Eric Munson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 3, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Mount Carmel (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 2000
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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
2000 22 DET AL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
2001 23 DET AL 17 69 66 4 10 3 1 1 6 0 1 3 21 .152 .188 .273 .461 24 18 2 0 0 0 0 3
2002 24 DET AL 18 67 59 3 11 0 0 2 5 0 0 6 11 .186 .269 .288 .557 54 17 1 1 0 1 0 D/3
2003 25 DET AL 99 357 313 28 75 9 0 18 50 3 0 35 61 .240 .312 .441 .753 102 138 4 1 1 7 1 5/D
2004 26 DET AL 109 357 321 36 68 14 2 19 49 1 1 29 90 .212 .289 .445 .735 92 143 1 6 1 0 3 5/D2
2005 27 TBD AL 11 24 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .167 .333 .222 .556 54 4 2 1 0 1 0 /D537
2006 28 HOU NL 53 156 141 10 28 6 0 5 19 0 0 11 32 .199 .269 .348 .617 57 49 2 3 0 1 1 2/3D
2007 29 HOU NL 50 150 132 14 31 4 0 4 15 0 0 16 15 .235 .313 .356 .669 73 47 8 0 0 2 1 2/3
2009 31 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 361 1186 1056 97 226 37 3 49 147 4 2 104 234 .214 .289 .394 .683 80 416 20 12 2 12 6
162 Game Avg. 162 532 474 44 101 17 1 22 66 2 1 47 105 .214 .289 .394 .683 80 187 9 5 1 5 3
DET (5 yrs) 246 855 764 71 164 26 3 40 111 4 2 73 184 .215 .287 .414 .701 87 316 8 8 2 8 4
HOU (2 yrs) 103 306 273 24 59 10 0 9 34 0 0 27 47 .216 .291 .352 .642 65 96 10 3 0 3 2
TBD (1 yr) 11 24 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .167 .333 .222 .556 54 4 2 1 0 1 0
OAK (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 258 880 783 73 167 27 3 40 113 4 2 77 187 .213 .288 .409 .697 86 320 10 9 2 9 4
NL (2 yrs) 103 306 273 24 59 10 0 9 34 0 0 27 47 .216 .291 .352 .642 65 96 10 3 0 3 2

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
2000 22 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .777 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 23 DET AL 69 59 3 1.4 101 .205 .152 .259 .188 .325 .273 .416 .461 .740 24 .083 -7.3 -0.7 .339 .152 .121 .0
2002 24 DET AL 67 50 5 2.7 98 .191 .186 .255 .269 .321 .288 .410 .557 .730 54 .245 -3.8 -0.4 .490 .203 .102 .0
2003 25 DET AL 357 250 46 4.9 101 .237 .240 .259 .312 .324 .441 .415 .753 .739 102 .490 1.5 0.1 .731 .323 .201 5.1
2004 26 DET AL 357 256 43 4.5 105 .231 .212 .264 .289 .332 .445 .425 .735 .756 92 .435 -5.0 -0.5 .698 .324 .234 1.9
2005 27 TBD AL 24 18 1 1.5 104 .188 .167 .267 .333 .330 .222 .423 .556 .753 54 .101 -0.8 -0.1 .529 .278 .056
2006 28 HOU NL 156 116 14 3.2 113 .219 .199 .272 .269 .343 .348 .442 .617 .785 57 .302 -9.6 -0.9 .548 .227 .149 .0
2007 29 HOU NL 150 111 14 3.4 111 .235 .235 .273 .313 .342 .356 .436 .669 .778 73 .323 -5.3 -0.5 .578 .242 .121 .0
2009 31 OAK AL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .334 .000 .425 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 1186 866 126 3.9 105 .225 .214 .264 .289 .331 .394 .424 .683 .755 80 .380 -32.2 -3.0 .627 .280 .180 7.4
162 Game Avg. 532 389 57 3.9 105 .225 .214 .264 .289 .331 .394 .424 .683 .755 80 .380 -32.2 -3.0 .627 .280 .180 3
DET (5 yrs) 855 620 97 4.2 102 .226 .215 .261 .287 .327 .414 .419 .701 .746 87 .411 -16.2 -1.5 .654 .297 .199 7.3
HOU (2 yrs) 306 227 28 3.3 112 .227 .216 .272 .291 .343 .352 .439 .642 .782 65 .313 -14.9 -1.4 .563 .234 .136 .0
TBD (1 yr) 24 18 1 1.5 104 .188 .167 .267 .333 .330 .222 .423 .556 .753 54 .101 -0.8 -0.1 .529 .278 .056
OAK (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .334 .000 .425 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (7 yrs) 880 639 98 4.1 102 .225 .213 .261 .288 .327 .409 .419 .697 .746 86 .403 -17.3 -1.6 .650 .296 .195 7.3
NL (2 yrs) 306 227 28 3.3 112 .227 .216 .272 .291 .343 .352 .439 .642 .782 65 .313 -14.9 -1.4 .563 .234 .136 .0

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
2000 22 DET AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.00 80% 50% 0.0% 0%
2001 23 DET AL 69 1.5% 30.4% 4.4% 7.3% 50% 7.00 3.1 66.0 11.0 0.42 0.61 64% 22% 3.7% 13%
2002 24 DET AL 67 3.0% 16.4% 9.0% 3.0% 18% 1.83 5.4 29.5 11.8 0.88 1.22 70% 22% 11.1% 28%
2003 25 DET AL 357 5.0% 17.1% 9.8% 7.6% 36% 1.74 5.1 17.4 6.3 0.79 1.03 68% 15% 13.7% 9%
2004 26 DET AL 357 5.3% 25.2% 8.1% 9.8% 52% 3.10 3.6 16.9 6.6 0.60 0.78 59% 18% 15.2% 13%
2005 27 TBD AL 24 0.0% 12.5% 16.7% 4.2% 33% 0.75 6.0 9.0 0.60 1.14 67% 19% 0.0% 20%
2006 28 HOU NL 156 3.2% 20.5% 7.1% 7.1% 39% 2.91 4.4 28.2 7.4 0.64 0.75 67% 15% 8.3% 10%
2007 29 HOU NL 150 2.7% 10.0% 10.7% 5.3% 26% 0.94 8.8 33.0 8.8 0.61 0.83 77% 14% 6.8% 20%
2009 31 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
9 Seasons 1186 4.1% 19.7% 8.8% 7.5% 39% 2.25 4.5 21.6 7.2 0.66 0.87 66% 17% 11.4% 13%
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
2000 22 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 23 DET AL 0 0 25% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2002 24 DET AL 0 0 6% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2003 25 DET AL 4 0 11% 122 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30% 12 10 2 3 2 1 5 2 3
2004 26 DET AL 3 0 20% 91 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 44% 11 8 3 2 1 1 10 2 6
2005 27 TBD AL 0 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2006 28 HOU NL 1 0 14% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 29% 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 1
2007 29 HOU NL 2 0 23% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 46% 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3
2009 31 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 10 0 16% 344 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 40% 35 27 8 11 7 4 24 6 16
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
2000 22 DET AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2001 23 DET AL 69 81% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 9 3 33% 52 5 10% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
2002 24 DET AL 67 76% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 1 7% 4 3 75% 39 3 8% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
2003 25 DET AL 357 75% 75 4 0 3 1 0 2 1.53 18 0 10 15 3 7 11 0 2 1 50% 61 4 7% 32 10 31% 209 32 15% 19 13 68% 23 8 35% 0
2004 26 DET AL 357 80% 68 2 1 9 1 0 0 1.57 19 0 7 14 5 13 6 0 2 1 50% 60 1 2% 31 6 19% 210 33 16% 19 6 32% 12 4 33% 0
2005 27 TBD AL 24 83% 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1.28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 13 2 15% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 156 85% 28 0 0 13 0 0 0 2.41 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 27 2 7% 11 2 18% 113 14 12% 8 3 38% 9 4 44% 0
2007 29 HOU NL 150 73% 31 1 0 5 1 0 0 1.54 4 0 6 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 33 8 24% 12 3 25% 113 11 10% 10 5 50% 8 4 50% 0
2009 31 OAK AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1186 78% 226 8 1 33 3 0 3 1.87 49 0 32 38 11 26 23 0 4 2 50% 220 20 9% 105 29 28% 754 101 13% 65 32 49% 59 22 37% 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
2000 22 DET AL 5 15 3.00 9 60% 22% 11% 22% 44% 78% 0% 47% 86% 60% 20% 1 1 20% 1 0 40% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
2001 23 DET AL 69 290 4.20 186 64% 22% 24% 30% 24% 78% 0% 50% 70% 32% 6% 4 0 19% 13 6 10% 7 4 29% 0 0 0
2002 24 DET AL 67 241 3.60 150 62% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 0% 44% 84% 28% 9% 6 0 16% 11 3 6% 4 3 36% 0 0 0
2003 25 DET AL 357 1311 3.67 814 62% 30% 15% 24% 32% 70% 1% 44% 79% 27% 4% 15 2 13% 45 19 10% 35 16 21% 0 0 0
2004 26 DET AL 357 1394 3.90 883 63% 23% 21% 31% 26% 77% 2% 49% 73% 31% 5% 17 4 14% 49 21 8% 30 15 20% 0 0 0
2005 27 TBD AL 24 95 3.96 55 58% 18% 18% 35% 29% 82% 0% 47% 78% 42% 8% 2 0 17% 4 1 4% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 156 580 3.72 365 63% 19% 21% 30% 30% 81% 2% 51% 74% 37% 6% 9 2 18% 28 15 11% 17 11 9% 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 150 574 3.83 342 60% 25% 15% 25% 35% 75% 2% 44% 80% 25% 5% 7 0 18% 27 14 15% 22 10 7% 0 0 0
2009 31 OAK AL 1 4 4.00 4 100% 25% 25% 25% 25% 75% 75% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1186 4504 3.80 2808 62% 25% 18% 28% 30% 75% 1% 47% 76% 30% 5% 61 9 15% 178 79 10% 118 61 20% 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
2000 22 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 23 20 74 71 4 10 3 1 1 7 0 1 3 22 .141 .176 .254 .429 15 18 2 0 0 0 0
2002 24 38 141 130 7 21 3 1 3 12 0 1 9 33 .162 .220 .269 .489 33 35 3 1 0 1 0
2003 25 137 498 443 35 96 12 1 21 62 3 1 44 94 .217 .286 .391 .676 82 173 7 2 1 8 1
2004 26 246 855 764 71 164 26 3 40 111 4 2 73 184 .215 .287 .414 .701 87 316 8 8 2 8 4
2005 27 257 879 782 73 167 27 3 40 113 4 2 77 187 .214 .288 .409 .698 86 320 10 9 2 9 4
2006 28 310 1035 923 83 195 33 3 45 132 4 2 88 219 .211 .286 .400 .685 81 369 12 12 2 10 5
2007 29 360 1185 1055 97 226 37 3 49 147 4 2 104 234 .214 .289 .394 .683 80 416 20 12 2 12 6
2008 30 360 1185 1055 97 226 37 3 49 147 4 2 104 234 .214 .289 .394 .683 80 416 20 12 2 12 6
2009 31 361 1186 1056 97 226 37 3 49 147 4 2 104 234 .214 .289 .394 .683 80 416 20 12 2 12 6

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
2000 22 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2001 23 17 68 65 4 9 3 1 1 7 0 3 21 .138 .176 .262 .438 3 17
2002 24 18 69 60 3 12 0 0 2 5 0 7 11 .200 .290 .300 .590 5 18
2003 25 99 362 317 29 79 9 0 19 52 3 37 61 .249 .323 .457 .781 48 99
2004 26 109 360 324 36 71 15 2 20 49 1 30 90 .219 .297 .463 .760 43 109
2005 27 11 24 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 .167 .333 .222 .556 1 11
2006 28 53 157 142 10 29 6 0 5 18 0 11 32 .204 .274 .352 .626 13 53
2007 29 50 147 130 13 29 4 0 4 14 0 15 15 .223 .299 .346 .645 13 50
2009 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
9 Seasons 361 1193 1062 96 232 38 3 51 147 4 107 234 .218 .294 .404 .698 126 361
162 Game Avg. 162 535 477 43 104 17 1 23 66 2 48 105 .218 .294 .404 .698 57 361

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Frank Menechino (911)
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