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David Ortiz

David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Big Papi or Cookie Monster)

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Haina (Haina, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Twins 1997-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 5 yrs/$64.5M (07-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 13.048, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Fernando Cuza / Diego Benz [*]
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All-Star

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
1997 21 MIN AL 15 51 49 10 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 19 .327 .353 .449 .802 107 22 1 0 0 0 0 3
1998 22 MIN AL 86 326 278 47 77 20 0 9 46 1 0 39 72 .277 .371 .446 .817 111 124 8 5 0 4 3 3
1999 23 MIN AL 10 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 2 0 0 0 0 /3
2000 24 MIN AL 130 478 415 59 117 36 1 10 63 1 0 57 81 .282 .364 .446 .810 101 185 13 0 0 6 2 3
2001 25 MIN AL 89 347 303 46 71 17 1 18 48 1 0 40 68 .234 .324 .475 .799 106 144 6 1 1 2 8 /3
2002 26 MIN AL 125 466 412 52 112 32 1 20 75 1 2 43 87 .272 .339 .500 .839 120 206 5 3 0 8 0 3
2003 27 BOS AL 128 509 448 79 129 39 2 31 101 0 0 58 83 .288 .369 .592 .961 144 265 9 1 0 2 8 3 MVP-5
2004 28 BOS AL 150 669 582 94 175 47 3 41 139 0 0 75 133 .301 .380 .603 .983 145 351 12 4 0 8 8 3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 29 BOS AL 159 713 601 119 180 40 1 47 148 1 0 102 124 .300 .397 .604 1.001 158 363 13 1 0 9 9 3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 30 BOS AL 151 686 558 115 160 29 2 54 137 1 0 119 117 .287 .413 .636 1.049 162 355 12 4 0 5 23 3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 31 BOS AL 149 667 549 116 182 52 1 35 117 3 1 111 103 .332 .445 .621 1.066 172 341 16 4 0 3 12 /3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 32 BOS AL 109 491 416 74 110 30 1 23 89 1 0 70 74 .264 .369 .507 .877 123 211 11 1 1 3 12 AS
2009 33 BOS AL 150 627 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 0 2 74 134 .238 .332 .462 .794 102 250 9 5 0 7 5 /3
2010 34 BOS AL 145 606 518 86 140 36 1 32 102 0 1 82 145 .270 .370 .529 .899 137 274 12 2 0 4 14 /3 AS
2011 35 BOS AL 146 605 525 84 162 40 1 29 96 1 1 78 83 .309 .398 .554 .953 154 291 24 1 0 1 12 *D/3 AS,SS
15 Seasons 1742 7266 6215 1059 1760 456 16 378 1266 11 7 955 1335 .283 .378 .544 .922 136 3382 153 32 2 62 116
162 Game Avg. 162 676 578 98 164 42 1 35 118 1 1 89 124 .283 .378 .544 .922 136 315 14 3 0 6 11
BOS (9 yrs) 1287 5573 4738 844 1367 348 13 320 1028 7 5 769 996 .289 .387 .570 .958 145 2701 118 23 1 42 103
MIN (6 yrs) 455 1693 1477 215 393 108 3 58 238 4 2 186 339 .266 .348 .461 .809 107 681 35 9 1 20 13

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 Awards
1997 21 MIN AL 51 1 -1 0 0 -0 -1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 3
1998 22 MIN AL 326 8 1 0 0 -6 -5 11 9 0.9 15 1.5 -0.6 $170,000 3
1999 23 MIN AL 25 -5 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ /3
2000 24 MIN AL 478 1 -1 0 -1 -1 -10 17 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $220,000 3
2001 25 MIN AL 347 -1 0 -1 -1 0 -8 12 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $260,000 /3
2002 26 MIN AL 466 10 -3 0 0 -1 -10 16 12 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $950,000 3
2003 27 BOS AL 509 24 -2 -1 2 -2 -10 18 29 2.9 31 3.1 -0.2 $1,250,000 3 MVP-5
2004 28 BOS AL 669 36 -2 -1 0 3 -13 21 44 4.3 41 4.1 0.2 $4,587,500 3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 29 BOS AL 713 51 -5 -1 0 -1 -15 22 51 5.1 52 5.2 -0.1 $5,250,000 3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 30 BOS AL 686 49 -2 -1 1 2 -14 21 56 5.5 54 5.3 0.2 $6,500,000 3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 31 BOS AL 667 59 -1 -3 -1 -0 -14 21 61 6.0 61 6.0 0.0 $13,250,000 /3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 32 BOS AL 491 10 -2 -1 0 0 -11 15 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $13,000,000 AS
2009 33 BOS AL 627 0 -2 1 0 0 -14 21 6 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $13,000,000 /3
2010 34 BOS AL 606 28 -3 -3 1 -0 -14 20 29 2.8 29 2.9 -0.1 $13,000,000 /3 AS
2011 35 BOS AL 605 42 -3 -1 -4 -0 -14 20 40 3.8 40 3.8 0.0 $12,500,000 *D/3 AS,SS
15 Seasons 7266 313 -27 -13 -3 -7 -153 239 349 34.2 355 35.1 -0.9 $83,937,500
BOS (9 yrs) 5573 299 -23 -12 -1 1 -118 180 327 32.0 324 32.0 0.0 $82,337,500
MIN (6 yrs) 1693 14 -4 -1 -2 -9 -35 59 22 2.2 31 3.1 -0.9 $1,600,000

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
1997 21 MIN AL 51 34 8 6.3 110 .517 .327 .272 .353 .342 .449 .430 .802 .772 107 .590 0.4 0.0 .706 .163 .122 .0
1998 22 MIN AL 326 213 48 6.0 110 .338 .277 .273 .371 .341 .446 .434 .817 .776 111 .567 6.4 0.6 .809 .313 .169 1.8
1999 23 MIN AL 25 22 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .279 .200 .352 .000 .446 .200 .798 -43 .000 -4.6 -0.4 .227 .250 .000
2000 24 MIN AL 478 317 68 5.7 119 .324 .282 .281 .364 .355 .446 .453 .810 .807 101 .516 2.4 0.2 .781 .304 .164 1.8
2001 25 MIN AL 347 241 47 5.2 109 .242 .234 .270 .324 .337 .475 .433 .799 .771 106 .514 1.9 0.2 .782 .376 .241 1.9
2002 26 MIN AL 466 315 72 6.1 105 .294 .272 .264 .339 .331 .500 .425 .839 .756 120 .596 12.7 1.2 .818 .330 .228 1.9
2003 27 BOS AL 509 330 98 7.9 111 .292 .288 .273 .369 .340 .592 .438 .961 .778 144 .698 29.0 2.7 .988 .433 .304 .0
2004 28 BOS AL 669 427 135 8.5 115 .322 .301 .278 .380 .346 .603 .446 .983 .792 145 .711 40.0 3.7 1.026 .431 .302 .0
2005 29 BOS AL 713 443 149 9.0 108 .303 .300 .273 .397 .336 .604 .432 1.001 .768 158 .752 53.6 5.0 1.076 .476 .304 2.0
2006 30 BOS AL 686 415 152 9.8 115 .270 .287 .281 .413 .346 .636 .447 1.049 .793 162 .759 54.7 5.0 1.168 .565 .349 2.0
2007 31 BOS AL 667 387 156 10.8 112 .355 .332 .278 .445 .346 .621 .434 1.066 .780 172 .800 64.1 5.9 1.193 .495 .290 5.5
2008 32 BOS AL 491 321 79 6.6 112 .270 .264 .278 .369 .346 .507 .434 .877 .781 123 .626 15.3 1.4 .893 .413 .243 1.9
2009 33 BOS AL 627 430 86 5.3 112 .262 .238 .274 .332 .344 .462 .439 .794 .783 102 .524 1.6 0.2 .773 .357 .224 .0
2010 34 BOS AL 606 395 102 6.9 104 .313 .270 .267 .370 .335 .529 .418 .899 .753 137 .671 28.4 2.7 .913 .415 .259 .0
2011 35 BOS AL 605 389 110 7.6 103 .321 .309 .264 .398 .330 .554 .418 .953 .747 154 .713 41.5 4.0 .954 .394 .246 1.9
15 Seasons 7266 4679 1310 7.5 111 .303 .283 .274 .378 .341 .544 .435 .922 .776 136 .675 347.4 32.4 .948 .415 .261 21.4
162 Game Avg. 676 435 122 7.5 111 .303 .283 .274 .378 .341 .544 .435 .922 .776 136 .675 32 3 .948 .415 .261 2
BOS (9 yrs) 5573 3537 1067 8.1 110 .302 .289 .274 .387 .341 .570 .434 .958 .775 145 .708 328.1 30.6 1.000 .444 .282 13.7
MIN (6 yrs) 1693 1142 243 5.7 111 .305 .266 .272 .348 .342 .461 .437 .809 .778 107 .541 19.3 1.8 .783 .322 .195 7.5

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
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 4 13 13 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .385 .615 5 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 5 16 16 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .313 .313 .375 .688 6 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 BOS AL ALDS OAK W 5 23 21 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .095 .174 .143 .317 3 0 0 0 0 1
2003 27 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 7 30 26 4 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 8 .269 .367 .538 .905 14 1 1 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 3 16 11 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 .545 .688 1.000 1.688 11 0 0 0 0 3
2004 28 BOS AL ALCS NYY W 7 35 31 6 12 0 1 3 11 0 1 4 7 .387 .457 .742 1.199 23 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL WS STL W 4 17 13 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 1 .308 .471 .615 1.086 8 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 BOS AL ALDS CHW L 3 12 12 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .750 1.083 9 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 13 7 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 1 .714 .846 1.571 2.418 11 0 0 0 0 2
2007 31 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 7 33 24 7 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 5 .292 .424 .542 .966 13 2 1 0 2 0
2007 31 BOS AL WS COL W 4 17 15 4 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .333 .412 .533 .945 8 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 20 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .235 .350 .294 .644 5 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 32 26 3 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 6 9 .154 .313 .385 .697 10 0 0 0 0 1
2009 33 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (14 Series) 66 289 244 39 69 18 2 12 47 0 1 41 64 .283 .388 .520 .908 127 3 2 0 2 7
7 ALDS 25 109 93 12 25 8 0 4 13 0 0 16 26 .269 .376 .484 .860 45 0 0 0 0 6
5 ALCS 33 146 123 20 35 6 2 7 26 0 1 19 34 .285 .384 .537 .920 66 3 2 0 2 1
2 WS 8 34 28 7 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 6 4 .321 .441 .571 1.013 16 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 BOS AL 28 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BOS AL 29 as DH 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS AL 30 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 31 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 BOS AL 32 DNP
2010 BOS AL 34 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 BOS AL 35 as DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (6 Appearances) 14 12 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .583 1.012 7 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
1997 21 MIN AL 51 2.0% 37.3% 3.9% 7.8% 25% 9.50 2.6 49.0 8.2 0.58 1.00 57% 33% 5.6% 5%
1998 22 MIN AL 326 2.8% 22.1% 12.0% 8.9% 38% 1.85 3.9 30.9 6.0 0.67 0.90 62% 27% 8.2% 13%
1999 23 MIN AL 25 0.0% 48.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.40 1.7 0.60 1.00 32% 13% 0.0% 20%
2000 24 MIN AL 478 2.1% 17.0% 11.9% 9.8% 40% 1.42 5.1 41.5 6.6 0.65 1.17 69% 32% 5.5% 10%
2001 25 MIN AL 347 5.2% 19.6% 11.5% 10.4% 51% 1.70 4.5 16.8 6.3 0.56 0.83 63% 22% 14.4% 11%
2002 26 MIN AL 466 4.3% 18.7% 9.2% 11.4% 47% 2.02 4.7 20.6 5.5 0.50 0.62 67% 24% 11.7% 18%
2003 27 BOS AL 509 6.1% 16.3% 11.4% 14.2% 56% 1.43 5.4 14.5 4.4 0.55 0.84 66% 17% 14.3% 8%
2004 28 BOS AL 669 6.1% 19.9% 11.2% 13.6% 52% 1.77 4.4 14.2 4.2 0.52 0.82 62% 20% 14.7% 7%
2005 29 BOS AL 713 6.6% 17.4% 14.3% 12.3% 49% 1.22 4.8 12.8 4.1 0.48 0.72 62% 18% 15.6% 8%
2006 30 BOS AL 686 7.9% 17.1% 17.4% 12.4% 53% 0.98 4.8 10.3 4.1 0.58 0.90 57% 17% 20.9% 8%
2007 31 BOS AL 667 5.3% 15.4% 16.6% 13.2% 48% 0.93 5.3 15.7 4.7 0.61 0.93 62% 19% 13.6% 8%
2008 32 BOS AL 491 4.7% 15.1% 14.3% 11.0% 49% 1.06 5.6 18.1 4.7 0.58 0.84 66% 19% 12.6% 17%
2009 33 BOS AL 627 4.5% 21.4% 11.8% 10.2% 50% 1.81 4.0 19.3 5.5 0.47 0.69 62% 16% 11.8% 16%
2010 34 BOS AL 606 5.3% 23.9% 13.5% 11.4% 49% 1.77 3.6 16.2 5.1 0.64 1.02 57% 18% 15.8% 11%
2011 35 BOS AL 605 4.8% 13.7% 12.9% 11.6% 43% 1.06 6.3 18.1 5.5 0.71 1.17 68% 20% 12.2% 8%
15 Seasons 7266 5.2% 18.4% 13.1% 11.7% 48% 1.40 4.7 16.4 4.9 0.57 0.87 63% 20% 13.6% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 21 MIN AL 0.4 0.0 51 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .77 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.91 -0.1 0.26 3
1998 22 MIN AL 6.4 0.6 328 0.1 5.8 -5.6 1.04 0.7 -0.6 6.6 0.6 0.95 8.6 2.70 3
1999 23 MIN AL -4.6 -0.4 25 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.29 -0.4 -0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.95 -6.0 2.35 3
2000 24 MIN AL 2.5 0.2 483 0.5 9.2 -8.7 1.04 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.95 1.3 1.84 16
2001 25 MIN AL 2.1 0.2 350 0.6 6.7 -6.0 1.02 0.2 0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 1.0 2.12 5
2002 26 MIN AL 12.6 1.2 476 0.7 8.8 -8.1 .98 1.3 -0.6 4.6 0.4 0.96 9.3 1.11 13
2003 27 BOS AL 28.8 2.7 510 3.2 12.2 -9.1 1.05 2.7 0.3 26.8 2.4 0.99 28.8 1.52 11
2004 28 BOS AL 40.0 3.7 677 3.1 13.8 -10.7 .95 3.8 -0.6 40.5 3.6 0.96 46.6 2.41 5
2005 29 BOS AL 53.5 5.0 718 8.8 18.4 -9.6 .95 5.8 3.4 68.5 6.3 0.96 64.4 2.05 2
2006 30 BOS AL 54.5 5.0 694 7.9 18.1 -10.3 .99 6.4 1.5 49.6 4.4 0.94 65.5 1.44 3
2007 31 BOS AL 64.0 5.9 680 4.6 15.8 -11.2 1.04 6.3 -1.9 62.5 5.6 0.96 71.2 1.87 2
2008 32 BOS AL 15.1 1.4 494 0.8 8.9 -8.1 .98 1.6 -0.7 24.6 2.2 0.95 21.7 1
2009 33 BOS AL 1.2 0.1 634 0.7 11.1 -10.4 .95 0.7 0.1 13.3 1.2 0.97 6.0 1.12 4
2010 34 BOS AL 28.5 2.8 614 2.6 13.5 -10.9 1.05 2.7 -0.2 21.7 2.0 1.00 29.6 3.47 4
2011 35 BOS AL 41.5 4.0 612 1.9 12.6 -10.7 1.02 3.7 -1.9 31.8 3.0 1.07 34.8 1.78 7
15 Seasons 346.6 32.3 7346 34.6 155.7 -121.2 1.00 35.5 -0.9 342.2 31.1 0.97 382.5 1.73 82

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
1997 21 MIN AL 0 0 53% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 6 6 0 1 0 1 5 4 1
1998 22 MIN AL 3 0 34% 120 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 53% 18 11 7 5 2 3 9 2 7
1999 23 MIN AL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 24 MIN AL 5 0 30% 217 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 44% 31 23 7 8 4 4 18 4 14
2001 25 MIN AL 2 0 30% 106 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 48% 15 8 5 2 1 1 12 3 8
2002 26 MIN AL 3 0 23% 174 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 18% 22 17 5 6 6 0 16 10 3
2003 27 BOS AL 3 0 31% 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 34% 29 23 5 4 2 2 20 8 11
2004 28 BOS AL 2 0 25% 226 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 24% 34 27 7 15 11 4 18 12 5
2005 29 BOS AL 5 0 31% 277 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 16% 42 36 6 10 7 2 16 13 3
2006 30 BOS AL 3 0 27% 254 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 27% 35 30 4 8 4 4 17 9 8
2007 31 BOS AL 1 0 31% 288 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 26 33% 53 41 11 14 10 3 31 10 18
2008 32 BOS AL 2 0 32% 181 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 26% 20 17 3 15 11 4 11 5 5
2009 33 BOS AL 5 0 27% 195 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 8% 27 25 2 7 7 0 16 14 2
2010 34 BOS AL 0 0 28% 196 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 18 16% 24 22 2 17 14 2 9 4 4
2011 35 BOS AL 4 0 26% 224 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 25% 36 29 7 10 8 2 19 11 7
15 Seasons 38 0 29% 2659 11 7 61% 11 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 62 149 27% 393 316 71 123 88 32 217 109 96

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
1997 21 MIN AL 51 82% 16 2 0 3 1 0 0 0.26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 13% 6 1 17% 28 5 18% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1998 22 MIN AL 326 79% 77 17 0 3 0 0 0 2.70 9 0 6 8 1 2 7 0 0 0 71 8 11% 34 10 29% 209 38 18% 25 14 56% 13 7 54% 0
1999 23 MIN AL 25 92% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 5 1 20% 20 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2000 24 MIN AL 478 81% 117 2 0 16 3 1 2 1.84 10 1 12 9 1 7 3 0 0 0 99 13 13% 43 21 49% 328 57 17% 39 23 59% 19 12 63% 0
2001 25 MIN AL 347 72% 71 1 0 5 1 1 1 2.12 18 0 5 14 4 6 12 0 1 1 100% 60 6 10% 29 9 31% 242 32 13% 18 10 56% 17 8 47% 0
2002 26 MIN AL 466 72% 112 9 0 13 3 0 3 1.11 20 0 14 15 5 5 15 0 0 0 91 5 5% 55 19 35% 325 58 18% 37 22 59% 26 11 42% 0
2003 27 BOS AL 509 76% 129 3 0 11 3 1 3 1.52 31 0 19 27 4 17 14 0 0 0 102 9 9% 51 15 29% 383 72 19% 33 19 58% 27 13 48% 0
2004 28 BOS AL 669 67% 175 6 0 5 1 0 1 2.41 41 1 22 31 10 17 24 0 0 0 154 12 8% 62 18 29% 477 101 21% 52 28 54% 29 16 55% 0
2005 29 BOS AL 713 68% 180 14 1 2 0 0 0 2.05 47 2 18 36 11 20 27 0 1 0 0% 168 13 8% 68 27 40% 506 105 21% 47 31 66% 44 28 64% 0
2006 30 BOS AL 686 65% 160 6 3 3 1 0 0 1.44 54 2 16 36 18 22 32 0 1 0 0% 160 12 8% 54 16 30% 485 86 18% 35 19 54% 32 13 41% 0
2007 31 BOS AL 667 69% 182 9 0 2 0 0 0 1.87 35 1 16 30 5 16 19 0 1 0 0% 180 16 9% 52 12 23% 463 86 19% 37 20 54% 37 23 62% 0
2008 32 BOS AL 491 75% 110 10 0 1 0 0 0 23 1 11 18 5 12 11 0 1 1 100% 111 11 10% 45 15 33% 333 68 20% 34 16 47% 34 22 65% 0
2009 33 BOS AL 627 70% 129 8 0 4 1 0 0 1.12 28 0 22 22 6 18 10 0 0 0 145 9 6% 65 23 35% 455 73 16% 40 28 70% 26 15 58% 0
2010 34 BOS AL 606 67% 140 19 1 4 0 0 0 3.47 32 1 15 30 2 15 17 0 0 0 123 12 10% 53 15 28% 453 71 16% 34 11 32% 27 13 48% 0
2011 35 BOS AL 605 67% 162 14 0 7 1 1 1 1.78 29 1 18 21 8 13 16 0 0 0 134 24 18% 61 11 18% 444 67 15% 42 18 43% 33 18 55% 0
15 Seasons 7266 71% 1760 120 5 82 15 4 11 1.73 378 10 194 298 80 170 208 0 5 2 40% 1611 153 10% 683 213 31% 5151 919 18% 478 259 54% 370 201 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
1997 21 MIN AL 50 170 3.40 114 67% 18% 38% 19% 25% 82% 0% 55% 54% 30% 0% 0 0 10% 5 4 4% 2 2 5% 1 0 0
1998 22 MIN AL 326 1292 3.96 779 60% 25% 21% 27% 27% 75% 2% 45% 72% 28% 7% 24 2 18% 60 27 13% 41 27 21% 0 0 0
1999 23 MIN AL 25 114 4.56 68 60% 29% 28% 31% 12% 71% 0% 42% 60% 20% 4% 1 0 12% 3 1 16% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
2000 24 MIN AL 478 2010 4.21 1169 58% 28% 14% 30% 29% 72% 1% 42% 81% 20% 8% 37 13 21% 98 36 14% 68 43 23% 0 0 0
2001 25 MIN AL 347 1385 3.99 832 60% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 5% 43% 77% 27% 6% 20 4 17% 58 21 12% 42 29 32% 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL 466 1924 4.13 1172 61% 24% 19% 29% 28% 76% 0% 46% 76% 28% 5% 21 6 18% 82 41 13% 59 37 20% 0 0 0
2003 27 BOS AL 509 2065 4.06 1234 60% 25% 16% 29% 30% 75% 3% 45% 78% 26% 6% 29 3 16% 79 34 8% 41 25 18% 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL 669 2672 3.99 1586 59% 22% 17% 32% 29% 78% 3% 46% 78% 30% 7% 48 13 18% 122 49 10% 66 41 22% 0 0 0
2005 29 BOS AL 713 2852 4.00 1617 57% 24% 16% 30% 30% 76% 3% 43% 78% 31% 8% 57 12 21% 148 58 13% 93 56 22% 0 0 0
2006 30 BOS AL 686 2789 4.07 1540 55% 24% 17% 29% 29% 76% 6% 42% 77% 32% 10% 71 12 21% 147 50 15% 100 48 17% 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL 667 2738 4.10 1527 56% 25% 15% 31% 29% 75% 4% 42% 80% 26% 8% 56 8 19% 124 43 15% 97 56 19% 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL 491 1977 4.03 1111 56% 25% 16% 28% 31% 75% 5% 42% 78% 27% 8% 39 6 18% 90 31 13% 62 39 19% 0 0 0
2009 33 BOS AL 627 2626 4.19 1552 59% 24% 18% 31% 27% 76% 2% 45% 76% 29% 6% 40 8 18% 114 50 11% 71 45 22% 0 0 0
2010 34 BOS AL 606 2647 4.37 1522 57% 25% 19% 30% 25% 75% 5% 43% 74% 24% 7% 44 7 20% 122 53 15% 88 60 18% 0 0 0
2011 35 BOS AL 605 2436 4.03 1422 58% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 4% 43% 82% 29% 7% 42 11 17% 100 35 13% 79 47 24% 0 0 0
15 Seasons 7265 29697 4.09 17245 58% 25% 17% 30% 29% 75% 3% 44% 77% 28% 7% 529 105 19% 1352 533 13% 913 556 21% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
1997 21 15 51 49 10 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 19 .327 .353 .449 .802 107 22 1 0 0 0 0
1998 22 101 377 327 57 93 23 0 10 52 1 0 41 91 .284 .369 .446 .815 111 146 9 5 0 4 3
1999 23 111 402 347 58 93 23 0 10 52 1 0 46 103 .268 .358 .421 .779 102 146 11 5 0 4 3
2000 24 241 880 762 117 210 59 1 20 115 2 0 103 184 .276 .361 .434 .796 101 331 24 5 0 10 5
2001 25 330 1227 1065 163 281 76 2 38 163 3 0 143 252 .264 .351 .446 .797 103 475 30 6 1 12 13
2002 26 455 1693 1477 215 393 108 3 58 238 4 2 186 339 .266 .348 .461 .809 107 681 35 9 1 20 13
2003 27 583 2202 1925 294 522 147 5 89 339 4 2 244 422 .271 .353 .491 .844 116 946 44 10 1 22 21
2004 28 733 2871 2507 388 697 194 8 130 478 4 2 319 555 .278 .359 .517 .876 123 1297 56 14 1 30 29
2005 29 892 3584 3108 507 877 234 9 177 626 5 2 421 679 .282 .366 .534 .901 129 1660 69 15 1 39 38
2006 30 1043 4270 3666 622 1037 263 11 231 763 6 2 540 796 .283 .374 .550 .924 134 2015 81 19 1 44 61
2007 31 1192 4937 4215 738 1219 315 12 266 880 9 3 651 899 .289 .384 .559 .942 139 2356 97 23 1 47 73
2008 32 1301 5428 4631 812 1329 345 13 289 969 10 3 721 973 .287 .382 .554 .937 138 2567 108 24 2 50 85
2009 33 1451 6055 5172 889 1458 380 14 317 1068 10 5 795 1107 .282 .377 .545 .922 134 2817 117 29 2 57 90
2010 34 1596 6661 5690 975 1598 416 15 349 1170 10 6 877 1252 .281 .376 .543 .920 134 3091 129 31 2 61 104
2011 35 1742 7266 6215 1059 1760 456 16 378 1266 11 7 955 1335 .283 .378 .544 .922 136 3382 153 32 2 62 116

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
1997 21 15 50 48 9 15 3 0 1 5 0 2 19 .313 .340 .438 .778 7 15
1998 22 86 320 274 44 73 19 0 9 43 1 37 72 .266 .359 .434 .794 42 86
1999 23 10 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 10
2000 24 130 462 404 50 106 33 1 9 54 1 52 81 .262 .342 .416 .758 58 130
2001 25 89 343 301 43 69 17 1 17 45 1 39 68 .229 .318 .462 .780 44 89
2002 26 125 465 411 51 111 32 1 20 74 1 43 87 .270 .338 .499 .836 69 125
2003 27 128 500 442 73 123 37 2 30 93 0 55 83 .278 .358 .575 .933 90 128
2004 28 150 652 570 84 163 44 3 38 124 0 70 133 .286 .363 .574 .937 119 150
2005 29 159 705 596 114 175 39 1 46 141 1 99 124 .294 .390 .594 .984 139 159
2006 30 151 669 548 104 150 27 2 51 124 1 112 117 .274 .398 .609 1.007 132 151
2007 31 149 649 538 105 171 49 1 33 106 3 104 103 .318 .430 .597 1.027 137 149
2008 32 109 480 410 67 104 28 1 22 81 1 66 74 .254 .356 .488 .844 71 109
2009 33 150 618 535 71 123 33 1 27 91 0 71 134 .230 .322 .447 .769 76 150
2010 34 145 606 518 86 140 36 1 32 102 0 82 145 .270 .370 .529 .899 101 145
2011 35 146 606 526 85 163 40 1 29 97 1 78 83 .310 .399 .555 .954 117 146
15 Seasons 1742 7150 6141 987 1686 437 16 364 1180 11 915 1335 .275 .368 .529 .897 1202 1742
162 Game Avg. 162 665 571 92 157 41 1 34 110 1 85 124 .275 .368 .529 .897 112 1742

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
2004 *
2005 (DH)
2006 (1B)
2007 (1B)
2008
2010 *
2011 (DH)

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 AL ALCS MVP
2005 AL Hank Aaron Award
2011 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (5, 33%)
2004 AL (4, 44%)
2005 AL (2, 78%)
2006 AL (3, 49%)
2007 AL (4, 45%)
2.49 Career Shares (53rd)

Silver Sluggers
2004 AL (DH)
2005 AL (DH)
2006 AL (DH)
2007 AL (DH)
2011 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.5 (9th)
2007 AL  6.0 (9th)
Active  34.2 (41st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.1 (8th)
2006 AL  5.5 (8th)
2007 AL  6.0 (5th)
Active  34.2 (32nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.2 (7th)
2006 AL  5.3 (8th)
2007 AL  6.0 (4th)
Active  35.1 (28th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2007 AL  .332 (5th)
2011 AL  .309 (6th)
Active  .283 (48th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL  .397 (4th)
2006 AL  .413 (7th)
2007 AL  .445 (1st)
2011 AL  .398 (4th)
Active  .378 (22nd)
Career  .378 (183rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2003 AL  .592 (3rd)
2004 AL  .603 (2nd)
2005 AL  .604 (2nd)
2006 AL  .636 (2nd)
2007 AL  .621 (3rd)
2010 AL  .529 (8th)
2011 AL  .554 (4th)
Active  .544 (11th)
Career  .544 (33rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2003 AL  .961 (5th)
2004 AL  .983 (4th)
2005 AL  1.001 (3rd)
2006 AL  1.049 (3rd)
2007 AL  1.066 (2nd)
2010 AL  .899 (8th)
2011 AL  .953 (4th)
Active  .922 (15th)
Career  .922 (48th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  159 (10th)
Active  1,742 (32nd)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,215 (35th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 AL  713 (7th)
Active  7,266 (32nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 AL  119 (3rd)
2006 AL  115 (3rd)
2007 AL  116 (6th)
Active  1,059 (26th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,760 (34th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL  351 (2nd)
2005 AL  363 (3rd)
2006 AL  355 (1st)
2007 AL  341 (3rd)
Active  3,382 (22nd)
Career  3,382 (183rd)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 AL  39 (10th)
2004 AL  47 (3rd)
2005 AL  40 (8th)
2007 AL  52 (2nd)
Active  456 (13th)
Career  456 (89th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  41 (2nd)
2005 AL  47 (2nd)
2006 AL  54 (1st)
2007 AL  35 (3rd)
2010 AL  32 (5th)
Active  378 (10th)
Career  378 (64th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 AL  139 (2nd)
2005 AL  148 (1st)
2006 AL  137 (1st)
2007 AL  117 (6th)
2010 AL  102 (10th)
Active  1,266 (13th)
Career  1,266 (119th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  102 (2nd)
2006 AL  119 (1st)
2007 AL  111 (1st)
2010 AL  82 (9th)
2011 AL  78 (9th)
Active  955 (14th)
Career  955 (136th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL  133 (8th)
2005 AL  124 (9th)
2010 AL  145 (4th)
Active  1,335 (17th)
Career  1,335 (97th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2003 AL  144 (10th)
2004 AL  145 (5th)
2005 AL  158 (4th)
2006 AL  161 (3rd)
2007 AL  171 (3rd)
2010 AL  137 (10th)
2011 AL  154 (4th)
Active  136 (17th)
Career  136 (102nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
2004 AL  135 (4th)
2005 AL  149 (2nd)
2006 AL  152 (1st)
2007 AL  156 (2nd)
Active  1,310 (16th)
Career  1,310 (138th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  40 (5th)
2005 AL  54 (2nd)
2006 AL  55 (2nd)
2007 AL  64 (2nd)
2011 AL  42 (5th)
Active  347 (12th)
Career  347 (97th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  3.7 (5th)
2005 AL  5.0 (2nd)
2006 AL  5.0 (2nd)
2007 AL  5.9 (2nd)
2011 AL  4.0 (5th)
Active  32.4 (12th)
Career  32.4 (105th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  91 (1st)
2005 AL  88 (1st)
2006 AL  85 (2nd)
2007 AL  88 (1st)
2010 AL  69 (9th)
2011 AL  70 (9th)
Active  850 (11th)
Career  850 (75th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 AL  283 (3rd)
2006 AL  283 (2nd)
2007 AL  297 (2nd)
Active  2,747 (25th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2003 AL  .698 (9th)
2004 AL  .711 (5th)
2005 AL  .752 (4th)
2006 AL  .759 (4th)
2007 AL  .800 (1st)
2010 AL  .671 (9th)
2011 AL  .713 (5th)
Active  .675 (16th)
Career  .675 (123rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (9th)
2004 AL  8 (4th)
2005 AL  9 (4th)
2009 AL  7 (9th)
Active  62 (24th)
Career  62 (199th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  9 (7th)
2006 AL  23 (2nd)
2007 AL  12 (5th)
2008 AL  12 (5th)
2010 AL  14 (2nd)
2011 AL  12 (8th)
Active  116 (11th)
Career  116 (84th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2011 AL  24 (2nd)
Active  153 (30th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 AL  14.5 (5th)
2004 AL  14.2 (3rd)
2005 AL  12.8 (3rd)
2006 AL  10.3 (1st)
2007 AL  15.7 (5th)
2010 AL  16.2 (4th)
Active  16.4 (11th)
Career  16.4 (39th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,679 (36th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  40.46 (6th)
2005 AL  68.52 (2nd)
2006 AL  49.60 (4th)
2007 AL  62.53 (3rd)
Active  342.19 (15th)
Career  342.19 (81st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.2 (7th)
2005 AL  8.8 (1st)
2006 AL  7.9 (1st)
2007 AL  4.6 (4th)
Active  34.6 (12th)
Career  34.6 (72nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.8 (5th)
2005 AL  5.8 (2nd)
2006 AL  6.4 (1st)
2007 AL  6.3 (2nd)
2011 AL  3.7 (5th)
Active  35.5 (12th)
Career  35.5 (68th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.6 (6th)
2005 AL  6.3 (2nd)
2006 AL  4.4 (4th)
2007 AL  5.6 (3rd)
Active  31.1 (15th)
Career  31.1 (91st)

Youngest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1975-11-18 (7th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 97 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 107 (144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (221), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Lance Berkman (898)
  2. Paul Konerko (884)
  3. Albert Belle (879)
  4. Derrek Lee (868)
  5. Jim Edmonds (858)
  6. Johnny Mize (858) *
  7. Jason Giambi (853)
  8. Dick Allen (851)
  9. Tino Martinez (850)
  10. Gil Hodges (848)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 35 
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  1. Carlos Delgado (916)
  2. Fred McGriff (901)
  3. Lance Berkman (898)
  4. Jason Giambi (891)
  5. Willie Stargell (890) *
  6. Paul Konerko (884)
  7. Willie McCovey (873) *
  8. Derrek Lee (868)
  9. Gil Hodges (865)
  10. Dick Allen (851)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Casey Kotchman (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mo Vaughn (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Nick Johnson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adam LaRoche (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Clark (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Justin Morneau (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mo Vaughn (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlos Delgado (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jason Giambi (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Delgado (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlos Delgado (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carlos Delgado (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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