Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
17	4679	.254	.293	.322	68	4.3

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	TOR	21	46	140	36	6	2	2	2	15	0	8	1	.269	.279	.388	62	-6.2	0.5	0.8	-0.1
2002	LAN	22	135	468	102	24	2	1	14	39	0	7	7	.232	.253	.303	50	-27.3	-3.0	-8.4	-1.9
2003	LAN	23	158	593	140	21	6	1	25	70	0	10	5	.251	.282	.315	59	-28.2	-1.2	16.3	1.0
2004	LAN	24	159	728	193	32	9	4	43	70	0	25	9	.288	.330	.381	82	-15.4	4.0	-2.1	1.8
2005	LAN	25	106	478	114	19	2	2	25	51	4	8	8	.257	.302	.322	68	-18.3	0.2	3.0	0.5
2006	CHN	26	22	79	17	2	0	0	5	8	0	0	1	.233	.282	.260	68	-2.9	0.4	-2.0	-0.1
2006	LAN	26	32	129	30	7	1	1	7	6	2	1	3	.252	.302	.353	70	-4.4	0.0	4.7	0.5
2007	CHN	27	65	207	47	11	0	0	13	16	1	3	0	.246	.298	.304	71	-6.9	1.4	-1.7	0.2
2007	PIT	27	45	130	34	3	2	0	6	3	0	0	3	.276	.310	.333	72	-4.1	-1.7	-2.3	-0.3
2008	SLN	28	135	454	109	10	3	1	29	26	6	24	6	.263	.319	.309	80	-10.1	0.5	10.9	2.0
2009	BAL	29	114	412	99	14	4	2	18	38	3	12	4	.256	.294	.328	72	-12.8	-4.5	8.9	0.9
2010	BAL	30	150	513	109	13	1	1	25	53	6	11	5	.230	.277	.268	64	-21.0	2.0	-5.2	-0.4
2011	BAL	31	18	33	6	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	58	-1.5	-0.5	1.7	0.1
2012	MIL	32	57	169	38	6	2	2	3	13	0	1	1	.235	.248	.333	62	-7.3	-1.7	3.7	0.1
2012	WAS	32	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	60	-0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
2013	CIN	33	63	142	27	8	0	0	9	13	0	0	0	.209	.259	.271	73	-4.1	-1.0	-0.3	-0.1
Career			1310	4679	1103	177	34	17	226	431	22	110	53	.254	.293	.322	68	-170.7	-3.8	28.0	4.3

Statistics for All Levels

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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
1997	STC	A-	NYP	0	247	.000	.000	.000	.212			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	HAG	A	SAL	0	435	.000	.000	.000	.290			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	DUN	A+	FSL	0	564	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	SYR	AAA	INT	0	456	.000	.000	.000	.243			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	TOR	MLB	AL	46	140	.265	.331	.420	.291	98	-5.5	4.2	0.1	62	14	0.8	0.5	-6.2	-0.1
2001	SYR	AAA	INT	87	362	.000	.000	.000	.304			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	LAN	MLB	NL	135	468	.261	.326	.418	.250	94	-29.9	13.5	6.1	50	9	-8.4	-3.0	-27.3	-1.9
2003	LAN	MLB	NL	158	593	.263	.329	.423	.284	92	-30.1	15.6	8	59	8	16.3	-1.2	-28.2	1.0
2004	LAN	MLB	NL	159	728	.267	.334	.432	.316	95	-8.2	21.7	10	82	8	-2.1	4.0	-15.4	1.8
2005	LAN	MLB	NL	106	478	.269	.329	.428	.286	96	-20.9	13.7	6.3	68	8	3.0	0.2	-18.3	0.5
2006	CHN	MLB	NL	22	79	.259	.325	.416	.262	100	-7.1	2.4	1	68	13	-2.0	0.4	-2.9	-0.1
2006	LAN	MLB	NL	32	129	.264	.327	.423	.257	96	-1.3	3.9	0.6	70	12	4.7	0.0	-4.4	0.5
2006	LVG	AAA	PCL	15	70	.282	.352	.441	.286	110	0	2.0	0.4	100	0	-0.8	0.9	0.3	0.3
2007	CHN	MLB	NL	65	207	.276	.334	.437	.269	101	-9.6	6.1	2.7	71	11	-1.7	1.4	-6.9	0.2
2007	PIT	MLB	NL	45	130	.272	.337	.431	.283	100	-4.2	3.9	1.4	72	11	-2.3	-1.7	-4.1	-0.3
2008	SLN	MLB	NL	135	454	.264	.334	.418	.278	96	-13.4	13.1	5.9	80	8	10.9	0.5	-10.1	2.0
2009	BAL	MLB	AL	114	412	.265	.334	.422	.280	108	-22.4	11.9	5.4	72	12	8.9	-4.5	-12.8	0.9
2009	BOW	AA	EAS	2	7	.279	.345	.398	.333	91	-0.1	0.2	0.1	101	0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
2010	BAL	MLB	AL	150	513	.257	.322	.401	.257	112	-32.9	14.1	6.5	64	9	-5.2	2.0	-21.0	-0.4
2011	BAL	MLB	AL	18	33	.263	.335	.419	.300	106	-3	0.9	0.3	58	13	1.7	-0.5	-1.5	0.1
2011	BOW	AA	EAS	7	29	.262	.332	.412	.286	78	0.2	0.9	-0.1	81	0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1
2011	ORI	Rk	GCL	1	2	.244	.280	.404	.000	82	-0.7	0.1	0	43	0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	57	169	.254	.316	.403	.245	107	-11.9	4.6	1.9	62	12	3.7	-1.7	-7.3	0.1
2012	WAS	MLB	NL	5	4	.251	.315	.445	.500	94	0.6	0.1	0	60	12	0.0	0.9	-0.2	0.1
2012	NAS	AAA	PCL	4	13	.268	.335	.411	.091	95	-2	0.4	0.1	38	0	0.4	0.0	-0.9	0.0
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	63	142	.256	.325	.394	.231	100	-8	3.7	0.8	73	10	-0.3	-1.0	-4.1	-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
1997	STC	A-	NYP	247	231	32	44	3	0	1	50	11	15	27	6	3	.190	.243	.216	.026	0	0
1998	HAG	A	SAL	435	413	56	108	13	1	1	126	38	20	43	20	9	.262	.299	.305	.044	0	0
1999	DUN	A+	FSL	564	536	77	165	28	12	3	226	77	22	58	32	16	.308	.342	.422	.114	0	0
2000	SYR	AAA	INT	456	435	54	95	16	5	0	121	27	20	44	21	11	.218	.254	.278	.060	0	0
2001	SYR	AAA	INT	362	342	32	100	16	3	2	128	35	10	22	24	9	.292	.311	.374	.082	4	4
2001	TOR	MLB	AL	140	134	19	36	6	2	2	52	9	2	15	8	1	.269	.279	.388	.119	0	4
2002	LAN	MLB	NL	468	439	43	102	24	2	1	133	31	14	39	7	7	.232	.253	.303	.071	5	10
2003	LAN	MLB	NL	593	558	47	140	21	6	1	176	40	25	70	10	5	.251	.282	.315	.065	3	7
2004	LAN	MLB	NL	728	670	90	193	32	9	4	255	62	43	70	25	9	.288	.330	.381	.093	3	12
2005	LAN	MLB	NL	478	444	48	114	19	2	2	143	31	25	51	8	8	.257	.302	.322	.065	1	4
2006	CHN	MLB	NL	79	73	4	17	2	0	0	19	6	5	8	0	1	.233	.282	.260	.027	0	1
2006	LAN	MLB	NL	129	119	10	30	7	1	1	42	12	7	6	1	3	.252	.302	.353	.101	1	0
2006	LVG	AAA	PCL	70	59	9	16	3	0	0	19	3	10	3	0	0	.271	.377	.322	.051	0	0
2007	PIT	MLB	NL	130	123	16	34	3	2	0	41	8	6	3	0	3	.276	.310	.333	.057	0	1
2007	CHN	MLB	NL	207	191	15	47	11	0	0	58	8	13	16	3	0	.246	.298	.304	.058	0	2
2008	SLN	MLB	NL	454	414	50	109	10	3	1	128	24	29	26	24	6	.263	.319	.309	.046	2	3
2009	BOW	AA	EAS	7	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.000	0	0
2009	BAL	MLB	AL	412	387	34	99	14	4	2	127	30	18	38	12	4	.256	.294	.328	.072	0	4
2010	BAL	MLB	AL	513	473	42	109	13	1	1	127	28	25	53	11	5	.230	.277	.268	.038	2	7
2011	BAL	MLB	AL	33	30	4	6	0	0	0	6	1	2	10	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.000	0	1
2011	ORI	Rk	GCL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2011	BOW	AA	EAS	29	25	3	6	1	0	0	7	3	2	5	0	1	.240	.286	.280	.040	1	1
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	169	162	9	38	6	2	2	54	11	3	13	1	1	.235	.248	.333	.099	0	4
2012	WAS	MLB	NL	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	.250	0	0
2012	NAS	AAA	PCL	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.000	0	1
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	142	129	6	27	8	0	0	35	11	9	13	0	0	.209	.259	.271	.062	1	3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1529	0.5186	0.4487	0.9227	0.6141	0.2704	0.9610	0.8291	0.0773	-0.0017
2009	1382	0.5311	0.4891	0.9024	0.6376	0.3210	0.9466	0.8029	0.0976	-0.0116
2010	1663	0.5346	0.4841	0.8845	0.5962	0.3553	0.9472	0.7636	0.1155	-0.0054
2011	113	0.6106	0.4336	0.6735	0.5507	0.2500	0.7105	0.5455	0.3265	-0.0028
2012	546	0.5238	0.4890	0.9176	0.5909	0.3769	0.9704	0.8265	0.0824	0.0031
2013	427	0.5059	0.4871	0.8462	0.6620	0.3081	0.9021	0.7231	0.1538	-0.0058
Career	5660	0.5277	0.4754	0.8953	0.6147	0.3204	0.9449	0.7895	0.1047	-0.0051

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
2012-05-26	2012-06-22	15-DL	27	24	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2011-08-08	2011-09-29	15-DL	52	51	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
2011-05-13	2011-08-05	60-DL	84	72	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Ulnar Nerve Transposition	2011-05-24
2011-03-08	2011-03-11	Camp	3	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2010-03-28	2010-03-29	Camp	1	0		Low Back	Stiffness		-
2009-09-26	2009-09-27	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Illness		-
2009-06-03	2009-07-10	15-DL	37	32		Abdomen	Surgery	Appendix	2009-06-05
2009-05-17	2009-05-22	DTD	5	4	Left	Groin	Strain		-
2008-06-21	2008-07-06	15-DL	15	14	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2008-04-23	2008-04-26	DTD	3	3	Right	Forearm	Contusion		-
2006-09-16	2006-10-01	DTD	15	13	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2006-08-22	2006-09-11	15-DL	20	19	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2006-08-09	2006-08-13	DTD	4	4		Low Back	Stiffness		-
2006-04-01	2006-06-21	60-DL	81	70	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2005-09-16
2005-09-07	2005-09-07	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2005-09-16
2005-08-23	2005-10-01	15-DL	39	36		Low Back	Spasms		-
2005-08-11	2005-08-12	DTD	1	1		Low Back	Spasms		-
2005-06-30	2005-07-15	15-DL	15	11	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2005-06-15	2005-06-19	DTD	4	4	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2005-06-12	2005-06-14	DTD	2	1	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2005-05-01	2005-05-04	DTD	3	3		Back	Soreness		-
2004-09-10	2004-09-28	DTD	18	17	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2004-06-30	2004-07-02	DTD	2	1	Left	Knee	Soreness		-
2004-06-01	2004-06-03	DTD	2	2		Head	Concussion	HBP	-
2003-12-11	2003-12-11	Off	0	0		Thumb	Sprain	Thumb	-
2003-06-30	2003-07-01	DTD	1	0		Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2003-04-09	2003-04-10	DTD	1	1	Left	Lower Leg	Contusion	Shin	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	CIN	$800,000
2012	MIL	$875,000
2011	BAL	$1,500,000
2010	BAL	$2,600,000
2009	BAL	$2,400,000
2008	SLN	$2,850,000
2007	CHN	$4,150,000
2006	LAN	$3,100,000
2005	LAN	$2,050,000
2004	LAN	$358,500
2003	LAN	$335,000
2002	LAN	$215,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$21,233,500
12 yr	Total	$21,233,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 42 d	Peter Greenberg	1 year (2014)

Details

1 year (2014). Signed by Houston as a free agent 1/14/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Houston 3/24/14.
1 year (2013). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/14/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.8M in majors. If not on Major League roster by 6/1/13, may request release or be added to roster within 72 hours. Contract purchased by Cincinnati 3/31/13.
1 year/$0.875M (2012). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/21/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 4/1/12. Claimed by Washington off waivers from Milwaukee 8/6/12. DFA by Washington 8/17/12 (refused assignment 8/20/12).
1 year/$1.5M (2011). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/5/11. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 350, 400, 450, 500 PAs. $0.2M each for 550, 600 PAs. $50,000 each for 80, 90 starts. $0.1M each for 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150 starts.
2 years/$5M (2009-10). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 12/11/08. 09:$2.4M, 10:$2.6M. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 400, 450 PAs. $0.1M for 500 PAs. $50,000 each for 100, 110 starts. $0.1M each for 120, 130, 140 starts.
1 year/$2.85M (2008). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 11/30/07. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 400, 450 PAs. $0.15M each for 500, 550, 600 PAs.
3 years/$9.9M (2005-07), plus 2008 club option. $0.3M signing bonus. 05:$2.05M, 06:$3.1M, 07:$4.15M, 08:$5.45M club option, $0.3M buyout. Option may increase to $5.85M. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from LA Dodgers 7/06. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Cubs 7/19/07. Pittsburgh declined $5.45M 2008 option 11/15/07.
1 year/$0.3585M (2004). Re-signed 3/04.
1 year/$0.335M (2003).
1 year (2002). Signed 3/02.
1 year (2001). Recalled 6/01. Optioned to Triple-A 8/01. Recalled 9/01. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Toronto 12/01.
Signed by Toronto as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

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PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2011-04-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How much of a problem is it for the Orioles to lose Matusz and Hardy to the disabled list? (TGisriel from Baltimore)	Given that Matusz's injury gave the Orioles an excuse to call up Zach Britton, not a huge one. Hardy's was a tough loss, plunging the O's back into the dark days of "Cesar Izturis, starting shortstop," but he'll be back in six weeks or so. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-03-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What the hell happened to Chin Lung Hu? I get the .900 OPS at Vegas was a PCL-driven mirage - but can he still be a serviceable MLB SS, given how awful the average really is? (RC from Amazing Race Commercials. Ugh.)	Actually, that career year (2007, I believe) came mostly at Jacksonville, not Vegas. That in theory should make it look even better, and it did get him up on the prospect charts, but he's never been able to match it. I think he gets a bad rap because of his atrocious 2008 filling in at the big league level when every Dodger shortstop was hurt (they actually had to go out and get Angel "of Death" Berroa, for chrissakes), but he'll never be more than a below-average hitter. Still, his fielding is so good that if he's less than league average at the plate, that's a shortstop who can at least be a placeholder until you find someone better. It's the Cesar Izturis career path. (Mike Petriello)
2010-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What type of ceiling do you see for Starlin Castro? (Matt from Chicago)	In a few years he'll be able to afford whatever type of ceiling he wants – tin, mahogany, mother-of-pearl, his choice. He's not going to develop Hanley-esque power, won't steal plenty of bases, and isn't a superlative shortstop. However, the kid can flat-out hit, and should maintain enough of an average to keep his OBP acceptable. In this day and age, when Cesar Izturis still has a job and Ryan Theriot is viewed as a SS upgrade by a contender, he's got a well-rounded skill-set that will soon be worth millions. Peak of Edgar Renteria, maybe? (Ken Funck)
2010-05-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm staring at using Alex Escobar or Ian Desmond every day at SS in an OBP/SLG redraft league. Maintain the course with two of my favorite preseason SS sleepers, or upgrade quickly? (Will from Mactaquac)	I would upgrade if you can, but SS is an easy position to punt as well. I have Cesar Izturis in an AL-only league and don't even feel bad about it. (Marc Normandin)
2009-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)	As an A's fan i'm tired of cabrera/crosby, they are horrible. I see cliff pennington in AAA doing well, any chance he can be a starting SS in the ryan theriot/pre 09 bartlett type till grant green is ready? (eric from sacramento)	I'd certainly rather see that, although admittedly is of a piece with my scientific curiosity as far as Eric Patterson's utility. If Pennington can play short well enough in the interim, that's better than winding up with the odd Cesar Izturis type, which at this point given Cabrera and Crosby's feckless performances, seems relatively like high-grade feck to me. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-06-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Robert Andino is ready to be a starter,or is back-up his peak? (TGisriel from Baltimore)	He can be Cesar Izturis next year, a starter on a bad team that doesn't have many other options and has no need to spend money on the hole. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-12-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Did the Orioles make any attempts to fix the situation at SS? You think they'll miss Rocky? (Corkedbat from Dallas)	They are on the verge of signing Cesar Izturis to play shortstop. While I love his name, I don't think Rocky Cherry will be missed. (John Perrotto)

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