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George Kottaras \kuh-TAR-us\

George Kottaras (twitter: @GeorgeKottaras)

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

Born: May 16, 1983 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/RedSox/Athletics/Royals 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.149, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Lapa/Leventhal [*]
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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	TOT	MLB	85	209	171	20	36	6	1	9	31	0	0	37	48	.211	.351	.415	.766	108	71	4	0	1	0	1	2/3D
2012	29	MIL	NL	58	116	86	10	18	4	0	3	12	0	0	29	24	.209	.409	.360	.769	108	31	2	0	1	0	1	2/3D
2012	29	OAK	AL	27	93	85	10	18	2	1	6	19	0	0	8	24	.212	.280	.471	.750	104	40	2	0	0	0	0	2
2013	30	KCR	AL	8	18	13	4	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	6	.154	.389	.462	.850	133	6	1	0	0	0	0	/2
6 Yrs				257	712	605	79	132	37	3	25	86	2	1	96	151	.218	.322	.413	.735	96	250	13	0	3	8	2
162 Game Avg.				162	449	381	50	83	23	2	16	54	1	1	61	95	.218	.322	.413	.735	96	158	8	0	2	5	1

MIL (3 yrs)				174	489	409	49	89	22	2	17	55	2	1	72	94	.218	.331	.406	.737	98	166	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
KCR (1 yr)				8	18	13	4	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	6	.154	.389	.462	.850	133	6	1	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				27	93	85	10	18	2	1	6	19	0	0	8	24	.212	.280	.471	.750	104	40	2	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				83	223	196	30	43	15	1	8	31	0	0	24	57	.219	.300	.429	.729	92	84	4	0	0	3	0
NL (3 yrs)				174	489	409	49	89	22	2	17	55	2	1	72	94	.218	.331	.406	.737	98	166	9	0	3	5	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		/2
2009	26	BOS	AL	45	107	-4	0	0	-4	2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.486	.496	0.2	-0.2	2	$400,000	2/D5
2010	27	MIL	NL	67	250	-2	-1	-0	1	4	2	0.2	8	10	0.9	.503	.501	0.8	0.5	9	$408,500	2/39
2011	28	MIL	NL	49	123	0	-0	-0	-1	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.6	0.1	6	$440,000	2
2012	29	MIL	NL	58	116	2	0	0	-2	1	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.8	-0.1	8	$700,000	2/3D
2012	29	OAK	AL	27	93	-0	-0	1	-2	2	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.5	-0.0	5		2
2013	30	KCR	AL	8	18	1	0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$1,000,000	/2
6 Seasons				257	712	-3	-1	0	-8	11	-1	-0.1	24	22	2.2	.500	.500	3.0	0.3	30	$2,948,500

MIL (3 yrs)				174	489	1	-1	-0	-2	7	4	0.4	15	20	1.9	.503	.501	2.1	0.5	22	$1,548,500
BOS (2 yrs)				48	112	-5	1	0	-4	2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	0.2	-0.2	2	$400,000
KCR (1 yr)				8	18	1	0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$1,000,000
OAK (1 yr)				27	93	-0	-0	1	-2	2	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.5	-0.0	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	1	4	3	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0
2011	28	MIL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	5	5	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2012	29	OAK	AL	ALDS	DET	L	4	5	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2 Yrs (3 Series)							7	14	12	2	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	1
1 ALDS							4	5	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
1 NLDS							1	4	3	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0
1 NLCS							2	5	5	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2008	BOS	AL	25	C	2	0	0	8.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	5.62	2.50	.992	7.31	7.20	0	0	0	0			0
2009	BOS	AL	26	C	39	25	25	243.2	205	196	8	1	1	.995	-5	-4	-25	-19	7.53	5.23	.992	7.48	7.39	8	14	26	5	16%	26%	0
2009	BOS	AL	26	DH	3	0
2009	BOS	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1	0	180	0	4.50	2.00	.955	2.70	2.60
2010	MIL	NL	27	C	61	60	59	541.2	458	434	20	4	4	.991	-5	1	-11	3	7.54	7.44	.992	8.05	7.97	4	19	44	8	15%	29%	0
2010	MIL	NL	27	1B	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	4.50	0.50	.990	9.45	9.15
2010	MIL	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
2010	MIL	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
2011	MIL	NL	28	C	36	31	15	253.0	179	171	8	0	0	1.000	0	-1	0	-5	6.37	4.97	.992	7.98	7.96	2	4	18	3	14%	28%	0
2012	TOT	MLB	29	C	54	49	32	410.1	345	326	15	4	0	.988	-3	-4	-9	-11	7.48	6.31	.993	8.16	8.10	3	12	38	8	17%	26%	0
2012	MIL	NL	29	C	27	24	11	193.1	169	162	7	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	-12	-11	7.87	6.26	.992	8.36	8.26	1	7	21	5	19%	27%	0
2012	MIL	NL	29	1B	6	0	0	9.0	10	10	0	0	2	1.000	-0	0	-45	0	10.00	1.67	.992	9.30	9.18
2012	MIL	NL	29	DH	1	1
2012	OAK	AL	29	C	27	25	21	217.0	176	164	8	4	0	.977	-1	-2	-6	-10	7.13	6.37	.993	7.99	7.94	2	5	17	3	15%	25%	0
2013	KCR	AL	30	C	7	3	2	32.0	25	21	3	1	0	.960	-1	0	-54	0	6.75	3.43	.992	8.41	8.36	2	2	5	1	17%	24%	0
	6 Seasons			C	199	168	133	1488.2	1217	1153	54	10	5	.992	-14	-7	-12	-5	7.30	6.07	.992	7.98	7.90	19	51	131	25	16%	27%	0
	2 Seasons			1B	8	0	0	11.0	11	11	0	0	2	1.000	-0	0	-37	0	9.00	1.38	.992	9.33	9.18
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1	0	180	0	4.50	2.00	.955	2.70	2.60
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	6 Seasons			TOT	209	168	133	1504.2	1230	1164	56	10	7	.992	-14	-7	-11	-4	7.30	5.84	.992	7.97	7.89	19	51	131	25	16%	27%	0

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 20th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed May 26, 2003.
September 5, 2006: the San Diego Padres sent George Kottaras to the Boston Red Sox to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 2006. August 31, 2006: The San Diego Padres sent a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for David Wells.
November 18, 2009: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Boston Red Sox.
November 18, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 28, 2012: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Fautino De Los Santos.
January 25, 2013: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2009	26	Boston Red Sox	$400,000
2010	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$408,500
2011	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$440,000
2012	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$700,000	contracts
2013	30	Kansas City Royals	$1,000,000
2013 Status		2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,948,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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