Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1992
- College
- Oxnard
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1992
- College
- Oxnard
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 282
- AB
- 651
- R
- 66
- H
- 147
- HR
- 11
- RBI
- 79
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .226
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | WSH | 28 | 46 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .217 |
| 1993 | WSH | 43 | 86 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .198 |
| 1995 | WSH | 64 | 141 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .234 |
| 1997 | BAL | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1998 |  PIT/TB | 17 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .345 |
| 1999 | PIT | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 2001 | CLE | 16 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .182 |
| 2003 | CLE | 52 | 162 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 2 | .241 |
| 2004 | CLE | 44 | 117 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .214 |
| 2005 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2006 | CLE | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .308 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 716
- TB
- 212
- XBH
- 41
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 6
- GIDP
- 19
- P/PA
- 1.64
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | WSH | 48 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | WSH | 93 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | WSH | 158 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | BAL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | PIT/TB | 32 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | PIT | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | CLE | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | CLE | 176 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | CLE | 128 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2005 | TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | CLE | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.1
- RC
- 53.1
- RC/27
- 2.60
- ISOP
- .100
- SECA
- .167
- BB/K
- 0.27
- AB/HR
- 59.2
- GO/FO
- 0.90
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | WSH | -0.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .065 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | WSH | -1.2 | 3.8 | 1.4 | .047 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | WSH | -0.3 | 14.7 | 3.4 | .135 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | BAL | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.3 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | PIT/TB | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | CLE | -0.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | .091 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 33 | 0 |
| 2003 | CLE | 0.1 | 15.2 | 3.1 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 54 | 0 |
| 2004 | CLE | 0.0 | 7.8 | 2.1 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 39 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | TB | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | CLE | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | .077 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Tim Laker's career stats?
Tim Laker played 11 seasons for the Nationals, the Orioles, the Pirates, the Guardians and the Rays. He was a career .226 hitter with 147 hits, 11 home runs and 79 RBI. His best season was 1998: a .345 batting average, 1 home run and 2 RBI.
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