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Joe Vitiello

Joseph David Vitiello

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 11, 1970 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Stoneham HS (Stoneham, MA)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Padres/Expos 1995-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
1991	21	KCR-min	AA,A-	55	231	192	31	49	6	1	6	39	1	1	34	54	.255	.368	.391	.759		75	2	2	0	3	1		MEM,EUG · SOUL,NORW
1992	22	KCR-min	A+	115	461	400	52	113	16	1	8	65	0	5	46	101	.283	.360	.388	.748		155	11	7	0	8	1		BBC · FLOR
1993	23	KCR-min	AA	117	480	413	62	119	25	2	15	66	2	0	57	95	.288	.377	.467	.844		193	8	5	0	5	2		MEM · SOUL
1994	24	KCR-min	AAA	98	419	352	46	121	28	3	10	61	3	2	56	63	.344	.440	.526	.966		185	15	7	1	3	1		OMA · AA
1995	25	KCR-min	AAA	59	249	229	33	64	14	2	12	42	0	1	12	50	.279	.329	.515	.845		118	9	6	0	2	0		OMA · AA
1995	25	KCR	AL	53	142	130	13	33	4	0	7	21	0	0	8	25	.254	.317	.446	.763	96	58	4	4	0	0	0	D/3
1996	26	KCR-min	AAA	36	152	132	26	37	7	0	9	31	1	0	16	32	.280	.368	.538	.906		71	0	3	0	1	1		OMA · AA
1996	26	KCR	AL	85	301	257	29	62	15	1	8	40	2	0	38	69	.241	.342	.401	.743	88	103	12	3	0	3	2	D/39
1997	27	KCR-min	AAA	13	47	42	5	9	1	0	3	9	0	0	5	16	.214	.298	.452	.750		19	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1997	27	KCR	AL	51	146	130	11	31	6	0	5	18	0	0	14	37	.238	.322	.400	.722	87	52	2	2	0	0	1	9D7/3
1998	28	KCR-min	AAA	103	428	376	44	107	20	2	18	71	0	0	39	68	.285	.355	.492	.847		185	19	6	0	7	2		OMA · PCL
1998	28	KCR	AL	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1999	29	KCR-min	AAA	122	521	447	70	142	33	0	28	98	3	4	66	84	.318	.407	.579	.986		259	16	4	0	4	2		OMA · PCL
1999	29	KCR	AL	13	45	41	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	9	.146	.222	.244	.466	19	10	2	2	0	0	0	3/D
2000	30	SDP-min	AAA	77	304	274	43	96	31	0	11	46	2	0	27	59	.350	.411	.584	.995		160	11	2	0	1	0		LVG · PCL
2000	30	SDP	NL	39	63	52	7	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	10	9	.250	.365	.423	.788	106	22	1	0	0	1	0	3/9

2001	31	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
2002	32	WSN-min	AAA	119	482	431	57	142	34	0	16	82	1	0	39	58	.329	.390	.520	.910		224	16	7	0	5	5		OTT · IL
2003	33	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	50	191	171	20	42	12	0	2	17	0	0	18	26	.246	.314	.351	.665		60	6	0	0	2	1		FRE,EDM · PCL
2003	33	MON	NL	38	86	76	12	26	6	0	3	13	0	0	7	14	.342	.407	.539	.946	140	41	1	2	0	1	0	73/D
2004	34	DET-min	AAA	86	360	323	52	106	19	0	16	70	2	2	27	61	.328	.386	.536	.922		173	5	6	0	4	2		TOL · IL
7 Yrs				282	791	693	76	172	35	1	26	104	2	0	80	165	.248	.335	.414	.749	92	287	22	13	0	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	454	398	44	99	20	1	15	60	1	0	46	95	.248	.335	.414	.749	92	165	13	7	0	3	2

KCR (5 yrs)				205	642	565	57	133	26	1	21	83	2	0	63	142	.235	.322	.396	.719	84	224	20	11	0	3	3
SDP (1 yr)				39	63	52	7	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	10	9	.250	.365	.423	.788	106	22	1	0	0	1	0
MON (1 yr)				38	86	76	12	26	6	0	3	13	0	0	7	14	.342	.407	.539	.946	140	41	1	2	0	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				205	642	565	57	133	26	1	21	83	2	0	63	142	.235	.322	.396	.719	84	224	20	11	0	3	3
NL (2 yrs)				77	149	128	19	39	9	0	5	21	0	0	17	23	.305	.389	.492	.881	126	63	2	2	0	2	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
1995	25	KCR	AL	53	142	-2	-1	-1	-0	-4	-8	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.3	-0.4	-3	$109,000	D/3
1996	26	KCR	AL	85	301	-2	-1	-3	-2	-8	-15	-1.2	10	-5	-0.3	.484	.491	-0.2	-0.7	-4	$150,000	D/39
1997	27	KCR	AL	51	146	-3	-0	-0	-5	-3	-11	-1.0	5	-6	-0.6	.479	.493	-0.1	-0.7	-1	$210,000	9D7/3
1998	28	KCR	AL	3	8	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.457	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$225,000	/D
1999	29	KCR	AL	13	45	-4	0	-0	-0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-4	-0.4	.461	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-4	$	3/D
2000	30	SDP	NL	39	63	0	0	0	-3	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$	3/9

2003	33	MON	NL	38	86	7	-1	0	1	-2	6	0.6	2	8	0.8	.516	.504	0.7	-0.1	7	$	73/D
7 Seasons				282	791	-4	-3	-4	-9	-18	-37	-3.2	25	-12	-1.0	.488	.497	-0.1	-2.3	-3	$694,000

KCR (5 yrs)				205	642	-11	-2	-4	-7	-15	-41	-3.6	21	-20	-1.7	.481	.495	-1.0	-1.9	-13	$694,000
SDP (1 yr)				39	63	0	0	0	-3	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$
MON (1 yr)				38	86	7	-1	0	1	-2	6	0.6	2	8	0.8	.516	.504	0.7	-0.1	7	$

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
1995	25	KCR	AL	142	101	18	4.8	110	.265	.254	.272	.317	.346	.446	.429	.763	.774	96	.458	-1.6	-0.2	.693	.254	.192	.0
1996	26	KCR	AL	301	210	35	4.5	115	.295	.241	.276	.342	.349	.401	.443	.743	.792	88	.398	-3.8	-0.3	.705	.315	.160	3.2
1997	27	KCR	AL	146	101	17	4.5	110	.295	.238	.272	.322	.342	.400	.431	.722	.773	87	.438	-2.8	-0.3	.673	.269	.162	.0
1998	28	KCR	AL	8	6	0	0.0	111	.200	.143	.273	.250	.342	.143	.434	.393	.776	6	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.143	.000
1999	29	KCR	AL	45	37	2	1.4	115	.161	.146	.276	.222	.349	.244	.442	.466	.791	19	.082	-5.3	-0.5	.378	.146	.098	.0
2000	30	SDP	NL	63	41	9	5.9	109	.262	.250	.263	.365	.339	.423	.430	.788	.770	106	.544	1.0	0.1	.800	.365	.173	.0

2003	33	MON	NL	86	52	17	8.8	114	.383	.342	.274	.407	.347	.539	.440	.946	.787	140	.741	4.9	0.5	.980	.289	.197	.0
7 Yrs				791	548	98	4.8	112	.288	.248	.273	.335	.346	.414	.437	.749	.783	92	.450	-8.6	-0.8	.703	.284	.166	3.7
162 Game Avg.				454	315	56	4.8	112	.288	.248	.273	.335	.346	.414	.437	.749	.783	92	.450	-8.6	-0.8	.703	.284	.166	2

KCR (5 yrs)				642	455	72	4.2	113	.277	.235	.274	.322	.347	.396	.437	.719	.783	84	.391	-14.5	-1.3	.664	.276	.161	3.7
SDP (1 yr)				63	41	9	5.9	109	.262	.250	.263	.365	.339	.423	.430	.788	.770	106	.544	1.0	0.1	.800	.365	.173	.0
MON (1 yr)				86	52	17	8.8	114	.383	.342	.274	.407	.347	.539	.440	.946	.787	140	.741	4.9	0.5	.980	.289	.197	.0

AL (5 yrs)				642	455	72	4.2	113	.277	.235	.274	.322	.347	.396	.437	.719	.783	84	.391	-14.5	-1.3	.664	.276	.161	3.7
NL (2 yrs)				149	93	26	7.5	112	.333	.305	.270	.389	.344	.492	.436	.881	.780	126	.668	5.9	0.6	.901	.320	.188	.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
1995	25	KCR	AL	142	4.9%	17.6%	5.6%	7.8%	33%	3.13	5.2	18.6	6.2	0.72	1.24	69%	28%	13.0%	11%
1996	26	KCR	AL	301	2.7%	22.9%	12.6%	8.0%	39%	1.82	3.7	32.1	6.4	1.01	1.56	61%	26%	9.4%	11%
1997	27	KCR	AL	146	3.4%	25.3%	9.6%	7.5%	36%	2.64	3.5	26.0	7.2	0.94	1.33	60%	24%	11.6%	10%
1998	28	KCR	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.5			0.25	0.33	63%	20%	0.0%	25%
1999	29	KCR	AL	45	2.2%	20.0%	4.4%	4.4%	33%	4.50	4.6	41.0	10.3	1.00	1.17	69%	9%	7.7%	19%
2000	30	SDP	NL	63	3.2%	14.3%	15.9%	7.9%	39%	0.90	5.8	26.0	6.5	0.45	0.55	67%	27%	8.0%	14%

2003	33	MON	NL	86	3.5%	16.3%	8.1%	10.5%	35%	2.00	5.4	25.3	5.8	1.03	1.13	70%	21%	11.5%	16%
7 Yrs				791	3.3%	20.9%	10.1%	7.8%	36%	2.06	4.2	26.7	6.7	0.87	1.23	64%	24%	10.4%	12%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.8	7.4	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	25	KCR	AL	-1.6	-0.2	143	0.4	2.8	-2.4	.93	-0.1	0.5	-2.4	-0.2	0.98	-1.5	1.48	11
1996	26	KCR	AL	-3.8	-0.3	303	0.3	5.7	-5.4	1.02	-0.0	0.3	-3.5	-0.3	0.93	-3.9	2.04	8
1997	27	KCR	AL	-2.8	-0.3	146	-0.5	2.4	-3.0	1.01	-0.1	-0.4	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-1.8	1.65	11
1998	28	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.03	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.87	-0.9	1.18	1
1999	29	KCR	AL	-5.4	-0.5	46	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.89	-0.3	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.93	-3.2	0.58	1
2000	30	SDP	NL	1.0	0.1	65	0.0	1.2	-1.2	1.07	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.00	-0.8	1.81	17

2003	33	MON	NL	4.9	0.5	88	0.5	1.8	-1.3	.90	1.1	-0.5	10.6	1.0	0.96	14.2	1.51	10
7 Yrs				-8.7	-0.8	799	0.3	14.5	-14.2	.98	0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	2.3	1.67	59

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	25	KCR	AL	0	0	16%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11%	5	5	0	2	1	0	2	1	1
1996	26	KCR	AL	6	0	22%	104	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	35%	14	8	4	2	1	1	7	3	3
1997	27	KCR	AL	1	0	14%	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
1998	28	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	KCR	AL	2	0	33%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
2000	30	SDP	NL	0	0	24%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	2

2003	33	MON	NL	3	0	28%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	27%	5	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	0
7 Yrs				12	0	21%	267	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	31%	35	24	9	8	5	2	18	9	8

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
1995	25	KCR	AL	142	57%	33	0	0	11	2	1	2	1.48	7	0	4	1	6	3	4	0	0	0		30	4	13%	8	1	13%	90	14	16%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1996	26	KCR	AL	301	44%	62	4	0	8	3	0	2	2.04	8	0	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	0		51	12	24%	23	11	48%	195	34	17%	20	8	40%	10	7	70%	0
1997	27	KCR	AL	146	55%	31	2	0	11	3	0	2	1.65	5	0	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	0		19	2	11%	10	1	10%	107	13	12%	11	3	27%	3	2	67%	0
1998	28	KCR	AL	8	63%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	29	KCR	AL	45	31%	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.58	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	2	20%	3	0	0%	31	3	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2000	30	SDP	NL	63	78%	13	0	0	17	5	0	2	1.81	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		15	1	7%	7	1	14%	47	6	13%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0

2003	33	MON	NL	86	72%	26	0	0	10	2	1	2	1.51	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		18	1	6%	11	5	45%	53	11	21%	6	2	33%	7	6	86%	0
7 Yrs				791	53%	172	6	0	59	15	2	10	1.67	26	0	17	9	17	13	13	0	0	0		144	22	15%	63	19	30%	526	81	15%	47	17	36%	24	17	71%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			52%			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
1995	25	KCR	AL	139	543	3.91	354	65%	21%	18%	32%	29%	79%	0%	52%	78%	36%	1%	2	0	12%	17	14	6%	9	6	25%	3	0	0
1996	26	KCR	AL	278	1157	4.16	690	60%	26%	17%	31%	26%	74%	2%	44%	77%	29%	6%	16	2	17%	48	21	12%	32	23	34%	23	0	0
1997	27	KCR	AL	142	547	3.85	332	61%	28%	19%	26%	27%	72%	1%	44%	74%	37%	5%	7	1	12%	17	5	11%	16	9	46%	4	0	0
1998	28	KCR	AL	8	25	3.13	15	60%	27%	7%	33%	33%	73%	0%	44%	91%	50%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1999	29	KCR	AL	45	165	3.67	99	60%	26%	14%	27%	32%	74%	0%	44%	81%	20%	0%	0	0	20%	9	7	4%	2	0	56%	0	0	0
2000	30	SDP	NL	63	257	4.08	144	56%	23%	15%	32%	31%	77%	0%	43%	81%	19%	13%	8	0	16%	10	1	19%	12	10	33%	0	0	0

2003	33	MON	NL	86	326	3.79	208	64%	24%	20%	25%	30%	76%	0%	48%	73%	33%	1%	1	0	9%	8	6	10%	9	7	21%	0	0	0
7 Yrs				761	3020	3.97	1842	61%	25%	17%	30%	28%	75%	1%	46%	77%	31%	5%	35	3	14%	110	54	11%	80	55	36%	30	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1995	25	53	142	130	13	33	4	0	7	21	0	8	25	.254	.317	.446	.763	96	58	4	4	0	0
1996	26	138	443	387	42	95	19	1	15	61	2	46	94	.245	.334	.416	.750	91	161	16	7	3	2
1997	27	189	589	517	53	126	25	1	20	79	2	60	131	.244	.331	.412	.743	90	213	18	9	3	3
1998	28	192	597	524	53	127	25	1	20	79	2	61	133	.242	.330	.408	.738	89	214	18	9	3	3
1999	29	205	642	565	57	133	26	1	21	83	2	63	142	.235	.322	.396	.719	84	224	20	11	3	3
2000	30	244	705	617	64	146	29	1	23	91	2	73	151	.237	.326	.399	.725	86	246	21	11	4	3
2001	31	244	705	617	64	146	29	1	23	91	2	73	151	.237	.326	.399	.725	86	246	21	11	4	3
2002	32	244	705	617	64	146	29	1	23	91	2	73	151	.237	.326	.399	.725	86	246	21	11	4	3
2003	33	282	791	693	76	172	35	1	26	104	2	80	165	.248	.335	.414	.749	92	287	22	13	5	3

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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
1995	25	60	158	145	14	36	4	0	8	22	0	9	28	.248	.310	.441	.752	18	53
1996	26	85	295	253	26	58	14	1	7	36	2	36	69	.229	.329	.375	.704	31	85
1997	27	51	145	129	10	30	6	0	5	17	0	14	37	.233	.317	.395	.713	15	51
1998	28	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	3
1999	29	13	45	41	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	2	9	.146	.222	.244	.466	2	13
2000	30	39	63	52	7	13	3	0	2	8	0	10	9	.250	.365	.423	.788	8	39

2003	33	38	85	75	11	25	6	0	3	12	0	7	14	.333	.400	.533	.933	15	38
7 Yrs		289	799	702	72	168	34	1	26	99	2	79	168	.239	.325	.402	.727	89	282
162 Game Avg.		162	448	394	40	94	19	1	15	55	1	44	94	.239	.325	.402	.727	50	282

* 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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Craig Kusick (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Marshall (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Gray (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Len Matuszek (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reb Russell (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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