David Lamb

David Christian Lamb

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 6, 1975 in West Hills, CA
High School: Newbury Park (Newbury Park, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 23, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1999
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Twins/Mets 1999-2002

Final Game: September 29, 2002
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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
1993	18	BAL-min	Rk	16	66	56	4	10	1	0	0	6	2	0	10	8	.179	.303	.196	.499		11	1	0	0	0	0	OLS · GULF
1994	19	BAL-min	A	92	348	308	37	74	9	2	0	29	4	1	32	40	.240	.316	.282	.598		87	4	2	6	0	0	ABY · SALL
1995	20	BAL-min	A+,AA	125	501	440	39	98	14	2	2	35	6	7	38	82	.223	.296	.277	.573		122	10	10	8	5	5	FDK,BOW · CARL,EL
1996	21	BAL-min	A+	116	527	460	63	118	24	3	3	55	5	6	50	68	.257	.341	.341	.682		157	20	10	5	2	1	HDS · CALL
1997	22	BAL-min	AA,A+	143	601	518	76	154	41	3	6	77	3	1	59	67	.297	.375	.423	.798		219	13	10	7	7	2	BOW,FDK · EL,CARL
1998	23	BAL-min	AA,AAA	114	475	419	53	126	17	2	3	41	2	8	44	58	.301	.370	.372	.743		156	10	4	5	3	2	BOW,ROC · EL,IL
1999	24	TBD-min	AAA	7	35	30	7	7	3	0	0	7	0	1	2	4	.233	.273	.333	.606		10	0	0	2	1	0	DHM · IL
1999	24	TBD	AL	55	134	124	18	28	5	1	1	13	0	1	10	18	.226	.284	.306	.590	51	38	4	0	0	0	0	64
2000	25	NYM-min	AAA	109	419	356	45	80	23	1	2	35	8	3	40	49	.225	.312	.312	.624		111	9	8	9	6	3	NFK · IL
2000	25	NYM	NL	7	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	/546

2002	27	MIN-min	AAA	123	501	440	72	136	25	3	10	72	2	6	45	57	.309	.377	.448	.825		197	16	6	5	5	0	EDM · PCL
2002	27	MIN	AL	7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	1	0	0	0	0	/645
2003	28	MIN-min	AAA	120	474	405	45	105	15	2	2	31	2	6	49	60	.259	.346	.321	.667		130	10	8	6	6	2	ROC · IL
3 Seasons				69	150	139	19	30	5	1	1	13	0	1	11	21	.216	.273	.288	.561	44	40	5	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	352	326	45	70	12	2	2	31	0	2	26	49	.216	.273	.288	.561	44	94	12	0	0	0	0

MIN (1 yr)				7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	1	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				7	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	42	1	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				55	134	124	18	28	5	1	1	13	0	1	10	18	.226	.284	.306	.590	51	38	4	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				62	144	134	18	29	5	1	1	13	0	1	10	20	.216	.271	.291	.562	44	39	5	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				7	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	42	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	134	-10	0	0	0	-6	1	5	-10	-1.0	-4	-0.4	-0.6	$200,000	64
2000	25	NYM	NL	6	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/546

2002	27	MIN	AL	10	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/645
3 Seasons				150	-12	0	0	0	-8	1	5	-13	-1.3	-6	-0.6	-0.7	$200,000

MIN (1 yr)				10	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
NYM (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
TBD (1 yr)				134	-10	0	0	0	-6	1	5	-10	-1.0	-4	-0.4	-0.6	$200,000

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	134	101	10	2.6	114	.257	.226	.275	.284	.348	.306	.440	.590	.788	51	.212	-9.6	-0.9	.465	.153	.081	.0
2000	25	NYM	NL	6	4	0	0.0	113	.250	.200	.268	.333	.345	.200	.438	.533	.784	42	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.000

2002	27	MIN	AL	10	10	0	0.0	105	.125	.100	.264	.100	.332	.100	.425	.200	.757	-46	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
3 Seasons				150	115	10	2.3	113	.248	.216	.274	.273	.347	.288	.439	.561	.785	44	.176	-12.1	-1.1	.435	.144	.072	.0
162 Game Avg.				352	270	23	2.3	113	.248	.216	.274	.273	.347	.288	.439	.561	.785	44	.176	-12.1	-1.1	.435	.144	.072

MIN (1 yr)				10	10	0	0.0	105	.125	.100	.264	.100	.332	.100	.425	.200	.757	-46	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
NYM (1 yr)				6	4	0	0.0	113	.250	.200	.268	.333	.345	.200	.438	.533	.784	42	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.000
TBD (1 yr)				134	101	10	2.6	114	.257	.226	.275	.284	.348	.306	.440	.590	.788	51	.212	-9.6	-0.9	.465	.153	.081	.0

AL (2 yrs)				144	111	10	2.4	113	.248	.216	.274	.271	.347	.291	.439	.562	.786	44	.187	-11.7	-1.1	.432	.142	.075	.0
NL (1 yr)				6	4	0	0.0	113	.250	.200	.268	.333	.345	.200	.438	.533	.784	42	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.000

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
2002	27	MIN	AL	ALCS	ANA	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	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
1999	24	TBD	AL	134	0.8%	13.4%	7.5%	5.2%	25%	1.80	6.9	124.0	9.5	1.08	1.28	78%	20%	2.1%	6%
2000	25	NYM	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0			0.33	0.33	67%	25%	0.0%	0%

2002	27	MIN	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.67	3.00	80%	13%	0.0%	33%
3 Seasons				150	0.7%	14.0%	7.3%	4.7%	23%	1.91	6.6	139.0	10.7	1.07	1.29	78%	19%	1.9%	7%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.1%	34%	1.85	5.3	30.6	7.4	0.75	1.06	70%	24%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	24	TBD	AL	-9.6	-0.9	138	-0.7	1.5	-2.2	.81	-0.9	0.0	-10.0	-0.9	0.95	-11.4	0.17	6
2000	25	NYM	NL	-0.4	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.94	-1.3	0.01	2

2002	27	MIN	AL	-2.1	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.04	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.93	-2.6	1.00	2
3 Seasons				-12.1	-1.1	154	-1.0	1.5	-2.6	.82	-1.1	-0.1	-14.3	-1.3	0.95	-15.3	0.31	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	2	0	46%	58	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	27%	10	8	2	3	2	1	2	1	1
2000	25	NYM	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

2002	27	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons				2	0	45%	61	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	31%	10	8	2	4	2	2	2	1	1

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	134	100%	28	1	0	6	0	0	0	0.17	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		25	4	16%	12	3	25%	89	14	16%	10	6	60%	6	3	50%	0
2000	25	NYM	NL	6	100%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2002	27	MIN	AL	10	100%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	1	50%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
3 Seasons				150	100%	30	1	0	10	0	0	0	0.31	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		26	5	19%	15	4	27%	96	15	16%	12	7	58%	7	3	43%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	134	522	3.90	314	60%	25%	10%	31%	34%	75%	0%	45%	86%	28%	5%	7	0	16%	22	8	9%	12	8	17%	0	0	0
2000	25	NYM	NL	6	21	3.50	12	57%	17%	8%	42%	33%	83%	0%	48%	90%	33%	17%	1	0	17%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2002	27	MIN	AL	10	32	3.20	20	63%	25%	10%	25%	40%	75%	0%	47%	87%	20%	0%	0	0	10%	1	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				150	575	3.83	346	60%	25%	10%	31%	34%	75%	0%	45%	87%	28%	5%	8	0	16%	24	9	8%	12	8	19%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1999	24	55	134	124	18	28	5	1	1	13	1	10	18	.226	.284	.306	.590	51	38	4
2000	25	62	140	129	19	29	5	1	1	13	1	11	19	.225	.286	.302	.588	51	39	4
2001	26	62	140	129	19	29	5	1	1	13	1	11	19	.225	.286	.302	.588	51	39	4
2002	27	69	150	139	19	30	5	1	1	13	1	11	21	.216	.273	.288	.561	44	40	5

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	24	55	133	123	17	27	5	1	1	12	0	10	18	.220	.278	.301	.579	10	55
2000	25	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	7

2002	27	7	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
3 Seasons		69	149	138	17	27	5	1	1	12	0	11	21	.196	.255	.268	.523	10	69
162 Game Avg.		162	350	324	40	63	12	2	2	28	0	26	49	.196	.255	.268	.523	23	69

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