Joey Gathright

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Full Name: Joey Renard Gathright	Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 5'10"/185	First Game: June 25, 2004
Birthdate: April 27, 1981	MLB Experience: 4 years
Birthplace: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Joey Gathright ArmchairGM Stories
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Joey Gathright (Joey Renard Gathright) was born on April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on June 25, 2004 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2005, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 0 home runs and 13 RBI. Gathright played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 3 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2004	TB	A	19	52	11	13	0	1	.250	.316	.250	0	0	2	14	3	0	6	0	2
2005	TB	A	76	203	29	56	0	13	.276	.316	.340	7	3	10	39	2	3	20	0	5
2006	TB	A	55	154	25	31	0	13	.201	.305	.240	6	0	20	30	3	5	12	0	1
2006	KC	A	79	229	34	60	1	28	.262	.332	.328	6	3	22	45	4	4	10	0	2
2006	TOT	A	134	383	59	91	1	41	.238	.321	.292	12	3	42	75	7	9	22	0	3
2007	KC	A	74	228	28	70	0	19	.307	.371	.342	8	0	20	36	3	10	9	0	2
Total			229	638	99	160	1	55	.251	.319	.304	19	6	54	128	12	12	48	0	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2004	TB	A	LF	4	2	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	TB	A	OF	16	14	126	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	TB	A	RF	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TB	A	CF	11	11	96	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	TB	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	TB	A	OF	70	56	505.2	180	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2005	TB	A	CF	70	56	505.2	180	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2005	TB	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	TB	A	OF	54	50	438	155	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2006	TB	A	CF	54	50	438	155	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2006	KC	A	OF	76	62	578.2	186	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.990
2006	KC	A	CF	76	62	578.2	186	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.990
2006	KC	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	TOT	A	OF	130	112	1016.2	341	5	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2006	TOT	A	CF	130	112	1016.2	341	5	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2007	KC	A	OF	72	64	575.1	170	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2007	KC	A	LF	64	59	519.1	154	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.981
2007	KC	A	CF	10	5	56	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
2007	KC	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	221	184	1674.1	564	8	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			OF	288	246	2223.2	721	11	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	68	61	541.1	157	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.982

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed August 29, 2001).
Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Fernando Cortez to Kansas City Royals in exchange for J.P. Howell (June 20, 2006).

[edit] Trivia

He has been clocked at 6-6.7 seconds in the 60-yard dash.
While in high school, he jumped over his coach's car.
In 2007, Joey broke up Bobby Jenks' major league record-tying streak of 41 consecutive batters retired. Gathright, who would have been the 42nd batter and a record for Jenks if retired, was able to record a hit.

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[edit] Recent Joey Gathright ArmchairGM Stories

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Baseball Notebook: Spring Training (3/6/08)

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