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Ed Sprague

Edward Nelson Sprague Jr.

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 25, 1967 in Castro Valley, CA
High School: St. Mary's HS (Stockton, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1991
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Pirates/Padres/Mariners/RedSox/... 1991-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001
Relatives: Son of Ed Sprague
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All-Star

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
1989	21	TOR-min	AAA,A	138	532	480	44	102	23	3	12	56	1	1	34	113	.213	.279	.348	.627		167	1	12	1	5	4		SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
1990	22	TOR-min	AAA	142	567	519	60	124	23	5	20	75	4	2	31	100	.239	.293	.418	.711		217		10	3	4	1		SYR · IL
1991	23	TOR-min	AAA	23	102	88	24	32	8	0	5	25	2	0	10	21	.364	.431	.625	1.056		55	1	2	0	2	0		SYR · IL
1991	23	TOR	AL	61	183	160	17	44	7	0	4	20	0	3	19	43	.275	.361	.394	.754	106	63	2	3	0	1	2	53/2D
1992	24	TOR-min	AAA	100	419	369	49	102	18	2	16	50	0	1	44	73	.276	.358	.466	.824		172	7	4	0	2	3		SYR · IL
1992	24	TOR	AL	22	50	47	6	11	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	7	.234	.280	.340	.620	71	16	0	0	0	0	0	2/3D5
1993	25	TOR	AL	150	596	546	50	142	31	1	12	73	1	0	32	85	.260	.310	.386	.696	86	211	23	10	2	6	1	*5
1994	26	TOR	AL	109	445	405	38	97	19	1	11	44	1	0	23	95	.240	.296	.373	.669	72	151	11	11	2	4	1	*5/3
1995	27	TOR	AL	144	602	521	77	127	27	2	18	74	0	0	58	96	.244	.333	.407	.740	93	212	19	15	1	7	3	*5/3D
1996	28	TOR	AL	159	670	591	88	146	35	2	36	101	0	0	60	146	.247	.325	.496	.821	105	293	7	12	0	7	3	*5D
1997	29	TOR	AL	138	562	504	63	115	29	4	14	48	0	1	51	102	.228	.306	.385	.691	80	194	10	6	0	1	0	*5/D
1998	30	TOT	AL	132	510	469	57	104	25	0	20	58	1	2	26	90	.222	.280	.403	.683	77	189	16	13	0	2	2	*5/3
1998	30	TOR	AL	105	419	382	49	91	20	0	17	51	0	2	24	73	.238	.301	.424	.725	87	162	15	11	0	2	1	5
1998	30	OAK	AL	27	91	87	8	13	5	0	3	7	1	0	2	17	.149	.187	.310	.497	29	27	1	2	0	0	1	5/3
1999	31	PIT	NL	137	564	490	71	131	27	2	22	81	3	6	50	93	.267	.352	.465	.817	105	228	12	17	1	6	6	*5	AS
2000	32	SDP-min	A+	2	8	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089		5	0	0	0	0	0		RCU · CALL
2000	32	TOT	MLB	106	298	268	30	65	16	0	12	36	0	0	25	58	.243	.312	.437	.749	90	117	3	3	0	2	2	53/74D9
2000	32	TOT	NL	73	175	157	19	41	12	0	10	27	0	0	13	40	.261	.326	.529	.854	119	83	1	3	0	2	2	35/749
2000	32	SDP	NL	53	131	117	17	32	10	0	10	25	0	0	10	28	.274	.336	.615	.951	142	72	0	2	0	2	2	3/759
2000	32	BOS	AL	33	123	111	11	24	4	0	2	9	0	0	12	18	.216	.293	.306	.599	51	34	2	0	0	0	0	5/3D
2000	32	SDP	NL	20	44	40	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	.225	.295	.275	.570	51	11	1	1	0	0	0	/534
2001	33	SEA-min	AAA	5	23	19	6	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	5	.316	.391	.737	1.128		14	0	2	0	1	0		TAC · PCL
2001	33	SEA	AL	45	107	94	9	28	7	0	2	16	0	0	11	18	.298	.374	.436	.810	119	41	3	1	0	1	1	3/D5729
2002	34	TEX-min	AAA	106	459	400	51	107	26	1	10	65	0	1	40	92	.268	.346	.413	.759		165	17	12	0	7	1		OKC · PCL
11 Yrs				1203	4587	4095	506	1010	225	12	152	558	6	12	358	833	.247	.318	.419	.737	91	1715	106	91	6	37	21
162 Game Avg.				162	618	551	68	136	30	2	20	75	1	2	48	112	.247	.318	.419	.737	91	231	14	12	1	5	3
				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
TOR (8 yrs)				888	3527	3156	388	773	170	10	113	418	2	6	270	647	.245	.315	.413	.728	89	1302	87	68	5	28	11
SDP (1 yr)				73	175	157	19	41	12	0	10	27	0	0	13	40	.261	.326	.529	.854	119	83	1	3	0	2	2
PIT (1 yr)				137	564	490	71	131	27	2	22	81	3	6	50	93	.267	.352	.465	.817	105	228	12	17	1	6	6
BOS (1 yr)				33	123	111	11	24	4	0	2	9	0	0	12	18	.216	.293	.306	.599	51	34	2	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				27	91	87	8	13	5	0	3	7	1	0	2	17	.149	.187	.310	.497	29	27	1	2	0	0	1
SEA (1 yr)				45	107	94	9	28	7	0	2	16	0	0	11	18	.298	.374	.436	.810	119	41	3	1	0	1	1

AL (10 yrs)				993	3848	3448	416	838	186	10	120	450	3	6	295	700	.243	.313	.407	.720	87	1404	93	71	5	29	13
NL (2 yrs)				210	739	647	90	172	39	2	32	108	3	6	63	133	.266	.346	.481	.826	108	311	13	20	1	8	8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1991	23	TOR	AL	61	183	0	-1	-0	-6	-1	-8	-0.7	6	-2	-0.2	.487	.495	0.4	-0.7	4	$100,000	53/2D
1992	24	TOR	AL	22	50	0	-0	0	-2	0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.494	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$117,500	2/3D5
1993	25	TOR	AL	150	596	-11	0	-2	4	1	-8	-0.7	20	12	1.1	.495	.495	0.8	0.6	8	$182,500	*5
1994	26	TOR	AL	109	445	-17	1	-1	-7	0	-23	-2.1	14	-9	-0.8	.480	.487	-0.1	-0.5	-2	$500,000	*5/3
1995	27	TOR	AL	144	602	-6	1	-3	-6	1	-14	-1.1	19	6	0.6	.491	.492	1.2	-0.4	12	$760,000	*5/3D
1996	28	TOR	AL	159	670	1	0	-0	3	0	5	0.9	22	27	2.8	.503	.503	2.4	0.6	24	$1,450,000	*5D
1997	29	TOR	AL	138	562	-11	1	-2	-7	0	-19	-1.6	18	-0	0.1	.487	.489	0.8	-0.5	7	$1,900,000	*5/D
1998	30	TOR	AL	105	419	-9	-2	-2	0	1	-11	-1.0	14	3	0.3	.490	.493	0.3	0.2	3	$2,350,000	5
1998	30	OAK	AL	27	91	-10	0	0	-3	0	-12	-1.1	3	-9	-0.8	.458	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$	5/3
1999	31	PIT	NL	137	564	3	-3	-2	-15	1	-15	-1.5	15	0	0.0	.490	.491	1.5	-1.3	16	$1,300,000	*5	AS
2000	32	SDP	NL	73	175	2	-1	0	-7	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.490	.495	0.4	-0.9	4	$800,000	3/759
2000	32	BOS	AL	33	123	-9	-0	-0	3	0	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.481	.496	-0.5	0.3	-5	$	5/3D
2001	33	SEA	AL	45	107	4	-1	-0	1	-2	1	0.2	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.4	-0.1	4	$	3/D5729
11 Seasons				1203	4587	-62	-3	-12	-42	1	-118	-10.3	146	28	3.1	.490	.495	7.2	-3.2	70	$9,460,000

TOR (8 yrs)				888	3527	-52	1	-10	-21	3	-79	-6.5	115	36	3.9	.491	.494	6.0	-1.0	57	$7,360,000
PIT (1 yr)				137	564	3	-3	-2	-15	1	-15	-1.5	15	0	0.0	.490	.491	1.5	-1.3	16	$1,300,000
BOS (1 yr)				33	123	-9	-0	-0	3	0	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.481	.496	-0.5	0.3	-5	$
OAK (1 yr)				27	91	-10	0	0	-3	0	-12	-1.1	3	-9	-0.8	.458	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$
SDP (1 yr)				73	175	2	-1	0	-7	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.490	.495	0.4	-0.9	4	$800,000
SEA (1 yr)				45	107	4	-1	-0	1	-2	1	0.2	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.4	-0.1	4	$

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
1991	23	TOR	AL	183	122	23	5.1	100	.351	.275	.265	.361	.334	.394	.402	.754	.736	106	.550	1.8	0.2	.678	.219	.119	.0
1992	24	TOR	AL	50	36	5	3.7	98	.256	.234	.264	.280	.334	.340	.392	.620	.725	71	.425	-2.0	-0.2	.528	.170	.106	.0
1993	25	TOR	AL	596	435	61	3.8	103	.286	.260	.268	.310	.339	.386	.410	.696	.748	86	.387	-11.8	-1.1	.595	.187	.126	1.8
1994	26	TOR	AL	445	325	44	3.6	111	.284	.240	.273	.296	.345	.373	.434	.669	.779	72	.330	-18.1	-1.7	.583	.193	.133	1.8
1995	27	TOR	AL	602	421	70	4.4	109	.263	.244	.269	.333	.343	.407	.425	.740	.768	93	.426	-4.8	-0.4	.690	.274	.163	.0
1996	28	TOR	AL	670	459	99	5.8	115	.264	.247	.276	.325	.349	.496	.443	.821	.792	105	.515	3.0	0.3	.808	.350	.249	.0
1997	29	TOR	AL	562	401	60	4.0	108	.260	.228	.270	.306	.339	.385	.427	.691	.766	80	.386	-15.5	-1.4	.625	.256	.157	.0
1998	30	TOT	AL	510	385	50	3.5	108	.233	.222	.270	.280	.338	.403	.430	.683	.768	77	.323	-17.8	-1.7	.593	.235	.181	1.9
1998	30	TOR	AL	419	310	45	3.9	109	.252	.238	.271	.301	.339	.424	.431	.725	.770	87	.369	-8.4	-0.8	.633	.243	.186	.0
1998	30	OAK	AL	91	75	5	1.8	106	.149	.149	.267	.187	.335	.310	.425	.497	.760	29	.123	-9.4	-0.9	.427	.195	.161	1.5
1999	31	PIT	NL	564	384	79	5.5	116	.286	.267	.276	.352	.351	.465	.444	.817	.795	105	.517	4.0	0.4	.775	.294	.198	5.3
2000	32	TOT	MLB	298	208	38	4.9	113	.265	.243	.270	.312	.345	.437	.439	.749	.784	90	.453	-4.4	-0.4	.704	.287	.194	.0
2000	32	TOT	NL	175	119	28	6.3	109	.284	.261	.263	.326	.339	.529	.430	.854	.770	119	.575	4.4	0.4	.846	.350	.268	.0
2000	32	SDP	NL	131	87	25	7.7	109	.272	.274	.263	.336	.339	.615	.430	.951	.770	142	.661	7.2	0.6	.988	.427	.342	.0
2000	32	BOS	AL	123	89	10	3.0	118	.242	.216	.280	.293	.353	.306	.450	.599	.803	51	.247	-8.8	-0.8	.517	.198	.090	.0
2000	32	SDP	NL	44	32	3	2.5	109	.321	.225	.263	.295	.339	.275	.430	.570	.770	51	.201	-2.8	-0.3	.469	.125	.050
2001	33	SEA	AL	107	70	15	5.7	102	.347	.298	.260	.374	.326	.436	.418	.810	.744	119	.557	3.3	0.3	.768	.255	.138	.0
11 Yrs				4587	3246	544	4.5	110	.273	.247	.271	.318	.343	.419	.429	.737	.772	91	.432	-62.4	-5.8	.674	.258	.172	11.5
162 Game Avg.				618	437	73	4.5	110	.273	.247	.271	.318	.343	.419	.429	.737	.772	91	.432	-62.4	-5.8	.674	.258	.172	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
TOR (8 yrs)				3527	2509	407	4.3	109	.272	.245	.271	.315	.342	.413	.426	.728	.768	89	.420	-55.8	-5.2	.661	.252	.168	3.9
SDP (1 yr)				175	119	28	6.3	109	.284	.261	.263	.326	.339	.529	.430	.854	.770	119	.575	4.4	0.4	.846	.350	.268	.0
PIT (1 yr)				564	384	79	5.5	116	.286	.267	.276	.352	.351	.465	.444	.817	.795	105	.517	4.0	0.4	.775	.294	.198	5.3
BOS (1 yr)				123	89	10	3.0	118	.242	.216	.280	.293	.353	.306	.450	.599	.803	51	.247	-8.8	-0.8	.517	.198	.090	.0
OAK (1 yr)				91	75	5	1.8	106	.149	.149	.267	.187	.335	.310	.425	.497	.760	29	.123	-9.4	-0.9	.427	.195	.161	1.5
SEA (1 yr)				107	70	15	5.7	102	.347	.298	.260	.374	.326	.436	.418	.810	.744	119	.557	3.3	0.3	.768	.255	.138	.0

AL (10 yrs)				3848	2743	437	4.3	109	.270	.243	.271	.313	.342	.407	.427	.720	.768	87	.411	-70.8	-6.6	.652	.249	.164	5.9
NL (2 yrs)				739	503	107	5.7	114	.286	.266	.273	.346	.348	.481	.441	.826	.789	108	.532	8.4	0.8	.791	.308	.215	5.5

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
1992	24	TOR	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1992	24	TOR	AL	WS	ATL	W	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	4	0	0	0	0	1
1993	25	TOR	AL	ALCS	CHW	W	6	24	21	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	.286	.333	.381	.714	8	2	0	0	1	1
1993	25	TOR	AL	WS	PHI	W	5	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.067	.111	.067	.178	1	0	0	0	2	0

2001	33	SEA	AL	ALDS	CLE	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							17	48	41	1	9	0	1	1	8	0	0	4	11	.220	.271	.341	.612	14	2	0	0	3	2
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							8	26	23	0	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	5	.304	.346	.391	.737	9	2	0	0	1	1
2 WS							8	21	17	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	6	.118	.190	.294	.485	5	0	0	0	2	1

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
1999	PIT	NL	31		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
1991	23	TOR	AL	183	2.2%	23.5%	10.4%	6.0%	25%	2.26	3.7	40.0	8.0	0.59	0.73	62%	23%	6.5%	16%
1992	24	TOR	AL	50	2.0%	14.0%	6.0%	6.0%	27%	2.33	6.7	47.0	6.7	0.50	0.47	78%	30%	5.0%	23%
1993	25	TOR	AL	596	2.0%	14.3%	5.4%	7.4%	31%	2.66	6.4	45.5	7.5	0.67	0.92	76%	21%	5.3%	18%
1994	26	TOR	AL	445	2.5%	21.4%	5.2%	7.0%	32%	4.13	4.3	36.8	9.2	0.65	0.75	68%	19%	7.4%	22%
1995	27	TOR	AL	602	3.0%	16.0%	9.6%	7.8%	37%	1.66	5.4	28.9	7.0	0.66	0.82	69%	21%	9.1%	24%
1996	28	TOR	AL	670	5.4%	21.8%	9.0%	10.9%	50%	2.43	4.0	16.4	5.9	0.52	0.60	62%	23%	15.7%	22%
1997	29	TOR	AL	562	2.5%	18.2%	9.1%	8.4%	41%	2.00	4.9	36.0	10.5	0.52	0.57	69%	20%	7.4%	26%
1998	30	TOT	AL	510	3.9%	17.7%	5.1%	8.8%	43%	3.46	5.2	23.5	8.1	0.51	0.64	71%	21%	10.8%	26%
1998	30	TOR	AL	419	4.1%	17.4%	5.7%	8.8%	41%	3.04	5.2	22.5	7.5	0.49	0.67	70%	24%	10.9%	25%
1998	30	OAK	AL	91	3.3%	18.7%	2.2%	8.8%	62%	8.50	5.1	29.0	12.4	0.59	0.51	74%	9%	10.0%	32%
1999	31	PIT	NL	564	3.9%	16.5%	8.9%	9.0%	39%	1.86	5.3	22.3	6.0	0.65	0.84	68%	17%	11.1%	19%
2000	32	TOT	MLB	298	4.0%	19.5%	8.4%	9.4%	43%	2.32	4.6	22.3	7.4	0.52	0.69	67%	23%	12.1%	25%
2000	32	SDP	NL	175	5.7%	22.9%	7.4%	12.6%	54%	3.08	3.9	15.7	5.8	0.47	0.63	62%	24%	17.5%	23%
2000	32	BOS	AL	123	1.6%	14.6%	9.8%	4.9%	25%	1.50	6.2	55.5	12.3	0.57	0.75	74%	22%	4.8%	28%
2001	33	SEA	AL	107	1.9%	16.8%	10.3%	8.4%	32%	1.64	5.2	47.0	5.9	0.50	0.85	70%	32%	5.0%	20%
11 Yrs				4587	3.3%	18.2%	7.8%	8.5%	39%	2.33	4.9	26.9	7.3	0.59	0.73	69%	21%	9.5%	22%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.82	5.5	33.9	7.6	0.80	1.08	71%	22%	7.7%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	23	TOR	AL	1.8	0.2	188	-0.2	2.6	-2.8	.88	-0.0	-0.2	1.4	0.1	0.94	2.1	0.12	1
1992	24	TOR	AL	-2.1	-0.2	50	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.84	0.1	0.2	3.0	0.3	0.94	0.8	0.05	3
1993	25	TOR	AL	-11.8	-1.1	602	-3.2	8.4	-11.6	1.01	-1.9	-1.3	-27.1	-2.6	0.99	-22.5		0
1994	26	TOR	AL	-18.1	-1.7	450	-1.8	6.9	-8.7	1.00	-1.7	-0.1	-27.1	-2.5	0.95	-24.8		0
1995	27	TOR	AL	-4.8	-0.4	607	-3.1	10.0	-13.0	1.10	-0.9	-1.9	-10.0	-0.9	0.98	-10.2		0
1996	28	TOR	AL	3.0	0.3	678	0.1	12.6	-12.5	1.03	-0.3	0.5	6.9	0.6	0.93	-3.9	1.67	1
1997	29	TOR	AL	-15.5	-1.4	569	-1.8	9.1	-11.0	1.02	-1.4	-0.4	-13.1	-1.2	0.92	-15.5	0.44	1
1998	30	TOT	AL	-18.4	-1.7	518	-2.7	7.6	-10.3	.98	-2.2	-0.5	-26.6	-2.5	0.93	-25.8	1.84	3
1998	30	TOR	AL	-8.9	-0.8	426	-1.9	6.7	-8.6	1.00	-1.3	-0.7	-15.7	-1.5	0.94	-14.4		0
1998	30	OAK	AL	-9.4	-0.9	92	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.89	-0.9	0.1	-10.9	-1.1	0.91	-11.3	1.84	3
1999	31	PIT	NL	3.2	0.3	581	0.6	10.8	-10.3	1.01	0.8	-0.3	9.4	0.9	0.94	9.0	1.72	4
2000	32	TOT	MLB	-4.6	-0.4	300	-0.3	5.5	-5.9	1.06	-0.4	0.1	-9.3	-0.8	0.97	-9.7	1.57	36
2000	32	SDP	NL	4.4	0.4	176	0.6	4.0	-3.5	1.13	0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.0	1.00	-0.7	1.60	35
2000	32	BOS	AL	-9.0	-0.8	124	-0.9	1.5	-2.4	.95	-0.6	-0.4	-9.1	-0.8	0.92	-8.9	0.42	1
2001	33	SEA	AL	3.3	0.3	107	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	.83	0.1	-0.3	4.2	0.4	0.97	6.2	0.32	10
11 Yrs				-63.9	-6.0	4650	-12.4	76.0	-88.4	1.01	-7.9	-4.4	-88.2	-8.3	0.95	-94.1	1.26	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	23	TOR	AL	0	21%	65	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	1	5	42%	14	9	5	6	3	3	4	2	2
1992	24	TOR	AL	3	39%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1993	25	TOR	AL	6	22%	198	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	28%	22	18	3	9	6	3	12	6	6
1994	26	TOR	AL	6	23%	132	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	48%	18	10	8	5	3	2	8	3	5
1995	27	TOR	AL	5	32%	200	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	17	40%	28	20	8	15	8	7	20	10	10
1996	28	TOR	AL	6	29%	209	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	14	36%	32	23	9	7	4	3	17	9	8
1997	29	TOR	AL	9	31%	192	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	4	12	26%	27	22	5	9	5	4	11	8	3
1998	30	TOT	AL	4	30%	176	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	4	11	29%	18	15	3	7	4	3	13	8	5
1998	30	TOR	AL	3	29%	153	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	3	11	26%	18	15	3	5	3	2	12	8	4
1998	30	OAK	AL	1	36%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1999	31	PIT	NL	6	28%	195	3	6	33%	3	5	1	3	2	3	15	39%	32	24	8	8	5	2	12	2	10
2000	32	TOT	MLB	1	22%	108	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	22%	13	13	0	4	1	1	6	2	4
2000	32	SDP	NL	0	19%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	23%	8	8	0	2	0	1	3	1	2
2000	32	BOS	AL	1	27%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20%	5	5	0	2	1	0	3	1	2
2001	33	SEA	AL	2	18%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	50%	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
11 Yrs				48	27%	1538	6	12	33%	6	11	1	5	3	30	99	35%	212	159	51	71	40	28	108	51	57

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
1991	23	TOR	AL	183	55%	44	15	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	4	0	2	1	3	3	1	0	0	0		30	2	7%	16	6	38%	98	16	16%	7	4	57%	6	4	67%	0
1992	24	TOR	AL	50	22%	11	3	0	3	2	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	3	1	33%	34	7	21%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1993	25	TOR	AL	596	27%	142	11	0	0	0	0	0		12	0	18	10	2	8	4	0	2	2	100%	115	23	20%	68	19	28%	438	62	14%	52	21	40%	30	16	53%	0
1994	26	TOR	AL	445	30%	97	11	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	15	8	3	6	5	0	2	2	100%	91	11	12%	51	13	25%	301	35	12%	28	9	32%	15	9	60%	0
1995	27	TOR	AL	602	25%	127	19	0	0	0	0	0		18	2	20	13	5	12	6	0	1	1	100%	121	19	16%	56	15	27%	432	57	13%	33	17	52%	37	21	57%	0
1996	28	TOR	AL	670	27%	146	13	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	36	1	15	22	14	17	19	0	0	0		114	7	6%	46	13	28%	421	67	16%	40	19	48%	21	13	62%	0
1997	29	TOR	AL	562	29%	115	9	0	1	0	0	0	0.44	14	0	12	7	7	5	9	0	0	0		105	10	10%	50	8	16%	329	35	11%	29	13	45%	17	8	47%	0
1998	30	TOT	AL	510	22%	104	22	0	3	1	0	1	1.84	20	0	13	17	3	9	11	0	0	0		119	16	13%	62	12	19%	317	38	12%	31	9	29%	20	10	50%	0
1998	30	TOR	AL	419	23%	91	19	0	0	0	0	0		17	0	11	14	3	6	11	0	0	0		98	15	15%	50	8	16%	262	34	13%	28	9	32%	14	6	43%	0
1998	30	OAK	AL	91	18%	13	3	0	3	1	0	1	1.84	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	12	4	33%	55	4	7%	3	0	0%	6	4	67%	0
1999	31	PIT	NL	564	29%	131	5	1	4	2	1	1	1.72	22	1	15	16	6	10	12	0	1	1	100%	88	12	14%	51	17	33%	348	59	17%	36	21	58%	32	22	69%	0
2000	32	TOT	MLB	298	52%	65	2	0	36	8	1	5	1.57	12	0	10	3	9	5	7	0	0	0		57	3	5%	28	6	21%	198	24	12%	20	8	40%	11	5	45%	0
2000	32	SDP	NL	175	64%	41	2	0	35	7	1	5	1.60	10	0	7	2	8	4	6	0	0	0		35	1	3%	16	3	19%	123	17	14%	15	6	40%	3	2	67%	0
2000	32	BOS	AL	123	35%	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.42	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		22	2	9%	12	3	25%	75	7	9%	5	2	40%	8	3	38%	0
2001	33	SEA	AL	107	69%	28	1	0	10	5	0	2	0.32	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		23	3	13%	6	2	33%	74	15	20%	6	4	67%	0	0		0
11 Yrs				4587	31%	1010	111	1	59	19	2	10	1.26	152	4	124	99	53	77	75	0	7	6	86%	871	106	12%	437	112	26%	2990	415	14%	284	126	44%	193	110	57%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			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
1991	23	TOR	AL	185	651	3.52	404	62%	21%	20%	31%	29%	79%	2%	49%	75%	40%	4%	7	0	11%	20	9	7%	13	6	23%	-2	0	0
1992	24	TOR	AL	50	172	3.44	113	66%	20%	16%	28%	35%	80%	0%	52%	80%	26%	6%	3	0	12%	6	3	12%	6	5	29%	0	0	0
1993	25	TOR	AL	573	2067	3.61	1299	63%	22%	15%	27%	35%	77%	1%	49%	80%	33%	3%	16	1	13%	75	47	7%	38	29	38%	23	0	2
1994	26	TOR	AL	423	1546	3.65	980	63%	23%	16%	30%	30%	76%	0%	48%	79%	37%	4%	16	2	13%	55	32	6%	26	19	26%	22	2	1
1995	27	TOR	AL	537	2050	3.82	1239	60%	27%	14%	28%	31%	73%	1%	44%	81%	26%	4%	24	1	12%	67	33	8%	45	31	39%	65	0	4
1996	28	TOR	AL	602	2383	3.96	1459	61%	25%	19%	29%	28%	75%	1%	46%	75%	28%	4%	25	3	17%	101	59	9%	56	37	24%	68	0	0
1997	29	TOR	AL	481	1778	3.70	1090	61%	24%	14%	29%	32%	76%	0%	46%	81%	33%	5%	24	4	15%	70	37	9%	43	27	29%	81	0	2
1998	30	TOT	AL	510	1870	3.67	1225	66%	28%	15%	26%	31%	72%	1%	47%	79%	29%	3%	17	2	10%	51	24	9%	44	30	34%	0	0	0
1998	30	TOR	AL	419	1554	3.71	1010	65%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	0%	47%	79%	29%	4%	16	2	11%	45	21	10%	40	26	36%	0	0	0
1998	30	OAK	AL	91	316	3.47	215	68%	28%	15%	24%	33%	72%	4%	49%	79%	29%	1%	1	0	7%	6	3	4%	4	4	29%	0	0	0
1999	31	PIT	NL	564	2005	3.55	1206	60%	27%	16%	24%	33%	73%	2%	44%	78%	26%	7%	37	3	17%	97	47	9%	49	33	35%	0	0	1
2000	32	TOT	MLB	299	1056	3.53	646	61%	27%	15%	25%	33%	73%	1%	45%	79%	24%	4%	12	0	14%	42	23	10%	29	20	22%	-1	0	0
2000	32	SDP	NL	175	619	3.54	381	62%	29%	16%	24%	31%	71%	3%	44%	77%	22%	3%	6	0	14%	24	12	12%	21	15	18%	0	0	0
2000	32	BOS	AL	124	437	3.52	265	61%	24%	14%	27%	35%	76%	0%	46%	81%	28%	5%	6	0	15%	18	11	6%	8	5	33%	-1	0	0
2001	33	SEA	AL	107	383	3.58	231	60%	28%	13%	26%	33%	72%	3%	44%	82%	24%	3%	3	0	17%	18	14	7%	7	4	67%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				4331	15961	3.69	9892	62%	25%	16%	28%	31%	75%	1%	46%	79%	30%	4%	184	16	14%	602	328	8%	356	241	31%	256	2	10
MLB Averages						3.70		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	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
1991	23	61	183	160	17	44	7	0	4	20	0	3	19	43	.275	.361	.394	.754	106	63	2	3	0	1	2
1992	24	83	233	207	23	55	9	0	5	27	0	3	22	50	.266	.343	.382	.725	98	79	2	3	0	1	2
1993	25	233	829	753	73	197	40	1	17	100	1	3	54	135	.262	.319	.385	.704	89	290	25	13	2	7	3
1994	26	342	1274	1158	111	294	59	2	28	144	2	3	77	230	.254	.311	.381	.692	83	441	36	24	4	11	4
1995	27	486	1876	1679	188	421	86	4	46	218	2	3	135	326	.251	.318	.389	.707	86	653	55	39	5	18	7
1996	28	645	2546	2270	276	567	121	6	82	319	2	3	195	472	.250	.320	.417	.737	91	946	62	51	5	25	10
1997	29	783	3108	2774	339	682	150	10	96	367	2	4	246	574	.246	.317	.411	.728	89	1140	72	57	5	26	10
1998	30	915	3618	3243	396	786	175	10	116	425	3	6	272	664	.242	.312	.410	.722	88	1329	88	70	5	28	12
1999	31	1052	4182	3733	467	917	202	12	138	506	6	12	322	757	.246	.318	.417	.735	90	1557	100	87	6	34	18
2000	32	1158	4480	4001	497	982	218	12	150	542	6	12	347	815	.245	.317	.418	.736	90	1674	103	90	6	36	20
2001	33	1203	4587	4095	506	1010	225	12	152	558	6	12	358	833	.247	.318	.419	.737	91	1715	106	91	6	37	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	23	61	183	160	17	44	7	0	4	20	0	19	43	.275	.361	.394	.754	22	61
1992	24	22	51	48	7	12	2	0	1	8	0	3	7	.250	.294	.354	.648	5	22
1993	25	150	595	545	50	141	31	1	12	72	1	32	85	.259	.309	.385	.694	63	150
1994	26	155	622	567	48	129	25	1	15	56	1	31	135	.228	.283	.354	.637	54	109
1995	27	162	669	581	82	138	29	2	20	79	0	63	108	.238	.325	.398	.722	72	144
1996	28	159	655	581	78	136	33	2	34	89	0	56	146	.234	.310	.473	.783	82	159
1997	29	138	559	502	61	113	28	4	14	46	0	50	102	.225	.302	.380	.683	56	138
1998	30	132	508	467	54	102	25	0	20	55	1	26	90	.218	.278	.400	.678	48	132
1999	31	137	551	481	63	122	25	2	20	72	3	47	93	.254	.336	.439	.775	68	137
2000	32	106	295	266	28	63	16	0	12	33	0	24	58	.237	.305	.432	.737	34	106
2001	33	45	108	95	9	29	7	0	2	17	0	11	18	.305	.380	.442	.822	16	45
11 Yrs		1267	4796	4293	497	1029	228	12	154	547	6	362	885	.240	.310	.406	.716	520	1203
162 Game Avg.		162	613	549	64	132	29	2	20	70	1	46	113	.240	.310	.406	.716	66	1203

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1999 *	Games Played s c a p y 1995 AL 144 (3rd) 1996 AL 159 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1994 AL 95 (9th) 1996 AL 146 (4th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1996 AL 73 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1993 AL 10 (7th) 1994 AL 11 (2nd) 1995 AL 15 (1st) 1996 AL 12 (7th) 1998 AL 13 (7th) 1999 NL 17 (1st) Career 91 (97th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1993 AL 23 (1st) 1995 AL 19 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1995 AL 421 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1466), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Kevin Orie (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Orie (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Vergez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Kouzmanoff (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug DeCinces (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Buechele (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Buechele (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Buechele (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Buechele (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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