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Craig Monroe

Craig Keystone Monroe

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 27, 1977 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Texas HS (Texarkana, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2001
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Twins/Pirates/Rangers/Cubs 2001-2009
Agents: Adam Katz [*]
Final Game: June 16, 2009
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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
1995	18	TEX-min	Rk	54	216	193	22	48	6	2	0	33	13	2	18	25	.249	.316	.301	.617		58	1	2	1	2	0		RGS · GULF
1996	19	TEX-min	A-,A	116	469	421	64	97	27	7	5	38	23	9	41	111	.230	.305	.363	.668		153	7	5	0	2	0		HDV,CHS · NYPL,SALL
1997	20	TEX-min	A+	92	378	328	54	77	23	1	7	41	24	1	44	80	.235	.320	.375	.695		123	5	0	0	6	1		CHT · FLOR
1998	21	TEX-min	A+	132	548	472	73	114	26	7	17	76	50	13	66	102	.242	.334	.434	.768		205	15	3	0	7	0		CHT · FLOR
1999	22	TEX-min	A+,AAA	136	554	496	79	129	22	1	17	82	40	16	43	106	.260	.320	.411	.731		204	8	4	4	7	2		CHT,OKC · FLOR,PCL
2000	23	TEX-min	AA	120	539	464	89	131	34	5	20	89	12	13	64	91	.282	.366	.506	.873		235	12	2	1	8	4		TUL · TL
2001	24	TEX-min	AAA	114	465	410	60	115	25	5	20	75	10	8	46	85	.280	.358	.512	.870		210	11	5	1	3	2		OKC · PCL
2001	24	TEX	AL	27	58	52	8	11	1	0	2	5	2	0	6	18	.212	.293	.346	.639	66	18	1	0	0	0	0	9/7D
2002	25	DET-min	AAA	99	402	358	61	115	30	4	10	49	7	3	35	57	.321	.379	.511	.890		183	8	2	1	6	4		TOL · IL
2002	25	DET	AL	13	26	25	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	.120	.154	.280	.434	16	7	1	1	0	0	0	/97D
2003	26	DET-min	AAA	14	51	47	14	19	4	1	2	6	1	0	4	10	.404	.451	.660	1.111		31	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2003	26	DET	AL	128	458	425	51	102	18	1	23	70	4	2	27	89	.240	.287	.449	.736	97	191	10	2	1	3	2	79D/8
2004	27	DET-min	AAA	6	26	25	4	8	4	0	2	6	0	0	0	6	.320	.308	.720	1.028		18	0	0	0	1	0		TOL · IL
2004	27	DET	AL	128	481	447	65	131	27	3	18	72	3	4	29	79	.293	.337	.488	.824	117	218	8	2	0	3	1	*798/D
2005	28	DET	AL	157	623	567	69	157	30	3	20	89	8	3	40	95	.277	.322	.446	.768	105	253	16	3	1	12	4	*978/D
2006	29	DET	AL	147	585	541	89	138	35	2	28	92	2	2	37	126	.255	.301	.482	.783	99	261	14	1	0	6	3	*7D/8
2007	30	TOT	MLB	122	427	392	53	86	23	0	12	59	0	4	26	107	.219	.268	.370	.638	64	145	13	2	1	6	0	*7/98D
2007	30	DET	AL	99	372	343	47	76	19	0	11	55	0	3	20	94	.222	.264	.373	.637	65	128	10	2	1	6	0	7/D9
2007	30	CHC	NL	23	55	49	6	10	4	0	1	4	0	1	6	13	.204	.291	.347	.638	61	17	3	0	0	0	0	/987
2008	31	MIN	AL	58	179	163	22	33	9	0	8	29	0	1	16	48	.202	.274	.405	.679	81	66	3	0	0	0	1	D/897
2009	32	PIT	NL	34	87	79	8	17	2	0	3	16	0	0	7	21	.215	.287	.354	.642	70	28	4	1	0	0	1	/97D
9 Yrs				814	2924	2691	368	678	146	9	115	433	19	18	188	588	.252	.301	.441	.742	94	1187	70	12	3	30	12
162 Game Avg.				162	582	536	73	135	29	2	23	86	4	4	37	117	.252	.301	.441	.742	94	236	14	2	1	6	2

DET (6 yrs)				672	2545	2348	324	607	130	9	101	379	17	16	153	488	.259	.303	.451	.754	97	1058	59	11	3	30	10
MIN (1 yr)				58	179	163	22	33	9	0	8	29	0	1	16	48	.202	.274	.405	.679	81	66	3	0	0	0	1
PIT (1 yr)				34	87	79	8	17	2	0	3	16	0	0	7	21	.215	.287	.354	.642	70	28	4	1	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				27	58	52	8	11	1	0	2	5	2	0	6	18	.212	.293	.346	.639	66	18	1	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				23	55	49	6	10	4	0	1	4	0	1	6	13	.204	.291	.347	.638	61	17	3	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				757	2782	2563	354	651	140	9	111	413	19	17	175	554	.254	.301	.446	.747	96	1142	63	11	3	30	11
NL (2 yrs)				57	142	128	14	27	6	0	4	20	0	1	13	34	.211	.289	.352	.640	67	45	7	1	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
2001	24	TEX	AL	27	58	-3	0	0	3	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.500	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	9/7D
2002	25	DET	AL	13	26	-2	-1	-0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	/97D
2003	26	DET	AL	128	458	-2	0	0	0	-6	-8	-0.6	15	8	0.8	.494	.495	0.8	-0.5	8	$	79D/8
2004	27	DET	AL	128	481	11	1	1	-1	-5	7	0.9	16	23	2.3	.505	.504	2.3	-0.4	24	$335,000	*798/D
2005	28	DET	AL	157	623	4	2	-0	-6	-7	-7	-0.6	21	14	1.3	.495	.496	1.9	-1.1	20	$400,000	*978/D
2006	29	DET	AL	147	585	-1	-2	-1	-3	-8	-15	-1.3	20	5	0.4	.490	.491	0.8	-1.0	8	$2,800,000	*7D/8
2007	30	DET	AL	99	372	-20	-3	-1	2	-4	-26	-2.5	12	-14	-1.4	.473	.484	-1.6	-0.2	-16	$4,775,000	7/D9
2007	30	CHC	NL	23	55	-2	-1	-1	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	2	-4	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/987
2008	31	MIN	AL	58	179	-5	-1	0	-2	-4	-12	-1.1	6	-5	-0.5	.480	.493	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$3,820,000	D/897
2009	32	PIT	NL	34	87	-3	-0	-1	1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.486	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$750,000	/97D
9 Seasons				814	2924	-23	-6	-2	-6	-38	-74	-6.7	97	23	2.1	.491	.495	2.7	-3.6	29	$12,880,000

DET (6 yrs)				672	2545	-10	-3	-1	-7	-31	-52	-4.5	86	33	3.2	.492	.495	3.9	-3.2	40	$8,310,000
MIN (1 yr)				58	179	-5	-1	0	-2	-4	-12	-1.1	6	-5	-0.5	.480	.493	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$3,820,000
PIT (1 yr)				34	87	-3	-0	-1	1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.486	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$750,000
TEX (1 yr)				27	58	-3	0	0	3	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.500	-0.2	0.2	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				23	55	-2	-1	-1	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	2	-4	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

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
2001	24	TEX	AL	58	42	6	3.8	110	.281	.212	.272	.293	.339	.346	.436	.639	.776	66	.374	-2.9	-0.3	.619	.288	.135	2.0
2002	25	DET	AL	26	25	0	0.0	98	.105	.120	.255	.154	.321	.280	.410	.434	.730	16	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.240	.080	.160	.0
2003	26	DET	AL	458	339	53	4.2	101	.250	.240	.259	.287	.324	.449	.415	.736	.740	97	.416	-3.3	-0.3	.663	.278	.209	6.8
2004	27	DET	AL	481	331	71	5.8	104	.320	.293	.263	.337	.330	.488	.423	.824	.753	117	.547	10.7	1.0	.756	.257	.195	5.1
2005	28	DET	AL	623	442	80	4.8	102	.295	.277	.265	.322	.327	.446	.420	.768	.746	105	.493	4.3	0.4	.702	.249	.169	11.4
2006	29	DET	AL	585	425	75	4.7	111	.280	.255	.275	.301	.340	.482	.438	.783	.778	99	.453	-2.9	-0.3	.714	.296	.227	3.7
2007	30	TOT	MLB	427	330	35	2.8	110	.265	.219	.274	.268	.342	.370	.430	.638	.772	64	.257	-21.6	-2.0	.523	.207	.151	.0
2007	30	DET	AL	372	287	31	2.9	109	.266	.222	.273	.264	.341	.373	.427	.637	.769	65	.264	-18.6	-1.8	.525	.201	.152	.0
2007	30	CHC	NL	55	43	4	2.5	115	.257	.204	.279	.291	.349	.347	.445	.638	.794	61	.215	-2.9	-0.3	.512	.245	.143	.0
2008	31	MIN	AL	179	134	18	3.6	102	.234	.202	.263	.274	.331	.405	.413	.679	.744	81	.356	-5.1	-0.5	.604	.294	.202	.0
2009	32	PIT	NL	87	66	7	2.8	105	.255	.215	.263	.287	.336	.354	.418	.642	.755	70	.277	-3.7	-0.4	.545	.228	.139	.0
9 Yrs				2924	2134	345	4.3	105	.279	.252	.267	.301	.333	.441	.424	.742	.757	94	.428	-27.5	-2.6	.661	.259	.189	32.6
162 Game Avg.				582	425	69	4.3	105	.279	.252	.267	.301	.333	.441	.424	.742	.757	94	.428	-27.5	-2.6	.661	.259	.189	6

DET (6 yrs)				2545	1849	310	4.5	105	.283	.259	.267	.303	.332	.451	.425	.754	.757	97	.443	-12.9	-1.2	.673	.258	.192	29.1
MIN (1 yr)				179	134	18	3.6	102	.234	.202	.263	.274	.331	.405	.413	.679	.744	81	.357	-5.1	-0.5	.604	.294	.202	.0
PIT (1 yr)				87	66	7	2.8	105	.255	.215	.263	.287	.336	.354	.418	.642	.755	70	.277	-3.7	-0.4	.545	.228	.139	.0
TEX (1 yr)				58	42	6	3.8	110	.281	.212	.272	.293	.339	.346	.436	.639	.776	66	.374	-2.9	-0.3	.619	.288	.135	2.0
CHC (1 yr)				55	43	4	2.5	115	.257	.204	.279	.291	.349	.347	.445	.638	.794	61	.215	-2.9	-0.3	.512	.245	.143	.0

AL (8 yrs)				2782	2025	334	4.4	105	.280	.254	.267	.301	.332	.446	.424	.747	.756	96	.437	-20.8	-2.0	.668	.261	.192	32.4
NL (2 yrs)				142	109	11	2.7	109	.256	.211	.269	.289	.341	.352	.429	.640	.770	67	.252	-6.6	-0.6	.532	.234	.141	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SF
2006	29	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	16	16	3	3	1	2	3	0	3	.188	.188	.625	.813	10	0
2006	29	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	4	18	14	5	6	2	1	4	3	4	.429	.500	.786	1.286	11	1
2006	29	DET	AL	WS	STL	L	5	21	20	3	3	1	2	2	1	5	.150	.190	.500	.690	10	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							13	55	50	11	12	4	5	9	4	12	.240	.291	.620	.911	31	1
1 ALDS							4	16	16	3	3	1	2	3	0	3	.188	.188	.625	.813	10	0
1 ALCS							4	18	14	5	6	2	1	4	3	4	.429	.500	.786	1.286	11	1
1 WS							5	21	20	3	3	1	2	2	1	5	.150	.190	.500	.690	10	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
2001	24	TEX	AL	58	3.5%	31.0%	10.3%	5.2%	27%	3.00	2.9	26.0	10.4	1.13	1.67	55%	18%	18.2%	27%
2002	25	DET	AL	26	3.9%	19.2%	0.0%	7.7%	67%		5.0	25.0	25.0	0.58	0.70	73%	20%	10.0%	17%
2003	26	DET	AL	458	5.0%	19.4%	5.9%	9.2%	41%	3.30	4.8	18.5	6.1	0.94	1.16	69%	14%	15.3%	14%
2004	27	DET	AL	481	3.7%	16.4%	6.0%	10.0%	37%	2.72	5.7	24.8	6.2	0.82	1.19	73%	23%	10.0%	12%
2005	28	DET	AL	623	3.2%	15.3%	6.4%	8.5%	34%	2.38	6.0	28.4	6.4	0.96	1.30	74%	17%	9.3%	13%
2006	29	DET	AL	585	4.8%	21.5%	6.3%	11.1%	47%	3.41	4.3	19.3	5.9	0.62	0.80	67%	18%	11.7%	7%
2007	30	TOT	MLB	427	2.8%	25.1%	6.1%	8.2%	41%	4.12	3.7	32.7	6.6	0.55	0.77	65%	19%	7.9%	19%
2007	30	DET	AL	372	3.0%	25.3%	5.4%	8.1%	40%	4.70	3.6	31.2	6.2	0.54	0.77	66%	20%	8.2%	19%
2007	30	CHC	NL	55	1.8%	23.6%	10.9%	9.1%	50%	2.17	3.8	49.0	12.3	0.64	0.75	64%	14%	5.9%	23%
2008	31	MIN	AL	179	4.5%	26.8%	8.9%	9.5%	52%	3.00	3.4	20.4	5.6	0.83	1.02	60%	10%	15.1%	16%
2009	32	PIT	NL	87	3.5%	24.1%	8.1%	5.8%	29%	3.00	3.8	26.3	4.9	0.71	0.76	63%	14%	9.7%	9%
9 Yrs				2924	3.9%	20.1%	6.4%	9.2%	40%	3.13	4.6	23.4	6.2	0.78	1.03	69%	18%	11.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	17.0%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.3	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	24	TEX	AL	-2.9	-0.3	59	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.95	-0.3	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.91	-3.6	0.00	2
2002	25	DET	AL	-3.0	-0.3	28	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.86	-2.4		0
2003	26	DET	AL	-3.3	-0.3	471	-0.7	8.4	-9.1	1.05	-0.3	-0.4	-0.8	-0.1	0.94	-2.6	2.17	13
2004	27	DET	AL	10.0	0.9	492	1.2	9.5	-8.4	.99	1.2	-0.0	13.7	1.3	0.96	12.0	0.15	4
2005	28	DET	AL	3.4	0.3	645	-0.2	10.9	-11.1	1.00	0.5	-0.7	8.1	0.8	0.95	1.6		0
2006	29	DET	AL	-2.9	-0.3	592	1.3	12.3	-11.0	1.00	-0.0	1.3	4.1	0.4	0.94	2.1	3.28	2
2007	30	TOT	MLB	-21.6	-2.0	432	-1.6	6.8	-8.4	1.03	-2.0	0.5	-22.1	-2.1	1.02	-26.6	1.15	9
2007	30	DET	AL	-18.6	-1.8	375	-1.3	6.0	-7.4	1.04	-1.7	0.4	-18.8	-1.8	1.01	-23.0	1.58	2
2007	30	CHC	NL	-2.9	-0.3	57	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.98	-0.3	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	1.11	-3.6	1.03	7
2008	31	MIN	AL	-5.1	-0.5	182	0.0	3.4	-3.4	1.02	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.97	-7.0	1.47	12
2009	32	PIT	NL	-3.7	-0.4	89	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.92	-0.4	0.0	1.7	0.2	0.96	-2.3	0.90	14
9 Yrs				-29.0	-2.8	2990	-1.1	53.7	-54.8	1.01	-1.9	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.96	-28.7	1.36	56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	24	TEX	AL	0	40%	12	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	75%	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1
2002	25	DET	AL	1	67%	10	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2003	26	DET	AL	6	26%	133	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	7	9	58%	17	9	7	4	1	2	10	1	9
2004	27	DET	AL	5	33%	171	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	15	53%	21	13	8	4	0	3	13	3	9
2005	28	DET	AL	9	27%	226	8	3	73%	8	2	0	1	0	0	5	20	28%	34	28	6	2	2	0	14	6	8
2006	29	DET	AL	8	41%	167	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	2	1	5	9	44%	32	23	8	7	4	3	18	3	14
2007	30	TOT	MLB	3	40%	120	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	1	1	4	1	38%	24	21	3	4	1	3	25	11	14
2007	30	DET	AL	2	41%	102	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	43%	18	15	3	4	1	3	20	8	12
2007	30	CHC	NL	1	33%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18%	6	6	0	0	0	0	5	3	2
2008	31	MIN	AL	2	34%	42	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	13%	8	7	0	2	2	0	5	3	2
2009	32	PIT	NL	1	23%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	30%	5	3	2	3	2	0	2	1	1
9 Yrs				35	33%	903	19	18	51%	18	17	1	1	4	3	30	66	40%	142	105	34	29	13	13	89	29	58

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
2001	24	TEX	AL	58	62%	11	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	1	25%	37	3	8%	2	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
2002	25	DET	AL	26	23%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
2003	26	DET	AL	458	37%	102	9	0	13	3	0	0	2.17	23	0	13	9	14	10	13	0	1	1	100%	94	10	11%	54	11	20%	288	49	17%	33	16	48%	20	7	35%	0
2004	27	DET	AL	481	36%	131	10	0	4	2	1	1	0.15	18	0	14	13	5	9	9	0	0	0		104	8	8%	38	9	24%	321	55	17%	29	15	52%	14	8	57%	0
2005	28	DET	AL	623	22%	157	20	0	0	0	0	0		20	1	20	13	7	9	11	0	1	1	100%	118	16	14%	60	25	42%	402	73	18%	41	23	56%	25	16	64%	0
2006	29	DET	AL	585	26%	138	4	1	2	0	0	0	3.28	28	1	11	26	2	12	16	0	1	0	0%	120	14	12%	56	15	27%	380	70	18%	39	24	62%	18	6	33%	0
2007	30	TOT	MLB	427	33%	86	8	0	9	2	0	1	1.15	12	1	18	6	6	5	7	0	1	1	100%	106	13	12%	53	15	28%	330	48	15%	26	15	58%	19	9	47%	0
2007	30	DET	AL	372	27%	76	7	0	2	0	0	0	1.58	11	1	16	6	5	5	6	0	1	1	100%	88	10	11%	46	14	30%	281	44	16%	24	15	63%	15	6	40%	0
2007	30	CHC	NL	55	69%	10	1	0	7	2	0	1	1.03	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		18	3	17%	7	1	14%	49	4	8%	2	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
2008	31	MIN	AL	179	54%	33	4	0	12	2	2	2	1.47	8	0	4	6	2	5	3	0	0	0		33	3	9%	19	1	5%	118	22	19%	9	5	56%	15	6	40%	0
2009	32	PIT	NL	87	56%	17	3	0	14	0	0	0	0.90	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		15	4	27%	5	1	20%	65	13	20%	3	2	67%	6	5	83%	0
9 Yrs				2924	33%	678	60	1	56	9	3	4	1.36	115	3	84	75	40	53	62	0	4	3	75%	605	70	12%	292	78	27%	1950	333	17%	184	100	54%	123	60	49%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			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
2001	24	TEX	AL	59	218	3.69	143	66%	22%	26%	28%	24%	78%	0%	51%	67%	39%	5%	3	0	7%	4	1	7%	4	1	22%	-1	0	0
2002	25	DET	AL	26	90	3.46	60	67%	23%	15%	28%	33%	77%	0%	51%	80%	23%	0%	0	0	4%	1	1	4%	1	1	40%	0	0	0
2003	26	DET	AL	460	1745	3.79	1126	65%	24%	18%	28%	30%	76%	1%	49%	76%	27%	3%	13	2	13%	58	32	9%	40	23	19%	-2	0	0
2004	27	DET	AL	481	1796	3.73	1162	65%	23%	16%	29%	32%	77%	1%	50%	79%	33%	2%	10	3	9%	45	27	7%	36	22	20%	0	0	0
2005	28	DET	AL	623	2242	3.60	1439	64%	22%	15%	29%	34%	78%	2%	50%	80%	35%	4%	23	5	13%	82	50	5%	33	18	23%	0	0	0
2006	29	DET	AL	587	2151	3.66	1383	64%	20%	21%	29%	30%	80%	1%	52%	74%	40%	3%	17	1	11%	64	39	7%	43	27	17%	-2	0	0
2007	30	TOT	MLB	429	1685	3.93	1049	62%	20%	23%	29%	28%	80%	0%	50%	72%	40%	3%	15	3	14%	59	40	8%	35	27	23%	-2	0	0
2007	30	DET	AL	374	1474	3.94	918	62%	20%	23%	29%	28%	80%	0%	50%	71%	40%	4%	14	3	13%	50	34	8%	31	24	22%	-2	0	0
2007	30	CHC	NL	55	211	3.84	131	62%	20%	20%	33%	27%	80%	0%	50%	75%	38%	2%	1	0	16%	9	6	7%	4	3	31%	0	0	0
2008	31	MIN	AL	179	749	4.18	478	64%	20%	25%	31%	24%	80%	1%	51%	69%	41%	3%	5	2	12%	21	13	9%	17	10	25%	0	0	0
2009	32	PIT	NL	87	348	4.00	213	61%	20%	24%	29%	27%	80%	3%	49%	70%	33%	5%	4	0	18%	16	10	9%	8	7	10%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2931	11024	3.76	7053	64%	22%	19%	29%	30%	78%	1%	50%	75%	35%	3%	90	16	12%	350	213	7%	217	136	21%	-7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
2001	24	27	58	52	8	11	1	0	2	5	2	0	6	18	.212	.293	.346	.639	66	18	1	0	0	0	0
2002	25	40	84	77	11	14	2	0	3	6	2	2	6	23	.182	.250	.325	.575	51	25	2	1	0	0	0
2003	26	168	542	502	62	116	20	1	26	76	6	4	33	112	.231	.281	.430	.711	89	216	12	3	1	3	2
2004	27	296	1023	949	127	247	47	4	44	148	9	8	62	191	.260	.307	.457	.765	103	434	20	5	1	6	3
2005	28	453	1646	1516	196	404	77	7	64	237	17	11	102	286	.266	.313	.453	.766	103	687	36	8	2	18	7
2006	29	600	2231	2057	285	542	112	9	92	329	19	13	139	412	.263	.310	.461	.770	102	948	50	9	2	24	10
2007	30	722	2658	2449	338	628	135	9	104	388	19	17	165	519	.256	.303	.446	.749	96	1093	63	11	3	30	10
2008	31	780	2837	2612	360	661	144	9	112	417	19	18	181	567	.253	.301	.444	.745	95	1159	66	11	3	30	11
2009	32	814	2924	2691	368	678	146	9	115	433	19	18	188	588	.252	.301	.441	.742	94	1187	70	12	3	30	12

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	24	27	58	52	8	11	1	0	2	5	2	6	18	.212	.293	.346	.639	5	27
2002	25	13	26	25	4	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	.120	.154	.280	.434	1	13
2003	26	128	462	428	53	105	19	1	24	73	4	28	89	.245	.293	.463	.755	57	128
2004	27	128	481	447	65	131	27	3	18	72	3	29	79	.293	.337	.488	.824	73	128
2005	28	157	626	569	71	159	30	3	20	91	8	41	95	.279	.325	.448	.773	84	157
2006	29	147	580	537	84	134	34	2	27	87	2	36	126	.250	.295	.471	.766	75	147
2007	30	122	422	388	49	82	22	0	11	55	0	25	107	.211	.259	.353	.612	36	122
2008	31	58	180	164	23	34	9	0	8	30	0	16	48	.207	.278	.409	.686	19	58
2009	32	34	87	79	8	17	2	0	3	16	0	7	21	.215	.287	.354	.642	8	34
9 Yrs		814	2922	2689	365	676	145	9	114	430	19	188	588	.251	.300	.439	.739	358	814
162 Game Avg.		162	582	535	73	135	29	2	23	86	4	37	117	.251	.300	.439	.739	71	814

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