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Clint Sammons
Atlanta Braves [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 25
6'
200 lbs.

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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
2005 ROM 1B 494 60 29 0 4 62 55 66 4 1 0.9 .286 .368 .382 .106 .234 .300 .300 .215 -17.0 79-C 3 1.8
2006 MYR 1C 407 36 21 0 8 56 32 65 4 4 1.3 .258 .323 .383 .010 .231 .279 .346 .218 -11.5 94-C 1 2.1
2007 MYR 1C 91 13 6 0 4 13 10 14 1 1 -0.2 .269 .363 .500 .218 .235 .308 .420 .250 1.5 18-C 5 0.9
2007 MIS 2A 328 27 10 0 5 36 26 72 1 1 -2.6 .243 .304 .328 -.116 .222 .274 .301 .201 -16.3 80-C 7 2.1
2007 ATL MJ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 .667 .667 1.000 1.994 .333 .333 .333 .232 1.5 0.0


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2008 Forecast

(projection generated 3/18/08 6:48 PM)
-- 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 414 46 20 1 12 51 35 81 5 2 -0.5 .260 .325 .417 -.067 .257 .323 .425 .256 11.0 99-C 5 3.9
75o 399 39 18 1 10 46 32 81 4 2 -0.5 .244 .309 .381 -.154 .242 .307 .389 .239 2.5 95-C 4 3.0
60o 387 34 16 1 8 41 30 81 4 2 -0.4 .232 .296 .353 -.223 .230 .294 .360 .225 -3.8 93-C 3 2.4
50o 382 32 15 1 7 39 30 81 4 2 -0.4 .226 .290 .340 -.255 .225 .288 .346 .218 -6.7 91-C 3 2.1
40o 375 29 14 1 7 37 29 81 4 2 -0.4 .221 .284 .326 -.288 .219 .282 .333 .211 -9.5 90-C 2 1.8
25o 368 27 14 1 6 34 28 80 4 2 -0.4 .214 .277 .311 -.324 .212 .275 .317 .203 -12.4 88-C 2 1.5
10o 355 23 12 1 4 30 26 80 4 2 -0.4 .203 .265 .286 -.385 .202 .263 .292 .188 -17.0 85-C 1 0.9
Weighted Mean 389 34 16 1 8 42 30 82 4 2 -0.4 .231 .294 .349 -.231 .229 .292 .356 .223 -2.4 93-C 4 2.5

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

34%

56%

15%

16%

0.82

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
2008 (age 25) 389 34 16 1 8 42 30 82 4 2 -0.4 .231 .294 .349 -.231 .229 .292 .356 .223 -2.4 93-C 4 2.5
2009 (age 26) 394 36 15 1 9 44 32 79 4 2 -0.3 .232 .299 .358 -.211 .226 .292 .359 .228 -1.8 94-C 5 1.8
2010 (age 27) 282 22 11 1 6 30 23 58 3 1 -0.2 .238 .305 .356 -.199 .233 .298 .356 .230 -0.7 69-C -1 1.0
2011 (age 28) 270 23 11 0 7 31 24 52 2 1 -0.2 .248 .320 .388 -.122 .243 .313 .389 .246 1.8 66-C 0 1.0
2012 (age 29) 312 27 13 1 7 34 25 61 3 1 -0.1 .250 .315 .382 -.138 .244 .308 .383 .242 1.0 76-C 0 0.8
2013 (age 30)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 31)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .246 .314 .377
vs RHP .226 .286 .335
Split +.020 +.028 +.042
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year OWARP DWARP Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2008 -0.2 2.7 2.5 $3,000,000 -0.3 2.8
2009 0.0 1.8 1.8 $2,250,000 0.4 4.4
2010 0.0 1.0 1.0 $1,175,000 -1.3 1.2
2011 0.2 0.8 1.0 $1,500,000 1.5 3.4
2012 0.1 0.6 0.8 $1,200,000 0.9 1.6
2013 0.0 0.6 0.6 $900,000 -0.2 1.4
2014 0.0 0.5 0.4 $750,000 -1.8 1.3
Peak 7.7 $6,800,000 2.2 14.8


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2008 .239 .218 .203 .223
2009 .246 .228 .209 .228
2010 .257 .229 .206 .230
2011 .266 .241 .215 .246
2012 .269 .250 .218 .242
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2008 16% 0% 34%
2009 41% 27% 37%
2010 71% 45% 35%
2011 75% 57% 38%
2012 77% 66% 34%
2013 82% 67% 28%
2014 82% 74% 19%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Dan Conway 1992 40 11 John Flaherty 2003 33
2 Alberto Concepcion 1979 36 12 Justin Cowan 1971 33
3 Blake Barthol 1981 36 13 Alberto Castillo 1982 33
4 Dusty Brown 1970 36 14 Ryan Budde 1960 33
5 Rob Fitzpatrick 1973 35 15 Jim Foster 2007 32
6 Caleb Brock 1992 35 16 Wiki Gonzalez 1975 32
7 Pat Cline 1975 34 17 Danny Ardoin 1969 32
8 Gary Bennett 1975 34 18 Alvin Colina 2000 31
9 Javier Flores 1957 34 19 Mike Daniel 1979 30
10 Jim Campanis 1998 33 20 Mike Durant 2005 30

Player Comments

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2007

Clint Sammons is a popular organizational soldier and a heads-up catch-and-throw guy; he might wind up getting Ken Huckaby-style service time someday.


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