Paul Sorrento Batting Statistics and History

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Paul Sorrento

Paul Anthony Sorrento

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 17, 1965 in Somerville, MA
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1989 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/DevilRays/Twins 1989-1999

Final Game: October 2, 1999 (Age 33)
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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
1986	20	ANA-min	A	69	270	239	38	78	14	2	7	41	0	1	28	55	.326	.400	.490	.890		117		2	0	1	1		QDS,PSP · MIDW,CALL
1987	21	ANA-min	A	114	454	370	66	83	14	2	8	45	1	2	78	95	.224	.361	.338	.699		125		3	0	3	7		PSP · CALL
1988	22	ANA-min	A	133	582	465	91	133	30	6	14	99	3	4	110	101	.286	.421	.467	.888		217	10	2	0	5	5		PSP · CALL
1989	23	MIN-min	AA	140	604	509	81	130	35	2	27	112	1	1	84	119	.255	.366	.491	.857		250		7	0	4	7		ORL · SOUL
1989	23	MIN	AL	14	27	21	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.238	.370	.238	.608	71	5	0	0	0	1	1	/3D
1990	24	MIN-min	AAA	102	424	354	59	107	27	1	19	72	3	0	64	95	.302	.406	.545	.951		193		1	0	5	2		POR · PCL
1990	24	MIN	AL	41	135	121	11	25	4	1	5	13	1	1	12	31	.207	.281	.380	.662	80	46	3	1	0	1	0	D3
1991	25	MIN-min	AAA	113	485	409	59	126	30	2	13	79	1	0	62	65	.308	.404	.487	.891		199	15	8	0	6	5		POR · PCL
1991	25	MIN	AL	26	51	47	6	12	2	0	4	13	0	0	4	11	.255	.314	.553	.867	131	26	3	0	0	0	2	3/D
1992	26	CLE	AL	140	514	458	52	123	24	1	18	60	0	3	51	89	.269	.341	.443	.784	121	203	13	1	1	3	7	*3D
1993	27	CLE	AL	148	527	463	75	119	26	1	18	65	3	1	58	121	.257	.340	.434	.774	107	201	10	2	0	4	11	*3/9D
1994	28	CLE	AL	95	360	322	43	90	14	0	14	62	0	1	34	68	.280	.345	.453	.799	106	146	7	0	1	3	6	*3/D
1995	29	CLE	AL	104	378	323	50	76	14	0	25	79	1	1	51	71	.235	.336	.511	.847	116	165	10	0	0	4	6	3D
1996	30	SEA	AL	143	542	471	67	136	32	1	23	93	0	2	57	103	.289	.370	.507	.878	121	239	10	7	2	5	10	*3
1997	31	SEA	AL	146	513	457	68	123	19	0	31	80	0	2	51	112	.269	.345	.514	.859	123	235	13	3	0	2	9	*3/D
1998	32	TBD	AL	137	495	435	40	98	27	0	17	57	2	3	54	133	.225	.313	.405	.718	85	176	8	3	0	3	1	D39/7
1999	33	TBD	AL	99	348	294	40	69	14	1	11	42	1	1	49	101	.235	.351	.401	.752	92	118	4	4	0	1	1	73/D
2000	34	OAK-min	AAA	40	175	139	25	38	9	1	6	32	1	0	33	34	.273	.406	.482	.888		67	2	0	0	3	0		SAC · PCL
11 Yrs				1093	3890	3412	454	876	176	5	166	565	8	15	426	844	.257	.340	.457	.798	109	1560	81	21	4	27	54
162 Game Avg.				162	577	506	67	130	26	1	25	84	1	2	63	125	.257	.340	.457	.798	109	231	12	3	1	4	8

CLE (4 yrs)				487	1779	1566	220	408	78	2	75	266	4	6	194	349	.261	.340	.457	.797	113	715	40	3	2	14	30
MIN (3 yrs)				81	213	189	19	42	6	1	9	27	1	1	21	46	.222	.300	.407	.708	92	77	6	1	0	2	3
TBD (2 yrs)				236	843	729	80	167	41	1	28	99	3	4	103	234	.229	.329	.403	.732	88	294	12	7	0	4	2
SEA (2 yrs)				289	1055	928	135	259	51	1	54	173	0	4	108	215	.279	.358	.511	.869	122	474	23	10	2	7	19

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
1989	23	MIN	AL	14	27	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.490	.499	-0.0	-0.1	-0		/3D
1990	24	MIN	AL	41	135	-4	0	-0	0	-3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.3	.482	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$100,000	D3
1991	25	MIN	AL	26	51	1	-1	-0	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$122,500	3/D
1992	26	CLE	AL	140	514	7	-2	0	-1	-8	-4	-0.3	19	16	1.5	.497	.497	1.7	-1.0	17	$137,500	*3D
1993	27	CLE	AL	148	527	3	-2	-1	-1	-7	-8	-0.8	20	12	1.1	.495	.495	1.3	-0.8	13	$350,000	*3/9D
1994	28	CLE	AL	95	360	0	-0	-0	0	-6	-6	-0.4	14	8	0.8	.495	.497	0.8	-0.5	8	$675,000	*3/D
1995	29	CLE	AL	104	378	3	1	-0	-8	-6	-10	-0.9	14	4	0.4	.491	.494	1.1	-1.3	12	$1,098,223	3D
1996	30	SEA	AL	143	542	11	-1	-0	-14	-7	-12	-0.8	20	9	1.1	.493	.494	2.2	-1.8	23	$1,025,000	*3
1997	31	SEA	AL	146	513	13	-3	-1	2	-7	4	0.6	19	24	2.3	.503	.503	2.1	-0.4	22	$1,500,000	*3/D
1998	32	TBD	AL	137	495	-11	-4	-1	3	-10	-23	-2.2	19	-5	-0.5	.483	.486	-0.7	-0.7	-8	$2,000,000	D39/7
1999	33	TBD	AL	99	348	-5	-1	1	-13	-5	-23	-2.1	13	-10	-0.9	.478	.487	0.3	-1.6	3	$3,000,000	73/D
11 Seasons				1093	3890	18	-12	-3	-32	-61	-91	-8.0	146	54	5.5	.492	.495	8.6	-8.6	87	$10,008,223

CLE (4 yrs)				487	1779	13	-3	-1	-9	-27	-27	-2.4	67	40	3.8	.495	.496	4.9	-3.6	49	$2,260,723
MIN (3 yrs)				81	213	-3	-1	-1	-1	-4	-10	-1.1	8	-3	-0.4	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$222,500
TBD (2 yrs)				236	843	-16	-5	-0	-10	-15	-46	-4.3	32	-15	-1.3	.481	.486	-0.4	-2.3	-5	$5,000,000
SEA (2 yrs)				289	1055	24	-4	-1	-12	-14	-7	-0.2	40	32	3.4	.498	.498	4.3	-2.2	44	$2,525,000

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
1989	23	MIN	AL	27	17	2	3.1	99	.278	.238	.269	.370	.335	.238	.395	.608	.730	71	.357	-0.5	-0.1	.625	.238	.000
1990	24	MIN	AL	135	101	13	3.4	99	.233	.207	.266	.281	.335	.380	.398	.662	.733	80	.391	-4.0	-0.4	.590	.273	.174	1.7
1991	25	MIN	AL	51	38	7	5.0	101	.250	.255	.266	.314	.335	.553	.403	.867	.739	131	.540	1.6	0.2	.789	.383	.298	.0
1992	26	CLE	AL	514	355	67	5.1	93	.297	.269	.257	.341	.326	.443	.382	.784	.707	121	.565	12.5	1.2	.718	.279	.175	.0
1993	27	CLE	AL	527	359	69	5.1	103	.308	.257	.267	.340	.337	.434	.408	.774	.745	107	.529	4.9	0.5	.741	.307	.177	5.1
1994	28	CLE	AL	360	244	50	5.5	110	.313	.280	.270	.345	.342	.453	.430	.799	.772	106	.512	2.8	0.3	.746	.276	.174	.0
1995	29	CLE	AL	378	262	55	5.6	110	.221	.235	.271	.336	.346	.511	.429	.847	.774	116	.532	7.0	0.6	.837	.433	.276	1.9
1996	30	SEA	AL	542	354	89	6.8	115	.323	.289	.276	.370	.349	.507	.443	.878	.792	121	.585	15.9	1.4	.867	.335	.219	.0
1997	31	SEA	AL	513	351	78	6.0	107	.291	.269	.269	.345	.338	.514	.425	.859	.763	123	.565	14.0	1.3	.822	.352	.245	.0
1998	32	TBD	AL	495	351	56	4.3	111	.281	.225	.273	.313	.342	.405	.434	.718	.776	85	.410	-10.1	-0.9	.667	.301	.179	3.6
1999	33	TBD	AL	348	231	45	5.2	114	.317	.235	.275	.351	.348	.401	.440	.752	.788	92	.482	-2.9	-0.3	.743	.333	.167	1.8
11 Yrs				3890	2663	531	5.3	107	.292	.257	.269	.340	.340	.457	.421	.798	.761	109	.523	41.2	3.8	.760	.323	.200	15.3
162 Game Avg.				577	395	79	5.3	107	.292	.257	.269	.340	.340	.457	.421	.798	.761	109	.523	6	1	.760	.323	.200	2

CLE (4 yrs)				1779	1220	241	5.3	103	.288	.261	.266	.340	.337	.457	.409	.797	.746	113	.536	27.2	2.6	.756	.319	.196	7.6
MIN (3 yrs)				213	156	22	3.8	100	.243	.222	.266	.300	.335	.407	.399	.708	.734	92	.429	-2.8	-0.3	.643	.296	.185	1.8
TBD (2 yrs)				843	582	101	4.6	112	.295	.229	.274	.329	.344	.403	.437	.732	.781	88	.440	-13.0	-1.2	.697	.314	.174	5.4
SEA (2 yrs)				1055	705	167	6.3	111	.308	.279	.272	.358	.344	.511	.434	.869	.778	122	.575	29.9	2.7	.845	.344	.232	.0

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
1991	25	MIN	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	25	MIN	AL	WS	ATL	W	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	29	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	3	13	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.300	.462	.300	.762	3	0	1	0	0	0
1995	29	CLE	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	4	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.231	.497	3	3	0	0	0	0
1995	29	CLE	AL	WS	ATL	L	6	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	0	0	0

1997	31	SEA	AL	ALDS	BAL	L	4	12	10	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.700	1.117	7	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (6 Series)							21	55	47	6	10	3	0	1	2	0	0	7	16	.213	.327	.340	.668	16	3	1	0	0	0
2 ALDS							7	25	20	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	6	.300	.440	.500	.940	10	0	1	0	0	0
2 ALCS							5	16	14	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.250	.214	.464	3	3	0	0	0	0
2 WS							9	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.154	.214	.231	.445	3	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
1989	23	MIN	AL	27	0.0%	14.8%	18.5%	0.0%	0%	0.80	5.3		21.0	0.80	0.33	67%	11%	0.0%	10%
1990	24	MIN	AL	135	3.7%	23.0%	8.9%	7.4%	40%	2.58	3.9	24.2	9.3	0.78	0.87	64%	13%	11.1%	12%
1991	25	MIN	AL	51	7.8%	21.6%	7.8%	11.8%	50%	2.75	4.3	11.8	3.6	0.71	1.15	63%	17%	22.2%	14%
1992	26	CLE	AL	514	3.5%	17.3%	9.9%	8.4%	35%	1.75	5.1	25.4	7.6	0.79	1.26	69%	24%	9.4%	8%
1993	27	CLE	AL	527	3.4%	23.0%	11.0%	8.5%	38%	2.09	3.8	25.7	7.1	0.76	0.89	62%	22%	10.7%	14%
1994	28	CLE	AL	360	3.9%	18.9%	9.4%	7.8%	31%	2.00	4.7	23.0	5.2	0.64	0.81	68%	21%	10.8%	16%
1995	29	CLE	AL	378	6.6%	18.8%	13.5%	10.3%	51%	1.39	4.5	12.9	4.1	0.77	1.22	61%	17%	21.0%	17%
1996	30	SEA	AL	542	4.2%	19.0%	10.5%	10.3%	41%	1.81	4.6	20.5	5.1	0.66	0.95	65%	23%	13.1%	22%
1997	31	SEA	AL	513	6.0%	21.8%	9.9%	9.8%	41%	2.20	4.1	14.7	5.7	0.68	0.96	62%	22%	17.7%	15%
1998	32	TBD	AL	495	3.4%	26.9%	10.9%	8.9%	45%	2.46	3.3	25.6	7.6	0.62	0.95	58%	23%	11.0%	18%
1999	33	TBD	AL	348	3.2%	29.0%	14.1%	7.5%	38%	2.06	2.9	26.7	7.0	0.78	1.11	53%	22%	11.6%	13%
11 Yrs				3890	4.3%	21.7%	11.0%	8.9%	40%	1.98	4.0	20.6	6.0	0.71	1.00	62%	21%	12.9%	15%
MLB Averages					2.4%	15.8%	8.8%	7.3%	31%	1.79	5.6	36.5	7.8	0.81	1.08	71%	21%	7.2%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	MIN	AL	-0.5	-0.1	27	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.79	0.0	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.96	-0.3	1.41	3
1990	24	MIN	AL	-4.0	-0.4	139	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	.99	-0.2	-0.2	-8.5	-0.8	0.92	-4.0	1.54	6
1991	25	MIN	AL	1.6	0.2	51	0.2	1.1	-0.9	1.24	-0.0	0.2	2.0	0.2	0.99	1.6	1.29	12
1992	26	CLE	AL	12.5	1.2	519	0.5	10.4	-10.0	1.11	1.0	-0.5	1.3	0.1	0.96	8.9	2.46	14
1993	27	CLE	AL	4.9	0.5	536	-0.2	8.8	-9.0	.97	0.6	-0.9	9.4	0.9	0.95	4.6	1.97	13
1994	28	CLE	AL	2.8	0.3	367	0.8	6.8	-6.0	.93	0.5	0.4	8.6	0.8	0.93	1.9		8
1995	29	CLE	AL	7.0	0.6	382	0.9	7.3	-6.3	.94	1.2	-0.2	8.6	0.8	1.00	12.9	2.06	9
1996	30	SEA	AL	15.9	1.4	548	0.6	10.4	-9.8	1.05	0.8	-0.2	18.2	1.6	0.99	13.3	1.93	14
1997	31	SEA	AL	14.0	1.3	519	0.1	9.1	-9.0	.99	1.0	-0.9	6.8	0.6	0.99	9.3	1.25	23
1998	32	TBD	AL	-10.1	-0.9	504	-1.7	7.7	-9.4	1.04	-1.3	-0.3	-16.6	-1.5	0.97	-15.0	2.78	9
1999	33	TBD	AL	-2.9	-0.3	351	-0.3	6.5	-6.8	1.07	-0.3	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.98	-4.7	1.32	10
11 Yrs				41.2	3.8	3943	0.5	70.6	-70.0	1.01	3.2	-2.6	27.5	2.5	0.97	28.6	1.67	121

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	MIN	AL	1	20%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1990	24	MIN	AL	1	18%	38	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	30%	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	25	MIN	AL	0	17%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	0	22%	201	0	3	0%	0	3	0	1	10	0	2	0	3	5	40%	37	22	14	3	3	0	15	5	8
1993	27	CLE	AL	6	35%	204	3	1	75%	3	0	1	0	11	1	2	3	4	16	38%	41	31	9	8	3	5	19	5	12
1994	28	CLE	AL	3	26%	129	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	6	0	3	1	1	9	42%	18	10	7	4	2	1	11	5	6
1995	29	CLE	AL	1	25%	101	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	6	40%	17	12	5	3	2	1	10	3	6
1996	30	SEA	AL	3	25%	188	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	2	13	46%	35	22	12	6	4	2	20	6	14
1997	31	SEA	AL	5	25%	145	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	5	0	2	0	3	9	33%	22	18	4	9	7	1	11	1	9
1998	32	TBD	AL	4	17%	142	2	3	40%	2	3	0	1	6	0	1	0	3	5	25%	23	22	1	2	2	0	15	3	9
1999	33	TBD	AL	0	26%	125	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	36%	27	23	4	3	2	0	15	2	12
11 Yrs				24	25%	1301	8	15	35%	8	13	2	4	56	3	15	6	19	69	38%	233	169	60	40	25	11	116	30	76

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
1989	23	MIN	AL	27	93%	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	1.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	4	3	75%	19	1	5%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1990	24	MIN	AL	135	96%	25	1	0	6	2	1	2	1.54	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		19	3	16%	10	3	30%	76	8	11%	6	2	33%	5	2	40%	0
1991	25	MIN	AL	51	90%	12	1	0	12	3	2	4	1.29	4	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		12	3	25%	5	3	60%	39	9	23%	5	4	80%	4	3	75%	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	514	90%	123	27	0	14	2	1	2	2.46	18	0	18	18	0	11	7	0	1	1	100%	92	13	14%	54	15	28%	316	44	14%	25	11	44%	20	10	50%	0
1993	27	CLE	AL	527	82%	119	9	0	13	3	0	0	1.97	18	1	9	16	2	8	10	0	0	0		96	10	10%	44	14	32%	345	51	15%	26	13	50%	21	10	48%	0
1994	28	CLE	AL	360	77%	90	4	0	8	2	0	0		14	0	7	11	3	8	6	0	1	1	100%	73	7	10%	32	11	34%	240	48	20%	29	15	52%	11	8	73%	0
1995	29	CLE	AL	378	86%	76	2	0	9	1	0	1	2.06	25	2	13	23	2	12	13	0	0	0		89	10	11%	40	11	28%	302	54	18%	26	12	46%	21	10	48%	0
1996	30	SEA	AL	542	87%	136	8	0	14	3	1	2	1.93	23	3	30	21	2	13	10	0	2	2	100%	118	10	8%	46	14	30%	412	71	17%	36	16	44%	21	9	43%	0
1997	31	SEA	AL	513	92%	123	8	0	23	7	2	4	1.25	31	1	15	27	4	18	13	0	2	0	0%	112	13	12%	38	7	18%	368	50	14%	25	9	36%	17	6	35%	0
1998	32	TBD	AL	495	82%	98	19	0	9	2	2	2	2.78	17	2	15	16	1	10	7	0	0	0		93	8	9%	46	14	30%	355	40	11%	26	10	38%	28	12	43%	0
1999	33	TBD	AL	348	87%	69	4	0	10	1	0	0	1.32	11	0	8	9	2	6	5	0	0	0		85	4	5%	29	9	31%	253	31	12%	13	5	38%	26	11	42%	0
11 Yrs				3890	86%	876	83	0	121	26	9	18	1.67	166	9	121	149	17	90	76	0	6	4	67%	798	81	10%	348	104	30%	2725	407	15%	219	98	45%	176	82	47%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			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
1989	23	MIN	AL	27	105	3.89	58	55%	33%	16%	19%	31%	66%	9%	36%	74%	26%	7%	2	0	19%	5	2	11%	3	1	0%	0	0	1
1990	24	MIN	AL	135	476	3.53	286	60%	26%	19%	22%	32%	73%	0%	44%	73%	36%	6%	8	3	22%	30	17	8%	11	3	29%	0	0	4
1991	25	MIN	AL	51	209	4.10	123	59%	22%	19%	30%	29%	78%	9%	46%	76%	25%	6%	3	1	24%	12	6	14%	7	6	18%	0	0	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	516	1965	3.81	1137	58%	26%	15%	26%	33%	74%	3%	43%	80%	29%	6%	33	11	17%	86	43	10%	54	36	33%	-2	0	0
1993	27	CLE	AL	503	2008	3.99	1136	57%	25%	19%	28%	29%	75%	4%	43%	75%	30%	7%	36	10	19%	97	45	11%	55	40	31%	24	0	0
1994	28	CLE	AL	338	1314	3.89	752	57%	32%	16%	20%	32%	68%	3%	39%	77%	23%	8%	27	3	20%	69	29	13%	44	30	32%	22	0	0
1995	29	CLE	AL	360	1435	3.99	807	56%	32%	15%	22%	30%	68%	4%	38%	77%	21%	7%	26	4	18%	65	22	14%	51	27	24%	18	0	0
1996	30	SEA	AL	517	1999	3.87	1156	58%	27%	18%	24%	31%	73%	4%	42%	75%	28%	7%	34	4	18%	91	45	10%	51	34	35%	25	1	0
1997	31	SEA	AL	505	1918	3.80	1115	58%	27%	18%	24%	31%	73%	4%	42%	76%	27%	6%	29	10	19%	95	49	11%	56	34	35%	8	0	0
1998	32	TBD	AL	495	1928	3.89	1127	58%	28%	23%	22%	27%	72%	0%	42%	68%	29%	5%	26	11	18%	87	45	10%	48	31	34%	0	0	0
1999	33	TBD	AL	348	1430	4.11	825	58%	30%	24%	23%	24%	70%	0%	40%	66%	27%	5%	16	2	17%	59	31	14%	47	27	32%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				3795	14787	3.90	8522	58%	28%	18%	24%	30%	72%	3%	41%	74%	28%	6%	240	59	18%	696	334	11%	427	269	32%	95	1	5
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1989	23	14	27	21	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.238	.370	.238	.608	71	5	0	0	0	1	1
1990	24	55	162	142	13	30	4	1	5	14	1	1	17	35	.211	.296	.359	.655	79	51	3	1	0	2	1
1991	25	81	213	189	19	42	6	1	9	27	1	1	21	46	.222	.300	.407	.708	92	77	6	1	0	2	3
1992	26	221	727	647	71	165	30	2	27	87	1	4	72	135	.255	.329	.433	.762	112	280	19	2	1	5	10
1993	27	369	1254	1110	146	284	56	3	45	152	4	5	130	256	.256	.334	.433	.767	110	481	29	4	1	9	21
1994	28	464	1614	1432	189	374	70	3	59	214	4	6	164	324	.261	.336	.438	.774	109	627	36	4	2	12	27
1995	29	568	1992	1755	239	450	84	3	84	293	5	7	215	395	.256	.336	.451	.787	111	792	46	4	2	16	33
1996	30	711	2534	2226	306	586	116	4	107	386	5	9	272	498	.263	.343	.463	.807	113	1031	56	11	4	21	43
1997	31	857	3047	2683	374	709	135	4	138	466	5	11	323	610	.264	.344	.472	.816	115	1266	69	14	4	23	52
1998	32	994	3542	3118	414	807	162	4	155	523	7	14	377	743	.259	.339	.462	.802	110	1442	77	17	4	26	53
1999	33	1093	3890	3412	454	876	176	5	166	565	8	15	426	844	.257	.340	.457	.798	109	1560	81	21	4	27	54

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	14	27	21	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	.238	.370	.238	.608	2	14
1990	24	41	135	121	11	25	4	1	5	13	1	12	31	.207	.281	.380	.662	13	41
1991	25	26	51	47	6	12	2	0	4	13	0	4	11	.255	.314	.553	.867	8	26
1992	26	140	525	466	58	131	26	1	19	67	0	54	89	.281	.355	.464	.818	77	140
1993	27	148	527	463	75	119	26	1	18	65	3	58	121	.257	.340	.434	.774	68	148
1994	28	135	503	452	56	122	19	0	19	81	0	46	97	.270	.335	.438	.773	67	95
1995	29	117	419	360	52	82	15	0	27	82	1	55	80	.228	.327	.494	.821	58	104
1996	30	143	527	461	59	126	30	1	21	82	0	53	103	.273	.352	.479	.832	77	143
1997	31	146	512	456	67	122	19	0	31	79	0	51	112	.268	.344	.513	.857	79	146
1998	32	137	489	431	37	94	26	0	16	53	2	52	133	.218	.305	.390	.694	51	137
1999	33	99	341	290	36	65	13	1	10	38	1	46	101	.224	.337	.379	.717	37	99
11 Yrs		1146	4056	3568	459	903	180	5	170	574	8	436	882	.253	.335	.449	.785	537	1093
162 Game Avg.		162	573	504	65	128	25	1	24	81	1	62	125	.253	.335	.449	.785	76	1093

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1998 AL 133 (8th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1995 AL 12.9 (10th)** 1997 AL 14.7 (7th) Career 20.6 (139th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 AL 133 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1995 AL  12.9 (10th)**
1997 AL  14.7 (7th)
Career  20.6 (139th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	First Base (242nd), 5.5 career WAR/7.2 7yr-peak WAR/6.4 JAWS Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

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Andre Thornton (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Mincher (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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