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Josh Hamilton

Joshua Holt Hamilton

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 21, 1981 in Raleigh, NC
High School: Athens Drive HS (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Reds 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 2 yrs/$24M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Michael Moye, previously: Casey Close,Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
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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
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
2004 Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
2005 Did not play in major leagues (Restricted List)
2007 26 CIN NL 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4 89/7
2008 27 TEX AL 156 704 624 98 190 35 5 32 130 9 1 64 126 .304 .371 .530 .901 135 331 8 7 0 9 9 *89D AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 28 TEX AL 89 365 336 43 90 19 2 10 54 8 3 24 79 .268 .315 .426 .741 90 143 5 1 0 4 2 89/D AS
2010 29 TEX AL 133 571 518 95 186 40 3 32 100 8 1 43 95 .359 .411 .633 1.044 170 328 11 5 1 4 5 *78D AS,MVP-1,SS
2011 30 TEX AL 121 538 487 80 145 31 5 25 94 8 1 39 93 .298 .346 .536 .882 130 261 8 2 0 10 13 *78/D AS,MVP-22
2012 31 TEX AL 46 203 178 38 65 7 0 21 56 4 1 19 39 .365 .419 .758 1.177 204 135 2 1 0 5 6 *87/D9
6 Yrs 635 2718 2441 406 763 149 17 139 481 40 10 222 497 .313 .370 .558 .928 140 1363 40 20 1 34 39
162 Game Avg. 162 693 623 104 195 38 4 35 123 10 3 57 127 .313 .370 .558 .928 140 348 10 5 0 9 10
TEX (5 yrs) 545 2381 2143 354 676 132 15 120 434 37 7 189 432 .315 .370 .559 .929 141 1198 34 16 1 32 35
CIN (1 yr) 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4
AL (5 yrs) 545 2381 2143 354 676 132 15 120 434 37 7 189 432 .315 .370 .559 .929 141 1198 34 16 1 32 35
NL (1 yr) 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4

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
2007 26 CIN NL 90 337 14 0 -0 1 0 15 1.5 9 24 2.4 .517 .509 2.3 0.1 23 $380,000 89/7
2008 27 TEX AL 156 704 30 3 3 -7 -1 28 3.1 24 52 5.2 .518 .517 5.8 -0.6 59 $396,830 *89D AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 28 TEX AL 89 365 -8 -0 2 -1 -1 -8 -0.7 12 4 0.4 .491 .495 0.5 -0.1 5 $555,000 89/D AS
2010 29 TEX AL 133 571 51 4 3 11 -5 63 6.7 19 83 8.4 .549 .540 7.3 0.8 72 $3,250,000 *78D AS,MVP-1,SS
2011 30 TEX AL 121 538 17 1 2 2 -4 17 1.9 18 35 3.5 .514 .511 3.4 -0.2 33 $8,750,000 *78/D AS,MVP-22
2012 31 TEX AL 46 203 23 1 0 7 -1 31 3.2 7 38 3.8 .569 .520 3.1 0.6 31 $ *87/D9
6 Seasons 635 2718 127 9 9 13 -12 146 15.6 90 236 23.7 .523 .515 22.4 0.6 223 $13,331,830
TEX (5 yrs) 545 2381 113 8 10 12 -12 131 14.1 81 212 21.3 .524 .516 20.1 0.5 200 $12,951,830
CIN (1 yr) 90 337 14 0 -0 1 0 15 1.5 9 24 2.4 .517 .509 2.3 0.1 23 $380,000

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
2007 26 CIN NL 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2
2008 27 TEX AL 704 452 128 7.6 106 .333 .304 .269 .371 .337 .530 .423 .901 .760 135 .684 31.8 3.0 .926 .341 .226 14.0
2009 28 TEX AL 365 258 46 4.8 111 .319 .268 .272 .315 .342 .426 .436 .741 .778 90 .471 -5.8 -0.5 .681 .244 .158 8.9
2010 29 TEX AL 571 349 134 10.3 107 .390 .359 .270 .411 .340 .633 .424 1.044 .763 170 .808 51.7 4.9 1.113 .371 .274 12.8
2011 30 TEX AL 538 361 91 6.8 106 .317 .298 .268 .346 .335 .536 .424 .882 .759 130 .667 20.0 2.0 .880 .333 .238 12.1
2012 31 TEX AL 203 121 58 12.9 106 .358 .365 .263 .419 .332 .758 .426 1.177 .758 204 .869 26.3 2.5 1.362 .517 .393 6.7
6 Yrs 2718 1763 517 7.8 108 .339 .313 .270 .370 .339 .558 .428 .928 .767 140 .709 137.1 13.1 .946 .349 .246 62.1
162 Game Avg. 693 450 132 7.8 108 .339 .313 .270 .370 .339 .558 .428 .928 .767 140 .709 35 3 .946 .349 .246 16
TEX (5 yrs) 2381 1541 457 7.9 107 .343 .315 .269 .370 .337 .559 .426 .929 .763 141 .715 123.9 11.9 .950 .346 .244 56.6
CIN (1 yr) 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2
AL (5 yrs) 2381 1541 457 7.9 107 .343 .315 .269 .370 .337 .559 .426 .929 .763 141 .715 123.9 11.9 .950 .346 .244 56.6
NL (1 yr) 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2

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
2010 29 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 5 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 28 20 6 7 1 0 4 7 3 0 8 4 .350 .536 1.000 1.536 20 1 0 0 0 5
2010 29 TEX AL WS SFG L 5 21 20 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 .100 .143 .250 .393 5 1 0 0 0 0
2011 30 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .267 .313 .333 .646 5 0 0 0 0 1
2011 30 TEX AL ALCS DET W 6 29 26 4 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .308 .310 .462 .772 12 0 0 0 2 1
2011 30 TEX AL WS STL L 7 31 29 4 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 .241 .258 .414 .672 12 1 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 33 145 128 18 30 8 0 6 22 4 1 14 21 .234 .303 .438 .741 56 3 0 0 3 7
2 ALDS 9 36 33 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 6 .182 .250 .212 .462 7 0 0 0 0 1
2 ALCS 12 57 46 10 15 5 0 4 12 3 0 9 8 .326 .421 .696 1.117 32 1 0 0 2 6
2 WS 12 52 49 6 9 2 0 2 7 0 1 2 7 .184 .212 .347 .558 17 2 0 0 1 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
2008 TEX AL 27 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TEX AL 28 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 TEX AL 29 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 TEX AL 30 as LF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 4 1 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
2007 26 CIN NL 337 5.6% 19.3% 9.8% 11.3% 44% 1.97 4.6 15.7 6.3 0.84 1.25 64% 22% 15.2% 2%
2008 27 TEX AL 704 4.6% 17.9% 9.1% 10.2% 38% 1.97 5.0 19.5 4.8 0.82 1.20 67% 24% 11.9% 3%
2009 28 TEX AL 365 2.7% 21.6% 6.6% 8.5% 34% 3.29 4.3 33.6 6.2 0.59 0.84 69% 25% 6.3% 4%
2010 29 TEX AL 571 5.6% 16.6% 7.5% 13.1% 40% 2.21 5.5 16.2 5.2 0.73 1.23 69% 20% 13.6% 5%
2011 30 TEX AL 538 4.7% 17.3% 7.3% 11.3% 42% 2.38 5.2 19.5 5.2 0.75 1.00 70% 19% 11.7% 7%
2012 31 TEX AL 203 10.3% 19.2% 9.4% 13.8% 43% 2.05 4.6 8.5 3.2 0.71 1.25 61% 19% 28.0% 11%
6 Yrs 2718 5.1% 18.3% 8.2% 11.2% 40% 2.24 4.9 17.6 5.1 0.75 1.11 68% 22% 12.9% 5%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 26 CIN NL 13.2 1.2 345 0.7 6.4 -5.7 1.00 1.2 -0.6 15.3 1.4 0.93 17.2 1.24 9
2008 27 TEX AL 31.0 2.9 721 3.6 14.3 -10.7 .94 3.6 0.3 44.0 4.1 0.95 44.1 1.22 1
2009 28 TEX AL -5.8 -0.5 374 0.2 6.1 -5.9 .91 -0.4 0.6 2.2 0.2 0.95 -4.5 1.99 4
2010 29 TEX AL 51.7 4.9 590 6.2 14.7 -8.5 1.04 5.1 0.8 56.7 5.2 0.94 61.5 1.74 2
2011 30 TEX AL 18.9 1.8 554 4.8 11.3 -6.5 .85 3.4 2.3 28.2 2.6 0.97 32.0 0
2012 31 TEX AL 26.3 2.5 213 1.6 4.4 -2.8 .92 2.8 -1.1 27.4 2.5 0.93 31.5 1.82 1
6 Yrs 135.2 12.9 2797 17.1 57.2 -40.1 .94 15.7 2.3 173.8 16.0 0.95 181.7 1.51 17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2007 26 CIN NL 4 0 31% 123 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 34% 19 12 7 5 4 1 8 5 3
2008 27 TEX AL 6 0 29% 296 9 1 90% 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 13 51% 44 25 19 12 4 8 18 6 11
2009 28 TEX AL 1 0 31% 123 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 36% 14 11 3 3 2 1 11 5 6
2010 29 TEX AL 5 0 31% 261 8 1 89% 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 20 49% 38 25 13 10 2 8 23 8 14
2011 30 TEX AL 7 0 34% 210 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 11 43% 30 21 9 9 3 6 19 9 10
2012 31 TEX AL 0 0 27% 77 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 60% 16 8 8 1 0 1 3 0 3
6 Yrs 23 0 31% 1090 40 10 80% 36 8 4 2 0 0 6 1 20 63 46% 161 102 59 40 15 25 82 33 47

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
2007 26 CIN NL 337 76% 87 11 0 9 2 2 2 1.24 19 0 11 18 1 11 8 0 0 0 55 6 11% 24 8 33% 182 29 16% 14 10 71% 14 8 57% 0
2008 27 TEX AL 704 68% 190 11 0 1 0 0 0 1.22 32 2 17 24 8 19 13 0 0 0 147 8 5% 60 27 45% 474 99 21% 50 28 56% 35 25 71% 0
2009 28 TEX AL 365 67% 90 8 0 4 1 0 1 1.99 10 0 12 4 6 6 4 0 0 0 78 5 6% 37 12 32% 248 46 19% 24 13 54% 14 8 57% 0
2010 29 TEX AL 571 68% 186 14 0 2 2 0 1 1.74 32 0 11 24 8 22 10 0 1 1 100% 126 11 9% 45 21 47% 351 69 20% 38 23 61% 21 16 76% 0
2011 30 TEX AL 538 71% 145 13 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 13 15 10 14 11 0 0 0 108 8 7% 66 33 50% 337 72 21% 47 29 62% 27 18 67% 0
2012 31 TEX AL 203 67% 65 7 0 1 0 0 0 1.82 21 0 3 15 6 10 11 0 0 0 39 2 5% 26 14 54% 126 36 29% 22 15 68% 11 8 73% 0
6 Yrs 2718 69% 763 64 0 17 5 2 4 1.51 139 3 67 100 39 82 57 0 1 1 100% 553 40 7% 258 115 45% 1718 351 20% 195 118 61% 122 83 68% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2007 26 CIN NL 337 1263 3.75 782 62% 19% 20% 31% 30% 81% 3% 50% 75% 39% 4% 15 2 15% 52 30 9% 32 20 28% 0 0 0
2008 27 TEX AL 705 2622 3.72 1657 63% 14% 24% 32% 31% 86% 3% 55% 72% 45% 6% 41 9 14% 97 47 8% 54 31 19% -1 0 0
2009 28 TEX AL 366 1341 3.66 861 64% 12% 26% 32% 30% 88% 2% 57% 71% 49% 3% 11 1 12% 45 29 6% 21 16 19% -1 0 0
2010 29 TEX AL 573 2076 3.62 1314 63% 15% 22% 30% 33% 85% 2% 54% 74% 41% 5% 29 4 13% 74 37 7% 40 28 22% -2 0 0
2011 30 TEX AL 539 1926 3.57 1228 64% 14% 23% 30% 33% 86% 7% 55% 73% 47% 6% 32 2 12% 66 29 9% 46 32 12% -1 0 0
2012 31 TEX AL 203 694 3.42 440 63% 10% 29% 28% 33% 90% 9% 57% 68% 53% 8% 17 1 17% 35 16 6% 12 11 18% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2723 9922 3.64 6282 63% 14% 24% 31% 32% 86% 4% 54% 73% 45% 5% 145 19 14% 369 188 8% 205 138 19% -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2007 26 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4
2008 27 246 1041 922 150 277 52 7 51 177 12 4 97 191 .300 .370 .538 .908 134 496 14 11 0 11 13
2009 28 335 1406 1258 193 367 71 9 61 231 20 7 121 270 .292 .356 .508 .864 122 639 19 12 0 15 15
2010 29 468 1977 1776 288 553 111 12 93 331 28 8 164 365 .311 .371 .544 .916 136 967 30 17 1 19 20
2011 30 589 2515 2263 368 698 142 17 118 425 36 9 203 458 .308 .366 .543 .909 135 1228 38 19 1 29 33
2012 31 635 2718 2441 406 763 149 17 139 481 40 10 222 497 .313 .370 .558 .928 140 1363 40 20 1 34 39

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 26 90 330 293 47 82 16 2 18 42 3 31 65 .280 .355 .532 .887 54 90
2008 27 156 700 621 95 187 34 5 31 127 9 63 126 .301 .367 .522 .889 119 156
2009 28 89 361 333 41 87 18 2 10 51 8 23 79 .261 .307 .417 .725 43 89
2010 29 133 567 515 92 183 39 3 31 97 8 42 95 .355 .406 .623 1.030 130 133
2011 30 121 535 485 78 143 31 5 25 92 8 38 93 .295 .342 .534 .876 89 121
2012 31 46 202 177 37 64 7 0 21 54 4 19 39 .362 .416 .757 1.173 56 46
6 Yrs 635 2695 2424 390 746 145 17 136 463 40 216 497 .308 .365 .550 .914 491 635
162 Game Avg. 162 688 618 99 190 37 4 35 118 10 55 127 .308 .365 .550 .914 125 635

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (CF)
2009 (CF)
2010 (CF)
2011 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 AL ALCS MVP
2010 ML Major League Player of the Year
2010 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (7, 28%)
2010 AL (1, 91%)
2011 AL (22, 0%)
1 MVP
1.20 Career Shares (197th)

Silver Sluggers
2008 AL (OF)
2010 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  8.4 (1st)
2012 AL  3.8 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.2 (9th)
2010 AL  8.4 (1st)
2012 AL  3.8 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.8 (4th)
2010 AL  7.3 (1st)
2012 AL  3.1 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2010 AL  .359 (1st)
2012 AL  .365 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2010 AL  .411 (2nd)
2012 AL  .419 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2008 AL  .530 (9th)
2010 AL  .633 (1st)
2011 AL  .536 (8th)
2012 AL  .758 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 AL  .901 (6th)
2010 AL  1.044 (1st)
2012 AL  1.177 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2008 AL  624 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2008 AL  704 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2012 AL  38 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  190 (4th)
2010 AL  186 (6th)
2012 AL  65 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  331 (1st)
2010 AL  328 (4th)
2012 AL  135 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  32 (8th)
2010 AL  32 (5th)
2012 AL  21 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 AL  130 (1st)
2012 AL  56 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL  134 (7th)
2010 AL  170 (2nd)
2012 AL  204 (1st)

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 AL  128 (2nd)
2010 AL  134 (3rd)
2012 AL  58 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  31 (10th)
2010 AL  52 (3rd)
2012 AL  26 (1st)
Active  137 (37th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  2.9 (10th)
2010 AL  4.9 (3rd)
2012 AL  2.5 (1st)
Active  13.1 (37th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  72 (8th)
2010 AL  75 (5th)
2012 AL  28 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2008 AL  261 (7th)
2012 AL  85 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 AL  .684 (6th)
2010 AL  .808 (1st)
2012 AL  .869 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 AL  9 (3rd)
2011 AL  10 (3rd)
2012 AL  5 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  13 (6th)
2012 AL  6 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  6.7 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2010 AL  16.2 (4th)
2012 AL  8.5 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  44.05 (2nd)
2010 AL  56.70 (2nd)
2012 AL  27.40 (1st)
Active  173.80 (36th)
Career  173.80 (242nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.6 (8th)
2010 AL  6.2 (2nd)
2011 AL  4.8 (4th)
2012 AL  1.6 (7th)
Active  17.1 (30th)
Career  17.1 (215th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.6 (4th)
2010 AL  5.1 (3rd)
2011 AL  3.4 (9th)
2012 AL  2.8 (1st)
Active  15.7 (34th)
Career  15.7 (242nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2008 AL  4.1 (3rd)
2010 AL  5.2 (2nd)
2012 AL  2.5 (1st)
Active  16.0 (39th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 22 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 53 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (288), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (371), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Joey Votto (941)
  2. Hunter Pence (916)
  3. Earl Webb (904)
  4. Matt Kemp (899)
  5. Kal Daniels (897)
  6. Monte Irvin (897) *
  7. Ryan Braun (893)
  8. Corey Hart (891)
  9. Justin Upton (891)
  10. Evan Longoria (891)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 30 
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  1. Bob Johnson (951)
  2. Rico Carty (929)
  3. Brad Hawpe (926)
  4. Earl Averill (921) *
  5. Johnny Frederick (921)
  6. Brian Giles (917)
  7. Trot Nixon (914)
  8. Jeromy Burnitz (912)
  9. Pedro Guerrero (910)
  10. Gus Zernial (907)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  2. Gus Zernial (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Johnson (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Johnson (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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