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Birth Date	6-15-1984
Height	5' 10"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	39 years, 10 months, 11 days
Bats	B
Throws	R

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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
2008	OAK	24	36	117	24	5	0	0	13	18	2	4	1	.242	.339	.293	86	-1.8	0.6	-0.9	0.2
2009	OAK	25	60	229	58	11	3	4	19	46	1	7	5	.279	.342	.418	92	-1.6	0.2	-0.6	0.8
2010	OAK	26	156	576	127	26	8	6	50	96	3	29	5	.250	.319	.368	90	-5.9	4.2	18.0	4.1
2011	OAK	27	148	570	136	26	2	8	42	104	1	14	9	.264	.319	.369	88	-6.8	-1.3	-10.6	0.4
2012	OAK	28	125	462	90	18	2	6	35	90	2	15	6	.215	.278	.311	78	-11.6	2.9	9.2	1.9
2013	ARI	29	96	299	65	13	1	1	26	54	1	2	0	.242	.310	.309	82	-5.5	3.0	3.4	1.2
2014	ARI	30	68	201	45	5	3	2	20	36	3	6	1	.254	.340	.350	94	-1.3	0.2	1.3	0.7
2015	ARI	31	72	157	32	3	0	1	16	29	0	3	0	.237	.314	.281	74	-4.2	-0.6	3.6	0.4
2015	TOR	31	33	92	12	3	0	2	11	20	1	0	0	.160	.270	.280	76	-2.2	0.5	2.0	0.3
2016	ANA	32	74	188	36	4	2	3	13	55	0	1	0	.209	.265	.308	68	-6.7	0.1	-1.4	-0.2
2017	ANA	33	87	217	49	6	0	3	16	58	1	3	1	.253	.306	.330	77	-5.6	1.9	1.3	0.4
2018	CIN	34	16	34	4	0	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	.138	.265	.138	57	-1.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Career			971	3142	678	120	21	36	266	619	15	84	28	.242	.309	.339	84	-54.9	11.7	25.4	10.1

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	KNC	A	MDW	69	334	.255	.333	.388	.318	102	0.8	1.7	0.6	103	0	4.7	2.0	2.7	1.1
2006	STO	A+	CLF	46	202	.286	.367	.433	.243	101	-6.8	4.8	2.2	63	0	-5.9	2.3	-10.0	-0.7
2006	ATH	Rk	AZL	9	32	.263	.349	.377	.500	98	6.1	1.0	0.3	250	0	0.1	-0.4	7.2	0.8
2007	STO	A+	CLF	68	333	.259	.339	.402	.296	99	5.6	10.4	4.5	106	0	-3.2	0.4	2.6	1.4
2007	MID	AA	TXS	70	314	.269	.342	.408	.280	104	-4.3	9.2	3.9	79	0	1.3	0.6	-6.4	0.9
2008	OAK	MLB	AL	36	117	.268	.333	.417	.293	98	-2.5	3.4	0.4	86	13	-0.9	0.6	-1.8	0.2
2008	MID	AA	TXS	50	244	.272	.347	.415	.314	89	1.9	7.3	2.1	95	0	4.8	2.0	-6.2	1.0
2008	SAC	AAA	PCL	65	294	.281	.350	.447	.335	107	7.3	8.9	2.8	116	0	10.4	0.8	2.3	2.4
2009	OAK	MLB	AL	60	229	.260	.331	.413	.342	101	-0.7	6.6	3	92	8	-0.6	0.2	-1.6	0.8
2009	SAC	AAA	PCL	99	417	.275	.343	.431	.298	91	4	12.1	4.4	94	0	-0.8	6.5	-1.6	2.0
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	156	576	.257	.323	.405	.296	100	0.4	15.9	7.3	90	8	18.0	4.2	-5.9	4.1
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	148	570	.255	.316	.398	.314	97	-3.3	15.4	7.1	88	10	-10.6	-1.3	-6.8	0.4
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	125	462	.254	.315	.406	.259	95	-12.1	12.7	4.3	78	5	9.2	2.9	-11.6	1.9
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	3	14	.254	.318	.400	.714	83	2.6	0.4	0.2	148	0	0.9	0.2	0.9	0.2
2013	ARI	MLB	NL	96	299	.253	.317	.396	.298	102	-7.6	7.9	2.2	82	9	3.4	3.0	-5.5	1.2
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	68	201	.251	.311	.384	.309	104	1.8	5.2	1	94	11	1.3	0.2	-1.3	0.7
2014	RNO	AAA	PCL	4	17	.294	.354	.511	.417	103	1.7	0.5	0.1	0	0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
2014	DIA	Rk	AZL	5	22	.000	.000	.000	.533			0.0		202	0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
2015	ARI	MLB	NL	72	157	.256	.315	.398	.290	98	-6.7	4.2	0.8	74	10	3.6	-0.6	-4.2	0.4
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	33	92	.251	.317	.400	.182	106	-3.8	2.5	-0.1	76	10	2.0	0.5	-2.2	0.3
2016	ANA	MLB	AL	74	188	.253	.313	.423	.289	102	-10.4	5.3	0.4	68	14	-1.4	0.1	-6.7	-0.2
2016	INL	A+	CAL	2	7	.233	.295	.345	.400	84	1.1	0.2	0	103	0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
2016	SLC	AAA	PCL	7	26	.271	.329	.431	.368	104	0.3	0.7	0	86	0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
2017	ANA	MLB	AL	87	217	.256	.321	.422	.333	100	-3.6	6.3	0.4	77	9	1.3	1.9	-5.6	0.4
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	16	34	.245	.327	.386	.250	99	-3.5	1.0	0.2	57	10	-0.1	-0.2	-1.6	-0.1
2018	LOU	AAA	INT	11	37	.255	.318	.385	.333	93	1.3	1.1	0.1	128	0	0.4	-0.1	1.1	0.3
2018	ROU	AAA	PCL	61	250	.271	.332	.413	.264	95	-10.1	7.3	2.7	67	0	1.9	-1.2	-9.0	0.2
2019	SWB	AAA	INT	29	112	.261	.336	.443	.197	102	-1.9	3.9	1.4	68	0	-0.1	0.1	-4.4	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
2005	KNC	A	MDW	334	290	49	80	15	0	3	104	29	39	47	25	6	.276	.363	.359	.083	2	2
2006	STO	A+	CLF	202	177	36	36	7	0	2	49	21	24	35	7	1	.203	.302	.277	.073	0	0
2006	ATH	Rk	AZL	32	28	3	13	3	1	0	18	6	4	2	0	0	.464	.531	.643	.179	0	0
2007	MID	AA	TXS	314	271	41	68	13	2	2	91	21	38	35	8	2	.251	.343	.336	.085	2	2
2007	STO	A+	CLF	333	286	50	73	17	3	6	114	36	43	54	9	2	.255	.353	.399	.143	0	0
2008	MID	AA	TXS	244	204	42	53	7	2	0	64	18	39	36	20	1	.260	.377	.314	.054	1	1
2008	SAC	AAA	PCL	294	236	47	70	9	3	2	91	16	54	34	11	5	.297	.423	.386	.089	3	3
2008	OAK	MLB	AL	117	99	14	24	5	0	0	29	9	13	18	4	1	.242	.339	.293	.051	1	2
2009	OAK	MLB	AL	229	208	27	58	11	3	4	87	21	19	46	7	5	.279	.342	.418	.139	0	1
2009	SAC	AAA	PCL	417	360	48	95	22	3	3	132	40	45	54	27	4	.264	.344	.367	.103	6	6
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	576	508	64	127	26	8	6	187	46	50	96	29	5	.250	.319	.368	.118	3	12
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	570	515	57	136	26	2	8	190	58	42	104	14	9	.264	.319	.369	.105	4	8
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	14	11	2	5	1	0	0	6	1	3	4	1	0	.455	.571	.545	.091	0	0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	462	418	50	90	18	2	6	130	28	35	90	15	6	.215	.278	.311	.096	2	5
2013	ARI	MLB	NL	299	269	25	65	13	1	1	83	18	26	54	2	0	.242	.310	.309	.067	1	2
2014	DIA	Rk	AZL	22	19	2	8	1	0	0	9	5	3	4	0	0	.421	.500	.474	.053	0
2014	RNO	AAA	PCL	17	13	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	1	0	.385	.529	.385	.000	0
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	201	177	21	45	5	3	2	62	10	20	36	6	1	.254	.340	.350	.096	0
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	92	75	9	12	3	0	2	21	11	11	20	0	0	.160	.270	.280	.120	2	3
2015	ARI	MLB	NL	157	135	15	32	3	0	1	38	10	16	29	3	0	.237	.314	.281	.044	2	4
2016	INL	A+	CAL	7	6	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.429	.667	.333	0	0
2016	SLC	AAA	PCL	26	23	3	7	2	1	0	11	3	3	4	0	0	.304	.385	.478	.174	0	0
2016	ANA	MLB	AL	188	172	18	36	4	2	3	53	10	13	55	1	0	.209	.265	.308	.099	0	3
2017	ANA	MLB	AL	217	194	23	49	6	0	3	64	21	16	58	3	1	.253	.306	.330	.077	5	1
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	34	29	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	5	13	0	0	.138	.265	.138	.000	0	0
2018	LOU	AAA	INT	37	30	4	8	2	0	0	10	1	6	7	0	1	.267	.378	.333	.067	1	0
2018	ROU	AAA	PCL	250	216	26	44	12	1	1	61	13	30	54	4	1	.204	.301	.282	.079	2	1
2019	SWB	AAA	INT	112	92	15	18	3	1	5	38	16	14	24	4	0	.196	.306	.413	.217	3	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	467	0.5310	0.4368	0.8431	0.6492	0.1963	0.8634	0.7674	0.1569	0.0031
2009	914	0.5350	0.4573	0.7943	0.6217	0.2682	0.8487	0.6491	0.2057	-0.0049
2010	2267	0.5210	0.4235	0.8479	0.5766	0.2569	0.8972	0.7276	0.1521	0.0017
2011	2290	0.5258	0.4367	0.8290	0.5772	0.2808	0.8719	0.7311	0.1710	-0.0113
2012	1866	0.5177	0.4512	0.7862	0.6077	0.2833	0.8467	0.6471	0.2138	-0.0048
2013	1136	0.5123	0.4613	0.8244	0.6375	0.2762	0.8760	0.6993	0.1756	-0.0072
2014	815	0.5055	0.4245	0.8324	0.5898	0.2556	0.8930	0.6893	0.1676	-0.0061
2015	1010	0.4822	0.4188	0.7589	0.6283	0.2237	0.8105	0.6239	0.2411	0.0021
2016	760	0.5197	0.4868	0.7405	0.6658	0.2932	0.7909	0.6168	0.2595	0.0000
2017	868	0.4908	0.4355	0.7487	0.5540	0.3213	0.8305	0.6127	0.2513	0.0000
2018	155	0.4387	0.4194	0.6769	0.5588	0.3103	0.8421	0.4444	0.3231	0.0000
Career	12548	0.5147	0.4407	0.8054	0.6015	0.2701	0.8594	0.6805	0.1946	-0.0036

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
2014-06-02	2014-08-06	15-DL	65	54	Left	Thumb	Recovery From Previous Injury	Sprain	-
2014-05-28	2014-06-01	DTD	4	4	Left	Thumb	Sprain	Opponent Sliding Into Glove	-
2012-07-20	2012-08-07	15-DL	18	17	Left	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-	-
2012-04-03	2012-04-06	DTD	3	0	-	Groin	Strain		-	-
2011-09-24	2011-09-29	DTD	5	5	Left	Abdomen	Soreness	Oblique	-	-
2011-08-02	2011-08-05	DTD	3	2	-	General Medical	Nerve Injury	Bell's Palsey	-	-
2011-04-12	2011-04-13	DTD	1	1	Right	Shoulder	Infection	Sweat Gland In Armpit	-
2010-10-08	2010-10-08	Off	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum Tear	2010-10-08
2010-09-21	2010-09-21	DTD	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2010-04-19	2010-04-20	DTD	1	0	Right	Hand	Contusion		-
2006-06-25	2006-09-06	Minors	73	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	NYA	$
2018	CIN	$1,500,000
2017	ANA	$2,250,000
2016	ANA	$1,500,000
2015	ARI	$3,275,000
2014	ARI	$3,250,000
2013	ARI	$1,750,000
2012	OAK	$490,000
2011	OAK	$420,000
2010	OAK	$405,000

Years	Description	Salary
9 yr	Previous	$14,840,000
9 yr	Total	$14,840,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 145 d	Sosnick Cobbe & Karon	1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 2/15/19 (minor-league contract). Released by Oakland 3/29/19. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 4/5/19 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2018). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 2/15/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Contract selected by Cincinnati 3/26/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cincinnati 4/29/18. Released by Cincinnati 5/18/18. Signed by Texas as a free agent 5/18/18 (minor-league contract).
2 years/$3.75M (2016-17). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 11/17/15. 16:$1.5M, 17:$2.25M. Annual performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 225, 250 plate appearances. $75,000 each for 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400 PAs. $0.1M each for 425, 450 PAs.
1 year/$3.275M (2015). Re-signed by Arizona 12/29/14 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Arizona 8/8/15.
2 years/$5M (2013-14). Signed by Arizona 1/13 (avoided arbitration, $2.8M-$1.8M). $1M signing bonus. 13:$1.25M, 14:$2.75M.
1 year/$0.49M (2012). Re-signed by Oakland 2/12. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Oakland 10/20/12.
1 year/$0.42M (2011). Re-signed by Oakland 3/11.
1 year/$0.405M (2010). Re-signed by Oakland 3/8/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by Oakland 2/21/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Oakland 8/12/08.
Drafted by Oakland 2005 (1-21) (Texas A&M). Signed 6/05, $1.45M 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
90^o	382	43	93	18	2	8	41	35	93	4	1	.275	.347	.411	100	16.3	SS 1, 3B 0	1.8
80^o	362	39	84	16	2	7	37	32	91	4	1	.261	.331	.388	92	10.9	SS 1, 3B 0	1.2
70^o	348	37	78	15	2	7	35	29	89	3	1	.251	.319	.379	86	7.3	SS 1, 3B 0	0.9
60^o	336	34	72	14	1	6	33	28	87	3	1	.239	.306	.352	82	4.5	SS 1, 3B 0	0.6
50^o	325	32	68	13	1	6	31	26	85	3	1	.233	.298	.346	77	2.0	SS 1, 3B 0	0.3
40^o	314	30	65	13	1	6	29	24	83	3	1	.230	.294	.348	73	-0.4	SS 1, 3B 0	0.0
30^o	302	28	59	12	1	5	27	22	81	3	1	.217	.279	.324	68	-2.7	SS 1, 3B 0	-0.2
20^o	288	26	55	11	1	5	25	20	79	2	1	.211	.270	.318	62	-5.2	SS 1, 3B 0	-0.5
10^o	268	23	47	9	1	4	22	18	75	2	1	.193	.252	.287	55	-8.2	SS 1, 3B 0	-0.8
Weighted Mean	329	33	70	14	1	6	31	26	86	3	1	.237	.302	.353	79	2.8	SS 1, 3B 0	0.4

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Cardinals are about to sign Kelly Shoppach FYI. The cardinals were supposedly looking for SS but had no luck. Pete Kozma, Ryan Jackson, nor Greg Garcia are the answers so who is? (Bubba from STL)	I thought Alexei Ramirez made sense for them before the rumors of their interest popped up. It's really hard to find a MLB-quality shortstop out there (which is something that we perhaps don't take into account enough when talking about the Iglesias and Gregorius deals). Maybe they reunite with Brendan Ryan, or Arizona decides to move Cliff Pennington for some reason? I don't know. St. Louis may not have a choice but to roll with what they've got. (R.J. Anderson Trade Deadline Wrap Chat)
2012-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Cliff Pennington a top 10 AL SS? (Abe Froman from Chicago)	Well, there are only 14 starting SSs in the AL, and some that aren't very good, so yeah, Pennington is 9 or 10. (Derek Carty)
2011-07-13 12:30:00 (link to chat)	With the A's season is over, what offensive players should be brought back? The only ones I definitely bring back are Jemile Weeks and Scott Sizemore. (Tom from Madison)	Well, Kurt Suzuki isn't going anywhere, Chris Carter will be worth playing, and maybe Daric Barton will have hit his way back to the majors by then. Other than that--I was going to say Cliff Pennington (who was actually Oakland's most valuable player last season, according to WARP), though it would be better if the A's could arrange to bring back his glove and substitute someone else's bat. However, I've just noticed that FRAA seems to hate him this season as much as it loved him in 2010. Anyone noticed any big change in Pennington's play in the field? (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-09-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	True or false: This season, Derek Jeter is Cliff Pennington with a worse glove? (Eric from Denver)	I just really, really wanted to see this in print. (Marc Normandin)
2010-09-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	True or false: This season, Derek Jeter is Cliff Pennington with a worse glove? ================== Should have read: This season, Derek Jeter is Chad Pennington with a better arm? (dianagramr from NYC)	A winner is you. (Marc Normandin)
2009-12-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How good or bad should A's fans feel about Cliff Pennington at short in 2010? (Ryan from Utica)	OK, a more substantive A's question. ;) I'm happy to see Pennington get a chance, because it's clear he doesn't have much left to learn in Sacramento, but guess I worry about what it'll mean for the A's pitching staff, given that the expectation's always been that he makes a better second baseman than a shortstop. His arm's pretty good, but scouty comments about his range don't jibe with some of the statistical metrics (Plus/Minus in particular). Still, it isn't like we're talking about Luis Hernandez. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-02-10 14:00:00 (link to chat)	With the AL West appearing so winnable, can the A's really afford to give Bobby "Bones" Crosby a season's worth of at-bats? And what better options are still out there (either in-house or via FA) besides the obvious one in Orlando Cabrera? (Adam from Italy)	It really does seem to be down to Cabrera, especially since so many of the Kathy Griffin D-listers (I'm looking at you, Adam Everett) are already under contract. But I guess I'm a little more sanguine, in that I'd be willing to risk Cliff Pennington for long stretches. The problem's more one of the additional questions over Eric Chavez's playability and availability, and how well Mark Ellis bounces back from his latest spin with the injury bug, because that's an entire infield's worth of unknowns that no amount of happy thoughts get to go away. (Christina Kahrl)

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