Joe Vitiello
Joseph David Vitiello
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 11, 1970 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Stoneham (Stoneham, MA)
School: University of Alabama
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
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
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 AL 85 301 257 29 62 15 1 8 40 2 0 38 69 .241 .342 .401 .743 89 103 12 3 0 3 2 D/39
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 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 AL 13 45 41 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 9 .146 .222 .244 .466 18 10 2 2 0 0 0 3/D
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
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
7 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 89 .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 1.4 116 .161 .146 .277 .222 .350 .244 .444 .466 .794 18 .082 -5.4 -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 Seasons 791 548 98 4.8 113 .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 4.8 113 .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 .784 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 .784 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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1995 25 KCR AL 0 0 16% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 Seasons 12 0 21% 267 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 31% 35 24 9 8 5 2 18 9 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 6 1 0 1 1.48 7 0 4 1 6 3 4 0 0 0 30 4 13% 8 1 13% 90 14 16% 5 2 40% 5 1 20% 0
1996 26 KCR AL 301 44% 62 4 0 4 2 0 1 2.00 8 0 6 4 4 3 5 0 0 0 51 12 24% 23 11 48% 195 34 17% 20 8 40% 17 11 65% 0
1997 27 KCR AL 146 55% 31 2 0 9 2 0 1 1.64 5 0 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 19 2 11% 10 1 10% 107 13 12% 11 3 27% 13 2 15% 0
1998 28 KCR AL 8 63% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.17 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 0.54 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 20% 3 0 0% 31 3 10% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2000 30 SDP NL 63 78% 13 0 0 17 5 0 2 1.85 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 1 7% 7 1 14% 47 6 13% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0
2003 33 MON NL 86 72% 26 0 0 10 2 1 2 1.50 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 18 1 6% 11 5 45% 53 11 21% 6 2 33% 8 5 63% 0
7 Seasons 791 53% 172 6 0 48 12 1 7 1.66 26 0 17 9 17 13 13 0 0 0 144 22 15% 63 19 30% 526 81 15% 47 17 36% 49 20 41% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 276 1152 4.17 688 60% 26% 17% 31% 26% 74% 2% 44% 77% 29% 6% 16 2 17% 48 21 12% 32 23 34% 25 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 Seasons 759 3015 3.97 1840 61% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 1% 46% 77% 31% 5% 35 3 14% 110 54 11% 80 55 36% 32 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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

Neutralized Batting

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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 13 36 4 0 8 21 0 9 28 .248 .310 .441 .752 18 53
1996 26 85 295 253 26 58 14 1 7 35 2 36 69 .229 .329 .375 .704 31 85
1997 27 51 146 130 10 31 6 0 5 17 0 14 37 .238 .322 .400 .722 16 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 6 13 3 0 2 7 0 10 9 .250 .365 .423 .788 8 39
2003 33 38 86 76 11 26 6 0 3 12 0 7 14 .342 .407 .539 .946 16 38
7 Seasons 289 801 704 70 170 34 1 26 96 2 79 168 .241 .327 .403 .731 91 282
162 Game Avg. 162 449 395 39 95 19 1 15 54 1 44 94 .241 .327 .403 .731 51 282

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