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Joe Thurston

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second 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)

Debut: September 2, 2002 (Age 22-338d, 18,151st in major league history)
vs. ARI 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
2	2	Apr 7	STL		PIT	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	STL		PIT	L,4-7	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
4	4	Apr 9	STL		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
5	6 (1)	Apr 11	STL		HOU	W,11-2	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
6	7	Apr 12	STL		HOU	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
7	9 (1)	Apr 14	STL	@	ARI	L,6-7	GS	47	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	3B 2B
8	10	Apr 15	STL	@	ARI	W,12-7	GS	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	2	3B 2B
9	11	Apr 16	STL	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
10	12	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
11	13	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	19	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
12	14	Apr 21	STL		NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
13	15	Apr 22	STL		NYM	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B 2B
14	16	Apr 23	STL		NYM	W,12-8	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
15	17	Apr 24	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
16	19 (1)	Apr 26	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
17	20	Apr 27	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 2B
18	22 (1)	Apr 29	STL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	23	Apr 30	STL	@	WSN	W,9-4	GS	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	24	May 1	STL	@	WSN	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 2B
21	25	May 2	STL	@	WSN	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
22	26	May 4	STL		PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	27	May 5	STL		PHI	L,7-10	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
24	28	May 6	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
25	29	May 7	STL		PIT	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
26	30	May 8	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	31	May 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	32	May 10	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	24	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
29	34 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
30	35	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B 2B
31	36	May 16	STL		MIL	L,0-1	GS	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B 2B
32	39 (2)	May 19	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
33	40	May 20	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
34	41	May 21	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	44 (2)	May 24	STL		KCR	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	45	May 25	STL	@	MIL	L,0-1	GS	33	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
37	46	May 26	STL	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B 2B
38	47	May 27	STL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
39	48	May 29	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	49	May 30	STL	@	SFG	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
41	50	May 31	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	51	Jun 1	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	52	Jun 2	STL		CIN	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B 2B
44	53	Jun 3	STL		CIN	L,3-9	GS	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B 2B
45	54	Jun 4	STL		CIN	W,3-1	GS	28	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B 2B
46	56 (1)	Jun 6	STL		COL	L,1-10	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	57	Jun 7	STL		COL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
48	58	Jun 8	STL		COL	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
49	61 (2)	Jun 11	STL	@	FLA	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
50	62	Jun 12	STL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
51	63	Jun 13	STL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	65 (1)	Jun 16	STL		DET	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
53	66	Jun 17	STL		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
54	67	Jun 18	STL		DET	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
55	68	Jun 19	STL	@	KCR	W,10-5	GF	20	5.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
56	69	Jun 20	STL	@	KCR	W,7-1	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
57	70	Jun 21	STL	@	KCR	W,12-5	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
58	72 (1)	Jun 23	STL	@	NYM	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	1	4	0	5	1	PR 2B
59	73	Jun 24	STL	@	NYM	L,0-11	GF	11	2.0	2	1	1	4	1	PH 2B
60	74	Jun 25	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	75	Jun 26	STL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
62	76	Jun 27	STL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	77	Jun 28	STL		MIN	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
64	79 (1)	Jun 30	STL		SFG	L,3-6	GS	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	LF 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	80	Jul 1	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	81	Jul 2	STL		SFG	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
67	82	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
68	83	Jul 4	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	84	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	85	Jul 7	STL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	86	Jul 8	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	87	Jul 9	STL	@	MIL	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	88	Jul 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	89	Jul 11	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	90	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	91	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
77	92	Jul 17	STL		ARI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	97 (4)	Jul 22	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
79	98	Jul 23	STL	@	WSN	W,4-1	CG	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
80	100 (1)	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	L,6-14	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
81	105 (4)	Jul 30	STL		LAD	L,3-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	110 (4)	Aug 5	STL	@	NYM	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
83	113 (2)	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
84	117 (3)	Aug 14	STL		SDP	W,9-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	118	Aug 15	STL		SDP	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
86	124 (5)	Aug 21	STL	@	SDP	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
87	125	Aug 22	STL	@	SDP	W,7-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
88	128 (2)	Aug 26	STL		HOU	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	133 (4)	Sep 1	STL		MIL	W,7-6	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
90	147 (13)	Sep 16	STL		FLA	L,2-5	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 2B
91	152 (4)	Sep 22	STL	@	HOU	W,11-2	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 2B
92	155 (2)	Sep 26	STL	@	COL	W,6-3	GS	20	4.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
93	156	Sep 27	STL	@	COL	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
94	158 (1)	Sep 30	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
95	159	Oct 1	STL	@	CIN	W,13-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	160	Oct 2	STL		MIL	L,6-12	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
97	162 (1)	Oct 4	STL		MIL	L,7-9		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
							120gm		618.0	73	157	12	242	24