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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 5892 .232 .346 .462 112 14.7
Birth Date5-17-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age45 years, 11 months, 8 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
2001 TEX 23 22 72 16 4 1 3 10 17 0 0 0 .258 .361 .500 101 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.1
2002 DET 24 75 302 69 13 4 12 26 73 2 2 2 .253 .321 .462 95 -0.7 1.1 0.0 0.3
2002 OAK 24 40 141 27 4 0 7 15 38 1 0 0 .218 .305 .419 94 -0.5 0.5 3.3 0.5
2003 DET 25 131 516 112 21 6 18 53 123 6 4 5 .248 .332 .440 99 0.9 -3.5 -3.4 -0.2
2004 DET 26 142 561 116 22 4 27 70 146 3 7 1 .241 .338 .472 105 4.4 1.0 -3.2 0.8
2005 DET 27 79 295 61 9 0 18 31 95 4 0 1 .235 .325 .477 102 1.1 1.2 1.7 0.7
2006 BOS 28 18 37 9 2 0 1 4 10 0 0 0 .273 .351 .424 89 -0.4 -1.0 -0.9 -0.2
2007 TBA 29 148 612 138 29 1 46 103 142 10 1 0 .282 .411 .627 159 48.6 -1.4 7.5 6.0
2008 TBA 30 139 607 121 24 2 31 96 166 12 1 1 .247 .377 .494 128 22.6 -2.8 10.3 3.7
2009 TBA 31 135 570 107 25 2 39 87 163 9 3 3 .227 .356 .537 135 26.0 -0.1 -9.5 2.3
2010 TBA 32 144 582 95 18 0 28 87 158 7 5 1 .196 .325 .407 105 4.1 0.5 -7.1 0.3
2011 CHN 33 153 606 111 27 3 28 101 161 4 2 2 .225 .357 .462 115 11.2 0.1 -2.7 1.5
2012 TBA 34 160 600 98 17 2 19 87 182 13 2 3 .197 .330 .354 93 -4.7 -4.2 -2.5 -0.6
2013 HOU 35 85 325 58 13 1 8 43 89 4 1 3 .209 .324 .350 78 -7.6 -1.8 1.3 -0.5
2013 KCA 35 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 70 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2014 TEX 36 18 63 8 3 0 1 4 11 0 1 0 .136 .190 .237 79 -1.4 -1.6 1.0 -0.2
Career149358921146231262868171577752922.232.346.462112104.0-12.2-4.314.7

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
1998 SAV A SAL 0 125 .000 .000 .000 .378 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 PCH A+ FSL 0 25 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 PCH A+ FSL 0 591 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TUL AA TXS 0 639 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEX MLB AL 22 72 .248 .316 .406 .310 104 1.5 2.1 -1.3 101 17 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.1
2001 OKL AAA PCL 119 519 .000 .000 .000 .359 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB AL 75 302 .260 .324 .414 .302 95 3.9 8.7 -5.6 95 8 0.0 1.1 -0.7 0.3
2002 OAK MLB AL 40 141 .261 .324 .420 .250 95 1 4.1 -2.6 94 8 3.3 0.5 -0.5 0.5
2002 SAC AAA PCL 44 206 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 DET MLB AL 131 516 .264 .325 .418 .298 96 7.4 14.1 -9.7 99 12 -3.4 -3.5 0.9 -0.2
2003 TOL AAA INT 8 35 .000 .000 .000 .435 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 DET MLB AL 142 561 .272 .338 .436 .284 103 6.9 16.7 -10.6 105 7 -3.2 1.0 4.4 0.8
2005 DET MLB AL 79 295 .267 .329 .423 .293 101 3.8 8.5 -5.4 102 15 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.7
2005 TOL AAA INT 71 309 .270 .333 .426 .378 101 12.1 8.4 -5.4 164 0 -3.0 -1.5 23.3 2.1
2006 BOS MLB AL 18 37 .258 .324 .410 .364 102 0.1 1.1 -0.6 89 17 -0.9 -1.0 -0.4 -0.2
2006 COH AAA INT 105 462 .258 .324 .391 .293 99 15.1 11.9 -7.7 145 0 2.8 -2.7 22.9 2.7
2006 PAW AAA INT 11 44 .258 .321 .398 .464 106 8.2 1.2 -0.8 144 0 1.4 -0.5 22.3 2.3
2007 TBA MLB AL 148 612 .262 .329 .409 .297 103 53.5 18.2 -11.6 159 8 7.5 -1.4 48.6 6.0
2008 TBA MLB AL 139 607 .263 .329 .412 .298 104 25.5 17.5 -11.2 128 11 10.3 -2.8 22.6 3.7
2008 VRO A+ FSL 1 5 .290 .375 .412 .000 100 -0.8 0.2 -0.1 61 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2009 TBA MLB AL 135 570 .265 .331 .422 .250 104 22.6 16.4 -10.5 135 9 -9.5 -0.1 26.0 2.3
2010 TBA MLB AL 144 582 .258 .324 .406 .222 105 3.9 16.0 -10.3 105 5 -7.1 0.5 4.1 0.3
2010 PCH A+ FSL 1 3 .269 .360 .429 .667 95 0.8 0.1 -0.1 149 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
2011 CHN MLB NL 153 606 .254 .318 .397 .267 101 20.2 16.3 -10.4 115 9 -2.7 0.1 11.2 1.5
2012 TBA MLB AL 160 600 .255 .318 .411 .264 95 1.5 16.4 -10.3 93 8 -2.5 -4.2 -4.7 -0.6
2013 HOU MLB AL 85 325 .255 .315 .399 .278 101 -1.2 8.5 -5.4 78 9 1.3 -1.8 -7.6 -0.5
2013 KCA MLB AL 4 3 .278 .335 .463 .000 100 -0.8 0.1 0 70 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2013 OMA AAA PCL 5 22 .244 .323 .361 .308 90 4 0.6 -0.4 156 0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.1
2014 TEX MLB AL 18 63 .245 .306 .367 .149 99 -5 1.6 -1 79 11 1.0 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2
2014 ROU AAA PCL 20 80 .272 .337 .421 .327 100 2.1 2.4 -1.5 117 0 1.2 -0.1 1.1 0.3

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
1998 PCH A+ FSL 25 22 1 6 1 0 0 7 3 2 8 0 1 .273 .360 .318 .045 0 0
1998 SAV A SAL 125 113 21 37 13 0 6 68 20 8 25 3 2 .327 .392 .602 .274 0 0
1999 PCH A+ FSL 591 501 85 128 31 8 18 229 103 74 135 2 5 .255 .369 .457 .202 0 0
2000 TUL AA TXS 639 529 117 158 36 2 28 282 105 101 108 12 0 .299 .419 .533 .234 0 0
2001 OKL AAA PCL 519 431 71 124 38 3 23 237 74 80 127 11 3 .288 .408 .550 .262 0 0
2001 TEX MLB AL 72 62 6 16 4 1 3 31 12 10 17 0 0 .258 .361 .500 .242 0 0
2002 SAC AAA PCL 206 175 30 42 10 1 10 84 33 24 49 3 0 .240 .345 .480 .240 0 0
2002 DET MLB AL 302 273 31 69 13 4 12 126 36 26 73 2 2 .253 .321 .462 .209 1 0
2002 OAK MLB AL 141 124 12 27 4 0 7 52 16 15 38 0 0 .218 .305 .419 .202 1 0
2003 DET MLB AL 516 452 51 112 21 6 18 199 50 53 123 4 5 .248 .332 .440 .192 4 1
2003 TOL AAA INT 35 30 4 10 4 1 0 16 5 4 7 0 0 .333 .429 .533 .200 0 0
2004 DET MLB AL 561 481 89 116 22 4 27 227 82 70 146 7 1 .241 .338 .472 .231 5 2
2005 TOL AAA INT 309 257 43 80 17 1 12 135 45 45 65 3 4 .311 .425 .525 .214 0 0
2005 DET MLB AL 295 260 37 61 9 0 18 124 44 31 95 0 1 .235 .325 .477 .242 0 0
2006 COH AAA INT 462 381 65 99 17 0 19 173 66 63 89 4 0 .260 .377 .454 .194 0 0
2006 BOS MLB AL 37 33 3 9 2 0 1 14 3 4 10 0 0 .273 .351 .424 .152 0 0
2006 PAW AAA INT 44 37 7 17 3 0 4 32 8 5 5 0 0 .459 .535 .865 .405 0 0
2007 TBA MLB AL 612 490 99 138 29 1 46 307 121 103 142 1 0 .282 .411 .627 .345 8 1
2008 VRO A+ FSL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .000 0 0
2008 TBA MLB AL 607 490 76 121 24 2 31 242 102 96 166 1 1 .247 .377 .494 .247 9 0
2009 TBA MLB AL 570 471 91 107 25 2 39 253 100 87 163 3 3 .227 .356 .537 .310 3 0
2010 PCH A+ FSL 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 .000 0 0
2010 TBA MLB AL 582 484 64 95 18 0 28 197 84 87 158 5 1 .196 .325 .407 .211 4 0
2011 CHN MLB NL 606 493 72 111 27 3 28 228 80 101 161 2 2 .225 .357 .462 .237 7 1
2012 TBA MLB AL 600 497 72 98 17 2 19 176 61 87 182 2 3 .197 .330 .354 .157 3 0
2013 HOU MLB AL 325 277 38 58 13 1 8 97 25 43 89 1 3 .209 .324 .350 .141 0 1
2013 KCA MLB AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2013 OMA AAA PCL 22 18 5 6 0 1 2 14 6 4 3 0 0 .333 .455 .778 .444 0 0
2014 TEX MLB AL 63 59 4 8 3 0 1 14 2 4 11 1 0 .136 .190 .237 .102 0
2014 ROU AAA PCL 80 74 12 22 3 0 4 37 8 5 15 0 0 .297 .350 .500 .203 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 2291 0.4679 0.4374 0.6926 0.6735 0.2297 0.7493 0.5464 0.3074 -0.0037
2009 2213 0.4763 0.4541 0.6398 0.6907 0.2390 0.7198 0.4296 0.3602 -0.0137
2010 2267 0.4755 0.4513 0.6833 0.6809 0.2431 0.7902 0.4118 0.3167 -0.0060
2011 2472 0.4490 0.4389 0.6747 0.6901 0.2342 0.7781 0.4263 0.3253 -0.0042
2012 2457 0.4518 0.4286 0.6496 0.6523 0.2442 0.7583 0.4103 0.3504 -0.0028
2013 1290 0.4574 0.4620 0.6443 0.6966 0.2643 0.7445 0.4216 0.3557 0.0013
2014 212 0.5236 0.5000 0.7170 0.7117 0.2673 0.8101 0.4444 0.2830 0.0011
Career132020.46390.44460.66650.67970.24110.75900.44210.3335-0.0051

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
2014-08-04 2014-08-17 Minors 13 0 - Not Disclosed -
2013-09-10 2013-09-30 60-DL 20 18 - General Medical Surgery Appendectomy 2013-09-14 -
2011-04-05 2011-04-08 DTD 3 2 Right Thumb Sprain From Fielding Errant Throw -
2011-02-22 2011-02-27 Camp 5 0 General Medical Respiratory Chest Cold -
2010-08-01 2010-08-16 15-DL 15 14 Right Foot Strain Plantar Fascia -
2009-09-07 2009-10-05 60-DL 28 26 Left Fingers Surgery HBP Index and Middle Finger Fractures 2009-09-10
2009-01-08 2009-01-08 Off 0 0 Surgery Sports Hernia 2009-01-08
2008-10-02 2008-10-02 DTD 0 0 Abrasion Corneal -
2008-06-04 2008-06-27 15-DL 23 20 Left Fingers Fracture Index Finger HBP -
2008-04-18 2008-04-19 DTD 1 1 Right Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2005-05-19 2005-05-20 DTD 1 1 Head Contusion HBP Back of Head -
2003-06-02 2003-06-27 15-DL 25 22 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2003-05-28 2003-06-01 DTD 4 3 Left Thigh Soreness Hamstring -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 HOU $2,900,000
2012 TBA $7,250,000
2011 CHN $10,000,000
2010 TBA $10,250,000
2009 TBA $8,000,000
2008 TBA $6,000,000
2007 TBA $800,000
2005 DET $2,575,000
2004 DET $330,000
2003 DET $310,000
2002 OAK $202,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
11 yrPrevious$48,617,000
11 yrTotal$48,617,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 111 dScott Boras1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/28/14 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Released by LA Angels 3/24/14. Signed by Texas as a free agent 6/17/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 6/24/14. DFA by Texas 7/17/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/19/14.
  • 1 year/$2.9M (2013). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/17/12. May earn additional $1.4M in performance bonuses. DFA by Houston 7/22/13. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 8/27/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 9/3/13.
  • 1 year/$7.25M (2012). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 1/23/12.
  • 1 year/$10M (2011). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/8/10. $5M deferred, to be paid 1/2012.
  • 3 years/$24.25M (2008-10). Signed extension with Tampa Bay 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration, replacing 1 year/$6M deal). 08:$6M, 09:$8M, 10:$10.25M. Award bonus: $25,000 for Gold Glove.
  • 1 year/$0.8M (2007). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/07 (minor-league contract). $0.4M in performance bonuses. Contract purchased 4/07.
  • 1 year/$2.8M (2006). Re-signed by Detroit 1/06 (avoided arbitration). Released by Detroit 3/06 (due 45 days termination pay, or $688,525). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 4/06 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Yankees 8/06. Signed by Boston as a free agent 8/06 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 8/06.
  • 1 year/$2.575M (2005). Re-signed by Detroit 1/05 (avoided arbitration). $25,000 in performance bonuses: $25,000 for 625 PAs.
  • 1 year/$0.33M (2004). Re-signed by Detroit 3/04.
  • 1 year/$0.31M (2003). Re-signed by Detroit 3/03.
  • Acquired by Oakland in trade from Texas 1/02. Acquired by Detroit in trade from Oakland 7/02.
  • Drafted by Texas 1998 (1-10) (Northeastern). $1.85M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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