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Portrait of Juan Encarnacion

Juan Encarnacion RFTigers

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 5095 .270 .317 .441 91 3.7
Birth Date3-8-1976
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
Age48 years, 0 months, 20 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
1997 DET 21 11 38 7 1 1 1 3 12 2 3 1 .212 .316 .394 68 -1.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1
1998 DET 22 40 175 54 9 4 7 7 31 1 7 4 .329 .354 .561 101 0.8 1.2 -3.9 0.2
1999 DET 23 132 538 130 30 6 19 14 113 9 33 12 .255 .287 .450 76 -14.8 -0.2 3.5 0.0
2000 DET 24 141 590 158 25 6 14 29 90 7 16 4 .289 .330 .433 86 -7.7 4.0 -6.6 0.9
2001 DET 25 120 457 101 19 7 12 25 93 6 9 5 .242 .292 .408 79 -10.4 -0.1 -10.9 -1.0
2002 CIN 26 83 354 89 11 2 16 26 63 1 9 4 .277 .330 .474 102 2.2 -2.4 6.7 1.6
2002 FLO 26 69 290 69 11 3 8 20 50 3 12 5 .262 .317 .418 101 1.7 -0.2 1.8 0.9
2003 FLO 27 156 653 162 37 6 19 37 82 4 19 8 .270 .313 .446 96 -1.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.4
2004 FLO 28 49 182 38 12 1 3 17 33 3 2 1 .238 .320 .381 87 -2.6 -1.0 4.6 0.4
2004 LAN 28 86 350 76 18 1 13 21 53 4 3 3 .235 .289 .417 87 -5.0 0.2 -6.6 -0.5
2005 FLO 29 141 563 145 27 3 16 41 104 9 6 5 .287 .349 .447 104 3.3 -0.8 -8.4 0.5
2006 SLN 30 153 598 155 25 5 19 30 86 4 6 5 .278 .317 .443 92 -3.3 2.0 -7.5 0.4
2007 SLN 31 78 307 80 17 1 9 18 43 1 2 2 .283 .324 .445 91 -2.3 1.2 -6.5 -0.2
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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.
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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
1994 FAY A SAL 24 92 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 LAK A+ FSL 3 7 .000 .000 .000 .667 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 BRI Rk APL 54 217 .000 .000 .000 .321 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 FAY A SAL 124 498 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 LAK A+ FSL 131 538 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 DET MLB AL 11 38 .262 .330 .410 .300 100 0 1.0 -0.4 68 21 -0.3 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1
1997 JAX AA SOU 0 555 .000 .000 .000 .349 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 DET MLB AL 40 175 .271 .331 .435 .364 98 10 4.8 -1.1 101 13 -3.9 1.2 0.8 0.2
1998 LAK A+ FSL 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 TOL AAA INT 0 395 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DET MLB AL 132 538 .275 .346 .437 .293 99 -9.1 15.0 -3.1 76 8 3.5 -0.2 -14.8 0.0
2000 DET MLB AL 141 590 .278 .351 .447 .322 86 9 18.6 1.7 86 13 -6.6 4.0 -7.7 0.9
2001 DET MLB AL 120 457 .265 .329 .429 .282 100 -12 13.6 -2 79 7 -10.9 -0.1 -10.4 -1.0
2002 CIN MLB NL 83 354 .259 .329 .411 .298 103 5 10.2 -0.4 102 11 6.7 -2.4 2.2 1.6
2002 FLO MLB NL 69 290 .255 .321 .398 .292 98 -1.6 8.4 -2.5 101 11 1.8 -0.2 1.7 0.9
2003 FLO MLB NL 156 653 .263 .329 .419 .283 98 1.8 17.2 -7.1 96 7 -0.4 -4.4 -1.1 0.4
2004 FLO MLB NL 49 182 .262 .327 .425 .280 90 -0.7 5.4 -2 87 10 4.6 -1.0 -2.6 0.4
2004 LAN MLB NL 86 350 .269 .336 .436 .243 97 -3.3 10.4 -3.7 87 10 -6.6 0.2 -5.0 -0.5
2005 FLO MLB NL 141 563 .263 .326 .416 .332 92 15.6 16.2 -5.6 104 10 -8.4 -0.8 3.3 0.5
2006 SLN MLB NL 153 598 .268 .333 .434 .297 93 4 18.0 -5 92 8 -7.5 2.0 -3.3 0.4
2007 SLN MLB NL 78 307 .269 .334 .433 .302 101 -0.4 9.1 -3.3 91 11 -6.5 1.2 -2.3 -0.2
2007 SFD AA TXS 15 65 .267 .338 .410 .191 106 -6.4 1.9 -0.8 33 0 -1.7 0.2 -4.4 -0.5

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
1994 BRI Rk APL 217 197 16 49 7 1 4 70 31 13 54 9 2 .249 .310 .355 .107 1 1
1994 FAY A SAL 92 83 6 16 1 1 1 22 4 8 36 1 1 .193 .272 .265 .072 0 0
1994 LAK A+ FSL 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .000 0 0
1995 FAY A SAL 498 457 62 129 31 7 16 222 72 30 113 5 6 .282 .337 .486 .204 1 1
1996 LAK A+ FSL 538 499 54 120 31 2 15 200 58 24 104 11 5 .240 .292 .401 .160 0 0
1997 DET MLB AL 38 33 3 7 1 1 1 13 5 3 12 3 1 .212 .316 .394 .182 0 0
1997 JAX AA SOU 555 493 91 159 31 4 26 276 90 43 86 17 3 .323 .398 .560 .237 0 0
1998 LAK A+ FSL 19 16 4 4 0 1 0 6 4 2 4 4 0 .250 .368 .375 .125 0 0
1998 DET MLB AL 175 164 30 54 9 4 7 92 21 7 31 7 4 .329 .354 .561 .232 3 0
1998 TOL AAA INT 395 356 55 102 17 3 8 149 41 29 85 24 4 .287 .357 .419 .132 0 0
1999 DET MLB AL 538 509 62 130 30 6 19 229 74 14 113 33 12 .255 .287 .450 .194 2 4
2000 DET MLB AL 590 547 75 158 25 6 14 237 72 29 90 16 4 .289 .330 .433 .144 4 3
2001 DET MLB AL 457 417 52 101 19 7 12 170 52 25 93 9 5 .242 .292 .408 .165 4 5
2002 FLO MLB NL 290 263 34 69 11 3 8 110 34 20 50 12 5 .262 .317 .418 .156 4 0
2002 CIN MLB NL 354 321 43 89 11 2 16 152 51 26 63 9 4 .277 .330 .474 .196 3 3
2003 FLO MLB NL 653 601 80 162 37 6 19 268 94 37 82 19 8 .270 .313 .446 .176 6 5
2004 FLO MLB NL 182 160 21 38 12 1 3 61 19 17 33 2 1 .238 .320 .381 .144 1 1
2004 LAN MLB NL 350 324 42 76 18 1 13 135 43 21 53 3 3 .235 .289 .417 .182 1 0
2005 FLO MLB NL 563 506 59 145 27 3 16 226 76 41 104 6 5 .287 .349 .447 .160 3 4
2006 SLN MLB NL 598 557 74 155 25 5 19 247 79 30 86 6 5 .278 .317 .443 .165 6 1
2007 SFD AA TXS 65 58 5 9 4 0 0 13 4 6 11 1 0 .155 .246 .224 .069 0 0
2007 SLN MLB NL 307 283 43 80 17 1 9 126 47 18 43 2 2 .283 .324 .445 .163 4 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
2008-03-21 2008-09-28 60-DL 191 161 Right Recovery From Surgery 2008-01-22 -
2008-01-22 2008-01-22 Off 0 0 Right Recovery From Surgery 2008-01-22 -
2007-08-31 2007-10-02 15-DL 32 32 Right Face Surgery Multiple Fractures 2007-09-20 -
2007-08-09 2007-08-17 DTD 8 7 - Knee Tendonitis - -
2007-03-30 2007-05-13 15-DL 44 34 Left Wrist Recovery From Surgery 2006-12-14 -
2006-12-14 2006-12-14 Off 0 0 Left Wrist Surgery Tendon 2006-12-14 -
2006-10-23 2006-10-26 DTD 3 0 Left Wrist Inflammation - -
2006-09-09 2006-09-10 DTD 1 1 - Hip Soreness -
2006-09-04 2006-09-06 DTD 2 2 - Hip Soreness - -
2006-07-10 2006-07-14 DTD 4 1 Left Wrist Inflammation - -
2005-08-21 2005-08-25 DTD 4 4 Left Wrist Inflammation -
2005-08-05 2005-08-10 DTD 5 6 Left Wrist Inflammation - -
2005-07-09 2005-07-14 DTD 5 2 Left Wrist Contusion HBP - -
2004-10-13 2004-10-13 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Bone Spurs 2013-10-13 -
2004-09-28 2004-10-04 DTD 6 6 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -
2004-09-25 2004-09-27 DTD 2 2 Left Shoulder Tear Labrum - -
2004-08-28 2004-08-28 DTD 0 0 - Lower Leg Soreness Achilles - -
2004-08-08 2004-08-08 DTD 0 0 Left Wrist Contusion HBP - -
2004-07-04 2004-07-19 15-DL 15 12 Left Shoulder Inflammation Rotator Cuff Tendinitis - -
2004-06-28 2004-06-29 DTD 1 0 Left Hip Strain - -
2004-05-14 2004-05-18 DTD 4 3 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -
2003-07-30 2003-08-01 DTD 2 1 Right Forearm Contusion HBP - -
2003-06-30 2003-07-02 DTD 2 2 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2003-05-04 2003-05-06 DTD 2 1 Right Forearm Contusion HBP - -
2002-06-08 2002-06-09 DTD 1 1 - Head Concussion Thrown Ball In Batting Practice - -
2001-08-23 2001-08-25 DTD 2 2 Right Hand Contusion HBP - -
2001-06-11 2001-06-17 DTD 6 5 - Sprain Player Collision - -
2001-03-25 2001-03-26 Camp 1 0 Left Groin Strain - -
2000-09-07 2000-09-08 DTD 1 1 Left Foot Contusion Foul Ball - -
2000-05-18 2000-05-28 DTD 10 8 - Trunk Strain Ribcage - -
1999-09-27 1999-10-03 DTD 6 6 Left Face Fracture Cheekbone - -
1999-07-24 1999-07-31 DTD 7 6 Right Ankle Sprain - -
1999-06-19 1999-06-21 DTD 2 2 - General Medical Illness - -
1999-05-26 1999-05-30 DTD 4 4 - Hip Contusion Hip Pointer - -
1998-03-31 1998-04-28 15-DL 28 21 Left Foot Recovery From Fracture Foul Ball - -
1998-03-06 1998-03-31 Camp 25 0 Left Foot Fracture Foul Ball - -
1997-09-15 1997-09-29 DTD 14 13 Left Hand Fracture - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SLN $6,500,000
2007 SLN $5,000,000
2006 SLN $3,500,000
2005 FLO $4,500,000
2004 LAN, FLO $3,565,000
2003 FLO $3,450,000
2002 CIN, FLO $1,550,000
2001 DET $440,000
2000 DET $325,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$28,830,000
9 yrTotal$28,830,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 98 dMichael Moline3 yr/$15M (06-08)

Details
  • signed as a free agent from FL 1/06, 3 year/$15M (06-08), 06:$3.5M, 07:$5M, 08:$6.5M
  • acquired in trade from LA 7/04
  • avoided arbitration 12/03, 2 year/$8M (04-05) 04:$3.5M, 05:$4.5M
  • avoided arbitration 12/03
  • acquired in trade from FL 12/03
  • FA after 04
  • 1 year/$3.45M (03) 1/03
  • acquired in trade from CIN 7/02
  • avoided arbitration 1/02 1 year/$1.55M (02), acquired in trade from DET 12/01

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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