Scott McClain

Scott Michael McClain

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: May 19, 1972 in Simi Valley, CA
High School: Atascadero HS (Atascadero, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 22nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1998
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/DevilRays 1998-2008

Final Game: September 26, 2008
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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
1990	18	BAL-min	Rk	40	135	107	20	21	2	0	4	15	2	3	22	35	.196	.333	.327	.660		35		2	0	4	0		BLD · APPY
1991	19	BAL-min	Rk,A	66	266	229	25	57	5	0	0	28	6	4	32	64	.249	.347	.271	.618		62	7	3	1	1	0		BLD,KNC · APPY,MIDW
1992	20	BAL-min	A	96	377	316	43	84	12	2	3	30	7	4	48	62	.266	.372	.345	.717		109	5	6	6	1	1		KNC · MIDW
1993	21	BAL-min	A+	133	508	427	65	111	22	2	9	54	10	6	70	88	.260	.370	.384	.754		164	8	6	3	2	0		FDK · CARL
1994	22	BAL-min	AA	133	509	427	71	103	29	1	11	58	6	3	72	89	.241	.347	.391	.738		167	14	1	2	7	2		BOW · EL
1995	23	BAL-min	AA,AAA	131	517	458	73	122	23	2	21	83	2	2	48	78	.266	.337	.463	.800		212	18	4	1	6	1		BOW,ROC · EL,IL
1996	24	BAL-min	AAA	131	532	463	76	130	23	4	17	69	8	6	61	109	.281	.361	.458	.819		212	6	1	0	7	1		ROC · IL
1997	25	NYM-min	AAA	127	504	429	71	120	29	2	21	64	1	3	64	93	.280	.370	.503	.873		216	8	2	1	8	5		NFK · IL
1998	26	TBD-min	AAA	126	544	472	91	141	35	0	34	109	6	2	66	113	.299	.385	.589	.974		278	9	2	1	3	5		DHM · IL
1998	26	TBD	AL	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1	0	0	0	/35

1999	27	TBD-min	AAA	137	615	533	106	134	33	1	28	104	4	2	73	156	.251	.341	.475	.816		253	11	3	0	6	1		DHM · IL
2000	28	COL-min	AAA	123	512	438	76	121	25	3	25	87	8	9	62	89	.276	.369	.518	.887		227	11	6	0	6	2		CSP · PCL
2001	29	SEI	Fgn																										SEI · JPPL
2002	30	SEI	Fgn																										SEI · JPPL
2003	31	SEI	Fgn																										SEI · JPPL
2004	32	SEI	Fgn																										SEI · JPPL
2005	33	CHC-min	AAA	121	481	423	75	123	27	2	30	93	1	1	45	84	.291	.358	.577	.934		244	17	4	0	9	2		IWA · PCL
2005	33	CHC	NL	13	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.250	.214	.464	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	/35

2006	34	OAK-min	AAA	140	605	547	84	138	33	0	28	107	7	4	48	117	.252	.313	.466	.779		255	11	3	1	6	1		SAC · PCL
2007	35	SFG-min	AAA	132	533	468	69	125	24	0	31	100	1	2	59	98	.267	.349	.517	.866		242	11	2	0	4	1		FRE · PCL
2007	35	SFG	NL	8	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2008	36	SFG-min	AAA	134	556	477	87	143	32	1	29	108	5	2	72	98	.300	.388	.553	.942		264	6	1	0	6	6		FRE · PCL
2008	36	SFG	NL	14	38	33	7	9	1	0	2	7	0	1	5	8	.273	.368	.485	.853	120	16	0	0	0	0	0	/35
2009	37	SFG-min	Fgn,AAA	127	499	441	51	109	21	0	19	58	1	3	54	116	.247	.331	.424	.755		187	8	2	0	2	1		HIR,FRE · JPCL,PCL
4 Yrs				44	88	78	11	15	2	0	2	8	0	1	9	18	.192	.284	.295	.579	51	23	1	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	324	287	41	55	7	0	7	29	0	4	33	66	.192	.284	.295	.579	51	85	4	4	0	0	0

SFG (2 yrs)				22	49	44	8	11	1	0	2	7	0	1	5	10	.250	.327	.409	.736	90	18	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				13	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.250	.214	.464	22	3	1	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				35	65	58	9	13	2	0	2	8	0	1	7	12	.224	.308	.362	.670	73	21	1	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1	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
1998	26	TBD	AL	9	23	-4	-0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.456	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/35

2005	33	CHC	NL	13	16	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/35

2007	35	SFG	NL	8	11	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
2008	36	SFG	NL	14	38	1	-0	0	-1	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/35
4 Seasons				44	88	-5	-0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	3	-6	-0.5	.482	.499	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$

SFG (2 yrs)				22	49	-1	-0	1	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	0.0	.491	.499	0.1	-0.1	0	$
TBD (1 yr)				9	23	-4	-0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.456	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
CHC (1 yr)				13	16	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1998	26	TBD	AL	23	18	1	1.5	111	.143	.100	.273	.217	.342	.100	.434	.317	.776	-13	.091	-3.5	-0.3	.278	.100	.000

2005	33	CHC	NL	16	13	1	2.0	112	.167	.143	.273	.250	.344	.214	.435	.464	.779	22	.172	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.214	.071

2007	35	SFG	NL	11	9	0	0.0	112	.222	.182	.274	.182	.343	.182	.438	.364	.781	-6	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
2008	36	SFG	NL	38	25	6	6.4	110	.304	.273	.270	.368	.342	.485	.430	.853	.772	120	.622	1.0	0.1	.800	.333	.212	.0
4 Yrs				88	65	8	3.3	111	.224	.192	.272	.284	.342	.295	.433	.579	.776	51	.318	-5.9	-0.6	.492	.205	.103	.0
162 Game Avg.				324	239	29	3.3	111	.224	.192	.272	.284	.342	.295	.433	.579	.776	51	.318	-5.9	-0.6	.492	.205	.103

SFG (2 yrs)				49	34	6	4.7	110	.281	.250	.271	.327	.342	.409	.432	.736	.774	90	.481	-0.8	-0.1	.647	.250	.159	.0
TBD (1 yr)				23	18	1	1.5	111	.143	.100	.273	.217	.342	.100	.434	.317	.776	-13	.092	-3.5	-0.3	.278	.100	.000
CHC (1 yr)				16	13	1	2.1	112	.167	.143	.273	.250	.344	.214	.435	.464	.779	22	.173	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.214	.071

NL (3 yrs)				65	47	7	4.0	111	.250	.224	.271	.308	.343	.362	.433	.670	.776	73	.406	-2.5	-0.2	.574	.241	.138	.0
AL (1 yr)				23	18	1	1.5	111	.143	.100	.273	.217	.342	.100	.434	.317	.776	-13	.092	-3.5	-0.3	.278	.100	.000

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
1998	26	TBD	AL	23	0.0%	26.1%	8.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.3			0.40	0.50	61%	7%	0.0%	20%

2005	33	CHC	NL	16	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	6.3%	50%	1.00	7.0		14.0	1.00	1.50	75%	17%	0.0%	17%

2007	35	SFG	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.5			1.25	1.33	82%	11%	0.0%	25%
2008	36	SFG	NL	38	5.3%	21.1%	13.2%	7.9%	33%	1.60	4.1	16.5	4.7	0.56	0.45	61%	12%	14.3%	13%
4 Yrs				88	2.3%	20.5%	10.2%	4.6%	27%	2.00	4.3	39.0	9.8	0.67	0.73	66%	12%	6.7%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.8	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.0%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	26	TBD	AL	-3.5	-0.3	23	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.79	-0.3	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	0.86	-3.6	0.01	1

2005	33	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.81	-0.1	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.87	-1.6	1.09	5

2007	35	SFG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.83	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	-2.1	0.59	6
2008	36	SFG	NL	1.0	0.1	39	0.5	1.1	-0.6	1.24	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.13	3.9	0.77	4
4 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	89	-0.0	1.4	-1.5	.99	-0.3	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	0.99	-3.4	0.75	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	26	TBD	AL	0	0	40%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

2005	33	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	35	SFG	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	36	SFG	NL	0	0	42%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
4 Yrs				1	0	39%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40%	7	5	2	1	1	0	2	0	2

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
1998	26	TBD	AL	23	48%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0

2005	33	CHC	NL	16	25%	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	1.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

2007	35	SFG	NL	11	64%	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	36	SFG	NL	38	39%	9	1	0	4	0	0	1	0.77	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		11	0	0%	5	1	20%	38	5	13%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	0
4 Yrs				88	42%	15	2	0	16	1	0	2	0.75	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		18	1	6%	9	1	11%	67	6	9%	8	3	38%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
1998	26	TBD	AL	24	96	4.00	61	64%	33%	16%	28%	23%	67%	0%	43%	76%	38%	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	0%	0	0	67%	-1	0	0

2005	33	CHC	NL	16	52	3.25	32	62%	31%	9%	22%	38%	69%	0%	42%	86%	25%	6%	1	0	13%	2	1	13%	2	1	0%	0	0	0

2007	35	SFG	NL	11	43	3.91	29	67%	7%	14%	48%	31%	93%	0%	63%	85%	73%	0%	0	0	9%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	36	SFG	NL	38	154	4.05	99	64%	17%	14%	43%	25%	83%	0%	53%	83%	29%	5%	2	0	18%	7	5	5%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				89	345	3.88	221	64%	22%	14%	37%	27%	78%	0%	50%	82%	36%	3%	3	0	12%	11	7	4%	4	3	22%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1998	26	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
1999	27	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2000	28	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2001	29	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2002	30	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2003	31	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2004	32	9	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.217	.100	.317	-13	2	0	1
2005	33	22	39	34	3	4	1	0	1	0	4	8	.118	.231	.147	.378	1	5	1	1
2006	34	22	39	34	3	4	1	0	1	0	4	8	.118	.231	.147	.378	1	5	1	1
2007	35	30	50	45	4	6	1	0	1	0	4	10	.133	.220	.156	.376	-0	7	1	1
2008	36	44	88	78	11	15	2	2	8	1	9	18	.192	.284	.295	.579	51	23	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1998	26	9	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.130	.000	.130	0	9

2005	33	13	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	.143	.250	.214	.464	1	13

2007	35	8	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
2008	36	14	38	33	7	9	1	0	2	7	0	5	8	.273	.368	.485	.853	6	14
4 Yrs		44	88	78	8	11	2	0	2	8	0	9	18	.141	.239	.244	.482	7	44
162 Game Avg.		162	324	287	29	41	7	0	7	29	0	33	66	.141	.239	.244	.482	26	44

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