Rafael
Delrosario
 
Nickname: Bootleg
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 18, 1983 in Venezuela
 
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 18 MN GE   3 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 2
2003 19 MN GE   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2
2004 20 MN GE   4 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
2005 21 MN GE   5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
2006 22 MN GE   5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4
2007 23 MN GE   5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
2008 24 MN GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
                                             
  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 25 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
2010 26 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
2011 27 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
2012 28 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2013 29 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2014 30 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
2015 31 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
2016 32 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
2017 33 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
2018 34 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5
2019 35 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4
2020 36 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 4
2021 37 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 4
2022 38 MN GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
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
2002 18 A   135 485 50 127 13 2 12 50 3 1 40 109 .262 .318 .371 .689 58.2  
2003 19 A   117 449 60 112 14 0 23 67 3 0 44 114 .249 .316 .434 .751 63.8  
2004 20 AA   139 518 55 146 28 0 13 59 2 0 44 111 .282 .338 .411 .749 71.0  
2005 21 AAA   138 523 61 138 17 0 13 67 3 2 39 104 .264 .315 .371 .686 61.2  
2006 22 AAA   133 481 49 130 18 0 14 74 2 0 53 107 .270 .343 .395 .738 66.8  
2007 23 AAA   134 539 62 153 30 0 15 46 3 0 43 102 .284 .337 .423 .760 75.3  
2008 24 AAA   135 526 79 156 23 0 25 83 0 3 47 81 .297 .354 .483 .837 86.1  
2009 25 MN GE 62 84 10 21 3 1 1 10 0 0 4 13 .250 .281 .345 .626 8.2 1.3
2010 26 MN GE 36 70 5 13 2 0 2 6 0 0 5 12 .186 .240 .300 .540 4.6 0.0
2011 27 MN GE 32 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .138 .194 .138 .331 -0.4 0.0
2012 28 MN GE 38 44 5 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 9 .295 .385 .341 .726 6.5 1.2
2013 29 MN GE 98 288 30 61 15 1 8 31 0 0 20 64 .212 .264 .354 .618 25.8 3.0
    AAA   39 86 19 29 6 0 9 25 0 1 12 10 .337 .418 .721 1.139 22.6  
2014 30 MN GE 155 527 56 114 16 2 11 50 1 0 23 82 .216 .259 .317 .576 43.3 6.2
2015 31 MN GE 86 306 29 57 9 0 3 25 0 0 19 51 .186 .250 .245 .495 18.6 0.0
    AAA   52 213 31 64 8 1 14 35 0 1 17 33 .300 .352 .545 .897 38.6  
2016 32 MN GE 116 295 30 73 9 1 8 40 0 0 20 42 .247 .308 .366 .675 31.0 5.3
    AAA   22 86 9 20 2 1 3 9 0 1 3 15 .233 .258 .384 .642 8.2  
2017 33 MN GE 114 274 27 65 11 0 7 33 1 0 19 53 .237 .292 .354 .646 29.2 4.7
2018 34 MN GE 152 532 54 156 19 1 21 95 0 0 38 96 .293 .345 .451 .796 78.0 13.8
2019 35 MN GE 146 498 56 141 21 0 18 85 1 0 45 79 .283 .345 .434 .778 73.9 11.9
2020 36 MN GE 154 538 53 133 17 2 8 59 1 0 38 103 .247 .296 .331 .627 49.3 4.5
2021 37 MN GE 122 425 32 104 9 2 6 41 0 0 26 83 .245 .291 .318 .608 34.7 2.4
2022 38 MN GE 144 444 40 105 14 1 8 52 0 0 39 83 .236 .303 .327 .629 42.4 5.6
14 Years Sim 1455 4354 428 1060 147 11 101 532 4 0 303 777 .243 .298 .352 .650 445.1 59.9
7 Years AAA 653 2454 310 690 104 2 93 339 8 8 214 452 .281 .342 .439 .781 358.7  
1 Years AA 139 518 55 146 28 0 13 59 2 0 44 111 .282 .342 .411 .753 71.0  
2 Years A 252 934 110 239 27 2 35 117 6 1 84 223 .256 .322 .401 .724 122.0  
10 Years Minors 1044 3906 475 1075 159 4 141 515 16 9 342 786 .275 .337 .426 .763 551.7  
162 Game Average 484 47 118 16 1 11 59 0 0 33 86 .243 .298 .352 .650 49.6  
Career Highs 155 538 56 156 21 2 21 95 1 0 45 103 .295 .385 .451 .796 78.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3094 282 746 104 7 72 359 3 0 204 579 .241 .295 .349 .644 311.8
vs LH   1260 146 314 43 4 29 173 1 0 99 198 .249 .306 .359 .664 138.9
Home 728 2157 224 530 72 6 47 267 1 0 159 363 .246 .302 .350 .652 226.3
Away 727 2197 204 530 75 5 54 265 3 0 144 414 .241 .294 .354 .648 224.4
RISP   1115 0 278 33 4 30 408 0 0 78 216 .249 .293 .367 .660 122.8
Pinch Hitting   222 18 48 7 2 2 19 1 0 17 36 .216 .270 .293 .563 17.8
Close/Late   599 47 138 15 1 15 60 0 0 49 105 .230 .294 .334 .628 59.3
Mar/Apr 209 653 62 173 16 3 19 86 0 0 36 127 .265 .305 .386 .691 75.7
May 271 811 85 189 31 2 14 90 0 0 51 143 .233 .286 .328 .614 73.2
June 253 720 76 169 25 2 11 77 4 0 57 136 .235 .294 .321 .615 68.6
July 234 699 75 186 22 4 20 104 0 0 49 116 .266 .316 .395 .711 86.2
August 237 711 72 162 21 0 18 84 0 0 53 115 .228 .293 .333 .626 67.9
Sep/Oct 251 760 58 181 32 0 19 91 0 0 57 140 .238 .296 .355 .651 79.2
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
2009 25 MN GE RF 45 6 122.3 34 1 0 1 1.000 2.58   0.4
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2010 26 MN GE RF 19 11 115.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.3
2011 27 MN GE RF 19 1 54.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
2012 28 MN GE RF 21 8 85.3 11 0 1 0 .917 1.16   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2013 29 MN GE 1B 84 77 706.0 849 42 4 73 .996 11.36   0.6
    RF 4 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2014 30 MN GE 1B 154 152 1353.7 1492 99 14 141 .991 10.58   2.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2015 31 MN GE 1B 86 86 783.7 790 56 7 70 .992 9.72   0.9
2016 32 MN GE RF 71 69 585.3 135 2 0 0 1.000 2.11   1.5
    1B 7 3 38.0 41 1 0 3 1.000 9.95   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
2017 33 MN GE RF 72 63 560.0 118 4 0 1 1.000 1.96   1.9
    1B 10 5 51.0 49 6 0 4 1.000 9.71   0.1
    CF 1 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    LF 1 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20    
2018 34 MN GE RF 147 146 1265.0 284 13 1 3 .997 2.11   3.9
    1B 3 0 10.0 11 1 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2019 35 MN GE RF 139 136 1182.0 228 9 0 0 1.000 1.80   3.4
    1B 3 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
2020 36 MN GE RF 148 145 1273.0 292 12 1 2 .997 2.15   3.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2021 37 MN GE RF 118 114 992.0 262 10 0 5 1.000 2.47   1.9
    1B 2 0 2.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 15.45   0.0
2022 38 MN GE RF 111 106 935.7 266 6 0 2 1.000 2.62   0.3
    1B 8 3 45.7 55 0 0 5 1.000 10.84   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 915 806 7182.0 1667 58 3 14 .998 2.16   16.9
  1B 359 326 3001.3 3301 207 25 299 .993 10.52   4.3
  LF 7 0 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
  CF 5 0 15.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.87    
  3B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
Career Totals   1287 1132 10221.0 4980 266 28 313 .995 4.62   21.2
Career Highs   155 152 1354.7 1492 99 14 141 1.000 11.18    
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
2016 32 MN GE 6 16 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .313 .548
2017 33 MN GE 11 38 2 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .316 .381 .368 .749
2018 34 MN GE 13 51 3 16 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 12 .314 .333 .392 .725
Career Post-Season Batting 30 105 5 31 8 0 0 13 0 0 6 21 .295 .336 .371 .708
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.
Strikeouts
2020-4-103
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Minnesota in 2002
Injured on 7/28/2002 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/14/2003 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/19/2003 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 7-8 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/9/2009, off William Bennington (Tex)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/2009, off Marcelo DePaz (Cal)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2018, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Wisconsin on 7/21/2018
Injured on 4/11/2019 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/22/2021 with a Broken Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks