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Gaby Sánchez

Gabriel Sanchez (Gaby) (twitter: @GabySanchez15)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 2, 1983 in Miami, FL
High School: Brito Miami Private School (Miami, FL)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 4th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 2008
Team: Marlins 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$483k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.062, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Star

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
2005	21	FLA-min	A-	62	257	234	34	83	16	0	5	42	11	5	16	24	.355	.401	.487	.888		114	6	4	0	3	0		JAM · NYPL
2006	22	FLA-min	A,A+,Rk	74	316	250	57	72	16	1	15	50	7	2	56	32	.288	.427	.540	.967		135	4	7	0	3	2		GBO,JUP,JUM · SALL,FLOR,GULF
2007	23	FLA-min	A+	133	547	473	89	132	40	3	9	70	6	6	64	74	.279	.369	.433	.803		205	15	6	0	4	0		JUP · FLOR
2008	24	FLA-min	AA	133	557	478	70	150	42	1	17	92	17	8	69	70	.314	.404	.513	.917		245	13	6	0	4	4		CAR · SOUL
2008	24	FLA	NL	5	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	156	5	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2009	25	FLA-min	AAA	85	370	318	55	92	11	0	16	56	5	0	41	44	.289	.374	.475	.849		151	10	5	1	5	2		NOR · PCL
2009	25	FLA	NL	21	23	21	2	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	.238	.304	.524	.828	112	11	1	0	0	0	0	/3
2010	26	FLA	NL	151	643	572	72	156	37	3	19	85	5	0	57	101	.273	.341	.448	.788	108	256	14	5	3	6	2	*3	RoY-4
2011	27	FLA	NL	159	661	572	72	152	35	0	19	78	3	1	74	97	.266	.352	.427	.779	113	244	18	6	2	7	4	*3/D	AS
2012	28	FLA-min	AAA	12	52	40	6	12	1	0	2	6	0	1	10	8	.300	.462	.475	.937		19	2	2	0	0	1		NOR · PCL
2012	28	MIA	NL	36	131	122	5	24	9	0	1	11	1	0	8	23	.197	.244	.295	.539	44	36	4	0	0	1	1	*3
5 Yrs				372	1466	1295	151	340	83	3	41	178	9	1	141	226	.263	.337	.426	.763	105	552	37	11	5	14	7
162 Game Avg.				162	638	564	66	148	36	1	18	78	4	0	61	98	.263	.337	.426	.763	105	240	16	5	2	6	3

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
2008	24	FLA	NL	5	8	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/3
2009	25	FLA	NL	21	23	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/3
2010	26	FLA	NL	151	643	6	-1	-1	-10	-9	-14	-1.5	18	3	0.2	.490	.491	1.2	-2.0	13	$401,000	*3	RoY-4
2011	27	FLA	NL	159	661	11	0	-2	5	-10	5	0.6	18	23	2.4	.503	.503	1.8	-0.4	18	$431,000	*3/D	AS
2012	28	MIA	NL	36	131	-10	-1	-1	3	-2	-11	-1.1	4	-7	-0.8	.467	.493	-1.2	0.1	-10	$	*3
5 Seasons				372	1466	9	-2	-3	-2	-21	-19	-2.0	40	21	2.0	.494	.497	2.0	-2.3	23	$832,000

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
2008	24	FLA	NL	8	5	2	10.7	109	.500	.375	.268	.375	.340	.625	.428	1.000	.769	156	.808	0.7	0.1	1.000	.250	.250
2009	25	FLA	NL	23	17	3	4.7	108	.188	.238	.268	.304	.342	.524	.426	.828	.767	112	.492	0.1	0.0	.765	.381	.286	.0
2010	26	FLA	NL	643	439	88	5.4	105	.299	.273	.265	.341	.336	.448	.418	.788	.754	108	.572	7.1	0.7	.751	.283	.175	7.9
2011	27	FLA	NL	661	448	87	5.2	99	.287	.266	.260	.352	.328	.427	.405	.779	.733	113	.574	12.4	1.2	.743	.294	.161	5.2
2012	28	MIA	NL	131	103	8	2.1	105	.232	.197	.265	.244	.334	.295	.419	.539	.753	44	.193	-9.8	-1.0	.441	.172	.098	1.0
5 Yrs				1466	1012	188	5.0	102	.287	.263	.263	.337	.332	.426	.413	.763	.745	105	.544	10.5	1.0	.717	.279	.164	14.8
162 Game Avg.				638	441	82	5.0	102	.287	.263	.263	.337	.332	.426	.413	.763	.745	105	.544	5	0	.717	.279	.164	6

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	FLA	NL	27		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
2008	24	FLA	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	67%		4.0		8.0	1.00	2.00	75%	33%	0.0%	0%
2009	25	FLA	NL	23	8.7%	13.0%	8.7%	8.7%	40%	1.50	7.0	10.5	7.0	0.80	1.14	70%	28%	22.2%	10%
2010	26	FLA	NL	643	3.0%	15.7%	8.9%	9.2%	38%	1.77	5.7	30.1	6.7	0.59	0.76	71%	20%	7.1%	10%
2011	27	FLA	NL	661	2.9%	14.7%	11.2%	8.2%	36%	1.31	5.9	30.1	7.3	0.56	0.79	70%	21%	7.5%	17%
2012	28	MIA	NL	131	0.8%	17.6%	6.1%	7.6%	42%	2.88	5.3	122.0	11.1	0.64	0.72	76%	13%	2.4%	33%
5 Yrs				1466	2.8%	15.4%	9.6%	8.7%	37%	1.60	5.7	31.6	7.3	0.59	0.78	71%	20%	7.2%	15%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	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
2008	24	FLA	NL	0.7	0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.39	0.1	-0.1	1.1	0.1	1.03	0.7	0.37	3
2009	25	FLA	NL	0.1	0.0	23	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-0.7	0.94	18
2010	26	FLA	NL	7.1	0.7	654	2.0	12.6	-10.6	.98	1.6	0.5	26.2	2.5	0.98	18.5	1.29	2
2011	27	FLA	NL	12.4	1.2	674	-0.9	12.0	-12.9	1.12	1.4	-2.2	6.9	0.7	1.03	16.9	0.98	5
2012	28	MIA	NL	-9.8	-1.0	132	-1.0	1.7	-2.7	1.05	-0.7	-0.2	-9.4	-0.9	0.94	-8.6		0
5 Yrs				10.5	1.0	1491	0.0	26.6	-26.6	1.04	2.2	-2.2	23.9	2.3	1.00	26.8	0.91	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	24	FLA	NL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2009	25	FLA	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	26	FLA	NL	5	27%	248	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	7	13	36%	36	28	8	11	9	2	20	4	14
2011	27	FLA	NL	6	25%	271	3	1	75%	3	1	0	1	1	7	13	43%	44	30	14	10	6	4	19	6	13
2012	28	MIA	NL	1	13%	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	20%	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				12	24%	578	9	1	90%	8	1	1	1	1	16	29	39%	85	61	24	22	16	6	40	11	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
2008	24	FLA	NL	8	13%	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	25	FLA	NL	23	26%	5	0	0	18	5	2	2	0.94	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	16	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	26	FLA	NL	643	26%	156	21	3	2	0	0	0	1.29	19	0	18	13	6	7	12	0	7	3	43%	138	14	10%	61	20	33%	447	71	16%	43	24	56%	39	24	62%	0
2011	27	FLA	NL	661	24%	152	10	0	5	1	0	0	0.98	19	1	22	14	5	11	8	0	4	2	50%	115	18	16%	60	20	33%	422	62	15%	46	21	46%	27	13	48%	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	131	30%	24	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		22	4	18%	14	4	29%	73	11	15%	5	4	80%	5	4	80%	0
5 Yrs				1466	25%	340	32	3	28	6	2	2	0.91	41	1	44	28	13	20	21	0	11	5	45%	282	37	13%	137	44	32%	964	146	15%	94	49	52%	71	41	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			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
2008	24	FLA	NL	8	34	4.25	25	74%	8%	24%	44%	24%	92%	0%	68%	74%	50%	0%	0	0	25%	2	2	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	25	FLA	NL	23	77	3.35	49	64%	27%	6%	31%	37%	73%	0%	47%	92%	26%	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	13%	3	1	33%	0	0	0
2010	26	FLA	NL	644	2431	3.77	1580	65%	26%	13%	30%	30%	74%	1%	48%	82%	29%	5%	33	1	15%	98	32	9%	56	29	18%	-1	0	0
2011	27	FLA	NL	664	2581	3.89	1598	62%	27%	13%	30%	30%	73%	1%	45%	82%	27%	6%	42	3	15%	101	26	11%	71	33	19%	-3	0	0
2012	28	MIA	NL	131	491	3.75	315	64%	28%	15%	25%	32%	72%	2%	46%	80%	24%	6%	8	0	14%	18	3	9%	12	8	26%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1470	5614	3.82	3567	64%	26%	13%	30%	31%	74%	1%	47%	82%	28%	6%	83	4	15%	220	63	10%	142	71	19%	-4	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
2008	24	5	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	156	5	0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	26	31	29	2	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	5	.276	.323	.552	.874	124	16	1	0	0	0	0
2010	26	177	674	601	74	164	39	3	21	89	5	0	59	106	.273	.340	.453	.792	109	272	15	5	3	6	2
2011	27	336	1335	1173	146	316	74	3	40	167	8	1	133	203	.269	.346	.440	.786	111	516	33	11	5	13	6
2012	28	372	1466	1295	151	340	83	3	41	178	9	1	141	226	.263	.337	.426	.763	105	552	37	11	5	14	7

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
2008	24	5	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	2	5
2009	25	21	23	21	2	5	0	0	2	3	0	2	3	.238	.304	.524	.828	3	21
2010	26	151	642	571	71	155	37	3	19	84	5	57	101	.271	.340	.447	.786	86	151
2011	27	159	668	577	76	157	36	0	20	82	3	76	97	.272	.359	.438	.797	90	159
4 Yrs		336	1341	1177	149	320	75	3	41	170	8	135	203	.272	.349	.445	.794	181	336
162 Game Avg.		162	647	567	72	154	36	1	20	82	4	65	98	.272	.349	.445	.794	87	336

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 159 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 74 (8th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2011 NL 7 (9th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2011 NL 18 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2068), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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