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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #399. Jay Bell… #400. Terry Pendleton… #401. Larry Gardner… #402. IAN KINSLER… #403. Aramis Ramirez… #404. Reggie Sanders… #405. Bob Watson… 

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
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

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 TEX AL 24 2B 119 658 247 393 18 94 .973 -4 0 5.38 .986 4.85 RoY-7
2007 TEX AL 25 2B 130 736 283 436 17 98 .977 1 7 5.53 .985 4.92
2008 TEX AL 26 2B 121 700 292 390 18 123 .974 2 -7 5.64 .987 4.96 AS,MVP-20
2009 TEX AL 27 2B 144 711 249 451 11 100 .985 17 22 4.86 .986 4.70 MVP-26
2010 TEX AL 28 2B 103 475 190 278 7 64 .985 6 8 4.54 .984 4.75 AS
2011 TEX AL 29 2B 144 144 137 1269.0 677 268 398 11 103 .984 10 16 9 15 4.72 4.63 .984 4.76 4.73 MVP-11
2011 TEX AL 29 DH 11 10 MVP-11
6 Seasons 2B 761 144 137 1269.0 3957 1529 2346 82 582 .979 31 46 29 43 4.72 5.09 .985 4.76 4.81
6 Seasons TOT 761 144 137 1269.0 3957 1529 2346 82 582 .979 31 46 29 43 4.72 5.09 .985 4.76 4.81
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Assists† s c a p y
2009 AL  451 (2nd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2008 AL  18 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2011 AL  144 (4th)
Active  761 (13th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  283 (4th)
2008 AL  292 (3rd)
2009 AL  249 (5th)
2011 AL  268 (4th)
Active  1,529 (11th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2006 AL  393 (2nd)
2007 AL  436 (5th)
2009 AL  451 (2nd)
2011 AL  398 (4th)
Active  2,346 (12th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2006 AL  18 (1st)
2007 AL  17 (1st)
2008 AL  18 (1st)
2009 AL  11 (4th)
2011 AL  11 (2nd)
Active  82 (8th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  17 (1st)
2010 AL  6 (4th)
2011 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  31 (11th)
Career  31 (43rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.58 (1st)
2007 AL  5.69 (1st)
2008 AL  5.77 (1st)
2009 AL  5.01 (3rd)
Active  4.72 (11th)
Career  4.72 (34th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2006 AL  5.38 (1st)
2007 AL  5.53 (1st)
2008 AL  5.64 (1st)
2009 AL  4.86 (2nd)
2011 AL  4.63 (4th)
Active  5.09 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  .985 (5th)
Active  .979 (23rd)

             

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
Similar Batters 
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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)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Joe Gordon (931) *
  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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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 (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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200624Texas Rangers$327,000
200725Texas Rangers$390,708
200826Texas Rangers$700,000
200927Texas Rangers$3,200,000
201028Texas Rangers$4,200,000
201129Texas Rangers$6,200,000
201230Texas Rangers$7,000,000
201331Texas Rangers*$10,000,000$10M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,017,708Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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