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Luke Scott

Luke Brandon Scott

Positions: Outfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 25, 1978 in De Leon Springs, FL
High School: DeLand HS (DeLand, FL)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2005
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Astros/Rays 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (team option), 1 yr/$6M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.144, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Unknown)
2005 27 HOU NL 34 89 80 6 15 4 2 0 4 1 1 9 23 .188 .270 .288 .557 46 23 0 0 0 0 1 7/98
2006 28 HOU NL 65 249 214 31 72 19 6 10 37 2 1 30 43 .336 .426 .621 1.047 165 133 2 4 0 1 4 79/8
2007 29 HOU NL 132 425 369 49 94 28 5 18 64 3 1 53 95 .255 .351 .504 .855 118 186 8 2 0 1 4 9/78
2008 30 BAL AL 148 536 475 67 122 29 2 23 65 2 2 53 102 .257 .336 .472 .807 111 224 7 5 0 3 10 7D
2009 31 BAL AL 128 506 449 61 116 26 1 25 77 0 0 55 104 .258 .340 .488 .828 114 219 4 1 0 1 5 D73
2010 32 BAL AL 131 517 447 70 127 29 1 27 72 2 0 59 98 .284 .368 .535 .902 144 239 9 4 0 7 4 D37
2011 33 BAL AL 64 236 209 24 46 11 0 9 22 1 1 24 54 .220 .301 .402 .703 91 84 2 1 0 2 1 73/D
2012 34 TBR AL 46 180 161 17 38 9 0 9 33 2 0 11 33 .236 .300 .460 .760 113 74 7 5 0 3 2 *D
8 Yrs 748 2738 2404 325 630 155 17 121 374 13 6 294 552 .262 .346 .492 .837 120 1182 39 22 0 18 31
162 Game Avg. 162 593 521 70 136 34 4 26 81 3 1 64 120 .262 .346 .492 .837 120 256 8 5 0 4 7
BAL (4 yrs) 471 1795 1580 222 411 95 4 84 236 5 3 191 358 .260 .342 .485 .826 119 766 22 11 0 13 20
HOU (3 yrs) 231 763 663 86 181 51 13 28 105 6 3 92 161 .273 .366 .516 .881 125 342 10 6 0 2 9
TBR (1 yr) 46 180 161 17 38 9 0 9 33 2 0 11 33 .236 .300 .460 .760 113 74 7 5 0 3 2
AL (5 yrs) 517 1975 1741 239 449 104 4 93 269 7 3 202 391 .258 .338 .482 .820 118 840 29 16 0 16 22
NL (3 yrs) 231 763 663 86 181 51 13 28 105 6 3 92 161 .273 .366 .516 .881 125 342 10 6 0 2 9

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
2005 27 HOU NL 34 89 -7 -1 0 2 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .479 .496 -0.7 0.1 -6 $316,000 7/98
2006 28 HOU NL 65 249 19 0 -0 2 -3 18 1.8 7 25 2.4 .527 .511 2.2 -0.1 23 $ 79/8
2007 29 HOU NL 132 425 9 -1 2 -3 -5 2 0.2 11 13 1.3 .501 .501 1.6 -0.8 16 $382,000 9/78
2008 30 BAL AL 148 536 8 -1 2 3 -8 4 0.7 18 22 2.3 .503 .503 1.9 -0.3 19 $430,000 7D
2009 31 BAL AL 128 506 7 -2 2 -4 -11 -8 -0.6 17 10 0.9 .494 .495 1.3 -1.4 14 $2,400,000 D73
2010 32 BAL AL 131 517 28 -0 0 -1 -11 16 1.9 18 34 3.5 .513 .510 3.5 -1.1 35 $4,050,000 D37
2011 33 BAL AL 64 236 -3 -1 1 2 -3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .493 .497 0.2 -0.1 2 $6,400,000 73/D
2012 34 TBR AL 46 180 2 0 -0 0 -4 -2 -0.3 6 4 0.3 .494 .498 0.4 -0.5 4 $ *D
8 Seasons 748 2738 64 -5 6 1 -46 20 2.5 87 107 10.6 .503 .501 10.4 -4.1 107 $13,978,000
BAL (4 yrs) 471 1795 40 -4 5 0 -33 9 1.6 61 70 7.1 .502 .501 6.9 -2.9 70 $13,280,000
HOU (3 yrs) 231 763 21 -1 2 1 -9 14 1.3 20 34 3.2 .506 .503 3.1 -0.7 33 $698,000
TBR (1 yr) 46 180 2 0 -0 0 -4 -2 -0.3 6 4 0.3 .494 .498 0.4 -0.5 4 $

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
2005 27 HOU NL 89 66 7 2.8 109 .263 .188 .270 .270 .340 .288 .430 .557 .770 46 .273 -6.6 -0.6 .485 .213 .100 .0
2006 28 HOU NL 249 146 59 10.8 113 .383 .336 .272 .426 .343 .621 .442 1.047 .785 165 .799 21.7 2.0 1.159 .430 .285 3.3
2007 29 HOU NL 425 285 66 6.2 111 .296 .255 .273 .351 .342 .504 .436 .855 .778 118 .592 9.8 0.9 .856 .398 .249 5.1
2008 30 BAL AL 536 365 76 5.6 106 .280 .257 .269 .336 .337 .472 .423 .807 .760 111 .553 7.0 0.7 .779 .326 .215 3.7
2009 31 BAL AL 506 338 77 6.1 109 .283 .258 .268 .340 .338 .488 .431 .828 .769 114 .582 8.4 0.8 .816 .352 .229 .0
2010 32 BAL AL 517 336 91 7.2 99 .304 .284 .259 .368 .327 .535 .406 .902 .733 144 .690 28.7 2.8 .924 .387 .251 3.7
2011 33 BAL AL 236 168 26 4.2 99 .250 .220 .258 .301 .323 .402 .409 .703 .732 91 .451 -2.5 -0.2 .657 .297 .182 1.8
2012 34 TBR AL 180 133 21 4.2 91 .238 .236 .244 .300 .310 .460 .395 .760 .705 113 .462 3.1 0.3 .708 .304 .224 3.3
8 Yrs 2738 1837 423 6.2 105 .291 .262 .265 .346 .334 .492 .422 .837 .756 120 .603 69.6 6.6 .827 .355 .230 23.5
162 Game Avg. 593 398 92 6.2 105 .291 .262 .265 .346 .334 .492 .422 .837 .756 120 .603 15 1 .827 .355 .230 5
BAL (4 yrs) 1795 1207 270 6.0 104 .284 .260 .265 .342 .333 .485 .418 .826 .751 119 .593 41.6 4.0 .812 .347 .225 9.4
HOU (3 yrs) 763 497 132 7.1 111 .321 .273 .272 .366 .342 .516 .437 .881 .779 125 .652 24.9 2.3 .895 .386 .243 9.9
TBR (1 yr) 180 133 21 4.3 91 .238 .236 .244 .300 .310 .460 .395 .760 .705 113 .462 3.1 0.3 .708 .304 .224 3.3
AL (5 yrs) 1975 1340 291 5.8 103 .280 .258 .263 .338 .330 .482 .416 .820 .747 118 .583 44.7 4.3 .802 .343 .225 13.0
NL (3 yrs) 763 497 132 7.1 111 .321 .273 .272 .366 .342 .516 .437 .881 .779 125 .652 24.9 2.3 .895 .386 .243 9.9

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 27 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 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
2005 27 HOU NL 89 0.0% 25.8% 10.1% 6.7% 40% 2.56 3.5 20.0 0.65 0.79 64% 14% 0.0% 12%
2006 28 HOU NL 249 4.0% 17.3% 12.1% 14.1% 49% 1.43 5.0 21.4 5.8 0.58 0.67 65% 23% 10.3% 11%
2007 29 HOU NL 425 4.2% 22.4% 12.5% 12.0% 54% 1.79 3.9 20.5 5.8 0.75 1.13 60% 17% 13.2% 13%
2008 30 BAL AL 536 4.3% 19.0% 9.9% 10.1% 44% 1.92 4.7 20.7 7.3 0.66 0.84 66% 16% 12.6% 19%
2009 31 BAL AL 506 4.9% 20.6% 10.9% 10.3% 45% 1.89 4.3 18.0 5.8 0.68 0.90 63% 17% 14.2% 15%
2010 32 BAL AL 517 5.2% 19.0% 11.4% 11.0% 45% 1.66 4.6 16.6 6.2 0.68 1.07 64% 19% 14.8% 14%
2011 33 BAL AL 236 3.8% 22.9% 10.2% 8.5% 44% 2.25 3.9 23.2 9.5 0.74 1.06 63% 17% 11.8% 15%
2012 34 TBR AL 180 5.0% 18.3% 6.1% 10.0% 47% 3.00 4.9 17.9 4.9 0.75 1.08 68% 14% 13.8% 13%
8 Yrs 2738 4.4% 20.2% 10.7% 10.7% 47% 1.88 4.4 19.9 6.4 0.68 0.95 64% 18% 12.8% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 27 HOU NL -6.6 -0.6 90 -1.0 1.1 -2.1 1.16 -0.7 -0.2 -7.2 -0.7 0.94 -7.6 1.72 9
2006 28 HOU NL 21.7 2.0 255 1.8 6.0 -4.2 1.10 1.8 -0.2 23.6 2.2 0.99 23.3 1.04 7
2007 29 HOU NL 9.8 0.9 436 0.2 8.5 -8.3 1.12 1.0 -0.8 12.7 1.2 0.98 15.3 1.63 23
2008 30 BAL AL 7.0 0.7 544 0.1 9.3 -9.3 1.00 0.8 -0.7 4.0 0.4 0.92 9.9 1.74 19
2009 31 BAL AL 8.4 0.8 510 -0.2 9.1 -9.3 1.05 1.5 -1.7 17.5 1.6 0.95 17.8 1.35 6
2010 32 BAL AL 28.7 2.8 530 2.4 11.6 -9.2 1.08 3.1 -0.9 16.3 1.6 0.95 33.3 2.44 9
2011 33 BAL AL -2.2 -0.2 239 -0.7 3.7 -4.5 1.03 -0.1 -0.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.97 0.4 1.95 7
2012 34 TBR AL 3.1 0.3 187 -0.5 3.5 -4.0 1.16 0.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 1.01 1.9 0.73 4
8 Yrs 69.9 6.6 2791 2.0 52.9 -50.9 1.07 7.5 -5.7 62.1 5.8 0.96 94.3 1.67 84

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
2005 27 HOU NL 0 0 25% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
2006 28 HOU NL 0 0 22% 100 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 33% 11 9 2 0 0 0 10 5 5
2007 29 HOU NL 2 0 24% 146 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 10 36% 16 15 1 5 3 1 12 2 10
2008 30 BAL AL 8 0 28% 185 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 38% 19 16 3 5 3 2 21 8 12
2009 31 BAL AL 3 0 25% 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 33% 30 22 8 4 3 1 18 8 8
2010 32 BAL AL 6 0 26% 196 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 27% 35 28 6 6 4 1 19 9 9
2011 33 BAL AL 2 0 24% 68 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 32% 10 6 4 5 4 1 4 2 1
2012 34 TBR AL 2 0 18% 55 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 27% 7 6 1 1 0 1 3 2 1
8 Yrs 23 0 25% 949 13 6 68% 13 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 23 56 33% 131 105 25 28 17 9 89 37 47

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
2005 27 HOU NL 89 92% 15 0 0 9 3 0 0 1.72 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 6 0 0% 57 4 7% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
2006 28 HOU NL 249 75% 72 8 0 7 2 0 1 1.04 10 0 6 9 1 8 2 0 0 0 51 2 4% 19 5 26% 182 27 15% 10 5 50% 11 8 73% 0
2007 29 HOU NL 425 84% 94 3 0 23 4 0 2 1.63 18 0 12 15 3 8 10 0 0 0 101 8 8% 51 17 33% 304 47 15% 27 15 56% 29 13 45% 0
2008 30 BAL AL 536 78% 122 7 0 19 5 0 1 1.74 23 0 14 18 5 11 12 0 1 0 0% 100 7 7% 46 12 26% 325 44 14% 33 13 39% 17 9 53% 0
2009 31 BAL AL 506 69% 116 8 0 6 1 0 1 1.35 25 1 16 15 10 18 7 0 0 0 106 4 4% 43 9 21% 330 53 16% 19 14 74% 20 11 55% 0
2010 32 BAL AL 517 78% 127 4 0 9 1 1 2 2.44 27 1 10 20 7 19 8 0 0 0 91 9 10% 52 15 29% 330 46 14% 36 19 53% 25 8 32% 0
2011 33 BAL AL 236 83% 46 4 2 7 3 1 2 1.95 9 0 3 5 4 5 4 0 0 0 38 2 5% 21 6 29% 131 13 10% 9 3 33% 9 4 44% 0
2012 34 TBR AL 180 63% 38 4 0 4 1 1 1 0.73 9 1 9 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 32 7 22% 19 5 26% 129 24 19% 14 7 50% 5 4 80% 0
8 Yrs 2738 77% 630 38 2 84 20 3 10 1.67 121 3 73 89 32 73 48 0 2 0 0% 534 39 7% 257 69 27% 1788 258 14% 150 77 51% 119 58 49% 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
2005 27 HOU NL 89 377 4.24 233 62% 21% 18% 36% 24% 79% 1% 49% 77% 36% 4% 4 1 16% 14 7 10% 9 5 39% 0 0 0
2006 28 HOU NL 249 897 3.60 512 57% 20% 18% 29% 34% 80% 4% 46% 78% 39% 7% 18 4 19% 47 22 7% 18 11 37% 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 425 1685 3.96 1009 60% 23% 19% 30% 27% 77% 2% 46% 75% 36% 6% 26 7 16% 70 31 12% 49 23 26% 0 0 0
2008 30 BAL AL 536 2074 3.87 1271 61% 22% 19% 30% 30% 78% 4% 48% 76% 35% 6% 33 6 15% 83 43 9% 46 27 24% 0 0 0
2009 31 BAL AL 507 1964 3.87 1179 60% 25% 20% 26% 29% 75% 2% 45% 74% 33% 4% 18 1 15% 76 42 12% 60 35 23% -1 0 0
2010 32 BAL AL 517 2030 3.93 1211 60% 24% 21% 26% 29% 76% 2% 45% 73% 32% 5% 27 8 15% 77 33 11% 57 34 23% 0 0 0
2011 33 BAL AL 237 983 4.15 603 61% 22% 20% 31% 26% 78% 1% 48% 74% 27% 4% 10 0 15% 36 19 10% 23 16 15% -1 0 0
2012 34 TBR AL 180 699 3.88 439 63% 19% 20% 31% 30% 81% 3% 51% 76% 36% 4% 7 4 13% 24 14 12% 21 17 18% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 2740 10709 3.91 6457 60% 23% 20% 29% 29% 77% 3% 47% 75% 34% 5% 143 31 16% 427 211 10% 283 168 24% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 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
2005 27 34 89 80 6 15 4 2 0 4 1 1 9 23 .188 .270 .288 .557 46 23 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 99 338 294 37 87 23 8 10 41 3 2 39 66 .296 .385 .531 .915 133 156 2 4 0 1 5
2007 29 231 763 663 86 181 51 13 28 105 6 3 92 161 .273 .366 .516 .881 125 342 10 6 0 2 9
2008 30 379 1299 1138 153 303 80 15 51 170 8 5 145 263 .266 .353 .497 .851 119 566 17 11 0 5 19
2009 31 507 1805 1587 214 419 106 16 76 247 8 5 200 367 .264 .350 .495 .844 118 785 21 12 0 6 24
2010 32 638 2322 2034 284 546 135 17 103 319 10 5 259 465 .268 .354 .503 .857 123 1024 30 16 0 13 28
2011 33 702 2558 2243 308 592 146 17 112 341 11 6 283 519 .264 .349 .494 .843 120 1108 32 17 0 15 29
2012 34 748 2738 2404 325 630 155 17 121 374 13 6 294 552 .262 .346 .492 .837 120 1182 39 22 0 18 31

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
2005 27 34 89 80 6 15 4 2 0 4 1 9 23 .188 .270 .288 .557 6 34
2006 28 65 245 211 29 69 18 6 10 35 2 29 43 .327 .416 .611 1.028 52 65
2007 29 132 420 366 46 91 27 5 17 60 3 51 95 .249 .343 .489 .832 61 132
2008 30 148 533 473 65 120 29 2 23 63 2 52 102 .254 .332 .469 .801 72 148
2009 31 128 503 447 59 114 26 1 25 75 0 54 104 .255 .336 .485 .821 72 128
2010 32 131 524 452 75 132 30 1 28 77 2 61 98 .292 .376 .549 .925 94 131
2011 33 64 239 211 26 48 11 0 9 24 1 25 54 .227 .310 .408 .717 27 64
2012 34 46 184 164 19 41 10 0 10 38 2 12 33 .250 .315 .494 .809 24 46
8 Yrs 748 2737 2404 325 630 155 17 122 376 13 293 552 .262 .345 .493 .838 408 748
162 Game Avg. 162 593 521 70 136 34 4 26 81 3 63 120 .262 .345 .493 .838 88 748

* 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

Slugging % s c a p y
2010 AL  .535 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2010 AL  .902 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2010 AL  144 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2010 AL  .690 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  5 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  10 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2010 AL  16.6 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2068), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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