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Aaron Rowand

Aaron Ryan Rowand

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 29, 1977 in Portland, OR
High School: Glendora (Glendora, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2001
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Giants/Phillies 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 5 yrs/$60M (08-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.055, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Craig Landis [*]
Relatives: Cousin of James Shields
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #758. Billy Jurges… #759. Tom Herr… #760. Denis Menke… #761. AARON ROWAND… #762. Norm Siebern… #763. Charlie Hickman… #764. Johnny Temple… 

Standard Batting

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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 CHW AL 63 148 123 21 36 5 0 4 20 5 1 15 28 .293 .385 .431 .816 112 53 2 4 5 1 0
2002 24 CHW AL 126 331 302 41 78 16 2 7 29 0 1 12 54 .258 .298 .394 .692 81 119 8 6 9 2 1 *
2003 25 CHW AL 93 170 157 22 45 8 0 6 24 0 0 7 21 .287 .327 .452 .780 102 71 1 3 2 1 0
2004 26 CHW AL 140 534 487 94 151 38 2 24 69 17 5 30 91 .310 .361 .544 .905 130 265 5 10 5 2 1 *
2005 27 CHW AL 157 640 578 77 156 30 5 13 69 16 5 32 116 .270 .329 .407 .736 93 235 17 21 5 4 3 *
2006 28 PHI NL 109 445 405 59 106 24 3 12 47 10 4 18 76 .262 .321 .425 .745 86 172 13 18 2 2 2
2007 29 PHI NL 161 684 612 105 189 45 0 27 89 6 3 47 119 .309 .374 .515 .889 124 315 18 19 2 4 3 * AS,MVP-22,GG
2008 30 SFG NL 152 611 549 57 149 37 0 13 70 2 4 44 126 .271 .339 .410 .749 94 225 21 14 0 4 7 *
2009 31 SFG NL 144 546 499 61 130 30 2 15 64 4 1 30 125 .261 .319 .419 .738 92 209 12 14 0 3 2 *
2010 32 SFG NL 105 357 331 42 76 12 2 11 34 5 3 16 74 .230 .281 .378 .659 78 125 11 8 1 1 3
2011 33 SFG NL 108 351 331 34 77 22 2 4 21 2 3 10 84 .233 .274 .347 .621 74 115 6 9 0 1 1 87/9D
11 Seasons 1358 4817 4374 613 1193 267 18 136 536 67 30 261 914 .273 .330 .435 .765 99 1904 114 126 31 25 23
162 Game Avg. 162 575 522 73 142 32 2 16 64 8 4 31 109 .273 .330 .435 .765 99 227 14 15 4 3 3
CHW (5 yrs) 579 1823 1647 255 466 97 9 54 211 38 12 96 310 .283 .337 .451 .788 104 743 33 44 26 10 5
SFG (4 yrs) 509 1865 1710 194 432 101 6 43 189 13 11 100 409 .253 .310 .394 .704 87 674 50 45 1 9 13
PHI (2 yrs) 270 1129 1017 164 295 69 3 39 136 16 7 65 195 .290 .353 .479 .832 108 487 31 37 4 6 5
NL (6 yrs) 779 2994 2727 358 727 170 9 82 325 29 18 165 604 .267 .326 .426 .752 95 1161 81 82 5 15 18
AL (5 yrs) 579 1823 1647 255 466 97 9 54 211 38 12 96 310 .283 .337 .451 .788 104 743 33 44 26 10 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 23 CHW AL 148 3 0 1 1 3 0 5 14 1.4 10 1.0 0.4 $
2002 24 CHW AL 331 -8 -1 -1 -1 9 0 11 9 0.9 0 0.0 0.9 $225,000 *
2003 25 CHW AL 170 0 0 -1 1 9 0 6 16 1.6 6 0.6 1.0 $320,000
2004 26 CHW AL 534 26 6 1 1 8 1 19 62 6.0 54 5.3 0.7 $340,000 *
2005 27 CHW AL 640 -5 1 0 -1 11 3 22 31 3.1 20 2.0 1.1 $2,000,000 *
2006 28 PHI NL 445 -11 2 4 -1 -5 2 13 4 0.4 9 0.9 -0.5 $3,250,000
2007 29 PHI NL 684 19 3 2 -2 -2 3 19 42 4.2 44 4.4 -0.2 $4,350,000 * AS,MVP-22,GG
2008 30 SFG NL 611 -6 -2 1 -3 -4 2 17 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $9,600,000 *
2009 31 SFG NL 546 -6 0 -1 -1 3 2 16 13 1.3 10 1.0 0.3 $9,600,000 *
2010 32 SFG NL 357 -13 -1 1 -1 2 1 10 -1 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $13,600,000
2011 33 SFG NL 351 -12 2 3 -1 7 -1 10 8 0.9 1 0.1 0.8 $13,600,000 87/9D
11 Seasons 4817 -13 10 10 -8 42 14 148 203 20.2 160 15.9 4.3 $56,885,000
CHW (5 yrs) 1823 16 6 0 1 41 4 63 132 13.0 90 8.9 4.1 $2,885,000
SFG (4 yrs) 1865 -37 -1 4 -6 8 5 53 25 2.6 17 1.7 0.9 $46,400,000
PHI (2 yrs) 1129 8 5 6 -3 -7 5 32 46 4.6 53 5.3 -0.7 $7,600,000

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
2005 27 CHW AL ALDS BOS W 3 11 10 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .400 .455 .600 1.055 6 2 0 0 0 0
2005 27 CHW AL ALCS LAA W 5 21 18 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .238 .333 .571 6 1 1 0 1 0
2005 27 CHW AL WS HOU W 4 19 17 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .294 .368 .353 .721 6 0 0 0 0 1
2007 29 PHI NL NLDS COL L 3 12 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .333 .417 4 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SFG NL NLCS PHI W 3 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 SFG NL WS TEX W 2 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 22 74 68 11 16 7 1 1 6 1 0 4 18 .235 .284 .412 .696 28 3 1 0 1 1
2 NLDS 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .357 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 11 10 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .400 .455 .600 1.055 6 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 21 18 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .238 .333 .571 6 1 1 0 1 0
2 WS 6 23 21 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 .286 .348 .429 .776 9 0 0 0 0 1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 CHW AL 23 OF 61 107 103 3 1 0 .991 3 1.74 .984 2.28
2001 CHW AL 23 LF 34 1 1 60.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.78 0.35 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 CHW AL 23 CF 32 29 13 237.1 81 78 2 1 0 .988 2 9 3.03 2.50 .988 2.67 2.65
2001 CHW AL 23 RF 11 4 3 44.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2 57 2.86 1.27 .982 2.09 2.07
2002 CHW AL 24 OF 120 233 224 5 4 3 .983 9 1.91 .985 2.32
2002 CHW AL 24 CF 76 67 59 601.2 209 203 3 3 3 .986 11 22 3.08 2.71 .989 2.77 2.74
2002 CHW AL 24 LF 40 2 1 79.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -29 1.48 0.33 .983 2.15 2.13
2002 CHW AL 24 RF 7 3 2 38.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 0 13 2.37 1.43 .982 2.13 2.09
2003 CHW AL 25 OF 87 120 114 6 0 0 1.000 9 1 1.38 .985 2.33
2003 CHW AL 25 CF 65 39 28 378.2 107 101 6 0 0 1.000 9 1 28 3 2.54 1.65 .990 2.78 2.75
2003 CHW AL 25 LF 24 0 0 25.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -14 -47 2.13 0.25 .985 2.17 2.14
2003 CHW AL 25 RF 12 0 0 22.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 48 53 2.78 0.58 .980 2.10 2.09
2004 CHW AL 26 OF 137 322 304 10 8 1 .975 8 12 2.29 .985 2.28
2004 CHW AL 26 CF 126 114 109 1018.2 304 290 8 6 1 .980 7 8 9 9 2.63 2.37 .988 2.64 2.62
2004 CHW AL 26 RF 12 8 6 76.2 18 14 2 2 0 .889 1 4 11 63 1.88 1.33 .983 2.22 2.21
2005 CHW AL 27 OF 157 394 388 3 3 1 .992 11 18 2.49 .986 2.28
2005 CHW AL 27 CF 157 151 148 1367.2 394 388 3 3 1 .992 11 18 10 16 2.57 2.49 .989 2.69 2.66
2006 PHI NL 28 OF 107 262 251 6 5 2 .981 -5 -5 2.40 .984 2.20
2006 PHI NL 28 CF 107 102 94 900.2 262 251 6 5 2 .981 -5 -5 -7 -7 2.57 2.40 .988 2.59 2.57
2007 PHI NL 29 OF 161 405 392 11 2 2 .995 -2 9 2.50 .984 2.29 AS,MVP-22,GG
2007 PHI NL 29 CF 161 155 142 1373.2 405 392 11 2 2 .995 -2 9 -2 8 2.64 2.50 .987 2.71 2.70 AS,MVP-22,GG
2008 SFG NL 30 OF 149 422 412 6 4 0 .991 -4 1 2.81 .985 2.20
2008 SFG NL 30 CF 149 148 135 1275.1 422 412 6 4 0 .991 -4 1 -3 1 2.95 2.81 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 SFG NL 30 DH 1 1
2009 SFG NL 31 OF 137 307 299 5 3 2 .990 3 5 2.22 .986 2.18
2009 SFG NL 31 CF 137 133 106 1127.0 307 299 5 3 2 .990 3 5 3 5 2.43 2.22 .989 2.60 2.57
2010 SFG NL 32 OF 85 196 192 4 0 2 1.000 2 3 2.31 .987 2.15
2010 SFG NL 32 CF 85 76 67 695.0 196 192 4 0 2 1.000 2 3 4 5 2.54 2.31 .989 2.59 2.56
2011 SFG NL 33 OF 84 73 38 650.0 161 157 3 1 0 .994 7 -1 13 -1 2.22 1.90 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 SFG NL 33 CF 60 55 27 413.2 125 123 2 0 0 1.000 8 -1 23 -3 2.72 2.08 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 SFG NL 33 LF 46 15 11 219.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -1 0 -7 0 1.35 0.72 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 SFG NL 33 RF 3 3 0 16.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 16 0 1.08 0.67 .985 2.05 2.03
2011 SFG NL 33 DH 2 2
11 Seasons OF 1285 73 38 650.0 2929 2836 62 31 13 .989 42 43 78 5 2.22 2.26 .985 2.16 2.24
11 Seasons CF 1155 1069 928 9389.1 2812 2729 56 27 13 .990 42 39 5 5 2.67 2.41 .989 2.65 2.63
4 Seasons LF 144 18 13 384.2 65 62 2 1 0 .985 -4 -1 -12 -4 1.50 0.44 .984 1.99 2.05
5 Seasons RF 45 18 11 198.0 52 45 4 3 0 .942 4 5 26 51 2.23 1.09 .982 2.15 2.11
11 Seasons TOT 1285 73 38 650.0 2929 2836 62 31 13 .989 42 86 78 158 2.22 2.26 .985 2.16 2.24
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Gold Gloves
2007 NL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 AL  6.0 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2004 AL  6.0 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.3 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  4.3 (48th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2004 AL  .544 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL  161 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2007 NL  105 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 NL  189 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2007 NL  45 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  21 (2nd)
2006 NL  18 (2nd)
2007 NL  19 (2nd)
2008 NL  14 (3rd)
2009 NL  14 (3rd)
Active  126 (5th)
Career  126 (41st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  9 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL  18 (10th)
2008 NL  21 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2004 AL  19.9 (7th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,155 (8th)
Career  1,155 (58th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  2,729 (8th)
Career  2,729 (72nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  56 (7th)
Career  56 (96th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  27 (6th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2005 AL  157 (2nd)
2007 NL  161 (3rd)
Active  1,285 (19th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2005 AL  388 (2nd)
2007 NL  392 (2nd)
2008 NL  412 (2nd)
Active  2,836 (17th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  11 (5th)
Active  62 (23rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2004 AL  8 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  42 (6th)
Career  42 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.63 (4th)
2008 NL  2.95 (1st)
Active  2.67 (10th)
Career  2.67 (65th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  2.40 (5th)
2007 NL  2.50 (5th)
2008 NL  2.81 (1st)
Active  2.41 (16th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  .992 (2nd)
2007 NL  .995 (1st)
2010 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .990 (10th)
Career  .990 (24th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
Active  42 (15th)
Career  42 (81st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2002 AL  2.87 (5th)
2008 NL  2.95 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  2.81 (1st)
Active  2.26 (22nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2003 AL  1.000 (1st)
2007 NL  .995 (4th)
2010 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .989 (21st)
Career  .989 (53rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (659), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1476), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dan Ford (940)
  7. Jacque Jones (939)
  8. Jay Payton (937)
  9. Gary Ward (936)
  10. Juan Encarnacion (936)
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  5. Dan Ford (940)
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  7. Bernard Gilkey (934)
  8. Jim Northrup (932)
  9. Troy O'Leary (929)
  10. Roberto Kelly (926)
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  8. Mel Hall (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200224Chicago White Sox$225,0004/3/02 AP
200325Chicago White Sox$320,0004/3/03 AP
200426Chicago White Sox$340,0004/7/04 AP
200527Chicago White Sox$2,000,000
200628Philadelphia Phillies$3,250,000
200729Philadelphia Phillies$4,350,000
200830San Francisco Giants$9,600,000
200931San Francisco Giants$9,600,000
201032San Francisco Giants$13,600,000
201133San Francisco Giants$13,600,000
201234Florida Marlins$12,000,000 $11.52M paid by San Francisco Giants
Career to date (may be incomplete)$56,885,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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