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Nick Punto

Nicholas Paul Punto

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 8, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Trabuco Hills HS (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
Teams (by GP): Twins/Phillies/Cardinals/RedSox 2001-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$3M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.051, 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	BOS	AL	28	62	49	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	19	.122	.267	.143	.410	16	7	2	0	2	1	0	5/46D
12 Yrs				915	3046	2650	350	653	113	25	14	221	92	32	313	505	.246	.324	.324	.648	74	858	51	3	54	26	9
162 Game Avg.				162	539	469	62	116	20	4	2	39	16	6	55	89	.246	.324	.324	.648	74	152	9	1	10	5	2

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
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)				28	62	49	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	19	.122	.267	.143	.410	16	7	2	0	2	1	0

AL (8 yrs)				775	2769	2414	315	593	103	21	12	197	89	30	281	459	.246	.322	.321	.643	73	774	48	3	47	24	5
NL (4 yrs)				140	277	236	35	60	10	4	2	24	3	2	32	46	.254	.341	.356	.697	92	84	3	0	7	2	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
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	-2	-0.2	.480	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$200,000	/46
2003	25	PHI	NL	64	99	-7	0	1	5	1	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.2	.500	.500	-0.3	0.6	-3	$300,000	4/56
2004	26	MIN	AL	38	103	-3	2	-0	1	1	0	0.1	3	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	15	8	0.7	.493	.496	-0.5	1.6	-4	$325,000	465/D89
2006	28	MIN	AL	135	524	-6	3	2	16	2	17	1.9	18	35	3.5	.513	.511	1.9	1.9	19	$690,000	564/8D7
2007	29	MIN	AL	150	536	-32	-0	2	11	3	-16	-1.4	18	2	0.2	.490	.490	-0.9	1.5	-8	$1,800,000	564
2008	30	MIN	AL	99	377	-2	-0	-1	8	4	8	1.0	13	21	2.1	.508	.505	1.3	1.3	13	$2,400,000	645/8D
2009	31	MIN	AL	125	440	-17	3	1	-2	4	-11	-1.0	15	4	0.3	.491	.493	0.5	0.3	6	$4,000,000	46/5D
2010	32	MIN	AL	88	288	-10	0	1	12	2	6	0.7	10	15	1.6	.507	.504	0.3	1.6	3	$4,000,000	564/D
2011	33	STL	NL	63	166	5	-0	-0	3	1	9	1.0	5	13	1.4	.515	.506	1.1	0.5	10	$750,000	4/65
2012	34	BOS	AL	28	62	-6	-0	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.470	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	5/46D
12 Seasons				915	3046	-99	6	5	64	21	-4	0.5	101	98	9.6	.500	.500	3.1	9.3	34	$14,772,500

MIN (7 yrs)				747	2707	-89	6	4	58	19	-3	0.5	92	89	8.8	.500	.500	2.9	8.4	31	$13,522,500
PHI (3 yrs)				77	111	-8	0	1	4	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.497	.500	-0.4	0.5	-3	$500,000
STL (1 yr)				63	166	5	-0	-0	3	1	9	1.0	5	13	1.4	.515	.506	1.1	0.5	10	$750,000
BOS (1 yr)				28	62	-6	-0	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.470	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$

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	BOS	AL	62	48	3	1.7	102	.194	.122	.259	.267	.326	.143	.419	.410	.746	16	.136	-5.6	-0.6	.378	.224	.020
12 Yrs				3046	2160	300	3.7	104	.296	.246	.266	.324	.332	.324	.421	.648	.753	74	.369	-90.3	-8.6	.593	.218	.077	24.3
162 Game Avg.				539	382	53	3.7	104	.296	.246	.266	.324	.332	.324	.421	.648	.753	74	.369	-90.3	-8.6	.593	.218	.077	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
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)				62	48	3	1.7	102	.194	.122	.259	.267	.326	.143	.419	.410	.746	16	.136	-5.6	-0.6	.378	.224	.020

AL (8 yrs)				2769	1970	269	3.6	105	.295	.246	.267	.322	.333	.321	.422	.643	.755	73	.359	-88.2	-8.4	.588	.216	.075	21.1
NL (4 yrs)				277	190	31	4.4	99	.305	.254	.258	.341	.327	.356	.408	.697	.734	92	.474	-2.1	-0.2	.646	.242	.102	2.4

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
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
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 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	BOS	AL	62	0.0%	30.7%	16.1%	1.6%	17%	1.90	2.6		16.3	0.63	0.81	50%	15%	0.0%	21%
12 Yrs				3046	0.5%	16.6%	10.3%	5.0%	23%	1.61	5.2	189.3	12.0	0.94	1.21	71%	16%	1.5%	13%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.0	7.8	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	13%

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	0.0	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	-4.0	-0.4	117	-0.1	1.9	-1.9	1.12	-0.0	-0.0	0.9	0.1	0.99	-1.3	0.68	2
2005	27	MIN	AL	-18.5	-1.8	467	-3.6	6.3	-9.8	1.10	-2.4	-0.8	-28.2	-2.7	0.92	-28.4	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	.99	-0.4	-0.1	-4.6	-0.4	0.96	-5.6		0
2009	31	MIN	AL	-14.5	-1.4	467	-0.8	6.7	-7.5	.96	-1.2	0.4	-5.0	-0.5	0.97	-13.4		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	6.2	0.6	169	0.9	3.3	-2.4	1.04	0.5	0.4	6.5	0.7	1.05	4.7	1.64	10
2012	34	BOS	AL	-5.6	-0.6	62	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	1.08	-0.5	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	1.08	-7.4	1.54	5
12 Yrs				-90.6	-8.6	3235	-10.1	44.8	-54.9	.99	-9.4	-0.8	-96.0	-9.3	0.96	-116.1	1.18	55

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	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
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
2003	25	PHI	NL	0	50%	45	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	5	38%	16	13	3	3	1	2	5	1	4
2012	34	BOS	AL	0	25%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
12 Yrs				19	35%	1166	92	32	74%	86	29	6	3	24	11	32	89	44%	194	130	63	44	25	19	114	38	72

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
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	BOS	AL	62	100%	6	2	0	5	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	2	11%	6	4	67%	52	3	6%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
12 Yrs				3046	99%	653	113	41	55	11	0	0	1.18	14	1	74	12	2	6	8	0	84	54	64%	590	51	9%	324	121	37%	1850	217	12%	167	75	45%	125	83	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	BOS	AL	62	261	4.21	157	60%	38%	18%	24%	21%	62%	0%	38%	71%	19%	6%	4	0	27%	17	3	18%	11	2	26%	0	0	0
12 Yrs				3055	12163	3.98	7593	62%	33%	9%	29%	29%	67%	1%	42%	87%	27%	5%	151	2	14%	422	93	10%	315	150	37%	-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	915	3046	2650	350	653	113	25	14	221	92	32	313	505	.246	.324	.324	.648	74	858	51	3	54	26	9

Neutralized Batting

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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	28	62	49	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	10	19	.122	.267	.143	.410	2	28
12 Yrs		915	3052	2654	352	656	114	25	14	223	92	315	505	.247	.325	.325	.650	286	915
162 Game Avg.		162	540	470	62	116	20	4	2	39	16	56	89	.247	.325	.325	.650	51	915

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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 9.3 (22nd) Career 9.3 (238th)	Triples s c a p y 2006 AL 7 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2006 AL 10 (2nd) 2009 AL 13 (2nd) Active 54 (28th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2005 AL 8 (10th)
SB % s c a p y 2009 AL 84.21 (8th) Career 74.19 (191st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2225), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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