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Rob Natal

Robert Marcel Natal

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 13, 1965 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Hilltop HS (Chula Vista, CA)
School: University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1992
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Expos 1992-1997

Final Game: September 26, 1997
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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
1987	21	WSN-min	A-	57	198	180	26	58	8	4	7	32	6	4	12	25	.322	.369	.528	.896		95		3	0	3	1		JAM · NYPL
1988	22	WSN-min	A	113	431	387	47	93	17	0	6	51	3	2	29	50	.240	.306	.331	.637		128	8	9	3	3	0		WPB · FLOR
1989	23	WSN-min	AA,A	61	214	189	17	35	8	1	1	13	3	1	18	33	.185	.259	.254	.513		48	1	2	2	3	1		JCK,WPB · SOUL,FLOR
1990	24	WSN-min	AA	62	193	171	23	42	7	1	7	25	0	1	14	42	.246	.318	.421	.739		72		5	1	2	2		JCK · SOUL
1991	25	WSN-min	AA,AAA	116	448	377	49	99	20	3	13	62	2	1	55	99	.263	.363	.435	.798		164	5	8	2	6	4		HRB,INA · EL,AA
1992	26	WSN-min	AAA	96	380	344	50	104	19	3	12	50	3	0	28	42	.302	.359	.480	.838		165	7	4	1	3	1		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	17	75	66	16	21	6	1	3	16	0	0	8	10	.318	.400	.576	.976		38	0	1	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	37	128	115	12	32	5	2	3	19	1	1	9	18	.278	.328	.435	.763		50	1	1	0	3	0		EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	53	204	191	23	60	14	0	3	24	0	0	11	23	.314	.358	.435	.792		83	4	2	0	0	1		CHR · IL
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-min	AAA	78	273	251	34	67	17	2	11	49	2	2	19	37	.267	.319	.482	.801		121	9	1	0	2	0		CHR · IL
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
1998	32	TBD-FLA-min	AAA	72	250	231	31	63	12	1	11	43	2	1	13	33	.273	.317	.476	.793		110	11	3	1	2	0		DHM,CHR · IL
6 Yrs				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

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
1992	26	MON	NL	5	7	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1993	27	FLA	NL	41	131	-9	-1	-0	-3	2	-11	-1.1	4	-8	-0.8	.471	.493	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$118,000	2
1994	28	FLA	NL	10	34	-0	0	-0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.1	.496	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$147,500	/2
1995	29	FLA	NL	16	46	-2	-0	0	1	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$151,500	2
1996	30	FLA	NL	44	105	-13	-1	0	-1	2	-13	-1.4	3	-10	-1.1	.469	.492	-1.0	0.0	-9	$165,000	2
1997	31	FLA	NL	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.549	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
6 Seasons				120	330	-23	-2	0	-5	5	-25	-2.7	9	-16	-1.7	.478	.497	-1.2	-0.0	-11	$582,000

FLA (5 yrs)				115	323	-22	-2	0	-4	5	-23	-2.4	9	-14	-1.5	.479	.497	-1.1	0.1	-10	$582,000
MON (1 yr)				5	7	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1992	26	MON	NL	7	7	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.143	.325	.000	.381	.143	.706	-56	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.167	.000
1993	27	FLA	NL	131	102	9	2.4	107	.253	.214	.276	.273	.342	.291	.420	.564	.762	49	.226	-8.8	-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	.496	-0.2	-0.0	.727	.276	.069	.0
1995	29	FLA	NL	46	35	5	3.8	107	.242	.233	.271	.244	.340	.465	.421	.710	.761	82	.395	-1.4	-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	-1.1	.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 Yrs				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	.420	.582	.760	55	.282	-18.9	-1.9	.502	.205	.099	2.7
MON (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.143	.325	.000	.381	.143	.706	-56	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.167	.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
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 Yrs				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					2.5%	15.9%	8.9%	7.4%	32%	1.80	5.6	35.7	7.7	0.82	1.09	71%	21%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	26	MON	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.59	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.96	-1.2	0.03	1
1993	27	FLA	NL	-8.8	-0.9	134	-1.3	2.2	-3.4	1.25	-0.7	-0.3	-12.5	-1.2	0.99	-8.7	1.71	2
1994	28	FLA	NL	-0.2	-0.0	36	0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.13	-0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.88	-0.6	0.78	2
1995	29	FLA	NL	-1.5	-0.1	46	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	.87	-0.1	0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.90	-2.2	0.33	3
1996	30	FLA	NL	-10.8	-1.1	106	-1.5	0.5	-2.1	.84	-1.2	-0.6	-13.0	-1.3	0.94	-13.0	0.00	1
1997	31	FLA	NL	2.4	0.2	7	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.47	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.3	0.85	2.4		0
6 Yrs				-20.2	-2.0	336	-2.8	4.0	-6.8	1.03	-2.0	-0.8	-25.2	-2.5	0.95	-23.3	0.67	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	26	MON	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	27	FLA	NL	1	6%	46	1	0	100%	1	0	1	1	2	14%	4	4	0	0	3	2	1
1994	28	FLA	NL	0	15%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	29	FLA	NL	0	0%	10	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1996	30	FLA	NL	0	15%	28	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	25%	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
1997	31	FLA	NL	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	10%	96	2	1	67%	2	1	1	5	4	17%	7	7	1	1	4	2	1

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
1992	26	MON	NL	7	71%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.03	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	1.71	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	33	6	18%	10	6	60%	92	5	5%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	0
1994	28	FLA	NL	34	32%	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.78	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	0.33	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%	2	0	0%	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 Yrs				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%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			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
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	102	391	3.83	241	62%	24%	22%	31%	23%	76%	11%	47%	71%	25%	11%	11	0	19%	19	4	7%	7	5	20%	3	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 Yrs				317	1203	3.79	783	65%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	4%	49%	76%	18%	7%	22	0	17%	55	19	6%	18	13	25%	13	0	1
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
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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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
1992	26	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	5
1993	27	41	130	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	51	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 Yrs		126	350	306	14	61	11	3	4	21	3	33	71	.199	.283	.294	.577	28	120
162 Game Avg.		162	450	393	18	78	14	4	5	27	4	42	91	.199	.283	.294	.577	36	120

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