Jason Romano

Jason Anthony Romano

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 24, 1979 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted
by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (39th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2002
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/Rangers/Rockies/DevilRays 2002-2005

Final Game: July 9, 2005
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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
2002 23 TOT MLB 47 101 91 17 23 4 1 0 5 6 1 7 24 .253 .303 .319 .622 59 29 0 0 2 1 0 487/6D5
2002 23 TEX AL 29 60 54 8 11 4 0 0 4 2 0 4 13 .204 .254 .278 .532 39 15 0 0 1 1 0 7/48D5
2002 23 COL NL 18 41 37 9 12 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 11 .324 .375 .378 .753 89 14 0 0 1 0 0 4/685
2003 24 LAD NL 37 37 36 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .083 .108 .083 .191 -48 3 2 0 0 0 0 8/794D
2004 25 TOT MLB 26 37 34 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 12 .147 .194 .235 .430 13 8 0 0 1 0 0 /9847
2004 25 TBD AL 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 0 0 0 /47
2004 25 CIN NL 22 29 26 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .154 .214 .269 .484 26 7 0 0 1 0 0 /98
2005 26 CIN NL 19 34 30 3 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .267 .353 .433 .786 105 13 0 1 0 0 0 /789
4 Yrs 129 209 191 26 39 6 1 2 12 8 1 13 53 .204 .257 .277 .535 39 53 2 1 3 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 262 240 33 49 8 1 3 15 10 1 16 67 .204 .257 .277 .535 39 67 3 1 4 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 41 63 56 6 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 5 19 .214 .290 .357 .647 69 20 0 1 1 0 0
TBD (1 yr) 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 18 41 37 9 12 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 11 .324 .375 .378 .753 89 14 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 37 37 36 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .083 .108 .083 .191 -48 3 2 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 29 60 54 8 11 4 0 0 4 2 0 4 13 .204 .254 .278 .532 39 15 0 0 1 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 96 141 129 18 27 2 1 2 7 6 1 9 38 .209 .266 .287 .553 44 37 2 1 2 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 33 68 62 8 12 4 0 0 5 2 0 4 15 .194 .239 .258 .497 30 16 0 0 1 1 0

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
2002 23 TEX AL 29 60 -6 1 0 2 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 7/48D5
2002 23 COL NL 18 41 0 0 0 -3 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .486 .498 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 4/685
2003 24 LAD NL 37 37 -8 0 -0 0 -0 -8 -0.8 1 -7 -0.7 .477 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -7 $302,500 8/794D
2004 25 TBD AL 4 8 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /47
2004 25 CIN NL 22 29 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .484 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /98
2005 26 CIN NL 19 34 0 -0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .493 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /789
4 Seasons 129 209 -17 1 0 -2 -1 -19 -1.9 6 -13 -1.2 .485 .498 -1.1 -0.2 -11 $302,500
CIN (2 yrs) 41 63 -3 -0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .489 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $
TBD (1 yr) 4 8 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $
COL (1 yr) 18 41 0 0 0 -3 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .486 .498 0.2 -0.3 2 $
LAD (1 yr) 37 37 -8 0 -0 0 -0 -8 -0.8 1 -7 -0.7 .477 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -7 $302,500
TEX (1 yr) 29 60 -6 1 0 2 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $

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
2002 23 TOT MLB 101 72 11 4.1 114 .338 .253 .276 .303 .347 .319 .442 .622 .789 59 .420 -5.7 -0.5 .594 .198 .066 .0
2002 23 TEX AL 60 45 5 3.0 110 .262 .204 .271 .254 .339 .278 .436 .532 .776 39 .283 -4.8 -0.5 .488 .185 .074 .0
2002 23 COL NL 41 27 6 6.0 120 .462 .324 .283 .375 .359 .378 .450 .753 .809 89 .597 -0.8 -0.1 .769 .216 .054 .0
2003 24 LAD NL 37 35 0 0.0 104 .107 .083 .261 .108 .332 .083 .419 .191 .751 -48 .000 -7.8 -0.8 .171 .083 .000 .0
2004 25 TOT MLB 37 30 2 1.8 108 .190 .147 .266 .194 .336 .235 .430 .430 .766 13 .130 -4.6 -0.4 .345 .147 .088 .0
2004 25 TBD AL 8 7 0 0.0 106 .167 .125 .266 .125 .333 .125 .427 .250 .760 -33 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
2004 25 CIN NL 29 23 2 2.3 108 .200 .154 .266 .214 .337 .269 .431 .484 .768 26 .196 -3.0 -0.3 .409 .192 .115 .0
2005 26 CIN NL 34 22 5 6.1 108 .350 .267 .268 .353 .339 .433 .428 .786 .767 105 .602 0.3 0.0 .773 .267 .167 .0
4 Yrs 209 159 18 3.0 110 .270 .204 .270 .257 .341 .277 .433 .535 .775 39 .292 -17.7 -1.7 .477 .178 .073 3.2
162 Game Avg. 262 200 23 3.0 110 .270 .204 .270 .257 .341 .277 .433 .535 .775 39 .292 -17.7 -1.7 .477 .178 .073 4
CIN (2 yrs) 63 45 7 4.2 108 .286 .214 .267 .290 .338 .357 .429 .647 .768 69 .423 -2.7 -0.3 .591 .232 .143 .0
TBD (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 106 .167 .125 .266 .125 .333 .125 .427 .250 .760 -33 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
COL (1 yr) 41 27 6 6.0 120 .462 .324 .283 .375 .359 .378 .450 .753 .809 89 .597 -0.8 -0.1 .769 .216 .054 .0
LAD (1 yr) 37 35 0 0.0 104 .107 .083 .261 .108 .332 .083 .419 .191 .751 -48 .000 -7.8 -0.8 .171 .083 .000 .0
TEX (1 yr) 60 45 5 3.0 110 .262 .204 .271 .254 .339 .278 .436 .532 .776 39 .283 -4.8 -0.5 .488 .185 .074 .0
NL (4 yrs) 141 107 13 3.3 110 .281 .209 .270 .266 .343 .287 .432 .553 .775 44 .322 -11.3 -1.1 .495 .186 .078 3.0
AL (2 yrs) 68 52 5 2.6 110 .250 .194 .270 .239 .339 .258 .435 .497 .774 30 .230 -6.4 -0.6 .440 .161 .065 .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
2002 23 TOT MLB 101 0.0% 23.8% 6.9% 5.0% 22% 3.43 3.8 18.2 0.75 1.14 67% 23% 0.0% 11%
2002 23 TEX AL 60 0.0% 21.7% 6.7% 6.7% 36% 3.25 4.2 13.5 0.86 1.06 70% 19% 0.0% 18%
2002 23 COL NL 41 0.0% 26.8% 7.3% 2.4% 8% 3.67 3.4 37.0 0.57 1.33 63% 30% 0.0% 0%
2003 24 LAD NL 37 0.0% 21.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 4.5 0.87 1.25 76% 32% 0.0% 13%
2004 25 TOT MLB 37 2.7% 32.4% 5.4% 2.7% 20% 6.00 2.8 34.0 8.5 0.57 0.64 57% 17% 9.1% 21%
2004 25 TBD AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 8.0 0.50 0.67 75% 33% 0.0% 0%
2004 25 CIN NL 29 3.5% 34.5% 6.9% 3.5% 25% 5.00 2.6 26.0 8.7 0.60 0.63 52% 12% 14.3% 30%
2005 26 CIN NL 34 2.9% 26.5% 8.8% 8.8% 38% 3.00 3.3 30.0 10.0 1.33 2.00 59% 19% 12.5% 11%
4 Yrs 209 1.0% 25.4% 6.2% 4.3% 23% 4.08 3.6 95.5 15.9 0.81 1.12 66% 23% 3.1% 14%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.96 5.3 32.1 7.7 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 23 TOT MLB -5.7 -0.5 110 0.1 1.5 -1.4 .88 -0.3 0.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.90 -3.3 0.28 1
2002 23 TEX AL -4.8 -0.5 63 0.0 0.9 -0.9 .90 -0.3 0.3 -3.4 -0.3 0.88 -3.9 0.28 1
2002 23 COL NL -0.9 -0.1 47 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .86 -0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.92 0.6 0
2003 24 LAD NL -7.8 -0.8 39 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .71 -0.6 -0.0 -9.0 -0.9 1.00 -8.2 0.64 8
2004 25 TOT MLB -4.6 -0.4 37 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .98 -0.3 0.3 -3.6 -0.3 0.93 -3.9 1.06 10
2004 25 TBD AL -1.6 -0.2 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .95 -0.1 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.00 -1.5 2.81 1
2004 25 CIN NL -3.1 -0.3 29 0.0 0.5 -0.5 .99 -0.2 0.2 -2.6 -0.2 0.91 -2.3 0.87 9
2005 26 CIN NL 0.3 0.0 35 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .73 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.84 1.2 0.38 6
4 Yrs -17.8 -1.7 221 -0.5 2.7 -3.2 .84 -1.4 0.8 -15.1 -1.5 0.91 -14.1 0.73 25

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
2002 23 TOT MLB 1 0 57% 51 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 53% 11 5 6 1 0 1 5 3 2
2002 23 TEX AL 0 0 53% 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 0
2002 23 COL NL 1 0 60% 24 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 56% 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
2003 24 LAD NL 0 0 75% 21 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 TOT MLB 0 0 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 TBD AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 0 0 40% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 CIN NL 0 0 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 1 0 47% 95 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 48% 14 7 7 1 0 1 6 4 2

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
2002 23 TOT MLB 101 33% 23 5 2 1 0 0 0 0.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 0 0% 8 4 50% 49 6 12% 4 3 75% 3 3 100% 0
2002 23 TEX AL 60 25% 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 5 2 40% 25 4 16% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2002 23 COL NL 41 44% 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 3 2 67% 24 2 8% 3 2 67% 3 3 100% 0
2003 24 LAD NL 37 54% 3 0 0 8 1 0 0 0.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 5 1 20% 24 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2004 25 TOT MLB 37 43% 5 2 0 10 0 0 0 1.06 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 21 3 14% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2004 25 TBD AL 8 75% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 29 34% 4 2 0 9 0 0 0 0.87 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 15 2 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2005 26 CIN NL 34 62% 8 1 0 6 1 0 0 0.38 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 209 43% 39 8 2 25 2 0 0 0.73 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 75% 32 2 6% 17 6 35% 107 11 10% 8 5 63% 8 5 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

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
2002 23 TOT MLB 101 365 3.61 246 67% 32% 19% 21% 28% 68% 0% 46% 72% 31% 2% 2 0 7% 7 1 10% 10 2 4% 0 0 0
2002 23 TEX AL 60 224 3.73 155 69% 35% 15% 21% 28% 65% 0% 45% 76% 23% 3% 2 0 7% 4 0 8% 5 1 8% 0 0 0
2002 23 COL NL 41 141 3.44 91 65% 25% 25% 20% 30% 75% 0% 48% 66% 41% 0% 0 0 7% 3 1 12% 5 1 0% 0 0 0
2003 24 LAD NL 38 132 3.47 91 69% 38% 14% 16% 31% 62% 0% 42% 77% 18% 5% 2 0 13% 5 1 5% 2 1 25% -1 0 0
2004 25 TOT MLB 38 147 3.87 96 65% 25% 26% 25% 24% 75% 0% 49% 65% 39% 0% 0 0 13% 5 2 5% 2 1 25% -1 0 0
2004 25 TBD AL 8 31 3.88 21 68% 29% 19% 24% 29% 71% 0% 48% 73% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 30 116 3.87 75 65% 24% 28% 25% 23% 76% 0% 49% 63% 37% 0% 0 0 17% 5 2 7% 2 1 20% -1 0 0
2005 26 CIN NL 34 137 4.03 86 63% 37% 17% 21% 24% 63% 0% 39% 72% 15% 6% 2 0 18% 6 1 3% 1 1 22% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 211 781 3.70 519 66% 33% 19% 21% 27% 67% 0% 45% 71% 27% 3% 6 0 11% 23 5 7% 15 5 15% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 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
2002 23 47 101 91 17 23 4 1 0 5 6 1 7 24 .253 .303 .319 .622 59 29 0 0 2 1 0
2003 24 84 138 127 20 26 4 1 0 5 8 1 8 32 .205 .250 .252 .502 31 32 2 0 2 1 0
2004 25 110 175 161 23 31 4 1 1 9 8 1 10 44 .193 .238 .248 .487 27 40 2 0 3 1 0
2005 26 129 209 191 26 39 6 1 2 12 8 1 13 53 .204 .257 .277 .535 39 53 2 1 3 1 0

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
2002 23 47 100 90 15 22 4 1 0 4 6 7 24 .244 .296 .311 .607 8 47
2003 24 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 .000 .027 .000 .027 0 37
2004 25 26 38 35 4 6 0 0 1 5 0 2 12 .171 .216 .257 .473 2 26
2005 26 19 34 30 3 8 2 0 1 3 0 3 9 .267 .353 .433 .786 4 19
4 Yrs 129 209 191 22 36 6 1 2 12 8 13 53 .188 .243 .262 .504 14 129
162 Game Avg. 162 262 240 28 45 8 1 3 15 10 16 67 .188 .243 .262 .504 18 129

* 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.

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