Doug Mirabelli

Full Name: Douglas Anthony Mirabelli	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6'1"/220	First Game: August 27, 1996
Birthdate: October 18, 1970	MLB Experience: 12 years
Birthplace: Kingman, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
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8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Doug Mirabelli ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Doug Mirabelli (Douglas Anthony Mirabelli) was born on October 18, 1970 in Kingman, Arizona. He made his Major League debut on August 27, 1996 for the San Francisco Giants. In 2000, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 6 home runs and 28 RBI. Mirabelli played for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Doug Mirabelli's best season was 2004, when he hit for a .281 average.

The Red Sox acquired Mirabelli from the Texas Rangers for reliever Justin Duchscherer. In 4 and a half seasons with the Red Sox he has become as popular as it's possible for a back up catcher to be. He was traded before the 2006 season in exchange for Mark Loretta, a deal that seemed like a steal to the Red Sox. But a month into the season the Red Sox felt that Josh Bard wasn't picking up the knuckleball as quickly as they'd like. So they got Mirabelli back from San Diego in exchange for Bard and Cla Meredith.

[edit] Scouting Report

In a limited role, Mirabelli can shine. He's very strong and can hit mistakes out of the park. But he has trouble with breaking balls and if ever placed in a starting role, major league pitchers would eat him up. He's good behind the plate and has become Tim Wakefield's personal catcher. If you ask a Red Sox fan, he's the only man in the world who could ever catch a knuckleball.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1996	SF	N	9	18	2	4	0	1	.222	.333	.278	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
1997	SF	N	6	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998	SF	N	10	17	2	4	1	4	.235	.316	.529	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
1999	SF	N	33	87	10	22	1	10	.253	.327	.356	6	0	9	25	1	0	0	1	1
2000	SF	N	82	230	23	53	6	28	.230	.337	.370	10	2	36	57	2	3	1	2	6
2001	TEX	A	23	49	4	5	2	3	.102	.254	.265	2	0	10	21	0	0	0	0	1
2001	BOS	A	54	141	16	38	9	26	.270	.360	.518	8	0	17	36	4	1	0	2	2
2001	TOT	A	77	190	20	43	11	29	.226	.332	.453	10	0	27	57	4	1	0	2	3
2002	BOS	A	57	151	17	34	7	25	.225	.312	.411	7	0	17	33	3	0	0	0	6
2003	BOS	A	62	163	23	42	6	18	.258	.307	.448	13	0	11	36	1	0	0	0	3
2004	BOS	A	59	160	27	45	9	32	.281	.368	.525	12	0	19	46	3	0	0	0	5
2005	BOS	A	50	136	16	31	6	18	.228	.309	.412	7	0	14	48	2	0	2	0	2
2006	SD	N	14	22	1	4	0	0	.182	.308	.227	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
2006	BOS	A	59	161	12	31	6	25	.193	.261	.342	6	0	11	54	4	0	0	0	2
2006	Total		73	183	13	35	6	25	.191	.267	.328	7	0	15	59	4	0	0	0	2
2007	Total		48	114	9	23	5	16	.202	.278	.360	3	0	11	41	1	1	0	0	4
Total	NL		154	381	38	88	8	43	.231	.330	.357	20	2	55	100	3	3	1	3	7
Total	AL		412	1075	124	249	50	163	.232	?	?	58	0	110	315	18	2	2	2	25
Total			566	1456	162	337	58	206	.231	.317	.407	78	2	165	415	21	5	3	5	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1996	SF	N	C	8	5	47	29	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1997	SF	N	C	6	1	18	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1998	SF	N	C	10	5	49	34	4	1	0	0	3	4	0	.974
1999	SF	N	C	30	24	219	156	11	0	2	0	15	10	0	1.000
2000	SF	N	C	80	71	632	428	39	7	4	5	45	22	1	.985
2001	TEX	A	C	23	16	151.2	84	16	1	4	0	8	13	0	.990
2001	TEX	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	BOS	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	BOS	A	C	52	43	388.2	329	33	2	8	6	51	19	1	.995
2001	TOT	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	TOT	A	C	75	59	540.1	413	49	3	12	6	59	32	1	.994
2002	BOS	A	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	BOS	A	C	50	41	378.1	285	30	0	3	10	37	19	1	1.000
2003	BOS	A	1B	2	0	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
2003	BOS	A	C	55	43	387.1	319	21	4	3	14	39	12	1	.988
2003	BOS	A	DH	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	BOS	A	C	53	41	375.2	285	18	2	2	13	46	8	0	.993
2004	BOS	A	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	BOS	A	C	43	33	309	225	17	3	0	6	20	8	0	.988
2005	BOS	A	DH	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	SD	N	C	9	5	49	37	2	0	0	1	4	2	0	1.000
2006	BOS	A	C	57	45	400	298	18	2	3	11	35	7	1	.994
2006	BOS	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	Total		C	66	50	449	335	20	2	3	12	39	9	1	.994
2007	BOS	A	C	46	33	292.2	194	19	1	4	6	35	10	1	.995
2007	BOS	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	522	406	3697.1	2719	230	23	33	72	343	134	6	.992
Total			DH	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	2	0	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857

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Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1989).
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed June 24, 1992).
Sold by San Francisco Giants to Texas Rangers (March 27, 2001).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Justin Duchscherer (June 12, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (November 29, 2004).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to San Diego Padres in exchange for Mark Loretta (December 7, 2005).
Traded by San Diego Padres to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Cla Meredith, Josh Bard, and cash (May 1, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 15, 2006).