Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!


  NAME     : Placido Polanco
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 10/10/1975
  AGE      : 29
  HEIGHT   : 5"10
  WEIGHT   : 168
 
  POSITION : Second Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $4,000,000 through 2006
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Second Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .971) Range at Third Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .961) Range at Shortstop : D (Fielding Pct. : .967) Range at Leftfield : C (Fielding Pct. : .982)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : D Stealing Ability : C Sacrifice Bunt : A Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good) Hitting Doubles : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Fair) Getting BB's : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 8 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .250 10 69 661 165 25 4 71 10 2 31 58 .285 .345 vs RHP .238 9 52 501 119 17 3 50 7 2 17 45 .266 .337 vs LHP .287 1 17 160 46 8 1 21 3 0 14 13 .343 .369 At Home .225 3 27 325 73 13 1 27 4 1 15 29 .265 .298 Away .274 7 42 336 92 12 3 44 6 1 16 29 .304 .390 R.I.S.P. .253 3 50 150 38 5 0 0 0 0 10 12 .299 .347 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .245 3 11 106 26 3 0 12 0 0 8 14 .298 .358 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 .291 2 16 117 34 8 0 19 4 0 5 5 .325 .410 May .157 0 2 108 17 2 0 10 0 0 6 15 .216 .176 June .250 1 13 112 28 5 2 7 2 0 5 7 .280 .357 July .206 1 7 102 21 2 1 12 1 1 6 10 .248 .275 August .286 4 13 119 34 5 1 14 2 0 4 13 .309 .445 Sep/Oct .301 2 18 103 31 3 0 9 1 1 5 8 .330 .388
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1998 .254 1 11 45 114 29 3 2 10 2 0 5 9 .285 .342 SLN 1999 .277 1 19 88 220 61 9 3 24 1 3 15 24 .323 .359 SLN 2000 .316 5 39 118 323 102 12 3 50 4 4 16 26 .348 .418 SLN 2001 .307 3 38 144 564 173 26 4 87 12 3 25 43 .336 .383 SLN 2002 .288 9 49 147 548 158 32 2 75 5 3 26 41 .330 .403 STL,PHI 2003 .257 6 71 157 573 147 20 5 48 7 5 29 47 .292 .340 PHI Total AB : 3003 Total AVG : .278 Total Hits: 835 Total HR : 35 Total RBI : 296 Total Runs: 365 Total SB : 41
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 9/23/2003 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 3/1/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year...