Ryan Zimmerman

Ryan Wallace Zimmerman

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 28, 1984 in Washington, NC
High School: Kellam (Virginia Beach, VA)
School: University of Virginia
Drafted
by the Washington Nationals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2005
Team: Nationals 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 5 yrs/$45M (09-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.032, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Brodie Van Wagenen), previously: Casey Close [*]
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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
2005 20 WSN NL 20 62 58 6 23 10 0 0 6 0 0 3 12 .397 .419 .569 .988 162 33 1 0 0 1 0 5/6
2006 21 WSN NL 157 682 614 84 176 47 3 20 110 11 8 61 120 .287 .351 .471 .822 114 289 15 2 1 4 7 *5 RoY-2
2007 22 WSN NL 162 722 653 99 174 43 5 24 91 4 1 61 125 .266 .330 .458 .788 107 299 26 3 0 5 3 *5
2008 23 WSN NL 106 466 428 51 121 24 1 14 51 1 1 31 71 .283 .333 .442 .774 102 189 12 3 0 4 1 5
2009 24 WSN NL 157 693 610 110 178 37 3 33 106 2 0 72 119 .292 .364 .525 .888 133 320 22 2 0 9 9 *5 AS,MVP-25,GG,SS
2010 25 WSN NL 142 603 525 85 161 32 0 25 85 4 1 69 98 .307 .388 .510 .899 142 268 16 4 0 5 6 *5 MVP-16,SS
2011 26 WSN NL 101 440 395 52 114 21 2 12 49 3 1 41 73 .289 .355 .443 .798 118 175 14 1 0 3 4 5/D
7 Seasons 845 3668 3283 487 947 214 14 128 498 25 12 338 618 .288 .355 .479 .834 120 1573 106 15 1 31 30
162 Game Avg. 162 703 629 93 182 41 3 25 95 5 2 65 118 .288 .355 .479 .834 120 302 20 3 0 6 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 20 WSN NL 62 5 1 0 0 -3 0 2 5 0.5 8 0.8 -0.3 $ 5/6
2006 21 WSN NL 682 9 -1 -1 -1 -2 2 18 24 2.4 26 2.6 -0.2 $327,000 *5 RoY-2
2007 22 WSN NL 722 3 2 1 -3 7 2 19 31 3.1 24 2.4 0.7 $ *5
2008 23 WSN NL 466 2 0 2 1 -8 1 12 10 1.0 18 1.8 -0.8 $465,000 5
2009 24 WSN NL 694 26 2 1 -2 5 2 18 52 5.2 47 4.7 0.5 $3,325,000 *5 AS,MVP-25,GG,SS
2010 25 WSN NL 603 33 -1 0 -1 2 2 17 52 5.3 50 5.0 0.3 $6,350,000 *5 MVP-16,SS
2011 26 WSN NL 440 10 1 -0 -2 -1 1 12 22 2.3 22 2.3 0.0 $9,025,000 5/D
7 Seasons 3669 88 4 3 -8 2 10 98 196 19.8 195 19.6 0.2 $19,492,000

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
2005 20 WSN NL 62 37 14 10.1 104 .489 .397 .262 .419 .332 .569 .418 .988 .750 162 .794 5.7 0.5 1.000 .224 .172
2006 21 WSN NL 682 466 99 5.7 107 .326 .287 .265 .351 .335 .471 .430 .822 .765 114 .550 14.4 1.3 .770 .288 .184 14.2
2007 22 WSN NL 722 511 93 4.9 106 .295 .266 .266 .330 .334 .458 .424 .788 .758 107 .483 6.3 0.6 .723 .289 .191 6.9
2008 23 WSN NL 466 324 61 5.0 107 .308 .283 .266 .333 .338 .442 .424 .774 .762 102 .514 1.0 0.1 .697 .231 .159 1.9
2009 24 WSN NL 693 463 114 6.6 106 .310 .292 .265 .364 .338 .525 .420 .888 .758 133 .641 29.1 2.8 .872 .354 .233 3.8
2010 25 WSN NL 603 386 104 7.2 101 .334 .307 .261 .388 .331 .510 .411 .899 .741 142 .696 32.8 3.2 .903 .341 .204 6.9
2011 26 WSN NL 440 299 60 5.4 98 .326 .289 .259 .355 .326 .443 .403 .798 .730 118 .589 10.4 1.0 .740 .263 .154 4.8
7 Seasons 3668 2486 545 5.9 105 .319 .288 .264 .355 .334 .479 .420 .834 .754 120 .588 99.7 9.6 .790 .298 .191 41.8
162 Game Avg. 703 477 104 5.9 105 .319 .288 .264 .355 .334 .479 .420 .834 .754 120 .588 19 2 .790 .298 .191 8

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
2009 WSN NL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
2005 20 WSN NL 62 0.0% 19.4% 4.8% 16.1% 44% 4.00 4.8 9.7 0.68 1.27 76% 34% 0.0% 4%
2006 21 WSN NL 682 2.9% 17.6% 8.9% 10.3% 40% 1.97 5.1 30.7 5.6 0.72 1.01 70% 24% 8.0% 12%
2007 22 WSN NL 722 3.3% 17.3% 8.5% 10.0% 41% 2.05 5.2 27.2 7.2 0.80 1.03 71% 20% 9.6% 15%
2008 23 WSN NL 466 3.0% 15.2% 6.7% 8.4% 32% 2.29 6.0 30.6 8.4 0.88 0.99 74% 17% 8.2% 11%
2009 24 WSN NL 693 4.8% 17.2% 10.4% 10.5% 41% 1.65 5.1 18.5 5.8 0.65 0.87 67% 22% 12.5% 12%
2010 25 WSN NL 603 4.2% 16.3% 11.4% 9.5% 35% 1.42 5.4 21.0 6.2 0.67 0.95 68% 21% 10.6% 9%
2011 26 WSN NL 440 2.7% 16.6% 9.3% 8.0% 31% 1.78 5.4 32.9 8.1 1.03 1.33 71% 18% 8.5% 11%
7 Seasons 3668 3.5% 16.9% 9.2% 9.7% 38% 1.83 5.3 25.6 6.6 0.77 1.01 70% 21% 9.6% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 20 WSN NL 5.7 0.5 62 0.4 1.5 -1.1 1.07 0.5 -0.2 1.4 0.1 0.96 4.6 2.65 4
2006 21 WSN NL 14.4 1.3 713 4.4 17.4 -12.9 1.12 1.4 2.6 17.6 1.7 0.97 9.8 0
2007 22 WSN NL 6.3 0.6 738 0.8 13.7 -12.9 1.00 0.5 0.3 -1.5 -0.1 0.90 2.3 0
2008 23 WSN NL 1.0 0.1 478 -0.8 8.1 -8.9 1.00 0.8 -1.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.92 4.7 1.60 2
2009 24 WSN NL 29.1 2.8 705 2.9 15.8 -12.9 1.13 3.3 -0.7 26.5 2.5 0.97 35.1 2.91 3
2010 25 WSN NL 32.8 3.2 614 3.6 12.6 -9.0 .97 3.6 0.1 32.0 3.1 0.93 33.8 1.44 4
2011 26 WSN NL 10.4 1.0 451 1.1 8.5 -7.4 1.01 0.8 0.3 10.5 1.1 0.95 7.4 3.48 2
7 Seasons 99.7 9.6 3761 12.5 77.5 -65.0 1.05 11.0 1.0 83.8 8.1 0.94 97.6 2.35 15

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
2005 20 WSN NL 0 0 23% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71% 3 2 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
2006 21 WSN NL 4 0 29% 251 11 8 58% 11 5 0 3 0 0 5 2 2 16 48% 32 19 13 14 8 5 12 2 10
2007 22 WSN NL 7 0 35% 273 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 17 44% 36 26 9 15 7 8 20 6 14
2008 23 WSN NL 6 0 26% 186 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10 43% 24 17 6 6 4 2 12 0 10
2009 24 WSN NL 6 1 35% 294 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 46% 29 23 6 14 8 6 27 7 20
2010 25 WSN NL 5 0 29% 256 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 33% 31 26 5 14 7 7 24 13 11
2011 26 WSN NL 4 0 28% 169 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 49% 23 12 11 6 4 2 14 5 8
7 Seasons 32 1 31% 1468 25 12 68% 25 9 0 3 0 0 9 4 16 81 44% 178 125 51 72 38 33 110 33 74

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
2005 20 WSN NL 62 24% 23 1 0 4 1 0 2 2.65 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 8 2 25% 40 6 15% 5 3 60% 5 1 20% 0
2006 21 WSN NL 682 25% 176 27 11 0 0 0 0 20 0 19 16 4 10 10 0 8 1 13% 124 15 12% 75 30 40% 480 92 19% 53 28 53% 51 33 65% 0
2007 22 WSN NL 722 23% 174 18 1 0 0 0 0 24 2 10 16 8 11 13 0 1 0 0% 164 26 16% 68 24 35% 422 67 16% 36 19 53% 29 20 69% 0
2008 23 WSN NL 466 31% 121 21 3 2 0 0 0 1.60 14 0 11 9 5 7 7 0 0 0 111 12 11% 56 17 30% 293 39 13% 31 16 52% 25 14 56% 0
2009 24 WSN NL 694 23% 178 18 1 3 2 0 1 2.91 33 0 18 28 5 17 16 0 0 0 182 22 12% 85 25 29% 486 77 16% 46 23 50% 36 18 50% 0
2010 25 WSN NL 603 25% 161 18 0 4 1 1 1 1.44 25 0 10 21 4 9 16 0 0 0 127 16 13% 53 17 32% 376 62 16% 32 14 44% 29 16 55% 0
2011 26 WSN NL 440 17% 114 19 0 2 2 0 2 3.48 12 1 7 11 1 7 5 0 0 0 81 14 17% 31 11 35% 243 37 15% 18 9 50% 15 11 73% 0
7 Seasons 3669 24% 947 122 16 15 6 1 6 2.35 128 3 78 101 27 61 67 0 9 1 11% 798 106 13% 376 126 34% 2340 380 16% 221 112 51% 190 113 59% 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
2005 20 WSN NL 62 217 3.50 138 64% 25% 16% 25% 34% 75% 0% 48% 79% 24% 5% 3 0 8% 5 2 8% 5 4 25% 0 0 0
2006 21 WSN NL 682 2644 3.88 1643 62% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 3% 43% 80% 27% 6% 38 1 15% 99 38 10% 65 37 33% 0 0 0
2007 22 WSN NL 722 2876 3.98 1807 63% 33% 13% 25% 29% 67% 1% 42% 81% 20% 6% 44 1 18% 127 35 11% 78 48 35% 0 0 0
2008 23 WSN NL 466 1773 3.80 1112 63% 31% 12% 25% 32% 69% 1% 44% 83% 21% 5% 22 0 15% 71 23 9% 41 26 25% 0 0 0
2009 24 WSN NL 694 2814 4.05 1706 61% 35% 13% 22% 29% 64% 2% 39% 80% 18% 6% 40 0 17% 116 33 11% 77 43 28% 0 0 1
2010 25 WSN NL 603 2417 4.01 1453 60% 34% 13% 22% 30% 66% 2% 39% 79% 15% 6% 36 2 15% 89 25 11% 67 28 37% 0 0 0
2011 26 WSN NL 441 1713 3.88 1051 61% 37% 12% 20% 31% 63% 2% 39% 81% 12% 5% 24 0 16% 72 23 7% 32 14 40% -1 0 0
7 Seasons 3670 14454 3.94 8910 62% 33% 13% 23% 30% 67% 2% 41% 81% 19% 6% 207 4 16% 579 179 10% 365 200 33% -1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 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
2005 20 20 62 58 6 23 10 0 0 6 0 0 3 12 .397 .419 .569 .988 162 33 1 0 0 1 0
2006 21 177 744 672 90 199 57 3 20 116 11 8 64 132 .296 .357 .479 .836 118 322 16 2 1 5 7
2007 22 339 1466 1325 189 373 100 8 44 207 15 9 125 257 .282 .343 .469 .812 113 621 42 5 1 10 10
2008 23 445 1932 1753 240 494 124 9 58 258 16 10 156 328 .282 .341 .462 .803 110 810 54 8 1 14 11
2009 24 602 2625 2363 350 672 161 12 91 364 18 10 228 447 .284 .347 .478 .825 116 1130 76 10 1 23 20
2010 25 744 3228 2888 435 833 193 12 116 449 22 11 297 545 .288 .355 .484 .839 121 1398 92 14 1 28 26
2011 26 845 3668 3283 487 947 214 14 128 498 25 12 338 618 .288 .355 .479 .834 120 1573 106 15 1 31 30

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
2005 20 20 63 59 6 24 10 0 0 6 0 3 12 .407 .429 .576 1.005 15 20
2006 21 157 678 612 83 174 46 3 20 108 11 60 120 .284 .348 .467 .815 100 157
2007 22 162 722 653 99 174 43 5 24 91 4 61 125 .266 .330 .458 .788 98 162
2008 23 106 465 427 51 120 24 1 14 51 1 31 71 .281 .331 .440 .771 62 106
2009 24 157 694 611 111 179 37 3 33 107 2 72 119 .293 .365 .525 .890 118 157
2010 25 142 607 528 88 164 33 0 25 88 4 70 98 .311 .392 .515 .907 107 142
2011 26 101 447 400 56 119 22 2 13 53 3 43 73 .298 .365 .460 .825 67 101
7 Seasons 845 3676 3290 494 954 215 14 129 504 25 340 618 .290 .356 .481 .838 567 845
162 Game Avg. 162 705 631 95 183 41 3 25 97 5 65 118 .290 .356 .481 .838 109 845

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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))
2009 NL (25, 0%)
2010 NL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (3B)

Silver Sluggers
2009 NL (3B)
2010 NL (3B)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2010 NL  5.3 (6th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2009 NL  4.8 (10th)
2010 NL  5.0 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2010 NL  .307 (8th)
Active  .288 (35th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2010 NL  .388 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2010 NL  .510 (10th)
Active  .479 (48th)
Career  .479 (188th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2010 NL  .899 (8th)
Active  .834 (49th)
Career  .834 (229th)

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2006 NL  614 (10th)
2007 NL  653 (4th)
2009 NL  610 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2007 NL  722 (5th)
2009 NL  693 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 NL  110 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  178 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 NL  320 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 NL  47 (6th)
2007 NL  43 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  33 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 NL  106 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2010 NL  143 (7th)
Active  120 (43rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2010 NL  34 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2010 NL  3.3 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  73 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2010 NL  .696 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 NL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL  26 (3rd)
2009 NL  22 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 NL  511 (4th)
2009 NL  463 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2006 NL  4.4 (8th)
2010 NL  3.6 (6th)
Active  12.5 (47th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-09-28 (2nd)
2006 NL  born 1984-09-28 (8th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (768), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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