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Josh Geer

Joshua Brent Geer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 2, 1983 in Dallas, TX
High School: Forney HS (Forney, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 2008
Team: Padres 2008-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.136 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2005	22	SDP-min	A-,A	4	2	.667	3.96	12	11	0	0	0	61.1	64	29	27	8	13	0	36	2	0	1	256		1.255	9.4	1.2	1.9	5.3	2.77	EUG,FWA · NORW,MIDW
2006	23	SDP-min	A+,A	13	6	.684	4.12	27	26	0	1	1	161.2	188	87	74	10	29	0	102	8	2	5	687		1.342	10.5	0.6	1.6	5.7	3.52	LEL,FWA · CALL,MIDW
2007	24	SDP-min	AA,AAA	17	6	.739	3.20	27	27	0	2	0	177.1	169	69	63	9	28	1	108	11	0	8	722		1.111	8.6	0.5	1.4	5.5	3.86	SAN,POR · TL,PCL
2008	25	SDP-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.54	28	27	0	0	0	166.2	187	95	84	22	45	1	107	4	1	6	718		1.392	10.1	1.2	2.4	5.8	2.38	POR · PCL
2008	25	SDP	NL	2	1	.667	2.67	5	5	0	0	0	27.0	29	8	8	2	9	2	16	0	0	0	117	144	1.407	9.7	0.7	3.0	5.3	1.78
2009	26	SDP-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.44	9	9	0	1	0	52.2	60	29	26	5	14	1	21	2	0	0	226		1.405	10.3	0.9	2.4	3.6	1.50	POR · PCL
2009	26	SDP	NL	1	7	.125	5.96	19	17	0	0	0	102.2	116	73	68	27	23	0	54	4	0	0	438	64	1.354	10.2	2.4	2.0	4.7	2.35
2010	27	SDP-min	AAA	11	11	.500	5.41	29	25	2	1	1	171.1	212	111	103	29	32	1	89	4	3	12	738		1.424	11.1	1.5	1.7	4.7	2.78	POR · PCL
2011	28	SDP-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.00	2	2	0	0	0	9.0	17	8	8	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	45		2.111	17.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	3.50	TUC · PCL
2012	29	SDP-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	6.75	11	11	0	0	0	58.2	83	46	44	9	19	0	34	2	0	4	269		1.739	12.7	1.4	2.9	5.2	1.79	TUC,SAN · PCL,TL
2 Yrs				3	8	.273	5.28	24	22	0	0	0	129.2	145	81	76	29	32	2	70	4	0	0	555	72	1.365	10.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	2.19
162 Game Avg.				4	12	.273	5.28	35	33	0	0	0	192	214	120	112	43	47	3	103	6	0	0	820	72	1.365	10.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	2.19

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	25	SDP	NL	27.0	5	5	8	2.67	4.34	-0.01	0.17	88.0	3.98	4	0.4		-0.0	0.6	7	.590	.503	$
2009	26	SDP	NL	102.2	19	17	73	6.40	4.51	-0.10	0.15	88.8	4.23	-25	-2.3	.4	-0.0	-1.6	-15	.378	.486	$
2 Seasons				129.2	24	22	81	5.62	4.47	-0.08	0.16	88.6	4.17	-21	-1.9	.4	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.422	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	25	SDP	NL	5	117	108	8	29	2	2	2	1	1	9	16	.269	.325	.380	.704	.300	41	1	0	0	0	2	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	19	438	403	73	116	23	3	27	2	1	23	54	.288	.329	.561	.890	.272	226	8	4	3	5	0	5
2 Yrs				24	555	511	81	145	25	5	29	3	2	32	70	.284	.328	.523	.850	.278	267	9	4	3	5	2	5
162 Game Avg.				35	820	755	120	214	37	7	43	4	3	47	103	.284	.328	.523	.850	.278	395	13	6	4	7	3	7
MLB Averages																.263	.333	.417	.750	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2008	25	SDP	NL	4.3	0.4	118	0.3	2.0	-1.7	.92	0.1	0.2	4.9	0.5	0.92	1.5	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	-27.3	-2.5	444	-1.7	6.9	-8.6	.89	-2.3	0.4	-22.2	-2.2	0.89	-25.1	2
2 Yrs				-22.9	-2.1	562	-1.4	8.9	-10.3	.90	-2.2	0.6	-17.3	-1.6	0.90	-23.7	2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2008	25	SDP	NL	5	5	2	1	2	1	0	2	3	.400	0	2	0	0	1	20%	52.4	59	44	0	0	0	5	5.0	4.9	5.4	94	1	1	3	0	107
2009	26	SDP	NL	19	17	1	7	9	0	2	5	12	.294	3	4	0	0	8	47%	44.8	69	18	11	5	0	7	3.4	2.8	5.7	91	4	8	5	0	108
2 Yrs				24	22	3	8	11	1	2	7	15	.318	3	6	0	0	9	41%	47	69	18	11	5	0	12	3.8	3.2	5.7	92	5	9	8	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	98	-10					4.7	4.7	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2009	26	SDP	NL	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	.892	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	7.5	44
1 Yr				19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.892	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	7.5	44

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	25	SDP	NL	117	56%	1.7%	13.7%	7.7%	5.1%	21%	0.56	0.67	77%	26%	3.8%	12%	25	1	4%
2009	26	SDP	NL	438	51%	6.2%	12.3%	5.3%	12.1%	46%	0.74	1.13	75%	16%	14.7%	8%	64	8	13%
2 Yrs				555	52%	5.2%	12.6%	5.8%	10.6%	41%	0.70	1.01	75%	18%	12.3%	9%	89	9	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	17.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	69%	19%	7.6%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	25	SDP	NL	117	469	4.01	302	64%	21%	14%	34%	30%	79%	4%	51%	82%	58%	5%	6	3	19%	22	10	2	19%	2	1	0	0	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	439	1634	3.72	1049	64%	30%	11%	26%	34%	70%	0%	45%	85%	58%	5%	22	15	20%	89	47	4	20%	9	7	-1	0	0
2 Yrs				556	2103	3.78	1351	64%	28%	11%	28%	33%	72%	1%	46%	84%	58%	5%	28	18	20%	111	57	6	20%	11	8	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	25	SDP	NL	117	29	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	0	2	0%	0	0	0	46	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	438	116	6	1	27	0	7	17	10	11	16	16	9	1	56%	5	0	0	130	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0
2 Yrs				555	145	9	1	29	0	8	18	11	12	17	21	9	3	43%	5	0	0	176	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	25	2	1	.667	2.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	29	8	8	2	9	2	16	0	0	0	117	144	1.407	9.7	0.7	3.0	5.3	1.78	144
2009	26	3	8	.273	5.28	24	22	0	0	0	0	129.2	145	81	76	29	32	2	70	4	0	0	555	72	1.365	10.1	2.0	2.2	4.9	2.19	72

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	25	1	1	.500	3.12	26.0	30	10	9	2	9	15	0	1.500	10.4	3.1	5.2	1.67	0.7	5
2009	26	2	8	.200	7.03	96.0	122	83	75	28	24	50	4	1.521	11.4	2.3	4.7	2.08	2.6	19
2 Yrs		3	9	.250	6.20	122.0	152	93	84	30	33	65	4	1.516	11.2		4.8	1.97	2.2	24

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