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Brian McCann

Brian Michael McCann

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: February 20, 1984 in Athens, GA
High School: Duluth HS (Duluth, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2005
Team: Braves 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 6 yrs/$29.8M (07-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.117, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: BB Abbott, previously: Jack Toffey [*]
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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
2002	18	ATL-min	Rk	29	112	100	9	22	5	0	2	11	0	0	10	22	.220	.295	.330	.625		33	0	1	0	1	0		BVS · GULF
2003	19	ATL-min	A	115	453	424	40	123	31	3	12	71	7	4	24	73	.290	.329	.462	.791		196	5	2	0	3	2		ROM · SALL
2004	20	ATL-min	A+	111	421	385	45	107	35	0	16	66	2	2	31	54	.278	.337	.494	.831		190	6	4	0	1	4		MYR · CARL
2005	21	ATL-min	AA	48	198	166	27	44	13	2	6	26	2	3	25	26	.265	.359	.476	.834		79	2	2	0	5	3		MSS · SOUL
2005	21	ATL	NL	59	204	180	20	50	7	0	5	23	1	1	18	26	.278	.345	.400	.745	95	72	5	1	4	1	5	2
2006	22	ATL-min	A	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661		2	0	0	0	0	0		ROM · SALL
2006	22	ATL	NL	130	492	442	61	147	34	0	24	93	2	0	41	54	.333	.388	.572	.961	143	253	12	3	0	6	8	*2	AS,SS
2007	23	ATL	NL	139	552	504	51	136	38	0	18	92	0	1	35	74	.270	.320	.452	.772	99	228	19	5	2	6	7	*2	AS
2008	24	ATL	NL	145	573	509	68	153	42	1	23	87	5	0	57	64	.301	.373	.523	.896	135	266	17	4	0	3	4	*2	AS,SS
2009	25	ATL-min	A+,AAA	3	11	9	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	.667	1.121		6	0	0	0	0	1		MYR,GWI · CARL,IL
2009	25	ATL	NL	138	551	488	63	137	35	1	21	94	4	1	49	83	.281	.349	.486	.834	119	237	17	5	3	6	3	*2/D	AS,SS
2010	26	ATL	NL	143	566	479	63	129	25	0	21	77	5	2	74	98	.269	.375	.453	.828	124	217	12	9	0	4	10	*2/D	AS,MVP-21,SS
2011	27	ATL-min	AAA	2	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.833	1.167		5	1	0	0	0	0		GWI · IL
2011	27	ATL	NL	128	527	466	51	126	19	0	24	71	3	2	57	89	.270	.351	.466	.817	122	217	10	2	0	2	14	*2/D	AS,SS
2012	28	ATL	NL	40	164	146	17	36	4	0	7	28	1	0	17	15	.247	.323	.418	.741	100	61	5	0	0	1	2	*2
8 Yrs				922	3629	3214	394	914	204	2	143	565	21	7	348	503	.284	.357	.483	.839	121	1551	97	29	9	29	53
162 Game Avg.				162	638	565	69	161	36	0	25	99	4	1	61	88	.284	.357	.483	.839	121	273	17	5	2	5	9

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
2005	21	ATL	NL	59	204	-3	-1	-0	-2	3	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.494	.498	0.4	0.1	4	$	2
2006	22	ATL	NL	130	492	26	-1	-1	-1	7	29	2.8	13	42	4.1	.522	.517	4.2	0.6	43	$333,500	*2	AS,SS
2007	23	ATL	NL	139	552	-4	-2	-3	-5	8	-6	-0.6	15	9	0.8	.496	.496	1.4	0.2	14	$440,000	*2	AS
2008	24	ATL	NL	145	573	27	-2	-2	8	8	38	3.8	15	54	5.3	.526	.524	4.5	1.6	46	$966,666	*2	AS,SS
2009	25	ATL	NL	138	551	16	-1	-2	-5	7	15	1.5	15	30	3.0	.511	.509	3.5	0.2	35	$3,700,000	*2/D	AS,SS
2010	26	ATL	NL	143	566	18	-6	-0	-1	7	18	1.9	16	34	3.4	.513	.512	3.5	0.7	35	$5,700,000	*2/D	AS,MVP-21,SS
2011	27	ATL	NL	128	527	10	-4	-1	-4	7	8	1.0	14	23	2.4	.507	.506	2.8	0.4	27	$6,700,000	*2/D	AS,SS
2012	28	ATL	NL	40	164	-1	0	-0	1	2	3	0.4	5	7	0.8	.508	.502	0.6	0.4	6	$	*2
8 Seasons				922	3629	88	-17	-9	-9	49	102	10.3	99	201	20.0	.511	.508	20.9	4.2	210	$17,840,166

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
2005	21	ATL	NL	204	141	24	4.5	109	.300	.278	.270	.345	.340	.400	.430	.745	.770	95	.472	-1.5	-0.1	.669	.222	.122	1.7
2006	22	ATL	NL	492	313	97	8.3	113	.332	.333	.272	.388	.343	.572	.442	.961	.785	143	.710	29.2	2.7	.974	.337	.240	3.7
2007	23	ATL	NL	552	396	68	4.6	109	.282	.270	.270	.320	.340	.452	.432	.772	.772	99	.457	-0.9	-0.1	.688	.250	.183	.0
2008	24	ATL	NL	573	376	98	7.0	106	.306	.301	.265	.373	.336	.523	.423	.896	.759	135	.657	26.7	2.5	.890	.344	.222	8.2
2009	25	ATL	NL	551	378	81	5.7	106	.297	.281	.265	.349	.338	.486	.420	.834	.758	119	.580	13.7	1.3	.797	.311	.205	6.7
2010	26	ATL	NL	566	368	84	6.1	101	.297	.269	.260	.375	.329	.453	.409	.828	.738	124	.628	19.3	1.9	.832	.344	.184	8.1
2011	27	ATL	NL	527	354	76	5.8	99	.287	.270	.260	.351	.328	.466	.405	.817	.733	122	.618	14.0	1.4	.787	.320	.195	5.3
2012	28	ATL	NL	164	116	19	4.4	101	.232	.247	.261	.323	.329	.418	.412	.741	.741	100	.483	-0.3	-0.0	.687	.295	.171	1.8
8 Yrs				3629	2442	547	6.0	106	.297	.284	.265	.357	.335	.483	.422	.839	.757	121	.601	100.3	9.6	.808	.311	.198	36.6
162 Game Avg.				638	429	96	6.0	106	.297	.284	.265	.357	.335	.483	.422	.839	.757	121	.601	18	2	.808	.311	.198	6

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
2005	21	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	3	16	16	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	6	.188	.188	.563	.750	9	0	0	0	0	0

2010	26	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	4	16	14	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.429	.438	.714	1.152	10	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							7	32	30	4	9	1	0	3	8	0	0	1	10	.300	.313	.633	.946	19	0	0	0	1	0
2 NLDS							7	32	30	4	9	1	0	3	8	0	0	1	10	.300	.313	.633	.946	19	0	0	0	1	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2006	ATL	NL	22		1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2007	ATL	NL	23		1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	ATL	NL	24		0	0	0	0	0					0
2009	ATL	NL	25		1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2010	ATL	NL	26		2	2	1	1	3	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0
2011	ATL	NL	27	as C	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
6 Yrs (6 GP)					7	7	1	1	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	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
2005	21	ATL	NL	204	2.5%	12.8%	8.8%	5.9%	24%	1.44	6.9	36.0	7.8	0.70	0.89	74%	18%	6.0%	8%
2006	22	ATL	NL	492	4.9%	11.0%	8.3%	11.8%	40%	1.32	8.2	18.4	4.8	0.55	0.82	75%	21%	10.4%	9%
2007	23	ATL	NL	552	3.3%	13.4%	6.3%	10.1%	41%	2.11	6.8	28.0	5.5	0.65	0.92	76%	16%	8.0%	15%
2008	24	ATL	NL	573	4.0%	11.2%	10.0%	11.5%	43%	1.12	8.0	22.1	5.9	0.58	0.84	74%	19%	9.2%	12%
2009	25	ATL	NL	551	3.8%	15.1%	8.9%	10.3%	42%	1.69	5.9	23.2	5.2	0.63	0.99	71%	19%	9.5%	12%
2010	26	ATL	NL	566	3.7%	17.3%	13.1%	8.1%	36%	1.32	4.9	22.8	6.2	0.59	0.83	64%	20%	10.2%	14%
2011	27	ATL	NL	527	4.6%	16.9%	10.8%	8.2%	34%	1.56	5.2	19.4	6.6	0.63	0.82	67%	15%	12.5%	17%
2012	28	ATL	NL	164	4.3%	9.2%	10.4%	6.7%	31%	0.88	9.7	20.9	5.2	0.69	0.80	76%	15%	9.9%	9%
8 Yrs				3629	3.9%	13.9%	9.6%	9.6%	38%	1.45	6.4	22.5	5.7	0.61	0.87	72%	18%	9.7%	13%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	21	ATL	NL	-1.5	-0.1	207	-0.3	3.3	-3.6	.98	-0.1	-0.2	3.6	0.3	0.99	-1.9	0.88	1
2006	22	ATL	NL	29.2	2.7	499	2.7	11.2	-8.5	1.06	2.7	-0.2	40.3	3.7	0.97	34.2	1.81	8
2007	23	ATL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	555	-0.0	10.2	-10.2	1.03	-0.8	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.00	-6.7	2.13	6
2008	24	ATL	NL	26.7	2.5	581	0.9	11.6	-10.7	1.11	2.2	-1.5	27.6	2.6	1.04	29.2	2.30	11
2009	25	ATL	NL	13.7	1.3	558	1.3	11.1	-9.8	1.07	2.3	-1.1	30.7	2.9	0.99	28.0	1.73	12
2010	26	ATL	NL	19.3	1.9	578	2.4	12.8	-10.4	1.14	2.3	-0.1	21.9	2.2	1.04	23.1	2.16	11
2011	27	ATL	NL	15.3	1.5	534	0.7	10.5	-9.7	1.07	1.2	-0.5	12.4	1.2	0.98	13.5	2.14	6
2012	28	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	168	0.8	3.7	-2.8	1.04	0.5	0.3	7.3	0.7	1.00	4.7	0.93	2
8 Yrs				101.6	9.7	3680	8.5	74.2	-65.7	1.07	10.4	-2.4	143.8	13.7	1.00	124.2	1.98	57

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	21	ATL	NL	0	23%	63	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	31%	6	4	2	1	0	0	6	4	2
2006	22	ATL	NL	2	22%	194	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	21%	30	24	5	2	1	0	16	10	5
2007	23	ATL	NL	3	21%	182	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	28%	15	9	6	13	10	3	11	9	2
2008	24	ATL	NL	6	24%	175	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	8	19%	24	19	5	10	8	1	19	12	4
2009	25	ATL	NL	7	25%	207	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	27%	36	25	11	12	11	1	15	9	5
2010	26	ATL	NL	6	22%	198	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	3	1	10	9	17%	30	27	2	15	10	3	13	7	5
2011	27	ATL	NL	1	17%	179	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	15%	17	16	1	10	8	2	7	5	2
2012	28	ATL	NL	1	22%	54	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	32%	15	11	4	3	2	1	4	2	2
8 Yrs				26	22%	1252	21	7	75%	20	6	1	1	6	2	36	50	22%	173	135	36	66	50	11	91	58	27

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
2005	21	ATL	NL	204	80%	50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.88	5	0	7	3	2	2	3	0	4	4	100%	51	5	10%	18	4	22%	129	18	14%	11	6	55%	5	1	20%	0
2006	22	ATL	NL	492	78%	147	6	0	8	2	0	0	1.81	24	2	20	21	3	10	14	0	0	0		99	12	12%	45	18	40%	323	69	21%	25	14	56%	22	16	73%	0
2007	23	ATL	NL	552	66%	136	8	0	6	1	0	0	2.13	18	2	30	10	8	6	12	0	2	2	100%	100	19	19%	52	19	37%	406	74	18%	32	17	53%	32	17	53%	0
2008	24	ATL	NL	573	68%	153	8	1	11	3	0	0	2.30	23	1	22	20	3	10	13	0	0	0		142	17	12%	56	19	34%	453	68	15%	36	21	58%	32	25	78%	0
2009	25	ATL	NL	551	67%	137	5	1	12	4	0	2	1.73	21	0	18	17	4	12	9	0	3	3	100%	119	17	14%	41	21	51%	399	74	19%	25	16	64%	20	15	75%	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	566	72%	129	13	3	11	3	1	2	2.16	21	2	18	16	5	13	8	0	2	0	0%	137	12	9%	52	13	25%	440	59	13%	40	16	40%	24	12	50%	0
2011	27	ATL	NL	527	69%	126	10	1	6	1	1	1	2.14	24	0	10	15	9	15	9	0	0	0		103	10	10%	36	7	19%	311	47	15%	22	8	36%	16	8	50%	0
2012	28	ATL	NL	164	70%	36	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.93	7	1	2	5	2	5	2	0	0	0		35	5	14%	10	3	30%	121	21	17%	11	5	45%	5	4	80%	0
8 Yrs				3629	70%	914	54	6	57	14	2	5	1.98	143	8	127	107	36	73	70	0	11	9	82%	786	97	12%	310	104	34%	2582	430	17%	202	103	51%	156	98	63%	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
2005	21	ATL	NL	205	761	3.71	464	61%	23%	14%	29%	34%	77%	6%	47%	82%	32%	8%	16	1	18%	36	12	12%	25	18	27%	-1	0	0
2006	22	ATL	NL	493	1790	3.63	1085	61%	22%	12%	30%	36%	78%	4%	47%	84%	32%	5%	27	3	18%	91	46	10%	47	31	28%	-1	0	0
2007	23	ATL	NL	553	2033	3.68	1285	63%	23%	12%	31%	34%	77%	3%	49%	84%	31%	7%	38	4	17%	95	45	10%	55	37	27%	-1	0	0
2008	24	ATL	NL	573	2131	3.72	1284	60%	24%	11%	30%	35%	76%	1%	46%	85%	32%	6%	37	9	18%	101	45	10%	56	26	30%	0	0	0
2009	25	ATL	NL	553	2152	3.89	1349	63%	25%	13%	31%	31%	75%	1%	47%	82%	27%	5%	30	2	16%	91	42	9%	51	24	25%	-2	0	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	566	2265	4.00	1340	59%	27%	15%	29%	29%	73%	4%	43%	79%	24%	8%	48	4	21%	117	44	13%	73	32	18%	0	0	0
2011	27	ATL	NL	528	2069	3.92	1246	60%	25%	15%	30%	30%	75%	6%	45%	81%	23%	8%	40	4	20%	106	46	9%	50	32	22%	-1	0	0
2012	28	ATL	NL	165	655	3.97	381	58%	32%	8%	25%	35%	68%	3%	40%	88%	18%	11%	18	1	24%	39	11	15%	24	16	20%	-1	0	0
8 Yrs				3636	13856	3.81	8434	61%	24%	13%	30%	33%	76%	3%	46%	83%	28%	7%	254	28	19%	676	291	10%	381	216	24%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	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
2005	21	59	204	180	20	50	7	0	5	23	1	1	18	26	.278	.345	.400	.745	95	72	5	1	4	1	5
2006	22	189	696	622	81	197	41	0	29	116	3	1	59	80	.317	.376	.523	.898	129	325	17	4	4	7	13
2007	23	328	1248	1126	132	333	79	0	47	208	3	2	94	154	.296	.351	.491	.842	116	553	36	9	6	13	20
2008	24	473	1821	1635	200	486	121	1	70	295	8	2	151	218	.297	.358	.501	.859	122	819	53	13	6	16	24
2009	25	611	2372	2123	263	623	156	2	91	389	12	3	200	301	.293	.356	.497	.853	121	1056	70	18	9	22	27
2010	26	754	2938	2602	326	752	181	2	112	466	17	5	274	399	.289	.360	.489	.849	122	1273	82	27	9	26	37
2011	27	882	3465	3068	377	878	200	2	136	537	20	7	331	488	.286	.358	.486	.844	122	1490	92	29	9	28	51
2012	28	922	3629	3214	394	914	204	2	143	565	21	7	348	503	.284	.357	.483	.839	121	1551	97	29	9	29	53

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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
2005	21	59	203	179	19	49	7	0	5	22	1	18	26	.274	.342	.397	.738	24	59
2006	22	130	483	435	56	140	32	0	23	86	2	39	54	.322	.377	.554	.931	91	130
2007	23	139	547	500	49	132	37	0	17	88	0	34	74	.264	.314	.440	.754	69	139
2008	24	145	572	508	68	152	42	1	23	86	5	57	64	.299	.372	.522	.894	98	145
2009	25	138	552	489	64	138	35	1	21	95	4	49	83	.282	.350	.487	.836	83	138
2010	26	143	571	482	66	132	26	0	21	80	5	76	98	.274	.380	.459	.839	83	143
2011	27	128	533	470	54	130	20	0	25	75	3	59	89	.277	.358	.479	.837	80	128
2012	28	40	165	147	18	37	4	0	7	30	1	17	15	.252	.327	.422	.749	21	40
8 Yrs		922	3626	3210	394	910	203	2	142	562	21	349	503	.283	.356	.481	.837	549	922
162 Game Avg.		162	637	564	69	160	36	0	25	99	4	61	88	.283	.356	.481	.837	96	922

* 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 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 (C)	Awards (yr lg award) 2010 ML AS MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (21, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Silver Sluggers 2006 NL (C) 2008 NL (C) 2009 NL (C) 2010 NL (C) 2011 NL (C) All multiple winners
WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2008 NL 5.3 (9th)	Batting Average s c a p y 2006 NL .333 (6th)** Active .284 (44th)	On-Base% s c a p y Active .357 (48th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2006 NL .572 (10th)** Active .483 (41st) Career .483 (171st)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y Active .839 (40th) Career .839 (212th)	Doubles s c a p y 2008 NL 42 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2008 NL 135 (10th) Active 121 (38th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y Active .601 (43rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2010 NL 9 (8th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 14 (8th) Active 53 (37th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2007 NL 19 (8th)	AB per SO s c a p y 2012 NL 9.7 (6th)
AB per HR s c a p y Active 22.5 (43rd) Career 22.5 (203rd)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2006 NL 40.28 (8th) Active 143.84 (42nd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2006 NL 3.7 (8th) Active 13.7 (43rd)	Youngest s c a p y 2005 NL born 1984-02-20 (8th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 26 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (992), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Similar Batters through 27

Compare Stats to Similars

Lance Parrish (906)
Yogi Berra (901) *
Frankie Hayes (900)
Gary Carter (881) *
Gabby Hartnett (871) *
Joe Torre (869)
Bill Dickey (866) *
Bill Freehan (865)
Javy Lopez (863)
Joe Mauer (860)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Shanty Hogan (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill DeLancey (920) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frankie Hayes (914) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frankie Hayes (922) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frankie Hayes (926) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lance Parrish (906) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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