Grady Sizemore | Major Leaguer 2004-2008

Full Name: Grady Sizemore
Born: August 2,1982 in Seattle, Washington
Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Cascade (Everett,WA)
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Prospect Rankings*
2001 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Montreal Expos
2002 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Montreal Expos
2003 - 7th ranked organizational prospect for Cleveland Indians
2004 - 9th ranked Major League prospect
2004 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Cleveland Indians

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Montreal Expos in 3rd Round (75th overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 16,2000] - signed [Jun 27,2002] - Traded by Expos with Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to Indians for Tim Drew and Bartolo Colon.

Signed by: Scott Goldby

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%
2000	GCL Expos	GCL	17	Mtl	Rk	of		55	205	31	60	8	3	1	14	16	2	23	24	6	0	2	0	1	.293	.380	.376	756	--
2001	Clinton	Midw	18	Mtl	A	0f		123	451	64	121	16	4	2	61	32	11	81	92	4	4	0	5	7	.268	.381	.335	716	--
2002	Kinston	Caro	19	Cle	A+	of		47	172	31	59	9	3	3	20	14	7	33	30	1	2	1	0	1	.343	.451	.483	934	--
	Brevard Ct	FSL	19	Mtl	A+	of		75	256	37	66	15	4	0	26	9	9	36	41	2	3	0	2	6	.258	.351	.348	699	--
2003	Akron	East	20	Cle	AA	of		128	496	96	151	26	11	13	78	10	9	46	73	11	1	1	5	5	.304	.373	.480	853	--
2004	Buffalo	IL	21	Cle	AAA	of		101	418	73	120	23	8	8	51	15	10	42	72	8	0	1	4	6	.287	.360	.438	798	--
	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	cf	9,8	43	138	15	34	6	2	4	24	2	0	14	34	5	0	0	2	0	.246	.333	.406	739	47%
2005	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	cf	1	158	640	111	185	37	11	22	81	22	10	52	132	7	1	5	2	17	.289	.348	.484	832	46%
2006	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	cf	1	162	655	134	190	53	11	28	76	22	6	78	153	13	8	1	4	2	.290	.375	.533	908	40%
2007	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	cf	1	162	628	118	174	34	5	24	78	33	10	101	155	17	9	0	2	3	.277	.390	.462	852	38%
2008	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	cf		157	634	101	170	39	5	33	90	38	5	98	130	11	14	0	2	5	.268	.374	.502	876	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								682	2695	479	753	169	34	111	349	117	31	343	604	53	32	6	12	27	.279	.370	.491	861	--
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								529	1998	332	577	97	33	27	250	96	48	261	332	32	10	5	16	26	.289	.377	.411	788	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2000	GCL Expos	GCL	17	Mtl	Rk	1B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2000	GCL Expos	GCL	17	Mtl	Rk	OF	49			114	3	3	120	2	-	-	-	.975	--

2001	Clinton	Midw	18	Mtl	A	0F	114			237	3	7	247	1	-	-	-	.972	--

2002	Brevard Ct	FSL	19	Mtl	A+	OF	71			126	4	3	133	1	-	-	-	.977	--
2002	Kinston	Caro	19	Cle	A+	OF	42			73	1	4	78	0	-	-	-	.949	--

2003	Akron	East	20	Cle	AA	OF	125			283	6	4	293	0	-	-	-	.986	--

2004	Buffalo	IL	21	Cle	AAA	OF	100			252	7	1	260	2	-	-	-	.996	--
2004	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	CF	42	38	348.1	105	0	1	106	0	-	-	-	.991	2.71

2005	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	CF	155	152	1370	373	3	3	379	1	-	-	-	.992	2.47

2006	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	CF	160	159	1379.1	409	7	3	419	1	-	-	-	.993	2.71
2006	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	DH	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2007	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	CF	160	157	1409.2	399	4	2	405	2	-	-	-	.995	2.57

2008	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	CF	151	151	1338	382	2	2	386	1	-	-	-	.995	2.58
2008	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

[2003] - Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star OF, Eastern League Rookie of the Year, Double-A All-Star OF, Eastern League All-Star OF, Futures Game All-Star MVP [2005] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #23) [2006] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #11), Played in MLB All-Star Game, Cleveland Indians Player of the Year [2007] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #12), AL Gold Glove Award (OF)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	66
2005	318,300		1,825,756	63
2006	500,000		1,937,004	43
2007	*916,667		2,923,340	55
2008	*3,166,666

Career:	$5,201,633	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Sizemore was part of the famous Bartolo Colon trade in which the Indians sent Colon to the Montreal Expos in 2003 in return for three of the Expos best prospects in expectations of the team being contracted later that year. Grady came to the Indians with pitcher Cliff Lee and shortstop Brandon Phillips. Sizemore was considered the 3rd best prospect of the bunch.

Grady does just about everything well except for throwing. Though still raw on the basepaths, he possesses good speed, range and his power seems to be coming ahead of schedule. He is also said to have excellent mental makeup as he plays the game with intensity and a blue-collar attitude and has had his style of play compared to Kirk Gibson.

His bulldog attitude and high-energy playing style is a possible result of his success as a football player in high school. He broke several school records for his school in Washington and was a top recruit to quarterback at the University of Washington and several other west coast schools. Sizemore decided to pass on football and he signed with the Montreal Expos for $2 million, the second highest signing bonus for a Montreal Expos player at the time.

After only 1 full season in the major leagues, Sizemore was signed to a 6-year, $23.45 million contract with a 7th year at an option price of $8.5 million. The option could increase to $10.5 million depending on incentives.

Notes: Won the Larry Doby Trophy as the Futures game MVP in 2003...Won the Lou Boudreau Award as the top position player in the Indians' organization in 2003...A member of Team USA in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Panama in the fall of 2003...Participated in the 2003 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend, playing for the United States team....Played in 1 all-star game during his career (2006).