Mark
Kotsay
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 2, 1975 in Orange Ca
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 31 LAN NL $ 7,000,000   59 59 58 41 50 47 68 68 68 42 53 50 55 66 63
2008 32 LAN NL $ 7,000,000   59 59 58 44 52 50 65 65 65 43 54 51 55 66 63
2009 33 LAN NL $ 7,000,000   59 59 58 47 54 52 67 67 67 46 57 54 59 70 67
2010 34 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
2011 35 TOR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   59 59 58 47 54 52 68 68 68 46 57 54 59 70 67
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
1998 22 FLO   154 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 10 5 34 61 .279 .319 .403 .722 71.8  
1999 23 FLO   148 495 57 134 23 9 8 50 7 6 29 50 .271 .311 .402 .713 59.0  
2000 24 FLO   152 530 87 158 31 5 12 57 19 9 42 46 .298 .350 .443 .793 78.9  
2001 25 SDN   119 406 67 118 29 1 10 58 13 5 48 58 .291 .366 .441 .807 64.7  
2002 26 SDN   153 578 82 169 27 7 17 61 11 9 59 89 .292 .358 .452 .809 90.1  
2003 27 SDN   147 542 88 171 36 10 15 85 21 7 65 69 .315 .389 .502 .891 100.9  
2004 28 SDN   148 549 72 162 37 6 11 86 9 7 57 61 .295 .361 .444 .806 84.3  
2005 29 LAN   156 585 102 188 38 7 19 91 20 16 74 65 .321 .398 .508 .905 109.5  
2006 30 NYN   154 516 83 148 22 7 17 81 24 19 64 53 .287 .366 .455 .821 83.3  
2007 31 NYN NL 103 357 54 105 21 9 12 46 8 10 26 42 .294 .341 .504 .845 56.4 9.3
  LAN NL 41 170 26 47 10 3 9 31 4 5 23 30 .276 .364 .529 .894 31.0 6.1
  TOT   144 527 80 152 31 12 21 77 12 15 49 72 .288 .349 .512 .861 87.4 15.4
    AAA   9 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 .182 .400 .182 .582 1.7  
2008 32 LAN NL 156 605 97 196 40 6 18 87 34 27 67 77 .324 .394 .499 .893 108.0 23.1
2009 33 LAN NL 157 593 91 167 32 5 17 70 35 26 59 87 .282 .347 .438 .785 89.1 14.9
2010 34 TOR AL 111 339 40 81 15 4 4 41 18 12 26 77 .239 .290 .342 .632 34.3 1.9
2011 35 TOR AL 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 1.4 0.5
5 Years Sim 576 2071 309 598 118 27 60 276 102 80 202 315 .289 .352 .459 .811 320.2 55.8
14 Years Pro 1907 6850 1019 2007 386 86 180 913 236 163 674 867 .293 .356 .453 .810 1062.8  
1 Years AAA 9 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 .182 .400 .182 .582 1.7  
162 Game Average 582 86 168 33 7 16 77 28 22 56 88 .289 .352 .459 .811 90.1  
Career Highs 157 605 97 196 40 12 21 87 35 27 67 87 .324 .394 .512 .893 108.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1571 241 458 92 23 44 218 82 60 159 224 .292 .357 .463 .821 245.8
vs LH   500 67 140 26 4 16 58 20 20 43 91 .280 .336 .444 .780 70.2
Home 286 1028 141 284 48 7 29 127 47 45 94 150 .276 .336 .421 .757 138.2
Away 290 1043 168 314 70 20 31 149 55 35 108 165 .301 .368 .496 .863 177.8
RISP   458 0 143 31 5 13 190 0 0 52 66 .312 .375 .487 .862 80.7
Pinch Hitting   35 1 9 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 3 .257 .316 .400 .716 4.1
Close/Late   239 34 68 17 3 10 33 0 0 29 37 .285 .362 .506 .868 42.2
Mar/Apr 94 345 47 108 24 4 12 40 10 12 37 43 .313 .379 .510 .889 60.5
May 109 380 67 114 18 5 12 49 20 14 34 54 .300 .358 .468 .826 60.1
June 102 373 51 107 21 6 9 59 15 15 26 57 .287 .331 .448 .779 51.0
July 92 348 48 91 18 7 5 42 22 10 31 63 .261 .322 .397 .719 44.6
August 83 299 43 82 19 3 13 47 13 15 28 45 .274 .339 .488 .828 45.2
Sep/Oct 96 326 53 96 18 2 9 39 22 14 46 53 .294 .383 .445 .828 54.5
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
2007 31 NYN NL CF 98 91 751.9 215 10 4 4 .983 2.69   2.5
    RF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  LAN NL CF 39 36 379.8 108 5 2 2 .983 2.68   1.5
    RF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 137 127 1131.7 323 15 6 6 .983 2.69   4.1
      RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2008 32 LAN NL CF 153 142 1303.3 328 15 5 2 .986 2.37   4.3
2009 33 LAN NL CF 150 142 1294.7 357 12 3 4 .992 2.57   4.5
    RF 1 1 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79    
2010 34 TOR AL CF 99 90 762.7 222 8 5 1 .979 2.71   1.8
    RF 4 2 21.0 5 1 2 0 .750 2.57    
    LF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2011 35 TOR AL CF 3 1 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85   0.1
    RF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  CF 542 502 4505.4 1237 50 19 13 .985 2.57   14.7
  RF 7 3 40.3 9 1 2 0 .833 2.23   0.0
  LF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   551 506 4554.7 1249 51 21 13 .984 2.57   14.7
Career Highs   153 143 1306.0 358 15 7 6 1.000 4.26    
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
2008-8-.324
On-Base Pct
2008-10-.394
XR
2008-10-108.0
Games
2008-10-156
2009-10-157
At-Bats
2008-9-605
Hits
2008-3-196
Singles
2008-10-132
Triples
2007-2-12
Caught Stealing
2008-4-27
2009-5-26
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Peter Harnois (972)
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  5. Luis Martin (951)
  6. Todd Hollandsworth (950)
  7. Juan Encarnacion (948)
  8. Chakku Kisho (945)
  9. Ryan Seelye (942)
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History
Was selected to 2003,2005 Allstar Game
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 1/31/2006 to a 4-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 7/30/2007 (Going to NYN: LF A. Sanchez, P H. Kuo, P J. DeLeon. Going to LAN: 2B J. Vidro, CF M. Kotsay)
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 7/30/2007 (Going to NYN: LF A. Sanchez, P H. Kuo, P J. DeLeon. Going to LAN: 2B J. Vidro, CF M. Kotsay)
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/13/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/28/2010 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had 2000th career hit on 7/21/2010, off Anderson Garcia (NYA)
Released by Toronto on 6/16/2011