Lou Merloni

Louis William Merloni

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: April 6, 1971 in Framingham, MA
High School: Framingham South HS (Framingham, MA)
School: Providence College (Providence, RI)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1998
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians/Padres/Angels 1998-2006

Final Game: June 4, 2006
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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	22	BOS-min	A+,Rk	48	190	170	18	43	2	1	2	22	2	2	14	27	.253	.311	.312	.622		53	6	2	0	4	1		FTL,RES · FLOR,GULF
1994	23	BOS-min	A+	113	479	419	59	120	16	2	1	63	5	2	36	57	.286	.345	.341	.687		143	11	7	7	10	4		SAR · FLOR
1995	24	BOS-min	AA	93	381	318	42	88	16	1	1	30	7	7	39	50	.277	.373	.343	.716		109	1	11	11	2	3		TRE · EL
1996	25	BOS-min	AAA,AA,Rk	67	247	214	31	52	12	1	4	29	0	3	19	38	.243	.326	.364	.691		78	3	8	5	1	1		PAW,TRE,RES · IL,EL,GULF
1997	26	BOS-min	AA,AAA	118	488	420	73	128	27	4	10	61	3	4	45	63	.305	.389	.460	.848		193	6	16	2	5	3		TRE,PAW · EL,IL
1998	27	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	28	114	89	17	34	3	1	8	22	2	2	16	13	.382	.513	.708	1.221		63	2	8	1	0	0		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
1998	27	BOS	AL	39	106	96	10	27	6	0	1	15	1	0	7	20	.281	.343	.375	.718	86	36	1	2	1	0	1	4/56
1999	28	BOS-min	AAA	66	269	229	45	64	14	1	7	36	1	1	30	38	.279	.383	.441	.824		101	4	9	0	1	0		PAW · IL
1999	28	BOS	AL	43	140	126	18	32	7	0	1	13	0	0	8	16	.254	.307	.333	.640	61	42	6	2	3	1	0	6/54D37
2000	29	BOS-min	AAA,Fgn	11	42	39	6	16	2	0	1	5	0	1	3	3	.410	.452	.538	.991		21	2	0	0	0	0		PAW,YKO · IL,JPCL
2000	29	BOS	AL	40	139	128	10	41	11	2	0	18	1	0	4	22	.320	.341	.438	.778	94	56	8	1	4	2	1	5
2001	30	BOS-min	AAA	52	218	195	30	51	12	0	4	20	2	0	15	37	.262	.330	.385	.715		75	6	5	3	0	0		PAW · IL
2001	30	BOS	AL	52	159	146	21	39	10	0	3	13	2	1	6	31	.267	.306	.397	.703	83	58	6	3	2	2	0	6/45
2002	31	BOS-min	AAA	8	28	25	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.200	.250	.280	.530		7	2	1	0	1	0		PAW · IL
2002	31	BOS	AL	84	222	194	28	48	12	2	4	18	1	2	20	35	.247	.332	.392	.724	90	76	4	5	2	1	0	4/56379
2003	32	SDP-min	A+	5	21	19	3	9	3	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	.474	.476	.789	1.266		15	0	0	0	1	0		LEL · CALL
2003	32	TOT	MLB	80	213	181	24	48	8	2	1	18	2	3	26	41	.265	.355	.348	.704	91	63	3	1	2	3	2	564/73
2003	32	SDP	NL	65	179	151	20	41	7	2	1	17	2	3	22	33	.272	.362	.364	.726	98	55	3	1	2	3	2	564/37
2003	32	BOS	AL	15	34	30	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.233	.324	.267	.590	56	8	0	0	0	0	0	/457
2004	33	CLE-min	A-	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.875		5	0	0	0	0	0		MHV · NYPL
2004	33	CLE	AL	71	214	190	25	55	12	1	4	28	1	2	14	41	.289	.343	.426	.769	105	81	9	3	4	3	1	35/47D
2005	34	ANA-min	AAA,Rk	12	45	40	9	13	4	0	0	8	0	0	4	7	.325	.400	.425	.825		17	1	1	0	0	0		SLK,ANG · PCL,ARIZ
2005	34	LAA	AL	5	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	0	1	0	/53
2006	35	CLE-min	AAA	91	374	330	33	94	22	0	7	38	0	2	29	49	.285	.361	.415	.776		137	9	11	3	1	2		BFL · IL
2006	35	CLE	AL	9	23	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.211	.286	.263	.549	45	5	1	0	2	0	0	/456
2007	36	OAK-min	AAA	110	446	393	47	100	21	2	3	39	1	4	40	51	.254	.324	.341	.665		134	16	3	5	5	0		SAC · PCL
9 Yrs				423	1223	1085	138	294	67	7	14	125	9	8	88	213	.271	.332	.384	.716	87	417	38	17	20	13	5
162 Game Avg.				162	468	416	53	113	26	3	5	48	3	3	34	82	.271	.332	.384	.716	87	160	15	7	8	5	2

BOS (6 yrs)				273	800	720	91	194	47	4	9	78	5	3	49	132	.269	.325	.383	.708	82	276	25	13	12	6	2
CLE (2 yrs)				80	237	209	26	59	13	1	4	29	2	2	16	46	.282	.338	.411	.749	99	86	10	3	6	3	1
SDP (1 yr)				65	179	151	20	41	7	2	1	17	2	3	22	33	.272	.362	.364	.726	98	55	3	1	2	3	2
LAA (1 yr)				5	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	0	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				358	1044	934	118	253	60	5	13	108	7	5	66	180	.271	.327	.388	.714	85	362	35	16	18	10	3
NL (1 yr)				65	179	151	20	41	7	2	1	17	2	3	22	33	.272	.362	.364	.726	98	55	3	1	2	3	2

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	27	BOS	AL	39	106	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.0	4	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$170,000	4/56
1999	28	BOS	AL	43	140	-7	0	-1	1	1	-5	-0.4	5	-0	0.0	.489	.497	-0.1	0.2	-2	$200,000	6/54D37
2000	29	BOS	AL	40	139	-2	0	-1	-2	0	-5	-0.4	5	-0	0.0	.489	.497	0.2	-0.1	2	$250,000	5
2001	30	BOS	AL	52	159	-3	-1	-1	2	2	-1	-0.0	5	4	0.5	.498	.499	0.2	0.5	2	$	6/45
2002	31	BOS	AL	84	222	-2	-1	0	6	1	5	0.5	7	12	1.2	.505	.503	0.6	0.8	6	$290,000	4/56379
2003	32	SDP	NL	65	179	1	-2	0	-4	1	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.1	.495	.498	0.6	-0.3	6	$560,000	564/37
2003	32	BOS	AL	15	34	-2	-0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/457
2004	33	CLE	AL	71	214	2	0	-1	0	-3	-2	-0.1	7	6	0.6	.498	.499	0.6	-0.2	6	$560,000	35/47D
2005	34	LAA	AL	5	7	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$500,000	/53
2006	35	CLE	AL	9	23	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.462	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/456
9 Seasons				423	1223	-19	-3	-3	5	4	-16	-1.3	40	23	2.4	.496	.499	2.0	1.2	19	$2,530,000

BOS (6 yrs)				273	800	-19	-1	-3	10	6	-7	-0.5	27	19	2.0	.497	.499	1.0	1.7	9	$910,000
CLE (2 yrs)				80	237	0	0	-1	-2	-3	-5	-0.4	8	3	0.3	.494	.499	0.5	-0.3	5	$560,000
SDP (1 yr)				65	179	1	-2	0	-4	1	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.1	.495	.498	0.6	-0.3	6	$560,000
LAA (1 yr)				5	7	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$500,000

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
1998	27	BOS	AL	106	71	13	4.9	111	.347	.281	.274	.343	.343	.375	.436	.718	.779	86	.472	-2.0	-0.2	.657	.177	.094	1.0
1999	28	BOS	AL	140	104	12	3.1	117	.282	.254	.280	.307	.353	.333	.448	.640	.801	61	.263	-7.6	-0.7	.520	.143	.079	.0
2000	29	BOS	AL	139	101	17	4.5	118	.380	.320	.280	.341	.353	.438	.450	.778	.804	94	.407	-1.3	-0.1	.653	.156	.117	.0
2001	30	BOS	AL	159	118	16	3.6	108	.316	.267	.268	.306	.336	.397	.431	.703	.766	83	.353	-3.5	-0.3	.596	.178	.130	2.4
2002	31	BOS	AL	222	155	26	4.5	108	.282	.247	.268	.332	.336	.392	.431	.724	.766	90	.455	-2.8	-0.3	.658	.242	.144	1.6
2003	32	TOT	MLB	213	144	24	4.5	103	.331	.265	.260	.355	.330	.348	.417	.704	.747	91	.453	-0.8	-0.1	.640	.221	.083	1.3
2003	32	SDP	NL	179	121	21	4.6	101	.333	.272	.258	.362	.328	.364	.413	.726	.741	98	.473	1.2	0.1	.664	.232	.093	1.3
2003	32	BOS	AL	34	23	3	3.5	111	.318	.233	.274	.324	.340	.267	.438	.590	.778	56	.339	-1.9	-0.2	.522	.167	.033
2004	33	CLE	AL	214	153	25	4.4	104	.345	.289	.263	.343	.330	.426	.423	.769	.753	105	.423	2.0	0.2	.664	.205	.137	1.6
2005	34	LAA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.266	.143	.328	.000	.422	.143	.750	-56	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
2006	35	CLE	AL	23	18	2	3.0	110	.286	.211	.274	.286	.339	.263	.436	.549	.775	45	.262	-1.5	-0.1	.500	.211	.053	.0
9 Yrs				1223	870	135	4.2	109	.321	.271	.269	.332	.338	.384	.432	.716	.770	87	.402	-18.5	-1.7	.625	.195	.113	11.0
162 Game Avg.				468	333	52	4.2	109	.321	.271	.269	.332	.338	.384	.432	.716	.770	87	.402	-18.5	-1.7	.625	.195	.113	4

BOS (6 yrs)				800	572	87	4.1	112	.316	.269	.273	.325	.343	.383	.438	.708	.781	82	.390	-19.1	-1.8	.614	.185	.114	6.4
CLE (2 yrs)				237	171	27	4.2	105	.340	.282	.264	.338	.331	.411	.424	.749	.755	99	.407	0.5	0.0	.648	.206	.129	2.7
SDP (1 yr)				179	121	21	4.6	101	.333	.272	.258	.362	.328	.364	.413	.726	.741	98	.473	1.2	0.1	.664	.232	.093	1.3
LAA (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.266	.143	.328	.000	.422	.143	.750	-56	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000

AL (9 yrs)				1044	749	114	4.1	110	.320	.271	.271	.327	.340	.388	.435	.714	.775	85	.391	-19.7	-1.8	.619	.190	.117	9.1
NL (1 yr)				179	121	21	4.6	101	.333	.272	.258	.362	.328	.364	.413	.726	.741	98	.473	1.2	0.1	.664	.232	.093	1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1999	28	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	W	3	7	6	1	2	1	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0
1999	28	BOS	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	8	6	1	2	1	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	2	1
1 ALDS							3	7	6	1	2	1	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0
1 ALCS							1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	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
1998	27	BOS	AL	106	0.9%	18.9%	6.6%	6.6%	26%	2.86	4.8	96.0	6.4	0.58	0.96	71%	29%	2.4%	15%
1999	28	BOS	AL	140	0.7%	11.4%	5.7%	5.7%	25%	2.00	7.9	126.0	9.7	0.91	1.42	79%	24%	2.0%	14%
2000	29	BOS	AL	139	0.0%	15.8%	2.9%	9.4%	32%	5.50	5.8		7.1	0.88	1.93	78%	32%	0.0%	9%
2001	30	BOS	AL	159	1.9%	19.5%	3.8%	8.2%	33%	5.17	4.7	48.7	11.2	0.81	1.15	72%	23%	5.8%	17%
2002	31	BOS	AL	222	1.8%	15.8%	9.0%	8.1%	38%	1.75	5.5	48.5	10.8	0.53	0.74	70%	26%	4.8%	18%
2003	32	TOT	MLB	213	0.5%	19.3%	12.2%	5.2%	23%	1.58	4.4	181.0	10.1	0.86	1.04	67%	17%	1.4%	5%
2003	32	SDP	NL	179	0.6%	18.4%	12.3%	5.6%	24%	1.50	4.6	151.0	8.9	0.75	0.98	67%	19%	1.5%	6%
2003	32	BOS	AL	34	0.0%	23.5%	11.8%	2.9%	14%	2.00	3.8		30.0	1.75	1.50	65%	5%	0.0%	0%
2004	33	CLE	AL	214	1.9%	19.2%	6.5%	7.9%	31%	2.93	4.6	47.5	6.8	0.70	0.98	69%	19%	4.8%	6%
2005	34	LAA	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	2.5		5.0	0.00	0.00	57%	25%	0.0%	0%
2006	35	CLE	AL	23	0.0%	21.7%	8.7%	4.4%	25%	2.50	3.8		19.0	1.00	1.60	61%	6%	0.0%	29%
9 Yrs				1223	1.1%	17.4%	7.2%	7.2%	30%	2.42	5.1	77.5	8.7	0.74	1.09	71%	23%	3.2%	12%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.92	5.3	31.4	7.5	0.78	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	27	BOS	AL	-2.0	-0.2	107	0.4	1.8	-1.4	.92	-0.2	0.6	1.7	0.2	0.96	-3.4	1.02	2
1999	28	BOS	AL	-7.6	-0.7	142	-1.0	1.6	-2.6	.92	-0.4	-0.6	-8.4	-0.8	0.95	-8.4	0.08	2
2000	29	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.1	141	-0.9	2.4	-3.3	1.13	-0.3	-0.5	-2.2	-0.2	0.96	-4.5		0
2001	30	BOS	AL	-3.7	-0.4	164	-1.4	1.6	-3.1	.88	-0.7	-0.9	-9.1	-0.9	0.93	-6.8	2.38	3
2002	31	BOS	AL	-2.8	-0.3	230	-0.1	3.5	-3.5	.90	-0.5	0.4	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-1.6	0.19	3
2003	32	TOT	MLB	-0.8	-0.1	219	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.07	-0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.6	1.19	12
2003	32	SDP	NL	1.2	0.1	185	-0.6	2.6	-3.2	1.08	-0.0	-0.5	0.1	0.0	1.03	1.4	1.27	10
2003	32	BOS	AL	-1.9	-0.2	34	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	-2.0	0.75	2
2004	33	CLE	AL	2.0	0.2	219	0.7	4.5	-3.8	1.08	0.1	0.6	1.4	0.1	0.99	-2.0	3.79	6
2005	34	LAA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.39	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.26	-1.3		0
2006	35	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.1	24	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.74	-0.1	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.98	-1.9	0.04	1
9 Yrs				-18.9	-1.8	1253	-3.4	18.6	-22.0	.99	-2.4	-1.0	-23.9	-2.2	0.97	-30.5	1.62	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	27	BOS	AL	1	26%	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	1	25%	3	2	1	3	3	0	2	1	1
1999	28	BOS	AL	2	42%	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	29%	10	8	2	2	1	1	5	3	2
2000	29	BOS	AL	1	22%	60	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	5	43%	7	6	1	2	1	0	5	0	5
2001	30	BOS	AL	2	40%	58	2	1	67%	2	1	1	0	2	1	53%	5	4	1	3	0	2	9	3	6
2002	31	BOS	AL	2	35%	99	1	2	33%	1	2	1	0	2	7	21%	16	15	1	4	4	0	9	3	5
2003	32	TOT	MLB	2	31%	102	2	3	40%	2	3	2	2	1	3	40%	12	9	3	2	2	0	6	1	5
2003	32	SDP	NL	2	30%	85	2	3	40%	2	3	2	2	1	3	41%	11	8	3	1	1	0	5	1	4
2003	32	BOS	AL	0	36%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
2004	33	CLE	AL	3	31%	73	1	2	33%	1	2	1	1	2	5	35%	8	6	2	7	4	3	2	1	1
2005	34	LAA	AL	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	35	CLE	AL	0	17%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				13	32%	489	9	8	53%	9	8	5	3	10	26	34%	63	51	12	24	16	6	38	12	25

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	27	BOS	AL	106	37%	27	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.02	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	27	1	4%	11	2	18%	75	15	20%	13	6	46%	3	2	67%	0
1999	28	BOS	AL	140	39%	32	3	0	2	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	31	6	19%	20	9	45%	97	12	12%	10	3	30%	6	4	67%	0
2000	29	BOS	AL	139	26%	41	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	36	8	22%	17	8	47%	101	19	19%	8	3	38%	6	5	83%	0
2001	30	BOS	AL	159	22%	39	3	0	3	1	1	1	2.38	3	0	3	1	2	0	3	0	2	2	100%	29	6	21%	18	3	17%	93	11	12%	11	2	18%	4	2	50%	0
2002	31	BOS	AL	222	29%	48	4	0	3	1	0	0	0.19	4	0	7	3	1	1	3	0	2	2	100%	35	4	11%	14	6	43%	134	16	12%	11	6	55%	8	5	63%	0
2003	32	TOT	MLB	213	50%	48	2	0	12	5	0	2	1.19	1	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	58	3	5%	22	9	41%	145	17	12%	18	10	56%	8	4	50%	0
2003	32	SDP	NL	179	53%	41	1	0	10	4	0	2	1.27	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	49	3	6%	18	9	50%	126	16	13%	16	9	56%	7	4	57%	0
2003	32	BOS	AL	34	35%	7	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	4	0	0%	19	1	5%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2004	33	CLE	AL	214	59%	55	5	2	6	2	0	4	3.79	4	0	8	0	4	1	3	0	6	4	67%	55	9	16%	23	9	39%	145	24	17%	12	8	67%	12	7	58%	0
2005	34	LAA	AL	7	57%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
2006	35	CLE	AL	23	43%	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	1	20%	4	3	75%	15	1	7%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
9 Yrs				1223	39%	294	26	3	29	12	1	9	1.62	14	0	43	4	10	4	10	0	23	20	87%	279	38	14%	132	50	38%	813	116	14%	86	40	47%	48	30	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			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	27	BOS	AL	106	402	3.79	248	62%	31%	13%	25%	31%	69%	3%	43%	81%	26%	7%	7	0	17%	18	6	8%	9	6	40%	0	0	0
1999	28	BOS	AL	140	506	3.61	311	61%	32%	12%	20%	37%	68%	0%	42%	83%	19%	5%	7	0	15%	21	11	8%	11	6	31%	0	0	0
2000	29	BOS	AL	139	453	3.26	294	65%	29%	13%	21%	38%	71%	3%	46%	82%	27%	5%	7	1	14%	19	8	4%	6	4	32%	0	0	0
2001	30	BOS	AL	160	589	3.68	378	64%	33%	12%	24%	31%	67%	0%	43%	83%	21%	3%	5	0	13%	20	9	6%	9	4	39%	-1	0	0
2002	31	BOS	AL	222	803	3.62	491	61%	34%	11%	22%	33%	66%	0%	40%	83%	17%	4%	9	0	14%	32	14	10%	22	12	34%	0	0	0
2003	32	TOT	MLB	213	799	3.75	478	60%	34%	15%	21%	30%	66%	2%	39%	78%	23%	8%	17	0	17%	37	9	12%	25	13	29%	0	0	0
2003	32	SDP	NL	179	664	3.71	396	60%	35%	15%	19%	31%	65%	3%	39%	77%	23%	8%	14	0	17%	31	6	13%	23	11	27%	0	0	0
2003	32	BOS	AL	34	135	3.97	82	61%	32%	12%	29%	27%	68%	0%	41%	82%	24%	9%	3	0	18%	6	3	6%	2	2	38%	0	0	0
2004	33	CLE	AL	214	746	3.49	472	63%	29%	10%	27%	33%	71%	1%	45%	85%	24%	3%	6	0	14%	30	15	5%	11	5	27%	0	0	0
2005	34	LAA	AL	8	29	3.63	16	55%	25%	25%	25%	25%	75%	0%	41%	67%	50%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	-1	0	0
2006	35	CLE	AL	23	87	3.78	57	66%	32%	5%	35%	28%	68%	0%	45%	92%	30%	0%	0	0	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	60%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1225	4414	3.60	2745	62%	32%	12%	23%	33%	68%	1%	42%	82%	22%	5%	59	1	15%	179	73	8%	93	50	33%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1998	27	39	106	96	10	27	6	0	1	15	1	0	7	20	.281	.343	.375	.718	86	36	1	2	1	0	1
1999	28	82	246	222	28	59	13	0	2	28	1	0	15	36	.266	.322	.351	.674	72	78	7	4	4	1	1
2000	29	122	385	350	38	100	24	2	2	46	2	0	19	58	.286	.329	.383	.712	80	134	15	5	8	3	2
2001	30	174	544	496	59	139	34	2	5	59	4	1	25	89	.280	.322	.387	.709	81	192	21	8	10	5	2
2002	31	258	766	690	87	187	46	4	9	77	5	3	45	124	.271	.325	.388	.713	83	268	25	13	12	6	2
2003	32	338	979	871	111	235	54	6	10	95	7	6	71	165	.270	.332	.380	.712	85	331	28	14	14	9	4
2004	33	409	1193	1061	136	290	66	7	14	123	8	8	85	206	.273	.334	.388	.722	89	412	37	17	18	12	5
2005	34	414	1200	1066	137	290	66	7	14	124	8	8	86	208	.272	.332	.386	.719	88	412	37	17	18	13	5
2006	35	423	1223	1085	138	294	67	7	14	125	9	8	88	213	.271	.332	.384	.716	87	417	38	17	20	13	5

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
1998	27	39	105	95	9	26	6	0	1	14	1	7	20	.274	.337	.368	.705	11	39
1999	28	43	138	124	16	30	7	0	1	11	0	8	16	.242	.296	.323	.619	11	43
2000	29	40	136	125	9	38	10	2	0	16	1	4	22	.304	.326	.416	.742	17	40
2001	30	52	157	144	20	37	9	0	3	12	2	6	31	.257	.297	.382	.679	16	52
2002	31	84	221	193	27	47	12	2	4	17	1	20	35	.244	.329	.389	.717	23	84
2003	32	80	215	182	24	49	8	2	1	18	2	27	41	.269	.362	.352	.713	23	80
2004	33	71	214	190	25	55	12	1	4	28	1	14	41	.289	.343	.426	.769	27	71
2005	34	5	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	5
2006	35	9	22	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	.167	.250	.222	.472	1	9
9 Yrs		423	1215	1076	132	285	65	7	14	118	9	89	213	.265	.327	.377	.705	129	423
162 Game Avg.		162	465	412	51	109	25	3	5	45	3	34	82	.265	.327	.377	.705	49	423

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