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Jason Kubel

Jason James Kubel

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 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 2004-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$7.2M (09-10) & 11 team option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 5.009, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: Arn Tellem [?]
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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 /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 MVP-24
2010 28 MIN AL 122 495 435 57 112 20 3 18 81 0 1 52 97 .257 .337 .441 .779 110 192 15 3 0 5 5 9D7
6 Seasons 633 2358 2110 286 577 118 12 89 360 9 4 214 427 .273 .339 .467 .806 113 986 62 7 3 24 18
162 Game Avg. 162 603 540 73 148 30 3 23 92 2 1 55 109 .273 .339 .467 .806 113 252 16 2 1 6 5

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 22 MIN AL 67 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -1 -0.1 /D97
2006 24 MIN AL 235 -10 0 -1 -2 -5 -4 8 -14 -1.3 $327,000 7D/9
2007 25 MIN AL 466 6 -2 1 -1 -6 -7 16 7 0.7 $387,500 7D
2008 26 MIN AL 517 17 0 -1 0 -5 -10 18 19 1.9 $1,300,000 D97
2009 27 MIN AL 578 27 -3 -2 -1 3 -10 20 34 3.4 $2,750,000 D97 MVP-24
2010 28 MIN AL 488 6 -0 0 0 -8 -8 17 7 0.7 $4,100,000 9D7
6 Seasons 2351 46 -6 -3 -4 -23 -40 81 52 5.3 $8,864,500

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS 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 6 62.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -2 0 -37 0 2.18 1.50 .987 2.29 2.28
2004 MIN AL 22 DH 9
2004 MIN AL 22 RF 8 4 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 11 0 2.25 1.38 .982 2.23 2.21
2004 MIN AL 22 LF 2 2 18.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -2 0 -153 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.05 2.05
2006 MIN AL 24 OF 37 29 244.0 43 40 1 2 0 .953 -5 -1 -23 -4 1.51 1.11 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 MIN AL 24 LF 30 24 204.0 36 33 1 2 0 .944 -4 -1 -21 -6 1.50 1.13 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 MIN AL 24 DH 29
2006 MIN AL 24 RF 7 5 40.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -30 0 1.58 1.00 .986 2.20 2.17
2007 MIN AL 25 LF 84 81 700.1 163 159 2 2 2 .988 -6 -5 -9 -9 2.07 1.92 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 MIN AL 25 OF 84 81 700.1 163 159 2 2 2 .988 -6 -5 -9 -8 2.07 1.92 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 MIN AL 25 DH 34
2008 MIN AL 26 DH 77
2008 MIN AL 26 OF 49 42 368.2 103 98 2 3 1 .971 -5 -8 -16 -26 2.44 2.04 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 MIN AL 26 RF 32 26 238.2 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -2 -5 -9 -25 2.83 2.34 .986 2.15 2.13
2008 MIN AL 26 LF 18 16 130.0 27 24 1 2 1 .926 -3 -3 -28 -28 1.73 1.39 .985 2.05 2.03
2009 MIN AL 27 DH 80 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 OF 58 53 427.2 104 103 1 0 0 1.000 3 -1 8 -2 2.19 1.79 .987 2.33 2.30 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 RF 30 28 219.1 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 -5 0 -26 0 2.13 1.73 .981 2.13 2.10 MVP-24
2009 MIN AL 27 LF 29 25 208.1 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 81 78 667.0 147 137 6 4 3 .973 -8 2 -14 3 1.93 1.77 .986 2.29 2.27
2010 MIN AL 28 RF 66 62 536.0 118 110 5 3 2 .975 -5 1 -11 2 1.93 1.74 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 MIN AL 28 DH 38 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 MIN AL 28 LF 16 16 131.0 29 27 1 1 1 .966 -3 1 -26 9 1.92 1.75 .983 2.07 2.05
6 Seasons OF 319 289 2469.2 575 551 13 11 7 .981 -22 -13 -11 -6 2.06 1.77 .987 2.30 2.28
6 Seasons LF 179 164 1391.2 311 297 7 7 5 .977 -9 -9 -8 -7 1.97 1.70 .985 2.09 2.07
5 Seasons RF 143 125 1078.0 264 254 6 4 2 .985 -12 -4 -14 -4 2.17 1.82 .984 2.13 2.11
6 Seasons TOT 322 289 2469.2 575 551 13 11 7 .981 -22 -13 -11 -6 2.06 1.75 .984 2.11 2.09
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1469th)

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)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  28.90 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.7 (10th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (4th)

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)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1599), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1367), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2000.

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Salaries

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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$5.25M Team Option, $350k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,180,500Does not include future salaries
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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