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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
9 44 .122 .143 .146 .108 4.9
Birth Date7-2-1965
Height5' 11"
Weight190 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
1995 MIL 29 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 6.0 0.8
1996 MIL 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2.5 -1.3
1998 ANA 32 22 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .298 8.5 4.0 1.2
1999 ANA 33 29 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .667 .331 -3.9 6.1 0.2
2000 DET 34 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.8 0.6
2001 DET 35 36 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .001 17.6 3.4 2.1
2002 DET 36 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.003 10.0 5.4 1.6
2003 DET 37 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.4
2003 OAK 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 -0.1
2004 ARI 38 29 32 31 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 .129 .129 .129 .090 -8.1 1.2 -0.7
Career2724441151006117002300.122.143.146.10824.131.34.9

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
1993 NWO AAA 31 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 MIL MLB 33 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
1996 MIL MLB 20 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.3
1998 ANA MLB 22 3 .298 .267 .359 .367 .000 .000 84 0.1 0.1 0.4 4.0 -0.1 0.2 0.4 8.5 1.2
1999 ANA MLB 29 3 .331 .268 .357 .403 .000 .500 95 0.2 0.1 0.5 6.1 0.0 1.2 0.7 -3.9 0.2
2000 DET MLB 20 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
2001 DET MLB 36 4 .001 .249 .318 .403 .000 .000 98 -1.1 0.1 0.6 3.4 0.0 0.8 0.4 17.6 2.1
2002 DET MLB 32 2 -.003 .269 .344 .438 .000 .000 97 -0.6 0.1 0.3 5.4 0.0 -1.0 0.4 10.0 1.6
2003 DET MLB 42 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
2003 OAK MLB 9 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
2004 ARI MLB 29 32 .090 .267 .319 .425 .000 .235 103 -6 0.8 5 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -8.1 -0.7
2005 POR AAA 1 3 .697 .302 .369 .503 .000 .667 85 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB44.108.265.325.420.256.208100-7.41.26.831.3-0.20.52.024.14.4

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
1993 NWO AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 MIL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 6.0 0.8
1996 MIL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2.5 -1.3
1998 ANA MLB 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000 .298 8.5 4.0 1.2
1999 ANA MLB 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 .333 .331 -3.9 6.1 0.2
2000 DET MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.8 0.6
2001 DET MLB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 17.6 3.4 2.1
2002 DET MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.003 10.0 5.4 1.6
2003 DET MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.6 0.4
2003 OAK MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 -0.1
2004 ARI MLB 32 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 .129 .129 .129 .000 .090 -8.1 1.2 -0.7
2005 POR AAA 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 .667 1.500 .500 .697 0.0 0.2 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1997-04-01 1997-09-29 60-DL 181 161 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1997-06-12 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 ARI $500,000
2003 DET, OAK $4,500,000
2002 DET $3,000,000
2001 DET $625,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$8,625,000
4 yrTotal$8,625,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 144 d

Details
  • Triple-A 4/05 signed as a free agent from AZ 1/05 (minor-league contract)
  • 1 year/$0.5M (04) contract purchased 9/03 assigned Double-A 8/03 signed as a free agent from DET 8/03 designated for assignment 8/03
  • 2 year/$8M (02-03)+$5M 04 club option $0.5M buyout
  • 02:$3M, 03:$4.5M
  • 1 year/$0.65M (01)

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  Title Author Date
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: NL Spring Job BattlesPeter Schoenke2006-03-27
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Game of the Week: St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals, 5/22/05Jonah Keri2005-05-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005Christina Kahrl2005-04-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The Wests, etc.Christina Kahrl2005-03-25
This article requires BP Premium accessAre Knuckleballers Easy to Relieve?: ...And Other Pressing Issues of Our TimeMichael Wolverton2004-07-14
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Spring Job BattlesJoe Sheehan2004-03-12
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part IVBaseball Prospectus2004-02-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The WestsBaseball Prospectus2004-01-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 19-24Christina Kahrl2003-08-27
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Bad News in OaklandWill Carroll2003-08-25
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Detroit TigersBaseball Prospectus2003-06-05
This article requires BP Premium accessBreaking Balls: Roger Clemens and the Historic No-DecisionDerek Zumsteg2003-06-02
Prospectus Triple Play: Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue JaysBaseball Prospectus2003-05-23
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Detroit TigersBaseball Prospectus2003-04-24
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: www.reallygoodrighthandedpitchers.comJoe Sheehan2003-04-10


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