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David Murphy

David Matthew Murphy

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 18, 1981 in Houston, TX
High School: Klein HS (Klein, TX)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2006
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.63M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.087, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Mike Moye, previously: Tom O'Connell [*]
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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
2003	21	BOS-min	A+,A-	66	268	231	31	64	9	1	1	31	10	3	36	42	.277	.373	.338	.711		78	4	0	0	1	3		SAR,LOW · FLOR,NYPL
2004	22	BOS-min	A+,Rk	78	316	290	38	76	12	0	4	39	4	5	26	48	.262	.323	.345	.668		100	6	0	0	0	4		SAR,RES · FLOR,GULF
2005	23	BOS-min	AA	135	535	484	71	133	25	4	14	75	13	6	46	83	.275	.337	.430	.767		208	11	1	1	3	3		PRT · EL
2006	24	BOS-min	AAA,AA	126	550	490	67	132	40	6	11	69	7	5	56	82	.269	.342	.443	.785		217	16	0	0	4	8		PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2006	24	BOS	AL	20	26	22	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	4	.227	.346	.409	.755	91	9	1	0	0	0	0	/879D
2007	25	BOS-TEX-min	AAA	102	451	407	50	114	20	5	9	47	8	2	41	71	.280	.346	.420	.766		171	8	1	0	2	2		PAW,OKC · IL,PCL
2007	25	TOT	AL	46	112	105	17	36	12	2	2	14	0	0	7	20	.343	.384	.552	.936	143	58	1	0	0	0	0	798
2007	25	BOS	AL	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	390	3	0	0	0	0	0	/79
2007	25	TEX	AL	43	110	103	16	35	12	1	2	14	0	0	7	19	.340	.382	.534	.916	138	55	1	0	0	0	0	798
2008	26	TEX	AL	108	454	415	64	114	28	3	15	74	7	2	31	70	.275	.321	.465	.786	105	193	7	0	2	6	3	978/D
2009	27	TEX	AL	128	494	432	61	116	24	1	17	57	9	4	49	106	.269	.338	.447	.785	101	193	5	1	2	9	3	*7D9/8
2010	28	TEX	AL	138	471	419	54	122	26	2	12	65	14	2	45	71	.291	.358	.449	.806	111	188	6	0	0	3	2	*798/D
2011	29	TEX	AL	120	440	404	46	111	14	2	11	46	11	6	33	61	.275	.328	.401	.729	92	162	11	0	1	2	3	*798/D
2012	30	TEX	AL	45	152	132	20	34	7	0	5	16	3	1	15	35	.258	.338	.424	.762	101	56	0	2	0	2	2	*7/8D9
7 Yrs				605	2149	1929	266	538	112	10	63	274	44	15	184	367	.279	.339	.445	.784	104	859	31	3	5	22	13
162 Game Avg.				162	575	517	71	144	30	3	17	73	12	4	49	98	.279	.339	.445	.784	104	230	8	1	1	6	3

TEX (6 yrs)				582	2121	1905	261	532	111	9	62	272	44	15	180	362	.279	.339	.445	.783	104	847	30	3	5	22	13
BOS (2 yrs)				23	28	24	5	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	5	.250	.357	.500	.857	115	12	1	0	0	0	0

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
2006	24	BOS	AL	20	26	-0	0	0	-3	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.485	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$	/879D
2007	25	BOS	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/79
2007	25	TEX	AL	43	110	6	1	0	0	-2	5	0.5	4	8	0.8	.511	.503	0.8	-0.2	8	$	798
2008	26	TEX	AL	108	454	0	1	2	0	-5	-2	-0.0	16	13	1.4	.498	.499	1.3	-0.4	13	$393,000	978/D
2009	27	TEX	AL	128	494	1	0	1	-3	-6	-7	-0.6	17	10	1.0	.495	.496	1.3	-0.8	13	$414,820	*7D9/8
2010	28	TEX	AL	138	471	10	2	1	0	-6	7	0.9	16	23	2.3	.505	.504	2.3	-0.5	23	$427,670	*798/D
2011	29	TEX	AL	120	440	-5	-1	1	4	-6	-7	-0.7	15	8	0.7	.494	.495	0.3	-0.1	4	$2,400,000	*798/D
2012	30	TEX	AL	45	152	0	0	0	2	-2	1	0.1	5	6	0.5	.502	.501	0.4	-0.0	4	$	*7/8D9
7 Seasons				605	2149	12	2	6	0	-27	-7	-0.0	73	66	6.6	.499	.499	6.6	-2.3	66	$3,635,490

TEX (6 yrs)				582	2121	12	2	6	3	-27	-4	0.2	72	68	6.7	.499	.500	6.4	-2.0	65	$3,635,490
BOS (2 yrs)				23	28	0	0	0	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.1	.489	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$

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
2006	24	BOS	AL	26	18	3	4.4	115	.235	.227	.281	.346	.347	.409	.447	.755	.794	91	.427	-0.3	-0.0	.722	.364	.182	.0
2007	25	TOT	AL	112	70	23	8.8	108	.410	.343	.272	.384	.340	.552	.426	.936	.766	143	.733	6.4	0.6	.929	.276	.210	.0
2007	25	BOS	AL	2	1	2	53.4	112	1.000	.500	.278	.500	.346	1.500	.434	2.000	.781	390	.987	0.7	0.1	3.000	1.000	1.000
2007	25	TEX	AL	110	69	21	8.1	108	.402	.340	.272	.382	.340	.534	.425	.916	.765	138	.705	5.7	0.5	.899	.262	.194	.0
2008	26	TEX	AL	454	318	62	5.2	106	.295	.275	.269	.321	.337	.465	.423	.786	.760	105	.523	2.2	0.2	.739	.277	.190	9.5
2009	27	TEX	AL	494	336	69	5.5	111	.311	.269	.272	.338	.341	.447	.436	.785	.778	101	.536	1.4	0.1	.763	.303	.178	11.8
2010	28	TEX	AL	471	308	71	6.2	107	.324	.291	.271	.358	.340	.449	.423	.806	.763	111	.623	6.9	0.7	.803	.294	.158	12.9
2011	29	TEX	AL	440	313	51	4.4	107	.299	.275	.269	.328	.336	.401	.426	.729	.762	92	.475	-5.8	-0.6	.645	.220	.126	11.0
2012	30	TEX	AL	152	101	21	5.6	106	.309	.258	.264	.338	.333	.424	.428	.762	.761	101	.587	0.4	0.0	.758	.295	.167	3.8
7 Yrs				2149	1464	300	5.5	108	.312	.279	.270	.339	.338	.445	.428	.784	.766	104	.557	11.3	1.1	.748	.277	.166	51.8
162 Game Avg.				575	392	80	5.5	108	.312	.279	.270	.339	.338	.445	.428	.784	.766	104	.557	3	0	.748	.277	.166	14

TEX (6 yrs)				2121	1445	295	5.5	108	.313	.279	.270	.339	.338	.445	.427	.783	.766	104	.556	10.8	1.0	.747	.275	.165	51.5
BOS (2 yrs)				28	19	5	7.0	115	.278	.250	.281	.357	.347	.500	.446	.857	.793	115	.633	0.4	0.0	.842	.417	.250	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2010	28	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0
2010	28	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	6	17	13	6	3	1	0	1	2	0	4	4	.231	.412	.538	.950	7	2
2010	28	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0
2011	29	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	3	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0
2011	29	TEX	AL	ALCS	DET	W	5	20	17	4	7	2	1	0	3	1	3	2	.412	.500	.647	1.147	11	1
2011	29	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	7	22	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	.222	.364	.278	.641	5	0
2 Yrs (6 Series)							26	81	68	11	18	4	1	1	6	1	13	14	.265	.383	.397	.780	27	3
2 ALDS							5	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0
2 ALCS							11	37	30	10	10	3	1	1	5	1	7	6	.333	.459	.600	1.059	18	3
2 WS							10	30	25	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	.200	.333	.240	.573	6	0

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
2006	24	BOS	AL	26	3.9%	15.4%	15.4%	7.7%	40%	1.00	5.5	22.0	11.0	1.00	1.33	65%	11%	11.1%	0%
2007	25	TOT	AL	112	1.8%	17.9%	6.3%	14.3%	44%	2.86	5.3	52.5	7.5	0.81	1.38	74%	27%	4.7%	9%
2007	25	BOS	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0			0.00		50%	0%	0.0%	0%
2007	25	TEX	AL	110	1.8%	17.3%	6.4%	13.6%	43%	2.71	5.4	51.5	7.4	0.83	1.38	75%	27%	4.8%	9%
2008	26	TEX	AL	454	3.3%	15.4%	6.8%	10.1%	40%	2.26	5.9	27.7	5.6	0.71	0.86	74%	19%	8.7%	16%
2009	27	TEX	AL	494	3.4%	21.5%	9.9%	8.5%	36%	2.16	4.1	25.4	7.6	0.61	0.78	64%	20%	9.7%	15%
2010	28	TEX	AL	471	2.6%	15.1%	9.6%	8.5%	33%	1.58	5.9	34.9	6.4	0.79	1.08	72%	20%	7.0%	13%
2011	29	TEX	AL	440	2.5%	13.9%	7.5%	6.1%	24%	1.85	6.6	36.7	8.8	1.20	1.54	76%	15%	8.0%	12%
2012	30	TEX	AL	152	3.3%	23.0%	9.9%	7.9%	35%	2.33	3.8	26.4	8.3	0.83	1.03	62%	19%	10.0%	7%
7 Yrs				2149	2.9%	17.1%	8.6%	8.6%	34%	1.99	5.3	30.6	7.0	0.81	1.05	71%	19%	8.3%	13%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.09	5.0	34.0	7.8	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	24	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	27	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	.82	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.82	-0.7	0.35	2
2007	25	TOT	AL	6.4	0.6	114	0.7	2.2	-1.5	.87	0.5	0.4	9.9	0.9	0.88	7.6		0
2007	25	BOS	AL	0.7	0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.50	0.4		0
2007	25	TEX	AL	5.7	0.5	112	0.8	2.2	-1.5	.88	0.5	0.4	9.8	0.9	0.88	7.2		0
2008	26	TEX	AL	1.6	0.2	474	0.5	9.0	-8.5	1.05	0.4	0.0	5.4	0.5	1.01	3.4	1.38	3
2009	27	TEX	AL	1.4	0.1	508	-0.2	7.5	-7.7	.91	0.9	-1.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	7.5	1.76	2
2010	28	TEX	AL	6.9	0.7	502	1.7	9.4	-7.7	.99	1.6	0.1	25.5	2.4	0.94	20.5	2.24	16
2011	29	TEX	AL	-6.2	-0.6	466	-1.4	6.3	-7.7	.92	-0.5	-1.1	-9.6	-0.9	1.01	-6.4	2.85	9
2012	30	TEX	AL	0.4	0.0	156	0.4	2.1	-1.7	.82	-0.1	0.7	3.2	0.3	0.94	1.4	0.84	4
7 Yrs				10.3	1.0	2247	1.7	37.0	-35.3	.95	2.8	-0.9	33.6	3.1	0.96	33.3	2.03	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	24	BOS	AL	0	0	38%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
2007	25	TOT	AL	1	0	37%	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	36%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
2007	25	BOS	AL	0	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	TEX	AL	1	0	35%	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	36%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
2008	26	TEX	AL	3	0	38%	165	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	3	2	7	14	41%	18	16	2	7	4	3	17	4	12
2009	27	TEX	AL	6	1	30%	180	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	1	0	3	16	34%	21	17	4	11	7	4	21	10	10
2010	28	TEX	AL	8	4	27%	190	14	2	88%	13	2	1	0	5	1	6	16	50%	23	12	11	2	1	1	19	7	10
2011	29	TEX	AL	4	0	26%	177	11	6	65%	11	5	0	1	3	2	1	11	38%	20	17	3	7	3	4	18	7	10
2012	30	TEX	AL	2	1	33%	51	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	56%	2	1	1	4	1	3	3	2	1
7 Yrs				24	6	31%	839	44	15	75%	43	14	1	1	12	5	18	62	41%	92	69	23	32	17	15	84	32	47

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
2006	24	BOS	AL	26	96%	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2007	25	TOT	AL	112	79%	36	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	1	5%	7	5	71%	64	13	20%	4	2	50%	5	4	80%	0
2007	25	BOS	AL	2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2007	25	TEX	AL	110	81%	35	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	1	5%	7	5	71%	64	13	20%	4	2	50%	5	4	80%	0
2008	26	TEX	AL	454	71%	114	11	1	3	0	0	0	1.38	15	1	23	13	2	8	7	0	2	2	100%	93	7	8%	48	18	38%	345	59	17%	26	16	62%	24	18	75%	0
2009	27	TEX	AL	494	77%	116	8	0	2	0	0	0	1.76	17	0	14	14	3	8	9	0	2	2	100%	90	5	6%	46	19	41%	308	41	13%	32	17	53%	25	13	52%	0
2010	28	TEX	AL	471	73%	122	11	0	16	3	0	1	2.24	12	0	11	11	1	7	5	0	0	0		79	6	8%	40	13	33%	303	55	18%	27	16	59%	29	15	52%	0
2011	29	TEX	AL	440	73%	111	21	0	9	3	0	2	2.85	11	1	11	11	0	8	3	0	1	1	100%	86	11	13%	46	15	33%	272	37	14%	19	10	53%	20	14	70%	0
2012	30	TEX	AL	152	85%	34	4	0	4	2	1	1	0.84	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	1	0	0		22	0	0%	11	5	45%	95	11	12%	6	4	67%	6	4	67%	0
7 Yrs				2149	75%	538	60	1	36	8	1	4	2.03	63	2	62	57	6	34	29	1	5	5	100%	393	31	8%	200	76	38%	1399	217	16%	115	65	57%	109	68	62%	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
2006	24	BOS	AL	26	101	3.88	55	54%	47%	2%	18%	33%	53%	0%	29%	97%	8%	4%	1	0	31%	8	4	15%	4	1	75%	0	0	0
2007	25	TOT	AL	112	439	3.92	274	62%	37%	11%	21%	31%	63%	0%	39%	82%	24%	4%	5	0	14%	16	5	12%	13	6	30%	0	0	0
2007	25	BOS	AL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	25%	50%	0%	25%	75%	0%	60%	33%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2007	25	TEX	AL	110	434	3.95	270	62%	37%	11%	21%	31%	63%	0%	39%	83%	24%	5%	5	0	15%	16	5	12%	13	6	32%	0	0	0
2008	26	TEX	AL	454	1734	3.82	1106	64%	33%	11%	25%	32%	67%	2%	43%	84%	28%	4%	20	4	12%	54	14	8%	37	23	39%	0	0	0
2009	27	TEX	AL	494	2057	4.16	1284	62%	35%	13%	26%	26%	65%	2%	41%	80%	17%	6%	30	1	16%	79	21	10%	51	35	31%	0	0	0
2010	28	TEX	AL	472	1924	4.08	1170	61%	35%	9%	25%	30%	65%	1%	39%	86%	17%	6%	29	3	17%	81	20	11%	51	26	25%	-1	0	0
2011	29	TEX	AL	440	1745	3.97	1116	64%	33%	10%	26%	31%	67%	2%	43%	86%	20%	5%	22	1	15%	66	25	8%	34	25	30%	0	0	0
2012	30	TEX	AL	152	572	3.76	364	64%	28%	18%	27%	27%	72%	2%	46%	75%	28%	6%	9	1	17%	26	6	11%	16	12	31%	0	0	1
7 Yrs				2150	8572	3.99	5369	63%	34%	11%	25%	30%	66%	1%	41%	83%	21%	5%	116	10	15%	330	95	10%	206	128	32%	-1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	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
2006	24	20	26	22	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	4	.227	.346	.409	.755	91	9	1	0	0	0	0
2007	25	66	138	127	21	41	13	2	3	16	0	0	11	24	.323	.377	.528	.904	133	67	2	0	0	0	0
2008	26	174	592	542	85	155	41	5	18	90	7	2	42	94	.286	.334	.480	.814	112	260	9	0	2	6	3
2009	27	302	1086	974	146	271	65	6	35	147	16	6	91	200	.278	.336	.465	.801	107	453	14	1	4	15	6
2010	28	440	1557	1393	200	393	91	8	47	212	30	8	136	271	.282	.342	.460	.803	108	641	20	1	4	18	8
2011	29	560	1997	1797	246	504	105	10	58	258	41	14	169	332	.280	.339	.447	.786	105	803	31	1	5	20	11
2012	30	605	2149	1929	266	538	112	10	63	274	44	15	184	367	.279	.339	.445	.784	104	859	31	3	5	22	13

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
2006	24	20	26	22	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	4	4	.227	.346	.409	.755	3	20
2007	25	46	111	104	16	35	12	2	2	13	0	7	20	.337	.378	.548	.926	21	46
2008	26	108	451	413	62	112	28	3	15	72	7	30	70	.271	.316	.462	.779	61	108
2009	27	128	487	428	57	112	23	1	16	53	9	47	106	.262	.330	.432	.762	62	128
2010	28	138	464	417	53	120	26	2	12	63	14	44	71	.288	.353	.446	.799	66	138
2011	29	120	436	401	44	108	14	2	11	44	11	32	61	.269	.322	.397	.718	51	120
2012	30	45	150	131	19	33	7	0	5	15	3	15	35	.252	.333	.420	.753	18	45
7 Yrs		605	2125	1916	255	525	111	10	62	262	44	179	367	.274	.333	.439	.773	282	605
162 Game Avg.		162	569	513	68	141	30	3	17	70	12	48	98	.274	.333	.439	.773	76	605

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2009 AL 9 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 2010 AL 87.50 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL 9 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2010 AL 87.50 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Rocco Baldelli (972)
Johnny Rizzo (967)
Ernie Koy (967)
Jim Greengrass (966)
Jody Gerut (961)
Pedro Munoz (961)
Mark Carreon (957)
Herbert Perry (955)
Dave Harris (955)
Ryan Church (954)

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Dante Bichette (969)
Johnny Rizzo (967)
Jerry Lynch (965)
Juan Rivera (964)
Hal McRae (963)
Hank Bauer (959)
Reed Johnson (956)
Lee Maye (956)
Chris Singleton (956)
Alex Ochoa (955)

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Rusty Greer (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Hawpe (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Nieman (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dante Bichette (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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