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Frank Catalanotto LFBlue Jays

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
19 4292 .291 .357 .445 100 7.4
Birth Date4-27-1974
Height6' 0"
Weight195 lbs
Age49 years, 11 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
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
1997 DET 23 13 29 8 2 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 .308 .379 .385 86 -0.4 0.1 -0.8 0.0
1998 DET 24 89 234 60 13 2 6 12 39 4 3 2 .282 .325 .446 87 -3.3 -0.9 -1.9 -0.2
1999 DET 25 100 315 79 19 0 11 15 49 9 3 4 .276 .327 .458 94 -0.9 -1.4 -3.6 0.0
2000 TEX 26 103 326 82 13 2 10 33 36 6 6 2 .291 .375 .457 106 4.5 0.6 -3.1 0.9
2001 TEX 27 133 512 153 31 5 11 39 55 8 15 5 .330 .391 .490 117 13.7 0.5 4.1 3.0
2002 TEX 28 68 250 57 16 6 3 25 27 8 9 5 .269 .364 .443 95 -0.6 1.5 -1.3 0.5
2003 TOR 29 133 535 146 34 6 13 35 62 6 2 2 .299 .351 .472 104 4.8 1.9 -9.7 0.6
2004 TOR 30 75 274 73 19 1 1 17 33 4 1 0 .293 .344 .390 86 -4.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.1
2005 TOR 31 130 475 126 29 5 8 37 53 10 0 2 .301 .367 .451 107 4.4 -0.6 1.2 1.5
2006 TOR 32 128 499 131 36 2 7 52 37 4 1 3 .300 .376 .439 106 6.5 -2.1 1.0 1.5
2007 TEX 33 103 377 86 20 4 11 28 37 11 2 1 .260 .337 .444 97 -0.2 -2.1 -5.2 0.0
2008 TEX 34 88 278 68 23 1 2 20 29 6 1 1 .274 .342 .399 85 -4.5 -0.8 -4.7 -0.6
2009 MIL 35 77 162 40 6 3 1 14 23 2 2 0 .278 .346 .382 88 -2.0 0.5 1.3 0.3
2010 NYN 36 25 26 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .160 .192 .200 65 -1.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Career1265429211132623784331492784527.291.357.44510016.9-3.3-22.97.4

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 BRI Rk APL 21 58 .000 .000 .000 .238 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 BRI Rk APL 55 220 .000 .000 .000 .322 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 FAY A SAL 119 504 .000 .000 .000 .360 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 JAX AA SOU 134 559 .000 .000 .000 .238 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 JAX AA SOU 132 588 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 DET MLB AL 13 29 .259 .336 .426 .421 99 0 0.8 -0.2 86 14 -0.8 0.1 -0.4 0.0
1997 TOL AAA INT 0 557 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DET MLB AL 89 234 .261 .327 .421 .312 98 0.8 6.4 -2.5 87 12 -1.9 -0.9 -3.3 -0.2
1998 TOL AAA INT 0 126 .000 .000 .000 .388 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DET MLB AL 100 315 .274 .346 .437 .294 99 2.1 8.8 -2.4 94 13 -3.6 -1.4 -0.9 0.0
2000 TEX MLB AL 103 326 .266 .338 .428 .303 93 11.5 10.3 -3 106 9 -3.1 0.6 4.5 0.9
2000 OKL AAA PCL 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEX MLB AL 133 512 .264 .328 .430 .357 104 20.6 15.2 -3.4 117 9 4.1 0.5 13.7 3.0
2002 TEX MLB AL 68 250 .268 .330 .425 .293 108 3.8 7.2 -2.2 95 11 -1.3 1.5 -0.6 0.5
2002 TUL AA TXS 4 18 .000 .000 .000 .133 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB AL 133 535 .268 .333 .428 .319 104 12.5 14.5 -5.5 104 11 -9.7 1.9 4.8 0.6
2004 TOR MLB AL 75 274 .266 .331 .429 .330 108 -3.5 8.2 -3.1 86 10 -0.1 -0.2 -4.2 0.1
2005 TOR MLB AL 130 475 .267 .332 .421 .325 104 9.3 13.7 -3.8 107 11 1.2 -0.6 4.4 1.5
2006 TOR MLB AL 128 499 .273 .338 .435 .312 106 3.3 15.0 -4.5 106 7 1.0 -2.1 6.5 1.5
2007 TEX MLB AL 103 377 .268 .331 .423 .264 101 5.8 11.2 -4.1 97 11 -5.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.0
2007 FRI AA TXS 1 5 .237 .294 .368 .000 106 -0.7 0.1 -0.1 41 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2007 OKL AAA PCL 4 16 .267 .335 .414 .417 97 1.4 0.5 -0.3 126 0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1
2008 TEX MLB AL 88 278 .264 .328 .418 .303 112 -2.4 8.0 -3.9 85 12 -4.7 -0.8 -4.5 -0.6
2009 MIL MLB NL 77 162 .260 .324 .411 .320 98 -0.1 4.7 -1.2 88 13 1.3 0.5 -2.0 0.3
2009 HUN AA SOU 3 14 .260 .331 .396 .250 95 0.6 0.4 -0.2 118 0 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1
2010 NYN MLB NL 25 26 .237 .301 .364 .200 90 -2.9 0.7 -0.1 65 11 -0.1 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1

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 BRI Rk APL 58 50 6 10 2 0 0 12 4 8 8 0 1 .200 .310 .240 .040 0 0
1993 BRI Rk APL 220 199 37 61 9 5 3 89 22 15 19 3 6 .307 .359 .447 .141 3 3
1994 FAY A SAL 504 458 72 149 24 8 3 198 56 37 54 4 5 .325 .376 .432 .107 5 5
1995 JAX AA SOU 559 491 66 111 19 5 8 164 48 49 56 13 8 .226 .305 .334 .108 6 6
1996 JAX AA SOU 588 497 105 148 34 6 17 245 67 74 69 15 14 .298 .398 .493 .195 3 3
1997 DET MLB AL 29 26 2 8 2 0 0 10 3 3 7 0 0 .308 .379 .385 .077 0 0
1997 TOL AAA INT 557 500 75 150 32 3 16 236 68 47 80 12 11 .300 .372 .472 .172 0 0
1998 TOL AAA INT 126 105 20 35 6 3 4 59 28 14 21 0 0 .333 .444 .562 .229 0 0
1998 DET MLB AL 234 213 23 60 13 2 6 95 25 12 39 3 2 .282 .325 .446 .164 5 0
1999 DET MLB AL 315 286 41 79 19 0 11 131 35 15 49 3 4 .276 .327 .458 .182 5 0
2000 OKL AAA PCL 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 .273 .333 .273 .000 0 0
2000 TEX MLB AL 326 282 55 82 13 2 10 129 42 33 36 6 2 .291 .375 .457 .167 2 3
2001 TEX MLB AL 512 463 77 153 31 5 11 227 54 39 55 15 5 .330 .391 .490 .160 1 1
2002 TEX MLB AL 250 212 42 57 16 6 3 94 23 25 27 9 5 .269 .364 .443 .175 2 3
2002 TUL AA TXS 18 16 1 2 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .125 0 0
2003 TOR MLB AL 535 489 83 146 34 6 13 231 59 35 62 2 2 .299 .351 .472 .174 3 2
2004 TOR MLB AL 274 249 27 73 19 1 1 97 26 17 33 1 0 .293 .344 .390 .096 3 1
2005 TOR MLB AL 475 419 56 126 29 5 8 189 59 37 53 0 2 .301 .367 .451 .150 5 4
2006 TOR MLB AL 499 437 56 131 36 2 7 192 56 52 37 1 3 .300 .376 .439 .140 4 2
2007 FRI AA TXS 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .000 0 0
2007 OKL AAA PCL 16 13 5 5 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 .385 .500 .538 .154 0 0
2007 TEX MLB AL 377 331 52 86 20 4 11 147 44 28 37 2 1 .260 .337 .444 .184 1 6
2008 TEX MLB AL 278 248 28 68 23 1 2 99 21 20 29 1 1 .274 .342 .399 .125 1 3
2009 HUN AA SOU 14 12 2 3 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 .250 .357 .417 .167 0 0
2009 MIL MLB NL 162 144 18 40 6 3 1 55 9 14 23 2 0 .278 .346 .382 .104 2 0
2010 NYN MLB NL 26 25 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 5 0 0 .160 .192 .200 .040 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 970 0.5495 0.4299 0.8945 0.5797 0.2471 0.8964 0.8889 0.1055 -0.0015
2009 594 0.5067 0.4697 0.8459 0.6578 0.2765 0.9040 0.7037 0.1541 0.0006
2010 88 0.5114 0.5341 0.7660 0.7111 0.3488 0.8750 0.5333 0.2340 0.0027
Career16520.53210.44980.87020.61480.26310.89800.80340.1298-0.0005

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
2008-05-20 2008-05-27 DTD 7 7 Back Soreness -
2008-03-19 2008-03-21 Camp 2 0 Low Back Spasms -
2007-09-01 2007-09-02 DTD 1 1 - Groin Strain - -
2007-08-30 2007-08-31 DTD 1 1 Groin Soreness -
2007-04-30 2007-05-21 15-DL 21 20 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps -
2006-06-05 2006-06-07 DTD 2 2 Left Groin Soreness -
2005-08-03 2005-08-05 DTD 2 2 - Neck Stiffness - -
2004-08-21 2004-10-04 60-DL 44 39 Right Surgery Oblique 2004-08-26
2004-06-18 2004-07-20 15-DL 32 26 Right Groin Tightness -
2004-05-20 2004-06-08 15-DL 19 16 Right Groin Strain -
2003-09-18 2003-09-24 DTD 6 6 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2003-08-18 2003-08-22 DTD 4 3 Low Back Stiffness -
2003-03-17 2003-03-21 Camp 4 0 Low Back Soreness -
2002-08-17 2002-09-30 15-DL 44 42 Right Hand Fracture -
2002-05-11 2002-06-28 15-DL 48 43 Right Low Back Stress Fracture -
2000-10-31 2000-10-31 Off 0 0 Right Wrist Surgery Bone Chips 2000-10-31 -
2000-09-28 2000-10-01 DTD 3 3 Right Wrist Contusion - -
2000-05-29 2000-05-31 DTD 2 2 Left Groin Soreness -
2000-05-22 2000-05-24 DTD 2 1 Left Groin Soreness -
2000-05-19 2000-05-21 DTD 2 1 Left Groin Soreness -
2000-04-22 2000-05-16 15-DL 24 22 - Groin Strain - -
1997-11-05 1997-11-05 Off 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery 1997-11-05 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 $
2010 NYN $650,000
2009 TEX $4,000,000
2008 TEX $4,000,000
2007 TEX $3,500,000
2006 TOR $2,700,000
2005 TOR $2,700,000
2004 TOR $2,300,000
2003 TOR $2,200,000
2002 TEX $2,475,000
2001 TEX $850,000
2000 TEX $305,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
11 yrPrevious$25,680,000
11 yrTotal$25,680,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 132 dOctagon (prev CSMG)1 yr/$0.65M (10)

Details
  • designated for assignment 5/10/10 contract purchased 4/5/10 signed as a free agent from MIL 1/30/10 (minor-league contract, $0.65M major league)
  • contract purchased 5/25/09 signed as a free agent from TX 5/12/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 4/1/09 signed as a free agent from TOR 11/06, 3 year/$13M (07-09)+10 club option
  • 07:$3.5M, 08:$4M, 09:$4M, 10:$5M club option $2M buyout
  • base or buyout in 2010 increase to $5.5M or $2.25M with 1,000 plate appearances 08-09 OR 500 plate appearances 09
  • award bonus:$0.1M MVP, $50K WSMVP,AS, $25K LCSMVP,SS,Gold Glove
  • re-signed 9/04, 2 year/$5.4M (05-06), 05:$2.7M, 06:$2.7M
  • re-signed 1 year/$2.3M (04) 10/03
  • signed as a free agent from TEX 12/02, 1 year/$2.2M (03)
  • non-tendered 12/02 avoided arbitration 2/02 1 year/$2.3M (02)+$0.3M bonuses ($2.9M -$2M)
  • 1 year/$0.85M (01)

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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