Craig Monroe

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb

BornFebruary 27, 1977 · Texarkana, TX, USA

MLB debutJuly 28, 2001

Final gameJune 16, 2009

Seasons9 (2001–2009)

Texas Rangers 2001; Detroit Tigers 2002–2006; Chicago Cubs 2007; Detroit Tigers 2007; Minnesota Twins 2008; Pittsburgh Pirates 2009

Percentile snapshot

2006 season — qualified batters

147

42.9

585

35.4

541

45.3

62.1

138

21.7

67.7

38.5

75.8

RBI

67.7

20.5

126

16.8

53.4

.255

8.7

OBP

.301

4.3

SLG

.482

60.9

OPS

.783

37.9

wRC+

95.4

29.2

OPS+

98.7

37.9

wOBA

.333

27.3

sWAR

0.8

11.2

of 162 qualified 2006 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

2.6

72.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2001	27	58	52	8	11	1	0	2	5	6	18	2	0	.212	.293	.346	.639	65.3	64.3	.289	-0.2
2002	13	26	25	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	.120	.154	.280	.434	9.5	15.1	.188	-0.3
2003	128	458	425	51	102	18	1	23	70	27	89	4	2	.240	.287	.449	.736	91.8	94.4	.316	0.4
2004	128	481	447	65	131	27	3	18	72	29	79	3	4	.293	.337	.488	.824	114.4	115.0	.356	2.0
2005	157	623	567	69	157	30	3	20	89	40	95	8	3	.277	.322	.446	.768	101.0	103.9	.330	1.5
2006	147	585	541	89	138	35	2	28	92	37	126	2	2	.255	.301	.482	.783	95.4	98.7	.333	0.8
2007	122	427	392	53	86	23	0	12	59	26	107	0	4	.219	.268	.370	.638	61.4	64.6	.282	-1.1
2008	58	179	163	22	33	9	0	8	29	16	48	0	1	.202	.274	.405	.679	77.4	79.8	.299	-0.3
2009	34	87	79	8	17	2	0	3	16	7	21	0	0	.215	.287	.354	.642	65.3	69.3	.287	-0.2

Career totals

814

2,924

2,691

368

678

146

115

RBI

433

188

588

.2520

OBP

.3006

SLG

.4411

OPS

.7417

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
2005-07-22	MIN @ DET Gameday	5	1	5	3	0	6	8
2006-09-24	DET @ KC Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	3	8
2003-09-20	DET @ MIN Gameday	4	1	3	2	1	2	8
2003-08-23	LAA @ DET Gameday	5	2	2	0	2	6	8
2009-04-18	ATL @ PIT Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	6	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.