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Anthony Recker

Anthony Vito Recker

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 29, 1983 in Allentown, PA
High School: Catasauqua HS (Catasauqua, PA)
School: Alvernia College (Reading, PA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 2011 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs/Mets 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$491k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.128, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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Standard Batting

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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
2005	21	OAK-min	A-	43	169	150	16	35	8	0	5	18	0	0	16	40	.233	.315	.387	.702		58	5	2	1	0	0		VAN · NORW
2006	22	OAK-min	A	109	453	407	52	117	24	3	14	57	5	5	42	115	.287	.358	.464	.822		189	10	3	0	1	2		KNC · MIDW
2007	23	OAK-min	A+,AA	114	463	408	55	107	29	2	17	67	2	1	44	111	.262	.339	.468	.807		191	13	6	0	5	0		STK,MDL · CALL,TL
2008	24	OAK-min	AA	117	482	430	57	118	29	4	11	64	1	2	43	140	.274	.346	.437	.783		188	11	5	2	2	0		MDL · TL
2009	25	OAK-min	AAA,AA	94	371	329	41	88	15	2	15	54	2	0	36	102	.267	.342	.462	.804		152	5	2	3	1	0		SAC,MDL · PCL,TL
2010	26	OAK-min	AAA,AA	91	323	288	44	80	19	2	11	45	1	1	29	74	.278	.344	.472	.816		136	5	2	0	4	1		SAC,MDL · PCL,TL
2011	27	OAK-min	AAA	99	412	345	61	99	24	1	16	48	7	5	56	81	.287	.388	.501	.889		173	6	4	2	5	2		SAC · PCL
2011	27	OAK	AL	5	21	17	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.176	.333	.235	.569	62	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2012	28	OAK-CHC-min	AAA,AA	59	253	222	31	58	9	0	10	33	3	1	30	65	.261	.352	.437	.789		97	7	1	0	0	0		SAC,IWA,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2012	28	TOT	MLB	22	58	49	4	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	15	.143	.263	.245	.508	42	12	1	2	1	0	0	2/3D
2012	28	OAK	AL	13	37	31	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	.129	.250	.161	.411	19	5	0	1	1	0	0	2/D
2012	28	CHC	NL	9	21	18	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.389	.675	80	7	1	1	0	0	0	/23
2013	29	NYM	NL	7	19	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.200	.316	.467	.782	117	7	0	0	0	1	1	/2D
3 Yrs				34	98	81	8	13	4	0	2	7	0	0	13	30	.160	.289	.284	.573	60	23	1	2	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	467	386	38	62	19	0	10	33	0	0	62	143	.160	.289	.284	.573	60	110	5	10	5	5	5

OAK (2 yrs)				18	58	48	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	.146	.281	.188	.468	34	9	0	1	1	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				7	19	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.200	.316	.467	.782	117	7	0	0	0	1	1
CHC (1 yr)				9	21	18	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.389	.675	80	7	1	1	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				16	40	33	2	6	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	10	.182	.300	.424	.724	97	14	1	1	0	1	1
AL (2 yrs)				18	58	48	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	.146	.281	.188	.468	34	9	0	1	1	0	0

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
2011	27	OAK	AL	5	21	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.521	.501	0.1	0.1	1		/2
2012	28	OAK	AL	13	37	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$480,000	2/D
2012	28	CHC	NL	9	21	-0	0	-0	1	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.0	0.1	0		/23
2013	29	NYM	NL	7	19	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$490,840	/2D
3 Seasons				34	98	-4	0	0	2	1	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.1	0.3	1	$970,840

OAK (2 yrs)				18	58	-4	0	1	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.494	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$480,000
NYM (1 yr)				7	19	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$490,840
CHC (1 yr)				9	21	-0	0	-0	1	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.0	0.1	0

Standard Fielding

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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
2011	OAK	AL	27	C	5	5	5	42.0	46	44	1	1	0	.978	-2	1	-57	29	9.64	9.00	.992	7.61	7.56	0	3	5	0	0%	28%	0
2012	TOT	MLB	28	C	17	12	10	111.2	93	84	8	1	3	.989	2	1	21	10	7.41	5.41	.993	8.08	8.04	2	2	7	7	50%	26%	0
2012	OAK	AL	28	C	12	9	7	82.2	61	57	4	0	2	1.000	1	0	15	0	6.64	5.08	.993	7.99	7.94	2	2	7	5	42%	25%	0
2012	OAK	AL	28	DH	1	1
2012	CHC	NL	28	C	5	3	3	29.0	32	27	4	1	1	.969	1	1	41	50	9.62	6.20	.992	8.35	8.26	0	0	0	2	100%	26%	0
2012	CHC	NL	28	1B	1	1	1	9.0	7	7	0	0	2	1.000	-0	0	-47	0	7.00	7.00	.991	9.30	9.20
2013	NYM	NL	29	C	5	5	3	43.0	38	33	5	0	1	1.000	1	0	16	0	7.95	7.60	.993	8.10	8.04	1	2	3	1	25%	28%	0
2013	NYM	NL	29	DH	1	0
	3 Seasons			C	27	22	18	196.2	177	161	14	2	4	.989	1	2	4	12	8.01	6.48	.992	7.99	7.95	3	7	15	8	35%	27%	0
	1 Season			1B	1	1	1	9.0	7	7	0	0	2	1.000	-0	0	-47	0	7.00	7.00	.991	9.30	9.20
	3 Seasons			TOT	28	23	19	205.2	184	168	14	2	6	.989	0	2	1	7	7.96	6.50	.992	8.04	7.99	3	7	15	8	35%	27%	0

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Transactions

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2005.
August 27, 2012: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Blake Lalli.
October 25, 2012: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2012	28	Oakland Athletics	$480,000	contracts
2013	29	New York Mets	$490,840
2013 Status		Pre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2016, Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$970,840

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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