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John Hester C

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
10	232	.216	.294	.351	76	-2.1

Birth Date	9-14-1983
Height	6' 4"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	40 years, 7 months, 9 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2009	ARI	25	15	30	7	2	1	2	7	0	0	.250	.300	.429	83	-0.5	0.6	-2.7	-0.1
2010	ARI	26	38	106	20	7	2	11	32	0	1	.211	.292	.347	67	-3.9	-0.3	-11.2	-1.1
2012	ANA	28	39	95	18	1	3	8	25	1	0	.212	.287	.329	84	-1.7	-0.9	-9.5	-0.8
2013	ANA	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	89	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			93	232	45	10	6	22	64	1	1	.216	.294	.351	76	-6.1	-0.6	-23.5	-2.1

Statistics for All Levels

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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
2006	MSO	Rk	PIO	56	227	.000	.000	.000	.343			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	VIS	A+	CLF	79	320	.263	.339	.412	.305	99	-1.5	10.7	2.7	89	0	0.6	-4.3	-4.4	0.5
2008	MOB	AA	SOU	92	331	.262	.341	.395	.327	104	-3.3	9.8	4.6	94	0	2.4	-1.1	-5.7	1.0
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	15	30	.243	.321	.387	.300	104	-0.3	0.9	0.4	83	13	-2.7	0.6	-0.5	-0.1
2009	RNO	AAA	PCL	92	355	.276	.351	.434	.388	110	11.6	10.3	5	123	0	-14.6	1.8	10.4	1.3
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	38	106	.255	.324	.400	.295	94	-2.6	2.9	1.7	67	17	-11.2	-0.3	-3.9	-1.1
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	37	159	.283	.357	.444	.419	108	13	4.8	2.2	152	0	-16.7	0.7	10.8	0.2
2011	NOR	AAA	INT	82	310	.258	.325	.398	.325	93	-8.6	9.6	5.2	96	0	-0.9	-2.9	-0.6	1.0
2011	RNO	AAA	PCL	10	43	.304	.376	.483	.281	130	-1	1.3	0.8	72	0	-25.2	-0.7	-1.4	-2.4
2012	ANA	MLB	AL	39	95	.262	.320	.420	.263	102	-2.1	2.6	1.6	84	12	-9.5	-0.9	-1.7	-0.8
2012	NOR	AAA	INT	10	38	.257	.332	.364	.320	93	1.2	1.1	0.7	105	0	-7.7	0.0	0.3	-0.6
2012	SLC	AAA	PCL	26	105	.266	.331	.412	.288	101	-2.4	3.1	1.7	61	0	0.5	-1.2	-4.4	0.0
2013	ANA	MLB	AL	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.000	88	0.4	0.0	0	89	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	SLC	AAA	PCL	74	284	.275	.343	.418	.301	110	-5.6	8.2	4.1	77	0	-40.1	0.6	-9.5	-3.7
2014	SLC	AAA	PCL	71	273	.275	.342	.424	.341	104	-3.7	8.2	4.3	93	0	-25.6	0.2	-3.6	-1.6
2015	REA	AA	EAS	1	3	.155	.212	.230	.000	105	-0.8	0.1	0	79	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2015	LEH	AAA	INT	9	25	.260	.317	.373	.350	98	0.4	0.7	0.4	96	0	0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.1

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
2006	MSO	Rk	PIO	227	192	36	52	16	4	6	94	41	27	52	6	2	.271	.375	.490	.219	0	0
2007	VIS	A+	CLF	320	297	38	78	16	1	10	126	43	22	64	4	2	.263	.316	.424	.162	0	0
2008	MOB	AA	SOU	331	306	38	82	26	2	11	145	49	16	78	3	2	.268	.309	.474	.206	0	0
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	30	28	4	7	2	0	1	12	4	2	7	0	0	.250	.300	.429	.179	0	0
2009	RNO	AAA	PCL	355	329	61	108	31	5	9	176	66	22	65	13	3	.328	.376	.535	.207	0	0
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	106	95	9	20	7	0	2	33	7	11	32	1	0	.211	.292	.347	.137	0	0
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	159	138	34	51	12	4	7	92	29	16	26	2	4	.370	.446	.667	.297	0	0
2011	NOR	AAA	INT	310	279	22	70	10	0	5	95	25	27	74	0	3	.251	.324	.341	.090	0	1
2011	RNO	AAA	PCL	43	38	4	10	3	0	1	16	5	4	6	0	1	.263	.326	.421	.158	1	0
2012	ANA	MLB	AL	95	85	14	18	1	0	3	28	4	8	25	0	0	.212	.287	.329	.118	0	1
2012	NOR	AAA	INT	38	34	7	9	4	0	1	16	1	3	8	0	0	.265	.342	.471	.206	0	0
2012	SLC	AAA	PCL	105	92	7	20	4	2	3	37	13	9	32	0	1	.217	.282	.402	.185	2	2
2013	ANA	MLB	AL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0	0
2013	SLC	AAA	PCL	284	253	40	60	13	1	8	99	29	27	75	3	1	.237	.307	.391	.154	3	1
2014	SLC	AAA	PCL	273	241	31	63	16	1	6	99	29	26	70	3	0	.261	.338	.411	.149	2
2015	LEH	AAA	INT	25	23	2	7	3	0	0	10	0	1	3	0	0	.304	.333	.435	.130	0	1
2015	REA	AA	EAS	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	110	0.6000	0.4091	0.7556	0.5303	0.2273	0.8571	0.4000	0.2444	0.0007
2010	424	0.5377	0.4292	0.7527	0.5877	0.2449	0.8284	0.5417	0.2473	-0.0005
2012	411	0.4964	0.4282	0.7670	0.5980	0.2609	0.8770	0.5185	0.2330	0.0001
2013	9	0.5556	0.4444	0.7500	0.6000	0.2500	0.6667	1.0000	0.2500	-0.0015
Career	954	0.5273	0.4266	0.7592	0.5856	0.2498	0.8511	0.5197	0.2408	-0.0001

Injury History — No longer being updated

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

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-05-14	2014-05-31	Minors	17	-	Groin			-	-
2014-03-08	2014-03-08	Camp	0	Left	Hand	Contusion		-	-
2009-02-23	2009-02-23	Camp	0		General Medical	Illness	Food Poisoning	-
2007-06-08	2007-07-06	Minors	28	-	Head	Concussion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	PHI	$
2014	ANA	$
2013	ANA	$

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$0
1 yr	Total	$0

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 127 d		1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 10/23/14 (minor-league contract).
2014. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Angels 3/8/14. Refused assignment by LA Angels 10/6/14.
1 year (2013). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/2/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Baltimore (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 4/12. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 4/22/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by LA Angels 5/11/12.
1 year (2011). Sent outright to Triple-A by Arizona 3/21/11. Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Arizona 4/30/11 (player to be named in 12/6/10 Mark Reynolds deal).
1 year (2010). Re-signed by Arizona 3/11/10.
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Arizona 8/28/09.
Drafted by Arizona 2006 (13-387) (Stanford).

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
2007	afa	.000	0.0	2501	-.001	0.7	49	-.007	-.008	0.8	0.5	0.6
2008	aax	.000	0.0	3318	-.002	1.5	69	.004	-.010	0.3	1.4	2.4
2009	aaa	-.018	-15.9	3665	.000	0.2	70	-.004	.000	0.2	-16.3	-14.6
2009	mlb	-.038	-2.5	319	.002	-0.2	6	-.006	.001	0.0	-2.7	-2.7
2010	aaa	-.045	-16.3	1452	.002	-0.7	24	.005	.001	-0.1	-16.9	-16.7
2010	mlb	-.029	-7.6	1198	.010	-2.9	21	.035	.005	-0.5	-10.8	-11.2
2011	aaa	-.026	-25.1	3567	.000	-0.1	56	.003	-.001	-0.1	-25.3	-26.0
2012	aaa	-.018	-7.5	1768	-.002	1.1	36	.007	.000	-0.2	-7.7	-7.2
2012	mlb	-.031	-7.9	1282	-.001	0.3	33	.064	.001	-1.3	-9.5	-9.5
2013	aaa	-.041	-35.6	3431	.001	-0.5	60	.076	.000	-2.9	-39.7	-40.1
2013	mlb	-.006	0.0	8	-.002	0.0	0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2014	aaa	-.032	-24.2	3066	-.001	0.5	59	.010	.000	-0.4	-24.6	-25.6
2015	aaa	.004	0.3	341	.000	0.0	9	.007	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3
2015	aax	-.005	0.0	27	.000	0.0	1	.007	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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