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Nomar Garciaparra

Nomar Garciaparra

1996–2009  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 165 lb  ·  b. 1973 Whittier, CA

Also in Triple-A  ·  Double-A  ·  High-A  ·  Single-A

Career 1,434 G · 1,747 H · 229 HR · 936 RBI · .313 AVG

Seasons leading his league
7
3 best in baseball 4 league only
32 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1997 Best season

Spanning 1997–2002, peaking at 4 titles in 1997.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons
Team records #4 Red Sox career AVG #4 Red Sox 2000 AVG #6 Red Sox career OPS #10 Red Sox 1997 H

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 804th League titles 7
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 841st Top-5 finishes 32

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Batting Average 2 1st 2 yrs (1999–2000) 1999 AL .357 2000 AL .372
Triples 1 1st — 1997 AL 11 2003 #2
Doubles 1 1st — 2002 56 2000 #2
Hits 1 1st — 1997 AL 209
Shortstop Double Plays 1 1st — 1997 113
Shortstop Putouts 1 1st — 1997 249
First Base Range Factor — #3 — 2006 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 2006 #2
Total Bases — #2 — 1997 #2
Slugging Percentage — #3 — 1999 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. — #3 — 1999 #3
Runs — #2 — 1997 #2 2003 #2
Shortstop Range Factor — #2 — 1997 #2
Shortstop Assists — #2 — 1997 #2 2002 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2002 1 2B 56
2000 1 AVG .372
1999 1 AVG .357
1997 4 SS PO 249 SS DP 113 H 209 3B 11

Batting

  led the league   14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1996 BOS AL 24 87 11 21 2 3 4 16 4 14 5 .241 .272 .471 .743
1997 BOS AL 153 684 122 209 44 11 30 98 35 92 22 .306 .342 .534 .875
1998 BOS AL 143 604 111 195 37 8 35 122 33 62 12 .323 .362 .584 .946
1999 BOS AL 135 532 103 190 42 4 27 104 51 39 14 .357 .418 .603 1.022
2000 BOS AL 140 529 104 197 51 3 21 96 61 50 5 .372 .434 .599 1.033
2001 BOS AL 21 83 13 24 3 0 4 8 7 9 0 .289 .352 .470 .822
2002 BOS AL 156 635 101 197 56 5 24 120 41 63 5 .310 .352 .528 .880
2003 BOS AL 156 658 120 198 37 13 28 105 39 61 19 .301 .345 .524 .870
2004 CHN +1 NL 81 321 52 99 21 3 9 41 24 30 4 .308 .365 .477 .842
2005 CHN NL 62 230 28 65 12 0 9 30 12 24 0 .283 .320 .452 .772
2006 LAN NL 122 469 82 142 31 2 20 93 42 30 3 .303 .367 .505 .872
2007 LAN NL 121 431 39 122 17 0 7 59 31 41 3 .283 .328 .371 .700
2008 LAN NL 55 163 24 43 9 0 8 28 15 11 1 .264 .326 .466 .792
2009 OAK AL 65 160 17 45 8 0 3 16 8 28 2 .281 .314 .388 .701
Career — — 1,434 5,586 927 1,747 370 52 229 936 403 554 95 .313 .361 .521 .882

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1996 BOS AL SS 22 21 190.2 35 50 1 11 86 .988 3.86
2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 3.00
1997 BOS AL SS 153 152 1344.1 249 450 21 113 720 .971 4.57
1998 BOS AL SS 143 143 1255.1 228 402 25 68 655 .962 4.41
1999 BOS AL SS 134 133 1171.2 232 357 17 72 606 .972 4.40
2000 BOS AL SS 136 136 1185.0 201 402 18 65 621 .971 4.43
2001 BOS AL SS 21 21 184.0 34 56 3 13 93 .968 4.29
2002 BOS AL SS 154 153 1341.0 220 467 25 92 712 .965 4.46
2003 BOS AL SS 156 155 1364.2 216 456 20 83 692 .971 4.31
2004 CHN NL SS 79 78 676.0 121 175 9 34 305 .970 3.75
2005 CHN NL 3B 34 34 295.2 20 65 6 1 91 .934 2.50
SS 26 25 206.0 41 51 6 16 98 .939 3.54
2006 LAN NL 1B 118 117 1017.0 1,059 61 4 113 1,124 .996 9.49
2007 LAN NL 1B 68 66 571.0 556 27 4 52 587 .993 8.57
3B 43 41 354.2 32 64 6 3 102 .941 2.23
2008 LAN NL SS 31 29 238.0 29 89 4 14 122 .967 3.81
3B 11 9 73.0 2 21 2 0 25 .920 2.09
1B 8 6 38.2 49 4 0 2 53 1.000 6.63
2009 OAK AL 1B 16 11 101.1 95 5 0 13 100 1.000 6.25
3B 6 6 32.0 1 8 0 0 9 1.000 1.50
Career — — SS 1,055 1,046 9156.2 1,606 2,955 149 581 4,710 .968 4.32
— — 1B 210 200 1728.0 1,759 97 8 180 1,864 .996 8.84
— — 3B 94 90 755.1 55 158 14 4 227 .938 2.27
— — 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 3.00