José León

Jose Geraldo (Vega) Leon

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 8, 1976 in Cayey, P.R.
High School: Cayey (Cayey, PR)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2002
Team: Orioles 2002-2004

Final Game: September 26, 2004
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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
1994	17	STL-min	Rk	46	180	161	16	37	3	2	0	17	1	4	11	51	.230	.285	.273	.558		44	4	3	1	4	0	CDS · ARIZ
1995	18	STL-min	A	41	145	133	15	22	4	1	0	11	0	1	10	46	.165	.229	.211	.440		28	6	1	1	0	1	SAV · SALL
1996	19	STL-min	Rk,A-	66	274	250	33	63	12	4	11	39	5	3	17	99	.252	.309	.464	.773		116	1	4	2	1	0	JOH,NJR · APPY,NYPL
1997	20	STL-min	A	118	444	399	50	92	21	2	20	54	6	5	32	122	.231	.301	.444	.745		177	10	9	2	2	1	PEO · MIDW
1998	21	STL-min	A+	124	504	436	77	127	31	3	21	74	5	3	53	137	.291	.376	.521	.897		227	6	9	2	4	4	PRW · CARL
1999	22	STL-min	AA	112	368	335	37	78	17	0	18	54	3	3	25	114	.233	.297	.445	.742		149	5	6	1	1	0	ARK · TL
2000	23	STL-BAL-min	AA	108	394	365	48	97	17	3	15	47	7	3	20	79	.266	.316	.452	.768		165	9	7	2	0	0	ARK,BOW · TL,EL
2001	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	135	552	511	72	150	29	5	16	73	8	4	33	117	.294	.342	.464	.806		237	16	5	2	1	0	ROC,BOW · IL,EL
2002	25	BAL-min	AAA	83	336	312	39	87	16	1	8	40	0	0	18	54	.279	.319	.413	.733		129	9	2	1	3	1	ROC · IL
2002	25	BAL	AL	36	93	89	8	22	2	0	3	10	1	0	3	20	.247	.280	.371	.650	75	33	2	1	0	0	0	35/7
2003	26	BAL-min	AAA	79	331	309	33	82	19	2	4	39	1	1	15	47	.265	.305	.379	.684		117	12	4	0	3	2	OTT · IL
2003	26	BAL	AL	21	59	54	6	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	.241	.305	.259	.564	52	14	1	2	0	0	0	5/3D
2004	27	BAL-min	AAA	83	319	283	45	91	21	2	17	55	1	1	24	68	.322	.382	.590	.973		167	11	7	0	5	2	OTT · IL
2004	27	BAL	AL	31	69	66	4	12	2	0	2	8	0	0	2	19	.182	.203	.303	.506	31	20	6	0	0	1	0	3/5D
2005	28	PIT-CIN-min	AAA	90	329	301	30	76	15	2	10	52	0	0	24	82	.252	.307	.415	.722		125	6	1	0	3	3	INA,LOU · IL
2006	29	-min	AAA	47	203	178	34	62	9	0	17	49	2	0	19	32	.348	.411	.685	1.096		122	4	2	1	3	0	CMP · MEX
2007	30	-min	AAA	87	351	313	43	94	17	1	14	46	1	1	32	62	.300	.370	.495	.866		155	17	4	0	2	0	CMP,PUE · MEX
2008	31	-min	AAA	28	113	104	13	29	4	0	5	15	0	0	7	24	.279	.336	.462	.798		48	6	2	0	0	0	OAX,QRO · MEX
2009	32	-min	AAA	15	64	56	8	14	4	0	0	10	0	1	5	6	.250	.328	.321	.650		18	3	2	0	1	0	VIL · MEX
3 Seasons				88	221	209	18	47	5	0	5	18	1	0	8	57	.225	.262	.321	.583	55	67	9	3	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	407	385	33	87	9	0	9	33	2	0	15	105	.225	.262	.321	.583	55	123	17	6	0	2	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
2002	25	BAL	AL	93	-3	-1	1	0	2	-1	3	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	35/7
2003	26	BAL	AL	59	-4	0	0	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$305,000	5/3D
2004	27	BAL	AL	69	-7	0	0	-1	2	-1	2	-5	-0.4	-7	-0.7	0.3	$	3/5D
3 Seasons				221	-14	-1	1	-1	4	-2	7	-6	-0.5	-10	-1.0	0.5	$305,000

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
2002	25	BAL	AL	93	69	9	3.5	101	.288	.247	.258	.280	.325	.371	.416	.650	.740	75	.346	-3.5	-0.3	.551	.169	.124	1.5
2003	26	BAL	AL	59	42	4	2.6	106	.361	.241	.267	.305	.333	.259	.427	.564	.759	52	.224	-3.7	-0.4	.452	.074	.019
2004	27	BAL	AL	69	61	2	0.9	108	.217	.182	.268	.203	.336	.303	.430	.506	.766	31	.037	-6.9	-0.6	.367	.152	.121	.0
3 Seasons				221	172	15	2.3	104	.284	.225	.264	.262	.330	.321	.423	.583	.753	55	.196	-14.2	-1.3	.462	.139	.096	1.7
162 Game Avg.				407	317	28	2.3	104	.284	.225	.264	.262	.330	.321	.423	.583	.753	55	.196	-14.2	-1.3	.462	.139	.096	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
2002	25	BAL	AL	93	3.2%	21.5%	3.2%	5.4%	23%	6.67	4.5	29.7	8.9	1.06	1.47	71%	23%	11.1%	16%
2003	26	BAL	AL	59	0.0%	30.5%	5.1%	1.7%	8%	6.00	3.0			1.25	1.56	61%	11%	0.0%	13%
2004	27	BAL	AL	69	2.9%	27.5%	2.9%	5.8%	33%	9.50	3.5	33.0	8.3	1.09	1.69	67%	13%	10.0%	13%
3 Seasons				221	2.3%	25.8%	3.6%	4.5%	21%	7.13	3.7	41.8	11.6	1.11	1.57	67%	17%	8.2%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.94	5.3	31.8	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	25	BAL	AL	-3.5	-0.3	94	-0.4	1.5	-1.8	1.07	-0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.89	-2.3	0.75	3
2003	26	BAL	AL	-3.7	-0.4	60	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.02	-0.4	-0.1	-5.7	-0.5	0.85	-4.6	0.19	3
2004	27	BAL	AL	-6.9	-0.6	70	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	1.09	-0.9	-0.0	-11.9	-1.1	1.02	-10.6	2.61	6
3 Seasons				-14.2	-1.3	224	-1.8	2.9	-4.7	1.06	-1.5	-0.2	-18.2	-1.7	0.92	-17.5	1.54	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2002	25	BAL	AL	2	22%	36	1	100%	1	0	2	0	25%	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1
2003	26	BAL	AL	1	33%	28	0		0	1	0	0	44%	5	5	0	1	0	1	3	3
2004	27	BAL	AL	1	17%	11	0		0	0	1	1	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
3 Seasons				4	25%	75	1	100%	1	1	3	1	47%	9	7	2	3	2	1	5	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
2002	25	BAL	AL	93	68%	22	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.75	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0		15	2	13%	5	1	20%	46	7	15%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
2003	26	BAL	AL	59	64%	13	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	4	1	25%	25	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2004	27	BAL	AL	69	68%	12	1	0	6	1	0	1	2.61	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		16	6	38%	7	2	29%	56	6	11%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
3 Seasons				221	67%	47	7	0	12	3	0	1	1.54	5	0	3	0	5	3	2	0	0	0		40	9	23%	16	4	25%	127	13	10%	6	3	50%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			52%			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
2002	25	BAL	AL	93	344	3.70	237	69%	22%	15%	33%	29%	78%	0%	53%	80%	26%	3%	3	0	12%	11	7	8%	7	4	20%	0	0	0
2003	26	BAL	AL	59	215	3.64	149	69%	24%	19%	33%	24%	76%	0%	53%	75%	29%	2%	1	0	12%	7	6	3%	2	0	22%	0	0	0
2004	27	BAL	AL	69	256	3.71	167	65%	31%	19%	22%	29%	69%	0%	45%	73%	13%	3%	2	0	13%	9	7	4%	3	3	26%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				221	815	3.69	553	68%	25%	17%	30%	28%	75%	0%	51%	77%	23%	3%	6	0	12%	27	20	5%	12	7	23%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
2002	25	36	93	89	8	22	2	3	10	1	3	20	.247	.280	.371	.650	75	33	2	1	0
2003	26	57	152	143	14	35	3	3	10	1	6	38	.245	.289	.329	.618	67	47	3	3	0
2004	27	88	221	209	18	47	5	5	18	1	8	57	.225	.262	.321	.583	55	67	9	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	25	36	93	89	8	22	2	3	10	1	3	20	.247	.280	.371	.650	9	36
2003	26	21	59	54	6	13	1	0	0	0	3	18	.241	.305	.259	.564	4	21
2004	27	31	69	66	4	12	2	2	8	0	2	19	.182	.203	.303	.506	4	31
3 Seasons		88	221	209	18	47	5	5	18	1	8	57	.225	.262	.321	.583	17	88
162 Game Avg.		162	407	385	33	87	9	9	33	2	15	105	.225	.262	.321	.583	31	88

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