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Jayson
Werth		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 20, 1979 in Champaign Il
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 2008   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 CLE AL $ 2,800,000   38 38 39 72 73 73 67 67 67 93 89 90 40 40 40
2008 29 HOU NL $ 4,250,000   37 37 38 77 79 78 61 61 61 92 88 89 38 38 38
2009 30 HOU NL $ 4,250,000   37 37 38 77 79 78 59 59 59 91 87 88 38 38 38
2010 31 ANA AL $ 4,250,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 4 4 4
2011 32 CHA AL $ 1,110,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 4 4 4
2012 33 CHA AL $ 1,110,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 4 4 4
2013 34 CHA AL $ 1,110,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
2014 35 HOU NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
2015 36 NYA AL     3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   38 38 39 77 79 78 67 67 67 93 89 90 40 40 40
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
2003 24 TOR   83 285 32 61 17 1 6 39 5 2 27 81 .214 .282 .344 .626 28.4  
2004 25 TOR   155 544 74 133 39 6 26 95 14 10 68 153 .244 .328 .482 .810 85.7  
2005 26 TOR   157 543 82 114 39 4 22 78 24 9 73 168 .210 .304 .418 .722 73.5  
2006 27 ATL   144 442 71 96 26 3 17 58 14 6 68 123 .217 .322 .405 .727 61.8  
2007 28 CLE AL 156 528 78 129 32 4 28 82 29 11 70 163 .244 .331 .479 .810 86.6 15.5
2008 29 HOU NL 146 491 80 99 27 6 26 80 19 12 63 133 .202 .291 .440 .731 63.8 6.8
2009 30 HOU NL 130 358 57 77 13 2 30 71 20 9 46 89 .215 .300 .514 .814 61.8 8.6
2010 31 HOU NL 13 32 6 10 0 2 2 5 1 0 4 9 .313 .389 .625 1.014 7.4 1.7
  ANA AL 81 260 38 41 11 0 11 22 8 4 32 82 .158 .249 .327 .576 23.6 0.0
  TOT   94 292 44 51 11 2 13 27 9 4 36 91 .175 .264 .360 .624 31.0 1.7
    AAA   55 193 49 53 14 0 20 48 14 1 39 43 .275 .397 .658 1.055 50.4  
2011 32 CHA AL 89 169 46 48 11 3 18 46 17 3 28 36 .284 .386 .704 1.090 45.3 10.1
2012 33 CHA AL 82 176 32 43 6 1 10 26 13 5 22 42 .244 .325 .460 .785 27.4 5.0
2013 34 CHA AL 87 131 27 30 4 1 12 33 11 1 20 34 .229 .325 .550 .874 26.6 6.3
2014 35 HOU NL 93 119 12 19 4 1 2 10 2 0 11 41 .160 .229 .261 .490 7.7 0.0
2015 36 AAA   120 433 81 119 18 2 38 87 19 3 92 109 .275 .402 .589 .991 103.9  
    A   17 52 13 12 2 0 6 9 1 1 11 12 .231 .365 .615 .980 11.8  
8 Years Sim 877 2264 376 496 108 20 139 375 120 45 296 629 .219 .307 .469 .776 350.3 54.1
12 Years Pro 1416 4078 635 900 229 34 210 645 177 72 532 1154 .221 .311 .448 .759 599.7  
2 Years AAA 175 626 130 172 32 2 58 135 33 4 131 152 .275 .399 .610 1.009 154.3  
1 Years A 17 52 13 12 2 0 6 9 1 1 11 12 .231 .365 .615 .980 11.8  
3 Years Minors 192 678 143 184 34 2 64 144 34 5 142 164 .271 .396 .611 1.007 166.1  
162 Game Average 418 69 91 19 3 25 69 22 8 54 116 .219 .307 .469 .776 64.7  
Career Highs 156 528 80 129 32 6 30 82 29 12 70 163 .284 .386 .704 1.090 86.6  
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   1546 255 320 65 13 96 264 73 32 175 437 .207 .285 .452 .737 216.3
vs LH   718 121 176 43 7 43 111 47 13 121 192 .245 .353 .504 .857 135.1
Home 431 1089 165 214 41 9 68 171 60 27 146 328 .197 .290 .438 .728 152.6
Away 446 1175 211 282 67 11 71 204 60 18 150 301 .240 .323 .497 .820 198.7
RISP   567 0 130 24 6 43 243 0 0 90 149 .229 .325 .520 .846 102.6
Pinch Hitting   157 27 41 3 2 15 41 6 0 22 43 .261 .342 .592 .935 33.8
Close/Late   301 73 71 13 0 22 63 0 0 43 82 .236 .327 .498 .825 51.6
Mar/Apr 136 390 57 77 19 3 20 58 16 14 56 107 .197 .296 .415 .711 50.5
May 151 387 63 69 15 0 22 56 29 6 54 106 .178 .277 .388 .665 49.6
June 142 332 66 81 16 3 24 53 20 5 47 86 .244 .336 .527 .863 62.1
July 146 348 56 84 16 7 21 66 15 8 42 98 .241 .321 .509 .829 58.1
August 147 403 70 100 22 2 29 85 20 8 51 114 .248 .330 .529 .859 72.5
Sep/Oct 155 404 64 85 20 5 23 57 20 4 46 118 .210 .289 .455 .744 58.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 28 CLE AL RF 146 143 1267.7 270 9 1 2 .996 1.98 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 8 7 59.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 .000 0  
2008 29 HOU NL RF 143 143 1224.7 308 6 0 1 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2009 30 HOU NL RF 105 99 851.0 205 8 0 2 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 19 5 67.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
2010 31 HOU NL LF 5 5 33.5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 27.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.30 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  ANA AL LF 31 30 272.5 55 3 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 28 24 223.8 50 3 0 1 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 3 3 30.3 15 4 1 0 .950 5.64 10 4 .400 1 0.1
    SS 3 3 22.3 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 1 9.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 36 35 306.0 62 3 0 0 1.000 1.91   1.3
      RF 32 28 251.3 56 3 0 1 1.000 2.11   0.0
      C 4 4 34.0 17 5 1 0 .957 5.82 11 4 .364 1 0.1
      SS 3 3 25.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 3.24   0.0
      CF 3 1 11.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.73   0.0
      3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2011 32 CHA AL CF 36 31 284.7 74 4 3 2 .963 2.47 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 33 3 82.7 27 0 1 0 .964 2.94 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 8.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.48 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    3B 1 0 5.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 6.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2012 33 CHA AL CF 45 16 198.0 66 1 0 0 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 18 15 143.3 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 5 48.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 3 26.0 29 2 2 1 .939 10.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 34 CHA AL CF 43 12 167.0 36 1 0 1 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 20 1 59.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 8.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 35 HOU NL LF 21 15 128.3 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 3 29.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.41 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 1 20.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 505 435 3908.9 934 26 2 6 .998 2.21 0 0 .000 0 9.8
  CF 141 68 744.7 215 6 3 3 .987 2.67 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  LF 89 60 569.3 133 5 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  C 6 5 44.3 23 5 1 0 .966 5.68 12 4 .333 2 0.1
  SS 6 3 36.0 9 7 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 3 3 26.0 29 2 2 1 .939 10.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 4 1 17.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   755 575 5347.9 1347 52 8 11 .994 2.35 12 4 .333 2 15.4
Career Highs   154 150 1326.7 308 15 4 2 1.000 3.32 11 4 .364 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 28 CLE AL 11 43 5 8 3 0 3 10 1 3 4 16 .186 .250 .465 .715
2008 29 HOU NL 12 40 4 8 1 1 0 2 1 5 10 8 .200 .360 .275 .635
2009 30 HOU NL 3 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 .182 .182 .455 .636
Career Post-Season Batting 26 94 10 18 4 1 4 14 2 9 14 25 .191 .294 .383 .677
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
2007-9-163
2008-9-133
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Steve Smitherman (934)
  2. Jesus Cota (926)
  3. Pat Burrell (910)
  4. Michael Restovich (909)
  5. Joe Borchard (907)
  6. Jose Cruz Jr. (901)
  7. Delmon Young (899)
  8. Norm Sirivean (896)
  9. Ryan Seelye (887)
  10. Josh Willingham (881)
History
Traded from Texas to Cleveland on 2/17/2007 (Going to TEX: LF B. Giles. Going to CLE: RF J. Werth, P J. Lester)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/2007, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 2008
Injured on 5/30/2009 with a Broken Ribs, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Houston to Anaheim on 4/23/2010 (Going to HOU: P Austin Bilke, 2B Matt Moses, LF Merlin Justice. Going to ANA: P Mike Brunet, 3B Glenn Williams, 1B Royce Huffman, SS Chris Woodward, RF Jayson Werth)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/26/2011 to a 3-year deal worth $1,110,000 per year
 
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