Pat Borders

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: May 14, 1963 in Columbus, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Wales HS (Lake Wales, FL).

High School: Lake Wales HS (Lake Wales, FL)

Debut: April 6, 1988 (Age 24-328d, 15,446th in major league history)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 27, 2005 (Age 42-074d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Joe Maenza

National Team: us USA (Pro,Oly)

Full Name: Patrick Lance Borders

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

3282

831

.253

289

RBI

346

OBP

.288

SLG

.375

OPS

.663

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1982	19	TOR-min	Rk	61	245	217	30	66	12	2	5	33	1	2	24	52	.304	.377	.447	.824		97		2	1	1	1		MDH · PION
1983	20	TOR-min	A	131	506	457	62	125	31	4	5	54	4	1	46	116	.274	.341	.392	.732		179		1	1	1	2		FLR · SALL
1984	21	TOR-min	A	131	527	467	69	129	32	5	12	85	3	4	56	109	.276	.353	.443	.796		207		1	0	3	0		FLR · SALL
1985	22	TOR-min	A	127	508	460	43	120	16	1	10	60	6	5	45	116	.261	.327	.365	.692		168		1	0	2	1		KIN · CARL
1986	23	TOR-min	A,AA	28	79	74	11	27	8	0	5	14	0	3	3	15	.365	.390	.676	1.065		50		0	2	0	0		FLR,KNX · SALL,SOUL
1987	24	TOR-min	AA,A	97	385	360	44	106	14	1	11	52	2	5	20	59	.294	.332	.431	.763		155		2	0	3	1		KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1988	25	TOR-min	AAA	35	138	120	11	29	8	0	3	14	0	0	16	22	.242	.326	.383	.709		46		0	0	2	0		SYR · IL
1988	25	TOR	AL	56	160	154	15	42	6	3	5	21	0	0	3	24	.273	.285	.448	.733	103	69	5	0	2	1	0	2H/D45
1989	26	TOR	AL	94	256	241	22	62	11	1	3	29	2	1	11	45	.257	.290	.349	.639	84	84	7	1	1	2	2	2HD
1990	27	TOR	AL	125	368	346	36	99	24	2	15	49	0	1	18	57	.286	.319	.497	.816	120	172	17	0	1	3	2	*2H/D
1991	28	TOR	AL	105	312	291	22	71	17	0	5	36	0	0	11	45	.244	.271	.354	.625	69	103	8	1	6	3	1	2H
1992	29	TOR	AL	138	521	480	47	116	26	2	13	53	1	1	33	75	.242	.290	.385	.676	85	185	11	2	1	5	3	*2/H
1993	30	TOR	AL	138	520	488	38	124	30	0	9	55	2	2	20	66	.254	.285	.371	.656	75	181	18	2	7	3	2	*2
1994	31	TOR	AL	85	311	295	24	73	13	1	3	26	1	1	15	50	.247	.284	.329	.613	58	97	7	0	1	0	0	*2
1995	32	TOT	MLB	63	187	178	15	37	8	1	4	13	0	0	9	29	.208	.246	.331	.577	50	59	3	0	0	0	2	2/HD
1995	32	KCR	AL	52	150	143	14	33	8	1	4	13	0	0	7	22	.231	.267	.385	.651	67	55	1	0	0	0	1	2/HD
1995	32	HOU	NL	11	37	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.114	.162	.114	.276	-23	4	2	0	0	0	1	2
1996	33	TOT	MLB	76	234	220	15	61	7	0	5	18	0	2	9	43	.277	.306	.377	.683	77	83	4	0	5	0	0	2/H3D
1996	33	TOT	AL	50	163	151	12	39	4	0	5	14	0	1	8	29	.258	.296	.384	.680	74	58	3	0	4	0	0	2/DH
1996	33	STL	NL	26	71	69	3	22	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	14	.319	.329	.362	.691	84	25	1	0	1	0	0	2/H3
1996	33	CAL	AL	19	61	57	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	1	3	11	.228	.267	.386	.653	64	22	1	0	1	0	0	2/H
1996	33	CHW	AL	31	102	94	6	26	1	0	3	6	0	0	5	18	.277	.313	.383	.696	79	36	2	0	3	0	0	2/D
1997	34	CLE	AL	55	170	159	17	47	7	1	4	15	0	2	9	27	.296	.341	.428	.769	97	68	5	2	0	0	0	2/H
1998	35	CLE	AL	54	175	160	12	38	6	0	0	6	0	2	10	40	.238	.289	.275	.564	47	44	3	2	2	1	0	2/H5
1999	36	CLE-min	AAA	55	216	198	17	47	7	0	5	23	0	1	12	31	.237	.290	.348	.638		69	5	3	2	1	2		BFL · IL
1999	36	TOT	AL	12	35	34	3	9	0	1	1	6	0	1	1	5	.265	.286	.412	.697	74	14	0	0	0	0	0	/2D5
1999	36	CLE	AL	6	20	20	2	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	.300	.300	.400	.700	75	8	0	0	0	0	0	/25
1999	36	TOR	AL	6	15	14	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.429	.695	74	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2D

2000	37	TBD-min	AAA	96	373	348	44	95	16	0	12	55	7	2	20	66	.273	.311	.422	.733		147	8	1	0	4	2		DHM · IL
2001	38	TBD-SEA-min	AAA	90	345	324	28	77	15	1	3	30	3	2	17	62	.238	.282	.318	.600		103	15	3	1	0	0		DHM,TAC · IL,PCL
2001	38	SEA	AL	5	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	173	3	0	0	1	0	0	/2H
2002	39	SEA-min	AAA	92	331	317	42	84	16	1	12	27	3	2	11	47	.265	.289	.435	.724		138	6	0	2	1	0		TAC · PCL
2002	39	SEA	AL	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	231	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2DH
2003	40	SEA-min	AAA	79	320	293	36	92	27	1	12	51	1	2	20	54	.314	.363	.536	.898		157	12	4	0	3	3		TAC · PCL
2003	40	SEA	AL	12	15	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.214	.414	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2H5D
2004	41	SEA-min	AAA	36	143	137	16	35	5	1	5	13	0	1	3	28	.255	.287	.416	.703		57	4	3	0	0	1		TAC · PCL
2004	41	TOT	AL	38	99	95	9	22	6	0	1	10	3	1	1	22	.232	.247	.326	.574	49	31	2	1	2	0	0	2/H
2004	41	SEA	AL	19	55	53	6	10	2	0	1	5	1	1	1	12	.189	.204	.283	.487	27	15	2	0	1	0	0	2
2004	41	MIN	AL	19	44	42	3	12	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	10	.286	.302	.381	.683	76	16	0	1	1	0	0	2/H
2005	42	MIL-min	AAA	26	102	98	8	24	2	0	3	14	1	2	3	18	.245	.265	.357	.622		35	6	0	0	1	0		NVL · PCL
2005	42	SEA	AL	39	125	117	12	23	5	0	1	7	0	0	4	22	.197	.228	.265	.493	34	31	4	1	2	1	1	2
2006	43	LAD-min	A+,AAA	26	96	91	6	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	5	15	.154	.198	.220	.418		20	4	0	0	0	0		VRO,LVG · FLOR,PCL
17 Yrs				1099	3499	3282	289	831	168	12	69	346	9	14	155	557	.253	.288	.375	.663	77	1230	94	12	31	19	13
162 Game Avg.				162	516	484	43	122	25	2	10	51	1	2	23	82	.253	.288	.375	.663	77	181	14	2	5	3	2
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
TOR (8 yrs)				747	2463	2309	205	590	127	9	54	272	6	6	112	364	.256	.290	.388	.678	83	897	73	6	19	17	10
SEA (5 yrs)				79	206	194	20	40	9	0	2	14	1	1	6	41	.206	.233	.284	.516	39	55	6	1	4	1	1
CLE (3 yrs)				115	365	339	31	91	13	2	4	24	0	5	19	70	.268	.314	.354	.668	72	120	8	4	2	1	0
MIN (1 yr)				19	44	42	3	12	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	10	.286	.302	.381	.683	76	16	0	1	1	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				52	150	143	14	33	8	1	4	13	0	0	7	22	.231	.267	.385	.651	67	55	1	0	0	0	1
STL (1 yr)				26	71	69	3	22	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	14	.319	.329	.362	.691	84	25	1	0	1	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				19	61	57	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	1	3	11	.228	.267	.386	.653	64	22	1	0	1	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				11	37	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.114	.162	.114	.276	-23	4	2	0	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				31	102	94	6	26	1	0	3	6	0	0	5	18	.277	.313	.383	.696	79	36	2	0	3	0	0

AL (17 yrs)				1062	3391	3178	285	805	165	12	69	342	9	13	152	536	.253	.288	.378	.666	78	1201	91	12	30	19	12
NL (2 yrs)				37	108	104	4	26	3	0	0	4	0	1	3	21	.250	.271	.279	.550	48	29	3	0	1	0	1

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