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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 1998 .238 .296 .393 81 3.0
Birth Date5-21-1971
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age52 years, 11 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
1995 SEA 24 23 49 9 0 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 .200 .245 .267 75 -1.4 -0.3 0.1 0.0
1996 SEA 25 8 12 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 .182 .250 .182 60 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MON 26 91 305 65 20 3 7 22 59 1 2 0 .234 .290 .403 79 -7.0 -0.2 -10.4 -0.4
1998 MON 27 125 448 97 18 1 15 29 85 0 6 1 .233 .281 .388 83 -8.5 -1.4 1.3 1.1
1999 MON 28 124 419 101 24 1 14 28 86 7 1 4 .264 .325 .441 87 -5.1 -0.6 -5.5 0.7
2000 MON 29 86 312 67 17 2 12 29 61 1 1 2 .238 .311 .441 91 -2.0 -0.2 1.9 1.4
2000 SEA 29 10 12 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .091 .167 .364 90 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 0.0
2002 NYA 31 21 68 19 5 0 0 2 9 2 0 0 .297 .338 .375 73 -2.0 0.4 1.5 0.3
2003 SLN 32 44 112 24 9 0 0 6 20 1 0 0 .235 .279 .324 60 -5.3 -0.5 0.8 0.0
2005 CHA 34 45 154 34 8 0 4 10 22 1 0 2 .241 .296 .383 82 -3.2 -1.3 -0.9 0.2
2006 BAL 35 9 20 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 .118 .211 .118 62 -0.9 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1
2006 CHA 35 27 87 14 3 0 1 9 20 0 0 0 .184 .264 .263 62 -3.9 -0.7 -2.9 -0.3
Career613199843510475514138414109.238.296.39381-40.0-4.8-15.33.0

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
1992 BLN A- NWN 51 194 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 RIV A+ CLF 97 389 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 JAX AA SOU 116 434 .000 .000 .000 .281 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SEA MLB AL 23 49 .272 .346 .427 .235 101 -4.1 1.5 0.6 75 17 0.1 -0.3 -1.4 0.0
1995 TAC AAA PCL 50 184 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SEA MLB AL 8 12 .283 .367 .488 .333 102 -1.3 0.4 0.2 60 10 0.0 0.0 -0.6 0.0
1996 TAC AAA PCL 97 385 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MON MLB NL 91 305 .267 .330 .415 .271 99 -5.3 8.1 5.4 79 9 -10.4 -0.2 -7.0 -0.4
1998 MON MLB NL 125 448 .260 .324 .408 .257 92 -10.4 11.6 8 83 10 1.3 -1.4 -8.5 1.1
1999 MON MLB NL 124 419 .266 .338 .423 .306 99 -2.1 11.4 7.8 87 11 -5.5 -0.6 -5.1 0.7
2000 MON MLB NL 86 312 .269 .338 .438 .263 107 -9.2 9.8 6 91 15 1.9 -0.2 -2.0 1.4
2000 SEA MLB AL 10 12 .252 .333 .373 .000 81 -1.5 0.4 0 90 14 -0.8 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2001 EVE A- NWN 5 19 .000 .000 .000 .083 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NYA MLB AL 21 68 .263 .331 .409 .345 97 0.1 2.0 1.2 73 13 1.5 0.4 -2.0 0.3
2002 COH AAA INT 61 238 .000 .000 .000 .243 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SLN MLB NL 44 112 .267 .333 .421 .286 100 -6.4 2.9 1.9 60 15 0.8 -0.5 -5.3 0.0
2003 MEM AAA PCL 23 80 .000 .000 .000 .259 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CHA MLB AL 45 154 .262 .326 .423 .261 103 -4.4 4.4 2.6 82 14 -0.9 -1.3 -3.2 0.2
2006 BAL MLB AL 9 20 .287 .348 .429 .154 110 -3 0.6 0.3 62 12 -0.4 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
2006 CHA MLB AL 27 87 .271 .334 .419 .228 110 -6 2.6 1.4 62 13 -2.9 -0.7 -3.9 -0.3

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
1992 BLN A- NWN 194 166 28 43 7 2 5 69 30 22 36 8 1 .259 .349 .416 .157 0 0
1993 RIV A+ CLF 389 360 44 95 28 2 9 154 58 19 64 5 4 .264 .304 .428 .164 3 3
1994 JAX AA SOU 434 388 58 101 15 3 16 170 59 39 69 8 7 .260 .336 .438 .178 0 0
1995 SEA MLB AL 49 45 2 9 0 0 1 12 2 3 11 0 0 .200 .245 .267 .067 1 0
1995 TAC AAA PCL 184 174 29 48 11 1 9 88 21 9 29 0 0 .276 .310 .506 .230 1 1
1996 SEA MLB AL 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .000 0 0
1996 TAC AAA PCL 385 352 42 107 20 2 13 170 48 27 62 7 1 .304 .355 .483 .179 2 2
1997 MON MLB NL 305 278 30 65 20 3 7 112 37 22 59 2 0 .234 .290 .403 .169 2 2
1998 MON MLB NL 448 417 36 97 18 1 15 162 53 29 85 6 1 .233 .281 .388 .156 2 0
1999 MON MLB NL 419 383 42 101 24 1 14 169 56 28 86 1 4 .264 .325 .441 .178 1 0
2000 MON MLB NL 312 281 31 67 17 2 12 124 34 29 61 1 2 .238 .311 .441 .203 1 0
2000 SEA MLB AL 12 11 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 .091 .167 .364 .273 0 0
2001 EVE A- NWN 19 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 .077 .368 .077 .000 0 0
2002 NYA MLB AL 68 64 4 19 5 0 0 24 5 2 9 0 0 .297 .338 .375 .078 0 0
2002 COH AAA INT 238 217 26 53 14 1 10 99 39 17 31 0 3 .244 .301 .456 .212 1 1
2003 MEM AAA PCL 80 71 8 17 7 0 2 30 10 7 12 1 0 .239 .304 .423 .183 1 1
2003 SLN MLB NL 112 102 9 24 9 0 0 33 14 6 20 0 0 .235 .279 .324 .088 2 1
2005 CHA MLB AL 154 141 18 34 8 0 4 54 11 10 22 0 2 .241 .296 .383 .142 0 2
2006 BAL MLB AL 20 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 .118 .211 .118 .000 0 1
2006 CHA MLB AL 87 76 6 14 3 0 1 20 7 9 20 0 0 .184 .264 .263 .079 2 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
2003-06-07 2003-06-30 15-DL 23 21 Right Thumb Contusion Thumb -
2001-04-02 2001-10-23 60-DL 204 162 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2000-12-04 -
2000-12-04 2000-12-04 Off 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2000-12-04 -
2000-05-25 2000-06-09 15-DL 15 13 Left Hand Contusion - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 CHA $650,000
2005 CHA $500,000
2004 BAL $
2001 SEA $1,700,000
2000 MON $1,350,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$4,200,000
4 yrTotal$4,200,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 34 d1 yr/$0.65M (06)

Details
  • signed as a free agent from CWS 8/06 released 8/06 designated for assignment 7/06 re-signed 11/05, 1 year/$0.65M (06)
  • contract purchased 4/05 signed as a free agent from NYM 1/05, 1 year/$0.5M (05) (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 4/04 acquired in trade from STL 4/04 re-signed 12/03, 1 year/$0.5M (04)
  • contract purchased 5/03
  • signed as a free agent from NYY 4/03 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 3/03 03:$0.75M
  • contract purchased 6/02 sent to minor-league camp 3/02 signed 1/02 (minor-league contract)

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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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1995 mlb .004 0.5 544 .000 0.0 5 .027 -.002 -0.1 0.4 0.1
1996 mlb .000 0.0 167 .000 0.0 1 .002 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 mlb -.003 -2.3 3190 .002 -1.5 122 .090 .011 -6.7 -11.0 -10.4
1998 mlb .000 -0.1 4650 .001 -0.8 118 -.011 .007 0.8 -0.1 1.3
1999 mlb -.003 -3.2 4383 .000 0.4 111 .058 .005 -4.5 -7.3 -5.5
2000 mlb .003 3.0 3542 .000 -0.5 66 .016 -.002 -0.6 2.0 1.1
2002 mlb .004 0.8 737 .000 0.0 11 .004 .000 0.0 0.8 1.5
2003 mlb .003 1.0 1343 .000 -0.1 18 .003 .000 0.0 0.9 0.8
2005 mlb .001 0.4 1614 .000 -0.2 23 .105 .001 -1.5 -1.7 -0.9
2006 mlb -.008 -2.1 986 .000 0.0 21 .046 .001 -0.6 -2.9 -3.2

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