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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
14	7432	.266	.325	.442	.264	17.5

Birth Date	4-6-1969
Height	5' 10"
Weight	185 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
1992	SEA	23	33	135	129	15	25	4	0	4	41	4	34	1	0	1	15	1	1	.194	.224	.318	.185	-6.6	2.2	-0.5
1993	SEA	24	76	302	271	31	68	12	2	12	120	17	52	4	4	6	38	2	3	.251	.301	.443	.270	12.5	-10.2	0.2
1994	CIN	25	108	424	381	59	122	25	2	12	187	24	74	8	6	5	68	3	4	.320	.368	.491	.290	25.9	-6.0	1.9
1995	CIN	26	138	570	513	63	137	34	2	15	220	41	84	6	5	5	68	5	1	.267	.326	.429	.256	19.7	-8.4	1.1
1996	CIN	27	142	568	520	56	121	21	3	12	184	31	100	3	9	5	69	3	2	.233	.275	.354	.226	-6.1	0.9	-0.5
1997	CIN	28	139	501	443	40	99	25	1	7	147	45	101	4	5	4	46	5	5	.223	.298	.332	.220	-10.3	-4.0	-1.4
1998	CIN	29	157	648	583	76	155	38	1	24	267	48	104	4	4	9	95	6	4	.266	.324	.458	.257	18.3	0.8	1.9
1999	ATL	30	152	671	608	102	153	38	1	20	253	47	112	5	2	9	63	14	9	.252	.310	.416	.252	11.3	14.6	2.4
2000	SDN	31	127	525	463	61	116	18	2	19	195	50	97	5	7	0	74	8	4	.251	.326	.421	.250	12.9	-10.8	0.2
2001	SEA	32	158	690	623	118	206	37	3	37	360	40	110	9	13	5	141	5	5	.331	.372	.578	.330	70.5	-6.0	6.4
2002	SEA	33	155	675	608	88	169	34	3	24	281	53	102	6	6	2	107	12	5	.278	.339	.462	.285	32.9	-10.5	2.3
2003	SEA	34	159	705	622	111	183	35	5	35	333	68	125	7	7	1	117	16	3	.294	.366	.535	.307	54.6	-3.5	5.1
2004	SEA	35	148	658	593	74	149	30	0	24	251	56	135	3	4	2	83	10	5	.251	.317	.423	.248	4.9	-8.7	-0.4
2005	MIN	36	14	58	53	3	9	0	0	0	9	4	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	.170	.241	.170	.138	-6.6	-1.6	-0.8
2005	SEA	36	74	302	273	30	63	15	3	7	105	24	52	3	1	1	34	4	2	.231	.299	.385	.242	-0.7	-3.1	-0.4
Career			1780	7432	6683	927	1775	366	28	252	2953	552	1295	69	73	55	1021	94	53	.266	.325	.442	.264	233.2	-54.3	17.5

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
1990	PEN	A+	74	303	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.316			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	JAX	AA	139	556	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.305			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	SEA	MLB	33	135	.185	.253	.317	.375	.000	.231	102	-9.8	3.5	-0.1	2.2	-0.1	-6.6	-0.5	-6.6	-0.5
1992	CLG	AAA	118	511	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.369			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	SEA	MLB	76	302	.270	.261	.329	.401	.000	.265	100	3.1	8.7	-0.5	-10.2	-2.7	12.5	0.2	12.5	0.2
1993	CLG	AAA	71	309	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.399			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	CIN	MLB	108	424	.290	.266	.323	.408	.000	.365	101	14.4	12.9	-0.6	-6.0	-1.5	25.9	1.9	25.9	1.9
1995	CIN	MLB	138	570	.256	.261	.323	.401	.000	.291	103	-2.4	17.1	-0.8	-8.4	0.0	19.7	1.1	19.7	1.1
1996	CIN	MLB	142	568	.226	.261	.323	.403	.000	.261	101	-22.4	17.6	-0.8	0.9	-0.6	-6.1	-0.5	-6.1	-0.5
1997	CIN	MLB	139	501	.220	.256	.318	.400	.000	.271	102	-21.9	13.3	-0.7	-4.0	1.3	-10.3	-1.4	-10.3	-1.4
1997	IND	AAA	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.400			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	CIN	MLB	157	648	.257	.263	.326	.411	.000	.285	100	-2.1	16.8	-0.9	0.8	1.6	18.3	1.9	18.3	1.9
1999	ATL	MLB	152	671	.252	.267	.333	.427	.000	.278	95	-6.7	18.2	-1	14.6	-0.1	11.3	2.4	11.3	2.4
2000	SDN	MLB	127	525	.250	.269	.335	.436	.000	.274	94	-6	14.5	-0.8	-10.8	4.1	12.9	0.2	12.9	0.2
2001	SEA	MLB	158	690	.330	.270	.330	.429	.000	.346	95	53.1	18.9	-1.1	-6.0	0.9	70.5	6.4	70.5	6.4
2002	SEA	MLB	155	675	.285	.261	.323	.418	.000	.297	95	18.3	18.0	-1	-10.5	-1.2	32.9	2.3	32.9	2.3
2003	SEA	MLB	159	705	.307	.263	.323	.420	.000	.316	98	36.3	19.2	-1	-3.5	-0.1	54.6	5.1	54.6	5.1
2004	SEA	MLB	148	658	.248	.269	.329	.427	.000	.285	97	-8.4	18.0	-0.9	-8.7	-3.2	4.9	-0.4	4.9	-0.4
2005	MIN	MLB	14	58	.138	.264	.321	.411	.000	.225	97	-7.5	1.5	-0.1	-1.6	-0.3	-6.6	-0.8	-6.6	-0.8
2005	SEA	MLB	74	302	.242	.260	.318	.411	.000	.260	96	-5.7	8.0	-0.4	-3.1	-3.0	-0.7	-0.4	-0.7	-0.4
2008	COH	AAA	13	55	.248	.270	.331	.414	.000	.343	101	-0.7	1.6	-0.2	-0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		7432	.264	.264	.326	.415	.256	.292	98	32.3	206.2	-10.7	-54.3	-4.9	233.2	17.5	233.2	17.5

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
1990	PEN	A+	303	42	68	13	2	8	38	47	57	5	2	.267	.383	.427	.161	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	JAX	AA	556	64	121	18	1	19	75	72	123	9	9	.255	.358	.417	.162	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	SEA	MLB	135	15	25	4	0	4	15	4	34	1	1	.194	.224	.318	.124	.185	-6.6	2.2	-0.5
1992	CLG	AAA	511	73	138	26	5	13	73	60	88	17	12	.314	.402	.485	.171	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	SEA	MLB	302	31	68	12	2	12	38	17	52	2	3	.251	.301	.443	.192	.270	12.5	-10.2	0.2
1993	CLG	AAA	309	48	91	18	3	8	56	28	58	3	8	.332	.396	.507	.175	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	CIN	MLB	424	59	122	25	2	12	68	24	74	3	4	.320	.368	.491	.171	.290	25.9	-6.0	1.9
1995	CIN	MLB	570	63	137	34	2	15	68	41	84	5	1	.267	.326	.429	.162	.256	19.7	-8.4	1.1
1996	CIN	MLB	568	56	121	21	3	12	69	31	100	3	2	.233	.275	.354	.121	.226	-6.1	0.9	-0.5
1997	CIN	MLB	501	40	99	25	1	7	46	45	101	5	5	.223	.298	.332	.108	.220	-10.3	-4.0	-1.4
1997	IND	AAA	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	.286	.444	.429	.143	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	CIN	MLB	648	76	155	38	1	24	95	48	104	6	4	.266	.324	.458	.192	.257	18.3	0.8	1.9
1999	ATL	MLB	671	102	153	38	1	20	63	47	112	14	9	.252	.310	.416	.164	.252	11.3	14.6	2.4
2000	SDN	MLB	525	61	116	18	2	19	74	50	97	8	4	.251	.326	.421	.171	.250	12.9	-10.8	0.2
2001	SEA	MLB	690	118	206	37	3	37	141	40	110	5	5	.331	.372	.578	.247	.330	70.5	-6.0	6.4
2002	SEA	MLB	675	88	169	34	3	24	107	53	102	12	5	.278	.339	.462	.184	.285	32.9	-10.5	2.3
2003	SEA	MLB	705	111	183	35	5	35	117	68	125	16	3	.294	.366	.535	.241	.307	54.6	-3.5	5.1
2004	SEA	MLB	658	74	149	30	0	24	83	56	135	10	5	.251	.317	.423	.172	.248	4.9	-8.7	-0.4
2005	MIN	MLB	58	3	9	0	0	0	3	4	13	0	0	.170	.241	.170	.000	.138	-6.6	-1.6	-0.8
2005	SEA	MLB	302	30	63	15	3	7	34	24	52	4	2	.231	.299	.385	.154	.242	-0.7	-3.1	-0.4
2008	COH	AAA	55	4	12	4	0	0	8	6	11	1	0	.261	.346	.348	.087	.248	0.0	-0.5	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2000-08-27	2000-10-01	15-DL	35	32	Right	Knee	Contusion		-	-
1996-04-25	1996-04-30	DTD	5	3	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
1996-04-01	1996-04-16	15-DL	15	13	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Loose Bodies	1996-04-05	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	SEA	$9,000,000
2004	SEA	$8,000,000
2003	SEA	$8,000,000
2002	SEA	$8,000,000
2001	SEA	$3,250,000
2000	SDN	$3,750,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$40,000,000
6 yr	Total	$40,000,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 91 d	AKatz/TReich

Details

FA 2/18/08 (minor-league contract)
released 12/07 retired 3/06
signed as a free agent from MIN 1/06 (minor-league contract)
released 8/05 acquired in trade from SEA 7/05 designated for assignment 7/05
3 year/$25M (02-04)+$9M 05 vesting option
$0.25M salary esc for 10-pl finish in 03 MVP vote (04:$8.25M, 05:$8.25M)
$50K All Star bonuses
02-04:$8M/year, 05:$9M option vests with 450 plate appearances in `04, 01:1 year/$3.25M+$1M in poss bonuses, accepted arbitration 12/01

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2010-01-06 13:00:00	Jay, since I'll be under a pile of work when the HoF announcement is made, I've tried to come up with a question that will cover every conceivable issue raised by the results: What does the (election/stagnant support/dropping off the ballot) of (Andre Dawson/Bert Blyleven/David Segui) say about the BBWAA's general attitude towards (impatient mustache aficionados/Dutch Old Masters/ill-considered bleach jobs)? Does the dramatic falling off of the ballot of (Karros/Raines/McGwire) mean baseball will change the composition of the Veterans Committee in order to better represent (the undead/people with a basic understanding of baseball/chicks who dig the long ball)? (Nick Stone from New York, NY)	Too funny! I definitely think that the disappearance of Segui from the ballot is a shot across the bow at those ill-considered bleach jobs, and that the road to the Hall just got considerably longer for Mike Piazza, Alex Rodriguez, and Bret Boone. The disappearance of Karros from the ballot means that the VC will be changed to better accommodate the undead. (Jay Jaffe)

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