#53 Rafael Medrano, Third Base, 32 yrs, Phoenix Firebirds

#53 Rafael Medrano, Third Base, 32 yrs, Phoenix Firebirds
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Rafael Medrano

3/15/1978
32
Cuba
6"1
225

Third Base
L
R

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Minimal
Loyal
None at all
Very inconsistent
Normal
Prone
3.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 13,770,000
2016
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

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	76	57	67	58	37
Versus LHP	78	51	68	61	36
Versus RHP	75	59	66	56	38
Talent	84	60	69	66	45

Running & Bunting Ratings
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58
64
72
1
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
3B : 81 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 77
Outfield Arm : 18

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/20	LV	L 1-9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#4
9/21	LV	L 0-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#4
9/22	@SD	W 7-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/23	@SD	W 9-3	5	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	#4
9/24	@SD	L 4-10	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	#4
9/25	@SD	W 7-5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	#4
9/26	LA	L 0-7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#4
9/27	LA	L 1-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#4
9/28	LA	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
9/29	LA	L 1-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#4

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	156	570	172	18	9	30	117	83	63	171	.302	.372	.523	.895	.919	.221

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	146	640	3	17	0	7	0	4	298	57	22	15	59.5	121.2	7.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	135	45	9	2	4	32	20	17	37	1	0	2	.333	.413	.519	.931
vs. RHP	435	127	9	7	26	85	63	46	134	3	0	1	.292	.359	.524	.883
Close/Late	55	20	2	0	3	9	9	12	15	0	0	0	.364	.478	.564	1.041
Scoring Position	147	53	7	2	10	91	0	28	38	4	0	0	.361	.453	.639	1.092
Pinch Hitting	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	77	267	74	7	4	11	43	36	24	88	.277	.337	.457	.794
Road	79	303	98	11	5	19	74	47	39	83	.323	.402	.581	.983
March/April	25	92	28	5	1	5	20	11	10	25	.304	.365	.543	.909
May	28	94	34	4	3	7	24	18	15	17	.362	.445	.691	1.137
June	25	93	25	2	0	3	13	13	9	35	.269	.346	.387	.733
July	24	95	27	3	3	6	18	13	5	30	.284	.317	.568	.885
August	28	103	28	1	1	4	22	12	14	26	.272	.364	.417	.782
Sept/Oct	26	93	30	3	1	5	20	16	10	38	.323	.388	.538	.926

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	162	631	186	21	6	23	85	99	70	3	5	124	33	15	.295	.365	.456	.822	DAL
2005	154	593	178	28	4	30	100	103	65	9	1	119	24	10	.300	.377	.513	.890	DAL
2006	124	447	145	21	5	23	83	60	44	3	4	113	24	10	.324	.386	.548	.934	DAL,SL
2007	154	599	213	31	5	35	124	110	75	0	8	129	46	29	.356	.422	.599	1.022	DAL,SL
2008	155	613	197	25	6	34	130	120	67	3	4	134	44	15	.321	.389	.548	.937	DAL,SL
2009	154	589	197	16	2	38	122	111	68	2	5	142	43	26	.334	.402	.562	.964	DAL LV,SL
2010	156	570	172	18	9	30	117	83	63	3	4	171	22	15	.302	.372	.523	.895	LV PHX
Total	1059	4042	1288	160	37	213	761	686	452	23	31	932	236	120	.319	.388	.535	.922

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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OPS

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	3	12	6	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	1	0	.500	.571	.833	1.405
2009	9	35	9	1	2	2	4	5	2	14	1	2	.257	.297	.571	.869
Total	12	47	15	2	2	3	7	7	4	16	2	2	.319	.373	.638	1.011

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	153	145	84	299	18	392	9	.977	1300.1	2.71
Centerfield	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00

Player History

Played for Cuba in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Dallas in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Joaquin Cavallo (HOU)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2004, off Matthew Kane (HOU)...
Injured on 6/16/2005 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/2005, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 2005...
Played for Cuba in the 2006 World Cup...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Injured on 8/9/2006 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks...
2/1/2007: Gets a new one-year contract worth $13,770,000 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/2007, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 16 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago on 6/8/2007...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 9/18/2007...
Drove in 6 runs against Houston on 9/22/2007...
Won SL and Overall Commissioner's Award with Dallas in 2007...
Won SL and Overall Silver Slugger Award at 3B in 2007 with 35 HRs...
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at 3B in 2007...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $13,770,000 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Carolina on 8/10/2008...
Won SL Silver Slugger Award at 3B in 2008 with 34 HRs...
Selected to the All-ABL 3rd Team at 3B in 2008...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $13,770,000 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Carolina on 4/26/2009...
Hit 3 homeruns against Carolina, driving in 6 runs on 4/26/2009...
Traded from Dallas to Las Vegas on 6/10/2009 (Going to DAL: P Matt Tuck, SS David Jesus. Going to LV: 3B Rafael Medrano)...
7/1/2009: Signed a contract extension with Las Vegas, $13,770,000 per year, for 7 years.
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at 3B in 2009...
Won SL and Overall Silver Slugger Award at 3B in 2009 with 38 HRs...
Traded from Las Vegas to Phoenix on 3/2/2010 (Going to PHX: P Danny Baker, 3B Skrog Stietz, 3B Rafael Medrano, RF Eric Dekker. Going to LV: P James Guardado, LF Marlon Benton)...
Hit for the cycle against San Diego on 7/13/2010...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 7/13/2010...
Hit 3 homeruns against Indiana, driving in 8 runs on 9/2/2010...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 2007 - .356 - 9th	OBP 2007 - .422 - 7th 2009 - .402 - 8th	SLG 2005 - .513 - 9th 2007 - .599 - 3rd 2008 - .548 - 5th 2009 - .562 - 3rd	OPS 2005 - .890 - 10th 2007 - 1.022 - 3rd 2008 - .937 - 5th 2009 - .964 - 4th	Hits 2007 - 213 - 9th
Homeruns 2005 - 30 - 7th 2007 - 35 - 3rd 2008 - 34 - 5th 2009 - 38 - 2nd	RBI 2007 - 124 - 9th 2008 - 130 - 4th 2009 - 122 - 6th	Runs 2005 - 103 - 9th 2008 - 120 - 8th 2009 - 111 - 10th	BB 2004 - 70 - 6th 2007 - 75 - 9th 2008 - 67 - 10th

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