#30 Damien Cuervo, Catcher, 30 yrs, Los Angeles Lions
Tuesday, 10/29/2010 |
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| Damien Cuervo
2/22/1980
30
Puerto Rico
6"0
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Catcher
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R
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| Big League Contract
$ 9,000,000
2012
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
170 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 81 | 64 | 25 | 57 | 49 |
| Versus LHP | 84 | 65 | 25 | 59 | 49 |
| Versus RHP | 80 | 63 | 25 | 56 | 49 |
| Talent | 88 | 65 | 30 | 60 | 43 |
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| Fielding Ratings
C : 85 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 82
Infield Arm : 51
Outfield Arm : 13
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 10/14 | MIA | W 15-12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | #2 | PoG | |
| 10/15 | MIA | L 3-8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #2 | | |
| 10/17 | @MIA | W 6-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #2 | | |
| 10/20 | CLE | W 10-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
| 10/21 | CLE | W 6-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
| 10/23 | @CLE | L 1-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
| 10/24 | @CLE | L 4-15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
| 10/25 | @CLE | W 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
| 10/27 | CLE | L 2-11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #2 | | |
| 10/28 | CLE | L 6-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | #2 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| | 146 | 610 | 206 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 98 | 47 | 96 | .338 | .383 | .415 | .798 | .719 | .077 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| | 145 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 253 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 97.1 | 6.1 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 156 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .385 | .421 | .481 | .902 |
| vs. RHP | 454 | 146 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 69 | 35 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .322 | .369 | .392 | .761 |
| Close/Late | 54 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .315 | .339 | .444 | .783 |
| Scoring Position | 149 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .369 | .396 | .430 | .826 |
| Pinch Hitting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 76 | 310 | 115 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 55 | 19 | 54 | .371 | .399 | .452 | .850 |
| Road | 70 | 300 | 91 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 43 | 28 | 42 | .303 | .360 | .377 | .736 |
| This Week | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 |
| Last Week | 5 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .211 | .286 | .316 | .602 |
| March/April | 24 | 106 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 21 | .377 | .404 | .425 | .828 |
| May | 24 | 98 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 17 | .357 | .427 | .439 | .866 |
| June | 25 | 98 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 16 | .347 | .382 | .429 | .810 |
| July | 25 | 105 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 12 | .286 | .309 | .343 | .652 |
| August | 29 | 124 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 21 | .339 | .394 | .468 | .862 |
| Sept/Oct | 19 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | .316 | .349 | .367 | .716 |
| Postseason | 18 | 70 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | .329 | .382 | .443 | .824 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2004 | 157 | 626 | 191 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 76 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 5 | 1 | .305 | .356 | .372 | .729 | HOU CAR STL |
| 2005 | 162 | 605 | 189 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 81 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 96 | 4 | 3 | .312 | .367 | .359 | .726 | STL |
| 2006 | 162 | 641 | 195 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 75 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 10 | 9 | .304 | .371 | .373 | .744 | STL CAR IND,N |
| 2007 | 162 | 667 | 199 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 7 | 7 | .298 | .351 | .375 | .726 | IND |
| 2008 | 112 | 415 | 131 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 61 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 4 | .316 | .395 | .427 | .821 | IND CAR STL L |
| 2009 | 162 | 610 | 187 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 79 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 1 | .307 | .368 | .379 | .746 | LA,SL |
| 2010 | 146 | 610 | 206 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 98 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 2 | .338 | .383 | .415 | .798 | LA,SL |
| Total | 1063 | 4174 | 1298 | 205 | 14 | 23 | 452 | 537 | 388 | 7 | 19 | 679 | 35 | 27 | .311 | .369 | .383 | .752 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2009 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .375 | .728 |
| 2010 | 18 | 70 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .329 | .382 | .443 | .824 |
| Total | 22 | 86 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .376 | .430 | .807 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Catcher | 144 | 144 | 1154 | 116 | 2 | 1285 | 15 | .988 | 1283.2 | 9.01 | 5 | 230 | 93 | 40.4 |
| First Base | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.0 | 7.88 | | | | |
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Played for Puerto Rico in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 9th round, 138th overall pick, by Carolina in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/4/2004, off Jamison Hall (ATL)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/2004, off Roberto Nieves (MIA)...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/14/2004...
Traded from Carolina to St. Louis on 5/16/2004 (Going to STL: P Marc Poles, C Damien Cuervo, CF Jason Bess, P Jeffrey Padillo. Going to CAR: CF JJ Biro Jr, C Shawn Lyle, P Francis Meraz)...
Won Platinum Glove at Catcher in 2004...
Won Platinum Glove at Catcher in 2005...
Traded from St. Louis to Carolina on 2/3/2006 (Going to CAR: C Damien Cuervo, P Wesley Rakowski, 2B Julian Quintana, P Bill Lowenstein, P Jeffery Randell. Going to STL: P Evaristo Aguiar, CF JJ
Biro Jr, C Lim Soontaek)...
Traded from Carolina to Indiana on 4/2/2006 (Going to CAR: 1B John Ward, RF Michael Hurta, CF Bernard Brunson. Going to IND: C Damien Cuervo, P Jeffery Randell, CF Franklin Dominguez, P Josh Chapm
an)...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Connecticut on 9/8/2007...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,460,000 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Indiana to Carolina on 3/3/2008 (Going to CAR: P John Davis, P Eli Ernst, P Charlie Tubbs, C Damien Cuervo. Going to IND: P Chester Finke, C Daniel Canabal, SS Kolby Khami, RF Micha
el Hurta)...
Traded from Carolina to St. Louis on 4/1/2008 (Going to CAR: P Bill St. John, C Ben Kujiro. Going to STL: C Damien Cuervo, RF Loc Quach)...
Played for Puerto Rico in the 2008 World Cup...
Injured on 4/29/2008 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2-3 weeks...
Injured on 6/3/2008 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks...
Traded from St. Louis to Los Angeles on 7/22/2008 (Going to LA: C Damien Cuervo. Going to STL: P Matthew Pine)...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Las Vegas on 4/9/2009...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
9/20/2009: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Platinum Glove at Catcher in 2009...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston on 8/27/2010...
Won Platinum Glove at Catcher in 2010...
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