Denard Span
Keiunta Denard Span
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 27, 1984 in Tampa, FL
High School: Tampa Catholic (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2008
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Standard Batting

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 93 411 347 70 102 16 7 6 47 18 7 50 60 .294 .387 .432 .819 122 150 3 4 8 2 3 98 RoY-6
2009 25 MIN AL 145 676 578 97 180 16 10 8 68 23 10 70 89 .311 .392 .415 .807 114 240 7 10 12 6 3 *879
2 Seasons 238 1087 925 167 282 32 17 14 115 41 17 120 149 .305 .390 .422 .811 117 390 10 14 20 8 6
162 Game Avg. 162 740 630 114 192 22 12 10 78 28 12 82 101 .305 .390 .422 .811 117 265 7 10 14 5 4

Advanced Batting

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 411 265 63 6.4 102 .339 .294 .263 .387 .331 .432 .413 .819 .744 122 .612 12.4 1.2 .843 .314 .138 9.0
2009 25 MIN AL 676 433 101 6.2 107 .353 .311 .266 .392 .335 .415 .427 .807 .762 114 .593 14.2 1.3 .802 .247 .104 11.9
2 Seasons 1087 698 164 6.3 105 .348 .305 .265 .390 .333 .422 .422 .811 .755 117 .600 26.6 2.5 .818 .272 .117 20.9
162 Game Avg. 740 475 112 6.3 105 .348 .305 .265 .390 .333 .422 .422 .811 .755 117 .600 18 2 .818 .272 .117 14

Postseason Batting

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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
2009 25 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 15 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .467 .867 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 15 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .467 .867 7 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 411 1.5% 14.6% 12.2% 7.1% 28% 1.20 5.8 57.8 7.4 1.20 1.88 69% 19% 5.2% 9%
2009 25 MIN AL 676 1.2% 13.2% 10.4% 5.0% 19% 1.27 6.5 72.3 8.5 1.12 1.48 72% 16% 3.9% 9%
2 Seasons 1087 1.3% 13.7% 11.0% 5.8% 22% 1.24 6.2 66.1 8.0 1.15 1.61 71% 17% 4.4% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 4 0 43% 168 18 7 72% 15 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 6 18 40% 28 15 12 5 4 1 17 10 7
2009 25 MIN AL 6 0 35% 292 23 10 70% 21 9 2 1 0 0 10 3 10 29 48% 40 24 15 18 9 9 28 10 17
2 Seasons 10 0 38% 460 41 17 71% 36 14 5 3 0 0 11 4 16 47 45% 68 39 27 23 13 10 45 20 24
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 411 68% 102 14 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 3 3 2 4 0 11 8 73% 56 3 5% 28 13 46% 219 43 20% 25 18 72% 28 13 46% 0
2009 25 MIN AL 676 68% 180 42 10 2 1 0 1 2.51 8 0 16 5 3 5 3 0 14 12 86% 109 7 6% 51 24 47% 393 62 16% 40 23 58% 36 11 31% 0
2 Seasons 1087 68% 282 56 13 2 1 0 1 2.51 14 0 26 8 6 7 7 0 25 20 80% 165 10 6% 79 37 47% 612 105 17% 65 41 63% 64 24 38% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2008 24 MIN AL 411 1589 3.87 957 60% 32% 9% 28% 31% 68% 2% 41% 87% 24% 4% 17 1 14% 56 17 10% 41 10 47% 0 0 0
2009 25 MIN AL 676 2640 3.91 1624 62% 35% 7% 27% 31% 65% 1% 40% 90% 19% 5% 34 0 15% 99 21 9% 62 17 44% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1087 4229 3.89 2581 61% 34% 7% 27% 31% 66% 1% 40% 89% 21% 5% 51 1 14% 155 38 9% 103 27 45% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2008 24 93 411 347 70 102 16 7 6 47 18 7 50 60 .294 .387 .432 .819 122 150 3 4 8 2 3
2009 25 238 1087 925 167 282 32 17 14 115 41 17 120 149 .305 .390 .422 .811 117 390 10 14 20 8 6

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
2008 24 93 415 355 72 110 17 8 6 48 19 54 60 .310 .405 .454 .858 65 93
2009 25 145 684 592 100 194 17 11 9 70 25 75 89 .328 .409 .439 .849 104 145
2 Seasons 238 1099 947 172 304 34 19 15 118 44 129 149 .321 .408 .445 .852 169 238
162 Game Avg. 162 748 645 117 207 23 13 10 80 30 88 101 .321 .408 .445 .852 115 238

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2009 AL--.311--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL--.392--10th

Triples s c a p y
2008 AL--7--6th
2009 AL--10--1st

Singles s c a p y
2009 AL--146--3rd

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL--260--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL--10--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--8--7th
2009 AL--12--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 AL--10--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (720), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (621), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dick Cox (971)
  2. Len Koenecke (966)
  3. Jim Burns (960)
  4. John O'Rourke (960)
  5. Fred Nicholson (957)
  6. Red Worthington (955)
  7. Nyjer Morgan (952)
  8. Charlie Hanford (952)
  9. Jacoby Ellsbury (951)
  10. Bill Hassamaer (951)
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  1. Homer Summa (969)
  2. Alex Metzler (968)
  3. Vin Campbell (968)
  4. Ken Griffey (967)
  5. Johnny Grubb (966)
  6. Lyman Bostock (966)
  7. Jigger Statz (965)
  8. Homer Smoot (961)
  9. Carl Furillo (960)
  10. Bill Virdon (958)
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  1. Homer Summa (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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