J.R. House

James Rodger House

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 11, 1979 in Charleston, WV
High School: Seabreeze HS (Daytona Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 2003
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Astros/Pirates 2003-2008

Final Game: August 19, 2008
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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
1999	19	PIT-min	Rk,A-,A	63	247	224	25	70	15	3	6	36	1	1	20	47	.313	.372	.487	.859		109	3	2	0	1	0		PRA,WPT,HCK · GULF,NYPL,SALL
2000	20	PIT-min	A	110	478	420	78	146	29	1	23	90	1	2	46	91	.348	.414	.586	1.000		246	7	6	0	6	2		HCK · SALL
2001	21	PIT-min	AA	112	470	426	51	110	25	1	11	56	1	1	37	103	.258	.323	.399	.722		170	12	5	0	2	2		ATO · EL
2002	22	PIT-min	AA,Rk	35	125	107	12	29	8	0	3	13	0	0	16	22	.271	.360	.430	.790		46	4	0	0	2	0		ATO,BRD · EL,GULF
2003	23	PIT-min	Rk,AA	40	150	128	28	47	15	0	6	34	0	0	17	16	.367	.433	.625	1.058		80	5	1	0	4	1		BRD,ATO · GULF,EL
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	421	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	24	PIT-min	AAA	92	337	309	38	89	21	1	15	49	1	1	23	72	.288	.344	.508	.852		157	6	4	0	1	1		NVL · PCL
2004	24	PIT	NL	5	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	-16	2	1	0	0	0	0	/2

2006	26	HOU-min	AA,AAA	128	551	493	83	170	38	2	15	105	2	2	41	59	.345	.392	.521	.913		257	13	5	0	12	6		CPC,RRK · TL,PCL
2006	26	HOU	NL	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/23
2007	27	BAL-min	AAA	110	471	419	52	125	32	2	11	66	1	5	43	59	.298	.365	.463	.828		194	11	4	0	5	4		NFK · IL
2007	27	BAL	AL	19	41	38	5	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	11	.211	.268	.500	.768	96	19	0	2	0	0	0	/2D53
2008	28	HOU-min	AAA	127	513	454	63	139	25	0	18	60	1	2	53	52	.306	.378	.480	.858		218	11	2	0	4	0		RRK · PCL
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	29	KCR-min	AAA	127	544	505	58	127	24	0	9	53	0	0	33	57	.251	.297	.352	.650		178	20	1	2	3	0		OMA · PCL
2010	30	NYM-min	AAA	67	243	225	20	57	14	0	4	29	0	0	13	31	.253	.299	.369	.668		83	8	2	2	1	0		BFL · IL
5 Yrs				32	63	60	6	10	3	0	3	4	0	0	1	16	.167	.206	.367	.573	46	22	2	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	319	304	30	51	15	0	15	20	0	0	5	81	.167	.206	.367	.573	46	111	10	10	0	0	0

PIT (2 yrs)				6	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	28	3	1	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				7	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				19	41	38	5	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	11	.211	.268	.500	.768	96	19	0	2	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				13	22	22	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.136	.227	-42	3	2	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				19	41	38	5	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	11	.211	.268	.500	.768	96	19	0	2	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
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.549	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$
2004	24	PIT	NL	5	9	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.465	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2

2006	26	HOU	NL	4	9	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.425	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/23
2007	27	BAL	AL	19	41	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2D53
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
5 Seasons				32	63	-5	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.483	.499	-0.4	0.0	-4	$

PIT (2 yrs)				6	10	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
HOU (2 yrs)				7	12	-4	0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.445	.499	-0.4	0.0	-3	$
BAL (1 yr)				19	41	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	0.0	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
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	0	1		111	1.000	1.000	.271	1.000	.343	1.000	.435	2.000	.778	421	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2004	24	PIT	NL	9	9	0	0.0	110	.143	.111	.268	.111	.340	.222	.435	.333	.775	-16	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.222	.111	.111

2006	26	HOU	NL	9	10	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.442	.000	.785	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
2007	27	BAL	AL	41	30	5	4.4	108	.208	.211	.272	.268	.340	.500	.426	.768	.765	96	.442	-0.5	-0.1	.733	.316	.289	.0
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.335	.000	.421	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				63	52	6	3.1	109	.171	.167	.271	.206	.340	.367	.429	.573	.769	46	.288	-5.2	-0.5	.481	.217	.200	.0
162 Game Avg.				319	263	30	3.1	109	.171	.167	.271	.206	.340	.367	.429	.573	.769	46	.288	-5.2	-0.5	.481	.217	.200

PIT (2 yrs)				10	9	1	3.0	110	.250	.200	.269	.200	.340	.300	.435	.500	.775	28	.278	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.100	.100
HOU (2 yrs)				12	13	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.270	.000	.341	.000	.437	.000	.778	-100	.000	-3.6	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
BAL (1 yr)				41	30	5	4.4	108	.208	.211	.272	.268	.340	.500	.426	.768	.765	96	.442	-0.5	-0.1	.733	.316	.289	.0

NL (4 yrs)				22	22	1	1.2	111	.118	.091	.269	.091	.341	.136	.436	.227	.777	-42	.069	-4.7	-0.4	.136	.045	.045
AL (1 yr)				41	30	5	4.4	108	.208	.211	.272	.268	.340	.500	.426	.768	.765	96	.442	-0.5	-0.1	.733	.316	.289	.0

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
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%	0%
2004	24	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	11.1%	100%		4.5			1.33	1.33	78%	0%	0.0%	33%

2006	26	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%			4.5			2.50	3.00	78%	0%	0.0%	50%
2007	27	BAL	AL	41	7.3%	26.8%	2.4%	12.2%	63%	11.00	3.5	12.7	12.7	0.50	0.67	59%	15%	25.0%	33%
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		3.0	1.00	1.00	67%	50%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				63	4.8%	25.4%	1.6%	9.5%	60%	16.00	3.8	20.0	15.0	0.83	1.06	65%	11%	18.8%	33%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.9%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.99	5.3	32.4	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	23	PIT	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.16	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.5	0.16	1
2004	24	PIT	NL	-1.5	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.53	-0.2	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.75	-1.7	0.14	2

2006	26	HOU	NL	-2.7	-0.3	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.75	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.89	-3.0		0
2007	27	BAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	41	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.92	-0.0	-0.5	-4.4	-0.4	1.02	0.1	1.56	9
2008	28	HOU	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.14	-0.4	0.24	3
5 Yrs				-5.2	-0.5	63	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	.80	-0.5	-0.6	-8.4	-0.8	0.97	-4.7	1.01	15

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
2003	23	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	24	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	26	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	27	BAL	AL	0	0	25%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2008	28	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	30%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

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
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	0%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2004	24	PIT	NL	9	0%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

2006	26	HOU	NL	9	78%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	27	BAL	AL	41	34%	8	2	0	9	1	0	0	1.56	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		10	0	0%	3	0	0%	31	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	33%	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				63	35%	10	2	0	15	2	0	1	1.01	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	7	2	29%	42	2	5%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2003	23	PIT	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%		67%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2004	24	PIT	NL	9	23	2.56	19	83%	16%	11%	37%	37%	84%	0%	70%	88%	56%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2006	26	HOU	NL	9	26	2.89	21	81%	14%	24%	29%	33%	86%	0%	69%	72%	44%	0%	0	0	11%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2007	27	BAL	AL	41	153	3.73	102	67%	24%	27%	23%	26%	76%	0%	51%	64%	44%	2%	1	0	5%	2	1	2%	1	1	27%	0	0	0
2008	28	HOU	NL	3	15	5.00	12	80%	25%	17%	42%	17%	75%	0%	60%	78%	0%	0%	0	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				63	220	3.49	157	71%	22%	24%	27%	28%	78%	0%	56%	70%	43%	2%	1	0	6%	4	2	2%	1	1	25%	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
2003	23	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	421	1	0	0
2004	24	6	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	28	3	1	0
2005	25	6	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	28	3	1	0
2006	26	10	19	19	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	.105	.105	.158	.263	-33	3	2	0
2007	27	29	60	57	6	10	3	3	3	1	15	.175	.217	.386	.603	53	22	2	2
2008	28	32	63	60	6	10	3	3	4	1	16	.167	.206	.367	.573	46	22	2	2

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
2003	23	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
2004	24	5	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

2006	26	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2007	27	19	41	38	5	8	2	0	3	3	0	1	11	.211	.268	.500	.768	4	19
2008	28	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		32	63	60	5	9	2	0	3	4	0	1	16	.150	.190	.333	.524	5	32
162 Game Avg.		162	319	304	25	46	10	0	15	20	0	5	81	.150	.190	.333	.524	25	32

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