Ryan McGuire

Ryan Byron McGuire

Positions: First Baseman, Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 23, 1971 in Bellflower, CA
High School: El Camino Real HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1997
Teams (by GP): Expos/Marlins/Orioles/Mets 1997-2002

Final Game: July 14, 2002
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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
1993	21	BOS-min	A+	58	246	213	23	69	12	2	4	38	2	4	27	34	.324	.400	.455	.855		97	11	2	1	3	3		FTL · FLOR
1994	22	BOS-min	A+	137	581	489	70	133	29	0	10	73	10	9	79	77	.272	.371	.393	.764		192	19	2	4	7	2		LBG · CARL
1995	23	BOS-min	AA	109	477	414	59	138	29	1	7	59	11	8	58	51	.333	.414	.459	.873		190	10	0	4	1	5		TRE · EL
1996	24	WSN-min	AAA	134	516	451	62	116	21	2	12	60	11	4	59	80	.257	.344	.392	.736		177	12	2	1	3	4		OTT · IL
1997	25	WSN-min	AAA	50	222	184	37	55	11	1	3	15	5	2	36	29	.299	.410	.418	.828		77	4	0	0	2	2		OTT · IL
1997	25	MON	NL	84	222	199	22	51	15	2	3	17	1	4	19	34	.256	.320	.397	.717	88	79	3	0	3	1	1	397/D8
1998	26	MON	NL	130	244	210	17	39	9	0	1	10	0	0	32	55	.186	.292	.243	.535	45	51	9	0	1	1	0	37/98
1999	27	WSN-min	AAA	53	221	183	23	46	6	1	4	27	1	3	35	37	.251	.367	.361	.727		66	5	0	0	3	3		OTT · IL
1999	27	MON	NL	88	171	140	17	31	7	2	2	18	1	1	27	33	.221	.347	.343	.690	78	48	9	0	3	0	0	37/98
2000	28	NYM-min	AAA	122	487	392	63	117	23	1	10	62	6	3	87	84	.298	.422	.439	.861		172	3	1	1	6	5		NFK · IL
2000	28	NYM	NL	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	/9
2001	29	FLA-min	AAA	62	269	239	45	72	14	2	8	42	0	1	26	49	.301	.369	.477	.846		114	10	1	1	2	0		CGY · PCL
2001	29	FLA	NL	48	63	54	8	10	2	0	1	8	1	0	7	15	.185	.270	.278	.548	45	15	0	0	0	2	0	/93
2002	30	BAL-min	AAA	81	348	315	44	90	15	2	11	46	0	1	29	69	.286	.343	.451	.794		142	10	0	1	3	4		ROC · IL
2002	30	BAL	AL	17	28	26	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.115	.258	-28	3	2	0	0	0	0	/3D
2003	31	MIN-NYY-min	AAA	89	305	267	27	67	13	1	3	28	0	1	32	59	.251	.334	.341	.675		91	5	3	0	3	3		ROC,CLB · IL
6 Yrs				368	731	631	64	133	34	4	7	55	3	5	88	144	.211	.306	.311	.616	63	196	24	0	7	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	322	278	28	59	15	2	3	24	1	2	39	63	.211	.306	.311	.616	63	86	11	0	3	2	0

MON (3 yrs)				302	637	549	56	121	31	4	6	45	2	5	78	122	.220	.316	.324	.641	69	178	21	0	7	2	1
NYM (1 yr)				1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				17	28	26	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.115	.258	-28	3	2	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				48	63	54	8	10	2	0	1	8	1	0	7	15	.185	.270	.278	.548	45	15	0	0	0	2	0

NL (5 yrs)				351	703	605	64	131	33	4	7	53	3	5	86	137	.217	.312	.319	.631	67	193	22	0	7	4	1
AL (1 yr)				17	28	26	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.115	.258	-28	3	2	0	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
1997	25	MON	NL	84	222	-2	-2	0	5	-4	-2	-0.3	6	4	0.3	.497	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$150,000	397/D8
1998	26	MON	NL	130	244	-15	-2	-1	-0	-6	-24	-2.5	7	-17	-1.8	.481	.485	-1.7	-0.6	-17	$185,000	37/98
1999	27	MON	NL	88	171	-5	-0	-2	-1	-4	-12	-1.2	5	-7	-0.7	.487	.493	-0.6	-0.4	-6	$225,000	37/98
2000	28	NYM	NL	1	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.520	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/9
2001	29	FLA	NL	48	63	-3	1	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	-1	$	/93
2002	30	BAL	AL	17	28	-5	0	-0	0	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.466	.496	-0.5	-0.0	-5	$	/3D
6 Seasons				368	731	-30	-2	-3	6	-14	-44	-4.6	20	-24	-2.6	.488	.495	-2.9	-0.9	-30	$560,000

MON (3 yrs)				302	637	-22	-4	-3	4	-13	-38	-3.9	17	-20	-2.2	.487	.492	-2.4	-1.0	-24	$560,000
NYM (1 yr)				1	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.520	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$
BAL (1 yr)				17	28	-5	0	-0	0	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.466	.496	-0.5	-0.0	-5	$
FLA (1 yr)				48	63	-3	1	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.0	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
1997	25	MON	NL	222	159	24	4.0	107	.294	.256	.269	.320	.341	.397	.423	.717	.764	88	.415	-3.6	-0.4	.613	.221	.141	1.5
1998	26	MON	NL	244	182	15	2.2	106	.245	.186	.266	.292	.337	.243	.420	.535	.757	45	.191	-16.3	-1.6	.461	.210	.057	.0
1999	27	MON	NL	171	122	16	3.5	113	.276	.221	.272	.347	.347	.343	.438	.690	.785	78	.319	-4.0	-0.4	.630	.314	.121	1.3
2000	28	NYM	NL	3	3	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.268	.333	.345	.000	.438	.333	.784	-3	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.500	.000
2001	29	FLA	NL	63	46	5	2.9	108	.225	.185	.264	.270	.334	.278	.432	.548	.766	45	.268	-4.2	-0.4	.523	.241	.093	1.0
2002	30	BAL	AL	28	26	0	0.0	101	.105	.077	.258	.143	.325	.115	.416	.258	.741	-28	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.192	.115	.038
6 Yrs				731	538	60	3.0	108	.260	.211	.268	.306	.340	.311	.426	.616	.766	63	.282	-33.1	-3.2	.535	.236	.100	4.2
162 Game Avg.				322	237	26	3.0	108	.260	.211	.268	.306	.340	.311	.426	.616	.766	63	.282	-33.1	-3.2	.535	.236	.100	2

MON (3 yrs)				637	463	55	3.2	108	.272	.220	.269	.316	.341	.324	.426	.641	.767	69	.306	-23.9	-2.3	.557	.240	.104	3.0
NYM (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.268	.333	.345	.000	.438	.333	.784	-3	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.500	.000
BAL (1 yr)				28	26	0	0.0	101	.105	.077	.258	.143	.325	.115	.416	.258	.741	-28	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.192	.115	.038
FLA (1 yr)				63	46	5	2.9	108	.225	.185	.264	.270	.334	.278	.432	.548	.766	45	.269	-4.2	-0.4	.523	.241	.093	1.0

NL (5 yrs)				703	512	60	3.1	108	.267	.217	.268	.312	.340	.319	.426	.631	.767	67	.300	-28.4	-2.7	.553	.241	.102	4.2
AL (1 yr)				28	26	0	0.0	101	.105	.077	.258	.143	.325	.115	.416	.258	.741	-28	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.192	.115	.038

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
1997	25	MON	NL	222	1.4%	15.3%	8.6%	9.0%	39%	1.79	5.9	66.3	11.7	0.92	1.03	73%	23%	4.8%	26%
1998	26	MON	NL	244	0.4%	22.5%	13.1%	4.1%	26%	1.72	3.8	210.0	21.0	1.05	1.25	64%	18%	1.5%	11%
1999	27	MON	NL	171	1.2%	19.3%	15.8%	6.4%	36%	1.22	4.2	70.0	7.8	0.75	1.26	61%	17%	3.7%	11%
2000	28	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00						67%	0%
2001	29	FLA	NL	63	1.6%	23.8%	11.1%	4.8%	30%	2.14	3.6	54.0	6.8	1.11	1.14	63%	20%	5.9%	11%
2002	30	BAL	AL	28	0.0%	25.0%	7.1%	3.6%	50%	3.50	3.7		13.0	1.11	1.50	68%	16%	0.0%	22%
6 Yrs				731	1.0%	19.7%	12.0%	6.2%	34%	1.64	4.4	90.1	11.5	0.95	1.20	66%	19%	3.4%	16%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.77	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	25	MON	NL	-3.6	-0.4	227	-0.8	3.6	-4.4	1.08	-0.3	-0.5	-5.4	-0.5	0.92	-3.7	1.62	8
1998	26	MON	NL	-16.3	-1.6	248	-0.2	4.0	-4.2	1.03	-1.0	0.8	-10.7	-1.0	0.91	-14.7	1.45	17
1999	27	MON	NL	-4.0	-0.4	176	0.1	3.0	-2.9	.97	-0.4	0.5	-5.4	-0.5	0.93	-6.0	0.88	13
2000	28	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.96	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.86	-0.4		0
2001	29	FLA	NL	-4.3	-0.4	67	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.87	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	-0.1	0.97	-3.7	0.98	33
2002	30	BAL	AL	-4.8	-0.5	28	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.20	-0.5	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.95	-5.4	1.99	9
6 Yrs				-33.2	-3.2	749	-1.5	11.8	-13.3	1.02	-2.5	1.0	-28.1	-2.7	0.93	-33.8	1.24	80

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	25	MON	NL	5	0	28%	79	1	4	20%	1	3	1	3	2	41%	6	3	3	7	3	4	4	3	0
1998	26	MON	NL	3	0	23%	91	0	0		0	0	0	4	4	29%	16	15	1	5	3	2	10	3	6
1999	27	MON	NL	0	1	27%	69	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	3	44%	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
2000	28	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	29	FLA	NL	2	0	44%	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	5	43%	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
2002	30	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				10	1	27%	255	3	5	38%	3	4	1	10	14	36%	33	26	7	14	7	7	17	6	9

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
1997	25	MON	NL	222	68%	51	8	0	8	2	0	1	1.62	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	3	3	100%	37	3	8%	17	5	29%	124	15	12%	4	3	75%	6	3	50%	0
1998	26	MON	NL	244	77%	39	11	0	17	2	0	1	1.45	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	37	9	24%	16	4	25%	133	10	8%	7	1	14%	8	4	50%	0
1999	27	MON	NL	171	87%	31	2	0	13	2	0	1	0.88	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	100%	33	9	27%	19	6	32%	102	16	16%	8	5	63%	6	3	50%	0
2000	28	NYM	NL	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	29	FLA	NL	63	86%	10	1	0	33	9	1	3	0.98	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	6	2	33%	41	7	17%	8	4	50%	1	1	100%	0
2002	30	BAL	AL	28	100%	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	1.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	4	1	25%	20	2	10%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
6 Yrs				731	79%	133	22	0	80	15	1	6	1.24	7	1	14	6	1	5	2	0	7	7	100%	124	24	19%	62	18	29%	422	50	12%	28	13	46%	25	12	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			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
1997	25	MON	NL	194	740	3.81	453	61%	30%	11%	27%	32%	70%	0%	43%	84%	30%	4%	8	0	19%	36	12	11%	22	15	42%	28	0	0
1998	26	MON	NL	246	1001	4.07	565	56%	31%	17%	25%	28%	69%	0%	39%	76%	25%	5%	12	1	18%	45	16	13%	31	13	33%	-2	0	0
1999	27	MON	NL	171	675	3.95	391	58%	30%	15%	26%	28%	70%	0%	40%	78%	30%	6%	11	0	15%	26	6	13%	22	9	21%	0	0	0
2000	28	NYM	NL	3	12	4.00	6	50%	17%	17%	33%	33%	83%	0%	42%	80%	33%	33%	1	0	33%	1	0	33%	1	0		0	0	0
2001	29	FLA	NL	63	242	3.84	143	59%	30%	18%	23%	29%	70%	0%	41%	74%	27%	6%	4	0	16%	10	4	10%	6	2	40%	0	0	0
2002	30	BAL	AL	28	110	3.93	69	63%	32%	16%	25%	28%	68%	0%	43%	77%	21%	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	4%	1	1	14%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				705	2780	3.94	1627	59%	30%	15%	26%	29%	70%	0%	41%	79%	28%	5%	36	1	17%	119	38	12%	83	40	32%	26	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	25	84	222	199	22	51	15	2	3	17	1	4	19	34	.256	.320	.397	.717	88	79	3	3	1	1
1998	26	214	466	409	39	90	24	2	4	27	1	4	51	89	.220	.305	.318	.623	65	130	12	4	2	1
1999	27	302	637	549	56	121	31	4	6	45	2	5	78	122	.220	.316	.324	.641	69	178	21	7	2	1
2000	28	303	640	551	56	121	31	4	6	45	2	5	79	122	.220	.316	.323	.640	69	178	22	7	2	1
2001	29	351	703	605	64	131	33	4	7	53	3	5	86	137	.217	.312	.319	.631	67	193	22	7	4	1
2002	30	368	731	631	64	133	34	4	7	55	3	5	88	144	.211	.306	.311	.616	63	196	24	7	4	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
1997	25	84	222	199	22	51	15	2	3	17	1	19	34	.256	.320	.397	.717	25	84
1998	26	130	244	210	17	39	9	0	1	10	0	32	55	.186	.292	.243	.535	15	130
1999	27	88	166	138	15	29	7	2	2	16	1	25	33	.210	.331	.333	.665	15	88
2000	28	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1
2001	29	48	63	54	8	10	2	0	1	8	1	7	15	.185	.270	.278	.548	4	48
2002	30	17	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	17
6 Yrs		368	726	629	62	129	33	4	7	51	3	86	144	.205	.299	.304	.603	59	368
162 Game Avg.		162	320	277	27	57	15	2	3	22	1	38	63	.205	.299	.304	.603	26	368

* 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.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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