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Jay Payton
Jason Lee Payton

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1972 in Zanesville, OH
High School: Zanesville (Zanesville, OH)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1998
Final Game: September 27, 2008
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

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
1998	25	NYM	NL	15	23	22	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.318	.348	.364	.711	89	8	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1999	26	NYM	NL	13	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	81	3	0	1	0	0	0	/78
2000	27	NYM	NL	149	529	488	63	142	23	1	17	62	5	11	30	60	.291	.331	.447	.778	98	218	9	3	0	8	0	*8/7	RoY-3
2001	28	NYM	NL	104	386	361	44	92	16	1	8	34	4	3	18	52	.255	.298	.371	.669	75	134	11	5	0	2	1	8
2002	29	TOT	NL	134	481	445	69	135	20	7	16	59	7	4	29	54	.303	.351	.488	.838	115	217	11	4	2	1	0	*87/9
2002	29	NYM	NL	87	300	275	33	78	6	3	8	31	4	1	21	34	.284	.336	.415	.750	99	114	8	1	2	1	0	8
2002	29	COL	NL	47	181	170	36	57	14	4	8	28	3	3	8	20	.335	.376	.606	.982	139	103	3	3	0	0	0	78/9
2003	30	COL	NL	157	658	600	93	181	32	5	28	89	6	4	43	77	.302	.354	.512	.865	110	307	27	7	5	3	3	*7/89
2004	31	SDP	NL	143	511	458	57	119	17	4	8	55	2	0	43	56	.260	.326	.367	.693	88	168	12	4	2	4	2	*8/7D
2005	32	TOT	AL	124	435	408	62	109	16	1	18	63	0	1	24	47	.267	.306	.444	.749	95	181	8	0	0	3	2	*789
2005	32	BOS	AL	55	144	133	24	35	7	0	5	21	0	0	10	14	.263	.313	.429	.741	92	57	4	0	0	1	0	987
2005	32	OAK	AL	69	291	275	38	74	9	1	13	42	0	1	14	33	.269	.302	.451	.753	97	124	4	0	0	2	2	78
2006	33	OAK	AL	142	588	557	78	165	32	3	10	59	8	4	22	52	.296	.325	.418	.743	94	233	12	4	0	5	1	*789/D
2007	34	BAL	AL	131	470	434	48	111	21	5	7	58	5	2	22	42	.256	.292	.376	.668	74	163	9	3	5	6	0	*78/9
2008	35	BAL	AL	127	363	338	41	82	10	2	7	41	8	1	22	53	.243	.291	.346	.637	68	117	7	1	2	0	1	78/9
11 Seasons				1239	4453	4119	558	1145	189	29	119	521	46	32	254	499	.278	.323	.425	.747	93	1749	106	32	16	32	10
162 Game Avg.				162	582	539	73	150	25	4	16	68	6	4	33	65	.278	.323	.425	.747	93	229	14	4	2	4	1

NYM (5 yrs)				368	1247	1154	143	321	47	5	33	128	14	17	70	152	.278	.322	.413	.735	91	477	28	10	2	11	1
COL (2 yrs)				204	839	770	129	238	46	9	36	117	9	7	51	97	.309	.359	.532	.891	116	410	30	10	5	3	3
OAK (2 yrs)				211	879	832	116	239	41	4	23	101	8	5	36	85	.287	.317	.429	.746	95	357	16	4	0	7	3
BAL (2 yrs)				258	833	772	89	193	31	7	14	99	13	3	44	95	.250	.292	.363	.654	72	280	16	4	7	6	1
BOS (1 yr)				55	144	133	24	35	7	0	5	21	0	0	10	14	.263	.313	.429	.741	92	57	4	0	0	1	0
SDP (1 yr)				143	511	458	57	119	17	4	8	55	2	0	43	56	.260	.326	.367	.693	88	168	12	4	2	4	2

NL (7 yrs)				715	2597	2382	329	678	110	18	77	300	25	24	164	305	.285	.335	.443	.778	99	1055	70	24	9	18	6
AL (4 yrs)				524	1856	1737	229	467	79	11	42	221	21	8	90	194	.269	.306	.400	.705	84	694	36	8	7	14	4

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

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
1998	25	NYM	NL	23	15	3	5.4	107	.389	.318	.268	.348	.338	.364	.422	.711	.760	89	.546	-0.4	-0.0	.600	.091	.045
1999	26	NYM	NL	9	8	0	0.0	114	.333	.250	.273	.333	.348	.375	.440	.708	.788	81	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.375	.000	.125	.0
2000	27	NYM	NL	529	374	68	4.9	113	.298	.291	.268	.331	.345	.447	.438	.778	.784	98	.458	-2.0	-0.2	.669	.205	.156	7.7
2001	28	NYM	NL	386	285	37	3.5	108	.277	.255	.264	.298	.334	.371	.432	.669	.766	75	.337	-13.8	-1.3	.558	.169	.116	5.3
2002	29	TOT	NL	481	328	74	6.0	111	.316	.303	.270	.351	.345	.488	.430	.838	.775	115	.604	7.8	0.8	.778	.256	.184	9.7
2002	29	NYM	NL	300	209	37	4.7	105	.299	.284	.262	.336	.336	.415	.417	.750	.753	99	.494	-1.3	-0.1	.675	.218	.131	5.3
2002	29	COL	NL	181	119	37	8.3	120	.345	.335	.284	.376	.360	.606	.451	.982	.812	139	.733	9.1	0.9	.958	.318	.271	4.4
2003	30	COL	NL	658	458	99	5.8	122	.307	.302	.286	.354	.360	.512	.458	.865	.818	110	.573	6.9	0.7	.798	.285	.210	9.9
2004	31	SDP	NL	511	357	55	4.1	102	.279	.260	.257	.326	.327	.367	.417	.693	.744	88	.411	-6.7	-0.6	.618	.205	.107	3.2
2005	32	TOT	AL	435	311	54	4.6	107	.263	.267	.270	.306	.333	.444	.429	.749	.762	95	.474	-4.5	-0.4	.662	.233	.176	.0
2005	32	BOS	AL	144	103	17	4.4	108	.261	.263	.273	.313	.336	.429	.433	.741	.769	92	.452	-1.8	-0.2	.657	.241	.165	.0
2005	32	OAK	AL	291	208	37	4.8	106	.264	.269	.269	.302	.332	.451	.427	.753	.759	97	.486	-2.7	-0.3	.665	.229	.182	.0
2006	33	OAK	AL	588	413	73	4.7	108	.310	.296	.272	.325	.336	.418	.432	.743	.768	94	.453	-5.8	-0.5	.645	.169	.122	8.9
2007	34	BAL	AL	470	345	47	3.6	108	.266	.256	.272	.292	.340	.376	.426	.668	.765	74	.354	-17.5	-1.6	.572	.177	.120	5.8
2008	35	BAL	AL	363	266	34	3.4	106	.270	.243	.269	.291	.337	.346	.423	.637	.760	68	.336	-17.1	-1.6	.557	.189	.104	7.5
11 Seasons				4453	3160	544	4.6	110	.290	.278	.271	.323	.341	.425	.433	.747	.774	93	.459	-53.3	-5.0	.658	.212	.147	66.4
162 Game Avg.				582	413	71	4.6	110	.290	.278	.271	.323	.341	.425	.433	.747	.774	93	.459	-53.3	-5.0	.658	.212	.147	9

NYM (5 yrs)				1247	891	145	4.4	109	.294	.278	.265	.322	.339	.413	.431	.735	.771	91	.428	-17.7	-1.7	.631	.193	.135	19.7
COL (2 yrs)				839	577	136	6.3	122	.316	.309	.285	.359	.360	.532	.457	.891	.816	116	.614	16.0	1.5	.831	.292	.223	14.4
OAK (2 yrs)				879	621	110	4.7	108	.295	.287	.271	.317	.335	.429	.430	.746	.765	95	.464	-8.4	-0.8	.651	.189	.142	11.9
BAL (2 yrs)				833	611	81	3.5	107	.268	.250	.271	.292	.339	.363	.424	.654	.763	72	.346	-34.6	-3.3	.565	.183	.113	13.5
BOS (1 yr)				144	103	17	4.4	108	.261	.263	.273	.313	.336	.429	.433	.741	.769	92	.451	-1.8	-0.2	.657	.241	.165	.0
SDP (1 yr)				511	357	55	4.1	102	.279	.260	.257	.326	.327	.367	.417	.693	.744	88	.411	-6.7	-0.6	.618	.205	.107	3.2

NL (7 yrs)				2597	1825	336	4.9	112	.298	.285	.270	.335	.344	.443	.437	.778	.780	99	.491	-8.4	-0.8	.692	.228	.158	37.7
AL (4 yrs)				1856	1335	208	4.2	107	.281	.269	.271	.306	.337	.400	.428	.705	.764	84	.412	-44.8	-4.2	.613	.190	.131	28.0

Postseason Batting

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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
2000	27	NYM	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	4	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	.176	.167	.176	.343	3	1	0	0	1	0
2000	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	STL	W	5	22	19	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	.158	.273	.316	.589	6	1	1	0	0	0
2000	27	NYM	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	21	21	3	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.476	.810	10	0	0	0	0	0

2006	33	OAK	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	12	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
2006	33	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	L	4	15	14	1	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.643	.976	9	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (5 Series)							21	88	83	9	21	2	0	3	10	1	1	3	17	.253	.284	.386	.670	32	2	1	0	1	0
1 NLDS							4	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	.176	.167	.176	.343	3	1	0	0	1	0
1 ALDS							3	12	12	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	15	14	1	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.643	.976	9	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							5	22	19	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	.158	.273	.316	.589	6	1	1	0	0	0
1 WS							5	21	21	3	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.476	.810	10	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1998	25	NYM	NL	23	0.0%	17.4%	4.4%	4.4%	14%	4.00	5.5			1.25	1.20	78%	22%	0.0%	0%
1999	26	NYM	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	11.1%	50%		4.0		8.0	0.50	1.00	67%	17%	0.0%	0%
2000	27	NYM	NL	529	3.2%	11.3%	5.7%	7.8%	29%	2.00	8.1	28.7	7.9	0.89	1.04	79%	21%	9.0%	14%
2001	28	NYM	NL	386	2.1%	13.5%	4.7%	6.5%	27%	2.89	6.9	45.1	10.6	0.89	1.13	79%	25%	6.0%	17%
2002	29	TOT	NL	481	3.3%	11.2%	6.0%	8.9%	32%	1.86	8.2	27.8	7.5	0.97	1.14	78%	22%	10.4%	19%
2002	29	NYM	NL	300	2.7%	11.3%	7.0%	5.7%	22%	1.62	8.1	34.4	8.9	0.94	0.95	78%	19%	8.6%	23%
2002	29	COL	NL	181	4.4%	11.1%	4.4%	14.4%	46%	2.50	8.5	21.3	6.1	1.01	1.57	78%	27%	13.1%	13%
2003	30	COL	NL	658	4.3%	11.7%	6.5%	9.9%	36%	1.79	7.8	21.4	6.7	0.88	1.27	76%	20%	11.9%	15%
2004	31	SDP	NL	511	1.6%	11.0%	8.4%	5.7%	24%	1.30	8.2	57.3	8.3	0.70	0.90	78%	19%	4.0%	17%
2005	32	TOT	AL	435	4.1%	10.8%	5.5%	8.1%	32%	1.96	8.7	22.7	6.5	0.70	0.80	80%	18%	9.7%	14%
2005	32	BOS	AL	144	3.5%	9.7%	6.9%	8.3%	34%	1.40	9.5	26.6	6.3	0.74	0.98	80%	20%	7.8%	7%
2005	32	OAK	AL	291	4.5%	11.3%	4.8%	7.9%	31%	2.36	8.3	21.2	6.5	0.68	0.72	79%	16%	10.7%	17%
2006	33	OAK	AL	588	1.7%	8.8%	3.7%	7.7%	27%	2.36	10.7	55.7	9.4	0.83	0.99	85%	22%	4.1%	13%
2007	34	BAL	AL	470	1.5%	8.9%	4.7%	7.0%	30%	1.91	10.3	62.0	7.5	1.01	1.21	83%	16%	4.4%	18%
2008	35	BAL	AL	363	1.9%	14.6%	6.1%	5.2%	23%	2.41	6.4	48.3	8.2	0.83	0.90	77%	21%	5.6%	19%
11 Seasons				4453	2.7%	11.2%	5.7%	7.6%	29%	1.96	8.3	34.6	7.9	0.85	1.04	79%	20%	7.3%	16%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	25	NYM	NL	0	0	25%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	67%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1999	26	NYM	NL	0	0	33%	6	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	27	NYM	NL	7	0	29%	214	5	11	31%	5	11	0	0	0	0	5	3	6	13	48%	29	20	8	4	1	3	15	3	12
2001	28	NYM	NL	4	0	34%	134	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	8	49%	20	12	8	12	4	7	13	5	7
2002	29	TOT	NL	9	0	35%	169	7	4	64%	6	4	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	12	52%	27	14	12	7	5	2	10	1	9
2002	29	NYM	NL	7	0	27%	101	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	9	46%	15	9	5	5	3	2	6	1	5
2002	29	COL	NL	2	0	47%	68	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	61%	12	5	7	2	2	0	4	0	4
2003	30	COL	NL	9	0	32%	267	6	4	60%	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	16	57%	36	19	16	13	3	9	16	3	12
2004	31	SDP	NL	2	0	31%	181	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	16	48%	33	18	15	5	5	0	18	6	12
2005	32	TOT	AL	4	0	38%	170	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	46%	24	17	7	6	0	6	14	7	7
2005	32	BOS	AL	2	0	48%	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	63%	10	5	5	3	0	3	6	2	4
2005	32	OAK	AL	2	0	33%	104	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	32%	14	12	2	3	0	3	8	5	3
2006	33	OAK	AL	10	0	38%	214	8	4	67%	7	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	16	40%	25	20	5	13	6	7	17	6	10
2007	34	BAL	AL	10	0	32%	177	5	2	71%	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	7	34%	31	21	10	7	5	2	6	2	3
2008	35	BAL	AL	2	1	35%	119	8	1	89%	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	51%	17	13	4	7	2	5	13	3	10
11 Seasons				57	1	34%	1664	46	32	59%	41	28	4	4	1	0	17	9	45	105	48%	244	155	85	74	31	41	124	36	84
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1998	25	NYM	NL	23	70%	7	4	0	4	2	0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1999	26	NYM	NL	9	67%	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	0.96	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	27	NYM	NL	529	22%	142	20	0	8	1	0	0	1.33	17	1	26	12	5	9	8	0	0	0		107	9	8%	45	20	44%	358	49	14%	31	19	61%	20	12	60%	0
2001	28	NYM	NL	386	19%	92	13	0	2	0	0	0	1.94	8	0	17	6	2	6	2	0	0	0		79	11	14%	42	12	29%	279	27	10%	27	12	44%	19	8	42%	0
2002	29	TOT	NL	481	30%	135	18	2	16	6	1	2	0.89	16	0	13	12	4	9	7	0	2	2	100%	86	11	13%	30	11	37%	293	44	15%	22	14	64%	20	8	40%	0
2002	29	NYM	NL	300	38%	78	7	1	13	6	1	2	0.93	8	0	9	4	4	4	4	0	2	2	100%	58	8	14%	21	8	38%	193	24	12%	15	9	60%	11	5	45%	0
2002	29	COL	NL	181	18%	57	11	1	3	0	0	0	0.71	8	0	4	8	0	5	3	0	0	0		28	3	11%	9	3	33%	100	20	20%	7	5	71%	9	3	33%	0
2003	30	COL	NL	658	28%	181	17	1	5	1	0	2	0.43	28	0	15	17	11	13	15	0	8	5	63%	144	27	19%	73	23	32%	446	64	14%	28	13	46%	48	24	50%	0
2004	31	SDP	NL	511	34%	119	19	1	10	2	0	2	0.79	8	0	13	5	3	0	8	0	2	2	100%	98	12	12%	55	17	31%	335	48	14%	34	15	44%	30	13	43%	0
2005	32	TOT	AL	435	38%	109	7	0	10	3	0	1	0.93	18	2	16	13	5	11	7	0	0	0		85	8	9%	36	11	31%	300	46	15%	32	17	53%	25	11	44%	0
2005	32	BOS	AL	144	54%	35	4	0	10	3	0	1	0.93	5	1	9	3	2	2	3	0	0	0		33	4	12%	13	4	31%	112	16	14%	11	6	55%	7	4	57%	0
2005	32	OAK	AL	291	30%	74	3	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	7	10	3	9	4	0	0	0		52	4	8%	23	7	30%	188	30	16%	21	11	52%	18	7	39%	0
2006	33	OAK	AL	588	26%	165	17	2	1	0	0	0	4.97	10	0	17	4	6	5	5	0	1	0	0%	128	12	9%	52	17	33%	419	59	14%	22	16	73%	23	13	57%	0
2007	34	BAL	AL	470	29%	111	22	3	5	2	0	0	1.70	7	0	13	4	3	6	1	0	10	5	50%	89	9	10%	52	20	38%	316	56	18%	29	19	66%	37	17	46%	0
2008	35	BAL	AL	364	32%	82	19	1	20	4	0	1	1.72	7	1	11	1	6	2	5	0	2	2	100%	69	7	10%	34	6	18%	240	34	14%	17	8	47%	25	8	32%	0
11 Seasons				4454	29%	1145	156	10	86	23	1	9	1.26	119	4	142	74	45	61	58	0	25	16	64%	890	106	12%	419	137	33%	3004	428	14%	242	133	55%	248	115	46%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1998	25	NYM	NL	23	76	3.30	52	68%	21%	19%	25%	35%	79%	0%	54%	76%	39%	4%	1	0	17%	4	2	4%	1	1	25%	0	0	0
1999	26	NYM	NL	9	42	4.67	30	71%	23%	13%	43%	20%	77%	0%	55%	83%	22%	11%	1	0	22%	2	1	22%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
2000	27	NYM	NL	529	1767	3.34	1166	66%	22%	12%	29%	37%	78%	0%	52%	84%	40%	4%	21	3	12%	66	35	7%	38	27	18%	0	0	0
2001	28	NYM	NL	386	1223	3.17	836	68%	22%	14%	27%	37%	78%	1%	54%	82%	42%	3%	12	0	12%	48	22	8%	29	17	15%	0	0	0
2002	29	TOT	NL	481	1580	3.28	1039	66%	24%	11%	26%	38%	76%	0%	50%	85%	36%	3%	13	1	12%	60	30	7%	35	16	22%	0	0	0
2002	29	NYM	NL	300	986	3.29	642	65%	25%	12%	25%	38%	75%	0%	49%	85%	34%	3%	9	0	13%	38	16	8%	23	11	24%	0	0	0
2002	29	COL	NL	181	594	3.28	397	67%	23%	11%	28%	38%	77%	0%	51%	86%	39%	2%	4	1	12%	22	14	7%	12	5	20%	0	0	0
2003	30	COL	NL	658	2206	3.35	1451	66%	24%	11%	28%	37%	76%	1%	50%	85%	36%	4%	25	0	12%	82	31	7%	47	25	25%	0	0	0
2004	31	SDP	NL	511	1810	3.54	1131	62%	22%	12%	29%	36%	78%	1%	49%	84%	35%	5%	27	2	17%	89	40	7%	38	26	16%	0	0	0
2005	32	TOT	AL	435	1461	3.36	965	66%	24%	10%	28%	38%	76%	1%	50%	87%	38%	4%	18	0	12%	53	19	7%	29	22	36%	0	0	0
2005	32	BOS	AL	144	494	3.43	314	64%	22%	11%	30%	38%	78%	0%	50%	87%	42%	3%	5	0	10%	14	7	8%	11	8	64%	0	0	0
2005	32	OAK	AL	291	967	3.32	651	67%	25%	9%	28%	37%	75%	2%	50%	88%	37%	4%	13	0	13%	39	12	6%	18	14	24%	0	0	0
2006	33	OAK	AL	588	1837	3.12	1258	68%	23%	10%	26%	41%	77%	1%	52%	87%	40%	4%	25	1	11%	62	14	5%	32	16	27%	0	0	0
2007	34	BAL	AL	470	1496	3.18	1010	68%	21%	11%	28%	40%	79%	0%	53%	85%	41%	2%	9	1	10%	47	22	5%	23	17	14%	0	0	0
2008	35	BAL	AL	364	1283	3.52	863	67%	23%	13%	30%	33%	77%	1%	52%	83%	35%	3%	12	1	11%	40	12	7%	26	15	21%	0	0	1
11 Seasons				4454	14781	3.32	9801	66%	23%	12%	28%	37%	77%	1%	51%	85%	38%	4%	164	9	12%	553	228	7%	300	183	22%	0	0	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1998	25	15	23	22	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.318	.348	.364	.711	89	8	0	0	0	0	0
1999	26	28	32	30	3	9	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	6	.300	.344	.367	.710	87	11	0	1	0	0	0
2000	27	177	561	518	66	151	25	1	17	63	6	13	31	66	.292	.332	.442	.774	97	229	9	4	0	8	0
2001	28	281	947	879	110	243	41	2	25	97	10	16	49	118	.276	.318	.413	.731	88	363	20	9	0	10	1
2002	29	415	1428	1324	179	378	61	9	41	156	17	20	78	172	.285	.329	.438	.767	97	580	31	13	2	11	1
2003	30	572	2086	1924	272	559	93	14	69	245	23	24	121	249	.291	.337	.461	.798	101	887	58	20	7	14	4
2004	31	715	2597	2382	329	678	110	18	77	300	25	24	164	305	.285	.335	.443	.778	99	1055	70	24	9	18	6
2005	32	839	3032	2790	391	787	126	19	95	363	25	25	188	352	.282	.330	.443	.773	98	1236	78	24	9	21	8
2006	33	981	3620	3347	469	952	158	22	105	422	33	29	210	404	.284	.330	.439	.768	98	1469	90	28	9	26	9
2007	34	1112	4090	3781	517	1063	179	27	112	480	38	31	232	446	.281	.325	.432	.757	95	1632	99	31	14	32	9
2008	35	1239	4453	4119	558	1145	189	29	119	521	46	32	254	499	.278	.323	.425	.747	93	1749	106	32	16	32	10

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
1998	25	15	23	22	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.318	.348	.364	.711	3	15
1999	26	13	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	13
2000	27	149	516	477	58	131	21	1	16	57	5	28	60	.275	.314	.423	.737	63	149
2001	28	104	382	358	44	89	15	1	8	34	4	17	52	.249	.291	.363	.654	37	104
2002	29	134	474	441	66	131	19	7	16	56	7	28	54	.297	.344	.481	.825	71	134
2003	30	157	620	574	78	155	27	4	24	74	5	37	77	.270	.319	.456	.776	83	157
2004	31	143	517	464	61	125	18	4	8	59	2	45	56	.269	.337	.377	.714	59	143
2005	32	124	430	404	60	105	15	1	17	61	0	23	47	.260	.298	.428	.726	52	124
2006	33	142	583	553	77	161	31	3	10	58	8	21	52	.291	.319	.412	.731	72	142
2007	34	131	460	430	46	107	20	5	7	55	5	21	42	.249	.285	.367	.652	45	131
2008	35	127	360	337	40	81	10	2	7	40	8	22	53	.240	.289	.344	.633	33	127
11 Seasons		1239	4374	4068	532	1092	177	28	113	494	45	243	499	.268	.312	.409	.721	518	1239
162 Game Avg.		162	572	532	70	143	23	4	15	65	6	32	65	.268	.312	.409	.721	68	1239

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Total Bases s c a p y 2003 NL--307--10th	Triples s c a p y 2002 NL--7--6th	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2003 NL--27--1st	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2000 NL--11--9th
AB per SO s c a p y 2006 AL--10.7--4th Active--8.3--22nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Dan Ford (963)
Hoot Evers (958)
Willard Marshall (956)
Cleon Jones (953)
Mel Hall (951)
Lee Maye (951)
Bernard Gilkey (949)
Gary Ward (949)
Steve Kemp (948)
Johnny Grubb (947)

Most Similar by Ages

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Phil Clark (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Allie Clark (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dwight Smith (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Ward (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lamb (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Altman (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Litwhiler (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Ward (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Ward (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50