Vance Wilson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 17, 1973 in Mesa, AZ
High School: Red Mountain (Mesa, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 44th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1999
Final Game: September 28, 2006
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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
1999 26 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2000 27 NYM NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2001 28 NYM NL 32 62 57 3 17 3 0 0 6 0 1 2 16 .298 .339 .351 .690 83 20 1 2 0 1 0 2
2002 29 NYM NL 74 178 163 19 40 7 0 5 26 0 1 5 32 .245 .301 .380 .682 81 62 4 8 2 0 0 2/3
2003 30 NYM NL 96 292 268 28 65 9 1 8 39 1 2 15 56 .243 .293 .373 .666 75 100 6 5 2 2 1 2
2004 31 NYM NL 79 177 157 18 43 10 1 4 21 1 0 11 24 .274 .335 .427 .762 97 67 5 5 1 3 2 2
2005 32 DET AL 61 173 152 18 30 4 0 3 19 0 0 11 26 .197 .275 .283 .558 51 43 6 6 2 2 0 2
2006 33 DET AL 56 168 152 18 43 9 0 5 18 0 4 2 33 .283 .304 .441 .745 90 67 1 3 10 1 0 2
8 Seasons 403 1054 953 104 238 42 2 25 129 2 8 46 189 .250 .302 .377 .679 78 359 23 29 17 9 3
162 Game Avg. 162 424 383 42 96 17 1 10 52 1 3 18 76 .250 .302 .377 .679 78 144 9 12 7 4 1
NYM (6 yrs) 286 713 649 68 165 29 2 17 92 2 4 33 130 .254 .308 .384 .692 81 249 16 20 5 6 3
DET (2 yrs) 117 341 304 36 73 13 0 8 37 0 4 13 59 .240 .289 .362 .651 71 110 7 9 12 3 0
NL (6 yrs) 286 713 649 68 165 29 2 17 92 2 4 33 130 .254 .308 .384 .692 81 249 16 20 5 6 3
AL (2 yrs) 117 341 304 36 73 13 0 8 37 0 4 13 59 .240 .289 .362 .651 71 110 7 9 12 3 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
2000 27 NYM NL 4 4 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .268 .000 .345 .000 .438 .000 .784 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 28 NYM NL 62 43 7 4.4 108 .405 .298 .264 .339 .334 .351 .432 .690 .766 83 .435 -1.2 -0.1 .548 .070 .053
2002 29 NYM NL 178 130 18 3.7 105 .278 .245 .262 .301 .336 .380 .417 .682 .753 81 .384 -5.0 -0.5 .578 .160 .135 .0
2003 30 NYM NL 292 215 28 3.5 107 .277 .243 .265 .293 .336 .373 .425 .666 .762 75 .347 -10.6 -1.0 .564 .183 .131 1.8
2004 31 NYM NL 177 123 22 4.8 110 .295 .274 .268 .335 .340 .427 .435 .762 .775 97 .479 -0.4 -0.0 .706 .229 .153 1.6
2005 32 DET AL 173 132 12 2.4 103 .216 .197 .266 .275 .328 .283 .422 .558 .750 51 .217 -10.6 -1.0 .469 .158 .086 .0
2006 33 DET AL 168 125 19 4.0 111 .330 .283 .275 .304 .340 .441 .438 .745 .778 90 .387 -2.7 -0.2 .596 .145 .158 .0
8 Seasons 1054 772 106 3.7 107 .285 .250 .267 .302 .336 .377 .427 .679 .763 78 .365 -31.7 -3.0 .574 .169 .127 3.7
162 Game Avg. 424 310 43 3.7 107 .285 .250 .267 .302 .336 .377 .427 .679 .763 78 .365 -31.7 -3.0 .574 .169 .127 1
NYM (6 yrs) 713 515 75 3.9 107 .291 .254 .265 .308 .337 .384 .426 .692 .763 81 .394 -18.4 -1.8 .595 .177 .129 3.6
DET (2 yrs) 341 257 31 3.2 107 .271 .240 .271 .289 .334 .362 .430 .651 .764 71 .304 -13.3 -1.3 .529 .151 .122 .0
NL (6 yrs) 713 515 75 3.9 107 .291 .254 .265 .308 .337 .384 .426 .692 .763 81 .394 -18.4 -1.8 .595 .177 .129 3.6
AL (2 yrs) 341 257 31 3.2 107 .271 .240 .271 .289 .334 .362 .430 .651 .764 71 .304 -13.3 -1.3 .529 .151 .122 .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
2000 27 NYM NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
2001 28 NYM NL 62 0.0% 25.8% 3.2% 4.8% 18% 8.00 3.6 9.5 0.62 0.92 68% 33% 0.0% 8%
2002 29 NYM NL 178 2.8% 18.0% 2.8% 6.7% 30% 6.40 5.1 32.6 6.3 0.66 0.87 71% 21% 7.8% 16%
2003 30 NYM NL 292 2.7% 19.2% 5.1% 6.2% 28% 3.73 4.8 33.5 6.9 0.84 1.01 71% 19% 7.7% 10%
2004 31 NYM NL 177 2.3% 13.6% 6.2% 8.5% 35% 2.18 6.5 39.3 7.5 0.73 0.96 75% 15% 5.6% 8%
2005 32 DET AL 173 1.7% 15.0% 6.4% 4.1% 23% 2.36 5.8 50.7 8.0 0.91 1.06 72% 10% 4.8% 7%
2006 33 DET AL 168 3.0% 19.6% 1.2% 8.3% 33% 16.50 4.6 30.4 8.4 0.79 1.49 68% 15% 8.3% 9%
8 Seasons 1054 2.4% 17.9% 4.4% 6.6% 29% 4.11 5.0 38.1 7.4 0.78 1.05 71% 17% 6.5% 10%
MLB Averages

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
2000 27 NYM NL 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 28 NYM NL 1 0 14% 23 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 40% 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2002 29 NYM NL 1 0 29% 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 5 5 0 1 1 0 7 2 5
2003 30 NYM NL 4 0 26% 106 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 26% 14 11 2 2 2 0 11 5 5
2004 31 NYM NL 2 0 26% 72 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 8 7 1 2 2 0 8 2 5
2005 32 DET AL 3 0 34% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20% 8 8 0 2 1 1 5 3 2
2006 33 DET AL 3 0 30% 60 0 4 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 36% 6 4 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
8 Seasons 14 0 27% 361 2 8 20% 1 5 1 2 0 1 2 2 12 24 30% 45 38 6 10 8 2 34 13 19
MLB Averages

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
2000 27 NYM NL 4 25% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 NYM NL 62 15% 17 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 5 3 60% 35 6 17% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
2002 29 NYM NL 178 19% 40 2 0 10 1 0 1 1.73 5 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 100% 36 4 11% 12 6 50% 113 22 19% 8 6 75% 11 6 55% 0
2003 30 NYM NL 292 27% 65 2 0 6 0 0 1 0.97 8 0 7 6 2 3 5 0 3 2 67% 56 6 11% 22 10 45% 178 32 18% 18 13 72% 19 7 37% 0
2004 31 NYM NL 177 24% 43 2 0 10 4 1 1 0.77 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 32 5 16% 16 5 31% 117 17 15% 8 4 50% 14 8 57% 0
2005 32 DET AL 173 27% 30 3 0 6 2 0 1 0.14 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 100% 31 6 19% 17 10 59% 110 17 15% 15 9 60% 12 7 58% 0
2006 33 DET AL 168 27% 43 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.27 5 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 11 10 91% 29 1 3% 16 12 75% 87 14 16% 5 5 100% 8 4 50% 0
8 Seasons 1054 24% 238 10 0 42 9 1 4 0.88 25 0 23 18 7 11 14 0 20 17 85% 198 23 12% 89 47 53% 641 108 17% 58 40 69% 68 34 50% 0
MLB Averages

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
2000 27 NYM NL 4 17 4.25 11 65% 27% 27% 27% 18% 73% 0% 47% 63% 25% 25% 1 0 25% 1 0 25% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
2001 28 NYM NL 62 256 4.13 169 66% 30% 15% 30% 25% 70% 0% 46% 78% 16% 2% 1 0 13% 8 5 6% 4 3 25% 0 0 0
2002 29 NYM NL 178 644 3.62 451 70% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 0% 51% 80% 23% 2% 4 0 10% 18 9 3% 6 3 16% 0 0 0
2003 30 NYM NL 292 1146 3.92 741 65% 25% 13% 33% 29% 75% 1% 49% 82% 26% 4% 12 0 14% 40 19 10% 29 22 30% 0 0 0
2004 31 NYM NL 177 641 3.62 425 66% 23% 13% 32% 32% 77% 3% 51% 83% 26% 4% 7 0 11% 20 10 4% 7 5 25% 0 0 0
2005 32 DET AL 173 647 3.74 423 65% 26% 12% 31% 31% 74% 0% 49% 83% 25% 1% 2 0 10% 17 10 5% 9 5 46% 0 0 0
2006 33 DET AL 168 597 3.55 431 72% 23% 15% 31% 30% 77% 0% 55% 80% 36% 1% 1 0 7% 11 9 2% 3 3 33% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1054 3948 3.75 2651 67% 25% 14% 31% 30% 75% 1% 50% 81% 26% 3% 28 0 11% 115 62 6% 59 42 30% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2000 27 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 37 66 61 3 17 3 0 0 6 0 1 2 18 .279 .318 .328 .646 71 20 1 2 0 1 0
2002 29 111 244 224 22 57 10 0 5 32 0 2 7 50 .254 .306 .366 .672 78 82 5 10 2 1 0
2003 30 207 536 492 50 122 19 1 13 71 1 4 22 106 .248 .299 .370 .669 76 182 11 15 4 3 1
2004 31 286 713 649 68 165 29 2 17 92 2 4 33 130 .254 .308 .384 .692 81 249 16 20 5 6 3
2005 32 347 886 801 86 195 33 2 20 111 2 4 44 156 .243 .301 .365 .666 76 292 22 26 7 8 3
2006 33 403 1054 953 104 238 42 2 25 129 2 8 46 189 .250 .302 .377 .679 78 359 23 29 17 9 3

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
2000 27 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2001 28 32 61 56 3 16 3 0 0 5 0 2 16 .286 .328 .339 .667 6 32
2002 29 74 178 165 19 42 7 0 5 26 0 5 32 .255 .309 .388 .697 18 74
2003 30 96 290 268 28 65 9 1 8 39 1 15 56 .243 .293 .373 .666 28 96
2004 31 79 175 156 17 42 10 1 4 20 1 11 24 .269 .331 .423 .755 21 79
2005 32 61 174 154 18 32 4 0 3 19 0 12 26 .208 .287 .292 .580 12 61
2006 33 56 156 150 17 41 9 0 5 17 0 2 33 .273 .295 .433 .728 18 56
7 Seasons 402 1038 953 102 238 42 2 25 126 2 47 189 .250 .303 .377 .679 103 402
162 Game Avg. 162 418 384 41 96 17 1 10 51 1 19 76 .250 .303 .377 .679 42 402

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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2006 AL--10--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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