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Josh Thole

Joshua Michael Thole

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 28, 1986 in Breese, IL
High School: Mater Dei HS (Breese, IL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2009
Team: Mets 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$499k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.142, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2009 22 NYM NL 17 59 53 2 17 2 1 0 9 1 0 4 5 .321 .356 .396 .752 101 21 1 0 0 2 0 2
2010 23 NYM NL 73 227 202 17 56 7 1 3 17 1 0 24 25 .277 .357 .366 .723 99 74 8 1 0 0 1 2
2011 24 NYM NL 114 386 340 22 91 17 0 3 40 0 2 38 47 .268 .345 .344 .690 95 117 8 4 1 3 6 2
2012 25 NYM NL 26 92 81 6 23 4 0 1 7 0 0 9 12 .284 .356 .370 .726 103 30 1 0 2 0 1 2
4 Yrs 230 764 676 47 187 30 2 7 73 2 2 75 89 .277 .351 .358 .709 98 242 18 5 3 5 8
162 Game Avg. 162 538 476 33 132 21 1 5 51 1 1 53 63 .277 .351 .358 .709 98 170 13 4 2 4 6

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 Awards
2009 22 NYM NL 17 59 -0 -0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .496 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 2
2010 23 NYM NL 73 227 -1 1 -0 -3 3 -0 -0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.9 0.0 9 $ 2
2011 24 NYM NL 114 386 -2 -4 0 -4 5 -5 -0.5 11 6 0.5 .495 .497 0.9 0.2 10 $420,000 2
2012 25 NYM NL 26 92 -0 -0 0 5 1 6 0.7 3 9 1.0 .526 .504 0.4 0.7 4 $ 2
4 Seasons 230 764 -4 -4 1 -3 11 0 0.1 21 21 2.2 .500 .500 2.4 0.9 24 $420,000

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
2009 22 NYM NL 59 39 8 5.5 104 .340 .321 .262 .356 .335 .396 .416 .752 .751 101 .561 0.3 0.0 .703 .170 .075 .0
2010 23 NYM NL 227 154 26 4.5 100 .305 .277 .258 .357 .328 .366 .407 .723 .735 99 .493 0.1 0.0 .649 .213 .089 1.5
2011 24 NYM NL 386 263 41 4.2 94 .300 .268 .253 .345 .320 .344 .394 .690 .714 95 .475 -0.2 -0.0 .606 .182 .076 .0
2012 25 NYM NL 92 61 11 4.8 96 .324 .284 .253 .356 .320 .370 .400 .726 .721 103 .528 0.7 0.1 .661 .198 .086 .0
4 Yrs 764 517 86 4.5 97 .308 .277 .256 .351 .323 .358 .401 .709 .724 98 .494 0.9 0.1 .633 .192 .081 3.1
162 Game Avg. 538 364 61 4.5 97 .308 .277 .256 .351 .323 .358 .401 .709 .724 98 .494 1 0 .633 .192 .081 2

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
2009 22 NYM NL 59 0.0% 8.5% 6.8% 5.1% 18% 1.25 10.6 5.9 0.85 1.62 85% 36% 0.0% 0%
2010 23 NYM NL 227 1.3% 11.0% 10.6% 4.9% 20% 1.04 8.1 67.3 11.9 0.83 1.10 77% 20% 3.4% 8%
2011 24 NYM NL 386 0.8% 12.2% 9.8% 5.2% 22% 1.24 7.2 113.3 8.5 1.06 1.47 76% 21% 2.3% 8%
2012 25 NYM NL 92 1.1% 13.0% 9.8% 5.4% 22% 1.33 6.8 81.0 11.6 1.30 1.32 74% 14% 4.0% 17%
4 Yrs 764 0.9% 11.7% 9.8% 5.1% 21% 1.19 7.6 96.6 9.3 0.99 1.33 77% 21% 2.6% 8%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 22 NYM NL 0.3 0.0 61 -0.1 0.8 -0.8 .90 0.1 -0.2 1.3 0.1 0.97 0.4 2.31 1
2010 23 NYM NL 0.1 0.0 229 0.4 4.8 -4.4 1.22 -0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.97 -3.0 1.56 14
2011 24 NYM NL -1.2 -0.1 390 -1.0 6.7 -7.7 1.12 -0.3 -0.5 -8.2 -0.8 1.07 -3.2 2.12 14
2012 25 NYM NL 0.7 0.1 93 0.6 2.0 -1.4 1.06 0.2 0.4 -0.9 -0.1 0.94 0.4 1.03 3
4 Yrs -0.1 -0.0 773 -0.0 14.3 -14.3 1.13 -0.3 0.3 -7.6 -0.8 1.02 -5.4 1.78 32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 22 NYM NL 0 0 10% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2010 23 NYM NL 0 0 18% 83 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 50% 12 8 4 3 1 2 5 1 4
2011 24 NYM NL 2 0 15% 164 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 27% 20 16 3 6 4 2 11 5 5
2012 25 NYM NL 0 0 16% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 2 0 15% 298 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 11 34% 36 27 8 9 5 4 19 8 10

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
2009 22 NYM NL 59 83% 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.31 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 6 3 50% 40 9 23% 6 5 83% 1 0 0% 0
2010 23 NYM NL 227 87% 56 8 0 14 5 0 3 1.56 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0% 51 8 16% 17 5 29% 151 17 11% 12 6 50% 4 1 25% 0
2011 24 NYM NL 386 89% 91 4 1 14 1 0 1 2.12 3 0 15 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 25% 72 8 11% 39 13 33% 273 37 14% 25 12 48% 21 10 48% 0
2012 25 NYM NL 92 68% 23 4 0 3 1 0 0 1.03 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 15 1 7% 9 2 22% 52 6 12% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
4 Yrs 764 85% 187 18 1 32 7 0 4 1.78 7 0 28 6 1 3 4 0 7 3 43% 148 18 12% 71 23 32% 516 69 13% 46 23 50% 28 12 43% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
2009 22 NYM NL 59 218 3.69 133 61% 37% 6% 20% 38% 63% 0% 39% 90% 10% 3% 2 0 10% 6 1 7% 4 2 0% 0 0 0
2010 23 NYM NL 227 876 3.86 534 61% 32% 8% 26% 33% 68% 1% 41% 88% 22% 6% 13 0 15% 33 7 9% 21 13 28% 0 0 0
2011 24 NYM NL 386 1475 3.82 905 61% 30% 9% 28% 33% 70% 4% 43% 87% 18% 4% 16 0 15% 56 20 7% 26 12 15% 0 0 0
2012 25 NYM NL 93 366 3.94 226 62% 35% 7% 27% 31% 65% 3% 40% 89% 16% 8% 7 0 13% 12 3 12% 11 6 17% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 765 2935 3.84 1798 61% 32% 8% 27% 33% 68% 3% 42% 88% 18% 5% 38 0 14% 107 31 8% 62 33 18% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 22 17 59 53 2 17 2 1 0 9 1 0 4 5 .321 .356 .396 .752 101 21 1 0 0 2 0
2010 23 90 286 255 19 73 9 2 3 26 2 0 28 30 .286 .357 .373 .729 99 95 9 1 0 2 1
2011 24 204 672 595 41 164 26 2 6 66 2 2 66 77 .276 .350 .356 .707 97 212 17 5 1 5 7
2012 25 230 764 676 47 187 30 2 7 73 2 2 75 89 .277 .351 .358 .709 98 242 18 5 3 5 8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 22 17 59 53 2 17 2 1 0 9 1 4 5 .321 .356 .396 .752 8 17
2010 23 73 230 204 18 58 7 1 3 18 1 25 25 .284 .365 .373 .738 28 73
2011 24 114 396 347 25 98 18 0 3 45 0 41 47 .282 .362 .360 .722 45 114
2012 25 26 95 83 7 25 4 0 1 8 0 10 12 .301 .376 .386 .762 12 26
4 Yrs 230 780 687 52 198 31 2 7 80 2 80 89 .288 .364 .370 .734 93 230
162 Game Avg. 162 549 484 37 139 22 1 5 56 1 56 63 .288 .364 .370 .734 66 230

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  0.7 (8th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Ray Murray (959)
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  10. John Baker (953)
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