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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2001	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA-1			of	19	61	129	25	49	12	2	0	11	4	1	6	12	11	3	0	0	1	.380	.452	.504	.956	65	14	149	.419	.124	.194	.420	4.03	8.05	2.00	0.00	0.00	28.57
2002	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA-1	So	33	of	20	58	233	55	85	23	6	4	40	14	1	17	18	26	5	1	0	4	.365	.462	.567	1.029	132	33	282	.382	.202	.330	.447	6.03	6.38	1.06	1.42	58.25	38.82
2003	Cal State Fullerton	BigWest	NCAA-1	Jr	33	of	21	66	270	54	101	28	3	5	59	28	10	15	26	20	6	3	0	7	.374	.442	.556	.998	150	36	314	.397	.182	.304	.432	4.78	8.28	1.73	1.59	54.00	35.64
2003	Arizona Royals II	Ariz	Rk	kca	-	of	21	23	88	22	34	6	4	1	24	4	3	6	7	4	0	1	0	2	.386	.444	.580	1.024	51	11	99	.407	.194	.273	.439	6.06	7.07	1.17	1.01	88.00	32.35
2003	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	8	of	21	3	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.286	.686	2	1	10	.167	.143	.429	.340	20.00	10.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	100.00
2003	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	26	95	23	35	7	4	1	24	4	3	8	8	5	0	1	0	2	.368	.440	.558	.998	53	12	109	.391	.190	.284	.430	7.34	7.34	1.00	0.92	95.00	34.29
2004	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	19	of	22	123	451	70	139	20	4	7	59	9	4	32	43	11	0	6	1	7	.308	.364	.417	.781	188	31	500	.324	.109	.191	.343	6.40	8.60	1.34	1.40	64.43	22.30
2005	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	4	of	23	75	277	37	78	18	2	8	43	5	1	24	23	8	1	6	2	10	.282	.349	.448	.797	124	28	316	.278	.166	.267	.344	7.59	7.28	0.96	2.53	34.63	35.90
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	-	of	23	4	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	4	1	16	.200	.062	.063	.189	0.00	6.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
2005	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	79	293	38	81	19	2	8	44	5	1	24	24	8	1	6	2	10	.276	.341	.437	.778	128	29	332	.273	.161	.256	.336	7.23	7.23	1.00	2.41	36.63	35.80
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	15	lf	23	27	81	13	19	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	11	1	1	0	0	3	.235	.287	.333	.620	27	4	88	.250	.098	.160	.277	5.68	12.50	2.20	2.27	40.50	21.05
2006	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	-	of	24	2	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	8	.429	.000	.000	.334	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	-	of	24	52	199	35	68	12	4	10	29	4	0	13	25	7	3	2	1	6	.342	.398	.593	.991	118	26	224	.349	.251	.337	.418	5.80	11.16	1.92	4.46	19.90	38.24
2006	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	54	207	35	71	12	4	10	30	4	0	13	26	7	3	2	1	6	.343	.397	.585	.982	121	26	232	.353	.242	.324	.415	5.60	11.21	2.00	4.31	20.70	36.62
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	32	rf-cf	24	72	237	23	65	20	1	3	23	2	0	6	29	5	2	2	2	5	.274	.304	.405	.709	96	24	252	.300	.131	.165	.304	2.38	11.51	4.83	1.19	79.00	36.92
2007	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	-	of	25	59	233	46	76	20	3	5	14	8	2	26	20	5	1	2	1	3	.326	.402	.502	.904	117	28	267	.338	.176	.313	.393	9.74	7.49	0.77	1.87	46.60	36.84
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	32	lf-rf	25	55	103	13	23	6	1	0	12	0	1	5	23	0	0	1	0	2	.223	.257	.301	.558	31	7	109	.284	.078	.117	.248	4.59	21.10	4.60	0.00	0.00	30.43
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	32	of	26	75	292	42	86	21	0	10	42	11	2	28	39	1	3	4	2	8	.295	.354	.469	.823	137	31	328	.308	.174	.301	.356	8.54	11.89	1.39	3.05	29.20	36.05
2009	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	32	rf	27	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	.500	.000	.000	.447	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	Arizona Royals	Ariz	Rk	kca	-	rf	28	11	36	8	13	3	0	1	6	1	0	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	.361	.390	.528	.918	19	4	41	.375	.167	.278	.391	7.32	12.20	1.67	2.44	36.00	30.77
2010	Wilmington blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	35	lf	28	2	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.444	.555	4	1	9	.000	.333	.333	.230	0.00	22.22	0.00	11.11	9.00	100.00
2010	Northwest Arkansas Natura	Tex	AA	kca	-		28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	Minor Totals (3 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	14	48	9	14	3	0	2	8	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	0	1	.292	.321	.479	.800	23	5	53	.293	.187	.271	.342	5.66	13.21	2.33	3.77	24.00	35.71
2011	St. Paul Saints	AmerAssoc	Ind	-	-		29	45	171	25	57	12	1	1	23	3	1	26	14	4	0	1	0	7	.333	.431	.433	.864	74	14	202	.357	.100	.263	.387	12.87	6.93	0.54	0.50	171.00	24.56
2012	St. Paul Saints	AmerAssoc	Ind	-	-		30	33	125	14	33	4	0	0	8	1	0	17	16	2	0	0	0	0	.264	.361	.296	.657	37	4	144	.303	.032	.176	.305	11.81	11.11	0.94	0.00	0.00	12.12
MLB Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								154	421	49	107	28	2	5	42	2	1	16	63	6	3	3	2	10	.254	.289	.366	.655	154	35	449	.287	.112	.152	.000	3.56	14.03	3.94	1.11	84.20	32.71
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								431	1621	264	503	102	17	43	221	42	12	134	167	37	8	23	7	37	.310	.371	.474	.845	768	162	1823	.321	.164	.265	.000	7.35	9.16	1.25	2.36	37.70	32.21
AAA Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								191	742	125	234	54	7	25	86	23	4	67	85	13	7	8	4	17	.315	.378	.508	.886	377	86	837	.327	.193	.309	.000	8.00	10.16	1.27	2.99	29.68	36.75
AA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								78	288	37	81	18	2	8	44	5	1	24	24	8	1	6	2	10	.281	.347	.441	.788	127	28	327	.279	.160	.257	.000	7.34	7.34	1.00	2.45	36.00	34.57
A+ Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								128	467	72	141	21	4	8	61	9	4	34	46	12	0	6	1	8	.302	.360	.415	.775	194	33	519	.317	.113	.197	.000	6.55	8.86	1.35	1.54	58.38	23.40
Rk Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								34	124	30	47	9	4	2	30	5	3	9	12	4	0	3	0	2	.379	.429	.565	.994	70	15	140	.398	.186	.274	.000	6.43	8.57	1.33	1.43	62.00	31.91
Ind Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								78	296	39	90	16	1	1	31	4	1	43	30	6	0	1	0	7	.304	.402	.375	.777	111	18	346	.335	.071	.226	.000	12.43	8.67	0.70	0.29	296.00	20.00
NCAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								185	632	134	235	63	11	9	110	46	12	38	56	57	14	4	0	12	.372	.451	.549	1.000	347	83	745	.396	.177	.291	.000	5.10	7.52	1.47	1.21	70.22	35.32
Kansas City Royals Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								154	421	49	107	28	2	5	42	2	1	16	63	6	3	3	2	10	.254	.289	.366	.655	154	35	449	.287	.112	.152	.000	3.56	14.03	3.94	1.11	84.20	32.71
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	443	52	113	29	2	5	44	2	1	17	66	6	3	3	2	11	.254	.289	.366	.655	162	37	472	.287	.112	.152	.000	3.56	14.03	3.94	1.11	84.20	32.71
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	609	99	189	38	6	16	83	16	5	50	63	14	3	9	3	14	.310	.371	.474	.845	289	61	685	.321	.164	.265	.000	7.35	9.16	1.25	2.36	37.70	32.21

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2003	Arizona Royals II	Ariz	Rk	kca	21	OF	19	-	-	32	-	4	-	36	32	.889	1.68	-	-	-	--	-	23	82.6	47.5
2003	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	21	OF	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	2.5
2004	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	22	OF	112	-	-	169	10	5	2	184	179	.973	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	123	91.1	80.6
2005	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	23	OF	72	-	-	117	2	3	1	122	119	.975	1.65	-	-	-	--	-	75	96.0	51.4
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	23	OF	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	1.000	2.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.8
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	23	LF	20	18	162	30	1	-	-	31	31	1.000	1.55	0.19	-	-	--	-	27	74.1	12.3
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	23	DH	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	27	14.8	2.5
2006	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	24	OF	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	2	50.0	0.7
2006	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	24	OF	52	-	-	95	1	-	-	96	96	1.000	1.85	-	-	-	--	-	52	100.0	36.1
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	RF	39	34	307	83	-	5	-	88	83	.943	2.13	0.27	-	-	--	-	72	54.2	24.1
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	CF	21	18	159	49	-	1	-	50	49	.980	2.33	0.31	-	-	--	-	72	29.2	13.0
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	LF	5	5	42	10	-	-	-	10	10	1.000	2.00	0.24	-	-	--	-	72	6.9	3.1
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	DH	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	72	1.4	0.6
2007	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	25	OF	46	-	-	102	3	1	1	106	105	.991	2.28	-	-	-	--	-	59	78.0	31.9
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	LF	15	11	98	31	-	1	-	32	31	.969	2.07	0.32	-	-	--	-	55	27.3	9.3
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	RF	13	7	73	23	-	-	-	23	23	1.000	1.77	0.32	-	-	--	-	55	23.6	8.0
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	DH	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	55	14.5	4.9
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	26	OF	75	-	-	138	3	1	-	142	141	.993	1.88	-	-	-	--	-	75	100.0	52.1
2009	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	27	RF	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.7
2010	Arizona Royals	Ariz	Rk	kca	28	RF	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	1.000	1.80	-	-	-	--	-	11	45.5	8.9
2010	Arizona Royals	Ariz	Rk	kca	28	LF	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	11	18.2	3.6
2010	Wilmington blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	28	LF	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.4
MLB Totals for RF - 2 season(s)				-	�	RF	52	41	380	106	-	5	-	111	106	.955	2.04	0.28	-	-	--	-	52	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for LF - 3 season(s)				-	�	LF	40	34	302	71	1	1	-	73	72	.986	1.80	0.24	-	-	--	-	40	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for CF - 1 season(s)				-	�	CF	21	18	159	49	-	1	-	50	49	.980	2.33	0.31	-	-	--	-	21	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for DH - 3 season(s)				-	�	DH	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	13	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for OF - 4 season(s)				-	�	OF	177	-	-	344	7	2	1	353	351	.994	1.98	-	-	-	--	-	177	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for RF - 1 season(s)				-	�	RF	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for OF - 2 season(s)				-	�	OF	73	-	-	118	2	3	1	123	120	.976	1.64	-	-	-	--	-	73	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for OF - 2 season(s)				-	�	OF	115	-	-	172	10	5	2	187	182	.973	1.58	-	-	-	--	-	115	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for LF - 1 season(s)				-	�	LF	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for OF - 1 season(s)				-	�	OF	19	-	-	32	-	4	-	36	32	.889	1.68	-	-	-	--	-	19	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for RF - 1 season(s)				-	�	RF	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	1.000	1.80	-	-	-	--	-	5	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for LF - 1 season(s)				-	�	LF	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	2	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2003	Arizona Royals II	Ariz	Rk	kca	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
2003	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
2004	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	-
2005	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	-
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	4
2006	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
2006	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	21	39	-	1
2007	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	-
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	13	-	8
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75	-
2009	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
2010	Arizona Royals	Ariz	Rk	kca	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	-	-
2010	Wilmington blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2006	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	20	48	8	15	3	2	0	6	3	0	2	8	1	0	1	0	1	.313	.346	.458	.804	22	5	52	.366	.145	.250	3.85	15.38	4.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
2007	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	11	23	5	7	3	0	0	4	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	.304	.370	.435	.805	10	3	27	.333	.131	.174	7.41	11.11	1.50	0.00	0.00	42.86
2008	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	10	17	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.300	.235	.535	4	0	20	.235	.000	.059	10.00	5.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	25	33	11	15	3	0	0	4	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	.455	.526	.545	1.071	18	3	38	.517	.090	.273	13.16	10.53	0.80	0.00	0.00	20.00
MLB Spring Training Totals - 4 yrs					66	121	26	41	9	2	0	15	4	2	11	16	2	0	3	0	2	.339	.394	.446	.840	54	11	137	.380	.107	.215	8.03	11.68	1.45	0.00	0.00	26.83

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2010-01-19						Contract	Signed by Royals		�
2008-11-14						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2008-09-02						Injured	Disabled -- Right wrist surgery		�
2008-02-27						Contract	Signed by Royals		�
2006-05-19						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2006-04-29						Injured	Disabled -- left hamstring strain		�
2003-07-17						Contract	signed		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2003	Kansas City Royals	-	21	775,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	775,000	Signing Bonus out of 2003 Draft (2nd round - 42nd overall)
2005	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	23	300,000	-	794	43	-		2,189,055	300,000	1,075,000
2006	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	24	327,500	-	734	35	8		2,365,072	327,000	1,402,500
2007	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	25	380,000	-	737	40	-		2,459,737	380,000	1,782,500

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
2002	Big West Conference All-Conference Team (OF)	1
2003	Big West Conference All-Conference Team (SS) ... Big West Conference Player of the Year	2
2004	Carolina League All-Star Team (OF)	1

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Batting Statistics

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Awards [4]

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Salaries

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Batting Statistics

Fielding Statistics

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

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Awards [4]

Roster Transactions

Salaries

Shane CostaTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 2001-2012 MLB Years: 2005-2007
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