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Justin Morneau

Justin Ernest George Morneau

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 15, 1981 in New Westminster, British Columbia, 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
Team: Twins 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$80M (08-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.168, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: SFX, previously: Mark Pieper [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:14PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #395. Rico Carty… #396. Andy Pafko… #397. Brian McCann… #398. JUSTIN MORNEAU… #399. Jay Bell… #400. Marquis Grissom… #401. Bob Watson… 

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 /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 3
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
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 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 *3 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 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 *3 AS
2010 29 MIN AL 81 348 296 53 102 25 1 18 56 0 0 50 62 .345 .437 .618 1.055 188 183 6 0 0 2 7 3 AS
2011 30 MIN AL 69 288 264 19 60 16 0 4 30 0 0 19 44 .227 .285 .333 .618 71 88 8 3 0 2 1 3D
9 Seasons 1017 4237 3749 550 1055 231 14 185 709 4 7 415 639 .281 .353 .499 .851 124 1869 93 25 0 48 73
162 Game Avg. 162 675 597 88 168 37 2 29 113 1 1 66 102 .281 .353 .499 .851 124 298 15 4 0 8 12

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 Awards
2003 22 MIN AL 115 -5 1 0 0 -1 -2 4 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /3
2004 23 MIN AL 312 4 -1 -1 0 -2 -5 10 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ 3
2005 24 MIN AL 543 -8 -1 0 0 10 -9 19 11 1.1 1 0.1 1.0 $345,000 *3
2006 25 MIN AL 661 36 -5 0 0 -4 -10 22 39 3.8 43 4.2 -0.4 $385,000 *3 MVP-1,SS
2007 26 MIN AL 668 17 -2 -1 0 1 -11 22 26 2.6 25 2.5 0.1 $4,500,000 *3 AS,MVP-20
2008 27 MIN AL 712 42 0 0 -1 -3 -11 23 50 5.0 53 5.3 -0.3 $8,400,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2009 28 MIN AL 590 21 1 -1 1 -1 -9 19 31 3.0 32 3.0 0.0 $11,600,000 *3 AS
2010 29 MIN AL 348 37 -3 -1 -1 12 -5 12 50 4.9 38 3.7 1.2 $15,000,000 3 AS
2011 30 MIN AL 288 -10 -0 -2 -0 -3 -5 10 -11 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $15,000,000 3D
9 Seasons 4237 134 -10 -6 -2 10 -67 140 197 19.5 189 18.5 1.0 $55,230,000

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
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

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
2003 MIN AL 22 1B 7 34 29 4 1 1 .971 -1 -2 4.71 .993 9.46
2003 MIN AL 22 DH 20 20
2004 MIN AL 23 1B 61 567 523 41 3 54 .995 -2 -4 9.25 .994 9.25
2004 MIN AL 23 DH 11 11
2005 MIN AL 24 1B 138 1290 1191 91 8 123 .994 10 10 9.29 .994 9.49
2006 MIN AL 25 1B 153 1416 1297 111 8 113 .994 -4 2 9.20 .994 9.40 MVP-1,SS
2006 MIN AL 25 DH 4 4 MVP-1,SS
2007 MIN AL 26 1B 143 1296 1189 102 5 122 .996 1 -1 9.03 .995 9.27 AS,MVP-20
2007 MIN AL 26 DH 14 14 AS,MVP-20
2008 MIN AL 27 1B 155 1409 1316 89 4 149 .997 -3 -3 9.06 .994 9.18 AS,MVP-2,SS
2008 MIN AL 27 DH 8 8 AS,MVP-2,SS
2009 MIN AL 28 1B 123 1045 952 90 3 88 .997 -1 3 8.47 .994 9.02 AS
2009 MIN AL 28 DH 12 12 AS
2010 MIN AL 29 1B 77 734 674 59 1 64 .999 12 9 9.52 .994 9.23 AS
2010 MIN AL 29 DH 2 2 AS
2011 MIN AL 30 1B 56 55 49 479.1 485 440 44 1 52 .998 -3 1 -8 3 9.09 8.64 .993 9.30 9.24
2011 MIN AL 30 DH 13 13
9 Seasons 1B 913 55 49 479.1 8276 7611 631 34 766 .996 10 15 26 37 9.09 9.03 .994 9.30 9.27
9 Seasons TOT 913 55 49 479.1 8276 7611 631 34 766 .996 10 15 26 37 9.09 9.03 .994 9.30 9.27
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-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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *
2010

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 (146th)

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

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  1.2 (9th)

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

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 AL  .559 (6th)
Active  .499 (27th)
Career  .499 (110th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 AL  .934 (8th)
Active  .851 (33rd)
Career  .851 (163rd)

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)
Active  185 (50th)

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  124 (30th)
Career  124 (250th)

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)
2010 AL  37 (8th)
Active  137 (42nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  3.3 (8th)
2008 AL  3.1 (6th)
2010 AL  3.5 (8th)
Active  12.7 (43rd)

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  .602 (46th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (1st)
2007 AL  9 (4th)
2008 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  7 (9th)
Active  48 (41st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  11 (8th)
2008 AL  16 (1st)
2009 AL  12 (4th)
Active  73 (26th)
Career  73 (211th)

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  20.3 (30th)
Career  20.3 (129th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  40.52 (8th)
2008 AL  43.09 (2nd)
Active  141.84 (47th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 AL  4.6 (5th)
2008 AL  3.8 (6th)
Active  11.1 (50th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.3 (10th)
2010 AL  3.9 (7th)
Active  12.3 (49th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.7 (8th)
2008 AL  4.1 (2nd)
Active  13.3 (47th)

Putouts† s c a p y
2005 AL  1,191 (4th)
2006 AL  1,297 (3rd)
2007 AL  1,189 (1st)
2008 AL  1,316 (1st)
Active  7,611 (20th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  138 (5th)
2006 AL  153 (2nd)
2007 AL  143 (2nd)
2008 AL  155 (2nd)
Active  913 (14th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  1,191 (4th)
2006 AL  1,297 (3rd)
2007 AL  1,189 (1st)
2008 AL  1,316 (1st)
Active  7,611 (14th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  91 (3rd)
2006 AL  111 (1st)
2007 AL  102 (2nd)
2008 AL  89 (4th)
2009 AL  90 (4th)
Active  631 (11th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (2nd)
2006 AL  8 (3rd)
2007 AL  5 (5th)
Active  34 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  10 (2nd)
2010 AL  12 (1st)
Active  10 (14th)
Career  10 (75th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2005 AL  9.89 (4th)
Active  9.09 (16th)
Career  9.09 (46th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2006 AL  9.20 (4th)
Active  9.03 (7th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2008 AL  .997 (3rd)
2009 AL  .997 (2nd)
Active  .996 (5th)
Career  .996 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (729), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (865), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Adrian Gonzalez (953)
  3. Adam LaRoche (928)
  4. Glenn Davis (924)
  5. Prince Fielder (924)
  6. Alvin Davis (917)
  7. Dick Stuart (913)
  8. Zeke Bonura (911)
  9. Ripper Collins (908)
  10. Bob Horner (908)
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  2. Lee May (945)
  3. Adam LaRoche (929)
  4. Eric Karros (928)
  5. Ryan Klesko (922)
  6. Danny Tartabull (922)
  7. Alvin Davis (922)
  8. Geoff Jenkins (921)
  9. Willie Stargell (918) *
  10. Gil Hodges (917)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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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 (968)  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. Adrian Gonzalez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adrian Gonzalez (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tino Martinez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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
200524Minnesota Twins$345,000
200625Minnesota Twins$385,000
200726Minnesota Twins$4,500,000
200827Minnesota Twins$8,400,000
200928Minnesota Twins$11,600,000
201029Minnesota Twins$15,000,000
201130Minnesota Twins$15,000,000
201231Minnesota Twins$14,000,000
201332Minnesota Twins$14,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$55,230,000Does 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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