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Mike Moustakas    \moo-STOCK-us\

Michael Christopher Moustakas (Moose)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 11, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Chatsworth HS (Chatsworth, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2011 (Age 22)
Team: Royals 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$525k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.111, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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
2011 22 KCR AL 89 365 338 26 89 18 1 5 30 2 0 22 51 .263 .309 .367 .675 86 124 5 1 2 2 0 5
2012 23 KCR AL 149 614 563 69 136 34 1 20 73 5 2 39 124 .242 .296 .412 .708 92 232 4 7 0 5 4 *5
2013 24 KCR AL 33 130 115 9 23 5 0 4 10 1 0 12 20 .200 .277 .348 .625 70 40 3 1 0 2 0 *5
3 Yrs 271 1109 1016 104 248 57 2 29 113 8 2 73 195 .244 .298 .390 .688 87 396 12 9 2 9 4
162 Game Avg. 162 663 607 62 148 34 1 17 68 5 1 44 117 .244 .298 .390 .688 87 237 7 5 1 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2011 22 KCR AL 89 365 -5 -1 -0 2 2 -2 -0.2 14 12 1.1 .497 .499 0.9 0.4 9 5
2012 23 KCR AL 149 614 -9 0 1 14 3 9 1.0 23 32 3.2 .507 .506 1.9 1.8 18 $487,250 *5
2013 24 KCR AL 33 130 -5 0 -0 -4 1 -9 -0.8 5 -4 -0.4 .473 .494 -0.0 -0.3 0 $524,500 *5
3 Seasons 271 1109 -19 0 1 12 5 -2 -0.0 41 40 4.0 .499 .500 2.8 1.8 28 $1,011,750

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
2011 KCR AL 22 3B 89 89 89 778.0 240 60 169 11 14 .954 -1 2 -2 3 2.65 2.57 .954 2.62 2.60
2012 KCR AL 23 3B 149 147 143 1314.1 454 127 312 15 41 .967 9 14 8 13 3.01 2.95 .952 2.60 2.59
2013 KCR AL 24 3B 32 31 31 280.0 96 34 55 7 4 .927 -3 -4 -11 -17 2.86 2.78 .957 2.51 2.49
3 Seasons 3B 270 267 263 2372.1 790 221 536 33 59 .958 5 12 3 6 2.87 2.80 .953 2.60 2.58
3 Seasons TOT 270 267 263 2372.1 790 221 536 33 59 .958 5 12 3 6 2.87 2.80 .953 2.60 2.58
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2013 AL  7 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  149 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  127 (1st)
2013 AL  34 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  312 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  15 (3rd)
2013 AL  7 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  41 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.01 (2nd)
2013 AL  2.86 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2011 AL  2.57 (5th)
2012 AL  2.95 (1st)
2013 AL  2.78 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2012 AL  .967 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2386), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (288th), 4.3 career WAR/4.3 7yr-peak WAR/4.3 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Clarence Huber (957)
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  7. Bill Sudakis (955)
  8. John Ellis (953)
  9. Howard Johnson (951)
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  1. Willie Jones (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 7, 2007: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2007.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201223Kansas City Royals$487,250contracts
201324Kansas City Royals$524,500
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,011,750
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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