Damon Minor

Damon Reed Minor

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: January 5, 1974 in Canton, OH
High School: Hammon HS (Hammon, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2000
Team: Giants 2000-2004

Final Game: June 24, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Ryan Minor
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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
1996	22	SFG-min	A-	75	323	269	44	65	11	1	12	55	0	2	47	86	.242	.363	.424	.787		114	5	5	1	1	4		BLH · NORW
1997	23	SFG-min	A+	140	629	532	98	154	34	1	31	99	2	1	87	143	.289	.391	.532	.923		283	6	5	0	5	8		BAK · CALL
1998	24	SFG-min	AA,A+	129	534	465	65	119	21	2	21	88	1	1	58	91	.256	.346	.445	.792		207	6	8	0	3	1		SHV,SJO · TL,CALL
1999	25	SFG-min	AA	136	564	473	76	129	33	4	20	82	1	0	80	115	.273	.385	.486	.871		230	10	8	0	3	6		SHV · TL
2000	26	SFG-min	AAA	133	579	482	84	140	27	1	30	106	0	0	87	97	.290	.394	.537	.931		259	11	1	0	9	4		FRE · PCL
2000	26	SFG	NL	10	11	9	3	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	1	.444	.545	1.444	1.990	394	13	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2001	27	SFG-min	AAA	112	458	406	74	125	22	3	24	71	1	1	44	83	.308	.380	.554	.934		225	5	5	0	3	4		FRE · PCL
2001	27	SFG	NL	19	48	45	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.156	.208	.178	.386	5	8	1	0	0	0	1	3
2002	28	SFG-min	AAA	9	34	29	8	15	6	1	0	5	0	0	5	5	.517	.588	.793	1.381		23	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2002	28	SFG	NL	83	201	173	21	41	6	0	10	24	0	0	24	34	.237	.333	.445	.778	108	77	8	2	0	2	6	3/D

2003	29	PHI-SFG-min	AAA	128	518	469	61	109	19	2	24	86	1	2	33	89	.232	.297	.435	.732		204	13	12	0	4	3		SWB,FRE · IL,PCL
2004	30	SFG-min	AAA	97	396	338	48	102	23	3	17	56	0	0	50	78	.302	.399	.538	.937		182	7	6	0	2	2		FRE · PCL
2004	30	SFG	NL	24	74	58	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	12	18	.241	.405	.276	.681	81	16	2	4	0	0	0	3/D
2005	31	TOH	Fgn																										TOH · JPPL
2006	32	CMP	AAA	12	54	45	8	9	3	0	3	9	0	0	7	12	.200	.315	.467	.781		21	1	1	0	1	1		CMP · MEX
4 Yrs				136	334	285	35	66	9	0	13	39	0	0	41	61	.232	.338	.400	.738	96	114	11	6	0	2	7
162 Game Avg.				162	398	339	42	79	11	0	15	46	0	0	49	73	.232	.338	.400	.738	96	136	13	7	0	2	8

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
2000	26	SFG	NL	10	11	4	0	0	0	-0	4	0.3	0	4	0.4	.535	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$	/3
2001	27	SFG	NL	19	48	-7	0	-0	-1	-1	-8	-0.8	1	-7	-0.7	.457	.495	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$200,000	3
2002	28	SFG	NL	83	201	0	1	-1	0	-3	-2	-0.2	6	3	0.3	.497	.499	0.3	-0.2	3	$203,000	3/D

2004	30	SFG	NL	24	74	-1	0	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.492	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3/D
4 Seasons				136	334	-4	2	-1	-1	-4	-8	-0.9	9	1	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	-0.5	1	$403,000

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
2000	26	SFG	NL	11	5	7	37.4	110	.200	.444	.265	.545	.341	1.444	.432	1.990	.773	394	.972	3.9	0.4	3.000	1.222	1.000	.0
2001	27	SFG	NL	48	39	2	1.4	105	.189	.156	.260	.208	.330	.178	.426	.386	.756	5	.085	-6.3	-0.6	.282	.089	.022
2002	28	SFG	NL	201	142	24	4.5	103	.237	.237	.260	.333	.333	.445	.414	.778	.747	108	.474	2.1	0.2	.736	.347	.208	.0

2004	30	SFG	NL	74	46	8	4.7	112	.350	.241	.271	.405	.343	.276	.439	.681	.781	81	.465	-0.7	-0.1	.696	.241	.034
4 Yrs				334	232	41	4.7	105	.249	.232	.262	.338	.335	.400	.421	.738	.756	96	.484	-1.0	-0.1	.700	.312	.168	.0
162 Game Avg.				398	276	49	4.7	105	.249	.232	.262	.338	.335	.400	.421	.738	.756	96	.484	-1.0	-0.1	.700	.312	.168

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
2000	26	SFG	NL	11	27.3%	9.1%	18.2%	27.3%	75%	0.50	9.0	3.0	1.5	0.00	0.00	45%	13%	60.0%	0%
2001	27	SFG	NL	48	0.0%	16.7%	6.3%	2.1%	14%	2.67	5.6		15.0	0.48	0.60	77%	22%	0.0%	24%
2002	28	SFG	NL	201	5.0%	16.9%	11.9%	8.0%	39%	1.42	5.1	17.3	7.2	0.64	0.93	65%	18%	18.2%	31%

2004	30	SFG	NL	74	0.0%	24.3%	16.2%	2.7%	14%	1.50	3.2		9.7	0.48	0.65	54%	33%	0.0%	22%
4 Yrs				334	3.9%	18.3%	12.3%	6.6%	33%	1.49	4.7	21.9	7.3	0.55	0.78	64%	21%	13.0%	27%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.1%	34%	1.91	5.3	31.0	7.5	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.3%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2000	26	SFG	NL	3.9	0.4	11	0.3	0.3	-0.1	.46	0.6	0.1	4.9	0.5	0.70	6.5	0.43	7
2001	27	SFG	NL	-6.3	-0.6	50	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.14	-0.6	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.94	-6.3	1.78	7
2002	28	SFG	NL	2.1	0.2	203	-0.9	3.0	-3.9	1.05	0.0	-0.9	-6.1	-0.6	1.04	-1.1	1.42	34

2004	30	SFG	NL	-0.7	-0.1	76	0.4	1.6	-1.2	1.12	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.2	0.99	-0.0	1.89	5
4 Yrs				-1.0	-0.1	340	-0.7	5.6	-6.3	1.06	0.1	-0.8	-5.1	-0.6	1.00	-0.9	1.38	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
2000	26	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	27	SFG	NL	0	0	30%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2002	28	SFG	NL	1	0	19%	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20%	7	6	1	4	3	1	4	2	1

2004	30	SFG	NL	0	0	27%	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	30%	5	5	0	2	0	2	3	2	1
4 Yrs				1	0	22%	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	21%	14	13	1	6	3	3	8	5	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
2000	26	SFG	NL	11	91%	4	0	0	7	3	2	2	0.43	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	3	60%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	27	SFG	NL	48	96%	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	1.78	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	5	0	0%	29	3	10%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
2002	28	SFG	NL	201	74%	41	2	0	34	5	0	2	1.42	10	0	9	7	3	3	7	0	0	0		44	8	18%	19	5	26%	154	15	10%	12	6	50%	11	4	36%	0

2004	30	SFG	NL	74	81%	14	1	0	5	2	0	1	1.89	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	6	0	0%	50	6	12%	7	1	14%	2	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				334	79%	66	3	0	53	10	2	5	1.38	13	0	14	10	3	5	8	0	0	0		71	11	15%	30	5	17%	238	27	11%	21	8	38%	13	4	31%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			11%			34%			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
2000	26	SFG	NL	11	49	4.45	28	57%	25%	21%	25%	29%	75%	0%	43%	71%	18%	9%	1	0	18%	2	0	18%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2001	27	SFG	NL	48	168	3.50	108	64%	32%	11%	22%	34%	68%	7%	43%	84%	25%	10%	5	2	23%	11	4	8%	4	4	63%	0	0	0
2002	28	SFG	NL	201	783	3.90	456	58%	26%	15%	28%	31%	74%	6%	43%	80%	25%	11%	22	1	23%	46	21	12%	24	12	24%	0	0	0

2004	30	SFG	NL	74	307	4.15	190	62%	23%	13%	43%	21%	77%	0%	48%	83%	41%	4%	3	0	8%	6	3	8%	6	5	56%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				334	1307	3.91	782	60%	26%	14%	31%	29%	74%	5%	44%	81%	28%	9%	31	3	19%	65	28	11%	36	23	38%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2000	26	10	11	9	3	4	0	3	6	2	1	.444	.545	1.444	1.990	394	13	0	0	0	0
2001	27	29	59	54	6	11	1	3	9	5	9	.204	.271	.389	.660	73	21	1	0	0	1
2002	28	112	260	227	27	52	7	13	33	29	43	.229	.319	.432	.751	100	98	9	2	2	7
2003	29	112	260	227	27	52	7	13	33	29	43	.229	.319	.432	.751	100	98	9	2	2	7
2004	30	136	334	285	35	66	9	13	39	41	61	.232	.338	.400	.738	96	114	11	6	2	7

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
2000	26	10	11	9	3	4	0	0	3	6	0	2	1	.444	.545	1.444	1.990	7	10
2001	27	19	49	46	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	3	8	.174	.224	.196	.420	2	19
2002	28	83	204	175	22	43	6	0	10	26	0	25	34	.246	.343	.451	.795	27	83

2004	30	24	74	58	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	12	18	.241	.405	.276	.681	6	24
4 Yrs		136	338	288	37	69	9	0	13	42	0	42	61	.240	.346	.406	.752	42	136
162 Game Avg.		162	403	343	44	82	11	0	15	50	0	50	73	.240	.346	.406	.752	50	136

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