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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
9 1818 .216 .307 .393 .246 6.3
Birth Date11-14-1973
Height6' 0"
Weight195 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
1995 NYA 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .003 -0.5 0.0 -0.0
1996 NYA 22 46 106 88 17 25 6 1 2 39 13 26 2 2 1 16 6 2 .284 .381 .443 .292 7.1 2.8 0.9
1997 SDN 23 17 22 20 2 5 1 0 0 6 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 .318 .300 .222 -0.6 0.2 -0.0
1998 SDN 24 95 204 172 31 36 7 2 6 65 28 52 2 1 1 29 5 1 .209 .325 .378 .264 7.0 1.7 0.9
1999 SDN 25 147 475 411 65 80 16 1 23 167 55 143 5 4 0 48 18 7 .195 .295 .406 .239 1.2 12.7 1.3
2000 SDN 26 135 479 423 62 88 18 6 17 169 44 137 10 2 0 57 8 4 .208 .296 .400 .243 10.8 3.8 1.4
2001 CIN 27 117 290 263 37 67 13 1 10 112 21 83 5 1 0 34 6 3 .255 .321 .426 .257 3.3 5.2 0.8
2002 TEX 28 69 186 158 17 33 4 0 4 49 17 45 5 2 4 14 4 2 .209 .302 .310 .226 -0.1 10.5 1.0
2003 SFN 29 31 55 50 6 9 2 0 2 17 5 14 0 0 0 4 1 0 .180 .255 .340 .204 -1.7 1.6 -0.0
Career66218181586237343671164624185510291262035020.216.307.393.24626.538.66.3

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
1993 ONE A- 55 240 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .347 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 GRB A 105 457 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .352 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 TAM A+ 34 143 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 NYA MLB 5 1 .003 .269 .307 .406 .000 .000 105 -0.3 0.0 0 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0
1995 NRW AA 71 306 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .388 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 COH AAA 48 204 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYA MLB 46 106 .292 .278 .351 .439 .000 .371 101 4 3.3 -0.4 2.8 -1.6 7.1 0.9 7.1 0.9
1996 COH AAA 101 412 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SDN MLB 17 22 .222 .252 .315 .377 .000 .455 96 -0.9 0.6 0 0.2 0.1 -0.6 -0.0 -0.6 -0.0
1997 RCU A+ 0 26 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .231 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LVG AAA 0 50 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .407 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SDN MLB 95 204 .264 .265 .328 .416 .000 .261 91 0.9 5.3 -1.4 1.7 2.4 7.0 0.9 7.0 0.9
1998 LVG AAA 0 115 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .203 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SDN MLB 147 475 .239 .267 .335 .428 .000 .229 96 -11.9 12.9 1.3 12.7 -1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3
2000 SDN MLB 135 479 .243 .265 .335 .430 .000 .262 95 -9.7 13.2 1.4 3.8 5.3 10.8 1.4 10.8 1.4
2000 LVG AAA 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CIN MLB 117 290 .257 .261 .326 .424 .000 .333 102 -0.9 7.8 -0.3 5.2 -3.1 3.3 0.8 3.3 0.8
2002 TEX MLB 69 186 .226 .256 .313 .412 .000 .261 105 -6.7 5.0 0.5 10.5 1.3 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.0
2002 TUL AA 59 237 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .362 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OKL AAA 27 112 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .294 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SFN MLB 31 55 .204 .264 .332 .423 .000 .206 101 -3.3 1.4 -0.1 1.6 1.0 -1.7 -0.0 -1.7 -0.0
2003 BOW AA 41 143 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .218 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OTT AAA 14 54 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .529 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TAM A+ 6 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .182 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CHR AAA 107 377 .268 .262 .327 .398 .000 .279 102 3 9.6 -3.6 7.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 MAZ Wnt 68 285 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .247 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PAN int 4 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MXC Wnt 1 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1818.246.264.331.425.257.27297-28.849.5138.64.026.56.326.56.3

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
1993 ONE A- 240 45 55 7 6 13 47 32 66 12 5 .276 .388 .568 .291 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 GRB A 457 83 115 24 3 28 81 47 125 36 5 .287 .374 .573 .285 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 TAM A+ 143 18 35 4 3 5 20 8 38 12 5 .261 .308 .448 .187 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 COH AAA 204 37 47 8 2 15 35 26 62 8 4 .270 .374 .598 .328 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 NRW AA 306 49 75 16 8 9 39 37 77 16 8 .293 .405 .523 .230 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 NYA MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .003 -0.5 0.0 -0.0
1996 COH AAA 412 59 85 20 4 10 46 40 96 15 10 .235 .324 .395 .160 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYA MLB 106 17 25 6 1 2 16 13 26 6 2 .284 .381 .443 .159 .292 7.1 2.8 0.9
1997 RCU A+ 26 6 4 1 0 1 3 3 9 1 0 .174 .269 .348 .174 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LVG AAA 50 6 12 5 1 1 6 1 20 1 0 .250 .280 .458 .208 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SDN MLB 22 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 9 2 1 .250 .318 .300 .050 .222 -0.6 0.2 -0.0
1998 LVG AAA 115 9 15 3 0 3 11 11 42 4 0 .144 .226 .260 .115 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SDN MLB 204 31 36 7 2 6 29 28 52 5 1 .209 .325 .378 .169 .264 7.0 1.7 0.9
1999 SDN MLB 475 65 80 16 1 23 48 55 143 18 7 .195 .295 .406 .212 .239 1.2 12.7 1.3
2000 LVG AAA 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SDN MLB 479 62 88 18 6 17 57 44 137 8 4 .208 .296 .400 .191 .243 10.8 3.8 1.4
2001 CIN MLB 290 37 67 13 1 10 34 21 83 6 3 .255 .321 .426 .171 .257 3.3 5.2 0.8
2002 TUL AA 237 38 64 17 4 10 43 23 46 4 3 .312 .395 .580 .268 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OKL AAA 112 19 27 2 4 7 23 13 23 2 0 .276 .366 .592 .316 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TEX MLB 186 17 33 4 0 4 14 17 45 4 2 .209 .302 .310 .101 .226 -0.1 10.5 1.0
2003 BOW AA 143 17 25 5 1 6 20 12 35 0 1 .195 .275 .391 .195 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OTT AAA 54 12 20 3 2 2 7 4 12 2 0 .417 .481 .688 .271 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SFN MLB 55 6 9 2 0 2 4 5 14 1 0 .180 .255 .340 .160 .204 -1.7 1.6 -0.0
2005 TAM A+ 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 .118 .211 .118 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CHR AAA 377 52 79 18 2 16 42 32 90 4 1 .239 .324 .450 .211 .268 0.0 7.9 0.0
2011 MAZ Wnt 285 38 50 7 1 11 30 49 58 5 2 .221 .370 .407 .186 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PAN int 15 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 .214 .267 .429 .214 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MXC Wnt 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .750 .800 .750 .000 .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
2000-04-16 2000-05-05 15-DL 19 16 Left Wrist Inflammation Reactive Arthritis - -
1997-05-29 1997-08-13 TradedDL 76 70 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Rotator Cuff Inflammation 1997-02-28 -
1997-04-01 1997-05-29 60-DL 58 51 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Rotator Cuff Inflammation 1997-02-28 -
1997-02-28 1997-04-01 Camp 32 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff Inflammation 1997-02-28 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 SFN $500,000
2001 CIN $1,000,000
2000 SDN $700,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,200,000
3 yrTotal$2,200,000

 

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Details
  • FA 3/06 (minor-league contract)

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The Lineup Card: 11 Favorite Baserunning MemoriesBaseball Prospectus2013-04-24
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Painting the Black: What's Wrong With Wil Myers?R.J. Anderson2012-11-26
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The Lineup Card: 11 Memories From Watching Our First World SeriesBaseball Prospectus2012-10-24
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The Lineup Card: 10 Washed-Up Vets We Want to See AgainBaseball Prospectus2012-07-11
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Western Front: They Came from Across the SeaGeoff Young2012-04-17
The Lineup Card: 14 Choices for 2012 Breakout PlayersBaseball Prospectus2012-02-29
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Big Shoes to FillJay Jaffe2012-02-24
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This article requires BP Premium accessDominican Winter League Report: End of the Regular SeasonCarlos J. Lugo2004-01-09
This article requires BP Premium accessDominican Winter League Report: Down the Stretch They ComeCarlos J. Lugo2003-12-22
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: July 3-8, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-07-09
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