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Ian Kinsler
Ian Michael Kinsler
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1982 in Tucson, 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
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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 .796 109 213 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 78 364 320 57 82 17 2 19 51 16 2 37 46 .256 .333 .500 .833 116 160 5 2 1 4 0 *4
4 Seasons 449 1987 1744 320 495 107 9 71 238 76 10 184 260 .284 .355 .478 .832 117 833 43 20 17 22 4
162 Game Avg. 162 717 629 115 179 39 3 26 86 27 4 66 94 .284 .355 .478 .832 117 301 16 7 6 8 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 TEX AL 24 2B 119 117 1032.0 658 247 393 18 94 .973 -4.3 -5.0 -4.3 -6.9 2.6 0 5.58 5.38 .986 4.92 4.47 RoY-7
2007 TEX AL 25 2B 130 129 1136.2 736 283 436 17 98 .977 0.7 0.7 2.7 -7.7 10.4 -2 5.69 5.53 .985 4.98 4.54
2008 TEX AL 26 2B 121 120 1064.0 700 292 390 18 123 .974 2.1 2.4 0.1 1.6 -1.5 2 5.77 5.64 .987 5.01 4.51 AS,MVP-20
2009 TEX AL 27 2B 78 78 697.0 413 144 263 6 60 .985 5.26 5.22 .984 4.78 4.40
4 Seasons 2B 448 444 3929.2 2507 966 1482 59 375 .976 -1.5 -0.5 -1.5 -13.0 11.5 0 5.61 5.46 .986 4.94 4.49
4 Seasons TOT 448 444 3929.2 2507 966 1482 59 375 .976 -1.5 -0.5 -1.5 -13.0 11.5 0 5.61 5.46 .962 4.94 4.49

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-AL-20-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

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

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

At Bats s c a p y
2009 AL--320--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 AL--364--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL--102--8th
2009 AL--57--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL--160--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--19--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL--26--10th
2009 AL--16--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL--134--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 AL--2.5--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--38--6th

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

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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL--4--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL--21.4--7th
2008 AL--21.3--4th
2009 AL--17.4--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 AL--250--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 19 (1031), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (815), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Junior Spivey (946)
  3. Stephen Drew (941)
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  5. Dustin Pedroia (935)
  6. Ryan Doumit (932)
  7. Brian McCann (929)
  8. Bill Kenworthy (924)
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  2. Victor Martinez (962)
  3. Alfonso Soriano (960)
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  5. Odell Hale (948)
  6. Johnny Romano (943)
  7. Bill Hall (941)
  8. Dave Nilsson (940)
  9. A.J. Pierzynski (939)
  10. Carlton Fisk (936) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Bret Boone (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcus Giles (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 26th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2006Texas Rangers$327,000
2007Texas Rangers$390,708
2008Texas Rangers$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,417,708
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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