Nick Markakis

Nicholas William Markakis

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 17, 1983 in Glen Cove, NY
High School: Woodstock HS (Woodstock, GA)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006
Team: Orioles 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 6 yrs/$66.1M (09-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Jamie Murphy Octagon [*]
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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
2006 22 BAL AL 147 542 491 72 143 25 2 16 62 2 0 43 72 .291 .351 .448 .799 106 220 15 3 3 2 3 *97/8D RoY-6
2007 23 BAL AL 161 710 637 97 191 43 3 23 112 18 6 61 112 .300 .362 .485 .848 121 309 22 5 1 6 5 *9
2008 24 BAL AL 157 697 595 106 182 48 1 20 87 10 7 99 113 .306 .406 .491 .897 136 292 10 2 0 1 7 *9
2009 25 BAL AL 161 711 642 94 188 45 2 18 101 6 2 56 98 .293 .347 .453 .801 108 291 12 3 0 10 0 *9
2010 26 BAL AL 160 709 629 79 187 45 3 12 60 7 2 73 93 .297 .370 .436 .805 120 274 18 2 0 5 9 *9/D
2011 27 BAL AL 160 716 641 72 182 31 1 15 73 12 3 62 75 .284 .351 .406 .756 108 260 16 7 0 6 6 *9/3D GG
2012 28 BAL AL 50 225 199 25 51 13 1 8 26 1 1 22 37 .256 .333 .452 .786 115 90 7 2 0 2 1 *9/D
7 Yrs 996 4310 3834 545 1124 250 13 112 521 56 21 416 600 .293 .363 .453 .816 117 1736 100 24 4 32 31
162 Game Avg. 162 701 624 89 183 41 2 18 85 9 3 68 98 .293 .363 .453 .816 117 282 16 4 1 5 5

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
2006 22 BAL AL 147 542 3 2 1 5 -7 4 0.5 18 22 2.1 .502 .502 1.7 -0.1 17 $327,000 *97/8D RoY-6
2007 23 BAL AL 161 710 20 2 -2 4 -7 16 1.7 24 40 3.9 .510 .509 3.5 -0.2 36 $400,000 *9
2008 24 BAL AL 157 697 35 -4 1 22 -7 47 5.1 24 71 7.1 .530 .529 4.8 1.7 49 $455,000 *9
2009 25 BAL AL 161 711 9 3 1 -3 -7 3 0.5 24 27 2.6 .502 .502 3.0 -0.9 30 $3,350,000 *9
2010 26 BAL AL 160 709 15 1 -1 -11 -7 -4 -0.1 24 20 2.0 .498 .498 3.2 -1.8 31 $7,100,000 *9/D
2011 27 BAL AL 160 716 5 1 -1 3 -8 1 0.2 24 25 2.4 .500 .500 2.2 -0.4 22 $10,600,000 *9/3D GG
2012 28 BAL AL 50 225 4 0 -0 -4 -2 -2 -0.3 8 5 0.4 .495 .498 0.9 -0.7 9 $ *9/D
7 Seasons 996 4310 91 4 -2 16 -46 63 7.6 146 210 20.5 .506 .506 19.3 -2.3 194 $22,232,000

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 22 BAL AL 542 368 75 5.4 110 .314 .291 .274 .351 .339 .448 .436 .799 .775 106 .518 4.3 0.4 .738 .248 .157 3.6
2007 23 BAL AL 710 481 109 6.0 108 .331 .300 .272 .362 .340 .485 .426 .848 .765 121 .582 19.5 1.8 .816 .300 .185 20.2
2008 24 BAL AL 697 431 123 7.6 106 .350 .306 .269 .406 .337 .491 .423 .897 .760 136 .687 35.6 3.3 .921 .356 .185 13.3
2009 25 BAL AL 711 478 103 5.7 109 .317 .293 .268 .347 .338 .453 .431 .801 .769 108 .557 8.8 0.8 .756 .254 .160 9.0
2010 26 BAL AL 709 467 102 5.8 99 .331 .297 .259 .370 .327 .436 .406 .805 .733 120 .600 20.4 2.0 .766 .262 .138 8.8
2011 27 BAL AL 716 484 93 5.2 99 .300 .284 .258 .351 .323 .406 .409 .756 .732 108 .550 8.2 0.8 .707 .232 .122 13.3
2012 28 BAL AL 225 158 29 4.9 97 .276 .256 .252 .333 .319 .452 .408 .786 .727 115 .532 4.6 0.4 .731 .307 .196 1.8
7 Yrs 4310 2867 634 5.9 104 .321 .293 .266 .363 .333 .453 .420 .816 .753 117 .585 101.3 9.6 .781 .277 .160 74.7
162 Game Avg. 701 466 103 5.9 104 .321 .293 .266 .363 .333 .453 .420 .816 .753 117 .585 16 2 .781 .277 .160 12

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 22 BAL AL 542 3.0% 13.3% 7.9% 7.9% 30% 1.67 6.8 30.7 7.9 1.07 1.43 75% 19% 8.6% 7%
2007 23 BAL AL 710 3.2% 15.8% 8.6% 9.7% 36% 1.84 5.7 27.7 5.7 0.83 1.18 72% 19% 8.9% 11%
2008 24 BAL AL 697 2.9% 16.2% 14.2% 9.9% 38% 1.14 5.3 29.8 6.8 0.89 1.23 66% 20% 8.6% 9%
2009 25 BAL AL 711 2.5% 13.8% 7.9% 9.1% 35% 1.75 6.6 35.7 6.4 0.77 0.87 75% 18% 6.6% 13%
2010 26 BAL AL 709 1.7% 13.1% 10.3% 8.5% 32% 1.27 6.8 52.4 10.5 0.85 0.99 75% 18% 4.5% 10%
2011 27 BAL AL 716 2.1% 10.5% 8.7% 6.6% 26% 1.21 8.5 42.7 8.8 0.75 1.01 78% 20% 5.1% 10%
2012 28 BAL AL 225 3.6% 16.4% 9.8% 9.8% 43% 1.68 5.4 24.9 7.7 0.89 1.50 69% 23% 10.3% 10%
7 Yrs 4310 2.6% 13.9% 9.7% 8.7% 33% 1.44 6.4 34.2 7.4 0.84 1.10 73% 19% 7.1% 10%
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 22 BAL AL 4.3 0.4 552 0.7 9.7 -9.0 1.00 0.2 0.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.96 -0.6 2.05 3
2007 23 BAL AL 19.5 1.8 738 2.3 15.1 -12.8 1.07 1.4 0.8 20.8 1.9 0.93 17.2 0
2008 24 BAL AL 35.6 3.3 719 2.0 13.8 -11.8 1.01 2.9 -0.9 35.1 3.3 0.91 35.3 1.89 1
2009 25 BAL AL 8.8 0.8 723 0.0 12.8 -12.8 1.02 0.7 -0.7 10.8 1.0 0.93 9.7 0
2010 26 BAL AL 20.4 2.0 730 1.4 13.0 -11.6 1.01 0.9 0.5 17.1 1.7 0.90 9.8 0
2011 27 BAL AL 9.0 0.9 739 0.2 12.2 -12.0 .99 0.8 -0.6 4.7 0.5 0.97 8.1 0
2012 28 BAL AL 4.6 0.4 234 0.3 4.8 -4.5 1.10 0.6 -0.4 2.6 0.3 0.91 4.6 0
7 Yrs 102.2 9.7 4435 6.9 81.4 -74.5 1.02 7.5 -0.8 90.5 8.5 0.93 84.1 2.01 4

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 BAL AL 2 0 32% 222 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 35% 41 29 11 6 3 3 18 9 9
2007 23 BAL AL 7 0 32% 290 18 6 75% 17 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 37% 34 28 6 13 6 7 23 10 13
2008 24 BAL AL 6 0 33% 343 10 7 59% 10 5 0 0 0 2 4 2 6 15 38% 46 37 9 14 9 5 32 8 21
2009 25 BAL AL 9 0 33% 311 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 48% 47 34 12 7 2 5 25 4 21
2010 26 BAL AL 3 0 27% 309 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 28 35% 36 27 9 9 6 3 23 10 12
2011 27 BAL AL 4 0 24% 313 12 3 80% 12 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 7 10 49% 41 27 14 12 6 5 23 3 18
2012 28 BAL AL 2 0 25% 88 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 47% 8 5 3 4 3 1 5 1 4
7 Yrs 33 0 30% 1876 56 21 73% 53 17 3 2 0 2 12 5 26 105 41% 253 187 64 65 35 29 149 45 98

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 22 BAL AL 542 76% 143 9 1 3 0 0 1 2.05 16 0 22 15 1 9 7 0 6 3 50% 108 15 14% 52 18 35% 354 47 13% 33 17 52% 18 12 67% 0
2007 23 BAL AL 710 70% 191 16 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 14 16 7 15 8 0 2 1 50% 140 22 16% 68 26 38% 454 89 20% 59 38 64% 34 21 62% 0
2008 24 BAL AL 697 68% 182 14 0 1 0 0 0 1.89 20 0 10 15 5 11 9 0 0 0 133 10 8% 61 15 25% 412 72 17% 37 17 46% 36 13 36% 0
2009 25 BAL AL 711 60% 188 22 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 23 13 5 8 10 0 0 0 143 12 8% 69 23 33% 475 86 18% 50 32 64% 39 18 46% 0
2010 26 BAL AL 709 70% 187 20 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 6 10 2 8 4 0 0 0 139 18 13% 65 18 28% 372 49 13% 34 18 53% 34 23 68% 0
2011 27 BAL AL 716 70% 182 18 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 14 14 1 8 7 0 0 0 128 16 13% 68 30 44% 396 63 16% 31 20 65% 35 22 63% 0
2012 28 BAL AL 225 74% 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 6 2 5 3 0 0 0 43 7 16% 18 7 39% 127 18 14% 7 4 57% 10 8 80% 0
7 Yrs 4310 69% 1124 102 2 4 0 0 1 2.01 112 3 95 89 23 64 48 0 8 4 50% 834 100 12% 401 137 34% 2590 424 16% 251 146 58% 206 117 57% 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 22 BAL AL 543 1996 3.68 1262 63% 28% 9% 30% 34% 72% 1% 46% 88% 29% 3% 18 0 17% 90 29 8% 45 24 35% -1 0 0
2007 23 BAL AL 712 2669 3.75 1686 63% 30% 11% 27% 32% 70% 1% 44% 84% 27% 6% 40 2 16% 111 34 8% 57 25 38% -2 0 0
2008 24 BAL AL 699 2687 3.84 1570 58% 30% 11% 27% 31% 70% 2% 41% 84% 27% 8% 54 3 20% 139 39 11% 79 41 38% -2 0 0
2009 25 BAL AL 713 2763 3.88 1731 63% 34% 10% 24% 32% 66% 0% 41% 85% 21% 6% 40 1 16% 115 26 11% 80 44 33% -2 0 0
2010 26 BAL AL 712 2864 4.02 1751 61% 34% 7% 27% 31% 66% 3% 40% 89% 17% 5% 36 0 17% 123 32 11% 80 39 30% -3 0 0
2011 27 BAL AL 716 2784 3.89 1739 62% 33% 9% 25% 33% 67% 2% 42% 87% 18% 5% 37 1 15% 109 24 10% 71 38 37% 0 0 0
2012 28 BAL AL 225 931 4.14 571 61% 38% 8% 25% 29% 62% 1% 38% 88% 14% 6% 13 0 17% 39 9 12% 28 12 43% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 4320 16694 3.86 10310 62% 32% 9% 27% 32% 68% 2% 42% 86% 22% 6% 238 7 17% 726 193 10% 440 223 36% -10 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 22 147 542 491 72 143 25 2 16 62 2 0 43 72 .291 .351 .448 .799 106 220 15 3 3 2 3
2007 23 308 1252 1128 169 334 68 5 39 174 20 6 104 184 .296 .357 .469 .826 114 529 37 8 4 8 8
2008 24 465 1949 1723 275 516 116 6 59 261 30 13 203 297 .299 .375 .476 .851 122 821 47 10 4 9 15
2009 25 626 2660 2365 369 704 161 8 77 362 36 15 259 395 .298 .367 .470 .838 118 1112 59 13 4 19 15
2010 26 786 3369 2994 448 891 206 11 89 422 43 17 332 488 .298 .368 .463 .831 119 1386 77 15 4 24 24
2011 27 946 4085 3635 520 1073 237 12 104 495 55 20 394 563 .295 .365 .453 .818 117 1646 93 22 4 30 30
2012 28 996 4310 3834 545 1124 250 13 112 521 56 21 416 600 .293 .363 .453 .816 117 1736 100 24 4 32 31

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2006 22 147 537 487 69 139 24 2 16 59 2 42 72 .285 .345 .441 .786 73 147
2007 23 161 702 631 92 185 42 3 22 106 17 59 112 .293 .355 .474 .829 106 161
2008 24 157 692 592 103 179 47 1 20 85 10 97 113 .302 .402 .486 .888 115 157
2009 25 161 707 639 91 185 44 2 18 98 6 55 98 .290 .344 .449 .793 99 161
2010 26 160 720 637 85 195 47 3 13 64 7 76 93 .306 .379 .451 .830 109 160
2011 27 160 724 647 76 188 32 1 15 77 12 64 75 .291 .358 .413 .770 95 160
2012 28 50 226 200 26 52 13 1 8 27 1 22 37 .260 .336 .455 .791 31 50
7 Yrs 996 4308 3833 542 1123 249 13 112 516 55 415 600 .293 .363 .452 .815 628 996
162 Game Avg. 162 701 623 88 183 41 2 18 84 9 68 98 .293 .363 .452 .815 102 996

* 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

Gold Gloves
2011 AL (RF)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2008 AL  7.1 (1st)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2008 AL  7.1 (1st)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2008 AL  4.8 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2008 AL  .306 (10th)
Active  .293 (27th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 AL  .406 (3rd)
Active  .363 (36th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 AL  .897 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL  161 (3rd)
2008 AL  157 (9th)
2009 AL  161 (1st)
2010 AL  160 (4th)
2011 AL  160 (3rd)
2012 AL  50 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
2007 AL  637 (7th)
2009 AL  642 (3rd)
2010 AL  629 (6th)
2011 AL  641 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2007 AL  710 (6th)
2009 AL  711 (6th)
2010 AL  709 (6th)
2011 AL  716 (5th)
2012 AL  225 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL  106 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  191 (7th)
2008 AL  182 (10th)
2009 AL  188 (7th)
2010 AL  187 (5th)
2011 AL  182 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2007 AL  309 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2007 AL  43 (6th)
2008 AL  48 (3rd)
2009 AL  45 (6th)
2010 AL  45 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2007 AL  112 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  99 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
2010 AL  127 (9th)
2011 AL  135 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL  136 (6th)
Active  117 (50th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 AL  123 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  36 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  3.3 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  69 (9th)
2008 AL  69 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2007 AL  257 (10th)
2008 AL  283 (1st)
2010 AL  262 (5th)
2011 AL  251 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 AL  .687 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL  22 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL  20.2 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2011 AL  8.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 AL  481 (2nd)
2009 AL  478 (6th)
2011 AL  484 (6th)
2012 AL  158 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2008 AL  35.10 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2008 AL  2.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2008 AL  3.3 (10th)

                                         

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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 46 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (754), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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