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PIT2

CHC12

COL2

DET6

LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

BAL7

TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

COL7

DET11

NYM12

NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

MIN4

LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

COL1

DET8

KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

SF4

Sep 14, 2026Monday

LAD4

CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

DET6

TOR5

BAL2

NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

MIN3

SF1

STL2

SD8

COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

LAD4

CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

PIT1

PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1971-01-13 · Played 1996–2010 · Career WAR 12.0 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1996	PIT	NL	15		5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.1
1997	PIT	NL	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1998	PIT	NL	43		8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-0.1
2000	CIN	NL	40		40	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	16	.100	.234	.100	.334	0.0
2001	CIN	NL	35		57	3	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	.193	.233	.211	.444	0.2
2002	CIN	NL	31		45	1	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	11	.200	.250	.200	.450	0.2
2003	ARI	NL	36		46	1	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	3	11	.196	.245	.261	.506	0.1
2004	ARI	NL	38		18	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.278	.564	0.2
2004	LAN	NL	12		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
2005	LAN	NL	28		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
2006	KCA	AL	43		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2006	LAN	NL	19		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	MIL	NL	12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2007	COL	NL	5		6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250
2008	ATL	NL	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2009	NYN	NL	28		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2010	NYN	NL	53		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			445		240	14	39	4	1	0	16	0	0	22	65	.163	.233	.188	.420	0.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1996	PIT	NL	0	2	15	3	0	0	0	25.0	40	23	2	4	13	8.28	1.760	-0.7
1997	PIT	NL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	.600	0.2
1998	PIT	NL	2	6	43	5	0	0	0	74.2	90	47	10	25	43	5.67	1.540	-0.5
2000	CIN	NL	11	5	40	16	1	0	1	147.1	170	70	10	43	85	4.28	1.446	1.8
2001	CIN	NL	10	14	34	34	1	1	0	205.0	221	102	32	56	128	4.48	1.351	4.3
2002	CIN	NL	7	8	30	30	0	0	0	178.0	173	60	24	49	93	3.03	1.247	4.0
2003	ARI	NL	8	8	34	30	0	0	0	175.2	212	99	22	57	113	5.07	1.531	1.2
2004	ARI	NL	1	6	38	9	0	0	2	85.1	107	45	11	23	55	4.75	1.523	0.4
2004	LAN	NL	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	19.2	16	7	4	8	18	3.20	1.220
2005	LAN	NL	1	2	28	7	0	0	0	65.2	63	26	6	19	37	3.56	1.249	0.6
2006	KCA	AL	5	7	43	0	0	0	2	54.0	63	27	4	13	36	4.50	1.407	0.0
2006	LAN	NL	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	23.0	23	12	4	9	16	4.70	1.391
2007	MIL	NL	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	15.0	24	11	3	3	12	6.60	1.800	-0.8
2007	COL	NL	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	19.0	21	16	3	9	10	7.58	1.579
2008	ATL	NL	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	10	1	4	2	22.50	3.500	-0.6
2009	NYN	NL	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	32.2	24	12	5	10	14	3.31	1.041	0.5
2010	NYN	NL	4	2	53	0	0	0	0	47.0	41	12	4	16	16	2.30	1.213	1.0
Total			52	64	441	140	2	1	5	1174.1	1300	579	145	348	693	4.44	1.403	11.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1996	PIT	NL	P	15	3	25.0	1	2	0	0
1997	PIT	NL	P	3	0	3.1	1	1	0	0
1998	PIT	NL	P	43	5	74.2	4	9	1	0
2000	CIN	NL	P	40	16	147.1	10	26	0	3
2001	CIN	NL	P	34	34	205.0	6	26	0	3
2002	CIN	NL	P	30	30	178.0	12	27	1	3
2003	ARI	NL	P	34	30	175.2	9	18	0	2
2004	ARI	NL	P	38	9	85.1	5	12	1	0
2004	LAN	NL	P	12	1	19.2	0	1	0	0
2005	LAN	NL	P	28	7	65.2	5	12	0	2
2006	KCA	AL	P	43	0	54.0	3	11	0	0
2006	LAN	NL	P	19	0	23.0	0	2	0	0
2007	MIL	NL	P	12	0	15.0	2	3	0	1
2007	COL	NL	P	5	5	19.0	0	5	0	0
2008	ATL	NL	P	4	0	4.0	0	1	0	0
2009	NYN	NL	P	28	0	32.2	4	6	0	0
2010	NYN	NL	P	53	0	47.0	4	12	1	0
Total				441	140	1174.1	66	174	4	14