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Portrait of Esteban German

Esteban German 3BRangers

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
10 1170 .280 .359 .386 .262 2.9
Birth Date1-26-1978
Height5' 9"
Weight195 lbs
BatsR
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
2002 OAK 24 9 40 35 4 7 0 0 0 7 4 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .300 .200 .199 -2.9 -0.0 -0.3
2003 OAK 25 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .090 -0.5 0.1 -0.0
2004 OAK 26 31 65 60 9 15 1 1 0 18 4 13 0 0 1 7 0 1 .250 .297 .300 .205 -0.7 0.3 -0.0
2005 TEX 27 5 4 4 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .750 .750 1.000 .602 2.3 0.1 0.2
2006 KCA 28 106 331 279 44 91 18 5 3 128 40 49 6 0 6 34 7 3 .326 .422 .459 .300 25.7 -2.6 2.3
2007 KCA 29 121 405 348 49 92 15 6 4 131 43 60 5 3 6 37 11 7 .264 .351 .376 .254 7.2 -8.4 -0.1
2008 KCA 30 89 242 216 30 53 14 3 0 73 18 42 1 3 4 22 7 3 .245 .303 .338 .231 -1.1 1.5 0.0
2009 TEX 31 19 50 46 9 14 4 0 0 18 4 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 .304 .360 .391 .284 4.5 -0.1 0.4
2010 TEX 32 13 16 13 5 3 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 .231 .375 .231 .246 0.1 -0.2 -0.0
2011 TEX 33 11 13 11 6 5 1 0 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 .455 .462 .818 .520 3.9 0.1 0.4
Career4091170101615928454158392117187137171113415.280.359.386.26238.4-9.32.9

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
1999 MOD A+ 0 608 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .412 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 VIS A+ 0 494 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MID AA 0 95 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .283 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MID AA 92 414 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SAC AAA 38 177 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .406 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OAK MLB 9 40 .199 .271 .341 .445 .000 .292 92 -2.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3
2002 SAC AAA 121 551 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .312 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OAK MLB 5 4 .090 .245 .308 .348 .000 .333 92 -0.7 0.1 0 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0
2003 SAC AAA 115 544 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .339 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB 31 65 .205 .273 .337 .439 .000 .319 96 -3.9 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.7 -0.0 -0.7 -0.0
2004 SAC AAA 55 259 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .366 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TEX MLB 5 4 .602 .257 .318 .432 .000 1.000 110 1.5 0.1 0 0.1 0.7 2.3 0.2 2.3 0.2
2005 OKL AAA 117 564 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .360 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 KCA MLB 106 331 .300 .267 .324 .422 .000 .388 104 14.8 9.1 -1.3 -2.6 2.5 25.7 2.3 25.7 2.3
2007 KCA MLB 121 405 .254 .272 .329 .421 .000 .307 102 -2.9 11.7 0 -8.4 -0.8 7.2 -0.1 7.2 -0.1
2008 KCA MLB 89 242 .231 .268 .325 .408 .000 .299 98 -7.7 6.9 -0.6 1.5 -0.5 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0.0
2009 TEX MLB 19 50 .284 .263 .330 .415 .000 .359 97 1.3 1.4 0.1 -0.1 1.1 4.5 0.4 4.5 0.4
2009 OKL AAA 105 472 .316 .270 .337 .413 .000 .370 93 28 13.0 1.4 -2.4 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 TEX MLB 13 16 .246 .236 .302 .370 .000 .273 101 -0.2 0.5 0 -0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.0 0.1 -0.0
2010 OKL AAA 126 567 .262 .277 .343 .435 .000 .322 102 1.3 15.7 1.2 -6.2 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 TEX MLB 11 13 .520 .254 .317 .379 .000 .400 117 3.3 0.2 0 0.1 0.1 3.9 0.4 3.9 0.4
2011 ROU AAA 123 586 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .328 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 TDE Wnt 29 125 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .362 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TOR Wnt 14 64 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .422 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1170.262.268.327.419.258.3331012.932.1-1.7-8.83.738.42.938.42.9

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
1999 MOD A+ 608 107 156 16 12 4 52 102 128 40 16 .311 .433 .415 .104 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 VIS A+ 494 82 113 14 10 2 35 61 86 78 8 .264 .362 .357 .093 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MID AA 95 13 16 1 0 1 6 18 21 5 3 .213 .379 .267 .053 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MID AA 414 79 95 20 3 6 30 63 66 31 11 .284 .411 .415 .131 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SAC AAA 177 40 56 8 0 4 14 18 20 17 2 .373 .455 .507 .133 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OAK MLB 40 4 7 0 0 0 0 4 11 1 0 .200 .300 .200 .000 .199 -2.9 -0.0 -0.3
2002 SAC AAA 551 72 126 16 4 2 43 78 66 26 14 .275 .385 .341 .066 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OAK MLB 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 .090 -0.5 0.1 -0.0
2003 SAC AAA 544 86 143 20 8 3 51 56 64 32 8 .306 .374 .403 .096 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB 65 9 15 1 1 0 7 4 13 0 1 .250 .297 .300 .050 .205 -0.7 0.3 -0.0
2004 SAC AAA 259 33 76 8 4 2 29 19 28 18 2 .329 .386 .424 .095 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TEX MLB 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 .750 .750 1.000 .250 .602 2.3 0.1 0.2
2005 OKL AAA 564 103 153 27 6 5 68 65 74 43 6 .313 .400 .423 .110 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 KCA MLB 331 44 91 18 5 3 34 40 49 7 3 .326 .422 .459 .133 .300 25.7 -2.6 2.3
2007 KCA MLB 405 49 92 15 6 4 37 43 60 11 7 .264 .351 .376 .112 .254 7.2 -8.4 -0.1
2008 KCA MLB 242 30 53 14 3 0 22 18 42 7 3 .245 .303 .338 .093 .231 -1.1 1.5 0.0
2009 TEX MLB 50 9 14 4 0 0 4 4 7 1 0 .304 .360 .391 .087 .284 4.5 -0.1 0.4
2009 OKL AAA 472 63 124 15 5 4 59 65 63 35 9 .319 .425 .414 .095 .316 0.0 -2.4 0.0
2010 TEX MLB 16 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 .231 .375 .231 .000 .246 0.1 -0.2 -0.0
2010 OKL AAA 567 79 136 27 5 5 55 64 77 50 7 .280 .372 .388 .107 .262 0.0 -6.2 0.0
2011 TEX MLB 13 6 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 .455 .462 .818 .364 .520 3.9 0.1 0.4
2011 ROU AAA 586 94 153 29 3 7 56 72 58 44 9 .301 .388 .411 .110 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 TDE Wnt 125 13 29 5 0 0 6 21 20 9 2 .293 .413 .343 .051 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TOR Wnt 64 9 20 3 0 1 13 8 9 5 1 .364 .444 .473 .109 .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
2011-06-13 2011-06-20 Minors 7 0 - Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2010-07-12 2010-07-28 Minors 16 0 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-08-14 2009-09-01 15-DL 18 17 Right Groin Strain -
2006-05-01 2006-05-03 DTD 2 2 Face Contusion Fly Ball -
2004-07-04 2004-07-31 15-DL 27 23 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 KCA $1,000,000
2007 KCA $423,000
2006 KCA $333,000
2004 OAK $301,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,057,000
4 yrTotal$2,057,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 125 d1 year (2011)

Details
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Texas as a free agent 11/19/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Texas 9/1/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Texas 11/2/11.
  • 1 year/$0.6M (2010). Re-signed by Texas 12/12/09 (avoided arbitration). Split contract paying $0.6M in majors, $0.2M in minors. Sent outright to AAA by Texas 12/16/09. Contract purchased by Texas 9/6/10. Sent outright to AAA by Texas 11/5/10 (refused assignment).
  • 1 year/$1.2M (2009). Re-signed by Kansas City 12/12/08 (avoided arbitration). $0.1M in performance bonuses. DFA by Kansas City 2/28/09, released 3/9/09 (due 30 days' pay). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 3/13/09 (minor-league contract, $0.75M in majors). Released by Cubs 4/4/09. Signed as a free agent by Texas 4/8/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Texas 8/5/09.
  • 1 year/$1M (2008). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/29/08 (avoided arbitration, $1.2M-$0.8375M).
  • 1 year/$0.423M (2007). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/07.
  • 1 year/$0.333M (2006). Signed by Kansas City 2/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Signed as a free agent 11/04 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 9/05.
  • 1 year/$0.301M (2004).
  • Signed 1996 as amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-03-13 13:00:00Any chances the yankees sign Esteban German now that he's an FA?
(glenihan from nyc)		I think it's worth a try, as he's a more useful player than Angel Berroa (though not a shortstop, a strike against any U-guy). I'm troubled by the decay in his walk rate last year. (Steven Goldman)
2009-03-06 14:00:00Saw a suggestion somewhere that the Yankees might simply slide Cano across the diamond to third and then pick up a middle infielder, which seems like an easier option than finding a quality 3B. What do you think?
(Rob from Brighton)		The market does seem to contain more free talent (Esteban German) or free agents (Ray Durham, Mark Grudzielanek) among second basemen than third basemen, so if Cano could pull off the switch it might be worthwhile. That said, Cano's got enough to worry about with resuscitating his bat, so I'd rather see the Yanks try something else; I like Grudz or the Dodgers' Mark Loretta -- rendered redundant by the Orlando Hudson signing and Blake DeWitt's attempt to become a utilityman for the short term -- as backups who would have value even if A-Rod returns. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-02-10 14:00:00Mark Teahen at 2B - a worthwhile shot, or a waste of time?
(BL from Bozeman)		It can't hurt to try it, but I'm not optimistic about the outcome. Still, while they wait until they can find a dance partner to talk trade later this spring, it's worth exploring. I still have my hopes that Alberto Callaspo pans out, and it isn't like Esteban German getting the job would be an unhappy development. There's only one outright wrong answer, and its name is Bloomquist. (Christina Kahrl)


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