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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date2-1-1980
Height6' 1"
Weight225 lbs
Age33 years, 3 months, 22 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
-0.22010
2011
-0.12012
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
2004 SLN 24 83 192 173 25 43 7 2 3 63 13 37 2 3 1 22 6 3 .249 .304 .364 .228 -0.0 0.2 0.0
2005 SLN 25 64 153 137 26 39 10 2 1 56 9 25 4 1 2 18 10 2 .285 .344 .409 .270 8.2 -0.6 0.8
2006 CLE 26 37 134 127 14 35 7 1 2 50 6 26 0 1 0 17 0 1 .276 .306 .394 .241 0.2 -1.3 -0.1
2006 SLN 26 76 245 223 27 65 14 1 4 93 21 34 1 0 0 21 5 3 .291 .355 .417 .261 7.9 -3.1 0.5
2007 TOR 27 22 46 42 5 7 0 0 1 10 2 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 .167 .217 .238 .202 -0.6 0.5 -0.0
2008 TOR 28 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 .628 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
2010 FLO 30 27 30 29 2 4 1 0 2 11 0 13 0 1 0 4 0 1 .138 .133 .379 .184 -1.6 0.0 -0.2
2012 PHI 32 28 66 62 5 14 2 0 2 22 4 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 .226 .273 .355 .240 -1.1 0.6 -0.1
Career3398677941042084161530655159873962311.262.314.385.24512.9-3.60.9

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
2000 MHV A- 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 BNC Rk 0 231 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .242 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CGA A 66 274 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 KIN A+ 128 518 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 AKR AA 127 522 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SLN MLB 83 192 .228 .254 .318 .408 .000 .294 100 -6.8 5.0 0.9 0.2 1.5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2005 SLN MLB 64 153 .270 .258 .322 .413 .000 .339 100 1.6 3.9 -0.5 -0.6 2.0 8.2 0.8 8.2 0.8
2005 MEM AAA 57 247 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CLE MLB 37 134 .241 .270 .325 .436 .000 .330 101 -2.9 3.7 0.4 -1.3 -0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.1
2006 SLN MLB 76 245 .261 .273 .335 .437 .000 .330 98 0.2 6.6 -0.4 -3.1 -0.4 7.9 0.5 7.9 0.5
2007 TOR MLB 22 46 .202 .285 .354 .443 .000 .188 94 -2.9 1.3 0.1 0.5 0.5 -0.6 -0.0 -0.6 -0.0
2007 BUF AAA 83 350 .234 .263 .330 .402 .000 .279 107 -9.7 9.6 2.1 -1.4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SYR AAA 18 79 .342 .277 .343 .421 .000 .412 100 7 2.2 1.1 -3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TOR MLB 2 1 .628 .256 .345 .438 .000 1.000 102 0.4 0.0 0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2008 SYR AAA 116 466 .255 .264 .329 .410 .000 .316 101 -2.6 12.9 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ABQ AAA 91 350 .332 .276 .338 .425 .000 .381 108 27.8 10.0 -1.7 3.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 DGR Rk 3 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 FLO MLB 27 30 .184 .247 .301 .381 .000 .133 102 -2.3 0.8 0 0.0 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2
2010 NWO AAA 97 411 .304 .268 .334 .422 .000 .321 94 20.6 11.4 0.3 -4.7 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PAW AAA 113 468 .254 .263 .330 .405 .000 .307 100 -2.1 5.5 -0.7 -5.5 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 AGU Wnt 47 200 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .257 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PHI MLB 28 66 .240 .254 .309 .400 .000 .261 96 -1.3 1.1 -0.7 0.6 -0.6 -1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1
2012 IND AAA 4 17 .413 .271 .348 .418 .000 .500 100 3.1 0.3 0 -0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 LEH AAA 62 240 .176 .262 .324 .396 .000 .312 99 -11.1 2.0 -0.1 -3.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 AGU Wnt 47 211 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB867.245.264.325.422.256.308100-14.423.0-0.3-3.82.512.50.912.50.9

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
2000 BNC Rk 231 25 41 5 0 1 15 27 35 19 4 .204 .307 .244 .040 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MHV A- 20 2 6 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 .316 .350 .421 .105 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CGA A 274 36 64 8 3 3 23 23 48 15 4 .266 .338 .361 .095 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 KIN A+ 518 67 129 15 6 11 51 39 79 32 11 .276 .331 .404 .128 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 AKR AA 522 87 137 19 2 2 38 48 64 17 5 .297 .365 .359 .063 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SLN MLB 192 25 43 7 2 3 22 13 37 6 3 .249 .304 .364 .116 .228 -0.0 0.2 0.0
2005 MEM AAA 247 24 50 13 1 3 21 20 38 11 4 .224 .291 .332 .108 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SLN MLB 153 26 39 10 2 1 18 9 25 10 2 .285 .344 .409 .124 .270 8.2 -0.6 0.8
2006 CLE MLB 134 14 35 7 1 2 17 6 26 0 1 .276 .306 .394 .118 .241 0.2 -1.3 -0.1
2006 SLN MLB 245 27 65 14 1 4 21 21 34 5 3 .291 .355 .417 .126 .261 7.9 -3.1 0.5
2007 BUF AAA 350 39 81 18 0 6 35 21 48 4 4 .251 .301 .362 .111 .234 0.0 -1.4 0.0
2007 SYR AAA 79 15 23 7 1 2 8 9 14 0 0 .343 .443 .567 .224 .342 0.0 -3.0 0.0
2007 TOR MLB 46 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 10 2 0 .167 .217 .238 .071 .202 -0.6 0.5 -0.0
2008 SYR AAA 466 67 120 24 1 11 43 30 73 6 2 .280 .334 .417 .138 .255 0.0 0.5 0.0
2008 TOR MLB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .628 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
2009 DGR Rk 11 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .455 .375 .125 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ABQ AAA 350 59 110 18 6 17 62 28 52 4 2 .351 .417 .610 .259 .332 0.0 3.8 0.0
2010 NWO AAA 411 55 104 17 0 16 71 42 64 7 1 .294 .377 .477 .184 .304 0.0 -4.7 0.0
2010 FLO MLB 30 2 4 1 0 2 4 0 13 0 1 .138 .133 .379 .241 .184 -1.6 0.0 -0.2
2011 PAW AAA 468 61 119 22 3 14 58 42 67 6 1 .283 .350 .449 .166 .254 0.0 -5.5 0.0
2011 AGU Wnt 200 22 38 5 4 3 20 19 35 2 0 .220 .320 .347 .127 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PHI MLB 66 5 14 2 0 2 10 4 14 0 0 .226 .273 .355 .129 .240 -1.1 0.6 -0.1
2012 AGU Wnt 211 29 53 12 2 7 25 29 30 2 1 .303 .408 .514 .211 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 IND AAA 17 5 8 1 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 .500 .529 .750 .250 .413 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2012 LEH AAA 240 33 62 12 2 7 28 15 40 2 0 .282 .329 .450 .168 .176 0.0 -3.9 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-06-23 2009-08-01 Minors 39 0 Left Knee Sprain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 TOR $408,300
2006 SLN $340,000
2005 SLN $320,000
2004 SLN $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,368,300
4 yrTotal$1,368,300

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 76 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/21/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 5/11/12. Refused assignment by Philadelphia 8/24/12. Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 8/31/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/3/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Florida as a free agent 11/09 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/9/08 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2008). Signed by Toronto (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 5/16/08. Optioned to Triople-A 5/27/08. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/5/08.
  • 1 year/$0.4083M (2007). Re-signed by Cleveland 2/07 (split contract, $0.233M in minors). Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. DFA 7/27/07. Claimed by Arizona off waivers from Cleveland 8/3/07. Optioned to Triple-A 8/16/07. Recalled 9/4/07. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/18/07.
  • 1 year/$0.34M (2006). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/06. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from St. Louis 7/06.
  • 1 year/$0.32M (2005). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/05. Optioned to Triple-A 4/05. Recalled 6/05, 7/05.
  • 1 year/$0.3M (2004). Selected by St. Louis from Cleveland in Rule 5 draft 12/03.
  • 1 year (2003). Selected by Tampa Bay from Cleveland in Rule 5 draft 12/02. Signed 1/03. DFA 3/03. Returned to Cleveland 4/03. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/03.
  • Signed 1999 by Cleveland as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .167 .198 .203 .132
11 vs R (Multi) .265 .316 .481 .312
18 Split (Multi) .097 .118 .278 .180
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .148 .179 .148 .105
31 vs R (2012) .286 .342 .514 .339
38 Split (2012) .138 .164 .366 .234
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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