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Rod
Barajas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 229
 
Born: September 5, 1975 in Usa, CA, ONTARIO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 28 TEX AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
2005 29 MIN AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6
2006 30 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
2007 31 COL NL $ 445,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 445,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7 3 2 2 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 28 TEX AL 40 107 8 18 7 0 1 9 0 0 4 18 .168 .198 .262 .460 4.8 0.0
    AAA   7 27 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .185 .241 .185 .427 1.1  
2005 29 AAA   55 68 9 22 4 0 2 14 1 0 3 10 .324 .352 .471 .823 10.5  
2006 30 MIN AL 20 59 8 13 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 18 .220 .220 .424 .644 5.1 0.2
  DET AL 22 73 5 16 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .219 .250 .301 .551 4.3 0.0
  TOT   42 132 13 29 10 1 2 7 0 0 3 37 .220 .237 .356 .593 9.5 0.2
2007 31 COL NL 55 124 16 29 5 0 6 21 0 0 8 37 .234 .280 .419 .700 14.1 1.8
3 Years Sim 137 363 37 76 22 1 9 37 0 0 15 92 .209 .241 .350 .591 28.4 1.9
2 Years AAA 62 95 9 27 4 0 2 17 1 0 5 16 .284 .327 .389 .716 11.6  
162 Game Average 429 43 89 26 1 10 43 0 0 17 108 .209 .241 .350 .591 33.5  
Career Highs 55 132 16 29 10 1 6 21 0 0 8 37 .234 .280 .419 .700 14.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   275 25 56 15 1 7 31 0 0 13 75 .204 .240 .342 .581 21.8
vs LH   88 12 20 7 0 2 6 0 0 2 17 .227 .244 .375 .619 7.6
Home 75 208 18 43 9 0 7 21 0 0 6 56 .207 .229 .351 .580 16.3
Away 62 155 19 33 13 1 2 16 0 0 9 36 .213 .256 .348 .604 13.1
RISP   102 0 21 7 0 2 27 0 0 3 30 .206 .229 .333 .562 7.2
Pinch Hitting   24 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .125 .192 .167 .359 0.4
Close/Late   51 4 16 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .314 .340 .412 .751 6.4
Mar/Apr 19 55 6 10 2 1 4 7 0 0 1 15 .182 .196 .473 .669 5.8
May 22 62 9 16 6 0 2 9 0 0 3 12 .258 .292 .452 .744 7.8
June 25 61 6 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .180 .206 .246 .452 2.3
July 16 49 3 12 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 9 .245 .275 .347 .621 4.5
August 30 70 9 13 5 0 1 8 0 0 5 24 .186 .240 .300 .540 4.8
Sep/Oct 25 66 4 14 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 14 .212 .235 .303 .538 4.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 28 TEX AL C 38 27 266.0 220 11 2 2 .991 7.82 25 7 .280 2 2.1
2006 30 MIN AL C 19 17 137.1 114 11 0 0 1.000 8.21 17 9 .529 1 0.9
  DET AL C 20 19 176.6 147 14 0 0 1.000 8.20 23 11 .478 1 1.7
  TOT   C 39 36 313.7 261 25 0 0 1.000 8.21 40 20 .500 2 2.6
2007 31 COL NL C 30 30 268.0 205 22 2 1 .991 7.62 33 9 .273 1 1.4
Career Totals   107 93 847.7 686 58 4 3 .995 7.90 98 36 .367 5 6.1
Career Highs   39 36 313.7 261 25 2 2 1.000 8.21 40 20 .500 2  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Greg Sain (972)
  2. Gregg Zaun (966)
  3. Doug Mirabelli (963)
  4. Vicente Ocejo (961)
  5. Jason Larue (959)
  6. Jon Mark Sprowl (957)
  7. Carlos Zalvidea (956)
  8. Greg Myers (956)
  9. Jacob Krouse (956)
  10. Adam Donachie (955)
History
Had first career hit on 4/24/2004, off Derek Lowe (BOS)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/5/2004, off Orlando Hernandez (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/2004, off Gabe White (NYA)
Released by Texas on 2/28/2005
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/28/2005 to a minor league deal
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 6/22/2006 (Going to DET: 1B J.T. Snow, SS Cristian Guzman, C Rod Barajas, CF Torii Hunter, P Boof Bonser. Going to MIN: 1B Jim Thome, SS Jimmy Rollins, C Brandon Inge)
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 1/31/2007 to a 1-year deal worth $445,000 per year
 
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