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Chase Headley

Chase Jordan Headley

Positions: Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 9, 1984 in Fountain, CO
High School: Fountain-Fort Carson HS (Fountain-Fort Carson, CO)
Schools: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA), University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2007
Team: Padres 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.48M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.123, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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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
2007 23 SDP NL 8 21 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .222 .333 .278 .611 68 5 2 1 0 0 0 /5
2008 24 SDP NL 91 368 331 34 89 19 2 9 38 4 1 30 104 .269 .337 .420 .757 110 139 5 5 0 2 1 7/5
2009 25 SDP NL 156 612 543 62 142 31 2 12 64 10 2 62 133 .262 .342 .392 .734 102 213 19 5 0 2 3 *75/D3
2010 26 SDP NL 161 674 610 77 161 29 3 11 58 17 5 56 139 .264 .327 .375 .702 97 229 11 3 1 4 3 *5
2011 27 SDP NL 113 439 381 43 110 28 1 4 44 13 2 52 92 .289 .374 .399 .773 120 152 6 2 1 3 8 5
2012 28 SDP NL 50 210 177 27 45 12 0 7 25 4 4 31 50 .254 .367 .441 .807 128 78 4 1 0 1 0 *5
6 Yrs 579 2324 2060 244 551 120 8 43 229 48 14 233 522 .267 .345 .396 .741 107 816 47 17 2 12 15
162 Game Avg. 162 650 576 68 154 34 2 12 64 13 4 65 146 .267 .345 .396 .741 107 228 13 5 1 3 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 23 SDP NL 8 21 -1 0 -0 -2 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .463 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -0 $ /5
2008 24 SDP NL 91 368 5 -0 1 -2 -4 -0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 1.1 -0.6 12 $ 7/5
2009 25 SDP NL 156 612 6 1 -2 -12 -5 -12 -1.3 17 4 0.4 .492 .492 1.6 -1.8 16 $411,500 *75/D3
2010 26 SDP NL 161 674 1 -1 2 14 2 18 1.9 18 36 3.6 .512 .512 2.2 1.7 22 $427,700 *5
2011 27 SDP NL 113 439 8 1 1 1 1 12 1.4 12 24 2.6 .512 .508 2.4 0.3 24 $2,325,000 5
2012 28 SDP NL 49 210 8 -1 -0 4 1 12 1.4 6 18 1.9 .526 .508 1.4 0.6 14 $ *5
6 Seasons 578 2324 27 -0 1 3 -5 26 3.0 64 90 9.1 .505 .503 8.6 0.1 87 $3,164,200

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 23 SDP NL 21 16 1 1.7 102 .286 .222 .260 .333 .328 .278 .416 .611 .744 68 .117 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .167 .056
2008 24 SDP NL 368 250 48 5.2 96 .364 .269 .251 .337 .321 .420 .401 .757 .722 110 .523 5.9 0.6 .714 .251 .151 5.5
2009 25 SDP NL 612 424 72 4.5 98 .325 .262 .254 .342 .325 .392 .403 .734 .728 102 .474 4.4 0.4 .682 .260 .131 10.9
2010 26 SDP NL 674 470 77 4.4 94 .323 .264 .251 .327 .320 .375 .396 .702 .716 97 .480 -1.0 -0.1 .645 .223 .111 13.4
2011 27 SDP NL 439 283 61 5.8 92 .368 .289 .251 .374 .317 .399 .391 .773 .708 120 .620 13.8 1.4 .778 .276 .110 6.1
2012 28 SDP NL 210 141 29 5.5 92 .314 .254 .249 .367 .315 .441 .393 .807 .709 128 .591 8.4 0.8 .786 .362 .186 5.1
6 Yrs 2324 1584 288 4.9 95 .337 .267 .252 .345 .320 .396 .398 .741 .718 107 .520 31.0 3.0 .701 .258 .129 45.4
162 Game Avg. 650 443 81 4.9 95 .337 .267 .252 .345 .320 .396 .398 .741 .718 107 .520 9 1 .701 .258 .129 13

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 23 SDP NL 21 0.0% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 25% 2.00 4.5 0.75 0.86 67% 29% 0.0% 13%
2008 24 SDP NL 368 2.5% 28.3% 8.2% 8.2% 34% 3.47 3.2 36.8 8.7 0.64 0.97 60% 21% 6.9% 6%
2009 25 SDP NL 612 2.0% 21.7% 10.1% 7.4% 32% 2.15 4.1 45.3 8.5 0.79 1.13 65% 18% 5.9% 12%
2010 26 SDP NL 674 1.6% 20.6% 8.3% 6.4% 27% 2.48 4.4 55.5 10.5 0.84 1.16 69% 21% 4.7% 9%
2011 27 SDP NL 439 0.9% 21.0% 11.9% 7.5% 30% 1.77 4.1 95.3 8.7 0.82 1.24 66% 21% 2.8% 9%
2012 28 SDP NL 210 3.3% 23.8% 14.8% 9.1% 42% 1.61 3.5 25.3 7.1 1.13 2.04 58% 17% 13.2% 12%
6 Yrs 2324 1.9% 22.5% 10.0% 7.4% 31% 2.24 3.9 47.9 9.0 0.81 1.18 65% 20% 5.6% 9%
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 23 SDP NL -0.6 -0.1 21 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .72 -0.2 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.88 -2.9 1.14 2
2008 24 SDP NL 5.3 0.5 377 0.0 6.5 -6.5 1.03 0.2 -0.2 5.2 0.5 0.94 6.2 1.56 3
2009 25 SDP NL 4.4 0.4 632 1.0 11.7 -10.7 1.03 0.4 0.6 2.3 0.2 0.99 4.8 1.53 12
2010 26 SDP NL -1.0 -0.1 704 -1.7 10.9 -12.6 1.07 -0.5 -1.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.97 -2.0 1.14 3
2011 27 SDP NL 13.8 1.4 462 1.0 8.6 -7.6 1.12 1.0 -0.1 18.3 1.9 0.99 12.6 0.93 7
2012 28 SDP NL 8.4 0.8 222 0.0 4.3 -4.3 1.11 0.9 -0.9 6.4 0.7 0.96 9.7 2.04 1
6 Yrs 30.4 3.0 2418 0.2 42.2 -42.0 1.06 1.7 -1.5 27.8 2.9 0.97 28.5 1.33 28

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 23 SDP NL 0 0 14% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 SDP NL 1 0 22% 145 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 28% 17 13 4 4 3 1 11 7 4
2009 25 SDP NL 6 0 25% 223 10 2 83% 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 15 40% 29 21 8 8 4 3 18 4 11
2010 26 SDP NL 7 0 32% 240 17 5 77% 15 5 2 0 0 0 4 2 5 15 37% 27 19 7 9 5 4 18 9 9
2011 27 SDP NL 1 0 24% 202 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 10 34% 31 23 7 8 4 3 17 7 9
2012 28 SDP NL 2 0 29% 87 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 57% 12 8 4 3 0 2 6 0 6
6 Yrs 17 0 27% 904 48 14 77% 44 13 4 1 0 0 7 4 21 52 38% 116 84 30 32 16 13 70 27 39

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 23 SDP NL 21 100% 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 SDP NL 368 100% 89 5 1 3 0 0 0 1.56 9 0 5 5 4 4 5 0 1 0 0% 77 5 6% 26 10 38% 215 29 13% 16 11 69% 18 11 61% 0
2009 25 SDP NL 612 100% 142 9 0 12 4 2 2 1.53 12 0 19 8 4 7 5 0 0 0 119 19 16% 48 15 31% 418 53 13% 31 12 39% 26 18 69% 0
2010 26 SDP NL 674 100% 161 13 0 3 0 0 0 1.14 11 0 16 9 2 3 8 0 1 1 100% 133 11 8% 55 20 36% 429 49 11% 29 18 62% 20 13 65% 0
2011 27 SDP NL 439 100% 110 8 1 7 1 0 1 0.93 4 1 11 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 81 6 7% 43 13 30% 238 41 17% 28 10 36% 17 6 35% 0
2012 28 SDP NL 210 99% 45 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.04 7 1 9 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 35 4 11% 18 2 11% 125 18 14% 12 5 42% 10 3 30% 0
6 Yrs 2324 100% 551 39 2 28 7 2 3 1.33 43 2 60 29 14 17 26 0 4 2 50% 448 47 10% 191 60 31% 1436 190 13% 116 56 48% 91 51 56% 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 23 SDP NL 21 86 4.10 51 59% 27% 18% 27% 27% 73% 0% 43% 76% 29% 5% 1 0 19% 4 1 10% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
2008 24 SDP NL 368 1537 4.18 954 62% 30% 20% 26% 24% 70% 1% 44% 72% 22% 4% 13 1 13% 48 27 10% 37 24 24% 0 0 0
2009 25 SDP NL 613 2440 3.98 1502 62% 26% 18% 29% 27% 74% 1% 45% 76% 29% 6% 34 1 13% 79 35 7% 44 23 26% -1 0 0
2010 26 SDP NL 675 2654 3.93 1641 62% 29% 15% 26% 29% 71% 1% 44% 78% 25% 5% 31 0 14% 92 41 9% 59 34 24% -1 0 0
2011 27 SDP NL 441 1823 4.13 1077 59% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 4% 42% 78% 22% 7% 29 1 20% 89 44 10% 43 20 24% -2 0 0
2012 28 SDP NL 211 869 4.12 508 58% 28% 20% 27% 25% 72% 0% 42% 72% 27% 5% 11 0 14% 29 14 11% 24 16 32% -1 0 0
6 Yrs 2329 9409 4.04 5733 61% 28% 17% 27% 27% 72% 2% 44% 76% 25% 5% 119 3 15% 341 162 9% 209 118 25% -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 23 8 21 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .222 .333 .278 .611 68 5 2 1 0 0 0
2008 24 99 389 349 35 93 20 2 9 38 4 1 32 108 .266 .337 .413 .749 108 144 7 6 0 2 1
2009 25 255 1001 892 97 235 51 4 21 102 14 3 94 241 .263 .340 .400 .740 104 357 26 11 0 4 4
2010 26 416 1675 1502 174 396 80 7 32 160 31 8 150 380 .264 .335 .390 .725 102 586 37 14 1 8 7
2011 27 529 2114 1883 217 506 108 8 36 204 44 10 202 472 .269 .343 .392 .735 105 738 43 16 2 11 15
2012 28 579 2324 2060 244 551 120 8 43 229 48 14 233 522 .267 .345 .396 .741 107 816 47 17 2 12 15

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 23 8 22 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .263 .364 .316 .679 2 8
2008 24 91 376 337 38 95 20 2 10 42 4 32 104 .282 .351 .442 .793 51 91
2009 25 156 626 553 69 152 33 2 13 71 11 66 133 .275 .356 .412 .769 80 156
2010 26 161 690 622 87 173 31 3 12 65 18 60 139 .278 .343 .395 .738 84 161
2011 27 113 452 390 49 119 30 1 4 50 14 56 92 .305 .392 .418 .810 65 113
2012 28 50 217 181 31 49 13 0 8 29 4 34 50 .271 .387 .475 .862 33 50
6 Yrs 579 2383 2102 275 593 128 8 47 257 51 250 522 .282 .361 .418 .779 315 579
162 Game Avg. 162 667 588 77 166 36 2 13 72 14 70 146 .282 .361 .418 .779 88 579

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2010 NL  161 (2nd)
2012 NL  50 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2010 NL  610 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2010 NL  674 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  31 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL  50 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
2010 NL  118 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 NL  77 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2010 NL  470 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1935), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Mike Kingery (951)
  9. Jimmy Ripple (950)
  10. Brady Clark (949)
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  5. Enos Cabell (953)
  6. Al Woods (951)
  7. Steve Braun (951)
  8. Kevin Bass (950)
  9. Johnny Grubb (950)
  10. Charlie Duffee (947)
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  3. Scott Cooper (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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