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Martín Prado

Martin Manuel Prado

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 27, 1983 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2006
Team: Braves 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.105, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
2003	19	ATL-min	Rk	59	251	220	28	63	2	6	0	23	9	9	24	30	.286	.358	.350	.708		77	4	1	5	1	0		BVS · GULF
2004	20	ATL-min	A	107	467	429	68	135	25	6	3	38	14	10	30	47	.315	.363	.422	.785		181	10	3	4	1	0		ROM · SALL
2005	21	ATL-min	A+,AA	114	488	440	61	131	20	4	5	45	12	9	41	65	.298	.353	.395	.749		174	12	0	1	6	1		MYR,MSS · CARL,SOUL
2006	22	ATL-min	AAA,AA	103	448	417	47	117	18	3	3	38	4	4	26	63	.281	.321	.360	.680		150	13	0	2	3	0		RMD,MSS · IL,SOUL
2006	22	ATL	NL	24	49	42	3	11	1	1	1	9	0	0	5	7	.262	.340	.405	.745	91	17	2	0	2	0	0	4/5
2007	23	ATL-min	AAA	103	443	395	61	125	23	3	4	41	5	4	34	41	.316	.374	.420	.794		166	9	4	7	3	1		RMD · IL
2007	23	ATL	NL	28	62	59	5	17	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.288	.323	.339	.662	73	20	0	0	0	0	0	4/5
2008	24	ATL-min	AA	5	22	19	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.263	.364	.368	.732		7	0	0	0	0	0		MSS · SOUL
2008	24	ATL	NL	78	254	228	36	73	18	4	2	33	3	1	21	29	.320	.377	.461	.838	121	105	3	1	2	2	0	534/76
2009	25	ATL	NL	128	503	450	64	138	38	0	11	49	1	3	36	59	.307	.358	.464	.822	117	209	17	2	11	4	1	453/D9
2010	26	ATL-min	AAA	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500		1	0	0	0	0	0		GWI · IL
2010	26	ATL	NL	140	651	599	100	184	40	3	15	66	5	3	40	86	.307	.350	.459	.809	119	275	13	3	3	6	2	45/3	AS,MVP-9
2011	27	ATL-min	AAA,AA	8	30	26	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.192	.300	.192	.492		5	0	0	0	0	0		GWI,MSS · IL,SOUL
2011	27	ATL	NL	129	590	551	66	143	26	2	13	57	4	8	34	52	.260	.302	.385	.687	87	212	16	1	1	3	1	75/3
2012	28	ATL	NL	50	220	190	33	63	16	3	3	22	7	1	24	23	.332	.408	.495	.903	144	94	3	2	2	2	1	*7/5
7 Yrs				577	2329	2119	307	629	142	13	45	238	20	16	163	262	.297	.347	.440	.787	111	932	54	9	21	17	5
162 Game Avg.				162	654	595	86	177	40	4	13	67	6	4	46	74	.297	.347	.440	.787	111	262	15	3	6	5	1

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
2006	22	ATL	NL	24	49	-1	-1	-0	-6	0	-8	-0.8	1	-7	-0.6	.468	.495	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$	4/5
2007	23	ATL	NL	28	62	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	0.0	0	$	4/5
2008	24	ATL	NL	78	254	9	0	0	-1	-0	8	0.8	7	15	1.5	.511	.505	1.6	-0.2	16	$390,000	534/76
2009	25	ATL	NL	128	503	13	-2	-2	5	-0	14	1.4	14	28	2.8	.511	.509	2.2	0.5	22	$415,000	453/D9
2010	26	ATL	NL	140	651	16	3	-1	10	2	30	3.2	18	48	4.9	.523	.520	3.8	1.3	38	$440,000	45/3	AS,MVP-9
2011	27	ATL	NL	129	590	-4	-2	-2	13	-4	1	0.2	16	18	1.8	.501	.501	0.3	1.0	5	$3,100,000	75/3
2012	28	ATL	NL	50	220	12	3	-0	5	-2	18	2.0	6	24	2.6	.539	.512	2.0	0.4	19	$	*7/5
7 Seasons				577	2329	43	2	-5	26	-4	62	6.7	64	126	13.0	.511	.506	9.8	2.6	100	$4,345,000

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
2006	22	ATL	NL	49	35	6	4.6	113	.294	.262	.272	.340	.343	.405	.442	.745	.785	91	.452	-0.7	-0.1	.667	.262	.143	.0
2007	23	ATL	NL	62	42	7	4.5	109	.321	.288	.270	.323	.340	.339	.432	.662	.772	73	.443	-2.3	-0.2	.548	.102	.051
2008	24	ATL	NL	254	163	41	6.8	106	.357	.320	.265	.377	.336	.461	.423	.838	.759	121	.642	7.5	0.7	.811	.241	.140	2.4
2009	25	ATL	NL	503	347	70	5.4	106	.331	.307	.265	.358	.338	.464	.420	.822	.758	117	.554	11.5	1.1	.738	.233	.158	1.8
2010	26	ATL	NL	651	440	95	5.8	101	.335	.307	.260	.350	.329	.459	.409	.809	.738	119	.604	15.6	1.5	.742	.222	.152	7.5
2011	27	ATL	NL	590	436	59	3.6	99	.266	.260	.260	.302	.328	.385	.405	.687	.733	87	.410	-11.2	-1.1	.563	.180	.125	6.1
2012	28	ATL	NL	220	135	41	8.1	101	.361	.332	.261	.408	.329	.495	.412	.903	.741	144	.743	13.0	1.3	.962	.321	.163	4.2
7 Yrs				2329	1598	319	5.4	102	.319	.297	.262	.347	.332	.440	.413	.787	.745	111	.564	33.4	3.2	.710	.222	.143	27.7
162 Game Avg.				654	449	90	5.4	102	.319	.297	.262	.347	.332	.440	.413	.787	.745	111	.564	9	1	.710	.222	.143	8

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
2010	ATL	NL	26	as 2B	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
2006	22	ATL	NL	49	2.0%	14.3%	10.2%	6.1%	27%	1.40	6.0	42.0	4.7	0.94	1.25	69%	14%	7.7%	28%
2007	23	ATL	NL	62	0.0%	9.7%	4.8%	4.8%	18%	2.00	9.8		29.5	0.83	0.71	85%	15%	0.0%	28%
2008	24	ATL	NL	254	0.8%	11.4%	8.3%	9.5%	33%	1.38	7.9	114.0	6.9	0.75	1.05	78%	18%	1.9%	10%
2009	25	ATL	NL	503	2.2%	11.7%	7.2%	9.7%	36%	1.64	7.6	40.9	9.2	0.77	1.02	76%	20%	5.6%	11%
2010	26	ATL	NL	651	2.3%	13.2%	6.1%	8.9%	32%	2.15	7.0	39.9	9.1	0.94	1.18	77%	19%	6.1%	8%
2011	27	ATL	NL	590	2.2%	8.8%	5.8%	7.0%	29%	1.53	10.6	42.4	9.7	1.05	1.15	83%	12%	6.3%	15%
2012	28	ATL	NL	220	1.4%	10.5%	10.9%	10.0%	35%	0.96	8.3	63.3	8.6	1.01	1.11	75%	20%	3.9%	8%
7 Yrs				2329	1.9%	11.3%	7.0%	8.6%	32%	1.61	8.1	47.1	8.9	0.91	1.10	79%	17%	5.2%	12%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.09	5.0	34.0	7.8	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	22	ATL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	49	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.23	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.01	-0.5	1.44	7
2007	23	ATL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	62	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.92	-0.2	0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.83	-3.1	1.26	11
2008	24	ATL	NL	7.5	0.7	266	0.7	5.0	-4.3	1.04	1.1	-0.5	15.1	1.4	0.98	13.2	0.82	15
2009	25	ATL	NL	11.5	1.1	516	0.8	10.0	-9.3	1.07	1.3	-0.6	8.8	0.9	0.96	9.2	1.55	10
2010	26	ATL	NL	15.6	1.5	675	0.8	11.5	-10.7	.99	1.4	-0.6	17.6	1.7	0.94	16.0		0
2011	27	ATL	NL	-9.7	-1.0	608	0.1	11.8	-11.7	1.09	-0.2	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	0.99	-4.4	0.05	1
2012	28	ATL	NL	13.0	1.3	234	2.3	5.0	-2.7	.93	1.6	0.8	19.2	1.8	0.93	17.3	2.53	0
7 Yrs				34.8	3.4	2410	4.8	45.3	-40.5	1.04	5.1	-0.4	56.6	5.5	0.96	47.7	1.18	44

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	22	ATL	NL	0	13%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50%	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2007	23	ATL	NL	0	25%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
2008	24	ATL	NL	4	37%	135	3	1	75%	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	11	33%	21	18	3	5	3	1	14	5	9
2009	25	ATL	NL	6	32%	225	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	1	0	5	18	40%	20	15	4	5	1	4	20	9	10
2010	26	ATL	NL	6	40%	273	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	2	1	7	23	55%	38	21	16	9	5	4	28	6	21
2011	27	ATL	NL	12	32%	228	4	8	33%	3	8	1	0	2	1	7	11	52%	35	20	15	10	6	4	18	3	14
2012	28	ATL	NL	2	35%	107	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	1	0	3	12	81%	9	3	6	1	0	1	6	0	6
7 Yrs				30	35%	1013	20	16	56%	18	15	2	1	6	2	27	76	50%	126	77	47	33	16	15	86	23	60

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
2006	22	ATL	NL	49	67%	11	3	0	7	1	0	1	1.44	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	10	2	20%	6	2	33%	36	8	22%	6	4	67%	1	1	100%	0
2007	23	ATL	NL	62	63%	17	2	0	11	4	0	1	1.26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	2	50%	29	2	7%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2008	24	ATL	NL	254	44%	73	4	0	15	4	1	4	0.82	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	39	3	8%	19	11	58%	159	33	21%	11	11	100%	12	6	50%	0
2009	25	ATL	NL	503	33%	138	13	1	10	4	0	3	1.55	11	0	12	5	6	4	7	0	12	11	92%	105	17	16%	42	18	43%	317	42	13%	21	14	67%	15	8	53%	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	651	29%	184	17	0	0	0	0	0		15	1	14	10	5	4	11	0	4	3	75%	119	13	11%	49	21	43%	358	53	15%	38	21	55%	25	16	64%	0
2011	27	ATL	NL	590	27%	143	22	1	1	0	0	0	0.05	13	1	9	11	2	9	4	0	3	1	33%	88	16	18%	48	11	23%	300	49	16%	28	15	54%	18	5	28%	0
2012	28	ATL	NL	220	32%	63	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	37	3	8%	25	11	44%	114	20	18%	10	6	60%	11	8	73%	0
7 Yrs				2329	33%	629	64	2	44	13	1	9	1.18	45	2	48	29	16	20	25	0	25	21	84%	406	54	13%	193	76	39%	1313	207	16%	115	71	62%	84	45	54%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			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
2006	22	ATL	NL	50	198	3.96	111	56%	37%	9%	21%	33%	63%	0%	35%	86%	18%	12%	6	0	24%	12	1	20%	10	6	29%	-1	0	0
2007	23	ATL	NL	62	251	4.05	157	63%	32%	7%	27%	34%	68%	0%	43%	90%	18%	5%	3	0	10%	6	3	10%	6	3	17%	0	0	0
2008	24	ATL	NL	257	959	3.73	589	61%	36%	8%	22%	34%	64%	0%	40%	88%	22%	4%	11	0	15%	38	10	11%	27	13	28%	-3	0	0
2009	25	ATL	NL	505	1934	3.83	1235	64%	36%	7%	24%	33%	64%	1%	41%	89%	13%	4%	22	0	16%	82	24	9%	45	23	29%	-2	0	0
2010	26	ATL	NL	652	2568	3.94	1637	64%	36%	7%	25%	32%	64%	1%	41%	89%	11%	4%	27	2	15%	96	32	11%	69	46	35%	-1	0	0
2011	27	ATL	NL	591	2208	3.74	1419	64%	35%	7%	23%	35%	65%	0%	42%	90%	12%	5%	27	0	17%	100	36	9%	56	37	17%	-1	0	0
2012	28	ATL	NL	221	882	3.99	538	61%	38%	6%	24%	32%	62%	1%	38%	90%	12%	6%	13	0	18%	39	12	9%	20	8	30%	-1	0	0
7 Yrs				2338	9000	3.85	5686	63%	36%	7%	24%	33%	64%	1%	41%	89%	13%	5%	109	2	16%	373	118	10%	233	136	28%	-9	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
2006	22	24	49	42	3	11	1	1	1	9	0	0	5	7	.262	.340	.405	.745	91	17	2	0	2	0	0
2007	23	52	111	101	8	28	4	1	1	11	0	0	8	13	.277	.330	.366	.697	81	37	2	0	2	0	0
2008	24	130	365	329	44	101	22	5	3	44	3	1	29	42	.307	.363	.432	.794	109	142	5	1	4	2	0
2009	25	258	868	779	108	239	60	5	14	93	4	4	65	101	.307	.360	.451	.810	113	351	22	3	15	6	1
2010	26	398	1519	1378	208	423	100	8	29	159	9	7	105	187	.307	.356	.454	.810	115	626	35	6	18	12	3
2011	27	527	2109	1929	274	566	126	10	42	216	13	15	139	239	.293	.341	.434	.775	108	838	51	7	19	15	4
2012	28	577	2329	2119	307	629	142	13	45	238	20	16	163	262	.297	.347	.440	.787	111	932	54	9	21	17	5

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
2006	22	24	48	41	3	10	1	1	1	8	0	5	7	.244	.326	.390	.716	5	24
2007	23	28	61	58	5	16	3	0	0	2	0	3	6	.276	.311	.328	.639	6	28
2008	24	78	253	227	35	72	18	4	2	32	3	21	29	.317	.375	.458	.833	39	78
2009	25	128	503	450	64	138	38	0	11	49	1	36	59	.307	.358	.464	.822	75	128
2010	26	140	657	604	105	189	41	3	15	69	5	41	86	.313	.356	.465	.822	101	140
2011	27	129	596	556	70	148	27	2	13	60	4	35	52	.266	.309	.392	.701	68	129
2012	28	50	224	193	35	66	17	3	3	24	7	25	23	.342	.419	.508	.927	41	50
7 Yrs		577	2342	2129	317	639	145	13	45	244	20	166	262	.300	.351	.444	.795	335	577
162 Game Avg.		162	658	598	89	179	41	4	13	69	6	47	74	.300	.351	.444	.795	94	577

* 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 2010 (2B)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (9, 11%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.6 (5th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.6 (5th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.0 (9th)	Batting Average s c a p y 2010 NL .307 (7th) 2012 NL .332 (6th)	On-Base% s c a p y 2012 NL .408 (6th)	At Bats s c a p y 2010 NL 599 (9th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2010 NL 100 (7th) 2012 NL 33 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 2010 NL 184 (4th) 2012 NL 63 (5th)	Doubles s c a p y 2010 NL 40 (6th) 2012 NL 16 (5th)	Singles s c a p y 2010 NL 126 (3rd) 2012 NL 41 (10th)
Runs Created s c a p y 2012 NL 41 (7th)	Times On Base s c a p y 2012 NL 89 (4th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 2012 NL .743 (10th)	SB % s c a p y 2012 NL 87.50 (8th)
AB per SO s c a p y 2011 NL 10.6 (4th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2012 NL 19.15 (9th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.3 (4th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.6 (8th)
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.8 (9th)

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Gray Ink	Batting - 25 (904), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 13 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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