Denard Span stats

Left Fielder · #4

Age 42 · 6' 0"

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Denard Span played 11 MLB seasons, 2008 to 2018.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,359
AB
5,326
R
773
H
1,498
HR
71
RBI
490
SB
185
AVG
.281

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2008MIN933477010264718.294
2009MIN1455789718086823.311
2010MIN1536298516635826.264
2011MIN7028437752166.264
2012MIN1285167114644117.283
2013WSH1536107517044720.279
2014WSH1476109418453731.302
2015WSH61246387452211.301
2016SF14357270152115312.266
2017SF12949773135124312.272
2018TB/SEA1374376311411589.261

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
14
AB
66
R
4
H
17
HR
0
RBI
2
SB
2
AVG
.258

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,956
TB
2,120
XBH
408
HBP
36
IBB
9
GIDP
86
P/PA
3.80

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2008MIN411150294333.9
2009MIN6762403410373.9
2010MIN7052193740123.8
2011MIN311102180033.8
2012MIN5682044600103.9
2013WSH6622324320113.7
2014WSH668254522163.7
2015WSH275106221053.7
2016SF637218394283.8
2017SF5422124830113.8
2018TB/SEA5011834060103.9

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
25.1
RC
764.9
RC/27
5.10
ISOP
.117
SECA
.237
BB/K
0.72
AB/HR
75.0
GO/FO
1.10

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2008MIN4.262.46.4.1380.30.857.81.3
2009MIN3.71006.2.1040.20.872.31.2
2010MIN1.577.94.3.0840.20.8209.71.3
2011MIN2.335.34.5.0950.20.81421.2
2012MIN4.870.94.9.1120.20.81291.4
2013WSH2.476.84.5.1020.20.6152.51.3
2014WSH3.695.25.8.1150.20.81221
2015WSH0.8416.1.1300.31.049.21
2016SF1.073.84.5.1150.20.7521.2
2017SF-1.1684.8.1550.20.641.40.9
2018TB/SEA1.9645.1580.30.739.70.7

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
42 yearsFeb 27, 1984
Height
6' 0"
Debut
2008
Birthplace
Washington, DC
Draft
2002Rd 1, Pk 20

Latest performance

Denard Span

Sep 30 · vs TEX · W 3-1

AB
2
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.261

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Sep 30vsTEXW 3-120000
Sat, Sep 29vsTEXW 4-130000
Thu, Sep 27vsTEXL 2-010000
Wed, Sep 26vsATHL 9-330100
Tue, Sep 25vsATHW 10-8 F/1130202
Mon, Sep 24vsATHL 7-340000

What were Denard Span's career stats?

Denard Span played 11 seasons for the Twins, the Nationals and the Giants. He was a career .281 hitter with 1,498 hits, 71 home runs and 490 RBI. His best season was 2009: a .311 batting average, 8 home runs and 68 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2008 to 2018

Denard Span finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Denard Span

Playoff series

Denard Span played 14 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 1 won, 4 lost.

Denard Span's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2016NYMWon 1-014100
2016CHCLost 1-2315401
2014SFLost 1-3419200
2010NYYLost 0-3313400
2009NYYLost 0-3315601

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Denard Span’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.