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Ángel Sánchez

Angel Luis Sanchez

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 20, 1983 in Humacao, P.R.
High School: Florencia Garcia HS (Las Piedras, PR)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 2006
Teams (by GP): Astros/Royals/RedSox 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.144, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Burton Rocks, previously: Octagon [*]
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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	17	KCR-min	Rk	30	103	95	10	23	4	0	0	6	3	1	6	28	.242	.287	.284	.571		27	2	0	2	0	0		DVT · GULF
2002	18	KCR-min	Rk	49	197	175	21	44	4	0	0	12	9	2	10	24	.251	.302	.274	.576		48	1	4	5	3	0		DVT · GULF
2003	19	KCR-min	A	106	449	408	54	110	8	1	2	35	14	5	28	52	.270	.321	.309	.629		126	10	4	6	3	0		BUR · MIDW
2004	20	KCR-min	A	90	395	357	37	90	13	1	2	25	16	7	18	51	.252	.303	.311	.614		111	5	9	9	2	0		BUR · MIDW
2005	21	KCR-min	A+	133	639	585	102	183	33	4	5	70	10	5	39	54	.313	.356	.409	.765		239	11	3	7	5	0		HDS · CALL
2006	22	KCR-min	AA	133	612	542	105	153	24	1	4	57	8	9	44	63	.282	.339	.352	.692		191	12	7	11	8	0		WCH · TL
2006	22	KCR	AL	8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0	/46

2008	24	KCR-min	AA,AAA	101	422	372	41	92	14	3	2	36	5	5	37	60	.247	.316	.317	.633		118	11	1	10	2	0		NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2009	25	TOR-min	AAA	126	506	449	67	137	29	4	6	60	1	2	39	67	.305	.363	.428	.791		192	12	4	10	4	2		LVG · PCL
2010	26	BOS-min	AAA	62	252	223	26	61	10	1	0	17	6	1	24	30	.274	.348	.327	.675		73	9	2	2	1	0		PAW · IL
2010	26	TOT	MLB	66	272	253	30	70	9	4	0	25	0	1	11	45	.277	.312	.344	.656	80	87	8	2	6	0	0	6/4
2010	26	BOS	AL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
2010	26	HOU	NL	65	269	250	30	70	9	4	0	25	0	1	11	45	.280	.316	.348	.664	82	87	8	2	6	0	0	6/4
2011	27	HOU	NL	110	328	288	35	69	10	0	1	28	3	0	27	44	.240	.305	.285	.590	65	82	3	1	10	2	1	645
2012	28	HOU-min	AAA	39	150	129	20	33	5	0	3	16	2	1	16	14	.256	.340	.364	.704		47	2	1	3	1	0		OKC · PCL
3 Yrs				184	628	568	67	145	19	4	1	54	3	1	38	93	.255	.304	.308	.612	69	175	11	3	16	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	553	500	59	128	17	4	1	48	3	1	33	82	.255	.304	.308	.612	69	154	10	3	14	3	1

HOU (2 yrs)				175	597	538	65	139	19	4	1	53	3	1	38	89	.258	.310	.314	.624	73	169	11	3	16	2	1
KCR (1 yr)				8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				175	597	538	65	139	19	4	1	53	3	1	38	89	.258	.310	.314	.624	73	169	11	3	16	2	1
AL (2 yrs)				9	31	30	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.194	.200	.394	2	6	0	0	0	1	0

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
2006	22	KCR	AL	8	28	-3	-0	1	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.485	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/46

2010	26	BOS	AL	1	3	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.320	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/6
2010	26	HOU	NL	65	269	-6	-0	-0	-12	3	-16	-1.7	7	-8	-0.9	.474	.490	0.3	-1.0	4	$	6/4
2011	27	HOU	NL	110	328	-14	1	0	-1	3	-11	-1.2	9	-2	-0.3	.489	.492	-0.2	0.2	-1	$432,500	645
3 Seasons				184	628	-23	-0	0	-13	6	-30	-3.2	18	-12	-1.4	.483	.495	-0.1	-0.7	0	$432,500

HOU (2 yrs)				175	597	-19	0	-0	-13	6	-27	-2.9	16	-11	-1.2	.483	.491	0.1	-0.7	2	$432,500
KCR (1 yr)				8	28	-3	-0	1	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.485	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	3	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.320	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
2006	22	KCR	AL	28	22	1	1.2	112	.250	.222	.277	.214	.341	.222	.440	.437	.781	13	.065	-3.5	-0.3	.286	.000	.000

2010	26	TOT	MLB	272	198	26	3.5	100	.337	.277	.259	.312	.328	.344	.407	.656	.735	80	.380	-8.0	-0.8	.516	.107	.067
2010	26	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.336	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2010	26	HOU	NL	269	195	26	3.6	100	.341	.280	.258	.316	.328	.348	.407	.664	.735	82	.387	-7.2	-0.7	.524	.108	.068
2011	27	HOU	NL	328	234	28	3.2	97	.278	.240	.257	.305	.324	.285	.400	.590	.724	65	.357	-13.1	-1.3	.509	.149	.045	1.5
3 Yrs				628	454	55	3.2	99	.302	.255	.258	.304	.326	.308	.405	.612	.731	69	.352	-24.6	-2.4	.501	.123	.053	1.5
162 Game Avg.				553	400	48	3.2	99	.302	.255	.258	.304	.326	.308	.405	.612	.731	69	.352	-24.6	-2.4	.501	.123	.053	1

HOU (2 yrs)				597	429	54	3.4	98	.307	.258	.258	.310	.326	.314	.403	.624	.729	73	.371	-20.2	-2.0	.516	.130	.056	1.5
KCR (1 yr)				28	22	1	1.2	112	.250	.222	.277	.214	.341	.222	.440	.437	.781	13	.065	-3.5	-0.3	.286	.000	.000
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.336	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				597	429	54	3.4	98	.307	.258	.258	.310	.326	.314	.403	.624	.729	73	.371	-20.2	-2.0	.516	.130	.056	1.5
AL (2 yrs)				31	25	1	1.1	111	.222	.200	.276	.194	.341	.200	.438	.394	.778	2	.053	-4.4	-0.4	.250	.000	.000

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
2006	22	KCR	AL	28	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.8		27.0	1.75	1.83	86%	17%	0.0%	0%

2010	26	TOT	MLB	272	0.0%	16.5%	4.0%	4.8%	19%	4.09	5.6		10.1	0.84	1.38	76%	23%	0.0%	10%
2010	26	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2010	26	HOU	NL	269	0.0%	16.7%	4.1%	4.8%	19%	4.09	5.6		10.0	0.81	1.33	76%	24%	0.0%	10%
2011	27	HOU	NL	328	0.3%	13.4%	8.2%	3.4%	16%	1.63	6.5	288.0	10.3	1.18	1.50	75%	14%	1.1%	15%
3 Yrs				628	0.2%	14.8%	6.1%	3.8%	17%	2.45	6.1	568.0	10.5	1.04	1.46	76%	18%	0.5%	12%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.7%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	22	KCR	AL	-3.5	-0.3	28	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	1.23	-0.2	0.2	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-3.2		0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	-8.0	-0.8	278	-0.7	4.3	-5.0	1.01	-0.9	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.91	-8.4	0.34	2
2010	26	BOS	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.41	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.76	-0.9		0
2010	26	HOU	NL	-7.2	-0.7	275	-0.7	4.3	-4.9	1.02	-0.8	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.91	-7.5	0.34	2
2011	27	HOU	NL	-13.1	-1.3	335	-0.1	4.8	-4.9	.97	-0.9	0.8	-2.5	-0.3	1.02	-8.5	1.41	32
3 Yrs				-24.6	-2.4	641	-0.9	9.5	-10.4	1.00	-2.0	1.1	-8.5	-0.8	0.97	-20.1	1.35	34

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	22	KCR	AL	1	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	2	0	36%	110	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	40%	19	13	5	2	0	1	9	2	6
2010	26	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	26	HOU	NL	2	0	36%	110	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	40%	19	13	5	2	0	1	9	2	6
2011	27	HOU	NL	2	0	35%	130	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	30%	22	19	3	6	4	2	12	5	7
3 Yrs				5	0	36%	246	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	32%	42	33	8	9	5	3	23	9	13

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
2006	22	KCR	AL	28	43%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	3	1	33%	18	2	11%	3	1	33%	0	0		0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	272	29%	70	7	2	2	2	0	0	0.34	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	41	8	20%	29	10	34%	147	26	18%	14	10	71%	14	7	50%	0
2010	26	BOS	AL	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	26	HOU	NL	269	29%	70	7	2	2	2	0	0	0.34	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	41	8	20%	29	10	34%	146	26	18%	14	10	71%	14	7	50%	0
2011	27	HOU	NL	328	23%	69	14	4	32	10	0	2	1.41	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	16	10	63%	59	3	5%	39	23	59%	196	27	14%	15	10	67%	22	15	68%	0
3 Yrs				628	27%	145	21	6	34	12	0	2	1.35	1	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	23	16	70%	108	11	10%	71	34	48%	361	55	15%	32	21	66%	36	22	61%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			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
2006	22	KCR	AL	28	98	3.50	70	71%	33%	9%	24%	34%	67%	0%	48%	87%	29%	0%	0	0	7%	2	1	4%	1	1	50%	0	0	0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	272	1027	3.78	673	66%	34%	10%	24%	32%	66%	0%	43%	84%	24%	3%	9	1	11%	29	10	8%	21	15	38%	0	0	0
2010	26	BOS	AL	3	13	4.33	8	62%	38%	0%	25%	38%	63%	0%	38%	100%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2010	26	HOU	NL	269	1014	3.77	665	66%	34%	11%	24%	32%	66%	0%	43%	84%	24%	3%	9	1	11%	29	10	8%	21	15	38%	0	0	0
2011	27	HOU	NL	330	1233	3.74	794	64%	34%	9%	25%	32%	66%	1%	43%	86%	26%	5%	15	0	12%	41	14	8%	26	10	25%	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				630	2358	3.74	1537	65%	34%	10%	24%	32%	66%	0%	43%	85%	25%	4%	24	1	11%	72	25	8%	48	26	32%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	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
2006	22	8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0
2007	23	8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0
2008	24	8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0
2009	25	8	28	27	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.214	.222	.437	13	6	0	0	0	1	0
2010	26	74	300	280	32	76	9	4	0	26	0	1	11	49	.271	.303	.332	.635	73	93	8	2	6	1	0
2011	27	184	628	568	67	145	19	4	1	54	3	1	38	93	.255	.304	.308	.612	69	175	11	3	16	3	1

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
2006	22	8	27	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.192	.185	.192	.377	1	8

2010	26	66	274	255	31	72	9	4	0	26	0	11	45	.282	.317	.349	.666	28	66
2011	27	110	332	291	38	72	10	0	1	30	3	28	44	.247	.314	.292	.606	27	110
3 Yrs		184	633	572	71	149	19	4	1	57	3	39	93	.260	.310	.313	.622	56	184
162 Game Avg.		162	557	504	63	131	17	4	1	50	3	34	82	.260	.310	.313	.622	49	184

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