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Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui (Godzilla)

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 12, 1974 in Ishikawa, Japan
High School: Seiryo (Nagoya City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Angels/Athletics/Rays 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.000, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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All-Star

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
1993	19	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1994	20	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1995	21	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1996	22	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1997	23	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1998	24	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
1999	25	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
2000	26	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
2001	27	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
2002	28	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
2003	29	NYY	AL	*163*	695	623	82	179	42	1	16	106	2	2	63	86	.287	.353	.435	.788	109	271	25	3	0	6	5	*78/D	AS,RoY-2
2004	30	NYY	AL	*162*	680	584	109	174	34	2	31	108	3	0	88	103	.298	.390	.522	.912	137	305	11	3	0	5	2	*7/8	AS,MVP-24
2005	31	NYY	AL	*162*	704	629	108	192	45	3	23	116	2	2	63	78	.305	.367	.496	.863	130	312	16	3	0	8	7	*78D/9	MVP-14
2006	32	NYY	AL	51	201	172	32	52	9	0	8	29	1	0	27	23	.302	.393	.494	.887	128	85	6	0	0	2	2	7D
2007	33	NYY-min	A+	2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		2	2	0	0	0	0		TAM · FLOR
2007	33	NYY	AL	143	634	547	100	156	28	4	25	103	4	2	73	73	.285	.367	.488	.855	123	267	9	3	0	10	2	*7D
2008	34	NYY-min	A+	3	10	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025		5	0	0	0	0	0		TAM · FLOR
2008	34	NYY	AL	93	378	337	43	99	17	0	9	45	0	0	38	47	.294	.370	.424	.795	108	143	10	3	0	0	6	D7/9
2009	35	NYY	AL	142	528	456	62	125	21	1	28	90	0	1	64	75	.274	.367	.509	.876	123	232	4	4	0	2	1	*D
2010	36	LAA	AL	145	558	482	55	132	24	1	21	84	0	1	67	98	.274	.361	.459	.820	126	221	10	1	0	4	6	*D7
2011	37	OAK	AL	141	585	517	58	130	28	0	12	72	1	1	56	84	.251	.321	.375	.696	93	194	10	1	0	9	3	*D7
2012	38	TBD-min	AAA	13	52	47	3	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	.170	.231	.213	.444		10	3	0	0	1	1		DHM · IL
2012	38	TBR	AL	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	235	4	0	0	0	0	0	/7
10 Yrs				1203	4967	4351	650	1240	248	12	174	755	13	9	539	667	.285	.363	.467	.831	120	2034	101	21	0	46	34
162 Game Avg.				162	669	586	88	167	33	2	23	102	2	1	73	90	.285	.363	.467	.831	120	274	14	3	0	6	5

NYY (7 yrs)				916	3820	3348	536	977	196	11	140	597	12	7	416	485	.292	.370	.482	.852	123	1615	81	19	0	33	25
TBR (1 yr)				1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	235	4	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				141	585	517	58	130	28	0	12	72	1	1	56	84	.251	.321	.375	.696	93	194	10	1	0	9	3
LAA (1 yr)				145	558	482	55	132	24	1	21	84	0	1	67	98	.274	.361	.459	.820	126	221	10	1	0	4	6

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
2003	29	NYY	AL	163	695	9	-0	1	-9	-5	-4	-0.2	23	19	1.9	.498	.498	2.8	-1.2	28	$6,000,000	*78/D	AS,RoY-2
2004	30	NYY	AL	162	680	36	1	1	-6	-7	25	2.6	22	47	4.6	.515	.515	5.1	-1.1	53	$7,000,000	*7/8	AS,MVP-24
2005	31	NYY	AL	162	704	25	1	1	-1	-7	19	2.0	24	43	4.1	.512	.512	4.3	-0.7	44	$8,000,000	*78D/9	MVP-14
2006	32	NYY	AL	51	201	7	0	0	-4	-3	0	0.1	7	7	0.7	.500	.500	1.1	-0.6	11	$13,000,000	7D
2007	33	NYY	AL	143	634	22	1	5	-1	-8	18	2.0	21	40	3.9	.512	.511	4.0	-0.8	41	$13,000,000	*7D
2008	34	NYY	AL	93	378	4	0	-0	-1	-8	-4	-0.3	13	8	0.9	.495	.497	0.9	-0.8	9	$13,000,000	D7/9
2009	35	NYY	AL	142	528	16	-0	3	0	-12	7	0.8	18	25	2.4	.505	.504	2.4	-1.1	25	$13,000,000	*D
2010	36	LAA	AL	145	558	16	-4	-0	-5	-13	-6	-0.4	19	13	1.3	.496	.496	1.8	-1.7	18	$6,000,000	*D7
2011	37	OAK	AL	141	585	-5	-0	1	1	-12	-16	-1.5	20	4	0.2	.488	.490	0.2	-1.1	3	$4,250,000	*D7
2012	38	TBR	AL	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.561	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/7
10 Seasons				1203	4967	131	-2	11	-26	-75	40	5.1	167	207	20.1	.503	.502	22.7	-9.1	233	$83,250,000

NYY (7 yrs)				916	3820	120	2	11	-22	-50	61	7.0	128	189	18.5	.506	.505	20.6	-6.3	211	$73,000,000
TBR (1 yr)				1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.561	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
OAK (1 yr)				141	585	-5	-0	1	1	-12	-16	-1.5	20	4	0.2	.488	.490	0.2	-1.1	3	$4,250,000
LAA (1 yr)				145	558	16	-4	-0	-5	-13	-6	-0.4	19	13	1.3	.496	.496	1.8	-1.7	18	$6,000,000

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
2003	29	NYY	AL	695	477	91	5.1	105	.309	.287	.265	.353	.331	.435	.425	.788	.756	109	.506	9.9	0.9	.715	.249	.148	3.6
2004	30	NYY	AL	680	426	124	7.8	108	.314	.298	.268	.390	.336	.522	.430	.912	.766	137	.678	34.7	3.2	.948	.380	.224	5.5
2005	31	NYY	AL	704	463	114	6.6	103	.315	.305	.266	.367	.328	.496	.422	.863	.750	130	.631	28.4	2.7	.831	.291	.191	3.7
2006	32	NYY	AL	201	128	34	7.1	112	.308	.302	.276	.393	.341	.494	.440	.887	.781	128	.636	8.0	0.7	.897	.355	.192	1.8
2007	33	NYY	AL	634	412	102	6.6	108	.285	.285	.272	.367	.340	.488	.425	.855	.765	123	.621	19.2	1.8	.858	.340	.203	6.9
2008	34	NYY	AL	378	248	52	5.6	108	.320	.294	.272	.370	.340	.424	.426	.795	.767	108	.556	4.5	0.4	.742	.243	.131	.0
2009	35	NYY	AL	528	338	90	7.1	112	.273	.274	.273	.367	.343	.509	.438	.876	.781	123	.650	15.5	1.4	.890	.373	.235	.0
2010	36	LAA	AL	558	365	82	6.0	96	.302	.274	.256	.361	.323	.459	.400	.820	.723	126	.612	19.1	1.8	.798	.322	.185	.0
2011	37	OAK	AL	585	407	64	4.2	97	.274	.251	.256	.321	.321	.375	.405	.696	.726	93	.459	-3.4	-0.3	.631	.232	.124	1.8
2012	38	TBR	AL	4	3	1	9.0	91	.000	.250	.243	.250	.309	1.000	.394	1.250	.703	235	.774	0.6	0.1	1.333	.750	.750	.0
10 Yrs				4967	3267	754	6.2	105	.300	.285	.266	.363	.333	.467	.422	.831	.755	120	.599	136.4	12.8	.807	.307	.182	24.2
162 Game Avg.				669	440	102	6.2	105	.300	.285	.266	.363	.333	.467	.422	.831	.755	120	.599	18	2	.807	.307	.182	3

NYY (7 yrs)				3820	2492	607	6.5	107	.304	.292	.269	.370	.336	.482	.428	.852	.764	123	.614	120.2	11.2	.836	.316	.191	22.1
TBR (1 yr)				4	3	1	9.0	91	.000	.250	.243	.250	.309	1.000	.394	1.250	.703	235	.773	0.6	0.1	1.333	.750	.750	.0
OAK (1 yr)				585	407	64	4.2	97	.274	.251	.256	.321	.321	.375	.405	.696	.726	93	.459	-3.4	-0.3	.631	.232	.124	1.8
LAA (1 yr)				558	365	82	6.0	96	.302	.274	.256	.361	.323	.459	.400	.820	.723	126	.612	19.1	1.8	.798	.322	.185	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	29	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	4	17	15	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.533	.886	8	1	0	0	0	0
2003	29	NYY	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	7	28	26	3	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.308	.321	.423	.745	11	1	0	0	1	0
2003	29	NYY	AL	WS	FLA	L	6	27	23	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.261	.370	.391	.762	9	0	1	0	0	0
2004	30	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	4	21	17	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.412	.476	.647	1.123	11	0	0	0	1	1
2004	30	NYY	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	7	36	34	9	14	6	1	2	10	0	0	2	4	.412	.444	.824	1.268	28	0	0	0	0	0
2005	31	NYY	AL	ALDS	LAA	L	5	22	20	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	.200	.273	.400	.673	8	2	0	0	0	0
2006	32	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	4	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.313	.563	5	0	0	0	0	0
2007	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	4	16	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	.182	.438	.182	.619	2	0	0	0	0	1

2009	35	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	.222	.417	.556	.972	5	0	0	0	0	0
2009	35	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	6	26	21	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	.238	.385	.286	.670	6	1	0	0	0	0
2009	35	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	6	14	13	3	8	1	0	3	8	0	0	1	3	.615	.643	1.385	2.027	18	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs (11 Series)							56	235	205	32	64	15	1	10	39	0	0	27	33	.312	.391	.541	.933	111	5	1	0	2	2
6 ALDS							24	104	88	15	23	4	0	4	10	0	0	15	17	.261	.365	.443	.809	39	3	0	0	1	2
3 ALCS							20	90	81	13	27	10	1	2	17	0	0	8	11	.333	.389	.556	.944	45	2	0	0	1	0
2 WS							12	41	36	4	14	1	0	4	12	0	0	4	5	.389	.463	.750	1.213	27	0	1	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2003	NYY	AL	29	as CF	2	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
2004	NYY	AL	30		1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)					3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1

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
2003	29	NYY	AL	695	2.3%	12.4%	9.1%	8.5%	33%	1.37	7.2	38.9	5.9	1.31	1.80	76%	19%	7.2%	6%
2004	30	NYY	AL	680	4.6%	15.2%	12.9%	9.9%	39%	1.17	5.7	18.8	5.4	0.73	0.94	67%	18%	11.7%	6%
2005	31	NYY	AL	704	3.3%	11.1%	9.0%	10.1%	37%	1.24	8.1	27.3	5.4	0.89	1.18	76%	16%	8.5%	8%
2006	32	NYY	AL	201	4.0%	11.4%	13.4%	8.5%	33%	0.85	7.5	21.5	5.9	0.64	0.81	71%	17%	9.2%	5%
2007	33	NYY	AL	634	3.9%	11.5%	11.5%	9.0%	37%	1.00	7.5	21.9	5.3	0.73	0.96	72%	22%	10.0%	11%
2008	34	NYY	AL	378	2.4%	12.4%	10.1%	6.9%	26%	1.24	7.2	37.4	7.5	0.91	1.27	74%	21%	6.7%	12%
2009	35	NYY	AL	528	5.3%	14.2%	12.1%	9.5%	40%	1.17	6.1	16.3	5.1	0.64	0.87	67%	20%	13.9%	14%
2010	36	LAA	AL	558	3.8%	17.6%	12.0%	8.2%	35%	1.46	4.9	23.0	5.7	0.69	1.01	66%	17%	10.2%	10%
2011	37	OAK	AL	585	2.1%	14.4%	9.6%	6.8%	31%	1.50	6.2	43.1	7.2	0.75	1.00	74%	22%	5.6%	16%
2012	38	TBR	AL	4	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%			4.0	2.0	1.00	2.00	75%	0%	50.0%	0%
10 Yrs				4967	3.5%	13.4%	10.9%	8.7%	35%	1.24	6.5	25.0	5.8	0.82	1.10	72%	19%	9.4%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.05	5.1	33.3	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	29	NYY	AL	9.9	0.9	707	1.3	12.8	-11.4	.96	1.2	0.3	16.9	1.6	1.01	11.3		2
2004	30	NYY	AL	34.7	3.2	691	3.3	13.8	-10.5	.96	3.5	-0.1	38.3	3.5	0.99	38.7		0
2005	31	NYY	AL	28.4	2.7	716	3.5	14.6	-11.1	.98	2.6	0.9	32.8	3.1	1.01	31.8	0.00	1
2006	32	NYY	AL	8.0	0.7	209	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	.92	0.7	-1.1	4.7	0.4	0.98	8.7	1.78	1
2007	33	NYY	AL	19.2	1.8	646	1.3	11.4	-10.0	.95	2.2	-0.8	22.3	2.1	1.01	30.8		0
2008	34	NYY	AL	4.5	0.4	382	0.5	6.5	-6.0	.95	0.3	0.2	2.5	0.2	0.94	2.5	1.28	5
2009	35	NYY	AL	15.5	1.4	533	1.4	10.9	-9.5	1.07	1.4	-0.1	23.4	2.1	1.00	19.0	1.54	21
2010	36	LAA	AL	19.1	1.8	561	2.1	10.9	-8.8	.97	1.5	0.6	25.1	2.5	0.98	18.3	1.80	6
2011	37	OAK	AL	-4.2	-0.4	595	-0.4	9.4	-9.9	.99	-0.4	-0.0	4.8	0.5	1.01	-4.3	4.00	4
2012	38	TBR	AL	0.6	0.1	4	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.56	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.67	1.8		0
10 Yrs				135.7	12.7	5044	12.8	93.5	-80.7	.97	13.1	0.1	172.2	16.2	0.99	158.3	1.68	40

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	29	NYY	AL	7	0	29%	292	2	2	50%	2	2	0	2	1	3	15	43%	42	27	15	13	8	5	15	4	10
2004	30	NYY	AL	7	0	33%	290	3	0	100%	3	0	0	1	0	6	23	46%	37	24	12	15	12	3	22	1	19
2005	31	NYY	AL	5	1	36%	287	2	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	4	21	46%	33	20	13	8	5	1	24	8	16
2006	32	NYY	AL	1	0	34%	83	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	27%	10	9	1	3	3	0	9	4	5
2007	33	NYY	AL	10	1	36%	287	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	2	14	43%	45	31	14	13	8	5	25	8	17
2008	34	NYY	AL	3	0	26%	170	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	7	39%	25	20	5	9	4	5	7	1	6
2009	35	NYY	AL	4	2	21%	164	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	40%	22	16	6	8	4	4	15	6	8
2010	36	LAA	AL	2	4	19%	191	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	16%	27	24	3	4	3	1	7	2	2
2011	37	OAK	AL	5	2	26%	234	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	2	15	30%	29	24	5	8	7	1	16	6	10
2012	38	TBR	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				44	10	29%	1998	13	9	59%	13	8	1	5	1	26	118	39%	270	195	74	81	54	25	140	40	93

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
2003	29	NYY	AL	695	70%	179	14	0	2	0	0	0		16	2	25	13	3	9	7	0	0	0		177	25	14%	75	30	40%	507	94	19%	49	33	67%	27	17	63%	0
2004	30	NYY	AL	680	68%	174	9	0	0	0	0	0		31	2	32	25	6	18	13	0	0	0		154	11	7%	58	16	28%	489	79	16%	44	28	64%	29	20	69%	0
2005	31	NYY	AL	704	67%	192	14	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	23	0	21	15	8	15	8	0	0	0		166	16	10%	78	26	33%	519	96	19%	39	30	77%	33	21	64%	0
2006	32	NYY	AL	201	71%	52	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.78	8	0	10	7	1	1	7	0	0	0		43	6	14%	20	8	40%	146	21	14%	12	6	50%	11	9	82%	0
2007	33	NYY	AL	634	70%	156	13	0	0	0	0	0		25	0	23	17	8	16	9	0	0	0		150	9	6%	78	33	42%	483	81	17%	44	31	70%	44	23	52%	0
2008	34	NYY	AL	378	69%	99	6	0	5	1	0	0	1.28	9	1	10	8	1	3	6	0	0	0		72	10	14%	24	5	21%	239	37	15%	16	10	63%	13	5	38%	0
2009	35	NYY	AL	528	72%	125	11	0	21	8	1	3	1.54	28	0	16	15	13	13	15	0	0	0		96	4	4%	48	13	27%	384	66	17%	30	17	57%	28	17	61%	0
2010	36	LAA	AL	558	73%	132	7	0	6	2	0	2	1.80	21	1	15	14	7	10	11	0	0	0		108	10	9%	45	16	36%	376	65	17%	30	18	60%	16	9	56%	0
2011	37	OAK	AL	585	71%	130	9	0	4	0	0	1	4.00	12	0	14	4	8	4	8	0	0	0		108	10	9%	51	21	41%	368	62	17%	41	24	59%	24	13	54%	0
2012	38	TBR	AL	4	75%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				4967	70%	1240	87	0	40	12	1	7	1.68	174	6	166	119	55	90	84	0	0	0		1074	101	9%	477	168	35%	3513	602	17%	305	197	65%	225	134	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			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
2003	29	NYY	AL	698	2612	3.74	1555	60%	37%	9%	19%	35%	63%	2%	37%	86%	20%	6%	39	4	15%	106	31	12%	83	45	35%	-3	0	0
2004	30	NYY	AL	681	2621	3.85	1522	58%	34%	11%	23%	32%	66%	1%	38%	83%	24%	7%	45	5	21%	143	58	12%	84	32	29%	-1	0	0
2005	31	NYY	AL	705	2612	3.70	1569	60%	29%	9%	26%	36%	71%	3%	43%	87%	26%	5%	38	9	16%	116	49	7%	52	24	28%	-1	0	1
2006	32	NYY	AL	201	816	4.06	469	57%	34%	9%	25%	32%	66%	2%	38%	87%	19%	4%	9	1	19%	39	19	10%	20	9	39%	0	0	0
2007	33	NYY	AL	635	2554	4.02	1477	58%	35%	10%	23%	33%	65%	1%	38%	85%	21%	5%	32	5	15%	98	39	12%	76	35	32%	-1	0	0
2008	34	NYY	AL	379	1429	3.77	879	62%	29%	10%	27%	33%	71%	4%	43%	85%	31%	5%	18	0	12%	45	19	8%	32	17	34%	-1	0	0
2009	35	NYY	AL	530	2077	3.92	1214	58%	33%	11%	24%	32%	67%	0%	39%	83%	23%	6%	34	3	19%	100	38	13%	71	32	25%	-2	0	0
2010	36	LAA	AL	559	2261	4.04	1331	59%	33%	12%	26%	29%	67%	3%	40%	82%	22%	6%	33	3	16%	91	27	11%	63	29	15%	-1	0	0
2011	37	OAK	AL	586	2229	3.80	1365	61%	34%	10%	24%	32%	66%	1%	41%	84%	22%	5%	30	1	16%	96	37	12%	70	32	21%	-1	0	1
2012	38	TBR	AL	4	13	3.25	9	69%	22%	11%	22%	44%	78%	0%	54%	86%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
10 Yrs				4978	19224	3.86	11390	59%	33%	10%	24%	33%	67%	2%	40%	85%	23%	6%	278	31	17%	834	317	11%	551	255	27%	-11	0	2
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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	SF	IBB
2003	29	163	695	623	82	179	42	1	16	106	2	2	63	86	.287	.353	.435	.788	109	271	25	3	6	5
2004	30	325	1375	1207	191	353	76	3	47	214	5	2	151	189	.292	.371	.477	.848	123	576	36	6	11	7
2005	31	487	2079	1836	299	545	121	6	70	330	7	4	214	267	.297	.370	.484	.853	125	888	52	9	19	14
2006	32	538	2280	2008	331	597	130	6	78	359	8	4	241	290	.297	.372	.485	.856	125	973	58	9	21	16
2007	33	681	2914	2555	431	753	158	10	103	462	12	6	314	363	.295	.371	.485	.856	125	1240	67	12	31	18
2008	34	774	3292	2892	474	852	175	10	112	507	12	6	352	410	.295	.371	.478	.849	123	1383	77	15	31	24
2009	35	916	3820	3348	536	977	196	11	140	597	12	7	416	485	.292	.370	.482	.852	123	1615	81	19	33	25
2010	36	1061	4378	3830	591	1109	220	12	161	681	12	8	483	583	.290	.369	.479	.848	123	1836	91	20	37	31
2011	37	1202	4963	4347	649	1239	248	12	173	753	13	9	539	667	.285	.363	.467	.830	120	2030	101	21	46	34
2012	38	1203	4967	4351	650	1240	248	12	174	755	13	9	539	667	.285	.363	.467	.831	120	2034	101	21	46	34

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
2003	29	163	694	622	81	178	42	1	16	105	2	63	86	.286	.352	.434	.786	95	163
2004	30	162	674	580	104	170	33	2	30	104	3	86	103	.293	.384	.512	.896	114	162
2005	31	162	704	630	109	193	45	3	23	117	2	63	78	.306	.368	.497	.865	116	162
2006	32	51	198	170	30	50	9	0	8	28	1	26	23	.294	.384	.488	.872	32	51
2007	33	143	626	542	95	151	27	4	24	98	4	71	73	.279	.359	.476	.835	94	143
2008	34	93	374	334	41	96	16	0	9	43	0	37	47	.287	.364	.416	.780	50	93
2009	35	142	518	451	58	120	20	1	27	84	0	61	75	.266	.357	.494	.852	79	142
2010	36	145	566	490	60	140	25	1	22	92	0	71	98	.286	.375	.476	.850	88	145
2011	37	141	592	523	63	136	29	0	13	78	1	59	84	.260	.331	.390	.721	68	141
2012	38	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	1	1
10 Yrs		1203	4950	4346	642	1235	246	12	173	751	13	537	667	.284	.362	.466	.828	737	1203
162 Game Avg.		162	667	585	86	166	33	2	23	101	2	72	90	.284	.362	.466	.828	99	1203

* 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

All-Star Games 2003 (CF) 2004 *	Awards (yr lg award) 2009 ML WS MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2004 AL (24, 1%) 2005 AL (14, 2%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2004 AL 4.6 (10th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2004 AL 5.1 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 2005 AL .305 (8th) Active .285 (41st)	On-Base% s c a p y Active .363 (37th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2004 AL .912 (10th) Active .831 (46th) Career .831 (242nd)
Games Played s c a p y 2003 AL 163 (1st) 2004 AL 162 (1st) 2005 AL 162 (1st)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 2005 AL 704 (10th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 2004 AL 109 (8th) Active 650 (50th)	Hits s c a p y 2005 AL 192 (9th)
Total Bases s c a p y 2005 AL 312 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 2003 AL 42 (8th) 2005 AL 45 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y Active 174 (46th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2003 AL 106 (10th) 2004 AL 108 (10th) 2005 AL 116 (8th) Active 755 (35th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 2004 AL 88 (3rd) Active 539 (40th)	Singles s c a p y 2003 AL 120 (8th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2004 AL 137 (9th) Active 120 (42nd)	Runs Created s c a p y 2004 AL 124 (6th) Active 754 (49th)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2004 AL 35 (7th) Active 136 (38th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2004 AL 3.2 (7th) Active 12.8 (38th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2005 AL 71 (9th)	Times On Base s c a p y 2004 AL 265 (5th) 2005 AL 258 (6th) Active 1,800 (47th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 2004 AL .678 (9th) Active .599 (45th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2005 AL 8 (7th) 2007 AL 10 (3rd) 2011 AL 9 (5th) Active 46 (38th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2003 AL 25 (2nd)	AB per SO s c a p y Active 6.5 (49th)
AB per HR s c a p y 2009 AL 16.3 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2003 AL 477 (9th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2004 AL 38.30 (8th) 2005 AL 32.79 (10th) Active 172.20 (39th) Career 172.20 (247th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2004 AL 3.3 (8th) 2005 AL 3.5 (7th) Active 12.8 (41st)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2004 AL 3.5 (7th) Active 13.1 (42nd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2004 AL 3.5 (8th) 2005 AL 3.1 (10th) Active 16.2 (38th)

† 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

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Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 31 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 36 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 21 (703), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Moose Solters (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Selkirk (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Nieman (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rico Carty (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millar (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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