Plácido Polanco

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 190lb (175cm, 86kg)

Born: October 10, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 49th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL).

High School: Santa Clara (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

School: Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: July 3, 1998 (Age 22-266d, 17,292nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2013 (Age 37-353d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Adam Katz • Previously: Levinsons

Full Name: Plácido Enrique Polanco

Nicknames: Polly

Pronunciation: \PLAH-see-dough poh-LAHN-coh\

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2x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

7214

2142

104

.297

1009

RBI

723

OBP

.343

SLG

.397

OPS

.740

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 2	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
3	3	Apr 3	DET		KCR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 4	DET		CHW	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
5	5	Apr 5	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
6	7 (1)	Apr 8	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	2B
7	8	Apr 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	3	1	10	3	2B
8	9	Apr 10	DET	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
9	10	Apr 11	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
10	11	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
11	13 (1)	Apr 14	DET		MIN	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
12	14	Apr 15	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
13	15	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
14	17 (1)	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
15	23 (5)	Apr 24	DET		TEX	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
16	24	Apr 25	DET		LAA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
17	25	Apr 26	DET		LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
18	26	Apr 27	DET		LAA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
19	27	Apr 29	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
20	28	Apr 30	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	29	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
22	30	May 2	DET	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
23	31	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
24	32	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	33	May 5	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
26	34	May 6	DET		BOS	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
27	35	May 7	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
28	36	May 8	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	37	May 9	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
30	38	May 10	DET		NYY	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
31	39	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
32	40	May 14	DET	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
33	41	May 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
34	42	May 16	DET	@	ARI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
35	43	May 17	DET	@	ARI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
36	44	May 18	DET	@	ARI	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
37	45	May 20	DET		SEA	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
38	46	May 21	DET		SEA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
39	47	May 22	DET		SEA	W,9-2	GS	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
40	48	May 23	DET		MIN	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
41	49	May 24	DET		MIN	W,19-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
42	50	May 25	DET		MIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
43	51	May 26	DET	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	50	11.1	2	4	0	6	1	2B
44	52	May 27	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B
45	53	May 28	DET	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
46	54	May 30	DET	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
47	55	May 31	DET	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	56	Jun 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
49	57	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	4	5	0	9	2	2B
50	58	Jun 3	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	2	4	0	6	1	2B
51	60 (1)	Jun 6	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
52	61	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
53	62	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
54	63	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
55	64	Jun 10	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
56	65	Jun 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
57	66	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
58	68 (1)	Jun 14	DET		LAD	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
59	69	Jun 15	DET		LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	70	Jun 16	DET	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
61	71	Jun 17	DET	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
62	72	Jun 18	DET	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
63	73	Jun 20	DET	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
64	74	Jun 21	DET	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
65	76 (1)	Jun 24	DET		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
66	77	Jun 25	DET		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
67	78	Jun 26	DET		STL	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
68	79	Jun 27	DET		COL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
69	80	Jun 28	DET		COL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
70	81	Jun 29	DET		COL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
71	82	Jun 30	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	83	Jul 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
73	84	Jul 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	GS	35	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
74	85	Jul 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
75	86	Jul 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
76	87	Jul 5	DET	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
77	88	Jul 6	DET	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	55	15.0	6	9	1	16	2	2B
78	89	Jul 8	DET		CLE	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
79	90	Jul 9	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
80	91	Jul 10	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
81	92	Jul 11	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
82	93	Jul 12	DET		MIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
83	94	Jul 13	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
84	95	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
85	96	Jul 18	DET	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	97	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,10-11	CG	51	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	2B
87	99 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	KCR	W,19-4	GS	25	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
88	100	Jul 22	DET	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
89	101	Jul 23	DET	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
90	102	Jul 25	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
91	103	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	104	Jul 27	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
93	105	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
94	106	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
95	107	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,14-12	CG	65	13.0	7	5	0	12	3	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	109 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	TBR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
97	110	Aug 2	DET	@	TBR	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
98	111	Aug 3	DET	@	TBR	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
99	112	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	60	13.2	4	5	0	9	3	2B
100	113	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
101	114	Aug 7	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
102	115	Aug 8	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
103	116	Aug 9	DET		OAK	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
104	117	Aug 10	DET		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
105	118	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
106	119	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
107	120	Aug 13	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
108	121	Aug 14	DET		TOR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
109	122	Aug 15	DET		BAL	L,2-11	GS	45	8.2	1	6	1	8	0	2B
110	123	Aug 16	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
111	124	Aug 17	DET		BAL	L,8-16	GS	41	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
112	125	Aug 18	DET	@	TEX	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
113	128 (2)	Aug 22	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
114	129	Aug 23	DET	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
115	130	Aug 24	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
116	131	Aug 25	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
117	132	Aug 26	DET		CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
118	134 (1)	Aug 29	DET		KCR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
119	135	Aug 30	DET		KCR	L,3-13	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
120	136	Aug 31	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	137	Sep 1	DET		NYY	L,9-13	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
122	138	Sep 2	DET		LAA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
123	139	Sep 3	DET		LAA	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
124	140	Sep 4	DET		LAA	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	2B
125	141	Sep 5	DET	@	MIN	L,2-10	GS	35	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
126	142	Sep 6	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
127	143	Sep 7	DET	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
128	144	Sep 8	DET		OAK	W,14-8	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
129	145	Sep 9	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
130	146	Sep 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
131	147	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
132	148	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
133	149	Sep 15	DET	@	TEX	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
134	150	Sep 16	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
135	152 (1)	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
136	153	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
137	154	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
138	155	Sep 22	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
139	156	Sep 23	DET		KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
140	157	Sep 24	DET		KCR	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
141	159 (1)	Sep 26	DET		TBR	W,6-4	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							141gm		1201.1	323	374	8	705	100