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Ian Kinsler
Ian Michael Kinsler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
Schools Arizona State University, University of Missouri

Debut April 3, 2006
  vs. BOS 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born June 22, 1982 in Tucson, AZ

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 24 TEX AL 120  423   65  121  27  1  14   55  11  4  40  64  .286  .347  .454  105  192   1   7   1   3  12 RoY-7
 2007 25 TEX AL 130  483   96  127  22  2  20   61  23  2  62  83  .263  .355  .441  109  213   8   4   2   9  14
 2008 26 TEX AL 121  518  102  165  41  4  18   71  26  2  45  67  .319  .375  .517  134  268   7   7   1   6  12 MVP-20,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      371 1424  263  413  90  7  52  187  60  8 147 214  .290  .360  .473  117  673  16  18   4  18  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        622  115  180  39  3  23   82  26  3  64  93  .290  .360  .473  117  294   7   8   2   8  17
 Career High    130  518  102  165  41  4  20   71  26  4  62  83  .319  .375  .517  134  268   8   7   2   9  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 24 TEX AL  474  326   66   5.4   112| .286  .277| .347  .341| .454  .440| .801  .781| 105  .516   3.8   0.3  73%
 2007 25 TEX AL  566  384   80   5.6   107| .263  .271| .355  .338| .441  .424| .796  .762| 109  .544   7.0   0.7  92%
 2008 26 TEX AL  583  381  105   7.4   106| .319  .268| .375  .336| .517  .421| .892  .757| 134  .674  26.6   2.5  92%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1623 1091  251   6.1   108| .290  .272| .360  .338| .473  .427| .833  .766| 117  .588  37.4   3.5  88%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 24 TEX AL 2B 119 247 393 18 94 .973 .986 5.38 4.47 5.58 4.92 117 1032.0 2007 25 TEX AL 2B 130 283 436 17 98 .977 .985 5.53 4.54 5.69 4.98 129 1136.7 2008 26 TEX AL 2B 121 292 390 18 123 .974 .987 5.64 4.51 5.77 5.01 120 1064.0 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 24 TEX AL 2B 119 247 393 18 94 .973 .986 5.38 4.47 5.58 4.92 117 1032.0 2007 25 TEX AL 2B 130 283 436 17 98 .977 .985 5.53 4.54 5.69 4.98 129 1136.7 2008 26 TEX AL 2B 121 292 390 18 123 .974 .987 5.64 4.51 5.77 5.01 120 1064.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 370 822 1219 53 315 .975 .986 5.52 4.51 5.68 4.97 366 3232.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 370 822 1219 53 315 .975 .986 5.52 4.51 5.68 4.97 366 3233
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2008   TEX AL       5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   1  1   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   1  1   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
2008 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2008-AL-20-0.00

Batting Average
2008 AL-.319-4

OPS
2008 AL-.892-8

Runs
2008 AL-102-8

Stolen Bases
2008 AL-26-10

Adjusted OPS+
2008 AL-134-9

Batting Wins
2008 AL-2.5-10

Offensive Win%
2008 AL-.674-8

Sac. Hits
2007 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
2007 AL-21.4-7
2008 AL-21.3-4

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (730) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.5 (1148) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 26th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Texas Rangers$327,000
2007Texas Rangers$390,708
2008Texas Rangers$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,417,708

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