Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 16, 1981 in Blue Island, IL
High School: Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2004
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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
2004 23 DET AL 9 28 25 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .240 .321 .360 .681 82 9 1 0 0 0 0 /8
2005 24 DET AL 47 174 162 18 44 6 3 8 20 1 1 10 43 .272 .314 .494 .808 113 80 2 0 2 0 0 87
2006 25 DET AL 159 679 596 90 155 31 9 19 68 8 5 66 174 .260 .335 .438 .773 98 261 4 4 7 6 0 *8
2007 26 DET AL 158 676 612 122 185 38 23 23 74 26 1 52 141 .302 .361 .552 .913 135 338 3 5 5 2 3 *8/7 MVP-10
2008 27 DET AL 141 629 553 112 155 26 13 22 66 12 4 71 111 .280 .365 .494 .858 123 273 7 3 1 1 1 *8
2009 28 DET AL 160 710 631 91 157 23 8 30 71 20 6 72 141 .249 .327 .453 .780 100 286 1 2 3 2 4 *8 AS
6 Seasons 674 2896 2579 435 702 125 57 102 299 67 17 274 618 .272 .344 .484 .828 113 1247 18 14 18 11 8
162 Game Avg. 162 696 620 105 169 30 14 25 72 16 4 66 149 .272 .344 .484 .828 113 300 4 3 4 3 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
2004 23 DET AL 28 20 3 4.0 105 .353 .240 .265 .321 .332 .360 .425 .681 .756 82 .385 -0.7 -0.1 .600 .240 .120
2005 24 DET AL 174 123 25 5.4 103 .324 .272 .266 .314 .328 .494 .422 .808 .750 113 .547 1.9 0.2 .744 .284 .222 1.8
2006 25 DET AL 679 463 92 5.3 111 .333 .260 .275 .335 .340 .438 .438 .773 .778 98 .507 -1.8 -0.2 .742 .294 .178 11.3
2007 26 DET AL 676 438 130 7.9 109 .360 .302 .273 .361 .341 .552 .427 .913 .769 135 .695 27.6 2.6 .974 .376 .250 24.4
2008 27 DET AL 629 411 104 6.8 108 .316 .280 .272 .365 .340 .494 .426 .858 .767 123 .639 17.0 1.6 .868 .356 .213 15.5
2009 28 DET AL 710 486 100 5.5 110 .275 .249 .271 .327 .340 .453 .435 .780 .775 100 .537 -2.4 -0.2 .778 .341 .204 24.0
6 Seasons 2896 1941 454 6.2 109 .321 .272 .272 .344 .340 .484 .431 .828 .771 113 .595 41.6 3.9 .829 .337 .211 80.9
162 Game Avg. 696 467 109 6.2 109 .321 .272 .272 .344 .340 .484 .431 .828 .771 113 .595 10 1 .829 .337 .211 19

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
2006 25 DET AL ALDS NYY W 4 18 17 3 5 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 .294 .278 .765 1.042 13 0 0 0 1 0
2006 25 DET AL ALCS OAK W 4 19 15 4 5 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 .333 .474 .667 1.140 10 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 DET AL WS STL L 5 22 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .095 .136 .143 .279 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 13 59 53 8 12 3 1 3 7 2 0 5 10 .226 .288 .491 .779 26 1 0 0 1 0
1 ALDS 4 18 17 3 5 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 .294 .278 .765 1.042 13 0 0 0 1 0
1 ALCS 4 19 15 4 5 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 .333 .474 .667 1.140 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 22 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .095 .136 .143 .279 3 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 DET AL 28 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 3 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
2004 23 DET AL 28 0.0% 28.6% 10.7% 7.1% 33% 2.67 3.1 1.43 3.00 61% 18% 0.0% 14%
2005 24 DET AL 174 4.6% 24.7% 5.8% 9.8% 39% 4.30 3.8 20.3 8.1 0.93 1.29 64% 13% 13.6% 3%
2006 25 DET AL 679 2.8% 25.6% 9.7% 8.7% 38% 2.64 3.4 31.4 8.8 0.67 0.86 60% 20% 8.0% 5%
2007 26 DET AL 676 3.4% 20.9% 7.7% 12.4% 45% 2.71 4.3 26.6 8.3 0.55 0.74 67% 22% 8.7% 13%
2008 27 DET AL 629 3.5% 17.7% 11.3% 9.7% 39% 1.56 5.0 25.1 8.4 0.69 0.79 67% 20% 9.6% 12%
2009 28 DET AL 710 4.2% 19.9% 10.1% 8.6% 39% 1.96 4.5 21.0 8.9 0.45 0.58 65% 21% 10.8% 17%
6 Seasons 2896 3.5% 21.3% 9.5% 9.8% 41% 2.26 4.2 25.3 8.6 0.60 0.76 65% 20% 9.5% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2004 23 DET AL 0 0 22% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 24 DET AL 1 0 22% 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 24% 9 8 1 3 2 1 5 2 2
2006 25 DET AL 5 0 35% 298 8 5 62% 4 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 18 42% 34 26 8 13 6 7 24 9 15
2007 26 DET AL 5 0 45% 292 26 1 96% 23 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 25 39% 45 31 14 9 4 5 34 18 15
2008 27 DET AL 5 0 44% 278 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 22 49% 44 32 12 11 4 7 26 5 21
2009 28 DET AL 2 0 30% 241 20 6 77% 18 6 2 0 0 0 3 2 9 11 48% 31 18 13 11 3 8 12 7 5
6 Seasons 18 0 38% 1177 67 17 80% 58 17 9 0 0 0 9 2 22 84 43% 165 117 48 47 19 28 102 42 58
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2004 23 DET AL 28 96% 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2005 24 DET AL 174 83% 44 5 0 3 1 0 0 0.52 8 0 0 6 2 5 3 1 2 2 100% 21 2 10% 8 2 25% 80 12 15% 5 2 40% 11 6 55% 0
2006 25 DET AL 679 76% 155 12 3 5 1 0 1 1.15 19 0 13 15 4 7 12 0 10 7 70% 94 4 4% 57 21 37% 338 49 15% 31 14 45% 37 28 76% 0
2007 26 DET AL 676 80% 185 13 1 5 1 0 0 1.60 23 1 17 20 3 10 13 1 5 5 100% 82 3 4% 44 13 30% 324 52 16% 29 11 38% 34 12 35% 0
2008 27 DET AL 629 75% 155 20 0 3 0 0 0 0.52 22 0 9 17 5 11 11 0 2 1 50% 103 7 7% 42 10 24% 294 44 15% 25 12 48% 28 13 46% 0
2009 28 DET AL 710 72% 157 11 3 1 1 0 0 0.75 30 0 9 28 2 10 20 0 3 3 100% 106 1 1% 45 12 27% 372 42 11% 26 9 35% 30 15 50% 0
6 Seasons 2896 76% 702 61 7 18 5 0 1 0.99 102 1 49 86 16 43 59 2 22 18 82% 410 18 4% 198 59 30% 1426 199 14% 117 48 41% 142 75 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2004 23 DET AL 28 111 3.96 69 62% 29% 20% 26% 25% 71% 0% 44% 71% 29% 4% 1 0 7% 2 0 4% 1 0 13% 0 0 0
2005 24 DET AL 174 709 4.07 454 64% 33% 15% 26% 27% 67% 0% 43% 78% 21% 3% 5 0 15% 26 11 7% 12 4 26% 0 0 0
2006 25 DET AL 679 2770 4.08 1713 62% 30% 20% 24% 25% 70% 0% 43% 71% 25% 4% 29 0 17% 115 41 12% 81 42 22% 0 0 0
2007 26 DET AL 676 2688 3.98 1700 63% 31% 16% 25% 28% 69% 1% 44% 77% 15% 5% 35 0 16% 109 44 9% 63 46 16% 0 0 0
2008 27 DET AL 629 2669 4.24 1604 60% 34% 14% 24% 28% 66% 0% 39% 78% 11% 5% 34 0 15% 95 33 13% 83 46 19% 0 0 0
2009 28 DET AL 710 2812 3.96 1702 61% 30% 14% 27% 29% 70% 1% 42% 80% 20% 6% 40 6 18% 126 58 11% 75 39 20% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2896 11759 4.06 7242 62% 31% 16% 25% 27% 69% 1% 42% 77% 18% 5% 144 6 16% 473 187 11% 315 177 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2004 23 9 28 25 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .240 .321 .360 .681 82 9 1 0 0 0 0
2005 24 56 202 187 20 50 7 4 8 20 1 1 13 51 .267 .315 .476 .791 109 89 3 0 2 0 0
2006 25 215 881 783 110 205 38 13 27 88 9 6 79 225 .262 .330 .447 .777 101 350 7 4 9 6 0
2007 26 373 1557 1395 232 390 76 36 50 162 35 7 131 366 .280 .343 .493 .837 116 688 10 9 14 8 3
2008 27 514 2186 1948 344 545 102 49 72 228 47 11 202 477 .280 .350 .493 .843 118 961 17 12 15 9 4
2009 28 674 2896 2579 435 702 125 57 102 299 67 17 274 618 .272 .344 .484 .828 113 1247 18 14 18 11 8

Neutralized Batting

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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
2004 23 9 28 25 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 .240 .321 .360 .681 3 9
2005 24 47 172 162 18 44 6 3 8 20 1 10 43 .272 .314 .494 .808 25 47
2006 25 159 673 597 86 156 31 9 19 65 8 66 174 .261 .336 .439 .775 88 159
2007 26 158 674 614 115 187 38 23 23 70 26 53 141 .305 .364 .554 .917 123 158
2008 27 141 628 553 107 155 26 13 22 63 12 71 111 .280 .365 .494 .858 99 141
2009 28 160 711 634 87 160 23 8 31 68 20 73 141 .252 .331 .461 .791 96 160
6 Seasons 674 2886 2585 415 708 125 57 103 286 67 276 618 .274 .346 .486 .832 434 674
162 Game Avg. 162 694 621 100 170 30 14 25 69 16 66 149 .274 .346 .486 .832 104 674

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-AL-10-13%
0.13 Career Shares (829th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL--.552--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2007 AL--.913--8th

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL--159--6th
2007 AL--158--9th
2009 AL--160--4th

At Bats s c a p y
2009 AL--631--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 AL--710--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2007 AL--122--3rd
2008 AL--112--2nd

Total Bases s c a p y
2007 AL--338--4th

Triples s c a p y
2006 AL--9--3rd
2007 AL--23--1st
2008 AL--13--1st
2009 AL--8--5th
Active--57--15th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL--174--1st
2007 AL--141--7th
2009 AL--141--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2007 AL--135--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
2007 AL--130--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--28--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2007 AL--2.6--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2007 AL--84--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2007 AL--.695--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL--24.4--3rd
2008 AL--15.5--10th
2009 AL--24.0--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 AL--486--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (793), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1095), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Pat Mullin (929)
  3. Michael Cuddyer (927)
  4. Bob Cerv (926)
  5. Brad Hawpe (924)
  6. Walt Moryn (923)
  7. Kevin Mench (918)
  8. Jayson Werth (918)
  9. Craig Wilson (918)
  10. Geronimo Berroa (916)
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  1. Bobby Higginson (945)
  2. Kirk Gibson (944)
  3. Reggie Sanders (944)
  4. Ray Lankford (940)
  5. Kal Daniels (935)
  6. Bill Nicholson (934)
  7. Wally Post (931)
  8. Jackie Jensen (929)
  9. Joe Carter (929)
  10. Preston Wilson (927)
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  2. Corey Hart (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Reggie Sanders (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Higginson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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