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Casey Kotchman

Casey John Kotchman

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 22, 1983 in St. Petersburg, FL
High School: Seminole HS (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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Rays/Indians/Braves/Mariners/... 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$700k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.144, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1558. Jim Hegan… #1559. Kurt Suzuki… #1560. Jim Rivera… #1561. CASEY KOTCHMAN… #1562. Doc Casey… #1563. Jim Tabor… #1564. Carmelo Martinez… 

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 94 215 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 .774 102 167 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 .764 102 122 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
2010 27 SEA AL 125 457 414 37 90 20 1 9 51 0 0 35 57 .217 .280 .336 .616 73 139 15 3 0 5 6 *3/D
2011 28 TBR AL 146 563 500 44 153 24 2 10 48 2 2 48 66 .306 .378 .422 .800 127 211 13 12 0 3 5 *3
2012 29 CLE AL 142 500 463 46 106 12 0 12 55 3 0 26 49 .229 .280 .333 .612 72 154 15 7 3 1 1 *3/D
2013 30 MIA NL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /3
10 Yrs 935 3396 3056 322 799 157 7 71 387 14 9 266 338 .261 .327 .387 .714 94 1183 98 43 9 22 27
162 Game Avg. 162 588 529 56 138 27 1 12 67 2 2 46 59 .261 .327 .387 .714 94 205 17 7 2 4 5
LAA (5 yrs) 351 1265 1137 140 311 74 3 31 165 8 7 100 108 .274 .337 .426 .762 100 484 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 92 170 11 7 0 4 8
TBR (1 yr) 146 563 500 44 153 24 2 10 48 2 2 48 66 .306 .378 .422 .800 127 211 13 12 0 3 5
CLE (1 yr) 142 500 463 46 106 12 0 12 55 3 0 26 49 .229 .280 .333 .612 72 154 15 7 3 1 1
SEA (1 yr) 125 457 414 37 90 20 1 9 51 0 0 35 57 .217 .280 .336 .616 73 139 15 3 0 5 6
MIA (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
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 (9 yrs) 803 2880 2601 276 679 133 6 63 326 14 9 216 294 .261 .324 .389 .714 94 1013 86 36 9 18 19
NL (3 yrs) 132 516 455 46 120 24 1 8 61 0 0 50 44 .264 .343 .374 .717 91 170 12 7 0 4 8

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 Awards
2004 21 ANA AL 38 128 -9 0 -0 0 -2 -11 -1.0 5 -6 -0.6 .472 .493 -0.6 -0.2 -6 3/D
2005 22 LAA AL 47 143 3 0 1 -4 -3 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .495 .499 0.7 -0.7 7 3D
2006 23 LAA AL 29 88 -8 -1 0 5 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .482 .497 -0.7 0.4 -7 $340,000 3
2007 24 LAA AL 137 508 14 -5 -1 18 -7 19 1.9 19 38 3.7 .514 .512 1.9 1.2 20 $382,500 *3/D
2008 25 LAA AL 100 398 2 -3 -0 11 -6 4 0.6 15 19 2.0 .504 .503 0.9 0.6 8 $1,450,000 3
2008 25 ATL NL 43 175 -6 -1 1 1 -2 -8 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .481 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 3
2009 26 ATL NL 87 336 2 -1 0 4 -5 0 0.0 10 11 1.0 .501 .500 0.6 -0.1 7 $2,885,000 3
2009 26 BOS AL 39 95 -5 1 0 3 -1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.2 -1 3
2010 27 SEA AL 125 457 -17 -3 -0 3 -7 -24 -2.4 17 -7 -0.8 .480 .484 -1.1 -0.3 -10 $3,517,500 *3/D
2011 28 TBR AL 146 563 22 -2 0 3 -8 15 1.7 21 36 3.7 .511 .510 3.4 -0.5 33 *3
2012 29 CLE AL 142 500 -15 -2 1 -1 -7 -25 -2.7 19 -6 -0.8 .481 .484 -0.6 -0.9 -5 $3,000,000 *3/D
2013 30 MIA NL 2 5 -1 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .409 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $700,000 /3
10 Seasons 935 3396 -19 -16 1 43 -48 -39 -3.8 124 85 8.1 .495 .498 3.8 -0.4 42 $12,275,000
LAA (5 yrs) 351 1265 2 -7 -1 30 -19 5 0.8 47 52 5.3 .501 .501 2.2 1.3 22 $2,172,500
ATL (2 yrs) 130 511 -4 -2 1 5 -7 -7 -0.8 16 9 0.7 .494 .498 0.2 -0.2 4 $2,885,000
TBR (1 yr) 146 563 22 -2 0 3 -8 15 1.7 21 36 3.7 .511 .510 3.4 -0.5 33
CLE (1 yr) 142 500 -15 -2 1 -1 -7 -25 -2.7 19 -6 -0.8 .481 .484 -0.6 -0.9 -5 $3,000,000
SEA (1 yr) 125 457 -17 -3 -0 3 -7 -24 -2.4 17 -7 -0.8 .480 .484 -1.1 -0.3 -10 $3,517,500
MIA (1 yr) 2 5 -1 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .409 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $700,000
BOS (1 yr) 39 95 -5 1 0 3 -1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.2 -1

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
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
2011 28 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 4 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .313 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (6 Series) 15 35 32 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .188 .257 .250 .507 8 0 0 0 0 0
5 ALDS 13 27 25 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .160 .222 .200 .422 5 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

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
2004 ANA AL 21 1B 34 27 26 270.1 249 231 15 3 17 .988 -2 0 -11 0 8.19 7.24 .994 9.31 9.25
2004 ANA AL 21 DH 1 0
2005 LAA AL 22 1B 20 13 12 131.0 119 112 7 0 10 1.000 -4 -4 -37 -38 8.18 5.95 .994 9.60 9.49
2005 LAA AL 22 DH 20 18
2006 LAA AL 23 1B 26 22 19 197.0 195 180 15 0 12 1.000 2 5 13 30 8.91 7.50 .994 9.54 9.40
2007 LAA AL 24 1B 130 116 105 1033.0 1049 978 68 3 103 .997 12 18 13 21 9.11 8.05 .995 9.37 9.27
2007 LAA AL 24 DH 1 1
2008 TOT MLB 25 1B 141 135 130 1210.1 1303 1205 96 2 125 .998 10 12 10 11 9.67 9.23 .993 9.28 9.21
2008 LAA AL 25 1B 100 95 92 857.0 913 838 73 2 86 .998 10 11 14 16 9.57 9.11 .994 9.26 9.18
2008 ATL NL 25 1B 41 40 38 353.1 390 367 23 0 39 1.000 0 1 1 4 9.93 9.51 .992 9.34 9.28
2009 TOT MLB 26 1B 114 100 92 893.1 939 859 80 0 63 1.000 11 7 15 9 9.46 8.24 .993 9.26 9.16
2009 ATL NL 26 1B 85 81 73 703.1 735 674 61 0 51 1.000 7 4 12 7 9.41 8.65 .993 9.29 9.21
2009 BOS AL 26 1B 29 19 19 190.0 204 185 19 0 12 1.000 4 3 27 20 9.66 7.03 .994 9.13 9.02
2010 SEA AL 27 1B 116 108 103 966.2 1021 946 74 1 92 .999 -2 3 -3 4 9.50 8.79 .994 9.32 9.23
2010 SEA AL 27 DH 3 2
2011 TBR AL 28 1B 146 135 129 1222.1 1201 1119 80 2 109 .998 -1 3 -1 3 8.83 8.21 .993 9.30 9.24
2012 CLE AL 29 1B 137 120 109 1087.0 1213 1099 108 6 114 .995 10 -1 11 -1 9.99 8.81 .994 9.27 9.22
2012 CLE AL 29 DH 1 0
2013 MIA NL 30 1B 2 2 1 12.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 50 0 7.50 5.00 .994 9.45 9.35
10 Seasons 1B 866 778 726 7023.0 7299 6738 544 17 646 .998 36 44 6 7 9.33 8.41 .994 9.31 9.24
10 Seasons TOT 866 778 726 7023.0 7299 6738 544 17 646 .998 36 44 6 5 9.33 8.41 .994 9.31 9.24
Lg 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
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 AL  .306 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2011 AL  .378 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2007 AL  10.3 (5th)
2008 ML  13.5 (4th)
2012 AL  9.4 (5th)**
Active  9.0 (8th)

Putouts† s c a p y
2012 AL  1,099 (4th)
Active  6,738 (18th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  146 (5th)
2012 AL  137 (4th)
Active  866 (14th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  1,119 (5th)
2012 AL  1,099 (4th)
Active  6,738 (14th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  80 (4th)
2012 AL  108 (1st)
Active  544 (14th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  109 (4th)
2012 AL  114 (4th)
Active  646 (13th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (1st)
2008 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  4 (5th)
2012 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  36 (6th)
Career  36 (25th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2008 AL  9.57 (4th)
2010 AL  9.50 (5th)
2012 AL  9.99 (2nd)
Active  9.33 (12th)
Career  9.33 (90th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2008 AL  9.11 (5th)
Active  8.41 (16th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2007 AL  .997 (4th)
2010 AL  .999 (1st)
2011 AL  .998 (1st)
2012 AL  .995 (4th)
Active  .998 (1st)
Career  .998 (1st)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1884), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1741), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2224), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (200th), 8.1 career WAR/10.8 7yr-peak WAR/9.5 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Todd Benzinger (956)
  2. Ron Jackson (947)
  3. Gerald Perry (945)
  4. Phil Todt (940)
  5. Sid Bream (939)
  6. Dick Williams (936) *
  7. James Loney (935)
  8. Chris James (934)
  9. Vic Saier (933)
  10. Mike Ivie (932)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jim Spencer (953)
  2. Travis Lee (944)
  3. Ollie Brown (940)
  4. Phil Todt (940)
  5. Fred Luderus (934)
  6. Mike Ivie (928)
  7. Jerry Morales (923)
  8. Glenn Wilson (922)
  9. Terrence Long (922)
  10. Gerald Perry (920)
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  1. David Ortiz (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  4. Sid Bream (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Luderus (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Spencer (953)  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/Other Sources
200623Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$340,000
200724Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$382,500
200825Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$1,450,000
200926Atlanta Braves$2,885,000
201027Seattle Mariners$3,517,500
201229Cleveland Indians$3,000,000contracts
201330Miami Marlins$700,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,275,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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