Kelvin
Varga
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 2, 1971 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2000    2002    2003    2004    2005   
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
2000 28 CT FF $ 5,990,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 13 12 12 5 4 4 4 4 4
2001 29 CT FF $ 5,990,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 11 12 5 4 5 4 4 4
2002 30 MN GE $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 12 11 11 5 4 4 4 4 4
2003 31 MN GE $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 12 11 12 4 4 4 4 4 4
2004 32 MN GE $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 10 11 4 4 4 4 4 4
2005 33 MN GE $ 5,990,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 4 4 3 4 4
2006 34 MN GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 4 4
2007 35 MN GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2008 36 MN GE $ 300,000 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 13 12 12 5 4 5 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 37 MN GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
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
2000 28 CT FF 160 605 110 157 26 3 50 122 13 6 50 145 .260 .319 .560 .880 110.1 24.0
2001 29 CT FF 162 593 80 139 19 2 30 70 11 7 51 116 .234 .300 .425 .725 76.4 11.8
2002 30 MN GE 158 612 96 162 18 7 39 106 4 5 43 122 .265 .318 .508 .826 93.0 18.7
2003 31 MN GE 154 572 91 158 23 7 39 117 8 8 42 110 .276 .330 .545 .876 100.2 22.2
2004 32 MN GE 159 582 95 155 24 8 32 103 8 5 40 126 .266 .323 .500 .823 90.0 18.8
2005 33 MN GE 155 556 81 126 19 4 34 83 14 6 37 126 .227 .278 .459 .737 73.6 12.6
2006 34 MN GE 155 518 68 127 18 8 17 66 7 5 39 118 .245 .301 .409 .710 64.5 8.9
2007 35 MN GE 148 490 45 117 15 3 17 48 2 0 33 132 .239 .289 .386 .674 54.5 6.9
2008 36 MN GE 58 173 17 32 6 1 3 13 0 0 10 46 .185 .242 .283 .525 12.1 0.2
    AAA   56 195 27 53 11 0 7 20 0 8 19 41 .272 .336 .436 .772 25.8  
2009 37 AAA   87 271 53 73 9 4 13 49 5 4 38 51 .269 .359 .476 .835 46.4  
9 Years Sim 1309 4701 683 1173 168 43 261 728 67 42 345 1041 .250 .306 .470 .776 674.5 124.2
2 Years AAA 143 466 80 126 20 4 20 69 5 12 57 92 .270 .360 .459 .819 72.2  
162 Game Average 581 84 145 20 5 32 90 8 5 42 128 .250 .306 .470 .776 83.5  
Career Highs 162 612 110 162 26 8 50 122 14 8 51 145 .276 .330 .560 .880 110.1  
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   3370 484 839 123 29 186 513 50 25 255 712 .249 .306 .468 .774 481.8
vs LH   1331 199 334 45 14 75 215 17 17 90 329 .251 .305 .475 .780 187.5
Home 654 2299 333 586 91 23 119 322 30 22 147 497 .255 .305 .470 .774 321.2
Away 655 2402 350 587 77 20 142 406 37 20 198 544 .244 .306 .470 .777 348.1
RISP   1081 0 272 37 11 60 437 0 0 122 244 .252 .325 .473 .798 170.3
Pinch Hitting   40 6 8 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 14 .200 .256 .300 .556 2.8
Close/Late   510 90 133 17 6 35 83 0 2 63 107 .261 .349 .524 .873 91.0
Mar/Apr 219 799 135 223 32 8 42 125 17 12 70 170 .279 .345 .497 .841 130.1
May 238 815 113 203 29 8 46 122 14 7 62 189 .249 .310 .474 .783 118.0
June 216 790 117 187 29 6 49 125 9 5 56 170 .237 .288 .475 .762 110.4
July 193 706 111 191 24 8 40 118 11 9 51 130 .271 .327 .497 .824 109.7
August 219 804 102 187 27 7 42 113 8 4 53 192 .233 .284 .440 .725 101.6
Sep/Oct 224 787 105 182 27 6 42 125 8 5 53 190 .231 .280 .441 .721 99.4
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
2000 28 CT FF CF 157 154 1374.0 389 13 0 2 1.000 2.63   4.3
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2001 29 CT FF CF 159 154 1368.3 386 9 0 2 1.000 2.60   4.7
    RF 3 3 31.0 8 0 2 0 .800 2.32    
2002 30 MN GE CF 156 154 1397.3 418 6 0 4 1.000 2.73   5.3
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2003 31 MN GE CF 137 135 1205.7 358 5 0 1 1.000 2.71   4.4
    SS 6 5 49.3 7 13 0 0 1.000 3.65   0.2
    RF 10 3 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
2004 32 MN GE CF 146 144 1285.7 392 1 1 0 .997 2.75   6.1
    RF 10 0 32.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.51    
2005 33 MN GE CF 148 147 1248.3 343 4 1 1 .997 2.50   5.3
    RF 8 1 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
2006 34 MN GE CF 145 144 1209.3 317 3 3 2 .991 2.38   5.3
    RF 11 1 31.0 11 0 2 0 .846 3.19    
2007 35 MN GE CF 147 144 1169.0 353 4 2 3 .994 2.75   4.5
    RF 6 1 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    LF 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00    
2008 36 MN GE CF 56 55 418.0 100 3 0 0 1.000 2.22   1.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 1251 1231 10675.6 3056 48 7 15 .998 2.62   41.0
  RF 54 9 176.3 47 0 4 0 .922 2.40    
  SS 6 5 49.3 7 13 0 0 1.000 3.65   0.2
  LF 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00    
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1313 1245 10912.3 3117 61 11 15 .997 2.62   41.2
Career Highs   162 157 1399.3 418 18 5 4 1.000 2.75    
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
2004 32 MN GE 10 42 4 8 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 9 .190 .190 .333 .524
2005 33 MN GE 18 64 7 12 3 0 3 5 3 0 8 20 .188 .278 .375 .653
2006 34 MN GE 4 12 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .417 .724
Career Post-Season Batting 32 118 12 23 5 0 5 13 3 1 9 32 .195 .252 .364 .616
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
2000-4-.560
2002-3-.508
2003-2-.545
2004-10-.500
OPS
2000-9-.880
2002-10-.826
2003-5-.876
XR
2000-7-110.1
2002-10-93.0
2003-6-100.2
Games
2001-1-162
2004-4-159
At-Bats
2002-3-612
2004-10-582
Runs
2000-3-110
2002-3-96
2003-7-91
2004-8-95
Total Bases
2000-5-339
2002-2-311
2003-3-312
2004-5-291
Triples
2002-5-7
2003-6-7
2004-6-8
2006-10-8
Homeruns
2000-1-50
2002-2-39
2003-2-39
2004-5-32
2005-4-34
RBIs
2000-2-122
2002-3-106
2003-2-117
2004-4-103
Strikeouts
2000-4-145
2004-8-126
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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