Ian Kinsler

Second Base

2006—2019

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#18

Player Detail

Ian Michael
GIVEN NAME
Kinsler
SURNAME
June 22, 1982, in Tucson, AZ
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
2006—2019
Playing Career
Played from 24-37
PLAYING AGE
Texas Rangers
Detroit Tigers
San Diego Padres
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Texas Rangers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Bootsie
NICKNAME
5
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 200
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 3, 2006
Major League Debut
STILL PLAYING
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Second Baseman —
— Rangers ALL-TIME TEAM —

Related Content

WHO IS Ian Kinsler?

Played in same league at same time as Dustin Pedroia, who overshadowed him. Too bad, because Kinsler was a very good second baseman.
In 2021, Ian Kinsler played for the Israeli national baseball team in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
  • Ian Kinsler Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1888
1999
257
909
.273
4 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
47.8
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.789
.725
107.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.273
.342
.447

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Dustin Pedroia
Robinson Cano
Ben Zobrist
Howie Kendrick

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Mike Napoli
Miguel Cabrera
Dustin Pedroia
Elvis Andrus
Adrian Beltre
Josh Hamilton
Mike Trout
Nelson Cruz
Yu Darvish
Justin Verlander
Ron Washington

Ian Kinsler Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Kinsler
537
145
90
30
3
19
66
50
76
18
236
201
.273
.342
.447
789
AVG 2B
542
142
72
28
3
13
45
102
11
217
193
.263
.323
.401
.725

Ian Kinsler Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
18
19
24
18
37
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
20
18
27
28
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ian Kinsler PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
55.2
40.4
25.7
18.6
4.73
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Ian Kinsler
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
247.6
156.6
103.0
75.6
21.2
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Ian Kinsler
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B