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Birth Date	6-6-1983
Height	5' 11"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	29 years, 11 months, 18 days
Bats	B
Throws	R

: 2009
: 2010
: 2011
: 0.62012
: 0.02013
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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
2012	KCA	29	24	91	85	14	29	6	1	0	37	4	9	0	0	2	7	0	2	.341	.371	.435	.276	5.4	0.1	0.6
Career			24	91	85	14	29	6	1	0	37	4	9	0	0	2	7	0	2	.341	.371	.435	.276	5.4	0.1	0.6

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
2004	OMA	AAA	3	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.600			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	BUR	A	119	525	.290	.266	.340	.395	.000	.271	96	10.8	8.4	2	-1.6	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	WIC	AA	6	18	.216	.274	.323	.439	.000	.235	111	-0.9	0.5	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	HDS	A+	126	585	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.317			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	WIC	AA	131	525	.214	.267	.340	.403	.000	.258	104	-26.6	15.0	4.4	-7.5	-4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	NWA	AA	101	405	.268	.278	.347	.422	.000	.315	99	3.9	11.8	-0.4	-4.8	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	OMA	AAA	122	532	.269	.270	.336	.415	.000	.282	92	5.3	15.0	0.5	8.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	OMA	AAA	119	552	.237	.283	.346	.443	.000	.291	98	-14.5	15.4	5.1	8.3	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	OMA	AAA	111	437	.279	.292	.351	.454	.000	.335	95	3.9	3.1	-0.4	-1.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	KCA	MLB	24	91	.276	.262	.321	.424	.000	.382	103	1.4	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	5.4	0.6	5.4	0.6
2012	OMA	AAA	88	406	.294	.285	.346	.439	.000	.354	89	10.8	4.7	1.6	-4.6	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	MAY	Wnt	36	162	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.338			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	OMA	AAA	41	166	.236	.279	.346	.428	.266	.307	107	-4.4	4.9	0.7	-2.1	0.9	1.4	-0.1	1.4	-0.1
2013	PUR	int	7	27	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.211			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		91	.276	.262	.321	.424	.266	.382	102	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	5.5	0.6	5.5	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
2004	OMA	AAA	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	BUR	A	525	71	113	20	5	1	28	61	39	34	15	.254	.342	.328	.074	.290	0.0	-1.6	0.0
2005	WIC	AA	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.059	.216	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2006	HDS	A+	585	87	159	23	7	3	49	40	46	31	11	.299	.346	.386	.087	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	WIC	AA	525	46	115	12	6	1	28	35	44	15	9	.242	.289	.298	.057	.214	0.0	-7.5	0.0
2008	NWA	AA	405	57	109	11	2	5	42	38	31	11	9	.301	.364	.384	.083	.268	0.0	-4.8	0.0
2009	OMA	AAA	532	64	125	19	5	2	40	52	35	12	5	.269	.340	.344	.075	.269	0.0	8.8	0.0
2010	OMA	AAA	552	75	137	14	6	1	46	42	39	15	4	.272	.325	.330	.058	.237	0.0	8.3	0.0
2011	OMA	AAA	437	50	116	10	9	2	47	35	47	21	11	.301	.358	.390	.088	.279	0.0	-1.9	0.0
2012	MAY	Wnt	162	30	46	8	4	1	16	14	11	4	5	.324	.381	.458	.134	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	OMA	AAA	406	69	120	22	3	7	50	28	41	21	6	.329	.375	.463	.134	.294	0.0	-4.6	0.0
2012	KCA	MLB	91	14	29	6	1	0	7	4	9	0	2	.341	.371	.435	.094	.276	5.4	0.1	0.6
2013	OMA	AAA	166	15	42	5	4	0	14	10	16	5	2	.275	.323	.359	.085	.236	1.4	-2.1	-0.1
2013	PUR	int	27	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	.167	.200	.208	.042	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2008-04-25	2008-05-02	Minors	7	0			Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 67 d		1 year/$492,025 (2013)

Details
1 year/$492,025 (2013). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/15/13. 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Kansas City 5/3/12. Drafted by Kansas City 2003 (21-612) (Indian Hills CC, Iowa).

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.385	.407	.423	.299
11	vs R (Multi)	.322	.355	.441	.266
18	Split (Multi)	-.063	-.053	.018	-.033
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.003	.003	.004	.002
30	vs L (2012)	.385	.407	.423	.299
31	vs R (2012)	.322	.355	.441	.266
38	Split (2012)	-.063	-.053	.018	-.033
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.003	.005	.005	.003

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BP Articles

Irving Falu is referenced in the following articles.

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Title	Author	Date
Overthinking It: The Undefeated Dominicans	Ben Lindbergh	2013-03-20
Transaction Analysis: New Homes for Tampa Infielders	R.J. Anderson	2013-02-15
Transaction Analysis: Royals Carry a Mig Stick	R.J. Anderson	2013-01-02
Pebble Hunting: The Shame of Your First Big-League Hit	Sam Miller	2012-08-22
Transaction Analysis: The Wages of Edwin	R.J. Anderson	2012-07-13
Transaction Analysis: A Roach, a Padre and a Punto Walk Into a Bar	R.J. Anderson	2012-05-07
Transaction Analysis: AL Action	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-13

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-05-28 14:00:00	So tell me a little something about this new kid the Royals have in AAA... (Cris E from St Paul, MN)	Irving Falu? (Kevin Goldstein)

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