Paul Hoover

Paul Chester Hoover

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 14, 1976 in Columbus, OH
High School: Steubenville HS (Steubenville, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2001
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Phillies/DevilRays 2001-2010

Final Game: September 29, 2010
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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
1997	21	PRI	Rk	66	284	251	55	76	16	4	4	37	7	4	20	37	.303	.363	.446	.809		112	3	6	3	4	0		PRI · APPY
1998	22	TBD-min	A-,A	113	476	393	75	112	30	2	7	56	28	4	61	73	.285	.397	.425	.822		167	5	16	0	6	4		HDV,CHS · NYPL,SALL
1999	23	TBD-min	A+	118	482	408	66	111	13	6	8	54	23	7	54	81	.272	.376	.392	.768		160	13	16	0	4	3		SPT · FLOR
2000	24	TBD-min	AA,AAA	110	457	370	54	93	20	4	3	44	10	8	67	71	.251	.382	.351	.733		130	5	14	1	5	2		ORL,DHM · SOUL,IL
2001	25	TBD-min	AAA	89	320	293	37	63	18	4	3	21	5	3	11	66	.215	.260	.334	.594		98	7	7	8	1	0		DHM · IL
2001	25	TBD	AL	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2002	26	TBD-min	AAA	69	254	227	27	50	12	3	5	20	3	3	18	67	.220	.285	.366	.651		83	2	3	5	1	0		DHM · IL
2002	26	TBD	AL	5	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2

2003	27	FLA-min	AAA	81	279	256	35	69	22	2	5	40	10	3	18	62	.270	.321	.430	.751		110	7	2	2	1	1		ABQ · PCL
2004	28	WSN-TBD-min	AAA	85	279	248	36	72	15	1	2	28	4	0	24	61	.290	.358	.383	.741		95	7	4	0	3	0		EDM,DHM · PCL,IL
2005	29	TBD-min	AAA	79	291	257	32	60	17	1	5	26	5	1	25	56	.233	.314	.366	.679		94	7	5	4	0	1		DHM · IL
2006	30	FLA-min	AAA	92	343	302	38	84	21	1	6	41	3	2	33	71	.278	.351	.414	.765		125	8	3	1	4	1		ABQ · PCL
2006	30	FLA	NL	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	112	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2007	31	FLA-min	AAA,Rk	38	131	121	18	39	12	1	4	25	0	1	7	23	.322	.351	.537	.888		65	3	0	0	3	0		ABQ,JUM · PCL,GULF
2007	31	FLA	NL	3	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	98	3	0	0	0	0	0	/23
2008	32	FLA-min	AAA	50	193	175	27	44	8	0	6	19	1	1	14	44	.251	.316	.400	.716		70	8	3	0	1	0		ABQ · PCL
2008	32	FLA	NL	13	42	40	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.200	.238	.225	.463	22	9	2	0	0	0	1	2
2009	33	PHI-min	AAA	73	281	245	26	62	16	1	1	28	1	1	29	66	.253	.329	.339	.667		83	4	1	1	5	0		LHV · IL
2009	33	PHI	NL	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	297	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	34	PHI-min	AAA	77	286	255	23	63	13	3	2	21	0	0	26	65	.247	.326	.345	.671		88	10	4	1	0	1		LHV · IL
2010	34	PHI	NL	9	25	22	6	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.227	.320	.318	.638	72	7	3	0	0	0	2	/2
7 Yrs				40	105	100	10	25	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	31	.250	.286	.280	.566	51	28	5	0	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	425	405	41	101	12	0	0	32	0	0	20	126	.250	.286	.280	.566	51	113	20	0	0	0	12

FLA (3 yrs)				20	55	53	2	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.245	.273	.264	.537	42	14	2	0	0	0	1
TBD (2 yrs)				8	21	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				12	29	26	6	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	.308	.379	.385	.764	105	10	3	0	0	0	2

NL (5 yrs)				32	84	79	8	21	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	25	.266	.310	.304	.613	63	24	5	0	0	0	3
AL (2 yrs)				8	21	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	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
2001	25	TBD	AL	3	4	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
2002	26	TBD	AL	5	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.459	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/2

2006	30	FLA	NL	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
2007	31	FLA	NL	3	8	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/23
2008	32	FLA	NL	13	42	-5	0	-0	2	1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	-0.4	0.3	-4	$390,000	2
2009	33	PHI	NL	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.537	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
2010	34	PHI	NL	9	25	-2	-0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.466	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
7 Seasons				40	105	-9	0	-1	1	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.482	.499	-0.6	0.3	-5	$390,000

FLA (3 yrs)				20	55	-5	0	-0	2	1	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.487	.499	-0.4	0.3	-3	$390,000
TBD (2 yrs)				8	21	-3	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
PHI (2 yrs)				12	29	-1	-0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	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
2001	25	TBD	AL	4	3	0	0.0	104	.333	.250	.264	.250	.330	.250	.423	.500	.753	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2002	26	TBD	AL	17	14	1	1.9	103	.250	.176	.261	.176	.328	.176	.420	.353	.747	-4	.149	-2.6	-0.2	.214	.000	.000

2006	30	FLA	NL	5	3	1	8.9	108	.400	.400	.266	.400	.336	.400	.432	.800	.768	112	.736	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
2007	31	FLA	NL	8	5	1	5.4	108	.500	.375	.269	.375	.338	.375	.430	.750	.768	98	.526	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.000	.000
2008	32	FLA	NL	42	34	2	1.6	109	.348	.200	.268	.238	.340	.225	.428	.463	.769	22	.112	-4.7	-0.4	.324	.075	.025
2009	33	PHI	NL	4	1	2	53.5	108	1.000	.750	.267	.750	.340	.750	.424	1.500	.764	297	.988	1.1	0.1	3.000	.000	.000
2010	34	PHI	NL	25	20	1	1.3	104	.294	.227	.264	.320	.335	.318	.416	.638	.751	72	.095	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.227	.091
7 Yrs				105	80	8	2.7	106	.362	.250	.266	.286	.336	.280	.424	.566	.760	51	.252	-7.3	-0.7	.413	.080	.030
162 Game Avg.				425	324	32	2.7	106	.362	.250	.266	.286	.336	.280	.424	.566	.760	51	.252	-7.3	-0.7	.413	.080	.030

FLA (3 yrs)				55	42	4	2.6	109	.382	.245	.268	.273	.340	.264	.429	.537	.769	42	.230	-4.7	-0.4	.381	.057	.019
TBD (2 yrs)				21	17	1	1.6	103	.267	.190	.261	.190	.328	.190	.420	.381	.748	3	.109	-3.0	-0.3	.235	.000	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				29	21	3	3.8	105	.400	.308	.265	.379	.335	.385	.418	.764	.753	105	.415	0.3	0.0	.619	.192	.077

NL (5 yrs)				84	63	7	3.0	107	.389	.266	.267	.310	.338	.304	.425	.613	.763	63	.292	-4.3	-0.4	.460	.101	.038
AL (2 yrs)				21	17	1	1.6	103	.267	.190	.261	.190	.328	.190	.420	.381	.748	3	.109	-3.0	-0.3	.235	.000	.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
2001	25	TBD	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			0.50	1.00	75%	33%	0.0%	50%
2002	26	TBD	AL	17	0.0%	29.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.4		8.5	0.71	0.50	71%	8%	0.0%	43%

2006	30	FLA	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				5.0	0.33	0.50	100%	20%	0.0%	33%
2007	31	FLA	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			2.00	2.00	75%	17%	0.0%	50%
2008	32	FLA	NL	42	0.0%	40.5%	4.8%	2.4%	13%	8.50	2.4		20.0	1.56	2.40	55%	13%	0.0%	0%
2009	33	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		4.0	2.00		75%	33%	0.0%	0%
2010	34	PHI	NL	25	0.0%	20.0%	12.0%	8.0%	40%	1.67	4.4		11.0	1.13	2.00	68%	18%	0.0%	38%
7 Yrs				105	0.0%	29.5%	4.8%	2.9%	12%	6.20	3.2		12.5	1.13	1.45	66%	16%	0.0%	28%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	32.6	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	25	TBD	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.84	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.82	-0.6	0.00	1
2002	26	TBD	AL	-2.6	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.16	-0.3	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-2.9	0.00	1

2006	30	FLA	NL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.15	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.23	-0.2	2.49	1
2007	31	FLA	NL	-0.1	-0.0	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.75	-0.0	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.00	-0.4		0
2008	32	FLA	NL	-4.7	-0.4	42	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.84	-0.5	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.83	-5.4		0
2009	33	PHI	NL	1.1	0.1	4	0.4	0.4	-0.0	1.45	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.86	1.1		0
2010	34	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	25	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.74	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.06	-2.0		0
7 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	106	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	.90	-0.9	0.1	-10.4	-1.0	0.94	-10.3	0.83	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
2001	25	TBD	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2002	26	TBD	AL	0	0	33%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2006	30	FLA	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2008	32	FLA	NL	0	0	10%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2009	33	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	34	PHI	NL	0	0	75%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
7 Yrs				0	0	33%	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	7	3	4

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
2001	25	TBD	AL	4	0%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	26	TBD	AL	17	24%	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	2	15%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0

2006	30	FLA	NL	5	100%	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.49	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	8	38%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2008	32	FLA	NL	42	36%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	3	2	67%	21	2	10%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
2009	33	PHI	NL	4	100%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	34	PHI	NL	25	44%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	3	43%	5	1	20%	21	3	14%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				105	40%	25	6	1	3	2	0	0	0.83	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	19	5	26%	14	4	29%	70	9	13%	9	5	56%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			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
2001	25	TBD	AL	4	12	3.00	11	92%	18%	27%	27%	27%	82%	0%	75%	67%	75%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	26	TBD	AL	17	53	3.12	42	79%	21%	24%	26%	29%	79%	0%	62%	70%	41%	0%	0	0	12%	2	2	6%	1	1	40%	0	0	0

2006	30	FLA	NL	5	15	3.00	10	67%	30%	0%	20%	50%	70%	0%	47%	100%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2007	31	FLA	NL	8	28	3.50	19	68%	21%	26%	21%	32%	79%	0%	54%	67%	38%	0%	0	0	25%	2	2	13%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2008	32	FLA	NL	42	166	3.95	118	71%	23%	25%	32%	19%	77%	8%	55%	67%	21%	5%	2	0	12%	5	1	7%	3	2	0%	0	0	0
2009	33	PHI	NL	4	17	4.25	10	59%	10%	30%	30%	30%	90%	0%	53%	67%	25%	0%	0	0	25%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2010	34	PHI	NL	25	101	4.04	63	62%	40%	10%	24%	27%	60%	21%	38%	84%	16%	12%	3	0	20%	5	1	12%	3	1	60%	0	0	0
7 Yrs				105	392	3.73	273	70%	26%	21%	28%	25%	74%	10%	52%	72%	28%	5%	5	0	14%	15	7	8%	8	5	16%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
2001	25	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0
2002	26	8	21	21	2	4	0	2	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0
2003	27	8	21	21	2	4	0	2	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0
2004	28	8	21	21	2	4	0	2	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0
2005	29	8	21	21	2	4	0	2	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0
2006	30	12	26	26	2	6	0	3	0	6	.231	.231	.231	.462	25	6	0	0
2007	31	15	34	34	3	9	0	3	0	8	.265	.265	.265	.529	42	9	0	0
2008	32	28	76	74	4	17	1	5	2	25	.230	.250	.243	.493	31	18	2	1
2009	33	31	80	78	4	20	1	6	2	26	.256	.275	.269	.544	45	21	2	1
2010	34	40	105	100	10	25	3	8	5	31	.250	.286	.280	.566	51	28	5	3

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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
2001	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2002	26	5	18	18	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	5

2006	30	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	4
2007	31	3	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	3
2008	32	13	42	40	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	2	17	.200	.238	.225	.463	2	13
2009	33	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	2	3
2010	34	9	25	22	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	3	5	.227	.320	.318	.638	2	9
7 Yrs		40	106	101	9	25	3	0	0	10	0	5	31	.248	.283	.277	.560	9	40
162 Game Avg.		162	429	409	36	101	12	0	0	41	0	20	126	.248	.283	.277	.560	36	40

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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