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Craig Tatum

Craig B. Tatum

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 18, 1983 in Hattiesburg, MS
High School: Hattiesburg HS (Hattiesburg, MS)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 2009
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Reds 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.031, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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	21	CIN-min	Rk	42	174	149	19	33	8	3	2	21	2	0	21	36	.221	.322	.356	.678		53	9	2	0	2	0		BIL · PION
2005	22	CIN-min	A	37	151	128	16	24	7	1	1	12	0	2	21	30	.188	.311	.281	.593		36	2	2	0	0	0		DAY · MIDW
2006	23	CIN-min	A	98	381	343	41	95	21	0	8	37	3	1	32	70	.277	.344	.408	.752		140	7	4	0	2	2		DAY · MIDW
2007	24	CIN-min	A+,AA	104	425	392	50	110	25	1	12	61	0	2	26	90	.281	.325	.441	.767		173	8	2	1	4	0		SAR,CNG · FLOR,SOUL
2008	25	CIN-min	AA,AAA	96	368	332	32	81	18	1	8	61	1	1	26	75	.244	.297	.377	.674		125	8	2	1	7	2		CNG,LOU · SOUL,IL
2009	26	CIN-min	AAA	64	233	213	22	51	12	0	3	21	0	0	17	55	.239	.300	.338	.638		72	4	2	0	1	0		LOU · IL
2009	26	CIN	NL	26	77	68	3	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	10	.162	.250	.221	.471	26	15	0	1	1	0	1	2
2010	27	BAL-min	AAA	6	25	21	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	3	5	.095	.208	.190	.399		4	1	0	1	0	0		NFK · IL
2010	27	BAL	AL	43	126	114	11	32	4	0	0	9	1	0	12	21	.281	.349	.316	.665	85	36	5	0	0	0	0	2
2011	28	BAL-min	AAA	21	77	65	4	13	3	0	0	7	0	1	9	13	.200	.289	.246	.536		16	1	0	1	2	0		NFK · IL
2011	28	BAL	AL	31	96	87	7	17	3	0	0	7	1	0	6	21	.195	.245	.230	.475	32	20	7	0	2	1	0	2/3
2012	29	NYY-min	AAA	8	31	28	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	6	.179	.258	.286	.544		8	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
3 Yrs				100	299	269	21	60	8	0	1	22	2	0	25	52	.223	.291	.264	.554	53	71	12	1	3	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	484	436	34	97	13	0	2	36	3	0	41	84	.223	.291	.264	.554	53	115	19	2	5	2	2

BAL (2 yrs)				74	222	201	18	49	7	0	0	16	2	0	18	42	.244	.305	.279	.583	62	56	12	0	2	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				26	77	68	3	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	10	.162	.250	.221	.471	26	15	0	1	1	0	1

AL (2 yrs)				74	222	201	18	49	7	0	0	16	2	0	18	42	.244	.305	.279	.583	62	56	12	0	2	1	0
NL (1 yr)				26	77	68	3	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	10	.162	.250	.221	.471	26	15	0	1	1	0	1

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
2009	26	CIN	NL	26	77	-6	0	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	2
2010	27	BAL	AL	43	126	-2	-0	-1	0	2	-2	-0.1	4	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.2	0.3	3	$400,000	2
2011	28	BAL	AL	31	96	-8	0	-1	3	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.485	.497	-0.4	0.5	-4	$	2/3
3 Seasons				100	299	-17	-0	-1	4	5	-9	-0.9	10	0	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.5	1.0	-4	$400,000

BAL (2 yrs)				74	222	-10	-0	-2	3	4	-6	-0.6	8	2	0.1	.491	.498	-0.2	0.8	-1	$400,000
CIN (1 yr)				26	77	-6	0	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.3	0.2	-2	$

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
2009	26	CIN	NL	77	58	4	1.8	107	.175	.162	.266	.250	.339	.221	.422	.471	.761	26	.149	-7.5	-0.7	.404	.162	.059	.0
2010	27	BAL	AL	126	87	12	3.7	99	.344	.281	.259	.349	.327	.316	.406	.665	.733	85	.393	-2.2	-0.2	.563	.149	.035	.0
2011	28	BAL	AL	96	80	4	1.3	99	.254	.195	.258	.245	.323	.230	.409	.475	.732	32	.094	-8.2	-0.8	.351	.115	.034	.0
3 Yrs				299	225	20	2.4	101	.272	.223	.261	.291	.329	.264	.411	.554	.740	53	.224	-17.9	-1.8	.448	.141	.041	1.3
162 Game Avg.				484	365	32	2.4	101	.272	.223	.261	.291	.329	.264	.411	.554	.740	53	.224	-17.9	-1.8	.448	.141	.041	2

BAL (2 yrs)				222	167	16	2.6	99	.306	.244	.259	.305	.325	.279	.407	.583	.732	62	.252	-10.3	-1.0	.463	.134	.035	.0
CIN (1 yr)				77	58	4	1.8	107	.175	.162	.266	.250	.339	.221	.422	.471	.761	26	.148	-7.5	-0.7	.404	.162	.059	.0

AL (2 yrs)				222	167	16	2.6	99	.306	.244	.259	.305	.325	.279	.407	.583	.732	62	.252	-10.3	-1.0	.463	.134	.035	.0
NL (1 yr)				77	58	4	1.8	107	.175	.162	.266	.250	.339	.221	.422	.471	.761	26	.148	-7.5	-0.7	.404	.162	.059	.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
2009	26	CIN	NL	77	1.3%	13.0%	9.1%	2.6%	18%	1.43	6.8	68.0	11.3	0.81	0.81	74%	17%	3.8%	19%
2010	27	BAL	AL	126	0.0%	16.7%	9.5%	3.2%	13%	1.75	5.4		12.7	1.07	1.75	74%	26%	0.0%	16%
2011	28	BAL	AL	96	0.0%	21.9%	6.3%	3.1%	18%	3.50	4.1		12.4	1.48	2.22	70%	19%	0.0%	7%
3 Yrs				299	0.3%	17.4%	8.4%	3.0%	15%	2.08	5.2	269.0	12.2	1.10	1.51	73%	21%	1.1%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.16	4.9	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	26	CIN	NL	-7.5	-0.7	77	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	1.03	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.95	-6.0	0.05	2
2010	27	BAL	AL	-2.2	-0.2	127	-0.7	1.5	-2.2	.96	-0.3	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	-3.6	0.01	1
2011	28	BAL	AL	-8.0	-0.8	97	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.84	-0.7	0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.93	-8.9		0
3 Yrs				-17.7	-1.8	301	-1.6	3.5	-5.2	.94	-1.5	-0.2	-14.8	-1.5	0.94	-18.6	0.03	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	26	CIN	NL	2	11%	25	0		0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2010	27	BAL	AL	0	25%	61	1	100%	1	1	0	40%	7	5	2	3	2	1	5	2	3
2011	28	BAL	AL	1	30%	30	1	100%	1	1	3	27%	5	3	1	4	4	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				3	24%	116	2	100%	2	2	4	35%	14	10	3	7	6	1	8	2	6

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
2009	26	CIN	NL	77	8%	11	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	0	0%	6	3	50%	49	5	10%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
2010	27	BAL	AL	126	37%	32	4	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	5	23%	7	2	29%	70	10	14%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
2011	28	BAL	AL	96	23%	17	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	22	7	32%	12	5	42%	47	8	17%	6	3	50%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				299	25%	60	7	0	3	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	59	12	20%	25	10	40%	166	23	14%	14	7	50%	5	5	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	26	CIN	NL	77	259	3.36	162	63%	20%	14%	30%	36%	80%	2%	50%	83%	44%	3%	2	0	5%	4	2	5%	4	2	30%	0	0	0
2010	27	BAL	AL	126	437	3.47	267	61%	26%	13%	26%	35%	74%	0%	45%	83%	35%	6%	7	0	15%	19	10	11%	14	7	57%	0	0	0
2011	28	BAL	AL	97	349	3.60	228	65%	22%	21%	27%	30%	78%	0%	51%	73%	41%	1%	1	0	14%	14	11	5%	5	5	24%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				300	1045	3.48	657	63%	23%	16%	27%	34%	77%	1%	48%	79%	39%	3%	10	0	12%	37	23	8%	23	14	38%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	26	26	77	68	3	11	1	1	6	0	7	10	.162	.250	.221	.471	26	15	0	1	1	0	1
2010	27	69	203	182	14	43	5	1	15	1	19	31	.236	.312	.280	.592	62	51	5	1	1	0	1
2011	28	100	299	269	21	60	8	1	22	2	25	52	.223	.291	.264	.554	53	71	12	1	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	26	26	79	69	3	12	1	1	7	0	8	10	.174	.269	.232	.501	4	26
2010	27	43	127	115	11	33	4	0	9	1	12	21	.287	.354	.322	.676	13	43
2011	28	31	96	87	7	17	3	0	7	1	6	21	.195	.245	.230	.475	5	31
3 Yrs		100	302	271	21	62	8	1	23	2	26	52	.229	.298	.269	.567	22	100
162 Game Avg.		162	489	439	34	100	13	2	37	3	42	84	.229	.298	.269	.567	36	100

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