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Ian Kinsler    \KENS-luhr\

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 HS (Oro Valley, AZ)
Schools: Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ), University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006 (Age 23)
Team: Rangers 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 10 yrs/$96.5M (08-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.000, Free Agent: 2018 [*], 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 .892 134 268 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 .814 107 276 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 .832 118 296 17 8 4 2 2 *4D MVP-11
2012 30 TEX AL 157 731 655 105 168 42 5 19 72 21 9 60 90 .256 .326 .423 .749 96 277 14 10 1 5 0 *4D/5 AS
2013 31 TEX AL 40 180 162 24 49 11 0 7 20 3 2 12 16 .302 .369 .500 .869 125 81 3 5 1 0 0 *4
8 Yrs 970 4357 3818 687 1043 229 21 150 487 160 33 423 525 .273 .351 .462 .813 112 1764 92 54 27 35 8
162 Game Avg. 162 728 638 115 174 38 4 25 81 27 6 71 88 .273 .351 .462 .813 112 295 15 9 5 6 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2006 24 TEX AL 120 474 2 1 -1 -3 3 1 0.2 18 19 1.9 .501 .501 2.2 0.0 22 $327,000 *4 RoY-7
2007 25 TEX AL 130 566 7 7 -0 4 3 21 2.1 21 42 4.1 .516 .513 3.7 0.8 38 $390,708 *4
2008 26 TEX AL 121 583 25 9 -1 -9 3 26 2.8 19 45 4.6 .521 .516 5.4 -0.5 54 $700,000 *4 AS,MVP-20
2009 27 TEX AL 144 640 7 4 1 22 3 37 3.8 23 60 6.0 .526 .523 3.8 2.6 38 $3,200,000 *4 MVP-26
2010 28 TEX AL 103 460 11 4 -1 7 2 24 2.6 16 40 4.2 .524 .515 3.4 1.0 33 $4,200,000 4 AS
2011 29 TEX AL 155 723 17 8 -2 18 2 44 4.7 25 68 7.0 .530 .528 5.1 2.2 50 $6,200,000 *4D MVP-11
2012 30 TEX AL 157 731 -6 1 -1 1 2 -3 -0.3 25 22 2.1 .498 .498 2.1 0.3 21 $7,000,000 *4D/5 AS
2013 31 TEX AL 40 180 7 2 -0 3 1 12 1.3 6 18 1.9 .531 .508 1.6 0.5 15 $13,000,000 *4
8 Seasons 970 4357 69 35 -6 43 21 162 17.1 153 314 31.7 .517 .513 27.3 6.9 271 $35,017,708

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 .440 .801 .781 105 .516 3.8 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 6.3 0.6 .820 .350 .178 21.4
2008 26 TEX AL 583 381 105 7.4 106 .334 .319 .269 .375 .337 .517 .423 .892 .760 134 .674 25.8 2.4 .935 .332 .199 21.3
2009 27 TEX AL 640 446 95 5.7 111 .241 .253 .272 .327 .342 .488 .436 .814 .778 107 .553 4.7 0.4 .840 .385 .235 31.0
2010 28 TEX AL 460 301 65 5.8 107 .313 .286 .271 .382 .340 .412 .423 .794 .763 110 .595 7.6 0.7 .793 .294 .125 11.3
2011 29 TEX AL 723 489 110 6.0 106 .243 .255 .268 .355 .335 .477 .424 .832 .759 118 .620 16.8 1.6 .867 .408 .223 31.0
2012 30 TEX AL 731 516 91 4.7 108 .270 .256 .268 .326 .334 .423 .431 .749 .766 96 .514 -4.1 -0.4 .704 .276 .166 20.0
2013 31 TEX AL 180 119 30 6.8 108 .302 .302 .267 .369 .335 .500 .433 .869 .768 125 .658 5.9 0.6 .839 .278 .198 4.2
8 Yrs 4357 2962 642 5.8 108 .281 .273 .270 .351 .338 .462 .429 .813 .767 112 .580 66.8 6.3 .817 .333 .189 154.8
162 Game Avg. 728 495 107 5.8 108 .281 .273 .270 .351 .338 .462 .429 .813 .767 112 .580 11 1 .817 .333 .189 26

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
2012 30 TEX AL ALWC BAL L 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (7 Series) 34 148 122 18 38 7 1 4 20 6 5 23 16 .311 .422 .484 .905 59 3 1 1 1 1
1 ALWC 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 1 0 0 0 0
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
2012 TEX AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 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%
2012 30 TEX AL 731 2.6% 12.3% 8.2% 9.0% 39% 1.50 7.3 34.5 9.1 0.61 0.77 75% 19% 6.9% 21%
2013 31 TEX AL 180 3.9% 8.9% 6.7% 10.0% 37% 1.33 10.1 23.1 8.1 0.74 0.92 77% 18% 10.4% 20%
8 Yrs 4357 3.4% 12.1% 9.7% 9.2% 38% 1.24 7.3 25.5 7.8 0.55 0.74 73% 19% 8.5% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.1% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.14 4.9 33.8 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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 0.5 0.3 8.8 0.8 0.96 7.7 2.34 1
2008 26 TEX AL 25.8 2.4 628 2.0 11.3 -9.3 .95 2.9 -0.8 27.8 2.6 0.98 28.5 1.12 0
2009 27 TEX AL 4.7 0.4 682 1.1 11.6 -10.5 .95 1.1 -0.0 24.2 2.2 0.93 15.1 0
2010 28 TEX AL 7.6 0.7 491 -0.2 8.1 -8.2 1.02 1.1 -1.2 5.3 0.5 0.94 12.5 0.25 0
2011 29 TEX AL 16.8 1.6 777 1.7 12.8 -11.1 .90 2.5 -0.5 18.4 1.7 0.95 27.4 1
2012 30 TEX AL -4.8 -0.5 777 -0.7 12.0 -12.6 .92 -0.0 -0.7 -1.5 -0.1 0.94 -2.8 0
2013 31 TEX AL 5.9 0.6 194 0.6 3.5 -2.9 1.01 0.8 -0.2 8.6 0.8 0.96 10.6 0
8 Yrs 66.0 6.3 4642 5.4 77.7 -72.4 .96 9.2 -3.6 93.6 8.7 0.95 103.1 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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm 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 2 0 1 3 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 0 2 0 0 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 3 1 1 2 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 1 0 1 1 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 3 2 1 2 18 55% 27 15 12 4 1 3 16 5 11
2011 29 TEX AL 7 0 40% 229 30 4 88% 27 4 3 0 0 0 7 1 4 1 0 2 1 28 66% 30 13 17 10 5 5 22 2 19
2012 30 TEX AL 4 0 39% 254 21 9 70% 18 8 3 1 0 0 8 2 4 3 1 0 0 23 53% 32 17 15 10 6 4 31 10 20
2013 31 TEX AL 2 0 29% 61 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 8 64% 9 3 6 0 0 0 5 2 3
8 Yrs 40 0 39% 1498 160 33 83% 128 30 32 3 0 0 29 9 37 13 7 7 10 146 54% 204 111 93 70 35 35 148 43 101

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 % DPopp DPs 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% 54 17 31% 374 52 14% 32 16 50% 28 15 54% 0
2012 30 TEX AL 731 25% 168 17 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 11 8 14 5 0 4 1 25% 94 14 15% 49 15 31% 353 55 16% 33 17 52% 20 12 60% 0
2013 31 TEX AL 180 34% 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 7 0 3 4 0 1 1 100% 29 3 10% 8 2 25% 95 13 14% 9 5 56% 2 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 4357 26% 1043 99 18 3 0 0 0 1.06 150 0 81 101 49 83 67 0 54 27 50% 728 92 13% 342 113 33% 2359 358 15% 220 117 53% 153 82 54% 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 567 2242 3.95 1371 61% 28% 11% 30% 30% 72% 1% 44% 84% 24% 5% 29 3 16% 89 40 12% 67 24 19% -1 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 461 1749 3.79 1049 60% 31% 9% 28% 32% 69% 1% 42% 87% 23% 7% 33 3 15% 71 24 12% 56 22 26% -1 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
2012 30 TEX AL 734 2902 3.95 1824 63% 31% 9% 28% 31% 69% 0% 43% 87% 19% 4% 29 3 13% 95 44 9% 65 35 23% -3 0 0
2013 31 TEX AL 180 714 3.97 452 63% 34% 8% 26% 33% 66% 0% 42% 89% 9% 4% 8 0 14% 25 14 10% 18 7 19% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 4366 16961 3.88 10444 62% 30% 9% 29% 32% 70% 0% 43% 87% 21% 5% 222 27 15% 653 293 11% 469 196 22% -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 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
2012 30 930 4177 3656 663 994 218 21 143 467 157 31 411 509 .272 .350 .460 .811 111 1683 89 49 26 35 8
2013 31 970 4357 3818 687 1043 229 21 150 487 160 33 423 525 .273 .351 .462 .813 112 1764 92 54 27 35 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 24 120 469 419 61 117 26 1 14 52 11 39 64 .279 .340 .446 .786 63 120
2007 25 130 560 479 91 123 21 2 19 58 22 60 83 .257 .348 .428 .776 70 130
2008 26 121 580 516 100 163 41 4 18 70 26 44 67 .316 .372 .516 .887 98 121
2009 27 144 633 561 95 138 31 4 30 81 30 57 77 .246 .319 .476 .795 84 144
2010 28 103 457 389 71 110 20 1 9 44 15 55 57 .283 .378 .409 .787 59 103
2011 29 155 718 617 117 155 33 4 31 75 29 87 71 .251 .350 .468 .819 100 155
2012 30 157 724 650 100 163 41 5 18 68 20 58 90 .251 .320 .412 .732 84 157
2013 31 40 179 161 23 48 11 0 7 19 3 12 16 .298 .365 .497 .862 27 40
8 Yrs 970 4320 3792 658 1017 224 21 146 467 156 412 525 .268 .345 .454 .799 585 970
162 Game Avg. 162 721 633 110 170 37 4 24 78 26 69 88 .268 .345 .454 .799 98 970

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
2008 *
2010 *
2012 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (20, 0%)
2009 AL (26, 0%)
2011 AL (11, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1072nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
Active  31.7 (49th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 AL  6.0 (9th)
2011 AL  7.0 (8th)
2013 AL  1.9 (7th)
Active  31.7 (30th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.4 (6th)
Active  27.3 (40th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.6 (3rd)
2011 AL  2.2 (7th)
Active  6.9 (36th)

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

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .351 (48th)

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

At Bats s c a p y
2011 AL  620 (10th)
2012 AL  655 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  723 (3rd)
2012 AL  731 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL  102 (8th)
2009 AL  101 (10th)
2011 AL  121 (2nd)
2012 AL  105 (3rd)
Active  687 (43rd)

Doubles s c a p y
2012 AL  42 (6th)

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  160 (24th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL  134 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  70 (9th)
2012 AL  66 (10th)

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

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  10 (8th)
2013 AL  5 (2nd)
Active  54 (46th)

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

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  9 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2007 AL  92.00 (2nd)
2008 AL  92.86 (2nd)
2009 AL  86.11 (4th)
2011 AL  88.24 (2nd)
Active  82.90 (7th)
Career  82.90 (18th)

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)
2012 AL  20.0 (5th)
Active  154.8 (18th)
Career  154.8 (164th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2011 AL  8.7 (8th)
2013 AL  10.1 (4th)
Active  7.3 (29th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  489 (4th)
2012 AL  516 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (761), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (532), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1099), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (51st), 30.4 career WAR/29.8 7yr-peak WAR/30.1 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Aaron Hill (925)
  2. John Valentin (922)
  3. Brandon Phillips (911)
  4. Rickie Weeks (909)
  5. Dustin Pedroia (899)
  6. Corey Koskie (896)
  7. Dan Uggla (890)
  8. Grady Sizemore (889)
  9. Hank Blalock (884)
  10. Chris Sabo (883)
Similar Batters through 30 
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  1. Brandon Phillips (932)
  2. Joe Gordon (930) *
  3. Aaron Hill (925)
  4. Jeff Kent (916)
  5. Chase Utley (902)
  6. Bobby Grich (899)
  7. Dan Uggla (897)
  8. Jose Vidro (890)
  9. Gil McDougald (887)
  10. Ray Lankford (885)
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Most Similar by Ages 
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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 (959)  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 (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brandon Phillips (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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