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Eric Karros
Eric Peter Karros
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 216 lb.

Born: November 4, 1967 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Patrick Henry (San Diego, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1991
Final Game: July 21, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
1991 23 LAD NL 14 15 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .143 .276 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
1992 24 LAD NL 149 589 545 63 140 30 1 20 88 2 4 37 103 .257 .304 .426 .730 106 232 15 2 0 5 3 *3 RoY-1
1993 25 LAD NL 158 658 619 74 153 27 2 23 80 0 1 34 82 .247 .287 .409 .696 88 253 17 2 0 3 1 *3
1994 26 LAD NL 111 448 406 51 108 21 1 14 46 2 0 29 53 .266 .310 .426 .736 95 173 13 2 0 11 1 *3
1995 27 LAD NL 143 620 551 83 164 29 3 32 105 4 4 61 115 .298 .369 .535 .905 145 295 14 4 0 4 4 *3 MVP-5,SS
1996 28 LAD NL 154 670 608 84 158 29 1 34 111 8 0 53 121 .260 .316 .479 .795 113 291 27 1 0 8 2 *3 MVP-16
1997 29 LAD NL 162 700 628 86 167 28 0 31 104 15 7 61 116 .266 .329 .459 .787 110 288 10 2 0 9 2 *3
1998 30 LAD NL 139 564 507 59 150 20 1 23 87 7 2 47 93 .296 .355 .475 .830 121 241 7 3 0 7 1 *3/D
1999 31 LAD NL 153 639 578 74 176 40 0 34 112 8 5 53 119 .304 .362 .550 .912 132 318 18 2 0 6 0 *3
2000 32 LAD NL 155 663 584 84 146 29 0 31 106 4 3 63 122 .250 .321 .459 .780 100 268 18 4 0 12 2 *3/D
2001 33 LAD NL 121 485 438 42 103 22 0 15 63 3 1 41 101 .235 .303 .388 .691 84 170 15 3 0 3 2 *3
2002 34 LAD NL 142 573 524 52 142 26 1 13 73 4 2 37 74 .271 .323 .399 .722 96 209 11 6 0 6 1 *3
2003 35 CHC NL 114 365 336 37 96 16 1 12 40 1 1 28 46 .286 .340 .446 .786 103 150 14 0 0 1 1 3
2004 36 OAK AL 40 111 103 8 20 6 0 2 11 1 0 7 16 .194 .243 .311 .554 44 32 2 0 0 1 1 3D
14 Seasons 1755 7100 6441 797 1724 324 11 284 1027 59 30 552 1167 .268 .325 .454 .779 107 2922 181 31 0 76 21
162 Game Avg. 162 655 595 74 159 30 1 26 95 5 3 51 108 .268 .325 .454 .779 107 270 17 3 0 7 2
LAD (12 yrs) 1601 6624 6002 752 1608 302 10 270 976 57 29 517 1105 .268 .325 .457 .782 109 2740 165 31 0 74 19
OAK (1 yr) 40 111 103 8 20 6 0 2 11 1 0 7 16 .194 .243 .311 .554 44 32 2 0 0 1 1
CHC (1 yr) 114 365 336 37 96 16 1 12 40 1 1 28 46 .286 .340 .446 .786 103 150 14 0 0 1 1
NL (13 yrs) 1715 6989 6338 789 1704 318 11 282 1016 58 30 545 1151 .269 .326 .456 .782 108 2890 179 31 0 75 20
AL (1 yr) 40 111 103 8 20 6 0 2 11 1 0 7 16 .194 .243 .311 .554 44 32 2 0 0 1 1

Postseason Batting

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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
1995 27 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 3 13 12 3 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .500 .538 1.083 1.622 13 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 3 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 1 0 0 0 0
2003 35 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 4 16 16 4 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .750 1.125 12 1 0 0 0 0
2003 35 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 5 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 15 55 50 9 15 1 0 4 6 0 0 5 9 .300 .364 .560 .924 28 2 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 10 40 37 7 12 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 6 .324 .375 .676 1.051 25 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 3 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 LAD NL 23 1B 10 2 30.0 35 33 2 0 5 1.000 -0.4 -16.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 10.50 3.50 .991 9.78 8.44
1992 LAD NL 24 1B 143 142 1201.1 1346 1211 126 9 98 .993 -6.2 -6.2 -6.2 -4.4 -1.8 0 10.02 9.35 .993 9.75 8.38 RoY-1
1993 LAD NL 25 1B 157 157 1373.2 1494 1335 147 12 118 .992 -7.5 -6.6 -6.5 -4.0 -2.5 -1 9.71 9.44 .992 9.68 8.01
1994 LAD NL 26 1B 109 108 930.1 1023 896 118 9 83 .991 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -6.5 6.4 0 9.81 9.30 .992 9.73 8.11
1995 LAD NL 27 1B 143 143 1271.2 1350 1234 109 7 101 .995 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 -0.5 0 9.50 9.39 .993 9.70 8.36 MVP-5,SS
1996 LAD NL 28 1B 154 154 1391.1 1450 1314 121 15 133 .990 2.9 2.5 3.9 4.1 -0.2 -1 9.28 9.32 .992 9.62 8.35 MVP-16
1997 LAD NL 29 1B 162 162 1447.2 1450 1318 121 11 88 .992 -6.4 -5.3 -6.4 -0.4 -6.0 0 8.95 8.88 .993 9.52 8.16
1998 LAD NL 30 1B 136 136 1168.2 1272 1150 110 12 122 .991 -3.3 -3.4 -3.3 -4.3 1.0 0 9.70 9.26 .993 9.46 8.01
1998 LAD NL 30 DH 2
1999 LAD NL 31 1B 151 147 1302.1 1430 1291 126 13 108 .991 10.8 10.0 10.8 -1.7 12.5 0 9.79 9.38 .993 9.20 7.64
2000 LAD NL 32 1B 153 153 1331.2 1440 1295 138 7 123 .995 6.7 6.0 7.7 -2.4 10.1 -1 9.68 9.37 .992 9.25 7.73
2000 LAD NL 32 DH 1
2001 LAD NL 33 1B 119 118 1018.1 1038 963 71 4 82 .996 -1.3 -1.5 -1.3 -4.2 2.9 0 9.14 8.69 .993 9.26 7.84
2002 LAD NL 34 1B 142 141 1191.0 1285 1175 106 4 101 .997 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.4 1.4 0 9.68 9.02 .992 9.39 7.97
2003 CHC NL 35 1B 97 84 730.2 728 675 47 6 80 .992 -9.7 -15.9 -9.7 -9.4 -0.3 0 8.89 7.44 .993 9.60 7.98
2004 OAK AL 36 1B 22 14 147.1 184 165 17 2 15 .989 -2.5 -20.4 -2.5 0.0 -2.5 0 11.12 8.27 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 OAK AL 36 DH 10
14 Seasons 1B 1698 1661 14536.0 15525 14055 1359 111 1257 .993 -12.6 -1.0 -9.6 -29.9 20.3 -3 9.54 9.08 .993 7.41 6.98
3 Seasons DH 13
14 Seasons TOT 1698 1661 14536.0 15525 14055 1359 111 1257 .993 -12.6 -1.0 -9.6 -29.9 20.3 -3 9.54 9.08 .985 9.51 8.05
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1992-NL-Rookie of the Year

Silver Sluggers
1995-NL-1B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1995-NL-5-34%
1996-NL-16-3%
0.37 Career Shares (514th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1995 NL--.535--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1995 NL--.905--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1993 NL--158--7th
1995 NL--143--4th
1997 NL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1993 NL--619--4th
1995 NL--551--8th
1997 NL--628--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1995 NL--620--7th
1997 NL--700--4th

Hits s c a p y
1995 NL--164--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1995 NL--295--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1999 NL--40--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--32--5th
1997 NL--31--9th
Career--284--144th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1995 NL--105--4th
Career--1027--239th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 NL--103--9th
1995 NL--115--4th
Career--1167--152nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1995 NL--145--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1995 NL--107--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--36--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1995 NL--3.4--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1995 NL--64--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1995 NL--229--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1994 NL--11--2nd
1996 NL--8--8th
1997 NL--9--5th
2000 NL--12--2nd
Career--76--104th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1992 NL--15--5th
1993 NL--17--8th
1994 NL--13--7th
1996 NL--27--1st
1999 NL--18--5th
2000 NL--18--7th
Career--181--135th

AB per HR s c a p y
1995 NL--17.2--10th
Career--22.7--200th

Outs Made s c a p y
1993 NL--487--3rd
1996 NL--485--5th
1997 NL--487--5th
2000 NL--471--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 26 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (598), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (821), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Kent Hrbek (925)
  2. Frank Thomas (923)
  3. Paul Konerko (917)
  4. George Bell (908)
  5. Ted Kluszewski (907)
  6. Bobby Thomson (898)
  7. Greg Luzinski (895)
  8. Joe Adcock (894)
  9. Ben Oglivie (892)
  10. Derrek Lee (890)
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  3. Tino Martinez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Greg Walker (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Glenn Davis (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tino Martinez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lee May (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lee May (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lee May (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tino Martinez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tino Martinez (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Thomas (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1988.

December 4, 2002: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mark Grudzielanek to the Chicago Cubs for Chad Hermansen and Todd Hundley.

October 31, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

August 3, 2004: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$124,000
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$435,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$650,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$2,350,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$3,150,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$4,500,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$4,500,000
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$5,500,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$5,375,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$7,500,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$6,875,000
2003Chicago Cubs$8,375,000
2004Oakland Athletics$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$49,884,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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