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Jason Kubel

Jason James Kubel

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 25, 1982 in Belle Fourche, SD
High School: Highland HS (Palmdale, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 2004
Teams (by GP): Twins/Diamondbacks 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$16M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.009, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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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
2000	18	MIN-min	Rk	23	91	78	17	22	3	2	0	13	0	0	10	9	.282	.367	.372	.738		29	1	1	1	1	0		TWN · GULF
2001	19	MIN-min	Rk	37	147	124	14	41	10	4	1	30	3	2	19	14	.331	.422	.500	.922		62	3	2	0	2	3		TWN · GULF
2002	20	MIN-min	A	115	471	424	60	136	26	4	17	69	3	5	41	48	.321	.380	.521	.901		221	11	1	2	3	2		QDS · MIDW
2003	21	MIN-min	A+	116	482	420	56	125	20	4	5	82	4	6	48	54	.298	.361	.400	.761		168	11	1	0	13	8		FTM · FLOR
2004	22	MIN-min	AAA,AA	127	549	488	96	172	42	4	22	100	16	5	53	59	.352	.414	.590	1.004		288	5	2	1	5	3		ROC,NBR · IL,EL
2004	22	MIN	AL	23	67	60	10	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	6	9	.300	.358	.433	.792	104	26	0	0	0	1	0	/D97

2006	24	MIN-min	AAA	30	134	120	18	34	7	2	4	22	2	0	12	23	.283	.343	.475	.818		57	5	0	0	2	3		ROC · IL
2006	24	MIN	AL	73	235	220	23	53	8	0	8	26	2	0	12	45	.241	.279	.386	.665	72	85	13	0	2	1	0	D7/9
2007	25	MIN	AL	128	466	418	49	114	31	2	13	65	5	0	41	79	.273	.335	.450	.785	110	188	9	1	1	5	2	7D
2008	26	MIN	AL	141	517	463	74	126	22	5	20	78	0	1	47	91	.272	.335	.471	.805	115	218	12	0	0	7	2	D97
2009	27	MIN	AL	146	578	514	73	154	35	2	28	103	1	1	56	106	.300	.369	.539	.907	137	277	13	3	0	5	9	D97	MVP-24
2010	28	MIN	AL	143	582	518	68	129	23	3	21	92	0	1	56	116	.249	.323	.427	.750	105	221	16	3	0	5	5	9D7
2011	29	MIN-min	AAA,A+	7	27	21	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	4	.286	.444	.476	.921		10	0	0	0	0	0		ROC,FTM · IL,FLOR
2011	29	MIN	AL	99	401	366	37	100	21	1	12	58	1	1	32	86	.273	.332	.434	.766	111	159	8	1	0	2	2	9D/7
2012	30	ARI	NL	46	192	165	17	49	13	1	4	23	1	1	25	44	.297	.385	.461	.846	125	76	5	0	0	2	3	*7/9
8 Yrs				799	3038	2724	351	743	155	14	108	452	11	6	275	576	.273	.338	.459	.797	113	1250	76	8	3	28	23
162 Game Avg.				162	616	552	71	151	31	3	22	92	2	1	56	117	.273	.338	.459	.797	113	253	15	2	1	6	5

MIN (7 yrs)				753	2846	2559	334	694	142	13	104	429	10	5	250	532	.271	.335	.459	.794	112	1174	71	8	3	26	20
ARI (1 yr)				46	192	165	17	49	13	1	4	23	1	1	25	44	.297	.385	.461	.846	125	76	5	0	0	2	3

AL (7 yrs)				753	2846	2559	334	694	142	13	104	429	10	5	250	532	.271	.335	.459	.794	112	1174	71	8	3	26	20
NL (1 yr)				46	192	165	17	49	13	1	4	23	1	1	25	44	.297	.385	.461	.846	125	76	5	0	0	2	3

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	Awards
2004	22	MIN	AL	23	67	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/D97

2006	24	MIN	AL	73	235	-10	-0	-2	-1	-5	-18	-1.7	8	-10	-1.0	.476	.489	-0.9	-0.5	-9	$327,000	D7/9
2007	25	MIN	AL	128	466	7	-2	-0	-9	-8	-12	-1.1	16	4	0.3	.491	.493	1.2	-1.5	13	$387,500	7D
2008	26	MIN	AL	141	517	8	0	0	-10	-11	-12	-1.0	18	5	0.6	.491	.492	1.5	-1.9	15	$1,300,000	D97
2009	27	MIN	AL	146	578	24	-2	-1	2	-11	12	1.4	20	32	3.1	.508	.507	3.0	-0.8	30	$2,750,000	D97	MVP-24
2010	28	MIN	AL	143	582	2	-5	-2	-10	-9	-24	-2.3	20	-4	-0.5	.482	.484	0.5	-1.8	6	$4,100,000	9D7
2011	29	MIN	AL	99	401	5	-2	-1	-3	-6	-8	-0.7	14	6	0.5	.492	.495	0.9	-0.9	9	$5,250,000	9D/7
2012	30	ARI	NL	46	192	5	-3	-1	0	-2	-0	0.1	5	5	0.6	.500	.500	0.5	-0.2	5	$	*7/9
8 Seasons				799	3038	42	-14	-6	-31	-53	-62	-5.3	102	40	3.8	.492	.495	6.9	-7.8	71	$14,114,500

MIN (7 yrs)				753	2846	37	-11	-6	-31	-51	-62	-5.4	96	34	3.2	.492	.494	6.4	-7.6	65	$14,114,500
ARI (1 yr)				46	192	5	-3	-1	0	-2	-0	0.1	5	5	0.6	.500	.500	0.5	-0.2	5	$

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	44	10	6.1	111	.320	.300	.273	.358	.341	.433	.438	.792	.779	104	.573	0.4	0.0	.744	.233	.133	1.3

2006	24	MIN	AL	235	183	20	2.9	109	.268	.241	.273	.279	.337	.386	.434	.665	.771	72	.256	-10.0	-0.9	.550	.209	.145	3.2
2007	25	MIN	AL	466	319	64	5.4	103	.305	.273	.265	.335	.332	.450	.414	.785	.746	110	.526	6.7	0.6	.751	.287	.177	7.2
2008	26	MIN	AL	517	357	72	5.4	102	.295	.272	.263	.335	.331	.471	.413	.805	.744	115	.538	9.5	0.9	.754	.298	.199	.0
2009	27	MIN	AL	578	379	101	7.1	106	.327	.300	.265	.369	.334	.539	.425	.907	.759	137	.650	28.3	2.6	.898	.348	.239	1.9
2010	28	MIN	AL	582	411	70	4.6	98	.280	.249	.258	.323	.325	.427	.404	.750	.730	105	.487	3.2	0.3	.687	.284	.178	.0
2011	29	MIN	AL	401	277	52	5.0	97	.326	.273	.256	.332	.321	.434	.405	.766	.726	111	.540	5.3	0.5	.698	.249	.161	1.8
2012	30	ARI	NL	192	124	29	6.2	105	.378	.297	.265	.385	.334	.461	.419	.846	.753	125	.641	7.0	0.7	.828	.315	.164	1.6
8 Yrs				3038	2094	418	5.3	102	.307	.273	.263	.338	.330	.459	.415	.797	.745	113	.539	50.3	4.8	.746	.289	.186	20.0
162 Game Avg.				616	425	85	5.3	102	.307	.273	.263	.338	.330	.459	.415	.797	.745	113	.539	10	1	.746	.289	.186	4

MIN (7 yrs)				2846	1970	389	5.3	102	.303	.271	.263	.335	.330	.459	.415	.794	.745	112	.532	43.3	4.1	.740	.287	.188	18.2
ARI (1 yr)				192	124	29	6.3	105	.378	.297	.265	.385	.334	.461	.419	.846	.753	125	.642	7.0	0.7	.828	.315	.164	1.6

AL (7 yrs)				2846	1970	389	5.3	102	.303	.271	.263	.335	.330	.459	.415	.794	.745	112	.532	43.3	4.1	.740	.287	.188	18.2
NL (1 yr)				192	124	29	6.3	105	.378	.297	.265	.385	.334	.461	.419	.846	.753	125	.642	7.0	0.7	.828	.315	.164	1.6

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	22	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0

2009	27	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							8	32	29	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.069	.156	.103	.260	3	0	0	0	0	0
3 ALDS							8	32	29	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.069	.156	.103	.260	3	0	0	0	0	0

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	3.0%	13.4%	9.0%	6.0%	22%	1.50	6.7	30.0	8.6	0.86	1.06	75%	19%	7.4%	4%

2006	24	MIN	AL	235	3.4%	19.2%	5.1%	6.8%	30%	3.75	4.9	27.5	8.5	1.03	1.59	71%	17%	10.1%	8%
2007	25	MIN	AL	466	2.8%	17.0%	8.8%	9.9%	40%	1.93	5.3	32.2	6.4	0.75	1.08	71%	21%	7.0%	5%
2008	26	MIN	AL	517	3.9%	17.6%	9.1%	9.1%	37%	1.94	5.1	23.2	5.9	0.68	0.96	69%	18%	9.5%	7%
2009	27	MIN	AL	578	4.8%	18.3%	9.7%	11.3%	42%	1.89	4.8	18.4	5.0	0.64	1.14	67%	18%	12.5%	11%
2010	28	MIN	AL	582	3.6%	19.9%	9.6%	8.1%	36%	2.07	4.5	24.7	5.6	0.62	0.91	66%	15%	9.5%	12%
2011	29	MIN	AL	401	3.0%	21.5%	8.0%	8.5%	34%	2.69	4.3	30.5	6.3	0.57	0.85	67%	18%	7.3%	9%
2012	30	ARI	NL	192	2.1%	22.9%	13.0%	9.4%	37%	1.76	3.8	41.3	7.2	0.48	0.86	62%	28%	5.3%	8%
8 Yrs				3038	3.6%	19.0%	9.1%	9.1%	37%	2.09	4.7	25.2	6.0	0.67	1.03	68%	19%	9.1%	9%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.4	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	22	MIN	AL	0.3	0.0	70	0.6	1.7	-1.1	1.16	0.2	0.3	3.9	0.4	0.94	1.7	1.05	5

2006	24	MIN	AL	-10.0	-0.9	238	-0.7	3.7	-4.4	.98	-1.3	0.6	-13.7	-1.3	0.94	-15.1	2.07	14
2007	25	MIN	AL	6.7	0.6	478	-0.3	7.6	-7.9	.94	0.0	-0.4	4.8	0.5	0.93	1.9	1.81	11
2008	26	MIN	AL	9.5	0.9	524	0.9	9.9	-9.1	1.04	0.4	0.4	10.3	1.0	1.00	10.7	1.99	15
2009	27	MIN	AL	27.5	2.6	588	2.4	12.0	-9.6	1.00	2.6	-0.2	28.8	2.7	0.99	27.6	2.28	11
2010	28	MIN	AL	3.2	0.3	586	0.2	10.7	-10.5	1.04	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.04	1.2	1.49	4
2011	29	MIN	AL	5.3	0.5	407	-0.1	7.3	-7.5	1.03	0.1	-0.2	7.8	0.8	1.01	4.9	1.88	5
2012	30	ARI	NL	7.0	0.7	194	-0.3	3.4	-3.7	1.02	0.7	-1.0	7.6	0.7	0.98	8.6	1.91	1
8 Yrs				49.5	4.7	3085	2.5	56.3	-53.8	1.01	2.5	-0.0	49.4	4.7	0.99	41.4	1.91	66

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	22	MIN	AL	1	0	36%	33	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

2006	24	MIN	AL	1	0	26%	48	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	35%	9	7	2	4	2	2	4	2	2
2007	25	MIN	AL	5	0	25%	173	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7	29%	20	16	4	6	5	1	15	6	7
2008	26	MIN	AL	3	0	35%	158	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	28%	31	24	6	11	9	2	16	8	8
2009	27	MIN	AL	3	0	24%	219	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	25%	23	20	2	10	6	2	16	8	8
2010	28	MIN	AL	4	0	28%	179	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	28%	35	28	5	13	6	6	19	8	8
2011	29	MIN	AL	2	0	21%	163	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	29%	19	16	3	3	2	1	12	6	6
2012	30	ARI	NL	1	0	19%	92	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	30%	10	7	2	5	3	2	8	4	3
8 Yrs				20	0	27%	1065	11	6	65%	11	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	35	50	28%	148	119	24	52	33	16	92	43	43

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	91%	18	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.05	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		15	0	0%	8	3	38%	32	5	16%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0

2006	24	MIN	AL	235	83%	53	4	0	14	0	0	0	2.07	8	1	8	6	2	3	5	0	3	2	67%	47	13	28%	21	10	48%	140	20	14%	9	5	56%	12	10	83%	0
2007	25	MIN	AL	466	82%	114	4	0	11	4	0	1	1.81	13	1	6	12	1	6	7	0	1	1	100%	87	9	10%	51	16	31%	279	55	20%	31	17	55%	22	14	64%	0
2008	26	MIN	AL	517	78%	126	8	0	15	6	1	2	1.99	20	2	19	17	3	9	11	0	0	0		103	12	12%	52	19	37%	379	59	16%	35	17	49%	25	16	64%	0
2009	27	MIN	AL	578	72%	154	6	0	11	3	3	3	2.28	28	1	21	26	2	15	13	0	0	0		113	13	12%	49	18	37%	423	77	18%	31	22	71%	23	17	74%	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	582	69%	129	8	0	4	0	0	0	1.49	21	2	26	19	2	8	13	0	0	0		115	16	14%	50	13	26%	459	72	16%	43	21	49%	30	14	47%	0
2011	29	MIN	AL	401	67%	100	1	0	5	1	0	1	1.88	12	0	10	8	4	4	8	0	0	0		71	8	11%	33	11	33%	251	47	19%	23	14	61%	15	10	67%	0
2012	30	ARI	NL	192	68%	49	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.91	4	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0		37	5	14%	13	3	23%	125	19	15%	12	4	33%	5	4	80%	0
8 Yrs				3038	74%	743	31	0	66	15	4	7	1.91	108	7	97	94	14	49	59	0	4	3	75%	588	76	13%	277	93	34%	2088	354	17%	186	101	54%	135	87	64%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	244	3.64	152	62%	20%	10%	36%	34%	80%	0%	50%	88%	31%	6%	4	0	10%	7	3	12%	8	7	33%	0	0	0

2006	24	MIN	AL	235	844	3.59	543	64%	29%	16%	22%	33%	71%	0%	46%	78%	30%	4%	9	0	11%	26	12	7%	16	12	38%	0	0	0
2007	25	MIN	AL	466	1733	3.72	1053	61%	29%	13%	25%	33%	71%	1%	43%	82%	26%	4%	19	1	15%	72	40	10%	48	27	43%	0	0	0
2008	26	MIN	AL	517	2018	3.90	1229	61%	29%	14%	26%	31%	71%	1%	43%	80%	23%	5%	25	3	14%	73	31	11%	58	36	24%	0	0	0
2009	27	MIN	AL	579	2342	4.04	1417	61%	28%	17%	25%	29%	72%	4%	43%	76%	18%	6%	34	3	16%	92	42	11%	64	42	19%	-1	0	0
2010	28	MIN	AL	582	2349	4.04	1431	61%	28%	15%	29%	28%	72%	2%	44%	79%	20%	5%	28	2	16%	94	52	11%	66	38	26%	0	0	0
2011	29	MIN	AL	402	1650	4.10	1032	63%	32%	14%	27%	27%	68%	1%	43%	80%	13%	5%	19	1	13%	54	26	11%	44	30	28%	-1	0	0
2012	30	ARI	NL	192	863	4.49	493	57%	33%	17%	25%	25%	67%	3%	38%	74%	9%	9%	17	4	22%	43	20	16%	31	18	27%	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3040	12043	3.96	7350	61%	29%	15%	26%	30%	71%	2%	43%	79%	20%	5%	155	14	15%	461	226	11%	335	210	28%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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	22	23	67	60	10	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	6	9	.300	.358	.433	.792	104	26	0	0	0	1	0
2005	23	23	67	60	10	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	6	9	.300	.358	.433	.792	104	26	0	0	0	1	0
2006	24	96	302	280	33	71	10	0	10	33	3	1	18	54	.254	.297	.396	.693	79	111	13	0	2	2	0
2007	25	224	768	698	82	185	41	2	23	98	8	1	59	133	.265	.320	.428	.749	97	299	22	1	3	7	2
2008	26	365	1285	1161	156	311	63	7	43	176	8	2	106	224	.268	.326	.445	.771	104	517	34	1	3	14	4
2009	27	511	1863	1675	229	465	98	9	71	279	9	3	162	330	.278	.339	.474	.813	115	794	47	4	3	19	13
2010	28	654	2445	2193	297	594	121	12	92	371	9	4	218	446	.271	.335	.463	.798	112	1015	63	7	3	24	18
2011	29	753	2846	2559	334	694	142	13	104	429	10	5	250	532	.271	.335	.459	.794	112	1174	71	8	3	26	20
2012	30	799	3038	2724	351	743	155	14	108	452	11	6	275	576	.273	.338	.459	.797	113	1250	76	8	3	28	23

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	22	23	66	59	10	17	2	0	2	7	1	6	9	.288	.348	.424	.772	9	23

2006	24	73	234	219	22	52	8	0	8	25	2	12	45	.237	.276	.384	.659	23	73
2007	25	128	467	419	49	115	31	2	13	66	5	41	79	.274	.337	.451	.788	64	128
2008	26	141	520	465	76	128	22	5	20	80	0	48	91	.275	.338	.473	.812	76	141
2009	27	146	578	514	73	154	35	2	28	103	1	56	106	.300	.369	.539	.907	102	146
2010	28	143	591	524	74	135	24	3	22	99	0	59	116	.258	.333	.441	.774	77	143
2011	29	99	408	371	40	105	22	1	13	63	1	34	86	.283	.343	.453	.796	57	99
2012	30	46	192	165	17	49	13	1	4	23	1	25	44	.297	.385	.461	.846	30	46
8 Yrs		799	3056	2736	361	755	157	14	110	466	11	281	576	.276	.342	.464	.806	438	799
162 Game Avg.		162	620	555	73	153	32	3	22	94	2	57	117	.276	.342	.464	.806	89	799

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2009 AL (24, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2009 AL .539 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2009 AL 103 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2012 NL 25 (9th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2009 AL 136 (10th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2009 AL 9 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Geronimo Berroa (967)
Walt Moryn (954)
Willie Aikens (954)
Ryan Ludwick (954)
Cody Ross (951)
Adam Lind (950)
Kevin Mench (950)
Xavier Nady (946)
Babe Young (946)
Jay Gibbons (943)

Similar Batters through 29

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Most Similar by Ages

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Todd Benzinger (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeffrey Hammonds (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Giambi (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Gibbons (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rico Brogna (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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