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Abraham Núñez

Abraham Orlando (Adames) Nunez

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 16, 1976 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1997
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies/Cardinals/Mets 1997-2008

Final Game: June 8, 2008
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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
1996	20	TOR-min	A-	75	342	297	43	83	6	4	3	26	37	14	31	43	.279	.353	.357	.710		106	2	4	8	2	0	STC · NYPL
1997	21	PIT-min	A+,AA	125	561	502	76	144	15	5	4	46	39	19	43	75	.287	.342	.361	.702		181	7	1	11	4	1	LBG,CAR · CARL,SOUL
1997	21	PIT	NL	19	45	40	3	9	2	2	0	6	1	0	3	10	.225	.289	.375	.664	71	15	1	1	0	1	0	6/4
1998	22	PIT-min	AAA,A+	99	434	384	52	95	13	3	3	34	17	8	42	74	.247	.329	.320	.649		123	11	5	2	1	0	NVL,LBG · PCL,CARL
1998	22	PIT	NL	24	67	52	6	10	2	0	1	2	4	2	12	14	.192	.344	.288	.632	68	15	1	0	3	0	0	6
1999	23	PIT-min	AAA	15	63	58	12	18	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	8	.310	.365	.310	.675		18	2	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
1999	23	PIT	NL	90	301	259	25	57	8	0	0	17	9	1	28	54	.220	.299	.251	.550	41	65	2	1	13	0	0	64
2000	24	PIT-min	AAA	90	394	351	49	97	11	1	3	29	20	5	36	46	.276	.344	.339	.683		119	7	1	4	2	0	NVL · PCL
2000	24	PIT	NL	40	99	91	10	20	1	0	1	8	0	0	8	14	.220	.283	.264	.547	40	24	3	0	0	0	1	6/4
2001	25	PIT	NL	115	335	301	30	79	11	4	1	21	8	2	28	53	.262	.326	.336	.662	70	101	0	1	4	1	1	46/5
2002	26	PIT-min	AAA	5	20	18	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	7	.222	.300	.222	.522		4	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
2002	26	PIT	NL	112	286	253	28	59	14	1	2	15	3	4	27	44	.233	.311	.320	.631	66	81	2	2	3	1	1	46
2003	27	PIT	NL	118	351	311	37	77	8	7	4	35	9	3	26	53	.248	.310	.357	.667	72	111	8	3	9	2	1	46/5
2004	28	PIT	NL	112	195	182	17	43	9	0	2	13	1	3	10	36	.236	.275	.319	.593	54	58	8	0	2	1	0	46/51
2005	29	STL	NL	139	467	421	64	120	13	2	5	44	0	1	37	63	.285	.343	.361	.704	85	152	6	0	9	0	4	546
2006	30	PHI	NL	123	369	322	42	68	10	2	2	32	1	0	41	58	.211	.303	.273	.577	47	88	7	2	3	1	8	5/46
2007	31	PHI	NL	136	287	252	24	59	10	1	0	16	2	0	30	48	.234	.318	.282	.600	55	71	10	1	4	0	5	*5/64
2008	32	NYM-MIL-min	AAA	105	388	323	40	68	6	0	4	28	9	1	56	56	.211	.332	.266	.598		86	10	3	5	1	4	NOR,NVL · PCL
2008	32	NYM	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	33	ARI-min	AAA	84	310	253	28	63	8	2	2	32	4	3	48	40	.249	.367	.320	.687		81	10	1	5	3	5	REN · PCL
12 Seasons				1030	2804	2486	286	601	88	19	18	209	38	16	250	447	.242	.313	.314	.627	62	781	48	11	50	7	21
162 Game Avg.				162	441	391	45	95	14	3	3	33	6	3	39	70	.242	.313	.314	.627	62	123	8	2	8	1	3

PIT (8 yrs)				630	1679	1489	156	354	55	14	11	117	35	15	142	278	.238	.306	.316	.622	61	470	25	8	34	6	4
PHI (2 yrs)				259	656	574	66	127	20	3	2	48	3	0	71	106	.221	.310	.277	.587	51	159	17	3	7	1	13
NYM (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				139	467	421	64	120	13	2	5	44	0	1	37	63	.285	.343	.361	.704	85	152	6	0	9	0	4

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
1997	21	PIT	NL	45	-2	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0.3	0	0.0	0.3	$150,000	6/4
1998	22	PIT	NL	67	-2	0	-1	0	-2	1	2	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	6
1999	23	PIT	NL	301	-22	1	-1	2	5	3	8	-4	-0.3	-9	-0.9	0.6	$210,000	64
2000	24	PIT	NL	99	-9	0	1	0	0	1	3	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	6/4
2001	25	PIT	NL	335	-11	-1	0	3	5	2	10	8	0.7	3	0.3	0.4	$275,000	46/5
2002	26	PIT	NL	286	-12	-1	2	1	8	1	8	7	0.7	-1	-0.1	0.8	$200,000	46
2003	27	PIT	NL	351	-14	-1	-1	2	-6	2	10	-8	-0.9	-2	-0.2	-0.7	$675,000	46/5
2004	28	PIT	NL	195	-11	-4	0	-1	4	1	6	-5	-0.6	-9	-0.9	0.3	$625,000	46/51
2005	29	STL	NL	467	-8	2	1	3	6	2	13	20	2.0	13	1.3	0.7	$	546
2006	30	PHI	NL	369	-27	0	0	2	-4	1	11	-18	-1.8	-13	-1.3	-0.5	$1,125,000	5/46
2007	31	PHI	NL	287	-18	-1	0	0	7	1	8	-3	-0.3	-10	-1.0	0.7	$1,925,000	*5/64
2008	32	NYM	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
12 Seasons				2804	-137	-5	1	12	25	16	80	-7	-0.9	-33	-3.3	2.4	$5,185,000

PIT (8 yrs)				1679	-83	-6	0	7	15	12	48	-5	-0.7	-22	-2.2	1.5	$2,135,000
PHI (2 yrs)				656	-45	-1	0	2	3	2	19	-21	-2.1	-23	-2.3	0.2	$3,050,000
NYM (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				467	-8	2	1	3	6	2	13	20	2.0	13	1.3	0.7	$

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
2005	29	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	3	13	11	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.364	.462	.455	.916	5	0	0	0	0	0
2005	29	STL	NL	NLCS	HOU	L	4	13	13	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.385	.385	.769	5	0	0	0	0	0

2007	31	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	L	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							10	28	26	4	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.346	.393	.385	.777	10	1	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							6	15	13	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.308	.400	.385	.785	5	1	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	13	13	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.385	.385	.769	5	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GF	IP	BF
2004	28	PIT	NL	1	1	0.1	1
1 Season				1	1	0.1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	68	20	68

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	28	PIT	NL	0.1	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0.0	$625,000
1 Season				0.1	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0.0	$625,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1997	PIT	NL	21	SS	12				34	9	25	0	5	1.000	2					2.83	.973		4.54
1997	PIT	NL	21	2B	9				17	5	12	0	0	1.000	1					1.89	.980		5.03
1998	PIT	NL	22	SS	23				100	33	60	7	12	.930	-2					4.04	.968		4.50
1999	PIT	NL	23	SS	65				274	89	172	13	37	.953	3					4.02	.967		4.39
1999	PIT	NL	23	2B	14				67	24	42	1	13	.985	2					4.71	.981		5.01
2000	PIT	NL	24	SS	21				90	31	57	2	10	.978	1					4.19	.967		4.47
2000	PIT	NL	24	2B	6				20	12	8	0	4	1.000	-1					3.33	.982		4.92
2001	PIT	NL	25	2B	48				198	93	103	2	27	.990	4					4.08	.983		4.80
2001	PIT	NL	25	SS	48				184	51	131	2	24	.989	1					3.79	.968		4.42
2001	PIT	NL	25	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		-0					0.00			2.50
2001	PIT	NL	25	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.20
2001	PIT	NL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
2002	PIT	NL	26	2B	46				219	84	133	2	35	.991	6					4.72	.981		4.92
2002	PIT	NL	26	SS	24				81	19	57	5	15	.938	2					3.17	.970		4.49
2003	PIT	NL	27	2B	71				330	125	198	7	42	.979	-0	1				4.55	.983		5.07
2003	PIT	NL	27	SS	23				74	29	44	1	9	.986	-6	-5				3.17	.973		4.48
2003	PIT	NL	27	3B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	2				1.00	.960		2.70
2004	PIT	NL	28	2B	32				132	60	70	2	24	.985	5	3				4.06	.982		4.97
2004	PIT	NL	28	SS	13				25	10	15	0	4	1.000	-1	-1				1.92	.973		4.42
2004	PIT	NL	28	3B	6				6	0	5	1	0	.833	-0	-1				0.83	.957		2.75
2004	PIT	NL	28	P	1			0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	1.80
2005	STL	NL	29	3B	98				267	54	203	10	19	.963	5	8				2.62	.958		2.74
2005	STL	NL	29	2B	22				66	26	38	2	15	.970	2	2				2.91	.981		4.92
2005	STL	NL	29	SS	21				46	14	30	2	9	.957	0	-2				2.10	.976		4.45
2006	PHI	NL	30	3B	74				195	36	151	8	10	.959	-4	-4				2.53	.954		2.68
2006	PHI	NL	30	2B	6				20	7	13	0	2	1.000	0	0				3.33	.982		5.02
2006	PHI	NL	30	SS	3				4	0	4	0	1	1.000	0	0				1.33	.972		4.37
2007	PHI	NL	31	3B	113				225	41	175	9	12	.960	9	4				1.91	.954		2.67
2007	PHI	NL	31	SS	8				3	0	3	0	1	1.000	-0	-1				0.38	.973		4.42
2007	PHI	NL	31	2B	4				15	11	4	0	2	1.000	-2	-4				3.75	.984		4.85
	6 Seasons			3B	293				694	131	535	28	41	.960	10	9				2.27	.956		2.70
	11 Seasons			SS	261				915	285	598	32	127	.965	-1	-9				3.38	.969		4.44
	10 Seasons			2B	258				1084	447	621	16	164	.985	16	2				4.14	.982		4.95
	1 Season			P	1			0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	1.80
	1 Season			OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
	12 Seasons			TOT	814			0.1	2693	863	1754	76	332	.972	25	2	88560	7200	0.00	3.21	.971	2.70	3.97
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2003 NL 7 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1999 NL 13 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 2002 NL 6 (3rd) Career 16 (81st)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 2007 NL 9 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 2005 NL 3.21 (1st) 2007 NL 3.27 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 2005 NL 2.62 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1997 NL born 1976-03-16 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1468), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Ruben Amaro (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Wilkerson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Ripken (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Ripken (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Punto (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

May 5, 1994: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.
December 11, 1996: the Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors), Abraham Nunez and Craig Wilson to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on November 14, 1996. November 14, 1996: The Toronto Blue Jays sent players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and Jose Silva to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Garcia, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac.
December 1, 2004: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
December 28, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 30, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
May 17, 2008: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
May 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
May 15, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1997	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	$150,000	1997 postseason AP survey

1999	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	$210,000	4/6/99 USA Today

2001	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	$275,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	$200,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$675,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$625,000	4/7/04 AP

2006	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,125,000
2007	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,925,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,185,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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