Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
20	5476	.255	.342	.344	87	20.5

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	COL	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	97	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
1997	COL	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	FLO	26	51	189	49	9	2	1	18	17	3	1	1	.299	.376	.396	88	-2.2	0.6	5.2	0.8
1998	FLO	27	107	399	84	19	5	4	51	47	4	3	0	.251	.355	.373	86	-5.7	2.9	8.2	1.5
1999	FLO	28	37	73	10	1	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	.152	.211	.167	59	-3.7	0.4	-0.2	-0.2
1999	LAN	28	50	122	28	6	0	0	9	14	0	1	0	.259	.311	.315	61	-5.9	0.6	1.9	0.0
2000	ARI	29	67	176	48	8	1	2	20	18	2	3	3	.316	.400	.421	96	-0.3	0.6	1.4	0.7
2001	ARI	30	141	533	126	22	3	4	61	76	2	6	8	.275	.359	.362	83	-9.3	1.9	6.4	1.8
2002	ARI	31	112	489	123	22	1	2	45	52	1	7	5	.282	.348	.351	88	-5.7	0.8	11.1	2.3
2003	ARI	32	89	351	71	6	3	3	41	32	2	11	4	.234	.328	.304	90	-2.8	0.7	7.8	1.7
2004	MIL	33	140	545	114	19	5	2	59	88	5	17	4	.241	.330	.315	78	-12.3	1.8	-3.0	1.0
2005	ARI	34	150	670	148	34	4	9	78	69	8	26	7	.256	.350	.375	98	2.0	5.1	-1.7	2.4
2006	ARI	35	105	415	95	14	4	4	31	47	9	15	8	.255	.327	.347	86	-5.0	2.1	13.5	2.8
2007	MIL	36	122	334	62	12	2	3	41	47	3	4	2	.220	.323	.309	81	-6.5	-0.1	4.9	0.9
2008	MIL	37	110	302	56	14	1	1	46	42	5	3	1	.226	.355	.302	86	-3.4	1.8	5.1	1.4
2009	MIL	38	130	459	115	22	8	4	42	54	6	3	4	.285	.357	.408	99	2.1	1.4	6.4	2.5
2010	MIL	39	102	230	51	8	0	2	21	29	1	1	1	.250	.322	.319	88	-2.1	-0.7	0.2	0.6
2011	MIL	40	107	187	28	2	1	1	20	21	3	2	1	.178	.280	.223	80	-3.4	1.1	-0.1	0.4
Career			1624	5476	1208	218	40	42	589	663	54	103	49	.255	.342	.344	87	-64.2	21.0	66.9	20.5

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1992	BND	A-	18	72	.000	.000	.000	.288			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	CNV	A+	131	578	.000	.000	.000	.315			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	NHV	AA	83	345	.000	.000	.000	.299			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	COL	MLB	3	2	.253	.335	.350	.000	122	0.1	0.1	0	97	14	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	CSP	AAA	118	444	.000	.000	.000	.306			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	CSP	AAA	25	99	.000	.000	.000	.242			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	COL	MLB	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	FLO	MLB	51	189	.259	.326	.403	.327	96	3.8	5.0	-0.3	88	22	5.2	0.6	-2.2	0.8
1997	CSP	AAA	0	427	.000	.000	.000	.363			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	FLO	MLB	107	399	.265	.328	.415	.281	96	-3.6	10.4	-0.5	86	20	8.2	2.9	-5.7	1.5
1999	FLO	MLB	37	73	.275	.338	.439	.179	93	-10.8	2.0	-0.1	59	16	-0.2	0.4	-3.7	-0.2
1999	LAN	MLB	50	122	.265	.337	.434	.292	91	-4.3	3.3	-0.1	61	15	1.9	0.6	-5.9	0.0
2000	ARI	MLB	67	176	.264	.332	.434	.346	112	0.8	5.5	0.5	96	24	1.4	0.6	-0.3	0.7
2000	TUC	AAA	0	221	.000	.000	.000	.377			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	ARI	MLB	141	533	.261	.329	.424	.318	103	-7.6	15.9	3	83	12	6.4	1.9	-9.3	1.8
2002	ARI	MLB	112	489	.259	.326	.410	.314	106	-6.5	14.1	2.2	88	19	11.1	0.8	-5.7	2.3
2003	ARI	MLB	89	351	.263	.328	.417	.252	103	-12.5	9.2	2	90	15	7.8	0.7	-2.8	1.7
2003	TUC	AAA	5	24	.000	.000	.000	.500			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	MIL	MLB	140	545	.261	.330	.421	.290	92	-13.1	16.2	7.3	78	17	-3.0	1.8	-12.3	1.0
2005	ARI	MLB	150	670	.261	.326	.415	.276	104	0	19.3	-0.9	98	16	-1.7	5.1	2.0	2.4
2006	ARI	MLB	105	415	.270	.331	.434	.283	99	-11.7	12.5	5.3	86	13	13.5	2.1	-5.0	2.8
2006	LNC	A+	1	4	.286	.361	.453	1.000	127	1.7	0.1	-0.1	0	0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0
2006	TUC	AAA	2	12	.260	.348	.373	.200	92	-1.4	0.3	-0.2	86	5	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
2007	MIL	MLB	122	334	.270	.337	.430	.252	104	-13.9	9.9	1.5	81	16	4.9	-0.1	-6.5	0.9
2008	MIL	MLB	110	302	.256	.326	.409	.266	100	-4.5	8.7	1.6	86	16	5.1	1.8	-3.4	1.4
2009	MIL	MLB	130	459	.262	.328	.414	.317	98	2.7	13.2	1.5	99	17	6.4	1.4	2.1	2.5
2010	MIL	MLB	102	230	.255	.322	.400	.282	96	-3	6.3	1.8	88	19	0.2	-0.7	-2.1	0.6
2011	MIL	MLB	107	187	.258	.320	.402	.197	104	-11.2	5.0	0.7	80	14	-0.1	1.1	-3.4	0.4

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	Lg	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1992	BND	A-	72	61	11	15	6	1	0	23	8	9	10	1	2	.246	.347	.377	.131	1	1
1993	CNV	A+	578	471	79	132	26	3	5	179	59	95	68	14	8	.280	.401	.380	.100	5	5
1994	NHV	AA	345	300	47	84	20	1	5	121	37	37	32	4	1	.280	.367	.403	.123	1	1
1995	CSP	AAA	444	399	60	112	22	6	5	161	53	34	47	10	2	.281	.338	.404	.123	3	3
1995	COL	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.000	0	0
1996	CSP	AAA	99	75	17	18	3	0	2	27	10	24	7	4	3	.240	.424	.360	.120	0	0
1997	COL	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1997	FLO	MLB	189	164	20	49	9	2	1	65	16	18	17	1	1	.299	.376	.396	.098	1	3
1997	CSP	AAA	427	376	77	126	31	6	5	184	63	45	38	12	2	.335	.415	.489	.154	0	0
1998	FLO	MLB	399	335	43	84	19	5	4	125	40	51	47	3	0	.251	.355	.373	.122	1	8
1999	FLO	MLB	73	66	4	10	1	0	0	11	2	5	10	0	0	.152	.211	.167	.015	0	2
1999	LAN	MLB	122	108	20	28	6	0	0	34	9	9	14	1	0	.259	.311	.315	.056	2	3
2000	ARI	MLB	176	152	23	48	8	1	2	64	11	20	18	3	3	.316	.400	.421	.105	1	1
2000	TUC	AAA	221	198	45	69	14	3	3	98	27	22	20	4	1	.348	.416	.495	.146	0	0
2001	ARI	MLB	533	458	76	126	22	3	4	166	38	61	76	6	8	.275	.359	.362	.087	6	6
2002	ARI	MLB	489	436	63	123	22	1	2	153	51	45	52	7	5	.282	.348	.351	.069	3	4
2003	ARI	MLB	351	303	40	71	6	3	3	92	21	41	32	11	4	.234	.328	.304	.069	2	3
2003	TUC	AAA	24	23	8	10	2	0	0	12	2	1	3	0	0	.435	.458	.522	.087	0	0
2004	MIL	MLB	545	473	59	114	19	5	2	149	23	59	88	17	4	.241	.330	.315	.074	3	5
2005	ARI	MLB	670	578	85	148	34	4	9	217	42	78	69	26	7	.256	.350	.375	.119	4	2
2006	TUC	AAA	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.000	0	0
2006	LNC	A+	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	.333	0	0
2006	ARI	MLB	415	372	56	95	14	4	4	129	30	31	47	15	8	.255	.327	.347	.091	1	2
2007	MIL	MLB	334	282	31	62	12	2	3	87	24	41	47	4	2	.220	.323	.309	.089	2	6
2008	MIL	MLB	302	248	31	56	14	1	1	75	14	46	42	3	1	.226	.355	.302	.077	2	1
2009	MIL	MLB	459	404	61	115	22	8	4	165	39	42	54	3	4	.285	.357	.408	.124	4	3
2010	MIL	MLB	230	204	16	51	8	0	2	65	21	21	29	1	1	.250	.322	.319	.069	1	3
2011	MIL	MLB	187	157	19	28	2	1	1	35	9	20	21	2	1	.178	.280	.223	.045	2	5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1215	0.4955	0.3663	0.8742	0.5083	0.2268	0.9281	0.7554	0.1258	-0.0046
2009	1791	0.4958	0.3752	0.8854	0.5338	0.2193	0.9262	0.7879	0.1146	-0.0059
2010	896	0.5022	0.3873	0.8617	0.5533	0.2197	0.9438	0.6531	0.1383	-0.0043
2011	742	0.5445	0.4003	0.8923	0.5718	0.1953	0.9177	0.8030	0.1077	-0.0025
Career	4644	0.5047	0.3792	0.8790	0.5370	0.2175	0.9287	0.7558	0.1210	-0.0047

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
2010-03-10	2010-03-14	Camp	4	0		Neck	Stiffness		-
2009-10-13	2009-10-13	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2009-10-13
2009-06-28	2009-06-29	DTD	1	1	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2009-03-24	2009-03-30	Camp	6	0	Right	Knee	Cartilage Injury		-
2007-08-03	2007-08-04	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Illness		-
2007-03-08	2007-03-09	Camp	1	0		General Medical	Gastrointestinal	GI	-
2006-07-15	2006-08-23	15-DL	39	37	Right	Trunk	Fracture	Rib Cage	-
2006-06-19	2006-06-20	DTD	1	1		Head	Concussion		-
2006-06-04	2006-06-05	DTD	1	1		Face	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2006-05-07	2006-05-09	DTD	2	1		Back	Soreness		-
2006-05-04	2006-05-05	DTD	1	1	Right	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2006-04-26	2006-04-28	DTD	2	1	-	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-	-
2006-04-20	2006-04-25	DTD	5	5	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2006-03-07	2006-03-21	Camp	14	0	Right	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum	-
2005-06-04	2005-06-04	DTD	0	0	-	Elbow	Contusion		-	-
2005-05-13	2005-05-14	DTD	1	1	Right	Knee	Contusion	HBP	-
2004-09-12	2004-09-16	DTD	4	3	Right	Foot	Strain		-	-
2004-07-17	2004-07-18	DTD	1	1	-	Knee	Contusion		-	-
2003-08-07	2003-08-09	DTD	2	2	-	Neck	Soreness		-	-
2003-08-04	2003-08-06	DTD	2	1	-	Neck	Soreness		-	-
2003-05-07	2003-07-07	60-DL	61	53	Right	Thumb	Surgery	Dislocation with Ligament Damage	2003-05-08
2002-08-09	2002-10-06	15-DL	58	47		Neck	Surgery	Herniated Disc	2002-09-18
2001-04-23	2001-04-24	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness	Food Poisoning	-	-
1998-08-04	1998-09-27	60-DL	54	47	-		Fracture	HBP	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2011	MIL	$1,400,000
2010	MIL	$2,100,000
2009	MIL	$1,000,000
2008	MIL	$2,800,000
2007	MIL	$2,800,000
2006	ARI	$1,750,000
2005	ARI	$1,350,000
2004	MIL	$3,150,000
2003	ARI	$2,300,000
2002	ARI	$1,516,667
2001	ARI	$425,000
2000	ARI	$

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$20,591,667
11 yr	Total	$20,591,667

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 37 d	Barry Meister	1 year/$1.4M (2011)

Details

1 year/$1.4M (2011). Re-signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/22/10. Retired 1/12. Hired by Milwaukee as special assistant to the general manager.
1 year/$2.1M (2010). Re-signed as a free agent 12/14/09. Performance bonus: $50,000 each for 50, 75, 90, 110 games. $0.1M each for 125 games and 70, 100 games started.
1 year/$1M (2009). Re-signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/27/09.
2 years/$6M (2007-08), plus 2009 club option. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 11/06. 07-08:$2.8M/year, 09:$3.4M club option, $0.4M buyout ($2.8M 09 player option added if traded). Milwaukee declined 2009 club option 10/31/08.
2 years/$3.1M (2005-06). Signed as a free agent 12/04. 05:$1.35M, 06:$1.75M. Club declined 2005 option 10/04.
3 years/$7.25M (2002-04), plus 2005-06 club options. $50,000 signing bonus. 02:$1.5M, 03:$2.3M, 04:$3.15M, 05:$3.725M club option, $0.25M buyout. If 2005 option is exercised, club gets $4.25M option for 2006. Performance bonuses: $0.5M in 2003, $1M each 2004-06. Club declined 2005-06 options 10/03. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Arizona 11/03.
1 year/$0.425M (2001). Re-signed by Arizona 2/01.
1 year (2000). Released by LA Dodgers 3/00. Signed by Arizona as a free agent 3/00.
1 year/$0.245M (1999). Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Florida 6/99.
1 year/$0.185M (1998). Signed by Florida 2/98.
1 year/$0.15M (1997). Re-signed by Colorado 2/97. Acquired by Florida in trade from Colorado 7/97.
1 year (1996). Re-signed by Colorado 2/96.
1 year/$0.109M (1995). Contract purchased by Colorado 11/94.
Drafted by Colorado 1992 (11-319) (Notre Dame).

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2015-10-22 14:00:00 (link to chat)	To follow up on the Ventura question. Who is Managing a Major Leaugue team right now that shouldn't be? (Joshua from Chicago)	Fredi Gonzalez, Ventura, Bryan Price, Walt Weiss, Brad Ausmus, Paul Molitor, Craig Counsell, Mike Matheny. (Matthew Trueblood)
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