#76 Craig Biggio, Catcher, 32 yrs, Detroit Tigers - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#76 Craig Biggio, Catcher, 32 yrs, Detroit Tigers
Thursday, 11/2/1998

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Craig Biggio

12/14/1965
32
USA,NY,SMITHTOWN
5"11
185

Catcher
R
R

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4 / 6 (Popular)
3 / 6 (Well Known)
Good
Suffers
Prone
4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 7,640,000
1999
10 Year(s), 110 Days (1830 total Days)
172 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 22 Days (1742 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	8	8	6	3
Versus LHP	5	8	8	6	3
Versus RHP	6	8	8	6	3
Talent	6	7	7	7	4

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2
7
7
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
C : 6 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 3 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	@CAL	W 4-1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	#4
9/24	@CAL	L 5-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/25	CAL	L 9-17	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#5
9/26	CAL	L 4-14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
9/28	@BOS	W 6-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/29	BOS	W 12-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	#5
9/30	BAL	W 10-7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/1	@TOR	W 9-8	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	#5
10/3	BAL	L 1-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	#5
10/5	@BAL	L 5-13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#5

Batting Stats 1998

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	148	460	131	25	7	31	95	85	67	138	.285	.399	.572	.971	1.045	.287
Projected	148	460	131	25	7	31	95	85	67	138	.285	.399	.572	.971	1.045	.287

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	114	549	21	10	0	7	0	1	263	63	1	1	50.0	110.3	8.8

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	101	28	3	1	8	26	19	14	27	0	0	4	.277	.387	.564	.951
vs. RHP	359	103	22	6	23	69	66	53	111	1	0	17	.287	.402	.574	.976
Close/Late	56	16	4	0	3	14	8	9	19	1	0	5	.286	.423	.518	.940
Scoring Position	126	41	6	2	7	62	0	25	36	1	0	4	.325	.449	.571	1.020
Pinch Hitting	24	10	1	1	2	11	7	4	5	1	0	3	.417	.531	.792	1.323

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	73	222	61	10	2	14	40	44	37	71	.275	.410	.527	.937
Road	75	238	70	15	5	17	55	41	30	67	.294	.388	.613	1.001
March/April	24	74	16	3	1	6	12	10	13	24	.216	.333	.527	.860
May	25	76	24	6	3	5	16	14	10	23	.316	.411	.671	1.082
June	23	75	15	2	0	3	14	7	8	25	.200	.318	.347	.665
July	22	70	28	7	2	6	21	14	7	21	.400	.481	.814	1.296
August	23	76	24	5	1	6	13	21	10	27	.316	.429	.645	1.073
Sept/Oct	31	89	24	2	0	5	19	19	19	18	.270	.420	.461	.880

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1988	62	145	37	10	0	6	13	28	18	7	0	28	8	1	.255	.365	.448	.813	DET
1989	72	210	59	15	1	3	29	27	17	7	2	36	7	0	.281	.352	.405	.756	DET
1990	134	464	134	33	3	17	75	76	61	13	3	62	8	1	.289	.384	.483	.867	DET
1991	147	543	141	36	2	17	91	89	72	8	6	72	12	3	.260	.351	.427	.779	DET
1992	144	534	157	50	2	27	99	96	64	6	5	73	5	2	.294	.373	.547	.920	DET
1993	144	506	137	38	7	28	111	97	74	20	7	81	7	1	.271	.381	.540	.920	DET
1994	144	505	138	36	3	20	88	74	78	16	5	89	4	3	.273	.384	.475	.859	DET,AL
1995	140	473	146	37	1	28	109	91	72	16	3	76	9	2	.309	.415	.569	.984	DET,AL
1996	48	163	45	9	1	13	43	38	32	8	2	32	1	1	.276	.415	.583	.997	DET
1997	103	260	62	17	3	10	36	37	30	6	2	78	2	2	.238	.329	.442	.771	DET
1998	148	460	131	25	7	31	95	85	67	21	1	138	1	1	.285	.399	.572	.971	DET
Total	1286	4263	1187	306	30	200	789	738	585	128	36	765	64	17	.278	.379	.505	.884

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1988, AAA	69	253	80	16	1	13	50	48	46	31	4	0	.316	.404	.542	.945

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1993	12	43	14	3	1	0	6	10	10	4	0	0	.326	.453	.442	.895
Total	12	43	14	3	1	0	6	10	10	4	0	0	.326	.453	.442	.895

Fielding Stats 1998

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	115	114	730	34	1	766	2	.997	999.2	6.90	6	57	15	26.3
First Base	23	0	71	4	7	76	1	.987	58.0	11.79
Leftfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Detroit in 1988...
Had first career hit on 6/21/1988, off Doug Drabek (MIL)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/2/1988, off John Habyan (TEX)...
Injured on 8/6/1990 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks...
Drove in 6 runs against Texas on 6/26/1991...
2/3/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 7 runs against Toronto on 9/5/1992...
2/3/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration...
6/22/1993: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,640,000 per year, for 6 years.
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against California on 6/16/1995...
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game...
Injured on 5/30/1996 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season...
Injured on 5/24/1997 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

SLG
1995 - .569 - 10th

OPS
1995 - .984 - 10th

Doubles
1992 - 50 - 5th

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