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Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson

Position: Centerfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 5 yrs/$30.25M (08-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.077, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Matt Brown [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:06PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #343. Cy Williams… #344. Eric Davis… #345. Ray Durham… #346. CURTIS GRANDERSON… #347. Johnny Pesky… #348. Freddie Lindstrom… #349. Bill Nicholson… 

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 /
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
2006 25 DET AL 159 679 596 90 155 31 9 19 68 8 5 66 174 .260 .335 .438 .773 99 261 4 4 7 6 0 *
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 * 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 *
2009 28 DET AL 160 710 631 91 157 23 8 30 71 20 6 72 141 .249 .327 .453 .780 102 286 1 2 3 2 4 * AS
2010 29 NYY AL 136 528 466 76 115 17 7 24 67 12 2 53 116 .247 .324 .468 .792 109 218 3 2 4 3 3 *
2011 30 NYY AL 156 691 583 136 153 26 10 41 119 25 10 85 169 .262 .364 .552 .916 138 322 12 12 4 7 0 *8/D AS,MVP-4,SS
8 Seasons 966 4115 3628 647 970 168 74 167 485 104 29 412 903 .267 .345 .493 .837 117 1787 33 28 26 21 11
162 Game Avg. 162 690 608 109 163 28 12 28 81 17 5 69 151 .267 .345 .493 .837 117 300 6 5 4 4 2
DET (6 yrs) 674 2896 2579 435 702 125 57 102 299 67 17 274 618 .272 .344 .484 .828 114 1247 18 14 18 11 8
NYY (2 yrs) 292 1219 1049 212 268 43 17 65 186 37 12 138 285 .255 .347 .515 .862 125 540 15 14 8 10 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 DET AL 28 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /
2005 24 DET AL 174 2 -1 0 0 4 0 6 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $
2006 25 DET AL 679 5 1 0 2 3 2 22 35 3.5 32 3.2 0.3 $335,000 *
2007 26 DET AL 676 31 3 -1 2 4 2 22 63 6.3 59 5.9 0.4 $410,000 * MVP-10
2008 27 DET AL 629 20 2 1 1 6 2 20 52 5.2 46 4.6 0.6 $1,000,000 *
2009 28 DET AL 710 -2 2 -2 4 4 3 23 33 3.1 29 2.7 0.4 $3,500,000 * AS
2010 29 NYY AL 528 4 2 0 3 -1 2 18 28 2.8 29 2.8 0.0 $5,500,000 *
2011 30 NYY AL 691 32 4 -2 -1 -2 2 23 56 5.2 58 5.4 -0.2 $8,250,000 *8/D AS,MVP-4,SS
8 Seasons 4115 91 12 -3 11 16 14 135 276 27.1 259 25.3 1.8 $18,995,000
DET (6 yrs) 2896 55 7 -2 9 19 9 94 193 19.1 173 17.1 2.0 $5,245,000
NYY (2 yrs) 1219 36 5 -1 2 -3 4 41 84 8.0 87 8.2 -0.2 $13,750,000

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
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
2010 29 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 13 11 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 .455 .500 .727 1.227 8 1 0 1 0 0
2010 29 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 6 25 17 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 7 4 .294 .520 .529 1.049 9 0 1 0 0 0
2011 30 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 24 20 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 7 .250 .375 .550 .925 11 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 27 121 101 15 27 6 3 5 16 3 1 17 22 .267 .375 .535 .910 54 2 1 1 1 0
3 ALDS 12 55 48 9 15 2 3 3 11 2 0 5 9 .313 .370 .667 1.037 32 1 0 1 1 0
2 ALCS 10 44 32 5 10 3 0 2 5 1 1 11 6 .313 .500 .594 1.094 19 0 1 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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 DET AL 23 OF 8 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 2.13 .985 2.28
2004 DET AL 23 CF 8 7 6 61.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -26 -20 2.51 2.13 .988 2.64 2.62
2005 DET AL 24 OF 45 131 129 2 0 0 1.000 4 13 2.91 .986 2.28
2005 DET AL 24 CF 41 39 23 320.0 121 119 2 0 0 1.000 4 11 15 41 3.40 2.95 .989 2.69 2.66
2005 DET AL 24 LF 20 3 2 54.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 2 44 1.65 0.50 .988 2.11 2.08
2006 DET AL 25 OF 157 389 385 3 1 0 .997 3 5 2.47 .986 2.27
2006 DET AL 25 CF 157 143 138 1312.0 389 385 3 1 0 .997 3 5 3 5 2.66 2.47 .989 2.65 2.61
2007 DET AL 26 OF 157 443 428 10 5 4 .989 4 16 2.79 .987 2.28 MVP-10
2007 DET AL 26 CF 157 140 131 1285.0 439 424 10 5 4 .989 3 16 2 15 3.04 2.76 .989 2.71 2.68 MVP-10
2007 DET AL 26 LF 2 0 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 240 0 7.20 2.00 .985 2.16 2.10 MVP-10
2008 DET AL 27 OF 140 375 366 5 4 1 .989 6 -7 2.65 .986 2.28
2008 DET AL 27 CF 140 131 127 1188.0 375 366 5 4 1 .989 6 -7 6 -7 2.81 2.65 .989 2.71 2.69
2009 DET AL 28 OF 160 407 400 4 3 2 .993 4 14 2.53 .987 2.30 AS
2009 DET AL 28 CF 160 155 149 1384.0 407 400 4 3 2 .993 4 14 3 12 2.63 2.53 .992 2.73 2.70 AS
2010 NYY AL 29 OF 134 323 316 5 2 2 .994 -1 4 2.40 .986 2.28
2010 NYY AL 29 CF 134 123 116 1120.1 323 316 5 2 2 .994 -1 4 -1 4 2.58 2.40 .990 2.73 2.71
2011 NYY AL 30 CF 155 150 142 1348.0 368 354 11 3 1 .992 -2 -15 -2 -13 2.44 2.35 .990 2.61 2.59 AS,MVP-4,SS
2011 NYY AL 30 OF 155 150 142 1348.0 368 354 11 3 1 .992 -2 -15 -2 -13 2.44 2.35 .986 2.28 2.26 AS,MVP-4,SS
2011 NYY AL 30 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-4,SS
8 Seasons OF 956 150 142 1348.0 2453 2394 41 18 10 .993 16 29 15 4 2.44 2.55 .986 2.28 2.28
8 Seasons CF 952 888 832 8018.1 2439 2380 41 18 10 .993 15 27 2 4 2.72 2.54 .990 2.69 2.66
2 Seasons LF 22 3 2 59.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 2 22 40 2.11 0.64 .987 2.11 2.08
8 Seasons TOT 956 150 142 1348.0 2453 2394 41 18 10 .993 16 58 15 51 2.44 2.55 .986 2.28 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *
2011 (CF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (10, 13%)
2011 AL (4, 55%)
0.68 Career Shares (350th)

Silver Sluggers
2011 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.3 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.3 (3rd)
2008 AL  5.2 (8th)
Active  27.1 (47th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.9 (6th)
2011 AL  5.4 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL  .552 (6th)
2011 AL  .552 (5th)
Active  .493 (34th)
Career  .493 (126th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2007 AL  .913 (8th)
2011 AL  .916 (6th)
Active  .837 (45th)
Career  .837 (214th)

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)
2011 AL  691 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2007 AL  122 (3rd)
2008 AL  112 (2nd)
2011 AL  136 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
2007 AL  338 (4th)
2011 AL  322 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
2006 AL  9 (3rd)
2007 AL  23 (1st)
2008 AL  13 (1st)
2009 AL  8 (5th)
2010 AL  7 (5th)
2011 AL  10 (3rd)
Active  74 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  41 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 AL  119 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  85 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL  174 (1st)
2007 AL  141 (7th)
2009 AL  141 (9th)
2011 AL  169 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2007 AL  135 (10th)
2011 AL  138 (10th)
Active  117 (49th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2007 AL  130 (5th)
2011 AL  121 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  28 (9th)
2011 AL  31 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  2.6 (9th)
2011 AL  3.1 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  84 (3rd)
2011 AL  77 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 AL  250 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2007 AL  .695 (7th)
2011 AL  .682 (9th)
Active  .607 (39th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2011 AL  10 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL  24.4 (3rd)
2008 AL  15.5 (10th)
2009 AL  24.0 (3rd)
2010 AL  16.0 (9th)
2011 AL  31.1 (2nd)
Active  128.2 (40th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2011 AL  14.2 (2nd)
Active  21.7 (38th)
Career  21.7 (173rd)

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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  38.77 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.9 (8th)
2011 AL  3.7 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  3.6 (9th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  952 (11th)
Career  952 (89th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  2,380 (10th)
Career  2,380 (87th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  41 (11th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  18 (17th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  157 (3rd)
2007 AL  157 (5th)
2009 AL  160 (2nd)
2011 AL  155 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  385 (2nd)
2007 AL  428 (1st)
2008 AL  366 (5th)
2009 AL  400 (2nd)
2011 AL  354 (5th)
Active  2,394 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  15 (23rd)
Career  15 (88th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.04 (2nd)
2008 AL  2.81 (4th)
Active  2.72 (8th)
Career  2.72 (55th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  2.76 (3rd)
2008 AL  2.65 (3rd)
Active  2.54 (7th)
Career  2.54 (88th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  .997 (1st)
2010 AL  .994 (4th)
Active  .993 (5th)
Career  .993 (10th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.06 (2nd)
Active  2.44 (10th)
Career  2.44 (50th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  2.79 (2nd)
2008 AL  2.65 (4th)
Active  2.55 (6th)
Career  2.55 (64th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  .997 (2nd)
Active  .993 (5th)
Career  .993 (12th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (252), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (476), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Grady Sizemore (939)
  2. Richard Hidalgo (936)
  3. Glenallen Hill (912)
  4. Hank Blalock (911)
  5. Tony Conigliaro (911)
  6. Leon Durham (910)
  7. Jayson Werth (910)
  8. Jim Ray Hart (908)
  9. Jim Lemon (906)
  10. Trot Nixon (905)
Similar Batters through 30 
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  1. Ron Gant (947)
  2. Richard Hidalgo (936)
  3. Preston Wilson (930)
  4. Ray Lankford (929)
  5. J.D. Drew (927)
  6. Wally Post (927)
  7. Larry Doby (924) *
  8. Eric Davis (921)
  9. Bill Nicholson (921)
  10. Bobby Higginson (920)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Drew Stubbs (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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. Corey Hart (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Corey Hart (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Gant (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200625Detroit Tigers$335,000
200726Detroit Tigers$410,000
200827Detroit Tigers$1,000,000
200928Detroit Tigers$3,500,000
201029New York Yankees$5,500,000
201130New York Yankees$8,250,000
201231New York Yankees$10,000,000
201332New York Yankees*$13,000,000$13M Team Option, $2M BuyoutOption increases to up to $15m with top 5 MVP finish and/or All-Star Game appearances in 2011 or 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,995,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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