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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
20 6276 .269 .296 .416 83 16.3
Birth Date3-21-1963
Height6' 1"
Weight180 lbs
Age61 years, 1 months, 3 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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
1985 CHN 22 74 272 65 12 4 4 19 42 0 11 3 .260 .310 .388 84 -4.3 6.4 4.3 1.8
1986 CHN 23 150 611 145 37 3 17 21 114 3 13 11 .250 .278 .411 73 -18.5 -0.4 10.0 1.6
1987 CHN 24 95 359 85 18 3 5 10 68 1 12 3 .246 .267 .358 66 -14.9 2.8 -1.7 0.2
1988 CHN 25 155 599 143 23 6 9 16 108 2 30 9 .249 .271 .357 71 -18.9 5.9 -0.3 1.1
1989 CHN 26 138 512 131 20 6 9 30 86 1 19 11 .278 .320 .403 93 -3.0 5.0 -0.7 2.3
1990 CHN 27 146 573 143 22 8 17 15 87 3 25 5 .262 .283 .426 96 -1.9 4.9 -3.2 2.4
1991 CHN 28 142 534 128 22 7 12 23 64 4 21 6 .260 .292 .407 87 -6.6 8.4 -9.0 1.5
1992 CHN 29 18 76 23 3 1 0 3 13 0 2 3 .315 .342 .384 76 -1.8 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2
1993 CHN 30 7 10 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 77 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.0
1994 CHN 31 88 356 92 19 0 11 16 48 2 3 8 .278 .313 .435 95 -1.0 -0.9 3.0 1.6
1995 CHN 32 127 503 141 30 6 14 10 75 6 10 5 .296 .317 .472 87 -6.9 1.8 -2.4 1.4
1996 SFN 33 82 307 86 12 2 5 13 40 1 8 0 .300 .331 .408 84 -5.0 2.4 4.2 1.5
1997 CHN 34 114 437 119 18 4 9 8 64 3 29 7 .284 .300 .411 90 -3.9 4.1 -9.7 0.7
1997 PIT 34 18 74 28 4 1 5 0 11 0 3 1 .394 .389 .690 90 -0.6 0.4 2.0 0.5
1998 CLE 35 62 166 37 11 3 3 6 18 1 9 2 .237 .265 .404 79 -4.0 2.3 0.1 0.3
1998 SFN 35 36 55 9 2 0 3 0 10 3 0 2 .176 .222 .392 80 -1.2 -0.1 -0.8 0.0
1999 NYN 36 42 97 32 6 1 0 0 16 2 4 1 .344 .354 .430 84 -1.6 -0.1 -0.6 0.0
1999 SLN 36 62 158 46 5 2 5 2 23 3 6 3 .307 .327 .467 87 -2.1 0.2 -1.9 0.0
2000 SLN 37 98 231 54 11 2 12 6 47 3 3 1 .250 .278 .486 74 -6.9 -1.9 1.7 -0.1
2001 SFN 38 88 193 52 10 3 9 2 32 2 3 1 .280 .293 .511 93 -0.9 -0.5 5.2 0.9
2002 SFN 39 72 153 34 5 0 1 3 33 1 1 0 .231 .250 .286 55 -7.8 -0.4 -6.1 -1.1
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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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1983 QUD A MDW 117 480 .000 .000 .000 .339 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 MID AA TXS 73 318 .000 .000 .000 .367 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 IOW AAA AA 61 217 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 CHN MLB NL 74 272 .254 .317 .375 .296 107 -2.9 7.4 3.4 84 12 4.3 6.4 -4.3 1.8
1985 IOW AAA AA 73 284 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 CHN MLB NL 150 611 .252 .316 .375 .283 109 -17.3 16.9 7.8 73 10 10.0 -0.4 -18.5 1.6
1987 CHN MLB NL 95 359 .264 .325 .412 .291 106 -14 10.6 4.9 66 13 -1.7 2.8 -14.9 0.2
1987 IOW AAA AA 5 19 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 CHN MLB NL 155 599 .249 .307 .365 .291 103 -16.9 15.7 7.2 71 11 -0.3 5.9 -18.9 1.1
1989 CHN MLB NL 138 512 .248 .310 .368 .321 106 0.8 13.4 6.1 93 11 -0.7 5.0 -3.0 2.3
1990 CHN MLB NL 146 573 .255 .315 .382 .282 107 -0.5 15.4 7.1 96 10 -3.2 4.9 -1.9 2.4
1991 CHN MLB NL 142 534 .248 .312 .371 .272 105 -4.9 14.5 6.6 87 9 -9.0 8.4 -6.6 1.5
1992 CHN MLB NL 18 76 .258 .318 .375 .383 104 1.5 2.0 0.9 76 19 -2.4 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2
1993 CHN MLB NL 7 10 .262 .313 .391 .444 97 0.9 0.3 0.1 77 11 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0.0
1994 CHN MLB NL 88 356 .266 .328 .418 .296 96 -1.3 10.8 4.9 95 12 3.0 -0.9 -1.0 1.6
1995 CHN MLB NL 127 503 .263 .324 .404 .325 103 0.7 15.1 6.9 87 10 -2.4 1.8 -6.9 1.4
1996 SFN MLB NL 82 307 .259 .321 .394 .333 100 -4.2 9.5 4.3 84 15 4.2 2.4 -5.0 1.5
1997 CHN MLB NL 114 437 .262 .329 .410 .314 103 -5.7 11.6 5.5 90 8 -9.7 4.1 -3.9 0.7
1997 PIT MLB NL 18 74 .262 .327 .405 .411 103 7.6 2.0 1 90 8 2.0 0.4 -0.6 0.5
1998 CLE MLB AL 62 166 .275 .340 .439 .246 103 -6.1 4.5 -0.2 79 12 0.1 2.3 -4.0 0.3
1998 SFN MLB NL 36 55 .248 .321 .380 .158 95 -3.1 1.4 0.3 80 11 -0.8 -0.1 -1.2 0.0
1999 NYN MLB NL 42 97 .265 .340 .417 .410 96 -0.5 2.6 0 84 14 -0.6 -0.1 -1.6 0.0
1999 SLN MLB NL 62 158 .275 .349 .442 .333 101 0.5 4.3 -0.4 87 14 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 0.0
2000 SLN MLB NL 98 231 .272 .348 .440 .264 114 -8.6 7.3 -1.2 74 11 1.7 -1.9 -6.9 -0.1
2001 SFN MLB NL 88 193 .260 .327 .426 .295 99 4.3 5.7 -0.7 93 11 5.2 -0.5 -0.9 0.9
2002 SFN MLB NL 72 153 .252 .318 .400 .289 96 -10.5 4.4 -0.9 55 8 -6.1 -0.4 -7.8 -1.1

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1983 QUD A MDW 480 455 65 141 17 8 4 186 62 7 51 58 23 .310 .332 .409 .099 4 4
1984 MID AA TXS 318 298 44 98 13 3 3 126 34 11 38 11 8 .329 .357 .423 .094 2 2
1984 IOW AAA AA 217 210 25 49 11 1 7 83 27 4 40 9 3 .233 .245 .395 .162 2 2
1985 CHN MLB NL 272 250 40 65 12 4 4 97 18 19 42 11 3 .260 .310 .388 .128 2 1
1985 IOW AAA AA 284 272 24 73 9 6 2 100 28 5 49 17 12 .268 .279 .368 .099 5 5
1986 CHN MLB NL 611 581 66 145 37 3 17 239 68 21 114 13 11 .250 .278 .411 .162 2 4
1987 IOW AAA AA 19 19 1 8 1 0 0 9 2 0 3 1 1 .421 .421 .474 .053 0 0
1987 CHN MLB NL 359 346 40 85 18 3 5 124 22 10 68 12 3 .246 .267 .358 .113 2 0
1988 CHN MLB NL 599 575 69 143 23 6 9 205 56 16 108 30 9 .249 .271 .357 .108 2 4
1989 CHN MLB NL 512 471 52 131 20 6 9 190 60 30 86 19 11 .278 .320 .403 .125 4 6
1990 CHN MLB NL 573 545 73 143 22 8 17 232 66 15 87 25 5 .262 .283 .426 .163 6 4
1991 CHN MLB NL 534 492 59 128 22 7 12 200 50 23 64 21 6 .260 .292 .407 .146 11 4
1992 CHN MLB NL 76 73 8 23 3 1 0 28 2 3 13 2 3 .315 .342 .384 .068 0 0
1993 CHN MLB NL 10 10 3 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 .200 0 0
1994 CHN MLB NL 356 331 38 92 19 0 11 144 35 16 48 3 8 .278 .313 .435 .157 2 5
1995 CHN MLB NL 503 477 58 141 30 6 14 225 69 10 75 10 5 .296 .317 .472 .176 3 7
1996 SFN MLB NL 307 287 27 86 12 2 5 117 25 13 40 8 0 .300 .331 .408 .108 1 5
1997 CHN MLB NL 437 419 57 119 18 4 9 172 41 8 64 29 7 .284 .300 .411 .126 4 3
1997 PIT MLB NL 74 71 14 28 4 1 5 49 16 0 11 3 1 .394 .389 .690 .296 1 2
1998 CLE MLB AL 166 156 26 37 11 3 3 63 12 6 18 9 2 .237 .265 .404 .167 3 0
1998 SFN MLB NL 55 51 10 9 2 0 3 20 8 0 10 0 2 .176 .222 .392 .216 0 1
1999 NYN MLB NL 97 93 12 32 6 1 0 40 16 0 16 4 1 .344 .354 .430 .086 1 1
1999 SLN MLB NL 158 150 23 46 5 2 5 70 25 2 23 6 3 .307 .327 .467 .160 1 2
2000 SLN MLB NL 231 216 28 54 11 2 12 105 43 6 47 3 1 .250 .278 .486 .236 2 4
2001 SFN MLB NL 193 186 26 52 10 3 9 95 25 2 32 3 1 .280 .293 .511 .231 1 2
2002 SFN MLB NL 153 147 7 34 5 0 1 42 9 3 33 1 0 .231 .250 .286 .054 1 1

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
2002-08-09 2002-08-09 On-Alr 0 0 Right Hip Contusion Hip Pointer -
2002-08-09 2002-09-01 15-DL 23 22 Right Thumb Sprain -
2002-07-26 2002-07-27 DTD 1 1 - Back Soreness - -
2002-05-06 2002-05-21 15-DL 15 13 Left Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2002-04-18 2002-04-21 DTD 3 2 - Low Back Soreness - -
2002-04-16 2002-04-17 DTD 1 1 - Low Back Strain - -
2001-08-04 2001-08-22 15-DL 18 15 Right Ankle Sprain and Bone Contusion - -
2001-07-16 2001-07-20 DTD 4 4 - General Medical Illness Sinus Infection - -
2000-09-17 2000-09-29 DTD 12 10 Left Groin Strain - -
2000-06-26 2000-06-26 DTD 0 0 Right Forearm Contusion HBP - -
1999-06-23 1999-07-09 15-DL 16 15 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1999-05-02 1999-05-04 DTD 2 2 Left Elbow Contusion HBP - -
1998-06-25 1998-06-26 DTD 1 1 Left Forearm Contusion HBP - -
1998-04-30 1998-05-03 DTD 3 3 - Low Back Spasms - -
1998-04-06 1998-04-06 DTD 0 0 Right Upper Arm Contusion Biceps - -
1997-09-21 1997-09-22 DTD 1 1 - Low Back Spasms - -
1997-09-17 1997-09-18 DTD 1 1 - Low Back Spasms - -
1997-09-13 1997-09-13 DTD 0 0 - Ankle Contusion Foul Ball - -
1997-09-07 1997-09-09 DTD 2 1 - Low Back Spasms - -
1997-08-13 1997-08-15 DTD 2 2 - Shoulder Soreness - -
1997-06-09 1997-06-24 15-DL 15 13 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
1997-05-05 1997-05-06 DTD 1 0 - Low Back Spasms - -
1997-04-27 1997-04-28 DTD 1 1 - Shoulder Soreness Sliding - -
1996-08-05 1996-09-29 60-DL 55 52 - Face Surgery Fractured Cheek Bone and Eye Orbit 1996-08-09 -
1996-04-24 1996-05-13 15-DL 19 16 - Groin Strain - -
1993-12-17 1993-12-17 Off 0 0 - Low Back Surgery Herniated Disc 1993-12-17 -
1993-04-05 1993-09-02 60-DL 150 134 - Low Back Recovery From Surgery Herniated Disc 1992-05-14 -
1992-05-05 1992-10-04 60-DL 152 137 - Low Back Surgery Herniated Disc 1992-05-14 -
1987-06-16 1987-08-21 66 59 Right Fingers Surgery Ring Finger Fracture - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2002 SFN $1,150,000
2001 SFN $1,000,000
2000 SLN $600,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,750,000
3 yrTotal$2,750,000

 

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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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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-07-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)Good afternoon Jay! Of those currently HOF-eligible, which player had the longest career with nowhere near the stats to merit consideration for the Hall? (aka an overly long mediocre career)
(dianagramr from NYC)		On the most recent ballot, David Segui's JAWS came in about 40 points below the HOF standard at first base, a pretty wide gap. Shawon Dunston was about 56 shy, but that was before WARP's replacement level got raised; a quick check tells me he's still even further off than Segui. Among the pitchers, the worst I recall coming across was Bobby Witt, who today would be about 43 points below the average HOF starting pitcher. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-06-07 18:30:00 (link to chat)Machado hit .639. What is the highest high school batting average you can remember? What is a good comp for Machado?
(O's Fan from Baltimore)		Shawon Dunston hit .790 his senior year. That's gotta be up there. White Sox take Sale, what a GREAT pick for them. 14 could be Workman, still outside shot at Ranaudo. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)In a keeper Strat-O-Matic league, would you take Elvis Andrus or Gordon Beckham? Assume the team's other left-side infielder is someone like Brendan Harris, who can start at SS or 3B as needed.
(Rex Little from Big Bear, CA)		The difference in their ages and position--the White Sox appear to be committed to the Cuban Shawon Dunston at shortstop--mean I'd take Andrus. Keeper leagues are about long-term value. I like Beckham a lot, but a long-term 1 at short with a decent bat is what you build around. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-08-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is this the real Alexei Ramirez?
(AMan from IN)		Probably. He has tools and absolutely no idea what he's doing with them. He reminds me of Shawon Dunston, or the infield version of Jeff Francaeiour. There's almost no way to be a star walking twice a month. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-20 13:30:00 (link to chat)Carlos Gomez in the future is what kind of player?
(Mike from Minnesota)		80% of Devon White. Shawon Dunston in center field. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)my prediction: Goose in. Rice misses by an extremely small margin. Much, much bleating commences over the voters who submitted blanks to protest roids users, thus depriving the "deserving" pre-roids slugger.
(TomH from Lexington Park MD)		The Goose is Loose! He gets 85.8 percent, and he's the only one who gets in on this ballot.

Rice falls just shy at 72.2 percent, setting him up for a 15th-year push.

Raines 24.3 percent. Oh is that ugly.

Player Total Votes Percentage Rich Gossage 466 85.8% Jim Rice 392 72.2% Andre Dawson 358 65.9% Bert Blyleven 336 61.9% Lee Smith 235 43.3% Jack Morris 233 42.9% Tommy John 158 29.1% Tim Raines 132 24.3% Mark McGwire 128 23.6% Alan Trammell 99 18.2% Dave Concepcion 88 16.2% Don Mattingly 86 15.8% Dave Parker 82 15.1% Dale Murphy 75 13.8% Harold Baines 28 5.2% Rod Beck 2 0.4% Travis Fryman 2 0.4% Robb Nen 2 0.4% Shawon Dunston 1 0.2% Chuck Finley 1 0.2% David Justice 1 0.2% Chuck Knoblauch 1 0.2% Todd Stottlemyre 1 0.2%
Jose Rijo 0 0% Brady Anderson 0 0% (Jay Jaffe)


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