Nick Punto Batting Statistics and History

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Nick Punto \POON-toh\

Nicholas Paul Punto (twitter: @Shredderpunto)

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 8, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High Schools: Saddleback HS (Santa Ana, CA), Trabuco Hills HS (Mission Viejo, CA)
School: Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2001 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Phillies/RedSox/Cardinals/Dodgers 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$3M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.051, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
1998	20	PHI-min	A-	72	323	279	51	69	9	4	1	20	19	7	42	48	.247	.347	.319	.666		89	4	1	0	1	0		BAT · NYPL
1999	21	PHI-min	A+	106	478	400	65	122	18	6	1	48	16	7	67	53	.305	.404	.388	.792		155	13	3	3	5	3		CLW · FLOR
2000	22	PHI-min	AA	121	547	456	77	116	15	4	5	47	33	10	69	71	.254	.351	.338	.689		154	5	2	14	6	0		REA · EL
2001	23	PHI-min	AAA	123	535	463	57	106	19	5	1	39	33	9	68	114	.229	.327	.298	.625		138	15	0	3	1	3		SWB · IL
2001	23	PHI	NL	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	111	2	0	0	0	0	0	/6
2002	24	PHI-min	AAA	115	530	443	74	120	12	5	1	29	42	8	76	84	.271	.378	.327	.705		145	5	2	6	3	0		SWB · IL
2002	24	PHI	NL	9	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	0	0	1	0	0	/46
2003	25	PHI-min	AAA	25	121	111	19	35	7	1	0	9	7	1	7	13	.315	.353	.396	.749		44	0	0	2	1	0		SWB · IL
2003	25	PHI	NL	64	99	92	14	20	2	0	1	4	2	1	7	22	.217	.273	.272	.544	48	25	0	0	0	0	1	4/56
2004	26	MIN-min	A	4	18	16	4	7	1	0	1	6	1	0	2	2	.438	.500	.688	1.188		11	0	0	0	0	1		QDS · MIDW
2004	26	MIN	AL	38	103	91	17	23	0	0	2	12	6	0	12	19	.253	.340	.319	.658	72	29	2	0	0	0	0	46/D58
2005	27	MIN-min	AAA	4	17	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.200	.294	.267	.561		4	0	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2005	27	MIN	AL	112	439	394	45	94	18	4	4	26	13	8	36	86	.239	.301	.335	.636	68	132	9	0	7	2	0	465/D89
2006	28	MIN	AL	135	524	459	73	133	21	7	1	45	17	5	47	68	.290	.352	.373	.725	90	171	8	1	10	7	0	564/8D7
2007	29	MIN	AL	150	536	472	53	99	18	4	1	25	16	6	55	90	.210	.291	.271	.562	53	128	7	0	6	3	1	564
2008	30	MIN-min	A+	3	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558		3	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
2008	30	MIN	AL	99	377	338	43	96	19	4	2	28	15	6	32	57	.284	.344	.382	.726	96	129	10	0	5	2	1	645/8D
2009	31	MIN	AL	125	440	359	56	82	15	1	1	38	16	3	61	70	.228	.337	.284	.621	68	102	7	1	13	6	1	46/5D
2010	32	MIN	AL	88	288	252	24	60	11	1	1	20	6	2	28	50	.238	.313	.302	.615	71	76	3	1	4	3	2	564/D
2011	33	STL-min	AA,AAA	12	44	39	5	11	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	4	.282	.364	.308	.671		12	0	0	0	0	0		SPD,MEM · TL,PCL
2011	33	STL	NL	63	166	133	21	37	8	4	1	20	1	1	25	21	.278	.388	.421	.809	125	56	3	0	6	2	3	4/65
2012	34	TOT	MLB	87	191	160	20	35	7	0	1	10	6	0	25	42	.219	.321	.281	.602	66	45	5	0	4	2	0	54/63D
2012	34	BOS	AL	65	148	125	14	25	6	0	1	10	5	0	19	33	.200	.301	.272	.573	57	34	5	0	2	2	0	54/63D
2012	34	LAD	NL	22	43	35	6	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	9	.286	.390	.314	.705	99	11	0	0	2	0	0	4/5
2013	35	LAD	NL	34	103	86	11	28	4	0	1	8	2	0	14	20	.326	.416	.407	.823	133	35	1	0	2	1	0	45/6
13 Yrs				1008	3278	2847	377	710	123	25	16	236	100	32	342	548	.249	.328	.327	.655	77	931	55	3	58	28	9
162 Game Avg.				162	527	458	61	114	20	4	3	38	16	5	55	88	.249	.328	.327	.655	77	150	9	0	9	5	1

MIN (7 yrs)				747	2707	2365	311	587	102	21	12	194	89	30	271	440	.248	.323	.324	.648	74	767	46	3	45	23	5
PHI (3 yrs)				77	111	103	14	23	2	0	1	4	2	1	7	25	.223	.273	.272	.545	47	28	0	0	1	0	1
LAD (2 yrs)				56	146	121	17	38	5	0	1	8	3	0	20	29	.314	.408	.380	.789	123	46	1	0	4	1	0
STL (1 yr)				63	166	133	21	37	8	4	1	20	1	1	25	21	.278	.388	.421	.809	125	56	3	0	6	2	3
BOS (1 yr)				65	148	125	14	25	6	0	1	10	5	0	19	33	.200	.301	.272	.573	57	34	5	0	2	2	0

AL (8 yrs)				812	2855	2490	325	612	108	21	13	204	94	30	290	473	.246	.322	.322	.644	73	801	51	3	47	25	5
NL (6 yrs)				196	423	357	52	98	15	4	3	32	6	2	52	75	.275	.364	.364	.728	102	130	4	0	11	3	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2001	23	PHI	NL	4	5	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/6
2002	24	PHI	NL	9	7	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$200,000	/46
2003	25	PHI	NL	64	99	-7	0	1	5	1	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	-0.2	0.6	-2	$300,000	4/56
2004	26	MIN	AL	38	103	-3	2	-0	1	1	0	0.1	4	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.3	0.2	3	$307,500	46/D58
2005	27	MIN	AL	112	439	-20	-1	-0	12	3	-7	-0.6	16	10	0.9	.494	.496	-0.3	1.6	-2	$325,000	465/D89
2006	28	MIN	AL	135	524	-6	3	2	16	3	18	1.9	20	38	3.7	.513	.511	2.2	1.9	22	$690,000	564/8D7
2007	29	MIN	AL	150	536	-32	-0	2	11	4	-15	-1.4	20	5	0.5	.490	.491	-0.6	1.5	-6	$1,800,000	564
2008	30	MIN	AL	99	377	-2	-0	-1	8	4	9	1.0	14	23	2.4	.509	.505	1.5	1.3	15	$2,400,000	645/8D
2009	31	MIN	AL	125	440	-17	3	1	-2	4	-11	-1.0	16	5	0.5	.491	.493	0.7	0.3	7	$4,000,000	46/5D
2010	32	MIN	AL	88	288	-11	0	1	12	3	5	0.6	11	16	1.7	.506	.503	0.4	1.6	4	$4,000,000	564/D
2011	33	STL	NL	63	166	5	-0	-0	3	1	9	1.0	5	15	1.5	.516	.506	1.2	0.5	12	$750,000	4/65
2012	34	BOS	AL	65	148	-8	1	-0	5	1	-1	-0.1	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	-0.1	0.6	-1		54/63D
2012	34	LAD	NL	22	43	-0	0	0	2	0	2	0.2	1	4	0.4	.511	.501	0.2	0.2	2	$1,500,000	4/5
2013	35	LAD	NL	34	103	4	1	0	2	1	8	0.9	3	12	1.2	.526	.506	1.0	0.3	10	$1,500,000	45/6
13 Seasons				1008	3278	-98	9	5	74	27	16	2.2	120	137	13.8	.502	.501	6.1	10.5	62	$17,772,500

MIN (7 yrs)				747	2707	-91	6	4	58	22	-1	0.5	102	101	10.2	.500	.500	4.2	8.4	43	$13,522,500
PHI (3 yrs)				77	111	-8	0	1	4	1	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.498	.500	-0.3	0.5	-2	$500,000
LAD (2 yrs)				56	146	4	1	0	4	1	10	1.1	5	15	1.5	.520	.503	1.1	0.5	11	$3,000,000
STL (1 yr)				63	166	5	-0	-0	3	1	9	1.0	5	15	1.5	.516	.506	1.2	0.5	12	$750,000
BOS (1 yr)				65	148	-8	1	-0	5	1	-1	-0.1	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	-0.1	0.6	-1

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
2001	23	PHI	NL	5	3	1	8.9	109	.400	.400	.265	.400	.336	.400	.434	.800	.770	111	.740	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
2002	24	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	102	.333	.167	.259	.167	.332	.167	.412	.333	.743	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
2003	25	PHI	NL	99	73	7	2.6	103	.275	.217	.260	.273	.331	.272	.417	.544	.748	48	.233	-7.0	-0.7	.452	.141	.054	1.3
2004	26	MIN	AL	103	70	11	4.2	111	.300	.253	.273	.340	.341	.319	.438	.658	.779	72	.405	-3.8	-0.4	.671	.264	.066	3.0
2005	27	MIN	AL	439	326	39	3.2	107	.294	.239	.270	.301	.334	.335	.429	.636	.762	68	.313	-18.5	-1.8	.546	.201	.096	6.1
2006	28	MIN	AL	524	356	64	4.8	109	.332	.290	.273	.352	.337	.373	.434	.725	.771	90	.461	-5.1	-0.5	.681	.211	.083	1.9
2007	29	MIN	AL	536	395	41	2.8	103	.255	.210	.265	.291	.332	.271	.414	.562	.746	53	.250	-30.8	-2.9	.500	.199	.061	1.9
2008	30	MIN	AL	377	265	44	4.4	102	.335	.284	.263	.344	.331	.382	.414	.726	.744	96	.450	-1.2	-0.1	.659	.219	.098	3.5
2009	31	MIN	AL	440	306	41	3.6	106	.276	.228	.265	.337	.333	.284	.425	.621	.759	68	.346	-13.9	-1.3	.617	.262	.056	1.9
2010	32	MIN	AL	288	204	26	3.4	98	.289	.238	.258	.313	.325	.302	.404	.615	.730	71	.359	-9.3	-0.9	.553	.190	.063	1.7
2011	33	STL	NL	166	108	23	5.7	97	.319	.278	.257	.388	.324	.421	.400	.809	.724	125	.615	5.8	0.6	.810	.331	.143	1.0
2012	34	TOT	MLB	191	136	16	3.2	102	.286	.219	.260	.321	.326	.281	.418	.602	.743	66	.336	-6.8	-0.7	.585	.256	.063	1.7
2012	34	BOS	AL	148	109	11	2.7	103	.258	.200	.262	.301	.327	.272	.421	.573	.748	57	.276	-7.1	-0.7	.552	.264	.072	1.7
2012	34	LAD	NL	43	27	5	4.9	97	.385	.286	.256	.390	.321	.314	.406	.705	.728	99	.543	0.3	0.0	.720	.229	.029	.0
2013	35	LAD	NL	103	62	16	6.9	94	.409	.326	.252	.416	.318	.407	.398	.823	.715	133	.698	4.9	0.5	.864	.267	.081	1.3
13 Yrs				3278	2310	329	3.8	104	.300	.249	.265	.328	.332	.327	.420	.655	.751	77	.383	-86.6	-8.2	.604	.222	.078	27.6
162 Game Avg.				527	371	53	3.8	104	.300	.249	.265	.328	.332	.327	.420	.655	.751	77	.383	-86.6	-8.2	.604	.222	.078	4

MIN (7 yrs)				2707	1922	266	3.7	105	.297	.248	.267	.323	.333	.324	.422	.648	.755	74	.364	-82.6	-7.9	.593	.216	.076	21.1
PHI (3 yrs)				111	82	8	2.6	103	.286	.223	.260	.273	.331	.272	.418	.545	.749	47	.238	-7.9	-0.7	.444	.126	.049	1.3
LAD (2 yrs)				146	89	21	6.3	95	.402	.314	.253	.408	.319	.380	.400	.789	.719	123	.658	5.2	0.5	.821	.256	.066	1.5
STL (1 yr)				166	108	23	5.7	97	.319	.278	.257	.388	.324	.421	.400	.809	.724	125	.615	5.8	0.6	.810	.331	.143	1.0
BOS (1 yr)				148	109	11	2.7	103	.258	.200	.262	.301	.327	.272	.421	.573	.748	57	.276	-7.1	-0.7	.552	.264	.072	1.7

AL (8 yrs)				2855	2031	277	3.6	105	.295	.246	.266	.322	.333	.322	.422	.644	.754	73	.360	-89.7	-8.6	.591	.218	.076	22.8
NL (6 yrs)				423	279	52	5.0	98	.337	.275	.257	.364	.324	.364	.405	.728	.729	102	.542	3.1	0.4	.702	.246	.090	4.0

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
2006	28	MIN	AL	ALDS	OAK	L	3	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	1	0	0

2009	31	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	12	9	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.444	.583	.556	1.139	5	0	0	0	0	0

2011	33	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011	33	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	6	19	15	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.133	.222	.133	.356	2	0	0	1	1	1
2011	33	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	6	19	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.214	.421	.214	.635	3	0	0	0	0	1
3 Yrs (5 Series)							21	69	56	0	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	19	.214	.328	.232	.561	13	0	0	2	1	2
2 ALDS							6	25	21	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.286	.375	.333	.708	7	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLDS							3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							6	19	15	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.133	.222	.133	.356	2	0	0	1	1	1
1 WS							6	19	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.214	.421	.214	.635	3	0	0	0	0	1

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
2001	23	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.50	2.00	100%	20%	0.0%	50%
2002	24	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			2.00		43%	25%	0.0%	0%
2003	25	PHI	NL	99	1.0%	22.2%	7.1%	3.0%	15%	3.14	4.2	92.0	23.0	1.38	1.83	70%	20%	3.7%	7%
2004	26	MIN	AL	103	1.9%	18.5%	11.7%	1.9%	9%	1.58	4.8	45.5	7.6	0.41	0.42	68%	22%	4.8%	14%
2005	27	MIN	AL	439	0.9%	19.6%	8.2%	5.9%	28%	2.39	4.6	98.5	15.2	1.03	1.43	70%	16%	3.1%	10%
2006	28	MIN	AL	524	0.2%	13.0%	9.0%	5.5%	22%	1.45	6.8	459.0	10.2	0.86	1.21	76%	18%	0.5%	8%
2007	29	MIN	AL	536	0.2%	16.8%	10.3%	4.3%	23%	1.64	5.2	472.0	18.9	1.06	1.13	72%	12%	0.6%	13%
2008	30	MIN	AL	377	0.5%	15.1%	8.5%	6.6%	26%	1.78	5.9	169.0	12.1	0.82	1.06	75%	15%	1.7%	21%
2009	31	MIN	AL	440	0.2%	15.9%	13.9%	3.9%	21%	1.15	5.1	359.0	9.4	0.94	1.26	67%	15%	0.8%	14%
2010	32	MIN	AL	288	0.4%	17.4%	9.7%	4.5%	22%	1.79	5.0	252.0	12.6	1.12	1.40	71%	12%	1.2%	12%
2011	33	STL	NL	166	0.6%	12.7%	15.1%	7.8%	35%	0.84	6.3	133.0	6.7	0.85	1.36	68%	25%	1.8%	8%
2012	34	TOT	MLB	191	0.5%	22.0%	13.1%	4.2%	23%	1.68	3.8	160.0	16.0	0.86	1.11	62%	23%	1.9%	14%
2012	34	BOS	AL	148	0.7%	22.3%	12.8%	4.7%	28%	1.74	3.8	125.0	12.5	0.77	1.03	63%	23%	2.2%	13%
2012	34	LAD	NL	43	0.0%	20.9%	14.0%	2.3%	10%	1.50	3.9			1.27	1.57	60%	25%	0.0%	18%
2013	35	LAD	NL	103	1.0%	19.4%	13.6%	4.9%	18%	1.43	4.3	86.0	10.8	0.80	1.15	64%	28%	3.6%	20%
13 Yrs				3278	0.5%	16.7%	10.4%	5.0%	23%	1.60	5.2	177.9	12.1	0.93	1.21	71%	17%	1.6%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.08	5.1	33.0	7.8	0.78	1.08	70%	20%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	23	PHI	NL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.68	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.32	-0.1	0.01	1
2002	24	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.20	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.05	-1.1	1.39	5
2003	25	PHI	NL	-7.0	-0.7	105	-0.4	1.3	-1.7	.95	-0.7	0.3	-8.5	-0.8	0.94	-8.6	0.79	27
2004	26	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	117	-0.1	1.9	-1.9	1.12	-0.0	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.99	-1.2	0.68	2
2005	27	MIN	AL	-18.5	-1.8	467	-3.6	6.3	-9.8	1.10	-2.4	-0.8	-28.1	-2.7	0.92	-28.3	3.36	1
2006	28	MIN	AL	-5.1	-0.5	556	-1.0	7.8	-8.8	.95	-0.9	-0.2	-10.8	-1.0	0.95	-10.8	2.29	2
2007	29	MIN	AL	-30.8	-2.9	569	-2.4	8.1	-10.5	1.04	-2.8	0.5	-30.2	-2.9	0.95	-34.6	3.48	1
2008	30	MIN	AL	-1.2	-0.1	408	-0.5	6.0	-6.5	.98	-0.4	-0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.96	-5.5		0
2009	31	MIN	AL	-13.9	-1.3	467	-0.7	6.7	-7.4	.96	-1.1	0.4	-4.6	-0.4	0.97	-13.0		0
2010	32	MIN	AL	-9.3	-0.9	303	-1.6	2.9	-4.4	.82	-0.8	-1.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.94	-9.5	0.03	1
2011	33	STL	NL	5.8	0.6	169	0.9	3.3	-2.4	1.04	0.4	0.4	6.3	0.6	0.98	4.9	1.64	10
2012	34	TOT	MLB	-7.0	-0.7	202	-1.4	2.1	-3.5	.95	-0.6	-0.9	-11.7	-1.1	0.99	-10.3	1.26	17
2012	34	BOS	AL	-7.2	-0.7	157	-1.2	1.5	-2.7	.91	-0.5	-0.8	-10.9	-1.1	1.00	-9.7	1.07	10
2012	34	LAD	NL	0.3	0.0	45	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.08	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.94	-0.6	1.53	7
2013	35	LAD	NL	4.9	0.5	108	0.9	2.3	-1.3	.99	0.5	0.4	6.3	0.6	0.89	5.2	0.52	6
13 Yrs				-86.8	-8.2	3483	-9.9	48.5	-58.5	.99	-8.9	-1.2	-93.0	-8.9	0.95	-112.9	1.12	73

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	23	PHI	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	24	PHI	NL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	25	PHI	NL	0	50%	45	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	71%	7	2	5	1	1	0	6	1	5
2004	26	MIN	AL	1	46%	43	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	8	64%	5	3	2	1	1	0	5	0	5
2005	27	MIN	AL	1	33%	158	13	8	62%	12	6	1	2	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	12	48%	20	15	5	9	4	5	15	4	11
2006	28	MIN	AL	4	40%	228	17	5	77%	17	4	0	1	2	0	5	1	3	0	1	16	43%	42	29	13	9	4	5	17	6	11
2007	29	MIN	AL	4	34%	169	16	6	73%	15	6	1	0	6	2	7	2	0	3	2	12	42%	30	21	9	6	3	3	19	6	11
2008	30	MIN	AL	2	33%	157	15	6	71%	15	6	0	0	3	3	6	0	1	3	2	13	42%	19	11	7	7	5	2	17	7	9
2009	31	MIN	AL	2	39%	168	16	3	84%	14	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	13	47%	33	21	12	4	3	1	21	7	14
2010	32	MIN	AL	3	26%	102	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	8	27%	18	13	5	4	3	1	8	5	2
2011	33	STL	NL	2	33%	74	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	38%	16	13	3	3	1	2	5	1	4
2012	34	TOT	MLB	1	32%	68	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	44%	14	8	6	2	1	1	7	4	3
2012	34	BOS	AL	1	30%	46	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	33%	10	5	5	1	1	0	4	4	0
2012	34	LAD	NL	0	38%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63%	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
2013	35	LAD	NL	0	24%	53	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50%	6	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1
13 Yrs				20	35%	1271	100	32	76%	92	29	8	3	26	11	33	6	7	10	8	97	44%	210	139	70	48	27	21	122	42	76

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2001	23	PHI	NL	5	100%	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	24	PHI	NL	7	100%	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2003	25	PHI	NL	99	100%	20	3	0	27	5	0	0	0.79	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	0	0%	6	1	17%	56	3	5%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
2004	26	MIN	AL	103	100%	23	5	3	2	0	0	0	0.68	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0%	23	2	9%	9	1	11%	73	10	14%	7	5	71%	2	1	50%	0
2005	27	MIN	AL	439	99%	94	16	10	1	0	0	0	3.36	4	0	6	4	0	3	1	0	10	7	70%	77	9	12%	54	18	33%	239	25	10%	23	10	43%	20	12	60%	0
2006	28	MIN	AL	524	99%	133	20	5	2	1	0	0	2.29	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	12	10	83%	97	8	8%	60	23	38%	321	44	14%	30	12	40%	22	16	73%	0
2007	29	MIN	AL	536	99%	99	22	8	1	0	0	0	3.48	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	15	6	40%	109	7	6%	54	15	28%	311	26	8%	20	7	35%	17	12	71%	0
2008	30	MIN	AL	377	99%	96	18	6	0	0	0	0		2	0	12	2	0	1	1	0	11	5	45%	81	10	12%	42	13	31%	225	26	12%	21	9	43%	21	14	67%	0
2009	31	MIN	AL	440	99%	82	14	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	21	13	62%	88	7	8%	48	25	52%	288	40	14%	27	13	48%	20	15	75%	0
2010	32	MIN	AL	288	99%	60	10	4	1	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	51	3	6%	27	11	41%	169	20	12%	19	8	42%	10	6	60%	0
2011	33	STL	NL	166	100%	37	3	0	10	3	0	0	1.64	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	6	100%	28	3	11%	16	9	56%	106	20	19%	12	8	67%	8	4	50%	0
2012	34	TOT	MLB	191	100%	35	11	2	17	3	0	0	1.26	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	38	5	13%	18	7	39%	122	9	7%	8	3	38%	5	3	60%	0
2012	34	BOS	AL	148	100%	25	6	1	10	1	0	0	1.07	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	33	5	15%	16	5	31%	103	9	9%	8	3	38%	3	1	33%	0
2012	34	LAD	NL	43	100%	10	5	1	7	2	0	0	1.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
2013	35	LAD	NL	103	100%	28	5	2	6	1	0	1	0.52	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	67%	16	1	6%	7	3	43%	42	7	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
13 Yrs				3278	99%	710	127	45	73	15	0	1	1.12	16	1	78	14	2	7	9	0	90	58	64%	625	55	9%	343	127	37%	1962	230	12%	172	78	45%	130	86	66%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			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
2001	23	PHI	NL	5	22	4.40	14	64%	29%	7%	29%	36%	71%	0%	45%	90%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2002	24	PHI	NL	7	22	3.14	18	82%	39%	11%	28%	22%	61%	0%	50%	82%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2003	25	PHI	NL	99	408	4.12	264	65%	33%	14%	27%	27%	67%	3%	43%	80%	25%	6%	6	1	15%	15	1	12%	12	9	36%	0	0	0
2004	26	MIN	AL	104	410	3.94	240	59%	34%	8%	28%	30%	66%	0%	39%	87%	36%	7%	7	1	16%	17	5	16%	17	10	58%	-1	0	0
2005	27	MIN	AL	440	1775	4.03	1122	63%	31%	9%	32%	28%	69%	0%	44%	87%	33%	3%	15	0	12%	54	14	8%	34	20	47%	-1	0	0
2006	28	MIN	AL	525	1958	3.73	1225	63%	28%	10%	29%	33%	72%	0%	45%	86%	32%	5%	26	0	14%	72	23	10%	50	25	31%	-1	0	0
2007	29	MIN	AL	536	2128	3.97	1333	63%	34%	8%	29%	29%	66%	1%	42%	88%	24%	4%	24	0	12%	66	19	11%	59	25	36%	0	0	0
2008	30	MIN	AL	378	1475	3.90	949	64%	36%	6%	27%	30%	64%	1%	41%	91%	22%	4%	16	0	14%	54	10	9%	34	16	39%	-1	0	0
2009	31	MIN	AL	444	1859	4.19	1134	61%	35%	8%	30%	27%	65%	1%	40%	88%	22%	5%	24	0	12%	54	8	11%	49	16	37%	-4	0	0
2010	32	MIN	AL	289	1146	3.97	733	64%	33%	8%	30%	29%	67%	2%	43%	87%	25%	6%	16	0	16%	46	5	12%	34	20	30%	-1	0	0
2011	33	STL	NL	166	699	4.21	404	58%	35%	8%	27%	30%	65%	3%	37%	87%	26%	8%	13	0	16%	27	5	9%	15	7	38%	0	0	0
2012	34	TOT	MLB	191	788	4.13	484	61%	37%	12%	26%	26%	63%	0%	39%	81%	18%	5%	10	0	20%	38	11	13%	25	5	29%	0	0	0
2012	34	BOS	AL	148	606	4.09	370	61%	35%	12%	27%	26%	65%	0%	39%	82%	18%	6%	9	0	21%	31	10	15%	22	5	27%	0	0	0
2012	34	LAD	NL	43	182	4.23	114	63%	40%	13%	22%	25%	60%	0%	37%	78%	19%	2%	1	0	16%	7	1	7%	3	0	33%	0	0	0
2013	35	LAD	NL	103	456	4.43	287	63%	36%	8%	32%	24%	64%	0%	41%	87%	24%	6%	6	0	16%	16	2	8%	8	4	70%	0	0	0
13 Yrs				3287	13146	4.00	8207	62%	33%	9%	29%	29%	67%	1%	42%	87%	26%	5%	163	2	14%	459	103	10%	337	157	38%	-9	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
2001	23	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	111	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	24	13	12	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	46	3	0	0	1	0	0
2003	25	77	111	103	14	23	2	0	1	4	2	1	7	25	.223	.273	.272	.545	47	28	0	0	1	0	1
2004	26	115	214	194	31	46	2	0	3	16	8	1	19	44	.237	.305	.294	.599	60	57	2	0	1	0	1
2005	27	227	653	588	76	140	20	4	7	42	21	9	55	130	.238	.302	.321	.624	65	189	11	0	8	2	1
2006	28	362	1177	1047	149	273	41	11	8	87	38	14	102	198	.261	.324	.344	.668	76	360	19	1	18	9	1
2007	29	512	1713	1519	202	372	59	15	9	112	54	20	157	288	.245	.314	.321	.635	69	488	26	1	24	12	2
2008	30	611	2090	1857	245	468	78	19	11	140	69	26	189	345	.252	.319	.332	.652	74	617	36	1	29	14	3
2009	31	736	2530	2216	301	550	93	20	12	178	85	29	250	415	.248	.322	.324	.647	73	719	43	2	42	20	4
2010	32	824	2818	2468	325	610	104	21	13	198	91	31	278	465	.247	.321	.322	.644	73	795	46	3	46	23	6
2011	33	887	2984	2601	346	647	112	25	14	218	92	32	303	486	.249	.325	.327	.652	76	851	49	3	52	25	9
2012	34	974	3175	2761	366	682	119	25	15	228	98	32	328	528	.247	.325	.325	.649	75	896	54	3	56	27	9
2013	35	1008	3278	2847	377	710	123	25	16	236	100	32	342	548	.249	.328	.327	.655	77	931	55	3	58	28	9

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2001	23	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	4
2002	24	9	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
2003	25	64	99	92	14	20	2	0	1	4	2	7	22	.217	.273	.272	.544	7	64
2004	26	38	101	90	16	22	0	0	2	11	6	11	19	.244	.327	.311	.638	9	38
2005	27	112	438	393	44	93	18	4	4	25	13	36	86	.237	.299	.333	.633	39	112
2006	28	135	521	457	71	131	21	7	1	44	17	46	68	.287	.348	.370	.718	59	135
2007	29	150	538	473	54	100	18	4	1	25	16	56	90	.211	.293	.273	.566	38	150
2008	30	99	380	340	44	98	19	4	2	29	15	33	57	.288	.349	.385	.735	46	99
2009	31	125	440	359	56	82	15	1	1	38	16	61	70	.228	.337	.284	.621	35	125
2010	32	88	292	255	26	63	12	1	1	22	6	29	50	.247	.323	.314	.637	26	88
2011	33	63	169	135	23	39	8	4	1	22	1	26	21	.289	.399	.430	.828	24	63
2012	34	87	193	161	20	36	7	0	1	10	6	26	42	.224	.328	.286	.614	15	87
2013	35	34	106	88	12	30	4	0	1	9	2	15	20	.341	.433	.420	.853	16	34
13 Yrs		1008	3289	2854	380	716	124	25	16	239	100	346	548	.251	.330	.329	.658	315	1008
162 Game Avg.		162	529	459	61	115	20	4	3	38	16	56	88	.251	.330	.329	.658	51	1008

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2006 AL 1.9 (5th) Active 10.5 (17th) Career 10.5 (189th)	Triples s c a p y 2006 AL 7 (7th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y Active 100 (47th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2006 AL 10 (2nd) 2009 AL 13 (2nd) Active 58 (21st)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2005 AL 8 (10th)	SB % s c a p y 2009 AL 84.21 (8th) Career 75.76 (139th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2248), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1178), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Third Base (171st), 12.7 career WAR/11.3 7yr-peak WAR/12.0 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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