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Adam LaRoche

David Adam LaRoche

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 6, 1979 in Orange County, CA
High School: Fort Scott HS (Fort Scott, KS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2004
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Diamondbacks/Nationals/RedSox 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$16M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Milchin SFX [*]
Relatives: Brother of Andy LaRoche and Son of Dave LaRoche
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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
2000	20	ATL-min	Rk	56	232	201	38	62	13	3	7	45	4	1	24	46	.308	.381	.507	.888		102	2	2	1	4	2		DAN · APPY
2001	21	ATL-min	A+	126	514	471	49	118	31	0	7	47	10	8	30	108	.251	.305	.361	.666		170	13	9	0	4	3		MYR · CARL
2002	22	ATL-min	A+,AA	114	478	423	47	134	26	0	13	72	1	3	46	75	.317	.389	.470	.859		199	9	5	2	2	6		MYR,GRV · CARL,SOUL
2003	23	ATL-min	AAA,AA	133	560	483	75	140	33	1	20	72	2	4	61	111	.290	.370	.487	.856		235	12	6	0	10	6		RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
2004	24	ATL-min	AAA	4	12	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.455	.705		5	2	0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
2004	24	ATL	NL	110	356	324	45	90	27	1	13	45	0	0	27	78	.278	.333	.488	.821	108	158	10	1	2	2	1	3
2005	25	ATL	NL	141	502	451	53	117	28	0	20	78	0	2	39	87	.259	.320	.455	.775	100	205	15	4	2	6	7	*3
2006	26	ATL	NL	149	557	492	89	140	38	1	32	90	0	2	55	128	.285	.354	.561	.915	130	276	9	2	1	7	5	*3
2007	27	PIT	NL	152	632	563	71	153	42	0	21	88	1	1	62	131	.272	.345	.458	.803	109	258	18	3	0	4	5	*3
2008	28	PIT-min	A	3	12	10	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	.600	.667	1.000	1.667		10	0	0	0	0	0		HCK · SALL
2008	28	PIT	NL	136	554	492	66	133	32	3	25	85	1	1	54	122	.270	.341	.500	.841	122	246	9	2	0	6	7	*3/D
2009	29	TOT	MLB	150	629	555	78	154	38	2	25	83	2	2	69	142	.277	.355	.488	.843	122	271	11	0	0	5	12	*3/D
2009	29	TOT	NL	144	610	536	76	149	36	2	24	80	2	2	69	140	.278	.357	.487	.844	122	261	10	0	0	5	12	*3
2009	29	PIT	NL	87	368	324	46	80	25	1	12	40	2	2	41	81	.247	.329	.441	.770	103	143	9	0	0	3	6	3
2009	29	BOS	AL	6	19	19	2	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.263	.263	.526	.789	97	10	1	0	0	0	0	/3D
2009	29	ATL	NL	57	242	212	30	69	11	1	12	40	0	0	28	59	.325	.401	.557	.957	151	118	1	0	0	2	6	3
2010	30	ARI	NL	151	615	560	75	146	37	2	25	100	0	1	48	172	.261	.320	.468	.788	106	262	8	3	0	4	4	*3/D
2011	31	WSN	NL	43	177	151	15	26	4	0	3	15	1	0	25	37	.172	.288	.258	.546	52	39	2	0	0	1	0	3
2012	32	WSN	NL	46	197	167	18	48	14	1	8	35	1	1	27	45	.287	.381	.527	.908	145	88	2	0	0	3	3	*3
9 Yrs				1078	4219	3755	510	1007	260	10	172	619	6	10	406	942	.268	.339	.480	.819	113	1803	84	15	5	38	44
162 Game Avg.				162	634	564	77	151	39	2	26	93	1	2	61	142	.268	.339	.480	.819	113	271	13	2	1	6	7

ATL (4 yrs)				457	1657	1479	217	416	104	3	77	253	0	4	149	352	.281	.346	.512	.858	119	757	35	7	5	17	19
PIT (3 yrs)				375	1554	1379	183	366	99	4	58	213	4	4	157	334	.265	.340	.469	.809	112	647	36	5	0	13	18
WSN (2 yrs)				89	374	318	33	74	18	1	11	50	2	1	52	82	.233	.337	.399	.736	101	127	4	0	0	4	3
ARI (1 yr)				151	615	560	75	146	37	2	25	100	0	1	48	172	.261	.320	.468	.788	106	262	8	3	0	4	4
BOS (1 yr)				6	19	19	2	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.263	.263	.526	.789	97	10	1	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				1072	4200	3736	508	1002	258	10	171	616	6	10	406	940	.268	.339	.480	.819	113	1793	83	15	5	38	44
AL (1 yr)				6	19	19	2	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.263	.263	.526	.789	97	10	1	0	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
2004	24	ATL	NL	110	356	4	-0	-0	2	-5	0	0.0	10	10	1.0	.500	.500	0.8	-0.3	8	$300,000	3
2005	25	ATL	NL	141	502	-0	-2	-0	-13	-7	-22	-2.3	14	-9	-1.0	.484	.486	0.4	-2.1	4	$337,500	*3
2006	26	ATL	NL	149	557	20	-2	0	-11	-8	-0	-0.1	15	14	1.4	.500	.500	2.5	-1.9	25	$420,000	*3
2007	27	PIT	NL	152	632	6	-1	-2	2	-9	-4	-0.4	17	13	1.2	.497	.497	1.0	-0.7	11	$3,200,000	*3
2008	28	PIT	NL	136	554	13	-2	-0	-5	-8	-2	-0.3	15	12	1.1	.498	.498	1.7	-1.4	17	$5,000,000	*3/D
2009	29	PIT	NL	87	368	-1	1	-1	-3	-5	-9	-0.9	10	1	0.1	.489	.494	0.3	-0.8	4	$7,050,000	3
2009	29	BOS	AL	6	19	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.483	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3D
2009	29	ATL	NL	57	242	15	-1	1	1	-4	12	1.3	7	19	1.9	.522	.508	1.8	-0.3	18	$	3
2010	30	ARI	NL	151	615	0	-4	0	6	-9	-7	-0.8	17	10	0.9	.495	.495	0.2	-0.3	4	$4,500,000	*3/D
2011	31	WSN	NL	43	177	-10	0	0	5	-3	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.481	.495	-0.9	0.3	-7	$7,000,000	3
2012	32	WSN	NL	46	197	10	0	0	3	-3	11	1.2	6	16	1.8	.525	.507	1.3	0.1	13	$	*3
9 Seasons				1078	4219	57	-11	-2	-13	-62	-31	-3.2	114	84	8.1	.497	.498	9.1	-7.4	97	$27,807,500

ATL (4 yrs)				457	1657	39	-5	0	-21	-24	-10	-1.1	45	34	3.3	.498	.498	5.5	-4.5	55	$1,057,500
PIT (3 yrs)				375	1554	18	-2	-3	-6	-23	-16	-1.7	42	26	2.4	.496	.497	3.0	-2.9	32	$15,250,000
WSN (2 yrs)				89	374	0	0	0	8	-5	3	0.4	10	14	1.5	.504	.501	0.4	0.4	6	$7,000,000
ARI (1 yr)				151	615	0	-4	0	6	-9	-7	-0.8	17	10	0.9	.495	.495	0.2	-0.3	4	$4,500,000
BOS (1 yr)				6	19	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.483	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
2004	24	ATL	NL	356	248	51	5.5	112	.328	.278	.271	.333	.343	.488	.439	.821	.782	108	.542	3.7	0.4	.762	.293	.210	.0
2005	25	ATL	NL	502	359	62	4.6	109	.277	.259	.270	.320	.340	.455	.430	.775	.770	100	.478	-0.6	-0.1	.701	.277	.195	.0
2006	26	ATL	NL	557	371	98	7.1	113	.319	.285	.272	.354	.343	.561	.442	.915	.785	130	.646	22.4	2.1	.912	.384	.276	.0
2007	27	PIT	NL	632	433	87	5.4	108	.318	.272	.269	.345	.338	.458	.430	.803	.768	109	.528	8.1	0.8	.753	.297	.187	1.9
2008	28	PIT	NL	554	375	85	6.1	104	.308	.270	.262	.341	.334	.500	.419	.841	.753	122	.598	15.4	1.5	.818	.339	.230	1.9
2009	29	TOT	MLB	629	419	97	6.2	106	.328	.277	.264	.355	.337	.488	.420	.843	.757	122	.614	17.9	1.7	.821	.335	.211	3.7
2009	29	TOT	NL	610	404	95	6.3	105	.332	.278	.264	.357	.337	.487	.419	.844	.756	122	.621	18.1	1.7	.827	.338	.209	3.7
2009	29	PIT	NL	368	258	46	4.8	105	.291	.247	.263	.329	.336	.441	.418	.770	.755	103	.497	2.0	0.2	.722	.321	.194	3.4
2009	29	BOS	AL	19	15	2	3.6	112	.250	.263	.273	.263	.343	.526	.438	.789	.781	97	.343	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.263	.263	.0
2009	29	ATL	NL	242	146	49	9.0	106	.399	.325	.265	.401	.338	.557	.420	.957	.758	151	.759	16.1	1.5	1.014	.363	.231	.0
2010	30	ARI	NL	615	427	84	5.3	106	.330	.261	.268	.320	.339	.468	.422	.788	.760	106	.563	3.0	0.3	.738	.291	.207	.0
2011	31	WSN	NL	177	128	13	2.7	98	.205	.172	.259	.288	.326	.258	.403	.546	.730	52	.291	-9.6	-1.0	.512	.258	.086	1.5
2012	32	WSN	NL	197	125	35	7.5	100	.342	.287	.260	.381	.328	.527	.410	.908	.738	145	.713	11.6	1.1	.943	.401	.240	1.8
9 Yrs				4219	2885	612	5.7	107	.312	.268	.267	.339	.338	.480	.426	.819	.764	113	.571	71.9	6.7	.781	.319	.212	11.6
162 Game Avg.				634	434	92	5.7	107	.312	.268	.267	.339	.338	.480	.426	.819	.764	113	.571	11	1	.781	.319	.212	2

ATL (4 yrs)				1657	1124	260	6.2	110	.318	.281	.270	.346	.341	.512	.434	.858	.776	119	.600	41.6	3.9	.825	.329	.231	.0
PIT (3 yrs)				1554	1066	218	5.5	106	.308	.265	.265	.340	.336	.469	.423	.809	.759	112	.547	25.5	2.4	.768	.318	.204	7.5
WSN (2 yrs)				374	253	48	5.1	99	.275	.233	.259	.337	.327	.399	.407	.736	.734	101	.556	2.0	0.1	.723	.333	.167	3.4
ARI (1 yr)				615	427	84	5.3	106	.330	.261	.268	.320	.339	.468	.422	.788	.760	106	.563	3.0	0.3	.738	.291	.207	.0
BOS (1 yr)				19	15	2	3.6	112	.250	.263	.273	.263	.343	.526	.438	.789	.781	97	.344	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.263	.263	.0

NL (9 yrs)				4200	2870	610	5.7	107	.312	.268	.267	.339	.338	.480	.426	.819	.764	113	.572	72.0	6.8	.782	.319	.212	11.6
AL (1 yr)				19	15	2	3.6	112	.250	.263	.273	.263	.343	.526	.438	.789	.781	97	.344	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.263	.263	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
2004	24	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	5	19	17	1	4	1	1	4	2	5	.235	.316	.471	.786	8	1	0	0
2005	25	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	3	12	8	2	4	1	1	6	3	1	.500	.636	1.000	1.636	8	0	1	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							8	31	25	3	8	2	2	10	5	6	.320	.433	.640	1.073	16	1	1	1
2 NLDS							8	31	25	3	8	2	2	10	5	6	.320	.433	.640	1.073	16	1	1	1

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
2004	24	ATL	NL	356	3.7%	21.9%	7.6%	11.5%	46%	2.89	4.2	24.9	7.2	0.83	1.40	66%	19%	10.3%	6%
2005	25	ATL	NL	502	4.0%	17.3%	7.8%	9.6%	41%	2.23	5.2	22.6	5.8	0.80	1.32	70%	17%	10.4%	6%
2006	26	ATL	NL	557	5.8%	23.0%	9.9%	12.8%	51%	2.33	3.8	15.4	5.5	0.61	1.10	61%	21%	14.4%	3%
2007	27	PIT	NL	632	3.3%	20.7%	9.8%	10.0%	41%	2.11	4.3	26.8	6.4	0.61	0.87	66%	21%	8.5%	9%
2008	28	PIT	NL	554	4.5%	22.0%	9.8%	10.8%	45%	2.26	4.0	19.7	5.8	0.60	0.91	63%	18%	11.3%	6%
2009	29	TOT	MLB	629	4.0%	22.6%	11.0%	10.3%	42%	2.06	3.9	22.2	6.7	0.54	0.85	62%	20%	10.1%	8%
2009	29	TOT	NL	610	3.9%	23.0%	11.3%	10.2%	42%	2.03	3.8	22.3	6.7	0.54	0.84	62%	21%	10.0%	8%
2009	29	PIT	NL	368	3.3%	22.0%	11.1%	10.3%	48%	1.98	4.0	27.0	8.1	0.63	1.05	64%	20%	8.8%	9%
2009	29	BOS	AL	19	5.3%	10.5%	0.0%	15.8%	60%		9.5	19.0	6.3	0.70	1.17	84%	12%	12.5%	20%
2009	29	ATL	NL	242	5.0%	24.4%	11.6%	9.9%	35%	2.11	3.6	17.7	5.3	0.41	0.53	59%	21%	11.7%	6%
2010	30	ARI	NL	615	4.1%	28.0%	7.8%	10.4%	44%	3.58	3.3	22.4	5.6	0.58	0.90	60%	22%	11.0%	8%
2011	31	WSN	NL	177	1.7%	20.9%	14.1%	4.0%	27%	1.48	4.1	50.3	10.1	0.77	0.98	63%	20%	5.3%	12%
2012	32	WSN	NL	197	4.1%	22.8%	13.7%	11.7%	48%	1.67	3.7	20.9	4.8	0.47	0.76	59%	26%	11.0%	14%
9 Yrs				4219	4.1%	22.3%	9.6%	10.5%	44%	2.32	4.0	21.8	6.1	0.63	1.00	64%	20%	10.7%	7%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.4	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	24	ATL	NL	3.7	0.4	358	0.2	6.3	-6.1	.98	0.5	-0.2	6.6	0.6	0.95	8.4	1.62	17
2005	25	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	508	1.8	10.1	-8.3	.98	1.0	0.8	4.9	0.5	0.98	5.9	1.14	18
2006	26	ATL	NL	22.4	2.1	565	1.4	11.5	-10.1	1.03	2.4	-1.0	27.3	2.5	0.94	30.3	1.62	12
2007	27	PIT	NL	8.1	0.8	640	0.9	12.0	-11.1	1.02	1.0	-0.1	10.9	1.0	0.95	11.1	0.87	1
2008	28	PIT	NL	15.4	1.5	565	1.4	11.6	-10.2	1.09	1.4	-0.1	14.0	1.4	0.98	20.8	1.00	5
2009	29	TOT	MLB	17.9	1.7	642	0.3	11.3	-11.0	1.04	1.4	-1.1	18.1	1.7	0.97	19.6	1.52	3
2009	29	TOT	NL	18.1	1.7	623	0.4	11.1	-10.7	1.05	1.4	-1.0	18.4	1.7	0.97	20.6	1.61	1
2009	29	PIT	NL	2.0	0.2	380	-0.5	6.2	-6.7	1.02	-0.2	-0.3	-1.4	-0.1	0.96	0.5	1.61	1
2009	29	BOS	AL	-0.2	-0.0	19	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.72	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-0.9	1.47	2
2009	29	ATL	NL	16.1	1.5	243	0.9	4.9	-4.0	1.10	1.6	-0.8	19.8	1.9	0.98	20.1		0
2010	30	ARI	NL	3.0	0.3	621	-0.1	11.7	-11.9	1.08	0.8	-0.9	18.2	1.7	0.98	8.7	1.95	5
2011	31	WSN	NL	-9.6	-1.0	179	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.25	-0.7	0.1	-9.7	-1.0	1.06	-8.1		0
2012	32	WSN	NL	11.6	1.1	203	1.8	5.4	-3.7	1.23	1.2	0.3	13.9	1.4	1.01	12.6		0
9 Yrs				71.8	6.7	4281	7.0	83.0	-76.0	1.05	9.0	-2.4	104.2	9.8	0.97	109.5	1.44	61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	24	ATL	NL	3	31%	123	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	8	34%	16	11	5	6	4	2	10	4	4
2005	25	ATL	NL	6	24%	171	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	24%	19	16	3	9	6	3	9	2	3
2006	26	ATL	NL	4	35%	217	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	1	5	12	35%	30	25	5	6	4	2	19	7	12
2007	27	PIT	NL	3	25%	238	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	5	12	32%	37	28	8	11	7	4	17	8	9
2008	28	PIT	NL	3	25%	184	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	5	13	33%	33	26	6	5	2	3	16	6	9
2009	29	TOT	MLB	3	27%	200	2	2	50%	2	2	0	1	0	9	10	38%	20	14	5	6	4	2	19	9	10
2009	29	TOT	NL	3	27%	194	2	2	50%	2	2	0	1	0	9	10	39%	20	14	5	6	4	2	18	8	10
2009	29	PIT	NL	1	31%	116	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	7	9	37%	11	8	3	3	3	0	13	6	7
2009	29	BOS	AL	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2009	29	ATL	NL	2	21%	78	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	1	41%	9	6	2	3	1	2	5	2	3
2010	30	ARI	NL	0	29%	209	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	7	9	11%	22	17	3	9	8	0	13	11	2
2011	31	WSN	NL	0	25%	49	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	25%	8	5	3	1	1	0	3	3	0
2012	32	WSN	NL	2	15%	79	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	27%	8	7	1	2	2	0	5	2	3
9 Yrs				24	27%	1470	6	10	38%	5	10	1	2	1	38	77	30%	193	149	39	55	38	16	111	52	52

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
2004	24	ATL	NL	356	93%	90	3	0	17	5	1	3	1.62	13	0	11	12	1	7	6	0	5	2	40%	78	10	13%	34	14	41%	226	36	16%	21	12	57%	13	7	54%	0
2005	25	ATL	NL	502	90%	117	1	0	18	4	0	2	1.14	20	1	21	19	1	11	9	0	2	2	100%	102	15	15%	49	19	39%	355	58	16%	37	17	46%	22	12	55%	0
2006	26	ATL	NL	557	78%	140	7	1	12	2	0	1	1.62	32	1	15	25	7	11	21	0	2	1	50%	98	9	9%	42	22	52%	349	61	17%	27	19	70%	21	13	62%	0
2007	27	PIT	NL	632	75%	153	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.87	21	0	16	18	3	10	11	0	0	0		137	18	13%	49	9	18%	414	71	17%	43	22	51%	18	10	56%	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	554	73%	133	4	0	5	1	0	0	1.00	25	1	18	19	6	14	11	0	0	0		114	9	8%	49	12	24%	407	61	15%	33	20	61%	24	11	46%	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	629	71%	154	9	0	3	0	0	0	1.52	25	0	16	19	6	15	10	0	0	0		124	11	9%	39	13	33%	401	62	15%	34	18	53%	19	11	58%	0
2009	29	TOT	NL	610	71%	149	9	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	24	0	16	19	5	14	10	0	0	0		118	10	8%	38	13	34%	388	60	15%	33	18	55%	18	10	56%	0
2009	29	PIT	NL	368	70%	80	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	12	0	7	10	2	7	5	0	0	0		64	9	14%	23	8	35%	224	31	14%	18	8	44%	10	5	50%	0
2009	29	BOS	AL	19	68%	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.47	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2009	29	ATL	NL	242	72%	69	5	0	0	0	0	0		12	0	9	9	3	7	5	0	0	0		54	1	2%	15	5	33%	164	29	18%	15	10	67%	8	5	63%	0
2010	30	ARI	NL	615	69%	146	5	0	5	1	0	0	1.95	25	0	21	19	6	13	12	0	0	0		116	8	7%	44	12	27%	411	75	18%	28	18	64%	23	13	57%	0
2011	31	WSN	NL	177	72%	26	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		26	2	8%	16	5	31%	114	12	11%	12	6	50%	4	4	100%	0
2012	32	WSN	NL	197	75%	48	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	7	6	2	1	7	0	0	0		36	2	6%	17	6	35%	145	27	19%	15	9	60%	11	6	55%	0
9 Yrs				4219	77%	1007	38	2	61	13	1	6	1.44	172	3	131	139	33	83	89	0	9	5	56%	831	84	10%	339	112	33%	2822	463	16%	250	141	56%	155	87	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			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
2004	24	ATL	NL	357	1366	3.83	872	64%	28%	15%	28%	29%	72%	1%	46%	78%	31%	4%	15	2	15%	54	27	9%	33	21	31%	-1	0	0
2005	25	ATL	NL	504	1738	3.45	1080	62%	21%	17%	27%	34%	79%	4%	49%	78%	36%	6%	30	2	15%	78	39	10%	52	29	17%	-2	0	0
2006	26	ATL	NL	559	2153	3.85	1321	61%	24%	18%	29%	28%	76%	2%	46%	76%	34%	5%	30	1	16%	88	48	9%	52	29	27%	-2	0	0
2007	27	PIT	NL	632	2498	3.95	1507	60%	26%	16%	29%	29%	74%	2%	45%	78%	36%	3%	22	2	15%	96	60	9%	60	38	35%	0	0	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	555	2156	3.88	1300	60%	28%	14%	29%	29%	72%	3%	44%	81%	33%	6%	33	5	15%	84	38	10%	53	33	31%	-1	0	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	631	2508	3.97	1500	60%	29%	18%	25%	28%	71%	4%	42%	75%	25%	7%	46	5	17%	110	43	9%	58	35	23%	-2	0	0
2009	29	TOT	NL	612	2435	3.98	1454	60%	30%	18%	25%	28%	70%	4%	42%	74%	25%	8%	46	5	18%	108	41	9%	58	35	23%	-2	0	0
2009	29	PIT	NL	369	1475	4.00	884	60%	30%	18%	25%	28%	70%	3%	42%	75%	25%	6%	23	5	17%	61	26	10%	37	21	25%	-1	0	0
2009	29	BOS	AL	19	73	3.84	46	63%	15%	15%	33%	37%	85%	0%	53%	82%	37%	0%	0	0	11%	2	2	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	29	ATL	NL	243	960	3.95	570	59%	29%	19%	25%	27%	71%	5%	42%	74%	24%	9%	23	0	19%	47	15	9%	21	14	20%	-1	0	0
2010	30	ARI	NL	618	2454	3.97	1516	62%	28%	19%	27%	26%	72%	1%	44%	73%	28%	6%	36	7	18%	111	59	11%	65	39	19%	-3	0	0
2011	31	WSN	NL	178	743	4.17	407	55%	31%	16%	24%	28%	69%	0%	38%	76%	24%	6%	11	2	19%	33	16	13%	23	13	19%	-1	0	0
2012	32	WSN	NL	198	829	4.19	454	55%	32%	16%	24%	28%	68%	2%	37%	76%	23%	11%	21	4	25%	50	16	18%	35	22	29%	-1	0	0
9 Yrs				4232	16445	3.89	9957	61%	27%	17%	27%	29%	73%	2%	44%	77%	31%	6%	244	30	17%	704	346	10%	431	259	26%	-13	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	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	SH	SF	IBB
2004	24	110	356	324	45	90	27	1	13	45	0	0	27	78	.278	.333	.488	.821	108	158	10	1	2	2	1
2005	25	251	858	775	98	207	55	1	33	123	0	2	66	165	.267	.326	.468	.794	103	363	25	5	4	8	8
2006	26	400	1415	1267	187	347	93	2	65	213	0	4	121	293	.274	.337	.504	.841	114	639	34	7	5	15	13
2007	27	552	2047	1830	258	500	135	2	86	301	1	5	183	424	.273	.339	.490	.830	112	897	52	10	5	19	18
2008	28	688	2601	2322	324	633	167	5	111	386	2	6	237	546	.273	.340	.492	.832	114	1143	61	12	5	25	25
2009	29	838	3230	2877	402	787	205	7	136	469	4	8	306	688	.274	.343	.491	.834	116	1414	72	12	5	30	37
2010	30	989	3845	3437	477	933	242	9	161	569	4	9	354	860	.271	.339	.488	.827	114	1676	80	15	5	34	41
2011	31	1032	4022	3588	492	959	246	9	164	584	5	9	379	897	.267	.337	.478	.815	112	1715	82	15	5	35	41
2012	32	1078	4219	3755	510	1007	260	10	172	619	6	10	406	942	.268	.339	.480	.819	113	1803	84	15	5	38	44

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	24	110	352	321	43	87	26	1	13	43	0	26	78	.271	.326	.480	.805	50	110
2005	25	141	501	450	52	116	28	0	20	76	0	39	87	.258	.319	.453	.772	64	141
2006	26	149	549	486	82	134	36	1	31	83	0	53	128	.276	.345	.545	.890	91	149
2007	27	152	628	560	69	150	41	0	21	85	1	61	131	.268	.341	.454	.794	86	152
2008	28	136	557	494	67	135	32	3	25	87	1	55	122	.273	.345	.502	.847	86	136
2009	29	150	632	557	79	156	38	2	25	84	2	70	142	.280	.358	.490	.848	99	150
2010	30	151	611	557	73	143	36	2	24	97	0	47	172	.257	.316	.458	.774	81	151
2011	31	43	179	152	16	27	4	0	3	16	1	26	37	.178	.296	.263	.559	12	43
2012	32	46	200	169	19	50	15	1	8	37	1	28	45	.296	.390	.538	.928	36	46
9 Yrs		1078	4209	3746	500	998	256	10	170	608	6	405	942	.266	.337	.476	.814	605	1078
162 Game Avg.		162	633	563	75	150	38	2	26	91	1	61	142	.266	.337	.476	.814	91	1078

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 2006 NL .561 (8th) Active .480 (44th) Career .480 (184th)	Doubles s c a p y 2012 NL 14 (8th) Active 260 (48th)	Home Runs s c a p y Active 172 (47th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2012 NL 35 (6th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 2012 NL 27 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2007 NL 131 (10th) 2009 NL 140 (8th) 2010 NL 172 (4th) Active 942 (43rd)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2012 NL 23 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2012 NL 3 (4th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2009 NL 12 (10th) Active 44 (48th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2007 NL 18 (10th)	AB per HR s c a p y Active 21.8 (38th) Career 21.8 (178th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1345), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Tony Clark (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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