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Eric Hinske

Eric Scott Hinske

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 5, 1977 in Menasha, WI
High School: Menasha HS (Menasha, WI)
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rays/RedSox/Pirates/... 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$2.85M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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
1998	20	CHC-min	A-,A	74	315	268	54	83	24	0	10	61	20	3	40	67	.310	.397	.511	.908		137	2	2	0	5	3		WPT,RFD · NYPL,MIDW
1999	21	CHC-min	A+,AAA	134	534	460	79	136	28	7	20	81	16	10	63	94	.296	.383	.517	.900		238	5	5	1	5	7		DYT,IWA · FLOR,PCL
2000	22	CHC-min	AA	131	520	436	76	113	21	9	20	73	14	5	78	133	.259	.373	.486	.859		212	7	3	0	3	3		WTN · SOUL
2001	23	OAK-min	AAA	121	504	436	71	123	27	1	25	79	20	7	54	113	.282	.373	.521	.893		227	6	10	2	2	3		SAC · PCL
2002	24	TOR	AL	151	650	566	99	158	38	2	24	84	13	1	77	138	.279	.365	.481	.845	119	272	12	2	0	5	5	*5	RoY-1
2003	25	TOR-min	AAA	2	8	8	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		8	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2003	25	TOR	AL	124	514	449	74	109	45	3	12	63	12	2	59	104	.243	.329	.437	.765	97	196	11	1	0	5	1	*5
2004	26	TOR	AL	155	634	570	66	140	23	3	15	69	12	8	54	109	.246	.312	.375	.688	76	214	14	4	0	6	2	*5/D
2005	27	TOR	AL	147	537	477	79	125	31	2	15	68	8	4	46	121	.262	.333	.430	.763	100	205	8	8	0	6	4	3D
2006	28	TOT	AL	109	312	277	43	75	17	2	13	34	2	2	35	79	.271	.353	.487	.840	114	135	8	0	0	0	2	9D35/7
2006	28	TOR	AL	78	224	197	35	52	9	2	12	29	1	1	27	49	.264	.353	.513	.865	121	101	6	0	0	0	2	9D5/37
2006	28	BOS	AL	31	88	80	8	23	8	0	1	5	1	1	8	30	.288	.352	.425	.777	97	34	2	0	0	0	0	39/7D
2007	29	BOS	AL	84	218	186	25	38	12	3	6	21	3	0	28	54	.204	.317	.398	.714	83	74	7	3	0	1	2	379/D
2008	30	TBR	AL	133	432	381	59	94	21	1	20	60	10	3	47	88	.247	.333	.465	.798	109	177	13	3	0	1	4	97D3/5
2009	31	TOT	MLB	93	224	190	31	46	12	0	8	25	1	0	27	52	.242	.348	.432	.780	104	82	2	5	0	2	1	95/3D7
2009	31	PIT	NL	54	126	106	18	27	9	0	1	11	0	0	17	27	.255	.373	.368	.741	99	39	0	3	0	0	0	9/35D
2009	31	NYY	AL	39	98	84	13	19	3	0	7	14	1	0	10	25	.226	.316	.512	.828	109	43	2	2	0	2	1	95/D7
2010	32	ATL	NL	131	320	281	38	72	21	1	11	51	0	0	33	75	.256	.338	.456	.793	114	128	4	3	0	3	5	73/5D
2011	33	ATL	NL	117	264	236	24	55	10	0	10	28	0	1	26	71	.233	.311	.403	.713	95	95	5	1	0	1	1	793/D
2012	34	ATL	NL	39	81	73	4	17	2	0	1	8	0	0	7	23	.233	.296	.301	.598	64	22	2	0	0	1	1	/39D7
11 Yrs				1283	4186	3686	542	929	232	17	135	511	61	21	439	914	.252	.334	.434	.768	100	1600	86	30	0	31	28
162 Game Avg.				162	529	465	68	117	29	2	17	65	8	3	55	115	.252	.334	.434	.768	100	202	11	4	0	4	4

TOR (5 yrs)				655	2559	2259	353	584	146	12	78	313	46	16	263	521	.259	.337	.437	.774	100	988	51	15	0	22	14
ATL (3 yrs)				287	665	590	66	144	33	1	22	87	0	1	66	169	.244	.322	.415	.737	100	245	11	4	0	5	7
BOS (2 yrs)				115	306	266	33	61	20	3	7	26	4	1	36	84	.229	.327	.406	.733	87	108	9	3	0	1	2
TBR (1 yr)				133	432	381	59	94	21	1	20	60	10	3	47	88	.247	.333	.465	.798	109	177	13	3	0	1	4
PIT (1 yr)				54	126	106	18	27	9	0	1	11	0	0	17	27	.255	.373	.368	.741	99	39	0	3	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				39	98	84	13	19	3	0	7	14	1	0	10	25	.226	.316	.512	.828	109	43	2	2	0	2	1

AL (8 yrs)				942	3395	2990	458	758	190	16	112	413	61	20	356	718	.254	.335	.440	.775	100	1316	75	23	0	26	21
NL (4 yrs)				341	791	696	84	171	42	1	23	98	0	1	83	196	.246	.330	.408	.738	100	284	11	7	0	5	7

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
2002	24	TOR	AL	151	650	16	4	0	-6	2	16	1.7	22	37	3.6	.510	.509	4.3	-0.3	43	$200,000	*5	RoY-1
2003	25	TOR	AL	124	514	-3	4	1	-5	2	-1	0.0	17	16	1.6	.499	.499	2.1	-0.2	21	$600,000	*5
2004	26	TOR	AL	155	634	-20	2	1	-16	2	-32	-2.8	21	-11	-0.9	.480	.481	0.5	-1.1	5	$900,000	*5/D
2005	27	TOR	AL	147	537	-1	2	-0	1	-11	-9	-0.8	18	9	0.8	.494	.494	0.8	-0.9	8	$3,100,000	3D
2006	28	TOR	AL	78	224	4	-1	-0	2	-4	1	0.2	8	9	0.9	.501	.501	0.7	-0.1	7	$4,425,000	9D5/37
2006	28	BOS	AL	31	88	-1	0	-0	-1	-2	-3	-0.3	3	-0	0.0	.490	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$	39/7D
2007	29	BOS	AL	84	218	-5	0	-1	-1	-5	-12	-1.1	7	-4	-0.4	.486	.493	-0.3	-0.5	-4	$5,625,000	379/D
2008	30	TBR	AL	133	432	3	1	-1	0	-7	-4	-0.2	15	11	1.2	.497	.498	1.1	-0.5	11	$800,000	97D3/5
2009	31	PIT	NL	54	126	0	-1	1	2	-1	0	0.0	3	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$1,500,000	9/35D
2009	31	NYY	AL	39	98	1	0	-0	-3	-1	-4	-0.3	3	-0	0.0	.491	.498	0.3	-0.4	3	$	95/D7
2010	32	ATL	NL	131	320	4	-0	0	-5	-4	-6	-0.7	9	2	0.2	.495	.496	0.7	-1.0	8	$1,000,000	73/5D
2011	33	ATL	NL	117	264	-3	-2	0	1	-3	-6	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.494	.496	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$1,350,000	793/D
2012	34	ATL	NL	39	81	-4	-0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.479	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	/39D7
11 Seasons				1283	4186	-9	8	-1	-33	-33	-68	-5.8	136	68	6.8	.495	.497	10.0	-5.6	101	$19,500,000

TOR (5 yrs)				655	2559	-3	10	1	-24	-9	-25	-1.8	86	61	6.0	.496	.497	8.4	-2.6	85	$9,225,000
ATL (3 yrs)				287	665	-3	-3	0	-6	-9	-20	-2.2	18	-2	-0.4	.492	.495	0.2	-1.5	4	$2,350,000
BOS (2 yrs)				115	306	-6	0	-1	-2	-6	-15	-1.4	10	-5	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.2	-0.7	-3	$5,625,000
TBR (1 yr)				133	432	3	1	-1	0	-7	-4	-0.2	15	11	1.2	.497	.498	1.1	-0.5	11	$800,000
PIT (1 yr)				54	126	0	-1	1	2	-1	0	0.0	3	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$1,500,000
NYY (1 yr)				39	98	1	0	-0	-3	-1	-4	-0.3	3	-0	0.0	.491	.498	0.3	-0.4	3	$

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
2002	24	TOR	AL	650	426	104	6.5	109	.328	.279	.269	.365	.337	.481	.432	.845	.769	119	.624	17.3	1.6	.862	.359	.201	16.9
2003	25	TOR	AL	514	358	67	5.0	110	.287	.243	.272	.329	.339	.437	.436	.765	.775	97	.497	-0.6	-0.1	.754	.347	.194	12.0
2004	26	TOR	AL	634	458	66	3.9	113	.277	.246	.275	.312	.344	.375	.442	.688	.786	76	.368	-21.7	-2.0	.611	.232	.130	13.3
2005	27	TOR	AL	537	370	70	5.0	107	.317	.262	.271	.333	.334	.430	.429	.763	.763	100	.514	0.9	0.1	.723	.273	.168	10.4
2006	28	TOT	AL	312	212	47	5.9	112	.335	.271	.277	.353	.342	.487	.441	.840	.782	114	.557	5.4	0.5	.802	.343	.217	3.5
2006	28	TOR	AL	224	152	35	6.1	111	.294	.264	.275	.353	.340	.513	.438	.865	.778	121	.574	5.6	0.5	.842	.386	.249	1.8
2006	28	BOS	AL	88	60	12	5.3	115	.449	.288	.281	.352	.347	.425	.447	.777	.794	97	.510	-0.2	-0.0	.700	.238	.138	1.0
2007	29	BOS	AL	218	156	24	4.1	112	.252	.204	.278	.317	.346	.398	.435	.714	.781	83	.407	-5.0	-0.5	.697	.360	.194	4.0
2008	30	TBR	AL	432	304	58	5.1	106	.270	.247	.269	.333	.337	.465	.423	.798	.760	109	.513	4.1	0.4	.772	.360	.218	13.3
2009	31	TOT	MLB	224	148	30	5.4	108	.288	.242	.268	.348	.339	.432	.427	.780	.766	104	.545	1.8	0.2	.788	.337	.189	1.8
2009	31	PIT	NL	126	79	16	5.4	105	.333	.255	.263	.373	.336	.368	.418	.741	.755	99	.555	0.9	0.1	.747	.274	.113	.0
2009	31	NYY	AL	98	69	14	5.4	112	.222	.226	.273	.316	.343	.512	.438	.828	.781	109	.531	0.9	0.1	.836	.417	.286	1.8
2010	32	ATL	NL	320	216	45	5.6	101	.308	.256	.260	.338	.329	.456	.409	.793	.738	114	.589	6.1	0.6	.770	.317	.199	.0
2011	33	ATL	NL	264	188	29	4.2	98	.288	.233	.259	.311	.326	.403	.403	.713	.730	95	.469	-2.0	-0.2	.647	.275	.169	.0
2012	34	ATL	NL	81	59	7	3.2	100	.320	.233	.259	.296	.327	.301	.410	.598	.737	64	.342	-3.6	-0.4	.500	.164	.068	.0
11 Yrs				4186	2895	547	5.0	108	.298	.252	.270	.334	.337	.434	.429	.768	.767	100	.510	2.6	0.2	.736	.312	.182	84.0
162 Game Avg.				529	366	69	5.0	108	.298	.252	.270	.334	.337	.434	.429	.768	.767	100	.510	0	0	.736	.312	.182	11

TOR (5 yrs)				2559	1764	342	5.2	110	.301	.259	.272	.337	.339	.437	.435	.774	.774	100	.513	1.5	0.1	.744	.309	.179	57.9
ATL (3 yrs)				665	463	81	4.7	100	.302	.244	.259	.322	.328	.415	.407	.737	.735	100	.517	0.5	0.0	.686	.281	.171	.0
BOS (2 yrs)				306	216	36	4.4	113	.307	.229	.279	.327	.346	.406	.438	.733	.785	87	.438	-5.3	-0.5	.698	.323	.177	5.1
TBR (1 yr)				432	304	58	5.1	106	.270	.247	.269	.333	.337	.465	.423	.798	.760	109	.513	4.1	0.4	.772	.360	.218	13.3
PIT (1 yr)				126	79	16	5.4	105	.333	.255	.263	.373	.336	.368	.418	.741	.755	99	.555	0.9	0.1	.747	.274	.113	.0
NYY (1 yr)				98	69	14	5.4	112	.222	.226	.273	.316	.343	.512	.438	.828	.781	109	.530	0.9	0.1	.836	.417	.286	1.8

AL (8 yrs)				3395	2353	450	5.1	110	.296	.254	.272	.335	.339	.440	.434	.775	.773	100	.507	1.1	0.1	.746	.319	.187	79.0
NL (4 yrs)				791	542	97	4.8	100	.307	.246	.260	.330	.329	.408	.409	.738	.738	100	.523	1.4	0.1	.695	.280	.162	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2007	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	LAA	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2007	29	BOS	AL	ALCS	CLE	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0
2007	29	BOS	AL	WS	COL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	WS	PHI	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0
2009	31	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0
4 Yrs (6 Series)							10	9	7	4	2	2	3	2	4	.286	.444	1.143	1.587	8	0
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 NLDS							4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0
3 WS							4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	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
2002	24	TOR	AL	650	3.7%	21.2%	11.9%	9.9%	41%	1.79	4.1	23.6	6.7	0.64	0.94	63%	27%	10.9%	12%
2003	25	TOR	AL	514	2.3%	20.2%	11.5%	11.7%	55%	1.76	4.3	37.4	7.1	0.57	0.92	66%	21%	5.9%	8%
2004	26	TOR	AL	634	2.4%	17.2%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	2.02	5.2	38.0	8.3	0.75	0.94	71%	18%	6.4%	12%
2005	27	TOR	AL	537	2.8%	22.5%	8.6%	8.9%	38%	2.63	3.9	31.8	7.0	0.68	0.90	65%	19%	7.7%	9%
2006	28	TOT	AL	312	4.2%	25.3%	11.2%	10.3%	43%	2.26	3.5	21.3	8.1	0.68	1.13	59%	19%	11.7%	6%
2006	28	TOR	AL	224	5.4%	21.9%	12.1%	10.3%	44%	1.81	4.0	16.4	6.8	0.70	1.10	61%	16%	14.5%	5%
2006	28	BOS	AL	88	1.1%	34.1%	9.1%	10.2%	39%	3.75	2.7	80.0	16.0	0.61	1.23	56%	28%	3.6%	10%
2007	29	BOS	AL	218	2.8%	24.8%	12.8%	9.6%	55%	1.93	3.4	31.0	8.9	0.81	1.30	58%	13%	10.2%	19%
2008	30	TBR	AL	432	4.6%	20.4%	10.9%	9.7%	45%	1.87	4.3	19.1	6.4	0.67	1.04	63%	21%	13.6%	16%
2009	31	TOT	MLB	224	3.6%	23.2%	12.1%	8.9%	44%	1.93	3.7	23.8	7.6	0.59	0.63	59%	19%	10.8%	15%
2009	31	PIT	NL	126	0.8%	21.4%	13.5%	7.9%	37%	1.59	3.9	106.0	9.6	0.83	0.83	62%	13%	2.9%	19%
2009	31	NYY	AL	98	7.1%	25.5%	10.2%	10.2%	53%	2.50	3.4	12.0	6.0	0.36	0.43	55%	26%	17.5%	11%
2010	32	ATL	NL	320	3.4%	23.4%	10.3%	10.3%	46%	2.27	3.7	25.5	5.5	0.48	0.82	62%	18%	9.0%	12%
2011	33	ATL	NL	264	3.8%	26.9%	9.9%	7.6%	36%	2.73	3.3	23.6	8.4	0.83	1.46	59%	17%	12.0%	8%
2012	34	ATL	NL	81	1.2%	28.4%	8.6%	3.7%	18%	3.29	3.2	73.0	9.1	1.08	1.47	62%	20%	5.3%	21%
11 Yrs				4186	3.2%	21.8%	10.5%	9.2%	41%	2.08	4.0	27.3	7.2	0.67	0.98	64%	20%	9.2%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	24	TOR	AL	17.3	1.6	676	4.0	13.6	-9.6	.96	2.4	1.7	25.8	2.4	0.94	22.8	2.05	9
2003	25	TOR	AL	-0.6	-0.1	534	0.5	9.1	-8.6	.96	0.1	0.4	7.0	0.6	0.95	-0.8	0.82	3
2004	26	TOR	AL	-21.7	-2.0	662	-2.8	9.2	-11.9	1.00	-1.4	-1.3	-18.1	-1.7	0.96	-17.5	1.61	5
2005	27	TOR	AL	0.9	0.1	555	0.3	10.0	-9.7	1.04	0.2	0.1	14.1	1.3	0.97	4.0	0.93	13
2006	28	TOT	AL	5.4	0.5	319	-0.9	5.0	-5.8	.94	0.3	-1.3	-2.5	-0.2	0.94	2.7	1.33	18
2006	28	TOR	AL	5.6	0.5	227	-0.4	3.6	-4.0	.90	0.4	-0.8	0.3	0.0	0.94	4.5	1.34	12
2006	28	BOS	AL	-0.2	-0.0	92	-0.5	1.4	-1.9	1.03	-0.0	-0.4	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-1.7	1.31	6
2007	29	BOS	AL	-5.0	-0.5	224	-1.3	3.1	-4.4	.98	-0.8	-0.5	-7.2	-0.7	0.93	-5.7	0.94	11
2008	30	TBR	AL	4.1	0.4	451	-0.5	7.5	-8.0	.97	-0.2	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.96	-0.0	1.68	13
2009	31	TOT	MLB	1.8	0.2	227	-0.0	3.7	-3.7	.99	0.2	-0.3	1.5	0.2	0.96	2.3	0.87	30
2009	31	PIT	NL	0.9	0.1	127	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	.94	-0.0	-0.3	2.4	0.2	0.96	1.3	0.78	24
2009	31	NYY	AL	0.9	0.1	100	0.3	2.0	-1.7	1.04	0.2	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.96	0.9	1.20	6
2010	32	ATL	NL	6.1	0.6	323	0.2	5.8	-5.6	1.02	0.7	-0.5	11.7	1.2	1.01	10.1	1.10	47
2011	33	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	266	-0.7	4.9	-5.5	1.13	0.1	-0.7	0.1	0.0	1.03	2.5	1.32	56
2012	34	ATL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	82	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	.96	-0.4	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.97	-4.4	1.02	23
11 Yrs				2.9	0.3	4319	-1.4	72.9	-74.3	.99	1.4	-2.8	25.8	2.5	0.96	15.8	1.20	228

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	24	TOR	AL	6	35%	249	13	1	93%	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	17	44%	41	31	10	11	7	4	27	3	21
2003	25	TOR	AL	3	40%	182	12	2	86%	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	20	56%	22	16	6	8	3	5	18	1	16
2004	26	TOR	AL	7	28%	198	12	8	60%	10	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	18	46%	32	23	9	8	3	5	16	4	12
2005	27	TOR	AL	4	39%	163	8	4	67%	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	51%	35	21	13	4	2	2	16	3	13
2006	28	TOT	AL	0	31%	117	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	46%	16	10	6	4	2	2	8	2	5
2006	28	TOR	AL	0	34%	83	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	48%	14	9	5	3	1	2	8	2	5
2006	28	BOS	AL	0	23%	34	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2007	29	BOS	AL	2	30%	68	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	32%	9	6	3	4	2	2	9	7	2
2008	30	TBR	AL	2	32%	133	10	3	77%	6	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	9	43%	19	14	5	3	2	1	13	4	9
2009	31	TOT	MLB	1	33%	75	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	36%	14	11	2	3	1	2	8	3	5
2009	31	PIT	NL	0	37%	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	37%	10	8	1	2	0	2	7	3	4
2009	31	NYY	AL	1	25%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
2010	32	ATL	NL	1	28%	91	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	32%	19	14	5	6	5	1	9	4	5
2011	33	ATL	NL	0	19%	80	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	35%	16	13	3	2	0	2	8	3	4
2012	34	ATL	NL	0	13%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13%	4	4	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
11 Yrs				26	32%	1383	61	21	74%	50	17	10	3	1	1	5	1	34	98	44%	227	163	62	55	29	26	134	35	93

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
2002	24	TOR	AL	650	78%	158	12	0	9	2	0	1	2.05	24	0	19	20	4	15	9	0	0	0		142	12	8%	63	16	25%	396	61	15%	38	23	61%	32	16	50%	0
2003	25	TOR	AL	514	71%	109	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.82	12	1	19	10	2	4	8	0	0	0		119	11	9%	49	17	35%	331	53	16%	32	16	50%	27	15	56%	0
2004	26	TOR	AL	634	71%	140	8	0	5	2	1	1	1.61	15	0	27	11	4	6	9	0	0	0		129	14	11%	62	23	37%	417	56	13%	38	22	58%	28	18	64%	0
2005	27	TOR	AL	537	83%	125	5	0	13	4	1	3	0.93	15	0	15	11	4	7	8	0	1	0	0%	122	8	7%	48	13	27%	358	55	15%	31	14	45%	23	12	52%	0
2006	28	TOT	AL	312	82%	75	3	0	18	4	0	3	1.33	13	0	7	12	1	7	6	0	0	0		61	8	13%	26	4	15%	198	24	12%	17	6	35%	7	4	57%	0
2006	28	TOR	AL	224	81%	52	2	0	12	3	0	3	1.34	12	0	5	11	1	6	6	0	0	0		44	6	14%	15	2	13%	141	19	13%	12	4	33%	2	2	100%	0
2006	28	BOS	AL	88	85%	23	1	0	6	1	0	0	1.31	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	11	2	18%	57	5	9%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	0
2007	29	BOS	AL	218	89%	38	3	1	11	2	0	0	0.94	6	0	8	5	1	4	2	0	1	0	0%	44	7	16%	22	5	23%	133	16	12%	10	3	30%	6	2	33%	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	432	87%	94	7	2	13	3	0	1	1.68	20	0	13	19	1	8	12	0	0	0		90	13	14%	43	9	21%	288	43	15%	30	11	37%	18	6	33%	0
2009	31	TOT	MLB	224	78%	46	6	1	30	9	0	3	0.87	8	0	5	6	2	2	6	0	0	0		52	2	4%	22	4	18%	152	17	11%	15	8	53%	5	3	60%	0
2009	31	PIT	NL	126	78%	27	6	1	24	8	0	2	0.78	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		28	0	0%	12	2	17%	85	10	12%	7	4	57%	4	2	50%	0
2009	31	NYY	AL	98	79%	19	0	0	6	1	0	1	1.20	7	0	1	5	2	2	5	0	0	0		24	2	8%	10	2	20%	67	7	10%	8	4	50%	1	1	100%	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	320	93%	72	3	2	47	14	3	11	1.10	11	0	13	9	2	7	4	0	0	0		64	4	6%	29	11	38%	244	43	18%	21	15	71%	16	8	50%	0
2011	33	ATL	NL	264	86%	55	3	1	56	9	2	3	1.32	10	0	4	8	2	3	7	0	0	0		51	5	10%	22	7	32%	161	18	11%	11	3	27%	9	5	56%	0
2012	34	ATL	NL	81	86%	17	2	1	23	4	0	2	1.02	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		19	2	11%	6	3	50%	54	7	13%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
11 Yrs				4186	80%	929	54	8	228	53	7	28	1.20	135	1	132	112	23	63	72	0	2	0	0%	893	86	10%	392	112	29%	2732	393	14%	249	124	50%	173	90	52%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			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
2002	24	TOR	AL	651	2561	3.93	1542	60%	28%	18%	26%	28%	72%	2%	43%	75%	24%	7%	45	0	18%	115	45	13%	82	44	25%	-1	0	0
2003	25	TOR	AL	514	2101	4.09	1289	61%	27%	16%	29%	27%	73%	0%	45%	78%	26%	5%	27	0	18%	93	29	12%	61	32	21%	0	0	0
2004	26	TOR	AL	634	2412	3.80	1510	63%	24%	16%	29%	31%	76%	1%	48%	79%	30%	6%	40	0	16%	100	40	9%	56	36	18%	0	0	0
2005	27	TOR	AL	539	2090	3.88	1288	62%	23%	21%	29%	28%	77%	2%	48%	73%	28%	5%	29	0	18%	97	48	10%	52	31	14%	-2	0	0
2006	28	TOT	AL	312	1266	4.06	771	61%	25%	21%	28%	26%	75%	2%	46%	72%	28%	6%	18	1	17%	52	24	10%	31	18	20%	0	0	0
2006	28	TOR	AL	224	884	3.95	531	60%	27%	19%	27%	28%	73%	2%	44%	74%	28%	6%	13	1	17%	37	17	11%	24	14	24%	0	0	0
2006	28	BOS	AL	88	382	4.34	240	63%	21%	26%	32%	21%	79%	0%	50%	67%	28%	6%	5	0	17%	15	7	8%	7	4	13%	0	0	0
2007	29	BOS	AL	218	870	3.99	511	59%	26%	20%	28%	26%	74%	1%	43%	73%	27%	6%	12	0	20%	43	23	12%	26	15	19%	0	0	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	435	1687	3.88	1033	61%	28%	16%	27%	28%	72%	2%	44%	78%	28%	8%	36	4	18%	77	29	11%	49	26	30%	-3	0	0
2009	31	TOT	MLB	225	928	4.12	529	57%	30%	19%	25%	26%	70%	1%	40%	73%	20%	8%	18	1	20%	46	21	14%	31	17	29%	-1	0	0
2009	31	PIT	NL	127	511	4.02	287	56%	27%	21%	24%	28%	73%	0%	41%	71%	20%	8%	10	0	21%	27	11	15%	19	10	26%	-1	0	0
2009	31	NYY	AL	98	417	4.26	242	58%	34%	16%	25%	25%	66%	2%	38%	76%	21%	8%	8	1	19%	19	10	12%	12	7	32%	0	0	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	320	1276	3.99	798	63%	25%	18%	31%	26%	75%	2%	47%	76%	29%	8%	25	1	18%	57	22	11%	35	20	16%	0	0	0
2011	33	ATL	NL	264	1081	4.09	657	61%	25%	19%	30%	25%	75%	1%	45%	74%	29%	9%	25	8	27%	71	33	10%	27	16	15%	0	0	0
2012	34	ATL	NL	81	311	3.84	190	61%	24%	24%	25%	27%	76%	3%	46%	69%	32%	6%	5	3	22%	18	9	10%	8	4	17%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				4193	16583	3.95	10118	61%	26%	18%	28%	28%	74%	1%	45%	76%	27%	7%	280	18	18%	769	323	11%	458	259	21%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	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	SF	IBB
2002	24	151	650	566	99	158	38	2	24	84	13	1	77	138	.279	.365	.481	.845	119	272	12	2	5	5
2003	25	275	1164	1015	173	267	83	5	36	147	25	3	136	242	.263	.349	.461	.810	109	468	23	3	10	6
2004	26	430	1798	1585	239	407	106	8	51	216	37	11	190	351	.257	.336	.430	.766	97	682	37	7	16	8
2005	27	577	2335	2062	318	532	137	10	66	284	45	15	236	472	.258	.335	.430	.765	98	887	45	15	22	12
2006	28	686	2647	2339	361	607	154	12	79	318	47	17	271	551	.260	.337	.437	.774	100	1022	53	15	22	14
2007	29	770	2865	2525	386	645	166	15	85	339	50	17	299	605	.255	.336	.434	.770	99	1096	60	18	23	16
2008	30	903	3297	2906	445	739	187	16	105	399	60	20	346	693	.254	.335	.438	.774	100	1273	73	21	24	20
2009	31	996	3521	3096	476	785	199	16	113	424	61	20	373	745	.254	.336	.438	.774	100	1355	75	26	26	21
2010	32	1127	3841	3377	514	857	220	17	124	475	61	20	406	820	.254	.336	.439	.776	101	1483	79	29	29	26
2011	33	1244	4105	3613	538	912	230	17	134	503	61	21	432	891	.252	.335	.437	.771	101	1578	84	30	30	27
2012	34	1283	4186	3686	542	929	232	17	135	511	61	21	439	914	.252	.334	.434	.768	100	1600	86	30	31	28

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	24	151	643	561	94	153	37	2	23	79	13	75	138	.273	.358	.469	.827	94	151
2003	25	124	506	444	68	104	43	3	11	58	11	56	104	.234	.318	.419	.737	60	124
2004	26	155	623	562	60	132	22	3	14	62	11	51	109	.235	.300	.359	.660	60	155
2005	27	147	534	475	77	123	31	2	15	66	8	45	121	.259	.330	.427	.757	65	147
2006	28	109	308	274	41	72	16	2	12	32	2	34	79	.263	.344	.467	.811	45	109
2007	29	84	215	184	23	36	11	3	6	19	3	27	54	.196	.307	.386	.693	21	84
2008	30	133	430	380	58	93	21	1	20	59	10	46	88	.245	.330	.463	.793	57	133
2009	31	93	222	189	31	45	12	0	8	25	1	26	52	.238	.342	.429	.771	27	93
2010	32	131	323	283	40	74	22	1	11	54	0	34	75	.261	.344	.463	.807	45	131
2011	33	117	267	238	25	57	10	0	10	30	0	27	71	.239	.318	.408	.726	31	117
2012	34	39	82	74	4	18	2	0	1	8	0	7	23	.243	.305	.311	.616	7	39
11 Yrs		1283	4153	3664	521	907	227	17	131	492	59	428	914	.248	.329	.426	.755	512	1283
162 Game Avg.		162	524	463	66	115	29	2	17	62	7	54	115	.248	.329	.426	.755	65	1283

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 2002 AL Rookie of the Year	Doubles s c a p y 2002 AL 38 (10th) 2003 AL 45 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2002 AL 138 (7th) Active 914 (48th)	SB % s c a p y Career 74.39 (183rd)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2002 AL 4.0 (10th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1868), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1257), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Alex Gordon (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Tatis (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Spiezio (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vince DiMaggio (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Wilkerson (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vince DiMaggio (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Spiezio (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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