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Richard Hidalgo

Richard Jose Hidalgo

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 28, 1975 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
High School: Guarenas (Guarenas, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1997
Teams (by GP): Astros/Rangers/Mets 1997-2005
Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
Final Game: August 4, 2005
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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
1992	17	HOU-min	Rk	51	204	184	20	57	7	3	1	27	14	5	13	27	.310	.360	.397	.756		73	1	3	1	3	0		AST · GULF
1993	18	HOU-min	A	111	444	403	49	109	23	3	10	55	21	13	30	76	.270	.324	.417	.740		168	3	4	2	5	0		AVL · SALL
1994	19	HOU-min	A	124	511	476	68	139	47	6	12	76	12	12	23	80	.292	.331	.492	.823		234	6	7	1	4	1		QDS · MIDW
1995	20	HOU-min	AA	133	530	489	59	130	28	6	14	59	8	9	32	76	.266	.309	.434	.743		212	11	2	0	7	1		JAC · TL
1996	21	HOU-min	AA	130	561	513	66	151	34	2	14	78	11	7	29	55	.294	.341	.450	.791		231	24	11	1	7	2		JAC · TL
1997	22	HOU-min	AAA	134	576	526	74	147	37	5	11	78	6	10	35	57	.279	.330	.432	.761		227	16	8	0	7	3		NOR · AA
1997	22	HOU	NL	19	67	62	8	19	5	0	2	6	1	0	4	18	.306	.358	.484	.842	122	30	0	1	0	0	0	8/79
1998	23	HOU-min	AAA	10	27	24	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.167	.259	.250	.509		6	3	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
1998	23	HOU	NL	74	234	211	31	64	15	0	7	35	3	3	17	37	.303	.355	.474	.829	118	100	5	2	0	4	0	89/7
1999	24	HOU	NL	108	449	383	49	87	25	2	15	56	8	5	56	73	.227	.328	.420	.748	89	161	5	4	0	5	2	78/9
2000	25	HOU	NL	153	644	558	118	175	42	3	44	122	13	6	56	110	.314	.391	.636	1.028	147	355	13	21	0	9	3	*897	MVP-20
2001	26	HOU	NL	146	593	512	70	141	29	3	19	80	3	5	54	107	.275	.356	.455	.811	103	233	15	16	0	11	3	*897
2002	27	HOU	NL	114	439	388	54	91	17	4	15	48	6	2	43	85	.235	.319	.415	.734	87	161	13	6	0	2	1	*9/8
2003	28	HOU	NL	141	585	514	91	159	43	4	28	88	9	7	58	104	.309	.385	.572	.957	143	294	10	8	0	5	8	*9/D	MVP-18
2004	29	TOT	NL	144	579	523	67	125	26	3	25	82	4	4	44	129	.239	.301	.444	.745	90	232	19	5	0	6	7	*9/7
2004	29	HOU	NL	58	220	199	21	51	15	2	4	30	1	2	17	53	.256	.309	.412	.721	84	82	7	0	0	4	4	9
2004	29	NYM	NL	86	359	324	46	74	11	1	21	52	3	2	27	76	.228	.296	.463	.759	94	150	12	5	0	2	3	9/7
2005	30	TEX	AL	88	339	308	43	68	12	0	16	43	1	2	26	74	.221	.289	.416	.705	81	128	8	4	0	1	1	9/8D
2009	34	MTY	AAA	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333		1	0	0	0	0	0		MTY · MEX
9 Yrs				987	3929	3459	531	929	214	19	171	560	48	34	358	737	.269	.345	.490	.835	110	1694	88	67	0	43	25
162 Game Avg.				162	645	568	87	152	35	3	28	92	8	6	59	121	.269	.345	.490	.835	110	278	14	11	0	7	4

HOU (8 yrs)				813	3231	2827	442	787	191	18	134	465	44	30	305	587	.278	.356	.501	.857	115	1416	68	58	0	40	21
NYM (1 yr)				86	359	324	46	74	11	1	21	52	3	2	27	76	.228	.296	.463	.759	94	150	12	5	0	2	3
TEX (1 yr)				88	339	308	43	68	12	0	16	43	1	2	26	74	.221	.289	.416	.705	81	128	8	4	0	1	1

NL (8 yrs)				899	3590	3151	488	861	202	19	155	517	47	32	332	663	.273	.350	.497	.847	113	1566	80	63	0	42	24
AL (1 yr)				88	339	308	43	68	12	0	16	43	1	2	26	74	.221	.289	.416	.705	81	128	8	4	0	1	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
1997	22	HOU	NL	19	67	2	0	0	-2	0	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.5	-0.2	5	$150,000	8/79
1998	23	HOU	NL	74	234	4	0	0	8	-0	12	1.2	6	19	1.9	.517	.508	1.1	0.7	11	$170,000	89/7
1999	24	HOU	NL	108	449	-4	-2	2	8	-4	0	-0.1	12	12	1.1	.500	.500	0.4	0.4	4	$260,000	78/9
2000	25	HOU	NL	153	644	38	-2	-1	13	-1	47	4.3	17	64	6.0	.529	.527	4.8	1.1	51	$330,000	*897	MVP-20
2001	26	HOU	NL	146	593	2	-2	-2	4	-1	2	0.2	16	18	1.7	.501	.501	1.4	0.3	14	$3,500,000	*897
2002	27	HOU	NL	114	439	-7	-3	-2	4	-5	-12	-1.3	12	-0	-0.2	.488	.492	-0.6	-0.1	-4	$5,500,000	*9/8
2003	28	HOU	NL	141	585	30	-4	-1	19	-6	38	3.9	16	54	5.4	.528	.524	3.5	1.3	36	$8,500,000	*9/D	MVP-18
2004	29	HOU	NL	58	220	-7	-2	-1	7	-2	-4	-0.5	6	2	0.1	.492	.497	-0.6	0.5	-5	$12,500,000	9
2004	29	NYM	NL	86	359	-4	-1	-1	9	-4	-2	-0.2	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	-0.1	0.5	-1	$	9/7
2005	30	TEX	AL	88	339	-10	-0	-1	8	-4	-6	-0.6	12	5	0.4	.492	.496	-0.4	0.5	-3	$5,000,000	9/8D
9 Seasons				987	3929	46	-14	-6	78	-27	76	7.0	109	185	17.5	.507	.505	10.0	5.0	107	$35,910,000

HOU (8 yrs)				813	3231	60	-13	-4	61	-20	84	7.8	88	172	16.3	.510	.506	10.5	4.0	111	$30,910,000
NYM (1 yr)				86	359	-4	-1	-1	9	-4	-2	-0.2	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	-0.1	0.5	-1	$
TEX (1 yr)				88	339	-10	-0	-1	8	-4	-6	-0.6	12	5	0.4	.492	.496	-0.4	0.5	-3	$5,000,000

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
1997	22	HOU	NL	67	43	11	6.8	105	.405	.306	.266	.358	.337	.484	.417	.842	.754	122	.651	2.0	0.2	.837	.258	.177	1.3
1998	23	HOU	NL	234	159	35	5.9	106	.333	.303	.267	.355	.337	.474	.421	.829	.757	118	.588	6.1	0.6	.768	.251	.171	4.2
1999	24	HOU	NL	449	311	56	4.8	115	.240	.227	.274	.328	.350	.420	.442	.748	.792	89	.456	-6.1	-0.6	.732	.347	.193	10.4
2000	25	HOU	NL	644	411	140	9.1	122	.317	.314	.281	.391	.360	.636	.460	1.028	.820	147	.727	40.9	3.7	1.092	.435	.323	20.1
2001	26	HOU	NL	593	402	83	5.5	117	.307	.275	.275	.356	.348	.455	.451	.811	.799	103	.542	3.8	0.4	.770	.281	.180	5.2
2002	27	HOU	NL	439	314	51	4.4	112	.262	.235	.273	.319	.348	.415	.434	.734	.782	87	.455	-8.7	-0.8	.686	.302	.180	8.6
2003	28	HOU	NL	585	377	112	8.0	112	.339	.309	.272	.385	.344	.572	.436	.957	.781	143	.706	33.4	3.1	.973	.379	.263	13.6
2004	29	TOT	NL	579	427	65	4.1	110	.267	.239	.268	.301	.340	.444	.435	.745	.775	90	.405	-9.1	-0.9	.667	.289	.205	6.9
2004	29	HOU	NL	220	161	24	4.0	112	.322	.256	.271	.309	.343	.412	.439	.721	.781	84	.397	-4.6	-0.4	.624	.236	.156	1.6
2004	29	NYM	NL	359	266	41	4.1	109	.231	.228	.267	.296	.339	.463	.433	.759	.772	94	.411	-4.5	-0.4	.693	.321	.235	5.3
2005	30	TEX	AL	339	251	35	3.7	110	.237	.221	.275	.289	.339	.416	.436	.705	.775	81	.377	-10.1	-1.0	.628	.276	.195	1.9
9 Yrs				3929	2695	588	5.8	114	.292	.269	.274	.345	.347	.490	.441	.835	.788	110	.566	52.1	4.7	.804	.329	.221	75.0
162 Game Avg.				645	442	97	5.8	114	.292	.269	.274	.345	.347	.490	.441	.835	.788	110	.566	9	1	.804	.329	.221	12

HOU (8 yrs)				3231	2178	512	6.3	115	.304	.278	.274	.356	.348	.501	.443	.857	.791	115	.598	66.7	6.1	.839	.335	.222	66.2
NYM (1 yr)				359	266	41	4.1	109	.231	.228	.267	.296	.339	.463	.433	.759	.772	94	.411	-4.5	-0.4	.693	.321	.235	5.3
TEX (1 yr)				339	251	35	3.7	110	.237	.221	.275	.289	.339	.416	.436	.705	.775	81	.377	-10.1	-1.0	.628	.276	.195	1.9

NL (8 yrs)				3590	2444	553	6.1	114	.297	.273	.274	.350	.348	.497	.442	.847	.789	113	.582	62.2	5.7	.823	.334	.224	72.1
AL (1 yr)				339	251	35	3.7	110	.237	.221	.275	.289	.339	.416	.436	.705	.775	81	.377	-10.1	-1.0	.628	.276	.195	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
1997	22	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	23	HOU	NL	NLDS	SDP	L	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

2001	26	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	3	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	1	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							6	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.118	.286	.118	.403	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							6	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.118	.286	.118	.403	2	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
1997	22	HOU	NL	67	3.0%	26.9%	6.0%	10.5%	37%	4.50	3.4	31.0	10.3	0.63	0.53	63%	23%	9.1%	19%
1998	23	HOU	NL	234	3.0%	15.8%	7.3%	9.4%	34%	2.18	5.7	30.1	6.0	0.75	0.90	73%	17%	9.1%	25%
1999	24	HOU	NL	449	3.3%	16.3%	12.5%	9.4%	48%	1.30	5.2	25.5	6.8	0.59	0.64	67%	16%	9.6%	21%
2000	25	HOU	NL	644	6.8%	17.1%	8.7%	13.8%	51%	1.96	5.1	12.7	4.6	0.42	0.58	64%	27%	19.2%	21%
2001	26	HOU	NL	593	3.2%	18.0%	9.1%	8.6%	36%	1.98	4.8	26.9	6.4	0.49	0.59	67%	26%	9.3%	24%
2002	27	HOU	NL	439	3.4%	19.4%	9.8%	8.2%	40%	1.98	4.6	25.9	8.1	0.48	0.67	66%	24%	9.1%	16%
2003	28	HOU	NL	585	4.8%	17.8%	9.9%	12.8%	47%	1.79	4.9	18.4	5.8	0.63	0.71	66%	18%	13.0%	16%
2004	29	TOT	NL	579	4.3%	22.3%	7.6%	9.3%	43%	2.93	4.1	20.9	6.4	0.50	0.78	65%	21%	11.0%	15%
2004	29	HOU	NL	220	1.8%	24.1%	7.7%	9.6%	41%	3.12	3.8	49.8	6.6	0.44	0.67	66%	22%	4.6%	16%
2004	29	NYM	NL	359	5.9%	21.2%	7.5%	9.2%	45%	2.81	4.3	15.4	6.2	0.53	0.85	64%	20%	14.9%	13%
2005	30	TEX	AL	339	4.7%	21.8%	7.7%	8.3%	41%	2.85	4.2	19.3	7.2	0.48	0.56	65%	15%	11.8%	14%
9 Yrs				3929	4.4%	18.8%	9.1%	10.3%	44%	2.06	4.7	20.2	6.2	0.53	0.66	66%	21%	11.9%	19%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.91	5.3	31.6	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	22	HOU	NL	2.0	0.2	70	0.0	1.1	-1.1	.93	0.4	-0.4	1.7	0.2	0.92	2.2	0.04	1
1998	23	HOU	NL	6.1	0.6	247	0.4	5.0	-4.6	1.13	1.0	-0.7	3.0	0.3	1.07	10.6	2.33	5
1999	24	HOU	NL	-6.7	-0.6	471	-0.3	8.0	-8.3	1.03	0.5	-0.8	-5.4	-0.5	1.00	4.7	1.25	2
2000	25	HOU	NL	40.9	3.7	669	1.9	13.9	-12.0	1.01	4.3	-2.4	38.2	3.3	0.98	49.1	2.04	1
2001	26	HOU	NL	3.1	0.3	607	0.4	11.6	-11.1	1.08	1.2	-0.8	4.4	0.4	0.99	11.1	1.27	3
2002	27	HOU	NL	-8.7	-0.8	449	-1.0	7.6	-8.7	1.02	-0.1	-0.9	-12.6	-1.2	1.02	-1.8	1.50	7
2003	28	HOU	NL	33.4	3.1	606	1.3	12.1	-10.8	1.04	3.5	-2.2	20.8	1.9	1.00	38.2	1.86	3
2004	29	TOT	NL	-9.9	-0.9	594	-3.3	9.3	-12.6	1.09	-1.4	-1.6	-17.9	-1.7	0.98	-14.1	1.38	3
2004	29	HOU	NL	-4.9	-0.5	225	-1.4	3.3	-4.7	1.07	-0.9	-0.4	-5.8	-0.5	1.01	-10.2	1.38	3
2004	29	NYM	NL	-5.0	-0.5	369	-1.9	5.9	-7.9	1.11	-0.5	-1.3	-12.1	-1.2	0.97	-3.9		0
2005	30	TEX	AL	-10.1	-1.0	346	-0.8	5.9	-6.7	1.00	-0.6	-0.2	-8.7	-0.8	0.98	-8.6	1.79	4
9 Yrs				50.0	4.5	4059	-1.4	74.4	-75.7	1.05	8.8	-10.2	23.6	1.9	1.00	91.4	1.64	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	22	HOU	NL	1	0	27%	28	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1998	23	HOU	NL	1	0	32%	94	3	3	50%	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	34%	16	12	3	4	2	1	12	5	7
1999	24	HOU	NL	8	1	26%	164	8	5	62%	8	5	0	0	0	1	0	7	18	43%	26	16	10	7	3	4	11	5	5
2000	25	HOU	NL	4	0	36%	229	13	6	68%	13	6	0	0	0	2	1	7	15	56%	28	17	9	10	2	8	21	4	16
2001	26	HOU	NL	5	0	27%	204	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	36%	28	23	5	14	6	8	13	6	7
2002	27	HOU	NL	3	0	31%	143	6	2	75%	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	5	1	38%	21	18	3	4	1	3	15	4	9
2003	28	HOU	NL	4	0	32%	198	9	7	56%	9	6	0	0	1	1	0	7	11	40%	19	13	5	6	2	4	25	13	11
2004	29	TOT	NL	3	1	28%	167	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	4	10	33%	18	17	1	13	6	6	14	5	8
2004	29	HOU	NL	1	0	27%	71	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	40%	9	8	1	2	0	2	9	3	5
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	1	29%	96	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	28%	9	9	0	11	6	4	5	2	3
2005	30	TEX	AL	2	0	33%	83	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	39%	12	11	1	6	3	3	8	2	6
9 Yrs				31	2	30%	1310	48	34	59%	46	30	2	1	3	9	2	40	85	41%	170	129	37	65	25	38	120	44	70

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
1997	22	HOU	NL	67	34%	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		11	0	0%	6	0	0%	32	4	13%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
1998	23	HOU	NL	234	38%	64	21	0	5	2	0	0	2.33	7	0	13	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		57	5	9%	30	12	40%	187	28	15%	16	8	50%	13	8	62%	0
1999	24	HOU	NL	449	26%	87	7	0	2	2	0	0	1.25	15	0	10	12	3	5	10	0	0	0		97	5	5%	47	18	38%	329	46	14%	30	13	43%	18	14	78%	0
2000	25	HOU	NL	644	21%	175	8	0	1	0	0	0	2.04	44	1	31	39	5	16	28	0	0	0		139	13	9%	66	18	27%	465	80	17%	50	29	58%	39	21	54%	0
2001	26	HOU	NL	593	20%	141	18	0	3	0	0	0	1.27	19	0	15	16	3	13	6	0	0	0		132	15	11%	59	19	32%	439	63	14%	44	22	50%	36	16	44%	0
2002	27	HOU	NL	439	21%	91	5	0	7	1	0	1	1.50	15	0	18	12	3	4	11	0	0	0		91	13	14%	41	10	24%	313	34	11%	26	10	38%	21	14	67%	0
2003	28	HOU	NL	585	18%	159	7	0	3	0	0	0	1.86	28	0	25	21	7	11	17	0	0	0		114	10	9%	55	9	16%	427	61	14%	36	19	53%	27	10	37%	0
2004	29	TOT	NL	579	21%	125	6	0	3	0	0	0	1.38	25	0	23	18	7	13	12	0	0	0		121	19	16%	72	13	18%	414	58	14%	40	20	50%	28	10	36%	0
2004	29	HOU	NL	220	17%	51	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.38	4	0	13	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		53	7	13%	30	5	17%	167	26	16%	19	9	47%	12	3	25%	0
2004	29	NYM	NL	359	23%	74	3	0	0	0	0	0		21	0	10	15	6	11	10	0	0	0		68	12	18%	42	8	19%	247	32	13%	21	11	52%	16	7	44%	0
2005	30	TEX	AL	339	27%	68	4	0	4	0	0	0	1.79	16	0	7	13	3	9	7	0	0	0		70	8	11%	27	3	11%	226	28	12%	14	7	50%	13	4	31%	0
9 Yrs				3929	23%	929	77	0	29	5	0	1	1.64	171	1	143	138	33	74	97	0	0	0		832	88	11%	403	102	25%	2832	402	14%	258	129	50%	198	97	49%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

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
1997	22	HOU	NL	67	270	4.03	170	63%	26%	15%	32%	26%	74%	0%	46%	79%	25%	1%	1	0	10%	7	4	7%	5	2	17%	0	1	0
1998	23	HOU	NL	234	852	3.64	530	62%	24%	16%	27%	34%	76%	0%	47%	79%	32%	4%	10	3	14%	32	20	10%	24	17	27%	0	0	0
1999	24	HOU	NL	452	1760	3.89	1034	59%	29%	14%	26%	31%	71%	1%	42%	80%	26%	8%	38	0	21%	94	40	9%	42	20	33%	-3	0	0
2000	25	HOU	NL	649	2510	3.87	1500	60%	27%	13%	30%	30%	73%	1%	43%	83%	26%	6%	37	1	17%	113	53	9%	59	39	35%	-5	0	0
2001	26	HOU	NL	595	2139	3.59	1314	61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	33%	5%	29	2	15%	92	43	8%	49	33	26%	-2	0	0
2002	27	HOU	NL	440	1709	3.88	1043	61%	30%	15%	26%	29%	70%	0%	43%	79%	30%	4%	19	0	15%	67	31	9%	40	22	38%	-1	0	0
2003	28	HOU	NL	585	2228	3.81	1349	61%	27%	15%	28%	31%	73%	3%	44%	80%	33%	6%	33	1	16%	95	46	9%	53	31	35%	0	0	0
2004	29	TOT	NL	581	2299	3.96	1441	63%	28%	16%	27%	28%	72%	3%	45%	77%	28%	4%	24	1	14%	81	33	10%	60	39	32%	-2	0	0
2004	29	HOU	NL	222	901	4.06	564	63%	27%	18%	28%	27%	73%	3%	46%	75%	28%	4%	8	0	14%	30	16	7%	15	9	30%	-2	0	0
2004	29	NYM	NL	359	1398	3.89	877	63%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	2%	44%	79%	28%	4%	16	1	14%	51	17	13%	45	30	33%	0	0	0
2005	30	TEX	AL	339	1315	3.88	827	63%	29%	15%	27%	28%	71%	0%	44%	79%	27%	4%	13	2	17%	56	29	11%	38	27	38%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				3942	15082	3.83	9208	61%	28%	15%	28%	30%	72%	1%	44%	80%	29%	5%	204	10	16%	637	299	9%	370	230	33%	-13	1	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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	SF	IBB
1997	22	19	67	62	8	19	5	0	2	6	1	0	4	18	.306	.358	.484	.842	122	30	0	1	0	0
1998	23	93	301	273	39	83	20	0	9	41	4	3	21	55	.304	.355	.476	.832	119	130	5	3	4	0
1999	24	201	750	656	88	170	45	2	24	97	12	8	77	128	.259	.339	.444	.783	101	291	10	7	9	2
2000	25	354	1394	1214	206	345	87	5	68	219	25	14	133	238	.284	.363	.532	.895	123	646	23	28	18	5
2001	26	500	1987	1726	276	486	116	8	87	299	28	19	187	345	.282	.361	.509	.870	117	879	38	44	29	8
2002	27	614	2426	2114	330	577	133	12	102	347	34	21	230	430	.273	.353	.492	.845	112	1040	51	50	31	9
2003	28	755	3011	2628	421	736	176	16	130	435	43	28	288	534	.280	.359	.508	.867	118	1334	61	58	36	17
2004	29	899	3590	3151	488	861	202	19	155	517	47	32	332	663	.273	.350	.497	.847	113	1566	80	63	42	24
2005	30	987	3929	3459	531	929	214	19	171	560	48	34	358	737	.269	.345	.490	.835	110	1694	88	67	43	25

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
1997	22	19	66	61	8	18	5	0	2	6	1	4	18	.295	.348	.475	.824	10	19
1998	23	74	233	210	31	63	15	0	7	34	3	17	37	.300	.352	.471	.823	35	74
1999	24	108	440	378	44	82	24	2	14	50	8	53	73	.217	.316	.402	.718	47	108
2000	25	153	616	538	97	155	37	3	39	100	12	50	110	.288	.364	.586	.949	110	153
2001	26	146	578	502	62	131	27	3	18	71	3	50	107	.261	.339	.434	.773	71	146
2002	27	114	435	385	51	88	16	4	15	45	6	42	85	.229	.313	.408	.720	47	114
2003	28	141	575	507	85	152	41	4	27	82	9	55	104	.300	.374	.556	.930	104	141
2004	29	144	574	520	64	122	25	3	24	78	4	43	129	.235	.296	.433	.729	66	144
2005	30	88	336	306	41	66	12	0	16	41	1	25	74	.216	.283	.412	.695	34	88
9 Yrs		987	3853	3407	483	877	202	19	162	507	47	339	737	.257	.332	.471	.803	524	987
162 Game Avg.		162	632	559	79	144	33	3	27	83	8	56	121	.257	.332	.471	.803	86	987

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2000 NL (20, 0%) 2003 NL (18, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2000 NL 6.0 (8th) 2003 NL 5.4 (8th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2000 NL .636 (5th) 2003 NL .572 (8th) Career .490 (138th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2000 NL 1.028 (8th) 2003 NL .957 (8th) Career .835 (224th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2000 NL 118 (6th)	Total Bases s c a p y 2000 NL 355 (5th)	Doubles s c a p y 2000 NL 42 (6th) 2003 NL 43 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2000 NL 44 (4th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 2000 NL 122 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2003 NL 143 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 2000 NL 140 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2000 NL 89 (2nd) 2003 NL 75 (8th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 2003 NL .706 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2000 NL 21 (2nd) 2001 NL 16 (4th) Career 67 (227th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2000 NL 9 (9th) 2001 NL 11 (4th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2000 NL 20.1 (8th)
AB per HR s c a p y 2000 NL 12.7 (6th) Career 20.2 (129th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 18 (860), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Devon White (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Geoff Jenkins (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Geoff Jenkins (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Higginson (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Foster (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Walker (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Post (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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