Todd Linden

Todd Anthony Linden

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 30, 1980 in Edmonds, WA
High School: Central Kitsap HS (Silverdale, WA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Marlins 2003-2007
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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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
2002	22	SFG-min	AA,AAA	140	590	492	82	148	28	3	15	62	11	5	81	136	.301	.411	.461	.872		227	14	13	1	3	7		SHV,FRE · TL,PCL
2003	23	SFG-min	AAA	125	532	471	75	131	24	3	11	56	14	4	40	105	.278	.356	.412	.768		194	9	17	4	0	2		FRE · PCL
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-min	AAA	130	567	489	93	127	28	2	23	75	8	6	63	149	.260	.349	.466	.816		228	9	7	3	5	3		FRE · PCL
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-min	AAA	95	415	340	81	109	25	4	30	80	6	2	62	97	.321	.437	.682	1.120		232	11	10	1	2	5		FRE · PCL
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-min	AAA	52	221	187	31	52	11	3	5	23	5	0	29	44	.278	.385	.449	.834		84	3	4	0	1	1		FRE · PCL
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	FLA-min	AAA	14	57	48	10	18	3	1	1	10	0	1	8	12	.375	.474	.542	1.015		26	0	1	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
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
2008	28	CLE-OAK-min	AAA	113	477	402	64	116	27	1	17	62	4	2	66	123	.289	.398	.488	.885		196	11	7	2	0	2		BFL,SAC · IL,PCL
2009	29	NYY-min	Fgn,AAA	133	585	521	90	157	39	5	19	79	7	5	59	166	.301	.373	.505	.877		263	8	2	0	3	2		TOH,SWB · JPPL,IL
2010	30	TOH	Fgn	53	189	162	18	30	5	0	5	18	1	0	21	64	.185	.291	.309	.600		50	3	4	0	2	0		TOH · JPPL
2012	32	SFG-min	AAA	50	215	188	30	52	12	4	5	37	3	1	24	43	.277	.363	.463	.826		87	4	2	0	1	1		FRE · PCL
5 Yrs				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

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
2003	23	SFG	NL	18	39	-3	0	-0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.478	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/79
2004	24	SFG	NL	16	40	-3	0	1	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.478	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/79
2005	25	SFG	NL	60	187	-10	0	-0	4	-3	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.485	.495	-0.8	0.1	-7	$	97
2006	26	SFG	NL	61	89	2	0	-0	-1	-2	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$	79
2007	27	SFG	NL	30	60	-7	0	0	-4	-1	-12	-1.1	2	-10	-1.0	.462	.493	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$385,000	7/89
2007	27	FLA	NL	85	144	-2	-1	-0	-2	-1	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.492	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	7/98
5 Seasons				270	559	-23	1	-1	-4	-7	-34	-3.5	15	-19	-2.1	.487	.496	-1.6	-1.1	-15	$385,000

SFG (5 yrs)				185	415	-20	1	-0	-2	-6	-28	-2.8	11	-16	-1.8	.485	.497	-1.5	-0.8	-14	$385,000
FLA (1 yr)				85	144	-2	-1	-0	-2	-1	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.492	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$

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
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	.301	-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 Yrs				559	404	53	3.5	110	.312	.231	.270	.303	.341	.335	.433	.638	.774	66	.344	-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	.344	-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*

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 Yrs				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					2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	1.98	5.3	32.1	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	23	SFG	NL	-3.5	-0.3	40	0.4	1.1	-0.7	1.10	-0.2	0.5	-0.9	-0.1	0.86	-3.4	0.79	4
2004	24	SFG	NL	-3.4	-0.3	41	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.97	-0.3	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.99	-3.1	1.34	5
2005	25	SFG	NL	-10.6	-1.0	190	-0.5	3.2	-3.7	1.10	-0.9	0.4	-10.4	-1.0	0.96	-10.3	1.26	10
2006	26	SFG	NL	0.6	0.1	91	-0.3	1.4	-1.7	1.05	0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.89	0.1	1.11	18
2007	27	TOT	NL	-9.0	-0.8	209	-0.4	3.2	-3.6	.99	-0.7	0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.91	-8.2	1.02	53
2007	27	SFG	NL	-6.9	-0.6	60	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.86	-0.6	0.1	-3.7	-0.3	0.82	-6.1	0.86	2
2007	27	FLA	NL	-2.1	-0.2	149	-0.0	2.5	-2.6	1.05	-0.2	0.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.95	-2.1	1.03	51
5 Yrs				-25.9	-2.5	571	-1.4	9.1	-10.5	1.04	-2.0	0.6	-22.7	-2.2	0.93	-24.8	1.07	90

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	23	SFG	NL	0	13%	14	0		0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	24	SFG	NL	1	55%	14	0		0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
2005	25	SFG	NL	1	33%	53	3	100%	3	3	3	56%	7	4	3	2	1	1	7	0	5
2006	26	SFG	NL	2	45%	39	1	100%	1	1	2	36%	7	6	1	1	0	1	3	1	2
2007	27	TOT	NL	0	31%	87	4	100%	4	2	5	25%	19	13	6	2	2	0	7	5	1
2007	27	SFG	NL	0	40%	24	0		0	0	0	56%	8	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
2007	27	FLA	NL	0	29%	63	4	100%	4	2	5	11%	11	10	1	1	1	0	7	5	1
5 Yrs				4	35%	207	8	100%	8	6	12	37%	38	27	11	5	3	2	19	6	10

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
2003	23	SFG	NL	39	100%	8	0	0	4	2	0	1	0.79	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	1.34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	13	0	0%	10	5	50%	27	1	4%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
2005	25	SFG	NL	187	100%	37	0	0	10	2	0	0	1.26	4	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	43	5	12%	19	7	37%	117	12	10%	10	6	60%	5	1	20%	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%	5	2	40%	0
2007	27	TOT	NL	204	100%	45	5	0	53	12	1	2	1.02	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		37	4	11%	10	0	0%	111	11	10%	5	1	20%	7	5	71%	0
2007	27	SFG	NL	60	100%	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		23	3	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2007	27	FLA	NL	144	100%	35	5	0	51	12	1	2	1.03	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		32	4	13%	10	0	0%	88	8	9%	5	1	20%	6	4	67%	0
5 Yrs				559	100%	116	6	0	90	21	1	4	1.07	8	0	9	5	3	2	6	0	5	5	100%	110	13	12%	51	15	29%	320	32	10%	23	9	39%	18	9	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			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
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 Yrs				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						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
2003	23	18	39	38	2	8	1	0	1	6	0	1	8	.211	.231	.316	.547	42	12	2	0	0	0
2004	24	34	79	70	8	13	2	0	1	7	0	6	15	.186	.260	.257	.517	36	18	2	1	2	0
2005	25	94	266	241	28	50	10	0	5	20	3	16	69	.207	.274	.311	.585	53	75	7	6	3	0
2006	26	155	355	318	43	71	14	2	7	25	4	25	89	.223	.294	.346	.640	66	110	9	7	5	0
2007	27	270	559	502	64	116	22	3	8	36	8	44	148	.231	.303	.335	.638	66	168	13	8	5	1

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
2003	23	18	39	38	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	1	8	.211	.231	.316	.547	3	18
2004	24	16	42	33	7	6	1	0	0	1	0	6	7	.182	.325	.212	.537	2	16
2005	25	60	187	171	20	37	8	0	4	13	3	10	54	.216	.280	.333	.613	15	60
2006	26	61	88	76	14	20	4	2	2	5	1	9	20	.263	.349	.447	.796	11	61
2007	27	115	204	184	20	45	8	1	1	11	4	19	59	.245	.319	.315	.634	18	115
5 Yrs		270	560	502	63	116	22	3	8	37	8	45	148	.231	.305	.335	.639	49	270
162 Game Avg.		162	336	301	38	70	13	2	5	22	5	27	89	.231	.305	.335	.639	29	270

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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