Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
12	3743	.269	.367	.442	105	4.1

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	OAK	21	24	108	29	6	0	3	13	25	1	0	0	.312	.402	.473	100	0.5	-0.2	-2.8	-0.1
1998	OAK	22	155	678	168	41	2	18	85	123	9	2	2	.288	.386	.458	112	12.0	-1.4	-18.8	0.3
1999	OAK	23	148	558	129	21	0	28	63	108	8	4	0	.265	.358	.481	114	12.9	1.0	-1.9	2.2
2000	OAK	24	158	675	166	40	1	27	73	130	3	3	0	.279	.359	.487	110	13.7	0.2	-13.4	1.5
2001	TBA	25	154	639	143	30	2	11	87	159	8	7	1	.264	.372	.387	98	1.4	-3.4	-8.2	0.2
2002	TBA	26	136	561	121	30	0	19	69	121	8	8	2	.251	.353	.432	102	3.9	-5.4	-4.1	0.4
2003	TBA	27	55	205	38	7	0	4	32	41	6	0	0	.230	.371	.345	103	1.4	-2.5	-0.1	0.1
2004	CHN	28	15	19	4	2	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	.250	.316	.563	87	-0.3	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1
2004	MIL	28	108	275	61	15	0	7	39	65	0	0	0	.261	.364	.415	87	-4.0	0.0	-6.2	-0.4
2005	CHN	29	23	25	5	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	77	-0.7	0.3	-0.1	0.0
Career			976	3743	864	192	5	118	466	784	45	24	5	.269	.367	.442	105	40.9	-11.8	-56.3	4.1

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
1994	SOR	A-	NWN	72	316	.000	.000	.000	.386			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	WMI	A	MDW	102	445	.000	.000	.000	.318			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	MOD	A+	CLF	28	124	.000	.000	.000	.313			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	MOD	A+	CLF	72	324	.000	.000	.000	.406			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	HUN	AA	SOU	63	272	.000	.000	.000	.275			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	OAK	MLB	AL	24	108	.274	.340	.430	.400	102	4.8	3.0	-1.2	100	12	-2.8	-0.2	0.5	-0.1
1997	HUN	AA	SOU	0	462	.000	.000	.000	.359			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	EDM	AAA	PCL	0	121	.000	.000	.000	.459			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	OAK	MLB	AL	155	678	.273	.340	.432	.339	95	21.8	18.5	-7.5	112	10	-18.8	-1.4	12.0	0.3
1999	OAK	MLB	AL	148	558	.274	.347	.439	.288	98	10.3	15.6	-4.4	114	9	-1.9	1.0	12.9	2.2
2000	OAK	MLB	AL	158	675	.275	.346	.443	.314	88	23.2	21.3	-5.6	110	10	-13.4	0.2	13.7	1.5
2001	TBA	MLB	AL	154	639	.260	.326	.415	.353	96	3.3	19.0	-7.2	98	7	-8.2	-3.4	1.4	0.2
2002	TBA	MLB	AL	136	561	.260	.325	.416	.297	98	7.9	16.2	-6.5	102	11	-4.1	-5.4	3.9	0.4
2003	TBA	MLB	AL	55	205	.264	.325	.415	.279	97	3.8	5.6	-3.4	103	11	-0.1	-2.5	1.4	0.1
2004	CHN	MLB	NL	15	19	.275	.333	.454	.273	95	1.1	0.6	-0.1	87	15	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1
2004	MIL	MLB	NL	108	275	.267	.330	.426	.329	93	5.5	8.2	-2.6	87	14	-6.2	0.0	-4.0	-0.4
2005	CHN	MLB	NL	23	25	.249	.317	.380	.385	102	-0.5	0.7	0	77	9	-0.1	0.3	-0.7	0.0
2005	IOW	AAA	PCL	86	342	.271	.338	.434	.291	94	9.4	7.8	-2.5	114	0	-5.3	-1.0	7.9	0.7

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	SOR	A-	NWN	316	252	44	83	13	0	7	117	50	51	48	2	2	.329	.460	.464	.135	0	0
1995	WMI	A	MDW	445	371	53	97	16	1	4	127	62	60	75	11	3	.261	.376	.342	.081	0	0
1995	MOD	A+	CLF	124	107	17	28	5	0	2	39	14	15	22	2	0	.262	.352	.364	.103	0	0
1996	MOD	A+	CLF	324	281	61	100	20	1	11	155	51	38	52	8	7	.356	.433	.552	.196	1	1
1996	HUN	AA	SOU	272	232	34	55	8	1	8	89	32	35	53	0	3	.237	.342	.384	.147	0	0
1997	OAK	MLB	AL	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	44	24	13	25	0	0	.312	.402	.473	.161	0	1
1997	HUN	AA	SOU	462	372	100	122	29	2	24	227	108	81	75	5	1	.328	.459	.610	.282	0	0
1997	EDM	AAA	PCL	121	108	27	46	11	1	7	80	28	12	16	0	1	.426	.488	.741	.315	0	0
1998	OAK	MLB	AL	678	583	94	168	41	2	18	267	89	85	123	2	2	.288	.386	.458	.170	1	0
1999	OAK	MLB	AL	558	486	80	129	21	0	28	234	86	63	108	4	0	.265	.358	.481	.216	1	0
2000	OAK	MLB	AL	675	594	92	166	40	1	27	289	104	73	130	3	0	.279	.359	.487	.207	5	0
2001	TBA	MLB	AL	639	542	72	143	30	2	11	210	72	87	159	7	1	.264	.372	.387	.124	2	0
2002	TBA	MLB	AL	561	482	62	121	30	0	19	208	64	69	121	8	2	.251	.353	.432	.180	2	0
2003	TBA	MLB	AL	205	165	28	38	7	0	4	57	17	32	41	0	0	.230	.371	.345	.115	2	0
2004	CHN	MLB	NL	19	16	2	4	2	0	1	9	6	0	5	0	0	.250	.316	.563	.313	1	0
2004	MIL	MLB	NL	275	234	28	61	15	0	7	97	29	39	65	0	0	.261	.364	.415	.154	2	0
2005	CHN	MLB	NL	25	20	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	5	7	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.000	0	0
2005	IOW	AAA	PCL	342	293	44	78	19	1	14	141	51	48	59	0	0	.266	.371	.481	.215	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

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
2003-07-18	2003-09-28	15-DL	72	68	Right	Upper Arm	Surgery	Blood Clot - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	2003-07-31
2003-04-18	2003-05-22	15-DL	34	30	Left	Thumb	Surgery	Infection	2003-05-04

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2004	MIL	$700,000
2003	TBA	$5,250,000
2002	TBA	$4,000,000
2001	TBA	$2,750,000
2000	OAK	$750,000

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$13,450,000
5 yr	Total	$13,450,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 83 d

Details

signed as a free agent from CHC 1/06 (minor-league contract)
recalled 9/05 optioned to Triple-A 7/05 recalled 7/05 optioned to Triple-A 5/05 contract purchased 4/05 signed as a free agent from PIT 4/05 (minor-league contract) released 3/05 signed as a free agent from CHC 1/05 (minor-league contract) acquired in trade from MIL 8/04 signed as a free agent from TB 12/03, 1 year/$0.7M (04)
4 year/$14M (00-03) 00:$2M, 01:$2.75M, 02:$4M, 03:$5.25M ($5.5M tot 03 comp USAT)

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
2009-04-10 16:30:00 (link to chat)	Hey CK! Just counting down hours until my flight up to Oakland for Opening Night. So far this season, A's hitters seem to really be focusing on going up the middle and to the opposite field. Is this early-season noise, or a product of new hitting coach Jim Skaalen? (ashitaka from long beach, ca)	Hope you have a great time at the ballpark; I know it's not really the same thing now that the Coliseum's been mauled beyond recognition, but I sort of feel about the A's home park the way some Mets fans feel about Shea--sure, it's a pit, but it's our pit. I don't think we can put this on Skaalen just yet; this isn't quite like Rick Burleson jumping on Mark McGwire to hit singles to right, and getting the single worst season of Mac's career for his troubles. It's important to keep in mind the talent that's on this year's roster, never mind that we don't have Emil Brown to kick around any more. Adding hitters like Orlando Cabrera and Nomar Garciaparra gives you a lineup with people who put the ball in play a lot more often than those of us who still treasure the memories of watching Olmedo Saenz or Matt Stairs or Ben Grieve (at his best) taking their cuts. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-11-03 13:30:00 (link to chat)	What happened to Jeremy Hermida? He looked like he was going to fulfill his potential during the second half of 2007, then blah in 2008. (Fine Man from Ottawa, Canada)	He's certainly not helping any of us resolve the stats/scouts argument over whether or not he had as much upside as his performance record suggested, is he? At this point, he's more Kevin Maas than Ben Grieve, and the fact that both halves of that proposition are a bit of a downer, it's beginning to look like some of us were oversold on those big walk totals in the minors. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-05-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Nate, you still like the Swisher package? The only reason that looks like a good deal to me is that it now seems possible Swisher is the new Ben Grieve. But the two minor-league pitchers they got are struggling, and Ryan Sweeney has no power. Besides, how can an A-ball pitcher with only one good season be the lead player in a package to get a useful, young, cheap major league position player? (oira61 from San Francisco)	Sweeney's is not a great guy to have on a roto team (trust me, I've learned this by experience) but he nevertheless has a 117 OPS+ and he's 23 years old. That is a reasonably valuable asset any way you slice it. The pitchers have been marginal but not irredeemably so if you look at their peripherals. Yes, I still like that deal for them. (Nate Silver)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-06-09 14:30:00	2009 Draft Coverage	One of the great things about being at BP is having great help just a few keyboard clicks away. I asked Rany, who did his fantastic series on draft history, if he remembers a draft that was better 11-20 than 1-10. Rany jumped into action for me, and found just one in 15 years: 2002. Top Ten: B.J. Upton, Zack Greinke, Prince Fielder, Jeff Francis. 11-20: Hermida, Joe Saunders, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Cole Hamels, James Loney, Denard Span. The best example is 1994, where Garciaparra, Konerko and Varitek went 12-14. Needless to say, the top 10 that boasted Paul Wilson, Ben Grieve, Todd Walker and Jaret Wright wasn't as good. (Bryan Smith)

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