Jason Hardtke

Jason Robert Hardtke

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1971 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Leland HS (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1996
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cubs 1996-1998

Final Game: July 13, 1998
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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	Awards
1990	18	CLE-min	Rk	39	167	142	18	38	7	0	4	16	11	1	23	19	.268	.377	.401	.779		57		2	0	0	0		BRL · APPY
1991	19	CLE-min	A	139	628	534	104	155	26	8	12	81	23	4	75	48	.290	.381	.436	.817		233	6	7	6	6	5		CBS · SALL
1992	20	SDP-CLE-min	A,A+	126	530	471	87	140	28	4	10	56	10	8	46	41	.297	.363	.437	.800		206	10	6	1	6	3		WLO,HDS,KIN · MIDW,CALL,CARL
1993	21	SDP-min	A+	130	594	523	98	167	38	7	11	85	7	8	61	54	.319	.389	.482	.870		252	12	2	2	6	2		RCU · CALL
1994	22	SDP-min	AA,A+	79	298	268	28	64	15	1	5	29	1	3	24	46	.239	.297	.358	.656		96	4	0	2	4	1		WCH,RCU · TL,CALL
1995	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	125	545	462	66	132	43	4	4	52	7	9	68	58	.286	.376	.422	.798		195	7	4	2	9	1		BNG,NFK · EL,IL
1996	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA	106	446	394	72	113	28	2	12	51	4	7	45	45	.287	.358	.459	.818		181	7	0	5	2	2		NFK,BNG · IL,EL
1996	24	NYM	NL	19	60	57	3	11	5	0	0	6	0	0	2	12	.193	.233	.281	.514	38	16	1	1	0	0	0	4
1997	25	NYM-min	AAA,AA	103	461	414	49	117	25	3	12	49	3	6	42	56	.283	.348	.444	.792		184	9	0	4	1	1		NFK,BNG · IL,EL
1997	25	NYM	NL	30	62	56	9	15	2	0	2	8	1	1	4	6	.268	.323	.411	.733	93	23	3	1	0	1	1	4/5
1998	26	CHC-min	AAA	91	375	333	67	96	20	1	11	53	7	7	35	46	.288	.361	.453	.814		151	7	4	1	2	1		IWA · PCL
1998	26	CHC	NL	18	23	21	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.238	.304	.238	.542	44	5	0	0	0	0	0	/5D9
1999	27	CIN-min	AAA	101	458	416	74	137	37	2	12	61	7	4	35	43	.329	.381	.514	.895		214	7	2	1	4	1		INA · IL
2000	28	COL-min	AAA,Fgn	5	22	20	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.200	.273	.200	.473		4	1	0	0	0	1		CSP,HAN · PCL,JPCL
2001	29	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	96	379	336	52	87	21	3	10	39	2	2	34	43	.259	.336	.429	.765		144	2	5	4	0	1		CHR,BFL · IL
3 Yrs				67	145	134	14	31	7	0	2	16	1	1	8	24	.231	.283	.328	.611	63	44	4	2	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	351	324	34	75	17	0	5	39	2	2	19	58	.231	.283	.328	.611	63	106	10	5	0	2	2

NYM (2 yrs)				49	122	113	12	26	7	0	2	14	1	1	6	18	.230	.279	.345	.624	66	39	4	2	0	1	1
CHC (1 yr)				18	23	21	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.238	.304	.238	.542	44	5	0	0	0	0	0

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
1996	24	NYM	NL	19	60	-5	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$	4
1997	25	NYM	NL	30	62	-0	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	4/5
1998	26	CHC	NL	18	23	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/5D9
3 Seasons				67	145	-8	1	0	1	1	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$

NYM (2 yrs)				49	122	-6	0	-0	1	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				18	23	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

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
1996	24	NYM	NL	60	47	4	2.3	102	.244	.193	.264	.233	.332	.281	.413	.514	.745	38	.201	-5.0	-0.5	.404	.123	.088
1997	25	NYM	NL	62	46	6	3.5	106	.265	.268	.267	.323	.338	.411	.419	.733	.757	93	.352	-0.6	-0.1	.622	.214	.143	1.3
1998	26	CHC	NL	23	16	2	3.4	110	.333	.238	.272	.304	.344	.238	.430	.542	.773	44	.337	-1.8	-0.2	.438	.095	.000
3 Yrs				145	109	12	3.0	105	.266	.231	.266	.283	.337	.328	.418	.611	.755	63	.286	-7.3	-0.7	.500	.157	.097	1.3
162 Game Avg.				351	264	29	3.0	105	.266	.231	.266	.283	.337	.328	.418	.611	.755	63	.286	-7.3	-0.7	.500	.157	.097	3

NYM (2 yrs)				122	93	10	2.9	104	.255	.230	.265	.279	.335	.345	.416	.624	.751	66	.278	-5.5	-0.5	.511	.168	.115	1.3
CHC (1 yr)				23	16	2	3.4	110	.333	.238	.272	.304	.344	.238	.430	.542	.773	44	.337	-1.8	-0.2	.438	.095	.000

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
1996	24	NYM	NL	60	0.0%	20.0%	3.3%	8.3%	46%	6.00	4.8		9.5	0.55	0.76	75%	27%	0.0%	17%
1997	25	NYM	NL	62	3.2%	9.7%	6.5%	6.5%	27%	1.50	9.3	28.0	7.0	0.72	1.35	79%	24%	7.7%	10%
1998	26	CHC	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	8.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.5		10.5	0.67	1.00	65%	20%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				145	1.4%	16.6%	5.5%	6.2%	29%	3.00	5.6	67.0	8.4	0.64	1.02	75%	24%	3.4%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	1.89	5.3	32.7	7.5	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	24	NYM	NL	-5.0	-0.5	61	-0.7	0.7	-1.3	1.13	-0.6	0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.90	-6.4	2.12	5
1997	25	NYM	NL	-0.6	-0.1	65	0.2	1.3	-1.1	1.12	-0.0	0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.01	-0.9	0.76	10
1998	26	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	23	-0.1	0.5	-0.7	1.81	-0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.11	-1.3	2.32	12
3 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	149	-0.6	2.5	-3.1	1.23	-0.8	0.3	-8.8	-0.9	0.98	-8.7	1.71	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	24	NYM	NL	0	21%	23	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1997	25	NYM	NL	1	39%	24	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	43%	2	2	0	0	5	2	3
1998	26	CHC	NL	0	29%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	31%	55	1	1	50%	1	1	3	4	56%	2	2	1	1	6	2	4

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
1996	24	NYM	NL	60	100%	11	1	0	5	1	0	0	2.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	3	1	33%	29	6	21%	4	3	75%	0	0		0
1997	25	NYM	NL	62	100%	15	1	0	10	1	0	0	0.76	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0%	12	3	25%	7	2	29%	39	6	15%	4	2	50%	2	2	100%	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	23	100%	5	1	0	12	2	0	1	2.32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	22	2	9%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
3 Yrs				145	100%	31	3	0	27	4	0	1	1.71	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0%	26	4	15%	12	3	25%	90	14	16%	9	6	67%	4	3	75%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			52%			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
1996	24	NYM	NL	61	233	3.82	147	63%	24%	14%	31%	31%	76%	0%	48%	81%	33%	7%	4	0	21%	13	5	11%	7	6	50%	-1	0	0
1997	25	NYM	NL	62	228	3.68	137	60%	22%	12%	29%	37%	78%	2%	47%	85%	34%	5%	3	0	19%	12	8	6%	4	3	33%	0	0	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	23	104	4.52	69	66%	23%	16%	39%	22%	77%	0%	51%	79%	22%	4%	1	0	4%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				146	565	3.87	353	62%	23%	14%	32%	31%	77%	1%	48%	82%	32%	5%	8	0	18%	26	13	8%	11	9	42%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			29%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1996	24	19	60	57	3	11	5	0	6	0	0	2	12	.193	.233	.281	.514	38	16	1	1	0	0
1997	25	49	122	113	12	26	7	2	14	1	1	6	18	.230	.279	.345	.624	66	39	4	2	1	1
1998	26	67	145	134	14	31	7	2	16	1	1	8	24	.231	.283	.328	.611	63	44	4	2	1	1

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	24	19	61	58	3	12	5	0	7	0	2	12	.207	.246	.293	.539	4	19
1997	25	30	62	56	9	15	2	2	8	1	4	6	.268	.323	.411	.733	7	30
1998	26	18	22	20	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	6	.200	.273	.200	.473	1	18
3 Yrs		67	145	134	13	31	7	2	16	1	8	24	.231	.283	.328	.611	12	67
162 Game Avg.		162	351	324	31	75	17	5	39	2	19	58	.231	.283	.328	.611	29	67

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