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He's probably very handsome. Jeffrey Howell
Kansas City Royals [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 26
6'
200 lbs.

Player Profile

Sections
Historical Stats | 2009 Forecast | Diagnostics | Seven-Year Forecast | Valuation | Most Comparable Players

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 BUR A 430 40 17 2 5 35 44 82 2 3 -0.1 .249 .329 .345 -.508 .176 .237 .238 .159 -50.5 70-C -5 -3.8
2007 BUR A 226 18 14 0 3 22 10 33 1 2 0.8 .232 .268 .341 -.632 .157 .182 .231 .115 -35.6 46-C -4 -2.8
2008 WIL A+ 316 30 18 0 6 44 24 54 1 3 -6.8 .259 .323 .385 -.425 .194 .244 .286 .177 -29.0 83-C -1 -1.4


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/8/09 12:28 AM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 318 23 15 0 5 28 20 83 0 1 -0.9 .201 .257 .308 -.360 .199 .255 .318 .196 -14.1 77-C -1 0.0
75o 296 17 12 0 4 24 17 79 0 0 -0.8 .184 .236 .271 -.457 .182 .235 .279 .169 -19.8 72-C -1 -0.8
60o 279 14 10 0 3 21 15 76 0 0 -0.7 .173 .223 .248 -.517 .171 .222 .256 .149 -22.6 68-C -1 -1.2
50o 267 12 9 0 2 19 14 73 0 0 -0.6 .166 .215 .233 -.556 .164 .213 .240 .134 -24.0 66-C -1 -1.4
40o 257 11 8 0 2 17 13 71 0 0 -0.6 .161 .209 .223 -.583 .159 .207 .230 .122 -24.7 63-C -1 -1.5
25o 238 9 6 0 2 15 12 67 0 0 -0.6 .154 .200 .207 -.624 .152 .198 .214 .100 -25.2 59-C -1 -1.7
10o 173 5 4 0 1 7 8 52 0 0 -0.4 .150 .194 .200 -.646 .149 .193 .206 .023 -19.2 45-C -1 -1.5
Weighted Mean 261 12 9 0 2 19 14 71 0 0 -0.6 .168 .216 .236 -.519 .166 .215 .244 .138 -22.8 64-C -1 -1.1

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

25%

33%

56%

38%

1.25

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2009 (age 26) 261 12 9 0 2 19 14 71 0 0 -0.6 .168 .216 .236 -.519 .166 .215 .244 .138 -22.8 64-C -1 -1.1
2010 (age 27) 257 12 8 0 3 18 14 70 0 0 -0.4 .175 .224 .245 -.508 .175 .225 .256 .148 -14.3 63-C -1 -0.6
2011 (age 28) 216 9 6 0 2 16 11 60 0 0 -0.3 .165 .214 .229 -.553 .165 .216 .239 .132 -10.8 54-C 0 -0.4
2012 (age 29) 215 10 8 0 2 16 11 59 0 0 -0.2 .176 .222 .254 -.500 .176 .223 .265 .151 -7.2 54-C 0 -0.3
2013 (age 30)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 31)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 32)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .182 .233 .261
vs RHP .165 .212 .229
Split +.017 +.021 +.032
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -20.9 -1.0 -1.1 $400,000 -22.2 0.0
2010 -18.9 -1.0 -0.6 $400,000 -13.8 0.0
2011 -17.9 0.0 -0.4 $400,000 -10.0 0.0
2012 -15.5 0.0 -0.3 $400,000 -6.5 0.0
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .169 .134 .100 .138
2010 .194 .166 .128 .148
2011 .172 .141 .066 .132
2012 .183 .163 .095 .151
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 38% 0% 25%
2010 49% 31% 32%
2011 71% 52% 23%
2012 75% 58% 25%
2013 78% 71% 22%
2014 84% 76% 20%
2015 86% 85% 17%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Dave Toth 1996 77 11 Pedro Lopez 1995 60
2 Don Wakamatsu 1989 64 12 Ray Stephens 1988 60
3 Chris Curry 2004 64 13 Pedro Grifol 1996 59
4 Bill Dobrolsky 1996 64 14 Patrick Arlis 2007 59
5 Ken Rivers 1991 63 15 Ricky Wilson 1986 59
6 Mike DiFelice 1995 62 16 Everett Rey 1983 59
7 Tim Whittaker 2005 62 17 Kris Gresham 1996 58
8 Tony Defrancesco 1989 61 18 Mike Mahoney 1999 58
9 Brian Munhall 2006 61 19 Danny Massiatte 2004 58
10 Ryan Hubele 2006 60 20 Dax Norris 1998 58

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