Casey Kotchman
Casey John Kotchman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 22, 1983 in St. Petersburg, FL
High School: Seminole (Seminole, FL)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 28, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 2004
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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
2004 21 ANA AL 38 128 116 7 26 6 0 0 15 3 0 7 11 .224 .289 .276 .565 51 32 3 4 0 1 3 3/D
2005 22 LAA AL 47 143 126 16 35 5 0 7 22 1 1 15 18 .278 .352 .484 .836 122 61 3 0 1 1 0 3D
2006 23 LAA AL 29 88 79 6 12 2 0 1 6 0 1 7 13 .152 .221 .215 .436 14 17 2 0 2 0 0 3
2007 24 LAA AL 137 508 443 64 131 37 3 11 68 2 4 53 43 .296 .372 .467 .840 119 207 17 4 3 5 1 *3/D
2008 25 TOT MLB 143 573 525 65 143 28 1 14 74 2 1 36 39 .272 .328 .410 .738 93 215 18 9 0 3 5 *3
2008 25 LAA AL 100 398 373 47 107 24 0 12 54 2 1 18 23 .287 .327 .448 .774 101 167 14 5 0 2 3 3
2008 25 ATL NL 43 175 152 18 36 4 1 2 20 0 0 18 16 .237 .331 .316 .647 73 48 4 4 0 1 2 3
2009 26 TOT MLB 126 431 385 37 103 23 0 7 48 1 0 39 42 .268 .339 .382 .721 90 147 11 4 0 3 6 *3
2009 26 ATL NL 87 336 298 28 84 20 0 6 41 0 0 32 28 .282 .354 .409 .764 103 122 7 3 0 3 6 3
2009 26 BOS AL 39 95 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 1 0 7 14 .218 .284 .287 .572 48 25 4 1 0 0 0 3
6 Seasons 520 1871 1674 195 450 101 4 40 233 9 7 157 166 .269 .337 .406 .742 95 679 54 21 6 13 15
162 Game Avg. 162 583 522 61 140 31 1 12 73 3 2 49 52 .269 .337 .406 .742 95 212 17 7 2 4 5
LAA (5 yrs) 351 1265 1137 140 311 74 3 31 165 8 7 100 108 .274 .337 .426 .762 99 484 39 13 6 9 7
ATL (2 yrs) 130 511 450 46 120 24 1 8 61 0 0 50 44 .267 .346 .378 .724 93 170 11 7 0 4 8
BOS (1 yr) 39 95 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 1 0 7 14 .218 .284 .287 .572 48 25 4 1 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 390 1360 1224 149 330 77 3 32 172 9 7 107 122 .270 .333 .416 .749 96 509 43 14 6 9 7
NL (2 yrs) 130 511 450 46 120 24 1 8 61 0 0 50 44 .267 .346 .378 .724 93 170 11 7 0 4 8

Advanced Batting

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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
2004 21 ANA AL 128 94 10 2.8 107 .245 .224 .267 .289 .334 .276 .428 .565 .763 51 .250 -8.1 -0.8 .495 .138 .052 .0
2005 22 LAA AL 143 97 21 5.8 103 .275 .278 .266 .352 .328 .484 .422 .836 .750 122 .575 4.0 0.4 .800 .325 .206 1.8
2006 23 LAA AL 88 72 4 1.5 111 .169 .152 .275 .221 .340 .215 .438 .436 .778 14 .091 -10.4 -1.0 .329 .139 .063 .0
2007 24 LAA AL 508 341 75 5.9 108 .305 .296 .272 .372 .340 .467 .425 .840 .765 119 .568 14.4 1.3 .787 .287 .172 3.4
2008 25 TOT MLB 573 404 67 4.4 108 .272 .272 .270 .328 .339 .410 .425 .738 .764 93 .451 -6.0 -0.5 .651 .208 .137 3.5
2008 25 LAA AL 398 283 50 4.7 108 .279 .287 .272 .327 .340 .448 .426 .774 .767 101 .478 -0.4 0.0 .680 .212 .161 3.4
2008 25 ATL NL 175 121 17 3.8 106 .252 .237 .265 .331 .336 .316 .423 .647 .759 73 .382 -5.6 -0.5 .583 .197 .079 .0
2009 26 TOT MLB 431 296 51 4.6 107 .283 .268 .266 .339 .338 .382 .423 .721 .761 90 .476 -4.4 -0.5 .652 .218 .114 1.8
2009 26 ATL NL 336 224 44 5.3 105 .292 .282 .263 .354 .336 .409 .418 .764 .754 103 .542 2.5 0.2 .710 .235 .128 .0
2009 26 BOS AL 95 72 7 2.6 113 .250 .218 .274 .284 .344 .287 .440 .572 .784 48 .227 -7.0 -0.7 .472 .161 .069 1.0
6 Seasons 1871 1304 228 4.7 107 .277 .269 .269 .337 .338 .406 .425 .742 .763 95 .471 -10.6 -1.1 .668 .232 .137 14.7
162 Game Avg. 583 406 71 4.7 107 .277 .269 .269 .337 .338 .406 .425 .742 .763 95 .471 -10.6 -1.1 .668 .232 .137 5
LAA (5 yrs) 1265 887 160 4.8 108 .278 .274 .271 .337 .338 .426 .427 .762 .765 99 .480 -0.5 -0.1 .686 .241 .152 12.7
ATL (2 yrs) 511 345 61 4.7 105 .279 .267 .264 .346 .336 .378 .420 .724 .756 93 .491 -3.0 -0.3 .666 .222 .111 .0
BOS (1 yr) 95 72 7 2.6 113 .250 .218 .274 .284 .344 .287 .440 .572 .784 48 .227 -7.0 -0.7 .472 .161 .069 1.0
AL (6 yrs) 1360 959 167 4.7 108 .276 .270 .271 .333 .338 .416 .428 .749 .766 96 .464 -7.5 -0.8 .669 .235 .146 14.0
NL (2 yrs) 511 345 61 4.7 105 .279 .267 .264 .346 .336 .378 .420 .724 .756 93 .491 -3.0 -0.3 .666 .222 .111 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
2004 21 ANA AL ALDS BOS L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 22 LAA AL ALDS NYY W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 22 LAA AL ALCS CHW L 2 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 11 19 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .125 .263 .188 .451 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 ALDS 9 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2004 21 ANA AL 128 0.0% 8.6% 5.5% 4.7% 23% 1.57 10.5 7.7 1.21 1.37 83% 20% 0.0% 13%
2005 22 LAA AL 143 4.9% 12.6% 10.5% 8.4% 34% 1.20 7.0 18.0 5.7 1.20 2.39 71% 17% 15.6% 8%
2006 23 LAA AL 88 1.1% 14.8% 8.0% 3.4% 25% 1.86 6.1 79.0 13.2 2.00 2.29 74% 9% 5.3% 14%
2007 24 LAA AL 508 2.2% 8.5% 10.4% 10.0% 39% 0.81 10.3 40.3 6.5 1.05 1.64 78% 17% 6.5% 15%
2008 25 TOT MLB 573 2.4% 6.8% 6.3% 7.5% 30% 1.08 13.5 37.5 7.1 1.10 1.54 83% 16% 6.9% 13%
2008 25 LAA AL 398 3.0% 5.8% 4.5% 9.1% 34% 1.28 16.2 31.1 6.9 1.08 1.50 85% 15% 8.2% 14%
2008 25 ATL NL 175 1.1% 9.1% 10.3% 4.0% 19% 0.89 9.5 76.0 7.6 1.17 1.63 77% 18% 3.5% 10%
2009 26 TOT MLB 431 1.6% 9.7% 9.1% 7.0% 29% 1.08 9.2 55.0 8.0 1.06 1.47 79% 19% 4.8% 14%
2009 26 ATL NL 336 1.8% 8.3% 9.5% 7.7% 31% 0.88 10.6 49.7 7.3 1.02 1.37 79% 19% 5.1% 13%
2009 26 BOS AL 95 1.1% 14.7% 7.4% 4.2% 21% 2.00 6.2 87.0 12.4 1.21 1.89 76% 18% 3.7% 18%
6 Seasons 1871 2.1% 8.9% 8.4% 7.8% 32% 1.06 10.1 41.9 7.2 1.12 1.61 79% 17% 6.4% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 21 ANA AL 1 0 19% 44 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
2005 22 LAA AL 0 0 21% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 8 6 2 2 2 0 2 1 1
2006 23 LAA AL 3 0 28% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
2007 24 LAA AL 4 0 30% 196 2 4 33% 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 13 26% 24 18 5 9 7 1 20 10 8
2008 25 TOT MLB 6 0 29% 247 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 31% 36 25 10 12 8 3 13 5 6
2008 25 LAA AL 6 0 30% 158 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 33% 27 16 10 7 6 0 9 4 4
2008 25 ATL NL 0 0 29% 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 28% 9 9 0 5 2 3 4 1 2
2009 26 TOT MLB 7 0 22% 173 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 32% 19 14 5 7 6 1 11 4 6
2009 26 ATL NL 4 0 20% 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 29% 15 12 3 7 6 1 9 3 5
2009 26 BOS AL 3 0 31% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
6 Seasons 21 0 26% 719 9 7 56% 9 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 17 31 31% 92 65 25 30 23 5 54 24 25
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2004 21 ANA AL 128 93% 26 1 0 3 2 0 1 1.11 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 14% 12 3 25% 76 17 22% 9 5 56% 7 3 43% 0
2005 22 LAA AL 143 78% 35 2 1 7 2 0 2 1.78 7 1 3 7 0 5 2 0 2 1 50% 30 3 10% 11 5 45% 93 15 16% 8 4 50% 8 4 50% 0
2006 23 LAA AL 88 81% 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.07 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 13 2 15% 11 8 73% 54 5 9% 4 2 50% 8 8 100% 0
2007 24 LAA AL 508 83% 131 9 0 11 5 0 2 1.36 11 1 13 11 0 5 6 0 3 3 100% 103 17 17% 39 18 46% 334 60 18% 36 26 72% 35 21 60% 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 573 74% 143 9 0 5 1 0 1 1.01 14 0 20 9 5 3 11 0 1 0 0% 104 18 17% 53 27 51% 353 62 18% 35 20 57% 47 29 62% 0
2008 25 LAA AL 398 78% 107 8 0 3 1 0 1 0.82 12 0 10 9 3 2 10 0 1 0 0% 70 14 20% 34 17 50% 229 44 19% 22 12 55% 33 19 58% 0
2008 25 ATL NL 175 65% 36 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.30 2 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 34 4 12% 19 10 53% 124 18 15% 13 8 62% 14 10 71% 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 431 71% 103 6 0 11 0 0 1 1.83 7 0 17 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 98 11 11% 42 14 33% 306 44 14% 25 14 56% 22 11 50% 0
2009 26 ATL NL 336 70% 84 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.48 6 0 10 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 72 7 10% 32 9 28% 238 38 16% 21 12 57% 17 9 53% 0
2009 26 BOS AL 95 75% 19 2 0 10 0 0 1 1.66 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 4 15% 10 5 50% 68 6 9% 4 2 50% 5 2 40% 0
6 Seasons 1871 78% 450 28 1 39 10 0 7 1.59 40 2 56 34 6 14 26 0 8 6 75% 370 54 15% 168 75 45% 1216 203 17% 117 71 61% 127 76 60% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2004 21 ANA AL 128 433 3.38 278 64% 21% 10% 32% 38% 79% 8% 51% 88% 38% 9% 12 3 16% 20 5 9% 12 10 9% 0 0 0
2005 22 LAA AL 143 519 3.63 327 63% 31% 9% 26% 34% 69% 0% 44% 86% 30% 5% 7 2 15% 21 8 15% 21 8 22% 0 0 0
2006 23 LAA AL 88 306 3.48 204 67% 28% 13% 25% 33% 72% 0% 48% 82% 32% 1% 1 0 13% 11 6 6% 5 3 23% 0 0 0
2007 24 LAA AL 508 1896 3.73 1153 61% 29% 9% 27% 35% 71% 1% 43% 88% 24% 7% 37 6 18% 91 27 10% 53 29 23% 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 573 1991 3.47 1252 63% 24% 8% 29% 39% 76% 2% 48% 90% 29% 5% 28 2 15% 88 36 7% 42 29 15% 0 0 0
2008 25 LAA AL 398 1334 3.35 860 64% 24% 7% 28% 41% 76% 1% 49% 90% 30% 5% 18 2 14% 57 27 7% 28 22 26% 0 0 0
2008 25 ATL NL 175 657 3.75 392 60% 24% 9% 31% 35% 76% 3% 45% 88% 27% 6% 10 0 18% 31 9 8% 14 7 0% 0 0 0
2009 26 TOT MLB 431 1604 3.72 993 62% 32% 9% 24% 35% 68% 3% 42% 86% 17% 6% 25 0 18% 79 25 10% 41 23 24% 0 0 0
2009 26 ATL NL 336 1243 3.70 766 62% 31% 10% 24% 36% 69% 4% 42% 86% 16% 6% 21 0 18% 60 18 10% 33 18 18% 0 0 0
2009 26 BOS AL 95 361 3.80 227 63% 33% 9% 25% 32% 67% 0% 42% 86% 19% 4% 4 0 20% 19 7 8% 8 5 36% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1871 6749 3.61 4207 62% 28% 9% 27% 36% 72% 2% 45% 88% 26% 6% 110 13 17% 310 107 9% 174 102 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2004 21 38 128 116 7 26 6 0 0 15 3 0 7 11 .224 .289 .276 .565 51 32 3 4 0 1 3
2005 22 85 271 242 23 61 11 0 7 37 4 1 22 29 .252 .322 .384 .707 88 93 6 4 1 2 3
2006 23 114 359 321 29 73 13 0 8 43 4 2 29 42 .227 .298 .343 .640 69 110 8 4 3 2 3
2007 24 251 867 764 93 204 50 3 19 111 6 6 82 85 .267 .341 .415 .756 99 317 25 8 6 7 4
2008 25 394 1440 1289 158 347 78 4 33 185 8 7 118 124 .269 .336 .413 .749 96 532 43 17 6 10 9
2009 26 520 1871 1674 195 450 101 4 40 233 9 7 157 166 .269 .337 .406 .742 95 679 54 21 6 13 15

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
2004 21 38 129 117 7 27 6 0 0 14 3 7 11 .231 .295 .282 .577 9 38
2005 22 47 142 126 16 35 5 0 7 23 1 15 18 .278 .352 .484 .836 22 47
2006 23 29 84 78 5 11 2 0 1 5 0 6 13 .141 .202 .205 .408 3 29
2007 24 137 497 437 61 125 35 3 10 65 2 51 43 .286 .362 .449 .811 71 137
2008 25 143 567 520 63 138 27 1 14 72 2 35 39 .265 .321 .402 .723 65 143
2009 26 126 431 385 36 103 23 0 7 47 1 39 42 .268 .339 .382 .721 49 126
6 Seasons 520 1850 1663 188 439 98 4 39 226 9 153 166 .264 .331 .398 .729 219 520
162 Game Avg. 162 576 518 59 137 31 1 12 70 3 48 52 .264 .331 .398 .729 68 520

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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AB per SO s c a p y
2007 AL--10.3--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Johnny McCarthy (957)
  3. Dave Revering (957)
  4. Randall Simon (956)
  5. Glenn Adams (955)
  6. Tim Jordan (952)
  7. Pat Putnam (950)
  8. Conor Jackson (949)
  9. Ryan Garko (946)
  10. Mickey Rocco (945)
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  2. Eric Karros (952)
  3. Nick Johnson (950)
  4. Greg Colbrunn (950)
  5. Mickey Vernon (948)
  6. Gus Suhr (947)
  7. Willie Upshaw (947)
  8. Glenn Wilson (946)
  9. Sid Bream (946)
  10. Ron Jackson (944)
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  2. Ricky Jordan (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ricky Jordan (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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