Joe Thurston

Joseph William Thurston
Born: September 29, 1979
Fairfield, CA US
Primary Position: Second base
All Position(s) Played: 3B, CF, LF, OF, RF, SS
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 225
Draft: Round 45 (1997 June Amateur Draft, Boston Red Sox)
Draft: Round 4 (1999 June Amateur Draft, Los Angeles Dodgers)
School: Vallejo HS (CA)
Sacramento City College
Career: 1999-2014
Major League Statistics

Joe Thurston compiled a career batting average of .292 with 117 home runs and 809 RBI in his 1927-game career with the Yakima Bears, San Bernardino Stampede, Jacksonville Suns, Las Vegas 51s, Columbus Clippers, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, Reading Phillies, Ottawa Lynx, Pawtucket Red Sox, Gwinnett Braves, New Orleans Zephyrs, York Revolution, Rochester Red Wings, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Yucatan Leones, Lancaster Barnstormers, Campeche Piratas and Oaxaca Guerreros. He began playing during the 1999 season and last took the field during the 2014 campaign.

San Bernardino Stampede	Yakima Bears	Jacksonville Suns	Las Vegas 51s	Columbus Clippers	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons
Ottawa Lynx	Reading Phillies	Reading Phillies	Pawtucket Red Sox	Gwinnett Braves	New Orleans Zephyrs
Rochester Red Wings	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	York Revolution	Yucatan Leones	Lancaster Barnstormers	Campeche Piratas
Oaxaca Guerreros

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	Advanced A	CALL	San Bernardino Stampede	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
1999	Short Season A	NORW	Yakima Bears	71	334	277	48	79	10	3	0	32	27	18	27	34	.285	.387	.343	.730	95	3	21	6	3	1
2000	Advanced A	CALL	San Bernardino Stampede	138	641	551	97	167	31	8	4	70	43	25	56	61	.303	.380	.410	.790	226	8	17	9	8	1
2001	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	134	616	544	80	145	25	7	7	46	20	18	48	65	.267	.338	.377	.715	205	5	12	9	3	0
2002	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	136	631	587	106	196	39	13	12	55	22	9	25	60	.334	.372	.506	.878	297	10	12	5	2	1
2003	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	132	606	538	77	156	27	6	7	68	1	12	31	48	.290	.345	.401	.746	216	10	18	11	8	0
2004	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	101	360	317	38	90	17	3	4	23	7	2	20	46	.284	.356	.394	.750	125	5	17	3	3	3
2005	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	29	118	107	13	25	3	3	2	7	2	2	7	19	.234	.287	.374	.661	40	1	1	3	0	0
2005	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	84	286	257	32	74	10	2	6	35	4	5	13	36	.288	.326	.412	.739	106	3	3	10	3	0
2006	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	127	544	479	74	135	29	9	9	55	20	10	43	65	.282	.349	.436	.785	209	3	7	14	1	2
2007	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	129	572	496	70	149	29	9	5	59	16	14	44	55	.300	.367	.425	.792	211	9	11	16	5	3
2007	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	4	17	13	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	.308	.400	.462	.862	6	0	0	2	0	0
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	126	575	507	84	160	28	5	11	64	19	11	35	75	.316	.367	.456	.823	231	8	11	14	8	1
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	131	512	465	53	127	18	4	13	67	7	7	32	64	.273	.323	.413	.736	192	10	4	7	4	2
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	126	526	453	68	136	34	3	13	59	12	4	48	78	.300	.388	.475	.863	215	7	17	8	0	2
2012	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	11	37	29	5	6	1	0	1	2	1	0	7	4	.207	.378	.345	.723	10	0	1	0	0	1
2012	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	15	49	43	4	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	12	.093	.184	.163	.346	7	3	0	0	1	0
2012	Ind	ATLL	York Revolution	58	261	229	46	72	17	4	8	28	2	2	26	31	.314	.391	.528	.920	121		3	3	0	2
2013	AAA	MEX	Yucatan Leones	105	471	398	73	116	25	2	7	60	12	8	58	69	.291	.387	.417	.804	166	6	6	6	3	1
2013	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	21	90	76	11	25	6	0	1	18	0	1	10	8	.329	.404	.447	.852	34		1	1	2	0
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	17	74	64	9	15	3	2	2	15	1	0	8	7	.234	.338	.438	.775	28	2	2	0	0	0
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	78	343	297	41	84	11	1	4	42	5	3	35	41	.283	.359	.367	.726	109	4	3	3	5	0
Totals				1775	7667	6730	1031	1965	365	84	117	809	222	152	580	880	.292	.360	.423	.783	2849	97	168	130	59	20

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1999	Short Season A	NORW	Yakima Bears	SS	68	108	246	29	43	.924	5.206
1999	Short Season A	NORW	Yakima Bears	2B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
1999	Advanced A	CALL	San Bernardino Stampede	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
2000	Advanced A	CALL	San Bernardino Stampede	2B	28	64	72	3	19	.978	4.857
2000	Advanced A	CALL	San Bernardino Stampede	SS	110	185	374	31	68	.947	5.082
2001	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	2B	121	287	275	14	64	.976	4.645
2001	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	SS	12	20	30	3	7	.943	4.167
2002	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	SS	17	35	46	2	11	.976	4.765
2002	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	2B	118	285	378	19	77	.972	5.619
2003	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	SS	6	8	18	2	4	.929	4.333
2003	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	2B	125	277	360	13	85	.980	5.096
2004	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	2B	85	171	249	10	47	.977	4.941
2005	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	2B	75	151	202	7	46	.981	4.707
2005	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	2B	28	61	65	4	12	.969	4.500
2006	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	LF	6	11	2	0	1	1.000	2.167
2006	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	OF	6	11	2	0	1	1.000	2.167
2006	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	SS	2	2	8	1	1	.909	5.000
2006	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	2B	121	292	325	13	75	.979	5.099
2007	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	2B	4	10	13	0	3	1.000	5.750
2007	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	CF	3	9	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2007	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	OF	24	59	2	0	1	1.000	2.542
2007	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	LF	22	50	2	0	1	1.000	2.364
2007	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	2B	104	229	296	8	66	.985	5.048
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	2B	99	194	279	9	76	.981	4.778
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	OF	30	52	3	0	1	1.000	1.833
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	CF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	LF	17	26	1	0	1	1.000	1.588
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	RF	11	22	2	0	0	1.000	2.182
2008	AAA	IL	Pawtucket Red Sox	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	2B	97	144	254	9	62	.978	4.103
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	3B	22	12	19	4	4	.886	1.409
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	LF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2010	AAA	IL	Gwinnett Braves	SS	19	17	41	5	8	.921	3.053
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	SS	5	9	15	0	3	1.000	4.800
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	OF	16	29	1	1	1	.968	1.875
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	LF	15	29	1	1	1	.968	2.000
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	2B	103	222	287	15	71	.971	4.942
2011	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2012	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	2B	7	15	14	1	3	.967	4.143
2012	Ind	ATLL	York Revolution	SS	52	87	145	7	27	.971	4.462
2012	Ind	ATLL	York Revolution	3B	5	2	11	0	1	1.000	2.600
2012	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	2B	13	26	42	2	10	.971	5.231
2012	Ind	ATLL	York Revolution	LF	1						.000
2012	Ind	ATLL	York Revolution	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2012	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	SS	1	1	2	0	2	1.000	3.000
2013	AAA	MEX	Yucatan Leones	OF	80	150	8	3	2	.981	1.975
2013	AAA	MEX	Yucatan Leones	CF	56	113	7	2	2	.984	2.143
2013	AAA	MEX	Yucatan Leones	2B	26	70	77	1	19	.993	5.654
2013	AAA	MEX	Yucatan Leones	LF	24	37	1	1	0	.974	1.583
2013	Ind	ATLL	Lancaster Barnstormers	SS	21	31	60	4	13	.958	4.333
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	3B	67	33	138	12	21	.934	2.552
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	SS	6	12	18	2	5	.938	5.000
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	OF	5	9	2	0	0	1.000	2.200
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	2B	4	10	11	0	1	1.000	5.250
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	SS	4	1	9	0	2	1.000	2.500
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	LF	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	CF	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
2014	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	RF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	2B	16	36	35	0	10	1.000	4.438
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	LF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2014	AAA	MEX	Campeche Piratas	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals					1927	3743	4452	238	978	.972	4.253

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1999	Advanced A	California League	San Bernardino Stampede	LAN
1999	Short Season A	Northwest League	Yakima Bears	LAN
2000	Advanced A	California League	San Bernardino Stampede	LAN
2001	AA	Southern League	Jacksonville Suns	LAN
2002	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas 51s	LAN	April 4, 2002	August 31, 2002
2003	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas 51s	LAN
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas 51s	LAN	April 8, 2004	September 5, 2004
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas 51s	LAN	April 8, 2005	July 28, 2005
2005	AAA	International League	Columbus Clippers	NYA	August 1, 2005	September 5, 2005
2006	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	PHI	April 6, 2006	August 21, 2006
2007	AA	Eastern League	Reading Phillies	PHI	April 5, 2007	April 9, 2007
2007	AAA	International League	Ottawa Lynx	PHI	April 10, 2007	September 2, 2007
2008	AAA	International League	Pawtucket Red Sox	BOS	April 3, 2008	September 1, 2008
2010	AAA	International League	Gwinnett Braves	ATL	April 8, 2010	September 6, 2010
2011	AAA	Pacific Coast League	New Orleans Zephyrs	FLO	April 7, 2011	September 4, 2011
2012	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	April 5, 2012	April 20, 2012
2012	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	MIN	April 26, 2012	May 12, 2012
2012	Ind	Atlantic League	York Revolution		July 23, 2012	September 23, 2012
2013	AAA	Mexican League	Yucatan Leones		March 26, 2013	August 3, 2013
2013	Ind	Atlantic League	Lancaster Barnstormers		August 23, 2013	September 15, 2013
2014	AAA	Mexican League	Oaxaca Guerreros		April 19, 2014	May 8, 2014
2014	AAA	Mexican League	Campeche Piratas		May 9, 2014	August 13, 2014

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