Bio
- Height
- 5' 8"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2001Rd 1, Pk 19
- College
- LSU
Bio
- Height
- 5' 8"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2001Rd 1, Pk 19
- College
- LSU
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 582
- AB
- 1,413
- R
- 175
- H
- 374
- HR
- 27
- RBI
- 163
- SB
- 17
- AVG
- .265
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2007 | CHC | 86 | 234 | 32 | 65 | 3 | 29 | 5 | .278 |
| 2008 | CHC | 119 | 243 | 42 | 74 | 9 | 40 | 2 | .305 |
| 2009 | CHC | 135 | 377 | 38 | 89 | 9 | 43 | 4 | .236 |
| 2010 |  CHC/SF | 103 | 240 | 24 | 68 | 1 | 25 | 1 | .283 |
| 2011 | SF | 85 | 220 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 5 | .227 |
| 2012 | PHI | 47 | 97 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .289 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- AB
- 22
- R
- 1
- H
- 5
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .227
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,586
- TB
- 567
- XBH
- 126
- HBP
- 11
- IBB
- 11
- GIDP
- 21
- P/PA
- 3.97
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | CHC | 260 | 94 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2008 | CHC | 284 | 125 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 2009 | CHC | 419 | 142 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | CHC/SF | 261 | 90 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | SF | 252 | 83 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 2012 | PHI | 105 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.9 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 3.9
- RC
- 192.5
- RC/27
- 4.80
- ISOP
- .137
- SECA
- .240
- BB/K
- 0.48
- AB/HR
- 52.3
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHC | 0.1 | 0.8 | 10.3 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | CHC | 0.3 | 31.1 | 4.6 | .124 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 78 | 1 |
| 2008 | CHC | 3.2 | 50.5 | 7.8 | .210 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 27 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | CHC | 0.0 | 43.4 | 3.9 | .141 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 41.9 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | CHC/SF | -0.1 | 29 | 4.3 | .092 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 240 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | SF | 0.3 | 27.1 | 4.1 | .150 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 55 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | PHI | 0.1 | 10.9 | 4.1 | .052 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 97 | 0.8 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mike Fontenot's career stats?
Mike Fontenot played 7 seasons for the Cubs, the Giants and the Phillies. He was a career .265 hitter with 374 hits, 27 home runs and 163 RBI. His best season was 2008: a .305 batting average, 9 home runs and 40 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2005 to 2012
Championships
- 2010 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
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