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Mike Napoli

Michael Anthony Napoli (twitter: @MikeNapoli25)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 31, 1981 in Hollywood, FL
High School: Charles Flanagan HS (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Drafted
by the Anaheim Angels in the 17th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 2006
Teams (by GP): Angels/Rangers 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$9.4M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.151, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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
2006 24 LAA AL 99 325 268 47 61 13 0 16 42 2 3 51 90 .228 .360 .455 .815 110 122 2 5 0 1 0 2/D
2007 25 LAA AL 75 263 219 40 54 11 1 10 34 5 2 33 63 .247 .351 .443 .794 107 97 5 5 1 5 2 2
2008 26 LAA AL 78 274 227 39 62 9 1 20 49 7 3 35 70 .273 .374 .586 .960 148 133 3 5 1 6 5 2
2009 27 LAA AL 114 432 382 60 104 22 1 20 56 3 3 40 103 .272 .350 .492 .842 120 188 6 7 0 3 1 2D
2010 28 LAA AL 140 510 453 60 108 24 1 26 68 4 2 42 137 .238 .316 .468 .784 115 212 15 11 0 4 2 32/D
2011 29 TEX AL 113 432 369 72 118 25 0 30 75 4 2 58 85 .320 .414 .631 1.046 172 233 10 3 0 2 2 23D
2012 30 TEX AL 45 170 147 25 35 3 2 9 25 0 0 17 54 .238 .329 .469 .799 109 69 2 4 0 2 3 23/D
7 Yrs 664 2406 2065 343 542 107 6 131 349 25 15 276 602 .262 .357 .510 .867 128 1054 43 40 2 23 15
162 Game Avg. 162 587 504 84 132 26 1 32 85 6 4 67 147 .262 .357 .510 .867 128 257 10 10 0 6 4
LAA (5 yrs) 506 1804 1549 246 389 79 4 92 249 21 13 201 463 .251 .346 .485 .831 119 752 31 33 2 19 10
TEX (2 yrs) 158 602 516 97 153 28 2 39 100 4 2 75 139 .297 .390 .585 .976 154 302 12 7 0 4 5

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
2006 24 LAA AL 99 325 5 -0 1 2 5 13 1.4 11 24 2.4 .513 .508 2.2 0.7 22 $ 2/D
2007 25 LAA AL 75 263 1 0 1 -5 4 1 0.2 9 10 1.0 .501 .501 1.5 -0.0 15 $395,000 2
2008 26 LAA AL 78 274 18 -2 0 -7 4 13 1.4 9 22 2.3 .517 .508 2.9 -0.2 30 $425,000 2
2009 27 LAA AL 114 432 14 0 -0 -5 4 13 1.4 15 28 2.7 .511 .508 3.2 -0.0 33 $2,000,000 2D
2010 28 LAA AL 140 510 6 0 -1 -6 -1 -0 0.1 17 17 1.7 .500 .500 2.3 -0.6 23 $3,600,000 32/D
2011 29 TEX AL 113 432 40 -2 -0 0 -0 38 4.0 15 52 5.3 .534 .524 5.3 0.0 52 $5,800,000 23D
2012 30 TEX AL 45 170 1 -0 1 -1 1 1 0.1 6 7 0.6 .503 .501 0.8 -0.0 8 $ 23/D
7 Seasons 664 2406 87 -4 1 -22 17 79 8.6 82 160 16.0 .512 .507 18.2 -0.1 182 $12,220,000
LAA (5 yrs) 506 1804 45 -1 1 -21 16 40 4.5 61 101 10.1 .508 .505 12.1 -0.1 122 $6,420,000
TEX (2 yrs) 158 602 41 -2 0 -1 0 39 4.1 20 59 5.9 .525 .512 6.1 -0.0 60 $5,800,000

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
2006 24 LAA AL 325 213 48 6.0 111 .276 .228 .275 .360 .340 .455 .438 .815 .778 110 .564 5.0 0.5 .835 .414 .228 3.6
2007 25 LAA AL 263 178 36 5.4 108 .291 .247 .272 .351 .340 .443 .425 .794 .765 107 .531 3.3 0.3 .802 .361 .196 6.7
2008 26 LAA AL 274 178 52 7.8 107 .294 .273 .270 .374 .339 .586 .425 .960 .763 148 .696 16.4 1.5 1.035 .485 .313 10.4
2009 27 LAA AL 432 290 67 6.2 107 .321 .272 .266 .350 .335 .492 .427 .842 .762 120 .589 11.0 1.0 .819 .325 .220 5.2
2010 28 LAA AL 510 366 65 4.8 96 .279 .238 .256 .316 .323 .468 .400 .784 .723 115 .507 8.6 0.8 .738 .327 .230 6.9
2011 29 TEX AL 432 265 97 9.8 107 .344 .320 .269 .414 .336 .631 .426 1.046 .762 172 .799 39.2 3.8 1.125 .474 .312 7.1
2012 30 TEX AL 170 116 24 5.6 106 .302 .238 .264 .329 .333 .469 .428 .799 .761 109 .585 1.4 0.1 .789 .347 .231 .0
7 Yrs 2406 1606 389 6.5 105 .303 .262 .267 .357 .334 .510 .422 .867 .756 128 .626 84.8 8.1 .873 .386 .248 42.0
162 Game Avg. 587 392 95 6.5 105 .303 .262 .267 .357 .334 .510 .422 .867 .756 128 .626 21 2 .873 .386 .248 10
LAA (5 yrs) 1804 1225 268 5.8 105 .293 .251 .266 .346 .334 .485 .421 .831 .754 119 .574 44.3 4.2 .826 .369 .234 34.2
TEX (2 yrs) 602 381 121 8.5 107 .333 .297 .268 .390 .335 .585 .427 .976 .762 154 .754 40.6 3.9 1.024 .438 .289 7.3

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 25 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 4 15 12 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 3 .250 .400 .750 1.150 9 0 1 0 0 0
2009 27 LAA AL ALDS BOS W 2 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 2 0 0 0
2009 27 LAA AL ALCS NYY L 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 15 14 3 5 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 5 .357 .400 .571 .971 8 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL ALCS DET W 6 27 24 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .292 .370 .292 .662 7 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 TEX AL WS STL L 7 28 20 2 7 1 0 2 10 0 0 6 4 .350 .464 .700 1.164 14 1 0 0 2 1
4 Yrs (7 Series) 31 106 89 15 25 2 0 5 19 1 0 12 23 .281 .377 .472 .849 42 1 3 0 2 2
4 ALDS 13 42 36 7 10 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 12 .278 .381 .556 .937 20 0 3 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 36 33 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .242 .306 .242 .548 8 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 7 28 20 2 7 1 0 2 10 0 0 6 4 .350 .464 .700 1.164 14 1 0 0 2 1

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 LAA AL 325 4.9% 27.7% 15.7% 8.9% 48% 1.76 3.0 16.8 6.4 0.50 0.59 50% 14% 17.0% 21%
2007 25 LAA AL 263 3.8% 24.0% 12.6% 8.4% 41% 1.91 3.5 21.9 6.4 0.55 0.69 57% 19% 11.2% 14%
2008 26 LAA AL 274 7.3% 25.6% 12.8% 11.0% 48% 2.00 3.2 11.4 4.6 0.46 0.51 52% 13% 20.8% 14%
2009 27 LAA AL 432 4.6% 23.8% 9.3% 10.0% 41% 2.58 3.7 19.1 6.8 0.66 0.81 61% 16% 14.0% 16%
2010 28 LAA AL 510 5.1% 26.9% 8.2% 10.0% 47% 3.26 3.3 17.4 6.7 0.64 1.10 58% 18% 14.4% 8%
2011 29 TEX AL 432 6.9% 19.7% 13.4% 12.7% 47% 1.47 4.3 12.3 4.9 0.69 1.11 59% 18% 19.1% 7%
2012 30 TEX AL 170 5.3% 31.8% 10.0% 8.2% 40% 3.18 2.7 16.3 5.9 0.79 1.07 51% 15% 18.4% 8%
7 Yrs 2406 5.4% 25.0% 11.5% 10.1% 45% 2.18 3.4 15.8 5.9 0.61 0.84 56% 16% 16.2% 12%
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 LAA AL 5.0 0.5 333 0.7 6.0 -5.3 .96 0.7 0.0 4.3 0.4 0.93 7.4 1.38 5
2007 25 LAA AL 3.3 0.3 273 -0.5 4.1 -4.6 .94 0.6 -1.2 -0.0 -0.0 0.99 5.9 0.00 0
2008 26 LAA AL 16.0 1.5 285 1.4 6.2 -4.8 1.07 1.9 -0.6 17.2 1.6 0.95 21.7 2.28 5
2009 27 LAA AL 11.0 1.0 438 0.8 8.3 -7.4 .98 0.9 -0.0 5.4 0.5 0.95 8.5 2.15 7
2010 28 LAA AL 8.6 0.8 521 -0.0 8.8 -8.9 .95 0.7 -0.7 -1.4 -0.1 0.96 4.5 1.36 6
2011 29 TEX AL 38.7 3.7 442 1.9 8.2 -6.3 .84 3.7 -1.5 43.0 4.0 1.00 42.6 1.48 6
2012 30 TEX AL 1.4 0.1 171 -0.7 2.3 -3.1 .98 -0.3 -0.5 1.9 0.2 0.97 1.9 2.85 5
7 Yrs 84.1 8.0 2463 3.5 43.9 -40.4 .95 8.2 -4.6 70.3 6.5 0.96 92.4 1.90 34

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
2006 24 LAA AL 2 0 31% 102 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 56% 16 9 7 11 4 7 9 2 6
2007 25 LAA AL 1 0 37% 90 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 52% 19 11 7 3 2 1 9 1 8
2008 26 LAA AL 6 0 23% 93 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 5 29% 16 13 3 4 2 2 8 4 3
2009 27 LAA AL 8 0 31% 160 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 53% 24 14 10 7 5 2 16 3 13
2010 28 LAA AL 1 0 25% 158 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 43% 22 14 7 8 3 4 7 2 5
2011 29 TEX AL 5 0 28% 177 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 36% 27 21 5 8 5 2 20 6 13
2012 30 TEX AL 1 0 34% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18% 9 8 1 2 2 0 6 4 2
7 Yrs 24 0 29% 826 25 15 63% 23 12 2 1 0 2 6 5 21 42 43% 133 90 40 43 23 18 75 22 50

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 LAA AL 325 25% 61 1 0 5 0 0 1 1.38 16 0 8 11 5 10 6 0 1 0 0% 58 2 3% 33 8 24% 200 26 13% 19 9 47% 11 5 45% 0
2007 25 LAA AL 263 26% 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10 0 7 8 2 5 5 0 2 1 50% 61 5 8% 31 10 32% 183 24 13% 23 13 57% 19 10 53% 0
2008 26 LAA AL 274 23% 62 2 0 5 1 0 0 2.28 20 1 6 16 4 10 10 0 2 1 50% 51 3 6% 24 10 42% 175 31 18% 24 11 46% 12 6 50% 0
2009 27 LAA AL 432 25% 104 8 0 7 1 0 1 2.15 20 0 9 14 6 10 10 0 0 0 84 6 7% 39 15 38% 283 36 13% 28 11 39% 23 15 65% 0
2010 28 LAA AL 510 32% 108 5 0 6 0 0 0 1.36 26 1 16 16 10 13 13 0 0 0 102 15 15% 44 15 34% 326 42 13% 26 13 50% 21 10 48% 0
2011 29 TEX AL 432 31% 118 4 0 6 1 0 0 1.48 30 1 10 21 9 13 17 0 0 0 89 10 11% 28 13 46% 268 48 18% 22 10 45% 22 15 68% 0
2012 30 TEX AL 170 35% 35 2 0 5 0 0 0 2.85 9 0 4 6 3 3 6 0 0 0 38 2 5% 19 3 16% 120 16 13% 10 4 40% 8 2 25% 0
7 Yrs 2406 28% 542 28 0 34 3 0 2 1.90 131 3 60 92 39 64 67 0 5 2 40% 483 43 9% 218 74 34% 1555 223 14% 152 71 47% 116 63 54% 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 LAA AL 326 1475 4.52 834 57% 31% 23% 25% 21% 69% 0% 39% 68% 20% 6% 20 5 18% 60 28 14% 45 27 36% -1 0 0
2007 25 LAA AL 264 1115 4.22 671 60% 30% 21% 25% 24% 70% 1% 42% 70% 22% 5% 13 4 14% 36 21 13% 33 20 22% -1 0 0
2008 26 LAA AL 274 1134 4.14 663 58% 29% 21% 26% 25% 71% 3% 42% 71% 27% 9% 24 9 19% 51 19 12% 33 20 27% 0 0 0
2009 27 LAA AL 435 1801 4.14 1099 61% 30% 21% 24% 26% 70% 1% 43% 71% 26% 5% 22 12 18% 79 37 14% 59 30 22% -3 0 0
2010 28 LAA AL 511 2092 4.09 1287 62% 29% 22% 24% 25% 71% 1% 44% 69% 21% 6% 33 12 17% 88 43 12% 60 40 23% -1 0 0
2011 29 TEX AL 432 1889 4.37 1114 59% 32% 18% 24% 26% 68% 1% 40% 73% 23% 7% 31 4 18% 79 27 17% 75 44 26% 0 0 0
2012 30 TEX AL 172 728 4.23 450 62% 33% 21% 25% 21% 67% 3% 41% 69% 23% 5% 9 0 18% 31 15 9% 15 12 24% -2 0 0
7 Yrs 2414 10234 4.24 6118 60% 30% 21% 25% 24% 70% 1% 42% 70% 23% 6% 152 46 18% 424 190 13% 320 193 26% -8 0 0
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 99 325 268 47 61 13 0 16 42 2 3 51 90 .228 .360 .455 .815 110 122 2 5 0 1 0
2007 25 174 588 487 87 115 24 1 26 76 7 5 84 153 .236 .356 .450 .806 109 219 7 10 1 6 2
2008 26 252 862 714 126 177 33 2 46 125 14 8 119 223 .248 .362 .493 .855 121 352 10 15 2 12 7
2009 27 366 1294 1096 186 281 55 3 66 181 17 11 159 326 .256 .358 .493 .850 121 540 16 22 2 15 8
2010 28 506 1804 1549 246 389 79 4 92 249 21 13 201 463 .251 .346 .485 .831 119 752 31 33 2 19 10
2011 29 619 2236 1918 318 507 104 4 122 324 25 15 259 548 .264 .359 .514 .873 129 985 41 36 2 21 12
2012 30 664 2406 2065 343 542 107 6 131 349 25 15 276 602 .262 .357 .510 .867 128 1054 43 40 2 23 15

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
2006 24 99 321 266 45 59 13 0 15 40 2 49 90 .222 .352 .440 .792 41 99
2007 25 75 261 218 38 53 11 1 10 32 5 32 63 .243 .346 .440 .787 32 75
2008 26 78 272 226 38 61 9 1 20 48 7 34 70 .270 .369 .584 .953 48 78
2009 27 114 431 381 59 103 22 1 20 55 3 40 103 .270 .348 .491 .839 63 114
2010 28 140 521 460 66 115 26 1 28 75 4 45 137 .250 .330 .493 .824 71 140
2011 29 113 428 366 69 115 24 0 29 72 4 57 85 .314 .409 .617 1.026 92 113
2012 30 45 169 146 24 34 3 2 9 24 0 17 54 .233 .325 .466 .791 21 45
7 Yrs 664 2403 2063 339 540 108 6 131 346 25 274 602 .262 .356 .510 .867 368 664
162 Game Avg. 162 586 503 83 132 26 1 32 84 6 67 147 .262 .356 .510 .867 90 664

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WARs c a p y
2011 AL  5.3 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2011 AL  .631 (10th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 AL  1.046 (10th)**

Triples s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  30 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2010 AL  137 (7th)
2012 AL  54 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  39 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.7 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 AL  11 (8th)
2012 AL  4 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2010 AL  17.4 (9th)
2011 AL  12.3 (4th)**

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2011 AL  43.01 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2011 AL  3.7 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2011 AL  3.9 (6th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
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 - 8 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1387), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (992), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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