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Paul Janish

Paul Ryan Janish

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 12, 1982 in Houston, TX
High School: Cypress Creek HS (Houston, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 2008
Team: Reds 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$850k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.064, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2008 25 CIN NL 38 89 80 5 15 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 18 .188 .270 .250 .520 37 20 2 2 0 0 0 6
2009 26 CIN NL 90 292 256 36 54 21 0 1 16 2 0 26 40 .211 .296 .305 .601 60 78 8 5 5 0 1 6/51
2010 27 CIN NL 82 228 200 23 52 10 0 5 25 1 3 22 30 .260 .338 .385 .723 93 77 4 2 3 1 2 65/4
2011 28 CIN NL 114 366 336 27 72 14 1 0 23 3 2 18 46 .214 .259 .262 .521 42 88 7 4 3 5 1 6/54
4 Yrs 324 975 872 91 193 47 1 7 70 6 5 73 134 .221 .289 .302 .591 59 263 21 13 11 6 4
162 Game Avg. 162 488 436 46 97 24 1 4 35 3 3 37 67 .221 .289 .302 .591 59 132 11 7 6 3 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 Awards
2008 25 CIN NL 38 89 -7 0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 6
2009 26 CIN NL 90 292 -14 2 -1 11 4 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .501 -0.2 1.5 -1 $400,000 6/51
2010 27 CIN NL 82 228 -1 -1 -0 3 3 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .505 .503 0.7 0.6 7 $412,500 65/4
2011 28 CIN NL 114 366 -24 -2 -1 5 5 -16 -1.8 10 -6 -0.8 .484 .489 -1.4 1.1 -11 $437,500 6/54
4 Seasons 324 975 -45 -1 -2 19 13 -16 -1.7 27 11 0.9 .495 .497 -1.2 3.4 -8 $1,250,000

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 25 CIN NL 89 67 6 2.4 110 .230 .188 .270 .270 .342 .250 .430 .520 .772 37 .213 -7.6 -0.7 .433 .150 .063 .0
2009 26 CIN NL 292 215 24 3.0 107 .247 .211 .266 .296 .339 .305 .422 .601 .761 60 .296 -14.5 -1.4 .529 .203 .094 1.3
2010 27 CIN NL 228 159 26 4.4 104 .283 .260 .264 .338 .335 .385 .416 .723 .751 93 .478 -1.6 -0.2 .639 .225 .125 1.7
2011 28 CIN NL 366 281 23 2.2 101 .244 .214 .262 .259 .330 .262 .409 .521 .739 42 .217 -27.0 -2.8 .407 .104 .048 .0
4 Yrs 975 722 79 2.9 104 .252 .221 .265 .289 .335 .302 .416 .591 .751 59 .303 -50.8 -5.1 .496 .165 .080 6.5
162 Game Avg. 488 361 40 2.9 104 .252 .221 .265 .289 .335 .302 .416 .591 .751 59 .303 -50.8 -5.1 .496 .165 .080 3

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
2010 27 CIN NL NLDS PHI L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 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
2008 25 CIN NL 89 1.1% 20.2% 7.9% 3.4% 20% 2.57 4.4 80.0 13.3 0.54 0.66 69% 21% 3.0% 15%
2009 26 CIN NL 292 0.3% 13.7% 8.9% 7.5% 41% 1.54 6.4 256.0 16.0 0.60 0.74 74% 18% 1.0% 21%
2010 27 CIN NL 228 2.2% 13.2% 9.7% 6.6% 29% 1.36 6.7 40.0 8.0 0.44 0.54 73% 22% 5.6% 23%
2011 28 CIN NL 366 0.0% 12.6% 4.9% 4.1% 21% 2.56 7.3 14.6 0.75 0.81 81% 20% 0.0% 22%
4 Yrs 975 0.7% 13.7% 7.5% 5.6% 29% 1.84 6.5 124.6 12.5 0.61 0.71 76% 20% 2.0% 22%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.1% 8.6% 7.7% 33% 2.12 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.07 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 25 CIN NL -7.6 -0.7 90 0.0 1.2 -1.2 .84 -0.5 0.5 -4.3 -0.4 0.90 -5.2 3.22 2
2009 26 CIN NL -14.5 -1.4 297 -1.7 3.7 -5.3 .97 -1.3 -0.4 -19.7 -1.9 0.98 -16.3 2.17 5
2010 27 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 235 0.3 3.6 -3.4 .88 0.3 -0.0 4.5 0.4 0.95 1.8 0.01 3
2011 28 CIN NL -27.0 -2.8 373 -2.1 4.5 -6.6 .96 -2.0 -0.2 -23.6 -2.4 1.02 -22.0 1.14 2
4 Yrs -50.8 -5.1 995 -3.5 13.0 -16.5 .93 -3.5 -0.2 -43.1 -4.3 0.98 -41.7 1.63 12

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
2008 25 CIN NL 1 0 17% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
2009 26 CIN NL 2 0 42% 101 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 41% 14 5 8 7 5 2 11 8 3
2010 27 CIN NL 3 0 25% 92 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 31% 11 9 2 1 1 0 4 1 3
2011 28 CIN NL 7 0 29% 120 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 44% 13 8 5 3 2 1 11 4 6
4 Yrs 13 0 31% 342 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 40% 41 24 16 12 9 3 27 13 13

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 25 CIN NL 89 39% 15 1 0 2 1 0 1 3.22 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 14 2 14% 6 3 50% 51 5 10% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
2009 26 CIN NL 292 28% 54 6 2 5 1 0 0 2.17 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 71% 58 8 14% 31 6 19% 187 16 9% 12 3 25% 8 2 25% 0
2010 27 CIN NL 228 33% 52 5 2 3 0 0 0 0.01 5 0 2 3 2 0 5 0 5 3 60% 45 4 9% 15 6 40% 133 21 16% 11 7 64% 5 4 80% 0
2011 28 CIN NL 366 17% 72 11 3 2 0 0 0 1.14 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 85 7 8% 38 9 24% 228 24 11% 22 11 50% 9 3 33% 0
4 Yrs 975 26% 193 23 7 12 2 0 1 1.63 7 0 26 5 2 2 5 0 21 11 52% 202 21 10% 90 24 27% 599 66 11% 47 22 47% 26 12 46% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 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 25 CIN NL 89 346 3.89 231 67% 27% 15% 32% 27% 73% 0% 49% 80% 30% 2% 2 0 9% 8 3 4% 4 2 28% 0 0 0
2009 26 CIN NL 294 1131 3.85 711 63% 25% 12% 32% 31% 75% 1% 47% 84% 24% 6% 18 0 13% 38 13 10% 30 19 15% -2 0 0
2010 27 CIN NL 228 836 3.67 526 63% 30% 10% 26% 33% 70% 3% 44% 86% 22% 5% 11 0 15% 34 10 8% 19 9 20% 0 0 0
2011 28 CIN NL 366 1352 3.69 882 65% 25% 11% 30% 34% 75% 0% 49% 85% 29% 2% 7 0 13% 47 33 4% 16 9 24% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 977 3665 3.75 2350 64% 26% 11% 30% 32% 74% 1% 47% 84% 26% 4% 38 0 13% 127 59 7% 69 39 21% -2 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 25 38 89 80 5 15 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 18 .188 .270 .250 .520 37 20 2 2 0 0 0
2009 26 128 381 336 41 69 23 0 2 22 2 0 33 58 .205 .290 .292 .582 54 98 10 7 5 0 1
2010 27 210 609 536 64 121 33 0 7 47 3 3 55 88 .226 .308 .326 .634 69 175 14 9 8 1 3
2011 28 324 975 872 91 193 47 1 7 70 6 5 73 134 .221 .289 .302 .591 59 263 21 13 11 6 4

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
2008 25 38 89 80 5 15 2 0 1 6 0 7 18 .188 .270 .250 .520 5 38
2009 26 90 292 256 36 54 21 0 1 16 2 26 40 .211 .296 .305 .601 22 90
2010 27 82 228 200 23 52 10 0 5 25 1 22 30 .260 .338 .385 .723 26 82
2011 28 114 367 337 28 73 14 1 0 24 3 18 46 .217 .261 .264 .525 23 114
4 Yrs 324 976 873 92 194 47 1 7 71 6 73 134 .222 .290 .302 .593 76 324
162 Game Avg. 162 488 437 46 97 24 1 4 36 3 37 67 .222 .290 .302 .593 38 324

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Tony Pena (975)
  3. Jose Valdivielso (973)
  4. Alan Strange (972)
  5. Jim Anderson (970)
  6. Wayne Ambler (969)
  7. Josh Wilson (966)
  8. Ron Gardenhire (965)
  9. Al Brancato (965)
  10. Del Young (965)
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  1. Tony Pena (975)
  2. Gordon Slade (970)
  3. Del Young (965)
  4. Ken Hamlin (963)
  5. Frank O'Rourke (960)
  6. Jerry Dybzinski (960)
  7. Fred Stanley (960)
  8. Mike Fischlin (960)
  9. Rick Auerbach (959)
  10. Zeb Terry (958)
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  1. Gordon Slade (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tony Pena (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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