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Adam Lind

Adam Alan Lind

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 17, 1983 in Anderson, IN
High School: Highland (Anderson, IN)
School: University of South Alabama
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2006
Team: BlueJays 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$17.4M (10-13) & 14-16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.085, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: John Courtright [*]
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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
2006 22 TOR AL 18 65 60 8 22 8 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .367 .415 .600 1.015 159 36 0 0 0 0 0 /
2007 23 TOR AL 89 311 290 34 69 14 0 11 46 1 2 16 65 .238 .278 .400 .678 77 116 7 1 2 2 0
2008 24 TOR AL 88 349 326 48 92 16 4 9 40 2 0 16 59 .282 .316 .439 .755 100 143 8 2 1 4 3
2009 25 TOR AL 151 654 587 93 179 46 0 35 114 1 1 58 110 .305 .370 .562 .932 142 330 15 5 0 4 7 MVP-15,SS
2010 26 TOR AL 150 613 569 57 135 32 3 23 72 0 0 38 144 .237 .287 .425 .712 91 242 10 3 0 3 3 3
2011 27 TOR AL 125 542 499 56 125 16 0 26 87 1 1 32 107 .251 .295 .439 .734 95 219 12 3 0 8 4 *3D
6 Seasons 621 2534 2331 296 622 132 7 106 367 5 4 165 497 .267 .316 .466 .782 106 1086 52 14 3 21 17
162 Game Avg. 162 661 608 77 162 34 2 28 96 1 1 43 130 .267 .316 .466 .782 106 283 14 4 1 5 4

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 Awards
2006 22 TOR AL 65 5 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ /
2007 23 TOR AL 311 -11 0 0 0 6 -4 11 2 0.2 -4 -0.4 0.6 $
2008 24 TOR AL 349 -1 3 0 0 -2 -5 12 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $
2009 25 TOR AL 654 33 -0 0 -1 -7 -12 21 34 3.3 41 3.9 -0.6 $411,800 MVP-15,SS
2010 26 TOR AL 613 -9 -3 -3 1 3 -13 21 -4 -0.4 -7 -0.7 0.3 $550,000 3
2011 27 TOR AL 542 -6 -1 1 0 3 -9 18 7 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $5,150,000 *3D
6 Seasons 2534 12 -2 -2 1 1 -44 85 50 4.9 49 4.7 0.2 $6,111,800

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
2006 22 TOR AL 65 38 15 10.5 111 .435 .367 .276 .415 .340 .600 .437 1.015 .777 159 .783 5.5 0.5 1.079 .317 .233 .0
2007 23 TOR AL 311 234 30 3.4 107 .269 .238 .271 .278 .338 .400 .423 .678 .762 77 .329 -11.0 -1.0 .574 .214 .162 1.8
2008 24 TOR AL 349 247 44 4.8 104 .317 .282 .266 .316 .333 .439 .416 .755 .750 100 .482 -0.9 -0.1 .674 .212 .156 3.3
2009 25 TOR AL 654 428 120 7.5 107 .323 .305 .267 .370 .336 .562 .428 .932 .764 142 .671 35.6 3.3 .927 .356 .257 1.9
2010 26 TOR AL 613 447 69 4.1 101 .277 .237 .263 .287 .330 .425 .410 .712 .741 91 .443 -9.8 -1.0 .637 .255 .188 .0
2011 27 TOR AL 542 395 63 4.3 103 .265 .251 .264 .295 .330 .439 .418 .734 .747 95 .465 -5.5 -0.6 .656 .253 .188 1.9
6 Seasons 2534 1789 341 5.1 104 .295 .267 .266 .316 .333 .466 .420 .782 .753 106 .521 13.9 1.2 .717 .270 .199 9.6
162 Game Avg. 661 467 89 5.1 104 .295 .267 .266 .316 .333 .466 .420 .782 .753 106 .521 4 0 .717 .270 .199 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
2006 22 TOR AL 65 3.1% 18.5% 7.7% 15.4% 46% 2.40 5.0 30.0 7.5 0.55 0.56 71% 17% 7.4% 13%
2007 23 TOR AL 311 3.5% 20.9% 5.1% 8.0% 36% 4.06 4.5 26.4 6.3 0.83 1.42 69% 21% 10.0% 11%
2008 24 TOR AL 349 2.6% 16.9% 4.6% 8.3% 32% 3.69 5.5 36.2 8.2 1.07 1.42 75% 18% 7.2% 5%
2009 25 TOR AL 654 5.4% 16.8% 8.9% 12.4% 45% 1.90 5.3 16.8 5.1 0.76 1.30 68% 21% 13.8% 7%
2010 26 TOR AL 613 3.8% 23.5% 6.2% 9.5% 43% 3.79 4.0 24.7 7.9 0.67 0.95 66% 21% 9.7% 8%
2011 27 TOR AL 542 4.8% 19.7% 5.9% 7.8% 34% 3.34 4.7 19.2 5.7 0.69 0.97 69% 20% 12.9% 15%
6 Seasons 2534 4.2% 19.6% 6.5% 9.7% 39% 3.01 4.7 22.0 6.4 0.76 1.14 69% 20% 11.1% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 TOR AL 5.5 0.5 66 0.3 1.7 -1.4 1.30 0.2 0.0 2.7 0.2 1.05 3.6 0.68 3
2007 23 TOR AL -11.1 -1.0 316 0.3 5.8 -5.5 .97 -0.9 1.2 -6.0 -0.6 0.94 -12.5 1.52 11
2008 24 TOR AL -1.1 -0.1 355 0.9 6.9 -6.0 1.03 0.1 0.7 2.2 0.2 0.97 -0.9 1.56 1
2009 25 TOR AL 35.3 3.3 666 2.7 14.0 -11.3 1.04 3.0 -0.4 36.4 3.4 0.94 31.8 3.27 4
2010 26 TOR AL -8.6 -0.8 615 0.3 10.3 -10.0 .90 0.3 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 4.0 2.27 5
2011 27 TOR AL -5.5 -0.6 545 0.0 10.8 -10.8 1.13 -0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 1.07 -1.5 0
6 Seasons 14.5 1.2 2563 4.6 49.5 -44.9 1.02 2.7 1.8 35.3 3.3 0.97 24.4 1.86 24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 TOR AL 0 0 24% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 30% 3 3 0 2 1 1 5 2 2
2007 23 TOR AL 4 0 31% 91 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 54% 14 8 6 2 1 1 8 2 6
2008 24 TOR AL 3 0 39% 116 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 40% 17 11 6 10 6 4 13 7 6
2009 25 TOR AL 6 0 28% 265 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 40% 35 21 13 17 12 5 21 10 11
2010 26 TOR AL 1 0 22% 178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 26% 16 13 3 7 4 2 15 8 5
2011 27 TOR AL 6 0 22% 166 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 26% 25 17 8 4 4 0 9 7 2
6 Seasons 20 0 27% 842 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 39 36% 110 73 36 42 28 13 71 36 32

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
2006 22 TOR AL 65 83% 22 1 0 3 1 0 1 0.68 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 0% 4 2 50% 51 6 12% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2007 23 TOR AL 311 76% 69 2 0 11 3 1 3 1.52 11 0 8 9 2 10 1 0 2 2 100% 54 7 13% 32 11 34% 186 38 20% 17 9 53% 9 7 78% 0
2008 24 TOR AL 349 72% 92 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.56 9 0 15 7 2 2 7 0 1 1 100% 69 8 12% 28 12 43% 222 34 15% 16 12 75% 15 14 93% 0
2009 25 TOR AL 654 73% 179 15 0 4 2 0 1 3.27 35 1 16 28 7 14 21 0 0 0 124 15 12% 57 25 44% 423 79 19% 35 19 54% 38 24 63% 0
2010 26 TOR AL 613 76% 135 7 0 5 1 1 1 2.27 23 0 12 21 2 15 8 0 0 0 122 10 8% 52 16 31% 358 51 14% 24 13 54% 29 18 62% 0
2011 27 TOR AL 542 73% 125 5 0 0 0 0 0 26 2 23 23 3 12 14 0 0 0 132 12 9% 55 19 35% 408 63 15% 36 20 56% 19 12 63% 0
6 Seasons 2534 74% 622 42 0 24 8 2 7 1.86 106 3 77 90 16 53 53 0 3 3 100% 514 52 10% 228 85 37% 1648 271 16% 130 74 57% 112 76 68% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 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
2006 22 TOR AL 65 262 4.03 186 71% 24% 13% 37% 26% 76% 0% 54% 82% 34% 2% 1 0 9% 6 2 14% 9 7 25% 0 0 0
2007 23 TOR AL 311 1181 3.80 798 68% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 0% 50% 77% 23% 4% 11 0 11% 33 14 5% 15 14 23% 0 0 0
2008 24 TOR AL 349 1304 3.74 882 68% 27% 12% 30% 31% 73% 3% 49% 83% 24% 5% 18 1 13% 45 20 7% 24 15 17% 0 0 0
2009 25 TOR AL 654 2636 4.03 1644 62% 31% 12% 27% 29% 69% 3% 43% 82% 15% 6% 37 3 17% 111 47 9% 62 41 30% 0 0 0
2010 26 TOR AL 613 2334 3.81 1528 65% 25% 18% 29% 28% 75% 1% 49% 76% 25% 5% 30 0 13% 82 33 6% 36 22 18% 0 0 0
2011 27 TOR AL 545 1916 3.52 1244 65% 23% 17% 27% 32% 77% 2% 50% 78% 27% 5% 28 0 14% 76 37 7% 36 22 19% -3 0 0
6 Seasons 2537 9633 3.80 6282 65% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 2% 48% 79% 23% 5% 125 4 14% 353 153 7% 182 121 22% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 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
2006 22 18 65 60 8 22 8 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .367 .415 .600 1.015 159 36 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 107 376 350 42 91 22 0 13 54 1 2 21 77 .260 .302 .434 .736 91 152 7 1 2 2 0
2008 24 195 725 676 90 183 38 4 22 94 3 2 37 136 .271 .309 .436 .745 96 295 15 3 3 6 3
2009 25 346 1379 1263 183 362 84 4 57 208 4 3 95 246 .287 .338 .495 .833 117 625 30 8 3 10 10
2010 26 496 1992 1832 240 497 116 7 80 280 4 3 133 390 .271 .322 .473 .796 109 867 40 11 3 13 13
2011 27 621 2534 2331 296 622 132 7 106 367 5 4 165 497 .267 .316 .466 .782 106 1086 52 14 3 21 17

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 18 64 59 7 21 8 0 2 7 0 5 12 .356 .406 .593 .999 14 18
2007 23 89 307 288 33 67 14 0 11 44 1 16 65 .233 .274 .396 .669 31 89
2008 24 88 348 326 48 92 16 4 9 40 2 16 59 .282 .316 .439 .755 45 88
2009 25 151 651 585 91 177 45 0 35 112 1 57 110 .303 .367 .559 .926 119 151
2010 26 150 617 572 60 138 33 3 24 75 0 39 144 .241 .292 .435 .727 72 150
2011 27 125 542 499 56 125 16 0 26 87 1 32 107 .251 .295 .439 .734 65 125
6 Seasons 621 2529 2329 295 620 132 7 107 365 5 165 497 .266 .316 .467 .783 346 621
162 Game Avg. 162 660 608 77 162 34 2 28 95 1 43 130 .266 .316 .467 .783 90 621

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (15, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (DH)

Slugging % s c a p y
2009 AL  .562 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2009 AL  .932 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  330 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2009 AL  46 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  35 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 AL  114 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2010 AL  144 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL  141 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  120 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  35 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.3 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  81 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 AL  8 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 AL  16.8 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  36.43 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.0 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.4 (6th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1252), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Willie Aikens (946)
  8. Ben Broussard (945)
  9. Daryle Ward (941)
  10. Cody Ross (940)
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  6. Frank Thomas (953)
  7. Eric Karros (946)
  8. Kevin McReynolds (944)
  9. Joe Adcock (943)
  10. Torii Hunter (940)
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  3. Lee May (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee May (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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