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Cliff Pennington

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27-year-old Shortstop

Oakland Athletics

Date of Birth: June 15, 1984

Height: 5-11 Weight: 185

Bats/Throws: S/R

Drafted: Round 1 of 2005 draft

Basic Statistics

Basic Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	21	NCAA	Texas A&M U.	256	212	44	77	13	4	7	39	1	37	25		.363	.449	.561	1010
2005	21	A	Kane County	334	290	49	80	15	0	3	29	2	39	47		.276	.362	.359	721
2006	22	Rookie	AZL Athletics	32	28	3	13	3	1	0	6	0	4	2		.464	.531	.643	1174
2006	22	A+	Stockton	202	177	36	36	7	0	2	21	1	24	35		.203	.302	.277	579
2007	23	Wint	Phoenix	79	58	14	14	4	0	1	10	0	18	9		.241	.405	.362	767
2007	23	A+	Stockton	333	286	50	73	17	3	6	36	0	43	54		.255	.348	.399	747
2007	23	AA	Midland	315	272	42	69	13	2	2	21	1	38	35		.254	.343	.338	681
2008	24	AA	Midland	244	204	42	53	7	2	0	18	0	39	36	20	.260	.377	.314	691
2008	24	AAA	Sacramento	294	236	47	70	9	3	2	16	0	54	34	11	.297	.422	.386	808
2008	24	MLB	Oakland	117	99	14	24	5	0	0	9	2	13	18	4	.242	.333	.293	626
2009	25	AAA	Sacramento	417	360	48	95	22	3	3	40	2	45	54	26	.264	.341	.367	708
2009	25	MLB	Oakland	229	208	27	58	11	3	4	21	1	19	46	7	.279	.341	.418	759
2010	26	MLB	Oakland	575	508	64	127	26	8	6	46	3	50	96	29	.250	.313	.368	681
2011	27	MLB	Oakland	570	515	57	136	26	2	8	58	1	42	104	14	.264	.314	.369	683
2012	28	MLB	Oakland	167	154	18	34	8	1	1	8	1	11	29	7	.221	.275	.305	580

Extended Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	ISOP	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	RC	RC/27	wOBA	wOBA+	OPS+
2005	21	NCAA	Texas A&M U.	256	212	.198	14.5%	9.8%	.389			57	10.19	.434
2005	21	A	Kane County	334	290	.083	11.7%	14.1%	.321			40	4.84	.329
2006	22	Rookie	AZL Athletics	32	28	.179	12.5%	6.3%	.500	18%	18%	10	18.00	.508
2006	22	A+	Stockton	202	177	.074	11.9%	17.3%	.243	44%	8%	15	2.87	.272
2007	23	Wint	Phoenix	79	58	.121	22.8%	11.4%	.271	44%	14%	11	6.32	.354
2007	23	A+	Stockton	333	286	.144	12.9%	16.2%	.296	37%	16%	42	5.20	.328
2007	23	AA	Midland	315	272	.084	12.1%	11.1%	.285	41%	16%	33	4.26	.311
2008	24	AA	Midland	244	204	.054	16.0%	14.8%	.315	45%	21%	28	4.91	.326	98	85
2008	24	AAA	Sacramento	294	236	.089	18.4%	11.6%	.340	41%	22%	40	6.24	.366	106	105
2008	24	MLB	Oakland	117	99	.051	11.1%	15.4%	.296	36%	22%	10	3.42	.292	88	66
2009	25	AAA	Sacramento	417	360	.103	10.8%	12.9%	.304	39%	15%	32	2.64	.315	96	88
2009	25	MLB	Oakland	229	208	.139	8.3%	20.1%	.342	46%	17%	24	3.86	.334	101	99
2010	26	MLB	Oakland	575	508	.118	8.7%	16.7%	.298	36%	21%	47	2.86	.301	95	86
2011	27	MLB	Oakland	570	515	.105	7.4%	18.2%	.318	37%	24%	44	2.67	.300	95	88
2012	28	MLB	Oakland	167	154	.084	6.6%	17.4%	.266	40%	22%	10	2.01	.262	83	62

Extended Statistics

2012: Oakland | 2011: Oakland | 2010: Oakland

Split Statistics with Oakland in 2012
Split	PA	AB	ISOP	HR	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA
March	9	9	.111	0	0.0%	0.0%	.333	11%	33%	.333	.333	.444	.338
April	81	76	.053	0	4.9%	14.8%	.219	38%	15%	.184	.235	.237	.217
May	77	69	.116	1	9.1%	22.1%	.314	48%	28%	.246	.312	.362	.300
AWAY	93	87	.081	1	5.4%	15.1%	.306	44%	19%	.264	.312	.345	.295
HOME	74	67	.090	0	8.1%	20.3%	.212	35%	25%	.164	.230	.254	.219

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB
May 21	MLB	vs. LA Angels	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
May 20	MLB	@ San Francisco	SS	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
May 19	MLB	@ San Francisco	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 18	MLB	@ San Francisco	SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
May 17	MLB	@ Texas	SS	5	2	1	0	0	1	0
May 15	MLB	@ LA Angels	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
May 14	MLB	@ LA Angels	SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
May 13	MLB	vs. Detroit	SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
May 12	MLB	vs. Detroit	PH-SS	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
May 11	MLB	vs. Detroit	SS	4	1	0	0	0	2	1
May 10	MLB	vs. Detroit	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 9	MLB	vs. Toronto	SS	3	1	0	0	0	2	2
May 8	MLB	vs. Toronto	SS	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
May 6	MLB	@ Tampa Bay	SS	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
May 5	MLB	@ Tampa Bay	SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	1
May 4	MLB	@ Tampa Bay	SS	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
May 2	MLB	@ Boston	SS	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
May 1	MLB	@ Boston	SS	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
April 30	MLB	@ Boston	SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
April 29	MLB	@ Baltimore	SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
April 28	MLB	@ Baltimore	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 27	MLB	@ Baltimore	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 25	MLB	vs. Chi White Sox	SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
April 23	MLB	vs. Chi White Sox	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 22	MLB	vs. Cleveland	SS	5	2	1	0	0	1	0
April 21	MLB	vs. Cleveland	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
April 20	MLB	vs. Cleveland	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
April 19	MLB	@ LA Angels	SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
April 18	MLB	@ LA Angels	SS	4	2	0	0	0	2	1
April 17	MLB	@ LA Angels	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB

Player Notes

September 2011

Athletics Nation: Project Greenlight! Pennington's 2-run Double On 3-0 Pitch Supports McCarthy Gem

Usually when Brandon McCarthy throws a complete game, he goes 8 innings and gets hung with a tough loss.

March 2011

MLB.com: Favoring left side, Pennington returns to action

June 2010

Athletics Nation: Zooks Alive! Dingalingalingaling!!! HR Saves A's Against Comedic Pirates

Pennington walked and would have been picked off but the throw was wild.

January 2009

OSC: Pro Honors to Adams, Pennington

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