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Ben Grieve

Benjamin Grieve

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 4, 1976 in Arlington, TX
High School: James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1997
Teams (by GP): Athletics/DevilRays/Brewers/Cubs 1997-2005
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2005
Relatives: Son of Tom Grieve
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All-Star

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
1994	18	OAK-min	A-	72	316	252	44	83	13	0	7	50	2	2	51	48	.329	.456	.464	.920		117	6	10	0	3	7		SOR · NORW
1995	19	OAK-min	A,A+	130	569	478	70	125	21	1	6	76	13	3	75	97	.262	.366	.347	.713		166	13	8	0	8	7		WMI,MOD · MIDW,CALL
1996	20	OAK-min	A+,AA	135	596	513	95	155	28	2	19	83	8	10	73	105	.302	.388	.476	.864		244	8	3	1	6	7		MOD,HVL · CALL,SOUL
1997	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	127	589	480	127	168	40	3	31	136	5	2	93	91	.350	.461	.640	1.100		307	12	10	1	5	0		HVL,EDM · SOUL,PCL
1997	21	OAK	AL	24	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	.312	.402	.473	.875	132	44	1	1	1	0	1	9
1998	22	OAK	AL	155	678	583	94	168	41	2	18	89	2	2	85	123	.288	.386	.458	.844	123	267	18	9	0	1	3	*9/D	AS,RoY-1
1999	23	OAK	AL	148	558	486	80	129	21	0	28	86	4	0	63	108	.265	.358	.481	.840	118	234	17	8	0	1	2	*7/9D
2000	24	OAK	AL	158	675	594	92	166	40	1	27	104	3	0	73	130	.279	.359	.487	.845	116	289	32	3	0	5	2	*7D
2001	25	TBD	AL	154	639	542	72	143	30	2	11	72	7	1	87	159	.264	.372	.387	.760	104	210	13	8	0	2	2	*97D
2002	26	TBD	AL	136	561	482	62	121	30	0	19	64	8	2	69	121	.251	.353	.432	.784	111	208	15	8	0	2	5	*9D
2003	27	TBD	AL	55	205	165	28	38	7	0	4	17	0	0	32	41	.230	.371	.345	.716	96	57	3	6	0	2	1	D9
2004	28	TOT	NL	123	294	250	30	65	17	0	8	35	0	0	39	70	.260	.361	.424	.785	103	106	4	2	0	3	5	9/D7
2004	28	MIL	NL	108	275	234	28	61	15	0	7	29	0	0	39	65	.261	.364	.415	.778	101	97	4	0	0	2	5	9/D
2004	28	CHC	NL	15	19	16	2	4	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	5	.250	.316	.563	.878	119	9	0	2	0	1	0	/97
2005	29	CHC-min	AAA	86	342	293	44	78	19	1	14	51	0	0	48	59	.266	.371	.481	.853		141	9	1	0	0	4		IWA · PCL
2005	29	CHC	NL	23	25	20	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.250	.400	.250	.650	74	5	0	0	0	0	1	/7
9 Yrs				976	3743	3215	471	864	192	5	118	492	24	5	466	784	.269	.367	.442	.809	113	1420	103	45	1	16	22
162 Game Avg.				162	621	534	78	143	32	1	20	82	4	1	77	130	.269	.367	.442	.809	113	236	17	7	0	3	4

OAK (4 yrs)				485	2019	1756	278	492	108	3	76	303	9	2	234	386	.280	.370	.475	.845	120	834	68	21	1	7	8
TBD (3 yrs)				345	1405	1189	162	302	67	2	34	153	15	3	188	321	.254	.364	.399	.764	106	475	31	22	0	6	8
CHC (2 yrs)				38	44	36	3	9	2	0	1	7	0	0	5	12	.250	.364	.389	.753	95	14	0	2	0	1	1
MIL (1 yr)				108	275	234	28	61	15	0	7	29	0	0	39	65	.261	.364	.415	.778	101	97	4	0	0	2	5

AL (7 yrs)				830	3424	2945	440	794	175	5	110	456	24	5	422	707	.270	.368	.444	.812	114	1309	99	43	1	13	16
NL (2 yrs)				146	319	270	31	70	17	0	8	36	0	0	44	77	.259	.364	.411	.775	100	111	4	2	0	3	6

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
1997	21	OAK	AL	24	108	5	0	-0	-6	-1	-3	-0.2	4	1	0.1	.489	.498	0.7	-0.7	7	$	9
1998	22	OAK	AL	155	678	23	1	-1	-20	-7	-4	-0.2	22	18	1.9	.498	.498	3.8	-2.5	39	$172,000	*9/D	AS,RoY-1
1999	23	OAK	AL	148	558	14	1	-0	-19	-6	-10	-0.8	18	8	0.9	.494	.494	2.7	-2.3	27	$300,000	*7/9D
2000	24	OAK	AL	158	675	16	0	-3	-7	-8	-2	0.0	22	20	2.0	.499	.499	2.7	-1.2	27	$750,000	*7D
2001	25	TBD	AL	154	639	5	-0	0	-7	-9	-11	-0.9	21	10	1.0	.493	.493	1.7	-1.4	17	$2,750,000	*97D
2002	26	TBD	AL	136	561	8	-2	0	-8	-7	-8	-0.6	19	11	1.1	.494	.495	1.8	-1.3	18	$4,000,000	*9D
2003	27	TBD	AL	55	205	2	-2	1	0	-4	-3	-0.3	7	4	0.4	.494	.498	0.4	-0.4	4	$5,500,000	D9
2004	28	MIL	NL	108	275	0	-1	0	-12	-3	-15	-1.5	8	-7	-0.7	.486	.491	0.5	-1.5	5	$700,000	9/D
2004	28	CHC	NL	15	19	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/97
2005	29	CHC	NL	23	25	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7
9 Seasons				976	3743	73	-2	-3	-80	-45	-57	-4.5	122	65	6.8	.494	.497	14.4	-11.3	146	$14,172,000

OAK (4 yrs)				485	2019	58	3	-5	-53	-22	-19	-1.2	66	47	4.9	.496	.497	9.9	-6.7	101	$1,222,000
TBD (3 yrs)				345	1405	15	-4	2	-15	-20	-22	-1.8	47	24	2.5	.494	.495	3.9	-3.1	39	$12,250,000
CHC (2 yrs)				38	44	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$
MIL (1 yr)				108	275	0	-1	0	-12	-3	-15	-1.5	8	-7	-0.7	.486	.491	0.5	-1.5	5	$700,000

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
1997	21	OAK	AL	108	66	19	7.7	105	.400	.312	.266	.402	.335	.473	.421	.875	.757	132	.675	4.9	0.4	.892	.301	.161	.0
1998	22	OAK	AL	678	436	104	6.4	106	.339	.288	.267	.386	.335	.458	.425	.844	.760	123	.592	23.5	2.2	.830	.316	.170	3.6
1999	23	OAK	AL	558	375	83	5.9	108	.288	.265	.268	.358	.339	.481	.428	.840	.768	118	.540	13.6	1.2	.826	.354	.216	7.0
2000	24	OAK	AL	675	465	97	5.6	112	.314	.279	.271	.359	.344	.487	.436	.845	.780	116	.503	15.4	1.4	.800	.335	.207	5.4
2001	25	TBD	AL	639	415	84	5.4	104	.353	.264	.264	.372	.330	.387	.423	.760	.753	104	.531	7.5	0.7	.753	.295	.124	8.6
2002	26	TBD	AL	561	380	75	5.3	103	.297	.251	.261	.353	.328	.432	.420	.784	.747	111	.530	9.4	0.9	.770	.336	.180	11.3
2003	27	TBD	AL	205	132	24	4.9	102	.279	.230	.262	.371	.327	.345	.419	.716	.746	96	.484	1.2	0.1	.731	.309	.115	.0
2004	28	TOT	NL	294	192	40	5.6	111	.326	.260	.270	.361	.341	.424	.437	.785	.779	103	.548	2.4	0.2	.778	.320	.164	.0
2004	28	MIL	NL	275	179	37	5.5	111	.329	.261	.270	.364	.341	.415	.437	.778	.778	101	.544	1.8	0.2	.768	.321	.154	.0
2004	28	CHC	NL	19	13	3	6.2	113	.273	.250	.272	.316	.344	.563	.441	.878	.785	119	.594	0.6	0.0	.917	.313	.313	.0
2005	29	CHC	NL	25	15	2	3.6	112	.385	.250	.273	.400	.344	.250	.435	.650	.779	74	.363	-0.5	-0.1	.667	.250	.000
9 Yrs				3743	2476	528	5.7	107	.320	.269	.266	.367	.335	.442	.427	.809	.762	113	.542	77.4	7.1	.793	.324	.173	39.9
162 Game Avg.				621	411	88	5.7	107	.320	.269	.266	.367	.335	.442	.427	.809	.762	113	.542	13	1	.793	.324	.173	7

OAK (4 yrs)				2019	1342	303	6.0	109	.320	.280	.269	.370	.339	.475	.430	.845	.769	120	.553	57.5	5.2	.822	.332	.195	16.1
TBD (3 yrs)				1405	927	183	5.3	103	.319	.254	.262	.364	.329	.399	.421	.764	.750	106	.524	18.1	1.7	.757	.314	.146	20.8
CHC (2 yrs)				44	28	5	4.8	112	.333	.250	.273	.364	.344	.389	.438	.753	.782	95	.486	0.0	-0.0	.778	.278	.139	.0
MIL (1 yr)				275	179	37	5.5	111	.329	.261	.270	.364	.341	.415	.437	.778	.778	101	.544	1.8	0.2	.768	.321	.154	.0

AL (7 yrs)				3424	2269	486	5.7	106	.319	.270	.266	.368	.335	.444	.426	.812	.761	114	.542	75.6	6.9	.795	.325	.175	39.4
NL (2 yrs)				319	207	42	5.4	111	.330	.259	.270	.364	.342	.411	.437	.775	.779	100	.537	1.8	0.2	.770	.315	.152	.0

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
2000	24	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	5	20	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.118	.250	.118	.368	2	2	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							5	20	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.118	.250	.118	.368	2	2	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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
1998	OAK	AL	22		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			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
1997	21	OAK	AL	108	2.8%	23.2%	12.0%	8.3%	31%	1.92	3.7	31.0	3.9	0.70	1.22	60%	32%	7.9%	5%
1998	22	OAK	AL	678	2.7%	18.1%	12.5%	9.0%	36%	1.45	4.7	32.4	6.6	1.12	1.78	65%	24%	8.9%	6%
1999	23	OAK	AL	558	5.0%	19.4%	11.3%	8.8%	38%	1.71	4.5	17.4	5.7	0.90	1.47	63%	20%	15.4%	9%
2000	24	OAK	AL	675	4.0%	19.3%	10.8%	10.1%	41%	1.78	4.6	22.0	5.7	0.83	1.40	65%	28%	12.0%	7%
2001	25	TBD	AL	639	1.7%	24.9%	13.6%	6.7%	30%	1.83	3.4	49.3	7.5	1.07	2.10	59%	29%	6.5%	6%
2002	26	TBD	AL	561	3.4%	21.6%	12.3%	8.7%	41%	1.75	4.0	25.4	7.5	1.14	2.14	61%	26%	12.8%	8%
2003	27	TBD	AL	205	2.0%	20.0%	15.6%	5.4%	29%	1.28	4.0	41.3	9.7	1.33	1.75	60%	15%	8.0%	7%
2004	28	TOT	NL	294	2.7%	23.8%	13.3%	8.5%	39%	1.79	3.6	31.3	7.1	0.97	1.39	60%	23%	9.2%	6%
2004	28	MIL	NL	275	2.6%	23.6%	14.2%	8.0%	36%	1.67	3.6	33.4	8.1	0.97	1.35	60%	24%	8.5%	6%
2004	28	CHC	NL	19	5.3%	26.3%	0.0%	15.8%	75%		3.2	16.0	2.7	1.00	2.00	58%	8%	20.0%	17%
2005	29	CHC	NL	25	0.0%	28.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.40	2.9		20.0	0.63	1.00	52%	31%	0.0%	13%
9 Yrs				3743	3.2%	21.0%	12.5%	8.4%	37%	1.68	4.1	27.2	6.5	1.00	1.67	62%	25%	10.6%	7%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.91	5.3	31.6	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	21	OAK	AL	4.9	0.4	110	0.3	2.0	-1.7	.99	0.6	-0.3	10.4	1.0	0.99	8.3	2.62	2
1998	22	OAK	AL	23.5	2.2	690	3.4	14.5	-11.2	1.05	2.2	1.0	29.4	2.7	0.94	27.1	0.76	2
1999	23	OAK	AL	13.6	1.2	565	0.7	9.6	-8.9	.90	0.9	-0.1	5.5	0.5	0.95	12.1	1.84	8
2000	24	OAK	AL	15.4	1.4	683	-0.1	12.2	-12.3	.98	0.9	-1.0	10.1	0.9	0.99	13.6	1.13	2
2001	25	TBD	AL	6.6	0.6	651	0.6	10.8	-10.2	.96	-0.3	0.9	9.3	0.9	0.94	-1.2	1.23	2
2002	26	TBD	AL	9.4	0.9	576	-0.2	10.7	-10.9	1.10	0.5	-0.7	4.7	0.5	0.97	3.2	2.84	2
2003	27	TBD	AL	1.2	0.1	211	-0.6	3.2	-3.8	1.09	0.3	-0.8	-1.2	-0.1	0.96	3.9	2.80	7
2004	28	TOT	NL	2.4	0.2	294	-0.8	4.6	-5.5	1.08	-0.0	-0.8	3.7	0.4	0.95	3.3	1.31	48
2004	28	MIL	NL	1.8	0.2	275	-0.3	4.5	-4.9	1.05	0.0	-0.4	3.8	0.4	0.94	2.0	1.05	37
2004	28	CHC	NL	0.6	0.0	19	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.54	-0.0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	1.13	1.3	2.20	11
2005	29	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	26	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	1.67	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.06	-1.0	1.86	18
9 Yrs				76.5	7.0	3806	3.0	68.2	-65.3	1.01	4.9	-2.0	70.1	6.6	0.96	69.2	1.63	91

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	21	OAK	AL	1	23%	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	3	20%	11	10	1	1	0	1	3	2	1
1998	22	OAK	AL	6	31%	291	2	2	50%	2	2	0	2	6	18	48%	45	29	16	19	9	10	21	5	15
1999	23	OAK	AL	5	30%	204	4	0	100%	4	0	0	1	2	8	31%	26	21	5	12	9	3	10	2	7
2000	24	OAK	AL	8	30%	213	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	2	9	36%	26	20	6	11	8	3	18	5	11
2001	25	TBD	AL	2	27%	263	7	1	88%	7	1	0	1	6	10	30%	38	32	6	13	9	4	23	11	12
2002	26	TBD	AL	4	24%	216	8	2	80%	8	1	1	0	3	10	22%	32	24	7	8	8	0	18	11	6
2003	27	TBD	AL	3	33%	80	0	0		0	0	0	0	5	6	21%	15	14	0	8	6	1	11	3	6
2004	28	TOT	NL	2	22%	119	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	27%	19	14	5	2	1	1	9	7	2
2004	28	MIL	NL	2	23%	113	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	29%	17	12	5	2	1	1	9	7	2
2004	28	CHC	NL	0	20%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	29	CHC	NL	0	10%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
9 Yrs				31	28%	1452	24	5	83%	24	4	1	4	26	66	32%	212	164	46	74	50	23	114	47	60

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
1997	21	OAK	AL	108	58%	29	3	0	2	1	0	0	2.62	3	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	100%	30	1	3%	12	4	33%	83	21	25%	11	6	55%	5	3	60%	0
1998	22	OAK	AL	678	63%	168	25	0	2	0	0	0	0.76	18	0	11	10	8	5	13	0	0	0		138	18	13%	47	16	34%	439	73	17%	39	16	41%	27	16	59%	0
1999	23	OAK	AL	558	78%	129	5	0	8	3	0	2	1.84	28	0	21	25	3	13	15	0	0	0		124	17	14%	58	16	28%	380	62	16%	40	14	35%	28	16	57%	0
2000	24	OAK	AL	675	68%	166	5	0	2	1	0	1	1.13	27	3	24	19	8	13	14	0	0	0		176	32	18%	68	19	28%	518	82	16%	43	24	56%	27	17	63%	0
2001	25	TBD	AL	639	72%	143	9	0	2	0	0	0	1.23	11	2	14	8	3	5	6	0	0	0		124	13	10%	60	20	33%	414	63	15%	40	19	48%	41	24	59%	0
2002	26	TBD	AL	561	73%	121	4	0	2	0	0	0	2.84	19	0	14	17	2	7	12	0	0	0		114	15	13%	53	11	21%	370	47	13%	34	12	35%	26	12	46%	0
2003	27	TBD	AL	205	68%	38	3	0	7	2	0	0	2.80	4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		42	3	7%	20	7	35%	135	13	10%	10	5	50%	6	2	33%	0
2004	28	TOT	NL	294	90%	65	4	0	48	12	1	7	1.31	8	0	8	7	1	3	5	0	0	0		58	4	7%	27	10	37%	190	29	15%	15	8	53%	13	8	62%	0
2004	28	MIL	NL	275	90%	61	4	0	37	9	1	4	1.05	7	0	7	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		54	4	7%	26	9	35%	169	24	14%	13	6	46%	12	7	58%	0
2004	28	CHC	NL	19	84%	4	0	0	11	3	0	3	2.20	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	21	5	24%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
2005	29	CHC	NL	25	92%	5	0	0	18	5	0	1	1.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	22	1	5%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Yrs				3743	72%	864	58	0	91	24	1	11	1.63	118	5	97	92	26	51	67	0	1	1	100%	809	103	13%	348	103	30%	2551	391	15%	234	104	44%	173	98	57%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			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
1997	21	OAK	AL	108	438	4.06	252	58%	35%	15%	22%	27%	65%	2%	37%	76%	22%	4%	4	0	19%	20	13	16%	17	13	36%	0	0	0
1998	22	OAK	AL	680	2722	4.00	1537	56%	37%	12%	21%	30%	63%	1%	35%	81%	14%	6%	44	4	21%	140	48	15%	102	57	36%	-2	0	0
1999	23	OAK	AL	559	2188	3.91	1249	57%	34%	14%	22%	30%	66%	1%	38%	79%	22%	7%	40	0	19%	109	41	14%	81	48	31%	-1	0	0
2000	24	OAK	AL	675	2557	3.79	1490	58%	32%	14%	23%	31%	68%	0%	40%	79%	25%	6%	41	1	17%	117	58	12%	82	45	33%	0	0	0
2001	25	TBD	AL	642	2590	4.03	1475	57%	35%	15%	24%	26%	65%	1%	37%	78%	23%	7%	45	6	20%	131	54	11%	73	37	41%	-3	0	0
2002	26	TBD	AL	561	2160	3.85	1258	58%	34%	14%	22%	29%	66%	2%	38%	78%	27%	6%	31	5	16%	88	33	12%	70	37	51%	0	0	0
2003	27	TBD	AL	207	815	3.94	470	58%	33%	17%	23%	27%	67%	1%	39%	75%	22%	5%	11	1	13%	26	9	11%	23	9	24%	-2	0	0
2004	28	TOT	NL	294	1144	3.89	680	59%	33%	14%	26%	27%	67%	3%	40%	79%	27%	6%	17	1	16%	47	23	11%	32	18	47%	0	0	0
2004	28	MIL	NL	275	1076	3.91	635	59%	33%	14%	26%	27%	67%	3%	39%	80%	27%	6%	16	1	16%	43	21	11%	30	16	46%	0	0	0
2004	28	CHC	NL	19	68	3.58	45	66%	31%	20%	22%	27%	69%	0%	46%	71%	32%	5%	1	0	21%	4	2	11%	2	2	60%	0	0	0
2005	29	CHC	NL	25	104	4.16	58	56%	38%	16%	24%	22%	62%	9%	35%	75%	20%	4%	1	0	12%	3	2	4%	1	0	43%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				3751	14718	3.92	8469	58%	34%	14%	23%	29%	66%	1%	38%	79%	23%	6%	234	18	18%	681	281	13%	481	264	39%	-8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1997	21	24	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	.312	.402	.473	.875	132	44	1	1	1	0	1
1998	22	179	786	676	106	197	47	2	21	113	2	2	98	148	.291	.389	.460	.849	124	311	19	10	1	1	4
1999	23	327	1344	1162	186	326	68	2	49	199	6	2	161	256	.281	.376	.469	.845	122	545	36	18	1	2	6
2000	24	485	2019	1756	278	492	108	3	76	303	9	2	234	386	.280	.370	.475	.845	120	834	68	21	1	7	8
2001	25	639	2658	2298	350	635	138	5	87	375	16	3	321	545	.276	.371	.454	.825	116	1044	81	29	1	9	10
2002	26	775	3219	2780	412	756	168	5	106	439	24	5	390	666	.272	.368	.450	.818	115	1252	96	37	1	11	15
2003	27	830	3424	2945	440	794	175	5	110	456	24	5	422	707	.270	.368	.444	.812	114	1309	99	43	1	13	16
2004	28	953	3718	3195	470	859	192	5	118	491	24	5	461	777	.269	.367	.443	.810	113	1415	103	45	1	16	21
2005	29	976	3743	3215	471	864	192	5	118	492	24	5	466	784	.269	.367	.442	.809	113	1420	103	45	1	16	22

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
1997	21	24	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	23	0	13	25	.312	.402	.473	.875	17	24
1998	22	155	675	581	92	166	41	2	18	87	2	84	123	.286	.384	.456	.840	99	155
1999	23	148	554	483	77	126	21	0	27	83	4	62	108	.261	.354	.472	.826	79	148
2000	24	158	665	587	85	159	38	1	26	96	3	70	130	.271	.349	.472	.821	96	158
2001	25	154	639	542	72	143	30	2	11	72	7	87	159	.264	.372	.387	.760	77	154
2002	26	136	561	482	62	121	30	0	19	64	8	69	121	.251	.353	.432	.784	72	136
2003	27	55	207	166	29	39	7	0	4	18	0	33	41	.235	.377	.349	.726	21	55
2004	28	123	291	248	29	63	16	0	8	33	0	38	70	.254	.354	.415	.769	36	123
2005	29	23	25	20	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	23
9 Yrs		976	3725	3202	459	851	189	5	116	477	24	461	784	.266	.364	.437	.801	499	976
162 Game Avg.		162	618	531	76	141	31	1	19	79	4	77	130	.266	.364	.437	.801	83	976

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1998 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1998 AL Rookie of the Year	Doubles s c a p y 1998 AL 41 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1998 AL 85 (10th) 2001 AL 87 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2000 AL 130 (8th) 2001 AL 159 (2nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1998 AL 18 (9th) 2000 AL 32 (1st)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1998 AL 3.4 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1997 AL born 1976-05-04 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Bruce Campbell (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Burroughs (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ellis Valentine (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sixto Lezcano (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sixto Lezcano (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sixto Lezcano (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sixto Lezcano (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mel Hall (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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