Placido Polanco

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Placido Polanco

1998–2013 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 190 lb · b. 1975 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional

Career 1,927 G · 2,142 H · 104 HR · 723 RBI · .297 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

8 best in baseball 5 league only

35 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

7 Categories led

2011 Best season

Spanning 2004–2013, peaking at 3 titles in 2011.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

330th League titles 13
245th Best in baseball 8
734th Top-5 finishes 35

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

Career leaderboards

1st Second Base Fielding Percentage .993
87th Second Base Double Plays 718
92nd Second Base Range Factor 4.80
123rd Second Base Putouts 2,131
130th Second Base Assists 2,794
152nd Third Base Double Plays 138
187th Third Base Assists 1,421
217th Hits 2,142
257th Third Base Putouts 475
260th Batting Average .297
321st Doubles 348
344th Runs 1,009
388th Total Bases 2,866

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	4	1st	2 yrs (2004–2005)	2004 .995 2005 .995 2007 1.000 2009 .997
Third Base Fielding Percentage	3	1st	2 yrs (2010–2011)	2010 .986 2011 .977 2013 .990 2002 #2
Third Base Range Factor	2	1st	2 yrs (2010–2011)	2011 2.86 2010 NL 2.81 2002 #3
Third Base Assists	1	1st	—	2011 NL 259
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	2004 NL 5.21 2005 #2 2006 #3 2009 #3
Second Base Putouts	1	1st	—	2008 AL 323 2007 #3 2009 #3
Batting Average	1	1st	—	2005 AL .331 2007 #3
Third Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	2010 #2
Third Base Putouts	—	#2	—	2011 #2
Second Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	2005 #2 2009 #2
Second Base Assists	—	#3	—	2009 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2013	1	3B FPCT .990
2011	3	3B A 259 3B FPCT .977 3B RF 2.86
2010	2	3B FPCT .986 3B RF 2.81
2009	1	2B FPCT .997
2008	1	2B PO 323
2007	1	2B FPCT 1.000
2005	2	AVG .331 2B FPCT .995
2004	2	2B FPCT .995 2B RF 5.21

Batting

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1998	SLN	NL	45	114	10	29	3	2	1	11	5	9	2	.254	.292	.342	.634
1999	SLN	NL	88	220	24	61	9	3	1	19	15	24	1	.277	.321	.359	.680
2000	SLN	NL	118	323	50	102	12	3	5	39	16	26	4	.316	.347	.418	.765
2001	SLN	NL	144	564	87	173	26	4	3	38	25	43	12	.307	.342	.383	.725
2002	SLN +1	NL	147	548	75	158	32	2	9	49	26	41	5	.288	.330	.403	.733
2003	PHI	NL	122	492	87	142	30	3	14	63	42	38	14	.289	.352	.447	.799
2004	PHI	NL	126	503	74	150	21	0	17	55	27	39	7	.298	.345	.441	.786
2005	DET +1	AL	129	501	84	166	27	2	9	56	33	25	4	.331	.383	.447	.830
2006	DET	AL	110	461	58	136	18	1	4	52	17	27	1	.295	.329	.364	.693
2007	DET	AL	142	587	105	200	36	3	9	67	37	30	7	.341	.388	.458	.846
2008	DET	AL	141	580	90	178	34	3	8	58	35	43	7	.307	.350	.417	.768
2009	DET	AL	153	618	82	176	31	4	10	72	36	46	7	.285	.331	.396	.727
2010	PHI	NL	132	554	76	165	27	2	6	52	32	47	5	.298	.339	.386	.726
2011	PHI	NL	122	469	46	130	14	0	5	50	42	44	3	.277	.335	.339	.674
2012	PHI	NL	90	303	28	78	15	0	2	19	18	25	0	.257	.303	.327	.629
2013	MIA	NL	118	377	33	98	13	0	1	23	23	31	2	.260	.315	.302	.617
Career	—	—	1,927	7,214	1,009	2,142	348	32	104	723	429	538	81	.297	.343	.397	.740

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1998	SLN	NL	SS	28	21	196.0	38	81	6	18	125	.952	4.25
			2B	14	8	88.1	34	21	1	10	56	.982	3.93
1999	SLN	NL	2B	66	39	396.2	116	122	5	32	243	.979	3.61
			3B	9	2	30.2	0	8	1	0	9	.889	0.89
			SS	9	7	58.2	7	20	2	5	29	.931	3.00
2000	SLN	NL	2B	51	32	349.0	80	107	3	18	190	.984	3.67
			3B	35	19	187.0	18	41	0	8	59	1.000	1.69
			SS	29	14	151.2	31	53	0	11	84	1.000	2.90
			1B	1	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
2001	SLN	NL	3B	103	93	810.0	60	199	4	16	263	.985	2.52
			SS	42	29	281.0	51	109	0	16	160	1.000	3.81
			2B	15	10	93.0	22	36	0	10	58	1.000	3.87
2002	SLN	NL	3B	131	115	1066.2	90	272	8	33	370	.978	2.76
			SS	13	9	90.2	19	24	0	7	43	1.000	3.31
			2B	6	5	46.0	11	17	1	7	29	.966	4.67
2003	PHI	NL	2B	99	99	873.2	213	301	4	69	518	.992	5.19
			3B	21	21	179.0	10	37	2	5	49	.959	2.24
2004	PHI	NL	2B	109	105	944.0	264	304	3	76	571	.995	5.21
			3B	13	11	96.0	15	26	0	4	41	1.000	3.15
2005	DET	AL	2B	113	109	945.2	244	322	3	95	569	.995	5.01
			3B	9	6	57.1	7	20	0	2	27	1.000	3.00
			OF	5	4	29.0	10	0	0	0	10	1.000	2.00
			SS	1	1	8.0	3	2	0	1	5	1.000	5.00
2006	DET	AL	2B	108	107	943.0	224	325	6	81	555	.989	5.08
2007	DET	AL	2B	141	138	1209.0	294	389	0	101	683	1.000	4.84
2008	DET	AL	2B	141	136	1201.1	323	374	8	100	705	.989	4.94
2009	DET	AL	2B	151	146	1289.1	290	439	2	112	731	.997	4.83
2010	PHI	NL	3B	123	121	1075.1	88	258	5	32	351	.986	2.81
			2B	12	9	82.0	15	37	0	7	52	1.000	4.33
2011	PHI	NL	3B	118	115	1044.2	78	259	8	15	345	.977	2.86
			2B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
2012	PHI	NL	3B	80	72	664.2	57	148	2	10	207	.990	2.56
2013	MIA	NL	3B	109	92	849.2	52	153	2	13	207	.990	1.88
Career	—	—	2B	1,027	943	8462.0	2,131	2,794	36	718	4,961	.993	4.80
	—	—	3B	751	667	6061.0	475	1,421	32	138	1,928	.983	2.53
	—	—	SS	122	81	786.0	149	289	8	58	446	.982	3.59
	—	—	OF	5	4	29.0	10	0	0	0	10	1.000	2.00
	—	—	1B	1	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	3.00