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Birth Date4-13-1983
Height5' 11"
Weight210 lbs
Age30 years, 1 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.42009
0.32010
-0.82011
0.12012
0.52013
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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 PIT 24 23 73 68 13 20 5 1 0 27 5 12 0 0 0 6 2 1 .294 .342 .397 .248 2.0 -0.6 0.1
2008 PIT 25 37 119 109 6 27 7 0 4 46 5 22 3 2 0 15 2 0 .248 .294 .422 .254 0.4 -0.6 -0.0
2009 PIT 26 60 186 165 19 34 13 1 4 61 21 43 0 0 0 16 1 0 .206 .296 .370 .224 -5.8 2.4 -0.4
2010 PIT 27 15 38 29 4 8 2 1 0 12 7 6 0 2 0 5 0 0 .276 .395 .414 .304 2.4 0.9 0.3
2011 PIT 28 50 105 94 8 19 2 0 1 24 7 21 1 2 1 10 0 0 .202 .260 .255 .189 -6.6 -0.5 -0.8
2012 BAL 29 28 83 71 8 18 4 0 3 31 8 17 0 2 2 14 0 1 .254 .321 .437 .289 4.9 -0.8 0.4
2012 HOU 29 21 75 63 2 16 4 1 0 22 7 16 3 2 0 8 1 1 .254 .347 .349 .244 -1.5 -1.4 -0.3
2012 NYA 29 12 30 25 6 4 0 0 1 7 5 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 .160 .300 .280 .225 -0.7 0.2 -0.1
2013 BAL 30 14 50 43 2 10 2 0 2 18 5 8 2 0 0 7 1 0 .233 .340 .419 .297 2.0 0.0 0.2
Career26075966768156394152487015391038573.234.311.372.244-2.9-0.5-0.4

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
2005 WPT A- 72 312 .329 .254 .327 .366 .000 .338 94 19 6.6 -4.8 5.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 HIC A 41 179 .311 .258 .329 .385 .000 .293 100 7 3.6 -2.4 2.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 LYN A+ 90 377 .292 .257 .334 .389 .000 .292 100 11 8.3 -5.9 1.8 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PIT MLB 23 73 .248 .266 .328 .423 .000 .357 99 -0.9 2.1 -0.8 -0.6 0.6 2.0 0.1 2.0 0.1
2007 LYN A+ 19 85 .419 .253 .327 .380 .000 .294 102 15.4 2.4 -1.7 -0.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ALT AA 81 335 .331 .267 .339 .405 .000 .359 104 25.7 9.5 -6.2 3.1 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 IND AAA 34 131 .315 .265 .330 .406 .000 .317 100 6.9 3.3 -1.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 PIT MLB 37 119 .254 .258 .319 .410 .000 .271 101 -0.8 3.3 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -0.0 0.4 -0.0
2008 IND AAA 103 433 .257 .269 .332 .419 .000 .281 97 -1.6 11.7 -5.9 -5.5 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 PIT MLB 60 186 .224 .253 .319 .400 .000 .254 103 -7.1 5.1 -3.1 2.4 -0.1 -5.8 -0.4 -5.8 -0.4
2009 IND AAA 77 317 .300 .264 .330 .403 .000 .302 97 13.4 8.8 -5.8 3.8 -2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 15 38 .304 .251 .310 .410 .000 .320 104 1.7 1.1 -0.6 0.9 0.3 2.4 0.3 2.4 0.3
2010 BRD A+ 2 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 IND AAA 35 158 .318 .273 .337 .432 .000 .394 105 10.4 4.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PIT MLB 50 105 .189 .255 .316 .389 .000 .243 100 -7.4 1.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.4 -6.6 -0.8 -6.6 -0.8
2011 BRD A+ 3 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 IND AAA 7 30 .194 .237 .321 .344 .000 .278 104 -0.9 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PIR Rk 1 4 .423 .280 .342 .418 .000 1.000 118 0.8 0.1 0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BAL MLB 28 83 .289 .245 .308 .388 .000 .283 99 2.4 1.5 -0.6 -0.8 0.1 4.9 0.4 4.9 0.4
2012 HOU MLB 21 75 .244 .244 .298 .386 .000 .327 104 -1.2 1.3 -0.9 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 -0.3 -1.5 -0.3
2012 NYA MLB 12 30 .225 .252 .324 .405 .000 .188 106 -1 0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2012 SWB AAA 53 227 .361 .263 .326 .403 .000 .336 88 23.9 3.5 -3.6 -1.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 BAL MLB 14 50 .297 .261 .322 .412 .269 .242 99 1.8 1.4 -0.8 0.0 -0.3 2.0 0.2 2.0 0.2
CareerMLB759.243.254.316.401.254.277101-13.219.9-9.2-0.3-0.2-3.5-0.4-3.5-0.4

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
2005 WPT A- 312 48 82 26 0 7 52 35 43 2 4 .301 .385 .474 .173 .329 0.0 5.0 0.0
2006 HIC A 179 35 46 13 1 12 38 15 32 1 3 .287 .363 .606 .319 .311 0.0 2.9 0.0
2006 LYN A+ 377 48 87 27 1 14 60 34 65 7 5 .265 .351 .482 .216 .292 0.0 1.8 0.0
2007 LYN A+ 85 19 26 4 1 11 24 8 13 2 0 .347 .417 .867 .520 .419 0.0 -0.5 0.0
2007 ALT AA 335 57 97 27 2 14 72 33 45 7 2 .334 .410 .586 .252 .331 0.0 3.1 0.0
2007 IND AAA 131 18 39 9 1 6 17 6 12 5 0 .320 .366 .557 .238 .315 0.0 0.9 0.0
2007 PIT MLB 73 13 20 5 1 0 6 5 12 2 1 .294 .342 .397 .103 .248 2.0 -0.6 0.1
2008 IND AAA 433 47 97 26 1 12 60 32 75 10 4 .251 .314 .417 .166 .257 0.0 -5.5 0.0
2008 PIT MLB 119 6 27 7 0 4 15 5 22 2 0 .248 .294 .422 .174 .254 0.4 -0.6 -0.0
2009 IND AAA 317 37 78 18 1 13 54 34 46 3 7 .286 .376 .502 .216 .300 0.0 3.8 0.0
2009 PIT MLB 186 19 34 13 1 4 16 21 43 1 0 .206 .296 .370 .164 .224 -5.8 2.4 -0.4
2010 BRD A+ 8 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .429 .500 .714 .286 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 IND AAA 158 25 42 14 2 3 15 24 27 7 2 .326 .435 .535 .209 .318 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2010 PIT MLB 38 4 8 2 1 0 5 7 6 0 0 .276 .395 .414 .138 .304 2.4 0.9 0.3
2011 PIT MLB 105 8 19 2 0 1 10 7 21 0 0 .202 .260 .255 .053 .189 -6.6 -0.5 -0.8
2011 IND AAA 30 5 8 2 0 3 6 0 9 0 0 .267 .267 .633 .367 .194 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2011 BRD A+ 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PIR Rk 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .667 .750 .667 .000 .423 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2012 HOU MLB 75 2 16 4 1 0 8 7 16 1 1 .254 .347 .349 .095 .244 -1.5 -1.4 -0.3
2012 NYA MLB 30 6 4 0 0 1 4 5 8 0 0 .160 .300 .280 .120 .225 -0.7 0.2 -0.1
2012 SWB AAA 227 37 61 15 0 11 30 29 33 3 1 .318 .419 .568 .250 .361 0.0 -1.1 0.0
2012 BAL MLB 83 8 18 4 0 3 14 8 17 0 1 .254 .321 .437 .183 .289 4.9 -0.8 0.4
2013 BAL MLB 50 2 10 2 0 2 7 5 8 1 0 .233 .340 .419 .186 .297 2.0 0.0 0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-03-14 2012-03-27 Camp 13 0 - Lower Leg Strain Calf - -
2011-08-23 2011-09-29 60-DL 37 35 Right Fingers Fracture Index Finger - -
2011-05-29 2011-07-22 15-DL 54 46 Right Lower Leg Strain Partial Tear Calf -
2010-05-25 2010-05-25 On-Alr 0 0 Right Ankle Sprain -
2010-05-25 2010-10-04 60-DL 132 117 Left Knee Surgery Patellar Tendon Repair 2010-08-04
2010-05-14 2010-05-17 DTD 3 3 Right Knee Soreness Behind Knee -
2009-03-05 2009-03-11 Camp 6 0 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 BAL $700,000
2011 PIT $427,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$427,500
2011Current$700,000
3 yrPvs + Cur$1,127,500
3 yrTotal$1,127,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 116 d1 year/$0.7M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2013). Re-signed by Baltimore 11/30/12 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 12/21/12.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/19/11 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 3/27/12. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 3/28/12 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Baltimore in trade from NY Yankees 6/2/12. Claimed by Houston off waivers 7/28/12 after being DFA by Baltimore 7/21/12. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Houston 8/27/12. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 9/29/12 after being DFA by NY Yankees 9/25/12.
  • 1 year/$0.4275M (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 10/31/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4075M (2009). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 9/1/07.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2005 (8-241) (South Carolina). $40,000 signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .240 .330 .413 .264
11 vs R (Multi) .223 .300 .306 .229
18 Split (Multi) -.017 -.030 -.107 -.035
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .240 .333 .427 .274
31 vs R (2012) .238 .323 .333 .249
38 Split (2012) -.002 -.010 -.093 -.025
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 1, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-04-01
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Daily Roundup: Around the League: March 31, 2013Clint Chisam2013-03-31
Daily Roundup: Around the League: March 31, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-03-31
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What You Need to Know: Wednesday, August 29Daniel Rathman2012-08-29
BP Unfiltered: Steve Pearce Now Has a StorySam Miller2012-08-28
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for June 26Larry Granillo2012-06-27
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-09-12 13:00:00The LaRoche brothers; which one will prove to be the better? And should the Bucs keep both, neither, or just the good one?
(Neal from Pitt, PA)
I think Andy, but I don't mean to slight Adam in saying so. I think it's fine to keep both, because it doesn't look like Steven Pearce is necessarily the (alternative) answer at first base. OTOH, once somebody loses on the Teixeira sweepstakes this winter, it will make good sense to shop LaRoche around, because anybody who might want Nick Johnson might instead prefer to have someone more likely to play 150 games. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-09-12 13:00:00what player do you think will turn into the carlos quinten of 2009? a player stuck between AAA and the majors and never gets a chance to prove himself but when he finally does he goes off
(krgrecw from cola sc)
I think it's a bit of a misconception that Quentin was never given an opportunity in Phoenix--he did, and he blew it. The Snakes then made the overlapping decisions to bring up Justin Upton and (unfortunately) to commit to Eric Byrnes on a multi-year deal. The former made sense, and the latter was something a few of us here panned pretty vociferously at the time. The upshot was that Quentin became available, and while dealing from a surplus is fine in principle, the Snakes didn't have a surplus, they had an affectation for Eric Byrnes. That's a gift that's going to keep on giving.

As a result, I don't have an answer per se, in that Quentin's situation was unfortunate, but then his explosion, to this extent, was also very much unanticipated, both inside and outside the game. A year ago, some people might have said Steven Pearce was that guy; it's fun to say that Dallas McPherson could be, but he's not that good either. If you're looking for guys who had bumpy rookie years who should blossom as sophomores, I'd suggest Carlos Gonzalez in Oakland, or Jeff Clement in Seattle. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-08-01 14:00:00With the LaRoche brothers manning the corner IF spots and Steven Pearce likely plugged into one of the OF corners spots in Pittsburgh, what do the Pirates do now with Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker?
(JoshC77 from Columbus, OH)
With the caveat that I'm not Kevin Goldstein, I'll take a swing at this. I don't think you worry about Walker or Alvarez until they're pressing for a spot on the big league roster. Walker is hitting just .232/.266/.421 in Triple-A, Alvarez has yet to sign and begin his pro career. They're both a ways off, and you can always trade from strength to fill other organizational needs if there's a logjam. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-01-28 13:00:00kala kaaihue in double-a: did he experience normal growing pains at a new level, or was he simply exposed?
(bubba from maine)
I think he was exposed. I think the swing is long and problematic, and those strikeout numbers are very damning. More Brad Eldred than Steven Pearce here, I'm afraid. (Bryan Smith)


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