#5 Michael Cuddyer, First Base, 31 yrs, Houston Astros

#5 Michael Cuddyer, First Base, 31 yrs, Houston Astros
Monday, 8/13/2010

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Michael Cuddyer

3/27/1979
31
Norfolk, Va.
6"2
207

First Base
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R

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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,000,000
2011
7 Year(s), 94 Days (1298 total Days)
141 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 135 Days (1683 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	62	80	76	60	57
Versus LHP	63	80	72	60	55
Versus RHP	61	80	77	60	58
Talent	62	83	81	68	62

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Fielding Ratings
1B : 41 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 56 (Range), .954 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 46 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 44 (Range), .968 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 50 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 75
Outfield Arm : 62

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/2	@WSH	W 7-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#9
8/3	@STL	L 2-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/4	@STL	L 2-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#4
8/5	@STL	L 3-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#4
8/7	COL	L 3-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
8/8	COL	L 3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/9	COL	L 0-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#4
8/10	SDN	W 8-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/11	SDN	W 6-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9
8/12	SDN	L 0-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	95	213	56	13	3	8	38	27	18	44	.263	.318	.465	.782	.736	.202
Projected	132	295	78	18	4	11	53	37	25	61	.263	.318	.465	.782	.736	.202

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	45	233	0	0	0	2	0	2	99	24	3	4	42.9	34.5	5.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	58	13	5	1	2	12	8	7	13	1	0	0	.224	.303	.448	.751
vs. RHP	155	43	8	2	6	26	19	11	31	1	0	0	.277	.323	.471	.794
Close/Late	35	8	3	0	1	7	4	3	7	0	0	0	.229	.289	.400	.689
Scoring Position	64	18	5	1	2	28	0	7	16	2	0	0	.281	.342	.484	.827
Pinch Hitting	38	12	0	1	3	7	5	3	6	1	0	0	.316	.357	.605	.962

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	48	101	23	2	1	6	20	14	10	22	.228	.295	.446	.740
Road	47	112	33	11	2	2	18	13	8	22	.295	.339	.482	.821
Last Week	6	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220
March/April	19	36	12	2	1	2	9	2	1	7	.333	.351	.611	.962
May	22	54	14	5	1	1	7	7	2	13	.259	.281	.444	.725
June	20	43	15	2	1	3	14	9	8	9	.349	.451	.651	1.102
July	23	57	12	4	0	2	6	9	5	11	.211	.270	.386	.656
August	11	23	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.130	.200	.130	.330

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2001	8	18	4	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	MIN
2002	41	112	29	7	0	4	13	12	8	0	0	30	2	0	.259	.308	.429	.737	MIN
2003	35	102	25	1	3	4	8	14	12	0	0	19	1	1	.245	.325	.431	.756	MIN
2004	115	339	89	22	1	12	45	49	37	5	2	74	5	5	.263	.335	.440	.775	MIN
2005	126	422	111	25	3	12	42	55	41	0	0	93	3	4	.263	.328	.422	.750	MIN
2006	149	557	152	36	3	15	73	94	56	0	6	78	14	10	.273	.336	.429	.765	MIN
2007	151	550	147	42	2	25	86	98	76	3	1	112	16	6	.267	.359	.487	.846	MIN,AL
2008	120	403	92	32	3	14	51	58	44	1	1	109	9	4	.228	.305	.427	.732	MIN OAK
2009	92	217	54	13	2	5	28	23	21	1	0	48	0	4	.249	.318	.396	.714	OAK
2010	95	213	56	13	3	8	38	27	18	0	2	44	3	4	.263	.318	.465	.782	HOU
Total	932	2933	759	193	20	99	385	431	315	10	12	613	54	38	.259	.331	.439	.771

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2009	9	27	9	3	0	2	7	6	3	4	0	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067
Total	9	27	9	3	0	2	7	6	3	4	0	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	16	13	115	8	10	126	3	.976	120.0	9.45
Second Base	13	4	8	18	2	26	0	1.000	53.1	4.39
Third Base	12	6	5	9	1	14	0	1.000	71.1	1.77
Leftfield	22	18	38	2	0	41	1	.976	165.0	2.24
Rightfield	5	4	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	38.0	2.37

Player History

Released by Minnesota on 8/5/2008...
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 8/30/2008 to a 1-year deal worth $640,000 per year...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/2/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Doubles
2004 - 22 - 8th

Triples
2004 - 1 - 5th

Runs
2007 - 98 - 10th

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