Jason Kendall

Jason Daniel Kendall

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: June 26, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Torrance (Torrance, CA)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1996
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Athletics/Brewers/Royals/Cubs 1996-2010
Agents: Arn Tellem, previously: Don Lozano [*]
Final Game: August 30, 2010   vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Son of Fred Kendall
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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
1996 22 PIT NL 130 471 414 54 124 23 5 3 42 5 2 35 30 .300 .372 .401 .773 101 166 7 15 3 4 11 *2 AS,RoY-3
1997 23 PIT NL 144 572 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 18 6 49 53 .294 .391 .434 .825 114 211 11 31 1 5 2 *2
1998 24 PIT NL 149 627 535 95 175 36 3 12 75 26 5 51 51 .327 .411 .473 .884 131 253 6 31 2 8 3 *2 AS
1999 25 PIT NL 78 334 280 61 93 20 3 8 41 22 3 38 32 .332 .428 .511 .939 136 143 8 12 0 4 3 2
2000 26 PIT NL 152 678 579 112 185 33 6 14 58 22 12 79 79 .320 .412 .470 .882 124 272 13 15 1 4 3 *2 AS
2001 27 PIT NL 157 672 606 84 161 22 2 10 53 13 14 44 48 .266 .335 .358 .693 78 217 18 20 0 2 4 *2
2002 28 PIT NL 145 605 545 59 154 25 3 3 44 15 8 49 29 .283 .350 .356 .706 86 194 11 9 0 2 1 *2
2003 29 PIT NL 150 665 587 84 191 29 3 6 58 8 7 49 40 .325 .399 .416 .815 112 244 9 25 1 3 3 *2
2004 30 PIT NL 147 658 574 86 183 32 0 3 51 11 8 60 41 .319 .399 .390 .789 107 224 12 19 1 4 2 *2
2005 31 OAK AL 150 676 601 70 163 28 1 0 53 8 3 50 39 .271 .345 .321 .666 79 193 26 20 0 5 0 *2
2006 32 OAK AL 143 626 552 76 163 23 0 1 50 11 5 53 54 .295 .367 .342 .709 89 189 19 12 4 5 2 *2
2007 33 TOT MLB 137 514 466 45 113 20 1 3 41 3 4 31 42 .242 .301 .309 .610 62 144 8 9 5 3 2 *2/7
2007 33 OAK AL 80 312 292 24 66 10 0 2 22 3 1 12 27 .226 .261 .281 .542 47 82 7 3 2 3 0 22/
2007 33 CHC NL 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2 22/
2008 34 MIL NL 151 587 516 46 127 30 2 2 49 8 3 50 45 .246 .327 .324 .651 74 167 5 13 6 2 7 *2
2009 35 MIL NL 134 526 452 48 109 19 2 2 43 7 2 46 58 .241 .331 .305 .636 71 138 11 17 6 5 6 *2
2010 36 KCR AL 118 490 434 39 111 18 0 0 37 12 7 37 45 .256 .318 .297 .615 71 129 12 6 6 7 2 *2
15 Seasons 2085 8701 7627 1030 2195 394 35 75 744 189 89 721 686 .288 .366 .378 .744 95 2884 176 254 36 63 51
162 Game Avg. 162 676 593 80 171 31 3 6 58 15 7 56 53 .288 .366 .378 .744 95 224 14 20 3 5 4
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
PIT (9 yrs) 1252 5282 4606 706 1409 256 29 67 471 140 65 454 403 .306 .387 .418 .805 108 1924 95 177 9 36 32
OAK (3 yrs) 373 1614 1445 170 392 61 1 3 125 22 9 115 120 .271 .337 .321 .658 77 464 52 35 6 13 2
MIL (2 yrs) 285 1113 968 94 236 49 4 4 92 15 5 96 103 .244 .329 .315 .644 73 305 16 30 12 7 13
KCR (1 yr) 118 490 434 39 111 18 0 0 37 12 7 37 45 .256 .318 .297 .615 71 129 12 6 6 7 2
CHC (1 yr) 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2
NL (12 yrs) 1594 6597 5748 821 1692 315 34 72 582 155 73 569 521 .294 .376 .399 .775 102 2291 112 213 24 43 47
AL (4 yrs) 491 2104 1879 209 503 79 1 3 162 34 16 152 165 .268 .333 .316 .648 75 593 64 41 12 20 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 22 PIT NL 471 2 0 4 2 -11 8 13 18 1.8 29 3.0 -1.2 $109,000 *2 AS,RoY-3
1997 23 PIT NL 572 14 -1 0 2 4 9 16 44 4.5 40 4.1 0.4 $235,000 *2
1998 24 PIT NL 627 27 2 0 2 -1 9 17 56 5.7 57 5.9 -0.2 $600,000 *2 AS
1999 25 PIT NL 334 18 4 2 0 5 5 9 43 4.2 38 3.7 0.5 $1,250,000 2
2000 26 PIT NL 678 25 -1 2 1 -6 9 18 48 4.7 54 5.3 -0.6 $2,250,000 *2 AS
2001 27 PIT NL 672 -16 -4 3 1 -8 7 18 1 0.1 9 0.9 -0.8 $5,100,000 *2
2002 28 PIT NL 605 -9 -1 0 3 3 9 17 22 2.1 19 2.0 0.1 $6,571,429 *2
2003 29 PIT NL 666 12 -2 -1 1 -2 9 17 34 3.5 36 3.7 -0.2 $8,571,429 *2
2004 30 PIT NL 658 13 4 1 0 5 9 17 49 4.9 44 4.5 0.4 $8,571,429 *2
2005 31 OAK AL 676 -12 3 5 -1 -7 9 21 18 1.8 25 2.5 -0.7 $10,571,429 *2
2006 32 OAK AL 626 -1 0 0 -1 3 9 20 30 3.0 27 2.7 0.3 $11,492,454 *2
2007 33 OAK AL 312 -24 -1 0 0 -3 5 11 -12 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $12,858,194 22/
2007 33 CHC NL 202 -3 -1 2 1 -9 3 6 -1 -0.1 8 0.8 -0.9 $ 22/
2008 34 MIL NL 587 -19 0 0 2 11 10 17 21 2.0 10 1.0 1.0 $4,250,000 *2
2009 35 MIL NL 526 -15 -0 2 -1 -9 9 15 1 0.1 10 1.0 -0.9 $5,000,000 *2
2010 36 KCR AL 490 -16 -1 -2 -2 3 8 17 6 0.6 2 0.3 0.3 $2,250,000 *2
15 Seasons 8702 -4 1 18 11 -22 126 249 378 37.7 400 40.5 -2.8 $79,680,364
PIT (9 yrs) 5283 86 1 11 12 -10 74 142 315 31.5 326 33.1 -1.6 $33,258,287
OAK (3 yrs) 1614 -37 2 5 -2 -7 23 52 36 3.6 43 4.3 -0.7 $34,922,077
MIL (2 yrs) 1113 -34 -0 2 1 2 19 32 22 2.1 20 2.0 0.1 $9,250,000
KCR (1 yr) 490 -16 -1 -2 -2 3 8 17 6 0.6 2 0.3 0.3 $2,250,000
CHC (1 yr) 202 -3 -1 2 1 -9 3 6 -1 -0.1 8 0.8 -0.9 $

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
1996 22 PIT NL 471 306 64 5.6 110 .314 .300 .275 .372 .344 .401 .430 .773 .774 101 .567 2.1 0.2 .732 .193 .101 3.8
1997 23 PIT NL 572 366 88 6.4 111 .314 .294 .274 .391 .346 .434 .430 .825 .777 114 .625 13.3 1.3 .842 .265 .140 11.1
1998 24 PIT NL 627 381 115 8.1 109 .340 .327 .271 .411 .342 .473 .428 .884 .770 131 .718 28.6 2.7 .960 .280 .146 16.4
1999 25 PIT NL 334 202 67 8.9 117 .348 .332 .277 .428 .352 .511 .446 .939 .798 136 .719 18.4 1.7 1.071 .382 .179 11.7
2000 26 PIT NL 678 424 116 7.3 115 .349 .320 .272 .412 .349 .470 .445 .882 .794 124 .641 25.0 2.3 .897 .304 .150 17.1
2001 27 PIT NL 672 479 69 3.8 114 .275 .266 .272 .335 .344 .358 .446 .693 .789 78 .381 -20.8 -2.0 .587 .163 .092 11.3
2002 28 PIT NL 605 412 69 4.5 109 .293 .283 .268 .350 .342 .356 .427 .706 .769 86 .470 -10.7 -1.0 .632 .176 .073 5.0
2003 29 PIT NL 665 416 101 6.5 111 .340 .325 .271 .399 .343 .416 .435 .815 .778 112 .624 13.1 1.2 .774 .175 .090 6.9
2004 30 PIT NL 658 416 93 6.0 110 .337 .319 .268 .399 .340 .390 .435 .789 .775 107 .579 10.5 1.0 .745 .181 .071 4.7
2005 31 OAK AL 676 472 66 3.7 106 .287 .271 .269 .345 .332 .321 .427 .666 .759 79 .378 -15.8 -1.5 .574 .141 .050 .0
2006 32 OAK AL 626 422 70 4.4 108 .323 .295 .272 .367 .336 .342 .432 .709 .767 89 .424 -6.1 -0.6 .630 .154 .047 1.8
2007 33 TOT MLB 514 373 44 3.2 107 .259 .242 .269 .301 .337 .309 .424 .610 .762 62 .297 -25.6 -2.4 .501 .131 .067 3.0
2007 33 OAK AL 312 239 21 2.4 101 .241 .226 .264 .261 .330 .281 .412 .542 .742 47 .198 -21.8 -2.1 .423 .103 .055 2.4
2007 33 CHC NL 202 134 23 4.6 115 .291 .270 .279 .362 .349 .356 .445 .718 .794 84 .456 -3.8 -0.4 .641 .178 .086 .0
2008 34 MIL NL 587 405 59 3.9 106 .265 .246 .265 .327 .336 .324 .423 .651 .759 74 .398 -18.1 -1.7 .592 .184 .078 3.2
2009 35 MIL NL 526 367 49 3.6 105 .270 .241 .263 .331 .336 .305 .418 .636 .755 71 .368 -16.7 -1.6 .579 .177 .064 3.1
2010 36 KCR AL 490 355 42 3.2 99 .280 .256 .259 .318 .326 .297 .405 .615 .732 71 .328 -15.9 -1.6 .518 .138 .041 .0
15 Seasons 8701 5796 1112 5.1 109 .306 .288 .270 .366 .340 .378 .430 .744 .771 95 .514 -18.8 -2.1 .695 .198 .090 107.4
162 Game Avg. 676 450 86 5.1 109 .306 .288 .270 .366 .340 .378 .430 .744 .771 95 .514 -18.8 -2.1 .695 .198 .090 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (9 yrs) 5282 3402 782 6.2 112 .322 .306 .272 .387 .344 .418 .435 .805 .780 108 .595 79.4 7.4 .783 .227 .112 90.6
OAK (3 yrs) 1614 1133 157 3.7 106 .291 .271 .269 .337 .333 .321 .426 .658 .759 77 .361 -43.7 -4.1 .563 .138 .050 5.3
MIL (2 yrs) 1113 772 108 3.7 106 .267 .244 .264 .329 .336 .315 .421 .644 .757 73 .384 -34.8 -3.4 .586 .181 .071 6.3
KCR (1 yr) 490 355 42 3.2 99 .280 .256 .259 .318 .326 .297 .405 .615 .732 71 .328 -15.9 -1.6 .518 .138 .041 .0
CHC (1 yr) 202 134 23 4.6 115 .291 .270 .279 .362 .349 .356 .445 .718 .794 84 .456 -3.8 -0.4 .641 .178 .086 .0
NL (12 yrs) 6597 4308 913 5.7 111 .312 .294 .271 .376 .343 .399 .433 .775 .776 102 .560 40.7 3.6 .744 .217 .104 98.3
AL (4 yrs) 2104 1488 199 3.6 104 .289 .268 .267 .333 .332 .316 .421 .648 .752 75 .353 -59.6 -5.7 .552 .138 .048 5.5

Postseason Batting

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
2006 32 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 12 51 49 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .224 .255 .245 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PIT NL 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 PIT NL 26 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 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
1996 22 PIT NL 471 0.6% 6.4% 7.4% 6.6% 25% 0.86 13.8 138.0 9.9 1.14 1.23 82% 15% 2.0% 17%
1997 23 PIT NL 572 1.4% 9.3% 8.6% 8.4% 34% 1.08 9.2 60.8 9.9 0.98 1.08 75% 15% 4.0% 9%
1998 24 PIT NL 627 1.9% 8.1% 8.1% 8.1% 29% 1.00 10.5 44.6 7.1 0.75 0.95 77% 21% 4.9% 12%
1999 25 PIT NL 334 2.4% 9.6% 11.4% 9.3% 33% 0.84 8.8 35.0 6.8 0.81 1.04 73% 25% 6.2% 6%
2000 26 PIT NL 678 2.1% 11.7% 11.7% 7.8% 29% 1.00 7.3 41.4 10.0 0.77 1.10 72% 29% 5.8% 13%
2001 27 PIT NL 672 1.5% 7.1% 6.6% 5.1% 21% 1.09 12.6 60.6 11.4 0.82 0.99 82% 22% 4.1% 20%
2002 28 PIT NL 605 0.5% 4.8% 8.1% 5.1% 20% 0.59 18.8 181.7 12.4 0.98 1.34 85% 23% 1.3% 11%
2003 29 PIT NL 665 0.9% 6.0% 7.4% 5.7% 20% 0.82 14.7 97.8 10.1 0.95 1.11 82% 21% 2.4% 10%
2004 30 PIT NL 658 0.5% 6.2% 9.1% 5.3% 19% 0.68 14.0 191.3 11.3 1.06 1.22 81% 20% 1.2% 6%
2005 31 OAK AL 676 0.0% 5.8% 7.4% 4.3% 18% 0.78 15.4 11.3 1.05 1.34 84% 21% 0.0% 5%
2006 32 OAK AL 626 0.2% 8.6% 8.5% 3.8% 15% 1.02 10.2 552.0 11.0 1.06 1.27 80% 22% 0.4% 7%
2007 33 TOT MLB 514 0.6% 8.2% 6.0% 4.7% 21% 1.35 11.1 155.3 11.4 0.81 0.89 82% 21% 1.5% 14%
2007 33 OAK AL 312 0.6% 8.7% 3.9% 3.9% 18% 2.25 10.8 146.0 13.3 0.77 0.88 85% 20% 1.6% 15%
2007 33 CHC NL 202 0.5% 7.4% 9.4% 5.9% 26% 0.79 11.6 174.0 9.2 0.89 0.92 78% 22% 1.4% 14%
2008 34 MIL NL 587 0.3% 7.7% 8.5% 5.8% 27% 0.90 11.5 258.0 10.5 0.84 0.99 80% 15% 0.9% 9%
2009 35 MIL NL 526 0.4% 11.0% 8.8% 4.4% 21% 1.26 7.8 226.0 10.5 0.82 0.97 75% 20% 1.0% 12%
2010 36 KCR AL 490 0.0% 9.2% 7.6% 3.7% 16% 1.22 9.6 11.7 0.84 1.01 81% 18% 0.0% 11%
15 Seasons 8701 0.9% 7.9% 8.3% 5.8% 23% 0.95 11.1 101.7 10.3 0.91 1.10 80% 21% 2.3% 11%
MLB Averages 2.8% 17.0% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 1.95 5.2 32.2 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 13%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 22 PIT NL 2.1 0.2 482 2.9 10.2 -7.3 1.07 0.9 1.8 13.5 1.3 0.96 11.3 0.52 3
1997 23 PIT NL 13.4 1.3 604 1.9 10.8 -8.9 .97 2.0 -0.1 19.6 1.8 0.93 21.0 0.79 2
1998 24 PIT NL 28.6 2.7 661 3.2 12.7 -9.6 .98 3.1 0.1 31.9 3.0 0.92 33.9 1.92 3
1999 25 PIT NL 18.4 1.7 363 1.8 7.3 -5.5 1.05 2.7 -0.9 20.0 1.8 0.98 26.7 2.42 1
2000 26 PIT NL 25.0 2.3 724 4.0 15.1 -11.1 1.03 2.8 1.1 27.3 2.5 0.91 30.5 2.53 5
2001 27 PIT NL -20.8 -2.0 704 -0.7 11.2 -11.9 .97 -1.0 0.3 -15.3 -1.4 0.91 -14.9 1.53 3
2002 28 PIT NL -10.7 -1.0 635 -0.4 10.2 -10.6 1.02 -0.5 0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.92 -4.7 0.97 3
2003 29 PIT NL 13.1 1.2 687 2.5 13.2 -10.7 1.02 2.0 0.4 22.6 2.1 0.92 21.1 2.47 4
2004 30 PIT NL 10.5 1.0 682 1.3 12.0 -10.6 1.04 1.6 -0.3 19.1 1.8 0.92 17.4 2.40 1
2005 31 OAK AL -15.8 -1.5 695 0.8 12.3 -11.6 1.03 -0.5 1.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.94 -8.2 0
2006 32 OAK AL -6.2 -0.6 652 -0.8 9.9 -10.7 .99 -0.8 -0.1 -6.6 -0.6 0.96 -11.3 5.40 2
2007 33 TOT MLB -25.7 -2.4 528 -0.8 8.3 -9.1 1.00 -1.8 1.0 -14.9 -1.5 0.93 -22.3 0.71 4
2007 33 OAK AL -21.9 -2.1 321 -1.1 4.7 -5.9 1.01 -1.9 0.8 -20.8 -2.0 0.93 -23.0 0
2007 33 CHC NL -3.8 -0.4 207 0.3 3.5 -3.3 .98 0.1 0.2 5.8 0.5 0.93 0.8 0.71 4
2008 34 MIL NL -18.1 -1.7 602 -1.6 8.5 -10.1 1.00 -1.2 -0.4 -8.2 -0.8 0.94 -11.4 3.35 2
2009 35 MIL NL -16.7 -1.6 542 -0.8 8.1 -9.0 1.00 -1.1 0.2 -12.6 -1.2 0.99 -12.7 2.61 1
2010 36 KCR AL -16.2 -1.6 512 -2.8 6.7 -9.5 1.07 -2.1 -0.6 -23.8 -2.4 0.94 -25.2 0
15 Seasons -19.3 -2.1 9073 10.4 156.5 -146.1 1.01 6.1 4.1 69.1 6.0 0.93 51.3 1.96 34
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1996 22 PIT NL 12 0 30% 203 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 39% 22 17 5 5 1 4 19 8 9
1997 23 PIT NL 6 0 29% 278 18 6 75% 16 5 2 1 0 0 6 4 6 14 34% 32 29 3 7 3 3 20 6 14
1998 24 PIT NL 6 0 34% 291 26 5 84% 20 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 8 19 43% 38 28 10 11 5 6 23 7 15
1999 25 PIT NL 7 0 39% 173 22 3 88% 21 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 11 44% 22 16 6 5 4 1 12 1 10
2000 26 PIT NL 9 0 37% 321 22 12 65% 22 11 0 1 0 0 8 5 5 19 47% 39 25 14 13 6 6 24 6 16
2001 27 PIT NL 11 0 34% 289 13 14 48% 13 12 0 2 0 0 3 2 5 13 51% 32 16 16 17 11 6 23 8 15
2002 28 PIT NL 8 0 27% 306 15 8 65% 15 7 0 1 0 0 3 3 5 12 35% 31 24 6 10 6 3 19 7 12
2003 29 PIT NL 6 1 30% 338 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 15 43% 49 33 15 17 9 6 20 4 16
2004 30 PIT NL 8 0 32% 365 11 8 58% 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 21 37% 58 40 18 13 10 3 19 7 12
2005 31 OAK AL 15 0 30% 292 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 14 45% 38 23 15 17 10 7 18 6 11
2006 32 OAK AL 7 0 33% 329 11 5 69% 11 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 21 31% 37 29 8 15 9 6 19 10 8
2007 33 TOT MLB 8 0 28% 208 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 37% 24 18 6 11 7 4 14 6 8
2007 33 OAK AL 4 0 28% 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 23% 17 15 2 7 4 3 6 4 2
2007 33 CHC NL 4 0 28% 83 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 58% 7 3 4 4 3 1 8 2 6
2008 34 MIL NL 7 0 23% 246 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 42% 15 11 4 6 3 3 17 8 9
2009 35 MIL NL 8 0 27% 202 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 26% 23 18 5 5 2 3 18 13 4
2010 36 KCR AL 2 0 25% 193 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 11 38% 40 27 11 4 2 2 16 5 10
15 Seasons 120 1 31% 4034 189 89 68% 175 80 12 8 2 1 31 23 70 214 40% 500 354 142 156 88 63 281 102 169
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

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
1996 22 PIT NL 471 20% 124 20 0 3 2 0 1 0.52 3 0 12 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 75% 87 7 8% 36 17 47% 298 41 14% 25 13 52% 12 7 58% 0
1997 23 PIT NL 572 20% 143 27 0 2 1 0 0 0.79 8 0 14 5 3 5 3 0 1 1 100% 115 11 10% 44 15 34% 340 46 14% 33 15 45% 16 10 63% 0
1998 24 PIT NL 627 24% 175 56 0 3 0 0 0 1.92 12 0 17 7 5 6 6 0 2 2 100% 111 6 5% 54 19 35% 380 66 17% 43 30 70% 32 18 56% 0
1999 25 PIT NL 334 22% 93 8 0 1 0 0 0 2.42 8 0 11 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 65 8 12% 34 16 47% 234 38 16% 21 13 62% 21 12 57% 0
2000 26 PIT NL 678 22% 185 25 0 5 2 0 1 2.53 14 0 10 12 2 7 7 0 1 1 100% 140 13 9% 69 17 25% 369 47 13% 29 15 52% 27 17 63% 0
2001 27 PIT NL 672 18% 161 25 0 3 0 0 0 1.53 10 0 12 6 4 3 7 0 0 0 115 18 16% 47 15 32% 347 45 13% 30 9 30% 19 13 68% 0
2002 28 PIT NL 605 22% 154 14 0 3 1 0 0 0.97 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0% 100 11 11% 35 12 34% 317 43 14% 22 12 55% 19 10 53% 0
2003 29 PIT NL 666 27% 191 29 0 4 1 0 1 2.47 6 0 12 5 1 3 3 0 2 1 50% 102 9 9% 42 15 36% 369 57 15% 26 12 46% 29 18 62% 0
2004 30 PIT NL 658 19% 183 21 0 1 0 0 0 2.40 3 1 10 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 93 12 13% 33 14 42% 303 49 16% 29 18 62% 11 5 45% 0
2005 31 OAK AL 676 28% 163 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 136 26 19% 58 23 40% 385 55 14% 30 15 50% 22 16 73% 0
2006 32 OAK AL 626 23% 163 20 1 2 0 0 0 5.40 1 0 24 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 108 19 18% 54 17 31% 374 54 14% 42 23 55% 24 14 58% 0
2007 33 TOT MLB 514 27% 113 9 0 4 1 0 1 0.71 3 0 13 2 1 1 2 0 6 5 83% 91 8 9% 45 16 36% 292 39 13% 26 13 50% 21 10 48% 0
2007 33 OAK AL 312 29% 66 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 67% 55 7 13% 32 11 34% 170 20 12% 18 9 50% 12 7 58% 0
2007 33 CHC NL 202 24% 47 2 0 4 1 0 1 0.71 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 36 1 3% 13 5 38% 122 19 16% 8 4 50% 9 3 33% 0
2008 34 MIL NL 587 26% 127 21 1 2 0 0 0 3.35 2 0 15 1 1 1 1 0 7 6 86% 92 5 5% 43 18 42% 358 48 13% 24 16 67% 21 15 71% 0
2009 35 MIL NL 526 18% 109 18 1 1 0 0 0 2.61 2 0 23 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 100% 102 11 11% 40 20 50% 364 41 11% 30 19 63% 24 19 79% 0
2010 36 KCR AL 490 21% 111 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 75 12 16% 49 21 43% 298 38 13% 22 16 73% 21 10 48% 0
15 Seasons 8702 23% 2195 317 5 34 8 0 4 1.96 75 1 203 53 22 37 38 0 47 36 77% 1532 176 11% 683 255 37% 5028 707 14% 432 239 55% 319 194 61% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%
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

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
1996 22 PIT NL 444 1652 3.72 1031 62% 30% 7% 27% 36% 70% 4% 43% 90% 15% 6% 28 0 19% 84 27 9% 40 19 24% 27 0 1
1997 23 PIT NL 565 2160 3.82 1315 61% 34% 8% 25% 33% 66% 1% 40% 88% 12% 7% 38 0 20% 114 32 9% 52 28 21% 7 1 4
1998 24 PIT NL 627 2319 3.70 1420 61% 30% 9% 26% 35% 70% 1% 43% 87% 18% 7% 47 1 19% 121 41 9% 57 34 24% 0 0 0
1999 25 PIT NL 334 1346 4.03 795 59% 29% 10% 29% 32% 71% 2% 42% 86% 15% 9% 29 0 23% 76 28 13% 44 25 9% 0 0 0
2000 26 PIT NL 678 2695 3.97 1593 59% 32% 11% 25% 32% 68% 1% 40% 84% 13% 9% 58 2 22% 147 56 12% 78 38 23% 0 0 0
2001 27 PIT NL 672 2522 3.75 1573 62% 36% 7% 22% 36% 64% 1% 40% 89% 14% 5% 35 0 16% 105 40 11% 72 47 29% 0 0 0
2002 28 PIT NL 605 2231 3.69 1408 63% 36% 5% 22% 37% 64% 1% 40% 92% 13% 5% 33 0 16% 98 31 10% 58 22 31% 0 0 0
2003 29 PIT NL 666 2619 3.93 1632 62% 41% 5% 20% 34% 59% 1% 37% 91% 8% 6% 37 0 15% 98 24 11% 73 25 15% 0 0 1
2004 30 PIT NL 658 2774 4.22 1694 61% 42% 5% 21% 32% 58% 1% 35% 92% 3% 6% 41 0 18% 119 16 13% 88 22 12% 0 0 0
2005 31 OAK AL 676 2659 3.93 1690 64% 41% 5% 21% 34% 59% 0% 37% 92% 6% 4% 28 0 16% 106 14 9% 63 12 26% 0 0 0
2006 32 OAK AL 626 2550 4.07 1621 64% 39% 6% 24% 31% 61% 1% 39% 90% 9% 5% 31 0 18% 111 18 12% 72 15 22% 0 0 0
2007 33 TOT MLB 514 2037 3.96 1346 66% 35% 6% 27% 32% 65% 1% 43% 91% 11% 3% 17 0 13% 65 13 8% 41 8 17% 0 0 0
2007 33 OAK AL 312 1182 3.79 795 67% 35% 6% 25% 34% 65% 0% 44% 91% 12% 2% 6 0 13% 39 10 6% 20 4 19% 0 0 0
2007 33 CHC NL 202 855 4.23 551 64% 35% 6% 30% 29% 65% 2% 42% 91% 9% 5% 11 0 13% 26 3 10% 21 4 13% 0 0 0
2008 34 MIL NL 587 2127 3.62 1356 64% 36% 6% 23% 35% 64% 3% 41% 91% 18% 6% 38 0 17% 97 13 7% 39 16 24% 0 0 0
2009 35 MIL NL 526 2001 3.80 1240 62% 33% 9% 25% 33% 67% 3% 42% 86% 17% 7% 37 0 18% 97 26 9% 47 25 9% 0 0 0
2010 36 KCR AL 490 1841 3.76 1204 65% 35% 9% 24% 33% 65% 1% 43% 87% 13% 6% 30 0 13% 65 12 7% 35 14 7% 0 0 0
15 Seasons 8668 33533 3.87 20918 62% 36% 7% 24% 34% 64% 1% 40% 89% 12% 6% 527 3 17% 1503 391 10% 859 350 19% 34 1 6
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%
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

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
1996 22 130 471 414 54 124 23 5 3 42 5 2 35 30 .300 .372 .401 .773 101 166 7 15 3 4 11
1997 23 274 1043 900 125 267 59 9 11 91 23 8 84 83 .297 .382 .419 .801 108 377 18 46 4 9 13
1998 24 423 1670 1435 220 442 95 12 23 166 49 13 135 134 .308 .393 .439 .832 116 630 24 77 6 17 16
1999 25 501 2004 1715 281 535 115 15 31 207 71 16 173 166 .312 .399 .451 .850 120 773 32 89 6 21 19
2000 26 653 2682 2294 393 720 148 21 45 265 93 28 252 245 .314 .402 .456 .858 121 1045 45 104 7 25 22
2001 27 810 3354 2900 477 881 170 23 55 318 106 42 296 293 .304 .389 .435 .824 112 1262 63 124 7 27 26
2002 28 955 3959 3445 536 1035 195 26 58 362 121 50 345 322 .300 .383 .423 .805 108 1456 74 133 7 29 27
2003 29 1105 4624 4032 620 1226 224 29 64 420 129 57 394 362 .304 .385 .422 .807 108 1700 83 158 8 32 30
2004 30 1252 5282 4606 706 1409 256 29 67 471 140 65 454 403 .306 .387 .418 .805 108 1924 95 177 9 36 32
2005 31 1402 5958 5207 776 1572 284 30 67 524 148 68 504 442 .302 .382 .407 .789 105 2117 121 197 9 41 32
2006 32 1545 6584 5759 852 1735 307 30 68 574 159 73 557 496 .301 .381 .400 .781 103 2306 140 209 13 46 34
2007 33 1682 7098 6225 897 1848 327 31 71 615 162 77 588 538 .297 .375 .394 .768 100 2450 148 218 18 49 36
2008 34 1833 7685 6741 943 1975 357 33 73 664 170 80 638 583 .293 .371 .388 .759 98 2617 153 231 24 51 43
2009 35 1967 8211 7193 991 2084 376 35 75 707 177 82 684 641 .290 .369 .383 .752 97 2755 164 248 30 56 49
2010 36 2085 8701 7627 1030 2195 394 35 75 744 189 89 721 686 .288 .366 .378 .744 95 2884 176 254 36 63 51

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
1996 22 130 457 406 49 116 22 5 3 38 5 33 30 .286 .357 .387 .743 53 130
1997 23 144 563 481 67 138 35 4 8 46 17 47 53 .287 .382 .426 .808 71 144
1998 24 149 616 529 90 169 35 3 12 71 25 49 51 .319 .403 .465 .868 92 149
1999 25 78 323 273 54 86 18 3 7 36 20 35 32 .315 .409 .480 .889 52 78
2000 26 152 657 566 100 172 31 6 13 52 20 73 79 .304 .394 .449 .843 97 152
2001 27 157 660 597 76 152 21 2 9 48 12 42 48 .255 .323 .342 .664 62 157
2002 28 145 602 543 58 152 25 3 3 43 15 48 29 .280 .347 .354 .701 65 145
2003 29 150 654 580 79 184 28 3 6 55 8 47 40 .317 .390 .407 .797 87 150
2004 30 147 652 570 83 179 31 0 3 49 11 59 41 .314 .394 .384 .778 83 147
2005 31 150 673 599 69 161 28 1 0 52 8 49 39 .269 .342 .319 .661 62 150
2006 32 143 619 550 74 161 23 0 1 49 11 52 54 .293 .363 .340 .703 66 143
2007 33 137 508 465 44 112 20 1 3 40 3 31 42 .241 .299 .308 .607 41 137
2008 34 151 581 516 46 127 30 2 2 49 8 50 45 .246 .327 .324 .651 52 151
2009 35 134 523 454 49 111 19 2 2 44 7 47 58 .244 .335 .308 .643 44 134
2010 36 118 489 438 41 115 19 0 0 39 12 38 45 .263 .325 .306 .631 43 118
15 Seasons 2085 8577 7567 979 2135 385 35 72 711 182 700 686 .282 .359 .371 .730 970 2085
162 Game Avg. 162 666 588 76 166 30 3 6 55 14 54 53 .282 .359 .371 .730 75 2085

* 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

Batting Average s c a p y
1998 NL  .327 (5th)
2003 NL  .325 (6th)
2004 NL  .319 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1998 NL  .411 (7th)
2004 NL  .399 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,085 (182nd)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,627 (177th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,701 (169th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2000 NL  112 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
2000 NL  185 (10th)
2003 NL  191 (6th)
2004 NL  183 (10th)
Career  2,195 (174th)

Doubles s c a p y
Career  394 (178th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1998 NL  26 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
2000 NL  132 (4th)
2001 NL  127 (4th)
2002 NL  123 (9th)
2003 NL  153 (3rd)
2004 NL  148 (2nd)
2005 AL  134 (6th)
2006 AL  139 (7th)
Career  1,691 (115th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Career  1,112 (250th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 NL  279 (8th)
2003 NL  265 (10th)
Career  3,170 (152nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL  15 (4th)
1997 NL  31 (2nd)
1998 NL  31 (1st)
1999 NL  12 (4th)
2000 NL  15 (5th)
2001 NL  20 (3rd)
2003 NL  25 (2nd)
2004 NL  19 (3rd)
2005 AL  20 (3rd)
2006 AL  12 (6th)
2008 NL  13 (8th)
2009 NL  17 (2nd)
Career  254 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1998 NL  8 (7th)
Career  63 (191st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL  26 (1st)
2006 AL  19 (10th)
Career  176 (156th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL  12 (7th)
2001 NL  14 (4th)
2004 NL  8 (9th)
Career  89 (174th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1997 NL  9.2 (7th)
1998 NL  10.5 (6th)
2001 NL  12.6 (7th)
2002 NL  18.8 (1st)
2003 NL  14.7 (2nd)
2004 NL  14.0 (4th)
2005 AL  15.4 (1st)
2006 AL  10.2 (7th)
2008 NL  11.5 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2001 NL  479 (6th)
Career  5,796 (174th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (872), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 108 (142), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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