Paul Hoover

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: April 14, 1976 in Columbus, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 64th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Steubenville HS (Steubenville, OH) and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Steubenville HS (Steubenville, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: September 8, 2001 (Age 25-147d, 17,986th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2010 (Age 34-168d)
vs. WSN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Full Name: Paul Chester Hoover

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

100

.250

RBI

OBP

.286

SLG

.280

OPS

.566

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
1998	22	TBD-min	A-,A	113	476	393	75	112	30	2	7	56	28	4	61	73	.285	.397	.425	.822		167	5	16	0	6	4		HDV,CHS · NYPL,SALL
1999	23	TBD-min	A+	118	482	408	66	111	13	6	8	54	23	7	54	81	.272	.376	.392	.768		160	13	16	0	4	3		SPT · FLOR
2000	24	TBD-min	AA,AAA	110	457	370	54	93	20	4	3	44	10	8	67	71	.251	.382	.351	.733		130	5	14	1	5	2		ORL,DHM · SOUL,IL
2001	25	TBD-min	AAA	89	320	293	37	63	18	4	3	21	5	3	11	66	.215	.260	.334	.594		98	7	7	8	1	0		DHM · IL
2001	25	TBD	AL	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
2002	26	TBD-min	AAA	69	254	227	27	50	12	3	5	20	3	3	18	67	.220	.285	.366	.651		83	2	3	5	1	0		DHM · IL
2002	26	TBD	AL	5	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2H

2003	27	FLA-min	AAA	81	279	256	35	69	22	2	5	40	10	3	18	62	.270	.321	.430	.751		110	7	2	2	1	1		ABQ · PCL
2004	28	MON-TBD-min	AAA	85	279	248	36	72	15	1	2	28	4	0	24	61	.290	.358	.383	.741		95	7	4	0	3	0		EDM,DHM · PCL,IL
2005	29	TBD-min	AAA	79	291	257	32	60	17	1	5	26	5	1	25	56	.233	.314	.366	.679		94	7	5	4	0	1		DHM · IL
2006	30	FLA-min	AAA	92	343	302	38	84	21	1	6	41	3	2	33	71	.278	.351	.414	.765		125	8	3	1	4	1		ABQ · PCL
2006	30	FLA	NL	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	112	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
2007	31	FLA-min	AAA,Rk	38	131	121	18	39	12	1	4	25	0	1	7	23	.322	.351	.537	.888		65	3	0	0	3	0		ABQ,JUM · PCL,GULF
2007	31	FLA	NL	3	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	98	3	0	0	0	0	0	/23
2008	32	FLA-min	AAA	50	193	175	27	44	8	0	6	19	1	1	14	44	.251	.316	.400	.716		70	8	3	0	1	0		ABQ · PCL
2008	32	FLA	NL	13	42	40	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.200	.238	.225	.463	22	9	2	0	0	0	1	2
2009	33	PHI-min	AAA	73	281	245	26	62	16	1	1	28	1	1	29	66	.253	.329	.339	.667		83	4	1	1	5	0		LHV · IL
2009	33	PHI	NL	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	297	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	34	PHI-min	AAA	77	286	255	23	63	13	3	2	21	0	0	26	65	.247	.326	.345	.671		88	10	4	1	0	1		LHV · IL
2010	34	PHI	NL	9	25	22	6	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.227	.320	.318	.638	72	7	3	0	0	0	2	/2H
7 Yrs				40	105	100	10	25	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	31	.250	.286	.280	.566	51	28	5	0	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	425	405	40	101	12	0	0	32	0	0	20	126	.250	.286	.280	.566	51	113	20	0	0	0	12

FLA (3 yrs)				20	55	53	2	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.245	.273	.264	.537	42	14	2	0	0	0	1
TBD (2 yrs)				8	21	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				12	29	26	6	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	.308	.379	.385	.764	105	10	3	0	0	0	2

NL (5 yrs)				32	84	79	8	21	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	25	.266	.310	.304	.613	63	24	5	0	0	0	3
AL (2 yrs)				8	21	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.190	.190	.190	.381	3	4	0	0	0	0	0

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