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Bobby Kielty RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 2084 .254 .348 .408 101 4.4
Birth Date8-5-1976
Height6' 1"
Weight225 lbs
Age47 years, 8 months, 19 days
BatsB
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
2001 MIN 24 37 118 26 8 0 2 8 25 1 3 0 .250 .297 .385 73 -3.6 -1.7 -0.7 -0.3
2002 MIN 25 112 348 84 14 3 12 52 66 5 4 1 .291 .405 .484 128 13.8 1.1 0.7 2.3
2003 MIN 26 75 284 60 13 0 9 42 56 3 6 2 .252 .370 .420 107 3.7 0.2 -3.3 0.4
2003 TOR 26 62 225 44 13 1 4 29 36 4 2 1 .233 .342 .376 107 2.7 -0.2 -3.3 0.3
2004 OAK 27 83 278 51 14 1 7 35 47 3 1 0 .214 .321 .370 88 -3.7 0.3 -0.9 0.1
2005 OAK 28 116 433 99 20 0 10 50 67 2 3 2 .263 .350 .395 103 1.7 1.8 -0.6 1.1
2006 OAK 29 81 297 73 20 1 8 22 49 2 2 0 .270 .329 .441 91 -2.0 1.0 -0.9 0.4
2007 BOS 30 20 61 12 2 0 1 5 17 1 0 0 .231 .295 .327 79 -1.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
2007 OAK 30 13 40 7 1 0 0 3 9 1 0 0 .200 .275 .229 72 -1.3 0.4 0.1 0.0
Career599208445610565324637222216.254.348.4081019.82.9-8.74.4

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1999 QUD A MDW 0 291 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 NBR AA EAS 0 554 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SLC AAA PCL 0 40 .000 .000 .000 .348 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MIN MLB AL 37 118 .275 .346 .450 .293 101 0.9 3.5 -0.6 73 16 -0.7 -1.7 -3.6 -0.3
2001 EDM AAA PCL 94 404 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MIN MLB AL 112 348 .261 .329 .416 .338 97 19.7 10.0 -2.6 128 6 0.7 1.1 13.8 2.3
2002 EDM AAA PCL 2 9 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MIN MLB AL 75 284 .267 .331 .432 .293 101 4.4 7.7 -3.9 107 9 -3.3 0.2 3.7 0.4
2003 TOR MLB AL 62 225 .259 .327 .410 .263 103 -2.4 6.1 -2.4 107 9 -3.3 -0.2 2.7 0.3
2004 OAK MLB AL 83 278 .272 .341 .443 .238 104 -5 8.3 -2.5 88 11 -0.9 0.3 -3.7 0.1
2005 OAK MLB AL 116 433 .265 .326 .416 .295 97 3.4 12.5 -4.1 103 8 -0.6 1.8 1.7 1.1
2006 OAK MLB AL 81 297 .270 .336 .429 .304 99 -0.8 8.9 -2.7 91 12 -0.9 1.0 -2.0 0.4
2006 SAC AAA PCL 10 43 .278 .352 .428 .304 101 -0.5 1.1 -0.4 91 0 2.9 -1.0 -0.2 0.2
2007 BOS MLB AL 20 61 .273 .349 .420 .297 104 -1.5 1.8 -0.5 79 11 0.1 0.0 -1.4 0.0
2007 OAK MLB AL 13 40 .255 .328 .406 .259 89 -3 1.2 -0.4 72 11 0.1 0.4 -1.3 0.0
2007 PAW AAA INT 10 43 .271 .337 .392 .318 92 1.3 1.3 -0.4 96 0 -0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.1
2007 SAC AAA PCL 9 37 .275 .345 .434 .500 88 3.7 1.1 -0.4 148 0 -0.2 -1.1 2.3 0.2
2008 LOW A- NYP 2 9 .266 .338 .386 .500 93 0.9 0.3 -0.1 78 0 0.5 0.1 -0.4 0.0
2008 LNC A+ CLF 3 13 .277 .346 .428 .667 88 1.8 0.4 -0.2 91 0 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
2008 PAW AAA INT 28 112 .259 .324 .410 .286 91 0.8 3.1 -1.2 98 0 -0.3 -0.8 -1.7 -0.1
2008 ROC AAA INT 16 69 .252 .319 .386 .270 92 2.2 2.1 -0.4 98 0 -0.8 -0.1 -1.1 0.0
2009 BUF AAA INT 8 33 .241 .312 .371 .278 105 0.3 1.0 -0.3 109 0 0.9 -0.1 0.4 0.2
2011 SAN AA TEX 5 13 .257 .328 .398 .500 111 2.2 0.4 -0.2 163 0 -0.2 -0.3 0.9 0.1
2011 TUC AAA PCL 62 213 .292 .357 .461 .338 109 -0.4 6.6 -2.6 98 0 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 0.3
2011 EST Wnt DWL 8 31 .000 .000 .000 .182 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1999 QUD A MDW 291 245 52 72 13 1 13 126 43 43 56 12 3 .294 .405 .514 .220 0 0
2000 NBR AA EAS 554 451 79 118 30 3 14 196 65 98 109 6 4 .262 .399 .435 .173 0 0
2000 SLC AAA PCL 40 33 8 8 4 0 0 12 2 7 10 0 0 .242 .375 .364 .121 0 0
2001 EDM AAA PCL 404 341 58 98 25 2 12 163 50 53 76 5 0 .287 .391 .478 .191 2 2
2001 MIN MLB AL 118 104 8 26 8 0 2 40 14 8 25 3 0 .250 .297 .385 .135 5 0
2002 EDM AAA PCL 9 7 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 .429 .444 .571 .143 1 1
2002 MIN MLB AL 348 289 49 84 14 3 12 140 46 52 66 4 1 .291 .405 .484 .194 2 0
2003 MIN MLB AL 284 238 40 60 13 0 9 100 32 42 56 6 2 .252 .370 .420 .168 1 0
2003 TOR MLB AL 225 189 31 44 13 1 4 71 25 29 36 2 1 .233 .342 .376 .143 3 0
2004 OAK MLB AL 278 238 29 51 14 1 7 88 31 35 47 1 0 .214 .321 .370 .155 1 1
2005 OAK MLB AL 433 377 55 99 20 0 10 149 57 50 67 3 2 .263 .350 .395 .133 2 2
2006 OAK MLB AL 297 270 35 73 20 1 8 119 36 22 49 2 0 .270 .329 .441 .170 1 2
2006 SAC AAA PCL 43 36 5 8 0 0 1 11 4 7 12 0 0 .222 .349 .306 .083 0 0
2007 PAW AAA INT 43 38 7 9 1 0 2 16 5 5 14 0 0 .237 .326 .421 .184 0 0
2007 SAC AAA PCL 37 33 6 13 4 0 0 17 1 4 7 0 0 .394 .459 .515 .121 0 0
2007 BOS MLB AL 61 52 6 12 2 0 1 17 9 5 17 0 0 .231 .295 .327 .096 3 0
2007 OAK MLB AL 40 35 4 7 1 0 0 8 3 3 9 0 0 .200 .275 .229 .029 1 0
2008 PAW AAA INT 112 92 9 21 4 1 3 36 18 17 26 0 0 .228 .355 .391 .163 0 0
2008 LOW A- NYP 9 8 2 3 0 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 .375 .375 .625 .250 0 0
2008 LNC A+ CLF 13 8 1 2 2 0 0 4 3 4 5 0 0 .250 .538 .500 .250 0 0
2008 ROC AAA INT 69 55 9 12 3 0 2 21 8 13 16 0 1 .218 .368 .382 .164 0 0
2009 BUF AAA INT 33 26 3 6 0 0 1 9 3 7 7 1 2 .231 .394 .346 .115 0 0
2011 TUC AAA PCL 213 190 23 55 15 0 7 91 28 20 43 0 0 .289 .357 .479 .189 2 0
2011 EST Wnt DWL 31 30 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 8 0 0 .133 .161 .167 .033 0 0
2011 SAN AA TEX 13 12 1 5 3 0 1 11 5 1 3 0 0 .417 .462 .917 .500 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
2011-07-15 2011-07-22 Minors 7 7 Right Ankle Contusion - -
2011-06-17 2011-06-26 Minors 9 9 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf - -
2011-04-28 2011-06-01 Minors 34 33 Not Disclosed -
2009-04-18 2009-06-22 Minors 65 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-06-09 2008-07-12 Minors 33 0 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2008-04-19 2008-05-27 Minors 38 0 Left Hand Surgery Bone 2008-04-24
2007-04-28 2007-07-08 60-DL 71 64 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2007-03-02 2007-03-26 Camp 24 0 Left Knee Cartilage Injury Tear - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 OAK $2,100,000
2006 OAK $1,850,000
2005 OAK $875,000
2004 OAK $347,500
2003 MIN, TOR $325,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$5,497,500
5 yrTotal$5,497,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 46 d

Details
  • released by NYM 6/22/09 signed as a free agent from MIN 1/29/09 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from BOS 8/11/08 (minor-league contract)
  • re-signed as a free agent 2/6/08 (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 8/18/07
  • signed as a free agent from OAK 8/7/07 (minor-league contract)
  • released 7/31/07
  • designated for assignment 7/23/07
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$2.1M (07)+performance bonus:$25K each 300,350,400,450 plate appearances
  • recalled 4/06 optioned to Triple-A 4/06 recalled 4/06 optioned to Triple-A 4/06 avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$1.85M (06)+$50K bonuses (plate appearances)
  • re-signed 1/05, 1 year/$0.875M (05)+$75K bonuses ($25K each for 350,400,450 plate appearances)
  • 1 year/$0.3475M (04)
  • acquired in trade from TOR 11/03 acquired in trade from MIN 7/03
  • 1 year/$0.325M (03)
  • recalled 4/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 signed 3/02 recalled 9/01 optioned to Triple-A 8/01 contract purchased 7/01

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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2018-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)Who is your favorite member of the 2002 Minnesota Twins aka THE BAND?!?
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