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Delmon Young

Delmon Damarcus Young

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 14, 1985 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Adolfo Camarillo HS (Camarillo, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed September 8, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2006
Teams (by GP): Twins/DevilRays/Tigers 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$6.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.034, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Relatives: Brother of Dmitri Young
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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
2004	18	TBD-min	A	131	578	513	95	165	26	5	25	115	21	6	53	120	.322	.388	.538	.926		276	11	6	0	6	6		CHS · SALL
2005	19	TBD-min	AA,AAA	136	604	558	92	176	26	7	26	99	32	12	29	99	.315	.354	.527	.881		294	16	9	0	8	5		MTG,DHM · SOUL,IL
2006	20	TBD-min	AAA	86	370	342	50	108	22	4	8	59	22	4	15	65	.316	.341	.474	.814		162	12	3	0	10	1		DHM · IL
2006	20	TBD	AL	30	131	126	16	40	9	1	3	10	2	2	1	24	.317	.336	.476	.812	108	60	0	3	0	1	0	9/8
2007	21	TBD	AL	*162*	681	645	65	186	38	0	13	93	10	3	26	127	.288	.316	.408	.723	91	263	23	3	0	7	2	*98/D	RoY-2
2008	22	MIN	AL	152	623	575	80	167	28	4	10	69	14	5	35	105	.290	.336	.405	.741	100	233	19	7	1	5	7	*7
2009	23	MIN	AL	108	416	395	50	112	16	2	12	60	2	5	12	92	.284	.308	.425	.733	92	168	17	4	0	5	1	7/D
2010	24	MIN	AL	153	613	570	77	170	46	1	21	112	5	4	28	81	.298	.333	.493	.826	124	281	16	6	0	9	5	*7/D	MVP-10
2011	25	MIN-min	AAA	9	32	31	5	9	3	0	2	5	0	0	1	5	.290	.313	.581	.893		18	1	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2011	25	TOT	AL	124	503	473	54	127	21	1	12	64	1	0	23	85	.268	.302	.393	.695	90	186	19	2	0	5	2	*7/D
2011	25	MIN	AL	84	325	305	26	81	16	0	4	32	1	0	18	55	.266	.305	.357	.662	83	109	12	0	0	2	2	7/D
2011	25	DET	AL	40	178	168	28	46	5	1	8	32	0	0	5	30	.274	.298	.458	.756	103	77	7	2	0	3	0	7
2012	26	DET	AL	43	171	159	13	39	10	0	3	17	0	1	7	33	.245	.292	.365	.657	80	58	6	4	0	1	0	D7
7 Yrs				772	3138	2943	355	841	168	9	74	425	34	20	132	547	.286	.319	.424	.744	99	1249	100	29	1	33	17
162 Game Avg.				162	658	618	74	176	35	2	16	89	7	4	28	115	.286	.319	.424	.744	99	262	21	6	0	7	4

MIN (4 yrs)				497	1977	1845	233	530	106	7	47	273	22	14	93	333	.287	.324	.429	.753	103	791	64	17	1	21	15
TBD (2 yrs)				192	812	771	81	226	47	1	16	103	12	5	27	151	.293	.319	.419	.738	94	323	23	6	0	8	2
DET (2 yrs)				83	349	327	41	85	15	1	11	49	0	1	12	63	.260	.295	.413	.708	92	135	13	6	0	4	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	Awards
2006	20	TBD	AL	30	131	2	0	0	3	-1	4	0.5	4	9	0.9	.515	.503	0.6	0.2	6	$	9/8
2007	21	TBD	AL	162	681	-9	0	-2	-1	-6	-17	-1.5	23	6	0.5	.489	.489	0.6	-0.6	7	$1,340,000	*98/D	RoY-2
2008	22	MIN	AL	152	623	-0	1	-2	-14	-7	-22	-1.9	21	-1	-0.1	.485	.486	1.3	-1.9	13	$1,440,000	*7
2009	23	MIN	AL	108	416	-6	-1	-2	-8	-5	-22	-2.1	14	-8	-0.8	.480	.486	0.0	-1.2	0	$1,152,000	7/D
2010	24	MIN	AL	153	613	17	-3	0	-13	-7	-6	-0.4	21	15	1.5	.496	.496	2.9	-1.9	28	$2,600,000	*7/D	MVP-10
2011	25	MIN	AL	84	325	-8	-1	-2	-1	-4	-16	-1.7	11	-6	-0.7	.479	.489	-0.5	-0.5	-4	$5,375,000	7/D
2011	25	DET	AL	40	178	2	2	-1	-2	-2	-1	-0.0	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.7	-0.4	7	$	7
2012	26	DET	AL	43	171	-4	-0	-0	-1	-4	-9	-1.0	6	-4	-0.5	.477	.494	-0.3	-0.5	-2	$	D7
7 Seasons				772	3138	-6	-3	-8	-37	-36	-89	-8.2	106	17	1.3	.488	.493	5.3	-6.8	54	$11,907,000

MIN (4 yrs)				497	1977	3	-5	-5	-36	-23	-67	-6.1	67	1	-0.1	.486	.490	3.7	-5.6	36	$10,567,000
TBD (2 yrs)				192	812	-6	1	-2	2	-7	-13	-1.1	27	15	1.4	.493	.496	1.2	-0.4	13	$1,340,000
DET (2 yrs)				83	349	-2	1	-1	-3	-5	-10	-1.1	12	2	0.0	.487	.497	0.4	-0.9	5	$

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
2006	20	TBD	AL	131	89	20	6.0	110	.370	.317	.274	.336	.339	.476	.436	.812	.775	108	.563	1.3	0.1	.727	.167	.159	2.4
2007	21	TBD	AL	681	492	77	4.2	105	.338	.288	.269	.316	.336	.408	.420	.723	.756	91	.414	-9.0	-0.8	.616	.171	.119	11.3
2008	22	MIN	AL	623	438	75	4.6	102	.338	.290	.263	.336	.331	.405	.413	.741	.744	100	.464	-0.4	-0.0	.657	.191	.115	11.7
2009	23	MIN	AL	416	310	45	3.9	106	.338	.284	.265	.308	.334	.425	.425	.733	.759	92	.380	-5.6	-0.5	.593	.165	.142	3.4
2010	24	MIN	AL	613	429	89	5.6	98	.312	.298	.258	.333	.325	.493	.404	.826	.729	124	.577	18.8	1.8	.752	.246	.195	8.1
2011	25	TOT	AL	503	370	52	3.8	98	.302	.268	.257	.302	.322	.393	.407	.695	.729	90	.408	-7.1	-0.7	.581	.175	.125	1.8
2011	25	MIN	AL	325	238	31	3.5	97	.310	.266	.256	.305	.321	.357	.405	.662	.726	83	.374	-7.1	-0.7	.542	.154	.092	1.6
2011	25	DET	AL	178	132	21	4.3	99	.286	.274	.260	.298	.324	.458	.410	.756	.735	103	.464	0.0	0.0	.651	.214	.185	.0
2012	26	DET	AL	171	128	15	3.2	99	.290	.245	.254	.292	.321	.365	.412	.657	.733	80	.332	-4.5	-0.4	.535	.157	.119	.0
7 Yrs				3138	2256	373	4.4	102	.326	.286	.263	.319	.330	.424	.414	.744	.744	99	.456	-6.5	-0.6	.641	.188	.139	46.6
162 Game Avg.				658	473	78	4.4	102	.326	.286	.263	.319	.330	.424	.414	.744	.744	99	.456	-6.5	-0.6	.641	.188	.139	10

MIN (4 yrs)				1977	1415	240	4.5	101	.325	.287	.261	.324	.328	.429	.412	.753	.740	103	.470	5.7	0.6	.653	.196	.141	30.0
TBD (2 yrs)				812	581	97	4.5	106	.343	.293	.269	.319	.336	.419	.423	.738	.759	94	.441	-7.7	-0.7	.634	.170	.126	13.7
DET (2 yrs)				349	260	36	3.7	99	.288	.260	.257	.295	.323	.413	.411	.708	.734	92	.403	-4.5	-0.4	.594	.187	.153	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP
2009	23	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	14	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	.083	.214	.167	.381	2	0	1
2010	24	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	13	12	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.385	.500	.885	6	1	0
2011	25	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	21	19	4	6	0	0	3	3	0	2	2	.316	.381	.789	1.170	15	0	0
2011	25	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	4	15	15	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	5	.133	.133	.533	.667	8	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							15	63	58	8	13	1	1	5	6	1	4	13	.224	.286	.534	.820	31	1	1
3 ALDS							11	48	43	6	11	1	1	3	3	1	4	8	.256	.333	.535	.868	23	1	1
1 ALCS							4	15	15	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	5	.133	.133	.533	.667	8	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
2006	20	TBD	AL	131	2.3%	18.3%	0.8%	9.9%	33%	24.00	5.3	42.0	12.6	0.87	1.54	76%	25%	5.6%	2%
2007	21	TBD	AL	681	1.9%	18.7%	3.8%	7.5%	27%	4.88	5.1	49.6	6.9	0.90	1.30	75%	21%	5.3%	11%
2008	22	MIN	AL	623	1.6%	16.9%	5.6%	6.7%	25%	3.00	5.5	57.5	8.3	1.22	1.76	75%	15%	5.0%	6%
2009	23	MIN	AL	416	2.9%	22.1%	2.9%	7.2%	27%	7.67	4.3	32.9	6.6	1.00	1.44	71%	17%	8.4%	7%
2010	24	MIN	AL	613	3.4%	13.2%	4.6%	11.1%	40%	2.89	7.0	27.1	5.1	0.81	1.10	78%	15%	8.7%	12%
2011	25	TOT	AL	503	2.4%	16.9%	4.6%	6.8%	27%	3.70	5.6	39.4	7.4	0.89	1.09	76%	15%	7.1%	19%
2011	25	MIN	AL	325	1.2%	16.9%	5.5%	6.2%	25%	3.06	5.5	76.3	9.5	0.91	1.09	76%	14%	3.9%	23%
2011	25	DET	AL	178	4.5%	16.9%	2.8%	7.9%	30%	6.00	5.6	21.0	5.3	0.86	1.08	75%	18%	12.1%	13%
2012	26	DET	AL	171	1.8%	19.3%	4.1%	7.6%	33%	4.71	4.8	53.0	9.4	0.74	0.90	73%	20%	5.0%	18%
7 Yrs				3138	2.4%	17.4%	4.2%	8.0%	30%	4.14	5.4	39.8	6.9	0.93	1.29	75%	17%	6.6%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.09	5.0	34.0	7.8	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	20	TBD	AL	1.3	0.1	138	0.6	2.5	-2.0	.97	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.90	2.6		0
2007	21	TBD	AL	-9.0	-0.8	698	-0.9	11.8	-12.6	1.01	-1.2	0.3	-11.4	-1.1	0.98	-15.9		0
2008	22	MIN	AL	-0.4	-0.0	648	-1.3	10.3	-11.5	1.03	-1.2	-0.1	-13.6	-1.3	0.99	-13.9	1.81	1
2009	23	MIN	AL	-6.2	-0.6	432	-0.0	7.0	-7.1	.90	-0.5	0.5	-8.5	-0.8	0.94	-7.5	1.04	1
2010	24	MIN	AL	18.8	1.8	634	4.1	14.5	-10.3	1.05	2.3	1.7	27.0	2.6	1.02	23.8	1.81	4
2011	25	TOT	AL	-7.1	-0.7	512	-1.5	7.9	-9.4	.96	-1.0	-0.6	-8.9	-0.9	0.98	-11.7	1.89	2
2011	25	MIN	AL	-7.1	-0.7	330	-1.1	5.0	-6.1	.97	-1.1	-0.0	-12.0	-1.2	0.99	-12.6	1.89	2
2011	25	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	182	-0.5	2.9	-3.3	.93	0.1	-0.6	3.1	0.3	0.98	0.9		0
2012	26	DET	AL	-4.5	-0.4	176	-1.0	2.5	-3.5	1.03	-0.5	-0.5	-3.8	-0.4	0.97	-4.0	2.48	1
7 Yrs				-7.0	-0.7	3238	-0.1	56.5	-56.5	1.00	-1.7	1.7	-19.2	-1.9	0.98	-26.5	1.82	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	20	TBD	AL	2	32%	53	2	2	50%	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	30%	7	5	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
2007	21	TBD	AL	6	26%	237	10	3	77%	9	3	1	0	1	3	13	48%	29	19	10	6	2	4	19	6	12
2008	22	MIN	AL	6	35%	219	14	5	74%	8	4	6	1	0	10	23	40%	39	30	9	10	6	3	28	8	19
2009	23	MIN	AL	3	33%	153	2	5	29%	2	4	0	1	1	4	14	35%	21	17	4	3	1	2	16	8	8
2010	24	MIN	AL	7	31%	197	5	4	56%	5	3	0	1	3	7	22	41%	28	21	7	6	4	2	24	7	15
2011	25	TOT	AL	6	30%	186	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	9	17	38%	30	23	7	17	10	7	16	5	10
2011	25	MIN	AL	2	23%	137	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	7	9	29%	18	15	3	9	6	3	11	5	5
2011	25	DET	AL	4	44%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	8	52%	12	8	4	8	4	4	5	0	5
2012	26	DET	AL	2	21%	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	14%	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	1
7 Yrs				32	30%	1094	34	20	63%	26	16	8	4	5	37	99	40%	156	117	39	45	26	18	108	36	66

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
2006	20	TBD	AL	131	22%	40	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		16	0	0%	11	4	36%	64	8	13%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
2007	21	TBD	AL	681	25%	186	15	0	0	0	0	0		13	0	25	11	2	9	4	0	0	0		141	23	16%	62	22	35%	475	85	18%	46	30	65%	33	25	76%	0
2008	22	MIN	AL	623	30%	167	14	0	1	1	0	0	1.81	10	0	25	6	4	7	3	0	1	1	100%	128	19	15%	63	19	30%	435	62	14%	60	29	48%	28	13	46%	0
2009	23	MIN	AL	416	32%	112	10	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	12	1	14	5	7	7	5	0	0	0		79	17	22%	50	16	32%	261	51	20%	36	22	61%	13	9	69%	0
2010	24	MIN	AL	613	32%	170	19	0	4	1	0	1	1.81	21	0	28	11	10	6	15	0	0	0		145	16	11%	76	27	36%	456	94	21%	49	32	65%	32	17	53%	0
2011	25	TOT	AL	503	28%	127	19	0	2	1	0	0	1.89	12	0	8	9	3	8	4	0	0	0		97	19	20%	50	12	24%	302	53	18%	37	18	49%	19	9	47%	0
2011	25	MIN	AL	325	30%	81	12	0	2	1	0	0	1.89	4	0	6	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		56	12	21%	30	5	17%	186	29	16%	20	9	45%	11	5	45%	0
2011	25	DET	AL	178	26%	46	7	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	2	6	2	7	1	0	0	0		41	7	17%	20	7	35%	116	24	21%	17	9	53%	8	4	50%	0
2012	26	DET	AL	171	32%	39	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		38	6	16%	16	6	38%	108	14	13%	6	3	50%	6	6	100%	0
7 Yrs				3138	29%	841	84	0	9	4	0	1	1.82	74	1	104	46	28	39	35	0	1	1	100%	644	100	16%	328	106	32%	2101	367	17%	238	137	58%	133	80	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
2006	20	TBD	AL	131	374	2.85	286	76%	10%	21%	33%	36%	90%	0%	69%	76%	64%	2%	3	3	8%	10	5	2%	2	1	13%	0	0	0
2007	21	TBD	AL	683	2390	3.50	1675	70%	11%	24%	33%	31%	89%	1%	62%	73%	52%	4%	24	5	11%	78	39	4%	30	21	10%	-2	0	0
2008	22	MIN	AL	623	2218	3.56	1494	67%	15%	21%	32%	32%	85%	4%	57%	75%	47%	6%	35	3	13%	80	28	9%	54	35	8%	0	0	0
2009	23	MIN	AL	417	1460	3.50	1014	69%	16%	22%	32%	30%	84%	1%	59%	74%	47%	2%	10	2	11%	44	24	5%	22	15	11%	-1	0	0
2010	24	MIN	AL	613	1988	3.24	1331	67%	15%	17%	31%	37%	85%	3%	57%	80%	42%	4%	26	1	12%	72	39	5%	31	24	11%	0	0	0
2011	25	TOT	AL	504	1734	3.44	1169	67%	20%	17%	30%	34%	80%	1%	54%	79%	36%	3%	15	1	12%	58	32	5%	27	19	12%	-1	0	0
2011	25	MIN	AL	325	1112	3.42	745	67%	20%	17%	29%	34%	80%	1%	54%	79%	34%	3%	11	0	14%	44	25	6%	18	13	15%	0	0	0
2011	25	DET	AL	179	622	3.47	424	68%	19%	17%	31%	33%	81%	0%	55%	79%	40%	2%	4	1	8%	14	7	5%	9	6	7%	-1	0	0
2012	26	DET	AL	171	577	3.37	400	69%	16%	21%	32%	32%	84%	0%	58%	75%	44%	2%	4	0	9%	15	8	6%	10	6	9%	0	0	0
7 Yrs				3142	10741	3.42	7369	69%	15%	21%	32%	33%	85%	2%	58%	76%	46%	4%	117	15	11%	357	175	6%	176	121	10%	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2006	20	30	131	126	16	40	9	1	3	10	2	2	1	24	.317	.336	.476	.812	108	60	0	3	0	1	0
2007	21	192	812	771	81	226	47	1	16	103	12	5	27	151	.293	.319	.419	.738	94	323	23	6	0	8	2
2008	22	344	1435	1346	161	393	75	5	26	172	26	10	62	256	.292	.326	.413	.739	96	556	42	13	1	13	9
2009	23	452	1851	1741	211	505	91	7	38	232	28	15	74	348	.290	.322	.416	.738	95	724	59	17	1	18	10
2010	24	605	2464	2311	288	675	137	8	59	344	33	19	102	429	.292	.325	.435	.760	102	1005	75	23	1	27	15
2011	25	729	2967	2784	342	802	158	9	71	408	34	19	125	514	.288	.321	.428	.749	100	1191	94	25	1	32	17
2012	26	772	3138	2943	355	841	168	9	74	425	34	20	132	547	.286	.319	.424	.744	99	1249	100	29	1	33	17

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
2006	20	30	131	126	16	40	9	1	3	10	2	1	24	.317	.336	.476	.812	19	30
2007	21	162	680	644	64	185	38	0	13	92	10	26	127	.287	.315	.407	.722	82	162
2008	22	152	625	577	82	169	28	4	10	71	14	35	105	.293	.338	.407	.745	79	152
2009	23	108	416	395	50	112	16	2	12	60	2	12	92	.284	.308	.425	.733	51	108
2010	24	153	623	579	84	179	48	1	22	122	5	29	81	.309	.343	.509	.853	101	153
2011	25	124	509	478	58	132	22	1	12	68	1	24	85	.276	.310	.402	.712	60	124
2012	26	43	172	160	14	40	10	0	3	18	0	7	33	.250	.297	.369	.665	17	43
7 Yrs		772	3156	2959	368	857	171	9	75	441	34	134	547	.290	.323	.430	.753	409	772
162 Game Avg.		162	662	621	77	180	36	2	16	93	7	28	115	.290	.323	.430	.753	86	772

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 AL (10, 11%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Batting Average s c a p y Active .286 (37th)	Games Played s c a p y 2007 AL 162 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 2007 AL 645 (2nd)
Doubles s c a p y 2010 AL 46 (2nd)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 2010 AL 112 (5th)	Singles s c a p y 2007 AL 135 (7th) 2008 AL 125 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (10th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2010 AL 9 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2007 AL 23 (1st) 2011 AL 19 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2007 AL 492 (1st)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 4.1 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 2006 AL born 1985-09-14 (2nd) 2007 AL born 1985-09-14 (8th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1536), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Xavier Nady (949)
Beau Bell (949)
James Loney (947)
Ron Coomer (946)
Johnny Lindell (940)
Dave Robertson (940)
Chad Tracy (936)
Felix Jose (935)
Reed Johnson (933)
Happy Felsch (932)

Similar Batters through 25

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Tris Speaker (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rocco Baldelli (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos May (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carl Yastrzemski (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francoeur (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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