#1 Rafael Furcal, Shortstop, 25 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#1 Rafael Furcal, Shortstop, 25 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Rafael Furcal

10/24/1977
25
D.R.,,Loma de Cabrer
5"8
195

Shortstop
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,442,857
2003 (Arbitration eligible)
3 Year(s), 100 Days (616 total Days)
72 Day(s)
3 Year(s), 103 Days (619 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	7	3	6	8
Versus LHP	7	7	3	5	7
Versus RHP	9	7	3	6	8
Talent	8	7	2	6	7

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
2B : 6 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 6 (Range), .966 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/31	@PIT	W 12-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
6/1	@PIT	W 16-2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
6/2	@CHC	W 13-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	#8
6/4	CIN	W 7-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	#8
6/5	CIN	W 5-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	#8
6/6	CIN	W 7-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
6/7	MIN	W 3-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/8	MIN	W 5-4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
6/9	MIN	W 3-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
6/11	DET	W 6-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	#8

Batting Stats 2003

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	53	146	43	9	2	3	22	34	28	27	.295	.413	.445	.859	.938	.151
Projected	136	375	111	23	5	8	57	87	72	69	.295	.413	.445	.859	.938	.151

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	42	179	3	0	0	2	0	2	65	14	9	7	56.3	33.5	7.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	17	4	1	0	0	0	3	7	5	0	0	0	.235	.458	.294	.752
vs. RHP	129	39	8	2	3	22	31	21	22	2	0	3	.302	.406	.465	.872
Close/Late	23	6	1	0	0	2	4	4	6	0	0	1	.261	.393	.304	.697
Scoring Position	33	10	3	1	2	20	0	6	7	2	0	2	.303	.419	.636	1.055
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	25	68	24	6	1	2	12	15	10	10	.353	.443	.559	1.002
Road	28	78	19	3	1	1	10	19	18	17	.244	.390	.346	.736
This Week	4	11	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	.182	.308	.182	.490
Last Week	6	16	6	1	0	1	3	9	5	0	.375	.524	.625	1.149
March/April	21	61	16	2	1	0	8	14	13	15	.262	.382	.328	.709
May	23	59	20	6	1	2	10	9	8	12	.339	.443	.576	1.019
June	9	26	7	1	0	1	4	11	7	0	.269	.424	.423	.847

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	21	83	23	4	0	1	7	14	9	0	0	19	2	2	.277	.348	.361	.709	STL
2000	111	256	84	16	3	5	31	51	29	2	1	43	22	11	.328	.399	.473	.872	STL
2001	141	434	121	30	11	8	51	79	43	0	3	80	24	10	.279	.342	.454	.796	STL
2002	156	518	163	32	10	4	55	88	71	2	0	68	30	20	.315	.399	.438	.838	STL
2003	53	146	43	9	2	3	22	34	28	3	2	27	9	7	.295	.413	.445	.859	STL
Total	482	1437	434	91	26	21	166	266	180	7	6	237	87	50	.302	.381	.445	.826

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1996, A	114	443	103	12	3	4	32	53	68	91	25	14	.233	.321	.300	.621
1997, A	137	546	127	15	5	12	42	86	87	82	38	9	.233	.337	.344	.681
1998, A	35	144	48	10	3	5	26	38	31	15	5	5	.333	.449	.549	.997
1998, AA	95	396	117	22	3	11	43	83	64	54	22	8	.295	.386	.449	.835
1999, AAA	124	489	125	20	2	14	66	102	81	71	33	10	.256	.346	.391	.737

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2000	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.083	.000	.083
2001	7	23	3	0	0	1	2	3	2	3	2	0	.130	.200	.261	.461
2002	13	42	13	2	2	0	7	9	3	6	6	2	.310	.356	.452	.808
Total	25	76	16	2	2	1	9	13	6	10	8	3	.211	.268	.329	.597

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	10	4	5	21	4	27	1	.963	51.0	4.76
Shortstop	44	38	45	139	28	190	6	.968	349.2	4.89

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Florida on 3/3/1996 to a minor league contract.
Injured on 5/16/1999 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 6/18/1999 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days...
Had first career hit on 9/2/1999, off Kyle Abbott (HOU)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1999, off Pedro M. Martinez (PIT)...
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 2002...
2/2/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2002 - .315 - 7th

SB
2001 - 24 - 8th
2002 - 30 - 10th

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