Jon Shave

Jonathan Taylor Shave

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 4, 1967 in Waycross, GA
High School: Fernandina Beach HS (Fernandina Beach, FL)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1993
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Twins 1993-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999
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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
1990	22	TEX-min	Rk	64	284	250	41	88	9	3	2	42	21	8	25	27	.352	.411	.436	.847		109		3	2	4	0		BTE · PION
1991	23	TEX-min	A,A+	111	455	402	46	105	15	1	3	44	18	16	38	57	.261	.331	.326	.657		131	6	6	5	4	1		GST,CHT · SALL,FLOR
1992	24	TEX-min	AA	118	506	453	57	130	23	5	2	36	6	7	37	59	.287	.343	.373	.716		169	10	4	7	5	1		TUL · TL
1993	25	TEX-min	AAA	100	431	399	58	105	17	3	4	41	4	3	20	60	.263	.301	.351	.652		140	14	2	9	1	0		OKC · AA
1993	25	TEX	AL	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	0	3	2	0	/64

1994	26	TEX-min	AAA	95	368	332	29	73	15	2	1	31	6	2	14	61	.220	.258	.286	.545		95	6	5	12	5	1		OKC · AA
1995	27	TEX-min	AAA	32	92	83	10	17	1	0	0	5	1	0	7	28	.205	.275	.217	.492		18	1	1	1	0	0		OKC · AA
1996	28	TEX-min	AAA	116	473	414	54	110	20	2	7	41	8	6	41	97	.266	.343	.374	.718		155	7	10	4	4	0		OKC · AA
1997	29	MIN-min	AAA	103	449	395	75	130	27	3	7	60	6	6	39	62	.329	.391	.466	.856		184	9	6	1	8	0		SLK · PCL
1998	30	MIN-min	AAA	90	370	317	63	107	20	1	4	41	8	9	34	46	.338	.422	.445	.867		141	7	13	5	1	1		SLK · PCL
1998	30	MIN	AL	19	43	40	7	10	3	0	1	5	1	2	3	10	.250	.302	.400	.702	81	16	0	0	0	0	0	5/3D6
1999	31	TEX	AL	43	83	73	10	21	4	0	0	9	1	0	5	17	.288	.350	.342	.692	76	25	0	2	3	0	0	6/35D4
2000	32	TEX-min	AAA	131	573	510	85	148	21	5	10	54	12	5	40	65	.290	.360	.410	.769		209	16	17	3	3	3		OKC · PCL
2001	33	BOS-min	AAA	84	344	308	35	79	10	0	6	27	3	3	22	49	.256	.322	.347	.669		107	6	8	5	1	0		PAW · IL
3 Yrs				79	178	160	20	46	9	0	1	21	3	5	8	35	.288	.326	.363	.688	79	58	0	2	6	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	365	328	41	94	18	0	2	43	6	10	16	72	.288	.326	.363	.688	79	119	0	4	12	4	0

TEX (2 yrs)				60	135	120	13	36	6	0	0	16	2	3	5	25	.300	.333	.350	.683	78	42	0	2	6	2	0
MIN (1 yr)				19	43	40	7	10	3	0	1	5	1	2	3	10	.250	.302	.400	.702	81	16	0	0	0	0	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
1993	25	TEX	AL	17	52	-1	-1	0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/64

1998	30	MIN	AL	19	43	-2	-1	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	5/3D6
1999	31	TEX	AL	43	83	-0	1	0	1	0	2	0.2	3	4	0.4	.504	.501	0.4	0.1	4	$200,000	6/35D4
3 Seasons				79	178	-3	-1	0	-2	1	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.1	.495	.499	0.3	-0.0	3	$200,000

TEX (2 yrs)				60	135	-1	-0	0	-1	1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.4	0.1	4	$200,000
MIN (1 yr)				19	43	-2	-1	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-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
1993	25	TEX	AL	52	40	5	3.3	99	.366	.319	.262	.306	.332	.362	.400	.668	.732	83	.338	-1.0	-0.1	.429	.000	.043	.0

1998	30	MIN	AL	43	32	4	3.3	111	.310	.250	.273	.302	.342	.400	.434	.702	.776	81	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.563	.200	.150	1.0
1999	31	TEX	AL	83	55	10	4.8	117	.375	.288	.280	.350	.353	.342	.448	.692	.801	76	.450	-2.7	-0.2	.635	.137	.055	.0
3 Yrs				178	127	19	4.0	110	.357	.288	.273	.326	.344	.363	.431	.688	.775	79	.383	-4.9	-0.4	.555	.113	.075	1.5
162 Game Avg.				365	260	39	4.0	110	.357	.288	.273	.326	.344	.363	.431	.688	.775	79	.383	-4.9	-0.4	.555	.113	.075	3

TEX (2 yrs)				135	95	15	4.2	110	.371	.300	.273	.333	.345	.350	.429	.683	.774	78	.407	-3.7	-0.3	.552	.083	.050	.0
MIN (1 yr)				43	32	4	3.3	111	.310	.250	.273	.302	.342	.400	.434	.702	.776	81	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.563	.200	.150	1.0

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
1993	25	TEX	AL	52	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	3.9%	13%		5.9		6.7	0.86	1.07	79%	30%	0.0%	14%

1998	30	MIN	AL	43	2.3%	23.3%	7.0%	9.3%	40%	3.33	4.0	40.0	8.0	0.36	0.33	67%	20%	5.6%	18%
1999	31	TEX	AL	83	0.0%	20.5%	6.0%	4.8%	19%	3.40	4.3		8.1	0.60	0.84	67%	31%	0.0%	3%
3 Yrs				178	0.6%	19.7%	4.5%	5.6%	22%	4.38	4.6	160.0	7.6	0.60	0.75	71%	28%	1.4%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.3%	9.0%	7.7%	32%	1.82	5.4	33.2	7.5	0.82	1.09	70%	21%	8.0%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	25	TEX	AL	-1.0	-0.1	56	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.76	-0.4	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	0.94	-3.8		0

1998	30	MIN	AL	-1.2	-0.1	46	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.09	-0.1	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.99	-2.5	1.26	3
1999	31	TEX	AL	-2.8	-0.2	84	-0.3	0.9	-1.3	.92	-0.3	-0.0	3.5	0.3	0.95	-0.4	1.06	1
3 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	186	-1.1	2.1	-3.2	.92	-0.8	-0.4	-1.5	-0.2	0.95	-6.7	1.21	4

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	25	TEX	AL	1	0	20%	12	1	3	25%	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	30	MIN	AL	0	0	50%	19	1	2	33%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	5	4	1	1	0	1	3	2	1
1999	31	TEX	AL	3	0	36%	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	54%	9	4	5	2	2	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				4	0	35%	63	3	5	38%	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	48%	15	8	7	3	2	1	5	2	3

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
1993	25	TEX	AL	52	21%	15	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	6	4	67%	31	7	23%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0

1998	30	MIN	AL	43	49%	10	1	0	3	1	0	0	1.26	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		6	0	0%	6	0	0%	28	4	14%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1999	31	TEX	AL	83	37%	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	17	0	0%	5	3	60%	52	10	19%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				178	35%	46	5	1	4	1	0	0	1.21	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	7	6	86%	31	0	0%	17	7	41%	111	21	19%	13	5	38%	4	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			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
1993	25	TEX	AL	47	169	3.60	119	70%	24%	13%	29%	34%	76%	0%	54%	82%	40%	4%	2	0	9%	4	0	6%	3	0	43%	5	0	0

1998	30	MIN	AL	43	154	3.58	103	67%	23%	18%	29%	29%	77%	0%	51%	76%	49%	2%	1	0	7%	3	0	9%	4	4	30%	0	0	0
1999	31	TEX	AL	84	269	3.20	173	64%	22%	15%	29%	34%	78%	0%	50%	81%	40%	1%	1	0	5%	4	3	2%	2	1	35%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				174	592	3.40	395	67%	23%	15%	29%	33%	77%	0%	52%	80%	43%	2%	4	0	6%	11	3	5%	9	5	35%	4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1993	25	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	3	2
1994	26	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	3	2
1995	27	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	3	2
1996	28	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	3	2
1997	29	17	52	47	3	15	2	0	7	1	3	0	8	.319	.306	.362	.668	83	17	0	3	2
1998	30	36	95	87	10	25	5	1	12	2	5	3	18	.287	.304	.379	.684	82	33	0	3	2
1999	31	79	178	160	20	46	9	1	21	3	5	8	35	.288	.326	.363	.688	79	58	2	6	2

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
1993	25	17	53	48	3	16	2	0	0	8	1	0	8	.333	.320	.375	.695	6	17

1998	30	19	43	40	7	10	3	0	1	5	1	3	10	.250	.302	.400	.702	5	19
1999	31	43	81	71	8	19	4	0	0	8	1	5	17	.268	.333	.324	.657	7	43
3 Yrs		79	177	159	18	45	9	0	1	21	3	8	35	.283	.322	.358	.680	18	79
162 Game Avg.		162	363	326	37	92	18	0	2	43	6	16	72	.283	.322	.358	.680	37	79

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