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Matt Holliday

Matthew Thomas Holliday (Big Daddy)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: January 15, 1980 in Stillwater, OK
High School: Stillwater (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 24, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 2004
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Cardinals/Athletics 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 7 yrs/$120M (10-16) & 17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.000, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Jot Hartley [*]
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All-Star

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
2004 24 COL NL 121 439 400 65 116 31 3 14 57 3 3 31 86 .290 .349 .488 .837 103 195 9 6 1 1 0 * RoY-5
2005 25 COL NL 125 526 479 68 147 24 7 19 87 14 3 36 79 .307 .361 .505 .866 114 242 11 7 0 4 1 *
2006 26 COL NL 155 667 602 119 196 45 5 34 114 10 5 47 110 .326 .387 .586 .973 137 353 22 15 0 3 3 * AS,MVP-15,SS
2007 27 COL NL 158 713 636 120 216 50 6 36 137 11 4 63 126 .340 .405 .607 1.012 150 386 23 10 0 4 7 * AS,MVP-2,SS
2008 28 COL NL 139 623 539 107 173 38 2 25 88 28 2 74 104 .321 .409 .538 .947 138 290 9 8 0 2 6 * AS,MVP-18,SS
2009 29 TOT MLB 156 670 581 94 182 39 3 24 109 14 7 72 101 .313 .394 .515 .909 139 299 13 10 0 7 8 *7 MVP-16
2009 29 STL NL 63 270 235 42 83 16 2 13 55 2 4 26 43 .353 .419 .604 1.023 169 142 5 4 0 5 5
2009 29 OAK AL 93 400 346 52 99 23 1 11 54 12 3 46 58 .286 .378 .454 .831 119 157 8 6 0 2 3
2010 30 STL NL 158 675 596 95 186 45 1 28 103 9 5 69 93 .312 .390 .532 .922 149 317 13 8 0 2 10 * AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 31 STL NL 124 516 446 83 132 36 0 22 75 2 1 60 93 .296 .388 .525 .912 153 234 21 8 0 2 4 *7/D AS
8 Seasons 1136 4829 4279 751 1348 308 27 202 770 91 30 452 792 .315 .388 .541 .929 137 2316 121 72 1 25 39
162 Game Avg. 162 689 610 107 192 44 4 29 110 13 4 64 113 .315 .388 .541 .929 137 330 17 10 0 4 6
COL (5 yrs) 698 2968 2656 479 848 188 23 128 483 66 17 251 505 .319 .386 .552 .938 131 1466 74 46 1 14 17
STL (3 yrs) 345 1461 1277 220 401 97 3 63 233 13 10 155 229 .314 .394 .543 .937 154 693 39 20 0 9 19
OAK (1 yr) 93 400 346 52 99 23 1 11 54 12 3 46 58 .286 .378 .454 .831 119 157 8 6 0 2 3
NL (8 yrs) 1043 4429 3933 699 1249 285 26 191 716 79 27 406 734 .318 .389 .549 .938 138 2159 113 66 1 23 36
AL (1 yr) 93 400 346 52 99 23 1 11 54 12 3 46 58 .286 .378 .454 .831 119 157 8 6 0 2 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 COL NL 439 0 2 0 -1 -9 -5 13 0 0.0 9 0.9 -0.9 $ * RoY-5
2005 25 COL NL 526 11 2 1 0 -13 -6 14 9 1.0 22 2.3 -1.3 $366,000 *
2006 26 COL NL 667 34 1 0 -2 -5 -8 18 38 3.8 43 4.3 -0.5 $500,000 * AS,MVP-15,SS
2007 27 COL NL 713 47 2 0 -2 15 -8 18 72 7.3 57 5.7 1.6 $4,400,000 * AS,MVP-2,SS
2008 28 COL NL 623 29 9 1 0 -1 -7 16 47 4.8 48 4.8 0.0 $9,500,000 * AS,MVP-18,SS
2009 29 OAK AL 400 14 1 0 0 -2 -5 13 22 2.1 24 2.3 -0.2 $13,500,000 MVP-16
2009 29 STL NL 270 23 -1 1 -0 0 -3 7 26 2.6 26 2.6 0.0 $ MVP-16
2010 30 STL NL 675 43 -2 -1 0 -0 -8 19 51 5.2 51 5.2 0.0 $16,333,327 * AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 31 STL NL 516 35 1 -2 -3 0 -6 14 39 4.1 39 4.1 0.0 $16,317,774 *7/D AS
8 Seasons 4829 236 15 0 -8 -16 -56 132 304 30.9 319 32.2 -1.3 $60,917,101
COL (5 yrs) 2968 121 16 2 -5 -14 -34 79 166 16.9 179 18.0 -1.1 $14,766,000
STL (3 yrs) 1461 100 -2 -2 -4 -0 -17 40 116 11.9 116 11.9 0.0 $32,651,101
OAK (1 yr) 400 14 1 0 0 -2 -5 13 22 2.1 24 2.3 -0.2 $13,500,000

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
2004 24 COL NL 439 298 67 6.0 122 .339 .290 .284 .349 .358 .488 .461 .837 .819 103 .582 1.2 0.1 .784 .275 .198 4.9
2005 25 COL NL 526 350 88 6.7 118 .332 .307 .282 .361 .354 .505 .450 .866 .804 114 .645 8.9 0.8 .855 .296 .198 16.1
2006 26 COL NL 667 436 130 8.0 121 .351 .326 .283 .387 .355 .586 .459 .973 .814 137 .695 33.3 3.1 .970 .347 .261 15.5
2007 27 COL NL 713 451 151 9.0 117 .377 .340 .281 .405 .351 .607 .449 1.012 .801 150 .740 49.0 4.5 1.043 .377 .267 16.9
2008 28 COL NL 623 379 127 9.0 115 .359 .321 .278 .409 .351 .538 .443 .947 .794 138 .752 32.8 3.1 1.056 .403 .217 26.4
2009 29 TOT MLB 670 426 121 7.6 106 .341 .313 .265 .394 .335 .515 .423 .909 .758 139 .685 36.0 3.4 .926 .337 .201 17.7
2009 29 STL NL 270 166 59 9.5 105 .380 .353 .263 .419 .336 .604 .418 1.023 .755 169 .778 24.4 2.3 1.056 .353 .251 3.5
2009 29 OAK AL 400 260 62 6.4 106 .315 .286 .266 .378 .334 .454 .426 .831 .761 119 .603 11.5 1.1 .845 .327 .168 11.5
2010 30 STL NL 675 430 123 7.6 100 .331 .312 .258 .390 .328 .532 .407 .922 .735 149 .718 43.0 4.2 .930 .342 .220 13.6
2011 31 STL NL 516 338 87 6.9 95 .330 .296 .254 .388 .321 .525 .396 .912 .717 153 .693 34.8 3.4 .902 .365 .229 3.7
8 Seasons 4829 3108 894 7.7 112 .346 .315 .273 .388 .344 .541 .436 .929 .780 137 .699 238.9 22.7 .941 .346 .226 125.5
162 Game Avg. 689 443 127 7.7 112 .346 .315 .273 .388 .344 .541 .436 .929 .780 137 .699 34 3 .941 .346 .226 18
COL (5 yrs) 2968 1914 563 7.9 119 .353 .319 .281 .386 .354 .552 .452 .938 .806 131 .697 125.2 11.7 .954 .346 .233 87.1
STL (3 yrs) 1461 934 269 7.7 99 .340 .314 .258 .394 .327 .543 .405 .937 .732 154 .723 102.2 9.9 .942 .352 .229 21.6
OAK (1 yr) 400 260 62 6.4 106 .315 .286 .266 .378 .334 .454 .426 .831 .761 119 .603 11.5 1.1 .845 .327 .168 11.5
NL (8 yrs) 4429 2848 832 7.8 112 .349 .318 .274 .389 .345 .549 .437 .938 .782 138 .706 227.4 21.6 .950 .348 .231 111.8
AL (1 yr) 400 260 62 6.4 106 .315 .286 .266 .378 .334 .454 .426 .831 .761 119 .603 11.5 1.1 .845 .327 .168 11.5

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
2007 27 COL NL NLDS PHI W 3 13 13 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .692 .923 9 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 COL NL NLCS ARI W 4 17 15 3 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 6 .333 .412 .733 1.145 11 0 1 0 0 0
2007 27 COL NL WS BOS L 4 17 17 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .294 .294 .471 .765 8 1 0 0 0 0
2009 29 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .231 .417 .647 5 0 1 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL NLDS PHI W 4 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 0 1 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 26 23 6 10 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 7 .435 .500 .652 1.152 15 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL WS TEX W 6 26 19 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 .158 .385 .211 .595 4 3 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 30 122 108 20 30 3 0 7 16 0 1 11 28 .278 .361 .500 .861 54 4 3 0 0 0
3 NLDS 10 36 34 5 7 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 8 .206 .250 .471 .721 16 0 2 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 43 38 9 15 2 0 3 9 0 1 4 13 .395 .465 .684 1.149 26 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 10 43 36 6 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 7 .222 .349 .333 .682 12 4 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 COL NL 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 COL NL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 COL NL 28 as RF 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
2010 STL NL 30 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 STL NL 31 as LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Appearances) 10 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .500 .700 5 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
2004 24 COL NL 439 3.2% 19.6% 7.1% 10.9% 41% 2.77 4.7 28.6 7.0 1.02 1.39 69% 20% 9.9% 9%
2005 25 COL NL 526 3.6% 15.0% 6.8% 9.5% 34% 2.19 6.1 25.2 5.5 0.90 1.24 73% 17% 9.7% 8%
2006 26 COL NL 667 5.1% 16.5% 7.1% 12.6% 43% 2.34 5.5 17.7 5.3 0.82 1.27 69% 23% 13.4% 7%
2007 27 COL NL 713 5.1% 17.7% 8.8% 12.9% 43% 2.00 5.0 17.7 4.6 0.78 1.19 67% 23% 13.7% 9%
2008 28 COL NL 623 4.0% 16.7% 11.9% 10.4% 38% 1.41 5.2 21.6 6.1 0.84 1.05 66% 20% 11.6% 9%
2009 29 TOT MLB 670 3.6% 15.1% 10.8% 9.9% 36% 1.40 5.8 24.2 5.3 0.80 0.96 69% 19% 10.4% 15%
2009 29 OAK AL 400 2.8% 14.5% 11.5% 8.8% 35% 1.26 6.0 31.5 6.4 0.82 0.99 70% 18% 8.3% 17%
2009 29 STL NL 270 4.8% 15.9% 9.6% 11.5% 37% 1.65 5.5 18.1 4.3 0.76 0.92 68% 21% 13.3% 13%
2010 30 STL NL 675 4.2% 13.8% 10.2% 11.0% 40% 1.35 6.4 21.3 5.8 0.70 0.91 71% 21% 11.2% 15%
2011 31 STL NL 516 4.3% 18.0% 11.6% 11.2% 44% 1.55 4.8 20.3 5.9 0.86 1.28 65% 23% 12.9% 10%
8 Seasons 4829 4.2% 16.4% 9.4% 11.1% 40% 1.75 5.4 21.2 5.6 0.82 1.13 69% 21% 11.7% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.06 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 24 COL NL 1.2 0.1 455 0.6 8.0 -7.5 .96 0.7 -0.1 10.8 1.0 0.93 10.3 0.97 9
2005 25 COL NL 8.9 0.8 553 0.6 10.3 -9.7 .99 1.6 -0.9 20.5 1.8 0.96 20.5 0.45 2
2006 26 COL NL 33.3 3.1 690 2.4 15.2 -12.8 1.07 3.6 -1.4 36.2 3.2 1.00 40.1 0.75 1
2007 27 COL NL 49.0 4.5 734 4.8 17.6 -12.8 1.03 5.5 -0.9 53.4 4.8 0.94 58.9 0
2008 28 COL NL 32.8 3.1 666 4.9 14.6 -9.7 1.02 4.3 0.5 44.9 4.0 0.92 48.6 0
2009 29 TOT MLB 35.8 3.4 701 3.2 15.1 -12.0 1.08 3.1 -0.1 39.7 3.8 0.97 36.6 1.27 2
2009 29 OAK AL 11.3 1.0 421 -0.2 7.0 -7.1 1.01 0.5 -0.7 13.4 1.3 0.92 10.5 2.20 1
2009 29 STL NL 24.5 2.3 280 3.3 8.2 -4.8 1.17 2.5 0.3 26.2 2.5 1.04 26.1 0.34 1
2010 30 STL NL 42.7 4.2 693 4.0 15.5 -11.5 1.05 4.4 -0.5 37.0 3.7 0.99 45.9 3.17 1
2011 31 STL NL 34.8 3.4 525 3.1 11.6 -8.6 1.02 3.3 -0.3 27.9 2.8 1.01 32.0 1.08 4
8 Seasons 238.4 22.6 5017 23.6 108.0 -84.4 1.03 26.4 -3.6 270.5 25.1 0.97 293.0 1.07 19

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
2004 24 COL NL 5 0 37% 192 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 68% 24 11 13 10 1 9 16 4 12
2005 25 COL NL 6 0 29% 209 14 3 82% 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 4 15 43% 23 17 6 6 4 2 13 2 10
2006 26 COL NL 6 0 38% 230 10 5 67% 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 11 43% 35 21 13 19 10 7 20 8 12
2007 27 COL NL 5 0 33% 340 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 22 54% 45 26 18 14 5 9 23 6 17
2008 28 COL NL 7 0 36% 271 28 2 93% 25 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 22 62% 38 17 21 7 2 5 24 7 17
2009 29 TOT MLB 7 0 29% 260 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 19 41% 37 27 9 5 1 4 27 10 15
2009 29 OAK AL 4 0 29% 156 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 13 41% 18 14 4 3 1 2 13 4 8
2009 29 STL NL 3 0 29% 104 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 40% 19 13 5 2 0 2 14 6 7
2010 30 STL NL 4 0 29% 270 9 5 64% 7 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 13 14 40% 46 36 10 5 3 2 31 8 21
2011 31 STL NL 2 0 34% 230 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 11 49% 31 20 9 4 0 4 20 5 14
8 Seasons 42 0 33% 2002 91 30 75% 79 27 11 3 1 0 13 6 50 125 50% 279 175 99 70 26 42 174 50 118

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
2004 24 COL NL 439 25% 116 7 0 9 1 0 0 0.97 14 1 9 12 2 10 4 0 1 1 100% 79 9 11% 35 9 26% 260 44 17% 20 6 30% 18 14 78% 0
2005 25 COL NL 526 22% 147 11 0 2 0 0 0 0.45 19 0 11 16 3 12 7 0 0 0 97 11 11% 47 14 30% 368 70 19% 31 14 45% 27 16 59% 0
2006 26 COL NL 667 18% 196 14 0 1 1 0 0 0.75 34 1 23 30 4 22 12 0 0 0 172 22 13% 56 11 20% 500 83 17% 45 18 40% 30 18 60% 0
2007 27 COL NL 713 23% 216 22 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 13 27 9 25 11 0 0 0 146 23 16% 67 21 31% 476 105 22% 58 29 50% 32 20 63% 0
2008 28 COL NL 623 24% 173 22 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 11 20 5 15 10 0 0 0 117 9 8% 60 13 22% 371 65 18% 43 19 44% 37 18 49% 0
2009 29 TOT MLB 670 28% 182 26 0 2 1 0 0 1.27 24 1 19 21 3 16 8 0 0 0 128 13 10% 48 18 38% 473 86 18% 49 25 51% 21 16 76% 0
2009 29 OAK AL 400 31% 99 13 0 1 0 0 0 2.20 11 1 8 10 1 7 4 0 0 0 74 8 11% 30 12 40% 252 44 17% 27 12 44% 10 8 80% 0
2009 29 STL NL 270 23% 83 13 0 1 1 0 0 0.34 13 0 11 11 2 9 4 0 0 0 54 5 9% 18 6 33% 221 42 19% 22 13 59% 11 8 73% 0
2010 30 STL NL 675 27% 186 16 0 1 1 0 0 3.17 28 0 19 21 7 13 15 0 0 0 127 13 10% 51 14 27% 484 81 17% 40 19 48% 18 10 56% 0
2011 31 STL NL 516 21% 132 12 0 4 0 0 0 1.08 22 0 8 18 4 12 10 0 0 0 106 21 20% 35 11 31% 302 56 19% 27 18 67% 15 10 67% 0
8 Seasons 4829 23% 1348 130 0 19 4 0 0 1.07 202 4 113 165 37 125 77 0 1 1 100% 972 121 12% 399 111 28% 3234 590 18% 313 148 47% 198 122 62% 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
2004 24 COL NL 439 1661 3.78 1035 62% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 0% 47% 76% 33% 4% 16 0 17% 73 35 9% 39 19 38% 0 0 0
2005 25 COL NL 526 1912 3.63 1203 63% 19% 16% 31% 34% 81% 1% 51% 80% 38% 5% 27 4 14% 73 38 10% 51 29 23% 0 0 0
2006 26 COL NL 667 2410 3.61 1561 65% 17% 19% 33% 32% 83% 1% 54% 78% 45% 4% 30 3 13% 84 43 7% 44 29 27% 0 0 0
2007 27 COL NL 713 2602 3.65 1628 63% 15% 20% 33% 32% 85% 2% 53% 76% 44% 6% 41 13 14% 100 45 7% 49 25 21% 0 0 0
2008 28 COL NL 623 2409 3.87 1455 60% 17% 21% 32% 30% 83% 3% 50% 75% 40% 5% 30 8 15% 92 49 10% 60 27 23% 0 0 0
2009 29 TOT MLB 670 2422 3.61 1461 60% 20% 18% 28% 33% 80% 2% 48% 77% 37% 6% 38 5 14% 95 48 9% 63 35 31% 0 0 0
2009 29 OAK AL 400 1453 3.63 868 60% 22% 17% 27% 33% 78% 1% 47% 78% 34% 6% 25 3 14% 56 26 9% 35 19 33% 0 0 0
2009 29 STL NL 270 969 3.59 593 61% 17% 20% 30% 33% 83% 5% 51% 76% 41% 5% 13 2 14% 39 22 10% 28 16 28% 0 0 0
2010 30 STL NL 675 2586 3.83 1539 60% 22% 17% 28% 33% 78% 3% 47% 78% 30% 6% 42 7 18% 120 54 11% 75 46 17% 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL 517 2028 3.92 1224 60% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 2% 47% 76% 33% 6% 32 6 16% 83 38 9% 48 22 20% -1 0 0
8 Seasons 4830 18030 3.73 11106 62% 19% 19% 31% 32% 81% 2% 50% 77% 38% 5% 256 46 15% 720 350 9% 429 232 25% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 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
2004 24 121 439 400 65 116 31 3 14 57 3 3 31 86 .290 .349 .488 .837 103 195 9 6 1 1 0
2005 25 246 965 879 133 263 55 10 33 144 17 6 67 165 .299 .356 .497 .853 109 437 20 13 1 5 1
2006 26 401 1632 1481 252 459 100 15 67 258 27 11 114 275 .310 .368 .533 .902 120 790 42 28 1 8 4
2007 27 559 2345 2117 372 675 150 21 103 395 38 15 177 401 .319 .380 .556 .935 129 1176 65 38 1 12 11
2008 28 698 2968 2656 479 848 188 23 128 483 66 17 251 505 .319 .386 .552 .938 131 1466 74 46 1 14 17
2009 29 854 3638 3237 573 1030 227 26 152 592 80 24 323 606 .318 .387 .545 .933 133 1765 87 56 1 21 25
2010 30 1012 4313 3833 668 1216 272 27 180 695 89 29 392 699 .317 .388 .543 .931 135 2082 100 64 1 23 35
2011 31 1136 4829 4279 751 1348 308 27 202 770 91 30 452 792 .315 .388 .541 .929 137 2316 121 72 1 25 39

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
2004 24 121 423 389 55 105 28 3 13 48 3 28 86 .270 .326 .458 .784 56 121
2005 25 125 511 468 60 136 22 6 18 77 13 33 79 .291 .342 .479 .821 76 125
2006 26 155 644 584 102 178 41 5 31 97 9 43 110 .305 .365 .551 .916 113 155
2007 27 158 690 619 105 199 46 6 33 120 10 58 126 .321 .386 .575 .961 135 158
2008 28 139 605 527 95 161 35 2 23 78 26 69 104 .306 .392 .510 .902 104 139
2009 29 156 671 582 94 183 39 3 24 109 14 72 101 .314 .395 .515 .910 117 156
2010 30 158 683 602 100 192 46 1 29 108 9 71 93 .319 .397 .543 .940 128 158
2011 31 124 530 455 93 141 38 0 24 84 2 64 93 .310 .404 .552 .955 99 124
8 Seasons 1136 4757 4226 704 1295 295 26 195 721 86 438 792 .306 .379 .527 .906 828 1136
162 Game Avg. 162 678 603 100 185 42 4 28 103 12 62 113 .306 .379 .527 .906 118 1136

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2007 *
2008 (RF)
2010 *
2011 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 NL (15, 2%)
2007 NL (2, 75%)
2008 NL (18, 3%)
2009 NL (16, 3%)
2010 NL (12, 7%)
0.90 Career Shares (278th)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (OF)
2007 NL (OF)
2008 NL (OF)
2010 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2007 NL  7.3 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2007 NL  7.3 (4th)
2008 NL  4.8 (9th)
2010 NL  5.2 (7th)
Active  30.9 (37th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 NL  5.7 (6th)
2010 NL  5.2 (5th)
Active  32.2 (33rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 NL  1.6 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 NL  .307 (8th)
2006 NL  .326 (5th)
2007 NL  .340 (1st)
2008 NL  .321 (3rd)
2010 NL  .312 (5th)
Active  .315 (7th)
Career  .315 (74th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2007 NL  .405 (7th)
2008 NL  .409 (4th)
2010 NL  .390 (6th)
2011 NL  .388 (6th)
Active  .388 (14th)
Career  .388 (117th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .586 (5th)
2007 NL  .607 (3rd)
2008 NL  .538 (9th)
2010 NL  .532 (7th)
Active  .541 (12th)
Career  .541 (35th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL  .973 (7th)
2007 NL  1.012 (3rd)
2008 NL  .947 (5th)
2010 NL  .922 (5th)
2011 NL  .912 (7th)
Active  .929 (13th)
Career  .929 (40th)

Games Played s c a p y
2010 NL  158 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
2007 NL  636 (9th)
2010 NL  596 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2007 NL  713 (7th)
2010 NL  675 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2006 NL  119 (5th)
2007 NL  120 (3rd)
2008 NL  107 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  196 (5th)
2007 NL  216 (1st)
2010 NL  186 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2006 NL  353 (4th)
2007 NL  386 (1st)
2010 NL  317 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 NL  45 (9th)
2007 NL  50 (1st)
2010 NL  45 (2nd)
2011 NL  36 (9th)
Active  308 (45th)

Triples s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  36 (4th)
Active  202 (43rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 NL  114 (9th)
2007 NL  137 (1st)
2010 NL  103 (7th)
Active  770 (44th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  28 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
2007 NL  124 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  137 (8th)
2007 NL  150 (4th)
2008 NL  138 (8th)
2010 NL  150 (4th)
2011 NL  153 (6th)
Active  137 (15th)
Career  137 (96th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 NL  130 (7th)
2007 NL  151 (1st)
2008 NL  127 (6th)
2010 NL  123 (4th)
Active  894 (46th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  49 (4th)
2008 NL  33 (10th)
2010 NL  44 (4th)
2011 NL  35 (8th)
Active  239 (17th)
Career  239 (196th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2007 NL  4.5 (4th)
2008 NL  3.1 (10th)
2010 NL  4.3 (4th)
2011 NL  3.4 (8th)
Active  22.7 (17th)
Career  22.7 (211th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  84 (2nd)
2007 NL  92 (1st)
2010 NL  74 (6th)
Active  537 (44th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2007 NL  289 (4th)
2008 NL  255 (10th)
2010 NL  263 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 NL  .695 (8th)
2007 NL  .740 (5th)
2008 NL  .752 (4th)
2010 NL  .718 (5th)
Active  .699 (10th)
Career  .699 (76th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (4th)
Active  72 (33rd)
Career  72 (195th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 NL  22 (3rd)
2007 NL  23 (5th)
2011 NL  21 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL  26.4 (2nd)
Active  125.5 (42nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
Active  21.2 (34th)
Career  21.2 (151st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  36.19 (10th)
2007 NL  53.41 (1st)
2008 NL  44.92 (4th)
2010 NL  36.99 (8th)
Active  270.46 (17th)
Career  270.46 (122nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.8 (2nd)
2008 NL  4.9 (5th)
2010 NL  4.0 (5th)
Active  23.6 (18th)
Career  23.6 (140th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 NL  3.6 (9th)
2007 NL  5.5 (1st)
2008 NL  4.3 (6th)
2010 NL  4.4 (5th)
Active  26.4 (17th)
Career  26.4 (118th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.8 (1st)
2008 NL  4.0 (5th)
2010 NL  3.7 (7th)
Active  25.1 (17th)
Career  25.1 (138th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (181), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 80 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (156), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (196), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Chick Hafey (916) *
  2. Ken Williams (898)
  3. Geoff Jenkins (884)
  4. Kevin Mitchell (882)
  5. David Wright (882)
  6. Jason Bay (881)
  7. Jeff Heath (881)
  8. Wally Berger (878)
  9. Mike Sweeney (874)
  10. Rondell White (872)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 31 
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  1. Larry Walker (942)
  2. Chick Hafey (934) *
  3. Wally Berger (934)
  4. Magglio Ordonez (929)
  5. Mike Sweeney (916)
  6. Jason Giambi (906)
  7. Fred Lynn (904)
  8. Hack Wilson (903) *
  9. Lance Berkman (902)
  10. Dave Parker (902)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Hunter Pence (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wally Berger (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wally Berger (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Berger (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chick Hafey (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Magglio Ordonez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Walker (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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