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Mike Lamb 3B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 2988 .276 .332 .415 95 7.3
Birth Date8-9-1975
Height6' 1"
Weight205 lbs
Age48 years, 8 months, 14 days
BatsL
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
2000 TEX 24 138 538 137 25 2 6 34 60 4 0 2 .278 .328 .373 76 -14.4 4.4 -5.9 0.3
2001 TEX 25 76 306 87 18 0 4 14 27 5 2 1 .306 .348 .412 94 -1.1 -0.3 1.4 1.0
2002 TEX 26 115 355 89 13 0 9 33 48 3 0 0 .283 .354 .411 103 2.7 1.9 0.4 1.1
2003 TEX 27 28 42 5 0 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 .132 .190 .132 54 -2.3 0.4 -0.2 -0.1
2004 HOU 28 112 312 80 14 3 14 31 63 0 1 1 .288 .356 .511 116 6.7 2.4 0.9 1.9
2005 HOU 29 125 349 76 13 5 12 22 65 1 1 1 .236 .284 .419 86 -5.5 0.9 -4.7 -0.3
2006 HOU 30 126 421 117 22 3 12 35 55 0 2 4 .307 .361 .475 109 7.1 2.9 0.2 1.8
2007 HOU 31 124 353 90 14 2 11 36 45 3 0 0 .289 .366 .453 116 8.6 1.1 3.0 2.2
2008 MIL 32 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 72 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.0
2008 MIN 32 81 261 55 12 3 1 17 32 0 0 1 .233 .276 .322 73 -7.9 1.2 -5.3 -0.5
2010 FLO 34 39 40 7 1 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 .184 .225 .263 72 -1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
Career9752988746132196922640917710.276.332.41595-7.715.3-10.57.3

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
1997 PUL Rk APL 0 268 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 PCH A+ FSL 0 585 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TUL AA TXS 0 604 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 OKL AAA PCL 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TEX MLB AL 138 538 .270 .340 .436 .305 93 -8.8 16.9 2.1 76 10 -5.9 4.4 -14.4 0.3
2000 OKL AAA PCL 0 60 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEX MLB AL 76 306 .262 .327 .421 .325 105 0.5 9.1 1.2 94 9 1.4 -0.3 -1.1 1.0
2001 OKL AAA PCL 69 295 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TEX MLB AL 115 355 .264 .329 .420 .308 107 3.4 10.2 -4.4 103 12 0.4 1.9 2.7 1.1
2002 OKL AAA PCL 6 29 .000 .000 .000 .458 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TEX MLB AL 28 42 .251 .321 .396 .156 110 -6.1 1.1 -0.5 54 14 -0.2 0.4 -2.3 -0.1
2003 OKL AAA PCL 73 323 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 HOU MLB NL 112 312 .262 .329 .422 .324 95 11 9.3 0.2 116 13 0.9 2.4 6.7 1.9
2005 HOU MLB NL 125 349 .261 .326 .410 .257 99 -7.2 10.0 -4 86 9 -4.7 0.9 -5.5 -0.3
2006 HOU MLB NL 126 421 .266 .331 .428 .329 95 11 12.7 -4.3 109 9 0.2 2.9 7.1 1.8
2007 HOU MLB NL 124 353 .262 .330 .415 .307 102 9.4 10.5 -1.1 116 11 3.0 1.1 8.6 2.2
2008 MIL MLB NL 11 11 .254 .328 .391 .300 103 -0.5 0.3 0 72 11 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0.0
2008 MIN MLB AL 81 261 .265 .332 .418 .256 99 -10.9 7.5 0 73 11 -5.3 1.2 -7.9 -0.5
2009 BUF AAA INT 119 466 .261 .325 .392 .274 106 -16.5 13.6 -2.8 88 0 -3.7 2.0 -5.1 0.4
2010 FLO MLB NL 39 40 .249 .313 .386 .219 93 -3.7 1.1 -0.1 72 10 0.0 0.3 -1.2 0.0
2010 NWO AAA PCL 60 239 .276 .348 .432 .323 96 8.2 7.3 -1.4 123 0 -1.7 0.3 7.6 1.2
2011 SWB AAA INT 53 221 .262 .325 .406 .320 88 5.3 6.9 -3.6 117 0 -2.8 0.7 4.1 0.5

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
1997 PUL Rk APL 268 233 59 78 19 3 9 130 47 31 18 7 2 .335 .422 .558 .223 0 0
1998 PCH A+ FSL 585 536 83 162 35 3 9 230 93 45 63 18 7 .302 .361 .429 .127 0 0
1999 TUL AA TXS 604 544 98 176 51 5 21 300 100 53 65 4 3 .324 .391 .551 .228 0 0
1999 OKL AAA PCL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .750 .500 .000 0 0
2000 TEX MLB AL 538 493 65 137 25 2 6 184 47 34 60 0 2 .278 .328 .373 .095 2 5
2000 OKL AAA PCL 60 55 8 14 5 1 2 27 5 5 6 2 1 .255 .317 .491 .236 0 0
2001 TEX MLB AL 306 284 42 87 18 0 4 117 35 14 27 2 1 .306 .348 .412 .106 2 1
2001 OKL AAA PCL 295 273 35 81 19 3 8 130 40 13 31 0 2 .297 .333 .476 .179 2 2
2002 OKL AAA PCL 29 28 3 11 1 0 0 12 4 1 4 0 0 .393 .414 .429 .036 0 0
2002 TEX MLB AL 355 314 54 89 13 0 9 129 33 33 48 0 0 .283 .354 .411 .127 3 2
2003 TEX MLB AL 42 38 3 5 0 0 0 5 2 2 7 1 0 .132 .190 .132 .000 1 0
2003 OKL AAA PCL 323 274 45 79 19 4 9 133 46 42 45 1 1 .288 .384 .485 .197 2 2
2004 HOU MLB NL 312 278 38 80 14 3 14 142 58 31 63 1 1 .288 .356 .511 .223 3 0
2005 HOU MLB NL 349 322 41 76 13 5 12 135 53 22 65 1 1 .236 .284 .419 .183 4 0
2006 HOU MLB NL 421 381 70 117 22 3 12 181 45 35 55 2 4 .307 .361 .475 .168 5 0
2007 HOU MLB NL 353 311 45 90 14 2 11 141 40 36 45 0 0 .289 .366 .453 .164 2 1
2008 MIN MLB AL 261 236 20 55 12 3 1 76 32 17 32 0 1 .233 .276 .322 .089 8 0
2008 MIL MLB NL 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .000 0 0
2009 BUF AAA INT 466 440 44 115 29 2 5 163 53 21 34 0 0 .261 .299 .370 .109 1 1
2010 NWO AAA PCL 239 213 36 68 7 0 7 96 42 21 17 0 0 .319 .388 .451 .131 0 0
2010 FLO MLB NL 40 38 2 7 1 1 0 10 4 2 6 0 0 .184 .225 .263 .079 0 0
2011 SWB AAA INT 221 203 27 60 13 2 6 95 26 13 29 0 0 .296 .348 .468 .172 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 894 0.5302 0.5101 0.8311 0.6814 0.3167 0.9195 0.6165 0.1689 -0.0014
2010 158 0.5063 0.4873 0.8182 0.6375 0.3333 0.9608 0.5385 0.1818 0.0023
Career10520.52660.50670.82920.67480.31920.92570.60480.1708-0.0008

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
2011-07-05 2011-07-17 Minors 12 9 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-03-16 2010-03-16 Camp 0 0 General Medical Illness GI -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 FLO $500,000
2010 MIN $100,000
2009 FLO $400,000
2009 MIN $2,600,000
2008 MIN $3,500,000
2007 HOU $2,700,000
2006 HOU $1,700,000
2005 HOU $1,300,000
2004 HOU $352,000
2003 TEX $440,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$13,592,000
8 yrTotal$13,592,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 168 dLevinsons ACES1 year/$0.5M (2010)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2010). Signed by Florida as a free agent 2/11/10 (minor-league contract). $0.5M salary in majors. Contract purchased by Florida 4/3/10, DFA 5/7/10. Contract purchased by Florida 5/27/10, DFA 6/8/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by Milwaukee 12/9/08, with Brewers paying $0.4M minimum and Minnesota responsible for $2.6M of $3M salary in previous deal. Released by Milwaukee 4/1/09 (due 45 days' pay, $98,361).
  • 2 years/$6.6M (2008-09). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/14/07. 08:$3.5M, 09:$3M, 10: club option for $3.5M or 2009 total earnings ($0.1M buyout). 2010 option becomes player option with 1,025 PAs in 2008-09 and 510 PA in 2009. 2009 salary increases by following earned in 2008: $0.1M each for 400, 450, 500, 550, 600 PAs. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 400, 450, 500, 550, 600 PAs. Award bonuses: $25,000 each for All Star, Silver Slugger. $50,000 for LCS MVP. $0.1M each for WS MVP, MVP ($75,000 for 2nd, $50,000 for 3rd, $25,000 for 4th-6th). DFA by Minnesota 8/25/08, released 9/5/08. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 9/5/08, with Brewers paying pro-rated portion of $0.39M minimum for remainder of 2008 season.
  • 1 year/$2.7M (2007). Re-signed by Houston 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 500, 550, 600 PAs.
  • 1 year/$1.7M (2006). Re-signed 12/05 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2005). Re-signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration). $0.2M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.352M (2004)
  • 1 year/$0.44M (2003) (Texas). Signed 1/03 (minor-league contract)

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
2002 mlb .002 0.0 61 .002 0.0 2 .006 .001 0.0 0.0 0.4

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