John Jaso

John Edward Jaso

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 19, 1983 in Chula Vista, CA
High School: McKinleyville (McKinleyville, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 12th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2008
Team: Rays 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$427k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.032, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2003	19	TBD-min	A-	47	188	154	20	35	7	0	2	20	2	0	25	26	.227	.344	.312	.656		48	2	4	2	3	3	HDV · NYPL
2004	20	TBD-min	A-	57	225	199	34	60	17	2	2	35	1	0	22	32	.302	.378	.437	.815		87	0	3	0	1	2	HDV · NYPL
2005	21	TBD-min	A	92	386	332	61	102	25	1	14	50	3	1	42	53	.307	.383	.515	.898		171	10	4	0	8	2	BTC · MIDW
2006	22	TBD-min	A+	95	406	366	58	113	22	0	10	55	1	2	31	48	.309	.362	.451	.813		165	8	3	0	6	1	VIS · CALL
2007	23	TBD-min	AA	109	450	380	62	120	24	2	12	71	2	2	59	49	.316	.408	.484	.893		184	8	4	2	5	1	MTG · SOUL
2008	24	TBD-min	AA,AAA	116	474	392	65	107	20	2	12	67	2	1	72	47	.273	.391	.426	.817		167	14	6	1	3	1	MTG,DHM · SOUL,IL
2008	24	TBR	AL	5	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	/2

2010	26	TBD-min	AAA	3	12	11	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.364	.333	.455	.788		5	0	0	0	1	0	DHM · IL
2010	26	TBR	AL	109	404	339	57	89	18	3	5	44	4	0	59	39	.263	.372	.378	.750	111	128	8	2	1	3	1	2/3	RoY-5
2011	27	TBD-min	AAA	6	22	20	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	.300	.364	.400	.764		8	1	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
2011	27	TBR	AL	89	273	246	26	55	15	1	5	27	1	2	25	36	.224	.298	.354	.651	85	87	9	1	1	0	0	2
3 Seasons				203	687	595	85	146	33	4	10	71	5	2	84	77	.245	.340	.365	.705	99	217	18	3	2	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	548	475	68	117	26	3	8	57	4	2	67	61	.245	.340	.365	.705	99	173	14	2	2	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2008	24	TBR	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

2010	26	TBR	AL	404	7	1	-1	0	-3	4	14	23	2.3	26	2.6	-0.3	$	2/3	RoY-5
2011	27	TBR	AL	273	-4	-0	-1	-1	-5	4	9	2	0.2	7	0.7	-0.5	$427,200	2
3 Seasons				687	2	1	-2	-1	-8	9	23	24	2.4	31	3.2	-0.8	$427,200

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	24	TBR	AL	10	9	0	0.0	106	.250	.200	.270	.200	.337	.200	.422	.400	.759	7	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.222	.000	.000

2010	26	TBR	AL	404	262	52	5.3	95	.282	.263	.255	.372	.321	.378	.398	.750	.719	111	.558	8.3	0.8	.748	.301	.115	4.4
2011	27	TBR	AL	273	203	24	3.2	92	.244	.224	.249	.298	.312	.354	.394	.651	.706	85	.334	-4.4	-0.4	.554	.228	.130	1.7
3 Seasons				687	474	76	4.3	94	.266	.245	.252	.340	.318	.365	.397	.705	.714	99	.462	2.5	0.2	.655	.266	.119	6.7
162 Game Avg.				548	378	61	4.3	94	.266	.245	.252	.340	.318	.365	.397	.705	.714	99	.462	2	0	.655	.266	.119	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2010	26	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	3	11	10	3	1	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	3
2011	27	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	2	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							5	15	14	3	1	1	3	.214	.267	.214	.481	3
2 ALDS							5	15	14	3	1	1	3	.214	.267	.214	.481	3

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	24	TBR	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			0.60	0.75	80%	25%	0.0%	20%

2010	26	TBR	AL	404	1.2%	9.7%	14.6%	6.4%	29%	0.66	8.7	67.8	7.7	0.80	1.07	74%	19%	3.5%	15%
2011	27	TBR	AL	273	1.8%	13.2%	9.2%	7.7%	38%	1.44	6.8	49.2	9.1	0.76	1.01	75%	18%	5.0%	15%
3 Seasons				687	1.5%	11.2%	12.2%	6.8%	32%	0.92	7.7	59.5	8.4	0.78	1.04	74%	19%	4.1%	15%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	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	24	TBR	AL	-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.91	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.83	-1.6	1.76	3

2010	26	TBR	AL	7.4	0.7	427	-0.1	6.7	-6.8	.99	0.6	-0.7	8.2	0.8	0.97	7.1	1.76	12
2011	27	TBR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	276	-0.8	4.0	-4.7	.93	-0.6	-0.2	-13.0	-1.3	1.04	-7.2	1.32	15
3 Seasons				1.5	0.1	713	-0.9	10.8	-11.7	.97	-0.1	-0.9	-6.3	-0.7	1.00	-1.6	1.54	30

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
2008	24	TBR	AL	0	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	26	TBR	AL	3	0	36%	188	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	26	51%	21	13	6	6	3	3	16	3	13
2011	27	TBR	AL	1	0	28%	102	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	36%	12	7	5	6	6	0	4	1	3
3 Seasons				4	0	34%	294	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	29	46%	34	21	11	12	9	3	20	4	16

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	24	TBR	AL	10	80%	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2010	26	TBR	AL	404	86%	89	9	2	12	1	0	1	1.76	5	0	12	4	1	1	4	0	4	1	25%	63	8	13%	31	14	45%	239	39	16%	39	20	51%	19	12	63%	0
2011	27	TBR	AL	273	86%	55	8	0	15	2	0	0	1.32	5	0	7	5	0	3	2	0	2	1	50%	42	9	21%	22	5	23%	175	23	13%	17	8	47%	12	6	50%	0
3 Seasons				687	86%	146	17	2	30	3	0	1	1.54	10	0	19	9	1	4	6	0	6	2	33%	108	18	17%	53	19	36%	418	62	15%	56	28	50%	31	18	58%	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	24	TBR	AL	10	39	3.90	24	62%	42%	13%	13%	33%	58%	0%	36%	79%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	2	1	10%	1	0	100%	0	0	0

2010	26	TBR	AL	404	1657	4.10	953	58%	43%	7%	18%	32%	57%	1%	33%	87%	13%	5%	21	1	16%	64	11	15%	62	19	41%	0	0	0
2011	27	TBR	AL	273	1109	4.06	677	61%	40%	7%	22%	31%	60%	0%	37%	88%	18%	8%	21	1	15%	42	8	11%	29	12	25%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				687	2805	4.08	1654	59%	42%	7%	19%	32%	58%	0%	34%	88%	16%	6%	42	2	16%	108	20	13%	92	31	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	24	5	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	1	0	0	0	0
2009	25	5	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	1	0	0	0	0
2010	26	114	414	349	59	91	18	3	5	44	4	0	59	41	.261	.368	.372	.741	108	130	9	2	1	3	1
2011	27	203	687	595	85	146	33	4	10	71	5	2	84	77	.245	.340	.365	.705	99	217	18	3	2	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	24	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

2010	26	109	413	345	63	95	19	3	5	49	4	63	39	.275	.387	.391	.779	53	109
2011	27	89	279	251	30	60	16	1	5	32	1	27	36	.239	.315	.371	.686	30	89
3 Seasons		203	702	606	93	155	35	4	10	81	5	90	77	.256	.353	.376	.730	83	203
162 Game Avg.		162	560	484	74	124	28	3	8	65	4	72	61	.256	.353	.376	.730	66	203

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Batting - 2 (2144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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