Placido Polanco played 16 seasons (1998–2013) for STL, PHI, DET and MIA. Career regular-season line: 2,142 hits, 104 home runs and a .297 average. Late Developer career, peaking in 2007. Honors: 3× Gold Gloves and 2× All-Star Selections.
Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.
Career boards only, within MLB
Cross-sport prominence: 93.9th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.
MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ LeadersMLB Career Arc TypesMLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categoriesMLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in OctoberMLB Compilers vs Comets — Career ShapeMLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern TermsMLB Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every TeamMLB Only Club — Statistical ExclusivityMLB VAL Leaders — Value Above LeagueCareer TwinsCross-Sport Era-Adjusted Careers — The Greatest Careers, One AxisCross-Sport Era-Adjusted Seasons — The Greatest Years, One Axis
Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.
Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.
How often Placido Polanco led or placed top-ten on a MLB season board, and the shape of the career — computed from the same per-season boards the year pages publish, so every number is checkable.
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league-leading seasons · 1 top-ten finishes
Career arc
Late Developer
Peaked in the back half of their career — got better with age. Peak 2007, 16 rated seasons.
Season boards
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top-ten finishes across the MLB season boards
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Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 16 seasons (1998–2013) — a true nomad. The crest trail: