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Josh Thole

Joshua Michael Thole

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", 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 (Age 22)
Team: Mets 2009-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 2 yrs/$2.5M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.142, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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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
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 94 117 8 4 1 3 6 2
2012 25 NYM NL 104 354 321 24 75 15 0 1 21 0 0 27 50 .234 .294 .290 .584 64 93 12 1 4 1 6 2
4 Yrs 308 1026 916 65 239 41 2 7 87 2 2 93 127 .261 .331 .333 .664 85 305 29 6 5 6 13
162 Game Avg. 162 540 482 34 126 22 1 4 46 1 1 49 67 .261 .331 .333 .664 85 160 15 3 3 3 7

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 Awards
2009 22 NYM NL 17 59 -0 -0 0 -1 1 -0 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 2
2010 23 NYM NL 73 227 -1 1 -0 -3 3 0 -0.0 7 7 0.6 .500 .500 1.0 0.0 10 2
2011 24 NYM NL 114 386 -3 -4 0 -4 6 -5 -0.6 12 7 0.6 .495 .496 1.0 0.2 11 $420,000 2
2012 25 NYM NL 104 354 -18 -2 -0 4 6 -10 -1.1 11 1 0.0 .489 .493 -0.5 1.1 -3 $498,920 2
4 Seasons 308 1026 -22 -6 0 -4 16 -16 -1.8 32 16 1.4 .494 .497 1.6 1.3 20 $918,920

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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 Awards
2009 NYM NL 22 C 16 15 10 127.1 76 72 3 1 0 .987 -1 -8 5.30 4.69 .993 7.77 7.70 3 4 4 2 33% 29% 0
2010 NYM NL 23 C 61 51 46 467.1 373 341 29 3 2 .992 3 -3 8 -7 7.13 6.07 .992 8.05 7.97 4 16 14 11 44% 29% 0
2011 NYM NL 24 C 102 91 76 793.1 703 657 44 2 4 .997 -5 -4 -8 -6 7.95 6.87 .992 7.98 7.96 16 24 65 17 21% 28% 0
2012 NYM NL 25 C 100 90 81 798.1 746 690 50 6 3 .992 -1 4 -2 6 8.34 7.40 .992 8.36 8.26 18 18 57 17 23% 27% 1
4 Seasons C 279 247 213 2186.1 1898 1760 126 12 9 .994 -3 -3 -2 -1 7.76 6.76 .992 8.12 8.05 41 62 140 47 25% 27% 1
4 Seasons TOT 279 247 213 2186.1 1898 1760 126 12 9 .994 -3 -3 -2 -1 7.76 6.76 .992 8.12 8.05 41 62 140 47 25% 27% 1
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  16 (1st)
2012 NL  18 (2nd)
Active  41 (12th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2011 NL  .997 (3rd)

                           

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201124New York Mets$420,000
201225New York Mets$498,920contracts
201326Toronto Blue Jays$1,250,000
201427Toronto Blue Jays$1,250,000
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,168,920Does not include future salaries
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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