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Nick Swisher

Nicholas Thompson Swisher (twitter: @NickSwisher)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 25, 1980 in Columbus, OH
High School: Parkersburg HS (Parkersburg, WV)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2004
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/WhiteSox 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 6 yrs/$36M (07-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.031, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Joe Bick [*]
Relatives: Son of Steve Swisher
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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
2002	21	OAK-min	A+,A-	62	274	227	32	55	16	2	6	35	6	1	39	59	.242	.360	.410	.770		93	6	4	2	2	1		VIS,VAN · CALL,NORW
2003	22	OAK-min	AA,A+	127	573	476	74	122	38	4	15	86	0	3	78	125	.256	.363	.447	.810		213	12	8	0	11	2		MDL,MOD · TL,CALL
2004	23	OAK-min	AAA	125	554	443	109	119	28	2	29	92	3	3	103	109	.269	.406	.537	.943		238	16	3	0	5	1		SAC · PCL
2004	23	OAK	AL	20	71	60	11	15	4	0	2	8	0	0	8	11	.250	.352	.417	.769	101	25	2	2	0	1	0	7/93D8
2005	24	OAK-min	AAA	6	26	23	4	9	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	.391	.462	.522	.983		12	0	1	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2005	24	OAK	AL	131	522	462	66	109	32	1	21	74	0	1	55	110	.236	.322	.446	.768	102	206	9	4	0	1	3	*93	RoY-6
2006	25	OAK	AL	157	672	556	106	141	24	2	35	95	1	2	97	152	.254	.372	.493	.864	125	274	13	11	2	6	7	37/D89
2007	26	OAK	AL	150	659	539	84	141	36	1	22	78	3	2	100	131	.262	.381	.455	.836	126	245	13	10	1	9	12	893/D
2008	27	CHW	AL	153	588	497	86	109	21	1	24	69	3	3	82	135	.219	.332	.410	.743	93	204	14	4	1	4	6	3879/D
2009	28	NYY	AL	150	607	498	84	124	35	1	29	82	0	0	97	126	.249	.371	.498	.869	122	248	13	3	3	6	2	*93/7D1
2010	29	NYY	AL	150	635	566	91	163	33	3	29	89	1	2	58	139	.288	.359	.511	.870	129	289	13	6	3	2	0	*9D/38	AS
2011	30	NYY	AL	150	635	526	81	137	30	0	23	85	2	2	95	125	.260	.374	.449	.822	118	236	18	5	1	8	6	*93/D
2012	31	NYY	AL	44	187	168	17	41	13	0	8	32	0	0	13	40	.244	.299	.464	.764	101	78	3	2	0	4	1	*9/D3
9 Yrs				1105	4576	3872	626	980	228	9	193	612	10	12	605	969	.253	.358	.466	.824	116	1805	98	47	11	41	37
162 Game Avg.				162	671	568	92	144	33	1	28	90	1	2	89	142	.253	.358	.466	.824	116	265	14	7	2	6	5

OAK (4 yrs)				458	1924	1617	267	406	96	4	80	255	4	5	260	404	.251	.361	.464	.825	118	750	37	27	3	17	22
NYY (4 yrs)				494	2064	1758	273	465	111	4	89	288	3	4	263	430	.265	.362	.484	.846	121	851	47	16	7	20	9
CHW (1 yr)				153	588	497	86	109	21	1	24	69	3	3	82	135	.219	.332	.410	.743	93	204	14	4	1	4	6

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
2004	23	OAK	AL	20	71	1	-1	-0	-5	-1	-7	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.468	.496	0.1	-0.6	0	$	7/93D8
2005	24	OAK	AL	131	522	-1	1	-0	4	-7	-3	-0.2	18	15	1.4	.498	.498	1.0	-0.2	11	$316,500	*93	RoY-6
2006	25	OAK	AL	157	672	22	-2	-0	0	-10	10	1.1	23	33	3.2	.506	.506	3.2	-0.8	33	$335,000	37/D89
2007	26	OAK	AL	150	659	20	3	-0	2	-5	19	2.1	22	41	4.1	.513	.512	3.9	-0.2	39	$400,000	893/D
2008	27	CHW	AL	153	588	-7	-0	-2	-11	-5	-25	-2.3	20	-5	-0.5	.483	.484	0.5	-1.4	6	$3,600,000	3879/D
2009	28	NYY	AL	150	607	15	-1	-1	-8	-7	-3	-0.1	20	17	1.7	.498	.498	2.5	-1.5	25	$5,400,000	*93/7D1
2010	29	NYY	AL	150	635	24	-3	-1	-1	-8	11	1.4	22	33	3.4	.508	.507	3.5	-0.8	34	$6,850,000	*9D/38	AS
2011	30	NYY	AL	150	635	13	-2	-2	-6	-8	-5	-0.4	22	16	1.5	.496	.497	2.2	-1.4	22	$9,100,000	*93/D
2012	31	NYY	AL	44	187	-1	-1	0	-4	-2	-8	-0.8	6	-1	-0.3	.482	.495	0.2	-0.7	3	$	*9/D3
9 Seasons				1105	4576	85	-6	-8	-29	-53	-11	0.2	155	145	14.1	.499	.499	17.1	-7.5	174	$26,001,500

OAK (4 yrs)				458	1924	42	1	-2	1	-23	19	2.4	65	85	8.3	.504	.503	8.2	-1.7	84	$1,051,500
NYY (4 yrs)				494	2064	51	-7	-4	-19	-25	-5	0.1	70	65	6.3	.499	.499	8.4	-4.3	84	$21,350,000
CHW (1 yr)				153	588	-7	-0	-2	-11	-5	-25	-2.3	20	-5	-0.5	.483	.484	0.5	-1.4	6	$3,600,000

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
2004	23	OAK	AL	71	48	9	5.0	109	.271	.250	.269	.352	.337	.417	.432	.769	.769	101	.486	0.5	0.0	.745	.300	.167	.0
2005	24	OAK	AL	522	364	67	4.9	105	.265	.236	.268	.322	.331	.446	.425	.768	.756	102	.501	1.5	0.1	.727	.327	.210	.0
2006	25	OAK	AL	672	438	106	6.4	108	.283	.254	.272	.372	.336	.493	.432	.864	.768	125	.596	23.1	2.1	.886	.412	.239	1.9
2007	26	OAK	AL	659	423	99	6.2	102	.301	.262	.264	.381	.330	.455	.412	.836	.743	126	.596	26.4	2.4	.862	.380	.193	5.3
2008	27	CHW	AL	588	410	69	4.5	109	.249	.219	.273	.332	.341	.410	.428	.743	.770	93	.456	-4.9	-0.5	.716	.356	.191	5.3
2009	28	NYY	AL	607	396	97	6.5	112	.272	.249	.273	.371	.343	.498	.438	.869	.781	122	.615	18.7	1.7	.899	.444	.249	.0
2010	29	NYY	AL	635	423	103	6.5	105	.335	.288	.267	.359	.336	.511	.418	.870	.754	129	.647	22.3	2.2	.842	.323	.223	1.9
2011	30	NYY	AL	635	418	91	5.8	105	.295	.260	.267	.374	.333	.449	.423	.822	.756	118	.606	17.4	1.7	.822	.369	.188	3.7
2012	31	NYY	AL	187	134	24	4.8	104	.266	.244	.260	.299	.329	.464	.422	.764	.751	101	.520	0.3	0.0	.715	.298	.220	.0
9 Yrs				4576	3054	665	5.8	106	.286	.253	.269	.358	.336	.466	.425	.824	.761	116	.576	105.3	9.9	.818	.369	.213	19.0
162 Game Avg.				671	448	97	5.8	106	.286	.253	.269	.358	.336	.466	.425	.824	.761	116	.576	15	1	.818	.369	.213	3

OAK (4 yrs)				1924	1273	281	5.9	105	.283	.251	.268	.361	.333	.464	.424	.825	.756	118	.568	51.4	4.8	.827	.373	.213	7.6
NYY (4 yrs)				2064	1371	315	6.1	107	.299	.265	.268	.362	.336	.484	.426	.846	.762	121	.614	58.8	5.6	.840	.369	.220	5.8
CHW (1 yr)				588	410	69	4.5	109	.249	.219	.273	.332	.341	.410	.428	.743	.770	93	.456	-4.9	-0.5	.716	.356	.191	5.3

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
2006	25	OAK	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	10	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.500	.917	5	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	L	4	15	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	.100	.400	.100	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

2008	27	CHW	AL	ALDS	TBR	L	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	28	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	28	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	6	25	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.150	.292	.150	.442	3	0	1	1	0	0
2009	28	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	5	19	15	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	.133	.316	.400	.716	6	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	13	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.385	.750	1.135	9	1	0	0	0	0
2010	29	NYY	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	6	25	22	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	.091	.200	.273	.473	6	1	0	0	0	0
2011	30	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	5	20	19	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.211	.250	.368	.618	7	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (9 Series)							38	147	124	16	21	7	0	4	6	0	0	21	36	.169	.295	.323	.617	40	2	1	1	0	0
5 ALDS							17	63	57	8	13	5	0	2	4	0	0	6	13	.228	.302	.421	.723	24	1	0	0	0	0
3 ALCS							16	65	52	5	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	11	19	.115	.281	.192	.474	10	1	1	1	0	0
1 WS							5	19	15	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	.133	.316	.400	.716	6	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
2010	NYY	AL	29		1	1	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
2004	23	OAK	AL	71	2.8%	15.5%	11.3%	8.5%	40%	1.38	5.5	30.0	7.5	0.79	0.89	68%	16%	8.7%	18%
2005	24	OAK	AL	522	4.0%	21.1%	10.5%	10.3%	50%	2.00	4.2	22.0	6.2	0.62	0.84	64%	16%	11.1%	12%
2006	25	OAK	AL	672	5.2%	22.6%	14.4%	9.1%	43%	1.57	3.7	15.9	5.9	0.51	0.72	56%	21%	14.4%	10%
2007	26	OAK	AL	659	3.3%	19.9%	15.2%	9.0%	42%	1.31	4.1	24.5	6.9	0.61	0.84	60%	21%	9.9%	14%
2008	27	CHW	AL	588	4.1%	23.0%	14.0%	7.8%	42%	1.65	3.7	20.7	7.2	0.54	0.81	58%	20%	11.8%	14%
2009	28	NYY	AL	607	4.8%	20.8%	16.0%	10.7%	52%	1.30	4.0	17.2	6.1	0.63	0.91	58%	18%	14.8%	15%
2010	29	NYY	AL	635	4.6%	21.9%	9.1%	10.2%	40%	2.40	4.1	19.5	6.4	0.55	0.78	63%	21%	11.8%	11%
2011	30	NYY	AL	635	3.6%	19.7%	15.0%	8.4%	39%	1.32	4.2	22.9	6.2	0.68	0.99	61%	20%	10.5%	10%
2012	31	NYY	AL	187	4.3%	21.4%	7.0%	11.2%	51%	3.08	4.2	21.0	5.3	0.53	0.68	66%	20%	10.5%	12%
9 Yrs				4576	4.2%	21.2%	13.2%	9.4%	44%	1.60	4.0	20.1	6.3	0.59	0.83	60%	19%	11.9%	12%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.4	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	23	OAK	AL	0.5	0.0	73	0.7	1.9	-1.3	1.29	0.1	0.5	-0.7	-0.1	1.01	0.0	0.19	1
2005	24	OAK	AL	0.8	0.1	530	-0.5	9.0	-9.5	1.01	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.97	-0.3	1.00	3
2006	25	OAK	AL	23.1	2.1	679	2.2	13.6	-11.4	1.04	2.7	-0.6	29.3	2.7	0.98	32.8		1
2007	26	OAK	AL	26.4	2.4	672	1.6	12.3	-10.7	1.03	1.9	-0.3	16.4	1.6	0.94	25.2		1
2008	27	CHW	AL	-5.6	-0.5	599	-0.8	9.9	-10.7	.99	-0.9	0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.93	-4.6	3.05	4
2009	28	NYY	AL	18.7	1.7	615	1.7	11.6	-9.9	.98	1.8	-0.1	13.9	1.3	0.97	19.6	2.51	5
2010	29	NYY	AL	22.3	2.2	644	2.5	12.7	-10.2	.92	2.4	0.3	26.2	2.5	0.96	26.8	1.82	7
2011	30	NYY	AL	16.1	1.6	641	0.0	10.3	-10.3	.97	1.6	-1.6	9.7	0.9	1.01	16.1	1.20	1
2012	31	NYY	AL	0.3	0.0	188	-0.5	3.3	-3.8	1.03	-0.2	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	1.01	-3.1		0
9 Yrs				102.6	9.7	4641	6.8	84.6	-77.8	1.00	9.2	-2.4	86.2	8.1	0.97	112.5	1.82	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	23	OAK	AL	1	39%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	43%	2	2	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
2005	24	OAK	AL	2	31%	160	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	17	41%	25	17	8	4	3	1	15	5	9
2006	25	OAK	AL	5	33%	240	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	2	1	7	18	41%	39	25	14	13	9	4	14	3	9
2007	26	OAK	AL	3	27%	256	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	20	57%	40	19	20	8	2	6	17	6	11
2008	27	CHW	AL	2	36%	194	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	7	45%	28	19	9	7	2	5	16	6	9
2009	28	NYY	AL	2	28%	187	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	8	7	37%	37	28	9	14	7	7	17	7	9
2010	29	NYY	AL	5	31%	243	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	2	2	7	13	32%	36	28	8	6	4	1	21	9	11
2011	30	NYY	AL	3	27%	236	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	7	7	33%	40	28	11	14	7	5	18	10	8
2012	31	NYY	AL	1	19%	54	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	29%	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
9 Yrs				24	30%	1600	10	12	45%	9	11	1	1	8	4	43	91	40%	251	168	81	70	36	30	122	48	68

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
2004	23	OAK	AL	71	100%	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	9	2	22%	52	6	12%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0
2005	24	OAK	AL	522	100%	109	5	1	3	0	0	0	1.00	21	0	16	18	3	11	10	0	2	0	0%	94	9	10%	47	8	17%	369	54	15%	33	11	33%	20	6	30%	0
2006	25	OAK	AL	672	100%	141	4	0	1	0	0	0		35	2	19	27	8	17	18	1	2	2	100%	170	13	8%	79	22	28%	436	61	14%	31	14	45%	34	16	47%	0
2007	26	OAK	AL	659	100%	141	6	0	1	0	0	0		22	0	15	16	6	8	14	0	1	1	100%	143	13	9%	57	21	37%	437	57	13%	41	19	46%	27	17	63%	0
2008	27	CHW	AL	588	100%	109	5	0	4	1	0	1	3.05	24	2	17	18	6	19	5	0	2	1	50%	111	14	13%	58	18	31%	340	45	13%	30	13	43%	22	15	68%	0
2009	28	NYY	AL	607	100%	124	9	2	5	1	0	0	2.51	29	0	25	20	9	8	21	0	6	3	50%	119	13	11%	56	20	36%	396	54	14%	39	22	56%	29	17	59%	0
2010	29	NYY	AL	635	100%	163	9	1	7	0	0	0	1.82	29	0	19	25	4	15	14	0	4	3	75%	139	13	9%	70	13	19%	395	62	16%	33	13	39%	26	11	42%	0
2011	30	NYY	AL	635	100%	137	10	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	23	0	20	17	6	12	11	0	1	1	100%	108	18	17%	57	18	32%	410	63	15%	43	28	65%	27	15	56%	0
2012	31	NYY	AL	187	100%	41	1	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	5	7	1	2	6	0	0	0		42	3	7%	30	8	27%	139	25	18%	18	8	44%	10	5	50%	0
9 Yrs				4576	100%	980	51	4	23	3	0	1	1.82	193	5	138	150	43	93	100	1	18	11	61%	940	98	10%	463	130	28%	2974	427	14%	273	131	48%	196	103	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			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
2004	23	OAK	AL	71	302	4.25	170	56%	25%	15%	31%	29%	75%	0%	42%	80%	15%	6%	4	0	17%	12	6	10%	7	6	27%	0	0	0
2005	24	OAK	AL	523	2159	4.13	1294	60%	34%	15%	24%	27%	66%	1%	40%	78%	17%	6%	33	0	18%	93	35	15%	76	39	25%	-1	0	0
2006	25	OAK	AL	674	2761	4.10	1557	56%	29%	21%	24%	26%	71%	2%	40%	71%	23%	6%	40	1	19%	129	57	14%	97	54	24%	-2	0	0
2007	26	OAK	AL	659	2803	4.25	1573	56%	34%	15%	24%	27%	66%	3%	37%	77%	18%	8%	51	1	21%	141	56	14%	95	49	24%	0	0	0
2008	27	CHW	AL	592	2662	4.50	1520	57%	34%	14%	28%	24%	66%	2%	38%	79%	15%	6%	36	0	20%	117	41	12%	72	41	25%	-4	0	0
2009	28	NYY	AL	610	2592	4.25	1461	56%	37%	14%	23%	26%	63%	1%	36%	77%	18%	7%	44	3	19%	113	42	16%	100	44	29%	-3	0	0
2010	29	NYY	AL	635	2555	4.02	1537	60%	27%	16%	29%	28%	73%	0%	44%	78%	25%	6%	36	9	17%	108	55	11%	71	55	27%	0	0	0
2011	30	NYY	AL	637	2585	4.06	1451	56%	30%	15%	26%	28%	70%	2%	39%	78%	26%	7%	46	6	20%	125	50	13%	84	42	30%	-2	0	0
2012	31	NYY	AL	187	740	3.96	450	61%	22%	21%	27%	29%	78%	1%	47%	73%	26%	6%	11	3	17%	31	15	11%	20	17	18%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				4588	19159	4.18	11013	57%	31%	16%	26%	27%	69%	2%	39%	77%	21%	7%	301	23	19%	869	357	14%	622	347	26%	-12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	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
2004	23	20	71	60	11	15	4	0	2	8	0	0	8	11	.250	.352	.417	.769	101	25	2	2	0	1	0
2005	24	151	593	522	77	124	36	1	23	82	0	1	63	121	.238	.325	.443	.768	102	231	11	6	0	2	3
2006	25	308	1265	1078	183	265	60	3	58	177	1	3	160	273	.246	.350	.468	.818	114	505	24	17	2	8	10
2007	26	458	1924	1617	267	406	96	4	80	255	4	5	260	404	.251	.361	.464	.825	118	750	37	27	3	17	22
2008	27	611	2512	2114	353	515	117	5	104	324	7	8	342	539	.244	.354	.451	.805	112	954	51	31	4	21	28
2009	28	761	3119	2612	437	639	152	6	133	406	7	8	439	665	.245	.357	.460	.818	114	1202	64	34	7	27	30
2010	29	911	3754	3178	528	802	185	9	162	495	8	10	497	804	.252	.358	.469	.827	117	1491	77	40	10	29	30
2011	30	1061	4389	3704	609	939	215	9	185	580	10	12	592	929	.254	.360	.466	.826	117	1727	95	45	11	37	36
2012	31	1105	4576	3872	626	980	228	9	193	612	10	12	605	969	.253	.358	.466	.824	116	1805	98	47	11	41	37

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
2004	23	20	71	60	10	15	4	0	2	8	0	8	11	.250	.352	.417	.769	8	20
2005	24	131	522	462	66	109	32	1	21	74	0	55	110	.236	.322	.446	.768	65	131
2006	25	157	669	554	104	139	24	2	35	93	1	96	152	.251	.369	.491	.860	98	157
2007	26	150	662	541	86	143	37	1	22	80	3	101	131	.264	.384	.458	.843	95	150
2008	27	153	583	494	82	106	20	1	23	66	3	80	135	.215	.326	.399	.725	64	153
2009	28	150	598	493	78	119	34	1	28	77	0	93	126	.241	.361	.485	.846	86	150
2010	29	150	635	566	91	163	33	3	29	89	1	58	139	.288	.359	.511	.870	102	150
2011	30	150	632	524	79	135	30	0	23	83	2	94	125	.258	.371	.447	.817	86	150
2012	31	44	187	168	17	41	13	0	8	32	0	13	40	.244	.299	.464	.764	23	44
9 Yrs		1105	4559	3862	613	970	227	9	191	602	10	598	969	.251	.355	.463	.818	627	1105
162 Game Avg.		162	668	566	90	142	33	1	28	88	1	88	142	.251	.355	.463	.818	92	1105

* 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 2010 *	On-Base% s c a p y Active .358 (45th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2010 AL .511 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 2006 AL 157 (10th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2006 AL 106 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2006 AL 35 (8th) 2010 AL 29 (9th) Active 193 (41st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2006 AL 97 (6th) 2007 AL 100 (6th) 2008 AL 82 (8th) 2009 AL 97 (2nd) 2011 AL 95 (4th) Active 605 (26th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2006 AL 152 (4th) 2007 AL 131 (10th) 2008 AL 135 (5th) 2010 AL 139 (6th) Active 969 (38th)
Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2007 AL 26 (10th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2007 AL 2.5 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2007 AL 9 (4th) 2011 AL 8 (8th) 2012 AL 4 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2007 AL 12 (5th)
AB per HR s c a p y 2006 AL 15.9 (9th) Active 20.1 (26th) Career 20.1 (118th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 25 (905), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 18 (819), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Similar Batters through 30

Compare Stats to Similars

Bob Allison (953)
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Richard Hidalgo (927)
Torii Hunter (924)
Joe Carter (923)

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Danny Walton (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Greg Vaughn (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Vaughn (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Cruz (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Allison (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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