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Nyjer Morgan

Nyjer Jamid Morgan

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 2, 1980 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Storefront (St. Albert, AB)
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/Pirates/Brewers 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$450k (11), 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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More Stats

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
2003	22	PIT-min	A-	72	324	268	49	92	7	4	0	23	26	17	33	44	.343	.439	.399	.839		107	2	13	10	0	1	WPT · NYPL
2004	23	PIT-min	A	134	616	514	83	131	16	7	4	41	55	16	53	120	.255	.358	.337	.695		173	1	33	10	6	2	HCK · SALL
2005	24	PIT-min	A+	60	277	252	36	72	12	3	0	24	24	10	11	40	.286	.328	.357	.686		90	0	7	3	4	0	LBG · CARL
2006	25	PIT-min	A+,AA	117	518	447	82	136	13	8	1	32	59	22	35	68	.304	.375	.376	.751		168	3	18	14	4	1	LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2007	26	PIT-min	AAA,Rk	48	200	177	33	54	4	2	1	11	26	7	17	31	.305	.379	.367	.746		65	1	4	2	0	1	INA,BRD · IL,GULF
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
2008	27	PIT-min	AAA	82	352	322	54	96	13	4	1	33	44	8	18	47	.298	.349	.373	.721		120	4	7	5	0	1	INA · IL
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
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-min	A,A+	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143		0	0	0	0	0	0	HGR,POT · SALL,CARL
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	*
2011	30	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167		2	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
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
5 Seasons				461	1832	1623	236	467	68	24	8	114	105	46	118	283	.288	.347	.374	.721	94	607	17	37	42	12	3
162 Game Avg.				162	644	570	83	164	24	8	3	40	37	16	41	99	.288	.347	.374	.721	94	213	6	13	15	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 (1 yr)				119	429	378	61	115	20	6	4	37	13	4	19	70	.304	.357	.421	.778	111	159	6	14	15	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2007	26	PIT	NL	118	1	-1	-1	2	9	0	3	13	1.3	4	0.4	0.9	$
2008	27	PIT	NL	175	0	1	1	1	6	-1	5	13	1.3	7	0.7	0.6	$391,000
2009	28	PIT	NL	321	-3	-1	2	-0	8	-3	8	11	1.1	3	0.3	0.8	$411,500	7/8
2009	28	WSN	NL	212	6	-1	-2	0	10	1	6	21	2.1	11	1.1	1.0	$	8
2010	29	WSN	NL	577	-20	-1	-0	2	-6	2	16	-6	-0.6	-0	0.0	-0.6	$426,500	*
2011	30	MIL	NL	429	6	2	0	0	-1	1	12	20	2.0	21	2.2	-0.2	$471,500	*897
5 Seasons				1832	-10	-0	0	6	27	-0	50	71	7.2	45	4.7	2.5	$1,700,500

PIT (3 yrs)				614	-2	-1	2	3	24	-4	16	37	3.7	14	1.4	2.3	$802,500
WSN (2 yrs)				789	-14	-2	-2	2	4	3	22	14	1.5	10	1.1	0.4	$426,500
MIL (1 yr)				429	6	2	0	0	-1	1	12	20	2.0	21	2.2	-0.2	$471,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP
2011	30	MIL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	4	18	16	1	3	1	3	1	7	.188	.278	.250	.528	4	0	1
2011	30	MIL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	6	14	12	1	2	1	0	1	4	.167	.286	.250	.536	3	1	1
1 Season (2 Series)							10	32	28	2	5	2	3	2	11	.179	.281	.250	.531	7	1	2
1 NLDS							4	18	16	1	3	1	3	1	7	.188	.278	.250	.528	4	0	1
1 NLCS							6	14	12	1	2	1	0	1	4	.167	.286	.250	.536	3	1	1

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
2007	PIT	NL	26	OF	28				87	84	2	1	2	.989	9	3				3.07	.984		2.29
2007	PIT	NL	26	CF	28	25	25	221.2	87	84	2	1	2	.989	9	3	50	16	3.49	3.07	.987	2.71	2.70
2008	PIT	NL	27	OF	44				86	85	0	1	0	.988	6	3				1.93	.985		2.20
2008	PIT	NL	27	LF	23	18	17	166.2	41	40	0	1	0	.976	2	1	18	7	2.16	1.74	.983	1.90	1.89
2008	PIT	NL	27	CF	17	8	8	97.1	31	31	0	0	0	1.000	2	1	27	12	2.87	1.82	.990	2.61	2.59
2008	PIT	NL	27	RF	6	5	4	47.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	36	26	2.68	2.33	.982	2.13	2.12
2009	TOT	NL	28	OF	117	116	107	993.1	315	298	13	4	2	.987	18	22	22	26	2.82	2.66	.986	28.40	2.18
2009	TOT	NL	28	CF	57	55	48	462.2	168	157	8	3	1	.982	10	15	26	38	3.21	2.89	.989	2.60	2.57
2009	PIT	NL	28	OF	70	69	66	602.1	170	163	6	1	1	.994	8	22	16	43	2.53	2.41	.986	28.40	2.18
2009	PIT	NL	28	LF	63	61	59	530.2	147	141	5	1	1	.993	8	7	18	16	2.48	2.32	.982	1.93	1.91
2009	PIT	NL	28	CF	9	8	7	71.2	23	22	1	0	0	1.000	0	1	5	17	2.89	2.56	.989	2.60	2.57
2009	WSN	NL	28	CF	48	47	41	391.0	145	135	7	3	1	.979	10	14	30	43	3.27	2.96	.989	2.60	2.57
2009	WSN	NL	28	OF	47	47	41	391.0	145	135	7	3	1	.979	10	22	30	67	3.27	3.02	.986	28.40	2.18
2010	WSN	NL	29	OF	134				346	339	2	5	0	.986	-6	5				2.54	.987		2.15
2010	WSN	NL	29	CF	134	128	117	1124.1	346	339	2	5	0	.986	-6	5	-6	5	2.73	2.54	.989	2.59	2.56
2011	MIL	NL	30	OF	111	90	63	834.1	251	244	5	2	1	.992	-1	8	-1	11	2.69	2.24	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	MIL	NL	30	CF	95	84	58	724.2	222	216	4	2	1	.991	-4	7	-6	12	2.73	2.32	.988	2.55	2.54
2011	MIL	NL	30	RF	20	5	4	74.2	24	23	1	0	0	1.000	4	3	63	48	2.89	1.20	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	MIL	NL	30	LF	17	1	1	35.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	-44	-69	1.29	0.29	.984	1.88	1.87
	5 Seasons			OF	434	206	170	1827.2	1085	1050	22	13	5	.988	27	41	17	14	2.76	2.47	.986	16.42	2.17
	5 Seasons			CF	331	300	256	2630.2	854	827	16	11	4	.987	12	31	6	14	2.88	2.55	.989	2.59	2.57
	3 Seasons			LF	103	80	77	732.1	193	186	5	2	1	.990	9	6	15	9	2.35	1.85	.982	1.92	1.90
	2 Seasons			RF	26	10	8	121.2	38	37	1	0	0	1.000	5	4	53	39	2.81	1.46	.983	2.08	2.06
	5 Seasons			TOT	434	206	170	1827.2	1085	1050	22	13	5	.988	27	82	17	53	2.76	2.47	.986	16.42	2.17
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

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2009 NL 1.7 (7th)	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)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2010 NL 10 (6th) 2011 NL 14 (3rd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2010 NL 15 (3rd) 2011 NL 15 (3rd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2009 NL 17 (1st) 2010 NL 17 (1st) Active 46 (46th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 2009 NL 13 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2010 NL 2.73 (5th) 2011 NL 2.73 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2009 NL 18 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 2009 NL 2.82 (4th) 2010 NL 2.73 (4th) 2011 NL 2.69 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 2009 NL 2.66 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Sam Rice (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Dalton (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frenchy Bordagaray (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 42nd round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 2002.
June 30, 2009: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Sean Burnett to the Washington Nationals for Joel Hanrahan and Lastings Milledge.
March 27, 2011: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Cutter Dykstra (minors) and cash.

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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
2008	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$391,000
2009	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$411,500
2010	29	Washington Nationals	$426,500
2011	30	Milwaukee Brewers	$471,500

2012	31	Milwaukee Brewers	$2,350,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,700,500	Does not include future salaries

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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