Mark Kotsay
Mark Steven Kotsay
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 2, 1975 in Whittier, CA
High School: Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1997
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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
1997 21 FLA NL 14 57 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 3 0 4 7 .192 .250 .250 .500 35 13 1 0 1 0 0 8
1998 22 FLA NL 154 623 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 10 5 34 61 .279 .318 .403 .721 94 233 17 1 7 3 2 *98/3
1999 23 FLA NL 148 535 495 57 134 23 9 8 50 7 6 29 50 .271 .306 .402 .708 83 199 11 0 2 9 5 *93
2000 24 FLA NL 152 578 530 87 158 31 5 12 57 19 9 42 46 .298 .347 .443 .791 104 235 17 0 2 4 2 *9/83
2001 25 SDP NL 119 460 406 67 118 29 1 10 58 13 5 48 58 .291 .366 .441 .807 116 179 11 2 1 3 1 *8/97
2002 26 SDP NL 153 646 578 82 169 27 7 17 61 11 9 59 89 .292 .359 .452 .810 122 261 10 3 2 4 0 *8
2003 27 SDP NL 128 541 482 64 128 28 4 7 38 6 3 56 82 .266 .343 .384 .726 97 185 8 1 1 1 3 *8
2004 28 OAK AL 148 673 606 78 190 37 3 15 63 8 5 55 70 .314 .370 .459 .829 116 278 6 2 5 5 5 *8/D MVP-14
2005 29 OAK AL 139 629 582 75 163 35 1 15 82 5 5 40 51 .280 .325 .421 .746 97 245 13 1 2 4 3 *8/D
2006 30 OAK AL 129 558 502 57 138 29 3 7 59 6 3 44 55 .275 .332 .386 .719 88 194 18 2 4 6 1 *8/3D
2007 31 OAK AL 56 226 206 20 44 14 0 1 20 1 1 19 20 .214 .279 .296 .575 56 61 4 0 0 1 3 8
2008 32 TOT MLB 110 436 402 45 111 25 4 6 49 2 4 32 45 .276 .329 .403 .732 92 162 14 0 1 1 3 89/3
2008 32 ATL NL 88 345 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 2 3 25 34 .289 .340 .418 .758 100 133 13 0 1 1 2 8
2008 32 BOS AL 22 91 84 6 19 8 1 0 12 0 1 7 11 .226 .286 .345 .631 62 29 1 0 0 0 1 9/3
2009 33 TOT AL 67 206 187 16 52 9 0 4 23 3 2 15 21 .278 .327 .390 .717 85 73 6 0 1 3 3 39/87D
2009 33 BOS AL 27 79 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 2 1 4 12 .257 .291 .324 .615 58 24 1 0 0 1 1 3/897
2009 33 CHW AL 40 127 113 12 33 7 0 3 18 1 1 11 9 .292 .349 .434 .783 102 49 5 0 1 2 2 3/9D78
13 Seasons 1517 6168 5606 725 1576 313 45 113 632 94 57 477 655 .281 .336 .413 .750 98 2318 136 12 29 44 31
162 Game Avg. 162 659 599 77 168 33 5 12 67 10 6 51 70 .281 .336 .413 .750 98 248 15 1 3 5 3
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
FLA (4 yrs) 468 1793 1655 221 463 80 22 31 179 39 20 109 164 .280 .322 .411 .733 92 680 46 1 12 16 9
OAK (4 yrs) 472 2086 1896 230 535 115 7 38 224 20 14 158 196 .282 .336 .410 .747 96 778 41 5 11 16 12
SDP (3 yrs) 400 1647 1466 213 415 84 12 34 157 30 17 163 229 .283 .355 .426 .782 112 625 29 6 4 8 4
BOS (2 yrs) 49 170 158 10 38 10 1 1 17 2 2 11 23 .241 .288 .335 .624 60 53 2 0 0 1 2
ATL (1 yr) 88 345 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 2 3 25 34 .289 .340 .418 .758 100 133 13 0 1 1 2
CHW (1 yr) 40 127 113 12 33 7 0 3 18 1 1 11 9 .292 .349 .434 .783 102 49 5 0 1 2 2
AL (6 yrs) 561 2383 2167 252 606 132 8 42 259 23 17 180 228 .280 .334 .406 .740 94 880 48 5 12 19 16
NL (8 yrs) 956 3785 3439 473 970 181 37 71 373 71 40 297 427 .282 .338 .418 .756 101 1438 88 7 17 25 15

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
1997 21 FLA NL 57 44 4 2.4 104 .222 .192 .264 .250 .335 .250 .415 .500 .750 35 .220 -5.1 -0.5 .465 .192 .058 .0
1998 22 FLA NL 623 449 70 4.2 102 .295 .279 .262 .318 .331 .403 .413 .721 .744 94 .432 -6.2 -0.6 .622 .192 .125 10.5
1999 23 FLA NL 535 389 59 4.1 109 .283 .271 .267 .306 .341 .402 .430 .708 .771 83 .380 -12.8 -1.2 .606 .192 .131 7.5
2000 24 FLA NL 578 404 78 5.2 111 .307 .298 .266 .347 .342 .443 .434 .791 .777 104 .485 3.0 0.3 .721 .243 .145 14.7
2001 25 SDP NL 460 308 66 5.7 103 .317 .291 .258 .366 .327 .441 .422 .807 .749 116 .559 12.3 1.2 .780 .288 .150 11.3
2002 26 SDP NL 646 434 94 5.8 98 .319 .292 .254 .359 .326 .452 .404 .810 .730 122 .586 19.0 1.8 .759 .265 .159 13.4
2003 27 SDP NL 541 367 65 4.7 101 .307 .266 .258 .343 .328 .384 .413 .726 .741 97 .482 0.1 0.0 .671 .241 .118 6.5
2004 28 OAK AL 673 437 106 6.5 109 .333 .314 .269 .370 .337 .459 .432 .829 .769 116 .602 15.2 1.4 .792 .241 .145 10.4
2005 29 OAK AL 629 443 77 4.6 106 .285 .280 .269 .325 .332 .421 .427 .746 .759 97 .475 -3.3 -0.3 .654 .210 .141 7.5
2006 30 OAK AL 558 395 63 4.2 108 .294 .275 .272 .332 .336 .386 .432 .719 .768 88 .407 -7.5 -0.7 .631 .205 .112 6.5
2007 31 OAK AL 226 168 17 2.7 102 .231 .214 .264 .279 .330 .296 .412 .575 .743 56 .241 -12.3 -1.2 .479 .175 .083 1.0
2008 32 TOT MLB 436 311 49 4.2 107 .298 .276 .267 .329 .339 .403 .425 .732 .764 92 .431 -5.3 -0.5 .621 .201 .127 3.0
2008 32 ATL NL 345 244 41 4.5 106 .308 .289 .265 .340 .336 .418 .423 .758 .759 100 .462 -0.4 -0.0 .649 .204 .129 3.0
2008 32 BOS AL 91 67 8 3.2 112 .260 .226 .277 .286 .346 .345 .435 .631 .782 62 .308 -4.9 -0.5 .522 .190 .119
2009 33 TOT AL 206 147 23 4.2 112 .291 .278 .273 .327 .343 .390 .438 .717 .780 85 .412 -4.3 -0.4 .622 .198 .112 3.4
2009 33 BOS AL 79 58 7 3.2 113 .290 .257 .274 .291 .344 .324 .440 .615 .784 58 .304 -4.8 -0.4 .509 .135 .068 1.3
2009 33 CHW AL 127 89 16 4.8 111 .291 .292 .272 .349 .342 .434 .436 .783 .778 102 .475 0.5 0.0 .698 .239 .142 1.5
13 Seasons 6168 4296 771 4.8 106 .300 .281 .264 .336 .334 .413 .423 .750 .757 98 .478 -7.0 -0.7 .673 .224 .132 102.6
162 Game Avg. 659 459 82 4.8 106 .300 .281 .264 .336 .334 .413 .423 .750 .757 98 .478 -7.0 -0.7 .673 .224 .132 11
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
FLA (4 yrs) 1793 1286 211 4.4 107 .293 .280 .265 .322 .338 .411 .425 .733 .763 92 .428 -21.0 -2.0 .643 .208 .131 34.5
OAK (4 yrs) 2086 1443 263 4.9 107 .296 .282 .269 .336 .335 .410 .428 .747 .763 96 .479 -7.9 -0.8 .669 .215 .128 26.2
SDP (3 yrs) 1647 1109 225 5.4 101 .315 .283 .256 .355 .327 .426 .412 .782 .739 112 .546 31.5 3.0 .736 .263 .143 31.9
BOS (2 yrs) 170 125 15 3.2 113 .274 .241 .276 .288 .345 .335 .438 .624 .783 60 .307 -9.6 -0.9 .516 .165 .095 1.3
ATL (1 yr) 345 244 41 4.5 106 .308 .289 .265 .340 .336 .418 .423 .758 .759 100 .462 -0.4 -0.0 .649 .204 .129 3.0
CHW (1 yr) 127 89 16 4.8 111 .291 .292 .272 .349 .342 .434 .436 .783 .778 102 .475 0.5 0.0 .698 .239 .142 1.5
AL (6 yrs) 2383 1657 294 4.7 108 .294 .280 .270 .334 .336 .406 .430 .740 .765 94 .468 -17.1 -1.6 .659 .212 .126 29.7
NL (8 yrs) 3785 2639 477 4.8 104 .303 .282 .261 .338 .333 .418 .419 .756 .752 101 .483 10.1 1.0 .683 .231 .136 71.0

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
2006 30 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 14 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .357 .500 5 1 0 0 0 0
2006 30 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 18 16 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .333 .375 .708 6 2 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 1 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 30 30 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .233 .233 .333 .567 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 72 70 7 16 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 10 .229 .250 .343 .593 24 4 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 24 24 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .208 .208 .333 .542 8 2 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 48 46 4 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .239 .271 .348 .619 16 2 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
1997 21 FLA NL 57 0.0% 12.3% 7.0% 3.5% 20% 1.75 7.4 13.0 0.80 1.06 79% 24% 0.0% 20%
1998 22 FLA NL 623 1.8% 9.8% 5.5% 6.9% 27% 1.79 9.5 52.5 8.5 0.81 1.11 82% 23% 4.2% 8%
1999 23 FLA NL 535 1.5% 9.4% 5.4% 7.5% 30% 1.72 9.9 61.9 9.9 0.74 0.88 83% 18% 3.5% 12%
2000 24 FLA NL 578 2.1% 8.0% 7.3% 8.3% 30% 1.10 11.5 44.2 9.3 0.94 1.39 82% 24% 5.6% 11%
2001 25 SDP NL 460 2.2% 12.6% 10.4% 8.7% 34% 1.21 7.0 40.6 7.0 0.64 1.02 74% 30% 5.3% 8%
2002 26 SDP NL 646 2.6% 13.8% 9.1% 7.9% 30% 1.51 6.5 34.0 9.5 0.61 0.94 74% 28% 6.4% 9%
2003 27 SDP NL 541 1.3% 15.2% 10.4% 7.2% 31% 1.46 5.9 68.9 12.7 0.94 1.19 73% 19% 3.6% 5%
2004 28 OAK AL 673 2.2% 10.4% 8.2% 8.2% 29% 1.27 8.7 40.4 9.6 0.61 0.84 78% 22% 4.9% 7%
2005 29 OAK AL 629 2.4% 8.1% 6.4% 8.1% 31% 1.28 11.4 38.8 7.1 0.68 0.95 83% 22% 5.1% 6%
2006 30 OAK AL 558 1.3% 9.9% 7.9% 7.0% 28% 1.25 9.1 71.7 8.5 0.86 1.15 80% 18% 3.1% 8%
2007 31 OAK AL 226 0.4% 8.9% 8.4% 6.6% 34% 1.05 10.3 206.0 10.3 0.85 0.92 82% 13% 1.1% 12%
2008 32 TOT MLB 436 1.4% 10.3% 7.3% 8.0% 32% 1.41 8.9 67.0 8.2 0.73 0.96 81% 20% 3.3% 11%
2008 32 ATL NL 345 1.7% 9.9% 7.3% 7.5% 28% 1.36 9.4 53.0 8.6 0.79 1.11 81% 19% 4.3% 11%
2008 32 BOS AL 91 0.0% 12.1% 7.7% 9.9% 47% 1.57 7.6 7.0 0.55 0.53 80% 22% 0.0% 11%
2009 33 TOT AL 206 1.9% 10.2% 7.3% 6.3% 25% 1.40 8.9 46.8 8.1 0.90 1.18 80% 18% 4.9% 8%
2009 33 BOS AL 79 1.3% 15.2% 5.1% 3.8% 16% 3.00 6.2 74.0 14.8 1.03 1.10 78% 19% 3.2% 0%
2009 33 CHW AL 127 2.4% 7.1% 8.7% 7.9% 30% 0.82 12.6 37.7 6.3 0.83 1.22 81% 18% 5.9% 12%
13 Seasons 6168 1.8% 10.6% 7.7% 7.6% 30% 1.37 8.6 49.6 8.9 0.76 1.03 79% 22% 4.4% 9%
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%
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

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
1997 21 FLA NL 0 0 36% 19 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1998 22 FLA NL 9 0 33% 239 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 44% 39 26 12 11 4 7 9 2 7
1999 23 FLA NL 5 0 32% 182 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 7 12 46% 23 16 7 5 5 0 13 1 12
2000 24 FLA NL 8 0 40% 262 19 9 68% 17 8 1 1 1 0 3 2 9 22 38% 35 24 11 15 9 6 18 8 9
2001 25 SDP NL 4 0 36% 222 13 5 72% 10 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 9 55% 22 14 7 5 1 4 20 4 15
2002 26 SDP NL 5 0 30% 289 11 9 55% 10 8 1 1 0 0 3 1 8 13 46% 32 19 13 7 6 1 18 5 12
2003 27 SDP NL 3 0 32% 189 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 16 51% 37 23 14 7 2 5 13 2 10
2004 28 OAK AL 4 0 27% 327 8 5 62% 5 5 3 0 0 0 4 2 9 16 37% 33 24 8 8 3 4 22 10 11
2005 29 OAK AL 5 0 32% 247 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 47% 29 17 12 8 5 3 21 9 12
2006 30 OAK AL 4 0 28% 248 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 8 13 33% 31 23 6 8 5 3 24 9 12
2007 31 OAK AL 3 1 31% 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 45% 12 6 6 3 2 1 5 2 2
2008 32 TOT MLB 4 0 29% 149 2 4 33% 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 46% 19 13 6 6 4 2 8 1 7
2008 32 ATL NL 3 0 30% 126 2 3 40% 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 44% 16 11 5 4 3 1 7 1 6
2008 32 BOS AL 1 0 23% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
2009 33 TOT AL 2 0 19% 71 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22% 14 10 4 5 3 1 4 4 0
2009 33 BOS AL 1 0 14% 22 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
2009 33 CHW AL 1 0 22% 49 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22% 12 8 4 3 2 0 3 3 0
13 Seasons 56 1 31% 2530 94 57 62% 80 49 13 5 1 3 23 10 59 151 43% 326 215 106 89 49 38 175 57 109
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%
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

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
1997 21 FLA NL 57 96% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 8 3 38% 40 5 13% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1998 22 FLA NL 623 77% 161 37 4 13 6 1 1 1.62 11 0 17 8 3 5 6 0 11 7 64% 136 17 13% 66 25 38% 387 62 16% 36 16 44% 40 23 58% 0
1999 23 FLA NL 535 84% 134 14 3 13 7 1 1 1.12 8 1 11 7 1 5 3 0 3 2 67% 114 11 10% 58 18 31% 347 43 12% 32 18 56% 28 9 32% 0
2000 24 FLA NL 578 80% 158 17 4 11 3 0 0 1.49 12 1 8 11 1 5 7 0 3 2 67% 127 17 13% 74 27 36% 336 52 15% 21 14 67% 47 26 55% 0
2001 25 SDP NL 460 74% 118 7 1 5 0 0 0 1.60 10 0 8 8 2 3 7 0 2 1 50% 91 11 12% 56 21 38% 276 51 18% 26 15 58% 30 13 43% 0
2002 26 SDP NL 646 68% 169 9 3 7 2 1 2 1.08 17 1 15 12 5 11 6 0 3 2 67% 96 10 10% 65 20 31% 306 44 14% 22 11 50% 28 16 57% 0
2003 27 SDP NL 541 71% 128 9 1 1 1 0 1 0.31 7 0 13 6 1 1 6 0 2 1 50% 103 8 8% 50 12 24% 323 34 11% 23 5 22% 29 14 48% 0
2004 28 OAK AL 673 74% 190 13 4 5 3 0 2 2.24 15 0 18 11 4 9 6 0 7 5 71% 101 6 6% 54 18 33% 347 49 14% 32 16 50% 36 12 33% 0
2005 29 OAK AL 629 69% 163 10 5 0 0 0 0 15 0 14 12 3 4 11 0 4 2 50% 138 13 9% 63 17 27% 385 67 17% 28 19 68% 33 14 42% 0
2006 30 OAK AL 558 78% 138 7 1 2 1 0 1 1.99 7 0 16 4 3 1 6 0 4 4 100% 118 18 15% 62 23 37% 330 52 16% 31 19 61% 28 14 50% 0
2007 31 OAK AL 227 78% 44 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 50 4 8% 26 6 23% 151 19 13% 12 7 58% 7 2 29% 0
2008 32 TOT MLB 436 70% 111 7 0 5 1 0 0 2.53 6 0 10 5 1 4 2 0 2 1 50% 94 14 15% 37 10 27% 303 44 15% 25 13 52% 30 15 50% 0
2008 32 ATL NL 345 71% 92 7 0 5 1 0 0 2.53 6 0 8 5 1 4 2 0 2 1 50% 74 13 18% 27 10 37% 241 32 13% 19 9 47% 25 13 52% 0
2008 32 BOS AL 91 66% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 5% 10 0 0% 62 12 19% 6 4 67% 5 2 40% 0
2009 33 TOT AL 206 84% 52 2 0 14 2 0 0 1.54 4 0 9 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 100% 48 6 13% 21 9 43% 142 20 14% 10 7 70% 15 8 53% 0
2009 33 BOS AL 79 87% 19 1 0 6 1 0 0 0.78 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 9 3 33% 47 4 9% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 0
2009 33 CHW AL 127 82% 33 1 0 8 1 0 0 2.12 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 100% 33 5 15% 12 6 50% 95 16 17% 9 6 67% 11 7 64% 0
13 Seasons 6169 75% 1576 137 26 76 26 3 8 1.54 113 3 153 89 24 52 61 0 43 29 67% 1229 136 11% 640 209 33% 3673 542 15% 303 162 53% 353 166 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%
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

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
1997 21 FLA NL 57 219 3.84 140 64% 24% 16% 27% 33% 76% 0% 49% 79% 33% 7% 4 0 18% 10 3 14% 8 4 14% 0 0 0
1998 22 FLA NL 623 2041 3.28 1286 63% 22% 10% 26% 41% 78% 1% 49% 87% 41% 5% 30 2 15% 91 41 8% 52 33 25% 0 0 0
1999 23 FLA NL 535 1796 3.36 1126 63% 24% 9% 26% 40% 76% 3% 47% 88% 37% 4% 23 0 14% 77 37 9% 50 35 20% 0 0 0
2000 24 FLA NL 578 1909 3.30 1192 62% 23% 10% 25% 41% 77% 1% 48% 87% 39% 4% 26 0 16% 91 42 10% 57 37 13% 0 0 0
2001 25 SDP NL 460 1750 3.80 1084 62% 25% 12% 31% 32% 75% 1% 46% 84% 32% 6% 28 3 15% 70 26 9% 43 19 26% 0 0 0
2002 26 SDP NL 646 2352 3.64 1473 63% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 0% 47% 84% 34% 5% 31 0 16% 102 39 9% 61 26 18% 0 0 0
2003 27 SDP NL 541 1942 3.59 1194 61% 23% 15% 29% 34% 77% 2% 48% 81% 37% 6% 32 1 17% 94 38 11% 60 28 17% 0 0 0
2004 28 OAK AL 673 2449 3.64 1536 63% 24% 10% 30% 36% 76% 2% 47% 86% 36% 6% 39 0 17% 112 38 11% 72 29 26% 0 0 0
2005 29 OAK AL 629 2155 3.43 1388 64% 23% 8% 30% 39% 77% 2% 49% 90% 37% 4% 27 0 13% 83 28 8% 51 27 25% 0 0 0
2006 30 OAK AL 558 1973 3.54 1251 63% 22% 9% 33% 37% 78% 0% 50% 88% 36% 6% 32 0 15% 82 29 7% 41 22 27% 0 0 0
2007 31 OAK AL 227 784 3.45 483 62% 27% 10% 24% 39% 73% 4% 45% 86% 34% 6% 14 0 16% 36 10 10% 22 10 30% 0 0 1
2008 32 TOT MLB 436 1544 3.54 985 64% 22% 12% 29% 36% 78% 1% 50% 84% 37% 5% 23 0 15% 66 27 8% 35 17 22% 0 0 0
2008 32 ATL NL 345 1207 3.50 771 64% 22% 12% 29% 37% 78% 1% 50% 84% 37% 5% 18 0 15% 51 21 9% 30 14 18% 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL 91 337 3.70 214 64% 22% 12% 32% 34% 78% 3% 49% 85% 37% 5% 5 0 16% 15 6 5% 5 3 36% 0 0 0
2009 33 TOT AL 206 763 3.70 461 60% 24% 11% 28% 37% 76% 4% 46% 85% 33% 8% 17 0 19% 40 14 10% 21 15 19% 0 0 0
2009 33 BOS AL 79 294 3.72 186 63% 23% 13% 31% 34% 77% 4% 49% 83% 34% 5% 4 0 15% 12 3 5% 4 3 25% 0 0 0
2009 33 CHW AL 127 469 3.69 275 59% 25% 10% 26% 39% 75% 4% 44% 87% 33% 10% 13 0 22% 28 11 13% 17 12 11% 0 0 0
13 Seasons 6169 21677 3.51 13599 63% 24% 11% 29% 37% 76% 1% 48% 86% 36% 5% 326 6 15% 954 372 9% 573 302 22% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%
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

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
1997 21 14 57 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 3 0 4 7 .192 .250 .250 .500 35 13 1 0 1 0 0
1998 22 168 680 630 77 171 26 8 11 72 13 5 38 68 .271 .313 .390 .703 89 246 18 1 8 3 2
1999 23 316 1215 1125 134 305 49 17 19 122 20 11 67 118 .271 .310 .396 .705 86 445 29 1 10 12 7
2000 24 468 1793 1655 221 463 80 22 31 179 39 20 109 164 .280 .322 .411 .733 92 680 46 1 12 16 9
2001 25 587 2253 2061 288 581 109 23 41 237 52 25 157 222 .282 .331 .417 .748 97 859 57 3 13 19 10
2002 26 740 2899 2639 370 750 136 30 58 298 63 34 216 311 .284 .337 .424 .761 102 1120 67 6 15 23 10
2003 27 868 3440 3121 434 878 164 34 65 336 69 37 272 393 .281 .338 .418 .756 101 1305 75 7 16 24 13
2004 28 1016 4113 3727 512 1068 201 37 80 399 77 42 327 463 .287 .343 .425 .768 104 1583 81 9 21 29 18
2005 29 1155 4742 4309 587 1231 236 38 95 481 82 47 367 514 .286 .341 .424 .765 103 1828 94 10 23 33 21
2006 30 1284 5300 4811 644 1369 265 41 102 540 88 50 411 569 .285 .340 .420 .760 101 2022 112 12 27 39 22
2007 31 1340 5526 5017 664 1413 279 41 103 560 89 51 430 589 .282 .337 .415 .753 99 2083 116 12 27 40 25
2008 32 1450 5962 5419 709 1524 304 45 109 609 91 55 462 634 .281 .337 .414 .751 99 2245 130 12 28 41 28
2009 33 1517 6168 5606 725 1576 313 45 113 632 94 57 477 655 .281 .336 .413 .750 98 2318 136 12 29 44 31

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
1997 21 14 57 53 5 11 1 1 0 4 3 4 7 .208 .263 .264 .527 4 14
1998 22 154 612 575 74 158 25 7 11 70 10 33 61 .275 .314 .400 .714 72 154
1999 23 148 523 487 55 126 22 8 8 48 7 27 50 .259 .293 .386 .679 56 148
2000 24 152 562 519 82 147 29 5 11 53 18 39 46 .283 .331 .422 .753 73 152
2001 25 119 463 409 69 121 30 1 10 60 13 49 58 .296 .371 .447 .819 68 119
2002 26 153 659 589 91 180 29 7 18 68 12 63 89 .306 .373 .470 .844 104 153
2003 27 128 550 489 68 135 30 4 7 40 6 59 82 .276 .355 .397 .751 69 128
2004 28 148 664 603 74 187 36 3 15 60 8 54 70 .310 .366 .454 .820 100 148
2005 29 139 621 577 74 158 34 1 15 81 5 39 51 .274 .319 .414 .733 76 139
2006 30 129 547 497 56 133 28 3 7 58 6 42 55 .268 .324 .378 .702 61 129
2007 31 56 226 206 20 44 14 0 1 20 1 19 20 .214 .279 .296 .575 17 56
2008 32 110 426 395 44 104 23 4 6 48 2 30 45 .263 .315 .387 .702 48 110
2009 33 67 200 183 15 48 8 0 4 21 3 14 21 .262 .310 .372 .682 21 67
13 Seasons 1517 6110 5582 727 1552 309 44 113 631 94 472 655 .278 .333 .410 .743 769 1517
162 Game Avg. 162 652 596 78 166 33 5 12 67 10 50 70 .278 .333 .410 .743 82 1517

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (14, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2004 AL  .314 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  1517 (49th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  5606 (45th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  6168 (49th)

Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  190 (5th)
Active  1576 (49th)

Triples s c a p y
1998 NL  7 (8th)
1999 NL  9 (5th)
2002 NL  7 (6th)
Active  45 (27th)

Singles s c a p y
2002 NL  118 (10th)
2004 AL  135 (3rd)
Active  1105 (36th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1999 NL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2000 NL  17 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Active  57 (35th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1998 NL  9.5 (9th)
1999 NL  9.9 (7th)
2000 NL  11.5 (4th)
2004 AL  8.7 (9th)
2005 AL  11.4 (2nd)
Active  8.6 (16th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4296 (44th)

Youngest s c a p y
1997 NL  born 1975-12-02 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1411), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Tony Gonzalez (950)
  2. Gregg Jefferies (949)
  3. Al Cowens (939)
  4. Randy Winn (935)
  5. Tilly Walker (931)
  6. Shannon Stewart (928)
  7. Joe Randa (927)
  8. Jorge Orta (925)
  9. Jim Piersall (925)
  10. Vic Power (921)
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Garry Maddox (947)
  2. Darin Erstad (944)
  3. Al Cowens (940)
  4. Jim Piersall (929)
  5. Jorge Orta (925)
  6. Tony Gonzalez (923)
  7. Shannon Stewart (923)
  8. Steve Finley (916)
  9. Augie Galan (915)
  10. Randy Winn (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Johnny Damon (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Damon (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Damon (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Tolan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Tolan (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Amos Otis (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Amos Otis (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Amos Otis (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Garry Maddox (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Garry Maddox (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Garry Maddox (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Garry Maddox (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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