Ben Zobrist
Benjamin T. Zobrist
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 26, 1981 in Eureka, IL
High School: Eureka (Eureka, IL)
Schools: Dallas Baptist University, Olivet Nazarene University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 TBD AL 25 SS 52 50 440.2 242 86 147 9 31 .963 -1.7 -4.6 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 -1 4.76 4.48 .970 4.49 4.02
2007 TBD AL 26 SS 30 26 224.2 106 37 63 6 17 .943 -7.1 -37.9 -7.1 -4.9 -2.2 0 4.01 3.33 .971 4.47 3.97
2008 TBR AL 27 SS 35 33 293.1 136 51 78 7 22 .949 -7.0 -28.6 -7.0 -2.8 -4.2 0 3.96 3.69 .971 4.39 3.84
2008 TBR AL 27 OF 19 12 113.1 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -4.2 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 1 2.38 1.58 .987 2.31 2.02
2008 TBR AL 27 LF 14 8 79.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.0 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 0 2.50 1.57 .982 2.05 1.66
2008 TBR AL 27 2B 8 4 41.0 22 11 11 0 3 1.000 0.9 26.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 4.83 2.75 .986 5.00 4.51
2008 TBR AL 27 CF 5 3 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -8.9 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 1 2.67 1.60 .988 2.70 2.36
2008 TBR AL 27 RF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.85
2008 TBR AL 27 3B 1 0 4.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 51.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.86 2.00 .950 2.70 2.40
2009 TBR AL 28 2B 91 81 714.2 372 143 225 4 44 .989 4.63 4.04 .986 4.76 4.33 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 OF 70 44 414.0 117 112 5 0 4 1.000 2.54 1.67 .987 2.33 2.04 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 RF 59 37 329.1 94 89 5 0 4 1.000 2.57 1.59 .982 2.13 1.75 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 SS 13 6 62.0 27 9 16 2 5 .926 3.63 1.92 .974 4.35 3.89 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 LF 9 2 38.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0.89 .988 2.13 1.80 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 CF 7 5 46.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 2.14 .993 2.74 2.39 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 1B 3 2 13.0 8 6 1 1 2 .875 4.85 2.33 1.000 9.14 8.10 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 3B 1 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 AS,MVP-8
2009 TBR AL 28 DH 1 AS,MVP-8
4 Seasons SS 130 115 1020.2 511 183 304 24 75 .953 -15.8 -18.6 -14.8 -6.6 -8.2 -1 4.29 3.75 .971 4.45 3.95
2 Seasons 2B 99 85 755.2 394 154 236 4 47 .990 0.9 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 4.64 3.94 .986 4.77 4.34
2 Seasons OF 89 56 527.1 147 141 6 0 4 1.000 -0.4 -0.9 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 1 2.51 1.65 .987 2.33 2.04
2 Seasons RF 61 38 336.1 94 89 5 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.52 1.54 .982 2.13 1.75
2 Seasons LF 23 10 117.1 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 0 2.30 1.30 .983 2.08 1.71
2 Seasons CF 12 8 73.2 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.3 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 1 2.81 1.92 .991 2.72 2.38
1 Season 1B 3 2 13.0 8 6 1 1 2 .875 4.85 2.33 1.000 9.14 8.10
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 10.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 23.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.74 1.00 .950 2.70 2.40
1 Season DH 1
4 Seasons TOT 330 259 2327.0 1062 484 549 29 128 .973 -15.1 -7.8 -15.1 -6.9 -8.2 1 -1 4.00 3.13 .951 4.06 3.48
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 TBD AL 25 52 50 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 TBD AL 26 31 26 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2008 TBR AL 27 62 49 62 57 0 0 0 8 1 35 14 5 2 19 2 8 0
2009 TBR AL 28 152 135 152 149 0 0 3 91 1 13 9 7 59 70 1 14 1
4 Seasons 297 260 297 288 0 0 3 99 2 130 23 12 61 89 3 25 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2006 TBD AL 25 2057 58% 75% 30% 189 92% 0 86 41 37 8 148 107 35 0 5 9 0 5 4 7 31 14 3 7 4 2 30 17 13 1 0 1
2007 TBD AL 26 1045 53% 75% 29% 89 80% 0 37 18 15 4 63 51 10 0 1 6 0 4 2 5 17 5 1 7 0 1 14 6 8 3 1 1
2008 TBR AL 27 1301 55% 72% 27% 109 83% 1 51 25 23 3 78 60 18 0 1 7 0 4 3 6 22 10 0 4 2 4 22 10 11 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 28 306 54% 72% 29% 21 76% 0 9 3 5 1 16 12 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4709 56% 74% 29% 408 86% 1 183 87 80 16 305 230 66 0 7 24 0 14 10 20 75 31 5 20 6 7 71 36 34 4 1 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2008 TBR AL 27 175 63% 68% 27% 11 100% 0 11 2 7 2 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 28 3086 54% 73% 28% 265 95% 1 143 55 74 14 225 201 23 1 1 4 0 2 2 2 44 10 15 13 2 40 15 25 3 1 2
2 Seasons 3261 55% 73% 28% 276 96% 1 154 57 81 16 236 209 26 1 1 4 0 2 2 2 47 11 16 14 2 43 16 27 3 1 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 TBR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 32% 61% 32% 1 0%
2009 TBR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 24 19 0 17 9 0 4 2 0 11 5 2 8 1 1 64 36 56.3% 25 3 4.7% 2 1487 52% 73% 41% 176 51%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 24 19 0 17 9 0 4 2 0 11 5 2 8 1 1 64 36 56.3% 25 3 4.7% 2 1515 52% 73% 41% 177 51%
MLB Averages 49.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 TBR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 345 48% 75% 41% 43 51%
2009 TBR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 174 49% 82% 51% 21 38%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 519 49% 77% 44% 64 47%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.1% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 TBR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 125 74% 69% 39% 20 40%
2009 TBR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 193 61% 74% 33% 23 65%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 318 66% 72% 35% 43 53%
MLB Averages 43.6% 1.6% 56% 74% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2009 TBR AL 28 69 22% 72% 19% 3 67% 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 69 22% 72% 19% 3 67% 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 TBR AL 27 22 41% 77% 41% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 28 25 52% 84% 32% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 47 47% 81% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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