Grady Sizemore
Grady (III) Sizemore
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 2, 1982 in Seattle, WA
High School: Cascade (Everett, WA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 43 159 138 15 34 6 2 4 24 2 0 14 34 .246 .333 .406 .739 97 56 0 5 0 2 0 8
2005 22 CLE AL 158 706 640 111 185 37 11 22 81 22 10 52 132 .289 .348 .484 .832 123 310 17 7 5 2 1 *8 MVP-23
2006 23 CLE AL 162 751 655 134 190 53 11 28 76 22 6 78 153 .290 .375 .533 .907 133 349 2 13 1 4 8 *8/D AS,MVP-11
2007 24 CLE AL 162 748 628 118 174 34 5 24 78 33 10 101 155 .277 .390 .462 .852 123 290 3 17 0 2 9 *8/D AS,MVP-12,GG
2008 25 CLE AL 157 745 634 101 170 39 5 33 90 38 5 98 130 .268 .374 .502 .876 133 318 5 11 0 2 14 *8/D AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2009 26 CLE AL 106 503 436 73 108 20 6 18 64 13 8 60 92 .248 .343 .445 .788 111 194 4 4 2 1 1 8D
6 Seasons 788 3612 3131 552 861 189 40 129 413 130 39 403 696 .275 .367 .485 .851 124 1517 31 57 8 13 33
162 Game Avg. 162 743 644 113 177 39 8 27 85 27 8 83 143 .275 .367 .485 .851 124 312 6 12 2 3 7

Advanced Batting

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 159 106 21 5.3 104 .294 .246 .263 .333 .330 .406 .423 .739 .753 97 .510 -0.2 -0.0 .740 .275 .159 2.7
2005 22 CLE AL 706 489 105 5.7 102 .334 .289 .263 .348 .326 .484 .418 .832 .743 123 .571 20.0 1.9 .790 .295 .195 22.0
2006 23 CLE AL 751 478 140 7.8 110 .339 .290 .274 .375 .339 .533 .436 .907 .775 133 .677 33.3 3.0 .964 .386 .243 24.6
2007 24 CLE AL 748 469 126 7.2 108 .333 .277 .272 .390 .340 .462 .426 .852 .765 123 .655 24.9 2.3 .923 .382 .185 27.8
2008 25 CLE AL 745 476 131 7.4 104 .290 .268 .266 .374 .333 .502 .417 .876 .751 133 .673 31.6 3.0 .970 .440 .233 35.3
2009 26 CLE AL 503 343 70 5.4 102 .275 .248 .260 .343 .328 .445 .418 .788 .746 111 .533 7.5 0.7 .774 .346 .197 15.1
6 Seasons 3612 2361 593 6.7 105 .316 .275 .267 .367 .333 .485 .423 .851 .757 124 .627 117.0 10.9 .884 .367 .210 129.5
162 Game Avg. 743 485 122 6.7 105 .316 .275 .267 .367 .333 .485 .423 .851 .757 124 .627 24 2 .884 .367 .210 27

Postseason Batting

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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 24 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 4 21 16 3 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 .375 .524 .688 1.211 11 1 1 0 0 2
2007 24 CLE AL ALCS BOS L 7 32 27 6 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .222 .313 .407 .720 11 1 0 0 1 1
1 Season (2 Series) 11 53 43 9 12 2 1 2 3 2 1 8 9 .279 .396 .512 .908 22 2 1 0 1 3
1 ALDS 4 21 16 3 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 .375 .524 .688 1.211 11 1 1 0 0 2
1 ALCS 7 32 27 6 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .222 .313 .407 .720 11 1 0 0 1 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 CLE AL 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CLE AL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 25 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 159 2.5% 21.4% 8.8% 7.6% 35% 2.43 4.1 34.5 5.8 0.82 1.15 64% 17% 7.5% 7%
2005 22 CLE AL 706 3.1% 18.7% 7.4% 9.9% 38% 2.54 4.8 29.1 7.9 0.83 1.16 69% 19% 8.5% 6%
2006 23 CLE AL 751 3.7% 20.4% 10.4% 12.3% 48% 1.96 4.3 23.4 8.6 0.52 0.72 64% 19% 9.0% 7%
2007 24 CLE AL 748 3.2% 20.7% 13.5% 8.4% 36% 1.53 4.1 26.2 8.1 0.51 0.64 60% 21% 8.6% 9%
2008 25 CLE AL 745 4.4% 17.5% 13.2% 10.3% 45% 1.33 4.9 19.2 7.0 0.54 0.70 63% 17% 11.7% 13%
2009 26 CLE AL 503 3.6% 18.3% 11.9% 8.8% 41% 1.53 4.7 24.2 6.8 0.59 0.79 65% 17% 9.7% 13%
6 Seasons 3612 3.6% 19.3% 11.2% 9.9% 42% 1.73 4.5 24.3 7.6 0.60 0.80 64% 19% 9.4% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 1 0 22% 55 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 36% 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 2 2
2005 22 CLE AL 11 0 40% 299 22 10 69% 21 10 0 0 1 0 4 2 4 25 47% 36 27 9 9 3 6 26 8 18
2006 23 CLE AL 6 0 42% 320 22 6 79% 18 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 10 26 51% 46 32 14 9 5 4 29 3 25
2007 24 CLE AL 4 0 35% 316 33 10 77% 31 10 2 0 0 0 5 3 5 32 58% 38 22 16 9 4 5 26 5 21
2008 25 CLE AL 2 0 28% 306 38 5 88% 35 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 13 54% 33 21 12 8 3 5 26 7 19
2009 26 CLE AL 5 0 36% 181 13 8 62% 12 8 1 0 0 0 3 2 6 13 39% 32 22 9 9 3 6 10 5 5
6 Seasons 29 0 36% 1477 130 39 77% 119 36 10 3 1 0 18 9 29 112 50% 193 130 62 45 18 27 122 30 90
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 159 66% 34 3 1 1 1 0 0 2.19 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 28 0 0% 10 5 50% 112 21 19% 13 8 62% 8 3 38% 0
2005 22 CLE AL 706 72% 185 14 1 5 2 0 0 0.91 22 1 12 19 3 10 12 0 5 5 100% 107 17 16% 52 19 37% 341 63 18% 26 13 50% 35 16 46% 0
2006 23 CLE AL 751 67% 190 11 0 2 1 0 0 1.04 28 0 16 18 10 14 14 1 2 1 50% 99 2 2% 49 14 29% 356 51 14% 29 16 55% 38 14 37% 0
2007 24 CLE AL 748 67% 174 17 7 2 0 0 0 1.24 24 1 9 18 6 11 13 1 2 0 0% 95 3 3% 45 12 27% 368 54 15% 32 12 38% 44 14 32% 0
2008 25 CLE AL 745 71% 170 15 4 0 0 0 0 33 0 13 26 7 21 12 0 0 0 118 5 4% 43 14 33% 398 58 15% 24 11 46% 37 14 38% 0
2009 26 CLE AL 503 70% 108 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 12 12 6 5 13 0 3 2 67% 104 4 4% 46 15 33% 281 46 16% 20 10 50% 29 9 31% 0
6 Seasons 3612 69% 861 68 13 10 4 0 0 1.13 129 3 66 97 32 63 66 2 12 8 67% 551 31 6% 245 79 32% 1856 293 16% 144 70 49% 191 70 37% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2004 21 CLE AL 159 676 4.25 413 61% 28% 16% 30% 26% 72% 0% 44% 78% 15% 7% 11 0 20% 32 16 9% 14 10 29% 0 0 0
2005 22 CLE AL 706 2683 3.80 1683 63% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 0% 44% 83% 22% 5% 38 0 16% 115 37 8% 60 30 30% 0 0 0
2006 23 CLE AL 751 3014 4.01 1866 62% 30% 13% 30% 27% 70% 2% 43% 82% 23% 4% 31 0 13% 96 29 7% 54 33 32% 0 0 0
2007 24 CLE AL 748 3102 4.15 1829 59% 29% 14% 31% 26% 71% 2% 42% 80% 23% 7% 50 1 16% 121 45 11% 86 46 30% 0 0 0
2008 25 CLE AL 745 3043 4.08 1805 59% 31% 13% 29% 28% 69% 4% 41% 82% 19% 7% 50 1 18% 133 42 11% 82 39 22% 0 0 0
2009 26 CLE AL 503 1999 3.97 1192 60% 28% 13% 30% 29% 72% 0% 43% 82% 23% 6% 31 0 17% 84 32 12% 62 38 33% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3612 14517 4.02 8788 61% 29% 13% 29% 28% 71% 2% 43% 81% 22% 6% 211 2 16% 581 201 10% 358 196 29% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2004 21 43 159 138 15 34 6 2 4 24 2 0 14 34 .246 .333 .406 .739 97 56 0 5 0 2 0
2005 22 201 865 778 126 219 43 13 26 105 24 10 66 166 .281 .345 .470 .816 118 366 17 12 5 4 1
2006 23 363 1616 1433 260 409 96 24 54 181 46 16 144 319 .285 .359 .499 .858 125 715 19 25 6 8 9
2007 24 525 2364 2061 378 583 130 29 78 259 79 26 245 474 .283 .369 .488 .857 125 1005 22 42 6 10 18
2008 25 682 3109 2695 479 753 169 34 111 349 117 31 343 604 .279 .370 .491 .861 127 1323 27 53 6 12 32
2009 26 788 3612 3131 552 861 189 40 129 413 130 39 403 696 .275 .367 .485 .851 124 1517 31 57 8 13 33

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
2004 21 43 166 142 15 38 7 2 4 24 2 16 34 .268 .361 .430 .791 21 43
2005 22 158 704 642 115 187 37 11 22 84 22 53 132 .291 .351 .486 .837 108 158
2006 23 162 758 661 128 196 55 11 29 73 23 80 153 .297 .381 .545 .926 134 162
2007 24 162 765 638 113 184 36 5 25 75 35 107 155 .288 .404 .478 .882 120 162
2008 25 157 768 648 102 184 42 5 36 91 41 106 130 .284 .393 .531 .924 132 157
2009 26 106 507 440 73 112 21 6 19 64 13 62 92 .255 .351 .459 .810 70 106
6 Seasons 788 3668 3171 546 901 198 40 135 411 136 424 696 .284 .378 .500 .877 585 788
162 Game Avg. 162 754 652 112 185 41 8 28 84 28 87 143 .284 .378 .500 .877 120 788

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2007 *
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (23, 1%)
2006 AL (11, 6%)
2007 AL (12, 4%)
2008 AL (10, 11%)
0.22 Career Shares (695th)

Gold Gloves
2007 AL (OF)
2008 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2008 AL (OF)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .367 (43rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
Active  .485 (47th)
Career  .485 (157th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .851 (39th)
Career  .851 (163rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL  162 (1st)
2007 AL  162 (1st)
2008 AL  157 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 AL  640 (9th)
2006 AL  655 (3rd)
2007 AL  628 (8th)
2008 AL  634 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 AL  706 (8th)
2006 AL  751 (2nd)
2007 AL  748 (1st)
2008 AL  745 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 AL  111 (9th)
2006 AL  134 (1st)
2007 AL  118 (4th)
2008 AL  101 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  190 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2005 AL  310 (9th)
2006 AL  349 (2nd)
2008 AL  318 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 AL  53 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
2005 AL  11 (3rd)
2006 AL  11 (2nd)
Active  40 (33rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  101 (5th)
2008 AL  98 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  132 (4th)
2006 AL  153 (3rd)
2007 AL  155 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2007 AL  33 (6th)
2008 AL  38 (5th)
Active  130 (43rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  124 (31st)
Career  124 (247th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 AL  140 (2nd)
2007 AL  126 (6th)
2008 AL  131 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  32 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  3.0 (10th)
2008 AL  3.0 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  70 (10th)
2006 AL  92 (1st)
2008 AL  77 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 AL  281 (3rd)
2007 AL  292 (4th)
2008 AL  279 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 AL  .677 (10th)
2007 AL  .655 (10th)
2008 AL  .673 (9th)
Active  .627 (31st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  13 (4th)
2007 AL  17 (5th)
2008 AL  11 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  14 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2005 AL  10 (5th)
2007 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  8 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 AL  22.0 (4th)
2006 AL  24.6 (2nd)
2007 AL  27.8 (2nd)
2008 AL  35.3 (1st)
Active  129.5 (40th)
Career  129.5 (235th)

AB per HR s c a p y
Career  24.3 (245th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2005 AL  489 (4th)
2006 AL  478 (2nd)
2007 AL  469 (6th)
2008 AL  476 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Milton Bradley (937)
  2. Michael Cuddyer (931)
  3. Jeffrey Hammonds (926)
  4. Ellis Valentine (920)
  5. Alexis Rios (919)
  6. Leon Durham (917)
  7. Ivan Calderon (916)
  8. Eric Byrnes (916)
  9. Wally Westlake (916)
  10. Chet Laabs (915)
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  1. Barry Bonds (956)
  2. Jack Clark (955)
  3. Bobby Bonds (952)
  4. Johnny Callison (940)
  5. Carlos Beltran (935)
  6. Reggie Smith (931)
  7. Andre Dawson (929)
  8. Gus Bell (924)
  9. Del Ennis (924)
  10. Harold Baines (920)
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  1. Duke Snider (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duke Snider (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Clark (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Barry Bonds (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Barry Bonds (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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