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Aaron Cunningham LF

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
10	501	.219	.280	.347	.235	-0.5

Birth Date	4-24-1986
Height	5' 11"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	31 years, 11 months, 27 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2008	OAK	22	22	87	80	7	20	7	1	1	32	6	24	1	0	0	14	2	0	.250	.310	.400	.247	-0.2	3.4	0.3
2009	OAK	23	23	57	53	6	8	2	0	1	13	3	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	.151	.211	.245	.178	-4.2	-2.6	-0.7
2010	SDN	24	53	147	132	17	38	12	1	1	55	7	28	3	3	2	15	1	3	.288	.331	.417	.274	3.8	-2.2	0.2
2011	SDN	25	52	101	90	12	16	6	1	3	33	9	17	1	1	0	9	1	0	.178	.257	.367	.234	-0.1	0.8	0.1
2012	CLE	26	72	109	97	5	17	4	0	1	24	9	25	0	0	3	7	0	3	.175	.245	.247	.204	-4.1	0.7	-0.4
Career			222	501	452	47	99	31	3	7	157	34	110	6	4	5	51	4	6	.219	.280	.347	.235	-4.8	0.1	-0.5

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
2005	KAN	A	10	29	.127	.263	.343	.430	.260	.158	89	-2.4	0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2
2005	BRI	Rk	56	255	.314	.260	.330	.398	.266	.378	104	13.1	6.4	-2.3	-9.7	1.2	18.4	0.8	18.4	0.8
2006	KAN	A	95	402	.296	.257	.335	.377	.262	.346	100	11	8.4	-2.2	-1.9	1.6	18.8	1.8	18.8	1.8
2007	VIS	A+	29	135	.339	.273	.343	.435	.276	.410	97	12.2	4.1	-0.5	-1.9	0.2	16.1	1.4	16.1	1.4
2007	WNS	A+	67	306	.289	.261	.336	.398	.258	.310	107	10	9.4	-3.3	-11.1	2.0	18.1	0.7	18.1	0.7
2007	MOB	AA	31	132	.325	.270	.337	.408	.277	.337	92	9.2	3.8	-0.9	1.4	0.6	12.8	1.4	12.8	1.4
2008	OAK	MLB	22	87	.247	.276	.340	.439	.265	.345	101	-1.3	2.5	-0.6	3.4	-0.9	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.3
2008	MID	AA	87	401	.334	.272	.345	.410	.280	.395	90	32.4	11.8	-0.4	-6.7	2.6	46.3	4.0	46.3	4.0
2008	SAC	AAA	20	89	.357	.276	.340	.443	.257	.436	105	9.8	2.7	-0.8	-0.0	0.8	12.6	1.2	12.6	1.2
2009	OAK	MLB	23	57	.178	.267	.335	.431	.263	.194	105	-5	1.6	-0.6	-2.6	-0.3	-4.2	-0.7	-4.2	-0.7
2009	SAC	AAA	83	375	.311	.273	.344	.431	.274	.360	91	21.8	11.4	-3.8	-4.9	0.0	29.4	2.4	29.4	2.4
2010	SDN	MLB	53	147	.274	.259	.318	.409	.261	.349	88	2.1	4.1	-1	-2.2	-1.3	3.8	0.2	3.8	0.2
2010	POR	AAA	80	308	.253	.271	.345	.416	.264	.308	89	-2.4	9.3	-2.7	-12.2	-3.7	0.5	-1.1	0.5	-1.1
2011	SDN	MLB	52	101	.234	.242	.306	.374	.251	.183	91	-2.6	2.7	-0.6	0.8	0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1
2011	TUC	AAA	87	384	.304	.297	.363	.472	.269	.368	110	19.9	11.9	-4	-2.8	-1.1	26.7	2.3	26.7	2.3
2012	CLE	MLB	72	109	.204	.258	.326	.409	.263	.225	99	-6	3.0	-0.6	0.7	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4
2012	COH	AAA	22	84	.224	.254	.332	.391	.252	.255	110	-3.4	2.5	0	2.5	0.4	-0.6	0.2	-0.6	0.2
2013	ROU	AAA	115	486	.262	.261	.336	.408	.267	.284	94	1.2	13.9	-4.8	-8.9	1.1	11.5	0.3	11.5	0.3
2014	RNO	AAA	92	281	.238	.282	.349	.434	.271	.308	108	-6.8	8.3	-1.6	-4.5	3.1	3.1	-0.1	3.1	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2005	KAN	A	29	7	3	0	0	0	2	3	7	1	0	.115	.207	.115	.000	.127	-2.2	-0.1	-0.2
2005	BRI	Rk	255	41	70	10	2	5	25	16	45	6	5	.315	.397	.446	.131	.314	18.4	-9.7	0.8
2006	KAN	A	402	58	104	26	3	11	41	34	72	19	10	.305	.378	.496	.191	.296	18.8	-1.9	1.8
2007	WNS	A+	306	51	74	12	5	8	37	34	39	22	8	.294	.376	.476	.183	.289	18.1	-11.1	0.7
2007	VIS	A+	135	25	44	11	2	3	20	5	23	5	3	.358	.383	.553	.195	.339	16.1	-1.9	1.4
2007	MOB	AA	132	25	34	8	3	5	20	12	27	1	3	.288	.364	.534	.246	.325	12.8	1.4	1.4
2008	OAK	MLB	87	7	20	7	1	1	14	6	24	2	0	.250	.310	.400	.150	.247	-0.2	3.4	0.3
2008	MID	AA	401	65	110	18	6	12	52	38	92	12	4	.317	.387	.507	.190	.334	46.3	-6.7	4.0
2008	SAC	AAA	89	21	29	5	0	5	14	11	16	3	1	.382	.466	.645	.263	.357	12.6	-0.0	1.2
2009	OAK	MLB	57	6	8	2	0	1	6	3	16	0	0	.151	.211	.245	.094	.178	-4.2	-2.6	-0.7
2009	SAC	AAA	375	62	101	24	1	11	48	33	74	11	4	.302	.373	.479	.177	.311	29.4	-4.9	2.4
2010	SDN	MLB	147	17	38	12	1	1	15	7	28	1	3	.288	.331	.417	.129	.274	3.8	-2.2	0.2
2010	POR	AAA	308	30	68	17	3	7	45	28	68	2	7	.251	.332	.413	.162	.253	0.5	-12.2	-1.1
2011	SDN	MLB	101	12	16	6	1	3	9	9	17	1	0	.178	.257	.367	.189	.234	-0.1	0.8	0.1
2011	TUC	AAA	384	65	112	34	4	9	63	38	54	4	4	.329	.398	.532	.203	.304	26.7	-2.8	2.3
2012	COH	AAA	84	6	15	4	0	2	5	8	21	0	0	.203	.280	.338	.135	.224	-0.6	2.5	0.2
2012	CLE	MLB	109	5	17	4	0	1	7	9	25	0	3	.175	.245	.247	.072	.204	-4.1	0.7	-0.4
2013	ROU	AAA	486	63	104	31	2	10	50	50	84	12	3	.247	.337	.401	.154	.262	11.5	-8.9	0.3
2014	RNO	AAA	281	33	62	16	3	0	31	29	46	2	1	.255	.342	.346	.091	.238	3.1	-4.5	-0.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	PITCHES	ZONE_RT	SWING_RT	CONTACT_RT	Z_SWING_RT	O_SWING_RT	Z_CONTACT_RT	O_CONTACT_RT	SW_STRK_RT	CSAA_CHANCES	CSAA_RT
2008	311	0.5595	0.5048	0.7134	0.6839	0.2774	0.7899	0.4737	0.2866	125	-0.002174
2009	222	0.4775	0.4865	0.6296	0.7075	0.2845	0.7067	0.4545	0.3704	94	0.006989
2010	485	0.5278	0.5093	0.7935	0.6875	0.3100	0.8580	0.6338	0.2065	190	-0.003666
2011	394	0.4797	0.4746	0.7861	0.7196	0.2488	0.8676	0.5686	0.2139	168	0.001526
2012	407	0.4840	0.4742	0.7565	0.6751	0.2857	0.8271	0.6000	0.2435	170	0.003247
Career	1819	0.5069	0.4904	0.7499	0.6935	0.2826	0.8231	0.5629	0.2501	157.9302	0.0006

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
2012-05-12	2012-06-22	Minors	41	0	Left	Ankle	Fracture		-	-
2012-03-01	2012-03-04	Camp	3	0	Left	Hand	Soreness		-	-
2011-07-16	2011-07-23	Minors	7	7	-	Head	Concussion		-	-
2011-03-22	2011-03-28	Camp	6	0		Lower Leg	Soreness	Calf	-
2009-06-09	2009-06-10	DTD	1	1		Head	Concussion	HBP	-
2009-04-12	2009-05-09	Minors	27	0	Right	Shoulder	Separation	AC Joint	-
2008-04-03	2008-05-01	Minors	28	0	Left	Wrist	Fracture	Sliding	-
2006-05-15	2006-06-22	Minors	38	0	Left	Ankle	Fracture		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2012	CLE	$482,300

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$482,300
1 yr	Total	$482,300

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 158 d		1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/7/15 (minor-league contract). Released by Arizona 3/24/15.
1 year (2014). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/11/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago Cubs 3/12/14. Signed by Arizona as a free agent 3/20/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Arizona 8/17/14. Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 9/2/14 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2013). Signed by Texas as a free agent 11/12/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.4823M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/3/12. DFA by Cleveland 7/25/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/28/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by San Diego 2/27/11. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from San Diego 12/16/11.
1 year (2010). Acquired by San Diego in trade from Oakland 1/16/10. Re-signed by San Diego 3/3/10.
1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed by Oakland 2/21/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Oakland 8/30/08.
1 year (2007). Acquired by Arizona in trade from Chicago White Sox 6/16/07. Acquired by Oakland in trade from Arizona 12/14/07.
Drafted by Chicago White Sox 2005 (6-185) (Everett CC, Wash.). $0.14M signing bonus.

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-03-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Who should win the Indians LF carousel? Who has the best chance to stick? (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	My unofficial survey of who is fighting for the job: Shelley Duncan, Aaron Cunningham, Ryan Spilborghs, Felix Pie, Fred Lewis, and Russ Canzler. I cannot envision Canzler playing a tolerable corner outfield, so I'll say not him. Same result with Pie for different reasons. From there, you have Lewis and three righty bats, but Duncan and Cunningham are both out of options. So I guess the Indians might keep those two and store Lewis and Spilborghs in Triple-A for depth. I might opt for a platoon between Lewis and whichever of the two righties you're higher on. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-02-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's your take on Grady Sizemore? If he ends up hurt again by the end of spring training, is Ezequiel Carrera a fantasy asset? (LoyalRoyal from Doin' Time in Leavenworth)	He's just so risky. Unless you get him late in a draft, I wouldn't bother. I don't see him ever staying healthy for a full year. Carrera could very well be a fantasy asset, especially with his speed, although the Indians do have other options. They could put Brantley in CF again and put a guy like Shelly Duncan in LF (though I don't think Brantley is a good CF). They have Ryan Spilborghs and Aaron Cunningham too, but I think Carrera has the inside track on those two. The interesting thing with him is how often they batted him leadoff when he was filling in last season. (Derek Carty)
2011-05-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What are the odds that Aaron Cunningham gets a shot in the Padres outfield this year? (goiter6 from MN)	Less than 50-50. He doesn't seem too high up on their pecking order anymore. (John Perrotto)
2010-12-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	So you Red Sox joy counterbalances your Padres' sadness on the Gonzalez deal? (formersd from San Diego)	There really isn't any Padres' sadness, honestly. Here is my thinking. As great as Adrian Gonzalez is--and he's one of the top players in the game--he is one guy. The Padres had reason to believe the 2011 team could be a bit better, with an improved rotation, a full season of (healthy) Ryan Ludwick, Cameron Maybin possibly blossoming in center with another year in the majors, Kyle Blanks coming back from his TJ surgery, etc. If they acquire Brendan Ryan in a trade to man shortstop as is expected, and then sign someone like Derrek Lee to play first base, then you're talking about a team that could still win something like 82-85 games. Then, in 2012, you have Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Simon Castro and maybe Drew Cumberland coming up if he continues to tear up the minors. That is an exciting roster all of a sudden, and it was brought about without fielding a terrible team. The Padres can trade Bell and Ludwick in July and still have a decent team, assuming Aaron Cunningham or Kyle Blanks can slot into Ludwick's place and they bump Mike Adams up to the role of closer. The gloom and doom mentality coming out of San Diego after the trade of Adrian Gonzalez is almost enough to make me start a Padres' blog in response. (Marc Normandin)
2010-10-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	But can't you also blame Bud and I for hiding how bad my shoulder was (according to stories in SD papers)? My production didn't suffer because I was slacking off, but I was still hurting the team every time I took the field. (Scott Hairston from Contractual Limbo)	Oh, I didn't mean to imply I was happy with the decision to keep trotting him out there. In a season full of excellent decisions by Bud Black, who I do believe is an excellent manager in a league with very few of those, continuing to trot Hairston out there was awful. Just that during the last weekend of the season I didn't mind so much, because he had all that time off to rest and heal. Aaron Cunningham probably should have been the one getting that playing time if they were that desperate for another outfielder, and it's a shame he didn't. So it goes. (Marc Normandin)
2009-02-16 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I think most A's fans are wondering why Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill are so low, and Michael Inoa is so high. Also, how close did Aaron Cunningham come to making to top 100? (A's fan from Oaktown, CA)	I'm not a huge Cunningham guy. I like him plenty, and his a big leaguer, but I'm not sold on a star ceiling. As far a Cahill and Anderson go, I have them as the 23rd and 24th best prospects in ALL OF BASEBALL, and that's low? I don't get those arguments. Inoa is so high because EVERYONE I talked to that saw him did not talk about his talents as being good, that talked about him being historic. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-10-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Who would you start in the A's outfield next year out of Travis Buck, Matt Murton, Ryan Sweeney, Carlos Gonzalez, and Aaron Cunningham? (Dave from Chicago)	Good question. I'm not sure how crazy I am about any of 'em. Gonzalez has star potential but still needs lots of work, and he's the only one with real star potential. I'm not a big Murton or Sweeney fan. (Kevin Goldstein)

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