Jason LaRue | Major Leaguer 1999-2008

Full Name: Michael Jason Larue
Born: March 19,1974 in Houston, Texas
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Spring Valley (Spring Valley,TX)
College: Dallas Baptist University

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Prospect Rankings*
1999 - 4th ranked organizational prospect for Cincinnati Reds
2000 - 7th ranked organizational prospect for Cincinnati Reds

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Cincinnati Reds in 5th Round (139th overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 1,1995] - signed [Dec 21,2005] - Signed by Reds (2-years) [Nov 20,2006] - Traded by Reds to Royals for player to be named later [Nov 19,2007] - Signed by Cardinals (1-year)

Signed by: Johnny Almaraz

Disabled List: [Sep 23,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Oct 2,2002] - Activated [Apr 29,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right index finger fracture) [May 14,2004] - Activated [Apr 1,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right knee surgery) [Apr 18,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1996	Charlst-wv	SAL	22	Cin	A	0	0	7.95	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.2	7	5	5	0	2	4	0	0	11.13	0.00	3.18	6.36	1.59	--

Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	8.65	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.2	7	5	5	0	2	4	0	0	12.12	0.00	3.46	6.92	1.73	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Billings	Pio	21	Cin	Rk	c		58	183	35	50	8	1	5	31	3	5	16	28	12	2	2	2	2	.273	.366	.410	776	--
1996	Charlst-wv	SAL	22	Cin	A	c		37	123	17	26	8	0	2	14	3	0	11	28	2	0	1	0	2	.211	.287	.325	612	--
1997	Charlst-wv	SAL	23	Cin	A	c		132	473	78	149	50	3	8	81	14	4	47	90	5	0	1	8	8	.315	.377	.484	861	--
1998	Chattga	Sou	24	Cin	AA	c		105	386	71	141	39	8	14	82	4	3	40	60	10	0	1	9	13	.365	.429	.617	1046	--
	Indy	IL	24	Cin	AAA	c		15	51	5	12	4	0	0	5	0	1	4	8	0	1	0	1	2	.235	.286	.314	600	--
1999	Indy	IL	25	Cin	AAA	c		70	263	42	66	12	2	12	37	0	3	15	52	4	1	0	2	13	.251	.299	.449	748	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	c		36	90	12	19	7	0	3	10	4	1	11	32	2	1	0	0	4	.211	.311	.389	700	--
2000	Louisville	IL	26	Cin	AAA	c		82	307	54	78	22	1	14	48	3	2	22	52	8	0	0	0	4	.254	.320	.469	789	--
	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	c	8	31	98	12	23	3	0	5	12	0	0	5	19	4	2	0	0	1	.235	.299	.418	717	54%
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	c	7,8	121	364	39	86	21	2	12	43	3	3	27	106	9	4	1	2	11	.236	.303	.404	707	52%
2002	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	c	8	113	353	42	88	17	1	12	52	1	2	27	117	13	6	2	2	13	.249	.324	.405	729	57%
2003	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	c	7,8	118	379	52	87	23	1	16	50	3	3	33	111	20	4	1	4	9	.230	.321	.422	743	43%
2004	Louisville	IL	30	Cin	AAA	c		3	10	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	.100	.214	.400	614	--
	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	c	7,6,8	114	390	46	98	24	2	14	55	0	2	26	108	24	5	2	3	7	.251	.334	.431	765	41%
2005	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	c	8	110	361	38	94	27	0	14	60	0	0	41	101	13	7	5	2	8	.260	.355	.452	807	44%
2006	Sarasota	FSL	32	Cin	A+	c		3	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.231	.167	398	--
	Louisville	IL	32	Cin	AAA	c		2	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625	--
	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	c	8	72	191	22	37	5	0	8	21	1	0	27	51	8	9	3	1	3	.194	.317	.346	663	46%
2007	Omaha	PCL	33	Kc	AAA	c		4	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	.083	.214	.167	381	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	c	9,8,7	66	169	14	25	9	0	4	13	1	0	17	66	4	0	3	2	6	.148	.240	.272	512	57%
2008	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	c		61	164	17	35	8	1	4	21	0	0	15	20	5	1	3	2	6	.213	.296	.348	644	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								842	2559	294	592	144	7	92	337	13	11	229	731	102	39	20	18	68	.231	.317	.401	718	--
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)								511	1828	309	528	145	15	56	303	27	18	157	328	44	4	6	24	45	.289	.355	.476	831	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1995	Billings	Pio	21	Cin	Rk	C	54			346	46	8	400	7	10			.980	--

1996	Charlst-wv	SAL	22	Cin	A	C	34			218	46	6	270	2	6			.978	--
1996	Charlst-wv	SAL	22	Cin	A	1B	2			16	2	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Charlst-wv	SAL	22	Cin	A	P	4			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1997	Charlst-wv	SAL	23	Cin	A	C	106			667	80	14	761	7	4			.982	--
1997	Charlst-wv	SAL	23	Cin	A	1B	7			41	1	3	45	6	-	-	-	.933	--
1997	Charlst-wv	SAL	23	Cin	A	3B	5			3	3	2	8	0	-	-	-	.750	--

1998	Chattga	Sou	24	Cin	AA	C	92			526	83	9	618	4	21			.985	--
1998	Chattga	Sou	24	Cin	AA	1B	2			18	0	1	19	4	-	-	-	.947	--
1998	Chattga	Sou	24	Cin	AA	3B	4			2	7	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Indy	IL	24	Cin	AAA	C	14			83	11	0	94	1	1			1.000	--

1999	Indy	IL	25	Cin	AAA	C	67			384	45	7	436	6	8			.984	--
1999	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	C	35			179	15	2	196	0	2	13		.990	--

2000	Louisville	IL	26	Cin	AAA	C	77			445	57	8	510	9				.984	--
2000	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	C	31		257	191	21	2	214	3	1	12		.991	7.42

2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	C	107		841	569	75	6	650	8	15	27		.991	6.89
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	1B	1		5	5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	3B	3		26	4	6	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	3.46
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	LF	2		2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50

2002	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	C	110		906.1	626	56	4	686	5	20	34	28	.994	6.77

2003	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	C	114	109	954.1	649	46	11	706	8	6	47	17	.984	6.55
2003	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	1B	1	1	9	7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	8.00
2003	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	LF	1		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2004	Louisville	IL	30	Cin	AAA	C	3			11	0	1	12	0	0			.917	--
2004	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	C	111	106	930	648	59	8	715	8	15	38	16	.989	6.84
2004	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	RF	1	-	2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50
2004	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2005	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	C	109	104	914.2	646	52	5	703	2	6	51	25	.993	6.87
2005	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	RF	1	-	1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00

2006	Sarasota	FSL	32	Cin	A+	C	2											---	--
2006	Louisville	IL	32	Cin	AAA	C	2											---	--
2006	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	C	63	57	512.1	374	38	2	414	9	3	23	13	.995	7.24

2007	Omaha	PCL	33	Kc	AAA	C	1											---	--
2007	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	C	65	55	474.1	311	24	5	340	3	2	26	14	.985	6.36
2007	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	3B	1	-	6	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

2008	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	C	57	44	412	289	16	2	307	1	2	13	8	.993	6.66
2008	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	1B	3	-	7	7	1	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	10.29

Awards

[1997] - South Atlantic League All-Star C [1998] - Cincinnati Reds Minor League Player of the Year [1999] - International League All-Star C

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	235,000		1,609,512	59
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	1,250,000		1,773,364	30
2004	2,600,000		1,716,303	21
2005	3,000,000		1,825,756	20
2006	3,900,000		1,937,004	17
2007	*5,200,000		2,923,340	20
2008	*850,000

Career:	$17,610,000	estimate

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