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Josh Paul

Joshua William Paul

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 19, 1975 in Evanston, IL
High School: Buffalo Grove HS (Buffalo Grove, IL)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/DevilRays/Angels/Cubs 1999-2007
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 26, 2007
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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
1996	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	60	253	226	41	74	16	0	8	37	13	4	22	53	.327	.388	.504	.892		114	2	1	3	1	3		HCK,WHS · SALL,GULF
1997	22	CHW-min	AA,Rk	39	147	129	21	40	5	1	1	16	7	2	13	28	.310	.378	.388	.765		50	5	1	4	0	0		BIR,WHS · SOUL,GULF
1998	23	CHW-min	A+	123	496	444	66	113	20	7	11	63	20	8	38	91	.255	.319	.405	.724		180	11	5	7	2	2		WSM · CARL
1999	24	CHW-min	AA	93	360	319	47	89	19	3	4	42	6	6	29	68	.279	.345	.395	.740		126	6	5	3	4	1		BIR · SOUL
1999	24	CHW	AL	6	18	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2000	25	CHW-min	AAA	51	190	168	28	40	5	1	4	19	6	2	13	38	.238	.299	.351	.650		59	3	2	6	1	0		CHR · IL
2000	25	CHW	AL	36	79	71	15	20	3	2	1	8	1	0	5	17	.282	.338	.423	.760	90	30	3	1	2	0	0	2/7
2001	26	CHW-min	AAA	22	84	75	11	21	4	0	4	14	0	0	7	18	.280	.337	.493	.831		37	0	0	1	1	0		CHR · IL
2001	26	CHW	AL	57	154	139	20	37	11	0	3	18	6	2	13	25	.266	.327	.410	.737	90	57	3	0	1	1	0	2
2002	27	CHW-min	AAA	65	257	231	18	63	15	2	0	17	10	4	17	45	.273	.323	.355	.678		82	7	1	6	2	1		CHR · IL
2002	27	CHW	AL	33	118	104	11	25	4	0	0	11	2	0	9	22	.240	.302	.279	.581	56	29	1	1	2	2	0	2/7
2003	28	CHC-CHW-min	AAA	66	228	210	18	49	4	1	4	20	1	3	13	44	.233	.280	.319	.599		67	6	1	3	1	0		IWA,CHR · PCL,IL
2003	28	TOT	MLB	16	27	23	6	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.261	.346	.261	.607	63	6	0	0	1	0	0	2/D
2003	28	CHW	AL	13	20	17	6	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	.353	.450	.353	.803	115	6	0	0	0	0	0	2/D
2003	28	CHC	NL	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/2
2004	29	ANA	AL	46	81	70	11	17	3	0	2	10	2	1	7	17	.243	.308	.371	.679	79	26	2	0	3	1	0	2/7D
2005	30	ANA-min	AAA	9	39	33	6	9	4	0	0	6	1	0	6	7	.273	.385	.394	.779		13	0	0	0	0	1		SLK · PCL
2005	30	LAA	AL	34	40	37	4	7	1	0	2	4	0	0	2	9	.189	.231	.378	.609	60	14	1	0	1	0	0	2/7D
2006	31	TBD	AL	58	165	146	15	38	9	0	1	8	1	2	14	39	.260	.327	.342	.670	75	50	2	1	3	1	0	2/D7
2007	32	TBD-min	A+,AA	10	40	35	5	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	.229	.300	.229	.529		8	2	0	0	1	0		VRO,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
2007	32	TBD	AL	35	115	105	8	20	3	0	1	9	1	0	6	30	.190	.234	.248	.482	29	26	1	0	4	0	0	2
2008	33	HOU-min	AAA	28	70	58	4	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	15	.121	.250	.190	.440		11	3	1	2	0	0		RRK · PCL
9 Yrs				321	797	713	92	174	35	2	10	73	13	5	59	169	.244	.303	.341	.643	68	243	13	3	17	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	402	360	46	88	18	1	5	37	7	3	30	85	.244	.303	.341	.643	68	123	7	2	9	3	0

CHW (5 yrs)				145	389	349	54	92	19	2	4	42	9	2	30	71	.264	.323	.364	.687	78	127	7	2	5	3	0
TBD (2 yrs)				93	280	251	23	58	12	0	2	17	2	2	20	69	.231	.289	.303	.592	56	76	3	1	7	1	0
LAA (2 yrs)				80	121	107	15	24	4	0	4	14	2	1	9	26	.224	.282	.374	.656	73	40	3	0	4	1	0
CHC (1 yr)				3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				318	790	707	92	174	35	2	10	73	13	5	59	166	.246	.305	.344	.649	70	243	13	3	16	5	0
NL (1 yr)				3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

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
1999	24	CHW	AL	6	18	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.443	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$200,000	/2
2000	25	CHW	AL	36	79	-1	-0	0	2	1	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.505	.501	0.3	0.3	3	$200,000	2/7
2001	26	CHW	AL	57	154	-2	-0	-0	-7	2	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.487	.496	0.5	-0.4	5	$230,000	2
2002	27	CHW	AL	33	118	-7	1	1	-2	2	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.2	.480	.496	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	2/7
2003	28	CHW	AL	13	20	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.516	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$325,000	2/D
2003	28	CHC	NL	3	7	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.429	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
2004	29	ANA	AL	46	81	-2	-2	0	-1	1	-4	-0.3	3	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	0.0	0.1	-0	$335,000	2/7D
2005	30	LAA	AL	34	40	-2	1	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$450,000	2/7D
2006	31	TBD	AL	58	165	-4	-2	0	-3	3	-5	-0.4	6	0	0.1	.491	.497	0.3	0.0	3	$475,000	2/D7
2007	32	TBD	AL	35	115	-10	1	0	3	2	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.489	.498	-0.3	0.5	-3	$625,000	2
9 Seasons				321	797	-31	-1	2	-9	12	-29	-2.6	27	-2	-0.0	.491	.498	0.8	0.6	8	$2,840,000

CHW (5 yrs)				145	389	-12	0	1	-8	6	-13	-1.2	13	-0	0.1	.491	.498	0.9	-0.1	8	$955,000
TBD (2 yrs)				93	280	-14	-0	1	0	4	-9	-0.8	10	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.0	0.5	1	$1,100,000
LAA (2 yrs)				80	121	-4	-1	0	-1	2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$785,000
CHC (1 yr)				3	7	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.429	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1999	24	CHW	AL	18	14	1	1.9	115	.286	.222	.276	.222	.349	.278	.442	.500	.791	26	.129	-2.0	-0.2	.357	.056	.056
2000	25	CHW	AL	79	56	10	4.8	117	.358	.282	.279	.338	.352	.423	.448	.760	.800	90	.433	-1.4	-0.1	.685	.225	.141	1.0
2001	26	CHW	AL	154	109	19	4.7	110	.304	.266	.272	.327	.339	.410	.437	.737	.776	90	.462	-1.9	-0.2	.692	.266	.144	4.0
2002	27	CHW	AL	118	84	10	3.2	106	.298	.240	.265	.302	.333	.279	.427	.581	.760	56	.309	-6.4	-0.6	.513	.144	.038	.0
2003	28	TOT	MLB	27	18	3	4.5	109	.353	.261	.270	.346	.338	.261	.432	.607	.770	63	.448	-1.2	-0.1	.529	.130	.000
2003	28	CHW	AL	20	11	3	7.3	109	.429	.353	.270	.450	.337	.353	.432	.803	.769	115	.664	0.6	0.0	.818	.176	.000
2003	28	CHC	NL	7	7	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.433	.000	.774	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2004	29	ANA	AL	81	60	8	3.6	107	.288	.243	.267	.308	.334	.371	.428	.679	.763	79	.335	-2.1	-0.2	.607	.243	.129	2.0
2005	30	LAA	AL	40	32	3	2.5	103	.192	.189	.266	.231	.328	.378	.422	.609	.750	60	.226	-2.3	-0.2	.516	.243	.189	.0
2006	31	TBD	AL	165	116	17	3.9	110	.346	.260	.274	.327	.339	.342	.436	.670	.775	75	.370	-5.0	-0.5	.571	.171	.082	1.0
2007	32	TBD	AL	115	90	7	2.1	105	.257	.190	.269	.234	.336	.248	.420	.482	.756	29	.165	-11.1	-1.1	.384	.124	.057	1.0
9 Yrs				797	579	78	3.6	109	.304	.244	.271	.303	.338	.341	.432	.643	.770	68	.343	-33.5	-3.2	.562	.191	.097	11.3
162 Game Avg.				402	292	39	3.6	109	.304	.244	.271	.303	.338	.341	.432	.643	.770	68	.343	-33.5	-3.2	.562	.191	.097	6

CHW (5 yrs)				389	274	43	4.2	111	.318	.264	.272	.323	.340	.364	.436	.687	.776	78	.409	-11.2	-1.1	.624	.206	.100	5.5
TBD (2 yrs)				280	206	24	3.1	108	.309	.231	.272	.289	.338	.303	.429	.592	.767	56	.284	-16.1	-1.5	.490	.151	.072	2.0
LAA (2 yrs)				121	92	11	3.2	106	.256	.224	.267	.282	.332	.374	.426	.656	.758	73	.299	-4.4	-0.4	.575	.243	.150	2.7
CHC (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.433	.000	.774	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				790	572	78	3.6	109	.306	.246	.271	.305	.338	.344	.432	.649	.770	70	.348	-31.7	-3.0	.568	.192	.098	11.3
NL (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.433	.000	.774	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2000	25	CHW	AL	ALDS	SEA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2005	30	LAA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	ALCS	CHW	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1999	24	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	5.6%	25%		4.5		18.0	1.33	2.33	78%	14%	0.0%	0%
2000	25	CHW	AL	79	1.3%	21.5%	6.3%	7.6%	30%	3.40	4.2	71.0	8.9	1.38	2.33	67%	27%	4.8%	0%
2001	26	CHW	AL	154	2.0%	16.2%	8.4%	9.1%	38%	1.92	5.6	46.3	7.7	0.91	1.18	73%	21%	6.7%	17%
2002	27	CHW	AL	118	0.0%	18.6%	7.6%	3.4%	16%	2.44	4.7		9.5	0.61	0.72	71%	20%	0.0%	6%
2003	28	TOT	MLB	27	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.8		5.8	1.83	3.00	63%	17%	0.0%	17%
2003	28	CHW	AL	20	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.7		4.3	1.80	3.00	70%	21%	0.0%	0%
2003	28	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			2.00	3.00	43%	0%		100%
2004	29	ANA	AL	81	2.5%	21.0%	8.6%	6.2%	29%	2.43	4.1	35.0	7.0	0.93	1.28	64%	14%	8.7%	15%
2005	30	LAA	AL	40	5.0%	22.5%	5.0%	7.5%	43%	4.50	4.1	18.5	9.3	1.08	1.30	65%	0%	18.2%	15%
2006	31	TBD	AL	165	0.6%	23.6%	8.5%	6.1%	26%	2.79	3.7	146.0	18.3	0.93	1.25	65%	17%	2.0%	9%
2007	32	TBD	AL	115	0.9%	26.1%	5.2%	3.5%	20%	5.00	3.5	105.0	11.7	0.61	0.61	64%	16%	2.9%	24%
9 Yrs				797	1.3%	21.2%	7.4%	5.9%	27%	2.86	4.2	71.3	9.8	0.88	1.13	68%	18%	4.1%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.7%	8.1%	34%	1.92	5.3	31.4	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.1%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	24	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.56	-0.1	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.94	-2.2		0
2000	25	CHW	AL	-1.4	-0.1	81	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	-2.8		0
2001	26	CHW	AL	-1.9	-0.2	166	-0.0	2.8	-2.8	.95	-0.3	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	0.94	-2.7		0
2002	27	CHW	AL	-6.5	-0.6	121	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.92	-0.6	0.3	-5.9	-0.6	0.93	-7.0		0
2003	28	TOT	MLB	-1.2	-0.1	28	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.05	-0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.98	-1.2		0
2003	28	CHW	AL	0.6	0.0	21	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.92	0.0	0.1	3.1	0.3	1.03	1.0		0
2003	28	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.43	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.80	-2.2		0
2004	29	ANA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	84	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	1.02	-0.1	-0.6	-2.2	-0.2	1.00	-2.1	1.64	5
2005	30	LAA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	42	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.70	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.00	-0.5	1.16	2
2006	31	TBD	AL	-5.0	-0.5	169	-0.7	1.9	-2.6	.88	-0.7	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.87	-6.5	0.57	2
2007	32	TBD	AL	-11.1	-1.1	116	-0.7	1.5	-2.2	.98	-0.8	0.1	-7.7	-0.7	0.92	-9.6	1.21	2
9 Yrs				-33.6	-3.2	825	-2.9	10.6	-13.5	.92	-3.2	0.1	-26.3	-2.5	0.93	-34.6	1.28	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	24	CHW	AL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2000	25	CHW	AL	1	56%	43	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	30%	4	2	2	5	4	1	1	1	0
2001	26	CHW	AL	1	36%	79	6	2	75%	5	1	1	1	1	3	5	31%	7	7	0	2	1	1	4	1	3
2002	27	CHW	AL	0	31%	42	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	1	4
2003	28	TOT	MLB	0	67%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	38%	4	4	0	2	0	2	2	1	1
2003	28	CHW	AL	0	67%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43%	3	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	1
2003	28	CHC	NL	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	1	41%	33	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	19%	9	7	2	3	3	0	4	3	1
2005	30	LAA	AL	1	29%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	31	TBD	AL	3	27%	66	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	42%	7	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	3
2007	32	TBD	AL	2	28%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	67%	7	3	4	1	0	1	4	1	3
9 Yrs				9	36%	324	13	5	72%	10	4	3	1	1	12	14	42%	42	29	13	14	8	5	25	8	16

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
1999	24	CHW	AL	18	11%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	14	1	7%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2000	25	CHW	AL	79	28%	20	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	20	3	15%	7	4	57%	46	7	15%	4	3	75%	2	2	100%	0
2001	26	CHW	AL	154	31%	37	10	6	0	0	0	0		3	0	3	1	2	0	3	0	3	1	33%	26	3	12%	6	2	33%	97	15	15%	9	4	44%	3	2	67%	0
2002	27	CHW	AL	118	42%	25	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	23	1	4%	15	6	40%	74	11	15%	8	4	50%	0	0		0
2003	28	TOT	MLB	27	33%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	4	24%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
2003	28	CHW	AL	20	25%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	4	29%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
2003	28	CHC	NL	7	57%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2004	29	ANA	AL	81	28%	17	4	0	5	0	0	1	1.64	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	3	60%	23	2	9%	10	4	40%	63	8	13%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	40	18%	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.16	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	5	3	60%	28	4	14%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
2006	31	TBD	AL	165	29%	38	3	0	2	1	0	0	0.57	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	23	2	9%	10	5	50%	89	7	8%	4	1	25%	7	4	57%	0
2007	32	TBD	AL	115	30%	20	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.21	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	4	67%	21	1	5%	9	4	44%	77	9	12%	5	2	40%	6	2	33%	0
9 Yrs				797	30%	174	29	9	11	1	0	1	1.28	10	1	15	5	5	4	6	0	27	17	63%	156	13	8%	67	29	43%	505	66	13%	40	17	43%	25	12	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
1999	24	CHW	AL	18	74	4.11	57	77%	18%	21%	37%	25%	82%	0%	64%	74%	56%	0%	0	0	11%	2	1	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2000	25	CHW	AL	79	277	3.51	196	71%	27%	16%	29%	29%	73%	0%	52%	78%	47%	5%	4	0	11%	9	1	9%	7	6	29%	0	0	0
2001	26	CHW	AL	154	566	3.68	367	65%	29%	13%	26%	32%	71%	0%	46%	81%	34%	4%	6	0	15%	23	7	11%	17	9	20%	0	0	0
2002	27	CHW	AL	118	470	3.98	297	63%	30%	15%	25%	29%	70%	0%	44%	78%	26%	6%	7	0	19%	23	10	9%	11	6	32%	0	0	0
2003	28	TOT	MLB	27	110	4.07	68	62%	34%	7%	32%	26%	66%	0%	41%	89%	22%	4%	1	0	4%	1	0	11%	3	2	67%	0	0	0
2003	28	CHW	AL	20	86	4.30	52	60%	33%	10%	31%	27%	67%	0%	41%	86%	15%	5%	1	0	5%	1	0	15%	3	2	33%	0	0	0
2003	28	CHC	NL	7	24	3.43	16	67%	38%	0%	38%	25%	63%	0%	42%	100%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2004	29	ANA	AL	81	309	3.81	186	60%	29%	15%	26%	31%	71%	0%	43%	80%	25%	7%	6	0	21%	17	6	9%	7	6	35%	0	0	0
2005	30	LAA	AL	42	145	3.45	102	70%	31%	17%	24%	28%	69%	0%	48%	76%	26%	0%	0	0	7%	3	2	5%	2	2	33%	-2	0	0
2006	31	TBD	AL	165	659	3.99	420	64%	31%	18%	25%	26%	69%	0%	44%	74%	27%	4%	7	0	11%	18	7	7%	12	7	28%	0	0	0
2007	32	TBD	AL	115	452	3.93	289	64%	33%	20%	20%	27%	67%	0%	43%	71%	20%	4%	5	0	13%	15	6	6%	7	4	10%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				799	3062	3.83	1982	65%	30%	16%	25%	29%	70%	0%	45%	77%	29%	5%	36	0	14%	111	40	8%	66	42	27%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1999	24	6	18	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	26	5	0	0	0	0
2000	25	42	97	89	17	24	4	2	1	9	1	0	5	21	.270	.316	.393	.709	78	35	3	1	2	0
2001	26	99	251	228	37	61	15	2	4	27	7	2	18	46	.268	.323	.404	.726	85	92	6	1	3	1
2002	27	132	369	332	48	86	19	2	4	38	9	2	27	68	.259	.316	.364	.680	76	121	7	2	5	3
2003	28	148	396	355	54	92	19	2	4	42	9	2	30	74	.259	.318	.358	.676	75	127	7	2	6	3
2004	29	194	477	425	65	109	22	2	6	52	11	3	37	91	.256	.316	.360	.676	76	153	9	2	9	4
2005	30	228	517	462	69	116	23	2	8	56	11	3	39	100	.251	.310	.361	.671	75	167	10	2	10	4
2006	31	286	682	608	84	154	32	2	9	64	12	5	53	139	.253	.314	.357	.671	75	217	12	3	13	5
2007	32	321	797	713	92	174	35	2	10	73	13	5	59	169	.244	.303	.341	.643	68	243	13	3	17	5

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
1999	24	6	18	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	1	6
2000	25	36	78	70	14	19	3	2	1	7	1	5	17	.271	.329	.414	.743	9	36
2001	26	57	151	137	18	35	10	0	3	16	6	12	25	.255	.313	.394	.707	17	57
2002	27	33	117	103	10	24	4	0	0	10	2	9	22	.233	.296	.272	.567	8	33
2003	28	16	30	25	7	8	0	0	0	4	0	4	6	.320	.414	.320	.734	3	16
2004	29	46	81	70	11	17	3	0	2	10	2	7	17	.243	.308	.371	.679	8	46
2005	30	34	40	37	4	7	1	0	2	4	0	2	9	.189	.231	.378	.609	3	34
2006	31	58	165	146	15	38	9	0	1	8	1	14	39	.260	.327	.342	.670	16	58
2007	32	35	115	105	8	20	3	0	1	9	1	6	30	.190	.234	.248	.482	6	35
9 Yrs		321	795	711	89	172	34	2	10	69	13	59	169	.242	.301	.338	.638	71	321
162 Game Avg.		162	401	359	45	87	17	1	5	35	7	30	85	.242	.301	.338	.638	36	321

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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