#71 John Vander Wal, Rightfield, 37 yrs, Cleveland Indians

#71 John Vander Wal, Rightfield, 37 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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John Vander Wal

4/29/1966
37
USA,MI,Grand Rapids
6"1
195

Rightfield
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 560,000
2003
$ 560,000 (1 year(s))
12 Year(s), 37 Days (2101 total Days)
79 Day(s)
13 Year(s), 78 Days (2314 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	8	4	4	5
Versus LHP	5	8	4	4	4
Versus RHP	6	8	5	4	5
Talent	5	8	5	4	5

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3
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3
1
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Fielding Ratings
LF : 9 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 6 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 9 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 7

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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

Batting Stats 2003

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	62	189	46	5	1	3	19	18	18	58	.243	.313	.328	.641	.551	.085
Projected	159	486	118	13	3	8	49	46	46	149	.243	.313	.328	.641	.551	.085

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	54	208	1	2	0	4	0	0	62	9	0	0	.0	19.5	3.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	16	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	6	0	0	0	.125	.125	.313	.438
vs. RHP	173	44	5	1	2	16	16	18	52	0	0	1	.254	.328	.329	.658
Close/Late	20	6	1	0	1	5	1	3	3	0	0	0	.300	.391	.500	.891
Scoring Position	45	11	1	0	1	16	0	6	17	0	0	0	.244	.333	.333	.667
Pinch Hitting	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	35	111	26	4	0	2	8	8	9	33	.234	.298	.324	.622
Road	27	78	20	1	1	1	11	10	9	25	.256	.333	.333	.667
This Week	4	12	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	.333	.500	.333	.833
Last Week	7	22	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	9	.227	.261	.227	.488
March/April	24	79	21	3	0	1	6	8	3	25	.266	.301	.342	.643
May	28	79	17	2	1	2	10	8	10	23	.215	.303	.342	.645
June	10	31	8	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	.258	.361	.258	.619

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1990	30	34	5	2	0	2	5	6	4	0	0	12	0	0	.147	.237	.382	.619	NYM
1991	14	20	5	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	.250	.286	.450	.736	NYM
1992	121	326	90	21	2	8	47	29	27	0	0	63	0	0	.276	.331	.426	.758	NYM
1993	155	553	125	24	4	11	59	48	42	0	5	137	0	1	.226	.278	.344	.622	NYM
1994	110	159	39	8	0	2	22	9	9	0	1	52	0	0	.245	.284	.333	.617	NYM
1995	93	187	46	13	1	5	23	24	16	0	2	45	0	0	.246	.302	.406	.709	NYM
1996	105	252	76	22	4	4	42	38	21	0	0	63	0	0	.302	.355	.468	.824	NYM
1997	131	301	82	18	3	7	48	28	20	1	3	58	0	0	.272	.317	.422	.739	NYM
1998	145	400	113	29	2	11	49	49	31	0	3	100	0	0	.282	.332	.448	.779	NYM
1999	137	330	97	22	3	11	49	53	36	3	0	71	0	0	.294	.369	.479	.847	NYM
2000	113	240	74	21	3	4	35	30	22	1	1	60	0	0	.308	.367	.471	.838	NYM
2001	106	233	55	11	3	4	31	24	24	0	2	72	1	0	.236	.305	.361	.666	NYM
2002	126	437	111	33	3	6	52	54	48	3	2	109	0	0	.254	.331	.384	.715	CLE
2003	62	189	46	5	1	3	19	18	18	1	0	58	0	0	.243	.313	.328	.641	CLE
Total	1448	3661	964	230	29	79	484	414	319	9	19	906	1	1	.263	.322	.407	.729

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987, A	137	483	141	16	2	12	65	63	59	91	10	5	.292	.366	.408	.774
1988, A	34	137	45	11	1	4	23	16	14	30	2	1	.328	.388	.511	.899
1988, AA	91	333	101	19	3	10	60	51	36	68	3	3	.303	.368	.468	.837
1989, AAA	134	528	146	25	2	30	76	81	47	139	5	5	.277	.331	.502	.833
1990, AAA	58	219	65	9	2	12	30	31	24	65	2	0	.297	.359	.521	.879
1991, AAA	95	357	107	19	1	13	36	54	49	84	3	11	.300	.380	.468	.848
1995, AAA	28	104	42	8	0	7	28	19	19	22	0	3	.404	.488	.683	1.171
1996, AAA	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
2000	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
2001	3	6	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167
Total	14	15	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	.200	.333	.267	.600

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
Rightfield	58	54	92	4	0	96	0	1.000	474.1	1.82

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 3/3/1987 to a minor league contract.
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (M) on 7/26/1988 (Going to LAD: P Roger McDowell. Going to NYM: CF John Vander Wal, RF Cecil Espy)...
Injured on 7/10/1989 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for one week...
Had first career hit (double) on 6/11/1990, off Dave Righetti (CIN)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1990, off Brent Gaff (STL)...
2/2/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 5/28/1996...
2/2/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,245,000 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by New York (M) on 2/5/1998 to a 2-year deal worth $1,850,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by New York (M) on 2/3/2000 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year...
Injured on 8/17/2000 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Won World Series with New York (M) in 2001...
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/6/2002 to a 1-year deal worth $550,000 per year...
Injured on 7/29/2002 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/3/2003 to a 1-year deal worth $560,000 per year...
5/13/2003: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $560,000 per year, for 1 years.

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