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Mitch Maier

Mitchell William Maier

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 30, 1982 in Petoskey, MI
High School: Novi HS (Novi, MI)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 2006
Team: Royals 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$865k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.071, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Eric Sobocinski [*]
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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
2003	21	KCR-min	Rk	51	226	203	41	71	14	6	2	45	7	3	18	25	.350	.403	.507	.910		103	4	2	0	3	0		RY1 · ARIZ
2004	22	KCR-min	A,A+	133	539	491	66	141	33	5	7	53	43	12	42	80	.287	.344	.418	.761		205	6	2	1	3	4		BUR,WMT · MIDW,CARL
2005	23	KCR-min	AA,A+	130	569	533	97	153	47	6	15	81	16	4	27	90	.287	.322	.482	.804		257	9	3	0	6	2		WCH,HDS · TL,CALL
2006	24	KCR-min	AA	138	603	543	95	166	35	7	14	92	13	12	41	96	.306	.357	.473	.830		257	8	7	3	9	1		WCH · TL
2006	24	KCR	AL	5	15	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	/79D

2007	25	KCR-min	AAA	140	596	544	75	152	29	5	14	62	7	2	33	89	.279	.320	.428	.749		233	8	4	6	9	0		OMA · PCL
2008	26	KCR-min	AAA	85	383	345	57	109	24	1	9	41	12	3	29	42	.316	.366	.470	.835		162	3	1	3	5	0		OMA · PCL
2008	26	KCR	AL	34	97	91	9	26	1	1	0	9	0	2	2	18	.286	.316	.319	.634	71	29	3	2	2	0	0	8/9
2009	27	KCR-min	AAA	12	60	51	8	16	3	0	2	10	1	1	8	8	.314	.400	.490	.890		25	1	0	0	1	2		OMA · PCL
2009	27	KCR	AL	127	397	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	9	2	43	76	.243	.333	.331	.665	79	113	6	4	7	2	2	*897/D
2010	28	KCR	AL	117	421	373	41	98	15	6	5	39	3	2	41	68	.263	.333	.375	.709	94	140	3	0	4	3	2	*89/73D
2011	29	KCR	AL	45	113	95	19	22	4	3	0	7	1	0	16	32	.232	.345	.337	.682	89	32	1	1	0	1	0	79/8D1
2012	30	KCR	AL	19	63	55	6	11	1	1	2	6	1	0	7	18	.200	.290	.364	.654	80	20	0	0	1	0	0	8/D19
6 Yrs				347	1106	968	120	242	36	14	10	92	14	6	111	216	.250	.330	.347	.677	84	336	14	7	14	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	516	452	56	113	17	7	5	43	7	3	52	101	.250	.330	.347	.677	84	157	7	3	7	3	2

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
2006	24	KCR	AL	5	15	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/79D

2008	26	KCR	AL	34	97	-4	-2	-0	3	0	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.490	.498	-0.3	0.4	-3	$	8/9
2009	27	KCR	AL	127	397	-10	2	0	0	-1	-10	-0.9	13	3	0.4	.492	.494	0.4	-0.0	3	$	*897/D
2010	28	KCR	AL	117	421	-0	-3	1	-5	-2	-8	-0.7	14	6	0.5	.492	.495	1.1	-0.6	11	$	*89/73D
2011	29	KCR	AL	45	113	-2	1	0	5	-1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.509	.502	0.3	0.4	2	$459,000	79/8D1
2012	30	KCR	AL	19	63	-2	0	0	-4	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.475	.497	0.2	-0.4	2	$	8/D19
6 Seasons				347	1106	-20	-2	1	0	-3	-24	-2.1	37	14	1.3	.493	.498	1.5	-0.1	14	$459,000

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	PwrSpd
2006	24	KCR	AL	15	12	1	2.2	112	.222	.154	.277	.267	.341	.154	.440	.421	.781	13	.174	-1.7	-0.2	.333	.154	.000

2008	26	KCR	AL	97	72	8	3.0	104	.356	.286	.266	.316	.333	.319	.417	.634	.751	71	.281	-4.1	-0.4	.443	.033	.033
2009	27	KCR	AL	397	275	41	4.0	105	.303	.243	.264	.333	.332	.331	.423	.665	.756	79	.391	-9.4	-0.9	.628	.235	.088	4.5
2010	28	KCR	AL	421	287	49	4.6	99	.307	.263	.259	.333	.327	.375	.406	.709	.733	94	.489	-2.8	-0.3	.650	.225	.113	3.8
2011	29	KCR	AL	113	75	13	4.6	99	.344	.232	.258	.345	.323	.337	.409	.682	.732	89	.503	-1.0	-0.1	.676	.284	.105	.0
2012	30	KCR	AL	63	45	7	4.2	98	.257	.200	.252	.290	.320	.364	.409	.654	.728	80	.458	-1.7	-0.2	.636	.309	.164	1.3
6 Yrs				1106	766	119	4.2	102	.310	.250	.261	.330	.329	.347	.414	.677	.743	84	.430	-20.8	-2.0	.619	.220	.097	11.7
162 Game Avg.				516	358	56	4.2	102	.310	.250	.261	.330	.329	.347	.414	.677	.743	84	.430	-20.8	-2.0	.619	.220	.097	5

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
2006	24	KCR	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.3			0.80	1.67	60%	0%	0.0%	40%

2008	26	KCR	AL	97	0.0%	18.6%	2.1%	2.1%	8%	9.00	5.1		10.1	1.03	1.52	75%	19%	0.0%	22%
2009	27	KCR	AL	397	0.8%	19.1%	10.8%	5.3%	25%	1.77	4.5	113.7	11.0	0.77	0.90	67%	18%	2.3%	14%
2010	28	KCR	AL	421	1.2%	16.2%	9.7%	6.2%	27%	1.66	5.5	74.6	9.6	0.65	0.76	72%	19%	3.2%	16%
2011	29	KCR	AL	113	0.0%	28.3%	14.2%	6.2%	32%	2.00	3.0		13.6	0.44	0.76	57%	27%	0.0%	12%
2012	30	KCR	AL	63	3.2%	28.6%	11.1%	6.4%	36%	2.57	3.1	27.5	9.2	0.35	0.65	56%	16%	10.0%	23%
6 Yrs				1106	0.9%	19.5%	10.0%	5.4%	25%	1.95	4.5	96.8	10.5	0.68	0.87	68%	19%	2.7%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.09	5.0	34.0	7.8	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	24	KCR	AL	-1.7	-0.2	15	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-2.6	-0.2	0.92	-1.9		0

2008	26	KCR	AL	-4.1	-0.4	101	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	.96	-0.6	0.0	-6.6	-0.6	1.04	-7.3	0.00	1
2009	27	KCR	AL	-9.4	-0.9	413	-1.6	4.6	-6.2	.85	-0.7	-1.1	-7.0	-0.7	0.91	-10.1	0.20	5
2010	28	KCR	AL	-2.8	-0.3	434	-0.3	6.8	-7.1	1.03	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.96	-3.5	2.89	4
2011	29	KCR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	117	-0.6	1.6	-2.3	1.06	-0.1	-0.5	-2.3	-0.2	1.02	-0.7	2.07	12
2012	30	KCR	AL	-1.7	-0.2	64	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.11	-0.3	0.2	-4.3	-0.4	1.02	-3.6	1.16	3
6 Yrs				-20.6	-2.0	1144	-3.3	15.5	-18.8	.97	-2.1	-1.3	-22.6	-2.2	0.96	-27.2	1.64	25

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
2006	24	KCR	AL	0	0	75%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

2008	26	KCR	AL	0	0	30%	44	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	40%	3	2	1	3	3	0	4	1	3
2009	27	KCR	AL	2	0	31%	145	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	9	58%	19	8	11	5	1	4	14	5	7
2010	28	KCR	AL	7	0	27%	157	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	11	31%	24	18	6	12	5	6	13	10	3
2011	29	KCR	AL	0	0	49%	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	56%	11	6	5	3	0	3	4	2	2
2012	30	KCR	AL	0	0	25%	14	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0
6 Yrs				9	0	31%	420	14	6	70%	12	6	2	0	0	0	3	3	17	27	46%	61	36	25	25	9	15	37	19	16

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
2006	24	KCR	AL	15	60%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

2008	26	KCR	AL	97	63%	26	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	14	3	21%	10	3	30%	71	9	13%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	397	73%	83	9	0	5	1	0	0	0.20	3	0	7	2	1	1	2	0	9	7	78%	72	6	8%	37	15	41%	225	30	13%	25	14	56%	15	9	60%	0
2010	28	KCR	AL	421	80%	98	13	3	4	1	0	0	2.89	5	0	11	2	3	1	4	0	6	4	67%	82	3	4%	38	16	42%	262	35	13%	27	18	67%	21	17	81%	0
2011	29	KCR	AL	113	64%	22	1	0	12	3	0	0	2.07	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	17	1	6%	14	4	29%	66	7	11%	5	1	20%	7	3	43%	0
2012	30	KCR	AL	63	73%	11	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.16	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	6	2	33%	48	4	8%	4	1	25%	5	2	40%	0
6 Yrs				1106	74%	242	28	3	25	5	0	0	1.64	10	0	27	4	6	2	8	0	22	14	64%	198	14	7%	108	41	38%	682	85	12%	69	35	51%	55	34	62%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			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
2006	24	KCR	AL	15	49	3.27	32	65%	19%	25%	28%	28%	81%	0%	53%	69%	47%	0%	0	0	13%	2	2	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2008	26	KCR	AL	98	335	3.42	236	70%	22%	15%	31%	32%	78%	0%	55%	81%	28%	3%	3	0	11%	11	4	6%	6	3	17%	-1	0	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	398	1551	3.90	974	63%	29%	13%	30%	28%	71%	1%	45%	82%	26%	6%	25	0	13%	53	15	8%	32	11	25%	-1	0	0
2010	28	KCR	AL	421	1683	4.00	1037	62%	32%	11%	27%	30%	68%	1%	42%	84%	19%	5%	19	0	15%	63	21	10%	42	19	26%	0	0	0
2011	29	KCR	AL	114	515	4.52	312	61%	34%	15%	30%	21%	66%	0%	40%	77%	18%	4%	4	0	13%	15	4	11%	13	8	41%	-1	0	0
2012	30	KCR	AL	63	265	4.21	164	62%	35%	16%	26%	23%	65%	0%	40%	76%	21%	8%	5	1	21%	13	3	19%	12	3	33%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1109	4398	3.97	2755	63%	30%	13%	29%	28%	70%	1%	44%	81%	23%	5%	56	1	14%	157	49	9%	105	44	28%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	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
2006	24	5	15	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	13	2	1	0	0	0	0
2007	25	5	15	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	13	2	1	0	0	0	0
2008	26	39	112	104	12	28	1	1	0	9	0	2	4	22	.269	.309	.298	.607	63	31	4	2	2	0	0
2009	27	166	509	445	54	111	16	4	3	40	9	4	47	98	.249	.328	.324	.652	75	144	10	6	9	2	2
2010	28	283	930	818	95	209	31	10	8	79	12	6	88	166	.256	.330	.347	.678	84	284	13	6	13	5	4
2011	29	328	1043	913	114	231	35	13	8	86	13	6	104	198	.253	.332	.346	.678	84	316	14	7	13	6	4
2012	30	347	1106	968	120	242	36	14	10	92	14	6	111	216	.250	.330	.347	.677	84	336	14	7	14	6	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	24	5	17	14	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.214	.353	.214	.567	1	5

2008	26	34	97	91	9	26	1	1	0	9	0	2	18	.286	.316	.319	.634	9	34
2009	27	127	397	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	9	43	76	.243	.333	.331	.665	37	127
2010	28	117	427	377	44	102	16	6	5	41	3	43	68	.271	.343	.385	.727	50	117
2011	29	45	115	96	21	23	4	3	0	8	1	17	32	.240	.357	.344	.700	12	45
2012	30	19	63	55	6	11	1	1	2	6	1	7	18	.200	.290	.364	.654	6	19
6 Yrs		347	1116	974	128	248	37	14	10	95	14	115	216	.255	.336	.352	.688	115	347
162 Game Avg.		162	521	455	60	116	17	7	5	44	7	54	101	.255	.336	.352	.688	54	347

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