3B Eddie 'Sparky' Lake #13
Minnesota Twins FORT
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
12/31/2001
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3B EDDIE 'SPARKY' LAKE #13 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
139 465 117 21 3 18 78 69 89 .252 .357 .426 7 2.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 5 5 5
Gap 5 5 5 5
Power 6 6 6 6
Eye 9 10 9 9
Avoid K's 6 6 5 6
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 7 1
Errors: - 7 1
Arm: - 7 1
Turn DP: - 9 -
Framing: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 6
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 7 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 7
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 5
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 8
Baserunning Inst.: 7
Sacrifice Bunt: 1
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/23/2001 @ SEA Loss, 0-10 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
10/22/2001 @ SEA Win, 6-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/20/2001 SEA Loss, 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10/19/2001 SEA Win, 7-4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
10/18/2001 SEA Loss, 5-6 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
10/16/2001 @ SEA Loss, 2-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/15/2001 @ SEA Win, 9-7 4 2 3 4 2 1 0 0
10/13/2001 @ CHW Win, 9-3 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
10/12/2001 @ CHW Win, 7-0 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
10/10/2001 CHW Win, 5-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Local polls show that Eddie is the most popular player on the team.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:03/18/1975
Born in:Antioch, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 7"
Weight:165 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$2,250,000
Signed Through:2005 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 75 Days
Service This Yr:184 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1997, 16th Pick in Round 1
FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST 2001 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 139 465 117 21 3 18 78 83 69 89 .252 .357 .426 .783 .335 .174 106
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 124 543 8 6 0 10 0 1 198 42 7 2 77.8 73.9 5.53 2.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   121 41 8 0 7 29 20 13 23 1 0 1 .339 .404 .579 .983
Versus Right   344 76 13 3 11 49 63 56 66 0 0 7 .221 .342 .372 .714
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   77 14 3 0 0 4 9 15 13 0 0 0 .182 .315 .221 .536
May   93 24 6 1 4 17 14 13 17 0 0 1 .258 .355 .473 .828
June   82 24 5 1 3 21 20 11 13 0 0 0 .293 .376 .488 .864
July   88 22 1 1 3 13 11 9 28 0 0 3 .250 .340 .386 .726
August   67 19 5 0 5 10 15 13 9 0 0 3 .284 .422 .582 1.004
September   54 13 1 0 3 13 13 8 9 1 0 1 .241 .344 .426 .770
October   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Spring Training   49 14 1 0 2 7 5 6 4 0 0 0 .286 .364 .429 .792
Postseason   53 14 2 0 2 7 7 6 11 1 0 1 .264 .344 .415 .759
Last Year   429 108 23 2 16 70 59 61 94 7 0 10 .252 .353 .427 .780
2 Years Ago   258 68 10 3 10 46 35 39 42 2 0 5 .264 .368 .442 .810
Career   1547 380 67 10 59 248 231 225 303 13 0 27 .246 .349 .416 .765
Home   235 60 8 1 10 40 47 32 50 0 0 4 .255 .354 .426 .780
Road   230 57 13 2 8 38 36 37 39 1 0 4 .248 .360 .426 .786
Grass   461 117 21 3 18 78 83 68 88 1 0 8 .254 .359 .430 .788
Turf   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Day   30 3 0 1 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 .100 .206 .167 .373
Night   435 114 21 2 18 75 80 65 86 1 0 8 .262 .367 .444 .811
As Starter   453 113 19 3 18 76 81 68 88 1 0 8 .249 .357 .424 .780
As Reliever / Substitution   12 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .385 .500 .885
Pinch Hitting   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Close/Late   104 27 7 1 2 16 16 14 17 0 0 0 .260 .347 .404 .751
Inning 1-3   149 30 4 0 4 22 20 18 31 1 0 2 .201 .294 .309 .603
Inning 4-6   151 42 8 1 9 28 35 32 30 0 0 4 .278 .417 .523 .940
Inning 7-9   158 43 8 2 5 26 27 17 27 0 0 2 .272 .350 .443 .793
Extra Innings   7 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .286 .444 .429 .873
0 Outs   135 33 7 0 3 12 36 24 21 0 0 4 .244 .374 .363 .737
1 Outs   170 49 6 2 8 27 30 24 31 1 0 3 .288 .384 .488 .872
2 Outs   160 35 8 1 7 39 17 21 37 0 0 1 .219 .313 .412 .726
Scoring Position   130 40 8 3 6 60 24 24 30 1 0 3 .308 .424 .554 .978
Bases Empty   263 58 11 0 7 7 40 34 50 0 0 2 .221 .314 .342 .657
Runner on 1st   72 19 2 0 5 11 19 11 9 0 0 3 .264 .384 .500 .884
Runner on 2nd   48 12 3 1 1 9 8 12 11 0 0 0 .250 .400 .417 .817
Runner on 3rd   12 5 0 0 3 9 3 2 3 0 0 0 .417 .500 1.167 1.667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   39 14 3 2 2 20 9 2 10 0 0 0 .359 .390 .692 1.083
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 2 .200 .429 .200 .629
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   9 4 1 0 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 1 .444 .615 .556 1.171
Bases Loaded   12 3 1 0 0 11 0 3 3 1 0 0 .250 .375 .333 .708
Two Strikes   322 71 14 2 11 52 46 26 89 0 0 5 .220 .289 .379 .668
First Pitch   33 13 3 1 1 8 7 2 0 1 0 1 .394 .432 .636 1.069
Count 0-1   27 9 3 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .379 .556 .935
Count 0-2   30 6 2 1 1 5 5 0 15 0 0 1 .200 .226 .433 .659
Count 1-0   22 5 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 .227 .292 .545 .837
Count 1-1   31 9 0 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 .290 .312 .387 .700
Count 1-2   69 13 5 0 0 6 7 0 29 0 0 0 .188 .188 .261 .449
Count 2-0   5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 2-1   13 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Count 2-2   78 16 4 0 2 12 12 0 24 0 0 2 .205 .225 .333 .558
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   12 5 0 0 2 2 8 22 0 0 0 0 .417 .794 .917 1.711
Full Count   145 36 3 1 8 29 22 26 21 0 0 2 .248 .370 .448 .818
Behind in Count   126 28 10 1 2 16 17 0 44 0 0 3 .222 .240 .365 .605
Ahead in Count   52 15 1 0 4 8 21 40 0 0 0 0 .288 .598 .538 1.136
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   75 19 1 1 2 11 9 4 20 0 0 3 .253 .317 .373 .690
Batting 4th   105 30 3 2 8 21 27 17 18 0 0 1 .286 .390 .581 .971
Batting 5th   170 43 9 0 5 28 30 32 27 1 0 3 .253 .379 .394 .773
Batting 6th   52 8 3 0 3 8 9 9 8 0 0 0 .154 .279 .385 .663
Batting 7th   55 11 3 0 0 7 7 7 15 0 0 0 .200 .290 .255 .545
Batting 8th   4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.250 2.250
Batting 9th   3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Low Leverage   212 51 7 1 7 23 31 25 42 0 0 2 .241 .326 .382 .708
Medium Leverage   163 39 6 1 8 29 36 31 28 0 0 3 .239 .371 .436 .806
High Leverage   85 27 8 1 3 26 16 13 18 1 0 3 .318 .422 .541 .963
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1997 Minnesota - FORT 22 62 210 46 6 1 8 34 34 30 2 1 51 5 3 .219 .321 .371 .692 82 81 0.1
1998 Minnesota - FORT 23 91 185 41 7 1 7 20 20 26 2 2 27 3 1 .222 .321 .384 .705 84 82 0.1
1999 Minnesota - FORT 24 95 258 68 10 3 10 46 35 39 5 2 42 4 1 .264 .368 .442 .810 112 114 1.4
2000 Minnesota - FORT 25 128 429 108 23 2 16 70 59 61 10 7 94 10 5 .252 .353 .427 .780 104 106 2.3
2001 Minnesota - FORT 26 139 465 117 21 3 18 78 83 69 8 1 89 7 2 .252 .357 .426 .783 107 106 2.2
Total FORT 515 1547 380 67 10 59 248 231 225 27 13 303 29 12 .246 .349 .416 .765 101 101 6.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1997 Oxnard - AAA 22 53 192 50 7 1 8 28 32 33 7 3 46 8 1 .260 .383 .432 .815 138 137 2.1
1998 Oxnard - AAA 23 37 123 37 5 0 6 17 27 20 1 1 39 15 1 .301 .400 .488 .888 153 151 2.3
Total MAAA 90 315 87 12 1 14 45 59 53 8 4 85 23 2 .276 .389 .454 .843 144 142
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1997 Minnesota - FORT 22 11 34 6 0 0 2 7 6 5 1 0 4 0 2 .176 .300 .353 .653 71 75 -0.3
1998 Minnesota - FORT 23 4 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727 92 95 -0.2
1999 Minnesota - FORT 24 7 18 4 3 0 0 1 4 8 1 0 2 0 0 .222 .481 .389 .870 132 154 -0.0
2001 Minnesota - FORT 26 14 53 14 2 0 2 7 7 6 1 1 11 0 2 .264 .344 .415 .759 101 95 -0.1
Total FORT 36 116 28 5 0 4 16 17 19 3 1 18 0 4 .241 .360 .388 .748 98 101
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1997 Minnesota - MLB 2B 17 16 38 50 14 90 2 .978 148.2 5.33 -0.7 .932
1997 Oxnard - AAA 2B 9 5 13 20 5 33 0 1.000 64.2 4.59 +1.0 1.076
1997 Minnesota - MLB 3B 30 29 20 52 3 75 3 .960 224.0 2.89 -0.2 .995
1997 Oxnard - AAA 3B 14 13 5 23 0 28 0 1.000 115.2 2.18 +1.7 1.112
1997 Minnesota - MLB SS 16 16 24 59 12 86 3 .965 142.0 5.26 -2.2 .928
1997 Oxnard - AAA SS 31 31 39 74 10 117 4 .966 279.0 3.65 -1.1 .976
1998 Minnesota - MLB 2B 21 21 53 67 19 120 0 1.000 172.1 6.27 +0.1 .969
1998 Oxnard - AAA 2B 1 0 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 11.0 5.73 +0.2 .936
1998 Minnesota - MLB 3B 45 2 3 18 1 23 2 .913 120.2 1.57 -0.6 .955
1998 Minnesota - MLB SS 41 28 37 63 12 102 2 .980 246.2 3.65 -3.3 .941
1998 Oxnard - AAA SS 33 29 34 71 14 107 2 .981 263.0 3.59 +2.5 1.036
1999 Minnesota - MLB 2B 7 6 14 16 2 30 0 1.000 53.0 5.09 +0.7 1.096
1999 Minnesota - MLB 3B 58 20 15 48 6 65 2 .969 277.1 2.04 -0.1 1.020
1999 Minnesota - MLB SS 49 44 74 108 26 190 8 .958 356.1 4.60 -6.0 .894
2000 Minnesota - MLB 3B 114 106 67 176 16 254 11 .957 940.1 2.33 +0.8 .999
2000 Minnesota - MLB SS 25 12 27 48 12 76 1 .987 127.0 5.31 -0.5 .993
2001 Minnesota - MLB 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.0 1.80 0.0 .000
2001 Minnesota - MLB 3B 109 72 43 142 8 195 10 .949 726.1 2.29 -0.6 .999
2001 Minnesota - MLB SS 57 52 67 116 18 188 5 .973 404.1 4.07 -4.6 .941
TOTAL 2B 58 48 122 157 40 281 2 .993 454.2 5.52 +1.3 .983
TOTAL 3B 370 242 153 459 34 640 28 .956 2404.1 2.29 +1.0 1.004
TOTAL SS 252 212 302 539 104 866 25 .971 1818.1 4.16 -15.1 .950
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 6 (9).
01/13/1997 Drafted in the 1996 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 16, 16th overall pick) by the Minnesota Twins.
02/19/1997 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
04/01/1997 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
04/02/1997 Named the #32 prospect in the FORT
07/02/1997 Named the #14 prospect in the FORT
11/01/1997 Wins the 1997 World Series with the Minnesota Twins.
11/24/1997 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $555,000.
12/30/1997 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
01/01/1998 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (9).
02/19/1998 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
04/01/1998 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
11/22/1998 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $555,000.
11/26/1998 Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $13,500,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
12/07/1998 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
01/01/1999 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (8).
01/12/1999 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
02/18/1999 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
04/26/1999 Injured (bruised thigh),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/18/1999 Injured (strained hamstring),out for 6-7 weeks.
10/12/1999 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for 3 days.
12/09/1999 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
01/01/2000 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 8 (9).
04/01/2000 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
08/13/2000 Injured (bruised finger),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/14/2000 Injured (bone bruise (wrist)),out for 3-4 weeks.
01/01/2001 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 9 (9).
02/26/2001 Successfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
04/01/2001 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
12/06/2001 Detrimentally completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Minnesota Twins development complex.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year BB Rank
2001 69 9
Year HP Rank
2000 10 9
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