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Josh
Paul		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 19, 1975 in Usa, IL, EVANSTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 ANA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2005 30 ANA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2006 31 HOU NL $ 800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2007 32 HOU NL $ 800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 33 HOU NL $ 800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2009 34 HOU NL $ 570,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2010 35 HOU NL $ 570,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2011 36 MIN AL $ 570,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 800,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 29 ANA AL 11 30 5 11 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 .367 .367 .467 .833 4.5 0.9
    AAA   86 366 48 121 8 3 4 32 6 12 29 49 .331 .380 .402 .781 51.2  
2005 30 ANA AL 38 107 12 26 1 1 1 12 0 0 5 17 .243 .277 .299 .576 7.6 0.1
2006 31 HOU NL 74 178 10 34 7 0 2 18 1 0 7 40 .191 .220 .264 .484 6.6 0.0
    AAA   22 91 12 21 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 22 .231 .278 .286 .564 6.9  
2007 32 HOU NL 81 212 27 57 16 0 4 37 1 0 15 37 .269 .314 .401 .715 25.4 3.4
2008 33 HOU NL 99 308 34 82 22 3 6 45 0 0 17 47 .266 .303 .416 .718 36.4 4.5
2009 34 HOU NL 108 341 41 93 28 1 10 45 1 0 14 68 .273 .301 .449 .750 43.1 6.7
2010 35 HOU NL 77 193 19 51 10 1 3 25 0 0 9 48 .264 .294 .373 .667 20.6 2.6
2011 36 HOU NL 70 201 23 56 13 0 1 13 0 0 10 49 .279 .311 .358 .670 20.0 2.2
  MIN AL 15 45 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .178 .229 .222 .451 1.7 0.0
  TOT   85 246 26 64 15 0 1 13 0 0 13 60 .260 .296 .333 .629 21.7 2.2
8 Years Sim 573 1615 174 418 100 7 27 198 3 0 80 319 .259 .292 .380 .672 165.9 20.3
2 Years AAA 108 457 60 142 13 3 4 36 6 12 35 71 .311 .358 .379 .736 58.1  
162 Game Average 456 49 118 28 1 7 55 0 0 22 90 .259 .292 .380 .672 46.9  
Career Highs 108 341 41 93 28 3 10 45 1 0 17 68 .367 .367 .467 .833 43.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1106 115 288 65 7 18 146 2 0 49 212 .260 .291 .381 .671 117.5
vs LH   509 59 130 35 0 9 52 1 0 31 107 .255 .297 .377 .674 55.5
Home 285 810 81 212 53 6 10 89 1 0 40 157 .262 .296 .379 .675 86.7
Away 288 805 93 206 47 1 17 109 2 0 40 162 .256 .289 .380 .669 86.3
RISP   399 0 105 26 2 7 161 0 0 20 74 .263 .293 .391 .684 44.5
Pinch Hitting   104 11 23 9 0 1 16 0 0 3 20 .221 .241 .337 .577 7.7
Close/Late   208 26 42 11 0 2 24 0 0 10 37 .202 .236 .284 .520 12.8
Mar/Apr 61 148 13 43 12 1 3 24 0 0 4 30 .291 .305 .446 .751 18.8
May 102 277 33 72 17 2 7 38 0 0 12 54 .260 .290 .412 .701 31.8
June 117 341 37 71 9 1 3 28 0 0 22 67 .208 .255 .267 .522 22.4
July 93 274 35 73 22 0 9 49 2 0 7 52 .266 .284 .445 .729 33.2
August 96 281 30 81 15 2 2 31 1 0 17 51 .288 .326 .377 .703 33.5
Sep/Oct 104 294 26 78 25 1 3 28 0 0 18 65 .265 .308 .388 .695 33.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 29 ANA AL C 10 8 73.3 50 1 1 1 .981 6.26 5 0 .000 1 0.3
2005 30 ANA AL C 31 27 249.3 229 15 2 1 .992 8.81 50 11 .220 0 0.2
2006 31 HOU NL C 47 45 381.0 327 33 1 1 .997 8.50 52 21 .404 2 2.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 32 HOU NL C 61 55 480.0 426 37 3 1 .994 8.68 70 23 .329 1 2.3
2008 33 HOU NL C 81 78 687.7 583 63 2 2 .997 8.45 136 44 .324 4 4.0
2009 34 HOU NL C 98 95 835.3 677 64 6 0 .992 7.98 152 45 .296 5 3.8
2010 35 HOU NL C 53 52 445.3 329 37 5 0 .987 7.40 85 27 .318 3 1.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 36 HOU NL C 57 53 458.5 362 27 4 0 .990 7.64 68 18 .265 3 1.4
    SS 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIN AL C 12 11 104.5 82 6 1 0 .989 7.58 15 4 .267 1 0.5
    SS 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 450 424 3715.0 3065 283 25 6 .993 8.11 633 193 .305 20 16.7
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   453 424 3718.0 3065 283 25 6 .993 8.10 633 193 .305 20 16.7
Career Highs   98 95 835.3 677 64 6 2 .997 8.81 152 45 .404 5  
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  1. Shawn Riggans (983)
  2. Joel Montoya (973)
  3. Johnny Estrada (962)
  4. Vance Wilson (957)
  5. Yadier Molina (955)
  6. Pete Laforest (955)
  7. Kenneth Gilman (955)
  8. Wil Nieves (954)
  9. Jason Varitek (951)
  10. Einar Diaz (948)
History
Had first career hit on 5/31/2004, off Juan Rincon (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/2005, off Kurt Ainsworth (BAL)
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/24/2006 to a 3-year deal worth $800,000 per year
5/14/2008: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $570,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/4/2010
Was claimed off waivers by Minnesota on 8/16/2011
 
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