Craig Wilson

Craig Franklin Wilson

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 3, 1970 in Chicago, IL
High School: Leyden HS (Franklin Park, IL)
School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed September 1, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1998
Team: WhiteSox 1998-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1993	22	CHW-min	A	132	525	455	56	118	27	2	5	59	4	4	49	50	.259	.338	.360	.698		164	16	8	7	6	2		SBN · MIDW
1994	23	CHW-min	A+	131	571	496	70	131	36	4	4	66	1	2	58	44	.264	.345	.377	.722		187	16	6	5	6	2		PRW · CARL
1995	24	CHW-min	AA	132	531	471	56	136	19	1	4	46	2	2	43	44	.289	.353	.359	.712		169	21	5	10	2	0		BIR · SOUL
1996	25	CHW-min	AA,AAA	102	392	325	49	79	13	1	4	32	1	1	50	43	.243	.341	.326	.667		106	13	1	11	5	1		BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
1997	26	CHW-min	AAA	137	514	453	71	123	20	2	6	42	4	4	48	31	.272	.343	.364	.707		165	19	1	12	0	1		NVL · AA
1998	27	CHW-min	AAA	120	486	432	67	132	21	1	14	69	4	2	37	41	.306	.361	.456	.817		197	13	3	9	5	1		CGY · PCL
1998	27	CHW	AL	13	53	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	1	0	3	6	.468	.490	.766	1.256	225	36	0	0	2	1	0	/645
1999	28	CHW	AL	98	282	252	28	60	8	1	4	26	1	1	23	22	.238	.301	.325	.626	60	82	5	0	6	1	0	56/43D
2000	29	CHW-min	AAA	62	270	230	43	85	14	2	3	34	0	1	32	26	.370	.448	.487	.935		112	7	4	0	4	0		CHR · IL
2000	29	CHW	AL	28	83	73	12	19	3	0	0	4	1	0	5	11	.260	.316	.301	.618	57	22	5	1	4	0	0	56/4
2001	30	KCR-min	AAA	125	534	473	78	140	27	3	11	69	6	4	45	58	.296	.356	.436	.791		206	21	4	3	9	0		OMA · PCL
2002	31	DET-min	AAA	119	479	415	48	109	21	2	2	46	2	2	45	39	.263	.340	.337	.677		140	16	4	14	1	2		TOL · IL
2003	32	NYY-min	AAA	103	452	403	52	107	17	0	7	40	1	2	38	54	.266	.332	.360	.692		145	15	2	9	0	0		CLB · IL
2004	33	NYY-min	AA	80	336	268	49	82	12	0	3	27	3	3	56	35	.306	.435	.384	.819		103	4	6	5	1	3		TRE · EL
3 Yrs				139	418	372	54	101	16	1	7	40	3	1	31	39	.272	.328	.376	.704	79	140	10	1	12	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	487	434	63	118	19	1	8	47	3	1	36	45	.272	.328	.376	.704	79	163	12	1	14	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
1998	27	CHW	AL	13	53	8	0	1	0	0	10	0.9	2	12	1.1	.570	.506	1.0	0.1	11	$170,000	/645
1999	28	CHW	AL	98	282	-13	0	-0	-2	2	-13	-1.1	9	-4	-0.3	.488	.493	-0.1	0.1	-2	$205,000	56/43D
2000	29	CHW	AL	28	83	-4	1	-1	2	1	-2	-0.1	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-1	$250,000	56/4
3 Seasons				139	418	-9	1	-1	1	3	-4	-0.3	14	9	0.9	.497	.499	0.8	0.5	9	$625,000

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	27	CHW	AL	53	28	18	17.2	107	.487	.468	.268	.490	.336	.766	.427	1.256	.763	225	.899	8.8	0.8	1.600	.383	.298	1.5
1999	28	CHW	AL	282	205	25	3.2	115	.247	.238	.276	.301	.349	.325	.442	.626	.791	60	.283	-16.1	-1.5	.530	.179	.087	1.6
2000	29	CHW	AL	83	63	6	2.5	117	.306	.260	.279	.316	.352	.301	.448	.618	.800	57	.195	-4.9	-0.4	.492	.123	.041	.0
3 Yrs				418	296	49	4.4	114	.287	.272	.276	.328	.348	.376	.441	.704	.789	79	.409	-12.2	-1.1	.617	.194	.105	4.2
162 Game Avg.				487	345	57	4.4	114	.287	.272	.276	.328	.348	.376	.441	.704	.789	79	.409	-12.2	-1.1	.617	.194	.105	5

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	27	CHW	AL	53	5.7%	11.3%	5.7%	15.1%	36%	2.00	7.8	15.7	4.7	0.82	3.60	74%	27%	13.6%	0%
1999	28	CHW	AL	282	1.4%	7.8%	8.2%	4.6%	22%	0.96	11.5	63.0	9.7	1.24	1.59	81%	15%	4.9%	20%
2000	29	CHW	AL	83	0.0%	13.3%	6.0%	3.6%	16%	2.20	6.6		18.3	1.70	3.73	75%	21%	0.0%	4%
3 Yrs				418	1.7%	9.3%	7.4%	5.7%	24%	1.26	9.5	53.1	9.3	1.24	1.99	78%	18%	5.6%	14%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.6%	9.3%	8.0%	34%	1.79	5.3	30.8	7.2	0.77	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	27	CHW	AL	8.7	0.8	54	0.7	1.2	-0.5	.85	0.9	-0.0	6.3	0.6	0.86	8.6		0
1999	28	CHW	AL	-16.1	-1.5	287	-0.8	4.5	-5.3	1.03	-1.0	0.2	-10.7	-1.0	0.91	-13.7	1.46	2
2000	29	CHW	AL	-4.9	-0.4	84	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.69	-0.2	-0.2	-3.5	-0.3	0.87	-4.3	0.84	4
3 Yrs				-12.3	-1.1	425	-0.4	6.6	-7.0	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-7.9	-0.7	0.89	-9.4	1.04	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	27	CHW	AL	0	50%	29	1	0	100%	1	0	3	0	71%	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	3
1999	28	CHW	AL	6	30%	127	1	1	50%	1	1	0	4	46%	16	10	6	3	2	1	7	2	5
2000	29	CHW	AL	1	48%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	3	1	69%	7	2	4	0	0	0	6	1	5
3 Yrs				7	37%	190	3	1	75%	3	1	6	5	57%	25	14	10	5	2	3	16	3	13

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	27	CHW	AL	53	36%	22	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	6	5	83%	27	7	26%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1999	28	CHW	AL	282	28%	60	7	2	2	0	0	0	1.46	4	0	3	3	1	0	4	0	7	6	86%	43	5	12%	22	11	50%	163	22	14%	10	6	60%	7	4	57%	0
2000	29	CHW	AL	83	35%	19	2	0	4	0	0	0	0.84	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	15	5	33%	6	5	83%	43	7	16%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
3 Yrs				418	30%	101	13	2	6	0	0	0	1.04	7	0	5	5	2	1	6	0	13	12	92%	67	10	15%	34	21	62%	233	36	15%	16	10	63%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			10%			34%			15%			53%			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	27	CHW	AL	54	171	3.17	115	67%	22%	10%	30%	38%	78%	0%	53%	87%	37%	4%	2	0	11%	6	4	2%	1	1	33%	-1	0	0
1999	28	CHW	AL	283	1045	3.69	634	61%	29%	10%	24%	37%	71%	0%	43%	86%	23%	8%	22	2	20%	56	18	9%	26	12	36%	-1	0	0
2000	29	CHW	AL	84	271	3.23	173	64%	28%	12%	22%	38%	72%	0%	46%	83%	38%	2%	2	0	11%	9	4	6%	5	4	36%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				421	1487	3.53	922	62%	28%	10%	24%	38%	72%	0%	45%	86%	28%	6%	26	2	17%	71	26	8%	32	17	36%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1998	27	13	53	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	1	0	3	6	.468	.490	.766	1.256	225	36	0	0	2	1
1999	28	111	335	299	42	82	13	1	7	36	2	1	26	28	.274	.330	.395	.725	85	118	5	0	8	2
2000	29	139	418	372	54	101	16	1	7	40	3	1	31	39	.272	.328	.376	.704	79	140	10	1	12	2

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
1998	27	13	52	46	13	21	5	0	3	9	1	3	6	.457	.480	.761	1.241	17	13
1999	28	98	276	248	25	56	7	1	4	23	1	21	22	.226	.285	.310	.596	22	98
2000	29	28	82	72	11	18	3	0	0	4	1	5	11	.250	.308	.292	.599	6	28
3 Yrs		139	410	366	49	95	15	1	7	36	3	29	39	.260	.314	.363	.677	45	139
162 Game Avg.		162	478	427	57	111	17	1	8	42	3	34	45	.260	.314	.363	.677	52	139

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