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Zach Sorensen

Zach Hart Sorensen

Positions: Pinch Runner, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 3, 1977 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Highland HS (Salt Lake City, UT)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2003
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels 2003-2005

Final Game: October 2, 2005
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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
1998	21	CLE-min	A-	53	237	200	38	60	7	8	4	26	14	4	35	35	.300	.404	.475	.879		95	2	0	2	0	0		WTR · NYPL
1999	22	CLE-min	A+	130	582	508	79	121	16	7	7	59	24	12	62	126	.238	.322	.339	.661		172	6	2	8	2	1		KIN · CARL
2000	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	108	475	420	67	109	18	5	6	40	17	6	45	71	.260	.331	.369	.700		155	10	2	4	4	0		AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2001	24	CLE-min	AA,A-,AAA	62	273	254	36	60	6	2	6	28	12	8	13	38	.236	.271	.346	.618		88	5	0	4	2	1		AKR,MHV,BFL · EL,NYPL,IL
2002	25	CLE-min	AAA	120	499	455	55	120	12	12	7	54	13	6	24	72	.264	.300	.389	.689		177	9	1	15	4	1		BFL · IL
2003	26	CLE-min	AAA	61	269	238	39	57	12	3	3	29	12	5	22	42	.239	.299	.353	.652		84	3	0	5	4	0		BFL · IL
2003	26	CLE	AL	36	44	37	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	3	7	13	.135	.273	.243	.516	41	9	0	0	0	0	0	4/65D7

2004	27	ANA-CLE-min	AA,AAA	125	538	460	85	135	18	5	4	46	31	6	63	80	.293	.373	.380	.753		175	6	0	7	8	1		SLK,AKR,BFL · PCL,EL,IL
2005	28	ANA-min	AAA	78	338	287	47	87	11	3	2	41	21	9	34	55	.303	.372	.383	.755		110	5	1	10	6	0		SLK · PCL
2005	28	LAA	AL	12	13	12	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.250	.417	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	/45D
2006	29	MIL-min	AAA	75	245	202	21	53	7	1	2	22	5	4	26	44	.262	.345	.337	.681		68	3	1	13	3	0		NVL · PCL
2007	30	FLA-min	AAA	11	31	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	4	.227	.433	.227	.661		5	0	0	1	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2 Yrs				48	57	49	5	7	2	0	1	2	0	3	7	15	.143	.250	.245	.495	34	12	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	192	165	17	24	7	0	3	7	0	10	24	51	.143	.250	.245	.495	34	41	0	0	3	0	0

LAA (1 yr)				12	13	12	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.250	.417	10	3	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				36	44	37	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	3	7	13	.135	.273	.243	.516	41	9	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
2003	26	CLE	AL	36	44	-2	-2	0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	4/65D7

2005	28	LAA	AL	12	13	-1	-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/45D
2 Seasons				48	57	-3	-2	0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

LAA (1 yr)				12	13	-1	-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				36	44	-2	-2	0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.484	.496	-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
2003	26	CLE	AL	44	35	2	1.5	103	.174	.135	.263	.273	.328	.243	.421	.516	.749	41	.102	-3.1	-0.3	.371	.216	.108	.0

2005	28	LAA	AL	13	11	1	2.4	103	.200	.167	.266	.167	.328	.250	.422	.417	.750	10	.217	-1.5	-0.2	.300	.083	.083
2 Yrs				57	46	3	1.7	103	.182	.143	.264	.250	.328	.245	.421	.495	.749	34	.127	-4.6	-0.4	.356	.184	.102	.0
162 Game Avg.				192	155	10	1.7	103	.182	.143	.264	.250	.328	.245	.421	.495	.749	34	.127	-4.6	-0.4	.356	.184	.102

LAA (1 yr)				13	11	1	2.4	103	.200	.167	.266	.167	.328	.250	.422	.417	.750	10	.216	-1.5	-0.2	.300	.083	.083
CLE (1 yr)				44	35	2	1.5	103	.174	.135	.263	.273	.328	.243	.421	.516	.749	41	.101	-3.1	-0.3	.371	.216	.108	.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
2003	26	CLE	AL	44	2.3%	29.6%	15.9%	4.6%	40%	1.86	2.8	37.0	18.5	0.50	0.50	52%	13%	8.3%	25%

2005	28	LAA	AL	13	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	7.7%	50%		6.0			1.00	1.25	77%	18%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				57	1.8%	26.3%	12.3%	5.3%	43%	2.14	3.3	49.0	24.5	0.62	0.69	58%	14%	5.9%	19%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.6%	8.4%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.4	31.9	7.7	0.81	1.09	70%	18%	7.8%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	26	CLE	AL	-3.1	-0.3	48	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.22	-0.4	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.90	-3.4	0.38	10

2005	28	LAA	AL	-1.5	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.12	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	-2.0	4.61	0
2 Yrs				-4.6	-0.4	61	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	1.20	-0.6	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.91	-5.4	0.38	10

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	26	CLE	AL	1	0	9%	28	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2005	28	LAA	AL	1	0	150%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
2 Yrs				2	0	31%	42	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	3

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
2003	26	CLE	AL	44	100%	5	1	0	10	1	0	0	0.38	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		25	1	4%	0	0		0	0		0

2005	28	LAA	AL	13	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				57	100%	7	1	0	10	1	0	0	0.38	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	0	0		31	1	3%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			66%			11%			33%			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
2003	26	CLE	AL	44	191	4.34	119	62%	25%	15%	39%	20%	75%	0%	47%	80%	23%	0%	0	0	20%	9	7	11%	5	1	23%	0	0	0

2005	28	LAA	AL	13	43	3.31	31	72%	23%	3%	39%	35%	77%	0%	56%	96%	38%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				57	234	4.11	150	64%	25%	13%	39%	23%	75%	0%	48%	83%	26%	0%	0	0	18%	10	8	9%	5	1	27%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	81%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2003	26	36	44	37	2	5	1	1	2	3	7	13	.135	.273	.243	.516	41	9	0
2004	27	36	44	37	2	5	1	1	2	3	7	13	.135	.273	.243	.516	41	9	0
2005	28	48	57	49	5	7	2	1	2	3	7	15	.143	.250	.245	.495	34	12	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
2003	26	36	42	36	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	6	13	.111	.238	.222	.460	2	36

2005	28	12	14	13	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.385	.615	1	12
2 Yrs		48	56	49	8	7	3	0	1	2	0	6	15	.143	.236	.265	.502	3	48
162 Game Avg.		162	189	165	27	24	10	0	3	7	0	20	51	.143	.236	.265	.502	10	48

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