Josh Phelps
[edit] Biography
Josh Phelps (Joshua Lee Phelps) was born on May 12, 1978 in Anchorage, Alaska. He made his Major League debut on June 13, 2000 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2002, his rookie year, he hit .309 with 15 home runs and 58 RBI. Phelps played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Josh Phelps's best season was 2003, when he slugged 20 home runs and knocked in 66 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| 74
| 265
| 41
| 82
| 15
| 58
| .309
| .362
| .562
| 20
| 1
| 19
| 82
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 119
| 396
| 57
| 106
| 20
| 66
| .268
| .358
| .470
| 18
| 1
| 39
| 115
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 12
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| 79
| 295
| 38
| 70
| 12
| 51
| .237
| .296
| .417
| 13
| 2
| 18
| 73
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 76
| 13
| 23
| 5
| 10
| .303
| .338
| .579
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 2004
| TOT
| A
| 103
| 371
| 51
| 93
| 17
| 61
| .251
| .304
| .450
| 19
| 2
| 22
| 93
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
|
| 2005
| TB
| A
| 47
| 158
| 21
| 42
| 5
| 26
| .266
| .328
| .424
| 10
| 0
| 12
| 48
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 2007
| NYY
| A
| 36
| 80
| 8
| 21
| 2
| 12
| .262
| .330
| .363
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 2007
| PIT
| N
| 58
| 77
| 13
| 27
| 5
| 19
| .351
| .463
| .649
| 4
| 2
| 14
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2007
| Total
|
| 94
| 157
| 21
| 48
| 7
| 31
| .306
| .399
| .503
| 6
| 2
| 20
| 42
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 58
| 77
| 13
| 27
| 5
| 19
| .351
| .463
| .649
| 4
| 2
| 14
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 388
| 1283
| 181
| 344
| 59
| 224
| .268
| .336
| .466
| 69
| 4
| 100
| 363
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 41
|
| Total
|
|
| 446
| 1360
| 194
| 371
| 64
| 243
| .273
| .344
| .476
| 73
| 6
| 114
| 386
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 42
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| TOR
| A
| C
| 7
| 4
| 37
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 71
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 8
| 8
| 61
| 55
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 107
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 65
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| TOR
| A
| 1B
| 12
| 11
| 99.2
| 101
| 2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 8
| 7
| 56
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 2004
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 20
| 18
| 155.2
| 144
| 4
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 2004
| TOT
| A
| DH
| 81
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2005
| TB
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| TB
| A
| DH
| 42
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2007
| NYY
| A
| 1B
| 29
| 20
| 162.2
| 167
| 9
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 2007
| NYY
| A
| DH
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2007
| NYY
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2007
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 22
| 8
| 96.2
| 107
| 5
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2007
| PIT
| N
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2007
| PIT
| N
| C
| 3
| 2
| 16
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2007
| Total
|
| C
| 4
| 2
| 17
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2007
| Total
|
| 1B
| 51
| 28
| 259.1
| 274
| 14
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 2007
| Total
|
| DH
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 308
| 287
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 82
| 55
| 491
| 487
| 22
| 8
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 12
| 6
| 57
| 38
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 6, 1996).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Eric Crozier (August 4, 2004).
- Granted free agency (December 21, 2004).
- Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 22, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 3, 2005).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 10, 2006).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (November 10, 2006).
- Selected by New York Yankees from Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 7, 2006).
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