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Cliff Pennington

Clifton Randolph Pennington

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 15, 1984 in Corpus Christi, TX
High School: Mary Carroll HS (Corpus Christi, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 2008
Team: Athletics 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.114, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick, Paul Cobbe [*]
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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
2005	21	OAK-min	A	69	334	290	49	80	15	0	3	29	25	6	39	47	.276	.364	.359	.723		104	4	2	2	1	0		KNC · MIDW
2006	22	OAK-min	A+,Rk	55	234	205	39	49	10	1	2	27	7	1	28	37	.239	.333	.327	.660		67	5	1	0	0	0		STK,ATH · CALL,ARIZ
2007	23	OAK-min	A+,AA	138	647	557	91	141	30	5	8	57	17	4	81	89	.253	.346	.368	.714		205	7	1	2	6	2		STK,MDL · CALL,TL
2008	24	OAK-min	AAA,AA	115	538	440	89	123	16	5	2	34	31	6	93	70	.280	.404	.352	.757		155	9	0	4	1	2		SAC,MDL · PCL,TL
2008	24	OAK	AL	36	117	99	14	24	5	0	0	9	4	1	13	18	.242	.339	.293	.632	75	29	1	2	2	1	0	46/5
2009	25	OAK-min	AAA	99	417	360	48	95	22	3	3	40	27	4	45	54	.264	.345	.367	.712		132	2	2	6	4	1		SAC · PCL
2009	25	OAK	AL	60	229	208	27	58	11	3	4	21	7	5	19	46	.279	.342	.418	.760	101	87	5	1	1	0	0	6
2010	26	OAK	AL	156	576	508	64	127	26	8	6	46	29	5	50	96	.250	.319	.368	.687	88	187	7	3	12	3	0	*6
2011	27	OAK	AL	148	570	515	57	136	26	2	8	58	14	9	42	104	.264	.319	.369	.687	90	190	5	1	8	4	1	*6/D
2012	28	OAK	AL	48	191	175	18	35	8	1	1	8	7	2	13	34	.200	.259	.274	.534	49	48	0	1	2	0	0	*6
5 Yrs				448	1683	1505	180	380	76	14	19	142	61	22	137	298	.252	.317	.359	.676	85	541	18	8	25	8	1
162 Game Avg.				162	609	544	65	137	27	5	7	51	22	8	50	108	.252	.317	.359	.676	85	196	7	3	9	3	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
2008	24	OAK	AL	36	117	-2	1	0	-10	1	-10	-0.9	4	-6	-0.6	.472	.494	0.4	-0.9	4	$	46/5
2009	25	OAK	AL	60	229	-0	-2	-1	-9	3	-9	-0.8	8	-1	-0.1	.485	.495	0.8	-0.6	8	$	6
2010	26	OAK	AL	156	576	-4	4	0	13	7	20	2.3	20	40	4.1	.514	.513	2.8	2.2	27	$405,000	*6
2011	27	OAK	AL	148	570	-8	-3	1	-9	6	-12	-1.1	19	7	0.6	.491	.492	1.6	-0.2	16	$420,000	*6/D
2012	28	OAK	AL	48	191	-10	1	0	2	2	-6	-0.6	6	1	-0.1	.488	.496	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	*6
5 Seasons				448	1683	-25	1	1	-13	19	-16	-1.2	57	41	3.9	.496	.498	5.4	1.1	54	$825,000

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
2008	24	OAK	AL	117	80	12	4.0	100	.293	.242	.261	.339	.328	.293	.410	.632	.738	75	.404	-2.6	-0.2	.610	.212	.051	.0
2009	25	OAK	AL	229	161	29	4.8	106	.342	.279	.265	.342	.334	.418	.425	.760	.759	101	.476	0.0	0.0	.681	.240	.139	5.1
2010	26	OAK	AL	576	408	65	4.3	99	.296	.250	.259	.319	.327	.368	.406	.687	.733	88	.457	-8.3	-0.8	.672	.264	.118	9.9
2011	27	OAK	AL	570	405	62	4.1	98	.314	.264	.257	.319	.322	.369	.407	.687	.729	90	.447	-7.2	-0.7	.606	.196	.105	10.2
2012	28	OAK	AL	191	144	14	2.6	96	.243	.200	.251	.259	.318	.274	.407	.534	.724	49	.262	-12.3	-1.2	.472	.177	.074	1.8
5 Yrs				1683	1198	182	4.1	99	.302	.252	.258	.317	.325	.359	.409	.676	.734	85	.433	-30.4	-3.0	.622	.224	.107	29.0
162 Game Avg.				609	433	66	4.1	99	.302	.252	.258	.317	.325	.359	.409	.676	.734	85	.433	-30.4	-3.0	.622	.224	.107	10

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
2008	24	OAK	AL	117	0.0%	15.4%	11.1%	4.3%	21%	1.38	5.5		11.0	0.56	0.69	70%	23%	0.0%	12%
2009	25	OAK	AL	229	1.8%	20.1%	8.3%	7.9%	31%	2.42	4.5	52.0	9.9	0.74	1.04	69%	17%	5.2%	14%
2010	26	OAK	AL	576	1.0%	16.7%	8.7%	6.9%	32%	1.92	5.3	84.7	11.0	0.55	0.76	71%	21%	2.8%	17%
2011	27	OAK	AL	570	1.4%	18.3%	7.4%	6.3%	27%	2.48	5.0	64.4	8.9	0.56	0.78	71%	23%	3.8%	19%
2012	28	OAK	AL	191	0.5%	17.8%	6.8%	5.2%	29%	2.62	5.1	175.0	21.9	0.72	0.89	73%	19%	1.4%	13%
5 Yrs				1683	1.1%	17.7%	8.1%	6.5%	29%	2.18	5.1	79.2	10.6	0.60	0.81	71%	21%	3.1%	17%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	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
2008	24	OAK	AL	-2.8	-0.3	124	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.99	-0.1	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.95	-2.4		0
2009	25	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	243	-0.7	3.3	-4.1	.92	-0.2	-0.6	-4.7	-0.4	0.98	-4.3		0
2010	26	OAK	AL	-8.3	-0.8	620	0.1	9.5	-9.5	1.00	-0.6	0.6	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-5.2	1.98	2
2011	27	OAK	AL	-7.2	-0.7	598	-0.4	8.9	-9.3	.94	-0.6	0.2	2.9	0.3	0.99	-7.3		0
2012	28	OAK	AL	-12.3	-1.2	204	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	.94	-1.0	-0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.88	-10.9	1.15	1
5 Yrs				-30.9	-3.0	1789	-2.2	26.1	-28.4	.96	-2.5	0.2	-14.4	-1.4	0.96	-30.1	1.70	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	24	OAK	AL	1	36%	57	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	53%	7	5	2	3	2	1	5	0	5
2009	25	OAK	AL	1	31%	73	7	5	58%	7	4	0	0	1	1	1	4	7	53%	7	2	4	2	1	1	10	5	5
2010	26	OAK	AL	9	33%	205	29	5	85%	22	3	7	2	0	3	0	7	12	56%	22	13	8	7	1	6	19	4	13
2011	27	OAK	AL	4	29%	223	14	9	61%	10	8	4	1	0	4	3	3	16	29%	27	23	4	10	7	2	11	3	8
2012	28	OAK	AL	3	35%	59	7	2	78%	4	2	3	0	0	2	1	1	4	57%	6	4	2	1	1	0	7	1	6
5 Yrs				18	32%	617	61	22	73%	47	18	14	3	1	10	5	16	41	47%	69	47	20	23	12	10	52	13	37

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
2008	24	OAK	AL	117	100%	24	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	24	1	4%	14	8	57%	70	12	17%	8	6	75%	8	6	75%	0
2009	25	OAK	AL	229	100%	58	8	3	0	0	0	0		4	0	9	3	1	3	1	0	2	1	50%	39	5	13%	19	4	21%	156	18	12%	14	5	36%	7	4	57%	0
2010	26	OAK	AL	576	100%	127	13	7	2	0	0	0	1.98	6	0	18	4	2	2	4	0	15	12	80%	89	7	8%	51	21	41%	330	44	13%	34	15	44%	22	16	73%	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	570	100%	136	23	3	0	0	0	0		8	0	11	7	1	3	5	0	11	8	73%	90	5	6%	46	20	43%	319	50	16%	29	20	69%	29	21	72%	0
2012	28	OAK	AL	191	100%	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	24	0	0%	13	2	15%	91	8	9%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
5 Yrs				1683	100%	380	48	14	3	0	0	0	1.70	19	0	43	15	4	8	11	0	32	25	78%	266	18	7%	143	55	38%	966	132	14%	91	48	53%	70	49	70%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2008	24	OAK	AL	117	471	4.03	294	62%	27%	11%	33%	29%	73%	0%	45%	85%	20%	3%	4	0	14%	16	7	8%	9	3	39%	0	0	0
2009	25	OAK	AL	229	916	4.00	580	63%	25%	15%	32%	28%	75%	0%	47%	80%	28%	5%	11	0	14%	33	12	10%	22	13	17%	0	0	0
2010	26	OAK	AL	578	2309	3.99	1460	63%	30%	10%	31%	29%	70%	0%	44%	85%	22%	6%	32	0	13%	75	21	9%	54	29	33%	-2	0	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	571	2311	4.05	1477	64%	30%	12%	29%	29%	70%	0%	44%	83%	20%	5%	26	2	15%	85	22	10%	57	28	17%	-1	0	0
2012	28	OAK	AL	191	818	4.28	515	63%	30%	14%	28%	28%	70%	0%	44%	80%	17%	4%	8	1	12%	23	10	9%	17	12	15%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1686	6825	4.05	4326	63%	29%	12%	30%	29%	71%	0%	45%	83%	21%	5%	81	3	14%	232	72	9%	159	85	23%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	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
2008	24	36	117	99	14	24	5	0	0	9	4	1	13	18	.242	.339	.293	.632	75	29	1	2	2	1	0
2009	25	96	346	307	41	82	16	3	4	30	11	6	32	64	.267	.341	.378	.719	93	116	6	3	3	1	0
2010	26	252	922	815	105	209	42	11	10	76	40	11	82	160	.256	.327	.372	.699	90	303	13	6	15	4	0
2011	27	400	1492	1330	162	345	68	13	18	134	54	20	124	264	.259	.324	.371	.695	90	493	18	7	23	8	1
2012	28	448	1683	1505	180	380	76	14	19	142	61	22	137	298	.252	.317	.359	.676	85	541	18	8	25	8	1

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
2008	24	36	119	100	15	25	5	0	0	9	4	14	18	.250	.350	.300	.650	10	36
2009	25	60	228	207	27	57	11	3	4	21	7	19	46	.275	.339	.415	.755	29	60
2010	26	156	583	513	68	132	27	8	6	49	30	52	96	.257	.327	.376	.704	63	156
2011	27	148	578	521	61	142	27	2	8	62	15	44	104	.273	.328	.378	.706	65	148
2012	28	48	192	176	19	36	8	1	1	8	7	13	34	.205	.263	.278	.542	13	48
5 Yrs		448	1700	1517	190	392	78	14	19	149	63	142	298	.258	.324	.366	.689	180	448
162 Game Avg.		162	615	549	69	142	28	5	7	54	23	51	108	.258	.324	.366	.689	65	448

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.2 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 2010 AL 8 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2010 AL 12 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 2010 AL 85.29 (7th) Career 73.49 (207th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL 2.2 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
2010 AL 8 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 AL 12 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2010 AL 85.29 (7th)
Career 73.49 (207th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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