Aaron Small

Aaron James Small

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 23, 1971 in Oxnard, CA
High School: South Hills HS (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 22nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1994
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Diamondbacks/Marlins/Braves/... 1994-2006

Final Game: June 15, 2006
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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
1989	17	TOR-min	Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MDH · PION
1990	18	TOR-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MYR · SALL
1991	19	TOR-min	A+	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DUN · FLOR
1992	20	TOR-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX · SOUL
1993	21	TOR-min	AA	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX · SOUL
1994	22	TOR-min	AA,AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1994	22	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	23	TOR-FLA-min	AAA	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR,CHR · IL
1995	23	FLA	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	24	OAK-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1996	24	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	25	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1997	25	OAK	AL	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	TOT	MLB	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	ARI	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1999	27	MIL-TBD-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU,DHM · IL
2000	28	COL-min	AAA	36	30	26	4	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	6	.308	.308	.462	.769		12	1	0	4	0	0		CSP · PCL
2001	29	ATL-ANA-min	AAA	44	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.154	.231		2	0	0	0	0	0		RMD,SLK · IL,PCL
2002	30	ATL-min	AAA,Rk	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		RMD,BVS · IL,GULF
2002	30	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2003	31	FLA-min	AAA,AA	22	34	26	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.154	.154	.192	.346		5	0	0	8	0	0		ABQ,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2004	32	FLA-min	AAA	28	40	37	4	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.243	.263	.351	.615		13	0	0	2	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2004	32	FLA	NL	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	33	NYY-min	AAA,AA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB,TRE · IL,EL
2005	33	NYY	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	34	NYY-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2006	34	NYY	AL	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
9 Yrs				172	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

OAK (3 yrs)				107	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
FLA (2 yrs)				14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				134	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1994	22	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1995	23	FLA	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1996	24	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$118,000	1
1997	25	OAK	AL	71	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$155,000	1
1998	26	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$197,500	1
1998	26	ARI	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$197,500	1

2002	30	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

2004	32	FLA	NL	7	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
2005	33	NYY	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2006	34	NYY	AL	11	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,200,000	1
9 Seasons				172	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-1	$1,868,000

OAK (3 yrs)				107	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$470,500
NYY (2 yrs)				26	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,200,000
FLA (2 yrs)				14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
ARI (1 yr)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$197,500
ATL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
TOR (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1997	25	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.421	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2004	32	FLA	NL	2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.264	.000	.334	.000	.427	.000	.762	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2006	34	NYY	AL	2	2	0	0.0	112		.000	.276	.000	.341	.000	.440	.000	.781	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.267	.000	.336	.000	.429	.000	.765	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.267	.000	.336	.000	.429	.000	.765	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

OAK (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.421	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
NYY (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	112		.000	.276	.000	.341	.000	.440	.000	.781	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
FLA (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.264	.000	.334	.000	.427	.000	.762	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.338	.000	.430	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
NL (4 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.264	.000	.334	.000	.427	.000	.762	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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
2005	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	LAA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	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
1997	25	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%

2004	32	FLA	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2006	34	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%	0%
9 Yrs				5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	1.00	20%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	1.89	5.3	31.8	7.5	0.80	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1994	22	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1995	23	FLA	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1996	24	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1997	25	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.06	-0.3	0
1998	26	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	26	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	26	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2002	30	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2004	32	FLA	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.38	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.88	-0.6	0
2005	33	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
2006	34	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.85	-0.0	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.47	-0.5	0
9 Yrs				-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.89	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.15	-1.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	25	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	32	FLA	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	34	NYY	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	25	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2004	32	FLA	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2006	34	NYY	AL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				5	40%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			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	25	OAK	AL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2004	32	FLA	NL	2	11	5.50	7	64%	29%	29%	43%	0%	71%	0%	45%	60%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	0%	0	0	0

2006	34	NYY	AL	2	6	3.00	4	67%	0%	75%	0%	25%	100%	0%	67%	25%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				5	19	3.80	13	68%	23%	38%	23%	15%	77%	0%	53%	50%	20%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH
1997	25	91	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1998	26	138	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1999	27	138	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2000	28	138	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2001	29	138	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2002	30	139	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2003	31	139	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2004	32	146	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2005	33	161	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2006	34	172	5	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1

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
1997	25	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	71

2004	32	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

2006	34	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
3 Yrs		89	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	89
162 Game Avg.		162	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	89

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