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PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date7-18-1985
Height5' 11"
Weight200 lbs
Age38 years, 8 months, 29 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
2015
0.12016
2017
2018
0.32019
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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
2009 NYA 23 69 121 33 6 1 1 5 20 0 4 1 .287 .317 .383 76 -3.2 -1.0 -0.2 0.0
2010 NYA 24 85 167 35 1 1 0 6 27 1 7 1 .227 .258 .247 62 -7.2 0.3 2.1 0.1
2011 NYA 25 23 46 4 0 0 1 2 11 1 0 0 .100 .159 .175 66 -1.7 0.9 1.7 0.2
2012 NYA 26 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 89 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
2013 ATL 27 50 107 27 5 1 3 8 18 0 0 2 .278 .330 .443 91 -0.9 -0.4 1.5 0.4
2014 ATL 28 81 165 36 6 0 3 13 38 0 1 0 .245 .304 .347 90 -1.8 -1.1 -1.6 0.0
2016 SFN 30 30 91 26 6 1 1 2 16 2 0 0 .299 .330 .425 82 -1.8 0.2 -0.7 0.1
Career3417011622449361304124.252.293.34378-16.6-0.82.80.8

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 TAM A+ FSL 23 86 .257 .332 .374 .274 0.0 96 0 2.0 0.2 -0.8 0.2
2005 TRN AA EAS 68 255 .261 .324 .401 .301 100 -9.7 2.0 0.9 60 0 1.8 1.1 -9.6 -0.4
2006 TAM A+ FSL 54 246 .000 .000 .000 .311 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TRN AA EAS 26 98 .000 .000 .000 .236 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TRN AA EAS 52 233 .266 .339 .400 .290 91 -7.6 6.8 3.1 73 0 2.0 1.1 -6.1 0.7
2008 TRN AA EAS 111 506 .268 .343 .408 .316 93 -2.2 15.9 7.3 81 0 -6.6 -1.3 -18.2 -0.3
2009 NYA MLB AL 69 121 .269 .335 .442 .340 109 -2.6 3.5 0.9 76 12 -0.2 -1.0 -3.2 0.0
2009 SWB AAA INT 43 180 .266 .334 .410 .258 98 -8.8 5.3 1.3 73 0 2.4 0.4 -4.7 0.5
2010 NYA MLB AL 85 167 .266 .331 .412 .271 117 -13.3 4.6 0.8 62 8 2.1 0.3 -7.2 0.1
2011 NYA MLB AL 23 46 .250 .316 .384 .103 107 -4 1.2 0.2 66 11 1.7 0.9 -1.7 0.2
2011 TRN AA EAS 2 7 .221 .273 .377 .500 85 0 0.2 0.1 142 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
2011 SWB AAA INT 55 231 .259 .330 .406 .312 87 0.6 7.1 2.7 103 0 1.1 -1.5 1.1 1.0
2011 CUL Wnt LMP 36 147 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 NYA MLB AL 3 4 .225 .274 .373 .250 103 -0.3 0.1 0.1 89 9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
2012 SWB AAA INT 101 404 .257 .330 .387 .317 99 -5.4 12.0 3.7 81 0 4.4 -1.1 -7.4 1.1
2012 CUL Wnt LMP 60 253 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 ATL MLB NL 50 107 .259 .328 .405 .312 101 3.4 2.8 0.4 91 20 1.5 -0.4 -0.9 0.4
2013 MEX int WBC 3 15 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014 ATL MLB NL 81 165 .245 .311 .374 .308 94 0.5 4.3 0.6 90 13 -1.6 -1.1 -1.8 0.0
2015 ELP AAA PCL 111 447 .279 .342 .422 .332 110 5.4 12.4 3.5 99 0 2.5 3.4 -7.9 1.4
2016 SFN MLB NL 30 91 .263 .327 .435 .357 97 0.7 2.6 0.2 82 10 -0.7 0.2 -1.8 0.1
2016 SAC AAA PCL 57 245 .272 .335 .425 .331 91 7.8 6.9 0.4 115 0 -3.0 -1.2 0.1 0.3
2018 CUL Wnt LMP 16 68 .000 .000 .000 .271 105 -5.5 3.2 0.9 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 MTR AAA MEX 93 420 .000 .000 .000 .358 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 TAM A+ FSL 86 73 11 18 4 1 1 27 6 9 12 1 0 .247 .321 .370 .123 2 2
2005 TRN AA EAS 255 236 28 59 5 2 0 68 12 10 48 4 1 .250 .272 .288 .038 8 8
2006 TAM A+ FSL 246 218 31 61 4 2 0 69 23 16 26 8 4 .280 .335 .317 .037 4 4
2006 TRN AA EAS 98 86 6 17 2 0 0 19 6 5 19 0 1 .198 .237 .221 .023 5 5
2007 TRN AA EAS 233 202 23 51 7 1 0 60 10 22 33 7 3 .252 .322 .297 .045 7 7
2008 TRN AA EAS 506 443 57 118 20 7 2 158 45 41 86 8 6 .266 .326 .357 .090 12 12
2009 SWB AAA INT 180 156 18 36 9 0 2 51 9 18 28 5 1 .231 .300 .327 .096 6 6
2009 NYA MLB AL 121 115 17 33 6 1 1 44 10 5 20 4 1 .287 .317 .383 .096 0 1
2010 NYA MLB AL 167 154 18 35 1 1 0 38 18 6 27 7 1 .227 .258 .247 .019 2 4
2011 CUL Wnt LMP 147 130 12 32 4 0 4 48 22 14 15 1 1 .246 .317 .369 .123 1 2
2011 NYA MLB AL 46 40 5 4 0 0 1 7 4 2 11 0 0 .100 .159 .175 .075 1 2
2011 SWB AAA INT 231 209 27 57 12 1 4 83 18 20 35 3 2 .273 .339 .397 .124 0 1
2011 TRN AA EAS 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .000 0 0
2012 SWB AAA INT 404 360 40 93 13 3 2 118 29 34 74 1 3 .258 .325 .328 .069 3 4
2012 CUL Wnt LMP 253 211 34 62 12 1 6 94 23 36 38 3 4 .294 .404 .445 .152 0 3
2012 NYA MLB AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2013 ATL MLB NL 107 97 14 27 5 1 3 43 12 8 18 0 2 .278 .330 .443 .165 1 1
2013 MEX int WBC 15 13 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 .231 .231 .462 .231 0 2
2014 ATL MLB NL 165 147 9 36 6 0 3 51 9 13 38 1 0 .245 .304 .347 .102 1
2015 ELP AAA PCL 447 399 68 123 24 2 4 163 57 30 44 1 4 .308 .352 .409 .100 7 10
2016 SAC AAA PCL 245 216 24 64 12 1 5 93 24 21 35 5 6 .296 .361 .431 .134 2 4
2016 SFN MLB NL 91 87 9 26 6 1 1 37 10 2 16 0 0 .299 .330 .425 .126 0 0
2018 CUL Wnt LMP 68 65 10 20 2 0 4 34 9 0 3 2 0 .308 .313 .523 .215 1 1
2019 MTR AAA MEX 420 378 73 132 33 0 13 204 64 23 40 6 0 .349 .384 .540 .190 7 9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2009 434 0.5415 0.5046 0.8311 0.6085 0.3819 0.9021 0.6974 0.1689 -0.0029
2010 614 0.5326 0.4984 0.8235 0.6208 0.3589 0.8818 0.7087 0.1765 0.0009
2011 180 0.5056 0.4944 0.7978 0.5934 0.3933 0.9074 0.6286 0.2022 0.0051
2012 10 0.4000 0.5000 1.0000 0.7500 0.3333 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0013
2013 380 0.4579 0.5053 0.7917 0.6264 0.4029 0.8807 0.6747 0.2083 -0.0008
2014 575 0.4522 0.5165 0.7609 0.6308 0.4222 0.8171 0.6917 0.2391 -0.0022
2016 320 0.4531 0.5375 0.7965 0.6414 0.4514 0.8710 0.7089 0.2035 0.0000
Career25130.49190.50940.80110.62300.39820.87130.69320.1989-0.0005

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
2013-06-17 2013-10-08 60-DL 113 93 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2013-06-27 -
2013-06-10 2013-06-11 DTD 1 1 Right Shoulder Soreness - -
2012-05-02 2012-05-13 Minors 11 11 - Not Disclosed - -
2012-03-16 2012-03-20 Camp 4 0 Right Ankle Sprain - -
2011-07-18 2011-09-06 15-DL 50 47 - Abdomen Surgery Appendix 2011-07-18 -
2008-08-10 2008-08-22 Minors 12 0 Right Shoulder Stiffness - -
2007-06-14 2007-09-05 Minors 83 0 Right Shoulder Dislocation Sliding Into 2nd Base - -
2007-05-24 2007-06-01 Minors 8 0 - Groin Strain - -
2006-08-01 2006-09-05 Minors 35 0 Left Thumb Not Disclosed - -
2006-07-21 2006-07-28 Minors 7 0 Left Ankle Sprain - -
2006-05-11 2006-05-24 Minors 13 0 Right Knee Contusion - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 SFN $
2015 SDN $
2014 ATL $700,000
2013 ATL $550,000
2010 NYA $412,100
2009 NYA $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$2,062,100
6 yrTotal$2,062,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 146 dIcon Sports2017

Details
  • 2017. Signed by Hiroshima Carp of Japan.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 6/9/16. DFA by San Francisco 7/29/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/5/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/26/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2014). Re-signed by Atlanta 12/2/13 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Atlanta 11/20/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/26/14.
  • 1 year/$0.55M (2013). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/20/13.
  • 1 year/$0.5046M (2012). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/7/12. DFA by NY Yankees 8/1/12. Optioned to Triple-A 8/2/12. DFA by NY Yankees 9/1/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/11.
  • 1 year/$0.4121M (2010). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/12/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 4/4/09.
  • Signed as an amateur free agent from Mexico.

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
90o 392 48 105 20 2 10 45 32 71 6 4 .299 .362 .453 109 21.9 2B -4, SS 0 2.0
80o 369 43 94 18 2 9 41 28 68 5 4 .283 .344 .431 100 15.2 2B -4, SS 0 1.3
70o 352 40 86 16 2 8 38 26 67 5 3 .270 .330 .409 93 10.8 2B -3, SS 0 0.8
60o 338 37 79 15 1 7 35 24 65 4 3 .257 .315 .381 87 7.3 2B -3, SS 0 0.4
50o 325 34 74 14 1 7 33 22 63 4 3 .251 .307 .376 82 4.2 2B -3, SS 0 0.1
40o 312 32 68 13 1 6 30 21 62 4 3 .239 .297 .356 77 1.4 2B -3, SS 0 -0.2
30o 298 30 63 12 1 6 28 19 60 4 2 .232 .288 .349 71 -1.4 2B -3, SS 0 -0.4
20o 281 27 57 11 1 5 26 17 58 3 2 .221 .273 .329 65 -4.3 2B -3, SS 0 -0.7
10o 258 23 49 9 1 5 22 15 54 3 2 .206 .258 .315 56 -7.7 2B -3, SS 0 -1.1
Weighted Mean3303575141734236443.250.308.373845.32B -3, SS 00.3

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DateQuestionAnswer
2014-07-28 19:00:00 (link to chat)If it was the 18th inning and you needed to use a position player to pitch, would you use the guy who would throw the best (like Andrelton Simmons, if you were the Braves) or the guy you cared least about (like Ramiro Pena, if you were the Braves)?
(Jackson from Stockton)		If it's the 18th inning, everyone's tired and I just want to go home so if I'm the Braves I'm using Luis Avilan again. (Matt Sussman)
2014-05-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)How do you think Tommy La Stella projects at the MLB level? With Uggla's struggling continuing, and the Braves' offense currently in a rut, is there a chance La Stella makes it up by the break? Ramiro Pena is a great super-sub, and Tyler Pastornicky is a roster spot capable of multiple positions, but it seems the Braves could maybe start getting some MLB looks for La Stella to see what he is. Thanks. My first time, so apologies if I violated any protocols.
(@Jervass from Atlanta)		It's hard to say what the Braves are going to do because there's such a strong influence of money involved with Uggla's contract. Of course, that's sunk cost, so there's no reason for them to ruin a potentially good season because they already screwed up. We all know that teams do that all the time, though. As for La Stella...hitters gonna hit. He's not a good second baseman, but Uggla isn't exactly Robbie Alomar out there either. He's probably their best option, the only question is when the Braves are willing to have an expensive one-dimensional bench player in Uggla. I don't think we'll see a complete change, but I wouldn't be surprised to see La Stella up this summer at some point in some kind of time-share deal at second. (Jeff Moore)
2011-05-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)Lackey is also tradeable; someone might be willing to take him off the Red Sox, believing a change in scenary could help. Jeter is a pure sunk cost, and is looking very much the sink part right now. I don't think I've seen Nunez play the field yet - so far, all his problems have been on throws, right? That seems correctable. How does he look in the field otherwise?
(Shaun P. from Medway, MA)		He has more range than Jeter, though that's damning him with faint praise. And the news now comes down that Eric Chavez has a "small fracture" in his foot, so I guess we won't be seeing him for awhile. As we've often said at BP, health is a skill. Sadly, and I really mean sadly, Chavez doesn't have it. I wonder who gets called up. I hope it's someone more useful than Ramiro Pena... (Steven Goldman)
2010-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)So what did you think of the fans' involvement in the Yankee run production last night?
(Peter Q from San Diego)		Hey, Pete. I owe you a phone call... I think until they build ballparks with the appropriate setbacks, that stuff is going to happen and I don't get too exercised about it. I've never quite understood what the appeal of catching a ball is anyway. It's... a ball. Sure, Enrique Wilson fouled it into the stands, but does that really make it that special. Are you going to tell your grandkids that you caught the ball that Ramiro Pena hit? Your grandchildren are going to be living underwater anyway, and won't have any idea what you're talking about. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)I know it is water under the bridge, but wouldn't it have still made sense to include Eduardo Nunez in the Cliff Lee debacle? I understand the M's kept upping the ante but do you think Nunez should have been a dealbreaker ? I don't.
(Tom S from Albany)		I don't either. The only reason I can think of is that if there were some sort of catastrophic injury to Derek Jeter, the Yankees think Nunez could be plugged in and still give them a little punch at the position. He could, I guess... More than Ramiro Pena, less than everyone else? (Steven Goldman)
2010-05-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)Are the Yankees looking for a longer-term solution at DH than Juan Miranda, or are they going to rotate the vets through and give too many PA's to the likes of Ramiro Pena?
(Eli from Brooklyn)		I'm hearing they will pounce on Paul Konerko if the White Sox decide to start trading off veterans. (John Perrotto)
2009-04-10 16:30:00 (link to chat)Hi Christina, I have a transaction rules question. On Wednesday the A's claimed Dan Niese off waivers from the Evil Empire and immediately optioned him to Sacramento. How are they able to do that? Why couldn't the Empire just send him down to one of its evil outposts if he has an option left? Thanks.
(oira61 from San Francisco)		Because they were taking him off of their 40-man roster to make room for Ramiro Pena on it (and on their active roster); he had options, so when the A's snagged him, they could, although they did have to do as the Yankees had with Giese and designate Chris Schroder for assignment, because they too were full up on their 40-man. (Christina Kahrl)


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