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Kelly Shoppach

Kelly Brian Shoppach (twitter: @ShopHouse10)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 29, 1980 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Brewer HS (Fort Worth, TX)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 2005
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rays/RedSox 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.14M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.021, 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
2002	22	BOS-min	A+	116	480	414	54	112	35	1	10	66	2	1	59	112	.271	.369	.432	.801		179	11	6	0	1	2		SAR · FLOR
2003	23	BOS-min	AA	92	385	340	45	96	30	2	12	60	0	0	35	83	.282	.353	.488	.841		166	10	5	0	5	2		PRT · EL
2004	24	BOS-min	AAA	113	454	399	62	93	25	0	22	64	0	0	46	138	.233	.320	.461	.781		184	7	6	1	2	0		PAW · IL
2005	25	BOS-min	AAA	102	432	371	60	94	16	0	26	75	0	0	46	116	.253	.352	.507	.859		188	9	12	0	3	2		PAW · IL
2005	25	BOS	AL	9	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.063	.000	.063	-81	0	0	1	0	0	0	/2D
2006	26	CLE-min	AAA	21	87	78	11	22	8	0	4	9	0	1	6	25	.282	.356	.538	.895		42	1	3	0	0	0		BFL · IL
2006	26	CLE	AL	41	120	110	7	27	6	0	3	16	0	0	8	45	.245	.297	.382	.678	75	42	2	0	2	0	0	2
2007	27	CLE	AL	59	177	161	26	42	13	0	7	30	0	0	11	56	.261	.310	.472	.782	102	76	2	1	3	1	0	2
2008	28	CLE	AL	112	403	352	67	92	27	0	21	55	0	0	36	133	.261	.348	.517	.865	128	182	7	11	3	1	3	*2/D
2009	29	CLE	AL	89	327	271	33	58	14	0	12	40	0	0	33	98	.214	.335	.399	.734	97	108	8	18	2	3	0	2/D
2010	30	TBD-min	AAA	4	13	13	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615		4	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2010	30	TBR	AL	63	187	158	17	31	8	0	5	17	0	0	20	71	.196	.308	.342	.650	82	54	2	6	2	1	0	2/D
2011	31	TBR	AL	87	253	221	23	39	3	0	11	22	0	0	19	79	.176	.268	.339	.607	72	75	5	9	3	1	0	2
2012	32	BOS	AL	22	75	63	7	17	6	1	2	8	1	0	6	26	.270	.370	.492	.862	131	31	1	4	2	0	1	2/D
8 Yrs				482	1558	1351	181	306	77	1	61	188	1	0	133	515	.226	.317	.420	.738	98	568	27	50	17	7	4
162 Game Avg.				162	524	454	61	103	26	0	21	63	0	0	45	173	.226	.317	.420	.738	98	191	9	17	6	2	1

CLE (4 yrs)				301	1027	894	133	219	60	0	43	141	0	0	88	332	.245	.331	.456	.788	107	408	19	30	10	5	3
TBR (2 yrs)				150	440	379	40	70	11	0	16	39	0	0	39	150	.185	.285	.340	.625	76	129	7	15	5	2	0
BOS (2 yrs)				31	91	78	8	17	6	1	2	8	1	0	6	33	.218	.315	.397	.712	90	31	1	5	2	0	1

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
2005	25	BOS	AL	9	16	-4	-0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.454	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	/2D
2006	26	CLE	AL	41	120	-4	-1	-0	4	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.500	0.1	0.6	1	$327,000	2
2007	27	CLE	AL	59	177	1	-0	-0	3	3	6	0.6	6	12	1.2	.510	.504	0.9	0.6	9	$383,400	2
2008	28	CLE	AL	112	403	13	1	0	-2	6	18	2.0	14	32	3.2	.516	.511	3.4	0.5	34	$404,100	*2/D
2009	29	CLE	AL	89	327	1	-1	-1	-5	4	-2	-0.1	11	9	0.9	.498	.499	1.4	-0.0	14	$1,950,000	2/D
2010	30	TBR	AL	63	187	-3	0	-0	-5	3	-5	-0.5	6	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.6	-0.2	6	$2,250,000	2/D
2011	31	TBR	AL	87	253	-8	-2	-1	3	4	-3	-0.3	9	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.2	0.8	2	$3,000,000	2
2012	32	BOS	AL	22	75	2	-0	0	1	1	4	0.4	2	7	0.7	.520	.503	0.6	0.2	6	$	2/D
8 Seasons				482	1558	-2	-2	-2	-1	22	15	1.9	53	67	6.7	.503	.501	6.8	2.6	68	$8,314,500

CLE (4 yrs)				301	1027	11	-1	-1	0	15	23	2.7	35	58	5.8	.508	.504	5.8	1.7	58	$3,064,500
TBR (2 yrs)				150	440	-11	-1	-1	-2	7	-9	-0.8	15	6	0.6	.494	.497	0.8	0.6	8	$5,250,000
BOS (2 yrs)				31	91	-2	-0	0	1	1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$

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	25	BOS	AL	16	15	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.273	.063	.336	.000	.433	.063	.769	-81	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.067	.000	.000
2006	26	CLE	AL	120	87	12	3.7	110	.387	.245	.274	.297	.339	.382	.436	.678	.775	75	.345	-4.3	-0.4	.588	.209	.136	.0
2007	27	CLE	AL	177	125	24	5.1	108	.354	.261	.272	.310	.340	.472	.426	.782	.765	102	.506	0.1	0.0	.727	.280	.211	.0
2008	28	CLE	AL	403	271	64	6.3	104	.357	.261	.266	.348	.333	.517	.417	.865	.751	128	.609	14.2	1.3	.858	.358	.256	.0
2009	29	CLE	AL	327	226	38	4.5	103	.280	.214	.261	.335	.329	.399	.419	.734	.749	97	.444	0.3	0.0	.719	.306	.185	.0
2010	30	TBR	AL	187	132	18	3.6	96	.313	.196	.254	.308	.321	.342	.399	.650	.720	82	.388	-3.3	-0.3	.620	.272	.146	.0
2011	31	TBR	AL	253	191	21	3.0	92	.212	.176	.249	.268	.312	.339	.394	.607	.706	72	.306	-8.6	-0.8	.551	.249	.163	.0
2012	32	BOS	AL	75	49	12	6.6	102	.429	.270	.258	.370	.327	.492	.419	.862	.746	131	.657	2.9	0.3	.894	.333	.222	1.3
8 Yrs				1558	1096	189	4.6	102	.313	.226	.262	.317	.329	.420	.414	.738	.743	98	.472	-2.6	-0.3	.701	.293	.194	2.0
162 Game Avg.				524	368	64	4.6	102	.313	.226	.262	.317	.329	.420	.414	.738	.743	98	.472	-2.6	-0.3	.701	.293	.194	1

CLE (4 yrs)				1027	709	138	5.2	105	.336	.245	.267	.331	.334	.456	.422	.788	.756	107	.514	10.4	1.0	.758	.310	.211	.0
TBR (2 yrs)				440	323	39	3.2	93	.251	.185	.251	.285	.316	.340	.396	.625	.712	76	.340	-11.9	-1.2	.579	.259	.156	.0
BOS (2 yrs)				91	64	12	5.0	103	.349	.218	.261	.315	.328	.397	.422	.712	.750	90	.535	-1.1	-0.1	.694	.269	.179	1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2007	27	CLE	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	1	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	4	0	1	0	0	0
2007	27	CLE	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	1	0	0	0

2010	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	3	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	31	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	4	11	10	3	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	4	.400	.455	1.000	1.455	10	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							9	29	25	4	7	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	9	.280	.379	.600	.979	15	1	2	0	0	0
3 ALDS							8	25	22	4	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	7	.273	.360	.636	.996	14	1	1	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	1	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	25	BOS	AL	16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	0.0%			2.1			1.67	1.67	50%	0%	0.0%	33%
2006	26	CLE	AL	120	2.5%	37.5%	6.7%	7.5%	33%	5.63	2.4	36.7	6.9	0.76	0.91	52%	16%	8.1%	0%
2007	27	CLE	AL	177	4.0%	31.6%	6.2%	11.3%	48%	5.09	2.9	23.0	5.4	0.86	1.27	56%	17%	13.5%	9%
2008	28	CLE	AL	403	5.2%	33.0%	8.9%	11.9%	52%	3.69	2.6	16.8	6.4	0.64	1.17	49%	18%	17.1%	8%
2009	29	CLE	AL	327	3.7%	30.0%	10.1%	8.0%	45%	2.97	2.8	22.6	6.8	0.78	1.12	50%	20%	13.5%	9%
2010	30	TBR	AL	187	2.7%	38.0%	10.7%	7.0%	42%	3.55	2.2	31.6	9.3	0.80	0.97	44%	12%	11.9%	14%
2011	31	TBR	AL	253	4.4%	31.2%	7.5%	5.5%	36%	4.16	2.8	20.1	10.0	0.58	0.70	52%	10%	14.3%	14%
2012	32	BOS	AL	75	2.7%	34.7%	8.0%	12.0%	53%	4.33	2.4	31.5	7.9	0.71	1.00	47%	10%	11.8%	19%
8 Yrs				1558	3.9%	33.1%	8.5%	8.9%	45%	3.87	2.6	22.1	7.2	0.72	1.02	50%	16%	13.9%	10%
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	25	BOS	AL	-4.1	-0.4	16	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.52	-0.3	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	1.21	-4.5	0.09	2
2006	26	CLE	AL	-4.3	-0.4	120	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	.81	-0.6	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.88	-6.4	0.21	2
2007	27	CLE	AL	0.1	0.0	180	-0.0	3.1	-3.1	.92	0.3	-0.3	3.2	0.3	0.94	2.4	2.24	2
2008	28	CLE	AL	14.2	1.3	412	0.1	7.0	-6.9	.94	1.3	-1.2	5.2	0.5	0.96	12.3	3.20	4
2009	29	CLE	AL	0.3	0.0	330	-2.4	3.7	-6.1	.93	-0.4	-2.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.97	-0.8	3.13	2
2010	30	TBR	AL	-3.3	-0.3	190	0.7	3.4	-2.7	.90	-0.3	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.95	-3.0	1.20	9
2011	31	TBR	AL	-8.6	-0.8	254	-1.8	2.9	-4.7	.89	-0.7	-1.3	-16.4	-1.7	1.00	-6.6	1.35	4
2012	32	BOS	AL	2.9	0.3	76	0.3	1.2	-0.9	.77	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.94	2.1		2
8 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	1578	-3.7	22.6	-26.3	.90	-0.4	-3.7	-21.9	-2.2	0.96	-4.4	1.49	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	25	BOS	AL	0	100%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	26	CLE	AL	1	13%	43	0		0	0	1	3	25%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
2007	27	CLE	AL	2	40%	64	0		0	0	1	4	29%	12	10	2	3	1	2	9	6	3
2008	28	CLE	AL	2	39%	146	0		0	1	2	12	41%	20	16	4	6	3	2	18	6	12
2009	29	CLE	AL	3	22%	122	0		0	0	1	6	19%	19	17	2	3	2	1	10	6	3
2010	30	TBR	AL	2	23%	70	0		0	0	0	5	36%	6	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	2
2011	31	TBR	AL	1	21%	68	0		0	0	1	1	8%	9	9	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
2012	32	BOS	AL	0	20%	26	1	100%	1	0	0	2	40%	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
8 Yrs				11	28%	542	1	100%	1	1	6	33	29%	74	63	11	15	9	5	49	24	24

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	25	BOS	AL	16	25%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2006	26	CLE	AL	120	33%	27	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.21	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	17	2	12%	7	2	29%	64	13	20%	8	6	75%	2	2	100%	0
2007	27	CLE	AL	177	23%	42	3	0	2	2	1	1	2.24	7	0	3	2	5	4	3	0	3	3	100%	30	2	7%	22	7	32%	116	23	20%	14	5	36%	9	4	44%	0
2008	28	CLE	AL	403	26%	92	4	0	4	0	0	0	3.20	21	0	11	16	5	9	12	0	3	3	100%	79	7	9%	34	4	12%	253	35	14%	18	5	28%	16	3	19%	0
2009	29	CLE	AL	327	21%	58	5	0	2	0	0	1	3.13	12	1	17	7	5	5	7	0	4	2	50%	68	8	12%	34	8	24%	231	30	13%	26	11	42%	21	9	43%	0
2010	30	TBR	AL	187	56%	31	4	0	9	3	0	0	1.20	5	1	3	1	4	4	1	0	2	2	100%	37	2	5%	16	5	31%	112	13	12%	10	5	50%	10	7	70%	0
2011	31	TBR	AL	253	49%	39	3	0	4	2	0	2	1.35	11	0	6	4	7	4	7	0	4	3	75%	43	5	12%	31	6	19%	155	11	7%	8	1	13%	10	0	0%	0
2012	32	BOS	AL	75	48%	17	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	67%	12	1	8%	11	4	36%	48	6	13%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				1558	34%	306	23	0	27	9	1	5	1.49	61	2	47	32	29	29	32	0	21	17	81%	289	27	9%	157	36	23%	996	131	13%	90	34	38%	70	26	37%	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	25	BOS	AL	16	65	4.06	43	66%	16%	28%	37%	19%	84%	0%	55%	67%	56%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
2006	26	CLE	AL	120	462	3.85	307	66%	23%	29%	26%	22%	77%	0%	51%	62%	43%	4%	5	1	12%	14	4	7%	8	5	18%	0	0	0
2007	27	CLE	AL	178	675	3.79	448	66%	21%	27%	28%	24%	79%	0%	53%	65%	42%	3%	6	1	10%	17	6	7%	12	10	11%	-1	0	0
2008	28	CLE	AL	403	1622	4.02	1007	62%	25%	28%	25%	22%	75%	2%	47%	63%	40%	4%	16	2	13%	52	24	10%	39	30	21%	0	0	0
2009	29	CLE	AL	327	1273	3.89	788	62%	21%	28%	28%	23%	79%	0%	49%	65%	43%	2%	8	1	12%	40	24	8%	25	17	26%	0	0	0
2010	30	TBR	AL	188	724	3.85	448	62%	25%	32%	22%	20%	75%	0%	46%	57%	40%	2%	4	0	9%	16	8	9%	17	6	27%	-1	0	0
2011	31	TBR	AL	255	1021	4.00	642	63%	20%	30%	27%	23%	80%	0%	50%	62%	39%	5%	12	1	13%	33	17	10%	26	19	18%	-2	0	0
2012	32	BOS	AL	75	257	3.43	161	63%	27%	33%	16%	24%	73%	4%	46%	55%	36%	4%	3	0	12%	9	5	8%	6	3	8%	0	0	0
8 Yrs				1562	6099	3.90	3844	63%	23%	29%	26%	22%	77%	1%	49%	62%	41%	3%	54	6	12%	182	89	9%	133	90	20%	-4	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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	25	9	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.063	.000	.063	-81	0	0	1	0	0	0
2006	26	50	136	125	8	27	6	0	3	16	0	8	52	.216	.269	.336	.605	57	42	2	1	2	0	0
2007	27	109	313	286	34	69	19	0	10	46	0	19	108	.241	.292	.413	.705	82	118	4	2	5	1	0
2008	28	221	716	638	101	161	46	0	31	101	0	55	241	.252	.323	.470	.794	107	300	11	13	8	2	3
2009	29	310	1043	909	134	219	60	0	43	141	0	88	339	.241	.327	.449	.776	104	408	19	31	10	5	3
2010	30	373	1230	1067	151	250	68	0	48	158	0	108	410	.234	.324	.433	.757	101	462	21	37	12	6	3
2011	31	460	1483	1288	174	289	71	0	59	180	0	127	489	.224	.315	.417	.732	96	537	26	46	15	7	3
2012	32	482	1558	1351	181	306	77	1	61	188	1	133	515	.226	.317	.420	.738	98	568	27	50	17	7	4

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	25	9	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	9
2006	26	41	119	109	7	26	6	0	3	15	0	8	45	.239	.291	.376	.667	12	41
2007	27	59	174	159	24	40	12	0	7	28	0	10	56	.252	.298	.459	.757	22	59
2008	28	112	403	352	67	92	27	0	21	55	0	36	133	.261	.348	.517	.865	60	112
2009	29	89	329	272	34	59	14	0	12	41	0	34	98	.217	.339	.401	.740	33	89
2010	30	63	190	160	19	33	9	0	5	19	0	21	71	.206	.319	.356	.675	17	63
2011	31	87	258	224	27	42	3	0	12	25	0	20	79	.188	.282	.362	.644	21	87
2012	32	22	75	63	7	17	6	1	2	8	1	6	26	.270	.370	.492	.862	10	22
8 Yrs		482	1564	1354	186	309	77	1	62	191	1	135	515	.228	.320	.424	.744	175	482
162 Game Avg.		162	526	455	63	104	26	0	21	64	0	45	173	.228	.320	.424	.744	59	482

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