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Yunel Escobar
Yunel Escobar

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut June 2, 2007

Born November 2, 1982 in Havana, Cuba

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2005. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 24 ATL NL  94  319   54  104  25  0   5   28   5  3  27  44  .326  .385  .451  119  144   2   2   1   5   6 RoY-6
 2008 25 ATL NL 136  514   71  148  24  2  10   60   2  5  59  62  .288  .366  .401  103  206   7   2   4   5  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      230  833  125  252  49  2  15   88   7  8  86 106  .303  .373  .420  109  350   9   4   5  10  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   88  177  35  1  11   62   5  6  61  75  .303  .373  .420  109  247   6   3   4   7  21
 Career High    136  514   71  148  25  2  10   60   5  5  59  62  .326  .385  .451  119  206   7   2   4   5  24
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 24 ATL NL  355  228   56   6.6   108| .326  .269| .385  .338| .451  .430| .836  .768| 119  .618  10.4   1.0  62%
 2008 25 ATL NL  587  404   71   4.7   107| .288  .266| .366  .338| .401  .425| .767  .762| 103  .482   3.2   0.3  28%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       942  632  127   5.4   108| .303  .267| .373  .338| .420  .427| .793  .765| 109  .538  13.6   1.3  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 24 ATL NL SS 53 59 113 4 22 .977 .975 3.25 4.00 4.26 4.44 35 363.0 3B 22 20 28 4 4 .923 .954 2.18 2.25 2.71 2.68 19 159.3 2B 21 28 49 3 10 .963 .983 3.67 4.23 4.22 4.86 20 164.3 2008 25 ATL NL SS 126 193 396 16 78 .974 .976 4.67 3.95 4.79 4.43 125 1105.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 24 ATL NL 2B 21 28 49 3 10 .963 .983 3.67 4.23 4.22 4.86 20 164.3 2007 24 ATL NL 3B 22 20 28 4 4 .923 .954 2.18 2.25 2.71 2.68 19 159.3 2007 24 ATL NL SS 53 59 113 4 22 .977 .975 3.25 4.00 4.26 4.44 35 363.0 2008 25 ATL NL SS 126 193 396 16 78 .974 .976 4.67 3.95 4.79 4.43 125 1105.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 179 252 509 20 100 .974 .976 4.25 3.96 4.66 4.43 160 1468.7 3B* 22 20 28 4 4 .923 .954 2.18 2.25 2.71 2.68 19 159.3 2B* 21 28 49 3 10 .963 .983 3.67 4.23 4.22 4.86 20 164.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 222 300 586 27 114 .970 .975 3.99 3.82 4.45 4.32 199 1792
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Grounded into Double Plays
2008 NL-24-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (813) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2005.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Atlanta Braves$402,500
Career (may be incomplete)$402,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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