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A.J. Pierzynski

Anthony John Pierzynski

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY
High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1998
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Twins/Giants 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$8M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 11.100, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Steve Hilliard [*]
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All-Star

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
1994	17	MIN-min	Rk	43	166	152	21	44	8	1	1	19	0	2	12	19	.289	.337	.375	.712		57	3	0	0	2	0		TWN · GULF
1995	18	MIN-min	Rk,A	78	307	289	39	94	18	2	9	59	0	2	16	33	.325	.358	.495	.853		143	7	0	0	2	1		ELZ,FWA · APPY,MIDW
1996	19	MIN-min	A	114	461	431	48	118	30	3	7	70	0	4	22	53	.274	.308	.406	.714		175	10	2	0	6	1		FWA · MIDW
1997	20	MIN-min	A+	118	439	412	49	115	23	1	9	64	2	1	16	59	.279	.313	.405	.718		167	9	6	1	4	1		FTM · FLOR
1998	21	MIN-min	AA,AAA	118	447	420	59	116	18	2	10	47	3	3	19	49	.276	.309	.400	.709		168	8	2	4	2	6		NBR,SLK · EL,PCL
1998	21	MIN	AL	7	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.385	.300	.685	82	3	0	1	0	1	0	/2
1999	22	MIN-min	AAA	67	246	228	29	59	10	0	1	25	0	0	16	29	.259	.307	.316	.623		72	11	0	2	0	0		SLK · PCL
1999	22	MIN	AL	9	24	22	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	76	8	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2000	23	MIN-min	AA,AAA	103	415	383	58	120	31	3	8	59	1	1	13	44	.313	.346	.473	.819		181	16	10	2	7	1		NBR,SLK · EL,PCL
2000	23	MIN	AL	33	96	88	12	27	5	1	2	11	1	0	5	14	.307	.354	.455	.809	100	40	1	2	0	1	0	2
2001	24	MIN	AL	114	407	381	51	110	33	2	7	55	1	7	16	57	.289	.322	.441	.763	98	168	7	4	1	3	4	*2/D
2002	25	MIN	AL	130	469	440	54	132	31	6	6	49	1	2	13	61	.300	.334	.439	.773	104	193	14	11	2	3	1	*2	AS
2003	26	MIN	AL	137	533	487	63	152	35	3	11	74	3	1	24	55	.312	.360	.464	.824	115	226	13	15	2	5	12	*2
2004	27	SFG	NL	131	510	471	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	1	19	27	.272	.319	.410	.729	86	193	27	15	2	3	4	*2
2005	28	CHW	AL	128	497	460	61	118	21	0	18	56	0	2	23	68	.257	.308	.420	.728	90	193	13	12	1	1	5	*2
2006	29	CHW	AL	140	543	509	65	150	24	0	16	64	1	0	22	72	.295	.333	.436	.769	94	222	10	8	3	1	6	*2	AS,MVP-30
2007	30	CHW	AL	136	509	472	54	124	24	0	14	50	1	1	25	66	.263	.309	.403	.712	83	190	21	8	1	3	5	*2
2008	31	CHW	AL	134	570	534	66	150	31	1	13	60	1	0	19	71	.281	.312	.416	.728	89	222	14	8	3	6	5	*2
2009	32	CHW	AL	138	535	504	57	151	22	1	13	49	1	1	24	52	.300	.331	.425	.755	93	214	18	1	3	3	6	*2/D
2010	33	CHW	AL	128	503	474	43	128	29	0	9	56	3	4	15	39	.270	.300	.388	.688	84	184	17	6	6	2	2	*2
2011	34	CHW-min	AAA	3	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.273	.200	.473		2	0	1	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2011	34	CHW	AL	129	500	464	38	133	29	1	8	48	0	0	23	33	.287	.323	.405	.728	95	188	19	5	2	6	6	*2/D
2012	35	CHW	AL	45	177	164	25	49	7	2	8	33	0	0	11	18	.299	.345	.512	.857	128	84	4	1	0	1	2	*2
15 Yrs				1539	5886	5480	638	1561	321	19	136	686	13	19	241	639	.285	.324	.425	.749	95	2328	178	98	26	39	58
162 Game Avg.				162	620	577	67	164	34	2	14	72	1	2	25	67	.285	.324	.425	.749	95	245	19	10	3	4	6

CHW (8 yrs)				978	3834	3581	409	1003	187	5	99	416	7	8	162	419	.280	.318	.418	.736	92	1497	116	49	19	23	37
MIN (6 yrs)				430	1542	1428	184	430	106	12	26	193	6	10	60	193	.301	.341	.447	.788	105	638	35	34	5	13	17
SFG (1 yr)				131	510	471	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	1	19	27	.272	.319	.410	.729	86	193	27	15	2	3	4

AL (14 yrs)				1408	5376	5009	593	1433	293	17	125	609	13	18	222	612	.286	.325	.426	.751	96	2135	151	83	24	36	54
NL (1 yr)				131	510	471	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	1	19	27	.272	.319	.410	.729	86	193	27	15	2	3	4

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
1998	21	MIN	AL	7	13	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$170,000	/2
1999	22	MIN	AL	9	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$200,000	/2
2000	23	MIN	AL	33	96	1	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.508	.502	0.6	0.2	6	$202,500	2
2001	24	MIN	AL	114	407	-4	-0	1	1	6	3	0.4	14	16	1.6	.502	.502	1.5	0.8	15	$210,000	*2/D
2002	25	MIN	AL	130	469	3	-2	-0	-1	6	6	0.7	16	21	2.1	.504	.503	2.2	0.6	22	$250,000	*2	AS
2003	26	MIN	AL	137	533	10	1	1	6	8	26	2.6	18	43	4.2	.518	.515	3.7	1.5	37	$365,000	*2
2004	27	SFG	NL	131	510	-10	-4	-4	-2	7	-12	-1.3	14	1	0.1	.490	.492	0.3	0.5	3	$3,500,000	*2
2005	28	CHW	AL	128	497	-6	-0	-1	3	8	4	0.5	17	21	2.0	.503	.502	1.7	1.1	18	$2,250,000	*2
2006	29	CHW	AL	140	543	-5	-0	1	-3	8	-0	0.2	19	18	1.8	.500	.500	2.1	0.5	22	$4,000,000	*2	AS,MVP-30
2007	30	CHW	AL	136	509	-14	-2	-2	4	7	-7	-0.5	17	10	1.0	.495	.496	0.6	1.2	6	$5,500,000	*2
2008	31	CHW	AL	134	570	-13	-1	1	-9	8	-14	-1.2	19	5	0.6	.489	.491	1.4	0.0	14	$5,850,000	*2
2009	32	CHW	AL	138	535	-7	-0	-1	-5	7	-6	-0.4	18	12	1.2	.496	.497	1.7	0.3	17	$6,250,000	*2/D
2010	33	CHW	AL	128	503	-14	-3	0	0	7	-10	-0.8	17	8	0.7	.492	.494	0.7	0.9	8	$6,750,000	*2
2011	34	CHW	AL	129	500	-7	-1	-2	-9	6	-13	-1.2	17	4	0.3	.490	.492	1.4	-0.2	13	$2,000,000	*2/D
2012	35	CHW	AL	45	177	4	0	1	-6	2	2	0.2	6	8	0.7	.504	.501	1.4	-0.4	14	$	*2
15 Seasons				1539	5886	-60	-14	-5	-22	82	-18	-0.6	195	177	17.0	.499	.499	19.5	7.1	199	$37,497,500

CHW (8 yrs)				978	3834	-60	-8	-4	-25	53	-43	-3.3	130	87	8.3	.496	.497	11.0	3.6	112	$32,600,000
MIN (6 yrs)				430	1542	9	-2	2	5	22	37	4.0	51	88	8.6	.508	.504	8.2	3.0	83	$1,397,500
SFG (1 yr)				131	510	-10	-4	-4	-2	7	-12	-1.3	14	1	0.1	.490	.492	0.3	0.5	3	$3,500,000

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
1998	21	MIN	AL	13	8	2	6.7	111	.333	.300	.273	.385	.342	.300	.434	.685	.776	82	.613	-0.0	0.0	.714	.100	.000
1999	22	MIN	AL	24	16	3	5.0	116	.333	.273	.279	.333	.352	.364	.446	.697	.798	76	.465	-0.8	-0.1	.625	.136	.091
2000	23	MIN	AL	96	63	15	6.4	119	.342	.307	.281	.354	.355	.455	.452	.809	.807	100	.564	-0.1	-0.0	.774	.216	.148	1.3
2001	24	MIN	AL	407	289	50	4.6	108	.322	.289	.268	.322	.336	.441	.431	.763	.766	98	.460	-1.1	-0.1	.639	.178	.152	1.8
2002	25	MIN	AL	469	329	60	4.9	105	.335	.300	.264	.334	.332	.439	.425	.773	.757	104	.494	1.8	0.2	.667	.166	.139	1.7
2003	26	MIN	AL	533	356	79	5.9	108	.331	.312	.269	.360	.335	.464	.430	.824	.766	115	.575	11.2	1.0	.765	.205	.152	4.7
2004	27	SFG	NL	510	376	53	3.8	112	.268	.272	.271	.319	.343	.410	.439	.729	.782	86	.372	-10.3	-1.0	.609	.176	.138	.0
2005	28	CHW	AL	497	359	56	4.2	108	.267	.257	.272	.308	.335	.420	.431	.728	.766	90	.426	-8.4	-0.8	.633	.209	.163	.0
2006	29	CHW	AL	543	373	72	5.1	114	.318	.295	.280	.333	.345	.436	.445	.769	.791	94	.494	-6.0	-0.6	.686	.187	.141	1.9
2007	30	CHW	AL	509	374	53	3.8	110	.278	.263	.276	.309	.344	.403	.431	.712	.775	83	.370	-13.1	-1.2	.603	.193	.140	1.9
2008	31	CHW	AL	570	407	67	4.4	109	.300	.281	.273	.312	.341	.416	.428	.728	.770	89	.445	-10.3	-1.0	.628	.172	.135	1.9
2009	32	CHW	AL	535	378	65	4.6	112	.312	.300	.273	.331	.343	.425	.438	.755	.781	93	.454	-6.6	-0.6	.642	.173	.125	1.9
2010	33	CHW	AL	503	375	50	3.6	102	.278	.270	.264	.300	.332	.388	.413	.688	.745	84	.379	-11.6	-1.1	.556	.148	.118	4.5
2011	34	CHW	AL	500	358	56	4.2	103	.291	.287	.264	.323	.330	.405	.418	.728	.747	95	.456	-3.2	-0.3	.617	.168	.119	.0
2012	35	CHW	AL	177	120	28	6.3	102	.295	.299	.258	.345	.326	.512	.419	.857	.746	128	.637	5.6	0.6	.807	.280	.213	.0
15 Yrs				5886	4181	709	4.5	108	.300	.285	.270	.324	.338	.425	.430	.749	.768	95	.459	-52.9	-5.0	.647	.183	.140	23.7
162 Game Avg.				620	440	75	4.5	108	.300	.285	.270	.324	.338	.425	.430	.749	.768	95	.459	-52.9	-5.0	.647	.183	.140	2

CHW (8 yrs)				3834	2744	447	4.4	108	.293	.280	.271	.318	.338	.418	.429	.736	.767	92	.444	-53.6	-5.1	.632	.183	.138	13.1
MIN (6 yrs)				1542	1061	209	5.3	108	.331	.301	.268	.341	.336	.447	.431	.788	.766	105	.519	11.0	1.0	.698	.185	.146	9.8
SFG (1 yr)				510	376	53	3.8	112	.268	.272	.271	.319	.343	.410	.439	.729	.782	86	.372	-10.3	-1.0	.609	.176	.138	.0

AL (14 yrs)				5376	3805	656	4.6	108	.304	.286	.270	.325	.337	.426	.429	.751	.767	96	.467	-42.6	-4.1	.650	.183	.140	23.6
NL (1 yr)				510	376	53	3.8	112	.268	.272	.271	.319	.343	.410	.439	.729	.782	86	.372	-10.3	-1.0	.609	.176	.138	.0

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
2002	25	MIN	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	5	18	16	4	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	.438	.500	.750	1.250	12	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	MIN	AL	ALCS	ANA	L	5	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.250	.235	.250	.485	4	0	0	0	1	0
2003	26	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	4	15	13	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	6	1	0	0	0	1

2005	28	CHW	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	3	11	9	5	4	2	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	.444	.545	1.333	1.879	12	0	1	0	0	0
2005	28	CHW	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	5	20	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	6	.167	.211	.333	.544	6	0	0	1	0	0
2005	28	CHW	AL	WS	HOU	W	4	17	15	3	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	.267	.353	.400	.753	6	1	0	0	0	0

2008	31	CHW	AL	ALDS	TBR	L	4	16	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	.385	.500	.462	.962	6	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs (7 Series)							30	114	100	16	30	5	1	5	17	2	3	10	13	.300	.372	.520	.892	52	2	2	1	1	1
4 ALDS							16	60	51	11	19	3	1	4	10	1	1	7	3	.373	.467	.706	1.173	36	1	2	0	0	1
2 ALCS							10	37	34	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	8	.206	.222	.294	.516	10	0	0	1	1	0
1 WS							4	17	15	3	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	.267	.353	.400	.753	6	1	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	MIN	AL	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	CHW	AL	29	DNP

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
1998	21	MIN	AL	13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.0		10.0	0.50	0.40	69%	22%	0.0%	0%
1999	22	MIN	AL	24	0.0%	16.7%	4.2%	8.3%	33%	4.00	5.5		7.3	1.25	2.33	75%	33%	0.0%	0%
2000	23	MIN	AL	96	2.1%	14.6%	5.2%	8.3%	30%	2.80	6.3	44.0	8.0	0.83	1.18	76%	31%	5.4%	8%
2001	24	MIN	AL	407	1.7%	14.0%	3.9%	10.3%	38%	3.56	6.7	54.4	6.9	0.72	1.12	79%	29%	4.2%	11%
2002	25	MIN	AL	469	1.3%	13.0%	2.8%	9.2%	33%	4.69	7.2	73.3	9.0	0.89	1.50	80%	28%	3.4%	11%
2003	26	MIN	AL	533	2.1%	10.3%	4.5%	9.2%	32%	2.29	8.9	44.3	6.6	0.90	1.31	80%	17%	5.3%	10%
2004	27	SFG	NL	510	2.2%	5.3%	3.7%	8.0%	32%	1.42	17.4	42.8	6.1	0.82	1.32	85%	20%	5.3%	16%
2005	28	CHW	AL	497	3.6%	13.7%	4.6%	7.9%	33%	2.96	6.8	25.6	8.2	0.84	1.25	75%	20%	9.2%	8%
2006	29	CHW	AL	543	3.0%	13.3%	4.1%	7.4%	27%	3.27	7.1	31.8	8.0	0.79	1.03	78%	22%	7.3%	10%
2007	30	CHW	AL	509	2.8%	13.0%	4.9%	7.5%	31%	2.64	7.2	33.7	9.4	0.78	1.27	78%	20%	7.5%	18%
2008	31	CHW	AL	570	2.3%	12.5%	3.3%	7.9%	30%	3.74	7.5	41.1	8.9	0.79	1.07	80%	17%	5.9%	15%
2009	32	CHW	AL	535	2.4%	9.7%	4.5%	6.7%	24%	2.17	9.7	38.8	10.3	0.88	1.27	83%	20%	6.0%	10%
2010	33	CHW	AL	503	1.8%	7.8%	3.0%	7.6%	30%	2.60	12.2	52.7	8.5	0.95	1.36	85%	15%	4.6%	12%
2011	34	CHW	AL	500	1.6%	6.6%	4.6%	7.6%	29%	1.43	14.1	58.0	9.7	1.05	1.52	86%	21%	4.2%	10%
2012	35	CHW	AL	177	4.5%	10.2%	6.2%	9.6%	35%	1.64	9.1	20.5	5.0	0.84	1.15	79%	21%	11.9%	16%
15 Yrs				5886	2.3%	10.9%	4.1%	8.1%	31%	2.65	8.6	40.3	8.0	0.85	1.26	81%	21%	5.9%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	1.99	5.2	32.5	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	21	MIN	AL	-0.0	0.0	13	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.84	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.82	-0.6	1.99	1
1999	22	MIN	AL	-0.8	-0.1	24	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.82	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.1	1.00	1.0		0
2000	23	MIN	AL	-0.1	-0.0	98	0.5	1.8	-1.3	.93	0.0	0.5	2.0	0.2	0.87	0.6	0.02	1
2001	24	MIN	AL	-1.6	-0.2	427	0.5	8.3	-7.8	1.05	-0.1	0.6	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	-4.3	2.73	9
2002	25	MIN	AL	1.8	0.2	476	-0.8	7.6	-8.4	.99	0.0	-0.8	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	-1.8	2.30	10
2003	26	MIN	AL	11.2	1.0	545	-0.1	9.1	-9.2	1.02	0.6	-0.7	12.6	1.2	0.99	8.4	2.51	5
2004	27	SFG	NL	-10.3	-1.0	514	-1.2	9.6	-10.9	1.10	-1.2	0.1	-9.2	-0.9	1.04	-14.2	2.26	12
2005	28	CHW	AL	-8.4	-0.8	501	0.6	9.8	-9.2	1.06	-0.7	1.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.93	-7.9	4.09	1
2006	29	CHW	AL	-6.0	-0.6	552	-0.3	9.0	-9.3	.95	-0.7	0.5	-4.1	-0.4	0.94	-9.4	2.36	10
2007	30	CHW	AL	-13.1	-1.2	516	-1.5	8.9	-10.4	1.06	-1.6	0.2	-25.0	-2.3	0.94	-21.5	1.73	17
2008	31	CHW	AL	-11.0	-1.0	583	-1.3	8.9	-10.2	1.00	-1.2	-0.1	-8.6	-0.8	0.92	-15.4	2.87	4
2009	32	CHW	AL	-6.6	-0.6	545	-0.0	9.4	-9.5	.97	-0.5	0.5	-6.1	-0.6	0.93	-8.4	2.44	10
2010	33	CHW	AL	-11.6	-1.1	515	-0.6	9.0	-9.6	1.02	-1.6	1.0	-10.5	-1.0	0.95	-18.3	2.24	5
2011	34	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	502	-0.5	8.7	-9.2	1.06	-0.9	0.4	-10.7	-1.0	1.01	-10.7	1.65	7
2012	35	CHW	AL	5.6	0.6	179	0.3	3.1	-2.9	.94	0.9	-0.6	9.4	0.9	0.98	8.6	2.40	3
15 Yrs				-53.0	-5.1	5990	-4.2	104.0	-108.2	1.02	-6.9	2.7	-53.8	-5.1	0.96	-93.9	2.23	95

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	21	MIN	AL	0	0	20%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	22	MIN	AL	2	0	38%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2000	23	MIN	AL	2	0	31%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	17%	6	6	0	0	0	0	6	4	2
2001	24	MIN	AL	2	2	36%	138	1	7	13%	1	6	1	0	0	7	15	47%	17	9	7	4	2	2	17	8	9
2002	25	MIN	AL	5	0	32%	150	1	2	33%	1	2	0	1	0	7	10	30%	17	13	4	6	5	1	17	9	7
2003	26	MIN	AL	6	0	29%	227	3	1	75%	3	1	0	2	0	0	13	36%	22	19	3	7	4	3	15	4	10
2004	27	SFG	NL	3	0	23%	193	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	7	10	22%	28	25	2	6	4	2	16	7	7
2005	28	CHW	AL	7	0	32%	177	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	1	5	8	43%	30	20	10	8	2	5	11	4	6
2006	29	CHW	AL	4	0	30%	214	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	4	15	26%	33	28	5	5	3	2	20	10	8
2007	30	CHW	AL	3	0	28%	171	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	5	9	24%	23	19	3	9	6	2	9	4	5
2008	31	CHW	AL	2	0	32%	206	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	10	15	25%	22	18	4	2	2	0	20	12	7
2009	32	CHW	AL	4	0	27%	188	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	7	16	32%	30	19	10	12	10	2	14	6	6
2010	33	CHW	AL	1	0	24%	181	3	4	43%	3	4	0	1	1	3	9	22%	26	22	3	5	5	0	14	7	7
2011	34	CHW	AL	1	0	20%	194	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	10	24%	20	15	5	2	2	0	12	9	3
2012	35	CHW	AL	0	0	32%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	6	38%	8	6	2	2	2	0	11	5	6
15 Yrs				42	2	29%	2149	13	19	41%	13	18	1	6	2	61	138	30%	286	221	60	70	49	19	182	89	83

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
1998	21	MIN	AL	13	85%	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1999	22	MIN	AL	24	83%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	3	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2000	23	MIN	AL	96	96%	27	5	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		14	1	7%	10	6	60%	57	9	16%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0
2001	24	MIN	AL	407	85%	110	6	0	9	1	0	2	2.73	7	0	10	7	0	3	4	0	2	1	50%	67	7	10%	35	14	40%	267	51	19%	26	12	46%	12	7	58%	0
2002	25	MIN	AL	469	80%	132	10	1	10	4	0	2	2.30	6	0	14	4	2	2	4	0	2	2	100%	100	14	14%	43	19	44%	315	45	14%	25	18	72%	20	14	70%	0
2003	26	MIN	AL	533	72%	152	9	1	5	2	0	2	2.51	11	2	17	7	4	6	5	0	2	2	100%	125	13	10%	54	17	31%	380	68	18%	33	18	55%	22	15	68%	0
2004	27	SFG	NL	510	81%	128	4	0	12	3	0	2	2.26	11	1	25	9	2	3	8	0	2	2	100%	118	27	23%	50	17	34%	409	71	17%	36	21	58%	19	12	63%	0
2005	28	CHW	AL	497	82%	118	6	2	1	0	0	0	4.09	18	1	10	14	4	12	6	0	2	1	50%	95	13	14%	32	7	22%	291	41	14%	21	10	48%	9	3	33%	0
2006	29	CHW	AL	543	72%	150	5	0	10	0	0	0	2.36	16	1	15	15	1	9	7	0	4	3	75%	103	10	10%	43	11	26%	367	50	14%	31	16	52%	26	12	46%	0
2007	30	CHW	AL	509	77%	124	6	1	17	5	2	3	1.73	14	1	17	9	5	8	6	0	3	1	33%	109	21	19%	50	10	20%	326	40	12%	29	15	52%	19	8	42%	0
2008	31	CHW	AL	570	75%	150	9	1	4	0	0	1	2.87	13	0	9	8	5	7	6	0	8	3	38%	117	14	12%	60	25	42%	332	48	14%	31	18	58%	23	15	65%	0
2009	32	CHW	AL	535	75%	151	11	0	10	1	0	1	2.44	13	1	11	9	4	8	5	0	3	3	100%	114	18	16%	41	17	41%	320	38	12%	26	14	54%	15	11	73%	0
2010	33	CHW	AL	503	76%	128	14	0	5	0	0	0	2.24	9	0	13	7	2	7	2	0	7	6	86%	102	17	17%	55	22	40%	306	49	16%	25	14	56%	27	17	63%	0
2011	34	CHW	AL	500	83%	133	7	0	7	3	0	0	1.65	8	0	9	8	0	5	3	0	3	2	67%	92	19	21%	36	11	31%	309	40	13%	21	11	52%	15	10	67%	0
2012	35	CHW	AL	177	78%	49	5	0	3	0	0	0	2.40	8	0	6	7	1	5	3	0	0	0		36	4	11%	10	2	20%	124	26	21%	11	8	73%	7	4	57%	0
15 Yrs				5886	78%	1561	98	6	95	21	2	13	2.23	136	7	158	106	30	76	60	0	38	26	68%	1197	178	15%	521	179	34%	3823	580	15%	321	180	56%	218	130	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			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
1998	21	MIN	AL	13	47	3.62	30	64%	20%	23%	27%	30%	80%	0%	51%	71%	38%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	15%	2	1	50%	0	0	0
1999	22	MIN	AL	25	89	3.56	57	64%	21%	18%	30%	32%	79%	0%	51%	78%	20%	0%	0	0	8%	2	2	4%	1	0	0%	-1	0	0
2000	23	MIN	AL	96	370	3.85	253	68%	11%	19%	40%	30%	89%	0%	61%	79%	54%	4%	4	0	11%	11	6	6%	6	6	7%	0	0	0
2001	24	MIN	AL	408	1358	3.33	941	69%	13%	16%	36%	35%	87%	4%	60%	82%	47%	3%	14	3	12%	50	30	5%	21	16	14%	-1	0	0
2002	25	MIN	AL	469	1407	3.00	999	71%	12%	15%	35%	38%	88%	1%	63%	83%	56%	2%	9	2	8%	37	25	3%	12	8	13%	0	0	0
2003	26	MIN	AL	533	1732	3.25	1152	67%	15%	13%	34%	38%	85%	7%	57%	85%	43%	5%	27	2	13%	68	35	5%	25	19	20%	0	0	0
2004	27	SFG	NL	511	1571	3.07	1074	68%	14%	11%	32%	42%	86%	3%	58%	87%	42%	4%	21	3	12%	62	34	3%	17	14	15%	-1	0	0
2005	28	CHW	AL	499	1773	3.55	1195	67%	15%	16%	36%	33%	85%	3%	57%	82%	43%	4%	19	2	11%	57	31	5%	25	17	22%	-2	0	0
2006	29	CHW	AL	544	1824	3.35	1249	68%	12%	16%	37%	35%	88%	4%	60%	82%	44%	4%	20	0	10%	52	27	4%	21	16	15%	-1	0	0
2007	30	CHW	AL	509	1743	3.42	1194	69%	16%	16%	35%	34%	84%	3%	58%	82%	39%	3%	16	0	12%	63	35	6%	31	22	9%	0	0	0
2008	31	CHW	AL	570	1904	3.34	1317	69%	18%	12%	34%	36%	82%	3%	57%	85%	39%	4%	21	0	10%	56	27	5%	27	16	14%	0	0	0
2009	32	CHW	AL	535	1760	3.29	1204	68%	17%	11%	34%	38%	83%	4%	57%	87%	36%	5%	26	1	11%	60	30	4%	21	11	15%	0	0	0
2010	33	CHW	AL	504	1626	3.23	1126	69%	19%	12%	30%	39%	81%	1%	56%	85%	34%	4%	21	0	13%	63	35	6%	31	18	15%	-1	0	0
2011	34	CHW	AL	501	1683	3.36	1148	68%	20%	8%	34%	38%	80%	4%	55%	90%	28%	3%	15	0	12%	62	33	4%	18	11	9%	-1	0	0
2012	35	CHW	AL	177	605	3.42	401	66%	16%	13%	35%	37%	84%	4%	56%	85%	27%	3%	6	0	12%	22	14	5%	9	3	11%	0	0	0
15 Yrs				5894	19492	3.31	13340	68%	15%	13%	34%	37%	85%	3%	58%	84%	41%	4%	219	13	11%	666	365	5%	267	178	15%	-8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		62%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
1998	21	7	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.385	.300	.685	82	3	0	1	0	1	0
1999	22	16	37	32	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	.281	.351	.344	.695	79	11	0	2	0	1	0
2000	23	49	133	120	16	36	7	1	2	15	1	0	7	20	.300	.353	.425	.778	95	51	1	4	0	2	0
2001	24	163	540	501	67	146	40	3	9	70	2	7	23	77	.291	.330	.437	.767	97	219	8	8	1	5	4
2002	25	293	1009	941	121	278	71	9	15	119	3	9	36	138	.295	.332	.438	.770	100	412	22	19	3	8	5
2003	26	430	1542	1428	184	430	106	12	26	193	6	10	60	193	.301	.341	.447	.788	105	638	35	34	5	13	17
2004	27	561	2052	1899	229	558	134	14	37	270	6	11	79	220	.294	.336	.438	.773	101	831	62	49	7	16	21
2005	28	689	2549	2359	290	676	155	14	55	326	6	13	102	288	.287	.330	.434	.765	98	1024	75	61	8	17	26
2006	29	829	3092	2868	355	826	179	14	71	390	7	13	124	360	.288	.331	.434	.765	98	1246	85	69	11	18	32
2007	30	965	3601	3340	409	950	203	14	85	440	8	14	149	426	.284	.328	.430	.758	96	1436	106	77	12	21	37
2008	31	1099	4171	3874	475	1100	234	15	98	500	9	14	168	497	.284	.326	.428	.754	95	1658	120	85	15	27	42
2009	32	1237	4706	4378	532	1251	256	16	111	549	10	15	192	549	.286	.326	.428	.754	95	1872	138	86	18	30	48
2010	33	1365	5209	4852	575	1379	285	16	120	605	13	19	207	588	.284	.324	.424	.747	94	2056	155	92	24	32	50
2011	34	1494	5709	5316	613	1512	314	17	128	653	13	19	230	621	.284	.324	.422	.746	94	2244	174	97	26	38	56
2012	35	1539	5886	5480	638	1561	321	19	136	686	13	19	241	639	.285	.324	.425	.749	95	2328	178	98	26	39	58

Neutralized Batting

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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
1998	21	7	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.300	.385	.300	.685	1	7
1999	22	9	23	21	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	4	.238	.304	.333	.638	2	9
2000	23	33	94	86	10	25	5	1	2	10	1	5	14	.291	.340	.442	.782	12	33
2001	24	114	402	378	49	107	32	2	7	53	1	16	57	.283	.317	.434	.751	51	114
2002	25	130	468	439	53	131	31	6	6	48	1	13	61	.298	.333	.437	.770	61	130
2003	26	137	530	484	61	149	34	3	11	71	3	24	55	.308	.356	.459	.815	75	137
2004	27	131	505	467	43	124	27	2	11	73	0	18	27	.266	.312	.403	.715	55	131
2005	28	128	493	457	58	115	20	0	18	54	0	22	68	.252	.303	.414	.716	54	128
2006	29	140	535	502	60	143	23	0	15	59	1	21	72	.285	.323	.420	.744	66	140
2007	30	136	503	467	50	119	23	0	13	47	1	24	66	.255	.301	.388	.688	53	136
2008	31	134	564	529	62	145	30	1	13	57	1	18	71	.274	.305	.408	.713	64	134
2009	32	138	528	498	53	145	21	1	12	46	1	23	52	.291	.322	.410	.732	66	138
2010	33	128	505	476	44	130	29	0	9	57	3	15	39	.273	.303	.391	.693	55	128
2011	34	129	501	465	38	134	29	1	8	49	0	23	33	.288	.325	.406	.731	61	129
2012	35	45	177	164	25	49	7	2	8	33	0	11	18	.299	.345	.512	.857	29	45
15 Yrs		1539	5841	5443	609	1524	313	19	133	660	13	235	639	.280	.319	.418	.737	705	1539
162 Game Avg.		162	615	573	64	160	33	2	14	69	1	25	67	.280	.319	.418	.737	74	1539

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2002 * 2006	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2006 AL (30, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2003 AL 1.5 (7th) Active 7.1 (35th)	Batting Average s c a p y 2003 AL .312 (8th) Active .285 (41st)
Games Played s c a p y Active 1,539 (37th)	At Bats s c a p y Active 5,480 (38th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y Active 5,886 (41st)	Hits s c a p y Active 1,561 (37th)
Total Bases s c a p y Active 2,328 (41st)	Doubles s c a p y Active 321 (36th)	Triples s c a p y 2002 AL 6 (6th) 2012 AL 2 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y Active 686 (47th)
Singles s c a p y Active 1,085 (30th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y Active 476 (43rd)	Times On Base s c a p y Active 1,900 (44th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2002 AL 11 (9th) 2003 AL 15 (6th) 2004 NL 15 (5th) 2005 AL 12 (10th) Active 98 (10th) Career 98 (74th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2003 AL 12 (5th) Active 58 (32nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2004 NL 27 (1st) 2007 AL 21 (7th) 2011 AL 19 (8th) Active 178 (17th) Career 178 (153rd)	AB per SO s c a p y 2003 AL 8.9 (9th) 2004 NL 17.4 (2nd) 2009 AL 9.7 (6th) 2010 AL 12.2 (3rd) 2011 AL 14.1 (2nd)** 2012 AL 9.1 (5th) Active 8.6 (16th)	Outs Made s c a p y Active 4,181 (38th)
Youngest s c a p y 1998 AL born 1976-12-30 (6th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1700), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 56 (344), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 26 (449), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 34

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Ken O'Dea (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Lombardi (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Lombardi (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Pena (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Pena (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Pena (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Battey (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Kennedy (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Hernandez (907) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Benito Santiago (906) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Benito Santiago (897) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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