Miguel Tejada

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Miguel Tejada

1997–2013 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 220 lb · b. 1974 Bani, Peravia

Also in Triple-A · Double-A · High-A

Career 2,171 G · 2,407 H · 307 HR · 1,302 RBI · .285 AVG

Seasons leading his league

15

8 best in baseball 7 league only

55 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

6 Categories led

2009 Best season

Spanning 1999–2009, peaking at 4 titles in 2009.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×3

Team records #2 Orioles 2004 RBI #6 Orioles career AVG #6 Astros 2009 H #7 Orioles career OPS #8 Athletics 2002 RBI #9 Athletics 2002 H #9 Orioles 2006 H

Led in Shortstop Assists for 4 straight seasons (2002–2005) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

264th League titles 15
245th Best in baseball 8
318th Top-5 finishes 55

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

Career leaderboards

10th Shortstop Double Plays 1,274
31st Shortstop Assists 5,804
53rd Shortstop Putouts 2,891
55th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .972
87th Shortstop Range Factor 4.47
94th Doubles 468
116th Total Bases 3,842
117th Runs Batted In 1,302
127th Hits 2,407
155th Home Runs 307
172nd Runs 1,230
423rd Slugging Percentage .456

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Assists	7	1st	4 yrs (2002–2005)	2002 504 2003 490 2004 526 2009 475 2000 AL 501 2005 AL 479 2008 NL 442 1999 #2 2001 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	3	1st	2 yrs (2008–2009)	2009 105 2004 AL 118 2008 NL 97 1999 #3 2002 #3 2005 #2 2006 #2
Doubles	2	1st	—	2005 50 2009 NL 46
Shortstop Range Factor	1	1st	—	2009 NL 4.36 1999 #3 2002 #3 2003 #3 2004 #2 2005 #3
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	2004 150 2002 #3
Shortstop Putouts	1	1st	—	1999 292 2001 #2 2003 #3 2004 #2 2009 #3
Total Bases	—	#3	—	2004 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	2008 #2
Hits	—	#2	—	2002 #3 2006 #3 2009 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2009	4	SS A 475 SS DP 105 SS RF 4.36 2B 46
2008	2	SS A 442 SS DP 97
2005	2	SS A 479 2B 50
2004	3	SS A 526 SS DP 118 RBI 150
2003	1	SS A 490
2002	1	SS A 504
2000	1	SS A 501
1999	1	SS PO 292

Batting

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1997	OAK	AL	26	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	22	2	.202	.240	.333	.574
1998	OAK	AL	105	365	53	85	20	1	11	45	28	86	5	.233	.298	.384	.681
1999	OAK	AL	159	593	93	149	33	4	21	84	57	94	8	.251	.325	.427	.751
2000	OAK	AL	160	607	105	167	32	1	30	115	66	102	6	.275	.349	.479	.828
2001	OAK	AL	162	622	107	166	31	3	31	113	43	89	11	.267	.326	.476	.801
2002	OAK	AL	162	662	108	204	30	0	34	131	38	84	7	.308	.354	.508	.861
2003	OAK	AL	162	636	98	177	42	0	27	106	53	65	10	.278	.336	.472	.807
2004	BAL	AL	162	653	107	203	40	2	34	150	48	73	4	.311	.360	.535	.895
2005	BAL	AL	162	654	89	199	50	5	26	98	40	83	5	.304	.349	.515	.865
2006	BAL	AL	162	648	99	214	37	0	24	100	46	79	6	.330	.379	.499	.878
2007	BAL	AL	133	514	72	152	19	1	18	81	41	55	2	.296	.357	.442	.799
2008	HOU	NL	158	632	92	179	38	3	13	66	24	72	7	.283	.314	.415	.729
2009	HOU	NL	158	635	83	199	46	1	14	86	19	48	5	.313	.340	.455	.795
2010	BAL +1	AL	156	636	71	171	26	0	15	71	30	67	2	.269	.312	.381	.692
2011	SFN	NL	91	322	28	77	16	0	4	26	12	35	4	.239	.270	.326	.596
2013	KCA	AL	53	156	15	45	5	0	3	20	6	25	1	.289	.317	.378	.695
Career	—	—	2,171	8,434	1,230	2,407	468	23	307	1,302	553	1,079	85	.285	.336	.456	.791

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1997	OAK	AL	SS	26	25	227.2	54	68	4	18	126	.968	4.69
1998	OAK	AL	SS	104	104	915.0	173	327	26	75	526	.951	4.81
1999	OAK	AL	SS	159	156	1377.1	292	471	21	110	784	.973	4.80
2000	OAK	AL	SS	160	159	1400.1	233	501	21	115	755	.972	4.59
2001	OAK	AL	SS	162	160	1431.1	256	473	20	93	749	.973	4.50
2002	OAK	AL	SS	162	161	1424.0	229	504	19	106	752	.975	4.53
2003	OAK	AL	SS	162	162	1417.2	240	490	21	95	751	.972	4.51
2004	BAL	AL	SS	162	162	1421.2	263	526	24	118	813	.971	4.87
2005	BAL	AL	SS	160	160	1394.2	252	479	22	105	753	.971	4.57
2006	BAL	AL	SS	150	150	1293.2	237	418	19	108	674	.972	4.37
2007	BAL	AL	SS	124	123	1068.2	149	358	15	77	522	.971	4.09
2008	HOU	NL	SS	157	154	1354.1	187	442	11	97	640	.983	4.01
2009	HOU	NL	SS	158	157	1371.1	214	475	21	105	710	.970	4.36
2010	BAL	AL	3B	97	95	823.1	69	200	15	22	284	.947	2.77
			SS	58	57	496.2	68	162	3	40	233	.987	3.97
2011	SFN	NL	3B	44	39	372.1	29	99	2	12	130	.985	2.91
			SS	42	39	334.1	44	110	8	12	162	.951	3.67
			2B	4	4	33.0	5	13	0	2	18	1.000	4.50
2013	KCA	AL	2B	26	22	184.1	28	50	0	10	78	1.000	3.00
			3B	22	18	150.0	5	27	2	1	34	.941	1.46
			1B	1	1	9.0	10	0	0	0	10	1.000	10.00
Career	—	—	SS	1,946	1,929	16928.2	2,891	5,804	255	1,274	8,950	.972	4.47
	—	—	3B	163	152	1345.2	103	326	19	35	448	.958	2.63
	—	—	2B	30	26	217.1	33	63	0	12	96	1.000	3.20
	—	—	1B	1	1	9.0	10	0	0	0	10	1.000	10.00