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Ryan Ludwick

Ryan Andrew Ludwick

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 13, 1978 in Satellite Beach, FL
High School: Durango HS (Las Vegas, NV)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 2002
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Indians/Pirates/Reds/... 2002-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$2.5M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.109, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dan Horwits [*]
Relatives: Brother of Eric Ludwick
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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
1999	20	OAK-min	A+	43	198	171	28	47	11	3	4	34	2	1	19	45	.275	.348	.444	.793		76	0	3	0	5	0		MOD · CALL
2000	21	OAK-min	A+	129	578	493	86	130	26	3	29	102	10	6	68	128	.264	.359	.505	.864		249	6	9	1	7	0		MOD · CALL
2001	22	OAK-min	AA,AAA	136	574	500	92	132	26	3	26	103	11	10	58	129	.264	.344	.484	.828		242	6	7	2	7	1		MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2002	23	TEX-min	AAA	78	352	305	62	87	27	4	15	52	2	2	38	76	.285	.370	.548	.918		167	6	5	1	3	1		OKC · PCL
2002	23	TEX	AL	23	88	81	10	19	6	0	1	9	2	1	7	24	.235	.295	.346	.641	66	28	4	0	0	0	0	8/79
2003	24	TEX-min	AAA	81	360	317	51	96	24	3	17	63	1	1	33	71	.303	.372	.558	.931		177	9	5	0	5	3		OKC · PCL
2003	24	TOT	AL	47	175	162	17	40	8	1	7	26	2	0	12	48	.247	.299	.438	.737	93	71	1	0	1	0	1	97/D
2003	24	TEX	AL	8	30	26	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	.154	.267	.192	.459	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	/97
2003	24	CLE	AL	39	145	136	14	36	7	1	7	26	2	0	8	39	.265	.306	.485	.791	108	66	1	0	1	0	1	97/D
2004	25	CLE-min	AAA,AA	52	216	192	29	52	17	0	9	35	0	0	17	57	.271	.338	.500	.838		96	4	4	0	3	0		BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2004	25	CLE	AL	15	54	50	3	11	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	14	.220	.278	.380	.658	74	19	0	2	0	0	0	9
2005	26	CLE-min	AAA	54	213	188	27	36	10	2	4	16	0	1	17	48	.191	.272	.330	.602		62	9	5	0	3	0		BFL · IL
2005	26	CLE	AL	19	48	41	8	9	0	0	4	5	0	1	7	13	.220	.333	.512	.846	125	21	1	0	0	0	0	/79D

2006	27	DET-min	AAA	134	571	508	81	135	34	2	28	80	2	6	48	167	.266	.342	.506	.848		257	7	12	1	2	1		TOL · IL
2007	28	STL-min	AAA	29	121	106	27	36	8	0	8	36	1	1	10	20	.340	.380	.642	1.022		68	2	0	0	5	1		MEM · PCL
2007	28	STL	NL	120	339	303	42	81	22	0	14	52	4	4	26	72	.267	.339	.479	.818	110	145	1	7	3	0	1	79/8
2008	29	STL	NL	152	617	538	104	161	40	3	37	113	4	4	62	146	.299	.375	.591	.966	151	318	8	8	1	8	3	*978	AS,MVP-16,SS
2009	30	STL	NL	139	542	486	63	129	20	1	22	97	4	2	41	106	.265	.329	.447	.775	105	217	5	7	1	4	3	*9/87
2010	31	STL-min	AAA	3	11	9	2	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	3	.333	.273	1.111	1.384		10	1	0	0	2	0		MEM · PCL
2010	31	TOT	NL	136	553	490	63	123	27	2	17	69	0	4	48	121	.251	.325	.418	.743	104	205	13	8	0	5	0	*9/8D7
2010	31	STL	NL	77	314	281	44	79	20	2	11	43	0	3	24	64	.281	.343	.484	.827	123	136	4	4	0	3	0	9/8D7
2010	31	SDP	NL	59	239	209	19	44	7	0	6	26	0	1	24	57	.211	.301	.330	.631	78	69	9	4	0	2	0	9
2011	32	PIT-min	AAA	4	16	13	3	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	2	.385	.500	.692	1.192		9	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2011	32	TOT	NL	139	558	490	56	116	23	0	13	75	1	1	51	124	.237	.310	.363	.674	90	178	9	4	2	6	4	*79/D
2011	32	SDP	NL	101	425	378	42	90	18	0	11	64	1	1	32	87	.238	.301	.373	.674	90	141	8	4	1	5	1	7/D9
2011	32	PIT	NL	38	133	112	14	26	5	0	2	11	0	0	19	37	.232	.341	.330	.671	89	37	1	0	1	1	3	79
2012	33	CIN	NL	34	120	107	9	22	5	0	5	20	0	0	11	27	.206	.292	.393	.684	82	42	2	2	0	0	1	7/D
10 Yrs				824	3094	2748	375	711	153	7	122	470	17	17	267	695	.259	.330	.453	.783	109	1244	44	38	8	23	13
162 Game Avg.				162	608	540	74	140	30	1	24	92	3	3	52	137	.259	.330	.453	.783	109	245	9	7	2	5	3

STL (4 yrs)				488	1812	1608	253	450	102	6	84	305	12	13	153	388	.280	.349	.507	.857	125	816	18	26	5	15	7
CLE (3 yrs)				73	247	227	25	56	9	1	13	35	2	1	17	66	.247	.305	.467	.772	104	106	2	2	1	0	1
TEX (2 yrs)				31	118	107	13	23	7	0	1	9	2	1	11	33	.215	.288	.308	.597	55	33	4	0	0	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				160	664	587	61	134	25	0	17	90	1	2	56	144	.228	.301	.358	.659	86	210	17	8	1	7	1
PIT (1 yr)				38	133	112	14	26	5	0	2	11	0	0	19	37	.232	.341	.330	.671	89	37	1	0	1	1	3
CIN (1 yr)				34	120	107	9	22	5	0	5	20	0	0	11	27	.206	.292	.393	.684	82	42	2	2	0	0	1

NL (6 yrs)				720	2729	2414	337	632	137	6	108	426	13	15	239	596	.262	.334	.458	.792	112	1105	38	36	7	23	12
AL (4 yrs)				104	365	334	38	79	16	1	14	44	4	2	28	99	.237	.299	.416	.716	88	139	6	2	1	0	1

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
2002	23	TEX	AL	23	88	-4	1	-1	-7	0	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.457	.494	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$	8/79
2003	24	TEX	AL	8	30	-2	0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/97
2003	24	CLE	AL	39	145	1	0	0	5	-2	5	0.5	5	10	1.0	.512	.503	0.5	0.3	5	$	97/D
2004	25	CLE	AL	15	54	-2	-0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$304,700	9
2005	26	CLE	AL	19	48	1	-1	-0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.489	.499	0.1	-0.2	0	$317,500	/79D

2007	28	STL	NL	120	339	5	-3	1	6	-4	5	0.5	9	14	1.4	.504	.503	0.9	0.2	8	$	79/8
2008	29	STL	NL	152	617	40	0	-0	4	-7	37	3.7	16	54	5.3	.525	.523	4.9	-0.3	50	$411,000	*978	AS,MVP-16,SS
2009	30	STL	NL	139	542	4	2	0	-4	-6	-4	-0.4	15	11	1.1	.497	.498	1.4	-1.0	15	$3,700,000	*9/87
2010	31	STL	NL	77	314	9	-3	-0	11	-3	14	1.5	9	22	2.3	.519	.509	1.1	0.9	11	$5,450,000	9/8D7
2010	31	SDP	NL	59	239	-5	0	-1	-3	-2	-11	-1.2	7	-5	-0.6	.479	.492	-0.3	-0.6	-2	$	9
2011	32	SDP	NL	101	425	-5	-1	-1	-4	-5	-16	-1.7	12	-4	-0.6	.483	.489	-0.2	-0.9	0	$6,775,000	7/D9
2011	32	PIT	NL	38	133	-0	0	0	-4	-2	-5	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.485	.496	0.2	-0.6	2	$	79
2012	33	CIN	NL	34	120	-3	-0	-0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	7/D
10 Seasons				824	3094	39	-5	-2	6	-34	4	0.3	86	91	8.8	.500	.500	8.0	-2.7	84	$16,958,200

STL (4 yrs)				488	1812	58	-4	1	17	-20	52	5.2	49	101	10.1	.511	.508	8.3	-0.2	84	$9,561,000
CLE (3 yrs)				73	247	0	-1	0	6	-4	2	0.2	8	10	1.1	.502	.500	0.5	0.3	4	$622,200
TEX (2 yrs)				31	118	-6	1	-1	-6	-0	-12	-1.2	4	-8	-0.8	.461	.496	-0.3	-0.6	-3	$
SDP (2 yrs)				160	664	-10	-1	-2	-7	-7	-27	-2.9	18	-9	-1.2	.482	.491	-0.5	-1.5	-2	$6,775,000
PIT (1 yr)				38	133	-0	0	0	-4	-2	-5	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.485	.496	0.2	-0.6	2	$
CIN (1 yr)				34	120	-3	-0	-0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

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
2002	23	TEX	AL	88	67	7	2.8	110	.321	.235	.271	.295	.339	.346	.436	.641	.776	66	.260	-4.1	-0.4	.537	.210	.111	1.3
2003	24	TOT	AL	175	124	23	5.0	105	.308	.247	.266	.299	.332	.438	.425	.737	.757	93	.494	-2.3	-0.2	.691	.278	.191	3.1
2003	24	TEX	AL	30	22	2	2.4	116	.235	.154	.280	.267	.348	.192	.448	.459	.796	20	.209	-3.2	-0.3	.409	.192	.038
2003	24	CLE	AL	145	102	21	5.5	103	.322	.265	.263	.306	.328	.485	.421	.791	.749	108	.541	1.0	0.1	.752	.294	.221	3.1
2004	25	CLE	AL	54	39	6	4.1	104	.265	.220	.263	.278	.330	.380	.423	.658	.753	74	.396	-2.0	-0.2	.590	.200	.160	.0
2005	26	CLE	AL	48	34	7	5.5	102	.208	.220	.263	.333	.326	.512	.418	.846	.743	125	.553	1.3	0.1	.794	.439	.293	.0

2007	28	STL	NL	339	230	50	5.8	110	.309	.267	.272	.339	.341	.479	.434	.818	.775	110	.563	4.0	0.4	.784	.297	.211	6.2
2008	29	STL	NL	617	398	121	8.2	106	.342	.299	.265	.375	.336	.591	.423	.966	.759	151	.717	40.7	3.8	.997	.407	.292	7.2
2009	30	STL	NL	542	369	74	5.4	105	.296	.265	.263	.329	.336	.447	.418	.775	.755	105	.551	2.2	0.2	.734	.270	.181	6.8
2010	31	TOT	NL	553	389	66	4.5	97	.297	.251	.255	.325	.324	.418	.402	.743	.727	104	.495	3.6	0.4	.669	.257	.167	.0
2010	31	STL	NL	314	212	46	5.8	100	.325	.281	.258	.343	.328	.484	.407	.827	.735	123	.606	9.3	0.9	.770	.278	.203	.0
2010	31	SDP	NL	239	177	20	3.0	94	.257	.211	.251	.301	.320	.330	.396	.631	.715	78	.318	-5.7	-0.6	.549	.230	.120	.0
2011	32	TOT	NL	558	392	57	3.9	93	.287	.237	.252	.310	.318	.363	.392	.674	.711	90	.442	-5.2	-0.5	.607	.231	.127	1.9
2011	32	SDP	NL	425	303	43	3.8	92	.277	.238	.251	.301	.317	.373	.390	.674	.708	90	.432	-4.2	-0.4	.596	.220	.135	1.8
2011	32	PIT	NL	133	89	14	4.2	96	.324	.232	.256	.341	.322	.330	.398	.671	.720	89	.479	-0.9	-0.1	.644	.268	.098	.0
2012	33	CIN	NL	120	87	12	3.7	103	.227	.206	.264	.292	.332	.393	.417	.684	.749	82	.407	-3.0	-0.3	.632	.290	.187	.0
10 Yrs				3094	2129	423	5.3	102	.301	.259	.261	.330	.331	.453	.414	.783	.745	109	.551	35.2	3.3	.738	.291	.194	29.8
162 Game Avg.				608	419	83	5.3	102	.301	.259	.261	.330	.331	.453	.414	.783	.745	109	.551	7	1	.738	.291	.194	6

STL (4 yrs)				1812	1209	291	6.5	105	.318	.280	.265	.349	.336	.507	.421	.857	.756	125	.628	56.2	5.3	.836	.322	.228	21.0
CLE (3 yrs)				247	175	34	5.2	103	.291	.247	.263	.305	.328	.467	.421	.772	.749	104	.514	0.3	0.0	.724	.300	.220	3.5
TEX (2 yrs)				118	89	9	2.7	112	.301	.215	.273	.288	.342	.308	.439	.597	.781	55	.247	-7.3	-0.7	.506	.206	.093	1.3
SDP (2 yrs)				664	480	63	3.5	93	.270	.228	.251	.301	.318	.358	.392	.659	.710	86	.391	-9.9	-1.0	.578	.223	.129	1.9
PIT (1 yr)				133	89	14	4.2	96	.324	.232	.256	.341	.322	.330	.398	.671	.720	89	.478	-0.9	-0.1	.644	.268	.098	.0
CIN (1 yr)				120	87	12	3.7	103	.227	.206	.264	.292	.332	.393	.417	.684	.749	82	.407	-3.0	-0.3	.632	.290	.187	.0

NL (6 yrs)				2729	1865	380	5.5	102	.302	.262	.261	.334	.331	.458	.413	.792	.743	112	.566	42.3	4.0	.751	.294	.196	23.2
AL (4 yrs)				365	264	43	4.4	106	.294	.237	.266	.299	.333	.416	.427	.716	.759	88	.436	-7.0	-0.7	.650	.269	.180	6.2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	30	STL	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	3	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	4	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	4	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	STL	NL	29		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2002	23	TEX	AL	88	1.1%	27.3%	8.0%	8.0%	37%	3.43	3.4	81.0	9.0	0.70	0.95	64%	23%	3.8%	21%
2003	24	TOT	AL	175	4.0%	27.4%	6.9%	9.1%	40%	4.00	3.4	23.1	6.2	0.34	0.41	61%	17%	9.6%	14%
2003	24	TEX	AL	30	0.0%	30.0%	13.3%	3.3%	25%	2.25	2.9			0.21	0.20	57%	24%	0.0%	29%
2003	24	CLE	AL	145	4.8%	26.9%	5.5%	10.3%	42%	4.88	3.5	19.4	5.2	0.37	0.45	62%	15%	11.1%	11%
2004	25	CLE	AL	54	3.7%	25.9%	3.7%	7.4%	36%	7.00	3.6	25.0	12.5	0.38	0.32	63%	14%	9.5%	19%
2005	26	CLE	AL	48	8.3%	27.1%	14.6%	8.3%	44%	1.86	3.2	10.3	8.2	0.47	0.67	50%	7%	25.0%	16%

2007	28	STL	NL	339	4.1%	21.2%	7.7%	10.6%	44%	2.77	4.2	21.6	5.8	0.60	0.61	64%	19%	12.3%	21%
2008	29	STL	NL	617	6.0%	23.7%	10.1%	13.0%	50%	2.35	3.7	14.5	4.8	0.37	0.53	59%	28%	14.5%	12%
2009	30	STL	NL	542	4.1%	19.6%	7.6%	7.9%	33%	2.59	4.6	22.1	5.0	0.48	0.60	67%	21%	9.8%	14%
2010	31	TOT	NL	553	3.1%	21.9%	8.7%	8.3%	37%	2.52	4.0	28.8	7.1	0.46	0.55	65%	24%	7.7%	14%
2010	31	STL	NL	314	3.5%	20.4%	7.6%	10.5%	42%	2.67	4.4	25.5	6.5	0.42	0.43	67%	25%	8.0%	12%
2010	31	SDP	NL	239	2.5%	23.9%	10.0%	5.4%	30%	2.38	3.7	34.8	8.0	0.52	0.72	62%	22%	7.2%	18%
2011	32	TOT	NL	558	2.3%	22.2%	9.1%	6.5%	31%	2.43	4.0	37.7	6.5	0.53	0.62	64%	18%	6.4%	17%
2011	32	SDP	NL	425	2.6%	20.5%	7.5%	6.8%	32%	2.72	4.3	34.4	5.9	0.48	0.59	67%	18%	6.7%	19%
2011	32	PIT	NL	133	1.5%	27.8%	14.3%	5.3%	27%	1.95	3.0	56.0	10.2	0.77	0.72	56%	19%	5.1%	9%
2012	33	CIN	NL	120	4.2%	22.5%	9.2%	8.3%	46%	2.45	4.0	21.4	5.4	0.51	0.69	63%	14%	10.4%	9%
10 Yrs				3094	3.9%	22.5%	8.6%	9.1%	40%	2.60	4.0	22.5	5.8	0.47	0.58	63%	21%	10.2%	15%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	23	TEX	AL	-4.1	-0.4	91	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	1.00	-0.6	-0.5	-6.2	-0.6	1.00	-6.0	1.10	1
2003	24	TOT	AL	-2.3	-0.2	177	0.7	3.9	-3.2	1.14	-0.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.96	-1.8	1.72	4
2003	24	TEX	AL	-3.2	-0.3	30	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.71	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.91	-2.7		0
2003	24	CLE	AL	1.0	0.1	147	0.9	3.7	-2.8	1.23	0.1	0.6	2.5	0.2	0.97	1.0	1.72	4
2004	25	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	54	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.05	-0.2	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.88	-2.8		0
2005	26	CLE	AL	1.3	0.1	49	-0.3	0.7	-0.9	.95	0.2	-0.5	-1.3	-0.1	0.93	1.8		0

2007	28	STL	NL	4.0	0.4	350	1.0	6.7	-5.8	1.00	0.6	0.4	10.2	1.0	1.01	10.4	0.95	35
2008	29	STL	NL	39.9	3.8	631	2.5	13.5	-10.9	1.03	4.7	-2.2	41.6	4.0	1.00	57.1	1.32	12
2009	30	STL	NL	2.2	0.2	553	0.9	11.3	-10.4	1.11	1.1	-0.3	20.8	2.0	1.02	9.5	1.12	13
2010	31	TOT	NL	3.6	0.4	561	0.7	10.7	-10.0	1.04	0.1	0.6	11.2	1.1	0.95	0.4	1.84	11
2010	31	STL	NL	9.3	0.9	319	1.6	7.0	-5.4	1.03	1.1	0.5	19.0	1.9	0.93	11.6	1.83	9
2010	31	SDP	NL	-5.7	-0.6	242	-1.0	3.7	-4.7	1.05	-1.0	0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.98	-11.1	1.86	2
2011	32	TOT	NL	-5.3	-0.5	569	-1.4	10.1	-11.5	1.18	-0.5	-0.7	-4.4	-0.5	1.08	-4.3	3.08	4
2011	32	SDP	NL	-4.2	-0.4	433	-1.2	7.8	-9.0	1.21	-0.6	-0.4	-4.7	-0.5	1.09	-4.9	4.79	1
2011	32	PIT	NL	-1.1	-0.1	136	-0.3	2.3	-2.5	1.10	0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	1.04	0.6	2.51	3
2012	33	CIN	NL	-3.0	-0.3	121	0.2	2.5	-2.3	1.14	-0.3	0.5	3.6	0.4	1.01	-2.4	1.06	7
10 Yrs				34.3	3.2	3156	2.7	61.1	-58.4	1.08	4.8	-2.4	71.0	6.7	1.01	62.0	1.28	87

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	23	TEX	AL	1	0	36%	26	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	4	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	3
2003	24	TOT	AL	2	0	22%	39	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	40%	6	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
2003	24	TEX	AL	1	0	38%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	24	CLE	AL	1	0	19%	32	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	44%	5	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
2004	25	CLE	AL	0	0	8%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2005	26	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	14	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0%	3	3	0	2	2	0	1	1	0

2007	28	STL	NL	3	0	28%	113	4	4	50%	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	9	40%	20	13	7	4	0	4	11	7	3
2008	29	STL	NL	6	0	35%	226	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	48%	39	24	14	5	3	2	23	7	16
2009	30	STL	NL	5	3	27%	197	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	50%	26	16	10	4	2	2	16	5	11
2010	31	TOT	NL	4	2	28%	177	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	37%	25	17	7	12	6	6	14	5	6
2010	31	STL	NL	2	2	34%	106	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	6	35%	15	10	4	7	4	3	12	4	5
2010	31	SDP	NL	2	0	20%	71	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	41%	10	7	3	5	2	3	2	1	1
2011	32	TOT	NL	5	5	27%	199	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	33%	25	18	7	6	5	1	11	5	6
2011	32	SDP	NL	2	5	27%	152	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	31%	16	12	4	3	3	0	7	3	4
2011	32	PIT	NL	3	0	28%	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	38%	9	6	3	3	2	1	4	2	2
2012	33	CIN	NL	0	0	13%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
10 Yrs				26	10	28%	1041	17	17	50%	17	16	0	0	0	1	3	3	24	66	42%	153	103	48	36	19	17	83	31	48

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
2002	23	TEX	AL	88	22%	19	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.10	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		19	4	21%	8	1	13%	63	8	13%	8	2	25%	2	2	100%	0
2003	24	TOT	AL	175	36%	40	0	0	4	0	0	0	1.72	7	0	3	3	4	2	5	0	1	1	100%	38	1	3%	11	4	36%	115	19	17%	9	6	67%	9	7	78%	0
2003	24	TEX	AL	30	40%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	1	0	0%	19	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2003	24	CLE	AL	145	35%	36	0	0	4	0	0	0	1.72	7	0	3	3	4	2	5	0	1	1	100%	30	1	3%	10	4	40%	96	19	20%	9	6	67%	8	6	75%	0
2004	25	CLE	AL	54	61%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		9	0	0%	7	0	0%	29	2	7%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0
2005	26	CLE	AL	48	65%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	2	0	0%	27	1	4%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2007	28	STL	NL	339	41%	81	5	0	35	11	3	4	0.95	14	0	9	11	3	7	7	0	3	3	100%	75	1	1%	36	7	19%	242	40	17%	28	15	54%	10	6	60%	0
2008	29	STL	NL	617	34%	161	7	0	12	2	0	1	1.32	37	0	18	22	15	18	19	0	1	1	100%	136	8	6%	68	16	24%	426	77	18%	42	22	52%	19	10	53%	0
2009	30	STL	NL	542	27%	129	13	0	13	4	1	3	1.12	22	1	26	20	2	4	18	0	1	1	100%	101	5	5%	50	14	28%	396	80	20%	42	26	62%	31	18	58%	0
2010	31	TOT	NL	553	30%	123	6	0	11	2	0	0	1.84	17	0	8	12	5	8	9	0	0	0		110	13	12%	47	12	26%	329	53	16%	26	14	54%	21	10	48%	0
2010	31	STL	NL	314	28%	79	4	0	9	1	0	0	1.83	11	0	2	8	3	4	7	0	0	0		61	4	7%	26	8	31%	167	32	19%	11	7	64%	12	6	50%	0
2010	31	SDP	NL	239	32%	44	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.86	6	0	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	0		49	9	18%	21	4	19%	162	21	13%	15	7	47%	9	4	44%	0
2011	32	TOT	NL	558	25%	116	3	0	4	1	0	1	3.08	13	0	18	9	4	6	7	0	2	2	100%	119	9	8%	67	22	33%	400	62	16%	43	22	51%	23	16	70%	0
2011	32	SDP	NL	425	24%	90	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.79	11	0	15	8	3	5	6	0	1	1	100%	91	8	9%	51	19	37%	311	53	17%	32	18	56%	20	15	75%	0
2011	32	PIT	NL	133	30%	26	0	0	3	1	0	1	2.51	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	28	1	4%	16	3	19%	89	9	10%	11	4	36%	3	1	33%	0
2012	33	CIN	NL	120	36%	22	1	0	7	2	1	1	1.06	5	1	4	2	3	2	3	0	0	0		21	2	10%	10	1	10%	89	15	17%	4	2	50%	11	4	36%	0
10 Yrs				3094	32%	711	36	0	87	23	5	11	1.28	122	2	91	80	42	51	71	0	8	8	100%	637	44	7%	306	77	25%	2116	357	17%	204	109	53%	131	73	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			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
2002	23	TEX	AL	88	369	4.19	236	64%	28%	18%	30%	24%	72%	0%	46%	75%	26%	8%	7	0	13%	11	3	13%	11	8	13%	0	0	0
2003	24	TOT	AL	177	691	3.90	442	64%	26%	21%	28%	26%	74%	2%	48%	72%	30%	4%	7	0	10%	18	6	6%	11	10	13%	-2	0	0
2003	24	TEX	AL	30	111	3.70	70	63%	30%	27%	19%	24%	70%	0%	44%	61%	20%	7%	2	0	10%	3	0	7%	2	1	11%	0	0	0
2003	24	CLE	AL	147	580	3.95	372	64%	25%	20%	29%	26%	75%	2%	48%	74%	32%	3%	5	0	10%	15	6	6%	9	9	13%	-2	0	0
2004	25	CLE	AL	54	219	4.06	142	65%	21%	15%	39%	25%	79%	0%	51%	81%	35%	4%	2	0	19%	10	7	13%	7	5	29%	0	0	0
2005	26	CLE	AL	49	199	4.06	121	61%	21%	26%	30%	23%	79%	0%	48%	67%	41%	4%	2	0	12%	6	3	18%	9	2	15%	-1	0	0

2007	28	STL	NL	339	1312	3.87	831	63%	21%	20%	32%	28%	79%	1%	50%	75%	40%	6%	19	0	15%	50	28	10%	33	19	17%	0	0	0
2008	29	STL	NL	620	2370	3.82	1482	63%	26%	19%	27%	27%	74%	1%	46%	74%	33%	6%	38	1	15%	92	30	10%	63	32	22%	-3	0	0
2009	30	STL	NL	543	2078	3.83	1324	64%	23%	17%	31%	29%	77%	1%	49%	78%	35%	4%	24	0	14%	75	32	7%	40	25	19%	-1	0	0
2010	31	TOT	NL	553	2173	3.93	1367	63%	24%	19%	29%	28%	76%	0%	48%	75%	35%	5%	28	0	16%	89	37	9%	52	25	17%	0	0	0
2010	31	STL	NL	314	1217	3.88	769	63%	24%	19%	28%	29%	76%	0%	48%	75%	35%	5%	15	0	15%	46	16	10%	30	15	17%	0	0	0
2010	31	SDP	NL	239	956	4.00	598	63%	25%	20%	30%	26%	75%	0%	47%	74%	34%	5%	13	0	18%	43	21	9%	22	10	16%	0	0	0
2011	32	TOT	NL	559	2075	3.71	1332	64%	22%	20%	29%	28%	77%	2%	50%	74%	38%	4%	25	1	16%	87	40	8%	46	22	20%	-1	0	5
2011	32	SDP	NL	426	1516	3.56	974	64%	23%	20%	26%	30%	77%	1%	49%	73%	37%	4%	16	1	15%	66	35	8%	35	16	21%	-1	0	5
2011	32	PIT	NL	133	559	4.20	358	64%	22%	18%	39%	22%	78%	4%	50%	77%	40%	7%	9	0	16%	21	5	8%	11	6	19%	0	0	0
2012	33	CIN	NL	120	471	3.93	307	65%	24%	21%	29%	26%	76%	2%	49%	72%	38%	7%	8	0	13%	16	3	9%	11	8	7%	0	0	0
10 Yrs				3102	11957	3.85	7584	63%	24%	19%	29%	28%	76%	1%	48%	75%	35%	5%	160	2	15%	454	189	9%	283	156	18%	-8	0	5
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	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
2002	23	23	88	81	10	19	6	0	1	9	2	1	7	24	.235	.295	.346	.641	66	28	4	0	0	0	0
2003	24	70	263	243	27	59	14	1	8	35	4	1	19	72	.243	.298	.407	.705	84	99	5	0	1	0	1
2004	25	85	317	293	30	70	16	1	10	39	4	1	21	86	.239	.294	.403	.697	82	118	5	2	1	0	1
2005	26	104	365	334	38	79	16	1	14	44	4	2	28	99	.237	.299	.416	.716	88	139	6	2	1	0	1
2006	27	104	365	334	38	79	16	1	14	44	4	2	28	99	.237	.299	.416	.716	88	139	6	2	1	0	1
2007	28	224	704	637	80	160	38	1	28	96	8	6	54	171	.251	.319	.446	.764	98	284	7	9	4	0	2
2008	29	376	1321	1175	184	321	78	4	65	209	12	10	116	317	.273	.345	.512	.857	123	602	15	17	5	8	5
2009	30	515	1863	1661	247	450	98	5	87	306	16	12	157	423	.271	.340	.493	.833	117	819	20	24	6	12	8
2010	31	651	2416	2151	310	573	125	7	104	375	16	16	205	544	.266	.337	.476	.813	114	1024	33	32	6	17	8
2011	32	790	2974	2641	366	689	148	7	117	450	17	17	256	668	.261	.332	.455	.787	110	1202	42	36	8	23	12
2012	33	824	3094	2748	375	711	153	7	122	470	17	17	267	695	.259	.330	.453	.783	109	1244	44	38	8	23	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	23	23	88	81	10	19	6	0	1	9	2	7	24	.235	.295	.346	.641	8	23
2003	24	47	175	162	17	40	8	1	7	25	2	12	48	.247	.299	.438	.737	21	47
2004	25	15	54	50	3	11	2	0	2	4	0	2	14	.220	.278	.380	.658	5	15
2005	26	19	48	41	8	9	0	0	4	5	0	7	13	.220	.333	.512	.846	7	19

2007	28	120	336	301	40	79	21	0	14	50	4	25	72	.262	.333	.472	.805	45	120
2008	29	152	616	537	103	160	40	3	37	112	4	62	146	.298	.374	.590	.964	117	152
2009	30	139	540	487	64	130	20	1	22	98	4	41	106	.267	.330	.448	.778	71	139
2010	31	136	563	498	69	131	29	2	18	75	0	51	121	.263	.339	.438	.777	72	136
2011	32	139	566	499	64	125	25	0	14	85	1	55	124	.251	.326	.385	.711	62	139
2012	33	34	120	107	9	22	5	0	5	20	0	11	27	.206	.292	.393	.684	12	34
10 Yrs		824	3106	2763	387	726	156	7	124	483	17	273	695	.263	.335	.459	.794	420	824
162 Game Avg.		162	611	543	76	143	31	1	24	95	3	54	137	.263	.335	.459	.794	83	824

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2008 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2008 NL (16, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Silver Sluggers 2008 NL (OF)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2008 NL 5.3 (9th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2008 NL 4.9 (10th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2008 NL .591 (2nd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2008 NL .966 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 2008 NL 104 (10th)
Total Bases s c a p y 2008 NL 318 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2008 NL 37 (4th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2008 NL 113 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2008 NL 146 (7th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2008 NL 150 (4th)	Runs Created s c a p y 2008 NL 121 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2008 NL 40 (5th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2008 NL 3.8 (5th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2008 NL 80 (3rd)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 2008 NL .717 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2008 NL 8 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 2008 NL 14.5 (4th) Active 22.5 (44th) Career 22.5 (206th)
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2008 NL 41.56 (6th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2008 NL 4.7 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2008 NL 3.9 (6th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 Ink	Batting - 14 (1221), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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