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Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Illinois at Chicago

Debut September 13, 2004

Born March 16, 1981 in Blue Island, IL

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2002. (All Transactions)

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        Curtis truly embodies the hard nosed blue collar work ethic we expect from a tiger. Not to mention the fact that he does his part to bring baseball to the world. Baseball will never have an ambassador to better represent them. Grandy MVP 2009!

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 23 DET AL   9   25    2    6   1  1   0    0   0  0   3   8  .240  .321  .360   82    9   0   0   0   0   1
 2005 24 DET AL  47  162   18   44   6  3   8   20   1  1  10  43  .272  .314  .494  113   80   2   0   0   0   2
 2006 25 DET AL 159  596   90  155  31  9  19   68   8  5  66 174  .260  .335  .438   98  261   7   6   0   4   4
 2007 26 DET AL 158  612  122  185  38 23  23   74  26  1  52 141  .302  .361  .552  136  338   5   2   3   5   3 MVP-10
 2008 27 DET AL 141  553  112  155  26 13  22   66  12  4  71 111  .280  .365  .494  124  273   1   1   1   3   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      514 1948  344  545 102 49  72  228  47 11 202 477  .280  .350  .493  118  961  15   9   4  12  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        614  108  172  32 15  23   72  15  3  64 150  .280  .350  .493  118  303   5   3   1   4   5
 Career High    159  612  122  185  38 23  23   74  26  5  71 174  .302  .365  .552  136  338   7   6   3   5   7
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 23 DET AL   28   20    3   4.0   105| .240  .265| .321  .332| .360  .425| .681  .756|  82  .385  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 2005 24 DET AL  174  123   25   5.4   103| .272  .266| .314  .328| .494  .422| .808  .750| 113  .547   1.9   0.2  50%
 2006 25 DET AL  679  463   92   5.3   111| .260  .275| .335  .340| .438  .438| .773  .778|  98  .507  -1.8  -0.2  61%
 2007 26 DET AL  676  438  130   7.9   108| .302  .272| .361  .340| .552  .426| .913  .765| 136  .695  28.4   2.6  96%
 2008 27 DET AL  629  411  104   6.8   107| .280  .270| .365  .339| .494  .425| .859  .763| 124  .639  17.8   1.7  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2186 1455  354   6.5   108| .280  .272| .350  .339| .493  .429| .843  .767| 118  .612  45.6   4.2  81%

* 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 ------+
2004 23 DET AL CF 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.12 2.35 2.51 2.64 7 61.0 2005 24 DET AL OF 45 129 2 0 0 1.000 .986 2.91 2.05 3.15 2.30 42 374.7 CF 41 119 2 0 0 1.000 .989 2.95 2.38 3.40 2.69 39 320.0 LF 20 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 0.50 1.79 1.65 2.11 3 54.7 2006 25 DET AL CF 157 385 3 1 0 .997 .989 2.47 2.29 2.66 2.65 143 1312.0 2007 26 DET AL OF 157 428 10 5 4 .989 .987 2.79 2.00 3.06 2.30 140 1290.0 CF 157 424 10 5 4 .989 .989 2.76 2.42 3.04 2.71 140 1285.0 LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.70 7.20 2.16 0 5.0 2008 27 DET AL CF 140 366 5 4 1 .989 .989 2.65 2.35 2.81 2.71 131 1188.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 23 DET AL CF 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.12 2.35 2.51 2.64 7 61.0 2005 24 DET AL CF 41 119 2 0 0 1.000 .989 2.95 2.38 3.40 2.69 39 320.0 2006 25 DET AL CF 157 385 3 1 0 .997 .989 2.47 2.29 2.66 2.65 143 1312.0 2007 26 DET AL CF 157 424 10 5 4 .989 .989 2.76 2.42 3.04 2.71 140 1285.0 2008 27 DET AL CF 140 366 5 4 1 .989 .989 2.65 2.35 2.81 2.71 131 1188.0 2005 24 DET AL LF 20 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 0.50 1.79 1.65 2.11 3 54.7 2007 26 DET AL LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.70 7.20 2.16 0 5.0 2004 23 DET AL OF 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.12 2.05 2.51 2.30 7 61.0 2005 24 DET AL OF 45 129 2 0 0 1.000 .986 2.91 2.05 3.15 2.30 42 374.7 2006 25 DET AL OF 157 385 3 1 0 .997 .986 2.47 1.99 2.66 2.30 143 1312.0 2007 26 DET AL OF 157 428 10 5 4 .989 .987 2.79 2.00 3.06 2.30 140 1290.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 503 1310 21 10 5 .993 .989 2.65 2.36 2.88 2.69 460 4166.0 OF* 367 958 16 6 4 .994 .986 2.65 2.00 2.89 2.30 332 3037.7 22 503 0# LF* 22 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.64 1.78 2.11 2.11 3 59.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 367 958 16 6 4 .994 .986 2.65 2.00 2.89 2.30 332 3038
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   ALDS  DET NYY     W   4  17   3   5  0  1  2   5   0   1  .294  .294  .765   1  0             
        ALCS  DET OAK     W   4  15   4   5  2  0  1   2   4   2  .333  .474  .667   1  0             
        WS    DET STL     L   5  21   1   2  1  0  0   0   1   7  .095  .136  .143   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  13  53   8  12  3  1  3   7   5  10  .226  .293  .491   2  0             
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-AL-10-0.13
Car-829-0.13 shares

Slugging %
2007 AL-.552-6

OPS
2007 AL-.913-8

Games
2006 AL-159-6
2007 AL-158-9

Runs
2007 AL-122-3
2008 AL-112-2

Total Bases
2007 AL-338-4

Triples
2006 AL-9-3
2007 AL-23-1
2008 AL-13-1
Act-49-26

Strikeouts
2006 AL-174-1
2007 AL-141-7

Adjusted OPS+
2007 AL-136-10

Runs Created
2007 AL-130-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
2007 AL-28-9

Batting Wins
2007 AL-2.6-9

Extra-Base Hits
2007 AL-84-3

Offensive Win%
2007 AL-.695-7

Power/Speed Number
2007 AL-24.4-3
2008 AL-15.5-10

     

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (947) (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 4, 2002: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Detroit Tigers$335,000
2007Detroit Tigers$410,000
2008Detroit Tigers$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,745,000

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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