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Alan Zinter

Alan Michael Zinter

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 19, 1968 in El Paso, TX
High School: Hanks HS (El Paso, TX)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 2002
Teams (by GP): Astros/Diamondbacks 2002-2004

Final Game: October 3, 2004
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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
1989	21	NYM-min	A,A-	60	238	200	28	53	12	1	5	44	0	2	30	35	.265	.354	.410	.764		82	5	1	1	6	2		SCE,PFD · FLOR,NYPL
1990	22	NYM-min	A+,AA	104	417	353	65	101	20	6	7	64	9	1	57	81	.286	.381	.436	.818		154		1	0	6	1		SCE,JAC · FLOR,TL
1991	23	NYM-min	AA	124	488	422	44	93	13	6	9	54	3	3	59	106	.220	.319	.344	.663		145	10	3	2	2	1		WPT · EL
1992	24	NYM-min	AA	128	505	431	63	96	13	5	16	50	0	0	70	117	.223	.337	.387	.724		167	7	4	0	0	5		BNG · EL
1993	25	NYM-min	AA	134	528	432	68	113	24	4	24	87	1	0	90	105	.262	.386	.502	.889		217	5	1	0	5	7		BNG · EL
1994	26	DET-min	AAA	134	547	471	66	112	29	5	21	58	13	5	69	185	.238	.344	.454	.798		214	3	7	0	0	4		TOL · IL
1995	27	DET-min	AAA	101	379	334	42	74	15	4	13	48	4	1	36	102	.222	.297	.407	.704		136	5	2	2	5	1		TOL · IL
1996	28	BOS-min	AAA	108	424	357	78	96	19	5	26	69	5	1	58	123	.269	.373	.569	.941		203	3	4	0	5	2		PAW · IL
1997	29	SEA-min	AAA	110	473	404	69	116	19	4	20	70	3	1	64	113	.287	.388	.502	.890		203	7	3	1	1	9		TAC · PCL
1998	30	CHC-min	AAA	129	500	419	82	130	23	1	23	81	3	5	75	116	.310	.416	.535	.951		224	10	3	0	3	1		IWA · PCL
1999	31	CHC-min	AAA,Fgn	14	56	51	7	13	2	0	3	8	0	0	5	13	.255	.321	.471	.792		24	0	0	0	0	0		IWA,SEI · PCL,JPPL
2000	32	ARI-CHC-min	AAA	101	321	269	36	66	17	3	15	40	0	0	47	86	.245	.358	.498	.856		134	4	2	0	3	3		TUC,IWA · PCL
2001	33	HOU-min	AAA	104	371	332	58	88	16	0	19	65	1	1	33	85	.265	.334	.485	.819		161	13	3	0	3	1		NOR · PCL
2002	34	HOU-min	AAA	63	248	225	30	52	14	0	11	39	2	0	22	64	.231	.298	.440	.738		99	3	0	0	1	0		NOR · PCL
2002	34	HOU	NL	39	44	44	5	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	19	.136	.136	.318	.455	13	14	0	0	0	0	0	/32

2003	35	HOU-min	AAA	114	384	342	48	87	17	0	17	57	1	0	36	77	.254	.333	.453	.787		155	10	5	0	1	5		NOR · PCL
2004	36	ARI-min	AAA	54	211	179	28	60	12	2	7	39	0	0	24	33	.335	.403	.542	.945		97	3	1	0	7	3		TUC · PCL
2004	36	ARI	NL	28	40	34	2	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	5	15	.206	.300	.353	.653	65	12	0	0	0	1	0	/3D
2005	37	ARI-min	AAA	47	123	111	9	24	4	1	2	14	0	0	12	30	.216	.293	.324	.617		36	4	0	0	0	2		TUC · PCL
2006	38	HOU-min	AAA	99	248	212	41	55	11	2	12	44	1	0	35	63	.259	.363	.500	.863		106	5	0	0	1	2		RRK · PCL
2 Yrs				67	84	78	7	13	4	0	3	9	0	0	5	34	.167	.214	.333	.548	37	26	0	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	203	189	17	31	10	0	7	22	0	0	12	82	.167	.214	.333	.548	37	63	0	0	0	2	0

ARI (1 yr)				28	40	34	2	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	5	15	.206	.300	.353	.653	65	12	0	0	0	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				39	44	44	5	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	19	.136	.136	.318	.455	13	14	0	0	0	0	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
2002	34	HOU	NL	39	44	-6	0	0	-0	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.484	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/32

2004	36	ARI	NL	28	40	-2	-0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/3D
2 Seasons				67	84	-8	0	0	-1	-1	-10	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.485	.497	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$

ARI (1 yr)				28	40	-2	-0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$
HOU (1 yr)				39	44	-6	0	0	-0	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.484	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

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
2002	34	HOU	NL	44	38	2	1.4	112	.174	.136	.273	.136	.348	.318	.434	.455	.782	13	.096	-6.0	-0.6	.368	.182	.182	.0

2004	36	ARI	NL	40	28	4	3.8	115	.316	.206	.275	.300	.348	.353	.446	.653	.794	65	.378	-1.7	-0.2	.630	.294	.147	.0
2 Yrs				84	66	6	2.4	114	.238	.167	.274	.214	.348	.333	.439	.548	.787	37	.218	-7.8	-0.8	.477	.231	.167	.0
162 Game Avg.				203	160	15	2.4	114	.238	.167	.274	.214	.348	.333	.439	.548	.787	37	.218	-7.8	-0.8	.477	.231	.167

ARI (1 yr)				40	28	4	3.8	115	.316	.206	.275	.300	.348	.353	.446	.653	.794	65	.378	-1.7	-0.2	.630	.294	.147	.0
HOU (1 yr)				44	38	2	1.4	112	.174	.136	.273	.136	.348	.318	.434	.455	.782	13	.096	-6.0	-0.6	.368	.182	.182	.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
2002	34	HOU	NL	44	4.6%	43.2%	0.0%	9.1%	67%		2.3	22.0	14.7	1.09	1.38	52%	16%	20.0%	9%

2004	36	ARI	NL	40	2.5%	37.5%	12.5%	7.5%	43%	3.00	2.3	34.0	5.7	0.58	0.63	48%	15%	9.1%	8%
2 Yrs				84	3.6%	40.5%	6.0%	8.3%	54%	6.80	2.3	26.0	8.7	0.83	1.00	50%	16%	14.3%	9%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.94	5.3	31.8	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	34	HOU	NL	-6.0	-0.6	45	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.65	-0.5	0.1	-4.7	-0.4	0.90	-5.3	0.69	33

2004	36	ARI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	40	1.0	1.7	-0.8	1.25	0.1	0.7	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	-0.2	1.54	17
2 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	85	0.7	2.0	-1.4	.93	-0.4	1.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.94	-5.6	0.98	50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	34	HOU	NL	0	0	75%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

2004	36	ARI	NL	0	0	9%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	27%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40%	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	2

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
2002	34	HOU	NL	44	100%	6	0	0	33	5	1	1	0.69	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	1	33%	20	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

2004	36	ARI	NL	40	100%	7	1	0	17	2	0	1	1.54	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	5	1	20%	30	5	17%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
2 Yrs				84	100%	13	1	0	50	7	1	2	0.98	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	14	0	0%	8	2	25%	50	6	12%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2002	34	HOU	NL	44	170	3.86	118	69%	19%	31%	28%	21%	81%	0%	56%	61%	43%	2%	1	0	5%	2	1	2%	1	1	11%	0	0	0

2004	36	ARI	NL	40	161	4.03	98	61%	28%	26%	27%	20%	72%	0%	44%	65%	30%	8%	3	0	18%	7	2	10%	4	2	13%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				84	331	3.94	216	65%	23%	29%	27%	21%	77%	0%	50%	63%	37%	5%	4	0	11%	9	3	6%	5	3	12%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF
2002	34	39	44	44	5	6	2	2	3	0	19	.136	.136	.318	.455	13	14	0
2003	35	39	44	44	5	6	2	2	3	0	19	.136	.136	.318	.455	13	14	0
2004	36	67	84	78	7	13	4	3	9	5	34	.167	.214	.333	.548	37	26	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2002	34	39	44	44	5	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	19	.136	.136	.318	.455	2	39

2004	36	28	38	33	2	6	2	0	1	5	0	4	15	.182	.263	.333	.596	3	28
2 Yrs		67	82	77	7	12	4	0	3	8	0	4	34	.156	.195	.325	.520	5	67
162 Game Avg.		162	198	186	17	29	10	0	7	19	0	10	82	.156	.195	.325	.520	12	67

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