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Erik Kratz

Erik Floyd Kratz

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: June 15, 1980 in Telford, PA
High School: Christopher Dock HS (Lansadale, PA)
School: Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 29th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 2010
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.035 [*],
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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
2002	22	TOR-min	Rk	44	151	142	20	39	5	0	4	11	0	1	6	32	.275	.318	.394	.712		56	4	3	0	0	1		MDH · PION
2003	23	TOR-min	A-,A,AA	58	211	180	25	55	18	0	5	28	0	1	22	39	.306	.403	.489	.892		88	3	8	0	1	0		AUB,CHL,NHV · NYPL,SALL,EL
2004	24	TOR-min	A+,A-,AA	29	105	97	12	29	11	0	1	16	0	0	5	26	.299	.343	.443	.786		43	4	2	0	1	0		DUN,AUB,MAN · FLOR,NYPL,EL
2005	25	TOR-min	AA	91	332	292	27	60	10	0	11	34	2	0	27	86	.205	.283	.353	.635		103	7	6	3	4	1		MAN · EL
2006	26	TOR-min	AA,AAA	84	331	298	46	68	12	0	7	34	1	0	21	58	.228	.294	.339	.633		101	6	8	1	3	0		MAN,SYR · EL,IL
2007	27	TOR-min	AA,AAA	84	306	272	32	64	17	1	13	49	0	1	20	61	.235	.299	.449	.748		122	5	6	5	3	1		MAN,SYR · EL,IL
2008	28	TOR-min	AAA,AA	73	279	247	35	59	16	1	16	43	3	0	22	59	.239	.313	.506	.819		125	7	6	1	3	2		SYR,MAN · IL,EL
2009	29	PIT-min	AAA	93	353	319	45	87	30	0	11	43	7	0	31	72	.273	.337	.470	.807		150	7	1	0	2	2		INA · IL
2010	30	PIT-min	AAA	70	274	230	30	63	22	1	9	41	1	2	32	54	.274	.380	.496	.875		114	9	9	0	3	0		INA · IL
2010	30	PIT	NL	9	36	34	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2011	31	PHI-min	AAA	103	409	358	56	103	19	0	15	53	2	0	38	72	.288	.372	.466	.838		167	7	11	0	2	5		LHV · IL
2011	31	PHI	NL	2	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	125	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2012	32	PHI-min	AAA	25	91	81	13	21	7	0	5	16	0	0	6	12	.259	.319	.531	.850		43	3	2	0	2	0		LHV · IL
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	219	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
3 Yrs				15	46	44	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	12	.159	.196	.250	.446	21	11	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	497	475	32	76	11	0	11	22	0	0	22	130	.159	.196	.250	.446	21	119	0	0	0	0	0

PHI (2 yrs)				6	10	10	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.700	1.000	163	7	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				9	36	34	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	4	0	0	0	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
2010	30	PIT	NL	9	36	-5	-1	0	2	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.460	.498	-0.5	0.3	-4	$	/2
2011	31	PHI	NL	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.516	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/2
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
3 Seasons				15	46	-4	-1	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.482	.499	-0.4	0.3	-3	$

PHI (2 yrs)				6	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
PIT (1 yr)				9	36	-5	-1	0	2	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.460	.498	-0.5	0.3	-4	$

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
2010	30	PIT	NL	36	30	1	0.9	101	.160	.118	.260	.167	.329	.118	.409	.284	.738	-21	.048	-5.9	-0.6	.200	.059	.000
2011	31	PHI	NL	6	4	1	6.7	99	.400	.333	.260	.333	.328	.500	.405	.833	.733	125	.682	0.2	0.0	.750	.167	.167
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	3	1	8.9	101	.000	.250	.261	.250	.329	1.000	.412	1.250	.741	219	.774	0.6	0.1	1.333	.750	.750	.0
3 Yrs				46	37	3	2.2	100	.194	.159	.260	.196	.329	.250	.409	.446	.738	21	.204	-5.1	-0.5	.351	.136	.091	.0
162 Game Avg.				497	400	32	2.2	100	.194	.159	.260	.196	.329	.250	.409	.446	.738	21	.204	-5.1	-0.5	.351	.136	.091

PHI (2 yrs)				10	7	2	7.7	100	.333	.300	.260	.300	.328	.700	.408	1.000	.736	163	.728	0.8	0.1	1.000	.400	.400	.0
PIT (1 yr)				36	30	1	0.9	101	.160	.118	.260	.167	.329	.118	.409	.284	.738	-21	.048	-5.9	-0.6	.200	.059	.000

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
2010	30	PIT	NL	36	0.0%	25.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.50	3.8		34.0	0.39	0.43	69%	20%	0.0%	28%
2011	31	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		6.0			0.00	0.00	83%	40%	0.0%	20%
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00		25%	0%	100.0%	0%
3 Yrs				46	2.2%	26.1%	4.4%	4.4%	29%	6.00	3.7	44.0	22.0	0.33	0.41	67%	22%	5.6%	25%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	30	PIT	NL	-5.9	-0.6	37	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.80	-0.5	-0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.88	-5.1		0
2011	31	PHI	NL	0.2	0.0	6	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.67	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.95	0.1	0.67	1
2012	32	PHI	NL	0.6	0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.33	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.96	0.8	1.33	4
3 Yrs				-5.1	-0.5	47	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.95	-0.5	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.90	-4.2	1.20	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2010	30	PIT	NL	1	33%	9	1	1	33%	1	1	1	1	1	1
2011	31	PHI	NL	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	32	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	25%	14	1	1	33%	1	1	1	1	1	1

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
2010	30	PIT	NL	36	19%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	16	2	13%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2011	31	PHI	NL	6	67%	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	100%	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	1.33	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				46	33%	7	0	0	5	2	1	1	1.20	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	21	2	10%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2010	30	PIT	NL	36	139	3.86	94	68%	34%	16%	23%	27%	66%	0%	45%	76%	22%	3%	1	0	6%	2	1	0%	0	0	11%	0	0	0
2011	31	PHI	NL	6	21	3.50	15	71%	7%	40%	20%	33%	93%	0%	67%	57%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2012	32	PHI	NL	4	18	4.50	13	72%	0%	38%	46%	15%	100%	0%	72%	62%	75%	0%	0	0	25%	1	1	25%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				46	178	3.87	122	69%	27%	21%	25%	26%	73%	0%	50%	71%	33%	2%	1	0	7%	3	2	2%	1	1	8%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2010	30	9	36	34	2	4	0	0	1	2	9	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	4
2011	31	11	42	40	2	6	1	0	1	2	10	.150	.190	.175	.365	1	7
2012	32	15	46	44	3	7	1	1	2	2	12	.159	.196	.250	.446	21	11

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2010	30	9	37	35	3	5	0	0	1	2	9	.143	.189	.143	.332	1	9
2011	31	2	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	1	2
2012	32	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	1	4
3 Yrs		15	47	45	4	8	1	1	2	2	12	.178	.213	.267	.479	3	15
162 Game Avg.		162	508	486	43	86	11	11	22	22	130	.178	.213	.267	.479	32	15

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