Joey Gathright
Joey Renard Gathright
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, MS
High School: Bonnabel (Kenner, LA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed August 29, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
2004 23 TBD AL 19 57 52 11 13 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 14 .250 .316 .250 .566 53 13 2 3 0 0 0 8/7D9
2005 24 TBD AL 76 218 203 29 56 7 3 0 13 20 5 10 39 .276 .316 .340 .656 76 69 5 2 3 0 0 8/D
2006 25 TOT AL 134 445 383 59 91 12 3 1 41 22 9 42 75 .238 .321 .292 .614 61 112 3 7 9 4 0 *8/D
2006 25 TBD AL 55 182 154 25 31 6 0 0 13 12 3 20 30 .201 .305 .240 .545 45 37 1 3 5 0 0 8
2006 25 KCR AL 79 263 229 34 60 6 3 1 28 10 6 22 45 .262 .332 .328 .660 72 75 2 4 4 4 0 8/D
2007 26 KCR AL 74 261 228 28 70 8 0 0 19 9 8 20 36 .307 .371 .342 .713 90 78 2 3 10 0 0 78
2008 27 KCR AL 105 315 279 41 71 3 1 0 22 21 4 20 40 .254 .311 .272 .584 59 76 3 4 10 2 0 8/7
2009 28 TOT MLB 37 32 30 9 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 .267 .313 .267 .579 51 8 2 0 0 0 0 8/79
2009 28 CHC NL 20 15 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 .214 .267 .214 .481 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 8
2009 28 BOS AL 17 17 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .313 .353 .313 .665 74 5 2 0 0 0 0 /789
6 Seasons 445 1328 1175 177 309 30 7 1 96 80 29 96 212 .263 .327 .303 .630 68 356 17 19 32 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 483 428 64 112 11 3 0 35 29 11 35 77 .263 .327 .303 .630 68 130 6 7 12 2 0
KCR (3 yrs) 258 839 736 103 201 17 4 1 69 40 18 62 121 .273 .336 .311 .647 73 229 7 11 24 6 0
TBD (3 yrs) 150 457 409 65 100 13 3 0 27 38 9 32 83 .244 .312 .291 .603 61 119 8 8 8 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 17 17 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .313 .353 .313 .665 74 5 2 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 20 15 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 .214 .267 .214 .481 25 3 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 425 1313 1161 175 306 30 7 1 96 79 27 95 206 .264 .328 .304 .632 69 353 17 19 32 6 0
NL (1 yr) 20 15 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 .214 .267 .214 .481 25 3 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 23 TBD AL 57 42 5 3.2 106 .342 .250 .266 .316 .333 .250 .427 .566 .760 53 .291 -3.5 -0.3 .548 .135 .000 .0
2005 24 TBD AL 218 160 22 3.7 104 .341 .276 .267 .316 .329 .340 .423 .656 .753 76 .371 -7.4 -0.7 .611 .187 .064 .0
2006 25 TOT AL 445 317 41 3.4 111 .289 .238 .276 .321 .340 .292 .438 .614 .778 61 .319 -21.5 -2.0 .572 .198 .055 1.9
2006 25 TBD AL 182 132 14 2.8 110 .250 .201 .274 .305 .339 .240 .436 .545 .775 45 .245 -12.2 -1.1 .543 .227 .039 .0
2006 25 KCR AL 263 185 27 3.9 112 .316 .262 .277 .332 .341 .328 .440 .660 .781 72 .368 -9.3 -0.9 .593 .179 .066 1.8
2007 26 KCR AL 261 178 30 4.5 107 .365 .307 .271 .371 .339 .342 .424 .713 .762 90 .447 -2.7 -0.3 .607 .127 .035 .0
2008 27 KCR AL 315 227 28 3.3 104 .295 .254 .266 .311 .333 .272 .417 .584 .751 59 .322 -16.5 -1.6 .544 .151 .018 .0
2009 28 TOT MLB 32 26 2 2.0 113 .364 .267 .274 .313 .347 .267 .438 .579 .785 51 .167 -2.3 -0.3 .385 .067 .000 .0
2009 28 CHC NL 15 13 1 2.1 113 .375 .214 .275 .267 .349 .214 .437 .481 .786 25 .175 -1.6 -0.2 .231 .000 .000 .0
2009 28 BOS AL 17 13 1 2.0 113 .357 .313 .274 .353 .344 .313 .440 .665 .784 74 .161 -0.7 -0.1 .538 .125 .000 .0
6 Seasons 1328 950 128 3.6 107 .318 .263 .270 .327 .336 .303 .427 .630 .764 68 .349 -53.9 -5.2 .572 .165 .040 2.0
162 Game Avg. 483 346 47 3.6 107 .318 .263 .270 .327 .336 .303 .427 .630 .764 68 .349 -53.9 -5.2 .572 .165 .040 1
KCR (3 yrs) 839 590 85 3.8 107 .323 .273 .271 .336 .338 .311 .426 .647 .764 73 .376 -28.5 -2.8 .579 .152 .038 2.0
TBD (3 yrs) 457 334 41 3.3 107 .307 .244 .270 .312 .334 .291 .429 .603 .762 61 .311 -23.0 -2.1 .577 .196 .046 .0
BOS (1 yr) 17 13 1 2.1 113 .357 .313 .274 .353 .344 .313 .440 .665 .784 74 .161 -0.7 -0.1 .538 .125 .000 .0
CHC (1 yr) 15 13 1 2.1 113 .375 .214 .275 .267 .349 .214 .437 .481 .786 25 .175 -1.6 -0.2 .231 .000 .000 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1313 937 127 3.6 107 .318 .264 .270 .328 .336 .304 .427 .632 .763 69 .351 -52.2 -5.0 .577 .167 .040 2.0
NL (1 yr) 15 13 1 2.1 113 .375 .214 .275 .267 .349 .214 .437 .481 .786 25 .175 -1.6 -0.2 .231 .000 .000 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 28 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 23 TBD AL 57 0.0% 24.6% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 7.00 3.7 52.0 2.60 4.20 67% 16% 0.0% 0%
2005 24 TBD AL 218 0.0% 17.9% 4.6% 4.6% 18% 3.90 5.2 15.6 2.68 3.50 75% 11% 0.0% 7%
2006 25 TOT AL 445 0.2% 16.9% 9.4% 3.6% 18% 1.79 5.1 383.0 9.3 2.02 2.33 70% 14% 1.2% 9%
2006 25 TBD AL 182 0.0% 16.5% 11.0% 3.3% 19% 1.50 5.1 11.8 1.68 2.00 68% 15% 0.0% 8%
2006 25 KCR AL 263 0.4% 17.1% 8.4% 3.8% 17% 2.05 5.1 229.0 8.2 2.29 2.64 71% 14% 2.1% 10%
2007 26 KCR AL 261 0.0% 13.8% 7.7% 3.1% 11% 1.80 6.3 12.0 2.04 3.23 74% 16% 0.0% 13%
2008 27 KCR AL 315 0.0% 12.7% 6.4% 1.3% 6% 2.00 7.0 12.7 2.21 2.35 77% 10% 0.0% 7%
2009 28 TOT MLB 32 0.0% 25.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.8 3.40 4.33 69% 14% 0.0% 0%
2009 28 CHC NL 15 0.0% 40.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.3 7.00 4.00 53% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 28 BOS AL 17 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 2.00 8.0 2.50 4.50 82% 21% 0.0% 0%
6 Seasons 1328 0.1% 16.0% 7.2% 2.9% 12% 2.21 5.5 1175.0 12.2 2.22 2.72 73% 13% 0.4% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 23 TBD AL 1 0 61% 17 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 44% 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
2005 24 TBD AL 2 0 43% 64 20 5 80% 18 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 55% 13 8 5 2 0 2 5 1 4
2006 25 TOT AL 6 0 42% 156 22 9 71% 20 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 10 42% 18 13 4 8 3 5 19 7 10
2006 25 TBD AL 2 0 46% 75 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 32% 9 7 2 3 2 1 7 3 3
2006 25 KCR AL 4 0 39% 81 10 6 63% 8 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 50% 9 6 2 5 1 4 12 4 7
2007 26 KCR AL 4 0 30% 117 9 8 53% 7 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 63% 14 7 7 3 0 3 7 1 5
2008 27 KCR AL 2 0 43% 107 21 4 84% 15 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 49% 20 14 6 4 2 2 13 3 10
2009 28 TOT MLB 0 0 90% 26 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 33% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
2009 28 CHC NL 0 0 50% 5 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 28 BOS AL 0 0 117% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
6 Seasons 15 0 42% 487 80 29 73% 67 26 13 3 0 0 9 2 12 40 49% 74 47 26 20 6 14 47 15 29
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 23 TBD AL 57 89% 13 5 1 2 0 0 0 0.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 4 0 0% 23 1 4% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
2005 24 TBD AL 218 91% 56 17 2 2 0 0 1 0.66 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 42 5 12% 20 7 35% 134 13 10% 12 4 33% 14 6 43% 0
2006 25 TOT AL 445 78% 91 32 11 3 1 0 0 1.23 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 18 9 50% 77 3 4% 41 19 46% 271 42 16% 27 17 63% 22 10 45% 0
2006 25 TBD AL 182 72% 31 9 4 2 1 0 0 0.61 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 32 1 3% 15 6 40% 92 13 14% 10 7 70% 11 5 45% 0
2006 25 KCR AL 263 81% 60 23 7 1 0 0 0 2.46 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 7 4 57% 45 2 4% 26 13 50% 179 29 16% 17 10 59% 11 5 45% 0
2007 26 KCR AL 261 83% 70 24 10 4 2 0 1 1.19 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 67% 37 2 5% 25 13 52% 156 21 13% 15 9 60% 20 14 70% 0
2008 27 KCR AL 315 74% 71 30 15 3 1 0 1 0.70 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 22 10 45% 57 3 5% 34 15 44% 182 23 13% 22 15 68% 17 6 35% 0
2009 28 TOT MLB 32 84% 8 3 0 9 1 0 0 0.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2009 28 CHC NL 15 93% 3 1 0 9 1 0 0 0.99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 BOS AL 17 76% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 1328 81% 309 111 39 23 5 0 3 0.98 1 0 32 1 0 1 0 0 60 32 53% 227 17 7% 126 54 43% 783 100 13% 77 45 58% 76 36 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 23 TBD AL 57 224 3.93 152 68% 31% 14% 30% 25% 69% 0% 47% 79% 23% 2% 1 0 9% 5 1 11% 6 3 14% 0 0 0
2005 24 TBD AL 218 816 3.74 551 68% 24% 14% 32% 30% 76% 0% 51% 81% 38% 3% 7 0 9% 20 5 7% 15 11 18% 0 0 0
2006 25 TOT AL 445 1662 3.73 1043 63% 22% 14% 33% 31% 78% 0% 49% 83% 40% 5% 21 0 12% 55 24 7% 33 16 24% 0 0 0
2006 25 TBD AL 182 680 3.74 414 61% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 0% 46% 81% 37% 9% 16 0 13% 24 6 10% 19 6 17% 0 0 0
2006 25 KCR AL 263 982 3.73 629 64% 21% 13% 35% 31% 79% 0% 51% 83% 41% 2% 5 0 12% 31 18 5% 14 10 29% 0 0 0
2007 26 KCR AL 261 920 3.52 599 65% 23% 12% 31% 34% 77% 0% 50% 84% 34% 3% 8 0 10% 25 10 8% 21 9 17% 0 0 0
2008 27 KCR AL 315 1073 3.41 707 66% 24% 11% 30% 36% 76% 0% 50% 86% 42% 2% 5 0 7% 23 7 7% 22 5 40% 0 0 0
2009 28 TOT MLB 32 118 3.69 83 70% 27% 13% 34% 27% 73% 0% 52% 82% 34% 3% 1 0 13% 4 2 6% 2 0 13% 0 0 0
2009 28 CHC NL 15 56 3.73 41 73% 29% 15% 37% 20% 71% 0% 52% 79% 47% 7% 1 0 13% 2 0 7% 1 0 17% 0 0 0
2009 28 BOS AL 17 62 3.65 42 68% 24% 12% 31% 33% 76% 0% 52% 84% 24% 0% 0 0 12% 2 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1328 4813 3.62 3135 65% 24% 13% 32% 32% 76% 0% 50% 83% 38% 3% 43 0 10% 132 49 7% 99 44 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 23 19 57 52 11 13 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 14 .250 .316 .250 .566 53 13 2 3 0 0 0
2005 24 95 275 255 40 69 7 3 0 14 26 6 12 53 .271 .316 .322 .638 72 82 7 5 3 0 0
2006 25 229 720 638 99 160 19 6 1 55 48 15 54 128 .251 .319 .304 .623 65 194 10 12 12 4 0
2007 26 303 981 866 127 230 27 6 1 74 57 23 74 164 .266 .333 .314 .647 72 272 12 15 22 4 0
2008 27 408 1296 1145 168 301 30 7 1 96 78 27 94 204 .263 .328 .304 .631 69 348 15 19 32 6 0
2009 28 445 1328 1175 177 309 30 7 1 96 80 29 96 212 .263 .327 .303 .630 68 356 17 19 32 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 23 19 58 53 10 14 0 0 0 1 6 2 14 .264 .328 .264 .592 4 19
2005 24 76 216 204 29 57 7 3 0 13 20 10 39 .279 .319 .343 .663 22 76
2006 25 134 445 389 56 97 13 3 1 39 23 45 75 .249 .335 .306 .641 39 134
2007 26 74 252 229 27 71 8 0 0 18 9 20 36 .310 .373 .345 .718 29 74
2008 27 105 318 288 41 80 3 1 0 22 24 23 40 .278 .340 .295 .635 28 105
2009 28 37 31 29 10 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 .241 .290 .241 .532 2 37
6 Seasons 445 1320 1192 173 326 31 7 1 93 84 102 212 .273 .339 .314 .653 124 445
162 Game Avg. 162 481 434 63 119 11 3 0 34 31 37 77 .273 .339 .314 .653 45 445

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2006 AL--9--4th
2007 AL--10--5th
2008 AL--10--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2006 AL--9--6th
2007 AL--8--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Lefty Davis (961)
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  10. Michael Bourn (957)
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  8. Adrian Brown (957)
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