Micah Hoffpauir

James Micah Hoffpauir (Micah)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 1, 1980 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Jacksonville HS (Jacksonville, TX)
School: Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 13th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 2008
Team: Cubs 2008-2010

Final Game: October 2, 2010
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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
2002	22	CHC-min	A-	60	228	216	35	65	10	3	10	41	2	6	7	35	.301	.330	.514	.844		111	1	3	1	1	1		BOI · NORW
2003	23	CHC-min	A+	124	533	477	59	121	33	2	8	58	2	1	44	96	.254	.323	.382	.704		182	11	7	0	5	7		DYT · FLOR
2004	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	95	385	343	58	105	21	6	11	76	1	4	28	61	.306	.349	.499	.848		171	4	1	1	12	6		WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2005	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA	126	463	417	49	109	14	3	4	49	2	0	38	65	.261	.325	.338	.663		141	12	3	1	4	4		IWA,WTN · PCL,SOUL
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA,AA	117	460	393	62	105	20	3	22	80	1	2	53	88	.267	.351	.501	.852		197	8	3	1	10	6		IWA,WTN · PCL,SOUL
2007	27	CHC-min	AAA	82	342	310	56	99	24	0	16	73	2	1	24	34	.319	.365	.552	.917		171	3	2	0	6	2		IWA · PCL
2008	28	CHC-min	AAA	71	313	290	63	105	34	2	25	100	2	0	17	46	.362	.393	.752	1.145		218	4	1	0	5	1		IWA · PCL
2008	28	CHC	NL	33	80	73	14	25	8	0	2	8	1	0	6	24	.342	.400	.534	.934	136	39	0	1	0	0	0	/739D
2009	29	CHC-min	AAA	23	90	83	12	18	4	0	3	13	2	0	6	12	.217	.267	.373	.640		31	0	0	0	1	1		IWA · PCL
2009	29	CHC	NL	105	257	234	28	56	12	1	10	35	1	0	20	46	.239	.300	.427	.727	84	100	3	1	0	2	1	397/D
2010	30	CHC-min	AAA	118	494	427	81	121	35	2	22	95	1	0	56	74	.283	.368	.529	.898		226	6	5	0	6	2		IWA · PCL
2010	30	CHC	NL	24	57	52	5	9	3	0	0	5	0	0	5	15	.173	.246	.231	.476	28	12	3	0	0	0	0	3/79
2011	31	NPN	Fgn	122	373	329	29	73	14	0	12	36	0	2	38	99	.222	.298	.374	.671		123	7	0	0	6	3		NPN · JPPL
2012	32	NPN	Fgn	23	30	26	5	9	1	0	3	6	0	0	3	5	.346	.433	.731	1.164		19	1	1	0	0	0		NPN · JPPL
3 Yrs				162	394	359	47	90	23	1	12	48	2	0	31	85	.251	.312	.421	.733	87	151	6	2	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	394	359	47	90	23	1	12	48	2	0	31	85	.251	.312	.421	.733	87	151	6	2	0	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
2008	28	CHC	NL	33	80	6	0	0	-2	-1	4	0.3	2	6	0.5	.511	.502	0.8	-0.3	8	$	/739D
2009	29	CHC	NL	105	257	-4	-0	0	-3	-4	-10	-1.1	7	-4	-0.4	.490	.493	-0.1	-0.7	-0	$407,500	397/D
2010	30	CHC	NL	24	57	-5	1	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.5	.473	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	3/79
3 Seasons				162	394	-3	0	0	-5	-5	-13	-1.4	11	-2	-0.4	.491	.497	0.2	-1.1	3	$407,500

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	28	CHC	NL	80	48	17	9.5	114	.489	.342	.275	.400	.348	.534	.439	.934	.788	136	.771	4.2	0.4	.979	.288	.192	1.3
2009	29	CHC	NL	257	183	31	4.5	113	.256	.239	.274	.300	.348	.427	.435	.727	.783	84	.474	-6.5	-0.6	.674	.278	.188	1.8
2010	30	CHC	NL	57	46	3	1.7	106	.243	.173	.266	.246	.337	.231	.420	.476	.757	28	.145	-5.4	-0.5	.370	.154	.058
3 Yrs				394	277	51	4.9	112	.295	.251	.273	.312	.347	.421	.434	.733	.780	87	.513	-7.8	-0.8	.676	.262	.170	3.4
162 Game Avg.				394	277	51	4.9	112	.295	.251	.273	.312	.347	.421	.434	.733	.780	87	.513	-7.8	-0.8	.676	.262	.170	3

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	28	CHC	NL	80	2.5%	30.0%	7.5%	12.5%	40%	4.00	3.0	36.5	9.1	0.32	0.57	59%	27%	5.9%	8%
2009	29	CHC	NL	257	3.9%	17.9%	7.8%	9.0%	41%	2.30	5.1	23.4	6.7	0.39	0.51	70%	21%	9.0%	18%
2010	30	CHC	NL	57	0.0%	26.3%	8.8%	5.3%	33%	3.00	3.5		10.4	0.95	1.46	65%	19%	0.0%	11%
3 Yrs				394	3.1%	21.6%	7.9%	9.1%	40%	2.74	4.2	29.9	7.5	0.43	0.63	67%	21%	7.4%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.7%	7.8%	33%	2.07	4.9	34.3	7.9	0.79	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
2008	28	CHC	NL	4.1	0.4	83	0.3	1.5	-1.2	.90	0.6	-0.3	5.9	0.5	0.88	6.5	1.18	13
2009	29	CHC	NL	-6.5	-0.6	260	-0.3	5.0	-5.3	1.09	0.3	-0.6	4.9	0.5	1.05	2.4	1.20	41
2010	30	CHC	NL	-5.4	-0.5	60	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.68	-0.5	0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.03	-4.4	0.81	10
3 Yrs				-7.9	-0.8	403	-0.2	7.0	-7.2	.99	0.4	-0.7	6.4	0.6	1.01	4.4	1.13	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	28	CHC	NL	3	40%	37	1	100%	1	1	3	20%	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
2009	29	CHC	NL	4	27%	77	1	100%	1	1	3	33%	12	10	2	2	1	1	10	5	5
2010	30	CHC	NL	0	36%	14	0		0	0	3	60%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
3 Yrs				7	32%	128	2	100%	2	2	9	33%	19	17	2	3	2	1	17	7	10

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	28	CHC	NL	80	86%	25	0	0	13	3	0	1	1.18	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		15	0	0%	5	1	20%	42	6	14%	4	3	75%	5	1	20%	0
2009	29	CHC	NL	257	88%	56	1	0	41	9	1	8	1.20	10	0	13	9	1	4	6	0	0	0		70	3	4%	34	8	24%	196	26	13%	19	7	37%	12	7	58%	0
2010	30	CHC	NL	57	84%	9	1	0	10	3	0	3	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	6	2	33%	49	6	12%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
3 Yrs				394	87%	90	2	0	64	15	1	12	1.13	12	0	14	10	2	4	8	0	0	0		94	6	6%	45	11	24%	287	38	13%	27	12	44%	21	10	48%	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	28	CHC	NL	80	300	3.75	198	66%	21%	24%	30%	25%	79%	0%	52%	69%	36%	6%	5	1	19%	15	9	4%	3	3	21%	0	0	0
2009	29	CHC	NL	258	964	3.74	622	65%	18%	17%	34%	31%	82%	1%	53%	80%	37%	6%	15	1	13%	34	16	8%	21	14	9%	-1	0	0
2010	30	CHC	NL	57	235	4.12	140	60%	23%	17%	34%	26%	77%	0%	46%	78%	23%	5%	3	1	23%	13	7	9%	5	2	33%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				395	1499	3.79	960	64%	20%	18%	33%	29%	80%	1%	52%	77%	35%	6%	23	3	16%	62	32	7%	29	19	16%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2008	28	33	80	73	14	25	8	0	2	8	1	6	24	.342	.400	.534	.934	136	39	0	1	0	0
2009	29	138	337	307	42	81	20	1	12	43	2	26	70	.264	.323	.453	.776	97	139	3	2	2	1
2010	30	162	394	359	47	90	23	1	12	48	2	31	85	.251	.312	.421	.733	87	151	6	2	2	1

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
2008	28	33	79	72	13	24	8	0	2	7	1	6	24	.333	.392	.528	.920	14	33
2009	29	105	254	232	26	54	12	1	10	33	1	19	46	.233	.291	.422	.714	28	105
2010	30	24	57	52	5	9	3	0	0	5	0	5	15	.173	.246	.231	.476	3	24
3 Yrs		162	390	356	44	87	23	1	12	45	2	30	85	.244	.305	.416	.721	45	162
162 Game Avg.		162	390	356	44	87	23	1	12	45	2	30	85	.244	.305	.416	.721	45	162

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