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Willy Taveras
Willy Taveras

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 25, 1981 in Tenares, D.R.
High School: Tenares (Tenares, DO)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2004
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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
2004	22	HOU	NL	10	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/879
2005	23	HOU	NL	152	635	592	82	172	13	4	3	29	34	11	25	103	.291	.325	.341	.666	75	202	4	7	7	4	1	*8	RoY-2
2006	24	HOU	NL	149	587	529	83	147	19	5	1	30	33	9	34	88	.278	.333	.338	.672	74	179	6	11	11	2	0	*8
2007	25	COL	NL	97	408	372	64	119	13	2	2	24	33	9	21	55	.320	.367	.382	.748	89	142	1	7	7	1	0	8/D
2008	26	COL	NL	133	538	479	64	120	15	2	1	26	68	7	36	79	.251	.308	.296	.604	55	142	4	5	15	3	0	*8
2009	27	CIN	NL	102	437	404	56	97	11	2	1	15	25	6	18	58	.240	.275	.285	.559	48	115	2	2	11	2	0	8
6 Seasons				643	2607	2377	351	655	71	15	8	124	194	42	134	384	.276	.321	.328	.649	68	780	17	32	52	12	1
162 Game Avg.				162	657	599	88	165	18	4	2	31	49	11	34	97	.276	.321	.328	.649	68	197	4	8	13	3	0

HOU (3 yrs)				311	1224	1122	167	319	32	9	4	59	68	20	59	192	.284	.329	.340	.668	74	381	10	18	19	6	1
COL (2 yrs)				230	946	851	128	239	28	4	3	50	101	16	57	134	.281	.333	.334	.667	70	284	5	12	22	4	0
CIN (1 yr)				102	437	404	56	97	11	2	1	15	25	6	18	58	.240	.275	.285	.559	48	115	2	2	11	2	0

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
2004	22	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	113		.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.441	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000	.0
2005	23	HOU	NL	635	446	69	4.1	109	.345	.291	.270	.325	.340	.341	.430	.666	.770	75	.429	-23.2	-2.2	.591	.132	.051	5.5
2006	24	HOU	NL	587	410	65	4.2	113	.330	.278	.272	.333	.343	.338	.442	.672	.785	74	.417	-21.2	-2.0	.625	.170	.060	1.9
2007	25	COL	NL	408	271	57	5.7	117	.370	.320	.281	.367	.351	.382	.449	.748	.800	89	.548	-6.5	-0.6	.738	.183	.062	3.8
2008	26	COL	NL	538	388	55	3.8	115	.296	.251	.278	.308	.351	.296	.443	.604	.794	55	.386	-33.7	-3.3	.659	.248	.046	2.0
2009	27	CIN	NL	437	328	35	2.9	108	.277	.240	.267	.275	.340	.285	.424	.559	.764	48	.278	-31.9	-3.1	.489	.136	.045	1.9
6 Seasons				2607	1845	281	4.1	112	.324	.276	.273	.321	.345	.328	.437	.649	.782	68	.413	-116.8	-11.2	.617	.173	.053	15.4
162 Game Avg.				657	465	71	4.1	112	.324	.276	.273	.321	.345	.328	.437	.649	.782	68	.413	-116.8	-11.2	.617	.173	.053	4

HOU (3 yrs)				1224	858	134	4.2	111	.338	.284	.271	.329	.342	.340	.436	.668	.777	74	.422	-44.7	-4.2	.607	.151	.055	7.6
COL (2 yrs)				946	659	112	4.6	116	.329	.281	.279	.333	.351	.334	.446	.667	.797	70	.460	-40.2	-3.9	.692	.220	.053	5.8
CIN (1 yr)				437	328	35	2.9	108	.277	.240	.267	.275	.340	.285	.424	.559	.764	48	.279	-31.9	-3.1	.489	.136	.045	1.9

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
2005	23	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	4	16	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.357	.400	.429	.829	6	0	0	1	0	0
2005	23	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	6	16	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.357	.400	.357	.757	5	0	0	1	0	0
2005	23	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	4	19	15	2	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.333	.412	.600	1.012	9	0	2	2	0	0

2007	25	COL	NL	NLCS	ARI	W	4	20	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.167	.250	.222	.472	4	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	COL	NL	WS	BOS	L	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	1	0	0	0
2 Seasons (5 Series)							21	80	69	9	18	4	1	0	1	2	1	4	13	.261	.329	.348	.677	24	0	3	4	0	0
1 NLDS							4	16	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.357	.400	.429	.829	6	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLCS							10	36	32	4	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	6	.250	.314	.281	.596	9	0	0	1	0	0
2 WS							7	28	23	3	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	.217	.308	.391	.699	9	0	3	2	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
2004	22	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%	0%
2005	23	HOU	NL	635	0.5%	16.2%	3.9%	3.2%	12%	4.12	5.7	197.3	20.4	1.31	1.53	77%	12%	1.8%	11%
2006	24	HOU	NL	587	0.2%	15.0%	5.8%	4.3%	17%	2.59	6.0	529.0	17.6	1.28	1.58	75%	14%	0.6%	12%
2007	25	COL	NL	408	0.5%	13.5%	5.2%	4.2%	14%	2.62	6.8	186.0	15.5	1.13	1.34	77%	13%	2.0%	18%
2008	26	COL	NL	538	0.2%	14.7%	6.7%	3.4%	15%	2.19	6.1	479.0	18.4	1.06	1.34	75%	17%	0.7%	15%
2009	27	CIN	NL	437	0.2%	13.3%	4.1%	3.2%	14%	3.22	7.0	404.0	26.9	0.91	1.09	79%	14%	0.8%	25%
6 Seasons				2607	0.3%	14.7%	5.1%	3.6%	14%	2.87	6.2	297.1	19.2	1.14	1.38	77%	14%	1.1%	16%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	22	HOU	NL	0	0		7	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	HOU	NL	10	0	39%	282	34	11	76%	33	11	1	0	0	0	7	3	2	15	54%	32	20	12	13	4	9	20	5	14
2006	24	HOU	NL	6	0	43%	272	33	9	79%	33	9	0	0	0	0	9	4	7	19	73%	26	11	15	8	0	8	30	6	24
2007	25	COL	NL	5	0	43%	172	33	9	79%	33	9	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	19	61%	21	7	13	5	3	2	15	5	10
2008	26	COL	NL	11	0	39%	197	68	7	91%	49	6	19	1	0	0	4	1	3	12	54%	23	13	9	4	2	2	21	5	15
2009	27	CIN	NL	9	0	47%	168	25	6	81%	22	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	13	48%	23	16	6	8	4	4	15	3	12
6 Seasons				41	0	42%	1098	194	42	82%	170	41	24	1	0	0	26	11	19	80	59%	126	67	56	38	13	25	101	24	75
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

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
2004	22	HOU	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2005	23	HOU	NL	635	27%	172	71	28	1	0	0	0	0.81	3	0	14	2	1	2	1	0	21	7	33%	79	4	5%	37	13	35%	299	32	11%	26	11	42%	29	10	34%	0
2006	24	HOU	NL	587	23%	147	44	21	13	5	0	2	0.79	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	24	11	46%	79	6	8%	48	21	44%	266	32	12%	18	9	50%	29	16	55%	0
2007	25	COL	NL	408	24%	119	54	37	8	1	0	0	0.84	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	26	7	27%	49	1	2%	25	7	28%	190	24	13%	14	9	64%	21	10	48%	0
2008	26	COL	NL	538	27%	120	38	22	14	5	0	1	1.71	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	25	15	60%	64	4	6%	40	20	50%	244	28	11%	25	14	56%	21	8	38%	0
2009	27	CIN	NL	437	26%	97	28	11	5	1	0	0	1.55	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	20	11	55%	50	2	4%	24	11	46%	181	16	9%	15	9	60%	27	13	48%	0
6 Seasons				2607	25%	655	235	119	41	12	0	3	1.21	8	0	45	7	1	5	3	0	117	52	44%	321	17	5%	175	73	42%	1181	132	11%	98	52	53%	128	58	45%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

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
2004	22	HOU	NL	2	9	4.50	5	56%	40%	40%	0%	20%	60%	0%	33%	33%	0%	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	50%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2005	23	HOU	NL	635	2236	3.52	1513	68%	25%	12%	30%	33%	75%	1%	51%	84%	29%	2%	12	0	9%	56	23	5%	32	18	28%	0	0	0
2006	24	HOU	NL	587	2296	3.91	1472	64%	30%	8%	31%	31%	70%	0%	45%	88%	20%	2%	11	0	12%	72	41	8%	46	27	36%	0	0	0
2007	25	COL	NL	408	1434	3.51	953	66%	28%	9%	29%	34%	72%	0%	48%	88%	29%	2%	7	0	8%	31	5	5%	20	14	51%	0	0	0
2008	26	COL	NL	538	1929	3.59	1236	64%	29%	8%	29%	34%	71%	0%	45%	89%	26%	4%	20	0	9%	51	8	7%	37	17	49%	0	0	0
2009	27	CIN	NL	437	1593	3.65	1076	68%	30%	8%	28%	33%	70%	0%	47%	88%	25%	1%	6	0	8%	34	5	5%	21	7	41%	0	0	0
6 Seasons				2607	9497	3.64	6255	66%	28%	9%	29%	33%	72%	0%	47%	87%	26%	2%	57	0	9%	245	82	6%	157	84	40%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2004	22	10	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	23	162	637	593	84	172	13	4	3	29	35	11	25	104	.290	.324	.341	.665	75	202	4	7	8	4	1
2006	24	311	1224	1122	167	319	32	9	4	59	68	20	59	192	.284	.329	.340	.668	74	381	10	18	19	6	1
2007	25	408	1632	1494	231	438	45	11	6	83	101	29	80	247	.293	.338	.350	.688	78	523	11	25	26	7	1
2008	26	541	2170	1973	295	558	60	13	7	109	169	36	116	326	.283	.331	.337	.668	72	665	15	30	41	10	1
2009	27	643	2607	2377	351	655	71	15	8	124	194	42	134	384	.276	.321	.328	.649	68	780	17	32	52	12	1

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	22	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2005	23	152	635	598	80	178	13	4	3	28	35	26	103	.298	.332	.348	.680	68	152
2006	24	149	581	533	77	151	20	5	1	28	34	35	88	.283	.339	.345	.684	60	149
2007	25	97	400	371	56	118	13	2	2	21	33	21	55	.318	.365	.380	.745	50	97
2008	26	133	536	489	57	130	16	2	1	23	74	39	79	.266	.325	.313	.638	49	133
2009	27	102	430	407	53	100	11	2	1	14	26	19	58	.246	.281	.290	.571	33	102
6 Seasons		643	2583	2399	325	677	73	15	8	114	203	140	384	.282	.329	.335	.664	260	643
162 Game Avg.		162	651	604	82	171	18	4	2	29	51	35	97	.282	.329	.335	.664	66	643

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2005 NL--34--6th
2006 NL--33--10th
2007 NL--33--8th
2008 NL--68--1st
2009 NL--25--9th
Active--194--26th

Singles s c a p y
2005 NL--152--1st
2006 NL--122--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 NL--15--3rd
Active--52--46th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2005 NL--11--5th
2006 NL--9--10th
2007 NL--9--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Batting - 2 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Alex Cole (938)
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Hub Collins (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Herndon (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kirby Puckett (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Josh Devore (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Bay (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Black Ink	Batting - 2 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50