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Josh Whitesell 1BD-backs

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
2	142	.200	.352	.313	.243	-0.2

Birth Date	4-14-1982
Height	6' 3"
Weight	220 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2008	ARI	26	7	9	7	1	2	0	1	5	1	2	1	1	.286	.444	.714	.361	1.1	-0.1	0.1
2009	ARI	27	46	133	108	7	21	7	1	31	24	29	1	14	.194	.346	.287	.235	-2.5	-0.9	-0.3
Career			53	142	115	8	23	7	2	36	25	31	2	15	.200	.352	.313	.243	-1.4	-0.9	-0.2

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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
2003	VER	A-	49	200	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.330			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SAV	A	113	444	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.288			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	POT	A+	113	474	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.389			0.0		-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	HAR	AA	127	467	.263	.254	.325	.387	.000	.330	106	1.1	10.9	-7	6.9	-1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	HAR	AA	119	487	.317	.264	.333	.398	.000	.344	104	29.5	13.6	-9	6.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	ARI	MLB	7	9	.361	.262	.314	.406	.000	.250	103	1	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.1	0.1	1.1	0.1
2008	TUC	AAA	127	560	.318	.282	.349	.452	.000	.415	107	36.4	15.6	-10.9	0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	ARI	MLB	46	133	.235	.251	.315	.396	.000	.256	101	-3.6	3.7	-2.2	-0.9	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	-2.5	-0.3
2009	RNO	AAA	63	274	.272	.280	.348	.441	.000	.343	124	3.6	7.7	-5.1	2.3	-1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	SYR	AAA	54	219	.291	.274	.334	.430	.000	.391	102	7.4	5.9	-4.1	-1.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		142	.243	.252	.315	.396	.249	.256	101	-2.6	3.7	-2.3	-0.7	0.1	-1.4	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2

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
2003	VER	A-	200	13	41	10	1	5	19	28	53	0	0	.246	.367	.407	.162	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SAV	A	444	56	95	29	0	16	54	58	91	0	1	.250	.353	.453	.203	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	POT	A+	474	59	114	32	2	18	66	74	125	1	1	.293	.416	.524	.231	.000	0.0	-0.9	0.0
2006	HAR	AA	467	47	106	11	0	19	56	53	125	2	6	.264	.351	.433	.169	.263	0.0	6.9	0.0
2007	HAR	AA	487	78	110	23	1	21	74	87	107	6	2	.284	.428	.512	.227	.317	0.0	6.0	0.0
2008	TUC	AAA	560	86	156	36	0	26	110	74	136	1	2	.328	.427	.568	.240	.318	0.0	0.1	0.0
2008	ARI	MLB	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	.286	.444	.714	.429	.361	1.1	-0.1	0.1
2009	RNO	AAA	274	35	66	14	1	8	58	40	48	1	1	.293	.407	.471	.178	.272	0.0	2.3	0.0
2009	ARI	MLB	133	7	21	7	0	1	14	24	29	0	0	.194	.346	.287	.093	.235	-2.5	-0.9	-0.3
2010	SYR	AAA	219	23	56	12	1	4	34	30	47	0	0	.304	.410	.446	.141	.291	0.0	-1.3	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2008-08-22	2008-08-27	Minors	5	0		Hip	Strain	Gluteal Muscles	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 101 d

Details

signed as a free agent from ARZ 12/28/09 (minor-league contract)
non-tendered 12/12/09 optioned to Triple-A 8/22/09 recalled 7/16/09 optioned to Triple-A 6/19/09 recalled 5/30/09 optioned to Triple-A 5/20/09 recalled 5/6/09 optioned to Triple-A 4/5/09 re-signed 3/3/09, 1 year/$0.401M (09)
recalled 9/2/08 claimed off waivers from WAS 3/14/08 re-signed 1/11/08, 1 year (08)
contract purchased 10/24/07 $0.12M signing bonus Loyola Marymount 03 6-177

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BP Articles

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Title	Author	Date
Fantasy Beat: Value Picks at First, Third and DH	Michael Street	2011-02-21
Between The Numbers: Dead Men Walking	Ben Lindbergh	2010-06-07
Transaction Action: Put Up Your Dukes?	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-17
Transaction Action: Senior Circuitry, East and Central	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-04
Transaction Analysis: NL Action	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-15
Transaction Action: A Teahen Scandal?	Christina Kahrl	2009-11-05
Transaction Action: Senior Circuit Shuffling	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-25
Transaction Action: The Weekend Shuffle	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-20
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Flatliners	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-14
Transaction Action: Snagging a Snake	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-08
Transaction Analysis: NL West Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-02
Future Shock: Diamondbacks Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-11-03
Transaction Analysis: Bankers Dozen	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-03
Transaction Analysis: NL East Rosters Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-04-02
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Takes on First Base Prospects	Nate Silver	2008-03-28
Transaction Analysis: NL East NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-29
Transaction Analysis: NL Pickups and Discards	Christina Kahrl	2007-11-13
Future Shock: Positional Rankings - First Base	Kevin Goldstein	2007-07-22
Future Shock: State of the Systems, NL East	Kevin Goldstein	2007-05-09
Future Shock: AFL Preview, Part One	Kevin Goldstein	2006-10-04

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