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Craig
Monroe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 27, 1977 in Usa, TX, TEXARKANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008   
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 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 9 6 7 6 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 5
2005 28 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 10 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
2006 29 CHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 10 8 9 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
2007 30 CHN NL $ 968,571   5 5 6 10 8 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5
2008 31 CHN NL $ 4,165,714   5 5 6 10 8 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5
2009 32 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   5 5 5 10 8 9 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5
2010 33 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   4 4 5 10 8 9 6 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4
2011 34 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   4 4 5 10 7 8 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4
2012 35 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   4 4 5 10 7 8 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4
2013 36 NYA AL     4 4 4 8 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 8 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 10 8 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 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 27 DET AL 75 249 26 47 7 0 9 29 0 0 19 76 .189 .245 .325 .571 20.4 0.0
    AAA   42 167 29 59 7 2 15 33 1 7 10 31 .353 .390 .689 1.078 37.2  
2005 28 DET AL 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   79 190 41 65 7 1 22 64 2 2 23 28 .342 .413 .737 1.150 50.8  
2006 29 CHN NL 59 137 18 36 6 0 10 25 0 0 7 31 .263 .297 .526 .822 20.6 3.1
    AAA   15 12 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 5 .250 .471 .583 1.054 3.2  
2007 30 CHN NL 113 324 49 98 12 5 25 67 0 0 26 87 .302 .359 .602 .961 66.2 13.6
2008 31 CHN NL 131 314 56 87 10 1 25 71 1 0 29 85 .277 .343 .554 .897 59.0 10.7
2009 32 BOS AL 141 521 60 102 28 0 23 81 1 1 45 133 .196 .261 .382 .643 52.4 1.4
2010 33 BOS AL 106 355 50 91 18 0 21 62 0 0 32 101 .256 .317 .485 .802 51.3 6.4
2011 34 BOS AL 129 426 45 90 14 0 19 48 1 0 32 128 .211 .264 .378 .642 43.6 3.3
2012 35 BOS AL 88 230 25 53 8 1 12 37 0 0 16 67 .230 .281 .430 .712 28.2 3.4
2013 36 NYA AL 49 125 22 29 3 0 8 22 0 0 10 40 .232 .289 .448 .737 16.4 2.3
10 Years Sim 897 2692 351 633 106 7 152 443 3 1 216 753 .235 .293 .449 .742 357.4 44.3
3 Years AAA 136 369 71 127 15 3 38 99 3 10 38 64 .344 .409 .710 1.119 91.2  
162 Game Average 486 63 114 19 1 27 80 0 0 39 135 .235 .293 .449 .742 64.5  
Career Highs 141 521 60 102 28 5 25 81 1 1 45 133 .302 .359 .602 .961 66.2  
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   1660 195 355 59 4 81 240 0 1 127 483 .214 .271 .401 .671 186.4
vs LH   1032 156 278 47 3 71 203 3 0 89 270 .269 .328 .527 .855 176.1
Home 435 1308 180 322 58 4 78 233 3 0 109 370 .246 .304 .476 .780 192.2
Away 462 1384 171 311 48 3 74 210 0 1 107 383 .225 .282 .424 .706 170.3
RISP   718 0 172 34 1 35 286 0 0 72 208 .240 .305 .436 .741 99.0
Pinch Hitting   193 35 59 10 0 15 58 1 0 16 45 .306 .363 .591 .953 38.6
Close/Late   372 34 100 12 0 21 70 0 0 31 107 .269 .326 .470 .796 56.8
Mar/Apr 124 335 37 72 9 0 18 50 0 0 26 93 .215 .280 .403 .683 38.5
May 160 461 61 95 20 0 21 71 1 0 38 128 .206 .266 .386 .653 49.6
June 183 585 79 145 25 2 33 94 1 0 45 149 .248 .301 .467 .768 83.3
July 132 404 54 93 9 2 23 65 0 1 25 117 .230 .277 .433 .710 49.5
August 152 479 55 109 22 2 22 69 1 0 45 139 .228 .293 .420 .713 61.1
Sep/Oct 146 428 65 119 21 1 35 94 0 0 37 127 .278 .333 .577 .910 80.5
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
2004 27 DET AL CF 41 39 333.3 91 2 0 0 1.000 2.51   1.2
    LF 14 13 112.3 30 2 0 0 1.000 2.56    
    RF 2 2 18.0 12 0 1 0 .923 6.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
2005 28 DET AL RF 2 2 17.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2006 29 CHN NL LF 32 31 252.7 46 3 2 0 .961 1.75   0.9
    CF 8 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
2007 30 CHN NL LF 46 42 396.3 78 2 2 0 .976 1.82   1.8
    RF 50 25 271.0 40 1 4 0 .911 1.36    
    CF 5 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2008 31 CHN NL CF 65 15 247.3 56 1 0 1 1.000 2.07   1.3
    1B 28 28 241.0 252 19 0 25 1.000 10.12   0.4
    LF 16 16 137.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.79    
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2009 32 BOS AL LF 100 100 887.3 164 13 7 2 .962 1.80   1.9
    CF 3 0 4.7 5 0 1 0 .833 9.66    
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2010 33 BOS AL 1B 66 66 571.7 580 53 14 48 .978 9.97   0.8
    CF 5 0 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.1
    RF 7 0 14.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    LF 5 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
2011 34 BOS AL CF 9 3 29.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.2
    RF 9 0 27.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33    
    LF 9 0 18.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50    
    1B 1 0 8.0 6 1 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.0
2012 35 BOS AL CF 18 0 44.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.82   0.1
    LF 10 0 34.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    1B 7 0 16.0 20 0 2 3 .909 11.25   0.0
2013 36 NYA AL 1B 39 28 254.0 238 17 8 25 .970 9.04   0.3
    CF 7 1 18.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.1
    LF 2 0 9.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 235 202 1858.0 345 22 12 2 .968 1.78   4.5
  1B 141 122 1090.7 1096 90 24 103 .980 9.79   1.5
  CF 162 58 717.3 188 3 1 1 .995 2.40   2.9
  RF 76 29 358.7 59 1 6 0 .909 1.51   0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   616 411 4027.6 1688 118 43 106 .977 4.04   9.0
Career Highs   112 100 894.7 590 53 14 48 1.000 9.45    
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
2006 29 CHN NL 3 9 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .444 .444 1.000 1.444
2007 30 CHN NL 16 26 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .192 .250 .231 .481
2008 31 CHN NL 10 25 5 12 3 0 3 5 0 0 3 6 .480 .536 .960 1.496
Career Post-Season Batting 29 60 10 21 6 0 4 8 0 0 5 15 .350 .400 .650 1.050
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  4. Richie Sexson (902)
  5. Craig Wilson (901)
  6. Derrek Lee (894)
  7. Preston Wilson (892)
  8. Julio Rosas (892)
  9. Francisco Solis (888)
  10. Geoff Jenkins (888)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/2004, off Joel Pineiro (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/2004, off Arthur Rhodes (OAK)
Traded from Detroit to Chicago (N) on 5/5/2006 (Going to DET: C Jeff Mathis, P Leslie Nacar. Going to CHN: P Kerry Wood, LF Craig Monroe, P Fernando Rodney)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,165,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 1/30/2009 to a 4-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/8/2013 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 7/1/2013
 
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