#81 Todd Zeile, Catcher, 33 yrs, Houston Astros - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#81 Todd Zeile, Catcher, 33 yrs, Houston Astros
Thursday, 11/2/1998

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Todd Zeile

9/9/1965
33
USA,CA,VAN NUYS
6"1
195

Catcher
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R

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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
Very inconsistent
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Normal
1.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
1999
8 Year(s), 146 Days (1522 total Days)
172 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	7	5	6	6
Versus LHP	5	7	6	7	6
Versus RHP	4	7	5	6	6
Talent	5	7	6	7	6

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2
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3
1
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
C : 6 (Range), .970 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 3 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/26	@CIN	L 3-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/30	@COL	W 7-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/1	SF	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/3	@ATL	W 9-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/8	@NYM	W 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/9	@NYM	L 2-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/11	NYM	W 16-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/12	NYM	L 9-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/15	@NYM	W 4-1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	#9
10/16	@NYM	L 4-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1998

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	120	197	55	15	1	10	42	29	19	40	.279	.347	.518	.865	.842	.239
Projected	120	197	55	15	1	10	42	29	19	40	.279	.347	.518	.865	.842	.239

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	29	223	2	0	0	4	4	1	102	26	0	0	.0	35.7	6.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	42	10	2	0	2	8	4	4	10	0	2	0	.238	.292	.429	.720
vs. RHP	155	45	13	1	8	34	25	15	30	1	2	2	.290	.358	.542	.900
Close/Late	42	10	0	0	3	10	6	4	9	0	3	1	.238	.300	.452	.752
Scoring Position	54	15	5	0	4	31	0	9	12	1	4	1	.278	.362	.593	.955
Pinch Hitting	66	18	3	0	4	11	11	8	8	0	2	2	.273	.359	.500	.859

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	57	89	26	7	0	3	17	10	9	21	.292	.356	.472	.828
Road	63	108	29	8	1	7	25	19	10	19	.269	.328	.556	.883
March/April	20	31	11	4	0	2	12	7	4	8	.355	.432	.677	1.110
May	22	33	8	1	0	0	5	4	1	6	.242	.265	.273	.537
June	20	34	11	4	0	3	9	5	3	8	.324	.395	.706	1.101
July	17	26	4	0	0	1	1	3	3	4	.154	.226	.269	.495
August	17	30	12	3	1	2	9	4	6	6	.400	.486	.767	1.253
Sept/Oct	24	43	9	3	0	2	6	6	2	8	.209	.239	.419	.658
Postseason	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	.167	.167	.667	.833

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1990	126	266	59	14	0	5	28	26	37	2	0	35	1	0	.222	.321	.331	.652	CHN HOU
1991	126	239	63	19	1	6	36	27	25	2	2	29	0	0	.264	.336	.427	.763	HOU
1992	110	134	36	7	0	3	22	22	20	0	0	24	0	0	.269	.364	.388	.752	HOU
1993	124	222	56	18	1	9	37	34	27	1	4	32	0	0	.252	.331	.464	.795	HOU
1994	126	272	76	23	2	7	42	47	35	2	3	56	0	0	.279	.362	.456	.818	HOU
1995	154	529	141	33	4	20	86	77	57	8	4	92	0	0	.267	.344	.457	.802	HOU
1996	152	547	152	32	2	26	110	88	84	2	7	97	0	0	.278	.372	.486	.858	HOU
1997	88	310	57	16	1	8	41	34	37	3	2	64	0	0	.184	.276	.319	.595	HOU
1998	120	197	55	15	1	10	42	29	19	2	1	40	0	0	.279	.347	.518	.865	HOU
Total	1126	2716	695	177	12	94	444	384	341	22	23	469	1	0	.256	.341	.434	.775

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1989, AA	37	121	39	9	1	11	29	26	29	17	1	0	.322	.442	.686	1.128
1989, AAA	90	327	106	23	2	23	70	66	59	44	1	0	.324	.420	.618	1.038
1997, AAA	16	59	14	4	0	5	14	11	8	16	0	0	.237	.324	.559	.883

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1992	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
1993	6	20	8	2	0	1	7	6	3	3	0	0	.400	.478	.650	1.128
1994	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
1995	12	45	16	4	1	2	8	7	3	9	0	0	.356	.396	.622	1.018
1998	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833
Total	34	79	25	6	1	4	18	16	8	16	0	0	.316	.379	.570	.949

Fielding Stats 1998

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	27	26	183	8	0	195	4	.979	222.2	7.88	1	12	3	25.0
First Base	54	3	106	5	12	116	5	.957	122.1	8.53

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Boston in 1989...
Traded from Boston to Chicago (N) on 7/31/1989 (Going to BOS: P Mark Langston. Going to CHN: C Todd Zeile, P Mike Schooler)...
Injured on 9/3/1989 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days...
Traded from Chicago (N) to Houston on 2/9/1990 (Going to CHN: P Atlee Hammaker. Going to HOU: C Todd Zeile)...
Had first career hit on 4/5/1990, off Bill Krueger (LAN)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/1990, off Kevin Saucier (PIT)...
Won World Championship with Houston in 1992...
2/3/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration...
Won World Championship with Houston in 1993...
2/3/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration...
2/3/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,222,857 through salary arbitration...
7/22/1995: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 7/26/1995...
Injured on 7/18/1997 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks...

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