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Birth Date	12-18-1986
Height	6' 4"
Weight	245 lbs

Age	37 years, 3 months, 29 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 0.92015
: 0.02016
: -0.32017
: 2018
: -0.12019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2010	OAK	23	24	78	13	1	0	3	7	21	0	1	0	.186	.256	.329	88	-1.0	-0.8	-1.5	-0.2
2011	OAK	24	15	46	6	0	0	0	2	20	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	49	-2.6	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3
2012	OAK	25	67	260	52	12	0	16	39	83	0	0	0	.239	.350	.514	128	8.5	-1.4	-0.4	1.0
2013	HOU	26	148	585	113	24	2	29	70	212	4	2	0	.223	.320	.451	107	5.7	-2.0	-11.5	-0.1
2014	HOU	27	145	572	115	21	1	37	56	182	5	5	2	.227	.308	.491	131	19.5	0.3	-0.3	2.8
2015	HOU	28	129	460	78	17	0	24	57	151	6	1	2	.199	.307	.427	111	7.6	-2.7	-0.8	0.9
2016	MIL	29	160	644	122	27	1	41	76	206	9	3	1	.222	.321	.499	112	10.6	-4.9	-11.9	0.0
2017	NYA	30	62	208	37	5	1	8	20	76	2	0	0	.201	.284	.370	76	-5.7	0.0	0.4	-0.3
Career			750	2853	536	107	5	158	327	951	26	12	5	.217	.312	.456	112	42.5	-11.6	-26.4	3.9

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
2005	BRI	Rk	APL	65	262	.258	.329	.395	.348	103	10.8	6.9	-1.5	111	0	-6.6	-1.4	3.7	0.1
2006	KAN	A	SAL	13	52	.262	.340	.385	.179	99	-3.2	1.0	-0.7	50	0	-0.3	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3
2006	GRF	Rk	PIO	69	294	.266	.347	.398	.361	108	16.7	7.1	-4.6	159	0	2.9	-0.1	17.7	2.3
2007	KAN	A	SAL	126	545	.266	.340	.407	.336	111	26.2	16.2	-10.4	139	0	0.5	0.7	26.2	3.3
2008	STO	A+	CLF	137	596	.272	.338	.411	.296	99	48.1	19.4	-6.6	140	0	-11.0	-1.2	16.6	1.7
2009	MID	AA	TXS	125	593	.269	.342	.397	.406	128	26.4	16.5	-10.3	162	0	-10.9	-2.4	31.6	2.6
2009	SAC	AAA	PCL	13	58	.266	.340	.425	.278	97	7.4	2.6	-1.4	140	0	-1.8	-2.0	4.4	0.2
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	24	78	.263	.320	.411	.213	97	-3	2.2	-0.6	88	14	-1.5	-0.8	-1.0	-0.2
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	125	551	.281	.353	.442	.301	93	30.3	17.0	-9.5	125	0	-8.7	0.2	19.3	1.7
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	15	46	.254	.309	.404	.250	96	-6.5	1.2	-0.8	49	13	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3
2011	STO	A+	CAL	6	28	.257	.332	.402	.385	97	4.4	0.8	-0.5	170	0	0.8	-0.2	2.4	0.3
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	75	344	.287	.359	.455	.321	96	12.8	10.7	-6.3	116	0	-6.2	-1.7	8.2	0.4
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	67	260	.257	.317	.413	.295	96	14.4	7.1	-4.5	128	11	-0.4	-1.4	8.5	1.0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	72	324	.288	.353	.445	.332	97	11.9	9.6	-6.2	114	0	-5.2	0.3	6.5	0.5
2013	HOU	MLB	AL	148	585	.252	.313	.395	.311	100	11.2	15.4	-8	107	8	-11.5	-2.0	5.7	-0.1
2014	HOU	MLB	AL	145	572	.249	.310	.389	.267	98	20	14.8	-9.1	131	9	-0.3	0.3	19.5	2.8
2015	HOU	MLB	AL	129	460	.254	.317	.406	.244	106	2	12.4	-7.7	111	7	-0.8	-2.7	7.6	0.9
2016	MIL	MLB	NL	160	644	.255	.321	.421	.260	94	19.3	18.2	-11.6	112	6	-11.9	-4.9	10.6	0.0
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	62	208	.255	.325	.421	.284	105	-7.1	6.1	-3.8	76	11	0.4	0.0	-5.7	-0.3
2017	NAS	AAA	PCL	36	154	.269	.332	.431	.324	88	8.3	4.6	-2.9	117	0	-1.9	-0.7	3.8	0.3
2018	ROC	AAA	INT	36	144	.241	.313	.375	.216	92	-0.4	4.2	-2.7	96	0	0.1	-0.3	-0.5	0.1
2018	SLC	AAA	PCL	38	168	.279	.346	.453	.276	121	3.9	4.9	-3.2	113	0	-2.0	1.2	3.1	0.4
2019	MVA	AAA	MEX	120	546	.000	.000	.000	.335			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
2005	BRI	Rk	APL	262	233	33	66	17	0	10	113	37	17	64	2	1	.283	.350	.485	.202	2	2
2006	KAN	A	SAL	52	46	4	6	3	0	1	12	5	5	17	0	0	.130	.231	.261	.130	0	0
2006	GRF	Rk	PIO	294	251	37	75	21	1	15	143	59	34	70	4	4	.299	.399	.570	.271	0	0
2007	KAN	A	SAL	545	467	84	136	27	3	25	244	93	67	112	3	2	.291	.387	.522	.231	0	0
2008	STO	A+	CLF	596	506	101	131	32	4	39	288	104	77	156	4	0	.259	.364	.569	.310	0	0
2009	MID	AA	TXS	593	490	108	165	41	2	24	282	101	82	119	13	5	.337	.443	.576	.239	0	0
2009	SAC	AAA	PCL	58	54	7	14	2	0	4	28	14	3	14	0	1	.259	.298	.519	.259	0	0
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	78	70	8	13	1	0	3	23	7	7	21	1	0	.186	.256	.329	.143	1	0
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	551	465	92	120	29	2	31	246	94	73	138	1	1	.258	.368	.529	.271	0	0
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	344	296	55	81	18	2	18	157	72	42	85	5	1	.274	.366	.530	.257	3	0
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	46	44	2	6	0	0	0	6	0	2	20	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.000	0	0
2011	STO	A+	CAL	28	24	3	8	0	0	3	17	7	4	8	0	0	.333	.429	.708	.375	0	0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	324	276	48	77	19	1	12	134	53	38	74	5	1	.279	.367	.486	.207	6	0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	260	218	38	52	12	0	16	112	39	39	83	0	0	.239	.350	.514	.275	3	0
2013	HOU	MLB	AL	585	506	64	113	24	2	29	228	82	70	212	2	0	.223	.320	.451	.227	5	0
2014	HOU	MLB	AL	572	507	68	115	21	1	37	249	88	56	182	5	2	.227	.308	.491	.264	4
2015	HOU	MLB	AL	460	391	50	78	17	0	24	167	64	57	151	1	2	.199	.307	.427	.228	5	0
2016	MIL	MLB	NL	644	549	84	122	27	1	41	274	94	76	206	3	1	.222	.321	.499	.277	10	0
2017	NAS	AAA	PCL	154	131	21	33	5	1	9	67	22	19	49	0	0	.252	.357	.511	.260	1	0
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	208	184	20	37	5	1	8	68	26	20	76	0	0	.201	.284	.370	.168	2	0
2018	SLC	AAA	PCL	168	145	29	37	9	1	13	87	43	16	49	2	0	.255	.333	.600	.345	4	0
2018	ROC	AAA	INT	144	123	18	23	8	0	7	52	15	19	43	0	0	.187	.299	.423	.236	1	0
2019	MVA	AAA	MEX	546	416	116	122	26	0	49	295	119	115	156	1	0	.293	.449	.709	.416	7	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2010	303	0.4950	0.4818	0.6849	0.6800	0.2876	0.7843	0.4545	0.3151	-0.0017
2011	204	0.5539	0.5098	0.5577	0.6991	0.2747	0.5823	0.4800	0.4423	0.0056
2012	1105	0.4995	0.4281	0.6512	0.6486	0.2080	0.7374	0.3826	0.3488	-0.0007
2013	2459	0.5006	0.4506	0.6245	0.6450	0.2557	0.7343	0.3471	0.3755	-0.0032
2014	2293	0.4806	0.4858	0.6320	0.6978	0.2897	0.7451	0.3797	0.3680	-0.0032
2015	1954	0.4918	0.4585	0.6272	0.6826	0.2417	0.7271	0.3542	0.3728	-0.0025
2016	2735	0.4585	0.4377	0.6165	0.6611	0.2485	0.7298	0.3614	0.3835	0.0000
2017	872	0.4748	0.4771	0.5962	0.7174	0.2598	0.7037	0.3277	0.4038	0.0000
Career	11925	0.4844	0.4574	0.6253	0.6724	0.2553	0.7309	0.3647	0.3747	-0.0017

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	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-30	2014-07-31	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness	-
2013-07-13	2013-07-19	DTD	6	2	-	Ankle	Soreness	-	-
2013-07-06	2013-07-07	DTD	1	1	-	Hand	Contusion	-	-
2011-04-21	2011-06-13	Minors	53	0		Thumb	Not Disclosed	-
2010-09-26	2010-09-27	DTD	1	1		Thumb	Soreness	-
2010-08-28	2010-09-08	Minors	11	0	Left	Thumb	Sprain	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	MIN	$
2017	NYA	$3,500,000
2016	MIL	$2,500,000
2015	HOU	$4,175,000
2014	HOU	$510,000
2013	HOU	$494,000
2012	OAK	$

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$11,179,000
5 yr	Total	$11,179,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 87 d	Sports Management Partners	1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 2/18/18 (minor-league contract with salary of $1.75M in majors). May earn additional $0.6M in performance bonuses. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from LA Angels 5/22/18. Released by Minnesota 7/7/18.
1 year/$3.5M (2017). Signed by MIlwaukee as a free agent 2/7/17. $0.5M signing bonus. 17:$3M. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 plate appearances. DFA by NY Yankees 6/24/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/28/17. Contract selected by NY Yankees 6/29/17. DFA by NY Yankees 7/5/17. Released 7/10/17. Signed by Oakland as a free agent 7/20/17 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$2.5M (2016). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/6/16. May earn additional $0.5M in performance bonuses. DFA by Milwaukee 11/29/16. Non-tendered 12/2/16.
1 year/$4.175M (2015). Re-signed by Houston 1/14/15 (avoided arbitration). Award bonuses, including $25,000 each for All Star, Silver Slugger. Non-tendered by Houston 12/2/15.
1 year/$0.51M (2014). Re-signed by Houston 3/6/14.
1 year/$0.494M (2013). Acquired by Houston in trade from Oakland 2/4/13. Signed by Houston 3/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Oakland 2/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Oakland 3/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Oakland 11/20/09. Re-signed by Oakland 3/8/10.
Acquired by Oakland in trade from Arizona 12/14/07.
Acquired by Arizona in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/3/07.
Drafted by Chicago White Sox 2005 (15-455) (Sierra Vista HS, Las Vegas).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	379	51	82	17	1	18	54	44	113	1	.250	.344	.473	115	14.0	1B -4	1.1
80^o	360	46	75	16	1	16	49	40	110	1	.239	.331	.449	108	9.0	1B -4	0.5
70^o	347	43	70	15	1	15	46	37	108	1	.230	.320	.434	102	5.7	1B -4	0.2
60^o	336	41	65	14	1	14	44	35	106	1	.220	.307	.417	98	3.0	1B -4	-0.1
50^o	325	38	61	13	1	13	41	33	103	1	.213	.298	.401	94	0.7	1B -4	-0.3
40^o	314	36	58	12	1	13	39	31	101	1	.209	.293	.399	89	-1.5	1B -3	-0.5
30^o	303	34	55	12	1	12	37	29	99	1	.204	.287	.390	85	-3.7	1B -3	-0.7
20^o	290	31	51	11	1	11	34	27	96	1	.198	.279	.376	80	-6.0	1B -3	-1.0
10^o	271	28	45	9	1	10	30	24	92	1	.185	.262	.354	72	-8.9	1B -3	-1.3
Weighted Mean	328	39	63	13	1	14	42	34	104	1	.218	.305	.415	95	1.4	1B -4	-0.2

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