#85 Antonio Costa, First Base, 34 yrs, Las Vegas Scorpions

#85 Antonio Costa, First Base, 34 yrs, Las Vegas Scorpions
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Antonio Costa

11/27/1975
34
Italy
6"2
200

First Base
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 20,000,000
2013
11 Year(s), 40 Days (1910 total Days)
170 Day(s)
13 Year(s), 17 Days (2227 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	65	56	69	60	53
Versus LHP	65	55	68	60	56
Versus RHP	65	57	70	60	52
Talent	70	53	67	56	57

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12
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5
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
1B : 85 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 24 (Range), .980 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 15 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Infield Arm : 20
Outfield Arm : 9

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	LA	L 1-9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/24	LA	W 9-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#5
9/25	LA	L 2-7	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#5
9/26	@SD	L 1-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/27	@SD	W 3-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	#5
9/28	@SD	W 7-0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#4
9/29	@SD	L 1-8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/2	@MIA	L 1-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
10/3	@MIA	L 4-8	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	#4
10/5	MIA	L 2-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	154	606	175	31	2	27	110	88	58	100	.289	.355	.480	.835	.794	.191

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	153	673	6	7	0	16	0	3	291	60	0	0	.0	102.3	6.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	164	41	5	0	8	28	22	15	32	2	0	3	.250	.321	.427	.747
vs. RHP	442	134	26	2	19	82	66	43	68	1	0	3	.303	.368	.500	.868
Close/Late	62	21	4	0	4	10	9	11	7	0	0	1	.339	.446	.597	1.043
Scoring Position	166	53	7	0	10	82	0	21	26	3	0	1	.319	.393	.542	.935
Pinch Hitting	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	78	295	88	16	1	12	46	38	24	45	.298	.360	.481	.841
Road	76	311	87	15	1	15	64	50	34	55	.280	.351	.479	.830
March/April	26	105	31	8	1	4	20	18	12	15	.295	.373	.505	.878
May	27	103	35	9	0	8	27	23	10	19	.340	.402	.660	1.062
June	26	101	31	3	0	3	10	9	10	16	.307	.369	.426	.795
July	25	99	26	3	0	5	21	17	9	18	.263	.330	.444	.775
August	27	110	27	8	0	2	19	12	10	19	.245	.311	.373	.684
Sept/Oct	23	88	25	0	1	5	13	9	7	13	.284	.344	.477	.821
Postseason	3	11	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	.182	.250	.455	.705

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	152	586	189	24	6	26	108	112	59	8	6	87	0	0	.323	.388	.517	.906	CAR HOU MIA,
2005	161	628	184	26	1	21	119	93	67	7	5	99	0	1	.293	.365	.438	.803	MIA,SL
2006	154	595	193	36	1	24	143	116	68	10	9	118	3	0	.324	.397	.509	.907	MIA,SL
2007	153	580	194	35	1	31	145	130	65	17	5	109	3	3	.334	.414	.559	.972	MIA,SL
2008	154	607	181	22	1	35	123	117	66	13	2	94	0	0	.298	.378	.511	.889	MIA,SL
2009	155	586	189	29	4	26	124	98	55	7	9	108	0	0	.323	.382	.519	.901	MIA LV,SL
2010	154	606	175	31	2	27	110	88	58	6	3	100	0	0	.289	.355	.480	.835	LV,SL
Total	1083	4188	1305	203	16	190	872	754	438	68	39	715	6	4	.312	.383	.504	.886

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	11	45	19	3	0	1	12	7	4	10	0	0	.422	.469	.556	1.025
2005	10	39	15	3	0	1	12	6	4	6	0	0	.385	.442	.538	.980
2006	16	64	19	3	1	3	13	10	4	9	0	0	.297	.338	.516	.854
2007	16	57	22	2	3	2	7	15	8	11	0	1	.386	.462	.632	1.093
2008	12	54	21	3	1	2	16	11	2	10	1	0	.389	.411	.593	1.003
2009	9	36	10	0	0	1	1	5	1	6	0	0	.278	.297	.361	.658
2010	3	11	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	.182	.250	.455	.705
Total	77	306	108	14	5	11	63	55	23	54	1	1	.353	.398	.539	.937

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	153	153	1379	99	139	1482	4	.997	1371.1	9.73
Leftfield	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00

Player History

Played for Italy in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 6th round, 86th overall pick, by Miami in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/4/2004, off Renzo Suarez (NO)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2004, off Jose Duque (NO)...
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 4/22/2004...
Drove in 6 runs against Las Vegas on 5/29/2004...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2004, hitting .387 with 3 HR, 17 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2004, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2004...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2004...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at 1B in 2004...
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 5/15/2005...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2005...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2005...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at 1B in 2005...
Played for Italy in the 2006 World Cup...
Hit 3 homeruns against Tampa, driving in 3 runs on 4/15/2006...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/2006, hitting .519 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/2006, hitting .577 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2006, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 33 RBI...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2006...
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at 1B in 2006...
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Cleveland on 5/2/2007...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/2007, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2007, hitting .443 with 9 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/2007, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
7/24/2007: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $20,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/1/2007...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Minnesota on 8/17/2007...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2007...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at 1B in 2007...
Played for Italy in the 2008 World Cup...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York on 4/17/2008...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Won World Championship with Miami in 2008...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2008...
Won SL Silver Slugger Award at 1B in 2008 with 35 HRs...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at 1B in 2008...
Won SLCS MVP Award in 2008...
Traded from Miami to Las Vegas on 6/10/2009 (Going to MIA: CF Nathanial Mikula. Going to LV: 1B Antonio Costa)...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Won Platinum Glove at First Base in 2009...
Drove in 6 runs against San Antonio on 5/30/2010...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Injured on 8/29/2010 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

OBP 2004 - .388 - 10th 2007 - .414 - 8th	SLG 2004 - .517 - 6th 2006 - .509 - 10th 2007 - .559 - 6th 2009 - .519 - 8th	OPS 2004 - .906 - 8th 2007 - .972 - 7th 2009 - .901 - 9th	Doubles 2006 - 36 - 6th 2007 - 35 - 5th	Homeruns 2004 - 26 - 8th 2007 - 31 - 6th 2008 - 35 - 3rd
RBI 2004 - 108 - 10th 2005 - 119 - 5th 2006 - 143 - 3rd 2007 - 145 - 2nd 2008 - 123 - 7th 2009 - 124 - 5th	Runs 2004 - 112 - 9th 2006 - 116 - 8th 2007 - 130 - 7th	BB 2005 - 67 - 9th 2006 - 68 - 10th

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