Greg Golson

Gregory Joseph Golson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 17, 1985 in Austin, TX
High School: Connally HS (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2008
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Phillies/Rangers 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.104, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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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
2004	18	PHI-min	Rk	47	201	183	34	54	8	5	1	22	12	2	10	54	.295	.345	.410	.755		75	2	5	1	2	0		CLR · GULF
2005	19	PHI-min	A	89	409	375	51	99	19	8	4	27	25	9	26	106	.264	.322	.389	.711		146	4	6	2	0	0		LWD · SALL
2006	20	PHI-min	A,A+	133	593	546	87	127	26	6	13	48	30	10	30	160	.233	.277	.374	.651		204	5	5	9	3	2		LWD,CLW · SALL,FLOR
2007	21	PHI-min	A+,AA	136	607	571	86	156	32	5	15	68	30	8	23	173	.273	.305	.426	.730		243	4	5	3	5	2		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
2008	22	PHI-min	AA	106	470	426	64	120	18	4	13	60	23	5	34	130	.282	.333	.434	.767		185	3	1	4	5	0		REA · EL
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/89
2009	23	TEX-min	AAA	123	500	457	46	118	17	8	2	40	20	4	29	114	.258	.299	.344	.642		157	8	0	8	6	0		OKC · PCL
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2010	24	NYY-min	AAA	116	454	415	51	109	23	5	10	40	17	4	25	99	.263	.313	.414	.727		172	7	6	6	2	0		SWB · IL
2010	24	NYY	AL	24	23	23	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	.261	.261	.348	.609	61	8	0	0	0	0	0	9/87
2011	25	NYY-min	AAA	105	429	384	55	101	9	7	8	33	15	5	30	105	.263	.330	.385	.716		148	7	9	5	1	0		SWB · IL
2011	25	NYY	AL	9	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	/789
2012	26	CHW-min	AAA	51	222	205	36	57	13	4	2	18	8	1	9	51	.278	.313	.410	.723		84	5	2	5	1	0		CHR · IL
4 Yrs				40	42	41	6	8	2	0	0	2	2	2	1	10	.195	.214	.244	.458	22	10	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	170	166	24	32	8	0	0	8	8	8	4	41	.195	.214	.244	.458	22	41	0	0	0	0	0

NYY (2 yrs)				33	35	34	4	8	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	5	.235	.257	.294	.551	47	10	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				6	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				34	36	35	4	8	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	6	.229	.250	.286	.536	43	10	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				6	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	6	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.463	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/89
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/8
2010	24	NYY	AL	24	23	-1	-1	1	2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	9/87
2011	25	NYY	AL	9	12	-1	-0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.456	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/789
4 Seasons				40	42	-5	-1	1	-1	-1	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.482	.499	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

NYY (2 yrs)				33	35	-3	-1	1	0	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.486	.499	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
PHI (1 yr)				6	6	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.463	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	6	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.430	.000	.772	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.167	.167	.000	.0
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.436	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2010	24	NYY	AL	23	19	1	1.4	105	.300	.261	.267	.261	.336	.348	.418	.609	.754	61	.100	-1.3	-0.1	.316	.000	.087
2011	25	NYY	AL	12	9	1	3.0	105	.222	.182	.267	.250	.333	.182	.423	.432	.756	18	.310	-1.3	-0.1	.444	.182	.000	.0
4 Yrs				42	35	2	1.5	106	.258	.195	.268	.214	.336	.244	.422	.458	.758	22	.114	-4.7	-0.5	.314	.073	.049	.0
162 Game Avg.				170	142	8	1.5	106	.258	.195	.268	.214	.336	.244	.422	.458	.758	22	.114	-4.7	-0.5	.314	.073	.049

NYY (2 yrs)				35	28	2	1.9	105	.276	.235	.267	.257	.335	.294	.420	.551	.755	47	.164	-2.6	-0.3	.357	.059	.059	.0
PHI (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.430	.000	.772	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.167	.167	.000	.0
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.436	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				36	29	2	1.8	105	.276	.229	.267	.250	.335	.286	.420	.536	.755	43	.155	-2.9	-0.3	.345	.057	.057	.0
NL (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.430	.000	.772	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.167	.167	.000	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2010	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	2
2010	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							3
1 ALDS							2
1 ALCS							1

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			1.00	1.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2010	24	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	13.0%	0.0%	8.7%	33%		7.7		11.5	0.43	0.56	87%	35%	0.0%	7%
2011	25	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.5			1.25	0.75	75%	0%	0.0%	25%
4 Yrs				42	0.0%	23.8%	2.4%	4.8%	25%	10.00	4.1		20.5	0.63	0.64	74%	23%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	22	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	8	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.92	-0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.86	-1.1	0.06	1
2009	23	TEX	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.02	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3		0
2010	24	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.69	-0.2	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.99	-2.3		0
2011	25	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	13	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.18	-0.1	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-1.3	0.02	1
4 Yrs				-4.7	-0.5	47	-0.0	0.5	-0.6	.85	-0.4	0.3	-4.4	-0.4	0.96	-5.0	0.04	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2008	22	PHI	NL		5	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2009	23	TEX	AL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	50%	10	0	2	0%	0	2	1	1	0	2	0%	3	3	0	2	2
2011	25	NYY	AL	33%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs				67%	22	2	2	50%	2	2	2	1	1	2	17%	4	3	1	2	2

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	50%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2010	24	NYY	AL	23	74%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	1	33%	16	2	13%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
2011	25	NYY	AL	12	58%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				42	64%	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	6	1	17%	22	2	9%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

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
2008	22	PHI	NL	6	22	3.67	16	73%	25%	50%	13%	13%	75%	0%	55%	33%	17%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	23	TEX	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	67%	0%	33%	0%	33%	0%	25%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2010	24	NYY	AL	23	84	3.65	57	68%	28%	14%	23%	35%	72%	0%	49%	80%	13%	0%	0	0	13%	3	2	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2011	25	NYY	AL	12	52	4.33	33	63%	21%	21%	30%	27%	79%	0%	50%	73%	17%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				42	162	3.86	109	67%	27%	21%	24%	28%	73%	0%	49%	71%	14%	0%	0	0	10%	4	3	2%	1	1	10%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2008	22	6	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2009	23	7	7	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2010	24	31	30	30	5	6	2	2	1	2	0	8	.200	.200	.267	.467	23	8
2011	25	40	42	41	6	8	2	2	2	2	1	10	.195	.214	.244	.458	22	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	22	6	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
2009	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2010	24	24	23	23	3	6	2	2	0	0	3	.261	.261	.348	.609	2	24
2011	25	9	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	9
4 Yrs		40	42	41	5	6	2	2	2	1	10	.146	.167	.195	.362	2	40
162 Game Avg.		162	170	166	20	24	8	8	8	4	41	.146	.167	.195	.362	8	40

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