866		77	2	0	1	1	2		PUL · APPY
1998	22	TEX-min	A	104	411	352	63	95	13	6	14	52	16	9	57	93	.270	.372	.460	.832		162	7	1	0	1	0		SAV · SALL
1999	23	TEX-min	A+,AA	125	515	440	69	137	31	6	12	87	13	10	67	68	.311	.407	.491	.898		216	8	5	1	2	4		CHT,TUL · FLOR,TL
2000	24	TEX-min	AA	135	592	493	93	135	33	5	19	90	8	7	88	106	.274	.383	.477	.860		235	12	4	0	7	1		TUL · TL
2001	25	SEA-min	AAA	114	462	394	60	117	32	3	9	58	7	4	61	94	.297	.390	.462	.852		182	8	2	0	5	5		TAC · PCL
2002	26	OAK-min	AAA	73	305	265	50	78	22	3	12	52	6	4	39	56	.294	.387	.536	.923		142	8	1	0	0	2		SAC · PCL
2002	26	OAK	AL	4	11	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	.375	.545	.750	1.295	244	6	0	0	0	0	0	/7
2003	27	OAK-min	AAA,Rk	69	295	256	45	75	14	2	9	41	7	2	34	46	.293	.369	.469	.838		120	6	0	0	5	0		SAC,ATH · PCL,ARIZ
2003	27	OAK	AL	8	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0	/95D
2004	28	LAD	NL	113	192	173	18	38	7	0	7	20	0	0	19	50	.220	.297	.382	.678	78	66	4	0	0	0	0	7/3D9
2005	29	LAD-min	AAA	52	211	181	37	56	16	1	6	33	0	0	30	26	.309	.408	.508	.916		92	5	0	0	0	1		LVG · PCL
2005	29	LAD	NL	65	124	112	14	18	0	0	4	12	1	0	10	29	.161	.228	.268	.495	31	30	4	0	0	1	1	7/93
2006	30	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
4 Yrs				190	336	301	35	59	8	1	11	33	1	0	33	85	.196	.275	.339	.613	62	102	8	0	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	286	257	30	50	7	1	9	28	1	0	28	72	.196	.275	.339	.613	62	87	7	0	0	1	1

OAK (2 yrs)				12	20	16	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	6	.188	.350	.375	.725	94	6	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (2 yrs)				178	316	285	32	56	7	0	11	32	1	0	29	79	.196	.270	.337	.607	60	96	8	0	0	1	1

NL (2 yrs)				178	316	285	32	56	7	0	11	32	1	0	29	79	.196	.270	.337	.607	60	96	8	0	0	1	1
AL (2 yrs)				12	20	16	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	6	.188	.350	.375	.725	94	6	0	0	0	0	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
2002	26	OAK	AL	4	11	2	0	0	0	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.545	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/7
2003	27	OAK	AL	8	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.473	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/95D
2004	28	LAD	NL	113	192	-6	-0	-1	-5	-2	-14	-1.4	5	-9	-0.9	.487	.491	-0.4	-0.7	-4	$301,000	7/3D9
2005	29	LAD	NL	65	124	-12	-0	-0	0	-1	-14	-1.5	3	-11	-1.1	.477	.491	-1.1	-0.1	-11	$327,000	7/93
4 Seasons				190	336	-18	-1	-1	-5	-4	-28	-2.9	9	-19	-2.0	.485	.495	-1.5	-0.9	-14	$628,000

OAK (2 yrs)				12	20	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
LAD (2 yrs)				178	316	-18	-1	-1	-5	-3	-28	-2.9	9	-20	-2.0	.484	.491	-1.5	-0.8	-15	$628,000

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
2002	26	OAK	AL	11	5	4	21.4	104	.429	.375	.262	.545	.329	.750	.421	1.295	.750	244	.936	1.9	0.2	1.800	.750	.375
2003	27	OAK	AL	9	8	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.111	.333	.000	.427	.111	.759	-67	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
2004	28	LAD	NL	192	139	20	3.9	107	.267	.220	.264	.297	.334	.382	.427	.678	.762	78	.381	-5.9	-0.6	.612	.272	.162	.0
2005	29	LAD	NL	124	99	7	1.9	106	.175	.161	.266	.228	.336	.268	.424	.495	.760	31	.152	-11.9	-1.2	.418	.205	.107	1.6
4 Yrs				336	251	31	3.3	106	.233	.196	.265	.275	.335	.339	.426	.613	.761	62	.323	-17.9	-1.7	.544	.256	.143	1.8
162 Game Avg.				286	214	26	3.3	106	.233	.196	.265	.275	.335	.339	.426	.613	.761	62	.323	-17.9	-1.7	.544	.256	.143	2

OAK (2 yrs)				20	13	4	8.2	105	.300	.188	.264	.350	.331	.375	.424	.725	.755	94	.715	-0.1	-0.0	.769	.438	.188
LAD (2 yrs)				316	238	27	3.0	107	.230	.196	.265	.270	.335	.337	.426	.607	.761	60	.290	-17.8	-1.7	.532	.246	.140	1.8

NL (2 yrs)				316	238	27	3.0	107	.230	.196	.265	.270	.335	.337	.426	.607	.761	60	.290	-17.8	-1.7	.532	.246	.140	1.8
AL (2 yrs)				20	13	4	8.2	105	.300	.188	.264	.350	.331	.375	.424	.725	.755	94	.715	-0.1	-0.0	.769	.438	.188

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
2004	28	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	L	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	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
2002	26	OAK	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	27.3%	18.2%	67%	0.33	8.0		8.0	0.75	1.00	64%	43%	0.0%	25%
2003	27	OAK	AL	9	0.0%	55.6%	11.1%	0.0%		5.00	1.6			2.00	2.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
2004	28	LAD	NL	192	3.7%	26.0%	9.9%	7.3%	37%	2.63	3.5	24.7	8.7	0.56	0.75	60%	23%	10.0%	11%
2005	29	LAD	NL	124	3.2%	23.4%	8.1%	3.2%	22%	2.90	3.9	28.0	9.3	0.91	1.26	65%	17%	10.0%	9%
4 Yrs				336	3.3%	25.3%	9.8%	6.0%	34%	2.58	3.5	27.4	9.1	0.70	0.95	61%	21%	9.6%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.96	5.3	32.1	7.7	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	26	OAK	AL	1.9	0.2	11	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.74	0.2	0.1	1.7	0.2	0.87	1.9		0
2003	27	OAK	AL	-2.0	-0.2	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.50	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.69	-2.0	0.31	5
2004	28	LAD	NL	-5.9	-0.6	192	0.2	3.8	-3.6	1.05	-0.0	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.92	-3.2	1.23	69
2005	29	LAD	NL	-11.9	-1.2	125	-0.9	1.7	-2.6	1.07	-1.1	0.3	-7.0	-0.7	0.90	-11.5	0.89	27
4 Yrs				-17.9	-1.7	337	-0.6	5.8	-6.3	1.03	-1.1	0.5	-9.5	-0.9	0.90	-14.8	1.09	101

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	26	OAK	AL	0	50%	6	0		0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2003	27	OAK	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	28	LAD	NL	0	22%	58	0		0	3	1	43%	9	6	3	0	0	0	5	1	3
2005	29	LAD	NL	1	42%	23	1	100%	1	1	0	33%	3	3	0	2	1	1	4	1	2
4 Yrs				1	30%	87	1	100%	1	4	2	40%	13	10	3	2	1	1	10	2	6

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
2002	26	OAK	AL	11	73%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	27	OAK	AL	9	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	28	LAD	NL	192	93%	38	1	0	69	12	1	4	1.23	7	0	4	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		29	4	14%	11	0	0%	104	13	13%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
2005	29	LAD	NL	124	91%	18	0	0	27	4	1	3	0.89	4	0	1	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		24	4	17%	7	2	29%	68	8	12%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				336	92%	59	1	0	101	16	2	7	1.09	11	0	5	10	1	5	6	0	0	0		56	8	14%	18	2	11%	179	22	12%	8	3	38%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2002	26	OAK	AL	11	47	4.27	23	49%	48%	4%	17%	30%	52%	0%	26%	92%	0%	18%	2	0	27%	3	1	45%	5	1	0%	0	0	0
2003	27	OAK	AL	9	36	4.00	24	67%	25%	42%	21%	13%	75%	0%	50%	44%	22%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2004	28	LAD	NL	193	790	4.09	482	61%	30%	17%	27%	26%	70%	0%	42%	75%	26%	5%	9	0	16%	31	15	10%	19	11	40%	-1	0	0
2005	29	LAD	NL	124	455	3.67	287	63%	31%	16%	23%	30%	69%	2%	44%	77%	27%	5%	6	0	14%	17	7	6%	8	3	45%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				337	1328	3.94	816	61%	31%	17%	25%	27%	69%	1%	42%	75%	26%	5%	17	0	15%	51	23	9%	32	15	39%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
2002	26	4	11	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	.375	.545	.750	1.295	244	6	0	0	0
2003	27	12	20	16	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	4	6	.188	.350	.375	.725	94	6	0	0	0
2004	28	125	212	189	21	41	8	1	7	21	0	23	56	.217	.302	.381	.683	80	72	4	0	0
2005	29	190	336	301	35	59	8	1	11	33	1	33	85	.196	.275	.339	.613	62	102	8	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2002	26	4	11	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	.375	.545	.750	1.295	3	4
2003	27	8	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	8
2004	28	113	192	173	18	38	7	0	7	20	0	19	50	.220	.297	.382	.678	20	113
2005	29	65	123	112	14	18	0	0	4	12	1	10	29	.161	.228	.268	.495	7	65
4 Yrs		190	335	301	35	59	8	1	11	33	1	33	85	.196	.275	.339	.613	30	190
162 Game Avg.		162	286	257	30	50	7	1	9	28	1	28	72	.196	.275	.339	.613	26	190

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