Miguel
Tejada
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 25, 1976 in D.R., , BANI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 2005    2010   
All-Star Selections 2009    2012   
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 28 BAL AL $ 8,400,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 4 5 8 7 8
2005 29 BAL AL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 4 5 9 8 8
2006 30 BAL AL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 8 7 7 5 6 6 7 4 5 9 8 8
2007 31 BAL AL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 4 5 9 8 8
2008 32 BAL AL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 7 4 5 8 7 8
2009 33 FLO NL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 4 4 8 7 8
2010 34 TOR AL $ 7,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 3 4 8 7 8
2011 35 TEX AL $ 7,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 3 4 8 7 7
2012 36 TEX AL $ 7,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 3 4 8 7 7
2013 37 WSH NL     7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 2 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 2 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 4 5 9 8 8
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 BAL AL 150 588 100 177 30 3 39 100 6 3 36 58 .301 .344 .561 .905 105.2 19.9
2005 29 BAL AL 156 604 91 156 19 2 32 96 9 2 55 80 .258 .322 .455 .777 86.4 13.6
2006 30 BAL AL 157 594 77 157 25 2 20 77 13 5 60 67 .264 .334 .414 .748 77.3 10.5
2007 31 BAL AL 154 589 81 167 12 0 25 68 6 4 32 67 .284 .326 .431 .757 77.5 9.1
2008 32 BAL AL 154 653 104 176 18 2 31 67 20 3 43 77 .270 .317 .446 .762 93.6 14.1
2009 33 BAL AL 27 114 19 36 6 0 10 30 1 2 9 19 .316 .363 .632 .994 23.3 5.2
  FLO NL 120 466 67 132 16 1 19 74 4 8 24 61 .283 .319 .444 .763 61.6 8.8
  TOT   147 580 86 168 22 1 29 104 5 10 33 80 .290 .328 .481 .809 84.9 14.0
2010 34 TOR AL 142 523 75 153 26 2 15 76 14 5 39 60 .293 .342 .436 .778 73.9 11.3
2011 35 TOR AL 62 247 34 69 8 0 6 34 3 3 20 48 .279 .343 .385 .728 31.6 5.0
  TEX AL 59 222 32 77 11 2 7 30 3 3 13 33 .347 .392 .509 .901 38.7 8.4
  TOT   121 469 66 146 19 2 13 64 6 6 33 81 .311 .366 .443 .809 70.3 13.4
2012 36 TEX AL 155 584 80 152 23 0 19 91 2 3 37 104 .260 .309 .397 .706 69.5 7.7
2013 37 TEX AL 48 181 20 43 10 2 3 26 0 0 13 34 .238 .294 .365 .659 19.0 1.5
  WSH NL 92 304 33 76 14 0 6 45 1 0 22 48 .250 .305 .355 .660 33.0 3.5
  TOT   140 485 53 119 24 2 9 71 1 0 35 82 .245 .301 .359 .660 52.0 5.0
10 Years Sim 1476 5669 813 1571 218 16 232 814 82 41 403 756 .277 .328 .444 .772 790.5 118.6
162 Game Average 622 89 172 23 1 25 89 9 4 44 82 .277 .328 .444 .772 86.8  
Career Highs 157 653 104 177 30 3 39 104 20 10 60 104 .311 .366 .561 .905 105.2  
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   4293 607 1182 173 9 172 628 65 30 254 604 .275 .319 .440 .759 585.4
vs LH   1376 206 389 45 7 60 186 17 11 149 152 .283 .356 .456 .813 220.0
Home 732 2744 387 753 104 7 119 369 48 22 178 371 .274 .323 .448 .770 386.0
Away 744 2925 426 818 114 9 113 445 34 19 225 385 .280 .334 .441 .774 419.4
RISP   1323 0 381 64 3 47 551 0 0 123 197 .288 .347 .447 .794 201.8
Pinch Hitting   40 3 10 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 .250 .295 .275 .570 3.5
Close/Late   594 90 193 33 1 31 95 0 0 61 95 .325 .392 .540 .932 115.7
Mar/Apr 225 884 147 265 37 2 40 138 19 7 64 117 .300 .348 .482 .829 142.8
May 237 920 138 232 38 3 39 133 13 2 65 123 .252 .304 .427 .731 120.4
June 242 939 127 263 37 1 33 126 10 8 65 123 .280 .329 .427 .756 127.6
July 237 894 116 242 31 2 35 117 10 7 67 124 .271 .326 .427 .753 121.5
August 273 1055 145 313 45 4 47 171 16 12 68 140 .297 .344 .481 .825 163.7
Sep/Oct 262 977 140 256 30 4 38 129 14 5 74 129 .262 .318 .418 .736 129.3
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 BAL AL SS 147 144 1275.7 195 510 18 92 .975 4.97   7.8
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
2005 29 BAL AL SS 154 151 1331.0 205 559 30 101 .962 5.17   5.6
2006 30 BAL AL SS 152 148 1310.3 212 553 29 109 .963 5.25   8.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2007 31 BAL AL SS 152 146 1278.0 197 464 17 98 .975 4.65   4.3
2008 32 BAL AL SS 152 152 1353.3 200 499 20 104 .972 4.65   5.7
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 33 BAL AL SS 26 26 250.9 36 85 3 16 .976 4.34   0.8
  FLO NL SS 117 115 1001.7 144 339 12 62 .976 4.34   6.4
  TOT   SS 143 141 1252.6 180 424 15 78 .976 4.34   7.2
2010 34 TOR AL SS 139 128 1144.0 176 444 21 79 .967 4.88   4.6
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2011 35 TOR AL SS 62 60 560.1 81 216 4 45 .987 4.77   2.4
  TEX AL SS 59 58 488.9 70 188 3 39 .989 4.75   4.2
  TOT   SS 121 118 1049.0 151 404 7 84 .988 4.76   6.6
2012 36 TEX AL SS 153 151 1316.0 166 439 13 76 .979 4.14   8.6
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2013 37 TEX AL SS 48 46 435.5 44 135 7 19 .962 3.70   2.1
  WSH NL SS 91 87 730.9 73 226 12 32 .961 3.68   3.9
  SS 1452 1412 12476.3 1799 4657 189 872 .972 4.66   65.3
  2B 2 1 11.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.73   0.1
  LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1457 1414 12501.3 1804 4661 189 873 .972 4.65   65.4
Career Highs   154 153 1362.3 212 559 30 109 .988 5.25    
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
2004 28 BAL AL 5 24 1 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .417 .750
2011 35 TEX AL 10 44 5 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .318 .318 .364 .682
2012 36 TEX AL 4 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .231 .375 .231 .606
Career Post-Season Batting 19 81 8 25 2 1 0 8 0 0 3 9 .309 .333 .358 .691
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.
Slugging Pct
2004-6-.561
Games
2006-2-157
2012-9-155
At-Bats
2008-1-653
Total Bases
2004-4-330
Homeruns
2004-5-39
2005-10-32
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/2004, off Mike Timlin (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/2004, off Ugueth Urbina (TOR)
Drove in 6 runs against Anaheim on 8/1/2004
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/22/2005
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2005
Traded from Baltimore to Boston on 5/6/2009 (Going to BAL: SS Nomar Garciaparra, P Aldo Zubiaga. Going to BOS: SS Miguel Tejada)
Traded from Boston to Florida on 5/6/2009 (Going to FLO: CF J.J. Davis, SS Miguel Tejada, C Toby Hall. Going to BOS: LF Jeff Cook, P Shawn Chacon, SS Alex Gonzalez)
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/12/2009, hitting .591 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/4/2010 to a 5-year deal worth $7,800,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 9/4/2010
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2010
Injured on 5/8/2011 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Traded from Toronto to Texas on 7/25/2011 (Going to TOR: P Ramon Aguirre, 2B Lino Reyes, SS Jesse Garcia. Going to TEX: SS Miguel Tejada, P Brandon League)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2011, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2012, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Traded from Texas to Washington 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 Washington on 10/15/2013