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Doug Mientkiewicz
Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz (Eye Chart)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
School Florida State University

Debut September 18, 1998

Born June 19, 1974 in Toledo, OH

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 1995. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 24 MIN AL   8   25    1    5   1  0   0    2   1  1   4   3  .200  .310  .240   46    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 25 MIN AL 118  327   34   75  21  3   2   32   1  1  43  51  .229  .324  .330   66  108   3   2   3   4  13
 2000 26 MIN AL   3   14    0    6   0  0   0    4   0  0   0   0  .429  .400  .429  108    6   0   1   0   0   1
 2001 27 MIN AL 151  543   77  166  39  1  15   74   2  6  67  92  .306  .387  .464  122  252   0   7   6   9  10 MVP-14
 2002 28 MIN AL 143  467   60  122  29  1  10   64   1  2  74  69  .261  .365  .392  102  183   0   7   8   6   7
 2003 29 MIN AL 142  487   67  146  38  1  11   65   4  1  74  55  .300  .393  .450  122  219   2   6   4   5   9
 2004 30 TOT AL 127  391   47   93  24  1   6   35   2  3  48  56  .238  .326  .350   74  137   2   2   2   4  12
         MIN AL  78  284   34   70  18  0   5   25   2  2  38  38  .246  .340  .363   82  103   2   1   2   3   9
         BOS AL  49  107   13   23   6  1   1   10   0  1  10  18  .215  .286  .318   54   34   0   1   0   1   3
 2005 31 NYM NL  87  275   36   66  13  0  11   29   0  1  32  39  .240  .322  .407   92  112   2   2   7   2  12
 2006 32 KCR AL  91  314   37   89  24  2   4   43   3  0  35  50  .283  .359  .411   99  129   1   5   1   5   6
 2007 33 NYY AL  72  166   26   46  12  0   5   24   0  0  16  23  .277  .349  .440  107   73   6   1   0   3   3
 2008 34 PIT NL 125  285   37   79  19  2   2   30   0  0  44  28  .277  .374  .379  101  108   0   3   3   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1067 3294  422  893 220 11  66  402  14 15 437 466  .271  .360  .405  100 1333  16  36  34  40  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        500   64  136  33  2  10   61   2  2  66  71  .271  .360  .405  100  202   2   5   5   6  12
 Career High    151  543   77  166  39  3  15   74   4  6  74  92  .306  .393  .464  122  252   6   7   8   9  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 24 MIN AL   29   21    2   2.5   111| .200  .273| .310  .342| .240  .434| .550  .776|  46  .212  -1.9  -0.2  50%
 1999 25 MIN AL  379  271   35   3.4   116| .229  .279| .324  .352| .330  .446| .654  .798|  66  .304 -16.5  -1.5  50%
 2000 26 MIN AL   15   10    2   5.3   119| .429  .281| .400  .355| .429  .452| .829  .807| 108  .484   0.3   0.0   0%
 2001 27 MIN AL  626  400   99   6.6   109| .306  .270| .387  .337| .464  .433| .851  .770| 122  .621  20.8   1.9  25%
 2002 28 MIN AL  554  361   72   5.3   105| .261  .264| .365  .332| .392  .425| .757  .757| 102  .535   5.1   0.5  33%
 2003 29 MIN AL  574  359   92   6.8   108| .300  .269| .393  .335| .450  .430| .843  .766| 122  .638  19.9   1.9  80%
 2004 30 TOT AL  447  317   44   3.7   113| .238  .275| .326  .343| .350  .441| .676  .785|  74  .352 -14.5  -1.3  40%
         MIN AL  328  228   35   4.1   112| .246  .274| .340  .342| .363  .440| .703  .782|  82  .396  -6.9  -0.6  50%
         BOS AL  119   89    9   2.7   115| .215  .278| .286  .346| .318  .445| .604  .792|  54  .233  -7.6  -0.7   0%
 2005 31 NYM NL  313  226   34   4.0   106| .240  .266| .322  .336| .407  .424| .729  .760|  92  .417  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 2006 32 KCR AL  360  237   49   5.5   112| .283  .276| .359  .341| .411  .440| .770  .781|  99  .525   1.1   0.1 100%
 2007 33 NYY AL  192  130   26   5.3   107| .277  .271| .349  .338| .440  .424| .789  .762| 107  .526   2.0   0.2   0%
 2008 34 PIT NL  334  215   43   5.4   106| .277  .265| .374  .336| .379  .423| .753  .759| 101  .541   2.7   0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3823 2547  498   5.2   109| .271  .270| .360  .339| .405  .432| .765  .771| 100  .513  15.5   1.6  48%

* 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 ------+
1998 24 MIN AL 1B 8 61 3 0 3 1.000 .992 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.44 7 64.0 1999 25 MIN AL 1B 110 882 50 3 75 .997 .992 8.47 8.33 9.93 9.50 95 845.0 2000 26 MIN AL 1B 3 22 0 0 3 1.000 .991 7.33 8.17 7.42 9.37 3 26.7 2001 27 MIN AL 1B 148 1263 69 4 95 .997 .993 9.00 6.76 9.44 7.09 143 1269.3 GG DH 2 2002 28 MIN AL 1B 143 1073 69 5 92 .996 .993 7.99 6.99 8.73 7.64 132 1177.3 2003 29 MIN AL 1B 139 1091 68 4 86 .997 .993 8.34 7.19 9.00 7.76 133 1159.3 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.80 1.50 2.10 2 18.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 DH 1 2004 30 TOT AL 1B 124 924 62 5 75 .995 .994 7.95 8.01 9.43 9.31 99 940.7 MIN AL 1B 77 661 37 4 61 .994 .994 9.06 8.01 9.39 9.31 73 668.7 BOS AL 1B 47 263 25 1 14 .997 .994 6.13 8.01 9.53 9.31 26 272.0 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 5.14 4.89 1 7.0 2005 31 NYM NL 1B 83 690 42 4 59 .995 .993 8.82 8.29 9.76 9.64 79 675.0 2006 32 KCR AL 1B 90 748 42 3 83 .996 .994 8.78 7.99 9.81 9.51 82 724.7 2007 33 NYY AL 1B 70 482 23 2 59 .996 .995 7.21 7.93 9.92 9.37 48 458.0 2008 34 PIT NL 1B 37 290 19 0 34 1.000 .992 8.35 8.23 9.82 9.34 30 283.3 3B 33 24 54 7 5 .918 .956 2.36 2.23 2.87 2.60 30 244.7 RF 10 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.10 1.83 3.15 2.11 6 60.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 24 MIN AL 1B 8 61 3 0 3 1.000 .992 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.44 7 64.0 1999 25 MIN AL 1B 110 882 50 3 75 .997 .992 8.47 8.33 9.93 9.50 95 845.0 2000 26 MIN AL 1B 3 22 0 0 3 1.000 .991 7.33 8.17 7.42 9.37 3 26.7 2001 27 MIN AL 1B 148 1263 69 4 95 .997 .993 9.00 6.76 9.44 7.09 143 1269.3 2002 28 MIN AL 1B 143 1073 69 5 92 .996 .993 7.99 6.99 8.73 7.64 132 1177.3 2003 29 MIN AL 1B 139 1091 68 4 86 .997 .993 8.34 7.19 9.00 7.76 133 1159.3 2004 30 TOT AL 1B 124 924 62 5 75 .995 .994 7.95 8.01 9.43 9.31 99 940.7 MIN AL 1B 77 661 37 4 61 .994 .994 9.06 8.01 9.39 9.31 73 668.7 BOS AL 1B 47 263 25 1 14 .997 .994 6.13 8.01 9.53 9.31 26 272.0 2005 31 NYM NL 1B 83 690 42 4 59 .995 .993 8.82 8.29 9.76 9.64 79 675.0 2006 32 KCR AL 1B 90 748 42 3 83 .996 .994 8.78 7.99 9.81 9.51 82 724.7 2007 33 NYY AL 1B 70 482 23 2 59 .996 .995 7.21 7.93 9.92 9.37 48 458.0 2008 34 PIT NL 1B 37 290 19 0 34 1.000 .992 8.35 8.23 9.82 9.34 30 283.3 2003 29 MIN AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 2004 30 BOS AL 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 5.14 4.89 1 7.0 2003 29 MIN AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2008 34 PIT NL 3B 33 24 54 7 5 .918 .956 2.36 2.23 2.87 2.60 30 244.7 2001 27 MIN AL DH 2 2003 29 MIN AL DH 1 2003 29 MIN AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.07 1.50 2.35 2 18.0 2003 29 MIN AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.80 1.50 2.10 2 18.0 2008 34 PIT NL RF 10 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.10 1.83 3.15 2.11 6 60.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 955 7526 447 30 664 .996 .993 8.35 7.61 9.41 8.52 851 7623.3 3B* 34 24 54 7 5 .918 .956 2.29 2.24 2.86 2.60 30 245.7 RF* 13 23 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.85 1.82 2.77 2.11 8 78.0 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.40 4.50 4.84 1 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 994 7555 503 37 670 .995 .993 8.11 7.40 9.19 8.32 884 7895
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   5  20   3   5  0  0  2   4   1   1  .250  .286  .550   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   5  18   1   5  1  0  0   2   1   2  .278  .316  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   4  15   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .133  .188  .133   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   3   4   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   4   4   0   2  1  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .750   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    BOS STL     W   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2007   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   4   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .143  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2  16  45   3   9  0  0  2   5   3   3  .200  .250  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  22   1   7  2  0  0   2   1   3  .318  .348  .409   0  0   1   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   4-3  29  68   4  16  2  0  2   7   4   6  .235  .278  .353   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Gold Gloves
2001-AL--1B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2001-AL-14-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

On-base %
2003 AL-.393-9

Doubles
2001 AL-39-8

At Bats per Strikeout
2003 AL-8.9-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.3 (1617) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1213) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 1995.

July 31, 2004: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez, and Francis Beltran to the Montreal Expos. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.

January 27, 2005: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the New York Mets for Ian Bladergroen (minors).

November 1, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Minnesota Twins$200,000
2001Minnesota Twins$215,000
2002Minnesota Twins$285,000
2003Minnesota Twins$1,750,000
2004Minnesota Twins$2,800,000
2005New York Mets$3,750,000
2006Kansas City Royals$1,850,000
2007New York Yankees$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,350,000

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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