Kirk Rueter Batting Statistics and History

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Kirk Rueter \REE-ter SF\

Kirk Wesley Rueter (Woody)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 1, 1970 in Hoyleton, IL
High School: Nashville HS (Nashville, IL)
School: Murray State University (Murray, KY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1993 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos 1993-2005
Agents: Tommy Tanzer [*]
Final Game: July 29, 2005 (Age 34)
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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
1991	20	WSN-min	A,Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SUM,EXO · SALL,GULF
1992	21	WSN-min	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		RFD · MIDW
1993	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	16	14	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545		3		0	3	0	0		HRB,OTT · EL,IL
1993	22	MON	NL	14	37	26	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	.077	.172	.077	.249	-31	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	RoY-7
1994	23	WSN-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT · IL
1994	23	MON	NL	20	38	34	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.118	.167	.118	.284	-24	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1995	24	WSN-min	AAA	20	18	17	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.294	.333	.294	.627		5	0	0	0	0	0		OTT · IL
1995	24	MON	NL	9	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1996	25	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		PHX,OTT · PCL,IL
1996	25	TOT	NL	20	37	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.125	.171	.125	.296	-20	4	1	0	2	1	0	1
1996	25	MON	NL	16	29	25	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.120	.148	.120	.268	-28	3	0	0	2	1	0	1
1996	25	SFG	NL	4	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	26	SFG	NL	32	75	65	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	.138	.176	.138	.315	-15	9	1	0	7	0	0	1
1998	27	SFG	NL	34	76	67	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	12	.209	.209	.224	.433	17	15	1	0	9	0	0	1
1999	28	SFG	NL	33	70	58	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	.155	.194	.190	.383	0	11	3	0	8	1	0	1
2000	29	SFG	NL	34	71	60	5	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	11	.200	.213	.250	.463	20	15	2	0	10	0	0	1
2001	30	SFG	NL	36	74	58	5	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.172	.234	.172	.407	11	10	0	0	10	1	0	1
2002	31	SFG	NL	35	79	62	3	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	11	.177	.197	.177	.374	2	11	0	0	13	2	0	1
2003	32	SFG-min	AAA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2003	32	SFG	NL	27	61	53	5	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	8	.132	.164	.132	.296	-21	7	0	0	6	0	0	1
2004	33	SFG	NL	34	67	61	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.131	.172	.164	.336	-12	10	0	0	3	0	0	1
2005	34	SFG	NL	21	37	30	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.194	.200	.394	3	6	1	0	6	0	0	1
13 Yrs				349	740	622	44	95	9	0	0	40	1	1	27	105	.153	.187	.167	.354	-6	104	9	0	86	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	343	289	20	44	4	0	0	19	0	0	13	49	.153	.187	.167	.354	-6	48	4	0	40	2	0

SFG (10 yrs)				290	618	521	41	86	9	0	0	33	1	1	21	77	.165	.196	.182	.378	1	95	9	0	72	4	0
MON (4 yrs)				59	122	101	3	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	6	28	.089	.139	.089	.228	-39	9	0	0	14	1	0

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
1993	22	MON	NL	14	37	-5	0	0	0	5	-0	-0.0	1	1	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	1	$109,000	1	RoY-7
1994	23	MON	NL	20	38	-6	-0	0	0	5	-0	-0.0	1	1	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	1	$130,000	1
1995	24	MON	NL	9	18	-5	-0	0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.467	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$151,000	/1
1996	25	MON	NL	16	29	-4	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$160,000	1
1996	25	SFG	NL	4	8	-1	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1997	26	SFG	NL	32	75	-10	-1	1	0	11	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$260,000	1
1998	27	SFG	NL	34	76	-9	-0	1	0	11	2	0.1	2	4	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	-0.0	4	$1,835,000	1
1999	28	SFG	NL	33	70	-10	-1	-0	0	11	-0	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$2,810,000	1
2000	29	SFG	NL	34	71	-7	0	-0	0	11	4	0.3	2	6	0.3	.511	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$4,000,000	1
2001	30	SFG	NL	36	74	-8	-0	1	0	11	3	0.3	2	6	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$4,866,667	1
2002	31	SFG	NL	35	79	-9	-1	1	0	11	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$4,866,667	1
2003	32	SFG	NL	27	61	-8	-0	1	0	9	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$5,866,667	1
2004	33	SFG	NL	34	67	-11	-0	0	0	10	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$6,133,333	1
2005	34	SFG	NL	21	37	-4	-1	-0	0	5	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$7,133,333	1
13 Seasons				349	740	-97	-5	3	0	106	8	0.7	23	31	0.7	.502	.500	0.7	0.0	31	$38,321,667

SFG (10 yrs)				290	618	-77	-5	3	0	90	11	1.0	19	30	1.0	.504	.501	1.0	-0.0	30	$37,771,667
MON (4 yrs)				59	122	-20	-0	1	0	17	-3	-0.3	4	1	-0.3	.495	.500	-0.3	0.0	1	$550,000

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
1993	22	MON	NL	37	32	1	0.8	107	.125	.077	.276	.172	.342	.077	.420	.249	.762	-31	.042	-5.1	-0.5	.208	.115	.000
1994	23	MON	NL	38	32	1	0.8	110	.154	.118	.275	.167	.343	.118	.431	.284	.774	-24	.038	-6.4	-0.6	.200	.059	.000
1995	24	MON	NL	18	18	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.427	.000	.771	-100	.000	-4.7	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
1996	25	TOT	NL	37	32	1	0.8	107	.143	.125	.270	.171	.340	.125	.423	.296	.763	-20	.039	-5.6	-0.5	.207	.063	.000
1996	25	MON	NL	29	25	1	1.1	108	.136	.120	.272	.148	.342	.120	.426	.268	.768	-28	.059	-4.8	-0.5	.182	.040	.000
1996	25	SFG	NL	8	7	0	0.0	102	.167	.143	.264	.250	.332	.143	.413	.393	.745	10	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.143	.000
1997	26	SFG	NL	75	64	2	0.8	107	.176	.138	.268	.176	.340	.138	.421	.315	.760	-15	.039	-11.1	-1.1	.211	.046	.000
1998	27	SFG	NL	76	64	3	1.3	103	.255	.209	.263	.209	.333	.224	.415	.433	.747	17	.078	-8.1	-0.8	.255	.000	.015
1999	28	SFG	NL	70	61	2	0.9	110	.170	.155	.268	.194	.343	.190	.432	.383	.774	0	.036	-8.6	-0.8	.269	.086	.034
2000	29	SFG	NL	71	60	3	1.3	110	.245	.200	.265	.213	.341	.250	.432	.463	.773	20	.074	-7.1	-0.7	.320	.067	.050
2001	30	SFG	NL	74	59	3	1.4	105	.185	.172	.260	.234	.330	.172	.426	.407	.756	11	.084	-7.3	-0.7	.313	.086	.000
2002	31	SFG	NL	79	66	3	1.2	103	.208	.177	.260	.197	.333	.177	.414	.374	.746	2	.075	-8.6	-0.8	.255	.032	.000
2003	32	SFG	NL	61	52	2	1.0	108	.156	.132	.267	.164	.339	.132	.429	.296	.768	-21	.054	-9.6	-0.9	.217	.057	.000	.0
2004	33	SFG	NL	67	56	2	1.0	112	.148	.131	.271	.172	.343	.164	.439	.336	.781	-12	.046	-10.5	-1.0	.245	.082	.033
2005	34	SFG	NL	37	32	1	0.8	109	.179	.167	.270	.194	.340	.200	.430	.394	.770	3	.038	-4.4	-0.4	.269	.067	.033
13 Yrs				740	628	24	1.0	107	.182	.153	.267	.187	.338	.167	.426	.354	.764	-6	.052	-97.2	-9.4	.244	.058	.014	.0
162 Game Avg.				343	292	11	1.0	107	.182	.153	.267	.187	.338	.167	.426	.354	.764	-6	.052	-97.2	-9.4	.244	.058	.014

SFG (10 yrs)				618	521	21	1.1	107	.192	.165	.265	.196	.338	.182	.426	.378	.763	1	.057	-76.2	-7.3	.261	.058	.017	.0
MON (4 yrs)				122	107	3	0.8	109	.122	.089	.275	.139	.342	.089	.426	.228	.769	-39	.032	-21.0	-2.1	.163	.059	.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
1997	26	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

2000	29	SFG	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0

2002	31	SFG	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	W	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	WS	ANA	L	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (6 Series)							8	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	0	0	0	0	0
4 NLDS							4	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	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
1993	22	MON	NL	37	0.0%	27.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0%	3.33	2.6		8.7	2.00	4.25	43%	4%	0.0%	25%
1994	23	MON	NL	38	0.0%	21.1%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.3		34.0	5.00	6.67	68%	7%	0.0%	0%
1995	24	MON	NL	18	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7		16.0	4.00	5.00	56%	8%	0.0%	50%
1996	25	TOT	NL	37	0.0%	13.5%	5.4%	0.0%	0%	2.50	6.4		10.7	4.00	5.25	76%	7%	0.0%	0%
1996	25	MON	NL	29	0.0%	13.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.3		12.5	3.20	5.33	76%	8%	0.0%	0%
1996	25	SFG	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	7.0		7.0		5.00	75%	0%
1997	26	SFG	NL	75	0.0%	18.7%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	4.67	4.6		13.0	3.80	5.71	68%	5%	0.0%	20%
1998	27	SFG	NL	76	0.0%	15.8%	0.0%	1.3%	7%		5.6		22.3	3.08	4.10	72%	13%	0.0%	8%
1999	28	SFG	NL	70	0.0%	8.6%	4.3%	2.9%	22%	2.00	9.7		11.6	2.40	4.09	76%	10%	0.0%	7%
2000	29	SFG	NL	71	0.0%	15.5%	1.4%	4.2%	25%	11.00	5.5		12.0	1.82	5.71	69%	19%	0.0%	12%
2001	30	SFG	NL	74	0.0%	6.8%	6.8%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.6		11.6	2.47	4.89	73%	11%	0.0%	7%
2002	31	SFG	NL	79	0.0%	13.9%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	5.50	5.6		20.7	1.55	2.44	67%	11%	0.0%	5%
2003	32	SFG	NL	61	0.0%	13.1%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.6		17.7	2.67	2.91	74%	10%	0.0%	17%
2004	33	SFG	NL	67	0.0%	10.5%	4.5%	3.0%	25%	2.33	8.7		30.5	4.44	6.14	81%	9%	0.0%	0%
2005	34	SFG	NL	37	0.0%	5.4%	2.7%	2.7%	20%	2.00	15.0		30.0	2.29	4.00	76%	12%	0.0%	0%
13 Yrs				740	0.0%	14.2%	3.7%	1.2%	10%	3.89	5.9		15.6	2.68	4.29	71%	10%	0.0%	9%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.5%	8.8%	7.9%	33%	1.87	5.4	32.3	7.5	0.78	1.08	70%	21%	7.9%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	22	MON	NL	-5.1	-0.5	38	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.96	-0.5	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	1.01	-5.4		0
1994	23	MON	NL	-6.4	-0.6	38	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.79	-0.5	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.93	-5.5		0
1995	24	MON	NL	-4.7	-0.5	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.3	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	1.13	-4.3		0
1996	25	TOT	NL	-5.6	-0.5	37	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.83	-0.3	-0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.97	-4.0		0
1996	25	MON	NL	-4.8	-0.5	29	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.77	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.95	-3.4		0
1996	25	SFG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.04	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.04	-0.6		0
1997	26	SFG	NL	-11.1	-1.1	75	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.89	-0.9	-0.0	-9.3	-0.9	1.01	-9.6		0
1998	27	SFG	NL	-8.1	-0.8	78	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	.84	-1.0	-0.0	-14.3	-1.4	1.01	-12.1		0
1999	28	SFG	NL	-8.6	-0.8	70	-0.5	0.6	-1.2	.84	-1.0	0.3	-12.5	-1.2	0.98	-12.3		0
2000	29	SFG	NL	-7.1	-0.7	72	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	.88	-0.8	-0.3	-9.5	-0.9	0.97	-8.7		0
2001	30	SFG	NL	-7.3	-0.7	74	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	.91	-0.8	-0.1	-7.0	-0.7	0.97	-8.8	3.45	1
2002	31	SFG	NL	-8.6	-0.8	79	-0.9	0.5	-1.3	.90	-1.0	0.0	-11.8	-1.2	1.02	-10.1		0
2003	32	SFG	NL	-9.6	-0.9	62	-0.6	0.5	-1.0	.86	-0.7	0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.05	-8.0		0
2004	33	SFG	NL	-10.5	-1.0	67	-1.0	0.3	-1.4	.90	-1.1	-0.0	-9.9	-0.9	0.88	-12.2	3.17	1
2005	34	SFG	NL	-4.4	-0.4	37	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	1.12	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.3	1.03	-4.8	0.76	0
13 Yrs				-97.2	-9.4	745	-8.3	5.1	-13.4	.89	-9.3	0.0	-102.7	-10.1	0.99	-105.9	3.31	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	OOB1	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	22	MON	NL	1	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	23	MON	NL	1	17%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1995	24	MON	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	2	33%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	MON	NL	2	50%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	2	42%	28	0	0		0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11%	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1998	27	SFG	NL	0	50%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	50%	8	5	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
1999	28	SFG	NL	1	50%	18	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	17%	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	1
2000	29	SFG	NL	2	39%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29%	3	3	0	2	1	1	2	1	1
2001	30	SFG	NL	1	33%	25	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	1	20%	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	4	1
2002	31	SFG	NL	2	23%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	3	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	3	56%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
2004	33	SFG	NL	0	36%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	1	17%	5	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
13 Yrs				16	36%	208	1	1	50%	1	1	4	1	1	2	4	22%	39	33	6	6	4	2	23	15	7

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
1993	22	MON	NL	37	73%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	11	0	0%	14	3	21%	31	3	10%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1994	23	MON	NL	38	84%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	6	0	0%	9	1	11%	25	3	12%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1995	24	MON	NL	18	61%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	6	1	17%	19	2	11%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	37	81%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	7	1	14%	6	3	50%	28	4	14%	2	2	100%	3	1	33%	0
1996	25	MON	NL	29	79%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	4	0	0%	3	2	67%	21	3	14%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	8	88%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	7	1	14%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	75	84%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	15	1	7%	13	4	31%	55	6	11%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1998	27	SFG	NL	76	76%	14	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	18	1	6%	20	4	20%	62	3	5%	8	2	25%	1	1	100%	0
1999	28	SFG	NL	70	66%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	13	3	23%	20	8	40%	52	5	10%	5	2	40%	6	3	50%	0
2000	29	SFG	NL	71	77%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	100%	12	2	17%	16	5	31%	49	5	10%	6	3	50%	3	3	100%	0
2001	30	SFG	NL	74	84%	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	10	91%	20	0	0%	18	6	33%	48	5	10%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	79	75%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	13	81%	23	0	0%	22	9	41%	55	3	5%	5	2	40%	4	0	0%	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	61	66%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	15	0	0%	12	4	33%	52	5	10%	6	4	67%	1	0	0%	0
2004	33	SFG	NL	67	76%	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	7	0	0%	9	2	22%	40	2	5%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	37	76%	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0.76	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	7	1	14%	7	3	43%	24	3	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
13 Yrs				740	76%	95	21	7	2	1	0	0	3.31	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	108	86	80%	158	9	6%	172	53	31%	540	49	9%	50	23	46%	30	12	40%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			71%			11%			34%			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
1993	22	MON	NL	37	116	3.14	82	71%	22%	21%	28%	29%	78%	0%	55%	73%	57%	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	10%	0	0	0
1994	23	MON	NL	38	135	3.55	93	69%	22%	12%	37%	30%	78%	0%	54%	85%	45%	3%	1	0	8%	3	0	0%	0	0	38%	0	0	0
1995	24	MON	NL	18	57	3.17	44	77%	34%	7%	32%	27%	66%	0%	51%	90%	50%	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	6%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
1996	25	TOT	NL	34	89	2.62	62	70%	35%	8%	13%	44%	65%	0%	45%	88%	44%	6%	2	0	9%	3	0	0%	0	0	40%	3	0	0
1996	25	MON	NL	27	73	2.70	53	73%	40%	8%	11%	42%	60%	0%	44%	88%	41%	4%	1	0	7%	2	0	0%	0	0	50%	2	0	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	7	16	2.29	9	56%	11%	11%	22%	56%	89%	0%	50%	88%	57%	14%	1	0	14%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	69	219	3.17	159	73%	26%	14%	26%	33%	74%	0%	53%	80%	38%	1%	1	0	3%	2	0	4%	3	0	7%	6	0	1
1998	27	SFG	NL	76	205	2.70	159	78%	20%	14%	26%	40%	80%	0%	62%	83%	58%	1%	1	0	7%	5	1	3%	2	1	25%	0	0	0
1999	28	SFG	NL	70	186	2.66	133	72%	17%	14%	24%	46%	83%	0%	60%	84%	54%	0%	0	0	6%	4	0	4%	3	0	17%	0	0	0
2000	29	SFG	NL	71	203	2.86	154	76%	23%	10%	28%	38%	77%	0%	58%	86%	46%	1%	1	0	6%	4	1	1%	1	0	27%	0	0	0
2001	30	SFG	NL	74	220	2.97	160	73%	19%	9%	31%	40%	81%	0%	59%	88%	54%	3%	2	0	4%	3	0	3%	2	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	31	SFG	NL	79	210	2.66	160	76%	24%	10%	25%	41%	76%	0%	58%	87%	53%	4%	3	0	6%	5	1	5%	4	0	27%	0	0	0
2003	32	SFG	NL	61	139	2.28	106	76%	18%	10%	24%	48%	82%	0%	63%	87%	62%	3%	2	0	7%	4	0	2%	1	0	13%	0	0	0
2004	33	SFG	NL	67	181	2.70	128	71%	23%	13%	20%	45%	77%	0%	55%	83%	52%	1%	1	0	10%	7	0	4%	3	0	29%	0	0	0
2005	34	SFG	NL	37	98	2.65	72	73%	19%	11%	22%	47%	81%	0%	59%	86%	46%	3%	1	0	5%	2	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
13 Yrs				731	2058	2.82	1512	73%	22%	12%	26%	40%	78%	0%	57%	84%	51%	2%	16	0	6%	44	3	3%	22	1	22%	9	0	1
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1993	22	14	37	26	0	2	0	3	0	0	3	10	.077	.172	.077	.249	-31	2	0	8	0
1994	23	34	75	60	1	6	0	4	0	0	5	18	.100	.169	.100	.269	-27	6	0	10	0
1995	24	43	93	76	1	6	0	5	0	0	5	24	.079	.136	.079	.215	-42	6	0	12	0
1996	25	63	130	108	3	10	0	8	0	0	7	29	.093	.147	.093	.239	-35	10	1	14	1
1997	26	95	205	173	8	19	0	13	0	0	10	43	.110	.158	.110	.267	-28	19	2	21	1
1998	27	129	281	240	15	33	1	16	0	1	10	55	.138	.171	.142	.313	-16	34	3	30	1
1999	28	162	351	298	21	42	3	21	0	1	13	61	.141	.176	.151	.327	-13	45	6	38	2
2000	29	196	422	358	26	54	6	26	0	1	14	72	.151	.182	.168	.349	-7	60	8	48	2
2001	30	232	496	416	31	64	6	31	0	1	19	77	.154	.189	.168	.358	-4	70	8	58	3
2002	31	267	575	478	34	75	6	34	0	1	21	88	.157	.190	.169	.360	-4	81	8	71	5
2003	32	294	636	531	39	82	6	37	1	1	23	96	.154	.188	.166	.354	-5	88	8	77	5
2004	33	328	703	592	43	90	8	39	1	1	26	103	.152	.186	.166	.352	-6	98	8	80	5
2005	34	349	740	622	44	95	9	40	1	1	27	105	.153	.187	.167	.354	-6	104	9	86	5

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	22	14	37	26	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.000	.103	.000	.103	0	14
1994	23	28	56	49	2	7	0	2	0	4	11	.143	.208	.143	.350	1	20
1995	24	10	20	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1996	25	20	38	33	3	5	0	4	0	2	5	.152	.194	.152	.346	1	20
1997	26	32	76	66	6	10	0	6	0	3	14	.152	.188	.152	.340	2	32
1998	27	34	76	67	7	14	1	3	0	0	12	.209	.209	.224	.433	3	34
1999	28	33	70	58	6	9	2	5	0	3	6	.155	.194	.190	.383	2	33
2000	29	34	71	60	5	12	3	5	0	1	11	.200	.213	.250	.463	3	34
2001	30	36	72	57	4	9	0	4	0	4	5	.158	.210	.158	.368	2	36
2002	31	35	78	61	3	10	0	3	0	2	11	.164	.185	.164	.349	2	35
2003	32	27	61	53	4	7	0	3	1	2	8	.132	.164	.132	.296	1	27
2004	33	34	68	62	5	9	2	2	0	3	7	.145	.185	.177	.362	2	34
2005	34	21	37	30	1	5	1	1	0	1	2	.167	.194	.200	.394	1	21
13 Yrs		358	760	640	46	97	9	39	1	28	109	.152	.186	.166	.351	20	349
162 Game Avg.		162	344	290	21	44	4	18	0	13	49	.152	.186	.166	.351	9	349

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