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Portrait of J.R. House

J.R. House C

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
11 63 .167 .206 .367 75 0.0
Birth Date11-11-1979
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
Age44 years, 5 months, 8 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
2003 PIT 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 79 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT 24 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222 72 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
2006 HOU 26 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 56 -0.5 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2007 BAL 27 19 41 8 2 0 3 1 11 2 0 0 .211 .268 .500 80 -0.9 -0.2 -0.3 0.0
2008 HOU 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 80 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career326310303116200.167.206.36775-1.7-0.4-0.30.0

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
1999 HIC A SAL 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 WPT A- NYP 0 109 .000 .000 .000 .372 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 HIC A SAL 0 472 .000 .000 .000 .402 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ALT AA EAS 112 470 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ALT AA EAS 30 106 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PIT MLB NL 1 1 .227 .308 .362 1.000 106 0.4 0.0 0 79 1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2003 ALT AA EAS 20 68 .000 .000 .000 .380 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB NL 5 9 .264 .322 .418 .143 91 -1.9 0.3 0.1 72 11 0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2004 NAS AAA PCL 92 337 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 HOU MLB NL 4 9 .293 .367 .458 .000 97 -3 0.3 0.1 56 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.0
2006 CCH AA TXS 97 423 .000 .000 .000 .348 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 ROU AAA PCL 31 128 .267 .335 .407 .447 100 16.2 4.1 -2.3 176 0 -0.2 -2.6 13.3 1.2
2007 BAL MLB AL 19 41 .243 .325 .363 .208 101 0.5 1.2 0.1 80 16 -0.3 -0.2 -0.9 0.0
2007 NOR AAA INT 110 471 .265 .334 .403 .327 86 30.9 13.5 -0.9 141 0 1.1 -5.0 21.0 2.9
2008 HOU MLB NL 3 3 .265 .336 .407 .000 101 -0.8 0.1 0 80 7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2008 ROU AAA PCL 127 513 .274 .344 .439 .315 104 14.7 15.8 -3.3 127 0 5.7 -3.5 10.5 2.4
2009 OMA AAA PCL 127 544 .268 .336 .409 .268 87 -11.8 15.9 5.8 74 0 2.8 -6.7 -14.7 0.3
2010 BUF AAA INT 67 243 .265 .332 .420 .276 104 -9.9 7.4 4.2 80 0 13.8 -2.3 -4.8 1.7

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
1999 WPT A- NYP 109 100 11 30 6 0 1 39 13 9 21 0 1 .300 .358 .390 .090 0 0
1999 HIC A SAL 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .000 0 0
2000 HIC A SAL 472 420 78 146 29 1 23 246 90 46 91 1 2 .348 .419 .586 .238 0 0
2001 ALT AA EAS 470 426 51 110 25 1 11 170 56 37 103 1 1 .258 .325 .399 .141 0 0
2002 ALT AA EAS 106 91 9 24 6 0 2 36 11 13 21 0 0 .264 .356 .396 .132 0 0
2003 ALT AA EAS 68 63 12 21 6 0 2 33 11 5 11 0 0 .333 .382 .524 .190 0 0
2003 PIT MLB NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 0 0
2004 PIT MLB NL 9 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .111 0 0
2004 NAS AAA PCL 337 309 38 89 21 1 15 157 49 23 72 1 1 .288 .345 .508 .220 0 0
2006 HOU MLB NL 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2006 ROU AAA PCL 128 114 25 47 15 0 5 77 36 9 15 0 0 .412 .460 .675 .263 0 0
2006 CCH AA TXS 423 379 58 123 23 2 10 180 69 32 44 2 2 .325 .383 .475 .150 0 0
2007 NOR AAA INT 471 419 52 125 32 2 11 194 66 43 59 1 5 .298 .369 .463 .165 0 0
2007 BAL MLB AL 41 38 5 8 2 0 3 19 3 1 11 0 0 .211 .268 .500 .289 0 0
2008 ROU AAA PCL 513 454 63 139 25 0 18 218 60 53 52 1 2 .306 .381 .480 .174 0 0
2008 HOU MLB NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2009 OMA AAA PCL 544 505 58 127 24 0 9 178 53 33 57 0 0 .251 .298 .352 .101 2 2
2010 BUF AAA INT 243 225 20 57 14 0 4 83 29 13 31 0 0 .253 .298 .369 .116 2 2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 15 0.4000 0.6000 0.7778 0.5000 0.6667 0.6667 0.8333 0.2222 0.0008
Career150.40000.60000.77780.50000.66670.66670.83330.22220.0008

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
2005-04-04 2005-10-03 60-DL 182 162 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 2005-02-22
2002-09-01 2002-10-01 Minors 30 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Dates Are Estimated 2002-09-01

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
DLozano/BHSC

Details
  • signed as a free agent from ATL 5/14/10 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from KC 2/24/10 (minor-league contract)
  • 0.109 major league service thru `07
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 11/30/08 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from BAL 07-08 (minor-league contract)
  • FA after refused sent outright to Triple-A 10/12/07 contract purchased 8/13/07
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 11/06 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/06 optioned to Triple-A 8/06 contract purchased 8/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from PIT 05 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/05 re-signed 2/05 recalled 9/04 optioned to Triple-A 7/04 recalled 7/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 re-signed 2/04
  • recalled 9/03 sent to minor-league camp 3/03 re-signed 2/03 minors 3/02 signed 2/02 40-m 12/01
  • $0.266M signing bonus - football schol offer @ WVa `99 5-152

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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BP Chats

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
2004 mlb .004 0.1 76 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1
2006 mlb .001 0.0 47 .000 0.0 1 .011 .002 0.0 0.5 -0.1
2006 aaa -.002 0.0 51 .000 0.0 2 .009 .001 0.0 0.4 -0.2
2006 aax .000 0.0 971 .000 0.1 31 .052 .001 -0.9 -0.9 0.0
2007 mlb -.002 -0.1 340 .000 0.0 3 .006 .000 0.0 1.1 -0.3
2007 aaa -.001 -0.3 2159 .000 -0.1 62 .039 .006 -1.5 -1.0 1.1
2008 aaa .012 5.5 1640 -.001 0.4 32 .060 .000 -1.3 4.7 5.7
2009 aaa .005 5.8 4184 .000 0.3 90 .030 .000 -1.7 3.5 2.8
2010 aaa .018 13.0 2699 .000 -0.2 48 .013 .001 -0.4 12.3 13.8

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