Passing on draft's top talent not a good idea
All this Colin Moran talk turns us to the past to look at draft where a team passed on the consensus top talent.
- Born: 1983/04/19
- Age: 29
- Height: 6-5
- Weight: 230
- Bats/Throws: L / R
- Seasons: 9
- Place of birth: St. Paul, MN
- Drafted by: the Minnesota Twins in 2001 (1st round)
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32 | 110 | 14 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .400 | .492 | .491 | |
| 2002 | 110 | 411 | 58 | 124 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 61 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .393 | .392 | |
| 2003 | 62 | 233 | 25 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .335 | .395 | .412 | |
| 2004 | Twins | 35 | 107 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .369 | .570 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | |
| 2005 | Twins | 131 | 489 | 61 | 144 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 61 | 64 | 13 | 1 | .294 | .372 | .411 |
| 2006 | Twins | 140 | 521 | 86 | 181 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 84 | 79 | 54 | 8 | 3 | .347 | .429 | .507 |
| 2007 | Twins | 109 | 406 | 62 | 119 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 7 | 1 | .293 | .382 | .426 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Twins | 146 | 536 | 98 | 176 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 84 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .328 | .413 | .451 |
| 2009 | Twins | 138 | 523 | 94 | 191 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 96 | 76 | 63 | 4 | 1 | .365 | .444 | .587 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .444 | .533 | |
| 2010 | Twins | 137 | 510 | 88 | 167 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 1 | 4 | .327 | .402 | .469 |
| 2011 | Twins | 82 | 296 | 38 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .360 | .368 |
| 2011 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .370 | .478 | |
| 2012 | Twins | 147 | 545 | 81 | 174 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 85 | 90 | 88 | 8 | 4 | .319 | .416 | .446 |
| Career Total | 1065 | 3933 | 626 | 1270 | 247 | 20 | 94 | 587 | 555 | 475 | 43 | 15 | .323 | .405 | .468 | |
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