Fernando Lunar

Fernando Jose Lunar

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 25, 1977 in Cantaura, Anzoategui, Venezuela
High School: Anzoategui (Anzoategui, VE)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 2000
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Braves 2000-2002

Final Game: April 11, 2002
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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
1994	17	ATL-min	Rk	33	106	100	9	24	5	0	2	12	0	0	1	13	.240	.267	.350	.617		35	1	3	1	1	0		BVS · GULF
1995	18	ATL-min	A,A-	77	292	265	26	56	8	0	2	25	1	1	19	66	.211	.272	.264	.536		70	5	3	5	0	0		MAC,EUG · SALL,NORW
1996	19	ATL-min	A	104	380	343	33	63	9	0	7	33	3	2	20	65	.184	.252	.271	.523		93	11	12	3	2	0		MAC · SALL
1997	20	ATL-min	A	105	406	380	41	99	26	2	7	37	0	1	18	42	.261	.302	.395	.697		150	11	5	2	1	1		MAC · SALL
1998	21	ATL-min	A+	91	306	286	19	63	9	0	3	28	1	1	6	52	.220	.266	.283	.550		81	8	12	2	0	0		DVE · CARL
1999	22	ATL-min	AA	105	367	343	33	77	15	1	3	35	0	1	12	64	.224	.275	.300	.575		103	7	12	0	0	5		GRV · SOUL
2000	23	ATL-BAL-min	AA	53	199	182	18	40	10	1	0	12	0	0	14	23	.220	.286	.286	.572		52	6	3	0	0	0		GRV,BOW · SOUL,EL
2000	23	TOT	MLB	31	77	70	5	12	1	0	0	6	0	2	3	19	.171	.247	.186	.432	13	13	2	4	0	0	1	2
2000	23	ATL	NL	22	60	54	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	15	.185	.267	.204	.470	22	11	2	3	0	0	1	2
2000	23	BAL	AL	9	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	-20	2	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2001	24	BAL	AL	64	180	167	8	41	7	0	0	16	0	0	7	32	.246	.287	.287	.574	56	48	8	3	2	1	0	2
2002	25	BAL-min	AAA	42	154	145	7	28	1	0	2	8	1	0	4	27	.193	.234	.241	.475		35	9	4	0	1	0		ROC · IL
2002	25	BAL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2003	26	KCR-min	AAA	75	271	251	28	53	9	0	6	24	0	0	11	34	.211	.256	.319	.574		80	5	4	5	0	0		OMA · PCL
2004	27	CHC-min	AAA	78	276	254	30	64	8	0	5	23	0	0	10	46	.252	.298	.343	.640		87	10	7	4	1	0		IWA · PCL
2005	28	NYM-min	AAA	28	91	88	5	15	2	0	1	8	0	0	2	15	.170	.189	.227	.416		20	1	0	1	0	0		NFK · IL
2007	30	ATL-min	AA	6	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.111	.158	.111	.269		2	1	0	0	0	0		MSS · SOUL
3 Yrs				97	257	237	13	53	8	0	0	22	0	2	10	51	.224	.275	.257	.532	43	61	10	7	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	429	396	22	89	13	0	0	37	0	3	17	85	.224	.275	.257	.532	43	102	17	12	3	2	2

BAL (3 yrs)				75	197	183	8	43	7	0	0	17	0	0	7	36	.235	.277	.273	.550	49	50	8	4	2	1	0
ATL (1 yr)				22	60	54	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	15	.185	.267	.204	.470	22	11	2	3	0	0	1

AL (3 yrs)				75	197	183	8	43	7	0	0	17	0	0	7	36	.235	.277	.273	.550	49	50	8	4	2	1	0
NL (1 yr)				22	60	54	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	15	.185	.267	.204	.470	22	11	2	3	0	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
2000	23	ATL	NL	22	60	-6	-1	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.5	0.2	-5	$200,000	2
2000	23	BAL	AL	9	17	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/2
2001	24	BAL	AL	64	180	-9	-2	-0	4	3	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.493	.497	-0.2	0.7	-2	$205,000	2
2002	25	BAL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$225,000	/2
3 Seasons				97	257	-18	-3	-0	6	4	-12	-1.1	8	-3	-0.3	.488	.498	-0.9	1.0	-9	$630,000

BAL (3 yrs)				75	197	-12	-2	-0	5	3	-6	-0.5	7	1	0.1	.492	.499	-0.4	0.9	-4	$430,000
ATL (1 yr)				22	60	-6	-1	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.5	0.2	-5	$200,000

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
2000	23	TOT	MLB	77	62	2	0.9	115	.235	.171	.272	.247	.349	.186	.444	.432	.793	13	.034	-9.6	-0.9	.290	.029	.014
2000	23	ATL	NL	60	48	2	1.1	116	.256	.185	.273	.267	.351	.204	.446	.470	.797	22	.054	-6.6	-0.6	.313	.037	.019
2000	23	BAL	AL	17	14	0	0.0	111	.167	.125	.270	.176	.342	.125	.434	.301	.777	-20	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.214	.000	.000
2001	24	BAL	AL	180	137	12	2.3	103	.301	.246	.261	.287	.327	.287	.419	.574	.747	56	.196	-10.3	-1.0	.433	.084	.042
3 Yrs				257	199	14	1.9	106	.283	.224	.265	.275	.334	.257	.427	.532	.761	43	.137	-19.9	-1.9	.388	.068	.034
162 Game Avg.				429	332	23	1.9	106	.283	.224	.265	.275	.334	.257	.427	.532	.761	43	.137	-19.9	-1.9	.388	.068	.034

BAL (3 yrs)				197	151	12	2.1	103	.291	.235	.262	.277	.329	.273	.421	.550	.750	49	.168	-13.2	-1.2	.412	.077	.038
ATL (1 yr)				60	48	2	1.1	116	.256	.185	.273	.267	.351	.204	.446	.470	.797	22	.054	-6.6	-0.6	.313	.037	.019

AL (3 yrs)				197	151	12	2.1	103	.291	.235	.262	.277	.329	.273	.421	.550	.750	49	.168	-13.2	-1.2	.412	.077	.038
NL (1 yr)				60	48	2	1.1	116	.256	.185	.273	.267	.351	.204	.446	.470	.797	22	.054	-6.6	-0.6	.313	.037	.019

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
2000	23	TOT	MLB	77	0.0%	24.7%	3.9%	1.3%	8%	6.33	3.7		11.7	1.13	1.67	66%	18%	0.0%	33%
2000	23	ATL	NL	60	0.0%	25.0%	5.0%	1.7%	10%	5.00	3.6		10.8	1.29	2.00	65%	18%	0.0%	35%
2000	23	BAL	AL	17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		16.0	0.71	1.00	71%	17%	0.0%	29%
2001	24	BAL	AL	180	0.0%	17.8%	3.9%	3.9%	17%	4.57	5.2		10.4	1.39	2.29	76%	20%	0.0%	16%
3 Yrs				257	0.0%	19.8%	3.9%	3.1%	15%	5.10	4.6		10.8	1.31	2.09	73%	19%	0.0%	21%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	1.89	5.2	30.8	7.4	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2000	23	TOT	MLB	-9.7	-0.9	81	-0.5	0.8	-1.2	.83	-0.7	0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.94	-9.4	0.00	1
2000	23	ATL	NL	-6.7	-0.6	64	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	.87	-0.5	0.2	-4.9	-0.4	0.94	-6.3	0.00	1
2000	23	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.67	-0.2	-0.0	-3.6	-0.3	0.96	-3.1		0
2001	24	BAL	AL	-10.3	-1.0	183	-1.0	2.5	-3.5	1.02	-0.9	-0.1	-13.2	-1.3	1.00	-13.7	0.53	1
2002	25	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
3 Yrs				-19.9	-1.9	264	-1.5	3.3	-4.8	.96	-1.6	0.1	-21.6	-2.1	0.98	-23.1	0.26	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2000	23	TOT	MLB	1	26%	24	2	0%	2	0	1	0	67%	3	2	1	0	0	3	3
2000	23	ATL	NL	1	31%	19	2	0%	2	0	1	0	67%	3	2	1	0	0	3	3
2000	23	BAL	AL	0	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	24	BAL	AL	3	16%	59	0		0	2	1	2	15%	10	8	1	2	2	1	1
3 Yrs				4	19%	83	2	0%	2	2	2	2	32%	13	10	2	2	2	4	4

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
2000	23	TOT	MLB	77	26%	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	2	11%	8	3	38%	51	6	12%	6	4	67%	4	3	75%	0
2000	23	ATL	NL	60	30%	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	4	2	50%	40	5	13%	4	3	75%	3	3	100%	0
2000	23	BAL	AL	17	12%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2001	24	BAL	AL	180	31%	41	8	0	1	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	47	8	17%	15	5	33%	132	16	12%	12	8	67%	7	3	43%	0
3 Yrs				257	29%	53	9	0	2	0	0	0	0.26	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	65	10	15%	23	8	35%	183	22	12%	18	12	67%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			34%			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
2000	23	TOT	MLB	77	279	3.62	189	68%	19%	21%	33%	27%	81%	4%	55%	74%	34%	1%	1	0	10%	8	3	4%	3	2	26%	0	0	0
2000	23	ATL	NL	60	230	3.83	153	67%	19%	23%	33%	25%	81%	5%	54%	72%	33%	2%	1	0	13%	8	3	5%	3	2	27%	0	0	0
2000	23	BAL	AL	17	49	2.88	36	73%	17%	14%	36%	33%	83%	0%	61%	83%	35%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2001	24	BAL	AL	180	572	3.18	404	71%	24%	16%	26%	34%	76%	0%	53%	79%	44%	1%	1	0	4%	8	4	5%	9	4	31%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				257	851	3.31	593	70%	22%	18%	28%	32%	78%	2%	54%	77%	41%	1%	2	0	6%	16	7	5%	12	6	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	23	31	77	70	5	12	1	6	2	3	19	.171	.247	.186	.432	13	13	2	4	0	0	1
2001	24	95	257	237	13	53	8	22	2	10	51	.224	.275	.257	.532	43	61	10	7	2	1	1
2002	25	97	257	237	13	53	8	22	2	10	51	.224	.275	.257	.532	43	61	10	7	2	1	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	23	31	73	68	4	10	1	4	2	19	.147	.205	.162	.367	2	31
2001	24	64	181	168	8	42	7	17	7	32	.250	.291	.292	.582	14	64
2 Yrs		95	254	236	12	52	8	21	9	51	.220	.266	.254	.520	16	95
162 Game Avg.		162	433	402	20	89	14	36	15	87	.220	.266	.254	.520	27	95

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