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Nick Swisher

Nicholas Thomas Swisher (twitter: @NickSwisher)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/WhiteSox/Indians 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 4 yrs/$56M (13-16) & 17 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.031, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Dan Lozano, previously: 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
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 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 .822 120 236 18 5 1 8 6 *93/D
2012 31 NYY AL 148 624 537 75 146 36 0 24 93 2 3 77 141 .272 .364 .473 .837 126 254 9 4 1 5 2 *93D
2013 32 CLE AL 61 261 224 33 53 14 1 7 24 0 0 32 58 .237 .337 .402 .739 110 90 3 3 0 2 2 3D9
10 Yrs 1270 5274 4465 717 1138 265 10 216 697 12 15 701 1128 .255 .359 .464 .823 118 2071 107 52 12 44 40
162 Game Avg. 162 673 570 91 145 34 1 28 89 2 2 89 144 .255 .359 .464 .823 118 264 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) 598 2501 2127 331 570 134 4 105 349 5 7 327 531 .268 .367 .483 .850 124 1027 53 18 8 21 10
CLE (1 yr) 61 261 224 33 53 14 1 7 24 0 0 32 58 .237 .337 .402 .739 110 90 3 3 0 2 2
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 (v2.2): 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 3 -4 -0.4 .468 .496 0.1 -0.6 1 7/93D8
2005 24 OAK AL 131 522 -1 1 -1 4 -6 -3 -0.2 20 17 1.6 .498 .498 1.2 -0.2 13 $316,500 *93 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 157 672 22 -2 -1 0 -9 10 1.1 25 35 3.5 .506 .506 3.5 -0.8 35 $335,000 37/D89
2007 26 OAK AL 150 659 20 3 -1 2 -4 20 2.0 24 44 4.3 .513 .512 4.1 -0.2 42 $400,000 893/D
2008 27 CHW AL 153 588 -8 -0 -2 -11 -4 -25 -2.3 22 -3 -0.2 .483 .484 0.8 -1.5 8 $3,600,000 3879/D
2009 28 NYY AL 150 607 15 -1 -1 -8 -7 -3 -0.2 23 20 2.0 .498 .498 2.8 -1.5 28 $5,400,000 *93/7D1
2010 29 NYY AL 150 635 25 -3 -1 -1 -7 13 1.5 24 37 3.8 .509 .508 3.9 -0.8 38 $6,850,000 *9D/38 AS
2011 30 NYY AL 150 635 12 -2 -2 -6 -7 -6 -0.5 24 18 1.8 .496 .496 2.4 -1.4 24 $9,100,000 *93/D
2012 31 NYY AL 148 624 18 -1 1 5 -8 15 1.6 23 38 3.9 .511 .510 3.4 -0.4 33 $10,250,000 *93D
2013 32 CLE AL 61 261 4 1 -0 5 -4 6 0.8 9 16 1.6 .511 .504 1.1 0.2 11 $11,000,000 3D9
10 Seasons 1270 5274 107 -5 -8 -15 -59 21 3.1 196 217 21.9 .502 .502 23.3 -7.0 232 $47,251,500
OAK (4 yrs) 458 1924 41 1 -2 1 -21 21 2.3 71 92 9.1 .504 .505 8.9 -1.7 91 $1,051,500
NYY (4 yrs) 598 2501 70 -7 -4 -10 -30 19 2.4 94 113 11.4 .503 .503 12.5 -4.0 123 $31,600,000
CLE (1 yr) 61 261 4 1 -0 5 -4 6 0.8 9 16 1.6 .511 .504 1.1 0.2 11 $11,000,000
CHW (1 yr) 153 588 -8 -0 -2 -11 -4 -25 -2.3 22 -3 -0.2 .483 .484 0.8 -1.5 8 $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 5.8 104 .295 .260 .265 .374 .331 .449 .419 .822 .750 120 .606 18.8 1.8 .822 .369 .188 3.7
2012 31 NYY AL 624 409 96 6.3 101 .324 .272 .259 .364 .324 .473 .417 .837 .742 126 .641 21.7 2.1 .829 .343 .201 3.7
2013 32 CLE AL 261 176 32 4.9 92 .286 .237 .247 .337 .311 .402 .396 .739 .707 110 .529 4.4 0.4 .718 .308 .165 .0
10 Yrs 5274 3505 769 5.9 105 .291 .255 .267 .359 .333 .464 .422 .823 .755 118 .584 132.4 12.6 .818 .365 .209 22.7
162 Game Avg. 673 447 98 5.9 105 .291 .255 .267 .359 .333 .464 .422 .823 .755 118 .584 17 2 .818 .365 .209 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) 2501 1646 387 6.3 105 .308 .268 .266 .367 .333 .483 .423 .850 .756 124 .627 81.5 7.9 .847 .368 .215 9.5
CLE (1 yr) 261 176 32 4.9 92 .286 .237 .247 .337 .311 .402 .396 .739 .707 110 .529 4.4 0.4 .718 .308 .165 .0
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
2012 31 NYY AL ALDS BAL W 5 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .190 .111 .302 2 2 0 0 1 0
2012 31 NYY AL ALCS DET L 3 13 12 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .250 .308 .417 .724 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (11 Series) 46 181 154 16 26 9 0 4 8 0 0 24 46 .169 .283 .305 .589 47 4 1 1 1 0
6 ALDS 22 84 75 8 15 5 0 2 5 0 0 8 18 .200 .274 .347 .620 26 3 0 0 1 0
4 ALCS 19 78 64 5 9 3 0 1 2 0 0 12 24 .141 .286 .234 .520 15 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 0.67 0.99 61% 20% 10.5% 10%
2012 31 NYY AL 624 3.9% 22.6% 12.3% 9.6% 41% 1.83 3.8 22.4 5.8 0.63 0.82 60% 22% 11.4% 14%
2013 32 CLE AL 261 2.7% 22.2% 12.3% 8.4% 42% 1.81 3.9 32.0 9.3 0.60 0.80 62% 29% 7.2% 8%
10 Yrs 5274 4.1% 21.4% 13.3% 9.3% 43% 1.61 4.0 20.7 6.4 0.60 0.84 60% 20% 11.7% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.8% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.12 5.0 33.4 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 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 1.5 0.1 530 -0.5 9.0 -9.5 1.01 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.98 0.1 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 -4.9 -0.5 599 -0.7 9.9 -10.6 .99 -0.9 0.2 -4.8 -0.4 0.93 -4.1 3.05 4
2009 28 NYY AL 18.7 1.7 615 1.7 11.6 -9.9 .98 1.8 -0.1 14.0 1.3 0.97 19.7 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 18.8 1.8 641 0.1 10.3 -10.2 .97 1.7 -1.6 10.9 1.0 0.96 18.0 1.20 1
2012 31 NYY AL 21.7 2.1 636 1.9 12.4 -10.5 1.00 1.3 0.6 19.4 1.9 0.99 18.4 1.10 2
2013 32 CLE AL 4.4 0.4 264 -0.3 4.1 -4.4 .94 0.3 -0.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.96 0.6 0
10 Yrs 132.4 12.6 5353 9.1 97.9 -88.8 .99 11.1 -2.0 108.6 10.2 0.96 137.6 1.76 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 23 OAK AL 1 0 39% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 43% 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
2005 24 OAK AL 2 0 31% 160 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 17 41% 25 17 8 4 3 1 15 5 9
2006 25 OAK AL 5 0 33% 240 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 1 1 0 5 18 41% 39 25 14 13 9 4 14 3 9
2007 26 OAK AL 3 0 27% 256 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 20 57% 40 19 20 8 2 6 17 6 11
2008 27 CHW AL 2 0 36% 194 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 45% 28 19 9 7 2 5 16 6 9
2009 28 NYY AL 2 0 28% 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 6 0 1 7 37% 37 28 9 14 7 7 17 7 9
2010 29 NYY AL 5 0 31% 243 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 2 0 3 13 32% 36 28 8 6 4 1 21 9 11
2011 30 NYY AL 3 0 27% 236 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 2 1 2 7 33% 40 28 11 14 7 5 18 10 8
2012 31 NYY AL 2 0 25% 225 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 2 15 39% 23 15 8 11 6 4 10 5 5
2013 32 CLE AL 3 0 32% 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 44% 15 9 6 5 3 2 7 3 4
10 Yrs 28 0 30% 1870 12 15 44% 11 14 1 0 0 1 10 5 46 7 16 3 18 113 41% 285 190 93 84 44 36 138 55 77

Situational Batting*

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 % DPopp DPs 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 9 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 624 100% 146 6 0 2 0 0 0 1.10 24 3 17 19 5 11 13 0 2 1 50% 142 9 6% 75 16 21% 417 71 17% 40 19 48% 29 17 59% 0
2013 32 CLE AL 261 100% 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 43 3 7% 30 6 20% 159 18 11% 15 6 40% 15 4 27% 0
10 Yrs 5274 100% 1138 57 4 25 3 0 1 1.76 216 7 153 166 50 107 109 1 20 12 60% 1083 107 10% 538 144 27% 3411 491 14% 310 148 48% 230 119 52% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 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 S/SO 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 3 8 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 27 83 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 36 116 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 31 100 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 34 101 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 37 89 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 38 101 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 38 87 30% -2 0 0
2012 31 NYY AL 624 2656 4.26 1525 57% 28% 18% 27% 26% 72% 0% 41% 75% 21% 7% 42 11 20% 124 54 15% 93 53 35 106 25% 0 0 0
2013 32 CLE AL 262 1050 4.01 611 58% 29% 18% 26% 27% 71% 1% 41% 75% 24% 6% 15 4 16% 43 16 10% 25 14 17 41 29% -1 0 0
10 Yrs 5287 22125 4.18 12699 57% 31% 16% 26% 27% 69% 1% 39% 76% 21% 7% 347 35 19% 1005 412 14% 720 397 296 832 26% -13 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 46% 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 1209 5013 4241 684 1085 251 9 209 673 12 15 669 1070 .256 .361 .467 .828 118 1981 104 49 12 42 38
2013 32 1270 5274 4465 717 1138 265 10 216 697 12 15 701 1128 .255 .359 .464 .823 118 2071 107 52 12 44 40

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
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 30 150 635 526 81 137 30 0 23 85 2 95 125 .260 .374 .449 .822 88 150
2012 31 148 629 540 77 149 37 0 24 96 2 79 141 .276 .369 .478 .847 95 148
2013 32 61 267 228 38 57 15 1 8 27 0 34 58 .250 .352 .430 .782 34 61
10 Yrs 1270 5271 4464 713 1137 266 10 215 695 12 699 1128 .255 .359 .463 .822 735 1270
162 Game Avg. 162 672 569 91 145 34 1 27 89 2 89 144 .255 .359 .463 .822 94 1270



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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  .359 (38th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2010 AL  .511 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .823 (47th)

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL  157 (10th)
Active  1,270 (48th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  5,274 (45th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2006 AL  106 (8th)
Active  717 (39th)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  265 (45th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  35 (8th)
2010 AL  29 (9th)
Active  216 (28th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Active  697 (40th)

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)
2012 AL  77 (8th)
Active  701 (14th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL  152 (4th)
2007 AL  131 (10th)
2008 AL  135 (5th)
2010 AL  139 (6th)
Active  1,128 (23rd)
Career  1,128 (189th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  118 (41st)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  769 (45th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  26 (10th)
Active  132 (36th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  2.5 (10th)
Active  12.6 (36th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  491 (40th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  1,891 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  52 (50th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (4th)
2011 AL  8 (8th)
Active  44 (38th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (5th)
Active  40 (48th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 AL  15.9 (9th)
Active  20.7 (31st)
Career  20.7 (146th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  3,505 (49th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  11.1 (47th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (869), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1010), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (723), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (99th), 21.9 career WAR/20.9 7yr-peak WAR/21.4 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jason Bay (946)
  2. Cliff Johnson (933)
  3. Jose Cruz (928)
  4. Wally Post (927)
  5. Pete Incaviglia (926)
  6. Preston Wilson (924)
  7. Phil Nevin (922)
  8. Jesse Barfield (922)
  9. Leon Wagner (917)
  10. Oscar Gamble (913)
Similar Batters through 31 
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  1. Jermaine Dye (935)
  2. Jose Cruz (934)
  3. Bob Allison (929)
  4. Pat Burrell (927)
  5. Joe Carter (926)
  6. Jesse Barfield (923)
  7. Danny Tartabull (922)
  8. Ron Gant (922)
  9. Dwight Evans (922)
  10. Roy Sievers (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Danny Walton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Plantier (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Phil Plantier (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Greg Vaughn (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Vaughn (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jose Cruz (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Allison (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jermaine Dye (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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