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Willy Taveras
Willy Taveras

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 6, 2004

Born December 25, 1981 in Tenares, D.R.

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 22 HOU NL  10    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2005 23 HOU NL 152  592   82  172  13  4   3   29  34 11  25 103  .291  .325  .341   75  202   7   4   1   7   4 RoY-2
 2006 24 HOU NL 149  529   83  147  19  5   1   30  33  9  34  88  .278  .333  .338   74  179  11   2   0  11   6
 2007 25 COL NL  97  372   64  119  13  2   2   24  33  9  21  55  .320  .367  .382   89  142   7   1   0   7   1
 2008 26 COL NL  85  312   45   76  11  2   1   19  42  4  22  54  .244  .296  .301   54   94   8   2   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      493 1806  276  514  56 13   7  102 143 33 102 301  .285  .331  .342   74  617  34   9   1  27  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   91  169  18  4   2   34  47 11  34  99  .285  .331  .342   74  203  11   3   0   9   4
 Career High    152  592   83  172  19  5   3   30  42 11  34 103  .320  .367  .382   89  202  11   4   1  11   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 22 HOU NL    2    2    0   0.0   113| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .441| .000  .785|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0 100%
 2005 23 HOU NL  635  446   69   4.1   109| .291  .270| .325  .340| .341  .430| .666  .770|  75  .429 -23.2  -2.2  75%
 2006 24 HOU NL  587  410   65   4.2   113| .278  .272| .333  .343| .338  .442| .671  .785|  74  .417 -21.2  -2.0  78%
 2007 25 COL NL  408  271   57   5.7   118| .320  .282| .367  .353| .382  .451| .749  .804|  89  .548  -7.0  -0.7  78%
 2008 26 COL NL  346  250   35   3.8   113| .244  .274| .296  .348| .301  .439| .597  .787|  54  .381 -22.3  -2.2  91%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1978 1379  226   4.4   113| .285  .274| .331  .345| .342  .439| .673  .784|  74  .443 -74.0  -7.1  81%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 22 HOU NL OF 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 1.86 0.82 2.13 0 11.0 CF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.25 1.50 2.55 0 6.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2005 23 HOU NL CF 148 332 10 3 2 .991 .987 2.31 2.15 2.45 2.51 144 1254.0 2006 24 HOU NL CF 138 335 9 5 2 .986 .988 2.49 2.20 2.77 2.58 120 1116.7 2007 25 COL NL CF 86 212 7 4 0 .982 .987 2.55 2.30 2.76 2.71 85 714.0 DH 3 2008 26 COL NL CF 77 185 4 3 1 .984 .989 2.45 2.30 2.71 2.64 71 626.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 22 HOU NL CF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.25 1.50 2.55 0 6.0 2005 23 HOU NL CF 148 332 10 3 2 .991 .987 2.31 2.15 2.45 2.51 144 1254.0 2006 24 HOU NL CF 138 335 9 5 2 .986 .988 2.49 2.20 2.77 2.58 120 1116.7 2007 25 COL NL CF 86 212 7 4 0 .982 .987 2.55 2.30 2.76 2.71 85 714.0 2008 26 COL NL CF 77 185 4 3 1 .984 .989 2.45 2.30 2.71 2.64 71 626.7 2007 25 COL NL DH 3 2004 22 HOU NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 2004 22 HOU NL OF 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 1.86 0.82 2.13 0 11.0 2005 23 HOU NL OF 148 332 10 3 2 .991 .984 2.31 1.86 2.45 2.19 144 1254.0 2006 24 HOU NL OF 138 335 9 5 3 .986 .984 2.49 1.88 2.77 2.22 120 1116.7 2007 25 COL NL OF 86 212 7 4 0 .982 .984 2.55 1.94 2.76 2.30 85 714.0 2004 22 HOU NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 453 1065 30 15 5 .986 .988 2.42 2.22 2.65 2.59 420 3717.3 OF* 379 880 26 12 5 .987 .984 2.39 1.89 2.63 2.23 349 3095.7 2 453 1# DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 379 880 26 12 5 .987 .984 2.39 1.89 2.63 2.23 349 3096
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   4  14   2   5  1  0  0   0   1   1  .357  .400  .429   0  0             
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   6  14   1   5  0  0  0   0   1   1  .357  .400  .357   0  1             
        WS    HOU CHW     L   4  15   2   5  2  1  0   0   0   3  .333  .333  .600   1  0             
 2007   NLCS  COL ARI     W   4  18   3   3  1  0  0   1   2   5  .167  .250  .222   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    COL BOS     L   3   8   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .111  .000   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0  10  32   4   8  1  0  0   1   3   6  .250  .314  .281   1  1   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   7  23   3   5  2  1  0   0   0   6  .217  .250  .391   1  0   0   0   1 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  21  69   9  18  4  1  0   1   4  13  .261  .311  .348   2  1   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
2005 NL-34-6
2006 NL-33-10
2007 NL-33-8
2008 NL-42-1

Singles
2005 NL-152-1
2006 NL-122-9

Sac. Hits
2008 NL-8-5

Caught Stealing
2005 NL-11-5
2006 NL-9-10
2007 NL-9-5

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1485) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1206) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Compare Stats
  1. Kirby Puckett (958) *
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  6. Jack Manning (950)
  7. Vern Duncan (947)
  8. Win Mercer (947)
  9. Lou Finney (946)
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Most Similar by Age 

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Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Hub Collins (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Herndon (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kirby Puckett (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 27, 1999: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 2003: Drafted by the Houston Astros from the Cleveland Indians in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

December 12, 2006: Traded by the Houston Astros with Taylor Buchholz and Jason Hirsh to the Colorado Rockies for Miguel Asencio and Jason Jennings.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Houston Astros$316,000
2006Houston Astros$400,000
2007Colorado Rockies$402,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,118,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Willy Taveras's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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