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Denard Span

Keiunta Denard Span (Denard)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 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
Team: Twins 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 5 yrs/$16.5M (10-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.111, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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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
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 RoY-6
2009 25 MIN AL 145 676 578 97 180 16 10 8 68 23 10 70 89 .311 .392 .415 .807 115 240 7 10 12 6 3 *
2010 26 MIN AL 153 705 629 85 166 24 10 3 58 26 4 60 74 .264 .331 .348 .679 88 219 12 4 10 2 0 *
2011 27 MIN AL 70 311 284 37 75 11 5 2 16 6 1 27 36 .264 .328 .359 .687 91 102 3 0 0 0 0 8/D
4 Seasons 461 2103 1838 289 523 67 32 19 189 73 22 207 259 .285 .361 .387 .748 104 711 25 18 30 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 739 646 102 184 24 11 7 66 26 8 73 91 .285 .361 .387 .748 104 250 9 6 11 4 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 24 MIN AL 411 20 1 -1 1 9 -4 13 39 3.9 30 3.0 0.9 $ RoY-6
2009 25 MIN AL 676 18 1 -1 2 -3 -3 20 34 3.3 37 3.6 -0.3 $435,000 *
2010 26 MIN AL 705 -13 3 -2 0 -0 2 23 13 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $750,000 *
2011 27 MIN AL 311 -4 3 0 1 14 1 10 26 2.6 11 1.1 1.5 $1,000,000 8/D
4 Seasons 2103 21 7 -3 4 20 -4 66 112 11.1 92 9.1 2.0 $2,185,000

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
2008 24 MIN AL 411 265 63 6.4 102 .339 .294 .264 .387 .330 .432 .413 .819 .743 122 .612 12.6 1.2 .843 .314 .138 9.0
2009 25 MIN AL 676 433 101 6.2 106 .353 .311 .266 .392 .334 .415 .426 .807 .761 115 .593 14.5 1.4 .802 .247 .104 11.9
2010 26 MIN AL 705 491 78 4.2 98 .294 .264 .258 .331 .325 .348 .403 .679 .728 88 .456 -10.3 -1.0 .637 .215 .084 5.4
2011 27 MIN AL 311 213 35 4.4 97 .297 .264 .256 .328 .321 .359 .405 .687 .726 91 .479 -3.8 -0.4 .629 .208 .095 3.0
4 Seasons 2103 1402 277 5.3 101 .321 .285 .261 .361 .328 .387 .413 .748 .741 104 .539 13.0 1.2 .725 .243 .102 30.2
162 Game Avg. 739 493 97 5.3 101 .321 .285 .261 .361 .328 .387 .413 .748 .741 104 .539 5 0 .725 .243 .102 11

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
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
2010 26 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 28 28 1 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .357 .357 .393 .750 11 1 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 28 28 1 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .357 .357 .393 .750 11 1 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
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%
2010 26 MIN AL 705 0.4% 10.5% 8.5% 5.3% 22% 1.23 8.5 209.7 10.8 1.19 1.62 79% 17% 1.3% 9%
2011 27 MIN AL 311 0.6% 11.6% 8.7% 5.8% 24% 1.33 7.9 142.0 17.8 1.16 1.42 79% 19% 2.1% 16%
4 Seasons 2103 0.9% 12.3% 9.8% 5.6% 23% 1.25 7.1 96.7 9.7 1.17 1.58 75% 17% 3.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.6% 7.7% 33% 2.12 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 24 MIN AL 12.4 1.2 440 1.9 8.0 -6.1 .96 1.2 0.8 23.2 2.2 0.96 13.3 0
2009 25 MIN AL 14.2 1.3 738 0.0 12.0 -12.0 1.05 1.6 -1.6 19.9 1.9 0.98 13.6 2.48 2
2010 26 MIN AL -13.1 -1.3 755 -0.3 11.6 -11.9 .97 -0.5 0.2 5.6 0.5 0.96 -5.5 0
2011 27 MIN AL -3.8 -0.4 330 0.4 5.5 -5.1 .98 -0.1 0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.98 -2.4 1.91 2
4 Seasons 9.7 0.8 2263 2.0 37.1 -35.0 .99 2.2 -0.2 47.4 4.5 0.97 19.0 2.20 4

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% 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
2010 26 MIN AL 7 0 36% 304 26 4 87% 22 3 4 1 0 0 10 3 9 22 52% 27 15 12 7 3 3 26 10 16
2011 27 MIN AL 4 0 35% 119 6 1 86% 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 13 53% 15 10 5 2 1 1 15 3 11
4 Seasons 21 0 37% 883 73 22 77% 64 17 9 5 0 0 25 7 26 82 48% 110 64 44 32 17 14 86 33 51

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
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% 17 12 71% 0
2009 25 MIN AL 676 68% 180 42 10 2 1 0 1 2.48 8 0 16 5 3 5 3 0 14 12 86% 109 7 6% 51 24 47% 393 62 16% 40 23 58% 22 7 32% 0
2010 26 MIN AL 705 66% 166 29 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 3 0 0 3 0 13 10 77% 95 12 13% 48 20 42% 350 57 16% 23 14 61% 26 18 69% 0
2011 27 MIN AL 311 72% 75 7 0 2 1 0 0 1.91 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 45 3 7% 19 8 42% 144 15 10% 8 3 38% 7 3 43% 0
4 Seasons 2103 68% 523 92 16 4 2 0 1 2.20 19 0 42 12 7 8 11 0 38 30 79% 305 25 8% 146 65 45% 1106 177 16% 96 58 60% 72 40 56% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 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
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
2010 26 MIN AL 705 2672 3.79 1658 62% 35% 6% 25% 34% 65% 0% 40% 91% 22% 4% 28 0 16% 112 35 10% 68 18 41% 0 0 0
2011 27 MIN AL 312 1169 3.75 747 64% 35% 6% 25% 33% 65% 0% 41% 90% 21% 4% 11 0 12% 36 11 5% 16 5 50% -1 0 0
4 Seasons 2104 8070 3.84 4986 62% 35% 7% 26% 32% 65% 1% 40% 90% 21% 4% 90 1 14% 303 84 9% 187 50 44% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
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
2010 26 391 1792 1554 252 448 56 27 17 173 67 21 180 223 .288 .367 .392 .759 106 609 22 18 30 10 6
2011 27 461 2103 1838 289 523 67 32 19 189 73 22 207 259 .285 .361 .387 .748 104 711 25 18 30 10 6

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
2008 24 93 406 349 72 104 16 7 6 48 18 51 60 .298 .392 .436 .827 59 93
2009 25 145 663 577 96 179 16 10 8 68 23 70 89 .310 .391 .414 .805 92 145
2010 26 153 706 637 92 174 25 10 3 63 27 63 74 .273 .341 .358 .699 78 153
2011 27 70 315 287 40 78 11 5 2 17 6 28 36 .272 .337 .366 .702 36 70
4 Seasons 461 2090 1850 300 535 68 32 19 196 74 212 259 .289 .366 .391 .757 265 461
162 Game Avg. 162 734 650 105 188 24 11 7 69 26 74 91 .289 .366 .391 .757 93 461

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  1.5 (3rd)

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

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

At Bats s c a p y
2010 AL  629 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2010 AL  705 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (6th)
2009 AL  10 (1st)
2010 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  32 (49th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 AL  146 (3rd)
2010 AL  129 (7th)

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)
2010 AL  10 (10th)

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

Outs Made s c a p y
2010 AL  491 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Goody Rosen (970)
  2. Alex Metzler (968)
  3. Al Shaw (966)
  4. Kiddo Davis (966)
  5. Joe Grace (966)
  6. Charlie Abbey (962)
  7. Buttercup Dickerson (962)
  8. Algie McBride (961)
  9. Nyjer Morgan (958)
  10. Marty Sullivan (955)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Jigger Statz (972)
  2. Elmer Valo (971)
  3. Alex Metzler (968)
  4. Dave Robertson (967)
  5. Steve Finley (967)
  6. Tommy Holmes (962)
  7. Taylor Douthit (962)
  8. Johnny Grubb (961)
  9. Tillie Walker (960)
  10. Jack Tobin (959)
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  1. Homer Summa (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Happy Felsch (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jigger Statz (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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