Tony Tarasco
Anthony Giacinto Tarasco
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 9, 1970 in New York, NY
High School: Santa Monica (Santa Monica, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 15th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1993
Final Game: September 1, 2002
Relatives: Cousin of Jimmy Rollins
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Standard Batting

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 24 37 35 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 .229 .243 .286 .529 41 10 1 1 0 1 0 /97
1994 23 ATL NL 87 144 132 16 36 6 0 5 19 5 0 9 17 .273 .313 .432 .744 91 57 5 0 0 3 1 79
1995 24 MON NL 126 495 438 64 109 18 4 14 40 24 3 51 78 .249 .329 .404 .733 90 177 2 2 3 1 12 *97
1996 25 BAL AL 31 92 84 14 20 3 0 1 9 5 3 7 15 .238 .297 .310 .606 54 26 1 0 1 0 0 9/D8
1997 26 BAL AL 100 193 166 26 34 8 1 7 26 2 2 25 33 .205 .313 .392 .704 85 65 3 1 1 0 1 9/87D
1998 27 CIN NL 15 28 24 5 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 5 .208 .296 .417 .713 84 10 0 0 1 0 0 /798
1999 28 NYY AL 14 35 31 5 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .161 .229 .226 .454 18 7 1 0 0 1 0 /79
2002 31 NYM NL 60 105 96 15 24 5 0 6 15 2 1 8 13 .250 .305 .490 .794 108 47 2 0 0 1 0 79/38D
8 Seasons 457 1129 1006 151 241 46 5 34 118 39 10 106 171 .240 .313 .397 .709 84 399 15 4 6 7 14
162 Game Avg. 162 400 357 54 85 16 2 12 42 14 4 38 61 .240 .313 .397 .709 84 141 5 1 2 2 5
ATL (2 yrs) 111 181 167 22 44 8 0 5 21 5 1 9 22 .263 .298 .401 .700 81 67 6 1 0 4 1
BAL (2 yrs) 131 285 250 40 54 11 1 8 35 7 5 32 48 .216 .307 .364 .671 75 91 4 1 2 0 1
NYM (1 yr) 60 105 96 15 24 5 0 6 15 2 1 8 13 .250 .305 .490 .794 108 47 2 0 0 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 15 28 24 5 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 5 .208 .296 .417 .713 84 10 0 0 1 0 0
MON (1 yr) 126 495 438 64 109 18 4 14 40 24 3 51 78 .249 .329 .404 .733 90 177 2 2 3 1 12
NYY (1 yr) 14 35 31 5 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .161 .229 .226 .454 18 7 1 0 0 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 312 809 725 106 182 33 4 26 80 31 5 71 118 .251 .318 .415 .733 90 301 10 3 4 6 13
AL (3 yrs) 145 320 281 45 59 13 1 8 38 8 5 35 53 .210 .299 .349 .647 68 98 5 1 2 1 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 37 30 2 1.8 104 .258 .229 .272 .243 .338 .286 .415 .529 .752 41 .149 -2.9 -0.3 .345 .029 .057
1994 23 ATL NL 144 104 18 4.6 111 .274 .273 .277 .313 .344 .432 .433 .744 .777 91 .473 -2.0 -0.2 .703 .265 .159 5.0
1995 24 MON NL 495 338 64 5.1 110 .274 .249 .275 .329 .345 .404 .428 .733 .774 90 .522 -7.8 -0.7 .751 .320 .155 17.7
1996 25 BAL AL 92 69 8 3.1 116 .279 .238 .277 .297 .350 .310 .445 .606 .795 54 .254 -6.1 -0.5 .515 .179 .071 1.7
1997 26 BAL AL 193 138 21 4.1 106 .214 .205 .268 .313 .337 .392 .423 .704 .760 85 .393 -3.7 -0.3 .664 .337 .187 3.1
1998 27 CIN NL 28 20 3 4.0 109 .222 .208 .271 .296 .342 .417 .428 .713 .770 84 .415 -0.6 -0.1 .684 .333 .208 .0
1999 28 NYY AL 35 28 2 1.9 112 .185 .161 .273 .229 .345 .226 .436 .454 .781 18 .129 -3.8 -0.3 .407 .194 .065 .0
2002 31 NYM NL 105 76 14 4.9 105 .231 .250 .262 .305 .336 .490 .417 .794 .753 108 .512 0.7 0.1 .747 .333 .240 3.0
8 Seasons 1129 803 132 4.4 109 .256 .240 .273 .313 .343 .397 .428 .709 .771 84 .445 -26.2 -2.3 .681 .291 .157 36.3
162 Game Avg. 400 285 47 4.4 109 .256 .240 .273 .313 .343 .397 .428 .709 .771 84 .445 -26.2 -2.3 .681 .291 .157 13
ATL (2 yrs) 181 134 20 4.0 110 .271 .263 .276 .298 .343 .401 .429 .700 .772 81 .412 -4.9 -0.5 .623 .216 .138 5.0
BAL (2 yrs) 285 207 29 3.8 109 .237 .216 .271 .307 .341 .364 .431 .671 .772 75 .347 -9.8 -0.8 .615 .284 .148 7.5
NYM (1 yr) 105 76 14 4.9 105 .231 .250 .262 .305 .336 .490 .417 .794 .753 108 .513 0.7 0.1 .747 .333 .240 3.0
CIN (1 yr) 28 20 3 4.0 109 .222 .208 .271 .296 .342 .417 .428 .713 .770 84 .415 -0.6 -0.1 .684 .333 .208 .0
MON (1 yr) 495 338 64 5.1 110 .274 .249 .275 .329 .345 .404 .428 .733 .774 90 .522 -7.8 -0.7 .751 .320 .155 17.7
NYY (1 yr) 35 28 2 1.9 112 .185 .161 .273 .229 .345 .226 .436 .454 .781 18 .129 -3.8 -0.3 .407 .194 .065 .0
NL (5 yrs) 809 568 101 4.8 109 .266 .251 .274 .318 .343 .415 .427 .733 .771 90 .493 -12.6 -1.2 .719 .298 .164 28.3
AL (3 yrs) 320 235 31 3.5 110 .231 .210 .271 .299 .341 .349 .431 .647 .773 68 .321 -13.6 -1.1 .591 .274 .139 8.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1993 22 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 25 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 37 0.0% 13.5% 0.0% 5.4% 25% 7.0 17.5 0.30 0.41 84% 26% 0.0% 39%
1994 23 ATL NL 144 3.5% 11.8% 6.3% 7.6% 31% 1.89 7.8 26.4 6.9 1.02 1.28 78% 16% 11.9% 26%
1995 24 MON NL 495 2.8% 15.8% 10.3% 7.3% 33% 1.53 5.6 31.3 11.0 0.82 1.09 70% 19% 9.7% 23%
1996 25 BAL AL 92 1.1% 16.3% 7.6% 4.4% 20% 2.14 5.6 84.0 9.3 0.45 0.59 74% 26% 2.7% 21%
1997 26 BAL AL 193 3.6% 17.1% 13.0% 8.3% 47% 1.32 5.0 23.7 6.4 0.73 0.94 65% 12% 14.3% 31%
1998 27 CIN NL 28 3.6% 17.9% 10.7% 10.7% 60% 1.67 4.8 24.0 6.0 2.17 4.00 64% 25% 20.0% 17%
1999 28 NYY AL 35 0.0% 14.3% 8.6% 5.7% 40% 1.67 6.2 10.3 0.59 0.64 77% 15% 0.0% 29%
2002 31 NYM NL 105 5.7% 12.4% 7.6% 10.5% 46% 1.63 7.4 16.0 6.4 0.90 1.26 74% 20% 18.2% 20%
8 Seasons 1129 3.0% 15.2% 9.4% 7.5% 35% 1.61 5.9 29.6 8.5 0.78 1.02 72% 19% 10.1% 25%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 1 0 67% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
1994 23 ATL NL 1 0 28% 49 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 44% 5 2 3 5 4 1 8 3 4
1995 24 MON NL 7 0 34% 175 24 3 89% 21 3 2 0 1 0 6 1 8 12 48% 17 15 2 6 2 3 23 4 17
1996 25 BAL AL 2 0 50% 40 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 44% 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2
1997 26 BAL AL 1 0 36% 61 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 65% 8 5 3 3 0 3 9 2 7
1998 27 CIN NL 0 0 57% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 NYY AL 0 0 63% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
2002 31 NYM NL 2 0 35% 40 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 3
8 Seasons 14 0 37% 400 39 10 80% 36 10 2 0 1 0 7 1 20 24 49% 39 29 10 19 9 9 52 12 35
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 37 84% 8 1 1 13 4 0 1 0.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 5 2 40% 21 2 10% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1994 23 ATL NL 144 86% 36 6 3 46 10 1 3 1.24 5 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0% 34 5 15% 15 7 47% 89 15 17% 10 7 70% 10 5 50% 0
1995 24 MON NL 495 81% 109 18 9 8 2 0 1 1.37 14 0 9 13 1 7 7 0 8 3 38% 92 2 2% 31 7 23% 258 27 10% 14 5 36% 28 14 50% 0
1996 25 BAL AL 92 87% 20 1 0 5 1 0 1 3.24 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 8 2 25% 56 9 16% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
1997 26 BAL AL 193 86% 34 1 1 17 3 0 4 2.38 7 0 5 6 1 4 3 0 1 1 100% 46 3 7% 17 6 35% 137 19 14% 7 5 71% 10 3 30% 0
1998 27 CIN NL 28 100% 5 1 0 8 1 1 1 1.37 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 21 3 14% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1999 28 NYY AL 35 94% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 7 1 14% 19 3 16% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
2002 31 NYM NL 105 90% 24 1 0 26 5 1 2 1.25 6 0 1 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 22 2 9% 11 3 27% 66 11 17% 7 4 57% 4 1 25% 0
8 Seasons 1129 85% 241 30 14 124 26 3 13 1.44 34 1 22 31 3 19 15 0 13 6 46% 229 15 7% 98 30 31% 667 89 13% 50 26 52% 65 29 45% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1993 22 ATL NL 36 116 3.22 83 72% 25% 18% 20% 36% 75% 0% 53% 76% 42% 0% 0 0 8% 3 2 0% 0 0 40% 1 0 0
1994 23 ATL NL 140 493 3.52 307 62% 23% 14% 25% 37% 77% 1% 48% 82% 34% 3% 4 0 11% 16 9 9% 13 8 29% 4 0 0
1995 24 MON NL 442 1647 3.73 976 59% 32% 12% 23% 33% 68% 6% 40% 82% 29% 7% 30 1 18% 80 27 10% 44 26 41% 53 0 2
1996 25 BAL AL 77 306 3.97 172 56% 32% 16% 19% 33% 68% 0% 38% 76% 23% 16% 12 3 27% 21 5 18% 14 10 20% 15 1 0
1997 26 BAL AL 137 535 3.91 313 59% 32% 12% 25% 31% 68% 2% 40% 82% 29% 7% 9 1 20% 28 13 12% 16 11 48% 56 0 0
1998 27 CIN NL 28 99 3.54 60 61% 32% 10% 25% 33% 68% 0% 41% 85% 29% 4% 1 0 14% 4 3 14% 4 2 60% 0 0 0
1999 28 NYY AL 35 130 3.71 77 59% 29% 13% 23% 35% 71% 0% 42% 82% 20% 11% 4 0 31% 11 3 6% 2 2 20% 0 0 0
2002 31 NYM NL 105 399 3.80 234 59% 28% 11% 26% 36% 72% 1% 42% 85% 33% 5% 5 1 18% 19 12 13% 14 7 46% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1000 3725 3.73 2222 60% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 3% 42% 82% 30% 7% 65 6 18% 182 74 11% 107 66 39% 129 1 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1993 22 24 37 35 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 .229 .243 .286 .529 41 10 1 1 0 1 0
1994 23 111 181 167 22 44 8 0 5 21 5 1 9 22 .263 .298 .401 .700 81 67 6 1 0 4 1
1995 24 237 676 605 86 153 26 4 19 61 29 4 60 100 .253 .321 .403 .724 87 244 8 3 3 5 13
1996 25 268 768 689 100 173 29 4 20 70 34 7 67 115 .251 .318 .392 .710 83 270 9 3 4 5 13
1997 26 368 961 855 126 207 37 5 27 96 36 9 92 148 .242 .317 .392 .709 84 335 12 4 5 5 14
1998 27 383 989 879 131 212 39 5 28 100 36 9 95 153 .241 .316 .392 .709 84 345 12 4 6 5 14
1999 28 397 1024 910 136 217 41 5 28 103 37 9 98 158 .238 .313 .387 .700 81 352 13 4 6 6 14
2000 29 397 1024 910 136 217 41 5 28 103 37 9 98 158 .238 .313 .387 .700 81 352 13 4 6 6 14
2001 30 397 1024 910 136 217 41 5 28 103 37 9 98 158 .238 .313 .387 .700 81 352 13 4 6 6 14
2002 31 457 1129 1006 151 241 46 5 34 118 39 10 106 171 .240 .313 .397 .709 84 399 15 4 6 7 14

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
1993 22 24 37 35 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .027 .000 .027 2 24
1994 23 123 198 182 21 47 8 0 7 24 7 12 24 .258 .298 .418 .716 23 87
1995 24 142 555 494 66 124 20 5 16 41 27 58 88 .251 .332 .409 .740 66 126
1996 25 31 90 83 13 19 3 0 1 8 5 7 15 .229 .289 .301 .590 7 31
1997 26 100 194 167 26 35 8 1 7 26 2 26 33 .210 .320 .395 .715 21 100
1998 27 15 27 24 5 5 2 0 1 4 0 3 5 .208 .296 .417 .713 3 15
1999 28 14 37 32 6 6 2 0 0 3 1 4 5 .188 .270 .250 .520 2 14
2002 31 60 105 96 15 24 5 0 6 15 2 8 13 .250 .305 .490 .794 14 60
8 Seasons 509 1243 1113 158 260 48 6 38 123 44 118 188 .234 .307 .390 .697 138 457
162 Game Avg. 162 396 354 50 83 15 2 12 39 14 38 60 .234 .307 .390 .697 44 457

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL--12--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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