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Jason Botts

Jason Carl Botts

Positions: Leftfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: July 26, 1980 in Paso Robles, CA
High School: Paso Robles HS (Paso Robles, CA)
School: Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 46th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed May 15, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 2005 (Age 25)
Team: Rangers 2005-2008
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.002, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Bob Garber [*]
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 24 TEX AL 10 30 27 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 13 .296 .367 .296 .663 76 8 1 0 0 0 0 /7D
2006 25 TEX AL 20 60 50 8 11 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 18 .220 .317 .360 .677 75 18 0 0 0 2 1 D/7
2007 26 TEX AL 48 190 167 19 40 8 1 2 14 1 0 19 59 .240 .326 .335 .662 75 56 8 3 0 1 0 7D
2008 27 TEX AL 15 46 38 2 6 3 0 2 5 0 0 8 18 .158 .304 .395 .699 84 15 0 0 0 0 0 /3D7
4 Yrs 93 326 282 33 65 15 1 5 28 1 0 38 108 .230 .325 .344 .669 76 97 9 3 0 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 568 491 57 113 26 2 9 49 2 0 66 188 .230 .325 .344 .669 76 169 16 5 0 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 24 TEX AL 10 30 -1 -1 -0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /7D
2006 25 TEX AL 20 60 -2 0 1 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.0 .488 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0 D/7
2007 26 TEX AL 48 190 -7 -0 -1 8 -3 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.4 .493 .498 -0.4 0.5 -4 7D
2008 27 TEX AL 15 46 -0 0 1 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .488 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 $394,190 /3D7
4 Seasons 93 326 -10 -0 -0 7 -6 -10 -0.9 12 3 0.3 .490 .499 -0.4 0.2 -4 $394,190

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 TEX AL 24 LF 7 5 1 40.0 10 8 1 1 1 .900 1 0 42 0 2.02 1.29 .988 2.09 2.09
2005 TEX AL 24 OF 7 5 1 40.0 10 8 1 1 1 .900 1 0 42 0 2.02 1.29 .986 2.30 2.29
2005 TEX AL 24 DH 3 3
2006 TEX AL 25 DH 13 13
2006 TEX AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 240 0 9.00 1.00 .990 1.80 2.00
2006 TEX AL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 240 0 9.00 1.00 .990 2.70 2.30
2007 TEX AL 26 LF 28 28 8 212.0 64 62 2 0 0 1.000 14 8 81 45 2.72 2.29 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 TEX AL 26 OF 28 28 8 212.0 63 62 1 0 0 1.000 14 8 81 45 2.67 2.25 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 TEX AL 26 DH 18 18
2008 TEX AL 27 1B 8 5 2 41.0 55 51 2 2 7 .964 -1 0 -41 0 11.63 6.63 .994 9.26 9.18
2008 TEX AL 27 DH 4 3
2008 TEX AL 27 LF 4 1 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -51 -77 1.93 0.75 .983 2.06 2.02
2008 TEX AL 27 OF 4 1 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -51 -85 1.93 0.75 .987 2.31 2.28
4 Seasons OF 40 34 10 267.0 77 74 2 1 1 .987 15 7 69 31 2.56 1.90 .987 2.30 2.28
4 Seasons LF 40 34 10 267.0 78 74 3 1 1 .987 15 7 69 31 2.60 1.93 .985 2.10 2.08
1 Season 1B 8 5 2 41.0 55 51 2 2 7 .964 -1 0 -41 0 11.63 6.63 .994 9.26 9.18
4 Seasons TOT 48 39 12 308.0 132 125 4 3 8 .977 14 7 54 27 3.77 2.69 .990 3.23 3.43
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (1st)
Active  15 (14th)
Career  15 (84th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (3rd)

             

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200827Texas Rangers$394,190
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$394,190
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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