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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
4 193 .211 .268 .303 .210 -0.2
Birth Date4-2-1981
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
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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
2007 ARI 26 8 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .136 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1
2007 SLN 26 15 25 23 6 5 1 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .280 .261 .195 -1.5 0.5 -0.1
2008 SLN 27 9 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .158 -0.8 0.1 -0.1
2009 SLN 28 52 114 103 13 24 3 0 4 39 6 21 2 1 2 10 0 0 .233 .286 .379 .234 1.8 1.7 0.3
2010 FLO 29 35 32 28 2 5 0 0 0 5 3 12 1 0 0 3 0 2 .179 .281 .179 .181 -2.4 0.4 -0.2
Career11919317521374045311443131402.211.268.303.210-3.92.5-0.2

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
2002 YAK A- 4 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 LNC A+ 64 291 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .410 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ELP AA 109 426 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ELP AA 48 213 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TUC AAA 89 360 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .354 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TUC AAA 135 576 .270 .282 .351 .448 .000 .365 106 6.1 13.3 1.9 4.9 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TUC AAA 128 550 .288 .275 .345 .430 .000 .338 104 16.7 15.4 1.7 5.5 -5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ARI MLB 8 12 .136 .268 .325 .414 .000 .111 99 -1.7 0.3 0 -0.2 0.2 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2007 SLN MLB 15 25 .195 .284 .339 .445 .000 .263 102 -1.8 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.2 -1.5 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1
2007 MEM AAA 20 77 .216 .281 .348 .437 .000 .264 105 -3.7 2.2 0.7 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TUC AAA 83 329 .232 .285 .346 .444 .000 .322 100 -10.1 9.2 1.3 5.6 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 SLN MLB 9 10 .158 .257 .322 .403 .000 .400 103 -1.1 0.3 0 0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2008 MEM AAA 103 456 .270 .279 .346 .448 .000 .327 92 5.1 12.6 5.5 -2.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SLN MLB 52 114 .234 .265 .334 .422 .000 .253 97 -3.1 3.1 0.5 1.7 0.4 1.8 0.3 1.8 0.3
2009 MEM AAA 61 206 .256 .275 .337 .421 .000 .322 92 -1 6.3 -1.2 0.6 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 FLO MLB 35 32 .181 .249 .317 .386 .000 .312 101 -2.6 0.9 0.2 0.4 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2
2010 NWO AAA 49 204 .323 .283 .349 .437 .000 .434 98 14.5 5.7 1.2 -2.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ROU AAA 53 232 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .390 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 ABQ AAA 36 131 .214 .270 .332 .416 .258 .281 120 -6.5 3.8 0.3 2.5 0.0 -4.5 -0.2 -4.5 -0.2
CareerMLB193.210.265.330.418.260.25899-10.35.10.91.90.1-3.9-0.2-3.9-0.2

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
2002 YAK A- 17 5 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .333 .412 .400 .067 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 LNC A+ 291 58 90 19 1 8 46 16 63 3 1 .335 .372 .502 .167 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ELP AA 426 50 110 24 5 3 57 29 78 10 4 .287 .348 .399 .112 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ELP AA 213 33 59 10 6 3 28 10 48 1 2 .303 .341 .462 .159 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TUC AAA 360 50 94 30 5 8 50 18 83 3 1 .283 .326 .476 .193 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TUC AAA 576 78 159 36 5 15 85 38 111 14 5 .307 .365 .483 .176 .270 0.0 4.9 0.0
2006 TUC AAA 550 80 147 35 3 16 96 44 92 1 3 .298 .362 .478 .180 .288 0.0 5.5 0.0
2007 ARI MLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .000 .136 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1
2007 SLN MLB 25 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .217 .280 .261 .043 .195 -1.5 0.5 -0.1
2007 MEM AAA 77 7 16 3 0 2 12 5 13 0 0 .235 .297 .368 .132 .216 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2007 TUC AAA 329 36 77 9 2 2 25 31 56 2 3 .269 .350 .336 .066 .232 0.0 5.6 0.0
2008 SLN MLB 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .000 .158 -0.8 0.1 -0.1
2008 MEM AAA 456 60 117 21 4 9 35 38 72 3 3 .285 .351 .421 .136 .270 0.0 -2.9 0.0
2009 SLN MLB 114 13 24 3 0 4 10 6 21 0 0 .233 .286 .379 .146 .234 1.8 1.7 0.3
2009 MEM AAA 206 26 50 11 0 4 28 10 44 1 1 .267 .312 .390 .123 .256 0.0 0.6 0.0
2010 FLO MLB 32 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 12 0 2 .179 .281 .179 .000 .181 -2.4 0.4 -0.2
2010 NWO AAA 204 30 65 14 1 3 23 18 38 3 3 .353 .411 .489 .136 .323 0.0 -2.2 0.0
2011 ROU AAA 232 38 74 18 1 7 38 17 33 1 1 .357 .403 .556 .198 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 ABQ AAA 131 13 28 7 0 1 11 7 23 0 0 .235 .287 .319 .084 .214 -4.5 2.5 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-05-21 2011-06-09 Minors 19 0 Right Ankle Sprain - -
2011-03-05 2011-03-15 Camp 10 0 Right Elbow Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 LAN $
2011 TEX $
2010 FLO $415,000
2009 SLN $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$815,000
2 yrTotal$815,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 73 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/3/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 2012.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/18/10 (minor-league contract). Opted out of deal with Texas 7/11. Signed to play Hiroshima of Japan 7/18/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Florida as a free agent 12/14/09 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.415M in majors. Contract purchased by Florida 4/3/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/28/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/4/08 (split contract). Contract purchased by St. Louis 9/1/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased by Arizona 11/06. Claimed by St. Louis off waivers 8/13/07 after being DFA by Arizona 8/3/07.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2002 (6-189) (Oregon State).

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This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: San Diego High School Baseball at the Turn of the MillenniumGeoff Young2013-02-19
The BP Wayback Machine: Another Opening DayKevin Goldstein2012-04-05
This article requires BP Premium accessPurpose Pitches: AL NRIs to WatchChristina Kahrl2011-02-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Not Least the NL EastChristina Kahrl2010-07-05
The Week In Quotes: June 14-20Alex Carnevale2010-06-21
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Grab BagChristina Kahrl2010-06-04
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: A Tale of Three ShortstopsChristina Kahrl2010-05-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior ShuffleChristina Kahrl2010-04-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Turn of the Screw, NLChristina Kahrl2010-04-04
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED NL Projected Opening Day RostersJohn Perrotto2010-04-01
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Hot Spots: OutfieldRob McQuown2010-03-31
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: We Three GiantsChristina Kahrl2010-03-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Weekend Mayhem EditionChristina Kahrl2010-03-22
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Godzilla, Pierre, and the Beantown DuoChristina Kahrl2009-12-18
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Assorted National League MovesChristina Kahrl2009-08-06
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Shuffling Cards and Morales' ReturnChristina Kahrl2009-07-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Central RoundupChristina Kahrl2009-06-18
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Conquering the CubsJay Jaffe2009-06-17
Prospectus Today: Taking WingJoe Sheehan2009-05-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Pair Up in ThreesJay Jaffe2009-04-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Roster RoundupChristina Kahrl2009-04-16
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Cardinal CreativityJohn Perrotto2009-04-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Big-League Cuts and NRI MuttsChristina Kahrl2009-03-27
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Central ObsessionsChristina Kahrl2009-03-18
This article requires BP Premium accessLocked Out and Looking In?: The Quad-A GuysChristina Kahrl2009-03-16
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This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Outside Help, NL CentralJay Jaffe2009-02-13
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: National League NRIs of NoteJoe Sheehan2009-02-11
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This article requires BP Premium accessEvery Given Sunday: Comings and GoingsJohn Perrotto2009-01-25
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL RoundupChristina Kahrl2008-09-06
This article requires BP Premium accessEvery Given Sunday: All Busy-ness 'Round the Major League TableJohn Perrotto2008-07-27
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: National League RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-08-19
Transaction of the Day: NL West MovesChristina Kahrl2007-08-14
Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 29-May 6, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-05-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 15-18Christina Kahrl2007-04-19
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This article requires BP Premium accessLies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on Third Base ProspectsNate Silver2007-02-20
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL West and NL CatchupChristina Kahrl2007-02-10
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: November 17-21Christina Kahrl2006-11-22
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