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Bret Boone
Bret Robert Boone

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut August 19, 1992
  vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Born April 6, 1969 in ElCajon, CA

Brother of Aaron Boone, Son of Bob Boone, and Grandson of Ray Boone

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 23 SEA AL  33  129   15   25   4  0   4   15   1  1   4  34  .194  .224  .318   51   41   1   0   0   1   4
 1993 24 SEA AL  76  271   31   68  12  2  12   38   2  3  17  52  .251  .301  .443   97  120   6   4   1   4   6
 1994 25 CIN NL 108  381   59  122  25  2  12   68   3  4  24  74  .320  .368  .491  123  187   5   6   1   8  10 MVP-21
 1995 26 CIN NL 138  513   63  137  34  2  15   68   5  1  41  84  .267  .326  .429   98  220   5   5   0   6  14
 1996 27 CIN NL 142  520   56  121  21  3  12   69   3  2  31 100  .233  .275  .354   64  184   5   9   0   3   9
 1997 28 CIN NL 139  443   40   99  25  1   7   46   5  5  45 101  .223  .298  .332   64  147   4   5   4   4  11
 1998 29 CIN NL 157  583   76  155  38  1  24   95   6  4  48 104  .266  .324  .458  102  267   9   4   3   4  23 AS
 1999 30 ATL NL 152  608  102  153  38  1  20   63  14  9  47 112  .252  .310  .416   82  253   9   2   0   5  11
 2000 31 SDP NL 127  463   61  116  18  2  19   74   8  4  50  97  .251  .326  .421   94  195   0   7   7   5  11
 2001 32 SEA AL 158  623  118  206  37  3  37  141   5  5  40 110  .331  .372  .578  153  360   5  13   5   9  11 SS,MVP-3,AS
 2002 33 SEA AL 155  608   88  169  34  3  24  107  12  5  53 102  .278  .339  .462  114  281   2   6   4   6  11
 2003 34 SEA AL 159  622  111  183  35  5  35  117  16  3  68 125  .294  .366  .535  140  333   1   7   3   7  17 SS,MVP-10,AS
 2004 35 SEA AL 148  593   74  149  30  0  24   83  10  5  56 135  .251  .317  .423   94  251   2   4   2   3  18
 2005 36 TOT AL  88  326   33   72  15  3   7   37   4  2  28  65  .221  .290  .350   73  114   1   1   2   4  12
         SEA AL  74  273   30   63  15  3   7   34   4  2  24  52  .231  .299  .385   85  105   1   1   2   3   9
         MIN AL  14   53    3    9   0  0   0    3   0  0   4  13  .170  .241  .170   12    9   0   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6683      1775     28     1021     53    1295  .266  .325  .442  101       55  73  32  69 168
               1780       927      366    252       94    552                            2953
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        608   84  162  33  3  23   93   9  5  50 118  .266  .325  .442  101  269   5   7   3   6  15
 Career High    159  623  118  206  38  5  37  141  16  9  68 135  .331  .372  .578  153  360   9  13   7   9  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 23 SEA AL  135  110    8   2.0    94| .194  .259| .224  .328| .318  .385| .542  .713|  51  .185  -9.3  -1.0  50%
 1993 24 SEA AL  302  222   35   4.2   103| .251  .268| .301  .339| .443  .409| .744  .748|  97  .439  -2.5  -0.2  40%
 1994 25 CIN NL  424  284   67   6.3   108| .320  .273| .368  .340| .491  .427| .859  .768| 123  .613  13.4   1.3  42%
 1995 26 CIN NL  570  401   71   4.8   107| .267  .271| .326  .340| .429  .421| .755  .761|  98  .491  -2.0  -0.2  83%
 1996 27 CIN NL  568  424   51   3.2   108| .233  .271| .275  .340| .354  .424| .629  .764|  64  .323 -28.3  -2.7  60%
 1997 28 CIN NL  501  369   44   3.2   110| .223  .273| .298  .345| .332  .428| .630  .773|  64  .316 -23.7  -2.3  50%
 1998 29 CIN NL  648  468   80   4.6   109| .266  .271| .324  .342| .458  .428| .782  .770| 102  .474   0.1   0.0  60%
 1999 30 ATL NL  671  486   77   4.2   116| .252  .276| .310  .351| .416  .444| .726  .795|  82  .398 -18.6  -1.7  60%
 2000 31 SDP NL  525  369   64   4.6   109| .251  .263| .326  .339| .421  .430| .747  .770|  94  .437  -3.5  -0.3  66%
 2001 32 SEA AL  690  451  133   7.9   102| .331  .260| .372  .326| .578  .417| .950  .743| 153  .693  47.3   4.4  50%
 2002 33 SEA AL  675  463   96   5.5   103| .278  .261| .339  .328| .462  .420| .801  .747| 114  .552  11.8   1.1  70%
 2003 34 SEA AL  705  467  123   7.0   102| .294  .262| .366  .327| .535  .419| .901  .746| 140  .649  36.4   3.4  84%
 2004 35 SEA AL  658  473   77   4.4   107| .251  .267| .317  .334| .423  .428| .740  .763|  94  .421  -5.9  -0.5  66%
 2005 36 TOT AL  360  270   32   3.2   102| .221  .264| .290  .326| .350  .418| .640  .744|  73  .309 -12.9  -1.3  66%
         SEA AL  302  223   30   3.6   101| .231  .262| .299  .324| .385  .416| .684  .740|  85  .361  -5.9  -0.6  66%
         MIN AL   58   47    2   1.1   107| .170  .270| .241  .334| .170  .429| .411  .762|  12  .065  -6.9  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7432 5257  958   4.9   106| .266  .267| .325  .336| .442  .424| .767  .761| 101  .489   2.2   0.0  63%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 23 SEA AL 2B 32 71 93 6 22 .965 .983 5.12 4.60 5.32 5.25 32 277.7 3B 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 2.29 2.75 0 15.7 1993 24 SEA AL 2B 74 140 177 3 55 .991 .981 4.28 4.54 4.58 5.15 69 622.3 DH 1 1994 25 CIN NL 2B 106 190 267 12 58 .974 .981 4.31 4.56 4.61 5.26 99 892.3 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.25 2.45 2.62 2 11.0 1995 26 CIN NL 2B 138 311 362 4 106 .994 .984 4.88 4.58 4.99 5.25 138 1214.3 1996 27 CIN NL 2B 141 315 381 6 84 .991 .981 4.94 4.40 5.20 5.09 138 1205.7 1997 28 CIN NL 2B 136 271 334 2 74 .997 .980 4.45 4.31 4.88 5.07 127 1115.3 1998 29 CIN NL 2B 156 329 416 9 100 .988 .982 4.78 4.38 4.94 5.09 155 1358.0 GG,AS 1999 30 ATL NL 2B 151 270 424 13 78 .982 .981 4.60 4.19 4.82 5.05 144 1296.7 2000 31 SDP NL 2B 126 290 334 15 83 .977 .982 4.95 4.34 5.12 4.96 126 1097.3 2001 32 SEA AL 2B 156 286 411 10 90 .986 .981 4.47 4.44 4.58 4.87 152 1370.0 AS DH 2 AS 2002 33 SEA AL 2B 153 251 387 7 84 .989 .979 4.17 4.36 4.36 4.90 152 1317.3 GG DH 1 2003 34 SEA AL 2B 158 268 426 7 107 .990 .982 4.39 4.37 4.54 4.94 158 1375.0 GG,AS 2004 35 SEA AL 2B 148 280 350 14 90 .978 .982 4.26 4.35 4.33 4.95 148 1308.7 GG 2005 36 TOT AL 2B 88 170 229 9 54 .978 .983 4.53 4.48 4.67 4.96 88 768.7 SEA AL 2B 74 131 192 7 43 .979 .983 4.36 4.48 4.50 4.96 74 646.7 MIN AL 2B 14 39 37 2 11 .974 .983 5.43 4.48 5.61 4.96 14 122.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 23 SEA AL 2B 32 71 93 6 22 .965 .983 5.12 4.60 5.32 5.25 32 277.7 1993 24 SEA AL 2B 74 140 177 3 55 .991 .981 4.28 4.54 4.58 5.15 69 622.3 1994 25 CIN NL 2B 106 190 267 12 58 .974 .981 4.31 4.56 4.61 5.26 99 892.3 1995 26 CIN NL 2B 138 311 362 4 106 .994 .984 4.88 4.58 4.99 5.25 138 1214.3 1996 27 CIN NL 2B 141 315 381 6 84 .991 .981 4.94 4.40 5.20 5.09 138 1205.7 1997 28 CIN NL 2B 136 271 334 2 74 .997 .980 4.45 4.31 4.88 5.07 127 1115.3 1998 29 CIN NL 2B 156 329 416 9 100 .988 .982 4.78 4.38 4.94 5.09 155 1358.0 1999 30 ATL NL 2B 151 270 424 13 78 .982 .981 4.60 4.19 4.82 5.05 144 1296.7 2000 31 SDP NL 2B 126 290 334 15 83 .977 .982 4.95 4.34 5.12 4.96 126 1097.3 2001 32 SEA AL 2B 156 286 411 10 90 .986 .981 4.47 4.44 4.58 4.87 152 1370.0 2002 33 SEA AL 2B 153 251 387 7 84 .989 .979 4.17 4.36 4.36 4.90 152 1317.3 2003 34 SEA AL 2B 158 268 426 7 107 .990 .982 4.39 4.37 4.54 4.94 158 1375.0 2004 35 SEA AL 2B 148 280 350 14 90 .978 .982 4.26 4.35 4.33 4.95 148 1308.7 2005 36 TOT AL 2B 88 170 229 9 54 .978 .983 4.53 4.48 4.67 4.96 88 768.7 SEA AL 2B 74 131 192 7 43 .979 .983 4.36 4.48 4.50 4.96 74 646.7 MIN AL 2B 14 39 37 2 11 .974 .983 5.43 4.48 5.61 4.96 14 122.0 1992 23 SEA AL 3B 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 2.29 2.75 0 15.7 1994 25 CIN NL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.25 2.45 2.62 2 11.0 1993 24 SEA AL DH 1 2001 32 SEA AL DH 2 2002 33 SEA AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1763 3442 4591 117 1085 .986 .982 4.56 4.40 4.75 5.04 1726 15219.3 3B* 8 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 0.88 2.36 2.36 2.70 2 26.7 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1771 3444 4596 117 1085 .986 .981 4.54 4.39 4.75 5.03 1728 15246
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  CIN LAD     W   3  10   4   3  1  0  1   1   1   3  .300  .364  .700   1  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CIN ATL     L   4  14   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   2  .214  .267  .214   0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   4  19   3   9  1  0  0   1   0   4  .474  .474  .526   1  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL NYM     W   6  22   2   4  1  0  0   1   1   7  .182  .250  .227   2  1   1   0   1 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   4  13   1   7  4  0  0   3   1   3  .538  .571  .846   0  1   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  SEA CLE     W   5  21   1   2  0  0  0   0   1  11  .095  .136  .095   1  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   5  19   2   6  0  0  2   6   2   2  .316  .381  .632   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       3-0  12  50   8  14  2  0  1   2   2  18  .280  .308  .380   3  0   0   0   0 
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2  15  55   5  13  1  0  2   7   4  11  .236  .300  .364   2  1   1   0   1 
  7 Postseason Series   4-3  31 118  14  34  7  0  3  12   7  32  .288  .333  .424   5  2   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1998   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2001   SEA AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 2003   SEA AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1998
2001 (2B)
2003 *

Gold Gloves
1998-NL--2B
2002-AL--2B
2003-AL--2B
2004-AL--2B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
2001-AL--2B
2003-AL--2B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1994-NL-21-0.01
2001-AL-3-0.66
2003-AL-10-0.17
Car-280-0.84 shares

Batting Average
1994 NL-.320-9
2001 AL-.331-4

Slugging %
2001 AL-.578-6

OPS
2001 AL-.950-8

At Bats
2001 AL-623-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2003 AL-705-8

Runs
2001 AL-118-3
2003 AL-111-7

Hits
2001 AL-206-2

Total Bases
2001 AL-360-2
2003 AL-333-9

Doubles
1995 NL-34-7

Home Runs
2001 AL-37-8
2003 AL-35-8

RBI
2001 AL-141-1
2003 AL-117-3

Strikeouts
2003 AL-125-8
2004 AL-135-7
Car-1295-100

Singles
2001 AL-129-5

Adjusted OPS+
2001 AL-153-6

Runs Created
2001 AL-133-7
2003 AL-123-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
2001 AL-47-6
2003 AL-36-7

Batting Wins
2001 AL-4.4-6
2003 AL-3.4-7

Extra-Base Hits
2001 AL-77-5
2003 AL-75-10

Times on Base
2003 AL-258-7

Offensive Win%
2001 AL-.693-9

Hit By Pitch
1994 NL-8-7

Sac. Flies
1994 NL-6-9
1996 NL-9-4
2001 AL-13-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1998 NL-23-3

Power/Speed Number
2003 AL-22.0-6

At Bats per Home Run
2003 AL-17.8-10

Outs
1998 NL-468-9
1999 NL-486-2
2004 AL-473-7

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (616) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.9 (390) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 62.0 (299) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 28th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990.

November 2, 1993: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.

November 10, 1998: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Mike Remlinger to the Atlanta Braves for Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker.

December 22, 1999: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ryan Klesko and Jason Shiell to the San Diego Padres for Wally Joyner, Reggie Sanders, and Quilvio Veras.

October 31, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

July 11, 2005: Sent to the Minnesota Twins by the Seattle Mariners as part of a conditional deal.

July 31, 2005: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

February 18, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Cincinnati Reds$120,000
1994Cincinnati Reds$175,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$400,000
1996Cincinnati Reds$725,000
1997Cincinnati Reds$1,700,000
1998Cincinnati Reds$2,800,000
1999Atlanta Braves$2,900,000
2000San Diego Padres$3,750,000
2001Seattle Mariners$3,250,000
2002Seattle Mariners$8,000,000
2003Seattle Mariners$8,000,000
2004Seattle Mariners$8,000,000
2005Seattle Mariners$9,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$48,820,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Bret Boone's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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