Casey
Kotchman
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: February 28, 1982 in N/a
 
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 22 ANA AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2005 23 ANA AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
2006 24 ANA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
2007 25 ANA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2008 26 ANA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2009 27 ANA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2010 28 ANA AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2011 29 ANA AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2012 30 ANA AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2013 31 BAL AL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2014 32 BAL AL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2015 33 BAL AL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2016 34 BAL AL $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2017 35 SEA AL $ 3,751,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
2018 36 SEA AL $ 3,751,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2019 37 NYN NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,400,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 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 22 AAA   27 107 6 26 6 0 0 11 0 0 6 24 .243 .283 .299 .582 8.6  
    AA   101 362 58 114 17 4 15 53 0 0 58 44 .315 .410 .508 .918 72.9  
2005 23 AAA   138 495 75 139 27 1 17 78 1 2 97 96 .281 .399 .442 .841 90.3  
2006 24 ANA AL 125 462 66 137 20 1 8 68 0 0 63 79 .297 .380 .396 .776 69.5 12.8
    AAA   29 97 24 34 5 0 6 14 1 0 31 14 .351 .508 .588 1.095 28.4  
2007 25 ANA AL 143 527 84 166 41 1 12 90 0 0 82 87 .315 .409 .465 .874 92.9 18.5
2008 26 ANA AL 135 459 66 127 29 1 5 69 0 2 75 69 .277 .381 .377 .758 67.0 10.0
2009 27 ANA AL 154 573 77 161 27 0 7 61 3 1 71 99 .281 .365 .365 .729 75.0 9.5
2010 28 ANA AL 151 523 65 133 30 0 7 68 0 0 77 89 .254 .348 .352 .699 66.4 7.0
2011 29 ANA AL 149 521 57 133 27 0 2 46 0 1 69 102 .255 .347 .319 .665 59.2 6.6
2012 30 ANA AL 152 556 80 163 42 0 6 59 1 1 76 103 .293 .384 .401 .785 83.7 14.8
2013 31 BAL AL 149 530 75 152 34 1 4 77 2 0 80 87 .287 .380 .377 .757 78.6 12.8
2014 32 BAL AL 158 589 76 165 34 0 1 56 2 0 76 119 .280 .360 .343 .703 79.0 11.1
2015 33 BAL AL 150 547 77 168 47 1 8 99 2 0 63 99 .307 .378 .441 .819 88.3 17.9
2016 34 BAL AL 127 446 59 108 37 0 2 42 2 0 50 93 .242 .319 .339 .657 47.1 4.5
2017 35 SEA AL 140 496 69 141 28 0 6 51 0 0 62 94 .284 .367 .377 .745 67.1 11.1
2018 36 SEA AL 138 464 54 130 22 1 5 50 2 0 46 97 .280 .346 .364 .710 56.5 7.8
2019 37 AAA   98 122 22 37 6 0 2 19 1 0 28 22 .303 .433 .402 .835 23.2  
13 Years Sim 1871 6693 905 1884 418 6 73 836 14 5 890 1217 .281 .367 .378 .746 930.3 144.4
4 Years AAA 292 821 127 236 44 1 25 122 3 2 162 156 .287 .407 .435 .842 150.5  
1 Years AA 101 362 58 114 17 4 15 53 0 0 58 44 .315 .407 .508 .915 72.9  
5 Years Minors 393 1183 185 350 61 5 40 175 3 2 220 200 .296 .407 .457 .864 223.5  
162 Game Average 579 78 163 36 0 6 72 1 0 77 105 .281 .367 .378 .746 80.5  
Career Highs 158 589 84 168 47 1 12 99 3 2 82 119 .315 .409 .465 .874 92.9  
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   5034 705 1420 314 5 58 635 12 3 691 926 .282 .370 .381 .751 725.5
vs LH   1659 200 464 104 1 15 201 2 2 199 291 .280 .358 .371 .729 222.2
Home 918 3183 431 911 208 2 30 403 9 3 434 589 .286 .372 .381 .753 460.6
Away 953 3510 474 973 210 4 43 433 5 2 456 628 .277 .363 .376 .739 487.0
RISP   1788 0 486 103 3 22 720 0 0 290 335 .272 .368 .370 .738 261.6
Pinch Hitting   98 10 22 3 0 0 11 1 0 15 24 .224 .325 .255 .580 9.6
Close/Late   722 65 200 36 1 5 87 0 0 109 113 .277 .373 .350 .724 100.1
Mar/Apr 267 965 126 260 55 1 10 101 1 2 135 183 .269 .361 .360 .720 129.8
May 353 1277 166 350 87 0 7 147 4 0 184 239 .274 .365 .359 .724 175.0
June 323 1191 170 355 78 1 16 148 1 0 149 205 .298 .378 .406 .783 180.8
July 298 1069 142 281 61 1 15 146 2 1 138 197 .263 .349 .364 .713 139.9
August 324 1176 161 338 63 1 17 176 4 2 152 205 .287 .370 .386 .756 170.7
Sep/Oct 306 1015 140 300 74 2 8 118 2 0 132 188 .296 .379 .396 .775 151.5
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
2006 24 ANA AL 1B 125 125 1092.7 1169 99 8 103 .994 10.44   2.4
2007 25 ANA AL 1B 141 138 1231.0 1311 101 9 109 .994 10.32   2.6
2008 26 ANA AL 1B 128 126 1113.3 1170 119 9 110 .993 10.42   2.6
2009 27 ANA AL 1B 154 154 1370.7 1339 116 7 114 .995 9.55   3.1
2010 28 ANA AL 1B 146 140 1275.3 1155 106 7 105 .994 8.90   2.5
2011 29 ANA AL 1B 144 135 1223.0 1116 106 5 102 .996 8.99   2.1
2012 30 ANA AL 1B 148 147 1301.7 1246 119 9 104 .993 9.44   2.8
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
2013 31 BAL AL 1B 146 139 1206.7 1046 89 9 100 .992 8.47   1.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2014 32 BAL AL 1B 150 150 1317.7 1125 82 9 108 .993 8.24   2.2
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2015 33 BAL AL 1B 145 145 1259.7 1076 97 2 117 .998 8.38   2.7
2016 34 BAL AL 1B 112 112 960.7 859 71 5 82 .995 8.71   1.4
    RF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
2017 35 SEA AL 1B 133 121 1087.7 1049 83 6 99 .995 9.37   3.2
2018 36 SEA AL 1B 129 109 1000.7 1121 103 12 119 .990 11.01   1.9
  1B 1801 1741 15440.6 14782 1291 97 1372 .994 9.37   31.5
  2B 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
  RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
Career Totals   1806 1742 15456.6 14785 1294 97 1373 .994 9.36   31.6
Career Highs   154 154 1370.7 1339 122 12 119 .998 11.01    
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
2015 33 BAL AL 11 41 5 12 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .293 .367 .390 .758
2016 34 BAL AL 7 24 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .208 .269 .292 .561
Career Post-Season Batting 18 65 8 17 3 0 1 6 0 0 6 17 .262 .333 .354 .687
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
2007-3-.409
Games
2014-2-158
Singles
2014-8-130
CAR-42-1387
Doubles
2007-10-41
2015-4-47
CAR-41-418
Walks
2007-10-82
CAR-32-890
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Injured on 7/28/2004 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/15/2004 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/7/2006, off Matt Morris (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/2006, off John Smoltz (MIN)
Injured on 7/18/2007 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Baltimore on 8/29/2007
Injured on 4/9/2008 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Injured on 9/18/2008 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2012, hitting .647 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/13/2013 to a 4-year deal worth $4,400,000 per year
Injured on 7/5/2015 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $3,751,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/27/2019 to a minor league contract