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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1972-04-11 · Played 1997–2011 · College: Georgia Institute of Technology (1991–1994) · Career WAR 24.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1997	BOS	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1
1998	BOS	AL	86	221	31	56	13	0	7	33	2	2	17	45	.253	.309	.407	.716	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	144	483	70	130	39	2	20	76	1	2	46	85	.269	.330	.482	.812	1.9
2000	BOS	AL	139	448	55	111	31	1	10	65	1	1	60	84	.248	.342	.388	.730	1.2
2001	BOS	AL	51	174	19	51	11	1	7	25	0	0	21	35	.293	.371	.489	.860	1.4
2002	BOS	AL	132	467	58	124	27	1	10	61	4	3	41	95	.266	.332	.392	.724	2.1
2003	BOS	AL	142	451	63	123	31	1	25	85	3	2	51	106	.273	.351	.512	.863	3.0
2004	BOS	AL	137	463	67	137	30	1	18	73	10	3	62	126	.296	.390	.482	.872	4.0
2005	BOS	AL	133	470	70	132	30	1	22	70	2	0	62	117	.281	.366	.489	.855	3.9
2006	BOS	AL	103	365	46	87	19	2	12	55	1	2	46	87	.238	.325	.400	.725	0.8
2007	BOS	AL	131	435	57	111	15	3	17	68	1	2	71	122	.255	.367	.421	.788	2.3
2008	BOS	AL	131	423	37	93	20	0	13	43	0	1	52	122	.220	.313	.359	.672	0.6
2009	BOS	AL	109	364	41	76	24	0	14	51	0	0	54	90	.209	.313	.390	.703	1.5
2010	BOS	AL	39	112	18	26	6	0	7	16	0	0	10	35	.232	.293	.473	.766	0.7
2011	BOS	AL	68	222	32	49	10	1	11	36	0	0	21	67	.221	.300	.423	.723	0.8
Total			1546	5099	664	1307	306	14	193	757	25	18	614	1216	.256	.336	.435	.772	24.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1997	BOS	AL	C	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1998	BOS	AL	C	75	56	516.0	367	32	5	3
1999	BOS	AL	C	140	130	1153.0	972	66	11	8
2000	BOS	AL	C	128	119	1076.0	867	46	7	3
2001	BOS	AL	C	50	47	426.2	425	32	2	2
2002	BOS	AL	C	127	121	1064.2	912	54	4	8
2003	BOS	AL	C	137	119	1075.1	854	43	9	8
2004	BOS	AL	C	130	121	1062.2	880	49	2	11
2005	BOS	AL	C	130	127	1089.0	784	32	8	4
2006	BOS	AL	C	99	94	822.1	647	28	4	3
2007	BOS	AL	C	125	121	1064.0	937	39	6	8
2008	BOS	AL	C	131	120	1041.1	903	42	4	7
2009	BOS	AL	C	108	106	924.0	856	37	3	4
2010	BOS	AL	C	39	27	275.1	242	13	0	2
2011	BOS	AL	C	68	64	574.2	519	28	4	1
Total				1488	1372	12166.0	10166	541	69	72

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2001	Player of the Week	AL
2005	TSN All-Star	AL
2005	Gold Glove	AL
2005	Silver Slugger	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2017	BBWAA	2	332	No

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
2001-05-10	Player	Call at HP (bumped umpire)
2003-09-08	Player	Fair/foul call
2004-07-24	Player	Brawl
2009-05-28	Player	Balls and strikes
2011-06-04	Player	Balls and strikes

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