John Marzano
John Robert Marzano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: February 14, 1963 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Central (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Temple University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed August 21, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1987
Final Game: September 23, 1998
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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
1987 24 BOS AL 52 182 168 20 41 11 0 5 24 0 1 7 41 .244 .283 .399 .682 76 67 3 3 2 2 0 2
1988 25 BOS AL 10 30 29 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .138 .167 .172 .339 -6 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
1989 26 BOS AL 7 20 18 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .444 .421 .778 1.199 223 14 1 0 1 1 0 /2
1990 27 BOS AL 32 91 83 8 20 4 0 0 6 0 1 5 10 .241 .281 .289 .570 57 24 0 0 2 1 0 2
1991 28 BOS AL 49 119 114 10 30 8 0 0 9 0 0 1 16 .263 .271 .333 .605 64 38 5 1 1 2 0 2
1992 29 BOS AL 19 54 50 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 12 .080 .132 .160 .292 -20 8 0 1 1 0 0 2/D
1995 32 TEX AL 2 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 33 SEA AL 41 120 106 8 26 6 0 0 6 0 0 7 15 .245 .316 .302 .618 58 32 2 4 3 0 0 2
1997 34 SEA AL 39 96 87 7 25 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 15 .287 .340 .356 .697 85 31 2 0 2 0 0 2/D
1998 35 SEA AL 50 153 133 13 31 7 1 4 12 0 0 9 24 .233 .325 .391 .715 87 52 3 9 2 0 1 2/D
10 Seasons 301 871 794 79 191 45 2 11 72 0 2 39 138 .241 .289 .344 .633 67 273 17 18 14 6 1
162 Game Avg. 162 469 427 43 103 24 1 6 39 0 1 21 74 .241 .289 .344 .633 67 147 9 10 8 3 1
BOS (6 yrs) 169 496 462 50 107 29 1 6 44 0 2 16 84 .232 .262 .338 .599 60 156 10 5 7 6 0
SEA (3 yrs) 130 369 326 28 82 16 1 5 28 0 0 23 54 .252 .326 .353 .679 77 115 7 13 7 0 1
TEX (1 yr) 2 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1987 24 BOS AL 182 135 19 3.8 108 .290 .244 .268 .283 .337 .399 .431 .682 .769 76 .374 -6.0 -0.6 .580 .190 .155 .0
1988 25 BOS AL 30 26 1 1.0 99 .154 .138 .265 .167 .331 .172 .399 .339 .730 -6 .065 -4.3 -0.4 .231 .069 .034
1989 26 BOS AL 20 13 5 10.3 99 .438 .444 .269 .421 .335 .778 .395 1.199 .730 223 .829 3.0 0.3 1.273 .333 .333 .0
1990 27 BOS AL 91 67 7 2.8 99 .270 .241 .265 .281 .334 .289 .396 .570 .730 57 .305 -4.9 -0.5 .438 .096 .048
1991 28 BOS AL 119 92 9 2.6 101 .300 .263 .266 .271 .335 .333 .403 .605 .739 64 .270 -5.8 -0.6 .449 .079 .070
1992 29 BOS AL 54 47 1 0.6 99 .105 .080 .266 .132 .336 .160 .395 .292 .731 -20 .023 -8.6 -0.9 .239 .120 .080
1995 32 TEX AL 6 4 1 6.7 112 .333 .333 .274 .333 .348 .333 .433 .667 .781 73 .610 -0.3 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1996 33 SEA AL 120 85 11 3.5 116 .286 .245 .277 .316 .350 .302 .445 .618 .795 58 .294 -6.7 -0.6 .524 .123 .057
1997 34 SEA AL 96 66 11 4.5 107 .338 .287 .269 .340 .338 .356 .425 .697 .763 85 .434 -2.0 -0.2 .594 .149 .069 .0
1998 35 SEA AL 153 107 17 4.2 109 .257 .233 .271 .325 .339 .391 .430 .715 .769 87 .408 -2.7 -0.3 .667 .226 .158 .0
10 Seasons 871 642 82 3.4 106 .276 .241 .269 .289 .339 .344 .420 .633 .759 67 .339 -38.2 -3.8 .527 .150 .103 .0
162 Game Avg. 469 346 44 3.4 106 .276 .241 .269 .289 .339 .344 .420 .633 .759 67 .339 -38.2 -3.8 .527 .150 .103
BOS (6 yrs) 496 380 42 3.0 103 .267 .232 .267 .262 .336 .338 .411 .599 .746 60 .305 -26.5 -2.7 .477 .136 .106 .0
SEA (3 yrs) 369 258 39 4.0 111 .288 .252 .272 .326 .342 .353 .434 .679 .776 77 .377 -11.4 -1.1 .602 .172 .101 .0
TEX (1 yr) 6 4 1 6.7 112 .333 .333 .274 .333 .348 .333 .433 .667 .781 73 .610 -0.3 0.0 .500 .000 .000

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
1987 24 BOS AL 182 2.8% 22.5% 3.9% 8.8% 39% 5.86 4.1 33.6 7.0 0.73 68%
1988 25 BOS AL 30 0.0% 10.0% 3.3% 3.3% 25% 3.00 9.7 29.0 0.44 0.57 87% 4% 0.0% 28%
1989 26 BOS AL 20 5.0% 10.0% 0.0% 20.0% 50% 9.0 18.0 6.0 0.89 4.00 80% 28% 12.5% 11%
1990 27 BOS AL 91 0.0% 11.0% 5.5% 4.4% 20% 2.00 8.3 13.8 0.80 0.96 81% 25% 0.0% 7%
1991 28 BOS AL 119 0.0% 13.5% 0.8% 6.7% 27% 16.00 7.1 12.7 1.22 1.96 84% 19% 0.0% 13%
1992 29 BOS AL 54 0.0% 22.2% 3.7% 5.6% 75% 6.00 4.2 50.0 1.11 1.13 70% 10% 0.0% 28%
1995 32 TEX AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 1.00 100% 17% 0.0% 0%
1996 33 SEA AL 120 0.0% 12.5% 5.8% 5.0% 23% 2.14 7.1 17.7 0.94 1.06 76% 19% 0.0% 15%
1997 34 SEA AL 96 1.0% 15.6% 7.3% 4.2% 16% 2.14 5.8 87.0 8.7 0.76 0.89 74% 24% 2.8% 12%
1998 35 SEA AL 153 2.6% 15.7% 5.9% 7.8% 39% 2.67 5.5 33.3 11.1 0.69 0.98 69% 17% 7.0% 11%
10 Seasons 871 1.3% 15.8% 4.5% 6.7% 30% 3.54 5.8 72.2 11.0 0.86 1.03 75% 19% 2.4% 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
1987 24 BOS AL 1 0 33% 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17% 5 4 1 3 3 0 4 2 1
1988 25 BOS AL 1 0 60% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1989 26 BOS AL 1 0 57% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 27 BOS AL 1 0 32% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 50% 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1991 28 BOS AL 2 0 31% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 40% 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
1992 29 BOS AL 1 0 57% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1995 32 TEX AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1996 33 SEA AL 1 0 22% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1997 34 SEA AL 1 0 19% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 39% 10 5 4 1 1 0 2 1 1
1998 35 SEA AL 1 0 20% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 67% 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 0 4
10 Seasons 10 0 29% 274 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 13 41% 29 18 10 10 8 2 20 7 12
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
1987 24 BOS AL 182 26% 41 1 0 0 0 1.48 5 0 3 5 0 4 1 0 4 2 50% 42 3 7% 23 5 22% 140 22 16% 7 5 71% 16 5 31% 0
1988 25 BOS AL 30 53% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 15 1 7% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1989 26 BOS AL 20 15% 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.72 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 3 3 100% 12 2 17% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1990 27 BOS AL 91 36% 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 24 0 0% 7 4 57% 69 7 10% 4 2 50% 9 2 22% 0
1991 28 BOS AL 119 28% 30 9 0 1 1 0 1 3.98 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 27 5 19% 17 6 35% 74 9 12% 6 5 83% 10 5 50% 0
1992 29 BOS AL 54 19% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 3 0 0% 38 2 5% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1995 32 TEX AL 6 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 33 SEA AL 120 28% 26 3 0 2 1 0 1 2.76 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 28 2 7% 15 6 40% 87 6 7% 5 2 40% 9 4 44% 0
1997 34 SEA AL 96 27% 25 1 0 4 1 0 1 0.64 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 16 2 13% 6 3 50% 59 9 15% 1 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1998 35 SEA AL 153 21% 31 7 0 1 0 0 0 2.54 4 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 3 2 67% 24 3 13% 11 7 64% 87 8 9% 4 0 0% 6 3 50% 0
10 Seasons 871 27% 191 23 0 10 4 0 3 1.78 11 0 27 10 1 6 5 0 17 14 82% 181 17 9% 88 35 40% 585 66 11% 32 15 47% 60 25 42% 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
1988 25 BOS AL 30 76 2.53 52 68% 19% 17% 13% 50% 81% 0% 55% 79% 50% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1989 26 BOS AL 20 55 2.75 38 69% 16% 18% 18% 47% 84% 0% 58% 78% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 27 BOS AL 87 303 3.48 197 65% 18% 13% 32% 37% 82% 0% 53% 84% 51% 7% 6 0 13% 11 3 10% 9 7 30% 4 0 0
1991 28 BOS AL 119 349 2.93 255 73% 15% 12% 33% 40% 85% 0% 62% 86% 50% 1% 1 0 6% 7 4 2% 2 1 19% 0 0 0
1992 29 BOS AL 54 190 3.52 126 66% 16% 17% 36% 31% 84% 0% 56% 79% 52% 4% 2 0 11% 6 3 6% 3 2 42% 0 0 0
1995 32 TEX AL 6 22 3.67 16 73% 25% 6% 31% 38% 75% 0% 55% 92% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0 0 0
1996 33 SEA AL 116 387 3.34 255 66% 20% 11% 33% 35% 80% 0% 52% 86% 47% 2% 2 0 11% 13 9 6% 7 3 47% 4 0 0
1997 34 SEA AL 92 339 3.68 218 64% 18% 10% 39% 33% 82% 0% 53% 88% 47% 2% 2 0 12% 11 5 8% 7 6 43% 4 0 0
1998 35 SEA AL 153 564 3.69 372 66% 24% 15% 31% 30% 76% 2% 50% 81% 41% 2% 3 0 8% 12 6 7% 10 5 42% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 677 2285 3.38 1529 67% 19% 13% 33% 35% 81% 0% 54% 84% 47% 3% 17 0 9% 63 31 6% 39 24 36% 12 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
1987 24 52 182 168 20 41 11 0 5 24 0 1 7 41 .244 .283 .399 .682 76 67 3 3 2 2 0
1988 25 62 212 197 23 45 12 0 5 25 0 1 8 44 .228 .267 .365 .632 65 72 4 3 2 2 0
1989 26 69 232 215 28 53 15 0 6 28 0 1 8 46 .247 .279 .400 .679 77 86 5 3 3 3 0
1990 27 101 323 298 36 73 19 0 6 34 0 2 13 56 .245 .280 .369 .649 72 110 5 3 5 4 0
1991 28 150 442 412 46 103 27 0 6 43 0 2 14 72 .250 .278 .359 .637 70 148 10 4 6 6 0
1992 29 169 496 462 50 107 29 1 6 44 0 2 16 84 .232 .262 .338 .599 60 156 10 5 7 6 0
1993 30 169 496 462 50 107 29 1 6 44 0 2 16 84 .232 .262 .338 .599 60 156 10 5 7 6 0
1994 31 169 496 462 50 107 29 1 6 44 0 2 16 84 .232 .262 .338 .599 60 156 10 5 7 6 0
1995 32 171 502 468 51 109 29 1 6 44 0 2 16 84 .233 .263 .338 .600 60 158 10 5 7 6 0
1996 33 212 622 574 59 135 35 1 6 50 0 2 23 99 .235 .273 .331 .604 60 190 12 9 10 6 0
1997 34 251 718 661 66 160 38 1 7 60 0 2 30 114 .242 .282 .334 .616 63 221 14 9 12 6 0
1998 35 301 871 794 79 191 45 2 11 72 0 2 39 138 .241 .289 .344 .633 67 273 17 18 14 6 1

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
1987 24 52 178 166 18 39 10 0 5 22 0 7 41 .235 .275 .386 .661 17 52
1988 25 10 30 29 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .138 .167 .172 .339 1 10
1989 26 7 19 18 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 7
1990 27 32 89 83 8 20 4 0 0 6 0 5 10 .241 .281 .289 .570 7 32
1991 28 49 116 112 10 28 7 0 0 9 0 1 16 .250 .259 .313 .571 9 49
1992 29 19 53 50 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 12 .080 .132 .160 .292 1 19
1995 32 2 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1996 33 41 116 105 7 25 6 0 0 5 0 7 15 .238 .310 .295 .606 9 41
1997 34 39 93 86 7 24 3 0 1 9 0 7 15 .279 .333 .349 .682 10 39
1998 35 50 155 135 12 33 7 1 4 11 0 10 24 .244 .342 .400 .742 16 50
10 Seasons 301 856 791 76 177 40 2 10 67 0 40 138 .224 .276 .317 .593 76 301
162 Game Avg. 162 461 426 41 95 22 1 5 36 0 22 74 .224 .276 .317 .593 41 301

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