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Ben Zobrist

Benjamin Thomas Zobrist (Zorilla) (twitter: @TheZobrists)

Positions: Second Baseman, Rightfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 26, 1981 in Eureka, IL
High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, IL)
Schools: Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL), Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$18M (10-13) & 14-15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.134, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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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
2004	23	HOU-min	A-	68	310	257	50	87	14	3	4	45	15	4	43	31	.339	.438	.463	.901		119	5	4	4	2	0		TRC · NYPL
2005	24	HOU-min	A,A+	110	490	388	70	122	29	3	5	45	18	6	84	52	.314	.437	.443	.880		172	5	6	5	7	3		LEX,SAL · SALL,CARL
2006	25	HOU-TBD-min	AA,AAA	101	463	384	69	124	28	7	3	36	13	6	65	55	.323	.428	.456	.883		175	7	6	7	1	1		CPC,DHM · TL,IL
2006	25	TBD	AL	52	198	183	10	41	6	2	2	18	2	3	10	26	.224	.260	.311	.572	48	57	2	0	2	3	1	6
2007	26	TBD-min	AAA	61	276	222	42	62	14	2	7	22	8	3	43	38	.279	.403	.455	.858		101	4	5	3	3	0		DHM · IL
2007	26	TBD	AL	31	105	97	8	15	2	0	1	9	2	0	3	21	.155	.184	.206	.391	4	20	1	1	2	2	0	6
2008	27	TBD-min	AAA,A+	24	103	85	16	30	4	0	4	15	4	1	15	18	.353	.441	.541	.982		46	0	0	1	2	0		DHM,VRO · IL,FLOR
2008	27	TBR	AL	62	227	198	32	50	10	2	12	30	3	0	25	37	.253	.339	.505	.844	120	100	4	2	0	2	1	67/48D95
2009	28	TBR	AL	152	599	501	91	149	28	7	27	91	17	6	91	104	.297	.405	.543	.948	149	272	7	2	1	4	4	496/7835D	AS,MVP-8
2010	29	TBR	AL	151	655	541	77	129	28	2	10	75	24	3	92	107	.238	.346	.353	.699	96	191	10	3	7	12	1	*9438/57
2011	30	TBR	AL	156	674	588	99	158	46	6	20	91	19	6	77	128	.269	.353	.469	.822	132	276	9	2	2	5	1	*49/D	MVP-16
2012	31	TBR	AL	49	211	172	25	35	9	3	6	19	5	4	35	35	.203	.341	.395	.737	110	68	3	2	0	2	4	*94
7 Yrs				653	2669	2280	342	577	129	22	78	333	72	22	333	458	.253	.347	.432	.779	113	984	36	12	14	30	12
162 Game Avg.				162	662	566	85	143	32	5	19	83	18	5	83	114	.253	.347	.432	.779	113	244	9	3	3	7	3

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	25	TBD	AL	52	198	-13	-2	1	-2	2	-14	-1.3	7	-7	-0.7	.473	.491	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	6
2007	26	TBD	AL	31	105	-12	1	0	-5	1	-15	-1.5	4	-12	-1.2	.451	.491	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$383,400	6
2008	27	TBR	AL	62	227	5	0	0	-7	1	0	0.1	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	1.5	-0.5	15	$395,800	67/48D95
2009	28	TBR	AL	152	599	37	1	2	25	-1	64	6.5	20	84	8.3	.542	.539	5.8	2.5	60	$415,900	496/7835D	AS,MVP-8
2010	29	TBR	AL	151	655	1	5	1	16	-4	19	2.2	22	41	4.2	.513	.512	2.5	1.4	25	$438,100	*9438/57
2011	30	TBR	AL	156	674	26	3	2	29	0	60	6.4	23	82	8.5	.540	.539	5.5	3.2	54	$4,687,300	*49/D	MVP-16
2012	31	TBR	AL	49	211	2	-2	0	4	-2	4	0.3	7	11	1.0	.508	.502	0.7	0.2	7	$	*94
7 Seasons				653	2669	46	7	7	60	-2	117	12.8	90	208	20.9	.518	.511	14.8	6.6	148	$6,320,500

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	25	TBD	AL	198	152	15	2.6	110	.247	.224	.274	.260	.339	.311	.436	.572	.775	48	.222	-14.5	-1.4	.449	.137	.087	2.0
2007	26	TBD	AL	105	87	4	1.2	105	.182	.155	.269	.184	.336	.206	.420	.391	.756	4	.070	-13.6	-1.3	.313	.103	.052	1.3
2008	27	TBR	AL	227	154	35	6.1	106	.252	.253	.269	.339	.337	.505	.423	.844	.760	120	.592	5.3	0.5	.855	.394	.253	4.8
2009	28	TBR	AL	599	370	117	8.4	106	.326	.297	.265	.405	.334	.543	.425	.948	.759	149	.718	38.7	3.6	1.030	.449	.246	20.9
2010	29	TBR	AL	655	444	77	4.6	96	.273	.238	.254	.346	.321	.353	.399	.699	.720	96	.496	2.5	0.2	.722	.323	.115	14.1
2011	30	TBR	AL	674	452	102	6.0	92	.310	.269	.249	.353	.312	.469	.394	.822	.706	132	.621	28.3	2.8	.827	.354	.201	19.5
2012	31	TBR	AL	211	146	25	4.6	91	.218	.203	.244	.341	.310	.395	.395	.737	.705	110	.499	4.0	0.4	.736	.401	.192	5.5
7 Yrs				2669	1805	375	5.6	99	.281	.253	.258	.347	.324	.432	.409	.779	.733	113	.565	50.7	4.8	.783	.346	.179	74.9
162 Game Avg.				662	448	93	5.6	99	.281	.253	.258	.347	.324	.432	.409	.779	.733	113	.565	13	1	.783	.346	.179	19

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
2008	27	TBR	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	27	TBR	AL	WS	PHI	L	4	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	0

2010	29	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	5	22	20	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	6	.300	.364	.550	.914	11	0	0	0	0	0
2011	30	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	4	18	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.235	.278	.235	.513	4	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							16	53	48	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	0	4	10	.229	.302	.333	.635	16	0	1	0	0	0
2 ALDS							9	40	37	4	10	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	10	.270	.325	.405	.730	15	0	1	0	0	0
1 ALCS							3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	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
2009	TBR	AL	28		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
2006	25	TBD	AL	198	1.0%	13.1%	5.1%	5.1%	24%	2.60	7.0	91.5	10.2	0.97	1.20	80%	17%	2.9%	14%
2007	26	TBD	AL	105	1.0%	20.0%	2.9%	2.9%	20%	7.00	4.6	97.0	10.8	0.79	0.85	73%	16%	2.9%	17%
2008	27	TBR	AL	227	5.3%	16.3%	11.0%	10.6%	48%	1.48	5.4	16.5	6.6	0.77	1.02	67%	18%	14.5%	10%
2009	28	TBR	AL	599	4.5%	17.4%	15.2%	10.4%	42%	1.14	4.8	18.6	5.5	0.70	0.92	62%	24%	12.7%	9%
2010	29	TBR	AL	655	1.5%	16.3%	14.1%	6.1%	31%	1.16	5.1	54.1	7.2	0.77	0.95	67%	18%	4.7%	13%
2011	30	TBR	AL	674	3.0%	19.0%	11.4%	10.7%	46%	1.66	4.6	29.4	6.5	0.84	1.28	66%	19%	9.0%	11%
2012	31	TBR	AL	211	2.8%	16.6%	16.6%	8.5%	51%	1.00	4.9	28.7	9.1	0.75	1.04	63%	17%	9.0%	15%
7 Yrs				2669	2.9%	17.2%	12.5%	8.6%	40%	1.38	5.0	29.2	6.8	0.79	1.05	66%	19%	8.6%	12%
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	25	TBD	AL	-14.5	-1.4	204	-1.5	2.6	-4.1	1.10	-1.2	-0.1	-11.1	-1.0	0.92	-12.0	1.57	2
2007	26	TBD	AL	-13.6	-1.3	111	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	.99	-1.0	0.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.96	-10.5	0.05	1
2008	27	TBR	AL	5.3	0.5	232	0.9	4.9	-4.0	1.03	0.6	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.97	4.4	0.72	9
2009	28	TBR	AL	38.7	3.6	633	4.1	13.9	-9.8	1.04	3.5	0.4	43.0	4.0	0.98	40.9	1.58	13
2010	29	TBR	AL	2.5	0.2	699	-1.2	10.5	-11.7	1.03	0.4	-1.6	6.0	0.6	0.96	8.7	1.52	5
2011	30	TBR	AL	28.3	2.8	710	1.2	12.4	-11.2	.94	1.9	-0.7	30.1	3.1	1.02	22.3	1.95	1
2012	31	TBR	AL	4.0	0.4	224	-0.0	4.0	-4.1	1.14	-0.1	0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	1.6		0
7 Yrs				50.7	4.8	2813	2.7	49.6	-46.9	1.02	4.2	-1.5	58.2	5.7	0.98	55.6	1.28	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	25	TBD	AL	4	16%	72	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	28%	13	9	4	1	1	0	4	3	1
2007	26	TBD	AL	3	39%	32	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	33%	4	2	2	4	3	0	1	0	1
2008	27	TBR	AL	2	31%	74	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	44%	6	3	3	5	3	1	7	3	4
2009	28	TBR	AL	4	30%	243	17	6	74%	16	4	1	2	0	4	1	3	21	47%	22	14	8	9	5	4	18	6	11
2010	29	TBR	AL	7	31%	263	24	3	89%	22	2	2	1	0	4	0	3	24	44%	37	22	15	13	6	7	14	8	6
2011	30	TBR	AL	5	36%	273	19	6	76%	16	6	2	0	1	2	0	2	17	46%	33	24	9	14	4	10	18	7	11
2012	31	TBR	AL	2	29%	87	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	33%	10	9	1	3	2	1	11	3	6
7 Yrs				27	31%	1044	72	22	77%	64	19	7	3	1	11	1	19	80	43%	125	83	42	49	24	23	73	30	40

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	25	TBD	AL	198	100%	41	6	2	2	0	0	0	1.57	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	4	2	50%	30	2	7%	21	12	57%	111	16	14%	7	6	86%	5	1	20%	0
2007	26	TBD	AL	105	100%	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	50%	18	1	6%	17	6	35%	63	8	13%	8	5	63%	4	1	25%	0
2008	27	TBR	AL	227	99%	50	4	0	9	0	0	0	0.72	12	2	7	9	3	4	8	0	0	0		49	4	8%	26	5	19%	146	18	12%	17	8	47%	11	6	55%	0
2009	28	TBR	AL	599	100%	149	17	1	13	4	3	4	1.58	27	2	17	18	9	18	9	0	1	1	100%	122	7	6%	53	17	32%	409	65	16%	32	17	53%	28	19	68%	0
2010	29	TBR	AL	655	98%	129	21	7	5	1	0	0	1.52	10	0	16	7	3	3	7	0	12	7	58%	120	10	8%	63	27	43%	421	66	16%	45	26	58%	32	15	47%	0
2011	30	TBR	AL	674	99%	158	14	5	1	0	0	0	1.95	20	1	14	13	7	9	11	1	4	2	50%	123	9	7%	64	23	36%	393	74	19%	39	23	59%	24	13	54%	0
2012	31	TBR	AL	211	100%	35	3	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	3	4	2	2	4	0	0	0		39	3	8%	18	5	28%	116	13	11%	9	5	56%	8	2	25%	0
7 Yrs				2669	99%	577	67	16	31	5	3	4	1.28	78	5	64	54	24	38	40	1	25	14	56%	501	36	7%	262	95	36%	1659	260	16%	157	90	57%	112	57	51%	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	25	TBD	AL	199	731	3.67	468	64%	31%	12%	23%	35%	69%	2%	44%	83%	21%	4%	7	0	14%	27	7	9%	18	13	35%	-1	0	0
2007	26	TBD	AL	106	387	3.65	266	69%	32%	11%	27%	30%	68%	0%	47%	84%	27%	6%	6	1	12%	13	4	8%	8	6	48%	-1	0	0
2008	27	TBR	AL	228	858	3.76	510	59%	32%	11%	25%	32%	68%	1%	41%	84%	26%	9%	20	0	21%	48	15	11%	26	14	27%	-1	0	0
2009	28	TBR	AL	603	2432	4.03	1383	57%	34%	12%	25%	29%	66%	1%	37%	81%	26%	8%	46	0	22%	131	34	13%	77	29	40%	-4	0	0
2010	29	TBR	AL	658	2693	4.09	1610	60%	37%	10%	25%	28%	63%	0%	38%	84%	22%	7%	43	0	17%	112	21	14%	93	42	31%	-3	0	0
2011	30	TBR	AL	677	2710	4.00	1639	60%	33%	12%	26%	28%	67%	0%	40%	81%	24%	6%	43	1	17%	115	16	13%	85	34	27%	-3	0	0
2012	31	TBR	AL	212	856	4.04	486	57%	37%	11%	23%	29%	63%	4%	36%	83%	24%	10%	22	1	22%	47	6	15%	31	9	31%	-1	0	0
7 Yrs				2683	10667	3.98	6362	60%	34%	12%	25%	29%	66%	1%	39%	83%	24%	7%	187	3	18%	493	103	13%	338	147	33%	-14	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	25	52	198	183	10	41	6	2	2	18	2	3	10	26	.224	.260	.311	.572	48	57	2	0	2	3	1
2007	26	83	303	280	18	56	8	2	3	27	4	3	13	47	.200	.234	.275	.509	33	77	3	1	4	5	1
2008	27	145	530	478	50	106	18	4	15	57	7	3	38	84	.222	.279	.370	.650	69	177	7	3	4	7	2
2009	28	297	1129	979	141	255	46	11	42	148	24	9	129	188	.260	.346	.459	.805	111	449	14	5	5	11	6
2010	29	448	1784	1520	218	384	74	13	52	223	48	12	221	295	.253	.346	.421	.767	106	640	24	8	12	23	7
2011	30	604	2458	2108	317	542	120	19	72	314	67	18	298	423	.257	.348	.435	.782	113	916	33	10	14	28	8
2012	31	653	2669	2280	342	577	129	22	78	333	72	22	333	458	.253	.347	.432	.779	113	984	36	12	14	30	12

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
2006	25	52	196	181	9	39	6	2	2	17	2	10	26	.215	.253	.304	.556	14	52
2007	26	31	106	98	9	16	2	0	1	10	2	3	21	.163	.192	.214	.407	4	31
2008	27	62	225	197	31	49	10	2	12	29	3	24	37	.249	.333	.503	.836	33	62
2009	28	152	599	501	91	149	28	7	27	91	17	91	104	.297	.405	.543	.948	110	152
2010	29	151	669	549	85	137	30	2	11	83	25	98	107	.250	.360	.372	.731	74	151
2011	30	156	695	602	114	172	50	7	22	104	21	84	128	.286	.372	.502	.874	112	156
2012	31	49	217	175	28	38	10	3	7	21	5	38	35	.217	.359	.429	.788	26	49
7 Yrs		653	2707	2303	367	600	136	23	82	355	75	348	458	.261	.356	.446	.803	373	653
162 Game Avg.		162	672	571	91	149	34	6	20	88	19	86	114	.261	.356	.446	.803	93	653

* 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

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All-Star Games 2009 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2009 AL (8, 9%) 2011 AL (16, 2%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2009 AL 8.3 (2nd) 2011 AL 8.5 (1st)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2009 AL 8.3 (1st) 2011 AL 8.5 (1st)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2009 AL 5.8 (3rd) 2011 AL 5.5 (6th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2009 AL 2.5 (4th) 2011 AL 3.2 (2nd) Active 6.6 (43rd)	On-Base% s c a p y 2009 AL .405 (4th)	Slugging % s c a p y 2009 AL .543 (7th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2009 AL .948 (4th)	Doubles s c a p y 2011 AL 46 (3rd)	Triples s c a p y 2009 AL 7 (10th) 2012 AL 3 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2009 AL 91 (6th) 2010 AL 92 (4th) 2012 AL 35 (2nd)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2009 AL 149 (2nd)	Runs Created s c a p y 2009 AL 117 (8th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 39 (3rd)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2009 AL 3.6 (3rd)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2011 AL 72 (6th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 2009 AL .718 (3rd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2010 AL 12 (1st)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (5th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (1st)	SB % s c a p y 2010 AL 88.89 (3rd) Active 76.60 (40th) Career 76.60 (107th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2009 AL 20.9 (7th) 2011 AL 19.5 (9th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 2009 AL 43.00 (4th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2009 AL 4.1 (2nd)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2009 AL 3.5 (5th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 2009 AL 4.0 (3rd)

† 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 - 13 (1262), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1387), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

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Fernando Tatis (956)
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Eric Byrnes (927)
Jeff King (927)
Eric Soderholm (926)

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