Josh Paul
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 19, 1975 in Evanston, IL
High School: Buffalo Grove (Buffalo Grove, IL)
School: Vanderbilt University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999
Final Game: September 26, 2007
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1999 CHW AL 24 C 6 5 46.0 42 40 2 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -52.2 -2 8.22 7.00 .990 6.98 6.12 0 4 5 0 0%
2000 CHW AL 25 C 34 20 193.1 151 130 17 4 5 .974 2.0 12.4 2 6.84 4.32 .991 6.93 6.02 2 6 11 10 48%
2000 CHW AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2000 CHW AL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2001 CHW AL 26 C 56 43 392.0 296 266 24 6 3 .980 -7.0 -21.4 -7 6.66 5.18 .990 7.17 6.12 4 23 44 9 17%
2002 CHW AL 27 C 32 30 263.1 208 200 6 2 1 .990 -3.0 -13.7 -3 7.04 6.44 .993 6.96 6.16 2 12 20 3 13%
2002 CHW AL 27 LF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.14 1.70
2002 CHW AL 27 OF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 1.000 2.36 2.00
2003 TOT MLB 28 C 14 7 73.0 53 47 6 0 1 1.000 3.0 49.3 3 6.53 3.79 .991 6.93 6.01 1 2 3 6 67%
2003 CHW AL 28 C 11 5 54.0 31 27 4 0 0 1.000 2.0 44.4 2 5.17 2.82 .990 6.78 5.88 1 1 2 4 67%
2003 CHW AL 28 DH 1
2003 CHC NL 28 C 3 2 19.0 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 63.2 1 10.42 7.33 .991 7.34 6.47 0 1 1 2 67%
2004 ANA AL 29 C 37 16 168.0 144 134 9 1 2 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.66 3.86 .992 7.12 6.19 2 5 13 4 24%
2004 ANA AL 29 LF 4 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.38 0.50 1.000 2.01 1.72
2004 ANA AL 29 OF 4 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.38 0.50 1.000 2.28 2.05
2004 ANA AL 29 DH 2
2005 LAA AL 30 C 29 9 105.2 89 84 4 1 0 .989 0.0 0.0 0 7.50 3.03 .992 6.81 5.96 0 4 5 2 29%
2005 LAA AL 30 LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
2005 LAA AL 30 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.05
2006 TBD AL 31 C 52 47 400.1 325 303 22 0 4 1.000 -3.0 -9.0 -3 7.31 6.25 .992 7.09 6.32 0 19 43 12 22%
2006 TBD AL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
2006 TBD AL 31 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2007 TBD AL 32 C 35 30 277.2 251 228 21 2 3 .992 1.0 4.3 1 8.07 7.11 .991 7.28 6.41 4 13 13 9 41%
9 Seasons C 295 207 1919.1 1559 1432 111 16 19 .990 -9.0 -5.6 -9 7.24 5.23 .991 7.08 6.17 15 88 157 55 26%
5 Seasons LF 9 2 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 27.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.73 0.56 .980 2.04 1.74
5 Seasons OF 9 2 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 27.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.73 0.56 1.000 2.35 2.03
2 Seasons DH 3
9 Seasons TOT 304 209 1945.1 1564 1437 111 16 19 .990 -8.4 -5.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 -9 7.16 5.09 .981 7.01 6.04 15 88 157 55 26%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1999 CHW AL 24 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHW AL 25 36 20 36 35 0 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
2001 CHW AL 26 57 43 57 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
2002 CHW AL 27 33 31 33 33 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
2003 CHW AL 28 13 5 13 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2003 CHC NL 28 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ANA AL 29 46 18 46 41 0 37 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 7 8
2005 LAA AL 30 34 9 34 31 0 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 4
2006 TBD AL 31 58 47 58 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
2007 TBD AL 32 35 30 35 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
9 Seasons 321 210 321 303 0 295 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 1 15 37
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1999 CHW AL 24 229 6.26 7.04 1 100% 0 0 40 1 1 2 36 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHW AL 25 852 4.05 4.42 4 100% 0 0 131 3 0 1 127 16 1 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 3 100%
2001 CHW AL 26 1783 4.71 5.19 18 94% 0 0 266 12 3 8 243 24 6 0 0 8 6 0 1 5 0 3 0 1 1 4 100%
2002 CHW AL 27 1195 5.23 5.98 11 100% 0 0 202 9 1 4 188 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 CHW AL 28 228 3.83 4.17 0 0 0 27 0 0 2 25 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHC NL 28 75 1.42 1.42 2 100% 0 0 20 1 0 0 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2004 ANA AL 29 769 4.07 4.29 1 100% 1 0 134 1 0 4 129 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2005 LAA AL 30 462 5.03 5.37 2 100% 0 0 84 1 0 0 83 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2006 TBD AL 31 1830 4.61 4.92 16 88% 0 0 301 11 1 3 286 24 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 5 60%
2007 TBD AL 32 1271 4.89 5.15 12 100% 0 0 228 10 2 5 211 21 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
9 Seasons 8694 4.66 5.07 67 96% 1 0 1433 49 8 29 1347 110 16 1 0 36 16 0 3 13 0 20 0 2 3 16 88%
MLB Averages 4.47 4.87 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1999 CHW AL 24 0 4 96 5 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.05
2000 CHW AL 25 2 6 309 11 10 8 48% 11 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 27 11 1.01 1.11
2001 CHW AL 26 4 23 644 44 9 7 17% 37 6 7 2 0 1 0 0 86 14 1.19 1.39
2002 CHW AL 27 2 12 406 20 3 2 13% 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 4 1.32 1.51
2003 CHW AL 28 1 1 71 2 4 3 67% 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.47 2.24
2003 CHC NL 28 0 1 24 1 2 1 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.17 1.36
2004 ANA AL 29 2 5 292 13 4 4 24% 13 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 7 1.52 1.34
2005 LAA AL 30 0 4 159 5 2 2 29% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 3.69 1.25
2006 TBD AL 31 0 19 661 43 12 9 22% 39 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 78 17 1.25 1.31
2007 TBD AL 32 4 13 494 13 9 9 41% 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 9 1.55 1.00
9 Seasons 15 88 3156 157 55 45 26% 141 49 16 5 0 1 1 0 324 71 1.34 1.31
MLB Averages 30% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 100% 25% 0
2002 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 44% 82% 44% 3 100%
2004 ANA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 53% 70% 42% 4 50%
2005 LAA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 14 64% 86% 36% 2 0%
2006 TBD AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 60% 60% 20% 0
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 114 52% 76% 40% 9 56%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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