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Bengie Molina

Benjamin Jose Molina

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 20, 1974 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Vega Alta (Vega Alta, PR)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): Angels/Giants/BlueJays/Rangers 1998-2010
Agents: Octagon, previously: Melvin Roman [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010
Relatives: Brother of Jose Molina and Brother of Yadier Molina
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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	18	ANA-min	Rk	27	92	80	9	21	6	2	0	10	0	2	10	4	.263	.348	.388	.735		31	1	1	0	1	0		ANG · ARIZ
1994	19	ANA-min	A	48	183	171	14	48	8	0	3	16	1	2	8	12	.281	.324	.380	.704		65	3	3	1	0	0		CDR · MIDW
1995	20	ANA-min	A,A+,AAA	67	265	231	36	76	16	2	6	29	1	1	23	19	.329	.398	.494	.892		114	6	5	4	2	1		CDR,LEL,VAN · MIDW,CALL,PCL
1996	21	ANA-min	AA	108	405	365	45	100	21	2	8	54	0	1	25	25	.274	.327	.408	.735		149	16	6	4	5	1		MDL · TL
1997	22	ANA-min	A+,AA	65	277	255	36	77	18	2	10	63	0	1	17	16	.302	.339	.506	.845		129	7	0	0	5	2		LEL,MDL · CALL,TL
1998	23	ANA-min	AAA,AA	90	363	338	41	109	17	1	10	61	1	2	19	21	.322	.362	.467	.829		158	13	3	1	2	2		VAN,MDL · PCL,TL
1998	23	ANA	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1999	24	ANA-min	AAA	65	267	241	28	69	16	0	7	41	1	2	15	17	.286	.338	.440	.778		106	7	6	1	4	1		EDM · PCL
1999	24	ANA	AL	31	109	101	8	26	5	0	1	10	0	1	6	6	.257	.312	.337	.649	67	34	5	2	0	0	0	2
2000	25	ANA	AL	130	513	473	59	133	20	2	14	71	1	0	23	33	.281	.318	.421	.739	84	199	17	6	4	7	0	*2/D	RoY-4
2001	26	ANA-min	AAA,A+	8	31	29	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	.379	.419	.448	.868		13	2	0	0	0	0		SLK,RCU · PCL,CALL
2001	26	ANA	AL	96	355	325	31	85	11	0	6	40	0	1	16	51	.262	.309	.351	.660	73	114	8	8	2	4	3	2/D
2002	27	ANA-min	A+	1	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250		1	0	1	0	0	0		RCU · CALL
2002	27	ANA	AL	122	459	428	34	105	18	0	5	47	0	0	15	34	.245	.274	.322	.596	58	138	15	4	6	6	3	*2	GG
2003	28	ANA	AL	119	430	409	37	115	24	0	14	71	1	1	13	31	.281	.304	.443	.746	96	181	17	2	2	4	2	*2	GG
2004	29	ANA	AL	97	363	337	36	93	13	0	10	54	0	1	18	35	.276	.313	.404	.717	88	136	18	2	2	4	1	2/D
2005	30	LAA	AL	119	449	410	45	121	17	0	15	69	0	2	27	41	.295	.336	.446	.782	108	183	14	1	5	6	2	2D
2006	31	TOR	AL	117	458	433	44	123	20	1	19	57	1	1	19	47	.284	.319	.467	.785	100	202	15	4	0	2	1	2D
2007	32	SFG	NL	134	517	497	38	137	19	1	19	81	0	0	15	53	.276	.298	.433	.731	86	215	13	2	1	2	2	*2
2008	33	SFG	NL	145	569	530	46	155	33	0	16	95	0	0	19	38	.292	.322	.445	.767	98	236	23	9	0	11	5	*2/D
2009	34	SFG	NL	132	520	491	52	130	25	1	20	80	0	0	13	68	.265	.285	.442	.727	87	217	14	5	0	11	3	*2/D
2010	35	TOT	MLB	118	416	377	27	94	12	1	5	36	0	0	24	34	.249	.297	.326	.623	68	123	14	4	5	6	4	*2/D
2010	35	SFG	NL	61	221	202	17	52	6	0	3	17	0	0	14	19	.257	.312	.332	.644	77	67	7	3	0	2	4	2/D
2010	35	TEX	AL	57	195	175	10	42	6	1	2	19	0	0	10	15	.240	.279	.320	.599	58	56	7	1	5	4	0	2/D
13 Yrs				1362	5159	4812	457	1317	217	6	144	711	3	7	208	471	.274	.307	.411	.718	86	1978	173	49	27	63	26
162 Game Avg.				162	614	572	54	157	26	1	17	85	0	1	25	56	.274	.307	.411	.718	86	235	21	6	3	7	3

LAA (8 yrs)				716	2679	2484	250	678	108	2	65	362	2	6	118	231	.273	.309	.397	.705	84	985	94	25	21	31	11
SFG (4 yrs)				472	1827	1720	153	474	83	2	58	273	0	0	61	178	.276	.303	.427	.731	89	735	57	19	1	26	14
TEX (1 yr)				57	195	175	10	42	6	1	2	19	0	0	10	15	.240	.279	.320	.599	58	56	7	1	5	4	0
TOR (1 yr)				117	458	433	44	123	20	1	19	57	1	1	19	47	.284	.319	.467	.785	100	202	15	4	0	2	1

AL (10 yrs)				890	3332	3092	304	843	134	4	86	438	3	7	147	293	.273	.309	.402	.711	85	1243	116	30	26	37	12
NL (4 yrs)				472	1827	1720	153	474	83	2	58	273	0	0	61	178	.276	.303	.427	.731	89	735	57	19	1	26	14

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
1998	23	ANA	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$170,000	/2
1999	24	ANA	AL	31	109	-6	-0	-0	1	2	-4	-0.3	4	-0	0.0	.488	.498	-0.1	0.3	-1	$200,000	2
2000	25	ANA	AL	130	513	-14	-1	-1	6	7	-3	-0.1	17	14	1.4	.498	.498	0.8	1.3	8	$210,000	*2/D	RoY-4
2001	26	ANA	AL	96	355	-13	-2	-1	3	5	-8	-0.6	12	4	0.4	.492	.495	0.1	0.9	1	$350,000	2/D
2002	27	ANA	AL	122	459	-24	-5	-1	10	6	-14	-1.3	15	2	0.1	.489	.492	-0.8	1.7	-8	$350,000	*2	GG
2003	28	ANA	AL	119	430	-4	-1	-2	2	6	0	0.1	14	14	1.4	.500	.500	1.3	0.9	12	$1,425,000	*2	GG
2004	29	ANA	AL	97	363	-6	-2	-3	-1	5	-7	-0.6	12	5	0.5	.493	.496	0.6	0.5	6	$2,025,000	2/D
2005	30	LAA	AL	119	449	5	-4	-2	3	5	7	0.8	15	22	2.2	.506	.504	1.9	0.9	19	$3,000,000	2D
2006	31	TOR	AL	117	458	0	-3	-2	-3	4	-3	-0.1	16	13	1.3	.498	.498	1.6	0.2	16	$4,500,000	2D
2007	32	SFG	NL	134	517	-11	-4	-0	4	7	-5	-0.5	14	9	0.9	.496	.497	0.5	1.1	5	$4,000,000	*2
2008	33	SFG	NL	145	569	-2	-3	-4	3	8	3	0.2	15	18	1.7	.502	.502	1.4	1.0	15	$6,250,000	*2/D
2009	34	SFG	NL	132	520	-13	-2	-2	-10	7	-20	-2.1	14	-6	-0.7	.484	.487	0.3	-0.3	4	$6,500,000	*2/D
2010	35	SFG	NL	61	221	-7	-1	-1	1	3	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.491	.497	-0.1	0.4	-0	$4,500,000	2/D
2010	35	TEX	AL	57	195	-12	-1	-1	-4	3	-15	-1.5	7	-9	-0.9	.472	.490	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	2/D
13 Seasons				1362	5159	-107	-29	-20	15	68	-74	-6.7	161	87	8.3	.494	.497	7.0	8.9	72	$33,480,000

LAA (8 yrs)				716	2679	-62	-15	-11	24	36	-28	-2.0	89	61	6.0	.496	.498	3.8	6.4	37	$7,730,000
SFG (4 yrs)				472	1827	-33	-10	-7	-2	25	-28	-3.0	49	22	1.9	.494	.496	2.1	2.3	24	$21,250,000
TEX (1 yr)				57	195	-12	-1	-1	-4	3	-15	-1.5	7	-9	-0.9	.472	.490	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$
TOR (1 yr)				117	458	0	-3	-2	-3	4	-3	-0.1	16	13	1.3	.498	.498	1.6	0.2	16	$4,500,000

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	23	ANA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.274	.000	.343	.000	.436	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1999	24	ANA	AL	109	81	9	3.0	113	.266	.257	.274	.312	.346	.337	.438	.649	.785	67	.249	-5.1	-0.5	.506	.129	.079	.0
2000	25	ANA	AL	513	368	60	4.4	117	.275	.281	.279	.318	.352	.421	.448	.739	.800	84	.393	-12.8	-1.2	.641	.190	.140	1.9
2001	26	ANA	AL	355	255	35	3.7	108	.290	.262	.268	.309	.336	.351	.431	.660	.766	73	.357	-12.8	-1.2	.550	.135	.089	.0
2002	27	ANA	AL	459	350	35	2.7	105	.253	.245	.264	.274	.332	.322	.425	.596	.757	58	.245	-26.1	-2.5	.464	.112	.077	.0
2003	28	ANA	AL	430	318	49	4.1	105	.274	.281	.265	.304	.331	.443	.425	.746	.756	96	.410	-3.3	-0.3	.628	.193	.161	1.9
2004	29	ANA	AL	363	269	37	3.7	107	.280	.276	.267	.313	.334	.404	.428	.717	.763	88	.349	-6.4	-0.6	.589	.178	.128	.0
2005	30	LAA	AL	449	316	58	4.9	103	.294	.295	.266	.336	.328	.446	.422	.782	.750	108	.500	4.6	0.4	.685	.212	.151	.0
2006	31	TOR	AL	458	328	59	4.8	111	.282	.284	.275	.319	.340	.467	.438	.785	.778	100	.462	-1.7	-0.2	.690	.226	.182	1.9
2007	32	SFG	NL	517	376	60	4.3	112	.276	.276	.274	.298	.344	.433	.438	.731	.781	86	.423	-13.5	-1.3	.622	.187	.157	.0
2008	33	SFG	NL	569	409	70	4.6	110	.285	.292	.270	.322	.342	.445	.430	.767	.772	98	.470	-2.3	-0.2	.663	.189	.153	.0
2009	34	SFG	NL	520	386	58	4.0	108	.266	.265	.268	.285	.342	.442	.426	.727	.767	87	.420	-11.1	-1.1	.627	.204	.177	.0
2010	35	TOT	MLB	416	308	35	3.0	103	.259	.249	.264	.297	.333	.326	.415	.623	.748	68	.317	-17.5	-1.7	.508	.141	.077	.0
2010	35	SFG	NL	221	159	20	3.4	100	.269	.257	.258	.312	.328	.332	.407	.644	.735	77	.362	-6.5	-0.6	.535	.144	.074	.0
2010	35	TEX	AL	195	149	15	2.7	107	.247	.240	.271	.279	.340	.320	.423	.599	.763	58	.266	-10.9	-1.1	.479	.137	.080	.0
13 Yrs				5159	3765	565	4.0	109	.275	.274	.270	.307	.338	.411	.430	.718	.769	86	.398	-108.3	-10.3	.607	.180	.137	5.9
162 Game Avg.				614	448	67	4.0	109	.275	.274	.270	.307	.338	.411	.430	.718	.769	86	.398	-108.3	-10.3	.607	.180	.137	1

LAA (8 yrs)				2679	1958	283	3.9	108	.276	.273	.269	.309	.336	.397	.431	.705	.767	84	.373	-62.3	-5.8	.590	.169	.124	3.9
SFG (4 yrs)				1827	1330	208	4.2	109	.275	.276	.269	.303	.341	.427	.428	.731	.769	89	.431	-33.4	-3.2	.625	.187	.152	.0
TEX (1 yr)				195	149	15	2.7	107	.247	.240	.271	.279	.340	.320	.423	.599	.763	58	.267	-10.9	-1.1	.479	.137	.080	.0
TOR (1 yr)				458	328	59	4.8	111	.282	.284	.275	.319	.340	.467	.438	.785	.778	100	.461	-1.7	-0.2	.690	.226	.182	1.9

AL (10 yrs)				3332	2435	357	3.9	108	.275	.273	.270	.309	.337	.402	.431	.711	.768	85	.380	-74.9	-7.1	.597	.176	.129	5.8
NL (4 yrs)				1827	1330	208	4.2	109	.275	.276	.269	.303	.341	.427	.428	.731	.769	89	.431	-33.4	-3.2	.625	.187	.152	.0

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
2002	27	ANA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	17	15	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.267	.267	.400	.667	6	1	0	2	0	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	5	16	14	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.214	.313	.357	.670	5	0	1	0	0	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	WS	SFG	W	7	24	21	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.286	.375	.381	.756	8	2	0	0	0	2

2004	29	ANA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	19	18	5	8	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	.444	.474	.944	1.418	17	0	1	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	ALCS	CHW	L	5	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	1	0	0	0

2010	35	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	4	14	14	1	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	.357	.357	.571	.929	8	0	0	0	0	0
2010	35	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	5	17	16	3	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	4	.313	.353	.563	.915	9	1	1	0	0	0
2010	35	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	4	13	11	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.182	.308	.273	.580	3	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (9 Series)							42	144	132	14	36	6	1	5	20	1	0	6	16	.273	.324	.447	.771	59	5	4	2	0	2
4 ALDS							16	56	53	6	18	2	0	4	9	1	0	0	4	.340	.352	.604	.956	32	1	1	2	0	0
3 ALCS							15	51	47	3	10	1	1	1	8	0	0	1	8	.213	.275	.340	.615	16	1	3	0	0	0
2 WS							11	37	32	5	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	.250	.351	.344	.695	11	3	0	0	0	2

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	23	ANA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1999	24	ANA	AL	109	0.9%	5.5%	5.5%	5.5%	23%	1.00	16.8	101.0	10.1	0.76	1.31	86%	23%	2.1%	13%
2000	25	ANA	AL	513	2.7%	6.4%	4.5%	7.0%	27%	1.43	14.3	33.8	6.7	0.60	0.90	84%	25%	6.0%	13%
2001	26	ANA	AL	355	1.7%	14.4%	4.5%	4.8%	20%	3.19	6.4	54.2	8.1	0.73	0.97	77%	26%	4.3%	12%
2002	27	ANA	AL	459	1.1%	7.4%	3.3%	5.0%	22%	2.27	12.6	85.6	9.1	0.72	1.07	86%	24%	2.4%	9%
2003	28	ANA	AL	430	3.3%	7.2%	3.0%	8.8%	33%	2.38	13.2	29.2	5.8	0.66	0.83	86%	19%	6.7%	10%
2004	29	ANA	AL	363	2.8%	9.6%	5.0%	6.3%	25%	1.94	9.6	33.7	6.2	0.98	1.26	82%	14%	7.2%	10%
2005	30	LAA	AL	449	3.3%	9.1%	6.0%	7.1%	26%	1.52	10.0	27.3	5.9	0.69	0.98	80%	17%	7.4%	8%
2006	31	TOR	AL	458	4.2%	10.3%	4.2%	8.7%	33%	2.47	9.2	22.8	7.6	0.64	1.02	81%	24%	8.4%	5%
2007	32	SFG	NL	517	3.7%	10.3%	2.9%	7.5%	29%	3.53	9.4	26.2	6.1	0.61	0.79	83%	17%	7.8%	12%
2008	33	SFG	NL	569	2.8%	6.7%	3.3%	8.6%	32%	2.00	13.9	33.1	5.6	0.55	0.77	86%	18%	5.6%	11%
2009	34	SFG	NL	520	3.9%	13.1%	2.5%	8.9%	35%	5.23	7.2	24.6	6.1	0.45	0.65	80%	20%	7.7%	14%
2010	35	TOT	MLB	416	1.2%	8.2%	5.8%	4.3%	19%	1.42	11.1	75.4	10.5	0.55	0.78	83%	18%	2.5%	11%
2010	35	SFG	NL	221	1.4%	8.6%	6.3%	4.1%	17%	1.36	10.6	67.3	11.9	0.62	0.90	82%	19%	3.0%	11%
2010	35	TEX	AL	195	1.0%	7.7%	5.1%	4.6%	21%	1.50	11.7	87.5	9.2	0.47	0.67	83%	16%	2.0%	11%
13 Yrs				5159	2.8%	9.1%	4.0%	7.1%	28%	2.26	10.2	33.4	6.8	0.63	0.89	83%	20%	6.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	17.0%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.96	5.2	32.2	7.6	0.78	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	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	23	ANA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.77	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	-0.3	0.77	1
1999	24	ANA	AL	-5.1	-0.5	110	-0.7	1.2	-1.8	.82	-0.6	-0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.93	-7.5	0.53	1
2000	25	ANA	AL	-12.8	-1.2	515	-0.8	9.0	-9.8	1.04	-0.9	0.2	-14.3	-1.3	0.97	-12.5	0.57	1
2001	26	ANA	AL	-12.8	-1.2	361	-0.5	6.4	-6.9	1.06	-1.1	0.7	-8.6	-0.8	0.94	-15.3	1.48	5
2002	27	ANA	AL	-26.1	-2.5	462	-2.1	6.7	-8.8	1.01	-2.2	0.1	-21.2	-2.0	1.00	-25.1	2.47	6
2003	28	ANA	AL	-3.3	-0.3	432	-0.6	7.4	-7.9	.96	-0.8	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.94	-7.9	2.09	4
2004	29	ANA	AL	-6.4	-0.6	366	0.7	6.9	-6.2	.92	-1.1	1.9	-4.8	-0.4	0.97	-13.9	1.04	5
2005	30	LAA	AL	4.6	0.4	454	0.9	9.2	-8.3	1.09	0.8	0.0	4.0	0.4	0.97	4.2	2.26	5
2006	31	TOR	AL	-1.7	-0.2	467	0.8	8.3	-7.5	.89	0.2	0.6	-4.0	-0.4	0.92	-2.0	3.47	3
2007	32	SFG	NL	-13.5	-1.3	519	-1.1	10.4	-11.4	1.17	-0.6	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.98	-8.7	2.57	6
2008	33	SFG	NL	-2.3	-0.2	574	0.3	12.0	-11.7	1.12	0.2	0.1	1.4	0.1	0.98	1.8	2.88	8
2009	34	SFG	NL	-11.1	-1.1	524	-0.4	9.6	-10.0	1.02	-0.5	0.1	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	-6.7	2.67	9
2010	35	TOT	MLB	-17.5	-1.7	419	-2.2	5.4	-7.6	1.02	-2.0	-0.1	-22.7	-2.2	0.97	-23.5	2.12	6
2010	35	SFG	NL	-6.5	-0.6	222	-1.5	2.8	-4.3	1.05	-0.7	-0.7	-8.1	-0.8	0.96	-8.0	2.36	5
2010	35	TEX	AL	-10.9	-1.1	197	-0.7	2.6	-3.4	.98	-1.4	0.6	-14.6	-1.4	0.98	-15.6	0.91	1
13 Yrs				-108.3	-10.3	5204	-5.6	92.5	-98.0	1.03	-8.7	3.2	-82.5	-7.8	0.97	-117.6	2.24	60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	23	ANA	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	ANA	AL	0	21%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	25%	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
2000	25	ANA	AL	4	30%	189	1	0	100%	1	0	0	3	6	35%	21	17	4	6	4	2	16	7	9
2001	26	ANA	AL	4	24%	118	0	1	0%	0	1	0	3	10	23%	17	15	1	6	5	1	12	6	6
2002	27	ANA	AL	8	24%	139	0	0		0	0	0	8	5	14%	27	21	4	6	6	0	16	12	3
2003	28	ANA	AL	2	20%	141	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	7	27%	17	15	2	4	3	1	13	7	6
2004	29	ANA	AL	3	25%	124	0	1	0%	0	1	0	3	9	7%	20	19	0	4	3	1	7	6	1
2005	30	LAA	AL	4	22%	147	0	2	0%	0	2	1	2	4	10%	28	26	2	4	3	1	16	14	2
2006	31	TOR	AL	4	20%	154	1	1	50%	1	1	0	6	8	5%	22	20	2	10	10	0	7	7	0
2007	32	SFG	NL	3	14%	170	0	0		0	0	0	6	5	0%	21	21	0	6	6	0	9	8	0
2008	33	SFG	NL	7	18%	210	0	0		0	0	0	4	8	25%	27	23	4	3	3	0	19	11	8
2009	34	SFG	NL	1	25%	166	0	0		0	0	0	3	9	12%	24	22	2	11	10	1	15	10	3
2010	35	TOT	MLB	1	19%	144	0	0		0	0	0	2	7	15%	23	21	2	5	5	0	12	8	4
2010	35	SFG	NL	1	21%	91	0	0		0	0	0	1	3	27%	15	13	2	1	1	0	6	2	4
2010	35	TEX	AL	0	16%	53	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	0%	8	8	0	4	4	0	6	6	0
13 Yrs				41	22%	1743	3	7	30%	3	7	1	42	79	16%	252	225	23	65	58	7	145	97	44

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	23	ANA	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	24	ANA	AL	109	19%	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.53	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		25	5	20%	13	3	23%	71	10	14%	7	5	71%	5	2	40%	0
2000	25	ANA	AL	513	26%	133	5	1	1	0	0	0	0.57	14	1	26	6	8	11	3	0	6	4	67%	107	17	16%	46	20	43%	383	58	15%	25	15	60%	28	17	61%	0
2001	26	ANA	AL	355	32%	85	7	0	5	1	1	2	1.48	6	0	8	3	3	6	0	0	2	2	100%	60	8	13%	24	11	46%	238	36	15%	21	13	62%	14	11	79%	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	459	29%	105	4	1	6	1	0	1	2.47	5	0	16	4	1	2	3	0	7	6	86%	97	15	15%	58	24	41%	334	44	13%	29	17	59%	19	13	68%	0
2003	28	ANA	AL	430	28%	115	4	0	4	1	0	1	2.09	14	0	12	7	7	7	7	0	3	2	67%	78	17	22%	42	15	36%	274	60	22%	27	16	59%	13	8	62%	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	363	31%	93	2	0	5	0	0	0	1.04	10	1	10	7	3	5	5	0	3	2	67%	80	18	23%	32	14	44%	258	47	18%	20	14	70%	21	12	57%	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	449	31%	121	3	0	5	2	0	2	2.26	15	0	15	8	7	8	7	0	5	5	100%	81	14	17%	46	28	61%	309	58	19%	33	21	64%	21	18	86%	0
2006	31	TOR	AL	458	34%	123	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.47	19	1	12	9	10	12	7	0	0	0		75	15	20%	37	10	27%	272	42	15%	24	10	42%	19	11	58%	0
2007	32	SFG	NL	517	27%	137	5	0	6	2	1	2	2.57	19	1	14	13	6	9	10	0	1	1	100%	98	13	13%	50	17	34%	367	67	18%	27	12	44%	23	14	61%	0
2008	33	SFG	NL	569	26%	155	7	0	8	2	0	3	2.88	16	0	15	14	2	9	7	0	0	0		120	23	19%	61	24	39%	409	81	20%	50	32	64%	20	12	60%	0
2009	34	SFG	NL	520	24%	130	2	0	9	2	1	4	2.67	20	0	10	12	8	12	8	0	0	0		95	14	15%	48	18	38%	351	61	17%	39	22	56%	20	14	70%	0
2010	35	TOT	MLB	416	27%	94	4	0	6	1	0	0	2.12	5	1	6	4	1	3	2	0	6	5	83%	77	14	18%	49	18	37%	270	33	12%	30	13	43%	25	11	44%	0
2010	35	SFG	NL	221	29%	52	1	0	5	1	0	0	2.36	3	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0		35	7	20%	23	6	26%	124	15	12%	12	6	50%	12	4	33%	0
2010	35	TEX	AL	195	26%	42	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.91	2	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	6	5	83%	42	7	17%	26	12	46%	146	18	12%	18	7	39%	13	7	54%	0
13 Yrs				5159	28%	1317	48	2	60	12	3	15	2.24	144	5	144	87	57	84	60	0	33	27	82%	993	173	17%	506	202	40%	3537	597	17%	332	190	57%	228	143	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			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
1998	23	ANA	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1999	24	ANA	AL	109	341	3.13	221	65%	20%	7%	30%	43%	80%	0%	52%	91%	31%	3%	3	0	18%	20	10	6%	7	3	33%	0	0	0
2000	25	ANA	AL	515	1605	3.12	1104	69%	17%	8%	34%	41%	83%	0%	57%	90%	45%	4%	19	0	8%	39	16	4%	19	12	15%	-2	0	0
2001	26	ANA	AL	356	1236	3.47	842	68%	20%	12%	35%	33%	80%	2%	55%	85%	34%	2%	8	3	10%	37	24	4%	16	9	24%	-1	0	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	461	1421	3.08	954	67%	19%	8%	30%	43%	81%	2%	54%	90%	34%	2%	11	0	11%	52	33	3%	13	8	24%	-2	0	0
2003	28	ANA	AL	430	1408	3.27	957	68%	25%	9%	26%	40%	75%	2%	51%	88%	21%	3%	11	0	12%	52	29	5%	20	16	16%	0	0	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	363	1176	3.24	781	66%	15%	13%	33%	39%	85%	1%	56%	85%	45%	2%	9	3	11%	40	26	8%	29	19	26%	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	451	1588	3.52	1044	66%	24%	10%	30%	36%	76%	1%	50%	87%	26%	3%	13	2	12%	55	31	6%	28	14	29%	-2	0	0
2006	31	TOR	AL	458	1664	3.63	1118	67%	25%	11%	29%	35%	75%	1%	50%	86%	17%	3%	12	1	12%	57	31	6%	28	20	19%	0	0	0
2007	32	SFG	NL	519	1814	3.50	1241	68%	24%	11%	29%	36%	76%	1%	52%	85%	20%	2%	9	0	13%	65	42	4%	21	16	13%	-2	0	0
2008	33	SFG	NL	570	1812	3.18	1241	68%	18%	11%	31%	41%	82%	4%	56%	87%	33%	3%	17	1	11%	63	32	4%	25	20	8%	-1	0	0
2009	34	SFG	NL	522	1680	3.22	1154	69%	16%	16%	30%	38%	84%	2%	58%	81%	39%	2%	13	0	9%	45	25	4%	19	17	10%	-2	0	0
2010	35	TOT	MLB	416	1452	3.49	958	66%	25%	10%	27%	37%	75%	3%	49%	86%	20%	4%	17	0	13%	53	27	4%	16	10	26%	0	0	0
2010	35	SFG	NL	221	793	3.59	518	65%	27%	10%	28%	36%	73%	5%	48%	87%	18%	4%	9	0	13%	29	14	3%	7	5	32%	0	0	0
2010	35	TEX	AL	195	659	3.38	440	67%	24%	11%	27%	38%	76%	0%	51%	85%	23%	4%	8	0	12%	24	13	5%	9	5	20%	0	0	0
13 Yrs				5171	17198	3.33	11616	68%	21%	11%	30%	38%	79%	2%	53%	86%	31%	3%	142	10	11%	578	326	5%	241	164	19%	-12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	33	110	102	8	26	5	0	1	10	0	1	6	6	.255	.309	.333	.642	65	34	5	2	0	0	0
2000	25	163	623	575	67	159	25	2	15	81	1	1	29	39	.277	.317	.405	.722	81	233	22	8	4	7	0
2001	26	259	978	900	98	244	36	2	21	121	1	2	45	90	.271	.314	.386	.699	78	347	30	16	6	11	3
2002	27	381	1437	1328	132	349	54	2	26	168	1	2	60	124	.263	.301	.365	.666	72	485	45	20	12	17	6
2003	28	500	1867	1737	169	464	78	2	40	239	2	3	73	155	.267	.302	.383	.685	78	666	62	22	14	21	8
2004	29	597	2230	2074	205	557	91	2	50	293	2	4	91	190	.269	.304	.387	.690	79	802	80	24	16	25	9
2005	30	716	2679	2484	250	678	108	2	65	362	2	6	118	231	.273	.309	.397	.705	84	985	94	25	21	31	11
2006	31	833	3137	2917	294	801	128	3	84	419	3	7	137	278	.275	.310	.407	.717	86	1187	109	29	21	33	12
2007	32	967	3654	3414	332	938	147	4	103	500	3	7	152	331	.275	.309	.411	.719	86	1402	122	31	22	35	14
2008	33	1112	4223	3944	378	1093	180	4	119	595	3	7	171	369	.277	.310	.415	.726	88	1638	145	40	22	46	19
2009	34	1244	4743	4435	430	1223	205	5	139	675	3	7	184	437	.276	.308	.418	.726	88	1855	159	45	22	57	22
2010	35	1362	5159	4812	457	1317	217	6	144	711	3	7	208	471	.274	.307	.411	.718	86	1978	173	49	27	63	26

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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	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1999	24	31	107	99	7	24	5	0	1	9	0	6	6	.242	.299	.323	.622	9	31
2000	25	130	501	463	52	123	18	2	13	62	1	21	33	.266	.302	.397	.699	55	130
2001	26	96	351	322	29	82	11	0	6	38	0	15	51	.255	.301	.345	.646	32	96
2002	27	122	458	427	34	104	18	0	5	47	0	15	34	.244	.272	.321	.593	37	122
2003	28	119	429	408	36	114	24	0	14	70	1	13	31	.279	.302	.441	.743	54	119
2004	29	97	361	335	35	91	13	0	10	52	0	18	35	.272	.309	.400	.709	41	97
2005	30	119	450	411	46	122	17	0	15	70	0	27	41	.297	.337	.448	.785	63	119
2006	31	117	453	429	42	119	19	1	18	54	1	18	47	.277	.311	.452	.763	60	117
2007	32	134	510	491	35	131	18	1	18	75	0	14	53	.267	.289	.418	.706	59	134
2008	33	145	563	525	44	150	32	0	15	90	0	18	38	.286	.314	.432	.747	71	145
2009	34	132	518	489	51	128	25	1	20	78	0	13	68	.262	.282	.440	.722	60	132
2010	35	118	417	378	28	95	12	1	5	37	0	24	34	.251	.299	.328	.627	37	118
13 Yrs		1362	5119	4778	439	1283	212	6	140	682	3	202	471	.269	.301	.403	.705	578	1362
162 Game Avg.		162	609	568	52	153	25	1	17	81	0	24	56	.269	.301	.403	.705	69	1362

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves 2002 AL (C) 2003 AL (C) All multiple winners	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2002 AL 1.7 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2008 NL 11 (1st) 2009 NL 11 (1st) Career 63 (192nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2008 NL 23 (6th) Career 173 (175th)
AB per SO s c a p y 2000 AL 14.3 (1st) 2007 NL 9.4 (10th) 2008 NL 13.9 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 29 (625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 25 (469), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Dan Wilson (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darrin Fletcher (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Hernandez (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Hernandez (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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