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Cristian Guzman

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 6, 1999

Born March 21, 1978 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1994. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 21 MIN AL 131  420   47   95  12  3   1   26   9  7  22  90  .226  .267  .276   38  116   7   4   0   3   4
 2000 22 MIN AL 156  631   89  156  25 20   8   54  28 10  46 101  .247  .299  .388   70  245   7   4   1   2   5
 2001 23 MIN AL 118  493   80  149  28 14  10   51  25  8  21  78  .302  .337  .477  110  235   8   0   0   5   6 MVP-16,AS
 2002 24 MIN AL 148  623   80  170  31  6   9   59  12 13  17  79  .273  .292  .385   79  240   8   6   2   2  12
 2003 25 MIN AL 143  534   78  143  15 14   3   53  18  9  30  79  .268  .311  .365   77  195  12   4   0   5   4
 2004 26 MIN AL 145  576   84  158  31  4   8   46  10  5  30  64  .274  .309  .384   78  221  13   4   4   1  15
 2005 27 WSN NL 142  456   39  100  19  6   4   31   7  4  25  76  .219  .260  .314   53  143   8   2   6   1  12
 2007 29 WSN NL  46  174   31   57   6  6   2   14   2  0  15  21  .328  .380  .466  124   81   0   2   1   1   1
 2008 30 WSN NL 138  579   77  183  35  5   9   55   6  5  23  57  .316  .345  .440  104  255   1   4   1   5  10 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1167 4486  605 1211 202 78  54  389 117 61 229 645  .270  .307  .386   79 1731  64  30  15  25  69
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   84  168  28 11   7   54  16  8  32  90  .270  .307  .386   79  240   9   4   2   3  10
 Career High    156  631   89  183  35 20  10   59  28 13  46 101  .316  .345  .477  110  255  13   6   6   5  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 21 MIN AL  456  347   32   2.4   116| .226  .279| .267  .352| .276  .446| .543  .798|  38  .191 -41.4  -3.8  56%
 2000 22 MIN AL  690  501   76   4.0   119| .247  .281| .299  .355| .388  .452| .687  .807|  70  .362 -33.6  -3.0  73%
 2001 23 MIN AL  527  366   79   5.8   109| .302  .270| .337  .337| .477  .433| .814  .770| 110  .561   4.6   0.4  75%
 2002 24 MIN AL  656  492   64   3.5   105| .273  .264| .292  .332| .385  .425| .677  .757|  79  .345 -21.1  -2.0  48%
 2003 25 MIN AL  585  420   63   4.0   108| .268  .269| .311  .335| .365  .430| .676  .766|  77  .398 -19.7  -1.9  66%
 2004 26 MIN AL  624  455   66   3.9   112| .274  .274| .309  .342| .384  .440| .693  .782|  78  .371 -20.6  -1.9  66%
 2005 27 WSN NL  492  382   35   2.4   104| .219  .262| .260  .332| .314  .418| .574  .750|  53  .223 -31.8  -3.1  63%
 2007 29 WSN NL  192  120   33   7.4   106| .328  .265| .380  .334| .466  .424| .846  .758| 124  .665   5.9   0.6 100%
 2008 30 WSN NL  612  416   86   5.5   109| .316  .269| .345  .341| .440  .428| .785  .769| 104  .556   2.4   0.2  54%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4834 3499  534   4.1   110| .270  .271| .307  .340| .386  .434| .693  .774|  79  .398 -155.2 -14.5  65%

* 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 ------+
1999 21 MIN AL SS 131 196 363 24 82 .959 .970 4.27 4.19 4.71 4.73 126 1069.0 2000 22 MIN AL SS 151 228 413 22 96 .967 .973 4.25 4.17 4.41 4.71 148 1307.0 DH 1 2001 23 MIN AL SS 118 164 327 21 57 .959 .973 4.16 4.03 4.35 4.49 115 1015.0 AS 2002 24 MIN AL SS 147 248 360 12 84 .981 .975 4.14 4.15 4.33 4.56 143 1262.7 2003 25 MIN AL SS 141 195 352 11 67 .980 .971 3.88 4.13 3.99 4.54 137 1232.3 2004 26 MIN AL SS 145 234 440 12 103 .983 .972 4.65 4.12 4.65 4.56 143 1304.7 2005 27 WSN NL SS 142 217 327 15 85 .973 .976 3.83 4.04 4.22 4.51 133 1161.0 2007 29 WSN NL SS 44 67 105 8 33 .956 .975 3.91 4.00 4.12 4.44 42 376.0 2008 30 WSN NL SS 136 192 394 17 75 .972 .976 4.31 3.95 4.49 4.43 132 1174.0 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 22 MIN AL DH 1 1999 21 MIN AL SS 131 196 363 24 82 .959 .970 4.27 4.19 4.71 4.73 126 1069.0 2000 22 MIN AL SS 151 228 413 22 96 .967 .973 4.25 4.17 4.41 4.71 148 1307.0 2001 23 MIN AL SS 118 164 327 21 57 .959 .973 4.16 4.03 4.35 4.49 115 1015.0 2002 24 MIN AL SS 147 248 360 12 84 .981 .975 4.14 4.15 4.33 4.56 143 1262.7 2003 25 MIN AL SS 141 195 352 11 67 .980 .971 3.88 4.13 3.99 4.54 137 1232.3 2004 26 MIN AL SS 145 234 440 12 103 .983 .972 4.65 4.12 4.65 4.56 143 1304.7 2005 27 WSN NL SS 142 217 327 15 85 .973 .976 3.83 4.04 4.22 4.51 133 1161.0 2007 29 WSN NL SS 44 67 105 8 33 .956 .975 3.91 4.00 4.12 4.44 42 376.0 2008 30 WSN NL SS 136 192 394 17 75 .972 .976 4.31 3.95 4.49 4.43 132 1174.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1155 1741 3081 142 682 .971 .973 4.17 4.10 4.38 4.56 1119 9901.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1155 1741 3081 142 682 .971 .973 4.17 4.10 4.38 4.56 1119 9902
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   5  21   5   6  2  0  1   2   2   4  .286  .348  .524   2  0   1   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   5  18   1   3  1  0  0   0   0   3  .167  .211  .222   0  0   1   0   1 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   4  13   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .154  .214  .154   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   4  15   2   5  0  0  0   0   2   3  .333  .412  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  13  49   8  13  2  0  1   2   5   9  .265  .333  .367   3  0   1   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  18  67   9  16  3  0  1   2   5  12  .239  .301  .328   3  0   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2001   MIN AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2008   WSN NL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  1   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  1   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
2001 *
2008 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2001-AL-16-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Batting Average
2008 NL-.316-4

At Bats
2000 AL-631-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2000 AL-690-10

Hits
2008 NL-183-4

Triples
2000 AL-20-1
2001 AL-14-1
2002 AL-6-6
2003 AL-14-1
Act-78-6

Stolen Bases
2000 AL-28-7

Singles
2002 AL-124-7
2008 NL-134-2

Sac. Hits
2002 AL-8-6
2003 AL-12-3
2004 AL-13-5
Act-64-27

Caught Stealing
2000 AL-10-5
2002 AL-13-2
2003 AL-9-5

At Bats per Strikeout
2004 AL-9.0-6
2008 NL-10.2-5

Outs
2000 AL-501-1
2002 AL-492-2

Youngest Player
1999 AL-21-5

       

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1029) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.0 (748) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

August 24, 1994: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 6, 1998: Traded by the New York Yankees with Brian Buchanan, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and cash to the Minnesota Twins for Chuck Knoblauch.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Minnesota Twins$200,000
2000Minnesota Twins$230,000
2001Minnesota Twins$325,000
2002Minnesota Twins$1,425,000
2003Minnesota Twins$2,525,000
2004Minnesota Twins$3,725,000
2005Washington Nationals$4,200,000
2006Washington Nationals$4,200,000
2007Washington Nationals$4,200,000
2008Washington Nationals$4,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$25,230,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Cristian Guzman's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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