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Birth Date9-25-1977
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
Age35 years, 8 months, 26 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.02009
-0.62010
-0.42011
-0.32012
0.22013
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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
2002 SDN 24 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 18 4 15 0 0 0 3 1 0 .181 .224 .250 .167 -2.9 -0.3 -0.3
2005 NYA 27 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .002 -0.9 -0.0 -0.1
2006 NYA 28 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.003 -1.3 -0.0 -0.1
2007 NYA 29 26 66 61 6 10 4 0 0 14 2 9 0 0 3 8 0 0 .164 .190 .230 .147 -5.5 -0.6 -0.6
2008 WAS 30 68 196 176 15 46 9 1 1 60 13 29 0 2 5 20 0 1 .261 .309 .341 .233 2.2 0.7 0.3
2009 WAS 31 72 249 224 20 58 6 0 1 67 17 45 3 5 0 26 1 0 .259 .313 .299 .220 -0.8 0.8 0.0
2010 WAS 32 59 172 158 10 32 8 0 3 49 8 29 1 1 4 16 0 0 .203 .244 .310 .194 -7.0 0.9 -0.6
2011 MIL 33 20 54 50 2 7 2 0 0 9 3 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 .140 .189 .180 .120 -4.3 0.7 -0.4
2012 ARI 34 16 38 36 4 11 1 0 1 15 1 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 .306 .324 .417 .246 0.8 0.0 0.1
2012 COL 34 16 51 47 3 14 2 0 1 19 3 9 0 1 0 5 0 0 .298 .333 .404 .229 -3.7 0.1 -0.4
2013 ARI 35 23 54 49 9 20 3 0 0 23 4 6 0 1 0 9 0 0 .408 .444 .469 .301 3.0 0.1 0.3
Career33796688371211382727455164410149022.239.284.310.207-20.42.3-1.8

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
1997 CLN A 0 61 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLN A 0 434 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 RCU A+ 0 472 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .363 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 RCU A+ 0 116 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MOB AA 0 231 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .282 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 LVG AAA 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MOB AA 95 356 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SDN MLB 28 76 .167 .244 .311 .386 .000 .228 99 -7.6 1.9 1.3 -0.3 0.4 -2.9 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3
2002 POR AAA 70 245 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .344 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SLC AAA 102 395 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SLC AAA 108 435 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NYA MLB 3 4 .002 .266 .331 .436 .000 .000 103 -1.1 0.1 0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
2005 COH AAA 102 404 .248 .271 .337 .425 .000 .310 94 -5 9.6 5.2 2.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 NYA MLB 6 6 -.003 .273 .322 .424 .000 .000 100 -1.8 0.2 0.1 -0.0 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2006 COH AAA 88 348 .223 .266 .330 .406 .000 .266 100 -12.4 8.5 4.3 -1.0 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 NYA MLB 26 66 .147 .267 .331 .415 .000 .192 105 -8.3 1.9 1.2 -0.6 0.4 -5.5 -0.6 -5.5 -0.6
2007 SWB AAA 27 98 .214 .260 .319 .398 .000 .278 99 -5.2 2.9 1.7 0.9 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 68 196 .233 .258 .326 .409 .000 .304 98 -5.8 5.5 3.3 0.7 -0.4 2.2 0.3 2.2 0.3
2008 COH AAA 9 29 .261 .269 .327 .419 .000 .300 99 0 0.8 0.5 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 WAS MLB 72 249 .220 .259 .323 .413 .000 .311 101 -10.6 6.9 4.3 0.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0.0
2010 WAS MLB 59 172 .194 .254 .313 .395 .000 .228 100 -11.6 4.8 2.7 0.9 -0.7 -7.0 -0.6 -7.0 -0.6
2011 MIL MLB 20 54 .120 .256 .318 .404 .000 .184 106 -7.5 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.3 -4.3 -0.4 -4.3 -0.4
2011 GWN AAA 21 79 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 NAS AAA 23 95 .044 .295 .352 .438 .000 .182 88 -8.4 0.6 0.6 -0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LIC Wnt 4 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 ARI MLB 16 38 .246 .258 .316 .413 .000 .370 108 -0.5 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1
2012 COL MLB 16 51 .229 .252 .305 .408 .000 .342 118 -1.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 -2.9 -3.7 -0.4 -3.7 -0.4
2012 CSP AAA 34 123 .243 .286 .346 .449 .000 .344 119 -1.8 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 ARI MLB 23 54 .301 .243 .300 .371 .242 .455 107 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.1 -0.9 3.0 0.3 3.0 0.3
CareerMLB966.207.256.319.404.254.283103-54.325.215.82.8-4.2-20.2-1.8-20.2-1.8

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
1997 CLN A 61 6 12 1 1 1 7 6 10 2 1 .218 .295 .327 .109 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLN A 434 47 97 22 0 3 55 47 69 7 9 .255 .348 .337 .082 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 RCU A+ 472 58 140 26 2 7 61 40 54 2 7 .328 .392 .447 .119 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 RCU A+ 116 16 26 5 0 0 9 15 17 2 0 .257 .353 .307 .050 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MOB AA 231 18 57 4 0 4 30 16 22 1 1 .266 .320 .341 .075 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 LVG AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MOB AA 356 28 99 24 0 3 41 18 40 1 0 .300 .338 .400 .100 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 POR AAA 245 24 73 20 2 7 29 5 40 0 0 .308 .320 .498 .190 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SDN MLB 76 2 13 3 1 0 3 4 15 1 0 .181 .224 .250 .069 .167 -2.9 -0.3 -0.3
2003 SLC AAA 395 48 102 16 2 4 38 25 53 1 2 .283 .328 .371 .089 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SLC AAA 435 60 125 22 8 10 53 12 64 3 6 .297 .316 .458 .162 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 COH AAA 404 45 110 22 3 4 37 13 38 1 1 .289 .313 .395 .105 .248 0.0 2.1 0.0
2005 NYA MLB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .002 -0.9 -0.0 -0.1
2006 COH AAA 348 29 83 13 0 5 34 18 29 2 1 .259 .295 .346 .087 .223 0.0 -1.0 0.0
2006 NYA MLB 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.003 -1.3 -0.0 -0.1
2007 SWB AAA 98 5 23 1 2 1 8 6 10 1 0 .256 .309 .344 .089 .214 0.0 0.9 0.0
2007 NYA MLB 66 6 10 4 0 0 8 2 9 0 0 .164 .190 .230 .066 .147 -5.5 -0.6 -0.6
2008 COH AAA 29 3 6 1 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 .240 .310 .280 .040 .261 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 196 15 46 9 1 1 20 13 29 0 1 .261 .309 .341 .080 .233 2.2 0.7 0.3
2009 WAS MLB 249 20 58 6 0 1 26 17 45 1 0 .259 .313 .299 .040 .220 -0.8 0.8 0.0
2010 WAS MLB 172 10 32 8 0 3 16 8 29 0 0 .203 .244 .310 .108 .194 -7.0 0.9 -0.6
2011 NAS AAA 95 3 15 2 0 1 6 4 11 0 0 .170 .213 .227 .057 .044 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2011 LIC Wnt 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 MIL MLB 54 2 7 2 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 .140 .189 .180 .040 .120 -4.3 0.7 -0.4
2011 GWN AAA 79 8 20 2 0 1 6 6 11 1 0 .282 .333 .352 .070 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 CSP AAA 123 15 34 4 0 3 16 6 20 1 1 .306 .336 .423 .117 .243 0.0 0.3 0.0
2012 ARI MLB 38 4 11 1 0 1 3 1 8 0 1 .306 .324 .417 .111 .246 0.8 0.0 0.1
2012 COL MLB 51 3 14 2 0 1 5 3 9 0 0 .298 .333 .404 .106 .229 -3.7 0.1 -0.4
2013 ARI MLB 54 9 20 3 0 0 9 4 6 0 0 .408 .444 .469 .061 .301 3.0 0.1 0.3

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-07-09 2012-08-01 15-DL 23 16 Right Foot Sprain Turf Toe - -
2010-03-10 2010-03-13 Camp 3 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2009-09-18 2009-09-29 DTD 11 10 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2007-03-09 2007-03-19 Camp 10 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Biceps Tendinitis -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 ARI $800,000
2011 MIL $775,000
2010 WAS $700,000
2009 WAS $445,000
2008 WAS $400,000
2007 NYA $382,150
2006 NYA $328,600
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$3,030,750
2011Current$800,000
8 yrPvs + Cur$3,830,750
8 yrTotal$3,830,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 127 dMDR Sports Management1 year/$0.8M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.8M (2013). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/5/12.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/18/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Colorado 5/25/12. Claimed by Arizona off waivers 8/6/12 after being DFA by Colorado 8/1/12. Non-tendered by Arizona 11/30/12.
  • 1 year/$0.775M (2011). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/10/10. Performance bonuses based on PAs.
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2010). Re-signed by Washington 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Washington 12/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.445M (2009). Re-signed 2/14/09.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2008). Signed as a free agent 1/14/08 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$382,150 (2007). DFA 7/22/07, sent outright to Triple-A 7/26/07.
  • 1 year/$0.3286M (2006). DFA 4/06. Contract purchased 9/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed 3/05. Acquired in trade from LA Angels 3/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed 2/04.
  • 1 year (2002). Contract purchased 7/02.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .247 .289 .418 .231
11 vs R (Multi) .249 .288 .308 .200
18 Split (Multi) .002 -.001 -.110 -.032
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .318 .348 .591 .305
31 vs R (2012) .295 .323 .344 .211
38 Split (2012) -.023 -.025 -.247 -.095
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-08-02 13:30:00Since I believe the Nats will sign Adam Dunn, I am more interested in the other 2 trades Mike Rizzo made: 1. You didn't seem terribly impressed with the Wilson Ramos trade, although you didn't pan it. Has Ramos taken a big hit to his reputation this year? 2. Folks seem a lot more impressed with Cristian Guzman than we in DC were, although he is a good enough guy. I know the Nats didn't get much for him, but I was surprised they got even 2 AA pitchers. Why the sudden love folks have for Guzman?
(HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)		I think Ramos took a hit because he's basically a batting average-dependent producer, but at his age, there's still some room for growth, and I guess I'm more depressed over what this meant for Flores' situation. It was a pretty decent flip, in that Ramos isn't going to be the next Wil Nieves, he could start and not be the worst regular catcher in baseball.

As for Guzman, LASIK may have helped his ability to hit singles more frequently, but it didn't seem to do him any favors in the field. He's an adequate middle infielder with no power, patience, or speed, so getting worked up over him is sort of silly. He's a decent veteran placeholder, but getting him is more of an insurance move for the Rangers than cause for jubilation. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-05-24 14:00:00Who the heck do the Nats use in place of Ivan Rodriguez for the next couple of weeks? Wil Nieves as the statrer is bad enough, but there is nobody else available.
(HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)		As you know, Chris Coste is out for the year, and they've pressed Jamie Burke up to Syracuse to get him back in gear ASAP. And last I heard, Jesus Flores hasn't even tried to catch yet in his slow rehab. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a mercy-minded swap get made if Burke can't be ready in time, but it reflects an interesting industry-wide issue: the lack of readily available free talent behind the plate. It seems worse this year than it has been in recent memory, but the extent to which that's true deserves further exploration. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-05-14 13:00:00Is Cervelli for real? Do the Yanks regret not resigning Matsui/Damon?
(Paul from Boston)		Well, he ain't gonna hit .400, and you'd do well to remember Jazayerli's Law of Backup Catchers: given enough chances, a guy will have a season in which he hits .300 in less than 200 at-bats. I'm skeptical he's got a future as a major league starter, but he's certainly no Wil Nieves, and may well turn out to be the best backup the Yanks have had in a long time.

I'd trade him for Johnny Damon, though. (Jay Jaffe)


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