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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
16	3227	.251	.312	.445	104	3.3

Birth Date	6-21-1981
Height	6' 5"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	42 years, 10 months, 4 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2007	MIN	26	31	84	16	2	1	2	6	20	0	1	1	.208	.262	.338	74	-2.5	0.4	-1.4	-0.2
2009	PIT	28	82	358	92	21	1	21	40	76	1	10	2	.293	.372	.567	127	12.7	-1.5	-1.9	1.5
2010	PIT	29	158	654	146	34	1	21	53	123	1	7	3	.247	.306	.414	92	-5.3	-3.1	3.4	0.3
2011	PIT	30	148	477	103	30	1	16	48	104	2	6	3	.243	.321	.433	104	2.9	-0.5	-2.1	0.8
2012	PIT	31	145	515	130	28	3	27	33	103	0	2	0	.274	.317	.516	125	14.9	-3.2	-4.6	1.5
2013	PIT	32	144	440	94	26	2	15	31	101	2	2	0	.233	.289	.419	95	-2.0	-3.7	-2.5	-0.3
2014	MIA	33	146	547	122	33	2	15	46	116	1	0	1	.246	.309	.411	103	1.7	-2.1	-6.3	-0.1
2015	NYA	34	57	152	31	4	1	5	8	37	0	0	0	.215	.257	.361	78	-3.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2
Career			911	3227	734	178	12	122	265	680	7	28	10	.251	.312	.445	104	19.1	-14.1	-15.7	3.3

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
2000	DNV	Rk	APL	0	151	.000	.000	.000	.289			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	DNV	Rk	APL	40	159	.000	.000	.000	.455			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	QUD	A	MDW	63	238	.000	.000	.000	.261			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	FTM	A+	FSL	117	443	.000	.000	.000	.244			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	FTM	A+	FSL	19	70	.000	.000	.000	.326			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	NBR	AA	EAS	122	493	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	ROC	AAA	INT	134	527	.268	.331	.424	.267	107	-10.1	14.9	-9.3	95	0	4.5	0.8	-2.0	0.8
2006	ROC	AAA	INT	140	582	.259	.326	.392	.272	97	8.4	17.3	-10.5	100	0	45.3	3.1	0.7	5.5
2007	MIN	MLB	AL	31	84	.262	.324	.410	.250	96	-4.7	2.5	-1.4	74	13	-1.4	0.4	-2.5	-0.2
2007	ROC	AAA	INT	107	446	.259	.330	.395	.326	93	13.5	13.3	-5.4	107	0	-1.4	2.1	4.3	1.2
2008	ROC	AAA	INT	138	587	.260	.325	.400	.305	94	14	17.6	-9.3	118	0	-6.6	4.3	2.8	0.9
2009	PIT	MLB	NL	82	358	.252	.322	.399	.323	97	19.4	10.3	-4.5	127	10	-1.9	-1.5	12.7	1.5
2009	IND	AAA	INT	72	299	.260	.326	.395	.335	103	8.5	8.7	-3.3	142	0	1.0	3.7	13.4	2.3
2010	PIT	MLB	NL	158	654	.256	.322	.398	.274	93	-0.5	18.0	-10	92	7	3.4	-3.1	-5.3	0.3
2011	PIT	MLB	NL	148	477	.254	.316	.401	.283	98	6.6	12.9	-5.4	104	11	-2.1	-0.5	2.9	0.8
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	145	515	.259	.322	.412	.293	96	23.4	14.1	-7.1	125	11	-4.6	-3.2	14.9	1.5
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	144	440	.252	.314	.393	.271	98	-0.5	11.6	-6.2	95	13	-2.5	-3.7	-2.0	-0.3
2014	MIA	MLB	NL	146	547	.249	.311	.380	.290	98	2.6	14.1	-8.6	103	9	-6.3	-2.1	1.7	-0.1
2015	NYA	MLB	AL	57	152	.250	.313	.401	.255	109	-5.6	4.1	-1.8	78	10	-0.3	-0.4	-3.3	-0.2

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
2000	DNV	Rk	APL	151	138	12	24	7	2	0	35	16	13	55	0	3	.174	.245	.254	.080	0	0
2001	DNV	Rk	APL	159	149	13	43	11	0	3	63	23	9	58	0	1	.289	.333	.423	.134	0	0
2002	QUD	A	MDW	238	223	21	45	8	0	10	83	32	11	82	3	1	.202	.236	.372	.170	3	3
2003	FTM	A+	FSL	443	404	52	89	12	5	18	165	67	32	98	5	4	.220	.279	.408	.188	3	3
2004	FTM	A+	FSL	70	66	6	16	5	0	1	24	6	4	19	2	0	.242	.286	.364	.121	0	0
2004	NBR	AA	EAS	493	450	68	140	33	2	30	267	92	28	98	11	4	.311	.360	.593	.282	1	1
2005	ROC	AAA	INT	527	488	71	119	22	2	24	217	72	36	109	5	1	.244	.297	.445	.201	1	1
2006	ROC	AAA	INT	582	525	72	125	32	3	21	226	92	49	121	3	4	.238	.306	.430	.192	0	0
2007	ROC	AAA	INT	446	400	57	112	32	3	13	189	70	32	83	2	2	.280	.341	.473	.193	0	0
2007	MIN	MLB	AL	84	77	7	16	2	1	2	26	5	6	20	1	1	.208	.262	.338	.130	1	0
2008	ROC	AAA	INT	587	527	82	147	33	3	23	255	92	50	98	9	2	.279	.343	.484	.205	0	0
2009	IND	AAA	INT	299	277	44	85	18	0	12	139	50	18	47	14	4	.307	.351	.502	.195	0	0
2009	PIT	MLB	NL	358	314	45	92	21	1	21	178	44	40	76	10	2	.293	.372	.567	.274	3	0
2010	PIT	MLB	NL	654	592	64	146	34	1	21	245	86	53	123	7	3	.247	.306	.414	.167	8	0
2011	PIT	MLB	NL	477	423	51	103	30	1	16	183	58	48	104	6	3	.243	.321	.433	.189	4	0
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	515	475	68	130	28	3	27	245	86	33	103	2	0	.274	.317	.516	.242	7	0
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	440	403	41	94	26	2	15	169	51	31	101	2	0	.233	.289	.419	.186	4	0
2014	MIA	MLB	NL	547	496	59	122	33	2	15	204	53	46	116	0	1	.246	.309	.411	.165	4
2015	NYA	MLB	AL	152	144	12	31	4	1	5	52	17	8	37	0	0	.215	.257	.361	.146	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	1391	0.4738	0.4752	0.7625	0.6662	0.3033	0.8246	0.6396	0.2375	-0.0021
2010	2570	0.4735	0.4716	0.7781	0.6598	0.3023	0.8531	0.6308	0.2219	0.0133
2011	1949	0.4674	0.4751	0.7311	0.6630	0.3102	0.7897	0.6211	0.2689	-0.0008
2012	1961	0.4610	0.5079	0.7400	0.7113	0.3340	0.7869	0.6544	0.2600	0.0045
2013	1751	0.4717	0.4997	0.7383	0.6840	0.3351	0.8248	0.5806	0.2617	0.0032
2014	2180	0.4725	0.4739	0.7783	0.6505	0.3157	0.8463	0.6529	0.2217	0.0106
2015	583	0.4700	0.4923	0.7491	0.6387	0.3625	0.8571	0.5804	0.2509	-0.0023
Career	12385	0.4700	0.4837	0.7560	0.6700	0.3185	0.8244	0.6284	0.2440	0.0053

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
2013-03-07	2013-03-15	Camp	8	0	-	Trunk	Strain	Side	-	-
2011-03-17	2011-03-21	Camp	4	0		Neck	Stiffness		-
2010-09-18	2010-09-19	DTD	1	1	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2010-05-01	2010-05-02	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Gastrointestinal	Esophageal Inflammation After Choking on Food	-
2009-09-19	2009-09-21	DTD	2	2	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2001-06-19	2001-07-19	Minors	30	0	-	Face	Fracture	Jaw	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	NYA	$5,000,000
2014	MIA	$2,750,000
2013	PIT	$4,500,000
2012	PIT	$2,250,000
2011	PIT	$455,500
2010	PIT	$425,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$15,380,500
6 yr	Total	$15,380,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 124 d	Relativity Baseball	1 year/$2.8M (2016)

Details

1 year/$2.8M (2016). Signed by Yomiuri Giants of Japan 12/15. Performance bonuses.
2 years/$7.75M (2014-15). Signed by Miami as a free agent 12/9/13. 14:$2.75M, 15:$5M. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Miami 12/19/14. DFA by NY Yankees 7/31/15. Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 8/5/15 (same terms as previous deal). DFA by NY Yankees 8/12/15.
1 year/$4.5M (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Pittsburgh 11/25/13. Non-tendered by Pittsburgh 12/2/13.
1 year/$2.25M (2012). Lost in arbitration with Pittsburgh 2/16/12 ($2.5M-$2.25M).
1 year/$0.4555M (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11.
1 year/$0.425M (2010). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/10.
1 year (2009). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 6/30/09.
1 year (2008). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/27/08. Sent outright to Triple-A 3/21/08.
1 year (2007). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/07.
1 year (2006). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased by Minnesota 11/04. Re-signed 3/05.
Drafted by Atlanta 1999 (14-444) (Andrew HS, Tinley Park, Ill.).

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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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2017-08-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Josh Bell. How good can he be? Multiple time all- star? Peak? (BC from Urbandale)	He's the best Pirates first baseman in...I dunno, 25 years? 30? Since Sid Bream or Jason Thompson or even Pops? (Note: This is an exceptionally low bar. The Pirates have a long-running competition with the Mariners to see who can trot out the crummier 1Bs). I think being an NL All-Star at first is tough as long as Goldschmidt and Votto and Rizzo and Freeman and Bellinger walk the Earth. But that's not to say he can't be a good, solid player. I know some Pirates fans are disappointed by this year--I think it's the batting average--but he's exceeded our preseason projections for homers and WARP and his .291 TAv compares to our .278 projection. He's generated more power and less contact than expected, but the net trade's worked. His defense at first base, in my opinion, has been weak, but he's only 25 and fairly new to the position, so there's room for improvement. Ceiling? I'd say maybe 30 bombs, .275/.375/.500? That's probably not All-Star caliber given the position depth but certainly a solid, middle-of-the-order bat that'll stick at the cold corner longer than Pedro Alvarez or Gaby Sanchez or Garrett Jones or... P.S. OPS with runners in scoring position, Pirates: Bell 1.004, McCutchen .926, Frazier .889. His 9 HR w/RISP is tied for 8th in the majors. I'm not a big believer in clutch stats, but people have to get past his .258 BA. (Rob Mains)
2010-05-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What are you hearing about Garrett Jones? Is he for real? (Buxfan from Altoona)	I think he's a solid starter on a second-division team. On a good team, he'd make a really nice bench player. (John Perrotto)
2010-03-25 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Best guess for Garrett Jones slash line this year? Or Milledge? (Joe from Pa)	Jones: .235/.310/.420. Milledge: .285/.340/.455. (Joe Sheehan)
2010-02-18 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Any chance Garrett Jones isn't a complete fluke? .270 with 25 homers and 80 rbi equals LaRoche, and 20 steals far surpasses him. (Joe from Pa)	I certainly think it was fluky. Gimme an .800 or so OPS on him this year. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-09-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Garrett Jones would easily have 30+ home runs if he had come up with McCutchen. Are either viable ROY candidates in the NL? (WilliamWallace from Pittsburgh)	Jones leads NL rookies in VORP, curiously enough, with McCutchen right behind him. As good as Jones has been, I view him as a journeyman having an unsustainable season, and I wonder if the Writers will see it the same way. I think Chris Coghlan also has to be in the conversation, as well as J.A. Happ and Tommy Hanson. (Steven Goldman)
2009-09-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I can't find a site to let me view stats from two specific dates. I'm curious how Garrett Jones' production since his first game this season compare to the rest of MLB. He has to be top 10 in homers. (Dorn from DC)	He is. He came up on July 1 and since then Derek Lee has hit 24, Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, and Mark Reynolds have hit 23, and Jones has hit 21. What might surprise you is who is right behind him -- David Ortiz with 20. I wouldn't get too excited by Jones, though. This really seems like a Kevin Maas thing to me. (Steven Goldman)
2009-09-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Christina, can you offer your take on two NL outfielders, Raul Ibanez and Garrett Jones? Both had surprising performances this year. Ibanez has been AWFUL in the second half. Maybe he's injured? Garrett Jones just hasn't let up. When the clock strikes 12, will he be a pumpkin again? Or is he here to stay (sort of a Ryan Ludwick type late-bloomer)? Thanks! (Sharky from The Deep End)	Re: Ibanez, I'm reminded of one old Strat opponent who always liked to mildly observe, "it all evens out in the end." I never really bought into that (Willingham's season is going to look insanely great relative to the rest of his career no matter what, for example), but it certainly seems that somebody's applied a leveller of some sort. Jones might be a latter-day Paul Sorrento of sorts, in that he's always had employable power, and simply needed the opportunity; Jones has helped himself by being employable enough in an outfield corner, but first base is really the position he'll wind up at, sort of the same way Sorrento had to diversify. That's the nature of first base, if you're not someone like Pujols (superstar moving from another position) or Prince Fielder (drafter to be a superstar), you need to make a great impression with what opportunities you do get. Witness what's happened to Daric Barton, or how long it took Carlos Pena to finally stick; if you blow an opportunity, competition for playing time at first base is fierce. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-08-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi John, thanks for the chat. What are your thoughts on Garrett Jones and Jeff Clement? How well do you think they will do next year and what positions do you think they will play? (Dennis from California)	I think Jones will start the season in the starting lineup either at first or right field, depending on what happens with Clement. I have some doubts about Clement. The Mariners really soured on him and he certainly is a one-dimensional player. It will be interesting to see how he fares with the Pirates in September. (John Perrotto)
2009-07-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Garrett Jones the greatest hitter of all time? (tycobb from ga)	Better than Ty Cobb? Yes, on the heels of his 8th home run last night in something like 60 at bats, there is little doubt. But seriously, Jones is a good story and a nice shot in the arm for the Pirates. That said, I have to believe that he's a 2-for-12 slump away from sitting on the bench and watching Lastings Milledge play. As popular as Nyjer Morgan was -- and yes, Morgan can play, too -- the Milledge deal was seemingly a wise one for Neal Huntington. There is still a good chance that Milledge will be a star. Garrett Jones is, in all likelihood, the most recent reincarnation of Chris Shelton. (David Laurila)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Alain (Paris (TX)): Chances Garrett Jones is legit? Despite today's showing, I still think those chances are low. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	I feel really smart for being on the Pirates pre-game show today and saying that Garrett Jones' 2009 showing was a fluke. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	And there's Vicente Padilla, Dodgers' Opening Day starter, giving up a game-tying two-run homer to Garrett Jones. That went about 738 feet. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	And there's Vicente Padilla, Dodgers' Opening Day starter, giving up a game-tying two-run homer to Garrett Jones. That went about 738 feet. (Jay Jaffe)

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