Bob Natal
Robert Marcel Natal
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 13, 1965 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA)
School: University of California, San Diego
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1992
Final Game: September 26, 1997
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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
1992 26 MON NL 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1993 27 FLA NL 41 131 117 3 25 4 1 1 6 1 0 6 22 .214 .273 .291 .564 49 34 6 4 3 1 0 2
1994 28 FLA NL 10 34 29 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 5 .276 .382 .345 .727 91 10 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1995 29 FLA NL 16 46 43 2 10 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 9 .233 .244 .465 .710 82 20 0 0 1 1 0 2
1996 30 FLA NL 44 105 90 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 1 15 31 .133 .257 .167 .424 17 15 3 0 0 0 5 2
1997 31 FLA NL 4 7 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 .500 .571 1.500 2.071 432 6 0 0 0 1 0 /2
6 Seasons 120 330 289 13 57 10 3 4 19 2 1 30 68 .197 .279 .294 .573 52 85 11 4 4 3 5
162 Game Avg. 162 446 390 18 77 14 4 5 26 3 1 41 92 .197 .279 .294 .573 52 115 15 5 5 4 7
FLA (5 yrs) 115 323 283 13 57 10 3 4 19 2 1 29 67 .201 .282 .300 .582 55 85 10 4 4 3 5
MON (1 yr) 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 1 0 0 0 0

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
1992 26 MON NL 7 7 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .258 .143 .323 .000 .380 .143 .703 -56 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .143 .167 .000
1993 27 FLA NL 131 102 9 2.4 107 .253 .214 .276 .273 .341 .291 .420 .564 .761 49 .225 -8.9 -0.9 .459 .137 .077 1.0
1994 28 FLA NL 34 22 4 4.9 111 .333 .276 .277 .382 .344 .345 .433 .727 .777 91 .495 -0.2 -0.0 .727 .276 .069 .0
1995 29 FLA NL 46 35 5 3.8 108 .242 .233 .272 .244 .341 .465 .423 .710 .764 82 .395 -1.5 -0.1 .636 .256 .233 .0
1996 30 FLA NL 105 82 4 1.3 104 .203 .133 .266 .257 .335 .167 .416 .424 .752 17 .084 -10.8 -1.0 .354 .189 .033
1997 31 FLA NL 7 3 4 35.7 104 .250 .500 .264 .571 .335 1.500 .415 2.071 .750 432 .975 2.4 0.2 4.000 1.500 1.000 .0
6 Seasons 330 251 26 2.8 106 .241 .197 .272 .279 .339 .294 .420 .573 .759 52 .272 -20.2 -2.0 .492 .204 .097 2.7
162 Game Avg. 446 339 35 2.8 106 .241 .197 .272 .279 .339 .294 .420 .573 .759 52 .272 -20.2 -2.0 .492 .204 .097 4
FLA (5 yrs) 323 244 26 2.9 106 .247 .201 .272 .282 .339 .300 .421 .582 .760 55 .282 -19.0 -1.9 .502 .205 .099 2.7
MON (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .258 .143 .323 .000 .380 .143 .703 -56 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .143 .167 .000

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
1992 26 MON NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 1.00 6.0 4.00 5.00 71% 0% 0.0% 0%
1993 27 FLA NL 131 0.8% 16.8% 4.6% 4.6% 24% 3.67 5.3 117.0 19.5 0.92 0.98 73% 13% 2.4% 16%
1994 28 FLA NL 34 0.0% 14.7% 14.7% 5.9% 25% 1.00 5.8 14.5 0.60 0.80 71% 21% 0.0% 7%
1995 29 FLA NL 46 4.4% 19.6% 2.2% 10.9% 50% 9.00 4.8 21.5 7.2 1.19 2.71 72% 19% 14.3% 13%
1996 30 FLA NL 105 0.0% 29.5% 14.3% 1.9% 17% 2.07 2.9 45.0 1.32 1.43 56% 14% 0.0% 24%
1997 31 FLA NL 7 14.3% 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 100% 0.00 4.0 1.3 0.25 0.50 57% 20% 25.0% 0%
6 Seasons 330 1.2% 20.6% 9.1% 5.2% 30% 2.27 4.3 72.3 15.2 1.01 1.26 67% 15% 4.3% 15%
MLB Averages

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
1992 26 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 FLA NL 1 0 6% 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1994 28 FLA NL 0 0 15% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 FLA NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1996 30 FLA NL 0 0 15% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1997 31 FLA NL 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1 0 10% 96 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 17% 7 7 0 1 0 1 4 2 1
MLB Averages

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
1992 26 MON NL 7 71% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 FLA NL 131 27% 25 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.75 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 33 6 18% 10 6 60% 92 5 5% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1994 28 FLA NL 34 32% 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 0 0 19 2 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 29 FLA NL 46 33% 10 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.34 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 5 3 60% 24 4 17% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1996 30 FLA NL 105 22% 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 21 3 14% 9 1 11% 67 2 3% 3 0 0% 7 3 43% 0
1997 31 FLA NL 7 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 330 28% 57 7 0 9 0 0 0 0.67 4 0 8 2 2 3 1 0 5 4 80% 73 11 15% 26 11 42% 210 15 7% 13 4 31% 10 5 50% 0
MLB Averages

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
1992 26 MON NL 7 24 3.43 13 54% 31% 8% 23% 38% 69% 0% 38% 89% 0% 14% 1 0 43% 3 1 14% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1993 27 FLA NL 125 464 3.71 320 69% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 0% 51% 80% 14% 3% 4 0 14% 17 9 4% 5 4 27% 6 0 1
1994 28 FLA NL 30 139 4.63 84 60% 29% 17% 29% 26% 71% 0% 43% 77% 0% 7% 2 0 27% 8 2 10% 3 2 20% 4 0 0
1995 29 FLA NL 46 166 3.61 117 70% 21% 21% 27% 31% 79% 0% 55% 74% 28% 4% 2 0 11% 5 2 4% 2 1 44% 0 0 0
1996 30 FLA NL 101 388 3.84 240 62% 23% 22% 31% 23% 77% 11% 47% 71% 26% 11% 11 0 18% 18 4 7% 7 5 20% 4 0 0
1997 31 FLA NL 7 19 2.71 8 42% 13% 13% 13% 63% 88% 0% 37% 86% 29% 29% 2 0 43% 3 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 316 1200 3.80 782 65% 25% 18% 29% 28% 75% 4% 49% 76% 18% 7% 22 0 17% 54 19 6% 18 13 25% 14 0 1
MLB Averages

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
1992 26 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 1 0 0 0 0
1993 27 46 138 123 3 25 4 1 1 6 1 0 7 23 .203 .267 .276 .543 44 34 7 4 3 1 0
1994 28 56 172 152 5 33 6 1 1 8 2 0 12 28 .217 .290 .289 .579 54 44 8 4 3 1 0
1995 29 72 218 195 7 43 8 2 3 14 2 0 13 37 .221 .280 .328 .609 60 64 8 4 4 2 0
1996 30 116 323 285 11 55 9 3 3 16 2 1 28 68 .193 .273 .277 .550 46 79 11 4 4 2 5
1997 31 120 330 289 13 57 10 3 4 19 2 1 30 68 .197 .279 .294 .573 52 85 11 4 4 3 5

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
1992 26 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 5
1993 27 41 127 116 3 24 4 1 1 6 1 6 22 .207 .268 .284 .552 8 41
1994 28 14 50 42 3 12 3 0 0 3 2 8 7 .286 .400 .357 .757 6 10
1995 29 18 50 48 2 11 2 1 2 7 0 1 10 .229 .240 .438 .678 6 16
1996 30 44 105 90 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 15 31 .133 .257 .167 .424 4 44
1997 31 4 7 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 .500 .571 1.500 2.071 4 4
6 Seasons 126 346 306 14 61 11 3 4 21 3 33 71 .199 .283 .294 .577 28 120
162 Game Avg. 162 445 393 18 78 14 4 5 27 4 42 91 .199 .283 .294 .577 36 120

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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