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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
20 1357 .208 .286 .331 75 -2.0
Birth Date8-13-1964
Height5' 11"
Weight205 lbs
Age59 years, 8 months, 5 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
1987 PIT 22 4 9 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 .667 90 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0
1988 PIT 23 29 80 13 2 0 0 4 15 0 0 0 .176 .218 .203 51 -4.3 -1.7 -0.5 -0.3
1989 PIT 24 21 59 7 4 0 0 6 12 0 1 1 .135 .220 .212 67 -2.1 -0.5 -1.8 -0.2
1990 PIT 25 4 11 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .100 .182 .100 81 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.0
1991 PIT 26 26 42 9 3 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 .265 .405 .441 116 0.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.2
1992 PIT 27 27 52 4 2 0 0 6 9 0 1 1 .091 .192 .136 77 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.1
1993 PIT 28 66 204 35 14 0 2 13 38 7 1 1 .196 .272 .307 65 -8.2 -1.7 -12.9 -1.4
1994 LAN 29 3 7 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 86 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 0.0
1995 LAN 30 18 44 8 2 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 .200 .273 .375 75 -1.3 -0.5 0.2 0.1
1996 LAN 31 40 77 19 6 0 1 6 15 2 0 0 .297 .365 .438 81 -1.6 0.6 -0.3 0.2
1997 LAN 32 47 113 22 5 0 3 5 15 3 0 0 .220 .275 .360 77 -2.8 0.8 0.0 0.3
1998 LAN 33 37 92 15 5 1 0 7 24 2 0 0 .185 .267 .272 64 -3.9 -0.2 1.3 0.1
1999 PHI 34 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 87 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2000 PHI 35 46 140 29 9 0 2 13 31 2 1 0 .238 .321 .361 69 -5.1 0.1 -10.2 -0.8
2001 MIN 36 64 215 43 4 1 7 12 39 6 3 1 .219 .284 .357 79 -4.8 -0.3 -9.1 -0.4
2002 MIN 37 51 148 28 7 1 4 14 26 4 1 3 .224 .317 .392 83 -2.4 1.8 -5.5 0.1
2003 KCA 38 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 87 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
2003 MIN 38 24 49 8 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 .200 .319 .400 90 -0.4 0.3 -1.7 0.0
Career5191357248664241052522998.208.286.33175-37.8-2.3-41.4-2.0

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
1984 WTT A- NYP 23 80 .000 .000 .000 .218 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 MCN A SAL 124 474 .000 .000 .000 .251 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 PRW A+ CRL 121 457 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 PIT MLB NL 4 9 .240 .294 .369 .167 96 0.2 0.3 0.2 90 35 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1987 HAR AA EAS 113 430 .000 .000 .000 .334 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 PIT MLB NL 29 80 .244 .302 .362 .220 102 -6.5 2.1 1.2 51 12 -0.5 -1.7 -4.3 -0.3
1988 BUF AAA AA 86 338 .000 .000 .000 .271 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PIT MLB NL 21 59 .253 .315 .384 .171 99 -4.4 1.5 0.9 67 14 -1.8 -0.5 -2.1 -0.2
1989 BUF AAA AA 65 212 .000 .000 .000 .209 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 PIT MLB NL 4 11 .223 .279 .344 .125 95 -0.6 0.3 0.2 81 11 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.0
1990 BUF AAA AA 94 334 .000 .000 .000 .244 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 PIT MLB NL 26 42 .247 .311 .374 .267 100 2.1 1.1 0.6 116 17 -0.3 -0.1 0.9 0.2
1991 BUF AAA AA 80 270 .000 .000 .000 .215 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 PIT MLB NL 27 52 .260 .319 .378 .108 98 -4.2 1.3 0.7 77 14 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.1
1992 BUF AAA AA 75 278 .000 .000 .000 .272 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 PIT MLB NL 66 204 .263 .323 .395 .232 99 -7.6 5.9 3.4 65 11 -12.9 -1.7 -8.2 -1.4
1994 LAN MLB NL 3 7 .344 .397 .562 .667 97 0.2 0.2 0.1 86 10 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0
1994 ABQ AAA PCL 103 398 .000 .000 .000 .302 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 LAN MLB NL 18 44 .268 .322 .412 .241 93 -1.7 1.3 0.8 75 16 0.2 -0.5 -1.3 0.1
1995 ABQ AAA PCL 61 222 .000 .000 .000 .372 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 LAN MLB NL 40 77 .250 .318 .393 .360 91 1.3 2.4 1.3 81 14 -0.3 0.6 -1.6 0.2
1996 ABQ AAA PCL 32 112 .000 .000 .000 .432 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 LAN MLB NL 47 113 .266 .332 .418 .229 97 -2.3 3.0 2 77 10 0.0 0.8 -2.8 0.3
1998 LAN MLB NL 37 92 .258 .326 .398 .263 94 -5.4 2.4 1.6 64 14 1.3 -0.2 -3.9 0.1
1999 PHI MLB NL 4 7 .272 .333 .466 .200 95 -1 0.2 0.1 87 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1999 CLR A+ FSL 0 37 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SWB AAA INT 0 26 .000 .000 .000 .063 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 PHI MLB NL 46 140 .270 .335 .439 .303 105 -7.6 4.4 2.6 69 19 -10.2 0.1 -5.1 -0.8
2001 MIN MLB AL 64 215 .271 .336 .436 .238 100 -10.2 6.4 3.9 79 10 -9.1 -0.3 -4.8 -0.4
2002 MIN MLB AL 51 148 .260 .329 .415 .247 97 -0.7 4.3 2.6 83 9 -5.5 1.8 -2.4 0.1
2003 KCA MLB AL 8 8 .261 .314 .422 .250 107 -1.4 0.2 0.1 87 16 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2003 MIN MLB AL 24 49 .268 .330 .441 .194 103 -0.3 1.3 0.8 90 15 -1.7 0.3 -0.4 0.0
2003 OMA AAA PCL 29 110 .000 .000 .000 .360 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
1984 WTT A- NYP 80 69 6 14 3 0 2 23 13 9 13 0 0 .203 .300 .333 .130 1 1
1985 MCN A SAL 474 360 60 75 20 1 10 127 42 96 92 13 3 .208 .390 .353 .144 1 1
1986 PRW A+ CRL 457 395 59 100 34 1 10 166 47 50 74 4 5 .253 .345 .420 .167 3 3
1987 HAR AA EAS 430 365 41 112 23 2 6 157 54 51 46 6 3 .307 .400 .430 .123 4 4
1987 PIT MLB NL 9 9 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .667 .444 0 0
1988 BUF AAA AA 338 304 35 79 16 0 14 137 42 23 53 3 6 .260 .323 .451 .191 3 3
1988 PIT MLB NL 80 74 3 13 2 0 0 15 6 4 15 0 0 .176 .218 .203 .027 0 2
1989 BUF AAA AA 212 183 21 37 8 1 6 65 33 22 30 2 3 .202 .293 .355 .153 1 1
1989 PIT MLB NL 59 52 1 7 4 0 0 11 5 6 12 1 1 .135 .220 .212 .077 1 0
1990 BUF AAA AA 334 284 38 64 13 0 7 98 37 39 46 4 7 .225 .326 .345 .120 3 3
1990 PIT MLB NL 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 .100 .182 .100 .000 0 0
1991 PIT MLB NL 42 34 4 9 3 0 1 15 2 7 3 0 0 .265 .405 .441 .176 0 0
1991 BUF AAA AA 270 221 29 46 8 3 6 78 32 37 31 3 4 .208 .337 .353 .145 2 2
1992 BUF AAA AA 278 244 34 64 17 0 9 108 35 20 35 3 1 .262 .336 .443 .180 2 2
1992 PIT MLB NL 52 44 1 4 2 0 0 6 5 6 9 1 1 .091 .192 .136 .045 2 0
1993 PIT MLB NL 204 179 14 35 14 0 2 55 24 13 38 1 1 .196 .272 .307 .112 3 2
1994 LAN MLB NL 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .000 0 0
1994 ABQ AAA PCL 398 330 61 94 31 2 20 189 54 51 67 2 2 .285 .397 .573 .288 2 2
1995 ABQ AAA PCL 222 192 30 61 15 0 7 97 36 27 41 0 0 .318 .405 .505 .188 1 1
1995 LAN MLB NL 44 40 3 8 2 1 1 15 4 4 10 0 0 .200 .273 .375 .175 0 0
1996 LAN MLB NL 77 64 6 19 6 0 1 28 11 6 15 0 0 .297 .365 .438 .141 2 3
1996 ABQ AAA PCL 112 95 24 39 5 1 7 67 22 15 14 0 2 .411 .500 .705 .295 0 0
1997 LAN MLB NL 113 100 17 22 5 0 3 36 14 5 15 0 0 .220 .275 .360 .140 1 4
1998 LAN MLB NL 92 81 7 15 5 1 0 22 5 7 24 0 0 .185 .267 .272 .086 0 2
1999 PHI MLB NL 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .000 0 0
1999 CLR A+ FSL 37 33 5 12 0 0 2 18 9 3 3 1 0 .364 .432 .545 .182 0 0
1999 SWB AAA INT 26 22 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 3 5 1 0 .091 .231 .227 .136 0 0
2000 PHI MLB NL 140 122 14 29 9 0 2 44 16 13 31 1 0 .238 .321 .361 .123 0 3
2001 MIN MLB AL 215 196 19 43 4 1 7 70 23 12 39 3 1 .219 .284 .357 .138 1 0
2002 MIN MLB AL 148 125 14 28 7 1 4 49 16 14 26 1 3 .224 .317 .392 .168 2 3
2003 KCA MLB AL 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2003 MIN MLB AL 49 40 5 8 2 0 2 16 5 5 7 1 0 .200 .319 .400 .200 0 2
2003 OMA AAA PCL 110 91 16 28 10 0 1 41 6 14 15 0 1 .308 .422 .451 .143 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
1999-04-05 1999-09-04 15-DL 152 134 Left Wrist Surgery Torn Ligaments 1999-03-29 -
1995-06-04 - 15-DL - - - Head Concussion Player Collision At Home Plate -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 MIN $450,000
2002 MIN $450,000
2001 MIN $400,000
2000 PHI $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,600,000
4 yrTotal$1,600,000

 

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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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)So wait, a strong walk rate and power, poor contact rate, gold glove caliber defense is NOT a valuable catching prospect?
(Aaron from YYZ)
Most of that power was in the Cal League. We're talking about a guy who's more likely to wind up being Tom Prince than Ron Karkovice. (Christina Kahrl)


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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
1987 mlb .000 0.0 133 .000 0.0 5 .016 .001 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
1988 mlb -.001 -0.2 725 .000 0.0 22 .014 .003 -0.2 -0.6 -0.5
1989 mlb -.010 -1.4 688 .000 0.0 28 .014 .007 -0.2 -1.3 -1.8
1990 mlb -.006 -0.2 102 .000 0.0 3 .020 .001 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
1991 mlb -.006 -0.6 446 .000 0.0 13 -.026 .001 0.2 -0.4 -0.3
1992 mlb -.006 -0.7 484 .000 0.0 11 .011 .000 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
1993 mlb -.020 -11.0 2211 .000 -0.2 63 .053 .002 -2.1 -12.7 -12.9
1994 mlb -.001 0.0 90 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 mlb -.002 -0.3 473 .000 0.0 12 .012 .002 -0.1 -0.4 0.2
1996 mlb -.001 -0.1 723 .000 0.0 17 .010 .000 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
1997 mlb -.007 -2.2 1239 .000 0.1 20 -.128 -.003 1.6 -0.6 0.0
1998 mlb .007 1.8 1053 .000 0.0 20 -.012 .001 0.2 2.0 1.3
1999 mlb -.006 -0.2 137 .000 0.0 1 .012 .000 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
2000 mlb -.021 -9.9 1680 .000 -0.2 24 -.011 -.001 0.2 -9.9 -10.2
2001 mlb -.017 -11.3 2626 .000 0.1 40 -.096 -.004 2.5 -8.6 -9.1
2002 mlb -.012 -5.3 1710 -.001 0.4 20 -.010 -.003 0.3 -4.6 -5.5
2003 mlb -.009 -1.5 715 .000 0.0 7 -.002 .001 0.0 -0.6 -1.6

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