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Rodney Myers

Rodney Luther Myers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1969 in Rockford, IL
High School: East HS (Rockford, IL)
School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed August 2, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1996
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Padres/Dodgers 1996-2004

Final Game: June 1, 2004
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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
1990	21	KCR-min	A-	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EUG · NORW
1991	22	KCR-min	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
1992	23	LTH	Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LTH · PION
1993	24	KCR-min	AA,A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,RFD · SOUL,MIDW
1994	25	KCR-min	AA,A+	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,WMT · SOUL,CARL
1995	26	KCR-min	AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1996	27	CHC	NL	45	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	28	CHC-min	AAA	24	29	27	4	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13	.222	.222	.407	.630		11	0	0	2	0	0		IWA · AA
1997	28	CHC	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	29	CHC-min	AAA	33	22	20	4	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	.350	.350	.450	.800		9	0	0	2	0	0		IWA · PCL
1998	29	CHC	NL	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	30	CHC-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
1999	30	CHC	NL	46	7	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.571	1.000	154	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	31	SDP-min	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		RCU · CALL
2000	31	SDP	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	32	SDP-min	AAA	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		2	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
2001	32	SDP	NL	37	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	33	SDP-min	AAA	42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
2002	33	SDP	NL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	34	LAD-min	AAA	46	8	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833		3	0	0	2	0	0		LVG · PCL
2003	34	LAD	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	35	LAD-NYM-min	AAA,Fgn,Rk	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG,HAN,KPT · PCL,JPCL,APPY
2004	35	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				167	18	18	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	17	17	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	1	4	0	0	0	0	0

CHC (4 yrs)				108	13	13	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	38	4	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (3 yrs)				54	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (2 yrs)				5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
1996	27	CHC	NL	45	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$109,000	1
1997	28	CHC	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1998	29	CHC	NL	12	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1999	30	CHC	NL	46	7	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$205,000	1
2000	31	SDP	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	/1
2001	32	SDP	NL	37	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$290,000	1
2002	33	SDP	NL	14	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2003	34	LAD	NL	4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
2004	35	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
9 Seasons				167	18	-3	-1	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$854,000

CHC (4 yrs)				108	13	-1	-1	0	0	2	-0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$314,000
SDP (3 yrs)				54	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$540,000
LAD (2 yrs)				5	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1996	27	CHC	NL	5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.426	.000	.768	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1998	29	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1999	30	CHC	NL	7	4	2	13.4	113	.600	.429	.272	.429	.347	.571	.438	1.000	.785	154	.845	0.6	0.0	1.000	.143	.143

2001	32	SDP	NL	2	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.422	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2002	33	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.254	.000	.326	.000	.404	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2003	34	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104		.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.420	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				18	15	2	3.6	109	.333	.167	.268	.167	.340	.222	.428	.389	.769	1	.346	-2.6	-0.3	.267	.056	.056
162 Game Avg.				17	15	2	3.6	109	.333	.167	.268	.167	.340	.222	.428	.389	.769	1	.346	-2.6	-0.3	.267	.056	.056

CHC (4 yrs)				13	10	2	5.4	111	.500	.231	.272	.231	.345	.308	.433	.538	.777	38	.523	-1.2	-0.1	.400	.077	.077
SDP (3 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.256	.000	.327	.000	.416	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
LAD (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	104		.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.420	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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
1996	27	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	0.00	20%	100%	0.0%	0%

1998	29	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1999	30	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	33%		3.5		7.0	0.33	1.00	71%	40%	0.0%	0%

2001	32	SDP	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
2002	33	SDP	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2003	34	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
9 Yrs				18	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	5.6%	33%		2.0		18.0	0.33	0.50	50%	33%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	1.89	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	27	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.1	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.84	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.80	-1.6		0
1997	28	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	29	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.30	-0.3		0
1999	30	CHC	NL	0.6	0.0	7	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.81	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.94	0.5	0.33	1
2000	31	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	32	SDP	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.15	-0.6		0
2002	33	SDP	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3		0
2003	34	LAD	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.07	-0.5		0
2004	35	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
9 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.61	-0.3	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-2.8	0.33	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	27	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	29	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	30	CHC	NL	0	0	67%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

2001	32	SDP	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	33	SDP	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	34	LAD	NL	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 Yrs				0	0	67%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

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
1996	27	CHC	NL	5	40%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1998	29	CHC	NL	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
1999	30	CHC	NL	7	29%	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0

2001	32	SDP	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	33	SDP	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	34	LAD	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				18	28%	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	5	0	0%	14	1	7%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

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
1996	27	CHC	NL	5	18	3.60	15	83%	7%	47%	40%	7%	93%	0%	78%	50%	80%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1998	29	CHC	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	0%	0%	100%	0%	100%	0%	75%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1999	30	CHC	NL	7	21	3.00	16	76%	13%	44%	13%	31%	88%	0%	67%	50%	71%	0%	0	0	14%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2001	32	SDP	NL	2	3	1.50	2	67%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	67%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2002	33	SDP	NL	1	2	2.00	1	50%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2003	34	LAD	NL	2	7	3.50	6	86%	17%	67%	17%	0%	83%	0%	71%	20%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				18	55	3.06	43	78%	9%	42%	28%	21%	91%	0%	71%	54%	61%	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1996	27	45	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1997	28	50	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1998	29	62	6	6	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1999	30	108	13	13	2	3	1	1	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	38	4
2000	31	111	13	13	2	3	1	1	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	38	4
2001	32	148	15	15	2	3	1	1	7	.200	.200	.267	.467	20	4
2002	33	162	16	16	2	3	1	1	7	.188	.188	.250	.438	13	4
2003	34	166	18	18	2	3	1	1	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	1	4
2004	35	167	18	18	2	3	1	1	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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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
1996	27	45	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45

1998	29	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1999	30	46	7	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.429	.429	.571	1.000	2	46

2001	32	37	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
2002	33	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
2003	34	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
6 Yrs		158	18	18	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	2	158
162 Game Avg.		162	18	18	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	2	158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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