Jason Kipnis Batting Statistics and History

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Jason Kipnis \kip-NISS\

Jason Michael Kipnis (twitter: @TheJK_Kid)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1987 in Northbrook, IL
High School: Glenbrook North HS (Northbrook, IL)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2011 (Age 24)
Team: Indians 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$509k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.069, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council [*]
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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
2009	22	CLE-min	A-	29	129	111	19	34	8	3	1	19	3	3	15	18	.306	.388	.459	.847		51	1	1	0	2	1		MHV · NYPL
2010	23	CLE-min	AA,A+	133	592	518	96	159	32	8	16	74	9	4	55	107	.307	.386	.492	.878		255	20	13	4	2	2		AKR,KIN · EL,CARL
2011	24	CLE-min	AAA	92	400	343	65	96	16	9	12	55	12	1	44	72	.280	.362	.484	.846		166	5	3	5	5	1		CLB · IL
2011	24	CLE	AL	36	150	136	24	37	9	1	7	19	5	0	11	34	.272	.333	.507	.841	133	69	0	2	0	1	0	4
2012	25	CLE	AL	152	672	591	86	152	22	4	14	76	31	7	67	109	.257	.335	.379	.714	102	224	12	5	3	6	2	*4/D
2013	26	CLE	AL	37	171	153	22	38	9	2	7	24	9	4	15	41	.248	.312	.471	.782	116	72	1	0	1	2	1	*4
3 Yrs				225	993	880	132	227	40	7	28	119	45	11	93	184	.258	.331	.415	.745	109	365	13	7	4	9	3
162 Game Avg.				162	715	634	95	163	29	5	20	86	32	8	67	132	.258	.331	.415	.745	109	263	9	5	3	6	2

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
2011	24	CLE	AL	36	150	5	1	1	-2	1	6	0.6	6	11	1.1	.516	.504	1.4	-0.1	13		4
2012	25	CLE	AL	152	672	3	3	3	3	3	15	1.6	24	40	4.0	.511	.510	3.8	0.6	37	$482,100	*4/D
2013	26	CLE	AL	37	171	2	-0	1	2	1	5	0.6	6	11	1.1	.514	.503	0.9	0.4	9	$509,400	*4
3 Seasons				225	993	11	3	4	3	5	26	2.8	36	62	6.3	.512	.506	6.0	0.9	59	$991,500

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
2011	24	CLE	AL	150	100	25	6.7	94	.313	.272	.251	.333	.315	.507	.398	.841	.713	133	.664	6.0	0.6	.879	.353	.235	5.8
2012	25	CLE	AL	672	467	80	4.6	94	.291	.257	.249	.335	.313	.379	.401	.714	.713	102	.501	3.4	0.3	.699	.276	.122	19.3
2013	26	CLE	AL	171	123	23	5.0	95	.290	.248	.249	.312	.314	.471	.404	.782	.718	116	.529	3.2	0.3	.767	.353	.222	7.9
3 Yrs				993	690	128	5.0	94	.294	.258	.249	.331	.313	.415	.401	.745	.714	109	.535	12.6	1.2	.737	.301	.157	34.5
162 Game Avg.				715	497	92	5.0	94	.294	.258	.249	.331	.313	.415	.401	.745	.714	109	.535	9	1	.737	.301	.157	25

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
2011	24	CLE	AL	150	4.7%	22.7%	7.3%	11.3%	46%	3.09	4.0	19.4	7.2	0.85	1.50	64%	20%	14.6%	11%
2012	25	CLE	AL	672	2.1%	16.2%	10.0%	6.0%	26%	1.63	5.4	42.2	7.8	0.91	1.22	71%	21%	6.1%	9%
2013	26	CLE	AL	171	4.1%	24.0%	8.8%	10.5%	47%	2.73	3.7	21.9	6.4	0.70	1.11	63%	23%	11.3%	6%
3 Yrs				993	2.8%	18.5%	9.4%	7.6%	33%	1.98	4.8	31.4	7.4	0.86	1.24	68%	21%	8.2%	9%
MLB Averages					2.6%	19.3%	8.1%	7.6%	33%	2.39	4.6	34.7	8.3	0.83	1.10	68%	19%	7.8%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2011	24	CLE	AL	6.0	0.6	155	-0.2	2.6	-2.8	1.05	0.5	-0.7	5.5	0.5	0.86	6.5	2.40	1
2012	25	CLE	AL	4.3	0.4	721	2.2	12.7	-10.6	.98	0.7	1.5	18.5	1.9	0.98	7.8	0.85	1
2013	26	CLE	AL	3.2	0.3	184	0.3	3.3	-3.0	.99	0.2	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.93	0.1		0
3 Yrs				13.6	1.3	1060	2.3	18.6	-16.3	.99	1.3	1.0	25.1	2.5	0.95	14.3	1.63	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2011	24	CLE	AL	1	40%	54	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	54%	7	3	4	1	0	1	5	3	2
2012	25	CLE	AL	5	34%	271	31	7	82%	30	7	1	0	6	3	6	3	1	0	2	19	41%	39	24	14	11	7	4	20	7	11
2013	26	CLE	AL	0	33%	53	9	4	69%	8	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	36%	8	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	0
3 Yrs				6	35%	378	45	11	80%	43	10	2	1	6	3	8	4	1	1	2	21	42%	54	32	21	16	9	7	27	12	13

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
2011	24	CLE	AL	150	71%	37	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.40	7	0	4	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		12	0	0%	8	5	63%	69	12	17%	3	3	100%	4	1	25%	0
2012	25	CLE	AL	672	64%	152	19	6	1	0	0	1	0.85	14	1	17	12	2	5	9	0	6	3	50%	146	12	8%	76	31	41%	403	63	16%	40	27	68%	34	22	65%	0
2013	26	CLE	AL	171	62%	38	5	2	0	0	0	0		7	0	2	5	2	5	2	0	1	1	100%	26	1	4%	20	6	30%	105	18	17%	12	6	50%	6	2	33%	0
3 Yrs				993	65%	227	27	10	2	0	0	1	1.63	28	1	23	23	5	13	15	0	7	4	57%	184	13	7%	104	42	40%	577	93	16%	55	36	65%	44	25	57%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2011	24	CLE	AL	150	598	3.99	373	62%	35%	14%	23%	28%	65%	0%	41%	78%	21%	5%	7	0	17%	25	10	11%	16	4	32%	0	0	0
2012	25	CLE	AL	675	2645	3.92	1641	62%	34%	12%	25%	30%	66%	1%	41%	82%	19%	7%	50	1	16%	108	33	11%	71	38	33%	-3	0	0
2013	26	CLE	AL	172	734	4.27	441	60%	36%	14%	24%	26%	64%	0%	39%	78%	10%	8%	13	0	19%	33	14	14%	24	15	27%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				997	3977	3.99	2455	62%	34%	13%	24%	29%	66%	1%	41%	81%	17%	7%	70	1	17%	166	57	11%	111	57	32%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	1%	46%	78%	27%	5%			14%			8%			24%

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
2011	24	36	150	136	24	37	9	1	7	19	5	0	11	34	.272	.333	.507	.841	133	69	0	2	0	1	0
2012	25	188	822	727	110	189	31	5	21	95	36	7	78	143	.260	.335	.403	.738	108	293	12	7	3	7	2
2013	26	225	993	880	132	227	40	7	28	119	45	11	93	184	.258	.331	.415	.745	109	365	13	7	4	9	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2011	24	36	153	138	27	39	9	1	7	21	5	12	34	.283	.346	.514	.861	25	36
2012	25	152	688	602	97	163	24	4	15	86	33	72	109	.271	.350	.399	.749	84	152
2013	26	37	175	156	25	41	10	2	8	27	10	16	41	.263	.328	.506	.834	26	37
3 Yrs		225	1016	896	149	243	43	7	30	134	48	100	184	.271	.346	.435	.781	135	225
162 Game Avg.		162	732	645	107	175	31	5	22	96	35	72	132	.271	.346	.435	.781	97	225

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2013 AL 2 (6th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2012 AL 31 (6th) 2013 AL 9 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2012 AL 7 (10th) 2013 AL 4 (1st)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2012 AL 19.3 (8th) 2013 AL 7.9 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
2013 AL 2 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL 31 (6th)
2013 AL 9 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL 7 (10th)
2013 AL 4 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL 19.3 (8th)
2013 AL 7.9 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1802), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Second Base (282nd), 4.9 career WAR/4.9 7yr-peak WAR/4.9 JAWS Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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