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Raul Casanova C

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
18 1201 .236 .304 .379 84 3.1
Birth Date8-23-1972
Height6' 0"
Weight230 lbs
Age52 years, 2 months, 19 days
BatsB
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
1996 DET 23 25 91 16 1 0 4 6 18 0 0 0 .188 .242 .341 73 -2.9 0.4 -4.5 -0.3
1997 DET 24 101 334 74 10 1 5 26 48 3 1 1 .243 .308 .332 75 -9.1 -5.4 17.8 1.8
1998 DET 25 16 48 6 2 0 1 5 10 1 0 0 .143 .250 .262 68 -1.8 0.2 -0.3 0.0
2000 MIL 27 86 265 57 13 3 6 26 48 4 1 2 .247 .331 .407 82 -4.9 0.4 -2.5 0.5
2001 MIL 28 71 208 50 10 0 11 12 29 1 0 0 .260 .303 .484 104 2.0 0.7 -3.5 0.8
2002 BAL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 76 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
2002 MIL 29 31 99 16 1 0 1 10 18 1 0 0 .184 .273 .230 78 -2.2 -0.9 -3.6 -0.2
2005 CHA 32 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 77 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 TBA 34 29 89 20 1 1 6 7 17 1 0 0 .253 .315 .519 101 0.4 0.1 -1.0 0.3
2008 NYN 35 20 61 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 0 0 .273 .344 .364 82 -1.2 -0.1 -0.7 0.1
Career387120125540535982001123.236.304.37984-19.8-4.61.83.1

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
1991 KNG Rk APL 5 19 .000 .000 .000 .125 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CMB A SAL 5 19 .000 .000 .000 .214 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 KNG Rk APL 42 167 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 WLO A MDW 76 254 .000 .000 .000 .289 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 RCU A+ CLF 123 526 .000 .000 .000 .390 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 MEM AA SOU 89 339 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 DET MLB AL 25 91 .270 .339 .435 .190 96 -8.1 2.8 1.4 73 15 -4.5 0.4 -2.9 -0.3
1996 JAX AA SOU 8 32 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 TOL AAA INT 49 188 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 DET MLB AL 101 334 .265 .336 .417 .274 98 -15.3 9.2 5.7 75 10 17.8 -5.4 -9.1 1.8
1997 TOL AAA INT 0 44 .000 .000 .000 .219 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DET MLB AL 16 48 .249 .316 .397 .161 96 -4.1 1.3 0.8 68 14 -0.3 0.2 -1.8 0.0
1998 TOL AAA INT 0 196 .000 .000 .000 .272 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 LAK A+ FSL 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TOL AAA INT 0 168 .000 .000 .000 .214 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MIL MLB NL 86 265 .268 .340 .430 .285 107 -4.2 8.3 4.3 82 12 -2.5 0.4 -4.9 0.5
2000 IND AAA INT 0 81 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MIL MLB NL 71 208 .258 .325 .418 .252 101 0.6 6.2 3.2 104 15 -3.5 0.7 2.0 0.8
2002 BAL MLB AL 2 1 .222 .302 .375 .000 94 -0.3 0.0 0 76 11 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MIL MLB NL 31 99 .263 .327 .409 .217 99 -5 2.9 1.7 78 10 -3.6 -0.9 -2.2 -0.2
2002 IND AAA INT 14 48 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CSP AAA PCL 60 210 .000 .000 .000 .320 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 OTT AAA INT 26 104 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OMA AAA PCL 58 243 .000 .000 .000 .362 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PAW AAA INT 23 85 .000 .000 .000 .328 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CHA MLB AL 6 5 .251 .308 .366 .250 102 -0.7 0.1 0.1 77 9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2005 CHR AAA INT 70 255 .267 .331 .422 .257 109 -1 6.2 3.3 98 0 -0.7 0.6 -0.2 0.9
2006 STO A+ CLF 2 8 .280 .329 .445 .500 95 0.3 0.2 0.1 76 0 0.0 -0.4 -0.2 0.0
2006 MID AA TXS 2 11 .000 .000 .000 .182 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 SAC AAA PCL 4 16 .265 .336 .419 .308 97 -1.2 0.5 0.1 72 0 0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.0
2007 TBA MLB AL 29 89 .254 .323 .406 .241 102 1 2.6 1.3 101 20 -1.0 0.1 0.4 0.3
2007 DUR AAA INT 44 153 .261 .335 .408 .346 95 1.7 4.5 2.4 112 0 2.3 -3.6 2.0 0.7
2008 NYN MLB NL 20 61 .262 .332 .409 .318 94 0.1 1.8 0.9 82 14 -0.7 -0.1 -1.2 0.1
2008 NWO AAA PCL 44 168 .271 .349 .429 .341 101 2.8 5.2 0.2 110 0 -1.4 -1.6 0.2 0.2

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1991 KNG Rk APL 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .000 0 0
1992 KNG Rk APL 167 137 25 37 9 1 4 60 27 26 25 3 1 .270 .401 .438 .168 0 0
1992 CMB A SAL 19 18 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 .167 .211 .167 .000 0 0
1993 WLO A MDW 254 227 32 58 12 0 6 88 30 21 46 0 1 .256 .315 .388 .132 5 5
1994 RCU A+ CLF 526 471 83 160 27 2 23 260 120 43 97 1 4 .340 .405 .552 .212 0 0
1995 MEM AA SOU 339 306 42 83 18 0 12 137 44 25 51 4 1 .271 .334 .448 .176 0 0
1996 TOL AAA INT 188 161 23 44 11 0 8 79 28 20 24 0 1 .273 .359 .491 .217 1 1
1996 DET MLB AL 91 85 6 16 1 0 4 29 9 6 18 0 0 .188 .242 .341 .153 0 0
1996 JAX AA SOU 32 30 5 10 2 0 4 24 9 2 7 0 0 .333 .375 .800 .467 0 0
1997 DET MLB AL 334 304 27 74 10 1 5 101 24 26 48 1 1 .243 .308 .332 .089 1 0
1997 TOL AAA INT 44 41 1 8 0 0 1 11 3 3 8 0 0 .195 .250 .268 .073 0 0
1998 DET MLB AL 48 42 4 6 2 0 1 11 3 5 10 0 0 .143 .250 .262 .119 0 0
1998 TOL AAA INT 196 171 17 44 8 0 7 73 26 22 28 0 1 .257 .352 .427 .170 0 0
1999 TOL AAA INT 168 160 21 33 9 0 6 60 23 7 28 0 0 .206 .244 .375 .169 0 0
1999 LAK A+ FSL 13 12 3 6 2 0 1 11 6 0 1 0 0 .500 .538 .917 .417 0 0
2000 IND AAA INT 81 73 10 21 2 0 5 38 12 7 10 0 1 .288 .358 .521 .233 0 0
2000 MIL MLB NL 265 231 20 57 13 3 6 94 36 26 48 1 2 .247 .331 .407 .160 2 2
2001 MIL MLB NL 208 192 21 50 10 0 11 93 33 12 29 0 0 .260 .303 .484 .224 3 0
2002 IND AAA INT 48 43 2 12 4 0 0 16 8 3 8 0 0 .279 .326 .372 .093 0 0
2002 BAL MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2002 MIL MLB NL 99 87 3 16 1 0 1 20 8 10 18 0 0 .184 .273 .230 .046 1 0
2003 OTT AAA INT 104 91 12 26 5 0 3 40 14 10 15 0 0 .286 .369 .440 .154 0 0
2003 CSP AAA PCL 210 193 25 58 20 0 4 90 36 14 21 0 0 .301 .349 .466 .166 1 1
2004 OMA AAA PCL 243 223 37 74 12 0 10 116 49 15 36 1 0 .332 .382 .520 .188 0 0
2004 PAW AAA INT 85 74 4 20 2 1 1 27 9 10 15 0 0 .270 .357 .365 .095 0 0
2005 CHR AAA INT 255 233 25 62 13 0 13 114 42 20 29 0 0 .266 .327 .489 .223 0 0
2005 CHA MLB AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 0 0
2006 SAC AAA PCL 16 16 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2006 STO A+ CLF 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 .429 .500 .429 .000 0 0
2006 MID AA TXS 11 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .091 0 0
2007 DUR AAA INT 153 141 14 41 9 0 5 65 21 12 32 0 0 .291 .346 .461 .170 0 0
2007 TBA MLB AL 89 79 12 20 1 1 6 41 11 7 17 0 0 .253 .315 .519 .266 2 0
2008 NWO AAA PCL 168 156 18 46 12 0 4 70 23 11 29 0 0 .295 .345 .449 .154 0 0
2008 NYN MLB NL 61 55 5 15 2 0 1 20 6 6 10 0 0 .273 .344 .364 .091 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 206 0.4709 0.4126 0.7529 0.5670 0.2752 0.8000 0.6667 0.2471 -0.0041
Career2060.47090.41260.75290.56700.27520.80000.66670.2471-0.0041

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
2002-05-17 2002-08-23 60-DL 98 85 Left Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament - -
2002-05-07 2002-05-12 DTD 5 4 - Ankle Sprain - -
2001-08-11 2001-10-07 60-DL 57 48 Right Knee Surgery Meniscus and Cyst 2001-08-28 -
2001-07-25 2001-07-28 DTD 3 2 - General Medical Illness - -
2001-06-11 2001-06-19 DTD 8 7 - Elbow Soreness - -
2001-04-15 2001-04-17 DTD 2 1 - Hand Contusion - -
1999-04-05 1999-07-14 60-DL 100 88 - Trunk Surgery Fractured 7th Rib Caused By Benign Tumor - -
1998-08-07 1998-08-07 On-Alr 0 0 Right Wrist Fracture Hamate - -
1998-07-21 1998-09-27 15-DL 68 64 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1998-04-25 1998-07-16 60-DL 82 72 Right Abdomen Strain - -
1996-06-19 1996-09-04 15-DL 77 69 Left Wrist Surgery Fractured Hamate 1996-06-22 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 TBA $410,000
2002 MIL, BAL $850,000
2001 MIL $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,660,000
3 yrTotal$1,660,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 90 d

Details
  • designated for assignment 6/10/08 contract purchased 5/22/08 sent outright to Triple-A 5/13/08 designated for assignment 5/9/08 contract purchased 3/30/08 signed as a free agent from TB 12/12/07 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 10/29/07 contract purchased 9/12/07 designated for assignment 7/27/07
  • contract purchased 6/4/07
  • signed as a free agent from OAK 1/07, 1 year/$0.41M (07) (minor-league contract, $10K/mo min, $12K/mo major league contract)
  • may req release if not on major league ros 6/15/07
  • out clause to sign with foreign club for $0.1M
  • performance bonus:$5K each 20,30,40,50 g
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from CHW 1/06, 1 year/$0.375M (06) (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 9/05 signed as a free agent from KC 1/05 (minor-league contract) acquired in trade from BOS 6/04 signed as a free agent from BAL 5/04 (minor-league contract) signed as a free agent from COL 8/03 (minor-league contract) signed as a free agent from COL 8/03 (minor-league contract)
  • optioned to Triple-A 3/03 released 10/02 signed 9/02 released-MIL 9/02 designated for assignment 8/02 1 year/$0.85M (02) signed 12/01

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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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1996 mlb -.013 -3.3 1085 .000 -0.1 30 .017 .010 -0.4 -3.9 -4.5
1997 mlb .019 17.6 3319 .000 0.1 93 .021 .006 -1.2 16.5 17.8
1998 mlb -.003 -0.2 347 .001 -0.1 14 .001 .002 0.0 -0.3 -0.3
2000 mlb -.003 -2.0 2738 .000 0.3 47 .060 -.006 -1.7 -3.0 -2.5
2001 mlb -.002 -0.9 2132 .000 0.0 40 .042 .001 -1.0 -2.0 -3.5
2002 mlb -.013 -3.7 1210 .000 -0.1 25 -.008 .002 0.1 -3.7 -3.5
2005 aaa .000 0.0 2596 .000 0.0 52 .000 .004 0.0 0.0 -0.7
2005 mlb .000 0.0 51 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 afa .000 0.0 70 .000 0.0 1 -.014 .000 0.0 0.4 0.0
2006 aax .000 0.0 114 -.001 0.0 1 .004 -.001 0.0 0.4 0.0
2006 aaa .002 0.1 172 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.1
2007 mlb -.004 -0.8 976 .000 -0.1 13 -.017 .001 0.1 -0.7 -1.0
2007 aaa .007 2.7 1487 .001 -0.4 35 .034 .002 -0.7 1.3 2.3
2008 aaa .003 0.8 888 .000 0.1 31 .075 .003 -1.5 -1.1 -1.4
2008 mlb -.002 -0.2 608 .004 -0.8 5 -.002 -.003 0.0 -1.2 -0.7

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