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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 799 .234 .290 .389 79 0.3
Birth Date3-27-1972
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age52 years, 0 months, 28 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
2000 COL 28 23 26 4 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 .174 .269 .261 70 -0.9 0.1 -0.2 0.0
2000 LAN 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 66 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 COL 29 40 79 13 2 0 1 6 18 0 1 0 .183 .241 .254 61 -3.6 0.2 -2.9 -0.3
2003 OAK 31 40 86 23 7 0 5 9 19 0 0 0 .299 .372 .584 117 2.1 0.8 -1.3 0.5
2004 OAK 32 69 231 55 11 0 11 16 47 0 0 1 .257 .309 .463 95 -1.1 -1.4 -3.6 0.5
2005 OAK 33 39 102 24 7 0 2 5 28 0 0 0 .247 .284 .381 64 -4.3 0.6 -0.1 0.0
2006 OAK 34 49 139 28 8 0 4 9 34 1 0 1 .219 .273 .375 74 -4.0 -0.9 -1.1 -0.1
2007 OAK 35 12 30 6 1 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 .231 .333 .269 64 -1.3 0.0 -2.4 -0.2
2007 TEX 35 23 73 14 3 0 1 3 18 1 0 0 .206 .250 .294 63 -3.2 0.1 -0.7 0.0
2008 COL 36 7 10 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .100 .100 .200 34 -0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0
2008 TEX 36 8 22 4 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 36 -1.7 0.3 -0.2 -0.1
Career3117991724012457193212.234.290.38979-18.80.3-12.40.3

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
1993 STC A- NYP 73 316 .000 .000 .000 .312 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 HAG A SAL 118 483 .000 .000 .000 .293 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 DUN A+ FSL 123 495 .000 .000 .000 .260 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 DUN A+ FSL 97 391 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 KNX AA SOU 32 110 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 KNX AA SOU 0 106 .000 .000 .000 .262 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SYR AAA INT 0 131 .000 .000 .000 .265 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 KNX AA SOU 0 310 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SYR AAA INT 0 45 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 KNX AA SOU 0 486 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SYR AAA INT 0 81 .000 .000 .000 .367 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 COL MLB NL 23 26 .251 .333 .396 .222 139 -1.8 0.8 -0.1 70 10 -0.2 0.1 -0.9 0.0
2000 LAN MLB NL 1 1 .239 .310 .360 .000 100 -0.3 0.0 0 66 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SAN AA TXS 0 71 .000 .000 .000 .447 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ABQ AAA PCL 0 130 .000 .000 .000 .419 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CSP AAA PCL 0 161 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 COL MLB NL 40 79 .260 .327 .414 .222 117 -7.1 2.4 1.1 61 12 -2.9 0.2 -3.6 -0.3
2001 CSP AAA PCL 54 218 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CSP AAA PCL 34 132 .000 .000 .000 .395 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 IOW AAA PCL 72 255 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OAK MLB AL 40 86 .269 .336 .425 .340 95 5.4 2.3 1.4 117 16 -1.3 0.8 2.1 0.5
2003 SAC AAA PCL 45 175 .000 .000 .000 .348 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB AL 69 231 .268 .334 .435 .282 104 -0.4 6.9 4 95 14 -3.6 -1.4 -1.1 0.5
2005 OAK MLB AL 39 102 .268 .335 .418 .328 98 -1.4 2.9 0.8 64 16 -0.1 0.6 -4.3 0.0
2006 OAK MLB AL 49 139 .267 .335 .422 .264 100 -6.1 4.2 0.8 74 14 -1.1 -0.9 -4.0 -0.1
2007 OAK MLB AL 12 30 .266 .346 .429 .333 99 -0.9 0.9 0.5 64 10 -2.4 0.0 -1.3 -0.2
2007 TEX MLB AL 23 73 .264 .327 .413 .265 103 -6.7 2.2 1.1 63 10 -0.7 0.1 -3.2 0.0
2007 SAC AAA PCL 2 8 .305 .354 .493 .600 130 0.2 0.2 0 67 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2008 COL MLB NL 7 10 .247 .312 .379 .167 98 -1.6 0.3 0.1 34 17 0.1 0.4 -0.8 0.0
2008 TEX MLB AL 8 22 .267 .339 .422 .444 111 -2 0.6 0.3 36 16 -0.2 0.3 -1.7 -0.1
2008 TRI A- NWN 5 15 .254 .346 .380 .143 102 -1.7 0.4 -0.1 19 0 0.0 0.1 -1.6 -0.1
2008 CSP AAA PCL 32 107 .278 .350 .454 .385 121 1.8 3.3 0.5 120 0 -0.2 -0.2 1.4 0.5
2009 IND AAA INT 17 61 .245 .321 .377 .237 102 -2.5 1.8 0.9 71 0 -1.7 -0.3 -1.7 -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
1993 STC A- NYP 316 266 40 68 14 2 5 101 32 45 61 4 0 .256 .361 .380 .124 2 2
1994 HAG A SAL 483 422 61 109 16 3 11 164 58 53 77 6 8 .258 .342 .389 .130 1 1
1995 DUN A+ FSL 495 428 43 92 20 0 4 124 41 61 87 6 1 .215 .314 .290 .075 1 1
1996 DUN A+ FSL 391 315 50 78 23 2 13 144 51 69 68 3 1 .248 .388 .457 .210 0 0
1996 KNX AA SOU 110 94 13 20 3 0 1 26 6 14 29 0 1 .213 .312 .277 .064 1 1
1997 SYR AAA INT 131 118 7 28 5 1 2 41 9 12 18 1 1 .237 .313 .347 .110 0 0
1997 KNX AA SOU 106 87 14 20 3 0 3 32 10 19 19 0 0 .230 .368 .368 .138 0 0
1998 SYR AAA INT 45 38 4 11 3 0 1 17 7 7 6 0 0 .289 .400 .447 .158 0 0
1998 KNX AA SOU 310 240 56 72 22 0 15 139 43 70 39 4 4 .300 .458 .579 .279 0 0
1999 SYR AAA INT 81 71 15 20 5 0 2 31 16 10 20 1 1 .282 .370 .437 .155 0 0
1999 KNX AA SOU 486 374 79 110 25 0 19 192 69 108 76 5 6 .294 .457 .513 .219 0 0
2000 COL MLB NL 26 23 3 4 0 1 0 6 4 3 5 0 0 .174 .269 .261 .087 0 0
2000 SAN AA TXS 71 58 17 23 7 0 2 36 9 11 9 3 0 .397 .507 .621 .224 0 0
2000 CSP AAA PCL 161 140 23 39 5 1 3 55 18 21 35 2 3 .279 .373 .393 .114 0 0
2000 ABQ AAA PCL 130 108 21 37 9 0 1 49 19 22 21 4 2 .343 .454 .454 .111 0 0
2000 LAN MLB NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2001 CSP AAA PCL 218 184 26 49 10 1 7 82 32 31 42 0 1 .266 .376 .446 .179 1 1
2001 COL MLB NL 79 71 5 13 2 0 1 18 8 6 18 1 0 .183 .241 .254 .070 2 0
2002 IOW AAA PCL 255 226 33 66 19 0 7 106 39 28 47 2 3 .292 .369 .469 .177 1 1
2002 CSP AAA PCL 132 115 25 40 10 1 6 70 20 16 23 2 1 .348 .427 .609 .261 0 0
2003 OAK MLB AL 86 77 13 23 7 0 5 45 14 9 19 0 0 .299 .372 .584 .286 0 0
2003 SAC AAA PCL 175 147 26 42 9 0 3 60 17 26 32 0 1 .286 .397 .408 .122 0 0
2004 OAK MLB AL 231 214 23 55 11 0 11 99 31 16 47 0 1 .257 .309 .463 .206 0 1
2005 OAK MLB AL 102 97 11 24 7 0 2 37 12 5 28 0 0 .247 .284 .381 .134 0 0
2006 OAK MLB AL 139 128 10 28 8 0 4 48 18 9 34 0 1 .219 .273 .375 .156 1 0
2007 SAC AAA PCL 8 8 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 .375 .375 .625 .250 0 0
2007 OAK MLB AL 30 26 2 6 1 0 0 7 2 4 8 0 0 .231 .333 .269 .038 0 0
2007 TEX MLB AL 73 68 6 14 3 0 1 20 7 3 18 0 0 .206 .250 .294 .088 0 1
2008 TRI A- NWN 15 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 .083 .267 .167 .083 0 0
2008 TEX MLB AL 22 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 2 11 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .000 0 0
2008 CSP AAA PCL 107 90 14 28 7 0 3 44 16 15 22 0 0 .311 .415 .489 .178 0 0
2008 COL MLB NL 10 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 .100 .100 .200 .100 0 0
2009 IND AAA INT 61 51 6 9 2 0 0 11 2 9 13 0 0 .176 .300 .216 .039 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 104 0.4808 0.4904 0.6667 0.6400 0.3519 0.6875 0.6316 0.3333 0.0035
Career1040.48080.49040.66670.64000.35190.68750.63160.33330.0035

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
2009-05-11 2009-05-18 Minors 7 0 Back Spasms -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 TEX $750,000
2007 OAK, TEX $815,000
2006 OAK $700,000
2005 OAK $385,000
2004 OAK $357,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$3,007,500
5 yrTotal$3,007,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 24 d

Details
  • retired 6-7/09 signed as a free agent from TX 5/8/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 4/4/09 signed as a free agent from COL 1/09 (minor-league contract, $0.7M major league)
  • recalled 8/30/08 optioned to Triple-A 8/22/08 contract purchased 8/14/08 contract purchased 3/30/08 signed as a free agent from OAK 1/11/08, 1 year/$0.75M (08) (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/6/07 signed as a free agent from TX 9/1/07
  • designated for assignment 8/23/07 acquired in trade from OAK (cash) 6/9/07
  • recalled 5/07 optioned to Triple-A 4/07 avoided arbitration, 1 year/$0.815M (07)
  • avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$0.7M (06)+$0.15M bonuses ($25K each 115,140 plate appearances, $0.1M 165 plate appearances)
  • re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$0.385M (05) 1 year/$0.3575M (04) contract purchased 5/03 sent to minor-league camp 3/03 signed 11/02

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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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2000 mlb -.001 0.0 8 .000 0.0 1 .006 .001 0.0 0.0 -0.2
2001 mlb -.011 -1.8 703 .000 0.0 14 .110 .003 -0.9 -2.5 -2.9
2003 mlb -.007 -1.6 919 .001 -0.2 12 .005 .001 0.0 -1.8 -1.3
2004 mlb -.005 -2.8 2409 .000 -0.1 37 .001 .000 0.0 -3.2 -3.6
2005 mlb .000 0.0 635 .000 0.0 11 .012 .000 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1
2006 mlb -.007 -2.0 1084 -.001 0.2 24 -.012 -.002 0.2 -1.3 -1.1
2007 mlb -.010 -2.4 1057 .001 -0.4 17 .020 .004 -0.2 -3.0 -3.1
2007 aaa .000 0.0 32 .000 0.0 2 -.002 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 asx .000 0.0 32 .000 0.0 1 .013 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 mlb -.005 -0.3 229 -.006 0.4 6 -.030 .000 0.1 0.2 0.0
2008 aaa .002 0.4 710 .000 0.0 8 .003 .000 0.0 0.1 -0.2
2009 aaa -.009 -1.4 623 -.001 0.2 25 .011 .000 -0.2 -1.4 -1.7

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