Todd Linden
Todd A. Linden
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 30, 1980 in Edmonds, WA
High School: Central Kitsap (Silverdale, WA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed September 4, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 2003
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 18 39 38 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 8 .211 .231 .316 .547 42 12 2 0 0 0 0 /79
2004 24 SFG NL 16 40 32 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .156 .289 .188 .477 27 6 0 1 2 0 0 /79
2005 25 SFG NL 60 187 171 20 37 8 0 4 13 3 0 10 54 .216 .280 .333 .613 60 57 5 5 1 0 0 97
2006 26 SFG NL 61 89 77 15 21 4 2 2 5 1 0 9 20 .273 .356 .455 .811 107 35 2 1 2 0 0 79
2007 27 TOT NL 115 204 184 21 45 8 1 1 11 4 0 19 59 .245 .319 .315 .634 67 58 4 1 0 0 1 789
2007 27 SFG NL 30 60 55 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 23 .182 .250 .200 .450 18 11 0 0 0 0 1 7/89
2007 27 FLA NL 85 144 129 15 35 7 1 1 8 4 0 14 36 .271 .347 .364 .712 87 47 4 1 0 0 0 7/98
5 Seasons 270 559 502 64 116 22 3 8 36 8 0 44 148 .231 .303 .335 .638 66 168 13 8 5 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 335 301 38 70 13 2 5 22 5 0 26 89 .231 .303 .335 .638 66 101 8 5 3 0 1
SFG (5 yrs) 185 415 373 49 81 15 2 7 28 4 0 30 112 .217 .288 .324 .612 59 121 9 7 5 0 1
FLA (1 yr) 85 144 129 15 35 7 1 1 8 4 0 14 36 .271 .347 .364 .712 87 47 4 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 39 32 2 1.7 108 .241 .211 .267 .231 .339 .316 .429 .547 .768 42 .121 -3.5 -0.3 .406 .132 .105 .0
2004 24 SFG NL 40 29 2 1.8 112 .200 .156 .271 .289 .343 .188 .439 .477 .782 27 .138 -3.4 -0.3 .444 .188 .031
2005 25 SFG NL 187 140 16 3.0 109 .292 .216 .270 .280 .340 .333 .430 .613 .770 60 .302 -10.6 -1.0 .540 .193 .117 3.4
2006 26 SFG NL 89 60 13 5.8 113 .345 .273 .272 .356 .343 .455 .442 .811 .785 107 .559 0.6 0.1 .793 .312 .182 1.3
2007 27 TOT NL 204 143 20 3.8 110 .355 .245 .271 .319 .340 .315 .433 .634 .772 67 .366 -9.0 -0.8 .573 .196 .071 1.6
2007 27 SFG NL 60 45 3 1.8 112 .313 .182 .274 .250 .344 .200 .438 .450 .781 18 .129 -6.9 -0.6 .356 .109 .018
2007 27 FLA NL 144 98 17 4.7 108 .370 .271 .269 .347 .338 .364 .430 .712 .768 87 .461 -2.1 -0.2 .673 .233 .093 1.6
5 Seasons 559 404 53 3.5 110 .312 .231 .270 .303 .341 .335 .433 .638 .774 66 .345 -25.9 -2.5 .571 .207 .104 8.0
162 Game Avg. 335 242 32 3.5 110 .312 .231 .270 .303 .341 .335 .433 .638 .774 66 .345 -25.9 -2.5 .571 .207 .104 5
SFG (5 yrs) 415 306 36 3.1 110 .291 .217 .271 .288 .341 .324 .434 .612 .776 59 .304 -23.8 -2.3 .538 .198 .107 5.1
FLA (1 yr) 144 98 17 4.7 108 .370 .271 .269 .347 .338 .364 .430 .712 .768 87 .461 -2.1 -0.2 .673 .233 .093 1.6

Ratio Batting*

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 39 2.6% 20.5% 2.6% 5.1% 25% 8.00 4.8 38.0 6.3 0.76 1.00 74% 17% 6.7% 12%
2004 24 SFG NL 40 0.0% 17.5% 12.5% 2.5% 20% 1.40 4.6 32.0 0.67 0.91 63% 26% 0.0% 20%
2005 25 SFG NL 187 2.1% 28.9% 5.4% 6.4% 32% 5.40 3.2 42.8 13.2 0.83 1.66 60% 23% 6.8% 8%
2006 26 SFG NL 89 2.3% 22.5% 10.1% 9.0% 38% 2.22 3.9 38.5 15.4 0.73 1.17 62% 27% 6.3% 3%
2007 27 TOT NL 204 0.5% 28.9% 9.3% 4.9% 22% 3.11 3.1 184.0 16.7 0.91 1.18 61% 19% 1.7% 8%
2007 27 SFG NL 60 0.0% 38.3% 8.3% 1.7% 10% 4.60 2.4 18.3 1.00 1.44 53% 13% 0.0% 6%
2007 27 FLA NL 144 0.7% 25.0% 9.7% 6.3% 26% 2.57 3.6 129.0 16.1 0.88 1.10 64% 22% 2.2% 8%
5 Seasons 559 1.4% 26.5% 7.9% 5.9% 28% 3.36 3.4 62.8 13.9 0.82 1.27 62% 22% 4.5% 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 0 0 13% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 SFG NL 1 0 55% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
2005 25 SFG NL 1 0 33% 53 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 56% 7 4 3 2 1 1 7 0 5
2006 26 SFG NL 2 0 45% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 36% 7 6 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
2007 27 TOT NL 0 0 31% 87 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 25% 19 13 6 2 2 0 7 5 1
2007 27 SFG NL 0 0 40% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56% 8 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 27 FLA NL 0 0 29% 63 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 11% 11 10 1 1 1 0 7 5 1
5 Seasons 4 0 35% 207 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 37% 38 27 11 5 3 2 19 6 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 39 100% 8 0 0 4 2 0 1 0.78 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 19 5 26% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2004 24 SFG NL 40 100% 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 1.36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 13 0 0% 10 5 50% 27 1 4% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
2005 25 SFG NL 187 100% 37 0 0 10 2 0 0 1.30 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 43 5 12% 19 7 37% 117 12 10% 10 6 60% 10 4 40% 0
2006 26 SFG NL 89 100% 21 1 0 18 5 0 1 1.11 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 100% 12 2 17% 9 3 33% 46 3 7% 3 1 33% 8 2 25% 0
2007 27 TOT NL 204 100% 45 5 0 53 12 1 2 1.03 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 4 11% 10 0 0% 111 11 10% 5 1 20% 12 7 58% 0
2007 27 SFG NL 60 100% 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 23 3 13% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
2007 27 FLA NL 144 100% 35 5 0 51 12 1 2 1.04 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 4 13% 10 0 0% 88 8 9% 5 1 20% 10 5 50% 0
5 Seasons 559 100% 116 6 0 90 21 1 4 1.08 8 0 9 5 3 2 6 0 5 5 100% 110 13 12% 51 15 29% 320 32 10% 23 9 39% 32 14 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2003 23 SFG NL 39 121 3.10 79 65% 23% 13% 27% 38% 77% 0% 50% 84% 41% 0% 0 0 8% 3 3 5% 2 2 50% 0 0 0
2004 24 SFG NL 40 149 3.73 90 60% 31% 13% 26% 30% 69% 0% 42% 81% 30% 5% 2 0 18% 7 3 10% 4 3 71% 0 0 0
2005 25 SFG NL 187 717 3.83 456 64% 27% 17% 30% 26% 73% 0% 46% 77% 40% 3% 5 0 10% 19 10 9% 16 11 59% 0 0 0
2006 26 SFG NL 89 317 3.56 198 62% 30% 14% 26% 30% 70% 0% 44% 80% 40% 2% 2 0 12% 11 6 11% 10 4 50% 0 0 0
2007 27 TOT NL 204 777 3.81 490 63% 32% 18% 25% 26% 68% 1% 43% 74% 33% 4% 9 0 10% 21 8 8% 17 15 59% 0 0 0
2007 27 SFG NL 60 231 3.85 151 65% 30% 25% 24% 21% 70% 5% 45% 65% 33% 5% 3 0 12% 7 2 3% 2 2 48% 0 0 0
2007 27 FLA NL 144 546 3.79 339 62% 32% 15% 26% 27% 68% 0% 42% 78% 33% 4% 6 0 10% 14 6 10% 15 13 67% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 559 2081 3.72 1313 63% 29% 16% 27% 27% 71% 1% 45% 77% 37% 3% 18 0 11% 61 30 9% 49 35 58% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
2003 23 18 39 38 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 8 .211 .231 .316 .547 42 12 2 0 0 0 0
2004 24 34 79 70 8 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 15 .186 .260 .257 .517 36 18 2 1 2 0 0
2005 25 94 266 241 28 50 10 0 5 20 3 0 16 69 .207 .274 .311 .585 53 75 7 6 3 0 0
2006 26 155 355 318 43 71 14 2 7 25 4 0 25 89 .223 .294 .346 .640 66 110 9 7 5 0 0
2007 27 270 559 502 64 116 22 3 8 36 8 0 44 148 .231 .303 .335 .638 66 168 13 8 5 0 1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2003 23 18 38 37 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 1 8 .189 .211 .297 .508 2 18
2004 24 16 40 33 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 .182 .325 .212 .537 2 16
2005 25 60 189 173 20 39 8 0 4 13 3 11 54 .225 .291 .341 .632 16 60
2006 26 61 87 77 14 21 4 2 2 5 1 9 20 .273 .356 .455 .811 12 61
2007 27 115 205 185 20 46 8 1 1 10 4 19 59 .249 .322 .319 .641 19 115
5 Seasons 270 559 505 61 119 22 3 8 34 8 46 148 .236 .309 .339 .648 51 270
162 Game Avg. 162 335 303 37 71 13 2 5 20 5 28 89 .236 .309 .339 .648 31 270

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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