Danny Klassen

Daniel Victor Klassen

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 22, 1975 in Leamington, Ontario, CAN
High School: John Carroll Catholic HS (Fort Pierce, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1998
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Tigers 1998-2003

Final Game: September 25, 2003
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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
1993	17	MIL-min	Rk	56	209	162	34	35	6	0	2	23	16	4	31	39	.216	.367	.290	.657		47	4	10	2	4	3		BRR,HEL · ARIZ,PION
1994	18	MIL-min	A	133	548	458	61	119	20	3	6	54	28	14	58	123	.260	.356	.356	.712		163	3	12	17	3	0		BEL · MIDW
1995	19	MIL-min	A	59	241	218	27	60	15	2	2	25	12	4	16	43	.275	.332	.390	.722		85	4	4	0	3	0		BEL · MIDW
1996	20	MIL-min	A+	118	483	432	58	116	22	4	2	46	14	8	34	77	.269	.335	.352	.687		152	12	10	5	2	0		STK · CALL
1997	21	MIL-min	AA	135	585	519	112	172	30	6	14	81	16	9	48	104	.331	.396	.493	.889		256	13	10	4	4	1		ELP · TL
1998	22	ARI-min	AAA	73	311	281	47	82	25	2	10	47	6	2	19	54	.292	.344	.502	.846		141	11	6	0	5	1		TUC · PCL
1998	22	ARI	NL	29	118	108	12	21	2	1	3	8	1	1	9	33	.194	.263	.315	.578	52	34	5	1	0	0	0	4
1999	23	ARI-min	AAA,Rk	70	286	262	40	70	17	3	6	34	5	3	21	55	.267	.322	.424	.745		111	6	1	0	2	1		TUC,DBK · PCL,ARIZ
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	408	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	24	ARI-min	AAA	28	119	97	25	31	7	2	2	14	1	2	19	23	.320	.436	.495	.931		48	2	1	2	0	1		TUC · PCL
2000	24	ARI	NL	29	87	76	13	18	3	0	2	8	1	1	8	24	.237	.318	.355	.673	67	27	0	1	2	0	0	5/6

2001	25	ARI-min	AAA	7	21	18	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.222	.333	.389	.722		7	0	1	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2002	26	ARI-min	AAA,AA	121	471	426	52	98	24	5	4	49	6	1	29	130	.230	.281	.338	.619		144	9	4	5	7	0		TUC,ELP · PCL,TL
2002	26	ARI	NL	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	/56
2003	27	DET-min	AAA	112	449	407	63	100	19	4	11	48	12	5	28	110	.246	.303	.393	.696		160	5	7	3	4	1		TOL · IL
2003	27	DET	AL	22	78	73	9	18	3	1	1	7	0	1	4	26	.247	.286	.356	.642	74	26	1	0	1	0	0	5/46
2004	28	DET-min	AAA	110	437	395	52	100	26	4	5	38	10	4	31	105	.253	.315	.377	.692		149	4	6	2	3	0		TOL · IL
2005	29	HOU-min	AAA	88	378	342	61	109	23	3	15	53	7	1	27	80	.319	.375	.535	.910		183	11	5	2	2	1		RRK · PCL
2007	31	HOU-min	AAA	105	425	379	53	111	21	3	8	43	4	3	31	104	.293	.354	.427	.781		162	10	8	1	6	1		RRK · PCL
2008	32	HOU-min	AAA	37	124	105	9	23	3	1	1	15	0	2	16	25	.219	.333	.295	.629		31	2	2	1	0	0		RRK · PCL
5 Yrs				85	287	261	34	59	8	2	6	23	2	3	21	84	.226	.289	.341	.630	64	89	6	2	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	547	497	65	112	15	4	11	44	4	6	40	160	.226	.289	.341	.630	64	170	11	4	6	0	0

ARI (4 yrs)				63	209	188	25	41	5	1	5	16	2	2	17	58	.218	.290	.335	.625	60	63	5	2	2	0	0
DET (1 yr)				22	78	73	9	18	3	1	1	7	0	1	4	26	.247	.286	.356	.642	74	26	1	0	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				63	209	188	25	41	5	1	5	16	2	2	17	58	.218	.290	.335	.625	60	63	5	2	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				22	78	73	9	18	3	1	1	7	0	1	4	26	.247	.286	.356	.642	74	26	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1998	22	ARI	NL	29	118	-7	0	-1	-6	0	-12	-1.2	3	-9	-0.9	.458	.492	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$	4
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.547	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$
2000	24	ARI	NL	29	87	-4	0	1	-2	0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.485	.497	0.0	-0.2	0	$215,000	5/6

2002	26	ARI	NL	4	3	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$227,500	/56
2003	27	DET	AL	22	78	-2	-1	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.480	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$	5/46
5 Seasons				85	287	-12	-0	0	-10	1	-21	-2.1	8	-13	-1.2	.476	.497	-0.3	-0.8	-2	$442,500

ARI (4 yrs)				63	209	-10	1	0	-8	1	-16	-1.7	6	-11	-1.0	.474	.497	-0.3	-0.7	-3	$442,500
DET (1 yr)				22	78	-2	-1	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.480	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$

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
1998	22	ARI	NL	118	93	8	2.3	107	.250	.194	.269	.263	.340	.315	.424	.578	.764	52	.204	-8.3	-0.8	.473	.204	.120	1.5
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	0	1		117	1.000	1.000	.277	1.000	.352	1.000	.446	2.000	.798	408	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2000	24	ARI	NL	87	61	9	3.9	120	.320	.237	.278	.318	.356	.355	.454	.673	.810	67	.365	-4.1	-0.4	.610	.224	.118	1.3

2002	26	ARI	NL	3	2	0	0.0	116	.500	.333	.278	.333	.354	.333	.443	.667	.797	69	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
2003	27	DET	AL	78	58	7	3.2	101	.370	.247	.259	.286	.324	.356	.415	.642	.739	74	.308	-2.9	-0.3	.509	.151	.110	.0
5 Yrs				287	214	25	3.1	109	.310	.226	.269	.289	.341	.341	.431	.630	.771	64	.294	-14.9	-1.4	.526	.192	.115	3.0
162 Game Avg.				547	408	48	3.1	109	.310	.226	.269	.289	.341	.341	.431	.630	.771	64	.294	-14.9	-1.4	.526	.192	.115	6

ARI (4 yrs)				209	156	18	3.1	113	.288	.218	.273	.290	.347	.335	.437	.625	.783	60	.289	-12.1	-1.2	.532	.207	.117	2.9
DET (1 yr)				78	58	7	3.2	101	.370	.247	.259	.286	.324	.356	.415	.642	.739	74	.307	-2.9	-0.3	.509	.151	.110	.0

NL (4 yrs)				209	156	18	3.1	113	.288	.218	.273	.290	.347	.335	.437	.625	.783	60	.289	-12.1	-1.2	.532	.207	.117	2.9
AL (1 yr)				78	58	7	3.2	101	.370	.247	.259	.286	.324	.356	.415	.642	.739	74	.307	-2.9	-0.3	.509	.151	.110	.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
1998	22	ARI	NL	118	2.5%	28.0%	7.6%	5.1%	29%	3.67	3.3	36.0	13.5	0.90	1.19	61%	19%	8.8%	13%
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00		100%	100%	0.0%	0%
2000	24	ARI	NL	87	2.3%	27.6%	9.2%	5.8%	28%	3.00	3.2	38.0	9.5	1.17	1.27	57%	19%	9.1%	4%

2002	26	ARI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00		67%	50%	0.0%	0%
2003	27	DET	AL	78	1.3%	33.3%	5.1%	6.4%	28%	6.50	2.8	73.0	10.4	0.52	0.61	59%	29%	3.8%	10%
5 Yrs				287	2.1%	29.3%	7.3%	5.6%	27%	4.00	3.1	43.5	11.3	0.84	1.05	60%	22%	7.1%	10%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.2	7.4	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	22	ARI	NL	-8.3	-0.8	121	-0.4	2.1	-2.4	1.05	-0.6	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	0.96	-5.9	0.52	1
1999	23	ARI	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.37	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.62	0.4	0.37	1
2000	24	ARI	NL	-4.2	-0.4	91	0.1	1.5	-1.4	.92	-0.2	0.3	-1.3	-0.1	0.91	-2.4	0.16	2

2002	26	ARI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.49	0.0	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.78	-0.2	0.74	2
2003	27	DET	AL	-2.9	-0.3	81	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	1.14	-0.1	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.88	-0.6	3.16	2
5 Yrs				-15.0	-1.4	297	-0.3	5.1	-5.4	1.03	-0.9	0.6	-5.8	-0.6	0.92	-8.6	1.13	8

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	22	ARI	NL	2	0	32%	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	44%	6	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	1
1999	23	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	24	ARI	NL	1	0	44%	33	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	58%	6	5	1	1	0	1	5	0	5

2002	26	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	27	DET	AL	1	0	38%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	22%	6	6	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
5 Yrs				4	0	37%	88	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	43%	18	14	4	3	1	2	9	2	7

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
1998	22	ARI	NL	118	25%	21	4	1	1	0	0	0	0.52	3	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0%	32	5	16%	14	3	21%	75	8	11%	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	0
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	100%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2000	24	ARI	NL	87	47%	18	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	100%	11	0	0%	8	2	25%	49	7	14%	6	1	17%	7	2	29%	0

2002	26	ARI	NL	3	33%	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	27	DET	AL	78	44%	18	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.16	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	33%	14	1	7%	6	2	33%	39	7	18%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
5 Yrs				287	37%	59	10	3	8	3	0	0	1.13	6	0	4	3	3	5	1	0	6	3	50%	58	6	10%	28	7	25%	164	22	13%	10	3	30%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

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
1998	22	ARI	NL	118	428	3.63	285	67%	25%	26%	23%	26%	75%	0%	50%	66%	39%	5%	6	0	10%	12	5	4%	5	4	27%	0	0	0
1999	23	ARI	NL	1	2	2.00	1	50%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2000	24	ARI	NL	87	350	4.02	216	62%	30%	16%	29%	25%	70%	0%	43%	77%	31%	1%	1	0	14%	12	8	9%	8	6	58%	0	0	0

2002	26	ARI	NL	3	9	3.00	7	78%	43%	29%	0%	29%	57%	0%	44%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	27	DET	AL	78	295	3.78	197	67%	30%	20%	25%	24%	70%	0%	46%	71%	31%	5%	4	0	14%	11	3	8%	6	2	31%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				287	1084	3.78	706	65%	28%	21%	25%	25%	72%	0%	47%	70%	34%	4%	11	0	12%	35	16	7%	19	12	37%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1998	22	29	118	108	12	21	2	1	3	8	1	1	9	33	.194	.263	.315	.578	52	34	5	1	0
1999	23	30	119	109	12	22	2	1	3	8	1	1	9	33	.202	.269	.321	.590	55	35	5	1	0
2000	24	59	206	185	25	40	5	1	5	16	2	2	17	57	.216	.289	.335	.624	60	62	5	2	2
2001	25	59	206	185	25	40	5	1	5	16	2	2	17	57	.216	.289	.335	.624	60	62	5	2	2
2002	26	63	209	188	25	41	5	1	5	16	2	2	17	58	.218	.290	.335	.625	60	63	5	2	2
2003	27	85	287	261	34	59	8	2	6	23	2	3	21	84	.226	.289	.341	.630	64	89	6	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1998	22	29	117	107	11	20	2	1	3	7	1	9	33	.187	.256	.308	.565	8	29
1999	23	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
2000	24	29	84	74	11	16	3	0	2	7	1	7	24	.216	.293	.338	.631	7	29

2002	26	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2003	27	22	79	74	10	19	3	1	1	8	0	4	26	.257	.295	.365	.660	8	22
5 Yrs		85	284	259	32	56	8	2	6	22	2	20	84	.216	.278	.332	.610	24	85
162 Game Avg.		162	541	494	61	107	15	4	11	42	4	38	160	.216	.278	.332	.610	46	85

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