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Lane
Commons		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 160
 
Born: October 14, 1978 in Usa
 
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Awards & Accomplishments
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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 MS FF   2 1 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 5
2002 23 MS FF   3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 6 5
2003 24 MS FF $ 300,000 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 7 6 7 7
2004 25 MS FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 8 8
2005 26 MS FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 9 8
2006 27 UT GE $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8
2007 28 UT GE $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 9 8 9 8
2008 29 UT GE $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 9 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 9 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 30 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 9
2010 31 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
2011 32 UT GE $ 300,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
2012 33 PA FF $ 300,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
2013 34 PA FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 7 8 10 9 10 8 9 9
2014 35 PA FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 9 9
2015 36 PA FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 9 9
2016 37 PA FF $ 300,000   8 8 9 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9
2017 38 PA FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 9 8 9 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 9 8 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 AA   31 132 17 25 9 1 1 6 2 1 8 19 .189 .236 .295 .531 8.4  
    A   128 549 82 141 36 4 12 64 34 4 44 81 .257 .312 .403 .715 72.5  
2002 23 AA   71 277 43 70 16 1 5 28 12 5 29 47 .253 .324 .372 .695 34.3  
    A   65 266 45 83 18 3 8 30 10 2 28 42 .312 .378 .492 .870 47.7  
2003 24 MS FF 91 320 40 69 16 2 5 30 34 4 30 65 .216 .289 .325 .614 33.2 7.6
    AAA   14 45 5 7 4 0 0 3 3 1 8 7 .156 .283 .244 .527 3.7  
    AA   52 192 18 53 14 2 2 30 9 1 22 20 .276 .350 .401 .752 28.0  
2004 25 MS FF 133 512 98 159 26 2 13 72 61 10 64 46 .311 .391 .445 .836 94.1 26.5
2005 26 MS FF 155 554 96 167 36 3 15 85 63 11 76 40 .301 .388 .458 .846 101.0 24.2
2006 27 MS FF 58 222 49 84 17 3 11 43 25 5 24 14 .378 .438 .631 1.068 55.7 16.2
  UT GE 86 336 67 110 30 3 7 49 37 7 39 24 .327 .398 .497 .895 65.7 19.3
  TOT   144 558 116 194 47 6 18 92 62 12 63 38 .348 .414 .550 .964 121.4 35.5
2007 28 UT GE 155 601 115 200 34 9 20 85 67 22 58 30 .333 .393 .519 .912 117.0 29.4
2008 29 UT GE 157 575 104 173 33 6 12 80 67 18 76 31 .301 .381 .442 .823 97.6 21.7
2009 30 UT GE 149 563 110 180 45 6 24 90 57 12 74 27 .320 .405 .549 .954 120.1 31.7
2010 31 UT GE 147 574 96 151 31 5 19 53 61 17 64 15 .263 .347 .434 .780 94.2 26.6
2011 32 UT GE 142 513 101 157 33 7 15 75 52 9 62 20 .306 .383 .485 .868 100.0 31.2
2012 33 UT GE 38 138 23 43 10 0 5 19 14 3 14 5 .312 .377 .493 .869 23.8 5.1
  PA FF 89 311 51 93 26 2 3 46 30 6 44 10 .299 .388 .424 .813 49.4 11.6
  TOT   127 449 74 136 36 2 8 65 44 9 58 15 .303 .385 .445 .830 73.1 16.8
2013 34 PA FF 157 577 114 162 34 7 19 69 62 14 81 37 .281 .373 .463 .835 105.3 25.9
2014 35 PA FF 157 612 123 190 36 1 30 76 76 18 75 29 .310 .387 .520 .907 124.7 32.2
2015 36 PA FF 153 594 119 176 40 1 27 73 67 16 84 32 .296 .384 .503 .888 117.7 34.3
2016 37 PA FF 158 595 111 192 29 3 27 90 63 23 73 17 .323 .399 .518 .916 122.3 35.4
2017 38 PA FF 157 555 85 170 28 3 12 71 52 15 69 22 .306 .382 .432 .815 89.3 23.0
15 Years Sim 2182 8152 1502 2476 504 63 264 1106 888 210 1007 464 .304 .383 .478 .861 1511.1 402.0
1 Years AAA 14 45 5 7 4 0 0 3 3 1 8 7 .156 .296 .244 .541 3.7  
3 Years AA 154 601 78 148 39 4 8 64 23 7 59 86 .246 .314 .364 .679 70.7  
2 Years A 193 815 127 224 54 7 20 94 44 6 72 123 .275 .333 .432 .765 120.2  
6 Years Minors 361 1461 210 379 97 11 28 161 70 14 139 216 .259 .324 .398 .722 194.6  
162 Game Average 605 111 183 37 4 19 82 65 15 74 34 .304 .383 .478 .861 112.2  
Career Highs 158 612 123 200 47 9 30 92 76 23 84 65 .348 .414 .550 .964 124.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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   6016 1091 1790 360 39 191 795 658 154 718 305 .298 .375 .466 .841 1082.4
vs LH   2136 411 686 144 24 73 311 230 56 289 159 .321 .404 .514 .918 438.8
Home 1106 4011 743 1217 247 29 140 544 454 113 485 225 .303 .382 .484 .866 752.3
Away 1076 4141 759 1259 257 34 124 562 434 97 522 239 .304 .384 .472 .856 768.8
RISP   1638 0 553 121 14 57 789 0 0 300 93 .338 .432 .533 .965 362.1
Pinch Hitting   97 18 32 4 1 0 13 6 3 13 5 .330 .407 .392 .799 15.7
Close/Late   1056 182 309 73 13 16 130 0 0 166 58 .293 .392 .432 .824 177.3
Mar/Apr 290 1091 201 358 68 12 45 170 123 28 150 68 .328 .412 .536 .948 236.6
May 361 1331 229 389 73 11 43 190 154 33 162 77 .292 .372 .461 .832 238.7
June 363 1350 281 408 78 9 53 196 159 31 160 72 .302 .376 .491 .868 258.5
July 352 1368 275 428 117 10 49 194 149 29 170 72 .313 .393 .520 .913 276.3
August 403 1503 266 462 84 9 43 178 166 42 170 88 .307 .381 .461 .842 269.1
Sep/Oct 413 1509 250 431 84 12 31 178 137 47 195 87 .286 .369 .419 .788 242.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2003 24 MS FF SS 76 75 645.0 76 171 11 27 .957 3.45   2.3
    2B 14 14 128.7 17 45 0 7 1.000 4.34   1.0
2004 25 MS FF 2B 129 127 1130.3 215 366 9 66 .985 4.63   7.4
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
2005 26 MS FF 2B 151 147 1333.0 235 436 15 74 .978 4.53   9.5
2006 27 MS FF 2B 55 53 479.5 90 154 6 39 .976 4.58   3.5
    SS 2 2 17.8 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.1
  UT GE 2B 81 79 729.8 136 235 10 59 .974 4.58   3.1
    SS 3 3 27.2 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.98   0.1
  TOT   2B 136 132 1209.3 226 389 16 98 .975 4.58   6.6
      SS 5 5 45.0 5 10 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
2007 28 UT GE 2B 155 147 1321.7 234 400 10 77 .984 4.32   3.6
2008 29 UT GE 2B 153 148 1350.3 242 436 9 85 .987 4.52   5.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 30 UT GE 2B 143 142 1292.0 247 432 10 88 .985 4.73   3.7
    SS 6 0 9.7 1 6 0 1 1.000 6.52   0.1
2010 31 UT GE 2B 144 141 1285.3 246 434 15 87 .978 4.76   3.9
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2011 32 UT GE 2B 135 132 1193.3 232 426 21 89 .969 4.96   1.1
    SS 4 0 10.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
2012 33 UT GE 2B 36 34 311.0 62 127 3 30 .984 5.47   1.0
    SS 1 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  PA FF 2B 83 80 723.0 144 295 8 69 .982 5.46   3.8
    SS 2 0 2.8 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  TOT   2B 119 114 1034.0 206 422 11 99 .983 5.47   4.9
      SS 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
2013 34 PA FF 2B 151 144 1299.7 257 452 16 93 .978 4.91   3.3
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
2014 35 PA FF 2B 152 149 1358.7 267 529 15 93 .982 5.27   5.9
2015 36 PA FF 2B 151 143 1320.7 287 487 9 102 .989 5.27   6.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 37 PA FF 2B 151 144 1316.3 239 478 8 91 .989 4.90   6.5
    SS 5 0 11.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.0
2017 38 PA FF 2B 142 139 1256.7 248 404 10 80 .985 4.67   6.3
    SS 5 0 9.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00   0.0
  2B 2026 1963 17829.9 3398 6136 174 1229 .982 4.81   75.4
  SS 110 81 750.7 91 203 11 31 .964 3.52   2.9
Career Totals   2136 2044 18580.6 3489 6339 185 1260 .982 4.76   78.4
Career Highs   156 149 1358.7 287 529 21 102 .989 5.47    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 24 MS FF 5 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 .143 .294 .143 .437
2004 25 MS FF 5 18 3 7 1 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 .389 .500 .611 1.111
2005 26 MS FF 9 31 5 7 2 1 0 0 6 1 9 1 .226 .400 .355 .755
2007 28 UT GE 15 67 8 18 2 2 2 13 6 1 5 3 .269 .315 .448 .763
2008 29 UT GE 4 16 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 .188 .316 .250 .566
2009 30 UT GE 4 15 2 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .533 .588 .733 1.322
2012 33 PA FF 10 44 4 14 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 .318 .333 .432 .765
2013 34 PA FF 16 63 14 17 5 0 3 9 4 1 7 6 .270 .338 .492 .830
2014 35 PA FF 5 19 3 3 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 .158 .182 .263 .445
2015 36 PA FF 10 41 5 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 .195 .277 .195 .472
2016 37 PA FF 4 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
2017 38 PA FF 5 19 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 .211 .286 .368 .654
Career Post-Season Batting 92 362 52 94 17 5 7 38 29 10 43 16 .260 .336 .392 .728
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
2007-3-.333
2009-8-.320
2011-6-.306
2014-8-.310
2015-9-.296
2016-2-.323
2017-5-.306
CAR-42-.304
 On-Base Pct
2004-5-.391
2005-6-.388
2007-3-.393
2008-7-.381
2009-5-.405
2011-6-.383
2013-8-.373
2014-5-.387
2015-5-.384
2016-4-.399
2017-7-.382
CAR-25-.383
 Slugging Pct
2007-4-.519
2009-3-.549
2011-10-.485
2014-8-.520
2015-5-.503
2016-3-.518
CAR-44-.478
 OPS
2007-3-.912
2009-3-.954
2011-7-.868
2013-9-.835
2014-6-.907
2015-4-.888
2016-3-.916
2017-10-.815
CAR-27-.861
 XR
2005-9-101.0
2007-2-117.0
2008-9-97.6
2009-2-120.1
2010-7-94.2
2011-6-100.0
2013-4-105.3
2014-1-124.7
2015-1-117.7
2016-1-122.3
2017-9-89.3
CAR-16-1511.1
 Games
2008-6-157
2013-6-157
2016-8-158
2017-10-157
CAR-50-2182
At-Bats
2007-9-601
2010-8-574
2014-5-612
2015-6-594
2016-4-595
CAR-33-8152
 Runs
2004-7-98
2005-8-96
2007-3-115
2008-5-104
2009-2-110
2010-4-96
2011-2-101
2013-2-114
2014-1-123
2015-1-119
2016-1-111
2017-7-85
CAR-13-1502
 Hits
2007-3-200
2008-6-173
2009-4-180
2014-4-190
2015-7-176
2016-1-192
2017-4-170
CAR-25-2476
 Total Bases
2007-4-312
2009-2-309
2013-6-267
2014-2-318
2015-4-299
2016-2-308
2017-9-240
CAR-26-3898
 Singles
2007-6-137
2016-5-133
2017-5-127
CAR-30-1645
 Doubles
2005-10-36
2009-2-45
2013-6-34
2014-4-36
2015-3-40
2017-9-28
CAR-11-504
Triples
2007-7-9
2009-5-6
2010-9-5
2011-3-7
2013-2-7
CAR-44-63
 Homeruns
2009-10-24
2015-10-27
2016-6-27
 RBIs
2009-8-90
2016-8-90
CAR-40-1106
 Stolen Bases
2004-4-61
2005-6-63
2006-8-37
2007-3-67
2008-3-67
2009-3-57
2010-1-61
2011-4-52
2013-1-62
2014-1-76
2015-1-67
2016-2-63
2017-2-52
CAR-6-888
 Caught Stealing
2007-1-22
2008-4-18
2010-4-17
2013-9-14
2014-7-18
2015-4-16
2016-2-23
2017-5-15
CAR-15-210
 Walks
2004-10-64
2005-6-76
2008-6-76
2009-6-74
2011-10-62
2013-8-81
2014-8-75
2015-5-84
CAR-26-1007
 
   Black Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 191    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Mississippi in 2001
Injured on 5/12/2001 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/5/2001 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/18/2003, off Carl Robertson (Lou)
Injured on 6/18/2004 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2004, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/13/2006
Injured on 4/20/2006 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/20/2006, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Mississippi to Utah on 6/23/2006 (Going to Uta: 3B W. Fox, P J. Reza, 2B L. Commons. Going to Mis: P A. Gonzalez, P J. Smartt, 2B B. Marshall)
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2006, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/30/2006
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/2007, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 1 RBI
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/24/2007
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 10/8/2007
Won National Cup with Utah in 2007
Named Utah Scorpions team MVP for the 2007 season
Won Player of the Week award on 7/27/2009, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 7/29/2009
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2009, hitting .398 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 9/27/2009 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Named Utah Scorpions team MVP for the 2009 season
Injured on 6/4/2010 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2011, hitting .609 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2011, hitting .444 with 5 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Injured on 9/17/2011 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Named Utah Scorpions team MVP for the 2011 season
Injured on 4/6/2012 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Utah to Pennsylvania on 6/21/2012 (Going to Uta: C Gregory Fairfax, 2B Ludwig Claus. Going to Pen: 2B Lane Commons)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Florida on 9/10/2012
Named Pennsylvania Freedom team MVP for the 2013 season
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2014, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Maryland on 9/22/2014
Named Pennsylvania Freedom team MVP for the 2014 season
Had 2000th career hit on 6/15/2015, off George Aybar (NY)
Named Pennsylvania Freedom team MVP for the 2015 season
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/29/2016
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2016, hitting .393 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Named Pennsylvania Freedom team MVP for the 2016 season
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
 
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