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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 127 .237 .286 .305 78 0.1
Birth Date8-12-1978
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
Age45 years, 8 months, 13 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
2003 NYA 24 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 87 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TBA 29 5 15 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 80 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2009 TBA 30 35 107 24 3 1 1 7 12 0 2 1 .242 .292 .323 78 -2.6 -0.2 -1.5 0.1
Career4512728311816021.237.286.30578-3.0-0.2-1.90.1

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
1998 ONE A- NYP 0 225 .000 .000 .000 .280 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TAM A+ FSL 0 302 .000 .000 .000 .291 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TAM A+ FSL 0 263 .000 .000 .000 .242 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 NRW AA EAS 0 70 .000 .000 .000 .264 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NRW AA EAS 51 143 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NRW AA EAS 20 67 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 COH AAA INT 41 132 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 NYA MLB AL 5 5 .303 .359 .488 .333 97 0 0.1 0.1 87 6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2003 COH AAA INT 89 325 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SWB AAA INT 77 264 .000 .000 .000 .261 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 POR AAA PCL 82 309 .275 .350 .434 .319 88 6.5 7.9 4.7 97 0 2.6 -2.0 0.4 1.3
2006 MEM AAA PCL 90 321 .265 .338 .404 .296 96 -4.8 9.2 4.2 86 0 -3.9 -0.7 -3.8 0.5
2007 DUR AAA INT 51 189 .264 .336 .400 .277 99 -0.5 5.7 3.2 95 0 12.2 0.4 -0.7 2.0
2008 TBA MLB AL 5 15 .265 .342 .464 .250 106 -1.9 0.4 0.2 80 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2008 IND AAA INT 76 271 .263 .327 .404 .299 86 -8.9 7.9 3.9 87 0 3.5 -1.6 -7.3 0.6
2009 TBA MLB AL 35 107 .259 .325 .408 .267 104 -6.7 3.1 1.9 78 12 -1.5 -0.2 -2.6 0.1
2009 DUR AAA INT 13 55 .263 .334 .378 .231 117 -5.1 2.2 1.1 51 0 0.2 -0.7 -3.6 -0.1
2010 NOR AAA INT 58 217 .267 .335 .417 .285 99 -3.5 6.6 3.8 96 0 -9.1 1.7 -0.7 0.2
2011 AKR AA EAS 32 125 .255 .324 .385 .356 85 14.1 3.7 1.2 173 0 0.2 -0.1 9.5 1.5
2011 COH AAA INT 7 26 .256 .320 .385 .286 103 0.4 0.8 0.5 83 0 -0.4 0.1 -1.3 0.0
2011 NOR AAA INT 17 60 .252 .310 .387 .191 92 -5.7 1.9 1.1 82 0 -0.4 0.5 -1.4 0.2
2012 AKR AA EAS 46 154 .254 .322 .386 .234 99 -8.3 4.2 2.4 60 0 -0.3 -0.9 -5.9 0.0
2012 COH AAA INT 6 23 .252 .328 .404 .118 106 -2.4 0.7 0.4 64 0 0.7 -0.8 -0.8 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 ONE A- NYP 225 205 29 52 8 2 0 64 24 20 19 4 4 .254 .320 .312 .059 0 0
1999 TAM A+ FSL 302 281 26 69 10 1 2 87 23 18 49 2 2 .246 .298 .310 .064 0 0
2000 NRW AA EAS 70 66 7 14 2 0 0 16 4 4 13 1 0 .212 .257 .242 .030 0 0
2000 TAM A+ FSL 263 231 17 51 12 0 1 66 28 29 23 3 4 .221 .316 .286 .065 0 0
2001 NRW AA EAS 143 128 10 29 6 0 2 41 10 10 20 1 0 .227 .289 .320 .094 2 2
2002 COH AAA INT 132 121 11 34 5 1 1 44 12 8 13 1 3 .281 .333 .364 .083 1 1
2002 NRW AA EAS 67 61 11 19 6 0 1 28 12 5 6 0 1 .311 .364 .459 .148 0 0
2003 NYA MLB AL 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .000 0 0
2003 COH AAA INT 325 282 39 79 14 0 4 105 30 37 35 0 2 .280 .368 .372 .092 1 1
2004 SWB AAA INT 264 231 34 59 9 0 6 86 31 25 24 0 1 .255 .331 .372 .117 2 2
2005 POR AAA PCL 309 264 19 76 9 1 3 96 31 37 34 0 0 .288 .373 .364 .076 2 2
2006 MEM AAA PCL 321 285 24 78 10 1 2 96 28 27 29 3 1 .274 .338 .337 .063 3 3
2007 DUR AAA INT 189 170 22 47 4 0 4 63 19 16 13 0 1 .276 .339 .371 .094 2 2
2008 IND AAA INT 271 252 29 67 14 2 3 94 17 17 35 0 2 .266 .317 .373 .107 0 0
2008 TBA MLB AL 15 15 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 0 0
2009 DUR AAA INT 55 46 2 9 0 0 0 9 6 6 7 0 0 .196 .288 .196 .000 0 0
2009 TBA MLB AL 107 99 12 24 3 1 1 32 12 7 12 2 1 .242 .292 .323 .081 0 1
2010 NOR AAA INT 217 190 25 50 4 0 3 63 22 22 24 2 1 .263 .340 .332 .068 2 2
2011 COH AAA INT 26 23 4 7 2 0 1 12 4 3 1 0 0 .304 .385 .522 .217 0 0
2011 NOR AAA INT 60 54 4 9 3 0 0 12 1 3 7 0 0 .167 .250 .222 .056 0 0
2011 AKR AA EAS 125 99 15 32 8 0 1 43 22 22 13 0 0 .323 .448 .434 .111 2 0
2012 COH AAA INT 23 19 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 1 .105 .261 .158 .053 0 0
2012 AKR AA EAS 154 144 7 30 10 0 1 43 15 6 19 1 0 .208 .255 .299 .090 0 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 43 0.6279 0.6279 0.7407 0.8148 0.3125 0.8182 0.4000 0.2593 0.0009
2009 368 0.5462 0.5190 0.8010 0.6965 0.3054 0.8429 0.6863 0.1990 -0.0001
Career4110.55470.53040.79470.70890.30610.84030.65630.20530.0000

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
2010-04-08 2010-05-09 Minors 31 0 Right Fingers Fracture Index Finger -
2010-03-15 2010-04-08 Camp 24 2 Right Fingers Fracture Index Finger -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 169 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/10/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011).
  • 1 year (2010).
  • 1 year/$0.41M (2009) (minor-league contract). DFA 8/8/09, sent outright to Triple-A 8/12/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Signed as a free agent for 2008 (minor-league contract, $0.395M in majors). Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 8/31/08. Contract purchased 9/9/08. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/3/08.
  • 1 year (2007). DFA 1/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Signed as a free agent 11/05. Contract purchased 11/05.
  • 1 year (2005). Signed for 2005 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2004). Claimed off waivers from NY Yankees 1/04. Claimed off waivers from Boston 4/04. Non-tendered 12/04.
  • 1 year (2003). Contract purchased 11/02.

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
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DateRoundtable NameComment
2008-10-22 16:30:00World Series Game OneI think it's worth noting that the Rays are really playing without a backup catcher as well. Michel Hernandez was the third catcher for Triple-A Indy in August. (Will Carroll)

Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2003 mlb -.002 0.0 27 .000 0.0 1 .005 .001 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 aaa .000 0.0 3261 -.001 1.2 68 -.003 -.004 0.3 0.9 2.6
2006 aaa -.006 -4.0 2820 -.001 0.7 61 -.023 -.001 0.9 -3.1 -3.9
2007 aaa .007 3.8 1906 .000 0.2 43 -.045 -.002 1.2 5.3 12.2
2008 mlb .005 0.2 137 .009 -0.4 3 .018 .002 0.0 0.2 -0.3
2008 aaa .005 3.4 2462 -.001 0.7 63 .023 -.001 -0.9 3.5 3.5
2009 mlb -.006 -1.6 1174 -.002 0.7 18 .000 -.003 0.0 -0.6 -1.5
2009 aaa .003 0.5 661 .000 -0.1 12 -.002 .000 0.0 0.8 0.2
2010 aaa -.012 -7.4 2379 .000 0.1 46 .025 -.001 -0.7 -8.6 -9.1
2011 aaa -.001 -0.3 868 .001 -0.1 24 -.017 .002 0.3 0.3 -0.8
2011 aax .000 0.0 1004 .000 0.1 31 .000 .006 0.0 0.2 0.2
2012 aax -.001 -0.6 1510 .001 -0.4 44 -.072 .003 1.9 0.8 -0.3
2012 aaa .013 0.8 216 -.001 0.0 6 .022 .001 -0.1 1.1 0.7

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