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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
16 5143 .262 .325 .360 .240 1.5
Birth Date6-16-1971
Height6' 1"
Weight185 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1993 DET 22 46 141 128 11 32 7 1 0 41 9 17 1 0 3 11 2 2 .250 .304 .320 .222 -2.7 0.8 -0.2
1994 DET 23 84 336 296 32 76 19 0 8 119 33 64 3 1 3 53 5 3 .257 .336 .402 .244 7.1 -16.6 -0.9
1995 DET 24 123 482 431 49 96 20 2 11 153 41 96 3 4 3 50 4 1 .223 .292 .355 .222 -4.1 -1.7 -0.6
1996 DET 25 48 150 128 21 31 5 0 1 39 18 20 1 0 3 16 1 1 .242 .340 .305 .225 3.4 -0.2 0.3
1996 SDN 25 89 378 328 32 86 16 1 3 113 39 64 6 2 3 29 2 2 .262 .349 .345 .238 3.9 -3.1 0.1
1997 SDN 26 150 586 522 62 132 19 2 5 170 53 114 5 3 3 54 5 8 .253 .326 .326 .236 3.9 -7.5 -0.3
1998 SDN 27 145 515 449 55 120 32 3 4 170 51 87 5 3 7 39 1 3 .267 .346 .379 .266 23.4 -2.7 2.0
1999 SDN 28 76 265 234 20 59 8 1 1 72 27 49 1 1 2 15 1 2 .252 .331 .308 .225 -2.8 -2.5 -0.5
2000 SDN 29 33 63 54 4 12 0 0 0 12 7 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 .222 .306 .222 .214 -1.7 0.6 -0.1
2001 SDN 30 40 125 112 6 21 3 0 0 24 9 14 0 2 2 7 1 0 .188 .244 .214 .168 -7.2 -4.7 -1.2
2001 TBA 30 58 206 189 31 57 16 0 8 97 8 24 2 3 4 36 3 0 .302 .332 .513 .286 13.4 -3.1 1.0
2002 TBA 31 130 498 461 51 122 31 3 10 189 21 58 7 3 6 46 1 3 .265 .305 .410 .247 14.2 -4.4 1.0
2003 MIN 32 58 185 175 14 44 9 3 1 62 7 13 0 1 2 15 2 1 .251 .279 .354 .206 -6.2 -0.9 -0.7
2004 TOR 33 109 377 341 41 96 11 1 3 118 28 41 2 3 3 37 3 2 .282 .337 .346 .255 11.9 0.8 1.2
2005 BAL 34 89 254 219 27 61 11 0 1 75 27 17 1 1 6 18 2 1 .279 .359 .342 .241 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2
2006 BAL 35 55 142 132 14 45 7 0 2 58 7 11 3 0 0 17 1 2 .341 .387 .439 .276 4.9 -1.4 0.3
2007 BAL 36 73 185 169 17 51 10 1 1 66 10 20 0 1 5 16 1 2 .302 .339 .391 .250 1.0 4.2 0.5
2007 CLE 36 19 55 53 4 15 2 0 0 17 0 6 0 1 1 5 0 0 .283 .278 .321 .233 -0.5 0.5 -0.0
2008 PIT 37 90 200 183 26 50 8 0 1 61 13 30 1 2 1 20 0 0 .273 .322 .333 .235 0.1 -3.3 -0.3
Career1515514346045171206234186016564087504132584873533.262.325.360.24061.8-46.81.5

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1992 LON AA 64 243 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 DET MLB 46 141 .222 .262 .329 .405 .000 .288 103 -5.8 4.0 1 0.8 0.2 -2.7 -0.2 -2.7 -0.2
1993 TOL AAA 87 311 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 DET MLB 84 336 .244 .271 .336 .431 .000 .302 103 -5.9 10.2 2.8 -16.6 -1.4 7.1 -0.9 7.1 -0.9
1995 DET MLB 123 482 .222 .266 .336 .420 .000 .259 102 -20.6 14.4 4.9 -1.7 -0.5 -4.1 -0.6 -4.1 -0.6
1996 DET MLB 48 150 .225 .279 .346 .442 .000 .280 99 -6 4.6 2.1 -0.2 3.3 3.4 0.3 3.4 0.3
1996 SDN MLB 89 378 .238 .261 .323 .403 .000 .316 98 -9.7 11.7 5.4 -3.1 -1.1 3.9 0.1 3.9 0.1
1997 SDN MLB 150 586 .236 .257 .320 .400 .000 .313 98 -15.8 15.6 8 -7.5 0.5 3.9 -0.3 3.9 -0.3
1998 SDN MLB 145 515 .266 .264 .325 .417 .000 .321 90 3.3 13.4 7 -2.7 -0.7 23.4 2.0 23.4 2.0
1999 SDN MLB 76 265 .225 .266 .332 .426 .000 .314 95 -11 7.2 3.8 -2.5 -1.7 -2.8 -0.5 -2.8 -0.5
1999 LVG AAA 0 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SDN MLB 33 63 .214 .268 .336 .430 .000 .240 94 -3.4 1.7 0.6 0.6 -1.5 -1.7 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1
2001 SDN MLB 40 125 .168 .256 .315 .405 .000 .210 98 -12.5 3.4 1.4 -4.7 0.3 -7.2 -1.2 -7.2 -1.2
2001 TBA MLB 58 206 .286 .257 .314 .406 .000 .306 97 5.9 5.6 2.8 -3.1 -1.1 13.4 1.0 13.4 1.0
2001 DUR AAA 23 104 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 POR AAA 11 42 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TBA MLB 130 498 .247 .256 .318 .409 .000 .283 98 -6.7 13.3 6.6 -4.4 1.7 14.2 1.0 14.2 1.0
2003 MIN MLB 58 185 .206 .263 .321 .417 .000 .265 99 -10.8 5.0 0.8 -0.9 -0.4 -6.2 -0.7 -6.2 -0.7
2004 TOR MLB 109 377 .255 .261 .324 .422 .000 .310 101 -2.2 10.3 2.6 0.8 -1.5 11.9 1.2 11.9 1.2
2005 BAL MLB 89 254 .241 .263 .322 .416 .000 .297 101 -5.1 6.7 -2 -1.6 -1.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2
2006 BAL MLB 55 142 .276 .269 .329 .433 .000 .361 102 2.6 3.9 -0.9 -1.4 0.3 4.9 0.3 4.9 0.3
2006 ABE A- 1 3 .252 .229 .278 .314 .000 .500 102 0 0.1 0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 BOW AA 4 17 .212 .265 .326 .411 .000 .308 93 -0.8 0.5 0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 BAL MLB 73 185 .250 .270 .329 .422 .000 .336 102 -2 5.3 0.1 4.2 -1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5
2007 CLE MLB 19 55 .233 .264 .318 .416 .000 .312 99 -1.7 1.6 -0.2 0.5 0.3 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0
2008 PIT MLB 90 200 .235 .255 .316 .407 .000 .318 102 -5.4 5.6 0.5 -3.3 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
CareerMLB5143.240.263.325.415.256.30099-112.8142.947.3-47.2-6.261.81.561.81.5

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1992 LON AA 243 20 59 13 2 1 19 20 34 1 3 .268 .337 .359 .091 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 DET MLB 141 11 32 7 1 0 11 9 17 2 2 .250 .304 .320 .070 .222 -2.7 0.8 -0.2
1993 TOL AAA 311 29 68 12 2 0 20 23 37 6 2 .245 .304 .303 .058 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 DET MLB 336 32 76 19 0 8 53 33 64 5 3 .257 .336 .402 .145 .244 7.1 -16.6 -0.9
1995 DET MLB 482 49 96 20 2 11 50 41 96 4 1 .223 .292 .355 .132 .222 -4.1 -1.7 -0.6
1996 DET MLB 150 21 31 5 0 1 16 18 20 1 1 .242 .340 .305 .062 .225 3.4 -0.2 0.3
1996 SDN MLB 378 32 86 16 1 3 29 39 64 2 2 .262 .349 .345 .082 .238 3.9 -3.1 0.1
1997 SDN MLB 586 62 132 19 2 5 54 53 114 5 8 .253 .326 .326 .073 .236 3.9 -7.5 -0.3
1998 SDN MLB 515 55 120 32 3 4 39 51 87 1 3 .267 .346 .379 .111 .266 23.4 -2.7 2.0
1999 SDN MLB 265 20 59 8 1 1 15 27 49 1 2 .252 .331 .308 .056 .225 -2.8 -2.5 -0.5
1999 LVG AAA 30 3 9 1 0 0 4 2 6 0 0 .333 .400 .370 .037 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SDN MLB 63 4 12 0 0 0 3 7 5 0 0 .222 .306 .222 .000 .214 -1.7 0.6 -0.1
2001 SDN MLB 125 6 21 3 0 0 7 9 14 1 0 .188 .244 .214 .027 .168 -7.2 -4.7 -1.2
2001 TBA MLB 206 31 57 16 0 8 36 8 24 3 0 .302 .332 .513 .212 .286 13.4 -3.1 1.0
2001 DUR AAA 104 16 28 5 1 4 17 11 5 1 1 .301 .375 .505 .204 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 POR AAA 42 5 12 3 0 1 5 2 4 1 0 .300 .333 .450 .150 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TBA MLB 498 51 122 31 3 10 46 21 58 1 3 .265 .305 .410 .145 .247 14.2 -4.4 1.0
2003 MIN MLB 185 14 44 9 3 1 15 7 13 2 1 .251 .279 .354 .103 .206 -6.2 -0.9 -0.7
2004 TOR MLB 377 41 96 11 1 3 37 28 41 3 2 .282 .337 .346 .065 .255 11.9 0.8 1.2
2005 BAL MLB 254 27 61 11 0 1 18 27 17 2 1 .279 .359 .342 .064 .241 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2
2006 BAL MLB 142 14 45 7 0 2 17 7 11 1 2 .341 .387 .439 .098 .276 4.9 -1.4 0.3
2006 ABE A- 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 .252 0.0 0.1 0.0
2006 BOW AA 17 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .250 .294 .312 .062 .212 0.0 0.3 0.0
2007 BAL MLB 185 17 51 10 1 1 16 10 20 1 2 .302 .339 .391 .089 .250 1.0 4.2 0.5
2007 CLE MLB 55 4 15 2 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 .283 .278 .321 .038 .233 -0.5 0.5 -0.0
2008 PIT MLB 200 26 50 8 0 1 20 13 30 0 0 .273 .322 .333 .060 .235 0.1 -3.3 -0.3

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-04-10 2010-09-07 Minors 150 65 Low Back Spasms - ----
2006-05-11 2006-07-12 60-DL 62 55 Left Hand Fracture HBP 5th Metacarpal -
2003-06-07 2003-07-05 15-DL 28 26 Right Knee Sprain MCL -
2000-09-06 2000-09-06 On-Alr 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 2000-09-06 -
2000-06-22 2000-10-02 60-DL 102 92 Left Knee Surgery Scar Tissue Near Patellar Tendon 2000-06-26 -
1999-06-02 1999-07-30 15-DL 58 51 Bilateral Knee Surgery 1999-06-04 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 PIT $1,000,000
2007 BAL, CLE $850,000
2006 BAL $850,000
2005 BAL $825,000
2004 TOR $750,000
2003 MIN $500,000
2002 TBA $1,000,000
2001 SDN, TBA $3,000,000
2000 SDN $2,600,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$11,375,000
9 yrTotal$11,375,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
15 y 41 dAlan Meersand1 yr/$0.9M (09)

Details
  • signed as a free agent from PIT 3/10/09, 1 year/$0.9M (09) (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from CLE 12/6/07, 1 year/$1M (08)
  • claimed off waivers from BAL 8/9/07
  • re-signed 12/06, 1 year/$0.85M (07)+$0.25M performance bonus ($50K each 50,65,80 g, $0.1M 100g), award b:$0.1M MVP, LCS MVP, $50K All-Star ($25K All-Star select), $50K Gold Glove, $25K SS
  • signed extension 9/05, 1 year/$0.85M (06)+$0.25M bonuses
  • contract purchased 1/05, 1 year/$0.825M (guar`g $0.825M+$0.175M bonuses 05 - $50K for 60 g, $50K for 80 g, etc)
  • acquired in trade from PHI 12/04 signed as a free agent from TOR 12/04 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from MIN 1/04, 1 year/$0.75M (04)
  • contract purchased 3/03 released 10/02
  • 1 year/$1M (02)+$2M 03 club option $0.25M buyout
  • 02: $0.5M in poss bonuses, recalled 7/01 SD: 3 year/$7.8M (99-01)

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GM for a Day: Yankees Jay Jaffe2008-12-05
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