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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Angels/Rays/Braves/Mariners/RedSox 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$3M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.144, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1591. Lee Magee… #1592. Ray Powell… #1593. Max Alvis… #1594. CASEY KOTCHMAN… #1595. Pop Corkhill… #1596. Kosuke Fukudome… #1597. Mike Redmond… 

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
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 3
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 .840 120 207 17 4 3 5 1 *3
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 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 33
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 33
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 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 33
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 33
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
2011 28 TBR AL 146 563 500 44 153 24 2 10 48 2 2 48 66 .306 .378 .422 .800 128 211 13 12 0 3 5 *3
8 Seasons 791 2891 2588 276 693 145 7 59 332 11 9 240 289 .268 .336 .398 .733 98 1029 82 36 6 21 26
162 Game Avg. 162 592 530 57 142 30 1 12 68 2 2 49 59 .268 .336 .398 .733 98 211 17 7 1 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 .800 128 211 13 12 0 3 5
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
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
AL (8 yrs) 661 2380 2138 230 573 121 6 51 271 11 9 190 245 .268 .334 .402 .735 99 859 71 29 6 17 18
NL (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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 21 ANA AL 128 -8 0 -1 0 -2 -2 4 -9 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 3
2005 22 LAA AL 143 5 0 -1 1 -4 -3 5 3 0.3 7 0.7 -0.4 $ 3
2006 23 LAA AL 88 -10 -1 1 0 2 -1 3 -6 -0.6 -8 -0.8 0.2 $340,000 3
2007 24 LAA AL 508 16 -4 -1 -1 12 -8 18 32 3.1 20 2.0 1.1 $382,500 *3
2008 25 LAA AL 398 1 -2 0 0 10 -6 14 17 1.7 7 0.7 1.0 $1,450,000 33
2008 25 ATL NL 175 -7 -1 -1 1 0 -3 5 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 33
2009 26 ATL NL 336 2 -1 0 1 7 -5 10 14 1.4 6 0.6 0.8 $2,885,000 33
2009 26 BOS AL 95 -7 1 1 0 4 -1 3 1 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $ 33
2010 27 SEA AL 457 -15 -2 -2 -0 -2 -8 16 -15 -1.5 -12 -1.3 -0.2 $3,517,500 *3
2011 28 TBR AL 563 22 -2 1 0 -2 -9 19 28 2.9 30 3.1 -0.2 $ *3
8 Seasons 2891 -2 -14 -4 2 25 -46 97 60 6.0 34 3.4 2.6 $8,575,000
LAA (5 yrs) 1265 4 -7 -2 0 17 -20 44 37 3.7 19 1.9 1.8 $2,172,500
ATL (2 yrs) 511 -5 -2 -1 2 8 -8 15 8 0.8 0 0.0 0.8 $2,885,000
TBR (1 yr) 563 22 -2 1 0 -2 -9 19 28 2.9 30 3.1 -0.2 $
BOS (1 yr) 95 -7 1 1 0 4 -1 3 1 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $
SEA (1 yr) 457 -15 -2 -2 -0 -2 -8 16 -15 -1.5 -12 -1.3 -0.2 $3,517,500

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 Seasons (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 34 249 231 15 3 17 .988 -2 -2 7.24 .994 9.25
2005 LAA AL 22 1B 20 119 112 7 0 10 1.000 -4 -4 5.95 .994 9.49
2005 LAA AL 22 DH 18 18
2006 LAA AL 23 1B 26 195 180 15 0 12 1.000 2 4 7.50 .994 9.40
2007 LAA AL 24 1B 130 1049 978 68 3 103 .997 12 18 8.05 .995 9.27
2007 LAA AL 24 DH 1 1
2008 TOT MLB 25 1B 141 1303 1205 96 2 125 .998 10 9 9.23 .993 9.21
2008 LAA AL 25 1B 100 913 838 73 2 86 .998 10 9 9.11 .994 9.18
2008 ATL NL 25 1B 41 390 367 23 0 39 1.000 0 0 9.51 .992 9.28
2009 TOT MLB 26 1B 114 939 859 80 0 63 1.000 11 8 8.24 .993 9.16
2009 ATL NL 26 1B 85 735 674 61 0 51 1.000 7 5 8.65 .993 9.21
2009 BOS AL 26 1B 29 204 185 19 0 12 1.000 4 3 7.03 .994 9.02
2010 SEA AL 27 1B 116 1021 946 74 1 92 .999 -2 0 8.79 .994 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 -1 -1 -1 8.83 8.21 .993 9.30 9.24
8 Seasons 1B 727 135 129 1222.1 6076 5630 435 11 531 .998 25 32 25 31 8.83 8.34 .994 9.30 9.24
8 Seasons TOT 727 135 129 1222.1 6076 5630 435 11 531 .998 25 32 25 31 8.83 8.34 .994 9.30 9.24
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  146 (5th)
Active  727 (17th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  1,119 (5th)
Active  5,630 (17th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  80 (4th)
Active  435 (17th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (1st)
2008 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  4 (5th)
Active  25 (7th)
Career  25 (34th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2008 AL  9.57 (4th)
2010 AL  9.50 (5th)
Active  8.83 (20th)
Career  8.83 (54th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2008 AL  9.11 (5th)
Active  8.34 (21st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2007 AL  .997 (5th)
2008 AL  .998 (2nd)
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)
2010 AL  .999 (1st)
2011 AL  .998 (1st)
Active  .998 (1st)
Career  .998 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dick Sisler (947)
  2. Ray Sanders (946)
  3. Ed Bouchee (945)
  4. Lamar Johnson (945)
  5. Conor Jackson (942)
  6. Mike Ivie (939)
  7. Gene Larkin (937)
  8. Todd Benzinger (935)
  9. Ricky Jordan (933)
  10. Tony Horton (933)
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  1. Fred Luderus (953)
  2. Jim Spencer (945)
  3. Gus Suhr (943)
  4. Mike Ivie (942)
  5. Ed Bouchee (940)
  6. Ron Jackson (939)
  7. Pete O'Brien (939)
  8. Bruce Bochte (936)
  9. Terrence Long (935)
  10. Chris James (928)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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
* - 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
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$3,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,575,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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