Chris Magruder
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 26, 1977 in Tacoma, WA
High School: West Valley (Yakima, WA)
School: University of Washington
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 2001
Final Game: September 28, 2005
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Standard Batting

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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
2001 24 TEX AL 17 31 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .172 .226 .172 .398 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 /798
2002 25 CLE AL 87 278 258 34 56 15 1 6 29 2 0 15 55 .217 .261 .353 .614 64 91 7 1 2 2 2 798
2003 26 CLE AL 9 30 26 3 9 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 6 .346 .433 .615 1.049 178 16 0 1 0 0 0 /79
2004 27 MIL NL 56 101 89 11 21 6 1 2 10 0 1 8 21 .236 .310 .393 .703 81 35 3 2 1 1 2 97
2005 28 MIL NL 101 155 138 16 28 9 0 2 13 3 0 7 33 .203 .265 .312 .576 50 43 3 5 4 1 1 9/87
5 Seasons 270 595 540 67 119 32 3 11 56 5 2 34 120 .220 .277 .352 .629 66 190 14 10 7 4 5
162 Game Avg. 162 357 324 40 71 19 2 7 34 3 1 20 72 .220 .277 .352 .629 66 114 8 6 4 2 3
CLE (2 yrs) 96 308 284 37 65 17 2 7 32 2 1 18 61 .229 .278 .377 .655 75 107 7 2 2 2 2
MIL (2 yrs) 157 256 227 27 49 15 1 4 23 3 1 15 54 .216 .283 .344 .626 62 78 6 7 5 2 3
TEX (1 yr) 17 31 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .172 .226 .172 .398 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 113 339 313 40 70 17 2 7 33 2 1 19 66 .224 .273 .358 .631 68 112 8 3 2 2 2
NL (2 yrs) 157 256 227 27 49 15 1 4 23 3 1 15 54 .216 .283 .344 .626 62 78 6 7 5 2 3

Advanced Batting

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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
2001 24 TEX AL 31 25 1 1.1 110 .208 .172 .272 .226 .339 .172 .436 .398 .776 6 .055 -4.2 -0.4 .280 .034 .000
2002 25 CLE AL 278 213 23 2.9 103 .251 .217 .261 .261 .328 .353 .420 .614 .747 64 .273 -13.8 -1.3 .522 .202 .136 3.0
2003 26 CLE AL 30 18 7 10.4 103 .421 .346 .263 .433 .328 .615 .421 1.049 .749 178 .790 3.0 0.3 1.056 .346 .269 .0
2004 27 MIL NL 101 74 10 3.6 111 .284 .236 .270 .310 .341 .393 .437 .703 .778 81 .354 -2.6 -0.2 .611 .236 .157 .0
2005 28 MIL NL 155 118 12 2.7 109 .250 .203 .270 .265 .340 .312 .430 .576 .770 50 .259 -10.2 -1.0 .513 .181 .109 2.4
5 Seasons 595 448 53 3.2 106 .262 .220 .265 .277 .334 .352 .426 .629 .760 66 .307 -27.7 -2.6 .542 .200 .131 6.9
162 Game Avg. 357 269 32 3.2 106 .262 .220 .265 .277 .334 .352 .426 .629 .760 66 .307 -27.7 -2.6 .542 .200 .131 4
CLE (2 yrs) 308 231 30 3.5 103 .266 .229 .261 .278 .328 .377 .420 .655 .747 75 .343 -10.8 -1.0 .564 .215 .148 3.1
MIL (2 yrs) 256 192 22 3.1 110 .263 .216 .270 .283 .341 .344 .433 .626 .773 62 .297 -12.8 -1.2 .551 .203 .128 3.4
TEX (1 yr) 31 25 1 1.1 110 .208 .172 .272 .226 .339 .172 .436 .398 .776 6 .055 -4.2 -0.4 .280 .034 .000
AL (3 yrs) 339 256 31 3.2 103 .260 .224 .262 .273 .329 .358 .421 .631 .750 68 .314 -14.9 -1.4 .536 .198 .134 3.1
NL (2 yrs) 256 192 22 3.1 110 .263 .216 .270 .283 .341 .344 .433 .626 .773 62 .297 -12.8 -1.2 .551 .203 .128 3.4

Ratio Batting*

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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
2001 24 TEX AL 31 0.0% 16.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 5.8 29.0 0.85 1.11 77% 29% 0.0% 0%
2002 25 CLE AL 278 2.2% 19.8% 5.4% 7.9% 39% 3.67 4.7 43.0 8.9 0.81 1.18 72% 18% 7.1% 22%
2003 26 CLE AL 30 3.3% 20.0% 10.0% 13.3% 44% 2.00 4.3 26.0 8.7 0.67 1.75 63% 30% 9.1% 8%
2004 27 MIL NL 101 2.0% 20.8% 7.9% 8.9% 43% 2.63 4.2 44.5 8.9 0.86 1.23 66% 17% 5.7% 5%
2005 28 MIL NL 155 1.3% 21.3% 4.5% 7.1% 39% 4.71 4.2 69.0 10.6 0.93 1.18 67% 13% 3.9% 7%
5 Seasons 595 1.9% 20.2% 5.7% 7.7% 39% 3.53 4.5 49.1 9.6 0.84 1.20 69% 18% 5.7% 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 24 TEX AL 2 0 43% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
2002 25 CLE AL 3 0 42% 99 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 54% 12 6 6 4 2 2 8 3 5
2003 26 CLE AL 0 0 17% 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2004 27 MIL NL 3 0 31% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 42% 4 4 0 2 0 2 6 2 3
2005 28 MIL NL 2 0 37% 49 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 39% 11 8 2 1 0 1 6 2 4
5 Seasons 10 0 37% 223 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 48% 31 20 10 7 2 5 22 7 14
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2001 24 TEX AL 31 100% 5 0 0 4 1 0 0 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 0 0 4 3 75% 0
2002 25 CLE AL 278 100% 56 4 1 4 1 0 0 1.66 6 0 6 3 3 3 3 0 3 2 67% 51 7 14% 29 10 34% 183 26 14% 20 7 35% 15 6 40% 0
2003 26 CLE AL 30 100% 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.31 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 19 2 11% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
2004 27 MIL NL 101 100% 21 1 0 29 5 0 3 1.10 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 20 3 15% 8 5 63% 62 8 13% 4 3 75% 8 3 38% 0
2005 28 MIL NL 155 100% 28 1 0 53 13 1 4 1.18 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 100% 33 3 9% 15 7 47% 102 12 12% 6 4 67% 11 7 64% 0
5 Seasons 595 100% 119 7 1 91 20 1 7 1.18 11 0 14 5 6 7 4 0 8 7 88% 111 14 13% 53 23 43% 379 49 13% 31 15 48% 41 21 51% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2001 24 TEX AL 31 111 3.58 69 62% 32% 9% 25% 35% 68% 0% 42% 87% 32% 3% 1 0 13% 4 2 6% 2 0 40% 0 0 0
2002 25 CLE AL 278 985 3.54 641 65% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 2% 47% 81% 35% 4% 12 0 15% 41 16 8% 23 9 16% 0 0 0
2003 26 CLE AL 30 108 3.60 68 63% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 0% 45% 80% 27% 3% 1 0 13% 4 1 7% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
2004 27 MIL NL 101 380 3.76 239 63% 30% 13% 27% 29% 70% 3% 44% 81% 25% 5% 5 0 12% 12 4 11% 11 7 33% 0 0 0
2005 28 MIL NL 155 568 3.66 369 65% 35% 14% 21% 30% 65% 2% 42% 79% 26% 4% 6 0 16% 25 10 8% 13 7 27% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 595 2152 3.62 1386 64% 30% 13% 25% 31% 70% 2% 45% 81% 30% 4% 25 0 14% 86 33 9% 51 24 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
2001 24 17 31 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .172 .226 .172 .398 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
2002 25 104 309 287 37 61 15 1 6 30 2 0 16 60 .213 .257 .334 .592 58 96 8 2 2 2 2
2003 26 113 339 313 40 70 17 2 7 33 2 1 19 66 .224 .273 .358 .631 68 112 8 3 2 2 2
2004 27 169 440 402 51 91 23 3 9 43 2 2 27 87 .226 .281 .366 .647 71 147 11 5 3 3 4
2005 28 270 595 540 67 119 32 3 11 56 5 2 34 120 .220 .277 .352 .629 66 190 14 10 7 4 5

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
2001 24 17 31 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .172 .226 .172 .398 1 17
2002 25 87 275 257 34 55 15 1 6 29 2 15 55 .214 .258 .350 .608 23 87
2003 26 9 30 26 3 9 2 1 1 3 0 3 6 .346 .433 .615 1.049 7 9
2004 27 56 99 88 11 20 6 1 2 10 0 8 21 .227 .303 .386 .689 10 56
2005 28 101 154 140 16 30 10 0 2 13 3 8 33 .214 .279 .329 .608 12 101
5 Seasons 270 589 540 67 119 33 3 11 56 5 35 120 .220 .278 .354 .632 53 270
162 Game Avg. 162 353 324 40 71 20 2 7 34 3 21 72 .220 .278 .354 .632 32 270

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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