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Steve Pearce

Steven Wayne Pearce

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 13, 1983 in Lakeland, FL
High School: Lakeland Senior HS (Lakeland, FL)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Team: Pirates 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.165, Arb Eligible: 2012, 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
2007 24 PIT NL 23 73 68 13 20 5 1 0 6 2 1 5 12 .294 .342 .397 .740 94 27 2 0 0 0 0 9/3
2008 25 PIT NL 37 119 109 6 27 7 0 4 15 2 0 5 22 .248 .294 .422 .716 89 46 1 3 0 2 0 9/7
2009 26 PIT NL 60 186 165 19 34 13 1 4 16 1 0 21 43 .206 .296 .370 .665 76 61 2 0 0 0 0 3/9
2010 27 PIT NL 15 38 29 4 8 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 6 .276 .395 .414 .809 121 12 0 0 0 2 0 3
2011 28 PIT NL 50 105 94 8 19 2 0 1 10 0 0 7 21 .202 .260 .255 .515 45 24 6 1 1 2 0 35/9
5 Yrs 185 521 465 50 108 29 3 9 52 5 1 45 104 .232 .302 .366 .668 79 170 11 4 1 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 456 407 44 95 25 3 8 46 4 1 39 91 .232 .302 .366 .668 79 149 10 4 1 5 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 Awards
2007 24 PIT NL 23 73 -1 -1 0 4 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .509 .501 0.0 0.3 0 $ 9/3
2008 25 PIT NL 37 119 -2 -0 -0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 9/7
2009 26 PIT NL 60 186 -6 0 0 3 -3 -5 -0.6 5 -0 -0.1 .491 .496 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 3/9
2010 27 PIT NL 15 38 1 0 0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .512 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $ 3
2011 28 PIT NL 50 105 -7 -0 -1 -1 -1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .478 .493 -0.7 -0.2 -6 $427,500 35/9
5 Seasons 185 521 -15 -0 -0 6 -6 -16 -1.8 14 -2 -0.4 .490 .498 -1.0 -0.0 -8 $427,500

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
2007 24 PIT NL 73 51 9 4.8 108 .357 .294 .269 .342 .338 .397 .430 .740 .768 94 .468 -0.6 -0.1 .647 .191 .103 .0
2008 25 PIT NL 119 85 14 4.4 104 .271 .248 .262 .294 .334 .422 .419 .716 .752 89 .453 -1.8 -0.2 .675 .239 .174 2.7
2009 26 PIT NL 186 133 19 3.8 105 .254 .206 .263 .296 .336 .370 .418 .665 .755 76 .397 -5.7 -0.6 .624 .297 .164 1.6
2010 27 PIT NL 38 23 6 7.0 101 .320 .276 .260 .395 .329 .414 .409 .809 .738 121 .683 1.5 0.2 .905 .379 .138
2011 28 PIT NL 105 84 6 1.9 95 .243 .202 .254 .260 .321 .255 .396 .515 .717 45 .177 -6.9 -0.7 .395 .128 .053 .0
5 Yrs 521 376 54 3.8 103 .277 .232 .262 .302 .332 .366 .415 .668 .748 79 .403 -13.4 -1.3 .604 .239 .133 6.4
162 Game Avg. 456 329 47 3.8 103 .277 .232 .262 .302 .332 .366 .415 .668 .748 79 .403 -13.4 -1.3 .604 .239 .133 6

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
2007 24 PIT NL 73 0.0% 16.4% 6.9% 8.2% 30% 2.40 5.7 11.3 0.87 1.38 77% 21% 0.0% 20%
2008 25 PIT NL 119 3.4% 18.5% 4.2% 9.2% 41% 4.40 5.0 27.3 7.3 0.62 0.62 71% 19% 8.5% 15%
2009 26 PIT NL 186 2.2% 23.1% 11.3% 9.7% 53% 2.05 3.8 41.3 10.3 0.61 0.80 63% 17% 6.1% 13%
2010 27 PIT NL 38 0.0% 15.8% 18.4% 7.9% 38% 0.86 4.8 5.8 0.79 1.13 66% 16% 0.0% 29%
2011 28 PIT NL 105 1.0% 20.0% 6.7% 2.9% 16% 3.00 4.5 94.0 9.4 0.74 0.88 70% 12% 2.6% 12%
5 Yrs 521 1.7% 20.0% 8.6% 7.9% 38% 2.31 4.5 51.7 8.9 0.68 0.85 69% 17% 4.9% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 2.10 5.0 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 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
2007 24 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 77 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 .85 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.98 -1.7 0.46 4
2008 25 PIT NL -1.8 -0.2 123 0.6 2.5 -1.9 1.02 -0.1 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.93 -1.9 0.32 9
2009 26 PIT NL -5.7 -0.6 189 -0.5 2.7 -3.2 .92 -0.4 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 0.92 -5.6 0.46 14
2010 27 PIT NL 1.5 0.2 39 0.3 0.7 -0.4 .95 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.97 1.3 0.29 2
2011 28 PIT NL -7.1 -0.7 106 -1.1 1.5 -2.6 1.23 -0.4 -0.5 -6.3 -0.7 1.13 -5.2 1.25 23
5 Yrs -13.7 -1.4 534 -0.8 8.4 -9.2 1.00 -0.7 -0.1 -9.9 -1.0 0.97 -13.2 0.78 52

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
2007 24 PIT NL 0 0 52% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42% 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 1 3
2008 25 PIT NL 0 0 7% 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 0
2009 26 PIT NL 0 0 29% 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 36% 5 4 1 2 1 1 4 2 2
2010 27 PIT NL 0 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 1 0 27% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13% 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0
5 Yrs 1 0 28% 172 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 33% 17 12 5 10 7 3 13 7 5

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
2007 24 PIT NL 73 19% 20 2 0 4 0 0 0 0.46 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 10% 9 3 33% 49 6 12% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
2008 25 PIT NL 119 24% 27 1 0 9 1 0 0 0.32 4 0 7 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 19 1 5% 7 3 43% 71 11 15% 5 5 100% 4 2 50% 0
2009 26 PIT NL 186 34% 34 1 0 14 3 0 1 0.46 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 30 2 7% 15 2 13% 111 12 11% 9 3 33% 7 4 57% 0
2010 27 PIT NL 38 61% 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.29 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 2 100% 25 5 20% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 105 52% 19 5 0 23 4 0 1 1.25 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 29 6 21% 15 6 40% 83 10 12% 7 5 71% 7 2 29% 0
5 Yrs 521 35% 108 9 0 52 8 0 2 0.78 9 0 18 4 5 4 5 0 1 1 100% 104 11 11% 48 16 33% 339 44 13% 26 17 65% 20 9 45% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 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
2007 24 PIT NL 74 276 3.73 182 66% 23% 20% 26% 31% 77% 0% 51% 74% 30% 1% 1 0 15% 11 5 12% 9 5 42% -1 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 120 464 3.87 297 64% 31% 16% 23% 30% 69% 0% 44% 77% 23% 3% 3 0 12% 14 7 6% 7 2 18% -1 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 186 787 4.23 475 60% 34% 17% 23% 26% 66% 0% 40% 74% 21% 9% 16 0 18% 34 10 15% 28 16 30% 0 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 38 182 4.79 106 58% 40% 11% 25% 24% 60% 0% 35% 81% 8% 5% 2 1 8% 3 0 13% 5 3 50% 0 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 105 418 3.98 265 63% 36% 16% 19% 29% 64% 0% 40% 75% 17% 5% 5 0 15% 16 4 10% 10 4 19% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 523 2127 4.07 1325 62% 33% 17% 23% 28% 67% 0% 42% 75% 21% 5% 27 1 15% 78 26 11% 59 30 28% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 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
2007 24 23 73 68 13 20 5 1 0 6 2 1 5 12 .294 .342 .397 .740 94 27 2 0 0 0 0
2008 25 60 192 177 19 47 12 1 4 21 4 1 10 34 .266 .313 .412 .725 91 73 3 3 0 2 0
2009 26 120 378 342 38 81 25 2 8 37 5 1 31 77 .237 .304 .392 .696 84 134 5 3 0 2 0
2010 27 135 416 371 42 89 27 3 8 42 5 1 38 83 .240 .313 .394 .706 87 146 5 3 0 4 0
2011 28 185 521 465 50 108 29 3 9 52 5 1 45 104 .232 .302 .366 .668 79 170 11 4 1 6 0

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
2007 24 23 73 68 13 20 5 1 0 6 2 5 12 .294 .342 .397 .740 9 23
2008 25 37 119 109 6 27 7 0 4 15 2 5 22 .248 .294 .422 .716 13 37
2009 26 60 186 165 19 34 13 1 4 16 1 21 43 .206 .296 .370 .665 18 60
2010 27 15 38 29 4 8 2 1 0 5 0 7 6 .276 .395 .414 .809 5 15
2011 28 50 106 95 9 20 2 0 1 11 0 7 21 .211 .267 .263 .530 7 50
5 Yrs 185 522 466 51 109 29 3 9 53 5 45 104 .234 .303 .367 .670 52 185
162 Game Avg. 162 457 408 45 95 25 3 8 46 4 39 91 .234 .303 .367 .670 46 185

* 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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