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Gerardo Parra

Gerardo Enrique Parra

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 6, 1987 in Santa Barbara, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Santa Barbara del Zulia (Zulia, VE)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2009
Team: Diamondbacks 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$502k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.145, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2006	19	ARI-min	Rk	69	303	271	46	89	18	4	4	43	23	7	25	30	.328	.386	.469	.855		127	4	3	0	4	3		MSO · PION
2007	20	ARI-min	A,A+	134	597	546	75	171	27	5	8	71	26	11	34	68	.313	.357	.425	.782		232	13	8	1	8	3		SBN,VIS · MIDW,CALL
2008	21	ARI-min	AA,A+	123	526	461	61	132	22	10	6	52	28	13	47	65	.286	.358	.416	.775		192	18	8	4	6	3		MOB,VIS · SOUL,CALL
2009	22	ARI-min	AA	29	130	108	23	39	3	1	3	12	7	4	22	13	.361	.469	.491	.960		53	3	0	0	0	4		MOB · SOUL
2009	22	ARI	NL	120	491	455	59	132	21	8	5	60	5	7	25	89	.290	.324	.404	.729	88	184	18	1	4	6	1	*78/9	RoY-8
2010	23	ARI-min	AAA	9	40	36	8	15	4	0	1	7	3	1	2	5	.417	.462	.611	1.073		22	1	1	1	0	0		REN · PCL
2010	23	ARI	NL	133	393	364	31	95	19	6	3	30	1	0	23	76	.261	.308	.371	.679	79	135	8	2	3	1	10	*79/8
2011	24	ARI	NL	141	493	445	55	130	20	8	8	46	15	1	43	82	.292	.357	.427	.784	112	190	8	3	0	2	16	*79/8	GG
2012	25	ARI	NL	44	156	138	24	36	9	1	2	14	10	3	14	27	.261	.331	.384	.715	91	53	1	1	2	1	1	*87/9
4 Yrs				438	1533	1402	169	393	69	23	18	150	31	11	105	274	.280	.331	.401	.732	93	562	35	7	9	10	28
162 Game Avg.				162	567	519	63	145	26	9	7	55	11	4	39	101	.280	.331	.401	.732	93	208	13	3	3	4	10

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	Awards
2009	22	ARI	NL	120	491	-8	-0	-0	0	-3	-12	-1.3	13	1	0.0	.489	.492	0.0	-0.3	1	$	*78/9	RoY-8
2010	23	ARI	NL	133	393	-13	-1	-0	13	-5	-6	-0.7	11	5	0.4	.495	.496	-1.0	0.9	-8	$405,500	*79/8
2011	24	ARI	NL	141	493	3	2	0	14	-6	13	1.5	14	26	2.8	.510	.509	1.2	0.9	12	$426,000	*79/8	GG
2012	25	ARI	NL	44	156	-2	-0	1	6	-0	4	0.5	4	9	1.0	.511	.503	0.2	0.7	3	$	*87/9
4 Seasons				438	1533	-20	1	-0	33	-15	-2	0.1	42	41	4.2	.500	.500	0.4	2.1	8	$831,500

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
2009	22	ARI	NL	491	358	54	4.0	111	.346	.290	.272	.324	.345	.404	.431	.729	.777	88	.422	-9.8	-1.0	.598	.165	.114	5.0
2010	23	ARI	NL	393	281	40	3.8	106	.322	.261	.268	.308	.338	.371	.422	.679	.760	79	.415	-12.3	-1.2	.581	.176	.110	1.5
2011	24	ARI	NL	493	326	70	5.8	102	.342	.292	.264	.357	.332	.427	.410	.784	.742	112	.618	6.8	0.7	.772	.263	.135	10.4
2012	25	ARI	NL	156	109	19	4.7	105	.309	.261	.265	.331	.334	.384	.419	.715	.753	91	.511	-1.6	-0.2	.708	.275	.123	3.3
4 Yrs				1533	1074	183	4.6	106	.335	.280	.267	.331	.338	.401	.421	.732	.759	93	.497	-16.9	-1.6	.658	.210	.121	22.8
162 Game Avg.				567	397	68	4.6	106	.335	.280	.267	.331	.338	.401	.421	.732	.759	93	.497	-16.9	-1.6	.658	.210	.121	8

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	24	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	5	19	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							5	19	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	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
2009	22	ARI	NL	491	1.0%	18.1%	5.1%	6.9%	26%	3.56	5.1	91.0	7.6	1.14	1.68	75%	17%	3.1%	6%
2010	23	ARI	NL	393	0.8%	19.3%	5.9%	7.1%	30%	3.30	4.8	121.3	12.1	1.07	1.67	73%	22%	2.2%	3%
2011	24	ARI	NL	493	1.6%	16.6%	8.7%	7.3%	28%	1.91	5.4	55.6	9.7	0.96	1.29	72%	21%	4.6%	3%
2012	25	ARI	NL	156	1.3%	17.3%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	1.93	5.1	69.0	9.9	0.93	1.53	71%	21%	3.6%	2%
4 Yrs				1533	1.2%	17.9%	6.9%	7.2%	28%	2.61	5.1	77.9	9.3	1.04	1.53	73%	20%	3.4%	4%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	ARI	NL	-9.8	-1.0	517	-0.0	8.9	-8.9	1.01	-0.4	0.3	4.3	0.4	0.94	-2.0	1.59	9
2010	23	ARI	NL	-12.3	-1.2	400	-0.7	6.3	-7.0	1.02	-1.4	0.7	-14.7	-1.4	0.92	-19.3	0.69	26
2011	24	ARI	NL	7.3	0.7	524	1.0	8.6	-7.6	.96	0.8	0.3	17.9	1.8	1.00	9.7	1.11	9
2012	25	ARI	NL	-1.6	-0.2	174	0.5	2.7	-2.2	.91	0.1	0.4	2.1	0.2	0.98	1.0	0.99	7
4 Yrs				-16.4	-1.6	1615	0.7	26.4	-25.7	.99	-0.8	1.6	9.7	0.9	0.96	-10.6	0.97	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	ARI	NL	4	35%	204	5	7	42%	2	6	3	1	0	0	6	17	47%	26	17	9	7	4	1	18	4	14
2010	23	ARI	NL	4	24%	129	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	44%	14	10	3	3	2	1	10	2	8
2011	24	ARI	NL	4	28%	203	15	1	94%	13	1	2	0	2	0	14	12	54%	18	11	7	4	1	3	21	6	13
2012	25	ARI	NL	1	45%	67	10	3	77%	6	3	4	0	5	2	1	5	47%	10	7	3	3	2	1	6	1	5
4 Yrs				13	31%	603	31	11	74%	22	10	9	1	8	2	23	40	49%	68	45	22	17	9	6	55	13	40

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
2009	22	ARI	NL	491	78%	132	14	1	9	0	0	1	1.59	5	0	10	5	0	4	1	0	4	4	100%	104	18	17%	53	21	40%	286	57	20%	35	23	66%	19	13	68%	0
2010	23	ARI	NL	393	84%	95	8	2	26	4	0	0	0.69	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	1	4	3	75%	71	8	11%	31	12	39%	233	27	12%	12	7	58%	14	7	50%	0
2011	24	ARI	NL	493	78%	130	20	6	9	2	0	1	1.11	8	0	11	4	4	3	5	0	8	0	0%	83	8	10%	32	7	22%	267	39	15%	22	15	68%	21	10	48%	0
2012	25	ARI	NL	156	82%	36	3	1	7	1	1	1	0.99	2	1	6	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	67%	27	1	4%	11	4	36%	80	12	15%	9	6	67%	8	6	75%	0
4 Yrs				1533	80%	393	45	10	51	7	1	3	0.97	18	1	33	14	4	10	8	1	19	9	47%	285	35	12%	127	44	35%	866	135	16%	78	51	65%	62	36	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	22	ARI	NL	494	1750	3.54	1173	67%	26%	14%	28%	32%	74%	1%	50%	81%	30%	3%	17	2	12%	58	27	9%	43	24	16%	-3	0	0
2010	23	ARI	NL	394	1390	3.53	928	67%	23%	16%	30%	31%	77%	8%	51%	80%	28%	6%	22	0	17%	66	32	5%	20	13	13%	-1	0	0
2011	24	ARI	NL	494	1758	3.56	1127	64%	20%	17%	31%	32%	80%	10%	51%	79%	34%	7%	35	3	16%	81	35	7%	35	19	15%	-1	0	0
2012	25	ARI	NL	156	571	3.66	371	65%	22%	18%	29%	31%	78%	2%	50%	77%	37%	4%	7	0	15%	24	9	8%	13	7	11%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1538	5469	3.56	3599	66%	23%	16%	29%	32%	77%	6%	51%	80%	31%	5%	81	5	15%	229	103	7%	111	63	14%	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	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
2009	22	120	491	455	59	132	21	8	5	60	5	7	25	89	.290	.324	.404	.729	88	184	18	1	4	6	1
2010	23	253	884	819	90	227	40	14	8	90	6	7	48	165	.277	.317	.389	.706	84	319	26	3	7	7	11
2011	24	394	1377	1264	145	357	60	22	16	136	21	8	91	247	.282	.331	.403	.734	94	509	34	6	7	9	27
2012	25	438	1533	1402	169	393	69	23	18	150	31	11	105	274	.280	.331	.401	.732	93	562	35	7	9	10	28

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	22	120	486	451	56	128	20	8	5	57	5	24	89	.284	.317	.397	.714	57	120
2010	23	133	391	362	30	93	19	6	3	29	1	23	76	.257	.304	.367	.672	40	133
2011	24	141	496	447	56	132	20	8	8	47	15	44	82	.295	.361	.430	.790	69	141
2012	25	44	157	139	25	37	9	1	2	14	10	14	27	.266	.335	.388	.724	18	44
4 Yrs		438	1530	1399	167	390	68	23	18	147	31	105	274	.279	.330	.399	.729	184	438
162 Game Avg.		162	566	517	62	144	25	9	7	54	11	39	101	.279	.330	.399	.729	68	438

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves 2011 NL (LF)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 NL 0.7 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 2009 NL 8 (8th) 2011 NL 8 (7th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 16 (4th)
SB % s c a p y 2011 NL 93.75 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 2009 NL born 1987-05-06 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2222), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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