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Vernon Wells

Vernon M. Wells (twitter: @VernonWells10)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 8, 1978 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Bowie HS (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1999
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Angels 1999-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 7 yrs/$126M (08-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.113, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Greg Genske, Brian Peters, and Scott Parker, previously: Jeff Moorad [*]
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All-Star

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
1999 20 TOR AL 24 92 88 8 23 5 0 1 8 1 1 4 18 .261 .293 .352 .646 64 31 6 0 0 0 0 8
2000 21 TOR AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /8
2001 22 TOR AL 30 103 96 14 30 8 0 1 6 5 0 5 15 .313 .350 .427 .777 102 41 0 1 0 1 0 8/9
2002 23 TOR AL 159 648 608 87 167 34 4 23 100 9 4 27 85 .275 .305 .457 .762 96 278 15 3 2 8 0 *89
2003 24 TOR AL 161 735 678 118 215 49 5 33 117 4 1 42 80 .317 .359 .550 .909 132 373 21 7 0 8 2 *8 AS,MVP-8,SS
2004 25 TOR AL 134 590 536 82 146 34 2 23 67 9 2 51 83 .272 .337 .472 .809 105 253 17 2 0 1 2 *8/D GG
2005 26 TOR AL 156 678 620 78 167 30 3 28 97 8 3 47 86 .269 .320 .463 .783 104 287 13 3 0 8 3 *8/D GG
2006 27 TOR AL 154 677 611 91 185 40 5 32 106 17 4 54 90 .303 .357 .542 .899 129 331 13 3 0 9 0 *8/D AS,MVP-22,GG
2007 28 TOR AL 149 642 584 85 143 36 4 16 80 10 4 49 89 .245 .304 .402 .706 85 235 9 3 0 6 4 *8
2008 29 TOR AL 108 466 427 63 128 22 1 20 78 4 2 29 46 .300 .343 .496 .840 123 212 16 3 0 7 5 8/D
2009 30 TOR AL 158 684 630 84 164 37 3 15 66 17 4 48 86 .260 .311 .400 .711 86 252 18 1 0 5 2 *8/D
2010 31 TOR AL 157 646 590 79 161 44 3 31 88 6 4 50 84 .273 .331 .515 .847 125 304 18 3 0 3 5 *8/D AS
2011 32 LAA AL 131 529 505 60 110 15 4 25 66 9 4 20 86 .218 .248 .412 .660 82 208 8 1 0 3 0 *789/D
2012 33 LAA AL 38 142 135 18 33 6 0 6 12 2 0 7 17 .244 .282 .422 .704 97 57 5 0 0 0 0 *7/8
14 Yrs 1562 6634 6110 867 1672 360 34 254 891 101 33 433 865 .274 .322 .468 .790 106 2862 159 30 2 59 23
162 Game Avg. 162 688 634 90 173 37 4 26 92 10 3 45 90 .274 .322 .468 .790 106 297 16 3 0 6 2
TOR (12 yrs) 1393 5963 5470 789 1529 339 30 223 813 90 29 406 762 .280 .329 .475 .804 108 2597 146 29 2 56 23
LAA (2 yrs) 169 671 640 78 143 21 4 31 78 11 4 27 103 .223 .255 .414 .669 85 265 13 1 0 3 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 Awards
1999 20 TOR AL 24 92 -6 -1 -1 -0 0 -8 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .470 .496 -0.4 0.0 -4 $200,000 8
2000 21 TOR AL 3 2 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .463 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /8
2001 22 TOR AL 30 103 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .510 .502 0.6 0.1 6 $ 8/9
2002 23 TOR AL 159 648 -4 1 -1 -6 2 -8 -0.6 22 14 1.4 .495 .495 2.0 -0.3 20 $221,000 *89
2003 24 TOR AL 161 735 28 2 1 -14 3 19 2.0 24 44 4.2 .511 .511 5.6 -1.0 58 $520,000 *8 AS,MVP-8,SS
2004 25 TOR AL 134 590 4 4 0 13 2 24 2.5 20 43 4.3 .517 .514 2.9 1.6 30 $870,000 *8/D GG
2005 26 TOR AL 156 678 1 -1 0 5 2 7 0.9 23 30 2.9 .505 .505 2.4 0.9 25 $3,070,000 *8/D GG
2006 27 TOR AL 154 677 24 -1 1 11 2 38 3.9 23 61 6.0 .524 .523 4.9 1.4 50 $4,470,000 *8/D AS,MVP-22,GG
2007 28 TOR AL 149 642 -16 -0 -0 4 2 -10 -0.8 22 11 1.1 .493 .494 0.7 0.8 7 $8,787,500 *8
2008 29 TOR AL 108 466 15 -0 -1 -13 1 2 0.4 16 18 1.8 .502 .501 3.1 -1.1 31 $3,687,500 8/D
2009 30 TOR AL 158 684 -12 2 -0 -10 2 -18 -1.5 23 6 0.5 .489 .489 1.5 -0.6 16 $4,687,500 *8/D
2010 31 TOR AL 157 646 19 -0 -2 -5 2 14 1.7 22 36 3.6 .509 .509 4.2 -0.1 41 $15,687,500 *8/D AS
2011 32 LAA AL 131 529 -9 1 0 -11 -6 -24 -2.4 18 -6 -0.8 .481 .484 0.4 -1.7 5 $26,187,500 *789/D
2012 33 LAA AL 38 142 -2 2 0 -6 -2 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .480 .495 0.4 -0.8 4 $ *7/8
14 Seasons 1562 6634 44 11 -2 -32 11 32 4.7 223 255 24.9 .502 .501 28.2 -0.9 287 $68,388,500
TOR (12 yrs) 1393 5963 54 8 -2 -15 19 63 7.9 201 264 26.0 .504 .503 27.4 1.6 279 $42,201,000
LAA (2 yrs) 169 671 -10 3 1 -17 -8 -32 -3.2 23 -9 -1.1 .480 .490 0.8 -2.5 8 $26,187,500

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
1999 20 TOR AL 92 72 7 2.6 114 .319 .261 .275 .293 .348 .352 .440 .646 .788 64 .207 -5.0 -0.4 .486 .136 .091 1.0
2000 21 TOR AL 2 2 0 0.0 118 .000 .000 .280 .000 .354 .000 .450 .000 .804 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 22 TOR AL 103 67 16 6.4 109 .358 .313 .270 .350 .337 .427 .433 .777 .770 102 .605 0.5 0.0 .788 .219 .115 1.7
2002 23 TOR AL 648 470 81 4.6 109 .283 .275 .269 .305 .337 .457 .432 .762 .769 96 .467 -5.5 -0.5 .680 .235 .183 12.9
2003 24 TOR AL 735 493 129 7.0 110 .318 .317 .272 .359 .339 .550 .436 .909 .775 132 .646 30.8 2.9 .876 .299 .233 7.1
2004 25 TOR AL 590 410 83 5.4 113 .285 .272 .275 .337 .344 .472 .442 .809 .786 105 .521 2.7 0.2 .765 .308 .200 12.9
2005 26 TOR AL 678 477 91 5.1 107 .270 .269 .270 .320 .334 .463 .429 .783 .762 104 .517 2.2 0.2 .729 .277 .194 12.4
2006 27 TOR AL 677 452 119 7.0 111 .307 .303 .275 .357 .340 .542 .438 .899 .778 129 .632 25.8 2.4 .905 .349 .239 22.2
2007 28 TOR AL 642 460 73 4.2 107 .262 .245 .271 .304 .338 .402 .424 .706 .762 85 .421 -13.9 -1.3 .645 .252 .158 12.3
2008 29 TOR AL 466 324 68 5.6 103 .293 .300 .265 .343 .332 .496 .415 .840 .747 123 .556 13.4 1.3 .776 .269 .197 6.7
2009 30 TOR AL 684 493 77 4.2 108 .279 .260 .267 .311 .336 .400 .429 .711 .765 86 .411 -13.7 -1.3 .643 .237 .140 15.9
2010 31 TOR AL 646 454 95 5.6 102 .272 .273 .263 .331 .331 .515 .411 .847 .742 125 .581 19.4 1.9 .796 .331 .242 10.1
2011 32 LAA AL 529 410 49 3.2 94 .214 .218 .251 .248 .315 .412 .398 .660 .713 82 .339 -15.0 -1.5 .575 .244 .194 13.2
2012 33 LAA AL 142 107 15 3.8 92 .241 .244 .245 .282 .312 .422 .398 .704 .709 97 .411 -1.1 -0.1 .617 .244 .178 3.0
14 Yrs 6634 4691 903 5.1 106 .281 .274 .268 .322 .335 .468 .426 .790 .761 106 .515 40.0 3.7 .733 .277 .195 144.5
162 Game Avg. 688 487 94 5.1 106 .281 .274 .268 .322 .335 .468 .426 .790 .761 106 .515 4 0 .733 .277 .195 15
TOR (12 yrs) 5963 4174 839 5.4 108 .288 .280 .270 .329 .337 .475 .429 .804 .766 108 .532 56.1 5.3 .751 .281 .195 128.2
LAA (2 yrs) 671 517 64 3.3 93 .220 .223 .250 .255 .314 .414 .398 .669 .712 85 .354 -16.0 -1.6 .584 .244 .191 16.2

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 TOR AL 24 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TOR AL 27 as CF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 TOR AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 3 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
1999 20 TOR AL 92 1.1% 19.6% 4.4% 6.5% 26% 4.50 4.9 88.0 11.0 0.73 1.00 75% 17% 2.9% 13%
2000 21 TOR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.00 100% 0% 100%
2001 22 TOR AL 103 1.0% 14.6% 4.9% 8.7% 30% 3.00 6.4 96.0 16.0 0.74 0.76 79% 24% 2.5% 13%
2002 23 TOR AL 648 3.6% 13.1% 4.2% 9.4% 37% 3.15 7.2 26.4 6.1 0.59 0.82 78% 27% 8.4% 14%
2003 24 TOR AL 735 4.5% 10.9% 5.7% 11.8% 41% 1.90 8.5 20.5 5.8 0.67 0.85 78% 18% 11.0% 17%
2004 25 TOR AL 590 3.9% 14.1% 8.6% 10.0% 40% 1.63 6.5 23.3 8.0 0.79 1.08 73% 18% 10.3% 11%
2005 26 TOR AL 678 4.1% 12.7% 6.9% 9.0% 37% 1.83 7.2 22.1 6.4 0.69 0.80 76% 19% 10.6% 18%
2006 27 TOR AL 677 4.7% 13.3% 8.0% 11.4% 42% 1.67 6.8 19.1 5.8 0.71 0.85 74% 21% 12.1% 15%
2007 28 TOR AL 642 2.5% 13.9% 7.6% 8.7% 39% 1.82 6.6 36.5 7.3 0.65 0.76 76% 18% 6.6% 20%
2008 29 TOR AL 466 4.3% 9.9% 6.2% 9.2% 34% 1.59 9.3 21.4 5.5 0.89 1.12 79% 17% 12.0% 19%
2009 30 TOR AL 684 2.2% 12.6% 7.0% 8.0% 34% 1.79 7.3 42.0 9.5 0.75 0.85 78% 16% 6.0% 20%
2010 31 TOR AL 646 4.8% 13.0% 7.7% 12.1% 48% 1.68 7.0 19.0 6.7 0.71 0.87 74% 18% 13.3% 22%
2011 32 LAA AL 529 4.7% 16.3% 3.8% 8.3% 40% 4.30 5.9 20.2 7.7 0.65 0.69 75% 12% 13.2% 25%
2012 33 LAA AL 142 4.2% 12.0% 4.9% 8.5% 36% 2.43 7.9 22.5 11.3 0.74 0.96 79% 15% 10.2% 13%
14 Yrs 6634 3.8% 13.0% 6.5% 9.8% 39% 2.00 7.1 24.1 6.9 0.70 0.86 76% 19% 10.0% 18%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.4 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 20 TOR AL -5.1 -0.5 95 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 .86 -0.7 0.1 -7.5 -0.7 0.95 -9.2 0
2000 21 TOR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.86 -0.6 0
2001 22 TOR AL 0.5 0.0 108 0.2 1.8 -1.6 .98 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.2 0.90 -0.4 0
2002 23 TOR AL -5.5 -0.5 665 0.2 11.3 -11.1 .94 -0.3 0.5 3.7 0.3 0.96 -5.1 0
2003 24 TOR AL 30.8 2.9 750 2.0 13.5 -11.5 .88 3.2 -0.9 34.9 3.2 0.93 35.0 0
2004 25 TOR AL 2.7 0.2 611 -0.7 10.5 -11.2 .99 0.9 -1.5 -3.7 -0.3 0.92 6.6 0.72 1
2005 26 TOR AL 2.2 0.2 696 0.8 12.2 -11.4 .97 0.1 0.7 6.7 0.6 0.92 2.4 0
2006 27 TOR AL 25.8 2.4 706 2.3 13.4 -11.1 .95 2.1 0.3 23.1 2.1 0.93 23.7 0
2007 28 TOR AL -13.9 -1.3 659 -1.1 10.4 -11.5 .97 -1.1 0.0 -6.7 -0.6 0.91 -11.8 3.36 5
2008 29 TOR AL 12.8 1.2 479 0.5 9.9 -9.4 1.12 0.8 -0.4 11.1 1.1 0.98 14.1 0
2009 30 TOR AL -13.7 -1.3 712 -2.7 11.2 -13.9 1.07 -0.9 -1.6 -18.2 -1.7 0.96 -14.6 0.80 1
2010 31 TOR AL 19.4 1.9 666 2.2 12.8 -10.6 .91 1.7 0.8 14.1 1.4 0.93 17.7 3.19 2
2011 32 LAA AL -14.2 -1.4 549 -1.6 8.7 -10.3 .99 -0.7 -0.9 -9.0 -0.9 1.00 -6.6 0.13 1
2012 33 LAA AL -1.1 -0.1 146 -1.2 1.2 -2.4 .82 -0.5 -0.9 -10.6 -1.1 0.95 -4.3 0
14 Yrs 40.0 3.7 6844 0.4 118.1 -117.7 .97 4.6 -4.2 39.1 3.4 0.94 46.9 2.48 10

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 20 TOR AL 0 0 27% 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 27% 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 1
2000 21 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 22 TOR AL 2 0 37% 36 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23% 8 7 1 1 0 1 4 3 1
2002 23 TOR AL 8 0 37% 195 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 12 46% 45 26 18 6 4 2 21 7 13
2003 24 TOR AL 4 0 37% 263 4 1 80% 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 17 55% 28 15 13 11 6 5 19 3 14
2004 25 TOR AL 7 0 34% 202 9 2 82% 4 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 60% 22 13 9 7 2 5 18 4 14
2005 26 TOR AL 5 0 27% 218 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9 40% 33 20 13 10 6 4 12 7 5
2006 27 TOR AL 5 0 28% 215 17 4 81% 11 4 6 0 0 0 4 1 7 9 55% 19 13 6 11 3 7 19 5 14
2007 28 TOR AL 5 0 39% 200 10 4 71% 7 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 5 15 52% 25 15 8 17 6 11 16 4 11
2008 29 TOR AL 9 0 31% 170 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 48% 19 11 8 7 3 3 18 6 10
2009 30 TOR AL 9 0 35% 227 17 4 81% 13 4 4 0 0 0 5 2 1 12 54% 30 20 10 11 4 7 16 2 14
2010 31 TOR AL 7 0 26% 211 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 15 51% 22 14 8 7 1 5 8 2 6
2011 32 LAA AL 9 0 33% 120 9 4 69% 5 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 7 12 36% 23 15 8 8 6 2 13 4 6
2012 33 LAA AL 0 0 35% 46 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 73% 5 2 3 1 0 1 5 1 4
14 Yrs 70 0 33% 2132 101 33 75% 73 25 28 8 0 0 19 8 54 137 49% 286 176 107 98 42 53 172 49 113

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
1999 20 TOR AL 92 18% 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 6 30% 9 2 22% 51 7 14% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2000 21 TOR AL 2 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 0
2001 22 TOR AL 103 44% 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0% 5 2 40% 48 5 10% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 0
2002 23 TOR AL 648 25% 167 14 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 12 19 4 10 13 0 2 2 100% 134 15 11% 65 20 31% 432 81 19% 37 26 70% 31 15 48% 0
2003 24 TOR AL 735 26% 215 24 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 13 29 4 13 20 0 0 0 176 21 12% 66 25 38% 491 88 18% 39 23 59% 42 24 57% 0
2004 25 TOR AL 590 29% 146 21 0 1 0 0 0 0.72 23 0 11 13 10 14 9 0 0 0 132 17 13% 57 20 35% 386 47 12% 30 10 33% 31 22 71% 0
2005 26 TOR AL 678 24% 167 16 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 11 16 12 14 14 0 0 0 146 13 9% 71 20 28% 422 71 17% 44 22 50% 35 18 51% 0
2006 27 TOR AL 677 25% 185 19 0 0 0 0 0 32 2 18 26 6 24 8 0 0 0 150 13 9% 57 17 30% 447 77 17% 37 22 59% 32 16 50% 0
2007 28 TOR AL 642 23% 143 26 0 5 2 0 2 3.36 16 0 13 12 4 8 8 0 0 0 99 9 9% 46 17 37% 363 65 18% 38 28 74% 25 17 68% 0
2008 29 TOR AL 466 23% 128 22 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 12 18 2 11 9 0 0 0 84 16 19% 47 16 34% 322 61 19% 33 15 45% 21 12 57% 0
2009 30 TOR AL 684 25% 164 23 0 1 0 0 0 0.80 15 0 12 12 3 8 7 0 0 0 141 18 13% 52 14 27% 452 56 12% 35 19 54% 21 8 38% 0
2010 31 TOR AL 646 20% 161 23 0 2 0 0 0 3.19 31 0 13 27 4 20 11 0 0 0 114 18 16% 50 11 22% 375 57 15% 27 14 52% 20 10 50% 0
2011 32 LAA AL 529 33% 110 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.13 25 1 7 15 10 8 17 0 0 0 95 8 8% 43 12 28% 305 41 13% 23 12 52% 16 7 44% 0
2012 33 LAA AL 142 27% 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 27 5 19% 20 5 25% 86 6 7% 11 4 36% 4 1 25% 0
14 Yrs 6634 26% 1672 216 0 10 2 0 2 2.48 254 6 126 194 60 135 119 0 2 2 100% 1332 159 12% 588 181 31% 4180 662 16% 357 197 55% 283 152 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

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
1999 20 TOR AL 93 321 3.45 202 63% 26% 16% 23% 35% 74% 0% 46% 79% 38% 3% 3 0 17% 16 10 6% 6 3 28% -1 0 0
2000 21 TOR AL 2 5 2.50 3 60% 0% 0% 33% 67% 100% 0% 60% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 50% 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 22 TOR AL 104 341 3.28 216 63% 25% 13% 24% 38% 75% 0% 48% 83% 43% 3% 3 0 9% 9 4 8% 8 4 33% -1 0 0
2002 23 TOR AL 648 2216 3.42 1508 68% 23% 13% 29% 35% 77% 0% 53% 83% 36% 3% 17 0 9% 61 31 6% 36 26 19% 0 0 0
2003 24 TOR AL 735 2425 3.30 1553 64% 21% 15% 25% 39% 79% 1% 51% 81% 39% 3% 25 1 13% 99 58 6% 42 23 19% 0 0 0
2004 25 TOR AL 590 2030 3.44 1265 62% 21% 16% 27% 36% 79% 1% 49% 80% 38% 5% 28 2 17% 98 56 8% 50 30 19% 0 0 0
2005 26 TOR AL 678 2294 3.38 1439 63% 25% 14% 24% 38% 75% 1% 47% 82% 35% 6% 38 2 16% 107 52 9% 63 39 17% 0 0 0
2006 27 TOR AL 677 2295 3.39 1468 64% 22% 14% 29% 36% 78% 0% 50% 83% 39% 5% 35 5 12% 84 38 9% 64 38 33% 0 0 0
2007 28 TOR AL 642 2274 3.54 1441 63% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 2% 48% 81% 30% 5% 31 3 15% 97 47 8% 52 29 18% 0 0 0
2008 29 TOR AL 467 1578 3.38 993 63% 26% 12% 23% 39% 74% 3% 47% 84% 29% 5% 25 2 16% 73 32 6% 29 20 20% -1 0 0
2009 30 TOR AL 686 2350 3.43 1461 62% 26% 13% 24% 38% 74% 0% 46% 83% 26% 6% 39 5 16% 109 56 7% 48 29 15% -2 0 0
2010 31 TOR AL 646 2095 3.24 1310 63% 20% 16% 24% 39% 80% 2% 50% 79% 39% 5% 32 7 15% 94 44 9% 58 35 8% 0 0 0
2011 32 LAA AL 531 1804 3.40 1184 66% 24% 16% 25% 36% 76% 0% 50% 79% 27% 3% 16 3 14% 74 40 9% 47 32 9% -2 0 0
2012 33 LAA AL 143 497 3.48 332 67% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 0% 49% 84% 17% 3% 4 1 15% 22 9 6% 9 5 12% -1 0 0
14 Yrs 6642 22525 3.39 14375 64% 23% 14% 26% 37% 77% 1% 49% 81% 34% 4% 296 31 14% 944 478 8% 512 313 18% -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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 SH SF IBB
1999 20 24 92 88 8 23 5 0 1 8 1 1 4 18 .261 .293 .352 .646 64 31 6 0 0 0 0
2000 21 27 94 90 8 23 5 0 1 8 1 1 4 18 .256 .287 .344 .632 61 31 6 0 0 0 0
2001 22 57 197 186 22 53 13 0 2 14 6 1 9 33 .285 .320 .387 .707 82 72 6 1 0 1 0
2002 23 216 845 794 109 220 47 4 25 114 15 5 36 118 .277 .308 .441 .749 93 350 21 4 2 9 0
2003 24 377 1580 1472 227 435 96 9 58 231 19 6 78 198 .296 .332 .491 .823 111 723 42 11 2 17 2
2004 25 511 2170 2008 309 581 130 11 81 298 28 8 129 281 .289 .333 .486 .820 109 976 59 13 2 18 4
2005 26 667 2848 2628 387 748 160 14 109 395 36 11 176 367 .285 .330 .481 .811 108 1263 72 16 2 26 7
2006 27 821 3525 3239 478 933 200 19 141 501 53 15 230 457 .288 .336 .492 .828 112 1594 85 19 2 35 7
2007 28 970 4167 3823 563 1076 236 23 157 581 63 19 279 546 .281 .331 .478 .809 108 1829 94 22 2 41 11
2008 29 1078 4633 4250 626 1204 258 24 177 659 67 21 308 592 .283 .332 .480 .812 109 2041 110 25 2 48 16
2009 30 1236 5317 4880 710 1368 295 27 192 725 84 25 356 678 .280 .329 .470 .799 106 2293 128 26 2 53 18
2010 31 1393 5963 5470 789 1529 339 30 223 813 90 29 406 762 .280 .329 .475 .804 108 2597 146 29 2 56 23
2011 32 1524 6492 5975 849 1639 354 34 248 879 99 33 426 848 .274 .323 .469 .792 106 2805 154 30 2 59 23
2012 33 1562 6634 6110 867 1672 360 34 254 891 101 33 433 865 .274 .322 .468 .790 106 2862 159 30 2 59 23

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1999 20 24 90 86 7 21 5 0 1 7 1 4 18 .244 .278 .337 .615 8 24
2000 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2001 22 30 103 96 14 30 8 0 1 6 5 5 15 .313 .350 .427 .777 14 30
2002 23 159 641 602 82 161 33 4 22 94 9 26 85 .267 .297 .445 .743 80 159
2003 24 161 724 669 110 206 47 5 32 109 4 40 80 .308 .349 .537 .886 124 161
2004 25 134 579 528 74 138 32 2 22 61 9 48 83 .261 .325 .455 .779 77 134
2005 26 156 674 617 75 164 29 3 27 94 8 46 86 .266 .316 .454 .770 89 156
2006 27 154 669 605 86 179 39 5 31 101 16 52 90 .296 .350 .531 .880 113 154
2007 28 149 638 581 82 140 35 4 16 77 10 48 89 .241 .299 .398 .697 69 149
2008 29 108 467 428 64 129 22 1 20 79 4 29 46 .301 .345 .498 .842 74 108
2009 30 158 681 628 82 162 37 3 15 64 17 47 86 .258 .308 .398 .706 77 158
2010 31 157 651 594 82 165 45 3 32 91 6 51 84 .278 .336 .525 .862 104 157
2011 32 131 538 513 68 118 16 4 27 74 10 21 86 .230 .260 .435 .695 58 131
2012 33 38 144 137 20 35 6 0 6 13 2 7 17 .255 .292 .431 .722 18 38
14 Yrs 1562 6601 6086 846 1648 354 34 252 870 101 424 865 .271 .319 .464 .783 905 1562
162 Game Avg. 162 685 631 88 171 37 4 26 90 10 44 90 .271 .319 .464 .783 94 1562

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2006 (CF)
2010 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 ML Branch Rickey Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (8, 21%)
2006 AL (22, 1%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Gold Gloves
2004 AL (OF)
2005 AL (OF)
2006 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2003 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  6.0 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 AL  6.0 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL  5.6 (6th)
Active  28.2 (38th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  1.6 (8th)
2006 AL  1.4 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2003 AL  .317 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2003 AL  .550 (8th)
2010 AL  .515 (9th)
Career  .468 (250th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL  159 (6th)
2003 AL  161 (4th)
2009 AL  158 (9th)
Active  1,562 (35th)

At Bats s c a p y
2003 AL  678 (3rd)
2009 AL  630 (9th)
Active  6,110 (33rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2003 AL  735 (1st)
Active  6,634 (35th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2003 AL  118 (3rd)
Active  867 (35th)

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  215 (1st)
2006 AL  185 (9th)
Active  1,672 (34th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2003 AL  373 (1st)
2006 AL  331 (5th)
2010 AL  304 (7th)
Active  2,862 (30th)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 AL  49 (1st)
2010 AL  44 (7th)
Active  360 (28th)
Career  360 (243rd)

Triples s c a p y
Active  34 (36th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  33 (10th)
2010 AL  31 (7th)
Active  254 (28th)
Career  254 (193rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2003 AL  117 (3rd)
Active  891 (31st)

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL  128 (5th)
Active  1,024 (35th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2003 AL  129 (4th)
Active  903 (37th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  87 (1st)
2006 AL  77 (4th)
2010 AL  78 (4th)
Active  648 (29th)
Career  648 (230th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2003 AL  264 (5th)
Active  2,135 (37th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (9th)
2003 AL  8 (9th)
2005 AL  8 (7th)
2006 AL  9 (6th)
Active  59 (24th)
Career  59 (222nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2003 AL  21 (4th)
Active  159 (21st)
Career  159 (226th)

SB % s c a p y
2006 AL  80.95 (10th)
Career  75.37 (146th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2006 AL  22.2 (5th)
Active  144.5 (22nd)
Career  144.5 (193rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.1 (36th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 AL  470 (10th)
2003 AL  493 (3rd)
2009 AL  493 (3rd)
Active  4,691 (31st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.2 (9th)

Salary s c a p y
2011 AL  $26,187,500 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1999 AL  born 1978-12-08 (2nd)
2000 AL  born 1978-12-08 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (383), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 52 (381), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (764), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Aubrey Huff (944)
  2. Raul Mondesi (940)
  3. George Bell (931)
  4. Ben Oglivie (927)
  5. Cliff Floyd (924)
  6. Ray Lankford (922)
  7. Jose Guillen (912)
  8. Mike Lowell (907)
  9. Bill Nicholson (906)
  10. Bobby Thomson (905)
Similar Batters through 32 
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  1. George Bell (933)
  2. Reggie Smith (931)
  3. Raul Mondesi (927)
  4. Ruben Sierra (920)
  5. Bobby Murcer (917)
  6. Andre Dawson (913) *
  7. Dwight Evans (912)
  8. Jack Clark (912)
  9. Gus Bell (910)
  10. Larry Parrish (909)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Roy Sievers (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ellis Burks (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sam Chapman (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Andre Dawson (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Shawn Green (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Reggie Smith (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Reggie Smith (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Reggie Smith (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Andre Dawson (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. George Bell (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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