John Hester

John G. Hester

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 14, 1983 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Marist School (Atlanta, GA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 13th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 2009
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Angels 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.166 [*],
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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
2006	22	ARI-min	Rk	56	227	192	36	52	16	4	6	41	6	2	27	52	.271	.370	.490	.860		94	5	5	0	3	1		MSO · PION
2007	23	ARI-min	A+	79	320	297	38	78	16	1	10	43	4	2	22	64	.263	.316	.424	.740		126	6	1	0	0	0		VIS · CALL
2008	24	ARI-min	AA	92	331	306	38	82	26	2	11	49	3	2	16	78	.268	.302	.474	.776		145	10	2	0	7	0		MOB · SOUL
2009	25	ARI-min	AAA	92	355	329	61	108	31	5	9	66	13	3	22	65	.328	.375	.535	.910		176	7	3	0	1	1		REN · PCL
2009	25	ARI	NL	15	30	28	4	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	7	.250	.300	.429	.729	86	12	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	26	ARI-min	AAA	37	159	138	34	51	12	4	7	29	2	4	16	26	.370	.440	.667	1.107		92	5	3	0	2	1		REN · PCL
2010	26	ARI	NL	38	106	95	9	20	7	0	2	7	1	0	11	32	.211	.292	.347	.640	69	33	2	0	0	0	1	2

2011	27	BAL-ARI-min	AAA	92	353	317	26	80	13	0	6	30	0	4	31	80	.252	.324	.350	.674		111	6	3	1	1	0		NFK,REN · IL,PCL
2012	28	BAL-ANA-min	AAA	18	66	61	10	15	4	1	2	6	0	1	4	16	.246	.303	.443	.746		27	2	1	0	0	0		NFK,SLK · IL,PCL
2012	28	LAA	AL	10	17	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	80	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
3 Yrs				63	153	138	14	31	9	0	3	11	1	0	15	42	.225	.301	.355	.656	74	49	3	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	393	355	36	80	23	0	8	28	3	0	39	108	.225	.301	.355	.656	74	126	8	0	0	0	3

ARI (2 yrs)				53	136	123	13	27	9	0	3	11	1	0	13	39	.220	.294	.366	.660	73	45	2	0	0	0	1
LAA (1 yr)				10	17	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	80	4	1	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				53	136	123	13	27	9	0	3	11	1	0	13	39	.220	.294	.366	.660	73	45	2	0	0	0	1
AL (1 yr)				10	17	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	80	4	1	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
2009	25	ARI	NL	15	30	-1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
2010	26	ARI	NL	38	106	-4	-0	0	-5	2	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	0.0	-0.3	0	$	2

2012	28	LAA	AL	10	17	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.488	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	2
3 Seasons				63	153	-5	-1	0	-6	2	-10	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.484	.498	0.1	-0.4	1	$

ARI (2 yrs)				53	136	-5	-1	0	-5	2	-8	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.483	.497	0.0	-0.3	0	$
LAA (1 yr)				10	17	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.488	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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
2009	25	ARI	NL	30	21	4	5.1	111	.300	.250	.272	.300	.346	.429	.431	.729	.777	86	.528	-0.7	-0.1	.667	.250	.179	.0
2010	26	ARI	NL	106	77	10	3.5	106	.295	.211	.268	.292	.338	.347	.422	.640	.760	69	.376	-4.3	-0.4	.584	.263	.137	1.3

2012	28	LAA	AL	17	12	1	2.2	93	.333	.267	.246	.353	.312	.267	.399	.620	.711	80	.211	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.133	.000
3 Yrs				153	110	15	3.6	106	.301	.225	.266	.301	.337	.355	.421	.656	.758	74	.393	-5.3	-0.5	.591	.246	.130	1.5
162 Game Avg.				393	283	39	3.6	106	.301	.225	.266	.301	.337	.355	.421	.656	.758	74	.393	-5.3	-0.5	.591	.246	.130	4

ARI (2 yrs)				136	98	14	3.8	107	.296	.220	.268	.294	.340	.366	.424	.660	.764	73	.413	-5.0	-0.5	.602	.260	.146	1.5
LAA (1 yr)				17	12	1	2.2	93	.333	.267	.246	.353	.312	.267	.399	.620	.711	80	.211	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.133	.000

NL (2 yrs)				136	98	14	3.8	107	.296	.220	.268	.294	.340	.366	.424	.660	.764	73	.413	-5.0	-0.5	.602	.260	.146	1.5
AL (1 yr)				17	12	1	2.2	93	.333	.267	.246	.353	.312	.267	.399	.620	.711	80	.211	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.133	.000

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
2009	25	ARI	NL	30	3.3%	23.3%	6.7%	10.0%	43%	3.50	4.0	28.0	7.0	0.50	0.75	67%	14%	9.1%	21%
2010	26	ARI	NL	106	1.9%	30.2%	10.4%	8.5%	45%	2.91	3.0	47.5	13.6	0.58	0.67	58%	21%	6.5%	23%

2012	28	LAA	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	11.8%	0.0%	0%	1.50	5.0			0.50	0.50	71%	33%	0.0%	13%
3 Yrs				153	2.0%	27.5%	9.8%	7.8%	39%	2.80	3.3	46.0	12.5	0.55	0.66	61%	21%	6.1%	21%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	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
2009	25	ARI	NL	-0.7	-0.1	30	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.84	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.88	1.0	1.35	6
2010	26	ARI	NL	-4.3	-0.4	107	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	.88	-0.3	-0.4	-4.7	-0.5	0.93	-3.9	0.47	5

2012	28	LAA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.00	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.02	-1.4		0
3 Yrs				-5.3	-0.5	155	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	.88	-0.3	-0.5	-5.8	-0.6	0.93	-4.4	0.95	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	25	ARI	NL	0	0	38%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
2010	26	ARI	NL	1	0	24%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	27%	4	3	1	1	1	0	6	3	2

2012	28	LAA	AL	0	0	17%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	26%	59	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	31%	4	3	1	1	1	0	8	4	3

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
2009	25	ARI	NL	30	60%	7	0	0	6	2	1	2	1.35	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		18	3	17%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
2010	26	ARI	NL	106	44%	20	2	0	5	0	0	0	0.47	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		22	2	9%	6	2	33%	68	5	7%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0

2012	28	LAA	AL	17	59%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	4	0	0%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				153	49%	31	3	0	11	2	1	2	0.95	3	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		33	3	9%	10	2	20%	97	8	8%	6	3	50%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	25	ARI	NL	30	110	3.67	72	65%	38%	15%	18%	29%	63%	0%	41%	76%	27%	7%	2	0	13%	4	1	10%	3	1	14%	0	0	0
2010	26	ARI	NL	106	428	4.04	269	63%	32%	17%	28%	23%	68%	3%	43%	75%	20%	5%	5	0	13%	14	7	10%	11	7	19%	0	0	0

2012	28	LAA	AL	17	79	4.65	49	62%	20%	20%	35%	24%	80%	0%	49%	74%	24%	6%	1	0	18%	3	2	12%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				153	617	4.03	390	63%	32%	17%	27%	25%	68%	2%	43%	75%	22%	5%	8	0	14%	21	10	10%	16	9	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
2009	25	15	30	28	4	7	2	1	4	0	2	7	.250	.300	.429	.729	86	12	0	0
2010	26	53	136	123	13	27	9	3	11	1	13	39	.220	.294	.366	.660	73	45	2	1
2011	27	53	136	123	13	27	9	3	11	1	13	39	.220	.294	.366	.660	73	45	2	1
2012	28	63	153	138	14	31	9	3	11	1	15	42	.225	.301	.355	.656	74	49	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2009	25	15	29	27	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	2	7	.222	.276	.407	.683	3	15
2010	26	38	104	94	8	19	7	0	2	7	1	10	32	.202	.279	.340	.619	9	38

2012	28	10	18	16	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.313	.389	.313	.701	2	10
3 Yrs		63	151	137	12	30	9	0	3	10	1	14	42	.219	.291	.350	.642	14	63
162 Game Avg.		162	388	352	31	77	23	0	8	26	3	36	108	.219	.291	.350	.642	36	63

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