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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 36)
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Birth Date12-22-1976
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age36 years, 5 months, 3 days
BatsR
ThrowsL
2009
2010
2011
2012
-0.22013
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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
2002 HOU 25 44 80 69 12 20 3 1 4 37 10 12 0 1 0 10 1 1 .290 .375 .536 .331 5.8 1.9 0.8
2003 HOU 26 18 27 27 5 8 2 0 4 22 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 .296 .296 .815 .341 3.3 -0.3 0.3
2004 HOU 27 107 156 136 21 37 10 2 4 63 16 33 1 2 1 19 1 0 .272 .348 .463 .284 7.5 0.3 0.8
2005 HOU 28 145 561 517 65 138 34 4 26 258 32 105 7 5 0 78 6 2 .267 .316 .499 .282 20.2 0.1 2.1
2006 HOU 29 112 345 288 44 58 10 0 15 113 49 75 2 4 2 45 1 2 .201 .318 .392 .243 -1.0 3.4 0.2
2007 HOU 30 68 192 169 18 30 5 0 8 59 16 30 3 3 1 27 1 1 .178 .257 .349 .219 -2.7 4.8 0.1
2007 SDN 30 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .001 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1
Career497136312081652916476155212325813154189106.241.314.457.26732.710.24.2

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 AUB A- 0 324 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .295 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MIC A 0 581 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ROU AA 137 610 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 HOU MLB 44 80 .331 .261 .335 .415 .000 .296 101 5.9 2.0 -0.7 1.9 -0.6 5.8 0.8 5.8 0.8
2002 NWO AAA 111 470 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 18 27 .341 .263 .318 .422 .000 .190 107 2.4 0.7 0 -0.3 0.3 3.3 0.3 3.3 0.3
2003 NWO AAA 71 287 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 HOU MLB 107 156 .284 .260 .320 .411 .000 .327 99 4.1 4.1 -1 0.3 -1.0 7.5 0.8 7.5 0.8
2005 HOU MLB 145 561 .282 .267 .327 .422 .000 .286 100 13.1 14.4 -5.6 0.1 -0.7 20.2 2.1 20.2 2.1
2006 HOU MLB 112 345 .243 .268 .330 .426 .000 .213 102 -6.4 9.3 -3.5 3.4 -0.0 -1.0 0.2 -1.0 0.2
2006 ROU AAA 12 55 .268 .276 .335 .426 .000 .379 89 0.4 1.5 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 HOU MLB 68 192 .219 .265 .326 .414 .000 .164 100 -8.7 5.4 -0.3 4.8 -1.5 -2.7 0.1 -2.7 0.1
2007 SDN MLB 3 2 .001 .204 .281 .531 .000 .000 100 -0.6 0.1 0 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1
2007 ROU AAA 50 214 .324 .280 .344 .440 .000 .333 96 15.1 6.1 -2 -2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 PAW AAA 13 62 .241 .264 .333 .403 .000 .243 98 -1.6 2.1 -0.9 -1.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 SWB AAA 97 409 .276 .271 .336 .421 .000 .253 96 7.1 10.9 -4 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 LVG AAA 113 479 .270 .277 .342 .437 .000 .277 107 5.4 13.4 -5.1 4.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 LVG AAA 42 192 .322 .279 .345 .441 .000 .356 104 13.5 5.4 -2.7 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 NWO AAA 47 192 .222 .276 .340 .432 .000 .283 96 -8.3 5.4 -1.9 -1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LVG AAA 60 240 .246 .296 .359 .460 .000 .322 101 -2.3 2.5 -1.6 -1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 RNO AAA 10 13 -.019 .295 .351 .488 .000 .333 88 -1 0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1363.267.265.327.420.257.2541019.835.8-11.19.1-3.532.74.232.74.2

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 AUB A- 324 46 79 18 5 13 59 38 46 6 4 .279 .370 .516 .237 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MIC A 581 98 153 38 0 23 104 62 91 20 7 .299 .384 .509 .209 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ROU AA 610 103 166 36 2 38 124 61 98 14 2 .316 .407 .608 .293 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NWO AAA 470 65 116 36 2 15 83 31 90 13 3 .272 .332 .472 .200 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 HOU MLB 80 12 20 3 1 4 10 10 12 1 1 .290 .375 .536 .246 .331 5.8 1.9 0.8
2003 NWO AAA 287 37 74 17 0 7 39 30 26 2 1 .298 .379 .452 .153 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 27 5 8 2 0 4 10 0 2 0 0 .296 .296 .815 .519 .341 3.3 -0.3 0.3
2004 HOU MLB 156 21 37 10 2 4 19 16 33 1 0 .272 .348 .463 .191 .284 7.5 0.3 0.8
2005 HOU MLB 561 65 138 34 4 26 78 32 105 6 2 .267 .316 .499 .232 .282 20.2 0.1 2.1
2006 ROU AAA 55 7 12 2 0 1 11 5 16 1 0 .261 .346 .370 .109 .268 0.0 -1.9 0.0
2006 HOU MLB 345 44 58 10 0 15 45 49 75 1 2 .201 .318 .392 .191 .243 -1.0 3.4 0.2
2007 ROU AAA 214 37 59 15 0 9 41 23 26 2 1 .319 .400 .546 .227 .324 0.0 -2.5 0.0
2007 HOU MLB 192 18 30 5 0 8 27 16 30 1 1 .178 .257 .349 .172 .219 -2.7 4.8 0.1
2007 SDN MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1
2008 PAW AAA 62 10 11 4 0 2 9 8 14 0 0 .208 .311 .396 .189 .241 0.0 -1.2 0.0
2008 SWB AAA 409 54 82 19 3 16 51 50 70 3 3 .236 .344 .447 .210 .276 0.0 0.1 0.0
2009 LVG AAA 479 65 104 41 3 13 47 58 70 4 2 .253 .350 .462 .209 .270 0.0 4.8 0.0
2010 LVG AAA 192 28 53 15 0 6 35 27 26 3 2 .323 .422 .524 .201 .322 0.0 0.2 0.0
2010 NWO AAA 192 22 39 6 0 3 14 17 40 1 1 .229 .307 .318 .088 .222 0.0 -1.3 0.0
2011 LVG AAA 240 38 62 16 1 6 34 24 36 1 2 .291 .358 .460 .169 .246 0.0 -1.4 0.0
2012 RNO AAA 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .083 -.019 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-07-12 2011-07-29 Minors 17 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-06-10 2011-06-17 Minors 7 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-04-14 2011-05-09 Minors 25 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-07-21 2008-08-14 Minors 24 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 HOU $1,050,000
2006 HOU $450,000
2005 HOU $345,000
2004 HOU $307,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,152,500
4 yrTotal$2,152,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 49 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from TOR 2/10 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from BOS 1/27/09 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from NYY 8/19/08 (minor-league contract)
  • released by NYY 8/08
  • signed as a free agent from SD 1/10/08 (minor-league contract)
  • non-tendered 12/12/07 acquired in trade from HOU 9/24/07 recalled 9/4/07 optioned to Triple-A 8/22/07 recalled 7/23/07
  • optioned (assigned?) Triple-A after clearing waivers 6/3/07
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$1.05M (07)+performance bonus:$50K each 400,500 plate appearances
  • re-signed 3/06, 1 year/$0.45M (06)
  • re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$0.345M (05) 1 year/$0.3075M (04) optioned to Triple-A 3/03 re-signed 2/03 recalled 8/02 optioned to Triple-A 8/02 recalled 8/02 recalled 5/02 sent to minor-league camp 3/02 signed 2/02
  • contract purchased 11/01 $50K signing bonus
  • USC 99 6-203

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-02-29 13:00:00I know that way back when, Hamilton was throwing 95 mph. Is his outfield arm still 80 on the scouting scale?
(Or from Dallas)
A throwing question right off the bat, excellent.

In the essay "Expanding the Cannon" that you'll find in BP2K8 you'll see that among center fielders Josh Hamilton ranked 5th at +3.9 runs saved with his arm. That metric is composed of four components: hit advancement, throwing out runners stretching, fly ball advancement, and "other". Hamilton did well in both hit advancement and fly ball advancement (by virtue of just 4 of 35 runners advancing) although in 145 stretch opportunities he didn't nab anyone.

Of course he did all of this in just 62 adjusted games. In the essay I also describe the rate statistic scaled to 550 opportunities and there he ended up at +8.9 behind a few other guys with limited playing time (for example Jason Lane and Jacque Jones who had 29 and 72 adjusted games in center respectively. Among centerfielders who played more Ichiro Suzuki came out on top at +6.0 in 149 adjusted games with Andruw Jones and Bill Hall next in line.

By all accounts he does have a fine arm but of course in a smaller sample like this I would take these results with a grain of salt. It'll be interesting to see what he does with even more playing time in Texas in 2008. (Dan Fox)
2008-02-27 13:00:00Don't forget about Jason Lane!
(Bill from NYC)
I keep forgetting about him, actually. It's my brain trying to dispense with what should be unnecessary information. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-10 13:00:00I guess you didn't hear the Jason Lane rumors?!
(Gary from NJ)
I can't fathom a world where Jason Lane, at 31, coming off three sub-.320 OBPs, with 14 career innings at first base, is the answer. I have to assume it was a slow news day. (Joe Sheehan)


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