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Karim Garcia RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 1560 .241 .279 .424 84 -0.8
Birth Date10-29-1975
Height6' 0"
Weight210 lbs
Age48 years, 5 months, 27 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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
1995 LAN 19 13 20 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 63 -0.9 0.0 1.4 0.1
1996 LAN 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 74 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LAN 21 15 46 5 0 0 1 6 14 0 0 0 .128 .239 .205 77 -1.2 0.6 -1.6 -0.1
1998 ARI 22 113 354 74 10 8 9 18 78 0 5 4 .222 .260 .381 66 -14.2 0.9 2.5 -0.5
1999 DET 23 96 309 69 10 3 14 20 67 0 2 4 .240 .288 .441 82 -6.2 -1.5 1.9 0.0
2000 BAL 24 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 35 -1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1
2000 DET 24 8 17 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 35 -1.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2
2001 CLE 25 20 50 14 3 0 5 3 13 1 0 0 .311 .360 .711 110 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.2
2002 CLE 26 51 205 59 8 0 16 6 40 0 0 3 .299 .317 .584 118 5.5 -1.1 -0.6 0.8
2002 NYA 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 122 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.0
2003 CLE 27 24 101 18 1 0 5 5 20 1 0 0 .194 .238 .366 91 -0.8 0.2 -3.7 -0.2
2003 NYA 27 52 161 46 5 0 6 9 32 0 0 2 .305 .342 .457 95 -0.5 -3.5 1.7 0.1
2004 BAL 28 23 73 14 0 0 3 4 15 0 0 0 .212 .247 .348 83 -1.5 -0.2 -3.6 -0.3
2004 NYN 28 62 202 45 7 2 7 10 35 0 3 0 .234 .272 .401 80 -4.7 -1.0 -2.9 -0.5
Career48815603524413668133021013.241.279.42484-26.2-5.8-5.5-0.8

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1993 BAK A+ CLF 123 501 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 VRO A+ FSL 121 496 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 LAN MLB NL 13 20 .263 .327 .402 .250 95 -2.9 0.6 -0.1 63 11 1.4 0.0 -0.9 0.1
1995 ABQ AAA PCL 124 519 .000 .000 .000 .370 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 LAN MLB NL 1 1 .318 .387 .561 .000 148 -0.3 0.0 0 74 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SAN AA TXS 35 138 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 ABQ AAA PCL 84 360 .000 .000 .000 .340 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LAN MLB NL 15 46 .290 .356 .461 .160 93 -4.6 1.2 -0.3 77 15 -1.6 0.6 -1.2 -0.1
1997 ABQ AAA PCL 0 285 .000 .000 .000 .349 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 ARI MLB NL 113 354 .267 .334 .418 .261 98 -18.4 9.2 -3.6 66 10 2.5 0.9 -14.2 -0.5
1998 TUC AAA PCL 0 121 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DET MLB AL 96 309 .279 .349 .443 .264 99 -2.9 8.6 -3.1 82 10 1.9 -1.5 -6.2 0.0
2000 BAL MLB AL 8 16 .265 .329 .426 .000 84 -5.4 0.5 -0.3 35 12 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -0.1
2000 DET MLB AL 8 17 .266 .329 .428 .231 82 -3.4 0.5 -0.2 35 12 -0.5 -0.2 -1.4 -0.2
2000 ROC AAA INT 0 306 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TOL AAA INT 0 169 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CLE MLB AL 20 50 .268 .331 .424 .321 102 4.2 1.5 -0.5 110 25 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.2
2001 BUF AAA INT 125 514 .000 .000 .000 .279 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CLE MLB AL 51 205 .262 .329 .425 .301 98 9.3 5.9 -2 118 14 -0.6 -1.1 5.5 0.8
2002 NYA MLB AL 2 5 .249 .321 .404 .250 93 -0.6 0.1 0 122 15 -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0
2002 BUF AAA INT 23 100 .000 .000 .000 .446 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 COH AAA INT 74 310 .000 .000 .000 .289 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CLE MLB AL 24 101 .260 .325 .422 .186 94 -5.4 2.8 -0.8 91 10 -3.7 0.2 -0.8 -0.2
2003 NYA MLB AL 52 161 .267 .331 .419 .351 99 2.9 4.4 -1.5 95 10 1.7 -3.5 -0.5 0.1
2003 BUF AAA INT 14 62 .000 .000 .000 .372 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 BAL MLB AL 23 73 .269 .335 .440 .216 107 -4.7 2.2 -0.2 83 12 -3.6 -0.2 -1.5 -0.3
2004 NYN MLB NL 62 202 .264 .332 .426 .253 92 -6.2 6.0 -2.1 80 12 -2.9 -1.0 -4.7 -0.5
2004 BIN AA EAS 3 14 .000 .000 .000 .100 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 HER Wnt LMP 16 67 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 HER Wnt LMP 51 215 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 MEX int WBC 3 10 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015 QUI AAA MEX 22 56 .000 .000 .000 .179 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015 TAB AAA MEX 59 221 .000 .000 .000 .283 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 MCD AAA MEX 21 59 .000 .000 .000 .245 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 SLT AAA MEX 11 38 .000 .000 .000 .321 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
1993 BAK A+ CLF 501 460 61 111 20 9 19 206 54 37 109 5 4 .241 .301 .448 .207 0 0
1994 VRO A+ FSL 496 452 72 120 28 10 21 231 84 37 112 8 3 .265 .322 .511 .246 0 0
1995 ABQ AAA PCL 519 474 88 151 26 10 20 257 91 38 102 12 6 .319 .370 .542 .224 2 2
1995 LAN MLB NL 20 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 0 0
1996 LAN MLB NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1996 SAN AA TXS 138 129 21 32 6 1 5 55 22 9 38 1 1 .248 .297 .426 .178 0 0
1996 ABQ AAA PCL 360 327 54 97 17 10 13 173 58 29 67 6 4 .297 .356 .529 .232 0 0
1997 LAN MLB NL 46 39 5 5 0 0 1 8 8 6 14 0 0 .128 .239 .205 .077 1 0
1997 ABQ AAA PCL 285 262 53 80 17 6 20 169 66 23 70 11 5 .305 .361 .645 .340 0 0
1998 ARI MLB NL 354 333 39 74 10 8 9 127 43 18 78 5 4 .222 .260 .381 .159 3 0
1998 TUC AAA PCL 121 106 21 33 4 2 10 71 27 15 24 5 1 .311 .397 .670 .358 0 0
1999 DET MLB AL 309 288 38 69 10 3 14 127 32 20 67 2 4 .240 .288 .441 .201 1 0
2000 ROC AAA INT 306 270 38 75 17 1 13 133 54 34 70 3 3 .278 .363 .493 .215 0 0
2000 BAL MLB AL 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2000 DET MLB AL 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .000 0 0
2000 TOL AAA INT 169 155 31 46 6 2 15 101 38 11 32 2 1 .297 .355 .652 .355 0 0
2001 CLE MLB AL 50 45 8 14 3 0 5 32 9 3 13 0 0 .311 .360 .711 .400 1 0
2001 BUF AAA INT 514 462 73 122 16 4 31 239 85 44 106 4 4 .264 .329 .517 .253 1 1
2002 COH AAA INT 310 288 44 78 16 3 12 136 49 20 48 1 5 .271 .318 .472 .201 0 0
2002 BUF AAA INT 100 91 16 36 7 2 3 56 22 9 14 0 1 .396 .450 .615 .220 0 0
2002 CLE MLB AL 205 197 29 59 8 0 16 115 52 6 40 0 3 .299 .317 .584 .284 2 0
2002 NYA MLB AL 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 0 0
2003 BUF AAA INT 62 60 6 16 6 0 0 22 7 2 17 2 1 .267 .290 .367 .100 0 0
2003 CLE MLB AL 101 93 8 18 1 0 5 34 14 5 20 0 0 .194 .238 .366 .172 2 0
2003 NYA MLB AL 161 151 17 46 5 0 6 69 21 9 32 0 2 .305 .342 .457 .152 1 0
2004 BIN AA EAS 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 .083 .154 .167 .083 0 0
2004 NYN MLB NL 202 192 24 45 7 2 7 77 22 10 35 3 0 .234 .272 .401 .167 0 0
2004 BAL MLB AL 73 66 9 14 0 0 3 23 11 4 15 0 0 .212 .247 .348 .136 3 0
2011 HER Wnt LMP 67 59 10 14 4 0 2 24 8 7 16 2 0 .237 .313 .407 .169 1 0
2012 HER Wnt LMP 215 191 33 58 8 1 11 101 43 18 40 3 4 .304 .363 .529 .225 4 0
2013 MEX int WBC 10 10 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .100 0 0
2015 QUI AAA MEX 56 52 3 7 0 0 0 7 3 3 14 0 0 .135 .179 .135 .000 1 0
2015 TAB AAA MEX 221 200 20 51 7 1 4 72 20 14 31 0 1 .255 .302 .360 .105 1 6
2016 MCD AAA MEX 59 55 5 13 4 0 0 17 9 2 4 1 0 .236 .254 .309 .073 2 0
2016 SLT AAA MEX 38 36 1 10 2 0 1 15 3 2 7 0 0 .278 .316 .417 .139 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
2004-06-24 2004-07-09 15-DL 15 14 Left Wrist Inflammation -
2003-05-08 2003-06-23 15-DL 46 41 Left Wrist Inflammation -
1997-09-19 1997-09-29 60-DL 10 9 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery SLAP Labrum Tear 1997-07-28 -
1997-07-25 1997-09-19 Minors 56 0 Left Shoulder Surgery SLAP Labrum Tear 1997-07-28 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 NYN $800,000
2003 CLE $900,000
2000 DET $700,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,400,000
3 yrTotal$2,400,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 94 d

Details
  • released 3/07 signed as a free agent from Japan 1/07, 1 year/$0.7M (07) (minor-league contract, rec $0.7M if he makes team)

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
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