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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
12 4412 .255 .329 .419 .260 7.1
Birth Date9-21-1972
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
BatsB
ThrowsR

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
1996 OAK 23 9 35 29 6 9 2 0 2 17 4 4 0 0 2 8 0 1 .310 .394 .586 .312 3.0 -0.3 0.2
1997 OAK 24 147 590 538 58 131 28 4 14 209 44 75 1 4 3 65 9 3 .243 .300 .388 .235 2.5 -14.4 -1.2
1998 OAK 25 114 461 406 54 105 19 1 9 153 44 56 2 2 7 50 1 3 .259 .333 .377 .264 12.3 -2.1 1.0
1999 OAK 26 89 282 247 31 60 24 0 8 108 29 36 2 3 1 33 0 0 .243 .324 .437 .260 5.4 4.1 0.9
2000 ANA 27 123 345 297 47 72 11 2 17 138 40 56 3 4 1 49 1 2 .242 .334 .465 .270 8.2 -1.1 0.7
2001 ANA 28 139 503 457 57 124 29 4 13 200 34 65 5 4 3 54 5 2 .271 .326 .438 .264 9.3 6.9 1.6
2002 ANA 29 153 571 491 80 140 34 2 12 214 67 52 4 6 3 82 6 7 .285 .371 .436 .290 18.2 1.2 2.0
2003 ANA 30 158 581 521 69 138 36 7 16 236 46 66 5 7 2 83 6 3 .265 .326 .453 .264 15.3 -2.3 1.3
2004 SEA 31 112 415 367 38 79 12 3 10 127 36 60 4 6 2 41 4 1 .215 .288 .346 .224 -9.0 7.0 -0.2
2005 SEA 32 29 51 47 2 3 1 0 1 7 4 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 .064 .137 .149 .098 -8.0 -0.4 -0.9
2006 SLN 33 119 321 276 44 75 15 4 13 137 37 66 5 2 1 52 1 0 .272 .366 .496 .291 17.7 -4.5 1.3
2007 SLN 34 82 257 223 31 60 14 0 4 86 27 40 4 3 0 31 0 1 .269 .354 .386 .262 7.3 -4.4 0.4
Career1274441238995179962252711916324125943541255493323.255.329.419.26082.2-10.37.1

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
1993 SOR A- 31 141 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .365 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 MOD A+ 32 135 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 MOD A+ 127 560 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 HUN AA 141 615 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 OAK MLB 9 35 .312 .276 .334 .429 .000 .304 100 2.1 1.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.6 3.0 0.2 3.0 0.2
1996 EDM AAA 140 591 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .266 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 OAK MLB 147 590 .235 .266 .327 .419 .000 .258 102 -16.2 16.3 -0.8 -14.4 2.7 2.5 -1.2 2.5 -1.2
1997 SOR A- 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 OAK MLB 114 461 .264 .268 .331 .426 .000 .280 95 2.1 12.6 -0.7 -2.1 1.9 12.3 1.0 12.3 1.0
1998 EDM AAA 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 OAK MLB 89 282 .260 .272 .338 .430 .000 .252 97 -0.1 7.9 -0.5 4.1 -1.4 5.4 0.9 5.4 0.9
1999 VAN AAA 0 122 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .422 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ANA MLB 123 345 .270 .271 .337 .434 .000 .241 93 3.9 9.8 -5.3 -1.1 0.6 8.2 0.7 8.2 0.7
2001 ANA MLB 139 503 .264 .263 .323 .417 .000 .290 97 2 13.8 -8.6 6.9 0.9 9.3 1.6 9.3 1.6
2002 ANA MLB 153 571 .290 .259 .320 .410 .000 .296 95 18.5 15.3 -9.4 1.2 -5.4 18.2 2.0 18.2 2.0
2003 ANA MLB 158 581 .264 .262 .320 .414 .000 .274 99 2.6 15.8 -6.3 -2.3 2.6 15.3 1.3 15.3 1.3
2004 SEA MLB 112 415 .224 .268 .326 .424 .000 .228 97 -16.4 11.3 -1.3 7.0 -2.1 -9.0 -0.2 -9.0 -0.2
2004 SBR A+ 2 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SEA MLB 29 51 .098 .259 .315 .399 .000 .071 97 -8.8 1.4 -0.5 -0.4 0.1 -8.0 -0.9 -8.0 -0.9
2005 TAC AAA 14 63 .287 .282 .346 .443 .000 .362 91 1.7 1.4 -0.8 -0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SLN MLB 119 321 .291 .267 .328 .428 .000 .312 99 11.3 8.7 -1.4 -4.5 -0.4 17.7 1.3 17.7 1.3
2007 SLN MLB 82 257 .262 .267 .329 .421 .000 .308 100 0.5 7.3 -1.4 -4.4 0.9 7.5 0.4 7.3 0.4
2008 RIC AAA 5 22 .000 .273 .338 .403 .000 .389 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB4412.260.265.327.421.257.272971.5121.0-36.5-9.41.082.47.182.27.1

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
1993 SOR A- 141 32 41 10 2 3 19 16 18 0 1 .328 .404 .512 .184 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 MOD A+ 135 12 28 9 1 1 13 23 19 1 5 .255 .385 .382 .127 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 MOD A+ 560 84 127 32 5 14 68 88 72 5 0 .280 .403 .466 .185 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 HUN AA 615 78 149 33 8 13 86 67 78 10 3 .282 .366 .449 .167 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 EDM AAA 591 87 137 30 4 20 91 56 66 6 5 .262 .336 .449 .187 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 OAK MLB 35 6 9 2 0 2 8 4 4 0 1 .310 .394 .586 .276 .312 3.0 -0.3 0.2
1997 SOR A- 11 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 .556 .636 .556 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 OAK MLB 590 58 131 28 4 14 65 44 75 9 3 .243 .300 .388 .145 .235 2.5 -14.4 -1.2
1998 EDM AAA 16 3 3 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 .231 .375 .538 .308 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 OAK MLB 461 54 105 19 1 9 50 44 56 1 3 .259 .333 .377 .118 .264 12.3 -2.1 1.0
1999 VAN AAA 122 27 41 7 1 6 27 15 16 0 0 .390 .475 .648 .257 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 OAK MLB 282 31 60 24 0 8 33 29 36 0 0 .243 .324 .437 .194 .260 5.4 4.1 0.9
2000 ANA MLB 345 47 72 11 2 17 49 40 56 1 2 .242 .334 .465 .222 .270 8.2 -1.1 0.7
2001 ANA MLB 503 57 124 29 4 13 54 34 65 5 2 .271 .326 .438 .166 .264 9.3 6.9 1.6
2002 ANA MLB 571 80 140 34 2 12 82 67 52 6 7 .285 .371 .436 .151 .290 18.2 1.2 2.0
2003 ANA MLB 581 69 138 36 7 16 83 46 66 6 3 .265 .326 .453 .188 .264 15.3 -2.3 1.3
2004 SBR A+ 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SEA MLB 415 38 79 12 3 10 41 36 60 4 1 .215 .288 .346 .131 .224 -9.0 7.0 -0.2
2005 TAC AAA 63 11 19 3 1 2 9 1 9 0 0 .328 .350 .517 .190 .287 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2005 SEA MLB 51 2 3 1 0 1 1 4 18 0 0 .064 .137 .149 .085 .098 -8.0 -0.4 -0.9
2006 SLN MLB 321 44 75 15 4 13 52 37 66 1 0 .272 .366 .496 .225 .291 17.7 -4.5 1.3
2007 SLN MLB 257 31 60 14 0 4 31 27 40 0 1 .269 .354 .386 .117 .262 7.3 -4.4 0.4
2008 RIC AAA 22 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .095 .000 0.0 -0.3 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-07-14 2007-07-29 15-DL 15 15 Left Fingers Infection Index Finger -
2005-04-19 2005-07-01 60-DL 73 64 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2004-04-02 2004-04-17 15-DL 15 10 Low Back Strain -
1998-06-15 1998-07-31 15-DL 46 40 Left Knee Surgery Cartilage 1998-06-21 -
1997-06-08 1997-06-25 15-DL 17 15 - Hand Inflammation Tendinitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SLN $2,300,000
2007 SLN $2,100,000
2005 SEA $3,100,000
2004 SEA $2,500,000
2003 ANA $4,250,000
2002 ANA $2,275,000
2001 ANA $1,125,000
2000 ANA $600,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$18,250,000
8 yrTotal$18,250,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 130 dBarry Meister2 yr/$4.5M (07-08)+09 cl opt

Details
  • released 2/27/08
  • Srv after 07:10.130 or 10.106?
  • re-signed as a free agent 11/06, 2 year/$4.5M (07-08)+09 club option, 07:$2.1M, 08:$2.3M, 09:$2.5M club option $0.1M buyout
  • performance bonus:$75K 350 plate appearances, $0.1M 400 plate appearances, $0.125M 450 plate appearances, $0.25M each 500,550 plate appearances
  • award bonus:$50K each All-Star, DS-LCS-WS MVP, Gold Glove
  • $0.1M assignment bonus with each trade
  • contract purchased 4/06
  • signed as a free agent from SEA 2/06, 1 year (06) (minor-league contract)
  • released 8/05 signed as a free agent from AN 12/03
  • 3 year$9.15M (04-06)+$3.25M 07 club option, $0.2M signing bonus, 04:$2.5M, 05:$3.1M, 06:$3.1M, 07:$3.25M club option $0.25M buyout
  • avoided arbitration 1/03, 1 year/$4.25M (03)
  • avoided arbitration 1/02 1 year/$2.275M (02)
  • 01:1 year/$1.125M

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