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Joe Thurston

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 225lb (180cm, 102kg)

Born: September 29, 1979 in Fairfield, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 45th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA)

School: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Last Game: August 5, 2011 (Age 31-310d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Joseph William Thurston

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

337

.226

RBI

OBP

.305

SLG

.323

OPS

.629

OPS+

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	LAD	73	338	280	48	79	10	3	0	32	27	18	27	35	.282	.386	.339	.725	95	3	22	6	3	1
1999	19	-3.3	San Bernardino	CALL	A+	LAD	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
1999	19	-2.3	Yakima	NORW	A-	LAD	71	334	277	48	79	10	3	0	32	27	18	27	34	.285	.387	.343	.730	95	3	21	6	3	1
2000	20	-2.6	San Bernardino	CALL	A+	LAD	138	641	551	97	167	31	8	4	70	43	25	56	61	.303	.380	.410	.790	226	8	17	9	8	1
2001	21	-3.2	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	134	616	544	80	145	25	7	7	46	20	18	48	65	.267	.338	.377	.715	205	5	12	9	3	0
2002	22	-5.0	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	136	631	587	106	196	39	13	12	55	22	9	25	60	.334	.372	.506	.878	297	10	12	5	2	1
2002	22	-7.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	15	13	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.462	.429	.539	.967	7	0	0	1	1	0
2003	23	-4.2	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	132	606	538	77	156	27	6	7	68	1	12	31	48	.290	.345	.402	.746	216	10	18	11	8	0
2003	23	-6.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0	0	0
2004	24	-3.2	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	101	360	317	38	90	17	3	4	23	7	2	20	46	.284	.356	.394	.750	125	5	17	3	3	3
2004	24	-5.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	18	17	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.177	.167	.353	.520	6	0	0	0	1	0
2005	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	NYY	113	404	364	45	99	13	5	8	42	6	7	20	55	.272	.315	.401	.716	146	4	4	13	3	0
2005	25	-2.0	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	LAD	84	286	257	32	74	10	2	6	35	4	5	13	36	.288	.326	.413	.739	106	3	3	10	3	0
2005	25	-2.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	29	118	107	13	25	3	3	2	7	2	2	7	19	.234	.287	.374	.661	40	1	1	3	0	0
2006	26	-1.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	127	544	479	74	135	29	9	9	55	20	10	43	65	.282	.349	.436	.785	209	3	7	14	1	2
2006	26	-3.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	18	20	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.278	.578	5	0	1	0	0	0
2006-07	26	-0.5	Pastora	VEWL	FgW		13	51	39	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	4	6	11	.333	.458	.359	.817	14	1	3	3	0	0
2007	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PHI	133	589	509	72	153	31	9	5	61	17	15	46	56	.301	.368	.426	.794	217	9	11	18	5	3
2007	27	-0.4	Ottawa	IL	AAA	PHI	129	572	496	70	149	29	9	5	59	16	14	44	55	.300	.367	.425	.792	211	9	11	16	5	3
2007	27	1.9	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	4	17	13	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	.308	.400	.462	.862	6	0	0	2	0	0
2007-08	27	0.0	Margarita	VEWL	FgW		37	161	141	22	35	6	2	1	10	2	5	10	24	.248	.319	.340	.659	48	1	5	4	1	0
2008	28	0.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	126	575	507	84	160	28	5	11	64	19	11	35	75	.316	.367	.456	.823	231	8	11	14	8	1
2008	28	-0.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	1	0	0	0
2008-09	28	0.6	Ponce	PRWL	FgW		33	157	133	22	39	6	1	3	14	7	4	16	14	.293	.387	.421	.808	56	1	5	2	1	2
2009	29	0.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	124	307	267	27	60	17	4	1	25	4	2	33	56	.225	.316	.330	.645	88	9	3	3	1	5
2010	30	3.1	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	131	512	465	53	127	18	4	13	67	7	7	32	64	.273	.323	.413	.736	192	10	4	7	4	2
2010-11	30	0.9	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		18	80	64	6	16	4	0	0	7	0	2	14	10	.250	.385	.313	.697	20	1	0	2	0	1
2011	31	4.1	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	FLA	126	526	453	68	136	34	3	13	59	12	4	48	78	.300	.388	.475	.863	215	7	17	8	0	2
2011	31	2.2	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-12	31	4.5	Lara	VEWL	FgW		39	164	145	14	44	6	0	1	17	2	5	17	16	.303	.380	.366	.746	53	3	1	1	0	0
2012	32		2 Teams	IL	AAA	MIN-PHI	26	86	72	9	10	1	0	2	4	1	0	12	16	.139	.267	.236	.504	17	3	1	0	1	1
2012	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		51	216	191	23	47	6	1	2	23	3	2	16	22	.246	.311	.319	.631	61	6	3	4	2	1
2012	32	4.7	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	11	37	29	5	6	1	0	1	2	1	0	7	4	.207	.378	.345	.723	10	0	1	0	0	1
2012	32	4.7	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	15	49	43	4	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	12	.093	.184	.163	.347	7	3	0	0	1	0
2012	32	2.1	York	ATLL	Ind		58	261	229	46	72	17	4	8	28	2	2	26	31	.314	.392	.528	.920	121		3	3	0	2
2012-13	32	5.1	Lara	VEWL	FgW		45	195	173	23	45	6	1	2	23	3	2	13	21	.260	.319	.341	.660	59	5	3	4	2	0
2012-13	32	2.5	Venezuela	CARS	FgW		6	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.111	.238	.111	.349	2	1	0	0	0	1
2013	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		161	721	611	111	183	38	5	10	80	15	10	83	92	.300	.390	.427	.817	261	11	11	10	6	3
2013	33	3.3	Yucatan	MEX	AAA		105	471	398	73	116	25	2	7	60	12	8	58	69	.292	.387	.417	.804	166	6	6	6	3	1
2013	33	3.0	Lancaster	ATLL	Ind		21	90	76	11	25	6	0	1	18	0	1	10	8	.329	.405	.447	.852	34		1	1	2	0
2013-14	33	5.6	Lara	VEWL	FgW		56	250	213	38	67	13	3	3	20	3	2	25	23	.315	.394	.446	.840	95	5	5	4	3	2
2014	34		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		130	533	455	59	118	19	3	7	64	7	3	60	70	.259	.349	.360	.709	164	11	5	8	5	0
2014	34	4.0	Oaxaca	MEX	AAA		17	74	64	9	15	3	2	2	15	1	0	8	7	.234	.338	.438	.775	28	2	2	0	0	0
2014	34	4.0	Campeche	MEX	AAA		78	343	297	41	84	11	1	4	42	5	3	35	41	.283	.359	.367	.726	109	4	3	3	5	0
2014-15	34	6.6	Lara	VEWL	FgW		30	106	85	9	18	4	0	1	7	1	0	16	18	.212	.337	.294	.631	25	5	0	5	0	0
2014-15	34	7.4	Licey	DOWL	FgW		5	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.222	.422	2	0	0	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		184	384	337	34	76	20	5	1	27	5	2	35	67	.226	.305	.323	.629	109	9	5	4	3	5
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		1496	6428	5666	851	1653	303	75	95	646	202	138	443	724	.292	.356	.422	.778	2391	85	153	117	49	17
Foreign (8 seasons)					Foreign		482	2083	1779	261	495	86	12	24	220	37	35	222	259	.278	.366	.381	.747	677	35	33	34	15	7
Other (2 seasons)					Other		79	351	305	57	97	23	4	9	46	2	3	36	39	.318	.395	.508	.903	155		4	4	2	2
All Levels (16 Seasons)							2241	9246	8087	1203	2321	432	96	129	939	246	178	736	1089	.287	.358	.412	.770	3332	129	195	159	69	31

AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		200	888	759	123	215	39	5	13	117	18	11	101	117	.283	.372	.399	.771	303	12	11	9	8	1
AAA (10 seasons)					Minors		1147	4816	4278	624	1258	235	57	84	496	111	76	310	562	.294	.353	.435	.788	1859	69	102	91	35	15
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		138	633	557	82	149	27	7	7	48	21	19	50	66	.268	.339	.379	.718	211	5	12	11	3	0
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		140	645	554	97	167	31	8	4	70	43	25	56	62	.301	.379	.408	.787	226	8	18	9	8	1
A- (1 season)					Minors		71	334	277	48	79	10	3	0	32	27	18	27	34	.285	.387	.343	.730	95	3	21	6	3	1
FgW (8 seasons)					Foreign		282	1195	1020	138	280	47	7	11	103	19	24	121	142	.275	.362	.367	.728	374	23	22	25	7	6