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Birth Date7-1-1980
Height6' 2"
Weight240 lbs
Age32 years, 10 months, 17 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
3.52009
5.22010
2.32011
2.82012
2.92013
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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 MIL 24 8 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .400 .291 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0
2006 TEX 25 41 138 130 15 29 3 0 6 50 7 32 0 1 0 22 1 0 .223 .261 .385 .237 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2007 TEX 26 96 332 307 35 72 15 2 9 118 21 87 2 1 1 34 2 4 .235 .287 .384 .229 -7.6 1.4 -0.6
2008 TEX 27 31 133 115 19 38 9 1 7 70 17 28 1 0 0 26 3 1 .330 .421 .609 .334 12.7 0.3 1.3
2009 TEX 28 128 515 462 75 120 21 1 33 242 49 118 2 2 0 76 20 4 .260 .332 .524 .283 17.3 17.1 3.5
2010 TEX 29 108 445 399 60 127 31 3 22 230 38 81 1 6 1 78 17 4 .318 .374 .576 .320 35.7 13.5 5.2
2011 TEX 30 124 513 475 64 125 28 1 29 242 33 116 2 3 0 87 9 5 .263 .312 .509 .279 12.8 8.9 2.3
2012 TEX 31 159 642 585 86 152 45 0 24 269 48 140 5 4 0 90 8 4 .260 .319 .460 .274 18.7 7.6 2.8
2013 TEX 32 41 168 152 17 40 5 0 11 78 12 39 1 3 0 33 2 1 .263 .315 .513 .286 7.2 -2.6 0.5
Career7362893263037270415881411301227641142024466223.268.327.495.28096.545.414.9

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
2002 VAN A- 63 232 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 KNC A 119 515 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MOD A+ 66 290 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .446 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MID AA 67 289 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .380 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SAC AAA 4 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 MIL MLB 8 7 .291 .277 .340 .471 .000 .200 99 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
2005 HUN AA 68 286 .327 .270 .339 .397 .000 .373 111 14.7 5.3 -2.2 -1.7 -2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NAS AAA 60 246 .265 .281 .343 .446 .000 .333 98 0.9 4.5 -1.9 1.4 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TEX MLB 41 138 .237 .267 .328 .416 .000 .247 99 -3.5 3.8 -1.5 -0.8 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
2006 NAS AAA 104 423 .325 .266 .335 .407 .000 .367 95 28.7 11.4 -4.1 4.8 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TEX MLB 96 332 .229 .271 .332 .422 .000 .297 101 -11.5 9.6 -3.4 1.4 0.6 -7.6 -0.6 -7.6 -0.6
2007 OKL AAA 44 187 .370 .281 .345 .437 .000 .372 97 22.7 5.3 -2.1 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TEX MLB 31 133 .334 .266 .329 .416 .000 .388 107 10.6 3.8 -1.4 0.3 -0.7 12.7 1.3 12.7 1.3
2008 OKL AAA 103 448 .356 .275 .342 .442 .000 .363 99 47.7 12.2 -4.8 -6.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 RNG Rk 1 6 .480 .285 .453 .378 .000 .333 97 1.6 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 TEX MLB 128 515 .283 .259 .322 .413 .000 .278 102 12.5 14.9 -5.6 17.1 -0.9 17.3 3.5 17.3 3.5
2009 OKL AAA 3 11 .038 .271 .348 .427 .000 .000 87 -2.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 TEX MLB 108 445 .320 .255 .317 .399 .000 .348 103 27.3 12.6 -4.4 13.5 1.4 35.7 5.2 35.7 5.2
2010 FRI AA 3 13 .267 .258 .327 .356 .000 .364 98 0.1 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 OKL AAA 5 22 .166 .265 .350 .416 .000 .286 98 -2.4 0.6 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 TEX MLB 124 513 .279 .259 .317 .405 .000 .288 108 9.5 9.2 -5.1 8.9 -2.4 12.8 2.3 12.8 2.3
2011 FRI AA 3 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .182 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ROU AAA 3 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TEX MLB 159 642 .274 .256 .315 .409 .000 .301 109 8.9 11.6 -6.5 7.6 -0.7 18.7 2.8 18.7 2.8
2012 GIG Wnt 11 48 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 TEX MLB 41 168 .286 .262 .319 .426 .269 .276 100 4.3 4.6 -1.7 -2.6 0.3 7.2 0.5 7.2 0.5
2013 DOM int 6 26 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB2893.282.260.320.411.262.3011036377.1-29.844.0-2.7102.015.2102.015.2

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
2002 VAN A- 232 23 59 14 0 4 25 9 58 12 1 .276 .312 .397 .121 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 KNC A 515 65 112 26 2 20 85 29 128 10 5 .238 .295 .430 .191 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MOD A+ 290 54 90 27 1 11 52 24 73 8 4 .345 .408 .582 .238 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MID AA 289 51 82 14 2 14 46 26 69 8 3 .313 .377 .542 .229 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SAC AAA 14 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 7 0 0 .231 .286 .538 .308 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 MIL MLB 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .429 .400 .200 .291 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0
2005 HUN AA 286 45 76 19 0 16 54 31 71 10 3 .306 .392 .577 .270 .327 0.0 -1.7 0.0
2005 NAS AAA 246 33 56 13 0 11 27 30 62 9 4 .269 .382 .490 .221 .265 0.0 1.4 0.0
2006 TEX MLB 138 15 29 3 0 6 22 7 32 1 0 .223 .261 .385 .162 .237 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2006 NAS AAA 423 68 112 22 1 20 73 42 100 17 6 .302 .382 .528 .226 .325 0.0 4.8 0.0
2007 TEX MLB 332 35 72 15 2 9 34 21 87 2 4 .235 .287 .384 .150 .229 -7.6 1.4 -0.6
2007 OKL AAA 187 32 57 9 1 15 45 21 34 1 2 .352 .432 .698 .346 .370 0.0 3.2 0.0
2008 TEX MLB 133 19 38 9 1 7 26 17 28 3 1 .330 .421 .609 .278 .334 12.7 0.3 1.3
2008 RNG Rk 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .250 .500 .500 .250 .480 0.0 0.1 0.0
2008 OKL AAA 448 93 131 18 3 37 99 56 87 24 8 .342 .432 .695 .352 .356 0.0 -6.1 0.0
2009 TEX MLB 515 75 120 21 1 33 76 49 118 20 4 .260 .332 .524 .264 .283 17.3 17.1 3.5
2009 OKL AAA 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .000 .038 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2010 TEX MLB 445 60 127 31 3 22 78 38 81 17 4 .318 .374 .576 .258 .320 35.7 13.5 5.2
2010 FRI AA 13 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .364 .417 .455 .091 .267 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2010 OKL AAA 22 1 4 1 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 .211 .286 .263 .053 .166 0.0 0.1 0.0
2011 TEX MLB 513 64 125 28 1 29 87 33 116 9 5 .263 .312 .509 .246 .279 12.8 8.9 2.3
2011 FRI AA 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .273 .091 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 ROU AAA 13 3 5 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 .455 .538 1.273 .818 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TEX MLB 642 86 152 45 0 24 90 48 140 8 4 .260 .319 .460 .200 .274 18.7 7.6 2.8
2012 GIG Wnt 48 5 12 2 0 1 4 6 8 1 0 .286 .375 .405 .119 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 DOM int 26 3 9 3 0 0 6 1 4 0 0 .360 .385 .480 .120 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 TEX MLB 168 17 40 5 0 11 33 12 39 2 1 .263 .315 .513 .250 .286 7.2 -2.6 0.5

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-03-01 2013-03-02 Camp 1 0 - Chest Strain - -
2012-08-28 2012-08-28 DTD 0 0 Left Elbow Contusion HBP - -
2012-08-10 2012-08-10 DTD 0 0 - Low Back Soreness - -
2012-06-11 2012-06-13 DTD 2 0 - General Medical Illness - -
2012-06-10 2012-06-10 DTD 0 0 Right Ankle Inflammation Achilles - -
2012-05-19 2012-05-19 DTD 0 0 Right Thigh Tightness Quad - -
2012-04-04 2012-04-06 DTD 2 0 Left Elbow Contusion HBP - -
2012-03-30 2012-03-31 Camp 1 0 - Hand Contusion HBP - -
2011-08-29 2011-09-13 15-DL 15 12 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2011-08-15 2011-08-15 DTD 0 0 Left Thigh Tightness Quadriceps - -
2011-07-30 2011-08-02 DTD 3 2 Left Thigh Tightness Quadriceps - -
2011-05-04 2011-05-22 15-DL 18 16 Right Thigh Strain Quadriceps -
2010-10-21 2010-10-22 DTD 1 0 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2010-08-15 2010-08-30 15-DL 15 15 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-05-29 2010-06-22 15-DL 24 21 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-05-27 2010-05-28 DTD 1 0 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-04-26 2010-05-14 15-DL 18 17 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2010-04-23 2010-04-23 DTD 0 0 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2010-04-21 2010-04-21 DTD 0 0 Left Thigh Cramps Hamstring -
2010-04-02 2010-04-03 Camp 1 0 Right Thumb Soreness Thumb -
2010-03-10 2010-03-24 Camp 14 0 Bilateral Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2009-08-04 2009-08-20 15-DL 16 15 Left Ankle Sprain -
2009-07-19 2009-07-22 DTD 3 3 Right Fingers Fracture Ring Finger -
2009-07-02 2009-07-03 DTD 1 0 Low Back Tightness -
2007-03-13 2007-03-17 Camp 4 0 Head Concussion HBP -
2007-03-09 2007-03-12 Camp 3 0 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 TEX $10,750,000
2012 TEX $5,250,000
2011 TEX $3,650,000
2010 TEX $440,000
2009 TEX $408,070
2008 TEX $398,150
2007 TEX $382,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$10,528,220
2011Current$10,750,000
7 yrPvs + Cur$21,278,220
7 yrTotal$21,278,220

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 82 dLevinsons ACES2 years/$16M (2012-13)

Details
  • 2 years/$16M (2012-13). Re-signed by Texas 2/9/12 (avoided arbitration, $7.5M-$5.5M). $0.5M signing bonus. 12:$5M, 13:$10.5M. 2013 salary may increase based on 2012 plate appearances: $0.1M each for 500, 525, 550, 575, 600 PA. Award bonuses: $50,000 for All-Star. $75,000 for LCS MVP.
  • 1 year/$3.65M (2011). Re-signed by Texas 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration). $0.15M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.44M (2010). Re-signed by Texas 3/4/10.
  • 1 year/$408,070 (2009). Re-signed by Texas 2/20/09. Award bonus: $10,000 for All Star selection.
  • 1 year/$398,150 (2008). Re-signed by Texas 2/15/08. DFA 3/29/08, sent outright to AAA 4/3/08. Contract purchased 8/25/08.
  • 1 year/$0.382M (2007). Re-signed 2/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed 1/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Signed 2/05.
  • Signed 1998 as amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .312 .385 .578 .321
11 vs R (Multi) .252 .304 .459 .270
18 Split (Multi) -.060 -.081 -.120 -.052
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .309 .390 .554 .316
31 vs R (2012) .244 .296 .430 .260
38 Split (2012) -.065 -.094 -.123 -.055
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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