J. J. Hardy

2005–2017 · 13 seasons · Bats right, throws right · Born 1982

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17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
2005Milwaukee BrewersNL124427372469222195044480.247.327.384.711-0.4
2006Milwaukee BrewersNL3513912813315051410231.242.295.398.6930.5
2007Milwaukee BrewersNL15163859289164301268040732.277.323.463.7861.9
2008Milwaukee BrewersNL14662956978161314247452982.283.343.478.8214.4
2009Milwaukee BrewersNL1154654145395162114743850.229.302.357.6590.6
2010Minnesota TwinsAL101375340449119363828541.268.320.394.7141.9
2011Baltimore OriolesAL12956752776142270308031920.269.310.491.8015.4
2012GGBaltimore OriolesAL158713663851583022268381060.238.282.389.6713.0
2013GGSSBaltimore OriolesAL15964460166158270257638732.263.306.433.7382.3
2014GGBaltimore OriolesAL14156952956142280952291040.268.309.372.6822.3
2015Baltimore OriolesAL114437411459014083720880.219.253.311.564-1.4
2016Baltimore OriolesAL1154384054310929094826680.269.309.407.7161.6
2017Baltimore OriolesAL73268254245513142412480.217.255.323.578-0.4
Career13 seasons1561630958057181488291141886884119608.256.307.408.71521.5

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

Any shaded cell or chip will explain itself. Point at one, or tab to it and it opens on focus, and it names the league, the season and the statistic in full. On a touchscreen, tap it once to open and once more to close.

The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: NL (National League), AL (American League).

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