Juan Encarnacion

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 160 lb

BornMarch 8, 1976 · Las Matas de Farfan, San Juan, D.R.

MLB debutSeptember 2, 1997

Final gameAugust 30, 2007

Seasons11 (1997–2007)

Detroit Tigers 1997–2001; Cincinnati Reds 2002; Florida Marlins 2002–2004; Los Angeles Dodgers 2004; Florida Marlins 2005; St. Louis Cardinals 2006–2007

Percentile snapshot

2006 season — qualified batters

153

63.4

598

43.5

557

56.5

26.7

155

52.2

16.1

73.9

51.6

RBI

48.4

9.9

53.4

47.2

.278

38.5

OBP

.317

10.6

SLG

.443

OPS

.760

30.4

wRC+

90.8

20.5

OPS+

94.0

26.7

wOBA

.327

21.1

sWAR

0.7

10.6

of 162 qualified 2006 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

95.3

32.5

OPS+

96.6

sWAR

9.9

86.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1997	11	38	33	3	7	1	1	1	5	3	12	3	1	.212	.316	.394	.710	87.4	84.6	.322	0.0
1998	40	175	164	30	54	9	4	7	21	7	31	7	4	.329	.354	.561	.915	131.7	133.1	.390	1.2
1999	132	538	509	62	130	30	6	19	74	14	113	33	12	.255	.287	.450	.736	81.4	85.1	.318	0.0
2000	141	590	547	75	158	25	6	14	72	29	90	16	4	.289	.330	.433	.764	93.6	94.4	.335	1.7
2001	120	457	417	52	101	19	7	12	52	25	93	9	5	.242	.292	.408	.700	85.2	86.7	.305	0.5
2002	152	644	584	77	158	22	5	24	85	46	113	21	9	.271	.324	.449	.773	102.9	102.3	.343	2.0
2003	156	653	601	80	162	37	6	19	94	37	82	19	8	.270	.313	.446	.759	98.4	99.3	.332	1.3
2004	135	532	484	63	114	30	2	16	62	38	86	5	4	.236	.299	.405	.704	82.1	83.0	.310	-0.1
2005	141	563	506	59	145	27	3	16	76	41	104	6	5	.287	.349	.447	.795	113.2	111.6	.352	2.1
2006	153	598	557	74	155	25	5	19	79	30	86	6	5	.278	.317	.443	.760	90.8	94.0	.327	0.7
2007	78	307	283	43	80	17	1	9	47	18	43	2	2	.283	.324	.445	.769	98.4	99.0	.336	0.6

Career totals

1,259

5,095

4,685

618

1,264

242

156

RBI

667

288

853

127

.2698

OBP

.3169

SLG

.4410

OPS

.7579

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	3B	HR	RBI	TB
2002-09-24	MIA @ WSH Gameday	5	3	4	0	1	2	5	12
1998-09-14	CWS @ DET Gameday	6	5	5	0	1	1	4	10
2006-06-17	COL @ STL Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	3	10
2006-04-25	PIT @ STL Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	1	4	9
2006-07-23	STL @ LAD Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	2	9

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.