Kevin Youkilis
Kevin E. Youkilis (Greek God of Walks)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 15, 1979 in Cincinnati, OH
School: University of Cincinnati
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 2004
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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
2004 25 BOS AL 72 248 208 38 54 11 0 7 35 0 1 33 45 .260 .367 .413 .780 99 86 1 4 0 3 0 5/D
2005 26 BOS AL 44 95 79 11 22 7 0 1 9 0 1 14 19 .278 .400 .405 .805 113 32 0 2 0 0 0 5/34
2006 27 BOS AL 147 680 569 100 159 42 2 13 72 5 2 91 120 .279 .381 .429 .810 106 244 12 9 0 11 0 *375
2007 28 BOS AL 145 625 528 85 152 35 2 16 83 4 2 77 105 .288 .390 .453 .843 117 239 9 15 0 5 0 *35 GG
2008 29 BOS AL 145 621 538 91 168 43 4 29 115 3 5 62 108 .312 .390 .569 .958 143 306 11 12 0 9 7 *35/9 AS,MVP-3
2009 30 BOS AL 136 588 491 99 150 36 1 27 94 7 2 77 125 .305 .413 .548 .961 145 269 9 16 0 4 6 35/7 AS,MVP-6
6 Seasons 689 2857 2413 424 705 174 9 93 408 19 13 354 522 .292 .391 .487 .878 124 1176 42 58 0 32 13
162 Game Avg. 162 672 567 100 166 41 2 22 96 4 3 83 123 .292 .391 .487 .878 124 277 10 14 0 8 3

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
2004 25 BOS AL 248 159 35 5.9 115 .296 .260 .278 .367 .346 .413 .446 .780 .792 99 .558 0.7 0.1 .782 .308 .154 .0
2005 26 BOS AL 95 58 14 6.4 108 .356 .278 .273 .400 .336 .405 .433 .805 .769 113 .622 2.4 0.2 .810 .291 .127 .0
2006 27 BOS AL 680 435 100 6.1 115 .327 .279 .281 .381 .347 .429 .447 .810 .794 106 .573 9.7 0.9 .818 .315 .149 7.2
2007 28 BOS AL 625 392 100 6.8 112 .330 .288 .278 .390 .346 .453 .435 .843 .781 117 .634 16.4 1.5 .860 .314 .165 6.4
2008 29 BOS AL 621 395 120 8.1 112 .339 .312 .277 .390 .346 .569 .435 .958 .782 143 .712 35.7 3.4 .979 .368 .257 5.4
2009 30 BOS AL 588 356 117 8.8 113 .359 .305 .274 .413 .344 .548 .440 .961 .784 145 .732 36.3 3.4 1.043 .409 .242 11.1
6 Seasons 2857 1795 486 7.2 113 .334 .292 .278 .391 .346 .487 .440 .878 .785 124 .656 101.1 9.4 .904 .344 .195 31.6
162 Game Avg. 672 422 114 7.2 113 .334 .292 .278 .391 .346 .487 .440 .878 .785 124 .656 24 2 .904 .344 .195 7

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 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 28 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 14 12 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .583 .869 7 1 0 0 1 0
2007 28 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 7 33 28 10 14 1 1 3 7 0 0 5 3 .500 .576 .929 1.504 26 1 0 0 0 0
2007 28 BOS AL WS COL W 4 12 9 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .222 .417 .444 .861 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 20 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .222 .300 .278 .578 5 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 32 30 4 10 3 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .333 .375 .633 1.008 19 2 0 0 0 0
2009 30 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .167 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 29 125 111 22 34 9 1 6 17 0 0 13 18 .306 .376 .568 .944 63 4 0 0 1 0
4 ALDS 11 48 44 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 10 .182 .229 .318 .547 14 1 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 14 65 58 14 24 4 1 5 13 0 0 7 7 .414 .477 .776 1.253 45 3 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 12 9 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .222 .417 .444 .861 4 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 BOS AL 29 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS AL 30 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 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
2004 25 BOS AL 248 2.8% 18.2% 13.3% 7.3% 33% 1.36 4.6 29.7 5.9 0.54 0.66 64% 20% 7.5% 13%
2005 26 BOS AL 95 1.1% 20.0% 14.7% 8.4% 36% 1.36 4.2 79.0 8.8 0.46 0.65 62% 23% 2.6% 5%
2006 27 BOS AL 680 1.9% 17.7% 13.4% 8.4% 36% 1.32 4.7 43.8 7.9 0.45 0.58 66% 24% 4.4% 7%
2007 28 BOS AL 625 2.6% 16.8% 12.3% 8.5% 35% 1.36 5.0 33.0 6.4 0.56 0.72 66% 21% 6.3% 8%
2008 29 BOS AL 621 4.7% 17.4% 10.0% 12.2% 45% 1.74 5.0 18.6 4.7 0.50 0.72 66% 22% 10.7% 7%
2009 30 BOS AL 588 4.6% 21.3% 13.1% 10.9% 43% 1.62 3.9 18.2 5.2 0.53 0.78 58% 21% 11.9% 6%
6 Seasons 2857 3.3% 18.3% 12.4% 9.7% 39% 1.47 4.6 25.9 5.9 0.51 0.69 64% 22% 7.9% 7%
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
2004 25 BOS AL 2 0 37% 115 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 23% 17 14 2 4 2 2 9 5 3
2005 26 BOS AL 0 0 27% 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 6 6 0 2 1 1 4 2 2
2006 27 BOS AL 6 0 35% 325 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 36% 52 42 10 12 11 1 33 7 24
2007 28 BOS AL 7 0 30% 252 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 20 39% 38 25 13 21 14 7 18 7 10
2008 29 BOS AL 7 0 29% 231 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 47% 32 18 14 14 9 5 18 7 11
2009 30 BOS AL 5 0 33% 242 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 13 45% 32 20 12 14 7 7 21 8 11
6 Seasons 27 0 32% 1199 19 13 59% 19 13 0 0 0 0 4 1 24 82 39% 177 125 51 67 44 23 103 36 61
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
2004 25 BOS AL 248 35% 54 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.62 7 0 8 4 3 2 5 0 1 0 0% 46 1 2% 24 6 25% 159 28 18% 20 10 50% 17 5 29% 0
2005 26 BOS AL 95 39% 22 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.35 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 0% 6 0 0% 69 8 12% 4 3 75% 8 1 13% 0
2006 27 BOS AL 680 29% 159 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.18 13 0 16 10 3 6 7 0 2 0 0% 129 12 9% 57 15 26% 405 61 15% 34 18 53% 28 6 21% 0
2007 28 BOS AL 625 28% 152 11 0 4 1 0 1 4.94 16 0 23 14 2 8 8 1 0 0 121 9 7% 47 12 26% 425 67 16% 34 20 59% 47 19 40% 0
2008 29 BOS AL 621 21% 168 14 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 19 22 7 17 12 0 0 0 152 11 7% 59 20 34% 448 89 20% 39 27 69% 42 20 48% 0
2009 30 BOS AL 588 29% 150 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.19 27 0 17 21 6 14 13 0 0 0 127 9 7% 44 9 20% 413 70 17% 36 18 50% 35 15 43% 0
6 Seasons 2857 28% 705 55 0 17 2 0 2 1.77 93 1 87 71 22 47 46 1 3 0 0% 598 42 7% 237 62 26% 1919 323 17% 167 96 57% 177 66 37% 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
2004 25 BOS AL 248 1132 4.56 681 60% 39% 8% 29% 24% 61% 0% 37% 87% 7% 7% 17 0 20% 50 5 13% 33 20 42% 0 0 0
2005 26 BOS AL 95 444 4.67 275 62% 41% 9% 27% 22% 59% 0% 36% 84% 3% 9% 9 0 19% 18 3 15% 14 7 21% 0 0 0
2006 27 BOS AL 680 3003 4.42 1784 59% 39% 9% 26% 26% 61% 0% 36% 85% 12% 7% 46 0 18% 125 11 14% 92 46 29% 0 0 0
2007 28 BOS AL 625 2668 4.27 1635 61% 37% 11% 26% 26% 63% 0% 39% 82% 11% 5% 31 0 15% 92 15 11% 66 33 27% 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL 621 2499 4.02 1554 62% 34% 11% 27% 28% 66% 3% 41% 83% 14% 6% 40 0 16% 101 20 12% 74 41 18% 0 0 0
2009 30 BOS AL 588 2596 4.41 1537 59% 36% 12% 28% 24% 64% 2% 38% 81% 11% 5% 31 0 14% 84 17 14% 81 41 17% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2857 12342 4.32 7466 60% 37% 11% 27% 26% 63% 1% 38% 83% 11% 6% 174 0 16% 470 71 13% 360 188 24% 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
2004 25 72 248 208 38 54 11 0 7 35 0 1 33 45 .260 .367 .413 .780 99 86 1 4 0 3 0
2005 26 116 343 287 49 76 18 0 8 44 0 2 47 64 .265 .376 .411 .787 103 118 1 6 0 3 0
2006 27 263 1023 856 149 235 60 2 21 116 5 4 138 184 .275 .379 .423 .802 105 362 13 15 0 14 0
2007 28 408 1648 1384 234 387 95 4 37 199 9 6 215 289 .280 .383 .434 .818 109 601 22 30 0 19 0
2008 29 553 2269 1922 325 555 138 8 66 314 12 11 277 397 .289 .385 .472 .857 119 907 33 42 0 28 7
2009 30 689 2857 2413 424 705 174 9 93 408 19 13 354 522 .292 .391 .487 .878 124 1176 42 58 0 32 13

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
2004 25 72 248 208 34 54 11 0 7 31 0 33 45 .260 .367 .413 .780 31 72
2005 26 44 97 80 10 23 7 0 1 8 0 15 19 .288 .412 .413 .825 13 44
2006 27 147 677 567 91 157 41 2 13 65 5 90 120 .277 .378 .425 .803 91 147
2007 28 145 627 529 78 153 35 2 16 76 4 78 105 .289 .392 .454 .846 91 145
2008 29 145 611 531 83 161 41 4 28 105 3 59 108 .303 .380 .554 .933 110 145
2009 30 136 588 491 90 150 36 1 27 86 7 77 125 .305 .413 .548 .961 107 136
6 Seasons 689 2848 2406 386 698 171 9 92 371 19 352 522 .290 .389 .483 .872 443 689
162 Game Avg. 162 670 566 91 164 40 2 22 87 4 83 123 .290 .389 .483 .872 104 689

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (1B)
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL Hank Aaron Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (3, 51%)
2009 AL (6, 38%)
0.89 Career Shares (274th)

Gold Gloves
2007 AL (1B)

Batting Average s c a p y
2008 AL  .312 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 AL  .390 (6th)
2009 AL  .413 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2008 AL  .569 (3rd)
2009 AL  .548 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 AL  .958 (4th)
2009 AL  .961 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  306 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 AL  42 (8th)
2008 AL  43 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 AL  115 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL  91 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL  143 (4th)
2009 AL  145 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 AL  120 (6th)
2009 AL  117 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  36 (3rd)
2009 AL  36 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  3.4 (3rd)
2009 AL  3.4 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  76 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 AL  259 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 AL  .712 (3rd)
2009 AL  .732 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  15 (6th)
2008 AL  12 (5th)
2009 AL  16 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (1st)
2008 AL  9 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
2008 AL  18.6 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 23 (710), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Kal Daniels (947)
  2. Monte Irvin (945) *
  3. Nick Markakis (942)
  4. Brad Hawpe (939)
  5. Wally Judnich (934)
  6. Juan Rivera (931)
  7. Geronimo Berroa (927)
  8. Hank Leiber (920)
  9. Adrian Gonzalez (920)
  10. Nick Johnson (915)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 30 
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  1. Tommy Henrich (950)
  2. Moises Alou (948)
  3. Wally Judnich (946)
  4. Trot Nixon (945)
  5. Brad Hawpe (939)
  6. Hank Leiber (935)
  7. Bob Nieman (933)
  8. Jeff Conine (933)
  9. Juan Rivera (931)
  10. Jeffrey Hammonds (931)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dusty Cooke (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Kruk (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wally Judnich (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tommy Henrich (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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