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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1982-06-22 · Played 2006–2019 · College: Central Arizona College (2001), Arizona State University (2002), University of Missouri Columbia (2003) · Career WAR 53.9 (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	TEX	AL	120	423	65	121	27	1	14	55	11	4	40	64	.286	.347	.454	.801	1.9
2007	TEX	AL	130	483	96	127	22	2	20	61	23	2	62	83	.263	.355	.441	.796	4.1
2008	TEX	AL	121	518	102	165	41	4	18	71	26	2	45	67	.319	.375	.517	.892	4.7
2009	TEX	AL	144	566	101	143	32	4	31	86	31	5	59	77	.253	.327	.488	.815	6.0
2010	TEX	AL	103	391	73	112	20	1	9	45	15	5	56	57	.286	.382	.412	.794	4.0
2011	TEX	AL	155	620	121	158	34	4	32	77	30	4	89	71	.255	.355	.477	.832	7.0
2012	TEX	AL	157	655	105	168	42	5	19	72	21	9	60	90	.256	.326	.423	.749	2.4
2013	TEX	AL	136	545	85	151	31	2	13	72	15	11	51	59	.277	.344	.413	.757	5.0
2014	DET	AL	161	684	100	188	40	4	17	92	15	4	29	79	.275	.307	.420	.727	5.1
2015	DET	AL	154	624	94	185	35	7	11	73	10	6	43	80	.296	.342	.428	.770	5.0
2016	DET	AL	153	618	117	178	29	4	28	83	14	6	45	115	.288	.348	.484	.832	5.6
2017	DET	AL	139	551	90	130	25	3	22	52	14	5	55	86	.236	.313	.412	.725	1.9
2018	LAA	AL	91	355	49	85	20	0	13	32	9	4	30	40	.239	.304	.406	.710	2.0
2018	BOS	AL	37	132	17	32	6	0	1	16	7	3	10	24	.242	.294	.311	.605
2019	SDN	NL	87	258	28	56	12	0	9	22	2	4	19	54	.217	.278	.368	.646	-0.8
Total			1888	7423	1243	1999	416	41	257	909	243	74	693	1046	.269	.332	.440	.772	53.9

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
2019	SDN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	3.000	0.0
Total			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	3.000	0.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2006	TEX	AL	2B	119	117	1032.0	247	393	18	94
2007	TEX	AL	2B	130	129	1136.2	283	436	17	98
2008	TEX	AL	2B	121	120	1064.0	292	390	18	123
2009	TEX	AL	2B	144	143	1258.0	249	451	11	100
2010	TEX	AL	2B	103	102	905.1	190	278	7	64
2011	TEX	AL	2B	144	144	1269.0	268	398	11	103
2012	TEX	AL	2B	144	144	1265.0	203	386	18	81
2012	TEX	AL	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
2013	TEX	AL	2B	124	124	1095.1	211	371	13	89
2014	DET	AL	2B	160	160	1414.0	290	467	9	101
2015	DET	AL	2B	153	151	1324.0	289	425	13	109
2016	DET	AL	2B	151	149	1299.0	303	432	9	109
2017	DET	AL	2B	135	134	1137.1	263	327	10	95
2018	LAA	AL	2B	91	89	793.0	154	243	7	73
2018	BOS	AL	2B	37	35	298.1	59	67	2	16
2019	SDN	NL	2B	72	63	563.0	96	155	5	36
2019	SDN	NL	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
Total				1830	1804	15857.0	3397	5219	168	1291

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2007	Player of the Week	AL
2009	Player of the Week	AL
2016	Gold Glove	AL
2018	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2025	BBWAA	10	296	No

Ejections (12)

Date	As	Reason
2008-04-29	Player	Called third strike
2010-06-25	Player	Called third strike (Threw equipment)
2010-09-10	Player	Called third strike
2011-05-29	Player	Balls and strikes (slammed bat down)
2012-06-14	Player	Called third strike
2012-07-24	Player	Call at 1B
2012-08-15	Player	Called third strike
2015-07-19	Player	Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
2015-08-16	Player	Balls and strikes
2016-09-18	Player	Bench jockeying while leaving the field
2017-08-14	Player	Arguing balls and strikes
2019-05-15	Player	Balls and strikes

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