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Josh Phelps DH

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 1552 .273 .343 .472 101 1.5
Birth Date5-12-1978
Height6' 3"
Weight225 lbs
Age45 years, 11 months, 14 days
BatsR
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
2000 TOR 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 87 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TOR 23 8 14 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 76 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.0
2002 TOR 24 74 287 82 20 1 15 19 82 3 0 0 .309 .362 .562 114 6.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.9
2003 TOR 25 119 453 106 18 1 20 39 115 17 1 2 .268 .358 .470 107 5.7 -1.9 -1.4 0.6
2004 CLE 26 24 80 23 6 0 5 4 20 0 0 0 .303 .338 .579 91 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2004 TOR 26 79 321 70 13 2 12 18 73 7 0 0 .237 .296 .417 90 -3.6 -1.3 -1.0 -0.2
2005 TBA 27 47 177 42 10 0 5 12 48 4 0 0 .266 .328 .424 81 -3.9 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2
2007 NYA 29 36 88 21 2 0 2 6 19 2 0 0 .263 .330 .363 118 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.4
2007 PIT 29 58 95 27 4 2 5 14 23 3 0 0 .351 .463 .649 121 2.9 -1.6 -0.2 0.3
2008 SLN 30 19 36 9 1 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 .265 .306 .294 69 -1.3 0.7 -1.4 -0.1
Career4651552380746641163973622.273.343.4721017.1-4.9-4.51.5

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1996 MED Rk PIO 59 227 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 HAG A SAL 0 256 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 HAG A SAL 0 433 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DUN A+ FSL 0 442 .000 .000 .000 .401 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TOR MLB AL 1 1 .296 .331 .467 .000 82 -0.3 0.0 0 87 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 DUN A+ FSL 0 126 .000 .000 .000 .358 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TEN AA SOU 0 206 .000 .000 .000 .303 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TOR MLB AL 8 14 .285 .357 .472 .000 101 -2.2 0.4 0.2 76 13 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0
2001 TEN AA SOU 136 588 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TOR MLB AL 74 287 .267 .335 .433 .399 103 13.7 8.3 -5.3 114 11 -0.1 -0.1 6.1 0.9
2002 SYR AAA INT 70 295 .000 .000 .000 .340 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TOR MLB AL 119 453 .271 .335 .430 .328 104 8.4 12.4 -8.5 107 7 -1.4 -1.9 5.7 0.6
2003 SYR AAA INT 4 12 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CLE MLB AL 24 80 .275 .334 .437 .353 103 2.1 2.4 -1.5 91 11 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2004 TOR MLB AL 79 321 .263 .329 .425 .275 107 -7.9 9.6 -6.1 90 10 -1.0 -1.3 -3.6 -0.2
2005 TBA MLB AL 47 177 .271 .333 .426 .343 102 -1 5.1 -3.2 81 14 -0.1 -0.3 -3.9 -0.2
2005 DUR AAA INT 59 243 .262 .329 .413 .297 105 1.9 3.7 -2.4 124 0 0.1 -0.9 7.2 0.7
2006 TOL AAA INT 126 522 .256 .322 .392 .375 94 33.4 14.8 -9.5 153 0 -0.1 -3.3 29.2 3.1
2007 NYA MLB AL 36 88 .259 .329 .400 .322 101 -3.1 2.6 -1.5 118 15 0.4 0.1 2.4 0.4
2007 PIT MLB NL 58 95 .256 .327 .404 .440 102 11.4 2.8 -0.8 121 17 -0.2 -1.6 2.9 0.3
2008 SLN MLB NL 19 36 .259 .326 .402 .391 97 -0.8 1.0 -0.3 69 19 -1.4 0.7 -1.3 -0.1
2008 MEM AAA PCL 126 528 .278 .348 .443 .321 101 30 16.0 -10.1 137 0 5.6 2.3 17.0 3.0
2009 NRW AA EAS 11 34 .257 .325 .391 .182 90 -1.5 1.0 -0.4 79 0 -0.7 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2
2009 GIA Rk AZL 6 26 .239 .323 .329 .412 93 2.2 0.6 -0.2 191 0 -0.1 0.3 4.7 0.5
2010 COH AAA INT 6 21 .238 .323 .372 .286 113 -2.4 0.6 -0.4 53 0 -0.3 0.1 -1.0 -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
1996 MED Rk PIO 227 191 28 46 3 0 5 64 29 27 65 5 3 .241 .350 .335 .094 2 2
1997 HAG A SAL 256 233 26 49 9 1 7 81 24 15 72 3 2 .210 .281 .348 .137 0 0
1998 HAG A SAL 433 385 48 102 24 1 8 152 44 40 80 2 0 .265 .346 .395 .130 0 0
1999 DUN A+ FSL 442 406 72 133 27 4 20 228 88 28 104 6 3 .328 .382 .562 .234 0 0
2000 DUN A+ FSL 126 113 26 36 7 0 12 79 34 12 34 0 0 .319 .389 .699 .381 0 0
2000 TEN AA SOU 206 184 23 42 9 1 9 80 28 15 66 1 0 .228 .311 .435 .207 0 0
2000 TOR MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2001 TOR MLB AL 14 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .000 0 0
2001 TEN AA SOU 588 486 95 142 36 1 31 273 97 80 127 3 3 .292 .410 .562 .270 0 0
2002 SYR AAA INT 295 257 50 75 20 1 24 169 64 32 83 0 0 .292 .381 .658 .366 0 0
2002 TOR MLB AL 287 265 41 82 20 1 15 149 58 19 82 0 0 .309 .362 .562 .253 0 0
2003 TOR MLB AL 453 396 57 106 18 1 20 186 66 39 115 1 2 .268 .358 .470 .202 1 0
2003 SYR AAA INT 12 11 2 5 0 0 2 11 4 1 3 0 0 .455 .500 1.000 .545 0 0
2004 CLE MLB AL 80 76 13 23 6 0 5 44 10 4 20 0 0 .303 .338 .579 .276 0 0
2004 TOR MLB AL 321 295 38 70 13 2 12 123 51 18 73 0 0 .237 .296 .417 .180 1 0
2005 TBA MLB AL 177 158 21 42 10 0 5 67 26 12 48 0 0 .266 .328 .424 .158 3 0
2005 DUR AAA INT 243 222 35 60 14 3 14 122 33 15 53 0 1 .270 .331 .550 .279 0 0
2006 TOL AAA INT 522 464 60 143 26 3 24 247 90 38 124 6 1 .308 .375 .532 .224 1 1
2007 NYA MLB AL 88 80 8 21 2 0 2 29 12 6 19 0 0 .263 .330 .363 .100 0 0
2007 PIT MLB NL 95 77 13 27 4 2 5 50 19 14 23 0 0 .351 .463 .649 .299 1 0
2008 MEM AAA PCL 528 461 90 134 31 2 31 262 97 56 109 2 2 .291 .376 .568 .278 0 0
2008 SLN MLB NL 36 34 4 9 1 0 0 10 1 2 11 0 0 .265 .306 .294 .029 0 0
2009 GIA Rk AZL 26 21 8 7 3 0 0 10 2 5 4 1 0 .333 .462 .476 .143 0 0
2009 NRW AA EAS 34 32 2 6 0 0 2 12 4 2 8 0 0 .188 .235 .375 .188 0 0
2010 COH AAA INT 21 21 1 4 3 0 0 7 2 0 7 0 0 .190 .190 .333 .143 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 138 0.5362 0.4420 0.6721 0.5676 0.2969 0.7857 0.4211 0.3279 -0.0010
Career1380.53620.44200.67210.56760.29690.78570.42110.3279-0.0010

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
2003-07-07 2003-07-25 15-DL 18 13 Low Back Spasms -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 TBA $800,000
2004 CLE $342,000
2004 TOR $342,000
2003 TOR $320,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,804,000
3 yrTotal$1,804,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 70 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from COL 5/21/10 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from SF 2/6/10 (minor-league contract)
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/9/09 signed as a free agent from STL 11/3/08 (minor-league contract, $0.85M major league)
  • designated for assignment 10/15/08 contract purchased 8/27/08 sent to minor-league camp 3/8/08
  • signed as a free agent from PIT 1/10/08 (minor-league contract)
  • released 11/28/07 designated for assignment 11/20/07 claimed off waivers from NYY 6/21/07
  • signed 2/07, 1 year (07)
  • Rule 5-BAL 12/06
  • signed as a free agent from DT 11/06 (minor-league contract) sent to minor-league camp 3/06
  • signed as a free agent from TB 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 6/05 signed as a free agent from CLE 12/04, 1 year/$0.8M (05)+$0.2M bonuses
  • non-tendered 12/04 acquired in trade from TOR 8/04
  • 1 year/$0.342M (04)
  • 1 year/$0.32M (03) 3/03
  • recalled 7/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02

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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DateQuestionAnswer
2011-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Did the Rangers really screw up by not trading one of Salty, Ramirez and Teagarden when their values were all high?
(rwinter from Boston)		In the sense that they didn't trade prospects who flopped, sure. You could say that about every team and every prospect who flopped. Did the Angels err in not trading Brandon Wood when he was a top-10 prospect? In retrospect, of course, but there was no way of knowing that.

The fact that all three of those players flopped in their own ways supports the decision to keep all of them, though, instead of treating them as depth. Catchers have a brutal attrition rate. Baseball America's top 100 in 2000 included six catchers: Eric Munson, Ben Petrick, Matt LeCroy, Jayson Werth (Orioles), Steve Lomasney, Ryan Christianson. In 2001: Joe Lawrence, Dane Sardinha, Brandon Inge, J.R. House. In 2002: Mauer, Josh Phelps, House, John Buck, Werth (Blue Jays), Victor Martinez. In 2003: Mauer, Martinez, Jeff Mathis, Justin Huber, Buck.

In 2007, when the Rangers had to make this decision, Kevin Goldstein ranked the catchers in the minors. He named 17 players. These are the 17:

Jeff Clement
Bryan Anderson
J.R. Towles
Teagarden
Hank Conger
John Jaso
Ramirez
Nick Hundley
Tony Recker
Jesus Montero
Brett Hayes
Francisco Hernandez
Lou Palmisano
Landon Powell
Shawn Riggans
Jamie Skelton
Brian Jeroloman

Out of those 17, there are basically one and a half every day catchers, maaaaaaybe another one in Hank Conger, and a DH. We thought the Rangers had three catchers, plus Gerald Laird. In fact, they had Gerald Laird.

Also:
2007 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "When Teagarden is behind the dish, he's one of the top defensive catchers around. If he can stay there, he's Mickey Tettleton with defensive chops."
2008 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "If you want to get really dreamy and optimistic, think Mickey Tettleton with Gold Glove-level skills, and you get the picture."

This is why comps are the best/worst. (Sam Miller)


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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
2000 mlb -.002 0.0 7 .000 0.0 0 .000 -.001 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 mlb .003 0.1 119 .000 0.0 6 .004 .005 0.0 0.1 0.0
2007 mlb -.003 -0.1 81 .000 0.0 4 .048 .001 -0.1 -0.2 0.2

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