Paul Phillips

Paul Anthony Phillips

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 15, 1977 in Demopolis, AL
High School: West Lauderdale HS (Collinsville, MS)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2004
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rockies/WhiteSox 2004-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.134, 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
1998	21	KCR-min	A-,A+	61	263	239	55	74	12	2	4	27	12	1	18	20	.310	.365	.427	.792		102	2	4	0	2	0		SPO,WMT · NORW,CARL
1999	22	KCR-min	AA	108	427	393	58	105	20	2	3	56	8	9	26	38	.267	.314	.351	.665		138	8	2	3	3	0		WCH · TL
2000	23	KCR-min	AA	82	318	291	49	85	11	5	4	30	4	5	21	22	.292	.338	.405	.743		118	11	1	1	4	1		WCH · TL
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	26	KCR-min	A+,Rk	17	62	59	4	17	3	0	1	8	0	1	2	6	.288	.323	.390	.712		23	3	1	0	0	0		WMT,RY1 · CARL,ARIZ
2004	27	KCR-min	AAA	86	335	311	40	97	17	1	6	41	4	3	20	36	.312	.358	.431	.789		134	10	3	0	1	0		OMA · PCL
2004	27	KCR	AL	4	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2005	28	KCR-min	AAA	87	362	332	45	89	21	1	7	42	1	4	21	44	.268	.317	.401	.717		133	7	4	2	3	0		OMA · PCL
2005	28	KCR	AL	23	67	67	6	18	4	1	1	9	0	0	0	5	.269	.269	.403	.672	77	27	4	0	0	0	0	2/D
2006	29	KCR-min	AAA	91	375	345	43	84	11	1	9	39	0	0	22	37	.243	.286	.359	.646		124	15	1	1	6	3		OMA · PCL
2006	29	KCR	AL	23	69	65	8	18	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	8	.277	.284	.369	.653	67	24	0	0	2	1	0	2/3D
2007	30	KCR-min	AAA	58	224	202	21	48	7	0	2	14	0	0	17	25	.238	.294	.302	.596		61	4	0	3	2	1		OMA · PCL
2007	30	KCR	AL	8	15	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.143	.200	.214	.414	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	/23
2008	31	CHW-min	AAA	73	274	253	22	68	15	0	2	17	0	0	17	32	.269	.317	.352	.669		89	5	1	3	0	1		CHR · IL
2008	31	CHW	AL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	32	COL-min	AAA	38	130	123	11	34	6	2	1	14	0	0	4	18	.276	.295	.382	.677		47	3	0	1	2	0		CSP · PCL
2009	32	COL	NL	17	54	45	5	14	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	3	.311	.396	.422	.818	107	19	0	0	1	1	1	2
2010	33	COL-min	AAA	34	136	122	15	29	8	1	0	10	1	1	13	12	.238	.316	.320	.636		39	4	1	0	0	1		CSP · PCL
2010	33	COL	NL	12	25	23	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.217	.280	.217	.497	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	2/3
2011	34	CLE-min	AAA	78	291	266	26	63	9	0	3	24	0	0	16	26	.237	.281	.305	.586		81	8	2	3	4	1		CLB · IL
2012	35	MIL-TOR-min	AAA	16	57	50	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.220	.286	.220	.506		11	1	0	1	1	0		NVL,LVG · PCL
7 Yrs				91	238	221	27	58	10	1	3	26	0	0	11	26	.262	.298	.357	.655	69	79	5	1	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	424	393	48	103	18	2	5	46	0	0	20	46	.262	.298	.357	.655	69	141	9	2	5	4	2

KCR (4 yrs)				58	157	151	18	39	8	1	2	16	0	0	2	15	.258	.271	.364	.635	65	55	5	1	2	1	0
COL (2 yrs)				29	79	68	9	19	2	0	1	10	0	0	9	10	.279	.359	.353	.712	81	24	0	0	1	1	1
CHW (1 yr)				4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				62	159	153	18	39	8	1	2	16	0	0	2	16	.255	.268	.359	.627	63	55	5	1	2	1	0
NL (2 yrs)				29	79	68	9	19	2	0	1	10	0	0	9	10	.279	.359	.353	.712	81	24	0	0	1	1	1

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
2004	27	KCR	AL	4	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
2005	28	KCR	AL	23	67	-3	-1	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2/D
2006	29	KCR	AL	23	69	-4	1	0	2	0	-0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$	2/3D
2007	30	KCR	AL	8	15	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/23
2008	31	CHW	AL	4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/2
2009	32	COL	NL	17	54	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$	2
2010	33	COL	NL	12	25	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.489	.499	0.1	-0.1	0	$	2/3
7 Seasons				91	238	-9	1	1	1	3	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.2	.496	.500	0.2	0.4	3	$

KCR (4 yrs)				58	157	-8	1	-0	3	2	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.495	.500	-0.1	0.5	-0	$
COL (2 yrs)				29	79	-1	1	1	-2	1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.498	.500	0.4	-0.1	4	$
CHW (1 yr)				4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

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
2004	27	KCR	AL	6	4	0	0.0	110	.250	.200	.272	.333	.340	.200	.436	.533	.776	44	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
2005	28	KCR	AL	67	53	6	3.0	104	.279	.269	.267	.269	.329	.403	.423	.672	.753	77	.292	-2.5	-0.2	.509	.134	.134	.0
2006	29	KCR	AL	69	50	7	3.7	112	.298	.277	.276	.284	.341	.369	.440	.653	.781	67	.352	-3.3	-0.3	.532	.108	.092	.0
2007	30	KCR	AL	15	13	0	0.0	107	.154	.143	.271	.200	.339	.214	.424	.414	.762	10	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.308	.143	.071
2008	31	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.428	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2009	32	COL	NL	54	33	8	6.5	117	.310	.311	.279	.396	.354	.422	.444	.818	.798	107	.635	0.8	0.1	.839	.267	.111	.0
2010	33	COL	NL	25	18	2	3.0	114	.313	.217	.279	.280	.351	.217	.439	.497	.790	29	.312	-2.5	-0.2	.389	.087	.000
7 Yrs				238	173	23	3.6	111	.284	.262	.274	.298	.342	.357	.434	.655	.776	69	.352	-10.4	-1.0	.542	.145	.095	.0
162 Game Avg.				424	308	41	3.6	111	.284	.262	.274	.298	.342	.357	.434	.655	.776	69	.352	-10.4	-1.0	.542	.145	.095

KCR (4 yrs)				157	120	13	2.9	108	.274	.258	.272	.271	.336	.364	.431	.635	.767	65	.264	-8.1	-0.8	.496	.119	.106	.0
COL (2 yrs)				79	51	10	5.2	116	.310	.279	.279	.359	.353	.353	.442	.712	.795	81	.547	-1.7	-0.2	.673	.206	.074	.0
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.428	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				159	122	13	2.8	108	.272	.255	.272	.268	.336	.359	.431	.627	.767	63	.258	-8.7	-0.8	.487	.118	.105	.0
NL (2 yrs)				79	51	10	5.2	116	.310	.279	.279	.359	.353	.353	.442	.712	.795	81	.547	-1.7	-0.2	.673	.206	.074	.0

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
2004	27	KCR	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			0.33	0.50	67%	25%	0.0%	0%
2005	28	KCR	AL	67	1.5%	7.5%	0.0%	9.0%	33%		13.4	67.0	7.4	1.26	1.67	91%	13%	4.0%	7%
2006	29	KCR	AL	69	1.5%	11.6%	1.5%	5.8%	22%	8.00	8.1	65.0	13.0	0.51	0.83	83%	28%	3.0%	11%
2007	30	KCR	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	6.7%	50%	1.00	14.0		7.0	1.60	2.67	87%	23%	0.0%	20%
2008	31	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	100%	0.0%	0%
2009	32	COL	NL	54	1.9%	5.6%	13.0%	5.6%	21%	0.43	15.0	45.0	5.0	0.43	0.55	78%	20%	5.3%	37%
2010	33	COL	NL	25	0.0%	28.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	3.50	3.3		23.0	0.78	0.43	64%	19%	0.0%	33%
7 Yrs				238	1.3%	10.9%	4.6%	5.9%	24%	2.36	8.5	73.7	8.5	0.73	0.97	82%	21%	3.3%	19%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.03	5.1	33.0	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	27	KCR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.81	-0.3		0
2005	28	KCR	AL	-2.5	-0.2	67	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	.98	-0.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.97	-3.2		2
2006	29	KCR	AL	-3.3	-0.3	72	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.07	-0.2	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.93	-3.1	0.03	3
2007	30	KCR	AL	-1.9	-0.2	15	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	1.50	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.14	-1.5		0
2008	31	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.62	-0.6	0.01	1
2009	32	COL	NL	0.8	0.1	54	0.2	0.8	-0.6	.92	0.1	0.1	3.4	0.3	0.90	1.3	0.23	2
2010	33	COL	NL	-2.5	-0.2	25	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.56	-0.0	0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.99	-1.2	0.12	1
7 Yrs				-10.4	-1.0	241	-0.5	3.4	-3.9	.96	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.95	-8.7	0.07	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2004	27	KCR	AL	0	100%	3	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
2005	28	KCR	AL	0	29%	26	1	2	25%	6	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
2006	29	KCR	AL	0	39%	23	0	5	60%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
2007	30	KCR	AL	1	67%	6	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
2008	31	CHW	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	32	COL	NL	0	20%	19	0	1	60%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2
2010	33	COL	NL	2	57%	8	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				3	36%	85	1	8	52%	15	8	6	3	2	1	5	5

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
2004	27	KCR	AL	6	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2005	28	KCR	AL	67	33%	18	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		17	4	24%	5	0	0%	38	8	21%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2006	29	KCR	AL	69	36%	18	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	11	0	0%	8	5	63%	37	4	11%	1	1	100%	5	4	80%	0
2007	30	KCR	AL	15	40%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	2	40%	14	2	14%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
2008	31	CHW	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2009	32	COL	NL	54	19%	14	0	0	2	2	0	1	0.23	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	5	4	80%	30	8	27%	6	4	67%	4	4	100%	0
2010	33	COL	NL	25	28%	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	17	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				238	30%	58	5	0	9	3	0	1	0.07	3	1	6	1	2	0	3	0	3	3	100%	45	5	11%	24	12	50%	138	23	17%	11	7	64%	10	9	90%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			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
2004	27	KCR	AL	6	15	2.50	9	60%	22%	11%	22%	44%	78%	0%	47%	86%	33%	0%	0	0	17%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2005	28	KCR	AL	67	207	3.09	154	74%	29%	5%	26%	40%	71%	0%	53%	93%	31%	0%	0	0	15%	10	8	1%	1	1	40%	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	69	197	2.86	146	74%	23%	8%	28%	41%	77%	0%	57%	90%	41%	0%	0	0	7%	5	5	4%	3	3	25%	0	0	0
2007	30	KCR	AL	15	57	3.80	38	67%	13%	18%	34%	34%	87%	0%	58%	79%	53%	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	13%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2008	31	CHW	AL	2	7	3.50	6	86%	33%	0%	50%	17%	67%	0%	57%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2009	32	COL	NL	55	198	3.60	123	62%	20%	12%	33%	36%	80%	5%	50%	85%	31%	5%	3	0	20%	11	6	11%	6	4	0%	-1	0	0
2010	33	COL	NL	25	101	4.04	71	70%	24%	18%	35%	23%	76%	0%	53%	76%	48%	0%	0	0	8%	2	1	4%	1	1	14%	0	0	0
7 Yrs				239	782	3.27	547	70%	23%	10%	30%	37%	77%	2%	54%	87%	37%	2%	4	0	13%	30	21	5%	13	11	23%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	27	4	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	0	1	0	0	0
2005	28	27	73	72	8	19	4	1	1	9	0	6	.264	.274	.389	.663	75	28	4	1	0	0	0
2006	29	50	142	137	16	37	7	1	2	14	1	14	.270	.279	.380	.658	71	52	4	1	2	1	0
2007	30	58	157	151	18	39	8	1	2	16	2	15	.258	.271	.364	.635	65	55	5	1	2	1	0
2008	31	62	159	153	18	39	8	1	2	16	2	16	.255	.268	.359	.627	63	55	5	1	2	1	0
2009	32	79	213	198	23	53	10	1	3	25	9	19	.268	.300	.374	.674	74	74	5	1	3	2	1
2010	33	91	238	221	27	58	10	1	3	26	11	26	.262	.298	.357	.655	69	79	5	1	3	2	1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	27	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	4
2005	28	23	67	67	6	18	4	1	1	9	0	5	.269	.269	.403	.672	7	23
2006	29	23	68	64	7	17	3	0	1	4	1	8	.266	.273	.359	.632	6	23
2007	30	8	17	15	3	3	2	0	0	3	2	1	.200	.294	.333	.627	1	8
2008	31	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2009	32	17	52	44	5	13	2	0	1	8	6	3	.295	.373	.409	.782	7	17
2010	33	12	24	22	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	7	.182	.250	.182	.432	1	12
7 Yrs		91	236	219	24	55	11	1	3	25	11	26	.251	.288	.352	.639	22	91
162 Game Avg.		162	420	390	43	98	20	2	5	45	20	46	.251	.288	.352	.639	39	91

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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