Justin Morneau
Justin Ernest Morneau
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 15, 1981 in New Westminster, BC, CAN
High School: New Westminster (New Westminster, BC)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2003
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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
2003 22 MIN AL 40 115 106 14 24 4 0 4 16 0 0 9 30 .226 .287 .377 .664 73 40 4 0 0 0 1 D/3
2004 23 MIN AL 74 312 280 39 76 17 0 19 58 0 0 28 54 .271 .340 .536 .875 121 150 4 2 0 2 8 3D
2005 24 MIN AL 141 543 490 62 117 23 4 22 79 0 2 44 94 .239 .304 .437 .741 93 214 12 4 0 5 8 *3/D
2006 25 MIN AL 157 661 592 97 190 37 1 34 130 3 3 53 93 .321 .375 .559 .934 140 331 10 5 0 11 9 *3/D MVP-1,SS
2007 26 MIN AL 157 668 590 84 160 31 3 31 111 1 1 64 91 .271 .343 .492 .834 122 290 17 5 0 9 11 *3D AS,MVP-20
2008 27 MIN AL 163 712 623 97 187 47 4 23 129 0 1 76 85 .300 .374 .499 .873 134 311 20 3 0 10 16 *3/D AS,MVP-2,SS
2009 28 MIN AL 135 590 508 85 139 31 1 30 100 0 0 72 86 .274 .363 .516 .878 129 262 12 3 0 7 12 *3D AS
7 Seasons 867 3601 3189 478 893 190 13 163 623 4 7 346 533 .280 .350 .501 .851 123 1598 79 22 0 44 65
162 Game Avg. 162 673 596 89 167 36 2 30 116 1 1 65 100 .280 .350 .501 .851 123 299 15 4 0 8 12

Advanced Batting

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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
2003 22 MIN AL 115 86 11 3.4 108 .278 .226 .269 .287 .335 .377 .430 .664 .766 73 .330 -4.5 -0.4 .570 .236 .151 .0
2004 23 MIN AL 312 210 51 6.5 112 .273 .271 .274 .340 .342 .536 .440 .875 .782 121 .602 8.0 0.7 .865 .364 .264 .0
2005 24 MIN AL 543 392 63 4.3 107 .251 .239 .270 .304 .334 .437 .429 .741 .763 93 .440 -6.3 -0.6 .672 .284 .198 .0
2006 25 MIN AL 661 426 125 7.8 109 .328 .321 .273 .375 .337 .559 .434 .934 .771 140 .677 36.0 3.3 .937 .328 .238 5.5
2007 26 MIN AL 668 457 98 5.7 103 .270 .271 .265 .343 .332 .492 .414 .834 .746 122 .557 19.0 1.8 .801 .329 .220 1.9
2008 27 MIN AL 712 467 114 6.5 102 .312 .300 .263 .374 .331 .499 .413 .873 .744 134 .623 32.8 3.1 .851 .319 .199 .0
2009 28 MIN AL 590 388 97 6.7 107 .273 .274 .266 .363 .335 .516 .427 .878 .762 129 .624 22.9 2.1 .885 .384 .242 .0
7 Seasons 3601 2426 559 6.2 106 .288 .280 .268 .350 .334 .501 .425 .851 .759 123 .589 107.9 10.0 .824 .329 .221 7.8
162 Game Avg. 673 453 104 6.2 106 .288 .280 .268 .350 .334 .501 .425 .851 .759 123 .589 20 2 .824 .329 .221 1

Postseason Batting

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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
2004 23 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 4 17 17 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .235 .235 .353 .588 6 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 3 12 12 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 1.000 1.417 12 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 29 29 4 9 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 .310 .310 .621 .931 18 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 7 29 29 4 9 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 .310 .310 .621 .931 18 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 MIN AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 27 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 3 0 0 0 0 1
2009 MIN AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 3 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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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
2003 22 MIN AL 115 3.5% 26.1% 7.8% 7.0% 33% 3.33 3.5 26.5 6.6 1.00 1.75 63% 14% 11.8% 11%
2004 23 MIN AL 312 6.1% 17.3% 9.0% 11.5% 47% 1.93 5.2 14.7 4.8 0.63 0.87 67% 13% 15.2% 11%
2005 24 MIN AL 543 4.1% 17.3% 8.1% 9.0% 42% 2.14 5.2 22.3 6.2 0.70 0.97 70% 18% 10.6% 12%
2006 25 MIN AL 661 5.1% 14.1% 8.0% 10.9% 38% 1.75 6.4 17.4 4.6 0.57 0.72 72% 21% 11.4% 8%
2007 26 MIN AL 668 4.6% 13.6% 9.6% 9.7% 41% 1.42 6.5 19.0 5.3 0.84 1.13 71% 16% 13.2% 15%
2008 27 MIN AL 712 3.2% 11.9% 10.7% 10.4% 40% 1.12 7.3 27.1 4.8 0.77 1.09 74% 17% 8.3% 11%
2009 28 MIN AL 590 5.1% 14.6% 12.2% 10.5% 45% 1.19 5.9 16.9 5.1 0.72 0.94 68% 15% 14.1% 14%
7 Seasons 3601 4.5% 14.8% 9.6% 10.2% 41% 1.54 6.0 19.6 5.1 0.72 0.97 70% 17% 11.8% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2003 22 MIN AL 1 0 35% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 38% 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
2004 23 MIN AL 1 0 23% 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 40% 10 6 4 5 5 0 10 4 6
2005 24 MIN AL 5 0 28% 167 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 45% 13 9 3 7 4 3 9 2 7
2006 25 MIN AL 4 0 29% 258 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 12 14 27% 40 32 5 7 5 2 19 8 11
2007 26 MIN AL 5 0 27% 252 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 35% 36 29 6 11 5 6 21 8 12
2008 27 MIN AL 7 0 31% 249 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 33% 28 21 6 11 9 2 24 10 13
2009 28 MIN AL 3 0 30% 202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 37% 28 20 7 8 5 3 13 5 8
7 Seasons 26 0 29% 1247 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 35 81 35% 159 121 31 50 33 17 99 38 59
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2003 22 MIN AL 115 77% 24 1 0 11 4 2 3 1.41 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 35 4 11% 20 5 25% 87 12 14% 11 5 45% 7 3 43% 0
2004 23 MIN AL 312 73% 76 2 0 2 2 0 2 2.30 19 0 6 16 3 9 10 0 0 0 49 4 8% 31 11 35% 220 40 18% 18 8 44% 29 16 55% 0
2005 24 MIN AL 543 70% 117 10 0 2 1 1 1 1.96 22 1 15 18 4 9 13 0 0 0 99 12 12% 54 17 31% 363 62 17% 40 19 48% 33 13 39% 0
2006 25 MIN AL 661 65% 190 16 0 1 0 0 0 4.61 34 1 22 21 13 17 17 0 0 0 119 10 8% 47 18 38% 469 100 21% 45 30 67% 43 23 53% 0
2007 26 MIN AL 668 67% 160 11 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 18 23 8 15 16 0 0 0 131 17 13% 70 20 29% 464 81 17% 53 27 51% 41 17 41% 0
2008 27 MIN AL 712 64% 187 10 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 26 16 7 12 11 0 0 0 177 20 11% 78 29 37% 558 113 20% 58 34 59% 37 18 49% 0
2009 28 MIN AL 590 62% 139 14 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 19 20 10 14 16 0 0 0 137 12 9% 54 23 43% 414 74 18% 34 25 74% 35 17 49% 0
7 Seasons 3601 67% 893 64 0 16 7 3 6 1.79 163 6 110 118 45 77 86 0 0 0 747 79 11% 354 123 35% 2575 482 19% 259 148 57% 225 107 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2003 22 MIN AL 115 441 3.83 287 65% 18% 25% 30% 26% 82% 3% 53% 69% 31% 4% 5 0 15% 17 7 10% 11 9 20% 0 0 0
2004 23 MIN AL 312 1150 3.69 731 64% 21% 18% 30% 31% 79% 8% 51% 77% 31% 6% 20 1 17% 52 27 11% 33 17 13% 0 0 0
2005 24 MIN AL 543 1915 3.53 1215 63% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 4% 50% 79% 34% 5% 26 2 15% 84 39 8% 45 27 20% 0 0 0
2006 25 MIN AL 661 2368 3.58 1505 64% 20% 16% 30% 34% 80% 4% 51% 80% 36% 6% 38 4 14% 93 35 6% 40 23 19% 0 0 0
2007 26 MIN AL 668 2390 3.58 1504 63% 23% 14% 29% 34% 77% 4% 49% 81% 34% 6% 40 5 14% 93 32 7% 48 22 23% 0 0 0
2008 27 MIN AL 712 2577 3.62 1595 62% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 6% 46% 84% 32% 7% 53 8 18% 130 42 9% 65 29 34% 0 0 0
2009 28 MIN AL 590 2183 3.70 1335 61% 22% 17% 29% 32% 78% 5% 48% 78% 35% 6% 37 8 15% 90 34 9% 55 28 17% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3601 13024 3.62 8172 63% 22% 16% 29% 33% 78% 5% 49% 80% 34% 6% 219 28 16% 559 216 8% 297 155 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2003 22 40 115 106 14 24 4 0 4 16 0 0 9 30 .226 .287 .377 .664 73 40 4 0 0 0 1
2004 23 114 427 386 53 100 21 0 23 74 0 0 37 84 .259 .326 .492 .818 108 190 8 2 0 2 9
2005 24 255 970 876 115 217 44 4 45 153 0 2 81 178 .248 .313 .461 .775 100 404 20 6 0 7 17
2006 25 412 1631 1468 212 407 81 5 79 283 3 5 134 271 .277 .338 .501 .839 116 735 30 11 0 18 26
2007 26 569 2299 2058 296 567 112 8 110 394 4 6 198 362 .276 .340 .498 .838 118 1025 47 16 0 27 37
2008 27 732 3011 2681 393 754 159 12 133 523 4 7 274 447 .281 .348 .498 .846 121 1336 67 19 0 37 53
2009 28 867 3601 3189 478 893 190 13 163 623 4 7 346 533 .280 .350 .501 .851 123 1598 79 22 0 44 65

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
2003 22 40 112 104 13 22 4 0 4 15 0 8 30 .212 .268 .365 .633 10 40
2004 23 74 308 277 36 73 16 0 18 53 0 27 54 .264 .331 .516 .847 47 74
2005 24 141 537 486 60 113 22 4 21 76 0 42 94 .233 .296 .424 .720 61 141
2006 25 157 657 589 94 187 36 1 33 126 3 52 93 .317 .371 .550 .921 121 157
2007 26 157 668 590 85 160 31 3 31 112 1 64 91 .271 .343 .492 .834 99 157
2008 27 163 713 624 100 188 47 4 23 133 0 76 85 .301 .374 .500 .874 118 163
2009 28 135 595 511 87 142 32 1 31 103 0 74 86 .278 .368 .526 .894 99 135
7 Seasons 867 3590 3181 475 885 188 13 161 618 4 343 533 .278 .348 .497 .846 555 867
162 Game Avg. 162 671 594 89 165 35 2 30 115 1 64 100 .278 .348 .497 .846 104 867

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2006 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (1, 82%)
2007 AL (20, 1%)
2008 AL (2, 66%)
1 MVP
1.49 Career Shares (144th)

Silver Sluggers
2006 AL (1B)
2008 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 AL  .321 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 AL  .559 (6th)
Active  .501 (35th)
Career  .501 (97th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 AL  .934 (8th)
Active  .851 (38th)
Career  .851 (161st)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL  157 (10th)
2008 AL  163 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2008 AL  712 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  190 (7th)
2008 AL  187 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2006 AL  331 (5th)
2008 AL  311 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 AL  47 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  31 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 AL  130 (2nd)
2007 AL  111 (9th)
2008 AL  129 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 AL  140 (8th)
2008 AL  134 (9th)
Active  123 (37th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 AL  125 (8th)
2008 AL  114 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  36 (8th)
2008 AL  33 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  3.3 (8th)
2008 AL  3.1 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  72 (8th)
2008 AL  74 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2008 AL  266 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 AL  .677 (9th)
Active  .589 (45th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (1st)
2007 AL  9 (4th)
2008 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  7 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (10th)
2007 AL  11 (8th)
2008 AL  16 (1st)
2009 AL  12 (4th)
Active  65 (36th)
Career  65 (241st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 AL  20 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2007 AL  19.0 (8th)
2009 AL  16.9 (10th)
Active  19.6 (29th)
Career  19.6 (99th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 43 (431), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Travis Hafner (950)
  2. Adam LaRoche (931)
  3. Don Hurst (922)
  4. Glenn Davis (919)
  5. Hideki Matsui (918)
  6. Adrian Gonzalez (916)
  7. Jason Bay (915)
  8. Paul Sorrento (915)
  9. Jim Gentile (912)
  10. Carlos Pena (908)
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  1. Paul Konerko (958)
  2. Alvin Davis (935)
  3. Fred McGriff (931)
  4. Richie Sexson (930)
  5. Derrek Lee (928)
  6. George Bell (927)
  7. Carlos Delgado (927)
  8. Kent Hrbek (926)
  9. Carlos Lee (923)
  10. Don Hurst (922)
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  1. Dick Gernert (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Adrian Gonzalez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Adrian Gonzalez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adrian Gonzalez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Konerko (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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