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Kila Ka'aihue

Micah Kila Ka'aihue (Kila)

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: March 29, 1984 in Kailua, HI
High School: Iolani HS (Honolulu, HI)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 2008
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$483k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.139, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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 24 KCR AL 12 24 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 115 9 0 0 0 0 0 /D3
2010 26 KCR AL 52 206 180 22 39 6 1 8 25 0 1 24 39 .217 .307 .394 .702 91 71 5 0 1 1 2 3D
2011 27 TOT AL 23 96 82 6 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 12 .195 .295 .317 .612 69 26 3 0 1 1 0 3/D
2011 27 KCR AL 23 96 82 6 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 12 26 .195 .295 .317 .612 69 26 3 0 1 1 0 3/D
2012 28 OAK AL 34 118 109 11 26 8 0 3 11 1 0 8 24 .239 .297 .394 .691 91 43 5 1 0 0 0 3D
4 Yrs 121 444 392 43 87 18 1 14 43 1 1 47 65 .222 .305 .380 .686 88 149 13 1 2 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 594 525 58 116 24 1 19 58 1 1 63 87 .222 .305 .380 .686 88 199 17 1 3 3 3
KCR (3 yrs) 87 326 283 32 61 10 1 11 32 0 1 39 67 .216 .309 .375 .683 87 106 8 0 2 2 2
OAK (2 yrs) 34 118 109 11 26 8 0 3 11 1 0 8 24 .239 .297 .394 .691 91 43 5 1 0 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 Awards
2008 24 KCR AL 12 24 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 0.0 -0.2 0 $ /D3
2010 26 KCR AL 52 206 -4 -1 1 0 -4 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .486 .495 0.0 -0.3 0 $ 3D
2011 27 KCR AL 23 96 -3 1 -0 -2 -2 -6 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .474 .496 0.0 -0.4 -0 $419,000 3/D
2012 28 OAK AL 34 118 -1 0 -0 -2 -2 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .482 .496 0.0 -0.5 0 $ 3D
4 Seasons 121 444 -7 0 1 -5 -8 -20 -2.0 15 -5 -0.7 .483 .497 0.0 -1.4 0 $419,000
KCR (3 yrs) 87 326 -6 0 1 -3 -6 -14 -1.4 11 -3 -0.4 .483 .497 0.0 -0.9 -0 $419,000
OAK (1 yr) 34 118 -1 0 -0 -2 -2 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .482 .496 0.0 -0.5 0 $

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 KCR AL 24 15 4 7.1 104 .278 .286 .266 .375 .333 .429 .417 .804 .751 115 .660 0.4 0.0 .800 .286 .143 .0
2010 26 KCR AL 206 149 22 4.0 99 .231 .217 .259 .307 .327 .394 .406 .702 .733 91 .423 -2.5 -0.2 .639 .306 .178 .0
2011 27 TOT AL 96 71 8 3.0 99 .173 .195 .258 .295 .323 .317 .409 .612 .732 69 .315 -3.3 -0.3 .551 .268 .122 .0
2011 27 KCR AL 96 71 8 3.0 99 .255 .195 .258 .295 .323 .317 .409 .612 .732 69 .315 -3.3 -0.3 .551 .268 .122 .0
2012 28 OAK AL 118 88 12 3.7 96 .280 .239 .250 .297 .317 .394 .405 .691 .722 91 .399 -1.4 -0.1 .602 .239 .156 1.5
4 Yrs 444 323 46 3.8 98 .232 .222 .257 .305 .324 .380 .407 .686 .731 88 .410 -6.7 -0.7 .618 .278 .158 1.9
162 Game Avg. 594 432 62 3.8 98 .232 .222 .257 .305 .324 .380 .407 .686 .731 88 .410 -6.7 -0.7 .618 .278 .158 3
KCR (3 yrs) 326 235 34 3.9 99 .242 .216 .259 .309 .326 .375 .408 .683 .734 87 .414 -5.4 -0.5 .623 .293 .159 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 118 88 12 3.7 96 .280 .239 .250 .297 .317 .394 .405 .691 .722 91 .399 -1.4 -0.1 .602 .239 .156 1.5

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 KCR AL 24 4.2% 8.3% 12.5% 4.2% 17% 0.67 10.5 21.0 21.0 0.73 0.86 75% 11% 12.5% 27%
2010 26 KCR AL 206 3.9% 18.9% 11.7% 7.3% 39% 1.63 4.6 22.5 7.2 0.56 0.72 65% 17% 10.1% 13%
2011 27 KCR AL 96 2.1% 27.1% 12.5% 6.3% 38% 2.17 3.2 41.0 13.7 0.73 0.83 57% 14% 8.0% 24%
2012 28 OAK AL 118 2.5% 20.3% 6.8% 9.3% 42% 3.00 4.5 36.3 9.9 0.68 1.00 69% 20% 7.5% 20%
4 Yrs 444 3.2% 20.5% 10.6% 7.4% 38% 1.94 4.3 28.0 9.1 0.63 0.82 65% 17% 9.2% 18%
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 KCR AL 0.4 0.0 24 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .47 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 0.4 0.04 4
2010 26 KCR AL -2.5 -0.2 210 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 1.03 -0.5 -0.3 -7.4 -0.7 1.00 -4.1 1.32 2
2011 27 KCR AL -3.2 -0.3 98 0.1 2.2 -2.2 1.30 -0.4 0.4 -7.9 -0.8 1.09 -5.1 0
2012 28 OAK AL -1.4 -0.1 120 -0.6 2.0 -2.6 1.07 0.1 -0.7 -5.6 -0.6 0.95 -0.7 0.90 5
4 Yrs -6.6 -0.6 452 -1.5 7.4 -8.9 1.07 -0.9 -0.5 -21.1 -2.1 1.00 -9.5 0.67 11

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 24 KCR AL 0 0 38% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 0 0 26% 69 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 35% 17 11 6 1 1 0 5 3 2
2011 27 KCR AL 2 0 15% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 80% 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
2012 28 OAK AL 1 0 25% 46 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
4 Yrs 3 0 24% 159 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 42% 26 17 9 4 2 2 8 3 5

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 KCR AL 24 92% 6 1 0 4 2 0 0 0.04 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 206 77% 39 2 0 2 1 0 1 1.32 8 0 3 6 2 5 3 0 1 1 100% 53 5 9% 29 8 28% 148 17 11% 13 7 54% 9 4 44% 0
2011 27 KCR AL 96 73% 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 26 3 12% 15 3 20% 72 4 6% 8 1 13% 4 1 25% 0
2012 28 OAK AL 118 71% 26 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.90 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 24 5 21% 10 1 10% 65 8 12% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 444 75% 87 8 0 11 3 0 1 0.67 14 0 8 11 3 9 5 0 3 2 67% 106 13 12% 57 12 21% 296 29 10% 24 9 38% 13 5 38% 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 KCR AL 24 100 4.17 65 65% 22% 11% 38% 29% 78% 0% 51% 86% 38% 4% 1 0 13% 3 1 8% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 206 865 4.20 509 59% 34% 14% 24% 28% 66% 2% 39% 79% 20% 10% 21 0 21% 44 12 16% 32 18 23% 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 97 372 3.84 222 60% 36% 18% 20% 26% 64% 0% 38% 71% 19% 3% 3 0 11% 11 5 16% 16 6 8% -1 0 0
2012 28 OAK AL 118 456 3.86 275 60% 36% 13% 20% 31% 64% 0% 38% 79% 28% 4% 5 0 14% 16 4 15% 18 12 25% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 445 1793 4.03 1071 60% 34% 14% 23% 28% 66% 1% 39% 78% 23% 7% 30 0 17% 74 22 15% 68 37 19% -1 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 12 24 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 115 9 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 12 24 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 115 9 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 64 230 201 26 45 6 1 9 26 0 1 27 41 .224 .314 .398 .712 94 80 5 0 1 1 2
2011 27 87 326 283 32 61 10 1 11 32 0 1 39 41 .216 .309 .375 .683 87 106 8 0 2 2 2
2012 28 121 444 392 43 87 18 1 14 43 1 1 47 65 .222 .305 .380 .686 88 149 13 1 2 2 2

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 24 12 24 21 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 12
2010 26 52 208 181 23 40 6 1 8 26 0 25 39 .221 .314 .398 .712 23 52
2011 27 23 96 82 6 16 4 0 2 6 0 12 26 .195 .295 .317 .612 8 23
2012 28 34 119 110 11 27 8 0 3 11 1 8 24 .245 .303 .400 .703 13 34
4 Yrs 121 447 394 44 89 18 1 14 44 1 48 91 .226 .310 .383 .693 47 121
162 Game Avg. 162 598 528 59 119 24 1 19 59 1 64 122 .226 .310 .383 .693 63 121

* 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.

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