JD Closser

Jeffrey Darrin Closser

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 15, 1980 in Beech Grove, IN
High School: Alexandria-Monroe HS (Alexandria, IN)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 2004
Team: Rockies 2004-2006

Final Game: October 1, 2006
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Standard Batting

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
1998	18	ARI-min	Rk,A	49	207	164	29	50	14	2	4	23	3	2	39	43	.305	.442	.488	.930		80	3	2	1	1	2		DBK,SBN · ARIZ,MIDW
1999	19	ARI-min	Rk,A	128	567	449	102	131	30	0	13	81	9	4	105	94	.292	.422	.445	.868		200	11	3	1	9	2		MSO,SBN · PION,MIDW
2000	20	ARI-min	A	101	396	331	54	74	19	1	8	37	6	2	60	61	.224	.347	.360	.706		119	7	3	1	1	4		SBN · MIDW
2001	21	ARI-min	A+	128	540	468	85	136	26	6	21	87	6	7	65	106	.291	.377	.506	.883		237	9	2	1	4	4		LNR · CALL
2002	22	COL-min	AA	95	360	315	43	89	27	1	13	62	9	3	44	69	.283	.369	.498	.868		157	7	0	0	1	4		CAR · SOUL
2003	23	COL-min	AA	118	463	410	62	116	28	5	13	54	3	2	47	79	.283	.359	.471	.829		193	10	3	0	3	3		TUL · TL
2004	24	COL-min	AAA	83	348	298	53	89	19	1	7	54	0	2	41	47	.299	.384	.440	.823		131	3	2	4	3	0		CSP · PCL
2004	24	COL	NL	36	124	113	5	36	6	0	1	10	0	0	6	22	.319	.364	.398	.762	88	45	3	2	3	0	0	2
2005	25	COL	NL	92	272	237	31	52	12	2	7	27	1	0	32	48	.219	.314	.376	.689	72	89	9	1	1	1	1	2
2006	26	COL-min	AAA	70	258	225	32	67	15	1	8	30	8	2	31	38	.298	.384	.480	.864		108	6	1	0	1	0		CSP · PCL
2006	26	COL	NL	32	112	97	10	19	3	1	2	11	0	1	12	23	.196	.288	.309	.598	49	30	1	1	1	1	2	2
2007	27	OAK-MIL-min	AAA	98	399	334	54	77	18	2	13	51	3	3	59	77	.231	.343	.413	.756		138	7	0	2	4	2		SAC,NVL · PCL
2008	28	NYY-SDP-CHC-min	AAA	72	240	207	21	47	9	0	5	24	0	1	30	45	.227	.328	.343	.671		71	3	1	2	0	3		SWB,POR,IWA · IL,PCL
2009	29	LAD-min	AAA,AA	99	367	321	37	88	21	0	3	43	5	3	42	62	.274	.355	.368	.723		118	5	0	1	3	1		ABQ,CNG · PCL,SOUL
2010	30	LAD-min	AAA	92	284	254	34	68	9	0	3	27	3	1	24	48	.268	.332	.339	.671		86	7	1	4	1	0		ABQ · PCL
2011	31	LAD-min	AAA	69	246	212	45	63	10	0	10	39	2	0	30	33	.297	.378	.486	.864		103	8	0	0	4	1		ABQ · PCL
3 Yrs				160	508	447	46	107	21	3	10	48	1	1	50	93	.239	.320	.367	.687	71	164	13	4	5	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	514	453	47	108	21	3	10	49	1	1	51	94	.239	.320	.367	.687	71	166	13	4	5	2	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2004	24	COL	NL	36	124	-1	-0	0	-2	2	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.4	-0.0	4	$	2
2005	25	COL	NL	92	272	-10	1	-0	-6	4	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.4	.487	.493	0.2	-0.2	2	$317,000	2
2006	26	COL	NL	32	112	-9	-0	1	2	2	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.4	0.4	-4	$	2
3 Seasons				160	508	-19	0	0	-6	7	-18	-1.8	14	-4	-0.4	.489	.496	0.2	0.1	2	$317,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2004	24	COL	NL	124	83	16	5.2	122	.389	.319	.284	.364	.358	.398	.461	.762	.819	88	.513	-2.2	-0.2	.663	.133	.080	.0
2005	25	COL	NL	272	196	28	3.8	118	.246	.219	.282	.314	.354	.376	.450	.689	.804	72	.393	-10.8	-1.0	.634	.295	.156	1.8
2006	26	COL	NL	112	82	9	2.9	121	.233	.196	.283	.288	.355	.309	.459	.598	.814	49	.267	-8.2	-0.8	.525	.227	.113	.0
3 Yrs				508	361	53	3.9	120	.280	.239	.283	.320	.355	.367	.454	.687	.810	71	.396	-21.2	-2.0	.616	.239	.128	1.8
162 Game Avg.				514	366	54	3.9	120	.280	.239	.283	.320	.355	.367	.454	.687	.810	71	.396	-21.2	-2.0	.616	.239	.128	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2004	24	COL	NL	124	0.8%	17.7%	4.8%	5.7%	19%	3.67	5.1	113.0	11.3	1.12	1.18	73%	17%	2.6%	9%
2005	25	COL	NL	272	2.6%	17.7%	11.8%	7.7%	40%	1.50	4.9	33.9	8.8	0.76	1.07	67%	19%	7.6%	15%
2006	26	COL	NL	112	1.8%	20.5%	10.7%	5.4%	32%	1.92	4.2	48.5	8.8	0.57	0.90	65%	22%	4.9%	13%
3 Yrs				508	2.0%	18.3%	9.8%	6.7%	32%	1.86	4.8	44.7	9.3	0.79	1.05	68%	19%	5.8%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	1.99	5.3	31.6	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	10%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	24	COL	NL	-2.2	-0.2	125	-0.4	2.1	-2.5	1.11	0.0	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.95	-0.3	1.03	6
2005	25	COL	NL	-10.8	-1.0	274	-0.9	4.3	-5.1	.98	-1.0	0.1	-15.0	-1.4	0.97	-11.3	1.53	18
2006	26	COL	NL	-8.2	-0.8	114	-0.9	1.4	-2.3	1.02	-0.6	-0.3	-8.1	-0.7	1.00	-6.3	1.81	4
3 Yrs				-21.2	-2.0	513	-2.3	7.7	-9.9	1.02	-1.5	-0.7	-24.0	-2.2	0.97	-18.0	1.46	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	24	COL	NL	2	9%	57	0	0		0	0	2	1	42%	10	5	4	1	0	1	1	1	0
2005	25	COL	NL	2	31%	95	1	0	100%	1	0	1	3	50%	16	12	4	3	1	2	11	2	9
2006	26	COL	NL	0	27%	34	0	1	0%	0	1	1	3	67%	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				4	24%	186	1	1	50%	1	1	4	7	50%	31	19	11	4	1	3	13	3	10

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2004	24	COL	NL	124	100%	36	4	0	6	2	0	0	1.03	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	29	3	10%	15	7	47%	80	9	11%	3	2	67%	9	6	67%	0
2005	25	COL	NL	272	100%	52	1	0	18	2	1	2	1.53	7	0	6	5	2	2	5	0	1	1	100%	57	9	16%	31	8	26%	193	21	11%	21	6	29%	10	6	60%	0
2006	26	COL	NL	112	100%	19	1	0	4	1	1	1	1.81	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	23	1	4%	15	3	20%	81	9	11%	7	3	43%	5	1	20%	0
3 Yrs				508	100%	107	6	0	28	5	2	3	1.46	10	0	13	8	2	3	7	0	6	5	83%	109	13	12%	61	18	30%	354	39	11%	31	11	35%	24	13	54%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	24	COL	NL	124	454	3.66	287	63%	25%	17%	25%	33%	75%	0%	47%	78%	36%	4%	5	0	14%	17	9	8%	10	6	23%	0	0	0
2005	25	COL	NL	274	1092	3.99	658	60%	28%	16%	28%	29%	72%	1%	43%	78%	28%	8%	21	0	16%	44	12	12%	32	19	23%	-2	0	0
2006	26	COL	NL	112	426	3.80	258	61%	23%	17%	30%	29%	77%	5%	47%	77%	30%	7%	8	0	21%	23	14	11%	12	7	22%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				510	1972	3.87	1203	61%	26%	16%	28%	30%	74%	2%	45%	78%	30%	7%	34	0	16%	84	35	11%	54	32	23%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	24	36	124	113	5	36	6	0	1	10	0	0	6	22	.319	.364	.398	.762	88	45	3	2	3	0	0
2005	25	128	396	350	36	88	18	2	8	37	1	0	38	70	.251	.329	.383	.712	77	134	12	3	4	1	1
2006	26	160	508	447	46	107	21	3	10	48	1	1	50	93	.239	.320	.367	.687	71	164	13	4	5	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	24	36	119	109	4	32	5	0	1	8	0	5	22	.294	.336	.367	.703	13	36
2005	25	92	267	234	28	49	11	2	7	24	1	30	48	.209	.301	.363	.664	25	92
2006	26	32	109	95	8	17	3	1	2	9	0	11	23	.179	.269	.295	.563	7	32
3 Yrs		160	495	438	40	98	19	3	10	41	1	46	93	.224	.302	.349	.651	45	160
162 Game Avg.		162	501	443	41	99	19	3	10	42	1	47	94	.224	.302	.349	.651	46	160

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