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Eddie
Taubensee		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 31, 1968 in Usa, TX, BEEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1997   
All-Star Selections 1997   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1995 26 PIT NL 146 466 47 114 24 3 7 56 0 0 54 108 .245 .323 .354 .677 51.9 5.6
1996 27 PIT NL 146 488 61 142 31 2 14 89 1 0 52 111 .291 .359 .449 .808 74.6 13.2
1997 28 PIT NL 149 478 81 145 45 1 15 83 0 0 85 114 .303 .407 .496 .903 89.3 19.5
1998 29 PIT NL 156 503 71 126 36 2 16 99 0 0 91 112 .250 .365 .425 .790 75.7 10.5
1999 30 PIT NL 157 509 91 149 45 4 22 105 1 0 112 98 .293 .421 .527 .947 106.3 17.4
2000 31 PIT NL 147 493 70 122 25 2 11 56 1 0 88 121 .247 .364 .373 .737 67.2 6.1
2001 32 PIT NL 148 425 63 106 34 4 11 58 2 0 92 114 .249 .383 .426 .809 71.0 8.4
2002 33 CLE AL 88 292 60 96 24 2 7 55 0 0 54 47 .329 .436 .497 .932 59.3 10.3
2003 34 CLE AL 143 482 92 129 24 4 16 69 0 0 69 130 .268 .359 .434 .792 73.3 8.7
2004 35 CLE AL 71 232 26 56 13 1 4 25 0 0 32 63 .241 .330 .358 .687 28.5 2.3
2005 36 TEX AL 26 51 7 11 3 1 2 9 0 0 3 11 .216 .273 .431 .704 5.5 0.5
11 Years Sim 1377 4419 669 1196 304 26 125 704 5 0 732 1029 .271 .374 .436 .810 702.5 102.4
162 Game Average 519 78 140 35 3 14 82 0 0 86 121 .271 .374 .436 .810 82.6  
Career Highs 157 509 92 149 45 4 22 105 2 0 112 130 .329 .436 .527 .947 106.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1995 26 PIT NL C 141 136 1213.0 971 61 4 3 .996 7.66 69 25 .362 5 9.0
1996 27 PIT NL C 141 132 1195.7 1086 50 4 0 .996 8.55 65 22 .338 7 8.7
1997 28 PIT NL C 135 127 1150.0 936 32 8 0 .992 7.58 49 12 .245 3 2.4
1998 29 PIT NL C 149 131 1224.0 1127 46 2 1 .998 8.63 68 25 .368 9 8.2
1999 30 PIT NL C 143 132 1196.7 1093 42 5 1 .996 8.54 58 19 .328 2 8.2
    SS 4 3 31.7 5 7 1 2 .923 3.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2000 31 PIT NL C 144 129 1175.3 1058 47 4 2 .996 8.46 57 16 .281 6 6.7
2001 32 PIT NL C 127 109 998.7 926 26 6 4 .994 8.58 46 14 .304 8 2.3
2002 33 CLE AL C 82 73 660.3 641 19 0 0 1.000 9.00 34 12 .353 5 5.4
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2003 34 CLE AL C 132 111 1045.7 1050 37 4 0 .996 9.36 61 18 .295 9 4.2
    3B 3 2 20.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2004 35 CLE AL C 65 56 507.3 549 9 1 0 .998 9.90 22 6 .273 4 2.4
2005 36 TEX AL 1B 15 5 63.7 59 1 0 6 1.000 8.48 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 7 5 57.7 60 0 1 0 .984 9.37 1 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1266 1141 10424.3 9497 369 39 11 .996 8.52 530 169 .319 58 57.9
  1B 16 5 68.7 65 1 0 7 1.000 8.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 5 3 39.7 5 10 1 2 .938 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 3 2 20.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1291 1151 10556.6 9570 381 40 20 .996 8.48 530 169 .319 58 58.2
Career Highs   149 136 1233.3 1127 61 8 6 1.000 9.90 69 25 .368 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1997 28 PIT NL 13 44 5 10 4 0 0 6 0 0 10 14 .227 .382 .318 .700
1998 29 PIT NL 9 38 4 13 5 0 1 4 0 0 4 14 .342 .405 .553 .957
Career Post-Season Batting 22 82 9 23 9 0 1 10 0 0 14 28 .280 .392 .427 .819
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1997-4-.407
1999-10-.421
 OPS
1997-10-.903
 Doubles
1997-5-45
 Walks
1999-4-112
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Darrell Porter (935)
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  3. Jeff Reed (921)
  4. John Wockenfuss (913)
  5. Mike Lieberthal (913)
  6. Javy Lopez (910)
  7. Jerry Willard (894)
  8. Jason Varitek (891)
  9. Mike Fitzgerald (886)
  10. Jorge Fabregas (886)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1991
Injured on 9/7/1993 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/1/1995, off Clay Parker (NYM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/1995, off Duane Ward (SFG)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/21/1996
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1997, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1997
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 7/8/1998
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1999, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
10/16/2000: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 5 runs on 8/6/2001
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cleveland on 2/14/2002 (Going to PIT: P Dave Elder. Going to CLE: DH Eddie Taubensee)
Injured on 4/4/2002 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for 9 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Texas on 4/28/2003
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 5/17/2003
Injured on 4/29/2004 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 2/15/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
 
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