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Birth Date9-24-1974
Height5' 9"
Weight180 lbs
Age38 years, 8 months, 26 days
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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
1999 CLE 24 18 21 21 2 7 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .199 -1.0 0.6 -0.0
2000 CLE 25 9 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .313 0.6 0.1 0.1
2001 CLE 26 17 25 22 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 .091 .167 .136 .150 -3.0 -0.3 -0.3
2002 CLE 27 93 288 264 35 66 11 3 1 86 10 50 5 2 7 12 3 0 .250 .288 .326 .218 -3.5 4.9 0.1
2003 CLE 28 82 233 214 21 46 9 1 1 60 11 31 2 2 4 14 3 3 .215 .258 .280 .208 -6.7 -5.1 -1.2
2004 CLE 29 66 100 93 17 19 5 1 2 32 4 11 0 0 3 7 0 0 .204 .237 .344 .190 -4.0 2.3 -0.2
2005 DET 30 31 78 73 10 19 3 1 0 24 5 12 0 0 0 4 1 1 .260 .308 .329 .209 -1.3 2.0 0.1
2005 TOR 30 37 106 93 8 27 3 0 0 30 6 12 2 2 3 12 5 0 .290 .340 .323 .231 0.7 1.3 0.2
2006 TOR 31 104 286 260 35 58 7 3 3 80 16 41 2 2 6 23 7 2 .223 .271 .308 .202 -4.1 -2.6 -0.6
2007 TOR 32 123 353 327 32 82 20 2 1 109 11 48 2 1 12 31 7 2 .251 .279 .333 .219 -1.0 5.9 0.5
2008 TOR 33 84 207 186 21 39 8 0 1 50 10 25 2 2 7 18 3 1 .210 .255 .269 .195 -4.8 -5.8 -1.1
2009 TOR 34 73 156 151 18 39 7 0 4 58 1 18 2 1 1 13 0 2 .258 .271 .384 .235 -2.1 0.4 -0.2
2010 TOR 35 63 163 152 27 38 9 2 6 69 6 26 0 3 2 23 2 1 .250 .273 .454 .253 6.4 -0.5 0.6
2011 ARI 36 19 63 59 2 10 2 0 0 12 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 .169 .222 .203 .194 -0.6 1.2 0.1
2011 TOR 36 65 182 168 19 42 8 1 2 58 8 18 1 2 3 20 2 4 .250 .285 .345 .234 2.9 4.4 0.8
2012 ARI 37 70 213 197 16 49 9 0 6 76 12 33 1 0 2 22 0 1 .249 .295 .386 .232 2.7 -0.8 0.2
2013 CLE 38 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .092 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0
2013 PIT 38 16 35 31 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 .064 .171 .097 .126 -4.1 -0.4 -0.5
Career9742525232626454910314277611093542117512023318.236.275.327.216-23.27.4-1.5

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
1996 WTT A- 75 327 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 KIN A+ 0 594 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .293 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 AKR AA 0 563 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .257 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB 18 21 .199 .259 .331 .425 .000 .389 106 -1.5 0.6 0.1 0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -0.0
1999 AKR AA 0 247 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 BUF AAA 0 250 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB 9 9 .313 .262 .342 .408 .000 .500 100 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1
2000 MHV A- 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .143 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 KIN A+ 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 BUF AAA 0 308 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB 17 25 .150 .265 .336 .423 .000 .133 104 -3 0.7 0.3 -0.3 -1.0 -3.0 -0.3 -3.0 -0.3
2001 BUF AAA 116 464 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .284 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CLE MLB 93 288 .218 .257 .316 .411 .000 .302 101 -12.8 7.7 0.6 4.9 -0.4 -3.5 0.1 -3.5 0.1
2003 CLE MLB 82 233 .208 .266 .327 .431 .000 .245 96 -13.3 6.3 1.2 -5.1 -1.3 -6.7 -1.2 -6.7 -1.2
2003 LKC A 1 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MHV A- 1 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CLE MLB 66 100 .190 .271 .332 .429 .000 .212 98 -7.7 2.7 1 2.3 0.0 -4.0 -0.2 -4.0 -0.2
2005 DET MLB 31 78 .209 .270 .323 .425 .000 .311 100 -4.2 2.1 0.8 2.0 0.5 -1.3 0.1 -1.3 0.1
2005 TOR MLB 37 106 .231 .263 .321 .406 .000 .325 104 -3.3 2.8 1.2 1.3 -0.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.2
2006 TOR MLB 104 286 .202 .275 .334 .431 .000 .252 99 -18.6 7.9 3.6 -2.6 2.1 -4.1 -0.6 -4.1 -0.6
2007 TOR MLB 123 353 .219 .273 .332 .426 .000 .290 95 -16 10.2 4.4 5.9 0.8 -1.0 0.5 -1.0 0.5
2008 TOR MLB 84 207 .195 .270 .330 .424 .000 .235 95 -14.4 5.9 2.6 -5.8 0.3 -4.8 -1.1 -4.8 -1.1
2008 DUN A+ 3 12 .283 .254 .349 .376 .000 .400 93 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 TOR MLB 73 156 .235 .262 .325 .421 .000 .269 100 -4.1 4.5 1.2 0.4 -2.0 -2.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2010 TOR MLB 63 163 .253 .256 .319 .408 .000 .260 106 -1.2 4.6 0.7 -0.5 1.9 6.4 0.6 6.4 0.6
2011 ARI MLB 19 63 .194 .248 .312 .378 .000 .200 103 -4.1 1.1 0.8 1.2 -0.2 -0.6 0.1 -0.6 0.1
2011 TOR MLB 65 182 .234 .250 .305 .389 .000 .267 104 -4.6 3.3 0.8 4.4 0.8 2.9 0.8 2.9 0.8
2011 DUN A+ 1 4 .167 .210 .294 .360 .000 .250 111 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 ARI MLB 70 213 .232 .251 .310 .399 .000 .272 103 -5.8 3.6 2.3 -0.8 1.2 2.7 0.2 2.7 0.2
2012 DIA Rk 3 12 .000 .265 .342 .399 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CLE MLB 4 7 .092 .228 .288 .331 .227 .000 91 -1.2 0.2 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
2013 PIT MLB 16 35 .126 .243 .306 .392 .253 .087 98 -4.6 1.0 0.3 -0.4 -0.0 -4.1 -0.5 -4.1 -0.5
2013 IND AAA 10 37 .209 .252 .322 .397 .252 .290 100 -2.1 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
CareerMLB2525.216.263.323.416.259.266100-119.967.6227.61.4-23.1-1.5-23.1-1.5

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
1996 WTT A- 327 48 75 11 0 2 26 32 49 11 1 .270 .344 .331 .061 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 KIN A+ 594 77 140 27 3 5 53 51 75 6 5 .259 .325 .348 .089 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 AKR AA 563 68 118 18 2 2 43 43 61 17 6 .230 .297 .284 .054 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 AKR AA 247 31 67 12 0 1 26 19 26 7 3 .296 .356 .363 .066 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 BUF AAA 250 30 75 12 1 0 25 11 23 6 3 .316 .352 .376 .059 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB 21 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .000 .199 -1.0 0.6 -0.0
2000 MHV A- 19 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .118 .211 .176 .059 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 KIN A+ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 BUF AAA 308 37 77 17 2 1 36 21 29 4 3 .269 .321 .353 .084 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .000 .313 0.6 0.1 0.1
2001 BUF AAA 464 52 100 17 1 2 33 33 72 17 10 .244 .303 .305 .061 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB 25 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 .091 .167 .136 .045 .150 -3.0 -0.3 -0.3
2002 CLE MLB 288 35 66 11 3 1 12 10 50 3 0 .250 .288 .326 .076 .218 -3.5 4.9 0.1
2003 MHV A- 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LKC A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CLE MLB 233 21 46 9 1 1 14 11 31 3 3 .215 .258 .280 .065 .208 -6.7 -5.1 -1.2
2004 CLE MLB 100 17 19 5 1 2 7 4 11 0 0 .204 .237 .344 .140 .190 -4.0 2.3 -0.2
2005 DET MLB 78 10 19 3 1 0 4 5 12 1 1 .260 .308 .329 .068 .209 -1.3 2.0 0.1
2005 TOR MLB 106 8 27 3 0 0 12 6 12 5 0 .290 .340 .323 .032 .231 0.7 1.3 0.2
2006 TOR MLB 286 35 58 7 3 3 23 16 41 7 2 .223 .271 .308 .085 .202 -4.1 -2.6 -0.6
2007 TOR MLB 353 32 82 20 2 1 31 11 48 7 2 .251 .279 .333 .083 .219 -1.0 5.9 0.5
2008 DUN A+ 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .364 .417 .364 .000 .283 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2008 TOR MLB 207 21 39 8 0 1 18 10 25 3 1 .210 .255 .269 .059 .195 -4.8 -5.8 -1.1
2009 TOR MLB 156 18 39 7 0 4 13 1 18 0 2 .258 .271 .384 .126 .235 -2.1 0.4 -0.2
2010 TOR MLB 163 27 38 9 2 6 23 6 26 2 1 .250 .273 .454 .204 .253 6.4 -0.5 0.6
2011 TOR MLB 182 19 42 8 1 2 20 8 18 2 4 .250 .285 .345 .095 .234 2.9 4.4 0.8
2011 ARI MLB 63 2 10 2 0 0 2 4 9 0 0 .169 .222 .203 .034 .194 -0.6 1.2 0.1
2011 DUN A+ 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 .167 0.0 0.1 0.0
2012 DIA Rk 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2012 ARI MLB 213 16 49 9 0 6 22 12 33 0 1 .249 .295 .386 .137 .232 2.7 -0.8 0.2
2013 IND AAA 37 5 9 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 .265 .324 .294 .029 .209 -1.0 0.3 -0.1
2013 PIT MLB 35 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 .065 .171 .097 .032 .126 -4.1 -0.4 -0.5
2013 CLE MLB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .000 .092 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-05-15 2013-06-11 15-DL 27 24 - Low Back Soreness - -
2012-08-23 2012-08-25 DTD 2 1 Right Elbow Soreness -
2012-08-14 2012-08-21 DTD 7 7 - Elbow Soreness - -
2012-06-25 2012-07-24 15-DL 29 24 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2011-05-27 2011-06-17 15-DL 21 19 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-09-12 2010-09-14 DTD 2 2 Arm Soreness -
2008-05-07 2008-06-07 15-DL 31 29 Right Ankle Sprain -
2007-09-18 2007-09-23 DTD 5 4 Left Groin Sports Hernia -
2006-05-28 2006-06-17 15-DL 20 19 Groin Strain -
2006-03-20 2006-03-31 Camp 11 0 Low Back Soreness -
2003-09-05 2003-09-05 On-Alr 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Microfracture 2003-09-05
2003-08-27 2003-09-29 15-DL 33 30 Low Back Strain -
2003-06-30 2003-07-17 15-DL 17 15 Low Back Cartilage Injury -
2003-06-14 2003-06-17 DTD 3 2 Low Back Spasms -
2001-05-10 2001-05-17 Minors 7 0 Left Wrist Soreness - -
2000-05-10 2000-06-22 Minors 43 0 Left Thigh Strain Quadriceps - -
2000-04-27 2000-05-09 Minors 12 0 Left Thigh Strain Quadriceps - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 PIT $1,500,000
2012 ARI $1,500,000
2011 TOR $1,500,000
2010 TOR $1,500,000
2009 TOR $1,900,000
2008 TOR $1,900,000
2007 TOR $750,000
2006 TOR $500,000
2005 TOR $400,000
2004 CLE $324,400
2003 CLE $314,400
2002 CLE $210,000
2001 CLE $209,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
12 yrPrevious$11,007,800
2011Current$1,500,000
13 yrPvs + Cur$12,507,800
13 yrTotal$12,507,800

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 118 dSFX2 years/$3M (2012-13)

Details
  • 2 years/$3M (2012-13). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 11/2/11. $1.5M annually. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Arizona 3/20/13. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Pittsburgh 6/10/13.
  • 2 years/$3M (2010-11). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/25/09. $1.5M annually. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Toronto 8/23/11.
  • 2 years/$3.8M (2008-09), 08:$1.9M, 09:$1.9M. Signed extension 9/11/07.
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2007). Re-signed 12/06 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 75, 95 starts. Award bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2006). Re-signed 12/05 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2005). Re-signed 12/04 (avoided arbitration). Acquired in trade from Toronto 7/05. Acquired in trade from Detroit 10/05.
  • 1 year/$0.3244M (2004). Re-signed 3/04. Acquired in trade from Cleveland 12/04.
  • 1 year/$0.3144M (2003). Re-signed 3/03.
  • 1 year/$0.21M (2002). Re-signed 3/02.

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SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .287 .324 .442 .269
11 vs R (Multi) .223 .264 .330 .214
18 Split (Multi) -.065 -.060 -.112 -.055
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .318 .366 .530 .294
31 vs R (2012) .214 .259 .313 .201
38 Split (2012) -.104 -.107 -.217 -.093
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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