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Tony Graffanino 2B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
20 3161 .265 .335 .394 92 12.5
Birth Date6-6-1972
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age51 years, 9 months, 22 days
BatsR
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 ATL 24 22 52 8 1 1 0 4 13 1 0 0 .174 .250 .239 62 -2.4 0.2 0.3 0.0
1997 ATL 25 104 221 48 9 1 8 26 46 1 6 4 .258 .344 .446 111 3.9 3.4 15.0 2.7
1998 ATL 26 105 317 61 14 1 5 24 68 2 1 4 .211 .275 .318 68 -12.0 3.2 15.3 1.4
1999 TBA 27 39 142 41 9 4 2 9 22 1 3 2 .315 .364 .492 99 0.4 -0.9 2.5 0.7
2000 CHA 28 57 172 40 5 1 2 21 25 1 7 4 .270 .363 .358 90 -1.2 -1.2 2.8 0.7
2000 TBA 28 13 22 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .300 .364 .350 89 -0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.1
2001 CHA 29 74 169 44 9 0 2 16 29 1 4 1 .303 .370 .407 91 -1.3 0.2 0.7 0.5
2002 CHA 30 70 259 60 12 4 6 22 38 2 2 1 .262 .329 .428 91 -1.9 1.2 -2.0 0.6
2003 CHA 31 90 281 65 15 3 7 24 37 3 8 0 .260 .331 .428 93 -1.4 4.6 3.8 1.6
2004 KCA 32 75 314 73 11 0 3 27 38 3 10 2 .263 .332 .335 87 -4.7 1.2 1.9 0.7
2005 BOS 33 51 200 60 12 1 4 9 23 2 4 1 .319 .355 .457 106 1.6 2.4 -0.3 0.9
2005 KCA 33 59 217 57 5 2 3 22 28 2 3 1 .298 .377 .393 104 1.2 2.2 -1.3 0.7
2006 KCA 34 69 250 59 16 0 5 25 31 1 3 4 .268 .346 .409 91 -1.8 -1.0 0.2 0.4
2006 MIL 34 60 261 66 17 3 2 20 37 4 2 0 .280 .345 .403 92 -1.6 1.2 -0.6 0.7
2007 MIL 35 86 260 55 8 0 9 24 44 3 0 1 .238 .315 .390 97 -0.1 0.3 2.4 1.0
2009 CLE 37 7 24 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .130 .167 .174 77 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1
Career98131617461452158275486285325.265.335.39492-22.117.040.312.5

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
1990 PUL Rk APL 42 161 .000 .000 .000 .235 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 IDA Rk PIO 66 308 .000 .000 .000 .387 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 MCN A SAL 112 466 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 DUR A+ CRL 123 514 .000 .000 .000 .302 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 GRN AA SOU 124 502 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 RIC AAA INT 50 198 .000 .000 .000 .236 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 ATL MLB NL 22 52 .269 .334 .423 .235 107 -4.4 1.6 -0.1 62 12 0.3 0.2 -2.4 0.0
1996 RIC AAA INT 96 396 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 ATL MLB NL 104 221 .259 .329 .400 .292 97 4.5 5.9 -0.3 111 9 15.0 3.4 3.9 2.7
1998 ATL MLB NL 105 317 .267 .335 .418 .258 97 -15.8 8.2 -0.4 68 11 15.3 3.2 -12.0 1.4
1999 TBA MLB AL 39 142 .265 .340 .426 .368 96 6.6 4.0 0.9 99 15 2.5 -0.9 0.4 0.7
1999 DUR AAA INT 0 385 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CHA MLB AL 57 172 .270 .341 .432 .311 90 2.7 5.4 1.2 90 7 2.8 -1.2 -1.2 0.7
2000 TBA MLB AL 13 22 .276 .352 .454 .333 85 -0.2 0.7 0 89 7 -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.1
2000 DUR AAA INT 0 42 .000 .000 .000 .320 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 CHA MLB AL 74 169 .266 .337 .428 .359 104 1.8 5.0 0.2 91 13 0.7 0.2 -1.3 0.5
2002 CHA MLB AL 70 259 .263 .330 .418 .289 100 3.2 7.5 0.8 91 12 -2.0 1.2 -1.9 0.6
2003 CHA MLB AL 90 281 .268 .328 .434 .280 99 4.4 7.6 1.5 93 11 3.8 4.6 -1.4 1.6
2004 KCA MLB AL 75 314 .272 .335 .433 .293 100 -5.8 9.3 -0.4 87 9 1.9 1.2 -4.7 0.7
2004 OMA AAA PCL 4 17 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 BOS MLB AL 51 200 .265 .326 .418 .346 106 2.3 5.8 -0.3 106 6 -0.3 2.4 1.6 0.9
2005 KCA MLB AL 59 217 .265 .322 .417 .338 104 3.6 6.2 -1.1 104 6 -1.3 2.2 1.2 0.7
2006 KCA MLB AL 69 250 .272 .330 .433 .293 110 -1.6 7.5 -0.4 91 7 0.2 -1.0 -1.8 0.4
2006 MIL MLB NL 60 261 .263 .332 .429 .323 94 0.4 7.9 -0.1 92 7 -0.6 1.2 -1.6 0.7
2007 MIL MLB NL 86 260 .275 .340 .441 .256 105 -5.2 7.7 -0.5 97 13 2.4 0.3 -0.1 1.0
2008 BUF AAA INT 25 100 .261 .328 .401 .354 91 1.8 3.0 -0.1 127 0 -3.1 -0.1 1.4 0.1
2009 CLE MLB AL 7 24 .270 .332 .430 .167 107 -3.1 0.7 0 77 15 -0.2 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1
2009 COH AAA INT 69 286 .262 .330 .396 .301 116 -7.6 8.3 -1.2 91 0 -0.7 1.7 -2.1 0.6

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
1990 PUL Rk APL 161 131 23 27 5 1 0 34 11 26 17 6 4 .206 .344 .260 .053 1 1
1991 IDA Rk PIO 308 274 53 95 16 4 4 131 56 27 37 19 4 .347 .408 .478 .131 2 2
1992 MCN A SAL 466 400 50 96 15 5 10 151 31 50 84 9 6 .240 .333 .378 .138 4 4
1993 DUR A+ CRL 514 459 78 126 30 5 15 211 69 45 78 24 11 .275 .343 .460 .185 2 2
1994 GRN AA SOU 502 440 66 132 28 3 7 187 52 50 53 29 7 .300 .369 .425 .125 7 7
1995 RIC AAA INT 198 179 20 34 6 0 4 52 17 15 49 2 2 .190 .255 .291 .101 1 1
1996 ATL MLB NL 52 46 7 8 1 1 0 11 2 4 13 0 0 .174 .250 .239 .065 1 0
1996 RIC AAA INT 396 353 57 100 29 2 7 154 33 34 72 11 7 .283 .347 .436 .153 5 5
1997 ATL MLB NL 221 186 33 48 9 1 8 83 20 26 46 6 4 .258 .344 .446 .188 5 3
1998 ATL MLB NL 317 289 32 61 14 1 5 92 22 24 68 1 4 .211 .275 .318 .107 1 1
1999 TBA MLB AL 142 130 20 41 9 4 2 64 19 9 22 3 2 .315 .364 .492 .177 0 2
1999 DUR AAA INT 385 345 66 108 25 6 9 172 58 37 46 16 9 .313 .384 .499 .186 0 0
2000 TBA MLB AL 22 20 8 6 1 0 0 7 1 1 2 0 0 .300 .364 .350 .050 0 0
2000 CHA MLB AL 172 148 25 40 5 1 2 53 16 21 25 7 4 .270 .363 .358 .088 1 1
2000 DUR AAA INT 42 35 9 10 3 0 2 19 6 7 8 2 0 .286 .405 .543 .257 0 0
2001 CHA MLB AL 169 145 23 44 9 0 2 59 15 16 29 4 1 .303 .370 .407 .103 3 4
2002 CHA MLB AL 259 229 35 60 12 4 6 98 31 22 38 2 1 .262 .329 .428 .166 2 4
2003 CHA MLB AL 281 250 51 65 15 3 7 107 23 24 37 8 0 .260 .331 .428 .168 1 3
2004 OMA AAA PCL 17 14 2 3 0 0 1 6 2 3 5 0 0 .214 .353 .429 .214 0 0
2004 KCA MLB AL 314 278 37 73 11 0 3 93 26 27 38 10 2 .263 .332 .335 .072 2 4
2005 BOS MLB AL 200 188 39 60 12 1 4 86 20 9 23 4 1 .319 .355 .457 .138 1 0
2005 KCA MLB AL 217 191 29 57 5 2 3 75 18 22 28 3 1 .298 .377 .393 .094 0 2
2006 KCA MLB AL 250 220 34 59 16 0 5 90 32 25 31 3 4 .268 .346 .409 .141 0 4
2006 MIL MLB NL 261 236 34 66 17 3 2 95 27 20 37 2 0 .280 .345 .403 .123 1 0
2007 MIL MLB NL 260 231 34 55 8 0 9 90 30 24 44 0 1 .238 .315 .390 .152 2 0
2008 BUF AAA INT 100 89 8 28 7 1 0 37 6 8 11 0 1 .315 .380 .416 .101 1 1
2009 CLE MLB AL 24 23 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 .130 .167 .174 .043 0 0
2009 COH AAA INT 286 261 39 69 24 0 6 111 40 17 46 3 0 .264 .317 .425 .161 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2009 74 0.5541 0.4595 0.8235 0.6098 0.2727 0.8400 0.7778 0.1765 0.0021
Career740.55410.45950.82350.60980.27270.84000.77780.17650.0021

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
2007-08-09 2007-09-30 60-DL 52 46 Right Knee Surgery ACL and Mensicus 2007-08-22
2007-03-26 2007-03-30 Camp 4 0 Low Back Spasms -
2007-03-06 2007-03-09 Camp 3 0 Left Contusion Foul Ball Big Toe -
2007-02-28 2007-03-01 Camp 1 0 Left Ankle Sprain -
2005-09-18 2005-09-18 DTD 0 0 Left Groin Strain -
2005-09-01 2005-09-04 DTD 3 3 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2005-05-09 2005-05-14 DTD 5 5 Wrist Sprain -
2004-08-01 2004-08-01 On-Alr 0 0 Right Knee Sprain PCL -
2004-08-01 2004-10-03 60-DL 63 59 Right Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff 2004-08-30
2004-05-01 2004-05-28 15-DL 27 23 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2004-05-03
2002-08-26 2002-09-30 60-DL 35 32 Right Knee Surgery ACL 2002-09-09

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 CLE $550,000
2007 MIL $3,250,000
2006 KCA, MIL $2,050,000
2005 KCA, BOS $1,100,000
2004 KCA $1,100,000
2003 CHA $675,000
2002 CHA $575,000
2001 CHA $375,000
2000 TBA, CHA $270,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$9,945,000
9 yrTotal$9,945,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 y 125 dJeff Borris, Dan Lozano

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A 5/7/09 designated for assignment 5/2/09 contract purchased 4/6/09 re-signed as a free agent 2/15/09, 1 year/$0.55M (09) (minor-league contract)
  • performance bonus:$25K each 30,50,70 g
  • signed as a free agent from MIL 6/24/08 (minor-league contract)
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$3.25M (07)
  • acquired in trade from KC 7/06 claimed off waivers from BOS 3/06 avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$2.05 (06) (arbitration contract non-guaranteed, so BOS owed 45 days term`n pay, or $0.512M)
  • acquired in trade from KC 7/05
  • signed as a free agent from CHW 12/03, 2 year/$2.2M (04-05), 04:$1.1M, 05:$1.1M
  • $0.4M increase in salary if traded
  • 2 year/$1.25M (02-03)
  • 02:$0.575M, 03:$0.675M
  • 1 year/$0.375M

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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