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Preston Wilson

Preston James Richard Wilson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: July 19, 1974 in Bamberg, SC
High School: Bamberg Ehrhardt HS (Bamberg, SC)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed September 9, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1998
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Rockies/Astros/Nationals/Cardinals/... 1998-2007
Agents: Bob Bry [*]
Final Game: May 5, 2007
Relatives: Stepson & Nephew of Mookie Wilson
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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
1998 23 TOT NL 22 60 51 7 8 2 0 1 3 1 1 6 21 .157 .259 .255 .514 39 13 0 1 2 0 0 /879
1998 23 NYM NL 8 22 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 8 .300 .364 .400 .764 102 8 0 0 0 0 0 /789
1998 23 FLA NL 14 38 31 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 13 .065 .194 .161 .356 -2 5 0 1 2 0 0 /879
1999 24 FLA NL 149 543 482 67 135 21 4 26 71 11 4 46 156 .280 .350 .502 .852 119 242 15 9 0 6 3 *879 RoY-2
2000 25 FLA NL 161 674 605 94 160 35 3 31 121 36 14 55 187 .264 .331 .486 .817 109 294 11 8 0 6 1 *8
2001 26 FLA NL 123 513 468 70 128 30 2 23 71 20 8 36 107 .274 .331 .494 .825 113 231 14 6 0 3 2 *8
2002 27 FLA NL 141 582 510 80 124 22 2 23 65 20 11 58 140 .243 .329 .429 .759 101 219 17 9 2 3 3 *8
2003 28 COL NL 155 661 600 94 169 43 1 36 141 14 7 54 139 .282 .343 .537 .880 113 322 23 4 0 3 1 *8/7 AS,MVP-16
2004 29 COL NL 58 222 202 24 50 11 0 6 29 2 1 17 49 .248 .315 .391 .706 73 79 9 3 0 0 2 8
2005 30 TOT NL 139 576 520 73 135 29 2 25 90 6 6 45 148 .260 .325 .467 .793 102 243 18 7 1 3 0 *87/9
2005 30 COL NL 71 296 267 39 69 15 1 15 47 3 2 25 77 .258 .322 .491 .813 100 131 8 1 1 2 0 8
2005 30 WSN NL 68 280 253 34 66 14 1 10 43 3 4 20 71 .261 .329 .443 .771 105 112 10 6 0 1 0 87/9
2006 31 TOT NL 135 537 501 58 132 25 2 17 72 12 2 29 121 .263 .307 .423 .730 85 212 20 4 0 3 3 *79/8
2006 31 HOU NL 102 417 390 40 105 22 2 9 55 6 2 22 94 .269 .309 .405 .714 82 158 18 2 0 3 2 7/98
2006 31 STL NL 33 120 111 18 27 3 0 8 17 6 0 7 27 .243 .300 .486 .786 98 54 2 2 0 0 1 9/78
2007 32 STL NL 25 68 64 6 14 3 0 1 5 2 1 4 17 .219 .265 .313 .577 50 20 2 0 0 0 0 9
10 Yrs 1108 4436 4003 573 1055 221 16 189 668 124 55 350 1085 .264 .329 .468 .797 103 1875 129 51 5 27 15
162 Game Avg. 162 649 585 84 154 32 2 28 98 18 8 51 159 .264 .329 .468 .797 103 274 19 7 1 4 2
FLA (5 yrs) 588 2350 2096 315 549 108 11 104 329 87 37 199 603 .262 .333 .473 .806 109 991 57 33 4 18 9
COL (3 yrs) 284 1179 1069 157 288 69 2 57 217 19 10 96 265 .269 .333 .498 .830 102 532 40 8 1 5 3
STL (2 yrs) 58 188 175 24 41 6 0 9 22 8 1 11 44 .234 .287 .423 .710 81 74 4 2 0 0 1
NYM (1 yr) 8 22 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 8 .300 .364 .400 .764 102 8 0 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 68 280 253 34 66 14 1 10 43 3 4 20 71 .261 .329 .443 .771 105 112 10 6 0 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 102 417 390 40 105 22 2 9 55 6 2 22 94 .269 .309 .405 .714 82 158 18 2 0 3 2

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
1998 23 NYM NL 8 22 0 -0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .486 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /789
1998 23 FLA NL 14 38 -4 0 0 -2 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .454 .496 -0.3 -0.3 -3 $ /879
1999 24 FLA NL 149 543 11 0 -1 -20 0 -10 -1.1 15 5 0.4 .493 .494 2.4 -1.9 25 $201,000 *879 RoY-2
2000 25 FLA NL 161 674 8 -2 1 -10 2 1 -0.0 18 19 1.7 .501 .500 2.7 -0.7 28 $287,000 *8
2001 26 FLA NL 123 513 9 -0 -1 3 2 13 1.2 14 27 2.6 .510 .508 2.3 0.5 23 $1,000,000 *8
2002 27 FLA NL 141 582 1 -1 -0 -6 2 -4 -0.4 16 12 1.1 .497 .497 1.7 -0.4 18 $3,500,000 *8
2003 28 COL NL 155 661 12 -0 -2 -5 2 7 0.6 18 25 2.4 .504 .504 2.9 -0.2 30 $6,500,000 *8/7 AS,MVP-16
2004 29 COL NL 58 222 -10 -0 -1 -7 1 -17 -1.8 6 -11 -1.2 .470 .489 -0.5 -0.6 -4 $9,000,000 8
2005 30 COL NL 71 296 1 -0 0 -19 1 -17 -1.7 8 -9 -0.9 .476 .490 1.0 -1.8 10 $12,500,000 8
2005 30 WSN NL 68 280 4 -2 -1 -6 0 -4 -0.5 8 3 0.3 .493 .497 0.9 -0.6 9 $ 87/9
2006 31 HOU NL 102 417 -10 2 -1 -14 -5 -28 -2.7 11 -16 -1.6 .473 .483 -0.2 -1.8 -2 $4,000,000 7/98
2006 31 STL NL 33 120 -0 2 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .506 .501 0.3 0.1 3 $ 9/78
2007 32 STL NL 25 68 -2 0 -0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $1,000,000 9
10 Seasons 1108 4436 19 -2 -6 -84 5 -67 -7.0 120 53 4.6 .494 .497 13.1 -7.8 136 $37,988,000
FLA (5 yrs) 588 2350 25 -3 -1 -35 7 -7 -0.9 64 57 5.2 .499 .499 8.8 -2.8 91 $4,988,000
COL (3 yrs) 284 1179 3 -1 -3 -31 4 -27 -2.8 32 5 0.3 .490 .494 3.4 -2.7 36 $28,000,000
STL (2 yrs) 58 188 -2 2 -1 3 -2 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $1,000,000
NYM (1 yr) 8 22 0 -0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .486 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $
WSN (1 yr) 68 280 4 -2 -1 -6 0 -4 -0.5 8 3 0.3 .493 .497 0.9 -0.6 9 $
HOU (1 yr) 102 417 -10 2 -1 -14 -5 -28 -2.7 11 -16 -1.6 .473 .483 -0.2 -1.8 -2 $4,000,000

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 TOT NL 60 46 4 2.3 104 .241 .157 .264 .259 .334 .255 .417 .514 .750 39 .208 -4.5 -0.4 .455 .216 .098 1.0
1998 23 NYM NL 22 15 3 5.4 107 .500 .300 .268 .364 .338 .400 .422 .764 .760 102 .546 0.2 0.0 .667 .200 .100 .0
1998 23 FLA NL 38 31 1 0.9 102 .059 .065 .262 .194 .331 .161 .413 .356 .744 -2 .041 -4.7 -0.5 .345 .226 .097 .0
1999 24 FLA NL 543 372 83 6.0 109 .356 .280 .267 .350 .341 .502 .430 .852 .771 119 .554 13.8 1.3 .831 .332 .222 15.5
2000 25 FLA NL 674 476 98 5.5 111 .328 .264 .266 .331 .342 .486 .434 .817 .777 109 .514 7.1 0.6 .806 .349 .221 33.3
2001 26 FLA NL 513 365 73 5.3 108 .308 .274 .264 .331 .334 .494 .432 .825 .766 113 .528 8.6 0.8 .787 .323 .220 21.4
2002 27 FLA NL 582 419 70 4.5 105 .289 .243 .262 .329 .336 .429 .417 .759 .753 101 .468 0.3 0.0 .713 .318 .186 21.4
2003 28 COL NL 661 464 103 5.9 122 .311 .282 .286 .343 .360 .537 .458 .880 .818 113 .584 9.7 0.9 .839 .357 .255 20.2
2004 29 COL NL 222 162 23 3.8 122 .299 .248 .284 .315 .358 .391 .461 .706 .819 73 .376 -9.2 -0.9 .617 .233 .144 3.0
2005 30 TOT NL 576 413 74 4.8 111 .314 .260 .273 .325 .343 .467 .434 .793 .778 102 .495 0.3 0.0 .721 .294 .208 9.7
2005 30 COL NL 296 211 40 5.0 118 .305 .258 .282 .322 .354 .491 .450 .813 .804 100 .520 -1.2 -0.1 .760 .330 .232 5.0
2005 30 WSN NL 280 202 34 4.5 104 .324 .261 .263 .329 .332 .443 .418 .771 .750 105 .467 1.5 0.2 .682 .257 .182 4.6
2006 31 TOT NL 537 394 61 4.2 113 .314 .263 .272 .307 .343 .423 .442 .730 .784 85 .407 -12.6 -1.2 .652 .238 .160 14.1
2006 31 HOU NL 417 308 44 3.8 113 .331 .269 .272 .309 .343 .405 .442 .714 .785 82 .372 -11.5 -1.1 .610 .203 .136 7.2
2006 31 STL NL 120 86 17 5.3 112 .250 .243 .271 .300 .342 .486 .440 .786 .782 98 .518 -1.1 -0.1 .802 .360 .243 6.9
2007 32 STL NL 68 53 5 2.5 110 .283 .219 .272 .265 .341 .313 .434 .577 .775 50 .220 -5.0 -0.5 .472 .172 .094 1.3
10 Yrs 4436 3164 594 5.0 112 .314 .264 .271 .329 .344 .468 .437 .797 .781 103 .498 8.5 0.7 .749 .310 .205 149.8
162 Game Avg. 649 463 87 5.0 112 .314 .264 .271 .329 .344 .468 .437 .797 .781 103 .498 1 0 .749 .310 .205 22
FLA (5 yrs) 2350 1663 325 5.2 108 .316 .262 .265 .333 .338 .473 .428 .806 .767 109 .510 25.1 2.3 .776 .330 .211 94.7
COL (3 yrs) 1179 837 166 5.3 121 .307 .269 .284 .333 .358 .498 .456 .830 .814 102 .534 -0.7 -0.1 .776 .326 .228 28.5
STL (2 yrs) 188 139 22 4.2 111 .262 .234 .271 .287 .341 .423 .438 .710 .779 81 .418 -6.1 -0.6 .676 .291 .189 8.5
NYM (1 yr) 22 15 3 5.4 107 .500 .300 .268 .364 .338 .400 .422 .764 .760 102 .546 0.2 0.0 .667 .200 .100 .0
WSN (1 yr) 280 202 34 4.5 104 .324 .261 .263 .329 .332 .443 .418 .771 .750 105 .466 1.5 0.2 .682 .257 .182 4.6
HOU (1 yr) 417 308 44 3.8 113 .331 .269 .272 .309 .343 .405 .442 .714 .785 82 .372 -11.5 -1.1 .610 .203 .136 7.2

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
2006 31 STL NL NLDS SDP W 2 8 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL NLCS NYM W 6 18 17 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .176 .222 .235 .458 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL WS DET W 5 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 2 0 1 1 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 13 41 35 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .200 .300 .257 .557 9 0 1 1 0 0
1 NLDS 2 8 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 18 17 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .176 .222 .235 .458 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 2 0 1 1 0 0

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 COL NL 28 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 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 TOT NL 60 1.7% 35.0% 10.0% 5.0% 38% 3.50 2.4 51.0 17.0 1.90 3.40 48% 16% 11.1% 10%
1998 23 NYM NL 22 0.0% 36.4% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 4.00 2.5 10.0 2.00 5.00 55% 25% 0.0% 25%
1998 23 FLA NL 38 2.6% 34.2% 10.5% 2.6% 50% 3.25 2.4 31.0 31.0 1.83 3.00 45% 10% 16.7% 0%
1999 24 FLA NL 543 4.8% 28.7% 8.5% 9.4% 38% 3.39 3.1 18.5 6.8 0.74 1.04 56% 20% 16.4% 15%
2000 25 FLA NL 674 4.6% 27.7% 8.2% 10.2% 43% 3.40 3.2 19.5 5.0 0.83 1.33 58% 27% 16.6% 13%
2001 26 FLA NL 513 4.5% 20.9% 7.0% 10.7% 43% 2.97 4.4 20.3 6.6 0.72 1.02 66% 24% 14.0% 17%
2002 27 FLA NL 582 4.0% 24.1% 10.0% 8.1% 38% 2.41 3.6 22.2 7.8 1.01 1.54 60% 20% 16.1% 18%
2003 28 COL NL 661 5.5% 21.0% 8.2% 12.1% 47% 2.57 4.3 16.7 4.3 0.72 1.09 65% 18% 15.0% 11%
2004 29 COL NL 222 2.7% 22.1% 7.7% 7.7% 34% 2.88 4.1 33.7 7.0 0.84 1.15 66% 14% 8.2% 12%
2005 30 TOT NL 576 4.3% 25.7% 7.8% 9.7% 42% 3.29 3.5 20.8 5.8 1.08 1.87 61% 19% 15.4% 10%
2005 30 COL NL 296 5.1% 26.0% 8.5% 10.5% 45% 3.08 3.5 17.8 5.7 1.01 1.81 60% 22% 17.6% 11%
2005 30 WSN NL 280 3.6% 25.4% 7.1% 8.9% 38% 3.55 3.6 25.3 5.9 1.15 1.93 62% 15% 13.0% 9%
2006 31 TOT NL 537 3.2% 22.5% 5.4% 8.2% 33% 4.17 4.1 29.5 7.0 1.27 2.09 68% 17% 11.4% 11%
2006 31 HOU NL 417 2.2% 22.5% 5.3% 7.9% 31% 4.27 4.1 43.3 7.1 1.40 2.41 70% 16% 8.1% 10%
2006 31 STL NL 120 6.7% 22.5% 5.8% 9.2% 41% 3.86 4.1 13.9 6.5 0.91 1.32 63% 20% 21.1% 14%
2007 32 STL NL 68 1.5% 25.0% 5.9% 5.9% 29% 4.25 3.8 64.0 12.8 1.35 1.13 68% 13% 5.6% 10%
10 Yrs 4436 4.3% 24.5% 7.9% 9.6% 40% 3.10 3.7 21.2 6.0 0.90 1.37 62% 20% 14.5% 13%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 1.92 5.3 31.6 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 TOT NL -4.5 -0.4 62 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .86 -0.4 -0.4 -3.4 -0.3 0.88 -2.6 0.99 7
1998 23 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 24 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .73 -0.1 -0.2 0.6 0.1 0.85 0.3 1.95 1
1998 23 FLA NL -4.7 -0.5 38 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .94 -0.3 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.90 -2.9 0.83 6
1999 24 FLA NL 13.8 1.3 566 0.2 10.2 -10.0 1.02 1.3 -1.1 6.1 0.6 0.95 15.7 1.78 13
2000 25 FLA NL 7.1 0.6 729 1.7 15.2 -13.5 1.13 1.3 0.2 20.3 1.9 0.97 13.4 0.81 2
2001 26 FLA NL 7.8 0.7 549 -0.5 10.7 -11.2 1.09 1.1 -1.5 -7.1 -0.7 1.00 7.4 2.27 1
2002 27 FLA NL 0.3 0.0 624 0.3 11.0 -10.7 1.01 0.4 -0.1 -10.1 -1.0 0.94 1.2 0.92 3
2003 28 COL NL 9.7 0.9 685 2.2 14.3 -12.1 1.01 1.5 0.6 22.6 2.0 1.01 19.5 2.30 1
2004 29 COL NL -9.2 -0.9 229 -1.3 4.2 -5.5 1.16 -0.6 -0.5 -13.4 -1.2 1.02 -7.5 2.41 7
2005 30 TOT NL 0.3 0.0 595 -0.2 10.8 -11.0 1.03 1.5 -1.7 3.9 0.4 0.98 14.9 2.42 4
2005 30 COL NL -1.2 -0.1 308 -0.7 5.2 -5.9 .99 0.9 -1.6 -2.2 -0.2 1.00 9.1 2.88 3
2005 30 WSN NL 1.5 0.2 287 0.5 5.6 -5.1 1.06 0.6 -0.1 6.1 0.6 0.96 5.8 1.05 1
2006 31 TOT NL -12.6 -1.2 562 0.3 10.0 -9.6 .98 -0.6 0.9 -4.3 -0.4 0.98 -8.8 1.41 7
2006 31 HOU NL -11.5 -1.1 435 -0.3 7.3 -7.6 .98 -0.7 0.4 -7.2 -0.7 1.00 -9.7 0.48 2
2006 31 STL NL -1.1 -0.1 127 0.6 2.7 -2.1 1.00 0.2 0.5 2.8 0.3 0.90 1.0 1.78 5
2007 32 STL NL -5.0 -0.5 71 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.09 -0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.99 -2.8 1.09 11
10 Yrs 7.8 0.7 4672 1.9 88.0 -86.1 1.05 5.3 -3.4 13.0 1.1 0.98 50.3 1.56 56

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
1998 23 TOT NL 1 0 43% 22 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 4 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1998 23 NYM NL 0 0 38% 11 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1998 23 FLA NL 1 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1999 24 FLA NL 2 0 25% 182 11 4 73% 11 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 13 50% 26 13 13 7 3 4 15 8 7
2000 25 FLA NL 8 0 33% 221 36 14 72% 32 12 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 11 46% 26 16 10 8 3 5 18 8 9
2001 26 FLA NL 5 0 32% 146 20 8 71% 15 6 4 2 1 0 4 2 5 12 54% 16 12 4 8 1 7 13 3 9
2002 27 FLA NL 4 0 34% 214 20 11 65% 16 9 4 2 0 0 6 3 5 16 49% 25 15 10 9 6 3 13 1 10
2003 28 COL NL 6 0 30% 191 14 7 67% 11 6 3 1 0 0 3 3 5 10 54% 30 17 12 4 3 1 22 4 17
2004 29 COL NL 0 0 28% 77 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 48% 10 6 4 4 2 2 7 2 4
2005 30 TOT NL 8 0 30% 182 6 6 50% 6 4 0 2 0 0 3 3 5 13 37% 35 26 9 11 3 8 17 10 6
2005 30 COL NL 4 0 30% 88 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 8 30% 18 14 4 4 2 2 8 4 3
2005 30 WSN NL 4 0 29% 94 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 42% 17 12 5 7 1 6 9 6 3
2006 31 TOT NL 6 0 28% 175 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 11 47% 27 18 9 8 5 3 16 3 12
2006 31 HOU NL 5 0 26% 126 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 10 45% 19 13 6 8 5 3 11 2 8
2006 31 STL NL 1 0 36% 49 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 54% 8 5 3 0 0 0 5 1 4
2007 32 STL NL 4 0 29% 28 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 33% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
10 Yrs 44 0 30% 1438 124 55 69% 106 43 16 10 2 2 27 15 39 95 47% 206 132 73 61 27 34 124 40 76

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 TOT NL 60 47% 8 2 0 7 0 0 0 0.99 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 10 0 0% 5 3 60% 30 2 7% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1998 23 NYM NL 22 36% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1998 23 FLA NL 38 53% 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.83 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0 0% 5 3 60% 22 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1999 24 FLA NL 543 26% 135 11 1 13 5 3 3 1.78 26 1 10 17 9 8 18 0 0 0 107 15 14% 50 13 26% 342 45 13% 29 14 48% 14 7 50% 0
2000 25 FLA NL 674 24% 160 11 0 2 0 0 0 0.81 31 1 16 22 9 12 19 0 0 0 124 11 9% 58 25 43% 473 93 20% 46 29 63% 33 18 55% 0
2001 26 FLA NL 513 23% 128 7 0 1 0 0 0 2.27 23 0 20 18 5 9 14 0 0 0 102 14 14% 53 9 17% 373 51 14% 41 17 41% 24 8 33% 0
2002 27 FLA NL 582 24% 124 9 0 3 0 0 0 0.92 23 1 9 15 8 8 15 0 2 2 100% 110 17 15% 68 23 34% 348 44 13% 40 17 43% 35 17 49% 0
2003 28 COL NL 661 31% 169 9 0 1 0 0 0 2.30 36 1 13 31 5 21 15 0 0 0 152 23 15% 78 20 26% 520 108 21% 57 33 58% 35 23 66% 0
2004 29 COL NL 222 33% 50 6 0 7 1 0 1 2.41 6 0 8 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 43 9 21% 23 5 22% 177 23 13% 17 7 41% 6 3 50% 0
2005 30 TOT NL 576 24% 135 14 0 4 1 0 0 2.42 25 0 19 15 10 13 12 0 1 1 100% 119 18 15% 52 14 27% 426 68 16% 37 21 57% 23 11 48% 0
2005 30 COL NL 296 30% 69 7 0 3 1 0 0 2.88 15 0 14 7 8 10 5 0 1 1 100% 66 8 12% 27 9 33% 242 32 13% 21 11 52% 14 8 57% 0
2005 30 WSN NL 280 18% 66 7 0 1 0 0 0 1.05 10 0 5 8 2 3 7 0 0 0 53 10 19% 25 5 20% 184 36 20% 16 10 63% 9 3 33% 0
2006 31 TOT NL 537 24% 132 10 1 7 1 0 0 1.41 17 0 20 11 6 12 5 0 0 0 105 20 19% 49 13 27% 357 57 16% 33 17 52% 24 12 50% 0
2006 31 HOU NL 417 21% 105 10 1 2 0 0 0 0.48 9 0 18 8 1 7 2 0 0 0 89 18 20% 42 13 31% 296 48 16% 28 15 54% 21 11 52% 0
2006 31 STL NL 120 33% 27 0 0 5 1 0 0 1.78 8 0 2 3 5 5 3 0 0 0 16 2 13% 7 0 0% 61 9 15% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
2007 32 STL NL 68 38% 14 3 0 11 3 0 1 1.09 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 11% 9 0 0% 43 5 12% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
10 Yrs 4436 26% 1055 82 2 56 11 3 5 1.56 189 4 120 134 55 87 102 0 6 5 83% 890 129 14% 445 125 28% 3089 496 16% 304 156 51% 198 100 51% 0
MLB Averages 54% 71% 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 TOT NL 60 271 4.52 171 63% 23% 26% 32% 19% 77% 0% 49% 66% 32% 3% 2 0 13% 8 3 13% 8 4 33% 0 0 0
1998 23 NYM NL 22 102 4.64 66 65% 20% 35% 27% 18% 80% 0% 52% 57% 41% 9% 2 0 14% 3 0 9% 2 1 25% 0 0 0
1998 23 FLA NL 38 169 4.45 105 62% 25% 21% 35% 19% 75% 0% 47% 72% 26% 0% 0 0 13% 5 3 16% 6 3 38% 0 0 0
1999 24 FLA NL 549 2172 3.96 1381 64% 27% 23% 26% 24% 73% 1% 47% 68% 28% 4% 23 1 14% 77 37 10% 53 31 21% -6 0 1
2000 25 FLA NL 677 2643 3.90 1681 64% 25% 23% 26% 25% 75% 0% 48% 69% 32% 4% 30 3 14% 97 52 9% 64 33 24% -3 0 0
2001 26 FLA NL 514 1757 3.42 1154 66% 20% 21% 27% 32% 80% 1% 53% 73% 45% 3% 15 2 11% 57 34 8% 39 18 29% -1 0 0
2002 27 FLA NL 584 2267 3.88 1395 62% 26% 20% 27% 27% 74% 1% 46% 73% 29% 5% 27 3 17% 100 56 10% 59 36 24% -2 0 0
2003 28 COL NL 663 2487 3.75 1612 65% 20% 20% 31% 29% 80% 0% 52% 75% 37% 4% 25 3 13% 87 45 7% 46 27 21% -2 0 0
2004 29 COL NL 222 835 3.76 539 65% 24% 19% 28% 28% 76% 3% 49% 74% 30% 3% 6 0 10% 23 15 7% 16 10 24% 0 0 0
2005 30 TOT NL 578 2259 3.91 1450 64% 26% 20% 27% 26% 74% 0% 47% 72% 35% 3% 17 3 11% 65 27 7% 42 28 28% -2 0 0
2005 30 COL NL 298 1174 3.94 744 63% 27% 20% 27% 26% 73% 0% 46% 73% 33% 3% 9 2 13% 38 15 9% 26 17 29% -2 0 0
2005 30 WSN NL 280 1085 3.88 706 65% 25% 21% 28% 26% 75% 0% 48% 72% 36% 3% 8 1 10% 27 12 6% 16 11 27% 0 0 0
2006 31 TOT NL 537 1980 3.69 1297 66% 23% 19% 28% 30% 77% 2% 50% 75% 35% 4% 19 4 13% 70 43 6% 33 16 29% 0 0 0
2006 31 HOU NL 417 1547 3.71 1010 65% 23% 19% 29% 30% 77% 1% 50% 76% 35% 4% 16 4 13% 54 33 6% 23 9 29% 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL 120 433 3.61 287 66% 25% 20% 26% 29% 75% 3% 50% 73% 33% 3% 3 0 13% 16 10 8% 10 7 30% 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL 69 270 3.91 181 67% 24% 21% 29% 26% 76% 0% 51% 72% 33% 0% 0 0 10% 7 4 7% 5 2 18% -1 0 0
10 Yrs 4453 16941 3.80 10861 64% 24% 21% 28% 27% 76% 1% 49% 72% 34% 4% 164 19 13% 591 316 8% 365 205 25% -17 0 1
MLB Averages 3.74 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 SH SF IBB
1998 23 22 60 51 7 8 2 0 1 3 1 1 6 21 .157 .259 .255 .514 39 13 0 1 2 0 0
1999 24 171 603 533 74 143 23 4 27 74 12 5 52 177 .268 .341 .478 .820 112 255 15 10 2 6 3
2000 25 332 1277 1138 168 303 58 7 58 195 48 19 107 364 .266 .336 .482 .818 110 549 26 18 2 12 4
2001 26 455 1790 1606 238 431 88 9 81 266 68 27 143 471 .268 .334 .486 .820 111 780 40 24 2 15 6
2002 27 596 2372 2116 318 555 110 11 104 331 88 38 201 611 .262 .333 .472 .805 109 999 57 33 4 18 9
2003 28 751 3033 2716 412 724 153 12 140 472 102 45 255 750 .267 .335 .486 .822 110 1321 80 37 4 21 10
2004 29 809 3255 2918 436 774 164 12 146 501 104 46 272 799 .265 .334 .480 .814 107 1400 89 40 4 21 12
2005 30 948 3831 3438 509 909 193 14 171 591 110 52 317 947 .264 .333 .478 .811 106 1643 107 47 5 24 12
2006 31 1083 4368 3939 567 1041 218 16 188 663 122 54 346 1068 .264 .330 .471 .801 104 1855 127 51 5 27 15
2007 32 1108 4436 4003 573 1055 221 16 189 668 124 55 350 1085 .264 .329 .468 .797 103 1875 129 51 5 27 15

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
1998 23 22 62 52 7 9 2 0 1 3 1 7 21 .173 .283 .269 .553 4 22
1999 24 149 538 478 64 131 20 4 25 68 11 45 156 .274 .344 .490 .833 79 149
2000 25 161 666 599 88 154 34 3 30 114 35 53 187 .257 .323 .474 .797 90 161
2001 26 123 512 467 69 127 30 2 23 70 20 36 107 .272 .330 .493 .823 74 123
2002 27 141 585 512 82 126 22 2 23 67 20 59 140 .246 .333 .432 .764 72 141
2003 28 155 637 582 78 151 38 1 32 117 13 48 139 .259 .319 .493 .812 91 155
2004 29 58 215 197 20 45 10 0 5 24 2 15 49 .228 .293 .355 .648 20 58
2005 30 139 571 516 70 131 28 2 24 86 6 44 148 .254 .319 .455 .775 74 139
2006 31 135 531 496 54 127 24 2 16 67 12 28 121 .256 .299 .409 .709 60 135
2007 32 25 68 64 6 14 3 0 1 5 2 4 17 .219 .265 .313 .577 5 25
10 Yrs 1108 4385 3963 538 1015 211 16 180 621 122 339 1085 .256 .321 .454 .774 569 1108
162 Game Avg. 162 641 579 79 148 31 2 26 91 18 50 159 .256 .321 .454 .774 83 1108

* 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 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (16, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Games Played s c a p y
2000 NL  161 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
2000 NL  605 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2003 NL  322 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 NL  43 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  36 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2000 NL  121 (8th)
2003 NL  141 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1999 NL  156 (2nd)
2000 NL  187 (1st)
2002 NL  140 (10th)
2003 NL  139 (7th)
2005 NL  148 (3rd)
Career  1,085 (200th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2000 NL  36 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2003 NL  80 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2003 NL  23 (4th)
2006 NL  20 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL  14 (2nd)
2002 NL  11 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2000 NL  33.3 (1st)
2001 NL  21.4 (8th)
2002 NL  21.4 (8th)
2003 NL  20.2 (5th)
Career  149.8 (176th)

AB per HR s c a p y
Career  21.2 (152nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2000 NL  476 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Wally Post (947)
  2. Glenallen Hill (939)
  3. Phil Nevin (934)
  4. Nick Swisher (932)
  5. Cliff Johnson (930)
  6. Larry Hisle (928)
  7. Richard Hidalgo (927)
  8. Michael Cuddyer (924)
  9. Pete Incaviglia (923)
  10. Jim Ray Hart (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Allison (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Thomas (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Thomas (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Thomas (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Post (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wally Post (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wally Post (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Thomas (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carl Everett (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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