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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
18 6228 .268 .342 .475 113 34.6
Birth Date12-7-1977
Height6' 1"
Weight215 lbs
Age47 years, 2 months, 24 days
BatsL
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
1998 OAK 20 16 48 14 4 1 0 3 5 0 1 1 .311 .354 .444 83 -0.9 0.5 -0.7 0.0
1999 OAK 21 115 402 88 21 2 13 46 56 0 1 1 .247 .333 .427 101 2.6 -0.8 -10.8 0.4
2000 OAK 22 153 569 139 23 4 26 62 94 1 2 2 .277 .355 .495 114 14.8 -0.2 -0.5 3.2
2001 OAK 23 151 604 159 43 0 32 41 99 4 8 2 .288 .338 .540 121 18.9 2.9 11.3 5.3
2002 OAK 24 153 653 161 31 3 34 65 119 1 8 3 .275 .348 .513 122 21.1 -3.1 3.0 4.2
2003 OAK 25 156 654 166 39 5 29 62 89 1 8 3 .282 .350 .514 122 20.4 0.7 10.6 5.2
2004 OAK 26 125 577 131 20 0 29 95 99 3 6 3 .276 .397 .501 133 25.2 1.7 4.8 5.0
2005 OAK 27 160 694 168 40 1 27 58 129 2 6 0 .269 .329 .466 109 7.7 1.4 4.6 3.6
2006 OAK 28 137 576 117 24 2 22 84 100 1 3 0 .241 .351 .435 110 10.2 -2.0 12.1 3.9
2007 OAK 29 90 379 82 21 2 15 34 76 0 4 2 .240 .306 .446 91 -2.8 -1.7 -0.2 0.8
2008 OAK 30 23 95 22 7 0 2 6 18 0 0 0 .247 .295 .393 85 -1.5 -0.2 0.8 0.1
2009 OAK 31 8 31 3 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .100 .129 .133 62 -1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1
2010 OAK 32 33 123 26 8 0 1 8 31 0 0 0 .234 .276 .333 71 -3.9 0.3 0.0 -0.3
2011 NYA 33 58 175 42 7 1 2 14 34 0 0 0 .263 .320 .356 86 -2.6 0.3 1.3 0.4
2012 NYA 34 113 313 78 12 0 16 30 59 1 0 0 .281 .348 .496 122 7.8 -1.1 0.6 1.6
2013 ARI 35 80 254 64 14 2 9 19 45 1 1 0 .281 .332 .478 113 3.9 -0.5 0.0 1.1
2014 ARI 36 44 81 17 3 1 3 11 19 0 2 0 .246 .346 .449 98 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 0.2
Career161562281477318242606391079155017.268.342.475113119.1-1.736.434.6

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
1997 VIS A+ CLF 0 559 .000 .000 .000 .299 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 OAK MLB AL 16 48 .271 .338 .427 .350 100 0.3 1.3 0.2 83 15 -0.7 0.5 -0.9 0.0
1998 HUN AA SOU 0 378 .000 .000 .000 .349 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 EDM AAA PCL 0 207 .000 .000 .000 .344 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 OAK MLB AL 115 402 .273 .346 .437 .261 98 3.1 11.2 1.6 101 10 -10.8 -0.8 2.6 0.4
2000 OAK MLB AL 153 569 .274 .348 .438 .293 87 25.3 17.9 2.4 114 9 -0.5 -0.2 14.8 3.2
2001 OAK MLB AL 151 604 .265 .330 .427 .297 95 31.2 18.0 2.4 121 11 11.3 2.9 18.9 5.3
2002 OAK MLB AL 153 653 .263 .328 .421 .293 95 28.9 18.8 1.8 122 6 3.0 -3.1 21.1 4.2
2003 OAK MLB AL 156 654 .269 .333 .429 .290 95 27.4 17.8 2.6 122 8 10.6 0.7 20.4 5.2
2004 OAK MLB AL 125 577 .269 .335 .437 .291 104 21.9 17.2 2.3 133 10 4.8 1.7 25.2 5.0
2004 SAC AAA PCL 3 14 .000 .000 .000 .364 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 OAK MLB AL 160 694 .267 .329 .421 .295 98 16.8 20.0 2.2 109 10 4.6 1.4 7.7 3.6
2006 OAK MLB AL 137 576 .271 .335 .432 .257 99 4.6 17.3 2.1 110 10 12.1 -2.0 10.2 3.9
2007 OAK MLB AL 90 379 .267 .333 .424 .264 93 1.8 11.2 1.5 91 8 -0.2 -1.7 -2.8 0.8
2008 OAK MLB AL 23 95 .267 .332 .417 .290 99 -1.5 2.7 -0.4 85 15 0.8 -0.2 -1.5 0.1
2008 SAC AAA PCL 9 33 .293 .352 .485 .429 98 3.4 1.0 -0.2 137 0 -0.2 0.6 1.1 0.2
2009 OAK MLB AL 8 31 .265 .340 .401 .130 103 -5.2 0.9 0.1 62 15 -0.3 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1
2010 OAK MLB AL 33 123 .257 .322 .403 .301 97 -3.1 3.4 -2.2 71 12 0.0 0.3 -3.9 -0.3
2010 ATH Rk AZL 1 3 .266 .301 .379 .500 93 0 0.1 -0.1 93 0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2011 NYA MLB AL 58 175 .254 .318 .405 .320 107 -3.9 4.7 0 86 10 1.3 0.3 -2.6 0.4
2011 TAM A+ FSL 6 23 .245 .309 .360 .375 110 1.8 0.7 -0.2 137 0 0.1 -0.7 0.8 0.1
2012 NYA MLB AL 113 313 .249 .312 .396 .300 101 10 8.5 -0.9 122 8 0.6 -1.1 7.8 1.6
2013 ARI MLB NL 80 254 .256 .316 .401 .307 102 5.9 6.7 0.2 113 11 0.0 -0.5 3.9 1.1
2013 RNO AAA PCL 3 10 .290 .330 .421 .286 107 -0.5 0.3 0 105 0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 DIA Rk AZL 3 8 .247 .349 .361 .000 96 -1.2 0.2 -0.1 64 0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.0
2014 ARI MLB NL 44 81 .252 .319 .401 .292 104 2 2.1 0 98 15 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 0.2

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
1997 VIS A+ CLF 559 520 67 141 30 3 18 231 100 37 91 13 7 .271 .322 .444 .173 0 0
1998 OAK MLB AL 48 45 6 14 4 1 0 20 6 3 5 1 1 .311 .354 .444 .133 0 0
1998 HUN AA SOU 378 335 66 110 27 1 22 205 86 42 61 12 4 .328 .405 .612 .284 0 0
1998 EDM AAA PCL 207 194 38 63 18 0 11 114 40 12 32 2 3 .325 .367 .588 .263 0 0
1999 OAK MLB AL 402 356 47 88 21 2 13 152 50 46 56 1 1 .247 .333 .427 .180 0 0
2000 OAK MLB AL 569 501 89 139 23 4 26 248 86 62 94 2 2 .277 .355 .495 .218 5 0
2001 OAK MLB AL 604 552 91 159 43 0 32 298 114 41 99 8 2 .288 .338 .540 .252 7 0
2002 OAK MLB AL 653 585 87 161 31 3 34 300 109 65 119 8 3 .275 .348 .513 .238 2 0
2003 OAK MLB AL 654 588 94 166 39 5 29 302 101 62 89 8 3 .282 .350 .514 .231 3 0
2004 SAC AAA PCL 14 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 .308 .357 .385 .077 0 0
2004 OAK MLB AL 577 475 87 131 20 0 29 238 77 95 99 6 3 .276 .397 .501 .225 4 0
2005 OAK MLB AL 694 625 92 168 40 1 27 291 101 58 129 6 0 .269 .329 .466 .197 9 0
2006 OAK MLB AL 576 485 74 117 24 2 22 211 72 84 100 3 0 .241 .351 .435 .194 6 0
2007 OAK MLB AL 379 341 43 82 21 2 15 152 46 34 76 4 2 .240 .306 .446 .205 4 0
2008 OAK MLB AL 95 89 10 22 7 0 2 35 14 6 18 0 0 .247 .295 .393 .146 0 0
2008 SAC AAA PCL 33 30 7 11 3 0 2 20 3 3 7 0 0 .367 .424 .667 .300 0 0
2009 OAK MLB AL 31 30 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 7 0 0 .100 .129 .133 .033 0 0
2010 ATH Rk AZL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 0 0
2010 OAK MLB AL 123 111 10 26 8 0 1 37 10 8 31 0 0 .234 .276 .333 .099 4 0
2011 NYA MLB AL 175 160 16 42 7 1 2 57 26 14 34 0 0 .263 .320 .356 .094 1 0
2011 TAM A+ FSL 23 21 4 7 2 0 1 12 3 2 4 0 0 .333 .391 .571 .238 0 0
2012 NYA MLB AL 313 278 36 78 12 0 16 138 37 30 59 0 0 .281 .348 .496 .216 4 0
2013 RNO AAA PCL 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .000 0 0
2013 ARI MLB NL 254 228 28 64 14 2 9 109 44 19 45 1 0 .281 .332 .478 .197 5 0
2013 DIA Rk AZL 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .125 .571 .429 1 0
2014 ARI MLB NL 81 69 6 17 3 1 3 31 8 11 19 2 0 .246 .346 .449 .203 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 373 0.4879 0.4692 0.7886 0.5604 0.3822 0.8333 0.7260 0.2114 -0.0027
2009 124 0.5484 0.4516 0.7679 0.6029 0.2679 0.7561 0.8000 0.2321 -0.0005
2010 466 0.5343 0.5086 0.7468 0.6225 0.3779 0.7677 0.7073 0.2532 -0.0016
2011 639 0.4945 0.4679 0.7860 0.6297 0.3096 0.8543 0.6500 0.2140 -0.0040
2012 1210 0.5041 0.4719 0.7986 0.6279 0.3133 0.8590 0.6755 0.2014 0.0064
2013 980 0.4755 0.4867 0.8218 0.6266 0.3599 0.8733 0.7405 0.1782 0.0002
2014 349 0.4957 0.4499 0.7325 0.6358 0.2670 0.8091 0.5532 0.2675 -0.0028
Career41410.49840.47620.78890.62110.33200.84180.68850.21110.0006

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
2014-06-09 2014-07-30 60-DL 51 42 Left Knee Sprain -
2014-05-23 2014-05-24 DTD 1 0 - Knee Soreness for a Few Weeks - -
2013-08-10 2013-08-26 15-DL 16 15 Left Knee Strain - -
2013-07-09 2013-07-13 DTD 4 4 Right Hip Stiffness - -
2013-05-31 2013-06-28 15-DL 28 25 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2013-05-28 2013-05-30 DTD 2 0 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2012-08-10 2012-08-13 DTD 3 3 - Low Back Soreness - -
2012-08-03 2012-08-03 DTD 0 0 - Ankle Sprain - -
2012-07-28 2012-07-28 DTD 0 0 Right Lower Leg Contusion HBP Shin - -
2012-05-03 2012-05-11 7-DL 8 7 - Head Concussion Diving for Ball While Fielding - -
2011-07-05 2011-07-05 On-Alr 0 0 - Abdomen Soreness - -
2011-05-06 2011-07-26 60-DL 81 71 Left Foot Fracture 5th Metatarsal -
2011-03-21 2011-03-25 Camp 4 0 Lower Leg Spasms Calf -
2010-05-21 2010-10-04 60-DL 136 120 Neck Cartilage Injury Bulging Disc -
2009-05-18 2009-05-18 On-Alr 0 0 Low Back Surgery Microdiscectomy 2009-06-23
2009-04-25 2009-10-05 60-DL 163 147 Right Elbow Nerve Injury Ulnar Neuritis -
2009-04-13 2009-04-19 DTD 6 5 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2009-04-11 2009-04-12 DTD 1 1 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2009-03-09 2009-03-27 Camp 18 0 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2008-07-02 2008-09-29 60-DL 89 78 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum Repair and Biceps Tendon Transposition 2008-08-13
2008-06-27 2008-06-30 DTD 3 3 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2008-06-22 2008-06-25 DTD 3 2 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2008-03-19 2008-05-29 60-DL 71 53 Low Back Recovery From Surgery Microdiscectomy 2007-10-09
2007-11-16 2007-11-16 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Debridement 2007-11-16
2007-09-05 2007-09-05 On-Alr 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Debridement 2007-09-05
2007-07-27 2007-10-01 60-DL 66 60 Low Back Surgery Microdiscectomy 2007-10-09
2007-07-16 2007-07-21 DTD 5 4 Low Back Tightness -
2007-07-05 2007-07-07 DTD 2 2 Low Back Tightness -
2007-06-16 2007-06-18 DTD 2 2 Left Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2007-05-22 2007-05-26 DTD 4 3 Right Elbow Inflammation Triceps Tendinitis -
2006-09-23 2006-09-23 DTD 0 0 Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2006-09-01 2006-09-03 DTD 2 2 Right Ankle Sprain Medial -
2006-07-23 2006-07-24 DTD 1 1 Bilateral Forearm Inflammation -
2006-07-10 2006-07-17 DTD 7 4 Bilateral Forearm Inflammation -
2006-06-30 2006-07-03 DTD 3 3 Bilateral Forearm Inflammation -
2006-06-25 2006-06-27 DTD 2 1 Bilateral Forearm Inflammation -
2006-06-09 2006-06-10 DTD 1 1 Low Back Soreness -
2006-06-07 2006-06-08 DTD 1 1 Low Back Soreness -
2006-05-08 2006-05-13 DTD 5 4 General Medical Illness Food Poisoning -
2006-04-14 2006-04-14 DTD 0 0 Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2005-10-14 2005-10-14 Off 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Debridement 2005-10-14
2005-09-29 2005-09-30 DTD 1 1 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2005-06-14 2005-06-14 DTD 0 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation Degenerative Changes -
2004-08-15 2004-08-17 DTD 2 2 Low Back Spasms -
2004-06-02 2004-07-09 15-DL 37 33 Right Hand Fracture -
2003-07-02 2003-07-04 DTD 2 2 Right Foot Contusion Foul Ball -
2003-05-11 2003-05-14 DTD 3 2 Left Hand Contusion HBP -
1999-08-21 1999-09-18 15-DL 28 24 Right Foot Strain Plantar Fascia - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 ARI $3,500,000
2013 ARI $3,000,000
2012 NYA $900,000
2011 NYA $1,500,000
2010 OAK $12,500,000
2009 OAK $11,500,000
2008 OAK $11,500,000
2007 OAK $9,500,000
2006 OAK $9,500,000
2005 OAK $8,500,000
2004 OAK $5,325,000
2003 OAK $3,675,000
2002 OAK $2,125,000
2001 OAK $625,000
2000 OAK $240,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
15 yrPrevious$83,890,000
15 yrTotal$83,890,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
15 y 20 dAll Bases Covered1 year/$3.5M (2014)

Details
  • 1 year/$3.5M (2014). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/21/13. Performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 60, 90, 120, 150 games. Retired 7/30/14.
  • 1 year/$3M (2013). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/5/12.
  • 1 year/$0.9M (2012). Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/21/12. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 75 plate appearances. $0.1M each for 100, 150 PA. $0.2M each for 200, 250 PA. $0.3M each for 300, 350 PA. $0.4M each for 400, 450 PA. $0.5M each for 500, 550 PA.
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2011). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/4/11 (minor-league contract). $1.5M salary on Major League Opening Day roster. $4M in bonuses based on playing time, days on roster. May opt out if not on Major League roster 3/26/11. Contract purchased by NY Yankees 3/28/11.
  • 6 years/$66M (2005-10), plus 2011 club option. Signed extension with Oakland 3/04. $3M signing bonus (paid in $0.5M installments, 2004-09). 05:$8M, 06:$9M, 07:$9M, 08:$11M, 09:$11M, 10:$12M, 11:$12.5M club option, $3M buyout. Limited no-trade clause blocking deals to Toronto, Montreal, Tampa Bay, NY Mets, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Florida and Cleveland. Award bonuses: $0.1M each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, WS MVP. $0.1M for MVP ($75,000 for 2nd in vote, $50,000 for 3rd). $50,000 each for All Star, LCS MVP. Oakland declined 2011 option 11/3/10.
  • 4 years/$11.75M (2001-04), plus 2005 club option. Signed extension with Oakland 8/00. $0.5M signing bonus. 01:$0.5M, 02:$2M, 03:$3.55M, 04:$5.2M, 05:$6M club option. Club exercised option 3/02.
  • 1 year/$0.24M (2000). Re-signed by Oakland 2/00.
  • 1 year/$0.201M (1999). Re-signed by Oakland 2/99.
  • 1 year/$0.17M (1998). Contract purchased by Oakland 9/98.
  • Drafted by Oakland 1996 (1-10) (Mount Carmel HS, San Diego).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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