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Ryan Ludwick

Ryan Andrew Ludwick

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Reds/Indians/Pirates/... 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$15M (13-14) & 15 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.109, Free Agent: 2015 [*], 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
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 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 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 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
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 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 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 90 37 1 0 1 1 3 79
2012 33 CIN NL 125 472 422 53 116 28 1 26 80 0 1 42 97 .275 .346 .531 .877 128 224 9 5 1 2 3 7/D
2013 34 CIN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
11 Yrs 916 3448 3063 419 805 176 8 143 530 17 18 300 765 .263 .334 .466 .800 113 1426 51 41 9 25 15
162 Game Avg. 162 610 542 74 142 31 1 25 94 3 3 53 135 .263 .334 .466 .800 113 252 9 7 2 4 3
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
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
CIN (2 yrs) 126 474 422 53 116 28 1 26 80 0 1 44 97 .275 .349 .531 .880 129 224 9 5 1 2 3
PIT (1 yr) 38 133 112 14 26 5 0 2 11 0 0 19 37 .232 .341 .330 .671 90 37 1 0 1 1 3
NL (7 yrs) 812 3083 2729 381 726 160 7 129 486 13 16 272 666 .266 .338 .472 .810 116 1287 45 39 8 25 14
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 (v2.2): 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 -0.0 -0.6 -0 8/79
2003 24 TEX AL 8 30 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .476 .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 .513 .503 0.6 0.3 6 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 1 $317,500 /79D
2007 28 STL NL 120 339 5 -3 1 6 -4 6 0.5 11 16 1.5 .505 .504 0.9 0.2 10 79/8
2008 29 STL NL 152 617 40 -0 -0 4 -6 37 3.6 19 56 5.4 .525 .523 5.1 -0.3 52 $411,000 *978 AS,MVP-16,SS
2009 30 STL NL 139 542 4 2 0 -4 -5 -3 -0.4 17 14 1.3 .498 .498 1.6 -1.0 18 $3,700,000 *9/87
2010 31 STL NL 77 314 9 -3 -0 11 -3 14 1.4 10 24 2.4 .519 .509 1.2 0.9 13 $5,450,000 9/8D7
2010 31 SDP NL 59 239 -5 0 -1 -3 -2 -11 -1.2 7 -4 -0.5 .480 .493 -0.2 -0.6 -1 9
2011 32 SDP NL 101 425 -5 -1 -1 -4 -4 -15 -1.7 13 -2 -0.4 .484 .490 0.0 -0.9 2 $6,775,000 7/D9
2011 32 PIT NL 38 133 -0 0 0 -4 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .484 .496 0.2 -0.6 3 79
2012 33 CIN NL 125 472 15 -1 -0 -5 -4 4 0.4 15 18 1.9 .503 .502 2.3 -1.0 23 $2,000,000 7/D
2013 34 CIN NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .576 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $2,000,000 /7
11 Seasons 916 3448 58 -6 -3 1 -33 16 1.2 110 126 11.8 .502 .503 11.6 -3.6 125 $20,958,200
STL (4 yrs) 488 1812 58 -4 0 17 -18 54 5.2 56 110 10.6 .511 .509 8.8 -0.2 93 $9,561,000
CLE (3 yrs) 73 247 0 -1 0 6 -3 2 0.2 9 11 1.1 .503 .501 0.5 0.3 5 $622,200
TEX (2 yrs) 31 118 -6 1 -1 -6 -0 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.8 .462 .495 -0.2 -0.6 -2
SDP (2 yrs) 160 664 -10 -1 -2 -7 -7 -26 -2.9 21 -6 -0.9 .482 .491 -0.2 -1.5 1 $6,775,000
CIN (2 yrs) 126 474 15 -1 -0 -5 -5 4 0.5 15 19 2.0 .504 .502 2.4 -1.0 24 $4,000,000
PIT (1 yr) 38 133 -0 0 0 -4 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .484 .496 0.2 -0.6 3

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 .251 .310 .318 .363 .391 .674 .709 90 .442 -4.8 -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 94 .324 .232 .253 .341 .320 .330 .394 .671 .714 90 .479 -0.6 -0.1 .644 .268 .098 .0
2012 33 CIN NL 472 319 77 6.4 107 .299 .275 .269 .346 .335 .531 .426 .877 .762 128 .659 16.1 1.6 .854 .353 .256 .0
2013 34 CIN NL 2 0 1 1.000 .332 .000 0.6 0.1
11 Yrs 3448 2361 489 5.6 103 .304 .263 .262 .334 .331 .466 .416 .800 .747 113 .573 55.4 5.3 .759 .300 .203 30.4
162 Game Avg. 610 418 86 5.6 103 .304 .263 .262 .334 .331 .466 .416 .800 .747 113 .573 10 1 .759 .300 .203 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
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
CIN (2 yrs) 474 319 78 6.5 107 .299 .275 .269 .349 .335 .531 .426 .880 .762 129 .664 16.8 1.6 .861 .358 .256 .0
PIT (1 yr) 133 89 14 4.2 94 .324 .232 .253 .341 .320 .330 .394 .671 .714 90 .478 -0.6 -0.1 .644 .268 .098 .0
NL (7 yrs) 3083 2097 446 5.7 102 .305 .266 .262 .338 .331 .472 .414 .810 .746 116 .587 62.4 5.9 .773 .304 .206 23.6
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
2012 33 CIN NL NLDS SFG L 5 22 18 4 6 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 5 .333 .455 .833 1.288 15 2 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 35 30 5 10 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 5 .333 .429 .633 1.062 19 2 0 0 0 1
2 NLDS 8 35 30 5 10 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 5 .333 .429 .633 1.062 19 2 0 0 0 1

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 0.68 0.95 64% 23% 3.7% 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 472 5.5% 20.6% 8.9% 11.7% 47% 2.31 4.4 16.2 5.3 0.51 0.79 64% 22% 13.7% 12%
2013 34 CIN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
11 Yrs 3448 4.2% 22.2% 8.7% 9.5% 41% 2.55 4.0 21.4 5.8 0.48 0.60 63% 22% 10.7% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.6% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 2.09 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.79 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 12%
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

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 0.89 -2.7 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 40.7 3.8 631 2.6 13.5 -10.9 1.03 4.7 -2.2 42.0 4.0 1.00 57.6 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 -4.8 -0.5 569 -1.4 10.1 -11.5 1.18 -0.4 -0.8 -4.1 -0.4 1.02 -4.1 3.08 4
2011 32 SDP NL -4.2 -0.4 433 -1.2 7.8 -9.0 1.20 -0.5 -0.4 -4.7 -0.5 1.03 -5.1 4.79 1
2011 32 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 136 -0.2 2.3 -2.5 1.10 0.1 -0.3 0.5 0.1 0.99 0.9 2.51 3
2012 33 CIN NL 16.1 1.6 478 2.7 11.3 -8.6 1.09 1.4 1.1 19.3 1.8 0.98 13.0 1.27 15
2013 34 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.99 0.4 0
11 Yrs 55.4 5.3 3515 5.3 69.9 -64.6 1.08 6.7 -1.8 87.8 8.3 0.99 78.4 1.30 95
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 23 TEX AL 1 0 36% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 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 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 0 0 1 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 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 0 0 0 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 0 2 1 2 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 1 1 2 1 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 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 1 0 1 4 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 1 0 1 4 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 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 3 1 0 1 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 2 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 4 38% 9 6 3 3 2 1 4 2 2
2012 33 CIN NL 2 0 20% 150 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 9 35% 24 18 6 3 0 3 13 8 5
2013 34 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 28 10 28% 1158 17 18 49% 17 17 0 0 0 1 4 4 29 6 7 4 11 74 41% 174 118 54 39 19 20 95 39 52
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Batting*

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 23 TEX AL 88 22% 19 0 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 12 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 472 29% 116 6 0 15 4 1 1 1.27 26 1 12 16 10 16 10 0 1 1 100% 85 9 11% 41 11 27% 339 57 17% 28 12 43% 27 15 56% 0
2013 34 CIN NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3448 31% 805 39 0 95 25 5 11 1.30 143 2 99 94 49 65 78 0 9 9 100% 701 51 7% 337 87 26% 2368 399 17% 228 119 52% 147 84 57% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

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 473 1763 3.73 1124 64% 21% 21% 28% 29% 79% 1% 50% 73% 40% 5% 22 0 15% 69 28 8% 40 27 15% -1 0 0
2013 34 CIN NL 2 11 5.50 3 27% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0% 27% 100% 50% 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3457 13260 3.84 8404 63% 23% 19% 29% 28% 77% 1% 49% 75% 36% 5% 175 2 15% 508 214 9% 312 175 18% -9 0 5
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 25%
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

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 33 915 3446 3063 419 805 176 8 143 530 17 18 298 765 .263 .334 .466 .799 113 1426 51 41 9 25 15
2013 34 916 3448 3063 419 805 176 8 143 530 17 18 300 765 .263 .334 .466 .800 113 1426 51 41 9 25 15

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
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 32 139 567 500 65 126 25 0 14 86 1 55 124 .252 .327 .386 .713 63 139
2012 33 125 471 421 52 115 28 1 26 79 0 42 97 .273 .345 .530 .874 75 125
2013 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1
11 Yrs 916 3460 3078 431 820 179 8 145 543 17 306 765 .266 .338 .471 .810 484 916
162 Game Avg. 162 612 544 76 145 32 1 26 96 3 54 135 .266 .338 .471 .810 86 916



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* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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 (1193rd)

Silver Sluggers
2008 NL (OF)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.4 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (9th)

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  151 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 NL  121 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  41 (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)
2012 NL  16.2 (9th)**
Active  21.4 (36th)
Career  21.4 (173rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  42.02 (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  4.0 (6th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 14 (1240), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1046), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1606), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (172nd), 11.8 career WAR/13.0 7yr-peak WAR/12.4 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jason Kubel (969)
  2. Henry Rodriguez (965)
  3. Cody Ross (959)
  4. Tony Conigliaro (956)
  5. Josh Willingham (951)
  6. Brad Hawpe (950)
  7. Mike Marshall (949)
  8. Edwin Encarnacion (948)
  9. Chet Laabs (948)
  10. Jim Lemon (944)
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Henry Rodriguez (965)
  2. Glenallen Hill (964)
  3. Jim Lemon (957)
  4. Josh Willingham (951)
  5. Jayson Werth (941)
  6. Jay Gibbons (939)
  7. Lee Stevens (938)
  8. Wally Westlake (938)
  9. Jeffrey Hammonds (937)
  10. Juan Rivera (937)
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  1. John Mayberry (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Nelson Cruz (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Nelson Cruz (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Josh Willingham (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Glenallen Hill (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Henry Rodriguez (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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