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Jeff Larish

Jeffrey David Larish

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 11, 1982 in Iowa City, IA
High School: McClintock HS (Tempe, AZ)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2008
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics 2008-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.058, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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
2005	22	DET-min	A-,Rk	24	103	82	17	23	4	0	6	17	0	1	17	11	.280	.417	.549	.966		45	0	3	0	1	0		ONE,LAT · NYPL,GULF
2006	23	DET-min	A+	135	552	457	76	118	34	2	18	65	9	7	81	101	.258	.379	.460	.838		210	10	10	0	4	8		LAK · FLOR
2007	24	DET-min	AA	132	556	454	71	121	25	2	28	101	6	2	87	108	.267	.390	.515	.906		234	2	9	0	6	9		ERI · EL
2008	25	DET-min	AAA	103	440	384	49	96	20	2	21	64	0	1	50	109	.250	.341	.477	.817		183	13	4	0	2	4		TOL · IL
2008	25	DET	AL	42	111	104	12	27	6	0	2	16	2	2	7	34	.260	.306	.375	.681	79	39	2	0	0	0	0	5D/3
2009	26	DET-min	AAA	61	257	211	38	56	13	0	6	26	2	2	42	56	.265	.397	.412	.809		87	6	4	0	0	6		TOL · IL
2009	26	DET	AL	32	90	74	13	16	3	1	4	7	0	1	15	25	.216	.344	.446	.790	105	33	4	0	0	1	0	D3/5
2010	27	DET-OAK-min	AAA	92	391	334	51	95	23	0	20	74	1	1	48	93	.284	.377	.533	.910		178	11	4	1	4	4		TOL,SAC · IL,PCL
2010	27	TOT	AL	27	75	67	5	12	3	0	2	9	1	0	7	24	.179	.267	.313	.580	59	21	2	1	0	0	0	3/75D
2010	27	DET	AL	3	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	/D3
2010	27	OAK	AL	24	65	57	5	10	3	0	2	8	1	0	7	20	.175	.277	.333	.610	67	19	1	1	0	0	0	3/75D
2011	28	PHI-min	AAA	75	288	254	33	61	12	1	13	37	1	1	33	85	.240	.330	.449	.779		114	5	1	0	0	2		LHV · IL
2012	29	PIT-min	AAA	15	49	43	2	10	6	1	0	7	0	1	6	15	.233	.327	.419	.745		18	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
3 Yrs				101	276	245	30	55	12	1	8	32	3	3	29	83	.224	.308	.380	.688	82	93	8	1	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	443	393	48	88	19	2	13	51	5	5	47	133	.224	.308	.380	.688	82	149	13	2	0	2	0

DET (3 yrs)				77	211	188	25	45	9	1	6	24	2	3	22	63	.239	.318	.394	.711	86	74	7	0	0	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				24	65	57	5	10	3	0	2	8	1	0	7	20	.175	.277	.333	.610	67	19	1	1	0	0	0

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
2008	25	DET	AL	42	111	-3	-0	0	-4	-2	-9	-0.8	4	-5	-0.5	.479	.495	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$	5D/3
2009	26	DET	AL	32	90	0	-0	-1	1	-2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$403,000	D3/5
2010	27	DET	AL	3	10	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.445	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D3
2010	27	OAK	AL	24	65	-3	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	3/75D
3 Seasons				101	276	-7	-1	-1	-3	-5	-16	-1.6	9	-7	-0.7	.483	.497	-0.4	-0.7	-4	$403,000

DET (3 yrs)				77	211	-4	-1	-1	-3	-4	-12	-1.2	7	-5	-0.5	.484	.497	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$403,000
OAK (1 yr)				24	65	-3	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

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
2008	25	DET	AL	111	81	11	3.6	107	.368	.260	.270	.306	.339	.375	.425	.681	.763	79	.361	-3.5	-0.3	.568	.183	.115	2.0
2009	26	DET	AL	90	64	11	4.6	109	.261	.216	.268	.344	.338	.446	.431	.790	.769	105	.454	0.8	0.1	.746	.419	.230	.0
2010	27	TOT	AL	75	57	6	2.8	99	.244	.179	.260	.267	.327	.313	.407	.580	.734	59	.282	-4.0	-0.4	.526	.254	.134	1.3
2010	27	DET	AL	10	9	0	0.0	102	.333	.200	.263	.200	.331	.200	.411	.400	.742	9	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.222	.000	.000
2010	27	OAK	AL	65	48	6	3.3	99	.229	.175	.259	.277	.327	.333	.406	.610	.733	67	.350	-2.7	-0.3	.583	.298	.158	1.3
3 Yrs				276	202	28	3.7	105	.303	.224	.267	.308	.335	.380	.422	.688	.757	82	.372	-6.7	-0.6	.612	.273	.155	4.4
162 Game Avg.				443	324	45	3.7	105	.303	.224	.267	.308	.335	.380	.422	.688	.757	82	.372	-6.7	-0.6	.612	.273	.155	7

DET (3 yrs)				211	154	22	3.8	107	.325	.239	.269	.318	.338	.394	.426	.711	.764	86	.380	-4.0	-0.4	.621	.266	.154	3.0
OAK (1 yr)				65	48	6	3.3	99	.229	.175	.259	.277	.327	.333	.406	.610	.733	67	.351	-2.7	-0.3	.583	.298	.158	1.3

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
2008	25	DET	AL	111	1.8%	30.6%	6.3%	7.2%	30%	4.86	3.1	52.0	6.5	0.79	0.88	61%	23%	6.3%	18%
2009	26	DET	AL	90	4.4%	27.8%	16.7%	8.9%	50%	1.67	3.0	18.5	10.6	0.85	1.24	51%	16%	18.2%	19%
2010	27	TOT	AL	75	2.7%	32.0%	9.3%	6.7%	42%	3.43	2.8	33.5	7.4	1.53	3.13	55%	14%	12.5%	6%
2010	27	DET	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		10.0			60%	0%
2010	27	OAK	AL	65	3.1%	30.8%	10.8%	7.7%	50%	2.86	2.9	28.5	7.1	1.18	2.50	54%	16%	12.5%	6%
3 Yrs				276	2.9%	30.1%	10.5%	7.6%	38%	2.86	3.0	30.6	7.7	0.96	1.37	56%	18%	11.4%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.7%	7.8%	33%	2.07	4.9	34.3	7.9	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	25	DET	AL	-3.6	-0.3	119	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	1.08	-0.0	-0.4	0.4	0.0	0.98	-0.1	2.10	11
2009	26	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	92	-0.2	1.4	-1.5	.92	0.3	-0.4	-5.0	-0.5	0.97	-0.8	1.88	5
2010	27	TOT	AL	-4.0	-0.4	76	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	1.07	-0.3	-0.2	-4.6	-0.5	1.00	-3.6	1.85	2
2010	27	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	11	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.83	-0.1	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.10	-1.2		0
2010	27	OAK	AL	-2.7	-0.3	65	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.94	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.99	-2.4	1.85	2
3 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	287	-1.2	4.4	-5.6	1.03	-0.1	-1.1	-9.2	-0.9	0.98	-4.5	2.01	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	25	DET	AL	1	31%	42	2	2	50%	2	2	1	7	22%	6	5	1	3	1	1
2009	26	DET	AL	0	33%	23	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	71%	4	2	2	3	0	3
2010	27	TOT	AL	0	17%	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	40%	4	3	1	1	0	1
2010	27	DET	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	27	OAK	AL	0	19%	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	1	0	1
3 Yrs				1	29%	90	3	3	50%	3	3	1	9	43%	14	10	4	7	1	5

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
2008	25	DET	AL	111	96%	27	2	0	11	5	0	2	2.10	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		27	2	7%	11	3	27%	71	14	20%	8	5	63%	1	0	0%	0
2009	26	DET	AL	90	91%	16	2	0	5	0	0	0	1.88	4	0	2	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		19	4	21%	12	2	17%	63	3	5%	6	1	17%	5	0	0%	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	75	84%	12	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.85	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		12	2	17%	3	0	0%	57	7	12%	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
2010	27	DET	AL	10	60%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		9	1	11%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2010	27	OAK	AL	65	88%	10	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.85	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		9	1	11%	3	0	0%	48	6	13%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
3 Yrs				276	91%	55	4	0	18	6	0	2	2.01	8	0	10	8	0	2	6	0	0	0		58	8	14%	26	5	19%	191	24	13%	15	6	40%	11	2	18%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	25	DET	AL	111	451	4.06	287	64%	23%	22%	31%	24%	77%	0%	49%	72%	33%	3%	3	0	14%	15	8	7%	8	7	24%	0	0	0
2009	26	DET	AL	90	369	4.10	210	57%	28%	23%	25%	24%	72%	0%	41%	68%	27%	13%	12	2	23%	21	5	13%	12	7	16%	0	0	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	75	272	3.63	177	65%	27%	26%	23%	24%	73%	0%	47%	64%	37%	5%	4	0	12%	9	4	11%	8	7	38%	0	0	0
2010	27	DET	AL	10	34	3.40	29	85%	31%	28%	21%	21%	69%	0%	59%	60%	30%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2010	27	OAK	AL	65	238	3.66	148	62%	26%	26%	23%	25%	74%	0%	46%	65%	38%	6%	4	0	14%	9	4	12%	8	7	35%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				276	1092	3.96	674	62%	25%	23%	27%	24%	75%	0%	46%	69%	32%	7%	19	2	16%	45	17	10%	28	21	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	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	SF
2008	25	42	111	104	12	27	6	0	2	16	2	2	7	34	.260	.306	.375	.681	79	39	2	0	0
2009	26	74	201	178	25	43	9	1	6	23	2	3	22	59	.242	.323	.404	.728	90	72	6	0	1
2010	27	101	276	245	30	55	12	1	8	32	3	3	29	83	.224	.308	.380	.688	82	93	8	1	1

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
2008	25	42	111	104	12	27	6	0	2	16	2	7	34	.260	.306	.375	.681	12	42
2009	26	32	90	74	12	16	3	1	4	7	0	15	25	.216	.344	.446	.790	11	32
2010	27	27	77	68	6	13	3	0	2	10	1	8	24	.191	.286	.324	.609	6	27
3 Yrs		101	278	246	30	56	12	1	8	33	3	30	83	.228	.313	.382	.695	29	101
162 Game Avg.		162	446	395	48	90	19	2	13	53	5	48	133	.228	.313	.382	.695	47	101

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