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Austin Kearns

Austin Ryan Kearns

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 20, 1980 in Lexington, KY
High School: Lafayette HS (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2002
Teams (by GP): Reds/Nationals/Indians/Yankees/Marlins 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$600k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.113, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports Mgmt [*]
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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
1998	18	CIN-min	Rk	30	134	108	17	34	9	0	1	14	1	1	23	22	.315	.433	.426	.859		46	4	1	0	2	0		BIL · PION
1999	19	CIN-min	A	124	488	426	72	110	36	5	13	48	21	8	50	120	.258	.346	.458	.804		195	9	9	0	3	3		RFD · MIDW
2000	20	CIN-min	A	136	590	484	110	148	37	2	27	104	18	5	90	93	.306	.415	.558	.973		270	14	7	0	9	5		DAY · MIDW
2001	21	CIN-min	AA,Rk	65	263	222	32	58	13	2	6	40	7	5	28	50	.261	.352	.419	.771		93	4	6	2	5	0		CNG,RDL · SOUL,GULF
2002	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	13	58	45	13	14	4	0	5	15	1	0	10	9	.311	.466	.733	1.199		33	0	3	0	0	0		CNG,LOU · SOUL,IL
2002	22	CIN	NL	107	435	372	66	117	24	3	13	56	6	3	54	81	.315	.407	.500	.907	134	186	11	6	0	3	3	97/8	RoY-3
2003	23	CIN-min	AA	3	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.200	.500	.200	.700		1	0	1	0	0	0		CNG · SOUL
2003	23	CIN	NL	82	338	292	39	77	11	0	15	58	5	2	41	68	.264	.364	.455	.819	117	133	7	5	0	0	1	98
2004	24	CIN-min	AAA	25	104	83	19	28	7	1	2	15	3	1	19	16	.337	.471	.518	.989		43	3	2	0	0	1		LOU · IL
2004	24	CIN	NL	64	246	217	28	50	10	2	9	32	2	1	28	71	.230	.321	.419	.740	92	91	8	1	0	0	0	9/8
2005	25	CIN-min	AAA	28	123	111	24	38	15	1	7	21	0	0	11	30	.342	.407	.685	1.091		76	9	1	0	0	2		LOU · IL
2005	25	CIN	NL	112	448	387	62	93	26	1	18	67	0	0	48	107	.240	.333	.452	.785	104	175	8	8	0	5	2	9/8
2006	26	TOT	NL	150	629	537	86	142	33	2	24	86	9	4	76	135	.264	.363	.467	.830	112	251	18	10	1	5	4	*9/8
2006	26	CIN	NL	87	368	325	53	89	21	1	16	50	7	1	35	85	.274	.351	.492	.843	110	160	14	5	0	3	2	9
2006	26	WSN	NL	63	261	212	33	53	12	1	8	36	2	3	41	50	.250	.381	.429	.810	114	91	4	5	1	2	2	9/8
2007	27	WSN	NL	161	674	587	84	156	35	1	16	74	2	2	71	106	.266	.355	.411	.765	103	241	13	12	0	4	5	*9/8
2008	28	WSN-min	AAA,A	7	25	17	4	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	6	3	.412	.560	.765	1.325		13	0	1	0	1	0		CLB,HGR · IL,SALL
2008	28	WSN	NL	86	357	313	40	68	10	0	7	32	2	2	35	63	.217	.311	.316	.627	67	99	11	8	0	1	0	9
2009	29	WSN	NL	80	211	174	20	34	6	2	3	17	1	1	32	51	.195	.336	.305	.641	72	53	12	5	0	0	1	9/8
2010	30	TOT	AL	120	461	403	55	106	21	1	10	49	4	1	46	116	.263	.351	.395	.746	107	159	16	10	0	2	2	*79/8D
2010	30	CLE	AL	84	342	301	42	82	18	1	8	42	4	1	34	78	.272	.354	.419	.772	116	126	12	5	0	2	2	79/8
2010	30	NYY	AL	36	119	102	13	24	3	0	2	7	0	0	12	38	.235	.345	.324	.668	80	33	4	5	0	0	0	79/D
2011	31	CLE	AL	57	174	150	18	30	5	1	2	7	0	4	18	48	.200	.302	.287	.589	67	43	2	4	2	0	0	79/D
2012	32	MIA	NL	22	54	48	8	18	4	0	3	9	1	0	4	11	.375	.444	.646	1.090	189	31	1	2	0	0	0	7/9
11 Yrs				1041	4027	3480	506	891	185	13	120	487	32	20	453	857	.256	.352	.420	.772	104	1462	107	71	3	20	18
162 Game Avg.				162	627	542	79	139	29	2	19	76	5	3	70	133	.256	.352	.420	.772	104	228	17	11	0	3	3

CIN (5 yrs)				452	1835	1593	248	426	92	7	71	263	20	7	206	412	.267	.358	.468	.826	113	745	48	25	0	11	8
WSN (4 yrs)				390	1503	1286	177	311	63	4	34	159	7	8	179	270	.242	.346	.376	.723	92	484	40	30	1	7	8
CLE (2 yrs)				141	516	451	60	112	23	2	10	49	4	5	52	126	.248	.337	.375	.711	100	169	14	9	2	2	2
NYY (1 yr)				36	119	102	13	24	3	0	2	7	0	0	12	38	.235	.345	.324	.668	80	33	4	5	0	0	0
MIA (1 yr)				22	54	48	8	18	4	0	3	9	1	0	4	11	.375	.444	.646	1.090	189	31	1	2	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				864	3392	2927	433	755	159	11	108	431	28	15	389	693	.258	.354	.430	.785	105	1260	89	57	1	18	16
AL (2 yrs)				177	635	553	73	136	26	2	12	56	4	5	64	164	.246	.338	.365	.703	96	202	18	14	2	2	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
2002	22	CIN	NL	107	435	19	1	1	12	-5	27	2.8	12	39	3.9	.526	.517	2.7	0.8	27	$	97/8	RoY-3
2003	23	CIN	NL	82	338	7	1	-1	-2	-2	4	0.4	9	13	1.3	.505	.502	1.5	-0.4	15	$350,000	98
2004	24	CIN	NL	64	246	-1	0	-1	2	-3	-3	-0.3	7	4	0.4	.496	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$400,000	9/8
2005	25	CIN	NL	112	448	2	2	0	10	-5	10	1.0	12	22	2.2	.509	.506	1.2	0.6	12	$930,000	9/8
2006	26	CIN	NL	87	368	5	1	-2	3	-4	3	0.3	10	13	1.3	.504	.502	1.0	-0.1	10	$1,850,000	9
2006	26	WSN	NL	63	261	6	-0	1	6	-3	10	1.0	7	17	1.7	.516	.506	1.1	0.3	11	$	9/8
2007	27	WSN	NL	161	674	7	-0	-0	7	-7	6	0.6	18	24	2.4	.504	.504	1.7	-0.0	17	$3,500,000	*9/8
2008	28	WSN	NL	86	357	-11	-0	-1	-6	-4	-22	-2.2	10	-12	-1.3	.474	.486	-0.7	-1.0	-6	$5,000,000	9
2009	29	WSN	NL	80	211	-7	-0	-2	1	-2	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.5	.487	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$8,000,000	9/8
2010	30	CLE	AL	84	342	5	0	-1	-5	-4	-4	-0.3	12	8	0.7	.495	.497	1.3	-0.8	13	$750,000	79/8
2010	30	NYY	AL	36	119	-1	-0	-0	-1	-2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.486	.497	0.0	-0.3	0	$	79/D
2011	31	CLE	AL	57	174	-6	-1	0	-3	-3	-13	-1.3	6	-7	-0.8	.476	.492	-0.4	-0.6	-4	$1,300,000	79/D
2012	32	MIA	NL	22	54	6	0	0	-2	-0	4	0.4	2	5	0.6	.518	.502	0.8	-0.2	7	$	7/9
11 Seasons				1041	4027	31	3	-6	22	-42	8	0.8	113	121	11.8	.501	.500	9.8	-1.9	99	$22,080,000

CIN (5 yrs)				452	1835	32	4	-3	25	-18	41	4.2	50	91	9.1	.509	.505	6.6	0.8	66	$3,530,000
WSN (4 yrs)				390	1503	-4	-1	-2	8	-15	-15	-1.7	40	25	2.3	.496	.497	1.5	-0.8	17	$16,500,000
CLE (2 yrs)				141	516	-1	-0	-1	-8	-7	-17	-1.6	18	1	-0.1	.487	.495	0.9	-1.4	9	$2,050,000
NYY (1 yr)				36	119	-1	-0	-0	-1	-2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.486	.497	0.0	-0.3	0	$
MIA (1 yr)				22	54	6	0	0	-2	-0	4	0.4	2	5	0.6	.518	.502	0.8	-0.2	7	$

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
2002	22	CIN	NL	435	272	77	7.6	111	.370	.315	.270	.407	.345	.500	.430	.907	.775	134	.698	20.7	2.0	.926	.339	.185	8.2
2003	23	CIN	NL	338	224	50	6.0	105	.297	.264	.263	.364	.334	.455	.421	.819	.755	117	.587	7.9	0.8	.813	.342	.192	7.5
2004	24	CIN	NL	246	176	28	4.3	108	.299	.230	.266	.321	.337	.419	.431	.740	.768	92	.426	-2.8	-0.3	.688	.323	.189	3.3
2005	25	CIN	NL	448	307	60	5.2	108	.281	.240	.269	.333	.339	.452	.428	.785	.767	104	.535	2.7	0.3	.765	.336	.212	.0
2006	26	TOT	NL	629	423	91	5.8	113	.308	.264	.272	.363	.343	.467	.442	.830	.785	112	.556	11.4	1.1	.820	.354	.203	13.1
2006	26	CIN	NL	368	254	54	5.7	116	.322	.274	.277	.351	.348	.492	.450	.843	.798	110	.551	4.8	0.4	.821	.345	.218	9.7
2006	26	WSN	NL	261	169	37	5.9	107	.288	.250	.265	.381	.335	.429	.430	.810	.765	114	.564	6.6	0.6	.819	.368	.179	3.2
2007	27	WSN	NL	674	450	88	5.3	106	.299	.266	.265	.355	.334	.411	.424	.765	.758	103	.516	5.5	0.5	.726	.266	.145	3.6
2008	28	WSN	NL	357	259	31	3.2	106	.250	.217	.265	.311	.336	.316	.423	.627	.759	67	.316	-14.7	-1.4	.550	.211	.099	3.1
2009	29	WSN	NL	211	153	17	3.0	106	.258	.195	.265	.336	.337	.305	.420	.641	.758	72	.294	-6.3	-0.6	.588	.293	.109	1.5
2010	30	TOT	AL	461	316	56	4.7	97	.344	.263	.257	.351	.324	.395	.402	.746	.726	107	.506	5.3	0.5	.694	.253	.132	5.7
2010	30	CLE	AL	342	234	44	5.0	95	.341	.272	.253	.354	.320	.419	.397	.772	.717	116	.533	7.9	0.8	.724	.269	.146	5.3
2010	30	NYY	AL	119	82	12	3.9	105	.355	.235	.267	.345	.336	.324	.418	.668	.754	80	.418	-2.6	-0.3	.610	.206	.088	.0
2011	31	CLE	AL	174	128	13	2.7	94	.280	.200	.252	.302	.317	.287	.400	.589	.716	67	.275	-6.3	-0.6	.484	.180	.087	.0
2012	32	MIA	NL	54	31	14	12.1	104	.441	.375	.264	.444	.332	.646	.417	1.090	.750	189	.859	6.1	0.6	1.226	.375	.271	1.5
11 Yrs				4027	2739	525	5.1	106	.306	.256	.265	.352	.336	.420	.424	.772	.760	104	.520	29.7	2.8	.736	.298	.164	50.5
162 Game Avg.				627	426	82	5.1	106	.306	.256	.265	.352	.336	.420	.424	.772	.760	104	.520	5	0	.736	.298	.164	8

CIN (5 yrs)				1835	1233	269	5.8	110	.317	.267	.269	.358	.341	.468	.432	.826	.773	113	.577	33.4	3.2	.809	.338	.200	31.2
WSN (4 yrs)				1503	1031	173	4.5	106	.280	.242	.265	.346	.335	.376	.424	.723	.760	92	.452	-8.9	-0.9	.676	.273	.135	11.6
CLE (2 yrs)				516	362	57	4.2	95	.322	.248	.253	.337	.319	.375	.398	.711	.717	100	.454	1.7	0.2	.640	.239	.126	5.7
NYY (1 yr)				119	82	12	3.9	105	.355	.235	.267	.345	.336	.324	.418	.668	.754	80	.419	-2.6	-0.3	.610	.206	.088	.0
MIA (1 yr)				54	31	14	12.1	104	.441	.375	.264	.444	.332	.646	.417	1.090	.750	189	.859	6.1	0.6	1.226	.375	.271	1.5

NL (9 yrs)				3392	2295	456	5.3	108	.302	.258	.267	.354	.338	.430	.428	.785	.767	105	.533	30.6	2.9	.755	.310	.173	44.5
AL (2 yrs)				635	444	69	4.2	97	.327	.246	.256	.338	.322	.365	.401	.703	.724	96	.448	-1.0	-0.1	.634	.233	.119	6.0

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
2002	22	CIN	NL	435	3.0%	18.6%	12.4%	9.2%	34%	1.50	4.6	28.6	6.6	0.81	1.21	65%	28%	9.3%	10%
2003	23	CIN	NL	338	4.4%	20.1%	12.1%	7.7%	34%	1.66	4.3	19.5	5.0	1.07	1.40	62%	20%	16.5%	16%
2004	24	CIN	NL	246	3.7%	28.9%	11.4%	8.5%	42%	2.54	3.1	24.1	6.8	0.87	1.35	56%	15%	12.3%	6%
2005	25	CIN	NL	448	4.0%	23.9%	10.7%	10.0%	48%	2.23	3.6	21.5	5.8	0.93	1.50	60%	21%	13.5%	10%
2006	26	TOT	NL	629	3.8%	21.5%	12.1%	9.4%	42%	1.78	4.0	22.4	6.2	0.75	1.11	61%	18%	11.1%	7%
2006	26	CIN	NL	368	4.4%	23.1%	9.5%	10.3%	43%	2.43	3.8	20.3	6.5	0.80	1.27	62%	19%	12.6%	6%
2006	26	WSN	NL	261	3.1%	19.2%	15.7%	8.1%	40%	1.22	4.2	26.5	5.9	0.69	0.92	60%	17%	9.0%	8%
2007	27	WSN	NL	674	2.4%	15.7%	10.5%	7.7%	33%	1.49	5.5	36.7	7.9	0.83	1.07	70%	23%	6.9%	12%
2008	28	WSN	NL	357	2.0%	17.7%	9.8%	4.8%	25%	1.80	5.0	44.7	9.8	0.87	1.12	68%	20%	6.1%	14%
2009	29	WSN	NL	211	1.4%	24.2%	15.2%	5.2%	32%	1.59	3.4	58.0	10.2	0.86	1.46	57%	20%	5.3%	14%
2010	30	TOT	AL	461	2.2%	25.2%	10.0%	6.9%	30%	2.52	3.5	40.3	8.2	0.77	1.23	61%	23%	6.8%	10%
2010	30	CLE	AL	342	2.3%	22.8%	9.9%	7.9%	33%	2.29	3.9	37.6	7.2	0.77	1.19	63%	24%	7.0%	9%
2010	30	NYY	AL	119	1.7%	31.9%	10.1%	4.2%	21%	3.17	2.7	51.0	14.6	0.78	1.39	52%	20%	6.3%	11%
2011	31	CLE	AL	174	1.2%	27.6%	10.3%	4.6%	27%	2.67	3.1	75.0	21.4	1.10	1.27	57%	24%	4.4%	6%
2012	32	MIA	NL	54	5.6%	20.4%	7.4%	13.0%	39%	2.75	4.4	16.0	5.3	1.18	4.25	63%	27%	17.6%	0%
11 Yrs				4027	3.0%	21.3%	11.3%	7.9%	36%	1.89	4.1	29.0	7.1	0.86	1.24	63%	22%	9.5%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	22	CIN	NL	20.7	2.0	446	0.3	8.2	-7.9	1.05	1.6	-1.3	19.0	1.8	1.00	20.8	1.57	8
2003	23	CIN	NL	7.9	0.8	352	2.0	7.8	-5.8	1.04	1.1	0.8	14.8	1.4	0.99	10.9	2.06	2
2004	24	CIN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	252	0.5	4.6	-4.1	.97	0.2	0.3	5.0	0.5	0.95	4.5	1.51	4
2005	25	CIN	NL	2.7	0.3	453	-1.1	7.6	-8.7	1.08	-0.2	-0.8	5.7	0.5	1.00	1.7	1.31	6
2006	26	TOT	NL	11.4	1.1	647	0.1	12.3	-12.2	1.09	2.0	-1.9	12.9	1.2	1.00	18.0	2.70	7
2006	26	CIN	NL	4.8	0.4	380	-0.3	6.4	-6.6	.99	1.2	-1.5	5.7	0.5	0.97	11.9	1.58	3
2006	26	WSN	NL	6.6	0.6	267	0.4	5.9	-5.6	1.24	0.8	-0.5	7.2	0.7	1.04	6.1	3.54	4
2007	27	WSN	NL	5.5	0.5	692	0.6	12.6	-12.1	1.08	0.7	-0.2	15.1	1.5	0.97	10.3	0.92	2
2008	28	WSN	NL	-15.2	-1.5	364	-0.3	7.0	-7.2	1.16	-1.3	1.1	-13.9	-1.4	1.00	-13.8	1.25	1
2009	29	WSN	NL	-6.3	-0.6	214	-1.6	3.3	-4.9	1.14	-0.5	-0.9	-9.2	-0.9	1.01	-6.5	1.50	22
2010	30	TOT	AL	5.3	0.5	471	-1.9	7.1	-8.9	1.04	0.1	-1.9	-5.6	-0.5	1.00	-1.4	1.26	5
2010	30	CLE	AL	7.9	0.8	351	-0.5	5.7	-6.2	1.03	0.3	-0.8	4.1	0.4	0.99	1.9		0
2010	30	NYY	AL	-2.6	-0.3	120	-1.4	1.3	-2.7	1.09	-0.2	-1.1	-9.6	-0.9	1.03	-3.2	1.26	5
2011	31	CLE	AL	-6.5	-0.6	179	-1.1	1.9	-3.1	.91	-0.9	-0.4	-9.4	-1.0	0.99	-9.5	1.85	2
2012	32	MIA	NL	6.1	0.6	55	0.4	1.1	-0.7	.99	0.5	-0.0	6.3	0.6	0.99	4.9	1.03	8
11 Yrs				28.6	2.7	4125	-2.1	73.6	-75.6	1.07	3.3	-5.2	40.8	3.8	0.99	39.9	1.55	67

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	22	CIN	NL	2	32%	158	6	3	67%	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	49%	14	8	5	9	6	3	14	3	10
2003	23	CIN	NL	1	22%	121	5	2	71%	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	5	7	25%	18	17	1	7	2	5	7	4	2
2004	24	CIN	NL	3	27%	81	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	29%	10	8	2	5	4	1	6	3	3
2005	25	CIN	NL	3	34%	146	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	49%	19	13	6	9	5	4	11	2	9
2006	26	TOT	NL	5	30%	233	9	4	69%	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	22	52%	26	13	12	14	7	7	18	7	11
2006	26	CIN	NL	3	33%	137	7	1	88%	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	13	44%	15	9	6	9	5	4	10	5	5
2006	26	WSN	NL	2	28%	96	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	63%	11	4	6	5	2	3	8	2	6
2007	27	WSN	NL	8	31%	249	2	2	50%	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	19	38%	41	32	9	14	8	6	22	8	14
2008	28	WSN	NL	5	32%	126	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	34%	26	21	5	2	0	2	13	6	7
2009	29	WSN	NL	0	25%	71	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	55%	4	3	1	3	1	2	4	1	3
2010	30	TOT	AL	2	30%	167	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	46%	23	16	7	7	4	3	16	3	11
2010	30	CLE	AL	0	30%	124	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	44%	15	12	3	6	3	3	11	3	8
2010	30	NYY	AL	2	28%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	8	4	4	1	1	0	5	0	3
2011	31	CLE	AL	1	32%	51	0	4	0%	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	43%	12	8	4	1	0	1	1	0	1
2012	32	MIA	NL	0	24%	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
11 Yrs				30	30%	1417	32	20	62%	30	15	1	2	1	3	8	2	31	86	42%	194	140	52	72	37	35	112	37	71

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
2002	22	CIN	NL	435	27%	117	13	0	8	3	0	2	1.57	13	1	15	11	2	7	6	0	0	0		107	11	10%	39	9	23%	313	43	14%	29	9	31%	21	9	43%	0
2003	23	CIN	NL	338	27%	77	8	0	2	1	0	0	2.06	15	0	8	14	1	8	7	0	0	0		67	7	10%	28	7	25%	233	44	19%	25	13	52%	11	7	64%	0
2004	24	CIN	NL	246	24%	50	6	0	4	2	1	1	1.51	9	0	7	7	2	3	6	0	0	0		53	8	15%	22	6	27%	154	25	16%	10	8	80%	10	5	50%	0
2005	25	CIN	NL	448	29%	93	2	0	6	2	1	2	1.31	18	0	18	14	4	9	9	0	0	0		86	8	9%	37	13	35%	325	51	16%	30	16	53%	20	12	60%	0
2006	26	TOT	NL	629	29%	142	14	0	7	2	0	1	2.70	24	0	25	15	9	12	12	0	1	1	100%	139	18	13%	60	15	25%	442	65	15%	35	18	51%	23	10	43%	0
2006	26	CIN	NL	368	29%	89	8	0	3	1	0	0	1.58	16	0	11	10	6	8	8	0	0	0		79	14	18%	33	8	24%	240	35	15%	18	10	56%	13	7	54%	0
2006	26	WSN	NL	261	28%	53	6	0	4	1	0	1	3.54	8	0	14	5	3	4	4	0	1	1	100%	60	4	7%	27	7	26%	202	30	15%	17	8	47%	10	3	30%	0
2007	27	WSN	NL	674	25%	156	14	0	2	0	0	0	0.92	16	0	11	12	4	8	8	1	0	0		133	13	10%	62	14	23%	450	60	13%	30	13	43%	31	12	39%	0
2008	28	WSN	NL	357	28%	68	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	7	0	11	6	1	1	6	0	0	0		67	11	16%	29	6	21%	241	27	11%	18	8	44%	14	8	57%	0
2009	29	WSN	NL	211	31%	34	3	0	22	4	0	1	1.50	3	1	9	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		52	12	23%	19	3	16%	146	14	10%	7	3	43%	7	4	57%	0
2010	30	TOT	AL	461	36%	106	7	0	5	0	0	0	1.26	10	0	13	6	4	5	5	0	0	0		105	16	15%	43	8	19%	332	41	12%	24	9	38%	18	6	33%	0
2010	30	CLE	AL	342	33%	82	6	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	6	6	2	4	4	0	0	0		74	12	16%	31	8	26%	239	36	15%	17	8	47%	13	5	38%	0
2010	30	NYY	AL	119	47%	24	1	0	5	0	0	0	1.26	2	0	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		31	4	13%	12	0	0%	93	5	5%	7	1	14%	5	1	20%	0
2011	31	CLE	AL	174	44%	30	7	0	2	0	0	0	1.85	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	67%	30	2	7%	15	4	27%	95	5	5%	2	1	50%	8	3	38%	0
2012	32	MIA	NL	54	65%	18	0	0	8	3	0	0	1.03	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		8	1	13%	3	0	0%	38	6	16%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
11 Yrs				4027	30%	891	78	0	67	17	2	7	1.55	120	2	119	90	30	57	63	1	4	3	75%	847	107	13%	357	85	24%	2769	381	14%	212	98	46%	168	78	46%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			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
2002	22	CIN	NL	437	1762	4.03	1025	58%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	1%	41%	79%	31%	7%	29	2	17%	74	28	15%	65	41	25%	-2	0	0
2003	23	CIN	NL	340	1343	3.95	793	59%	22%	20%	29%	28%	78%	0%	46%	74%	40%	6%	19	1	19%	65	35	14%	49	31	25%	-2	0	0
2004	24	CIN	NL	246	1009	4.10	616	61%	31%	20%	25%	24%	69%	0%	42%	71%	33%	4%	11	0	15%	38	13	11%	28	15	27%	0	0	0
2005	25	CIN	NL	449	1786	3.98	1072	60%	28%	19%	26%	27%	72%	1%	43%	74%	33%	6%	27	3	18%	79	34	14%	62	37	33%	-1	0	0
2006	26	TOT	NL	631	2581	4.09	1506	58%	23%	21%	29%	27%	77%	1%	45%	73%	31%	6%	35	0	18%	113	60	12%	75	43	17%	-2	0	0
2006	26	CIN	NL	369	1518	4.11	897	59%	23%	22%	28%	27%	77%	0%	46%	72%	31%	4%	14	0	17%	61	35	11%	40	24	19%	-1	0	0
2006	26	WSN	NL	262	1063	4.06	609	57%	24%	19%	30%	27%	76%	1%	43%	76%	30%	8%	21	0	20%	52	25	13%	35	19	14%	-1	0	0
2007	27	WSN	NL	674	2581	3.83	1540	60%	26%	12%	30%	31%	74%	2%	44%	83%	29%	7%	44	0	17%	115	43	11%	71	47	24%	0	0	0
2008	28	WSN	NL	358	1399	3.91	839	60%	34%	12%	25%	30%	66%	0%	40%	82%	26%	4%	16	0	15%	55	20	12%	43	23	37%	-1	0	0
2009	29	WSN	NL	211	830	3.93	479	58%	29%	22%	23%	26%	71%	0%	41%	70%	27%	6%	13	0	18%	37	16	11%	24	8	16%	0	0	0
2010	30	TOT	AL	464	1862	4.01	1139	61%	29%	18%	28%	25%	71%	1%	44%	74%	30%	5%	23	0	15%	71	26	11%	52	29	28%	-3	0	0
2010	30	CLE	AL	342	1361	3.98	838	62%	27%	18%	29%	27%	73%	2%	45%	76%	33%	5%	18	0	15%	51	20	11%	36	20	26%	0	0	0
2010	30	NYY	AL	122	501	4.11	301	60%	35%	19%	25%	21%	65%	0%	39%	71%	21%	4%	5	0	16%	20	6	13%	16	9	32%	-3	0	0
2011	31	CLE	AL	174	673	3.87	408	61%	32%	21%	21%	25%	68%	0%	41%	69%	26%	3%	6	0	12%	21	7	13%	22	10	31%	0	0	0
2012	32	MIA	NL	54	198	3.67	114	58%	35%	18%	14%	32%	65%	0%	37%	72%	20%	4%	2	0	19%	10	6	17%	9	5	27%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				4038	16024	3.97	9531	59%	28%	17%	27%	28%	72%	1%	43%	76%	31%	6%	225	6	17%	678	288	12%	500	289	26%	-11	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	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
2002	22	107	435	372	66	117	24	3	13	56	6	3	54	81	.315	.407	.500	.907	134	186	11	6	0	3	3
2003	23	189	773	664	105	194	35	3	28	114	11	5	95	149	.292	.388	.480	.869	127	319	18	11	0	3	4
2004	24	253	1019	881	133	244	45	5	37	146	13	6	123	220	.277	.372	.465	.837	118	410	26	12	0	3	4
2005	25	365	1467	1268	195	337	71	6	55	213	13	6	171	327	.266	.360	.461	.821	114	585	34	20	0	8	6
2006	26	515	2096	1805	281	479	104	8	79	299	22	10	247	462	.265	.361	.463	.824	113	836	52	30	1	13	10
2007	27	676	2770	2392	365	635	139	9	95	373	24	12	318	568	.265	.359	.450	.810	111	1077	65	42	1	17	15
2008	28	762	3127	2705	405	703	149	9	102	405	26	14	353	631	.260	.354	.435	.789	106	1176	76	50	1	18	15
2009	29	842	3338	2879	425	737	155	11	105	422	27	15	385	682	.256	.353	.427	.780	104	1229	88	55	1	18	16
2010	30	962	3799	3282	480	843	176	12	115	471	31	16	431	798	.257	.353	.423	.775	104	1388	104	65	1	20	18
2011	31	1019	3973	3432	498	873	181	13	117	478	31	20	449	846	.254	.350	.417	.767	103	1431	106	69	3	20	18
2012	32	1041	4027	3480	506	891	185	13	120	487	32	20	453	857	.256	.352	.420	.772	104	1462	107	71	3	20	18

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	22	107	429	368	63	113	23	3	13	53	6	52	81	.307	.399	.492	.890	71	107
2003	23	82	340	293	40	78	11	0	15	59	5	42	68	.266	.368	.457	.825	48	82
2004	24	64	244	216	27	49	10	2	9	31	2	27	71	.227	.316	.417	.732	28	64
2005	25	112	446	386	61	92	26	1	18	66	0	47	107	.238	.330	.451	.780	56	112
2006	26	150	620	531	80	136	32	2	23	80	9	73	135	.256	.354	.454	.808	83	150
2007	27	161	674	587	84	156	35	1	16	74	2	71	106	.266	.355	.411	.765	83	161
2008	28	86	357	313	40	68	10	0	7	32	2	35	63	.217	.311	.316	.627	29	86
2009	29	80	211	174	20	34	6	2	3	17	1	32	51	.195	.336	.305	.641	17	80
2010	30	120	471	409	60	112	22	1	11	53	4	49	116	.274	.365	.413	.778	59	120
2011	31	57	177	152	21	32	5	1	2	8	0	19	48	.211	.314	.296	.610	14	57
10 Yrs		1019	3969	3429	496	870	180	13	117	473	31	447	846	.254	.350	.416	.766	488	1019
162 Game Avg.		162	631	545	79	138	29	2	19	75	5	71	134	.254	.350	.416	.766	78	1019

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2007 NL 161 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2006 NL 135 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2007 NL 12 (10th) 2010 AL 10 (10th) Active 71 (33rd) Career 71 (206th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2006 NL 18 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL 161 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL 135 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL  12 (10th)
2010 AL  10 (10th)
Active  71 (33rd)
Career  71 (206th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 NL 18 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2403), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1319), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 31

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Rondell White (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
J.D. Drew (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jermaine Dye (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Thomas (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin McReynolds (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Davis (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Candy Maldonado (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Candy Maldonado (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vince DiMaggio (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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