Tony Graffanino

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: June 6, 1972 in Amityville, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Islip HS (Islip Terrace, NY).

High School: East Islip HS (Islip Terrace, NY)

Debut: April 19, 1996 (Age 23-318d, 16,856th in major league history)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 26, 2009 (Age 36-324d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Dan Lozano, Jeff Borris

Full Name: Anthony Joseph Graffanino

Pronunciation: \GRAPH-a-nee-no\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

2810

746

.265

442

RBI

302

OBP

.335

SLG

.394

OPS

.729

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1990	18	ATL-min	Rk	42	161	131	23	27	5	1	0	11	6	4	26	17	.206	.344	.260	.603		34		2	1	1	0		PUL · APPY
1991	19	ATL-min	Rk	66	308	274	53	95	16	4	4	56	19	4	27	37	.347	.408	.478	.887		131	2	3	2	2	0		IDF · PION
1992	20	ATL-min	A	112	466	400	50	96	15	5	10	31	9	6	50	84	.240	.333	.378	.711		151	6	8	4	4	1		MAC · SALL
1993	21	ATL-min	A+	123	514	459	78	126	30	5	15	69	24	11	45	78	.275	.342	.460	.801		211	10	4	2	4	1		DHM · CARL
1994	22	ATL-min	AA	124	502	440	66	132	28	3	7	52	29	7	50	53	.300	.372	.425	.797		187	8	2	7	3	7		GRV · SOUL
1995	23	ATL-min	AAA	50	198	179	20	34	6	0	4	17	2	2	15	49	.190	.254	.291	.544		52	4	1	1	2	0		RMD · IL
1996	24	ATL-min	AAA	96	396	353	57	100	29	2	7	33	11	7	34	72	.283	.350	.436	.787		154	3	3	5	1	2		RMD · IL
1996	24	ATL	NL	22	52	46	7	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	13	.174	.250	.239	.489	28	11	0	1	0	1	0	4/H
1997	25	ATL	NL	104	221	186	33	48	9	1	8	20	6	4	26	46	.258	.344	.446	.790	104	83	3	1	3	5	1	4H/563
1998	26	ATL	NL	105	317	289	32	61	14	1	5	22	1	4	24	68	.211	.275	.318	.594	56	92	7	2	1	1	0	4H/65
1999	27	TBD-min	AAA	87	393	345	66	108	25	6	9	58	16	9	37	46	.313	.379	.499	.878		172	9	3	3	5	0		DHM · IL
1999	27	TBD	AL	39	142	130	20	41	9	4	2	19	3	2	9	22	.315	.364	.492	.857	117	64	1	1	2	0	0	46/H5D
2000	28	TBD-min	AAA	10	42	35	9	10	3	0	2	6	2	0	7	8	.286	.405	.543	.948		19	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2000	28	TOT	AL	70	194	168	33	46	6	1	2	17	7	4	22	27	.274	.363	.357	.720	83	60	2	2	1	1	0	46H5/D
2000	28	TBD	AL	13	22	20	8	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.350	.714	84	7	1	1	0	0	0	/4H56
2000	28	CHW	AL	57	172	148	25	40	5	1	2	16	7	4	21	25	.270	.363	.358	.721	83	53	1	1	1	1	0	64H5/D
2001	29	CHW	AL	74	169	145	23	44	9	0	2	15	4	1	16	29	.303	.370	.407	.777	102	59	4	1	4	3	0	5H4/6D73
2002	30	CHW	AL	70	259	229	35	60	12	4	6	31	2	1	22	38	.262	.329	.428	.757	99	98	2	2	4	2	1	54/H6
2003	31	CHW	AL	90	281	250	51	65	15	3	7	23	8	0	24	37	.260	.331	.428	.759	97	107	1	3	3	1	1	645H/D3
2004	32	KCR-min	AAA	4	17	14	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	5	.214	.353	.429	.782		6	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2004	32	KCR	AL	75	314	278	37	73	11	0	3	26	10	2	27	38	.263	.332	.335	.667	74	93	5	3	4	2	0	4/H
2005	33	TOT	AL	110	417	379	68	117	17	3	7	38	7	2	31	51	.309	.366	.425	.791	109	161	14	4	2	1	2	435/HD6
2005	33	KCR	AL	59	217	191	29	57	5	2	3	18	3	1	22	28	.298	.377	.393	.769	107	75	6	2	2	0	1	345/HD6
2005	33	BOS	AL	51	200	188	39	60	12	1	4	20	4	1	9	23	.319	.355	.457	.812	111	86	8	2	0	1	1	4
2006	34	TOT	MLB	129	511	456	68	125	33	3	7	59	5	4	45	68	.274	.345	.406	.751	92	185	10	5	4	1	1	4536/HD
2006	34	KCR	AL	69	250	220	34	59	16	0	5	32	3	4	25	31	.268	.346	.409	.755	94	90	4	1	4	0	1	534/6HD
2006	34	MIL	NL	60	261	236	34	66	17	3	2	27	2	0	20	37	.280	.345	.403	.747	91	95	6	4	0	1	0	4/6
2007	35	MIL	NL	86	260	231	34	55	8	0	9	30	0	1	24	44	.238	.315	.390	.705	82	90	7	3	0	2	6	4H5/376

2008	36	CLE-min	AAA	25	100	89	8	28	7	1	0	6	0	1	8	11	.315	.384	.416	.800		37	2	2	1	0	0		BFL · IL
2009	37	CLE-min	AAA	69	286	261	39	69	24	0	6	40	3	0	17	46	.264	.311	.425	.736		111	12	3	0	5	0		CLB · IL
2009	37	CLE	AL	7	24	23	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.130	.167	.174	.341	-8	4	1	0	0	0	0	/45H
13 Yrs				981	3161	2810	442	746	145	21	58	302	53	25	275	486	.265	.335	.394	.729	89	1107	57	28	28	20	12
162 Game Avg.				162	522	464	73	123	24	3	10	50	9	4	45	80	.265	.335	.394	.729	89	183	9	5	5	3	2
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CHW (4 yrs)				291	881	772	134	209	41	8	17	85	21	6	83	129	.271	.344	.411	.755	96	317	8	7	12	7	2
KCR (3 yrs)				203	781	689	100	189	32	2	11	76	16	7	74	97	.274	.349	.374	.723	90	258	15	6	10	2	2
ATL (3 yrs)				231	590	521	72	117	24	3	13	44	7	8	54	127	.225	.299	.357	.656	71	186	10	4	4	7	1
TBD (2 yrs)				52	164	150	28	47	10	4	2	20	3	2	10	24	.313	.364	.473	.838	112	71	2	2	2	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				146	521	467	68	121	25	3	11	57	2	1	44	81	.259	.330	.396	.726	86	185	13	7	0	3	6
CLE (1 yr)				7	24	23	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.130	.167	.174	.341	-8	4	1	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				51	200	188	39	60	12	1	4	20	4	1	9	23	.319	.355	.457	.812	111	86	8	2	0	1	1

AL (9 yrs)				604	2050	1822	302	508	96	15	34	201	44	16	177	278	.279	.346	.404	.750	95	736	34	17	24	10	5
NL (5 yrs)				377	1111	988	140	238	49	6	24	101	9	9	98	208	.241	.313	.376	.689	78	371	23	11	4	10	7

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