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David Eckstein

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 170lb (168cm, 77kg)

Born: January 20, 1975 in Sanford, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 19th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

High School: Seminole HS (Sanford, FL)

School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: April 3, 2001 (Age 26-073d, 17,814th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 35-256d)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Ryan Gleichowski

Full Name: David Mark Eckstein

Nicknames: X Factor or Just Enough

Pronunciation: \ECK-styne\

Twitter: @DavidEckstein22

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

5041

1414

.281

701

RBI

392

123

OBP

.345

SLG

.355

OPS

.701

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-17 / in Starts: 27-17
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2002	ALDS g1	Oct 1	ANA	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	1.28	0.042	20.00	0.41%	0.41	SS
2	2002	ALDS g2	Oct 2	ANA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	.85	-0.081	13.58	-0.76%	-0.89	SS
3	2002	ALDS g3	Oct 4	ANA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	1	1.27	-0.051	26.56	-0.67%	-0.91	SS
4	2002	ALDS g4	Oct 5	ANA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	1	.93	0.223	20.87	2.79%	1.36	SS
5	2002	ALCS g1	Oct 8	ANA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	1	.86	-0.043	22.34	-0.63%	-0.27	SS
6	2002	ALCS g2	Oct 9	ANA	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.296	.618	1	.50	0.019	13.35	0.39%	0.23	SS
7	2002	ALCS g3	Oct 11	ANA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.313	.290	.603	1	1.51	0.047	47.30	0.82%	0.05	SS
8	2002	ALCS g4	Oct 12	ANA		MIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.306	.286	.591	1	1.00	-0.094	32.10	-1.66%	-0.83	SS
9	2002	ALCS g5	Oct 13	ANA		MIN	W,13-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.317	.282	.599	1	.70	-0.037	16.89	-0.60%	0.71	SS
10	2002	WS g1	Oct 19	ANA		SFG	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	1	1.51	-0.117	78.70	-3.80%	-0.60	SS
11	2002	WS g2	Oct 20	ANA		SFG	W,11-10	CG	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.333	.306	.639	1	.97	0.066	50.08	1.74%	0.63	SS
12	2002	WS g3	Oct 22	ANA	@	SFG	W,10-4	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.351	.315	.666	1	.50	0.045	31.26	1.69%	1.36	SS
13	2002	WS g4	Oct 23	ANA	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.298	.328	.298	.626	1	1.28	-0.059	77.97	-2.05%	-0.64	SS
14	2002	WS g5	Oct 24	ANA	@	SFG	L,4-16	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.311	.348	.311	.660	1	.75	0.072	61.91	3.60%	1.77	SS
15	2002	WS g6	Oct 26	ANA		SFG	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.329	.292	.621	1	.94	-0.097	84.19	-5.29%	-0.84	SS
16	2002	WS g7	Oct 27	ANA		SFG	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.338	.294	.632	1	.69	0.049	114.58	4.53%	0.23	SS
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	2004	ALDS g1	Oct 5	ANA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.44	-0.032	6.91	-0.34%	-0.29	SS
18	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	ANA		BOS	L,3-8	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.74	-0.016	26.45	-0.18%	-0.06	SS
19	2004	ALDS g3	Oct 8	ANA	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.63	-0.017	16.89	-0.11%	0.27	SS
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	2005	NLDS g1	Oct 4	STL		SDP	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	.65	0.064	10.24	0.55%	0.00	SS
21	2005	NLDS g2	Oct 6	STL		SDP	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	.72	0.124	11.68	1.10%	0.95	SS
22	2005	NLDS g3	Oct 8	STL	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.615	1.044	1	.39	0.219	4.03	1.47%	2.52	SS
23	2005	NLCS g1	Oct 12	STL		HOU	W,5-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.444	.588	1.033	1	.55	0.056	14.39	0.80%	0.90	SS
24	2005	NLCS g2	Oct 13	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.500	.909	1	1.81	-0.119	48.12	-2.00%	-0.77	SS
25	2005	NLCS g3	Oct 15	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.417	.750	1	1.67	-0.187	52.39	-3.23%	-0.89	SS
26	2005	NLCS g4	Oct 16	STL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.355	.385	.739	1	1.55	-0.025	49.93	-0.20%	0.23	SS
27	2005	NLCS g5	Oct 17	STL	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.300	.389	.400	.789	1	1.03	0.094	25.41	1.26%	0.89	SS
28	2005	NLCS g6	Oct 19	STL		HOU	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.375	.364	.739	1	.76	-0.055	34.55	-1.52%	-0.59	SS
2006 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	2006	NLDS g1	Oct 3	STL	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.64	-0.084	10.08	-0.77%	-1.65	SS
30	2006	NLDS g2	Oct 5	STL	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	1	.62	-0.022	9.47	-0.22%	-0.34	SS
31	2006	NLDS g3	Oct 7	STL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	1	.98	0.011	10.13	0.04%	0.33	SS
32	2006	NLDS g4	Oct 8	STL		SDP	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	.95	-0.070	21.42	-0.92%	-0.75	SS
33	2006	NLCS g1	Oct 12	STL	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	1.23	-0.133	32.10	-2.01%	-1.31	SS
34	2006	NLCS g2	Oct 13	STL	@	NYM	W,9-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091	.200	.091	.291	1	1.43	-0.168	37.99	-2.44%	-1.19	SS
35	2006	NLCS g3	Oct 14	STL		NYM	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.233	.115	.349	1	.61	0.005	19.06	0.08%	-0.28	SS
36	2006	NLCS g4	Oct 15	STL		NYM	L,5-12	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.294	.276	.570	1	.80	0.111	25.78	2.22%	1.53	SS
37	2006	NLCS g5	Oct 17	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.206	.308	.294	.602	1	.69	0.046	28.68	1.05%	0.00	SS
38	2006	NLCS g6	Oct 18	STL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.184	.295	.263	.559	1	1.10	-0.037	49.57	-0.91%	-0.45	SS
39	2006	NLCS g7	Oct 19	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.313	.293	.605	1	1.34	0.021	111.46	1.70%	0.37	SS
40	2006	WS g1	Oct 21	STL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.283	.261	.544	1	.45	-0.074	23.54	-2.29%	-1.30	SS
41	2006	WS g2	Oct 22	STL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.263	.240	.503	1	.94	-0.117	48.13	-3.30%	-1.26	SS
42	2006	WS g3	Oct 24	STL		DET	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.259	.550	1	.49	0.007	30.65	0.24%	0.93	SS
43	2006	WS g4	Oct 26	STL		DET	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.328	.356	.684	1	1.60	0.491	103.39	18.58%	2.77	SS
44	2006	WS g5	Oct 27	STL		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.365	.703	1	1.20	0.117	58.72	3.14%	1.04	SS
									200	176	26	49	4	0	2	18	12	0	9	7	3	2		2	7	1	.278	.345	.335	.680

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