John
Esteban
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 17, 1978 in USA
 
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 22 SAC GL $ 1,034,000 4 6 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2002 23 SAC GL $ 1,034,000 4 6 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2003 24 SAC GL $ 1,034,000 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2004 25 TRN VL $ 1,034,000 3 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2005 26 MIL VL $ 130,000 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2006 27 MIL VL $ 130,000 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2007 28 MIL VL $ 130,000 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2008 29 MIL VL $ 130,000 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2009 30 MIL VL $ 130,000 3 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2010 31 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 6 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4
2011 32 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 6 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4
2012 33 LAS GL $ 150,000 4 6 5 3 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 3 4
Min Ratings $ 130,000 3 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4
Max Ratings $ 1,034,000 4 6 5 3 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 4 4
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 22 SAC GL 126 395 60 141 9 0 6 76 18 16 34 81 .357 .408 .425 .834 63.2 8.6
    A   6 23 7 10 0 0 1 6 2 1 7 5 .435 .567 .565 1.132 7.1  
2002 23 SAC GL 134 537 90 157 11 0 11 68 14 18 36 112 .292 .338 .374 .712 66.5 0.2
2003 24 SAC GL 128 473 65 131 19 0 4 48 14 11 36 110 .277 .331 .342 .674 53.3 5.7
2004 25 TRN VL 120 453 51 137 15 0 4 42 9 5 42 106 .302 .364 .362 .726 59.9 4.7
2005 26 MIL VL 12 15 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .267 .313 .267 .579 1.3 0.0
    AAA   126 472 66 144 14 0 7 60 9 5 43 73 .305 .363 .379 .742 64.8  
2006 27 AAA   126 534 48 172 23 0 2 46 5 16 31 86 .322 .359 .376 .736 64.5  
2007 28 MIL VL 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .600 .778 .800 1.578 2.9 0.7
    AAA   126 490 51 153 21 0 7 57 11 9 39 80 .312 .363 .398 .761 67.7  
2008 29 MIL VL 8 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .182 .357 .182 .539 0.9 0.0
    AAA   100 371 50 121 14 0 10 38 10 9 19 62 .326 .359 .445 .804 54.4  
2009 30 MIL VL 11 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   113 443 47 141 10 0 7 40 15 8 29 68 .318 .360 .388 .748 60.3  
2010 31 LAS GL 48 34 3 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 6 .294 .333 .324 .657 3.9 0.5
2011 32 AAA   159 661 78 195 26 0 9 46 15 18 45 120 .295 .340 .375 .715 79.2  
2012 33 AAA   138 552 62 168 24 0 3 52 15 16 43 104 .304 .355 .364 .719 67.4  
9 Years Sim 594 1939 281 587 56 0 25 240 56 51 157 420 .303 .357 .370 .728 251.6 20.5
7 Years AAA 888 3523 402 1094 132 0 45 339 80 81 249 593 .311 .359 .386 .746 458.3  
1 Years A 6 23 7 10 0 0 1 6 2 1 7 5 .435 .567 .565 1.132 7.1  
8 Years Minors 894 3546 409 1104 132 0 46 345 82 82 256 598 .311 .361 .387 .748 465.4  
162 Game Average 528 76 160 15 0 6 65 15 13 42 114 .303 .357 .370 .728 68.6  
Career Highs 134 537 90 157 19 0 11 76 18 18 42 112 .600 .778 .800 1.578 66.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1682 256 529 52 0 24 213 45 46 148 381 .315 .372 .388 .760 231.5
vs LH   257 24 58 4 0 1 27 8 5 9 39 .226 .256 .253 .509 14.6
Home 298 947 147 290 19 0 11 110 26 20 77 204 .306 .361 .361 .722 120.9
Away 296 992 134 297 37 0 14 130 27 31 80 216 .299 .354 .379 .733 125.2
RISP   522 0 148 12 0 7 209 0 0 41 115 .284 .327 .347 .674 61.3
Pinch Hitting   23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .174 .269 .174 .443 1.2
Close/Late   176 20 52 1 0 1 17 0 0 15 38 .295 .352 .318 .671 20.4
Mar/Apr 85 261 32 70 8 0 0 26 6 6 23 74 .268 .324 .299 .623 25.4
May 87 268 50 92 12 0 6 47 10 8 23 55 .343 .397 .455 .852 44.4
June 103 360 53 104 7 0 3 42 6 11 28 73 .289 .338 .333 .671 38.9
July 62 212 22 56 6 0 1 20 6 5 19 51 .264 .322 .307 .629 21.2
August 90 315 55 97 11 0 2 47 11 5 27 66 .308 .367 .362 .729 41.4
Sep/Oct 164 523 69 168 12 0 13 58 14 16 37 101 .321 .376 .419 .794 74.8
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   DWS
2001 22 SAC GL LF 53 39 363.0 93 2 1 0 .990 2.36   3.3
    RF 65 60 503.3 127 3 0 1 1.000 2.32   6.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
2002 23 SAC GL LF 6 0 14.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29   5.4
    RF 128 126 1136.7 306 9 2 3 .994 2.49   10.2
2003 24 SAC GL CF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   2.7
    LF 4 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    RF 119 119 1019.3 298 6 1 1 .997 2.68   5.6
2004 25 TRN VL LF 118 115 940.7 197 3 4 0 .980 1.91   1.5
2005 26 MIL VL RF 5 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
2006 27 MIL VL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2007 28 MIL VL RF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
2008 29 MIL VL LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 3 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 30 MIL VL LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2010 31 LAS GL LF 40 0 95.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.08   0.3
    RF 7 0 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  RF 331 307 2724.3 742 18 3 5 .996 2.51   22.0
  LF 227 156 1442.4 318 5 7 0 .979 2.02   10.6
  CF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   2.7
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
Career Totals   561 463 4176.7 1061 25 10 5 .991 2.34   35.4
Career Highs   134 126 1150.7 308 9 4 3 1.000 3.52    
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.
Caught Stealing
2002-10-18
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Timothy Dupuy (950)
  2. Robert Hamner (946)
  3. David Dang (945)
  4. Hernan Valle (938)
  5. Reggie Berkey (938)
  6. Rogelio Vizcaino (936)
  7. Ellsworth Spurr (936)
  8. Roland Fisher (936)
  9. Robert Scurlock (935)
  10. Ronald Kibbe (932)
History
Drafted in 22nd round, 792nd overall pick, by Norfolk in 2001
Injured on 8/8/2005 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/3/2012 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week