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Alexei Ramírez    \Alec-say\

Alexei Fernando (Rodriguez) Ramirez (Cuban Missile)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1981 in Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008 (Age 26)
Team: WhiteSox 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$32.5M (12-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.000, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Jaime Torres [*]
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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
2008 26 CHW AL 136 509 480 65 139 22 2 21 77 13 9 18 61 .290 .317 .475 .792 104 228 14 3 4 4 3 *468/5D RoY-2
2009 27 CHW AL 148 606 542 71 150 14 1 15 68 14 5 49 66 .277 .333 .389 .723 86 211 15 1 6 8 3 *6
2010 28 CHW AL 156 626 585 83 165 29 2 18 70 13 8 27 82 .282 .313 .431 .744 99 252 12 2 7 5 2 *6 SS
2011 29 CHW AL 158 684 614 81 165 31 2 15 70 7 5 51 84 .269 .328 .399 .727 94 245 19 6 8 5 1 *6/D
2012 30 CHW AL 158 621 593 59 157 24 4 9 73 20 7 16 77 .265 .287 .364 .651 74 216 15 4 4 4 2 *6
2013 31 CHW AL 45 179 168 19 47 9 0 1 9 8 1 8 23 .280 .318 .351 .670 79 59 6 2 0 1 1 *6
6 Yrs 801 3225 2982 378 823 129 11 79 367 75 35 169 393 .276 .316 .406 .722 90 1211 81 18 29 27 12
162 Game Avg. 162 652 603 76 166 26 2 16 74 15 7 34 79 .276 .316 .406 .722 90 245 16 4 6 5 2

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 Awards
2008 26 CHW AL 136 509 4 -4 0 -10 4 -5 -0.3 19 14 1.5 .496 .497 2.4 -0.5 24 $1,111,666 *468/5D RoY-2
2009 27 CHW AL 148 606 -10 1 1 2 7 1 0.3 23 24 2.4 .501 .501 2.2 1.0 22 $1,225,000 *6
2010 28 CHW AL 156 626 -1 1 1 20 8 29 3.2 23 52 5.5 .519 .519 3.3 3.0 32 $1,225,000 *6 SS
2011 29 CHW AL 158 684 -4 3 -1 7 8 12 1.3 25 37 3.7 .508 .508 3.0 1.6 30 $2,750,000 *6/D
2012 30 CHW AL 158 621 -21 3 -1 14 8 3 0.3 23 26 2.5 .502 .502 1.1 2.3 12 $5,000,000 *6
2013 31 CHW AL 45 179 -4 2 -1 3 2 2 0.3 6 9 0.9 .506 .502 0.6 0.6 6 $7,000,000 *6
6 Seasons 801 3225 -37 6 -1 36 37 42 5.0 120 161 16.6 .505 .505 12.7 8.0 125 $18,311,666

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
2008 26 CHW AL 509 372 66 4.8 109 .294 .290 .273 .317 .341 .475 .428 .792 .770 104 .480 -0.1 -0.0 .695 .231 .185 16.1
2009 27 CHW AL 606 426 71 4.4 112 .288 .277 .273 .333 .343 .389 .438 .723 .781 86 .440 -11.8 -1.1 .655 .220 .113 14.5
2010 28 CHW AL 626 452 76 4.5 102 .300 .282 .264 .313 .332 .431 .413 .744 .745 99 .482 -3.2 -0.3 .650 .203 .149 15.1
2011 29 CHW AL 684 486 78 4.3 104 .288 .269 .265 .328 .331 .399 .419 .727 .750 94 .468 -5.1 -0.5 .643 .217 .130 9.5
2012 30 CHW AL 621 466 59 3.4 103 .290 .265 .262 .287 .327 .364 .421 .651 .748 74 .366 -23.3 -2.3 .544 .148 .099 12.4
2013 31 CHW AL 179 129 18 3.7 105 .317 .280 .263 .318 .330 .351 .426 .670 .756 79 .397 -5.1 -0.5 .594 .161 .071 1.8
6 Yrs 3225 2331 368 4.2 106 .293 .276 .267 .316 .334 .406 .424 .722 .758 90 .445 -48.6 -4.8 .632 .200 .130 76.9
162 Game Avg. 652 471 74 4.2 106 .293 .276 .267 .316 .334 .406 .424 .722 .758 90 .445 -48.6 -4.8 .632 .200 .130 16

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
2008 26 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 4 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .267 .250 .517 3 0 0 0 2 0
1 ALDS 4 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .267 .250 .517 3 0 0 0 2 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
2008 26 CHW AL 509 4.1% 12.0% 3.5% 8.8% 32% 3.39 7.9 22.9 6.2 0.92 1.15 79% 17% 11.6% 16%
2009 27 CHW AL 606 2.5% 10.9% 8.1% 5.0% 20% 1.35 8.2 36.1 8.0 0.86 1.14 77% 16% 7.2% 19%
2010 28 CHW AL 626 2.9% 13.1% 4.3% 7.8% 30% 3.04 7.1 32.5 8.4 0.93 1.24 78% 17% 8.3% 16%
2011 29 CHW AL 684 2.2% 12.3% 7.5% 7.0% 29% 1.65 7.3 40.9 8.8 0.85 1.06 76% 18% 6.5% 19%
2012 30 CHW AL 621 1.5% 12.4% 2.6% 6.0% 24% 4.81 7.7 65.9 8.1 0.85 1.01 82% 19% 3.9% 18%
2013 31 CHW AL 179 0.6% 12.9% 4.5% 5.6% 21% 2.88 7.3 168.0 18.7 0.82 0.88 81% 26% 1.5% 18%
6 Yrs 3225 2.5% 12.2% 5.2% 6.8% 27% 2.33 7.6 37.7 8.1 0.88 1.10 79% 18% 7.0% 18%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 2.20 4.8 34.4 8.1 0.81 1.08 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
2008 26 CHW AL -0.1 -0.0 537 0.3 9.4 -9.1 .97 0.5 -0.2 10.5 1.0 0.96 3.3 0.68 2
2009 27 CHW AL -11.8 -1.1 632 -0.2 10.8 -11.1 1.00 -0.7 0.5 -9.4 -0.9 0.94 -11.3 0
2010 28 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 659 -0.9 10.5 -11.5 1.03 -0.6 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 -3.2 2.87 1
2011 29 CHW AL -5.1 -0.5 709 -0.6 12.4 -13.0 1.04 -0.7 0.1 -9.3 -0.9 0.95 -11.6 3.17 2
2012 30 CHW AL -23.9 -2.4 659 -0.7 10.6 -11.3 1.00 -1.6 0.9 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -16.0 0
2013 31 CHW AL -5.1 -0.5 191 -1.0 2.6 -3.6 1.09 -0.6 -0.3 -5.7 -0.5 0.90 -6.5 0
6 Yrs -49.3 -4.8 3387 -3.2 56.3 -59.5 1.01 -3.7 0.5 -18.4 -1.8 0.94 -45.1 2.12 5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 26 CHW AL 11 0 32% 180 13 9 59% 12 9 1 0 0 0 4 3 6 0 2 0 4 17 42% 28 18 9 8 2 6 12 7 5
2009 27 CHW AL 8 0 30% 237 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 4 1 1 11 46% 29 20 9 8 2 6 22 10 12
2010 28 CHW AL 9 0 37% 211 13 8 62% 13 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 2 0 17 50% 34 22 12 8 3 5 18 5 13
2011 29 CHW AL 4 0 32% 271 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 1 22 55% 29 15 14 11 4 6 18 5 12
2012 30 CHW AL 8 0 30% 204 20 7 74% 20 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 55% 22 14 7 1 0 1 19 4 15
2013 31 CHW AL 3 0 32% 76 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 41% 6 5 1 10 5 5 1 0 1
6 Yrs 43 0 32% 1179 75 35 68% 72 35 3 0 0 0 10 6 24 4 9 5 6 83 49% 148 94 52 46 16 29 90 31 58

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
2008 26 CHW AL 509 29% 139 27 4 2 0 0 0 0.68 21 4 20 15 6 13 8 0 6 4 67% 111 14 13% 46 11 24% 328 59 18% 23 16 70% 17 7 41% 0
2009 27 CHW AL 606 24% 150 19 3 0 0 0 0 15 1 9 10 5 9 6 0 8 6 75% 125 15 12% 82 29 35% 374 54 14% 39 23 59% 33 19 58% 0
2010 28 CHW AL 626 25% 165 25 5 1 1 0 1 2.87 18 0 12 13 5 11 7 0 9 7 78% 125 12 10% 70 24 34% 388 54 14% 27 17 63% 29 16 55% 0
2011 29 CHW AL 684 24% 165 27 2 2 0 0 0 3.17 15 0 16 12 3 7 8 0 13 8 62% 137 19 14% 88 28 32% 404 56 14% 50 24 48% 23 10 43% 0
2012 30 CHW AL 621 22% 157 27 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 12 6 3 6 3 0 4 4 100% 107 15 14% 54 22 41% 359 67 19% 39 21 54% 24 17 71% 0
2013 31 CHW AL 179 21% 47 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 35 6 17% 17 3 18% 93 8 9% 8 3 38% 3 2 67% 0
6 Yrs 3225 24% 823 137 16 5 1 0 1 2.12 79 5 73 57 22 47 32 0 41 29 71% 640 81 13% 357 117 33% 1946 298 15% 186 104 56% 129 71 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2008 26 CHW AL 509 1666 3.27 1171 70% 16% 16% 31% 36% 84% 2% 59% 81% 46% 2% 12 0 7% 36 16 4% 22 11 10% 0 0 0
2009 27 CHW AL 610 2186 3.58 1456 67% 24% 13% 29% 34% 76% 2% 51% 83% 32% 5% 32 0 14% 88 27 7% 40 19 17% -4 0 0
2010 28 CHW AL 629 2268 3.61 1508 66% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 0% 50% 83% 27% 5% 31 0 15% 97 34 6% 39 27 13% -3 0 0
2011 29 CHW AL 689 2455 3.56 1604 65% 27% 12% 28% 34% 73% 0% 48% 84% 27% 5% 35 1 14% 99 29 8% 53 31 24% -5 0 0
2012 30 CHW AL 623 2136 3.43 1479 69% 23% 13% 29% 35% 77% 1% 53% 84% 29% 3% 16 1 11% 66 25 3% 19 15 14% -2 0 0
2013 31 CHW AL 180 607 3.37 415 68% 21% 13% 32% 35% 79% 2% 54% 84% 34% 4% 7 1 11% 20 8 4% 7 5 26% -1 0 0
6 Yrs 3240 11318 3.49 7633 67% 23% 13% 29% 35% 77% 1% 52% 83% 32% 4% 133 3 13% 406 139 6% 180 108 17% -15 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 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
2008 26 136 509 480 65 139 22 2 21 77 13 9 18 61 .290 .317 .475 .792 104 228 14 3 4 4 3
2009 27 284 1115 1022 136 289 36 3 36 145 27 14 67 127 .283 .326 .430 .755 94 439 29 4 10 12 6
2010 28 440 1741 1607 219 454 65 5 54 215 40 22 94 209 .283 .321 .430 .751 96 691 41 6 17 17 8
2011 29 598 2425 2221 300 619 96 7 69 285 47 27 145 293 .279 .323 .421 .745 95 936 60 12 25 22 9
2012 30 756 3046 2814 359 776 120 11 78 358 67 34 161 370 .276 .316 .409 .725 91 1152 75 16 29 26 11
2013 31 801 3225 2982 378 823 129 11 79 367 75 35 169 393 .276 .316 .406 .722 90 1211 81 18 29 27 12

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
2008 26 136 504 476 61 135 21 2 20 73 13 17 61 .284 .310 .462 .772 68 136
2009 27 148 598 536 66 144 13 1 14 63 13 47 66 .269 .324 .375 .699 66 148
2010 28 156 628 587 85 167 29 2 18 72 13 27 82 .284 .316 .433 .748 81 156
2011 29 158 683 613 80 164 31 2 15 69 7 51 84 .268 .327 .398 .725 79 158
2012 30 158 622 594 60 158 24 4 9 74 20 16 77 .266 .288 .365 .653 62 158
2013 31 45 180 169 20 48 9 0 1 9 8 8 23 .284 .322 .355 .677 19 45
6 Yrs 801 3215 2975 372 816 127 11 77 360 74 166 393 .274 .314 .402 .716 375 801
162 Game Avg. 162 650 602 75 165 26 2 16 73 15 34 79 .274 .314 .402 .716 76 801

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Silver Sluggers
2010 AL (SS)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.0 (2nd)
2012 AL  2.3 (6th)
Active  8.0 (29th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  158 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2013 AL  8 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2011 AL  19 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 AL  9 (7th)
2012 AL  7 (10th)
Active  35 (45th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 AL  16.1 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 AL  7.9 (10th)
Active  7.6 (26th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  486 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2089), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2247), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2225), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (129th), 16.3 career WAR/16.3 7yr-peak WAR/16.3 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Ryan Doumit (931)
  5. Clint Barmes (923)
  6. Stephen Drew (921)
  7. Marcus Giles (919)
  8. Khalil Greene (918)
  9. Solly Hemus (913)
  10. Angel Berroa (912)
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  1. Ray Boone (936)
  2. Charlie Neal (929)
  3. Pat Meares (922)
  4. Jason Bartlett (921)
  5. Julio Lugo (920)
  6. Mark Ellis (918)
  7. Shawon Dunston (916)
  8. Mike Lansing (914)
  9. Johnny Logan (913)
  10. Al Dark (911)
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  3. Charlie Neal (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Boone (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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