Calvin Pickering

Calvin Elroy Pickering MLB 1998-2005 | 1995-2008

Speed
26

Contact
24

Patience
91

Batting
68

Power
91

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Positions 1B-641, DH-46, OF-8 Born Sep 29, 1976 (35) Place St. Thomas,Virgin Islands Ht/Wt 6-5 / 278 Bats/Throws: Left / Left High School King (Tampa,FL) College None listed
Drafted Baltimore Orioles: 1995-35-976 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: September 12,1998 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1995	GCL Orioles	GCL	Rk		bal	18	1b	101	15	60	8	30	10	0	1	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.508	.717	1225	-	-	43	63	34	20	16.1	.537	.250	.217	0.33	1.6	36.7	3.2	9.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	34-25	2	1995	GCL Orioles
1996	Bluefield	App	Rk	-	bal	19	1b	5	60	200	45	65	14	1	18	66	8	2	28	64	2	4	0	1	4	.325	.411	.675	1086	-	-	135	231	142	54	10.3	.395	.520	.350	0.44	7.8	50.8	12.1	27.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	42-26	1	1996	Bluefield
1997	Delmarva	SAL	A		bal	20	1b	7	122	444	88	138	31	1	25	79	6	3	53	139	9	2	0	1	14	.311	.394	.554	949	-	-	246	507	324	93	7.7	.402	.369	.243	0.38	4.9	41.3	10.5	27.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-65	1	1997	Delmarva
1998	Bowie	East	AA	-	bal	21	1b	2	139	488	93	151	28	2	31	114	4	6	98	119	11	16	0	2	20	.309	.434	.566	1000	-	-	276	599	365	118	8.7	.353	.453	.256	0.82	5.2	40.4	16.4	19.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-71	3	1998	Bowie
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	6	bal	21	1b-dh	-	9	21	4	5	0	0	2	3	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.333	.524	857	6	67	11	24	18	3	5.1	.200	.476	.286	0.75	8.3	40.0	12.5	16.7	1.83	3.6	87	62.1	37.9	16.1	79-83	4		Baltimore
1999	Rochester	IL	AAA	-	bal	22	1b	49	103	372	63	106	20	0	16	63	1	3	60	99	11	6	0	4	10	.285	.396	.468	864	-	-	174	447	283	70	6.7	.345	.339	.183	0.61	3.6	34.0	13.4	22.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	61-83	5	1999	Rochester
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	39	bal	22	1b-dh	-	23	40	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.314	.225	539	10	43	9	51	36	2	1.7	.174	.375	.100	0.69	2.0	40.0	21.6	31.4	1.67	4.0	202	55.4	44.6	12.9	78-84	4		Baltimore
2000	Rochester	IL	AAA	-	bal	23	1b	-	60	197	20	43	10	0	6	30	2	2	36	70	1	2	0	2	4	.218	.339	.360	699	-	-	71	236	162	23	3.8	.301	.325	.142	0.51	2.5	37.2	15.3	29.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-79	5	2000	Rochester
2001	Louisville	IL	AAA	-	cin	24	1b	4	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1400	-	-	4	5	3	2	13.7	.000	1.000	.750	0.50	20.0	100.0	20.0	40.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	84-60	1	2001	Louisville
	Rochester	IL	AAA	28	bal	24	1b	4	131	461	62	130	25	0	21	98	0	1	64	149	10	7	0	3	16	.282	.379	.473	852	-	-	218	538	351	78	6	.371	.328	.191	0.43	3.9	35.4	11.9	27.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	60-84	6		Rochester
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	34	cin	24		-	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	-	-	1	4	3	0	0.3	.500	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	2.8	11	72.7	27.3	36.4	66-96	5		Cincinnati
	Boston	AL	MLB	57	bos	24	1b	-	17	50	4	14	1	0	3	7	0	0	8	13	0	0	0	0	4	.280	.379	.480	859	13	76	24	58	40	8	5.4	.324	.360	.200	0.62	5.2	28.6	13.8	22.4	3.60	3.7	217	62.7	37.3	16.6	82-79	2		Boston
2003	Laguna	Mex	AAA		-	26		15	88	291	64	94	13	0	25	63	1	0	75	84	0	0	0	0	14	.323	.462	.625	1087	-	-	182	366	211	81	10.3	.379	.564	.302	0.89	6.8	40.4	20.5	23.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	39-71	8	2003	Laguna
	Louisville	IL	AAA	-	cin	26	1b	-	26	81	10	23	3	0	4	18	0	0	17	31	3	1	0	1	2	.284	.422	.469	891	-	-	38	102	61	16	7	.404	.395	.185	0.55	3.9	30.4	16.7	30.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-64	1		Louisville
2004	Omaha	PCL	AAA	38	kc	27	1b	33	89	299	65	94	12	1	35	79	0	1	70	85	7	7	0	3	8	.314	.451	.712	1164	-	-	213	379	217	94	11.7	.324	.629	.398	0.82	9.2	51.1	18.5	22.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-73	3	2004	Omaha
	KC Royals	AL	MLB	36	kc	27	dh-1b	-	35	122	21	30	8	1	7	26	0	0	18	42	0	1	0	2	6	.246	.338	.500	838	34	97	61	142	100	19	5.2	.307	.402	.254	0.43	4.9	53.3	12.7	29.6	1.10	4.2	596	58.9	41.1	12.1	58-104	5		KC Royals
2005	Omaha	PCL	AAA		kc	28	1b	53	92	335	56	92	16	0	23	67	1	0	56	130	4	2	0	1	4	.275	.384	.528	912	-	-	177	396	248	66	7.2	.377	.424	.254	0.43	5.8	42.4	14.1	32.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-72	2	2005	Omaha
	KC Royals	AL	MLB	36	kc	28	dh	-	7	27	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	1	0	.148	.226	.259	485	7	100	7	31	24	0	0.4	.231	.222	.111	0.21	3.2	25.0	9.7	45.2	0.75	4.1	127	63.0	37.0	21.3	56-106	5		KC Royals
2007	Kansas City	Northern	Ind	15	-	30		8	89	316	59	98	20	1	18	83	7	1	68	84	5	7	0	2	11	.310	.437	.551	988	-	-	174	391	232	78	9	.370	.475	.241	0.81	4.6	39.8	17.4	21.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	44-52	3	2007	Kansas City
2008	Schaumburg	Northern	Ind		-	31		54	37	131	22	39	6	0	14	38	0	0	29	33	0	1	0	2	6	.298	.420	.664	1084	-	-	87	162	100	36	9.7	.291	.588	.366	0.88	8.6	51.3	17.9	20.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	30-66	6	2008	Schaumburg
	Bridgeport	Atl	Ind		-	31		-	64	226	32	60	14	0	8	41	2	2	34	63	3	1	0	4	11	.265	.363	.434	797	-	-	98	267	183	34	5.1	.327	.319	.168	0.54	3.0	36.7	12.7	23.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	67-73	3		Bridgeport
MLB Totals (5 years)									95	264	37	59	10	1	14	45	1	0	43	91	0	1	0	3	13	.223	.329	.428	757	70	74	113	310	221	33	4.1	.278	.371	.205	0.47	4.5	42.4	13.9	29.4	1.40	4.00	--	59.8	40.2	14.4	.432	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (10 years)									926	3232	575	967	182	5	206	700	23	18	560	978	58	47	0	19	99	.299	.410	.550	959	--	--	1777	3869	2401	712	8	.368	.425	.251	0.57	5.3	40.6	14.5	25.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.494	--	--	--
AAA Totals (6 years)									590	2040	341	583	99	1	131	419	5	7	379	650	36	25	0	14	58	.286	.404	.528	932	--	--	1077	2469	1536	427	7.5	.355	.427	.242	0.58	5.3	39.6	15.4	26.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.475	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									139	488	93	151	28	2	31	114	4	6	98	119	11	16	0	2	20	.309	.434	.566	1000	--	--	276	599	365	118	8.7	.353	.453	.256	0.82	5.2	40.4	16.4	19.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.500	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									122	444	88	138	31	1	25	79	6	3	53	139	9	2	0	1	14	.311	.394	.554	949	--	--	246	507	324	93	7.7	.402	.369	.243	0.38	4.9	41.3	10.5	27.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.542	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)									75	260	53	95	24	1	19	88	8	2	30	70	2	4	0	2	7	.365	.432	.685	1117	--	--	178	294	176	74	11.4	.439	.458	.319	0.43	6.5	46.3	10.2	23.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.598	--	--	--
Indy Totals (2 years)									190	673	113	197	40	1	40	162	9	3	131	180	8	9	0	8	28	.293	.410	.533	943	--	--	359	820	515	148	7.7	.341	.444	.241	0.73	4.9	41.1	16.0	22.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.425	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1995	GCL Orioles	GCL	Rk	bal	18	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.968	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	86	6	3
1996	Bluefield	App	Rk	bal	19	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.979	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	396	26	9
1997	Delmarva	SAL	A	bal	20	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.974	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	940	70	27
1998	Bowie	East	AA	bal	21	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	--	--	.983	--	--	--	--	--	--	.714	1068	60	22
1998	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	21	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	--	.969	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	31	0	1
1999	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	22	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	--	--	.960	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	46	2	2
1999	Rochester	IL	AAA	bal	22	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	--	--	.985	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	822	45	13
2000	Rochester	IL	AAA	bal	23	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.978	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	497	30	12
2001	Rochester	IL	AAA	bal	24	0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.986	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	516	31	8
2001	Boston	AL	MLB	bos	24	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	90	6	0
2001	Louisville	IL	AAA	cin	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	0	0
2003	Louisville	IL	AAA	cin	26	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	104	5	1
2004	Omaha	PCL	AAA	kc	27	0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.975	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	441	26	12
2004	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	27	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60	3	0
2005	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2005	Omaha	PCL	AAA	kc	28	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.975	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	74	3	2
MLB Totals						0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	--	--	.988	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	227	11	3
Minor League Totals						0	0	608	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	--	--	.980	--	--	--	--	--	--	.750	4948	302	109

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Baltimore Orioles in 35th round (976th overall) of 1995 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1995-07-27 - signed 2001-08-30 - Sent to Reds by Orioles for future considerations. 2001-09-06 - Claimed on waivers by Red Sox from Reds. 2002-10-10 - On disabled list 2002-10-14 - Granted Free Agency. 2003-01-16 - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. 2003-03-18 - Released by Mariners. 2003-04-01 - Signed by Vaqueros (Mexican) 2003-08-04 - Purchased by Reds from Vaqueros (Mexican). 2003-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2003-11-11 - Signed as Free Agent by Royals.

Awards

1996 - Appalachian League All-Star 1B; Short-Season A All-Star 1B; 1998 - Baltimore Orioles Minor League Player of the Year; Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star 1B; Double-A All-Star 1B; Eastern League All-Star 1B; Eastern League MVP; Eastern League Rookie of the Year; 2001 - International League All-Star 1B; 2004 - Pacific League All-Star DH; Triple-A All-Star DH;

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by KC to 1-year contract worth $0.3235m (3/4/2005)

Disabled List

2002-03-22 - Disabled (torn right quadriceps tendon); 2002-06-23 - Disabled (recovering from right quadriceps surgery); 2002-10-10 - Activated;

Salaries

$170,000

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

$300,000

$323,500

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

1998 - 100 RBIs East --- 114
1998 - 30 Homers East --- 31
2004 - 3 Doubles in game MLB--- 3
2004 - 30 Homers PCL --- 35
2004 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 6

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	Scottsdale Scorpions	Az Fall	27	90	18	29	4	0	2	15	0	1	19	25	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.440	.433	873

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	3x		1996-3 1997-6 1998-5
SLG	5x		1996-1 1997-2 1998-1 2001-8 2007-4
OBP	5x		1996-5 1997-5 1998-1 2001-6 2007-4
OPS	5x		1996-1 1997-3 1998-1 2001-5 2007-3
G	2x		1998-3 2001-8
R	3x		1996-8 1997-8 1998-3
H	1x		1998-6
TB	4x		1996-1 1997-5 1998-1 2001-7
HR	7x		1996-1 1997-4 1998-1 2001-7 2004-2 2007-4	2003-3
RBI	5x		1996-1 1997-9 1998-1 2001-1 2007-2
BB	5x		1998-1 2001-5 2004-9 2007-1	2003-4
SO	5x		1997-7 2001-1 2005-7 2007-1	2003-3
IBB	6x		1996-1 1998-1 1999-8 2001-3 2004-2 2007-2
HBP	3x		1998-6 1999-9 2001-6
GDP	4x		1997-3 1998-1 2001-5	2003-10
BBSO	1x		1998-6

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