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Greg Golson RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
11 42 .195 .214 .244 81 -0.1
Birth Date9-17-1985
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
Age38 years, 7 months, 25 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
2008 PHI 22 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 60 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 0.0
2009 TEX 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 76 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 NYA 24 24 23 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .261 .261 .348 87 -0.3 -1.2 0.6 0.0
2011 NYA 25 9 12 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 81 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1
Career40428200110022.195.214.24481-0.9-1.30.0-0.1

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
2005 LWD A SAL 89 409 .257 .334 .384 .356 100 1.4 11.0 1 85 0 -4.6 3.5 -5.8 0.5
2006 LWD A SAL 93 419 .251 .332 .371 .278 93 -7.7 10.5 1 73 0 9.3 2.6 -15.2 0.9
2006 CLR A+ FSL 40 174 .256 .331 .380 .356 105 -1.3 4.2 0.4 87 0 6.3 1.7 -4.1 0.8
2007 CLR A+ FSL 99 449 .259 .331 .374 .377 99 3.6 13.9 1 101 0 -4.3 1.7 1.4 1.3
2007 REA AA EAS 37 158 .257 .326 .388 .333 110 -6.6 4.6 0.4 51 0 3.1 0.6 -7.9 0.1
2008 PHI MLB NL 6 6 .272 .349 .467 .000 96 -1.7 0.2 0 60 11 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.0
2008 REA AA EAS 106 470 .260 .335 .394 .373 107 0.2 14.0 1.1 98 0 12.2 6.2 -6.6 2.7
2009 TEX MLB AL 1 1 .293 .355 .379 .000 98 -0.3 0.0 0 76 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 OKL AAA PCL 123 500 .268 .336 .408 .332 86 -7.5 14.5 -2.5 63 0 -2.0 -0.8 -19.3 -1.0
2010 NYA MLB AL 24 23 .244 .304 .375 .300 117 -1.3 0.6 -0.1 87 11 0.6 -1.2 -0.3 0.0
2010 SWB AAA INT 116 454 .262 .331 .406 .317 97 -5.4 13.8 0 88 0 3.7 -1.1 -5.1 1.1
2011 NYA MLB AL 9 12 .245 .320 .354 .222 105 -1.1 0.3 0 81 11 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1
2011 SWB AAA INT 105 429 .263 .326 .408 .342 87 2.3 13.3 -1.2 97 0 20.7 1.7 -0.7 3.2
2012 CHR AAA INT 109 480 .256 .327 .388 .356 98 -6.8 14.3 -3 87 0 9.5 6.6 -5.7 2.1
2013 MIS AA SOU 16 64 .245 .322 .367 .333 98 -1.5 1.7 -0.1 87 0 0.5 0.6 -1.8 0.1
2013 CSP AAA PCL 55 186 .275 .340 .422 .311 111 -5.1 5.3 -1.3 39 0 4.2 2.3 -13.3 -0.3
2013 GWN AAA INT 7 14 .255 .328 .382 .545 104 1.6 0.4 0 157 0 -0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1
2015 QUI AAA MEX 58 264 .000 .000 .000 .452 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015 VRC AAA MEX 22 96 .000 .000 .000 .362 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 QUI AAA MEX 27 114 .000 .000 .000 .351 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
2005 LWD A SAL 409 375 51 99 19 8 4 146 27 26 106 25 9 .264 .320 .389 .125 2 2
2006 CLR A+ FSL 174 159 31 42 11 2 6 75 17 11 53 7 3 .264 .322 .472 .208 1 1
2006 LWD A SAL 419 387 56 85 15 4 7 129 31 19 107 23 7 .220 .255 .333 .114 8 8
2007 REA AA EAS 158 153 20 37 5 2 3 55 16 2 49 5 0 .242 .255 .359 .118 1 1
2007 CLR A+ FSL 449 418 66 119 27 3 12 188 52 21 124 25 8 .285 .324 .450 .165 2 2
2008 REA AA EAS 470 426 64 120 18 4 13 185 60 34 130 23 5 .282 .333 .434 .153 4 4
2008 PHI MLB NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2009 OKL AAA PCL 500 457 46 118 17 8 2 157 40 29 114 20 4 .258 .298 .344 .085 8 8
2009 TEX MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2010 SWB AAA INT 454 415 51 109 23 5 10 172 40 25 99 17 4 .263 .310 .414 .152 6 6
2010 NYA MLB AL 23 23 3 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 3 0 2 .261 .261 .348 .087 0 0
2011 NYA MLB AL 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .000 0 0
2011 SWB AAA INT 429 384 55 101 9 7 8 148 33 30 105 15 5 .263 .330 .385 .122 1 5
2012 CHR AAA INT 480 449 67 124 29 7 6 185 52 17 114 20 2 .276 .309 .412 .136 2 7
2013 MIS AA SOU 64 55 7 12 3 0 0 15 3 8 19 6 1 .218 .328 .273 .055 0 0
2013 GWN AAA INT 14 13 2 6 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 1 1 .462 .500 .615 .154 0 0
2013 CSP AAA PCL 186 172 22 42 2 5 5 69 22 10 48 12 2 .244 .297 .401 .157 0 1
2015 QUI AAA MEX 264 230 49 77 16 3 2 105 38 23 62 13 8 .335 .416 .457 .122 0 2
2015 VRC AAA MEX 96 90 13 25 1 2 0 30 8 4 21 8 1 .278 .323 .333 .056 0 0
2017 QUI AAA MEX 114 100 11 26 4 0 0 30 9 12 26 5 3 .260 .351 .300 .040 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 22 0.2727 0.5455 0.2500 0.3333 0.6250 1.0000 0.1000 0.7500 0.0010
2009 4 0.7500 0.2500 1.0000 0.3333 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
2010 84 0.4643 0.4762 0.8000 0.5641 0.4000 0.8636 0.7222 0.2000 0.0002
2011 52 0.4615 0.5000 0.7308 0.6667 0.3571 0.7500 0.7000 0.2692 -0.0015
Career1620.44440.48770.70800.56000.40690.84900.61270.2920-0.0002

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
2011-05-03 2011-06-04 Minors 32 27 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2011-03-08 2011-03-22 Camp 14 0 Right Trunk Strain Intercostal -
2011-03-01 2011-03-03 Camp 2 0 Head Concussion Thrown Ball During Batting Practice -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 NYA $
2010 TEX $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 104 dHendricks Sports1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/13/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Milwaukee 3/28/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/29/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/13/11 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Kansas City 3/25/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Texas 1/26/10. Re-signed by Yankees 3/12/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Acquired by Texas in trade from Philadelphia 11/20/08. Signed by Texas 2/20/09. Award bonus: $10,000 for Gold Glove.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 8/31/08.
  • Drafted by Philadelphia 2004 (1-21) (Connally HS, Austin). $1.475M signing bonus.

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
2012-01-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)Will Greg Golson ever be able to capitalize on his sexy tools?
(Kyle from Montreal)
I don't think so. He's a 4/5 at best (Jason Parks)
2010-09-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)What are you drinking? What are you wearing? Most importantly, does Ichiro have the best RF arm of active players, cause Greg Golson made one heck of a throw to end the Rays/Yanks game last night.
(dianagramr from NYC)
Drinking lots of water and wearing very tight under armor as I recover from the surgery I had on Monday. Greg Golson is a former Phillies nothing prospect who was shipped to Texas for fellow nothing prospect John Mayberry, Jr. When my father and I heard Golson's name mentioned on Quick Pitch this morning we instantly double-took (double-taked?) and stared in disbelief. Ichiro! still has a tremendous arm. Francouer, for all his faults, has a strong arm, too. I don't know who has the best, but I do know that Corey Hart and Hunter Pence have the strangest throws. (Eric Seidman)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-10-06 10:00:002010 Playoffs Day OneWow. Greg Golson in the post-season. (Kevin Goldstein)
 

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