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Willy Taveras

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 25, 1981 in Tenares, Dominican Republic do

High School: Tenares (Tenares, Dominican Republic)

Debut: September 6, 2004 (Age 22-256d, 18,564th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 15, 2010 (Age 28-141d)
vs. COL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Burton Rocks • Previously: Scott Boras, Praver-Shapiro Spts Mgmt

Full Name: Willy Taveras

Pronunciation: \tuh-VAIR-is\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

2412

662

.275

358

RBI

128

195

OBP

.320

SLG

.327

OPS

.647

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-10 / in Starts: 9-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2005	NLDS g1	Oct 5	HOU	@	ATL	W,10-5	GS-8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	2	1.18	-0.073	18.57	-0.75%	-0.67	CF
2	2005	NLDS g2	Oct 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	2	.49	0.029	7.49	0.19%	0.68	CF
3	2005	NLDS g3	Oct 8	HOU		ATL	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.545	1.045	2	.80	0.013	16.75	0.15%	0.26	CF
4	2005	NLDS g4	Oct 9	HOU		ATL	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.429	.829	2	.72	-0.055	16.24	-0.76%	-0.65	CF
5	2005	NLCS g1	Oct 12	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.353	.721	2	.95	0.015	24.92	0.22%	0.15	CF
6	2005	NLCS g2	Oct 13	HOU	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.318	.375	.364	.739	2	.96	-0.011	25.43	-0.17%	-0.09	CF
7	2005	NLCS g3	Oct 15	HOU		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.375	.364	.739	5						CF
8	2005	NLCS g4	Oct 16	HOU		STL	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.400	.391	.791	9	.53	0.012	17.10	0.20%	0.21	PR CF
9	2005	NLCS g5	Oct 17	HOU		STL	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.375	.760	9	3.50	-0.090	86.24	-1.44%	-0.24	CF
10	2005	NLCS g6	Oct 19	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.393	.793	2	.47	-0.030	21.45	-0.78%	-0.33	CF
11	2005	WS g1	Oct 22	HOU	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.424	.484	.908	2	1.60	0.190	83.85	5.43%	0.76	CF
12	2005	WS g2	Oct 23	HOU	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.432	.543	.975	2	1.11	0.041	58.88	1.20%	0.44	CF
13	2005	WS g3	Oct 25	HOU		CHW	L,5-7	CG(14)	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.386	.463	.850	2	2.20	-0.352	91.72	-8.41%	-1.88	CF
14	2005	WS g4	Oct 26	HOU		CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.349	.404	.465	.869	2	1.81	0.147	34.05	1.76%	0.53	CF
2007 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	2007	NLCS g1	Oct 11	COL	@	ARI	W,5-1	GS-9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	.65	-0.017	17.05	-0.31%	-0.73	CF
16	2007	NLCS g2	Oct 12	COL	@	ARI	W,3-2	GS-11	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	1.88	0.349	48.29	5.89%	1.39	CF
17	2007	NLCS g3	Oct 14	COL		ARI	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.214	.464	1	.74	-0.104	15.42	-1.20%	-1.42	CF
18	2007	NLCS g4	Oct 15	COL		ARI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	1	.72	0.021	8.09	0.16%	0.02	CF
19	2007	WS g1	Oct 24	COL	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.182	.390	1	.47	-0.051	24.59	-1.46%	-0.99	CF
20	2007	WS g2	Oct 25	COL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.214	.160	.374	1	1.31	-0.087	69.63	-2.42%	-0.42	CF
21	2007	WS g3	Oct 27	COL		BOS	L,5-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.207	.154	.361	9	.41	-0.011	17.08	-0.29%	-0.18	PH
									80	69	9	18	4	1	0	1	4	0	13	3	4	0		0	2	1	.261	.329	.348	.677

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