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Josh Phelps

Joshua Lee Phelps

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 12, 1978 in Anchorage, AK
High School: Lakeland HS (Rathdrum, ID)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 2000
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Pirates/DevilRays/Yankees/Indians/... 2000-2008
Agents: Steve Canter [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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 Awards
2000 TOR AL 22 C 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .990 6.90 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TOR AL 23 C 7 4 1 37.0 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 1 32 7.30 4.29 .990 7.18 7.11 0 0 4 2 33% 29% 0
2002 TOR AL 24 DH 71 70 RoY-6
2002 TOR AL 24 1B 2 1 0 9.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 4.50 .993 9.30 9.25 RoY-6
2003 TOR AL 25 DH 107 97
2003 TOR AL 25 1B 8 8 3 61.0 61 55 4 2 2 .967 -1 -1 -24 -20 8.70 7.38 .993 9.55 9.46
2004 TOT AL 26 DH 81 77
2004 TOT AL 26 1B 20 18 14 155.2 151 144 4 3 8 .980 -3 -2 -23 -15 8.56 7.40 .994 9.31 9.25
2004 TOR AL 26 DH 65 64
2004 TOR AL 26 1B 12 11 11 99.2 105 101 2 2 7 .981 -0 -1 -5 -12 9.30 8.58 .994 9.31 9.25
2004 CLE AL 26 DH 16 13
2004 CLE AL 26 1B 8 7 3 56.0 46 43 2 1 1 .978 -3 -1 -56 -21 7.23 5.63 .994 9.31 9.25
2005 TBD AL 27 DH 42 41
2005 TBD AL 27 1B 1 0 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.50 5.00 .994 9.60 9.50
2007 TOT MLB 29 1B 51 28 14 259.4 291 274 14 3 28 .990 -1 -3 -6 -13 9.99 5.65 .994 9.31 9.23
2007 TOT MLB 29 DH 7 2
2007 TOT MLB 29 C 4 2 1 17.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -71 0 5.29 2.50 .991 7.36 7.32 0 1 4 0 0% 24% 0
2007 NYY AL 29 1B 29 20 8 162.2 179 167 9 3 16 .983 -3 -4 -22 -30 9.74 6.07 .995 9.37 9.27
2007 NYY AL 29 DH 6 1
2007 NYY AL 29 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 7.20 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 1B 22 8 6 96.2 112 107 5 0 12 1.000 2 1 20 12 10.43 5.09 .993 9.22 9.17
2007 PIT NL 29 C 3 2 1 16.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -75 0 5.62 3.33 .991 7.37 7.37 0 1 4 0 0% 24% 0
2007 PIT NL 29 DH 1 1
2008 STL NL 30 OF 5 5 2 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -70 -116 1.45 1.00 .984 2.21 2.20
2008 STL NL 30 1B 4 1 0 17.0 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 0 -1 0 -71 9.53 4.50 .992 9.32 9.28
2008 STL NL 30 LF 3 3 2 21.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -120 -114 0.43 0.33 .980 1.89 1.90
2008 STL NL 30 RF 2 2 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 36 -120 3.60 2.00 .982 2.16 2.10
6 Seasons 1B 86 56 31 508.0 535 505 22 8 42 .985 -6 -7 -13 -16 9.34 6.13 .994 9.34 9.26
3 Seasons C 12 6 2 57.0 41 38 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.47 3.42 .990 7.22 7.16 0 1 8 2 20% 27% 0
1 Season OF 5 5 2 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -70 -116 1.45 1.00 .984 2.21 2.20
1 Season LF 3 3 2 21.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -120 -114 0.43 0.33 .980 1.89 1.90
1 Season RF 2 2 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 36 -120 3.60 2.00 .982 2.16 2.10
8 Seasons TOT 103 67 35 596.0 581 548 25 8 42 .986 -7 -13 -15 -28 8.65 5.56 .994 8.77 8.67 0 1 8 2 20% 27% 0
Lg 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 Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2000 TOR AL 22 C 0 0 0
2001 TOR AL 23 C 1 32 1
2002 TOR AL 24 1B 0 0 0 0 -0 0
2003 TOR AL 25 1B -1 -24 -1 -0 -1 0 -1 -20 -1
2004 TOR AL 26 1B -0 -5 -0 -0 -0 0 -1 -12 0 0
2004 CLE AL 26 1B -3 -56 -3 -2 -1 0 -1 -21 -1 0
2005 TBD AL 27 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 29 1B -3 -22 -3 -0 -3 0 -4 -30 -3
2007 NYY AL 29 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 1B 2 20 2 0 1 0 1 12 1
2007 PIT NL 29 C -1 -75 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 STL NL 30 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -71 -1
2008 STL NL 30 LF -2 -120 -1 -1 -0 -1 -2 -114 -1 -1
2008 STL NL 30 RF 0 36 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 -1 0
6 Seasons 1B -6 -13 -6 -2 -4 0 -7 -16 -5 0
3 Seasons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season LF -2 -120 -1 -1 -0 -1 -2 -114 -1 -1
1 Season RF 0 36 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 -1 0
8 Seasons TOT -13 -15 -11 -4 -7 0 -1 -1 -13 -28 -7 0 -1 0 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2000 TOR AL 22 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TOR AL 23 8 4 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2002 TOR AL 24 74 71 74 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 2 0
2003 TOR AL 25 119 105 119 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 14 0
2004 TOR AL 26 79 75 79 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 3 0
2004 CLE AL 26 24 20 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 0
2005 TBD AL 27 47 41 47 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 5 0
2007 PIT NL 29 58 11 58 25 0 3 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36 0
2007 NYY AL 29 36 21 36 30 0 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 1
2008 STL NL 30 19 6 19 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 11 1
8 Seasons 465 354 465 102 0 12 86 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 308 87 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 TOR AL 24 36 67% 83% 28% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TOR AL 25 267 49% 79% 31% 12 75% 0 55 0 52 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 TOR AL 26 444 54% 81% 32% 21 90% 0 101 4 97 0 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 CLE AL 26 243 54% 77% 30% 7 71% 0 43 1 40 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 TBD AL 27 28 46% 82% 25% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 29 711 61% 83% 35% 33 88% 0 167 10 154 2 11 9 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 16 0 1 0 16 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 PIT NL 29 419 68% 77% 33% 23 100% 0 107 10 95 2 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0
2008 STL NL 30 73 53% 71% 29% 2 100% 0 18 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2221 58% 80% 32% 100 89% 0 505 28 467 9 42 22 14 3 0 0 8 0 4 4 6 42 0 1 0 40 1 2 0 2 4 75%
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 95% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
2000 TOR AL 22 12 3.00 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TOR AL 23 143 3.16 3.16 2 100% 0 0 28 2 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 29 72 7.31 7.31 1 100% 0 0 9 0 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 NYY AL 29 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 232 4.26 4.26 3 100% 0 0 38 2 1 1 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 4.43 4.82 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2000 TOR AL 22 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TOR AL 23 0 0 48 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1.18 1.28
2007 PIT NL 29 0 1 29 4 0 0 0% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.46
2007 NYY AL 29 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 0 1 86 8 2 2 20% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1.32 1.28
MLB Averages 30% 1.27 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
2008 STL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 87 62% 71% 30% 10 10%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 87 62% 71% 30% 10 10%
MLB Averages 63.7% 2.4% 58% 77% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
2008 STL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 50 42% 76% 46% 7 57%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 50 42% 76% 46% 7 57%
MLB Averages 46.2% 2.3% 58% 77% 40% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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