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Bobby Scales

Bobby Leon Scales

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 4, 1977 in Southfield, MI
High School: Milton HS (Alpharetta, GA)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 14th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 2009
Team: Cubs 2009-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.098 [*],
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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
1999	21	SDP-min	Rk	44	203	169	47	49	14	6	1	30	7	2	29	31	.290	.398	.462	.860		78	6	2	2	1	0		IDF · PION
2000	22	SDP-min	A	81	314	269	42	76	14	3	1	27	14	7	39	52	.283	.379	.368	.747		99	9	3	3	0	5		FWA · MIDW
2001	23	SDP-min	A+	98	417	362	46	98	24	4	5	42	20	7	44	78	.271	.365	.401	.766		145	7	10	1	0	1		LEL · CALL
2002	24	SDP-min	AA	97	282	250	40	69	13	3	4	27	6	3	27	56	.276	.356	.400	.756		100	3	4	1	0	1		MOB · SOUL
2003	25	SDP-min	AA,AAA	111	392	344	49	101	29	3	3	39	11	2	43	69	.294	.373	.422	.795		145	4	2	1	2	2		MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
2004	26	SDP-min	AAA,AA	93	329	281	38	68	19	2	1	29	5	1	40	71	.242	.353	.335	.687		94	8	8	0	0	4		POR,MOB · PCL,SOUL
2005	27	SDP-min	AAA	120	436	376	50	103	19	2	14	61	9	4	53	98	.274	.372	.447	.818		168	9	6	0	1	0		POR · PCL
2006	28	PHI-min	AAA	105	415	357	46	104	22	7	7	44	3	3	44	100	.291	.369	.451	.820		161	3	3	6	5	3		SWB · IL
2007	29	BOS-min	AAA	122	499	432	64	127	28	8	11	57	14	3	50	94	.294	.373	.472	.845		204	5	8	3	6	4		PAW · IL
2008	30	CHC-min	AAA	121	457	387	94	124	20	2	15	59	7	5	59	90	.320	.415	.499	.914		193	8	5	4	2	1		IWA · PCL
2009	31	CHC-min	AAA	91	360	306	41	85	15	1	5	39	8	8	46	61	.278	.379	.382	.761		117	6	5	1	2	0		IWA · PCL
2009	31	CHC	NL	51	138	124	15	30	8	2	3	15	0	0	11	32	.242	.312	.411	.723	84	51	5	2	0	1	1	74/59
2010	32	CHC-min	AAA	119	462	373	68	100	33	3	10	53	7	3	72	77	.268	.397	.453	.850		169	9	10	3	4	4		IWA · PCL
2010	32	CHC	NL	10	20	13	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	5	.308	.550	.308	.858	136	4	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2011	33	CHC-min	Fgn,AAA	148	600	517	82	145	33	2	18	73	7	6	72	161	.280	.373	.456	.830		236	7	7	0	4	2		NPN,IWA · JPPL,PCL
2012	34	NYM-min	AAA,Fgn	38	164	133	22	46	11	0	2	10	2	2	25	27	.346	.457	.474	.930		63	0	3	2	1	2		BFL,ORX · IL,JPPL
2 Yrs				61	158	137	19	34	8	2	3	17	1	0	18	37	.248	.342	.401	.743	91	55	5	2	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	420	364	50	90	21	5	8	45	3	0	48	98	.248	.342	.401	.743	91	146	13	5	0	3	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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	31	CHC	NL	51	138	-4	-0	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	74/59
2010	32	CHC	NL	10	20	1	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.518	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/5
2 Seasons				61	158	-3	-0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	-0.2	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
2009	31	CHC	NL	138	100	15	4.0	113	.300	.242	.274	.312	.348	.411	.435	.723	.783	84	.418	-3.3	-0.3	.646	.258	.169	.0
2010	32	CHC	NL	20	9	3	8.9	106	.500	.308	.266	.550	.337	.308	.420	.858	.757	136	.772	1.6	0.2	1.333	.615	.000	.0
2 Yrs				158	109	18	4.4	112	.316	.248	.273	.342	.347	.401	.433	.743	.780	91	.465	-1.8	-0.2	.704	.292	.153	1.5
162 Game Avg.				420	289	48	4.4	112	.316	.248	.273	.342	.347	.401	.433	.743	.780	91	.465	-1.8	-0.2	.704	.292	.153	4

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
2009	31	CHC	NL	138	2.2%	23.2%	8.0%	9.4%	43%	2.91	3.9	41.3	8.3	0.77	1.23	65%	19%	6.3%	8%
2010	32	CHC	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	35.0%	0.0%	0%	0.71	2.6		6.5	1.67	1.00	40%	0%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				158	1.9%	23.4%	11.4%	8.2%	38%	2.06	3.7	45.7	8.1	0.82	1.21	62%	18%	5.9%	7%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.7%	7.7%	33%	2.10	4.9	34.3	8.0	0.79	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
2009	31	CHC	NL	-3.3	-0.3	140	-0.9	1.9	-2.8	1.04	-0.0	-0.8	-2.6	-0.2	0.95	-1.1	1.62	14
2010	32	CHC	NL	1.6	0.2	21	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.83	0.2	-0.0	2.1	0.2	0.91	2.0	1.42	3
2 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	161	-0.7	2.3	-3.0	1.01	0.2	-0.9	-0.5	-0.0	0.94	0.9	1.58	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	31	CHC	NL	30%	69	0		0	2	56%	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	5
2010	32	CHC	NL	36%	18	1	100%	1	1	50%	2	2	3	1	2	1	0	1
2 Yrs				31%	87	1	100%	1	3	53%	5	5	3	1	2	7	1	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
2009	31	CHC	NL	138	100%	30	4	0	14	7	2	5	1.62	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0%	35	5	14%	18	8	44%	81	13	16%	11	6	55%	4	4	100%	0
2010	32	CHC	NL	20	100%	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.42	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	12	2	17%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				158	100%	34	4	0	17	7	2	5	1.58	3	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0%	36	5	14%	19	8	42%	93	15	16%	13	6	46%	4	4	100%	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
2009	31	CHC	NL	138	541	3.92	328	61%	26%	19%	27%	28%	74%	1%	45%	74%	31%	7%	10	0	12%	17	3	10%	14	9	22%	0	0	0
2010	32	CHC	NL	20	88	4.40	43	49%	26%	19%	37%	19%	74%	0%	36%	75%	40%	5%	1	0	20%	4	2	15%	3	0	40%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				158	629	3.98	371	59%	26%	19%	28%	27%	74%	1%	44%	74%	32%	7%	11	0	13%	21	5	11%	17	9	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	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
2009	31	51	138	124	15	30	8	2	3	15	0	0	11	32	.242	.312	.411	.723	84	51	5	2	0	1	1
2010	32	61	158	137	19	34	8	2	3	17	1	0	18	37	.248	.342	.401	.743	91	55	5	2	0	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2009	31	51	135	122	14	28	7	2	3	14	0	10	32	.230	.296	.393	.690	14	51
2010	32	10	20	13	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	7	5	.308	.550	.308	.858	2	10
2 Yrs		61	155	135	18	32	7	2	3	16	1	17	37	.237	.329	.385	.714	16	61
162 Game Avg.		162	412	359	48	85	19	5	8	42	3	45	98	.237	.329	.385	.714	42	61

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