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Lefty
Kahler		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 24, 1983 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2010   
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
2002 19 CAP VL   1 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4
2003 20 CAP VL   2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
2004 21 NRW GL   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2005 22 NRW GL   5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2006 23 NRW GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2007 24 NRW GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
2008 25 NRW GL $ 100,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
2009 26 NRW GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
2010 27 NRW GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 8
2011 28 NRW GL $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 8
2012 29 VIR GL $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
2013 30 UTA GL $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 8
2014 31 UTA GL $ 6,840,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9
2015 32 UTA GL $ 4,870,000 6 6 6 5 4 5 0 0 0 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8
2016 33 MON VL $ 3,500,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7
2017 34 POR GL $ 3,500,000 6 5 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
2018 35 DAV GL $ 1,060,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 7
2019 36 MIL VL $ 100,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 6
2020 37 UTA GL $ 100,000 4 3 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 4
Min Ratings   1 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4
Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 9 9
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
2002 19 A   154 551 52 143 20 1 7 44 1 5 44 76 .260 .314 .338 .652 57.4  
2003 20 A   161 609 59 152 26 0 8 63 4 4 75 94 .250 .332 .332 .664 70.3  
2004 21 AA   47 180 20 50 9 0 5 23 1 1 20 26 .278 .350 .411 .761 25.9  
    A   112 421 51 118 18 3 12 60 3 5 46 65 .280 .351 .423 .774 61.4  
2005 22 AAA   121 459 49 117 38 0 9 53 3 7 39 63 .255 .313 .397 .710 54.0  
    AA   6 25 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .320 .370 .440 .810 3.7  
2006 23 NRW GL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   119 468 54 123 27 0 15 67 5 2 47 69 .263 .330 .417 .747 64.7  
2007 24 NRW GL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   136 518 58 140 27 0 15 69 4 6 26 92 .270 .305 .409 .714 61.4  
2008 25 NRW GL 154 564 56 130 25 0 19 82 1 1 35 71 .230 .277 .376 .653 56.9 3.4
    AAA   4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
2009 26 NRW GL 162 619 96 185 34 0 22 96 1 0 57 50 .299 .357 .460 .818 94.6 15.2
2010 27 NRW GL 162 645 95 200 24 0 27 121 1 1 63 35 .310 .373 .473 .845 105.3 18.1
2011 28 NRW GL 162 632 104 185 39 0 28 121 6 0 65 28 .293 .356 .487 .843 110.1 18.8
2012 29 NRW GL 89 346 56 96 15 2 15 73 1 0 34 37 .277 .345 .462 .807 54.5 9.6
  VIR GL 70 276 45 77 16 1 12 51 1 0 31 20 .279 .354 .475 .828 45.6 9.2
  TOT   159 622 101 173 31 3 27 124 2 0 65 57 .278 .349 .468 .816 100.2 18.7
2013 30 UTA GL 161 609 88 159 30 0 28 90 1 2 58 24 .261 .325 .448 .773 87.6 15.3
2014 31 UTA GL 159 587 74 137 35 1 22 69 0 0 55 26 .233 .300 .409 .709 71.1 8.2
2015 32 UTA GL 156 594 91 165 44 2 33 97 0 0 49 22 .278 .339 .525 .864 98.1 22.9
2016 33 MON VL 145 524 81 134 17 1 29 102 1 0 32 50 .256 .310 .458 .768 75.2 13.1
2017 34 POR GL 122 359 39 96 20 1 11 53 1 0 21 19 .267 .305 .421 .726 42.5 7.1
2018 35 DAV GL 98 385 42 102 17 0 11 48 0 1 21 42 .265 .304 .395 .699 43.8 6.9
  IND VL 16 29 5 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 4 .241 .353 .345 .698 3.8 0.7
  TOT   114 414 47 109 17 0 12 54 0 1 26 46 .263 .308 .391 .699 47.6 7.6
    AAA   9 11 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .364 .462 .455 .916 2.2  
2019 36 MIL VL 72 164 19 38 7 0 5 17 0 0 9 18 .232 .288 .366 .654 15.7 0.7
2020 37 UTA GL 37 35 8 13 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 7 .371 .436 .543 .979 7.5 1.7
15 Years Sim 1776 6378 899 1724 323 8 265 1032 14 5 537 456 .270 .329 .448 .777 911.4 150.9
5 Years AAA 389 1459 165 384 93 0 39 191 12 15 114 224 .263 .318 .407 .725 182.0  
2 Years AA 53 205 24 58 12 0 5 26 1 1 22 30 .283 .352 .415 .767 29.6  
3 Years A 427 1581 162 413 64 4 27 167 8 14 165 235 .261 .334 .358 .692 189.1  
10 Years Minors 869 3245 351 855 169 4 71 384 21 30 301 489 .263 .328 .384 .712 400.7  
162 Game Average 581 82 157 29 0 24 94 1 0 48 41 .270 .329 .448 .777 83.1  
Career Highs 162 645 104 200 44 3 33 124 6 2 65 71 .371 .436 .543 .979 110.1  
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   4773 631 1251 228 7 194 789 6 5 371 294 .262 .316 .435 .751 649.3
vs LH   1605 268 473 95 1 71 243 5 0 166 162 .295 .367 .488 .855 273.3
Home 874 3113 445 879 149 5 135 529 5 2 264 231 .282 .340 .464 .803 477.4
Away 901 3265 454 845 174 3 130 503 6 3 273 225 .259 .319 .433 .753 445.2
RISP   1715 0 491 84 4 72 735 0 0 176 137 .286 .345 .466 .811 276.2
Pinch Hitting   92 15 27 2 0 8 25 0 0 8 17 .293 .356 .576 .933 17.9
Close/Late   724 67 209 33 0 32 123 0 0 62 64 .289 .350 .467 .817 113.5
Mar/Apr 268 975 136 266 40 1 50 169 2 2 78 70 .273 .326 .470 .796 147.5
May 281 1014 142 255 48 1 41 166 4 0 83 74 .251 .313 .422 .735 133.2
June 302 1112 158 304 55 4 50 190 1 1 80 90 .273 .326 .465 .791 162.8
July 245 908 127 248 51 0 39 139 1 2 62 55 .273 .320 .458 .778 129.1
August 280 990 151 283 47 1 36 156 0 0 102 68 .286 .354 .444 .799 153.0
Sep/Oct 400 1379 185 368 82 1 49 212 3 0 132 99 .267 .333 .434 .767 197.0
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
2006 23 NRW GL 1B 2 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2007 24 NRW GL RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2008 25 NRW GL 1B 132 132 1128.0 1168 59 9 103 .993 9.79   0.8
2009 26 NRW GL 1B 162 162 1410.0 1524 83 10 124 .994 10.26   0.8
2010 27 NRW GL 1B 162 162 1453.7 1602 119 15 118 .991 10.66   1.7
2011 28 NRW GL 1B 162 162 1438.7 1547 88 13 125 .992 10.23   1.5
2012 29 NRW GL 1B 55 55 492.9 559 31 6 48 .990 10.77   0.0
  VIR GL 1B 43 43 397.4 450 25 4 38 .992 10.76   0.8
  TOT   1B 98 98 890.3 1009 56 10 86 .991 10.77   0.8
2013 30 UTA GL 1B 160 160 1418.3 1533 76 9 129 .994 10.21   2.8
2014 31 UTA GL 1B 158 158 1407.7 1571 89 13 138 .992 10.61   1.6
2015 32 UTA GL 1B 154 153 1353.3 1390 86 13 132 .991 9.82   1.4
2016 33 MON VL 1B 72 72 627.3 621 29 6 56 .991 9.33   0.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
2017 34 POR GL 1B 90 81 714.7 815 45 5 81 .994 10.83   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2018 35 DAV GL 1B 90 89 850.6 925 59 8 99 .992 10.41   0.6
  IND VL 1B 15 15 70.7 77 5 1 8 .988 10.44   0.1
  TOT   1B 105 104 921.3 1002 64 9 107 .992 10.41   0.7
2019 36 MIL VL 1B 55 41 365.7 380 26 3 29 .993 9.99   0.2
2020 37 UTA GL 1B 21 3 54.3 57 3 0 5 1.000 9.94   0.1
  1B 1533 1488 13188.2 14224 823 115 1233 .992 10.27   13.3
  SS 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1537 1488 13196.2 14228 824 115 1234 .992 10.27   13.4
Career Highs   162 162 1453.7 1602 119 15 138 1.000 10.81    
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
2012 29 VIR GL 7 25 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .120 .214 .280 .494
2013 30 UTA GL 3 9 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .889 1.333
2016 33 MON VL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 35 4 7 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 .200 .263 .429 .692
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.
Slugging Pct
2015-6-.525
 OPS
2015-10-.864
 Games
2010-1-162
2011-1-162
2013-3-161
 Total Bases
2015-9-312
 Singles
2010-7-149
 Doubles
2015-3-44
Homeruns
2015-6-33
 RBIs
2012-3-124
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. James Burges (942)
  2. Dwight Garner (934)
  3. Irvin Diamond (927)
  4. Lenny Phillips (926)
  5. Robert Hogan (921)
  6. Paul Tarango (919)
  7. Gary Chisholm (907)
  8. Robert Curtis (896)
  9. Ballas Aguayo (895)
  10. Robert Flory (894)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 89th overall pick, by Pasadena (from Orono) in 2002
Injured on 6/24/2005 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/10/2008, off Matthew Breton (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/2008, off Gordon Peres (WIC)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Utah on 6/15/2010
Won GL Gold Glove in 2010
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Portland on 6/4/2011
Traded from Norwich to Virginia on 7/23/2012 (Going to VIR: 1B L. Kahler. Going to NRW: DH F. Player9)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/2012, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
 
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