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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
11 2766 .239 .274 .411 .234 -2.2
Birth Date3-28-1969
Height6' 0"
Weight210 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
1993 OAK 24 105 409 393 35 86 20 4 12 150 14 108 0 1 1 46 4 2 .219 .245 .382 .221 -2.1 -0.7 -0.3
1994 OAK 25 14 50 49 0 7 2 0 0 9 0 14 0 0 1 0 1 0 .143 .143 .184 .131 -5.0 0.5 -0.4
1995 OAK 26 105 304 283 42 64 13 1 13 118 12 88 1 5 3 49 5 2 .226 .256 .417 .231 2.5 -10.5 -0.8
1996 KCA 27 118 462 429 61 111 15 1 22 194 23 101 2 5 3 67 5 3 .259 .296 .452 .260 12.3 0.1 1.2
1997 KCA 28 77 267 252 26 58 15 1 8 99 10 57 2 2 1 33 2 2 .230 .263 .393 .224 -2.4 -0.4 -0.3
1998 NYN 29 7 19 19 3 5 2 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .263 .368 .164 -1.3 -0.3 -0.2
1999 SLN 30 48 166 157 21 45 6 0 10 81 6 38 0 2 1 37 1 0 .287 .309 .516 .259 4.5 0.5 0.5
2000 SLN 31 134 420 384 47 94 24 2 15 167 27 83 2 6 1 61 4 3 .245 .294 .435 .244 3.0 -2.8 0.0
2001 SLN 32 123 370 340 47 96 17 0 15 158 18 67 5 2 5 64 3 1 .282 .326 .465 .265 8.6 -4.7 0.4
2002 DET 33 72 266 252 20 49 14 1 4 77 10 53 0 3 1 20 1 0 .194 .223 .306 .186 -14.9 -2.5 -1.8
2003 DET 34 11 33 33 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .152 .152 .090 -5.6 -0.1 -0.6
Career81427662591304620128109910651206201226173772713.239.274.411.234-0.3-20.9-2.2

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
1989 SOR A- 71 310 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .364 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 MOD A+ 130 549 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .289 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 HUN AA 102 416 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 HUN AA 115 485 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 TAC AAA 17 68 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 OAK MLB 105 409 .221 .260 .325 .395 .000 .270 97 -17.3 11.7 1.6 -0.7 0.2 -2.1 -0.3 -2.1 -0.3
1993 TAC AAA 50 200 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .339 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 OAK MLB 14 50 .131 .255 .324 .404 .000 .200 96 -7.2 1.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 -5.0 -0.4 -5.0 -0.4
1994 TAC AAA 55 267 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .294 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 OAK MLB 105 304 .231 .262 .330 .415 .000 .273 96 -9.7 9.1 0.7 -10.5 1.3 2.5 -0.8 2.5 -0.8
1996 KCA MLB 118 462 .260 .275 .341 .439 .000 .286 98 -0.1 14.3 -1.9 0.1 0.0 12.3 1.2 12.3 1.2
1996 OMA AAA 18 72 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .378 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 KCA MLB 77 267 .224 .266 .328 .417 .000 .265 99 -10.5 7.4 1 -0.4 -0.4 -2.4 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3
1997 OMA AAA 0 97 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .403 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYN MLB 7 19 .164 .275 .331 .439 .000 .385 94 -2 0.5 0 -0.3 0.1 -1.3 -0.2 -1.3 -0.2
1998 NOR AAA 0 62 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .311 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SLN MLB 48 166 .259 .269 .336 .426 .000 .315 100 -0.2 4.5 -1.3 0.5 2.0 4.5 0.5 4.5 0.5
1999 NOR AAA 0 296 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .281 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SLN MLB 134 420 .244 .267 .334 .428 .000 .271 105 -7.9 11.6 -1.1 -2.8 -2.7 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
2001 SLN MLB 123 370 .265 .263 .325 .425 .000 .312 99 2 10.0 -2.4 -4.7 -1.9 8.6 0.4 8.6 0.4
2002 DET MLB 72 266 .186 .264 .323 .427 .000 .227 98 -20.9 7.1 -0.7 -2.5 1.6 -14.9 -1.8 -14.9 -1.8
2003 DET MLB 11 33 .090 .250 .304 .391 .000 .179 94 -6.1 0.9 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 -5.6 -0.6 -5.6 -0.6
2003 MEM AAA 11 52 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB2766.234.266.330.421.258.27499-79.978.6-4.3-20.90.9-0.3-2.2-0.3-2.2

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
1989 SOR A- 310 53 93 22 3 14 56 30 46 9 4 .336 .405 .588 .253 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 MOD A+ 549 65 118 23 4 15 59 47 123 8 5 .238 .308 .392 .154 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 HUN AA 416 50 99 18 1 8 60 28 87 0 5 .262 .316 .378 .116 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 HUN AA 485 59 116 25 4 17 71 29 118 13 10 .258 .305 .444 .187 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 TAC AAA 68 10 18 7 0 2 11 2 16 3 1 .273 .294 .470 .197 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 TAC AAA 200 29 49 8 0 8 29 14 54 3 3 .268 .323 .443 .175 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 OAK MLB 409 35 86 20 4 12 46 14 108 4 2 .219 .245 .382 .163 .221 -2.1 -0.7 -0.3
1994 TAC AAA 267 39 70 12 3 17 48 14 48 3 3 .286 .332 .567 .282 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 OAK MLB 50 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 .143 .143 .184 .041 .131 -5.0 0.5 -0.4
1995 OAK MLB 304 42 64 13 1 13 49 12 88 5 2 .226 .256 .417 .191 .231 2.5 -10.5 -0.8
1996 OMA AAA 72 9 21 3 0 4 13 8 14 1 0 .333 .408 .571 .238 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 KCA MLB 462 61 111 15 1 22 67 23 101 5 3 .259 .296 .452 .193 .260 12.3 0.1 1.2
1997 OMA AAA 97 9 28 6 0 3 20 6 26 0 2 .308 .351 .473 .165 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 KCA MLB 267 26 58 15 1 8 33 10 57 2 2 .230 .263 .393 .163 .224 -2.4 -0.4 -0.3
1998 NOR AAA 62 11 17 1 1 3 14 1 13 2 1 .279 .290 .475 .197 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYN MLB 19 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 .263 .263 .368 .105 .164 -1.3 -0.3 -0.2
1999 NOR AAA 296 40 77 20 3 15 54 10 47 3 0 .272 .304 .523 .251 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SLN MLB 166 21 45 6 0 10 37 6 38 1 0 .287 .309 .516 .229 .259 4.5 0.5 0.5
2000 SLN MLB 420 47 94 24 2 15 61 27 83 4 3 .245 .294 .435 .190 .244 3.0 -2.8 0.0
2001 SLN MLB 370 47 96 17 0 15 64 18 67 3 1 .282 .326 .465 .182 .265 8.6 -4.7 0.4
2002 DET MLB 266 20 49 14 1 4 20 10 53 1 0 .194 .223 .306 .111 .186 -14.9 -2.5 -1.8
2003 MEM AAA 52 3 13 1 0 0 4 2 12 0 0 .265 .294 .286 .020 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 DET MLB 33 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .152 .152 .152 .000 .090 -5.6 -0.1 -0.6

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1998-05-07 1998-09-28 60-DL 144 132 Left Ankle Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 DET $2,625,000
2002 DET $2,125,000
2001 SLN $1,500,000
2000 SLN $595,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$6,845,000
4 yrTotal$6,845,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 129 d2 yr/$5M (02-03)+04 cl opt

Details
  • left Triple-A club 5/03 signed as a free agent from DET 5/03 (minor-league contract) released 4/03
  • 1 year/$1.5M (01)+$0.4M in poss bonuses, rejected 2 year/c$4M STL offer

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BP Unfiltered: A Collection of Third Basemen Useful for Your Next Yankees JokeSam Miller2012-12-05
The BP Wayback Machine: How to Read a Box ScoreKeith Scherer2011-05-12
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Baseball Prospectus Basics: How to Read a Box ScoreKeith Scherer2004-02-25
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 10-15Christina Kahrl2003-06-19
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Technically SpeakingWill Carroll2003-05-13
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 24-30, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-05-03
Box Lunch: The Week in Box Scores, April 14-20Keith Scherer2003-04-22
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Forwarding a StereotypeJoe Sheehan2003-04-14
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: AL Central PreviewJoe Sheehan2003-03-26
Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-02-13
Prospectus Feature: Freely Available TalentDayn Perry2002-12-12
Transaction Analysis: September 4-10, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-09-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 9-10, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 16-19, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-05-22
Transaction Analysis: April 25-29, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-05-01
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Daily Prospectus: The Daily Prospectus: Day BaseballJoe Sheehan2002-04-24
Transaction Analysis: April 7-8, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-04-10
6-4-3: Noises from the FeedbagGary Huckabay2002-04-05
Prospectus Feature: American League PredictionsBaseball Prospectus2002-03-31
From The Mailbag: Free Erubiel Durazo!Baseball Prospectus2001-05-02


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