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Jason Kubel
Jason James Kubel

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 25, 1982 in Belle Fourche, SD
High School: Highland (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
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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
2004	22	MIN	AL	23	67	60	10	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	6	9	.300	.358	.433	.792	103	26	0	0	0	1	0	/D97

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	7D/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	136	277	13	3	0	5	9	D97
5 Seasons				511	1863	1675	229	465	98	9	71	279	9	3	162	330	.278	.339	.474	.813	114	794	47	4	3	19	13
162 Game Avg.				162	591	531	73	147	31	3	23	88	3	1	51	105	.278	.339	.474	.813	114	252	15	1	1	6	4

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	44	10	6.1	112	.320	.300	.274	.358	.342	.433	.440	.792	.782	103	.573	0.3	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	107	.327	.300	.266	.369	.335	.539	.427	.907	.762	136	.650	27.5	2.6	.898	.348	.239	1.9
5 Seasons				1863	1282	267	5.6	105	.305	.278	.266	.339	.333	.474	.422	.813	.755	114	.544	34.0	3.2	.767	.297	.196	16.0
162 Game Avg.				591	406	85	5.6	105	.305	.278	.266	.339	.333	.474	.422	.813	.755	114	.544	11	1	.767	.297	.196	5

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
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
2 Seasons (2 Series)							5	21	21	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.143	.238	3	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							5	21	21	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.143	.238	3	0	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
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%
5 Seasons				1863	3.8%	17.7%	8.7%	9.6%	38%	2.04	5.1	23.6	6.0	0.73	1.12	69%	19%	9.8%	8%
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%

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%	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
5 Seasons				13	0	28%	631	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	18	39	28%	84	68	14	31	22	7	53	25	26
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

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
2004	22	MIN	AL	67	91%	18	0	0	4	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%	4	2	50%	0

2006	24	MIN	AL	235	83%	53	4	0	10	0	0	0	2.09	8	1	8	6	2	3	5	0	3	2	67%	47	13	28%	21	10	48%	140	20	14%	9	5	56%	11	6	55%	0
2007	25	MIN	AL	466	82%	114	4	0	9	3	0	1	1.84	13	1	6	12	1	6	7	0	1	1	100%	87	9	10%	51	16	31%	279	55	20%	31	17	55%	49	25	51%	0
2008	26	MIN	AL	517	78%	126	8	0	9	4	1	2	2.02	20	2	19	17	3	9	11	0	0	0		103	12	12%	52	19	37%	379	59	16%	35	17	49%	33	17	52%	0
2009	27	MIN	AL	577	72%	154	6	0	8	3	3	3	2.30	28	1	21	26	2	15	13	0	0	0		113	13	12%	49	18	37%	422	77	18%	31	22	71%	30	20	67%	0
5 Seasons				1862	78%	465	22	0	40	10	4	6	1.95	71	5	54	63	8	33	38	0	4	3	75%	365	47	13%	181	66	36%	1252	216	17%	108	62	57%	127	70	55%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

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
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	577	2332	4.04	1413	61%	29%	17%	25%	29%	71%	4%	43%	76%	18%	6%	34	3	16%	91	41	11%	63	41	19%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				1862	7171	3.85	4390	61%	29%	15%	25%	31%	71%	2%	44%	79%	23%	5%	91	7	14%	269	127	10%	193	123	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2004	22	23	67	60	10	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	6	9	.300	.358	.433	.792	103	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	103	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	114	794	47	4	3	19	13

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
2004	22	23	66	59	9	17	2	0	2	6	1	6	9	.288	.348	.424	.772	9	23

2006	24	73	226	214	22	47	7	0	7	25	2	11	45	.220	.257	.350	.607	19	73
2007	25	128	468	420	49	116	32	2	13	66	5	42	79	.276	.340	.455	.795	65	128
2008	26	141	517	463	76	126	22	5	20	80	0	47	91	.272	.335	.471	.805	74	141
2009	27	146	581	516	75	156	35	2	28	106	1	57	106	.302	.372	.541	.912	104	146
5 Seasons		511	1858	1672	231	462	98	9	70	283	9	163	330	.276	.339	.471	.810	271	511
162 Game Avg.		162	589	530	73	146	31	3	22	90	3	52	105	.276	.339	.471	.810	86	511

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
2009 AL--.539--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 AL--103--8th

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 - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Similar Batters through 27

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Jason Giambi (964)
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Corey Hart (951)
Babe Young (950)
Butch Huskey (949)

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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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50