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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 (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
Team: Twins 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$12.1M (09-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.009, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1465. Mike LaValliere… #1466. Andy Carey… #1467. Arthur Irwin… #1468. JASON KUBEL… #1469. Leon Roberts… #1470. Don Mueller… #1471. Rick Ankiel… 

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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
7 Seasons 753 2846 2559 334 694 142 13 104 429 10 5 250 532 .271 .335 .459 .794 112 1174 71 8 3 26 20
162 Game Avg. 162 612 551 72 149 31 3 22 92 2 1 54 114 .271 .335 .459 .794 112 253 15 2 1 6 4

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 22 MIN AL 67 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $
2006 24 MIN AL 235 -10 0 -1 -2 -5 -4 8 -14 -1.3 -9 -0.9 -0.4 $327,000
2007 25 MIN AL 466 6 -2 1 -1 -6 -7 16 7 0.7 13 1.3 -0.6 $387,500
2008 26 MIN AL 517 17 0 -1 0 -5 -10 18 19 1.9 24 2.4 -0.5 $1,300,000
2009 27 MIN AL 578 27 -2 -1 -1 3 -10 20 35 3.4 32 3.1 0.3 $2,750,000 MVP-24
2010 28 MIN AL 582 1 -5 -0 -2 1 -9 20 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $4,100,000
2011 29 MIN AL 401 5 -2 -1 -1 4 -6 14 13 1.3 9 0.9 0.4 $5,250,000 9D/7
7 Seasons 2846 46 -11 -4 -7 -9 -47 97 64 6.4 75 7.3 -0.9 $14,114,500

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 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 Seasons (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

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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 MIN AL 22 OF 10 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -2 0 1.50 .985 2.28
2004 MIN AL 22 RF 8 4 3 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 11 0 2.25 1.38 .983 2.23 2.21
2004 MIN AL 22 DH 7 7
2004 MIN AL 22 LF 2 2 2 18.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -2 0 -153 0 2.00 2.00 .982 2.05 2.05
2006 MIN AL 24 OF 37 43 40 1 2 0 .953 -5 -1 1.11 .986 2.27
2006 MIN AL 24 LF 30 24 11 204.0 36 33 1 2 0 .944 -4 -1 -21 -6 1.50 1.13 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 MIN AL 24 DH 26 26
2006 MIN AL 24 RF 7 5 3 40.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -30 0 1.58 1.00 .984 2.20 2.17
2007 MIN AL 25 OF 84 163 159 2 2 2 .988 -6 -5 1.92 .987 2.28
2007 MIN AL 25 LF 84 81 71 700.1 163 159 2 2 2 .988 -6 -5 -9 -9 2.07 1.92 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 MIN AL 25 DH 34 34
2008 MIN AL 26 OF 49 103 98 2 3 1 .971 -5 -8 2.04 .986 2.28
2008 MIN AL 26 DH 77 77
2008 MIN AL 26 RF 32 26 18 238.2 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -2 -5 -9 -25 2.83 2.34 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 MIN AL 26 LF 18 16 12 130.0 27 24 1 2 1 .926 -3 -3 -28 -28 1.73 1.39 .984 2.05 2.03
2009 MIN AL 27 OF 58 104 103 1 0 0 1.000 3 -1 1.79 .987 2.30 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 DH 80 80 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 RF 30 28 12 219.1 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 -5 0 -26 0 2.13 1.73 .982 2.13 2.10 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 LF 29 25 13 208.1 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 8 -1 45 -6 2.25 1.79 .987 2.12 2.09 MVP-24
2010 MIN AL 28 OF 98 181 169 7 5 3 .972 1 1 1.80 .986 2.28
2010 MIN AL 28 RF 83 79 57 670.0 152 142 6 4 2 .974 2 0 4 0 1.99 1.78 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 MIN AL 28 DH 42 42
2010 MIN AL 28 LF 16 16 10 131.0 29 27 1 1 1 .966 -1 1 -13 9 1.92 1.75 .983 2.07 2.05
2011 MIN AL 29 OF 58 57 52 483.2 120 110 9 1 3 .992 4 -3 9 -7 2.21 2.05 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 MIN AL 29 RF 50 48 44 413.2 105 95 9 1 3 .990 1 -3 3 -9 2.26 2.08 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 MIN AL 29 DH 37 37
2011 MIN AL 29 LF 9 9 8 70.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 44 0 1.93 1.67 .982 2.13 2.11
7 Seasons OF 394 57 52 483.2 729 693 23 13 10 .982 -9 -17 -23 -6 2.21 1.82 .986 2.28 2.28
6 Seasons RF 210 190 137 1625.2 403 381 16 6 5 .985 -4 -8 -3 -5 2.20 1.89 .984 2.11 2.10
7 Seasons LF 188 173 127 1461.2 326 312 7 7 5 .979 -5 -9 -4 -7 1.96 1.70 .985 2.10 2.07
7 Seasons TOT 394 57 52 483.2 729 693 23 13 10 .982 -9 -34 -23 -84 2.21 1.82 .986 2.28 2.28
Lg 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
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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

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)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.07 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  1.92 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  .988 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Cody Ross (951)
  6. Adam Lind (950)
  7. Kevin Mench (950)
  8. Xavier Nady (946)
  9. Babe Young (946)
  10. Jay Gibbons (943)
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  1. Rico Brogna (965)
  2. Jay Gibbons (959)
  3. Willie Aikens (954)
  4. Rip Repulski (951)
  5. Marty Cordova (949)
  6. Pete O'Brien (947)
  7. Andres Galarraga (946)
  8. Lee Thomas (946)
  9. Nick Esasky (945)
  10. Carl Everett (942)
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  3. Jason Giambi (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jay Gibbons (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rico Brogna (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2000.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 19, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200523Minnesota Twins$316,000
200624Minnesota Twins$327,000
200725Minnesota Twins$387,500
200826Minnesota Twins$1,300,000
200927Minnesota Twins$2,750,000
201028Minnesota Twins$4,100,000
201129Minnesota Twins$5,250,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,430,500
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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