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Andy Sonnanstine

Andrew Michael Sonnanstine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 18, 1983 in Barberton, OH
High School: Wadsworth HS (Wadsworth, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 13th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2007-2011

Final Game: September 20, 2011
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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
2007 24 TBD AL 22 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 114 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 25 TBR AL 32 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .400 .571 .400 .971 164 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 26 TBR AL 25 12 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .364 .697 85 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 27 TBR AL 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 28 TBR AL 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 135 29 24 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .292 .370 .333 .704 91 8 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 35 29 7 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 17 .292 .370 .333 .704 91 10 0 0 2 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 Awards
2007 24 TBD AL 22 5 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
2008 25 TBR AL 32 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $395,800 1
2009 26 TBR AL 25 12 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $430,100 1
2010 27 TBR AL 41 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $416,900 1
2011 28 TBR AL 15 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $912,500 1
5 Seasons 135 29 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $2,155,300

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
2007 24 TBD AL 5 3 1 8.9 105 .667 .400 .269 .400 .336 .400 .420 .800 .756 114 .738 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
2008 25 TBR AL 9 5 2 10.7 106 1.000 .400 .269 .571 .337 .400 .423 .971 .760 164 .803 0.7 0.1 1.333 .400 .000
2009 26 TBR AL 12 8 1 3.3 106 .600 .273 .265 .333 .334 .364 .425 .697 .759 85 .317 -0.2 -0.0 .625 .182 .091
2010 27 TBR AL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .254 .000 .321 .000 .399 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2011 28 TBR AL 2 2 0 0.0 92 .000 .249 .000 .312 .000 .394 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 29 19 4 5.6 104 .700 .292 .265 .370 .333 .333 .420 .704 .753 91 .555 -0.2 -0.0 .647 .167 .042
162 Game Avg. 35 23 5 5.6 104 .700 .292 .265 .370 .333 .333 .420 .704 .753 91 .555 -0.2 -0.0 .647 .167 .042

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
2008 25 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL WS PHI L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
2007 24 TBD AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 5.0 60% 0%
2008 25 TBR AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 1.50 1.7 1.00 22% 25% 0.0% 0%
2009 26 TBR AL 12 0.0% 50.0% 8.3% 8.3% 33% 6.00 1.8 11.0 1.00 42% 20% 0.0% 0%
2010 27 TBR AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2011 28 TBR AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
5 Yrs 29 0.0% 48.3% 10.3% 3.5% 14% 4.67 1.7 12.0 2.00 34% 17% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 2.10 5.0 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 24 TBD AL 0.1 0.0 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .54 -0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.84 -0.1 0
2008 25 TBR AL 0.7 0.1 10 0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.03 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.00 0.3 0
2009 26 TBR AL -0.2 -0.0 12 0.1 0.1 -0.1 .42 0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.25 -0.0 0.12 2
2010 27 TBR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.19 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.47 -0.3 0
2011 28 TBR AL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .47 -0.1 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.40 -0.5 0
5 Yrs -0.2 -0.0 30 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .67 0.0 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 1.05 -0.5 0.12 2

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 24 TBD AL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 26 TBR AL 0 0 75% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2010 27 TBR 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
2011 28 TBR 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
5 Yrs 0 0 60% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 4 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 1

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
2007 24 TBD AL 5 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 9 44% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 12 33% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 27 TBR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 TBR AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 29 52% 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 24 2 8% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 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
2007 24 TBD AL 5 18 3.60 14 78% 36% 14% 29% 21% 64% 0% 50% 78% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 9 40 4.44 24 60% 38% 21% 25% 17% 63% 0% 38% 67% 22% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 11% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 12 54 4.50 32 59% 56% 19% 9% 16% 44% 0% 26% 57% 8% 8% 1 0 25% 3 1 8% 1 0 67% 0 0 0
2010 27 TBR AL 1 5 5.00 4 80% 25% 50% 25% 0% 75% 0% 60% 33% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 28 TBR AL 2 9 4.50 7 78% 29% 43% 29% 0% 71% 0% 56% 40% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 29 126 4.34 81 64% 43% 22% 20% 15% 57% 0% 37% 61% 21% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 7% 2 1 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2007 24 22 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 114 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 54 14 10 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .400 .500 .400 .900 143 4 0 0 2 0 0
2009 26 79 26 21 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .333 .417 .381 .798 114 8 0 0 2 0 0
2010 27 120 27 22 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .318 .400 .364 .764 106 8 0 0 2 0 0
2011 28 135 29 24 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .292 .370 .333 .704 91 8 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 24 22 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 22
2008 25 32 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .400 .571 .400 .971 1 32
2009 26 25 12 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .273 .333 .364 .697 1 25
2010 27 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
2011 28 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
5 Yrs 135 29 24 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 3 14 .292 .370 .333 .704 3 135
162 Game Avg. 162 35 29 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 4 17 .292 .370 .333 .704 4 135

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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