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Rafael
Barbosa		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 27, 1990 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2021   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 17 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
2009 18 WSH NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
2010 19 WSH NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
2011 20 WSH NL     5 5 6 5 4 4 9 8 8 4 3 3 7 7 7
2012 21 WSH NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
2013 22 CHA AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
2014 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
2015 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
2016 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
2017 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2018 27 CHA AL $ 3,842,857   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2019 28 CHA AL $ 7,040,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2020 29 SEA AL $ 7,040,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2021 30 SEA AL $ 7,040,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2022 31 DET AL $ 16,260,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,260,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
2008 17 AA   72 277 42 75 13 2 9 40 3 0 30 49 .271 .342 .430 .772 41.2  
    A   10 11 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .909 1.326 3.5  
2009 18 AAA   19 71 11 24 5 0 4 10 2 1 6 14 .338 .390 .577 .967 14.4  
    AA   118 471 83 157 35 3 22 98 6 6 41 60 .333 .387 .561 .947 91.5  
2010 19 AAA   137 489 63 135 29 4 16 77 5 4 30 68 .276 .318 .450 .768 66.9  
2011 20 AAA   136 562 77 167 40 6 15 95 11 2 54 66 .297 .359 .470 .829 91.4  
2012 21 AAA   137 580 95 185 49 3 17 101 7 2 46 73 .319 .369 .502 .871 99.2  
2013 22 AAA   135 546 96 170 44 8 23 106 5 0 44 95 .311 .363 .548 .910 100.4  
2014 23 CHA AL 48 188 17 38 12 2 5 23 0 1 9 24 .202 .235 .367 .602 13.5 0.0
    AAA   114 471 94 165 46 1 28 97 8 4 52 48 .350 .415 .631 1.045 107.9  
2015 24 CHA AL 75 277 40 70 23 0 4 29 3 1 21 43 .253 .308 .379 .687 31.0 3.1
2016 25 CHA AL 154 637 98 182 54 4 19 100 11 5 38 105 .286 .327 .473 .800 91.6 15.6
2017 26 CHA AL 154 596 85 162 39 2 33 111 6 1 50 98 .272 .329 .510 .839 95.5 14.6
2018 27 CHA AL 154 592 94 156 39 1 41 124 2 4 73 113 .264 .344 .541 .885 103.0 18.0
2019 28 CHA AL 156 584 87 173 43 0 39 112 5 1 62 109 .296 .365 .570 .936 112.8 20.4
2020 29 SEA AL 149 570 86 143 39 0 36 118 1 0 50 120 .251 .313 .509 .821 90.8 14.4
2021 30 SEA AL 144 565 92 161 39 2 44 135 1 0 50 103 .285 .345 .595 .940 107.7 24.9
2022 31 DET AL 156 597 86 147 30 2 26 100 3 4 48 125 .246 .300 .434 .734 75.5 9.3
9 Years Sim 1190 4606 685 1232 318 13 247 852 32 17 401 840 .267 .327 .503 .830 721.5 120.3
6 Years AAA 678 2719 436 846 213 22 103 486 38 13 232 364 .311 .365 .519 .884 480.3  
2 Years AA 190 748 125 232 48 5 31 138 9 6 71 109 .310 .371 .512 .883 132.7  
1 Years A 10 11 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .909 1.326 3.5  
9 Years Minors 878 3478 563 1082 261 27 136 628 47 19 304 474 .311 .367 .519 .886 616.6  
162 Game Average 627 93 167 43 1 33 115 4 2 54 114 .267 .327 .503 .830 98.2  
Career Highs 156 637 98 182 54 4 44 135 11 5 73 125 .296 .365 .595 .940 112.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3479 479 886 229 9 165 583 24 15 273 652 .255 .310 .468 .778 496.8
vs LH   1127 206 346 89 4 82 269 8 2 128 188 .307 .376 .611 .988 241.2
Home 590 2233 322 576 145 6 114 399 16 9 196 422 .258 .319 .481 .800 337.9
Away 600 2373 363 656 173 7 133 453 16 8 205 418 .276 .334 .523 .858 400.0
RISP   1269 0 357 85 4 73 566 0 0 162 247 .281 .357 .527 .884 235.5
Pinch Hitting   39 5 10 1 0 2 9 0 0 2 4 .256 .293 .436 .729 5.0
Close/Late   537 73 164 48 2 35 103 0 0 59 94 .305 .373 .598 .971 110.8
Mar/Apr 175 679 111 173 40 1 43 125 4 0 60 125 .255 .319 .507 .825 108.8
May 185 694 104 176 32 0 39 119 4 7 69 128 .254 .320 .468 .788 103.9
June 175 685 93 175 54 3 37 126 3 2 50 147 .255 .306 .505 .812 103.7
July 184 707 105 200 49 1 37 132 6 3 75 133 .283 .353 .512 .865 123.0
August 228 913 136 261 65 4 48 176 8 3 69 158 .286 .336 .524 .860 153.4
Sep/Oct 242 928 136 247 78 4 43 174 7 2 78 149 .266 .323 .498 .821 145.0
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
2014 23 CHA AL CF 48 48 418.0 127 1 1 0 .992 2.76 0 0 .000 0 1.5
2015 24 CHA AL RF 64 63 553.0 132 4 0 1 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 7 5 46.7 16 0 1 0 .941 3.09 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 25 CHA AL RF 113 112 989.3 292 5 4 1 .987 2.70 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 8 8 67.0 19 0 2 0 .905 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 26 CHA AL LF 67 66 576.3 108 4 2 0 .982 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 61 61 537.7 527 42 3 42 .995 9.52 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 15 13 115.0 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2018 27 CHA AL LF 128 128 1134.7 229 4 5 0 .979 1.85 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2019 28 CHA AL 1B 119 116 1031.3 1057 81 8 106 .993 9.93 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 26 26 235.7 48 5 1 2 .981 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 29 SEA AL RF 88 86 776.3 193 6 2 1 .990 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    3B 19 16 146.0 6 33 1 3 .975 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2021 30 SEA AL 1B 74 74 653.3 607 47 8 46 .988 9.01 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 8 7 63.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 3 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 3 27.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2022 31 DET AL 3B 118 118 1061.0 80 186 6 19 .978 2.26 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 278 268 2390.7 633 16 6 3 .991 2.44 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  1B 257 251 2226.3 2196 170 19 194 .992 9.56 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  LF 233 231 2041.7 410 13 10 2 .977 1.86 0 0 .000 0 4.2
  3B 160 150 1363.7 94 254 7 23 .980 2.30 0 0 .000 0 5.9
  CF 62 54 484.7 147 1 2 0 .987 2.75 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   993 955 8519.0 3488 455 44 222 .989 4.17 0 0 .000 0 21.7
Career Highs   149 142 1279.0 1106 186 9 108 .994 8.40 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 30 SEA AL 6 21 1 7 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 .333 .375 .524 .899
2022 31 DET AL 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .050 .048 .050 .098
Career Post-Season Batting 11 41 1 8 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 12 .195 .222 .293 .515
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2018-6-.541
2019-4-.570
2020-10-.509
2021-3-.595
CAR-28-.503
 OPS
2018-9-.885
2019-6-.936
2021-3-.940
 XR
2019-5-112.8
2021-10-107.7
 Games
2022-8-156
 At-Bats
2016-3-637
 Total Bases
2016-10-301
2018-6-320
2019-3-333
2021-4-336
Doubles
2016-1-54
2019-3-43
2021-8-39
 Homeruns
2018-6-41
2019-5-39
2020-3-36
2021-3-44
 RBIs
2017-10-111
2018-5-124
2019-9-112
2020-5-118
2021-2-135
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston in 2008
Traded from Boston to Washington on 2/7/2009 (Going to WSH: P Mark Buehrle, LF Rafael Barbosa. Going to BOS: RF Brad Wilkerson, P Francis Beltran, P Derrick Turnbow)
Injured on 4/29/2012 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Washington to Chicago (A) on 5/22/2013 (Going to WSH: P Rick Hummel, 1B Larry Broadway. Going to CHA: P Bobby Brownlie, LF Rafael Barbosa)
Had first career hit on 8/10/2014, off Stanley Middaugh (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/2014, off Matt Riley (KCA)
Injured on 4/8/2015 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
1/29/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,842,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/20/2018, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
6/22/2018: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $7,040,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 9/13/2018
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2019, hitting .380 with 7 HR, 15 RBI
Traded from Chicago (A) to Seattle on 6/17/2020 (Going to SEA: LF Rafael Barbosa. Going to CHA: 1B Howard Pierre, P John Bargo)
Drove in 7 runs against Anaheim on 7/18/2020
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 8/15/2020
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2021, hitting .301 with 14 HR, 37 RBI
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Minnesota on 7/28/2021
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/2021, hitting .542 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 8/25/2021 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 1/31/2022 to a 5-year deal worth $16,260,000 per year
 
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