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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 |
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| 2011 | KCA | 22 | 89 | 365 | 338 | 26 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 124 | 22 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .309 | .367 | .251 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | KCA | 23 | 149 | 614 | 563 | 69 | 136 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 232 | 39 | 124 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 2 | .242 | .296 | .412 | .254 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | KCA | 24 | 40 | 158 | 142 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .247 | .303 | .199 | -6.9 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
| Career | 278 | 1137 | 1043 | 107 | 250 | 58 | 2 | 29 | 399 | 74 | 197 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 114 | 8 | 2 | .240 | .293 | .383 | .245 | 13.7 | 17.4 | 3.3 | ||
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'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 |
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| 2007 | IDA | Rk | 11 | 47 | .246 | .275 | .336 | .413 | .000 | .364 | 92 | -0.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | BUR | A | 126 | 549 | .290 | .256 | .327 | .378 | .000 | .291 | 99 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 11.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | WIL | A+ | 129 | 530 | .270 | .261 | .332 | .389 | .000 | .276 | 93 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | NWA | AA | 66 | 298 | .348 | .267 | .342 | .412 | .000 | .352 | 114 | 27.5 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 5.7 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | OMA | AAA | 52 | 236 | .295 | .276 | .342 | .437 | .000 | .276 | 92 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 1 | 1.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | KCA | MLB | 89 | 365 | .251 | .259 | .315 | .404 | .000 | .296 | 101 | -3.3 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | OMA | AAA | 55 | 250 | .270 | .299 | .360 | .467 | .000 | .314 | 94 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | KCA | MLB | 149 | 614 | .254 | .256 | .314 | .408 | .000 | .274 | 102 | -3.9 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 16.8 | -2.6 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 13.3 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | KCA | MLB | 40 | 158 | .199 | .250 | .309 | .405 | .258 | .178 | 102 | -9.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -6.9 | -0.8 | -6.9 | -0.8 |
| Career | MLB | 1137 | .245 | .256 | .314 | .406 | .261 | .268 | 101 | -16.3 | 29.3 | 4.3 | 18.5 | -4.8 | 14.6 | 3.5 | 14.6 | 3.5 | ||
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 |
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| 2007 | IDA | Rk | 47 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .383 | .439 | .146 | .246 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | BUR | A | 549 | 77 | 135 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 71 | 43 | 86 | 8 | 4 | .272 | .339 | .468 | .196 | .290 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | WIL | A+ | 530 | 66 | 123 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 86 | 32 | 90 | 10 | 6 | .250 | .298 | .421 | .171 | .270 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | NWA | AA | 298 | 58 | 90 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 76 | 26 | 42 | 0 | 1 | .347 | .421 | .687 | .340 | .348 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | OMA | AAA | 236 | 36 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .293 | .318 | .564 | .271 | .295 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | KCA | MLB | 365 | 26 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 51 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .309 | .367 | .104 | .251 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | OMA | AAA | 250 | 38 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 44 | 1 | 1 | .287 | .347 | .498 | .211 | .270 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | KCA | MLB | 614 | 69 | 136 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 73 | 39 | 124 | 5 | 2 | .242 | .296 | .412 | .171 | .254 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | KCA | MLB | 158 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .247 | .303 | .127 | .199 | -6.9 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
Injury History beta
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2013-03-12 | 2013-03-13 | Camp | 1 | 0 | Right | Foot | Contusion | - | - | |
| 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-04 | DTD | 2 | 0 | Left | Groin | Strain | - | - | |
| 2012-09-30 | 2012-09-30 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Left | Groin | Tightness | - | - | |
| 2012-07-29 | 2012-07-31 | DTD | 2 | 0 | Right | Knee | Sprain | - | - | |
| 2012-05-12 | 2012-05-14 | DTD | 2 | 0 | - | Thigh | Soreness | Hamstring | - | - |
| 2012-05-10 | 2012-05-11 | DTD | 1 | 0 | - | Thigh | Soreness | Hamstring | - | - |
| 2012-03-13 | 2012-03-15 | Camp | 2 | 0 | Right | Knee | Contusion | HBP | - | - |
| 2012-03-13 | 2012-03-16 | Camp | 3 | 0 | - | General Medical | Illness | GI | - | - |
| 2011-05-13 | 2011-05-15 | Minors | 2 | 0 | - | Upper Arm | Contusion | Biceps HBP | - | |
| 2010-08-09 | 2010-08-13 | Minors | 4 | 0 | - | Foot | Contusion | Foul Ball | - | |
| 2010-04-08 | 2010-04-22 | Minors | 14 | 0 | - | Abdomen | Recovery From Strain | Oblique | - | |
| 2010-03-22 | 2010-04-08 | Camp | 17 | 2 | Abdomen | Strain | Oblique | - |
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| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2012-01-10 13:00:00 | Do you think Dustin Ackley and Mike Moustakas will have effective enough traditional 5 category numbers to be solid starters at their positions in a deep 11 team keeper league?
Very encouraging late 2011 numbers by both guys. (Honey Badger from NYC) | Honey Badger don't give a shat... Ok, out of my system... If that's a mixed league, they might be solid enough, but they're not guys I'd be thrilled to have starting for me in 2012 in a 5x5, 11-team mixed league. I'd rather have Moustakas than Ackley for 2012, though. (Derek Carty) |
| 2011-06-02 13:00:00 | Lawrie, Jennings, Ackley... Are you high on any prospects likely to be called up soon? (Andrew from Las Vegas) | Yup, I like all three. You can also keep an eye on guys like Mike Moustakas, Jemile Weeks, Yonder Alonso, Anthony Rizzo, Lonnie Chisenhall, and a number of others. (Derek Carty) |
| 2011-05-18 13:00:00 | Aside from Harper, Trout, Montero & Brown, and with Hosmer, Hellockson, Chaoman & Teheran now in the majors, who occupies the remaining spots in the Top 10 at this point. (commish from nyc) | While I should defer to Kevin Goldstein on this question, I'd have to say Mike Moustakas is right there with those guys. That's five. Then let's say John Lamb, Jameson Taillon, Matt Moore and Shelby Miller. (John Perrotto) |
| 2011-02-22 13:00:00 | Could Mike Moustakas be the opening day 3B for the Royals, with a great spring?
(Markus from NYC) | Sure. (Jason Parks) |
| 2011-01-12 13:00:00 | I have the 1st overall pick in this years draft out of a 16 team, H2H, 7 holdover league. I'm debating over which minors prospect might be the best one to select. I'm currently looking at: Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Mike Moustakas, Dustin Ackley, Julio Teheran. I also realize that some of these are obviously closer to the Majors than others, or should that not be my only requirement? (Bill from New York) | I'm far from the fantasy expert here, having given that up years ago (too much of a good thing), and you don't need Kevin Goldstein to tell you those are all great prospects. Harper is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of talent, but obviously he has no real track record as of yet. I love Trout because of his range of skills and would probably go for him just on that basis even if you won't see him for awhile, and I figure Ackley to be the most speculative of the bunch. Moustakas is probably the safest short-term play, even though I'm certain that the Royals will delay/screw up/botch his promotion in some way. They'll probably block him by luring Ruben Sierra out of retirement, or something like that. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2010-11-02 13:00:00 | Why would the Royals be interested in Chris Davis? They have a logjam at first base / DH as it is, Eric Hosmer is waiting in the wings, and third base will belong to Mike Moustakas starting some time in 2011. (chris from MN) | They wouldn't be. I used them to illustrate how there aren't going to be many takers for Davis, and even then, a usual suspect in similar situations like the Royals wouldn't give anything up to get him. Then again -- why do the Royals do anything they do? (Eric Seidman) |
| 2010-10-25 13:00:00 | From an overall hitting standpoint who has a better career... Mike Moustakas, or Lonnie Chisenhall? Mike Moustakas is one of the best power hitting minor leaguers while a lot of people like Lonnie's overall game... what do you see for a future for both of these players? Thanks (Colin from Longmeadow, MA) | Obviously, this is more a KG question than a CK question, but I'm more enthusiastic about Moustakas while liking both. The problem is whether or not the Royals fall into another way to handicap the kid's career and achieve incremental growth instead of greatness, a la Gordon or Butler or Ka'aihue or... (Christina Kahrl) |
| 2010-09-21 13:00:00 | I think the next "Moose" will be Mike Moustakas... (Chris from cube farm) | You're probably right. It's too bad he isn't Canadian, eh? (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-09-21 13:00:00 | Let's talk dynasty leagues.... Long term, Gordon Beckham or Mike Moustakas, assuming I have nothing useful at either position going forward. (achaik from Maine) | I'm not 100% on how good Moustakas is going to be, but I know with Beckham I have had to mull this over for one of my own teams. His second half has been excellent, and he worked on his swing midseason with the hitting coach and got immediate results, so it should be safe to keep him. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-06-02 13:00:00 | Please rank the following in the order in which you think they will make their big league debuts: Mike Moustakas; Pedro Alvarez; Logan Morrison; Freddie Freeman; Madison Bumgarner; Jeremy Hellickson. Does anyone in this group make a significant fantasy impact in 2010? (Chillin' from Waiver Wire) | I'm not terribly good at this kind of thing, but what the heck:
Alvarez, Moustakas, Hellickson, Morrison, Bumgarner, Freeman I think the first three will see at least a sprinkling of big league time this year. The others I'm not so sure about. (Tommy Bennett) |
| 2010-03-26 13:00:00 | I like the line about Joba in K.C., but what's the series of events that you think lands him there? It's a little hard to imagine what K.C. has that Cashman would want/need. David DeJesus? (Dan from Brooklyn) | Oh, I don't know. Maybe Cashman has a mancrush on Aaron Crow and is convinced that Mike Moustakas is the heir apparent to Derek Jeter after he tears up Double-A pitching this year while moving back to short. Plus he thinks that the George Brett statue would look great in his office. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2008-09-24 14:00:00 | Any reason Mike Moustakas wasn't sent to the instructional league? Is there a better third base prospect? (Corey from L-Ville) | He played a long year, was healthy all year, had a great second half and there are only so many spots, even for instructs. Don't read too much into it. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2008-08-13 14:00:00 | whats your take on royals 3B Mike Moustakas?solid regular? All-star? (nick from albuquerque) | The more I see him, the more I like him, and after a slow start, he's be arguably the most dangerous hitter in the Midwest League. I think he's a stud. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2008-08-13 14:00:00 | Kevin, there's been plenty of talk about Mike Moustakas lately, but are you intrigued by either of his teammates at Burlington, Johnny Giovatella or Jason Taylor? (BL from Bozeman, MT) | Taylor does pretty much nothing for me. 20 years old, kind of a dumpy body, and a lot of lunging at the plate. Obviously, Giavotella doesn't have a ton of tools, but you really only need one game to fall in love the way he plays. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2008-07-07 13:00:00 | The Royals appear to have moved Mike Moustakas to third base, and he has hit the ball better in the last two months. What do you see from him offensively as he advances through the system? (BL from Bozeman, MT) | I saw him at third last week here at Kane County and while he wasn't tested there, he looked more comfortable during BP there and of course, the arm is huge so it's worth a try. He still needs to make some adjustments offensively, especially with breaking stuff, but the power and bat speed are massive. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2008-06-06 13:00:00 |
As a Royals fan it is hard for me to be patient for high school guys. Mike Moustakas looks like a great talent, but I believe the Royals need to take a college bat (Posey/Alvarez). What are the chances and upside of the Royals selecting Eric Hosmer? (jeffn411 from Lawrence, KS) | Be patient. Hosmer is a special player, but yes, Posey also would have been a defendable pick there. You can complain about Alvarez though, because he wasn't there for them. You also can't complain about not getting a college bat last year, as remember, that was a different animal. Only two college bats went in the first 12 picks, and one of them (LaPorta) was a surprise. (Kevin Goldstein) |
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