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José Molina

Jose Benjamin (Matta) Molina (twitter: @Joeycatch8)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: June 3, 1975 in Bayamon, P.R.
High School: Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, PR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1999
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/BlueJays/Rays/Cubs 1999-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$1.8M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.026, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Octagon, previously: Levinsons [*]
Relatives: Brother of Bengie 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	CHC-min	Rk,A+	36	103	85	5	18	2	0	0	5	3	3	14	12	.212	.323	.235	.559		20	2	0	4	0	0		CBF,DYT · GULF,FLOR
1994	19	CHC-min	A	78	290	253	31	58	13	1	1	33	4	3	24	61	.229	.302	.300	.602		76	5	4	5	4	1		PEO · MIDW
1995	20	CHC-min	A+	82	273	233	27	55	9	1	1	19	1	0	29	53	.236	.336	.296	.632		69	7	7	2	2	0		DYT · FLOR
1996	21	CHC-min	A	96	355	305	35	69	10	1	2	27	2	4	36	71	.226	.310	.285	.596		87	8	3	7	4	0		RFD · MIDW
1997	22	CHC-min	A+,AA,AAA	93	322	281	27	63	12	1	1	38	4	1	27	54	.224	.294	.285	.579		80	10	3	6	5	5		DYT,ORL,IWA · FLOR,SOUL,AA
1998	23	CHC-min	AA	109	368	320	33	71	10	1	2	28	1	5	32	74	.222	.296	.278	.574		89	10	3	10	3	1		WTN · SOUL
1999	24	CHC-min	AAA,AA	88	307	275	26	69	14	1	4	31	0	1	22	68	.251	.313	.353	.665		97	4	4	3	3	5		IWA,WTN · PCL,SOUL
1999	24	CHC	NL	10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	68	6	0	0	0	0	1	2

2000	25	CHC-min	AAA	76	275	248	22	58	9	0	1	17	1	4	23	61	.234	.296	.282	.578		70	6	0	1	3	1		IWA · PCL
2001	26	ANA-min	AAA	61	235	213	29	64	11	1	5	31	1	2	14	49	.300	.349	.432	.781		92	7	2	6	0	0		SLK · PCL
2001	26	ANA	AL	15	42	37	8	10	3	0	2	4	0	0	3	8	.270	.325	.514	.839	116	19	2	0	2	0	0	2
2002	27	ANA-min	AAA	79	315	290	30	89	14	2	4	43	0	3	12	60	.307	.341	.410	.751		119	4	4	7	2	1		SLK · PCL
2002	27	ANA	AL	29	81	70	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	2	5	15	.271	.312	.314	.626	68	22	2	0	4	2	0	2
2003	28	ANA	AL	53	123	114	12	21	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	26	.184	.210	.219	.429	15	25	1	3	4	1	0	2
2004	29	ANA	AL	73	218	203	26	53	10	2	3	25	4	1	10	52	.261	.296	.374	.670	76	76	6	0	5	0	0	2/3D
2005	30	LAA	AL	75	203	184	14	42	4	0	6	25	2	0	13	41	.228	.286	.348	.634	70	64	5	2	4	0	0	2/D3
2006	31	LAA	AL	78	245	225	18	54	17	0	4	22	1	0	9	49	.240	.273	.369	.642	65	83	6	2	7	2	0	2/3
2007	32	TOT	AL	69	202	191	18	49	13	0	1	19	2	1	5	43	.257	.274	.340	.614	61	65	4	0	5	1	0	2
2007	32	LAA	AL	40	131	125	9	28	8	0	0	10	2	1	3	30	.224	.242	.288	.530	39	36	3	0	3	0	0	2
2007	32	NYY	AL	29	71	66	9	21	5	0	1	9	0	0	2	13	.318	.333	.439	.773	101	29	1	0	2	1	0	2
2008	33	NYY	AL	100	297	268	32	58	17	0	3	18	0	0	12	52	.216	.263	.313	.576	51	84	9	6	8	3	0	2/3
2009	34	NYY-min	AA,AAA	5	15	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.091	.333	.182	.515		2	0	1	0	0	0		TRE,SWB · EL,IL
2009	34	NYY	AL	52	155	138	15	30	4	0	1	11	0	0	14	28	.217	.292	.268	.560	46	37	6	1	1	1	0	2/35D
2010	35	TOR	AL	57	183	167	13	41	4	0	6	12	1	0	9	36	.246	.304	.377	.681	84	63	7	5	2	0	1	2/D
2011	36	TOR	AL	55	191	171	19	48	12	1	3	15	2	1	15	44	.281	.342	.415	.757	103	71	2	1	4	0	0	2/D
2012	37	TBR	AL	35	91	83	7	15	4	0	2	6	0	0	6	22	.181	.253	.301	.554	58	25	0	2	0	0	0	*2
13 Yrs				701	2052	1870	190	445	96	3	31	169	12	5	104	420	.238	.285	.342	.627	66	640	50	22	46	10	2
162 Game Avg.				162	474	432	44	103	22	1	7	39	3	1	24	97	.238	.285	.342	.627	66	148	12	5	11	2	0

LAA (7 yrs)				363	1043	958	92	227	49	2	15	97	9	4	44	221	.237	.274	.339	.613	61	325	25	7	29	5	0
NYY (3 yrs)				181	523	472	56	109	26	0	5	38	0	0	28	93	.231	.281	.318	.599	56	150	16	7	11	5	0
TOR (2 yrs)				112	374	338	32	89	16	1	9	27	3	1	24	80	.263	.323	.396	.720	94	134	9	6	6	0	1
TBR (1 yr)				35	91	83	7	15	4	0	2	6	0	0	6	22	.181	.253	.301	.554	58	25	0	2	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	68	6	0	0	0	0	1

AL (12 yrs)				691	2031	1851	187	440	95	3	31	168	12	5	102	416	.238	.284	.343	.627	66	634	50	22	46	10	1
NL (1 yr)				10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	68	6	0	0	0	0	1

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	10	21	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	2

2001	26	ANA	AL	15	42	1	0	-0	2	1	4	0.4	1	5	0.5	.525	.502	0.3	0.3	3	$	2
2002	27	ANA	AL	29	81	-3	-0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
2003	28	ANA	AL	53	123	-15	0	1	0	2	-12	-1.1	4	-8	-0.7	.478	.493	-0.7	0.3	-8	$320,000	2
2004	29	ANA	AL	73	218	-8	-0	0	4	3	-1	-0.0	7	6	0.6	.498	.499	0.2	0.8	2	$335,000	2/3D
2005	30	LAA	AL	75	203	-7	0	-0	6	3	1	0.2	7	8	0.8	.502	.501	0.2	0.9	2	$725,000	2/D3
2006	31	LAA	AL	78	245	-14	-1	-1	2	4	-10	-0.9	8	-1	-0.1	.488	.494	-0.3	0.6	-3	$850,000	2/3
2007	32	LAA	AL	40	131	-10	-0	-0	-1	2	-10	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.476	.494	-0.4	0.2	-4	$1,350,000	2
2007	32	NYY	AL	29	71	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.506	.501	0.3	0.2	3	$	2
2008	33	NYY	AL	100	297	-20	1	-1	11	5	-4	-0.3	10	6	0.6	.495	.497	-0.5	1.7	-5	$1,875,000	2/3
2009	34	NYY	AL	52	155	-10	-0	-1	2	2	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.486	.495	-0.4	0.5	-4	$2,125,000	2/35D
2010	35	TOR	AL	57	183	-4	-1	-1	4	3	1	0.2	6	7	0.7	.502	.501	0.3	0.8	3	$800,000	2/D
2011	36	TOR	AL	55	191	1	-0	-0	-2	2	1	0.2	6	8	0.8	.503	.501	1.0	0.1	10	$1,200,000	2/D
2012	37	TBR	AL	35	91	-3	0	0	-2	2	-3	-0.3	3	0	-0.1	.491	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$	*2
13 Seasons				701	2052	-94	-2	-3	28	32	-40	-3.4	69	30	2.9	.494	.498	0.2	6.6	2	$9,780,000

LAA (7 yrs)				363	1043	-57	-1	-1	14	16	-29	-2.6	35	6	0.7	.492	.497	-0.7	3.3	-8	$3,580,000
NYY (3 yrs)				181	523	-30	-1	-2	14	8	-10	-0.8	18	8	0.8	.494	.498	-0.6	2.4	-6	$4,000,000
TOR (2 yrs)				112	374	-3	-1	-1	2	5	2	0.4	13	15	1.5	.502	.501	1.3	0.9	13	$2,000,000
TBR (1 yr)				35	91	-3	0	0	-2	2	-3	-0.3	3	0	-0.1	.491	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$
CHC (1 yr)				10	21	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	21	14	2	3.8	113	.333	.263	.272	.333	.347	.316	.438	.649	.785	68	.355	-0.9	-0.1	.571	.158	.053

2001	26	ANA	AL	42	31	5	4.3	108	.296	.270	.268	.325	.336	.514	.431	.839	.766	116	.428	0.8	0.1	.759	.324	.243	.0
2002	27	ANA	AL	81	61	7	3.1	105	.333	.271	.264	.312	.332	.314	.425	.626	.757	68	.295	-3.0	-0.3	.455	.086	.043
2003	28	ANA	AL	123	99	6	1.6	105	.236	.184	.265	.210	.331	.219	.425	.429	.756	15	.112	-14.0	-1.3	.309	.044	.035
2004	29	ANA	AL	218	162	21	3.5	107	.338	.261	.267	.296	.334	.374	.429	.670	.763	76	.324	-7.8	-0.7	.567	.177	.113	3.4
2005	30	LAA	AL	203	151	18	3.2	103	.263	.228	.266	.286	.328	.348	.422	.634	.750	70	.312	-8.5	-0.8	.551	.201	.120	3.0
2006	31	LAA	AL	245	186	22	3.2	111	.287	.240	.275	.273	.340	.369	.438	.642	.778	65	.285	-12.0	-1.1	.537	.173	.129	1.6
2007	32	TOT	AL	202	153	18	3.1	108	.324	.257	.272	.274	.340	.340	.426	.614	.765	61	.295	-11.3	-1.1	.483	.115	.084	1.3
2007	32	LAA	AL	131	104	8	2.0	108	.295	.224	.272	.242	.340	.288	.426	.530	.765	39	.161	-11.4	-1.1	.396	.096	.064	.0
2007	32	NYY	AL	71	49	10	5.4	108	.377	.318	.272	.333	.340	.439	.426	.773	.765	101	.535	0.1	0.0	.674	.152	.121	.0
2008	33	NYY	AL	297	230	21	2.4	108	.255	.216	.272	.263	.340	.313	.426	.576	.767	51	.214	-19.5	-1.9	.466	.142	.097	.0
2009	34	NYY	AL	155	116	11	2.5	112	.264	.217	.273	.292	.343	.268	.438	.560	.781	46	.220	-11.1	-1.0	.456	.152	.051	.0
2010	35	TOR	AL	183	135	18	3.6	102	.280	.246	.263	.304	.331	.377	.411	.681	.742	84	.379	-4.5	-0.4	.586	.192	.132	1.7
2011	36	TOR	AL	191	130	25	5.2	103	.363	.281	.264	.342	.330	.415	.418	.757	.747	103	.550	0.8	0.1	.698	.228	.135	2.4
2012	37	TBR	AL	91	68	7	2.8	91	.220	.181	.244	.253	.309	.301	.395	.554	.704	58	.282	-4.6	-0.5	.485	.193	.120	.0
13 Yrs				2052	1536	181	3.2	106	.290	.238	.268	.285	.334	.342	.425	.627	.759	66	.304	-95.7	-9.1	.522	.164	.104	17.3
162 Game Avg.				474	355	42	3.2	106	.290	.238	.268	.285	.334	.342	.425	.627	.759	66	.304	-95.7	-9.1	.522	.164	.104	4

LAA (7 yrs)				1043	794	87	2.9	107	.292	.237	.269	.274	.335	.339	.428	.613	.763	61	.267	-55.9	-5.3	.501	.153	.102	11.3
NYY (3 yrs)				523	395	42	2.8	109	.274	.231	.272	.281	.341	.318	.430	.599	.771	56	.262	-30.6	-2.9	.488	.146	.087	.0
TOR (2 yrs)				374	265	43	4.3	102	.321	.263	.263	.323	.330	.396	.414	.720	.745	94	.469	-3.8	-0.4	.641	.210	.133	4.5
TBR (1 yr)				91	68	7	2.8	91	.220	.181	.244	.253	.309	.301	.395	.554	.704	58	.283	-4.6	-0.5	.485	.193	.120	.0
CHC (1 yr)				21	14	2	3.8	113	.333	.263	.272	.333	.347	.316	.438	.649	.785	68	.355	-0.9	-0.1	.571	.158	.053

AL (12 yrs)				2031	1522	179	3.1	106	.289	.238	.268	.284	.334	.343	.425	.627	.759	66	.303	-94.8	-9.0	.522	.164	.105	17.3
NL (1 yr)				21	14	2	3.8	113	.333	.263	.272	.333	.347	.316	.438	.649	.785	68	.355	-0.9	-0.1	.571	.158	.053

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	ALCS	MIN	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	WS	SFG	W	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

2004	29	ANA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	2	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	ALCS	CHW	L	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

2009	34	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	34	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	34	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (8 Series)							15	18	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.286	.412	.286	.697	4	0	0	1	0	0
3 ALDS							4	7	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 ALCS							6	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	21	0.0%	19.1%	9.5%	4.8%	20%	2.00	4.8		19.0	2.00	4.00	71%	13%	0.0%	40%

2001	26	ANA	AL	42	4.8%	19.1%	7.1%	11.9%	50%	2.67	4.6	18.5	9.3	1.00	2.83	64%	35%	15.4%	0%
2002	27	ANA	AL	81	0.0%	18.5%	6.2%	3.7%	16%	3.00	4.7		14.0	0.40	0.76	70%	31%	0.0%	5%
2003	28	ANA	AL	123	0.0%	21.1%	0.8%	3.3%	19%	26.00	4.4		19.0	0.87	1.21	72%	24%	0.0%	2%
2004	29	ANA	AL	218	1.4%	23.9%	4.6%	6.9%	28%	5.20	3.9	67.7	8.1	0.87	1.22	68%	17%	3.9%	4%
2005	30	LAA	AL	203	3.0%	20.2%	6.4%	4.9%	24%	3.15	4.5	30.7	7.4	0.94	1.30	67%	18%	9.8%	13%
2006	31	LAA	AL	245	1.6%	20.0%	3.7%	8.6%	39%	5.44	4.6	56.3	10.2	0.73	1.25	71%	15%	4.3%	7%
2007	32	TOT	AL	202	0.5%	21.3%	2.5%	6.9%	29%	8.60	4.4	191.0	10.1	0.95	1.48	73%	21%	1.4%	3%
2007	32	LAA	AL	131	0.0%	22.9%	2.3%	6.1%	29%	10.00	4.2		12.5	0.96	1.24	73%	17%	0.0%	2%
2007	32	NYY	AL	71	1.4%	18.3%	2.8%	8.5%	29%	6.50	5.1	66.0	7.3	0.93	2.18	75%	29%	3.8%	4%
2008	33	NYY	AL	297	1.0%	17.5%	4.0%	6.7%	35%	4.33	5.2	89.3	14.9	0.90	1.43	73%	19%	2.8%	8%
2009	34	NYY	AL	155	0.7%	18.1%	9.0%	3.2%	17%	2.00	4.9	138.0	12.5	0.61	0.74	71%	21%	1.8%	17%
2010	35	TOR	AL	183	3.3%	19.7%	4.9%	5.5%	24%	4.00	4.6	27.8	13.9	0.73	1.30	68%	25%	9.2%	13%
2011	36	TOR	AL	191	1.6%	23.0%	7.9%	8.4%	33%	2.93	3.9	57.0	11.4	0.79	1.10	65%	21%	4.5%	7%
2012	37	TBR	AL	91	2.2%	24.2%	6.6%	6.6%	40%	3.67	3.8	41.5	13.8	1.54	2.14	65%	13%	10.5%	21%
13 Yrs				2052	1.5%	20.5%	5.1%	6.3%	29%	4.04	4.5	60.3	11.1	0.83	1.27	70%	20%	4.3%	9%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.4	7.6	0.79	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
1999	24	CHC	NL	-0.9	-0.1	21	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.05	-0.1	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-1.6		0

2001	26	ANA	AL	0.8	0.1	42	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.88	-0.0	-0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.89	0.2		0
2002	27	ANA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	84	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	1.04	-0.5	-0.3	-6.0	-0.6	1.00	-5.7		0
2003	28	ANA	AL	-14.0	-1.3	124	-1.4	0.7	-2.1	.82	-1.4	-0.3	-16.0	-1.5	0.90	-16.3	0.00	2
2004	29	ANA	AL	-7.8	-0.7	224	-1.2	2.9	-4.0	.98	-0.9	-0.3	-15.7	-1.5	0.97	-11.6		0
2005	30	LAA	AL	-8.5	-0.8	206	-0.3	3.0	-3.3	.92	-1.1	0.7	-3.5	-0.3	0.91	-10.8	3.95	5
2006	31	LAA	AL	-12.0	-1.1	248	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	.89	-0.9	-0.1	-13.3	-1.2	0.88	-13.2	0.01	1
2007	32	TOT	AL	-11.3	-1.1	205	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.79	-0.9	0.8	-6.7	-0.6	0.90	-11.6	0.01	1
2007	32	LAA	AL	-11.4	-1.1	134	-0.1	1.7	-1.7	.75	-0.9	0.8	-7.3	-0.7	0.87	-12.0		0
2007	32	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	71	0.0	1.0	-1.0	.86	0.0	-0.0	0.6	0.1	0.95	0.4	0.01	1
2008	33	NYY	AL	-19.5	-1.9	300	-2.0	3.5	-5.5	.95	-2.1	-0.0	-24.3	-2.3	0.95	-26.5	0.62	4
2009	34	NYY	AL	-11.1	-1.0	155	-1.6	1.6	-3.1	.99	-1.3	-0.3	-10.9	-1.0	0.99	-12.7	0.02	1
2010	35	TOR	AL	-4.5	-0.4	184	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	.90	-0.5	-0.5	-12.7	-1.2	0.93	-6.4		0
2011	36	TOR	AL	0.8	0.1	193	0.5	3.5	-3.1	.96	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.93	-0.5	2.17	3
2012	37	TBR	AL	-4.6	-0.5	93	-0.5	1.4	-1.9	1.06	-0.4	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-4.5	1.00	1
13 Yrs				-95.7	-9.1	2079	-9.5	26.4	-35.9	.93	-10.0	-0.2	-114.8	-10.9	0.93	-121.1	1.65	18

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	0	0	43%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2001	26	ANA	AL	1	0	55%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
2002	27	ANA	AL	1	0	21%	25	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
2003	28	ANA	AL	0	0	48%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	10	8	2	1	1	0	5	1	4
2004	29	ANA	AL	1	0	38%	75	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	50%	9	4	5	3	3	0	6	0	4
2005	30	LAA	AL	2	0	16%	63	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36%	5	4	1	4	4	0	5	1	4
2006	31	LAA	AL	0	0	23%	80	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	40%	9	7	2	2	1	1	9	4	5
2007	32	TOT	AL	3	0	32%	75	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	14%	11	9	2	4	4	0	7	6	1
2007	32	LAA	AL	2	0	29%	41	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	17%	5	3	2	3	3	0	4	4	0
2007	32	NYY	AL	1	0	36%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10%	6	6	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
2008	33	NYY	AL	1	0	40%	93	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	35%	14	11	3	2	1	1	10	5	5
2009	34	NYY	AL	2	0	32%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	43%	8	5	3	2	2	0	4	1	3
2010	35	TOR	AL	1	0	14%	48	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	13%	6	5	0	6	5	1	3	2	1
2011	36	TOR	AL	2	0	26%	64	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	23%	8	7	1	2	0	2	3	3	0
2012	37	TBR	AL	2	0	24%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
13 Yrs				16	0	29%	663	12	5	71%	11	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	32	33%	89	66	22	27	22	5	58	26	30

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	21	24%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	1	25%	14	1	7%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

2001	26	ANA	AL	42	31%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	67%	5	2	40%	5	3	60%	26	3	12%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	81	31%	19	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	15	2	13%	12	7	58%	61	6	10%	5	3	60%	4	3	75%	0
2003	28	ANA	AL	123	43%	21	2	1	2	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	18	1	6%	17	8	47%	67	6	9%	5	3	60%	7	4	57%	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	218	29%	53	8	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	10	2	1	1	2	0	5	5	100%	43	6	14%	26	11	42%	146	24	16%	19	10	53%	9	6	67%	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	203	34%	42	6	2	5	2	0	1	3.95	6	0	8	1	5	2	4	0	5	4	80%	29	5	17%	11	5	45%	107	19	18%	7	2	29%	1	1	100%	0
2006	31	LAA	AL	245	38%	54	4	1	1	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	3	2	2	0	4	0	7	7	100%	42	6	14%	27	12	44%	128	19	15%	16	9	56%	10	6	60%	0
2007	32	TOT	AL	202	25%	49	3	1	1	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	7	5	71%	41	4	10%	24	12	50%	116	19	16%	11	7	64%	14	12	86%	0
2007	32	LAA	AL	131	24%	28	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	26	3	12%	13	7	54%	68	11	16%	5	3	60%	9	9	100%	0
2007	32	NYY	AL	71	27%	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	50%	15	1	7%	11	5	45%	48	8	17%	6	4	67%	5	3	60%	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	297	32%	58	2	0	4	1	0	0	0.62	3	0	8	2	1	2	1	0	9	8	89%	56	9	16%	33	18	55%	180	16	9%	14	7	50%	13	7	54%	0
2009	34	NYY	AL	155	30%	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	33	6	18%	16	2	13%	102	11	11%	6	4	67%	5	2	40%	0
2010	35	TOR	AL	183	27%	41	5	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	6	5	1	4	2	0	3	2	67%	36	7	19%	21	6	29%	104	8	8%	6	1	17%	9	4	44%	0
2011	36	TOR	AL	191	32%	48	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.17	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	4	4	100%	23	2	9%	11	5	45%	99	13	13%	5	2	40%	6	3	50%	0
2012	37	TBR	AL	91	19%	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		10	0	0%	5	2	40%	41	4	10%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
13 Yrs				2052	31%	445	39	7	18	5	0	1	1.65	31	2	45	17	14	12	19	0	52	46	88%	356	50	14%	212	92	43%	1191	149	13%	101	50	50%	81	50	62%	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
1999	24	CHC	NL	21	73	3.48	49	67%	12%	35%	22%	31%	88%	17%	59%	60%	52%	5%	1	0	10%	2	1	5%	1	0	25%	0	0	0

2001	26	ANA	AL	42	149	3.55	99	66%	20%	22%	26%	31%	80%	0%	53%	72%	45%	5%	2	0	12%	5	2	2%	1	1	38%	0	0	0
2002	27	ANA	AL	81	302	3.73	215	71%	19%	17%	36%	28%	81%	0%	58%	79%	47%	1%	1	0	9%	7	3	7%	6	3	27%	0	0	0
2003	28	ANA	AL	123	419	3.41	307	73%	16%	22%	32%	30%	84%	0%	62%	74%	55%	0%	0	0	4%	5	4	2%	3	1	19%	0	0	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	218	743	3.41	511	69%	19%	26%	24%	31%	81%	0%	56%	68%	46%	3%	6	0	8%	18	6	3%	7	4	15%	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	203	792	3.90	524	66%	23%	17%	32%	28%	77%	0%	51%	78%	43%	2%	4	2	10%	21	10	6%	13	6	17%	0	0	0
2006	31	LAA	AL	245	825	3.37	581	70%	20%	18%	30%	32%	80%	0%	56%	77%	48%	2%	6	0	8%	19	8	4%	10	6	22%	0	0	0
2007	32	TOT	AL	202	720	3.56	518	72%	19%	18%	33%	30%	81%	0%	58%	78%	45%	2%	4	0	7%	15	6	4%	8	3	9%	0	0	0
2007	32	LAA	AL	131	473	3.61	341	72%	18%	20%	34%	29%	82%	0%	59%	76%	45%	2%	2	0	8%	10	5	2%	3	0	13%	0	0	0
2007	32	NYY	AL	71	247	3.48	177	72%	21%	15%	33%	32%	79%	0%	57%	81%	45%	3%	2	0	7%	5	1	7%	5	3	0%	0	0	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	298	1052	3.53	722	69%	20%	20%	29%	31%	80%	0%	55%	75%	44%	2%	5	0	11%	33	19	6%	19	8	12%	-1	0	0
2009	34	NYY	AL	155	589	3.80	374	63%	24%	17%	29%	30%	76%	0%	49%	77%	35%	3%	5	0	14%	21	6	6%	9	4	29%	0	0	0
2010	35	TOR	AL	183	674	3.68	457	68%	16%	19%	37%	29%	84%	2%	57%	78%	54%	1%	2	0	9%	16	10	4%	8	3	19%	0	0	0
2011	36	TOR	AL	193	716	3.71	474	66%	24%	20%	29%	28%	76%	0%	50%	74%	42%	2%	4	0	7%	14	6	10%	19	10	20%	-2	0	0
2012	37	TBR	AL	91	303	3.33	211	70%	23%	19%	28%	29%	77%	0%	53%	75%	42%	4%	4	0	9%	8	2	9%	8	1	18%	0	0	0
13 Yrs				2055	7357	3.58	5042	69%	20%	20%	30%	30%	80%	0%	55%	75%	46%	2%	44	2	9%	184	83	5%	112	50	18%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		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
1999	24	10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	68	6	0	0	0	0	1
2000	25	10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	68	6	0	0	0	0	1
2001	26	25	63	56	11	15	4	0	2	5	0	0	5	12	.268	.328	.446	.774	100	25	2	0	2	0	1
2002	27	54	144	126	16	34	7	0	2	10	0	2	10	27	.270	.319	.373	.692	82	47	4	0	6	2	1
2003	28	107	267	240	28	55	11	0	2	16	0	2	11	53	.229	.268	.300	.568	51	72	5	3	10	3	1
2004	29	180	485	443	54	108	21	2	5	41	4	3	21	105	.244	.281	.334	.615	62	148	11	3	15	3	1
2005	30	255	688	627	68	150	25	2	11	66	6	3	34	146	.239	.283	.338	.621	64	212	16	5	19	3	1
2006	31	333	933	852	86	204	42	2	15	88	7	3	43	195	.239	.280	.346	.626	65	295	22	7	26	5	1
2007	32	402	1135	1043	104	253	55	2	16	107	9	4	48	238	.243	.279	.345	.624	64	360	26	7	31	6	1
2008	33	502	1432	1311	136	311	72	2	19	125	9	4	60	290	.237	.276	.339	.614	61	444	35	13	39	9	1
2009	34	554	1587	1449	151	341	76	2	20	136	9	4	74	318	.235	.277	.332	.609	60	481	41	14	40	10	1
2010	35	611	1770	1616	164	382	80	2	26	148	10	4	83	354	.236	.280	.337	.617	62	544	48	19	42	10	2
2011	36	666	1961	1787	183	430	92	3	29	163	12	5	98	398	.241	.286	.344	.630	66	615	50	20	46	10	2
2012	37	701	2052	1870	190	445	96	3	31	169	12	5	104	420	.238	.285	.342	.627	66	640	50	22	46	10	2

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
1999	24	10	21	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	.263	.333	.316	.649	2	10

2001	26	15	42	37	8	10	3	0	2	4	0	3	8	.270	.325	.514	.839	6	15
2002	27	29	81	70	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	5	15	.271	.312	.314	.626	7	29
2003	28	53	124	115	13	22	4	0	0	6	0	1	26	.191	.217	.226	.443	5	53
2004	29	73	217	202	25	52	10	2	3	24	4	10	52	.257	.292	.371	.664	22	73
2005	30	75	203	184	14	42	4	0	6	25	2	13	41	.228	.286	.348	.634	18	75
2006	31	78	243	223	17	52	16	0	4	21	1	9	49	.233	.267	.359	.626	21	78
2007	32	69	202	191	17	49	13	0	1	18	2	5	43	.257	.274	.340	.614	18	69
2008	33	100	295	266	30	56	16	0	3	17	0	12	52	.211	.258	.305	.562	20	100
2009	34	52	154	137	14	29	4	0	1	10	0	14	28	.212	.288	.263	.550	10	52
2010	35	57	184	168	14	42	4	0	6	13	1	9	36	.250	.308	.381	.689	19	57
2011	36	55	191	171	19	48	12	1	3	15	2	15	44	.281	.342	.415	.757	24	55
2012	37	35	94	85	8	17	5	0	2	7	0	7	22	.200	.277	.329	.606	7	35
13 Yrs		701	2051	1868	187	443	95	3	31	166	12	105	420	.237	.284	.341	.625	179	701
162 Game Avg.		162	474	432	43	102	22	1	7	38	3	24	97	.237	.284	.341	.625	41	701

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y Active 6.6 (43rd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2008 AL 8 (7th) Active 46 (45th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
Active 6.6 (43rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 AL 8 (7th)
Active 46 (45th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Mickey Livingston (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry McNertney (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Bennett (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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