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Melvin Mora

Melvin Mora

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 2, 1972 in Agua Negra, Yaracuy, Venezuela
High School: Agua Negra (Agua Negra, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1999
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Mets/Rockies/Diamondbacks 1999-2011
Agents: Lon Babby [*]
Final Game: June 29, 2011   vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #530. Baby Doll Jacobson… #531. Raul Ibanez… #532. Lloyd Moseby… #533. MELVIN MORA… #534. Bill Bradley… #535. Miller Huggins… #536. Don Buford… 

Standard Batting

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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
1999 27 NYM NL 66 39 31 6 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 7 .161 .278 .161 .439 17 5 0 1 3 0 0 78/9456
2000 28 TOT MLB 132 464 414 60 114 22 5 8 47 12 11 35 80 .275 .337 .411 .748 92 170 5 6 4 5 3 687/459
2000 28 NYM NL 79 242 215 35 56 13 2 6 30 7 3 18 48 .260 .317 .423 .740 88 91 3 2 2 5 3 687/459
2000 28 BAL AL 53 222 199 25 58 9 3 2 17 5 8 17 32 .291 .359 .397 .756 96 79 2 4 2 0 0 6/4
2001 29 BAL AL 128 503 436 49 109 28 0 7 48 11 4 41 91 .250 .329 .362 .692 87 158 6 14 5 7 2 86/4
2002 30 BAL AL 149 652 557 86 130 30 4 19 64 16 10 70 108 .233 .338 .404 .742 101 225 7 20 1 4 2 7684/9D
2003 31 BAL AL 96 413 344 68 109 17 1 15 48 6 3 49 71 .317 .418 .503 .921 143 173 3 12 6 2 0 7986/43 AS
2004 32 BAL AL 140 636 550 111 187 41 0 27 104 11 6 66 95 .340 .419 .562 .981 155 309 10 11 6 3 0 *5/D6 MVP-18,SS
2005 33 BAL AL 149 664 593 86 168 30 1 27 88 7 4 50 112 .283 .348 .474 .821 117 281 9 10 8 3 0 *5/D AS
2006 34 BAL AL 155 705 624 96 171 25 0 16 83 11 1 54 99 .274 .342 .391 .733 91 244 9 14 6 7 1 *5/4D
2007 35 BAL AL 126 527 467 67 128 23 1 14 58 9 3 47 83 .274 .341 .418 .759 98 195 22 3 5 5 3 *5/D
2008 36 BAL AL 135 570 513 77 146 29 2 23 104 3 7 37 70 .285 .342 .483 .826 116 248 14 11 3 6 3 *5/D6
2009 37 BAL AL 125 496 450 44 117 20 0 8 48 3 3 34 60 .260 .321 .358 .679 78 161 13 8 1 3 1 *5
2010 38 COL NL 113 354 316 39 90 12 5 7 45 2 1 31 53 .285 .358 .421 .779 98 133 9 5 2 0 2 534/7
2011 39 ARI NL 42 135 127 5 29 6 0 0 16 0 1 2 24 .228 .244 .276 .520 41 35 5 2 0 4 1 5/3
13 Yrs 1556 6158 5422 794 1503 283 19 171 754 93 55 520 953 .277 .350 .431 .781 105 2337 112 117 50 49 18
162 Game Avg. 162 641 565 83 156 29 2 18 79 10 6 54 99 .277 .350 .431 .781 105 243 12 12 5 5 2
BAL (10 yrs) 1256 5388 4733 709 1323 252 12 158 662 82 49 465 821 .280 .355 .438 .793 109 2073 95 107 43 40 12
NYM (2 yrs) 145 281 246 41 61 13 2 6 31 9 4 22 55 .248 .312 .390 .702 79 96 3 3 5 5 3
ARI (1 yr) 42 135 127 5 29 6 0 0 16 0 1 2 24 .228 .244 .276 .520 41 35 5 2 0 4 1
COL (1 yr) 113 354 316 39 90 12 5 7 45 2 1 31 53 .285 .358 .421 .779 98 133 9 5 2 0 2
AL (10 yrs) 1256 5388 4733 709 1323 252 12 158 662 82 49 465 821 .280 .355 .438 .793 109 2073 95 107 43 40 12
NL (4 yrs) 300 770 689 85 180 31 7 13 92 11 6 55 132 .261 .321 .383 .704 81 264 17 10 7 9 6

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
1999 27 NYM NL 66 39 -4 -0 0 3 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.4 0.2 -4 $200,000 78/9456
2000 28 NYM NL 79 242 -5 1 0 -2 2 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.5 -0.1 5 $210,000 687/459
2000 28 BAL AL 53 222 2 -3 2 -0 3 3 0.3 7 10 1.0 .506 .502 1.0 0.3 11 $ 6/4
2001 29 BAL AL 128 503 -4 1 0 4 4 5 0.7 17 22 2.2 .504 .503 1.7 0.9 18 $270,000 86/4
2002 30 BAL AL 149 652 3 -1 1 21 -1 23 2.4 22 45 4.4 .515 .514 2.3 2.1 24 $350,000 7684/9D
2003 31 BAL AL 96 413 24 3 1 7 -2 33 3.2 14 46 4.5 .533 .519 3.8 0.5 39 $1,725,000 7986/43 AS
2004 32 BAL AL 140 636 46 0 -1 -12 2 35 3.5 21 56 5.4 .524 .520 6.5 -0.8 68 $2,333,333 *5/D6 MVP-18,SS
2005 33 BAL AL 149 664 14 -2 -1 6 2 19 2.0 22 41 4.0 .513 .512 3.4 0.9 35 $3,833,333 *5/D AS
2006 34 BAL AL 155 705 -5 3 1 -5 2 -4 -0.2 24 20 2.0 .498 .498 2.4 -0.2 25 $4,333,334 *5/4D
2007 35 BAL AL 126 527 -3 -1 -3 6 1 1 0.2 18 18 1.8 .501 .500 1.2 0.8 12 $7,758,503 *5/D
2008 36 BAL AL 135 570 10 -3 -1 -11 1 -4 -0.1 19 16 1.6 .497 .498 2.7 -0.8 27 $7,826,914 *5/D6
2009 37 BAL AL 125 496 -16 -4 -1 0 2 -20 -1.8 17 -3 -0.3 .484 .488 -0.3 0.3 -3 $8,000,000 *5
2010 38 COL NL 113 354 -1 -1 -1 -7 -0 -10 -1.1 10 -0 -0.1 .491 .493 0.6 -0.8 7 $1,275,000 534/7
2011 39 ARI NL 42 135 -10 -0 -1 -3 0 -14 -1.5 4 -10 -1.2 .463 .490 -0.9 -0.3 -7 $2,350,000 5/3
13 Seasons 1556 6158 51 -6 -3 7 13 62 7.1 202 264 25.4 .504 .502 24.5 3.1 257 $40,465,417
BAL (10 yrs) 1256 5388 71 -6 -1 16 12 92 10.3 181 273 26.6 .507 .505 24.7 4.0 257 $36,430,417
NYM (2 yrs) 145 281 -9 1 0 1 1 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.1 .496 .498 0.1 0.2 1 $410,000
ARI (1 yr) 42 135 -10 -0 -1 -3 0 -14 -1.5 4 -10 -1.2 .463 .490 -0.9 -0.3 -7 $2,350,000
COL (1 yr) 113 354 -1 -1 -1 -7 -0 -10 -1.1 10 -0 -0.1 .491 .493 0.6 -0.8 7 $1,275,000

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
1999 27 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
1999 27 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 6 16 14 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 .429 .500 .643 1.143 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 9 19 15 4 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 .400 .500 .600 1.100 9 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 6 16 14 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 .429 .500 .643 1.143 9 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 NYM NL 27 OF 45 1 1 78.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3 46 2.06 0.40 .981 2.27 2.24
1999 NYM NL 27 LF 28 0 0 45.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2 59 2.00 0.36 .977 2.00 1.98
1999 NYM NL 27 CF 11 1 1 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 31 2.74 0.64 .984 2.62 2.61
1999 NYM NL 27 RF 8 0 0 10.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 23 0.84 0.13 .980 2.19 2.14
1999 NYM NL 27 2B 4 0 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -53 2.00 0.50 .980 5.00 5.00
1999 NYM NL 27 3B 3 1 1 12.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0 40 5.25 2.33 .953 2.70 2.67
1999 NYM NL 27 SS 1 1 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .970 4.37 4.40
2000 TOT MLB 28 SS 96 92 80 794.2 417 134 264 19 48 .954 -4 -7 4.51 4.15 .971 4.62 4.57
2000 TOT MLB 28 2B 5 1 0 17.0 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 2 148 9.00 3.40 .982 4.98 4.92
2000 NYM NL 28 SS 44 40 34 346.2 167 56 104 7 16 .958 -4 -14 4.15 3.64 .967 4.51 4.47
2000 NYM NL 28 OF 28 8 4 113.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 1 8 2.31 1.04 .981 2.24 2.22
2000 NYM NL 28 CF 16 7 3 81.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -0 -1 2.44 1.38 .987 2.64 2.62
2000 NYM NL 28 LF 12 1 1 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 32 1.73 0.42 .976 1.90 1.90
2000 NYM NL 28 2B 4 1 0 14.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 2 146 9.00 3.50 .982 4.95 4.90
2000 NYM NL 28 3B 4 1 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 0.64 0.25 .950 2.64 2.60
2000 NYM NL 28 RF 3 0 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 0.67 .980 2.25 2.17
2000 BAL AL 28 SS 52 52 46 448.0 250 78 160 12 32 .952 -1 -2 4.78 4.58 .973 4.71 4.66
2000 BAL AL 28 2B 1 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 160 9.00 3.00 .980 5.10 5.00
2001 BAL AL 29 CF 88 80 71 706.2 225 218 4 3 1 .987 2 3 2.83 2.52 .988 2.67 2.65
2001 BAL AL 29 OF 88 80 71 706.2 225 218 4 3 1 .987 2 3 2.83 2.52 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 BAL AL 29 SS 43 38 33 333.1 201 69 125 7 21 .965 3 11 5.24 4.51 .973 4.49 4.45
2001 BAL AL 29 2B 1 1 0 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0 -45 1.12 1.00 .980 4.84 4.80
2002 BAL AL 30 OF 104 97 82 876.0 263 251 9 3 5 .989 14 20 2.67 2.50 .985 2.35 2.32
2002 BAL AL 30 LF 74 63 58 588.2 169 161 6 2 3 .988 12 24 2.55 2.26 .983 2.15 2.13
2002 BAL AL 30 SS 41 36 29 309.0 172 57 108 7 17 .959 3 12 4.81 4.02 .975 4.56 4.51
2002 BAL AL 30 CF 31 31 23 257.1 90 86 3 1 2 .989 3 14 3.11 2.87 .989 2.77 2.74
2002 BAL AL 30 2B 12 9 9 82.2 65 22 41 2 10 .969 3 49 6.86 5.25 .979 4.89 4.84
2002 BAL AL 30 RF 5 3 1 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 1.80 1.20 .982 2.13 2.08
2002 BAL AL 30 DH 3 3
2003 BAL AL 31 OF 79 77 69 653.1 172 162 9 1 2 .994 -6 5 -11 9 2.36 2.16 .985 2.35 2.33 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 LF 56 54 51 468.0 126 118 8 0 2 1.000 -3 5 -7 13 2.42 2.25 .985 2.17 2.14 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 RF 13 12 10 103.1 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -4 0 -41 0 1.83 1.62 .980 2.11 2.09 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 CF 12 11 8 82.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 7 0 2.63 2.00 .990 2.78 2.75 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 SS 11 10 9 98.1 50 19 30 1 5 .980 -1 0 -10 0 4.48 4.45 .971 4.54 4.49 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 2B 6 5 4 49.1 30 14 16 0 6 1.000 0 2 7 49 5.47 5.00 .982 4.94 4.88 AS
2003 BAL AL 31 1B 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.00 .995 9.45 9.50 AS
2004 BAL AL 32 3B 137 138 126 1210.1 401 122 258 21 21 .948 -14 -12 -14 -12 2.83 2.77 .951 2.64 2.62 MVP-18,SS
2004 BAL AL 32 DH 1 0 MVP-18,SS
2004 BAL AL 32 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50 MVP-18,SS
2005 BAL AL 33 3B 148 148 140 1289.2 416 96 302 18 23 .957 14 6 13 6 2.78 2.69 .957 2.76 2.73 AS
2005 BAL AL 33 DH 1 0 AS
2006 BAL AL 34 3B 154 154 145 1323.0 414 101 296 17 18 .959 -14 -5 -13 -5 2.70 2.58 .960 2.85 2.80
2006 BAL AL 34 2B 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 120 0 6.00 2.00 .985 4.80 4.80
2006 BAL AL 34 DH 1 1
2007 BAL AL 35 3B 120 120 113 1051.1 349 79 260 10 18 .971 4 6 5 7 2.90 2.83 .957 2.63 2.60
2007 BAL AL 35 DH 2 2
2008 BAL AL 36 3B 124 124 111 1059.2 351 85 252 14 28 .960 -0 -11 -0 -12 2.86 2.72 .958 2.74 2.71
2008 BAL AL 36 DH 6 6
2008 BAL AL 36 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2009 BAL AL 37 3B 124 122 112 1050.1 378 113 254 11 20 .971 2 0 2 0 3.14 2.96 .957 2.68 2.65
2010 COL NL 38 3B 63 53 30 440.0 115 26 84 5 7 .957 -6 -5 -18 -14 2.25 1.75 .951 2.54 2.52
2010 COL NL 38 1B 25 10 8 112.1 119 109 8 2 10 .983 1 0 6 0 9.37 4.68 .993 9.23 9.13
2010 COL NL 38 2B 19 10 8 100.0 66 26 38 2 6 .970 -1 -2 -16 -24 5.76 3.37 .984 4.78 4.73
2010 COL NL 38 LF 4 4 1 30.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 8 0 1.47 1.25 .984 1.82 1.80
2010 COL NL 38 OF 4 4 1 30.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 8 0 1.47 1.25 .988 2.17 2.15
2011 ARI NL 39 3B 31 30 28 270.1 86 20 63 3 2 .965 3 -3 12 -13 2.76 2.68 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 ARI NL 39 1B 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 240 0 27.00 3.00 .993 9.00 9.30
10 Seasons 3B 908 891 806 7720.2 2518 645 1774 99 138 .961 -13 -24 -2 -3 2.82 2.66 .956 2.70 2.67
6 Seasons OF 348 267 228 2458.1 713 682 23 8 8 .989 14 5 7 8 2.58 2.03 .984 2.33 2.29
7 Seasons SS 194 177 151 1544.1 841 279 528 34 91 .960 1 0 1 0 4.70 4.16 .972 4.58 4.53
5 Seasons LF 174 122 111 1158.1 315 298 15 2 5 .994 12 5 13 12 2.43 1.80 .984 2.14 2.09
5 Seasons CF 158 130 106 1150.0 369 356 8 5 3 .986 6 0 6 0 2.85 2.30 .988 2.70 2.67
7 Seasons 2B 48 26 21 269.0 184 68 111 5 25 .973 4 0 18 0 5.99 3.73 .982 4.86 4.82
4 Seasons RF 29 15 11 150.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -4 0 -29 0 1.80 1.03 .980 2.12 2.11
3 Seasons 1B 27 10 8 117.1 124 113 9 2 10 .984 1 0 8 0 9.36 4.52 .993 9.24 9.15
13 Seasons TOT 1525 1371 1214 12109.2 4380 1787 2445 148 272 .966 7 -14 1 -1 3.15 2.78 .966 2.98 3.00
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2005 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (18, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Silver Sluggers
2004 AL (3B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.4 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.4 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  6.5 (1st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 AL  2.1 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2004 AL  .340 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2004 AL  .419 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2004 AL  .562 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2004 AL  .981 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2006 AL  624 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2006 AL  705 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2004 AL  111 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  187 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL  309 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
2004 AL  41 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 AL  104 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
2006 AL  130 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2004 AL  155 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
2004 AL  132 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  48 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  4.4 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  68 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2004 AL  264 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2004 AL  .737 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 AL  14 (6th)
2002 AL  20 (2nd)
2006 AL  14 (3rd)
2008 AL  11 (7th)
Career  117 (48th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL  22 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2002 AL  10 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2002 AL  17.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2006 AL  476 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  48.57 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2004 AL  4.6 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 AL  4.9 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  4.5 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2002 AL  21 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2006 AL  154 (3rd)
2008 AL  124 (5th)
2009 AL  124 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  122 (1st)
2008 AL  85 (4th)
2009 AL  113 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  258 (5th)
2005 AL  302 (3rd)
2006 AL  296 (5th)
2007 AL  260 (4th)
2008 AL  252 (2nd)
2009 AL  254 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  21 (2nd)
2005 AL  18 (3rd)
2006 AL  17 (3rd)
2008 AL  14 (3rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 AL  6 (4th)
2003 AL  8 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2005 AL  14 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.83 (3rd)
2005 AL  2.78 (5th)
2007 AL  2.90 (1st)
2008 AL  2.86 (2nd)
2009 AL  3.14 (1st)
Career  2.82 (35th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  2.77 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.69 (4th)
2007 AL  2.83 (1st)
2008 AL  2.72 (3rd)
2009 AL  2.96 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2007 AL  .971 (4th)
2009 AL  .971 (3rd)
Career  .961 (55th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 AL  12 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2002 AL  14 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
2011 NL  born 1972-02-02 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 20 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (863), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (69th), 25.4 career WAR/24.3 7yr-peak WAR/24.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Al Smith (924)
  6. Jeff Cirillo (918)
  7. Hank Bauer (917)
  8. Willie Jones (912)
  9. Jorge Orta (911)
  10. Hubie Brooks (911)
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  6. Aaron Boone (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Aaron Boone (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Casey Blake (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hank Bauer (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199927New York Mets$200,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200028New York Mets$210,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200129Baltimore Orioles$270,0004/6/01 USA Today
200230Baltimore Orioles$350,0004/3/02 AP
200331Baltimore Orioles$1,725,0004/3/03 AP
200432Baltimore Orioles$2,333,3334/7/04 AP
200533Baltimore Orioles$3,833,333
200634Baltimore Orioles$4,333,334
200735Baltimore Orioles$7,758,503
200836Baltimore Orioles$7,826,914
200937Baltimore Orioles$8,000,000
201038Colorado Rockies$1,275,000
201139Arizona Diamondbacks$2,350,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$40,465,417
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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