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Birth Date	1-21-1987
Height	6' 1"
Weight	223 lbs

Age	37 years, 3 months, 5 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 3.42015
: 2.52016
: 1.72017
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: 2.22019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2011	SFN	24	66	220	40	5	2	3	23	31	0	1	3	.204	.288	.296	73	-6.5	0.4	0.6	0.3
2012	SFN	25	143	476	108	26	3	4	33	95	3	1	4	.248	.304	.349	71	-15.9	0.8	14.5	2.0
2013	SFN	26	149	550	124	24	3	9	42	96	5	1	2	.249	.311	.363	83	-9.8	2.1	-1.7	1.3
2014	SFN	27	153	564	121	20	10	10	59	129	2	5	3	.246	.324	.389	94	-3.7	-0.2	9.2	2.9
2015	SFN	28	143	561	130	33	4	21	39	119	11	6	4	.256	.321	.462	104	4.7	-0.9	6.0	3.4
2016	SFN	29	155	623	152	28	11	12	57	115	4	7	0	.275	.342	.430	94	-3.5	-1.8	3.9	2.5
2017	SFN	30	144	570	131	34	1	14	42	113	1	3	5	.253	.305	.403	84	-9.6	-1.4	4.1	1.7
2018	SFN	31	151	594	135	28	2	14	50	122	8	4	5	.254	.325	.394	95	-1.6	0.5	15.3	4.0
2019	SFN	32	147	560	114	24	2	11	53	117	3	3	2	.228	.304	.350	80	-12.4	-3.4	0.9	0.9
Career			1251	4718	1055	222	38	98	398	937	37	31	28	.249	.316	.389	88	-58.2	-4.0	52.8	19.1

Statistics for All Levels

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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
2008	SLO	A-	NWN	1	2	.223	.353	.310	.000	105	-0.5	0.1	0	53	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2008	GIA	Rk	AZL	4	14	.253	.334	.341	.545	100	1.2	0.5	0.2	211	0	0.2	-0.1	1.1	0.2
2009	SJO	A+	CLF	25	119	.268	.341	.417	.493	104	13.3	3.4	1.5	168	0	-0.5	-0.1	8.8	1.4
2009	NRW	AA	EAS	108	423	.258	.333	.387	.328	91	-7.8	13.0	5.9	75	0	2.9	-4.4	-10.5	0.7
2010	SJO	A+	CLF	5	20	.273	.343	.421	.231	99	2.8	1.6	0.3	121	0	-2.3	1.5	1.3	0.2
2010	RIC	AA	EAS	79	342	.260	.331	.401	.303	106	2.7	4.7	2	0	0	17.0	1.9	0.0	0.0
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	66	220	.257	.323	.403	.228	92	-10.2	5.9	2.7	73	8	0.6	0.4	-6.5	0.3
2011	SJO	A+	CAL	14	69	.262	.327	.426	.372	92	7.2	2.1	0.6	154	0	1.4	0.2	4.0	0.8
2011	FRE	AAA	PCL	29	118	.272	.343	.427	.276	106	-6.9	3.7	1.7	57	0	2.0	-0.2	-6.0	0.1
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	143	476	.256	.319	.403	.307	94	-7	13.0	6	71	8	14.5	0.8	-15.9	2.0
2013	SFN	MLB	NL	149	550	.253	.315	.393	.290	100	-7.1	14.5	6.6	83	9	-1.7	2.1	-9.8	1.3
2014	SFN	MLB	NL	153	564	.253	.313	.385	.307	100	3	14.5	6.6	94	6	9.2	-0.2	-3.7	2.9
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	143	561	.258	.318	.409	.294	91	17.7	15.1	6.9	104	10	6.0	-0.9	4.7	3.4
2016	SFN	MLB	NL	155	623	.254	.321	.412	.322	93	13	17.6	8.1	94	9	3.9	-1.8	-3.5	2.5
2017	SFN	MLB	NL	144	570	.251	.321	.419	.293	91	0.8	16.7	7.6	84	10	4.1	-1.4	-9.6	1.7
2017	RIC	AA	EAS	2	8	.266	.337	.372	.500	97	1.2	0.2	0.1	134	0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1
2018	SFN	MLB	NL	151	594	.241	.309	.390	.303	95	2.4	16.7	7.6	95	7	15.3	0.5	-1.6	4.0
2019	SFN	MLB	NL	147	560	.251	.318	.433	.274	94	-14.2	16.9	7.7	80	7	0.9	-3.4	-12.4	0.9

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
2008	GIA	Rk	AZL	14	14	3	6	1	1	0	9	3	0	3	0	1	.429	.429	.643	.214	0	0
2008	SLO	A-	NWN	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2009	NRW	AA	EAS	423	392	38	101	26	2	4	143	31	20	100	11	7	.258	.290	.365	.107	8	8
2009	SJO	A+	CLF	119	105	21	39	2	2	6	63	17	10	32	2	4	.371	.445	.600	.229	0	0
2010	RIC	AA	EAS	342	291	43	70	12	3	7	109	22	39	77	4	1	.241	.341	.375	.134	1	1
2010	SJO	A+	CLF	20	18	4	3	1	0	0	4	1	2	5	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.056	0	0
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	220	196	22	40	5	2	3	58	21	23	31	1	3	.204	.288	.296	.092	0	1
2011	SJO	A+	CAL	69	59	14	19	5	1	3	35	15	9	13	0	0	.322	.412	.593	.271	0	1
2011	FRE	AAA	PCL	118	107	13	25	5	1	1	35	9	9	20	5	2	.234	.291	.327	.093	1	1
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	476	435	44	108	26	3	4	152	45	33	95	1	4	.248	.304	.349	.101	3	2
2013	SFN	MLB	NL	550	499	52	124	24	3	9	181	43	42	96	1	2	.249	.311	.363	.114	3	1
2014	SFN	MLB	NL	564	491	54	121	20	10	10	191	69	59	129	5	3	.246	.324	.389	.143	10
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	561	507	65	130	33	4	21	234	84	39	119	6	4	.256	.321	.462	.205	4	0
2016	SFN	MLB	NL	623	553	67	152	28	11	12	238	84	57	115	7	0	.275	.342	.430	.156	9	0
2017	RIC	AA	EAS	8	8	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	.125	0	0
2017	SFN	MLB	NL	570	518	58	131	34	1	14	209	77	42	113	3	5	.253	.305	.403	.151	9	0
2018	SFN	MLB	NL	594	531	63	135	28	2	14	209	54	50	122	4	5	.254	.325	.394	.139	5	0
2019	SFN	MLB	NL	560	500	58	114	24	2	11	175	59	53	117	3	2	.228	.304	.350	.122	4	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	834	0.4976	0.4460	0.8065	0.6458	0.2482	0.8694	0.6442	0.1935	-0.0033
2012	1797	0.4958	0.4925	0.7525	0.6521	0.3355	0.8520	0.5625	0.2475	0.0031
2013	2050	0.4917	0.4668	0.7732	0.6379	0.3013	0.8818	0.5510	0.2268	0.0139
2014	2075	0.4988	0.4752	0.7160	0.6551	0.2962	0.8127	0.5032	0.2840	-0.0033
2015	2116	0.4740	0.5213	0.7171	0.7198	0.3423	0.8338	0.4961	0.2829	-0.0003
2016	2318	0.4620	0.5108	0.7348	0.7311	0.3216	0.8327	0.5436	0.2652	0.0000
2017	2166	0.4686	0.5129	0.7201	0.7153	0.3345	0.8306	0.5117	0.2799	0.0000
2018	2215	0.4763	0.5210	0.7071	0.7270	0.3336	0.7914	0.5401	0.2929	0.0000
2019	2171	0.4781	0.5136	0.7184	0.7148	0.3292	0.8019	0.5523	0.2816	0.0000
Career	17742	0.4808	0.4998	0.7328	0.6936	0.3207	0.8307	0.5374	0.2672	0.0013

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
2014-09-06	2014-09-07	DTD	1	1	-	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2014-08-28	2014-08-28	DTD	0	0	-	Shoulder	Soreness	Bothering for 4-5 Days	-
2014-04-16	2014-04-17	DTD	1	1	Right	Thigh	Tightness	Hamstring	-	-
2013-09-30	2013-09-30	DTD	0	0	-	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2013-07-20	2013-07-20	DTD	0	0	Left	Foot	Contusion		-	-
2013-06-20	2013-06-22	DTD	2	2	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Index and Middle Fingers	-	-
2012-04-03	2012-04-04	Camp	1	0	Left	Thumb	Sprain		-	-
2011-04-05	2011-05-11	Minors	36	0	Left	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger	-	-
2010-07-07	2010-09-02	Minors	57	0	Right	Hand	Fracture		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2024	SLN	$2,000,000
2023	SFN	$16,000,000
2022	SFN	$16,000,000
2021	SFN	$15,200,000
2020	SFN	$15,200,000
2019	SFN	$15,200,000
2018	SFN	$15,200,000
2017	SFN	$8,200,000
2016	SFN	$6,000,000
2015	SFN	$3,175,000
2014	SFN	$560,000
2013	SFN	$530,000
2012	SFN	$481,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$111,746,000
2019	Current	$2,000,000
13 yr	Pvs + Cur	$113,746,000
13 yr	Total	$113,746,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 94 d	Wasserman	1 year/$2M (2024)

Details

1 year/$2M (2024). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 2/27/24.
2 years/$32M (2022-23). Signed extension with San Francisco 8/13/21. 22:$16M, 23:$16M.
6 years/$75M (2016-21). Signed extension with San Francisco 11/17/15. $1.2M signing bonus. 16:$5.8M, 17:$8M, 18-21:$15M annually. Full no-trade protection.
1 year/$3.175M (2015). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/27/15 (avoided arbitration, $3.95M-$2.4M).
1 year/$560,000 (2014). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/4/14.
1 year/$530,000 (2013). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/13.
1 year/$481,000 (2012). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/9/12.
1 year (2011). Contract selected by San Francisco 5/26/11.
Drafted by San Francisco 2008 (4-117) (UCLA). $375,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA
90^o	41	10	2	1	4	8	.278	.350	.417	110	2.2	SS 0
80^o	28	6	1	1	3	5	.250	.333	.417	105	1.2	SS 0
70^o	18	4	1	0	2	4	.250	.333	.312	101	0.7	SS 0
60^o	10	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	98	0.3	SS 0
50^o	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	95	0.1	SS 0
Weighted Mean	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	95	0.1	SS 0

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Date	Question	Answer
2016-11-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Saw two comps for Amed Rosario by a fangraphs writer- Brandon Crawford or Elvis Andrus. How do you feel about the accuracy of these? (Greg from NY)	I've used Crawford before. At least before Crawford became a 20 HR guy (although not out of the realm of possibility for Rosario, it's unlikely). I think Rosario is more likely to be a power over hit type than an Andrus type offensively. And I don't think he is as natural a shortstop as Andrus. He's good there, but he gets by more on athleticism. A comp I heard recently that I sort of like is Asdrubal Cabrera with a better glove. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	It seems like the Cardinals have had a terrible last few months; lose to the Cubs, top prospect suspended 80 games, Molina and Peralta go down with major thumb injuries, and the only free agent that took their money was Mike Leake, while Lackey and Heyward go to the Cubs. Am I right that this is not going well for the Redbirds? (Nude Pablo Sandoval from Boston)	That's a bad username. I'm tempted to not answer your question, but it is an easy one. Yeah, things are looking dark in St. Louis. That means that Adam Wainwright will win 22 games and Greg Garcia will turn into Brandon Crawford. (Bryan Grosnick)
2015-10-19 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I enjoyed your pre-season rankings, will you do those again before opening day? Ian Desmond was a 5 star SS for you pre-season 2015. How many stars will he get in February and who has passed him? Does his lower BABIP in 2015 factor into your ranking of him? (Oh the Blue Jays are playing baseball now!) Thank you. (Mark from DC)	Yes, we'll do rankings again next year. I would think that Desmond has to drop down into the three-star tier, which means that a number of players have passed him. Carlos Correa and Brandon Crawford are ahead of him now, and I wouldn't be surprised if Lindor sneaks in there too. Based on last year, this would probably put Desmond on the periphery of the top 10. (Tout Wars Champ Mike Gianella)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Brandon Crawford for real or is he a sell high in fantasy? (Jv from Illinois)	I think he's legit. The power should tail off somewhat, but he's hit lefties for two years running and is hitting with more authority overall. Don't sell. (Mike Gianella)
2014-05-07 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Mike, two questions. First, how many AB's do you give players before moving on in fantasy? Also, time to dump Everth? He or Aybar ROS? Thanks! (Higdldini from NY, NY)	It depends on the format obviously, but if you're talking about a standard mixed probably anywhere from 150-250 depending on what the FA pool looks like. A lot of this discussion revolves around what your replacement will look like. So if you're in a 15-team mixed and you're annoyed at Everth Cabrera and Brandon Crawford is your best option, you just might want to sit tight. But in a 10-team mixed, you might have plenty of options that make sense. I'd stick with Cabrera over Erick Aybar. Aybar offers some power upside over Cabrera, but he doesn't run the way he used to and I'd rather have Cabrera's 40-45 SB potential. (Mike Gianella)
2013-04-16 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Is there ever a situation where you would rather have an empty lineup spot over a poor player for a short period of time in a roto league? My example is that Erick Aybar is on the DL for another 10 days, and the best options on the waiver wire are Cozart and Brandon Crawford. Would the negligible gain in runs and RBI be enough to off-set the hit to BA? Thanks! (Scott from OC)	Rarely ever, and if Cozart is available, that doesn't apply. Grab him over running an empty spot out there. (Bret Sayre)
2013-04-18 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think AJ Pollock and Brandon Crawford can continue to produce at this level for the rest of the year? (Steve from IL)	I haven't seen enough of Pollock to give an educated comment on him, Steve, but (anecdotally) Crawford looks stronger this year and I could see him threatening double digits in home runs. The improvements in his walk and strikeout rates also are promising. He won't finish with an OPS above 900, but I wouldn't be stunned if he winds up a well-above-average overall shortstop. (Daniel Rathman)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's the general scouting world's view of Brandon Crawford's defense? (rmunter from Washington DC)	I think it depends on the scout and at what point in the year that saw him. He made a lot of improvements to his defensive game as the year progressed. I have mixed feelings about Crawford. To me, he's the type that makes plays look harder rather than making them look easier. Some defenders are so natural, and athletic, and fluid that even high-difficulty plays look routine. Crawford makes a play and it takes every ounce of his being and people can witness the effort so it looks like he showed a lot of #want in the act, which I'm sure he did. Elvis Andrus makes the same play and it looks routine and common. (Jason Parks)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Not saying I disagree about Brandon Crawford, but regardless of how he looks doing it, he does seem to make the plays. I don't see much where I think "ooh, he coulda/shoulda had it". Am I just missing the ones a better SS would make? Or is it "he's really good, but he makes it look so hard we need to dock him a few points"? The range of opinions on his defense seems awfully wide, and I'm not able to judge why... (NC from SF)	How he looks while executing his craft plays a very large role on how we determine the worth of the play in relation to other plays. It's a visual connection that occurs whether or we think about it or not. The fluidity and #grace of a particular athletic movement can convince us (based on the visual understanding of those movements) that one action took more effort or ability than the other, when in reality, one just appeared to look more difficult because of the visual photographs we take and how we relate those images to a scale of difficulty. (Jason Parks)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	(Not arguing - still just really curious)... On Brandon Crawford, again: isn't the point to "make all the plays", whatever "all" is? It's great if you can look like Ozzie while doing it, but do we care if you don't if the result is the same? Or is the concern that while he might be fine now, it can't last? (NC from SF)	Yes. Making plays is what ultimately counts, but my point was about the visual connection we form with certain movements and how that influences how we relate and compare the difficulty and subsequent value of said play. Making the plays is all that actually matters, but we don't watch baseball games just to see the end result of actions. We watch baseball to judge the process and execution of those actions as well. (Jason Parks)

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