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Daniel
Kessler		  
Nickname: Axe
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 15, 1986 in Fitchburg Ma
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 2021   
All-Star Selections 2016    2018    2019   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2010 23 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 7 6
2011 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 7 6
2012 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 7 6
2013 26 SEA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 7 6
2014 27 SEA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 7 6
2015 28 SEA AL $ 2,642,857   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 7 6
2016 29 COL NL $ 2,650,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6
2017 30 COL NL $ 4,478,571   7 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 6
2018 31 COL NL $ 14,000,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 6
2019 32 MON NL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 6
2020 33 MON NL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
2021 34 MON NL $ 14,250,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,250,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7 5 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2010 23 MON NL 60 190 24 44 7 2 5 33 4 3 26 31 .232 .323 .368 .691 24.4 2.8
    AAA   44 168 29 54 16 3 7 24 5 3 18 28 .321 .387 .577 .964 33.8  
    AA   51 197 34 57 14 6 8 40 8 4 25 31 .289 .369 .543 .913 37.6  
2011 24 MON NL 81 162 26 39 7 1 6 21 5 4 18 31 .241 .317 .407 .724 20.5 2.1
    AAA   53 204 47 70 7 4 16 46 6 3 40 39 .343 .451 .652 1.103 54.6  
2012 25 TOR AL 53 173 23 42 12 0 2 30 10 1 23 29 .243 .330 .347 .677 23.5 3.5
    AAA   103 405 66 124 23 2 16 51 11 7 56 68 .306 .390 .491 .882 75.0  
2013 26 SEA AL 149 515 61 124 18 3 21 81 10 6 52 93 .241 .322 .410 .732 66.8 10.1
2014 27 SEA AL 145 459 74 119 14 2 21 76 9 2 39 87 .259 .321 .436 .757 64.4 11.9
2015 28 SEA AL 150 533 62 136 20 1 19 81 11 2 54 114 .255 .331 .403 .734 68.8 13.4
2016 29 COL NL 148 539 90 145 29 3 29 86 20 16 67 113 .269 .354 .495 .850 91.7 18.4
2017 30 COL NL 154 567 93 153 27 6 38 102 25 11 55 104 .270 .342 .540 .882 102.2 19.5
2018 31 COL NL 153 551 101 148 23 5 36 107 21 10 64 111 .269 .351 .525 .875 102.9 21.4
2019 32 MON NL 151 539 103 177 40 2 27 94 12 6 73 100 .328 .411 .560 .971 114.2 26.7
2020 33 MON NL 154 530 88 146 31 5 20 111 10 8 67 100 .275 .359 .466 .825 88.4 17.4
2021 34 MON NL 151 517 74 141 23 1 22 87 14 10 56 93 .273 .343 .449 .792 78.9 14.4
12 Years Sim 1549 5275 819 1414 251 31 246 909 151 79 594 1006 .268 .346 .467 .814 846.7 161.7
3 Years AAA 200 777 142 248 46 9 39 121 22 13 114 135 .319 .405 .552 .957 163.4  
1 Years AA 51 197 34 57 14 6 8 40 8 4 25 31 .289 .372 .543 .915 37.6  
4 Years Minors 251 974 176 305 60 15 47 161 30 17 139 166 .313 .399 .550 .949 201.0  
162 Game Average 551 85 147 26 3 25 95 15 8 62 105 .268 .346 .467 .814 88.6  
Career Highs 154 567 103 177 40 6 38 111 25 16 73 114 .328 .411 .560 .971 114.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4030 662 1121 193 24 197 724 118 55 500 716 .278 .361 .485 .846 695.5
vs LH   1245 157 293 58 7 49 185 33 24 94 290 .235 .296 .411 .708 147.9
Home 771 2596 405 665 119 14 127 448 75 35 292 512 .256 .336 .460 .795 401.8
Away 778 2679 414 749 132 17 119 461 76 44 302 494 .280 .357 .475 .832 441.6
RISP   1443 0 375 68 11 57 622 0 0 229 273 .260 .356 .441 .797 237.3
Pinch Hitting   167 29 38 8 1 2 16 4 1 21 47 .228 .318 .323 .641 18.3
Close/Late   662 99 176 35 4 21 97 0 0 104 142 .266 .369 .426 .795 106.3
Mar/Apr 213 725 116 204 41 4 40 127 22 11 84 122 .281 .362 .514 .876 129.8
May 248 872 135 228 35 10 41 142 28 11 91 183 .261 .333 .466 .799 136.3
June 244 845 128 231 38 4 42 142 21 17 86 162 .273 .346 .477 .823 134.1
July 251 896 167 255 49 5 47 178 24 12 105 160 .285 .365 .508 .873 159.8
August 290 1003 159 249 42 5 47 166 32 15 122 203 .248 .335 .441 .775 150.7
Sep/Oct 303 934 114 247 46 3 29 154 24 13 106 176 .264 .342 .413 .756 132.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2010 23 MON NL RF 58 58 491.7 130 7 1 1 .993 2.51   1.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2011 24 MON NL LF 30 6 109.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.56   0.4
    RF 12 10 93.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    CF 6 6 51.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
2012 25 TOR AL RF 29 27 241.0 63 3 3 2 .957 2.46   0.7
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 26 SEA AL LF 54 43 394.0 100 6 1 1 .991 2.42   2.0
    RF 21 16 152.3 36 4 2 1 .952 2.36    
2014 27 SEA AL RF 15 4 57.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.2
    LF 12 1 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2015 28 SEA AL RF 7 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 29 COL NL RF 82 79 713.7 158 7 6 1 .965 2.08   4.0
    LF 64 62 575.7 155 5 1 0 .994 2.50    
2017 30 COL NL RF 145 141 1278.7 287 16 8 1 .974 2.13   2.0
    LF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2018 31 COL NL RF 130 127 1138.0 258 12 3 0 .989 2.14   3.7
    LF 11 6 72.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    CF 9 8 71.3 10 1 2 0 .846 1.39    
2019 32 MON NL LF 139 134 1205.3 265 8 0 1 1.000 2.04   4.2
    RF 10 0 25.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.16    
2020 33 MON NL LF 91 78 718.3 168 3 0 0 1.000 2.14   3.4
    RF 59 57 522.3 130 3 4 0 .971 2.29    
2021 34 MON NL LF 143 130 1178.3 320 12 2 2 .994 2.54   5.0
    RF 7 0 13.0 6 0 1 0 .857 4.15    
  RF 575 519 4736.6 1105 53 28 6 .976 2.20   11.7
  LF 553 460 4300.0 1051 34 4 4 .996 2.27   15.0
  CF 15 14 123.0 20 1 2 0 .913 1.54    
  SS 2 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   1145 993 9167.6 2176 91 34 10 .985 2.23   26.7
Career Highs   150 141 1290.7 326 18 8 2 1.000 2.55    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 29 COL NL 5 16 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 .250 .333 .500 .833
2017 30 COL NL 15 60 10 20 3 0 2 7 4 0 3 12 .333 .365 .483 .848
2018 31 COL NL 5 18 1 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 4 .167 .304 .333 .638
2019 32 MON NL 11 40 5 10 3 0 0 2 2 0 6 11 .250 .375 .325 .700
2020 33 MON NL 15 58 7 10 2 0 1 11 1 1 5 11 .172 .242 .259 .501
2021 34 MON NL 4 14 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .643 .910
Career Post-Season Batting 55 206 27 50 9 0 7 30 9 1 20 45 .243 .318 .388 .706
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2019-9-.328
 On-Base Pct
2019-5-.411
 Slugging Pct
2017-5-.540
2018-8-.525
2019-3-.560
 OPS
2019-4-.971
 XR
2017-10-102.2
2018-6-102.9
2019-5-114.2
 Runs
2016-9-90
2018-5-101
2019-7-103
Total Bases
2017-7-306
2018-6-289
2019-4-302
 Doubles
2019-4-40
 Triples
2017-9-6
 Homeruns
2016-6-29
2017-2-38
2018-2-36
2019-9-27
 RBIs
2017-8-102
2018-3-107
2020-5-111
CAR-36-909
 Caught Stealing
2016-7-16
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Shawn Garrett (960)
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  3. Mike Spidale (937)
  4. Michael Rogers (935)
  5. Corey Patterson (926)
  6. Bill Kolar (924)
  7. Laynce Nix (923)
  8. Michael Aubrey (921)
  9. Merlin Justice (920)
  10. Nathanael Sasser (911)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Montreal in 2010
Had first career hit on 7/23/2010, off Jared Hughes (FLO)
Hit first career homerun on 7/27/2010, off Marcos Carvajal (PHI)
Traded from Montreal to Toronto on 7/31/2012 (Going to MON: P John Koronka, P John VanBenSchoten, P Kim Stroud. Going to TOR: P Andrew Brown, RF Daniel Kessler, P Kyle Thompson, P Walter Francois, P Dean Wylie)
 
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