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Claudio Vargas

Claudio (Almonte) Vargas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: June 19, 1978 in Mao, Valverde, D.R.
High School: Santiago (Santiago, DO)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2003
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Expos/Diamondbacks/Mets/Dodgers/... 2003-2010
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.093, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Bean Stringfellow [*]
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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
2003 25 MON NL 23 35 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .032 .000 .032 -91 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
2004 26 MON NL 45 29 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .045 .045 .045 .091 -77 1 1 0 7 0 0 1
2005 27 TOT NL 25 45 36 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .111 .158 .111 .269 -28 4 2 0 7 0 0 1
2005 27 WSN NL 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 170 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2005 27 ARI NL 21 43 34 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .088 .139 .088 .227 -39 3 2 0 7 0 0 1
2006 28 ARI NL 31 60 51 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .098 .098 .157 .255 -37 8 3 0 9 0 0 1
2007 29 MIL NL 29 43 38 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .132 .132 .158 .289 -25 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
2008 30 NYM NL 11 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 31 TOT NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 31 LAD NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 31 MIL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 32 MIL NL 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 217 225 188 5 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 60 .080 .094 .101 .195 -50 19 6 0 33 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 168 140 4 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 45 .080 .094 .101 .195 -50 14 4 0 25 0 0
WSN (3 yrs) 72 66 54 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .037 .055 .037 .092 -76 2 1 0 11 0 0
MIL (3 yrs) 74 46 41 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .122 .122 .146 .268 -31 6 0 0 5 0 0
ARI (2 yrs) 52 103 85 2 8 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 18 .094 .115 .129 .244 -38 11 5 0 16 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 11 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2003 25 MON NL 23 35 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .483 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
2004 26 MON NL 45 29 -8 -0 -0 0 4 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .492 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $307,500 1
2005 27 WSN NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .513 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $325,000 /1
2005 27 ARI NL 21 43 -7 -0 -0 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
2006 28 ARI NL 31 60 -12 -0 -0 0 9 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $1,275,000 1
2007 29 MIL NL 29 43 -6 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $2,500,000 1
2008 30 NYM NL 11 10 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
2009 31 LAD NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 /1
2009 31 MIL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2010 32 MIL NL 17 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $900,000 1
8 Seasons 217 225 -45 -1 -0 0 33 -13 -1.3 6 -7 -1.4 .494 .499 -1.4 0.0 -7 $5,707,500
WSN (3 yrs) 72 66 -16 -0 0 0 9 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.7 .490 .499 -0.7 0.0 -5 $632,500
MIL (3 yrs) 74 46 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $3,400,000
ARI (2 yrs) 52 103 -19 -0 -0 0 15 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .491 .499 -0.5 0.0 -2 $1,275,000
NYM (1 yr) 11 10 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
LAD (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000

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
2003 25 MON NL 35 34 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .274 .032 .347 .000 .440 .032 .787 -91 .000 -8.8 -0.8 .033 .033 .000
2004 26 MON NL 29 29 0 0.0 115 .071 .045 .274 .045 .347 .045 .445 .091 .791 -77 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .045 .000 .000
2005 27 TOT NL 45 41 1 0.6 110 .138 .111 .271 .158 .342 .111 .432 .269 .775 -28 .025 -7.0 -0.7 .176 .056 .000
2005 27 WSN NL 2 1 1 26.7 104 .500 .500 .262 .500 .332 .500 .418 1.000 .750 170 .958 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
2005 27 ARI NL 43 40 0 0.0 111 .111 .088 .272 .139 .343 .088 .433 .227 .776 -39 .000 -7.2 -0.7 .152 .059 .000
2006 28 ARI NL 60 58 0 0.0 117 .125 .098 .278 .098 .350 .157 .452 .255 .801 -37 .000 -10.9 -1.0 .163 .059 .059
2007 29 MIL NL 43 38 1 0.7 111 .179 .132 .273 .132 .342 .158 .436 .289 .778 -25 .027 -7.2 -0.7 .182 .026 .026
2008 30 NYM NL 10 9 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2010 32 MIL NL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .413 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 225 212 2 0.2 113 .117 .080 .274 .094 .345 .101 .440 .195 .785 -50 .004 -43.1 -4.1 .123 .037 .021
162 Game Avg. 168 158 1 0.2 113 .117 .080 .274 .094 .345 .101 .440 .195 .785 -50 .004 -43.1 -4.1 .123 .037 .021
WSN (3 yrs) 66 64 1 0.4 114 .065 .037 .274 .055 .346 .037 .441 .092 .788 -76 .011 -14.6 -1.4 .057 .019 .000
ARI (2 yrs) 103 98 0 0.0 115 .119 .094 .276 .115 .347 .129 .444 .244 .791 -38 .000 -18.1 -1.7 .159 .059 .035
MIL (3 yrs) 46 41 1 0.7 111 .179 .122 .272 .122 .341 .146 .434 .268 .776 -31 .023 -8.0 -0.8 .167 .024 .024
NYM (1 yr) 10 9 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

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
2003 25 MON NL 35 0.0% 42.9% 2.9% 0.0% 15.00 2.0 1.17 2.00 43% 5% 0.0% 0%
2004 26 MON NL 29 0.0% 27.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 3.67 6.00 48% 5% 0.0% 0%
2005 27 TOT NL 45 0.0% 15.6% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 3.50 5.1 12.0 2.86 7.25 64% 6% 0.0% 29%
2005 27 WSN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.00 100% 50% 0.0% 50%
2005 27 ARI NL 43 0.0% 16.3% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 3.50 4.9 11.3 4.00 9.67 63% 3% 0.0% 20%
2006 28 ARI NL 60 0.0% 18.3% 0.0% 5.0% 60% 4.6 12.8 2.50 4.33 67% 8% 0.0% 10%
2007 29 MIL NL 43 0.0% 23.3% 0.0% 2.3% 20% 3.8 3.67 3.67 65% 6% 0.0% 33%
2008 30 NYM NL 10 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 1.00 2.00 20% 33% 0.0% 0%
2010 32 MIL NL 3 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
8 Yrs 225 0.0% 26.7% 1.3% 1.8% 27% 20.00 3.1 26.9 2.61 4.21 57% 7% 0.0% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.02 5.2 32.9 7.7 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 25 MON NL -8.8 -0.8 35 -0.7 0.2 -0.8 1.00 -0.8 0.1 -8.4 -0.8 1.01 -8.8 0
2004 26 MON NL -6.0 -0.6 29 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 .92 -0.6 -0.1 -7.9 -0.7 1.01 -7.0 0
2005 27 TOT NL -7.0 -0.7 46 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .75 -0.7 0.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.96 -7.6 0
2005 27 WSN NL 0.2 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .93 0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.88 0.1 0
2005 27 ARI NL -7.2 -0.7 44 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .75 -0.7 0.1 -5.7 -0.5 0.97 -7.7 0
2006 28 ARI NL -10.9 -1.0 60 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 .95 -1.2 0.1 -13.7 -1.3 1.00 -13.6 0
2007 29 MIL NL -7.2 -0.7 44 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .85 -0.5 0.0 -6.5 -0.6 0.92 -6.1 0
2008 30 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .57 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.2 0.85 -2.5 0
2009 31 TOT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 31 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 31 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 32 MIL NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .13 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.65 -0.8 0
8 Yrs -43.1 -4.1 227 -3.3 1.2 -4.5 .87 -4.1 0.2 -45.5 -4.3 0.97 -46.4 0

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
2003 25 MON NL 1 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 MON NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 27 TOT NL 1 0 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 27 WSN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 ARI NL 1 0 20% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2006 28 ARI NL 1 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 MIL NL 2 0 20% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 NYM NL 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 32 MIL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5 1 28% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

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
2003 25 MON NL 35 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 6 0 0% 8 1 13% 30 1 3% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2004 26 MON NL 29 21% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 7 1 14% 8 4 50% 22 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2005 27 TOT NL 45 11% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 11 2 18% 14 2 14% 27 3 11% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
2005 27 WSN NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 ARI NL 43 12% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 11 2 18% 13 2 15% 26 3 12% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
2006 28 ARI NL 60 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 60% 20 3 15% 22 7 32% 52 4 8% 9 2 22% 4 3 75% 0
2007 29 MIL NL 43 37% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 9 0 0% 10 3 30% 24 1 4% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2008 30 NYM NL 10 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 32 MIL NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 225 22% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 45 33 73% 54 6 11% 65 18 28% 162 9 6% 19 3 16% 11 7 64% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 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
2003 25 MON NL 35 126 3.60 91 72% 34% 23% 22% 21% 66% 0% 48% 65% 40% 0% 0 0 3% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2004 26 MON NL 29 80 2.76 64 80% 19% 23% 25% 33% 81% 0% 65% 71% 55% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 13% 0 0 0
2005 27 TOT NL 45 133 2.96 99 74% 25% 20% 18% 36% 75% 0% 56% 73% 38% 2% 1 0 4% 2 0 2% 1 0 29% 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 2 8 4.00 7 88% 29% 14% 29% 29% 71% 0% 63% 80% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 ARI NL 43 125 2.91 92 74% 25% 21% 17% 37% 75% 0% 55% 72% 40% 2% 1 0 5% 2 0 2% 1 0 29% 0 0 0
2006 28 ARI NL 60 168 2.80 129 77% 22% 15% 26% 38% 78% 0% 60% 81% 40% 0% 0 0 5% 3 0 2% 1 1 18% 0 0 0
2007 29 MIL NL 43 153 3.56 113 74% 33% 15% 23% 29% 67% 0% 50% 78% 30% 0% 0 0 9% 4 2 0% 0 0 30% 0 0 0
2008 30 NYM NL 10 38 3.80 29 76% 34% 24% 28% 14% 66% 0% 50% 63% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 0 0 0
2010 32 MIL NL 3 13 4.33 11 85% 73% 9% 18% 0% 27% 0% 23% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 225 711 3.16 536 75% 28% 19% 23% 30% 72% 0% 54% 74% 39% 0% 1 0 4% 10 2 1% 2 1 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 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 SH SF IBB
2003 25 23 35 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .032 .000 .032 -91 0 0 0 4 0 0
2004 26 68 64 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .019 .038 .019 .057 -85 1 1 0 11 0 0
2005 27 93 109 88 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 30 .057 .088 .057 .145 -62 5 3 0 18 0 0
2006 28 124 169 139 3 10 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 41 .072 .092 .094 .185 -52 13 6 0 27 0 0
2007 29 153 212 177 4 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 51 .085 .100 .107 .207 -47 19 6 0 32 0 0
2008 30 164 222 185 5 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 57 .081 .096 .103 .198 -49 19 6 0 33 0 0
2009 31 200 222 185 5 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 57 .081 .096 .103 .198 -49 19 6 0 33 0 0
2010 32 217 225 188 5 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 60 .080 .094 .101 .195 -50 19 6 0 33 0 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
2003 25 23 35 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 23
2004 26 45 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45
2005 27 25 46 37 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 .135 .179 .135 .315 1 25
2006 28 31 61 52 1 6 4 0 0 5 0 0 11 .115 .115 .192 .308 1 31
2007 29 29 44 39 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .154 .154 .179 .333 1 29
2008 30 11 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
2010 32 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
7 Yrs 181 227 191 5 17 5 0 0 8 0 3 60 .089 .103 .115 .218 3 181
162 Game Avg. 162 203 171 4 15 4 0 0 7 0 3 54 .089 .103 .115 .218 3 181

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