Andy Dirks

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: January 24, 1986 in Hutchinson, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Haven HS (Haven, KS)

School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: May 16, 2011 (Age 25-112d, 19,936th in major league history)
vs. TOR 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2013 (Age 27-248d)
vs. MIA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Agents: Frontline

Full Name: Andrew Lee Dirks

Twitter: @AndyDirks12

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

971

268

.276

150

RBI

100

OBP

.332

SLG

.413

OPS

.745

OPS+

101

Summary of 24 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	24

Platoon
vs RHP	17
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	10

Outs
0	13
1	7
2	4

12 Opps
MIN	4
NYM	4
CHW	3
OAK	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
HOU	2
KCR	1
TBR	1
TEX	1
LAA	1
NYY	1

23 Pitchers
Mike Pelfrey	2
Jeremy Hellickson	1
Tim Byrdak	1
Bartolo Colón	1
Héctor Santiago	1
James Shields	1
Colby Lewis	1
Philip Humber	1
Zack Greinke	1
Clay Buchholz	1
R.A. Dickey	1
Freddy García	1
Bud Norris	1
Jon Lester	1
Will Ohman	1
Corey Kluber	1
P.J. Walters	1
Jerry Blevins	1
Dillon Gee	1
Brian Duensing	1
Nate Jones	1
Rich Hill	1
Casey Fien	1

10 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	14
Target Field (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	20
89	3
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	7
3	4
1	3
4	3
5	3
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	3
123	1
12-	1
--3	1
-23	1

35 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	17
1 on	4
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	7

Inning
1	2
3	2
4	4
5	4
6	5
7	3
8	3
9	1

1-3	4
4-6	13
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+1	2
Tied	4
-1	3
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	8
Tied	4
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	4
3-2	3
0-0	3
1-0	3
0-2	2
2-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
1-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	18
RF	3
PH	2
CF	1

OrderPos
2nd	8
6th	7
8th	3
1st	2
3rd	2
7th	1
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2011-05-23	DET		TBR	Jeremy Hellickson	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	6,(2-2) FCBBFX	1	6	7	0.152	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	2011-05-29 (1)	DET		BOS	Clay Buchholz	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	2	7	0.095	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2011-06-06	DET	@	TEX	Colby Lewis	ahead 4-0	t 3	1	1--	5,(2-2) BCCBX	2	6	7	0.077	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Cabrera Scores
4	4	4	1	2011-06-28	DET		NYM	R.A. Dickey	behind 2-13	b 7	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	3	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5	5	5	1	2011-06-29	DET		NYM	Tim Byrdak	behind 6-10	b 7	1	--3	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	2	PH	0.090	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Raburn Scores
6	6	6	1	2011-06-30	DET		NYM	Mike Pelfrey	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	9	0.050	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	2011-09-04	DET		CHW	Will Ohman	ahead 16-0	b 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Santiago Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2012-04-28	DET	@	NYY	Freddy García	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	4,(0-2) CFFX	3	5	7	0.246	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Jackson Scores; P. Fielder Scores
9	9	2	1	2012-05-06	DET		CHW	Héctor Santiago	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	0.086	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	2012-05-10	DET	@	OAK	Bartolo Colón	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	2	7	0.105	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	2012-05-17	DET		MIN	P.J. Walters	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	0.097	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
12	12	5	1	2012-08-14	DET	@	MIN	Brian Duensing	tied 4-4	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	0.176	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	6	1	2012-09-09	DET	@	LAA	Zack Greinke	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	8,(3-2) SBBFFBFX	1	2	7	0.085	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14	14	7	1	2012-09-20	DET		OAK	Jerry Blevins	behind 3-6	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) .BBFCBX	1	8	7	0.097	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	8	1	2012-09-29	DET	@	MIN	Casey Fien	ahead 5-0	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.010	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2013-04-29	DET		MIN	Mike Pelfrey	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	7	0.108	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
17	17	2	1	2013-05-05	DET	@	HOU	Philip Humber	ahead 7-0	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	0.011	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	2013-05-10	DET		CLE	Rich Hill	ahead 8-4	b 7	0	---	7,(3-2) .BFFBFBX	1	6	7	0.015	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
19	19	4	1	2013-05-13	DET		HOU	Bud Norris	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	123	3,(0-2) .CFX	4	1	7	0.170	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Peralta Scores; D. Kelly Scores; O. Infante Scores
20	20	5	1	2013-05-21	DET	@	CLE	Corey Kluber	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	1	8	0.172	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	2013-06-21	DET		BOS	Jon Lester	behind 1-6	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	0.046	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	7	1	2013-07-21	DET	@	KCR	James Shields	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.147	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	8	1	2013-08-25	DET	@	NYM	Dillon Gee	behind 2-3	t 6	0	1--	2,(0-1) >FX	2	6	7	0.305	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); V. Martínez Scores
24	24	9	1	2013-09-21	DET		CHW	Nate Jones	behind 2-6	b 9	0	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	6	PH	0.096	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Fielder Scores; V. Martínez Scores