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Bill Hall

William Hall

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 28, 1979 in Tupelo, MS
High School: Nettleton (Nettleton, MS)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2002
Teams (by GP): Brewers/RedSox/Astros/Mariners/Giants 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$3M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.045, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Terry Bross, Gaylord Sports Mgmt, previously: Gregg Clifton [*]
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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
1998	18	MIL-min	Rk	29	96	85	11	15	3	0	0	5	5	5	9	27	.176	.263	.212	.475		18	2	1	1	0	0	HEL · PION
1999	19	MIL-min	Rk	69	300	280	41	81	15	2	6	31	19	8	15	61	.289	.329	.421	.750		118	6	2	2	1	1	OGD · PION
2000	20	MIL-min	A	130	506	470	57	123	30	6	3	41	10	11	18	127	.262	.287	.370	.658		174	12	1	12	5	0	BEL · MIDW
2001	21	MIL-min	A+,AA	130	546	506	75	146	29	7	18	65	23	12	27	124	.289	.327	.480	.807		243	8	3	7	3	0	HDS,HVL · CALL,SOUL
2002	22	MIL-min	AAA	134	500	465	35	106	20	1	4	31	17	10	25	105	.228	.272	.301	.573		140	12	4	4	2	0	INA · IL
2002	22	MIL	NL	19	39	36	3	7	1	1	1	5	0	1	3	13	.194	.256	.361	.618	62	13	1	0	0	0	0	6/5
2003	23	MIL-min	AAA	89	391	354	57	100	25	2	5	32	10	11	27	79	.282	.335	.407	.742		144	7	1	9	0	2	INA · IL
2003	23	MIL	NL	52	155	142	23	37	9	2	5	20	1	2	7	28	.261	.298	.458	.756	95	65	5	1	4	1	0	46/5
2004	24	MIL	NL	126	415	390	43	93	20	3	9	53	12	6	20	119	.238	.276	.374	.650	67	146	4	1	2	2	1	465
2005	25	MIL	NL	146	546	501	69	146	39	6	17	62	18	6	39	103	.291	.342	.495	.837	116	248	11	1	2	3	2	654
2006	26	MIL	NL	148	608	537	101	145	39	4	35	85	8	9	63	162	.270	.345	.553	.899	125	297	12	1	3	4	6	*65/84
2007	27	MIL-min	Rk	2	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.167	.250	.167	.417		1	1	0	0	1	0	BRR · ARIZ
2007	27	MIL	NL	136	503	452	59	115	35	0	14	63	4	5	40	128	.254	.315	.425	.740	89	192	9	3	1	7	1	*8
2008	28	MIL	NL	128	448	404	50	91	22	1	15	55	5	6	37	124	.225	.293	.396	.689	81	160	4	3	1	3	2	*5/4
2009	29	MIL-min	AAA	4	15	14	1	4	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	4	.286	.333	.571	.905		8	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
2009	29	TOT	MLB	110	365	334	32	67	20	1	8	36	2	2	27	120	.201	.258	.338	.596	58	113	11	0	0	4	0	579/48
2009	29	SEA	AL	34	131	120	10	24	8	1	2	12	1	2	8	48	.200	.244	.333	.578	54	40	1	0	0	3	0	5/94587
2009	29	MIL	NL	76	234	214	22	43	12	0	6	24	1	0	19	72	.201	.265	.341	.606	60	73	10	0	0	1	0	5/94587
2010	30	BOS	AL	120	382	344	44	85	16	1	18	46	9	1	34	104	.247	.316	.456	.772	103	157	4	1	2	1	0	74/98651
2011	31	SFG-min	AAA	31	125	113	17	31	9	0	7	20	0	0	9	36	.274	.328	.540	.868		61	3	1	0	2	1	FRE · PCL
2011	31	TOT	NL	62	199	185	24	39	9	2	2	14	3	2	11	63	.211	.261	.314	.575	60	58	3	2	0	1	1	4/D7
2011	31	HOU	NL	46	158	147	18	33	7	2	2	13	1	1	8	55	.224	.272	.340	.612	69	50	1	2	0	1	1	4
2011	31	SFG	NL	16	41	38	6	6	2	0	0	1	2	1	3	8	.158	.220	.211	.430	23	8	2	0	0	0	0	4/D7
10 Seasons				1047	3660	3325	448	825	210	21	124	439	62	40	281	964	.248	.307	.436	.743	92	1449	64	13	15	26	13
162 Game Avg.				162	566	514	69	128	32	3	19	68	10	6	43	149	.248	.307	.436	.743	92	224	10	2	2	4	2

MIL (8 yrs)				831	2948	2676	370	677	177	17	102	367	49	35	228	749	.253	.312	.446	.758	95	1194	56	10	13	21	12
SFG (1 yr)				16	41	38	6	6	2	0	0	1	2	1	3	8	.158	.220	.211	.430	23	8	2	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				120	382	344	44	85	16	1	18	46	9	1	34	104	.247	.316	.456	.772	103	157	4	1	2	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				34	131	120	10	24	8	1	2	12	1	2	8	48	.200	.244	.333	.578	54	40	1	0	0	3	0
HOU (1 yr)				46	158	147	18	33	7	2	2	13	1	1	8	55	.224	.272	.340	.612	69	50	1	2	0	1	1

NL (9 yrs)				893	3147	2861	394	716	186	19	104	381	52	37	239	812	.250	.309	.438	.746	93	1252	59	12	13	22	13
AL (2 yrs)				154	513	464	54	109	24	2	20	58	10	3	42	152	.235	.297	.425	.722	91	197	5	1	2	4	0

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
2002	22	MIL	NL	39	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	6/5
2003	23	MIL	NL	155	-1	0	-1	0	-3	1	4	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	46/5
2004	24	MIL	NL	415	-22	-1	0	0	5	3	12	-3	-0.4	-8	-0.8	0.4	$310,000	465
2005	25	MIL	NL	546	10	0	2	0	-4	4	16	29	2.9	32	3.2	-0.3	$344,000	654
2006	26	MIL	NL	608	15	1	2	-1	4	6	17	43	4.3	40	4.0	0.3	$418,000	*65/84
2007	27	MIL	NL	503	-7	-2	-2	0	-4	2	14	1	0.1	5	0.5	-0.4	$3,125,000	*8
2008	28	MIL	NL	448	-12	-1	0	0	7	1	13	8	0.7	1	0.1	0.6	$4,925,000	*5/4
2009	29	MIL	NL	234	-12	0	-0	-2	9	0	7	2	0.2	-7	-0.7	0.9	$6,925,000	5/94587
2009	29	SEA	AL	131	-9	-1	0	0	-0	-1	5	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	5/94587
2010	30	BOS	AL	382	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	13	12	1.2	13	1.3	-0.1	$8,525,000	74/98651
2011	31	HOU	NL	158	-6	-1	-1	1	-7	1	4	-9	-1.0	-2	-0.2	-0.8	$3,000,000	4
2011	31	SFG	NL	41	-4	-0	-0	-0	-2	0	1	-6	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	4/D7
10 Seasons				3660	-50	-4	-0	-2	2	16	107	69	6.5	67	6.6	-0.1	$27,572,000

MIL (8 yrs)				2948	-31	-3	0	-3	13	17	84	78	7.6	65	6.5	1.1	$16,047,000
SFG (1 yr)				41	-4	-0	-0	-0	-2	0	1	-6	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$
BOS (1 yr)				382	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	13	12	1.2	13	1.3	-0.1	$8,525,000
SEA (1 yr)				131	-9	-1	0	0	-0	-1	5	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$
HOU (1 yr)				158	-6	-1	-1	1	-7	1	4	-9	-1.0	-2	-0.2	-0.8	$3,000,000

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	22	MIL	NL	39	31	3	2.6	105	.273	.194	.264	.256	.337	.361	.419	.618	.756	62	.244	-2.3	-0.2	.484	.222	.167	.0
2003	23	MIL	NL	155	117	17	3.9	108	.291	.261	.266	.298	.338	.458	.427	.756	.765	95	.393	-1.6	-0.2	.643	.239	.197	1.7
2004	24	MIL	NL	415	311	40	3.4	111	.318	.238	.270	.276	.341	.374	.437	.650	.778	67	.334	-20.9	-2.0	.564	.203	.136	10.3
2005	25	MIL	NL	546	377	84	5.9	109	.336	.291	.270	.342	.340	.495	.430	.837	.770	116	.594	10.4	1.0	.806	.305	.204	17.5
2006	26	MIL	NL	608	420	99	6.3	114	.320	.270	.273	.345	.344	.553	.444	.899	.789	125	.597	18.9	1.8	.872	.399	.283	13.0
2007	27	MIL	NL	503	359	60	4.5	111	.319	.254	.273	.315	.342	.425	.436	.740	.778	89	.444	-6.8	-0.6	.667	.257	.170	6.2
2008	28	MIL	NL	448	327	47	3.8	106	.284	.225	.265	.293	.336	.396	.423	.689	.759	81	.391	-12.1	-1.2	.616	.260	.171	7.5
2009	29	TOT	MLB	365	284	28	2.6	104	.281	.201	.262	.258	.333	.338	.418	.596	.751	58	.243	-20.4	-2.0	.500	.219	.138	3.2
2009	29	SEA	AL	131	102	10	2.6	102	.301	.200	.260	.244	.328	.333	.418	.578	.746	54	.229	-7.7	-0.7	.475	.192	.133	1.3
2009	29	MIL	NL	234	182	18	2.6	105	.270	.201	.263	.265	.336	.341	.418	.606	.754	60	.252	-12.7	-1.2	.514	.234	.140	1.7
2010	30	BOS	AL	382	267	52	5.2	105	.300	.247	.267	.316	.336	.456	.418	.772	.754	103	.549	0.1	0.0	.758	.331	.209	12.0
2011	31	TOT	NL	199	152	15	2.7	96	.306	.211	.256	.261	.323	.314	.398	.575	.721	60	.281	-10.5	-1.1	.477	.168	.103	2.4
2011	31	HOU	NL	158	117	14	3.2	97	.341	.224	.257	.272	.324	.340	.400	.612	.724	69	.357	-6.6	-0.7	.517	.170	.116	1.3
2011	31	SFG	NL	41	35	1	0.8	93	.200	.158	.252	.220	.318	.211	.392	.430	.711	23	.039	-3.9	-0.4	.343	.158	.053	.0
10 Seasons				3660	2645	445	4.5	108	.310	.248	.268	.307	.339	.436	.429	.743	.767	92	.461	-45.1	-4.4	.678	.279	.188	82.7
162 Game Avg.				566	409	69	4.5	108	.310	.248	.268	.307	.339	.436	.429	.743	.767	92	.461	-45.1	-4.4	.678	.279	.188	13

MIL (8 yrs)				2948	2124	368	4.6	110	.311	.253	.269	.312	.341	.446	.432	.758	.773	95	.469	-27.0	-2.6	.692	.284	.193	66.2
SFG (1 yr)				41	35	1	0.8	93	.200	.158	.252	.220	.318	.211	.392	.430	.711	23	.039	-3.9	-0.4	.343	.158	.053	.0
BOS (1 yr)				382	267	52	5.2	105	.300	.247	.267	.316	.336	.456	.418	.772	.754	103	.549	0.1	0.0	.758	.331	.209	12.0
SEA (1 yr)				131	102	10	2.6	102	.301	.200	.260	.244	.328	.333	.418	.578	.746	54	.230	-7.7	-0.7	.475	.192	.133	1.3
HOU (1 yr)				158	117	14	3.2	97	.341	.224	.257	.272	.324	.340	.400	.612	.724	69	.357	-6.6	-0.7	.517	.170	.116	1.3

NL (9 yrs)				3147	2276	383	4.5	109	.311	.250	.269	.309	.339	.438	.430	.746	.770	93	.459	-37.5	-3.7	.677	.276	.187	69.3
AL (2 yrs)				513	369	62	4.5	104	.301	.235	.265	.297	.334	.425	.418	.722	.752	91	.472	-7.6	-0.7	.680	.295	.190	13.3

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
2008	28	MIL	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	3	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	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	22	MIL	NL	39	2.6%	33.3%	7.7%	7.7%	43%	4.33	2.8	36.0	7.2	0.47	0.89	56%	35%	7.1%	7%
2003	23	MIL	NL	155	3.2%	18.1%	4.5%	10.3%	43%	4.00	5.1	28.4	7.1	1.02	1.64	71%	17%	10.2%	9%
2004	24	MIL	NL	415	2.2%	28.7%	4.8%	7.7%	34%	5.95	3.3	43.3	7.4	0.75	0.90	64%	23%	6.7%	12%
2005	25	MIL	NL	546	3.1%	18.9%	7.1%	11.4%	43%	2.64	4.9	29.5	8.1	0.70	0.95	70%	25%	7.9%	8%
2006	26	MIL	NL	608	5.8%	26.6%	10.4%	12.8%	54%	2.57	3.3	15.3	6.3	0.52	0.72	57%	21%	15.6%	9%
2007	27	MIL	NL	503	2.8%	25.5%	8.0%	9.7%	43%	3.20	3.5	32.3	7.2	0.57	0.73	63%	25%	7.8%	14%
2008	28	MIL	NL	448	3.4%	27.7%	8.3%	8.5%	42%	3.35	3.3	26.9	7.3	0.66	0.74	60%	17%	10.7%	18%
2009	29	TOT	MLB	365	2.2%	32.9%	7.4%	8.0%	43%	4.44	2.8	41.8	9.3	0.69	1.06	58%	20%	7.5%	18%
2009	29	MIL	NL	234	2.6%	30.8%	8.1%	7.7%	42%	3.79	3.0	35.7	8.9	0.68	1.12	59%	20%	9.0%	21%
2009	29	SEA	AL	131	1.5%	36.6%	6.1%	8.4%	46%	6.00	2.5	60.0	10.0	0.70	0.96	56%	19%	5.1%	11%
2010	30	BOS	AL	382	4.7%	27.2%	8.9%	9.2%	41%	3.06	3.3	19.1	7.5	0.61	0.84	58%	22%	13.2%	9%
2011	31	TOT	NL	199	1.0%	31.7%	5.5%	6.5%	33%	5.73	2.9	92.5	13.2	0.73	0.89	61%	19%	3.3%	15%
2011	31	HOU	NL	158	1.3%	34.8%	5.1%	7.0%	33%	6.88	2.7	73.5	11.3	0.66	0.75	58%	20%	4.1%	13%
2011	31	SFG	NL	41	0.0%	19.5%	7.3%	4.9%	33%	2.67	4.8		38.0	1.00	1.36	73%	13%	0.0%	27%
10 Seasons				3660	3.4%	26.3%	7.7%	9.7%	43%	3.43	3.4	26.8	7.6	0.65	0.87	62%	22%	9.8%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.03	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	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	22	MIL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	41	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.01	-0.4	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.88	-0.9	1.03	1
2003	23	MIL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	160	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.89	-0.1	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.97	-3.4	0.88	16
2004	24	MIL	NL	-20.9	-2.0	438	-0.5	7.8	-8.4	1.03	-1.6	1.1	-15.8	-1.5	0.96	-20.0	1.21	29
2005	25	MIL	NL	10.4	1.0	580	0.3	10.8	-10.4	1.02	0.6	-0.2	3.7	0.4	0.95	8.1	1.71	15
2006	26	MIL	NL	18.9	1.8	630	2.2	13.7	-11.5	1.06	2.0	0.1	11.8	1.1	0.97	15.5	1.27	5
2007	27	MIL	NL	-6.8	-0.6	521	-0.3	8.3	-8.6	.93	-1.1	0.8	-6.2	-0.6	0.95	-6.4	0.55	12
2008	28	MIL	NL	-12.1	-1.2	465	-0.5	7.8	-8.3	.99	-0.9	0.4	-7.7	-0.7	0.94	-10.3	1.24	15
2009	29	TOT	MLB	-20.4	-2.0	374	-0.6	5.9	-6.5	.96	-1.8	1.1	-21.9	-2.2	0.96	-21.5	0.79	7
2009	29	MIL	NL	-12.7	-1.2	238	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	.95	-1.4	0.9	-14.6	-1.4	0.97	-14.7	0.69	6
2009	29	SEA	AL	-7.7	-0.7	136	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.96	-0.4	0.3	-7.3	-0.7	0.93	-6.8	1.45	1
2010	30	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	395	0.5	6.9	-6.4	.98	0.4	0.1	5.3	0.5	0.94	3.5	1.21	11
2011	31	TOT	NL	-10.5	-1.1	205	-1.0	2.6	-3.6	.97	-1.2	0.1	-12.9	-1.3	1.02	-11.1	0.63	8
2011	31	HOU	NL	-6.6	-0.7	161	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	1.00	-0.7	0.2	-6.9	-0.7	1.01	-6.5	0.41	4
2011	31	SFG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	44	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.87	-0.5	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	1.09	-4.6	0.85	4
10 Seasons				-44.8	-4.4	3809	-0.3	66.6	-66.9	.99	-4.0	3.8	-46.4	-4.6	0.96	-46.5	1.10	119

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	22	MIL	NL	0	22%	13	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2003	23	MIL	NL	0	45%	36	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	58%	7	3	3	1	0	1	4	1	3
2004	24	MIL	NL	3	32%	125	12	6	67%	11	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	5	8	50%	10	7	3	10	4	6	12	2	7
2005	25	MIL	NL	7	31%	200	18	6	75%	13	6	5	0	0	0	4	2	7	11	56%	20	10	10	7	3	3	12	3	9
2006	26	MIL	NL	6	38%	195	8	9	47%	7	7	1	2	0	0	3	2	5	17	56%	29	15	13	8	4	4	20	4	15
2007	27	MIL	NL	1	31%	154	4	5	44%	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	2	6	9	45%	25	18	7	9	1	8	15	7	7
2008	28	MIL	NL	3	30%	112	5	6	45%	4	4	1	1	0	1	5	3	4	9	58%	12	10	2	8	1	7	11	2	9
2009	29	TOT	MLB	2	28%	96	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	50%	8	5	3	2	2	0	6	1	5
2009	29	MIL	NL	1	29%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	60%	5	3	2	0	0	0	5	1	4
2009	29	SEA	AL	1	27%	33	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33%	3	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	1
2010	30	BOS	AL	3	26%	114	9	1	90%	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	33%	17	10	6	7	6	1	3	0	2
2011	31	TOT	NL	0	44%	56	3	2	60%	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	56%	5	4	1	7	3	4	6	0	5
2011	31	HOU	NL	0	39%	46	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	54%	4	3	1	5	2	3	4	0	3
2011	31	SFG	NL	0	67%	10	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	60%	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
10 Seasons				25	33%	1101	62	40	61%	45	34	16	3	1	3	22	14	39	72	51%	135	84	48	59	24	34	90	20	63

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	22	MIL	NL	39	21%	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	21	4	19%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2003	23	MIL	NL	155	21%	37	6	2	16	3	0	1	0.88	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	0	7	4	57%	32	5	16%	21	10	48%	96	15	16%	6	5	83%	7	5	71%	0
2004	24	MIL	NL	415	27%	93	11	3	29	7	2	3	1.21	9	0	14	6	3	5	4	0	6	2	33%	81	4	5%	49	11	22%	252	44	17%	30	16	53%	22	9	41%	0
2005	25	MIL	NL	546	26%	146	7	0	15	1	0	2	1.71	17	0	16	14	3	12	5	0	4	2	50%	109	11	10%	50	18	36%	330	48	15%	30	18	60%	23	11	48%	0
2006	26	MIL	NL	608	24%	145	5	2	5	0	0	0	1.27	35	0	12	23	12	18	17	0	5	3	60%	137	12	9%	65	16	25%	390	55	14%	35	19	54%	29	12	41%	0
2007	27	MIL	NL	503	33%	115	8	1	12	3	1	2	0.55	14	2	17	9	5	10	4	0	2	1	50%	89	9	10%	44	15	34%	319	49	15%	30	16	53%	14	9	64%	0
2008	28	MIL	NL	448	40%	91	4	0	15	4	1	4	1.24	15	0	10	8	7	10	5	0	2	1	50%	77	4	5%	42	10	24%	269	43	16%	24	10	42%	14	4	29%	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	365	38%	67	3	0	7	0	0	0	0.79	8	0	12	5	3	4	4	0	0	0		73	11	15%	36	7	19%	229	28	12%	19	10	53%	12	7	58%	0
2009	29	MIL	NL	234	37%	43	2	0	6	0	0	0	0.69	6	0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	0		50	10	20%	23	2	9%	147	18	12%	11	5	45%	8	3	38%	0
2009	29	SEA	AL	131	40%	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		23	1	4%	13	5	38%	82	10	12%	8	5	63%	4	4	100%	0
2010	30	BOS	AL	382	43%	85	4	0	11	4	1	1	1.21	18	0	9	11	7	8	10	0	2	2	100%	72	4	6%	38	8	21%	240	30	13%	24	12	50%	15	7	47%	0
2011	31	TOT	NL	199	29%	39	4	0	8	1	1	1	0.63	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		40	3	8%	22	5	23%	130	13	10%	16	7	44%	8	4	50%	0
2011	31	HOU	NL	158	27%	33	3	0	4	1	1	1	0.41	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		34	1	3%	19	4	21%	100	12	12%	15	7	47%	5	2	40%	0
2011	31	SFG	NL	41	37%	6	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	3	1	33%	30	1	3%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
10 Seasons				3660	31%	825	52	8	119	23	6	14	1.10	124	2	99	84	40	71	53	0	28	15	54%	715	64	9%	369	100	27%	2276	329	14%	215	113	53%	144	68	47%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			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
2002	22	MIL	NL	39	156	4.00	92	59%	35%	23%	17%	25%	65%	0%	38%	65%	23%	8%	3	0	18%	7	2	8%	3	3	46%	0	0	0
2003	23	MIL	NL	155	552	3.56	368	67%	24%	16%	27%	32%	76%	0%	51%	79%	34%	3%	5	0	13%	20	8	5%	7	5	29%	0	0	0
2004	24	MIL	NL	415	1576	3.80	1040	66%	26%	23%	24%	26%	74%	1%	49%	69%	31%	4%	16	0	12%	50	23	7%	30	19	24%	0	0	0
2005	25	MIL	NL	546	2273	4.16	1430	63%	32%	14%	26%	28%	68%	1%	43%	80%	22%	7%	38	3	17%	95	34	9%	50	33	30%	0	0	0
2006	26	MIL	NL	608	2522	4.15	1556	62%	28%	21%	27%	25%	72%	2%	44%	71%	29%	5%	30	2	16%	99	41	11%	65	43	18%	0	0	0
2007	27	MIL	NL	503	1991	3.96	1292	65%	23%	20%	31%	26%	77%	0%	50%	74%	36%	4%	18	4	14%	69	37	8%	39	20	22%	0	0	0
2008	28	MIL	NL	448	1893	4.23	1205	64%	28%	19%	29%	24%	72%	1%	46%	74%	33%	4%	17	4	13%	57	25	9%	40	24	23%	0	0	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	365	1474	4.04	935	63%	29%	22%	26%	23%	71%	0%	45%	69%	33%	3%	12	1	14%	52	26	10%	38	27	24%	0	0	0
2009	29	MIL	NL	234	951	4.06	605	64%	27%	23%	26%	24%	73%	0%	46%	69%	36%	4%	9	1	14%	32	14	10%	24	18	22%	0	0	0
2009	29	SEA	AL	131	523	3.99	330	63%	31%	22%	24%	23%	69%	0%	43%	68%	27%	2%	3	0	15%	20	12	11%	14	9	27%	0	0	0
2010	30	BOS	AL	382	1569	4.11	994	63%	27%	20%	28%	24%	73%	0%	46%	73%	28%	4%	17	3	14%	54	31	8%	30	17	21%	0	0	0
2011	31	TOT	NL	200	793	3.97	526	66%	21%	26%	29%	23%	79%	0%	52%	66%	30%	2%	4	2	10%	19	9	8%	16	11	11%	-1	0	0
2011	31	HOU	NL	159	630	3.96	422	67%	20%	27%	31%	22%	80%	0%	53%	66%	30%	2%	3	2	10%	16	9	8%	13	10	9%	-1	0	0
2011	31	SFG	NL	41	163	3.98	104	64%	25%	25%	21%	29%	75%	0%	48%	67%	29%	2%	1	0	7%	3	0	7%	3	1	25%	0	0	0
10 Seasons				3661	14799	4.04	9438	64%	27%	20%	27%	25%	73%	1%	46%	73%	30%	4%	160	19	14%	522	236	9%	318	202	23%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2002	22	19	39	36	3	7	1	1	1	5	0	1	3	13	.194	.256	.361	.618	62	13	1	0	0	0	0
2003	23	71	194	178	26	44	10	3	6	25	1	3	10	41	.247	.289	.438	.728	89	78	6	1	4	1	0
2004	24	197	609	568	69	137	30	6	15	78	13	9	30	160	.241	.280	.394	.675	73	224	10	2	6	3	1
2005	25	343	1155	1069	138	283	69	12	32	140	31	15	69	263	.265	.310	.442	.751	93	472	21	3	8	6	3
2006	26	491	1763	1606	239	428	108	16	67	225	39	24	132	425	.267	.322	.479	.801	104	769	33	4	11	10	9
2007	27	627	2266	2058	298	543	143	16	81	288	43	29	172	553	.264	.320	.467	.787	101	961	42	7	12	17	10
2008	28	755	2714	2462	348	634	165	17	96	343	48	35	209	677	.258	.316	.455	.771	98	1121	46	10	13	20	12
2009	29	865	3079	2796	380	701	185	18	104	379	50	37	236	797	.251	.309	.441	.750	93	1234	57	10	13	24	12
2010	30	985	3461	3140	424	786	201	19	122	425	59	38	270	901	.250	.310	.443	.753	94	1391	61	11	15	25	12
2011	31	1047	3660	3325	448	825	210	21	124	439	62	40	281	964	.248	.307	.436	.743	92	1449	64	13	15	26	13

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
2002	22	19	39	36	3	7	1	1	1	5	0	3	13	.194	.256	.361	.618	3	19
2003	23	52	151	142	23	37	9	2	5	20	1	7	28	.261	.298	.458	.756	19	52
2004	24	126	409	387	41	90	19	3	9	50	12	19	119	.233	.269	.367	.636	38	126
2005	25	146	543	500	68	145	39	6	17	61	18	39	103	.290	.341	.494	.835	84	146
2006	26	148	595	530	93	138	37	4	33	78	8	60	162	.260	.334	.532	.867	95	148
2007	27	136	497	448	56	111	34	0	14	59	4	39	128	.248	.308	.417	.725	57	136
2008	28	128	446	403	50	90	22	1	15	54	5	37	124	.223	.291	.395	.686	46	128
2009	29	110	366	335	33	68	20	1	8	37	2	27	120	.203	.260	.340	.600	30	110
2010	30	120	380	344	44	85	16	1	18	46	9	34	104	.247	.316	.456	.772	49	120
2011	31	62	203	188	27	42	10	2	2	16	3	12	63	.223	.276	.330	.606	17	62
10 Seasons		1047	3629	3313	438	813	207	21	122	426	62	277	964	.245	.304	.431	.735	438	1047
162 Game Avg.		162	562	513	68	126	32	3	19	66	10	43	149	.245	.304	.431	.735	68	1047

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 2006 NL 35 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2006 NL 162 (3rd) Active 964 (43rd)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2006 NL 78 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2006 NL 9 (10th)
AB per HR s c a p y 2006 NL 15.3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1276), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1169), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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