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Jon Lieber

Jonathan Ray Lieber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, IA
High School: Abraham Lincoln HS (Council Bluffs, IA)
School: University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1994
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Phillies/Yankees 1994-2008
Agents: Rex Gary [*]
Final Game: September 5, 2008
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All-Star

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
1992	22	KCR-min	A-,A+	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EUG,BBC · NORW,FLOR
1993	23	PIT-KCR-min	AA,A+	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,CAR,WMT · SOUL,CARL
1994	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL,CAR · AA,SOUL
1994	24	PIT	NL	17	42	39	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.103	.125	.128	.253	-34	5	3	0	2	0	0	1
1995	25	PIT-min	AAA	14	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.118	.250	.118	.368		2	0	0	1	0	0		CGY · PCL
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	21	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.048	.048	.048	.095	-75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	PIT	NL	51	42	36	4	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.194	.256	.278	.534	40	10	2	0	3	0	0	1
1997	27	PIT	NL	33	64	58	1	7	2	0	0	8	0	0	4	23	.121	.177	.155	.333	-13	9	4	0	2	0	0	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	29	58	48	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.167	.216	.188	.403	7	9	0	0	7	0	0	1
1999	29	CHC	NL	31	71	58	8	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	23	.121	.188	.138	.325	-14	8	1	0	7	1	0	1
2000	30	CHC	NL	36	94	82	3	18	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	28	.220	.238	.268	.506	30	22	0	0	10	0	0	1
2001	31	CHC	NL	35	87	76	3	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	.158	.179	.184	.364	-3	14	2	0	9	0	0	1	AS,CYA-4
2002	32	CHC	NL	21	48	43	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.163	.182	.186	.368	-2	8	2	0	4	0	0	1

2003	33	NYY-min	Rk,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		YNK,TAM · GULF,FLOR
2004	34	NYY-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAM · FLOR
2004	34	NYY	AL	27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	PHI	NL	36	78	73	7	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	.096	.107	.123	.230	-41	9	3	0	3	1	0	1
2006	36	PHI-min	Rk,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLR,CLW · GULF,FLOR
2006	36	PHI	NL	28	63	53	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	28	.094	.158	.094	.252	-34	5	1	0	6	0	0	1
2007	37	PHI-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLW · FLOR
2007	37	PHI	NL	14	22	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.059	.238	.059	.297	-18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2008	38	CHC-min	A,Rk	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PEO,CBZ · MIDW,ARIZ
2008	38	CHC	NL	26	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
14 Yrs				405	699	612	36	85	17	0	0	25	0	0	30	234	.139	.179	.167	.345	-10	102	20	0	55	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	280	245	14	34	7	0	0	10	0	0	12	94	.139	.179	.167	.345	-10	41	8	0	22	1	0

PIT (5 yrs)				151	227	202	11	27	7	0	0	12	0	0	11	82	.134	.178	.168	.347	-9	34	10	0	14	0	0
CHC (5 yrs)				149	306	264	16	44	8	0	0	8	0	0	10	87	.167	.196	.197	.393	3	52	5	0	31	1	0
PHI (3 yrs)				78	163	143	9	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	9	65	.091	.144	.105	.249	-35	15	4	0	10	1	0
NYY (1 yr)				27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	1	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				378	696	609	36	84	17	0	0	25	0	0	30	234	.138	.178	.166	.344	-10	101	19	0	55	2	0
AL (1 yr)				27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	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	Awards
1994	24	PIT	NL	17	42	-6	0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$109,000	1
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	21	-5	0	-0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$140,000	1
1996	26	PIT	NL	51	42	-4	-0	-0	0	6	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$150,000	1
1997	27	PIT	NL	33	64	-10	-1	-1	0	9	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$335,000	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	29	58	-8	-0	0	0	8	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$1,450,000	1
1999	29	CHC	NL	31	71	-12	-1	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$2,100,000	1
2000	30	CHC	NL	36	94	-10	-1	0	0	14	3	0.3	2	6	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	-0.0	6	$3,833,333	1
2001	31	CHC	NL	35	87	-12	0	-0	0	13	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	3	$5,083,333	1	AS,CYA-4
2002	32	CHC	NL	21	48	-7	-0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$5,833,333	1

2004	34	NYY	AL	27	3	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,700,000	1
2005	35	PHI	NL	36	78	-16	-1	0	0	11	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.484	.496	-0.6	0.0	-3	$5,583,333	1
2006	36	PHI	NL	28	63	-11	-0	-0	0	10	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$7,583,333	1
2007	37	PHI	NL	14	22	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$7,833,333	1
2008	38	CHC	NL	26	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$3,500,000	1
14 Seasons				405	699	-106	-4	-1	0	100	-11	-1.2	19	8	-1.3	.497	.500	-1.3	-0.0	8	$46,233,998

PIT (5 yrs)				151	227	-33	-1	-2	0	32	-5	-0.5	6	2	-0.6	.497	.499	-0.6	-0.0	2	$2,184,000
CHC (5 yrs)				149	306	-43	-2	1	0	45	0	0.0	8	9	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	9	$20,349,999
PHI (3 yrs)				78	163	-30	-1	0	0	24	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.7	.491	.499	-0.7	0.0	-2	$20,999,999
NYY (1 yr)				27	3	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,700,000

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	42	40	0	0.0	110	.160	.103	.275	.125	.343	.128	.431	.253	.774	-34	.000	-7.8	-0.8	.158	.051	.026
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	21	0	0.0	108	.143	.048	.272	.048	.341	.048	.423	.095	.764	-75	.000	-5.4	-0.5	.048	.000	.000
1996	26	PIT	NL	42	34	2	1.6	109	.280	.194	.273	.256	.343	.278	.428	.534	.771	40	.114	-3.2	-0.3	.419	.167	.083
1997	27	PIT	NL	64	57	1	0.5	111	.200	.121	.274	.177	.346	.155	.430	.333	.777	-13	.014	-10.0	-1.0	.236	.103	.034
1998	28	PIT	NL	58	47	3	1.7	109	.286	.167	.271	.216	.342	.188	.428	.403	.770	7	.129	-6.8	-0.7	.300	.083	.021
1999	29	CHC	NL	71	60	2	0.9	113	.194	.121	.272	.188	.347	.138	.438	.325	.785	-14	.037	-10.2	-1.0	.250	.103	.017
2000	30	CHC	NL	94	74	6	2.2	114	.333	.220	.270	.238	.346	.268	.440	.506	.787	30	.162	-8.9	-0.8	.375	.073	.049
2001	31	CHC	NL	87	75	3	1.1	107	.222	.158	.262	.179	.333	.184	.430	.364	.763	-3	.056	-11.6	-1.1	.242	.053	.026
2002	32	CHC	NL	48	42	1	0.6	105	.212	.163	.263	.182	.337	.186	.419	.368	.756	-2	.024	-6.4	-0.6	.237	.047	.023

2004	34	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	108	.333	.333	.268	.333	.336	.333	.431	.667	.766	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2005	35	PHI	NL	78	73	1	0.4	112	.156	.096	.274	.107	.345	.123	.437	.230	.782	-41	.009	-15.6	-1.5	.145	.041	.027
2006	36	PHI	NL	63	55	1	0.5	117	.200	.094	.278	.158	.350	.094	.452	.252	.801	-34	.014	-11.3	-1.1	.184	.075	.000
2007	37	PHI	NL	22	17	1	1.6	115	.111	.059	.278	.238	.347	.059	.444	.297	.791	-18	.106	-3.1	-0.3	.313	.235	.000
2008	38	CHC	NL	6	6	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.275	.000	.348	.000	.439	.000	.788	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
14 Yrs				699	604	21	0.9	111	.224	.139	.271	.179	.343	.167	.434	.345	.778	-10	.044	-101.9	-9.8	.241	.077	.028
162 Game Avg.				280	242	8	0.9	111	.224	.139	.271	.179	.343	.167	.434	.345	.778	-10	.044	-101.9	-9.8	.241	.077	.028

PIT (5 yrs)				227	199	6	0.8	110	.225	.134	.273	.178	.344	.168	.429	.347	.772	-9	.036	-33.2	-3.2	.243	.089	.035
CHC (5 yrs)				306	257	12	1.2	110	.247	.167	.267	.196	.341	.197	.433	.393	.775	3	.070	-38.7	-3.7	.276	.068	.030
PHI (3 yrs)				163	145	3	0.6	114	.165	.091	.276	.144	.347	.105	.443	.249	.791	-35	.018	-30.0	-2.9	.179	.077	.014
NYY (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	108	.333	.333	.268	.333	.336	.333	.431	.667	.766	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

NL (13 yrs)				696	601	21	0.9	111	.223	.138	.271	.178	.344	.166	.434	.344	.778	-10	.044	-101.8	-9.8	.241	.077	.028
AL (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	108	.333	.333	.268	.333	.336	.333	.431	.667	.766	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2004	34	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	1
2004	34	NYY	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							3
1 ALDS							1
1 ALCS							2

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2001	CHC	NL	31

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	42	0.0%	33.3%	2.4%	2.4%	25%	14.00	2.8			6.67	11.00	60%	7%	0.0%	0%
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5			1.00	2.00	33%	14%	0.0%	0%
1996	26	PIT	NL	42	0.0%	26.2%	7.1%	7.1%	43%	3.67	3.3		12.0	1.56	4.75	60%	7%	0.0%	11%
1997	27	PIT	NL	64	0.0%	35.9%	6.3%	3.1%	29%	5.75	2.5		7.3	1.38	2.78	55%	8%	0.0%	15%
1998	28	PIT	NL	58	0.0%	34.5%	5.2%	1.7%	13%	6.67	2.4		48.0	0.87	1.45	48%	9%	0.0%	0%
1999	29	CHC	NL	71	0.0%	32.4%	7.0%	1.4%	14%	4.60	2.5		29.0	2.10	2.80	51%	7%	0.0%	30%
2000	30	CHC	NL	94	0.0%	29.8%	2.1%	4.3%	22%	14.00	2.9		20.5	0.93	2.20	57%	25%	0.0%	7%
2001	31	CHC	NL	87	0.0%	25.3%	2.3%	2.3%	17%	11.00	3.5		38.0	1.30	3.00	62%	24%	0.0%	4%
2002	32	CHC	NL	48	0.0%	20.8%	2.1%	2.1%	14%	10.00	4.3			1.54	2.67	69%	16%	0.0%	0%

2004	34	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						2.00	100%	0%
2005	35	PHI	NL	78	0.0%	37.2%	1.3%	2.6%	29%	29.00	2.5		18.3	1.67	3.50	58%	15%	0.0%	13%
2006	36	PHI	NL	63	0.0%	44.4%	6.4%	0.0%	0%	7.00	1.9			1.67	4.20	40%	16%	0.0%	22%
2007	37	PHI	NL	22	0.0%	36.4%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.1		17.0	1.67	3.00	41%	10%	0.0%	33%
2008	38	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					17%	0%
14 Yrs				699	0.0%	33.5%	4.3%	2.4%	20%	7.80	2.6		24.5	1.48	2.97	54%	15%	0.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	1.91	5.3	32.1	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1994	24	PIT	NL	-7.8	-0.8	43	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.93	-0.7	0.1	-7.4	-0.7	0.94	-7.7		0
1995	25	PIT	NL	-5.4	-0.5	21	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.05	-0.5	-0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.96	-5.1		0
1996	26	PIT	NL	-3.2	-0.3	43	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.93	-0.4	-0.2	-7.2	-0.7	1.02	-4.9		0
1997	27	PIT	NL	-10.0	-1.0	64	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	.97	-1.0	0.2	-10.1	-1.0	1.00	-10.7		0
1998	28	PIT	NL	-6.8	-0.7	59	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.91	-0.7	0.3	-5.5	-0.5	0.89	-7.4		0
1999	29	CHC	NL	-10.2	-1.0	71	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	.97	-0.9	-0.1	-12.2	-1.2	0.99	-11.1		0
2000	30	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.8	94	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	.98	-0.9	0.2	-11.0	-1.0	0.95	-11.3	5.02	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	-11.6	-1.1	89	-1.2	0.5	-1.6	.82	-1.2	-0.3	-15.1	-1.5	0.90	-13.2	1.38	1
2002	32	CHC	NL	-6.4	-0.6	48	-1.0	0.2	-1.3	1.14	-0.8	-0.1	-10.8	-1.1	0.99	-9.1		0

2004	34	NYY	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.64	-0.0	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.07	-0.5		0
2005	35	PHI	NL	-15.6	-1.5	80	-1.2	0.5	-1.7	.96	-1.3	0.1	-16.9	-1.6	1.01	-15.3		0
2006	36	PHI	NL	-11.3	-1.1	63	-0.9	0.3	-1.3	.90	-1.0	-0.0	-12.6	-1.2	0.95	-11.9	0.03	1
2007	37	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	23	0.1	0.4	-0.4	1.16	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	1.04	-1.6		0
2008	38	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.05	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	-0.1	1.00	-1.6		0
14 Yrs				-102.0	-9.8	707	-9.0	5.4	-14.4	.96	-9.6	0.3	-116.2	-11.2	0.97	-111.2	0.70	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1994	24	PIT	NL	2	0	60%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	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
1996	26	PIT	NL	0	0	40%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
1997	27	PIT	NL	0	0	9%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14%	4	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	0	0	27%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	0	0	67%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	44%	2	0	2	2	1	1	5	3	1
2000	30	CHC	NL	0	0	15%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	6	6	0	2	2	0	3	3	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	1	0	21%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	0	0	25%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	35	PHI	NL	0	0	88%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13%	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	2	1
2006	36	PHI	NL	1	0	0%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	1	0	40%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
2008	38	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				5	0	31%	177	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	13%	32	28	3	10	8	2	21	16	3

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
1994	24	PIT	NL	42	67%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	10	3	30%	12	1	8%	28	1	4%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	21	76%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	13	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	26	PIT	NL	42	93%	7	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	10	2	20%	12	4	33%	31	3	10%	5	1	20%	4	3	75%	0
1997	27	PIT	NL	64	89%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	11	4	36%	17	4	24%	49	8	16%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	58	76%	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	10	0	0%	12	5	42%	22	1	5%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	71	65%	7	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	58%	15	1	7%	16	5	31%	54	3	6%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	94	73%	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	83%	18	0	0%	17	7	41%	61	4	7%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	87	80%	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	15	2	13%	15	6	40%	48	2	4%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	48	81%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	6	2	33%	10	4	40%	34	0	0%	4	0	0%	4	4	100%	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	3	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	35	PHI	NL	78	71%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	30%	17	3	18%	22	5	23%	62	4	6%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
2006	36	PHI	NL	63	67%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	11	1	9%	14	2	14%	46	1	2%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	22	55%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	14	2	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2008	38	CHC	NL	6	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
14 Yrs				699	75%	85	12	2	2	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	82	55	67%	134	20	15%	156	45	29%	470	29	6%	38	11	29%	30	16	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			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
1994	24	PIT	NL	42	131	3.12	97	74%	19%	28%	26%	28%	81%	0%	60%	66%	48%	0%	0	0	5%	2	2	2%	1	0	14%	0	0	0
1995	25	PIT	NL	20	79	3.95	57	72%	21%	37%	32%	11%	79%	0%	57%	53%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	14%	1	0	0
1996	26	PIT	NL	39	137	3.51	85	62%	21%	14%	34%	31%	79%	0%	49%	82%	44%	10%	4	1	15%	6	1	5%	2	1	10%	3	0	0
1997	27	PIT	NL	64	248	3.88	170	69%	21%	21%	37%	22%	79%	0%	54%	74%	61%	2%	1	0	6%	4	1	3%	2	1	39%	0	0	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	58	196	3.38	140	71%	30%	19%	26%	25%	70%	0%	50%	73%	41%	0%	0	0	7%	4	4	2%	1	0	45%	0	0	0
1999	29	CHC	NL	71	257	3.62	170	66%	36%	18%	21%	25%	64%	0%	42%	72%	32%	4%	3	0	11%	8	0	7%	5	0	39%	0	0	0
2000	30	CHC	NL	94	352	3.74	227	64%	38%	13%	21%	28%	62%	0%	40%	79%	30%	3%	3	0	13%	12	2	7%	7	3	61%	0	0	0
2001	31	CHC	NL	87	290	3.33	205	71%	32%	13%	24%	31%	68%	0%	48%	81%	49%	2%	2	0	9%	8	4	6%	5	3	55%	0	0	0
2002	32	CHC	NL	48	164	3.42	110	67%	35%	15%	17%	34%	65%	0%	44%	78%	29%	4%	2	0	6%	3	0	4%	2	1	60%	0	0	0

2004	34	NYY	AL	3	7	2.33	4	57%	0%	0%	25%	75%	100%	0%	57%	100%	67%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2005	35	PHI	NL	78	280	3.59	192	69%	36%	20%	19%	25%	64%	0%	44%	69%	36%	0%	0	0	9%	7	4	4%	3	0	52%	0	0	0
2006	36	PHI	NL	63	239	3.79	157	66%	47%	16%	17%	20%	53%	0%	35%	70%	22%	3%	2	0	13%	8	2	3%	2	0	68%	0	0	0
2007	37	PHI	NL	22	92	4.18	53	58%	53%	17%	11%	19%	47%	0%	27%	64%	9%	14%	3	0	27%	6	1	23%	5	1	38%	0	0	0
2008	38	CHC	NL	6	29	4.83	18	62%	72%	6%	11%	11%	28%	0%	17%	80%	0%	0%	0	0	17%	1	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
14 Yrs				695	2501	3.60	1685	67%	33%	18%	24%	26%	67%	0%	45%	74%	38%	3%	20	1	10%	70	22	5%	35	10	46%	4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1994	24	17	42	39	3	4	1	0	1	14	.103	.125	.128	.253	-34	5	3	2	0
1995	25	38	63	60	3	5	1	0	1	28	.083	.098	.100	.198	-48	6	4	2	0
1996	26	89	105	96	7	12	4	3	4	39	.125	.160	.167	.327	-14	16	6	5	0
1997	27	122	169	154	8	19	6	11	8	62	.123	.167	.162	.329	-14	25	10	7	0
1998	28	151	227	202	11	27	7	12	11	82	.134	.178	.168	.347	-9	34	10	14	0
1999	29	182	298	260	19	34	8	14	16	105	.131	.181	.162	.342	-10	42	11	21	1
2000	30	218	392	342	22	52	12	18	18	133	.152	.194	.187	.381	-1	64	11	31	1
2001	31	253	479	418	25	64	14	20	20	155	.153	.191	.187	.378	-1	78	13	40	1
2002	32	274	527	461	27	71	15	20	21	165	.154	.190	.187	.377	-1	86	15	44	1
2003	33	274	527	461	27	71	15	20	21	165	.154	.190	.187	.377	-1	86	15	44	1
2004	34	301	530	464	27	72	15	20	21	165	.155	.191	.188	.379	-1	87	16	44	1
2005	35	337	608	537	34	79	17	24	22	194	.147	.180	.179	.359	-6	96	19	47	2
2006	36	365	671	590	34	84	17	24	26	222	.142	.178	.171	.349	-9	101	20	53	2
2007	37	379	693	607	36	85	17	25	30	230	.140	.180	.168	.348	-9	102	20	54	2
2008	38	405	699	612	36	85	17	25	30	234	.139	.179	.167	.345	-10	102	20	55	2

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
1994	24	24	61	56	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	20	.125	.155	.161	.316	1	17
1995	25	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1996	26	51	41	35	3	6	3	0	0	2	0	3	11	.171	.237	.257	.494	2	51
1997	27	33	61	56	1	5	1	0	0	5	0	3	23	.089	.136	.107	.243	1	33
1998	28	29	58	48	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	20	.167	.216	.188	.403	2	29
1999	29	31	69	57	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	4	23	.105	.161	.123	.284	1	31
2000	30	36	94	82	3	18	4	0	0	4	0	2	28	.220	.238	.268	.506	5	36
2001	31	35	86	75	2	11	2	0	0	2	0	2	22	.147	.169	.173	.342	2	35
2002	32	21	47	42	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	.143	.163	.167	.329	1	21

2004	34	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27
2005	35	36	78	73	7	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	29	.096	.107	.123	.230	1	36
2006	36	28	65	54	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	28	.111	.186	.111	.298	1	28
2007	37	14	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.000	.190	.000	.190	0	14
2008	38	26	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26
14 Yrs		415	715	627	32	80	17	0	0	19	0	30	242	.128	.167	.155	.322	17	405
162 Game Avg.		162	279	245	12	31	7	0	0	7	0	12	94	.128	.167	.155	.322	7	405

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