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Gerald Laird

Gerald Lee Laird

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 13, 1979 in Westminster, CA
High School: Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)
School: Cypress College (Cypress, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Tigers/Cardinals 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.077, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Alan Meersand [*]
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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
1999	19	OAK-min	A-	60	265	228	45	65	7	2	2	39	10	5	28	43	.285	.361	.360	.721		82	4	2	2	5	0		SOR · NORW
2000	20	OAK-min	A+,Rk	47	178	153	24	40	5	1	0	22	9	2	20	34	.261	.348	.307	.656		47	6	2	0	3	0		VIS,ATH · CALL,ARIZ
2001	21	OAK-min	A+	119	511	443	71	113	13	5	5	46	10	9	48	101	.255	.337	.341	.678		151	9	10	4	6	1		MOD · CALL
2002	22	TEX-min	AA	123	503	442	70	122	21	4	11	67	8	6	45	95	.276	.343	.416	.759		184	14	5	1	10	1		TUL · TL
2003	23	TEX-min	AAA	99	385	338	50	88	20	5	9	42	9	3	37	61	.260	.344	.429	.773		145	7	7	1	2	4		OKC · PCL
2003	23	TEX	AL	19	50	44	9	12	2	1	1	4	0	0	5	11	.273	.360	.432	.792	100	19	2	1	0	0	0	2
2004	24	TEX-min	AAA	6	24	22	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	8	.182	.250	.273	.523		6	1	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2004	24	TEX	AL	49	168	147	20	33	6	0	1	16	0	1	12	35	.224	.287	.286	.572	46	42	5	2	4	3	0	2
2005	25	TEX-min	AAA,Rk	83	346	307	55	92	14	6	17	58	13	2	30	63	.300	.371	.550	.922		169	6	6	1	2	1		OKC,RGS · PCL,ARIZ
2005	25	TEX	AL	13	42	40	7	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	7	.225	.262	.350	.612	58	14	1	0	0	0	0	2/9
2006	26	TEX	AL	78	260	243	46	72	20	1	7	22	3	1	12	54	.296	.332	.473	.805	105	115	7	2	1	2	0	2/D9
2007	27	TEX	AL	120	448	407	48	91	18	3	9	47	6	2	30	103	.224	.278	.349	.627	64	142	3	2	5	4	1	*2/7
2008	28	TEX-min	AAA	4	17	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.000	.176	.000	.176		0	0	2	0	2	0		OKC · PCL
2008	28	TEX	AL	95	381	344	54	95	24	0	6	41	2	4	23	63	.276	.329	.398	.727	92	137	5	6	4	4	2	2/D5
2009	29	DET	AL	135	477	413	49	93	23	2	4	33	5	0	40	68	.225	.306	.320	.626	65	132	11	10	10	4	0	*2/3
2010	30	DET	AL	89	299	270	22	56	11	0	5	25	3	1	18	57	.207	.263	.304	.567	53	82	7	3	6	2	0	2
2011	31	STL-min	AAA	2	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	.571	1.127		4	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2011	31	STL	NL	37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	83	34	3	1	2	1	3	2/3D
2012	32	DET	AL	18	50	46	9	14	3	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	.304	.327	.500	.827	123	23	3	0	1	1	0	2/D
10 Yrs				653	2283	2049	275	497	116	8	37	208	20	10	153	419	.243	.301	.361	.662	74	740	47	27	33	21	6
162 Game Avg.				162	566	508	68	123	29	2	9	52	5	2	38	104	.243	.301	.361	.662	74	184	12	7	8	5	1

TEX (6 yrs)				374	1349	1225	184	312	72	5	25	134	11	8	84	273	.255	.306	.383	.689	79	469	23	13	14	13	3
DET (3 yrs)				242	826	729	80	163	37	2	11	62	8	1	60	127	.224	.292	.325	.617	64	237	21	13	17	7	0
STL (1 yr)				37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	83	34	3	1	2	1	3

AL (9 yrs)				616	2175	1954	264	475	109	7	36	196	19	9	144	400	.243	.301	.361	.662	73	706	44	26	31	20	3
NL (1 yr)				37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	83	34	3	1	2	1	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
2003	23	TEX	AL	19	50	1	-0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.507	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$	2
2004	24	TEX	AL	49	168	-12	1	-0	6	3	-3	-0.2	6	2	0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	0.9	-4	$300,000	2
2005	25	TEX	AL	13	42	-1	-0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2/9
2006	26	TEX	AL	78	260	2	-0	-0	1	4	6	0.6	9	14	1.4	.507	.503	1.3	0.5	13	$332,330	2/D9
2007	27	TEX	AL	120	448	-21	2	0	13	6	1	0.2	15	16	1.6	.501	.500	0.3	2.0	3	$400,322	*2/7
2008	28	TEX	AL	95	381	-3	-2	0	3	5	3	0.5	13	16	1.6	.503	.502	1.3	0.9	13	$1,600,000	2/D5
2009	29	DET	AL	135	477	-20	3	0	6	7	-3	-0.2	16	13	1.3	.498	.498	0.7	1.4	7	$2,800,000	*2/3
2010	30	DET	AL	89	299	-19	0	0	-3	4	-17	-1.7	10	-7	-0.8	.479	.489	-0.5	0.2	-4	$3,950,000	2
2011	31	STL	NL	37	108	-4	-1	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$1,000,000	2/3D
2012	32	DET	AL	18	50	2	0	-1	-1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.507	.501	0.4	-0.0	4	$	2/D
10 Seasons				653	2283	-76	2	-1	22	33	-20	-1.4	77	57	5.6	.497	.499	3.4	6.0	35	$10,382,652

TEX (6 yrs)				374	1349	-35	-0	-1	22	19	5	1.0	46	51	5.1	.501	.501	2.9	4.4	29	$2,632,652
DET (3 yrs)				242	826	-37	3	0	2	12	-19	-1.8	28	9	0.8	.492	.496	0.6	1.6	7	$6,750,000
STL (1 yr)				37	108	-4	-1	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$1,000,000

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
2003	23	TEX	AL	50	34	7	5.5	116	.344	.273	.280	.360	.348	.432	.448	.792	.796	100	.541	-0.1	-0.0	.735	.273	.159	.0
2004	24	TEX	AL	168	127	12	2.5	116	.281	.224	.280	.287	.349	.286	.449	.572	.798	46	.212	-12.2	-1.1	.458	.136	.061	.0
2005	25	TEX	AL	42	32	3	2.5	110	.250	.225	.275	.262	.339	.350	.436	.612	.775	58	.226	-2.6	-0.2	.500	.175	.125	.0
2006	26	TEX	AL	260	182	37	5.4	112	.353	.296	.277	.332	.341	.473	.440	.805	.781	105	.517	1.5	0.1	.732	.235	.177	4.2
2007	27	TEX	AL	448	330	42	3.4	108	.274	.224	.272	.278	.340	.349	.425	.627	.765	64	.326	-22.8	-2.2	.555	.209	.125	7.2
2008	28	TEX	AL	381	266	45	4.5	106	.319	.276	.269	.329	.337	.398	.423	.727	.760	92	.459	-3.8	-0.4	.636	.183	.122	3.0
2009	29	DET	AL	477	345	43	3.3	109	.258	.225	.268	.306	.338	.320	.431	.626	.769	65	.316	-20.7	-2.0	.565	.203	.094	4.4
2010	30	DET	AL	299	230	22	2.6	102	.243	.207	.263	.263	.331	.304	.411	.567	.742	53	.249	-18.2	-1.8	.473	.170	.096	3.8
2011	31	STL	NL	108	80	10	3.4	97	.276	.232	.257	.302	.324	.358	.400	.660	.724	83	.376	-2.0	-0.2	.571	.221	.126	1.0
2012	32	DET	AL	50	37	6	4.4	99	.279	.304	.254	.327	.321	.500	.412	.827	.734	123	.474	1.4	0.1	.714	.239	.196	.0
10 Yrs				2283	1663	227	3.6	107	.285	.243	.270	.301	.338	.361	.427	.662	.764	74	.362	-79.5	-7.6	.578	.198	.119	26.0
162 Game Avg.				566	413	56	3.6	107	.285	.243	.270	.301	.338	.361	.427	.662	.764	74	.362	-79.5	-7.6	.578	.198	.119	6

TEX (6 yrs)				1349	971	146	4.0	110	.305	.255	.274	.306	.341	.383	.432	.689	.772	79	.395	-40.0	-3.8	.603	.199	.128	15.3
DET (3 yrs)				826	612	71	3.1	105	.254	.224	.265	.292	.334	.325	.423	.617	.757	64	.302	-37.5	-3.6	.539	.193	.102	9.3
STL (1 yr)				108	80	10	3.4	97	.276	.232	.257	.302	.324	.358	.400	.660	.724	83	.376	-2.0	-0.2	.571	.221	.126	1.0

AL (9 yrs)				2175	1583	217	3.7	108	.285	.243	.270	.301	.338	.361	.428	.662	.766	73	.361	-77.4	-7.4	.578	.197	.118	24.9
NL (1 yr)				108	80	10	3.4	97	.276	.232	.257	.302	.324	.358	.400	.660	.724	83	.376	-2.0	-0.2	.571	.221	.126	1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	31	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	1	0	0	0
2011	31	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2011	31	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	2	0	0	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	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
2003	23	TEX	AL	50	2.0%	22.0%	10.0%	8.0%	33%	2.20	4.0	44.0	11.0	0.76	0.91	64%	15%	7.7%	24%
2004	24	TEX	AL	168	0.6%	20.8%	7.1%	4.2%	21%	2.92	4.2	147.0	9.2	0.95	1.17	68%	14%	2.0%	14%
2005	25	TEX	AL	42	2.4%	16.7%	4.8%	7.1%	33%	3.50	5.7	40.0	10.0	0.60	0.64	76%	12%	5.9%	15%
2006	26	TEX	AL	260	2.7%	20.8%	4.6%	10.8%	39%	4.50	4.5	34.7	11.0	0.51	0.75	71%	21%	7.0%	17%
2007	27	TEX	AL	448	2.0%	23.0%	6.7%	6.7%	33%	3.43	4.0	45.2	8.7	0.50	0.56	67%	14%	5.9%	21%
2008	28	TEX	AL	381	1.6%	16.5%	6.0%	7.9%	32%	2.74	5.5	57.3	8.4	0.58	0.79	73%	22%	3.9%	10%
2009	29	DET	AL	477	0.8%	14.3%	8.4%	6.1%	31%	1.70	6.1	103.3	12.5	0.74	0.88	72%	16%	2.7%	24%
2010	30	DET	AL	299	1.7%	19.1%	6.0%	5.4%	29%	3.17	4.7	54.0	10.8	0.78	0.99	70%	19%	4.8%	11%
2011	31	STL	NL	108	0.9%	17.6%	8.3%	8.3%	41%	2.11	5.0	95.0	7.9	0.64	0.88	70%	11%	2.8%	20%
2012	32	DET	AL	50	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%	10.0%	36%	1.00	23.0	23.0	11.5	0.63	1.13	86%	13%	8.7%	15%
10 Yrs				2283	1.6%	18.4%	6.7%	7.1%	32%	2.74	4.9	55.4	9.9	0.64	0.82	71%	17%	4.6%	17%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.05	5.1	33.3	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	23	TEX	AL	-0.1	-0.0	51	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.88	0.1	-0.0	0.8	0.1	0.98	1.4	0.79	0
2004	24	TEX	AL	-12.2	-1.1	171	-1.0	2.1	-3.1	.95	-0.9	-0.2	-11.8	-1.1	0.97	-13.2		0
2005	25	TEX	AL	-2.6	-0.2	42	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	1.00	-0.2	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.94	-1.3		0
2006	26	TEX	AL	1.5	0.1	271	-0.7	3.9	-4.7	.96	0.4	-1.1	-7.7	-0.7	0.96	2.7	5.71	1
2007	27	TEX	AL	-22.8	-2.2	459	-1.2	6.8	-8.0	.99	-1.9	0.7	-13.1	-1.2	0.95	-23.4	2.29	2
2008	28	TEX	AL	-4.2	-0.4	393	-1.1	5.9	-7.1	1.03	-0.7	-0.4	-7.1	-0.7	1.00	-7.5	3.58	3
2009	29	DET	AL	-20.7	-2.0	492	-2.3	6.1	-8.4	.95	-1.6	-0.8	-21.6	-2.0	0.94	-19.1	2.23	4
2010	30	DET	AL	-18.2	-1.8	309	-1.7	3.9	-5.5	.93	-1.8	-0.0	-21.2	-2.1	0.97	-21.6	1.63	5
2011	31	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	112	0.1	2.2	-2.1	1.09	-0.3	0.4	-2.1	-0.2	1.11	-3.2	0.57	5
2012	32	DET	AL	1.4	0.1	51	0.1	1.0	-0.9	1.06	0.2	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.97	1.6	0.35	1
10 Yrs				-79.7	-7.6	2351	-7.8	33.6	-41.4	.98	-6.7	-1.3	-84.4	-8.0	0.97	-83.6	1.97	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	23	TEX	AL	2	47%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	7	6	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
2004	24	TEX	AL	2	41%	60	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	9	6	3	5	1	4	6	3	3
2005	25	TEX	AL	2	60%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
2006	26	TEX	AL	3	49%	117	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	9	39%	14	10	3	7	5	2	10	3	7
2007	27	TEX	AL	7	34%	126	6	2	75%	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	7	54%	15	8	7	2	0	2	7	3	4
2008	28	TEX	AL	5	41%	121	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	3	2	9	8	56%	19	7	12	8	4	3	16	6	9
2009	29	DET	AL	6	32%	180	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	1	0	5	15	50%	26	15	11	4	3	1	16	5	11
2010	30	DET	AL	1	24%	95	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	8	31%	13	10	3	2	2	0	11	6	5
2011	31	STL	NL	0	32%	31	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	60%	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
2012	32	DET	AL	1	50%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	1
10 Yrs				29	37%	804	20	10	67%	19	9	1	1	9	4	20	56	46%	108	66	41	31	17	13	78	30	46

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
2003	23	TEX	AL	50	36%	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0.79	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	2	25%	5	1	20%	28	3	11%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
2004	24	TEX	AL	168	31%	33	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	80%	30	5	17%	21	10	48%	118	16	14%	10	9	90%	8	5	63%	0
2005	25	TEX	AL	42	21%	9	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	5	0	0%	23	3	13%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2006	26	TEX	AL	260	34%	72	14	7	1	0	0	0	5.71	7	0	10	4	3	3	4	0	4	1	25%	50	7	14%	25	5	20%	166	16	10%	11	4	36%	8	3	38%	0
2007	27	TEX	AL	448	27%	91	20	10	2	1	0	0	2.29	9	1	13	5	4	6	3	0	14	5	36%	84	3	4%	40	13	33%	283	41	14%	20	11	55%	24	11	46%	0
2008	28	TEX	AL	381	28%	95	12	6	3	1	0	0	3.58	6	0	9	4	2	3	3	0	8	4	50%	71	5	7%	43	16	37%	269	36	13%	26	14	54%	23	12	52%	0
2009	29	DET	AL	477	26%	93	17	7	4	0	0	1	2.23	4	0	9	2	2	1	3	0	15	10	67%	98	11	11%	41	17	41%	283	31	11%	25	14	56%	16	10	63%	0
2010	30	DET	AL	299	41%	56	11	4	5	0	0	1	1.63	5	0	9	4	1	2	3	0	8	6	75%	64	7	11%	37	11	30%	201	20	10%	16	6	38%	21	12	57%	0
2011	31	STL	NL	108	18%	22	3	1	5	1	0	1	0.57	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	27	3	11%	10	4	40%	83	12	14%	6	3	50%	6	4	67%	0
2012	32	DET	AL	50	68%	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.35	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	9	3	33%	6	2	33%	29	2	7%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
10 Yrs				2283	30%	497	90	39	21	3	0	3	1.97	37	1	62	23	14	17	20	0	57	33	58%	450	47	10%	233	79	34%	1483	180	12%	119	62	52%	113	59	52%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			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
2003	23	TEX	AL	50	186	3.72	115	62%	37%	14%	21%	29%	63%	0%	39%	78%	36%	4%	2	0	8%	4	1	4%	2	0	55%	0	0	0
2004	24	TEX	AL	169	650	3.85	405	62%	28%	16%	26%	29%	72%	0%	45%	77%	29%	2%	4	0	12%	20	11	9%	15	11	34%	-1	0	0
2005	25	TEX	AL	42	141	3.36	101	72%	27%	18%	23%	33%	73%	0%	52%	76%	40%	2%	1	0	7%	3	2	0%	0	0	29%	0	0	0
2006	26	TEX	AL	261	943	3.61	638	68%	27%	14%	29%	30%	73%	0%	50%	80%	32%	4%	11	2	11%	29	13	5%	13	9	31%	-1	0	0
2007	27	TEX	AL	451	1774	3.93	1125	63%	28%	16%	28%	28%	72%	1%	46%	77%	23%	4%	19	0	12%	55	22	7%	32	20	24%	-3	0	0
2008	28	TEX	AL	382	1407	3.68	882	63%	30%	13%	24%	33%	70%	1%	44%	82%	29%	3%	13	0	13%	49	23	11%	41	22	35%	-1	0	0
2009	29	DET	AL	477	1692	3.55	1040	61%	26%	12%	28%	35%	74%	0%	46%	84%	29%	4%	21	1	14%	66	27	7%	35	18	34%	0	0	0
2010	30	DET	AL	300	1070	3.57	689	64%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	0%	48%	80%	31%	6%	18	0	13%	40	16	6%	17	9	35%	-1	0	0
2011	31	STL	NL	108	401	3.71	246	61%	22%	17%	29%	32%	78%	8%	48%	79%	36%	7%	8	1	19%	20	8	8%	9	6	21%	0	0	0
2012	32	DET	AL	50	173	3.46	113	65%	34%	2%	24%	41%	66%	0%	43%	97%	26%	2%	1	0	10%	5	4	6%	3	1	50%	0	0	0
10 Yrs				2290	8437	3.68	5354	63%	28%	14%	27%	31%	72%	1%	46%	80%	29%	4%	98	4	13%	291	127	7%	167	96	32%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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
2003	23	19	50	44	9	12	2	1	1	4	0	0	5	11	.273	.360	.432	.792	100	19	2	1	0	0	0
2004	24	68	218	191	29	45	8	1	2	20	0	1	17	46	.236	.304	.319	.623	58	61	7	3	4	3	0
2005	25	81	260	231	36	54	10	1	3	24	0	1	19	53	.234	.297	.325	.622	58	75	8	3	4	3	0
2006	26	159	520	474	82	126	30	2	10	46	3	2	31	107	.266	.315	.401	.715	82	190	15	5	5	5	0
2007	27	279	968	881	130	217	48	5	19	93	9	4	61	210	.246	.297	.377	.674	74	332	18	7	10	9	1
2008	28	374	1349	1225	184	312	72	5	25	134	11	8	84	273	.255	.306	.383	.689	79	469	23	13	14	13	3
2009	29	509	1826	1638	233	405	95	7	29	167	16	8	124	341	.247	.306	.367	.673	75	601	34	23	24	17	3
2010	30	598	2125	1908	255	461	106	7	34	192	19	9	142	398	.242	.300	.358	.658	72	683	41	26	30	19	3
2011	31	635	2233	2003	266	483	113	8	35	204	20	10	151	417	.241	.300	.358	.658	73	717	44	27	32	20	6
2012	32	653	2283	2049	275	497	116	8	37	208	20	10	153	419	.243	.301	.361	.662	74	740	47	27	33	21	6

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	23	19	49	43	8	11	2	1	1	4	0	5	11	.256	.347	.419	.766	6	19
2004	24	49	164	144	17	30	5	0	1	13	0	11	35	.208	.269	.264	.533	10	49
2005	25	13	41	39	6	8	2	0	1	3	0	2	7	.205	.244	.333	.577	3	13
2006	26	78	258	241	44	70	19	1	7	21	3	12	54	.290	.327	.465	.792	36	78
2007	27	120	444	404	45	88	17	3	9	44	6	29	103	.218	.271	.342	.613	37	120
2008	28	95	380	343	53	94	24	0	6	40	2	23	63	.274	.327	.397	.724	43	95
2009	29	135	476	412	48	92	23	2	4	32	5	40	68	.223	.305	.318	.623	38	135
2010	30	89	300	271	23	57	11	0	5	26	3	18	57	.210	.265	.306	.572	22	89
2011	31	37	109	96	12	23	7	1	1	13	1	9	19	.240	.308	.365	.673	11	37
2012	32	18	50	46	9	14	3	0	2	4	0	2	2	.304	.327	.500	.827	8	18
10 Yrs		653	2271	2039	265	487	113	8	37	200	20	151	419	.239	.297	.357	.654	214	653
162 Game Avg.		162	563	506	66	121	28	2	9	50	5	37	104	.239	.297	.357	.654	53	653

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2007 AL 2.0 (7th) Active 6.0 (48th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2009 AL 10 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2009 AL 10 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 AL 2.0 (7th)
Active 6.0 (48th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL 10 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL 10 (8th)

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Hall of Fame Standards

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Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Dioner Navarro (970)
Damon Berryhill (965)
Jose Molina (958)
Frank House (956)
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Bob Melvin (953)
Jake Early (953)
Jim Essian (952)
Barry Foote (951)
Bob Stinson (950)

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