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Jorge Cantu
Jorge Luis (Guzman) Cantu

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut July 17, 2004

Born January 30, 1982 in McAllen, TX

Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 22 TBD AL  50  173   25   52  20  1   2   17   0  0   9  44  .301  .341  .462  111   80   0   1   0   2   5
 2005 23 TBD AL 150  598   73  171  40  1  28  117   1  0  19  83  .286  .311  .497  112  297   0   7   1   6  24 MVP-27
 2006 24 TBD AL 107  413   40  103  18  2  14   62   1  1  26  91  .249  .295  .404   80  167   0   6   2   3  16
 2007 25 TOT     52  115   12   29   9  0   1   13   0  0  12  26  .252  .331  .357   79   41   0   3   0   3   6
         TBD AL  25   58    4   12   1  0   0    4   0  0   5  16  .207  .277  .224   36   13   0   1   0   1   3
         CIN NL  27   57    8   17   8  0   1    9   0  0   7  10  .298  .382  .491  121   28   0   2   0   2   3
 2008 26 FLA NL 155  628   92  174  41  0  29   95   6  2  40 111  .277  .327  .481  110  302   0   7   6  10  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      514 1927  242  529 128  4  74  304   8  3 106 355  .275  .317  .460  102  887   0  24   9  24  66
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   76  167  40  1  23   96   3  1  33 112  .275  .317  .460  102  280   0   8   3   8  21
 Career High    155  628   92  174  41  2  29  117   6  2  40 111  .286  .327  .497  112  302   0   7   6  10  24
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 22 TBD AL  185  127   26   5.5   106| .301  .266| .341  .333| .462  .427| .803  .760| 111  .526   3.2   0.3   0%
 2005 23 TBD AL  630  458   84   4.9   104| .286  .267| .311  .330| .497  .423| .808  .753| 112  .500   8.5   0.8 100%
 2006 24 TBD AL  448  333   46   3.7   110| .249  .274| .295  .339| .404  .436| .699  .775|  80  .346 -13.3  -1.2  50%
 2007 25 TOT     133   95   14   4.0   110| .252  .273| .331  .342| .357  .432| .688  .773|  79  .388  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         TBD AL   65   50    3   1.6   105| .207  .269| .277  .336| .224  .420| .501  .756|  36  .109  -5.3  -0.5   0%
         CIN NL   68   45   11   6.6   115| .298  .278| .382  .348| .491  .444| .873  .791| 121  .616   2.6   0.2   0%
 2008 26 FLA NL  685  478   97   5.4   107| .277  .266| .327  .338| .481  .425| .808  .762| 110  .548   8.1   0.8  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2081 1491  267   4.8   107| .275  .268| .317  .335| .460  .427| .777  .763| 102  .480   3.7   0.4  72%

* 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 ------+
2004 22 TBD AL 2B 33 48 85 5 19 .964 .982 4.03 4.35 4.37 4.95 31 274.0 3B 11 9 26 3 1 .921 .951 3.18 2.34 3.34 2.64 11 94.3 DH 4 SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.10 5.14 4.50 1 7.0 2005 23 TBD AL 2B 80 119 181 9 39 .971 .983 3.75 4.48 4.04 4.96 76 667.7 3B 62 31 93 12 7 .912 .957 2.00 2.49 2.25 2.76 58 496.0 DH 13 2006 24 TBD AL 2B 103 210 252 13 65 .973 .986 4.49 4.47 4.63 4.92 103 898.7 DH 2 2007 25 TOT 1B 21 135 7 0 12 1.000 .994 6.76 7.88 8.23 9.26 20 155.3 TOT 2B 2 3 5 0 2 1.000 .976 4.00 4.35 6.55 4.91 1 11.0 TBD AL 1B 7 49 3 0 5 1.000 .994 7.43 7.93 9.18 9.37 7 51.0 DH 7 2B 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 .976 4.00 4.50 12.00 5.10 0 3.0 CIN NL 1B 14 86 4 0 7 1.000 .993 6.43 7.85 7.77 9.21 13 104.3 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.20 4.50 4.84 1 8.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 2008 26 FLA NL 3B 129 83 214 20 21 .937 .956 2.30 2.23 2.51 2.60 129 1066.7 1B 66 260 14 2 23 .993 .992 4.15 8.23 8.60 9.34 23 286.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 25 TOT 1B 21 135 7 0 12 1.000 .994 6.76 7.88 8.23 9.26 20 155.3 TBD AL 1B 7 49 3 0 5 1.000 .994 7.43 7.93 9.18 9.37 7 51.0 CIN NL 1B 14 86 4 0 7 1.000 .993 6.43 7.85 7.77 9.21 13 104.3 2008 26 FLA NL 1B 66 260 14 2 23 .993 .992 4.15 8.23 8.60 9.34 23 286.7 2004 22 TBD AL 2B 33 48 85 5 19 .964 .982 4.03 4.35 4.37 4.95 31 274.0 2005 23 TBD AL 2B 80 119 181 9 39 .971 .983 3.75 4.48 4.04 4.96 76 667.7 2006 24 TBD AL 2B 103 210 252 13 65 .973 .986 4.49 4.47 4.63 4.92 103 898.7 2007 25 TOT 2B 2 3 5 0 2 1.000 .976 4.00 4.35 6.55 4.91 1 11.0 TBD AL 2B 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 .976 4.00 4.50 12.00 5.10 0 3.0 CIN NL 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.20 4.50 4.84 1 8.0 2004 22 TBD AL 3B 11 9 26 3 1 .921 .951 3.18 2.34 3.34 2.64 11 94.3 2005 23 TBD AL 3B 62 31 93 12 7 .912 .957 2.00 2.49 2.25 2.76 58 496.0 2007 25 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 2008 26 FLA NL 3B 129 83 214 20 21 .937 .956 2.30 2.23 2.51 2.60 129 1066.7 2004 22 TBD AL DH 4 2005 23 TBD AL DH 13 2006 24 TBD AL DH 2 2007 25 TBD AL DH 7 2004 22 TBD AL SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.10 5.14 4.50 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 218 380 523 27 125 .971 .984 4.14 4.45 4.39 4.94 211 1851.3 3B* 203 123 333 35 29 .929 .956 2.25 2.32 2.47 2.65 198 1661.0 1B* 87 395 21 2 35 .995 .993 4.78 8.14 8.47 9.31 43 442.0 DH 26 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.10 5.14 4.50 1 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 509 900 879 64 189 .965 .979 3.50 4.23 4.04 4.47 453 3961
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-AL-27-0.00

At Bats
2008 NL-628-3

Doubles
2005 AL-40-8
2008 NL-41-10

RBI
2005 AL-117-7

Grounded into Double Plays
2005 AL-24-3

Outs
2008 NL-478-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 2, 1998: Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as an amateur free agent.

July 28, 2007: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Shaun Cumberland (minors) and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Brian Shackelford and Calvin Medlock (minors).

December 5, 2007: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$316,900
2006Tampa Bay Devil Rays$355,800
2008Florida Marlins$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,172,700

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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