Cole Liniak

Cole Edward Liniak

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: August 23, 1976 in Encinitas, CA
High School: San Dieguito HS (Encinitas, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1999
Team: Cubs 1999-2000

Final Game: April 5, 2000
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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
1995	18	BOS-min	Rk	23	86	79	9	21	7	0	1	8	2	0	4	8	.266	.310	.392	.702		31	2	1	2	0	0		RES · GULF
1996	19	BOS-min	A	121	517	437	65	115	26	2	3	46	7	6	59	59	.263	.358	.352	.710		154	12	10	3	8	1		BTC · MIDW
1997	20	BOS-min	A+,AA	117	469	417	52	129	27	0	8	60	1	3	39	60	.309	.371	.432	.803		180	8	4	6	3	1		SAR,TRE · FLOR,EL
1998	21	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	114	489	437	66	112	31	1	17	59	4	4	39	72	.256	.324	.449	.772		196	11	6	4	3	1		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
1999	22	BOS-min	AAA	95	393	348	55	92	25	0	12	42	0	5	40	57	.264	.341	.440	.781		153	7	1	3	1	1		PAW · IL
1999	22	CHC	NL	12	30	29	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	.241	.267	.310	.577	48	9	2	0	0	0	0	5
2000	23	CHC-min	AAA	123	461	411	63	97	24	1	19	58	5	3	39	77	.236	.304	.438	.742		180	16	3	4	4	0		IWA · PCL
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	24	TOR-min	AAA	103	389	344	40	83	21	1	10	49	1	2	32	55	.241	.307	.395	.703		136	8	3	5	5	3		SYR · IL
2002	25	TEX-min	A+	33	131	116	13	32	3	0	2	19	4	1	9	15	.276	.338	.353	.692		41	6	3	1	2	0		CHT · FLOR
2003	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA,Rk	83	303	273	35	67	16	2	6	37	3	5	18	44	.245	.294	.385	.679		105	5	2	7	3	2		OKC,FRI,RGS · PCL,TL,ARIZ
2 Yrs				15	33	32	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	6	.219	.242	.281	.524	34	9	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	356	346	32	76	22	0	0	22	0	11	11	65	.219	.242	.281	.524	34	97	22	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	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1999	22	CHC	NL	12	30	-2	-0	-0	-5	-8	-0.8	1	-7	-0.7	.436	.495	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$	5
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$205,000
2 Seasons				15	33	-3	-0	-0	-5	-9	-0.9	1	-8	-0.8	.443	.497	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$205,000

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
1999	22	CHC	NL	30	25	2	2.1	113	.280	.241	.272	.267	.347	.310	.438	.577	.785	48	.159	-2.3	-0.2	.360	.069	.069
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.269	.000	.346	.000	.441	.000	.787	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				33	28	2	1.9	113	.269	.219	.272	.242	.347	.281	.438	.524	.785	34	.133	-3.2	-0.3	.321	.063	.063
162 Game Avg.				356	302	22	1.9	113	.269	.219	.272	.242	.347	.281	.438	.524	.785	34	.133	-3.2	-0.3	.321	.063	.063

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
1999	22	CHC	NL	30	0.0%	13.3%	3.3%	6.7%	29%	4.00	7.3		14.5	1.78	3.00	83%	12%	0.0%	33%
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					33%	0%
2 Yrs				33	0.0%	18.2%	3.0%	6.1%	29%	6.00	5.3		16.0	1.89	3.20	79%	12%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					3.0%	16.4%	9.5%	8.1%	34%	1.73	5.4	29.8	7.1	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	22	CHC	NL	-2.3	-0.2	31	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.04	-0.3	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.89	-3.2	0.12	2
2000	23	CHC	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.86	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.03	-0.9	1.86	3
2 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	34	-0.7	0.3	-0.9	1.11	-0.4	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.90	-4.1	1.16	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1999	22	CHC	NL	38%	9	1	0%	1	67%	1	1	2	2
2000	23	CHC	NL		0	0		0		0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				38%	9	1	0%	1	67%	1	1	2	2

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
1999	22	CHC	NL	30	7%	7	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	3	2	67%	19	2	11%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	100%	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				33	15%	7	1	0	5	1	0	0	1.16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	3	2	67%	22	2	9%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			54%			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
1999	22	CHC	NL	31	95	3.06	65	68%	26%	14%	22%	38%	74%	0%	51%	81%	42%	6%	2	0	16%	5	2	6%	2	1	25%	-1	0	0
2000	23	CHC	NL	3	8	2.67	7	88%	14%	29%	43%	14%	86%	0%	75%	67%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				34	103	3.03	72	70%	25%	15%	24%	36%	75%	0%	52%	80%	47%	6%	2	0	15%	5	2	6%	2	1	33%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	29%	6%			16%			10%			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
1999	22	12	30	29	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	.241	.267	.310	.577	48	9	2	0	0	0	0
2000	23	15	33	32	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	6	.219	.242	.281	.524	34	9	2	0	0	0	0

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	22	12	29	28	2	6	2	2	1	4	.214	.241	.286	.527	2	12
2000	23	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2 Yrs		15	32	31	2	6	2	2	1	6	.194	.219	.258	.477	2	15
162 Game Avg.		162	346	335	22	65	22	22	11	65	.194	.219	.258	.477	22	15

* 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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