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Mike Lieberthal

Michael Scott Lieberthal (Lieby)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 18, 1972 in Glendale, CA
High School: Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1994
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers 1994-2007
Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Final Game: September 22, 2007
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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
1990	18	PHI-min	Rk	49	197	184	26	42	9	0	4	22	2	0	11	40	.228	.279	.342	.622		63		2	0	0	0		MTV · APPY
1991	19	PHI-min	A,A+	88	332	295	41	89	19	0	0	38	1	3	26	37	.302	.366	.366	.732		108	5	6	1	4	0		SPB,CLW · SALL,FLOR
1992	20	PHI-min	AA,AAA	102	393	354	34	97	17	1	2	41	4	1	21	31	.274	.330	.345	.675		122	17	11	2	5	0		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1993	21	PHI-min	AAA	112	417	382	35	100	17	0	7	40	2	0	24	32	.262	.313	.361	.674		138	15	6	1	4	3		SWB · IL
1994	22	PHI-min	AAA	84	322	296	23	69	16	0	1	32	1	1	21	29	.233	.286	.297	.583		88	7	2	0	3	2		SWB · IL
1994	22	PHI	NL	24	84	79	6	21	3	1	1	5	0	0	3	5	.266	.301	.367	.668	72	29	4	1	1	0	0	2
1995	23	PHI-min	AAA	85	340	278	44	78	20	2	6	42	1	4	44	26	.281	.388	.432	.819		120	14	9	2	7	2		SWB · IL
1995	23	PHI	NL	16	54	47	1	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	5	.255	.327	.298	.625	68	14	1	0	2	0	0	2
1996	24	PHI	NL	50	182	166	21	42	8	0	7	23	0	0	10	30	.253	.297	.428	.724	90	71	4	2	0	4	0	2
1997	25	PHI	NL	134	510	455	59	112	27	1	20	77	3	4	44	76	.246	.314	.442	.755	96	201	10	4	0	7	1	*2/D
1998	26	PHI	NL	86	342	313	39	80	15	3	8	45	2	1	17	44	.256	.304	.399	.703	82	125	4	7	0	5	1	2
1999	27	PHI	NL	145	574	510	84	153	33	1	31	96	0	0	44	86	.300	.363	.551	.914	124	281	15	11	1	8	7	*2	AS,GG
2000	28	PHI	NL	108	438	389	55	108	30	0	15	71	2	0	40	53	.278	.352	.470	.822	106	183	12	6	0	3	3	2	AS
2001	29	PHI	NL	34	136	121	21	28	8	0	2	11	0	0	12	21	.231	.316	.347	.663	74	42	2	3	0	0	2	2
2002	30	PHI	NL	130	530	476	46	133	29	2	15	52	0	1	38	58	.279	.349	.443	.792	113	211	16	14	0	2	2	*2
2003	31	PHI	NL	131	561	508	68	159	30	1	13	81	0	0	38	59	.313	.373	.453	.825	121	230	14	12	0	3	2	*2
2004	32	PHI	NL	131	529	476	58	129	31	1	17	61	1	1	37	69	.271	.335	.447	.783	97	213	19	11	1	4	2	*2
2005	33	PHI	NL	118	443	392	48	103	25	0	12	47	0	0	35	35	.263	.336	.418	.755	93	164	6	11	0	5	14	*2
2006	34	PHI-min	AAA,AA	4	13	12	3	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.500	.962		6	0	1	0	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
2006	34	PHI	NL	67	230	209	22	57	14	0	9	36	0	0	8	19	.273	.316	.469	.784	94	98	5	6	5	2	0	2
2007	35	LAD	NL	38	82	77	6	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.234	.280	.260	.540	41	20	2	1	0	0	0	2/D
14 Yrs				1212	4695	4218	534	1155	257	10	150	610	8	7	335	571	.274	.337	.446	.783	101	1882	114	89	10	43	34
162 Game Avg.				162	628	564	71	154	34	1	20	82	1	1	45	76	.274	.337	.446	.783	101	252	15	12	1	6	5

PHI (13 yrs)				1174	4613	4141	528	1137	255	10	150	609	8	7	331	560	.275	.338	.450	.788	102	1862	112	88	10	43	34
LAD (1 yr)				38	82	77	6	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.234	.280	.260	.540	41	20	2	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	Awards
1994	22	PHI	NL	24	84	-1	0	-0	-3	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	0.2	-0.2	2	$109,000	2
1995	23	PHI	NL	16	54	-2	-0	-0	-2	1	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.3	.473	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$109,000	2
1996	24	PHI	NL	50	182	-3	-1	0	1	2	-0	-0.1	5	5	0.4	.499	.500	0.3	0.3	4	$125,000	2
1997	25	PHI	NL	134	510	-4	-2	1	-1	7	0	-0.0	14	14	1.3	.500	.500	1.5	0.5	16	$215,000	*2/D
1998	26	PHI	NL	86	342	-9	-1	0	2	4	-3	-0.4	9	6	0.5	.496	.498	0.4	0.6	4	$1,200,000	2
1999	27	PHI	NL	145	574	15	-2	-2	0	8	18	1.7	16	34	3.2	.512	.511	3.2	0.7	34	$2,250,000	*2	AS,GG
2000	28	PHI	NL	108	438	4	-1	-2	5	6	12	1.1	12	23	2.2	.510	.507	1.8	1.0	18	$4,833,333	2	AS
2001	29	PHI	NL	34	136	-5	-0	-0	1	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.0	0.3	0	$6,333,333	2
2002	30	PHI	NL	130	530	11	-2	-1	-3	7	12	1.2	15	27	2.6	.510	.508	3.0	0.4	30	$7,333,333	*2
2003	31	PHI	NL	131	561	16	-2	-1	-9	8	12	1.1	16	27	2.6	.509	.507	3.5	-0.1	36	$7,250,000	*2
2004	32	PHI	NL	131	529	-3	-2	-3	-9	7	-10	-1.0	14	5	0.4	.493	.494	1.3	-0.2	14	$7,500,000	*2
2005	33	PHI	NL	118	443	-4	-2	0	-14	7	-13	-1.3	12	-1	-0.2	.489	.492	1.3	-0.7	13	$7,500,000	*2
2006	34	PHI	NL	67	230	2	-1	-0	-1	3	3	0.3	6	9	0.9	.504	.502	1.0	0.2	10	$7,500,000	2
2007	35	LAD	NL	38	82	-7	-0	-0	1	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.486	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$1,150,000	2/D
14 Seasons				1212	4695	9	-17	-7	-32	63	16	1.0	128	144	13.3	.501	.501	17.0	3.0	176	$53,407,999

PHI (13 yrs)				1174	4613	15	-16	-7	-33	62	21	1.5	126	147	13.6	.502	.501	17.4	2.8	180	$52,257,999
LAD (1 yr)				38	82	-7	-0	-0	1	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.486	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$1,150,000

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
1994	22	PHI	NL	84	63	8	3.4	111	.274	.266	.277	.301	.344	.367	.433	.668	.777	72	.338	-3.6	-0.4	.532	.139	.101	.0
1995	23	PHI	NL	54	38	5	3.5	106	.286	.255	.270	.327	.339	.298	.419	.625	.758	68	.360	-2.1	-0.2	.528	.149	.043
1996	24	PHI	NL	182	132	21	4.3	106	.263	.253	.269	.297	.338	.428	.420	.724	.758	90	.443	-2.7	-0.3	.648	.235	.175	.0
1997	25	PHI	NL	510	364	63	4.6	108	.251	.246	.271	.314	.342	.442	.425	.755	.767	96	.478	-3.5	-0.3	.695	.290	.196	5.2
1998	26	PHI	NL	342	243	39	4.3	109	.271	.256	.271	.304	.342	.399	.428	.703	.770	82	.445	-8.9	-0.9	.630	.201	.144	3.2
1999	27	PHI	NL	574	381	100	7.0	119	.304	.300	.280	.363	.356	.551	.452	.914	.808	124	.626	18.0	1.6	.903	.337	.251	.0
2000	28	PHI	NL	438	296	64	5.8	116	.287	.278	.273	.352	.351	.470	.446	.822	.797	106	.537	3.7	0.3	.788	.301	.193	3.5
2001	29	PHI	NL	136	95	14	3.9	109	.265	.231	.265	.316	.336	.347	.434	.663	.770	74	.391	-4.4	-0.4	.600	.215	.116	.0
2002	30	PHI	NL	530	362	71	5.2	102	.291	.279	.259	.349	.332	.443	.412	.792	.743	113	.541	9.5	0.9	.728	.242	.164	.0
2003	31	PHI	NL	561	366	85	6.2	103	.333	.313	.260	.373	.331	.453	.417	.825	.748	121	.605	17.1	1.6	.771	.215	.140	.0
2004	32	PHI	NL	529	372	68	4.9	115	.284	.271	.275	.335	.348	.447	.446	.783	.794	97	.488	-2.9	-0.3	.711	.254	.176	1.9
2005	33	PHI	NL	443	300	56	5.0	112	.260	.263	.274	.336	.345	.418	.437	.755	.782	93	.514	-3.6	-0.4	.712	.245	.156	.0
2006	34	PHI	NL	230	164	30	4.9	117	.262	.273	.278	.316	.350	.469	.452	.784	.801	94	.482	-2.6	-0.2	.713	.234	.196	.0
2007	35	LAD	NL	82	61	5	2.2	112	.273	.234	.274	.280	.344	.260	.438	.540	.781	41	.178	-7.0	-0.7	.410	.078	.026
14 Yrs				4695	3237	629	5.2	111	.284	.274	.271	.337	.343	.446	.433	.783	.776	101	.518	6.9	0.6	.725	.252	.172	15.2
162 Game Avg.				628	433	84	5.2	111	.284	.274	.271	.337	.343	.446	.433	.783	.776	101	.518	1	0	.725	.252	.172	2

PHI (13 yrs)				4613	3176	624	5.3	111	.284	.275	.271	.338	.343	.450	.433	.788	.776	102	.524	13.9	1.2	.731	.255	.175	15.2
LAD (1 yr)				82	61	5	2.2	112	.273	.234	.274	.280	.344	.260	.438	.540	.781	41	.178	-7.0	-0.7	.410	.078	.026

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1999	PHI	NL	27	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2000	PHI	NL	28	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)				3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	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
1994	22	PHI	NL	84	1.2%	6.0%	3.6%	6.0%	24%	1.67	15.8	79.0	15.8	1.00	1.07	87%	11%	3.0%	11%
1995	23	PHI	NL	54	0.0%	9.3%	9.3%	3.7%	17%	1.00	9.4		11.8	0.56	0.65	78%	23%	0.0%	19%
1996	24	PHI	NL	182	3.9%	16.5%	5.5%	8.2%	36%	3.00	5.5	23.7	7.2	0.65	0.85	73%	24%	11.1%	24%
1997	25	PHI	NL	510	3.9%	14.9%	8.6%	9.4%	43%	1.73	6.0	22.8	5.9	0.71	0.85	72%	23%	11.6%	22%
1998	26	PHI	NL	342	2.3%	12.9%	5.0%	7.6%	33%	2.59	7.1	39.1	7.0	0.61	0.66	78%	23%	5.8%	18%
1999	27	PHI	NL	574	5.4%	15.0%	7.7%	11.3%	43%	1.95	5.9	16.5	5.3	0.62	0.93	70%	21%	13.6%	15%
2000	28	PHI	NL	438	3.4%	12.1%	9.1%	10.3%	42%	1.33	7.3	25.9	5.5	0.56	0.71	74%	27%	9.1%	21%
2001	29	PHI	NL	136	1.5%	15.4%	8.8%	7.4%	36%	1.75	5.8	60.5	11.0	0.45	0.59	72%	26%	3.7%	19%
2002	30	PHI	NL	530	2.8%	10.9%	7.2%	8.7%	35%	1.53	8.2	31.7	9.2	0.53	0.78	76%	25%	6.7%	15%
2003	31	PHI	NL	561	2.3%	10.5%	6.8%	7.8%	28%	1.55	8.6	39.1	6.3	0.61	0.86	78%	26%	5.4%	14%
2004	32	PHI	NL	529	3.2%	13.0%	7.0%	9.3%	38%	1.86	6.9	28.0	7.8	0.51	0.69	74%	21%	7.4%	16%
2005	33	PHI	NL	443	2.7%	7.9%	7.9%	8.4%	36%	1.00	11.2	32.7	8.3	0.61	0.71	79%	20%	6.0%	12%
2006	34	PHI	NL	230	3.9%	8.3%	3.5%	10.0%	40%	2.38	11.0	23.2	5.8	0.67	0.84	80%	14%	8.9%	12%
2007	35	LAD	NL	82	0.0%	13.4%	4.9%	2.4%	11%	2.75	7.0		77.0	0.89	1.00	80%	17%	0.0%	31%
14 Yrs				4695	3.2%	12.2%	7.1%	8.9%	36%	1.70	7.4	28.1	6.9	0.60	0.79	75%	22%	7.9%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.90	5.3	31.9	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	22	PHI	NL	-3.6	-0.4	86	0.0	1.8	-1.8	1.11	0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.97	0.6	2.41	2
1995	23	PHI	NL	-2.2	-0.2	54	-0.0	0.9	-0.9	1.13	-0.2	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.96	-3.2	0.01	2
1996	24	PHI	NL	-3.0	-0.3	182	-0.5	3.2	-3.7	1.11	-0.1	-0.4	-7.8	-0.8	1.01	-2.5	2.08	8
1997	25	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.3	522	-1.3	8.8	-10.1	1.05	-0.4	-0.9	0.3	0.0	0.96	3.8	1.62	9
1998	26	PHI	NL	-8.9	-0.9	348	-0.6	7.3	-7.8	1.25	-0.7	0.2	-9.6	-0.9	0.97	-7.7	2.42	6
1999	27	PHI	NL	17.3	1.6	581	1.0	11.7	-10.8	1.03	2.0	-1.1	14.9	1.3	0.97	17.4	2.44	4
2000	28	PHI	NL	3.7	0.3	447	-1.0	8.2	-9.2	1.12	0.3	-1.2	7.4	0.7	0.98	3.9	2.36	4
2001	29	PHI	NL	-4.6	-0.4	138	-0.3	2.2	-2.6	1.12	-0.3	0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.96	-2.6	1.37	1
2002	30	PHI	NL	9.5	0.9	537	0.3	10.5	-10.2	1.13	0.4	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.99	6.0	2.58	3
2003	31	PHI	NL	17.1	1.6	566	1.0	10.8	-9.8	1.06	1.5	-0.6	28.8	2.8	1.01	20.6	5.22	2
2004	32	PHI	NL	-2.9	-0.3	535	-1.6	9.9	-11.6	1.11	0.1	-1.6	-18.7	-1.7	0.98	-2.4	2.82	5
2005	33	PHI	NL	-3.6	-0.4	448	-0.1	6.5	-6.6	.89	0.2	-0.3	1.6	0.1	0.96	2.7	0.00	1
2006	34	PHI	NL	-2.6	-0.2	233	-0.2	4.0	-4.2	.99	0.5	-0.7	6.7	0.6	0.97	5.9	1.57	7
2007	35	LAD	NL	-7.0	-0.7	83	-0.8	0.6	-1.5	.84	-0.6	-0.4	-9.9	-0.9	0.92	-9.2	1.31	10
14 Yrs				5.7	0.4	4760	-4.2	86.5	-90.7	1.07	2.9	-6.8	6.2	0.5	0.98	33.2	1.99	64

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
1994	22	PHI	NL	3	21%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20%	5	3	1	1	0	1	4	4	0
1995	23	PHI	NL	0	6%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
1996	24	PHI	NL	2	30%	68	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18%	11	10	1	1	1	0	5	2	2
1997	25	PHI	NL	5	28%	183	3	4	43%	3	4	0	1	1	4	8	37%	26	19	7	8	3	4	12	5	6
1998	26	PHI	NL	3	32%	124	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	43%	14	10	4	4	1	3	10	4	5
1999	27	PHI	NL	4	30%	187	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	15	29%	28	23	5	5	2	2	25	14	10
2000	28	PHI	NL	5	29%	162	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	3	10	26%	34	26	8	8	5	2	13	8	4
2001	29	PHI	NL	1	46%	48	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	6	38%	5	3	2	5	3	2	6	3	2
2002	30	PHI	NL	6	18%	217	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	5	11	30%	25	18	7	6	3	3	13	9	3
2003	31	PHI	NL	2	28%	255	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	11	24%	40	33	6	7	4	3	19	10	7
2004	32	PHI	NL	3	26%	204	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	3	9	24%	20	17	3	8	7	1	17	8	7
2005	33	PHI	NL	7	26%	181	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	9	30%	19	15	3	1	1	0	23	11	10
2006	34	PHI	NL	6	21%	75	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	7	15%	11	9	2	1	1	0	8	6	1
2007	35	LAD	NL	0	26%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14%	3	3	0	2	1	1	2	2	0
14 Yrs				47	27%	1770	8	7	53%	7	7	1	4	2	38	96	28%	243	191	49	57	32	22	160	89	57

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	22	PHI	NL	84	19%	21	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.41	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	20	4	20%	10	4	40%	48	5	10%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
1995	23	PHI	NL	54	22%	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	15	1	7%	9	4	44%	39	4	10%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	0
1996	24	PHI	NL	182	16%	42	5	0	8	1	0	1	2.08	7	0	10	6	1	4	3	0	1	0	0%	41	4	10%	21	9	43%	134	16	12%	11	6	55%	7	4	57%	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	510	24%	112	11	0	9	1	0	0	1.62	20	1	15	15	5	11	9	0	0	0		93	10	11%	48	16	33%	343	60	17%	35	19	54%	20	11	55%	0
1998	26	PHI	NL	342	22%	80	21	0	6	2	1	2	2.42	8	0	14	6	2	5	3	0	0	0		63	4	6%	39	12	31%	231	40	17%	29	13	45%	13	8	62%	0
1999	27	PHI	NL	574	24%	153	9	0	4	0	0	0	2.44	31	1	19	21	10	10	21	0	1	1	100%	117	15	13%	47	17	36%	396	69	17%	39	26	67%	20	11	55%	0
2000	28	PHI	NL	438	21%	108	7	0	4	0	0	0	2.36	15	0	15	11	4	8	7	0	0	0		85	12	14%	39	14	36%	314	57	18%	31	20	65%	21	12	57%	0
2001	29	PHI	NL	136	21%	28	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.37	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		23	2	9%	10	3	30%	80	9	11%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
2002	30	PHI	NL	530	23%	133	8	0	3	0	0	0	2.58	15	0	21	9	6	7	8	0	0	0		107	16	15%	45	13	29%	357	38	11%	24	10	42%	15	5	33%	0
2003	31	PHI	NL	561	23%	159	5	0	2	1	0	0	5.22	13	1	19	12	1	6	7	0	0	0		117	14	12%	44	10	23%	412	72	17%	23	16	70%	22	13	59%	0
2004	32	PHI	NL	529	21%	129	5	0	5	1	0	0	2.82	17	0	19	13	4	8	9	0	1	1	100%	112	19	17%	56	17	30%	382	47	12%	36	13	36%	24	9	38%	0
2005	33	PHI	NL	443	22%	103	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	12	0	16	10	2	6	6	0	0	0		97	6	6%	46	12	26%	282	36	13%	28	16	57%	13	7	54%	0
2006	34	PHI	NL	230	20%	57	3	0	7	1	0	0	1.57	9	1	6	7	2	5	4	0	5	5	100%	49	5	10%	21	10	48%	164	28	17%	17	10	59%	8	4	50%	0
2007	35	LAD	NL	82	23%	18	0	0	10	3	0	0	1.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	2	11%	7	1	14%	52	1	2%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
14 Yrs				4695	22%	1155	85	0	64	11	1	4	1.99	150	4	158	113	37	71	79	0	11	10	91%	958	114	12%	442	142	32%	3234	482	15%	287	153	53%	178	92	52%	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	22	PHI	NL	84	268	3.19	168	63%	31%	8%	17%	45%	69%	0%	43%	89%	30%	5%	4	0	14%	12	3	12%	10	6	20%	0	0	0
1995	23	PHI	NL	54	195	3.61	122	63%	25%	9%	30%	36%	75%	0%	47%	88%	30%	2%	1	0	11%	6	4	9%	5	2	0%	0	0	0
1996	24	PHI	NL	136	471	3.46	289	61%	25%	16%	23%	36%	75%	0%	46%	79%	30%	7%	10	1	15%	20	7	10%	13	8	36%	46	0	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	463	1702	3.68	1052	62%	24%	14%	29%	33%	76%	1%	47%	81%	33%	5%	22	3	15%	69	28	9%	40	25	36%	47	0	2
1998	26	PHI	NL	344	1222	3.55	764	63%	23%	12%	29%	36%	77%	1%	48%	85%	27%	5%	16	4	15%	52	28	6%	22	17	16%	-2	0	0
1999	27	PHI	NL	577	2140	3.71	1330	62%	19%	16%	32%	33%	81%	3%	50%	80%	35%	4%	25	5	16%	91	46	5%	29	18	21%	-3	0	0
2000	28	PHI	NL	438	1593	3.64	971	61%	23%	13%	30%	35%	77%	1%	47%	84%	35%	6%	26	6	16%	71	30	9%	41	25	34%	0	0	0
2001	29	PHI	NL	137	501	3.66	317	63%	25%	12%	31%	32%	75%	3%	48%	84%	34%	4%	6	1	16%	22	10	7%	10	5	29%	-1	0	0
2002	30	PHI	NL	533	1857	3.48	1171	63%	21%	13%	30%	36%	79%	1%	50%	83%	32%	4%	22	2	16%	83	39	7%	38	24	24%	-3	0	0
2003	31	PHI	NL	563	2031	3.61	1247	61%	26%	10%	28%	36%	74%	1%	46%	86%	26%	6%	36	1	18%	104	41	10%	54	37	22%	-2	0	0
2004	32	PHI	NL	529	1945	3.68	1222	63%	24%	12%	30%	34%	76%	1%	48%	84%	30%	4%	22	0	13%	70	26	8%	43	25	20%	0	0	0
2005	33	PHI	NL	445	1520	3.42	941	62%	25%	9%	28%	38%	75%	9%	46%	88%	29%	8%	34	1	16%	73	17	7%	32	28	23%	-2	0	0
2006	34	PHI	NL	230	737	3.20	481	65%	22%	12%	25%	41%	78%	0%	51%	85%	33%	2%	5	0	12%	28	14	4%	10	7	16%	0	0	0
2007	35	LAD	NL	82	278	3.39	176	63%	18%	19%	26%	38%	82%	0%	52%	77%	38%	4%	3	1	9%	7	3	7%	6	3	9%	0	0	0
14 Yrs				4615	16460	3.57	10251	62%	23%	12%	29%	35%	77%	2%	48%	84%	31%	5%	232	25	15%	708	296	8%	353	230	24%	80	0	2
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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1994	22	24	84	79	6	21	3	1	1	5	0	0	3	5	.266	.301	.367	.668	72	29	4	1	1	0	0
1995	23	40	138	126	7	33	5	1	1	9	0	0	8	10	.262	.311	.341	.652	71	43	5	1	3	0	0
1996	24	90	320	292	28	75	13	1	8	32	0	0	18	40	.257	.303	.390	.693	81	114	9	3	3	4	0
1997	25	224	830	747	87	187	40	2	28	109	3	4	62	116	.250	.310	.422	.731	90	315	19	7	3	11	1
1998	26	310	1172	1060	126	267	55	5	36	154	5	5	79	160	.252	.308	.415	.723	88	440	23	14	3	16	2
1999	27	455	1746	1570	210	420	88	6	67	250	5	5	123	246	.268	.326	.459	.785	100	721	38	25	4	24	9
2000	28	563	2184	1959	265	528	118	6	82	321	7	5	163	299	.270	.331	.461	.793	101	904	50	31	4	27	12
2001	29	597	2320	2080	286	556	126	6	84	332	7	5	175	320	.267	.330	.455	.785	100	946	52	34	4	27	14
2002	30	727	2850	2556	332	689	155	8	99	384	7	6	213	378	.270	.334	.453	.786	102	1157	68	48	4	29	16
2003	31	858	3411	3064	400	848	185	9	112	465	7	6	251	437	.277	.340	.453	.793	105	1387	82	60	4	32	18
2004	32	989	3940	3540	458	977	216	10	129	526	8	7	288	506	.276	.340	.452	.791	104	1600	101	71	5	36	20
2005	33	1107	4383	3932	506	1080	241	10	141	573	8	7	323	541	.275	.339	.449	.788	103	1764	107	82	5	41	34
2006	34	1174	4613	4141	528	1137	255	10	150	609	8	7	331	560	.275	.338	.450	.788	102	1862	112	88	10	43	34
2007	35	1212	4695	4218	534	1155	257	10	150	610	8	7	335	571	.274	.337	.446	.783	101	1882	114	89	10	43	34

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	22	34	117	111	8	29	4	1	1	7	0	4	7	.261	.293	.342	.635	11	24
1995	23	18	58	51	1	12	2	0	0	4	0	5	6	.235	.304	.275	.578	4	16
1996	24	50	181	165	20	41	8	0	7	22	0	10	30	.248	.293	.424	.717	20	50
1997	25	134	506	452	56	109	26	1	19	74	3	43	76	.241	.308	.429	.738	60	134
1998	26	86	340	311	37	78	15	3	8	43	2	17	44	.251	.300	.395	.695	35	86
1999	27	145	555	496	71	139	30	1	28	82	0	40	86	.280	.341	.514	.855	85	145
2000	28	108	427	381	49	100	28	0	14	63	2	37	53	.262	.335	.446	.781	56	108
2001	29	34	135	120	20	27	8	0	2	10	0	12	21	.225	.311	.342	.653	12	34
2002	30	130	535	480	48	137	30	2	15	55	0	39	58	.285	.355	.450	.805	74	130
2003	31	131	566	512	70	163	31	1	13	84	0	39	59	.318	.378	.459	.837	86	131
2004	32	131	519	469	53	122	29	1	16	56	1	35	69	.260	.322	.429	.751	63	131
2005	33	118	438	388	45	99	24	0	12	44	0	34	35	.255	.329	.410	.739	50	118
2006	34	67	225	205	19	53	13	0	8	32	0	7	19	.259	.300	.439	.739	26	67
2007	35	38	81	76	6	17	2	0	0	1	0	4	11	.224	.272	.250	.522	5	38
14 Yrs		1224	4683	4217	503	1126	250	10	143	577	8	326	574	.267	.329	.433	.762	587	1212
162 Game Avg.		162	620	558	67	149	33	1	19	76	1	43	76	.267	.329	.433	.762	78	1212

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1999 * 2000 *	Gold Gloves 1999 NL (C)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1999 NL 11 (8th) 2002 NL 14 (5th) 2003 NL 12 (8th) Career 89 (110th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1999 NL 8 (8th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2005 NL 14 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 15 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 29 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Chris Iannetta (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Montero (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Romano (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jorge Posada (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Hernandez (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Hernandez (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Varitek (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Varitek (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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