George Kottaras

George Kottaras

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 16, 1983 in Scarborough, Ontario, CAN
High School: Milliken Mills HS (Markham, ON)
School: Connors State College (Warner, OK)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 20th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2008
Teams (by GP): Brewers/RedSox 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$700k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.149, 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	20	SDP-min	Rk	42	164	143	27	37	8	1	7	24	1	1	19	36	.259	.348	.476	.823		68	2	1	0	1	1		IDF · PION
2004	21	SDP-min	A	78	326	271	40	84	18	1	7	46	0	0	51	41	.310	.415	.461	.877		125	7	0	1	3	2		FWA · MIDW
2005	22	SDP-min	A+,AA	120	515	438	70	131	36	0	11	65	2	1	69	83	.299	.392	.457	.848		200	7	1	2	5	3		LEL,MOB · CALL,SOUL
2006	23	SDP-min	AA,AAA	111	443	376	54	96	29	2	10	50	0	1	62	98	.255	.361	.423	.784		159	15	2	0	3	4		MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
2007	24	BOS-min	AAA	87	334	294	32	71	22	0	9	39	1	1	32	71	.241	.316	.408	.724		120	12	2	2	4	1		PAW · IL
2008	25	BOS-min	AAA	107	462	395	63	96	18	0	22	65	0	0	64	110	.243	.348	.456	.804		180	6	1	0	2	3		PAW · IL
2008	25	BOS	AL	3	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	26	BOS-min	AAA	10	30	24	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.292	.433	.417	.850		10	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2009	26	BOS	AL	45	107	93	15	22	11	0	1	10	0	0	11	25	.237	.308	.387	.696	78	36	1	0	0	3	0	2/D5
2010	27	MIL	NL	67	250	212	24	43	12	1	9	26	2	0	33	44	.203	.305	.396	.701	88	84	5	0	1	4	1	2/39
2011	28	MIL-min	AAA	29	118	102	19	35	8	1	4	21	0	1	16	29	.343	.432	.559	.991		57	4	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2011	28	MIL	NL	49	123	111	15	28	6	1	5	17	0	1	10	26	.252	.311	.459	.771	107	51	2	0	1	1	0	2
2012	29	MIL	NL	29	66	46	8	10	1	0	3	9	0	0	19	12	.217	.446	.435	.881	140	20	2	0	1	0	1	2/3
5 Yrs				193	551	467	63	104	31	2	18	62	2	1	73	109	.223	.323	.413	.736	96	193	10	0	3	8	2
162 Game Avg.				162	462	392	53	87	26	2	15	52	2	1	61	91	.223	.323	.413	.736	96	162	8	0	3	7	2

MIL (3 yrs)				145	439	369	47	81	19	2	17	52	2	1	62	82	.220	.328	.420	.748	101	155	9	0	3	5	2
BOS (2 yrs)				48	112	98	16	23	12	0	1	10	0	0	11	27	.235	.304	.388	.691	77	38	1	0	0	3	0

NL (3 yrs)				145	439	369	47	81	19	2	17	52	2	1	62	82	.220	.328	.420	.748	101	155	9	0	3	5	2
AL (2 yrs)				48	112	98	16	23	12	0	1	10	0	0	11	27	.235	.304	.388	.691	77	38	1	0	0	3	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	25	BOS	AL	3	5	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
2009	26	BOS	AL	45	107	-4	0	0	-4	2	-6	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.496	0.1	-0.2	1	$400,000	2/D5
2010	27	MIL	NL	67	250	-2	-1	-0	1	4	1	0.1	7	8	0.8	.502	.501	0.7	0.5	7	$408,500	2/39
2011	28	MIL	NL	49	123	1	-0	-0	-1	2	1	0.1	3	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	0.1	6	$440,000	2
2012	29	MIL	NL	29	66	3	1	-0	-1	0	3	0.4	2	5	0.6	.512	.502	0.6	-0.0	6	$	2/3
5 Seasons				193	551	-3	-0	-1	-5	7	-1	-0.0	16	15	1.6	.500	.500	2.0	0.4	20	$1,248,500

MIL (3 yrs)				145	439	2	-1	-1	-1	6	6	0.6	12	18	1.9	.504	.501	1.9	0.6	19	$848,500
BOS (2 yrs)				48	112	-5	1	0	-4	2	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$400,000

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	25	BOS	AL	5	4	0	0.0	111	.333	.200	.276	.200	.345	.400	.434	.600	.779	50	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
2009	26	BOS	AL	107	75	12	4.3	112	.300	.237	.273	.308	.343	.387	.438	.696	.781	78	.423	-2.4	-0.2	.653	.269	.151	.0
2010	27	MIL	NL	250	179	27	4.0	102	.209	.203	.262	.305	.332	.396	.413	.701	.745	88	.442	-3.3	-0.3	.684	.358	.193	3.3
2011	28	MIL	NL	123	88	16	4.9	101	.284	.252	.263	.311	.330	.459	.409	.771	.739	107	.545	0.7	0.1	.698	.288	.207	.0
2012	29	MIL	NL	66	39	10	6.9	103	.226	.217	.263	.446	.331	.435	.415	.881	.746	140	.681	3.9	0.4	1.026	.630	.217	.0
5 Yrs				551	385	65	4.5	104	.247	.223	.264	.323	.334	.413	.417	.736	.751	96	.488	-1.5	-0.1	.714	.349	.191	3.6
162 Game Avg.				462	323	55	4.5	104	.247	.223	.264	.323	.334	.413	.417	.736	.751	96	.488	-1.5	-0.1	.714	.349	.191	3

MIL (3 yrs)				439	306	53	4.6	102	.233	.220	.262	.328	.331	.420	.412	.748	.743	101	.510	1.3	0.1	.732	.371	.201	3.6
BOS (2 yrs)				112	79	12	4.1	112	.301	.235	.273	.304	.343	.388	.438	.691	.781	77	.400	-2.8	-0.3	.645	.265	.153	.0

NL (3 yrs)				439	306	53	4.6	102	.233	.220	.262	.328	.331	.420	.412	.748	.743	101	.510	1.3	0.1	.732	.371	.201	3.6
AL (2 yrs)				112	79	12	4.1	112	.301	.235	.273	.304	.343	.388	.438	.691	.781	77	.400	-2.8	-0.3	.645	.265	.153	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	1	4	3	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	5	5	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	9	8	2	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111
1 NLDS							1	4	3	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250
1 NLCS							2	5	5	1	0	1	.000	.000	.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
2008	25	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		2.5			2.00	1.00	60%	0%	0.0%	0%
2009	26	BOS	AL	107	0.9%	23.4%	10.3%	11.2%	55%	2.27	3.7	93.0	9.3	0.48	0.61	65%	18%	2.4%	15%
2010	27	MIL	NL	250	3.6%	17.6%	13.2%	8.8%	51%	1.33	4.8	23.6	8.2	0.76	0.86	65%	17%	10.8%	15%
2011	28	MIL	NL	123	4.1%	21.1%	8.1%	9.8%	43%	2.60	4.3	22.2	6.5	1.05	1.61	66%	18%	12.8%	7%
2012	29	MIL	NL	66	4.6%	18.2%	28.8%	6.1%	40%	0.63	3.8	15.3	5.1	0.65	1.33	47%	17%	15.8%	5%
5 Yrs				551	3.3%	19.8%	13.3%	9.3%	49%	1.49	4.3	25.9	7.5	0.75	0.97	63%	17%	9.8%	12%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	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
2008	25	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	5	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	0.0	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.98	0.4		0
2009	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	108	-0.1	1.2	-1.4	.70	-0.4	0.2	-3.0	-0.3	0.90	-2.3	1.00	2
2010	27	MIL	NL	-3.3	-0.3	258	-0.2	4.1	-4.3	.96	0.4	-0.7	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	2.1	1.66	2
2011	28	MIL	NL	0.7	0.1	127	0.6	2.3	-1.7	.95	0.7	0.0	5.4	0.5	0.98	4.9	1.51	11
2012	29	MIL	NL	3.9	0.4	69	0.6	2.0	-1.4	1.50	0.3	0.1	3.3	0.3	1.04	4.4	2.62	11
5 Yrs				-1.6	-0.1	567	0.9	9.7	-8.8	.97	1.0	-0.1	4.0	0.4	0.97	9.4	1.95	26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	25	BOS	AL	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	BOS	AL	0	44%	55	0	0		0	0	0	1	3	50%	9	6	3	2	1	1	7	1	5
2010	27	MIL	NL	4	22%	85	2	0	100%	2	0	1	6	3	24%	11	10	1	2	1	1	8	4	3
2011	28	MIL	NL	1	30%	35	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	3	27%	5	5	0	1	1	0	5	2	3
2012	29	MIL	NL	0	19%	29	0	0		0	0	1	0	3	43%	3	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	1
5 Yrs				5	28%	208	2	1	67%	2	1	2	7	13	35%	28	24	4	7	3	4	22	7	12

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	25	BOS	AL	5	60%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	26	BOS	AL	107	79%	22	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	11	3	27%	65	9	14%	7	4	57%	3	1	33%	0
2010	27	MIL	NL	250	72%	43	4	0	2	0	0	0	1.66	9	0	6	7	2	5	4	0	1	1	100%	45	5	11%	23	8	35%	156	19	12%	19	10	53%	7	3	43%	0
2011	28	MIL	NL	123	80%	28	2	0	11	2	0	2	1.51	5	0	0	4	1	1	4	0	1	1	100%	23	2	9%	11	7	64%	68	12	18%	6	6	100%	1	1	100%	0
2012	29	MIL	NL	66	82%	10	0	0	11	4	1	2	2.62	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	2	1	50%	13	2	15%	6	3	50%	47	6	13%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				551	77%	104	8	0	26	6	1	4	1.95	18	0	13	15	3	8	10	0	4	3	75%	104	10	10%	51	21	41%	339	46	14%	34	20	59%	14	7	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			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	25	BOS	AL	5	17	3.40	13	76%	31%	31%	15%	23%	69%	0%	53%	56%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2009	26	BOS	AL	107	405	3.79	245	60%	32%	15%	24%	29%	68%	0%	41%	78%	32%	4%	4	0	16%	17	6	9%	10	4	40%	0	0	0
2010	27	MIL	NL	250	1017	4.07	593	58%	36%	12%	22%	29%	64%	1%	37%	81%	22%	8%	21	1	19%	47	13	17%	43	29	32%	0	0	0
2011	28	MIL	NL	124	472	3.81	294	62%	32%	18%	21%	30%	68%	0%	42%	74%	22%	5%	6	2	10%	13	2	12%	15	7	38%	-1	0	0
2012	29	MIL	NL	66	314	4.76	161	51%	37%	14%	27%	22%	63%	3%	32%	77%	20%	9%	6	1	21%	14	4	21%	14	2	33%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				552	2225	4.03	1306	59%	35%	14%	23%	28%	65%	1%	38%	78%	24%	7%	37	4	16%	91	25	15%	82	42	35%	-1	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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	25	3	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	50	2	0	0	0	0
2009	26	48	112	98	16	23	12	0	1	10	0	0	11	27	.235	.304	.388	.691	77	38	1	0	3	0
2010	27	115	362	310	40	66	24	1	10	36	2	0	44	71	.213	.305	.394	.698	84	122	6	1	7	1
2011	28	164	485	421	55	94	30	2	15	53	2	1	54	97	.223	.306	.411	.717	90	173	8	2	8	1
2012	29	193	551	467	63	104	31	2	18	62	2	1	73	109	.223	.323	.413	.736	96	193	10	3	8	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
2008	25	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2009	26	45	107	93	14	22	11	0	1	10	0	11	25	.237	.308	.387	.696	11	45
2010	27	67	252	213	25	44	12	1	9	27	2	34	44	.207	.311	.399	.710	27	67
2011	28	49	124	112	16	29	6	1	5	18	0	10	26	.259	.317	.464	.781	17	49
2012	29	29	66	46	8	10	1	0	3	9	0	19	12	.217	.446	.435	.881	9	29
5 Yrs		193	554	469	63	105	30	2	18	64	2	74	109	.224	.325	.412	.736	64	193
162 Game Avg.		162	465	394	53	88	25	2	15	54	2	62	91	.224	.325	.412	.736	54	193

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