Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
9	1223	.271	.332	.384	.250	1.9

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
1998	BOS	27	39	106	96	10	27	6	0	1	36	7	20	2	0	1	15	1	0	.281	.343	.375	.249	2.4	-0.2	0.2
1999	BOS	28	43	140	126	18	32	7	0	1	42	8	16	2	1	3	13	0	0	.254	.307	.333	.219	-3.1	0.9	-0.2
2000	BOS	29	40	139	128	10	41	11	2	0	56	4	22	1	2	4	18	1	0	.320	.341	.438	.245	0.6	0.5	0.1
2001	BOS	30	52	159	146	21	39	10	0	3	58	6	31	3	2	2	13	2	1	.267	.306	.397	.244	3.9	-0.8	0.3
2002	BOS	31	84	222	194	28	48	12	2	4	76	20	35	5	1	2	18	1	2	.247	.332	.392	.257	2.4	2.6	0.5
2003	BOS	32	15	34	30	4	7	1	0	0	8	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.324	.267	.223	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
2003	SDN	32	65	179	151	20	41	7	2	1	55	22	33	1	3	2	17	2	3	.272	.362	.364	.274	11.0	0.3	1.1
2004	CLE	33	71	214	190	25	55	12	1	4	81	14	41	3	3	4	28	1	2	.289	.343	.426	.263	3.3	-2.0	0.1
2005	ANA	34	5	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.153	-0.5	0.3	-0.0
2006	CLE	35	9	23	19	1	4	1	0	0	5	2	5	0	0	2	1	1	0	.211	.286	.263	.185	-1.9	-0.4	-0.2
Career			423	1223	1085	138	294	67	7	14	417	88	213	17	13	20	125	9	8	.271	.332	.384	.250	17.8	1.1	1.9

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	FTL	A+	44	174	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.281			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	SAR	A+	113	479	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.323			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	TRN	AA	93	381	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.313			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	TRN	AA	28	110	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.253			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	PAW	AAA	38	132	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	TRN	AA	0	297	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.357			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	PAW	AAA	0	184	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.314			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	BOS	MLB	39	106	.249	.263	.336	.422	.000	.347	100	-1.3	2.9	-0.1	-0.2	0.4	2.4	0.2	2.4	0.2
1998	PAW	AAA	0	112	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.388			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	BOS	MLB	43	140	.219	.283	.348	.442	.000	.282	96	-6.6	3.9	1	0.9	0.1	-3.1	-0.2	-3.1	-0.2
1999	PAW	AAA	0	268	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.310			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BOS	MLB	40	139	.245	.273	.341	.439	.000	.380	93	-2.5	3.9	0.6	0.5	-1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
2000	PAW	AAA	0	42	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.429			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BOS	MLB	52	159	.244	.272	.330	.429	.000	.316	96	-2.7	4.4	2	-0.8	-0.9	3.9	0.3	3.9	0.3
2001	PAW	AAA	52	218	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.299			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	BOS	MLB	84	222	.257	.265	.326	.415	.000	.282	99	-0.7	5.9	-0.1	2.6	-1.3	2.4	0.5	2.4	0.5
2002	PAW	AAA	8	28	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.227			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	BOS	MLB	15	34	.223	.263	.325	.418	.000	.318	98	-1.4	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0
2003	SDN	MLB	65	179	.274	.264	.333	.420	.000	.333	94	2.7	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.7	11.0	1.1	11.0	1.1
2003	LEL	A+	5	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.444			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CLE	MLB	71	214	.263	.272	.333	.440	.000	.345	98	0.6	5.8	-2.7	-2.0	-1.1	3.3	0.1	3.3	0.1
2004	MHV	A-	2	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	ANA	MLB	5	7	.153	.249	.308	.382	.000	.000	103	-0.8	0.2	0	0.3	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0
2005	SLC	AAA	6	28	.271	.298	.376	.493	.000	.400	115	0.3	0.7	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	CLE	MLB	9	23	.185	.257	.313	.417	.000	.286	100	-1.9	0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2
2006	BUF	AAA	91	374	.267	.262	.328	.401	.000	.314	103	2.6	9.6	-3	4.3	-1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SAC	AAA	110	446	.246	.292	.355	.461	.000	.282	94	-7.5	13.6	1.4	-4.1	-2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		1223	.250	.270	.333	.428	.262	.321	97	-14.6	33.2	2	1.1	-2.5	17.8	1.9	17.8	1.9

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	FTL	A+	174	14	38	1	1	2	21	13	26	1	1	.244	.306	.301	.058	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	SAR	A+	479	59	120	16	2	1	63	36	57	5	2	.286	.348	.341	.055	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	TRN	AA	381	42	88	16	1	1	30	39	50	7	7	.277	.364	.343	.066	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	TRN	AA	110	11	22	6	1	3	16	9	18	0	2	.232	.327	.411	.179	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	PAW	AAA	132	19	29	6	0	1	12	10	20	0	1	.252	.318	.330	.078	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	TRN	AA	297	49	79	17	4	5	37	30	43	3	2	.310	.407	.467	.157	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	PAW	AAA	184	24	49	10	0	5	24	15	20	0	2	.297	.370	.448	.152	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	PAW	AAA	112	17	34	3	1	8	22	16	13	2	2	.386	.518	.716	.330	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	BOS	MLB	106	10	27	6	0	1	15	7	20	1	0	.281	.343	.375	.094	.249	2.4	-0.2	0.2
1999	PAW	AAA	268	45	64	14	1	7	36	30	38	1	1	.279	.384	.441	.162	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	BOS	MLB	140	18	32	7	0	1	13	8	16	0	0	.254	.307	.333	.079	.219	-3.1	0.9	-0.2
2000	PAW	AAA	42	6	16	2	0	1	5	3	3	0	1	.410	.452	.538	.128	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BOS	MLB	139	10	41	11	2	0	18	4	22	1	0	.320	.341	.438	.117	.245	0.6	0.5	0.1
2001	PAW	AAA	218	30	51	12	0	4	20	15	37	2	0	.262	.326	.385	.123	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BOS	MLB	159	21	39	10	0	3	13	6	31	2	1	.267	.306	.397	.130	.244	3.9	-0.8	0.3
2002	PAW	AAA	28	1	5	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	.200	.259	.280	.080	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	BOS	MLB	222	28	48	12	2	4	18	20	35	1	2	.247	.332	.392	.144	.257	2.4	2.6	0.5
2003	LEL	A+	21	3	9	3	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	.474	.500	.789	.316	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	BOS	MLB	34	4	7	1	0	0	1	4	8	0	0	.233	.324	.267	.033	.223	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
2003	SDN	MLB	179	20	41	7	2	1	17	22	33	2	3	.272	.362	.364	.093	.274	11.0	0.3	1.1
2004	MHV	A-	8	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	.250	.250	.625	.375	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CLE	MLB	214	25	55	12	1	4	28	14	41	1	2	.289	.343	.426	.137	.263	3.3	-2.0	0.1
2005	SLC	AAA	28	6	8	3	0	0	6	2	5	0	0	.320	.393	.440	.120	.271	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2005	ANA	MLB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.000	.153	-0.5	0.3	-0.0
2006	BUF	AAA	374	33	94	22	0	7	38	29	49	0	2	.285	.359	.415	.130	.267	0.0	4.3	0.0
2006	CLE	MLB	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	.211	.286	.263	.053	.185	-1.9	-0.4	-0.2
2007	SAC	AAA	446	47	100	21	2	3	39	40	51	1	4	.254	.324	.341	.087	.246	0.0	-4.1	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2005-05-02	2005-10-17	60-DL	168	137	Right	Ankle	Surgery	Torn Ligaments	2005-05-12
2004-08-09	2004-09-01	15-DL	23	21	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2003-06-08	2003-07-04	15-DL	26	23	Right	Knee	Contusion		-
2001-06-06	2001-06-21	15-DL	15	13	Left	Elbow	Contusion		-
1998-06-29	1998-09-12	60-DL	75	66	Left	Knee	Inflammation	Patellar Tendinitis	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	ANA	$500,000
2004	CLE	$560,000
2003	SDN, BOS	$560,000
2002	BOS	$290,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$1,910,000
4 yr	Total	$1,910,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 81 d

Details

Fa-CLE 1/07 (minor-league contract)
recalled 9/06 optioned to Triple-A 6/06 contract purchased 5/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from LAA 12/05 (minor-league contract)
contract purchased 4/05 signed as a free agent from CLE 1/05, 1 year/$0.5M (05) (minor-league contract) contract purchased 4/04 signed as a free agent from BOS 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.56M (04)
non-tendered 12/03
acquired in trade from SD 8/03 claimed off waivers from BOS 3/03
1 year/$0.56M (03) 1/03 (avoided arbitration, $0.625M-$0.45M) optioned to Triple-A 4/02 1 year/$0.29M (02) 3/02
recalled 9/01 optioned to Triple-A 7/01 recalled 6/01

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Title	Author	Date
Western Front: A Haphazard History of Halos at the Hot Corner	Geoff Young	2012-01-17
Prospectus Hit and Run: A Night in the Life of Team Entropy	Jay Jaffe	2011-09-28
Minor Issues: Kangaroo Court, with Brad Ziegler	David Laurila	2010-06-30
Minor Issues: Broadcasting the Minors, with Andy Freed; part 2	David Laurila	2010-05-05
Playoff Prospectus: ALDS Game Three, Red Sox versus Angels	David Laurila	2009-10-12
Prospectus Q&A: Peter Gammons and Lou Merloni	David Laurila	2008-10-06
The Week In Quotes: September 15-21	Alex Carnevale	2008-09-22
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-04-12
Player Profile: Khalil Greene	Marc Normandin	2007-04-25
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the Wests	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-03
Transaction Analysis: AL West Catchup and Recent AL Moves	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-07
Transaction Analysis: September 18-21, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-22
Future Shock: Division Roundup, AL Central, 7/11/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-07-11
Transaction Analysis: June 8-12, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-13
Transaction Analysis: May 15-18	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-19
Transaction Analysis: March 17-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-27
Prospectus Notebook: Red Sox, Indians	Baseball Prospectus	2005-12-30
Transaction Analysis: December 7-13	Christina Kahrl	2005-12-14
Transaction Analysis: September 1-7	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-08
Transaction Analysis: April 26- May 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-09
Transaction Analysis: April 14-19, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-21
Transaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-12
Transaction Analysis: The Wests, etc.	Christina Kahrl	2005-03-25
Transaction Analysis: September 30-October 26, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-11-03
Transaction Analysis: August 30-September 15	Christina Kahrl	2004-09-17
Transaction Analysis: August 11-16, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-08-19
Under The Knife: Twin Killings	Will Carroll	2004-04-07
Transaction Analysis: March 31-April 5, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-04-06
Transaction Analysis: January 12-February 6, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-02-11
Playoff Prospectus: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees	Gary Huckabay	2003-10-08
Playoff Prospectus: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees	Nate Silver	2003-10-08
Playoff Prospectus: Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics	Gary Huckabay	2003-10-01
Transaction Analysis: August 25-September 21	Christina Kahrl	2003-09-25
Can Of Corn: Sharing the Credit	Dayn Perry	2003-09-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-08-22
Transaction Analysis: July 3-8, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-07-09
Transaction Analysis: June 6-9	Christina Kahrl	2003-06-13
Box Lunch: The Week in Box Scores, April 7-13	Keith Scherer	2003-04-15
Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-09
Prospectus Today: Solving the Jeter Problem	Joe Sheehan	2003-04-02
Breaking Balls: Getting Defensive: The Basics	Derek Zumsteg	2003-03-04
From The Mailbag: Rick Peterson, Assorted Injuries, and the Devil Rays	Baseball Prospectus	2003-02-19
Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-13
Transaction Analysis: August 22-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-29
Transaction Analysis: June 9-10, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-06-12
Transaction Analysis: April 30-May 11, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-13
Transaction Analysis: April 25-29, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-01
Transaction Analysis: April 18-20, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-22
Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-02
From The Mailbag: Stadia, Transactions Fun, and Ben Davis	Baseball Prospectus	2001-06-04

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