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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date7-12-1980
Height6' 6"
Weight270 lbs
Age32 years, 10 months, 10 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
-0.02010
2011
-0.02012
0.52013
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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
2005 PIT 24 55 208 190 23 42 9 0 12 87 13 77 3 2 0 27 1 1 .221 .279 .458 .252 -2.4 -0.7 -0.3
2007 PIT 26 19 47 46 3 5 1 0 2 12 1 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 .109 .128 .261 .133 -6.5 -0.5 -0.7
2010 COL 29 11 27 24 4 6 1 0 1 10 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 .250 .333 .417 .243 0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2012 DET 31 5 17 16 1 3 1 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188 .235 .375 .245 -0.3 0.0 -0.0
Career90299276315612115115171094203411.203.258.417.232-9.2-1.2-1.0

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 WPT A- 72 302 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .354 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HIC A 115 472 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LYN A+ 91 388 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .382 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ALT AA 39 158 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 55 208 .252 .260 .317 .411 .000 .291 105 -1.7 5.3 -3.7 -0.7 -2.4 -2.4 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3
2005 ALT AA 21 93 .436 .271 .332 .416 .000 .326 104 12.7 1.7 -1.3 -1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 IND AAA 54 214 .328 .273 .339 .434 .000 .325 98 15.3 4.9 -3.8 1.6 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 IND AAA 18 71 .263 .263 .332 .394 .000 .268 101 0.2 1.9 -1.3 -1.2 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PIT MLB 19 47 .133 .265 .324 .432 .000 .107 100 -6.6 1.3 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -6.5 -0.7 -6.5 -0.7
2007 IND AAA 86 342 .228 .262 .331 .396 .000 .243 101 -11.4 9.2 -5.4 -5.1 -2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CHR AAA 114 469 .270 .269 .337 .414 .000 .278 102 5 12.1 -8.1 2.7 -2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SYR AAA 106 395 .279 .264 .331 .403 .000 .325 99 8.1 10.9 -7 -3.6 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 COL MLB 11 27 .243 .261 .320 .391 .000 .385 114 -0.5 0.8 -0.4 -0.0 0.4 0.0 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
2010 CSP AAA 106 434 .280 .281 .346 .437 .000 .302 111 9.8 12.1 -7.2 -2.3 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 FRE AAA 111 413 .322 .303 .366 .476 .000 .315 98 19.6 4.7 -4.4 -4.9 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 DET MLB 5 17 .245 .257 .321 .428 .000 .300 108 -0.2 0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
2012 TOL AAA 63 265 .317 .257 .325 .396 .000 .340 100 14.8 3.8 -4.3 -1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB299.232.260.319.414.254.266105-97.7-5-1.1-2.7-9.1-1.0-9.1-1.0

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 WPT A- 302 43 78 22 3 10 48 18 74 10 1 .283 .340 .493 .210 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HIC A 472 62 105 22 0 28 80 38 142 7 1 .250 .328 .502 .252 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LYN A+ 388 54 104 22 1 21 77 35 97 5 2 .310 .400 .570 .260 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ALT AA 158 24 41 9 0 17 60 6 51 0 0 .279 .329 .687 .408 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 208 23 42 9 0 12 27 13 77 1 1 .221 .279 .458 .237 .252 -2.4 -0.7 -0.3
2005 ALT AA 93 22 28 6 0 13 27 8 25 1 1 .333 .391 .869 .536 .436 0.0 -1.3 0.0
2005 IND AAA 214 31 55 13 1 15 48 14 57 4 0 .282 .340 .590 .308 .328 0.0 1.6 0.0
2006 IND AAA 71 10 14 7 0 3 10 8 18 1 1 .226 .314 .484 .258 .263 0.0 -1.2 0.0
2007 PIT MLB 47 3 5 1 0 2 3 1 16 0 0 .109 .128 .261 .152 .133 -6.5 -0.5 -0.7
2007 IND AAA 342 37 65 10 2 15 45 20 90 9 3 .209 .276 .399 .190 .228 0.0 -5.1 0.0
2008 CHR AAA 469 62 104 22 1 35 100 28 144 3 3 .244 .307 .546 .302 .270 0.0 2.7 0.0
2009 SYR AAA 395 53 95 26 0 17 59 30 96 6 4 .269 .345 .487 .218 .279 0.0 -3.6 0.0
2010 COL MLB 27 4 6 1 0 1 3 2 10 0 0 .250 .333 .417 .167 .243 0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2010 CSP AAA 434 67 104 27 1 30 84 33 119 6 0 .264 .329 .566 .302 .280 0.0 -2.3 0.0
2011 FRE AAA 413 61 103 23 2 23 57 34 94 9 4 .278 .351 .536 .259 .322 0.0 -4.9 0.0
2012 DET MLB 17 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 .188 .235 .375 .188 .245 -0.3 0.0 -0.0
2012 TOL AAA 265 49 72 18 1 24 65 24 73 5 0 .305 .374 .695 .390 .317 0.0 -1.1 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-07-21 2009-08-15 Minors 25 0 Foot Contusion -
2008-06-23 2008-07-22 Minors 29 0 Not Disclosed -
2006-04-24 - Minors - - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 PIT $382,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$382,000
1 yrTotal$382,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 148 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/21/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Detroit 4/27/12. DFA by Detroit 5/4/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/5/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/14/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Colorado 7/7/10. DFA by Colorado 7/27/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/08 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2008). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/07 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.382M (2007). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/07. DFA 12/3/07, non-tendered by Pittsburgh 12/12/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/06.
  • 1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/05.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2002 (6-163) (Florida International).

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .117 .253 .201 .170
11 vs R (Multi) .256 .260 .505 .293
18 Split (Multi) .139 .007 .304 .123
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .000 .143 .000 .087
31 vs R (2012) .300 .300 .600 .356
38 Split (2012) .300 .157 .600 .270
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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Brad Eldred is referenced in the following articles.

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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Freestyle: Big Spending in FAAB LeaguesMike Gianella2013-04-17
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Outfielders for 8/31/12Paul Singman2012-08-31
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: First, Third, and DH for 6/6/12Michael Street2012-06-06
Baseball ProGUESTus: Pedro Alvarez and the Ghosts of Pirates Prospects PastPat Lackey2012-05-15
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: First, Third, and DH for 5/8/12Michael Street2012-05-08
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: First, Third, and DH for 5/1/12Michael Street2012-05-01
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of April 25Kevin Goldstein2012-04-26
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This article requires BP Premium accessPebble Hunting: The Burden of Batting FourthSam Miller2012-03-28
This article requires BP Premium accessPurpose Pitches: NL NRIs of NoteChristina Kahrl2011-02-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: The National Redistribution EffortKevin Goldstein2010-07-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: The National Redistribution EffortChristina Kahrl2010-07-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Podzilla Washes Up in Malibu?Christina Kahrl2010-07-29
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Shuffling SeniorsChristina Kahrl2010-07-12
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Hot Spots: First Base, Third Base, and Designated HitterMichael Street2010-07-12
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: The Dodgers Hang In ThereJohn Perrotto2010-07-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Strikes and SlipsChristina Kahrl2010-03-08
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior Circuitry, East and CentralChristina Kahrl2010-01-04
Prospectus Idol Entry: Balls and Strikes, Walks and StrikeoutsBrian Cartwright2009-07-13
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: National League NRIs of NoteJoe Sheehan2009-02-11
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: West by CentralChristina Kahrl2008-09-14
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL RoundupChristina Kahrl2008-08-06
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: AL Prospect HelpKevin Goldstein2008-07-31
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: AL Central Moves and IssuesChristina Kahrl2008-07-15
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: AL Central NotebookKevin Goldstein2008-06-18
UTK Wrap: Not Just the Usual SuspectsWill Carroll2008-05-16
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Thumbs DownWill Carroll2008-05-14
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Firing It UpWill Carroll2008-03-20
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Moves from the Week that WasChristina Kahrl2008-01-13
This article requires BP Premium accessSchrodinger's Bat: Getting ShiftyDan Fox2008-01-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: AL CentralChristina Kahrl2007-12-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis Special: Minor ExchangesChristina Kahrl2007-12-04
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: National League RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-07-16
Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
Transaction Analysis: April 21-28, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-04-30
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: I Want CandyWill Carroll2007-04-12
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This article requires BP Premium accessSpring Fever: Hitter Breakouts in Spring Training, 2007John Perrotto2007-03-28
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 1-12, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-13
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: AFL Preview, Part OneKevin Goldstein2006-10-04
Under The Knife: Velocity BoyWill Carroll2006-04-26
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This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Break Out the GrillWill Carroll2006-04-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 14-17Christina Kahrl2006-04-18
Future Shock: Spring Prospect Report, National LeagueKevin Goldstein2006-03-29
Prospectus Notebook: Cubs, PiratesBaseball Prospectus2005-12-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: December 7-13Christina Kahrl2005-12-14
Prospectus Notebook: Mets, Pirates, RangersBaseball Prospectus2005-11-04
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: October 8-19Christina Kahrl2005-10-20
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-05-28 14:00:00After Walter Young and Brad Eldred, I'm a bit cautious about huge guys who rake in low A with poor walk-strikeout ratios. Can Calvin Anderson avoid their fate?
(Joel from Washington, DC)
Probably not, but he sure is fun to follow. (Kevin Goldstein)


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