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Birth Date	6-21-1981
Height	6' 2"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	31 years, 11 months, 0 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
2005	COL	24	12	43	38	6	8	4	0	1	15	5	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	.211	.302	.395	.221	-1.5	-0.1	-0.2
2006	COL	25	18	58	57	13	21	7	2	5	47	1	14	0	0	0	21	2	0	.368	.379	.825	.356	6.8	-1.5	0.5
2007	COL	26	85	159	144	17	32	2	2	4	50	13	40	2	0	0	12	0	0	.222	.296	.347	.207	-5.3	-0.1	-0.5
2008	COL	27	104	333	299	55	80	22	1	12	140	26	85	1	6	1	48	4	0	.268	.322	.468	.251	4.2	2.5	0.6
2009	CHN	28	69	224	203	27	62	15	1	4	91	17	46	2	2	0	21	0	0	.305	.362	.448	.280	9.6	3.5	1.3
2009	COL	28	12	24	23	0	3	0	1	0	5	1	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	.130	.167	.217	.092	-3.6	-0.0	-0.4
2010	CHN	29	79	224	206	29	56	13	2	4	85	16	50	1	1	0	21	1	0	.272	.326	.413	.249	2.4	1.5	0.4
2011	CHN	30	81	212	201	20	54	12	1	3	77	10	46	0	1	0	23	0	0	.269	.302	.383	.246	1.3	-1.5	-0.0
2012	ATL	31	14	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.098	-3.0	-0.2	-0.3
2012	CHN	31	54	144	134	16	36	10	1	4	60	8	28	0	2	0	20	4	1	.269	.306	.448	.260	1.5	-2.0	-0.1
2012	DET	31	15	37	35	1	7	2	0	0	9	2	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	.200	.243	.257	.209	-1.5	-0.3	-0.2
2013	TEX	32	24	50	43	7	14	2	0	4	28	6	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	.326	.420	.651	.373	6.0	0.1	0.6
Career			567	1528	1402	192	375	89	11	41	609	106	359	7	12	1	185	12	1	.267	.320	.434	.252	17.1	1.9	1.8

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'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
2003	ASH	A	70	305	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.376			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	VIS	A+	72	321	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.414			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TUL	AA	24	99	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.354			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	COL	MLB	12	43	.221	.269	.330	.429	.000	.280	121	-1.8	1.1	0.2	-0.1	0.6	-1.5	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2
2005	CSP	AAA	61	248	.274	.283	.350	.452	.000	.337	110	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.9	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	COL	MLB	18	58	.356	.265	.333	.423	.000	.421	118	6.2	1.6	-0.6	-1.5	-0.3	6.8	0.5	6.8	0.5
2006	CSP	AAA	128	538	.284	.273	.342	.424	.000	.360	112	13.4	14.3	-5.5	-9.8	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	COL	MLB	85	159	.207	.267	.332	.418	.000	.280	111	-9.4	4.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.2	-5.3	-0.5	-5.3	-0.5
2007	CSP	AAA	7	27	.219	.275	.333	.433	.000	.294	95	-1.2	0.8	-0.5	-0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	COL	MLB	104	333	.251	.268	.329	.421	.000	.327	110	-3.1	9.3	-1.6	2.5	-0.0	4.2	0.6	4.2	0.6
2009	CHN	MLB	69	224	.280	.265	.326	.420	.000	.374	103	4.7	6.2	-0.2	3.5	-1.2	9.6	1.3	9.6	1.3
2009	COL	MLB	12	24	.092	.241	.300	.384	.000	.188	109	-4.3	0.7	0	-0.0	0.0	-3.6	-0.4	-3.6	-0.4
2009	MOD	A+	2	6	.516	.331	.374	.573	.000	.500	91	1.6	0.2	0	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	CSP	AAA	7	27	.309	.273	.349	.424	.000	.211	106	1.4	0.8	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	CHN	MLB	79	224	.249	.258	.322	.399	.000	.340	104	-2.5	6.3	-0.1	1.5	-0.6	2.4	0.4	2.4	0.4
2011	CHN	MLB	81	212	.246	.255	.313	.397	.000	.333	105	-2.9	3.6	-1.5	-1.5	2.5	1.3	-0.0	1.3	-0.0
2011	IOW	AAA	3	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	ATL	MLB	14	20	.098	.256	.298	.401	.000	.222	98	-3.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3
2012	CHN	MLB	54	144	.260	.257	.312	.403	.000	.308	103	0	2.5	-1.6	-2.0	-0.3	1.5	-0.1	1.5	-0.1
2012	DET	MLB	15	37	.209	.259	.320	.439	.000	.280	105	-1.8	0.7	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2
2013	TEX	MLB	24	50	.373	.248	.311	.396	.256	.357	103	5.6	1.4	-0.3	0.1	-0.8	6.0	0.6	6.0	0.6
Career		MLB		1528	.252	.261	.323	.411	.258	.329	107	-12.8	40.0	-7.4	0.4	0.1	16.9	1.8	16.9	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
2003	ASH	A	305	44	76	17	0	11	44	30	79	4	2	.289	.381	.479	.190	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	VIS	A+	321	60	88	23	1	11	64	47	70	1	0	.330	.441	.547	.217	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TUL	AA	99	10	27	5	1	4	20	7	22	1	0	.297	.347	.505	.209	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	COL	MLB	43	6	8	4	0	1	4	5	12	0	0	.211	.302	.395	.184	.221	-1.5	-0.1	-0.2
2005	CSP	AAA	248	40	69	16	1	10	41	16	44	3	1	.303	.350	.513	.211	.274	0.0	0.9	0.0
2006	COL	MLB	58	13	21	7	2	5	21	1	14	2	0	.368	.379	.825	.456	.356	6.8	-1.5	0.5
2006	CSP	AAA	538	71	147	30	4	20	108	46	110	7	1	.305	.371	.508	.203	.284	0.0	-9.8	0.0
2007	COL	MLB	159	17	32	2	2	4	12	13	40	0	0	.222	.296	.347	.125	.207	-5.3	-0.1	-0.5
2007	CSP	AAA	27	3	6	1	0	1	2	1	8	0	0	.231	.259	.385	.154	.219	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2008	COL	MLB	333	55	80	22	1	12	48	26	85	4	0	.268	.322	.468	.201	.251	4.2	2.5	0.6
2009	CHN	MLB	224	27	62	15	1	4	21	17	46	0	0	.305	.362	.448	.143	.280	9.6	3.5	1.3
2009	COL	MLB	24	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	7	1	0	.130	.167	.217	.087	.092	-3.6	-0.0	-0.4
2009	MOD	A+	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.400	.500	.600	.200	.516	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2009	CSP	AAA	27	3	5	2	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	.217	.333	.435	.217	.309	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2010	CHN	MLB	224	29	56	13	2	4	21	16	50	1	0	.272	.326	.413	.141	.249	2.4	1.5	0.4
2011	CHN	MLB	212	20	54	12	1	3	23	10	46	0	0	.269	.302	.383	.114	.246	1.3	-1.5	-0.0
2011	IOW	AAA	10	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.600	.300	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	ATL	MLB	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.000	.098	-3.0	-0.2	-0.3
2012	CHN	MLB	144	16	36	10	1	4	20	8	28	4	1	.269	.306	.448	.179	.260	1.5	-2.0	-0.1
2012	DET	MLB	37	1	7	2	0	0	4	2	10	0	0	.200	.243	.257	.057	.209	-1.5	-0.3	-0.2
2013	TEX	MLB	50	7	14	2	0	4	7	6	11	0	0	.326	.420	.651	.326	.373	6.0	0.1	0.6

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-04-24	2013-04-27	DTD	3	5	Left	Knee	Contusion		-	-
2012-04-30	2012-05-07	DTD	7	0	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2011-07-06	2011-07-07	DTD	1	1	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
2011-05-29	2011-06-13	15-DL	15	14	-	Groin	Strain		-
2011-05-23	2011-05-27	15-DL	4	3	Left	Groin	Tightness		-
2011-04-30	2011-04-30	DTD	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2011-03-26	2011-03-29	Camp	3	0	Left	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2010-09-20	2010-09-27	DTD	7	6		General Medical	Illness	Flu Like	-
2010-09-02	2010-09-04	DTD	2	1	Left	Lower Leg	Soreness	Achilles	-
2010-08-13	2010-08-15	DTD	2	2	-	Back	Soreness		-
2010-05-28	2010-06-01	DTD	4	4	-	General Medical	Neurological Injury	Ocular Migraine	-
2009-08-28	2009-08-31	DTD	3	3	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Pinky Finger	-
2009-04-27	2009-07-02	60-DL	66	61	Left	Hand	Sprain		-
2009-02-28	2009-03-15	Camp	15	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2008-04-30	2008-05-02	DTD	2	1		Hand	Circulatory Issue	Broken Blood Vessel	-
2007-08-11	2007-09-01	15-DL	21	19	-	Head	Concussion	Mild	-
2007-06-12	2007-06-15	DTD	3	3		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2003-02-19	2003-02-19	Off	0	0	Left	Wrist	Surgery	Cartilage	2003-02-19

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	TEX	$1,750,000
2012	CHN	$1,375,000
2011	CHN	$1,175,000
2010	CHN	$975,000
2009	CHN	$415,000
2009	COL	$415,000
2008	COL	$403,000
2007	COL	$400,000
2005	COL	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$5,474,000
2011	Current	$1,750,000
8 yr	Pvs + Cur	$7,224,000
8 yr	Total	$7,224,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 49 d	Scott Boras	1 year/$1.75M (2013)

Details

1 year/$1.75M (2013). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/26/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.75M in majors. May request release 3/26/13 if he will not make Major League roster. $0.1M retention bonus if he agrees to start season in minors. May opt out of contract 6/1/13 if not on Major League roster. Contract purchased by Texas 3/31/13.
1 year/$1.375M (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Detroit in trade from Chicago Cubs 8/5/12. Acquired by Atlanta in trade after being DFA by Detroit 8/31/12.
1 year/$1.175M (2011). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 12/2/10 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.975M (2010). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.415M (2009). Renewed 3/4/09 (split contract, $241,800 in minors). Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Colorado 7/2/09.
1 year/$0.403M (2008).
1 year/$0.4M (2007).
1 year (2006). Optioned to minor-league camp 3/06. Recalled 9/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Optioned to Triple-A 4/05. Recalled 4/05.
Drafted by Colorado 2002 (4-111) (Clemson). $2M signing bonus paid over four years.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.278	.316	.439	.263
11	vs R (Multi)	.222	.269	.318	.210
18	Split (Multi)	-.056	-.047	-.121	-.052
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.014	-.024	-.036	-.020
30	vs L (2012)	.240	.277	.388	.234
31	vs R (2012)	.237	.281	.356	.236
38	Split (2012)	-.003	.004	-.032	.002
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.013	-.022	-.038	-.020

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Title	Author	Date
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 11, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-11
Free Agent Watch: American League, Week Six	Paul Singman	2013-05-09
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 2, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-02
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 26, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-26
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 25, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-25
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 24, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-24
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for April 20	Larry Granillo	2013-04-21
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 20, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-20
Rumor Roundup: Trouble at the Doc's Office	Daniel Rathman	2013-03-13
Rumor Roundup: Tuesday, February 5	Daniel Rathman	2013-02-05
Rumor Roundup: Thursday, January 3	Daniel Rathman	2013-01-03
Rumor Roundup: Wednesday, December 26	Daniel Rathman	2012-12-26
The BP Wayback Machine: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2012-12-07
Out of Left Field: What $205 Million Buys on the Free Agent Market	Matthew Kory	2012-11-13
On the Beat: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2007-12-02
Future Shock: How the Rockies Were Built	Kevin Goldstein	2007-10-19
Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 26	Jay Jaffe	2006-09-26
Transaction Analysis: September 5-11	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-13
Future Shock: Tuesday Morning Ten Pack, 9/05/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-09-05
Transaction Analysis: April 21-25	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-26
Transaction Analysis: March 27-28	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-29
Future Shock: State of the Systems: NL West	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-10
Prospectus Today: Hats	Joe Sheehan	2006-03-06
Prospectus Game of the Week: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Colorado Rockies, 9/11/05	Jonah Keri	2005-09-14
Fantasy Focus: NL Call-Ups	Randy Hale	2005-08-31
Transaction Analysis: April 26- May 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-09
Transaction Analysis: April 5-14, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-16
Under The Knife: Rained Out	Will Carroll	2005-04-13
Transaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-12
Under The Knife: Opening Day	Will Carroll	2005-04-04
Transaction Analysis: March 16-28, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-01
Fantasy Focus: NL West Busts	Jeff Erickson	2005-03-04
Prospect Profiles: Ian Stewart	David Cameron	2004-08-19
Can Of Corn: Triple-A All-Stars	Dayn Perry	2004-06-30
Can Of Corn: High-A All-Stars	Dayn Perry	2004-06-23
A Look at the California League: Part II, A's, Rockies and Devil Rays Prospects	Michael Wolverton	2004-06-18
Prospectus Triple Play: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-31

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