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Ben Broussard
Benjamin Isaac Broussard

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 220 lb.
School McNeese State University

Debut June 22, 2002

Born September 24, 1976 in Beaumont, TX

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 25 CLE AL  39  112   10   27   4  0   4    9   0  0   7  25  .241  .292  .384   81   43   0   0   1   1   3
 2003 26 CLE AL 116  386   53   96  21  3  16   55   5  2  32  75  .249  .312  .443  100  171   3   3   2   5   6
 2004 27 CLE AL 139  418   57  115  28  5  17   82   4  2  52  95  .275  .370  .488  127  204   1   2   3  12   7
 2005 28 CLE AL 142  466   59  119  30  5  19   68   2  2  32  98  .255  .307  .464  105  216   0   3   5   4   4
 2006 29 TOT AL 144  432   61  125  21  0  21   63   2  1  26 103  .289  .331  .484  109  209   0   4   3   3   8
         CLE AL  88  268   44   86  14  0  13   46   0  1  17  58  .321  .361  .519  125  139   0   2   1   1   5
         SEA AL  56  164   17   39   7  0   8   17   2  0   9  45  .238  .282  .427   83   70   0   2   2   2   3
 2007 30 SEA AL  99  240   27   66  10  0   7   29   2  0  17  50  .275  .330  .404   96   97   0   3   2   4   7
 2008 31 TEX AL  26   82    8   13   0  0   3    8   0  0   5  20  .159  .225  .268   31   22   0   0   1   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      705 2136  275  561 114 13  87  314  15  7 171 466  .263  .324  .450  104  962   4  15  17  31  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   63  129  26  3  20   72   3  2  39 107  .263  .324  .450  104  221   1   3   4   7   9
 Career High    144  466   61  125  30  5  21   82   5  2  52 103  .289  .370  .488  127  216   3   4   5  12   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 25 CLE AL  120   88   12   3.6   103| .241  .261| .292  .328| .384  .420| .676  .747|  81  .364  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 2003 26 CLE AL  429  304   54   4.8   103| .249  .263| .312  .328| .443  .421| .755  .749| 100  .474  -0.3   0.0  71%
 2004 27 CLE AL  485  315   78   6.6   104| .275  .263| .370  .330| .488  .423| .858  .753| 127  .611  18.5   1.7  66%
 2005 28 CLE AL  505  356   67   5.0   102| .255  .263| .307  .326| .464  .418| .771  .743| 105  .511   2.6   0.2  50%
 2006 29 TOT AL  465  320   69   5.7   110| .289  .274| .331  .339| .484  .436| .815  .774| 109  .544   4.6   0.4  66%
         CLE AL  288  190   49   6.9   111| .321  .275| .361  .340| .519  .438| .880  .778| 125  .623   9.2   0.8   0%
         SEA AL  177  130   20   4.1   108| .238  .272| .282  .336| .427  .432| .709  .768|  83  .391  -4.7  -0.4 100%
 2007 30 SEA AL  264  184   32   4.6   103| .275  .266| .330  .333| .404  .416| .734  .749|  96  .461  -1.2  -0.1 100%
 2008 31 TEX AL   89   71    5   1.9   106| .159  .268| .225  .336| .268  .421| .493  .757|  31  .145  -8.8  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2357 1638  317   5.2   105| .263  .266| .324  .331| .450  .423| .774  .754| 104  .509  11.9   1.1  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
2002 25 CLE AL LF 32 47 1 2 0 .960 .984 1.50 1.74 1.89 2.14 29 228.7 1B 4 27 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.00 8.03 8.78 9.34 3 28.7 DH 3 2003 26 CLE AL 1B 114 957 63 9 85 .991 .993 8.95 8.29 9.92 9.55 101 925.0 2004 27 CLE AL 1B 133 991 77 6 108 .994 .994 8.03 7.52 9.43 8.83 107 1019.3 2005 28 CLE AL 1B 138 1082 60 9 112 .992 .994 8.28 7.25 9.78 8.56 112 1050.7 DH 2 2006 29 TOT AL 1B 90 651 59 9 69 .987 .994 7.89 7.99 9.96 9.51 69 641.7 CLE AL 1B 80 577 51 7 57 .989 .994 7.85 7.99 9.92 9.51 60 569.7 SEA AL DH 42 1B 10 74 8 2 12 .976 .994 8.20 7.99 10.25 9.51 9 72.0 2007 30 SEA AL 1B 52 281 21 2 39 .993 .995 5.81 7.93 8.07 9.37 36 337.0 OF 22 35 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.59 2.00 2.11 2.30 18 149.0 RF 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.77 2.30 2.09 10 82.0 LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.71 1.88 2.11 8 67.0 DH 2 2008 31 TEX AL 1B 26 202 22 3 32 .987 .994 8.62 8.01 9.88 9.26 23 204.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 25 CLE AL 1B 4 27 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.00 8.03 8.78 9.34 3 28.7 2003 26 CLE AL 1B 114 957 63 9 85 .991 .993 8.95 8.29 9.92 9.55 101 925.0 2004 27 CLE AL 1B 133 991 77 6 108 .994 .994 8.03 7.52 9.43 8.83 107 1019.3 2005 28 CLE AL 1B 138 1082 60 9 112 .992 .994 8.28 7.25 9.78 8.56 112 1050.7 2006 29 TOT AL 1B 90 651 59 9 69 .987 .994 7.89 7.99 9.96 9.51 69 641.7 CLE AL 1B 80 577 51 7 57 .989 .994 7.85 7.99 9.92 9.51 60 569.7 SEA AL 1B 10 74 8 2 12 .976 .994 8.20 7.99 10.25 9.51 9 72.0 2007 30 SEA AL 1B 52 281 21 2 39 .993 .995 5.81 7.93 8.07 9.37 36 337.0 2008 31 TEX AL 1B 26 202 22 3 32 .987 .994 8.62 8.01 9.88 9.26 23 204.0 2002 25 CLE AL DH 3 2005 28 CLE AL DH 2 2006 29 SEA AL DH 42 2007 30 SEA AL DH 2 2002 25 CLE AL LF 32 47 1 2 0 .960 .984 1.50 1.74 1.89 2.14 29 228.7 2007 30 SEA AL LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.71 1.88 2.11 8 67.0 2002 25 CLE AL OF 32 47 1 2 0 .960 .986 1.50 2.05 1.89 2.35 29 228.7 2007 30 SEA AL OF 22 35 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.59 2.00 2.11 2.30 18 149.0 2007 30 SEA AL RF 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.77 2.30 2.09 10 82.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 557 4191 303 38 447 .992 .994 8.07 7.75 9.62 9.09 451 4206.3 OF* 54 82 1 2 0 .976 .986 1.54 2.03 1.98 2.33 47 377.7 42 0 12# DH 49 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 42 61 1 2 0 .969 .984 1.48 1.73 1.89 2.13 37 295.7 RF* 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.77 2.30 2.09 10 82.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 611 4273 304 40 447 .991 .994 7.49 7.24 8.99 8.54 498 4584
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Hit By Pitch
2004 AL-12-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 2, 1999: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1999.

June 7, 2002: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Russell Branyan.

July 26, 2006: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Cleveland Indians$303,000
2004Cleveland Indians$324,100
2005Cleveland Indians$365,000
2006Cleveland Indians$2,487,500
2007Seattle Mariners$3,550,000
2008Texas Rangers$3,850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,879,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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