Doug Mientkiewicz

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 19, 1974 in Toledo, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 12th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westminster Christian School (Miami, FL) and the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Westminster Christian School (Miami, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: September 18, 1998 (Age 24-091d, 17,376th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 35-107d)
vs. COL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Greg Landry • Previously: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (Pro,Oly,College)

Full Name: Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz

Nicknames: Eye Chart

Pronunciation: \mint-KAY-vich\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.8

3312

899

.271

422

RBI

405

OBP

.360

SLG

.405

OPS

.765

OPS+

100

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 25 go ahead

6 Tms
MIN	43
NYM	11
NYY	5
KCR	4
PIT	2
BOS	1

Platoon
vs RHP	46
vs LHP	20

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	32

Outs
0	26
1	20
2	20

26 Opps
BAL	6
CHW	6
DET	5
OAK	4
KCR	4
BOS	4
CLE	4
ARI	3
PHI	3
TOR	3
SDP	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
SEA	2
NYY	2
FLA	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
TBD	1
SFG	1
STL	1
TEX	1
ANA	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MON	1

59 Pitchers
Steve Sparks	3
Freddy García	2
José Mercedes	2
David Cone	2
Damian Moss	2
Scott Erickson	2
Jimmy Haynes	1
Julio Santana	1
Mike Porzio	1
Mike Hampton	1
Bob Howry	1
Jon Leicester	1
Curt Schilling	1
Tony Cogan	1
Rob Tejeda	1
Ugueth Urbina	1
Al Leiter	1
Esteban Loaiza	1
David Wells	1
Liván Hernández	1
Jake Westbrook	1
Jake Peavy	1
Dan Reichert	1
Ryan Drese	1
Dan Haren	1
Brian Moehler	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Dennis Cook	1
Mark Mulder	1
Rocky Biddle	1
Chad Qualls	1
Andrew Good	1
Gil Meche	1
Ted Lilly	1
Bronson Arroyo	1
David Sanders	1
Cory Lidle	1
Eric Milton	1
Bartolo Colón	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Vicente Padilla	1
Brian Lawrence	1
Cliff Lee	1
John Burkett	1
Mark Redman	1
Jamie Walker	1
Jeff Weaver	1
Doug Creek	1
John Halama	1
Bryan Rekar	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Kris Wilson	1
Mike Maroth	1
Julián Tavárez	1
Josh Beckett	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Andy Pettitte	1
Jason Grimsley	1
LaTroy Hawkins	1

23 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	24
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	54
89	11
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
4	13
1	11
3	11
5	8
7+	5
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	13
-2-	7
12-	4
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

107 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	35
1 on	22
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	31

Inning
1	5
2	10
3	9
4	7
5	9
6	10
7	7
8	8
9	1

1-3	24
4-6	26
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	4
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	17
-1	9
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	5

Ahead	27
Tied	17
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
1-0	9
3-2	8
2-1	8
1-1	7
1-2	6
0-1	5
2-2	4
2-0	3
0-2	2
3-1	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	65
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	16
7th	15
6th	15
5th	7
8th	7
9th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-05-12	MIN	@	TBD	Bryan Rekar	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	1--	5,(1-2) FFFBX	2	6	3	0.068	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Lawton Scores
2	2	2	1	1999-08-14	MIN	@	NYY	David Cone	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	0.047	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2001-04-09	MIN		DET	Steve Sparks	ahead 6-1	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	8	3	0.023	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
4	4	2	1	2001-04-14	MIN		CHW	David Wells	tied 3-3	b 4	1	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	7	3	0.198	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); D. Ortiz Scores
5	5	3	1	2001-04-16	MIN		KCR	Dan Reichert	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	3	0.097	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	2001-04-27	MIN		BAL	José Mercedes	ahead 2-1	b 1	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	3	0.188	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lawton Scores; C. Koskie Scores
7	7	5	2	2001-04-27	MIN		BAL	José Mercedes	ahead 5-2	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	0.048	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
8	8	6	1	2001-04-30	MIN		NYY	Andy Pettitte	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.224	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
9	9	7	1	2001-05-11	MIN		KCR	Tony Cogan	behind 2-3	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	3	0.320	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	8	1	2001-05-14	MIN		KCR	Jason Grimsley	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	5	3	0.074	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	2001-05-17	MIN		BOS	David Cone	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	9,(3-2) FBFBBFFFX	1	5	3	0.114	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	2001-06-12	MIN		HOU	Nelson Cruz	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	3	0.029	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lawton Scores; C. Koskie Scores
13	13	11	1	2001-06-24	MIN	@	DET	Steve Sparks	behind 4-5	t 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	3	0.261	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guzmán Scores
14	14	12	1	2001-07-12	MIN	@	MIL	Jimmy Haynes	ahead 4-0	t 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BCBFFX	1	3	3	0.050	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	13	1	2001-07-31	MIN	@	TOR	Esteban Loaiza	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	0.111	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	14	1	2001-08-04	MIN		KCR	Kris Wilson	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) BSFBX	1	3	3	0.104	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	15	1	2001-08-14	MIN	@	CLE	Bartolo Colón	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	3	3	0.207	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Rivas Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2002-04-20	MIN		CLE	Ryan Drese	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	3	3	0.035	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	2	1	2002-05-03	MIN		DET	Jamie Walker	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	0.100	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Canizaro Scores
20	20	3	1	2002-06-02	MIN		ANA	Dennis Cook	behind 2-5	b 8	0	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	3	3	0.159	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guzmán Scores
21	21	4	1	2002-07-19	MIN	@	DET	Brian Moehler	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BBCFBFX	1	6	3	0.090	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	2002-07-23	MIN	@	CHW	Mark Buehrle	behind 3-8	t 6	1	1-3	4,(1-2) CFBX	3	7	3	0.114	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Ortiz Scores; M. Cuddyer Scores
23	23	6	1	2002-07-24	MIN	@	CHW	Rocky Biddle	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	6	3	0.026	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); T. Hunter Scores
24	24	7	1	2002-08-13	MIN		BAL	Scott Erickson	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	3	0.122	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Ortiz Scores
25	25	8	2	2002-08-13	MIN		BAL	Scott Erickson	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.015	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	9	1	2002-08-18	MIN		BOS	John Burkett	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BFFBBX	1	6	3	0.101	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	10	1	2002-08-19	MIN	@	CHW	Mike Porzio	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	0.061	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2003-04-04	MIN		TOR	Tanyon Sturtze	behind 1-7	b 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	0.020	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	2003-04-12	MIN	@	TOR	Doug Creek	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BFBX	1	5	3	0.180	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	2003-05-16	MIN		CHW	David Sanders	ahead 16-3	b 8	2	1--	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	2	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Rivas Scores
31	31	4	1	2003-05-28	MIN		OAK	John Halama	behind 0-3	b 2	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	3	0.194	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Kielty Scores/unER; T. Hunter Scores
32	32	5	1	2003-05-29	MIN		SEA	Gil Meche	behind 1-5	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.071	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	6	1	2003-06-03	MIN	@	SFG	Damian Moss	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	1--	4,(3-0) 11BBBX	2	5	3	0.215	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hunter Scores
34	34	7	1	2003-06-08	MIN	@	SDP	Brian Lawrence	behind 1-2	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	0.279	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hunter Scores
35	35	8	1	2003-07-19	MIN		OAK	Mark Mulder	behind 3-4	b 5	1	-2-	3,(0-2) CCX	2	3	3	0.231	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Stewart Scores
36	36	9	1	2003-07-20	MIN		OAK	Ted Lilly	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1-3	3,(1-1) 1BFX	3	3	3	0.149	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Stewart Scores; L. Rivas Scores
37	37	10	1	2003-08-04	MIN	@	BAL	Damian Moss	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	0.097	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	11	1	2003-09-14	MIN	@	CLE	Cliff Lee	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	3	3	0.315	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Stewart Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2004-05-07	MIN	@	OAK	Mark Redman	behind 3-5	t 6	0	-2-	8,(3-2) CBBCBFFX	2	3	3	0.190	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guzmán Scores
40	40	2	1	2004-05-12	MIN		SEA	Freddy García	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	3	0.104	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guzmán Scores
41	41	3	1	2004-06-17	MIN	@	MON	Liván Hernández	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	3	0.077	20%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	2004-07-02	MIN	@	ARI	Steve Sparks	tied 0-0	t 2	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	7	3	0.128	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hunter Scores
43	43	5	1	2004-07-03	MIN	@	ARI	Andrew Good	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	7	3	0.171	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Jones Scores
44	44	6	1	2004-08-22	BOS	@	CHW	Freddy García	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	3	0.064	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2005-04-06	NYM	@	CIN	Eric Milton	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.093	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
46	46	2	1	2005-04-19	NYM	@	PHI	Vicente Padilla	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	0.150	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Floyd Scores
47	47	3	1	2005-04-21	NYM	@	FLA	Al Leiter	behind 0-1	t 2	0	123	5,(2-2) SBBFX	4	7	3	0.209	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Floyd Scores; D. Wright Scores; R. Castro Scores
48	48	4	1	2005-04-27	NYM		ATL	Mike Hampton	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	3	0.114	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
49	49	5	1	2005-05-07	NYM	@	MIL	Julio Santana	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	7	3	0.246	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	6	1	2005-05-09	NYM	@	CHC	LaTroy Hawkins	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	0.265	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	7	1	2005-05-29	NYM	@	FLA	Josh Beckett	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	0.146	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	8	1	2005-06-21	NYM	@	PHI	Ugueth Urbina	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	3	0.119	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	9	1	2005-06-23	NYM	@	PHI	Cory Lidle	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	3	0.079	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	10	1	2005-07-21	NYM		SDP	Jake Peavy	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	5,(0-2) FFFFX	1	7	3	0.117	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	11	1	2005-07-22	NYM		LAD	Jeff Weaver	behind 0-6	b 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) 1CBBX	2	7	3	0.054	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Wright Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	2006-05-25	KCR		DET	Mike Maroth	ahead 5-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	3	0.035	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
57	57	2	1	2006-06-18	KCR	@	HOU	Chad Qualls	tied 4-4	t 9	1	12-	7,(3-2) FBBCBFX	3	6	3	0.380	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Brown Scores; M. Stairs Scores
58	58	3	1	2006-06-29	KCR	@	CIN	Bronson Arroyo	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) SBFX	1	3	3	0.094	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	4	1	2006-06-30	KCR	@	STL	Jeff Suppan	tied 1-1	t 3	1	-2-	7,(3-2) BBCCBFX	2	3	3	0.170	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. DeJesus Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2007-04-17	NYY		CLE	Jake Westbrook	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	9	3	0.092	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	2	1	2007-04-29	NYY		BOS	Julián Tavárez	behind 0-2	b 3	0	-23	6,(3-2) BB.BCFX	3	9	3	0.165	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Posada Scores; R. Canó Scores
62	62	3	1	2007-05-03 (2)	NYY	@	TEX	Rob Tejeda	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	5,(1-2) CB.SFX	2	8	3	0.176	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Giambi Scores
63	63	4	1	2007-05-23	NYY		BOS	Curt Schilling	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	3	0.025	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	5	1	2007-09-18	NYY		BAL	Jon Leicester	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	8	3	0.092	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Posada Scores; R. Canó Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2008-05-16	PIT	@	CHC	Bob Howry	behind 2-7	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.027	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); X. Nady Scores
66	66	2	1	2008-08-04	PIT	@	ARI	Dan Haren	tied 3-3	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	0.108	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)