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Joe Thurston

Joseph William Thurston

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 29, 1979 in Fairfield, CA
High School: Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA)
School: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2002 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Dodgers/Phillies/RedSox/Marlins 2002-2011
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.002, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
1999	19	LAD-min	A-,A+	73	338	280	48	79	10	3	0	32	27	18	27	35	.282	.386	.339	.725		95	3	22	6	3	1		YAK,SBR · NORW,CALL
2000	20	LAD-min	A+	138	641	551	97	167	31	8	4	70	43	25	56	61	.303	.380	.410	.790		226	8	17	9	8	1		SBR · CALL
2001	21	LAD-min	AA	134	616	544	80	145	25	7	7	46	20	18	48	65	.267	.338	.377	.715		205	5	12	9	3	0		JCK · SOUL
2002	22	LAD-min	AAA	136	631	587	106	196	39	13	12	55	22	9	25	60	.334	.372	.506	.878		297	10	12	5	2	1		LVG · PCL
2002	22	LAD	NL	8	15	13	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.462	.429	.538	.967	162	7	0	0	1	1	0	/4
2003	23	LAD-min	AAA	132	606	538	77	156	27	6	7	68	1	12	31	48	.290	.345	.401	.746		216	10	18	11	8	0		LVG · PCL
2003	23	LAD	NL	12	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.273	.200	.473	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2004	24	LAD-min	AAA	101	360	317	38	90	17	3	4	23	7	2	20	46	.284	.356	.394	.750		125	5	17	3	3	3		LVG · PCL
2004	24	LAD	NL	17	18	17	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.176	.167	.353	.520	32	6	0	0	0	1	0	/4

2005	25	LAD-NYY-min	AAA	113	404	364	45	99	13	5	8	42	6	7	20	55	.272	.315	.401	.716		146	4	4	13	3	0		LVG,CLB · PCL,IL
2006	26	PHI-min	AAA	127	544	479	74	135	29	9	9	55	20	10	43	65	.282	.349	.436	.785		209	3	7	14	1	2		SWB · IL
2006	26	PHI	NL	18	20	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.278	.578	47	5	0	1	0	0	0	/479

2007	27	PHI-min	AAA,AA	133	589	509	72	153	31	9	5	61	17	15	46	56	.301	.368	.426	.794		217	9	11	18	5	3		OTT,REA · IL,EL
2008	28	BOS-min	AAA	126	575	507	84	160	28	5	11	64	19	11	35	75	.316	.367	.456	.823		231	8	11	14	8	1		PAW · IL
2008	28	BOS	AL	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	1	0	0	0	/7
2009	29	STL	NL	124	307	267	27	60	17	4	1	25	4	2	33	56	.225	.316	.330	.645	73	88	9	3	3	1	5	54/7

2010	30	ATL-min	AAA	131	512	465	53	127	18	4	13	67	7	7	32	64	.273	.323	.413	.736		192	10	4	7	4	2		GWI · IL
2011	31	FLA-min	AAA	126	526	453	68	136	34	3	13	59	12	4	48	78	.300	.388	.475	.863		215	7	17	8	0	2		NOR · PCL
2011	31	FLA	NL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2012	32	MIN-PHI-min	AAA	26	86	72	9	10	1	0	2	4	1	0	12	16	.139	.267	.236	.504		17	3	1	0	1	1		ROC,LHV · IL
2013	33	YUC	AAA	44	195	166	30	56	13	2	5	30	3	7	25	33	.337	.425	.530	.955		88	2	1	2	1	0		YUC · MEX
7 Yrs				184	384	337	34	76	20	5	1	27	5	2	35	67	.226	.305	.323	.629	68	109	9	5	4	3	5
162 Game Avg.				162	338	297	30	67	18	4	1	24	4	2	31	59	.226	.305	.323	.629	68	96	8	4	4	3	4

LAD (3 yrs)				37	44	40	4	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.275	.279	.375	.654	74	15	0	0	1	2	0
PHI (1 yr)				18	20	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.278	.578	47	5	0	1	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				124	307	267	27	60	17	4	1	25	4	2	33	56	.225	.316	.330	.645	73	88	9	3	3	1	5
BOS (1 yr)				4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	1	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				180	375	329	34	76	20	5	1	27	5	2	35	66	.231	.310	.331	.641	71	109	9	4	4	3	5
AL (1 yr)				4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	1	0	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
2002	22	LAD	NL	8	15	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.517	.501	0.2	0.0	1		/4
2003	23	LAD	NL	12	11	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1		/4
2004	24	LAD	NL	17	18	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$301,000	/4

2006	26	PHI	NL	18	20	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/479

2008	28	BOS	AL	4	9	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2		/7
2009	29	STL	NL	124	307	-11	0	-1	0	2	-10	-1.0	10	-0	-0.1	.492	.494	-0.1	0.2	-0	$475,000	54/7

2011	31	FLA	NL	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/4
7 Seasons				184	384	-17	-0	-0	0	2	-15	-1.5	12	-3	-0.4	.492	.499	-0.4	0.2	-3	$776,000

LAD (3 yrs)				37	44	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.0	-0.1	-0	$301,000
PHI (1 yr)				18	20	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1
FLA (1 yr)				1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0
STL (1 yr)				124	307	-11	0	-1	0	2	-10	-1.0	10	-0	-0.1	.492	.494	-0.1	0.2	-0	$475,000
BOS (1 yr)				4	9	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	29	STL	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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
2002	LAD	NL	22	2B	4	1	1	19.0	10	4	6	0	3	1.000	0		19		4.74	2.50	.981	4.97	4.92
2003	LAD	NL	23	2B	3	0	0	6.0	7	2	4	1	2	.857	-0	-1	-80	-220	9.00	2.00	.983	5.10	5.07
2004	LAD	NL	24	2B	4	0	0	11.1	5	2	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	21	0	3.97	1.25	.982	5.00	4.97
2006	PHI	NL	26	2B	4	0	0	10.1	8	6	2	0	1	1.000	-0	-2	-35	-268	6.97	2.00	.982	5.05	5.00
2006	PHI	NL	26	OF	3	2	0	15.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	0	2	8	160	3.60	2.00	.983	2.22	2.20
2006	PHI	NL	26	LF	2	2	0	14.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-9	77	3.21	2.50	.982	1.99	1.95
2006	PHI	NL	26	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	240	1200	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.10
2008	BOS	AL	28	LF	4	1	1	19.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-32	69	2.37	1.25	.984	2.04	2.02
2008	BOS	AL	28	OF	4	1	1	19.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-32	63	2.37	1.25	.986	2.32	2.28
2009	STL	NL	29	3B	68	55	29	463.0	157	38	109	10	11	.936	-0	0	-0	0	2.86	2.16	.957	2.57	2.55
2009	STL	NL	29	2B	47	7	6	138.0	82	32	48	2	13	.976	-1	-1	-5	-9	5.22	1.70	.984	4.86	4.82
2009	STL	NL	29	LF	5	2	1	17.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-85	71	1.59	0.60	.983	1.91	1.92
2009	STL	NL	29	OF	5	2	1	17.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-85	70	1.59	0.60	.987	2.22	2.18
2011	FLA	NL	31	2B	1	1	1	9.0	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	1	0	80	0	7.00	7.00	.986	4.80	4.80
	1 Season			3B	68	55	29	463.0	157	38	109	10	11	.936	-0	0	-0	0	2.86	2.16	.957	2.57	2.55
	6 Seasons			2B	63	9	8	193.2	119	49	67	3	21	.975	-0	-4	-1	-27	5.39	1.84	.984	4.89	4.86
	3 Seasons			OF	12	5	2	51.0	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	-2	4	-38	94	2.47	1.17	.985	2.26	2.22
	3 Seasons			LF	11	5	2	50.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-2	3	-43	72	2.34	1.18	.983	1.98	1.96
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	240	1200	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.10
	7 Seasons			TOT	143	69	39	707.2	290	100	177	13	32	.955	-2	-0	-3	0	3.52	1.94	.969	3.18	3.54

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 3, 1997: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 45th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1999.
July 29, 2005: Sent to the New York Yankees by the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 11, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
March 27, 2007: Released by the Washington Nationals.
March 30, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 8, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
September 29, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 17, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
December 11, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 6, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
November 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
March 28, 2012: Released by the Houston Astros.
March 31, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
April 23, 2012: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
April 25, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
May 15, 2012: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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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
2004	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	$301,000	4/7/04 AP

2009	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$475,000
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$776,000

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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