Álex Romero

Alexander Rafael (Galban) Romero

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 9, 1983 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2008
Team: Diamondbacks 2008-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.065 [*],
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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	18	MIN-min	Rk	56	230	186	31	62	13	2	2	42	16	6	29	14	.333	.423	.457	.880		85	5	5	3	7	3		TWN · GULF
2003	19	MIN-min	A	120	476	423	50	125	16	3	4	40	11	8	43	43	.296	.359	.376	.735		159	10	1	5	4	3		QDS · MIDW
2004	20	MIN-min	A+	105	447	380	59	111	21	2	6	42	6	4	54	47	.292	.387	.405	.792		154	4	6	5	2	3		FTM · FLOR
2005	21	MIN-min	AA	139	560	509	65	153	31	2	15	77	12	11	36	69	.301	.354	.458	.812		233	12	8	4	3	4		NBR · EL
2006	22	MIN-min	AAA,AA	119	462	403	49	106	19	4	5	42	21	9	41	41	.263	.336	.367	.704		148	13	6	7	5	4		ROC,NBR · IL,EL
2007	23	ARI-min	AAA	131	584	535	82	166	32	6	5	66	12	10	37	53	.310	.354	.421	.775		225	20	1	8	3	2		TUC · PCL
2008	24	ARI-min	AAA	41	186	173	28	56	9	2	3	19	4	3	11	19	.324	.368	.451	.818		78	4	1	1	0	0		TUC · PCL
2008	24	ARI	NL	78	142	135	13	31	8	2	1	12	4	0	3	20	.230	.250	.341	.591	49	46	3	1	2	1	0	97/8
2009	25	ARI-min	AAA	70	317	279	40	97	20	3	2	47	7	4	32	26	.348	.416	.462	.879		129	8	3	0	3	4		REN · PCL
2009	25	ARI	NL	66	157	145	14	36	6	2	1	18	2	0	11	23	.248	.306	.338	.644	67	49	7	1	0	0	1	79/8
2010	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	61	253	223	27	57	9	1	2	21	2	2	23	24	.256	.328	.332	.660		74	7	2	3	2	1		MSS,GWI · SOUL,IL
2011	27	FLA-min	AA,AAA	123	465	409	60	126	25	3	7	55	8	3	36	47	.308	.379	.435	.814		178	11	13	3	4	2		JCK,NOR · SOUL,PCL
2012	28	QRO	AAA	57	254	218	49	81	9	0	10	38	4	2	26	19	.372	.446	.550	.996		120	10	4	5	1	1		QRO · MEX
2 Yrs				144	299	280	27	67	14	4	2	30	6	0	14	43	.239	.279	.339	.619	59	95	10	2	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	336	315	30	75	16	5	2	34	7	0	16	48	.239	.279	.339	.619	59	107	11	2	2	1	1

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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	24	ARI	NL	78	142	-10	0	3	-2	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.489	.495	-0.8	0.1	-7	$390,000	97/8
2009	25	ARI	NL	66	157	-8	0	3	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.490	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	79/8
2 Seasons				144	299	-17	1	6	-4	-14	-1.5	8	-6	-0.7	.490	.495	-1.3	0.2	-12	$390,000

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
2008	24	ARI	NL	142	110	11	2.7	114	.261	.230	.275	.250	.348	.341	.439	.591	.788	49	.249	-10.8	-1.0	.505	.163	.111	1.6
2009	25	ARI	NL	157	116	14	3.2	111	.289	.248	.272	.306	.346	.338	.431	.644	.777	67	.326	-7.6	-0.7	.543	.179	.090	1.3
2 Yrs				299	226	25	3.0	112	.275	.239	.273	.279	.347	.339	.435	.619	.782	59	.288	-18.5	-1.8	.525	.171	.100	3.0
162 Game Avg.				336	254	28	3.0	112	.275	.239	.273	.279	.347	.339	.435	.619	.782	59	.288	-18.5	-1.8	.525	.171	.100	3

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	24	ARI	NL	142	0.7%	14.1%	2.1%	7.8%	36%	6.67	6.8	135.0	11.3	0.97	1.07	81%	16%	1.9%	12%
2009	25	ARI	NL	157	0.6%	14.7%	7.0%	5.7%	25%	2.09	6.3	145.0	8.1	1.25	1.50	77%	17%	2.3%	19%
2 Yrs				299	0.7%	14.4%	4.7%	6.7%	30%	3.07	6.5	140.0	9.3	1.10	1.27	79%	17%	2.1%	15%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	2.02	5.0	33.5	7.8	0.79	1.06	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	24	ARI	NL	-11.0	-1.1	147	-0.5	1.8	-2.3	.85	-0.7	0.1	-5.1	-0.5	0.89	-8.0	0.89	26
2009	25	ARI	NL	-7.6	-0.7	162	-0.3	2.7	-3.0	1.05	-0.6	0.4	-6.6	-0.6	0.97	-7.9	1.32	24
2 Yrs				-18.6	-1.8	309	-0.8	4.5	-5.3	.95	-1.3	0.5	-11.7	-1.1	0.93	-15.9	1.10	50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2008	24	ARI	NL	2	35%	55	4	100%	3	1	4	2	40%	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
2009	25	ARI	NL	0	28%	71	2	100%	2	0	3	4	47%	9	6	3	2	2	4	4
2 Yrs				2	31%	126	6	100%	5	1	7	6	45%	11	7	4	3	3	6	5

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
2008	24	ARI	NL	142	82%	31	3	0	26	5	0	3	0.89	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	23	3	13%	17	6	35%	73	11	15%	6	4	67%	5	2	40%	0
2009	25	ARI	NL	157	83%	36	1	0	24	5	0	3	1.32	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0%	32	7	22%	14	2	14%	99	17	17%	7	4	57%	3	2	67%	0
2 Yrs				299	83%	67	4	0	50	10	0	6	1.10	2	0	8	2	0	2	0	0	4	2	50%	55	10	18%	31	8	26%	172	28	16%	13	8	62%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			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
2008	24	ARI	NL	142	462	3.25	324	70%	28%	11%	24%	36%	72%	0%	50%	84%	35%	2%	3	0	10%	14	4	6%	8	6	25%	0	0	0
2009	25	ARI	NL	157	610	3.89	402	66%	34%	9%	27%	30%	66%	2%	44%	86%	27%	4%	6	0	16%	25	4	8%	12	5	17%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				299	1072	3.59	726	68%	31%	10%	26%	33%	69%	1%	47%	85%	31%	3%	9	0	13%	39	8	7%	20	11	21%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			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	24	78	142	135	13	31	8	2	1	12	4	0	3	20	.230	.250	.341	.591	49	46	3	1	2	1	0
2009	25	144	299	280	27	67	14	4	2	30	6	0	14	43	.239	.279	.339	.619	59	95	10	2	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	24	78	140	133	11	29	7	2	1	11	4	3	20	.218	.239	.323	.562	10	78
2009	25	66	156	144	13	35	6	2	1	17	2	11	23	.243	.301	.333	.635	14	66
2 Yrs		144	296	277	24	64	13	4	2	28	6	14	43	.231	.272	.329	.601	24	144
162 Game Avg.		162	333	312	27	72	15	5	2	32	7	16	48	.231	.272	.329	.601	27	144

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