Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
14	1795	.268	.345	.399	95	4.0

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2003	MIN	26	34	83	24	7	1	3	8	9	1	2	0	.329	.402	.575	104	0.8	0.4	-1.5	0.2
2004	MIN	27	154	658	170	31	4	15	67	75	13	20	2	.299	.381	.446	112	11.1	0.6	3.7	3.0
2005	MIN	28	147	590	138	30	4	7	45	85	16	13	6	.264	.338	.377	89	-7.1	-0.1	-2.4	0.4
2006	MIN	29	104	255	53	6	1	4	16	43	4	9	1	.226	.287	.312	71	-8.3	1.7	5.0	0.4
2007	MIN	30	55	130	27	6	0	3	11	24	3	3	1	.233	.315	.362	84	-2.1	0.8	-1.4	0.0
2012	BAL	35	25	79	13	3	0	3	7	13	0	1	0	.183	.256	.352	85	-1.3	-0.5	1.2	0.1
Career			519	1795	425	83	10	35	154	249	37	48	10	.268	.345	.399	95	-7.0	3.0	4.5	4.0

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
1999	LOW	A-	NYP	0	274	.000	.000	.000	.303			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	AUG	A	SAL	0	578	.000	.000	.000	.363			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	FTM	A+	FSL	67	301	.000	.000	.000	.329			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	NBR	AA	EAS	62	281	.000	.000	.000	.227			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	NBR	AA	EAS	93	435	.000	.000	.000	.321			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	EDM	AAA	PCL	47	214	.000	.000	.000	.351			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	MIN	MLB	AL	34	83	.277	.344	.449	.344	101	5.2	2.3	-0.3	104	16	-1.5	0.4	0.8	0.2
2003	ROC	AAA	INT	53	230	.000	.000	.000	.339			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	MIN	MLB	AL	154	658	.270	.334	.437	.319	101	15.3	19.6	-4.5	112	7	3.7	0.6	11.1	3.0
2004	ROC	AAA	INT	1	5	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	MIN	MLB	AL	147	590	.261	.324	.411	.301	97	3	17.0	-4	89	9	-2.4	-0.1	-7.1	0.4
2006	MIN	MLB	AL	104	255	.269	.333	.429	.262	103	-17.7	7.7	-2	71	15	5.0	1.7	-8.3	0.4
2006	ROC	AAA	INT	8	38	.247	.336	.383	.333	100	1.6	1.0	0	122	0	0.3	-0.7	0.9	0.1
2007	MIN	MLB	AL	55	130	.272	.337	.430	.270	95	-2	3.9	-0.8	84	16	-1.4	0.8	-2.1	0.0
2007	ROC	AAA	INT	35	139	.265	.329	.403	.333	94	3.9	4.2	-1	114	0	0.3	-0.8	2.4	0.5
2009	LOU	AAA	INT	11	46	.271	.332	.412	.167	113	-3.4	1.6	-0.3	63	0	1.1	1.6	-2.0	0.2
2012	BAL	MLB	AL	25	79	.248	.311	.398	.182	105	-4.3	2.2	-0.9	85	17	1.2	-0.5	-1.3	0.1
2012	NOR	AAA	INT	62	267	.260	.328	.397	.365	94	17.4	7.9	-3.3	148	0	1.5	-1.2	13.7	1.8
2013	BOW	AA	EAS	17	75	.257	.323	.394	.259	100	3.8	2.0	-1	126	0	3.4	0.4	0.9	0.6
2013	NOR	AAA	INT	13	51	.262	.336	.421	.140	99	-4.1	1.3	-0.7	41	0	-0.5	0.6	-3.4	-0.3
2013	ORI	Rk	GCL	3	10	.276	.322	.355	.600	95	0.8	0.3	-0.1	102	0	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
2015	TIJ	AAA	MEX	30	131	.000	.000	.000	.394			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	ESC	Wnt	DWL	15	54	.000	.000	.000	.258			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
1999	LOW	A-	NYP	274	250	48	70	17	4	7	116	34	19	35	15	2	.280	.343	.464	.184	0	0
2000	AUG	A	SAL	578	514	122	162	35	11	9	246	74	52	83	52	4	.315	.391	.479	.163	0	0
2001	FTM	A+	FSL	301	265	42	79	15	2	2	104	24	21	30	19	9	.298	.375	.392	.094	1	1
2001	NBR	AA	EAS	281	252	30	55	9	3	7	91	25	20	35	5	5	.218	.290	.361	.143	1	1
2002	NBR	AA	EAS	435	373	81	116	27	2	15	192	51	49	47	17	5	.311	.399	.515	.204	4	4
2002	EDM	AAA	PCL	214	193	40	64	11	2	5	94	24	13	21	11	1	.332	.390	.487	.155	1	1
2003	ROC	AAA	INT	230	211	33	64	18	2	3	95	31	10	28	4	5	.303	.358	.450	.147	0	0
2003	MIN	MLB	AL	83	73	16	24	7	1	3	42	15	8	9	2	0	.329	.402	.575	.247	0	1
2004	ROC	AAA	INT	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0	0
2004	MIN	MLB	AL	658	569	89	170	31	4	15	254	72	67	75	20	2	.299	.381	.446	.148	7	2
2005	MIN	MLB	AL	590	522	70	138	30	4	7	197	53	45	85	13	6	.264	.338	.377	.113	5	2
2006	ROC	AAA	INT	38	29	5	8	2	0	0	10	2	6	5	0	1	.276	.447	.345	.069	0	0
2006	MIN	MLB	AL	255	234	40	53	6	1	4	73	18	16	43	9	1	.226	.287	.312	.085	0	1
2007	ROC	AAA	INT	139	122	14	32	12	0	2	50	17	17	30	2	1	.262	.353	.410	.148	0	0
2007	MIN	MLB	AL	130	116	13	27	6	0	3	42	14	11	24	3	1	.233	.315	.362	.129	0	0
2009	LOU	AAA	INT	46	38	6	6	0	1	1	11	6	7	7	0	0	.158	.289	.289	.132	0	0
2012	BAL	MLB	AL	79	71	7	13	3	0	3	25	4	7	13	1	0	.183	.256	.352	.169	0	1
2012	NOR	AAA	INT	267	242	35	80	14	3	11	133	40	23	43	8	2	.331	.390	.550	.219	1	0
2013	NOR	AAA	INT	51	47	8	8	3	0	2	17	4	2	4	0	0	.170	.196	.362	.191	2	0
2013	ORI	Rk	GCL	10	8	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.125	0	0
2013	BOW	AA	EAS	75	66	13	17	9	0	3	35	10	6	9	0	0	.258	.347	.530	.273	0	0
2015	TIJ	AAA	MEX	131	113	26	42	6	0	3	57	23	17	12	0	0	.372	.450	.504	.133	1	0
2016	ESC	Wnt	DWL	54	45	6	8	1	0	0	9	5	9	14	0	0	.178	.315	.200	.022	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2012	324	0.4784	0.4691	0.8289	0.6774	0.2781	0.9048	0.6596	0.1711	-0.0047
Career	324	0.4784	0.4691	0.8289	0.6774	0.2781	0.9048	0.6596	0.1711	-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
2013-06-06	2013-06-06	On-Alr	0	0	-		Surgery	Sports Hernia	2013-06-05
2013-05-11	2013-08-13	Minors	94	0	-		Surgery	Sports Hernia	2013-05-30	-
2012-10-15	2012-10-15	Off	0	0	-		Surgery	Sports Hernia	2012-10-15	-
2012-09-24	2012-09-29	DTD	5	5	-	Hip	Contusion		-	-
2007-03-23	2007-05-11	15-DL	49	34	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2007-03-23
2006-07-14	2006-08-11	15-DL	28	27	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2003-07-14	2003-09-02	15-DL	50	44	Right	Forearm	Fracture		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	MIN	$985,000
2006	MIN	$425,000
2005	MIN	$385,000

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$1,795,000
3 yr	Total	$1,795,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 171 d		1 year (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Re-signed by Baltimore 11/9/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 8/26/13.
1 year (2012). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 5/18/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Baltimore 7/29/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 11/2/12.
1 year (2011). Played with independent league Long Island Ducks.
1 year (2010). Played in Mexican League.
1 year (2009). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent (minor-league contract).
1 year (2008). Signed by Hanshin of Japan's Central League.
1 year/$0.985M (2007). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/07 (avoided arbitration, $1.3M-$0.8M). $65,000 in performance bonus: $15,000 for 300 plate appearances, $25,000 each for 400, 450 plate appearances). Sent outright to Triple-A 10/5/07 (refused assignment).
1 year/$0.425M (2006). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/06.
1 year/$0.385M (2005). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/05.
1 year (2004). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/04.
1 year (2003). Contract purchased by Minnesota 11/02.
Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Boston 9/00.
Drafted by Boston 1999 (12-379) (Port Neches-Groves HS, Texas).

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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