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Josh Whitesell

Joshua S. Whitesell

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 14, 1982 in Durham, NC
High School: Rialto HS (Rialto, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2008
Team: Diamondbacks 2008-2009

Final Game: August 20, 2009
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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
2003	21	WSN-min	A-	49	200	167	13	41	10	1	5	19	0	0	28	53	.246	.365	.407	.772		68	2	4	0	1	2		VMT · NYPL
2004	22	WSN-min	A	113	443	380	56	95	29	0	16	54	0	1	58	91	.250	.351	.453	.803		172	5	2	1	2	2		SAV · SALL
2005	23	WSN-min	A+	113	474	389	59	114	32	2	18	66	1	1	74	125	.293	.416	.524	.941		204	3	9	1	1	3		POT · CARL
2006	24	WSN-min	AA	127	467	402	47	106	11	0	19	56	2	6	53	125	.264	.354	.433	.786		174	16	4	6	2	3		HRB · EL
2007	25	WSN-min	AA	119	487	387	78	110	23	1	21	74	6	2	87	107	.284	.425	.512	.937		198	6	10	0	3	5		HRB · EL
2008	26	ARI-min	AAA	127	560	475	86	156	36	0	26	110	1	2	74	136	.328	.425	.568	.993		270	9	8	0	3	4		TUC · PCL
2008	26	ARI	NL	7	9	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.286	.444	.714	1.159	190	5	0	1	0	0	0	/3
2009	27	ARI-min	AAA	63	274	225	35	66	14	1	8	58	1	1	40	48	.293	.398	.471	.869		106	7	3	0	6	3		REN · PCL
2009	27	ARI	NL	46	133	108	7	21	7	0	1	14	0	0	24	29	.194	.346	.287	.633	67	31	2	1	0	0	4	3
2010	28	WSN-min	Fgn,AAA	122	487	414	67	127	28	3	19	87	0	0	62	118	.307	.402	.527	.929		218	10	7	0	4	1		YKU,SYR · JPCL,IL
2011	29	YKU	Fgn	112	348	299	29	74	18	0	12	33	0	0	40	108	.247	.345	.428	.773		128	7	6	0	3	2		YKU · JPCL
2012	30	LOT	Fgn	10	40	38	1	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	.237	.275	.263	.538		10	0	0	0	0	0		LOT · JPPL
2 Yrs				53	142	115	8	23	7	0	2	15	0	0	25	31	.200	.352	.313	.665	74	36	2	2	0	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	434	352	24	70	21	0	6	46	0	0	76	95	.200	.352	.313	.665	74	110	6	6	0	0	12

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
2008	26	ARI	NL	7	9	1	-0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/3
2009	27	ARI	NL	46	133	-5	-0	-0	-1	-2	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.6	.480	.494	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$	3
2 Seasons				53	142	-4	-1	-0	-2	-2	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.6	.482	.497	-0.4	-0.4	-3	$

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
2008	26	ARI	NL	9	5	2	10.7	114	.250	.286	.275	.444	.348	.714	.439	1.159	.788	190	.808	1.0	0.1	1.400	.571	.429	.0
2009	27	ARI	NL	133	89	12	3.6	111	.256	.194	.272	.346	.345	.287	.431	.633	.777	67	.372	-4.5	-0.4	.629	.315	.093	.0
2 Yrs				142	94	14	4.0	111	.256	.200	.272	.352	.346	.313	.432	.665	.777	74	.415	-3.6	-0.4	.670	.330	.113	.0
162 Game Avg.				434	287	43	4.0	111	.256	.200	.272	.352	.346	.313	.432	.665	.777	74	.415	-3.6	-0.4	.670	.330	.113

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
2008	26	ARI	NL	9	11.1%	22.2%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	2.00	3.5	7.0	7.0	0.25	0.50	44%	20%	25.0%	0%
2009	27	ARI	NL	133	0.8%	21.8%	18.1%	6.0%	38%	1.21	3.7	108.0	7.7	0.88	1.19	59%	16%	2.7%	12%
2 Yrs				142	1.4%	21.8%	17.6%	6.3%	39%	1.24	3.7	57.5	7.7	0.83	1.14	58%	17%	4.9%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	2.02	5.0	33.5	7.8	0.79	1.06	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	26	ARI	NL	1.0	0.1	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.58	-0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.67	2.2	0.32	4
2009	27	ARI	NL	-4.5	-0.4	133	-0.5	2.1	-2.6	1.08	-0.2	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2	0.96	-1.6	1.19	15
2 Yrs				-3.6	-0.4	142	-0.5	2.1	-2.6	1.05	-0.3	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	0.7	1.01	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2008	26	ARI	NL	0	0%	5	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	27	ARI	NL	1	13%	47	1	4	29%	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				1	13%	52	1	4	22%	6	5	1	2	1	1	1	1

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
2008	26	ARI	NL	9	100%	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	0.32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	27	ARI	NL	133	78%	21	1	0	15	1	0	1	1.19	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		23	2	9%	12	1	8%	92	13	14%	12	4	33%	8	3	38%	0
2 Yrs				142	80%	23	1	0	19	2	1	2	1.01	2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		24	2	8%	12	1	8%	95	13	14%	12	4	33%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			57%

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
2008	26	ARI	NL	9	32	3.56	17	53%	35%	24%	12%	29%	65%	0%	34%	64%	22%	0%	0	0	22%	2	1	22%	2	2	50%	0	0	0
2009	27	ARI	NL	133	569	4.28	331	58%	35%	14%	27%	24%	65%	5%	38%	79%	20%	10%	13	0	22%	29	8	17%	22	5	34%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				142	601	4.23	348	58%	35%	14%	27%	24%	65%	4%	38%	78%	20%	9%	13	0	22%	31	9	17%	24	7	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	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
2008	26	7	9	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.286	.444	.714	1.159	190	5	0	1	0	0	0
2009	27	53	142	115	8	23	7	0	2	15	0	0	25	31	.200	.352	.313	.665	74	36	2	2	0	0	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	26	7	9	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.286	.444	.714	1.159	2	7
2009	27	46	131	107	7	20	7	1	13	23	29	.187	.336	.280	.616	10	46
2 Yrs		53	140	114	8	22	7	2	14	24	31	.193	.343	.307	.650	12	53
162 Game Avg.		162	428	348	24	67	21	6	43	73	95	.193	.343	.307	.650	37	53

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