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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 Batting

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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
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 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 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 67/4895
2009 28 TBR AL 152 599 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 17 6 91 104 .297 .405 .543 .948 146 272 7 2 1 4 4 496/7835D AS
4 Seasons 297 1129 979 141 255 46 11 42 148 24 9 129 188 .260 .346 .459 .805 109 449 14 5 5 11 6
162 Game Avg. 162 616 534 77 139 25 6 23 81 13 5 70 103 .260 .346 .459 .805 109 245 8 3 3 6 3

Postseason Batting

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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
1 Season (2 Series) 7 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091 .231 .091 .322 1 0 0 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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2009 TBR AL 28 3B 1 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 AS
2009 TBR AL 28 DH 1 AS
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

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

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL--7--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--91--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL--146--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL--117--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--36--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL--3.4--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL--.718--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL--20.9--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Morgan Ensberg (953)
  9. Gene Oliver (953)
  10. Junior Spivey (946)
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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

July 12, 2006: Traded by the Houston Astros with Mitch Talbot to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Aubrey Huff and cash.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$383,400
2008Tampa Bay Rays$395,800
2009Tampa Bay Rays$415,900
Career (may be incomplete)$1,195,100
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Benjamin Ben benji T. Zobrist

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