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Alcides Escobar    \al-SEE-dess ehs-ko-BAHR\

Alcides Escobar (twitter: @alcidesescobar2)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 16, 1986 in La Sabana, Vargas, Venezuela
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2008 (Age 21.262, 17,038th in MLB history)   vs. NYM 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 2008-2016
2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 6 yrs/$21.75M (12-17) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2017): 7.082, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: The Legacy Agency, previously: Kinzer Management Group [*]
Relatives: Cousin of Vicente Campos, Cousin of Edwin Escobar, Cousin of Kelvim Escobar and Nephew of Jose Escobar
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2008 21 MIL NL 9 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
2009 22 MIL NL 38 134 125 20 38 3 1 1 11 4 2 4 18 .304 .333 .368 .701 87 46 0 2 2 1 0 6
2010 23 MIL NL 145 552 506 57 119 14 10 4 41 10 4 36 70 .235 .288 .326 .614 66 165 8 3 4 3 7 *6/798
2011 24 KCR AL 158 598 548 69 139 21 8 4 46 26 9 25 73 .254 .290 .343 .633 74 188 10 4 18 3 1 *6
2012 25 KCR AL 155 648 605 68 177 30 7 5 52 35 5 27 100 .293 .331 .390 .721 96 236 14 8 8 0 2 *6
2013 26 KCR AL 158 642 607 57 142 20 4 4 52 22 0 19 84 .234 .259 .300 .559 53 182 12 3 9 4 1 *6
2014 27 KCR AL 162 620 579 74 165 34 5 3 50 31 6 23 83 .285 .317 .377 .694 93 218 12 6 8 4 1 *6
2015 ★ 28 KCR AL 148 662 612 76 157 20 5 3 47 17 5 26 75 .257 .293 .320 .614 67 196 10 8 11 5 1 *6 AS,GG
2016 29 KCR AL 162 682 637 57 166 24 6 7 55 17 4 27 96 .261 .292 .350 .642 70 223 16 3 10 5 2 *6
9 Yrs 1135 4542 4223 480 1105 166 46 31 354 162 35 187 600 .262 .297 .345 .642 75 1456 82 37 70 25 15
162 Game Avg. 162 648 603 69 158 24 7 4 51 23 5 27 86 .262 .297 .345 .642 75 208 12 5 10 4 2
KCR (6 yrs) 943 3852 3588 401 946 149 35 26 302 148 29 147 511 .264 .297 .346 .643 75 1243 74 32 64 21 8
MIL (3 yrs) 192 690 635 79 159 17 11 5 52 14 6 40 89 .250 .298 .335 .634 71 213 8 5 6 4 7
AL (6 yrs) 943 3852 3588 401 946 149 35 26 302 148 29 147 511 .264 .297 .346 .643 75 1243 74 32 64 21 8
NL (3 yrs) 192 690 635 79 159 17 11 5 52 14 6 40 89 .250 .298 .335 .634 71 213 8 5 6 4 7
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 21 MIL NL 9 4 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /6
2009 22 MIL NL 38 134 -2 1 1 -2 2 -1 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .498 .500 0.5 -0.0 6 $400,000 6
2010 23 MIL NL 145 552 -25 -1 2 7 7 -10 -1.1 17 7 0.5 .493 .494 -0.2 1.4 0 $405,500 *6/798
2011 24 KCR AL 158 598 -16 0 1 10 8 4 0.5 22 27 2.7 .503 .503 1.6 1.9 17 $428,000 *6
2012 25 KCR AL 155 648 -3 5 1 -2 8 10 1.0 24 34 3.4 .507 .506 3.7 0.6 36 $1,000,000 *6
2013 26 KCR AL 158 642 -39 7 -0 4 8 -20 -1.9 23 3 0.3 .486 .487 -0.3 1.4 -1 $3,000,000 *6
2014 27 KCR AL 162 620 -6 2 0 -4 8 0 0.3 22 23 2.5 .500 .500 2.8 0.7 27 $3,000,000 *6
2015 ★ 28 KCR AL 148 662 -27 4 1 -1 8 -16 -1.6 23 6 0.6 .488 .489 0.7 0.8 7 $3,000,000 *6 AS,GG
2016 29 KCR AL 162 682 -27 3 1 -6 8 -21 -2.1 24 3 0.3 .486 .486 0.9 0.3 9 *6
9 Seasons 1135 4542 -144 21 7 6 56 -53 -4.9 160 107 10.7 .495 .495 9.8 7.1 101 $11,233,500
KCR (6 yrs) 943 3852 -118 22 4 1 48 -43 -3.7 139 96 9.8 .495 .495 9.5 5.8 95 $10,428,000
MIL (3 yrs) 192 690 -27 -0 3 5 8 -10 -1.2 22 11 0.9 .494 .495 0.3 1.3 6 $805,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2014 27 KCR AL ALWC OAK W 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 2 0 0
2014 27 KCR AL ALDS LAA W 3 15 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 4 0 0 1 0 0
2014 27 KCR AL ALCS BAL W 4 19 18 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .278 .316 .500 .816 9 0 0 0 0 0
2014 27 KCR AL WS SFG L 7 30 29 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 .310 .310 .414 .724 12 1 0 1 0 0
2015 28 KCR AL ALDS HOU W 5 23 21 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .318 .429 .747 9 0 1 1 0 0
2015 MVP 28 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 6 27 23 6 11 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 .478 .481 .652 1.134 15 0 2 0 2 0
2015 ❍ 28 KCR AL WS NYM W 5 27 26 4 6 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 .231 .231 .462 .692 12 1 0 1 0 0
2 Yrs (7 Series) 31 147 135 21 42 9 3 2 14 2 1 1 21 .311 .326 .467 .793 63 2 3 6 2 0
1 ALWC 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 2 0 0
2 ALDS 8 38 35 4 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 .257 .278 .371 .649 13 0 1 2 0 0
2 ALCS 10 46 41 9 16 3 1 1 7 0 0 1 3 .390 .413 .585 .998 24 0 2 0 2 0
2 WS 12 57 55 7 15 4 1 1 6 1 1 0 9 .273 .273 .436 .709 24 2 0 2 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 MIL NL 21 SS 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2009 MIL NL 22 SS 37 33 33 300.0 159 59 94 6 20 .962 1 -2 3 -8 4.59 4.14 .974 4.38 4.34
2010 MIL NL 23 SS 138 134 117 1151.1 552 174 358 20 71 .964 -4 6 -4 6 4.16 3.86 .971 4.31 4.27
2010 MIL NL 23 OF 5 1 1 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -64 70 4.24 1.60 .988 2.17 2.16
2010 MIL NL 23 LF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 4.50 1.00 .985 1.80 1.80
2010 MIL NL 23 RF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -185 0 1.64 1.00 .985 2.13 2.05
2010 MIL NL 23 CF 1 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 420 600 18.00 4.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2011 KCR AL 24 SS 158 156 151 1387.1 745 271 459 15 98 .980 9 10 8 9 4.74 4.62 .972 4.36 4.33
2012 KCR AL 25 SS 155 155 152 1379.2 669 242 408 19 97 .972 -18 -2 -16 -2 4.24 4.19 .977 4.43 4.40
2013 KCR AL 26 SS 158 156 151 1388.1 630 222 395 13 89 .979 4 4 4 3 4.00 3.91 .973 4.15 4.13
2014 KCR AL 27 SS 162 162 156 1433.2 669 213 440 16 91 .976 -5 -4 -5 -3 4.10 4.03 .973 3.98 3.97
2015 KCR AL 28 SS 148 148 141 1306.2 647 217 417 13 80 .980 9 -1 8 -1 4.37 4.28 .972 4.21 4.18 AS,GG
2016 KCR AL 29 SS 162 162 151 1412.0 661 221 426 14 95 .979 -3 -6 -3 -5 4.12 3.99 .976 4.17 4.13
9 Seasons SS 1120 1106 1052 9761.0 4732 1619 2997 116 641 .975 -7 5 -1 0 4.26 4.12 .973 4.23 4.20
1 Season OF 5 1 1 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -64 70 4.24 1.60 .988 2.17 2.16
1 Season LF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 4.50 1.00 .985 1.80 1.80
1 Season RF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -185 0 1.64 1.00 .985 2.13 2.05
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 420 600 18.00 4.00 .990 2.70 2.60
9 Seasons TOT 1125 1107 1053 9778.0 4740 1627 2997 116 641 .976 -8 6 -1 0 4.26 4.11 .974 4.23 4.19
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2015 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
2015 AL ALCS MVP

Gold Gloves
2015 AL (SS)

Defensive WAR† †s c a p y
2011 AL  1.9 (8th)
Active  7.1 (38th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  158 (10th)
2014 AL  162 (1st)
2016 AL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2016 AL  637 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2010 NL  10 (3rd)
2011 AL  8 (4th)
2012 AL  7 (6th)
2016 AL  6 (5th)
Active  46 (19th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  35 (5th)
2014 AL  31 (5th)
Active  162 (30th)

Singles s c a p y
2012 AL  135 (3rd)
2015 AL  129 (5th)
2016 AL  129 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  18 (2nd)
2012 AL  8 (5th)
2013 AL  9 (5th)
2014 AL  8 (7th)
2015 AL  11 (2nd)
2016 AL  10 (1st)
Active  70 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
2012 AL  87.50 (8th)
2013 AL  100.00 (1st)
Active  82.23 (12th)
Career  82.23 (28th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2015 AL  8.2 (8th)
Active  7.0 (28th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2013 AL  490 (5th)
2015 AL  486 (3rd)
2016 AL  506 (1st)

Assists† †s c a p y
2011 AL  459 (1st)
2014 AL  440 (5th)
Active  2,997 (22nd)

Errors Committed† †s c a p y
2010 NL  20 (3rd)
2012 AL  19 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  138 (5th)
2011 AL  158 (1st)
2012 AL  155 (3rd)
2013 AL  158 (2nd)
2014 AL  162 (1st)
2016 AL  162 (1st)
Active  1,120 (9th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  271 (1st)
2012 AL  242 (2nd)
2013 AL  222 (4th)
2014 AL  213 (2nd)
2015 AL  217 (4th)
2016 AL  221 (3rd)
Active  1,619 (9th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  459 (1st)
2012 AL  408 (5th)
2013 AL  395 (4th)
2014 AL  440 (2nd)
2015 AL  417 (5th)
2016 AL  426 (3rd)
Active  2,997 (9th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  20 (3rd)
2011 AL  15 (4th)
2012 AL  19 (1st)
2014 AL  16 (5th)
2016 AL  14 (5th)
Active  116 (10th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  98 (4th)
2012 AL  97 (5th)
2013 AL  89 (5th)
2014 AL  91 (4th)
2016 AL  95 (3rd)
Active  641 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (3rd)
2013 AL  4 (2nd)
2015 AL  9 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† †s c a p y
2011 AL  4.74 (2nd)
2015 AL  4.37 (5th)
Active  4.26 (17th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  4.62 (2nd)
2014 AL  4.03 (4th)
2015 AL  4.28 (3rd)
Active  4.12 (14th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
2011 AL  .980 (4th)
2013 AL  .979 (5th)
2014 AL  .976 (4th)
2015 AL  .980 (3rd)
Active  .975 (13th)
Career  .975 (40th)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1986-12-16 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (629), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1355), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (979), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1069), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (175th), 10.7 career WAR/10.3 7yr-peak WAR/10.5 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.7 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Gary Disarcina (950)
  2. Cesar Izturis (939)
  3. Ricky Gutierrez (938)
  4. Craig Reynolds (938)
  5. Gene Alley (936)
  6. Chick Galloway (933)
  7. Charlie Moore (930)
  8. Ivan de Jesus (925)
  9. Bill Cissell (923)
  10. Frank Taveras (923)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Ozzie Guillen (963)
  2. Roger Peckinpaugh (947)
  3. Rabbit Maranville (944) *
  4. Royce Clayton (942)
  5. Cristian Guzman (942)
  6. Luis Aparicio (941) *
  7. Roy McMillan (938)
  8. Rick Burleson (938)
  9. Joe Tinker (937) *
  10. Bill Russell (934)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ronny Cedeno (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Royce Clayton (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jean Segura (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cesar Izturis (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rafael Ramirez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ozzie Guillen (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ozzie Guillen (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
2009 22 Milwaukee Brewers $400,000 ?
2010 23 Milwaukee Brewers $405,500 0.082
2011 24 Kansas City Royals $428,000 1.082
2012 25 Kansas City Royals $1,000,000 2.082 contracts
2013 26 Kansas City Royals $3,000,000 3.082 contracts
2014 27 Kansas City Royals $3,000,000 4.082 contracts
2015 28 Kansas City Royals $3,000,000 5.082 contracts
2016 29 Kansas City Royals $5,250,000 6.082 contracts
201730Kansas City Royals$6,500,0007.082
Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,483,500Does not include future salaries ($6.5M)
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

Name + "Statistics" Translations



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Spanish: Alcides Escobar Estadísticas
French: Alcides Escobar statistiques
Japanese: アルシデス・エスコバー 統計
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