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Jarrod Saltalamacchia

Jarrod Scott Saltalamacchia (Salty)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 2, 1985 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Royal Palm Beach HS (Royal Palm Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Braves 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.043, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Jim Munsey [*]
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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
2003	18	ATL-min	Rk	46	165	134	23	32	11	2	2	14	0	0	28	33	.239	.382	.396	.777		53	0	3	0	0	0		BVS · GULF
2004	19	ATL-min	A	91	366	323	42	88	19	2	10	51	1	0	34	83	.272	.348	.437	.784		141	6	5	1	3	2		ROM · SALL
2005	20	ATL-min	A+	129	529	459	70	144	35	1	19	81	4	2	57	99	.314	.394	.519	.912		238	14	7	1	5	11		MYR · CARL
2006	21	ATL-min	AA	92	377	313	30	72	18	1	9	39	0	1	55	71	.230	.353	.380	.733		119	8	6	0	3	4		MSS · SOUL
2007	22	ATL-min	AA	22	94	81	18	25	7	0	6	13	2	0	13	17	.309	.404	.617	1.022		50	1	0	0	0	1		MSS · SOUL
2007	22	TOT	MLB	93	329	308	39	82	13	1	11	33	0	0	19	75	.266	.310	.422	.732	90	130	8	1	0	1	1	23/D
2007	22	ATL	NL	47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	1	1	23/D
2007	22	TEX	AL	46	176	167	28	42	7	1	7	21	0	0	9	47	.251	.290	.431	.721	87	72	4	0	0	0	0	32
2008	23	TEX-min	AAA	15	64	55	10	16	3	1	2	13	0	0	7	15	.291	.391	.491	.882		27	0	2	0	0	1		OKC · PCL
2008	23	TEX	AL	61	230	198	27	50	13	0	3	26	0	2	31	74	.253	.352	.364	.716	90	72	1	0	0	1	1	2/D
2009	24	TEX-min	AA	2	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0	0	1	0	0	0		FRI · TL
2009	24	TEX	AL	84	310	283	34	66	12	0	9	34	0	2	22	97	.233	.290	.371	.661	70	105	3	1	3	1	1	2/D
2010	25	TEX-BOS-min	AAA	72	310	274	42	68	16	2	12	39	1	0	29	69	.248	.329	.453	.782		124	5	5	0	2	3		OKC,PAW · PCL,IL
2010	25	TOT	AL	12	30	24	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	5	.167	.333	.292	.625	69	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2D3
2010	25	TEX	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	25	BOS	AL	10	25	19	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.316	.676	83	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2D3
2011	26	BOS	AL	103	386	358	52	84	23	3	16	56	1	0	24	119	.235	.288	.450	.737	95	161	7	3	0	1	1	2
2012	27	BOS	AL	40	136	128	19	36	10	0	10	24	0	0	7	38	.281	.316	.594	.910	138	76	3	0	0	1	0	*2
6 Yrs				393	1421	1299	173	322	74	4	49	175	1	4	109	408	.248	.307	.424	.732	91	551	22	5	3	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	586	535	71	133	31	2	20	72	0	2	45	168	.248	.307	.424	.732	91	227	9	2	1	2	2

TEX (4 yrs)				193	721	653	89	159	32	1	19	82	0	4	62	219	.243	.309	.383	.692	80	250	8	1	3	2	2
BOS (3 yrs)				153	547	505	73	123	36	3	26	81	1	0	37	161	.244	.298	.481	.779	106	243	10	3	0	2	1
ATL (1 yr)				47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	1	1

AL (6 yrs)				346	1268	1158	162	282	68	4	45	163	1	4	99	380	.244	.304	.426	.730	91	493	18	4	3	4	3
NL (1 yr)				47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	22	ATL	NL	47	153	-2	-1	0	2	0	-0	-0.0	4	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$	23/D
2007	22	TEX	AL	46	176	-4	0	0	-5	-0	-9	-0.8	6	-3	-0.3	.481	.495	0.2	-0.5	2	$	32
2008	23	TEX	AL	61	230	-1	-2	0	-6	3	-6	-0.5	8	2	0.2	.490	.496	0.8	-0.3	8	$	2/D
2009	24	TEX	AL	84	310	-15	-1	0	3	5	-8	-0.7	10	2	0.2	.490	.495	-0.1	0.8	-1	$410,890	2/D
2010	25	TEX	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$418,580	/2
2010	25	BOS	AL	10	25	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.488	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/2D3
2011	26	BOS	AL	103	386	-5	-0	-1	-4	6	-4	-0.3	13	9	0.9	.496	.497	1.3	0.2	13	$750,000	2
2012	27	BOS	AL	40	136	6	-0	-0	-6	2	2	0.2	5	6	0.6	.505	.501	1.3	-0.4	12	$	*2
6 Seasons				393	1421	-23	-3	-1	-17	15	-28	-2.4	47	19	2.0	.493	.498	3.8	0.1	36	$1,579,470

TEX (4 yrs)				193	721	-21	-2	0	-8	7	-24	-2.1	24	1	0.1	.488	.496	0.9	0.1	9	$829,470
BOS (3 yrs)				153	547	1	-1	-1	-11	8	-4	-0.3	19	15	1.5	.498	.499	2.7	-0.3	26	$750,000
ATL (1 yr)				47	153	-2	-1	0	2	0	-0	-0.0	4	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$

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
2007	22	TOT	MLB	329	235	39	4.4	109	.318	.266	.271	.310	.340	.422	.429	.732	.768	90	.440	-5.9	-0.6	.641	.218	.156	.0
2007	22	ATL	NL	153	106	19	4.8	109	.327	.284	.270	.333	.340	.411	.432	.745	.772	93	.476	-1.5	-0.1	.657	.199	.128	.0
2007	22	TEX	AL	176	129	20	4.1	108	.310	.251	.272	.290	.340	.431	.425	.721	.765	87	.410	-4.4	-0.4	.628	.234	.180	.0
2008	23	TEX	AL	230	152	27	4.8	106	.385	.253	.269	.352	.337	.364	.423	.716	.760	90	.480	-1.7	-0.2	.669	.258	.111	.0
2009	24	TEX	AL	310	226	31	3.7	111	.320	.233	.272	.290	.341	.371	.437	.661	.778	70	.356	-13.6	-1.3	.568	.208	.138	.0
2010	25	TOT	AL	30	20	3	4.0	105	.211	.167	.268	.333	.336	.292	.419	.625	.756	69	.430	-0.8	-0.1	.650	.375	.125
2010	25	TEX	AL	5	4	0	0.0	107	.250	.200	.270	.200	.340	.200	.423	.400	.763	6	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
2010	25	BOS	AL	25	16	3	5.0	105	.200	.158	.267	.360	.336	.316	.418	.676	.754	83	.531	-0.1	-0.0	.750	.474	.158
2011	26	BOS	AL	386	282	45	4.3	103	.304	.235	.264	.288	.330	.450	.418	.737	.747	95	.465	-4.0	-0.4	.673	.285	.215	1.9
2012	27	BOS	AL	136	96	23	6.4	102	.321	.281	.258	.316	.326	.594	.419	.910	.746	138	.648	6.3	0.6	.874	.367	.313	.0
6 Yrs				1421	1011	168	4.4	107	.322	.248	.268	.307	.336	.424	.425	.732	.761	91	.458	-19.7	-1.9	.660	.258	.176	2.0
162 Game Avg.				586	417	69	4.4	107	.322	.248	.268	.307	.336	.424	.425	.732	.761	91	.458	-19.7	-1.9	.660	.258	.176	1

TEX (4 yrs)				721	511	78	4.1	109	.336	.243	.271	.309	.340	.383	.429	.692	.769	80	.405	-20.4	-1.9	.611	.228	.139	.0
BOS (3 yrs)				547	394	71	4.8	103	.303	.244	.263	.298	.329	.481	.418	.779	.747	106	.521	2.2	0.2	.724	.313	.238	1.9
ATL (1 yr)				153	106	19	4.8	109	.327	.284	.270	.333	.340	.411	.432	.745	.772	93	.476	-1.5	-0.1	.657	.199	.128	.0

AL (6 yrs)				1268	905	149	4.4	106	.322	.244	.267	.304	.335	.426	.424	.730	.760	91	.456	-18.2	-1.7	.660	.265	.182	2.0
NL (1 yr)				153	106	19	4.8	109	.327	.284	.270	.333	.340	.411	.432	.745	.772	93	.476	-1.5	-0.1	.657	.199	.128	.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
2007	22	TOT	MLB	329	3.3%	22.8%	5.8%	7.6%	31%	3.95	4.1	28.0	9.3	0.80	1.21	68%	18%	9.3%	9%
2007	22	ATL	NL	153	2.6%	18.3%	6.5%	6.5%	25%	2.80	5.0	35.3	11.8	0.58	0.81	72%	16%	6.2%	10%
2007	22	TEX	AL	176	4.0%	26.7%	5.1%	8.5%	36%	5.22	3.6	23.9	8.0	1.07	1.79	64%	19%	13.2%	9%
2008	23	TEX	AL	230	1.3%	32.2%	13.5%	7.0%	32%	2.39	2.7	66.0	7.6	0.47	0.64	53%	26%	4.1%	14%
2009	24	TEX	AL	310	2.9%	31.3%	7.1%	6.8%	32%	4.41	2.9	31.4	8.3	0.55	0.68	57%	22%	8.7%	13%
2010	25	TOT	AL	30	0.0%	16.7%	20.0%	10.0%	75%	0.83	4.8		12.0	0.73	1.00	63%	5%	0.0%	18%
2010	25	TEX	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		5.0	0.33	0.50	80%	0%	0.0%	0%
2010	25	BOS	AL	25	0.0%	16.0%	24.0%	12.0%	100%	0.67	4.8		19.0	0.88	1.20	60%	7%	0.0%	25%
2011	26	BOS	AL	386	4.2%	30.8%	6.2%	10.9%	50%	4.96	3.0	22.4	6.4	0.50	0.70	58%	20%	11.6%	14%
2012	27	BOS	AL	136	7.4%	27.9%	5.2%	14.7%	56%	5.43	3.4	12.8	5.3	0.38	0.59	60%	19%	17.5%	12%
6 Yrs				1421	3.5%	28.7%	7.7%	8.9%	39%	3.74	3.2	26.5	7.4	0.57	0.79	60%	20%	9.8%	12%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	22	TOT	MLB	-5.9	-0.6	333	-1.4	5.4	-6.8	1.07	-0.7	-0.6	-12.0	-1.1	0.98	-8.4	1.65	10
2007	22	ATL	NL	-1.5	-0.1	155	-0.7	2.6	-3.3	1.11	-0.3	-0.3	-7.4	-0.7	1.01	-3.8	1.65	10
2007	22	TEX	AL	-4.4	-0.4	178	-0.7	2.8	-3.5	1.04	-0.4	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.95	-4.7		0
2008	23	TEX	AL	-2.0	-0.2	234	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	.94	-0.4	-0.1	1.9	0.2	0.94	-3.3	2.77	4
2009	24	TEX	AL	-13.6	-1.3	316	-1.3	4.0	-5.3	.89	-1.3	-0.2	-10.4	-1.0	0.89	-13.4		0
2010	25	TOT	AL	-0.8	-0.1	30	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.14	-0.2	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.89	-0.8	0.92	3
2010	25	TEX	AL	-0.7	-0.1	5	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.79	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.98	-0.7	1.29	1
2010	25	BOS	AL	-0.1	-0.0	25	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.01	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.88	-0.1	0.74	2
2011	26	BOS	AL	-4.0	-0.4	390	-1.0	6.0	-7.0	.94	-0.5	-0.6	-1.4	-0.1	1.03	-6.1	0.89	2
2012	27	BOS	AL	6.3	0.6	138	0.2	2.9	-2.6	1.00	0.8	-0.6	4.6	0.4	0.95	7.3	2.12	7
6 Yrs				-20.0	-1.9	1441	-4.2	21.9	-26.1	.97	-2.2	-2.2	-17.5	-1.6	0.96	-24.7	1.81	26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	22	TOT	MLB	1	31%	108	0	0		0	0	1	2	4	28%	15	12	3	1	1	0	9	5	4
2007	22	ATL	NL	0	15%	62	0	0		0	0	0	1	2	17%	10	9	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
2007	22	TEX	AL	1	48%	46	0	0		0	0	1	1	2	39%	5	3	2	1	1	0	7	4	3
2008	23	TEX	AL	2	31%	87	0	2	0%	0	2	0	3	5	48%	10	6	4	4	2	1	9	3	6
2009	24	TEX	AL	0	31%	108	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	5	32%	14	9	5	4	4	0	7	4	3
2010	25	TOT	AL	0	20%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	25	TEX	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	0	22%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	1	38%	120	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	10	28%	22	18	4	6	6	0	12	5	7
2012	27	BOS	AL	1	27%	49	0	0		0	0	0	2	3	50%	4	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	2
6 Yrs				5	32%	481	1	4	20%	1	4	1	9	27	34%	66	47	19	17	15	1	39	17	22

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
2007	22	TOT	MLB	329	100%	82	7	0	10	1	0	1	1.65	11	0	14	7	4	6	5	0	0	0		71	8	11%	31	5	16%	223	23	10%	20	9	45%	16	6	38%	0
2007	22	ATL	NL	153	100%	40	4	0	10	1	0	1	1.65	4	0	9	0	4	4	0	0	0	0		36	4	11%	14	2	14%	111	8	7%	8	3	38%	7	2	29%	0
2007	22	TEX	AL	176	100%	42	3	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	5	7	0	2	5	0	0	0		35	4	11%	17	3	18%	112	15	13%	12	6	50%	9	4	44%	0
2008	23	TEX	AL	230	100%	50	1	0	4	1	0	0	2.77	3	1	9	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		38	1	3%	9	1	11%	144	23	16%	7	5	71%	2	2	100%	0
2009	24	TEX	AL	310	100%	66	8	1	0	0	0	0		9	1	7	5	4	6	3	0	3	3	100%	36	3	8%	18	7	39%	151	27	18%	16	8	50%	11	8	73%	0
2010	25	TOT	AL	30	100%	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.92	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	19	2	11%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2010	25	TEX	AL	5	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2010	25	BOS	AL	25	100%	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	15	1	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	386	100%	84	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.89	16	0	10	11	5	6	10	0	0	0		80	7	9%	37	5	14%	253	42	17%	27	13	48%	19	7	37%	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	136	100%	36	1	0	7	1	1	1	2.12	10	0	2	9	1	5	5	0	0	0		23	3	13%	15	4	27%	81	14	17%	8	3	38%	9	5	56%	0
6 Yrs				1421	100%	322	21	1	26	3	1	2	1.81	49	2	43	35	14	25	24	0	3	3	100%	253	22	9%	112	22	20%	871	131	15%	79	39	49%	58	28	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			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
2007	22	TOT	MLB	330	1201	3.64	756	63%	21%	21%	26%	31%	79%	1%	49%	73%	39%	5%	17	1	14%	46	21	11%	37	27	21%	-1	0	0
2007	22	ATL	NL	153	549	3.59	341	62%	19%	19%	28%	33%	81%	2%	50%	77%	42%	5%	8	1	16%	24	14	9%	14	11	21%	0	0	0
2007	22	TEX	AL	177	652	3.68	415	64%	23%	24%	24%	29%	77%	0%	49%	69%	37%	5%	9	0	12%	22	7	13%	23	16	21%	-1	0	0
2008	23	TEX	AL	232	1009	4.35	607	60%	26%	23%	30%	21%	74%	1%	44%	69%	26%	4%	10	0	15%	35	13	11%	26	7	23%	-2	0	0
2009	24	TEX	AL	316	1195	3.78	775	65%	19%	23%	33%	25%	81%	0%	52%	71%	40%	3%	10	0	10%	33	16	8%	24	19	11%	-6	0	0
2010	25	TOT	AL	30	113	3.77	65	58%	28%	6%	37%	29%	72%	0%	42%	91%	30%	3%	1	0	13%	4	3	10%	3	3	80%	0	0	0
2010	25	TEX	AL	5	19	3.80	12	63%	42%	0%	25%	33%	58%	0%	37%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	20%	1	1	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	25	94	3.76	53	56%	25%	8%	40%	28%	75%	0%	43%	90%	36%	4%	1	0	12%	3	2	12%	3	3	75%	0	0	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	387	1530	3.95	995	65%	23%	24%	29%	24%	77%	1%	50%	69%	35%	4%	14	1	14%	53	25	6%	23	16	24%	-1	0	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	136	525	3.86	348	66%	21%	22%	31%	26%	79%	0%	52%	72%	35%	3%	4	0	10%	13	7	6%	8	6	21%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1431	5573	3.89	3546	64%	22%	23%	30%	25%	78%	1%	49%	71%	35%	4%	56	2	13%	184	85	8%	121	78	21%	-10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	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
2007	22	93	329	308	39	82	13	1	11	33	0	0	19	75	.266	.310	.422	.732	90	130	8	1	0	1	1
2008	23	154	559	506	66	132	26	1	14	59	0	2	50	149	.261	.327	.399	.727	90	202	9	1	0	2	2
2009	24	238	869	789	100	198	38	1	23	93	0	4	72	246	.251	.314	.389	.703	83	307	12	2	3	3	3
2010	25	250	899	813	102	202	41	1	23	95	0	4	78	251	.248	.315	.386	.701	83	314	12	2	3	3	3
2011	26	353	1285	1171	154	286	64	4	39	151	1	4	102	370	.244	.307	.406	.712	86	475	19	5	3	4	4
2012	27	393	1421	1299	173	322	74	4	49	175	1	4	109	408	.248	.307	.424	.732	91	551	22	5	3	5	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	22	93	325	305	37	79	13	1	11	31	0	18	75	.259	.302	.416	.718	38	93
2008	23	61	228	197	27	49	13	0	3	26	0	30	74	.249	.346	.360	.707	25	61
2009	24	84	307	281	33	64	12	0	9	33	0	21	97	.228	.283	.367	.649	29	84
2010	25	12	30	24	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	6	5	.167	.333	.292	.625	2	12
2011	26	103	387	359	53	85	23	3	16	57	1	24	119	.237	.289	.451	.741	46	103
2012	27	40	136	128	19	36	10	0	10	24	0	7	38	.281	.316	.594	.910	24	40
6 Yrs		393	1413	1294	171	317	74	4	49	173	1	106	408	.245	.304	.422	.725	164	393
162 Game Avg.		162	582	533	70	131	31	2	20	71	0	44	168	.245	.304	.422	.725	68	393

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

AB per HR s c a p y 2012 AL 12.8 (7th)**	Youngest s c a p y 2007 NL born 1985-05-02 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2012 AL 12.8 (7th)**

Youngest s c a p y
2007 NL born 1985-05-02 (10th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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