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Birth Date	6-26-1986
Height	6' 1"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	26 years, 10 months, 26 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
2008	PHI	22	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	.564	1.6	-0.0	0.2
2009	CLE	23	14	52	44	6	11	6	0	0	17	7	14	0	1	0	4	0	0	.250	.346	.386	.247	2.1	0.1	0.2
2009	PHI	23	7	20	17	3	4	1	0	0	5	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.215	0.8	0.2	0.1
2010	CLE	24	87	294	262	29	51	15	0	3	75	26	55	3	1	2	22	8	1	.195	.274	.286	.217	6.0	-0.8	0.5
2011	CLE	25	79	272	243	26	56	9	2	1	72	24	68	1	2	2	19	4	2	.230	.300	.296	.220	3.3	0.0	0.4
2012	CLE	26	70	235	195	27	44	8	2	0	56	36	44	1	1	2	13	4	2	.226	.348	.287	.241	2.2	-1.1	0.1
2013	CLE	27	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.279	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Career			261	882	768	93	168	39	4	5	230	98	190	5	5	6	60	16	5	.219	.309	.299	.228	16.1	-1.6	1.5

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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
2005	BAT	A-	60	252	.240	.254	.331	.374	.000	.295	110	-4.4	5.1	3.1	-0.6	-1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	LWD	A	104	410	.250	.254	.329	.371	.000	.301	93	-4.1	10.3	6.4	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	CLR	A+	111	457	.285	.263	.330	.386	.000	.345	101	14.1	13.8	8.7	-1.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	PHI	MLB	1	4	.564	.284	.345	.479	.000	1.000	102	1.3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	1.6	0.2	1.6	0.2
2008	REA	AA	94	395	.301	.264	.334	.401	.000	.389	105	17.8	11.1	6.2	-0.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	CLE	MLB	14	52	.247	.259	.317	.414	.000	.355	95	-0.7	1.5	0.9	0.1	-0.3	2.1	0.2	2.1	0.2
2009	PHI	MLB	7	20	.215	.264	.327	.427	.000	.400	103	-1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.1
2009	COH	AAA	28	116	.217	.272	.334	.412	.000	.289	106	-5.3	3.2	1.9	-0.0	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	LEH	AAA	63	241	.264	.271	.334	.405	.000	.359	97	1.1	6.8	4.3	0.4	-2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	87	294	.217	.258	.318	.398	.000	.234	98	-12.7	8.3	4.9	-0.8	0.8	6.0	0.5	6.0	0.5
2010	COH	AAA	37	147	.244	.275	.338	.425	.000	.219	109	-2.7	4.1	2.6	0.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	CLE	MLB	79	272	.220	.262	.317	.408	.000	.312	100	-10.8	4.9	4.4	0.0	0.1	3.3	0.4	3.3	0.4
2012	CLE	MLB	70	235	.241	.256	.315	.409	.000	.289	100	-4.4	4.2	3.8	-1.1	0.1	2.2	0.1	2.2	0.1
2013	CLE	MLB	3	5	.279	.239	.297	.366	.241	.000	103	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
2013	COH	AAA	3	9	.203	.253	.335	.398	.265	.250	114	-0.6	0.3	0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1
Career		MLB		882	.228	.259	.317	.406	.259	.282	99	-28.4	22.9	14.6	-1.7	1.3	17.0	1.6	17.0	1.6

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
2005	BAT	A-	252	25	54	11	3	5	25	27	52	0	1	.245	.327	.391	.145	.240	0.0	-0.6	0.0
2006	LWD	A	410	44	85	16	5	4	39	49	82	4	0	.243	.340	.351	.109	.250	0.0	1.5	0.0
2007	CLR	A+	457	68	113	24	1	7	63	52	80	3	1	.288	.377	.407	.120	.285	0.0	-1.0	0.0
2008	REA	AA	395	55	101	18	0	5	46	68	70	3	3	.314	.436	.416	.102	.301	0.0	-0.9	0.0
2008	PHI	MLB	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	.750	.564	1.6	-0.0	0.2
2009	COH	AAA	116	10	25	5	1	1	9	10	19	1	0	.243	.322	.340	.097	.217	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2009	LEH	AAA	241	32	62	13	0	1	24	30	40	3	1	.294	.382	.370	.076	.264	0.0	0.4	0.0
2009	CLE	MLB	52	6	11	6	0	0	4	7	14	0	0	.250	.346	.386	.136	.247	2.1	0.1	0.2
2009	PHI	MLB	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.059	.215	0.8	0.2	0.1
2010	COH	AAA	147	19	25	7	1	4	14	22	24	5	0	.202	.327	.371	.169	.244	0.0	0.1	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	294	29	51	15	0	3	22	26	55	8	1	.195	.274	.286	.092	.217	6.0	-0.8	0.5
2011	CLE	MLB	272	26	56	9	2	1	19	24	68	4	2	.230	.300	.296	.066	.220	3.3	0.0	0.4
2012	CLE	MLB	235	27	44	8	2	0	13	36	44	4	2	.226	.348	.287	.062	.241	2.2	-1.1	0.1
2013	CLE	MLB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.000	.279	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
2013	COH	AAA	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.000	.203	-0.7	-0.0	-0.1

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-04-28	-	15-DL	-	-	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2013-04-09	2013-04-24	15-DL	15	22	-	Neck	Strain	Collision At Home Plate	-	-
2013-04-07	2013-04-08	DTD	1	2	-	Neck	Soreness		-	-
2012-05-28	2012-06-01	DTD	4	0	-	Face	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2009-06-12	2009-06-19	Minors	7	0	Right	Foot	Contusion		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	CLE	$
2013	CLE	$1,000,000
2012	CLE	$491,700
2011	CLE	$424,300
2010	CLE	$401,200

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$1,317,200
2011	Current	$1,000,000
4 yr	Pvs + Cur	$2,317,200
4 yr	Total	$2,317,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 36 d	Wasserman Media Group	1 year/$1M (2013)

Details

1 year/$1M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.4917M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/12.
1 year/$0.4243M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/8/11.
1 year/$0.4012M (2010). Re-signed 3/10/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 2/2/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/23/09. Recalled 4/11/09. Optioned to Triple-A 5/2/09. Acquired in trade from Philadelphia 7/29/09 (Cliff Lee deal). Recalled 9/7/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased 8/31/08.
Drafted 2004 (4-122) (Coronado HS, Scottsdale). $0.265M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.251	.348	.351	.264
11	vs R (Multi)	.205	.305	.255	.211
18	Split (Multi)	-.046	-.043	-.097	-.053
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.014	-.024	-.036	-.020
30	vs L (2012)	.221	.327	.314	.245
31	vs R (2012)	.229	.364	.266	.238
38	Split (2012)	.008	.037	-.048	-.007
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.013	-.022	-.038	-.020

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BP Articles

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Title	Author	Date
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 21, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-21
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 10th, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-10
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 29, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-29
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 25, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-25
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 23, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-23
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21	Pete Barrett	2013-04-22
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21	Andrew Koo	2013-04-22
The Week In Quotes: April 15-21	Jonah Birenbaum	2013-04-22
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 21, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-21
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 17, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-17
Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 4/12	Ben Lindbergh	2013-04-12
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 10, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-10
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 7, 2013	Joe Hamrahi	2013-04-07
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 7, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-07
Fantasy Freestyle: 4x4 Versus 5x5	Mike Gianella	2013-03-15
Transaction Analysis: All Up Hill From Here?	R.J. Anderson	2013-02-11
Resident Fantasy Genius: Why AL-/NL-only Leagues are Superior to Mixed Leagues	Derek Carty	2013-01-21
Resident Fantasy Genius: Fantasy Shakeups	Derek Carty	2013-01-03
Resident Fantasy Genius: The Impact of Changing Teams on Fantasy Value	Derek Carty	2012-12-05
Pebble Hunting: The Thing That Makes Vance Worley Interesting	Sam Miller	2012-11-21
Overthinking It: Why Nobody Gets Caught Stealing	Ben Lindbergh	2012-11-08
Baseball at the Olympics: The Rich Tradition of an Absentee Sport	Max Marchi	2012-08-10
Pebble Hunting: The Decline and Fall of the Texas Rangers	Sam Miller	2012-05-30
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part One	Steven Goldman	2012-02-28
Prospectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part One	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-28
The Stats Go Marching In: The Art of Handling the Pitching Staff	Max Marchi	2012-02-24
The Stats Go Marching In: What Are the Rays Expecting from Jose Molina?	Max Marchi	2012-02-10
The BP First Take: Friday, January 13	Daniel Rathman	2012-01-13
Transaction Analysis: The Derek Lowedown	Ben Lindbergh	2011-11-01
Transaction Analysis: The Derek Lowedown	Kevin Goldstein	2011-11-01
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	Steven Goldman	2011-09-26
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	ESPN Insider	2011-09-26
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	Kevin Goldstein	2011-09-26
On the Beat: A Pence for His Thoughts	John Perrotto	2011-08-04
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for July 18	Larry Granillo	2011-07-19
Fantasy Beat: Tout Wars FAAB Update 4/25	Jason Collette	2011-04-26
Fantasy Beat: To Buy or Sell on Alex Gordon	Craig Brown	2011-04-20
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Marc Normandin	2011-03-24
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Corey Dawkins	2011-03-24
Fantasy Focus: Catcher Rankings	Marc Normandin	2011-02-21
Fantasy Focus: Catcher Rankings Review	Marc Normandin	2011-02-01
Checking the Numbers: Ranking R2C2	Eric Seidman	2010-12-15
Analyze This: How the Rangers were Acquired, Part II	Jesse Behr	2010-11-02
Transaction Analysis: White Sox, Indians	Christina Kahrl	2010-09-29
Prospectus Hit List: AL: September Song	Jay Jaffe	2010-09-10
Transaction Action: Weekend Omnibus	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-11
One-Hoppers: Carlos Santana Heads for the Cleveland Caravanserai	Ben Lindbergh	2010-06-11
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Catcher, Second Base, and Shortstop	Michael Jong	2010-06-08
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Catcher, Second Base, and Shortstop	Michael Jong	2010-06-01
Transaction Action: Crumbling and Crumbs	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-21
Transaction Action: The Upper Cust	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-18
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of May 17	Kevin Goldstein	2010-05-18
Fantasy Beat: Fantasy Today	Clay Davenport	2010-05-18
Prospectus Hit List: Raising Expectations	Jay Jaffe	2010-04-30
Future Shock: The Top 101 Prospects Update, Part 1	Kevin Goldstein	2010-04-07
Game Story: White Sox Home Opener	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-05
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED AL Projected Opening Day Rosters	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
Transaction Action: American League	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-19
Checking the Numbers: The All Paid By My Former Employer Team	Jeff Euston	2010-03-16
Checking the Numbers: The All Paid By My Former Employer Team	Eric Seidman	2010-03-16
Team Health Reports: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2010-03-10
Fantasy Focus: Catcher rankings	Marc Normandin	2010-02-28
Prospectus Hit and Run: AL Central Competitive Ecology	Jay Jaffe	2010-02-23
On the Beat: Indian Spring	John Perrotto	2010-02-03
Prospectus Q&A: Justin Masterson	David Laurila	2010-01-31
Transaction Action: AL Catsup	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-15
Prospectus Q&A: Best Q&A Quotes of 2009	David Laurila	2009-12-30
Transaction Analysis: Threesome or Foursome?	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-17
Transaction Action: Wagnerian Solutions and a Successfully Shopped Shoppach	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-03
Prospectus Q&A: Lou Marson and David Huff	David Laurila	2009-11-20
Future Shock: Indians Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-11-20
Transaction Action: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-09-23
Future Shock: Playoff Stars Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2009-09-22
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	Baseball Prospectus	2009-09-22
On the Beat: Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2009-09-06
Future Shock Blog: August 18	Kevin Goldstein	2009-08-18
Checking the Numbers: Anatomy of a Good Problem	Eric Seidman	2009-08-14
On the Beat: Rust Belt Teams Rusted Out?	John Perrotto	2009-08-02
Transaction Analysis: Major Moves Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-30
Prospectus Today: Review and Reset	Joe Sheehan	2009-07-30
Second-Half Prescriptions: NL	Baseball Prospectus	2009-07-16
Transaction Action: NL Add-Ons	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-11
Future Shock Blog: July 9	Kevin Goldstein	2009-07-09
Prospectus Idol Entry: Swartz Interview Transcript	Matt Swartz	2009-07-05
On the Beat: Dugout Turnover	John Perrotto	2009-06-17
Transaction Analysis: NL East Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-16
Transaction Analysis: Updates from the Easts	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-28
Future Shock: Future Top Dogs, NL	Kevin Goldstein	2009-04-08
On the Beat: Reality Checks	John Perrotto	2009-03-25
Transaction Analysis: Eastern Promises	Christina Kahrl	2009-03-24
Checking the Numbers: The Man Who Broke PECOTA?	Eric Seidman	2009-03-18
Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 2	Kevin Goldstein	2009-03-18
Transaction Analysis: NL East Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-30
Future Shock: Phillies Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-12-22
Transaction Analysis: Bankers Dozen	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-03
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2008-08-18
Every Given Sunday: All Busy-ness 'Round the Major League Table	John Perrotto	2008-07-27
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2008-07-07
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on Catching Prospects	Nate Silver	2008-03-20
Transaction Analysis: NL East NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-29
Future Shock: Phillies Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-02-12
Wait 'Til Next Year: Breakout Prospects	Bryan Smith	2007-11-06
Future Shock: Great Leaps Forward, National League	Kevin Goldstein	2007-09-07
Transaction Analysis: March 1-12, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-03-13

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-07-09 13:00:00	Extremely unlikely that a Cleveland fan is going to take anyone up on that. They seem to relish their status as the most tortured sports city. And in a twisted way it, makes sense--if you can't be happy, at least try to claim you're tougher than anyone else. But how awesome is Carlos Santana and his .548 secondary average? (P from Cleveland)	I love Carlos Santana! I drafted Lou Marson and Santana in an AL-only league (AL catchers are horrific) and was very excited to finally ditch Lou. Santana's going to be special--hell, he already is. (Marc Normandin)
2010-06-10 13:00:00	Who gets called up first: Carlos Santana or Pedro Alvarez? (Lane from Austin, TX)	Pedro Alvarez will be called up first, but I don't think Santana is that far behind. I wish Santana would get called up now so he could move from my bench and replace Lou Marson in my deep AL-only (just like real life!) (Marc Normandin)
2010-03-17 14:00:00	A couple of catchers with prospects behind them... do you like Lou Marson or JR Towles better? (APBA player from 16th Round of draft)	Marson, because he's more likely to have a career, even if his shot at everyday play with the Tribe should be necessarily brief. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-08-04 14:00:00	Is Lou Marson highly-regarded enough to be flipped in 2010 when Carlos Santana is ready? I mean, there's no roster on Earth that needs this many catchers. I assume that was part of the thought process, and not that Marson is really going to keep Santana from getting the starting gig when he's ready ... please? (buffum from Austin TX)	Gads, I hope so. I sort of don't understand how readily it seemed that so many people inside the media or outside of it seemed to overlook that Marson's just not even close to being their best option when it comes to nominating a catcher of the future. It's sort of like preferring Andy Allanson to Sandy Alomar Jr. because he started his career 10-for-20, donchaknow. (A few decades ago, I knew such people.) (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Buehrle's play was terrific, though I felt bad for Lou Marson, who not only got robbed on that play but was complicit in four Jake Westbrook wild pitches, all of which were balls Marson probably could have stopped. (Ken Funck)
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Richard (San Diego): Back-up catcher as your DH? When your normal starting catcher is already begging for a late-inning pinch hitter? Reactions? As John Perroto pointed out in his Unfiltered entry, this isn't exactly uncharted territory for Charlie Manuel. Joe's the one who apparently reserached this on John's behalf: "Manuel left himself without a backup catcher 32 times during the regular season as he pinch hit for Coste 22 times and pinch hit or pinch ran for Ruiz 13 times. While that adds up to 35, three of those games came after the September roster expansion when rookie catcher Lou Marson was also available. " It's an odd move, nonetheless, particularly because it's compounded by the fact that EITHER player may make an early exit for pinch-hitting/running purposes. If your DH has to take the field and you're stuck batting the pitcher, that's still workable with pinch-hitters and sacrifice bunt attempts. But leaving yourself with, say, Jayson Werth (who was drafted as a catcher, IIRC) behind the plate as an emergency catcher - well, now you've kind of got me rooting for the splatter just to see how it looks. (Jay Jaffe)

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