César Izturis

Cesar David Izturis

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 10, 1980 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
High School: Lara (Lara, VE)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 2001
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles/Cardinals/Cubs/BlueJays/... 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.5M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.074, Free Agent: 2012 [*],
Relatives: Brother of Maicer Izturis
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2001	TOR	AL	21	2B	41				169	57	110	2	23	.988	1					4.07	.981		4.82
2001	TOR	AL	21	SS	6				28	16	11	1	5	.964	-1					4.50	.973		4.45
2002	LAD	NL	22	SS	128				471	155	306	10	69	.979	0					3.60	.970		4.49
2002	LAD	NL	22	2B	1				4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1					4.00	.980		4.90
2003	LAD	NL	23	SS	158				695	198	481	16	94	.977	10	8				4.30	.973		4.48
2004	LAD	NL	24	SS	159				674	234	430	10	96	.985	10	15				4.18	.973		4.42	GG
2005	LAD	NL	25	SS	106				483	145	327	11	61	.977	2	2				4.45	.976		4.45	AS
2006	TOT	NL	26	SS	23	18	16	172.2	85	34	49	2	10	.976	-4	-4	-26	-27	4.33	3.61	.972	35.16	4.38
2006	LAD	NL	26	3B	28	28	28	252.0	89	12	73	4	3	.955	6	5	31	24	3.04	3.04	.954	18.70	2.68
2006	LAD	NL	26	SS	2	1	1	12.0	6	1	5	0	2	1.000	-0	0	-50	0	4.50	3.00	.972	35.17	4.40
2006	LAD	NL	26	2B	1	1	1	9.0	12	4	8	0	2	1.000	1	1	160	133	12.00	12.00	.982	72.40	5.00
2006	CHC	NL	26	SS	21	17	15	160.2	79	33	44	2	8	.975	-3	-4	-25	-30	4.31	3.67	.972	35.16	4.38
2007	TOT	NL	27	SS	90	69	59	655.2	300	96	196	8	53	.973	2	1	5	1	4.01	3.24	.975	0.00	4.42
2007	CHC	NL	27	SS	60	48	40	450.2	194	57	130	7	28	.964	2	1	5	3	3.73	3.12	.975	0.00	4.42
2007	PIT	NL	27	SS	30	21	19	205.0	106	39	66	1	25	.991	0	0	3	0	4.61	3.50	.975	0.00	4.42
2007	PIT	NL	27	3B	11	5	3	49.0	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	1	-1	27	-24	2.57	1.27	.954	0.00	2.67
2008	STL	NL	28	SS	130				551	170	370	11	77	.980	9	14				4.15	.976		4.40
2008	STL	NL	28	3B	8				6	3	3	0	0	1.000	0	0				0.75	.957		2.58
2009	BAL	AL	29	SS	112				516	171	337	8	70	.984	10	10				4.54	.972		4.31
2010	BAL	AL	30	SS	150				603	212	382	9	78	.985	5	3				3.96	.973		4.36
2011	BAL	AL	31	SS	12	7	6	67.2	49	17	32	0	11	1.000	5	5	86	89	6.52	4.08	.972	4.36	4.33
2011	BAL	AL	31	2B	3	3	2	22.1	11	3	7	1	0	.909	-1	0	-34	0	4.03	3.33	.984	4.76	4.73
2011	BAL	AL	31	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-672	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
2011	BAL	AL	31	DH	1	0
	11 Seasons			SS	1074	94	81	896.0	4455	1448	2921	86	624	.981	49	54	65	72	4.26	4.07	.973	7.10	4.42
	4 Seasons			3B	48	33	31	302.0	109	18	87	4	3	.963	7	4	30	15	2.95	2.19	.954	15.61	2.66
	4 Seasons			2B	46	4	3	31.1	196	65	128	3	25	.985	2	1	71	38	6.32	4.20	.981	24.19	4.82
	11 Seasons			TOT	1168	131	115	1229.1	4760	1531	3136	93	652	.980	58	59	57	57	3.99	4.00	.973	9.63	4.36
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
2001	TOR	AL	21	2B	1		-0	-1	1	1
2001	TOR	AL	21	SS	-1		-2	-1	-1	1
2002	LAD	NL	22	SS	0		-2	0	-2	2
2002	LAD	NL	22	2B	1		1	1	0	0
2003	LAD	NL	23	SS	10		11	13	-2	-1			8		8	0	0
2004	LAD	NL	24	SS	10		8	0	8	2			15		14	1	0
2005	LAD	NL	25	SS	2		2	0	1	0			2		3	-1	0
2006	LAD	NL	26	3B	6	31	6	2	4	0			5	24	5		0
2006	LAD	NL	26	SS	-0	-50	-0	-0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0
2006	LAD	NL	26	2B	1	160	1	1	0	0			1	133	1	0	0
2006	CHC	NL	26	SS	-3	-25	-3	-1	-2	0			-4	-30	-3	-1	0
2007	CHC	NL	27	SS	2	5	1	1	-0	1			1	3	0	1	0
2007	PIT	NL	27	SS	0	3	-0	0	-0	1			0	0	-1	1	0
2007	PIT	NL	27	3B	1	27	1	0	1	0			-1	-24	-1		0
2008	STL	NL	28	SS	9		9	4	5	0			14		15	-1	0
2008	STL	NL	28	3B	0		0	0	0	0			0		0		0
2009	BAL	AL	29	SS	10		10	2	8	0			10		11	-1	0
2010	BAL	AL	30	SS	5		4	1	4	1			3		2	1	0
2011	BAL	AL	31	SS	5	86	4	3	1	1			5	89	5	0
2011	BAL	AL	31	2B	-1	-34	-0	0	-0	-0			0	0	0	0
2011	BAL	AL	31	3B	-1	-672	-0	-0		-0			0	0	0
	11 Seasons			SS	49	65	40	22	19	8			54	72	54	0	0
	4 Seasons			3B	7	30	8	2	5	-0			4	15	4		0
	4 Seasons			2B	2	71	1	0	1	1			1	38	1	0	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	57	33	46	24	22	11			59	57	59	0	0
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
2001	TOR	AL	21	46	40	46	46	41	0	6	0	0	3
2002	LAD	NL	22	135	109	135	129	1	0	128	1	7	7
2003	LAD	NL	23	158	154	158	158	0	0	158	0	2	0
2004	LAD	NL	24	159	156	159	159	0	0	159	0	0	0
2005	LAD	NL	25	106	105	106	106	0	0	106	0	0	0
2006	LAD	NL	26	32	30	32	31	1	28	2	0	1	0
2006	CHC	NL	26	22	17	22	21	0	0	21	0	4	0
2007	CHC	NL	27	65	48	65	60	0	0	60	0	7	2
2007	PIT	NL	27	45	26	45	39	0	11	30	0	9	1
2008	STL	NL	28	135	111	135	133	0	8	130	0	7	1
2009	BAL	AL	29	114	107	114	112	0	0	112	1	1	1
2010	BAL	AL	30	150	142	150	150	0	0	150	0	0	3
2011	BAL	AL	31	18	10	18	16	3	1	12	1	0	3
	11 Seasons			1185	1055	1185	1160	46	48	1074	3	38	21

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1919 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
2001	TOR	AL	21	217	57%	78%	28%	14	100%	0	16	6	6	4	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	3	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0
2002	LAD	NL	22	4192	61%	76%	29%	349	97%	3	157	75	63	19	303	256	40	2	2	10	1	5	4	9	69	24	5	25	8	3	67	30	36	1	0	1
2003	LAD	NL	23	5627	63%	73%	33%	557	92%	5	196	85	78	33	484	370	94	3	8	16	1	10	5	11	94	46	4	24	7	2	88	51	34	4	2	2
2004	LAD	NL	24	5871	60%	76%	30%	537	93%	1	234	116	98	20	430	343	74	0	2	10	0	1	9	5	96	45	6	24	3	3	89	52	34	4	1	2
2005	LAD	NL	25	3948	52%	79%	35%	378	90%	1	145	57	71	17	327	263	53	1	4	11	0	7	4	9	61	23	5	17	7	6	59	28	30	2	1	1
2006	CHC	NL	26	709	69%	73%	27%	66	86%	1	33	18	13	2	44	34	8	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	8	3	1	2	1	0	8	4	3	0	0	0
2006	LAD	NL	26	51	76%	71%	35%	7	71%	0	1	0	1	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
2007	CHC	NL	27	1909	62%	72%	29%	155	90%	1	57	25	30	2	130	109	19	0	0	7	1	3	3	5	28	10	1	11	4	1	28	11	16	0	0	0
2007	PIT	NL	27	908	69%	76%	29%	85	92%	1	39	19	16	4	66	45	18	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	25	12	3	2	2	2	23	16	6	1	0	1
2008	STL	NL	28	4300	59%	78%	34%	443	92%	5	170	77	84	10	370	301	60	2	6	11	0	6	5	10	77	31	4	25	3	6	74	35	36	2	0	1
2009	BAL	AL	29	4168	55%	78%	32%	410	92%	1	171	79	74	18	337	279	46	1	8	8	0	5	3	7	70	23	10	23	1	4	62	33	28	2	2	0
2010	BAL	AL	30	5449	56%	78%	31%	494	92%	2	212	117	78	17	382	304	64	1	7	9	0	8	1	8	78	28	9	23	3	6	74	37	34	1	0	1
2011	BAL	AL	31	284	42%	72%	33%	33	100%	0	17	4	10	3	32	25	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	4	1	1	1	11	8	3	0	0	0
	11 Seasons			37633	59%	76%	32%	3528	92%	21	1448	678	622	149	2921	2341	487	10	39	86	3	46	37	66	624	251	54	180	40	34	590	309	263	17	6	9
	MLB Averages				58%	76%	31%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
2006	LAD	NL	26	1117	56%	79%	37%	87	94%	0	12	8	2	2	73	63	9	0	2	4	0	3	1	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	100%
2007	PIT	NL	27	209	67%	78%	33%	13	100%	0	3	2	0	1	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
2008	STL	NL	28	68	53%	82%	40%	6	100%	0	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	BAL	AL	31	5	20%	80%	80%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			1399	57%	79%	36%	106	95%	0	18	13	2	3	87	75	11	0	2	4	0	3	1	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	100%
	MLB Averages				58%	76%	31%		88%																								64%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
2001	TOR	AL	21	1302	53%	78%	32%	112	99%	1	57	19	28	10	110	96	11	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	23	10	4	8	0	22	8	14	1	1	0
2002	LAD	NL	22	14	29%	71%	36%	4	100%	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	LAD	NL	26	39	62%	72%	38%	8	100%	0	4	1	1	2	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
2011	BAL	AL	31	100	61%	89%	39%	10	80%	0	3	1	2	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			1455	54%	78%	33%	134	98%	1	65	22	31	12	128	113	12	1	2	3	0	1	2	2	25	11	4	9	0	24	9	15	1	1	0
	MLB Averages				58%	76%	31%		93%

* 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 2005	Gold Gloves 2004 NL (SS)	Assists† s c a p y 2003 NL 481 (1st) 2004 NL 430 (3rd) Active 3,136 (24th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 2003 NL 158 (2nd) 2004 NL 159 (1st) 2010 AL 150 (5th) Active 1,074 (12th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 2004 NL 234 (1st) 2010 AL 212 (5th) Active 1,448 (13th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 2003 NL 481 (1st) 2004 NL 430 (2nd) 2010 AL 382 (5th) Active 2,921 (11th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 2003 NL 16 (5th) Active 86 (21st)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 2003 NL 10 (2nd) 2004 NL 11 (2nd) 2008 NL 9 (4th) 2009 AL 10 (2nd) Active 49 (7th) Career 49 (35th)
Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 2008 NL 4.85 (2nd) 2009 AL 4.89 (1st) Active 4.26 (17th) Career 4.26 (42nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 2005 NL 4.45 (5th) 2009 AL 4.54 (3rd) Active 4.07 (23rd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 2002 NL .979 (4th) 2003 NL .977 (4th) 2004 NL .985 (4th) 2009 AL .984 (2nd) 2010 AL .985 (2nd) Active .981 (4th) Career .981 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 2001 AL born 1980-02-10 (3rd)

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