Lou Marson

Louis Glenn Marson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1986 in Scottsdale, AZ
High School: Coronado HS (Scottsdale, AZ)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 2008
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$492k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.036, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2004	18	PHI-min	Rk	38	126	113	18	29	3	0	4	8	4	0	13	18	.257	.333	.389	.723		44	4	0	0	0	0		CLR · GULF
2005	19	PHI-min	A-	60	252	220	25	54	11	3	5	25	0	1	27	52	.245	.329	.391	.720		86	12	1	3	1	0		BAT · NYPL
2006	20	PHI-min	A	104	410	350	44	85	16	5	4	39	4	0	49	82	.243	.343	.351	.695		123	13	5	5	1	1		LWD · SALL
2007	21	PHI-min	A+	111	457	393	68	113	24	1	7	63	3	1	52	80	.288	.373	.407	.780		160	10	5	1	6	2		CLW · FLOR
2008	22	PHI-min	AA	94	395	322	55	101	18	0	5	46	3	3	68	70	.314	.433	.416	.849		134	10	2	0	3	2		REA · EL
2008	22	PHI	NL	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	337	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	23	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	91	357	314	42	87	18	1	2	33	4	1	40	59	.277	.361	.360	.721		113	12	2	0	1	1		LHV,CLB · IL
2009	23	TOT	MLB	21	72	61	9	15	7	0	0	4	0	0	10	21	.246	.347	.361	.708	90	22	3	0	0	1	0	2
2009	23	PHI	NL	7	20	17	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.235	.350	.294	.644	72	5	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	23	CLE	AL	14	52	44	6	11	6	0	0	4	0	0	7	14	.250	.346	.386	.733	97	17	2	0	0	1	0	2
2010	24	CLE-min	AAA	37	147	124	19	25	7	1	4	14	5	0	22	24	.202	.327	.371	.697		46	1	1	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2010	24	CLE	AL	87	294	262	29	51	15	0	3	22	8	1	26	55	.195	.274	.286	.560	58	75	7	3	2	1	0	2
2011	25	CLE	AL	79	272	243	26	56	9	2	1	19	4	2	24	68	.230	.300	.296	.596	69	72	7	1	2	2	0	2/D
2012	26	CLE	AL	16	41	34	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	6	10	.147	.293	.206	.499	45	7	1	1	0	0	0	2
5 Yrs				204	683	604	71	129	33	2	5	48	14	3	66	156	.214	.295	.300	.594	67	181	18	5	4	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	542	480	56	102	26	2	4	38	11	2	52	124	.214	.295	.300	.594	67	144	14	4	3	3	0

CLE (4 yrs)				196	659	583	66	123	32	2	4	46	14	3	63	147	.211	.292	.293	.585	65	171	17	5	4	4	0
PHI (2 yrs)				8	24	21	5	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.286	.375	.476	.851	122	10	1	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				196	659	583	66	123	32	2	4	46	14	3	63	147	.211	.292	.293	.585	65	171	17	5	4	4	0
NL (2 yrs)				8	24	21	5	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.286	.375	.476	.851	122	10	1	0	0	0	0

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.1	0	2	0.1	.634	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	/2
2009	23	PHI	NL	7	20	-1	0	-0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/2
2009	23	CLE	AL	14	52	-0	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
2010	24	CLE	AL	87	294	-12	1	0	-2	5	-8	-0.7	10	2	0.2	.491	.495	0.4	0.4	4	$401,200	2
2011	25	CLE	AL	79	272	-10	-1	-0	2	4	-5	-0.4	9	4	0.4	.494	.497	0.2	0.7	2	$424,300	2/D
2012	26	CLE	AL	16	41	-2	1	-0	-2	1	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	2
5 Seasons				204	683	-23	0	-1	-1	11	-14	-1.3	23	9	0.7	.493	.498	0.8	1.2	10	$825,500

CLE (4 yrs)				196	659	-24	-0	-1	-2	11	-16	-1.5	22	6	0.5	.491	.497	0.7	1.1	8	$825,500
PHI (2 yrs)				8	24	1	0	-0	1	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.525	.501	0.1	0.2	2	$

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	4	2	3	40.2	110	1.000	.500	.270	.500	.342	1.250	.430	1.750	.772	337	.979	1.3	0.1	2.500	.750	.750	.0
2009	23	TOT	MLB	72	50	8	4.3	104	.366	.246	.263	.347	.332	.361	.421	.708	.753	90	.429	-0.2	-0.0	.653	.279	.115
2009	23	PHI	NL	20	14	2	3.8	108	.400	.235	.267	.350	.340	.294	.424	.644	.764	72	.397	-0.6	-0.1	.571	.235	.059
2009	23	CLE	AL	52	36	6	4.4	103	.355	.250	.261	.346	.329	.386	.420	.733	.749	97	.440	0.4	0.0	.686	.295	.136
2010	24	CLE	AL	294	222	22	2.6	95	.234	.195	.253	.274	.320	.286	.397	.560	.717	58	.261	-14.4	-1.4	.507	.218	.092	4.4
2011	25	CLE	AL	272	200	22	3.0	94	.313	.230	.253	.300	.317	.296	.400	.596	.716	69	.306	-9.8	-1.0	.505	.173	.066	1.6
2012	26	CLE	AL	41	30	3	2.7	93	.208	.147	.246	.293	.312	.206	.399	.499	.711	45	.272	-2.2	-0.2	.533	.294	.059	.0
5 Yrs				683	504	58	3.1	96	.277	.214	.254	.295	.320	.300	.401	.594	.720	67	.317	-25.3	-2.5	.530	.214	.086	7.4
162 Game Avg.				542	400	46	3.1	96	.277	.214	.254	.295	.320	.300	.401	.594	.720	67	.317	-25.3	-2.5	.530	.214	.086	6

CLE (4 yrs)				659	488	53	2.9	95	.273	.211	.253	.292	.319	.293	.400	.585	.719	65	.295	-26.0	-2.6	.521	.209	.082	6.2
PHI (2 yrs)				24	16	5	8.4	108	.455	.286	.267	.375	.340	.476	.425	.851	.766	122	.733	0.7	0.0	.813	.333	.190	.0

AL (4 yrs)				659	488	53	2.9	95	.273	.211	.253	.292	.319	.293	.400	.585	.719	65	.295	-26.0	-2.6	.521	.209	.082	6.2
NL (2 yrs)				24	16	5	8.4	108	.455	.286	.267	.375	.340	.476	.425	.851	.766	122	.733	0.7	0.0	.813	.333	.190	.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
2008	22	PHI	NL	4	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	50%		2.0	4.0	2.0	1.00		25%	0%	100.0%	0%
2009	23	TOT	MLB	72	0.0%	29.2%	13.9%	9.7%	47%	2.10	2.9		15.3	0.86	1.14	57%	22%	0.0%	9%
2009	23	PHI	NL	20	0.0%	35.0%	15.0%	5.0%	25%	2.33	2.4			0.67	1.33	50%	40%	0.0%	17%
2009	23	CLE	AL	52	0.0%	26.9%	13.5%	11.5%	55%	2.00	3.1		11.0	0.94	1.09	60%	16%	0.0%	6%
2010	24	CLE	AL	294	1.0%	18.7%	8.8%	6.1%	35%	2.12	4.8	87.3	11.9	1.33	1.66	70%	15%	3.9%	13%
2011	25	CLE	AL	272	0.4%	25.0%	8.8%	4.4%	21%	2.83	3.6	243.0	12.8	1.19	1.55	65%	21%	1.4%	9%
2012	26	CLE	AL	41	0.0%	24.4%	14.6%	4.9%	40%	1.67	3.4		34.0	1.67	4.00	59%	17%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				683	0.7%	22.8%	9.7%	5.9%	31%	2.36	3.9	120.8	12.6	1.23	1.63	65%	18%	2.8%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2008	22	PHI	NL	1.3	0.1	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.51	0.1	-0.1	1.5	0.1	0.68	1.3	0
2009	23	TOT	MLB	-0.2	-0.0	72	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	1.06	-0.3	0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.90	-3.0	0
2009	23	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	20	0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.18	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.85	-1.1	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	0.4	0.0	52	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	-2.0	0
2010	24	CLE	AL	-14.4	-1.4	308	-0.2	4.5	-4.7	.90	-1.5	1.3	-8.4	-0.8	0.92	-12.3	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	-10.1	-1.0	283	-1.5	3.4	-4.9	.93	-1.2	-0.5	-12.9	-1.3	1.00	-12.8	1
2012	26	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	43	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.88	-0.2	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-2.6	0
5 Yrs				-25.6	-2.6	710	-1.9	9.6	-11.5	.93	-3.0	1.0	-25.1	-2.6	0.95	-29.4	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	22	PHI	NL	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	23	TOT	MLB	0	36%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
2009	23	PHI	NL	0	43%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	0	33%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
2010	24	CLE	AL	6	34%	102	8	1	89%	8	1	1	1	2	9	43%	13	8	5	2	1	1	6	2	3
2011	25	CLE	AL	2	31%	113	4	2	67%	4	2	3	1	1	7	36%	19	14	5	3	2	1	11	4	6
2012	26	CLE	AL	0	42%	9	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				8	34%	248	14	3	82%	14	3	4	2	5	17	40%	34	23	11	7	5	2	21	7	12

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	4	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	23	TOT	MLB	72	14%	15	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	6	3	50%	39	5	13%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
2009	23	PHI	NL	20	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	52	19%	11	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	4	2	50%	30	4	13%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
2010	24	CLE	AL	294	27%	51	7	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	13	2	1	0	3	0	3	2	67%	48	7	15%	29	8	28%	162	25	15%	19	7	37%	6	3	50%	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	272	40%	56	5	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	47	7	15%	29	10	34%	168	19	11%	15	8	53%	13	7	54%	0
2012	26	CLE	AL	41	37%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		26	1	4%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				683	31%	129	14	0	1	0	0	0		5	1	19	3	2	1	4	0	5	4	80%	111	18	16%	64	21	33%	396	51	13%	40	19	48%	21	11	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	22	PHI	NL	4	20	5.00	14	70%	36%	29%	21%	14%	64%	0%	45%	56%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2009	23	TOT	MLB	72	308	4.28	176	57%	35%	14%	27%	23%	65%	0%	37%	78%	21%	7%	5	0	22%	16	7	10%	7	2	43%	0	0	0
2009	23	PHI	NL	20	89	4.45	50	56%	40%	14%	26%	20%	60%	0%	34%	77%	10%	10%	2	0	30%	6	3	10%	2	0	57%	0	0	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	52	219	4.21	126	58%	33%	14%	28%	25%	67%	0%	38%	79%	25%	6%	3	0	19%	10	4	10%	5	2	36%	0	0	0
2010	24	CLE	AL	294	1126	3.83	695	62%	35%	11%	24%	30%	65%	0%	40%	84%	21%	4%	12	0	12%	36	14	7%	21	8	42%	0	0	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	272	1081	3.97	664	61%	33%	15%	25%	27%	67%	0%	41%	77%	23%	5%	14	0	16%	44	19	10%	28	13	34%	0	0	0
2012	26	CLE	AL	41	164	4.00	99	60%	38%	15%	22%	24%	62%	0%	37%	75%	20%	5%	2	0	17%	7	1	5%	2	0	40%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				683	2699	3.95	1648	61%	34%	13%	25%	28%	66%	0%	40%	80%	22%	5%	33	0	15%	103	41	8%	58	23	38%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	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
2008	22	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	337	5	0	0	0	0
2009	23	22	76	65	11	17	7	0	1	6	0	0	10	23	.262	.355	.415	.771	105	27	3	0	0	1
2010	24	109	370	327	40	68	22	0	4	28	8	1	36	78	.208	.291	.312	.603	68	102	10	3	2	2
2011	25	188	642	570	66	124	31	2	5	47	12	3	60	146	.218	.295	.305	.600	68	174	17	4	4	4
2012	26	204	683	604	71	129	33	2	5	48	14	3	66	156	.214	.295	.300	.594	67	181	18	5	4	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
2008	22	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	2	1
2009	23	21	72	61	9	15	7	0	0	4	0	10	21	.246	.347	.361	.708	8	21
2010	24	87	300	266	33	55	16	0	3	25	9	28	55	.207	.289	.301	.589	23	87
2011	25	79	278	247	29	60	10	2	1	21	4	26	68	.243	.315	.312	.627	24	79
2012	26	16	41	34	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	6	10	.147	.293	.206	.499	2	16
5 Yrs		204	695	612	78	137	35	2	5	53	15	70	156	.224	.307	.312	.619	59	204
162 Game Avg.		162	552	486	62	109	28	2	4	42	12	56	124	.224	.307	.312	.619	47	204

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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