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Mike Sweeney

Michael John Sweeney

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 22, 1973 in Orange, CA
High School: Ontario HS (Ontario, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mariners/Athletics/Phillies 1995-2010
Agents: ACES [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010
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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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 22 KCR AL 50 190 165 23 46 10 0 4 24 1 2 18 21 .279 .358 .412 .770 96 68 7 4 0 3 0 2D
1997 23 KCR AL 84 266 240 30 58 8 0 7 31 3 2 17 33 .242 .306 .363 .668 74 87 8 6 1 2 0 2/D
1998 24 KCR AL 92 311 282 32 73 18 0 8 35 2 3 24 38 .259 .320 .408 .728 88 115 7 2 2 1 1 2
1999 25 KCR AL 150 643 575 101 185 44 2 22 102 6 1 54 48 .322 .387 .520 .907 129 299 21 10 0 4 0 3D/2
2000 26 KCR AL 159 717 618 105 206 30 0 29 144 8 3 71 67 .333 .407 .523 .930 131 323 15 15 0 13 5 *3D AS,MVP-11
2001 27 KCR AL 147 632 559 97 170 46 0 29 99 10 3 64 64 .304 .374 .542 .916 133 303 13 2 1 6 13 3D AS,MVP-21
2002 28 KCR AL 126 545 471 81 160 31 1 24 86 9 7 61 46 .340 .417 .563 .979 148 265 9 6 0 7 10 3D AS,MVP-20
2003 29 KCR AL 108 463 392 62 115 18 1 16 83 3 2 64 56 .293 .391 .467 .858 120 183 13 2 0 5 5 D3 AS
2004 30 KCR AL 106 452 411 56 118 23 0 22 79 3 2 33 44 .287 .347 .504 .851 118 207 7 6 0 2 9 3D
2005 31 KCR AL 122 514 470 63 141 39 0 21 83 3 0 33 61 .300 .347 .517 .864 127 243 16 4 1 6 7 D3 AS
2006 32 KCR AL 60 252 217 23 56 15 0 8 33 2 0 28 48 .258 .349 .438 .787 102 95 5 4 0 3 5 D
2007 33 KCR AL 74 289 265 26 69 15 1 7 38 0 0 17 29 .260 .315 .404 .719 88 107 9 5 0 2 4 D/3
2008 34 OAK AL 42 136 126 13 36 8 0 2 12 0 0 7 6 .286 .331 .397 .728 98 50 3 2 0 1 0 D3
2009 35 SEA AL 74 266 242 25 68 15 0 8 34 0 0 17 31 .281 .335 .442 .777 108 107 4 4 0 3 2 D/3
2010 36 TOT MLB 56 168 151 21 38 5 0 8 26 3 0 14 21 .252 .321 .444 .765 109 67 5 2 0 1 0 D3
2010 36 SEA AL 30 110 99 11 26 3 0 6 18 2 0 9 14 .263 .327 .475 .802 123 47 3 1 0 1 0 D/3
2010 36 PHI NL 26 58 52 10 12 2 0 2 8 1 0 5 7 .231 .310 .385 .695 85 20 2 1 0 0 0 3
16 Yrs 1454 5848 5188 759 1540 325 5 215 909 53 25 522 613 .297 .366 .486 .851 118 2520 142 74 5 59 61
162 Game Avg. 162 652 578 85 172 36 1 24 101 6 3 58 68 .297 .366 .486 .851 118 281 16 8 1 7 7
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
KCR (13 yrs) 1282 5278 4669 700 1398 297 5 197 837 50 25 484 555 .299 .369 .492 .861 120 2296 130 66 5 54 59
SEA (2 yrs) 104 376 341 36 94 18 0 14 52 2 0 26 45 .276 .332 .452 .784 112 154 7 5 0 4 2
PHI (1 yr) 26 58 52 10 12 2 0 2 8 1 0 5 7 .231 .310 .385 .695 85 20 2 1 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 42 136 126 13 36 8 0 2 12 0 0 7 6 .286 .331 .397 .728 98 50 3 2 0 1 0
AL (16 yrs) 1428 5790 5136 749 1528 323 5 213 901 52 25 517 606 .298 .366 .487 .853 119 2500 140 73 5 59 61
NL (1 yr) 26 58 52 10 12 2 0 2 8 1 0 5 7 .231 .310 .385 .695 85 20 2 1 0 0 0

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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $109,000 /2
1996 22 KCR AL 50 190 -0 -2 -2 1 -1 -3 -0.2 6 3 0.4 .495 .498 0.3 0.1 2 $114,000 2D
1997 23 KCR AL 84 266 -7 0 -1 4 4 0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.5 0.8 5 $175,000 2/D
1998 24 KCR AL 92 311 -7 -3 -1 -6 4 -13 -1.1 10 -2 -0.2 .487 .492 0.4 -0.1 4 $230,000 2
1999 25 KCR AL 150 643 26 2 -2 -6 -12 7 0.8 21 28 2.7 .504 .504 3.4 -1.6 35 $265,000 3D/2
2000 26 KCR AL 159 717 33 -3 1 -5 -12 14 1.5 24 38 3.6 .508 .508 4.1 -1.4 43 $2,250,000 *3D AS,MVP-11
2001 27 KCR AL 147 632 25 -1 1 8 -11 22 2.3 21 43 4.2 .515 .513 3.5 -0.2 36 $5,000,000 3D AS,MVP-21
2002 28 KCR AL 126 545 34 1 -1 5 -9 31 3.1 18 49 4.8 .524 .519 4.3 -0.2 44 $8,000,000 3D AS,MVP-20
2003 29 KCR AL 108 463 15 -0 -2 -1 -9 3 0.4 15 18 1.8 .502 .502 1.9 -0.9 19 $11,000,000 D3 AS
2004 30 KCR AL 106 452 10 -2 -1 -4 -8 -5 -0.3 15 10 1.1 .496 .497 1.4 -1.1 14 $11,000,000 3D
2005 31 KCR AL 122 514 15 2 -2 -5 -10 -1 -0.0 17 16 1.5 .499 .499 2.0 -1.5 21 $11,000,000 D3 AS
2006 32 KCR AL 60 252 -1 -1 0 0 -6 -8 -0.7 9 1 0.1 .487 .495 0.1 -0.5 1 $11,000,000 D
2007 33 KCR AL 74 289 -5 1 -2 0 -7 -12 -1.1 10 -2 -0.3 .484 .493 -0.3 -0.6 -2 $11,000,000 D/3
2008 34 OAK AL 42 136 1 -0 -0 2 -3 -0 0.0 5 4 0.4 .499 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $500,000 D3
2009 35 SEA AL 74 266 2 -0 -0 -2 -6 -7 -0.6 9 2 0.2 .491 .496 0.4 -0.7 4 $500,000 D/3
2010 36 SEA AL 30 110 3 0 -1 0 -2 -0 0.0 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $650,000 D/3
2010 36 PHI NL 26 58 1 0 -0 0 -1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 3
16 Seasons 1454 5848 144 -6 -12 -9 -88 28 4.3 194 222 21.7 .502 .501 22.7 -8.2 232 $72,793,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
KCR (13 yrs) 1282 5278 137 -6 -11 -9 -76 35 4.8 175 211 20.6 .503 .502 21.6 -7.1 220 $71,143,000
SEA (2 yrs) 104 376 5 -0 -1 -2 -8 -7 -0.6 13 6 0.5 .493 .498 0.7 -1.0 8 $1,150,000
PHI (1 yr) 26 58 1 0 -0 0 -1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $
OAK (1 yr) 42 136 1 -0 -0 2 -3 -0 0.0 5 4 0.4 .499 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $500,000

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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 3 0 0.0 110 .250 .250 .272 .250 .346 .250 .429 .500 .774 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1996 22 KCR AL 190 131 24 4.9 115 .294 .279 .276 .358 .349 .412 .443 .770 .792 96 .441 -0.3 -0.0 .695 .236 .133 1.6
1997 23 KCR AL 266 195 26 3.6 110 .252 .242 .272 .306 .342 .363 .431 .668 .773 74 .338 -9.9 -0.9 .578 .196 .121 4.2
1998 24 KCR AL 311 222 36 4.3 111 .274 .259 .273 .320 .342 .408 .434 .728 .776 88 .417 -5.5 -0.5 .639 .230 .149 3.2
1999 25 KCR AL 643 416 113 7.2 115 .320 .322 .276 .387 .349 .520 .442 .907 .791 129 .631 26.0 2.3 .893 .301 .198 9.4
2000 26 KCR AL 717 443 136 8.2 118 .331 .333 .280 .407 .353 .523 .450 .930 .804 131 .673 33.2 3.0 .963 .312 .189 12.5
2001 27 KCR AL 632 412 113 7.3 112 .299 .304 .274 .374 .342 .542 .440 .916 .782 133 .664 27.9 2.6 .928 .365 .238 14.9
2002 28 KCR AL 545 334 112 9.0 114 .333 .340 .276 .417 .344 .563 .443 .979 .788 148 .748 35.9 3.4 1.021 .357 .223 13.1
2003 29 KCR AL 463 297 73 6.6 113 .305 .293 .276 .391 .343 .467 .441 .858 .784 120 .620 13.5 1.3 .856 .339 .173 5.1
2004 30 KCR AL 452 304 71 6.3 110 .277 .287 .272 .347 .340 .504 .436 .851 .776 118 .585 9.9 0.9 .818 .299 .217 5.3
2005 31 KCR AL 514 352 81 6.1 104 .305 .300 .267 .347 .330 .517 .423 .864 .753 127 .602 18.9 1.8 .820 .294 .217 5.3
2006 32 KCR AL 252 169 34 5.4 112 .293 .258 .276 .349 .341 .438 .440 .787 .781 102 .512 1.4 0.1 .777 .318 .180 3.2
2007 33 KCR AL 289 207 32 4.1 107 .268 .260 .271 .315 .339 .404 .424 .719 .762 88 .409 -4.9 -0.5 .629 .208 .143 .0
2008 34 OAK AL 136 94 16 4.6 100 .286 .286 .261 .331 .328 .397 .410 .728 .738 98 .461 -0.2 -0.0 .634 .167 .111 .0
2009 35 SEA AL 266 181 36 5.3 102 .291 .281 .260 .335 .328 .442 .418 .777 .746 108 .521 3.2 0.3 .719 .231 .161 .0
2010 36 TOT MLB 168 119 21 4.7 97 .244 .252 .256 .321 .324 .444 .402 .765 .726 109 .507 1.7 0.2 .729 .305 .192 4.4
2010 36 SEA AL 110 77 15 5.2 94 .250 .263 .252 .327 .319 .475 .395 .802 .713 123 .549 2.9 0.3 .776 .323 .212 3.0
2010 36 PHI NL 58 42 6 3.8 104 .233 .231 .264 .310 .335 .385 .416 .695 .751 85 .418 -1.2 -0.1 .643 .269 .154 1.3
16 Yrs 5848 3879 924 6.4 111 .300 .297 .273 .366 .342 .486 .436 .851 .777 118 .594 150.5 13.8 .824 .295 .189 85.0
162 Game Avg. 652 432 103 6.4 111 .300 .297 .273 .366 .342 .486 .436 .851 .777 118 .594 17 2 .824 .295 .189 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
KCR (13 yrs) 5278 3485 851 6.5 112 .302 .299 .274 .369 .343 .492 .438 .861 .782 120 .604 145.8 13.4 .838 .301 .192 79.8
SEA (2 yrs) 376 258 51 5.3 100 .280 .276 .258 .332 .325 .452 .411 .784 .736 112 .529 6.1 0.6 .736 .258 .176 3.5
PHI (1 yr) 58 42 6 3.8 104 .233 .231 .264 .310 .335 .385 .416 .695 .751 85 .417 -1.2 -0.1 .643 .269 .154 1.3
OAK (1 yr) 136 94 16 4.6 100 .286 .286 .261 .331 .328 .397 .410 .728 .738 98 .461 -0.2 -0.0 .634 .167 .111 .0
AL (16 yrs) 5790 3837 918 6.4 111 .301 .298 .273 .366 .342 .487 .436 .853 .778 119 .596 151.8 13.9 .826 .295 .189 83.6
NL (1 yr) 58 42 6 3.8 104 .233 .231 .264 .310 .335 .385 .416 .695 .751 85 .417 -1.2 -0.1 .643 .269 .154 1.3

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
2010 36 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
2000 KCR AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 KCR AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 KCR AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 KCR AL 29 DNP
2005 KCR AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (4 GP) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 0.50 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
1996 22 KCR AL 190 2.1% 11.1% 9.5% 7.4% 30% 1.17 7.9 41.3 6.9 0.58 0.67 75% 22% 5.8% 26%
1997 23 KCR AL 266 2.6% 12.4% 6.4% 5.6% 26% 1.94 7.3 34.3 7.7 0.78 0.89 76% 23% 7.7% 22%
1998 24 KCR AL 311 2.6% 12.2% 7.7% 8.4% 36% 1.58 7.4 35.3 8.1 0.68 0.83 76% 20% 6.6% 16%
1999 25 KCR AL 643 3.4% 7.5% 8.4% 10.6% 37% 0.89 12.0 26.1 5.6 0.86 1.12 79% 22% 9.0% 14%
2000 26 KCR AL 717 4.0% 9.3% 9.9% 8.2% 29% 0.94 9.2 21.3 4.3 0.65 0.89 75% 27% 10.5% 14%
2001 27 KCR AL 632 4.6% 10.1% 10.1% 11.9% 44% 1.00 8.7 19.3 5.6 0.66 0.87 75% 25% 12.1% 15%
2002 28 KCR AL 545 4.4% 8.4% 11.2% 10.3% 35% 0.75 10.2 19.6 5.5 0.67 0.79 75% 25% 12.2% 20%
2003 29 KCR AL 463 3.5% 12.1% 13.8% 7.6% 30% 0.88 7.0 24.5 4.7 0.76 0.99 70% 20% 9.4% 12%
2004 30 KCR AL 452 4.9% 9.7% 7.3% 10.0% 38% 1.33 9.3 18.7 5.2 0.58 0.67 77% 19% 10.8% 13%
2005 31 KCR AL 514 4.1% 11.9% 6.4% 11.7% 43% 1.85 7.7 22.4 5.7 0.55 0.63 77% 16% 9.1% 13%
2006 32 KCR AL 252 3.2% 19.1% 11.1% 9.1% 41% 1.71 4.5 27.1 6.6 0.55 0.75 65% 21% 8.4% 14%
2007 33 KCR AL 289 2.4% 10.0% 5.9% 8.0% 33% 1.71 9.1 37.9 7.0 0.55 0.64 80% 20% 5.7% 20%
2008 34 OAK AL 136 1.5% 4.4% 5.2% 7.4% 28% 0.86 21.0 63.0 10.5 0.73 0.89 88% 17% 3.4% 16%
2009 35 SEA AL 266 3.0% 11.7% 6.4% 8.7% 34% 1.82 7.8 30.3 7.1 0.61 0.75 77% 20% 7.0% 13%
2010 36 TOT MLB 168 4.8% 12.5% 8.3% 7.7% 34% 1.50 7.2 18.9 5.8 0.77 0.86 73% 15% 13.3% 19%
2010 36 SEA AL 110 5.5% 12.7% 8.2% 8.2% 35% 1.56 7.1 16.5 5.5 0.65 0.75 73% 15% 14.0% 17%
2010 36 PHI NL 58 3.5% 12.1% 8.6% 6.9% 33% 1.40 7.4 26.0 6.5 1.05 1.13 74% 13% 11.8% 23%
16 Yrs 5848 3.7% 10.5% 8.9% 9.3% 35% 1.17 8.5 24.1 5.7 0.66 0.82 76% 22% 9.4% 16%
MLB Averages 2.8% 17.0% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 1.94 5.2 32.3 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 13%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1995 21 KCR AL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.83 -0.5 0.08 3
1996 22 KCR AL -0.3 -0.0 194 -0.7 2.8 -3.5 .93 -0.3 -0.5 -2.7 -0.2 0.94 -4.5 3.11 2
1997 23 KCR AL -9.9 -0.9 274 -0.6 5.0 -5.6 1.11 -1.1 0.6 -6.9 -0.6 0.96 -10.7 1.28 6
1998 24 KCR AL -5.5 -0.5 320 -0.6 5.6 -6.2 1.09 -0.3 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.94 -6.5 1.58 3
1999 25 KCR AL 25.1 2.3 665 0.7 12.9 -12.1 1.04 2.2 -1.4 22.3 2.0 0.97 26.0 1.88 4
2000 26 KCR AL 33.2 3.0 738 3.4 15.9 -12.4 1.06 3.4 -0.1 43.8 3.8 0.94 43.1 0
2001 27 KCR AL 27.2 2.5 652 0.8 11.0 -10.2 .94 2.4 -1.5 29.6 2.7 0.91 28.2 0.52 1
2002 28 KCR AL 35.9 3.4 568 4.8 12.9 -8.1 1.00 3.2 1.6 41.0 3.7 0.89 38.1 3.21 1
2003 29 KCR AL 13.5 1.3 476 3.7 10.6 -6.9 .99 1.8 1.9 34.2 3.1 0.95 22.9 1.68 1
2004 30 KCR AL 9.3 0.9 461 1.8 9.8 -8.0 .99 0.9 0.9 15.8 1.5 0.93 13.5 2.53 2
2005 31 KCR AL 18.9 1.8 527 1.9 11.4 -9.4 1.03 1.9 -0.1 23.3 2.2 0.93 20.1 0
2006 32 KCR AL 1.4 0.1 252 1.0 5.7 -4.7 1.07 0.0 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.93 0.0 1.09 1
2007 33 KCR AL -4.9 -0.5 293 -0.2 5.4 -5.6 1.02 -0.5 0.3 2.9 0.3 0.98 -3.9 2.24 4
2008 34 OAK AL -0.4 -0.0 137 -0.6 2.0 -2.6 1.02 0.0 -0.6 0.6 0.1 0.91 1.3 1.58 13
2009 35 SEA AL 3.2 0.3 268 0.0 5.1 -5.1 1.10 0.1 -0.0 3.1 0.3 0.94 0.8 2.04 11
2010 36 TOT MLB 1.7 0.2 170 -0.2 3.4 -3.6 1.18 0.5 -0.6 5.2 0.5 0.99 4.7 1.58 17
2010 36 SEA AL 2.9 0.3 111 -0.4 2.3 -2.7 1.29 0.2 -0.5 1.9 0.2 1.03 1.7 2.70 5
2010 36 PHI NL -1.2 -0.1 59 0.2 1.2 -0.9 .98 0.3 -0.0 3.3 0.3 0.91 3.1 1.12 12
16 Yrs 148.1 13.6 5999 15.2 119.3 -104.0 1.03 14.2 0.7 209.0 18.8 0.94 172.6 1.69 69
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1995 21 KCR AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1996 22 KCR AL 2 0 30% 74 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 47% 8 4 3 3 0 2 6 3 3
1997 23 KCR AL 5 0 31% 94 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 33% 25 18 7 5 3 2 6 3 3
1998 24 KCR AL 1 0 26% 142 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 41% 20 14 5 1 0 1 11 4 7
1999 25 KCR AL 5 0 35% 278 6 1 86% 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 32 38% 42 32 10 14 8 5 23 7 15
2000 26 KCR AL 8 0 29% 348 8 3 73% 6 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 10 12 36% 51 36 12 17 9 7 24 9 14
2001 27 KCR AL 8 0 33% 234 10 3 77% 6 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 7 15 40% 31 26 4 7 2 5 30 12 18
2002 28 KCR AL 6 0 28% 215 9 7 56% 5 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 17 44% 36 25 10 9 4 5 17 5 12
2003 29 KCR AL 7 0 28% 186 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 16 28% 40 32 7 11 5 6 13 7 5
2004 30 KCR AL 6 0 25% 153 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 27% 29 23 6 6 2 3 9 5 3
2005 31 KCR AL 3 0 27% 184 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 29% 27 23 4 11 9 1 14 2 10
2006 32 KCR AL 1 0 19% 66 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 24% 8 7 1 2 1 1 7 5 2
2007 33 KCR AL 4 0 23% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 29% 12 10 2 4 3 1 5 2 3
2008 34 OAK AL 2 0 26% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 36% 7 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
2009 35 SEA AL 2 0 21% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 35% 8 4 3 3 2 1 6 4 2
2010 36 TOT MLB 3 0 28% 49 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 31% 10 7 3 2 2 0 4 2 2
2010 36 SEA AL 0 0 17% 26 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30% 5 3 2 2 2 0 3 2 1
2010 36 PHI NL 3 0 50% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
16 Yrs 63 0 28% 2250 53 25 68% 38 19 14 4 1 2 14 4 61 155 35% 354 267 78 98 52 41 177 70 101
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

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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 75% 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 22 KCR AL 190 31% 46 4 0 2 1 0 1 3.11 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 39 7 18% 17 7 41% 128 20 16% 17 10 59% 8 5 63% 0
1997 23 KCR AL 266 30% 58 10 0 6 2 0 0 1.28 7 0 10 6 1 5 2 0 2 1 50% 55 8 15% 29 7 24% 173 24 14% 13 7 54% 9 6 67% 0
1998 24 KCR AL 311 23% 73 18 1 3 0 0 0 1.58 8 0 7 5 3 6 2 0 3 2 67% 56 7 13% 23 9 39% 199 27 14% 13 6 46% 8 8 100% 0
1999 25 KCR AL 643 18% 185 11 2 4 1 0 0 1.88 22 1 17 18 4 10 12 0 1 0 0% 136 21 15% 55 21 38% 456 83 18% 52 34 65% 29 19 66% 0
2000 26 KCR AL 717 21% 206 12 4 0 0 0 0 29 0 21 23 6 17 12 0 1 0 0% 154 15 10% 70 35 50% 527 120 23% 79 60 76% 33 23 70% 0
2001 27 KCR AL 632 25% 170 10 1 1 0 0 0 0.52 29 0 6 23 6 14 15 0 2 1 50% 114 13 11% 51 21 41% 387 70 18% 35 25 71% 29 18 62% 0
2002 28 KCR AL 545 23% 160 20 0 1 0 0 0 3.21 24 0 7 18 6 14 10 0 0 0 78 9 12% 34 15 44% 314 63 20% 30 16 53% 18 13 72% 0
2003 29 KCR AL 463 28% 115 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.68 16 1 10 11 5 7 9 0 0 0 104 13 13% 40 11 28% 316 69 22% 35 23 66% 17 8 47% 0
2004 30 KCR AL 452 27% 118 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.53 22 1 9 18 4 8 14 0 0 0 90 7 8% 33 10 30% 296 60 20% 26 15 58% 17 6 35% 0
2005 31 KCR AL 514 29% 141 12 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 7 15 6 7 14 0 2 1 50% 128 16 13% 55 16 29% 320 64 20% 35 20 57% 25 14 56% 0
2006 32 KCR AL 252 29% 56 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.09 8 0 2 6 2 4 4 0 0 0 56 5 9% 25 7 28% 163 25 15% 22 10 45% 7 4 57% 0
2007 33 KCR AL 289 31% 69 8 0 4 1 0 0 2.24 7 0 7 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 62 9 15% 21 9 43% 210 31 15% 14 8 57% 16 11 69% 0
2008 34 OAK AL 136 43% 36 3 0 13 3 0 0 1.58 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 31 3 10% 9 1 11% 84 10 12% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
2009 35 SEA AL 266 57% 68 6 0 11 5 0 3 2.04 8 0 8 1 7 2 6 0 0 0 43 4 9% 26 8 31% 170 27 16% 16 8 50% 10 7 70% 0
2010 36 TOT MLB 168 49% 38 2 0 17 4 0 4 1.58 8 0 4 4 4 3 5 0 0 0 30 5 17% 13 5 38% 113 18 16% 5 3 60% 9 5 56% 0
2010 36 SEA AL 110 44% 26 1 0 5 1 0 2 2.70 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 21 3 14% 11 4 36% 81 12 15% 3 1 33% 7 5 71% 0
2010 36 PHI NL 58 59% 12 1 0 12 3 0 2 1.12 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 2 22% 2 1 50% 32 6 19% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
16 Yrs 5848 28% 1540 131 9 69 18 0 8 1.69 215 3 123 158 57 105 110 0 11 5 45% 1176 142 12% 501 182 36% 3857 711 18% 396 247 62% 239 149 62% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%
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

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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 11 2.75 9 82% 22% 0% 33% 44% 78% 0% 64% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 22 KCR AL 176 618 3.51 385 62% 24% 12% 28% 35% 76% 0% 47% 84% 30% 7% 12 0 15% 27 12 9% 15 6 37% 14 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 261 936 3.59 608 65% 25% 11% 29% 34% 75% 0% 48% 85% 29% 4% 10 1 13% 34 8 8% 21 11 27% 5 0 0
1998 24 KCR AL 312 1071 3.43 662 62% 22% 15% 26% 37% 78% 1% 48% 81% 34% 4% 14 0 17% 52 29 7% 22 15 21% -1 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 643 2286 3.56 1388 61% 25% 9% 27% 38% 75% 0% 45% 87% 30% 7% 43 3 17% 108 37 9% 59 32 27% 0 0 0
2000 26 KCR AL 718 2632 3.67 1574 60% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 2% 45% 85% 27% 8% 57 5 20% 143 61 11% 76 44 16% -1 0 0
2001 27 KCR AL 632 2333 3.69 1418 61% 23% 13% 29% 35% 77% 5% 47% 83% 29% 5% 33 2 15% 97 42 10% 66 38 17% 0 0 0
2002 28 KCR AL 546 2036 3.73 1213 60% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 4% 44% 86% 24% 7% 37 3 18% 100 45 10% 56 31 11% -1 0 0
2003 29 KCR AL 463 1733 3.74 1034 60% 22% 15% 31% 33% 78% 2% 47% 81% 29% 7% 32 5 18% 85 40 11% 51 28 21% 0 0 0
2004 30 KCR AL 452 1563 3.46 980 63% 21% 13% 29% 38% 79% 5% 50% 84% 28% 6% 25 7 18% 82 45 8% 37 17 16% 0 0 0
2005 31 KCR AL 516 1824 3.53 1175 64% 16% 16% 32% 35% 84% 4% 54% 81% 36% 6% 29 4 15% 76 42 7% 38 23 10% -2 0 0
2006 32 KCR AL 253 891 3.52 549 62% 14% 21% 33% 31% 86% 6% 53% 75% 47% 8% 21 4 17% 44 20 8% 19 9 13% -1 0 0
2007 33 KCR AL 289 934 3.23 597 64% 14% 14% 32% 40% 86% 4% 55% 84% 42% 3% 9 1 12% 35 21 3% 10 7 24% 0 0 0
2008 34 OAK AL 136 410 3.01 275 67% 17% 8% 32% 44% 83% 0% 56% 91% 42% 4% 6 0 12% 16 10 7% 9 7 17% 0 0 0
2009 35 SEA AL 266 913 3.43 573 63% 17% 17% 29% 37% 83% 2% 52% 80% 30% 5% 13 3 17% 44 23 6% 17 12 16% 0 0 0
2010 36 TOT MLB 169 586 3.47 386 66% 16% 17% 33% 34% 84% 0% 56% 80% 41% 4% 7 0 11% 18 8 7% 11 3 5% -1 0 0
2010 36 SEA AL 111 374 3.37 249 67% 15% 19% 31% 35% 85% 0% 56% 77% 40% 5% 5 0 11% 12 5 6% 7 3 0% -1 0 0
2010 36 PHI NL 58 212 3.66 137 65% 16% 13% 38% 33% 84% 0% 54% 84% 43% 3% 2 0 10% 6 3 7% 4 0 14% 0 0 0
16 Yrs 5836 20777 3.56 12826 62% 21% 13% 29% 36% 79% 3% 49% 83% 31% 6% 348 38 16% 961 443 9% 507 283 18% 12 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%
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

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
1995 21 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 22 54 194 169 24 47 10 0 4 24 1 2 18 21 .278 .356 .408 .764 94 69 7 4 0 3 0
1997 23 138 460 409 54 105 18 0 11 55 4 4 35 54 .257 .327 .381 .708 82 156 15 10 1 5 0
1998 24 230 771 691 86 178 36 0 19 90 6 7 59 92 .258 .324 .392 .716 84 271 22 12 3 6 1
1999 25 380 1414 1266 187 363 80 2 41 192 12 8 113 140 .287 .353 .450 .803 105 570 43 22 3 10 1
2000 26 539 2131 1884 292 569 110 2 70 336 20 11 184 207 .302 .371 .474 .845 114 893 58 37 3 23 6
2001 27 686 2763 2443 389 739 156 2 99 435 30 14 248 271 .302 .372 .490 .861 118 1196 71 39 4 29 19
2002 28 812 3308 2914 470 899 187 3 123 521 39 21 309 317 .309 .379 .501 .881 123 1461 80 45 4 36 29
2003 29 920 3771 3306 532 1014 205 4 139 604 42 23 373 373 .307 .381 .497 .878 122 1644 93 47 4 41 34
2004 30 1026 4223 3717 588 1132 228 4 161 683 45 25 406 417 .305 .377 .498 .875 122 1851 100 53 4 43 43
2005 31 1148 4737 4187 651 1273 267 4 182 766 48 25 439 478 .304 .374 .500 .874 123 2094 116 57 5 49 50
2006 32 1208 4989 4404 674 1329 282 4 190 799 50 25 467 526 .302 .373 .497 .870 122 2189 121 61 5 52 55
2007 33 1282 5278 4669 700 1398 297 5 197 837 50 25 484 555 .299 .369 .492 .861 120 2296 130 66 5 54 59
2008 34 1324 5414 4795 713 1434 305 5 199 849 50 25 491 561 .299 .368 .489 .858 119 2346 133 68 5 55 59
2009 35 1398 5680 5037 738 1502 320 5 207 883 50 25 508 592 .298 .367 .487 .854 119 2453 137 72 5 58 61
2010 36 1454 5848 5188 759 1540 325 5 215 909 53 25 522 613 .297 .366 .486 .851 118 2520 142 74 5 59 61

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
1995 21 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1996 22 50 186 162 20 43 9 0 4 21 1 17 21 .265 .344 .395 .739 21 50
1997 23 84 263 238 28 56 8 0 7 29 3 16 33 .235 .298 .357 .655 24 84
1998 24 92 307 279 30 70 17 0 8 33 2 23 38 .251 .311 .398 .709 34 92
1999 25 150 626 563 91 173 41 2 21 92 6 50 48 .307 .371 .499 .870 102 150
2000 26 159 692 600 91 188 27 0 26 124 7 65 67 .313 .386 .488 .874 112 159
2001 27 147 620 550 89 161 44 0 27 90 9 61 64 .293 .362 .520 .882 104 147
2002 28 126 530 460 72 149 29 1 22 77 8 57 46 .324 .400 .535 .935 98 126
2003 29 108 452 385 56 108 17 1 15 75 3 60 56 .281 .376 .447 .823 65 108
2004 30 106 447 407 53 114 22 0 21 74 3 32 44 .280 .340 .489 .829 66 106
2005 31 122 514 470 63 141 39 0 21 83 3 33 61 .300 .347 .517 .864 84 122
2006 32 60 249 215 22 54 14 0 8 31 2 27 48 .251 .341 .428 .769 31 60
2007 33 74 287 263 25 67 15 1 7 36 0 17 29 .255 .310 .399 .709 31 74
2008 34 42 137 127 14 37 8 0 2 13 0 7 6 .291 .336 .402 .737 17 42
2009 35 74 269 244 26 70 15 0 8 36 0 18 31 .287 .342 .447 .789 37 74
2010 36 56 171 153 23 40 5 0 8 28 3 15 21 .261 .333 .451 .784 23 56
16 Yrs 1454 5754 5120 703 1471 310 5 205 842 50 498 613 .287 .355 .470 .825 849 1454
162 Game Avg. 162 641 570 78 164 35 1 23 94 6 55 68 .287 .355 .470 .825 95 1454

* 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

All-Star Games
2000 *
2001 *
2002 *
2003
2005 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2000 AL (11, 8%)
2001 AL (21, 1%)
2002 AL (20, 0%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2002 AL  4.8 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2000 AL  .333 (7th)
2002 AL  .340 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2002 AL  .417 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2001 AL  .542 (10th)
2002 AL  .563 (7th)
Career  .486 (159th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2002 AL  .979 (5th)
Career  .851 (166th)

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL  159 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2000 AL  618 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2000 AL  717 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2000 AL  206 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2000 AL  323 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1999 AL  44 (2nd)
2001 AL  46 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2000 AL  144 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
2000 AL  147 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2002 AL  148 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2000 AL  136 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  36 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2002 AL  3.4 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  75 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 AL  292 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2002 AL  .748 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 AL  15 (1st)
Career  74 (184th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 AL  13 (2nd)
Career  59 (222nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2001 AL  13 (6th)
2002 AL  10 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1999 AL  21 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1999 AL  12.0 (3rd)
2000 AL  9.2 (8th)
2001 AL  8.7 (6th)
2002 AL  10.2 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2000 AL  43.79 (10th)
2002 AL  40.97 (9th)
Career  209.01 (200th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2002 AL  4.8 (5th)
2003 AL  3.7 (6th)
Career  15.2 (247th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2000 AL  3.4 (10th)
2002 AL  3.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2000 AL  3.8 (10th)
2002 AL  3.7 (9th)
Career  18.8 (211th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 27 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (403), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Pedro Guerrero (948)
  2. Cliff Floyd (926)
  3. Rico Carty (922)
  4. Richie Zisk (922)
  5. Rondell White (919)
  6. Wally Berger (918)
  7. Jeff Heath (916)
  8. Aubrey Huff (905)
  9. Jackie Jensen (902)
  10. Tony Oliva (901)
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  1. Matt Wieters (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcus Giles (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jose Vidro (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Magglio Ordonez (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Lynn (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Lynn (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Lynn (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Magglio Ordonez (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Magglio Ordonez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeff Heath (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dante Bichette (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Pedro Guerrero (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pedro Guerrero (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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