Placido Polanco
Placido Enrique Polanco (Polly)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 10, 1975 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
High School: Santa Clara (Santo Domingo, DO)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 STL NL 22 SS 28 21 196.0 125 38 81 6 18 .952 -2.3 -14.1 -2.3 -0.8 -1.5 0 5.46 4.25 .969 4.52 3.88
1998 STL NL 22 2B 14 8 88.1 56 34 21 1 10 .982 -1.0 -13.6 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 5.60 3.93 .982 5.08 4.38
1999 STL NL 23 2B 66 39 396.2 243 116 122 5 32 .979 -5.4 -16.3 -4.4 -3.0 -1.4 -1 5.40 3.61 .981 5.05 4.19
1999 STL NL 23 3B 9 2 30.2 9 0 8 1 0 .889 -0.1 -3.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 2.35 0.89 .956 2.67 2.30
1999 STL NL 23 SS 9 7 58.2 29 7 20 2 5 .931 -0.9 -18.4 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 4.14 3.00 .969 4.42 3.80
2000 STL NL 24 2B 51 32 349.0 190 80 107 3 18 .984 3.5 12.0 4.5 2.0 2.5 -1 4.82 3.67 .982 4.96 4.34
2000 STL NL 24 3B 35 19 187.0 59 18 41 0 8 1.000 4.2 27.0 3.2 3.0 0.2 1 2.84 1.69 .947 2.64 2.18
2000 STL NL 24 SS 29 14 151.2 84 31 53 0 11 1.000 2.9 22.9 2.9 0.4 2.5 0 4.98 2.90 .965 4.52 3.88
2000 STL NL 24 1B 1 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.30 7.70
2001 STL NL 25 3B 104 93 810.0 263 60 199 4 16 .985 14.9 22.1 13.9 6.9 7.0 1 2.88 2.49 .948 2.57 2.17
2001 STL NL 25 SS 42 29 281.0 159 50 109 0 16 1.000 4.9 20.9 4.9 0.5 4.4 0 5.09 3.79 .967 4.47 3.93
2001 STL NL 25 2B 15 10 93.0 58 22 36 0 10 1.000 3.4 43.9 3.4 0.4 3.0 0 5.61 3.87 .983 4.86 4.19
2001 STL NL 25 DH 1
2002 TOT NL 26 3B 131 115 1066.2 369 90 271 8 33 .978 15.0 16.9 13.0 4.2 8.8 2 3.05 2.76 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 STL NL 26 3B 78 63 587.0 196 52 139 5 18 .974 6.5 13.3 5.5 1.7 3.8 1 2.93 2.45 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 STL NL 26 SS 13 9 90.2 43 19 24 0 7 1.000 -1.5 -19.9 -1.5 -0.5 -1.0 0 4.27 3.31 .970 4.53 4.00
2002 STL NL 26 2B 6 5 46.0 29 11 17 1 7 .966 0.5 13.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 1 5.48 4.67 .983 4.97 4.28
2002 PHI NL 26 3B 53 52 479.2 173 38 132 3 15 .983 8.5 21.3 7.5 2.5 5.0 1 3.19 3.21 .956 2.71 2.29
2003 PHI NL 27 2B 99 99 873.2 517 212 301 4 69 .992 14.0 19.2 12.0 7.3 4.7 2 5.28 5.18 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 PHI NL 27 3B 21 21 179.0 49 10 37 2 5 .959 -3.4 -22.8 -3.4 -2.3 -1.1 0 2.36 2.24 .955 2.74 2.36
2004 PHI NL 28 2B 109 105 944.0 571 264 304 3 76 .995 3.5 4.4 1.5 0.2 1.3 2 5.42 5.21 .982 5.01 4.31
2004 PHI NL 28 3B 13 11 96.0 41 15 26 0 4 1.000 4.1 51.2 4.1 1.3 2.8 0 3.84 3.15 .954 2.76 2.35
2005 TOT MLB 29 2B 113 109 945.2 569 244 322 3 95 .995 5.3 6.7 3.3 0.6 2.7 2 5.39 5.01 .982 4.97 4.43
2005 TOT MLB 29 3B 9 6 57.1 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 2.9 60.7 2.9 0.9 2.0 0 4.24 3.00 .956 2.78 2.40
2005 PHI NL 29 2B 29 26 229.2 131 57 74 0 26 1.000 5.8 30.3 4.8 2.1 2.7 1 5.13 4.52 .981 4.98 4.30
2005 PHI NL 29 3B 8 5 48.1 23 6 17 0 2 1.000 3.1 77.0 3.1 0.9 2.2 0 4.28 2.88 .957 2.77 2.39
2005 PHI NL 29 LF 5 4 29.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 33.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.10 2.00 .980 1.96 1.52
2005 PHI NL 29 OF 5 4 29.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 33.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.10 2.00 .980 2.20 1.86
2005 PHI NL 29 SS 1 1 8.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .980 4.50 4.00
2005 DET AL 29 2B 84 83 716.0 438 187 248 3 69 .993 -0.5 -0.8 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 1 5.47 5.18 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 DET AL 29 3B 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.00 4.00 .950 2.80 2.50
2006 DET AL 30 2B 108 107 943.0 555 224 325 6 81 .989 18.6 23.7 17.6 5.5 12.1 1 5.24 5.08 .986 4.92 4.47
2007 DET AL 31 2B 141 138 1209.0 683 294 389 0 101 1.000 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.8 -1.5 0 5.08 4.84 .985 4.98 4.54 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
2007 DET AL 31 DH 1 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
2008 DET AL 32 2B 141 136 1201.1 705 323 374 8 100 .989 10.1 10.1 10.1 3.3 6.8 0 5.22 4.94 .987 5.01 4.51
2009 DET AL 33 2B 151 146 1289.1 731 290 439 2 112 .997 5.09 4.83 .986 4.76 4.33 MVP-25,GG
12 Seasons 2B 1014 934 8379.0 4907 2114 2757 36 711 .993 52.8 7.6 46.8 17.9 28.9 6 5.23 4.80 .984 4.96 4.40
7 Seasons 3B 322 267 2426.2 817 200 602 15 68 .982 37.6 18.6 33.6 13.7 19.9 4 2.97 2.49 .953 2.66 2.25
6 Seasons SS 122 81 786.0 445 148 289 8 58 .982 2.8 4.3 2.8 -1.7 4.5 0 5.00 3.58 .968 4.50 3.90
1 Season LF 5 4 29.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 33.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.10 2.00 .980 1.96 1.52
1 Season OF 5 4 29.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 33.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.10 2.00 .980 2.20 1.86
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season 1B 1 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.30 7.70
12 Seasons TOT 1464 1286 11623.2 6182 2474 3649 59 837 .990 93.8 9.7 83.8 30.5 53.3 0 10 4.74 4.18 .969 4.44 3.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 STL NL 22 45 29 45 40 0 0 0 14 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1999 STL NL 23 88 48 88 80 0 0 0 66 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2000 STL NL 24 118 65 118 105 0 0 1 51 35 29 0 0 0 0 0 17 3
2001 STL NL 25 144 133 144 138 0 0 0 15 104 42 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
2002 STL NL 26 94 77 94 91 0 0 0 6 78 13 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 PHI NL 26 53 52 53 53 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 PHI NL 27 122 120 122 120 0 0 0 99 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 PHI NL 28 126 116 126 120 0 0 0 109 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2005 DET AL 29 86 84 86 85 0 0 0 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2005 PHI NL 29 43 36 43 41 0 0 0 29 8 1 5 0 0 5 0 4 0
2006 DET AL 30 110 107 110 108 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 DET AL 31 142 139 142 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
2008 DET AL 32 141 136 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 DET AL 33 153 146 153 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
12 Seasons 1465 1288 1465 1414 0 0 1 1014 322 122 5 0 0 5 2 80 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1998 STL NL 22 395 63% 77% 35% 22 91% 0 34 8 16 10 21 15 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 10 2 8 0 0 0
1999 STL NL 23 1857 61% 72% 29% 149 94% 1 114 43 46 25 122 108 8 1 1 5 0 5 0 3 32 10 5 6 1 24 7 16 6 0 4
2000 STL NL 24 1546 52% 71% 28% 125 98% 0 79 25 36 18 105 95 8 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 18 3 3 5 2 14 7 6 3 0 2
2001 STL NL 25 387 67% 74% 29% 37 100% 0 22 8 12 2 36 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 2 2 1 9 3 6 1 1 0
2002 STL NL 26 204 54% 70% 28% 16 94% 0 11 4 7 0 17 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 4 1 0 6 1 5 1 1 0
2003 PHI NL 27 3855 58% 74% 32% 348 97% 3 212 81 93 39 301 263 32 0 3 4 1 1 2 2 69 19 20 24 2 68 26 41 1 1 0
2004 PHI NL 28 4221 59% 76% 30% 370 93% 2 264 100 113 51 304 270 26 0 9 3 0 1 2 1 76 31 20 13 2 67 15 52 8 3 4
2005 DET AL 29 3147 55% 79% 34% 274 94% 0 187 64 96 27 248 214 27 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 69 29 15 17 2 65 20 45 4 1 3
2005 PHI NL 29 1007 56% 73% 29% 82 96% 0 57 16 35 6 74 58 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 6 5 14 0 25 14 11 1 0 1
2006 DET AL 30 4032 61% 75% 34% 393 95% 0 224 98 104 22 325 286 33 0 6 6 0 3 3 5 81 25 18 25 2 72 29 43 8 6 2
2007 DET AL 31 5439 57% 74% 32% 451 93% 1 294 103 159 32 389 337 46 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 101 37 19 30 2 94 33 61 4 3 1
2008 DET AL 32 5490 56% 75% 30% 448 95% 0 323 119 169 35 374 319 45 1 8 8 0 3 5 4 100 37 17 21 6 90 29 59 6 2 4
2009 DET AL 33 5740 47% 73% 30% 490 96% 3 290 104 141 45 439 383 47 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 112 34 27 33 3 100 38 61 11 5 6
12 Seasons 37320 56% 75% 31% 3205 95% 10 2111 773 1027 312 2755 2394 298 5 44 36 1 18 17 21 711 240 157 193 23 644 224 414 54 23 27
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1999 STL NL 23 148 61% 66% 28% 9 89% 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 24 842 57% 72% 27% 55 100% 0 18 13 5 0 40 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 6 2 2 0 0
2001 STL NL 25 3515 60% 73% 29% 250 98% 2 60 48 4 8 199 165 29 3 3 4 0 2 2 4 16 14 0 14 2 1 1 6 83%
2002 STL NL 26 2535 58% 75% 30% 185 97% 2 52 36 7 9 137 104 31 1 4 5 0 2 3 3 18 16 0 17 1 0 1 9 89%
2002 PHI NL 26 2054 61% 75% 30% 172 97% 0 40 34 1 5 132 105 26 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 15 11 0 12 1 0 1 9 78%
2003 PHI NL 27 822 65% 71% 31% 52 88% 0 10 8 1 1 37 26 11 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 7 57%
2004 PHI NL 28 403 57% 69% 28% 41 95% 0 15 11 2 2 26 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 PHI NL 29 209 44% 71% 33% 22 100% 0 6 5 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
2005 DET AL 29 42 60% 79% 33% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 10570 59% 73% 29% 790 97% 4 202 156 21 25 599 476 114 4 8 15 1 5 9 11 68 55 2 59 6 3 3 32 78%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1998 STL NL 22 876 58% 75% 36% 114 75% 0 38 15 19 4 81 70 10 0 0 6 0 3 3 4 18 5 2 8 2 1 18 7 11 0 0 0
1999 STL NL 23 263 65% 74% 29% 25 92% 1 7 5 2 0 20 15 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 24 668 56% 74% 28% 62 100% 1 31 15 12 4 53 40 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 5 1 0 11 5 6 0 0 0
2001 STL NL 25 1212 64% 73% 30% 122 100% 0 51 26 19 6 109 85 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 2 6 1 1 15 7 8 0 0 0
2002 STL NL 26 404 64% 72% 28% 31 100% 0 20 11 9 0 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1
2005 PHI NL 29 34 88% 71% 29% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3457 61% 74% 31% 356 92% 2 150 73 63 14 286 226 51 1 2 8 0 5 3 6 58 22 5 20 7 2 56 27 29 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 119 40% 73% 43% 15 67%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 119 40% 73% 43% 15 67%
MLB Averages 62.2% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 STL NL 24 23 61% 70% 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 23 61% 70% 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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