Brett Lawrie Batting Statistics and History

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Brett Lawrie

Brett Russell Lawrie (twitter: @blawrie13)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 18, 1990 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
High School: Brookswood SS (Langley, BC)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 4, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 2011 (Age 21)
Team: BlueJays 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.055, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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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
2009	19	MIL-min	A,AA	118	476	424	54	116	18	6	13	65	19	13	41	84	.274	.340	.436	.777		185	6	5	0	6	1		APP,HVL · MIDW,SOUL
2010	20	MIL-min	AA	135	609	554	90	158	36	16	8	63	30	13	47	118	.285	.346	.451	.797		250	6	5	2	1	3		HVL · SOUL
2011	21	TOR-min	AAA,A+	73	340	300	64	104	24	6	18	62	13	2	26	54	.347	.414	.647	1.060		194	3	9	4	1	0		LVG,DUN · PCL,FLOR
2011	21	TOR	AL	43	171	150	26	44	8	4	9	25	7	1	16	31	.293	.373	.580	.953	153	87	0	3	2	0	1	5
2012	22	TOR-min	A+,Rk	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		DUN,BJY · FLOR,GULF
2012	22	TOR	AL	125	536	494	73	135	26	3	11	48	13	8	33	86	.273	.324	.405	.729	97	200	9	5	2	2	0	*5/D6
2013	23	TOR-min	A+	2	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	.714	1.214		5	0	0	0	0	0		DUN · FLOR
2013	23	TOR	AL	30	125	114	9	22	3	2	4	11	0	1	8	30	.193	.256	.360	.616	64	41	3	2	0	1	0	*5
3 Yrs				198	832	758	108	201	37	9	24	84	20	10	57	147	.265	.324	.433	.756	103	328	12	10	4	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	681	620	88	164	30	7	20	69	16	8	47	120	.265	.324	.433	.756	103	268	10	8	3	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2011	21	TOR	AL	43	171	11	1	1	14	1	28	3.0	6	35	3.6	.569	.518	2.1	1.6	21		5
2012	22	TOR	AL	125	536	-1	-0	2	20	2	23	2.4	20	43	4.3	.519	.515	2.3	2.3	23	$482,500	*5/D6
2013	23	TOR	AL	30	125	-6	-0	-0	4	1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.495	.499	-0.1	0.5	-1	$500,000	*5
3 Seasons				198	832	5	0	3	38	3	50	5.3	31	80	8.3	.526	.511	4.3	4.4	42	$982,500

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
2011	21	TOR	AL	171	109	35	8.6	102	.318	.293	.263	.373	.328	.580	.416	.953	.744	153	.758	10.6	1.0	1.047	.433	.287	7.9
2012	22	TOR	AL	536	380	64	4.5	101	.311	.273	.259	.324	.324	.405	.417	.729	.742	97	.493	-2.8	-0.3	.646	.209	.132	11.9
2013	23	TOR	AL	125	97	10	2.8	102	.222	.193	.259	.256	.326	.360	.420	.616	.746	64	.271	-6.4	-0.6	.521	.228	.167	.0
3 Yrs				832	586	109	5.0	102	.300	.265	.260	.324	.325	.433	.417	.756	.743	103	.535	1.4	0.1	.699	.256	.168	21.8
162 Game Avg.				681	479	89	5.0	102	.300	.265	.260	.324	.325	.433	.417	.756	.743	103	.535	1	0	.699	.256	.168	18

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
2011	21	TOR	AL	171	5.3%	18.1%	9.4%	12.3%	48%	1.94	4.8	16.7	6.0	0.64	0.81	64%	15%	14.1%	11%
2012	22	TOR	AL	536	2.1%	16.0%	6.2%	7.5%	30%	2.61	5.7	44.9	10.3	1.02	1.33	74%	20%	6.4%	15%
2013	23	TOR	AL	125	3.2%	24.0%	6.4%	7.2%	41%	3.75	3.8	28.5	10.4	1.02	0.97	65%	18%	10.3%	7%
3 Yrs				832	2.9%	17.7%	6.9%	8.4%	35%	2.58	5.2	31.6	9.0	0.93	1.16	71%	18%	8.7%	13%
MLB Averages					2.6%	19.3%	8.1%	7.6%	33%	2.39	4.6	34.6	8.3	0.83	1.10	68%	19%	7.8%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2011	21	TOR	AL	10.6	1.0	180	1.9	4.3	-2.4	.96	1.2	0.7	9.2	0.9	0.92	11.5
2012	22	TOR	AL	-2.8	-0.3	565	0.2	9.1	-8.9	.92	0.5	-0.2	8.9	0.9	0.90	0.9
2013	23	TOR	AL	-6.4	-0.6	129	-0.7	1.5	-2.2	.92	-0.6	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.87	-7.2
3 Yrs				1.5	0.1	874	1.4	14.9	-13.5	.93	1.0	0.5	14.4	1.4	0.90	5.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2011	21	TOR	AL	2	32%	56	7	1	88%	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	57%	6	4	2	3	2	1	5	0	5
2012	22	TOR	AL	7	38%	236	13	8	62%	11	4	1	2	1	2	3	2	6	1	1	3	1	12	62%	27	13	14	6	2	4	14	2	11
2013	23	TOR	AL	1	18%	35	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	44%	3	3	0	2	0	2	4	2	2
3 Yrs				10	34%	327	20	10	67%	16	6	3	2	1	2	3	2	8	1	2	3	2	17	59%	36	20	16	11	4	7	23	4	18

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2011	21	TOR	AL	171	29%	44	3	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	2	8	1	5	4	0	2	2	100%	24	0	0%	12	8	67%	102	16	16%	8	5	63%	8	5	63%	0
2012	22	TOR	AL	536	27%	135	20	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	7	8	3	7	4	0	2	2	100%	79	9	11%	35	12	34%	255	41	16%	16	9	56%	12	8	67%	0
2013	23	TOR	AL	125	30%	22	3	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		18	3	17%	10	3	30%	55	8	15%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				832	28%	201	26	0	0	0	0	0		24	1	9	18	6	13	11	0	4	4	100%	121	12	10%	57	23	40%	412	65	16%	27	17	63%	21	14	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2011	21	TOR	AL	171	696	4.07	406	58%	33%	16%	22%	30%	67%	1%	39%	77%	16%	5%	9	0	19%	33	16	18%	31	19	32%	0	0	0
2012	22	TOR	AL	537	1963	3.66	1293	66%	28%	13%	27%	32%	72%	0%	48%	82%	28%	4%	20	1	15%	80	37	7%	38	23	28%	-1	0	0
2013	23	TOR	AL	125	473	3.78	306	65%	28%	20%	24%	28%	72%	0%	46%	73%	29%	2%	2	0	12%	15	8	7%	9	5	23%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				833	3132	3.76	2005	64%	29%	15%	26%	31%	71%	0%	46%	79%	26%	4%	31	1	15%	128	61	9%	78	47	28%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	1%	46%	78%	27%	5%			14%			8%			24%

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
2011	21	43	171	150	26	44	8	4	9	25	7	1	16	31	.293	.373	.580	.953	153	87	0	3	2	0	1
2012	22	168	707	644	99	179	34	7	20	73	20	9	49	117	.278	.336	.446	.781	110	287	9	8	4	2	1
2013	23	198	832	758	108	201	37	9	24	84	20	10	57	147	.265	.324	.433	.756	103	328	12	10	4	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2011	21	43	171	150	26	44	8	4	9	25	7	16	31	.293	.373	.580	.953	32	43
2012	22	125	540	497	76	138	27	3	11	50	13	34	86	.278	.329	.410	.739	66	125
2013	23	30	125	114	9	22	3	2	4	11	0	8	30	.193	.256	.360	.616	10	30
3 Yrs		198	836	761	111	204	38	9	24	86	20	58	147	.268	.327	.436	.763	108	198
162 Game Avg.		162	684	623	91	167	31	7	20	70	16	47	120	.268	.327	.436	.763	88	198

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.3 (4th)	Triples s c a p y 2013 AL 2 (6th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2012 AL 8 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 2011 AL born 1990-01-18 (5th) 2011 AL born 1990-01-18 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 AL 2.3 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2013 AL 2 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL 8 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2011 AL born 1990-01-18 (5th)
2011 AL born 1990-01-18 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Third Base (219th), 7.9 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/7.9 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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