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Óscar Salazar

Oscar Enrique Salazar

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 27, 1978 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
High School: Maracay (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Padres/Orioles/Tigers 2002-2010

Final Game: October 2, 2010
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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 24 DET AL 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0 /456
2008 30 BAL AL 34 94 81 13 23 3 0 5 15 0 1 12 13 .284 .372 .506 .879 130 41 1 0 0 1 0 3/5D6
2009 31 TOT MLB 72 154 139 16 42 8 2 5 25 0 0 14 20 .302 .364 .496 .860 132 69 8 0 0 1 1 7/35946D
2009 31 BAL AL 17 33 31 4 13 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .419 .455 .613 1.067 177 19 2 0 0 0 0 /536D7
2009 31 SDP NL 55 121 108 12 29 8 2 3 19 0 0 12 16 .269 .339 .463 .802 119 50 6 0 0 1 1 7/394
2010 32 SDP NL 85 148 131 19 31 4 0 3 19 1 2 16 23 .237 .318 .336 .653 84 44 4 0 0 1 1 7/394D5
4 Yrs 199 419 372 50 100 16 2 14 62 1 3 43 58 .269 .342 .435 .778 112 162 13 0 1 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 341 303 41 81 13 2 11 50 1 2 35 47 .269 .342 .435 .778 112 132 11 0 1 2 2
SDP (2 yrs) 140 269 239 31 60 12 2 6 38 1 2 28 39 .251 .327 .393 .720 100 94 10 0 0 2 2
BAL (2 yrs) 51 127 112 17 36 3 0 7 21 0 1 14 17 .321 .394 .536 .929 143 60 3 0 0 1 0
DET (1 yr) 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 59 150 133 19 40 4 0 8 24 0 1 15 19 .301 .369 .511 .880 131 68 3 0 1 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 140 269 239 31 60 12 2 6 38 1 2 28 39 .251 .327 .393 .720 100 94 10 0 0 2 2

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 24 DET AL 8 23 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /456
2008 30 BAL AL 34 94 5 -0 0 1 -1 4 0.5 3 8 0.8 .513 .503 0.7 0.0 6 $ 3/5D6
2009 31 BAL AL 17 33 3 -0 -0 -4 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .492 .499 0.4 -0.4 4 $ /536D7
2009 31 SDP NL 55 121 4 -0 -1 -4 -1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.4 -0.5 4 $ 7/394
2010 32 SDP NL 85 148 -3 -1 -0 -2 -2 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .490 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $408,500 7/394D5
4 Seasons 199 419 7 -2 -1 -10 -4 -10 -1.0 12 3 0.3 .495 .499 1.3 -1.4 13 $408,500
SDP (2 yrs) 140 269 1 -2 -1 -6 -3 -11 -1.1 7 -3 -0.4 .492 .496 0.2 -0.9 3 $408,500
BAL (2 yrs) 51 127 8 -1 -0 -3 -1 3 0.4 4 7 0.8 .506 .501 1.1 -0.4 10 $
DET (1 yr) 8 23 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $

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 24 DET AL 23 18 2 3.0 98 .167 .190 .255 .227 .321 .381 .410 .608 .730 64 .283 -1.1 -0.1 .529 .238 .190 .0
2008 30 BAL AL 94 61 16 7.0 106 .281 .284 .269 .372 .337 .506 .423 .879 .760 130 .654 3.6 0.3 .867 .358 .222 .0
2009 31 TOT MLB 154 106 23 5.8 100 .322 .302 .257 .364 .328 .496 .409 .860 .737 132 .581 6.5 0.6 .790 .295 .194 .0
2009 31 BAL AL 33 20 8 10.7 109 .440 .419 .268 .455 .338 .613 .431 1.067 .769 177 .796 3.3 0.3 1.050 .258 .194 .0
2009 31 SDP NL 121 86 15 4.7 98 .289 .269 .254 .339 .325 .463 .403 .802 .728 119 .487 3.2 0.3 .729 .306 .194 .0
2010 32 SDP NL 148 107 14 3.5 94 .264 .237 .251 .318 .320 .336 .396 .653 .716 84 .379 -2.4 -0.2 .557 .214 .099 1.5
4 Yrs 419 292 55 5.0 99 .284 .269 .257 .342 .327 .435 .408 .778 .734 112 .522 6.6 0.6 .705 .277 .167 1.9
162 Game Avg. 341 238 45 5.0 99 .284 .269 .257 .342 .327 .435 .408 .778 .734 112 .522 5 0 .705 .277 .167 2
SDP (2 yrs) 269 193 29 4.0 96 .276 .251 .252 .327 .322 .393 .399 .720 .721 100 .431 0.8 0.1 .634 .255 .142 1.7
BAL (2 yrs) 127 81 24 7.9 107 .326 .321 .269 .394 .337 .536 .425 .929 .763 143 .700 6.9 0.6 .913 .330 .214 .0
DET (1 yr) 23 18 2 3.0 98 .167 .190 .255 .227 .321 .381 .410 .608 .730 64 .283 -1.1 -0.1 .529 .238 .190 .0
AL (3 yrs) 150 99 26 7.0 106 .299 .301 .267 .369 .335 .511 .423 .880 .758 131 .652 5.8 0.5 .845 .316 .211 .0
NL (2 yrs) 269 193 29 4.0 96 .276 .251 .252 .327 .322 .393 .399 .720 .721 100 .431 0.8 0.1 .634 .255 .142 1.7

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 24 DET AL 23 4.4% 8.7% 4.4% 8.7% 50% 2.00 10.5 21.0 7.0 0.64 0.78 78% 20% 11.1% 18%
2008 30 BAL AL 94 5.3% 13.8% 12.8% 8.5% 35% 1.08 6.2 16.2 5.4 0.73 0.84 68% 19% 14.7% 15%
2009 31 TOT MLB 154 3.3% 13.0% 9.1% 9.7% 36% 1.43 7.0 27.8 5.6 0.94 1.32 75% 13% 10.2% 21%
2009 31 BAL AL 33 6.1% 12.1% 6.1% 6.1% 15% 2.00 7.8 15.5 5.2 1.70 1.83 76% 11% 25.0% 20%
2009 31 SDP NL 121 2.5% 13.2% 9.9% 10.7% 45% 1.33 6.8 36.0 5.7 0.79 1.22 74% 13% 7.3% 21%
2010 32 SDP NL 148 2.0% 15.5% 10.8% 4.7% 23% 1.44 5.7 43.7 6.9 0.79 0.84 72% 17% 6.1% 20%
4 Yrs 419 3.3% 13.8% 10.3% 7.6% 32% 1.35 6.4 26.6 6.0 0.82 0.99 72% 16% 9.9% 19%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.01 5.2 32.9 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 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 24 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 23 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.00 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.01 -1.5 0.04 1
2008 30 BAL AL 3.6 0.3 96 0.9 2.2 -1.3 .94 0.5 0.4 3.6 0.3 0.90 3.3 1.13 11
2009 31 TOT MLB 6.5 0.6 154 0.4 3.4 -3.0 1.18 0.3 0.1 4.9 0.5 1.03 2.2 1.24 35
2009 31 BAL AL 3.3 0.3 33 0.3 0.9 -0.6 1.23 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.97 2.2 1.05 11
2009 31 SDP NL 3.2 0.3 121 0.1 2.5 -2.4 1.17 0.0 0.1 2.6 0.3 1.04 0.0 1.33 24
2010 32 SDP NL -2.4 -0.2 152 0.8 3.1 -2.3 1.09 0.2 0.6 4.4 0.5 0.98 -0.3 1.45 45
4 Yrs 6.6 0.6 425 2.1 9.0 -6.9 1.08 0.8 1.1 11.8 1.2 0.98 3.7 1.32 92

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 24 DET AL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2008 30 BAL AL 2 0 27% 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 1
2009 31 TOT MLB 2 0 22% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 58% 5 2 3 3 1 2 4 1 2
2009 31 BAL AL 0 0 15% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 SDP NL 2 0 24% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 70% 3 0 3 3 1 2 4 1 2
2010 32 SDP NL 1 0 36% 46 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20% 8 8 0 3 2 1 9 5 3
4 Yrs 5 0 28% 131 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 37% 16 13 3 10 4 6 15 7 6

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 24 DET AL 23 43% 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.04 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 4 2 50% 16 2 13% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
2008 30 BAL AL 94 46% 23 2 0 11 5 1 2 1.13 5 0 2 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 15 1 7% 6 2 33% 56 10 18% 7 4 57% 2 1 50% 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 154 40% 42 5 0 35 11 3 7 1.24 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 35 8 23% 14 5 36% 120 20 17% 12 7 58% 10 9 90% 0
2009 31 BAL AL 33 33% 13 2 0 11 4 1 1 1.05 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 1 33% 25 4 16% 4 2 50% 5 4 80% 0
2009 31 SDP NL 121 42% 29 3 0 24 7 2 6 1.33 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 28 6 21% 11 4 36% 95 16 17% 8 5 63% 5 5 100% 0
2010 32 SDP NL 148 51% 31 7 0 45 10 2 8 1.45 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 30 4 13% 9 4 44% 103 18 17% 11 7 64% 8 7 88% 0
4 Yrs 419 46% 100 14 0 92 27 6 18 1.32 14 0 11 10 4 8 6 0 1 1 100% 86 13 15% 33 13 39% 295 50 17% 30 18 60% 22 19 86% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 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
2002 24 DET AL 23 84 3.65 55 65% 24% 7% 33% 36% 76% 0% 50% 90% 26% 9% 2 1 13% 3 0 13% 3 2 0% 0 0 0
2008 30 BAL AL 94 356 3.79 208 58% 28% 13% 25% 33% 72% 0% 42% 81% 26% 10% 9 0 13% 12 3 10% 9 4 15% 0 0 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 155 615 3.97 383 62% 32% 13% 23% 31% 68% 2% 42% 81% 17% 6% 9 0 17% 26 7 8% 13 7 25% -1 0 0
2009 31 BAL AL 33 129 3.91 80 62% 36% 14% 16% 34% 64% 0% 40% 78% 6% 6% 2 0 15% 5 0 6% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2009 31 SDP NL 122 486 3.98 303 62% 31% 13% 25% 31% 69% 2% 43% 81% 20% 6% 7 0 17% 21 7 9% 11 6 19% -1 0 0
2010 32 SDP NL 148 610 4.12 361 59% 28% 18% 24% 30% 72% 2% 43% 75% 21% 6% 9 1 20% 29 11 13% 19 10 26% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 420 1665 3.96 1007 60% 29% 15% 24% 32% 71% 1% 43% 79% 21% 7% 29 2 17% 70 21 10% 44 23 22% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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
2002 24 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2003 25 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2004 26 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2005 27 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2006 28 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2007 29 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 64 8 0 0 1 0 0
2008 30 42 117 102 15 27 4 0 6 18 0 1 13 15 .265 .345 .480 .825 118 49 1 0 1 1 0
2009 31 114 271 241 31 69 12 2 11 43 0 1 27 35 .286 .356 .490 .845 126 118 9 0 1 2 1
2010 32 199 419 372 50 100 16 2 14 62 1 3 43 58 .269 .342 .435 .778 112 162 13 0 1 3 2

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 24 8 23 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 .190 .227 .381 .608 2 8
2008 30 34 94 81 13 23 3 0 5 15 0 12 13 .284 .372 .506 .879 15 34
2009 31 72 158 142 17 45 9 2 5 27 0 15 20 .317 .380 .514 .894 28 72
2010 32 85 151 133 22 33 4 0 3 22 1 17 23 .248 .331 .346 .677 16 85
4 Yrs 199 426 377 54 105 17 2 14 67 1 45 58 .279 .353 .446 .799 61 199
162 Game Avg. 162 347 307 44 85 14 2 11 55 1 37 47 .279 .353 .446 .799 50 199

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