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Jonathan Herrera

Jonathan Alejandro Herrera

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 3, 1984 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Manuel Segundo Sanchez (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2008
Team: Rockies 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$482k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.001, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2008 23 COL NL 28 66 61 5 14 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 10 .230 .277 .279 .556 42 17 0 0 1 0 0 4/6
2010 25 COL NL 76 257 222 34 63 6 2 1 21 2 2 25 36 .284 .352 .342 .694 78 76 2 0 7 3 1 45/6
2011 26 COL NL 104 320 281 28 68 5 1 3 14 4 4 28 40 .242 .313 .299 .612 59 84 7 1 10 0 0 46/5
2012 27 COL NL 26 75 67 12 16 3 0 2 4 0 0 2 6 .239 .282 .373 .655 66 25 0 2 3 0 0 54/6
4 Yrs 234 718 631 79 161 15 4 6 42 7 7 59 92 .255 .320 .320 .641 65 202 9 3 21 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 497 437 55 111 10 3 4 29 5 5 41 64 .255 .320 .320 .641 65 140 6 2 15 2 1

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
2008 23 COL NL 28 66 -4 -1 0 6 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .508 .501 -0.2 0.7 -2 $ 4/6
2010 25 COL NL 76 257 -7 0 1 6 2 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .502 .501 0.2 0.8 3 $ 45/6
2011 26 COL NL 104 320 -11 0 0 3 2 -5 -0.6 9 4 0.3 .494 .496 0.0 0.6 1 $419,000 46/5
2012 27 COL NL 26 75 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .490 .498 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 54/6
4 Seasons 234 718 -24 -1 2 14 5 -4 -0.4 20 16 1.6 .498 .499 0.1 2.1 2 $419,000

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
2008 23 COL NL 66 49 5 2.7 115 .275 .230 .278 .277 .351 .279 .443 .556 .794 42 .257 -5.7 -0.6 .438 .115 .049 .0
2010 25 COL NL 257 173 29 4.5 114 .330 .284 .278 .352 .351 .342 .439 .694 .790 78 .490 -7.0 -0.7 .620 .171 .059 1.3
2011 26 COL NL 320 234 27 3.1 112 .273 .242 .278 .313 .348 .299 .432 .612 .780 59 .343 -17.4 -1.8 .504 .157 .057 3.4
2012 27 COL NL 75 54 7 3.5 114 .237 .239 .278 .282 .348 .373 .439 .655 .787 66 .380 -3.7 -0.4 .569 .164 .134 .0
4 Yrs 718 510 68 3.6 113 .289 .255 .278 .320 .349 .320 .436 .641 .785 65 .393 -33.7 -3.4 .543 .158 .065 6.5
162 Game Avg. 497 353 47 3.6 113 .289 .255 .278 .320 .349 .320 .436 .641 .785 65 .393 -33.7 -3.4 .543 .158 .065 5

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
2008 23 COL NL 66 0.0% 15.2% 6.1% 3.0% 14% 2.50 6.1 20.3 1.29 2.60 77% 21% 0.0% 0%
2010 25 COL NL 257 0.4% 14.0% 9.7% 3.5% 14% 1.44 6.2 222.0 10.6 0.99 1.33 73% 21% 1.2% 12%
2011 26 COL NL 320 0.9% 12.5% 8.8% 2.8% 13% 1.43 7.0 93.7 20.1 0.96 1.30 74% 20% 2.8% 11%
2012 27 COL NL 75 2.7% 8.0% 2.7% 6.7% 31% 3.00 11.2 33.5 16.8 0.67 1.00 79% 17% 6.3% 11%
4 Yrs 718 0.8% 12.8% 8.2% 3.5% 16% 1.56 6.9 105.2 15.0 0.96 1.34 75% 20% 2.5% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 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
2008 23 COL NL -5.7 -0.6 68 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 1.00 -0.3 -0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.92 -3.6 1.61 6
2010 25 COL NL -7.0 -0.7 269 0.8 5.1 -4.2 1.11 -0.1 0.9 -0.2 -0.0 0.92 -3.0 2.00 6
2011 26 COL NL -17.4 -1.8 336 -0.7 4.9 -5.6 1.01 -0.6 -0.1 -10.7 -1.0 0.97 -10.1 1.24 18
2012 27 COL NL -3.7 -0.4 75 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .87 -0.1 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.85 -2.0 0.66 4
4 Yrs -33.7 -3.4 748 -0.1 11.8 -11.9 1.03 -1.1 1.0 -15.7 -1.5 0.93 -18.8 1.37 34

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
2008 23 COL NL 2 0 28% 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
2010 25 COL NL 2 0 38% 125 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 39% 20 15 5 5 3 2 14 5 8
2011 26 COL NL 8 0 27% 134 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 47% 20 13 7 7 4 3 5 0 5
2012 27 COL NL 2 1 56% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 14 1 34% 315 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 21 40% 48 34 14 13 8 5 24 8 15

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
2008 23 COL NL 66 100% 14 0 0 6 1 0 0 1.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 4 2 50% 36 3 8% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
2010 25 COL NL 257 100% 63 12 2 6 0 0 2 2.00 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 78% 48 2 4% 22 14 64% 143 20 14% 12 9 75% 7 6 86% 0
2011 26 COL NL 320 100% 68 7 3 18 5 0 0 1.24 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 15 10 67% 59 7 12% 40 17 43% 173 12 7% 14 3 21% 15 6 40% 0
2012 27 COL NL 75 100% 16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.66 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 12 0 0% 9 4 44% 30 2 7% 5 1 20% 3 2 67% 0
4 Yrs 718 100% 161 19 5 34 6 0 2 1.37 6 0 9 4 2 4 2 0 28 21 75% 129 9 7% 75 37 49% 382 37 10% 32 14 44% 28 16 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 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
2008 23 COL NL 66 278 4.21 178 64% 30% 9% 32% 29% 70% 0% 45% 87% 15% 6% 4 0 15% 10 1 8% 5 2 30% 0 0 0
2010 25 COL NL 259 1047 4.04 653 62% 40% 8% 21% 30% 60% 1% 37% 86% 8% 5% 14 0 16% 42 1 10% 27 5 42% -2 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 322 1271 3.95 813 64% 37% 8% 25% 31% 63% 0% 41% 88% 13% 5% 16 0 16% 51 4 9% 28 5 30% -2 0 0
2012 27 COL NL 76 275 3.62 177 64% 37% 8% 18% 36% 62% 0% 40% 86% 11% 7% 5 0 13% 10 0 11% 8 2 0% -1 0 1
4 Yrs 723 2871 3.97 1821 63% 37% 8% 24% 31% 63% 0% 40% 87% 11% 5% 39 0 16% 113 6 9% 68 14 33% -5 0 1
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
2008 23 28 66 61 5 14 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 10 .230 .277 .279 .556 42 17 0 0 1 0 0
2009 24 28 66 61 5 14 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 10 .230 .277 .279 .556 42 17 0 0 1 0 0
2010 25 104 323 283 39 77 7 3 1 24 3 3 29 46 .272 .337 .329 .665 71 93 2 0 8 3 1
2011 26 208 643 564 67 145 12 4 4 38 7 7 57 86 .257 .325 .314 .639 65 177 9 1 18 3 1
2012 27 234 718 631 79 161 15 4 6 42 7 7 59 92 .255 .320 .320 .641 65 202 9 3 21 3 1

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
2008 23 28 65 60 4 13 1 1 0 3 1 4 10 .217 .266 .267 .532 4 28
2010 25 76 251 218 30 59 6 2 1 19 2 23 36 .271 .336 .330 .666 24 76
2011 26 104 316 278 26 65 5 1 3 13 4 27 40 .234 .304 .291 .595 24 104
2012 27 26 73 66 11 15 3 0 2 4 0 2 6 .227 .271 .364 .635 6 26
4 Yrs 234 705 622 71 152 15 4 6 39 7 56 92 .244 .308 .310 .619 58 234
162 Game Avg. 162 488 431 49 105 10 3 4 27 5 39 64 .244 .308 .310 .619 40 234

* 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.

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