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Denard Span

Keiunta Denard Span (Denard) (twitter: @thisisdspan)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 27, 1984 in Tampa, FL
High School: Catholic HS (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 2008-2012
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 Fielding

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	Awards
2008	MIN	AL	24	OF	92	90	77	803.1	236	226	6	4	2	.983	9	15	14	22	2.60	2.52	.986	2.31	2.28	RoY-6
2008	MIN	AL	24	RF	85	77	71	686.2	200	192	5	3	2	.985	13	15	23	26	2.58	2.32	.985	2.15	2.13	RoY-6
2008	MIN	AL	24	CF	19	13	6	116.2	36	34	1	1	0	.972	-4	0	-41	0	2.70	1.84	.989	2.71	2.69	RoY-6
2008	MIN	AL	24	DH	1	0																		RoY-6
2009	MIN	AL	25	OF	145	143	90	1267.1	361	350	6	5	2	.986	-3	1	-3	0	2.53	2.46	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	MIN	AL	25	CF	84	75	31	587.1	181	179	1	1	1	.994	-9	-5	-19	-10	2.76	2.14	.992	2.73	2.70
2009	MIN	AL	25	LF	74	45	37	438.0	120	115	3	2	0	.983	7	7	18	19	2.42	1.59	.987	2.12	2.09
2009	MIN	AL	25	RF	39	23	22	242.0	60	56	2	2	1	.967	-0	-1	-2	-5	2.16	1.49	.982	2.13	2.10
2010	MIN	AL	26	CF	153	151	147	1349.2	416	407	5	4	3	.990	-0	-5	-0	-4	2.75	2.69	.990	2.73	2.71
2010	MIN	AL	26	OF	153	151	147	1349.2	416	407	5	4	3	.990	-0	-5	-0	-4	2.75	2.69	.986	2.30	2.28
2011	MIN	AL	27	CF	67	67	66	585.1	208	206	1	1	0	.995	14	9	28	18	3.18	3.09	.990	2.61	2.59
2011	MIN	AL	27	OF	67	67	66	585.1	208	206	1	1	0	.995	14	9	28	18	3.18	3.09	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	MIN	AL	27	DH	1	1
2012	MIN	AL	28	CF	46	46	44	393.0	112	110	1	1	0	.991	-6	3	-19	9	2.54	2.41	.991	2.53	2.53
2012	MIN	AL	28	OF	46	46	44	393.0	112	110	1	1	0	.991	-6	3	-19	9	2.54	2.41	.988	2.15	2.14
	5 Seasons			OF	503	497	424	4398.2	1333	1299	19	15	7	.989	13	23	3	6	2.70	2.62	.986	2.29	2.27
	5 Seasons			CF	369	352	294	3032.0	953	936	9	8	4	.992	-6	2	-3	0	2.81	2.56	.990	2.68	2.66
	2 Seasons			RF	124	100	93	928.2	260	248	7	5	3	.981	13	14	16	18	2.47	2.06	.984	2.14	2.12
	1 Season			LF	74	45	37	438.0	120	115	3	2	0	.983	7	7	18	19	2.42	1.59	.987	2.12	2.09
	5 Seasons			TOT	503	497	424	4398.2	1333	1299	19	15	7	.989	13	46	3	12	2.70	2.62	.986	2.29	2.27

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
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rof
2008	MIN	AL	24	RF	13	23	11	-1	12	2	15	26	7	4
2008	MIN	AL	24	CF	-4	-41	-3	0	-3	-1	0	0	-1	1
2009	MIN	AL	25	CF	-9	-19	-5	-6	1	-4	-5	-10	0	-6
2009	MIN	AL	25	LF	7	18	6	0	5	1	7	19	4	1
2009	MIN	AL	25	RF	-0	-2	2	-1	2	-2	-1	-5	2	-2
2010	MIN	AL	26	CF	-0	-0	7	5	2	-7	-5	-4	-3	-3
2011	MIN	AL	27	CF	14	28	16	5	11	-2	9	18	13	-3
2012	MIN	AL	28	CF	-6	-19	-4	-1	-3	-2	3	9	4	-1
	5 Seasons			CF	-6	-3	10	2	7	-16	2	0	13	-12
	2 Seasons			RF	13	16	13	-2	14	0	14	18	9	2
	1 Season			LF	7	18	6	0	5	1	7	19	4	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	13	3	28	1	27	-15	46	12	26	-9

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
2008	MIN	AL	24	93	90	93	92	0	19	85	104	1	0	2
2009	MIN	AL	25	145	143	145	145	74	84	39	197	0	2	0
2010	MIN	AL	26	153	151	153	153	0	153	0	153	0	0	0
2011	MIN	AL	27	70	68	70	67	0	67	0	67	1	2	0
2012	MIN	AL	28	46	46	46	46	0	46	0	46	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			507	498	507	503	74	369	124	567	2	4	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2008	MIN	AL	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	11	6	1	6	1	0	7	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	28	11	39.3%	16	1	3.6%	0	521	59%	82%	45%	76	46%
2009	MIN	AL	25	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	29	17	0	25	0	0	10	2	0	8	2	1	20	12	0	92	33	35.9%	58	1	1.1%	0	2530	56%	78%	44%	366	49%
2010	MIN	AL	26	4	0	3	1	2	5	1	1	0	2	90	53	0	55	7	2	18	9	0	14	3	0	37	19	0	214	91	42.5%	121	2	0.9%	3	5676	58%	79%	41%	778	53%
2011	MIN	AL	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	17	1	20	4	0	11	3	0	11	0	0	26	17	0	97	41	42.3%	55	1	1.0%	0	2532	51%	79%	42%	350	59%
2012	MIN	AL	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	22	11	1	17	1	0	7	4	0	2	1	0	10	4	0	58	21	36.2%	36	1	1.7%	0	1691	59%	80%	41%	226	49%
	5 Seasons			8	0	5	3	2	9	1	1	2	3	181	104	3	123	13	2	53	21	0	38	6	1	94	53	0	489	197	40.3%	286	6	1.2%	3	12950	57%	79%	42%	1796	52%
	MLB Averages																														45.6%			1.8%			57%	76%	39%		53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2008	MIN	AL	24	3	0	2	1	1	5	1	3	0	1	39	23	0	19	10	1	6	4	0	4	0	0	14	8	1	82	45	54.9%	35	2	2.4%	3	2890	58%	78%	43%	345	57%
2009	MIN	AL	25	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	20	8	1	9	2	0	6	4	0	4	0	0	7	5	0	46	19	41.3%	26	1	2.2%	1	1079	56%	79%	43%	117	49%
	2 Seasons			5	0	4	1	1	7	2	3	1	1	59	31	1	28	12	1	12	8	0	8	0	0	21	13	1	128	64	50.0%	61	3	2.3%	4	3969	58%	78%	43%	462	55%
	MLB Averages																														47.2%			2.3%			57%	76%	39%		50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2009	MIN	AL	25	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	29	24	1	18	7	1	4	3	0	6	2	0	13	11	0	70	47	67.1%	21	2	2.9%	1	1902	55%	77%	43%	231	51%
	1 Season			2	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	29	24	1	18	7	1	4	3	0	6	2	0	13	11	0	70	47	67.1%	21	2	2.9%	1	1902	55%	77%	43%	231	51%
	MLB Averages																														63.8%			2.2%			57%	76%	39%		47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 2011 AL 14 (5th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL 153 (2nd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL 407 (3rd)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL 4 (5th) 2012 AL 1 (5th)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 3 (5th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 2010 AL 153 (4th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 2010 AL 407 (3rd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 2009 AL 5 (5th)
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2011 AL 14 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL 2.69 (4th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL .990 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 13 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2008 AL 2.58 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 2.32 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2011 AL 14 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y Active 2.70 (8th) Career 2.70 (43rd)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 2010 AL 2.69 (4th) Active 2.62 (3rd) Career 2.62 (34th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y Active .989 (24th) Career .989 (65th)

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