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Ryan Theriot

Ryan Stewart Theriot

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 7, 1979 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Broadmoor (Baton Rouge, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 25, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2005
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Dodgers 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.3M (11), 1 yr/$1.25M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.118, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Greg Genske, Brian Peters, and Scott Parker [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1600. Mike Redmond… #1601. Hod Ford… #1602. Ray Powell… #1603. RYAN THERIOT… #1604. Yorvit Torrealba… #1605. Lee Magee… #1606. Joe Mulvey…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1600. Mike Redmond… #1601. Hod Ford… #1602. Ray Powell… #1603. RYAN THERIOT… #1604. Yorvit Torrealba… #1605. Lee Magee… #1606. Joe Mulvey…

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
2001	21	CHC-min	A+	30	129	103	20	21	5	0	0	9	2	4	21	17	.204	.341	.252	.594		26	2	1	3	1	0	DYT · FLOR
2002	22	CHC-min	A	130	558	489	75	123	19	4	1	37	32	8	59	77	.252	.335	.313	.648		153	3	4	3	3	1	LNS · MIDW
2003	23	CHC-min	A,AA	111	472	398	49	99	11	1	2	26	30	13	60	55	.249	.352	.296	.649		118	10	4	9	1	2	LNS,WTN · MIDW,SOUL
2004	24	CHC-min	A+	103	390	330	47	90	14	3	1	34	13	11	48	43	.273	.367	.342	.710		113	4	3	6	3	0	DYT · FLOR
2005	25	CHC-min	AA	120	503	448	52	136	28	4	1	53	24	10	45	38	.304	.365	.391	.755		175	9	1	4	5	2	WTN · SOUL
2005	25	CHC	NL	9	14	13	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	73	312	280	41	85	11	5	0	22	14	3	27	34	.304	.367	.379	.745		106	5	2	1	2	1	IWA · PCL
2006	26	CHC	NL	53	159	134	34	44	11	3	3	16	13	2	17	18	.328	.412	.522	.934	135	70	5	2	6	0	0	4/65
2007	27	CHC	NL	148	597	537	80	143	30	2	3	45	28	4	49	50	.266	.326	.346	.672	71	186	12	0	8	3	1	64/5
2008	28	CHC	NL	149	661	580	85	178	19	4	1	38	22	13	73	58	.307	.387	.359	.745	92	208	19	3	4	1	1	*6
2009	29	CHC	NL	154	677	602	81	171	20	5	7	54	21	10	51	93	.284	.343	.369	.712	83	222	13	6	13	5	1	*6
2010	30	TOT	NL	150	640	586	72	158	15	2	2	29	20	9	41	74	.270	.321	.312	.633	71	183	13	4	7	2	3	*46
2010	30	CHC	NL	96	412	388	45	110	10	2	1	21	16	6	19	46	.284	.320	.327	.647	73	127	8	2	2	1	3	46
2010	30	LAD	NL	54	228	198	27	48	5	0	1	8	4	3	22	28	.242	.323	.283	.606	69	56	5	2	5	1	0	4
2011	31	STL	NL	132	483	442	46	120	26	1	1	47	4	6	29	41	.271	.321	.342	.662	86	151	15	4	6	2	0	64
7 Seasons				795	3231	2894	401	816	122	17	17	229	108	44	261	336	.282	.344	.353	.697	83	1023	77	19	44	13	6
162 Game Avg.				162	658	590	82	166	25	3	3	47	22	9	53	68	.282	.344	.353	.697	83	208	16	4	9	3	1

CHC (6 yrs)				609	2520	2254	328	648	91	16	15	174	100	35	210	267	.287	.350	.362	.712	84	816	57	13	33	10	6
STL (1 yr)				132	483	442	46	120	26	1	1	47	4	6	29	41	.271	.321	.342	.662	86	151	15	4	6	2	0
LAD (1 yr)				54	228	198	27	48	5	0	1	8	4	3	22	28	.242	.323	.283	.606	69	56	5	2	5	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2005	25	CHC	NL	14	-2	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	-2	-0.2	0.2	$	/4
2006	26	CHC	NL	159	7	3	0	0	-3	1	4	12	1.2	15	1.5	-0.3	$	4/65
2007	27	CHC	NL	597	-19	1	4	1	9	5	17	17	1.7	9	0.9	0.8	$390,000	64/5
2008	28	CHC	NL	661	5	0	-3	0	-8	7	17	18	1.8	26	2.7	-0.9	$428,000	*6
2009	29	CHC	NL	677	-12	0	-3	-0	2	7	18	12	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$500,000	*6
2010	30	CHC	NL	412	-18	1	2	-1	-4	3	11	-5	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$2,600,000	46
2010	30	LAD	NL	228	-8	-1	3	1	1	1	6	3	0.3	2	0.3	0.0	$	4
2011	31	STL	NL	483	-8	-2	-1	-2	-5	5	13	0	0.0	5	0.6	-0.6	$3,300,000	64
7 Seasons				3231	-54	1	3	-1	-6	28	87	57	5.6	64	6.6	-1.0	$7,218,000

CHC (6 yrs)				2520	-39	4	1	-0	-2	23	67	54	5.3	56	5.7	-0.4	$3,918,000
STL (1 yr)				483	-8	-2	-1	-2	-5	5	13	0	0.0	5	0.6	-0.6	$3,300,000
LAD (1 yr)				228	-8	-1	3	1	1	1	6	3	0.3	2	0.3	0.0	$

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
2007	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	3	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	0	0	0	0
2008	28	CHC	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	3	12	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.273	.333	.273	.606	3	0	0	0	0	1

2011	31	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	3	10	10	2	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.600	.600	.800	1.400	8	1	0	0	0	0
2011	31	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011	31	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	5	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	1	0	0
3 Seasons (5 Series)							18	60	56	3	14	2	0	0	4	2	0	3	9	.250	.288	.286	.574	16	2	0	1	0	1
3 NLDS							9	35	33	2	12	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	5	.364	.400	.424	.824	14	2	0	0	0	1
1 NLCS							4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	1	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	CHC	NL	25	2B	3				12	3	9	0	0	1.000	2	2				4.00	.981		4.93
2006	CHC	NL	26	2B	39				124	62	60	2	11	.984	-1	-4				3.13	.982		5.01
2006	CHC	NL	26	SS	2				8	3	4	1	1	.875	-2	-2				3.50	.972		4.40
2006	CHC	NL	26	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.70
2007	CHC	NL	27	SS	108				394	126	260	8	56	.980	5	6				3.57	.975		4.42
2007	CHC	NL	27	2B	37				118	47	70	1	17	.992	5	1				3.16	.984		4.84
2007	CHC	NL	27	3B	8				14	5	7	2	0	.857	-0	-1				1.50	.954		2.68
2007	CHC	NL	27	OF	5				5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0				1.00	.984		2.28
2007	CHC	NL	27	LF	4	0	0	11.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	0	109	3.27	1.00	.985	1.96	2.00
2007	CHC	NL	27	RF	2	1	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-137	-171	1.29	0.50	.980	2.19	2.15
2008	CHC	NL	28	SS	149				562	207	341	14	69	.975	-8	5				3.68	.976		4.40
2009	CHC	NL	29	SS	151				632	206	411	15	90	.976	2	3				4.09	.974		4.34
2010	TOT	NL	30	2B	119	112	104	992.1	502	220	275	7	56	.986	-1	0	-2	0	4.49	4.16	.984	43.04	4.73
2010	CHC	NL	30	2B	66	62	56	545.1	273	117	150	6	31	.978	-2	-3	-4	-7	4.41	4.05	.984	43.04	4.73
2010	CHC	NL	30	SS	29	28	28	246.0	115	38	74	3	13	.974	-2	-5	-8	-24	4.10	3.86	.971	0.00	4.27
2010	LAD	NL	30	2B	53	50	48	447.0	229	103	125	1	25	.996	1	3	2	8	4.59	4.30	.984	43.04	4.73
2011	STL	NL	31	SS	91	87	75	755.0	388	117	254	17	54	.956	-8	-12	-13	-19	4.42	4.08	.971	4.41	4.40
2011	STL	NL	31	2B	35	17	17	190.1	113	41	71	1	23	.991	3	6	21	38	5.30	3.20	.985	4.76	4.75
	6 Seasons			SS	530	115	103	1001.0	2099	697	1344	58	283	.972	-12	-5	-15	-5	4.34	3.85	.974	3.33	4.38
	5 Seasons			2B	233	129	121	1182.2	869	373	485	11	107	.987	7	5	7	5	4.62	3.68	.984	36.88	4.80
	2 Seasons			3B	9				14	5	7	2	0	.857	-0	-1				1.33	.954		2.68
	1 Season			OF	5				5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0		0		1.00	.984		2.28
	1 Season			LF	4	0	0	11.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	0	109	3.27	1.00	.985	1.96	2.00
	1 Season			RF	2	1	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-137	-171	1.29	0.50	.980	2.19	2.15
	7 Seasons			TOT	777	244	224	2183.2	2987	1080	1836	71	390	.976	-6	-1	-3	0	4.49	3.75	.977	21.50	4.47
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 2008 NL .307 (6th)	On-Base% s c a p y 2008 NL .387 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 2008 NL 178 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 2008 NL 154 (1st) 2009 NL 139 (1st) 2010 NL 139 (1st)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2009 NL 13 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2008 NL 19 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2008 NL 13 (2nd) 2009 NL 10 (6th) 2010 NL 9 (9th) Active 44 (49th)	AB per SO s c a p y 2007 NL 10.7 (4th) 2008 NL 10.0 (7th) 2010 NL 7.9 (8th) Active 8.6 (14th)
Outs Made s c a p y 2009 NL 472 (3rd) 2010 NL 459 (9th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 2008 NL 149 (5th) 2009 NL 151 (3rd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 2008 NL 207 (3rd) 2009 NL 206 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 2009 NL 411 (4th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 2009 NL 15 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 2007 NL 5 (5th) Active 7 (24th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y Active 4.34 (13th) Career 4.34 (37th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y Active .972 (19th) Career .972 (51st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1056), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2001.
July 31, 2010: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Ted Lilly and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Brett Wallach (minors), Kyle Smit (minors) and Blake DeWitt.
November 30, 2010: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Blake Hawksworth.
December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	27	Chicago Cubs	$390,000
2008	28	Chicago Cubs	$428,000
2009	29	Chicago Cubs	$500,000
2010	30	Chicago Cubs	$2,600,000
2011	31	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,300,000

2012	32	San Francisco Giants	$1,250,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,218,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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