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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
4	885	.272	.329	.416	.255	2.2

Birth Date	2-4-1973
Height	6' 1"
Weight	210 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2006	PHI	33	65	213	198	25	65	14	7	100	10	31	5	0	0	32	0	.328	.376	.505	.288	12.7	-1.8	1.1
2007	PHI	34	48	137	129	15	36	3	5	54	4	20	2	0	2	22	0	.279	.311	.419	.247	4.6	-0.6	0.4
2008	PHI	35	98	305	274	28	72	17	9	116	16	51	10	2	3	36	1	.263	.325	.423	.259	13.0	-1.4	1.2
2009	HOU	36	43	112	103	3	21	5	0	26	8	28	0	1	0	10	0	.204	.259	.252	.186	-7.9	0.6	-0.7
2009	PHI	36	45	118	102	12	25	8	2	39	14	27	1	0	1	8	0	.245	.342	.382	.256	3.0	0.1	0.3
Career			299	885	806	83	219	47	23	335	52	157	18	3	6	108	1	.272	.329	.416	.255	25.5	-3.2	2.2

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
2000	AKR	AA	0	259	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.380			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BUF	AAA	0	100	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.312			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	AKR	AA	6	25	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.143			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BUF	AAA	75	295	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.330			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	BUF	AAA	124	528	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.346			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	PAW	AAA	29	102	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.218			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	IND	AAA	78	290	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.336			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SWB	AAA	134	562	.259	.272	.334	.423	.000	.319	99	-0.9	13.3	-0.9	2.0	-7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	PHI	MLB	65	213	.288	.265	.331	.428	.000	.362	102	6.6	5.8	3.7	-1.8	-3.4	12.7	1.1	12.7	1.1
2006	SWB	AAA	39	161	.199	.266	.331	.410	.000	.205	91	-9.2	3.9	-1	-1.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	PHI	MLB	48	137	.247	.264	.328	.411	.000	.298	103	-1.9	3.9	2	-0.6	0.3	4.6	0.4	4.6	0.4
2007	CLR	A+	3	10	.311	.281	.349	.402	.000	.444	104	0.6	0.3	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	REA	AA	27	116	.271	.269	.342	.410	.000	.289	105	1.4	3.3	0.8	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	OTT	AAA	26	102	.233	.263	.327	.395	.000	.273	101	-3.1	2.9	-0.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	PHI	MLB	98	305	.259	.258	.323	.409	.000	.292	101	-0.2	8.5	4.8	-1.4	-0.7	13.0	1.2	13.0	1.2
2009	HOU	MLB	43	112	.186	.259	.318	.403	.000	.276	100	-8.9	3.1	0.1	0.6	-1.0	-7.9	-0.7	-7.9	-0.7
2009	PHI	MLB	45	118	.256	.268	.333	.428	.000	.315	101	-0.5	3.3	1.3	0.1	-0.3	3.0	0.3	3.0	0.3
Career		MLB		885	.255	.262	.326	.415	.257	.312	101	-4.9	23.6	11.9	-3.1	-5.0	25.5	2.2	25.5	2.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2000	AKR	AA	259	32	80	20	4	2	31	15	33	1	2	.333	.382	.475	.142	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	BUF	AAA	100	15	29	2	0	4	8	3	12	0	1	.302	.330	.448	.146	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	AKR	AA	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	.125	.160	.125	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	BUF	AAA	295	31	78	16	2	7	50	15	50	0	1	.288	.333	.439	.151	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	BUF	AAA	528	59	152	32	1	8	67	34	54	0	0	.318	.379	.439	.121	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	PAW	AAA	102	5	18	5	0	1	8	4	18	0	0	.188	.218	.271	.083	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	IND	AAA	290	34	77	21	1	2	26	21	37	2	3	.296	.358	.408	.112	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SWB	AAA	562	73	148	26	1	20	89	40	85	3	4	.292	.355	.466	.174	.259	0.0	2.0	0.0
2006	PHI	MLB	213	25	65	14	0	7	32	10	31	0	0	.328	.376	.505	.177	.288	12.7	-1.8	1.1
2006	SWB	AAA	161	12	26	8	0	2	14	9	28	1	1	.177	.239	.272	.095	.199	0.0	-1.5	0.0
2007	PHI	MLB	137	15	36	3	0	5	22	4	20	0	0	.279	.311	.419	.140	.247	4.6	-0.6	0.4
2007	CLR	A+	10	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.100	.311	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	REA	AA	116	14	31	5	0	5	31	5	13	0	0	.287	.325	.472	.185	.271	0.0	0.3	0.0
2007	OTT	AAA	102	8	21	5	0	0	10	10	14	0	0	.233	.314	.289	.056	.233	0.0	0.3	0.0
2008	PHI	MLB	305	28	72	17	0	9	36	16	51	0	1	.263	.325	.423	.161	.259	13.0	-1.4	1.2
2009	HOU	MLB	112	3	21	5	0	0	10	8	28	0	0	.204	.259	.252	.049	.186	-7.9	0.6	-0.7
2009	PHI	MLB	118	12	25	8	0	2	8	14	27	0	0	.245	.342	.382	.137	.256	3.0	0.1	0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2010-04-02	2010-06-05	60-DL	64	56	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2010-05-25
2009-02-25	2009-03-11	Camp	14	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2007-03-23	2007-04-08	15-DL	16	5	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013		$
2012	WAS	$
2011	WAS	$
2010	WAS	$650,000
2010	WAS	$650,000
2009	PHI, HOU	$460,000
2008	PHI	$415,000
2007	PHI	$385,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,560,000
4 yr	Total	$2,560,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 77 d	Pat Arter	1 yr/$0.65M (10)

Details

claimed off waivers from NYM 3/29/10 signed as a free agent from HOU 12/3/09, 1 year/$0.65M (10)
sent outright to Triple-A 10/27/09 claimed off waivers from PHI 7/10/09 re-signed 3/3/09, 1 year/$0.46M (09)
1 year/$0.415M (08) recalled 6/28/07
optioned Double-A 5/25/07
recalled 5/12/07
optioned to Triple-A 4/07 1 year/$0.385M (07)
contract purchased 5/06
FA 11/03 (minor-league contract)
amateur free agent 98

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Title	Author	Date
Pebble Hunting: The Best Story of 2012	Sam Miller	2012-09-14
Out of Left Field: The Worst Baseball Discussions We Have	Matthew Kory	2012-04-16
Transaction Action: The National Redistribution Effort	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-30
Transaction Action: The National Redistribution Effort	Kevin Goldstein	2010-07-30
Contractual Matters: Optional Waivers	Jeff Euston	2010-07-01
Contractual Matters: Optional Waivers	Eric Seidman	2010-07-01
Transaction Analysis: AL Quadrille	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-17
Contractual Matters: The Undrafted	Jeff Euston	2010-06-10
Transaction Action: Youthful Orient-ation	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-09
Transaction Action: Senior Circuit Shakeups	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-27
Under The Knife: Monday Update	Will Carroll	2010-05-24
Transaction Action: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-23
Transaction Action: NL East and West	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-09
Transaction Action: Turn of the Screw, NL	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-04
Transaction Action: We Three Giants	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-30
Transaction Action: Expanding and Contracting	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-15
Camp Battles: NL East	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-24
Transaction Action: Capital Offenses?	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-21
On the Beat: Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2010-02-21
Transaction Action: Feeling Clingy	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-15
Prospectus Hit and Run: Vortices of Suck	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-25
On the Beat: Weekend Roundup	John Perrotto	2009-12-20
On the Beat: Pre-Winter Meetings Shopping Lists	John Perrotto	2009-12-06
Transaction Action: The Fox and the Walking Man	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-04
Transaction Action: Even More Minor Moves, NL	Christina Kahrl	2009-10-30
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Houston Astros	Baseball Prospectus	2009-09-23
Transaction Action: Texas Two-Steps and Leaving in a Huff	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-18
Transaction Action: Assorted Senior Circuitry	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-14
Prospectus Hit List: Getting Their Money's Worth... Or Not	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-14
Transaction Action: Catsup or Ketchup or Catch-up?	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-23
Transaction Action: NL Add-Ons	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-11
Transaction Analysis: NL East Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-16
Transaction Analysis: Updates from the Easts	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-28
Under The Knife: Help, I've Fallen and I...	Will Carroll	2009-04-13
Transaction Analysis: Senior Circuit Shuffling	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-02
Transaction Analysis: Eastern Promises	Christina Kahrl	2009-03-24
Team Health Reports: Philadelphia Phillies	Will Carroll	2009-03-23
Transaction Analysis: All the Moves	Christina Kahrl	2009-02-10
Prospectus Hit and Run: Outside Help, NL East	Jay Jaffe	2009-02-04
Transaction Analysis: NL East Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-30
On the Beat: Mega-Dealing	John Perrotto	2008-12-11
Transaction Analysis: Picking Over the Bones	Christina Kahrl	2008-12-02
On the Beat: World Series Game Three	John Perrotto	2008-10-26
Playoff Prospectus: One Through Twenty-Five?	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-21
Playoff Prospectus: One Through Twenty-Five?	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-21
World Series Prospectus: Rays versus Phillies	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-21
Playoff Prospectus: Dodgers versus Phillies	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-08
Prospectus Preview: Thursday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-10-02
Playoff Prospectus: Phillies versus Brewers	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-01
Prospectus Today: May Mets Fans Not Rush to Judgment	Joe Sheehan	2008-08-27
On the Beat: Reversals of Fortune	John Perrotto	2008-08-20
Prospectus Today: Brave New Problems	Joe Sheehan	2008-06-09
Prospectus Preview: Thursday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-22
Transaction Analysis: NL East Rosters Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-04-02
Team Health Reports: Philadelphia Phillies	Will Carroll	2008-03-05
Transaction Analysis: NL East NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-29
Prospectus Today: Division Series, Day One	Joe Sheehan	2007-10-04
Playoff Prospectus: Rockies versus Phillies	Christina Kahrl	2007-10-03
Transaction of the Day: NL East Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-09-16
Transaction Analysis: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-08-19
The Mill: Sunday Update	Baseball Prospectus	2007-07-29
Transaction Analysis: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-07-16
Prospectus Toolbox: Small Samples and All-Star Berths	Derek Jacques	2007-07-10
Transaction of the Day: Senior Circuit Switches	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-31
Transaction Analysis: May 10-14, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-15
Under The Knife: Halladay Injuries	Will Carroll	2007-05-13
Fantasy Focus: Cutting Bait	Jeff Erickson	2007-04-26
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the Easts	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-12
Positional Health Reports: Third Basemen	Will Carroll	2007-02-19
Transaction Analysis: NL East Catchup	Christina Kahrl	2007-01-31
Fantasy Focus: Mocking My Draft	Will Carroll	2007-01-05
Prospectus Today: Giving Credit	Joe Sheehan	2006-09-28
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 6th	Jay Jaffe	2006-08-09
Transaction Analysis: July 3-5	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-06
Prospectus Hit List: Week of July 3	Marc Normandin	2006-07-04
Fantasy Focus: Catching On	Jeff Erickson	2006-06-16
Transaction Analysis: June 8-12, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-13
Transaction Analysis: May 30-31	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-01
Transaction Analysis: National League, March 30-April 4	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-07
Transaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-04-09
Under The Knife: Watching the Defectives	Will Carroll	2003-04-03
Team Health Reports: Team Health Report: Boston Red Sox	Will Carroll	2003-02-05
Prospectus Feature: Freely Available Talent	Dayn Perry	2002-12-12
Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-02

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-05-24 14:00:00	Who the heck do the Nats use in place of Ivan Rodriguez for the next couple of weeks? Wil Nieves as the statrer is bad enough, but there is nobody else available. (HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)	As you know, Chris Coste is out for the year, and they've pressed Jamie Burke up to Syracuse to get him back in gear ASAP. And last I heard, Jesus Flores hasn't even tried to catch yet in his slow rehab. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a mercy-minded swap get made if Burke can't be ready in time, but it reflects an interesting industry-wide issue: the lack of readily available free talent behind the plate. It seems worse this year than it has been in recent memory, but the extent to which that's true deserves further exploration. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-11-03 13:30:00	Christina! Thanks, as always, for the chat. How much value should teams place on the defense of their backup catcher? Would it create valuable roster flexibility for a team to have a guy like Ryan Garko or Jayson Werth or Josh Willingham catch one day a week? Or is that just re-arranging the deck chairs? I’m also wondering if this would preserve some of the positional value of prospects who just don’t look like they can catch every day, such as Jeff Clement or Hank Conger. (Rob from Alaska)	You're talking to somebody who fell in love with everything about catchers back when you had backups like Johnny Wockenfuss and Bill Schroeder, guys who really weren't much behind the plate, but gave you something in the lineup, and who hit well enough to have value DHing or playing some first base. (Naturally, that makes me a Chris Coste fan. Jim Leyritz too, for that matter.) While a guy as big and as fragile as Werth would give me pause, I think it makes plenty of sense in Garko's case. I wonder about Willingham, but in part that's because I sort of fancy the notion that he could grow up to be the next Brian Downing. (Christina Kahrl)

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