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Placido Polanco   |   Major Leaguer   1998-2007

Full Name:  Placido Enrique Polanco
Born:  October 10,1975  in  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height:  5-10  Weight:  168  Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right
High School:  Santo Claro (Santo Domingo,DR)
College:  Miami-Dade College

Baseball Lists:  World Baseball Classic Players ... Toughest Players to Strike Out

Debut:  July 3,1998


Drafted:  Selected by Chicago White Sox in 49th Round (1356th overall) of 1993 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)  ... Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 19th Round (530th overall) of 1994 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)  

Transactions:   [Jun 9,1994] - signed  [Jul 29,2002] - Traded by Cardinals with Bud Smith and Mike Timlin to Phillies for Doug Nickle, Scott Rolen and Cash.  [Oct 29,2004] - Granted Free Agency.  [Dec 19,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies.  [Jun 8,2005] - Traded by Phillies to Tigers for Ugueth Urbina and Ramon Martinez  

Disabled List:  [Apr 23,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (finger)   [Apr 30,2003] - Activated   [May 8,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left quadriceps)   [Jun 6,2004] - Activated   [Jul 22,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left hamstring tendon)   [Jul 27,2005] - Activated   [Aug 15,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (separated left shoulder)   [Sep 22,2006] - Activated  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1994Az CardsAriz18StlRk ss 32127172740110427151000.213.259.268527--
1995PeoriaMidw19ChcA ss 10336143967424176183020112.266.303.324627--
1996St. PetersFSL20StlA+ 2b 13754065157295051442434516731 .291.323.363686--
1997ArkansasTex21StlAA 2b 129508711481632511952951316311 .291.331.346677--
1998MemphisPCL22StlAAA 2b 7024636691911216316153141.280.331.378709--
 St. LouisNL22StlMLB ss-2b74511410293211120591020.254.292.34263446%
1999MemphisPCL23StlAAA 2b 29120183341010203111001.275.296.325621--
 St. LouisNL23StlMLB 2b 882202461931191315240132.277.321.359680--
2000St. LouisNL24StlMLB 2b-3b9,1,2118323501021235394416261073.316.347.41876557%
2001St. LouisNL25StlMLB 3b-ss21445648717326433812325436014122 .307.342.38372560%
2002St. LouisNL26StlMLB 3b2943424797191527311227419012 .284.316.38970566%
 PhiladelphNL26PhiMLB 3b2,75320628611314222214144040.296.353.42778051%
2003PhiladelphNL27PhiMLB 2b-3b21224928714230314631424238818416 .289.352.44779949%
2004ReadingEast28PhiAA 2b 1302000000000000.667.667.6671334--
 Scr/wbIL28PhiAAA 2b 1310000000100000.000.250.000250--
 PhiladelphNL28PhiMLB 2b21265037415021017557427391207613 .298.345.44178648%
2005PhiladelphNL29PhiMLB 2b-3b243158265070320001293000.316.376.41879453%
 DetroitAL29DetMLB 2b1,286343581162026364321168024.338.386.46184748%
2006DetroitAL30DetMLB 2b211046158136181452121727708218 .295.329.36469350%
2007DetroitAL31DetMLB 2b214258710520036396773373011324.341.388.45884642%
2008DetroitMLB32DetMLB   31124193470213201273010.274.353.379732--
 
Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)120244376731351221237446259272553096866726121 .304.350.41576553%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)502190825153279146184422098156153271467 .279.317.344661--


 Playoffs Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.SeriesGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
2000St. LouisNL24StlDiv31013000310100000.300.364.300664--
 St. LouisNL24StlCh4501000000210000.200.429.200629--
2001St. LouisNL25StlDiv51514000110110000.267.313.267580--
2006DetroitAL30DetDiv41737100201110000.412.444.471915--
 DetroitAL30DetCh41729100200210100.529.579.5881167--
 DetroitAL30DetWs51700000000111000.000.105.000105--
 
Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)2581724200821851100.296.367.321688--

 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1994Az CardsAriz18StlRk2B124060---1.000--
1994Az CardsAriz18StlRkSS3045851014011---.929--
 
1995PeoriaMidw19ChcA2B123051---1.000--
1995PeoriaMidw19ChcASS1011122832141640---.950--
 
1996St. PetersFSL20StlA+2B126198383458579---.993--
 
1997ArkansasTex21StlAA2B12824042514679110---.979--
 
1998MemphisPCL22StlAAA2B5898174327541---.989--
1998MemphisPCL22StlAAASS915192365---.944--
1998St. LouisNL22StlMLB2B14342115610---.982--
1998St. LouisNL22StlMLBSS283881612518---.952--
 
1999MemphisPCL23StlAAA2B223465110024---.990--
1999MemphisPCL23StlAAA3B3590141---1.000--
1999MemphisPCL23StlAAASS44101151---.933--
1999St. LouisNL23StlMLB2B66116122524332---.979--
1999St. LouisNL23StlMLB3B908190---.889--
1999St. LouisNL23StlMLBSS97202295---.931--
 
2000St. LouisNL24StlMLB1B1321030---1.0009.00
2000St. LouisNL24StlMLB2B5134980107319018---.9844.82
2000St. LouisNL24StlMLB3B3518718410598---1.0002.84
2000St. LouisNL24StlMLBSS29151.2315308411---1.0004.98
 
2001St. LouisNL25StlMLB2B1593223605810---1.0005.61
2001St. LouisNL25StlMLB3B10481060199426316---.9852.88
2001St. LouisNL25StlMLBSS4228150109015916---1.0005.09
2001St. LouisNL25StlMLBDH1--------
 
2002PhiladelphNL26PhiMLB3B53479.238132317315---.9833.19
2002St. LouisNL26StlMLB2B64611171297---.9665.48
2002St. LouisNL26StlMLB3B7858752139519618---.9742.93
2002St. LouisNL26StlMLBSS1390.219240437---1.0004.27
 
2003PhiladelphNL27PhiMLB2B9999873.2212301451769---.9925.28
2003PhiladelphNL27PhiMLB3B212117910372495---.9592.36
 
2004ReadingEast28PhiAA2B112030---1.000--
2004Scr/wbIL28PhiAAA2B111020---1.000--
2004PhiladelphNL28PhiMLB2B109105944264304357176---.9955.42
2004PhiladelphNL28PhiMLB3B13119615260414---1.0003.84
 
2005DetroitAL29DetMLB2B8483716187248343869---.9935.47
2005DetroitAL29DetMLB3B11913040---1.0004.00
2005PhiladelphNL29PhiMLB2B2926229.25774013126---1.0005.13
2005PhiladelphNL29PhiMLB3B8548.16170232---1.0004.28
2005PhiladelphNL29PhiMLBSS11832051---1.0005.63
2005PhiladelphNL29PhiMLBLF54291000100---1.0003.10
 
2006DetroitAL30DetMLB2B108107943225325655681---.9895.25
 
2007DetroitAL31DetMLB2B14113812092943890683101---1.0005.08
 


 Awards
[1996] - Florida State League All-Star UT IF  [1997] - Double-A All-Star 2B, Texas League All-Star 2B  [2005] - Detroit Tigers Player of the Year  [2006] - ALCS Most Valuable Player
 Salaries
YearSalary Rank  Lg Avg  Centile
1998170,000  1,054,03780
1999*200,000  1,222,53780
2000220,000  1,369,50560
2001320,000  1,609,51249
20021,750,000  1,654,08829
20032,875,000  1,773,36421
20043,950,000  1,716,30315
20054,600,000  1,825,75614
20064,600,000  1,937,00414
2007*4,600,000  2,923,34023
2008*4,600,000  
 
Career:  $27,885,000   estimate
 Trivia and Player Notes
Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for Dominican Republic.
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