Nyjer Morgan

Nyjer Jamid Morgan (Tony Plush) (twitter: @TheRealTPlush)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 2, 1980 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Storefront HS (St. Albert, AB)
School: Walla Walla Community College (Walla Walla, WA)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 29, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Brewers/Pirates 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.120, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
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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
2007 26 PIT NL 28 118 107 15 32 3 4 1 7 7 3 9 19 .299 .359 .430 .789 106 46 0 1 1 0 0 8
2008 27 PIT NL 58 175 160 26 47 13 0 0 7 9 5 10 32 .294 .345 .375 .720 93 60 0 3 1 1 0 78/9
2009 28 TOT NL 120 533 469 74 144 15 7 3 39 42 17 40 74 .307 .369 .388 .757 102 182 9 9 10 5 2 *78
2009 28 PIT NL 71 321 278 39 77 6 5 2 27 18 10 29 49 .277 .351 .356 .707 90 99 6 5 5 4 2 7/8
2009 28 WSN NL 49 212 191 35 67 9 2 1 12 24 7 11 25 .351 .396 .435 .831 121 83 3 4 5 1 0 8
2010 29 WSN NL 136 577 509 60 129 17 7 0 24 34 17 40 88 .253 .319 .314 .633 73 160 2 10 15 3 1 *8
2011 30 MIL NL 119 429 378 61 115 20 6 4 37 13 4 19 70 .304 .357 .421 .778 111 159 6 14 15 3 0 *897
2012 31 MIL NL 43 134 120 17 26 1 0 0 0 5 2 7 21 .217 .282 .225 .507 40 27 2 4 3 0 0 89/7
6 Yrs 504 1966 1743 253 493 69 24 8 114 110 48 125 304 .283 .343 .364 .707 91 634 19 41 45 12 3
162 Game Avg. 162 632 560 81 158 22 8 3 37 35 15 40 98 .283 .343 .364 .707 91 204 6 13 14 4 1
PIT (3 yrs) 157 614 545 80 156 22 9 3 41 34 18 48 100 .286 .351 .376 .727 94 205 6 9 7 5 2
WSN (2 yrs) 185 789 700 95 196 26 9 1 36 58 24 51 113 .280 .339 .347 .687 86 243 5 14 20 4 1
MIL (2 yrs) 162 563 498 78 141 21 6 4 37 18 6 26 91 .283 .339 .373 .713 94 186 8 18 18 3 0

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
2007 26 PIT NL 28 118 0 -1 2 3 0 4 0.4 3 8 0.8 .516 .503 0.5 0.3 5 $ 8
2008 27 PIT NL 58 175 -0 1 1 3 -1 3 0.3 5 8 0.8 .506 .502 0.5 0.2 5 $391,000 78/9
2009 28 PIT NL 71 321 -0 -0 0 6 -3 2 0.2 9 11 1.1 .503 .501 0.4 0.3 5 $411,500 7/8
2009 28 WSN NL 49 212 5 -1 0 4 1 9 0.9 6 14 1.5 .518 .506 1.0 0.5 10 $ 8
2010 29 WSN NL 136 577 -17 -1 2 -8 2 -22 -2.3 16 -6 -0.8 .483 .486 0.1 -0.6 2 $426,500 *8
2011 30 MIL NL 119 429 8 3 0 7 -0 17 1.9 12 29 3.1 .516 .512 2.3 0.8 22 $471,500 *897
2012 31 MIL NL 43 134 -9 -0 0 6 -0 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .492 .498 -0.6 0.7 -5 $ 89/7
6 Seasons 504 1966 -13 -0 5 21 -1 11 1.2 54 65 6.6 .502 .501 4.2 2.2 44 $1,700,500
PIT (3 yrs) 157 614 -0 -0 2 12 -3 10 1.0 17 26 2.7 .506 .502 1.4 0.9 14 $802,500
WSN (2 yrs) 185 789 -12 -2 2 -4 3 -13 -1.4 22 9 0.7 .492 .496 1.1 -0.1 13 $426,500
MIL (2 yrs) 162 563 -1 2 0 13 -0 14 1.7 16 30 3.2 .510 .505 1.7 1.5 17 $471,500

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
2007 26 PIT NL 118 79 17 5.8 108 .356 .299 .269 .359 .338 .430 .430 .789 .768 106 .560 0.5 0.0 .769 .252 .131 1.8
2008 27 PIT NL 175 120 22 4.9 104 .364 .294 .262 .345 .334 .375 .419 .720 .753 93 .502 -1.0 -0.1 .653 .169 .081 .0
2009 28 TOT NL 533 366 71 5.2 105 .355 .307 .264 .369 .337 .388 .419 .757 .756 102 .536 2.3 0.2 .729 .220 .081 5.6
2009 28 PIT NL 321 226 36 4.3 105 .325 .277 .263 .351 .336 .356 .418 .707 .755 90 .446 -3.6 -0.4 .650 .212 .079 3.6
2009 28 WSN NL 212 140 35 6.7 106 .398 .351 .265 .396 .338 .435 .420 .831 .758 121 .647 5.9 0.6 .858 .230 .084 1.9
2010 29 WSN NL 577 417 55 3.5 101 .304 .253 .261 .319 .331 .314 .411 .633 .741 73 .382 -19.5 -1.9 .569 .173 .061 .0
2011 30 MIL NL 429 291 59 5.5 101 .362 .304 .262 .357 .330 .421 .409 .778 .739 111 .594 5.7 0.6 .736 .190 .116 6.1
2012 31 MIL NL 134 101 8 2.1 102 .263 .217 .262 .282 .330 .225 .414 .507 .744 40 .201 -10.3 -1.0 .418 .092 .008 .0
6 Yrs 1966 1374 232 4.5 103 .336 .283 .263 .343 .333 .364 .415 .707 .748 91 .487 -22.2 -2.2 .655 .188 .081 14.9
162 Game Avg. 632 442 75 4.5 103 .336 .283 .263 .343 .333 .364 .415 .707 .748 91 .487 -22.2 -2.2 .655 .188 .081 5
PIT (3 yrs) 614 425 75 4.7 105 .342 .286 .264 .351 .336 .376 .421 .727 .757 94 .485 -4.1 -0.4 .673 .207 .090 5.5
WSN (2 yrs) 789 557 90 4.3 103 .331 .280 .262 .339 .332 .347 .413 .687 .746 86 .467 -13.6 -1.4 .642 .189 .067 2.0
MIL (2 yrs) 563 392 67 4.6 101 .337 .283 .262 .339 .330 .373 .410 .713 .740 94 .514 -4.6 -0.5 .652 .167 .090 6.5

Postseason Batting

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
2011 30 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 4 18 16 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .188 .278 .250 .528 4 0 1 0 0 0
2011 30 MIL NL NLCS STL L 6 14 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .250 .536 3 1 1 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 10 32 28 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .179 .281 .250 .531 7 1 2 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 18 16 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .188 .278 .250 .528 4 0 1 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 14 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .250 .536 3 1 1 0 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
2007 26 PIT NL 118 0.9% 16.1% 7.6% 6.8% 25% 2.11 5.6 107.0 15.3 1.41 1.86 74% 16% 3.2% 9%
2008 27 PIT NL 175 0.0% 18.3% 5.7% 7.4% 28% 3.20 5.0 22.9 1.00 1.19 74% 21% 0.0% 10%
2009 28 TOT NL 533 0.6% 13.9% 7.5% 4.7% 17% 1.85 6.3 156.3 12.0 1.23 1.98 74% 18% 1.9% 6%
2009 28 PIT NL 321 0.6% 15.3% 9.0% 4.1% 17% 1.69 5.7 139.0 10.3 1.14 1.62 72% 17% 2.0% 6%
2009 28 WSN NL 212 0.5% 11.8% 5.2% 5.7% 18% 2.27 7.6 191.0 15.9 1.37 2.76 78% 19% 1.7% 6%
2010 29 WSN NL 577 0.0% 15.3% 6.9% 4.2% 19% 2.20 5.8 21.2 1.11 1.55 73% 19% 0.0% 8%
2011 30 MIL NL 429 0.9% 16.3% 4.4% 7.0% 26% 3.68 5.4 94.5 10.2 0.80 1.08 72% 23% 2.7% 10%
2012 31 MIL NL 134 0.0% 15.7% 5.2% 0.8% 4% 3.00 5.7 1.20 1.63 74% 17% 0.0% 7%
6 Yrs 1966 0.4% 15.5% 6.4% 5.1% 21% 2.43 5.7 217.9 15.3 1.08 1.51 73% 19% 1.3% 8%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 26 PIT NL 0.5 0.0 129 0.2 1.7 -1.6 .79 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 -1.6 0.01 1
2008 27 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 198 0.7 3.6 -2.9 1.02 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.93 1.7 1.32 14
2009 28 TOT NL 2.3 0.2 605 0.2 9.8 -9.6 1.04 0.5 -0.3 0.1 0.0 0.97 5.5 1.81 1
2009 28 PIT NL -3.6 -0.4 356 -0.1 5.7 -5.7 1.01 0.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.95 0.5 0
2009 28 WSN NL 5.9 0.6 249 0.3 4.2 -3.9 1.09 0.5 -0.2 2.0 0.2 0.99 5.0 1.81 1
2010 29 WSN NL -19.5 -1.9 642 -1.4 8.7 -10.1 .99 -1.7 0.3 -17.0 -1.7 0.93 -17.5 1.74 6
2011 30 MIL NL 5.7 0.6 457 2.1 8.1 -6.0 .94 1.1 1.1 11.2 1.1 1.01 9.8 1.08 15
2012 31 MIL NL -10.3 -1.0 143 -1.3 1.1 -2.5 .86 -1.0 -0.6 -11.4 -1.1 0.89 -10.7 0.71 11
6 Yrs -22.2 -2.2 2174 0.5 33.1 -32.6 .98 -0.8 1.3 -17.0 -1.7 0.95 -12.7 1.14 48

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 26 PIT NL 0 0 34% 41 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 50% 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1
2008 27 PIT NL 3 0 43% 79 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 60% 9 4 5 1 1 0 5 1 4
2009 28 TOT NL 6 0 37% 233 42 17 71% 38 14 4 3 0 0 9 4 7 20 43% 37 27 8 7 4 3 24 6 18
2009 28 PIT NL 6 0 34% 141 18 10 64% 17 9 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 14 42% 22 16 5 4 2 2 12 3 9
2009 28 WSN NL 0 0 42% 92 24 7 77% 21 5 3 2 0 0 5 2 5 6 43% 15 11 3 3 2 1 12 3 9
2010 29 WSN NL 7 0 34% 211 34 17 67% 28 17 6 0 0 0 13 6 7 15 49% 24 15 9 5 3 1 14 3 11
2011 30 MIL NL 5 0 40% 190 13 4 76% 10 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 18 51% 29 19 10 10 3 7 18 5 12
2012 31 MIL NL 2 0 46% 55 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 31% 6 6 0 3 2 1 4 1 3
6 Yrs 23 0 38% 809 110 48 70% 96 44 14 4 0 0 29 11 30 71 47% 107 72 33 29 14 13 66 16 49

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
2007 26 PIT NL 118 74% 32 5 3 1 0 0 0 0.01 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 15 0 0% 5 3 60% 48 6 13% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
2008 27 PIT NL 175 84% 47 15 5 14 3 0 0 1.32 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 18 0 0% 13 4 31% 70 8 11% 4 2 50% 4 3 75% 0
2009 28 TOT NL 533 77% 144 25 14 1 0 0 0 1.81 3 0 14 2 1 1 2 0 12 10 83% 68 9 13% 44 20 45% 263 36 14% 20 11 55% 12 6 50% 0
2009 28 PIT NL 321 74% 77 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 6 5 83% 39 6 15% 27 12 44% 160 25 16% 12 7 58% 7 3 43% 0
2009 28 WSN NL 212 81% 67 17 10 1 0 0 0 1.81 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 29 3 10% 17 8 47% 103 11 11% 8 4 50% 5 3 60% 0
2010 29 WSN NL 577 74% 129 26 11 6 3 0 0 1.74 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 63% 73 2 3% 42 20 48% 246 24 10% 18 9 50% 11 7 64% 0
2011 30 MIL NL 429 89% 115 14 7 15 3 0 1 1.08 4 0 10 4 0 0 4 0 25 15 60% 82 6 7% 49 24 49% 232 35 15% 15 13 87% 20 15 75% 0
2012 31 MIL NL 134 95% 26 2 0 11 2 0 0 0.71 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 17 2 12% 13 5 38% 57 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
6 Yrs 1966 80% 493 87 40 48 11 0 1 1.14 8 0 38 6 2 2 6 0 69 45 65% 273 19 7% 166 76 46% 916 109 12% 66 37 56% 56 35 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 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
2007 26 PIT NL 119 468 3.93 307 66% 28% 10% 33% 29% 72% 0% 47% 86% 23% 3% 4 0 12% 14 2 6% 7 1 32% -1 0 0
2008 27 PIT NL 176 712 4.05 464 65% 31% 11% 30% 28% 69% 0% 45% 84% 16% 4% 7 0 12% 21 4 7% 12 1 28% -1 0 0
2009 28 TOT NL 534 2003 3.75 1307 65% 31% 10% 27% 31% 69% 1% 45% 85% 22% 4% 21 0 11% 61 14 7% 40 4 26% -1 0 0
2009 28 PIT NL 321 1247 3.88 805 65% 33% 10% 28% 30% 67% 2% 43% 85% 18% 4% 14 0 13% 41 8 9% 28 3 29% 0 0 0
2009 28 WSN NL 213 756 3.55 502 66% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 0% 48% 85% 27% 3% 7 0 9% 20 6 6% 12 1 20% -1 0 0
2010 29 WSN NL 577 2193 3.80 1414 64% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 0% 46% 83% 24% 6% 33 0 15% 84 20 10% 56 19 20% 0 0 0
2011 30 MIL NL 429 1577 3.68 1065 68% 29% 11% 29% 31% 71% 0% 48% 84% 26% 3% 12 0 10% 42 10 6% 26 7 23% 0 0 0
2012 31 MIL NL 134 497 3.71 320 64% 29% 12% 28% 32% 71% 0% 46% 83% 25% 4% 6 0 15% 20 5 6% 8 2 10% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1969 7450 3.78 4877 65% 29% 11% 29% 31% 71% 0% 46% 84% 23% 4% 83 0 12% 242 55 8% 149 34 23% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2007 26 28 118 107 15 32 3 4 1 7 7 3 9 19 .299 .359 .430 .789 106 46 0 1 1 0 0
2008 27 86 293 267 41 79 16 4 1 14 16 8 19 51 .296 .351 .397 .748 98 106 0 4 2 1 0
2009 28 206 826 736 115 223 31 11 4 53 58 25 59 125 .303 .362 .391 .754 101 288 9 13 12 6 2
2010 29 342 1403 1245 175 352 48 18 4 77 92 42 99 213 .283 .344 .360 .704 90 448 11 23 27 9 3
2011 30 461 1832 1623 236 467 68 24 8 114 105 46 118 283 .288 .347 .374 .721 94 607 17 37 42 12 3
2012 31 504 1966 1743 253 493 69 24 8 114 110 48 125 304 .283 .343 .364 .707 91 634 19 41 45 12 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 26 28 118 107 15 32 3 4 1 7 7 9 19 .299 .359 .430 .789 16 28
2008 27 58 175 160 26 47 13 0 0 7 9 10 32 .294 .345 .375 .720 20 58
2009 28 120 536 471 75 146 15 7 3 39 43 41 74 .310 .373 .391 .763 67 120
2010 29 136 581 512 62 132 17 7 0 25 35 41 88 .258 .323 .318 .642 51 136
2011 30 119 432 381 64 118 21 6 4 39 13 19 70 .310 .362 .428 .790 56 119
2012 31 43 134 120 17 26 1 0 0 0 5 7 21 .217 .282 .225 .507 7 43
6 Yrs 504 1976 1751 259 501 70 24 8 117 112 127 304 .286 .346 .367 .714 217 504
162 Game Avg. 162 635 563 83 161 23 8 3 38 36 41 98 .286 .346 .367 .714 70 504

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
2012 NL  0.7 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2009 NL  .307 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 NL  42 (2nd)
2010 NL  34 (3rd)
Active  110 (44th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 NL  10 (6th)
2011 NL  14 (3rd)
2012 NL  4 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  15 (3rd)
2011 NL  15 (3rd)
Active  45 (50th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 NL  17 (1st)
2010 NL  17 (1st)
Active  48 (34th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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