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2013 Projections (seasonal age 32) - Rest of Season Projections
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date1-20-1981
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age32 years, 3 months, 29 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
1.92009
-0.12010
-0.12011
-0.32012
-0.12013
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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
2008 FLO 27 61 233 197 32 59 14 0 5 88 30 48 2 3 1 32 0 0 .299 .392 .447 .296 19.3 -1.2 1.8
2009 FLO 28 112 423 373 59 101 25 0 9 153 41 89 5 2 2 50 0 0 .271 .349 .410 .259 20.0 -1.5 1.9
2010 FLO 29 23 88 78 7 17 3 1 0 22 9 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 .218 .307 .282 .215 0.0 -0.5 -0.1
2011 FLO 30 16 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .154 .267 .154 .173 -1.0 -0.0 -0.1
2012 SDN 31 63 214 193 17 46 8 0 0 54 20 41 0 0 1 14 2 1 .238 .310 .280 .229 -3.1 0.4 -0.3
2013 SDN 32 14 39 34 0 6 0 0 0 6 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 .176 .282 .176 .151 -2.2 -0.1 -0.2
Career28910138881152315011432510720885510521.260.343.366.25233.1-2.83.0

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
2002 VAN A- 39 144 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 KNC A 82 365 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .398 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MID AA 43 171 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .340 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MID AA 117 498 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SAC AAA 14 56 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .654 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SAC AAA 103 387 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .295 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SAC AAA 83 340 .276 .272 .344 .424 .000 .355 97 5.5 9.1 4.9 0.9 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ABQ AAA 89 303 .253 .277 .343 .431 .000 .338 114 -2.3 8.5 4.9 0.5 -2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 FLO MLB 61 233 .296 .259 .324 .407 .000 .367 97 9 6.5 4 -1.2 0.9 19.3 1.8 19.3 1.8
2008 ABQ AAA 59 221 .284 .275 .344 .442 .000 .366 117 6 6.2 3.4 0.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 FLO MLB 112 423 .259 .263 .326 .420 .000 .332 102 -0.6 11.7 7.2 -1.5 0.1 20.0 1.9 20.0 1.9
2010 FLO MLB 23 88 .215 .253 .312 .388 .000 .283 102 -4.1 2.5 1.4 -0.5 1.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
2010 JUP A+ 3 8 .331 .254 .313 .356 .000 .400 95 0.6 0.2 0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 FLO MLB 16 16 .173 .247 .310 .352 .000 .200 99 -1.4 0.3 0 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2011 JUP A+ 12 39 .343 .304 .377 .430 .000 .400 91 0.8 0.2 0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 JAX AA 3 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 TDE Wnt 11 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .118 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 SDN MLB 63 214 .229 .251 .310 .393 .000 .303 92 -6.6 3.7 3.4 0.4 -1.9 -3.1 -0.3 -3.1 -0.3
2013 SDN MLB 14 39 .151 .248 .308 .377 .247 .240 100 -4.2 1.1 0.6 -0.1 0.2 -2.2 -0.2 -2.2 -0.2
CareerMLB1013.251.258.320.406.255.323100-8.426.516.6-2.90.633.03.033.03.0

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
2002 VAN A- 144 15 27 5 0 1 13 22 37 2 0 .235 .389 .304 .070 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 KNC A 365 42 94 23 2 6 49 47 77 1 0 .309 .418 .457 .148 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MID AA 171 16 36 3 0 1 21 14 46 0 0 .240 .321 .280 .040 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MID AA 498 67 123 32 5 15 78 37 94 0 2 .280 .359 .478 .198 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SAC AAA 56 11 17 3 0 0 10 6 23 0 0 .347 .429 .408 .061 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SAC AAA 387 43 81 24 3 5 41 30 90 1 0 .234 .297 .364 .130 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SAC AAA 340 49 80 19 1 4 38 40 77 6 0 .273 .362 .386 .113 .276 0.0 0.9 0.0
2007 ABQ AAA 303 35 77 15 0 8 41 28 58 2 0 .285 .361 .430 .144 .253 0.0 0.5 0.0
2008 FLO MLB 233 32 59 14 0 5 32 30 48 0 0 .299 .392 .447 .147 .296 19.3 -1.2 1.8
2008 ABQ AAA 221 35 62 14 1 6 31 24 34 1 2 .321 .402 .497 .176 .284 0.0 0.3 0.0
2009 FLO MLB 423 59 101 25 0 9 50 41 89 0 0 .271 .349 .410 .139 .259 20.0 -1.5 1.9
2010 FLO MLB 88 7 17 3 1 0 6 9 18 0 0 .218 .307 .282 .064 .215 0.0 -0.5 -0.1
2010 JUP A+ 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .000 .331 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2011 JAX AA 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .111 .200 .222 .111 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 JUP A+ 39 8 8 2 2 0 1 10 8 0 0 .286 .487 .500 .214 .343 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2011 TDE Wnt 30 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 .080 .172 .120 .040 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 FLO MLB 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .154 .267 .154 .000 .173 -1.0 -0.0 -0.1
2012 SDN MLB 214 17 46 8 0 0 14 20 41 2 1 .238 .310 .280 .041 .229 -3.1 0.4 -0.3
2013 SDN MLB 39 0 6 0 0 0 2 5 9 0 0 .176 .282 .176 .000 .151 -2.2 -0.1 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-03-06 2012-03-07 Camp 1 0 - General Medical Illness - -
2011-03-22 2011-09-05 60-DL 167 139 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2010-09-03
2010-05-13 2010-10-04 60-DL 144 128 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2010-09-03
2010-03-22 2010-03-24 Camp 2 0 General Medical Illness GI -
2010-03-04 2010-03-16 Camp 12 0 Right Forearm Tightness -
2009-09-22 2009-09-22 DTD 0 0 Left Hand Contusion -
2009-08-26 2009-08-28 DTD 2 2 Low Back Tightness -
2009-06-10 2009-06-12 DTD 2 2 Left Face Laceration Above Eye -
2008-09-24 2008-09-26 DTD 2 1 Left Knee Soreness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 SDN $
2013 SDN $930,000
2012 SDN $750,000
2011 FLO $417,000
2010 FLO $415,000
2009 FLO $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,982,000
2011Current$930,000
5 yrPvs + Cur$2,912,000
5 yrTotal$2,912,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 83 dJoe Urbon1 year/$0.93M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.93M (2013). Re-signed by San Diego 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2012). Signed by San Diego 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.417M (2011). Re-signed by Florida 3/1/11. Acquired by San Diego in trade from Miami 11/22/11.
  • 1 year/$0.415M (2010). Re-signed 3/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 2/23/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 7/8/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Acquired in trade from Oakland 3/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Claimed by Florida off waivers from Oakland 12/05. DFA by Florida 1/06. Claimed by Oakland off waivers from Florida 1/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Contract purchased 11/04.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .217 .315 .261 .227
11 vs R (Multi) .248 .320 .315 .235
18 Split (Multi) .031 .005 .054 .008
19 LgAvg (Multi) .028 .037 .068 .032
30 vs L (2012) .229 .325 .257 .232
31 vs R (2012) .241 .306 .285 .228
38 Split (2012) .012 -.019 .028 -.004
39 LgAvg (2012) .030 .040 .071 .035

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BP Articles

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Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/3Ben Lindbergh2013-05-03
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21Pete Barrett2013-04-22
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21Andrew Koo2013-04-22
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21Jonah Birenbaum2013-04-22
Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 4/19Ben Lindbergh2013-04-19
The Lineup Card: 9 Bets on Vegas Over/Under OddsBaseball Prospectus2013-03-13
In A Pickle: The Disunited States of AmericaJason Wojciechowski2013-01-17
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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Catcher RankingsMarc Normandin2011-02-21
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Catcher Rankings ReviewMarc Normandin2011-02-01
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Catcher, Second Base, and ShortstopMichael Jong2010-12-14
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This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Progress at a Snail's PaceWill Carroll2010-09-03
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Under The Knife: Wednesday UpdateWill Carroll2010-06-09
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