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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
14	4817	.273	.330	.435	93	16.5

Birth Date	8-29-1977
Height	6' 0"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	46 years, 7 months, 18 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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	CHA	23	63	148	36	5	0	4	15	28	4	5	1	.293	.385	.431	91	-1.0	2.4	0.7	0.6
2002	CHA	24	126	331	78	16	2	7	12	54	6	0	1	.258	.298	.394	71	-10.3	0.0	12.1	1.2
2003	CHA	25	93	170	45	8	0	6	7	21	3	0	0	.287	.327	.452	92	-1.1	1.5	-2.6	0.3
2004	CHA	26	140	534	151	38	2	24	30	91	10	17	5	.310	.361	.544	114	10.1	4.5	3.5	3.4
2005	CHA	27	157	640	156	30	5	13	32	116	21	16	5	.270	.329	.407	91	-6.7	1.8	6.2	2.2
2006	PHI	28	109	445	106	24	3	12	18	76	18	10	4	.262	.321	.425	85	-6.7	1.5	4.8	1.4
2007	PHI	29	161	684	189	45	0	27	47	119	19	6	3	.309	.374	.515	121	20.6	3.0	-4.5	4.0
2008	SFN	30	152	611	149	37	0	13	44	126	14	2	4	.271	.339	.410	91	-5.6	-2.0	12.2	2.4
2009	SFN	31	144	546	130	30	2	15	30	125	14	4	1	.261	.319	.419	87	-7.0	0.0	-3.4	0.7
2010	SFN	32	105	357	76	12	2	11	16	74	8	5	3	.230	.281	.378	81	-7.4	0.5	-1.0	0.3
2011	SFN	33	108	351	77	22	2	4	10	84	9	2	3	.233	.274	.347	70	-11.3	2.6	-0.3	0.0
Career			1358	4817	1193	267	18	136	261	914	126	67	30	.273	.330	.435	93	-26.5	15.9	27.6	16.5

Statistics for All Levels

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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	HIC	A	SAL	0	245	.000	.000	.000	.393			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	WNS	A+	CRL	0	558	.000	.000	.000	.302			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BIR	AA	SOU	0	584	.000	.000	.000	.296			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	CHA	MLB	AL	63	148	.266	.340	.430	.348	103	4.5	4.4	0	91	13	0.7	2.4	-1.0	0.6
2001	CHR	AAA	INT	82	362	.000	.000	.000	.302			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	CHA	MLB	AL	126	331	.264	.330	.419	.292	101	-4.8	9.5	0.5	71	9	12.1	0.0	-10.3	1.2
2003	CHA	MLB	AL	93	170	.269	.331	.433	.298	99	2.2	4.6	0.3	92	15	-2.6	1.5	-1.1	0.3
2003	CHR	AAA	INT	32	139	.000	.000	.000	.234			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CHA	MLB	AL	140	534	.271	.335	.439	.340	107	20.5	15.9	0.9	114	8	3.5	4.5	10.1	3.4
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	157	640	.264	.324	.418	.316	103	-3.6	18.4	1.7	91	7	6.2	1.8	-6.7	2.2
2006	PHI	MLB	NL	109	445	.268	.333	.429	.295	99	-1	13.4	1.2	85	9	4.8	1.5	-6.7	1.4
2007	PHI	MLB	NL	161	684	.266	.333	.420	.345	104	24.2	20.3	1.8	121	7	-4.5	3.0	20.6	4.0
2008	SFN	MLB	NL	152	611	.262	.324	.410	.329	96	4.1	17.7	1.5	91	10	12.2	-2.0	-5.6	2.4
2009	SFN	MLB	NL	144	546	.260	.329	.411	.318	91	-0.4	15.7	1.4	87	9	-3.4	0.0	-7.0	0.7
2010	SFN	MLB	NL	105	357	.256	.321	.397	.263	89	-6.6	9.8	0.8	81	10	-1.0	0.5	-7.4	0.3
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	108	351	.257	.318	.400	.299	92	-6.8	9.5	-0.2	70	9	-0.3	2.6	-11.3	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
1998	HIC	A	SAL	245	218	42	75	13	3	5	109	32	21	35	7	3	.344	.416	.500	.156	0	0
1999	WNS	A+	CRL	558	512	96	143	37	3	24	258	88	33	94	15	10	.279	.339	.504	.225	0	0
2000	BIR	AA	SOU	584	532	80	137	26	5	20	233	98	38	117	22	7	.258	.324	.438	.180	0	0
2001	CHR	AAA	INT	362	329	54	97	28	0	16	173	48	21	47	8	2	.295	.352	.526	.231	2	2
2001	CHA	MLB	AL	148	123	21	36	5	0	4	53	20	15	28	5	1	.293	.385	.431	.138	1	5
2002	CHA	MLB	AL	331	302	41	78	16	2	7	119	29	12	54	0	1	.258	.298	.394	.136	2	9
2003	CHR	AAA	INT	139	120	15	29	9	0	3	47	13	11	12	0	0	.242	.302	.392	.150	6	6
2003	CHA	MLB	AL	170	157	22	45	8	0	6	71	24	7	21	0	0	.287	.327	.452	.166	1	2
2004	CHA	MLB	AL	534	487	94	151	38	2	24	265	69	30	91	17	5	.310	.361	.544	.234	2	5
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	640	578	77	156	30	5	13	235	69	32	116	16	5	.270	.329	.407	.137	4	5
2006	PHI	MLB	NL	445	405	59	106	24	3	12	172	47	18	76	10	4	.262	.321	.425	.163	2	2
2007	PHI	MLB	NL	684	612	105	189	45	0	27	315	89	47	119	6	3	.309	.374	.515	.206	4	2
2008	SFN	MLB	NL	611	549	57	149	37	0	13	225	70	44	126	2	4	.271	.339	.410	.138	4	0
2009	SFN	MLB	NL	546	499	61	130	30	2	15	209	64	30	125	4	1	.261	.319	.419	.158	3	0
2010	SFN	MLB	NL	357	331	42	76	12	2	11	125	34	16	74	5	3	.230	.281	.378	.148	1	1
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	351	331	34	77	22	2	4	115	21	10	84	2	3	.233	.274	.347	.115	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2083	0.4695	0.4950	0.7391	0.6708	0.3394	0.8628	0.5227	0.2609	-0.0084
2009	1860	0.4957	0.5075	0.7394	0.6616	0.3561	0.8557	0.5269	0.2606	0.0154
2010	1245	0.4996	0.5157	0.7352	0.6479	0.3836	0.8313	0.5732	0.2648	0.0031
2011	1232	0.5049	0.5024	0.7367	0.6479	0.3541	0.8337	0.5556	0.2633	0.0054
Career	6420	0.4897	0.5041	0.7380	0.6593	0.3556	0.8491	0.5400	0.2620	0.0034

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
2011-08-17	2011-08-18	DTD	1	1	-	Trunk	Strain	Intercostal	-	-
2011-06-22	2011-06-23	DTD	1	1		Arm	Contusion	HBP	-
2011-06-11	2011-06-15	DTD	4	3		Wrist	Contusion	HBP	-
2011-05-31	2011-05-31	DTD	0	0	Right	Hip	Contusion	Landed on Ball	-
2011-05-19	2011-05-22	DTD	3	3		Low Back	Soreness	Jammed While Running	-
2011-05-03	2011-05-03	DTD	0	0		Low Back	Spasms		-
2011-04-19	2011-04-19	DTD	0	0	Left	Forearm	Contusion	HBP	-
2011-03-06	2011-03-13	Camp	7	0	Right	Wrist	Contusion	HBP	-
2011-03-06	2011-03-11	Camp	5	0		Groin	Strain		-
2010-04-17	2010-04-17	On-Alr	0	0		Head	Concussion	HBP	-
2010-04-17	2010-05-02	15-DL	15	13	Left	Face	Fracture	HBP	-
2010-03-15	2010-03-21	Camp	6	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-
2009-09-26	2009-09-29	DTD	3	2		Low Back	Strain		-
2009-08-09	2009-08-09	DTD	0	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2009-08-01	2009-08-01	DTD	0	0	Left	Elbow	Contusion	HBP	-
2009-07-27	2009-07-31	DTD	4	4	Left	Forearm	Soreness		-
2009-07-23	2009-07-25	DTD	2	2	Left	Forearm	Strain		-
2009-07-21	2009-07-22	DTD	1	1		Forearm	Contusion		-
2009-06-29	2009-06-29	DTD	0	0	Left	Knee	Contusion		-
2009-06-01	2009-06-02	DTD	1	0	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-
2009-04-22	2009-04-24	DTD	2	1	Left	Ankle	Soreness		-
2008-08-14	2008-08-15	DTD	1	1		Low Back	Tightness		-
2008-06-07	2008-06-08	DTD	1	1	Right	Thigh	Tightness	Quadriceps	-
2008-04-27	2008-04-27	DTD	0	0	Left	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs	-
2008-04-13	2008-04-14	DTD	1	1	Left	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs	-
2008-04-11	2008-04-12	DTD	1	1		Groin	Soreness		-
2008-04-05	2008-04-07	DTD	2	2	Left	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs	-
2008-03-26	2008-03-27	Camp	1	0	Left		Contusion	HBP	-
2007-09-07	2007-09-07	DTD	0	0	Left	Hip	Strain		-
2007-08-10	2007-08-10	DTD	0	0			Blurred Vision	Corneal Abrasion	-
2007-07-27	2007-07-28	DTD	1	1	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2007-07-01	2007-07-01	DTD	0	0	Right	Thumb	Soreness	Thumb	-
2006-08-22	2006-10-01	15-DL	40	37	Left	Ankle	Surgery	Fracture	2006-08-25
2006-05-12	2006-05-27	15-DL	15	13		Face	Surgery	Fractures	2006-05-12
2005-10-14	2005-10-14	DTD	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2005-04-15	2005-04-15	DTD	0	0		Shoulder	Soreness		-
2002-11-01	2002-11-01	Off	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Fracture	Clavicle	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013		$
2012	SFN	$13,600,000
2011	SFN	$13,600,000
2010	SFN	$13,600,000
2009	SFN	$9,600,000
2008	SFN	$8,000,000
2007	PHI	$4,350,000
2006	PHI	$3,250,000
2005	CHA	$2,000,000
2004	CHA	$340,000
2003	CHA	$320,000
2002	CHA	$225,000

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$68,885,000
11 yr	Total	$68,885,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 55 d	Craig Landis	1 year (2012)

Details

1 year (2012). Signed by Miami as a free agent 12/13/11 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.48M in majors. Released by Miami 3/29/12.
5 years/$60M (2008-12). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/12/07. $8M signing bonus (paid $4M each, 2008-09). 08:$8M, 09:$8M, 10-12:$12M/year. Full no-trade clause in 2008. Limited no-trade protection in 2009-12. DFA by San Francisco 8/31/11. Released 9/8/11.
1 year/$4.35M (2007). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $15,000 for All-Star.
2 years/$8.5M (2005-06), plus 2007 option. 05:$2M, 06:$3.25M, 07:$3.25M player option or $5M club option. Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 1/05 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Chicago White Sox 11/05. 2007 option declined 11/06.
1 year/$0.34M (2004). Re-signed 3/04.
1 year/$0.32M (2003). Re-signed 3/03.
1 year/$0.225M (2002). Re-signed 3/02

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-06-12 19:00:00 (link to chat)	North Carolina represent! How would you compare Beck to others? (Larry from NC)	John Manuel on MLB Network I think said it best when he compared him to Aaron Rowand. You don't see this type of physicality from players who play an up the middle position. He's still young and maybeeeee he moves to a COF spot, but you let the process ride out. (Steve Givarz live during the MLB Draft)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Sam Travis seems like a legitimate person of interest. I would like for you to tell me how he will fare next year as the Red Sox starting 1b. Thanks for your time. (Hello from Here)	Hello! Two caveats that apply to this question and prospect questions generally: 1. I am not on the prospect team; and 2. As a White Sox fan/writer, my perspective has become skewed over the years. Given their organizational strengths with pitchers (and unusual pitchers at that) and crushing weakness at developing hitters (I think Aaron Rowand is the last plus position player the White Sox have drafted and graduated to the majors), I tend to err positive on arms and negative on bats--although...with a much lower bar for what I deem to be a success. All of that said, I find it hard to imagine that the Red Sox would enter 2018 with Travis as their starting first baseman. Given the presence of both Hanley and Sandoval (and potentially Swihart?), as well as their general aspirations for excellence, a fringe-power profile like Travis seems like a Plan B or C for the position rather than Plan A. (Nick Schaefer)
2010-04-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Even with SSS fun, it's clear the Giants are going to be awfultastic, right? When subtracting Mark DeRosa and Aaron Rowand hobbles an offense, a team's in trouble. (Bryan from Grounding into DP)	Well, this is what happened last year, no? (And by using "no?" at the end of the sentence I mean that yes, this is what happened last year. Maybe I should've just said that.) The Giants have a tremendous rotation and a pretty solid bullpen, and, once again, one of the most anemic offenses in recent memory. But don't discount the pitching; they will be in games all year long. I ultimately see their fate being similar to last year's: 85-89 wins, out of the playoffs. (Eric Seidman)
2009-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts on Alex Rios for 2010? (MickeyRivers from Philadelphia)	Plus defensive center fielder who'll hit .275 with some power and not enough walks. He's more or less comparable to Aaron Rowand, I think. And if it were my team, I'd STILL move Ramirez to CF. Grrr. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-09-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think the Cubs will release Bradley, or find a trade partner? [As a Giants fan, may I present Aaron Rowand?] (Rob from Oakland)	I think they'll try to trade him for somebody else's big contract headache, but that the likelihood isn't terribly high that they'll be able to find a match. Hendry has to know that his move to suspend Bradley opens up at least better-than-even probability that he'll be sinking the cost of some large fraction of the remaining $21 million on his deal. Maybe they can swap him for Alex Rios, who's none too popular on the South Side. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-04-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How will the giants do this season. thanks (Trevor from austin TX)	They'll be within a few games of .500 either way. If Barry Zito regains even his 2006-07 form, they could be in the wild-card race into September. They also have a lot of veterans, like Edgar Renteria, Aaron Rowand and Randy Winn, who if they tick upwards would push them into a race. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-07-21 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Will, your thoughts on the Giants' haul from the Durham trade? (Oren from LA)	Ford is speedy but no one seems to think he's a real player. I'm told Hammond could be useful at the front of a pen. It's a nice move by the Brewers and seems in line with last year's deal that brought in ... umm, crap, the guy from the Pirates. Rajai Davis. With that big OF in Telco Park, someone must have told Sabean he needed speed, though with Aaron Rowand signed, you can't play those guys on corners, tho I guess Rowand could shift. (Will Carroll)
2008-03-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Steve who loses more games this year the giants for O's my money is on the Giants. (dogtothedog from Toronto)	I think the Giants as well. Interesting question: if you merged picked the best players off of both teams, could you come up with a roster that would win 90 games? I don't think so; the Giants would supply some pitching and maybe Aaron Rowand, while the O's could throw in a pitcher or two and most of the their (still insufficient) lineup. Suffice it to say both will be pretty bad. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-26 12:00:00 (link to chat)	How good do you think Adam Jones is? There's been alot of talk that the Mariners were better with him than Bedard. I keep thinking Andruw Jones or Vernon Wells. Am I right? (hanley from not boston)	Adam Jones is fantastic, and I still don't like that trade for Seattle. Jones is truly fantastic defensively, and then even if he hits at about 80% of Vernon Wells, he's just as valuable (ok, that's hyperbolizing things, maybe). With the bat I go back and forth -- I've thought Vernon before, too, and sometimes I think maybe a bit less. Maybe Jones is going to be just like Aaron Rowand ... yeah, I think that's right on. (Bryan Smith)
2008-03-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How do the Giants NOT lose 100 games? (And why does Brian Sabean still have a job?) (kmdarcy from Portland, Oregon)	Aaron Rowand is going to have to tenaciously crash into a lot of walls for the Giants to not lose 100 games. Walls and opposing pitchers. Let's ignore the fact that I forgot to close that link in the intro, shall we? That whole second blue part is one page of rankings. (Marc Normandin)
2008-02-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	So everybody knows that Sabean is a bad GM... but here's my question. Very literally, what is he thinking (what's his perspective) when he brings back vizquel this year and goes and gets Rowand. Neither of these guys will be here the next time the Giants are in the play-offs (probably 2108). Is MacGowan giving him pressure to put butts in the seats? (getalong tom from Willits)	If he is, he's doing a bad job of it. I'm not sure anybody's making a discretionary leisure expense decision on the basis of a desire to see Aaron Rowand. Maybe it's a way to distract people from the really lousy Safeway-chain products--that has to be the worst salsa ever made. Are there still biker rallies up in Willits? Man, just the name of the place takes me back a ways... Anyway, the Giants are almost gearing up to make these next five years a never-ending re-enactment of the '85 demonstration of offensive ineptitude. Without the Gladden vs. Chili sparring matches, of course, because they're all such happy Giants these days. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Love your column. Could you give me an opinion on how you think Kenny Williams has done as the White Sox GM this past offseason, as well as on a whole for his tenure? And how exactly do you think the somewhat unique status in Chicago's market the Sox have impacts his approach? Since the WS victory, attendance has been markedly different to the point where pre-strike levels have finally been attained. Do they finally have a reliable fan base or will they be desperate for fans once again if they see another poor performance from the club? (colintj from Chicago)	Thanks colintj, I appreciate the compliment. Overall, I think Kenny Williams has had a decent blend of luck and daring, and perhaps more bad moves than good. Consider the Swisher move--it's a better choice than giving Torii Hunter or Aaron Rowand the money they would have cost. That wasn't part of any master design, but it's going to work out really very nicely for the Sox. While he says some things that are easy to lampoon, and nobody's calling him the best GM, he's also not the worst GM, not by any stretch. (Christina Kahrl)

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