Born: September 22, 1970 in Columbus, OH
Schools: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991.
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Debut: April 7, 1994
Final Game: May 31, 2006
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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
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| 1994 | 23 | MIL | AL | 28 | 59 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .226 | .293 | .340 | .633 | 61 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 24 | MIL | AL | 80 | 181 | 166 | 13 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 28 | .247 | .306 | .313 | .619 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 25 | MIL | AL | 106 | 341 | 313 | 31 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 80 | .204 | .243 | .342 | .584 | 44 | 107 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2/D | |
| 1997 | 26 | MIL | AL | 123 | 356 | 320 | 29 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 68 | .244 | .294 | .338 | .631 | 64 | 108 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | *2/3 | |
| 1998 | 27 | MIL | NL | 108 | 341 | 320 | 24 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 63 | .238 | .278 | .334 | .612 | 61 | 107 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 28 | TOR | AL | 57 | 179 | 163 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .215 | .271 | .307 | .578 | 47 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 29 | STL | NL | 128 | 464 | 417 | 43 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 96 | .261 | .317 | .362 | .679 | 70 | 151 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | *2/3 | GG |
| 2001 | 30 | STL | NL | 121 | 424 | 381 | 40 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 76 | .218 | .276 | .304 | .581 | 51 | 116 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | *2/3 | |
| 2002 | 31 | STL | NL | 110 | 363 | 315 | 31 | 77 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 49 | .244 | .313 | .317 | .630 | 68 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2/3 | |
| 2003 | 32 | STL | NL | 141 | 498 | 441 | 43 | 111 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 81 | .252 | .320 | .356 | .676 | 79 | 157 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | *2/3 | GG |
| 2004 | 33 | STL | NL | 122 | 419 | 385 | 28 | 95 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 83 | .247 | .292 | .348 | .640 | 65 | 134 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | *2/3 | GG |
| 2005 | 34 | SFG | NL | 134 | 485 | 443 | 42 | 107 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 91 | .242 | .295 | .406 | .701 | 81 | 180 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | *2 | GG |
| 2006 | 35 | SFG | NL | 47 | 177 | 160 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30 | .231 | .276 | .338 | .613 | 57 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 Seasons | 1305 | 4287 | 3877 | 353 | 925 | 190 | 9 | 67 | 443 | 8 | 14 | 266 | 795 | .239 | .293 | .344 | .637 | 64 | 1334 | 98 | 45 | 65 | 34 | 54 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 532 | 481 | 44 | 115 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 99 | .239 | .293 | .344 | .637 | 64 | 166 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| STL (5 yrs) | 622 | 2168 | 1939 | 185 | 475 | 86 | 5 | 29 | 221 | 2 | 7 | 159 | 385 | .245 | .304 | .339 | .644 | 67 | 658 | 49 | 15 | 36 | 19 | 42 | |||||
| MIL (5 yrs) | 445 | 1278 | 1172 | 100 | 271 | 56 | 4 | 19 | 128 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 252 | .231 | .278 | .334 | .612 | 57 | 392 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| SFG (2 yrs) | 181 | 662 | 603 | 52 | 144 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 121 | .239 | .290 | .388 | .678 | 75 | 234 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| TOR (1 yr) | 57 | 179 | 163 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .215 | .271 | .307 | .578 | 47 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| NL (8 yrs) | 911 | 3171 | 2862 | 261 | 695 | 141 | 5 | 51 | 325 | 3 | 9 | 208 | 569 | .243 | .298 | .349 | .648 | 68 | 999 | 73 | 30 | 45 | 26 | 54 | |||||
| AL (5 yrs) | 394 | 1116 | 1015 | 92 | 230 | 49 | 4 | 16 | 118 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 226 | .227 | .276 | .330 | .607 | 54 | 335 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
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| 2001 | 30 | STL | NL | NLDS | ARI | L | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 31 | STL | NL | NLDS | ARI | W | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .444 | .545 | .556 | 1.101 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 31 | STL | NL | NLCS | SFG | L | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .316 | .579 | .895 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 33 | STL | NL | NLDS | LAD | W | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .500 | .786 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 33 | STL | NL | NLCS | HOU | W | 7 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 33 | STL | NL | WS | BOS | L | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 Seasons (6 Series) | 27 | 88 | 79 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .253 | .274 | .367 | .641 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 NLDS | 11 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .303 | .343 | .424 | .767 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 NLCS | 12 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .211 | .231 | .342 | .573 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 WS | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Awards |
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| 1994 | MIL | AL | 23 | C | 27 | 13 | 144.2 | 90 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .989 | -1.0 | -8.3 | -1 | 5.54 | 3.30 | .991 | 6.79 | 5.73 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 26% | |||||
| 1995 | MIL | AL | 24 | C | 80 | 47 | 460.0 | 283 | 261 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.46 | 3.49 | .990 | 6.74 | 5.64 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 25% | |||||
| 1996 | MIL | AL | 25 | C | 104 | 97 | 826.2 | 523 | 475 | 40 | 8 | 5 | .985 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 5.61 | 4.95 | .990 | 6.91 | 5.84 | 3 | 35 | 52 | 25 | 32% | |||||
| 1996 | MIL | AL | 25 | DH | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | MIL | AL | 26 | C | 121 | 112 | 929.2 | 760 | 697 | 58 | 5 | 6 | .993 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 6 | 7.31 | 6.24 | .991 | 7.15 | 6.08 | 7 | 34 | 69 | 37 | 35% | |||||
| 1997 | MIL | AL | 26 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 | 8.05 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | MIL | NL | 27 | C | 107 | 91 | 795.0 | 623 | 570 | 45 | 8 | 9 | .987 | -4.0 | -6.0 | -4 | 6.96 | 5.75 | .990 | 7.50 | 6.47 | 6 | 22 | 68 | 21 | 24% | |||||
| 1999 | TOR | AL | 28 | C | 57 | 50 | 445.0 | 381 | 346 | 33 | 2 | 8 | .995 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 2 | 7.67 | 6.65 | .991 | 6.98 | 6.11 | 2 | 19 | 40 | 20 | 33% | |||||
| 2000 | STL | NL | 29 | C | 124 | 117 | 1031.2 | 883 | 803 | 75 | 5 | 7 | .994 | 19.0 | 22.1 | 19 | 7.66 | 7.08 | .990 | 7.45 | 6.38 | 4 | 26 | 44 | 49 | 53% | GG | ||||
| 2000 | STL | NL | 29 | 1B | 8 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 40.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0 | 9.75 | 1.63 | .992 | 9.23 | 7.72 | GG | ||||||
| 2001 | STL | NL | 30 | C | 121 | 117 | 1002.0 | 845 | 772 | 69 | 4 | 9 | .995 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 7 | 7.55 | 6.95 | .992 | 7.74 | 6.64 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 48% | |||||
| 2001 | STL | NL | 30 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 51.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.50 | 1.000 | 9.26 | 7.85 | |||||||
| 2002 | STL | NL | 31 | C | 106 | 96 | 830.1 | 630 | 562 | 64 | 4 | 6 | .994 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 6 | 6.79 | 5.91 | .991 | 7.53 | 6.41 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 23 | 35% | |||||
| 2002 | STL | NL | 31 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 8.00 | ||||||||
| 2003 | STL | NL | 32 | C | 138 | 121 | 1096.2 | 823 | 774 | 49 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2 | 6.75 | 5.96 | .992 | 7.33 | 6.46 | 5 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 27% | GG | ||||
| 2003 | STL | NL | 32 | 1B | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.00 | 1.75 | 1.000 | 9.64 | 7.98 | GG | |||||||
| 2004 | STL | NL | 33 | C | 122 | 110 | 977.2 | 801 | 742 | 58 | 1 | 10 | .999 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 5 | 7.36 | 6.56 | .993 | 7.45 | 6.46 | 2 | 27 | 38 | 16 | 30% | GG | ||||
| 2004 | STL | NL | 33 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.000 | 9.90 | 8.20 | GG | |||||||||
| 2005 | SFG | NL | 34 | C | 132 | 127 | 1122.0 | 862 | 784 | 77 | 1 | 12 | .999 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8 | 6.91 | 6.52 | .992 | 7.26 | 6.26 | 4 | 28 | 63 | 39 | 38% | GG | ||||
| 2006 | SFG | NL | 35 | C | 46 | 44 | 391.1 | 270 | 252 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 2 | 6.19 | 5.85 | .992 | 7.37 | 6.36 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 31% | |||||
| 13 Seasons | C | 1285 | 1142 | 10052.2 | 7774 | 7119 | 611 | 44 | 84 | .994 | 53.0 | 6.3 | 53 | 6.92 | 6.02 | .991 | 7.32 | 6.27 | 60 | 302 | 552 | 298 | 35% | ||||||||
| 6 Seasons | 1B | 18 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 27.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 8.42 | 1.61 | .997 | 9.35 | 7.87 | ||||||||||
| 1 Season | DH | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Seasons | TOT | 1303 | 1142 | 10083.2 | 7803 | 7147 | 612 | 44 | 88 | .994 | 53.7 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 53 | 6.93 | 5.95 | .986 | 7.32 | 6.30 | 60 | 302 | 552 | 298 | 35% | ||||
| Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Awards | ||||
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| Hall of Fame Monitor | Batting - 32 (571), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Batting - 11 (1581), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 31st round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.
December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
November 16, 1999: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
| 1994 | Milwaukee Brewers | $109,000 |
| 1995 | Milwaukee Brewers | $110,000 |
| 1996 | Milwaukee Brewers | $150,000 |
| 1997 | Milwaukee Brewers | $210,000 |
| 1998 | Milwaukee Brewers | $800,000 |
| 1999 | Toronto Blue Jays | $600,000 |
| 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | $750,000 |
| 2001 | St. Louis Cardinals | $900,000 |
| 2002 | St. Louis Cardinals | $2,500,000 |
| 2003 | St. Louis Cardinals | $3,250,000 |
| 2004 | St. Louis Cardinals | $4,000,000 |
| 2005 | San Francisco Giants | $2,000,000 |
| 2006 | San Francisco Giants | $3,350,000 |
| Career (may be incomplete) | $18,729,000 | |
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