Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
11	882	.219	.309	.299	71	-2.2

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2008	PHI	22	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	87	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
2009	CLE	23	14	52	11	6	0	0	7	14	0	0	0	.250	.346	.386	68	-1.9	-0.3	-1.7	-0.2
2009	PHI	23	7	20	4	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	.235	.350	.294	68	-0.7	0.5	-0.7	0.0
2010	CLE	24	87	294	51	15	0	3	26	55	3	8	1	.195	.274	.286	67	-11.0	0.8	-9.3	-0.7
2011	CLE	25	79	272	56	9	2	1	24	68	1	4	2	.230	.300	.296	64	-10.6	0.1	-12.5	-1.2
2012	CLE	26	70	235	44	8	2	0	36	44	1	4	2	.226	.348	.287	83	-4.4	0.3	-8.1	-0.2
2013	CLE	27	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	86	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
Career			261	882	168	39	4	5	98	190	5	16	5	.219	.309	.299	71	-28.8	1.3	-32.0	-2.2

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
2005	BAT	A-	NYP	60	252	.257	.329	.379	.295	108	-5	5.8	3	100	0	2.3	-0.8	1.1	1.1
2006	LWD	A	SAL	104	410	.251	.329	.365	.301	93	-4.1	10.8	6.4	88	0	14.9	0.3	-9.7	2.4
2007	CLR	A+	FSL	111	457	.262	.331	.385	.345	100	15.2	15.1	8.7	129	0	6.3	-0.5	16.3	4.4
2008	PHI	MLB	NL	1	4	.276	.349	.503	1.000	99	1.4	0.1	0.1	87	15	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2008	REA	AA	EAS	94	395	.264	.337	.401	.389	107	16.2	11.7	6.2	147	0	0.3	0.6	16.0	3.5
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	14	52	.264	.325	.422	.355	101	-1	1.5	0.9	68	15	-1.7	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2
2009	PHI	MLB	NL	7	20	.270	.335	.437	.400	97	-0.9	0.6	0.3	68	15	-0.7	0.5	-0.7	0.0
2009	COH	AAA	INT	28	116	.268	.331	.413	.289	115	-6	3.3	1.9	108	0	1.2	-1.6	3.5	0.8
2009	LEH	AAA	INT	63	241	.268	.334	.400	.359	105	-1	7.1	4.3	108	0	-8.1	-2.8	3.5	0.4
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	87	294	.261	.324	.405	.234	107	-14.5	8.1	4.9	67	10	-9.3	0.8	-11.0	-0.7
2010	COH	AAA	INT	37	147	.275	.340	.413	.219	108	-2.9	4.5	2.6	91	0	-3.3	1.1	-1.3	0.3
2011	CLE	MLB	AL	79	272	.263	.323	.413	.313	102	-11.4	7.3	4.4	64	9	-12.5	0.1	-10.6	-1.2
2012	CLE	MLB	AL	70	235	.253	.318	.403	.289	100	-5.1	6.4	3.9	83	9	-8.1	0.3	-4.4	-0.2
2013	CLE	MLB	AL	3	5	.247	.314	.380	.000	98	0	0.1	0.1	86	6	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	1	3	.242	.332	.431	.500	98	-0.1	0.1	0	97	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2013	COH	AAA	INT	8	23	.255	.318	.387	.167	98	-2.9	0.7	0.3	36	0	-1.0	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2
2014	PEN	AA	SOU	7	29	.238	.304	.364	.250	100	-1.5	0.8	0.5	111	0	-1.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0
2015	PEN	AA	SOU	6	21	.245	.309	.350	.294	105	-0.5	0.6	0.3	106	0	-1.0	-0.1	-0.2	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
2005	BAT	A-	NYP	252	220	25	54	11	3	5	86	25	27	52	0	1	.245	.327	.391	.145	3	3
2006	LWD	A	SAL	410	350	44	85	16	5	4	123	39	49	82	4	0	.243	.340	.351	.109	5	5
2007	CLR	A+	FSL	457	393	68	113	24	1	7	160	63	52	80	3	1	.288	.377	.407	.120	1	1
2008	PHI	MLB	NL	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	5	2	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	.750	0	0
2008	REA	AA	EAS	395	322	55	101	18	0	5	134	46	68	70	3	3	.314	.436	.416	.102	0	0
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	52	44	6	11	6	0	0	17	4	7	14	0	0	.250	.346	.386	.136	1	0
2009	LEH	AAA	INT	241	211	32	62	13	0	1	78	24	30	40	3	1	.294	.382	.370	.076	0	0
2009	COH	AAA	INT	116	103	10	25	5	1	1	35	9	10	19	1	0	.243	.322	.340	.097	0	0
2009	PHI	MLB	NL	20	17	3	4	1	0	0	5	0	3	7	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.059	0	0
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	294	262	29	51	15	0	3	75	22	26	55	8	1	.195	.274	.286	.092	1	2
2010	COH	AAA	INT	147	124	19	25	7	1	4	46	14	22	24	5	0	.202	.327	.371	.169	0	0
2011	CLE	MLB	AL	272	243	26	56	9	2	1	72	19	24	68	4	2	.230	.300	.296	.066	2	2
2012	CLE	MLB	AL	235	195	27	44	8	2	0	56	13	36	44	4	2	.226	.348	.287	.062	1	2
2013	CLE	MLB	AL	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.000	0	0
2013	COH	AAA	INT	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	0	0	.100	.217	.100	.000	0	0
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	0	0
2014	PEN	AA	SOU	29	23	2	5	0	0	0	5	2	6	3	1	0	.217	.379	.217	.000	0
2015	PEN	AA	SOU	21	19	2	5	2	0	0	7	2	2	2	0	0	.263	.333	.368	.105	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	20	0.5500	0.4500	0.5556	0.5455	0.3333	0.8333	0.0000	0.4444	0.0004
2009	308	0.5325	0.3701	0.7807	0.5549	0.1597	0.8901	0.3478	0.2193	-0.0022
2010	1117	0.5568	0.3975	0.8311	0.5804	0.1677	0.8947	0.5542	0.1689	0.0046
2011	1077	0.5292	0.4095	0.7732	0.5947	0.2012	0.8702	0.4510	0.2268	0.0002
2012	969	0.5707	0.3560	0.7884	0.5262	0.1298	0.8488	0.4630	0.2116	-0.0003
2013	25	0.4000	0.3200	0.5000	0.6000	0.1333	0.6667	0.0000	0.5000	-0.0026
Career	3516	0.5489	0.3871	0.7933	0.5675	0.1675	0.8722	0.4723	0.2067	0.0012

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
2014-07-18	-	Minors	-	-	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-
2013-04-25	2013-10-03	60-DL	161	143	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2013-04-09	2013-04-24	15-DL	15	11	-	Neck	Strain	Collision At Home Plate	-	-
2013-04-07	2013-04-08	DTD	1	1	-	Neck	Soreness		-	-
2012-05-28	2012-06-01	DTD	4	3	-	Face	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2009-06-12	2009-06-19	Minors	7	0	Right	Foot	Contusion		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	PHI	$
2013	CLE	$1,000,000
2012	CLE	$491,700
2011	CLE	$424,300
2010	CLE	$401,200

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,317,200
4 yr	Total	$2,317,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 36 d	Wasserman Media Group	1 year (2014)

Details

1 year (2014). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/18/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Philadelphia 3/14/14.
1 year/$1M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Cleveland 12/2/13.
1 year/$0.4917M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/12.
1 year/$0.4243M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/8/11.
1 year/$0.4012M (2010). Re-signed 3/10/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 2/2/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/23/09. Recalled 4/11/09. Optioned to Triple-A 5/2/09. Acquired in trade from Philadelphia 7/29/09 (Cliff Lee deal). Recalled 9/7/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased 8/31/08.
Drafted 2004 (4-122) (Coronado HS, Scottsdale). $0.265M signing bonus.

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-07-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Extremely unlikely that a Cleveland fan is going to take anyone up on that. They seem to relish their status as the most tortured sports city. And in a twisted way it, makes sense--if you can't be happy, at least try to claim you're tougher than anyone else. But how awesome is Carlos Santana and his .548 secondary average? (P from Cleveland)	I love Carlos Santana! I drafted Lou Marson and Santana in an AL-only league (AL catchers are horrific) and was very excited to finally ditch Lou. Santana's going to be special--hell, he already is. (Marc Normandin)
2010-06-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who gets called up first: Carlos Santana or Pedro Alvarez? (Lane from Austin, TX)	Pedro Alvarez will be called up first, but I don't think Santana is that far behind. I wish Santana would get called up now so he could move from my bench and replace Lou Marson in my deep AL-only (just like real life!) (Marc Normandin)
2010-03-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	A couple of catchers with prospects behind them... do you like Lou Marson or JR Towles better? (APBA player from 16th Round of draft)	Marson, because he's more likely to have a career, even if his shot at everyday play with the Tribe should be necessarily brief. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-08-04 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Lou Marson highly-regarded enough to be flipped in 2010 when Carlos Santana is ready? I mean, there's no roster on Earth that needs this many catchers. I assume that was part of the thought process, and not that Marson is really going to keep Santana from getting the starting gig when he's ready ... please? (buffum from Austin TX)	Gads, I hope so. I sort of don't understand how readily it seemed that so many people inside the media or outside of it seemed to overlook that Marson's just not even close to being their best option when it comes to nominating a catcher of the future. It's sort of like preferring Andy Allanson to Sandy Alomar Jr. because he started his career 10-for-20, donchaknow. (A few decades ago, I knew such people.) (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Buehrle's play was terrific, though I felt bad for Lou Marson, who not only got robbed on that play but was complicit in four Jake Westbrook wild pitches, all of which were balls Marson probably could have stopped. (Ken Funck)
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Richard (San Diego): Back-up catcher as your DH? When your normal starting catcher is already begging for a late-inning pinch hitter? Reactions? As John Perroto pointed out in his Unfiltered entry, this isn't exactly uncharted territory for Charlie Manuel. Joe's the one who apparently reserached this on John's behalf: "Manuel left himself without a backup catcher 32 times during the regular season as he pinch hit for Coste 22 times and pinch hit or pinch ran for Ruiz 13 times. While that adds up to 35, three of those games came after the September roster expansion when rookie catcher Lou Marson was also available. " It's an odd move, nonetheless, particularly because it's compounded by the fact that EITHER player may make an early exit for pinch-hitting/running purposes. If your DH has to take the field and you're stuck batting the pitcher, that's still workable with pinch-hitters and sacrifice bunt attempts. But leaving yourself with, say, Jayson Werth (who was drafted as a catcher, IIRC) behind the plate as an emergency catcher - well, now you've kind of got me rooting for the splatter just to see how it looks. (Jay Jaffe)

Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
2005	asx	.000	0.0	2661	-.003	2.5	63	.000	-.004	0.3	3.1	2.3
2006	afx	.000	0.0	4244	-.002	2.8	93	-.058	-.012	3.8	9.0	14.9
2007	afa	.000	0.0	4680	-.003	4.5	99	-.034	-.008	3.1	6.8	6.3
2008	mlb	-.008	-0.1	43	-.014	0.2	1	-.007	.000	0.0	0.4	0.1
2008	aax	.000	0.0	3728	.000	0.4	78	-.016	-.001	0.8	0.6	0.3
2009	mlb	-.019	-4.5	976	-.004	1.2	21	-.054	-.004	0.7	-2.0	-2.3
2009	aaa	-.008	-7.9	3758	-.001	1.2	94	-.006	.000	0.4	-7.1	-6.9
2010	mlb	-.014	-11.6	3619	-.002	2.0	77	-.034	.002	1.7	-9.0	-9.3
2010	aaa	-.009	-3.8	1647	-.001	0.4	34	-.011	-.001	0.2	-3.4	-3.3
2011	mlb	-.023	-15.9	3152	-.003	2.5	68	.000	.000	0.0	-13.1	-12.5
2012	mlb	-.010	-6.0	2769	-.003	2.0	69	.069	.000	-2.9	-7.4	-8.1
2013	mlb	.007	0.1	80	-.005	0.1	4	.013	.003	0.0	0.2	0.2
2013	aax	.004	0.0	14	.000	0.0	2	.022	.002	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	aaa	-.010	-0.7	248	.000	0.0	6	.045	.000	-0.2	-0.9	-1.0
2014	aax	-.010	-0.8	314	.000	0.0	7	.038	-.001	-0.2	-0.9	-1.0
2015	aax	-.015	-0.8	226	.000	0.0	4	.018	.001	0.0	-0.9	-1.0

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