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Ian Kinsler

Ian Michael Kinsler

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1982 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Canyon del Oro (Oro Valley, AZ)
Schools: Arizona State University, University of Missouri
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006
Team: Rangers 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 5 yrs/$22M (08-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jay Franklin, previously: Jeff Frye [*]
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All-Star

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
2006 24 TEX AL 120 474 423 65 121 27 1 14 55 11 4 40 64 .286 .347 .454 .801 105 192 12 3 1 7 1 *4 RoY-7
2007 25 TEX AL 130 566 483 96 127 22 2 20 61 23 2 62 83 .263 .355 .441 .796 108 213 14 9 8 4 2 *4
2008 26 TEX AL 121 583 518 102 165 41 4 18 71 26 2 45 67 .319 .375 .517 .892 133 268 12 6 7 7 1 *4 AS,MVP-20
2009 27 TEX AL 144 640 566 101 143 32 4 31 86 31 5 59 77 .253 .327 .488 .814 108 276 9 6 3 6 0 *4 MVP-26
2010 28 TEX AL 103 460 391 73 112 20 1 9 45 15 5 56 57 .286 .382 .412 .794 110 161 11 7 2 4 2 4 AS
2011 29 TEX AL 155 723 620 121 158 34 4 32 77 30 4 89 71 .255 .355 .477 .832 117 296 17 8 4 2 2 *4D MVP-11
6 Seasons 773 3446 3001 558 826 176 16 124 395 136 22 351 419 .275 .355 .469 .824 114 1406 75 39 25 30 8
162 Game Avg. 162 722 629 117 173 37 3 26 83 29 5 74 88 .275 .355 .469 .824 114 295 16 8 5 6 2

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
2006 24 TEX AL 474 5 0 -1 -1 -4 2 16 17 1.7 21 2.0 -0.3 $327,000 *4 RoY-7
2007 25 TEX AL 566 10 7 -1 0 1 3 18 38 3.8 37 3.7 0.1 $390,708 *4
2008 26 TEX AL 583 26 8 -1 -1 2 2 17 53 5.3 51 5.1 0.2 $700,000 *4 AS,MVP-20
2009 27 TEX AL 640 5 5 2 1 17 3 20 53 5.0 36 3.4 1.6 $3,200,000 *4 MVP-26
2010 28 TEX AL 460 10 4 2 -1 6 2 16 38 3.7 32 3.1 0.6 $4,200,000 4 AS
2011 29 TEX AL 723 15 8 1 -2 10 2 23 57 5.4 47 4.4 1.0 $6,200,000 *4D MVP-11
6 Seasons 3446 71 32 3 -4 31 14 110 256 24.9 225 21.7 3.2 $15,017,708

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
2006 24 TEX AL 474 326 66 5.4 112 .304 .286 .277 .347 .341 .454 .439 .801 .780 105 .516 3.9 0.4 .761 .279 .168 12.3
2007 25 TEX AL 566 384 80 5.6 108 .279 .263 .272 .355 .340 .441 .425 .796 .765 108 .544 6.4 0.6 .820 .350 .178 21.4
2008 26 TEX AL 583 381 105 7.4 107 .334 .319 .271 .375 .338 .517 .424 .892 .762 133 .674 25.3 2.4 .935 .332 .199 21.3
2009 27 TEX AL 640 446 95 5.7 111 .241 .253 .272 .327 .341 .488 .436 .814 .776 108 .553 5.0 0.5 .840 .385 .235 31.0
2010 28 TEX AL 460 301 65 5.8 107 .313 .286 .270 .382 .339 .412 .423 .794 .762 110 .595 7.8 0.8 .793 .294 .125 11.3
2011 29 TEX AL 723 489 110 6.0 108 .243 .255 .270 .355 .337 .477 .428 .832 .765 117 .620 15.3 1.5 .867 .408 .223 31.0
6 Seasons 3446 2327 521 6.0 109 .282 .275 .272 .355 .339 .469 .429 .824 .768 114 .588 63.8 6.1 .841 .348 .193 129.7
162 Game Avg. 722 488 109 6.0 109 .282 .275 .272 .355 .339 .469 .429 .824 .768 114 .588 13 1 .841 .348 .193 27

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 28 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 5 20 18 5 8 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 2 .444 .500 .944 1.444 17 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 25 20 1 5 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 3 .250 .333 .400 .733 8 0 0 1 1 0
2010 28 TEX AL WS SFG L 5 19 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .188 .316 .250 .566 4 1 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 19 16 2 4 2 0 1 3 1 0 3 3 .250 .368 .563 .931 9 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALCS DET W 6 29 24 6 7 2 0 0 6 1 1 4 2 .292 .414 .375 .789 9 1 1 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL WS STL L 7 32 25 2 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 7 4 .360 .500 .400 .900 10 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (6 Series) 33 144 119 17 36 7 1 4 20 6 5 22 16 .303 .413 .479 .892 57 2 1 1 1 1
2 ALDS 9 39 34 7 12 2 0 4 9 1 0 5 5 .353 .436 .765 1.201 26 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 54 44 7 12 3 1 0 9 3 2 7 5 .273 .377 .386 .764 17 1 1 1 1 0
2 WS 12 51 41 3 12 2 0 0 2 2 3 10 6 .293 .431 .341 .773 14 1 0 0 0 1

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
2008 TEX AL 26 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 TEX AL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 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
2006 24 TEX AL 474 3.0% 13.5% 8.4% 8.9% 35% 1.60 6.6 30.2 7.7 0.57 0.76 74% 20% 7.1% 14%
2007 25 TEX AL 566 3.5% 14.7% 11.0% 7.8% 35% 1.34 5.8 24.2 7.9 0.52 0.77 68% 23% 8.9% 14%
2008 26 TEX AL 583 3.1% 11.5% 7.7% 10.8% 38% 1.49 7.7 28.8 7.3 0.49 0.70 75% 24% 6.7% 11%
2009 27 TEX AL 640 4.8% 12.0% 9.2% 10.5% 47% 1.31 7.4 18.3 6.6 0.44 0.56 73% 18% 11.4% 19%
2010 28 TEX AL 460 2.0% 12.4% 12.2% 6.5% 27% 1.02 6.9 43.4 8.7 0.67 0.88 72% 17% 5.2% 13%
2011 29 TEX AL 723 4.4% 9.8% 12.3% 9.7% 44% 0.80 8.7 19.4 8.1 0.56 0.77 72% 15% 11.1% 17%
6 Seasons 3446 3.6% 12.2% 10.2% 9.2% 38% 1.19 7.2 24.2 7.6 0.53 0.72 72% 19% 8.7% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 24 TEX AL 3.8 0.4 495 -0.1 7.9 -8.0 .95 0.5 -0.6 2.1 0.2 0.93 4.0 0.83 1
2007 25 TEX AL 6.3 0.6 598 0.8 10.5 -9.7 1.01 0.4 0.4 8.8 0.8 0.96 7.7 2.34 1
2008 26 TEX AL 25.1 2.4 628 2.0 11.3 -9.3 .95 2.8 -0.8 27.2 2.5 0.98 28.0 1.12 0
2009 27 TEX AL 4.7 0.4 682 1.1 11.6 -10.5 .95 1.1 -0.0 22.6 2.1 0.93 13.6 0
2010 28 TEX AL 9.9 1.0 491 -0.1 8.1 -8.2 1.02 1.2 -1.3 6.0 0.6 0.95 13.1 0.25 0
2011 29 TEX AL 15.3 1.5 777 1.7 12.8 -11.2 .90 2.4 -0.6 17.4 1.6 1.00 25.3 1
6 Seasons 65.0 6.2 3671 5.4 62.2 -56.9 .96 8.4 -2.8 84.1 7.8 0.96 91.6 1.06 3

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
2006 24 TEX AL 3 0 34% 162 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 45% 15 8 7 14 7 7 9 4 3
2007 25 TEX AL 4 0 43% 181 23 2 92% 19 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 14 52% 31 21 10 8 3 5 27 8 19
2008 26 TEX AL 5 0 42% 217 26 2 93% 18 2 8 0 0 0 4 1 7 23 59% 33 16 17 12 7 5 24 5 19
2009 27 TEX AL 8 0 40% 211 31 5 86% 20 4 11 1 0 0 6 4 3 17 42% 27 18 9 12 6 6 14 7 7
2010 28 TEX AL 7 0 39% 183 15 5 75% 14 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 8 18 55% 27 15 12 4 1 3 16 5 11
2011 29 TEX AL 8 0 40% 229 30 4 88% 27 4 3 0 0 0 7 1 4 28 66% 30 13 17 10 5 5 22 2 19
6 Seasons 35 0 40% 1183 136 22 86% 108 20 28 2 0 0 21 7 30 115 54% 163 91 72 60 29 31 112 31 78

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
2006 24 TEX AL 474 28% 121 14 3 1 0 0 0 0.83 14 0 14 9 5 10 4 0 4 1 25% 85 12 14% 32 12 38% 296 43 15% 23 15 65% 13 7 54% 0
2007 25 TEX AL 566 24% 127 11 2 1 0 0 0 2.34 20 0 9 14 6 12 8 0 12 8 67% 121 14 12% 62 19 31% 353 44 12% 34 14 41% 30 15 50% 0
2008 26 TEX AL 583 26% 165 12 4 0 0 0 0 1.12 18 0 10 13 5 4 14 0 13 7 54% 100 12 12% 42 17 40% 302 54 18% 28 17 61% 16 9 56% 0
2009 27 TEX AL 640 28% 143 9 5 0 0 0 0 31 0 8 18 13 20 11 0 8 3 38% 105 9 9% 56 17 30% 308 59 19% 30 18 60% 19 10 53% 0
2010 28 TEX AL 460 24% 112 17 1 0 0 0 0 0.25 9 0 8 8 1 4 5 0 6 2 33% 85 11 13% 39 14 36% 278 38 14% 31 15 48% 25 14 56% 0
2011 29 TEX AL 723 26% 158 15 3 1 0 0 0 32 0 8 21 11 16 16 0 6 4 67% 109 17 16% 55 18 33% 374 52 14% 32 16 50% 28 15 54% 0
6 Seasons 3446 26% 826 78 18 3 0 0 0 1.06 124 0 57 83 41 66 58 0 49 25 51% 605 75 12% 286 97 34% 1911 290 15% 178 95 53% 131 70 53% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 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
2006 24 TEX AL 474 1849 3.90 1171 63% 32% 9% 28% 31% 68% 1% 43% 87% 18% 5% 26 4 16% 76 28 10% 47 19 14% 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 566 2240 3.96 1370 61% 28% 11% 30% 30% 72% 1% 44% 84% 24% 5% 29 3 16% 89 40 12% 67 24 19% 0 0 0
2008 26 TEX AL 583 2199 3.77 1388 63% 27% 10% 29% 34% 73% 0% 46% 86% 28% 4% 26 5 15% 88 41 10% 57 29 24% 0 0 0
2009 27 TEX AL 640 2455 3.84 1528 62% 26% 9% 32% 33% 74% 0% 46% 87% 27% 4% 28 4 15% 94 54 11% 68 30 21% 0 0 0
2010 28 TEX AL 460 1745 3.79 1047 60% 31% 9% 28% 32% 69% 1% 42% 87% 23% 7% 33 3 15% 71 24 12% 56 22 26% 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL 727 2851 3.92 1661 58% 35% 6% 25% 33% 65% 0% 38% 90% 17% 6% 43 5 16% 115 48 13% 91 30 31% -4 0 0
6 Seasons 3450 13339 3.87 8165 61% 30% 9% 29% 32% 70% 0% 43% 87% 23% 5% 185 24 15% 533 235 11% 386 154 22% -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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
2006 24 120 474 423 65 121 27 1 14 55 11 4 40 64 .286 .347 .454 .801 105 192 12 3 1 7 1
2007 25 250 1040 906 161 248 49 3 34 116 34 6 102 147 .274 .351 .447 .798 107 405 26 12 9 11 3
2008 26 371 1623 1424 263 413 90 7 52 187 60 8 147 214 .290 .360 .473 .832 116 673 38 18 16 18 4
2009 27 515 2263 1990 364 556 122 11 83 273 91 13 206 291 .279 .350 .477 .827 114 949 47 24 19 24 4
2010 28 618 2723 2381 437 668 142 12 92 318 106 18 262 348 .281 .356 .466 .822 113 1110 58 31 21 28 6
2011 29 773 3446 3001 558 826 176 16 124 395 136 22 351 419 .275 .355 .469 .824 114 1406 75 39 25 30 8

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
2006 24 120 468 419 61 117 26 1 14 52 11 39 64 .279 .340 .446 .786 63 120
2007 25 130 552 479 91 123 21 2 19 58 22 60 83 .257 .348 .428 .776 70 130
2008 26 121 572 515 99 162 40 4 18 69 26 44 67 .315 .371 .513 .883 97 121
2009 27 144 630 561 95 138 31 4 30 81 30 57 77 .246 .319 .476 .795 84 144
2010 28 103 455 389 71 110 20 1 9 44 15 55 57 .283 .378 .409 .787 59 103
2011 29 155 711 615 115 153 33 4 31 73 29 86 71 .249 .347 .467 .814 98 155
6 Seasons 773 3388 2978 532 803 171 16 121 377 133 341 419 .270 .349 .460 .809 471 773
162 Game Avg. 162 710 624 111 168 36 3 25 79 28 71 88 .270 .349 .460 .809 99 773

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *
2010 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (20, 0%)
2009 AL (26, 0%)
2011 AL (11, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (7th)
2011 AL  5.4 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  1.6 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2008 AL  .319 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .469 (250th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 AL  .892 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
2011 AL  620 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  723 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL  102 (8th)
2009 AL  101 (10th)
2011 AL  121 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  32 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  89 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  26 (10th)
2009 AL  31 (7th)
2011 AL  30 (9th)
Active  136 (40th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  70 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 AL  255 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 AL  .674 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL  21.4 (7th)
2008 AL  21.3 (4th)
2009 AL  31.0 (1st)
2011 AL  31.0 (3rd)
Active  129.7 (38th)
Career  129.7 (246th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2011 AL  8.7 (8th)
Active  7.2 (36th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  489 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (872), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (630), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Marcus Giles (928)
  2. Rickie Weeks (920)
  3. Dustin Pedroia (907)
  4. Brandon Phillips (903)
  5. Aaron Hill (902)
  6. Kelly Johnson (896)
  7. Dave Nilsson (894)
  8. Chris Sabo (888)
  9. John Valentin (888)
  10. J.J. Hardy (888)
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  2. Marcus Giles (928)
  3. Brandon Phillips (923)
  4. Alfonso Soriano (921)
  5. Jeff Kent (913)
  6. Chase Utley (907)
  7. Dan Uggla (903)
  8. Aaron Hill (902)
  9. Kelly Johnson (896)
  10. Dave Nilsson (894)
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  1. Bret Boone (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcus Giles (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alfonso Soriano (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marcus Giles (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Gordon (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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