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Richie Sexson

Richmond Lockwood Sexson

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 29, 1974 in Portland, OR
High School: Prairie HS (Brush Prairie, WA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1997
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Mariners/Indians/Diamondbacks/Yankees 1997-2008
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: August 13, 2008
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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
1993	18	CLE-min	Rk	40	119	97	11	18	3	0	1	5	1	1	18	21	.186	.316	.247	.564		24	1	1	2	1	2		BRL · APPY
1994	19	CLE-min	A	130	544	488	88	133	25	2	14	77	7	3	37	87	.273	.338	.418	.756		204	5	14	0	5	2		CBS · SALL
1995	20	CLE-min	A+	131	554	494	80	151	34	0	22	85	4	6	43	115	.306	.368	.508	.876		251	8	10	0	7	5		KIN · CARL
1996	21	CLE-min	AA	133	568	518	85	143	33	3	16	76	2	1	39	118	.276	.331	.444	.775		230	13	6	0	5	5		CAK · EL
1997	22	CLE-min	AAA	115	472	434	57	113	20	2	31	88	5	1	27	87	.260	.307	.530	.837		230	11	4	3	4	1		BFL · AA
1997	22	CLE	AL	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	42	3	2	0	0	0	0	/3D
1998	23	CLE-min	AAA	89	402	344	58	102	20	1	21	74	1	2	50	68	.297	.386	.544	.929		187	11	3	0	5	2		BFL · IL
1998	23	CLE	AL	49	183	174	28	54	14	1	11	35	1	1	6	42	.310	.344	.592	.936	135	103	3	3	0	0	0	3/7D
1999	24	CLE	AL	134	525	479	72	122	17	7	31	116	3	3	34	117	.255	.305	.514	.818	102	246	19	4	0	8	0	37D/9
2000	25	TOT	MLB	148	607	537	89	146	30	1	30	91	2	0	59	159	.272	.349	.499	.848	112	268	11	7	0	4	2	37D
2000	25	CLE	AL	91	356	324	45	83	16	1	16	44	1	0	25	96	.256	.315	.460	.774	93	149	8	4	0	3	0	73D
2000	25	MIL	NL	57	251	213	44	63	14	0	14	47	1	0	34	63	.296	.398	.559	.957	142	119	3	3	0	1	2	3
2001	26	MIL	NL	158	667	598	94	162	24	3	45	125	2	4	60	178	.271	.342	.547	.889	128	327	20	6	0	3	5	*3
2002	27	MIL	NL	157	652	570	86	159	37	2	29	102	0	0	70	136	.279	.363	.504	.867	128	287	17	8	0	4	7	*3/D	AS
2003	28	MIL	NL	162	718	606	97	165	28	2	45	124	2	3	98	151	.272	.379	.548	.927	140	332	18	9	0	5	7	*3	AS,MVP-12
2004	29	ARI	NL	23	104	90	20	21	4	0	9	23	0	0	14	21	.233	.337	.578	.914	126	52	2	0	0	0	0	3
2005	30	SEA	AL	156	656	558	99	147	36	1	39	121	1	1	89	167	.263	.369	.541	.910	144	302	14	6	0	3	4	*3/D	MVP-15
2006	31	SEA	AL	158	663	591	75	156	40	0	34	107	1	1	64	154	.264	.338	.504	.842	117	298	17	4	0	4	5	*3/D
2007	32	SEA	AL	121	491	434	58	89	21	0	21	63	1	0	51	100	.205	.295	.399	.694	84	173	12	5	0	1	1	*3/D
2008	33	TOT	AL	96	327	280	29	62	9	0	12	36	1	0	43	86	.221	.321	.382	.703	89	107	9	0	0	4	0	3/D
2008	33	SEA	AL	74	292	252	27	55	8	0	11	30	1	0	37	76	.218	.315	.381	.696	87	96	8	0	0	3	0	3/D
2008	33	NYY	AL	22	35	28	2	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	10	.250	.371	.393	.764	101	11	1	0	0	1	0	3/D
12 Yrs				1367	5604	4928	748	1286	260	17	306	943	14	13	588	1313	.261	.344	.507	.851	120	2498	144	52	0	36	31
162 Game Avg.				162	664	584	89	152	31	2	36	112	2	2	70	156	.261	.344	.507	.851	120	296	17	6	0	4	4

CLE (4 yrs)				279	1075	988	146	262	47	9	58	195	5	4	65	257	.265	.314	.507	.822	104	501	32	11	0	11	0
SEA (4 yrs)				509	2102	1835	259	447	105	1	105	321	4	2	241	497	.244	.334	.474	.808	114	869	51	15	0	11	10
MIL (4 yrs)				534	2288	1987	321	549	103	7	133	398	5	7	262	528	.276	.366	.536	.902	133	1065	58	26	0	13	21
ARI (1 yr)				23	104	90	20	21	4	0	9	23	0	0	14	21	.233	.337	.578	.914	126	52	2	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				22	35	28	2	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	10	.250	.371	.393	.764	101	11	1	0	0	1	0

AL (8 yrs)				810	3212	2851	407	716	153	10	164	522	9	6	312	764	.251	.328	.484	.813	110	1381	84	26	0	23	10
NL (5 yrs)				557	2392	2077	341	570	107	7	142	421	5	7	276	549	.274	.365	.538	.902	133	1117	60	26	0	13	21

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
1997	22	CLE	AL	5	11	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3D
1998	23	CLE	AL	49	183	9	-0	1	-2	-3	4	0.4	6	10	1.0	.507	.502	1.2	-0.5	12	$175,000	3/7D
1999	24	CLE	AL	134	525	-3	-2	-1	-5	-9	-19	-1.6	17	-2	-0.1	.487	.489	0.4	-1.1	3	$219,000	37D/9
2000	25	CLE	AL	91	356	-1	-0	-1	-7	-5	-15	-1.3	12	-3	-0.2	.485	.491	0.4	-1.0	4	$247,000	73D
2000	25	MIL	NL	57	251	16	-1	-0	4	-4	15	1.4	7	22	2.0	.525	.509	1.7	0.0	18	$	3
2001	26	MIL	NL	158	667	23	-3	-2	-0	-10	8	0.8	18	26	2.5	.505	.505	2.6	-1.0	27	$1,125,000	*3
2002	27	MIL	NL	157	652	21	-1	-0	1	-10	11	1.1	18	29	2.9	.507	.507	2.8	-0.9	28	$3,125,000	*3/D	AS
2003	28	MIL	NL	162	718	38	-3	-2	-11	-10	12	1.1	20	32	3.0	.507	.507	4.1	-2.1	42	$5,125,000	*3	AS,MVP-12
2004	29	ARI	NL	23	104	3	1	-0	-2	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.5	-0.3	5	$8,725,000	3
2005	30	SEA	AL	156	656	34	1	-1	-9	-10	14	1.5	22	37	3.5	.509	.509	4.5	-1.8	46	$6,000,000	*3/D	MVP-15
2006	31	SEA	AL	158	663	12	-3	-1	4	-10	1	0.3	23	24	2.3	.501	.501	1.9	-0.5	20	$13,000,000	*3/D
2007	32	SEA	AL	121	491	-7	-1	-1	-14	-8	-30	-2.9	16	-14	-1.4	.475	.482	0.0	-2.0	0	$15,500,000	*3/D
2008	33	SEA	AL	74	292	-2	-1	-1	-3	-4	-11	-1.0	10	-2	-0.1	.484	.493	0.1	-0.7	2	$15,500,000	3/D
2008	33	NYY	AL	22	35	0	0	-0	-2	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.1	.487	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	3/D
12 Seasons				1367	5604	142	-14	-12	-46	-85	-15	-0.5	173	158	15.5	.499	.499	20.1	-12.2	204	$68,741,000

CLE (4 yrs)				279	1075	4	-3	-2	-14	-17	-32	-2.7	35	4	0.6	.489	.495	1.9	-2.7	17	$641,000
SEA (4 yrs)				509	2102	37	-5	-4	-22	-32	-26	-2.0	71	45	4.3	.495	.496	6.5	-4.9	67	$50,000,000
MIL (4 yrs)				534	2288	98	-8	-5	-6	-33	46	4.4	63	108	10.4	.509	.507	11.2	-4.0	115	$9,375,000
ARI (1 yr)				23	104	3	1	-0	-2	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.5	-0.3	5	$8,725,000
NYY (1 yr)				22	35	0	0	-0	-2	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.1	.487	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$

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
1997	22	CLE	AL	11	10	0	0.0	112	.333	.273	.275	.273	.345	.273	.435	.545	.779	42	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1998	23	CLE	AL	183	124	34	7.3	112	.355	.310	.275	.344	.344	.592	.438	.936	.782	135	.652	8.0	0.7	.903	.316	.282	1.8
1999	24	CLE	AL	525	387	69	4.7	116	.268	.255	.279	.305	.352	.514	.446	.818	.798	102	.442	-2.5	-0.2	.749	.330	.259	5.5
2000	25	TOT	MLB	607	406	96	6.3	115	.330	.272	.274	.349	.349	.499	.444	.848	.793	112	.567	9.5	0.9	.836	.341	.227	3.8
2000	25	CLE	AL	356	252	46	4.9	116	.312	.256	.277	.315	.351	.460	.446	.774	.797	93	.443	-5.0	-0.4	.719	.284	.204	1.9
2000	25	MIL	NL	251	154	50	8.7	114	.358	.296	.270	.398	.346	.559	.440	.957	.787	142	.709	14.5	1.3	1.026	.427	.263	1.9
2001	26	MIL	NL	667	463	106	6.1	109	.310	.271	.265	.342	.336	.547	.434	.889	.770	128	.589	22.2	2.1	.850	.373	.276	3.8
2002	27	MIL	NL	652	432	104	6.4	105	.318	.279	.264	.363	.337	.504	.419	.867	.756	128	.632	23.8	2.3	.853	.347	.225	.0
2003	28	MIL	NL	718	467	126	7.2	108	.289	.272	.266	.379	.338	.548	.427	.927	.765	140	.668	37.3	3.5	.948	.436	.276	3.8
2004	29	ARI	NL	104	71	18	6.8	115	.200	.233	.275	.337	.348	.578	.446	.914	.794	126	.634	3.0	0.3	.930	.500	.344	.0
2005	30	SEA	AL	656	429	113	7.0	101	.304	.263	.262	.369	.324	.541	.416	.910	.740	144	.659	37.2	3.5	.932	.437	.278	2.0
2006	31	SEA	AL	663	457	98	5.7	108	.300	.264	.272	.338	.336	.504	.432	.842	.768	117	.542	15.0	1.4	.808	.349	.240	1.9
2007	32	SEA	AL	491	358	51	3.8	103	.217	.205	.266	.295	.333	.399	.416	.694	.749	84	.373	-10.4	-1.0	.644	.313	.194	1.9
2008	33	TOT	AL	327	231	35	4.0	103	.269	.221	.264	.321	.332	.382	.415	.703	.747	89	.408	-3.9	-0.4	.665	.318	.161	1.8
2008	33	SEA	AL	292	208	31	4.0	102	.262	.218	.263	.315	.331	.381	.414	.696	.744	87	.402	-4.2	-0.4	.654	.313	.163	1.8
2008	33	NYY	AL	35	23	4	4.6	108	.333	.250	.272	.371	.340	.393	.426	.764	.767	101	.470	0.4	0.0	.773	.357	.143	.0
12 Yrs				5604	3835	850	5.9	108	.293	.261	.268	.344	.338	.507	.429	.851	.767	120	.570	138.3	13.0	.826	.365	.246	26.8
162 Game Avg.				664	454	101	5.9	108	.293	.261	.268	.344	.338	.507	.429	.851	.767	120	.570	16	2	.826	.365	.246	3

CLE (4 yrs)				1075	773	149	5.1	116	.298	.265	.278	.314	.350	.507	.445	.822	.795	104	.477	-0.5	-0.0	.759	.309	.242	9.2
SEA (4 yrs)				2102	1452	293	5.4	104	.275	.244	.266	.334	.331	.474	.421	.808	.752	114	.530	37.6	3.5	.782	.362	.230	7.7
MIL (4 yrs)				2288	1516	386	6.8	108	.311	.276	.265	.366	.338	.536	.428	.902	.766	133	.641	97.8	9.2	.899	.391	.260	9.6
ARI (1 yr)				104	71	18	6.8	115	.200	.233	.275	.337	.348	.578	.446	.914	.794	126	.634	3.0	0.3	.930	.500	.344	.0
NYY (1 yr)				35	23	4	4.7	108	.333	.250	.272	.371	.340	.393	.426	.764	.767	101	.471	0.4	0.0	.773	.357	.143	.0

AL (8 yrs)				3212	2248	446	5.3	108	.284	.251	.270	.328	.337	.484	.429	.813	.766	110	.511	37.5	3.5	.774	.344	.233	17.1
NL (5 yrs)				2392	1587	404	6.8	108	.306	.274	.266	.365	.338	.538	.429	.902	.768	133	.641	100.8	9.4	.900	.395	.263	9.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1998	23	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
1998	23	CLE	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1999	24	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	3	7	6	1	1	1	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							9	17	14	1	1	1	3	7	.071	.235	.071	.307	1	1
2 ALDS							6	11	8	1	1	1	3	4	.125	.364	.125	.489	1	0
1 ALCS							3	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP
2002	MIL	NL	27	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2003	MIL	NL	28	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 Yrs (2 GP)				3	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1

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
1997	22	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.5			8.00	7.00	82%	0%		100%
1998	23	CLE	AL	183	6.0%	23.0%	3.3%	14.2%	48%	7.00	4.1	15.8	5.0	0.79	1.32	66%	23%	16.9%	10%
1999	24	CLE	AL	525	5.9%	22.3%	6.5%	10.5%	45%	3.44	4.1	15.5	4.1	0.88	1.34	65%	16%	18.6%	15%
2000	25	TOT	MLB	607	4.9%	26.2%	9.7%	10.1%	42%	2.69	3.4	17.9	5.9	0.79	1.17	58%	28%	17.0%	11%
2000	25	CLE	AL	356	4.5%	27.0%	7.0%	9.3%	40%	3.84	3.4	20.3	7.4	0.87	1.32	60%	24%	16.0%	13%
2000	25	MIL	NL	251	5.6%	25.1%	13.6%	11.2%	44%	1.85	3.4	15.2	4.5	0.67	0.96	55%	33%	18.4%	7%
2001	26	MIL	NL	667	6.8%	26.7%	9.0%	10.8%	44%	2.97	3.4	13.3	4.8	0.84	1.35	57%	25%	25.1%	13%
2002	27	MIL	NL	652	4.5%	20.9%	10.7%	10.4%	43%	1.94	4.2	19.7	5.6	0.79	1.36	63%	26%	14.4%	11%
2003	28	MIL	NL	718	6.3%	21.0%	13.7%	10.5%	46%	1.54	4.0	13.5	4.9	0.98	1.38	58%	18%	21.5%	10%
2004	29	ARI	NL	104	8.7%	20.2%	13.5%	12.5%	62%	1.50	4.3	10.0	3.9	0.97	1.50	58%	10%	28.1%	9%
2005	30	SEA	AL	656	6.0%	25.5%	13.6%	11.6%	52%	1.88	3.3	14.3	4.6	0.67	1.06	54%	19%	17.7%	7%
2006	31	SEA	AL	663	5.1%	23.2%	9.7%	11.2%	47%	2.41	3.8	17.4	5.5	0.79	1.13	61%	17%	15.4%	11%
2007	32	SEA	AL	491	4.3%	20.4%	10.4%	8.6%	47%	1.96	4.3	20.7	6.9	0.94	1.21	64%	15%	14.2%	14%
2008	33	TOT	AL	327	3.7%	26.3%	13.2%	6.4%	34%	2.00	3.3	23.3	7.8	0.94	1.20	57%	17%	13.6%	14%
2008	33	SEA	AL	292	3.8%	26.0%	12.7%	6.5%	35%	2.05	3.3	22.9	8.4	0.97	1.19	58%	16%	14.1%	14%
2008	33	NYY	AL	35	2.9%	28.6%	17.1%	5.7%	29%	1.67	2.8	28.0	4.7	0.73	1.33	51%	26%	10.0%	9%
12 Yrs				5604	5.5%	23.4%	10.5%	10.4%	45%	2.23	3.8	16.1	5.2	0.84	1.26	60%	20%	17.9%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.9%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.9	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.0%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	22	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	11	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.11	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.91	-1.8	1.66	3
1998	23	CLE	AL	8.0	0.7	188	0.6	4.2	-3.7	1.01	1.0	-0.4	10.6	1.0	0.94	12.5	0.03	2
1999	24	CLE	AL	-3.2	-0.3	535	1.0	11.8	-10.8	1.12	0.0	0.8	-1.2	-0.1	1.04	-4.6	2.15	10
2000	25	TOT	MLB	9.5	0.9	613	2.5	13.4	-10.9	1.07	1.2	1.1	17.1	1.6	0.94	15.5	0.92	5
2000	25	CLE	AL	-5.0	-0.4	360	0.3	6.9	-6.5	1.00	-0.5	0.8	-3.4	-0.3	0.94	-3.5	0.92	5
2000	25	MIL	NL	14.5	1.3	253	2.2	6.6	-4.4	1.16	1.6	0.2	20.5	1.9	0.94	19.0		0
2001	26	MIL	NL	21.3	2.0	676	2.1	13.5	-11.4	.95	3.0	-0.8	28.0	2.7	0.95	30.6		0
2002	27	MIL	NL	23.8	2.3	662	1.7	13.4	-11.7	1.06	2.5	-1.0	31.1	3.0	0.98	25.4	2.09	2
2003	28	MIL	NL	37.3	3.5	732	4.0	16.1	-12.1	1.01	4.7	-0.7	43.3	4.1	0.95	55.9		0
2004	29	ARI	NL	3.0	0.3	106	1.1	3.3	-2.1	1.12	0.6	0.4	7.3	0.7	0.93	6.9		0
2005	30	SEA	AL	37.2	3.5	667	2.7	15.1	-12.3	1.06	2.9	-0.4	42.3	4.1	0.98	35.0		0
2006	31	SEA	AL	15.0	1.4	673	0.5	13.6	-13.1	1.07	0.9	-0.5	13.9	1.3	0.96	8.2	2.48	1
2007	32	SEA	AL	-10.4	-1.0	494	-1.1	8.0	-9.1	.95	-1.7	0.5	-14.5	-1.4	0.98	-15.8	0.36	3
2008	33	TOT	AL	-4.3	-0.4	329	-1.3	5.3	-6.6	1.06	-0.7	-0.5	-8.5	-0.8	0.99	-6.0	1.55	4
2008	33	SEA	AL	-4.6	-0.4	294	-1.1	4.9	-5.9	1.06	-0.5	-0.5	-8.6	-0.8	0.98	-5.3	0.25	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	0.4	0.0	35	-0.2	0.4	-0.7	1.01	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.05	-0.7	1.55	4
12 Yrs				136.3	12.8	5686	13.5	117.7	-104.3	1.04	14.4	-1.4	167.6	15.8	0.97	161.8	1.50	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	22	CLE	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	23	CLE	AL	3	33%	85	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	2	8	36%	5	4	1	5	3	2	1	0	1
1999	24	CLE	AL	5	32%	157	3	3	50%	3	3	2	2	2	11	35%	25	18	7	8	3	5	10	7	3
2000	25	TOT	MLB	12	32%	218	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	11	11	34%	32	23	9	9	6	3	26	12	11
2000	25	CLE	AL	8	30%	111	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	5	4	35%	15	10	5	7	6	1	12	6	6
2000	25	MIL	NL	4	35%	107	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	6	7	33%	17	13	4	2	0	2	14	6	5
2001	26	MIL	NL	6	27%	226	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	7	9	34%	37	24	12	11	9	2	14	6	7
2002	27	MIL	NL	4	27%	220	0	0		0	0	1	0	4	11	35%	21	14	6	9	6	3	18	9	8
2003	28	MIL	NL	8	23%	305	2	3	40%	2	3	1	1	3	21	31%	40	29	11	12	5	6	15	10	4
2004	29	ARI	NL	0	42%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	67%	4	1	3	3	2	1	2	0	2
2005	30	SEA	AL	3	30%	209	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	4	13	32%	33	27	6	14	9	5	13	5	8
2006	31	SEA	AL	3	22%	221	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	7	12	26%	36	30	4	5	2	3	21	10	9
2007	32	SEA	AL	7	30%	158	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	4	21%	29	24	5	6	6	0	9	5	4
2008	33	TOT	AL	5	18%	116	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	4	24%	18	11	6	5	4	1	6	6	0
2008	33	SEA	AL	5	20%	106	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	4	22%	17	11	5	4	3	1	6	6	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	0	8%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				56	27%	1943	14	13	52%	14	13	6	3	42	106	32%	280	205	70	87	55	31	135	70	57

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
1997	22	CLE	AL	11	91%	3	2	0	3	1	0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	23	CLE	AL	183	32%	54	12	0	2	0	0	1	0.03	11	1	6	8	3	9	2	0	3	0	0%	35	3	9%	17	7	41%	119	26	22%	9	5	56%	7	3	43%	0
1999	24	CLE	AL	525	29%	122	12	0	10	1	0	3	2.15	31	1	27	20	11	18	13	0	0	0		138	19	14%	76	23	30%	449	87	19%	49	29	59%	31	14	45%	0
2000	25	TOT	MLB	607	23%	146	11	0	5	2	1	3	0.92	30	1	19	25	5	15	15	0	0	0		106	11	10%	49	12	24%	387	68	18%	34	19	56%	30	14	47%	0
2000	25	CLE	AL	356	24%	83	8	0	5	2	1	3	0.92	16	1	11	12	4	8	8	0	0	0		70	8	11%	35	9	26%	220	33	15%	13	8	62%	19	7	37%	0
2000	25	MIL	NL	251	21%	63	3	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	8	13	1	7	7	0	0	0		36	3	8%	14	3	21%	167	35	21%	21	11	52%	11	7	64%	0
2001	26	MIL	NL	667	24%	162	10	0	0	0	0	0		45	1	20	34	11	28	17	0	0	0		128	20	16%	49	15	31%	440	83	19%	38	19	50%	18	9	50%	0
2002	27	MIL	NL	652	18%	159	8	0	2	0	0	0	2.09	29	2	15	26	3	13	16	0	0	0		138	17	12%	48	16	33%	434	78	18%	47	25	53%	25	14	56%	0
2003	28	MIL	NL	718	23%	165	11	0	0	0	0	0		45	0	20	35	10	23	22	0	0	0		131	18	14%	68	21	31%	465	84	18%	59	23	39%	33	19	58%	0
2004	29	ARI	NL	104	24%	21	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	1	9	0	6	3	0	0	0		16	2	13%	7	2	29%	71	14	20%	9	3	33%	4	3	75%	0
2005	30	SEA	AL	656	23%	147	10	0	0	0	0	0		39	3	11	30	9	21	18	0	0	0		128	14	11%	55	12	22%	439	84	19%	44	17	39%	24	12	50%	0
2006	31	SEA	AL	663	25%	156	8	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	34	5	19	27	7	17	17	0	0	0		122	17	14%	62	12	19%	439	76	17%	42	18	43%	26	10	38%	0
2007	32	SEA	AL	491	24%	89	6	0	3	1	0	0	0.36	21	0	11	17	4	12	9	0	0	0		104	12	12%	46	5	11%	341	43	13%	26	6	23%	16	6	38%	0
2008	33	TOT	AL	327	30%	62	5	0	4	1	0	0	1.55	12	1	13	6	6	3	9	0	0	0		68	9	13%	29	11	38%	230	25	11%	18	5	28%	11	7	64%	0
2008	33	SEA	AL	292	24%	55	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	11	0	12	6	5	3	8	0	0	0		55	8	15%	26	10	38%	198	20	10%	13	3	23%	10	7	70%	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	35	80%	7	0	0	4	1	0	0	1.55	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		13	1	8%	3	1	33%	32	5	16%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				5604	24%	1286	95	0	30	6	1	7	1.50	306	15	162	237	69	165	141	0	3	0	0%	1118	144	13%	507	136	27%	3821	668	17%	375	169	45%	225	111	49%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
1997	22	CLE	AL	11	34	3.09	24	71%	29%	8%	25%	38%	71%	0%	50%	88%	45%	0%	0	0	9%	1	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1998	23	CLE	AL	184	672	3.65	433	64%	20%	24%	25%	30%	80%	0%	51%	70%	32%	2%	3	0	11%	20	15	5%	9	7	21%	-1	0	0
1999	24	CLE	AL	525	1955	3.72	1242	64%	23%	22%	25%	30%	77%	0%	49%	71%	32%	3%	14	1	11%	56	30	6%	31	20	20%	0	0	0
2000	25	TOT	MLB	610	2420	3.97	1484	61%	22%	25%	27%	26%	78%	1%	48%	68%	31%	4%	26	5	14%	85	44	10%	58	37	23%	-3	0	0
2000	25	CLE	AL	357	1392	3.90	878	63%	22%	24%	28%	26%	78%	0%	49%	70%	30%	4%	13	3	11%	40	23	8%	29	22	24%	-1	0	0
2000	25	MIL	NL	253	1028	4.06	606	59%	22%	28%	26%	25%	78%	2%	46%	65%	34%	5%	13	2	18%	45	21	11%	29	15	22%	-2	0	0
2001	26	MIL	NL	668	2613	3.91	1625	62%	21%	25%	28%	26%	79%	1%	49%	69%	35%	3%	21	2	11%	76	44	9%	63	40	22%	-1	0	0
2002	27	MIL	NL	654	2490	3.81	1472	59%	21%	24%	25%	30%	79%	2%	47%	70%	34%	5%	33	4	15%	99	52	11%	69	47	22%	-2	0	0
2003	28	MIL	NL	718	2840	3.96	1658	58%	24%	22%	26%	28%	76%	2%	44%	71%	26%	7%	51	1	19%	136	48	9%	68	43	23%	0	0	0
2004	29	ARI	NL	104	410	3.94	227	55%	24%	17%	28%	30%	76%	0%	42%	77%	26%	8%	8	0	17%	18	8	11%	11	4	29%	0	0	0
2005	30	SEA	AL	659	2613	3.97	1514	58%	23%	25%	26%	26%	77%	1%	45%	67%	31%	5%	35	3	17%	111	59	11%	72	45	31%	-3	0	0
2006	31	SEA	AL	665	2617	3.94	1557	59%	22%	25%	26%	28%	78%	2%	47%	69%	28%	5%	33	2	16%	107	56	10%	67	46	21%	-2	0	0
2007	32	SEA	AL	492	1829	3.72	1098	60%	22%	22%	26%	31%	78%	1%	47%	72%	29%	6%	30	0	16%	79	37	10%	47	27	19%	-1	0	0
2008	33	TOT	AL	327	1344	4.11	791	59%	27%	23%	25%	25%	73%	0%	43%	68%	27%	4%	14	0	16%	51	26	14%	45	21	26%	0	0	0
2008	33	SEA	AL	292	1178	4.03	696	59%	27%	23%	24%	26%	73%	0%	43%	68%	27%	4%	11	0	15%	45	23	14%	40	21	24%	0	0	0
2008	33	NYY	AL	35	166	4.74	95	57%	28%	21%	31%	20%	72%	0%	41%	71%	29%	9%	3	0	17%	6	3	14%	5	0	40%	0	0	0
12 Yrs				5617	21837	3.89	13125	60%	23%	24%	26%	28%	77%	1%	47%	70%	31%	5%	268	18	15%	839	420	10%	540	337	23%	-13	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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	SF	IBB
1997	22	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	42	3	2	0	0	0
1998	23	54	194	185	29	57	14	1	11	35	1	1	6	44	.308	.340	.573	.913	130	106	5	3	0	0
1999	24	188	719	664	101	179	31	8	42	151	4	4	40	161	.270	.314	.530	.844	109	352	24	7	8	0
2000	25	336	1326	1201	190	325	61	9	72	242	6	4	99	320	.271	.330	.516	.847	111	620	35	14	12	2
2001	26	494	1993	1799	284	487	85	12	117	367	8	8	159	498	.271	.334	.526	.861	116	947	55	20	15	7
2002	27	651	2645	2369	370	646	122	14	146	469	8	8	229	634	.273	.341	.521	.862	119	1234	72	28	19	14
2003	28	813	3363	2975	467	811	150	16	191	593	10	11	327	785	.273	.349	.526	.876	124	1566	90	37	24	21
2004	29	836	3467	3065	487	832	154	16	200	616	10	11	341	806	.271	.349	.528	.877	124	1618	92	37	24	21
2005	30	992	4123	3623	586	979	190	17	239	737	11	12	430	973	.270	.352	.530	.882	127	1920	106	43	27	25
2006	31	1150	4786	4214	661	1135	230	17	273	844	12	13	494	1127	.269	.350	.526	.877	125	2218	123	47	31	30
2007	32	1271	5277	4648	719	1224	251	17	294	907	13	13	545	1227	.263	.345	.514	.859	122	2391	135	52	32	31
2008	33	1367	5604	4928	748	1286	260	17	306	943	14	13	588	1313	.261	.344	.507	.851	120	2498	144	52	36	31

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
1997	22	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	1	5
1998	23	49	180	171	25	51	13	1	10	32	1	6	42	.298	.333	.561	.895	31	49
1999	24	134	513	470	64	113	16	6	29	102	3	31	117	.240	.288	.485	.774	66	134
2000	25	148	594	528	80	137	28	1	28	81	2	55	159	.259	.335	.475	.810	83	148
2001	26	158	663	595	91	159	24	3	44	121	2	59	178	.267	.338	.539	.877	107	158
2002	27	157	653	571	87	160	37	2	29	103	0	70	136	.280	.364	.504	.869	104	157
2003	28	162	715	604	95	163	28	2	44	121	2	97	151	.270	.376	.541	.918	121	162
2004	29	23	102	89	18	20	4	0	9	21	0	13	21	.225	.324	.573	.897	16	23
2005	30	156	662	562	103	151	37	1	40	126	1	91	167	.269	.375	.552	.926	115	156
2006	31	158	660	589	73	154	39	0	34	105	1	63	154	.261	.335	.501	.836	98	158
2007	32	121	491	434	58	89	21	0	21	63	1	51	100	.205	.295	.399	.694	50	121
2008	33	96	327	280	29	62	9	0	12	36	1	43	86	.221	.321	.382	.703	35	96
12 Yrs		1367	5571	4904	724	1262	256	16	300	911	14	579	1313	.257	.340	.500	.839	827	1367
162 Game Avg.		162	660	581	86	150	30	2	36	108	2	69	156	.257	.340	.500	.839	98	1367

* 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

All-Star Games 2002 * 2003 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2003 NL (12, 5%) 2005 AL (15, 2%) 0.07 Career Shares (1016th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2005 AL .541 (7th) Career .507 (80th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2005 AL .910 (8th) Career .851 (169th)
Games Played s c a p y 2003 NL 162 (1st) 2006 AL 158 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 2003 NL 606 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 2003 NL 718 (3rd)	Total Bases s c a p y 2003 NL 332 (4th)
Triples s c a p y 1999 AL 7 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2001 NL 45 (6th) 2003 NL 45 (2nd) 2005 AL 39 (6th) Career 306 (125th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2001 NL 125 (9th) 2003 NL 124 (4th) 2005 AL 121 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2003 NL 98 (8th) 2005 AL 89 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2001 NL 178 (2nd) 2003 NL 151 (4th) 2005 AL 167 (1st) 2006 AL 154 (2nd) Career 1,313 (105th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2003 NL 140 (9th) 2005 AL 144 (7th)	Runs Created s c a p y 2003 NL 126 (6th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2003 NL 37 (9th) 2005 AL 37 (8th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2003 NL 3.5 (9th) 2005 AL 3.5 (8th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2003 NL 75 (8th) 2005 AL 76 (6th) 2006 AL 74 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 2003 NL 272 (7th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1999 AL 8 (10th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1999 AL 19 (9th) 2001 NL 20 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 2001 NL 13.3 (7th) 2003 NL 13.5 (6th) 2005 AL 14.3 (5th) Career 16.1 (29th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2001 NL 463 (7th) 2003 NL 467 (9th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2003 NL 43.31 (9th) 2005 AL 42.29 (9th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2003 NL 4.0 (9th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2003 NL 4.7 (6th) 2005 AL 2.9 (9th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2003 NL 4.1 (9th) 2005 AL 4.1 (9th)	Salary s c a p y 2007 AL $15,500,000 (8th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 35 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 46 (421), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 21 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Fred McGriff (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Albert Belle (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Albert Belle (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Delgado (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred McGriff (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee May (928) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Howard (928) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Howard (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cecil Fielder (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cecil Fielder (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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