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Jordan Schafer

Jordan James Schafer (twitter: @JordanSchafer)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 4, 1986 in Hammond, IN
High School: Winter Haven HS (Winter Haven, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2009
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$489k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.121, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2009 22 ATL NL 50 195 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 2 1 27 63 .204 .313 .287 .600 61 48 2 0 0 1 3 8
2011 24 TOT NL 82 338 302 46 73 10 3 2 13 22 4 28 70 .242 .309 .315 .624 73 95 4 2 4 1 0 8
2011 24 ATL NL 52 220 196 32 47 6 3 1 7 15 4 18 42 .240 .307 .316 .623 72 62 3 1 4 0 0 8
2011 24 HOU NL 30 118 106 14 26 4 0 1 6 7 0 10 28 .245 .314 .311 .625 75 33 1 1 0 1 0 8
2012 25 HOU NL 44 184 164 26 43 7 1 2 13 14 4 15 51 .262 .331 .354 .685 89 58 3 2 2 0 0 *8
3 Yrs 176 717 633 90 150 25 4 6 34 38 9 70 184 .237 .316 .318 .633 74 201 9 4 6 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 660 583 83 138 23 4 6 31 35 8 64 169 .237 .316 .318 .633 74 185 8 4 6 2 3
ATL (2 yrs) 102 415 363 50 81 14 3 3 15 17 5 45 105 .223 .310 .303 .613 67 110 5 1 4 1 3
HOU (2 yrs) 74 302 270 40 69 11 1 3 19 21 4 25 79 .256 .324 .337 .661 83 91 4 3 2 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 Awards
2009 22 ATL NL 50 195 -11 -2 1 -11 1 -22 -2.2 5 -16 -1.7 .455 .486 -0.6 -1.0 -5 $400,000 8
2011 24 ATL NL 52 220 -6 2 -0 -2 1 -5 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .489 .496 0.2 -0.1 3 $ 8
2011 24 HOU NL 30 118 -4 2 0 -5 0 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .475 .495 0.1 -0.5 1 $ 8
2012 25 HOU NL 44 184 -0 1 -0 0 1 0 0.1 5 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.5 0.1 6 $ *8
3 Seasons 176 717 -21 3 0 -18 3 -33 -3.4 20 -13 -1.5 .480 .495 0.2 -1.5 5 $400,000
ATL (2 yrs) 102 415 -16 1 0 -13 2 -27 -2.8 11 -15 -1.7 .472 .491 -0.4 -1.1 -2 $400,000
HOU (2 yrs) 74 302 -5 2 -0 -5 1 -7 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .490 .498 0.6 -0.4 7 $

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 22 ATL NL 195 137 17 3.3 106 .311 .204 .265 .313 .337 .287 .420 .600 .758 61 .338 -8.8 -0.9 .559 .251 .084 2.0
2011 24 TOT NL 338 242 33 3.7 98 .307 .242 .259 .309 .326 .315 .403 .624 .730 73 .414 -11.5 -1.2 .603 .225 .073 3.7
2011 24 ATL NL 220 160 21 3.5 99 .301 .240 .260 .307 .328 .316 .405 .623 .733 72 .397 -8.0 -0.8 .590 .224 .077 1.9
2011 24 HOU NL 118 82 12 3.9 97 .321 .245 .257 .314 .324 .311 .400 .625 .724 75 .446 -3.4 -0.4 .630 .226 .066 1.8
2012 25 HOU NL 184 130 20 4.1 99 .369 .262 .257 .331 .325 .354 .407 .685 .731 89 .454 -2.4 -0.2 .664 .244 .091 3.5
3 Yrs 717 509 70 3.7 100 .324 .237 .260 .316 .329 .318 .409 .633 .738 74 .403 -22.7 -2.3 .607 .237 .081 10.4
162 Game Avg. 660 469 64 3.7 100 .324 .237 .260 .316 .329 .318 .409 .633 .738 74 .403 -22.7 -2.3 .607 .237 .081 10
ATL (2 yrs) 415 297 38 3.4 102 .305 .223 .262 .310 .332 .303 .412 .613 .744 67 .369 -16.9 -1.7 .575 .237 .080 5.1
HOU (2 yrs) 302 212 32 4.0 98 .349 .256 .257 .324 .325 .337 .404 .661 .728 83 .451 -5.8 -0.6 .651 .237 .081 5.3

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
2009 22 ATL NL 195 1.0% 32.3% 13.9% 5.1% 29% 2.33 2.7 83.5 20.9 0.77 1.03 53% 14% 4.1% 14%
2011 24 TOT NL 338 0.6% 20.7% 8.3% 4.4% 21% 2.50 4.3 151.0 23.2 0.83 1.13 68% 19% 1.9% 9%
2011 24 ATL NL 220 0.5% 19.1% 8.2% 4.6% 21% 2.33 4.7 196.0 28.0 0.75 1.08 70% 16% 1.4% 9%
2011 24 HOU NL 118 0.9% 23.7% 8.5% 4.2% 19% 2.80 3.8 106.0 17.7 1.00 1.25 66% 24% 3.0% 11%
2012 25 HOU NL 184 1.1% 27.7% 8.2% 5.4% 23% 3.40 3.2 82.0 12.6 0.71 1.22 60% 16% 4.3% 20%
3 Yrs 717 0.8% 25.7% 9.8% 4.9% 23% 2.63 3.4 105.5 18.6 0.79 1.12 62% 17% 3.0% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 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
2009 22 ATL NL -8.8 -0.9 200 -1.4 2.2 -3.7 .99 -1.0 -0.5 -15.9 -1.6 0.97 -11.2 0
2011 24 TOT NL -11.0 -1.1 372 0.5 6.2 -5.7 1.05 -0.3 0.7 -3.2 -0.3 0.99 -1.1 1.41 4
2011 24 ATL NL -7.5 -0.8 244 0.4 3.9 -3.5 1.02 -0.4 0.8 -0.4 -0.0 0.96 -0.9 1.05 2
2011 24 HOU NL -3.4 -0.4 128 0.1 2.3 -2.2 1.13 0.1 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.05 -0.2 1.78 2
2012 25 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 206 0.2 3.5 -3.3 1.07 0.2 -0.0 3.1 0.3 0.96 1.5 1.68 3
3 Yrs -22.2 -2.2 778 -0.7 12.0 -12.7 1.04 -1.0 0.3 -15.9 -1.6 0.98 -10.8 1.53 7

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
2009 22 ATL NL 0 0 27% 75 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 47% 5 4 1 2 1 1 8 3 5
2011 24 TOT NL 4 1 44% 134 22 4 85% 22 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 11 52% 16 10 6 2 1 1 15 4 10
2011 24 ATL NL 4 1 48% 92 15 4 79% 15 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 67% 9 5 4 1 0 1 11 2 9
2011 24 HOU NL 0 0 36% 42 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 25% 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 1
2012 25 HOU NL 4 1 41% 65 14 4 78% 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 38% 10 6 4 2 2 0 9 5 4
3 Yrs 8 2 39% 274 38 9 81% 33 9 5 0 0 0 2 2 10 18 46% 31 20 11 6 4 2 32 12 19

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 22 ATL NL 195 69% 34 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0% 34 2 6% 16 4 25% 131 6 5% 10 3 30% 6 3 50% 0
2011 24 TOT NL 338 76% 73 24 7 4 0 0 0 1.41 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 10 4 40% 38 4 11% 17 5 29% 133 13 10% 5 4 80% 5 3 60% 0
2011 24 ATL NL 220 71% 47 15 5 2 0 0 0 1.05 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 57% 22 3 14% 11 3 27% 74 8 11% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
2011 24 HOU NL 118 84% 26 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.78 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 16 1 6% 6 2 33% 59 5 8% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
2012 25 HOU NL 184 82% 43 11 4 3 3 0 0 1.68 2 1 5 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 67% 21 3 14% 11 3 27% 76 11 14% 4 3 75% 3 1 33% 0
3 Yrs 717 75% 150 41 13 7 3 0 0 1.53 6 1 15 4 2 2 4 0 15 6 40% 93 9 10% 44 12 27% 340 30 9% 19 10 53% 14 7 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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 22 ATL NL 195 780 4.00 475 61% 20% 28% 30% 22% 80% 4% 48% 65% 37% 7% 14 0 18% 36 10 10% 20 11 17% 0 0 0
2011 24 TOT NL 338 1325 3.92 854 64% 27% 14% 30% 28% 72% 0% 47% 80% 29% 4% 13 0 15% 52 10 11% 38 23 29% 0 0 1
2011 24 ATL NL 220 849 3.86 558 66% 28% 13% 30% 28% 71% 0% 47% 81% 28% 3% 7 0 13% 28 3 10% 22 14 21% 0 0 1
2011 24 HOU NL 118 476 4.03 296 62% 25% 17% 31% 27% 75% 0% 46% 78% 31% 5% 6 0 20% 24 7 14% 16 9 39% 0 0 0
2012 25 HOU NL 184 729 3.96 452 62% 29% 19% 26% 25% 71% 0% 44% 73% 34% 5% 9 0 17% 31 10 11% 21 7 33% 0 0 1
3 Yrs 717 2834 3.95 1781 63% 26% 19% 29% 26% 74% 1% 46% 74% 33% 5% 36 0 17% 119 30 11% 79 41 26% 0 0 2
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 22 50 195 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 2 1 27 63 .204 .313 .287 .600 61 48 2 0 0 1 3
2010 23 50 195 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 2 1 27 63 .204 .313 .287 .600 61 48 2 0 0 1 3
2011 24 132 533 469 64 107 18 3 4 21 24 5 55 133 .228 .311 .305 .616 68 143 6 2 4 2 3
2012 25 176 717 633 90 150 25 4 6 34 38 9 70 184 .237 .316 .318 .633 74 201 9 4 6 2 3

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
2009 22 50 195 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 2 27 63 .204 .313 .287 .600 15 50
2011 24 82 341 305 49 76 10 3 2 14 23 29 70 .249 .318 .321 .639 31 82
2012 25 44 187 167 29 46 7 1 2 15 15 16 51 .275 .346 .365 .711 21 44
3 Yrs 176 723 639 96 156 25 4 6 37 40 72 184 .244 .324 .324 .648 67 176
162 Game Avg. 162 665 588 88 144 23 4 6 34 37 66 169 .244 .324 .324 .648 62 176

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
2012 NL  51 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 NL  14 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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