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Robin Ventura
Robin Mark Ventura
All-Star Player
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 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 Awards
1989 21 CHW AL 16 58 45 5 8 3 0 0 7 0 0 8 6 .178 .298 .244 .543 57 11 1 1 1 3 0 5
1990 22 CHW AL 150 565 493 48 123 17 1 5 54 1 4 55 53 .249 .324 .318 .643 83 157 5 1 13 3 2 *5/3 RoY-7
1991 23 CHW AL 157 705 606 92 172 25 1 23 100 2 4 80 67 .284 .367 .442 .810 126 268 22 4 8 7 3 *53 MVP-20,GG
1992 24 CHW AL 157 694 592 85 167 38 1 16 93 2 4 93 71 .282 .375 .431 .806 127 255 14 0 1 8 9 *5/3 AS,GG
1993 25 CHW AL 157 669 554 85 145 27 1 22 94 1 6 105 82 .262 .379 .433 .812 120 240 18 3 1 6 16 *5/3 GG
1994 26 CHW AL 109 474 401 57 113 15 1 18 78 3 1 61 69 .282 .373 .459 .832 115 184 8 2 2 8 15 *5/36
1995 27 CHW AL 135 577 492 79 145 22 0 26 93 4 3 75 98 .295 .384 .498 .882 132 245 8 1 1 8 11 *53/D
1996 28 CHW AL 158 674 586 96 168 31 2 34 105 1 3 78 81 .287 .368 .520 .888 127 305 18 2 0 8 10 *53 GG
1997 29 CHW AL 54 220 183 27 48 10 1 6 26 0 0 34 21 .262 .373 .426 .799 112 78 3 0 0 3 5 5
1998 30 CHW AL 161 674 590 84 155 31 4 21 91 1 1 79 111 .263 .349 .436 .785 105 257 10 1 1 3 15 *5 GG
1999 31 NYM NL 161 671 588 88 177 38 0 32 120 1 1 74 109 .301 .379 .529 .908 129 311 14 3 1 5 10 *5/3 MVP-6,GG
2000 32 NYM NL 141 551 469 61 109 23 1 24 84 3 5 75 91 .232 .338 .439 .777 98 206 14 2 1 4 12 *5/3
2001 33 NYM NL 142 549 456 70 108 20 0 21 61 2 5 88 101 .237 .359 .419 .778 104 191 13 1 0 4 10 *5
2002 34 NYY AL 141 562 465 68 115 17 0 27 93 3 1 90 101 .247 .368 .458 .826 119 213 14 2 0 5 9 *5/3 AS
2003 35 TOT MLB 138 453 392 42 95 18 1 14 55 0 0 58 87 .242 .340 .401 .741 97 157 11 0 3 0 4 53/D4
2003 35 NYY AL 89 326 283 31 71 13 0 9 42 0 0 40 62 .251 .344 .392 .736 96 111 8 0 3 0 2 5/D4
2003 35 LAD NL 49 127 109 11 24 5 1 5 13 0 0 18 25 .220 .331 .422 .753 100 46 3 0 0 0 2 3/5
2004 36 LAD NL 102 175 152 19 37 3 0 5 28 0 0 22 31 .243 .337 .362 .699 86 55 3 0 0 1 1 35/1
16 Seasons 2079 8271 7064 1006 1885 338 14 294 1182 24 38 1075 1179 .267 .362 .444 .806 114 3133 176 23 33 76 132
162 Game Avg. 162 644 550 78 147 26 1 23 92 2 3 84 92 .267 .362 .444 .806 114 244 14 2 3 6 10
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
CHW (10 yrs) 1254 5310 4542 658 1244 219 12 171 741 15 26 668 659 .274 .365 .440 .805 117 2000 107 15 28 57 86
NYM (3 yrs) 444 1771 1513 219 394 81 1 77 265 6 11 237 301 .260 .360 .468 .828 112 708 41 6 2 13 32
LAD (2 yrs) 151 302 261 30 61 8 1 10 41 0 0 40 56 .234 .334 .387 .721 92 101 6 0 0 1 3
NYY (2 yrs) 230 888 748 99 186 30 0 36 135 3 1 130 163 .249 .359 .433 .792 110 324 22 2 3 5 11
AL (12 yrs) 1484 6198 5290 757 1430 249 12 207 876 18 27 798 822 .270 .364 .439 .803 116 2324 129 17 31 62 97
NL (5 yrs) 595 2073 1774 249 455 89 2 87 306 6 11 277 357 .256 .356 .456 .812 109 809 47 6 2 14 35

Postseason Batting

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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
1993 25 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 6 27 20 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 6 .200 .370 .350 .720 7 0 0 0 1 2
1999 31 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 4 18 14 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .214 .389 .357 .746 5 0 0 0 0 1
1999 31 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 6 27 25 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .120 .185 .160 .345 4 1 0 0 0 0
2000 32 NYM NL NLDS SFG W 4 19 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 .143 .368 .357 .726 5 1 1 0 0 1
2000 32 NYM NL NLCS STL W 5 22 14 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 .214 .409 .286 .695 4 0 0 0 2 0
2000 32 NYM NL WS NYY L 5 21 20 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .350 .540 7 0 0 0 0 0
2002 34 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 4 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .286 .313 .429 .741 6 1 0 0 1 0
2004 36 LAD NL NLDS STL L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 37 153 124 12 22 7 0 3 19 0 0 24 22 .177 .307 .306 .614 38 3 1 0 4 4
1 ALDS 4 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .286 .313 .429 .741 6 1 0 0 1 0
3 NLDS 11 40 31 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 8 4 .161 .350 .323 .673 10 1 1 0 0 2
2 NLCS 11 49 39 6 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 5 .154 .286 .205 .491 8 1 0 0 2 0
1 ALCS 6 27 20 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 6 .200 .370 .350 .720 7 0 0 0 1 2
1 WS 5 21 20 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .350 .540 7 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 36 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1992 *
2002 *

Gold Gloves
1991-AL-3B
1992-AL-3B
1993-AL-3B
1996-AL-3B
1998-AL-3B
1999-NL-3B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1991-AL-20-1%
1999-NL-6-25%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

Games Played s c a p y
1996 AL--158--8th
1998 AL--161--4th
1999 NL--161--5th
Career--2079--175th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7064--250th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career--8271--204th

Total Bases s c a p y
Career--3133--234th

Doubles s c a p y
1992 AL--38--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--294--128th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1991 AL--100--8th
1999 NL--120--8th
Career--1182--144th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 AL--93--8th
1993 AL--105--6th
2002 AL--90--6th
Career--1075--80th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1179--148th

Runs Created s c a p y
Career--1162--201st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career--646--224th

Times On Base s c a p y
1991 AL--256--9th
1992 AL--260--8th
Career--2983--192nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1990 AL--13--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1994 AL--8--4th
1995 AL--8--10th
Career--76--104th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL--16--7th
1994 AL--15--3rd
1995 AL--11--8th
1998 AL--15--1st
1999 NL--10--10th
2000 NL--12--8th
2002 AL--9--10th
Career--132--59th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 AL--22--5th
1993 AL--18--6th
Career--176--146th

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 AL--17.222--10th
Career--24.027--240th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5502--211th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 19 (898), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed October 21, 1988.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

December 7, 2001: Traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for David Justice.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 31, 2003: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Chicago White Sox$100,000
1991Chicago White Sox$150,000
1992Chicago White Sox$640,000
1993Chicago White Sox$1,845,000
1994Chicago White Sox$3,500,000
1995Chicago White Sox$5,100,000
1996Chicago White Sox$6,000,000
1997Chicago White Sox$6,000,000
1998Chicago White Sox$6,100,000
1999New York Mets$7,000,000
2000New York Mets$8,000,000
2001New York Mets$8,000,000
2002New York Yankees$8,500,000
2003New York Yankees$5,000,000
2004Los Angeles Dodgers$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$67,135,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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