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Rafael Furcal
Rafael Antoni Furcal

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 4, 2000

Born October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, D.R.

Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 22 ATL NL 131  455   87  134  20  4   4   37  40 14  73  80  .295  .394  .382   97  174   9   2   0   3   2 RoY-1
 2001 23 ATL NL  79  324   39   89  19  0   4   30  22  6  24  56  .275  .321  .370   77  120   4   6   1   1   5
 2002 24 ATL NL 154  636   95  175  31  8   8   47  27 15  43 114  .275  .323  .387   85  246   9   2   0   3   8
 2003 25 ATL NL 156  664  130  194  35 10  15   61  25  2  60  76  .292  .352  .443  105  294   3   4   2   3   1 MVP-33,AS
 2004 26 ATL NL 143  563  103  157  24  5  14   59  29  6  58  71  .279  .344  .414   95  233   5   5   4   1   9
 2005 27 ATL NL 154  616  100  175  31 11  12   58  46 10  62  78  .284  .348  .429  102  264   5   5   3   1  11
 2006 28 LAD NL 159  654  113  196  32  9  15   63  37 13  73  98  .300  .369  .445  107  291   5   3   3   1   7 MVP-14
 2007 29 LAD NL 138  581   87  157  23  4   6   47  25  6  55  68  .270  .333  .355   76  206   2   3   3   1  11
 2008 30 LAD NL  32  134   34   49  12  2   5   16   8  2  19  15  .366  .448  .597  168   80   0   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1146 4627  788 1326 227 53  83  418 259 74 467 656  .287  .352  .412   96 1908  42  30  16  15  57
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        654  111  187  32  7  12   59  37 10  66  93  .287  .352  .412   96  270   6   4   2   2   8
 Career High    159  664  130  196  35 11  15   63  46 15  73 114  .300  .394  .445  107  294   9   6   4   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 22 ATL NL  542  348   79   6.1   117| .295  .274| .394  .352| .382  .448| .776  .800|  97  .559   0.8   0.1  74%
 2001 23 ATL NL  359  256   41   4.3   114| .275  .272| .321  .344| .370  .446| .691  .789|  77  .428 -11.0  -1.0  78%
 2002 24 ATL NL  693  495   79   4.3   109| .275  .268| .323  .342| .387  .427| .710  .769|  85  .447 -15.8  -1.5  64%
 2003 25 ATL NL  734  480  113   6.3   110| .292  .270| .352  .342| .443  .433| .795  .775| 105  .610   4.2   0.4  92%
 2004 26 ATL NL  632  431   85   5.3   112| .279  .271| .344  .343| .414  .439| .758  .782|  95  .523  -4.6  -0.4  82%
 2005 27 ATL NL  689  472   97   5.5   109| .284  .270| .348  .340| .429  .430| .777  .770| 102  .558   1.2   0.1  82%
 2006 28 LAD NL  736  486  113   6.2   114| .300  .273| .369  .344| .445  .444| .814  .788| 107  .591   7.5   0.7  74%
 2007 29 LAD NL  642  446   72   4.3   115| .270  .278| .333  .348| .355  .444| .688  .791|  76  .428 -22.0  -2.1  80%
 2008 30 LAD NL  154   90   37  11.0   111| .366  .272| .448  .344| .597  .434|1.045  .778| 168  .815  14.2   1.3  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      5181 3504  716   5.5   112| .287  .272| .352  .344| .412  .438| .764  .782|  96  .541 -25.5  -2.4  77%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
2000 22 ATL NL SS 110 147 289 23 54 .950 .967 3.96 3.88 4.68 4.52 92 839.3 2B 31 45 71 1 18 .991 .982 3.74 4.34 4.68 4.96 26 223.0 2001 23 ATL NL SS 79 126 224 11 49 .970 .968 4.43 3.93 4.54 4.47 79 694.3 2002 24 ATL NL SS 150 245 466 27 111 .963 .970 4.74 4.00 4.87 4.52 147 1314.3 2B 4 7 12 0 5 1.000 .984 4.75 4.28 5.70 4.95 4 30.0 2003 25 ATL NL SS 155 237 481 31 108 .959 .973 4.63 3.99 4.79 4.52 154 1350.0 AS 2004 26 ATL NL SS 131 192 411 24 101 .962 .973 4.60 3.94 4.79 4.45 130 1134.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 2005 27 ATL NL SS 152 255 504 15 118 .981 .976 4.99 4.04 5.23 4.51 152 1306.3 2006 28 LAD NL SS 156 269 492 27 117 .966 .972 4.88 4.00 5.00 4.41 156 1371.0 2007 29 LAD NL SS 138 241 426 19 99 .972 .975 4.83 4.00 4.96 4.44 138 1210.0 2008 30 LAD NL SS 32 45 88 4 17 .971 .976 4.16 3.99 4.24 4.44 32 282.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 22 ATL NL 2B 31 45 71 1 18 .991 .982 3.74 4.34 4.68 4.96 26 223.0 2002 24 ATL NL 2B 4 7 12 0 5 1.000 .984 4.75 4.28 5.70 4.95 4 30.0 2004 26 ATL NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 2000 22 ATL NL SS 110 147 289 23 54 .950 .967 3.96 3.88 4.68 4.52 92 839.3 2001 23 ATL NL SS 79 126 224 11 49 .970 .968 4.43 3.93 4.54 4.47 79 694.3 2002 24 ATL NL SS 150 245 466 27 111 .963 .970 4.74 4.00 4.87 4.52 147 1314.3 2003 25 ATL NL SS 155 237 481 31 108 .959 .973 4.63 3.99 4.79 4.52 154 1350.0 2004 26 ATL NL SS 131 192 411 24 101 .962 .973 4.60 3.94 4.79 4.45 130 1134.0 2005 27 ATL NL SS 152 255 504 15 118 .981 .976 4.99 4.04 5.23 4.51 152 1306.3 2006 28 LAD NL SS 156 269 492 27 117 .966 .972 4.88 4.00 5.00 4.41 156 1371.0 2007 29 LAD NL SS 138 241 426 19 99 .972 .975 4.83 4.00 4.96 4.44 138 1210.0 2008 30 LAD NL SS 32 45 88 4 17 .971 .976 4.16 3.99 4.24 4.44 32 282.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1103 1757 3381 181 774 .966 .972 4.66 3.98 4.87 4.48 1080 9501.3 2B* 36 52 83 1 23 .993 .983 3.75 4.33 4.76 4.96 30 255.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1139 1809 3464 182 797 .967 .973 4.63 3.99 4.86 4.49 1110 9756
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   3  11   2   1  0  0  0   0   3   0  .091  .286  .091   1  1   0   0   0 
 2002   NLDS  ATL SFG     L   5  24   2   6  1  1  0   2   0   5  .250  .250  .375   1  1   0   0   0 
 2003   NLDS  ATL CHC     L   5  19   3   4  0  0  0   0   3   5  .211  .318  .211   1  0   1   0   0 
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   5  21   5   8  0  1  2   4   3   3  .381  .480  .762   3  0   1   0   1 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   4  20   1   3  0  0  0   0   3   2  .150  .261  .150   3  0             
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   3  11   1   2  0  0  0   1   3   2  .182  .357  .182   2  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 Lg Div Series       0-6  25 106  14  24  1  2  2   7  15  17  .226  .328  .330  11  2   2   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   ATL NL       3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
2003 *

Awards
2000-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-33-0.00
2006-NL-14-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Games
2006 NL-159-6

At Bats
2002 NL-636-2
2003 NL-664-2
2005 NL-616-6
2006 NL-654-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2002 NL-693-3
2003 NL-734-2
2005 NL-689-9
2006 NL-736-4

Runs
2003 NL-130-3
2005 NL-100-9
2006 NL-113-10

Hits
2002 NL-175-10
2003 NL-194-4
2006 NL-196-5

Triples
2002 NL-8-2
2003 NL-10-1
2005 NL-11-3
2006 NL-9-9
Act-53-20

Stolen Bases
2000 NL-40-5
2003 NL-25-7
2004 NL-29-9
2005 NL-46-3
2006 NL-37-7
Act-259-19

Singles
2002 NL-128-4
2003 NL-134-5
2005 NL-121-8
2006 NL-140-2
2007 NL-124-7

Times on Base
2006 NL-270-8

Caught Stealing
2000 NL-14-2
2002 NL-15-2
2005 NL-10-6
2006 NL-13-5
Act-74-20

Power/Speed Number
2003 NL-18.8-10
2004 NL-18.9-9
2005 NL-19.0-7
2006 NL-21.3-9

Outs
2002 NL-495-2
2003 NL-480-3
2005 NL-472-6
2006 NL-486-5

Salary
2007 NL-$13,730,196-9

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (720) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (648) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.9 (433) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 30.5 (572) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 9, 1996: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2000Atlanta Braves$200,000
2001Atlanta Braves$355,000
2002Atlanta Braves$405,000
2003Atlanta Braves$2,200,000
2004Atlanta Braves$3,700,000
2005Atlanta Braves$5,600,000
2006Los Angeles Dodgers$8,715,508
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$13,730,196
Career (may be incomplete)$34,905,704

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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