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Nick Hundley

Nicholas John Hundley

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 8, 1983 in Corvallis, OR
High School: Lake Washington HS (Kirkland, WA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2008
Team: Padres 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$9M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.088, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Cameron Hahn [*]
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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
2005	21	SDP-min	A-,A	53	226	184	32	45	9	1	7	27	1	0	37	44	.245	.376	.418	.795		77	2	3	0	2	1		EUG,FWA · NORW,MIDW
2006	22	SDP-min	A,A+	104	448	391	47	108	32	0	11	67	2	2	45	89	.276	.356	.442	.798		173	5	6	1	5	1		FWA,LEL · MIDW,CALL
2007	23	SDP-min	AA	101	422	373	55	92	23	1	20	72	0	2	42	74	.247	.324	.475	.798		177	7	2	2	3	0		SAN · TL
2008	24	SDP-min	AAA	58	243	224	33	52	13	0	12	39	0	0	17	44	.232	.285	.451	.736		101	7	0	1	1	0		POR · PCL
2008	24	SDP	NL	60	216	198	21	47	7	1	5	24	0	0	11	52	.237	.278	.359	.636	76	71	1	2	0	5	0	2
2009	25	SDP-min	AAA	5	18	16	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.250	.333	.500	.833		8	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
2009	25	SDP	NL	78	289	256	23	61	15	2	8	30	5	1	28	76	.238	.313	.406	.719	97	104	2	1	1	3	1	2/7
2010	26	SDP	NL	85	307	273	33	68	18	2	8	43	0	5	25	66	.249	.308	.418	.726	102	114	8	1	2	6	0	2
2011	27	SDP-min	AA,AAA	11	42	34	4	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	8	12	.206	.357	.353	.710		12	0	0	0	0	0		SAN,TUC · TL,PCL
2011	27	SDP	NL	82	308	281	34	81	16	5	9	29	1	1	22	74	.288	.347	.477	.824	132	134	3	4	0	1	3	2
2012	28	SDP	NL	40	159	142	9	24	5	1	3	16	0	2	12	34	.169	.234	.282	.516	45	40	3	1	1	3	0	*2
5 Yrs				345	1279	1150	120	281	61	11	33	142	6	9	98	302	.244	.304	.403	.707	97	463	17	9	4	18	4
162 Game Avg.				162	601	540	56	132	29	5	15	67	3	4	46	142	.244	.304	.403	.707	97	217	8	4	2	8	2

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	24	SDP	NL	60	216	-7	0	1	2	3	-0	-0.1	6	5	0.5	.499	.500	0.3	0.5	3	$	2
2009	25	SDP	NL	78	289	-1	-1	0	-1	4	1	0.1	8	9	0.9	.501	.501	1.0	0.3	10	$404,400	2/7
2010	26	SDP	NL	85	307	1	-6	-1	-8	4	-10	-1.0	8	-1	-0.2	.488	.494	0.6	-0.4	7	$415,700	2
2011	27	SDP	NL	82	308	10	-0	1	5	4	20	2.2	8	29	3.1	.527	.514	2.5	1.1	24	$439,900	2
2012	28	SDP	NL	40	159	-11	-1	0	5	2	-5	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.487	.497	-0.6	0.9	-5	$	*2
5 Seasons				345	1279	-7	-8	0	3	18	6	0.8	35	41	4.3	.502	.501	3.8	2.4	38	$1,260,000

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
2008	24	SDP	NL	216	157	21	3.6	96	.288	.237	.251	.278	.321	.359	.401	.636	.722	76	.361	-6.0	-0.6	.553	.177	.121	.0
2009	25	SDP	NL	289	202	35	4.6	98	.303	.238	.254	.313	.325	.406	.403	.719	.728	97	.484	-0.4	-0.0	.692	.293	.168	6.2
2010	26	SDP	NL	307	226	33	3.9	94	.293	.249	.251	.308	.320	.418	.396	.726	.716	102	.427	1.6	0.2	.619	.242	.168	.0
2011	27	SDP	NL	308	205	47	6.2	92	.362	.288	.251	.347	.317	.477	.390	.824	.708	132	.646	11.6	1.2	.784	.267	.189	1.8
2012	28	SDP	NL	159	127	9	1.9	93	.194	.169	.250	.234	.316	.282	.395	.516	.711	45	.169	-10.4	-1.0	.415	.183	.113	.0
5 Yrs				1279	917	145	4.2	95	.298	.244	.252	.304	.320	.403	.397	.707	.717	97	.459	-3.6	-0.4	.634	.241	.158	10.2
162 Game Avg.				601	431	68	4.2	95	.298	.244	.252	.304	.320	.403	.397	.707	.717	97	.459	-3.6	-0.4	.634	.241	.158	5

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	24	SDP	NL	216	2.3%	24.1%	5.1%	6.0%	28%	4.73	3.8	39.6	8.3	0.62	0.64	68%	21%	6.3%	15%
2009	25	SDP	NL	289	2.8%	26.3%	9.7%	8.7%	41%	2.71	3.4	32.0	8.5	0.47	0.56	61%	22%	7.9%	18%
2010	26	SDP	NL	307	2.6%	21.5%	8.1%	9.1%	41%	2.64	4.1	34.1	6.3	0.70	0.96	67%	20%	7.8%	18%
2011	27	SDP	NL	308	2.9%	24.0%	7.1%	9.7%	37%	3.36	3.8	31.2	9.7	0.70	0.84	65%	20%	8.3%	11%
2012	28	SDP	NL	159	1.9%	21.4%	7.6%	5.7%	38%	2.83	4.2	47.3	8.9	0.59	0.74	68%	17%	5.1%	14%
5 Yrs				1279	2.6%	23.6%	7.7%	8.2%	37%	3.08	3.8	34.8	8.1	0.62	0.75	65%	20%	7.3%	15%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	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	24	SDP	NL	-6.4	-0.6	217	-0.7	2.9	-3.6	.94	-0.5	-0.2	-6.3	-0.6	0.93	-7.7	0.97	1
2009	25	SDP	NL	-0.4	-0.0	301	0.4	5.8	-5.4	1.07	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.92	1.1	4.23	3
2010	26	SDP	NL	1.6	0.2	316	-0.0	6.7	-6.7	1.19	-0.4	0.4	-0.4	-0.0	1.02	-3.7	3.89	8
2011	27	SDP	NL	11.6	1.2	315	-0.2	5.7	-5.9	1.10	0.8	-0.9	2.7	0.3	0.99	7.9	2.34	7
2012	28	SDP	NL	-10.4	-1.0	161	-2.2	1.6	-3.9	1.22	-1.0	-0.9	-14.1	-1.5	1.04	-8.9	0.87	2
5 Yrs				-4.0	-0.4	1310	-2.7	22.7	-25.5	1.10	-1.1	-1.4	-17.8	-1.9	0.98	-11.3	2.99	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	24	SDP	NL	1	29%	77	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	40%	12	9	3	1	0	1	7	3	4
2009	25	SDP	NL	2	18%	112	5	1	83%	5	1	2	1	2	6	35%	10	8	2	4	2	2	9	5	4
2010	26	SDP	NL	3	29%	112	0	5	0%	0	5	4	2	4	6	26%	8	8	0	3	1	2	12	6	4
2011	27	SDP	NL	2	26%	131	1	1	50%	1	1	2	0	1	8	35%	14	11	3	2	2	0	7	2	5
2012	28	SDP	NL	1	18%	49	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	1	2	33%	6	4	2	2	2	0	4	1	2
5 Yrs				9	25%	481	6	9	40%	6	9	8	3	8	27	34%	50	40	10	12	7	5	39	17	19

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	24	SDP	NL	216	29%	47	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.97	5	0	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	0		39	1	3%	23	10	43%	132	19	14%	16	10	63%	9	4	44%	0
2009	25	SDP	NL	289	29%	61	10	0	3	1	0	2	4.23	8	0	14	5	3	4	4	0	3	1	33%	46	2	4%	23	5	22%	173	24	14%	23	12	52%	11	2	18%	0
2010	26	SDP	NL	307	25%	68	7	0	8	3	1	3	3.89	8	0	15	7	1	7	1	0	2	2	100%	55	8	15%	44	16	36%	217	37	17%	29	14	48%	26	15	58%	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	308	21%	81	10	0	7	0	0	1	2.34	9	0	5	7	2	6	3	0	0	0		42	3	7%	25	5	20%	174	22	13%	21	7	33%	11	3	27%	0
2012	28	SDP	NL	159	38%	24	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.87	3	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	31	3	10%	20	7	35%	115	13	11%	11	5	45%	5	2	40%	0
5 Yrs				1279	27%	281	38	0	21	4	1	6	2.99	33	0	43	25	8	22	11	0	6	4	67%	213	17	8%	135	43	32%	811	115	14%	100	48	48%	62	26	42%	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	24	SDP	NL	216	810	3.75	524	65%	27%	16%	28%	29%	73%	0%	47%	77%	31%	4%	9	0	13%	29	16	10%	21	12	21%	0	0	0
2009	25	SDP	NL	290	1148	3.96	718	63%	28%	18%	28%	26%	72%	0%	45%	74%	36%	5%	15	0	12%	34	16	8%	24	16	28%	-1	0	0
2010	26	SDP	NL	308	1155	3.75	729	63%	23%	18%	29%	29%	77%	0%	49%	77%	36%	5%	15	0	12%	36	17	9%	27	20	18%	-1	0	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	311	1229	3.95	789	64%	26%	17%	31%	26%	74%	2%	48%	78%	35%	4%	13	1	14%	43	20	7%	22	15	26%	-3	0	0
2012	28	SDP	NL	159	569	3.58	364	64%	18%	20%	31%	31%	82%	0%	53%	75%	43%	4%	6	0	14%	23	13	9%	14	10	24%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1284	4911	3.82	3124	64%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	1%	48%	76%	36%	5%	58	1	13%	165	82	8%	108	73	24%	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	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
2008	24	60	216	198	21	47	7	1	5	24	0	0	11	52	.237	.278	.359	.636	76	71	1	2	0	5	0
2009	25	138	505	454	44	108	22	3	13	54	5	1	39	128	.238	.298	.385	.683	88	175	3	3	1	8	1
2010	26	223	812	727	77	176	40	5	21	97	5	6	64	194	.242	.302	.398	.699	93	289	11	4	3	14	1
2011	27	305	1120	1008	111	257	56	10	30	126	6	7	86	268	.255	.314	.420	.734	104	423	14	8	3	15	4
2012	28	345	1279	1150	120	281	61	11	33	142	6	9	98	302	.244	.304	.403	.707	97	463	17	9	4	18	4

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	24	60	220	201	23	50	7	1	5	27	0	12	52	.249	.291	.368	.659	22	60
2009	25	78	295	260	25	65	16	2	9	33	5	30	76	.250	.327	.431	.757	36	78
2010	26	85	314	278	37	73	19	2	9	48	0	27	66	.263	.324	.442	.766	40	85
2011	27	82	317	288	39	88	17	5	10	33	1	24	74	.306	.366	.503	.869	52	82
2012	28	40	162	144	11	26	5	1	3	19	0	13	34	.181	.248	.292	.540	11	40
5 Yrs		345	1308	1171	135	302	64	11	36	160	6	106	302	.258	.320	.424	.743	161	345
162 Game Avg.		162	614	550	63	142	30	5	17	75	3	50	142	.258	.320	.424	.743	76	345

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Hall of Fame Standards

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