Placido Polanco Stats

Placido Polanco was born on Friday, October 10, 1975, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. Polanco was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 3, 1998, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Placido Polanco baseball stats page.

"He's (Placido Palanco) obviously a very surehanded guy. I can't say it any better than what I've said: He's a true baseball player in every sense of the word. Some guys are athletes. Some guys are baseball players. Sometimes you've got a combination of both." - Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland on MLB.com (Jason Beck, 07/31/2007)

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Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Autograph on a 2004 Topps (#117)

Placido Polanco Autograph on a 2004 Topps (#117)
 

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Birth Name:   Plácido Enrique Polanco
Nickname:   None
Born On:   10-10-1975  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Santa Clara Escuela (Santo Domingo, DR)
College:   Miami-Dade Community College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   07-03-1998 (Age 22)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   1994 : 19th Round (530th)
Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1998 23 Cardinals 45 114 10 29 3 2 1 0 11 5 0 9 2 0 1 1 .254 .292 .342
1999 24 Cardinals 88 220 24 61 9 3 1 0 19 15 1 24 3 2 0 7 .277 .321 .359
2000 25 Cardinals 118 323 50 102 12 3 5 1 39 16 0 26 7 3 1 8 .316 .347 .418
2001 26 Cardinals 144 564 87 173 26 4 3 0 38 25 0 43 14 1 6 22 .307 .342 .383
2002 27 Cardinals 94 342 47 97 19 1 5 0 27 12 1 27 9 0 4 12 .284 .316 .389
2002 27 Phillies 53 206 28 61 13 1 4 0 22 14 0 14 4 0 4 3 .296 .353 .427
2003 28 Phillies 122 492 87 142 30 3 14 0 63 42 1 38 8 4 8 16 .289 .352 .447
2004 29 Phillies 126 503 74 150 21 0 17 0 55 27 0 39 7 6 12 13 .298 .345 .441
2005 30 Phillies 43 158 26 50 7 0 3 0 20 12 0 9 0 0 3 3 .316 .376 .418
2005 30 Tigers 86 343 58 116 20 2 6 0 36 21 0 16 2 4 8 9 .338 .386 .461
2006 31 Tigers 110 461 58 136 18 1 4 0 52 17 0 27 8 2 7 18 .295 .329 .364
2007 32 Tigers 142 587 105 200 36 3 9 0 67 37 3 30 2 4 11 9 .341 .388 .458
2008 33 Tigers 141 580 90 178 34 3 8 0 58 35 2 43 4 4 6 14 .307 .350 .417
2009 34 Tigers 153 618 82 176 31 4 10 0 72 36 2 46 7 5 9 15 .285 .331 .396
2010 35 Phillies 132 554 76 165 27 2 6 1 52 32 1 47 1 8 7 14 .298 .339 .386
2011 36 Phillies 122 469 46 130 14 0 5 1 50 42 0 44 1 8 3 15 .277 .335 .339
2012 37 Phillies 90 303 28 78 15 0 2 0 19 18 0 25 0 0 2 1 .257 .303 .327
2013 38 Marlins 57 218 20 50 7 0 0 0 9 13 0 18 0 0 5 10 .229 .288 .261
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 1,866 7,055 996 2,094 342 32 103 3 709 419 11 525 79 51 97 190 .297 .342 .398
Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1998 Cardinals 2B 14 8 264 56 4.0 55 34 21 1 10 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.63
1998 Cardinals SS 28 21 588 125 4.5 119 38 81 6 18 n/a n/a n/a .952 5.46
1999 Cardinals 2B 65 40 1,181 242 3.7 237 115 122 5 31 n/a n/a n/a .979 5.42
1999 Cardinals 3B 10 2 101 12 1.2 11 1 10 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.94
1999 Cardinals SS 9 7 176 29 3.2 27 7 20 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .931 4.14
2000 Cardinals 1B 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2000 Cardinals 2B 51 32 1,047 190 3.7 187 80 107 3 18 n/a n/a n/a .984 4.82
2000 Cardinals 3B 35 19 561 59 1.7 59 18 41 0 8 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.84
2000 Cardinals SS 29 14 455 84 2.9 84 31 53 0 11 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.98
2001 Cardinals 2B 15 10 279 58 3.9 58 22 36 0 10 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.61
2001 Cardinals 3B 104 93 2,430 263 2.5 259 60 199 4 16 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.88
2001 Cardinals SS 42 29 843 159 3.8 159 50 109 0 16 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.09
2002 Cardinals 2B 6 5 138 29 4.8 28 11 17 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .966 5.48
2002 Cardinals 3B 78 63 1,761 196 2.5 191 52 139 5 18 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.93
2002 Cardinals SS 13 9 272 43 3.3 43 19 24 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.27
2002 Phillies 3B 53 52 1,439 173 3.3 170 38 132 3 15 n/a n/a n/a .983 3.19
2003 Phillies 2B 99 99 2,621 518 5.2 514 213 301 4 69 n/a n/a n/a .992 5.29
2003 Phillies 3B 21 21 537 49 2.3 47 10 37 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.36
2004 Phillies 2B 109 105 2,832 571 5.2 568 264 304 3 76 n/a n/a n/a .995 5.42
2004 Phillies 3B 13 11 288 41 3.2 41 15 26 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.84
2005 Phillies 2B 29 26 690 131 4.5 131 57 74 0 26 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.13
2005 Phillies 3B 8 5 144 23 2.9 23 6 17 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.31
2005 Phillies LF 5 4 87 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.10
2005 Phillies SS 1 1 24 5 5.0 5 3 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
2005 Tigers 2B 84 83 2,148 438 5.2 435 187 248 3 69 n/a n/a n/a .993 5.47
2005 Tigers 3B 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
2006 Tigers 2B 108 107 2,829 556 5.1 550 225 325 6 81 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.25
2007 Tigers 2B 141 138 3,627 683 4.8 683 294 389 0 101 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.08
2008 Tigers 2B 141 136 3,603 705 5.0 697 323 374 8 100 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.22
2009 Tigers 2B 151 146 3,867 731 4.8 729 290 439 2 112 n/a n/a n/a .997 5.09
2010 Phillies 2B 12 9 246 52 4.3 52 15 37 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.71
2010 Phillies 3B 123 121 3,225 351 2.9 346 88 258 5 32 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.90
2011 Phillies 2B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2011 Phillies 3B 118 115 3,132 345 2.9 337 78 259 8 15 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.91
2012 Phillies 3B 80 72 1,994 207 2.6 204 57 147 3 10 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.76
2013 Marlins 3B 57 55 - 125 2.2 124 34 90 1 11 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2B Totals 1,026 944 25,375 4,961 4.8 4,925 2,131 2,794 36 717 n/a n/a n/a .993 5.24
3B Totals 701 630 15,639 1,848 2.6 1,816 458 1,358 32 138 n/a n/a n/a .983 3.14
SS Totals 122 81 2,358 445 3.6 437 148 289 8 58 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.00
LF Totals 5 4 87 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.10
1B Totals 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
16 Years 1,855 1,659 43,468 7,267 3.9 7,191 2,749 4,442 76 913 n/a n/a n/a .990 4.47
Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1998 Cardinals 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 114.0 12.7 10.4 - - -
1999 Cardinals 1 3 .250 14 2 0 220.0 9.2 11.6 - - -
2000 Cardinals 4 4 .500 17 3 0 64.6 12.4 8.3 - - -
2001 Cardinals 12 3 .800 7 0 1 188.0 13.1 14.8 - - -
2002 Cardinals 3 1 .750 9 0 0 68.4 12.7 12.7 - - -
2002 Phillies 2 2 .500 0 0 0 51.5 14.7 9.4 - - -
2003 Phillies 14 2 .875 4 0 0 35.1 12.9 7.8 - - -
2004 Phillies 7 4 .636 16 0 0 29.6 12.9 9.1 - - -
2005 Phillies 0 0 .000 4 0 0 52.7 17.6 7.9 - - -
2005 Tigers 4 3 .571 1 1 0 57.2 21.4 9.5 - - -
2006 Tigers 1 2 .333 3 0 0 115.3 17.1 8.9 - - -
2007 Tigers 7 3 .700 2 0 0 65.2 19.6 8.8 - - -
2008 Tigers 7 1 .875 2 0 0 72.5 13.5 10.0 - - -
2009 Tigers 7 2 .778 5 0 0 61.8 13.4 8.6 - - -
2010 Phillies 5 0 1.000 2 0 0 92.3 11.8 10.7 - - -
2011 Phillies 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 93.8 10.7 9.4 - - -
2012 Phillies 0 0 .000 13 0 0 151.5 12.1 15.9 - - -
2013 Marlins 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0.0 12.1 24.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 80 30 .727 106 6 2 68.5 13.4 10.0 - - -
Placido Polanco

Placido Polanco Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1998 St. Louis Cardinals 67, 27 $170,000.00 - -
1999 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $200,000.00 - -
2000 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $220,000.00 - -
2001 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $320,000.00 - -
2002 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $1,750,000.00 - -
2002 Philadelphia Phillies 23 Undetermined - -
2003 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $2,875,000.00 - -
2004 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $3,950,000.00 - -
2005 Philadelphia Phillies 27 Undetermined - -
2005 Detroit Tigers 14 Undetermined - -
2006 Detroit Tigers 14 $4,600,000.00 - Stats
2007 Detroit Tigers 14 $4,600,000.00 Stats -
2008 Detroit Tigers 14 $4,600,000.00 - -
2009 Detroit Tigers 14 $4,600,000.00 - -
2010 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $5,166,666.00 - -
2011 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $5,416,666.00 Stats -
2012 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $6,416,666.00 - -
2013 Miami Marlins 30 $2,750,000.00 - -


Did you know that Placido Polanco holds the Major League record for most consecutive errorless games in a season at second base AND most consecutive errorless games in a career at second base?

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