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Ryan Howard

Ryan James Howard

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Lafayette (Wildwood, MO)
School: Missouri State University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2004
Team: Phillies 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 3 yrs/$54M (09-11), 5 yrs/$125M (12-16) & 17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.145, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry Jennifer Brasile, Casey Close), previously: Jim Turner,Larry Reynolds [*]
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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 PHI NL 19 42 39 5 11 5 0 2 5 0 0 2 13 .282 .333 .564 .897 122 22 2 1 0 0 0 /3
2005 25 PHI NL 88 348 312 52 90 17 2 22 63 0 1 33 100 .288 .356 .567 .924 133 177 6 1 0 2 8 3 RoY-1
2006 26 PHI NL 159 704 581 104 182 25 1 58 149 0 0 108 181 .313 .425 .659 1.084 167 383 7 9 0 6 37 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 27 PHI NL 144 648 529 94 142 26 0 47 136 1 0 107 199 .268 .392 .584 .976 144 309 13 5 0 7 35 *3 MVP-5
2008 28 PHI NL 162 700 610 105 153 26 4 48 146 1 1 81 199 .251 .339 .543 .881 124 331 11 3 0 6 17 *3 MVP-2
2009 29 PHI NL 160 703 616 105 172 37 4 45 141 8 1 75 186 .279 .360 .571 .931 141 352 11 6 0 6 8 *3 AS,MVP-3
2010 30 PHI NL 143 620 550 87 152 23 5 31 108 1 1 59 157 .276 .353 .505 .859 127 278 14 8 0 3 11 *3 AS,MVP-10
2011 31 PHI NL 152 644 557 81 141 30 1 33 116 1 0 75 172 .253 .346 .488 .835 125 272 10 7 0 5 16 *3/D MVP-10
8 Seasons 1027 4409 3794 633 1043 189 17 286 864 12 4 540 1207 .275 .368 .560 .928 138 2124 74 40 0 35 132
162 Game Avg. 162 695 598 100 165 30 3 45 136 2 1 85 190 .275 .368 .560 .928 138 335 12 6 0 6 21

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 PHI NL 42 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ /3
2005 25 PHI NL 348 13 -1 1 1 4 -5 10 23 2.4 19 2.0 0.4 $ 3 RoY-1
2006 26 PHI NL 704 52 -4 0 0 2 -10 18 58 5.8 56 5.6 0.2 $355,000 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 27 PHI NL 648 28 -3 -1 -1 -5 -9 17 26 2.6 31 3.1 -0.5 $900,000 *3 MVP-5
2008 28 PHI NL 700 16 -3 -2 0 9 -11 19 28 2.8 19 2.0 0.8 $10,000,000 *3 MVP-2
2009 29 PHI NL 703 32 -2 -0 -0 9 -11 18 45 4.4 36 3.5 0.9 $15,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-3
2010 30 PHI NL 620 20 -2 -0 0 -6 -9 17 20 2.0 26 2.6 -0.6 $19,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-10
2011 31 PHI NL 644 20 -4 1 1 1 -10 18 26 2.7 25 2.6 0.1 $20,000,000 *3/D MVP-10
8 Seasons 4409 182 -20 -2 1 15 -65 118 230 23.1 214 21.6 1.5 $65,255,000

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 PHI NL 42 30 7 6.3 115 .375 .282 .275 .333 .348 .564 .446 .897 .794 122 .599 1.2 0.1 .833 .333 .282 .0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 231 62 7.2 112 .354 .288 .274 .356 .346 .567 .437 .924 .782 133 .673 14.0 1.3 .917 .381 .279 .0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 412 169 11.0 117 .356 .313 .278 .425 .350 .659 .452 1.084 .801 167 .803 62.4 5.7 1.232 .532 .346 .0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 407 124 8.2 115 .328 .268 .278 .392 .348 .584 .444 .976 .791 144 .706 37.6 3.5 1.055 .520 .316 2.0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 475 113 6.4 110 .285 .251 .271 .339 .343 .543 .432 .881 .775 124 .618 19.2 1.8 .885 .425 .292 2.0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 462 130 7.5 108 .325 .279 .267 .360 .340 .571 .424 .931 .764 141 .695 35.0 3.3 .965 .425 .292 13.6
2010 30 PHI NL 620 416 97 6.2 104 .332 .276 .264 .353 .335 .505 .416 .859 .751 127 .637 19.7 1.9 .835 .336 .229 1.9
2011 31 PHI NL 644 431 97 6.1 100 .303 .253 .261 .346 .329 .488 .407 .835 .736 125 .639 20.0 2.0 .833 .372 .235 1.9
8 Seasons 4409 2864 799 7.5 109 .324 .275 .270 .368 .341 .560 .430 .928 .771 138 .690 209.1 19.8 .959 .429 .285 23.0
162 Game Avg. 695 452 126 7.5 109 .324 .275 .270 .368 .341 .560 .430 .928 .771 138 .690 33 3 .959 .429 .285 4

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 PHI NL NLDS COL L 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .250 .308 .500 .808 6 0 1 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL NLDS MIL W 4 16 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .182 .438 .273 .710 3 1 0 0 0 3
2008 28 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 23 20 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .350 .741 7 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL WS TBR W 5 24 21 3 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 9 .286 .375 .762 1.137 16 0 0 0 0 1
2009 29 PHI NL NLDS COL W 4 18 16 3 6 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 4 .375 .389 .563 .951 9 0 0 0 1 1
2009 29 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 21 15 5 5 1 1 2 8 0 0 6 4 .333 .524 .933 1.457 14 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 PHI NL WS NYY L 6 25 23 3 4 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 13 .174 .240 .391 .631 9 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 3 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .273 .385 .273 .657 3 0 0 0 0 1
2010 30 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 6 25 22 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .318 .400 .500 .900 11 0 0 0 0 1
2011 31 PHI NL NLDS STL L 5 21 19 1 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 .105 .143 .263 .406 5 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons (10 Series) 46 199 170 22 44 13 1 8 33 1 1 26 67 .259 .357 .488 .845 83 1 1 0 2 7
5 NLDS 19 81 69 6 16 4 0 2 14 0 1 9 27 .232 .321 .377 .698 26 1 1 0 2 5
3 NLCS 16 69 57 10 18 6 1 2 10 0 0 12 18 .316 .435 .561 .996 32 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 11 49 44 6 10 3 0 4 9 1 0 5 22 .227 .306 .568 .874 25 0 0 0 0 1

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 PHI NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PHI NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 PHI NL 30 as DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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 PHI NL 42 4.8% 31.0% 4.8% 16.7% 64% 6.50 3.0 19.5 7.8 0.63 1.25 57% 27% 12.5% 0%
2005 25 PHI NL 348 6.3% 28.7% 9.5% 11.8% 46% 3.03 3.1 14.2 5.0 0.80 1.50 55% 21% 18.8% 2%
2006 26 PHI NL 704 8.2% 25.7% 15.3% 11.9% 46% 1.68 3.2 10.0 3.9 0.74 1.36 49% 22% 25.6% 3%
2007 27 PHI NL 648 7.3% 30.7% 16.5% 11.3% 51% 1.86 2.7 11.3 3.9 0.47 0.89 45% 26% 21.5% 5%
2008 28 PHI NL 700 6.9% 28.4% 11.6% 11.1% 51% 2.46 3.1 12.7 4.2 0.70 1.25 53% 20% 20.5% 4%
2009 29 PHI NL 703 6.4% 26.5% 10.7% 12.2% 50% 2.48 3.3 13.7 4.4 0.58 0.96 56% 23% 16.7% 3%
2010 30 PHI NL 620 5.0% 25.3% 9.5% 9.5% 39% 2.66 3.5 17.7 5.1 0.69 1.15 59% 23% 13.9% 5%
2011 31 PHI NL 644 5.1% 26.7% 11.7% 9.9% 45% 2.29 3.2 16.9 4.8 0.71 1.30 55% 21% 15.4% 6%
8 Seasons 4409 6.5% 27.4% 12.3% 11.2% 47% 2.24 3.1 13.3 4.4 0.66 1.17 53% 22% 18.8% 4%
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 PHI NL 1.2 0.1 42 0.0 0.9 -0.9 1.16 -0.1 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -0.6 1.52 10
2005 25 PHI NL 14.0 1.3 352 0.7 7.4 -6.7 1.12 1.5 -0.9 13.1 1.2 1.00 18.6 1.39 7
2006 26 PHI NL 62.4 5.7 709 8.2 19.2 -10.9 1.06 7.4 0.4 73.9 6.6 0.98 82.8 1.45 2
2007 27 PHI NL 37.6 3.5 655 3.4 14.3 -10.9 1.03 3.5 -0.2 35.9 3.3 1.00 34.7 3.57 4
2008 28 PHI NL 19.2 1.8 710 2.4 15.2 -12.8 1.08 3.0 -0.8 38.2 3.6 0.99 37.4 1.30 4
2009 29 PHI NL 35.0 3.3 716 6.4 17.7 -11.3 .99 3.9 2.5 46.8 4.4 1.00 41.0 2.03 1
2010 30 PHI NL 20.5 2.0 625 1.7 12.3 -10.5 1.03 2.1 -0.4 23.0 2.2 1.02 26.5 1.79 1
2011 31 PHI NL 20.0 2.0 651 4.6 14.9 -10.3 1.03 3.1 1.4 36.1 3.5 1.07 31.8 1.53 3
8 Seasons 210.0 19.8 4460 27.4 101.7 -74.3 1.04 24.4 1.8 265.0 24.7 1.01 272.2 1.74 32

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 PHI NL 0 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
2005 25 PHI NL 4 0 29% 124 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 29% 22 19 3 5 3 2 11 5 6
2006 26 PHI NL 5 0 19% 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 34% 38 28 9 23 14 8 16 5 9
2007 27 PHI NL 3 0 23% 219 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 27% 32 27 4 12 7 2 19 6 11
2008 28 PHI NL 2 0 30% 237 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 15 22% 41 35 6 8 6 1 18 10 8
2009 29 PHI NL 4 0 29% 264 8 1 89% 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 11 26% 25 24 1 12 8 4 25 14 11
2010 30 PHI NL 4 0 30% 234 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 31% 28 23 5 17 10 6 20 9 9
2011 31 PHI NL 6 0 25% 249 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 20% 34 31 3 14 9 4 21 12 7
8 Seasons 28 0 26% 1626 12 4 75% 11 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 38 83 27% 222 189 31 93 58 28 131 61 62

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 PHI NL 42 79% 11 1 0 10 5 2 3 1.52 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 4 0 0% 30 3 10% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 82% 90 3 0 7 2 0 0 1.39 22 2 15 21 1 11 11 0 0 0 82 6 7% 35 9 26% 258 42 16% 23 14 61% 19 13 68% 0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 68% 182 9 0 2 1 1 1 1.45 58 1 13 42 16 29 29 0 0 0 144 7 5% 50 18 36% 509 93 18% 41 20 49% 29 21 72% 0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 62% 142 4 0 4 1 1 1 3.57 47 2 15 31 16 23 24 0 0 0 143 13 9% 59 11 19% 501 90 18% 54 18 33% 27 6 22% 0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 62% 153 4 0 4 1 0 0 1.30 48 0 18 34 14 26 22 0 0 0 128 11 9% 57 12 21% 483 101 21% 42 23 55% 17 6 35% 0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 64% 172 12 0 1 1 1 1 2.03 45 3 21 39 6 18 27 0 0 0 149 11 7% 60 19 32% 500 101 20% 56 30 54% 30 15 50% 0
2010 30 PHI NL 620 65% 152 12 0 1 1 0 0 1.79 31 1 20 19 12 15 16 0 0 0 125 14 11% 50 12 24% 457 79 17% 44 21 48% 31 15 48% 0
2011 31 PHI NL 644 71% 141 8 0 3 2 1 1 1.53 33 1 18 30 3 17 16 0 0 0 116 10 9% 47 17 36% 462 84 18% 48 23 48% 16 7 44% 0
8 Seasons 4409 67% 1043 53 0 32 14 6 7 1.74 286 10 121 218 68 140 146 0 0 0 899 74 8% 362 98 27% 3200 593 19% 312 150 48% 171 84 49% 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 PHI NL 42 186 4.43 117 63% 22% 26% 29% 22% 78% 0% 49% 66% 29% 5% 2 0 12% 5 3 5% 2 2 23% 0 0 0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 1372 3.94 843 61% 22% 25% 28% 25% 78% 5% 48% 68% 32% 7% 23 3 15% 52 22 10% 35 24 27% 0 0 0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 2859 4.06 1624 57% 23% 26% 26% 25% 77% 11% 44% 66% 33% 9% 64 7 20% 142 62 12% 82 49 24% 0 0 0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 2716 4.19 1528 56% 23% 27% 27% 22% 77% 11% 43% 64% 28% 10% 63 9 19% 122 45 10% 66 32 20% 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 2779 3.97 1649 59% 20% 28% 27% 25% 80% 5% 47% 65% 33% 7% 47 13 17% 116 55 10% 73 49 19% 0 0 0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 2868 4.08 1696 59% 18% 27% 29% 26% 82% 2% 48% 66% 34% 5% 33 11 18% 126 84 10% 73 45 18% 0 0 0
2010 30 PHI NL 620 2418 3.90 1443 60% 22% 26% 25% 27% 78% 3% 46% 67% 31% 5% 34 4 16% 101 52 9% 58 45 18% 0 0 0
2011 31 PHI NL 646 2666 4.13 1554 58% 22% 27% 26% 25% 78% 5% 45% 66% 26% 9% 57 16 20% 130 62 10% 62 43 18% -2 0 0
8 Seasons 4411 17864 4.05 10454 59% 21% 27% 27% 25% 79% 6% 46% 66% 31% 7% 323 63 18% 794 385 10% 451 289 20% -2 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 19 42 39 5 11 5 0 2 5 0 0 2 13 .282 .333 .564 .897 122 22 2 1 0 0 0
2005 25 107 390 351 57 101 22 2 24 68 0 1 35 113 .288 .354 .567 .921 132 199 8 2 0 2 8
2006 26 266 1094 932 161 283 47 3 82 217 0 1 143 294 .304 .399 .624 1.024 155 582 15 11 0 8 45
2007 27 410 1742 1461 255 425 73 3 129 353 1 1 250 493 .291 .397 .610 1.007 151 891 28 16 0 15 80
2008 28 572 2442 2071 360 578 99 7 177 499 2 2 331 692 .279 .380 .590 .970 143 1222 39 19 0 21 97
2009 29 732 3145 2687 465 750 136 11 222 640 10 3 406 878 .279 .376 .586 .961 143 1574 50 25 0 27 105
2010 30 875 3765 3237 552 902 159 16 253 748 11 4 465 1035 .279 .372 .572 .944 140 1852 64 33 0 30 116
2011 31 1027 4409 3794 633 1043 189 17 286 864 12 4 540 1207 .275 .368 .560 .928 138 2124 74 40 0 35 132

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 19 41 38 4 10 5 0 2 4 0 2 13 .263 .317 .553 .870 6 19
2005 25 88 344 309 49 87 16 2 21 60 0 32 100 .282 .349 .550 .899 60 88
2006 26 159 681 567 92 168 23 1 54 131 0 100 181 .296 .405 .626 1.031 142 159
2007 27 144 632 520 85 133 24 0 44 123 1 100 199 .256 .377 .556 .932 109 144
2008 28 162 692 605 99 148 25 4 46 138 1 78 199 .245 .331 .527 .858 106 162
2009 29 160 700 614 103 170 37 4 44 139 8 74 186 .277 .357 .565 .922 124 160
2010 30 143 620 550 87 152 23 5 31 108 1 59 157 .276 .353 .505 .859 96 143
2011 31 152 652 562 85 146 31 1 34 122 1 78 172 .260 .354 .500 .854 98 152
8 Seasons 1027 4362 3765 604 1014 184 17 276 825 12 523 1207 .269 .361 .547 .908 741 1027
162 Game Avg. 162 688 594 95 160 29 3 44 130 2 82 190 .269 .361 .547 .908 117 1027

* 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 *
2009 *
2010 (DH)

Awards (yr lg award)
2005 NL Rookie of the Year
2006 NL Hank Aaron Award
2006 ML Major League Player of the Year
2006 NL MVP
2009 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 NL (1, 87%)
2007 NL (5, 25%)
2008 NL (2, 69%)
2009 NL (3, 48%)
2010 NL (10, 11%)
2011 NL (10, 9%)
1 MVP
2.49 Career Shares (53rd)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (1B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.8 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.8 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.6 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 NL  .313 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 NL  .425 (5th)
Active  .368 (35th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .659 (2nd)
2007 NL  .584 (5th)
2008 NL  .543 (7th)
2009 NL  .571 (4th)
Active  .560 (5th)
Career  .560 (18th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL  1.084 (2nd)
2007 NL  .976 (8th)
2009 NL  .931 (9th)
Active  .928 (14th)
Career  .928 (44th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL  159 (6th)
2008 NL  162 (1st)
2009 NL  160 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL  616 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2006 NL  704 (8th)
2008 NL  700 (5th)
2009 NL  703 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 NL  105 (9th)
2009 NL  105 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2006 NL  383 (1st)
2008 NL  331 (4th)
2009 NL  352 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  58 (1st)
2007 NL  47 (2nd)
2008 NL  48 (1st)
2009 NL  45 (3rd)
2010 NL  31 (8th)
2011 NL  33 (6th)
Active  286 (26th)
Career  286 (150th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 NL  149 (1st)
2007 NL  136 (2nd)
2008 NL  146 (1st)
2009 NL  141 (1st)
2010 NL  108 (4th)
2011 NL  116 (3rd)
Active  864 (40th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  108 (4th)
2007 NL  107 (4th)
2011 NL  75 (7th)
Active  540 (46th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL  181 (2nd)
2007 NL  199 (1st)
2008 NL  199 (2nd)
2009 NL  186 (2nd)
2010 NL  157 (8th)
2011 NL  172 (2nd)
Active  1,207 (25th)
Career  1,207 (146th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  167 (2nd)
2007 NL  144 (9th)
2009 NL  141 (10th)
Active  138 (14th)
Career  138 (86th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 NL  169 (1st)
2009 NL  130 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  62 (2nd)
2007 NL  38 (10th)
2009 NL  35 (10th)
Active  209 (28th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 NL  5.7 (2nd)
2007 NL  3.5 (10th)
2009 NL  3.3 (10th)
Active  19.8 (27th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2006 NL  84 (2nd)
2008 NL  78 (5th)
2009 NL  86 (2nd)
Active  492 (48th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL  299 (1st)
2009 NL  253 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 NL  .803 (1st)
2007 NL  .706 (10th)
Active  .690 (13th)
Career  .690 (90th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  37 (2nd)
2007 NL  35 (2nd)
2008 NL  17 (6th)
2010 NL  11 (7th)
2011 NL  16 (4th)
Active  132 (10th)
Career  132 (61st)

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 NL  10.0 (1st)
2007 NL  11.3 (1st)
2008 NL  12.7 (1st)
2009 NL  13.7 (4th)
2010 NL  17.7 (7th)
2011 NL  16.9 (8th)
Active  13.3 (1st)
Career  13.3 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2008 NL  475 (8th)
2009 NL  462 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  73.92 (1st)
2008 NL  38.24 (8th)
2009 NL  46.82 (8th)
2011 NL  36.06 (9th)
Active  264.99 (18th)
Career  264.99 (126th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 NL  8.2 (2nd)
2009 NL  6.4 (3rd)
2011 NL  4.6 (7th)
Active  27.4 (17th)
Career  27.4 (111th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 NL  7.4 (1st)
2009 NL  3.9 (9th)
Active  24.4 (22nd)
Career  24.4 (141st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  6.6 (1st)
2008 NL  3.6 (9th)
2009 NL  4.4 (8th)
2011 NL  3.5 (9th)
Active  24.7 (18th)
Career  24.7 (143rd)

Salary s c a p y
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)
2011 NL  $20,000,000 (3rd)

             

† 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 - 21 (98), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 80 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 96 (171), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Prince Fielder (911)
  2. Carlos Pena (871)
  3. Dick Stuart (870)
  4. Tony Clark (869)
  5. Justin Morneau (867)
  6. Adrian Gonzalez (866)
  7. Hank Sauer (865)
  8. Travis Hafner (863)
  9. Richie Sexson (861)
  10. Kevin Mitchell (860)
Similar Batters through 31 
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  1. Richie Sexson (933)
  2. Mark McGwire (907)
  3. Mo Vaughn (899)
  4. Fred McGriff (895)
  5. David Ortiz (894)
  6. Willie McCovey (894) *
  7. Cecil Fielder (890)
  8. Willie Stargell (883) *
  9. Tino Martinez (882)
  10. Carlos Delgado (876)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Norm Cash (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Norm Cash (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cecil Fielder (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Richie Sexson (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Richie Sexson (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Richie Sexson (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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