Justin Huber

Justin Patrick Huber

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 1, 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
High School: Beacon Hill College (Victoria, AU)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/Padres/Twins 2005-2009

Final Game: September 11, 2009
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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
2001	18	NYM-min	Rk,A-,A+	52	209	174	24	50	11	1	7	31	4	2	17	48	.287	.385	.483	.867		84	5	13	1	4	0		KPT,BKN,SCE · APPY,NYPL,FLOR
2002	19	NYM-min	A,A+	123	521	430	64	123	24	3	14	93	1	2	56	99	.286	.399	.453	.853		195	8	29	0	6	10		CLM,SCE · SALL,FLOR
2003	20	NYM-min	AA,A+	105	434	376	42	103	28	0	15	72	1	3	36	84	.274	.360	.468	.828		176	13	16	3	3	0		BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
2004	21	NYM-min	AA,A+,AAA	88	368	300	57	81	20	1	13	44	3	2	54	68	.270	.402	.473	.876		142	5	13	0	1	4		BNG,SCE,NFK · EL,FLOR,IL
2005	22	KCR-min	AA,AAA	120	527	448	87	146	28	4	23	97	10	3	67	103	.326	.417	.560	.978		251	14	7	0	5	3		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2005	22	KCR	AL	25	85	78	6	17	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	20	.218	.271	.256	.527	43	20	1	1	0	1	0	3/D
2006	23	KCR-min	AAA	100	398	352	47	98	22	2	15	44	2	2	40	94	.278	.358	.480	.838		169	11	4	1	1	2		OMA · PCL
2006	23	KCR	AL	5	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	48	3	0	0	0	0	0	/D
2007	24	KCR-min	AAA,Rk	84	347	311	43	88	17	1	20	75	1	0	22	52	.283	.343	.537	.880		167	12	9	0	5	2		OMA,ROY · PCL,ARIZ
2007	24	KCR	AL	8	10	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
2008	25	SDP-min	AAA	61	223	199	17	49	12	0	3	27	0	1	18	51	.246	.318	.352	.670		70	9	4	0	2	1		POR · PCL
2008	25	SDP	NL	33	67	61	5	15	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	19	.246	.303	.393	.696	93	24	0	2	1	0	0	7/D
2009	26	MIN-min	AAA	121	506	440	60	120	22	2	22	76	4	3	51	84	.273	.356	.482	.838		212	16	9	0	6	1		ROC · IL
2009	26	MIN	AL	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	1	0	0	0	0	/3
2010	27	HIR,MEL	Fgn	80	209	177	20	39	7	0	7	17	0	0	25	42	.220	.340	.379	.718		67	6	7	0	0	0		HIR,MEL · JPCL,AUBL
2011	28	MEL	Fgn																										MEL · AUBL
5 Yrs				72	175	161	14	36	7	0	2	15	1	0	9	45	.224	.276	.304	.580	57	49	2	3	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	394	362	32	81	16	0	5	34	2	0	20	101	.224	.276	.304	.580	57	110	5	7	2	2	0

KCR (3 yrs)				38	106	98	9	20	4	0	0	7	1	0	6	26	.204	.255	.245	.500	34	24	1	1	0	1	0
MIN (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	1	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				33	67	61	5	15	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	19	.246	.303	.393	.696	93	24	0	2	1	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				39	108	100	9	21	4	0	0	7	1	0	6	26	.210	.259	.250	.509	37	25	2	1	0	1	0
NL (1 yr)				33	67	61	5	15	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	19	.246	.303	.393	.696	93	24	0	2	1	0	0

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
2005	22	KCR	AL	25	85	-7	-0	0	-4	-2	-13	-1.3	3	-10	-1.0	.448	.492	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$	3/D
2006	23	KCR	AL	5	11	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/D
2007	24	KCR	AL	8	10	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.460	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/7D
2008	25	SDP	NL	33	67	-1	-0	0	3	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.501	0.0	0.2	-0	$390,000	7/D
2009	26	MIN	AL	1	2	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.408	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/3
5 Seasons				72	175	-10	-0	0	-3	-3	-17	-1.7	6	-11	-1.2	.477	.498	-0.9	-0.6	-8	$390,000

KCR (3 yrs)				38	106	-10	0	0	-5	-2	-17	-1.7	4	-13	-1.4	.455	.497	-0.9	-0.7	-8	$
MIN (1 yr)				1	2	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.408	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$
SDP (1 yr)				33	67	-1	-0	0	3	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.501	0.0	0.2	-0	$390,000

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
2005	22	KCR	AL	85	63	6	2.5	104	.288	.218	.267	.271	.330	.256	.423	.527	.753	43	.231	-6.3	-0.6	.419	.103	.038
2006	23	KCR	AL	11	8	1	3.3	112	.333	.200	.276	.273	.341	.300	.440	.573	.781	48	.306	-0.8	-0.1	.625	.300	.100	.0
2007	24	KCR	AL	10	9	0	0.0	107	.125	.100	.271	.100	.338	.100	.424	.200	.762	-47	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
2008	25	SDP	NL	67	47	8	4.6	96	.325	.246	.251	.303	.321	.393	.401	.696	.722	93	.467	-0.6	-0.1	.630	.197	.148	.0
2009	26	MIN	AL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.500	.500	.265	.500	.334	.500	.426	1.000	.759	167	.000	0.2	0.0	.500	.000	.000
5 Yrs				175	129	15	3.1	102	.296	.224	.262	.276	.327	.304	.416	.580	.743	57	.301	-9.6	-0.9	.488	.143	.081	1.3
162 Game Avg.				394	290	34	3.1	102	.296	.224	.262	.276	.327	.304	.416	.580	.743	57	.301	-9.6	-0.9	.488	.143	.081	3

KCR (3 yrs)				106	80	7	2.3	105	.274	.204	.268	.255	.332	.245	.425	.500	.757	34	.202	-9.2	-0.9	.405	.112	.041	.0
MIN (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	106	.500	.500	.265	.500	.334	.500	.426	1.000	.759	167	.000	0.2	0.0	.500	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				67	47	8	4.6	96	.325	.246	.251	.303	.321	.393	.401	.696	.722	93	.468	-0.6	-0.1	.630	.197	.148	.0

AL (4 yrs)				108	82	7	2.3	105	.280	.210	.268	.259	.332	.250	.425	.509	.757	37	.195	-9.0	-0.9	.407	.110	.040	.0
NL (1 yr)				67	47	8	4.6	96	.325	.246	.251	.303	.321	.393	.401	.696	.722	93	.468	-0.6	-0.1	.630	.197	.148	.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
2005	22	KCR	AL	85	0.0%	23.5%	5.9%	3.5%	18%	4.00	3.9		13.0	0.90	1.05	69%	17%	0.0%	6%
2006	23	KCR	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	9.1%	50%	4.00	2.5		10.0	0.20	0.33	55%	33%	0.0%	20%
2007	24	KCR	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.67	1.33	80%	0%	0.0%	0%
2008	25	SDP	NL	67	3.0%	28.4%	4.5%	7.5%	33%	6.33	3.2	30.5	7.6	0.50	0.87	60%	35%	7.4%	4%
2009	26	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%	0%
5 Yrs				175	1.1%	25.7%	5.1%	5.1%	25%	5.00	3.6	80.5	10.7	0.75	1.00	66%	23%	3.2%	6%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.7	0.79	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
2005	22	KCR	AL	-6.3	-0.6	86	-0.7	0.9	-1.5	.98	-0.6	-0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.92	-7.1	0.17	3
2006	23	KCR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	12	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.87	-0.0	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.80	-0.8	0.00	2
2007	24	KCR	AL	-2.2	-0.2	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.83	-2.2	0.03	1
2008	25	SDP	NL	-0.7	-0.1	67	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.08	-0.2	-0.1	1.6	0.2	0.90	-1.1	0.86	10
2009	26	MIN	AL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.24	-0.3		0
5 Yrs				-9.7	-0.9	177	-1.1	2.0	-3.2	.98	-1.1	-0.0	-7.7	-0.7	0.91	-11.4	0.57	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	22	KCR	AL	26%	22	0		0	1	2	0%	4	4	0	1	1	2	2	0
2006	23	KCR	AL	33%	3	1	100%	1	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2007	24	KCR	AL	200%	12	0		0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
2008	25	SDP	NL	17%	24	0		0	0	2	9%	8	7	1	0	0	3	3	0
2009	26	MIN	AL	0%	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				26%	61	1	100%	1	1	4	18%	14	12	2	1	1	7	5	2

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
2005	22	KCR	AL	85	51%	17	4	0	3	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	6	2	33%	53	6	11%	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	0
2006	23	KCR	AL	11	82%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	24	KCR	AL	10	100%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	25	SDP	NL	67	73%	15	0	0	10	3	0	1	0.86	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	1	1	100%	39	6	15%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
2009	26	MIN	AL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				175	64%	36	5	0	16	4	0	2	0.57	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	29	2	7%	8	3	38%	104	13	13%	5	2	40%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			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
2005	22	KCR	AL	85	313	3.68	210	67%	30%	17%	25%	28%	70%	0%	47%	76%	19%	6%	5	0	18%	15	7	11%	9	4	10%	0	0	0
2006	23	KCR	AL	12	52	4.33	31	60%	48%	16%	16%	19%	52%	0%	31%	69%	8%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	17%	2	2	50%	-1	0	0
2007	24	KCR	AL	10	40	4.00	26	65%	23%	23%	23%	31%	77%	0%	50%	70%	30%	0%	0	0	10%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	25	SDP	NL	67	249	3.72	163	65%	23%	24%	26%	26%	77%	0%	50%	69%	34%	3%	2	0	10%	7	4	4%	3	1	21%	0	0	0
2009	26	MIN	AL	2	4	2.00	3	75%	0%	33%	0%	67%	100%	0%	75%	67%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
5 Yrs				176	658	3.74	433	66%	28%	20%	24%	27%	72%	0%	47%	72%	25%	4%	7	0	14%	24	13	8%	14	7	18%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2005	22	25	85	78	6	17	3	0	6	0	5	20	.218	.271	.256	.527	43	20	1	1	0	1
2006	23	30	96	88	7	19	4	0	7	1	6	24	.216	.271	.261	.532	43	23	1	1	0	1
2007	24	38	106	98	9	20	4	0	7	1	6	26	.204	.255	.245	.500	34	24	1	1	0	1
2008	25	71	173	159	14	35	7	2	15	1	9	45	.220	.273	.302	.575	56	48	1	3	1	1
2009	26	72	175	161	14	36	7	2	15	1	9	45	.224	.276	.304	.580	57	49	2	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	22	25	84	77	6	16	3	0	6	0	5	20	.208	.262	.247	.509	5	25
2006	23	5	11	10	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	1	5
2007	24	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
2008	25	33	69	63	6	17	3	2	9	0	3	19	.270	.324	.413	.736	8	33
2009	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
5 Yrs		72	176	162	13	35	7	2	16	1	9	45	.216	.269	.296	.565	14	72
162 Game Avg.		162	396	365	29	79	16	5	36	2	20	101	.216	.269	.296	.565	32	72

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