George Kottaras

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: May 10, 1983 in Scarborough, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 20th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Connors State College (Warner, OK).

High School: Milliken Mills HS (Markham, ON)

School: Connors State College (Warner, OK)

Debut: September 13, 2008 (Age 25-126d, 17,077th in MLB history)
vs. TOR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2014 (Age 31-141d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Lapa/Leventhal

Full Name: George Kottaras

Pronunciation: \cuh-TEAR-us\

Twitter: @GeorgeKottaras

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

AB

722

H

155

HR

BA

.215

R

RBI

101

SB

OBP

.326

SLG

.411

OPS

.737

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	20	SDP-min	Rk	42	164	143	27	37	8	1	7	24	1	1	19	36	.259	.348	.476	.823		68	2	1	0	1	1		IDF · PION
2004	21	SDP-min	A	78	326	271	40	84	18	1	7	46	0	0	51	41	.310	.415	.461	.877		125	7	0	1	3	2		FWA · MIDW
2005	22	SDP-min	A+,AA	120	515	438	70	131	36	0	11	65	2	1	69	83	.299	.392	.457	.848		200	7	1	2	5	3		LEL,MOB · CALL,SOUL
2006	23	SDP-min	AA,AAA	111	443	376	54	96	29	2	10	50	0	1	62	98	.255	.361	.423	.784		159	15	2	0	3	4		MOB,POR · SOUL,PCL
2007	24	BOS-min	AAA	87	334	294	32	71	22	0	9	39	1	1	32	71	.241	.316	.408	.724		120	12	2	2	4	1		PAW · IL
2008	25	BOS-min	AAA	107	462	395	63	96	18	0	22	65	0	0	64	110	.243	.348	.456	.804		180	6	1	0	2	3		PAW · IL
2008	25	BOS	AL	3	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
2009	26	BOS-min	AAA	10	30	24	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.292	.433	.417	.850		10	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2009	26	BOS	AL	45	107	93	15	22	11	0	1	10	0	0	11	25	.237	.308	.387	.696	78	36	1	0	0	3	0	2/HD5
2010	27	MIL	NL	67	250	212	24	43	12	1	9	26	2	0	33	44	.203	.305	.396	.701	88	84	5	0	1	4	1	2/H39
2011	28	MIL-min	AAA	29	118	102	19	35	8	1	4	21	0	1	16	29	.343	.432	.559	.991		57	4	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2011	28	MIL	NL	49	123	111	15	28	6	1	5	17	0	1	10	26	.252	.311	.459	.771	107	51	2	0	1	1	0	2H
2012	29	TOT	MLB	85	209	171	20	36	6	1	9	31	0	0	37	48	.211	.351	.415	.766	109	71	4	0	1	0	1	2H/3D
2012	29	MIL	NL	58	116	86	10	18	4	0	3	12	0	0	29	24	.209	.409	.360	.769	108	31	2	0	1	0	1	H2/3D
2012	29	OAK	AL	27	93	85	10	18	2	1	6	19	0	0	8	24	.212	.280	.471	.750	106	40	2	0	0	0	0	2/H
2013	30	KCR	AL	46	126	100	13	18	4	0	5	12	1	0	24	42	.180	.349	.370	.719	98	37	2	2	0	0	2	2H
2014	31	TOR-CLE-min	AAA	27	96	84	10	16	1	0	4	13	0	0	11	32	.190	.284	.345	.629		29	1	0	1	0	1		BFL,CLB · IL
2014	31	TOT	MLB	18	38	30	4	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	6	16	.233	.351	.533	.885	145	16	0	0	1	1	0	2/H
2014	31	TOT	AL	14	32	25	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	5	14	.240	.355	.600	.955	163	15	0	0	1	1	0	2/H
2014	31	CLE	AL	10	27	21	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	4	11	.286	.385	.714	1.099	200	15	0	0	1	1	0	/2H
2014	31	STL	NL	4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
2014	31	TOR	AL	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-37	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
2015	32	CHW-TOR-min	AAA	47	181	147	17	35	4	0	8	25	0	0	32	56	.238	.372	.429	.801		63	4	0	1	1	1		CHR,BFL · IL
2016	33	SFG-ATL-min	AAA	41	130	109	15	19	3	0	2	14	0	0	21	38	.174	.308	.257	.565		28	1	0	0	0	0		SAC,GWI · PCL,IL
7 Yrs				313	858	722	92	155	40	3	32	101	3	1	121	203	.215	.326	.411	.737	98	297	14	2	4	9	4
162 Game Avg.				162	444	374	48	80	21	2	17	52	2	1	63	105	.215	.326	.411	.737	98	154	7	1	2	5	2

MIL (3 yrs)				174	489	409	49	89	22	2	17	55	2	1	72	94	.218	.331	.406	.737	98	166	9	0	3	5	2
BOS (2 yrs)				48	112	98	16	23	12	0	1	10	0	0	11	27	.235	.304	.388	.691	77	38	1	0	0	3	0
KCR (1 yr)				46	126	100	13	18	4	0	5	12	1	0	24	42	.180	.349	.370	.719	98	37	2	2	0	0	2
CLE (1 yr)				10	27	21	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	4	11	.286	.385	.714	1.099	200	15	0	0	1	1	0
STL (1 yr)				4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	55	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-37	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				27	93	85	10	18	2	1	6	19	0	0	8	24	.212	.280	.471	.750	106	40	2	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				135	363	308	43	65	18	1	15	45	1	0	48	107	.211	.318	.422	.740	99	130	5	2	1	4	2
NL (4 yrs)				178	495	414	49	90	22	2	17	56	2	1	73	96	.217	.331	.403	.735	97	167	9	0	3	5	2

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