Placido Polanco

2B/3B/SS · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1998–2013 BORN: SANTO DOMINGO, D.R.
All-Star ×2 Gold Glove ×3 Silver Slugger 2007
Career
2142 H · 104 HR · 723 RBI · 81 SB
.297 AVG · .740 OPS · 1927 G
2013 Season
.260 AVG · 1 HR · 23 RBI · 2 SB
.315 OBP · .302 SLG · .617 OPS
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Placido Polanco was a second baseman in MLB. Across 1927 career games, with a .297 batting average and 104 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1998 STL 45 114 10 29 3 2 1 11 2 5 9 .254 .292 .342 .634
1999 STL 88 220 24 61 9 3 1 19 1 15 24 .277 .321 .359 .680
2000 STL 118 323 50 102 12 3 5 39 4 16 26 .316 .347 .418 .765
2001 STL 144 564 87 173 26 4 3 38 12 25 43 .307 .342 .383 .725
2002 PHI 53 206 28 61 13 1 4 22 2 14 14 .296 .353 .427 .780
2002 STL 94 342 47 97 19 1 5 27 3 12 27 .284 .316 .389 .705
2003 PHI 122 492 87 142 30 3 14 63 14 42 38 .289 .352 .447 .799
2004 PHI 126 503 74 150 21 0 17 55 7 27 39 .298 .345 .441 .786
2005 DET 86 343 58 116 20 2 6 36 4 21 16 .338 .386 .461 .846
2005 PHI 43 158 26 50 7 0 3 20 0 12 9 .316 .376 .418 .793
2006 DET 110 461 58 136 18 1 4 52 1 17 27 .295 .329 .364 .693
2007 DET 142 587 105 200 36 3 9 67 7 37 30 .341 .388 .458 .846
2008 DET 141 580 90 178 34 3 8 58 7 35 43 .307 .350 .417 .768
2009 DET 153 618 82 176 31 4 10 72 7 36 46 .285 .331 .396 .727
2010 PHI 132 554 76 165 27 2 6 52 5 32 47 .298 .339 .386 .726
2011 PHI 122 469 46 130 14 0 5 50 3 42 44 .277 .335 .339 .674
2012 PHI 90 303 28 78 15 0 2 19 0 18 25 .257 .302 .327 .629
2013 MIA 118 377 33 98 13 0 1 23 2 23 31 .260 .315 .302 .617
Career Totals 1927 7214 1009 2142 348 32 104 723 81 429 538 .297 .343 .397 .740
Awards & Achievements
  • ALCS MVP (1): 2006
  • Gold Glove (3): 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Silver Slugger (1): 2007
  • This Year in Baseball Defensive Player of the Year (1): 2007
  • TSN All-Star (1): 2007
All-Star Selections

2007, 2011

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1998$170,000
2000$220,000
2001$320,000
2002$1,750,000
2003$2,875,000
2004$3,950,000
2005$4,600,000
2006$4,600,000
2007$4,600,000
2008$4,600,000
2009$4,600,000
2010$5,166,666
2011$5,416,666
2012$6,416,666
2013$2,750,000

Career Total: $52,034,998 (15 seasons)

Average: $3,469,000

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.