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J.J. Hardy

James Jerry Hardy

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 19, 1982 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Sabino (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2005
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Orioles/Twins 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 1 yr/$5.85M (11), 3 yrs/$22.25M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.164, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Donnie Mitchell, previously: Mike Seal [*]
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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
2005 22 MIL NL 124 427 372 46 92 22 1 9 50 0 0 44 48 .247 .327 .384 .711 86 143 10 1 8 2 7 *6
2006 23 MIL NL 35 139 128 13 31 5 0 5 14 1 1 10 23 .242 .295 .398 .693 75 51 4 0 0 1 0 6
2007 24 MIL NL 151 638 592 89 164 30 1 26 80 2 3 40 73 .277 .323 .463 .786 101 274 13 1 4 1 1 *6 AS
2008 25 MIL NL 146 629 569 78 161 31 4 24 74 2 1 52 98 .283 .343 .478 .821 115 272 18 1 5 2 3 *6
2009 26 MIL NL 115 465 414 53 95 16 2 11 47 0 1 43 85 .229 .302 .357 .659 75 148 14 2 1 5 0 *6
2010 27 MIN AL 101 375 340 44 91 19 3 6 38 1 1 28 54 .268 .320 .394 .714 96 134 8 0 3 4 1 6
2011 28 BAL AL 129 567 527 76 142 27 0 30 80 0 0 31 92 .269 .310 .491 .801 117 259 10 2 2 5 3 *6
7 Seasons 801 3240 2942 399 776 150 11 111 383 6 7 248 473 .264 .320 .435 .756 99 1281 77 7 23 20 15
162 Game Avg. 162 655 595 81 157 30 2 22 77 1 1 50 96 .264 .320 .435 .756 99 259 16 1 5 4 3
MIL (5 yrs) 571 2298 2075 279 543 104 8 75 265 5 6 189 327 .262 .323 .428 .751 95 888 59 5 18 11 11
MIN (1 yr) 101 375 340 44 91 19 3 6 38 1 1 28 54 .268 .320 .394 .714 96 134 8 0 3 4 1
BAL (1 yr) 129 567 527 76 142 27 0 30 80 0 0 31 92 .269 .310 .491 .801 117 259 10 2 2 5 3
NL (5 yrs) 571 2298 2075 279 543 104 8 75 265 5 6 189 327 .262 .323 .428 .751 95 888 59 5 18 11 11
AL (2 yrs) 230 942 867 120 233 46 3 36 118 1 1 59 146 .269 .314 .453 .767 109 393 18 2 5 9 4

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
2005 22 MIL NL 427 -8 1 0 -1 -1 5 12 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $316,000 *6
2006 23 MIL NL 139 -5 -1 1 0 3 1 4 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $355,000 6
2007 24 MIL NL 638 -1 -1 -2 0 1 7 17 21 2.1 20 2.0 0.1 $400,000 *6 AS
2008 25 MIL NL 629 10 -3 2 -2 16 7 17 47 4.7 31 3.1 1.6 $2,650,000 *6
2009 26 MIL NL 465 -13 -1 -1 -0 4 5 13 7 0.7 2 0.2 0.5 $4,650,000 *6
2010 27 MIN AL 375 -3 -0 1 -0 -1 5 13 13 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $5,100,000 6
2011 28 BAL AL 567 10 1 -3 -0 7 6 19 41 4.1 34 3.4 0.7 $5,850,000 *6
7 Seasons 3240 -10 -4 -2 -4 29 36 95 140 14.0 111 11.0 3.0 $19,321,000
MIL (5 yrs) 2298 -17 -5 0 -4 23 25 63 86 8.6 62 6.2 2.4 $8,371,000
MIN (1 yr) 375 -3 -0 1 -0 -1 5 13 13 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $5,100,000
BAL (1 yr) 567 10 1 -3 -0 7 6 19 41 4.1 34 3.4 0.7 $5,850,000

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
2005 22 MIL NL 427 300 47 4.2 109 .262 .247 .270 .327 .340 .384 .430 .711 .770 86 .434 -7.7 -0.7 .648 .255 .137 .0
2006 23 MIL NL 139 103 14 3.6 114 .257 .242 .273 .295 .344 .398 .444 .693 .789 75 .350 -5.2 -0.5 .598 .234 .156 1.7
2007 24 MIL NL 638 449 85 5.1 111 .279 .277 .273 .323 .342 .463 .436 .786 .778 101 .501 -2.0 -0.2 .707 .252 .186 3.7
2008 25 MIL NL 629 434 90 5.6 106 .305 .283 .265 .343 .336 .478 .423 .821 .759 115 .558 11.0 1.0 .763 .288 .195 3.7
2009 26 MIL NL 465 340 44 3.5 105 .260 .229 .263 .302 .336 .357 .418 .659 .755 75 .355 -15.2 -1.5 .575 .229 .128 .0
2010 27 MIN AL 375 265 43 4.3 98 .299 .268 .258 .320 .325 .394 .403 .714 .728 96 .466 -1.8 -0.2 .628 .209 .126 1.7
2011 28 BAL AL 567 402 79 5.3 98 .273 .269 .257 .310 .322 .491 .407 .801 .729 117 .560 10.4 1.0 .739 .281 .222 .0
7 Seasons 3240 2293 402 4.7 105 .280 .264 .265 .320 .334 .435 .421 .756 .756 99 .486 -10.3 -1.0 .682 .256 .172 11.4
162 Game Avg. 655 464 81 4.7 105 .280 .264 .265 .320 .334 .435 .421 .756 .756 99 .486 -10.3 -1.0 .682 .256 .172 2
MIL (5 yrs) 2298 1626 280 4.6 108 .278 .262 .268 .323 .339 .428 .428 .751 .767 95 .470 -19.0 -1.8 .677 .257 .166 9.4
MIN (1 yr) 375 265 43 4.3 98 .299 .268 .258 .320 .325 .394 .403 .714 .728 96 .465 -1.8 -0.2 .628 .209 .126 1.7
BAL (1 yr) 567 402 79 5.3 98 .273 .269 .257 .310 .322 .491 .407 .801 .729 117 .560 10.4 1.0 .739 .281 .222 .0
NL (5 yrs) 2298 1626 280 4.6 108 .278 .262 .268 .323 .339 .428 .428 .751 .767 95 .470 -19.0 -1.8 .677 .257 .166 9.4
AL (2 yrs) 942 667 122 4.9 98 .284 .269 .258 .314 .323 .453 .406 .767 .729 109 .525 8.7 0.8 .695 .253 .185 1.9

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 25 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 16 14 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .429 .500 .500 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 26 24 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .292 .346 .375 .721 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 16 14 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .429 .500 .500 1.000 7 0 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
2007 MIL NL 24 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
2005 22 MIL NL 427 2.1% 11.2% 10.3% 7.5% 35% 1.09 7.8 41.3 7.4 0.78 0.93 74% 17% 5.8% 15%
2006 23 MIL NL 139 3.6% 16.6% 7.2% 7.2% 32% 2.30 5.6 25.6 9.1 0.91 1.05 73% 16% 10.4% 13%
2007 24 MIL NL 638 4.1% 11.4% 6.3% 8.9% 35% 1.83 8.1 22.8 7.4 0.71 0.88 77% 19% 10.4% 17%
2008 25 MIL NL 629 3.8% 15.6% 8.3% 9.4% 37% 1.88 5.8 23.7 7.7 0.92 1.21 71% 16% 11.9% 18%
2009 26 MIL NL 465 2.4% 18.3% 9.3% 6.2% 31% 1.98 4.9 37.6 8.8 0.90 1.07 69% 13% 7.1% 12%
2010 27 MIN AL 375 1.6% 14.4% 7.5% 7.5% 31% 1.93 6.3 56.7 8.9 0.96 1.29 76% 15% 4.7% 13%
2011 28 BAL AL 567 5.3% 16.2% 5.5% 10.1% 40% 2.97 5.7 17.6 6.6 0.67 0.81 72% 15% 13.9% 18%
7 Seasons 3240 3.4% 14.6% 7.7% 8.4% 35% 1.91 6.2 26.5 7.7 0.81 1.00 73% 16% 9.6% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 22 MIL NL -7.7 -0.7 430 -0.9 6.4 -7.3 .99 -0.2 -0.7 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 -1.4 1.21 6
2006 23 MIL NL -5.2 -0.5 142 -1.5 1.5 -2.9 1.04 -0.4 -1.0 -7.7 -0.7 0.94 -5.4 0.39 4
2007 24 MIL NL -2.0 -0.2 653 0.9 11.5 -10.6 .93 0.1 0.8 11.4 1.1 0.91 2.8 0.71 1
2008 25 MIL NL 11.0 1.0 635 1.7 12.3 -10.6 1.01 1.7 0.0 10.0 1.0 0.96 23.8 2.30 1
2009 26 MIL NL -15.1 -1.5 472 -1.5 7.2 -8.7 1.06 -0.6 -0.8 -15.9 -1.6 1.01 -10.3 0.93 3
2010 27 MIN AL -3.3 -0.3 382 -0.0 6.1 -6.2 .98 -0.2 0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.96 -3.7 0
2011 28 BAL AL 10.4 1.0 572 0.2 10.7 -10.4 1.05 0.3 -0.1 4.5 0.4 1.01 3.5 0
7 Seasons -11.8 -1.1 3286 -1.1 55.7 -56.8 1.00 0.7 -1.7 -4.0 -0.4 0.97 9.3 0.98 15

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
2005 22 MIL NL 4 0 29% 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 55% 21 13 8 5 3 2 12 1 11
2006 23 MIL NL 2 0 22% 50 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 31% 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2
2007 24 MIL NL 4 0 35% 267 2 3 40% 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 6 14 34% 27 19 7 9 7 2 14 6 8
2008 25 MIL NL 9 0 28% 246 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 33% 29 22 7 9 4 4 10 4 5
2009 26 MIL NL 3 0 33% 177 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 28% 30 25 5 6 3 3 11 6 5
2010 27 MIN AL 5 0 34% 133 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 40% 21 11 9 10 9 1 12 5 7
2011 28 BAL AL 1 0 32% 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 16 51% 16 8 8 8 4 4 15 5 8
7 Seasons 28 0 31% 1186 6 7 46% 6 5 0 1 0 1 4 2 27 71 39% 151 103 46 48 31 16 79 29 46

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
2005 22 MIL NL 427 25% 92 7 1 6 2 0 1 1.21 9 1 20 5 4 6 3 0 14 8 57% 83 10 12% 40 14 35% 288 43 15% 27 14 52% 19 11 58% 0
2006 23 MIL NL 139 27% 31 3 0 4 0 0 0 0.39 5 0 6 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0% 22 4 18% 15 7 47% 86 9 10% 7 4 57% 5 2 40% 0
2007 24 MIL NL 638 26% 164 17 1 1 0 0 0 0.71 26 1 9 17 9 15 11 0 6 4 67% 100 13 13% 55 18 33% 335 56 17% 21 10 48% 29 21 72% 0
2008 25 MIL NL 629 28% 161 23 1 1 0 0 0 2.30 24 0 17 14 10 14 10 0 6 5 83% 132 18 14% 74 21 28% 380 52 14% 31 14 45% 35 23 66% 0
2009 26 MIL NL 465 22% 95 12 1 3 1 0 0 0.93 11 0 19 10 1 6 5 0 3 1 33% 104 14 13% 52 18 35% 334 37 11% 30 16 53% 20 12 60% 0
2010 27 MIN AL 375 31% 91 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 5 1 1 5 0 3 3 100% 60 8 13% 25 11 44% 239 33 14% 17 11 65% 17 10 59% 0
2011 28 BAL AL 567 24% 142 22 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 16 25 5 15 15 0 2 2 100% 102 10 10% 55 15 27% 326 51 16% 40 20 50% 19 8 42% 0
7 Seasons 3240 26% 776 94 4 15 3 0 1 0.98 111 3 97 78 33 61 50 0 35 23 66% 603 77 13% 316 104 33% 1988 281 14% 173 89 51% 144 87 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 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
2005 22 MIL NL 427 1526 3.57 957 63% 38% 9% 18% 35% 62% 4% 39% 86% 12% 7% 30 1 14% 58 15 8% 34 16 31% 0 0 0
2006 23 MIL NL 139 572 4.12 354 62% 42% 9% 19% 30% 58% 0% 36% 85% 3% 6% 8 0 21% 29 8 13% 18 4 30% 0 0 0
2007 24 MIL NL 638 2458 3.85 1555 63% 38% 8% 20% 34% 62% 1% 39% 87% 9% 5% 29 0 15% 95 39 9% 57 29 26% 0 0 0
2008 25 MIL NL 629 2497 3.97 1582 63% 35% 12% 23% 30% 65% 1% 41% 82% 9% 6% 39 3 17% 104 40 10% 64 32 29% 0 0 0
2009 26 MIL NL 465 1851 3.98 1153 62% 39% 12% 20% 29% 61% 0% 38% 80% 9% 6% 27 0 17% 81 29 11% 49 25 29% 0 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL 375 1497 3.99 940 63% 38% 10% 21% 31% 62% 1% 39% 84% 5% 4% 15 0 16% 59 21 10% 38 24 30% 0 0 0
2011 28 BAL AL 569 2161 3.80 1418 66% 36% 10% 23% 31% 64% 1% 42% 85% 8% 4% 23 2 12% 66 29 6% 35 23 37% -2 0 0
7 Seasons 3242 12562 3.87 7959 63% 37% 10% 21% 32% 63% 1% 40% 84% 9% 5% 171 6 15% 492 181 9% 295 153 30% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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
2005 22 124 427 372 46 92 22 1 9 50 0 0 44 48 .247 .327 .384 .711 86 143 10 1 8 2 7
2006 23 159 566 500 59 123 27 1 14 64 1 1 54 71 .246 .319 .388 .707 83 194 14 1 8 3 7
2007 24 310 1204 1092 148 287 57 2 40 144 3 4 94 144 .263 .321 .429 .750 93 468 27 2 12 4 8
2008 25 456 1833 1661 226 448 88 6 64 218 5 5 146 242 .270 .329 .446 .774 100 740 45 3 17 6 11
2009 26 571 2298 2075 279 543 104 8 75 265 5 6 189 327 .262 .323 .428 .751 95 888 59 5 18 11 11
2010 27 672 2673 2415 323 634 123 11 81 303 6 7 217 381 .263 .323 .423 .746 95 1022 67 5 21 15 12
2011 28 801 3240 2942 399 776 150 11 111 383 6 7 248 473 .264 .320 .435 .756 99 1281 77 7 23 20 15

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
2005 22 124 418 371 45 91 22 1 9 49 0 44 48 .245 .325 .383 .708 46 124
2006 23 35 138 127 12 30 5 0 5 13 1 10 23 .236 .290 .394 .684 14 35
2007 24 151 627 586 84 158 29 1 25 75 2 39 73 .270 .316 .451 .766 83 151
2008 25 146 624 569 78 161 31 4 24 74 2 52 98 .283 .343 .478 .821 93 146
2009 26 115 464 414 53 95 16 2 11 47 0 43 85 .229 .302 .357 .659 45 115
2010 27 101 379 345 48 96 20 3 6 41 1 30 54 .278 .332 .406 .738 47 101
2011 28 129 572 533 81 148 28 0 31 86 0 32 92 .278 .318 .505 .823 86 129
7 Seasons 801 3222 2945 401 779 151 11 111 385 6 250 473 .265 .322 .436 .758 414 801
162 Game Avg. 162 652 596 81 158 31 2 22 78 1 51 96 .265 .322 .436 .758 84 801

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2008 NL  4.7 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 NL  1.6 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  30 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1348), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Khalil Greene (926)
  3. Joe Ferguson (911)
  4. Rickie Weeks (910)
  5. Clint Barmes (906)
  6. Troy Tulowitzki (904)
  7. Pat Meares (903)
  8. Yuniesky Betancourt (901)
  9. Marcus Giles (900)
  10. Kelly Johnson (900)
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  2. Stephen Drew (938)
  3. Orlando Cabrera (932)
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  5. Aaron Hill (925)
  6. Jeff Blauser (923)
  7. Juan Uribe (920)
  8. Khalil Greene (919)
  9. Shawon Dunston (918)
  10. Roy Smalley (916)
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  1. Barry Larkin (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Jhonny Peralta (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Miguel Tejada (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Miguel Tejada (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Miguel Tejada (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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