Wes Helms Batting Statistics and History

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Wes Helms

Wesley Ray Helms

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: May 12, 1976 in Gastonia, NC
High School: Ashbrook HS (Gastonia, NC)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1998 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Brewers/Braves/Phillies 1998-2011
Agents: CS&E [*]
Final Game: August 13, 2011 (Age 35)
Relatives: Nephew of Tommy Helms
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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
1994	18	ATL-min	Rk	56	211	184	22	49	15	1	4	29	6	1	22	36	.266	.355	.424	.779		78	3	4	0	1	0		BVS · GULF
1995	19	ATL-min	A	136	602	539	89	149	32	1	11	85	2	2	50	107	.276	.347	.401	.748		216	8	10	0	3	0		MAC · SALL
1996	20	ATL-min	A+,AA	131	527	489	64	142	32	4	17	76	3	2	25	99	.290	.338	.476	.815		233	13	11	1	1	2		DHM,GRV · CARL,SOUL
1997	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	118	482	424	61	114	18	1	14	59	4	5	43	84	.269	.349	.415	.764		176	18	11	0	4	3		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1998	22	ATL-min	AAA	125	503	451	56	124	27	1	13	75	6	2	35	103	.275	.342	.426	.768		192	11	13	0	4	2		RMD · IL
1998	22	ATL	NL	7	13	13	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	136	8	0	0	0	0	0	/5

1999	23	ATL-min	AA,Rk	39	160	146	16	49	8	0	8	36	1	1	12	38	.336	.394	.555	.949		81	4	2	0	0	1		GRV,BVS · SOUL,GULF
2000	24	ATL-min	AAA	136	580	539	74	155	27	7	20	88	0	6	27	92	.288	.325	.475	.800		256	10	6	2	6	2		RMD · IL
2000	24	ATL	NL	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2001	25	ATL	NL	100	239	216	28	48	10	3	10	36	1	1	21	56	.222	.293	.435	.728	83	94	3	1	0	1	2	35/7
2002	26	ATL	NL	85	231	210	20	51	16	0	6	22	1	1	11	57	.243	.283	.405	.687	77	85	5	3	1	6	2	35/79
2003	27	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900		2	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2003	27	MIL	NL	134	536	476	56	124	21	0	23	67	0	1	43	131	.261	.330	.450	.780	103	214	10	10	0	7	3	*5
2004	28	MIL-min	AAA	6	22	19	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.316	.409	.368	.778		7	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2004	28	MIL	NL	92	306	274	24	72	13	1	4	28	0	1	24	60	.263	.331	.361	.692	80	99	10	5	1	2	1	53
2005	29	MIL	NL	95	188	168	18	50	13	1	4	24	0	1	14	30	.298	.356	.458	.815	112	77	7	3	0	3	0	53/D
2006	30	FLA	NL	140	278	240	30	79	19	5	10	47	0	4	21	55	.329	.390	.575	.965	149	138	7	6	6	5	1	35/7
2007	31	PHI	NL	112	308	280	21	69	19	0	5	39	0	0	19	62	.246	.297	.368	.665	69	103	10	3	2	4	2	53
2008	32	FLA	NL	132	278	251	28	61	11	0	5	31	0	0	17	65	.243	.299	.347	.645	69	87	6	5	0	5	0	53/7
2009	33	FLA	NL	113	234	214	18	58	11	0	3	33	1	1	13	54	.271	.318	.364	.682	79	78	10	3	1	3	1	5/3D
2010	34	FLA	NL	127	287	254	25	56	12	4	4	39	0	2	26	76	.220	.300	.346	.646	72	88	7	4	0	3	1	5/3
2011	35	ATL-min	AAA	9	40	34	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.176	.275	.176	.451		6	0	2	0	1	0		GWI · IL
2011	35	FLA	NL	69	124	110	10	21	5	0	0	6	0	0	11	35	.191	.276	.236	.513	43	26	2	2	1	0	1	5/34
13 Yrs				1212	3027	2711	280	694	151	14	75	374	3	12	220	687	.256	.318	.405	.723	88	1098	77	45	12	39	14
162 Game Avg.				162	405	362	37	93	20	2	10	50	0	2	29	92	.256	.318	.405	.723	88	147	10	6	2	5	2

FLA (5 yrs)				581	1201	1069	111	275	58	9	22	156	1	7	88	285	.257	.321	.390	.711	87	417	32	20	8	16	4
ATL (4 yrs)				198	488	444	50	104	27	3	17	60	2	2	32	119	.234	.287	.423	.711	81	188	8	4	1	7	4
MIL (3 yrs)				321	1030	918	98	246	47	2	31	119	0	3	81	221	.268	.335	.425	.760	98	390	27	18	1	12	4
PHI (1 yr)				112	308	280	21	69	19	0	5	39	0	0	19	62	.246	.297	.368	.665	69	103	10	3	2	4	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1998	22	ATL	NL	7	13	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.1	-0.1	1		/5

2000	24	ATL	NL	6	5	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/5
2001	25	ATL	NL	100	239	-8	-0	0	0	-3	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.4	.489	.493	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$210,000	35/7
2002	26	ATL	NL	85	231	-6	0	-0	2	-3	-7	-0.7	7	0	-0.0	.492	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$250,000	35/79
2003	27	MIL	NL	134	536	2	-1	-1	-10	2	-8	-0.9	17	9	0.8	.494	.495	1.8	-0.8	19	$575,000	*5
2004	28	MIL	NL	92	306	-8	-0	-2	-18	1	-27	-2.7	10	-17	-1.8	.471	.483	0.0	-1.8	1	$1,687,500	53
2005	29	MIL	NL	95	188	3	0	-1	1	-0	4	0.3	6	9	0.9	.504	.502	0.8	0.0	8	$2,812,500	53/D
2006	30	FLA	NL	140	278	18	-2	-1	-2	-3	10	0.9	9	18	1.7	.507	.506	1.9	-0.5	20	$800,000	35/7
2007	31	PHI	NL	112	308	-12	-3	-2	0	0	-16	-1.6	10	-6	-0.7	.486	.490	-0.7	-0.0	-6	$2,300,000	53
2008	32	FLA	NL	132	278	-10	0	-1	4	-1	-8	-0.9	9	1	-0.0	.494	.495	-0.4	0.2	-3		53/7
2009	33	FLA	NL	113	234	-7	1	-1	-1	1	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.493	.495	-0.1	-0.1	0	$950,000	5/3D
2010	34	FLA	NL	127	287	-10	-3	-0	-5	1	-17	-1.8	9	-8	-1.0	.486	.489	-0.4	-0.4	-3	$950,000	5/3
2011	35	FLA	NL	69	124	-7	-0	-0	-2	0	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.486	.494	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$1,000,000	5/34
13 Seasons				1212	3027	-45	-9	-9	-32	-4	-98	-10.6	94	-4	-1.5	.492	.495	1.7	-4.2	28	$11,535,000

FLA (5 yrs)				581	1201	-16	-4	-3	-6	-2	-32	-3.7	37	6	-0.1	.494	.496	0.5	-1.0	12	$3,700,000
ATL (4 yrs)				198	488	-14	-1	-0	1	-5	-20	-2.1	15	-4	-0.6	.490	.497	-0.7	-0.5	-6	$460,000
MIL (3 yrs)				321	1030	-2	-1	-3	-27	3	-31	-3.3	32	1	-0.1	.490	.494	2.6	-2.6	28	$5,075,000
PHI (1 yr)				112	308	-12	-3	-2	0	0	-16	-1.6	10	-6	-0.7	.486	.490	-0.7	-0.0	-6	$2,300,000

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
1998	22	ATL	NL	13	9	2	6.0	107	.375	.308	.269	.308	.340	.615	.424	.923	.764	136	.593	0.6	0.0	.889	.308	.308	.0

2000	24	ATL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	116	.333	.200	.273	.200	.351	.200	.446	.400	.797	2	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
2001	25	ATL	NL	239	173	28	4.3	114	.252	.222	.272	.293	.344	.435	.446	.728	.789	83	.432	-6.8	-0.6	.674	.310	.213	1.8
2002	26	ATL	NL	231	172	24	3.7	109	.294	.243	.268	.283	.342	.405	.427	.687	.769	77	.388	-7.0	-0.7	.600	.214	.162	1.7
2003	27	MIL	NL	536	370	71	5.1	108	.307	.261	.266	.330	.338	.450	.427	.780	.765	103	.519	2.0	0.2	.733	.277	.189	.0
2004	28	MIL	NL	306	216	32	4.0	111	.321	.263	.270	.331	.341	.361	.437	.692	.778	80	.393	-8.0	-0.8	.596	.182	.099	.0
2005	29	MIL	NL	188	129	26	5.4	108	.336	.298	.268	.356	.339	.458	.428	.815	.767	112	.548	3.6	0.3	.738	.238	.161	.0
2006	30	FLA	NL	278	183	51	7.5	108	.383	.329	.266	.390	.336	.575	.432	.965	.768	149	.668	18.4	1.7	.936	.317	.246	.0
2007	31	PHI	NL	308	227	29	3.4	115	.295	.246	.278	.297	.348	.368	.444	.665	.791	69	.328	-13.4	-1.3	.566	.189	.121	.0
2008	32	FLA	NL	278	201	26	3.5	109	.301	.243	.269	.299	.340	.347	.428	.645	.769	69	.347	-11.5	-1.1	.556	.171	.104	.0
2009	33	FLA	NL	234	171	23	3.6	108	.344	.271	.268	.318	.342	.364	.426	.682	.767	79	.371	-6.7	-0.6	.563	.154	.093	1.5
2010	34	FLA	NL	287	210	26	3.3	105	.294	.220	.265	.300	.336	.346	.418	.646	.754	72	.356	-10.4	-1.0	.560	.220	.126	.0
2011	35	FLA	NL	124	92	8	2.3	99	.280	.191	.260	.276	.328	.236	.405	.513	.733	43	.236	-8.6	-0.9	.429	.145	.045
13 Yrs				3027	2157	346	4.3	109	.311	.256	.269	.318	.340	.405	.430	.723	.770	88	.440	-48.8	-4.8	.643	.227	.149	5.8
162 Game Avg.				405	288	46	4.3	109	.311	.256	.269	.318	.340	.405	.430	.723	.770	88	.440	-48.8	-4.8	.643	.227	.149	1

FLA (5 yrs)				1201	857	134	4.2	107	.325	.257	.266	.321	.337	.390	.424	.711	.761	87	.438	-18.8	-1.9	.623	.210	.133	1.9
ATL (4 yrs)				488	358	54	4.0	111	.276	.234	.270	.287	.343	.423	.436	.711	.779	81	.411	-14.0	-1.3	.640	.261	.189	3.6
MIL (3 yrs)				1030	715	129	4.8	109	.317	.268	.268	.335	.339	.425	.430	.760	.769	98	.489	-2.5	-0.2	.692	.242	.157	.0
PHI (1 yr)				308	227	29	3.4	115	.295	.246	.278	.297	.348	.368	.444	.665	.791	69	.328	-13.4	-1.3	.566	.189	.121	.0

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
2002	26	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

2007	31	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	L	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	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
1998	22	ATL	NL	13	7.7%	30.8%	0.0%	15.4%	50%		3.3	13.0	6.5	0.50	1.00	62%	22%	16.7%	0%

2000	24	ATL	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			0.50	1.00	60%	33%	0.0%	50%
2001	25	ATL	NL	239	4.2%	23.4%	8.8%	9.6%	48%	2.67	3.9	21.6	6.0	0.42	0.65	63%	24%	10.2%	13%
2002	26	ATL	NL	231	2.6%	24.7%	4.8%	9.5%	43%	5.18	3.7	35.0	9.5	0.50	0.67	66%	24%	6.4%	11%
2003	27	MIL	NL	536	4.3%	24.4%	8.0%	8.2%	36%	3.05	3.6	20.7	7.1	0.68	0.86	61%	22%	12.0%	8%
2004	28	MIL	NL	306	1.3%	19.6%	7.8%	5.9%	25%	2.50	4.6	68.5	9.8	0.79	1.03	69%	19%	3.6%	8%
2005	29	MIL	NL	188	2.1%	16.0%	7.5%	9.6%	36%	2.14	5.6	42.0	7.0	0.78	1.18	73%	21%	5.4%	6%
2006	30	FLA	NL	278	3.6%	19.8%	7.6%	12.2%	43%	2.62	4.4	24.0	5.1	0.67	1.10	65%	23%	9.3%	6%
2007	31	PHI	NL	308	1.6%	20.1%	6.2%	7.8%	35%	3.26	4.5	56.0	7.2	0.67	0.92	70%	19%	4.0%	7%
2008	32	FLA	NL	278	1.8%	23.4%	6.1%	5.8%	26%	3.82	3.9	50.2	8.1	0.74	0.94	67%	23%	5.0%	9%
2009	33	FLA	NL	234	1.3%	23.1%	5.6%	6.0%	24%	4.15	4.0	71.3	6.5	0.81	1.19	68%	18%	3.7%	10%
2010	34	FLA	NL	287	1.4%	26.5%	9.1%	7.0%	36%	2.92	3.3	63.5	6.5	0.82	1.03	62%	19%	4.7%	14%
2011	35	FLA	NL	124	0.0%	28.2%	8.9%	4.0%	24%	3.18	3.1		18.3	0.67	0.69	60%	18%	0.0%	18%
13 Yrs				3027	2.5%	22.7%	7.3%	7.9%	35%	3.12	3.9	36.1	7.2	0.68	0.92	66%	21%	6.8%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.98	5.2	32.4	7.6	0.77	1.07	70%	20%	7.8%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	22	ATL	NL	0.6	0.0	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.53	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	1.00	1.2	1.21	3

2000	24	ATL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.85	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.04	-0.9	1.33	3
2001	25	ATL	NL	-6.8	-0.6	242	-0.7	3.6	-4.3	.96	-0.4	-0.3	1.5	0.1	1.01	-0.7	1.63	18
2002	26	ATL	NL	-7.0	-0.7	235	-1.1	3.0	-4.1	.94	-0.3	-0.8	-5.9	-0.6	0.98	-4.2	0.65	16
2003	27	MIL	NL	2.0	0.2	541	-0.9	9.4	-10.3	1.04	0.3	-1.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.96	3.4	0.65	2
2004	28	MIL	NL	-8.0	-0.8	310	-1.3	4.5	-5.7	1.00	-1.2	-0.1	-12.9	-1.2	0.97	-14.4	1.18	15
2005	29	MIL	NL	3.6	0.3	192	-0.7	3.1	-3.8	1.03	0.5	-1.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.97	4.0	1.16	42
2006	30	FLA	NL	18.4	1.7	283	2.3	6.7	-4.4	1.06	1.6	0.5	14.5	1.4	1.01	17.2	1.37	45
2007	31	PHI	NL	-13.4	-1.3	311	0.6	6.4	-5.8	1.10	-0.4	0.9	-6.3	-0.6	1.06	-7.0	1.02	32
2008	32	FLA	NL	-11.5	-1.1	283	0.3	5.5	-5.1	1.11	-0.7	1.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.99	-11.2	1.35	41
2009	33	FLA	NL	-6.7	-0.6	240	0.1	4.2	-4.1	1.05	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	-0.1	1.04	-5.9	1.40	49
2010	34	FLA	NL	-10.4	-1.0	290	-0.4	4.8	-5.2	1.02	-0.6	0.3	5.9	0.6	0.96	-6.0	1.49	44
2011	35	FLA	NL	-8.6	-0.9	126	-1.0	1.5	-2.4	.97	-0.6	-0.4	-8.3	-0.8	0.92	-7.4	1.26	33
13 Yrs				-48.8	-4.8	3071	-3.0	52.7	-55.6	1.03	-2.5	-0.4	-20.5	-2.0	0.99	-31.8	1.29	343

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	22	ATL	NL	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

2000	24	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2001	25	ATL	NL	0	0	30%	63	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	4	43%	8	5	3	4	2	1	9	4	5
2002	26	ATL	NL	5	0	24%	70	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	57%	7	2	5	4	3	1	3	1	2
2003	27	MIL	NL	5	0	21%	182	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	3	1	8	34%	32	23	9	8	4	4	10	6	4
2004	28	MIL	NL	2	0	21%	109	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	6	38%	19	14	5	4	3	1	9	3	6
2005	29	MIL	NL	2	0	22%	77	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	58%	7	4	3	1	0	1	4	1	3
2006	30	FLA	NL	2	0	21%	106	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	56%	8	4	4	2	1	1	6	2	4
2007	31	PHI	NL	5	0	19%	91	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	8	21%	12	10	1	5	4	1	12	7	4
2008	32	FLA	NL	3	0	30%	106	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32%	15	13	2	4	2	2	9	4	5
2009	33	FLA	NL	1	0	21%	76	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	32%	15	13	2	0	0	0	10	4	6
2010	34	FLA	NL	3	0	26%	105	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	4	29%	14	14	0	6	2	3	8	3	5
2011	35	FLA	NL	3	0	29%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	7	4	3	1	0	1	4	2	2
13 Yrs				31	0	23%	1043	3	12	20%	3	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	27	4	5	9	8	60	37%	145	107	37	39	21	16	87	40	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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1998	22	ATL	NL	13	38%	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		2	1	50%	0

2000	24	ATL	NL	5	0%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	25	ATL	NL	239	36%	48	0	0	18	4	1	3	1.63	10	0	9	5	5	6	4	1	0	0		62	3	5%	21	3	14%	178	26	15%	11	5	45%	7	2	29%	0
2002	26	ATL	NL	231	26%	51	0	0	16	5	0	2	0.65	6	1	8	5	1	4	2	0	1	1	100%	49	5	10%	34	9	26%	149	18	12%	19	9	47%	11	4	36%	0
2003	27	MIL	NL	536	20%	124	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.65	23	1	24	17	6	16	7	0	0	0		125	10	8%	53	11	21%	352	45	13%	37	13	35%	24	8	33%	0
2004	28	MIL	NL	306	27%	72	7	0	15	3	0	1	1.18	4	1	9	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	100%	53	10	19%	39	6	15%	213	25	12%	21	7	33%	17	9	53%	0
2005	29	MIL	NL	188	51%	50	4	0	42	16	2	4	1.16	4	0	4	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		41	7	17%	21	6	29%	125	21	17%	14	7	50%	5	1	20%	0
2006	30	FLA	NL	278	47%	79	3	0	45	14	2	7	1.37	10	0	8	7	3	4	6	0	6	6	100%	64	7	11%	36	16	44%	208	40	19%	20	13	65%	11	6	55%	0
2007	31	PHI	NL	308	42%	69	6	0	32	4	0	3	1.02	5	0	18	2	3	3	2	0	2	2	100%	78	10	13%	34	7	21%	250	36	14%	18	11	61%	12	5	42%	0
2008	32	FLA	NL	278	40%	61	4	0	41	13	2	6	1.35	5	0	13	3	2	1	4	0	0	0		62	6	10%	27	9	33%	198	26	13%	19	12	63%	10	4	40%	0
2009	33	FLA	NL	234	45%	58	5	0	49	17	0	10	1.40	3	0	9	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	100%	61	10	16%	23	10	43%	189	32	17%	13	10	77%	13	11	85%	0
2010	34	FLA	NL	287	31%	56	6	0	44	5	0	2	1.49	4	0	8	3	1	1	3	0	1	0	0%	58	7	12%	27	8	30%	187	35	19%	15	12	80%	13	8	62%	0
2011	35	FLA	NL	124	57%	21	2	0	33	7	0	2	1.26	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	10	1	10%	73	6	8%	5	2	40%	4	1	25%	0
13 Yrs				3027	35%	694	44	0	343	89	7	40	1.29	75	3	114	48	27	41	34	1	13	12	92%	673	77	11%	326	86	26%	2138	311	15%	192	101	53%	129	60	47%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			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
1998	22	ATL	NL	14	38	2.71	26	68%	12%	31%	23%	35%	88%	0%	61%	65%	64%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	25%	-1	0	0

2000	24	ATL	NL	5	13	2.60	11	85%	27%	18%	27%	27%	73%	0%	62%	75%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2001	25	ATL	NL	239	910	3.81	566	62%	20%	21%	30%	28%	80%	2%	50%	74%	38%	5%	12	0	12%	29	11	9%	21	15	25%	0	0	0
2002	26	ATL	NL	231	877	3.80	573	65%	19%	24%	29%	28%	81%	2%	53%	71%	43%	3%	7	0	14%	33	22	5%	12	10	28%	0	0	0
2003	27	MIL	NL	536	2032	3.79	1257	62%	23%	20%	30%	28%	77%	2%	48%	75%	35%	5%	26	1	14%	75	40	9%	46	33	30%	0	0	0
2004	28	MIL	NL	306	1190	3.89	744	63%	22%	18%	30%	29%	78%	1%	48%	77%	27%	3%	10	0	13%	41	22	6%	18	13	30%	0	0	0
2005	29	MIL	NL	189	726	3.84	464	64%	23%	17%	30%	30%	77%	0%	49%	78%	26%	2%	4	0	7%	13	5	5%	10	10	40%	-1	0	0
2006	30	FLA	NL	278	1006	3.62	625	62%	27%	16%	25%	31%	73%	1%	45%	78%	24%	4%	12	1	13%	37	15	10%	27	19	36%	0	0	0
2007	31	PHI	NL	309	1216	3.94	808	66%	23%	15%	34%	28%	77%	1%	51%	80%	31%	5%	16	2	14%	42	18	7%	21	14	32%	-1	0	0
2008	32	FLA	NL	278	1107	3.98	715	65%	29%	17%	28%	27%	71%	0%	46%	76%	21%	5%	15	2	14%	40	9	8%	21	15	28%	0	0	0
2009	33	FLA	NL	234	951	4.06	635	67%	25%	17%	32%	26%	75%	1%	50%	77%	18%	3%	7	0	10%	23	7	6%	14	11	19%	0	0	0
2010	34	FLA	NL	287	1220	4.25	764	63%	30%	16%	30%	24%	70%	1%	44%	77%	11%	5%	13	0	12%	35	13	8%	22	15	29%	0	0	0
2011	35	FLA	NL	125	520	4.16	319	61%	30%	19%	27%	24%	70%	0%	43%	73%	14%	7%	9	0	19%	24	8	12%	15	7	31%	-1	0	0
13 Yrs				3031	11806	3.90	7507	64%	24%	18%	30%	28%	76%	1%	48%	76%	28%	4%	131	6	13%	392	170	8%	228	163	29%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	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
1998	22	7	13	13	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	136	8	0	0	0	0	0
1999	23	7	13	13	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	136	8	0	0	0	0	0
2000	24	13	18	18	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.278	.278	.500	.778	97	9	0	0	0	0	0
2001	25	113	257	234	30	53	11	3	11	38	1	1	21	62	.226	.292	.440	.732	84	103	3	1	0	1	2
2002	26	198	488	444	50	104	27	3	17	60	2	2	32	119	.234	.287	.423	.711	81	188	8	4	1	7	4
2003	27	332	1024	920	106	228	48	3	40	127	2	3	75	250	.248	.310	.437	.747	92	402	18	14	1	14	7
2004	28	424	1330	1194	130	300	61	4	44	155	2	4	99	310	.251	.315	.420	.734	89	501	28	19	2	16	8
2005	29	519	1518	1362	148	350	74	5	48	179	2	5	113	340	.257	.320	.424	.744	92	578	35	22	2	19	8
2006	30	659	1796	1602	178	429	93	10	58	226	2	9	134	395	.268	.331	.447	.777	101	716	42	28	8	24	9
2007	31	771	2104	1882	199	498	112	10	63	265	2	9	153	457	.265	.326	.435	.761	96	819	52	31	10	28	11
2008	32	903	2382	2133	227	559	123	10	68	296	2	9	170	522	.262	.323	.425	.747	93	906	58	36	10	33	11
2009	33	1016	2616	2347	245	617	134	10	71	329	3	10	183	576	.263	.322	.419	.741	91	984	68	39	11	36	12
2010	34	1143	2903	2601	270	673	146	14	75	368	3	12	209	652	.259	.320	.412	.732	90	1072	75	43	11	39	13
2011	35	1212	3027	2711	280	694	151	14	75	374	3	12	220	687	.256	.318	.405	.723	88	1098	77	45	12	39	14

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	22	7	13	13	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	2	7

2000	24	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
2001	25	100	236	214	26	46	10	3	10	33	1	20	56	.215	.284	.430	.714	25	100
2002	26	85	230	209	19	50	16	0	6	21	1	11	57	.239	.279	.402	.681	23	85
2003	27	134	533	474	54	122	21	0	23	65	0	42	131	.257	.326	.447	.774	67	134
2004	28	92	302	271	23	69	12	1	4	26	0	23	60	.255	.322	.351	.673	30	92
2005	29	95	188	168	18	50	13	1	4	24	0	14	30	.298	.356	.458	.815	27	95
2006	30	140	277	239	30	78	19	5	10	46	0	21	55	.326	.387	.573	.961	52	140
2007	31	112	302	275	19	64	18	0	5	35	0	18	62	.233	.283	.353	.636	27	112
2008	32	132	275	249	27	59	11	0	5	29	0	16	65	.237	.291	.341	.632	24	132
2009	33	113	233	213	18	57	11	0	3	32	1	13	54	.268	.315	.362	.676	24	113
2010	34	127	287	254	25	56	12	4	4	39	0	26	76	.220	.300	.346	.646	26	127
2011	35	69	124	110	10	21	5	0	0	6	0	11	35	.191	.276	.236	.513	7	69
13 Yrs		1212	3005	2694	271	676	149	14	75	358	3	215	687	.251	.313	.400	.713	334	1212
162 Game Avg.		162	402	360	36	90	20	2	10	48	0	29	92	.251	.313	.400	.713	45	1212

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1515), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Third Base (426th), -1.5 career WAR/3.2 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Mike Shannon (950)
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Robert Fick (946)
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Max West (938)
Pete Ward (938)
Cito Gaston (936)
Mark Teahen (935)

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Ryan Church (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Mackowiak (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Robert Fick (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Martin (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Martin (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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