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Mike Morse

Michael John Morse (The Beast)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: March 22, 1982 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Davie HS (Davie, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2005
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Mariners 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$10.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.114, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Levinsons [*]
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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
2005 23 SEA AL 72 258 230 27 64 10 1 3 23 3 1 18 50 .278 .349 .370 .718 97 85 9 8 0 2 0 6/D7
2006 24 SEA AL 21 48 43 5 16 5 0 0 11 1 0 3 7 .372 .396 .488 .884 131 21 2 0 0 2 0 /95D376
2007 25 SEA AL 9 20 18 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .444 .500 .556 1.056 184 10 0 1 0 0 0 /3596
2008 26 SEA AL 5 11 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .364 .333 .697 91 3 0 1 0 0 0 /9
2009 27 WSN NL 32 55 52 4 13 3 0 3 10 0 0 3 16 .250 .291 .481 .772 101 25 1 0 0 0 0 3/975
2010 28 WSN NL 98 293 266 36 77 12 2 15 41 0 1 22 64 .289 .352 .519 .870 133 138 6 4 0 1 1 93/D
2011 29 WSN NL 146 575 522 73 158 36 0 31 95 2 3 36 126 .303 .360 .550 .910 147 287 9 13 0 4 5 37/D MVP-19
7 Yrs 383 1260 1140 146 338 69 3 52 183 6 5 84 271 .296 .356 .499 .855 130 569 27 27 0 9 6
162 Game Avg. 162 533 482 62 143 29 1 22 77 3 2 36 115 .296 .356 .499 .855 130 241 11 11 0 4 3
SEA (4 yrs) 107 337 300 33 90 18 1 3 37 4 1 23 65 .300 .365 .397 .762 107 119 11 10 0 4 0
WSN (3 yrs) 276 923 840 113 248 51 2 49 146 2 4 61 206 .295 .353 .536 .889 139 450 16 17 0 5 6
AL (4 yrs) 107 337 300 33 90 18 1 3 37 4 1 23 65 .300 .365 .397 .762 107 119 11 10 0 4 0
NL (3 yrs) 276 923 840 113 248 51 2 49 146 2 4 61 206 .295 .353 .536 .889 139 450 16 17 0 5 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
2005 23 SEA AL 72 258 0 -1 -1 -14 1 -15 -1.5 9 -6 -0.7 .479 .491 0.7 -1.2 8 $ 6/D7
2006 24 SEA AL 21 48 2 0 -0 -1 -1 -0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.3 -0.2 2 $ /95D376
2007 25 SEA AL 9 20 2 -0 0 0 -0 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .519 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /3596
2008 26 SEA AL 5 11 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $393,500 /9
2009 27 WSN NL 32 55 0 -0 -0 3 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.1 0.2 1 $ 3/975
2010 28 WSN NL 98 293 13 -2 -1 -3 -4 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.5 -0.8 15 $410,000 93/D
2011 29 WSN NL 146 575 30 -0 -1 -7 -8 14 1.6 16 30 3.1 .510 .509 3.8 -1.6 37 $1,050,000 37/D MVP-19
7 Seasons 383 1260 48 -4 -3 -22 -13 6 0.9 37 43 4.5 .502 .501 6.6 -3.5 65 $1,853,500
SEA (4 yrs) 107 337 4 -1 -1 -15 0 -13 -1.3 12 -2 -0.2 .488 .498 1.2 -1.4 13 $393,500
WSN (3 yrs) 276 923 44 -2 -2 -7 -13 20 2.2 25 45 4.7 .508 .504 5.4 -2.1 52 $1,460,000

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
2005 23 SEA AL 258 178 29 4.4 101 .341 .278 .262 .349 .324 .370 .416 .718 .740 97 .446 -0.2 -0.0 .642 .178 .091 3.0
2006 24 SEA AL 48 31 8 6.9 108 .421 .372 .272 .396 .336 .488 .432 .884 .768 131 .624 2.5 0.2 .862 .209 .116 .0
2007 25 SEA AL 20 10 5 13.4 103 .571 .444 .266 .500 .333 .556 .416 1.056 .749 184 .856 2.4 0.2 1.200 .167 .111
2008 26 SEA AL 11 7 1 3.8 102 .400 .222 .263 .364 .331 .333 .414 .697 .744 91 .383 0.0 0.0 .714 .222 .111
2009 27 WSN NL 55 40 7 4.7 106 .303 .250 .265 .291 .337 .481 .420 .772 .758 101 .488 -0.3 -0.0 .700 .288 .231 .0
2010 28 WSN NL 293 197 48 6.5 101 .330 .289 .261 .352 .331 .519 .411 .870 .741 133 .656 11.2 1.1 .832 .308 .229 .0
2011 29 WSN NL 575 380 102 7.2 98 .344 .303 .259 .360 .327 .550 .403 .910 .730 147 .709 32.8 3.2 .891 .314 .247 3.8
7 Yrs 1260 843 200 6.4 100 .346 .296 .261 .356 .328 .499 .410 .855 .738 130 .641 48.4 4.8 .817 .277 .203 10.8
162 Game Avg. 533 357 85 6.4 100 .346 .296 .261 .356 .328 .499 .410 .855 .738 130 .641 20 2 .817 .277 .203 5
SEA (4 yrs) 337 226 43 5.1 102 .369 .300 .264 .365 .327 .397 .418 .762 .745 107 .511 4.7 0.4 .698 .183 .097 3.4
WSN (3 yrs) 923 617 157 6.8 100 .337 .295 .260 .353 .328 .536 .407 .889 .735 139 .682 43.7 4.3 .859 .311 .240 3.8
AL (4 yrs) 337 226 43 5.1 102 .369 .300 .264 .365 .327 .397 .418 .762 .745 107 .511 4.7 0.4 .698 .183 .097 3.4
NL (3 yrs) 923 617 157 6.8 100 .337 .295 .260 .353 .328 .536 .407 .889 .735 139 .682 43.7 4.3 .859 .311 .240 3.8

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
2005 23 SEA AL 258 1.2% 19.4% 7.0% 5.4% 22% 2.78 4.6 76.7 10.0 0.87 1.25 69% 21% 3.3% 5%
2006 24 SEA AL 48 0.0% 14.6% 6.3% 10.4% 31% 2.33 6.1 3.9 0.65 1.09 79% 18% 0.0% 9%
2007 25 SEA AL 20 0.0% 20.0% 5.0% 10.0% 25% 4.00 4.5 6.0 1.80 2.00 70% 14% 0.0% 20%
2008 26 SEA AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 9.1% 9.1% 50% 4.00 2.3 0.67 2.00 45% 40% 0.0% 0%
2009 27 WSN NL 55 5.5% 29.1% 5.5% 10.9% 46% 5.33 3.3 17.3 5.2 1.40 1.67 60% 14% 21.4% 7%
2010 28 WSN NL 293 5.1% 21.8% 7.5% 9.9% 38% 2.91 4.2 17.7 6.5 0.86 1.17 64% 19% 14.6% 6%
2011 29 WSN NL 575 5.4% 21.9% 6.3% 11.7% 42% 3.50 4.1 16.8 5.5 0.78 1.22 64% 22% 14.8% 7%
7 Yrs 1260 4.1% 21.5% 6.7% 9.8% 37% 3.23 4.2 21.9 6.2 0.84 1.23 66% 20% 11.7% 6%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 SEA AL -0.2 -0.0 263 -0.2 4.5 -4.7 1.04 -0.5 0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.94 -4.8 1.84 3
2006 24 SEA AL 2.5 0.2 50 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .90 0.3 -0.4 4.6 0.4 0.97 3.2 0.75 6
2007 25 SEA AL 2.4 0.2 20 0.7 0.9 -0.2 1.14 0.2 0.4 4.2 0.4 0.85 3.0 0.01 1
2008 26 SEA AL -0.0 0.0 11 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.35 -0.0 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.03 -0.2 3.15 1
2009 27 WSN NL -0.3 -0.0 55 0.4 1.6 -1.2 1.23 0.1 0.3 3.1 0.3 0.93 0.7 1.32 17
2010 28 WSN NL 11.2 1.1 297 1.2 6.1 -4.9 .97 1.3 -0.1 11.8 1.2 0.96 13.5 1.74 17
2011 29 WSN NL 32.8 3.2 584 3.6 13.9 -10.3 1.12 2.9 0.3 36.6 3.6 1.01 34.1 1.67 10
7 Yrs 48.4 4.8 1280 5.5 27.9 -22.4 1.07 4.2 0.9 58.0 5.7 0.97 49.5 1.49 55

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
2005 23 SEA AL 2 0 28% 102 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 47% 13 10 3 6 3 3 11 3 8
2006 24 SEA AL 0 0 26% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 25 SEA AL 0 0 10% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 26 SEA AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 WSN NL 1 0 8% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 WSN NL 4 0 24% 103 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 28% 16 14 2 4 3 1 12 5 6
2011 29 WSN NL 3 0 24% 202 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 34% 30 23 6 3 3 0 17 6 11
7 Yrs 10 0 24% 466 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 21 35% 64 51 12 14 10 4 41 14 26

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
2005 23 SEA AL 258 35% 64 5 0 3 1 0 0 1.84 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0% 49 9 18% 18 6 33% 155 21 14% 12 8 67% 9 6 67% 0
2006 24 SEA AL 48 73% 16 1 0 6 3 0 0 0.75 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 5 3 60% 38 11 29% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 0
2007 25 SEA AL 20 35% 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 11 4 36% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
2008 26 SEA AL 11 36% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2009 27 WSN NL 55 22% 13 2 0 17 6 1 4 1.32 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 0 0% 26 7 27% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2010 28 WSN NL 293 34% 77 5 0 17 5 0 3 1.74 15 0 7 7 8 6 9 0 0 0 48 6 13% 25 7 28% 181 26 14% 8 3 38% 12 9 75% 0
2011 29 WSN NL 575 23% 158 5 0 10 1 0 0 1.67 31 2 14 25 6 11 20 0 0 0 93 9 10% 31 10 32% 359 65 18% 32 17 53% 22 13 59% 0
7 Yrs 1260 30% 338 19 0 55 17 1 7 1.49 52 2 30 37 15 23 29 0 1 0 0% 217 27 12% 88 26 30% 778 134 17% 60 34 57% 47 28 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 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
2005 23 SEA AL 260 952 3.66 600 63% 28% 17% 25% 30% 73% 0% 46% 77% 33% 2% 6 0 9% 23 13 9% 23 11 32% -2 0 0
2006 24 SEA AL 48 181 3.77 117 65% 27% 21% 20% 32% 73% 0% 47% 72% 31% 4% 2 0 19% 9 5 6% 3 2 14% 0 0 0
2007 25 SEA AL 20 69 3.45 43 62% 28% 21% 19% 33% 72% 0% 45% 71% 30% 0% 0 0 15% 3 2 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 26 SEA AL 11 46 4.18 30 65% 17% 23% 43% 17% 83% 0% 54% 72% 27% 9% 1 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 27 WSN NL 55 218 3.96 144 66% 24% 26% 25% 25% 76% 0% 50% 65% 42% 2% 1 0 9% 5 1 7% 4 3 19% 0 0 0
2010 28 WSN NL 293 1070 3.65 686 64% 20% 24% 26% 30% 80% 1% 51% 70% 41% 4% 12 2 15% 43 21 9% 26 16 17% 0 0 0
2011 29 WSN NL 577 2140 3.71 1403 66% 22% 20% 29% 29% 78% 1% 51% 74% 38% 4% 25 4 10% 60 21 7% 41 31 17% -2 0 0
7 Yrs 1264 4676 3.70 3023 65% 23% 21% 27% 29% 77% 1% 50% 73% 37% 4% 47 6 11% 144 63 8% 98 63 20% -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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
2005 23 72 258 230 27 64 10 1 3 23 3 1 18 50 .278 .349 .370 .718 97 85 9 8 0 2 0
2006 24 93 306 273 32 80 15 1 3 34 4 1 21 57 .293 .356 .388 .744 102 106 11 8 0 4 0
2007 25 102 326 291 33 88 17 1 3 37 4 1 22 61 .302 .365 .399 .764 107 116 11 9 0 4 0
2008 26 107 337 300 33 90 18 1 3 37 4 1 23 65 .300 .365 .397 .762 107 119 11 10 0 4 0
2009 27 139 392 352 37 103 21 1 6 47 4 1 26 81 .293 .355 .409 .764 106 144 12 10 0 4 0
2010 28 237 685 618 73 180 33 3 21 88 4 2 48 145 .291 .353 .456 .810 117 282 18 14 0 5 1
2011 29 383 1260 1140 146 338 69 3 52 183 6 5 84 271 .296 .356 .499 .855 130 569 27 27 0 9 6

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
2005 23 72 259 231 28 65 10 1 3 24 3 18 50 .281 .351 .372 .724 29 72
2006 24 21 47 42 5 15 5 0 0 10 1 3 7 .357 .383 .476 .859 8 21
2007 25 9 20 18 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 .444 .500 .556 1.056 5 9
2008 26 5 11 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .364 .333 .697 1 5
2009 27 32 55 52 4 13 3 0 3 10 0 3 16 .250 .291 .481 .772 7 32
2010 28 98 296 268 37 79 12 2 15 42 0 23 64 .295 .358 .522 .880 49 98
2011 29 146 585 529 78 165 38 0 32 102 2 38 126 .312 .371 .565 .936 107 146
7 Yrs 383 1273 1149 153 347 71 3 53 191 6 87 271 .302 .363 .507 .870 206 383
162 Game Avg. 162 538 486 65 147 30 1 22 81 3 37 115 .302 .363 .507 .870 87 383

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (19, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 NL  .303 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2011 NL  .550 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 NL  .910 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 NL  36 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  31 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 NL  95 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 NL  147 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  33 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 NL  3.3 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  67 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 NL  .709 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 NL  13 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2011 NL  16.8 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 NL  36.57 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.6 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.6 (8th)

                                         

† 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 - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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