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Chris Turner

Christopher Wan Turner

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 23, 1969 in Bowling Green, KY
School: Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1993
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/Indians/Royals 1993-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1993 24 CAL AL 25 86 75 9 21 5 0 1 13 1 1 9 16 .280 .360 .387 .747 100 29 1 1 0 1 0 2
1994 25 CAL AL 58 163 149 23 36 7 1 1 12 3 0 10 29 .242 .290 .322 .612 58 48 2 1 1 2 0 2
1995 26 CAL AL 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
1996 27 CAL AL 4 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 91 1 0 0 0 1 0 /27
1997 28 ANA AL 13 29 23 4 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 8 .261 .393 .522 .915 135 12 0 0 1 0 0 /23D9
1998 29 KCR AL 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1999 30 CLE AL 12 22 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .190 .227 .190 .418 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
2000 31 NYY AL 37 102 89 9 21 3 0 1 7 0 1 10 21 .236 .320 .303 .623 61 27 2 1 2 0 0 2/3
8 Yrs 158 427 379 49 90 16 2 4 36 5 2 36 89 .237 .307 .322 .629 64 122 6 4 4 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 438 389 50 92 16 2 4 37 5 2 37 91 .237 .307 .322 .629 64 125 6 4 4 4 0
ANA (5 yrs) 105 293 260 37 65 13 2 3 29 4 1 25 56 .250 .316 .350 .666 74 91 3 2 2 4 0
KCR (1 yr) 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 1 1 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 12 22 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .190 .227 .190 .418 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 37 102 89 9 21 3 0 1 7 0 1 10 21 .236 .320 .303 .623 61 27 2 1 2 0 0

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 Awards
1993 24 CAL AL 25 86 0 -0 -0 -6 1 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.2 .482 .497 0.4 -0.5 4 $ 2
1994 25 CAL AL 58 163 -6 0 0 -2 2 -5 -0.4 5 0 0.1 .492 .497 0.3 0.1 2 $125,000 2
1995 26 CAL AL 5 10 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2D
1996 27 CAL AL 4 5 -0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .518 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ /27
1997 28 ANA AL 13 29 1 -0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $155,000 /23D9
1998 29 KCR AL 4 10 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .438 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $190,000 /2
1999 30 CLE AL 12 22 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 0.1 -2 $300,000 2
2000 31 NYY AL 37 102 -5 -0 0 -2 1 -6 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 0.0 -0.0 -0 $375,000 2/3
8 Seasons 158 427 -16 -0 0 -10 6 -21 -1.9 14 -7 -0.5 .488 .498 0.5 -0.3 4 $1,145,000
ANA (5 yrs) 105 293 -6 -0 0 -8 4 -10 -0.9 9 -0 0.0 .491 .499 0.8 -0.4 8 $280,000
KCR (1 yr) 4 10 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .438 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $190,000
CLE (1 yr) 12 22 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 0.1 -2 $300,000
NYY (1 yr) 37 102 -5 -0 0 -2 1 -6 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 0.0 -0.0 -0 $375,000

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
1993 24 CAL AL 86 57 11 5.2 104 .339 .280 .269 .360 .340 .387 .411 .747 .751 100 .531 0.4 0.0 .696 .227 .107 1.0
1994 25 CAL AL 163 118 15 3.4 111 .289 .242 .273 .290 .345 .322 .434 .612 .779 58 .304 -9.4 -0.9 .539 .168 .081 1.5
1995 26 CAL AL 10 9 0 0.0 109 .143 .100 .269 .100 .343 .100 .425 .200 .768 -47 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1996 27 CAL AL 5 3 1 9.0 114 .250 .333 .275 .400 .348 .333 .441 .733 .789 91 .702 0.2 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1997 28 ANA AL 29 18 5 7.4 111 .357 .261 .273 .393 .343 .522 .433 .915 .776 135 .661 1.2 0.1 1.000 .478 .261 .0
1998 29 KCR AL 10 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .100 .342 .000 .434 .100 .776 -71 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1999 30 CLE AL 22 17 1 1.6 116 .308 .190 .279 .227 .352 .190 .446 .418 .798 7 .094 -3.1 -0.3 .353 .095 .000 .0
2000 31 NYY AL 102 73 9 3.3 114 .299 .236 .275 .320 .348 .303 .442 .623 .790 61 .280 -5.3 -0.5 .521 .169 .067 .0
8 Yrs 427 305 42 3.7 111 .297 .237 .273 .307 .345 .322 .432 .629 .777 64 .341 -20.6 -1.9 .556 .187 .084 4.4
162 Game Avg. 438 313 43 3.7 111 .297 .237 .273 .307 .345 .322 .432 .629 .777 64 .341 -20.6 -1.9 .556 .187 .084 5
ANA (5 yrs) 293 205 32 4.2 109 .302 .250 .271 .316 .343 .350 .427 .666 .770 74 .403 -9.8 -0.9 .608 .208 .100 3.4
KCR (1 yr) 10 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .100 .342 .000 .434 .100 .776 -71 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
CLE (1 yr) 22 17 1 1.6 116 .308 .190 .279 .227 .352 .190 .446 .418 .798 7 .094 -3.1 -0.3 .353 .095 .000 .0
NYY (1 yr) 102 73 9 3.3 114 .299 .236 .275 .320 .348 .303 .442 .623 .790 61 .279 -5.3 -0.5 .521 .169 .067 .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
1993 24 CAL AL 86 1.2% 18.6% 10.5% 7.0% 29% 1.78 4.7 75.0 5.8 0.43 0.46 69% 20% 2.8% 14%
1994 25 CAL AL 163 0.6% 17.8% 6.1% 5.5% 25% 2.90 5.1 149.0 12.4 0.74 0.68 74% 20% 1.9% 23%
1995 26 CAL AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 10.0 1.33 1.50 70% 14% 0.0% 0%
1996 27 CAL AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 3.0 0.33 0.00 80% 25% 0.0% 33%
1997 28 ANA AL 29 3.5% 27.6% 17.2% 10.3% 50% 1.60 2.9 23.0 11.5 0.36 0.67 48% 31% 9.1% 0%
1998 29 KCR AL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 4.00 5.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
1999 30 CLE AL 22 0.0% 36.4% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.6 1.17 2.00 59% 23% 0.0% 17%
2000 31 NYY AL 102 1.0% 20.6% 9.8% 3.9% 19% 2.10 4.2 89.0 12.7 0.63 1.08 66% 31% 2.9% 17%
8 Yrs 427 0.9% 20.8% 8.4% 5.2% 24% 2.47 4.3 94.8 10.5 0.65 0.78 68% 23% 2.8% 18%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.4% 9.1% 7.8% 33% 1.80 5.4 32.6 7.4 0.81 1.09 70% 22% 8.1% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 24 CAL AL 0.3 0.0 88 0.5 1.8 -1.2 .89 0.1 0.5 3.7 0.3 0.92 1.1 0
1994 25 CAL AL -9.6 -0.9 167 -0.9 1.9 -2.7 .87 -0.6 -0.4 -5.2 -0.5 0.86 -7.9 0.54 2
1995 26 CAL AL -2.2 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.06 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.87 -1.6 0.35 1
1996 27 CAL AL 0.2 0.0 5 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .79 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.90 0.3 0
1997 28 ANA AL 1.2 0.1 30 0.4 0.8 -0.5 1.22 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.93 2.2 1.82 2
1998 29 KCR AL -2.4 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .63 -0.2 0.0 -3.2 -0.3 1.01 -3.1 0
1999 30 CLE AL -3.1 -0.3 24 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.08 -0.2 -0.2 -3.3 -0.3 0.90 -3.4 0
2000 31 NYY AL -5.3 -0.5 104 -0.2 1.4 -1.5 .88 -0.4 0.2 -5.9 -0.5 1.00 -7.0 0.04 2
8 Yrs -20.9 -1.9 438 -0.9 6.2 -7.1 .91 -1.3 0.3 -14.5 -1.3 0.92 -19.3 0.73 7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 24 CAL AL 1 0 27% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42% 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1994 25 CAL AL 6 0 48% 65 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 43% 13 10 3 2 1 1 6 1 5
1995 26 CAL AL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 CAL AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 28 ANA AL 0 0 30% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 29 KCR AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 CLE AL 0 0 60% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2000 31 NYY AL 1 0 26% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39% 8 7 1 2 0 2 3 1 2
8 Yrs 9 0 36% 156 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 40% 31 24 7 5 1 4 14 4 9

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
1993 24 CAL AL 86 20% 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 8% 6 1 17% 51 13 25% 5 3 60% 4 3 75% 0
1994 25 CAL AL 163 56% 36 10 0 2 0 0 0 0.54 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 19 2 11% 9 5 56% 76 12 16% 5 4 80% 5 3 60% 0
1995 26 CAL AL 10 90% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 CAL AL 5 60% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1997 28 ANA AL 29 41% 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.82 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 5 1 20% 17 1 6% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1998 29 KCR AL 10 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1999 30 CLE AL 22 45% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL 102 30% 21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.04 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 21 2 10% 7 5 71% 80 7 9% 5 4 80% 5 4 80% 0
8 Yrs 427 41% 90 12 0 7 0 0 0 0.73 4 0 10 3 1 1 3 0 5 4 80% 65 6 9% 32 13 41% 249 35 14% 21 12 57% 15 10 67% 0
MLB Averages 55% 73% 10% 35% 15% 53% 57%

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
1993 24 CAL AL 84 330 3.93 193 58% 33% 11% 25% 31% 67% 0% 39% 82% 13% 7% 6 0 24% 20 7 14% 12 7 13% 2 0 1
1994 25 CAL AL 164 646 3.94 415 64% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 0% 43% 84% 20% 3% 5 0 16% 27 10 6% 10 4 28% -1 0 0
1995 26 CAL AL 10 33 3.30 24 73% 33% 13% 25% 29% 67% 0% 48% 81% 30% 0% 0 0 20% 2 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1996 27 CAL AL 6 30 5.00 17 57% 24% 12% 41% 24% 76% 0% 43% 85% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 -1 0 0
1997 28 ANA AL 28 118 4.21 67 57% 27% 13% 36% 24% 73% 0% 42% 82% 14% 4% 1 0 18% 5 3 11% 3 1 50% 1 0 0
1998 29 KCR AL 10 47 4.70 31 66% 29% 26% 29% 16% 71% 0% 47% 64% 30% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
1999 30 CLE AL 23 94 4.09 64 68% 23% 22% 34% 20% 77% 0% 52% 71% 22% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 13% -1 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL 102 418 4.10 254 61% 35% 14% 24% 28% 65% 0% 39% 79% 24% 1% 1 0 8% 8 2 6% 6 2 38% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 427 1716 4.02 1065 62% 32% 13% 27% 28% 68% 0% 42% 81% 20% 3% 13 0 15% 63 23 7% 32 15 28% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

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 SH SF IBB
1993 24 25 86 75 9 21 5 0 1 13 1 1 9 16 .280 .360 .387 .747 100 29 1 1 0 1 0
1994 25 83 249 224 32 57 12 1 2 25 4 1 19 45 .254 .315 .344 .658 72 77 3 2 1 3 0
1995 26 88 259 234 32 58 12 1 2 26 4 1 19 48 .248 .306 .333 .640 67 78 3 2 1 3 0
1996 27 92 264 237 33 59 12 1 2 27 4 1 20 48 .249 .308 .333 .641 68 79 3 2 1 4 0
1997 28 105 293 260 37 65 13 2 3 29 4 1 25 56 .250 .316 .350 .666 74 91 3 2 2 4 0
1998 29 109 303 269 37 65 13 2 3 29 4 1 25 60 .242 .309 .338 .647 69 91 4 3 2 4 0
1999 30 121 325 290 40 69 13 2 3 29 5 1 26 68 .238 .303 .328 .631 65 95 4 3 2 4 0
2000 31 158 427 379 49 90 16 2 4 36 5 2 36 89 .237 .307 .322 .629 64 122 6 4 4 4 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1993 24 25 86 75 9 21 5 0 1 13 1 9 16 .280 .360 .387 .747 10 25
1994 25 82 229 210 31 49 10 1 1 16 4 14 41 .233 .281 .305 .585 18 58
1995 26 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1996 27 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 4
1997 28 13 27 22 3 5 1 1 1 2 0 4 8 .227 .346 .500 .846 4 13
1998 29 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 4
1999 30 12 22 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 .190 .227 .190 .418 1 12
2000 31 37 101 88 9 20 3 0 1 7 0 10 21 .227 .313 .295 .609 8 37
8 Yrs 183 491 439 55 99 19 2 4 38 6 39 101 .226 .292 .305 .597 41 158
162 Game Avg. 162 435 389 49 88 17 2 4 34 5 35 89 .226 .292 .305 .597 36 158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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