Bryan LaHair

Bryan Allan LaHair

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: November 5, 1982 in Worcester, MA
High School: Holy Name Central Catholic (Worcester, MA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 39th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 19, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 2008
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Cubs 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.100 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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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
2003	20	SEA-min	A-	57	213	201	26	49	14	0	2	20	4	3	11	40	.244	.286	.343	.630		69	3	1	0	0	1	EVR · NORW
2004	21	SEA-min	A,A-	74	308	287	35	84	30	0	6	35	0	6	17	69	.293	.336	.460	.795		132	6	2	1	1	1	APP,EVR · MIDW,NORW
2005	22	SEA-min	A+	126	569	509	81	158	28	2	22	113	0	1	51	125	.310	.373	.503	.876		256	19	3	0	6	4	SBR · CALL
2006	23	SEA-min	AA,AAA	114	482	424	58	131	22	0	16	74	3	0	47	101	.309	.381	.474	.855		201	7	5	2	4	3	SAN,TAC · TL,PCL
2007	24	SEA-min	AAA	138	606	552	79	152	46	2	12	81	0	1	49	126	.275	.332	.431	.763		238	10	0	1	4	1	TAC · PCL
2008	25	SEA-min	AAA	86	362	316	39	83	26	1	12	53	1	1	45	87	.263	.356	.465	.822		147	5	1	0	0	4	TAC · PCL
2008	25	SEA	AL	45	150	136	15	34	4	0	3	10	0	1	13	40	.250	.315	.346	.661	78	47	4	0	1	0	1	3

2011	28	CHC-min	AAA	129	523	456	91	151	38	0	38	109	2	0	60	111	.331	.405	.664	1.070		303	14	1	0	6	9	IWA · PCL
2011	28	CHC	NL	20	69	59	9	17	5	1	2	6	0	0	9	18	.288	.377	.508	.885	140	30	1	0	0	1	0	/973
2 Seasons				65	219	195	24	51	9	1	5	16	0	1	22	58	.262	.335	.395	.730	97	77	5	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	546	486	60	127	22	2	12	40	0	2	55	145	.262	.335	.395	.730	97	192	12	0	2	2	2

CHC (1 yr)				20	69	59	9	17	5	1	2	6	0	0	9	18	.288	.377	.508	.885	140	30	1	0	0	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				45	150	136	15	34	4	0	3	10	0	1	13	40	.250	.315	.346	.661	78	47	4	0	1	0	1

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
2008	25	SEA	AL	150	-4	-1	-1	-1	-3	-3	5	-8	-0.8	-5	-0.5	-0.3	$	3

2011	28	CHC	NL	69	4	-1	0	-0	-1	-1	2	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$	/973
2 Seasons				219	-0	-2	-1	-1	-4	-4	7	-6	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$

CHC (1 yr)				69	4	-1	0	-0	-1	-1	2	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$
SEA (1 yr)				150	-4	-1	-1	-1	-3	-3	5	-8	-0.8	-5	-0.5	-0.3	$

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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
2008	SEA	AL	25	1B	36				297	277	18	2	37	.993	-3	0				8.19	.994		9.18
2008	SEA	AL	25	DH	6	6
2011	CHC	NL	28	OF	14	14	3	107.0	24	23	0	1	0	.958	-1	0	-10	0	1.93	1.64	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	CHC	NL	28	RF	9	9	2	66.0	20	19	0	1	0	.950	-0	1	-4	18	2.59	2.11	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	CHC	NL	28	LF	5	5	1	41.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-20	-29	0.88	0.80	.985	1.87	1.88
2011	CHC	NL	28	1B	4	2	1	19.2	15	15	0	0	3	1.000	-1	0	-34	0	6.86	3.75	.994	9.34	9.30
	2 Seasons			1B	40	2	1	19.2	312	292	18	2	40	.994	-4	0	-217	0	6.86	7.75	.994	9.34	9.19
	1 Season			OF	14	14	3	107.0	24	23	0	1	0	.958	-1	0	-10	0	1.93	1.64	.986	2.16	2.15
	1 Season			RF	9	9	2	66.0	20	19	0	1	0	.950	-0	1	-4	18	2.59	2.11	.983	2.05	2.04
	1 Season			LF	5	5	1	41.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-20	-29	0.88	0.80	.985	1.87	1.88
	2 Seasons			TOT	54	16	4	126.2	336	315	18	3	40	.991	-4	0	-42	0	2.70	6.17	.993	3.28	7.37

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
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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 39th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 19, 2003.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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