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Robin Ventura
Robin Mark Ventura

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: July 14, 1967 in Santa Maria, CA
High School: Righetti (Santa Maria, CA)
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed October 21, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1989
Final Game: October 2, 2004
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Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1989	CHW	AL	21	3B	16	15	135.2	52	17	33	2	2	.962	1.7	15.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	0	3.32	3.13	.942	2.73	2.34
1990	CHW	AL	22	3B	147	135	1210.0	409	116	268	25	32	.939	10.1	10.0	8.1	3.5	4.6	2	2.86	2.61	.944	2.75	2.32	RoY-7
1990	CHW	AL	22	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0								0.00	0.00		9.90	8.40	RoY-7
1991	CHW	AL	23	3B	151	146	1275.2	439	134	287	18	29	.959	7.0	6.6	6.0	0.0	6.0	1	2.97	2.79	.955	2.79	2.33	MVP-20,GG
1991	CHW	AL	23	1B	31	7	96.1	95	91	4	0	8	1.000	-0.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0	8.88	3.06	.992	9.74	8.30	MVP-20,GG
1992	CHW	AL	24	3B	157	157	1395.1	536	141	372	23	29	.957	13.3	11.4	14.3	4.3	10.0	-1	3.31	3.27	.950	2.78	2.40	AS,GG
1992	CHW	AL	24	1B	2	0	5.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.2	48.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0	5.40	1.50	1.000	9.72	8.35	AS,GG
1993	CHW	AL	25	3B	155	155	1367.0	404	112	278	14	26	.965	17.1	15.0	16.1	3.9	12.2	1	2.57	2.52	.950	2.69	2.31	GG
1993	CHW	AL	25	1B	4	0	4.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	0.6	180.0	0.6	0.5	0.1	0	15.75	1.75	1.000	9.67	8.25	GG
1994	CHW	AL	26	3B	108	107	930.0	275	81	176	18	22	.935	7.4	9.5	6.4	1.5	4.9	1	2.49	2.38	.949	2.64	2.34
1994	CHW	AL	26	1B	3	0	8.1	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		6.48	2.00	1.000	9.50	8.50
1994	CHW	AL	26	SS	1	0	7.0	8	2	4	2	1	.750	-0.8	-137.1	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0	7.71	6.00	.975	4.63	4.20
1995	CHW	AL	27	3B	121	118	1016.1	329	106	206	17	15	.948	8.0	9.4	9.0	4.2	4.8	-1	2.76	2.58	.952	2.61	2.19
1995	CHW	AL	27	1B	18	10	107.0	107	95	10	2	12	.981	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0	8.83	5.83	.993	9.61	8.32
1995	CHW	AL	27	DH	1
1996	CHW	AL	28	3B	150	141	1274.1	382	133	239	10	34	.974	5.6	5.3	4.6	-1.9	6.5	1	2.63	2.48	.955	2.57	2.18	GG
1996	CHW	AL	28	1B	14	6	62.0	65	56	8	1	7	.985	1.0	19.4	1.0	0.4	0.6	0	9.29	4.57	.992	9.25	7.92	GG
1997	CHW	AL	29	3B	54	54	460.2	159	53	99	7	11	.956	6.5	16.9	6.5	-0.5	7.0	0	2.97	2.81	.953	2.67	2.32
1998	CHW	AL	30	3B	161	158	1381.2	447	102	330	15	38	.966	32.5	28.2	29.5	9.4	20.1	3	2.81	2.68	.947	2.55	2.23	GG
1999	NYM	NL	31	3B	160	157	1356.0	452	123	320	9	33	.980	26.9	23.8	24.9	7.8	17.1	2	2.94	2.77	.952	2.68	2.30	MVP-6,GG
1999	NYM	NL	31	1B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		9.00	1.00	1.000	9.00	7.60	MVP-6,GG
2000	NYM	NL	32	3B	137	131	1110.2	373	95	261	17	27	.954	5.1	5.5	5.1	0.2	4.9	0	2.88	2.60	.950	2.64	2.18
2000	NYM	NL	32	1B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		9.00	1.00	1.000	9.00	7.70
2001	NYM	NL	33	3B	139	130	1141.1	368	89	263	16	22	.957	6.2	6.5	6.2	3.4	2.8	0	2.78	2.53	.950	2.57	2.17
2002	NYY	AL	34	3B	137	130	1129.1	393	109	261	23	22	.941	2.0	2.1	3.0	3.5	-0.5	-1	2.95	2.70	.951	2.68	2.40	AS
2002	NYY	AL	34	1B	5	0	20.2	21	19	2	0	1	1.000	1.0	58.1	1.0	0.8	0.2	0	9.15	4.20	.995	9.36	8.02	AS
2003	TOT	MLB	35	3B	83	78	682.2	198	45	147	6	9	.970	3.2	5.6	4.2	2.4	1.8	-1	2.53	2.31	.954	2.67	2.35
2003	NYY	AL	35	3B	80	76	666.2	195	44	146	5	9	.974	4.3	7.7	5.3	3.0	2.3	-1	2.56	2.38	.954	2.67	2.35
2003	NYY	AL	35	DH	3
2003	NYY	AL	35	2B	1	0	7.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.4	68.6	0.4	0.0	0.4	0	2.57	2.00	1.000	4.89	4.40
2003	LAD	NL	35	1B	42	25	255.2	271	252	17	2	26	.993	3.1	14.6	3.1	1.6	1.5	0	9.47	6.40	.993	9.60	7.98
2003	LAD	NL	35	3B	3	2	16.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	-1.1	-82.5	-1.1	-0.6	-0.5	0	1.12	0.67	.967	2.76	2.37
2004	LAD	NL	36	1B	40	20	210.0	228	214	14	0	15	1.000	2.0	11.4	2.0	2.4	-0.4	0	9.77	5.70	.993	9.51	8.23
2004	LAD	NL	36	3B	11	5	62.0	24	13	11	0	6	1.000	1.5	29.0	0.5	0.8	-0.3	1	3.48	2.18	.954	2.76	2.35
2004	LAD	NL	36	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0								0.00	0.00		1.80	0.50
16 Seasons				3B	1887	1817	15928.2	5240	1469	3551	220	357	.958	154.1	11.6	146.1	43.5	102.6	8	2.84	2.66	.951	2.67	2.29
12 Seasons				1B	162	68	772.0	805	742	58	5	70	.994	7.7	12.0	7.7	5.4	2.3	0	9.33	4.94	.993	9.56	8.16
2 Seasons				DH	4
1 Season				2B	1	0	7.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.4	68.6	0.4	0.0	0.4	0	2.57	2.00	1.000	4.89	4.40
1 Season				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0								0.00	0.00		1.80	0.50
1 Season				SS	1	0	7.0	8	2	4	2	1	.750	-0.8	-137.1	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0	7.71	6.00	.975	4.63	4.20
16 Seasons				TOT	2052	1885	16715.2	6055	2213	3615	227	428	.963	161.4	11.6	153.4	48.1	105.3	8	3.14	2.84	.919	2.99	2.75
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1989	CHW	AL	21	16	15	16	16	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1990	CHW	AL	22	150	135	150	147	0	0	1	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1991	CHW	AL	23	157	153	157	156	0	0	31	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	CHW	AL	24	157	157	157	157	0	0	2	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	CHW	AL	25	157	155	157	155	0	0	4	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	CHW	AL	26	109	107	109	108	0	0	3	0	108	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1995	CHW	AL	27	135	129	135	131	0	0	18	0	122	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
1996	CHW	AL	28	158	147	158	156	0	0	13	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1997	CHW	AL	29	54	54	54	54	0	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	CHW	AL	30	161	158	161	161	0	0	0	0	161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	NYM	NL	31	161	157	161	160	0	0	1	0	160	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2000	NYM	NL	32	141	131	141	138	0	0	1	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2001	NYM	NL	33	142	130	142	139	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2002	NYY	AL	34	141	130	141	137	0	0	5	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2003	NYY	AL	35	89	77	89	80	0	0	0	1	80	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0
2003	LAD	NL	35	49	27	49	42	0	0	42	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2004	LAD	NL	36	102	25	102	50	1	0	40	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0
16 Seasons				2079	1887	2079	1987	1	0	161	1	1888	1	0	0	0	0	2	139	0
				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1989	CHW	AL	21	582	55%	78%	30%	54	89%	0	18	16	2	0	32	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	75%
1990	CHW	AL	22	5236	59%	76%	31%	411	85%	9	118	82	12	24	268	203	52	4	9	25	1	13	11	23	32	24	1	26	4	3	1	22	59%
1991	CHW	AL	23	5578	58%	76%	30%	439	87%	4	135	92	12	31	287	222	56	1	13	18	0	9	9	14	29	23	1	26	1	0	1	28	71%
1992	CHW	AL	24	6196	59%	78%	31%	535	88%	8	141	102	13	26	372	292	68	3	14	23	0	7	16	18	29	17	2	23	4	1	3	24	79%
1993	CHW	AL	25	6058	56%	75%	30%	415	86%	4	111	82	8	22	276	206	59	6	8	14	1	9	4	12	25	22	0	23	2	0	2	19	58%
1994	CHW	AL	26	4106	56%	74%	27%	272	87%	1	80	61	6	13	175	133	40	1	3	18	0	10	8	15	22	18	3	21	0	0	0	15	60%
1995	CHW	AL	27	4718	60%	74%	29%	322	88%	7	108	76	11	21	209	172	24	2	7	17	1	7	9	12	15	11	1	13	1	0	1	23	78%
1996	CHW	AL	28	5819	55%	75%	28%	379	89%	3	135	98	15	22	238	184	44	2	7	10	0	7	3	9	35	24	2	26	6	3	3	25	64%
1997	CHW	AL	29	2102	56%	75%	27%	155	88%	3	52	37	5	10	99	80	15	1	0	7	0	2	5	4	11	5	2	8	2	1	1	6	33%
1998	CHW	AL	30	6356	57%	77%	31%	460	87%	4	103	78	10	15	328	258	60	2	6	15	0	13	2	13	38	35	1	36	2	0	1	12	92%
1999	NYM	NL	31	6022	61%	71%	28%	459	90%	5	123	96	11	16	321	280	30	7	6	9	0	9	0	4	33	17	7	28	4	2	2	20	60%
2000	NYM	NL	32	4985	66%	72%	27%	356	95%	5	96	74	16	6	261	214	34	2	5	17	0	12	5	14	27	18	4	23	4	3	0	18	78%
2001	NYM	NL	33	5024	63%	74%	28%	351	94%	5	91	68	7	16	264	227	22	4	10	16	1	7	8	11	24	14	1	18	5	4	1	23	61%
2002	NYY	AL	34	4941	58%	75%	28%	381	93%	4	110	86	13	11	259	212	42	3	3	23	0	15	8	19	22	18	2	20	2	2	0	15	60%
2003	NYY	AL	35	2903	54%	75%	32%	199	92%	3	44	38	2	4	146	119	20	2	2	5	0	4	1	5	9	7	0	8	1	1	0	10	70%
2003	LAD	NL	35	73	56%	74%	30%	3	67%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
2004	LAD	NL	36	253	62%	74%	25%	22	91%	0	13	9	3	1	11	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	5	1	0	1	1	100%
16 Seasons				70952	59%	75%	29%	5213	89%	65	1479	1096	146	238	3547	2837	573	40	94	220	4	125	91	174	359	255	29	306	39	20	17	266	68%
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		87%																								63%
				PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1990	CHW	AL	22	3	33%	67%	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	0	0	0
1991	CHW	AL	23	414	59%	73%	28%	21	100%	0	91	9	82	0	10	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	100%
1992	CHW	AL	24	23	52%	74%	17%	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	CHW	AL	25	14	36%	71%	64%	2	100%	0	7	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CHW	AL	26	32	53%	72%	16%	0		0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	CHW	AL	27	504	48%	72%	30%	26	92%	0	94	5	89	0	10	10	7	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	12	2	0	1	10	3	2	0	2	0
1996	CHW	AL	28	290	61%	76%	30%	15	93%	0	56	4	52	0	4	7	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0%
1999	NYM	NL	31	4	25%	100%	25%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	NYM	NL	32	4	50%	50%	50%	0		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	NYY	AL	34	93	55%	77%	40%	5	100%	0	21	0	21	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	LAD	NL	35	1052	62%	69%	32%	47	98%	1	252	13	235	4	16	17	11	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	5	100%
2004	LAD	NL	36	892	57%	73%	29%	51	96%	3	214	18	192	4	16	14	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	5	100%
12 Seasons				3325	57%	72%	30%	170	96%	4	743	49	686	8	62	56	36	13	2	2	5	2	1	2	1	70	3	1	1	67	6	3	0	3	13	92%
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		93%																											84%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1994	CHW	AL	26	36	44%	69%	39%	5	60%	0	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1 Season				36	44%	69%	39%	5	60%	0	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
2003	NYY	AL	35	23	35%	52%	17%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 Season				23	35%	52%	17%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		92%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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										Putouts			Assists			Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	31	Tot	1B	2B	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	163	GB	LD	bFld	bF2O%
2004	LAD	NL	36	4	100%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 Season				4	100%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					75%	31%		90%																		85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Site last updated Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 07:09:43 AM

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Probability and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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