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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
16 2257 .254 .302 .346 72 6.3
Birth Date12-28-1972
Height5' 10"
Weight200 lbs
Age51 years, 3 months, 0 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1996 CLE 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 70 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 CLE 24 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 70 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
1998 CLE 25 17 56 11 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 .229 .286 .375 96 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
1999 CLE 26 119 427 110 21 1 3 23 41 5 11 4 .281 .328 .362 74 -12.8 0.6 3.8 1.1
2000 CLE 27 75 275 68 14 2 4 11 29 8 4 2 .272 .323 .392 73 -8.5 -1.9 13.7 1.6
2001 CLE 28 134 478 121 34 1 4 17 44 16 1 2 .277 .328 .387 79 -10.5 -0.9 13.7 2.5
2002 CLE 29 102 351 66 19 0 2 17 27 6 0 1 .206 .258 .284 58 -16.7 2.3 -5.4 -0.4
2003 TEX 30 101 361 86 14 1 4 9 32 10 3 1 .257 .294 .341 66 -14.1 -1.9 2.3 0.3
2004 MON 31 55 159 31 6 1 1 11 10 4 2 0 .223 .293 .302 75 -4.7 1.1 2.0 0.6
2005 SLN 32 58 139 27 6 0 1 5 12 2 0 0 .208 .248 .277 66 -5.6 0.9 2.2 0.4
2006 LAN 33 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1992 BNC Rk APL 52 205 .000 .000 .000 .212 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 CGA A SAL 1 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 BNC Rk APL 60 249 .000 .000 .000 .290 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 CGA A SAL 120 531 .000 .000 .000 .274 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 KIN A+ CRL 104 398 .000 .000 .000 .271 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CLE MLB AL 4 1 .284 .347 .387 .000 94 -0.7 0.0 0 70 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CAN AA EAS 104 418 .000 .000 .000 .291 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 CLE MLB AL 5 7 .277 .334 .424 .200 95 -0.8 0.2 0.1 70 12 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.0
1997 BUF AAA AA 0 359 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLE MLB AL 17 56 .273 .343 .433 .191 101 -1 1.5 1 96 19 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3
1998 BUF AAA INT 0 442 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB AL 119 427 .273 .343 .433 .307 104 -13.2 11.9 8.1 74 7 3.8 0.6 -12.8 1.1
2000 CLE MLB AL 75 275 .275 .342 .441 .295 91 -2.7 8.7 5.2 73 9 13.7 -1.9 -8.5 1.6
2001 CLE MLB AL 134 478 .269 .335 .435 .301 102 -6.8 14.2 8.6 79 9 13.7 -0.9 -10.5 2.5
2002 CLE MLB AL 102 351 .265 .329 .422 .218 100 -23.6 10.1 6.1 58 8 -5.4 2.3 -16.7 -0.4
2002 MHV A- NYP 3 14 .000 .000 .000 .417 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TEX MLB AL 101 361 .262 .327 .417 .272 108 -17.5 9.8 6.5 66 9 2.3 -1.9 -14.1 0.3
2004 MON MLB NL 55 159 .262 .332 .421 .229 92 -6.9 4.7 2.7 75 15 2.0 1.1 -4.7 0.6
2005 SLN MLB NL 58 139 .262 .326 .418 .222 101 -12.8 4.0 2.2 66 11 2.2 0.9 -5.6 0.4
2006 LAN MLB NL 3 3 .262 .335 .399 .667 95 0.6 0.1 0 92 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 BUF AAA INT 64 242 .255 .323 .388 .225 101 -10.4 6.5 3.8 68 0 -13.8 0.7 -7.3 -1.0
2006 LVG AAA PCL 2 7 .264 .365 .377 .500 114 0.3 0.2 0.1 99 0 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0
2007 LYN A+ CRL 6 24 .247 .315 .368 .100 106 -5.8 0.7 0.5 3 0 -0.2 0.0 -2.6 -0.2
2007 IND AAA INT 38 132 .263 .332 .400 .259 94 -4.7 3.8 2 96 0 0.6 -1.2 -0.4 0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1992 BNC Rk APL 205 178 19 37 3 0 1 43 14 20 9 2 3 .208 .296 .242 .034 2 2
1993 CGA A SAL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1993 BNC Rk APL 249 231 40 69 15 3 5 105 33 8 7 7 3 .299 .331 .455 .156 2 2
1994 CGA A SAL 531 491 67 137 23 2 16 212 71 17 34 4 4 .279 .330 .432 .153 1 1
1995 KIN A+ CRL 398 373 46 98 21 0 6 137 43 12 29 3 6 .263 .299 .367 .105 1 1
1996 CAN AA EAS 418 395 47 111 26 2 3 150 35 12 22 3 2 .281 .317 .380 .099 1 1
1996 CLE MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1997 BUF AAA AA 359 336 40 86 18 2 3 117 31 18 34 2 6 .256 .304 .348 .092 0 0
1997 CLE MLB AL 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .143 0 0
1998 BUF AAA INT 442 415 62 130 21 3 8 181 63 21 33 3 3 .313 .355 .436 .123 0 0
1998 CLE MLB AL 56 48 8 11 1 0 2 18 9 3 2 0 0 .229 .286 .375 .146 3 0
1999 CLE MLB AL 427 392 43 110 21 1 3 142 32 23 41 11 4 .281 .328 .362 .082 1 6
2000 CLE MLB AL 275 250 29 68 14 2 4 98 25 11 29 4 2 .272 .323 .392 .120 0 6
2001 CLE MLB AL 478 437 54 121 34 1 4 169 56 17 44 1 2 .277 .328 .387 .110 0 8
2002 MHV A- NYP 14 13 2 5 2 0 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 .385 .429 .538 .154 0 0
2002 CLE MLB AL 351 320 34 66 19 0 2 91 16 17 27 0 1 .206 .258 .284 .078 2 6
2003 TEX MLB AL 361 334 30 86 14 1 4 114 35 9 32 3 1 .257 .294 .341 .084 4 4
2004 MON MLB NL 159 139 9 31 6 1 1 42 11 11 10 2 0 .223 .293 .302 .079 3 2
2005 SLN MLB NL 139 130 14 27 6 0 1 36 17 5 12 0 0 .208 .248 .277 .069 0 2
2006 BUF AAA INT 242 220 22 48 13 0 3 70 29 14 23 0 1 .218 .261 .318 .100 6 6
2006 LAN MLB NL 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 .000 0 0
2006 LVG AAA PCL 7 7 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .714 .286 0 0
2007 LYN A+ CRL 24 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 .087 .125 .087 .000 0 0
2007 IND AAA INT 132 118 15 30 8 0 2 44 13 8 8 5 1 .254 .333 .373 .119 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-07-01 2007-09-03 Minors 64 0 Right Knee Surgery Ruptured Patellar Tendon -
2007-04-06 2007-04-13 Minors 7 0 Not Disclosed -
2006-08-15 2006-08-29 Minors 14 0 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2005-03-08 2005-04-08 Camp 31 2 - Trunk Strain Ribcage - -
2002-08-23 2002-09-30 15-DL 38 36 Right Elbow Strain -
2002-04-22 2002-04-24 DTD 2 2 Left Trunk Fracture 3 Ribs - -
2001-08-17 2001-08-17 DTD 0 0 Right Thumb Contusion -
2001-08-01 2001-08-03 DTD 2 2 Right Thumb Contusion - -
2001-04-29 2001-05-05 DTD 6 5 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 SLN $600,000
2004 MON $2,500,000
2003 TEX $1,750,000
2002 CLE $1,087,500
2001 CLE $387,500
2000 CLE $237,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$6,562,500
6 yrTotal$6,562,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 113 dPeter Greenberg

Details
  • signed as a free agent from LAD 12/06 (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 9/06 acquired in trade from CLE 8/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from STL 12/05, 1 year/$0.625M (06)+bonuses ($0.75M-65 g, $0.8M-55 games finished) (minor-league contract, may req release if not on major league ros 4/1/06)
  • FA=WAS 12/04, 1 year/$0.6M (05)+$0.25M bonuses
  • club declined $3.25M 05 option 10/04
  • acquired in trade from TX 4/04 acquired in trade from CLE 12/02
  • 4 year/$6.3M (01-04)+$3.25M 05 club option
  • $0.35M signing bonus
  • 01:$0.3M, 02:$1M, 03:$1.75M, 04:$2.5M + $3.25M 05 club op $0.4M buyout
  • bonuses: All Star, Gold Glove, SS
  • $50K (115,120,125,130,135 games started)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-05-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Who's a non-superstar that you love to watch and why?
(jwise224 from PDX)
I love Carlos Santana. Indians catcher was my default favorite guy back to the days of Sandy Alomar and Einar Diaz. Needless to say, I was a fan of the move to bring him back. (Mark Barry)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1996 mlb .002 0.0 15 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 mlb .004 0.1 132 .000 0.0 6 -.001 .003 0.0 0.6 0.1
1998 mlb .002 0.3 600 .000 0.0 16 -.005 .003 0.0 0.3 0.1
1999 mlb -.001 -1.6 5038 .000 0.7 96 -.043 .005 2.9 2.0 3.8
2000 mlb .011 10.9 3473 .000 0.1 51 -.016 .002 0.5 11.3 13.7
2001 mlb .005 6.7 6117 .000 0.7 117 -.067 -.006 5.3 11.9 13.7
2002 mlb -.006 -6.6 4435 .001 -0.7 104 .002 .004 -0.1 -7.4 -5.4
2003 mlb .002 2.0 4631 .000 0.2 64 .002 -.004 0.1 2.4 2.3
2004 mlb .007 2.9 1941 .000 -0.2 25 .017 .000 -0.2 2.4 2.0
2005 mlb .008 2.7 1427 .000 0.0 18 -.023 -.002 0.3 2.5 2.2
2006 aaa -.008 -5.1 2568 .001 -0.6 63 .003 .000 -0.1 -6.8 -13.8
2006 mlb -.001 0.0 12 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2007 afa .000 0.0 270 .001 -0.1 7 .000 .002 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
2007 aaa .001 0.3 1368 .000 0.1 34 -.016 .003 0.3 0.4 0.6

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