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Berkman		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 10, 1976 in Usa, TX, WACO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004    2007    2009    2011    2012   
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
2004 28 HOU NL $ 4,550,000   8 8 7 4 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 6 5 5
2005 29 HOU NL $ 6,421,429   8 8 7 4 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 6 5 5
2006 30 HOU NL $ 12,000,000   8 8 7 4 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 6 5 5
2007 31 HOU NL $ 12,000,000   8 8 7 4 9 8 7 9 8 10 10 10 6 4 5
2008 32 HOU NL $ 12,000,000   8 8 7 4 10 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 6 4 5
2009 33 HOU NL $ 12,000,000   7 7 7 4 9 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 6 4 5
2010 34 HOU NL $ 12,000,000   7 7 6 4 9 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 6 4 5
2011 35 WSH NL $ 12,000,000   7 7 6 4 10 8 7 9 8 9 10 9 6 4 5
2012 36 WSH NL $ 14,500,000   6 6 5 3 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 6 4 5
2013 37 TEX AL     6 6 5 3 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 6 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 3 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 6 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,500,000   8 8 7 4 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 6 5 5
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 HOU NL 159 530 127 157 33 2 45 127 10 12 127 111 .296 .437 .621 1.058 134.4 28.4
2005 29 HOU NL 159 528 99 143 34 4 32 106 9 6 125 140 .271 .416 .532 .948 116.1 23.0
2006 30 HOU NL 156 516 105 149 32 5 35 118 9 5 120 120 .289 .428 .574 1.002 120.9 25.5
2007 31 HOU NL 146 524 105 152 37 3 37 93 8 5 113 149 .290 .419 .584 1.003 122.4 27.3
2008 32 HOU NL 152 508 111 149 39 2 31 99 7 4 92 126 .293 .405 .561 .966 106.4 20.8
2009 33 HOU NL 108 377 73 93 26 4 26 68 5 3 78 106 .247 .382 .544 .926 78.2 15.5
2010 34 HOU NL 158 543 95 127 38 5 26 76 8 8 91 182 .234 .347 .466 .813 86.3 14.9
2011 35 WSH NL 153 500 95 126 33 8 24 92 0 1 86 158 .252 .365 .494 .859 89.7 16.7
2012 36 WSH NL 146 494 90 124 39 1 33 111 0 1 88 156 .251 .369 .534 .903 97.0 18.5
2013 37 WSH NL 52 188 23 35 12 1 4 30 0 1 27 60 .186 .289 .324 .613 19.0 1.1
  TEX AL 29 97 12 21 7 0 2 8 0 0 13 26 .216 .313 .351 .663 11.2 1.0
  TOT   81 285 35 56 19 1 6 38 0 1 40 86 .196 .297 .333 .630 30.1 2.2
10 Years Sim 1418 4805 935 1276 330 35 295 928 56 46 960 1334 .266 .392 .533 .925 981.5 192.7
162 Game Average 548 106 145 37 3 33 106 6 5 109 152 .266 .392 .533 .925 112.1  
Career Highs 159 543 127 157 39 8 45 127 10 12 127 182 .296 .437 .621 1.058 134.4  
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   3681 751 986 256 27 270 768 46 36 763 1104 .268 .398 .572 .970 815.2
vs LH   1124 184 290 74 8 25 160 10 10 197 230 .258 .373 .405 .778 174.6
Home 700 2319 464 605 164 21 149 450 27 15 438 661 .261 .383 .542 .926 474.4
Away 718 2486 471 671 166 14 146 478 29 31 522 673 .270 .400 .524 .924 515.4
RISP   1216 0 331 95 9 78 587 0 0 312 356 .272 .419 .558 .977 285.7
Pinch Hitting   92 17 19 8 0 1 8 0 0 19 26 .207 .342 .326 .668 11.7
Close/Late   558 102 147 35 3 37 106 0 0 144 157 .263 .415 .536 .951 127.1
Mar/Apr 239 829 155 225 48 9 44 162 9 6 170 221 .271 .399 .510 .910 168.8
May 267 900 184 241 66 6 67 195 9 10 168 259 .268 .385 .578 .963 193.5
June 251 861 164 215 51 8 59 153 12 12 150 240 .250 .368 .533 .901 165.8
July 222 726 152 196 60 5 39 142 9 4 159 182 .270 .405 .528 .933 154.1
August 209 727 146 186 50 4 44 133 8 8 153 209 .256 .389 .517 .906 146.5
Sep/Oct 230 762 134 213 55 3 42 143 9 6 160 223 .280 .409 .525 .934 161.1
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   DWS
2004 28 HOU NL LF 88 87 770.7 143 7 2 1 .987 1.75   4.0
    CF 71 66 594.3 133 5 1 1 .993 2.09    
2005 29 HOU NL CF 136 134 1205.0 294 13 3 3 .990 2.29   5.0
    LF 18 14 136.3 26 1 1 0 .964 1.78    
2006 30 HOU NL LF 148 147 1301.3 250 6 9 0 .966 1.77   2.6
    CF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2007 31 HOU NL LF 144 140 1251.0 217 8 3 0 .987 1.62   2.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2008 32 HOU NL LF 103 99 893.0 170 5 1 0 .994 1.76   2.5
    CF 41 27 271.3 54 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
2009 33 HOU NL LF 106 105 941.0 178 7 1 2 .995 1.77   2.2
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2010 34 HOU NL LF 151 148 1314.7 253 8 2 1 .992 1.79   3.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2011 35 WSH NL LF 132 119 1089.7 224 5 2 0 .991 1.89   2.7
    CF 12 7 69.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.81    
2012 36 WSH NL CF 116 109 993.3 265 6 3 2 .989 2.46   7.3
    LF 24 21 195.0 36 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
2013 37 WSH NL 1B 30 30 269.1 238 15 4 13 .984 8.46   0.2
    CF 3 3 22.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.2
    LF 2 2 18.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.0
    RF 1 1 11.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.0
  TEX AL 1B 16 16 137.6 122 7 2 7 .985 8.44   0.4
    CF 1 1 11.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.1
    LF 1 1 9.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
    RF 1 1 6.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.95   0.0
  LF 917 883 7920.6 1503 48 21 4 .987 1.76   19.6
  CF 389 347 3181.7 770 27 7 6 .991 2.25   12.7
  1B 46 46 406.7 360 22 6 20 .985 8.45   0.5
  RF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.0
Career Totals   1354 1278 11527.0 2638 97 34 30 .988 2.14   32.8
Career Highs   159 153 1365.0 380 22 9 20 .996 7.43    
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
2005 29 HOU NL 11 37 8 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 8 .189 .333 .216 .550
2011 35 WSH NL 17 53 7 11 3 1 3 6 0 0 8 28 .208 .311 .472 .783
2012 36 WSH NL 6 21 4 4 0 1 2 5 0 0 2 7 .190 .250 .571 .821
Career Post-Season Batting 34 111 19 22 4 2 5 12 1 3 18 43 .198 .308 .405 .713
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.
On-Base Pct
2004-5-.437
2005-10-.416
2006-4-.428
2007-4-.419
2008-4-.405
CAR-14-.392
 Slugging Pct
2004-5-.621
2006-6-.574
2007-2-.584
2008-5-.561
2012-5-.534
CAR-12-.533
 OPS
2004-5-1.058
2006-3-1.002
2007-2-1.003
2008-4-.966
2011-10-.859
2012-6-.903
CAR-11-.925
 XR
2004-5-134.4
2006-4-120.9
2007-3-122.4
2008-9-106.4
 Games
2004-4-159
2005-6-159
2006-10-156
2010-10-158
 Runs
2004-3-127
2007-7-105
2008-6-111
Total Bases
2004-8-329
2007-9-306
 Doubles
2008-10-39
 Triples
2011-5-8
 Homeruns
2004-4-45
2006-7-35
2007-4-37
2012-6-33
CAR-39-295
 RBIs
2004-4-127
2006-4-118
2012-7-111
 Walks
2004-1-127
2005-3-125
2006-2-120
2007-2-113
2008-4-92
2010-4-91
2011-3-86
2012-8-88
CAR-23-960
Strikeouts
2007-9-149
2010-1-182
2011-10-158
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Vladimir Guerrero (880)
  2. Dan Kain (873)
  3. Todd Helton (857)
  4. Paul Konerko (854)
  5. Brandon Nickel (848)
  6. Christopher Bodie (840)
  7. Andruw Jones (838)
  8. Justin Morneau (837)
  9. Carl Coil (832)
  10. Hee Seop Choi (829)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/2004, off Odalis Perez (LAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2004, off Hideo Nomo (LAN)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/11/2004
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2004, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis on 7/22/2005
Hit for the cycle against Chicago (N) on 8/14/2005
Had 6 hits with 8 RBI against Chicago (N) on 8/14/2005
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 9/20/2005
Drove in 8 runs against Florida on 4/14/2006
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Injured on 8/12/2007 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 6/17/2008
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Injured on 8/10/2009 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Houston to Washington on 2/28/2011 (Going to HOU: CF Scott Podsednik. Going to WSH: LF Lance Berkman)
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 5 runs on 4/19/2011
Drove in 7 runs against Colorado on 5/24/2011
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
8/9/2011: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $14,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 5/13/2012
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Traded from Washington to Texas on 5/30/2013 (Going to TEX: LF Lance Berkman, P Felix Hernandez, LF Ernest Conrad, C Francisco Cordero Jr.. Going to WSH: DH Adrian Gonzalez, SS Miguel Tejada)
Released by Texas on 7/17/2013
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 8/2/2013 to a 1-year deal worth $672,000 per year
Released by Chicago (A) on 8/19/2013
 
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