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Grady Sizemore

Grady Sizemore

Position: Centerfielder
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
Team: Indians 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 6 yrs/$22.95M (06-11), 1 yr/$5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.056, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #453. Richie Hebner… #454. Lonnie Smith… #455. Fred Tenney… #456. GRADY SIZEMORE… #457. Chick Stahl… #458. George Burns… #459. Harvey Kuenn… 

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
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 * 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 * AS,MVP-11
2007 24 CLE AL 162 748 628 118 174 34 5 24 78 33 10 101 155 .277 .390 .462 .852 124 290 3 17 0 2 9 * 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 * 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
2010 27 CLE AL 33 140 128 15 27 6 2 0 13 4 2 9 35 .211 .271 .289 .560 58 37 1 2 0 1 0
2011 28 CLE AL 71 295 268 34 60 21 1 10 32 0 2 18 85 .224 .285 .422 .706 95 113 4 6 0 3 1 8D
8 Seasons 892 4047 3527 601 948 216 43 139 458 134 43 430 816 .269 .357 .473 .830 120 1667 36 65 8 17 34
162 Game Avg. 162 735 641 109 172 39 8 25 83 24 8 78 148 .269 .357 .473 .830 120 303 7 12 1 3 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 21 CLE AL 159 0 -1 0 1 8 1 6 15 1.5 7 0.7 0.8 $
2005 22 CLE AL 706 13 3 3 1 14 3 22 59 5.9 45 4.5 1.4 $318,300 * MVP-23
2006 23 CLE AL 751 33 5 0 2 9 2 23 74 7.3 65 6.5 0.8 $500,000 * AS,MVP-11
2007 24 CLE AL 748 23 7 -1 1 6 3 23 62 6.1 56 5.5 0.6 $916,667 * AS,MVP-12,GG
2008 25 CLE AL 745 23 6 -2 2 -2 2 22 51 5.1 53 5.3 -0.2 $3,166,666 * AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2009 26 CLE AL 503 7 0 1 2 6 0 15 30 3.0 25 2.4 0.6 $4,766,666
2010 27 CLE AL 140 -7 -0 -1 1 -6 0 5 -9 -0.9 -2 -0.2 -0.7 $5,766,666
2011 28 CLE AL 295 -2 -1 -2 0 -1 -0 10 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $7,666,666 8D
8 Seasons 4047 90 19 -2 10 32 11 126 287 28.5 254 25.3 3.2 $23,101,631

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 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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 CLE AL 21 OF 42 106 105 0 1 0 .991 8 5 2.50 .985 2.28
2004 CLE AL 21 CF 42 38 38 348.1 106 105 0 1 0 .991 8 5 26 17 2.71 2.50 .988 2.64 2.62
2005 CLE AL 22 OF 155 379 373 3 3 1 .992 14 11 2.43 .986 2.28 MVP-23
2005 CLE AL 22 CF 155 152 150 1370.0 379 373 3 3 1 .992 14 11 12 10 2.47 2.43 .989 2.69 2.66 MVP-23
2006 CLE AL 23 OF 160 419 409 7 3 1 .993 9 2 2.60 .986 2.27 AS,MVP-11
2006 CLE AL 23 CF 160 159 151 1379.1 419 409 7 3 1 .993 9 2 8 2 2.71 2.60 .989 2.65 2.61 AS,MVP-11
2006 CLE AL 23 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-11
2007 CLE AL 24 OF 160 405 399 4 2 2 .995 6 -1 2.52 .987 2.28 AS,MVP-12,GG
2007 CLE AL 24 CF 160 157 150 1408.2 405 399 4 2 2 .995 6 -1 5 -1 2.57 2.52 .989 2.71 2.68 AS,MVP-12,GG
2007 CLE AL 24 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-12,GG
2008 CLE AL 25 OF 151 386 382 2 2 1 .995 -2 2 2.54 .986 2.28 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2008 CLE AL 25 CF 151 151 150 1338.0 386 382 2 2 1 .995 -2 2 -2 2 2.58 2.54 .989 2.71 2.69 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2008 CLE AL 25 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
2009 CLE AL 26 OF 92 260 259 1 0 0 1.000 6 1 2.83 .987 2.30
2009 CLE AL 26 CF 92 92 89 806.1 260 259 1 0 0 1.000 6 1 8 1 2.90 2.83 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 CLE AL 26 DH 14 14
2010 CLE AL 27 OF 32 65 64 0 1 0 .985 -6 -2 2.00 .986 2.28
2010 CLE AL 27 CF 32 31 30 269.2 65 64 0 1 0 .985 -6 -2 -29 -9 2.14 2.00 .990 2.73 2.71
2011 CLE AL 28 CF 57 56 50 479.1 126 123 1 2 0 .984 -1 -3 -3 -8 2.33 2.18 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 CLE AL 28 OF 56 56 50 479.1 126 123 1 2 0 .984 -1 -3 -3 -7 2.33 2.21 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 CLE AL 28 DH 11 11
8 Seasons CF 849 836 808 7399.2 2146 2114 18 14 5 .993 32 15 5 2 2.59 2.51 .989 2.69 2.66
8 Seasons OF 848 56 50 479.1 2146 2114 18 14 5 .993 32 15 81 2 2.33 2.51 .986 2.28 2.28
8 Seasons TOT 848 56 50 479.1 2146 2114 18 14 5 .993 32 30 81 75 2.33 2.51 .986 2.28 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (708th)

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

Silver Sluggers
2008 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.9 (4th)
2006 AL  7.3 (1st)
2007 AL  6.1 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.9 (3rd)
2006 AL  7.3 (1st)
2007 AL  6.1 (4th)
2008 AL  5.1 (10th)
Active  28.5 (42nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 AL  6.5 (2nd)
2007 AL  5.5 (9th)
2008 AL  5.3 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  1.4 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .473 (226th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Career  .830 (248th)

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  43 (25th)

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  134 (43rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL  133 (10th)
Active  120 (44th)

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  .606 (41st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  13 (4th)
2007 AL  17 (5th)
2008 AL  11 (7th)
Active  65 (45th)
Career  65 (238th)

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  136.5 (31st)
Career  136.5 (221st)

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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  45.70 (1st)
Active  134.55 (49th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.4 (8th)
2008 AL  3.6 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.8 (6th)
2008 AL  3.6 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.8 (10th)
2008 AL  4.3 (1st)
Active  12.5 (50th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  849 (12th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  2,114 (11th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2005 AL  155 (4th)
2006 AL  160 (1st)
2007 AL  160 (3rd)
2008 AL  151 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2005 AL  373 (5th)
2006 AL  409 (1st)
2007 AL  399 (5th)
2008 AL  382 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  32 (10th)
Career  32 (41st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.71 (5th)
2009 AL  2.90 (4th)
Active  2.59 (16th)
Career  2.59 (83rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  2.60 (3rd)
2009 AL  2.83 (3rd)
Active  2.51 (10th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  .992 (4th)
2006 AL  .993 (5th)
2007 AL  .995 (3rd)
2008 AL  .995 (4th)
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .993 (3rd)
Career  .993 (6th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2005 AL  14 (4th)
Active  32 (23rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.71 (5th)
2009 AL  2.90 (5th)
Active  2.33 (17th)
Career  2.33 (71st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  2.60 (3rd)
2009 AL  2.83 (3rd)
Active  2.51 (9th)
Career  2.51 (72nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  .995 (4th)
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .993 (3rd)
Career  .993 (8th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (316), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1089), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Hank Blalock (932)
  7. Leon Durham (930)
  8. Michael Cuddyer (928)
  9. Corey Koskie (918)
  10. Eric Hinske (915)
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  6. Chet Lemon (932)
  7. Ellis Burks (932)
  8. Bobby Murcer (930)
  9. Bobby Thomson (928)
  10. Jack Clark (927)
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  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
  6. Reggie Smith (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Reggie Smith (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200522Cleveland Indians$318,300
200623Cleveland Indians$500,000
200724Cleveland Indians$916,667
200825Cleveland Indians$3,166,666
200926Cleveland Indians$4,766,666
201027Cleveland Indians$5,766,666
201128Cleveland Indians$7,666,666
201229Cleveland Indians$5,000,000Sizemore can make another $4 million based on plate appearances.
Career to date (may be incomplete)$23,101,631Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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