Jonathan Van Every

Jonathan Eugene Van Every

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 27, 1979 in Brandon, MS
High School: University Christian School (Brandon, MS)
School: Itawamba Community College (Fulton, MS)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed May 19, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 2008 (Age 28)
Team: RedSox 2008-2010

Final Game: May 20, 2010 (Age 30)
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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
2001	21	CLE-min	A-	41	170	135	30	34	4	2	6	17	1	2	28	50	.252	.406	.444	.850		60	1	7	0	0	1		MHV · NYPL
2002	22	CLE-min	A-,A	57	222	183	41	42	7	7	9	30	7	0	33	70	.230	.353	.492	.845		90	3	3	1	2	1		MHV,CBS · NYPL,SALL
2003	23	CLE-min	A,A-	81	300	262	35	55	15	3	6	33	22	9	21	112	.210	.290	.359	.648		94	1	10	3	4	0		LCO,MHV · SALL,NYPL
2004	24	CLE-min	A+	113	459	392	67	108	22	2	21	71	11	3	53	129	.276	.368	.503	.871		197	3	8	0	6	0		KIN · CARL
2005	25	CLE-min	AA	118	466	389	71	95	14	2	27	64	16	6	66	155	.244	.363	.499	.862		194	3	7	3	1	5		AKR · EL
2006	26	CLE-min	AA,AAA	113	443	387	58	100	25	7	15	56	10	3	42	131	.258	.339	.475	.814		184	3	8	0	6	4		AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2007	27	CLE-min	AAA,AA	95	362	309	44	95	19	6	12	57	6	8	42	105	.307	.392	.524	.916		162	2	3	5	3	3		BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2008	28	BOS-min	AAA	119	442	380	84	100	15	3	26	70	6	1	54	157	.263	.360	.524	.884		199	4	4	3	1	1		PAW · IL
2008	28	BOS	AL	11	18	17	0	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	6	.235	.278	.353	.631	62	6	0	0	0	0	0	/987
2009	29	BOS-min	AAA	20	82	65	7	14	4	0	4	10	0	0	16	25	.215	.378	.462	.840		30	1	1	0	0	1		PAW · IL
2009	29	BOS	AL	7	13	11	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	.364	.462	.636	1.098	180	7	0	0	0	0	0	/981
2010	30	PIT-min	AAA	74	252	210	32	45	9	0	10	29	3	4	37	85	.214	.335	.400	.735		84	2	2	1	2	1		INA · IL
2010	30	BOS	AL	22	21	19	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	.211	.286	.421	.707	86	8	0	0	0	0	0	8/971
3 Yrs				40	52	47	7	12	1	1	2	9	0	0	5	20	.255	.327	.447	.774	100	21	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	211	190	28	49	4	4	8	36	0	0	20	81	.255	.327	.447	.774	100	85	0	0	0	0	0

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	28	BOS	AL	11	18	-1	-0	1	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1		/987
2009	29	BOS	AL	7	13	1	0	-3	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$400,000	/981
2010	30	BOS	AL	22	21	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0		8/971
3 Seasons				40	52	-0	-0	-2	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	0.1	-0.2	2	$400,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2009	29	BOS	AL	0.00	1	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4		3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
2010	30	PIT-min	AAA	9.00	1	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	5		2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		INA · IL
2010	30	BOS	AL	18.00	1	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	5	33	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
2 Yrs				10.80	2	2	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	9	58	2.400	16.2	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
162 Game Avg.				10.80	68	68	58	102	68	68	34	34	34	306	58	2.400	16.2	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	29	BOS	AL	0.2	1	0	0.00	5.08	-0.18	-0.38	94.0	4.58	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.534	.500	$400,000
2010	30	BOS	AL	1.0	1	2	18.00	5.15	0.22	-0.40	110.0	4.99	-1	-0.1	.0	0.1	-0.1	-1	.366	.499
2 Seasons				1.2	2	2	10.80	5.12	0.06	-0.39	103.6	4.82	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	-0.1	-1	.450	.500	$400,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	PO
2008	BOS	AL	28	OF	9	2	2	41.0	16	16	1.000	1	1	26	29	3.51	1.78	.986	2.30	2.28
2008	BOS	AL	28	RF	8	1	1	32.0	15	15	1.000	1	1	34	38	4.22	1.88	.985	2.14	2.12
2008	BOS	AL	28	CF	1	1	1	8.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	1.12	1.00	.990	2.70	2.70
2008	BOS	AL	28	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
2009	BOS	AL	29	OF	6	2	2	29.1	6	6	1.000	1	-3	41	-124	1.84	1.00	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	BOS	AL	29	RF	4	1	1	14.1	4	4	1.000	1	-1	75	-84	2.51	1.00	.982	2.13	2.10
2009	BOS	AL	29	CF	2	1	1	15.0	2	2	1.000	0	-2	8	-160	1.20	1.00	.990	2.76	2.70
2009	BOS	AL	29	P	1	0	0	0.2	0	0			0		0	0.00	0.00		1.35	1.50	0	0	0
2010	BOS	AL	30	OF	21	6	1	66.0	15	15	1.000	-0	0	-4	0	2.05	0.71	.986	2.30	2.28
2010	BOS	AL	30	CF	12	5	0	45.1	10	10	1.000	-1	0	-21	0	1.99	0.83	.990	2.72	2.71
2010	BOS	AL	30	RF	6	1	1	16.0	3	3	1.000	0	0	15	0	1.69	0.50	.983	2.08	2.08
2010	BOS	AL	30	LF	3	0	0	4.2	2	2	1.000	0	0	103	0	3.86	0.67	.985	2.12	2.03
2010	BOS	AL	30	P	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1.000		0		0	9.00	1.00	.950	1.80	1.60	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			OF	36	10	5	136.1	37	37	1.000	2	-2	15	-17	2.44	1.03	.986	2.31	2.28
	3 Seasons			RF	18	3	3	62.1	22	22	1.000	2	0	39	0	3.18	1.22	.985	2.12	2.11
	3 Seasons			CF	15	7	2	68.1	13	13	1.000	-1	-2	-12	-35	1.71	0.87	.990	2.73	2.71
	2 Seasons			LF	4	0	0	5.2	2	2	1.000	0	0	85	0	3.18	0.50	.985	2.06	2.02
	2 Seasons			P	2	0	0	1.2	1	1	1.000		0		0	5.40	0.50	.950	1.62	1.55	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	38	10	5	138.0	38	38	1.000	2	-2	15	-17	2.48	1.00	.985	2.30	2.24	0	0	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 5, 2000: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 19, 2001.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
July 8, 2009: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
July 25, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 24, 2010: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Boston Red Sox for player to be named.
May 31, 2010: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Josue Peley (minors).
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
March 31, 2011: Released by the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2009	29	Boston Red Sox	$400,000
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$400,000

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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