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Jason
Kubel		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 25, 1982 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2012   
All-Star Selections 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 22 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4
2005 23 MIN AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
2006 24 MIN AL     8 8 7 3 4 4 4 5 4 2 3 2 5 5 5
2007 25 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 2 3 2 5 5 5
2008 26 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
2009 27 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2010 28 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2011 29 DET AL $ 3,371,429   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2012 30 DET AL $ 3,750,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2013 31 DET AL $ 3,750,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2014 32 DET AL $ 3,750,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2015 33 SDN NL $ 3,750,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2016 34 SDN NL $ 3,660,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
2017 35 SDN NL $ 3,660,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
2018 36 SDN NL $ 1,520,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
2019 37 SDN NL $ 1,520,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
2020 38 KCA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 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 AA   7 25 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 7 .200 .231 .400 .631 1.9  
    A   131 461 47 144 20 2 4 40 4 6 29 117 .312 .353 .390 .744 59.5  
2005 23 AA   138 550 45 167 15 4 11 42 8 4 45 106 .304 .356 .405 .762 78.0  
2006 24 AAA   86 331 35 97 8 1 10 46 8 5 22 83 .293 .337 .414 .751 45.1  
    AA   52 214 31 67 4 1 6 22 4 2 14 33 .313 .355 .425 .780 31.3  
2007 25 DET AL 125 490 58 153 21 2 4 46 0 1 26 80 .312 .350 .388 .738 63.1 10.5
    AAA   29 112 19 43 6 0 6 17 0 0 6 15 .384 .415 .598 1.013 23.9  
2008 26 DET AL 143 510 78 158 19 0 11 74 2 2 29 87 .310 .344 .412 .756 70.6 11.0
2009 27 DET AL 125 457 74 169 21 2 8 71 2 0 20 66 .370 .393 .477 .870 76.0 13.3
2010 28 DET AL 140 503 74 184 28 2 12 75 0 0 28 89 .366 .399 .501 .900 87.4 17.3
2011 29 DET AL 140 487 62 151 19 0 8 63 1 0 25 87 .310 .345 .398 .743 64.4 11.2
2012 30 DET AL 149 526 72 187 23 2 7 70 0 1 34 91 .356 .396 .447 .842 82.7 17.7
2013 31 DET AL 141 494 57 149 13 1 10 76 0 0 39 78 .302 .352 .393 .745 67.4 9.4
2014 32 DET AL 142 475 58 154 21 0 12 79 0 0 41 91 .324 .376 .444 .821 75.3 14.3
2015 33 SDN NL 148 554 80 168 25 2 10 61 1 1 34 105 .303 .343 .410 .753 72.9 12.2
2016 34 SDN NL 150 476 49 139 15 0 9 61 2 2 25 93 .292 .331 .380 .711 55.3 7.1
2017 35 SDN NL 143 495 50 148 11 0 13 55 0 0 27 82 .299 .337 .400 .737 64.6 9.6
2018 36 SDN NL 151 530 61 171 13 1 10 57 4 2 29 98 .323 .357 .408 .764 73.8 13.1
2019 37 SDN NL 145 382 44 116 14 0 8 54 1 0 22 73 .304 .342 .403 .746 49.9 8.4
2020 38 KCA AL 69 150 15 41 4 0 0 17 0 0 7 39 .273 .310 .300 .610 14.0 1.2
14 Years Sim 1911 6529 832 2088 247 12 122 859 13 9 386 1159 .320 .358 .417 .775 917.4 156.3
2 Years AAA 115 443 54 140 14 1 16 63 8 5 28 98 .316 .359 .460 .819 68.9  
3 Years AA 197 789 76 239 20 7 17 67 12 7 60 146 .303 .355 .411 .765 111.2  
1 Years A 131 461 47 144 20 2 4 40 4 6 29 117 .312 .354 .390 .744 59.5  
6 Years Minors 443 1693 177 523 54 10 37 170 24 18 117 361 .309 .355 .418 .774 239.6  
162 Game Average 553 70 177 20 1 10 72 1 0 32 98 .320 .358 .417 .775 77.8  
Career Highs 151 554 80 187 28 2 13 79 4 2 41 105 .370 .399 .501 .900 87.4  
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   5603 736 1850 214 11 113 750 13 7 337 949 .330 .368 .433 .800 838.6
vs LH   926 96 238 33 1 9 109 0 2 49 210 .257 .300 .324 .624 85.2
Home 962 3227 405 1039 119 7 49 404 6 6 185 562 .322 .360 .409 .769 447.5
Away 949 3302 427 1049 128 5 73 455 7 3 201 597 .318 .356 .426 .782 476.3
RISP   1716 0 566 77 3 31 721 0 0 120 303 .330 .367 .432 .800 261.1
Pinch Hitting   210 24 71 9 1 7 46 1 0 12 37 .338 .371 .490 .861 35.5
Close/Late   722 40 240 27 2 10 81 0 0 41 132 .332 .368 .417 .785 104.1
Mar/Apr 276 858 113 283 37 1 17 131 3 3 65 161 .330 .378 .435 .812 132.6
May 346 1137 152 379 47 2 18 171 0 0 64 205 .333 .368 .426 .793 166.8
June 332 1141 144 347 46 2 27 125 3 2 74 202 .304 .347 .419 .766 158.9
July 312 1096 146 365 40 3 21 160 2 1 53 193 .333 .363 .432 .795 160.5
August 318 1127 139 366 44 2 18 138 2 3 75 180 .325 .366 .415 .781 162.5
Sep/Oct 327 1170 138 348 33 2 21 134 3 0 55 218 .297 .332 .383 .715 142.4
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
2007 25 DET AL LF 125 124 1078.0 191 7 3 2 .985 1.65   3.2
    RF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2008 26 DET AL RF 123 120 1028.0 174 11 3 4 .984 1.62   2.2
    LF 9 0 23.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
    2B 5 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
2009 27 DET AL LF 108 95 844.0 155 6 1 1 .994 1.72   2.7
    RF 5 5 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58    
    2B 5 0 16.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76   0.0
2010 28 DET AL LF 132 126 1095.0 197 11 1 4 .995 1.71   2.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2011 29 DET AL LF 122 114 1013.3 167 4 0 0 1.000 1.52   2.9
    RF 7 4 40.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 3 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
2012 30 DET AL LF 145 140 1212.0 224 6 0 2 1.000 1.71   4.4
    RF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2013 31 DET AL LF 129 116 1034.7 185 4 0 2 1.000 1.64   3.3
    CF 5 4 38.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
    RF 4 2 21.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2014 32 DET AL LF 123 115 985.0 189 8 0 1 1.000 1.80   2.8
    RF 13 11 102.7 24 0 1 0 .960 2.10    
    CF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
2015 33 SDN NL CF 97 93 836.3 264 7 4 3 .985 2.92   3.4
    2B 40 38 328.0 62 98 1 19 .994 4.39   1.5
    RF 4 3 29.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79    
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2016 34 SDN NL 2B 126 118 1020.0 183 311 4 68 .992 4.36   4.4
    3B 5 4 33.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.1
    SS 3 3 25.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2017 35 SDN NL 2B 82 71 649.3 131 204 6 43 .982 4.64   3.0
    SS 44 44 378.0 49 140 4 21 .979 4.50   2.7
    RF 9 5 46.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.96   0.1
    LF 4 3 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33    
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2018 36 SDN NL SS 119 114 1003.0 135 314 39 60 .920 4.03   2.9
    RF 5 4 36.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.2
    2B 5 3 33.3 10 17 1 4 .964 7.29   0.4
    CF 13 0 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    LF 3 2 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
2019 37 SDN NL RF 46 32 313.3 68 1 0 1 1.000 1.98   1.2
    3B 21 20 170.0 7 30 2 2 .949 1.96   0.6
    CF 8 7 66.3 17 0 1 0 .944 2.31    
    LF 8 7 61.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 3.25    
    2B 8 7 55.0 9 16 1 1 .962 4.09   0.2
    SS 7 6 55.0 8 18 1 3 .963 4.25   0.3
2020 38 KCA AL RF 26 17 160.7 56 1 0 0 1.000 3.19   0.8
    2B 13 5 63.0 16 19 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.3
    CF 12 2 36.7 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.19    
    SS 4 2 27.0 2 12 0 1 1.000 4.67   0.3
    LF 5 2 21.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  LF 915 844 7421.7 1350 47 5 12 .996 1.69   21.4
  2B 288 243 2187.0 419 677 13 138 .988 4.51   10.0
  RF 253 203 1839.0 375 15 5 5 .987 1.91   4.7
  SS 177 169 1488.0 195 493 44 86 .940 4.16   6.2
  CF 144 111 1056.7 317 8 5 3 .985 2.77   3.4
  3B 29 27 230.7 8 39 3 2 .940 1.83   0.7
Career Totals   1806 1597 14222.9 2664 1279 75 246 .981 2.50   46.4
Career Highs   149 140 1219.0 336 346 40 69 1.000 4.33    
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
2009 27 DET AL 7 25 4 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 1 .440 .483 .600 1.083
2011 29 DET AL 6 22 3 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .364 .440 .545 .985
2012 30 DET AL 14 54 9 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .278 .316 .315 .631
2013 31 DET AL 8 26 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .231 .259 .385 .644
2014 32 DET AL 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
2015 33 SDN NL 7 19 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .316 .409 .368 .778
2016 34 SDN NL 7 26 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 .346 .370 .538 .909
2017 35 SDN NL 15 54 10 18 2 0 3 11 0 1 1 5 .333 .345 .537 .882
2018 36 SDN NL 11 36 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .139 .184 .139 .323
2019 37 SDN NL 11 43 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .233 .267 .233 .499
Career Post-Season Batting 89 314 38 91 10 0 7 35 0 1 19 51 .290 .331 .389 .720
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.
Batting Average
2009-3-.356*
2010-1-.366
2012-1-.356
2014-6-.324
2018-4-.323
CAR-9-.320
 On-Base Pct
2010-7-.399
2012-7-.396
 Hits
2012-6-187
CAR-40-2088
 Singles
2009-9-138
2010-4-142
2012-1-155
2018-4-147
CAR-8-1707
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  6. James Shanks (852)
  7. Travis Schlichting (850)
  8. Jeremy Reed (843)
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History
Injured on 7/3/2004 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 5/6/2007 (Going to MIN: RF Lesley Baker. Going to DET: LF Jason Kubel)
Had first career hit on 5/6/2007, off Matt Morris (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/2007, off Francisco Butto (TEX)
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/7/2009
Injured on 8/23/2009 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 4 runs on 8/26/2010
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Anaheim on 7/17/2011
11/1/2011: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Detroit in 2012
Injured on 9/22/2014 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/20/2015 (Going to SDN: LF Jason Kubel. Going to DET: P Isaac Delvalle)
9/19/2015: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,660,000 per year, for 2 years
9/12/2017: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,520,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Arizona on 8/9/2019
Had 2000th career hit on 8/12/2019, off Noe Niemi (FLO)
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/14/2020 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
 
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