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Álex Sánchez

Alexis Sanchez

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 26, 1976 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
School: Miami Dade Wolfson CC (Miami, FL)
Drafted
by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2001
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Tigers/DevilRays/Giants 2001-2005

Final Game: July 23, 2005
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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
2001 24 MIL NL 30 73 68 7 14 3 2 0 4 6 2 5 13 .206 .260 .309 .569 49 21 0 0 0 0 0 8/79
2002 25 MIL NL 112 435 394 55 114 10 7 1 33 37 14 31 62 .289 .343 .358 .701 87 141 4 2 6 2 0 87 RoY-9
2003 26 TOT MLB 144 599 557 58 160 23 8 1 32 52 24 25 74 .287 .319 .363 .681 84 202 5 3 9 5 0 *8
2003 26 MIL NL 43 176 163 15 46 10 3 0 10 8 6 7 28 .282 .316 .380 .696 83 62 1 2 2 2 0 8
2003 26 DET AL 101 423 394 43 114 13 5 1 22 44 18 18 46 .289 .320 .355 .675 84 140 4 1 7 3 0 8
2004 27 DET AL 79 352 332 41 107 9 3 2 26 19 13 7 50 .322 .335 .386 .721 93 128 5 0 12 1 0 8/D
2005 28 TOT MLB 62 192 176 32 57 11 1 2 16 8 5 8 34 .324 .353 .432 .785 109 76 3 1 5 2 1 89/D
2005 28 TBD AL 43 145 133 28 46 8 1 2 13 6 3 7 25 .346 .373 .466 .839 124 62 3 0 3 2 1 89/D
2005 28 SFG NL 19 47 43 4 11 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 9 .256 .289 .326 .614 61 14 0 1 2 0 0 /98D
5 Yrs 427 1651 1527 193 452 56 21 6 111 122 58 76 233 .296 .330 .372 .702 88 568 17 6 32 10 1
162 Game Avg. 162 626 579 73 171 21 8 2 42 46 22 29 88 .296 .330 .372 .702 88 215 6 2 12 4 0
MIL (3 yrs) 185 684 625 77 174 23 12 1 47 51 22 43 103 .278 .327 .358 .685 82 224 5 4 8 4 0
DET (2 yrs) 180 775 726 84 221 22 8 3 48 63 31 25 96 .304 .327 .369 .696 88 268 9 1 19 4 0
TBD (1 yr) 43 145 133 28 46 8 1 2 13 6 3 7 25 .346 .373 .466 .839 124 62 3 0 3 2 1
SFG (1 yr) 19 47 43 4 11 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 9 .256 .289 .326 .614 61 14 0 1 2 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 204 731 668 81 185 26 12 1 50 53 24 44 112 .277 .325 .356 .681 80 238 5 5 10 4 0
AL (3 yrs) 223 920 859 112 267 30 9 5 61 69 34 32 121 .311 .334 .384 .718 94 330 12 1 22 6 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 Awards
2001 24 MIL NL 30 73 -3 1 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 8/79
2002 25 MIL NL 112 435 -6 -2 2 4 1 -1 -0.1 12 11 1.0 .499 .499 0.6 0.5 7 $202,000 87 RoY-9
2003 26 MIL NL 43 176 -5 -1 1 -3 1 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .483 .495 0.0 -0.2 1 $340,000 8
2003 26 DET AL 101 423 -10 -3 2 -5 2 -15 -1.4 14 -1 -0.1 .485 .491 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 8
2004 27 DET AL 79 352 -6 -3 0 -5 1 -12 -1.0 12 -0 0.0 .485 .493 0.4 -0.3 5 $385,000 8/D
2005 28 TBD AL 43 145 4 2 -0 -5 -1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.9 -0.6 9 $316,000 89/D
2005 28 SFG NL 19 47 -3 0 0 -4 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .462 .496 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $ /98D
5 Seasons 427 1651 -29 -6 5 -19 2 -47 -4.4 51 4 0.3 .489 .496 2.1 -1.4 23 $1,243,000
MIL (3 yrs) 185 684 -14 -1 3 -0 1 -11 -1.2 19 7 0.6 .494 .498 0.6 0.1 8 $542,000
DET (2 yrs) 180 775 -16 -6 2 -10 3 -27 -2.4 26 -1 -0.1 .485 .492 0.8 -0.5 9 $385,000
TBD (1 yr) 43 145 4 2 -0 -5 -1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.9 -0.6 9 $316,000
SFG (1 yr) 19 47 -3 0 0 -4 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .462 .496 -0.2 -0.4 -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
2001 24 MIL NL 73 56 6 2.9 109 .255 .206 .265 .260 .336 .309 .434 .569 .770 49 .263 -5.5 -0.5 .536 .235 .103 .0
2002 25 MIL NL 435 306 51 4.5 105 .339 .289 .264 .343 .337 .358 .419 .701 .756 87 .466 -7.9 -0.8 .661 .206 .069 1.9
2003 26 TOT MLB 599 440 64 3.9 103 .326 .287 .261 .319 .328 .363 .419 .681 .747 84 .387 -13.2 -1.2 .606 .171 .075 2.0
2003 26 MIL NL 176 128 19 4.0 108 .336 .282 .266 .316 .338 .380 .427 .696 .765 83 .402 -4.2 -0.4 .589 .153 .098 .0
2003 26 DET AL 423 312 45 3.9 101 .323 .289 .259 .320 .324 .355 .415 .675 .739 84 .381 -8.9 -0.8 .613 .178 .066 2.0
2004 27 DET AL 352 256 40 4.2 104 .374 .322 .263 .335 .330 .386 .423 .721 .753 93 .403 -4.3 -0.4 .580 .102 .063 3.6
2005 28 TOT MLB 192 134 26 5.2 105 .387 .324 .267 .353 .331 .432 .423 .785 .755 109 .527 2.2 0.2 .693 .170 .108 3.2
2005 28 TBD AL 145 98 22 6.0 103 .407 .346 .266 .373 .328 .466 .422 .839 .750 124 .591 4.8 0.4 .774 .195 .120 3.0
2005 28 SFG NL 47 36 4 3.0 109 .324 .256 .270 .289 .340 .326 .430 .614 .770 61 .290 -2.5 -0.2 .471 .093 .070 .0
5 Yrs 1651 1192 187 4.2 104 .344 .296 .263 .330 .332 .372 .421 .702 .753 88 .423 -28.7 -2.7 .621 .168 .076 11.4
162 Game Avg. 626 452 71 4.2 104 .344 .296 .263 .330 .332 .372 .421 .702 .753 88 .423 -28.7 -2.7 .621 .168 .076 4
MIL (3 yrs) 684 490 76 4.2 106 .330 .278 .264 .327 .337 .358 .423 .685 .760 82 .429 -17.6 -1.7 .628 .195 .080 2.0
DET (2 yrs) 775 568 85 4.0 102 .345 .304 .261 .327 .327 .369 .419 .696 .746 88 .391 -13.2 -1.2 .598 .143 .065 5.7
TBD (1 yr) 145 98 22 6.0 103 .407 .346 .266 .373 .328 .466 .422 .839 .750 124 .591 4.8 0.4 .774 .195 .120 3.0
SFG (1 yr) 47 36 4 3.0 109 .324 .256 .270 .289 .340 .326 .430 .614 .770 61 .290 -2.5 -0.2 .471 .093 .070 .0
NL (4 yrs) 731 526 80 4.1 107 .329 .277 .265 .325 .337 .356 .423 .681 .761 80 .420 -20.2 -1.9 .617 .189 .079 2.0
AL (3 yrs) 920 666 107 4.3 102 .355 .311 .262 .334 .327 .384 .419 .718 .746 94 .425 -8.5 -0.8 .624 .151 .073 9.3

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
2001 24 MIL NL 73 0.0% 17.8% 6.9% 6.9% 36% 2.60 5.2 17.0 1.36 1.71 75% 18% 0.0% 5%
2002 25 MIL NL 435 0.2% 14.3% 7.1% 4.1% 16% 2.00 6.4 394.0 11.9 1.08 1.93 77% 25% 0.7% 5%
2003 26 TOT MLB 599 0.2% 12.4% 4.2% 5.3% 20% 2.96 7.5 557.0 17.4 1.10 1.54 81% 13% 0.5% 6%
2003 26 MIL NL 176 0.0% 15.9% 4.0% 7.4% 28% 4.00 5.8 16.3 1.03 1.24 78% 19% 0.0% 5%
2003 26 DET AL 423 0.2% 10.9% 4.3% 4.5% 17% 2.56 8.6 394.0 17.9 1.14 1.68 83% 11% 0.8% 7%
2004 27 DET AL 352 0.6% 14.2% 2.0% 4.0% 13% 7.14 6.6 166.0 12.8 1.12 1.93 80% 18% 2.0% 4%
2005 28 TOT MLB 192 1.0% 17.7% 4.2% 7.3% 25% 4.25 5.2 88.0 11.0 0.91 1.31 74% 16% 3.4% 9%
2005 28 TBD AL 145 1.4% 17.2% 4.8% 7.6% 24% 3.57 5.3 66.5 10.2 0.84 1.15 74% 17% 4.3% 10%
2005 28 SFG NL 47 0.0% 19.2% 2.1% 6.4% 27% 9.00 4.8 14.3 1.15 1.89 72% 14% 0.0% 8%
5 Yrs 1651 0.4% 14.1% 4.6% 5.0% 18% 3.07 6.6 254.5 13.8 1.09 1.69 79% 18% 1.2% 6%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.98 5.3 31.8 7.6 0.78 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 24 MIL NL -5.6 -0.5 81 0.2 1.3 -1.1 .85 -0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.84 -2.4 0.77 14
2002 25 MIL NL -7.9 -0.8 492 -0.4 7.8 -8.2 1.03 -0.8 0.4 -0.5 -0.0 0.94 -7.9 0.97 9
2003 26 TOT MLB -13.2 -1.2 681 -2.7 9.3 -12.0 1.01 -1.6 -1.1 -15.5 -1.5 0.92 -20.6 1.33 12
2003 26 MIL NL -4.2 -0.4 192 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 1.00 -0.4 -0.3 -4.9 -0.5 0.91 -5.8 1.38 7
2003 26 DET AL -8.9 -0.8 489 -2.0 6.7 -8.7 1.02 -1.2 -0.8 -10.5 -1.0 0.92 -14.8 1.27 5
2004 27 DET AL -4.8 -0.4 387 -0.6 5.6 -6.2 .95 -0.7 0.1 -8.1 -0.8 0.93 -10.4 0
2005 28 TOT MLB 2.1 0.2 209 0.1 3.4 -3.4 .99 0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.94 -1.1 1.34 12
2005 28 TBD AL 4.6 0.4 158 0.6 3.0 -2.4 .98 0.4 0.2 2.2 0.2 0.96 2.7 2.04 5
2005 28 SFG NL -2.5 -0.2 51 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1.01 -0.3 -0.2 -3.8 -0.4 0.88 -3.8 0.85 7
5 Yrs -29.5 -2.8 1850 -3.5 27.3 -30.8 .99 -3.2 -0.2 -25.2 -2.5 0.93 -42.3 1.10 47

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
2001 24 MIL NL 3 0 37% 27 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2002 25 MIL NL 4 0 37% 140 37 14 73% 33 12 4 2 0 0 6 1 12 6 61% 18 7 10 6 3 3 7 0 6
2003 26 TOT MLB 4 0 31% 206 52 24 68% 44 20 8 3 0 1 3 2 13 16 40% 20 12 6 3 2 1 20 7 10
2003 26 MIL NL 1 0 27% 61 8 6 57% 7 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 62% 6 3 3 1 0 1 6 2 4
2003 26 DET AL 3 0 32% 145 44 18 71% 37 16 7 1 0 1 2 2 10 13 30% 14 9 3 2 2 0 14 5 6
2004 27 DET AL 2 0 35% 124 19 13 59% 14 12 5 1 0 0 4 1 5 5 50% 14 8 6 4 1 2 10 3 6
2005 28 TOT MLB 1 0 47% 74 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 50% 14 7 7 0 0 0 10 4 5
2005 28 TBD AL 1 0 51% 59 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 48% 12 7 5 0 0 0 9 4 5
2005 28 SFG NL 0 0 31% 15 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Yrs 14 0 35% 571 122 58 68% 104 51 18 6 0 1 14 4 33 34 50% 68 35 30 14 6 7 47 14 27

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
2001 24 MIL NL 73 93% 14 4 1 14 2 0 0 0.77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 2 67% 23 4 17% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2002 25 MIL NL 435 89% 114 22 7 9 1 0 0 0.97 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 12 6 50% 51 4 8% 26 10 38% 194 33 17% 17 8 47% 8 6 75% 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 599 73% 160 49 32 12 5 0 1 1.33 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 28 9 32% 74 5 7% 37 19 51% 260 34 13% 19 12 63% 13 7 54% 0
2003 26 MIL NL 176 76% 46 8 2 7 2 0 1 1.38 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 18 1 6% 8 5 63% 73 10 14% 6 5 83% 1 1 100% 0
2003 26 DET AL 423 72% 114 41 30 5 3 0 0 1.27 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 26 7 27% 56 4 7% 29 14 48% 187 24 13% 13 7 54% 12 6 50% 0
2004 27 DET AL 352 59% 107 36 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 27 12 44% 51 5 10% 23 16 70% 159 27 17% 14 10 71% 9 7 78% 0
2005 28 TOT MLB 192 88% 57 17 11 12 5 0 1 1.34 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 12 5 42% 31 3 10% 18 8 44% 99 14 14% 12 4 33% 8 6 75% 0
2005 28 TBD AL 145 90% 46 12 8 5 3 0 1 2.04 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 9 3 33% 27 3 11% 15 6 40% 83 11 13% 10 4 40% 8 6 75% 0
2005 28 SFG NL 47 81% 11 5 3 7 2 0 0 0.85 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 16 3 19% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1651 77% 452 128 80 47 13 0 2 1.10 6 0 26 4 2 3 3 0 79 32 41% 213 17 8% 107 55 51% 735 112 15% 62 34 55% 39 27 69% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 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
2001 24 MIL NL 73 244 3.34 165 68% 21% 11% 35% 33% 79% 0% 53% 86% 45% 3% 2 0 11% 8 1 5% 4 2 31% 0 0 0
2002 25 MIL NL 437 1450 3.32 962 66% 20% 11% 33% 35% 80% 0% 53% 86% 43% 3% 13 0 8% 36 6 5% 22 8 35% -2 0 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 601 1984 3.30 1369 69% 22% 11% 30% 36% 78% 0% 54% 86% 38% 3% 20 1 9% 54 8 5% 31 16 23% -2 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 176 658 3.74 432 66% 24% 13% 31% 32% 76% 0% 50% 82% 31% 2% 4 0 11% 19 3 6% 11 6 25% 0 0 0
2003 26 DET AL 425 1326 3.12 937 71% 22% 10% 30% 38% 78% 0% 55% 87% 40% 4% 16 1 8% 35 5 5% 20 10 22% -2 0 0
2004 27 DET AL 353 1083 3.07 783 72% 23% 12% 27% 38% 77% 0% 55% 85% 42% 2% 8 0 7% 24 5 5% 16 8 26% -1 0 0
2005 28 TOT MLB 192 612 3.19 411 67% 16% 14% 34% 36% 84% 1% 57% 83% 45% 4% 7 0 15% 28 10 4% 8 5 26% 0 0 0
2005 28 TBD AL 145 461 3.18 301 65% 16% 14% 33% 38% 84% 1% 55% 84% 40% 3% 4 0 14% 21 8 3% 5 4 20% 0 0 0
2005 28 SFG NL 47 151 3.21 110 73% 16% 16% 35% 33% 84% 0% 61% 80% 60% 6% 3 0 15% 7 2 6% 3 1 44% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1656 5373 3.24 3690 69% 21% 12% 31% 36% 79% 0% 54% 85% 41% 3% 50 1 9% 150 30 5% 81 39 28% -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
2001 24 30 73 68 7 14 3 2 0 4 6 2 5 13 .206 .260 .309 .569 49 21 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 142 508 462 62 128 13 9 1 37 43 16 36 75 .277 .331 .351 .681 81 162 4 2 6 2 0
2003 26 286 1107 1019 120 288 36 17 2 69 95 40 61 149 .283 .324 .357 .681 83 364 9 5 15 7 0
2004 27 365 1459 1351 161 395 45 20 4 95 114 53 68 199 .292 .327 .364 .691 85 492 14 5 27 8 0
2005 28 427 1651 1527 193 452 56 21 6 111 122 58 76 233 .296 .330 .372 .702 88 568 17 6 32 10 1

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
2001 24 30 72 67 6 13 3 2 0 4 6 5 13 .194 .250 .299 .549 5 30
2002 25 112 436 395 56 115 10 7 1 34 37 31 62 .291 .344 .359 .704 49 112
2003 26 144 602 560 60 163 23 8 1 33 53 25 74 .291 .322 .366 .688 66 144
2004 27 79 352 332 41 107 9 3 2 26 19 7 50 .322 .335 .386 .721 43 79
2005 28 62 192 176 32 57 11 1 2 16 8 8 34 .324 .353 .432 .785 27 62
5 Yrs 427 1654 1530 195 455 56 21 6 113 123 76 233 .297 .331 .373 .704 190 427
162 Game Avg. 162 628 580 74 173 21 8 2 43 47 29 88 .297 .331 .373 .704 72 427

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2002 NL  7 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2002 NL  37 (5th)
2003 AL  44 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  12 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2002 NL  14 (4th)
2003 AL  18 (1st)
2004 AL  13 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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