Alfonso Soriano    \sore-ee-ah-no\

Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 7, 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
High School: San Pedro de Macoris (San Pedro de Macoris, DO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1999 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Rangers/Nationals 1999-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 8 yrs/$136M (07-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 12.079, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Diego Bentz, previously: Don Nomura [*]
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999 23 NYY AL 9 8 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .500 .625 51 4 0 0 0 0 0 /D6
2000 24 NYY AL 22 53 50 5 9 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 15 .180 .196 .360 .556 38 18 0 0 2 0 0 5/64D
2001 25 NYY AL 158 614 574 77 154 34 3 18 73 43 14 29 125 .268 .304 .432 .736 91 248 7 3 3 5 0 *4/D RoY-3
2002 26 NYY AL 156 741 696 128 209 51 2 39 102 41 13 23 157 .300 .332 .547 .880 129 381 8 14 1 7 1 *4/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 27 NYY AL 156 734 682 114 198 36 5 38 91 35 8 38 130 .290 .338 .525 .863 126 358 8 12 0 2 7 *4 AS,MVP-20
2004 28 TEX AL 145 658 608 77 170 32 4 28 91 18 5 33 121 .280 .324 .484 .807 100 294 7 10 0 7 4 *4/D AS,SS
2005 29 TEX AL 156 682 637 102 171 43 2 36 104 30 2 33 125 .268 .309 .512 .821 109 326 6 7 0 5 3 *4/D AS,SS
2006 30 WSN NL 159 728 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 41 17 67 160 .277 .351 .560 .911 135 362 3 9 2 3 16 *7 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 31 CHC NL 135 617 579 97 173 42 5 33 70 19 6 31 130 .299 .337 .560 .897 122 324 9 4 0 3 4 *78/4 AS,MVP-12
2008 32 CHC NL 109 503 453 76 127 27 0 29 75 19 3 43 103 .280 .344 .532 .876 120 241 9 3 0 4 11 7/4 AS
2009 33 CHC NL 117 522 477 64 115 25 1 20 55 9 2 40 118 .241 .303 .423 .726 84 202 7 3 0 2 6 *7/45
2010 34 CHC NL 147 548 496 67 128 40 3 24 79 5 1 45 123 .258 .322 .496 .818 114 246 12 3 1 3 3 *7/D
2011 35 CHC NL 137 508 475 50 116 27 1 26 88 2 1 27 113 .244 .289 .469 .759 104 223 15 4 0 2 4 *7/D
2012 36 CHC NL 151 615 561 68 147 33 2 32 108 6 2 44 153 .262 .322 .499 .821 117 280 18 7 0 3 5 *7/D MVP-20
2013 37 CHC NL 44 175 168 18 44 11 0 4 15 5 1 5 39 .262 .291 .399 .690 87 67 2 2 0 0 1 *7
15 Yrs 1801 7706 7111 1064 1941 445 30 376 1050 275 76 459 1615 .273 .322 .503 .825 112 3574 111 81 9 46 65
162 Game Avg. 162 693 640 96 175 40 3 34 94 25 7 41 145 .273 .322 .503 .825 112 321 10 7 1 4 6
CHC (7 yrs) 840 3488 3209 440 850 205 12 168 490 65 16 235 779 .265 .319 .493 .812 110 1583 72 26 1 17 34
NYY (5 yrs) 501 2150 2010 326 571 124 10 98 270 121 36 91 430 .284 .322 .502 .824 114 1009 23 29 6 14 8
TEX (2 yrs) 301 1340 1245 179 341 75 6 64 195 48 7 66 246 .274 .316 .498 .814 105 620 13 17 0 12 7
WSN (1 yr) 159 728 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 41 17 67 160 .277 .351 .560 .911 135 362 3 9 2 3 16
NL (8 yrs) 999 4216 3856 559 1029 246 14 214 585 106 33 302 939 .267 .324 .504 .829 114 1945 75 35 3 20 50
AL (7 yrs) 802 3490 3255 505 912 199 16 162 465 169 43 157 676 .280 .320 .500 .820 111 1629 36 46 6 26 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 23 NYY AL 9 8 0 -0 0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /D6
2000 24 NYY AL 22 53 -5 0 0 -3 1 -7 -0.6 2 -5 -0.5 .470 .496 -0.2 -0.2 -2 5/64D
2001 25 NYY AL 158 614 -9 -2 2 -19 4 -25 -2.3 23 -2 -0.1 .485 .485 1.7 -1.4 17 $630,000 *4/D RoY-3
2002 26 NYY AL 156 741 27 5 1 -13 4 24 2.4 25 50 4.8 .515 .515 6.1 -0.9 62 $630,000 *4/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 27 NYY AL 156 734 25 3 0 -2 4 30 3.0 25 55 5.4 .518 .518 5.6 0.2 57 $800,000 *4 AS,MVP-20
2004 28 TEX AL 145 658 -2 4 1 -10 3 -4 -0.2 24 20 2.0 .498 .498 2.8 -0.5 30 $5,400,000 *4/D AS,SS
2005 29 TEX AL 156 682 9 4 1 -26 4 -8 -0.7 25 17 1.6 .495 .495 4.2 -2.2 43 $7,500,000 *4/D AS,SS
2006 30 WSN NL 159 728 29 -1 1 18 -6 42 4.0 22 64 6.1 .526 .525 4.3 1.1 46 $10,000,000 *7 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 31 CHC NL 135 617 16 -0 -1 17 -5 26 2.5 18 45 4.3 .520 .516 2.6 1.2 28 $10,000,000 *78/4 AS,MVP-12
2008 32 CHC NL 109 503 9 -0 -1 2 -4 6 0.5 15 21 2.0 .506 .504 1.8 -0.3 19 $14,000,000 7/4 AS
2009 33 CHC NL 117 522 -11 -0 -0 -14 -5 -30 -3.2 16 -14 -1.6 .473 .481 -0.2 -2.0 -0 $17,000,000 *7/45
2010 34 CHC NL 147 548 8 2 -1 -14 -5 -10 -1.1 17 7 0.5 .493 .494 2.0 -2.1 21 $19,000,000 *7/D
2011 35 CHC NL 137 508 1 -1 -1 -9 -5 -16 -1.8 16 0 -0.2 .487 .489 0.7 -1.5 9 $19,000,000 *7/D
2012 36 CHC NL 151 615 15 0 -2 -5 -6 1 0.2 19 20 2.0 .501 .501 2.4 -1.2 25 $18,000,000 *7/D MVP-20
2013 37 CHC NL 44 175 -2 1 1 0 -2 -2 -0.3 6 4 0.3 .495 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $18,000,000 *7
15 Seasons 1801 7706 110 14 2 -78 -20 27 2.3 252 280 26.5 .501 .501 34.0 -10.1 358 $139,960,000
CHC (7 yrs) 840 3488 36 1 -6 -23 -32 -24 -3.1 107 83 7.2 .497 .498 9.6 -6.1 106 $115,000,000
NYY (5 yrs) 501 2150 38 5 4 -37 11 21 2.4 76 97 9.5 .504 .503 13.1 -2.3 134 $2,060,000
TEX (2 yrs) 301 1340 7 8 2 -36 7 -12 -0.9 48 37 3.7 .496 .496 7.1 -2.7 73 $12,900,000
WSN (1 yr) 159 728 29 -1 1 18 -6 42 4.0 22 64 6.1 .526 .525 4.3 1.1 46 $10,000,000

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
1999 23 NYY AL 8 8 0 0.0 112 .000 .125 .273 .125 .345 .500 .436 .625 .781 51 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .375 .250 .375 .0
2000 24 NYY AL 53 43 4 2.5 114 .212 .180 .275 .196 .348 .360 .442 .556 .790 38 .188 -5.1 -0.5 .512 .240 .180 2.0
2001 25 NYY AL 614 449 76 4.5 108 .312 .268 .268 .304 .336 .432 .431 .736 .766 91 .450 -9.1 -0.8 .701 .265 .164 25.4
2002 26 NYY AL 741 516 126 6.5 105 .335 .300 .264 .332 .332 .547 .425 .880 .757 129 .624 26.7 2.5 .878 .320 .247 40.0
2003 27 NYY AL 734 502 123 6.6 105 .310 .290 .265 .338 .331 .525 .425 .863 .756 126 .618 22.3 2.1 .870 .330 .235 36.4
2004 28 TEX AL 658 457 97 5.7 116 .305 .280 .280 .324 .349 .484 .449 .807 .798 100 .542 -2.1 -0.2 .778 .280 .204 21.9
2005 29 TEX AL 682 479 105 5.8 110 .281 .268 .275 .309 .339 .512 .436 .821 .775 109 .580 5.6 0.5 .831 .339 .243 32.7
2006 30 WSN NL 728 493 130 7.1 107 .300 .277 .265 .351 .335 .560 .430 .911 .765 135 .645 32.7 3.0 .947 .423 .283 43.4
2007 31 CHC NL 617 424 107 6.8 115 .334 .299 .279 .337 .349 .560 .445 .897 .794 122 .629 16.3 1.5 .884 .337 .261 24.1
2008 32 CHC NL 503 342 84 6.6 114 .302 .280 .275 .344 .348 .532 .439 .876 .788 120 .632 11.9 1.1 .896 .382 .252 23.0
2009 33 CHC NL 522 373 62 4.4 113 .279 .241 .274 .303 .348 .423 .435 .726 .783 84 .465 -13.3 -1.3 .679 .281 .182 12.4
2010 34 CHC NL 548 385 78 5.4 106 .295 .258 .266 .322 .337 .496 .420 .818 .757 114 .576 8.4 0.8 .782 .337 .238 8.3
2011 35 CHC NL 508 377 60 4.3 99 .266 .244 .260 .289 .328 .469 .405 .759 .733 104 .483 0.3 0.0 .680 .284 .225 3.7
2012 36 CHC NL 615 437 86 5.2 103 .303 .262 .263 .322 .329 .499 .417 .821 .747 117 .570 12.2 1.2 .772 .323 .237 10.1
2013 37 CHC NL 175 127 20 4.2 99 .320 .262 .259 .291 .326 .399 .408 .690 .734 87 .487 -3.5 -0.4 .614 .190 .137 4.4
15 Yrs 7706 5412 1158 5.7 108 .303 .273 .269 .322 .338 .503 .430 .825 .768 112 .572 102.8 9.6 .805 .322 .230 317.7
162 Game Avg. 693 487 104 5.7 108 .303 .273 .269 .322 .338 .503 .430 .825 .768 112 .572 9 1 .805 .322 .230 29
CHC (7 yrs) 3488 2465 497 5.4 108 .299 .265 .269 .319 .339 .493 .426 .812 .765 110 .563 32.3 3.1 .774 .317 .228 93.7
NYY (5 yrs) 2150 1518 329 5.8 106 .316 .284 .266 .322 .333 .502 .427 .824 .760 114 .565 34.2 3.2 .810 .305 .218 108.3
TEX (2 yrs) 1340 936 202 5.8 113 .293 .274 .277 .316 .344 .498 .442 .814 .786 105 .562 3.6 0.3 .805 .310 .224 54.9
WSN (1 yr) 728 493 130 7.1 107 .300 .277 .265 .351 .335 .560 .430 .911 .765 135 .645 32.7 3.0 .947 .423 .283 43.4
NL (8 yrs) 4216 2958 627 5.7 108 .299 .267 .268 .324 .338 .504 .427 .829 .765 114 .579 65.0 6.1 .802 .335 .238 141.8
AL (7 yrs) 3490 2454 531 5.8 109 .307 .280 .270 .320 .337 .500 .433 .820 .770 111 .564 37.7 3.6 .808 .307 .220 165.4

Postseason Batting

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
2001 25 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 19 18 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 19 15 5 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 .400 .526 .600 1.126 9 0 1 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL WS ARI L 7 25 25 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 7 .240 .240 .360 .600 9 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 4 19 17 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 .118 .211 .353 .563 6 1 1 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 19 19 2 7 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 .368 .368 .421 .789 8 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 32 30 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 11 .133 .188 .167 .354 5 1 1 0 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 24 22 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 9 .227 .292 .364 .655 8 1 0 0 0 0
2007 31 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 3 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 3 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (9 Series) 44 186 174 14 37 3 0 4 18 10 3 9 53 .213 .263 .299 .562 52 3 3 0 0 0
2 NLDS 6 29 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .107 .138 .107 .245 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 13 57 54 6 13 2 0 1 9 5 1 2 15 .241 .281 .333 .614 18 1 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 51 45 5 10 1 0 1 5 4 0 4 14 .222 .314 .311 .625 14 1 2 0 0 0
2 WS 13 49 47 3 11 0 0 2 4 1 2 2 16 .234 .265 .362 .627 17 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 NYY AL 26 as 2B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYY AL 27 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX AL 28 as 2B 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 5 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TEX AL 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 WSN NL 30 as LF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CHC NL 31 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CHC NL 32 DNP
7 Yrs (6 GP) 14 14 4 5 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 4 .357 .357 1.000 1.357 14 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
1999 23 NYY AL 8 12.5% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 2.7 8.0 8.0 1.50 2.00 50% 0% 50.0% 0%
2000 24 NYY AL 53 3.8% 28.3% 1.9% 9.4% 56% 15.00 3.3 25.0 16.7 0.59 0.59 62% 16% 12.5% 27%
2001 25 NYY AL 614 2.9% 20.4% 4.7% 9.0% 36% 4.31 4.6 31.9 7.9 0.57 0.73 71% 27% 7.0% 11%
2002 26 NYY AL 741 5.3% 21.2% 3.1% 12.4% 44% 6.83 4.4 17.8 6.8 0.47 0.76 68% 27% 12.0% 12%
2003 27 NYY AL 734 5.2% 17.7% 5.2% 10.8% 40% 3.42 5.2 17.9 7.5 0.56 0.63 70% 18% 12.4% 13%
2004 28 TEX AL 658 4.3% 18.4% 5.0% 9.7% 38% 3.67 5.0 21.7 6.7 0.50 0.67 71% 21% 9.2% 7%
2005 29 TEX AL 682 5.3% 18.3% 4.8% 11.9% 47% 3.79 5.1 17.7 6.1 0.51 0.64 71% 18% 11.4% 7%
2006 30 WSN NL 728 6.3% 22.0% 9.2% 12.2% 50% 2.39 4.0 14.1 6.8 0.41 0.52 61% 20% 14.8% 11%
2007 31 CHC NL 617 5.4% 21.1% 5.0% 13.0% 46% 4.19 4.5 17.5 8.3 0.51 0.68 68% 19% 12.5% 11%
2008 32 CHC NL 503 5.8% 20.5% 8.6% 11.1% 44% 2.40 4.4 15.6 6.0 0.42 0.64 65% 21% 13.6% 14%
2009 33 CHC NL 522 3.8% 22.6% 7.7% 8.8% 40% 2.95 4.0 23.9 8.7 0.51 0.67 65% 18% 10.1% 16%
2010 34 CHC NL 548 4.4% 22.5% 8.2% 12.2% 52% 2.73 4.0 20.7 6.3 0.44 0.60 64% 18% 10.4% 12%
2011 35 CHC NL 508 5.1% 22.2% 5.3% 10.6% 47% 4.19 4.2 18.3 5.4 0.43 0.63 67% 18% 11.7% 13%
2012 36 CHC NL 615 5.2% 24.9% 7.2% 10.9% 46% 3.48 3.7 17.5 5.2 0.57 0.87 62% 19% 13.7% 11%
2013 37 CHC NL 175 2.3% 22.3% 2.9% 8.6% 34% 7.80 4.3 42.0 11.2 0.79 1.05 71% 23% 6.5% 14%
15 Yrs 7706 4.9% 21.0% 6.0% 11.0% 44% 3.52 4.4 18.9 6.8 0.50 0.67 67% 21% 11.5% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.02 5.1 32.5 7.7 0.78 1.08 69% 20% 7.8% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 23 NYY AL -0.7 -0.1 9 0.1 0.4 -0.2 1.10 -0.0 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.96 -0.9 0
2000 24 NYY AL -5.1 -0.5 57 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 .92 -0.5 -0.1 -6.5 -0.6 0.97 -5.8 0.00 1
2001 25 NYY AL -9.1 -0.8 679 -2.6 9.4 -12.0 .97 -0.7 -1.9 -14.2 -1.3 0.94 -11.8 1
2002 26 NYY AL 26.7 2.5 806 1.9 14.6 -12.8 .97 2.9 -1.0 28.3 2.7 0.94 29.4 0
2003 27 NYY AL 22.3 2.1 798 1.1 12.9 -11.7 .89 1.6 -0.4 16.9 1.6 0.95 18.2 0
2004 28 TEX AL -2.1 -0.2 695 -0.1 10.8 -10.9 .91 1.0 -1.1 2.5 0.2 0.90 9.5 0
2005 29 TEX AL 5.6 0.5 719 1.6 13.8 -12.2 1.00 2.4 -0.8 23.0 2.1 0.95 26.6 1.60 1
2006 30 WSN NL 32.7 3.0 797 2.5 15.2 -12.7 1.04 2.9 -0.5 32.2 3.1 0.95 36.7 1.41 1
2007 31 CHC NL 16.3 1.5 654 0.9 11.7 -10.9 .95 1.5 -0.6 6.6 0.6 0.91 14.6 1.67 1
2008 32 CHC NL 11.9 1.1 533 1.5 10.7 -9.1 1.03 1.6 -0.1 16.6 1.5 0.97 16.3 1.50 1
2009 33 CHC NL -13.3 -1.3 537 0.7 10.2 -9.6 1.02 -0.9 1.6 -11.5 -1.1 0.95 -10.9 1.19 0
2010 34 CHC NL 8.4 0.8 561 0.9 10.8 -9.9 1.01 1.9 -1.0 17.0 1.6 0.94 17.3 1.91 11
2011 35 CHC NL 0.3 0.0 516 1.5 11.2 -9.7 1.08 0.3 1.1 9.7 1.0 1.02 6.1 2.19 7
2012 36 CHC NL 15.1 1.5 632 2.1 13.6 -11.5 1.05 2.1 -0.1 21.3 2.1 0.97 22.9 1.95 1
2013 37 CHC NL -3.5 -0.4 184 0.2 3.4 -3.1 1.03 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.95 1.5 2.45 2
15 Yrs 105.8 9.9 8177 11.8 149.2 -137.4 .99 16.2 -4.2 141.5 13.4 0.95 169.9 1.83 27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 23 NYY AL 1 0 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2000 24 NYY AL 1 0 38% 12 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
2001 25 NYY AL 6 0 35% 194 43 14 75% 32 13 11 1 0 0 7 3 9 0 3 2 2 8 44% 20 17 3 6 2 4 19 5 13
2002 26 NYY AL 8 0 43% 251 41 13 76% 32 10 9 3 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 70% 33 11 22 4 2 2 33 8 25
2003 27 NYY AL 9 0 36% 279 35 8 81% 30 5 5 3 0 0 9 3 3 0 0 1 2 25 47% 33 23 10 6 5 1 23 4 18
2004 28 TEX AL 6 0 27% 192 18 5 78% 16 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 17 64% 21 9 12 5 2 3 10 2 8
2005 29 TEX AL 11 0 38% 240 30 2 94% 24 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 2 1 9 40% 22 17 4 11 7 4 19 6 13
2006 30 WSN NL 5 0 35% 211 41 17 71% 27 9 14 8 0 0 8 5 7 0 1 1 4 15 45% 32 23 8 7 2 4 32 11 20
2007 31 CHC NL 3 0 37% 186 19 6 76% 17 3 2 3 0 0 4 1 8 2 1 4 1 14 61% 20 9 10 4 0 4 19 6 12
2008 32 CHC NL 3 0 33% 159 19 3 86% 13 3 5 0 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 2 12 36% 22 15 7 4 2 2 19 11 7
2009 33 CHC NL 5 0 32% 152 9 2 82% 6 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 5 3 2 0 0 6 53% 13 9 4 7 3 4 12 3 9
2010 34 CHC NL 7 0 28% 158 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 10 52% 26 13 12 4 2 2 14 4 9
2011 35 CHC NL 3 0 20% 131 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 3 2 2 6 27% 15 8 7 5 4 0 6 5 0
2012 36 CHC NL 5 0 22% 190 6 2 75% 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 11 41% 19 12 6 8 7 1 15 5 10
2013 37 CHC NL 3 0 30% 61 5 1 83% 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 39% 5 3 2 2 2 0 6 3 3
15 Yrs 76 0 33% 2428 275 76 78% 207 54 67 22 1 0 50 20 61 6 17 17 17 154 49% 283 171 107 73 40 31 230 73 150

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 23 NYY AL 8 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2000 24 NYY AL 53 42% 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 100% 14 0 0% 8 3 38% 33 2 6% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
2001 25 NYY AL 614 18% 154 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 20 15 3 8 10 0 3 3 100% 114 7 6% 53 12 23% 365 57 16% 36 20 56% 16 9 56% 0
2002 26 NYY AL 741 20% 209 3 1 0 0 0 0 39 0 12 31 8 17 22 0 1 1 100% 109 8 7% 51 15 29% 355 66 19% 33 17 52% 17 11 65% 0
2003 27 NYY AL 734 21% 198 14 2 0 0 0 0 38 2 20 31 7 15 23 0 1 0 0% 105 8 8% 50 9 18% 377 54 14% 28 9 32% 27 13 48% 0
2004 28 TEX AL 658 27% 170 10 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 12 19 9 12 16 0 2 0 0% 124 7 6% 55 20 36% 388 66 17% 42 22 52% 30 11 37% 0
2005 29 TEX AL 682 23% 171 12 0 1 1 0 0 1.60 36 0 9 32 4 25 11 0 0 0 121 6 5% 67 15 22% 424 71 17% 28 19 68% 30 15 50% 0
2006 30 WSN NL 728 27% 179 10 0 1 0 0 0 1.41 46 1 12 34 12 24 22 0 2 2 100% 100 3 3% 45 7 16% 352 50 14% 23 8 35% 20 6 30% 0
2007 31 CHC NL 617 22% 173 14 0 1 1 0 0 1.67 33 0 9 24 9 13 20 0 0 0 82 9 11% 34 5 15% 284 37 13% 20 4 20% 16 4 25% 0
2008 32 CHC NL 503 29% 127 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 29 0 9 17 12 17 12 0 0 0 66 9 14% 29 10 34% 281 49 17% 20 13 65% 18 11 61% 0
2009 33 CHC NL 522 22% 115 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.19 20 1 19 18 2 7 13 0 0 0 84 7 8% 45 6 13% 276 35 13% 25 9 36% 20 5 25% 0
2010 34 CHC NL 548 30% 128 6 0 11 1 1 2 1.91 24 0 14 17 7 11 13 0 1 1 100% 113 12 11% 49 9 18% 350 57 16% 31 12 39% 20 8 40% 0
2011 35 CHC NL 508 25% 116 5 0 7 2 0 2 2.19 26 0 24 19 7 12 14 0 0 0 117 15 13% 58 9 16% 368 67 18% 34 18 53% 22 12 55% 0
2012 36 CHC NL 615 24% 147 13 0 1 0 0 0 1.95 32 0 11 24 8 15 17 0 0 0 110 18 16% 56 18 32% 392 78 20% 35 19 54% 24 15 63% 0
2013 37 CHC NL 175 34% 44 5 0 2 0 0 0 2.45 4 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 25 2 8% 16 4 25% 100 12 12% 10 4 40% 3 1 33% 0
15 Yrs 7706 24% 1941 104 3 27 5 1 4 1.83 376 4 176 284 92 181 195 0 12 9 75% 1284 111 9% 617 142 23% 4350 701 16% 368 174 47% 267 123 46% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
1999 23 NYY AL 8 32 4.00 23 72% 22% 26% 30% 22% 78% 0% 56% 67% 13% 0% 0 0 25% 2 2 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 24 NYY AL 53 185 3.49 129 70% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 0% 50% 77% 23% 2% 1 0 11% 6 4 2% 1 0 20% 0 0 0
2001 25 NYY AL 616 2357 3.83 1590 67% 26% 16% 29% 29% 74% 0% 50% 79% 19% 4% 22 1 12% 76 41 6% 36 19 17% -2 0 0
2002 26 NYY AL 742 2658 3.58 1847 69% 18% 22% 31% 30% 82% 0% 57% 73% 36% 2% 12 1 9% 66 41 5% 35 27 11% -1 0 0
2003 27 NYY AL 735 2609 3.55 1768 68% 19% 20% 30% 31% 81% 3% 55% 75% 33% 3% 23 0 11% 78 39 5% 40 25 7% -1 0 0
2004 28 TEX AL 658 2399 3.65 1591 66% 19% 20% 30% 31% 81% 2% 54% 75% 34% 5% 30 7 12% 79 41 7% 44 30 14% 0 0 0
2005 29 TEX AL 683 2493 3.65 1647 66% 19% 20% 30% 31% 81% 1% 53% 76% 32% 3% 20 6 11% 78 52 4% 30 20 14% -1 0 0
2006 30 WSN NL 728 2838 3.90 1783 63% 21% 21% 30% 28% 79% 6% 50% 73% 27% 5% 39 7 15% 109 49 9% 67 41 11% 0 0 0
2007 31 CHC NL 617 2266 3.67 1552 68% 15% 22% 34% 29% 85% 2% 58% 74% 37% 2% 12 1 9% 58 40 5% 28 20 8% 0 0 0
2008 32 CHC NL 503 1877 3.73 1209 64% 19% 22% 29% 29% 81% 5% 52% 72% 32% 5% 24 4 12% 58 26 7% 34 17 14% 0 0 0
2009 33 CHC NL 522 2009 3.85 1300 65% 20% 21% 31% 28% 80% 3% 52% 73% 32% 5% 25 0 15% 80 37 9% 48 30 11% 0 0 0
2010 34 CHC NL 548 2121 3.87 1369 65% 23% 22% 27% 28% 77% 2% 50% 71% 25% 7% 36 2 18% 97 44 10% 57 31 7% 0 0 0
2011 35 CHC NL 508 1856 3.65 1261 68% 19% 21% 31% 29% 81% 2% 55% 74% 34% 3% 15 0 12% 60 31 6% 32 19 9% 0 0 0
2012 36 CHC NL 616 2322 3.77 1483 64% 22% 23% 27% 28% 78% 1% 50% 70% 30% 5% 32 4 15% 90 37 9% 53 34 12% -1 0 0
2013 37 CHC NL 176 646 3.67 449 70% 20% 19% 33% 29% 80% 2% 56% 77% 35% 3% 5 0 9% 15 7 2% 4 3 5% -1 0 0
15 Yrs 7713 28668 3.72 19001 66% 20% 21% 30% 29% 80% 2% 53% 74% 31% 4% 296 33 12% 952 491 7% 509 316 11% -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
1999 23 9 8 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .500 .625 51 4 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 31 61 58 7 10 3 0 3 4 2 1 1 18 .172 .186 .379 .566 40 22 0 0 2 0 0
2001 25 189 675 632 84 164 37 3 21 77 45 15 30 143 .259 .294 .427 .721 86 270 7 3 5 5 0
2002 26 345 1416 1328 212 373 88 5 60 179 86 28 53 300 .281 .314 .490 .804 109 651 15 17 6 12 1
2003 27 501 2150 2010 326 571 124 10 98 270 121 36 91 430 .284 .322 .502 .824 114 1009 23 29 6 14 8
2004 28 646 2808 2618 403 741 156 14 126 361 139 41 124 551 .283 .323 .498 .820 111 1303 30 39 6 21 12
2005 29 802 3490 3255 505 912 199 16 162 465 169 43 157 676 .280 .320 .500 .820 111 1629 36 46 6 26 15
2006 30 961 4218 3902 624 1091 240 18 208 560 210 60 224 836 .280 .325 .510 .836 115 1991 39 55 8 29 31
2007 31 1096 4835 4481 721 1264 282 23 241 630 229 66 255 966 .282 .327 .517 .844 116 2315 48 59 8 32 35
2008 32 1205 5338 4934 797 1391 309 23 270 705 248 69 298 1069 .282 .329 .518 .847 116 2556 57 62 8 36 46
2009 33 1322 5860 5411 861 1506 334 24 290 760 257 71 338 1187 .278 .326 .510 .836 113 2758 64 65 8 38 52
2010 34 1469 6408 5907 928 1634 374 27 314 839 262 72 383 1310 .277 .326 .509 .834 113 3004 76 68 9 41 55
2011 35 1606 6916 6382 978 1750 401 28 340 927 264 73 410 1423 .274 .323 .506 .829 113 3227 91 72 9 43 59
2012 36 1757 7531 6943 1046 1897 434 30 372 1035 270 75 454 1576 .273 .323 .505 .828 113 3507 109 79 9 46 64
2013 37 1801 7706 7111 1064 1941 445 30 376 1050 275 76 459 1615 .273 .322 .503 .825 112 3574 111 81 9 46 65

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
1999 23 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
2000 24 22 52 49 4 8 3 0 2 3 2 1 15 .163 .180 .347 .527 3 22
2001 25 158 609 570 74 150 33 3 18 70 42 28 125 .263 .299 .426 .725 72 158
2002 26 156 738 693 125 206 50 2 38 100 40 23 157 .297 .330 .540 .869 120 156
2003 27 156 733 681 113 197 36 5 38 90 35 38 130 .289 .337 .524 .861 116 156
2004 28 145 641 595 67 157 30 4 26 79 17 30 121 .264 .306 .459 .765 81 145
2005 29 156 675 631 96 165 41 2 35 97 29 32 125 .261 .302 .499 .801 93 156
2006 30 159 727 646 117 178 41 2 46 94 41 67 160 .276 .350 .559 .909 123 159
2007 31 135 604 568 87 162 39 5 31 63 18 29 130 .285 .323 .535 .858 97 135
2008 32 109 494 446 69 120 26 0 27 68 18 41 103 .269 .332 .509 .841 75 109
2009 33 117 515 472 59 110 24 1 19 51 9 38 118 .233 .293 .409 .702 56 117
2010 34 147 545 494 66 126 39 3 24 77 5 44 123 .255 .318 .492 .810 77 147
2011 35 137 513 479 53 120 28 1 27 93 2 28 113 .251 .296 .482 .779 67 137
2012 36 151 619 564 70 150 34 2 33 111 6 45 153 .266 .326 .509 .835 91 151
2013 37 44 176 169 19 45 11 0 4 16 5 5 39 .266 .295 .402 .698 20 44
15 Yrs 1801 7649 7065 1019 1894 435 30 368 1012 269 449 1615 .268 .317 .494 .812 1091 1801
162 Game Avg. 162 688 635 92 170 39 3 33 91 24 40 145 .268 .317 .494 .812 98 1801

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 (2B)
2003 (2B)
2004 (2B)
2005 *
2006 (LF)
2007 *
2008

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (3, 60%)
2003 AL (20, 4%)
2006 NL (6, 24%)
2007 NL (12, 9%)
2012 NL (20, 2%)
0.99 Career Shares (250th)

Silver Sluggers
2002 AL (2B)
2004 AL (2B)
2005 AL (2B)
2006 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2006 NL  6.1 (6th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2006 NL  6.1 (4th)
Active  26.5 (44th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2002 AL  6.1 (7th)
2003 AL  5.6 (9th)
Active  34.0 (26th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2002 AL  .547 (9th)
2007 NL  .560 (10th)
Active  .503 (21st)
Career  .503 (92nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .825 (45th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL  159 (6th)
Active  1,801 (21st)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 AL  696 (1st)
2003 AL  682 (1st)
2005 AL  637 (10th)
2006 NL  647 (6th)
Active  7,111 (13th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2002 AL  741 (1st)
2003 AL  734 (2nd)
2006 NL  728 (5th)
Active  7,706 (16th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 AL  128 (1st)
2003 AL  114 (6th)
2006 NL  119 (5th)
Active  1,064 (16th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  209 (1st)
2003 AL  198 (5th)
Active  1,941 (17th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2002 AL  381 (2nd)
2003 AL  358 (3rd)
2005 AL  326 (7th)
2006 NL  362 (2nd)
2007 NL  324 (8th)
Active  3,574 (11th)
Career  3,574 (147th)

Doubles s c a p y
2002 AL  51 (3rd)
2005 AL  43 (4th)
2010 NL  40 (6th)
Active  445 (8th)
Career  445 (102nd)

Triples s c a p y
Active  30 (41st)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  39 (5th)
2003 AL  38 (5th)
2005 AL  36 (7th)
2006 NL  46 (3rd)
2007 NL  33 (8th)
2012 NL  32 (5th)
Active  376 (7th)
Career  376 (69th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2012 NL  108 (3rd)
Active  1,050 (17th)
Career  1,050 (242nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  459 (48th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 AL  157 (2nd)
2003 AL  130 (4th)
2005 AL  125 (8th)
2006 NL  160 (4th)
2012 NL  153 (9th)
Active  1,615 (4th)
Career  1,615 (32nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2001 AL  43 (3rd)
2002 AL  41 (1st)
2003 AL  35 (4th)
2005 AL  30 (6th)
2006 NL  41 (6th)
Active  275 (12th)
Career  275 (186th)

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL  119 (10th)
Active  1,090 (23rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2002 AL  126 (7th)
2003 AL  123 (8th)
2006 NL  130 (7th)
Active  1,158 (16th)
Career  1,158 (217th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
Active  103 (48th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
Active  9.7 (48th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2002 AL  92 (1st)
2003 AL  79 (6th)
2005 AL  81 (3rd)
2006 NL  89 (1st)
2007 NL  80 (6th)
2010 NL  67 (10th)
2012 NL  67 (8th)
Active  851 (6th)
Career  851 (79th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  2,481 (22nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 AL  14 (5th)
Active  81 (23rd)
Career  81 (151st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Active  46 (34th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  16 (6th)
Active  65 (24th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL  18 (6th)
Active  111 (45th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2001 AL  14 (2nd)
2002 AL  13 (2nd)
2003 AL  8 (9th)
2006 NL  17 (2nd)
Active  76 (9th)
Career  76 (243rd)

SB % s c a p y
2003 AL  81.40 (10th)
2005 AL  93.75 (2nd)
2008 NL  86.36 (10th)
Active  78.35 (36th)
Career  78.35 (74th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2001 AL  25.4 (8th)
2002 AL  40.0 (1st)
2003 AL  36.4 (1st)
2004 AL  21.9 (4th)
2005 AL  32.7 (1st)
2006 NL  43.4 (1st)
2007 NL  24.1 (8th)
2008 NL  23.0 (7th)
Active  317.7 (3rd)
Career  317.7 (16th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 NL  14.1 (8th)
2007 NL  17.5 (10th)
2008 NL  15.6 (6th)
Active  18.9 (18th)
Career  18.9 (93rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 AL  516 (1st)
2003 AL  502 (2nd)
2005 AL  479 (10th)
2006 NL  493 (4th)
Active  5,412 (13th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
Active  141.51 (37th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
Active  11.8 (39th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
Active  16.2 (28th)
Career  16.2 (242nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
Active  13.4 (37th)

Salary s c a p y
2009 NL  $17,000,000 (7th)
2009 NL  $17,000,000 (7th)
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)
2011 NL  $19,000,000 (6th)
2011 NL  $19,000,000 (6th)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 10 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 70 (362), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 88 (197), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (388), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (63rd), 26.1 career WAR/26.5 7yr-peak WAR/26.3 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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