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Ben Broussard 1BIndians

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
7	2357	.263	.324	.450	.269	3.6

Birth Date	9-24-1976
Height	6' 2"
Weight	230 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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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
2002	CLE	25	39	120	112	10	27	4	0	4	43	7	25	1	0	0	9	0	0	.241	.292	.384	.228	-3.4	-1.7	-0.5
2003	CLE	26	116	429	386	53	96	21	3	16	171	32	75	5	3	3	55	5	2	.249	.312	.443	.269	7.6	-3.6	0.4
2004	CLE	27	139	485	418	57	115	28	5	17	204	52	95	12	2	1	82	4	2	.275	.370	.488	.294	26.7	-5.6	2.1
2005	CLE	28	142	505	466	59	119	30	5	19	216	32	98	4	3	0	68	2	2	.255	.307	.464	.271	12.9	-4.3	0.9
2006	CLE	29	88	288	268	44	86	14	0	13	139	17	58	1	2	0	46	0	1	.321	.361	.519	.294	16.5	1.6	1.8
2006	SEA	29	56	177	164	17	39	7	0	8	70	9	45	2	2	0	17	2	0	.238	.282	.427	.242	-2.4	-0.0	-0.2
2007	SEA	30	99	264	240	27	66	10	0	7	97	17	50	4	3	0	29	2	0	.275	.330	.404	.258	1.4	-2.1	-0.1
2008	TEX	31	26	89	82	8	13	0	0	3	22	5	20	2	0	0	8	0	0	.159	.225	.268	.179	-6.7	-0.0	-0.7
Career			705	2357	2136	275	561	114	13	87	962	171	466	31	15	4	314	15	7	.263	.324	.450	.269	52.6	-15.9	3.6

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
1999	CLN	A	0	23	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.643			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	CHT	AA	0	141	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.244			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	BIL	Rk	0	183	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.446			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	CHT	AA	0	364	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.304			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	STO	A+	30	125	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.303			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	CHT	AA	100	425	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.345			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	CLE	MLB	39	120	.228	.258	.313	.409	.000	.277	102	-4.1	3.2	-1	-1.7	-1.6	-3.4	-0.5	-3.4	-0.5
2002	BUF	AAA	42	182	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.269			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	LOU	AAA	57	230	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.317			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	CLE	MLB	116	429	.269	.267	.324	.426	.000	.268	96	4	11.7	-8	-3.6	0.9	7.6	0.4	7.6	0.4
2003	BUF	AAA	32	132	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.307			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CLE	MLB	139	485	.294	.270	.330	.432	.000	.318	98	18.3	13.3	-9	-5.6	-0.8	26.7	2.1	26.7	2.1
2005	CLE	MLB	142	505	.271	.268	.324	.425	.000	.284	98	5.9	13.4	-9	-4.3	-0.1	12.9	0.9	12.9	0.9
2006	CLE	MLB	88	288	.294	.268	.322	.426	.000	.367	101	11.1	7.9	-5.2	1.6	-0.4	16.5	1.8	16.5	1.8
2006	SEA	MLB	56	177	.242	.269	.326	.421	.000	.274	96	-3.6	4.9	-3.4	-0.0	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2
2007	SEA	MLB	99	264	.258	.262	.320	.407	.000	.317	96	-0.5	7.6	-3.8	-2.1	-0.6	1.4	-0.1	1.4	-0.1
2008	TEX	MLB	26	89	.179	.264	.326	.408	.000	.169	108	-7.8	2.5	-1.6	-0.0	-0.1	-6.7	-0.7	-6.7	-0.7
2008	TEN	AA	2	10	.259	.260	.326	.373	.000	.143	94	0	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	IOW	AAA	16	69	.284	.283	.354	.460	.000	.317	110	1.9	1.9	-0.7	-1.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	SWB	AAA	64	267	.296	.266	.332	.408	.000	.293	97	12	8.3	-4.4	-4.5	-1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	CHR	AAA	7	27	.178	.245	.312	.358	.000	.167	99	-2.4	0.8	-0.5	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	NAV	Wnt	18	74	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.326			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		2357	.269	.267	.324	.423	.259	.297	98	23.3	64.1	-41	-15.7	-2.8	52.6	3.6	52.6	3.6

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
1999	BIL	Rk	183	39	59	11	2	14	48	34	30	1	0	.407	.530	.800	.393	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	CLN	A	23	8	11	4	1	2	6	3	4	0	0	.550	.609	1.150	.600	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	CHT	AA	141	26	27	5	0	8	21	11	41	1	0	.213	.291	.441	.228	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	CHT	AA	364	64	73	8	4	14	51	72	78	15	2	.255	.415	.458	.203	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	STO	A+	125	14	25	5	0	5	21	16	31	0	0	.245	.369	.441	.196	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	CHT	AA	425	81	113	27	0	23	69	61	69	10	3	.320	.431	.592	.272	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	CLE	MLB	120	10	27	4	0	4	9	7	25	0	0	.241	.292	.384	.143	.228	-3.4	-1.7	-0.5
2002	BUF	AAA	182	30	37	8	0	5	21	24	30	0	0	.242	.354	.392	.150	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	LOU	AAA	230	31	51	14	1	11	30	31	50	4	1	.273	.401	.535	.262	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	CLE	MLB	429	53	96	21	3	16	55	32	75	5	2	.249	.312	.443	.194	.269	7.6	-3.6	0.4
2003	BUF	AAA	132	17	30	2	1	3	15	9	29	3	0	.250	.308	.358	.108	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CLE	MLB	485	57	115	28	5	17	82	52	95	4	2	.275	.370	.488	.213	.294	26.7	-5.6	2.1
2005	CLE	MLB	505	59	119	30	5	19	68	32	98	2	2	.255	.307	.464	.208	.271	12.9	-4.3	0.9
2006	CLE	MLB	288	44	86	14	0	13	46	17	58	0	1	.321	.361	.519	.198	.294	16.5	1.6	1.8
2006	SEA	MLB	177	17	39	7	0	8	17	9	45	2	0	.238	.282	.427	.189	.242	-2.4	-0.0	-0.2
2007	SEA	MLB	264	27	66	10	0	7	29	17	50	2	0	.275	.330	.404	.129	.258	1.4	-2.1	-0.1
2008	TEX	MLB	89	8	13	0	0	3	8	5	20	0	0	.159	.225	.268	.110	.179	-6.7	-0.0	-0.7
2008	TEN	AA	10	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	.222	.300	.556	.333	.259	0.0	0.2	0.0
2008	IOW	AAA	69	14	16	2	0	3	13	7	16	0	0	.267	.343	.450	.183	.284	0.0	-1.4	0.0
2008	SWB	AAA	267	44	66	18	1	13	46	18	45	1	0	.276	.350	.523	.247	.296	0.0	-4.5	0.0
2009	CHR	AAA	27	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	.130	.231	.130	.000	.178	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2012	NAV	Wnt	74	11	19	4	0	4	10	5	15	0	0	.297	.378	.547	.250	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2003-03-22	2003-04-06	15-DL	15	5	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	TEX	$3,850,000
2007	SEA	$3,550,000
2006	CLE, SEA	$2,487,500
2005	CLE	$365,000
2004	CLE	$324,100
2003	CLE	$303,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$10,879,600
6 yr	Total	$10,879,600

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 80 d	Derek Braunecker

Details

signed as a free agent from NYY 2/10/09 (minor-league contract)
signed as a free agent from CHC 7/4/08 signed as a free agent from TX 6/12/08 (minor-league contract)
released 5/15/08
designated for assignment 5/8/08 avoided arbitration 1/5/08, 1 year/$3.85M (08)
performance bonus:$30K each 475,500,525,550,575 plate appearances
acquired in trade from SEA 12/12/07 avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$3.55M (07)
acquired in trade from CLE 7/06 (CLE pd SEA cash in deal)
re-signed 1/06, 1 year/$2,487,500 (06)+$50K bonuses ($25K each 525,550 plate appearances) avoided arbitration 1/06 ($2.6M-$2.2M)
re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$0.365M (05) (split contract $259,300 min) re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$M (05) 1 year/$0.3241M (04) recalled 5/03 1 year/$0.303M (03) 3/03
recalled 9/02 optioned to Triple-A 8/02 acquired in trade from CIN 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 40-m 10/01

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Title	Author	Date
The BP Wayback Machine: Projecting the Top of the Crop	Nate Silver	2013-01-18
Minor League Update: The 2005-12 Arizona Fall League All-Stars	Jason Martinez	2012-12-13
Pebble Hunting: Hottest Rumors From Baseball's Winter Meetings in Nashville!	Sam Miller	2012-12-07
The BP Wayback Machine: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2012-12-07
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Kevin Goldstein	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jeff Euston	2012-07-02
Pebble Hunting: The Meaning of Russell Branyan	Sam Miller	2012-03-23
Prospectus Hit and Run: Big Shoes to Fill	Jay Jaffe	2012-02-24
Changing Speeds: The Designated Jester	Ken Funck	2010-05-05
Ahead in the Count: The No Turnover Standings	Matt Swartz	2010-03-15
Red Light, Green Light: Hack or Hold Up?	Dan Malkiel	2009-08-05
Prospectus Q&A: Cody Ross	David Laurila	2009-07-19
Prospectus Hit and Run: Outside Help, AL Central	Jay Jaffe	2009-03-20
Player Profile: Cliff Lee	Marc Normandin	2008-09-11
Player Profile: Cliff Lee	Kevin Goldstein	2008-09-11
Player Profile: Cliff Lee	Eric Seidman	2008-09-11
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2008-08-06
Future Shock: AL Prospect Help	Kevin Goldstein	2008-07-31
Transaction Analysis: AL West Moves and Issues	Christina Kahrl	2008-07-10
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-07-01
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-28
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2008-06-16
Prospectus Matchups: The American League Rumsfeld Numbers	Jim Baker	2008-06-13
Lies, Damned Lies: Projecting the Top of the Crop	Nate Silver	2008-06-05
Prospectus Hit List: Central Powers	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-23
Every Given Sunday: To New Challenges and Old Friends	John Perrotto	2008-04-27
Prospectus Matchups: The Second Annual Knee-Jerk All Stars	Jim Baker	2008-04-11
Every Given Sunday: A Different Feather	John Perrotto	2008-03-09
Team Health Reports: Texas Rangers	Jay Jaffe	2008-03-02
Prospectus Matchups: The 2008 Transient All-Star Team	Jim Baker	2008-02-29
Future Shock: Phillies Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-02-12
Spring Training Preview: AL West	Joe Sheehan	2008-02-04
Transaction Analysis: Challenges and Carousels	Christina Kahrl	2008-01-16
Transaction of the Day: AL West	Christina Kahrl	2007-12-17
On the Beat: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2007-12-02
Lies, Damned Lies: Offseason Plans, AL West	Nate Silver	2007-10-18
Schrodinger's Bat: Taking Advantage	Dan Fox	2007-09-20
Under The Knife: The Madness of Crowds	Will Carroll	2007-09-12
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-08-08
A Little Less Glamour: The Next Trading Deadline	John Perrotto	2007-08-08
The Week In Quotes: July 21-28	Alex Carnevale	2007-07-30
Prospectus Hit List: Pinch-Hitter's Edition	Marc Normandin	2007-07-06
Every Given Sunday: All-Star Selection Time	John Perrotto	2007-07-01
The Week In Quotes: May 1-6	Alex Carnevale	2007-05-07
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the Wests	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-03
Player Profile: Austin Kearns	Marc Normandin	2007-03-29
Transaction Analysis: AL West Catchup and Recent AL Moves	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-07
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 6th	Jay Jaffe	2006-08-09
Lies, Damned Lies: Is Bigger Better?	Nate Silver	2006-08-03
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 2nd	Jay Jaffe	2006-08-02
Transaction Analysis: July 25-26, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-27
Lies, Damned Lies: Playing Matchmaker	Nate Silver	2006-07-27
Prospectus Hit List: Week of July 3	Marc Normandin	2006-07-04
Transaction Analysis: June 30-July 2	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-03
Prospectus Today: Looking Closely	Joe Sheehan	2006-06-29
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 11	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-13
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 4	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-06
Lies, Damned Lies: Is it Still Good to Be the King?	Nate Silver	2006-05-25
Future Shock: AL Central Roundup	Kevin Goldstein	2006-05-23
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 7	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-09
Prospectus Notebook: Reds, Indians, Marlins	Baseball Prospectus	2006-05-05
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 30	Jay Jaffe	2006-05-02
Future Shock: The Clock is Ticking	Kevin Goldstein	2006-04-12
Transaction Analysis: American League, March 30-April 4	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-06
Prospectus Hit List: Preseason Edition	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-03
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Breaks Hearts	Nate Silver	2006-03-29
Transaction Analysis: March 17-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-27
Team Health Reports: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2006-03-23
Fantasy Focus: Future Fantasy Free Agent Battles: Hitters	Jeff Erickson	2006-03-06
Future Shock: State of the Systems: AL Central	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-02
Transaction Analysis: American League, December 15, 2005-February 13, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-02-14
Prospectus Matchups: The Best of the Newest	Jim Baker	2006-01-13
Prospectus Notebook: Red Sox, Indians	Baseball Prospectus	2005-12-30
Prospectus Matchups: Participation Extremes	Jim Baker	2005-12-20
Prospectus Notebook: Indians, Yankees, Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-10-05
Prelude to the Playoffs: Saturday at the Jake	Dave Haller	2005-10-02
Prelude to the Playoffs: Being at the Jake	Dave Haller	2005-10-01
Transaction Analysis: September 1-7	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-08
Prospectus Game of the Week: Cleveland Indians @ Toronto Blue Jays, 8/28/05	Jonah Keri	2005-08-30
Transaction Analysis: August 9-15	Christina Kahrl	2005-08-17
Transaction Analysis: August 1-4	Christina Kahrl	2005-08-05
Transaction Analysis: July 26-27	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-28
Can Of Corn: Putting the Park Back in Park Factors	Dayn Perry	2005-07-26
Transaction Analysis: July 14-19, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-21
Lies, Damned Lies: A Tribe Called Mess	Nate Silver	2005-06-08
Prospectus Triple Play: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2005-05-19
Fantasy Focus: Fantasy Trends--AL Central	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-25
Transaction Analysis: April 5-14, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-16
Team Health Reports: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2005-03-18
Prospectus Today: Up and Down	Joe Sheehan	2005-02-28
Prospectus Today: Excitement on the Reservation	Joe Sheehan	2004-08-12
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-07-14
Under The Knife: Twin Killings	Will Carroll	2004-04-07
Prospectus Today: AL Preview	Joe Sheehan	2004-04-03
Team Health Reports: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2004-03-05
Live from the (Mock) Winter Meetings: Team-by-Team Breakdowns	Rany Jazayerli	2003-12-11
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-09-19
Under The Knife: Como Esta, Erstad?	Will Carroll	2003-05-22
Transaction Analysis: May 12-14, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-05-17
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-16
Under The Knife: Wednesday Wonkiness	Will Carroll	2003-05-14
Under The Knife: Technically Speaking	Will Carroll	2003-05-13
Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-09
Breaking Balls: Fly Catching	Derek Zumsteg	2003-03-27
Under The Knife: Pizza Feeds and Painful Pelvic Problems	Will Carroll	2003-03-18
Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-13
Team Health Reports: Team Health Report: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2003-02-10
Transaction Analysis: September 11-15, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-09-17
Transaction Analysis: August 4-7, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-12
Transaction Analysis: August 1-3, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-06
Transaction Analysis: July 29, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-31
Transaction Analysis: July 28, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-30
Transaction Analysis: July 15-21, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-24
Transaction Analysis: June 18-24, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-06-26
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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2009-12-01 13:00:00	What do you think of Sin Soo Choo? Can he improve upon last years performance? Is last years performance even sustainable? (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	Shin-Soo Choo is pretty great. I don't think he needs to improve on last year, given he's a legit line drive hitter with some power, on-base skills, great baserunning skills and the ability to play at least average defense. Can you believe that he was acquired for Ben Broussard? (Marc Normandin)
2009-12-01 13:00:00	Marc Normandin: Shin-Soo Choo is pretty great. I don't think he needs to improve on last year, given he's a legit line drive hitter with some power, on-base skills, great baserunning skills and the ability to play at least average defense. Can you believe that he was acquired for Ben Broussard? God Bless Seattle :) (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	It's funny, because he's the kind of player the current Seattle front office would drool over. I have to wrap things up folks, as I have to finish some baseball-related things I was working on that made me late for the chat in the first place. (Marc Normandin)
2008-08-15 15:00:00	Is there any chance the Reds are considering/will consider making Micah Owings a position player? Would that be a good, mediocre, or miserable idea? (Scott from Ann Arbor, MI)	I really doubt they're considering anything of the sort, nor should they. Owings can be a valuable part of a big-league rotation, but might only make a mediocre first baseman or corner outfielder. It's easier to find a Ben Broussard type than a third or fourth starter. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-06 13:00:00	In that case, Jay, would you move Broussard to first base? I know his offense would be less valuable there and Chris Davis is imminent, but Taylor Teagarden is looming on the horizon as well-and that guy's as natural a catcher as we've had since Pudge. (Or from Dallas)	IANOPG - I am not our prospects guy, Kevin Goldstein is. But from where i sit, I'd say that since the Rangers aren't about to threaten to win anything this year, their best shot is letting the kids develop. Salty looks as though he needs another year in the minors based on last season's performance; might as well make sure he gets 1B down while he's down there. Teagarden, though he rates highly as a defender, needs to show he can make it through a full season behind the plate. Davis, who just completed Double-A, certainly looks like a monster on paper, but besides his power he's got only marginal plate discipline (150/35 K/BB last year) and is a bad defender. In other words, if I'm the GM it's time to meet your new stopgap 1B, Ben Broussard. (Jay Jaffe)

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