Juan Encarnacion | Major Leaguer 1997-2007

Full Name: Juan DeDios Encarnacion
Born: March 8,1976 in Las Matas de Faran, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-3 Weight: 187 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Liceo Mercedes Maria Mateo (Las Matas de Faran)
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Prospect Rankings*
1996 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for Detroit Tigers
1997 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Detroit Tigers
1998 - 15th ranked Major League prospect

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Detroit Tigers in 1992

Transactions: [Dec 27,1992] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers. [Dec 11,2001] - Traded by Tigers with Luis Pineda to Reds for Dmitri Young. [Jul 11,2002] - Traded by Reds with Ryan Snare and Wilton Guerrero to Marlins for Ryan Dempster. [Dec 13,2003] - Traded by Marlins to Dodgers for Travis Ezi. [Jul 30,2004] - Traded by Dodgers with Guillermo Mota and Paul LoDuca to Marlins for Bill Murphy, Brad Penny and Hee Seop Choi. [Dec 23,2005] - Signed by Cardinals (3-years)

Disabled List: [Jul 9,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (left shoulder tendinitis) [Jul 19,2004] - Activated [Mar 28,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Left wrist surgery) [May 13,2007] -

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1994	Bristol	App	18	Det	Rk	of		54	197	16	49	7	1	4	31	9	2	13	54	5	1	1	1	2	.249	.310	.355	665	--
	Fayettevil	SAL	18	Det	A	of		24	83	6	16	1	1	1	4	1	1	8	36	1	1	0	0	2	.193	.272	.265	537	--
	Lakeland	FSL	18	Det	A+			3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	762	--
1995	Fayettevil	SAL	19	Det	A	of		124	457	62	129	31	7	16	72	5	6	30	113	8	0	1	2	10	.282	.336	.486	822	--
1996	Lakeland	FSL	20	Det	A+	of		131	499	54	120	31	2	15	58	11	5	24	104	12	2	0	3	10	.240	.290	.401	691	--
1997	Jcksnvlle	Sou	21	Det	AA	of		131	493	91	159	31	4	26	90	17	3	43	86	19	6	0	6	8	.323	.394	.560	954	--
	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	rf	7	11	33	3	7	1	1	1	5	3	1	3	12	2	0	0	0	1	.212	.316	.394	710	--
1998	Lakeland	FSL	22	Det	A+	of		4	16	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.375	743	--
	Toledo	IL	22	Det	AAA	of		92	356	55	102	17	3	8	41	24	4	29	85	10	1	0	4	9	.287	.353	.419	772	--
	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	rf-cf	3,6	40	164	30	54	9	4	7	21	7	4	7	31	1	0	0	3	2	.329	.354	.561	915	33%
1999	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	lf		132	509	62	130	30	6	19	74	33	12	14	113	9	1	4	2	12	.255	.287	.450	737	--
2000	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	cf	2,3,8	141	547	75	158	25	6	14	72	16	4	29	90	7	1	3	4	15	.289	.330	.433	763	55%
2001	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	rf-cf	7	120	417	52	101	19	7	12	52	9	5	25	93	6	1	5	4	9	.242	.292	.408	700	51%
2002	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	cf-rf	2	83	321	43	89	11	2	16	51	9	4	26	63	1	0	3	3	7	.277	.330	.474	804	52%
	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	rf	6,2	69	263	34	69	11	3	8	34	12	5	20	50	3	0	0	4	11	.262	.317	.418	735	57%
2003	Florida	NL	27	Fla	MLB	rf	5	156	601	80	162	37	6	19	94	19	8	37	82	4	0	5	6	17	.270	.313	.446	759	48%
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	rf	6,7	86	324	42	76	18	1	13	43	3	3	21	53	4	0	0	1	9	.235	.289	.417	706	46%
	Florida	NL	28	Fla	MLB	rf	7	49	160	21	38	12	1	3	19	2	1	17	33	3	2	1	1	2	.238	.320	.381	701	45%
2005	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	rf	5	141	506	59	145	27	3	16	76	6	5	41	104	9	2	4	3	9	.287	.349	.447	796	41%
2006	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	rf-cf	5,6	153	557	74	155	25	5	19	79	6	5	30	86	4	6	1	6	11	.278	.317	.443	760	49%
2007	Springfiel	Tex	31	Stl	AA	of		15	58	5	9	4	0	0	4	1	0	6	11	1	0	0	0	1	.155	.246	.224	470	--
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	rf	4,6	78	283	43	80	17	1	9	47	2	2	18	43	1	0	1	4	11	.283	.324	.445	769	51%

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)								1259	4685	618	1264	242	46	156	667	127	59	288	853	54	13	27	41	116	.270	.317	.441	758	48%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)								578	2165	294	590	122	19	70	304	72	21	155	496	58	11	2	16	42	.273	.335	.443	778	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	27	Fla	Div	4	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	.133	.235	.333	568	--
	Florida	NL	27	Fla	Ch	5	12	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.583	833	--
	Florida	NL	27	Fla	Ws	6	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.231	.182	413	--
2006	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	Div	4	14	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.313	.429	742	--
	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	Ch	6	22	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	.182	.280	.273	553	--
	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	Ws	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						28	82	5	15	1	2	2	8	0	1	7	19	1	1	1	2	4	.183	.250	.317	567	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1994	Bristol	App	18	Det	Rk	OF	53			83	9	3	95	1	-	-	-	.968	--
1994	Fayettevil	SAL	18	Det	A	OF	23			22	1	2	25	0	-	-	-	.920	--

1995	Fayettevil	SAL	19	Det	A	OF	102			143	10	7	160	0	-	-	-	.956	--

1996	Lakeland	FSL	20	Det	A+	OF	125			233	12	6	251	4	-	-	-	.976	--

1997	Jcksnvlle	Sou	21	Det	AA	OF	112			208	12	3	223	3	-	-	-	.987	--
1997	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	CF	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Detroit	AL	21	Det	MLB	RF	10			21	0	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Lakeland	FSL	22	Det	A+	OF	4			7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Toledo	IL	22	Det	AAA	OF	91			168	10	5	183	3	-	-	-	.973	--
1998	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	LF	8			14	1	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	CF	13			11	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	RF	21			35	1	1	37	1	-	-	-	.973	--
1998	Detroit	AL	22	Det	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1999	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	LF	118			216	10	7	233	2	-	-	-	.970	--
1999	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	CF	22			47	0	2	49	0	-	-	-	.959	--
1999	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	RF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Detroit	AL	24	Det	MLB	CF	141		1212.2	363	3	5	371	2	-	-	-	.987	2.72

2001	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	CF	56		474.1	125	2	4	131	0	-	-	-	.969	2.41
2001	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	RF	63		529	121	3	2	126	0	-	-	-	.984	2.11
2001	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2002	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	CF	59		498	162	2	2	166	1	-	-	-	.988	2.96
2002	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	RF	31		206.2	50	3	3	56	3	-	-	-	.946	2.31
2002	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	CF	12		87.1	20	0	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.06
2002	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	RF	61		503.2	115	4	1	120	2	-	-	-	.992	2.13

2003	Florida	NL	27	Fla	MLB	RF	155	155	1355.1	329	7	0	336	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.23

2004	Florida	NL	28	Fla	MLB	RF	48	46	398.2	96	3	2	101	0	-	-	-	.980	2.23
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	LF	9	8	79	10	0	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.14
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	RF	77	77	673.1	151	3	4	158	0	-	-	-	.975	2.06

2005	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	CF	11	6	52.1	10	0	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.72
2005	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	RF	135	126	1112.2	216	4	4	224	0	-	-	-	.982	1.78

2006	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	LF	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2006	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	CF	31	26	221.2	43	0	2	45	0	-	-	-	.956	1.75
2006	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	RF	125	111	983.1	219	4	4	227	0	-	-	-	.982	2.04

2007	Springfiel	Tex	31	Stl	AA	OF	13								-	-	-	---	--
2007	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	CF	2	-	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.93
2007	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	RF	74	72	615.1	124	2	8	134	0	-	-	-	.940	1.84

Awards

[1997] - Double-A All-Star OF, Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star OF, Southern League All-Star OF

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1997	*150,000		996,990	80
1998	170,000		1,054,037	80
1999	233,000		1,222,537	58
2000	325,000		1,369,505	46
2001	4,400,000		1,609,512	14
2002	1,550,000		1,654,088	30
2003	3,450,000		1,773,364	18
2004	3,565,000		1,716,303	16
2005	4,435,000		1,825,756	14
2006	3,500,000		1,937,004	19
2007	*5,000,000		2,923,340	22
2008	*6,500,000

Career:	$33,278,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Florida Marlins in 2003.

Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for Dominican Republic.