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Daryle Ward

Daryle Lamar Ward

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: June 27, 1975 in Lynwood, CA
High School: Bethel Christian (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 15th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1998
Teams (by GP): Astros/Pirates/Cubs/Nationals/Dodgers/... 1998-2008
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.044 [*],
Relatives: Son of Gary Ward
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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
1994	19	DET-min	Rk	48	182	161	17	43	6	0	5	30	4	1	19	33	.267	.343	.398	.740		64	4	0	1	1	4	BRS · APPY
1995	20	DET-min	A	137	582	524	75	149	32	0	14	106	1	2	46	111	.284	.344	.426	.769		223	13	5	0	7	11	FAY · SALL
1996	21	DET-min	A+,AAA	134	554	487	66	139	29	4	10	69	1	1	57	80	.285	.365	.423	.788		206	11	6	0	4	6	LAK,TOL · FLOR,IL
1997	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	128	527	470	76	157	26	0	21	98	4	2	53	75	.334	.404	.523	.928		246	12	3	0	1	5	JAC,NOR · TL,AA
1998	23	HOU-min	AAA	116	510	463	78	141	31	1	23	96	2	0	41	78	.305	.361	.525	.886		243	17	2	0	4	7	NOR · PCL
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	185	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	HOU-min	AAA	61	267	241	56	85	15	1	28	65	1	1	23	43	.353	.416	.772	1.188		186	3	3	0	0	5	NOR · PCL
1999	24	HOU	NL	64	161	150	11	41	6	0	8	30	0	0	9	31	.273	.311	.473	.784	200	71	3	0	0	2	0
2000	25	HOU	NL	119	281	264	36	68	10	2	20	47	0	0	15	61	.258	.295	.538	.833	190	142	6	0	0	2	2
2001	26	HOU	NL	95	235	213	21	56	15	0	9	39	0	0	19	48	.263	.323	.460	.783	174	98	3	1	0	2	4
2002	27	HOU	NL	136	491	453	41	125	31	0	12	72	1	3	33	82	.276	.324	.424	.748	154	192	9	1	0	4	5
2003	28	LAD-min	AAA,AA	38	156	144	16	40	9	0	4	25	0	0	10	25	.278	.321	.424	.744		61	3	0	0	2	1	LVG,JCK · PCL,SOUL
2003	28	LAD	NL	52	114	109	6	20	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	19	.183	.211	.193	.403	51	21	4	1	0	1	0
2004	29	PIT-min	AAA	28	101	96	14	27	7	0	7	17	0	0	5	16	.281	.317	.573	.890		55	1	0	0	0	1	NVL · PCL
2004	29	PIT	NL	79	321	293	39	73	17	2	15	57	0	0	22	45	.249	.305	.474	.780	175	139	8	3	0	3	3
2005	30	PIT	NL	133	453	407	46	106	21	1	12	63	0	2	37	60	.260	.318	.405	.723	172	165	18	1	0	8	10
2006	31	TOT	NL	98	150	130	17	40	10	0	7	26	0	1	15	27	.308	.380	.546	.926	224	71	5	2	0	3	1	39/7D
2006	31	WSN	NL	78	123	104	15	32	9	0	6	19	0	1	14	21	.308	.390	.567	.958	237	59	5	2	0	3	1	9/3D7
2006	31	ATL	NL	20	27	26	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	6	.308	.333	.462	.795	172	12	0	0	0	0	0	/37
2007	32	CHC-min	AAA	4	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.154	.231		2	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2007	32	CHC	NL	79	133	110	16	36	13	0	3	19	0	0	22	23	.327	.436	.527	.963	282	58	6	0	0	1	8
2008	33	CHC-min	AAA	3	11	10	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.545	.500	1.045		5	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2008	33	CHC	NL	89	119	102	8	22	7	0	4	17	0	0	16	24	.216	.319	.402	.721	172	41	4	0	0	1	3
2009	34	CHW-WSN-min	AAA	99	392	341	41	86	13	0	13	49	2	1	43	69	.252	.337	.405	.741		138	15	3	0	5	2	CHR,SYR · IL
2011	36	ARI-min	AA	28	110	85	12	27	7	0	2	18	1	0	22	9	.318	.445	.471	.916		40	3	0	0	3	5	MOB · SOUL
11 Seasons				948	2462	2234	242	588	131	5	90	379	1	6	192	422	.263	.320	.447	.768	175	999	66	9	0	27	36
162 Game Avg.				162	421	382	41	100	22	1	15	65	0	1	33	72	.263	.320	.447	.768	175	171	11	2	0	5	6

HOU (5 yrs)				418	1172	1083	110	291	62	2	49	188	1	3	77	224	.269	.316	.465	.781	172	504	21	2	0	10	11
PIT (2 yrs)				212	774	700	85	179	38	3	27	120	0	2	59	105	.256	.313	.434	.747	173	304	26	4	0	11	13
CHC (2 yrs)				168	252	212	24	58	20	0	7	36	0	0	38	47	.274	.381	.467	.848	228	99	10	0	0	2	11
ATL (1 yr)				20	27	26	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	6	.308	.333	.462	.795	172	12	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				52	114	109	6	20	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	19	.183	.211	.193	.403	51	21	4	1	0	1	0
WSN (1 yr)				78	123	104	15	32	9	0	6	19	0	1	14	21	.308	.390	.567	.958	237	59	5	2	0	3	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
1999	24	HOU	NL	161	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	-2	5	-5	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$200,000
2000	25	HOU	NL	281	-4	0	-2	-1	-7	-3	8	-9	-0.9	-2	-0.2	-0.7	$237,500
2001	26	HOU	NL	235	-3	-1	0	0	-4	-2	7	-4	-0.4	1	0.1	-0.5	$287,500
2002	27	HOU	NL	491	-7	-2	-1	0	-14	-5	14	-15	-1.5	-1	-0.1	-1.4	$375,000
2003	28	LAD	NL	114	-14	0	0	1	1	-1	3	-10	-1.0	-11	-1.1	0.1	$1,350,000
2004	29	PIT	NL	321	-1	-2	0	-1	-0	-5	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
2005	30	PIT	NL	453	-9	-5	2	-2	-0	-7	13	-8	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$950,000
2006	31	WSN	NL	123	8	0	0	-1	-6	-1	3	3	0.3	9	0.9	-0.6	$700,000	9/3D7
2006	31	ATL	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/37
2007	32	CHC	NL	133	7	0	1	-1	-0	-1	4	9	0.9	10	1.0	-0.1	$1,000,000
2008	33	CHC	NL	119	-2	-1	0	0	2	-1	3	2	0.2	-1	-0.1	0.3	$1,200,000
11 Seasons				2462	-26	-12	0	-6	-32	-28	70	-36	-3.7	-2	-0.2	-3.5	$6,300,000

HOU (5 yrs)				1172	-15	-4	-3	-2	-30	-12	34	-33	-3.3	-2	-0.2	-3.1	$1,100,000
PIT (2 yrs)				774	-10	-7	2	-3	-0	-12	22	-8	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$950,000
CHC (2 yrs)				252	5	-1	1	-1	2	-2	7	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$2,200,000
ATL (1 yr)				27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
LAD (1 yr)				114	-14	0	0	1	1	-1	3	-10	-1.0	-11	-1.1	0.1	$1,350,000
WSN (1 yr)				123	8	0	0	-1	-6	-1	3	3	0.3	9	0.9	-0.6	$700,000

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
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	2	1	13.4	63	1.000	.333	.218	.500	.278	.333	.319	.833	.597	185	.865	0.4	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
1999	24	HOU	NL	161	114	22	5.2	42	.292	.273	.195	.311	.250	.473	.269	.784	.520	200	.488	12.8	1.2	.714	.260	.200	.0
2000	25	HOU	NL	281	204	40	5.2	55	.259	.258	.205	.295	.268	.538	.300	.833	.568	190	.492	20.7	1.9	.777	.337	.280	.0
2001	26	HOU	NL	235	162	32	5.3	55	.297	.263	.203	.323	.263	.460	.304	.783	.568	174	.523	15.3	1.4	.738	.286	.197	.0
2002	27	HOU	NL	491	344	61	4.8	59	.311	.276	.214	.324	.268	.424	.317	.748	.586	154	.495	24.7	2.4	.659	.216	.148	1.8
2003	28	LAD	NL	114	94	4	1.1	47	.220	.183	.194	.211	.248	.193	.292	.403	.541	51	.064	-4.9	-0.5	.269	.037	.009
2004	29	PIT	NL	321	231	41	4.8	52	.246	.249	.200	.305	.255	.474	.306	.780	.560	175	.475	21.9	2.0	.719	.300	.225	.0
2005	30	PIT	NL	453	329	48	3.9	44	.274	.260	.195	.318	.246	.405	.284	.723	.530	172	.402	28.3	2.7	.626	.231	.145	.0
2006	31	TOT	NL	150	99	26	7.0	54	.333	.308	.206	.380	.261	.546	.306	.926	.567	224	.643	17.6	1.6	.906	.346	.238	.0
2006	31	WSN	NL	123	81	22	7.3	54	.325	.308	.204	.390	.260	.567	.304	.958	.564	237	.657	15.8	1.5	.949	.385	.260	.0
2006	31	ATL	NL	27	18	4	6.0	58	.368	.308	.210	.333	.267	.462	.313	.795	.580	172	.571	1.8	0.2	.722	.192	.154	.0
2007	32	CHC	NL	133	81	24	8.0	37	.388	.327	.186	.436	.238	.527	.266	.963	.504	282	.695	18.9	1.8	1.000	.400	.200	.0
2008	33	CHC	NL	119	85	13	4.1	45	.240	.216	.190	.319	.254	.402	.276	.721	.530	172	.419	7.0	0.7	.679	.343	.186	.0
11 Seasons				2462	1745	312	4.8	51	.285	.263	.201	.320	.257	.447	.297	.768	.554	175	.480	162.6	15.2	.696	.268	.184	2.0
162 Game Avg.				421	298	53	4.8	51	.285	.263	.201	.320	.257	.447	.297	.768	.554	175	.480	28	3	.696	.268	.184

HOU (5 yrs)				1172	826	156	5.1	55	.295	.269	.207	.316	.265	.465	.304	.781	.569	172	.501	73.8	6.9	.712	.266	.197	2.0
PIT (2 yrs)				774	560	89	4.2	48	.263	.256	.197	.313	.250	.434	.293	.747	.543	173	.434	50.1	4.7	.665	.260	.179	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				252	166	37	6.0	41	.319	.274	.188	.381	.245	.467	.271	.848	.516	228	.582	25.9	2.4	.835	.373	.193	.0
ATL (1 yr)				27	18	4	6.0	58	.368	.308	.210	.333	.267	.462	.313	.795	.580	172	.570	1.8	0.2	.722	.192	.154	.0
LAD (1 yr)				114	94	4	1.1	47	.220	.183	.194	.211	.248	.193	.292	.403	.541	51	.064	-4.9	-0.5	.269	.037	.009
WSN (1 yr)				123	81	22	7.3	54	.325	.308	.204	.390	.260	.567	.304	.958	.564	237	.657	15.8	1.5	.949	.385	.260	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1999	24	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714	4	0	0	0	0	0

2001	26	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	0	0	0

2007	32	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
2008	33	CHC	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (4 Series)							11	15	14	2	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.786	1.119	11	0	0	0	0	0
4 NLDS							11	15	14	2	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.786	1.119	11	0	0	0	0	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
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	1.5			0.00		25%	100%	0.0%	0%
1999	24	HOU	NL	161	5.0%	19.3%	5.6%	8.7%	34%	3.44	4.8	18.8	5.0	0.70	0.95	70%	16%	13.1%	14%
2000	25	HOU	NL	281	7.1%	21.7%	5.3%	11.4%	47%	4.07	4.3	13.2	5.6	0.59	0.84	66%	22%	19.4%	11%
2001	26	HOU	NL	235	3.8%	20.4%	8.1%	10.2%	43%	2.53	4.4	23.7	5.5	0.74	1.11	67%	28%	11.4%	13%
2002	27	HOU	NL	491	2.4%	16.7%	6.7%	8.8%	34%	2.48	5.5	37.8	6.3	0.51	0.75	74%	29%	6.3%	21%
2003	28	LAD	NL	114	0.0%	16.7%	2.6%	0.9%	5%	6.33	5.7		12.1	1.07	1.21	80%	15%	0.0%	23%
2004	29	PIT	NL	321	4.7%	14.0%	6.9%	10.6%	47%	2.05	6.5	19.5	5.1	0.61	0.82	74%	19%	11.2%	14%
2005	30	PIT	NL	453	2.7%	13.3%	8.2%	7.5%	32%	1.62	6.8	33.9	6.5	0.67	0.88	76%	18%	6.2%	9%
2006	31	TOT	NL	150	4.7%	18.0%	10.0%	11.3%	43%	1.80	4.8	18.6	5.0	0.54	0.89	66%	25%	11.3%	10%
2006	31	WSN	NL	123	4.9%	17.1%	11.4%	12.2%	47%	1.50	5.0	17.3	5.5	0.48	0.81	65%	24%	11.8%	12%
2006	31	ATL	NL	27	3.7%	22.2%	3.7%	7.4%	25%	6.00	4.3	26.0	3.7	0.82	1.40	70%	25%	9.1%	0%
2007	32	CHC	NL	133	2.3%	17.3%	16.5%	12.0%	44%	1.05	4.8	36.7	5.8	0.66	1.43	64%	27%	6.3%	9%
2008	33	CHC	NL	119	3.4%	20.2%	13.5%	9.2%	50%	1.50	4.3	25.5	6.0	0.58	0.90	63%	19%	9.1%	12%
11 Seasons				2462	3.7%	17.1%	7.8%	9.2%	38%	2.20	5.3	24.8	5.9	0.63	0.90	71%	22%	9.5%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.8	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.0%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	23	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.96	-0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.81	0.3	0.96	3
1999	24	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	161	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	1.11	-0.1	-0.2	-6.0	-0.5	0.97	-3.0	1.48	25
2000	25	HOU	NL	-3.2	-0.3	283	-2.0	4.1	-6.1	1.02	-0.1	-1.8	-6.5	-0.6	0.94	0.3	1.59	52
2001	26	HOU	NL	-2.2	-0.2	238	-0.4	3.9	-4.3	1.07	-0.0	-0.3	-5.3	-0.5	1.02	-3.1	1.36	37
2002	27	HOU	NL	-6.8	-0.7	497	-1.1	8.7	-9.8	1.07	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	-2.6	1.39	15
2003	28	LAD	NL	-14.4	-1.4	114	-2.2	1.2	-3.4	1.35	-1.4	-0.2	-17.5	-1.8	1.07	-15.4	1.54	25
2004	29	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	323	-0.1	6.2	-6.3	1.06	0.3	-0.3	9.2	0.9	0.95	3.4	0.92	5
2005	30	PIT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	456	-1.0	8.1	-9.1	1.08	-0.7	-0.2	-8.1	-0.8	0.99	-6.0	1.16	22
2006	31	TOT	NL	8.4	0.8	153	0.6	3.2	-2.7	1.08	0.7	-0.1	8.4	0.8	0.96	8.4	1.38	62
2006	31	WSN	NL	8.5	0.8	125	0.5	2.9	-2.4	1.18	0.6	-0.2	4.7	0.4	0.98	7.3	1.61	48
2006	31	ATL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	28	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.66	0.0	-0.0	3.8	0.4	0.87	1.0	0.61	14
2007	32	CHC	NL	8.8	0.8	136	1.0	3.4	-2.3	1.15	0.5	0.4	10.6	1.0	0.97	8.2	1.36	41
2008	33	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.3	119	-0.3	2.3	-2.5	1.19	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.11	-0.3	1.44	55
11 Seasons				-21.4	-2.1	2484	-5.7	44.3	-50.0	1.09	-1.3	-3.9	-16.9	-1.7	0.99	-9.7	1.41	342

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	23	HOU	NL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	24	HOU	NL	1	7%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18%	8	7	1	2	2	0	1	0	1
2000	25	HOU	NL	0	25%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	3	38%	8	6	2	4	2	2	4	2	2
2001	26	HOU	NL	3	18%	56	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	4	33%	12	9	2	2	1	1	7	1	4
2002	27	HOU	NL	2	20%	162	1	3	25%	1	2	1	0	0	4	5	30%	24	16	8	4	4	0	16	10	5
2003	28	LAD	NL	2	25%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
2004	29	PIT	NL	2	29%	107	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	5	27%	7	4	3	7	7	0	12	8	4
2005	30	PIT	NL	6	26%	165	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	1	6	3	17%	30	27	2	5	4	1	12	6	5
2006	31	TOT	NL	1	20%	37	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	29%	2	2	0	2	1	1	3	2	1
2006	31	WSN	NL	1	21%	35	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	33%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	1
2006	31	ATL	NL	0	13%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2007	32	CHC	NL	2	24%	43	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0	4	50%	8	6	2	4	2	2	6	1	5
2008	33	CHC	NL	2	12%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13%	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	1	0
11 Seasons				21	22%	722	1	6	14%	1	4	2	4	2	20	29	28%	105	83	20	32	24	8	64	31	28

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
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	75%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	24	HOU	NL	161	92%	41	3	0	25	8	2	4	1.48	8	0	7	7	1	2	6	0	0	0		32	3	9%	17	5	29%	121	23	19%	16	9	56%	5	2	40%	0
2000	25	HOU	NL	281	91%	68	2	0	52	11	2	5	1.59	20	0	10	18	2	13	7	0	0	0		56	6	11%	28	9	32%	189	28	15%	15	8	53%	17	5	29%	0
2001	26	HOU	NL	235	88%	56	2	0	37	8	1	5	1.36	9	1	17	5	4	5	4	0	0	0		44	3	7%	26	7	27%	190	30	16%	23	13	57%	9	3	33%	0
2002	27	HOU	NL	491	88%	125	4	0	15	3	0	1	1.39	12	1	17	11	1	9	3	0	0	0		99	9	9%	41	12	29%	337	60	18%	29	21	72%	18	10	56%	0
2003	28	LAD	NL	114	95%	20	0	0	25	4	0	4	1.54	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	4	18%	14	6	43%	106	10	9%	11	5	45%	6	3	50%	0
2004	29	PIT	NL	321	82%	73	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.92	15	0	7	14	1	8	7	0	0	0		67	8	12%	24	9	38%	208	43	21%	18	11	61%	11	6	55%	0
2005	30	PIT	NL	453	75%	106	3	0	22	4	0	0	1.16	12	0	15	12	0	7	5	0	0	0		87	18	21%	45	19	42%	323	51	16%	36	21	58%	26	19	73%	0
2006	31	TOT	NL	150	87%	40	0	0	62	22	4	13	1.38	7	0	5	7	0	3	4	0	0	0		29	5	17%	13	5	38%	102	19	19%	13	6	46%	6	3	50%	0
2006	31	WSN	NL	123	89%	32	0	0	48	14	3	9	1.61	6	0	5	6	0	3	3	0	0	0		25	5	20%	12	4	33%	88	13	15%	13	6	46%	5	2	40%	0
2006	31	ATL	NL	27	81%	8	0	0	14	8	1	4	0.61	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	14	6	43%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2007	32	CHC	NL	133	92%	36	1	0	41	11	0	2	1.36	3	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		35	6	17%	10	3	30%	94	16	17%	8	2	25%	2	1	50%	0
2008	33	CHC	NL	119	91%	22	0	0	55	8	2	6	1.44	4	0	4	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		37	4	11%	17	6	35%	115	14	12%	7	4	57%	10	5	50%	0
11 Seasons				2462	86%	588	20	0	342	80	11	40	1.41	90	3	94	81	9	50	40	0	0	0		509	66	13%	236	81	34%	1786	294	16%	176	100	57%	110	57	52%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			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
1998	23	HOU	NL	4	16	4.00	10	63%	10%	30%	50%	10%	90%	0%	56%	67%	50%	25%	1	0	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1999	24	HOU	NL	161	566	3.52	396	70%	16%	18%	35%	31%	84%	0%	59%	78%	37%	4%	7	3	14%	23	14	5%	8	5	6%	0	0	0
2000	25	HOU	NL	281	1039	3.70	715	69%	18%	21%	33%	29%	82%	2%	56%	75%	40%	2%	6	1	11%	32	21	6%	16	12	8%	0	0	0
2001	26	HOU	NL	235	886	3.77	559	63%	18%	19%	33%	30%	82%	5%	52%	77%	40%	5%	12	0	15%	36	19	7%	16	12	15%	0	0	0
2002	27	HOU	NL	491	1913	3.90	1185	62%	27%	16%	26%	32%	73%	2%	45%	78%	25%	6%	29	4	22%	109	53	9%	46	33	11%	0	0	0
2003	28	LAD	NL	114	383	3.36	267	70%	22%	17%	27%	34%	78%	0%	55%	78%	40%	4%	4	2	15%	17	9	6%	7	5	11%	0	0	0
2004	29	PIT	NL	321	1225	3.82	788	64%	24%	14%	29%	32%	76%	3%	49%	81%	28%	5%	17	0	16%	50	21	6%	18	14	16%	0	0	0
2005	30	PIT	NL	453	1587	3.50	1003	63%	22%	15%	28%	35%	78%	7%	49%	81%	36%	8%	35	4	18%	83	34	9%	39	28	23%	0	0	0
2006	31	TOT	NL	150	605	4.03	371	61%	28%	17%	27%	29%	72%	1%	44%	77%	25%	6%	9	3	17%	26	8	13%	20	15	15%	0	0	0
2006	31	WSN	NL	123	494	4.02	293	59%	30%	16%	25%	29%	70%	1%	41%	78%	24%	7%	9	3	20%	24	7	15%	19	14	19%	0	0	0
2006	31	ATL	NL	27	111	4.11	78	70%	21%	21%	33%	26%	79%	0%	56%	74%	33%	0%	0	0	7%	2	1	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2007	32	CHC	NL	133	484	3.64	280	58%	28%	18%	22%	31%	72%	13%	42%	75%	26%	11%	15	0	22%	29	6	9%	12	9	35%	0	0	0
2008	33	CHC	NL	119	499	4.19	303	61%	30%	15%	29%	26%	70%	5%	42%	79%	25%	11%	13	2	21%	25	7	14%	17	13	21%	0	0	0
11 Seasons				2462	9203	3.74	5877	64%	23%	17%	29%	31%	77%	4%	49%	78%	32%	6%	148	19	18%	431	192	8%	199	146	15%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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	SF	IBB
1998	23	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	185	1	0	0	0	0
1999	24	68	165	153	12	42	6	0	8	30	0	0	10	33	.275	.315	.471	.786	200	72	3	0	2	0
2000	25	187	446	417	48	110	16	2	28	77	0	0	25	94	.264	.303	.513	.816	193	214	9	0	4	2
2001	26	282	681	630	69	166	31	2	37	116	0	0	44	142	.263	.310	.495	.805	186	312	12	1	6	6
2002	27	418	1172	1083	110	291	62	2	49	188	1	3	77	224	.269	.316	.465	.781	172	504	21	2	10	11
2003	28	470	1286	1192	116	311	63	2	49	197	1	3	80	243	.261	.306	.440	.747	162	525	25	3	11	11
2004	29	549	1607	1485	155	384	80	4	64	254	1	3	102	288	.259	.306	.447	.753	164	664	33	6	14	14
2005	30	682	2060	1892	201	490	101	5	76	317	1	5	139	348	.259	.309	.438	.747	166	829	51	7	22	24
2006	31	780	2210	2022	218	530	111	5	83	343	1	6	154	375	.262	.314	.445	.759	170	900	56	9	25	25
2007	32	859	2343	2132	234	566	124	5	86	362	1	6	176	398	.265	.321	.449	.770	175	958	62	9	26	33
2008	33	948	2462	2234	242	588	131	5	90	379	1	6	192	422	.263	.320	.447	.768	175	999	66	9	27	36

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	23	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	4
1999	24	64	157	147	10	38	6	0	7	27	0	8	31	.259	.293	.442	.735	20	64
2000	25	119	272	257	30	61	9	2	18	39	0	13	61	.237	.272	.498	.770	35	119
2001	26	95	230	209	19	52	14	0	8	34	0	18	48	.249	.309	.431	.739	28	95
2002	27	136	485	448	38	120	30	0	12	67	1	32	82	.268	.315	.415	.731	58	136
2003	28	52	113	108	6	19	1	0	0	8	0	3	19	.176	.204	.185	.389	4	52
2004	29	79	318	291	37	71	17	2	15	54	0	21	45	.244	.299	.471	.770	40	79
2005	30	133	453	407	46	106	21	1	12	63	0	37	60	.260	.318	.405	.723	53	133
2006	31	98	149	129	16	39	10	0	7	25	0	15	27	.302	.376	.543	.918	26	98
2007	32	79	130	108	14	34	12	0	3	17	0	21	23	.315	.423	.509	.932	23	79
2008	33	89	117	101	7	21	7	0	4	15	0	15	24	.208	.308	.396	.704	12	89
11 Seasons		948	2428	2208	223	561	127	5	86	349	1	184	422	.254	.311	.433	.744	299	948
162 Game Avg.		162	415	377	38	96	22	1	15	60	0	31	72	.254	.311	.433	.744	51	948

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