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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
15 53 .093 .188 .093 .132 2.4
Birth Date8-7-1967
Height6' 3"
Weight205 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
1989 PHI 21 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .072 -3.0 -0.1 -0.3
1990 PHI 22 12 20 16 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .176 5.5 0.5 0.6
1991 PHI 23 12 19 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .158 .059 .091 -2.7 1.2 -0.2
1993 CLE 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.6 0.5
1994 CLE 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.9 1.2
1995 CLE 27 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 -0.1
1996 CAL 28 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -0.5
1999 NYA 31 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 0.1
2000 NYA 32 63 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .392 -4.6 -0.5 -0.5
2001 KCA 33 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.4
2002 KCA 34 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.9
2003 KCA 35 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.8
2004 BAL 36 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2004 KCA 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.1
2005 BAL 37 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.4
2006 ARI 38 19 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .018 -2.2 -0.4 -0.2
Career5535343440004513005200.093.188.093.132-7.01.52.4

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
1986 UTI A- 14 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 SPA A 23 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 REA AA 5 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PHI MLB 4 7 .072 .229 .308 .352 .000 .000 99 -1.3 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3
1990 PHI MLB 12 20 .176 .246 .301 .370 .000 .214 96 -1.7 0.0 2.8 0.5 -0.2 1.3 0.2 5.5 0.6
1990 SWB AAA 22 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .091 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 PHI MLB 12 19 .091 .252 .301 .368 .000 .091 98 -3.2 0.0 2.6 1.2 -0.0 -0.5 0.1 -2.7 -0.2
1991 SWB AAA 10 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 TUC AAA 26 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 CLE MLB 10 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
1994 CLE MLB 14 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
1995 CLE MLB 15 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1996 CAL MLB 35 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5
1999 NYA MLB 55 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
2000 NYA MLB 63 3 .392 .286 .328 .434 .000 .000 94 0.5 0.1 0.5 -0.5 -0.2 1.2 0.1 -4.6 -0.5
2001 KCA MLB 73 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
2002 KCA MLB 70 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
2003 KCA MLB 76 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
2004 BAL MLB 41 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.0
2004 KCA MLB 32 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
2005 BAL MLB 22 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4
2006 ARI MLB 19 4 .018 .276 .330 .451 .000 .000 109 -1.1 0.1 0.7 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2
CareerMLB53.132.250.306.376.251.13398-6.80.27.51.5-0.61.70.2-7.0-0.6

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
1986 UTI A- 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 SPA A 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .273 .333 .273 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 REA AA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PHI MLB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .072 -3.0 -0.1 -0.3
1990 PHI MLB 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .000 .176 5.5 0.5 0.6
1990 SWB AAA 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 .059 .100 .059 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 PHI MLB 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 .059 .158 .059 .000 .091 -2.7 1.2 -0.2
1991 SWB AAA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 TUC AAA 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .167 .143 .167 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.6 0.5
1994 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.9 1.2
1995 CLE MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 -0.1
1996 CAL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -0.5
1999 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 0.1
2000 NYA MLB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .000 .392 -4.6 -0.5 -0.5
2001 KCA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.4
2002 KCA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.9
2003 KCA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.8
2004 BAL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2004 KCA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.1
2005 BAL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.4
2006 ARI MLB 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .018 -2.2 -0.4 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-08-18 2005-09-02 15-DL 15 13 Left Ankle Strain Achilles -
2005-04-04 2005-07-14 60-DL 101 87 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2004-10-13
2004-10-13 2004-10-13 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2004-10-13
2002-06-04 2002-06-22 15-DL 18 16 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
1991-06-06 1991-08-21 15-DL 76 67 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
1988-04-05 1988-05-01 Minors 26 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Date Is Estimated - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 ARI $825,000
2005 BAL $2,000,000
2004 KCA, BAL $1,000,000
2003 KCA $2,000,000
2002 KCA $1,900,000
2001 KCA $750,000
2000 NYA $750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$9,225,000
7 yrTotal$9,225,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 149 dJoe Bick1 yr/$0.825M (06)

Details
  • released 6/06 signed as a free agent from BAL 12/05, 1 year/$0.825M (06)
  • acquired in trade from KC 6/04 (rec`d $0.4M buyout of no-trade protection, signed 1 year/$2M extension for 05)
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/03, 1 year/$1M (04)+$0.35M bonuses
  • 2 year/$3.9M (02-03), 02:$1.9M, 03:$2M
  • signed minor-league contract after 00 (surgery in 00)

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