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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	$

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
2003	CLE	AL	26	2B	14	6	3	71.0	36	14	20	2	5	.944	-1	-2	-15	-34	4.31	2.43	.982	4.94	4.89
2003	CLE	AL	26	SS	3	1	1	12.0	8	2	6	0	1	1.000	0	0	10	0	6.00	2.67	.971	4.57	4.50
2003	CLE	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
2003	CLE	AL	26	DH	1	0
2003	CLE	AL	26	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
2003	CLE	AL	26	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
2005	LAA	AL	28	2B	5	2	1	24.1	8	3	5	0	1	1.000	1	1	39	49	2.96	1.60	.982	4.96	4.90
2005	LAA	AL	28	3B	1	1	1	8.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0	0	30	0	5.62	5.00	.957	2.81	2.70
2005	LAA	AL	28	DH	1	0
	2 Seasons			2B	19	8	4	95.1	44	17	25	2	6	.955	-0	-1	-1	-12	3.97	2.21	.982	4.95	4.89
	1 Season			SS	3	1	1	12.0	8	2	6	0	1	1.000	0	0	10	0	6.00	2.67	.971	4.57	4.50
	2 Seasons			3B	2	1	1	9.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0	0	27	0	5.00	2.50	.957	2.80	2.65
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
	2 Seasons			TOT	25	10	6	118.1	58	21	34	3	7	.948	0	-1	2	-10	4.18	2.20	.978	4.70	4.56

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1998.
May 21, 2004: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
May 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
November 21, 2005: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
October 5, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
October 31, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
April 22, 2007: Released by the Florida Marlins.

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