Jayson Werth
Jayson Richard Gowan Werth
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 20, 1979 in Springfield, IL
High School: Glenwood (Chatham, IL)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2002
Relatives: Stepson of Dennis Werth, Grandson of Dick Schofield and Nephew of Dick Schofield
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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
2002 23 TOR AL 15 53 46 4 12 2 1 0 6 1 0 6 11 .261 .340 .348 .687 81 16 4 0 0 1 0 9/78
2003 24 TOR AL 26 51 48 7 10 4 0 2 10 1 0 3 22 .208 .255 .417 .672 71 20 0 0 0 0 0 9/D8
2004 25 LAD NL 89 326 290 56 76 11 3 16 47 4 1 30 85 .262 .338 .486 .825 115 141 1 4 1 1 0 79/8D
2005 26 LAD NL 102 395 337 46 79 22 2 7 43 11 2 48 114 .234 .338 .374 .711 89 126 10 6 1 3 2 798
2007 28 PHI NL 94 304 255 43 76 11 3 8 49 7 1 44 73 .298 .404 .459 .863 120 117 0 2 2 1 1 97/83
2008 29 PHI NL 134 482 418 73 114 16 3 24 67 20 1 57 119 .273 .363 .498 .861 121 208 2 4 0 3 1 *987
2009 30 PHI NL 159 676 571 98 153 26 1 36 99 20 3 91 156 .268 .373 .506 .879 128 289 11 8 0 6 8 *98/7 AS
7 Seasons 619 2287 1965 327 520 92 13 93 321 64 8 279 580 .265 .360 .467 .827 114 917 28 24 4 15 12
162 Game Avg. 162 599 514 86 136 24 3 24 84 17 2 73 152 .265 .360 .467 .827 114 240 7 6 1 4 3
PHI (3 yrs) 387 1462 1244 214 343 53 7 68 215 47 5 192 348 .276 .376 .494 .870 124 614 13 14 2 10 10
LAD (2 yrs) 191 721 627 102 155 33 5 23 90 15 3 78 199 .247 .338 .426 .764 101 267 11 10 2 4 2
TOR (2 yrs) 41 104 94 11 22 6 1 2 16 2 0 9 33 .234 .298 .383 .681 76 36 4 0 0 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 578 2183 1871 316 498 86 12 91 305 62 8 270 547 .266 .363 .471 .834 116 881 24 24 4 14 12
AL (2 yrs) 41 104 94 11 22 6 1 2 16 2 0 9 33 .234 .298 .383 .681 76 36 4 0 0 1 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
2002 23 TOR AL 53 39 5 3.4 109 .333 .261 .269 .340 .337 .348 .432 .687 .769 81 .339 -1.1 -0.1 .605 .239 .087 .0
2003 24 TOR AL 51 38 5 3.5 110 .333 .208 .272 .255 .339 .417 .436 .672 .775 71 .342 -2.3 -0.2 .632 .292 .208 1.3
2004 25 LAD NL 326 218 51 6.3 107 .316 .262 .264 .338 .334 .486 .427 .825 .762 115 .599 5.7 0.5 .824 .338 .224 6.4
2005 26 LAD NL 395 274 45 4.4 106 .329 .234 .266 .338 .336 .374 .424 .711 .760 89 .456 -4.1 -0.4 .700 .309 .139 8.6
2007 28 PHI NL 304 183 53 7.8 115 .389 .298 .277 .404 .348 .459 .443 .863 .791 120 .686 8.8 0.8 .939 .357 .161 7.5
2008 29 PHI NL 482 310 84 7.3 110 .324 .273 .271 .363 .343 .498 .432 .861 .775 121 .673 12.5 1.2 .938 .407 .225 21.8
2009 30 PHI NL 676 438 115 7.0 108 .304 .268 .268 .373 .342 .506 .426 .879 .767 128 .667 24.6 2.4 .938 .427 .238 25.7
7 Seasons 2287 1500 358 6.4 109 .327 .265 .269 .360 .341 .467 .430 .827 .770 114 .619 44.1 4.2 .862 .373 .202 75.8
162 Game Avg. 599 393 94 6.4 109 .327 .265 .269 .360 .341 .467 .430 .827 .770 114 .619 12 1 .862 .373 .202 20
PHI (3 yrs) 1462 931 252 7.3 110 .328 .276 .271 .376 .343 .494 .432 .870 .775 124 .673 45.9 4.4 .938 .406 .218 55.6
LAD (2 yrs) 721 492 96 5.2 106 .323 .247 .265 .338 .335 .426 .425 .764 .761 101 .527 1.6 0.1 .755 .322 .179 18.2
TOR (2 yrs) 104 77 10 3.5 109 .333 .234 .271 .298 .338 .383 .434 .681 .772 76 .340 -3.4 -0.3 .618 .266 .149 2.0
NL (5 yrs) 2183 1423 348 6.5 109 .326 .266 .269 .363 .341 .471 .429 .834 .770 116 .630 47.5 4.5 .875 .378 .205 73.8
AL (2 yrs) 104 77 10 3.5 109 .333 .234 .271 .298 .338 .383 .434 .681 .772 76 .340 -3.4 -0.3 .618 .266 .149 2.0

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
2004 25 LAD NL NLDS STL L 4 17 14 3 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 .286 .412 .786 1.197 11 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 PHI NL NLDS COL L 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PHI NL NLDS MIL W 4 16 16 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 .313 .313 .813 1.125 13 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 22 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .190 .227 .238 .465 5 1 0 0 0 0
2008 29 PHI NL WS TBR W 5 24 18 4 8 3 0 1 3 3 0 6 4 .444 .583 .778 1.361 14 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL NLDS COL W 4 18 14 5 5 0 1 2 4 0 0 4 4 .357 .500 .929 1.429 13 1 0 0 0 1
2009 30 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 20 18 5 4 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 7 .222 .300 .722 1.022 13 1 0 0 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL WS NYY L 6 24 19 3 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 7 .263 .417 .579 .996 11 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons (8 Series) 35 145 123 25 35 8 2 11 20 4 0 22 40 .285 .393 .650 1.044 80 3 0 0 0 2
4 NLDS 14 55 47 11 14 4 2 5 8 1 0 8 15 .298 .400 .787 1.187 37 1 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 10 42 39 7 8 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 14 .205 .262 .462 .723 18 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 48 37 7 13 3 0 3 6 3 0 11 11 .351 .500 .676 1.176 25 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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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
2009 PHI NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
2002 23 TOR AL 53 0.0% 20.8% 11.3% 5.7% 25% 1.83 4.2 7.7 0.57 1.15 68% 36% 0.0% 13%
2003 24 TOR AL 51 3.9% 43.1% 5.9% 11.8% 60% 7.33 2.2 24.0 4.8 0.73 1.00 47% 19% 14.3% 7%
2004 25 LAD NL 326 4.9% 26.1% 9.2% 9.2% 40% 2.83 3.4 18.1 6.2 0.52 0.63 58% 23% 13.2% 10%
2005 26 LAD NL 395 1.8% 28.9% 12.2% 7.9% 39% 2.38 3.0 48.1 7.8 0.69 1.08 55% 19% 5.6% 5%
2007 28 PHI NL 304 2.6% 24.0% 14.5% 7.2% 29% 1.66 3.5 31.9 5.2 0.73 0.91 58% 21% 8.1% 7%
2008 29 PHI NL 482 5.0% 24.7% 11.8% 8.9% 38% 2.09 3.5 17.4 6.2 0.65 0.90 58% 19% 14.9% 12%
2009 30 PHI NL 676 5.3% 23.1% 13.5% 9.3% 41% 1.71 3.7 15.9 5.8 0.58 0.76 57% 20% 15.0% 10%
7 Seasons 2287 4.1% 25.4% 12.2% 8.7% 38% 2.08 3.4 21.1 6.1 0.62 0.85 57% 21% 11.9% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2002 23 TOR AL 0 0 22% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2003 24 TOR AL 0 0 46% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1
2004 25 LAD NL 4 0 43% 108 4 1 80% 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 54% 12 7 5 12 4 7 11 3 7
2005 26 LAD NL 2 0 31% 145 11 2 85% 8 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 10 39% 21 15 6 3 1 2 12 6 6
2007 28 PHI NL 4 0 31% 141 7 1 88% 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 41% 15 11 4 5 2 3 7 2 4
2008 29 PHI NL 5 0 33% 192 20 1 95% 15 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 13 36% 30 24 5 5 1 4 12 4 8
2009 30 PHI NL 6 0 29% 262 20 3 87% 11 2 8 1 1 0 3 1 1 11 36% 39 30 9 8 6 2 15 4 11
7 Seasons 21 0 32% 890 64 8 89% 41 6 22 2 1 0 8 2 11 52 40% 119 89 29 36 17 18 60 20 38
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2002 23 TOR AL 53 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 8 2 25% 42 7 17% 5 3 60% 6 2 33% 0
2003 24 TOR AL 51 39% 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.18 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 38 8 21% 6 3 50% 6 3 50% 0
2004 25 LAD NL 326 33% 76 5 1 9 2 1 2 0.95 16 0 9 8 8 11 5 0 2 1 50% 77 1 1% 35 5 14% 227 32 14% 17 10 59% 16 3 19% 0
2005 26 LAD NL 395 20% 79 7 1 1 0 0 0 0.17 7 0 16 7 0 1 6 0 1 1 100% 79 10 13% 40 7 18% 282 37 13% 23 13 57% 22 7 32% 0
2007 28 PHI NL 304 35% 76 6 0 17 6 2 3 1.18 8 0 14 3 5 1 7 0 2 2 100% 51 0 0% 17 6 35% 201 41 20% 15 10 67% 20 8 40% 0
2008 29 PHI NL 482 35% 114 8 0 16 3 0 2 1.29 24 1 20 8 16 11 13 1 1 0 0% 73 2 3% 41 11 27% 299 43 14% 26 12 46% 27 9 33% 0
2009 30 PHI NL 676 28% 153 10 0 4 0 0 0 1.91 36 2 20 22 14 21 15 0 0 0 124 11 9% 58 14 24% 433 64 15% 43 17 40% 39 17 44% 0
7 Seasons 2287 30% 520 36 2 49 11 3 7 1.17 93 3 82 50 43 45 48 1 6 4 67% 421 28 7% 207 47 23% 1522 232 15% 135 68 50% 136 49 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2002 23 TOR AL 53 230 4.34 134 58% 29% 18% 26% 27% 71% 0% 41% 75% 23% 9% 5 0 21% 11 3 8% 4 2 36% 0 0 0
2003 24 TOR AL 51 223 4.37 138 62% 37% 24% 20% 19% 63% 0% 39% 62% 18% 6% 3 0 20% 10 1 14% 7 5 18% 0 0 0
2004 25 LAD NL 326 1417 4.35 879 62% 33% 17% 27% 24% 67% 0% 41% 75% 17% 5% 15 0 16% 53 26 15% 50 27 27% 0 0 0
2005 26 LAD NL 395 1824 4.62 1130 62% 34% 17% 29% 20% 66% 1% 41% 74% 16% 5% 20 2 16% 64 18 16% 65 30 25% 0 0 0
2007 28 PHI NL 304 1389 4.57 831 60% 36% 16% 26% 22% 64% 1% 39% 75% 11% 7% 20 0 17% 53 14 15% 47 30 19% 0 0 0
2008 29 PHI NL 482 2173 4.51 1326 61% 37% 15% 26% 23% 63% 0% 39% 77% 10% 8% 39 3 19% 91 21 16% 79 40 18% 0 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL 676 3046 4.51 1821 60% 35% 15% 27% 23% 65% 3% 39% 77% 14% 8% 51 10 19% 126 36 13% 91 46 25% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2287 10302 4.50 6259 61% 35% 16% 27% 22% 65% 1% 39% 76% 14% 7% 153 15 18% 408 119 15% 343 180 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2002 23 15 53 46 4 12 2 1 0 6 1 0 6 11 .261 .340 .348 .687 81 16 4 0 0 1 0
2003 24 41 104 94 11 22 6 1 2 16 2 0 9 33 .234 .298 .383 .681 76 36 4 0 0 1 0
2004 25 130 430 384 67 98 17 4 18 63 6 1 39 118 .255 .329 .461 .790 105 177 5 4 1 2 0
2005 26 232 825 721 113 177 39 6 25 106 17 3 87 232 .245 .333 .420 .753 98 303 15 10 2 5 2
2006 27 232 825 721 113 177 39 6 25 106 17 3 87 232 .245 .333 .420 .753 98 303 15 10 2 5 2
2007 28 326 1129 976 156 253 50 9 33 155 24 4 131 305 .259 .352 .430 .782 104 420 15 12 4 6 3
2008 29 460 1611 1394 229 367 66 12 57 222 44 5 188 424 .263 .355 .451 .806 109 628 17 16 4 9 4
2009 30 619 2287 1965 327 520 92 13 93 321 64 8 279 580 .265 .360 .467 .827 114 917 28 24 4 15 12

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
2002 23 15 52 45 4 11 2 1 0 6 1 6 11 .244 .327 .333 .660 5 15
2003 24 26 51 48 6 10 4 0 2 9 1 3 22 .208 .255 .417 .672 5 26
2004 25 89 331 294 56 80 12 3 17 47 4 32 85 .272 .350 .507 .857 51 89
2005 26 102 402 342 47 84 23 2 7 44 12 51 114 .246 .351 .386 .737 46 102
2007 28 94 304 256 39 77 11 3 8 44 7 45 73 .301 .408 .461 .869 48 94
2008 29 134 490 423 69 119 17 3 25 64 21 60 119 .281 .373 .513 .886 80 134
2009 30 159 679 573 93 155 26 1 36 94 20 92 156 .271 .376 .508 .883 109 159
7 Seasons 619 2309 1981 314 536 95 13 95 308 66 289 580 .271 .368 .476 .843 344 619
162 Game Avg. 162 604 518 82 140 25 3 25 81 17 76 152 .271 .368 .476 .843 90 619

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL--159--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL--36--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 NL--91--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL--156--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2008 NL--21.8--10th
2009 NL--25.7--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 NL--15.9--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1095), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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