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Michael Young

Michael Brian Young

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 19, 1976 in Covina, CA
High School: Bishop Amat HS (La Puente, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 2000
Team: Rangers 2000-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 5 yrs/$80M (09-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.134, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Dan Lozano [*]
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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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
2001 24 TEX AL 106 429 386 57 96 18 4 11 49 3 1 26 91 .249 .298 .402 .699 80 155 9 3 9 5 0 4
2002 25 TEX AL 156 633 573 77 150 26 8 9 62 6 7 41 112 .262 .308 .382 .690 78 219 14 0 13 6 1 *46/5D
2003 26 TEX AL 160 713 666 106 204 33 9 14 72 13 2 36 103 .306 .339 .446 .785 97 297 14 1 3 7 1 *4/6
2004 27 TEX AL 160 739 690 114 216 33 9 22 99 12 3 44 89 .313 .353 .483 .836 109 333 11 1 0 4 1 *6/D AS,MVP-8
2005 28 TEX AL 159 732 668 114 221 40 5 24 91 5 2 58 91 .331 .385 .513 .899 131 343 20 3 0 3 0 *6/D AS,MVP-11
2006 29 TEX AL 162 748 691 93 217 52 3 14 103 7 3 48 96 .314 .356 .459 .814 108 317 27 1 0 8 0 *6/D AS,MVP-30
2007 30 TEX AL 156 692 639 80 201 37 1 9 94 13 3 47 107 .315 .366 .418 .783 106 267 21 5 0 1 5 *6/D AS
2008 31 TEX AL 155 708 645 102 183 36 2 12 82 10 0 55 109 .284 .339 .402 .741 95 259 19 2 0 6 0 *6/D AS,GG
2009 32 TEX AL 135 593 541 76 174 36 2 22 68 8 3 47 90 .322 .374 .518 .892 128 280 16 1 0 4 2 *5/D AS,MVP-16
2010 33 TEX AL 157 718 656 99 186 36 3 21 91 4 2 50 115 .284 .330 .444 .774 102 291 21 1 0 11 4 *5/D
2011 34 TEX AL 159 689 631 88 213 41 6 11 106 6 2 47 78 .338 .380 .474 .854 124 299 17 2 0 9 7 D534/6 AS,MVP-8
2012 35 TEX AL 49 216 207 23 58 10 0 3 22 2 0 8 29 .280 .306 .372 .678 79 77 6 0 0 1 0 D5/34
13 Yrs 1716 7612 6995 1029 2119 398 52 172 939 89 28 507 1111 .303 .349 .448 .797 106 3137 195 20 25 65 21
162 Game Avg. 162 719 660 97 200 38 5 16 89 8 3 48 105 .303 .349 .448 .797 106 296 18 2 2 6 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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 2 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .454 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /4
2001 24 TEX AL 106 429 -10 0 -0 -4 2 -12 -1.0 14 3 0.3 .489 .493 0.6 -0.1 7 $ 4
2002 25 TEX AL 156 633 -15 -0 -0 8 3 -4 -0.2 21 17 1.7 .498 .498 0.9 1.3 9 $250,000 *46/5D
2003 26 TEX AL 160 713 -2 4 1 -5 4 2 0.3 24 25 2.5 .501 .501 3.0 0.0 30 $415,000 *4/6
2004 27 TEX AL 160 739 8 3 -0 -27 7 -9 -0.6 24 15 1.6 .495 .495 4.1 -1.7 42 $450,000 *6/D AS,MVP-8
2005 28 TEX AL 159 732 31 1 -0 -32 7 6 0.8 25 31 3.0 .504 .504 6.2 -2.4 63 $2,575,000 *6/D AS,MVP-11
2006 29 TEX AL 162 748 13 0 -2 -6 6 12 1.4 26 37 3.6 .507 .507 4.2 0.2 43 $3,075,000 *6/D AS,MVP-30
2007 30 TEX AL 156 692 10 0 -1 -10 6 6 0.8 23 30 2.9 .504 .504 3.9 -0.2 40 $3,575,000 *6/D AS
2008 31 TEX AL 155 708 -1 4 -2 -4 6 4 0.7 24 28 2.8 .502 .502 3.2 0.4 32 $6,174,974 *6/D AS,GG
2009 32 TEX AL 135 593 24 -3 -1 -15 2 6 0.8 20 26 2.5 .504 .504 4.0 -1.2 41 $13,054,526 *5/D AS,MVP-16
2010 33 TEX AL 157 718 -1 3 -1 -11 2 -8 -0.6 24 16 1.6 .495 .495 2.7 -0.8 27 $13,174,974 *5/D
2011 34 TEX AL 159 689 20 1 -1 -12 -8 -1 0.0 23 22 2.1 .499 .499 3.5 -2.0 34 $16,174,974 D534/6 AS,MVP-8
2012 35 TEX AL 49 216 -4 -0 -0 -3 -3 -10 -1.1 7 -2 -0.4 .479 .494 0.0 -0.6 0 $ D5/34
13 Seasons 1716 7612 72 13 -8 -121 35 -9 1.2 256 247 24.1 .499 .500 36.2 -7.2 369 $58,919,448

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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 2 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .278 .000 .350 .000 .446 .000 .797 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 24 TEX AL 429 314 46 3.9 110 .294 .249 .272 .298 .339 .402 .436 .699 .776 80 .385 -12.8 -1.2 .620 .225 .153 4.7
2002 25 TEX AL 633 463 65 3.8 110 .308 .262 .271 .308 .339 .382 .436 .690 .776 78 .376 -19.9 -1.9 .583 .190 .120 7.2
2003 26 TEX AL 713 488 100 5.5 116 .342 .306 .280 .339 .348 .446 .448 .785 .796 97 .539 -5.1 -0.5 .722 .210 .140 13.5
2004 27 TEX AL 739 492 118 6.4 116 .333 .313 .280 .353 .349 .483 .449 .836 .798 109 .597 6.3 0.6 .793 .246 .170 15.5
2005 28 TEX AL 732 472 129 7.3 110 .354 .331 .275 .385 .339 .513 .436 .899 .775 131 .675 30.5 2.9 .868 .274 .183 8.3
2006 29 TEX AL 748 512 106 5.5 112 .345 .314 .277 .356 .341 .459 .440 .814 .781 108 .526 9.6 0.9 .734 .220 .145 9.3
2007 30 TEX AL 692 463 95 5.5 108 .366 .315 .272 .366 .340 .418 .425 .783 .765 106 .537 5.6 0.5 .712 .192 .103 10.6
2008 31 TEX AL 708 487 88 4.8 106 .323 .284 .269 .339 .337 .402 .423 .741 .760 95 .488 -4.1 -0.4 .678 .219 .118 10.9
2009 32 TEX AL 593 390 102 7.0 111 .351 .322 .272 .374 .342 .518 .436 .892 .778 128 .642 22.3 2.1 .863 .292 .196 11.7
2010 33 TEX AL 718 504 93 4.9 107 .311 .284 .270 .330 .340 .444 .424 .774 .763 102 .524 1.0 0.1 .698 .239 .160 6.7
2011 34 TEX AL 689 446 112 6.7 107 .367 .338 .269 .380 .336 .474 .426 .854 .762 124 .666 22.8 2.2 .805 .217 .136 7.8
2012 35 TEX AL 216 156 22 3.8 106 .313 .280 .264 .306 .333 .372 .428 .678 .761 79 .412 -6.7 -0.7 .561 .140 .092 2.4
13 Yrs 7612 5189 1076 5.5 110 .337 .303 .273 .349 .341 .448 .434 .797 .775 106 .550 48.7 4.5 .731 .227 .146 117.3
162 Game Avg. 719 490 102 5.5 110 .337 .303 .273 .349 .341 .448 .434 .797 .775 106 .550 5 0 .731 .227 .146 11

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
2010 33 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 5 20 20 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .150 .150 .300 .450 6 0 0 0 0 0
2010 33 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 28 27 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .333 .357 .444 .802 12 2 0 0 0 0
2010 33 TEX AL WS SFG L 5 21 20 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .250 .536 5 2 0 0 0 0
2011 34 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 34 TEX AL ALCS DET W 6 29 28 3 7 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 6 .250 .276 .464 .740 13 1 0 0 0 0
2011 34 TEX AL WS STL L 7 29 27 3 7 4 0 1 5 0 0 1 7 .259 .276 .519 .794 14 0 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 33 143 137 11 33 10 0 3 19 0 0 5 30 .241 .266 .380 .645 52 5 0 0 1 0
2 ALDS 9 36 35 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .143 .167 .229 .395 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 57 55 6 16 6 0 1 11 0 0 2 13 .291 .316 .455 .770 25 3 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 50 47 3 12 4 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .255 .280 .404 .684 19 2 0 0 1 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
2004 TEX AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TEX AL 28 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TEX AL 29 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TEX AL 30 DNP
2008 TEX AL 31 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .200 .250 .450 1 0 0 0 1 0
2009 TEX AL 32 as 3B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 TEX AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (6 GP) 14 13 0 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 .308 .286 .538 .824 7 1 0 0 1 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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 0.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
2001 24 TEX AL 429 2.6% 21.2% 6.1% 7.7% 34% 3.50 4.2 35.1 7.9 0.90 1.36 67% 22% 7.9% 8%
2002 25 TEX AL 633 1.4% 17.7% 6.5% 6.8% 29% 2.73 5.1 63.7 9.2 0.88 1.39 72% 27% 3.8% 4%
2003 26 TEX AL 713 2.0% 14.5% 5.1% 7.9% 28% 2.86 6.5 47.6 9.3 0.85 1.22 78% 22% 4.9% 6%
2004 27 TEX AL 739 3.0% 12.0% 6.0% 8.7% 30% 2.02 7.8 31.4 7.0 0.59 0.77 79% 26% 6.3% 8%
2005 28 TEX AL 732 3.3% 12.4% 7.9% 9.4% 31% 1.57 7.3 27.8 7.3 0.82 1.29 76% 24% 8.1% 7%
2006 29 TEX AL 748 1.9% 12.8% 6.4% 9.2% 32% 2.00 7.2 49.4 6.7 0.96 1.34 79% 22% 4.7% 3%
2007 30 TEX AL 692 1.3% 15.5% 6.8% 6.8% 23% 2.28 6.0 71.0 6.8 0.97 1.45 76% 28% 3.4% 3%
2008 31 TEX AL 708 1.7% 15.4% 7.8% 7.1% 27% 1.98 5.9 53.8 7.9 0.90 1.21 75% 23% 4.4% 5%
2009 32 TEX AL 593 3.7% 15.2% 7.9% 10.1% 35% 1.91 6.0 24.6 8.0 0.85 1.22 73% 24% 9.4% 5%
2010 33 TEX AL 718 2.9% 16.0% 7.0% 8.4% 32% 2.30 5.7 31.2 7.2 0.91 1.27 74% 19% 7.6% 4%
2011 34 TEX AL 689 1.6% 11.3% 6.8% 8.4% 27% 1.66 8.1 57.4 6.0 0.93 1.35 80% 24% 4.0% 5%
2012 35 TEX AL 216 1.4% 13.4% 3.7% 6.0% 22% 3.63 7.1 69.0 9.4 1.18 1.43 81% 18% 4.0% 9%
13 Yrs 7612 2.3% 14.6% 6.7% 8.2% 29% 2.19 6.3 40.7 7.4 0.87 1.24 76% 24% 5.7% 5%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 2.01 5.1 32.6 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2000 23 TEX AL -0.6 -0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.43 -0.6 0
2001 24 TEX AL -12.8 -1.2 439 -0.5 6.4 -6.9 .91 -0.3 -0.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.92 -5.0 1.50 2
2002 25 TEX AL -19.9 -1.9 654 -2.1 9.1 -11.2 .96 -1.3 -0.8 -11.9 -1.1 0.94 -15.4 1.08 4
2003 26 TEX AL -5.1 -0.5 738 -1.2 10.6 -11.7 .92 0.1 -1.4 2.8 0.2 0.92 0.2 0
2004 27 TEX AL 6.3 0.6 768 2.3 14.7 -12.3 .96 1.2 1.2 22.4 2.0 0.92 18.2 0
2005 28 TEX AL 30.5 2.9 744 2.6 14.6 -12.1 .95 2.9 -0.2 30.5 2.8 0.89 32.6 0
2006 29 TEX AL 9.6 0.9 769 2.5 14.3 -11.8 .93 1.2 1.5 22.4 2.0 0.92 10.7 0
2007 30 TEX AL 5.6 0.5 716 2.3 14.3 -12.0 1.04 0.8 1.5 23.1 2.1 0.95 8.1 0
2008 31 TEX AL -5.0 -0.5 726 -0.0 12.1 -12.1 .97 0.3 -0.3 4.7 0.4 0.94 -0.3 4.44 0
2009 32 TEX AL 22.3 2.1 604 1.6 11.7 -10.2 .93 2.4 -0.7 13.2 1.2 0.89 23.1 0
2010 33 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 731 -0.5 13.2 -13.7 1.04 0.7 -1.1 9.6 0.9 0.94 10.8 0
2011 34 TEX AL 22.1 2.2 700 2.9 12.8 -9.9 .89 2.2 1.1 30.8 2.9 1.01 26.8 0
2012 35 TEX AL -6.7 -0.7 221 -0.5 3.0 -3.5 .87 -0.5 -0.1 -7.5 -0.7 0.94 -5.2 0
13 Yrs 47.2 4.4 7812 9.4 136.7 -127.3 .95 9.6 0.3 134.8 12.3 0.93 103.9 1.22 6

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
2000 23 TEX AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 TEX AL 8 0 40% 144 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 56% 19 10 8 7 3 4 13 3 10
2002 25 TEX AL 11 0 37% 256 6 7 46% 6 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 18 33% 33 25 7 9 5 4 18 9 9
2003 26 TEX AL 9 0 41% 310 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 19 49% 42 27 14 8 4 4 23 5 18
2004 27 TEX AL 5 0 39% 308 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 21 53% 35 21 14 15 5 10 18 5 12
2005 28 TEX AL 4 0 35% 343 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 41% 36 30 6 19 9 10 15 2 13
2006 29 TEX AL 11 0 31% 363 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 42% 31 24 7 17 8 9 30 11 17
2007 30 TEX AL 10 0 29% 307 13 3 81% 10 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 15 42% 39 31 8 9 3 5 24 6 17
2008 31 TEX AL 8 0 40% 325 10 0 100% 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 21 40% 49 39 9 15 7 8 23 4 18
2009 32 TEX AL 7 0 27% 277 8 3 73% 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 6 10 30% 21 16 4 11 6 4 24 12 9
2010 33 TEX AL 6 0 36% 284 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 39% 47 35 12 8 4 4 24 7 15
2011 34 TEX AL 6 0 31% 324 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 47% 35 26 9 12 3 9 25 9 16
2012 35 TEX AL 5 0 32% 100 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 27% 14 12 1 4 3 1 8 3 5
13 Yrs 90 0 35% 3342 89 28 76% 81 24 8 3 0 1 16 6 35 166 42% 401 296 99 134 60 72 245 76 159

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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 TEX AL 429 25% 96 7 0 2 1 0 0 1.50 11 0 7 6 5 7 4 0 9 9 100% 75 9 12% 38 21 55% 251 40 16% 20 14 70% 13 9 69% 0
2002 25 TEX AL 633 26% 150 12 0 4 1 0 0 1.08 9 0 19 7 2 3 6 0 15 13 87% 100 14 14% 56 26 46% 351 56 16% 25 13 52% 21 11 52% 0
2003 26 TEX AL 713 29% 204 26 3 0 0 0 0 14 1 15 9 5 9 5 0 6 3 50% 108 14 13% 54 21 39% 357 61 17% 26 15 58% 24 18 75% 0
2004 27 TEX AL 739 28% 216 14 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 17 15 7 9 13 0 0 0 115 11 10% 64 21 33% 406 77 19% 33 16 48% 37 23 62% 0
2005 28 TEX AL 732 23% 221 13 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 12 21 3 12 12 0 0 0 131 20 15% 68 16 24% 397 71 18% 32 14 44% 25 16 64% 0
2006 29 TEX AL 748 24% 217 24 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 10 4 8 6 0 0 0 159 27 17% 81 21 26% 440 90 20% 42 26 62% 33 17 52% 0
2007 30 TEX AL 692 24% 201 17 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 16 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 147 21 14% 68 17 25% 456 91 20% 46 22 48% 32 18 56% 0
2008 31 TEX AL 708 27% 183 15 0 0 0 0 1 4.44 12 0 22 6 6 8 4 0 0 0 126 19 15% 81 22 27% 450 76 17% 42 25 60% 45 25 56% 0
2009 32 TEX AL 593 29% 174 16 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 9 17 5 10 12 0 0 0 106 16 15% 69 20 29% 326 49 15% 35 14 40% 34 13 38% 0
2010 33 TEX AL 718 26% 186 23 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 18 15 6 16 5 0 0 0 139 21 15% 83 31 37% 440 73 17% 48 25 52% 27 16 59% 0
2011 34 TEX AL 689 25% 213 32 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 10 9 2 10 1 0 0 0 110 17 15% 48 18 38% 456 98 21% 46 31 67% 23 13 57% 0
2012 35 TEX AL 216 30% 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 35 6 17% 17 7 41% 142 21 15% 15 7 47% 11 7 64% 0
13 Yrs 7612 26% 2119 207 3 6 2 0 1 1.22 172 4 165 125 47 101 71 0 30 25 83% 1352 195 14% 728 241 33% 4475 803 18% 410 222 54% 325 186 57% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 9 4.50 5 56% 0% 40% 40% 20% 100% 0% 56% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 50% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 24 TEX AL 431 1567 3.64 1000 64% 30% 17% 22% 31% 70% 0% 44% 75% 27% 4% 17 1 13% 55 28 8% 36 21 30% -2 0 0
2002 25 TEX AL 634 2540 4.01 1614 64% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 0% 43% 84% 24% 2% 14 0 12% 77 30 7% 43 25 38% -1 0 0
2003 26 TEX AL 714 2789 3.91 1806 65% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 0% 46% 83% 23% 3% 24 1 13% 90 37 7% 53 30 34% -1 0 0
2004 27 TEX AL 741 2729 3.68 1725 63% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 0% 47% 82% 27% 3% 20 0 12% 92 53 7% 51 33 31% -2 0 0
2005 28 TEX AL 733 2730 3.72 1694 62% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 0% 46% 85% 28% 3% 23 2 14% 106 63 10% 74 48 33% -1 0 0
2006 29 TEX AL 750 2805 3.74 1781 63% 22% 14% 30% 34% 78% 0% 50% 82% 31% 4% 27 1 12% 87 47 7% 54 33 18% -2 0 0
2007 30 TEX AL 694 2502 3.61 1601 64% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 2% 48% 81% 30% 4% 28 1 12% 85 47 9% 60 33 20% -2 0 0
2008 31 TEX AL 710 2678 3.77 1661 62% 25% 13% 29% 33% 75% 0% 46% 83% 29% 3% 24 0 15% 108 65 9% 66 44 27% -2 0 0
2009 32 TEX AL 594 2194 3.69 1344 61% 24% 15% 26% 34% 76% 1% 46% 80% 30% 5% 28 0 14% 81 46 10% 57 35 24% -1 0 0
2010 33 TEX AL 721 2729 3.79 1715 63% 24% 14% 30% 32% 76% 1% 48% 81% 31% 4% 28 1 14% 101 62 8% 60 40 21% -3 0 0
2011 34 TEX AL 691 2492 3.61 1544 62% 24% 12% 27% 36% 76% 3% 47% 84% 32% 3% 21 1 14% 99 62 8% 53 37 33% -2 0 0
2012 35 TEX AL 216 726 3.36 496 68% 24% 14% 26% 36% 76% 0% 52% 82% 35% 1% 3 0 9% 19 13 7% 16 14 17% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 7631 28490 3.73 17986 63% 26% 13% 28% 33% 74% 1% 47% 82% 29% 3% 257 8 13% 1001 554 8% 623 393 28% -19 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
2000 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 108 431 388 57 96 18 4 11 49 3 1 26 92 .247 .296 .399 .696 79 155 9 3 9 5 0
2002 25 264 1064 961 134 246 44 12 20 111 9 8 67 204 .256 .303 .389 .692 79 374 23 3 22 11 1
2003 26 424 1777 1627 240 450 77 21 34 183 22 10 103 307 .277 .318 .412 .730 86 671 37 4 25 18 2
2004 27 584 2516 2317 354 666 110 30 56 282 34 13 147 396 .287 .328 .433 .762 93 1004 48 5 25 22 3
2005 28 743 3248 2985 468 887 150 35 80 373 39 15 205 487 .297 .341 .451 .793 102 1347 68 8 25 25 3
2006 29 905 3996 3676 561 1104 202 38 94 476 46 18 253 583 .300 .344 .453 .797 103 1664 95 9 25 33 3
2007 30 1061 4688 4315 641 1305 239 39 103 570 59 21 300 690 .302 .347 .448 .795 103 1931 116 14 25 34 8
2008 31 1216 5396 4960 743 1488 275 41 115 652 69 21 355 799 .300 .346 .442 .788 102 2190 135 16 25 40 8
2009 32 1351 5989 5501 819 1662 311 43 137 720 77 24 402 889 .302 .349 .449 .798 105 2470 151 17 25 44 10
2010 33 1508 6707 6157 918 1848 347 46 158 811 81 26 452 1004 .300 .347 .448 .795 105 2761 172 18 25 55 14
2011 34 1667 7396 6788 1006 2061 388 52 169 917 87 28 499 1082 .304 .350 .451 .801 106 3060 189 20 25 64 21
2012 35 1716 7612 6995 1029 2119 398 52 172 939 89 28 507 1111 .303 .349 .448 .797 106 3137 195 20 25 65 21

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
2000 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
2001 24 106 424 382 53 92 17 4 11 46 3 25 91 .241 .289 .393 .682 43 106
2002 25 156 624 566 71 143 25 8 9 57 6 39 112 .253 .298 .373 .671 63 156
2003 26 160 694 650 93 188 30 8 13 63 12 33 103 .289 .321 .420 .741 89 160
2004 27 160 719 673 100 199 30 8 20 86 11 41 89 .296 .335 .453 .788 103 160
2005 28 159 721 659 106 212 38 5 23 85 5 56 91 .322 .376 .499 .875 123 159
2006 29 162 738 683 88 209 50 3 13 97 7 46 96 .306 .347 .445 .792 107 162
2007 30 156 685 633 76 195 36 1 9 90 13 46 107 .308 .359 .411 .770 92 156
2008 31 155 704 642 100 180 35 2 12 80 10 54 109 .280 .335 .397 .732 86 155
2009 32 135 585 535 71 168 35 2 21 64 8 45 90 .314 .366 .505 .870 99 135
2010 33 157 714 653 97 183 35 3 21 89 4 49 115 .280 .326 .440 .766 95 157
2011 34 159 683 626 84 208 40 6 11 102 6 46 78 .332 .375 .468 .843 110 159
2012 35 49 215 206 22 57 10 0 3 21 2 8 29 .277 .302 .369 .671 23 49
13 Yrs 1716 7508 6910 961 2034 381 50 166 880 87 488 1111 .294 .340 .436 .776 1033 1716
162 Game Avg. 162 709 652 91 192 36 5 16 83 8 46 105 .294 .340 .436 .776 98 1716

* 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
2004 *
2005 *
2006 *
2007
2008 *
2009 (3B)
2011 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2006 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (8, 23%)
2005 AL (11, 5%)
2006 AL (30, 0%)
2009 AL (16, 3%)
2011 AL (8, 24%)
0.55 Career Shares (414th)

Gold Gloves
2008 AL (SS)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  6.2 (3rd)
Active  36.2 (22nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 AL  1.3 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2004 AL  .313 (9th)
2005 AL  .331 (1st)
2009 AL  .322 (5th)
2011 AL  .338 (3rd)
Active  .303 (16th)
Career  .303 (173rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL  .385 (9th)
2011 AL  .380 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 AL  160 (8th)
2004 AL  160 (4th)
2005 AL  159 (10th)
2006 AL  162 (1st)
2011 AL  159 (4th)
Active  1,716 (29th)

At Bats s c a p y
2003 AL  666 (4th)
2004 AL  690 (2nd)
2005 AL  668 (2nd)
2006 AL  691 (2nd)
2007 AL  639 (4th)
2008 AL  645 (4th)
2010 AL  656 (3rd)
2011 AL  631 (7th)
2012 AL  207 (7th)
Active  6,995 (19th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2003 AL  713 (6th)
2004 AL  739 (2nd)
2005 AL  732 (3rd)
2006 AL  748 (3rd)
2008 AL  708 (6th)
2010 AL  718 (4th)
Active  7,612 (23rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2003 AL  106 (9th)
2004 AL  114 (4th)
2005 AL  114 (5th)
2008 AL  102 (8th)
2010 AL  99 (8th)
Active  1,029 (23rd)

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL  204 (3rd)
2004 AL  216 (2nd)
2005 AL  221 (1st)
2006 AL  217 (2nd)
2007 AL  201 (4th)
2008 AL  183 (9th)
2010 AL  186 (6th)
2011 AL  213 (1st)
Active  2,119 (15th)
Career  2,119 (208th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL  333 (5th)
2005 AL  343 (4th)
2006 AL  317 (10th)
2010 AL  291 (10th)
2011 AL  299 (10th)
Active  3,137 (26th)
Career  3,137 (242nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2005 AL  40 (8th)
2006 AL  52 (2nd)
2011 AL  41 (10th)
Active  398 (19th)
Career  398 (171st)

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (3rd)
2003 AL  9 (4th)
2004 AL  9 (4th)
Active  52 (17th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  172 (47th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 AL  106 (5th)
Active  939 (29th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  507 (45th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active  1,111 (26th)
Career  1,111 (192nd)

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL  148 (2nd)
2004 AL  152 (2nd)
2005 AL  152 (3rd)
2006 AL  148 (4th)
2007 AL  154 (2nd)
2008 AL  133 (5th)
2011 AL  155 (1st)
2012 AL  45 (2nd)
Active  1,497 (12th)
Career  1,497 (201st)

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 AL  129 (4th)
2011 AL  112 (8th)
Active  1,076 (27th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  622 (31st)

Times On Base s c a p y
2004 AL  261 (9th)
2005 AL  282 (4th)
2006 AL  266 (7th)
2011 AL  262 (6th)
Active  2,646 (23rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 AL  .675 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  9 (5th)
2002 AL  13 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 AL  8 (9th)
2010 AL  11 (2nd)
2011 AL  9 (5th)
Active  65 (19th)
Career  65 (168th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL  20 (7th)
2006 AL  27 (2nd)
2007 AL  21 (7th)
2010 AL  21 (9th)
Active  195 (12th)
Career  195 (101st)

SB % s c a p y
Active  76.07 (47th)
Career  76.07 (126th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Active  117.3 (39th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2003 AL  488 (4th)
2004 AL  492 (3rd)
2006 AL  512 (1st)
2007 AL  463 (8th)
2008 AL  487 (3rd)
2010 AL  504 (3rd)
2012 AL  156 (10th)
Active  5,189 (23rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  134.81 (45th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2005 AL  2.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
Active  12.3 (46th)

                           

† 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 InkBatting - 11 (218), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 82 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 120 (119), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (196), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Madlock (893)
  2. Marty McManus (877)
  3. Tony Lazzeri (874) *
  4. Al Dark (872)
  5. Bobby Doerr (864) *
  6. Ray Durham (860)
  7. Placido Polanco (859)
  8. Carney Lansford (858)
  9. Pinky Higgins (857)
  10. Bret Boone (854)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 34 
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  1. Ray Durham (897)
  2. Marty McManus (877)
  3. Tony Lazzeri (877) *
  4. Craig Biggio (871)
  5. Ryne Sandberg (869) *
  6. Alan Trammell (868)
  7. Kirby Puckett (862) *
  8. Lou Whitaker (858)
  9. Joe Torre (855)
  10. Jay Bell (853)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Scott Spiezio (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Adam Kennedy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Aaron Hill (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Barry Larkin (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Barry Larkin (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Julio Franco (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Craig Biggio (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Barry Larkin (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Durham (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Durham (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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