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Jason Botts LF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
11 326 .230 .325 .344 72 0.1
Birth Date7-26-1980
Height6' 5"
Weight250 lbs
Age43 years, 9 months, 14 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2005 TEX 24 10 30 8 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 .296 .367 .296 62 -1.3 0.0 1.3 0.1
2006 TEX 25 20 60 11 4 0 1 8 18 0 0 0 .220 .317 .360 85 -0.9 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2007 TEX 26 48 190 40 8 1 2 19 59 3 1 0 .240 .326 .335 72 -6.1 0.9 4.7 0.3
2008 TEX 27 15 46 6 3 0 2 8 18 0 0 0 .158 .304 .395 62 -2.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2
Career9332665151538108310.230.325.34472-10.40.65.70.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2001 SAV A SAL 114 466 .000 .000 .000 .380 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 PCH A+ FSL 4 16 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 PCH A+ FSL 116 493 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 STO A+ CLF 76 330 .000 .000 .000 .372 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 FRI AA TXS 55 220 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 FRI AA TXS 133 573 .000 .000 .000 .352 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TEX MLB AL 10 30 .251 .314 .391 .571 104 -0.7 0.9 -0.3 62 13 1.3 0.0 -1.3 0.1
2005 OKL AAA PCL 133 589 .278 .347 .446 .363 96 -3.9 4.7 -1.9 115 0 -11.5 -2.2 13.7 0.3
2006 TEX MLB AL 20 60 .273 .333 .431 .303 112 -1.2 1.8 -1 85 11 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 0.0
2006 FRI AA TXS 5 20 .273 .338 .395 .154 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 OKL AAA PCL 63 259 .261 .330 .403 .377 96 21.3 7.0 -3.4 150 0 2.6 -0.9 15.5 2.1
2006 RNG Rk AZL 3 14 .248 .313 .340 .273 106 0.3 0.4 -0.1 115 0 -0.4 0.0 -0.7 -0.1
2007 TEX MLB AL 48 190 .277 .343 .441 .355 99 -8 5.6 -2.3 72 11 4.7 0.9 -6.1 0.3
2007 OKL AAA PCL 102 459 .282 .345 .437 .413 102 41.5 13.8 -6.1 155 0 0.6 2.5 32.7 4.2
2008 TEX MLB AL 15 46 .265 .334 .401 .222 111 -0.4 1.3 -0.7 62 17 -0.3 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2008 OKL AAA PCL 18 76 .273 .345 .437 .324 105 1.1 2.3 -1.2 91 0 0.8 0.7 -1.6 0.1
2010 SYR AAA INT 80 310 .267 .335 .417 .311 103 0.2 9.5 -5.5 115 0 -1.4 -5.6 5.5 0.2
2011 BUF AAA INT 59 201 .267 .334 .413 .347 93 5.9 6.2 -1.8 113 0 -7.5 -2.6 2.9 -0.3
2012 MOC Wnt LMP 63 259 .000 .000 .000 .396 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2001 PCH A+ FSL 16 12 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 .167 .375 .250 .083 0 0
2001 SAV A SAL 466 392 63 121 24 2 9 176 50 53 88 13 7 .309 .417 .449 .140 0 0
2002 PCH A+ FSL 493 401 67 102 22 5 9 161 54 75 99 7 2 .254 .390 .401 .147 0 0
2003 FRI AA TXS 220 194 26 51 11 1 4 76 27 21 45 6 1 .263 .344 .392 .129 0 0
2003 STO A+ CLF 330 283 58 89 14 2 9 134 61 45 59 12 3 .314 .410 .473 .159 0 0
2004 FRI AA TXS 573 481 85 141 25 3 24 244 92 77 126 7 4 .293 .401 .507 .214 1 1
2005 OKL AAA PCL 589 510 93 146 31 7 25 266 102 67 152 2 4 .286 .378 .522 .235 0 0
2005 TEX MLB AL 30 27 4 8 0 0 0 8 3 3 13 0 0 .296 .367 .296 .000 0 0
2006 FRI AA TXS 20 16 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 .125 .263 .125 .000 0 0
2006 RNG Rk AZL 14 12 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 .250 .357 .417 .167 0 0
2006 TEX MLB AL 60 50 8 11 4 0 1 18 6 8 18 0 0 .220 .317 .360 .140 2 0
2006 OKL AAA PCL 259 220 43 68 19 1 13 128 39 31 61 6 0 .309 .404 .582 .273 0 0
2007 OKL AAA PCL 459 369 69 118 36 4 13 201 78 81 102 0 1 .320 .443 .545 .225 0 0
2007 TEX MLB AL 190 167 19 40 8 1 2 56 14 19 59 1 0 .240 .326 .335 .096 1 0
2008 OKL AAA PCL 76 66 13 16 6 0 4 34 11 9 25 0 0 .242 .342 .515 .273 0 0
2008 TEX MLB AL 46 38 2 6 3 0 2 15 5 8 18 0 0 .158 .304 .395 .237 0 0
2010 SYR AAA INT 310 276 34 77 20 0 8 121 48 30 46 0 1 .279 .350 .438 .159 0 0
2011 BUF AAA INT 201 168 20 45 10 2 3 68 19 32 45 1 0 .268 .383 .405 .137 1 0
2012 MOC Wnt LMP 259 228 36 78 17 0 17 146 47 30 57 0 1 .342 .421 .640 .298 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 174 0.5000 0.4713 0.6829 0.5632 0.3793 0.7347 0.6061 0.3171 -0.0004
Career1740.50000.47130.68290.56320.37930.73470.60610.3171-0.0004

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-08-09 2011-09-06 Minors 28 28 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-07-29 2011-08-08 Minors 10 8 - Not Disclosed - -
2006-08-03 2006-08-30 Minors 27 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 TEX $394,190
2007 TEX $382,000
2006 TEX $328,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,104,190
3 yrTotal$1,104,190

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 2 d

Details
  • released 3/17/10 signed as a free agent from Japan/TEX 12/09 (minor-league contract)
  • acquired by Nippon Ham Fighters 6/08
  • sent outright to Triple-A 5/7/08 designated for assignment 4/29/08 1 year/$394,190 (08)
  • optioned to Triple-A 3/07 re-signed 3/07, 1 year/$0.382M (07)
  • optioned to Triple-A 7/06 recalled 5/06 optioned to Triple-A 3/06 re-signed 2/06, 1 year/$0.328M (06) recalled 9/05 optioned to Triple-A 7/05 recalled 7/05 re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$M (05) 40-m 11/04
  • signed 99 (draft-and-follow) CA (CC) 99 46-1375

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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2008-05-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jeff Larish: the next Jason Botts?
(Joltin Joe Orsulak from Virginia)		Not the worst comparison. (Kevin Goldstein)


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