Placido Polanco

Full Name: Placido Enrique Polanco Current Team: Philadelphia Phillies Height/Weight: 5'10"/195 Uniform Number: 27 Birthdate: October 10, 1975 Entry Draft: 19th round (530th) in 1994 Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic) Drafted By: St. Louis Cardinals Primary Position: 2B College: Miami-Dade Wolfson Community College (FL)

Biography

Placido Polanco (Placido Enrique Polanco) was born on October 10, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on July 3, 1998 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1999 Major League Baseball|1999]], his rookie year, he hit .277 with 1 home run and 19 RBI. Polanco played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Placido Polanco's best season was 2003 Major League Baseball|2003]], when he hit for a .289 average and knocked in 63 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1998	STL	N	45	114	10	29	1	11	.254	.292	.342	3	2	5	9	1	2	2	0	1
1999	STL	N	88	220	24	61	1	19	.277	.321	.359	9	3	15	24	0	3	1	1	7
2000	STL	N	118	323	50	102	5	39	.316	.347	.418	12	3	16	26	1	7	4	0	8
2001	STL	N	144	564	87	173	3	38	.307	.342	.383	26	4	25	43	6	14	12	0	22
2002	STL	N	94	342	47	97	5	27	.284	.316	.389	19	1	12	27	4	9	3	1	12
2002	PHI	N	53	206	28	61	4	22	.296	.353	.427	13	1	14	14	4	4	2	0	3
2002	TOT	N	147	548	75	158	9	49	.288	.330	.403	32	2	26	41	8	13	5	1	15
2003	PHI	N	122	492	87	142	14	63	.289	.352	.447	30	3	42	38	8	8	14	1	16
2004	PHI	N	126	503	74	150	17	55	.298	.345	.441	21	0	27	39	12	7	7	0	13
2005	PHI	N	43	158	26	50	3	20	.316	.376	.418	7	0	12	9	3	0	0	0	3
2005	DET	A	86	343	58	116	6	36	.338	.386	.461	20	2	21	16	8	2	4	0	9
2005	Total		129	501	84	166	9	56	.331	.383	.447	27	2	33	25	11	2	4	0	12
2006	DET	A	110	461	58	136	4	52	.295	.329	.364	18	1	17	27	7	8	1	0	18
2007	DET	A	142	587	105	200	9	67	.341	.388	.458	36	3	37	30	11	2	7	3	11
2008	DET	A	141	580	90	178	8	58	.307	.350	.417	34	3	35	43	6	4	7	2	14
2009	DET	A	153	618	82	176	10	72	.285	.331	.396	31	4	36	46	9	7	7	2	15
Total	NL		833	2922	433	865	53	294	.296	.341	.410	140	17	168	229	39	54	45	3	85
Total	AL		632	2589	393	806	37	285	.311	.355	.418	139	13	146	162	41	23	26	7	65
Total			1465	5511	826	1671	90	579	.303	.348	.414	279	30	314	391	80	77	71	10	150

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	STL	N	SS	28	21	196	38	81	6	18	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1998	STL	N	2B	14	8	88.1	34	21	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1999	STL	N	SS	9	7	58.2	7	20	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1999	STL	N	3B	9	2	30.2	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1999	STL	N	2B	66	39	396.2	116	122	5	32	0	0	0	0	0	.979
2000	STL	N	3B	35	19	187	18	41	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	STL	N	SS	29	14	151.2	31	53	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	STL	N	2B	51	32	349	80	107	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2000	STL	N	1B	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	STL	N	3B	103	92	810	60	199	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	.985
2001	STL	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	STL	N	SS	42	29	281	50	109	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	STL	N	2B	15	10	93	22	36	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	STL	N	SS	13	9	90.2	19	24	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	STL	N	2B	6	5	46	11	17	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.966
2002	STL	N	3B	78	63	587	52	139	5	18	0	0	0	0	0	.974
2002	PHI	N	3B	53	52	479.2	38	132	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	.983
2002	TOT	N	3B	131	115	1066.2	90	271	8	33	0	0	0	0	0	.978
2003	PHI	N	2B	99	99	873.2	212	301	4	69	0	0	0	0	0	.992
2003	PHI	N	3B	21	21	179	10	37	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.959
2004	PHI	N	3B	13	11	96	15	26	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	PHI	N	2B	109	105	944	264	304	3	76	0	0	0	0	0	.995
2005	PHI	N	OF	5	4	29	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	PHI	N	2B	29	26	229.2	57	74	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	PHI	N	LF	5	4	29	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	PHI	N	3B	8	5	48.1	6	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	PHI	N	SS	1	1	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	DET	A	2B	84	83	716	187	248	3	69	0	0	0	0	0	.993
2005	DET	A	3B	1	1	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	Total		3B	9	6	57.1	7	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	Total		2B	113	109	945.2	244	322	3	95	0	0	0	0	0	.995
2006	DET	A	2B	108	107	943	224	325	6	81	0	0	0	0	0	.989
2007	DET	A	2B	141	138	1209	294	389	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	DET	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	DET	A	2B	141	136	1201.1	323	374	8	100	0	0	0	0	0	.989
2009	DET	A	2B	151	146	1289.1	290	439	2	112	0	0	0	0	0	.997
Total			2B	1014	934	8379	2215	2757	36	711	0	0	0	0	0	.993
Total			3B	321	266	2426.2	200	602	15	68	0	0	0	0	0	.982
Total			SS	122	81	786	148	289	8	58	0	0	0	0	0	.982
Total			LF	5	4	29	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Transactions

• Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 49th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign June 3, 1993.
• Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the free-agent draft on (June 2, 1994 - signed on June 9, 1994).
• Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Mike Timlin and Bud Smith to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Scott Rolen, Doug Nickle and cash on July 29, 2002.
• Granted free agency on October 29, 2004.
• Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies on December 19, 2004.
• Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ugueth Urbina and Ramon Martinez on June 8, 2005.