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Laynce Nix

Laynce Michael Nix

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 30, 1980 in Houston, TX
High School: Midland (Midland, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Reds/Nationals/Brewers 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$700k (11), 2 yrs/$2.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.070, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Don Mitchell [*]
Relatives: Brother of Jayson Nix
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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
2000	19	TEX-min	Rk	51	230	199	34	45	7	1	2	25	4	2	23	37	.226	.307	.302	.609		60	3	2	2	4	1	RGS · GULF
2001	20	TEX-min	A,A+	113	490	444	54	124	29	9	8	61	9	6	38	107	.279	.335	.439	.775		195	9	2	1	5	2	SAV,CHT · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	TEX-min	A+	137	599	512	86	146	27	3	21	110	17	1	72	105	.285	.374	.473	.847		242	9	6	0	9	8	CHT · FLOR
2003	22	TEX-min	AA	87	375	335	52	95	23	0	15	63	9	2	34	68	.284	.344	.487	.831		163	4	0	0	6	6	FRI · TL
2003	22	TEX	AL	53	195	184	25	47	10	0	8	30	3	0	9	53	.255	.289	.440	.729	81	81	1	0	1	1	0
2004	23	TEX-min	AA	7	27	26	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	10	.269	.296	.308	.604		8	1	0	0	0	0	FRI · TL
2004	23	TEX	AL	115	400	371	58	92	20	4	14	46	1	1	23	113	.248	.293	.437	.730	81	162	6	2	1	3	4	*
2005	24	TEX-min	AAA	10	45	36	8	12	1	1	3	6	0	1	9	6	.333	.467	.667	1.133		24	0	0	0	0	2	OKC · PCL
2005	24	TEX	AL	63	240	229	28	55	12	3	6	32	2	0	9	45	.240	.267	.397	.664	70	91	3	0	0	2	3
2006	25	TEX-MIL-min	AAA	95	387	354	55	105	19	2	17	68	4	1	22	95	.297	.347	.506	.853		179	2	7	1	3	2	OKC,NVL · PCL
2006	25	TOT	MLB	19	70	67	3	11	2	0	1	10	0	0	0	28	.164	.186	.239	.425	8	16	1	2	0	1	0	8
2006	25	MIL	NL	10	36	35	2	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	11	.229	.250	.343	.593	50	12	1	1	0	0	0	/
2006	25	TEX	AL	9	34	32	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	17	.094	.118	.125	.243	-37	4	0	1	0	1	0	/
2007	26	MIL-min	AAA,AA	99	398	358	62	97	21	1	25	80	5	0	32	106	.271	.332	.545	.876		195	5	3	0	5	3	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
2007	26	MIL	NL	10	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/
2008	27	MIL-min	AAA	103	420	380	63	108	22	3	23	60	5	3	36	88	.284	.348	.539	.887		205	8	2	0	2	3	NVL · PCL
2008	27	MIL	NL	10	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/
2009	28	CIN	NL	116	337	309	42	74	26	1	15	46	0	1	22	81	.239	.291	.476	.767	98	147	5	2	0	4	3
2010	29	CIN	NL	97	182	165	16	48	11	2	4	18	0	1	15	39	.291	.350	.455	.805	114	75	5	0	2	0	4
2011	30	WSN	NL	124	351	324	38	81	15	1	16	44	2	2	23	82	.250	.299	.451	.750	103	146	1	1	0	3	2	79/38D
9 Seasons				607	1800	1673	211	409	96	11	64	226	8	5	102	448	.244	.288	.430	.718	85	719	22	7	4	14	16
162 Game Avg.				162	480	447	56	109	26	3	17	60	2	1	27	120	.244	.288	.430	.718	85	192	6	2	1	4	4

TEX (4 yrs)				240	869	816	112	197	43	7	28	112	6	1	41	228	.241	.278	.414	.692	74	338	10	3	2	7	7
MIL (3 yrs)				30	61	59	3	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	18	.153	.180	.220	.401	3	13	1	1	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				213	519	474	58	122	37	3	19	64	0	2	37	120	.257	.311	.468	.780	104	222	10	2	2	4	7
WSN (1 yr)				124	351	324	38	81	15	1	16	44	2	2	23	82	.250	.299	.451	.750	103	146	1	1	0	3	2

NL (6 yrs)				367	931	857	99	212	53	4	36	114	2	4	61	220	.247	.298	.445	.743	96	381	12	4	2	7	9
AL (4 yrs)				240	869	816	112	197	43	7	28	112	6	1	41	228	.241	.278	.414	.692	74	338	10	3	2	7	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	-6	0	0	2	-0	-1	7	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	-11	1	1	0	-1	2	14	5	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$300,000	*
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	-12	1	0	1	1	1	8	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$345,260	/
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	-3	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$	/
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	-3	0	1	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$390,000	/
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	-2	-0	-0	0	16	-3	10	21	2.1	5	0.5	1.6	$
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	4	-1	0	-1	10	-2	5	16	1.6	6	0.6	1.0	$
2011	30	WSN	NL	351	0	-1	2	1	-0	-4	10	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$700,000	79/38D
9 Seasons				1800	-42	-0	4	4	28	-6	56	42	4.2	14	1.5	2.7	$1,735,260

TEX (4 yrs)				869	-36	2	1	3	-1	2	30	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$645,260
MIL (3 yrs)				61	-8	0	1	0	3	0	1	-3	-0.3	-6	-0.6	0.3	$390,000
CIN (2 yrs)				519	2	-1	0	-0	27	-5	15	37	3.7	10	1.1	2.6	$
WSN (1 yr)				351	0	-1	2	1	-0	-4	10	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$700,000

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
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	140	24	4.6	116	.315	.255	.280	.289	.348	.440	.448	.729	.796	81	.457	-6.0	-0.6	.674	.250	.185	4.4
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	290	47	4.4	116	.316	.248	.280	.293	.349	.437	.449	.730	.798	81	.419	-12.5	-1.2	.654	.251	.189	1.9
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	179	24	3.6	110	.272	.240	.275	.267	.339	.397	.436	.664	.775	70	.360	-11.1	-1.1	.576	.205	.157	3.0
2006	25	TOT	MLB	70	58	4	1.8	113	.256	.164	.275	.186	.343	.239	.442	.425	.785	8	.132	-9.5	-0.9	.316	.075	.075	.0
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	28	3	2.9	114	.304	.229	.273	.250	.344	.343	.444	.593	.789	50	.259	-2.8	-0.3	.464	.114	.114	.0
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	30	1	0.9	112	.188	.094	.277	.118	.341	.125	.439	.243	.780	-37	.038	-6.6	-0.6	.172	.031	.031
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	12	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.000	.342	.000	.436	.000	.778	-100	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	11	0	0.0	106	.111	.083	.265	.154	.336	.083	.423	.237	.759	-35	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	245	42	4.6	107	.272	.239	.266	.291	.339	.476	.422	.767	.761	98	.480	-1.6	-0.2	.705	.304	.236	.0
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	125	25	5.3	104	.361	.291	.264	.350	.335	.455	.416	.805	.751	114	.570	2.9	0.3	.724	.248	.164	.0
2011	30	WSN	NL	351	249	45	4.9	98	.284	.250	.259	.299	.327	.451	.403	.750	.730	103	.542	0.2	0.0	.691	.272	.201	3.6
9 Seasons				1800	1309	211	4.3	109	.294	.244	.271	.288	.339	.430	.430	.718	.769	85	.447	-43.6	-4.1	.644	.248	.185	14.2
162 Game Avg.				480	349	56	4.3	109	.294	.244	.271	.288	.339	.430	.430	.718	.769	85	.447	-43.6	-4.1	.644	.248	.185	4

TEX (4 yrs)				869	639	96	4.0	114	.298	.241	.278	.278	.345	.414	.445	.692	.790	74	.395	-36.2	-3.4	.614	.229	.173	9.9
MIL (3 yrs)				61	51	3	1.6	112	.200	.153	.272	.180	.342	.220	.438	.401	.780	3	.106	-8.9	-0.8	.294	.085	.068	.0
CIN (2 yrs)				519	370	67	4.8	106	.304	.257	.265	.311	.337	.468	.420	.780	.758	104	.512	1.3	0.1	.712	.285	.211	.0
WSN (1 yr)				351	249	45	4.9	98	.284	.250	.259	.299	.327	.451	.403	.750	.730	103	.542	0.2	0.0	.691	.272	.201	3.6

NL (6 yrs)				931	670	115	4.6	103	.289	.247	.263	.298	.334	.445	.415	.743	.749	96	.497	-7.3	-0.7	.672	.266	.197	3.8
AL (4 yrs)				869	639	96	4.0	114	.298	.241	.278	.278	.345	.414	.445	.692	.790	74	.395	-36.2	-3.4	.614	.229	.173	9.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2010	29	CIN	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	4.1%	27.2%	4.6%	9.2%	38%	5.89	3.5	23.0	6.1	0.71	1.02	64%	24%	12.1%	14%
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	3.5%	28.3%	5.8%	9.5%	41%	4.91	3.3	26.5	8.1	0.79	1.18	62%	23%	11.0%	12%
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	2.5%	18.8%	3.8%	8.8%	38%	5.00	5.1	38.2	7.2	0.94	1.29	75%	18%	7.1%	12%
2006	25	TOT	MLB	70	1.4%	40.0%	0.0%	4.3%	27%		2.4	67.0	6.7	0.82	0.88	56%	15%	5.0%	9%
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	2.9%	33%		1.9		8.0	0.60	0.63	47%	13%	0.0%	10%
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	2.8%	30.6%	0.0%	5.6%	25%		3.2	35.0	5.8	1.00	1.13	64%	17%	9.1%	8%
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			3.00	2.50	67%	13%	0.0%	0%
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.0			0.29	0.13	69%	22%	0.0%	0%
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	4.5%	24.0%	6.5%	12.5%	57%	3.68	3.8	20.6	6.7	0.65	0.85	64%	19%	12.9%	18%
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	2.2%	21.4%	8.2%	9.3%	35%	2.60	4.2	41.3	9.2	0.66	0.93	67%	24%	5.5%	4%
2011	30	WSN	NL	351	4.6%	23.4%	6.6%	9.1%	40%	3.57	4.0	20.3	7.4	0.61	0.76	65%	20%	12.7%	17%
9 Seasons				1800	3.6%	24.9%	5.7%	9.5%	42%	4.39	3.7	26.1	7.4	0.72	0.97	65%	21%	10.3%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	22	TEX	AL	-6.1	-0.6	200	-0.4	3.1	-3.5	.95	-0.2	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.96	-3.4	0.98	3
2004	23	TEX	AL	-12.5	-1.2	408	-0.3	6.6	-6.9	.94	-0.8	0.5	-7.4	-0.7	0.93	-11.0	1.32	6
2005	24	TEX	AL	-11.1	-1.1	247	-0.7	2.8	-3.4	.82	-0.4	-0.4	-1.9	-0.2	0.93	-6.7	1.26	1
2006	25	TOT	MLB	-9.5	-0.9	72	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.92	-0.8	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	1.02	-7.9	0.13	1
2006	25	TEX	AL	-6.6	-0.6	35	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.79	-0.6	-0.1	-4.6	-0.4	1.03	-6.2		0
2006	25	MIL	NL	-2.8	-0.3	37	0.1	0.7	-0.6	1.04	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	1.01	-1.7	0.13	1
2007	26	MIL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	12	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.93	-2.1	1.61	8
2008	27	MIL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.08	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.90	-2.5	0.72	7
2009	28	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	339	-0.3	6.0	-6.3	1.00	0.5	-0.8	2.1	0.2	0.96	4.6	1.30	34
2010	29	CIN	NL	3.6	0.4	185	0.3	3.3	-3.0	1.02	0.5	-0.2	1.8	0.2	0.93	2.5	1.13	45
2011	30	WSN	NL	0.2	0.0	358	1.1	7.6	-6.5	1.15	0.4	0.6	7.4	0.7	1.04	7.5	1.64	29
9 Seasons				-43.0	-4.1	1834	-1.3	30.3	-31.6	.99	-1.2	-0.1	-8.7	-0.7	0.96	-19.0	1.29	134

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	22	TEX	AL	1	35%	66	3	0	100%	3	0	0	1	1	1	73%	3	0	3	3	1	2	5	2	3
2004	23	TEX	AL	4	43%	134	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	2	15	64%	20	9	11	8	3	5	14	2	11
2005	24	TEX	AL	3	38%	85	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	3	7	64%	11	6	5	4	0	4	7	2	5
2006	25	TOT	MLB	0	17%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2006	25	TEX	AL	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	MIL	NL	0	13%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2007	26	MIL	NL	1		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	27	MIL	NL	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	28	CIN	NL	2	33%	120	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	5	46%	12	9	3	3	1	2	7	2	5
2010	29	CIN	NL	2	20%	69	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	4	2	47%	9	6	2	2	1	1	6	1	5
2011	30	WSN	NL	5	25%	121	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	2	4	37%	18	15	3	3	1	2	9	3	6
9 Seasons				18	32%	612	8	5	62%	8	4	1	2	13	37	55%	74	45	28	23	7	16	49	12	36

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	88%	47	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.98	8	0	10	7	1	7	1	0	1	1	100%	42	1	2%	18	6	33%	142	22	15%	12	6	50%	6	5	83%	0
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	80%	92	9	0	6	0	0	0	1.32	14	0	7	13	1	9	5	0	2	1	50%	75	6	8%	37	10	27%	250	34	14%	20	10	50%	16	10	63%	0
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	93%	55	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.26	6	0	3	6	0	3	3	0	0	0		42	3	7%	24	10	42%	145	26	18%	12	9	75%	10	8	80%	0
2006	25	TOT	MLB	70	89%	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	7	3	43%	48	9	19%	5	3	60%	3	1	33%	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	88%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	1	25%	23	4	17%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	89%	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	2	67%	25	5	20%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	75%	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	92%	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	90%	74	5	0	34	8	1	4	1.30	15	1	10	15	0	5	10	0	0	0		75	5	7%	38	12	32%	209	33	16%	24	12	50%	16	8	50%	0
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	90%	48	4	0	45	12	1	3	1.13	4	0	1	4	0	1	3	0	2	2	100%	34	5	15%	18	6	33%	112	15	13%	5	2	40%	11	7	64%	0
2011	30	WSN	NL	351	91%	81	2	0	29	4	0	3	1.64	16	0	11	16	0	9	7	0	0	0		64	1	2%	33	9	27%	211	32	15%	18	12	67%	14	5	36%	0
9 Seasons				1800	88%	409	27	1	134	25	2	10	1.29	64	1	47	62	2	35	29	0	5	4	80%	349	22	6%	178	57	32%	1131	172	15%	96	54	56%	76	44	58%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			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
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	706	3.62	473	67%	28%	20%	23%	28%	72%	0%	48%	72%	27%	2%	4	0	15%	29	14	4%	7	4	30%	0	0	0
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	1556	3.89	1013	65%	23%	23%	28%	26%	77%	3%	50%	70%	33%	3%	13	3	11%	42	17	7%	29	22	31%	0	0	0
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	850	3.54	571	67%	22%	15%	31%	33%	78%	3%	53%	81%	35%	4%	10	1	18%	42	22	7%	17	15	31%	0	0	0
2006	25	TOT	MLB	70	266	3.80	190	71%	23%	28%	28%	21%	77%	0%	55%	64%	30%	1%	1	0	10%	7	2	3%	2	2	25%	0	0	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	132	3.88	96	73%	25%	29%	29%	17%	75%	0%	55%	61%	29%	3%	1	0	12%	4	1	6%	2	2	29%	0	0	0
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	134	3.72	94	70%	21%	27%	27%	26%	79%	0%	55%	66%	31%	0%	0	0	8%	3	1	0%	0	0	18%	0	0	0
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	43	3.58	32	74%	25%	28%	22%	25%	75%	0%	56%	63%	8%	0%	0	0	17%	2	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	39	3.00	25	64%	24%	16%	24%	36%	76%	0%	49%	79%	23%	8%	1	0	8%	1	0	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	1231	3.65	809	66%	24%	17%	30%	29%	76%	2%	50%	77%	36%	5%	17	0	16%	53	19	7%	23	13	23%	0	0	0
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	613	3.37	400	65%	24%	18%	26%	32%	76%	7%	49%	76%	33%	7%	13	0	14%	25	5	4%	7	4	38%	0	0	0
2011	30	WSN	NL	352	1204	3.42	807	67%	23%	20%	27%	30%	77%	2%	52%	74%	32%	5%	16	0	14%	48	15	5%	16	10	20%	-1	0	0
9 Seasons				1801	6508	3.61	4320	66%	24%	20%	28%	29%	76%	3%	51%	74%	33%	4%	75	4	14%	249	94	6%	101	70	28%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	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
2003	22	53	195	184	25	47	10	0	8	30	3	0	9	53	.255	.289	.440	.729	81	81	1	0	1	1	0
2004	23	168	595	555	83	139	30	4	22	76	4	1	32	166	.250	.292	.438	.730	81	243	7	2	2	4	4
2005	24	231	835	784	111	194	42	7	28	108	6	1	41	211	.247	.285	.426	.711	78	334	10	2	2	6	7
2006	25	250	905	851	114	205	44	7	29	118	6	1	41	239	.241	.277	.411	.688	73	350	11	4	2	7	7
2007	26	260	917	863	114	205	44	7	29	118	6	1	41	243	.238	.273	.406	.679	70	350	11	4	2	7	7
2008	27	270	930	875	115	206	44	7	29	118	6	1	42	246	.235	.272	.401	.673	69	351	11	4	2	7	7
2009	28	386	1267	1184	157	280	70	8	44	164	6	2	64	327	.236	.277	.421	.697	76	498	16	6	2	11	10
2010	29	483	1449	1349	173	328	81	10	48	182	6	3	79	366	.243	.286	.425	.711	81	573	21	6	4	11	14
2011	30	607	1800	1673	211	409	96	11	64	226	8	5	102	448	.244	.288	.430	.718	85	719	22	7	4	14	16

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	22	53	190	181	22	44	9	0	7	27	3	8	53	.243	.274	.409	.683	21	53
2004	23	115	390	364	50	85	18	4	13	40	1	21	113	.234	.277	.412	.689	41	115
2005	24	63	238	227	26	53	12	3	6	30	2	9	45	.233	.261	.392	.653	23	63
2006	25	19	71	68	3	12	2	0	1	10	0	0	28	.176	.197	.250	.447	3	19
2007	26	10	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2008	27	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	10
2009	28	116	337	309	42	74	26	1	15	46	0	22	81	.239	.291	.476	.767	43	116
2010	29	97	180	165	16	48	11	2	4	18	0	15	39	.291	.350	.455	.805	26	97
2011	30	124	355	327	41	84	16	1	17	47	2	24	82	.257	.307	.468	.775	47	124
9 Seasons		607	1786	1665	200	400	94	11	63	218	8	100	448	.240	.284	.423	.707	204	607
162 Game Avg.		162	477	444	53	107	25	3	17	58	2	27	120	.240	.284	.423	.707	54	607

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Hall of Fame Standards

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Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jim Hickman (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dante Bichette (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Thompson (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dustan Mohr (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Hairston (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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