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Brian Roberts

Brian Michael Roberts (twitter: @1brianroberts)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 9, 1977 in Durham, NC
High School: Chapel Hill HS (Chapel Hill, NC)
Schools: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (50th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2001
Team: Orioles 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$40M (10-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.131, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Mark Pieper [*]
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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
2001 23 BAL AL 75 292 273 42 69 12 3 2 17 12 3 13 36 .253 .284 .341 .624 68 93 3 0 3 3 0 64/D
2002 24 BAL AL 38 149 128 18 29 6 0 1 11 9 2 15 21 .227 .308 .297 .605 66 38 3 1 3 2 0 4/D
2003 25 BAL AL 112 512 460 65 124 22 4 5 41 23 6 46 58 .270 .337 .367 .704 87 169 9 1 4 1 1 4/D6
2004 26 BAL AL 159 736 641 107 175 50 2 4 53 29 12 71 95 .273 .344 .376 .720 90 241 3 1 15 6 1 *4/D
2005 27 BAL AL 143 640 561 92 176 45 7 18 73 27 10 67 83 .314 .387 .515 .903 139 289 6 3 5 4 5 *4 AS,MVP-18
2006 28 BAL AL 138 630 563 85 161 34 3 10 55 36 7 55 66 .286 .347 .410 .757 96 231 16 0 6 5 4 *4/D
2007 29 BAL AL 156 716 621 103 180 42 5 12 57 50 7 89 99 .290 .377 .432 .808 112 268 8 0 2 4 6 *4 AS
2008 30 BAL AL 155 704 611 107 181 51 8 9 57 40 10 82 104 .296 .378 .450 .828 118 275 8 2 3 6 3 *4
2009 31 BAL AL 159 717 632 110 179 56 1 16 79 30 7 74 112 .283 .356 .451 .807 110 285 7 2 1 8 3 *4
2010 32 BAL AL 59 261 230 28 64 14 0 4 15 12 2 26 40 .278 .354 .391 .745 105 90 2 2 1 2 1 4
2011 33 BAL AL 39 178 163 18 36 7 1 3 19 6 1 12 21 .221 .273 .331 .604 65 54 4 0 2 1 0 4
11 Yrs 1233 5535 4883 775 1374 339 34 84 477 274 67 550 735 .281 .353 .416 .769 103 2033 69 12 45 42 24
162 Game Avg. 162 727 642 102 181 45 4 11 63 36 9 72 97 .281 .353 .416 .769 103 267 9 2 6 6 3

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
2001 23 BAL AL 75 292 -14 2 0 -6 2 -15 -1.4 10 -5 -0.5 .480 .491 0.1 -0.3 0 $ 64/D
2002 24 BAL AL 38 149 -6 1 0 2 -0 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .491 .498 0.0 0.2 -0 $ 4/D
2003 25 BAL AL 112 512 -8 2 1 11 2 8 1.0 17 25 2.5 .507 .505 1.4 1.4 14 $ 4/D6
2004 26 BAL AL 159 736 -3 -1 2 -3 2 -3 -0.0 24 21 2.2 .498 .498 2.4 0.1 24 $345,000 *4/D
2005 27 BAL AL 143 640 32 -1 2 15 3 50 5.1 22 72 7.0 .535 .531 5.5 1.9 57 $390,000 *4 AS,MVP-18
2006 28 BAL AL 138 630 -0 3 -2 8 2 11 1.2 22 32 3.1 .508 .507 2.4 1.1 24 $3,075,000 *4/D
2007 29 BAL AL 156 716 10 3 1 0 3 17 1.8 24 41 4.0 .511 .510 4.0 0.4 41 $4,200,000 *4 AS
2008 30 BAL AL 155 704 20 2 1 0 3 26 2.9 24 50 5.0 .516 .516 4.9 0.5 50 $6,300,000 *4
2009 31 BAL AL 159 717 8 0 0 -8 3 4 0.6 24 28 2.7 .502 .502 3.5 -0.4 36 $8,000,000 *4
2010 32 BAL AL 59 261 1 0 1 -1 1 2 0.3 9 11 1.1 .504 .501 1.2 0.1 12 $10,000,000 4
2011 33 BAL AL 39 178 -9 2 -0 1 1 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .486 .497 0.0 0.2 0 $10,000,000 4
11 Seasons 1233 5535 32 13 5 19 22 91 10.7 186 278 27.4 .507 .505 25.4 5.2 259 $42,310,000

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
2001 23 BAL AL 292 216 28 3.5 103 .282 .253 .261 .284 .327 .341 .420 .624 .747 68 .334 -12.7 -1.2 .548 .168 .088 3.4
2002 24 BAL AL 149 109 13 3.2 101 .259 .227 .258 .308 .325 .297 .416 .605 .740 66 .310 -5.4 -0.5 .587 .242 .070 1.8
2003 25 BAL AL 512 356 60 4.5 106 .299 .270 .267 .337 .333 .367 .427 .704 .759 87 .449 -8.2 -0.8 .664 .235 .098 8.2
2004 26 BAL AL 736 502 90 4.8 108 .312 .273 .268 .344 .336 .376 .430 .720 .766 90 .465 -6.6 -0.6 .686 .240 .103 7.0
2005 27 BAL AL 640 410 117 7.6 104 .341 .314 .267 .387 .330 .515 .423 .903 .753 139 .692 33.7 3.2 .938 .351 .201 21.6
2006 28 BAL AL 630 436 82 5.0 110 .307 .286 .274 .347 .339 .410 .436 .757 .775 96 .482 -1.9 -0.2 .741 .274 .124 15.7
2007 29 BAL AL 716 462 113 6.5 108 .327 .290 .272 .377 .340 .432 .426 .808 .765 112 .616 13.9 1.3 .877 .354 .142 19.4
2008 30 BAL AL 704 457 113 6.6 106 .341 .296 .269 .378 .337 .450 .423 .828 .760 118 .628 19.4 1.8 .868 .337 .154 14.7
2009 31 BAL AL 717 476 109 6.1 109 .318 .283 .268 .356 .338 .451 .431 .807 .769 110 .585 12.2 1.1 .822 .321 .168 20.9
2010 32 BAL AL 261 173 35 5.4 99 .319 .278 .259 .354 .327 .391 .406 .745 .733 105 .566 2.5 0.2 .753 .270 .113 6.0
2011 33 BAL AL 178 135 15 3.0 99 .236 .221 .258 .273 .323 .331 .409 .604 .732 65 .310 -8.1 -0.8 .538 .215 .110 4.0
11 Yrs 5535 3732 775 5.6 106 .314 .281 .268 .353 .334 .416 .426 .769 .760 103 .546 38.7 3.6 .769 .290 .135 128.6
162 Game Avg. 727 490 102 5.6 106 .314 .281 .268 .353 .334 .416 .426 .769 .760 103 .546 5 0 .769 .290 .135 17

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
2005 BAL AL 27 as 2B 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BAL AL 29 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 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
2001 23 BAL AL 292 0.7% 12.3% 4.5% 5.8% 25% 2.77 7.6 136.5 16.1 0.65 0.99 82% 33% 1.6% 10%
2002 24 BAL AL 149 0.7% 14.1% 10.1% 4.7% 24% 1.40 6.1 128.0 11.6 0.49 0.65 72% 22% 1.7% 15%
2003 25 BAL AL 512 1.0% 11.3% 9.0% 6.1% 25% 1.26 7.9 92.0 11.2 0.80 0.97 78% 21% 2.5% 8%
2004 26 BAL AL 736 0.5% 12.9% 9.7% 7.6% 32% 1.34 6.7 160.3 12.1 0.65 0.83 74% 21% 1.3% 7%
2005 27 BAL AL 640 2.8% 13.0% 10.5% 10.9% 40% 1.24 6.8 31.2 7.7 0.54 0.68 73% 24% 6.4% 8%
2006 28 BAL AL 630 1.6% 10.5% 8.7% 7.5% 29% 1.20 8.5 56.3 10.2 0.75 1.00 78% 21% 3.7% 6%
2007 29 BAL AL 716 1.7% 13.8% 12.4% 8.2% 33% 1.11 6.3 51.8 10.9 0.57 0.69 72% 19% 3.8% 6%
2008 30 BAL AL 704 1.3% 14.8% 11.7% 9.7% 38% 1.27 5.9 67.9 10.7 0.67 0.80 72% 22% 3.2% 8%
2009 31 BAL AL 717 2.2% 15.6% 10.3% 10.2% 41% 1.51 5.6 39.5 8.0 0.59 0.71 71% 22% 5.4% 9%
2010 32 BAL AL 261 1.5% 15.3% 10.0% 6.9% 28% 1.54 5.8 57.5 15.3 0.51 0.64 72% 22% 3.4% 8%
2011 33 BAL AL 178 1.7% 11.8% 6.7% 6.2% 31% 1.75 7.8 54.3 8.6 0.42 0.49 79% 19% 3.5% 15%
11 Yrs 5535 1.5% 13.3% 9.9% 8.3% 33% 1.34 6.6 58.1 10.2 0.62 0.78 74% 22% 3.6% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.03 5.1 32.9 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.8% 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 BAL AL -12.7 -1.2 314 -1.5 4.0 -5.5 .97 -1.5 -0.1 -11.2 -1.1 0.91 -14.0 0.60 9
2002 24 BAL AL -5.4 -0.5 163 -0.6 2.2 -2.9 1.01 -0.5 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 0.93 -4.8 1.50 4
2003 25 BAL AL -8.2 -0.8 550 -1.8 7.5 -9.3 .97 -1.2 -0.7 -10.1 -1.0 0.93 -12.6 1
2004 26 BAL AL -6.6 -0.6 793 -0.7 11.5 -12.2 .97 -0.6 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.95 -10.3 3.96 2
2005 27 BAL AL 33.7 3.2 689 2.6 13.2 -10.5 .99 2.3 0.4 31.3 3.0 0.97 29.5 1.92 3
2006 28 BAL AL -1.9 -0.2 692 0.2 11.2 -11.0 1.05 0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.98 -1.1 1.09 3
2007 29 BAL AL 13.9 1.3 784 1.5 14.3 -12.8 1.07 1.1 0.3 17.2 1.6 0.95 12.9 1.88 4
2008 30 BAL AL 19.4 1.8 766 2.1 14.2 -12.1 1.02 1.9 0.2 23.2 2.2 0.92 18.8 1.66 3
2009 31 BAL AL 12.2 1.1 773 2.2 14.5 -12.3 1.02 1.0 1.3 17.0 1.6 0.94 11.6 1.58 4
2010 32 BAL AL 2.5 0.2 278 0.3 4.7 -4.5 1.05 0.2 0.0 1.8 0.2 0.92 1.8 2.15 1
2011 33 BAL AL -7.9 -0.8 190 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 .98 -0.9 0.8 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 -8.4 0
11 Yrs 38.9 3.6 5992 4.1 100.4 -96.3 1.01 2.2 1.9 55.4 5.1 0.95 23.2 1.45 34

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
2001 23 BAL AL 1 0 50% 93 12 3 80% 12 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 11 48% 13 9 3 4 1 3 12 4 8
2002 24 BAL AL 1 0 39% 59 9 2 82% 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 60% 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
2003 25 BAL AL 3 0 36% 238 23 6 79% 19 6 4 0 0 0 5 4 5 17 52% 36 21 15 7 3 4 20 6 14
2004 26 BAL AL 12 2 42% 307 29 12 71% 23 11 6 1 0 0 8 5 11 24 42% 51 35 15 11 6 4 31 10 20
2005 27 BAL AL 5 0 33% 264 27 10 73% 18 9 9 1 0 0 8 4 6 13 31% 40 31 9 10 6 4 20 9 9
2006 28 BAL AL 7 1 36% 208 36 7 84% 24 7 12 0 0 0 7 2 7 19 54% 29 18 11 2 2 0 30 8 22
2007 29 BAL AL 2 0 35% 273 50 7 88% 31 6 19 1 0 0 7 3 9 13 42% 34 24 9 15 9 6 27 10 17
2008 30 BAL AL 8 0 38% 291 40 10 80% 31 7 9 3 0 0 8 4 7 14 50% 30 19 11 15 8 6 31 9 21
2009 31 BAL AL 4 0 39% 275 30 7 81% 16 7 14 0 0 0 5 1 9 24 34% 37 27 9 16 10 6 23 11 11
2010 32 BAL AL 1 0 27% 119 12 2 86% 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 10 27% 12 10 2 3 2 1 11 5 4
2011 33 BAL AL 0 0 33% 60 6 1 86% 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 54% 7 4 3 3 2 1 3 0 3
11 Yrs 44 3 37% 2187 274 67 80% 194 58 80 9 0 0 56 28 64 159 43% 295 201 90 87 50 35 211 72 132

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 BAL AL 292 100% 69 3 1 9 1 0 0 0.60 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 75% 42 3 7% 30 10 33% 137 15 11% 14 7 50% 10 5 50% 0
2002 24 BAL AL 149 100% 29 3 1 4 1 0 0 1.50 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 24 3 13% 20 8 40% 81 10 12% 5 4 80% 9 3 33% 0
2003 25 BAL AL 512 100% 124 11 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 9 3 2 3 2 0 9 4 44% 64 9 14% 29 14 48% 237 36 15% 22 11 50% 10 7 70% 0
2004 26 BAL AL 736 100% 175 17 6 2 0 0 1 3.96 4 1 21 4 0 0 4 0 19 15 79% 115 3 3% 54 26 48% 380 52 14% 34 16 47% 27 18 67% 0
2005 27 BAL AL 640 100% 176 9 2 3 1 0 0 1.92 18 0 16 13 5 9 9 0 5 5 100% 104 6 6% 43 14 33% 335 56 17% 31 16 52% 11 5 45% 0
2006 28 BAL AL 630 100% 161 6 0 3 1 0 0 1.09 10 0 16 9 1 6 4 0 6 6 100% 111 16 14% 50 19 38% 348 48 14% 34 18 53% 19 7 37% 0
2007 29 BAL AL 716 100% 180 13 1 4 2 0 0 1.88 12 0 10 11 1 6 6 0 5 2 40% 95 8 8% 40 12 30% 366 46 13% 30 11 37% 18 8 44% 0
2008 30 BAL AL 704 100% 181 12 1 3 0 0 0 1.66 9 0 8 7 2 6 3 0 4 3 75% 97 8 8% 44 20 45% 307 51 17% 28 16 57% 12 8 67% 0
2009 31 BAL AL 717 100% 179 11 3 4 0 0 0 1.58 16 2 22 15 1 4 12 0 2 1 50% 110 7 6% 44 14 32% 372 67 18% 48 31 65% 16 10 63% 0
2010 32 BAL AL 261 100% 64 8 0 1 0 0 0 2.15 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 33% 30 2 7% 18 6 33% 109 12 11% 10 6 60% 6 4 67% 0
2011 33 BAL AL 178 99% 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 30 4 13% 18 7 39% 91 17 19% 7 3 43% 7 5 71% 0
11 Yrs 5535 100% 1374 96 19 34 7 0 1 1.45 84 5 119 68 16 38 46 0 63 45 71% 822 69 8% 390 150 38% 2763 410 15% 263 139 53% 145 80 55% 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 BAL AL 294 1116 3.80 727 65% 28% 9% 29% 33% 72% 0% 47% 87% 29% 2% 5 0 15% 44 19 9% 26 13 22% -2 0 0
2002 24 BAL AL 149 571 3.83 360 63% 36% 7% 25% 31% 64% 0% 40% 89% 21% 5% 8 0 14% 21 5 9% 13 3 48% 0 0 0
2003 25 BAL AL 515 2019 3.92 1251 62% 36% 5% 26% 33% 64% 1% 39% 93% 20% 4% 23 0 16% 84 20 10% 54 21 52% -3 0 0
2004 26 BAL AL 738 2915 3.95 1831 63% 31% 7% 31% 31% 69% 0% 44% 90% 23% 4% 28 0 14% 102 35 8% 57 21 37% -2 0 0
2005 27 BAL AL 641 2359 3.68 1503 64% 25% 9% 33% 32% 75% 2% 48% 88% 34% 5% 29 1 13% 83 37 9% 58 30 33% -1 0 0
2006 28 BAL AL 630 2418 3.84 1528 63% 27% 6% 33% 33% 73% 1% 46% 91% 25% 5% 29 0 12% 74 31 8% 49 22 35% 0 0 0
2007 29 BAL AL 720 3012 4.18 1814 60% 31% 8% 31% 29% 69% 2% 42% 88% 25% 6% 42 1 16% 113 37 13% 92 33 36% -4 0 0
2008 30 BAL AL 706 2844 4.03 1709 60% 32% 9% 28% 30% 68% 1% 41% 86% 25% 6% 39 0 19% 131 48 13% 90 42 29% -2 0 0
2009 31 BAL AL 717 2901 4.05 1772 61% 31% 8% 31% 30% 69% 1% 42% 88% 21% 6% 41 0 17% 120 48 12% 89 50 29% 0 0 0
2010 32 BAL AL 263 1096 4.17 685 63% 27% 10% 35% 28% 73% 0% 46% 86% 27% 5% 14 0 14% 36 13 12% 32 20 10% -2 0 0
2011 33 BAL AL 178 685 3.85 440 64% 29% 8% 30% 33% 71% 0% 46% 88% 30% 5% 9 0 12% 21 6 11% 19 12 5% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 5551 21936 3.95 13620 62% 30% 8% 31% 31% 70% 1% 43% 88% 25% 5% 267 2 15% 829 299 10% 579 267 32% -16 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 75 292 273 42 69 12 3 2 17 12 3 13 36 .253 .284 .341 .624 68 93 3 0 3 3 0
2002 24 113 441 401 60 98 18 3 3 28 21 5 28 57 .244 .292 .327 .619 68 131 6 1 6 5 0
2003 25 225 953 861 125 222 40 7 8 69 44 11 74 115 .258 .316 .348 .664 78 300 15 2 10 6 1
2004 26 384 1689 1502 232 397 90 9 12 122 73 23 145 210 .264 .328 .360 .688 83 541 18 3 25 12 2
2005 27 527 2329 2063 324 573 135 16 30 195 100 33 212 293 .278 .344 .402 .747 98 830 24 6 30 16 7
2006 28 665 2959 2626 409 734 169 19 40 250 136 40 267 359 .280 .345 .404 .749 98 1061 40 6 36 21 11
2007 29 821 3675 3247 512 914 211 24 52 307 186 47 356 458 .281 .351 .409 .760 101 1329 48 6 38 25 17
2008 30 976 4379 3858 619 1095 262 32 61 364 226 57 438 562 .284 .355 .416 .771 104 1604 56 8 41 31 20
2009 31 1135 5096 4490 729 1274 318 33 77 443 256 64 512 674 .284 .356 .421 .776 105 1889 63 10 42 39 23
2010 32 1194 5357 4720 757 1338 332 33 81 458 268 66 538 714 .283 .355 .419 .775 105 1979 65 12 43 41 24
2011 33 1233 5535 4883 775 1374 339 34 84 477 274 67 550 735 .281 .353 .416 .769 103 2033 69 12 45 42 24

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
2001 23 75 293 274 43 70 12 3 2 17 12 13 36 .255 .286 .343 .629 27 75
2002 24 38 149 128 18 29 6 0 1 11 9 15 21 .227 .308 .297 .605 12 38
2003 25 112 511 459 64 123 22 4 5 40 23 46 58 .268 .335 .366 .701 56 112
2004 26 159 728 637 103 171 49 2 4 51 28 69 95 .268 .338 .370 .708 80 159
2005 27 143 640 561 92 176 45 7 18 73 27 67 83 .314 .387 .515 .903 112 143
2006 28 138 622 558 81 156 33 3 10 52 35 53 66 .280 .339 .403 .743 77 138
2007 29 156 709 616 98 175 41 5 12 54 49 87 99 .284 .371 .425 .796 97 156
2008 30 155 700 608 105 178 50 8 9 56 39 81 104 .293 .374 .446 .820 102 155
2009 31 159 713 629 107 176 55 1 16 77 29 73 112 .280 .353 .447 .799 99 159
2010 32 59 265 233 30 67 15 0 4 16 13 27 40 .288 .364 .403 .767 34 59
2011 33 39 181 165 19 38 7 1 3 21 6 13 21 .230 .285 .339 .624 16 39
11 Yrs 1233 5511 4868 760 1359 335 34 84 468 270 544 735 .279 .350 .414 .764 712 1233
162 Game Avg. 162 724 640 100 179 44 4 11 61 35 71 97 .279 .350 .414 .764 94 1233

* 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
2005 (2B)
2007 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (18, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 AL  7.0 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  7.0 (2nd)
Active  27.4 (40th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.5 (6th)
2008 AL  4.9 (8th)
Active  25.4 (47th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  1.9 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL  .314 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL  .387 (8th)
2008 AL  .378 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2005 AL  .903 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2004 AL  159 (5th)
2009 AL  159 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
2004 AL  641 (5th)
2007 AL  621 (9th)
2009 AL  632 (7th)
Active  4,883 (44th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2004 AL  736 (3rd)
2007 AL  716 (3rd)
2008 AL  704 (9th)
2009 AL  717 (3rd)
Active  5,535 (44th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 AL  107 (3rd)
2009 AL  110 (3rd)
Active  775 (40th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,374 (42nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2004 AL  50 (1st)
2005 AL  45 (2nd)
2007 AL  42 (8th)
2008 AL  51 (2nd)
2009 AL  56 (1st)
Active  339 (33rd)

Triples s c a p y
2005 AL  7 (6th)
2008 AL  8 (4th)
Active  34 (36th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  89 (9th)
2008 AL  82 (8th)
Active  550 (36th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2003 AL  23 (8th)
2004 AL  29 (4th)
2005 AL  27 (7th)
2006 AL  36 (6th)
2007 AL  50 (1st)
2008 AL  40 (4th)
2009 AL  30 (8th)
Active  274 (15th)
Career  274 (184th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  917 (42nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2005 AL  139 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 AL  117 (10th)
2008 AL  113 (10th)
Active  775 (47th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2005 AL  34 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2005 AL  3.2 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  70 (10th)
2009 AL  73 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2007 AL  269 (7th)
2008 AL  265 (6th)
Active  1,936 (40th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 AL  .692 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  15 (3rd)
Active  45 (50th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (6th)
Active  42 (46th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2004 AL  12 (5th)
2005 AL  10 (5th)
2008 AL  10 (6th)
Active  67 (18th)

SB % s c a p y
2006 AL  83.72 (7th)
2007 AL  87.72 (5th)
Active  80.35 (20th)
Career  80.35 (43rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 AL  21.6 (5th)
2009 AL  20.9 (6th)
Active  128.6 (37th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.6 (42nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2004 AL  502 (1st)
2007 AL  462 (10th)
2009 AL  476 (8th)
Active  3,732 (47th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (345), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (561), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (568), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Orlando Hudson (923)
  2. Bobby Avila (918)
  3. Ronnie Belliard (912)
  4. Bill Doran (903)
  5. Todd Walker (899)
  6. Carlos Guillen (898)
  7. Mariano Duncan (895)
  8. Red Kress (892)
  9. Gil McDougald (890)
  10. Julio Lugo (890)
Similar Batters through 33 
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  1. Orlando Hudson (923)
  2. Ronnie Belliard (917)
  3. Jimmy Dykes (906)
  4. Bill Doran (900)
  5. Todd Walker (898)
  6. Adam Kennedy (896)
  7. Lonny Frey (894)
  8. Red Kress (893)
  9. Mark Grudzielanek (892)
  10. Billy Werber (892)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Nelson Liriano (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brent Gates (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Adam Kennedy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adam Kennedy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Adam Kennedy (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Dunlap (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Placido Polanco (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Dykes (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Orlando Hudson (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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