Plácido Polanco

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 190lb (175cm, 86kg)

Born: October 10, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 49th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL).

High School: Santa Clara (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

School: Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: July 3, 1998 (Age 22-266d, 17,292nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2013 (Age 37-353d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Adam Katz • Previously: Levinsons

Full Name: Plácido Enrique Polanco

Nicknames: Polly

Pronunciation: \PLAH-see-dough poh-LAHN-coh\

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2x All-Star
3x Gold Glove
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

7214

2142

104

.297

1009

RBI

723

OBP

.343

SLG

.397

OPS

.740

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET	@	TOR	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 7	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 8	DET	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
5	6	Apr 11	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
6	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	8	Apr 13	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
8	9	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	10	Apr 17	DET	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
10	11	Apr 18	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
11	12	Apr 19	DET	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
12	13	Apr 21	DET	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
13	14	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	15	Apr 23	DET	@	LAA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
15	16	Apr 24	DET	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
16	17	Apr 25	DET	@	KCR	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
17	18	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
18	19	Apr 27	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
19	20	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,0-11	GS	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
20	21	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
22	23	May 2	DET		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
23	24	May 3	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
24	25	May 4	DET		MIN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
25	26	May 5	DET		MIN	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	6	7	0	13	3	2B
26	27	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
27	28	May 8	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
28	29	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	30	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
30	31	May 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
31	32	May 13	DET	@	MIN	L,10-14	CG	60	12.2	3	3	0	6	1	2B
32	34 (1)	May 15	DET		OAK	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
33	35	May 16	DET		OAK	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
34	37 (1)	May 19	DET		TEX	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
35	38	May 20	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	39	May 21	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
37	40	May 22	DET		COL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
38	41	May 23	DET		COL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
39	43 (1)	May 25	DET	@	KCR	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	44	May 26	DET	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
41	45	May 27	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
42	46	May 28	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
43	47	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
44	48	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50 (1)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
46	51	Jun 3	DET		BOS	L,5-10	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
47	53 (1)	Jun 5	DET		LAA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
48	54	Jun 6	DET		LAA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	55	Jun 7	DET		LAA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
50	56	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
51	57	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
52	58	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
53	59	Jun 10	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
54	60	Jun 11	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
55	61	Jun 12	DET	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
56	62	Jun 13	DET	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
57	63	Jun 14	DET	@	PIT	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
58	64	Jun 16	DET	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
59	65	Jun 17	DET	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
60	66	Jun 18	DET	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
61	67	Jun 19	DET		MIL	W,10-4	CG	32	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
62	68	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,9-5	GS	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
63	70 (1)	Jun 23	DET		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
64	71	Jun 24	DET		CHC	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
65	73 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	38	7.1	4	2	0	6	1	2B
66	74	Jun 27	DET	@	HOU	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
67	75	Jun 28	DET	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
68	76	Jun 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
69	77	Jun 30	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	78	Jul 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	79	Jul 3	DET	@	MIN	W,11-9	CG	69	16.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
72	80	Jul 4	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
73	82 (1)	Jul 6	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
74	83	Jul 7	DET		KCR	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
75	84	Jul 8	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
76	85	Jul 10	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
77	86	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	87	Jul 12	DET		CLE	W,10-1	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
79	88	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
80	89	Jul 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
81	90	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
82	91	Jul 21	DET		SEA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
83	92	Jul 22	DET		SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
84	93	Jul 23	DET		SEA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
85	94	Jul 24 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
86	95	Jul 24 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
87	96	Jul 25	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
88	97	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
89	98	Jul 27	DET	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
90	99	Jul 28	DET	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
91	100	Jul 29	DET	@	TEX	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
92	101	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	59	12.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	102	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	3	7	0	10	3	2B
94	104 (1)	Aug 3	DET		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
95	105	Aug 4	DET		BAL	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
96	106	Aug 5	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
97	107	Aug 6	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
98	108	Aug 7	DET		MIN	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
99	109	Aug 8	DET		MIN	L,0-11	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
100	110	Aug 9	DET		MIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
101	111	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
102	112	Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
103	113	Aug 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	28	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
104	114	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
105	115	Aug 14	DET		KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
106	116	Aug 15	DET		KCR	W,10-3	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
107	117	Aug 16	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
108	118	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
109	119	Aug 19	DET		SEA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
110	120	Aug 20	DET		SEA	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
111	121	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
112	122	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	2B
113	123	Aug 23	DET	@	OAK	L,4-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
114	124	Aug 24	DET	@	LAA	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
115	125	Aug 25	DET	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
116	126	Aug 26	DET	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
117	127	Aug 28	DET		TBR	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
118	128	Aug 29	DET		TBR	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
119	129	Aug 30	DET		TBR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
120	130	Aug 31	DET		TBR	L,7-11	GS	38	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	131	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
122	132	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
123	133	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
124	134	Sep 4	DET	@	TBR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
125	135	Sep 5	DET	@	TBR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
126	136	Sep 6	DET	@	TBR	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
127	137	Sep 8	DET	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
128	138	Sep 9	DET	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
129	139	Sep 10	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
130	140	Sep 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
131	141	Sep 12	DET		TOR	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
132	142	Sep 13	DET		TOR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
133	143	Sep 14	DET		TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
134	145 (1)	Sep 16	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
135	146	Sep 17	DET		KCR	L,2-9	GS	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
136	147	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
137	148	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
138	149	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
139	150	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
140	151	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GS	28	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
141	152	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
142	153	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
143	154	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	34	9.0	3	9	0	12	5	2B
144	155	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
145	156	Sep 29 (1)	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
146	157	Sep 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
147	158	Sep 30	DET		MIN	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
148	160 (1)	Oct 2	DET		CHW	L,0-8	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
149	161	Oct 3	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
150	162	Oct 4	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
151	163	Oct 6	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
							151gm		1289.1	290	439	2	731	112