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Lyle Overbay

Lyle Stefan Overbay

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: January 28, 1977 in Centralia, WA
High School: Centralia HS (Centralia, WA)
School: University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 2001
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Brewers/Diamondbacks/Pirates 2001-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.026, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Steve Hilliard [*]
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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
1999	22	ARI-min	Rk	75	352	306	66	105	25	7	12	101	10	3	40	53	.343	.418	.588	1.006		180	14	2	0	4	2		MSO · PION
2000	23	ARI-min	A,AA	133	566	503	90	172	35	5	14	96	12	4	55	75	.342	.408	.515	.923		259	8	4	0	4	0		SBN,ELP · MIDW,TL
2001	24	ARI-min	AA	138	612	532	82	187	49	3	13	100	5	4	67	92	.352	.423	.528	.951		281	6	5	0	8	11		ELP · TL
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI-min	AAA	134	579	525	83	180	40	0	19	109	0	0	42	86	.343	.396	.528	.923		277	12	7	0	5	3		TUC · PCL
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI-min	AAA	35	148	119	24	34	11	0	4	16	0	0	28	19	.286	.419	.479	.898		57	2	0	0	1	2		TUC · PCL
2003	26	ARI	NL	86	293	254	23	70	20	0	4	28	1	0	35	67	.276	.365	.402	.767	94	102	8	2	0	2	7	3
2004	27	MIL	NL	159	668	579	83	174	53	1	16	87	2	1	81	128	.301	.385	.478	.863	122	277	11	2	0	6	9	*3
2005	28	MIL	NL	158	622	537	80	148	34	1	19	72	1	0	78	98	.276	.367	.449	.816	113	241	17	2	1	4	8	*3
2006	29	TOR	AL	157	640	581	82	181	46	1	22	92	5	3	55	96	.312	.372	.508	.880	125	295	19	2	0	2	7	*3D
2007	30	TOR-min	AA	4	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	3	.267	.389	.533	.922		8	1	0	0	0	0		MAN · EL
2007	30	TOR	AL	122	476	425	49	102	30	2	10	44	2	0	47	78	.240	.315	.391	.706	85	166	12	1	0	3	4	*3/D
2008	31	TOR	AL	158	630	544	74	147	32	2	15	69	1	2	74	116	.270	.358	.419	.777	109	228	24	3	1	5	3	*3
2009	32	TOR	AL	132	500	423	57	112	35	1	16	64	0	0	74	95	.265	.372	.466	.838	119	197	8	0	0	3	6	*3
2010	33	TOR	AL	154	608	534	75	130	37	2	20	67	1	0	67	131	.243	.329	.433	.762	105	231	9	3	0	3	7	*3
2011	34	TOT	NL	121	440	394	43	92	21	1	9	47	2	1	42	88	.234	.310	.360	.670	87	142	13	2	1	1	2	*3
2011	34	PIT	NL	103	391	352	40	80	17	1	8	37	1	1	36	77	.227	.300	.349	.649	82	123	12	1	1	1	1	3
2011	34	ARI	NL	18	49	42	3	12	4	0	1	10	1	0	6	11	.286	.388	.452	.840	127	19	1	1	0	0	1	3
2012	35	ARI	NL	27	70	58	7	20	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	12	.345	.435	.552	.987	163	32	1	0	0	1	2	3/D
12 Yrs				1286	4959	4341	573	1178	314	11	133	577	15	7	563	915	.271	.355	.441	.796	109	1913	122	17	3	30	55
162 Game Avg.				162	625	547	72	148	40	1	17	73	2	1	71	115	.271	.355	.441	.796	109	241	15	2	0	4	7

ARI (5 yrs)				143	424	366	33	104	30	0	7	45	2	0	51	96	.284	.374	.423	.797	105	155	10	3	0	3	10
TOR (5 yrs)				723	2854	2507	337	672	180	8	83	336	9	5	317	516	.268	.350	.446	.796	110	1117	72	9	1	16	27
MIL (2 yrs)				317	1290	1116	163	322	87	2	35	159	3	1	159	226	.289	.376	.464	.840	118	518	28	4	1	10	17
PIT (1 yr)				103	391	352	40	80	17	1	8	37	1	1	36	77	.227	.300	.349	.649	82	123	12	1	1	1	1

NL (7 yrs)				563	2105	1834	236	506	134	3	50	241	6	2	246	399	.276	.362	.434	.796	109	796	50	8	2	14	28
AL (5 yrs)				723	2854	2507	337	672	180	8	83	336	9	5	317	516	.268	.350	.446	.796	110	1117	72	9	1	16	27

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
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	10	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
2003	26	ARI	NL	86	293	-2	1	-1	7	-4	1	0.1	8	9	0.9	.501	.501	0.2	0.3	2	$300,000	3
2004	27	MIL	NL	159	668	19	-1	-0	-12	-10	-4	-0.4	18	14	1.3	.497	.497	2.6	-2.2	26	$326,000	*3
2005	28	MIL	NL	158	622	14	-0	-1	5	-9	8	0.8	17	25	2.5	.505	.505	1.9	-0.4	20	$446,000	*3
2006	29	TOR	AL	157	640	20	-4	-2	4	-10	8	0.9	22	30	2.9	.505	.505	2.5	-0.5	26	$2,525,000	*3D
2007	30	TOR	AL	122	476	-12	0	0	11	-7	-7	-0.6	16	9	0.9	.494	.496	-0.2	0.5	-2	$1,350,000	*3/D
2008	31	TOR	AL	158	630	8	-0	-3	6	-10	1	0.3	22	22	2.3	.500	.500	1.6	-0.2	16	$6,750,000	*3
2009	32	TOR	AL	132	500	12	-0	-0	6	-7	9	1.1	17	26	2.6	.507	.506	2.0	-0.0	20	$7,950,000	*3
2010	33	TOR	AL	154	608	4	-1	0	7	-9	1	0.3	21	21	2.2	.501	.500	1.4	-0.1	14	$7,950,000	*3
2011	34	PIT	NL	103	391	-6	-0	-1	-3	-6	-16	-1.8	11	-5	-0.7	.483	.489	-0.4	-0.9	-2	$5,000,000	3
2011	34	ARI	NL	18	49	1	0	0	-1	-1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$	3
2012	35	ARI	NL	27	70	5	-2	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$	3/D
12 Seasons				1286	4959	60	-9	-8	29	-74	-2	0.7	155	153	15.1	.500	.500	12.0	-3.9	124	$32,597,000

ARI (5 yrs)				143	424	2	-1	-1	5	-6	-1	-0.0	12	11	1.1	.500	.500	0.6	-0.1	6	$300,000
TOR (5 yrs)				723	2854	32	-6	-5	34	-44	11	2.1	97	108	10.9	.502	.501	7.3	-0.3	74	$26,525,000
MIL (2 yrs)				317	1290	32	-1	-2	-7	-18	4	0.4	35	39	3.8	.501	.501	4.5	-2.6	46	$772,000
PIT (1 yr)				103	391	-6	-0	-1	-3	-6	-16	-1.8	11	-5	-0.7	.483	.489	-0.4	-0.9	-2	$5,000,000

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
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	1	1	26.7	118	1.000	.500	.278	.500	.350	.500	.455	1.000	.805	153	.955	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	9	0	0.0	116	.200	.100	.278	.100	.354	.100	.443	.200	.797	-49	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	194	38	5.2	116	.357	.276	.278	.365	.351	.402	.446	.767	.797	94	.528	-1.1	-0.1	.729	.268	.126	1.6
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	423	110	7.0	111	.358	.301	.269	.385	.341	.478	.437	.863	.778	122	.645	23.1	2.2	.866	.320	.178	3.6
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	411	89	5.8	108	.304	.276	.268	.367	.339	.449	.428	.816	.767	113	.581	12.5	1.2	.793	.320	.173	1.9
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	424	105	6.6	111	.342	.312	.275	.372	.340	.508	.438	.880	.778	125	.606	22.5	2.1	.839	.294	.196	8.1
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	338	52	4.1	107	.271	.240	.271	.315	.338	.391	.424	.706	.762	85	.407	-8.9	-0.8	.645	.266	.151	3.3
2008	31	TOR	AL	630	429	79	4.9	103	.316	.270	.264	.358	.332	.419	.415	.777	.747	109	.497	9.1	0.9	.719	.283	.149	1.9
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	322	77	6.4	108	.305	.265	.267	.372	.336	.466	.429	.838	.765	119	.604	14.6	1.4	.850	.376	.201	.0
2010	33	TOR	AL	608	416	78	5.0	102	.285	.243	.263	.329	.331	.433	.411	.762	.742	105	.531	4.0	0.4	.731	.316	.189	1.9
2011	34	TOT	NL	440	318	44	3.7	96	.279	.234	.255	.310	.322	.360	.398	.670	.720	87	.420	-6.7	-0.7	.592	.236	.127	3.3
2011	34	PIT	NL	391	287	36	3.4	95	.269	.227	.254	.300	.321	.349	.396	.649	.717	82	.378	-8.6	-0.9	.561	.224	.122	1.8
2011	34	ARI	NL	49	31	8	7.0	102	.367	.286	.264	.388	.332	.452	.410	.840	.742	127	.694	1.9	0.2	.871	.333	.167	1.0
2012	35	ARI	NL	70	40	15	10.0	104	.400	.345	.264	.435	.333	.552	.417	.987	.750	163	.813	5.9	0.6	1.077	.379	.207	.0
12 Yrs				4959	3325	688	5.5	107	.314	.271	.268	.355	.336	.441	.425	.796	.761	109	.553	72.9	6.8	.760	.301	.169	27.0
162 Game Avg.				625	419	87	5.5	107	.314	.271	.268	.355	.336	.441	.425	.796	.761	109	.553	9	1	.760	.301	.169	3

ARI (5 yrs)				424	275	62	6.0	112	.365	.284	.274	.374	.346	.423	.437	.797	.783	105	.604	4.6	0.5	.776	.284	.139	3.1
TOR (5 yrs)				2854	1929	391	5.4	106	.306	.268	.268	.350	.335	.446	.423	.796	.759	110	.537	41.4	3.8	.757	.306	.178	16.2
MIL (2 yrs)				1290	834	199	6.4	110	.332	.289	.269	.376	.340	.464	.433	.840	.773	118	.615	35.6	3.4	.830	.320	.176	5.5
PIT (1 yr)				391	287	36	3.4	95	.269	.227	.254	.300	.321	.349	.396	.649	.717	82	.377	-8.6	-0.9	.561	.224	.122	1.8

NL (7 yrs)				2105	1396	297	5.7	107	.326	.276	.267	.362	.338	.434	.426	.796	.764	109	.576	31.6	2.9	.764	.294	.158	10.7
AL (5 yrs)				2854	1929	391	5.4	106	.306	.268	.268	.350	.335	.446	.423	.796	.759	110	.537	41.4	3.8	.757	.306	.178	16.2

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
2011	34	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.00		50%	100%	0.0%	0%
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		10.0	0.25	0.33	50%	20%	0.0%	50%
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	1.4%	22.9%	12.0%	8.2%	34%	1.91	3.8	63.5	9.1	0.83	1.50	63%	24%	4.1%	6%
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	2.4%	19.2%	12.1%	10.5%	40%	1.58	4.5	36.2	6.7	0.82	1.47	66%	28%	6.7%	4%
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	3.1%	15.8%	12.5%	8.7%	37%	1.26	5.5	28.3	7.5	1.08	1.47	68%	19%	9.2%	3%
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	3.4%	15.0%	8.6%	10.8%	38%	1.75	6.1	26.4	6.3	0.86	1.41	73%	23%	8.8%	5%
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	2.1%	16.4%	9.9%	8.8%	41%	1.66	5.4	42.5	9.7	0.96	1.24	71%	22%	6.2%	10%
2008	31	TOR	AL	630	2.4%	18.4%	11.8%	7.8%	33%	1.57	4.7	36.3	7.9	0.81	1.29	66%	23%	6.6%	5%
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	3.2%	19.0%	14.8%	10.4%	46%	1.28	4.5	26.4	6.6	0.71	1.19	63%	23%	8.9%	7%
2010	33	TOR	AL	608	3.3%	21.6%	11.0%	9.7%	45%	1.96	4.1	26.7	8.0	0.85	1.20	63%	18%	9.9%	8%
2011	34	TOT	NL	440	2.1%	20.0%	9.6%	7.1%	34%	2.10	4.5	43.8	8.4	0.88	1.17	68%	19%	6.0%	9%
2011	34	PIT	NL	391	2.1%	19.7%	9.2%	6.7%	33%	2.14	4.6	44.0	9.5	0.88	1.20	69%	20%	6.0%	9%
2011	34	ARI	NL	49	2.0%	22.5%	12.2%	10.2%	42%	1.83	3.8	42.0	4.2	0.82	0.91	61%	13%	6.3%	6%
2012	35	ARI	NL	70	2.9%	17.1%	14.3%	11.4%	40%	1.20	4.8	29.0	9.7	0.68	1.33	64%	36%	7.1%	0%
12 Yrs				4959	2.7%	18.5%	11.4%	9.2%	39%	1.63	4.7	32.6	7.5	0.86	1.32	67%	22%	7.6%	6%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.0	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	24	ARI	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.06	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	0.2	0.06	2
2002	25	ARI	NL	-2.3	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.41	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.74	-2.1	1.41	10
2003	26	ARI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	295	-0.2	5.3	-5.5	1.02	0.0	-0.2	1.0	0.1	0.94	0.9	1.66	10
2004	27	MIL	NL	23.1	2.2	676	1.6	12.7	-11.1	1.00	2.2	-0.7	28.3	2.6	0.94	26.6	1.46	4
2005	28	MIL	NL	11.7	1.1	632	3.7	13.0	-9.3	.99	1.9	1.9	28.4	2.7	0.91	19.3	1.40	1
2006	29	TOR	AL	22.5	2.1	651	2.0	12.4	-10.4	.96	2.0	0.1	20.0	1.8	0.95	23.7	0.83	1
2007	30	TOR	AL	-8.9	-0.8	484	-2.0	7.7	-9.8	1.08	-1.2	-0.7	-19.5	-1.8	0.94	-12.8	1.32	8
2008	31	TOR	AL	8.3	0.8	642	-0.8	11.0	-11.8	1.02	0.1	-0.9	4.2	0.4	0.94	3.3	0.97	2
2009	32	TOR	AL	14.6	1.4	505	0.1	9.2	-9.1	1.05	1.2	-1.1	11.9	1.1	0.95	15.9	3.62	5
2010	33	TOR	AL	4.0	0.4	612	1.0	10.0	-9.1	.90	0.2	0.9	8.1	0.8	0.93	6.7	2.12	2
2011	34	TOT	NL	-7.7	-0.8	445	1.0	8.7	-7.7	1.02	-0.7	1.7	-5.9	-0.6	1.01	-5.9	1.00	12
2011	34	PIT	NL	-9.6	-1.0	396	-0.5	6.3	-6.8	.98	-0.7	0.2	-8.6	-0.9	0.99	-7.6	1.01	6
2011	34	ARI	NL	2.0	0.2	49	1.5	2.4	-0.8	1.32	0.1	1.1	2.6	0.3	1.23	1.7	1.00	6
2012	35	ARI	NL	5.9	0.6	70	0.1	1.1	-1.0	.84	0.7	-0.5	1.5	0.1	1.01	6.3	0.86	11
12 Yrs				70.3	6.5	5024	6.4	91.4	-85.0	1.00	6.3	0.0	76.9	7.1	0.94	82.2	1.40	68

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	24	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI	NL	4	0	18%	111	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	5	33%	15	11	4	3	1	2	3	2	1
2004	27	MIL	NL	4	0	28%	308	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	7	12	27%	41	33	8	17	12	5	13	7	6
2005	28	MIL	NL	8	0	29%	252	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	6	14	44%	32	23	9	15	5	9	21	9	12
2006	29	TOR	AL	3	0	28%	290	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	6	12	29%	44	36	8	12	9	2	19	6	12
2007	30	TOR	AL	2	0	28%	189	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	4	9	44%	25	17	8	7	3	4	9	2	6
2008	31	TOR	AL	4	3	28%	254	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	2	19	31%	28	22	6	10	7	3	21	11	9
2009	32	TOR	AL	3	0	24%	201	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	12	24%	24	19	5	5	3	2	16	12	4
2010	33	TOR	AL	7	1	31%	220	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	14	22%	33	27	6	11	8	2	11	7	4
2011	34	TOT	NL	5	0	27%	149	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	2	7	27%	12	9	3	10	9	1	8	3	4
2011	34	PIT	NL	5	0	29%	138	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	7	30%	12	9	3	8	7	1	7	3	4
2011	34	ARI	NL	0	0	11%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
2012	35	ARI	NL	0	1	18%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	0	17%	6	6	0	0	0	0	6	2	2
12 Yrs				40	5	27%	2009	15	7	68%	14	6	1	1	35	104	31%	260	203	57	90	57	30	127	61	60

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
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	100%	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	100%	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	1.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2003	26	ARI	NL	293	69%	70	2	0	10	4	1	3	1.66	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		52	8	15%	27	5	19%	185	24	13%	16	4	25%	14	6	43%	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	668	75%	174	7	0	4	1	0	1	1.46	16	1	17	11	5	6	10	0	0	0		112	11	10%	49	15	31%	420	72	17%	46	24	52%	18	13	72%	0
2005	28	MIL	NL	622	75%	148	5	1	1	0	0	0	1.40	19	1	13	13	6	10	9	0	2	1	50%	104	17	16%	44	19	43%	366	57	16%	30	17	57%	30	21	70%	0
2006	29	TOR	AL	640	74%	181	6	0	1	0	0	1	0.83	22	1	11	19	3	17	5	0	0	0		122	19	16%	53	21	40%	410	71	17%	28	12	43%	22	21	95%	0
2007	30	TOR	AL	476	76%	102	8	0	8	1	0	2	1.32	10	0	15	6	4	6	4	0	0	0		86	12	14%	48	15	31%	298	35	12%	22	13	59%	27	15	56%	0
2008	31	TOR	AL	630	73%	147	11	0	2	2	1	2	0.97	15	0	16	15	0	7	8	0	1	1	100%	142	24	17%	59	12	20%	382	56	15%	36	17	47%	25	13	52%	0
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	83%	112	3	0	5	1	0	0	3.62	16	0	9	15	1	6	10	0	0	0		98	8	8%	50	11	22%	334	50	15%	34	11	32%	22	6	27%	0
2010	33	TOR	AL	608	77%	130	6	0	2	1	0	1	2.12	20	0	12	14	6	13	7	0	0	0		96	9	9%	42	12	29%	359	48	13%	30	10	33%	16	13	81%	0
2011	34	TOT	NL	440	73%	92	9	0	12	0	0	0	1.00	9	0	9	7	2	4	5	0	2	1	50%	84	13	15%	36	8	22%	272	40	15%	22	11	50%	22	12	55%	0
2011	34	PIT	NL	391	72%	80	6	0	6	0	0	0	1.01	8	0	4	6	2	3	5	0	2	1	50%	72	12	17%	33	8	24%	223	31	14%	20	11	55%	18	11	61%	0
2011	34	ARI	NL	49	88%	12	3	0	6	0	0	0	1.00	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	3	0	0%	49	9	18%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
2012	35	ARI	NL	70	90%	20	1	0	11	4	0	1	0.86	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	4	1	25%	50	4	8%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				4959	76%	1178	58	1	68	16	2	12	1.40	133	3	109	106	27	73	60	0	5	3	60%	909	122	13%	412	119	29%	3082	458	15%	266	121	45%	198	120	61%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			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
2001	24	ARI	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	25%	25%	25%	25%	75%	0%	60%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	25	ARI	NL	10	33	3.30	23	70%	26%	30%	22%	22%	74%	0%	52%	59%	30%	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	26	ARI	NL	294	1088	3.70	641	59%	27%	17%	26%	29%	73%	6%	43%	76%	32%	9%	26	0	18%	54	17	10%	28	14	25%	-1	0	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	672	2557	3.81	1526	60%	24%	17%	29%	30%	76%	3%	45%	78%	33%	6%	40	4	16%	109	46	11%	75	37	27%	-4	0	0
2005	28	MIL	NL	625	2471	3.95	1449	59%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	43%	79%	33%	6%	38	0	18%	113	41	13%	84	48	27%	-3	0	0
2006	29	TOR	AL	641	2286	3.57	1402	61%	28%	13%	23%	35%	72%	3%	44%	81%	30%	5%	35	4	16%	101	49	8%	52	33	31%	-1	0	0
2007	30	TOR	AL	477	1772	3.71	1073	61%	32%	13%	23%	33%	68%	2%	41%	81%	24%	4%	21	1	16%	75	32	9%	44	27	29%	-1	0	0
2008	31	TOR	AL	631	2461	3.90	1453	59%	30%	15%	25%	30%	70%	1%	41%	79%	31%	6%	37	3	17%	109	33	12%	75	44	21%	-1	0	0
2009	32	TOR	AL	500	2016	4.03	1141	57%	33%	14%	24%	29%	67%	2%	38%	79%	28%	7%	34	4	18%	88	23	15%	74	36	29%	0	0	0
2010	33	TOR	AL	609	2370	3.89	1377	58%	28%	18%	24%	30%	72%	3%	42%	74%	32%	7%	43	6	18%	108	42	12%	74	47	31%	-1	0	0
2011	34	TOT	NL	441	1671	3.79	1015	61%	25%	17%	28%	30%	75%	1%	46%	78%	37%	5%	21	2	18%	80	35	10%	42	24	30%	-1	0	0
2011	34	PIT	NL	392	1483	3.78	901	61%	25%	16%	28%	31%	75%	0%	45%	78%	37%	5%	18	2	17%	67	27	9%	35	21	31%	-1	0	0
2011	34	ARI	NL	49	188	3.84	114	61%	20%	20%	32%	27%	80%	5%	48%	75%	37%	6%	3	0	27%	13	8	14%	7	3	18%	0	0	0
2012	35	ARI	NL	70	285	4.07	162	57%	18%	17%	35%	29%	81%	4%	46%	78%	27%	6%	4	0	16%	11	5	11%	8	5	25%	0	0	1
12 Yrs				4972	19015	3.82	11266	59%	28%	15%	26%	31%	72%	2%	43%	78%	31%	6%	300	24	17%	849	323	11%	557	315	28%	-13	0	1
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
2001	24	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	12	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	2	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	98	305	266	23	72	20	0	4	29	1	0	35	73	.271	.357	.391	.748	90	104	8	2	0	2	7
2004	27	257	973	845	106	246	73	1	20	116	3	1	116	201	.291	.376	.451	.827	112	381	19	4	0	8	16
2005	28	415	1595	1382	186	394	107	2	39	188	4	1	194	299	.285	.373	.450	.823	112	622	36	6	1	12	24
2006	29	572	2235	1963	268	575	153	3	61	280	9	4	249	395	.293	.372	.467	.840	116	917	55	8	1	14	31
2007	30	694	2711	2388	317	677	183	5	71	324	11	4	296	473	.284	.362	.454	.816	111	1083	67	9	1	17	35
2008	31	852	3341	2932	391	824	215	7	86	393	12	6	370	589	.281	.362	.447	.809	110	1311	91	12	2	22	38
2009	32	984	3841	3355	448	936	250	8	102	457	12	6	444	684	.279	.363	.449	.812	112	1508	99	12	2	25	44
2010	33	1138	4449	3889	523	1066	287	10	122	524	13	6	511	815	.274	.358	.447	.805	111	1739	108	15	2	28	51
2011	34	1259	4889	4283	566	1158	308	11	131	571	15	7	553	903	.270	.354	.439	.793	109	1881	121	17	3	29	53
2012	35	1286	4959	4341	573	1178	314	11	133	577	15	7	563	915	.271	.355	.441	.796	109	1913	122	17	3	30	55

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2002	25	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2003	26	86	285	249	20	65	19	0	4	25	1	32	67	.261	.347	.386	.733	33	86
2004	27	159	661	574	79	169	51	1	16	83	2	79	128	.294	.378	.470	.849	102	159
2005	28	158	620	536	79	147	34	1	19	72	1	77	98	.274	.365	.448	.813	88	158
2006	29	157	632	575	78	175	44	1	21	87	5	53	96	.304	.364	.494	.858	104	157
2007	30	122	472	422	47	99	29	2	10	42	2	46	78	.235	.309	.384	.693	50	122
2008	31	158	630	546	75	149	32	2	15	70	1	75	116	.273	.361	.421	.782	83	158
2009	32	132	497	421	56	110	34	1	16	63	0	73	95	.261	.368	.461	.829	72	132
2010	33	154	612	537	78	133	38	2	20	70	1	69	131	.248	.335	.438	.773	79	154
2011	34	121	450	401	48	99	23	1	10	52	2	45	88	.247	.325	.384	.709	49	121
2012	35	27	70	59	7	21	6	0	2	6	0	10	12	.356	.443	.559	1.002	15	27
12 Yrs		1286	4941	4332	567	1167	310	11	133	570	15	559	915	.269	.353	.438	.791	675	1286
162 Game Avg.		162	622	546	71	147	39	1	17	72	2	70	115	.269	.353	.438	.791	85	1286

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y Active .355 (49th)	Games Played s c a p y 2004 NL 159 (8th) 2006 AL 157 (10th) 2008 AL 158 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 2004 NL 53 (1st) 2006 AL 46 (4th) Active 314 (38th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y Active 563 (33rd)
Strikeouts s c a p y Active 915 (46th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y Active 458 (48th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y Active 55 (36th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2006 AL 19 (10th) 2008 AL 24 (4th) Active 122 (45th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (606), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1623), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1264), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 34

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Nick Etten (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Garko (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reggie Jefferson (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Etten (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Etten (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Segui (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Donn Clendenon (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Segui (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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