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Birth Date	9-4-1984
Height	6' 1"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	28 years, 8 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2009
: 1.12010
: 0.72011
: -0.52012
: 0.62013
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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
2010	CLE	25	88	325	296	39	75	19	3	4	112	22	70	3	0	4	24	5	1	.253	.312	.378	.256	11.3	-1.0	1.1
2011	CLE	26	39	143	132	13	42	6	1	1	53	7	35	3	1	0	8	3	2	.318	.364	.402	.289	9.8	-2.8	0.7
2012	CLE	27	43	135	124	18	25	2	1	2	35	5	40	3	2	1	11	4	0	.202	.246	.282	.212	-2.8	-1.5	-0.5
Career			170	603	552	70	142	27	5	7	200	34	145	9	3	5	43	12	3	.257	.309	.362	.254	18.3	-5.3	1.4

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
2006	BAT	A-	63	243	.289	.242	.305	.336	.000	.322	91	5.9	5.5	2.5	-3.9	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	LWD	A	51	238	.313	.262	.334	.402	.000	.363	87	13.5	6.6	3.2	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	CLR	A+	83	336	.285	.264	.332	.391	.000	.369	101	10.6	10.4	5.2	-9.7	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	REA	AA	92	414	.298	.263	.332	.397	.000	.370	104	17.5	11.6	5.6	-17.7	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	COH	AAA	10	40	.253	.273	.329	.410	.000	.348	105	-0.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	LEH	AAA	51	230	.225	.261	.328	.400	.000	.310	97	-8.5	6.4	2.7	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	PHL	Rk	9	28	.161	.215	.303	.336	.000	.286	104	-2.7	0.7	0.2	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	88	325	.256	.257	.318	.402	.000	.320	99	-1.2	9.2	1.9	-1.0	3.2	11.3	1.1	11.3	1.1
2010	COH	AAA	37	165	.259	.264	.332	.408	.000	.350	109	-0.2	4.5	0.4	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	CLE	MLB	39	143	.289	.263	.319	.410	.000	.423	102	4	2.6	0.5	-2.8	0.2	9.8	0.7	9.8	0.7
2011	AKR	AA	9	31	.151	.277	.335	.419	.000	.304	101	-1.9	0.3	0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	COH	AAA	47	201	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.365			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	CLE	MLB	43	135	.212	.249	.308	.393	.000	.274	95	-6.4	2.4	0.4	-1.5	0.6	-2.8	-0.5	-2.8	-0.5
2012	COH	AAA	65	296	.261	.259	.325	.391	.000	.337	101	0.1	1.7	0.7	0.7	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	LOU	AAA	16	66	.186	.247	.315	.368	.244	.298	104	-5.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	-0.7	-4.0	-0.4	-4.0	-0.4
Career		MLB		603	.254	.257	.316	.402	.259	.335	98	-3.5	15.9	2.8	-5.4	4.1	18.5	1.4	18.5	1.4

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
2006	BAT	A-	243	33	56	14	2	1	24	23	42	12	1	.263	.347	.362	.099	.289	0.0	-3.9	0.0
2007	LWD	A	238	41	61	9	3	4	30	29	39	2	5	.310	.409	.447	.137	.313	0.0	2.3	0.0
2007	CLR	A+	336	48	88	22	5	8	41	35	70	3	2	.300	.384	.491	.191	.285	0.0	-9.7	0.0
2008	REA	AA	414	57	111	19	4	14	54	47	86	11	2	.307	.392	.497	.191	.298	0.0	-17.7	0.0
2009	PHL	Rk	28	4	6	1	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	.231	.286	.346	.115	.161	0.0	-0.8	0.0
2009	COH	AAA	40	10	9	2	0	1	1	3	11	1	0	.257	.350	.400	.143	.253	0.0	0.7	0.0
2009	LEH	AAA	230	26	49	15	1	1	16	14	53	6	0	.236	.298	.332	.096	.225	0.0	4.7	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	325	39	75	19	3	4	24	22	70	5	1	.253	.312	.378	.125	.256	11.3	-1.0	1.1
2010	COH	AAA	165	27	38	10	2	2	17	21	33	10	2	.277	.394	.423	.146	.259	0.0	1.5	0.0
2011	CLE	MLB	143	13	42	6	1	1	8	7	35	3	2	.318	.364	.402	.083	.289	9.8	-2.8	0.7
2011	AKR	AA	31	4	7	0	0	0	2	2	6	1	0	.241	.290	.241	.000	.151	0.0	0.3	0.0
2011	COH	AAA	201	32	54	12	0	4	15	19	33	7	3	.310	.397	.448	.138	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	CLE	MLB	135	18	25	2	1	2	11	5	40	4	0	.202	.246	.282	.081	.212	-2.8	-1.5	-0.5
2012	COH	AAA	296	46	71	18	3	6	31	30	58	5	5	.277	.365	.441	.164	.261	0.0	0.7	0.0
2013	LOU	AAA	66	5	15	5	0	1	5	3	15	0	0	.238	.273	.365	.127	.186	-4.0	0.1	-0.4

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-03-23	2013-03-26	Camp	3	0	-	Knee	Sprain		-	-
2012-09-15	2012-09-29	DTD	14	0	Right	Forearm	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2011-08-30	2011-08-31	DTD	1	1	Right	Fingers	Contusion		-	-
2011-05-11	2011-06-14	Minors	34	0	Left	Knee	Sprain	MCL	-
2011-03-22	2011-04-29	15-DL	38	24	Left	Fingers	Recovery From Fracture	HBP on Middle Finger	-
2011-03-06	2011-03-22	Camp	16	0	Left	Fingers	Fracture	HBP on Middle Finger	-
2010-09-12	2010-10-04	DTD	22	20	Right	Fingers	Contusion	Index Finger Tendon	-
2010-06-26	2010-06-30	DTD	4	4	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-
2009-08-14	2009-09-08	Minors	25	0			Not Disclosed		-
2009-06-12	2009-07-28	Minors	46	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2009-06-15
2009-03-21	2009-03-22	Camp	1	0		Ankle	Sprain		-
2009-03-17	2009-03-17	Camp	0	0		Forearm	Contusion	HBP	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	CIN	$
2013	CIN	$
2012	CLE	$484,000
2011	CLE	$423,200

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$907,200
2 yr	Total	$907,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 158 d	Scott Boras	1 year/$0.5025M (2013)

Details

1 year/$0.5025M (2013). Signed by Cincinnati 3/13. DFA by Cincinnati 3/31/13. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/4/13.
1 year/$0.484M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/3/12. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Cleveland 12/11/12.
1 year/$0.4232M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/8/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased 11/20/09. Re-signed 3/10/10. Optioned to Triple-A 3/20/10. Recalled 5/18/10.
Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Philadelphia 7/29/09 (Cliff Lee deal).
Drafted 2006 (3-97). $0.4M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.252	.306	.388	.258
11	vs R (Multi)	.241	.286	.307	.236
18	Split (Multi)	-.012	-.020	-.081	-.022
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.014	-.024	-.036	-.020
30	vs L (2012)	.175	.213	.298	.193
31	vs R (2012)	.224	.274	.269	.228
38	Split (2012)	.048	.061	-.030	.034
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.013	-.022	-.038	-.020

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Title	Author	Date
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 6, 2013	Joe Hamrahi	2013-04-06
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 6, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-06
Transaction Analysis: The DFAs	R.J. Anderson	2013-04-04
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 1, 2013	Joe Hamrahi	2013-04-01
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 1, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-01
Minor League Update: Spring Training Games (February 26, 2013)	Jason Martinez	2013-02-27
Rumor Roundup: Friday, February 1	Daniel Rathman	2013-02-01
Transaction Analysis: Doing the Lindy Hop	R.J. Anderson	2013-01-22
Transaction Analysis: Soriano Finally Gets Paid	R.J. Anderson	2013-01-16
Rumor Roundup: Friday, January 4	Daniel Rathman	2013-01-04
Overthinking It: Remembering Ryan Freel	Ben Lindbergh	2012-12-23
Transaction Analysis: The Diamondbacks Deal Bauer to Cleveland, and the Reds Get Choo	Ben Lindbergh	2012-12-12
Transaction Analysis: The Diamondbacks Deal Bauer to Cleveland, and the Reds Get Choo	Sam Miller	2012-12-12
Rumor Roundup: Wednesday, December 12	Daniel Rathman	2012-12-12
In A Pickle: Stop What You're Doing and Read About Adam Dunn	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-10-04
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 29	Larry Granillo	2012-08-30
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 10	Larry Granillo	2012-08-11
Pebble Hunting: The Decline and Fall of the Texas Rangers	Sam Miller	2012-05-30
Transaction Analysis: Vlad to Be There	R.J. Anderson	2012-05-14
Fantasy Beat: How Profitable Are Dollar Players?	Jason Collette	2011-12-21
Value Picks: First, Third, and DH for 8/9/11	Michael Street	2011-09-09
Value Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 8/7/11	Michael Jong	2011-09-07
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 2	Larry Granillo	2011-09-03
Collateral Damage: See You in September?	Ben Lindbergh	2011-08-31
Collateral Damage: See You in September?	Corey Dawkins	2011-08-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: Requiem for a Race	Jay Jaffe	2011-08-26
On the Beat: A Pence for His Thoughts	John Perrotto	2011-08-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Are The Indians For Real?	Jay Jaffe	2011-04-22
On the Beat: The Heart of the Rockies	John Perrotto	2011-04-11
Fantasy Beat: Value Picks at First, Third and DH	Michael Street	2011-03-28
On the Beat: Spring Surprises	John Perrotto	2011-03-25
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Corey Dawkins	2011-03-24
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Marc Normandin	2011-03-24
Collateral Damage: Show and Patella	Corey Dawkins	2011-03-23
Collateral Damage: Show and Patella	Marc Normandin	2011-03-23
On the Beat: Donnie Manager	John Perrotto	2011-03-21
BP Unfiltered: Days 4 & 5 in Cactus Country	Christina Kahrl	2011-03-13
Purpose Pitches: Day Two at HoHoKam	Christina Kahrl	2011-03-11
Future Shock: Monday 10 Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2011-03-07
On the Beat: Red Sox Reboot	John Perrotto	2011-03-07
Fantasy Beat: Value Picks at First, Third and DH	Michael Street	2011-02-28
Painting the Black: A Measure of Success	R.J. Anderson	2011-02-24
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack: Throwing Darts	Kevin Goldstein	2011-02-21
Fantasy Focus: Shortstop Rankings	Marc Normandin	2011-02-18
Fantasy Focus: Second Base Rankings	Marc Normandin	2011-02-17
Transaction Analysis: Weekly Roundup, February 4-10	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-11
Checking the Numbers: Ranking R2C2	Eric Seidman	2010-12-15
Winter Meetings: Acta looks back and forward.	David Laurila	2010-12-07
GM for a Day: Cleveland Indians	Tommy Bennett	2010-10-21
Transaction Analysis: White Sox, Indians	Christina Kahrl	2010-09-29
Transaction Action: Pasting in Peralta	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-29
Transaction Action: Pasting in Peralta	Kevin Goldstein	2010-07-29
Expanded Horizons: If July Were April	Tommy Bennett	2010-07-27
On the Beat: Staying Positive in a Negative Situation	John Perrotto	2010-07-21
Contractual Matters: Protest Songs	Jeff Euston	2010-07-19
Transaction Action: Junior Circuit Jumble	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-16
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Catcher, Second Base, and Shortstop	Michael Jong	2010-07-13
Changing Speeds: A Better Angle on Replay	Ken Funck	2010-07-01
Transaction Action: Disorderly Conduct	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-30
On the Beat: Wednesday Update	John Perrotto	2010-06-23
Transaction Action: Central Preoccupations	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-10
Prospectus Hit List: Nobody's Perfect	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-04
Transaction Action: Crumbling and Crumbs	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-21
Transaction Action: The Upper Cust	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-18
Fantasy Beat: Fantasy Today	Clay Davenport	2010-05-18
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of April 27	Kevin Goldstein	2010-04-28
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of April 13	Kevin Goldstein	2010-04-14
Transaction Action: Weekend Mayhem Edition	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-22
Transaction Action: The King's Coffers and Assorted Wee Deals	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-19
Transaction Action: Getting Short-y	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-12
Transaction Analysis: Threesome or Foursome?	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-17
Prospectus Today: AL Shopping Lists	Joe Sheehan	2009-12-07
Prospectus Q&A: Casper Wells	David Laurila	2009-11-24
Transaction Action: Fill'er Up!	Christina Kahrl	2009-11-23
Future Shock: Indians Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-11-20
Checking the Numbers: Anatomy of a Good Problem	Eric Seidman	2009-08-14
On the Beat: Rust Belt Teams Rusted Out?	John Perrotto	2009-08-02
Transaction Analysis: Major Moves Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-30
Prospectus Today: Review and Reset	Joe Sheehan	2009-07-30
On the Beat: Striking Bargains and Striking Out	John Perrotto	2009-07-26
Prospectus Idol Entry: Swartz Interview Transcript	Matt Swartz	2009-07-05
On the Beat: Dugout Turnover	John Perrotto	2009-06-17
Under The Knife: Big Names Down	Will Carroll	2009-06-15
Future Shock: Florida Scouting Notebook	Kevin Goldstein	2009-03-26
Transaction Analysis: Eastern Promises	Christina Kahrl	2009-03-24
Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 2	Kevin Goldstein	2009-03-18
Utley in the Middle: No Prize Without a Chase?	Steven Goldman	2009-02-18
Prospectus Today: National League NRIs of Note	Joe Sheehan	2009-02-11
Future Shock: Phillies Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-12-22
Every Given Sunday: All Busy-ness 'Round the Major League Table	John Perrotto	2008-07-27
Future Shock: Futures Game Log	Kevin Goldstein	2008-07-14
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on Shortstop Prospects	Nate Silver	2008-05-22

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-07-09 13:00:00	Can Jason Donald actually play shortstop? Because he hasn't thus far. Who plays 2B for CLE in 2012, Jason Kipnis? Should the Tribe let Jhonny Peralta play SS for two weeks in a desperate attempt to show off his "versatility?" (But seriously: Donald is an atrocious SS.) (buffum from Austin TX)	What's wrong with Asdrubal? Is he going to be gone in 2012, guaranteed? (Marc Normandin)
2010-07-09 13:00:00	Asdrubal Cabrera will be the SS in 2012, AFAIK. Unless Jhonny gets re-upped, then all bets are off. But at 2B, you have Cord Phelps, Jason Kipnis, Jason Donald, and Luis Valbuena. None of whom I want to see on the other side of the diamond. (buffum from Austin TX)	Well there's always trades and free agency I guess. (Marc Normandin)
2010-06-02 13:00:00	Can Jason Donald hit enough to be the Indians starting 2b down the road? (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	Yeah, he can. The competition isn't exactly fierce at the moment, so I think he could pull it off before the end of this year. The worst case scenario for him is as a backup infielder, which is a good way to make a half million a year. Best case scenario is that he settles in nicely and posts good OBPs and bats down in the lineup. (Tommy Bennett)
2008-12-04 13:30:00	Jason Donald plus a little more for Delmon Young to replace Pat the Bat? Did you see Donald play in Arizona? (Jay from Philly)	Tweener. The glove's a bit shy for shortstop, the bat's not great for 2B or 3B. I wouldn't trade Young for him, although it's an interesting idea. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-11-12 14:00:00	What should the Phillies do with Jason Donald? Could he transition to 3B as of 2010 or does he get flipped for Burrell's replacement in LF? (greggaul from Chicago)	Well, the big problem there is that he doesn't have enough bat for 3B, nor enough talent to get a Burrell-esque talent in return. And I like the guy! (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-11-07 13:00:00	After (presumably) seeing Jason Donald in the AFL, any thoughts on his future in Philly, especially at 3B? (SamHughes from Philly)	He yanked a ball out to left Monday, which shocked the heck out of me. I didn't think he had that kind of power. He probably doesn't--he hit the homer off of Kyle Ginley and his 88-mph heater. Donald's bat will only play up the middle, which means he's a trade chit for the Phillies. Given the state of shortstop around the league, it's a good chit to have. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-21 14:00:00	Thoughts on Jason Donald at 3B in the AFL? Can he be a similar offensive hitter to Pedroia in the bigs, but at 3B? Obviously you'd like more power at 3B, but the Phillies did play Pedro Feliz and Greg Dobbs there this year, and Wes Helms last year.... (JM from DC)	Um, no. I don't think I'm going out on a limb here when I say that Jason Donald is not going to be the kind of guy who gives you 322 total bases in a season. He's a nice little prospect, but not a true SS, and not a guy who's in Pedroia's league offensively. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-04-23 13:00:00	Hey Kevin, a few questions about Phillies prospects. Jason Donald was hitting well in Reading before hurting his hand, are scouts starting to come around on him or is he still a utility guy? Also, what do you make of Greg Golson's fast start? Just a 3 week flash in the pan, or is he turning it around? He's posting the highest walk rate of his career right now... (JM from DC)	I actually like Donald quite a bit offensively, but defensively, he's got a little Jed Lowrie in him where he's playing there, and he's holding his own, but it's not really what you want there glove wise. Golson is a total tool shed, and what he's doing right now is one of the top things to keep your eye in early in the season. (Kevin Goldstein)

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