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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1984-09-23 · Played 2006–2020 · Career WAR 21.8 (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
2006	LAN	NL	52	154	30	39	7	1	7	23	6	0	9	53	.253	.289	.448	.737	-0.1
2007	LAN	NL	98	292	47	100	12	5	10	42	10	5	16	66	.342	.373	.521	.894	1.6
2008	LAN	NL	155	606	93	176	38	5	18	76	35	11	46	153	.290	.340	.459	.799	3.9
2009	LAN	NL	159	606	97	180	25	7	26	101	34	8	52	139	.297	.352	.490	.842	4.9
2010	LAN	NL	162	602	82	150	25	6	28	89	19	15	53	170	.249	.310	.450	.760	-1.1
2011	LAN	NL	161	602	115	195	33	4	39	126	40	11	74	159	.324	.399	.586	.985	8.0
2012	LAN	NL	106	403	74	122	22	2	23	69	9	4	40	103	.303	.367	.538	.905	2.8
2013	LAN	NL	73	263	35	71	15	0	6	33	9	0	22	76	.270	.328	.395	.723	0.7
2014	LAN	NL	150	541	77	155	38	3	25	89	8	5	52	145	.287	.346	.506	.852	1.2
2015	SDN	NL	154	596	80	158	31	3	23	100	12	2	39	147	.265	.312	.443	.755	0.6
2016	SDN	NL	100	409	54	107	24	0	23	69	0	0	16	100	.262	.285	.489	.774	0.3
2016	ATL	NL	56	214	35	60	15	0	12	39	1	0	20	56	.280	.336	.519	.855
2017	ATL	NL	115	438	47	121	23	1	19	64	0	2	27	99	.276	.318	.463	.781	-1.3
2018	LAN	NL	146	462	62	134	25	0	21	85	0	0	36	115	.290	.338	.481	.819	1.2
2019	CIN	NL	20	60	4	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	19	.200	.210	.283	.493	-1.0
2020	COL	NL	43	117	18	28	3	0	6	21	1	0	15	41	.239	.326	.419	.745	0.1
Total			1750	6365	950	1808	338	37	287	1031	184	63	518	1641	.284	.338	.484	.822	21.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2006	LAN	NL	OF	46	33	333.2	63	2	5	1
2007	LAN	NL	OF	91	66	637.0	137	2	4	1
2008	LAN	NL	OF	151	144	1304.1	306	16	3	3
2009	LAN	NL	OF	158	155	1405.1	377	14	2	4
2010	LAN	NL	OF	158	149	1346.0	330	3	5	2
2011	LAN	NL	OF	159	158	1380.0	345	11	5	5
2012	LAN	NL	OF	105	105	911.0	208	7	1	1
2013	LAN	NL	OF	70	68	576.1	133	2	5	0
2014	LAN	NL	OF	143	137	1195.2	227	7	7	2
2015	SDN	NL	OF	149	149	1282.0	269	10	8	2
2016	SDN	NL	OF	97	97	827.1	165	8	2	2
2016	ATL	NL	OF	54	54	465.2	110	1	1	1
2017	ATL	NL	OF	103	102	851.2	148	3	1	2
2018	LAN	NL	OF	120	114	873.0	154	5	2	1
2019	CIN	NL	OF	17	15	124.0	16	0	0	0
2020	COL	NL	OF	1	1	6.0	2	0	0	0
Total				1622	1547	13519.0	2990	91	51	27

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2008	Player of the Week	NL
2009	Gold Glove	NL
2009	Silver Slugger	NL
2011	Gold Glove	NL
2011	Silver Slugger	NL
2011	Hank Aaron Award	NL
2011	Player of the Week	NL
2011	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player	NL
2011	This Year in Baseball Player of the Year	ML
2012	Player of the Week	NL
2012	Player of the Month	NL
2014	Player of the Week	NL
2014	Player of the Month	NL
2018	Player of the Week	NL
2018	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player	NL
2018	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL

Ejections (20)

Date	As	Reason
2008-06-03	Player	Wrestling with Yorvit Torrealba
2011-05-29	Player	Balls and strikes
2011-06-25	Player	Called third strike
2011-08-19	Player	Checked swing
2012-08-16	Player	Balls and strikes
2013-04-11	Player	Fighting
2014-04-25	Player	Called third strike
2014-06-11	Player	Called third strike
2014-08-07	Player	Check swing
2015-04-25	Player	Called third strike
2015-06-01	Player	Balls and strikes
2015-06-23	Player	Checked swing
2016-09-23	Player	Balls and strikes
2017-06-10	Player	Balls and strikes
2018-05-11	Player	Called third strike
2018-06-13	Player	Fighting
2018-06-19	Player	Called third strike
2019-04-01	Player	Arguing called 3rd strike
2020-09-04	Player	Called third strike
2020-09-25	Player	Called third strike

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