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Aaron Boone 3B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 4329 .263 .326 .425 95 15.3
Birth Date3-9-1973
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age51 years, 0 months, 19 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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
1997 CIN 24 16 52 12 1 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 .245 .275 .265 75 -1.5 -1.9 -1.8 -0.3
1998 CIN 25 58 206 51 13 2 2 15 36 5 6 1 .282 .350 .409 87 -2.9 3.8 5.5 1.2
1999 CIN 26 139 520 132 26 5 14 30 79 8 17 6 .280 .330 .445 93 -2.5 0.4 5.8 1.9
2000 CIN 27 84 331 83 18 0 12 24 52 10 6 1 .285 .356 .471 101 2.4 0.1 -0.3 1.3
2001 CIN 28 103 427 112 26 2 14 29 71 8 6 3 .294 .351 .483 106 5.1 -1.8 6.0 2.3
2002 CIN 29 162 685 146 38 2 26 56 111 10 32 8 .241 .314 .439 95 -1.2 4.5 20.5 4.7
2003 CIN 30 106 446 110 19 3 18 35 74 5 15 3 .273 .339 .469 106 4.7 -0.7 2.7 2.0
2003 NYA 30 54 208 48 13 0 6 11 30 3 8 0 .254 .302 .418 106 2.2 1.0 0.4 1.0
2005 CLE 32 143 565 124 19 1 16 35 92 9 9 3 .243 .299 .378 88 -7.5 0.6 3.0 1.5
2006 CLE 33 104 392 89 19 1 7 27 62 6 5 4 .251 .314 .370 83 -6.9 0.3 -10.9 -0.4
2007 FLO 34 69 228 54 11 0 5 21 41 13 2 0 .286 .388 .423 112 4.3 -0.4 0.5 0.8
2008 WAS 35 104 255 56 13 1 6 18 52 2 0 1 .241 .299 .384 74 -7.5 -2.3 -0.7 -0.6
2009 HOU 36 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .071 .000 81 -0.3 -1.2 0.2 -0.1
Career115243291017216171263037078010730.263.326.42595-11.52.531.115.3

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
1994 BIL Rk PIO 67 301 .000 .000 .000 .294 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 WNS A+ CRL 108 453 .000 .000 .000 .289 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHT AA SOU 23 74 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CHT AA SOU 136 596 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 CIN MLB NL 16 52 .265 .329 .412 .273 95 -2.7 1.4 0.2 75 12 -1.8 -1.9 -1.5 -0.3
1997 IND AAA AA 0 517 .000 .000 .000 .311 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CIN MLB NL 58 206 .261 .329 .407 .338 99 -0.3 5.3 0.8 87 13 5.5 3.8 -2.9 1.2
1998 IND AAA INT 0 371 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CIN MLB NL 139 520 .270 .340 .429 .307 99 1.9 14.1 2.3 93 9 5.8 0.4 -2.5 1.9
1999 IND AAA INT 0 46 .000 .000 .000 .378 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CIN MLB NL 84 331 .269 .344 .440 .307 114 3.5 10.4 1.5 101 10 -0.3 0.1 2.4 1.3
2001 CIN MLB NL 103 427 .265 .331 .435 .325 103 11.7 12.7 1.7 106 16 6.0 -1.8 5.1 2.3
2001 LOU AAA INT 1 4 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CIN MLB NL 162 685 .258 .328 .411 .254 104 -0.7 19.7 3.2 95 7 20.5 4.5 -1.2 4.7
2003 CIN MLB NL 106 446 .260 .329 .417 .296 103 7.1 11.7 1.5 106 10 2.7 -0.7 4.7 2.0
2003 NYA MLB AL 54 208 .261 .332 .413 .271 99 0.7 5.7 0.8 106 10 0.4 1.0 2.2 1.0
2005 CLE MLB AL 143 565 .269 .329 .428 .264 100 -11.1 16.3 2.1 88 8 3.0 0.6 -7.5 1.5
2006 CLE MLB AL 104 392 .267 .327 .430 .287 108 -13.7 11.8 1.5 83 8 -10.9 0.3 -6.9 -0.4
2007 FLO MLB NL 69 228 .269 .334 .424 .333 105 7.2 6.8 -3.3 112 11 0.5 -0.4 4.3 0.8
2007 JUP A+ FSL 1 3 .260 .332 .356 .000 81 -1 0.1 -0.1 39 0 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.0
2008 WAS MLB NL 104 255 .258 .330 .407 .284 95 -5.7 7.4 -2.7 74 14 -0.7 -2.3 -7.5 -0.6
2008 COH AAA INT 3 9 .280 .337 .432 .000 88 -2.8 0.2 -0.2 33 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1
2008 NAT Rk GCL 1 3 .254 .350 .384 .667 0.0 256 0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0
2009 HOU MLB NL 10 14 .253 .314 .394 .000 96 -3.1 0.4 0 81 8 0.2 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1
2009 CCH AA TXS 7 18 .239 .329 .347 .250 104 -0.8 0.5 0 90 0 0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.0
2009 ROU AAA PCL 4 11 .285 .343 .425 .100 87 -2.4 0.3 -0.1 44 0 0.9 0.0 -0.7 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
1994 BIL Rk PIO 301 256 48 70 15 5 7 116 55 36 35 6 3 .273 .369 .453 .180 0 0
1995 CHT AA SOU 74 66 6 15 3 0 0 18 3 5 12 2 0 .227 .278 .273 .045 1 1
1995 WNS A+ CRL 453 395 61 103 19 1 14 166 50 43 77 11 7 .261 .344 .420 .159 4 4
1996 CHT AA SOU 596 548 86 158 44 7 17 267 95 38 77 21 10 .288 .340 .487 .199 1 1
1997 IND AAA AA 517 476 79 138 30 4 22 242 75 40 81 12 4 .290 .346 .508 .218 0 0
1997 CIN MLB NL 52 49 5 12 1 0 0 13 5 2 5 1 0 .245 .275 .265 .020 0 1
1998 IND AAA INT 371 332 56 80 18 1 7 121 38 31 71 17 5 .241 .321 .364 .123 0 0
1998 CIN MLB NL 206 181 24 51 13 2 2 74 28 15 36 6 1 .282 .350 .409 .127 2 3
1999 IND AAA INT 46 41 6 14 2 1 0 18 7 3 4 2 2 .341 .413 .439 .098 0 0
1999 CIN MLB NL 520 472 56 132 26 5 14 210 72 30 79 17 6 .280 .330 .445 .165 5 5
2000 CIN MLB NL 331 291 44 83 18 0 12 137 43 24 52 6 1 .285 .356 .471 .186 4 2
2001 LOU AAA INT 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2001 CIN MLB NL 427 381 54 112 26 2 14 184 62 29 71 6 3 .294 .351 .483 .189 6 3
2002 CIN MLB NL 685 606 83 146 38 2 26 266 87 56 111 32 8 .241 .314 .439 .198 4 9
2003 CIN MLB NL 446 403 61 110 19 3 18 189 65 35 74 15 3 .273 .339 .469 .196 0 3
2003 NYA MLB AL 208 189 31 48 13 0 6 79 31 11 30 8 0 .254 .302 .418 .164 2 3
2005 CLE MLB AL 565 511 61 124 19 1 16 193 60 35 92 9 3 .243 .299 .378 .135 6 4
2006 CLE MLB AL 392 354 50 89 19 1 7 131 46 27 62 5 4 .251 .314 .370 .119 1 4
2007 JUP A+ FSL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2007 FLO MLB NL 228 189 27 54 11 0 5 80 28 21 41 2 0 .286 .388 .423 .138 4 1
2008 WAS MLB NL 255 232 23 56 13 1 6 89 28 18 52 0 1 .241 .299 .384 .142 2 1
2008 COH AAA INT 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .000 0 0
2008 NAT Rk GCL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 .333 0 0
2009 ROU AAA PCL 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .000 0 0
2009 HOU MLB NL 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .000 0 0
2009 CCH AA TXS 18 15 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 .200 .333 .267 .067 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 866 0.4885 0.4827 0.7536 0.6478 0.3251 0.8467 0.5764 0.2464 0.0003
2009 49 0.5918 0.5102 0.8000 0.6897 0.2500 0.8500 0.6000 0.2000 0.0017
Career9150.49400.48420.75610.65000.32110.84690.57770.24390.0003

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
2009-03-27 2009-09-01 60-DL 158 131 General Medical Recovery From Surgery Aortic Valve 2009-03-31
2009-03-18 2009-03-27 Camp 9 0 General Medical Surgery Aortic Valve 2009-03-31
2008-07-07 2008-08-14 15-DL 38 31 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2008-06-21 2008-06-25 DTD 4 4 Left Knee Inflammation - -
2008-06-13 2008-06-14 DTD 1 1 Neck Strain -
2008-06-11 2008-06-11 DTD 0 0 - Neck Strain - -
2007-06-25 2007-09-30 60-DL 97 85 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2007-09-04
2006-05-29 2006-05-29 DTD 0 0 Head Concussion Falling Into Stands -
2006-05-20 2006-05-21 DTD 1 1 Low Back Stiffness -
2006-04-19 2006-04-19 DTD 0 0 Left Wrist Contusion HBP - -
2005-08-14 2005-08-19 DTD 5 4 - Neck Stiffness - -
2005-08-14 2005-08-19 DTD 5 4 Neck Stiffness -
2005-07-24 2005-07-25 DTD 1 1 - General Medical Illness - -
2005-06-21 2005-06-24 DTD 3 2 - General Medical Illness Strep Throat - -
2005-06-21 2005-06-24 DTD 3 2 General Medical Illness Strep Throat -
2005-05-29 2005-06-01 DTD 3 2 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2004-08-20 2004-08-20 On-Alr 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Loose Bodies 2004-08-20
2004-06-26 2004-10-04 60-DL 100 90 Left Knee Surgery ACL 2004-02-16
2003-08-26 2003-08-27 DTD 1 1 Right Knee Soreness - -
2003-06-01 2003-06-01 DTD 0 0 - Low Back Soreness - -
2001-09-24 2001-10-08 DTD 14 12 Left Thumb Surgery Fracture HBP 2001-09-27 -
2001-08-15 2001-09-01 15-DL 17 16 Right Wrist Fracture HBP -
2001-05-15 2001-06-15 15-DL 31 27 Right Wrist Fracture Hamate -
2000-07-10 2000-10-01 60-DL 83 74 Left Knee Surgery ACL 2000-08-08 -
2000-07-06 2000-07-09 DTD 3 3 Left Knee Sprain - -
1999-12-08 1999-12-08 Off 0 0 Left Knee Surgery 1999-12-08 -
1999-04-07 1999-04-12 DTD 5 4 - General Medical Illness - -
1998-03-18 1998-03-18 Camp 0 0 - General Medical Other Heart Valve Defect Found During Physical - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 HOU $750,000
2008 WAS $1,000,000
2007 FLO $925,000
2006 CLE $3,750,000
2005 CLE $3,000,000
2004 NYA $917,553
2004 CLE $600,000
2003 CIN $3,700,000
2002 CIN $2,100,000
2001 CIN $400,000
2000 CIN $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$17,442,553
10 yrTotal$17,442,553

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 39 dAdam Katz1 year/$0.75M (2009)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2009). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/17/08.
  • 1 year/$1M (2008). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/6/07. Performance bonus: $50,000 each for 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150 games.
  • 1 year/$0.925M (2007). Signed by Florida as a free agent 12/29/06.
  • 2 years/$3.6M (2004-05), plus 2006 club option. Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 6/04. 04:$0.6M, 05:$3M, 06:$4.5M club option. 2006 option is guaranteed with 500 plate appearances in 2005. Performance bonuses: may earn additional $2M in 2005, $1M in 2006. Cleveland exercised 2006 option 8/05 at a restructured salary of $3.75M & added a $3.75M mutual option for 2007. Cincinnati declined 2007 option 10/06.
  • 1 year/$5.75M (2004). Re-signed by NY Yankees 12/03. Released by NY Yankees 2/04 (due $917,553 of 2004 salary).
  • 1 year/$3.7M (2003). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/03 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Cincinnati 7/31/03.
  • 1 year/$2.1M (2002). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/02 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2001). Re-signed by Cincinnati 2/01.
  • 1 year (2000). Re-signed by Cincinnati 2/00.
  • 1 year (1999). Re-signed by Cincinnati 2/99.
  • 1 year (1998). Re-signed by Cincinnati 2/98.
  • 1 year (1997). Contract purchased by Cincinnati 6/97.
  • Drafted by Cincinnati 1994 (3-72) (USC).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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DateQuestionAnswer
2020-03-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)How does the Yankee rotation shake out? Do Johnny Lasagna and Jordan Montgomery both make the cut for at least the time being?
(Pizza Shuttle from Lawrence)
I do not think Loaisiga makes the rotation. At this point, it appears James Paxton should return by the start of the season. However, I expect Montgomery to make the rotation. Aaron Boone has confirmed as much re: Montgomery. (Jesse Roche)
2008-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)Big logjam in the middle infield for the Nats and it appears Trader Jim's having trouble finding a taker for Lopez. What do you think will happen?
(macman from DC)
I'm not sure "big logjam" is the term I'd use, but "corpse-choked gully" would be too cruel. We're talking Ronnie Belliard and Cristian Guzman, and I wouldn't want to bank on either. The real problem is that Lopez really isn't much of a shortstop, so any proposition of using him again as the swing middle infielder to cover for whichever starter breaks first runs up against that. Teams looking for a shortstop (like the Orioles) shouldn't put too much value on Lopez, and haven't.

I guess I don't see the depth, in case they deal Lopez. Pete Orr? Willie Harris? We're talking second base types who can't really play short either. Aaron Boone can't really play third. It makes for a potentially oddly disjointed bench. (Christina Kahrl)


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