Marcus Thames Batting Statistics and History

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Marcus Thames \TIMMS\

Marcus Markley Thames

Positions: Leftfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 6, 1977 in Louisville, MS
School: Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 16, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2002 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/Dodgers/Rangers 2002-2011

Final Game: July 6, 2011 (Age 34)
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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
1997	20	NYY-min	Rk,A	61	235	211	53	72	18	4	7	38	7	4	16	29	.341	.389	.564	.953		119	3	3	1	4	0		YNK,GBO · GULF,SALL
1998	21	NYY-min	A+	122	495	457	62	130	18	3	11	59	13	6	24	78	.284	.328	.409	.737		187	5	8	1	5	1		TAM · FLOR
1999	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	120	515	448	72	106	18	6	15	64	3	1	55	98	.237	.326	.404	.730		181	3	6	2	4	1		TAM,NCH · FLOR,EL
2000	23	NYY-min	AA	131	536	474	72	114	30	2	15	79	1	5	50	89	.241	.313	.407	.721		193	13	4	0	8	1		NCH · EL
2001	24	NYY-min	AA	139	603	520	114	167	43	4	31	97	10	4	73	101	.321	.410	.598	1.008		311	6	7	0	3	8		NCH · EL
2002	25	NYY-min	AAA	107	438	386	51	80	21	3	13	45	5	4	43	71	.207	.297	.378	.675		146	8	7	0	2	0		CLB · IL
2002	25	NYY	AL	7	13	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.538	.769	96	7	0	0	0	0	0	/97
2003	26	NYY-TEX-min	AAA	70	291	260	35	71	19	2	4	35	4	4	25	60	.273	.333	.408	.741		106	6	1	0	5	0		CLB,OKC · IL,PCL
2003	26	TEX	AL	30	84	73	12	15	2	0	1	4	0	1	8	18	.205	.298	.274	.572	47	20	2	2	0	1	0	9/D7
2004	27	DET-min	AAA	64	274	234	57	77	21	1	24	59	4	1	33	40	.329	.410	.735	1.145		172	5	2	1	4	3		TOL · IL
2004	27	DET	AL	61	184	165	24	42	12	0	10	33	0	1	16	42	.255	.326	.509	.835	119	84	3	2	0	1	0	79/D
2005	28	DET-min	AAA	73	314	265	53	90	18	3	22	56	4	1	41	59	.340	.427	.679	1.106		180	5	3	0	5	3		TOL · IL
2005	28	DET	AL	38	118	107	11	21	2	0	7	16	0	0	9	38	.196	.263	.411	.674	78	44	1	1	0	1	1	79/D
2006	29	DET	AL	110	390	348	61	89	20	2	26	60	1	1	37	92	.256	.333	.549	.882	123	191	0	4	0	1	0	7D/9
2007	30	DET-min	AAA	2	8	8	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.750	1.125		6	1	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2007	30	DET	AL	86	284	269	37	65	15	0	18	54	2	1	13	72	.242	.278	.498	.776	98	134	6	1	0	1	1	73/9D
2008	31	DET	AL	103	342	316	50	76	12	0	25	56	0	3	24	95	.241	.292	.516	.808	108	163	6	0	0	2	0	7D/39
2009	32	DET-min	AAA	12	54	49	6	12	0	0	2	6	0	0	5	14	.245	.315	.367	.682		18	2	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2009	32	DET	AL	87	294	258	33	65	11	1	13	36	0	2	29	72	.252	.323	.453	.777	101	117	5	1	0	6	2	D7/3
2010	33	NYY-min	AAA	4	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		3	1	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2010	33	NYY	AL	82	237	212	22	61	7	0	12	33	0	0	19	61	.288	.350	.491	.841	122	104	3	3	0	3	0	D7/95
2011	34	LAD-min	AAA	6	19	17	3	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	2	4	.176	.263	.588	.851		10	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2011	34	LAD	NL	36	70	66	4	13	1	1	2	7	0	0	4	16	.197	.243	.333	.576	60	22	4	0	0	0	0	7/D
10 Yrs				640	2016	1827	256	450	83	4	115	301	3	9	159	510	.246	.309	.485	.794	105	886	30	14	0	16	4
162 Game Avg.				162	510	462	65	114	21	1	29	76	1	2	40	129	.246	.309	.485	.794	105	224	8	4	0	4	1

DET (6 yrs)				485	1612	1463	216	358	72	3	99	255	3	8	128	411	.245	.307	.501	.808	108	733	21	9	0	12	4
NYY (2 yrs)				89	250	225	24	64	8	0	13	35	0	0	19	65	.284	.344	.493	.837	120	111	3	3	0	3	0
LAD (1 yr)				36	70	66	4	13	1	1	2	7	0	0	4	16	.197	.243	.333	.576	60	22	4	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				30	84	73	12	15	2	0	1	4	0	1	8	18	.205	.298	.274	.572	47	20	2	2	0	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				604	1946	1761	252	437	82	3	113	294	3	9	155	494	.248	.311	.491	.802	107	864	26	14	0	16	4
NL (1 yr)				36	70	66	4	13	1	1	2	7	0	0	4	16	.197	.243	.333	.576	60	22	4	0	0	0	0

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
2002	25	NYY	AL	7	13	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		/97
2003	26	TEX	AL	30	84	-6	0	-0	0	-1	-8	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.475	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-4		9/D7
2004	27	DET	AL	61	184	3	-1	0	6	-3	6	0.6	7	13	1.2	.509	.503	0.6	0.4	7		79/D
2005	28	DET	AL	38	118	-5	0	-0	-5	-2	-11	-1.1	4	-6	-0.6	.471	.493	-0.2	-0.7	-1		79/D
2006	29	DET	AL	110	390	11	-2	2	-7	-7	-3	-0.2	15	11	1.1	.497	.498	1.8	-1.3	18	$342,000	7D/9
2007	30	DET	AL	86	284	-1	0	-0	3	-4	-3	-0.3	11	8	0.8	.496	.498	0.4	-0.1	5	$432,500	73/9D
2008	31	DET	AL	103	342	4	-2	-1	-12	-5	-15	-1.4	13	-3	-0.2	.485	.490	1.0	-1.6	9	$1,275,000	7D/39
2009	32	DET	AL	87	294	-2	-1	-0	0	-6	-10	-0.9	11	1	0.1	.488	.494	0.1	-0.6	1	$2,275,000	D7/3
2010	33	NYY	AL	82	237	6	-0	1	-5	-5	-4	-0.4	9	5	0.5	.495	.497	1.0	-1.0	10	$900,000	D7/95
2011	34	LAD	NL	36	70	-4	0	-1	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.479	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$1,000,000	7/D
10 Seasons				640	2016	5	-5	0	-22	-35	-56	-5.2	75	19	1.9	.491	.496	4.0	-5.4	41	$6,224,500

DET (6 yrs)				485	1612	10	-5	0	-15	-27	-37	-3.3	60	23	2.4	.492	.496	3.8	-4.0	38	$4,324,500
NYY (2 yrs)				89	250	5	-0	1	-5	-6	-4	-0.4	9	5	0.5	.495	.499	1.0	-1.0	10	$900,000
LAD (1 yr)				36	70	-4	0	-1	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.479	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$1,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				30	84	-6	0	-0	0	-1	-8	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.475	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-4

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
2002	25	NYY	AL	13	10	2	5.3	105	.250	.231	.264	.231	.332	.538	.425	.769	.757	96	.536	-0.2	-0.0	.700	.308	.308	.0
2003	26	TEX	AL	84	62	6	2.6	116	.255	.205	.280	.298	.348	.274	.448	.572	.796	47	.229	-5.9	-0.6	.475	.164	.068	.0
2004	27	DET	AL	184	128	27	5.7	104	.281	.255	.263	.326	.330	.509	.423	.835	.753	119	.539	4.6	0.4	.795	.345	.255	.0
2005	28	DET	AL	118	88	12	3.6	102	.222	.196	.265	.263	.327	.411	.420	.674	.746	78	.367	-3.8	-0.4	.621	.299	.215	.0
2006	29	DET	AL	390	261	67	6.8	111	.273	.256	.275	.333	.340	.549	.438	.882	.778	123	.621	10.6	1.0	.892	.399	.293	1.9
2007	30	DET	AL	284	212	35	4.4	109	.261	.242	.273	.278	.341	.498	.427	.776	.769	98	.438	-2.8	-0.3	.706	.309	.257	3.6
2008	31	DET	AL	342	251	45	4.8	107	.258	.241	.270	.292	.339	.516	.425	.808	.763	108	.485	1.0	0.1	.739	.342	.275	.0
2009	32	DET	AL	294	206	38	4.9	109	.291	.252	.268	.323	.338	.453	.431	.777	.769	101	.487	0.3	0.0	.725	.306	.202	.0
2010	33	NYY	AL	237	157	38	6.5	105	.345	.288	.267	.350	.336	.491	.418	.841	.754	122	.644	6.1	0.6	.818	.292	.203	.0
2011	34	LAD	NL	70	57	4	1.9	95	.229	.197	.254	.243	.321	.333	.396	.576	.717	60	.173	-4.0	-0.4	.456	.197	.136	.0
10 Yrs				2016	1432	274	5.1	107	.275	.246	.270	.309	.337	.485	.427	.794	.764	105	.510	5.9	0.5	.744	.322	.239	5.8
162 Game Avg.				510	362	69	5.1	107	.275	.246	.270	.309	.337	.485	.427	.794	.764	105	.510	1	0	.744	.322	.239	1

DET (6 yrs)				1612	1146	224	5.2	108	.268	.245	.271	.307	.337	.501	.429	.808	.766	108	.513	9.9	0.9	.763	.340	.256	5.8
NYY (2 yrs)				250	167	40	6.4	105	.340	.284	.267	.344	.336	.493	.419	.837	.754	120	.638	5.9	0.6	.811	.293	.209	.0
LAD (1 yr)				70	57	4	1.9	95	.229	.197	.254	.243	.321	.333	.396	.576	.717	60	.173	-4.0	-0.4	.456	.197	.136	.0
TEX (1 yr)				84	62	6	2.6	116	.255	.205	.280	.298	.348	.274	.448	.572	.796	47	.228	-5.9	-0.6	.475	.164	.068	.0

AL (9 yrs)				1946	1375	270	5.2	108	.277	.248	.270	.311	.338	.491	.428	.802	.766	107	.519	9.9	0.9	.756	.327	.242	5.8
NL (1 yr)				70	57	4	1.9	95	.229	.197	.254	.243	.321	.333	.396	.576	.717	60	.173	-4.0	-0.4	.456	.197	.136	.0

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	29	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	4	16	15	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.333	.375	.467	.842	7	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	DET	AL	WS	STL	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	33	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	2	8	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.714	1.089	5	0	0	0	0	0
2010	33	NYY	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	6	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	0	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs (5 Series)							16	47	44	4	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	14	.205	.255	.318	.574	14	0	0	0	0	1
2 ALDS							6	24	22	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	6	.318	.375	.545	.920	12	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							8	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.095	.136	.095	.232	2	0	0	0	0	1
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
2002	25	NYY	AL	13	7.7%	30.8%	0.0%	15.4%	67%		3.3	13.0	6.5	0.29	0.50	62%	33%	14.3%	0%
2003	26	TEX	AL	84	1.2%	21.4%	9.5%	3.6%	20%	2.25	4.1	73.0	18.3	0.75	0.87	65%	13%	4.3%	28%
2004	27	DET	AL	184	5.4%	22.8%	8.7%	12.0%	52%	2.63	3.9	16.5	5.0	0.49	0.65	62%	19%	14.5%	17%
2005	28	DET	AL	118	5.9%	32.2%	7.6%	7.6%	43%	4.22	2.8	15.3	6.7	0.37	0.43	53%	16%	17.9%	24%
2006	29	DET	AL	390	6.7%	23.6%	9.5%	12.3%	54%	2.49	3.8	13.4	5.8	0.37	0.37	59%	16%	16.5%	16%
2007	30	DET	AL	284	6.3%	25.4%	4.6%	11.6%	51%	5.54	3.7	14.9	5.0	0.64	0.86	63%	17%	18.4%	19%
2008	31	DET	AL	342	7.3%	27.8%	7.0%	10.8%	49%	3.96	3.3	12.6	5.6	0.48	0.61	58%	16%	21.4%	23%
2009	32	DET	AL	294	4.4%	24.5%	9.9%	8.5%	39%	2.48	3.6	19.8	7.2	0.55	0.63	61%	19%	12.7%	17%
2010	33	NYY	AL	237	5.1%	25.7%	8.0%	8.0%	31%	3.21	3.5	17.7	6.4	0.51	0.68	60%	18%	14.3%	18%
2011	34	LAD	NL	70	2.9%	22.9%	5.7%	5.7%	31%	4.00	4.1	33.0	9.4	0.56	1.10	69%	10%	8.3%	25%
10 Yrs				2016	5.7%	25.3%	7.9%	10.0%	45%	3.21	3.6	15.9	6.1	0.50	0.62	60%	17%	16.0%	19%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.03	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.79	1.07	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
2002	25	NYY	AL	-0.2	-0.0	13	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.98	-0.0	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.87	-0.7	2.19	1
2003	26	TEX	AL	-5.9	-0.6	86	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.79	-0.5	-0.4	-5.5	-0.5	0.87	-5.7	0.46	2
2004	27	DET	AL	4.6	0.4	186	0.1	3.1	-3.0	.91	0.5	-0.4	5.2	0.5	0.91	2.1	1.34	9
2005	28	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	120	-1.0	1.5	-2.5	1.04	-0.6	-0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.96	-5.3	2.32	4
2006	29	DET	AL	10.6	1.0	393	1.2	8.0	-6.8	.98	1.3	-0.1	14.1	1.3	0.92	15.3	2.02	6
2007	30	DET	AL	-2.8	-0.3	287	-0.0	5.5	-5.5	1.00	-0.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.93	-3.8	1.83	9
2008	31	DET	AL	1.0	0.1	347	0.0	6.7	-6.7	.95	0.9	-0.8	-0.0	-0.0	0.92	4.7	1.77	10
2009	32	DET	AL	0.3	0.0	299	-1.4	4.6	-6.0	1.14	0.1	-1.4	-6.7	-0.6	0.98	0.4	1.35	14
2010	33	NYY	AL	6.1	0.6	239	0.3	4.3	-4.0	.96	0.5	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.98	6.0	1.35	19
2011	34	LAD	NL	-4.0	-0.4	71	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.99	-0.6	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.94	-4.6	0.84	18
10 Yrs				5.9	0.5	2041	-2.1	35.7	-37.7	.99	1.2	-3.3	-2.2	-0.3	0.94	8.3	1.42	92

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	25	NYY	AL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2003	26	TEX	AL	0	46%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50%	7	5	2	2	0	2	5	2	3
2004	27	DET	AL	0	28%	58	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	64%	5	3	2	3	1	2	3	0	3
2005	28	DET	AL	0	17%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	29%	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
2006	29	DET	AL	2	34%	139	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	27%	22	20	2	5	2	3	10	5	5
2007	30	DET	AL	4	31%	77	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	60%	9	4	5	3	3	0	8	1	7
2008	31	DET	AL	6	33%	100	0	3	0%	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	2	0	7	32%	17	13	4	3	1	2	11	7	4
2009	32	DET	AL	1	24%	82	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	29%	20	17	3	4	4	0	7	1	6
2010	33	NYY	AL	1	14%	96	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	5	41%	13	9	4	1	0	1	3	1	2
2011	34	LAD	NL	0	13%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
10 Yrs				14	28%	637	3	9	25%	3	6	2	1	3	1	13	3	5	3	2	34	39%	100	76	24	23	11	12	49	18	31

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	25	NYY	AL	13	38%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	1	13%	0	0		4	2	50%	0
2003	26	TEX	AL	84	67%	15	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.46	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		12	2	17%	6	2	33%	35	3	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2004	27	DET	AL	184	49%	42	2	0	9	2	0	0	1.34	10	1	6	4	6	5	5	0	0	0		36	3	8%	15	4	27%	108	23	21%	12	6	50%	4	3	75%	0
2005	28	DET	AL	118	35%	21	1	0	4	0	0	0	2.32	7	1	3	5	2	3	4	0	0	0		27	1	4%	15	3	20%	75	9	12%	7	3	43%	6	3	50%	0
2006	29	DET	AL	390	38%	89	5	0	6	1	1	1	2.02	26	0	6	18	8	11	15	0	0	0		65	0	0%	29	5	17%	237	35	15%	15	5	33%	18	11	61%	0
2007	30	DET	AL	284	32%	65	5	0	9	3	2	3	1.83	18	2	6	13	5	14	4	0	0	0		51	6	12%	25	5	20%	174	36	21%	28	11	39%	9	5	56%	0
2008	31	DET	AL	342	39%	76	6	0	10	4	1	3	1.77	25	2	8	12	13	10	15	0	0	0		60	6	10%	28	6	21%	205	33	16%	16	7	44%	12	6	50%	0
2009	32	DET	AL	294	42%	65	9	0	14	6	1	3	1.35	13	0	7	9	4	6	7	0	0	0		57	5	9%	34	14	41%	208	24	12%	16	11	69%	13	6	46%	0
2010	33	NYY	AL	237	60%	61	9	0	19	4	0	1	1.35	12	0	9	7	5	4	8	0	0	0		43	3	7%	26	6	23%	157	21	13%	18	6	33%	11	6	55%	0
2011	34	LAD	NL	70	56%	13	1	0	18	4	2	3	0.84	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		14	4	29%	9	2	22%	45	5	11%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
10 Yrs				2016	43%	450	38	0	92	26	7	14	1.42	115	6	46	69	46	54	61	0	0	0		368	30	8%	191	48	25%	1252	190	15%	115	50	43%	82	44	54%	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
2002	25	NYY	AL	14	46	3.29	33	72%	24%	15%	33%	27%	76%	0%	54%	80%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	50%	-1	0	0
2003	26	TEX	AL	84	329	3.92	197	60%	26%	15%	30%	28%	74%	0%	44%	79%	31%	2%	2	0	14%	12	9	12%	10	7	44%	0	0	0
2004	27	DET	AL	185	768	4.15	474	62%	26%	20%	28%	26%	74%	0%	45%	73%	29%	3%	6	1	13%	24	13	9%	16	8	29%	-1	0	0
2005	28	DET	AL	118	475	4.03	312	66%	20%	23%	35%	22%	80%	2%	53%	72%	35%	3%	3	0	8%	10	4	3%	3	1	29%	0	0	0
2006	29	DET	AL	390	1575	4.04	973	62%	19%	22%	32%	26%	81%	0%	50%	72%	37%	5%	19	2	17%	65	33	10%	38	31	23%	0	0	0
2007	30	DET	AL	284	1021	3.60	687	67%	20%	22%	29%	29%	80%	1%	54%	72%	40%	3%	8	0	10%	28	15	4%	12	11	17%	0	0	0
2008	31	DET	AL	343	1315	3.83	867	66%	18%	22%	34%	26%	82%	0%	54%	73%	41%	3%	11	0	10%	35	17	6%	22	11	18%	-1	0	0
2009	32	DET	AL	294	1156	3.93	718	62%	20%	23%	31%	27%	80%	2%	50%	71%	35%	3%	9	0	14%	42	25	9%	25	14	25%	0	0	0
2010	33	NYY	AL	238	913	3.84	584	64%	23%	22%	29%	26%	77%	0%	49%	72%	34%	3%	8	1	11%	27	15	7%	17	13	26%	-1	0	0
2011	34	LAD	NL	70	253	3.61	169	67%	18%	22%	30%	30%	82%	0%	55%	72%	36%	3%	2	0	14%	10	6	7%	5	4	0%	0	0	0
10 Yrs				2020	7851	3.89	5014	64%	20%	22%	31%	27%	80%	1%	51%	73%	36%	3%	68	4	13%	253	137	7%	149	101	23%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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	SF	IBB
2002	25	7	13	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.538	.769	96	7	0	0	0	0
2003	26	37	97	86	14	18	3	0	2	6	0	1	8	22	.209	.289	.314	.603	54	27	2	2	1	0
2004	27	98	281	251	38	60	15	0	12	39	0	2	24	64	.239	.313	.442	.755	96	111	5	4	2	0
2005	28	136	399	358	49	81	17	0	19	55	0	2	33	102	.226	.298	.433	.731	91	155	6	5	3	1
2006	29	246	789	706	110	170	37	2	45	115	1	3	70	194	.241	.316	.490	.806	107	346	6	9	4	1
2007	30	332	1073	975	147	235	52	2	63	169	3	4	83	266	.241	.306	.492	.798	105	480	12	10	5	2
2008	31	435	1415	1291	197	311	64	2	88	225	3	7	107	361	.241	.302	.498	.801	105	643	18	10	7	2
2009	32	522	1709	1549	230	376	75	3	101	261	3	9	136	433	.243	.306	.491	.797	105	760	23	11	13	4
2010	33	604	1946	1761	252	437	82	3	113	294	3	9	155	494	.248	.311	.491	.802	107	864	26	14	16	4
2011	34	640	2016	1827	256	450	83	4	115	301	3	9	159	510	.246	.309	.485	.794	105	886	30	14	16	4

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
2002	25	7	13	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	.231	.231	.538	.769	2	7
2003	26	30	82	72	11	14	2	0	1	4	0	7	18	.194	.280	.264	.544	5	30
2004	27	61	184	165	24	42	12	0	10	33	0	16	42	.255	.326	.509	.835	27	61
2005	28	38	119	108	12	22	2	0	7	17	0	9	38	.204	.269	.417	.686	12	38
2006	29	110	386	345	58	86	19	2	25	57	1	36	92	.249	.326	.533	.860	59	110
2007	30	86	282	267	35	63	15	0	17	51	2	13	72	.236	.273	.483	.756	35	86
2008	31	103	339	314	48	74	12	0	24	54	0	23	95	.236	.286	.503	.789	46	103
2009	32	87	293	257	32	64	11	1	13	35	0	29	72	.249	.321	.451	.772	37	87
2010	33	82	237	212	22	61	7	0	12	33	0	19	61	.288	.350	.491	.841	36	82
2011	34	36	71	67	4	14	1	1	2	8	0	4	16	.209	.254	.343	.597	6	36
10 Yrs		640	2006	1820	248	443	82	4	112	294	3	156	510	.243	.306	.477	.783	265	640
162 Game Avg.		162	508	461	63	112	21	1	28	74	1	39	129	.243	.306	.477	.783	67	640

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1706), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Left Field (359th), 1.9 career WAR/3.6 7yr-peak WAR/2.8 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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