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Craig Monroe LFTigers

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 2924 .252 .301 .441 94 4.3
Birth Date2-27-1977
Height6' 1"
Weight215 lbs
Age47 years, 1 months, 22 days
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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
2001 TEX 24 27 58 11 1 0 2 6 18 0 2 0 .212 .293 .346 77 -1.4 0.5 3.2 0.3
2002 DET 25 13 26 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 .120 .154 .280 70 -0.9 -0.5 0.4 0.0
2003 DET 26 128 458 102 18 1 23 27 89 2 4 2 .240 .287 .449 98 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.0
2004 DET 27 128 481 131 27 3 18 29 79 2 3 4 .293 .337 .488 106 4.4 3.5 6.6 2.5
2005 DET 28 157 623 157 30 3 20 40 95 3 8 3 .277 .322 .446 101 1.0 1.8 -8.6 0.8
2006 DET 29 147 585 138 35 2 28 37 126 1 2 2 .255 .301 .482 106 7.2 1.2 -3.4 1.7
2007 CHN 30 23 55 10 4 0 1 6 13 0 0 1 .204 .291 .347 68 -2.1 -1.2 -2.3 -0.4
2007 DET 30 99 372 76 19 0 11 20 94 2 0 3 .222 .264 .373 61 -17.1 -2.4 -5.3 -1.6
2008 MIN 31 58 179 33 9 0 8 16 48 0 0 1 .202 .274 .405 85 -2.9 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2009 PIT 32 34 87 17 2 0 3 7 21 1 0 0 .215 .287 .354 81 -1.8 1.1 0.2 0.1
Career81429246781469115188588121918.252.301.44194-13.34.2-8.14.3

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
1996 CSC A SAL 49 174 .000 .000 .000 .219 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 HUD A- NYP 67 295 .000 .000 .000 .345 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 PCH A+ FSL 0 372 .000 .000 .000 .290 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 PCH A+ FSL 0 541 .000 .000 .000 .275 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 PCH A+ FSL 0 526 .000 .000 .000 .299 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 OKL AAA PCL 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TUL AA TXS 0 530 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEX MLB AL 27 58 .259 .329 .419 .281 100 -2.7 1.7 -0.6 77 15 3.2 0.5 -1.4 0.3
2001 OKL AAA PCL 114 465 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB AL 13 26 .261 .322 .396 .105 99 -2.9 0.7 -0.3 70 20 0.4 -0.5 -0.9 0.0
2002 TOL AAA INT 99 402 .000 .000 .000 .360 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 DET MLB AL 128 458 .262 .324 .418 .250 97 -1.4 12.5 -3.9 98 12 1.3 0.2 0.3 1.0
2003 TOL AAA INT 14 51 .000 .000 .000 .486 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 DET MLB AL 128 481 .273 .338 .438 .320 103 10.3 14.3 -3.2 106 8 6.6 3.5 4.4 2.5
2004 TOL AAA INT 6 26 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 DET MLB AL 157 623 .266 .328 .422 .295 102 6.7 17.9 -4.4 101 9 -8.6 1.8 1.0 0.8
2006 DET MLB AL 147 585 .273 .331 .436 .280 106 -2.4 17.6 -5.4 106 9 -3.4 1.2 7.2 1.7
2007 CHN MLB NL 23 55 .284 .352 .463 .257 104 -2.5 1.6 -0.2 68 8 -2.3 -1.2 -2.1 -0.4
2007 DET MLB AL 99 372 .273 .336 .429 .266 103 -17.7 11.0 -2.6 61 8 -5.3 -2.4 -17.1 -1.6
2008 MIN MLB AL 58 179 .268 .330 .420 .234 100 -3.3 5.2 -2.5 85 13 -0.2 0.0 -2.9 0.0
2009 PIT MLB NL 34 87 .276 .349 .439 .255 96 -3.6 2.5 -0.7 81 19 0.2 1.1 -1.8 0.1

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
1996 HUD A- NYP 295 268 53 74 16 6 5 117 29 23 63 21 7 .276 .338 .437 .160 0 0
1996 CSC A SAL 174 153 11 23 11 1 0 36 9 18 48 2 2 .150 .253 .235 .085 0 0
1997 PCH A+ FSL 372 328 54 77 23 1 7 123 41 44 80 24 1 .235 .325 .375 .140 0 0
1998 PCH A+ FSL 541 472 73 114 26 7 17 205 76 66 102 50 13 .242 .338 .434 .193 0 0
1999 PCH A+ FSL 526 480 77 125 21 1 17 199 81 42 102 40 16 .260 .325 .415 .154 0 0
1999 OKL AAA PCL 17 16 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 4 0 0 .250 .294 .313 .063 0 0
2000 TUL AA TXS 530 464 89 131 34 5 20 235 89 64 91 12 13 .282 .372 .506 .224 0 0
2001 TEX MLB AL 58 52 8 11 1 0 2 18 5 6 18 2 0 .212 .293 .346 .135 0 0
2001 OKL AAA PCL 465 410 60 115 25 5 20 210 75 46 85 10 8 .280 .359 .512 .232 1 1
2002 TOL AAA INT 402 358 61 115 30 4 10 183 49 35 57 7 3 .321 .384 .511 .190 1 1
2002 DET MLB AL 26 25 3 3 1 0 1 7 1 0 5 0 2 .120 .154 .280 .160 0 0
2003 DET MLB AL 458 425 51 102 18 1 23 191 70 27 89 4 2 .240 .287 .449 .209 3 1
2003 TOL AAA INT 51 47 14 19 4 1 2 31 6 4 10 1 0 .404 .451 .660 .255 0 0
2004 TOL AAA INT 26 25 4 8 4 0 2 18 6 0 6 0 0 .320 .320 .720 .400 0 0
2004 DET MLB AL 481 447 65 131 27 3 18 218 72 29 79 3 4 .293 .337 .488 .195 3 0
2005 DET MLB AL 623 567 69 157 30 3 20 253 89 40 95 8 3 .277 .322 .446 .169 12 1
2006 DET MLB AL 585 541 89 138 35 2 28 261 92 37 126 2 2 .255 .301 .482 .227 6 0
2007 CHN MLB NL 55 49 6 10 4 0 1 17 4 6 13 0 1 .204 .291 .347 .143 0 0
2007 DET MLB AL 372 343 47 76 19 0 11 128 55 20 94 0 3 .222 .264 .373 .152 6 1
2008 MIN MLB AL 179 163 22 33 9 0 8 66 29 16 48 0 1 .202 .274 .405 .202 0 0
2009 PIT MLB NL 87 79 8 17 2 0 3 28 16 7 21 0 0 .215 .287 .354 .139 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 729 0.4801 0.5062 0.6883 0.7229 0.3061 0.7826 0.4828 0.3117 0.0053
2009 344 0.4535 0.4971 0.6959 0.7308 0.3032 0.7632 0.5614 0.3041 0.0041
Career10730.47160.50330.69070.72540.30520.77640.50800.30930.0049

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
2008-03-03 2008-03-06 Camp 3 0 Left Lower Leg Strain Peroneal -
2007-08-13 2007-08-17 DTD 4 4 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2007-07-19 2007-07-21 DTD 2 2 Low Back Spasms -
2007-06-27 2007-06-28 DTD 1 0 Left Knee Inflammation -
2007-04-15 2007-04-15 DTD 0 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2007-03-09 2007-03-15 Camp 6 0 Left Ankle Inflammation -
2006-07-21 2006-07-22 DTD 1 1 Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2006-06-15 2006-06-20 DTD 5 5 Right Ankle Sprain -
2006-06-13 2006-06-14 DTD 1 1 Right Ankle Sprain -
2006-06-08 2006-06-12 DTD 4 4 Right Ankle Sprain -
2006-03-02 2006-03-19 Camp 17 0 Soreness -
2005-05-05 2005-05-07 DTD 2 2 Groin Strain -
2004-07-21 2004-08-07 15-DL 17 16 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2004-05-13 2004-05-13 Camp 0 0 Thigh Strain Quadriceps -
2003-05-20 2003-05-20 DTD 0 0 Left Wrist Sprain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 PIT $750,000
2008 MIN $3,820,000
2007 DET, CHN $4,775,000
2006 DET $2,800,000
2005 DET $400,000
2004 DET $335,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$12,880,000
6 yrTotal$12,880,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 63 d

Details
  • designated for assignment 6/20/09 signed as a free agent from MIN 1/13/09 (minor-league contract, $0.75M major league)
  • performance bonus (plate appearances)
  • designated for assignment 8/1/08
  • avoided arbitration 12/11/07, 1 year/$3.82M (08)
  • acquired in trade from CHC 11/13/07 (PTBN)
  • acquired in trade from DT 8/23/07 (for cash, PTBN)
  • designated for assignment 8/17/07 avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$4.775M (07)
  • avoided arbitration 1/06 ($3.05M-$2.45M), 1 year/$2.8M (06)
  • re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$0.4M (05) re-signed 2/04, 1 year/$0.335M (04)
  • recalled 4/03 sent to minor-league camp 3/03 sent outright to Triple-A 1/03 recalled 9/02 optioned to Triple-A 7/02 recalled 7/02 optioned to Triple-A 6/02 recalled 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 5/02 recalled 4/02 optioned to Triple-A 4/02
  • recalled 4/02 Triple-A 3/02 40-m 2/02 recalled 9/01 optioned to Triple-A 8/01 recalled 7/01

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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