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Elvis
Cianciolo		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 165
 
Born: September 8, 1977 in South Africa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2012   
All-Star Selections 2002    2003    2004    2005    2006    2007    2009    2010    2011    2013    2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 23 SPR VL $ 2,590,000 5 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 5 6
2002 24 SPR VL $ 3,300,000 5 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 5 5
2003 25 SPR VL $ 3,300,000 5 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 8 6 5 5
2004 26 VIR GL $ 3,300,000 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 5 5
2005 27 VIR GL $ 6,500,000 5 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 5 5
2006 28 VIR GL $ 6,500,000 5 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 5 5
2007 29 VIR GL $ 6,500,000 5 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 5 5 5
2008 30 VIR GL $ 6,500,000 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 5 5 5
2009 31 MIN GL $ 6,500,000 5 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 5 5 5
2010 32 MIN GL $ 14,250,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 5 4 5
2011 33 MIN GL $ 14,250,000 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8 5 4 5
2012 34 MIN GL $ 14,250,000 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 4 3 4
2013 35 MIN GL $ 13,300,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8 6 5 6
2014 36 UTI VL $ 7,750,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6
2015 37 MIN GL $ 6,000,000 5 7 6 3 4 3 0 1 1 2 3 3 6 7 6 6 5 6
Min Ratings $ 2,590,000 5 7 6 3 4 3 0 1 1 2 3 3 6 7 6 4 3 4
Max Ratings $ 14,250,000 5 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 23 SPR VL 159 588 100 173 28 3 21 86 22 2 90 101 .294 .392 .459 .852 107.4 19.2
2002 24 SPR VL 162 647 137 223 42 7 27 125 44 10 94 110 .345 .427 .556 .984 145.7 30.3
2003 25 SPR VL 162 588 126 179 32 2 33 112 40 12 132 106 .304 .434 .534 .968 138.9 29.5
2004 26 VIR GL 162 632 136 208 34 6 28 117 41 8 112 115 .329 .436 .535 .971 145.2 24.1
2005 27 VIR GL 163 619 110 180 39 4 28 135 24 5 94 97 .291 .385 .502 .887 119.0 26.8
2006 28 VIR GL 162 621 126 183 30 6 36 110 31 6 75 93 .295 .374 .536 .910 125.1 23.3
2007 29 VIR GL 162 594 128 189 28 5 34 113 52 18 106 90 .318 .422 .554 .976 136.9 29.2
2008 30 VIR GL 162 611 132 175 33 8 31 103 55 28 103 96 .286 .400 .519 .919 125.1 25.6
2009 31 MIN GL 162 601 114 172 38 6 44 128 43 10 112 95 .286 .404 .589 .993 141.4 30.2
2010 32 MIN GL 135 516 110 152 25 3 33 113 27 9 71 99 .295 .395 .547 .942 109.4 20.0
2011 33 MIN GL 158 598 116 172 31 5 27 113 44 10 67 113 .288 .361 .492 .852 109.8 24.7
2012 34 MIN GL 159 593 107 159 30 2 27 88 26 10 78 133 .268 .365 .462 .827 104.2 20.4
2013 35 MIN GL 145 548 76 141 24 4 28 98 15 6 64 125 .257 .342 .469 .811 90.6 20.3
2014 36 UTI VL 80 243 53 83 10 2 22 56 20 7 36 36 .342 .434 .671 1.105 64.7 14.7
  PHI VL 30 105 18 25 4 1 5 11 8 3 19 16 .238 .362 .438 .800 18.0 3.4
  TOT   110 348 71 108 14 3 27 67 28 10 55 52 .310 .412 .601 1.013 82.7 18.1
    AAA   4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8  
2015 37 MIN GL 139 458 61 117 25 1 15 69 5 1 45 64 .255 .327 .413 .740 63.6 16.8
    A   6 16 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 .375 .500 .438 .938 3.8  
15 Years Sim 2302 8562 1650 2531 453 65 439 1577 497 145 1298 1489 .296 .394 .518 .911 1744.9 358.6
1 Years AAA 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8  
1 Years A 6 16 5 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 .375 .500 .438 .938 3.8  
2 Years Minors 10 20 6 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 .350 .481 .450 .931 4.6  
162 Game Average 602 116 178 31 4 30 110 34 10 91 104 .296 .394 .518 .911 122.8  
Career Highs 163 647 137 223 42 8 44 135 55 28 132 133 .345 .436 .601 1.013 145.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6231 1267 1968 358 53 340 1178 339 113 1012 1147 .316 .417 .554 .971 1370.7
vs LH   2331 383 563 95 12 99 399 122 32 286 342 .242 .330 .420 .750 341.2
Home 1143 4147 803 1246 223 33 208 802 220 79 637 695 .300 .400 .521 .920 837.8
Away 1159 4415 847 1285 230 32 231 775 241 66 661 794 .291 .388 .515 .902 874.0
RISP   2179 0 709 118 18 118 1094 0 0 428 370 .325 .432 .559 .991 505.5
Pinch Hitting   38 7 12 1 0 0 6 3 0 6 4 .316 .426 .342 .768 6.3
Close/Late   864 141 245 51 8 35 158 0 0 168 164 .284 .404 .483 .886 168.6
Mar/Apr 358 1328 273 390 68 12 71 220 76 25 223 207 .294 .402 .523 .925 274.6
May 378 1369 252 419 74 10 56 253 68 26 237 240 .306 .407 .497 .905 277.1
June 386 1440 294 428 84 12 87 286 76 21 202 264 .297 .392 .553 .945 299.2
July 309 1152 202 325 59 4 54 193 60 18 167 217 .282 .383 .481 .864 210.8
August 358 1338 234 373 73 7 65 254 64 23 181 243 .279 .372 .490 .862 240.5
Sep/Oct 513 1935 395 596 95 20 106 371 117 32 288 318 .308 .401 .542 .943 409.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 23 SPR VL CF 156 154 1357.7 360 3 1 0 .997 2.41 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2002 24 SPR VL CF 91 91 814.7 216 11 0 1 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 71 71 640.7 121 4 4 0 .969 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
2003 25 SPR VL CF 103 103 923.0 267 8 0 3 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    LF 59 59 531.0 121 3 1 0 .992 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
2004 26 VIR GL CF 96 96 843.7 255 6 0 3 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 7.6
    RF 66 66 585.3 134 4 2 2 .986 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
2005 27 VIR GL RF 163 163 1466.7 282 4 11 2 .963 1.75 0 0 .000 0 4.7
2006 28 VIR GL RF 162 162 1404.3 330 3 14 0 .960 2.13 0 0 .000 0 4.0
2007 29 VIR GL LF 41 41 369.7 89 0 7 0 .927 2.17 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 121 121 1061.0 204 1 6 0 .972 1.74 0 0 .000 0 7.1
2008 30 VIR GL LF 5 5 46.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 157 157 1410.7 345 4 14 1 .961 2.23 0 0 .000 0 6.2
2009 31 MIN GL RF 162 162 1447.3 357 6 13 1 .965 2.26 0 0 .000 0 3.8
2010 32 MIN GL RF 135 135 1193.3 299 6 10 1 .968 2.30 0 0 .000 0 3.4
2011 33 MIN GL CF 122 121 1068.7 357 7 0 0 1.000 3.07 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 31 29 259.0 62 3 1 1 .985 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
2012 34 MIN GL C 2 2 22.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 7.36 3 0 .000 3 0.1
    CF 151 151 1355.3 488 11 0 5 1.000 3.31 0 0 .000 0 7.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 4 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
2013 35 MIN GL CF 145 145 1287.7 443 4 3 2 .993 3.12 0 0 .000 0 7.5
2014 36 UTI VL CF 31 22 195.2 58 1 1 0 .983 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHI VL CF 11 8 86.1 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 42 30 281.3 84 1 1 0 .988 2.72   0.0
  UTI VL LF 1 0 2.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHI VL LF 1 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  UTI VL RF 48 46 386.8 109 1 2 0 .982 2.56 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  PHI VL RF 18 17 170.6 48 1 1 0 .980 2.58 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  TOT   RF 66 63 557.4 157 2 3 0 .981 2.57   3.4
2015 37 MIN GL 1B 1 0 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 8 5 52.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 3 34.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 114 109 973.7 250 3 16 0 .941 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 .667 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1182 1171 10400.7 2427 36 90 8 .965 2.13 0 0 .000 0 34.9
  CF 914 896 7984.1 2483 51 5 14 .998 2.86 0 0 .000 0 40.3
  LF 189 179 1635.4 356 8 13 0 .966 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.7
  C 2 2 22.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 7.36 3 0 .000 3 0.1
  1B 1 0 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 .667 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2290 2248 20055.1 5292 97 109 23 .980 2.42 3 0 .000 3 79.0
Career Highs   163 163 1466.7 512 15 18 5 1.000 3.33 3 0 .000 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2002 24 SPR VL 8 28 6 8 1 1 2 3 5 0 7 8 .286 .429 .607 1.036
2004 26 VIR GL 14 55 12 19 3 4 2 14 7 0 8 12 .345 .438 .655 1.092
2005 27 VIR GL 5 18 2 5 0 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 .278 .381 .556 .937
2007 29 VIR GL 8 34 7 10 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 6 .294 .351 .382 .734
2008 30 VIR GL 5 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255
2011 33 MIN GL 9 32 6 6 1 0 1 3 6 0 4 4 .188 .289 .313 .602
2012 34 MIN GL 10 35 4 11 2 2 0 3 2 0 4 4 .314 .400 .486 .886
2013 35 MIN GL 4 16 3 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .500 .529 .688 1.217
2014 36 UTI VL 12 42 7 10 1 0 3 4 1 1 5 8 .238 .333 .476 .810
Career Post-Season Batting 75 279 49 79 8 8 11 39 25 1 35 50 .283 .372 .487 .859
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2002-8-.345
2003-10-.304
2007-10-.318
 On-Base Pct
2002-9-.427
2003-5-.434
2004-6-.436
2007-3-.422
2008-7-.400
2009-6-.404
2010-7-.395
CAR-31-.394
 Slugging Pct
2002-5-.556
2003-9-.534
2006-6-.536
2009-8-.589
CAR-38-.518
 OPS
2002-5-.984
2003-5-.968
2004-9-.971
2006-6-.910
2007-7-.976
2008-8-.919
2009-5-.993
CAR-31-.911
 XR
2002-2-145.7
2003-3-138.9
2004-5-145.2
2006-3-125.1
2007-4-136.9
2008-5-125.1
2009-3-141.4
CAR-9-1744.9
 Games
2002-1-162
2003-1-162
2004-1-162
2005-1-163
2006-9-162
2007-1-162
2008-1-162
CAR-43-2302
At-Bats
2002-10-647
CAR-45-8562
 Runs
2002-4-137
2003-3-126
2004-6-136
2006-4-126
2007-7-128
2008-3-132
2011-8-116
2012-10-107
CAR-14-1650
 Hits
2002-3-223
CAR-39-2531
 Total Bases
2002-1-360
2006-5-333
2009-10-354
CAR-28-4431
 Doubles
2002-9-42
 Triples
2008-8-8
Homeruns
2009-7-44
CAR-33-439
 RBIs
2005-5-135
2009-10-128
CAR-23-1577
 Stolen Bases
2007-8-52
2008-6-55
2011-6-44
CAR-17-497
 Caught Stealing
2007-9-18
2008-1-28
CAR-36-145
 Walks
2003-6-132
2004-6-112
2005-9-94
2007-5-106
2008-4-103
2009-2-112
2012-8-78
CAR-7-1298
 Strikeouts
2012-10-133
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 94    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Charles Dorazio (908)
  2. Larry Goguen (875)
  3. Joseph Lowry (856)
  4. Gayle Robicheaux (848)
  5. Terry Helmuth (824)
  6. Joan Sprouse (807)
  7. Joe Roop (806)
  8. William Reedy (805)
  9. Laurence Gonsalves (805)
  10. Lester Hester (802)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 30th overall pick, by Ann Arbor in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 All-Futures 2nd Team
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2002 All-FOBL 2nd Team
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won Solecismic Series with Virginia in 2004
Drove in 6 runs against Des Moines on 5/18/2005
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Long Beach on 8/12/2005
Was selected to the 2006 All-Star Team
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Durham on 7/16/2007
Was selected to the 2007 All-FOBL 1st Team
Traded from Virginia to Minnesota on 3/2/2009
Hit 3 homeruns against Richmond, driving in 4 runs on 6/3/2009
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Durham on 10/12/2009
Was selected to the 2009 All-FOBL 2nd Team
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar Game
Injured on 9/12/2010 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Was selected to the 2010 All-FOBL 1st Team
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 10/7/2011, off Leo Tucker (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/2012, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 10/22/2012 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Solecismic Series with Minnesota in 2012
 
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