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Placido
Polanco		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 173
 
Born: October 10, 1975 in D.R., , SANTO DOMINGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009   
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 PHI NL $ 2,770,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 7 6 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
2005 29 BOS AL $ 3,010,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
2006 30 CHN NL $ 3,010,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
2007 31 CHN NL $ 3,010,000   7 7 8 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
2008 32 CHN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
2009 33 CHN NL $ 4,500,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
2010 34 CHN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
2011 35 SDN NL $ 3,250,000   7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
2012 36 WSH NL     6 6 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
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 PHI NL 128 426 45 107 23 2 8 49 8 3 14 28 .251 .278 .371 .649 41.3 2.2
2005 29 BOS AL 112 268 32 77 17 0 5 25 8 2 19 25 .287 .339 .407 .746 34.7 6.3
    AAA   3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
2006 30 BOS AL 43 146 25 43 12 0 3 22 2 2 4 9 .295 .314 .438 .752 17.9 2.8
  CHN NL 69 177 18 50 11 0 2 21 3 2 11 13 .282 .326 .379 .705 21.4 2.5
  TOT   112 323 43 93 23 0 5 43 5 4 15 22 .288 .321 .406 .726 39.3 5.4
2007 31 CHN NL 135 431 55 107 24 1 5 48 9 2 19 42 .248 .288 .343 .631 40.3 3.1
2008 32 CHN NL 152 498 67 141 28 1 6 54 11 4 22 28 .283 .314 .380 .694 59.3 7.4
2009 33 CHN NL 151 512 57 140 25 3 8 56 15 4 28 58 .273 .310 .381 .691 60.2 9.2
2010 34 CHN NL 152 553 72 166 25 6 6 54 15 15 28 67 .300 .348 .400 .748 71.0 9.5
2011 35 SDN NL 138 441 47 131 27 2 2 57 3 2 23 63 .297 .339 .381 .720 52.9 8.3
2012 36 SDN NL 96 311 22 75 16 0 2 30 2 2 11 51 .241 .270 .312 .582 22.5 0.5
  WSH NL 30 78 12 30 7 1 3 17 1 0 3 11 .385 .410 .615 1.025 16.3 3.8
  TOT   126 389 34 105 23 1 5 47 3 2 14 62 .270 .298 .373 .671 38.8 4.2
9 Years Sim 1206 3841 452 1067 215 16 50 433 77 38 182 395 .278 .315 .381 .696 437.9 55.7
1 Years AAA 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
162 Game Average 515 60 143 28 2 6 58 10 5 24 53 .278 .315 .381 .696 58.8  
Career Highs 152 553 72 166 28 6 8 57 15 15 28 67 .300 .348 .407 .748 71.0  
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   2648 289 687 150 9 35 281 50 23 107 283 .259 .293 .363 .656 264.0
vs LH   1193 163 380 65 7 15 152 27 15 75 112 .319 .364 .422 .786 169.7
Home 609 1909 226 539 117 8 23 212 32 19 95 187 .282 .321 .388 .709 221.6
Away 597 1932 226 528 98 8 27 221 45 19 87 208 .273 .310 .374 .684 212.1
RISP   943 0 254 45 4 9 362 0 0 48 102 .269 .305 .354 .659 97.7
Pinch Hitting   74 7 21 3 0 2 23 1 1 4 3 .284 .321 .405 .726 9.2
Close/Late   435 54 125 19 1 6 43 0 0 20 42 .287 .328 .377 .705 49.9
Mar/Apr 197 653 72 176 35 1 10 78 15 8 27 55 .270 .308 .372 .681 69.2
May 217 710 92 207 40 1 13 91 12 10 29 70 .292 .320 .406 .725 85.6
June 211 657 71 182 35 2 8 72 9 10 29 73 .277 .315 .373 .688 70.0
July 186 558 65 170 35 3 6 65 13 2 24 57 .305 .337 .410 .747 72.6
August 196 642 82 167 35 3 9 73 8 3 37 70 .260 .303 .366 .669 68.7
Sep/Oct 199 621 70 165 35 6 4 54 20 5 36 70 .266 .312 .361 .673 67.7
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
2004 28 PHI NL 2B 88 81 715.7 157 288 10 58 .978 5.60 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    3B 36 35 283.0 19 75 3 7 .969 2.99 0 0 .000 0 0.9
2005 29 BOS AL 3B 85 55 534.0 38 140 9 12 .952 3.00 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 26 15 158.7 41 54 2 7 .979 5.39 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2006 30 BOS AL 3B 17 15 155.6 7 39 3 1 .939 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 19 15 149.9 26 47 1 9 .986 4.38 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 3 3 27.8 3 6 1 0 .900 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHN NL 3B 28 25 197.4 9 49 4 2 .935 2.64 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 30 23 190.1 33 60 2 11 .979 4.40 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 4 4 35.2 4 8 2 1 .857 3.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 45 40 353.0 16 88 7 3 .937 2.65   1.3
      2B 49 38 340.0 59 107 3 20 .982 4.39   1.1
      SS 7 7 63.0 7 14 3 1 .875 3.00   0.2
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2007 31 CHN NL 2B 118 105 952.3 142 326 6 44 .987 4.42 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 32 CHN NL 3B 151 149 1207.7 57 297 16 17 .957 2.64 0 0 .000 0 6.2
2009 33 CHN NL 3B 150 147 1274.7 61 293 14 18 .962 2.50 0 0 .000 0 7.1
2010 34 CHN NL 3B 149 146 1293.0 69 275 17 18 .953 2.39 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 35 SDN NL 2B 119 118 975.3 176 349 10 66 .981 4.84 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    3B 11 9 78.0 6 23 0 3 1.000 3.35 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 2 0 9.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2012 36 SDN NL 3B 86 82 732.6 35 152 10 14 .949 2.30 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 3 1 9.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WSH NL 3B 27 26 185.4 9 39 3 3 .941 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 741 689 5946.3 310 1383 79 95 .955 2.56 0 0 .000 0 27.3
  2B 406 358 3157.0 576 1126 31 195 .982 4.85 0 0 .000 0 16.0
  SS 10 7 75.0 7 20 4 1 .871 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1163 1054 9190.6 894 2529 114 291 .968 3.35 0 0 .000 0 43.6
Career Highs   151 149 1296.0 183 376 17 69 .985 4.86 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
2006 30 CHN NL 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .273 .333 .273 .606
2007 31 CHN NL 20 69 8 16 1 0 0 6 1 1 3 1 .232 .284 .246 .530
2008 32 CHN NL 14 45 8 17 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 .378 .417 .444 .861
2009 33 CHN NL 15 55 6 17 2 2 0 8 4 1 3 3 .309 .367 .418 .785
2010 34 CHN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 35 SDN NL 6 22 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .409 .417 .409 .826
2012 36 WSH NL 4 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .267 .313 .333 .646
Career Post-Season Batting 64 219 25 66 7 2 0 19 6 5 11 14 .301 .347 .352 .699
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.
Singles
2010-9-129
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Mario Carballo (949)
  2. Gerald Syed (944)
  3. Luis Rivas (941)
  4. Clemente Montenegro (936)
  5. Angel Chavez (934)
  6. William Horner (924)
  7. Ferdin Tejeda (923)
  8. Matsurou Yasutoki (922)
  9. Tim Olson (916)
  10. Tommy Whiteman (915)
History
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Cory Lidle (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2004, off Cory Lidle (CIN)
Injured on 8/14/2004 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Detroit on 2/7/2005 (Going to PHI: P Bubbie Buzachero, CF Nook Logan, C Guillermo Quiroz, CF Brent Clevlen, LF Wilton Reynolds. Going to DET: 1B Jim Thome, 2B Placido Polanco, C Chao-Kuan Wu, 1B Ryan Howard)
Traded from Detroit to Boston on 4/12/2005 (Going to DET: P Jon Lester, RF Matt Murton. Going to BOS: 2B Placido Polanco)
Traded from Boston to Chicago (N) on 5/21/2006 (Going to BOS: P Freddy Garcia. Going to CHN: P Harvey Garcia, 3B Placido Polanco)
10/5/2007: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 1/31/2011 to a 2-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Washington on 8/1/2012 (Going to SDN: P James Staab. Going to WSH: 2B Placido Polanco)
Released by Washington on 10/24/2012
 
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