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  NAME     : Rafael Furcal
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 8/24/1978
  AGE      : 26
  HEIGHT   : 5"10
  WEIGHT   : 165
 
  POSITION : Shortstop
  BATS     : Both
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $1,540,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Second Base : B (Fielding Pct. : .950) Range at Shortstop : A (Fielding Pct. : .970)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : A Stealing Ability : B Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : A Hitter Type : Spray Hitter Getting Hits : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Brilliant) Getting BB's : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Good) Avoiding Strikeouts : 8 (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Brilliant)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .232 7 53 594 138 28 4 74 37 22 71 62 .314 .328 vs RHP .218 4 40 440 96 22 4 51 23 16 51 45 .298 .314 vs LHP .273 3 13 154 42 6 0 23 14 6 20 17 .360 .370 At Home .237 4 22 283 67 13 2 29 19 11 39 31 .326 .339 Away .228 3 31 311 71 15 2 45 18 11 32 31 .303 .318 R.I.S.P. .197 2 43 152 30 2 0 0 0 0 19 12 .284 .250 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .169 0 7 71 12 0 1 4 0 0 9 6 .259 .197 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Apr/Mar .340 3 17 106 36 7 2 17 3 1 9 11 .393 .528 May .196 1 9 107 21 5 1 12 6 3 10 11 .258 .290 June .182 3 8 99 18 4 1 15 7 5 13 14 .274 .333 July .198 0 6 86 17 3 0 10 4 6 13 7 .310 .233 August .245 0 10 106 26 4 0 14 8 7 16 13 .344 .283 Sep/Oct .222 0 3 90 20 5 0 6 9 0 10 6 .300 .278
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 2000 .295 4 37 131 455 134 20 4 87 40 14 73 80 .392 .382 ATL 2001 .275 4 30 79 324 89 19 0 39 22 6 24 56 .324 .370 ATL 2002 .275 8 47 154 636 175 31 8 95 27 15 42 114 .323 .387 ATL 2003 .280 6 46 109 397 111 31 3 68 23 7 50 54 .360 .418 ATL Total AB : 2406 Total AVG : .269 Total Hits: 647 Total HR : 29 Total RBI : 213 Total Runs: 363 Total SB : 149
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 6/9/2003 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 8 weeks... Injured on 9/20/2003 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...