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Jorge Posada

Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 17, 1971 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: Colegio Alejandrino (Guaynabo, PR)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1995
Team: Yankees 1995-2011
Agents: ACES [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2011   vs. TBR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Nephew of Leo Posada
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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
1995 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 24 NYY AL 8 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .071 .205 -46 1 1 0 0 0 0 /2D
1997 25 NYY AL 60 224 188 29 47 12 0 6 25 1 2 30 33 .250 .359 .410 .768 101 77 2 3 1 2 2 2
1998 26 NYY AL 111 409 358 56 96 23 0 17 63 0 1 47 92 .268 .350 .475 .824 115 170 14 0 0 4 7 2/D3
1999 27 NYY AL 112 437 379 50 93 19 2 12 57 1 0 53 91 .245 .341 .401 .742 91 152 9 3 0 2 2 *2/3D
2000 28 NYY AL 151 624 505 92 145 35 1 28 86 2 2 107 151 .287 .417 .527 .943 139 266 11 8 0 4 10 *23/D AS,SS
2001 29 NYY AL 138 557 484 59 134 28 1 22 95 2 6 62 132 .277 .363 .475 .838 118 230 10 6 0 5 10 *2/D3 AS,SS
2002 30 NYY AL 143 598 511 79 137 40 1 20 99 1 0 81 143 .268 .370 .468 .837 121 239 23 3 0 3 9 *2/D AS,SS
2003 31 NYY AL 142 588 481 83 135 24 0 30 101 2 4 93 110 .281 .405 .518 .922 144 249 13 10 0 4 6 *2/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 32 NYY AL 137 547 449 72 122 31 0 21 81 1 3 88 92 .272 .400 .481 .881 131 216 24 9 0 1 5 *2
2005 33 NYY AL 142 546 474 67 124 23 0 19 71 1 0 66 94 .262 .352 .430 .782 109 204 8 2 0 4 5 *2/D
2006 34 NYY AL 143 545 465 65 129 27 2 23 93 3 0 64 97 .277 .374 .492 .867 122 229 10 11 0 5 1 *2/D3
2007 35 NYY AL 144 589 506 91 171 42 1 20 90 2 0 74 98 .338 .426 .543 .970 153 275 18 6 0 3 7 *2/D3 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 36 NYY AL 51 195 168 18 45 13 1 3 22 0 0 24 38 .268 .364 .411 .775 103 69 7 2 0 1 3 2D/3
2009 37 NYY AL 111 438 383 55 109 25 0 22 81 1 0 48 101 .285 .363 .522 .885 125 200 13 2 0 5 4 2/D3
2010 38 NYY AL 120 451 383 49 95 23 1 18 57 3 1 59 99 .248 .357 .454 .811 115 174 6 7 0 2 3 2D/3
2011 39 NYY AL 115 387 344 34 81 14 0 14 44 0 2 39 76 .235 .315 .398 .714 89 137 17 2 0 2 4 D3/42
17 Yrs 1829 7150 6092 900 1664 379 10 275 1065 20 21 936 1453 .273 .374 .474 .848 121 2888 186 74 1 47 78
162 Game Avg. 162 633 540 80 147 34 1 24 94 2 2 83 129 .273 .374 .474 .848 121 256 16 7 0 4 7
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

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
1995 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1996 24 NYY AL 8 15 -3 0 -0 0 -0 -4 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .455 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /2D
1997 25 NYY AL 60 224 1 -1 0 -6 3 -3 -0.2 7 4 0.5 .495 .498 1.1 -0.2 11 $158,500 2
1998 26 NYY AL 111 409 4 0 -2 7 5 14 1.5 14 28 2.7 .512 .508 2.0 1.2 21 $250,000 2/D3
1999 27 NYY AL 112 437 -7 -0 0 -4 6 -6 -0.5 14 8 0.9 .495 .496 1.3 0.2 12 $350,000 *2/3D
2000 28 NYY AL 151 624 32 -4 -1 1 7 35 3.4 21 56 5.2 .521 .520 5.1 0.9 55 $1,250,000 *23/D AS,SS
2001 29 NYY AL 138 557 12 -6 -0 -4 7 8 1.0 19 27 2.7 .506 .505 3.1 0.4 31 $4,050,000 *2/D3 AS,SS
2002 30 NYY AL 143 598 16 1 -2 -4 7 18 1.9 20 38 3.8 .512 .511 4.2 0.4 42 $7,000,000 *2/D AS,SS
2003 31 NYY AL 142 588 37 -3 -1 -2 8 39 3.8 19 58 5.6 .526 .523 5.8 0.7 60 $8,000,000 *2/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 32 NYY AL 137 547 26 -2 -4 -12 7 15 1.6 18 33 3.3 .510 .509 4.4 -0.3 45 $9,000,000 *2
2005 33 NYY AL 142 546 10 -2 0 8 7 23 2.4 18 41 4.1 .516 .514 3.3 1.6 33 $11,000,000 *2/D
2006 34 NYY AL 143 545 18 -4 -0 -2 7 19 2.0 19 38 3.6 .513 .511 3.8 0.6 40 $12,000,000 *2/D3
2007 35 NYY AL 144 589 42 -2 -2 -12 7 33 3.3 20 52 5.0 .522 .519 6.2 -0.3 64 $12,000,000 *2/D3 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 36 NYY AL 51 195 -0 -0 -1 -4 -0 -5 -0.4 7 1 0.1 .489 .497 0.5 -0.3 5 $13,100,000 2D/3
2009 37 NYY AL 111 438 14 -4 -2 -13 5 -1 0.1 15 14 1.4 .499 .500 2.7 -0.7 27 $13,100,000 2/D3
2010 38 NYY AL 120 451 8 -2 1 -14 2 -5 -0.4 15 10 1.0 .496 .497 2.5 -1.1 24 $13,100,000 2D/3
2011 39 NYY AL 115 387 -4 -4 -2 1 -10 -18 -1.8 13 -5 -0.6 .483 .488 -0.7 -0.9 -6 $13,100,000 D3/42
17 Seasons 1829 7150 203 -34 -15 -60 67 162 17.3 239 401 39.0 .508 .506 45.0 2.1 461 $117,458,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1996 24 NYY AL 15 14 0 0.0 117 .125 .071 .278 .133 .352 .071 .447 .205 .799 -46 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .143 .071 .000
1997 25 NYY AL 224 148 30 5.4 109 .272 .250 .271 .359 .341 .410 .429 .768 .770 101 .523 1.3 0.1 .752 .314 .160 1.7
1998 26 NYY AL 409 281 57 5.4 107 .312 .268 .268 .350 .336 .475 .427 .824 .763 115 .519 8.8 0.8 .780 .335 .207 .0
1999 27 NYY AL 437 297 54 4.8 112 .291 .245 .273 .341 .345 .401 .436 .742 .781 91 .450 -4.7 -0.4 .708 .298 .156 1.8
2000 28 NYY AL 624 377 117 8.3 114 .355 .287 .275 .417 .348 .527 .442 .943 .790 139 .677 35.4 3.2 1.021 .451 .240 3.7
2001 29 NYY AL 557 371 83 6.0 108 .334 .277 .268 .363 .336 .475 .431 .838 .766 118 .577 14.2 1.3 .803 .318 .198 3.7
2002 30 NYY AL 598 400 86 5.7 105 .333 .268 .264 .370 .332 .468 .425 .837 .757 121 .568 18.6 1.8 .816 .360 .200 1.9
2003 31 NYY AL 588 367 104 7.6 105 .304 .281 .265 .405 .331 .518 .425 .922 .756 144 .679 35.3 3.3 .964 .426 .237 3.8
2004 32 NYY AL 547 355 85 6.4 108 .300 .272 .268 .400 .336 .481 .430 .881 .766 131 .596 25.0 2.3 .879 .401 .209 1.9
2005 33 NYY AL 546 362 75 5.5 103 .288 .262 .266 .352 .328 .430 .422 .782 .750 109 .555 8.0 0.8 .763 .310 .169 1.9
2006 34 NYY AL 545 351 90 6.8 112 .303 .277 .277 .374 .341 .492 .440 .867 .781 122 .621 16.7 1.5 .887 .359 .215 5.3
2007 35 NYY AL 589 356 117 8.8 108 .386 .338 .272 .426 .340 .543 .426 .970 .765 153 .733 43.1 4.0 1.011 .356 .206 3.6
2008 36 NYY AL 195 131 25 5.1 108 .328 .268 .272 .364 .340 .411 .426 .775 .767 103 .513 1.6 0.2 .731 .286 .143 .0
2009 37 NYY AL 438 292 72 6.6 112 .328 .285 .273 .363 .343 .522 .438 .885 .781 125 .617 14.7 1.4 .875 .366 .238 1.9
2010 38 NYY AL 451 297 66 5.9 105 .287 .248 .267 .357 .336 .454 .418 .811 .754 115 .607 9.2 0.9 .820 .366 .206 5.1
2011 39 NYY AL 387 284 39 3.7 105 .262 .235 .267 .315 .333 .398 .423 .714 .756 89 .397 -5.9 -0.6 .624 .270 .163 .0
17 Yrs 7150 4683 1100 6.3 108 .315 .273 .270 .374 .337 .474 .430 .848 .767 121 .595 218.0 20.1 .841 .354 .201 37.3
162 Game Avg. 633 415 97 6.3 108 .315 .273 .270 .374 .337 .474 .430 .848 .767 121 .595 19 2 .841 .354 .201 3

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
1995 23 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL ALCS CLE W 5 15 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 2 .182 .400 .455 .855 5 1 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL WS SDP W 3 11 9 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 .667 1.121 6 1 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .400 .582 4 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL WS ATL W 2 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 1 0 0 0 0
2000 28 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 20 17 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .235 .350 .353 .703 6 0 0 0 0 1
2000 28 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 6 25 19 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 5 .158 .360 .211 .571 4 0 1 0 0 1
2000 28 NYY AL WS NYM W 5 23 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .222 .391 .278 .669 5 1 0 0 0 3
2001 29 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 20 18 3 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .444 .500 .667 1.167 12 1 0 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 20 14 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 .214 .450 .286 .736 4 0 0 0 0 1
2001 29 NYY AL WS ARI L 7 26 23 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 .174 .269 .348 .617 8 2 0 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 4 18 17 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .235 .222 .412 .634 7 1 0 0 1 0
2003 31 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 17 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 30 27 5 8 4 0 1 6 0 0 3 4 .296 .367 .556 .922 15 1 0 0 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 24 19 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 7 .158 .333 .211 .544 4 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 18 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .222 .222 .222 .444 4 1 0 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL ALCS BOS L 7 36 27 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 .259 .417 .296 .713 8 1 1 0 1 2
2005 33 NYY AL ALDS LAA L 5 19 13 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 2 .231 .474 .538 1.012 7 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 NYY AL ALDS DET L 4 16 14 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 .563 .786 1.348 11 0 0 0 0 0
2007 35 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 4 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .133 .235 .200 .435 3 2 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 11 11 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 25 20 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 5 .200 .360 .400 .760 8 2 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL WS PHI W 6 22 19 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 7 .263 .318 .316 .634 6 0 0 0 1 1
2010 38 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .273 .606 3 0 0 0 0 0
2010 38 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 6 20 19 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .263 .300 .368 .668 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 39 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 19 14 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 .429 .579 .571 1.150 8 0 1 0 0 0
15 Yrs (29 Series) 125 492 416 53 103 23 1 11 42 3 3 70 109 .248 .358 .387 .745 161 15 3 0 3 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
15 ALDS 51 196 173 25 49 8 1 5 14 1 0 21 44 .283 .362 .428 .790 74 5 1 0 1 1
8 ALCS 45 182 147 21 33 10 0 4 17 1 2 32 34 .224 .368 .374 .742 55 5 2 0 1 4
6 WS 29 114 96 7 21 5 0 2 11 1 1 17 31 .219 .333 .333 .667 32 5 0 0 1 4

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 NYY AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYY AL 29 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYY AL 30 as C 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYY AL 31 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 35 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 GP) 11 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .364 .545 4 0 0 0 0 0

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
1996 24 NYY AL 15 0.0% 40.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.3 7.00 7.00 53% 0% 0.0% 0%
1997 25 NYY AL 224 2.7% 14.7% 13.4% 8.0% 38% 1.10 5.7 31.3 7.5 0.80 0.88 67% 21% 7.5% 7%
1998 26 NYY AL 409 4.2% 22.5% 11.5% 9.8% 42% 1.96 3.9 21.1 5.7 0.75 1.10 62% 22% 12.4% 10%
1999 27 NYY AL 437 2.8% 20.8% 12.1% 7.6% 36% 1.72 4.2 31.6 6.6 0.99 1.36 64% 19% 8.6% 4%
2000 28 NYY AL 624 4.5% 24.2% 17.2% 10.3% 44% 1.41 3.3 18.0 5.9 0.70 1.13 53% 30% 15.6% 7%
2001 29 NYY AL 557 4.0% 23.7% 11.1% 9.2% 38% 2.13 3.7 22.0 5.1 0.72 1.01 60% 27% 12.3% 8%
2002 30 NYY AL 598 3.3% 23.9% 13.6% 10.2% 45% 1.77 3.6 25.6 5.2 0.65 1.11 59% 29% 10.2% 7%
2003 31 NYY AL 588 5.1% 18.7% 15.8% 9.2% 40% 1.18 4.4 16.0 4.8 0.81 1.03 59% 17% 16.2% 11%
2004 32 NYY AL 547 3.8% 16.8% 16.1% 9.5% 43% 1.05 4.9 21.4 5.5 1.11 1.73 62% 17% 13.4% 8%
2005 33 NYY AL 546 3.5% 17.2% 12.1% 7.7% 34% 1.42 5.0 24.9 6.7 0.72 0.92 67% 18% 9.3% 8%
2006 34 NYY AL 545 4.2% 17.8% 11.7% 9.5% 40% 1.52 4.8 20.2 5.0 0.64 0.83 64% 20% 10.8% 7%
2007 35 NYY AL 589 3.4% 16.6% 12.6% 10.7% 37% 1.32 5.2 25.3 5.6 0.69 1.02 66% 23% 9.0% 8%
2008 36 NYY AL 195 1.5% 19.5% 12.3% 8.7% 38% 1.58 4.4 56.0 7.6 0.64 0.96 66% 21% 3.9% 4%
2009 37 NYY AL 438 5.0% 23.1% 11.0% 10.7% 43% 2.10 3.8 17.4 4.7 0.59 0.86 61% 24% 13.8% 12%
2010 38 NYY AL 451 4.0% 22.0% 13.1% 9.3% 44% 1.68 3.9 21.3 6.7 0.77 1.14 59% 19% 12.2% 9%
2011 39 NYY AL 387 3.6% 19.6% 10.1% 7.2% 35% 1.95 4.5 24.6 7.8 0.86 1.38 66% 18% 10.8% 10%
17 Yrs 7150 3.9% 20.3% 13.1% 9.3% 40% 1.55 4.2 22.2 5.7 0.76 1.09 62% 22% 11.4% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.1% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.96 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 8.0% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1995 23 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 24 NYY AL -3.3 -0.3 15 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .82 -0.2 -0.0 -3.7 -0.3 0.94 -3.9 1.32 3
1997 25 NYY AL 1.3 0.1 227 -0.2 3.4 -3.5 .92 0.2 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 0.0 0
1998 26 NYY AL 8.8 0.8 413 0.1 7.1 -7.0 .97 0.6 -0.4 3.0 0.3 0.98 9.4 1.60 14
1999 27 NYY AL -4.7 -0.4 444 -1.2 7.7 -8.9 1.07 -0.5 -0.5 -13.8 -1.3 1.00 -9.1 1.77 11
2000 28 NYY AL 35.4 3.2 638 3.0 12.3 -9.3 .95 2.2 0.9 31.5 2.8 0.94 30.3 1.51 4
2001 29 NYY AL 13.5 1.3 570 1.9 11.4 -9.5 1.05 1.2 0.6 28.0 2.6 0.97 13.5 3.07 4
2002 30 NYY AL 18.6 1.8 611 1.0 12.1 -11.1 1.08 1.0 -0.2 20.6 1.9 1.03 13.1 2.45 7
2003 31 NYY AL 35.3 3.3 603 3.0 11.8 -8.8 .95 3.1 0.1 40.4 3.8 1.01 37.2 2.72 6
2004 32 NYY AL 25.0 2.3 556 1.8 11.4 -9.6 1.03 1.4 0.3 19.2 1.8 1.02 22.1 1.92 11
2005 33 NYY AL 8.0 0.8 556 -1.3 7.8 -9.1 .99 0.5 -1.8 2.9 0.3 1.00 5.5 2.20 12
2006 34 NYY AL 16.7 1.5 551 2.2 11.4 -9.2 1.02 1.6 0.5 13.9 1.3 1.04 17.3 1.85 18
2007 35 NYY AL 43.1 4.0 603 2.7 11.4 -8.8 .93 3.3 -0.4 34.9 3.2 1.01 38.0 1.78 8
2008 36 NYY AL 1.6 0.2 198 -0.2 3.4 -3.6 1.01 -0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.96 1.2 2.50 5
2009 37 NYY AL 14.7 1.4 442 1.4 9.3 -7.9 1.05 1.3 -0.0 18.2 1.6 1.01 18.1 1.99 11
2010 38 NYY AL 9.2 0.9 458 -0.0 7.4 -7.4 .92 1.4 -1.4 4.3 0.4 0.96 13.2 2.17 13
2011 39 NYY AL -6.7 -0.7 390 -1.2 6.1 -7.3 .98 -0.7 -0.5 -10.4 -1.0 1.03 -8.8 2.50 13
17 Yrs 216.5 20.0 7275 12.7 134.1 -121.4 1.00 16.3 -3.5 187.3 17.3 1.00 197.0 2.06 140
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1996 24 NYY AL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1997 25 NYY AL 2 0 31% 102 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 41% 13 11 2 1 1 0 13 3 9
1998 26 NYY AL 2 0 31% 145 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 36% 21 17 4 8 6 2 13 4 9
1999 27 NYY AL 1 0 28% 172 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 35% 22 18 4 7 5 2 14 5 9
2000 28 NYY AL 4 0 28% 211 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 15 30% 33 25 7 14 8 6 16 9 6
2001 29 NYY AL 6 0 21% 200 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 12 11 28% 19 15 3 10 6 4 10 6 4
2002 30 NYY AL 6 0 29% 195 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 40% 24 14 9 7 5 2 16 8 8
2003 31 NYY AL 7 0 26% 227 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 14 40% 40 28 12 12 4 7 16 5 8
2004 32 NYY AL 6 0 26% 219 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 7 25% 33 26 6 10 8 2 17 9 7
2005 33 NYY AL 8 0 28% 197 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 12 33% 38 24 14 8 7 1 14 9 5
2006 34 NYY AL 6 0 23% 209 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 19% 39 33 5 9 7 2 21 15 6
2007 35 NYY AL 4 0 31% 270 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 20 31% 42 32 9 11 11 0 28 11 16
2008 36 NYY AL 0 0 22% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 32% 10 7 3 2 2 0 7 3 3
2009 37 NYY AL 4 0 24% 128 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 21% 20 15 4 7 6 1 15 8 4
2010 38 NYY AL 2 0 22% 198 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 23% 19 16 2 10 8 2 11 4 5
2011 39 NYY AL 6 0 19% 128 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 2 10% 18 17 1 3 2 1 8 7 1
17 Yrs 64 0 26% 2664 20 21 49% 19 18 1 2 0 1 10 5 97 149 30% 391 298 85 120 87 32 220 106 101

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
1996 24 NYY AL 15 100% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 NYY AL 224 100% 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 0 3 1 33% 41 2 5% 23 9 39% 158 21 13% 11 8 73% 16 9 56% 0
1998 26 NYY AL 409 100% 96 24 1 14 0 0 2 1.60 17 0 16 12 5 6 11 0 2 0 0% 92 14 15% 40 8 20% 287 47 16% 31 16 52% 16 7 44% 0
1999 27 NYY AL 437 100% 93 5 0 11 2 0 0 1.77 12 0 23 8 4 4 8 0 1 0 0% 94 9 10% 48 12 25% 335 45 13% 35 15 43% 26 14 54% 0
2000 28 NYY AL 624 100% 145 6 0 4 2 0 0 1.51 28 0 21 22 6 18 10 0 0 0 118 11 9% 42 10 24% 411 59 14% 36 15 42% 19 9 47% 0
2001 29 NYY AL 557 100% 134 9 1 4 2 1 1 3.07 22 3 13 17 5 14 8 0 1 0 0% 106 10 9% 38 16 42% 374 76 20% 25 19 76% 23 16 70% 0
2002 30 NYY AL 598 100% 137 3 1 7 1 0 0 2.45 20 2 24 15 5 12 8 0 0 0 147 23 16% 48 12 25% 476 82 17% 40 22 55% 29 15 52% 0
2003 31 NYY AL 588 100% 135 4 0 6 2 0 2 2.72 30 1 21 22 8 15 15 0 0 0 131 13 10% 52 12 23% 449 72 16% 33 18 55% 27 13 48% 0
2004 32 NYY AL 547 100% 122 6 0 11 3 1 1 1.92 21 1 20 13 8 11 10 0 0 0 130 24 18% 48 13 27% 422 60 14% 37 15 41% 24 15 63% 0
2005 33 NYY AL 546 100% 124 7 0 12 3 0 2 2.20 19 0 21 12 7 11 8 0 0 0 123 8 7% 52 15 29% 396 56 14% 38 25 66% 20 12 60% 0
2006 34 NYY AL 545 100% 129 9 0 18 4 0 2 1.85 23 0 32 20 3 11 12 0 0 0 109 10 9% 51 15 29% 437 72 16% 40 20 50% 27 13 48% 0
2007 35 NYY AL 589 100% 171 7 0 8 2 0 2 1.78 20 0 25 14 6 11 9 0 0 0 132 18 14% 54 12 22% 452 74 16% 46 23 50% 37 21 57% 0
2008 36 NYY AL 195 100% 45 1 0 5 2 0 1 2.50 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 41 7 17% 19 2 11% 141 19 13% 6 3 50% 6 2 33% 0
2009 37 NYY AL 438 100% 109 5 0 11 4 2 4 1.99 22 0 17 17 5 14 8 0 0 0 91 13 14% 38 10 26% 324 61 19% 26 20 77% 20 11 55% 0
2010 38 NYY AL 451 100% 95 7 0 13 1 1 1 2.17 18 2 15 10 8 11 7 0 0 0 83 6 7% 53 14 26% 292 40 14% 27 11 41% 21 7 33% 0
2011 39 NYY AL 387 100% 81 3 0 13 2 0 1 2.50 14 1 13 14 0 11 3 0 0 0 90 17 19% 39 13 33% 266 31 12% 16 7 44% 17 11 65% 0
17 Yrs 7150 100% 1664 99 3 140 30 5 19 2.06 275 10 278 203 72 152 123 0 7 1 14% 1531 186 12% 646 173 27% 5229 815 16% 447 237 53% 328 175 53% 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
1996 24 NYY AL 15 57 3.80 37 65% 35% 14% 30% 22% 65% 0% 42% 79% 27% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 7% 1 0 67% 0 0 0
1997 25 NYY AL 224 861 3.84 472 55% 32% 11% 23% 33% 68% 2% 37% 83% 26% 8% 18 0 21% 46 18 13% 28 16 45% 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL 413 1656 4.01 975 59% 31% 16% 26% 28% 69% 3% 41% 77% 25% 8% 32 3 21% 85 32 10% 42 22 37% -4 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL 440 1728 3.93 1002 58% 31% 15% 25% 29% 69% 1% 40% 78% 27% 6% 28 0 15% 67 24 9% 40 17 44% -3 0 0
2000 28 NYY AL 624 2481 3.98 1376 55% 34% 17% 23% 26% 66% 3% 36% 74% 24% 8% 51 2 21% 131 46 13% 78 28 34% 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL 559 2217 3.97 1315 59% 27% 17% 29% 27% 73% 3% 43% 77% 26% 6% 33 3 18% 101 44 10% 55 36 30% -2 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL 600 2419 4.03 1369 57% 31% 16% 26% 27% 69% 3% 39% 77% 27% 8% 49 10 21% 127 49 14% 81 43 39% -2 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL 588 2323 3.95 1313 57% 31% 16% 25% 29% 69% 2% 39% 77% 25% 8% 47 3 20% 120 51 13% 77 34 34% 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL 547 2124 3.88 1170 55% 31% 13% 26% 31% 69% 1% 38% 81% 26% 10% 55 8 21% 117 35 15% 83 42 36% 0 0 0
2005 33 NYY AL 546 2082 3.81 1219 59% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 2% 41% 80% 27% 5% 30 4 17% 94 44 11% 62 32 34% 0 0 0
2006 34 NYY AL 545 2026 3.72 1208 60% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 43% 80% 32% 8% 42 1 17% 93 35 12% 66 39 31% 0 0 0
2007 35 NYY AL 589 2258 3.83 1275 56% 33% 12% 23% 32% 67% 2% 38% 82% 23% 10% 57 4 21% 125 46 14% 80 49 34% 0 0 0
2008 36 NYY AL 195 753 3.86 439 58% 30% 16% 24% 30% 70% 3% 41% 77% 32% 4% 7 0 16% 31 16 9% 17 5 26% 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL 438 1726 3.94 1001 58% 30% 15% 27% 29% 70% 2% 41% 79% 31% 7% 30 0 18% 79 37 10% 45 25 38% 0 0 0
2010 38 NYY AL 452 1816 4.02 1048 58% 31% 16% 26% 27% 69% 1% 40% 77% 25% 7% 31 3 19% 87 30 13% 58 38 30% -1 0 0
2011 39 NYY AL 388 1462 3.77 868 59% 35% 14% 20% 31% 65% 2% 39% 78% 28% 5% 20 0 16% 61 31 12% 47 24 46% -1 0 0
16 Yrs 7163 27989 3.91 16087 57% 31% 15% 25% 29% 69% 2% 40% 78% 27% 7% 530 41 19% 1364 538 12% 860 450 36% -13 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
1996 24 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .071 .205 -46 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 25 69 239 202 30 48 12 0 6 25 1 2 31 39 .238 .345 .386 .731 91 78 3 3 1 2 2
1998 26 180 648 560 86 144 35 0 23 88 1 3 78 131 .257 .348 .443 .791 106 248 17 3 1 6 9
1999 27 292 1085 939 136 237 54 2 35 145 2 3 131 222 .252 .345 .426 .771 100 400 26 6 1 8 11
2000 28 443 1709 1444 228 382 89 3 63 231 4 5 238 373 .265 .371 .461 .832 114 666 37 14 1 12 21
2001 29 581 2266 1928 287 516 117 4 85 326 6 11 300 505 .268 .369 .465 .834 115 896 47 20 1 17 31
2002 30 724 2864 2439 366 653 157 5 105 425 7 11 381 648 .268 .369 .465 .835 116 1135 70 23 1 20 40
2003 31 866 3452 2920 449 788 181 5 135 526 9 15 474 758 .270 .375 .474 .849 121 1384 83 33 1 24 46
2004 32 1003 3999 3369 521 910 212 5 156 607 10 18 562 850 .270 .379 .475 .854 122 1600 107 42 1 25 51
2005 33 1145 4545 3843 588 1034 235 5 175 678 11 18 628 944 .269 .375 .469 .845 121 1804 115 44 1 29 56
2006 34 1288 5090 4308 653 1163 262 7 198 771 14 18 692 1041 .270 .375 .472 .847 121 2033 125 55 1 34 57
2007 35 1432 5679 4814 744 1334 304 8 218 861 16 18 766 1139 .277 .381 .479 .860 124 2308 143 61 1 37 64
2008 36 1483 5874 4982 762 1379 317 9 221 883 16 18 790 1177 .277 .380 .477 .857 124 2377 150 63 1 38 67
2009 37 1594 6312 5365 817 1488 342 9 243 964 17 18 838 1278 .277 .379 .480 .859 124 2577 163 65 1 43 71
2010 38 1714 6763 5748 866 1583 365 10 261 1021 20 19 897 1377 .275 .377 .479 .856 123 2751 169 72 1 45 74
2011 39 1829 7150 6092 900 1664 379 10 275 1065 20 21 936 1453 .273 .374 .474 .848 121 2888 186 74 1 47 78

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
1996 24 8 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 8
1997 25 60 222 187 28 46 12 0 6 24 1 29 33 .246 .353 .406 .759 26 60
1998 26 111 406 356 54 94 23 0 17 61 0 46 92 .264 .345 .472 .817 58 111
1999 27 112 431 375 47 89 18 2 11 53 1 51 91 .237 .332 .384 .716 48 112
2000 28 151 606 495 82 135 33 1 26 77 2 100 151 .273 .399 .501 .900 98 151
2001 29 138 551 480 56 130 27 1 21 91 2 60 132 .271 .356 .463 .818 79 138
2002 30 143 595 509 77 135 39 1 20 97 1 80 143 .265 .366 .464 .830 86 143
2003 31 142 586 480 82 134 24 0 30 100 2 92 110 .279 .403 .517 .919 98 142
2004 32 137 542 446 69 119 30 0 20 78 1 86 92 .267 .395 .469 .863 81 137
2005 33 142 548 475 68 125 23 0 19 72 1 67 94 .263 .354 .432 .786 73 142
2006 34 143 539 461 61 125 26 2 22 88 3 62 97 .271 .367 .479 .847 79 143
2007 35 144 582 501 87 166 41 1 19 86 2 72 98 .331 .419 .531 .950 111 144
2008 36 51 193 167 17 44 13 1 3 21 0 23 38 .263 .358 .407 .765 24 51
2009 37 111 432 379 51 105 24 0 21 76 1 46 101 .277 .354 .507 .861 68 111
2010 38 120 451 383 49 95 23 1 18 57 3 59 99 .248 .357 .454 .811 61 120
2011 39 115 386 343 33 80 14 0 14 43 0 39 76 .233 .313 .397 .710 42 115
16 Yrs 1828 7085 6051 861 1622 370 10 267 1024 20 913 1453 .268 .368 .465 .833 1032 1828
162 Game Avg. 162 628 536 76 144 33 1 24 91 2 81 129 .268 .368 .465 .833 91 1828

* 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
2000 *
2001 *
2002 (C)
2003 (C)
2007 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (3, 49%)
2007 AL (6, 28%)
0.78 Career Shares (308th)

Silver Sluggers
2000 AL (C)
2001 AL (C)
2002 AL (C)
2003 AL (C)
2007 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2003 AL  5.6 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2003 AL  5.6 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL  5.8 (5th)
2007 AL  6.2 (3rd)
Career  45.0 (180th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2007 AL  .338 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2000 AL  .417 (8th)
2003 AL  .405 (5th)
2004 AL  .400 (4th)
2007 AL  .426 (3rd)
Career  .374 (221st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL  .543 (8th)
Career  .474 (222nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2003 AL  .922 (10th)
2007 AL  .970 (6th)
Career  .848 (176th)

Doubles s c a p y
2002 AL  40 (7th)
2007 AL  42 (8th)
Career  379 (214th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  275 (165th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1,065 (227th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  107 (6th)
2003 AL  93 (6th)
2004 AL  88 (3rd)
Career  936 (151st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 AL  151 (4th)
2001 AL  132 (9th)
2002 AL  143 (4th)
Career  1,453 (59th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2003 AL  144 (8th)
2007 AL  153 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2007 AL  117 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  35 (10th)
2003 AL  35 (9th)
2007 AL  43 (5th)
Career  218 (231st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2000 AL  3.2 (10th)
2003 AL  3.3 (9th)
2007 AL  4.0 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  664 (207th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2003 AL  .679 (10th)
2007 AL  .733 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  74 (184th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  10 (9th)
2001 AL  10 (8th)
2002 AL  9 (10th)
Career  78 (186th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2002 AL  23 (1st)
2004 AL  24 (1st)
Career  186 (128th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 AL  16.0 (9th)
Career  22.2 (188th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 AL  40.41 (5th)
2007 AL  34.90 (7th)
Career  187.26 (225th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.0 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.1 (10th)
2007 AL  3.3 (7th)
Career  16.3 (236th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.8 (5th)
2007 AL  3.2 (7th)
Career  17.3 (242nd)

Oldest s c a p y
2010 AL  born 1971-08-17 (10th)
2011 AL  born 1971-08-17 (7th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 98 (164), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 40 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Lance Parrish (861)
  2. Gabby Hartnett (849) *
  3. Bret Boone (832)
  4. Javy Lopez (830)
  5. Gary Carter (826) *
  6. Vern Stephens (821)
  7. Joe Gordon (810) *
  8. Bill Dickey (806) *
  9. Bill Freehan (805)
  10. Benito Santiago (804)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. John Orsino (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Orsino (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Geovany Soto (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Lieberthal (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Lieberthal (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Lieberthal (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Lieberthal (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlton Fisk (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carlton Fisk (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlton Fisk (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlton Fisk (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carlton Fisk (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carlton Fisk (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carlton Fisk (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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