NAME     : Placido Polanco
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 10/10/1975
  AGE      : 26
  HEIGHT   : 5"10
  WEIGHT   : 168
 
  POSITION : Third Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $1,025,000 through 2002
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

  DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
 
  Range at Second Base : E  (Fielding Pct. : .999)
  Range at Third Base : D  (Fielding Pct. : .985)
  Range at Shortstop :  E  (Fielding Pct. : .999)

  OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
  (Rated by an average league scout)
 
  Speed            : D
  Stealing Ability : B
  Sacrifice Bunt   : A
  Bunt for Hit     : E
  Hitter Type      : Normal
 
  Getting Hits         : 6  (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
  Hitting Doubles      : 3  (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average)
  Hitting Homeruns     : 3  (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Poor)
  Getting BB's         : 2  (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Poor)
  Avoiding Strikeouts  : 8  (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)

  BATTING STATS :
 
  Category       AVG HR RBI  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG
  Overall       .296  1   6  54  16  1  1   9  3  0   2   5 .333 .407 
  vs RHP        .281  0   3  32   9  0  1   7  2  0   1   2 .294 .344 
  vs LHP        .318  1   3  22   7  1  0   2  0  0   1   3 .308 .500 
  At Home       .417  1   4  24  10  1  1   6  1  0   1   2 .407 .667 
  Away          .200  0   2  30   6  0  0   3  1  0   1   3 .212 .200 
  R.I.S.P.      .067  0   4  15   1  0  0   0  0  0   0   3 .053 .067 
  Pinch Hitting .289  1   3  38  11  1  1   4  1  0   2   4 .302 .447 
  Close/Late    .364  0   1  22   8  0  0   5  0  0   1   3 .360 .364 
  This Week     .000  0   0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0   0 .000 .000 
  Last Week     .000  0   0   3   0  0  0   1  0  0   0   1 .000 .000 
  Apr/Mar       .400  1   1  10   4  0  0   2  1  0   0   1 .364 .700 
  May           .267  0   3  15   4  0  0   1  0  0   1   0 .278 .267 
  June          .308  0   0  13   4  0  1   2  1  0   0   1 .308 .462 
  July          .286  0   2  14   4  1  0   3  0  0   1   2 .313 .357 
  August        .000  0   0   2   0  0  0   1  0  0   0   1 .000 .000 
 

  CAREER STATS :
 
  YEAR   AVG HR RBI   G  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG   TEAMS
  1998  .254  1  11  45 114  29  3  2  10  2  0   5   9 .286 .342   SLN
  1999  .277  1  19  88 220  61  9  3  24  1  3  15  24 .323 .359   SLN
  2000  .316  5  39 118 323 102 12  3  50  4  4  16  26 .348 .418   SLN
  2001  .307  3  38 144 564 173 26  4  87 12  3  25  43 .336 .383   SLN
 
  Total AB  : 1275
  Total AVG : .299
  Total Hits: 381
  Total HR  : 11
  Total RBI : 113
  Total Runs: 180
  Total SB  : 22