2012 Oakland A s. Supplemental Bios

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1 2012 Oakland A s Supplemental Bios includes bios for: Jeremy Accardo, Travis Blackley, Yoenis Céspedes, Jesse Chavez, Stephen Drew, Brandon Hicks, Brandon Inge, George Kottaras and Pat Neshek The entire A s Media Guide, including these bios, is available at

2 SPRING INVITEE Jeremy Accardo 57 Age: 30, born December 8, 1981 in Mesa, AZ Resides: Gilbert, AZ Position: Pitcher Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 ML Service: Contract Status: Signed thru 2012 Acquired: January 19, 2012; Signed to a free agent minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training camp. OPPONENTS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG SLG OBP 2004 Norwich San Jose San Jose Fresno San Francisco Norwich Fresno Toronto San Francisco Toronto Syracuse GCL Blue Jays Toronto Dunedin Toronto Las Vegas Las Vegas Toronto Norfolk Baltimore Minor Lge. Totals CLEVELAND TOTALS American League National League M.L. TOTALS Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a free agent, 8/ Acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Giants in exchange for Shea Hillenbrand and Vinnie Chulk, 7/ DL forearm soreness, 5/10-remainder of season rehab at A Dunedin, 6/10-14 rehab at GCL Blue Jays, 7/30-8/2 rehab at A Dunedin, 8/3-12 rehab at AAA Syracuse, 8/ Granted free agency, 12/ Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent, 12/ Granted free agency, 10/ Signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, 1/19 FIELDING BY POSITION PCT G PO A E TC DP PCT G PO A E TC DP Pitcher PITCHERS HITTING AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Media Guide CLEVELAND INDIANS ACCARDO (continued) 2011 Season Highlights Spent the season in the Baltimore organization, splitting time between the Orioles and Triple-A Norfolk after signing a one-year Major League free agent contract in December Picked up the win in his Orioles debut on April 2 at Tampa Bay...Worked a season-high 2.1 innings June 7 vs. Oakland...Struck out season-high three batters in 2.0 innings June 3 vs. Toronto... Had a 3.09 ERA in April (9G, 11.2IP, 7H, 4ER)...Allowed at least one run in 16 of his 31 appearances, including seven of his last 12 games and was designated for assignment on June 18 (outrighted on Norfolk 6/22)...Spent remainder of minor league season in Norfolk and contract was selected by Baltimore on September 6 Had 12 straight scoreless outings (14.1IP, 7H, 0R) from July 30-August 29 with Norfolk...ERA over his last 20 outings scoreless (17.2IP, 10H, 1ER, 0.51ERA). Pro Career 2010 league with 24 saves Was promoted to Toronto from Las Vegas of the PCL (AAA) on three separate occasions, totaling 26 games at the big league level Made his season debut 6/18 at PHI, pitching 0.2 scoreless IP, picking up the save Pitched to 2008 Appeared in 16 games, posting a 0-3 record with a 6.57 ERA before having his season ended May 10 with forearm soreness...posted a 2.08 ERA on the road as opposed to 9.00 at home...appeared in 13 games at three levels in the minors attempting to rehab his arm...was shut down for the season after his 8/20 appearance Recorded career highs in wins (4), innings pitched (67.1), games (64), strikeouts (57) and saves (30)...Had only AL...Began the season with 21.2IP of scoreless baseball, the longest such stretch by a reliever since Paul Quantrill s Toronto club record of 23.0 scoreless IP to begin a season (2001)...It also represented the longest streak to start a season of any ML pitcher in Dominated left-handed hitters, holding them to a.161 average (20-164), allowing only three extra-base hits, all doubles...allowed only three of 23 inherited runners to score (team-best 13%) Traded to Toronto from the San Francisco Giants on July 22 for DH/IF Shea Hillenbrand, and RHP Vinnie Chulk... Jay on Sept. 5 vs. CLE, surrendering a grand slam to Andy Marte...Prior to his arrival in Toronto, posted a 1-3 record, with a 4.91 ERA, including three saves with San Francisco Had 3 stints with San Francisco...Logged 20 scoreless efforts in 28 ML outings, holding opponents to.232 avg. purchased prior to 5/2 game in Arizona...Made ML debut 5/4 in front of hometown crowd at Bank One Ballpark...Was 2004 After signing late in 2003, made professional debut by leading SF chain with 28 saves...spent majority of campaign with San Jose, helping club capture North Division crown with California League-leading 27 saves.. ACCARDO'S CAREER GAME HIGHS K's: 4, two times, last June 19, 2009 at Washington; BB: 2, 16 times; LONGEST OUTING: 3.0 innings, April 21, 2007 at Baltimore; HR: 2, Sept. 8, 2007 at TB; WINNING STREAK: 3 games, July 8-September 5, 2007; LOSING STREAK: 5 games, September 8, 2007-April 12, 2010; SAVE STREAK: 10, July 31-Sept 1, 2007; SCORELESS IP STREAK: 19 games/21.0ip, April 4-May 24, 2007 LAST WIN: May 26, 2011 vs. KC; LAST SAVE: June 18, 2009 at Philadelphia. Full name JEREMIAH LEE ACCARDO.Married, Carly They have a son, Larson, and a daughter, Leighton...Signed by the Giants as a non-drafted free agent on August 12, 2003 out of Illinois State University where he pitched and played Team All-Missouri Valley Conference and second Team All-Midwest Region...Graduate of Mesa (AZ) High School. 82 Cleveland Indians

3 Travis Blackley 54 LEFT-handed pitcher Height/Weight: 6-3 / 200 Bats/Throws: Left / Left Birthdate: November 4, 1982 Opening Day Age: 29 Birthplace/Resides: Melbourne, Australia / Melbourne, Australia Major League Service: 1 year, 42 days Obtained: Claimed off waivers from San Francisco, May 15, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through CAREER Highlights The 29-year-old southpaw returns to the United States after pitching in South Korea during the 2011 season last played in the San Francisco organization in 2007, making 28 starts for Fresno also played in parts of two seasons with Tacoma in 2004 and 2006 has represented Australia in the World Baseball Classic in 2007 and pitched in the Australian Baseball League this past offseason pitched for the World team in the MLB Futures Game at U.S. Cellular Field in 2003, the same year he was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2003 after leading the league with 17 wins Highlights Pitched for the KIA Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization appeared in 25 games with the Tigers, including 22 starts, and posted a 7-5 record with a 3.48 ERA. Career 2010 Pitched in four different leagues including 15 appearances, four starts, for the Sacramento River Cats Pitched for the Reno Aces in their inaugural season recorded 101 strikeouts in innings went 4-7 with a 4.85 ERA over 38 games, 12 starts Made his first 21 appearances of the season as a starter for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, going 5-9 with a 5.47 ERA was 0-1 with a 5.02 ERA in seven relief appearances struck out a season-high nine batters April 7 at Pawtucket, suffering the loss by allowing four runs on four hits with a walk over 5.0 innings earned his first win of the season June 3 at Indianapolis, allowing one run on six hits over 6.0 innings with a walk and five strikeouts tossed a season-high 8.0 innings June 19 at Charlotte to earn the victory, allowing two runs off five hits with four walks and six strikeouts went 2-3 with a 4.24 ERA in 12 games, 10 starts, for Aguilas in the Mexican Winter League struck out 55 and walked Had a 3.67 ERA in 24 of his 28 starts for Triple-A Fresno had a ERA in the other four pitched at least 6.0 innings in 19 of his 28 starts was recalled by San Francisco Sept. 21 and made two starts for the Giants collected his first big league hit Sept. 29 at Los Angeles (NL) off Chad Billingsley Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 13 of his 25 starts and allowed two earned runs or less in 14 of the 25 for Double-A San Antonio promoted to Triple-A Tacoma Aug. 19 and made two starts finished the year by allowing one hit over 6.0 innings Aug. 31 vs. Salt Lake Had surgery Feb. 8 to repair two small tears in the labrum of his left shoulder (Dr. Lewis Yocum) spent the entire season on the disabled list Named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year after leading the league in wins also ranked second in ERA and fourth in strikeouts and innings. his 17 wins were the most by a Texas League pitcher since 1978, when Jeff Reardon of the Jackson Mets won 17 had a season-high 11 strikeouts June 2 vs. Arkansas participated in the Texas League All-Star Game and was named to the postseason All-Star Team pitched for the World squad in the 2003 MLB Futures Game on July 15 at U.S. Cellular Field named Seattle s Minor League Pitcher of the Year and received the 2003 John Ellis Award for his community involvement Finished second among Seattle minor leaguers in strikeouts for Single-A San Bernardino had a career-high 14 strikeouts July 19 against San Jose in 8.0 innings pitched Began his professional career with Rookie League Everett and held opponents to a.211 batting average had a season-high 13 strikeouts July 23 at Tri-Cities in 7.0 innings pitched. Travis Jarrod Blackley graduated from Cheltenham High School (Cheltenham, Australia). LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2001 Everett San Bernardino San Antonio Tacoma SEATTLE ( Injured Did Not Pitch) 2006 San Antonio Tacoma Fresno SAN FRANCISCO Lehigh Valley Reno Buffalo Chihuahua (Mex) Sacramento Stockton Kia (Korea) AL Totals NL Totals ML Totals Signed by the Seattle Mariners organization as a non-drafted free agent, October On the disabled list, March 3 to October Traded to the San Francisco Giants for outfielder Jason Ellison, April 1. Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 draft, December Elected free agency, October 14; signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks, December Elected free agency, October Signed by the New York Mets to a minor league contract, March 6. Released, May 1; signed by the Oakland Athletic to a minor league contract, May 14. Released, December Signed by the San Francisco Giants to a minor league contract, February 19. Claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics, May 15. WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2009 Australia Led Triple-A Tacoma in wins and strikeouts named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for the week of May recalled by Seattle July 1 and won his Major League debut that night against Texas allowed four runs on six hits in 5.2 innings optioned to Tacoma Aug. 1 ended the season on the DL (left shoulder tendinitis).

4 VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ERA W L S G IP ER vs. TEAM ERA W L S G IP ER Cleveland Los Angeles Oakland Texas Toronto VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ERA W L S G IP ER vs. TEAM ERA W L S G IP ER Cincinnati Los Angeles MONTHLY BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER by MONTH ERA W L S G IP ER July September PITCHING BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER by CATEGORY ERA W L S G IP ER Home Road Day Night Pre-All Star Post-All Star Starter Reliever Yoenis Céspedes 52 OUTFIelder Height/Weight: 5-10 / 210 Bats/Throws: Right / Right Birthdate: October 18, 1985 Opening Day Age: 26 Birthplace/Resides: Granma, Cuba / Santiago, Dominican Republic Major League Service: None Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, March 3, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a four-year contract through BALLPARK BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER Angel Stadium AT&T Park Dodger Stadium O.co Coliseum Rogers Centre Safeco Field FIELDING STATISTICS Pitcher Year Pct. G PO A E TC DP Totals BLACKLEY S CAREER BESTS Low Hit Complete Game: None Innings Pitched: 5.2, July 1, 2004 at Texas Strikeouts: 5 (twice), last: September 23, 2007 vs. Cincinnati Longest Winning Streak: 1, July 1, 2004 Longest Losing Streak: 3, July 7, 2004 to present Longest Scoreless Streak: 6.0, September 23 to 29, 2007 CAREER Highlights Played for Granma in Cuba s Serie Nacional for eight seasons before defecting to the Dominican Republic following the season batted.323 (668-for-2069) with 145 home runs and 464 RBI in 528 games over his final six seasons added 119 doubles and 14 triples for a.604 slugging percentage has a.565 career slugging percentage, which ranks ninth all-time in Cuba had 177 career home runs led the league in runs (89) and RBI (99) and tied for the league lead in home runs (33), while batting.333 in 90 games during his final season in played for Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and hit.458 with two home runs and five RBI in six games led Cuba s Series Nacional in runs scored in (79) and (89) Highlights Played for Aguilas Cibaenas during the Dominican Winter League playoffs and batted.143 with one double, one home run and two RBI in nine games did not walk and struck out 10 times. Career Led Cuba s Serie Nacional in runs (89) and RBI (99), tied for the lead in home runs (33), ranked fifth in slugging (.667) and tied for 10th in hits (118) the 33 home runs are a league record named to the All-Star Game but did not appear in the game hit.368 against left-handed pitching compared to.325 against right-handers 22 of his 33 home runs came with runners on base including three grand slams hit three home runs Dec. 15 against Guantanamo also had three two-homer games tallied 10 outfield assists batted.222 with two home runs and eight RBI in 13 postseason games Played for Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and hit.458 with two home runs and five RBI in six games added a double and three triples and scored five runs was also a member of Cuba s World Cup team and hit.214 with a home run and three RBI in 10 games in Cuba, ranked third in the league in runs (87), eighth in home runs (22), ninth in slugging (.617) and 10th in hits (118) batted.316 with eight home runs in 79 at bats OAKLAND A s CUBAN-BORN PLAYERS Bert Campaneris Jose Canseco Ozzie Canseco Tito Fuentes Orlando Gonzalez George Lauzerique Marty Martinez Ariel Prieto Diego Segui Jose Tartabull against left-handed pitching compared to.354 with 14 home runs in 263 at bats against right-handers had a pair of two-homer games connected for a grand slam Nov. 29 against Cienfuegos had 10 assists as an outfielder also appeared in two games at shortstop Tied for third in Cuba s Serie Nacional in home runs (24), tied for fourth in runs (83), ranked ninth in RBI (76) and 10th in slugging (.601) hit.358 against left-handed pitching compared to.314 against right-handers hit three home runs Feb. 5 against Guantanamo also had two two-homer games collected 11 assists as an outfielder Ranked second in Cuba s Serie Nacional in home runs (26), tied for third in RBI (78) and tied for fourth in runs (82) went 0 for 3 in the All-Star Game hit.306 against left-handed pitching compared to.279 against right-handers 16 of his 26 home runs came with runners on base including two grand slams had four two-homer games tallied 14 outfield assists Ranked first in Cuba s Serie Nacional in runs (79), tied for third in home runs (17), tied for fourth in stolen bases (15) and RBI (66), fifth in doubles (24), tied for fifth in hit by pitches (14) and sixth in slugging (.541) went 3 for 4 with a RBI in the All-Star Game to help Orientales to a 2-0 win over Occidentales hit.359 with five home runs in 78 at bats against left-handed pitching compared to.286 with 12 home runs in 262 at bats against right-handers had 13 assists in 78 games as an outfielder also appeared in one game at shortstop Ranked first in Cuba s Serie Nacional in runs (89), second in home runs (23), fourth in slugging (.649), fifth in RBI (78), tied for sixth in hits (119), tied for seventh in doubles (24) went 0 for 2 in the All-Star Game hit.417 against left-handed pitching compared to.333 against right-handers connected for two two-homer games belted a grand slam April 22 against Holguin had eight outfield assists hit.167 with a home run and four RBI in nine postseason games. Yoenis Céspedes Milanés his mother, Estela, pitched for Cuba in the 2000 Summer Olympics. LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2003 Granma (Cuba) (Statistics not available) 2004 Granma (Cuba) (Statistics not available) 2005 Granma (Cuba) Granma (Cuba) Granma (Cuba) Granma (Cuba) Granma (Cuba) Granma (Cuba)

5 2012 Signed by the Oakland Athletics organization as a non-drafted free agent, March 3. WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2009 Cuba Jesse Chavez 60 RIGHT-handed pitcher Height/Weight: 6-2 / 160 Bats/Throws: Right / Right Birthdate: August 21, 1983 Opening Day Age: 28 Birthplace/Resides: Victorville, California / Pomona, California Major League Service: 2 years, 65 days Obtained: Acquired from Toronto for cash considerations, August 24, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through CAREER Highlights Has pitched in 143 games over the last four seasons with Pittsburgh ( ), Atlanta (2010) and Kansas City ( ) spent the entire 2009 and 2010 seasons in the majors led the Pirates and all Major League rookies with 73 appearances in 2009 was named pitcher of the year at Indianapolis in 2008 after logging a team-leading 14 saves in 51 relief appearances was selected by Pittsburgh Aug. 27 of that year and made his Major League debut that afternoon Highlights Appeared in four games at the Major League level with Kansas City, allowing runs in three of his four outings spent most of the season at Triple-A Omaha serving at the team s closer saved 16 games in 21 opportunities over the months of June and July saw his best success, recording a eight saves and 0.92 ERA from May 31-Aug. 10, he allowed runs in only two of 21 outings did not blow a save until his 15th outing of the season did not allow a run in his first nine outings at Omaha, totalling 13.2 innings played in the Mexican Winter League, posting a 0-1 record with a 3.38 ERA and one save in 17 relief appearances. Career 2010 Was acquired from the Atlanta Braves July 31 with outfielder Gregor Blanco and minor league left-handed pitcher Tim Collins in exchange for outfielder Rick Ankiel, right-handed pitcher Kyle Farnsworth and cash considerations finished strong for the Royals, posting a 1.74 ERA over his final nine relief appearances, holding batters to a.167 average over that span appeared in 28 games for the Braves and 23 for the Royals combined to 5-5 with a 5.89 ERA Spent first full season in the Major Leagues and led the Pirates staff with 73 appearances led all Major League rookies in appearances made seven straight scoreless appearances from May (7.0 ip) recorded his first Major League plate appearance, striking out Aug. 18 vs. Milwaukee picked up first Major League win Sept. 6 against St. Louis (4.1 ip, 8 h, 5 er, 3 bb, 4 so) finished the season making four straight scoreless appearances (4.2 ip). loss Sept. 25 at Milwaukee ended the season with back-to-back scoreless outings was scored upon just three times, and struck out 11 batters, in his last 10 games (9.2 ip) went 0-for-2 in save situations with the Pirates and allowed three of his five inherited runners to score held left-handed batters to a.217 (5-for-23) average while right-handed batters hit.395 (15-for-38) participated in the Dominican Winter League and went 2-1 with a 5.54 ERA in 13 appearances with Gigantes del Cibao Spent his first full season with Indianapolis ranked second on the team in appearances made 45 of his 46 appearances in relief was scored upon in five of first six appearances was scored upon once in eight appearances (2 er in 16.2 ip) from April 28-May 19 surrendered just one home run in final 29 appearances (52.0 ip) went 1-2 with four saves and a 6.00 ERA (8 er in 12.0 ip) in 11 appearances for the Phoenix Desert Dogs during the Arizona Fall League Went 4-6 with four saves and a 4.38 ERA in 51 appearances with three different minor league teams began the season with the Rangers Double-A affiliate at Frisco tossed 2.0 hitless frames and earned his first save April 19 vs. San Antonio lost each of his first four decisions from April 13 to May 21 was scored upon just once in a six-game stretch from May 24 to June 7 (1 er in 10.0 ip) was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma July 28 and made his lone appearance July 29 was acquired by the Pittsburgh organization July 31 and was assigned to Indianapolis participated in the Arizona Fall League and went 3-0 with four saves and a 0.64 ERA in 12 relief appearances with Grand Canyon was named to Arizona Fall League s All-Prospect Team for his efforts Split season between Single-A Bakersfield and Frisco and went 4-3 with a 4.65 ERA in 42 relief appearances held opponents to a.182 average while pitching with Bakersfield made four straight scoreless outings to begin the season (10.2 ip) earned his two saves April 23 vs. Inland Empire and May 13 vs. Visalia gave up three runs in final appearance with Bakersfield May 20 at Stockton, raising his ERA from 1.29 to 2.22 was promoted to Frisco May 23 and made Double-A debut May 25 at Arkansas, where he allowed one run in 2.2 ip picked up his first win June 27 vs. Tulsa earned victories in back-to-back outings June 27 and 30 and again Aug. 5 and 7 recorded a 0.71 ERA in his final five appearances and was not charged with an earned run in his last 8.1 innings allowed three grand slams, the most by any pitcher in the Texas League Spent the entire season with Single-A Clinton, his last year used primarily as a starter ranked second on the staff in starts and third in innings pitched and strikeouts tossed 4.0 innings of scoreless relief and picked up win in first appearance April 8 at Wisconsin went 2-0 with a 3.94 ERA in his first relief outings won three straight decisions from April 17 to May 6 suffered five straight losses from July 11 to Aug Spent his first professional season with Spokane, Texas entry in the Northwest League recorded victories July 6 vs. Yakima and July 27 vs. Eugene earned his lone save Aug. 26 at Boise. Jesse David Chavez married with one child graduated from AB Miller High School in Fontana, Calif. attended Riverside (CA) Community College Spent the majority of season with Triple-A Indianapolis and was named the club s Pitcher-of-the- Year established a career high in appearances and converted his team-high 14 saves in 19 opportunities ranked ninth in the International League in saves held right-handed hitters to a.177 (25-for-141) batting average and two home runs while left-handed batters hit.282 (33-for-117) with six home runs was scored upon just twice in his first 11 games with Indy and had a 1.40 ERA struck out at least one batter in 15 consecutive games from June 25 to Aug. 6 (26 so in 19.2 ip) was selected by Pittsburgh Aug. 27 and made his Major League debut that afternoon against Chicago (NL) at PNC Park retired each of the three batters he faced was scored upon in four straight games (5 er in 4.1 ip) with Bucs after his first outing surrendered a walk-off grand slam to Ryan Braun and suffered his first big league

6 LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2003 Spokane Clinton Bakersfield Frisco Frisco Oklahoma City Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH ATLANTA KANSAS CITY Omaha KANSAS CITY AL Totals NL Totals ML Totals Selected by the Chicago Cubs organization in the 39th round of the First-Year Player Draft, did not sign Selected by the Texas Rangers organization in the 42nd round of the First-Year Player Draft, signed May 17, Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Kip Wells, July Traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for infielder Akinori Iwamura, November 3. Traded to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Rafael Soriano, December Traded to the Kansas City Royals with outfielder Gregor Blanco and pitcher Tim Collins for outfielder Rick Ankiel and pitcher Kyle Farnsworth, July Claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays, October Traded to the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations, August 24. VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ERA W L S G IP ER vs. TEAM ERA W L S G IP ER Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ERA W L S G IP ER vs. TEAM ERA W L S G IP ER Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Colorado Florida Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego San Francisco St. Louis Washington MONTHLY BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER by MONTH ERA W L S G IP ER April May June July August September October PITCHING BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER by CATEGORY ERA W L S G IP ER Home Road Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG Starter Reliever BALLPARK BREAKDOWN ERA W L S G IP ER Angel Stadium AT&T Park Busch Stadium Chase Field Citi Field Citizens Bank Park Comerica Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Great American Kauffman Stadium Metrodome Miller Park Minute Maid Park Nationals Park O.co Coliseum PETCO Park PNC Park Progressive Field Safeco Field Sun Life Stadium Target Field Turner Field U.S. Cellular Field Wrigley Field FIELDING STATISTICS Pitcher Year Pct. G PO A E TC DP Totals CHAVEZ CAREER BESTS Low Hit Complete Game: None Innings Pitched: 4.1, June 22, 2010 at Chicago (AL) Strikeouts: 4 (three times), last: September 9, 2011 at Seattle Longest Winning Streak: 2 (twice), last: July 30 to August 3, 2010 Longest Losing Streak: 5, September 25, 2008 to August 31, 2009 Longest Scoreless Streak: 8.0, April 12 to 27, 2009

7 Stephen Drew 5 Infielder Height/Weight: 6-0 / 190 Bats/Throws: Left / Right Birthdate: March 16, 1983 Opening Day Age: 29 Birthplace/Resides: Hahira, Georgia / Valdosta, Georgia Major League Service: 5 years, 79 days Obtained: Acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league infielder Sean Jamieson and a PTBNL or cash considerations, August 20, 2012 Contract Status: Second year of a two-year contract through 2012 with a mutual option for CAREER Highlights Entered 2012 as the longest-tenured shortstop in Arizona history with 717 games ranks among the D- backs all-time leaders in triples (1st, 51), doubles (3rd, 168), hits (3rd, 750), games (4th, 733), at-bats (2,782), runs scored (5th, 376), RBI (6th, 321) and home runs (9th, 70) his 40 triples since 2008 are the third most in baseball, behind Jose Reyes (47) and Shane Victorino (47) also has the best fielding percentage among Diamondbacks shortstops (.978) in 2008, became the third shortstop in Major League history to notch 40 doubles, 10 triples and 20 home runs in a season, joining the Brewers Robin Yount (1980, 82) and Red Sox s Nomar Garciaparra (1997) became the third D-backs player to hit for the cycle on Sept. 1, 2008 vs. Cardinals named the 2008 BBWAA D-backs Player of the Year Highlights Played in 86 games before suffering a season-ending right ankle injury hit.252 with 21 doubles, five home runs and 45 RBI missed the first five games of the season after being sidelined with an abdominal strain recorded a game-ending, RBI single in the 12th inning April 17 vs. San Francisco hit his first-career grand slam and had a career-high five RBI April 28 against Chicago (NL) suffered a fractured right ankle on a slide into home plate July 20 vs. Milwaukee (surgery performed by Dr. Peter Mitchell on July 21). Career 2010 Established career highs in on-base percentage (.352), stolen bases (10) and walks (62) and tied his career best with 12 triples in his fifth season with the D-backs was one of four players in the Majors to reach double-digits in doubles, triples and home runs (33/12/15), joining the Rays Carl Crawford, Mets Jose Reyes and Phillies Shane Victorino ranked second in the National League in triples tied the Rockies Troy Tulowitzki for the NL lead with a club-record.984 fielding percentage at shortstop (10 errors in 607 total chances) hit three leadoff home runs: Aug. 25 at San Diego, Sept. 22 vs. Colorado and Sept. 29 at San Francisco hit his first inside-the-park home run Opening Day vs. San Diego according to the Elias Sports Bureau, joined his brother, J.D. (1999) as the first pair of siblings to have hit inside-the park homers since George (1984) and Juan Bell (1992) the inside-the park homer marked the sixth in club history (second at Chase Field) surpassed Tony Womack (487) for most games played by a D-backs shortstop April 6 against San Diego reached base safely in a career-high 22 straight games from July 23 to Aug. 15 (20-for-78,.256) on Aug. 8 at Milwaukee, became only the fifth D-backs player to play in 600 games and collect 250 RBI, joining Luis Gonzalez (1,194/774), Steve Finley (849/479), Chad Tracy (704/318) and Jay Bell (616/304) hit the last of four consecutive homers Aug. 11 at Milwaukee, tying a Major League record (seventh time) a Drew was involved in three of the seven total times (also J.D. on Sept. 18, 2006 vs. San Diego and April 22, 2007 vs. New York-AL) recorded his first career multi-homer game Aug. 25 at San Diego, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and two homers Set career highs in batting average (.291), home runs (21), doubles (44), RBI (67), runs scored (91), games (152) and hits (178) in his third Major League season honored by the Arizona chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America as the D-backs Player of Year became the third shortstop in Major League history to collect at least 40 doubles, 10 triples and 20 home runs in a season, joining the Brewers Robin Yount (1980, 82) and the Red Sox s Nomar Garciaparra (1997) was one of three players in baseball to reach double-digits in doubles, triples and home runs, joining the Tigers Curtis Granderson and Reyes became the second player in D-backs history to accomplish the feat (also Steve Finley in 1999 and 2003) ranked among the National League leaders in triples (t-2nd), doubles (t-4th), extra-base hits (8th, 76) and hits (8th) became the third D-backs player to hit for the cycle Sept. 1 against St. Louis, going 5-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and home run established a career high and tied a team record (12th time) with five hits the cycle was the first at Chase Field batted.325 (27-for- 83) during a career-high 17-game hitting streak from July 29-Aug Batted.238 with 28 doubles, 12 home runs and 60 RBI in his first full season with the D-backs went 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts made his first Opening Day start at shortstop hit his first career walk-off home run, a two-run shot off Trevor Hoffman April 25 against San Diego hit.500 (7-for-14) with a double, triple, two home runs and four RBI in a three-game NLDS sweep against Chicago batted.294 (5-for-17) in four NLCS games against the Rockies Split the season between Triple-A Tucson and the D-backs hit.284 with 16 doubles, 13 home runs and 51 RBI in 83 games with the Sidewinders and.316 in 59 games with Arizona recalled July 15 and made his Major League debut against Milwaukee went 0-for-3 collected his first ML hit July 17 against Los Angeles (NL), a single off Aaron Sele hit his first home run July 31 at Chicago (NL) off Glendon Rusch rated by Baseball America as the Pacific Coast League s Best Defensive Shortstop following the season entered the year ranked as the fifth-best prospect in baseball (No. 1 in D-backs system), according to Baseball America Combined to hit.328 with 21 doubles, 14 home runs and 52 RBI in 65 games with Single-A Lancaster and Double-A Tennessee also played in 19 games with Camden of the independent Atlantic League led the Atlantic League in batting average (.427), slugging (.744) and on-base percentage (.484) signed by the D-backs May 31 was on the disabled list from June with a strained right hamstring homered in four consecutive contests (five home runs total) with Lancaster from July 5-8 was selected the farm system s Player of the Month for July, batting.393 with seven homers and 28 RBI played for the Arizona Fall League-champion Phoenix Desert Dogs, batting.337 (30-for-89) with six home runs and 17 RBI in 23 games selected as a shortstop on the AFL All-Star Team ranked among AFL leaders in triples (t-1st, 4), slugging percentage (3rd,.738), runs scored (t-3rd, 25), on-base percentage (4th,.439) and extra-base hits (4th, 17). Stephen O. Drew. he and wife, Laura, have two sons, Hank and Nolan graduated in 2001 from Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Ga attended Florida State University hit.353 with 14 doubles, six triples, 14 home runs and 52 RBI as a junior named 2002 ACC Rookie of the Year as well as Freshman of the Year by Baseball America, and second team All-America by Collegiate Baseball in 2004 selected to the 2004 All-ACC and All-ACC Tournament Teams is the brother of former major leaguers J.D. Drew and Tim Drew, all three of whom were first-round selections J.D. and Tim are the only set of brothers ever to be selected in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft in the same year Appeared in 135 games with the D-backs and hit.261 with 29 doubles, 12 homers and 65 RBI joined Victorino as the only two players in baseball with at least 10 doubles, 10 triples and 10 home runs tied his career high and tied for second in the Majors with 12 triples, trailing only Victorino (13) also ranked third in the NL with a ratio of at-bats per grounded into double play was on the disabled list from April 26 (retroactive to April 25) to May 11 with a strained left hamstring had a season-high 14-game hitting streak from May 26-June 10 (21-for-62,.344) it was the second longest hitting streak of his career.

8 LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 Camden (Ind.) Lancaster Tennessee Tucson ARIZONA ARIZONA ARIZONA ARIZONA Reno ARIZONA ARIZONA ML Totals Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in the 1st round of the First-Year Player Draft; signed May 31, On disabled list, April 25 to May 11; included rehabilitation assignment to Reno, May 10 to On disabled list, July 21 to October On disabled list, March 26 to June 26; included rehabilitation assignment to Reno, June 7 to 23, and Mobile, June 24 to 25. Traded to the Oakland Athletics for minor league infielder Sean Jamieson, August 20. DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 ARI vs. CHC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 ARI vs. COL VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Colorado Florida Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego San Francisco St. Louis Washington MONTHLY BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by MONTH AVG. AB H HR RBI March April May June July August September October BATTING BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by CATEGORY AVG. AB H HR RBI Home Road Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG vs. LHP vs. RHP RISP Bases Loaded Pinch Hitter Designated Hitter BALLPARK BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI AT&T Park Busch Stadium Camden Yards Chase Field Citi Field Citizens Bank Park Comerica Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Fenway Park Great American Kauffman Stadium Metrodome Miller Park Minute Maid Park Nationals Park O.co Coliseum Original Yankee Stadium PETCO Park PNC Park RFK Stadium Safeco Field Shea Stadium Sun Life Stadium Tropicana Field Turner Field Wrigley Field FIELDING STATISTICS Shortstop Totals DREW S CAREER BESTS Hits: 5, September 1, 2008 vs. St. Louis; 4 (nine times), last: May 28, 2011 at Houston Home Runs: 2, August 25, 2010 at San Diego Runs Batted In: 5, April 28, 2011 vs. Chicago (NL) Stolen Bases: 1 (33 times), last: May 30, 2011 vs. Florida Hitting Streak: 17, July 29 to August 15, 2008 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 20 (twice), last: May 27 to June 2, 2010 Grand Slams: 1, April 28, 2011 vs. Chicago (NL) (Ryan Dempster) Pinch-Hit Home Runs: 1, April 25, 2007 vs. San Diego (Trevor Hoffman) Inside-The-Park Home Runs: 1, September 30, 2006 vs. San Diego (Cla Meredith) Game Ending Home Runs: 1, April 25, 2007 vs. San Diego (Trevor Hoffman) Lead Off Home Runs: 6, September 29, 2010 at San Francisco (Tim Lincecum); September 22, 2010 at Colorado (Ubaldo Jimenez); August 25, 2010 at San Diego (Wade LeBlanc); August 18, 2009 at Philadelphia (Pedro Martinez); August 24, 2008 vs. Florida (Ricky Nolasco); August 8, 2008 vs. Atlanta (Jorge Campillo)

9 Brandon Hicks 18 Infielder Height/Weight: 6-2 / 200 Bats/Throws: Right / Right Birthdate: September 14, 1985 Opening Day Age: 26 Birthplace/Resides: Houston, Texas / Pasadena, California Major League Service: 120 days Obtained: Claimed off waivers from Atlanta, March 13, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through CAREER Highlights Made his Major League debut with Atlanta in 2010 and went 1 for 26 (.038) in 33 games with the Braves in 2010 and 2011 scored eight runs as 11 of his 33 appearances have been as a pinch runner is a.241 (402-for-1668) hitter with 62 home runs and 211 RBI in 473 minor league games over five seasons appeared in 432 games at shortstop, 20 at third base, seven at second base and three at first base played for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League in 2007 and 2009 was a Carolina League All-Star in 2008 after tallying 19 home runs and 56 in 93 games with Myrtle Beach Highlights Opened the 2011 season on the Major League roster for the first time on his career and appeared in 12 games went 1-for-10 (.100) with one RBI before being optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett May 7 collected his first ML hit and RBI as a pinch-hitter May 1 against St. Louis with a single to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning was also with the Braves two other times from June 10 to 16 and July 9 to 14 posted an 11-game hitting streak with Gwinett from June 24 to July 4, hitting.378 (17-for-45) with five home runs and 11 RBI plated a season-high five runs June 5 against Buffallo and collected a season-high four hits July 31 against Indianapolis had a.293 (34-for-116) average with eight home runs against lefties compared to.233 (57-for-245) with 10 home runs against right-handers. Career 2010 Shortstop spent first season with Triple-A Gwinnett, batting.211 with nine doubles, seven home runs and 22 RBI in 77 contests also swiped 10 bases was selected by Atlanta May 4 to replace the injured Yunel Escobar appeared on the ML roster five different times: May 4-14, June 12-July 14, Aug , Aug. 18 and Sept. 20 through the end of the season appeared in 16 games for the Braves, including 10 as a pinch-runner defensively he played in five contests (two at shortstop, two at third base, one at second base) made his Major League debut May 5 at Washington by pinch running for Troy Glaus in the top of the 10th inning scored the go-ahead run that won the game had a season-high five hits May 25 at Indianapolis and a season-high three RBI April 24 at Durham had his season cut short due to a fractured right index finger suffered Aug. 20 underwent successful surgery on his right index finger performed by Dr. Gary Laurie on Aug. 25 in Atlanta was recalled from Gwinnet Sept. 20 and placed on the 60-day disabled list. America was a Carolina League All-Star and named a CL mid-season and post-season All-Star by Baseball America Baseball America ranked him the best defensive shortstop in the CL and the best infield arm in Atlanta s system ranked fourth in the organization with 20 home runs, tied for fifth with 77 runs scored and ninth with 63 RBI was named CL Hitter of the Week for the week ending April 27 had a season-best 11-game hitting streak from June 7-18 (.372, 2 HR, 8 RBI) Opened the season with Rookie Danville and was promoted to Single-A Rome in July batted.395 over an 11-game hitting streak from July that included games at Danville and Rome named the eighth-best prospect in the Appalachian League by Baseball America following the season hit.188 with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in 19 contests for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League. Brandon Ryan Hicks was originally signed by Atlanta scout John Barron attended Texas A&M University. LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 Danville Rome Myrtle Beach Mississippi Mississippi Gwinnett ATLANTA ATLANTA Gwinnett ML Totals Minor LeagueTotals Selected by the Atlanta Braves organization in the 3rd round of the First-Year Player Draft On disabled list, September 20 to November Claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics, March Played his first full season at Double-A Mississippi, where he led the team with 10 home runs, 25 doubles and 464 at-bats while ranking second in RBI (48) and hits (110) tied for seventh in the Braves organization in doubles, ranked eighth in home runs and tied for ninth in hits following the season, Baseball America rated him the 18th-best prospect in the Atlanta organization tabbed by the magazine as being the Best Defensive Infielder and as having the Best Infield Arm among all Braves minor leaguers was successful on 17-of-18 stolen base attempts, which tied for seventh-most in the organization ranked fifth among Braves farmhands with 63 runs hit.288 against left-handed pitchers compared to.222 against right-handers matched his career high with a two-home run performance Aug. 25 at Charlotte batted.310 (27-for-87) with five doubles, one triple, one home run, 11 RBI and seven stolen bases in 23 contests for the Peoria Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League Was promoted to Double-A Mississippi from Myrtle Beach July 31 and reassigned to Myrtle Beach Aug. 17 played 16 games at Mississippi and hit.241 with one home run and seven RBI was named the Best Defensive Shortstop and the 13th-best prospect in the Carolina League by Baseball

10 VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Tampa Bay VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Houston Milwaukee New York (NL) Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco St. Louis Washington MONTHLY BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by MONTH AVG. AB H HR RBI April May June July August September BATTING BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by CATEGORY AVG. AB H HR RBI Home Road Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG vs. LHP vs. RHP RISP Bases Loaded Pinch Hitter Designated Hitter BALLPARK BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI AT&T Park Citizens Bank Park Miller Park Minute Maid Park Nationals Park PETCO Park Turner Field FIELDING STATISTICS Second Base Totals Third Base Totals Shortstop Totals HICKS CAREER BESTS Hits: 1, May 1, 2011 vs. St. Louis Home Runs: None Runs Batted In: 5 (twice), May 15, 2009 vs. Oakland; June 10, 2007 vs. New York (NL) Stolen Bases: 1, May 1, 2011 vs. St. Louis Hitting Streak: 1, May 1, 2011 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 13, May 5, 2011 to present Grand Slams: None Pinch-Hit Home Runs: None Inside-The-Park Home Runs: None Game Ending Home Runs: None Lead Off Home Runs: None Brandon Inge 7 Infielder Height/Weight: 5-11 / 188 Bats/Throws: Right / Right Birthdate: May 19, 1977 Opening Day Age: 34 Birthplace/Resides: Lynchburg, Virginia / Saline, Michigan Major League Service: 10 years, 95 days Obtained: Signed as a free agent, April 30, 2012 Contract Status: Second year of a two-year contract through CAREER Highlights Began his 12th seasons at Major League with Detroit in 2012 before he was released was in the final year of a two-year contract, plus a club option for 2013 agreed to terms Oct. 21, 2010 selected to the American League s All-Star squad with the Tigers in 2009 won the All-Star Game Final Vote, establishing an AL record with 11.8 million votes played five different positions during his career with the Tigers: catcher (376 games), third base (997 games), left field (10 games), center field (33 games) and right field (two games) is third all-time in Tigers history with 997 games played at third base holds the Tigers single-season record for third basemen with 42 double plays in 2005 and 398 assists in 2006 leads American League third basemen with 1,892 assists since the start of the 2005 season, while he is second with 2,725 total chances and 731 putouts selected to participate in the Futures Game held prior to Major League Baseball s All-Star Game in Highlights Completed his 11th season with Detroit in 2011 saw action in 102 games, marking the fewest games he has played with the club since appearing in 95 games during the 2002 season saw action in 99 games at third base during the season, passing Tom Brookens (979) to move into third place in Tigers history with 997 games played at third base was sidelined from June 2-22 with mononucleosis joined Triple-A Toledo for an injury rehabilitation assignment on June 16 hit.250 with two home runs in seven games with the Mud Hens was designated for assignment by the Tigers July 21 and had his contract outrighted to Toledo July 26 hit.361 with four doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI over a 16-game stretch with Toledo July 26-Aug. 12 returned to Detroit for the remainder of the season after his contract was selected from Toledo Aug. 20 collected a season-high three hits Sept. 4 against the Chicago White Sox equaled the high with three hits Sept. 12 at Chicago s U.S. Cellular Field batted.324 in 21 games during September hit.245 against left-handed pitchers batted.170 with righties on the mound hit.242 in 35 games following the All-Star Break batted.184 in 67 games prior to the All-Star Break. Career 2010 Completed his 10th season at the major league level with the Tigers, belting 10-or-more home runs for the seventh consecutive season led American League third basemen with a.977 fielding percentage ranked ninth in the AL with 134 strikeouts tabbed the third-best defensive third baseman in the AL by Baseball America saw action in 144 games at third base during the season equaled a career high with two home runs April 26 at Texas compiled a season-high 10-game hitting streak June 3-15, batting.350 (14-for-40) was sidelined July 20-August 3 with a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his left hand saw action in one game with Single-A West Michigan Aug. 3 as part of an injury rehabilitation assignment batted.326 with five doubles, two triples and 10 RBI in 13 games during July collected the 1,000th hit of his major league career Aug. 24 against Kansas City, a single in the fourth inning off Kyle Davies became the 29th player in Tigers history to collect 1,000 hits hit.288 in 72 games at home batted.206 in 72 games on the road Returned to third base for the Tigers and was selected to the American League s all-star squad for the first time in his career established a career-high with 84 RBI and matched a career-high with 27 home runs won the All-Star Game Final Vote, establishing an AL record with 11.8 million votes tied for the AL lead in games (161), ranked second in strikeouts (170) and tied for second in hit by pitches (17) the hit by pitches tied for fifth most in Tigers history topped AL third basemen with 444 total

11 chances and 143 putouts rated as possessing the best infield arm in the AL by Baseball America homered in each of the Tigers first three games of the season April 6-8 according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Tigers player to ever do so reached base safely in each of his first 24 games of the season April 6-May 3 that marked the longest such streak by a Tigers player to begin a season since Ron LeFlore reached base in 30 straight games to open the 1976 season connected for his 100th career home run April 12 against Texas, a solo shot in the eighth inning off C.J. Wilson played in his 1,000th career game April 13 against the Chicago White Sox tabbed the Tigers Player of the Month for April after hitting.319 with 17 runs scored, three doubles, seven home runs and 18 RBI in 21 games tied for fourth in the AL in home runs, finished fifth with a.447 on-base percentage and.667 slugging percentage belted his fourth career grand slam May 15 against Oakland and equaled a career-high with five RBI belted a game-winning, two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning June 28 at Houston to lead the Tigers to a 4-3 win selected the Tigers Player of the Month for June after batting.287 with three doubles, a triple, six home runs and 19 RBI in 28 games tied for ninth in the AL in RBI during the month equaled a career high with two home runs July 12 against Cleveland connected for his fourth career walk-off home run Aug. 14 against Kansas City to lead the Tigers to a 1-0 win belted his fifth career grand slam Sept. 6 at Tampa Bay the slam led the Tigers back from a 3-1 deficit to a 5-3 win in the ninth inning hit.500 (9-for-18) with 24 RBI when batting with the bases loaded batted.268 with 21 home runs in 86 games prior to the All-Star Break according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he joined Dean Palmer (22 home runs in 1999) as the only two third basemen in club history to hit 20-or-more home runs prior to the all-star break hit.186 with six home runs in 75 games following the break underwent surgery to address the chronic patellar tendinitis in both of his knees that plagued him throughout the season, Nov. 3 the procedure was performed by Dr. Stephen Lemos at the Detroit Medical Center and involved the debridement and repair of the patellar tendon in both his left and right knees Completed his eighth season with the Tigers, showing his versatility as he saw action at four positions: catcher (60 games), third base (51 games), left field (two games) and center field (13 games) played in 113 games for the Tigers, marking his fewest with the club since he played in 104 games in 2003 did not commit an error in his first 110 games of the season March 31 to Sept. 26 sidelined June 23-July 9 with a pulled oblique saw action in three games with Toledo during an injury rehab assignment July 7-9, batting.300 with a home run and four RBI became the Tigers primary catcher following the trade of Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees July 30 as he started behind the plate in 33 of the club s next 42 games before returning to third base batted.238 with eight home runs in 60 games at Comerica Park hit.169 with three home runs in 53 games on the road ranked second among American League catchers with 11 passed balls Completed his third full season as Detroit s primary third baseman led American League third basemen with 434 total chances and 325 assists, while he tied for the lead with 18 errors was hit by a pitch 11 times, which tied for ninth most in the league rank fourth with 150 strikeouts rated as possessing the second-best infield arm in the AL by Baseball America swiped a career-high two bases April 14 at Toronto batted.373 over a 15-game stretch May 6-22, collecting four doubles, four home runs and nine RBI sustained a small chip fracture of his left great toe after being hit by a pitch May 29 at Tampa Bay missed five games before returning to action June 5 at Texas collected a career-high five RBI June 10 against the New York Mets hit.343 with 15 runs scored, six doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI in 21 games during June ranked 10th in the AL during the month with a.440 on-base percentage established a career high with three doubles Aug. 27 versus the New York Yankees hit safely in a season-high seven straight games Sept. 4-10, batting.435 (10-for-23) with a double, two home runs and five RBI connected for a solo home run Sept. 6 against the Chicago White Sox, his first home run since July 21 against Kansas City, snapping a stretch of 135 at-bats without a home run hit.333 against left-handed pitchers ranked 10th in the AL with a.419 on-base percentage against lefties batted.209 with righties on the mound was seventh in the AL with 4.23 pitches per plate appearance Established career highs with 83 runs scored and 27 home runs the home runs were the most by a Tigers third baseman since Dean Palmer hit 38 home runs in 1999 rated as possessing the secondbest infield arm and named the third-best defensive third baseman in the American League by Baseball America belted a lead-off home run April 6 at Texas, his fifth career lead-off home run equaled a career high with two home runs April 14 against Cleveland and June 18 at Chicago s Wrigley Field tied for ninth in the AL with seven home runs during May and batted.220 with 19 RBI in 28 games during the month hit safely in 11-of-12 games July 13-25, batting.439 with four doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI belted his third career grand slam Sept. 15 against Baltimore, connecting against Sendy Rleal managed a.221 batting average in 85 games prior to the All-Star Break batted.290 in 74 games following the break led AL third basemen with 555 total chances and 398 assists, while he was second with 22 errors and third with 135 putouts established a franchise record for assists by a third baseman collected three hits in Game One of the American League Championship Series Oct. 10 at Oakland, matching the club record for hits in a LCS game Established career highs in at bats (616), hits (161), total bases (258), doubles (31) and triples (9) ranked fifth in the American League with nine triples and tied for eighth with 160 games played was second in the league with 140 strikeouts his 160 games played at third base were the most by a Tigers third baseman since Aurelio Rodriguez played in 160 games during the 1973 season equaled a career best with a 13-game hitting streak from April 13-28, batting.365 (19-for-52) with 12 runs scored in 22 games during April, he hit.333 with 17 runs scored and ranked ninth in the AL with a.419 on-base percentage during the month led off the game May 8 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim with a home run off Jarrod Washburn, his first career lead-off home run led off the game with a home run three more times during the season: May 31 against Texas (Kenny Rogers), June 18 against San Francisco (Kirk Rueter) and July 18 at Chicago-AL (Orlando Hernandez) tied for eighth in the AL with 32 hits and 15 walks during May cleared the center field fence at Comerica Park with a home run June 14 against San Diego cleared the fence two more times during the season (June 18 against San Francisco and Sept. 26 against the Chicago White Sox) to become the first player to homer three times to center field at Comerica Park did not play July 26 at Seattle, snapping his 141 consecutive games played streak dating back to Aug. 20, 2004 belted two home runs Sept. 26 against Chicago (AL) to match a career high matched a career best with four hits against the White Sox Sept. 29 hit.282 in 80 games at Comerica Park in 80 games on the road, he batted.240 batted.285 with a.371 on-base percentage when hitting in the lead-off spot the on-base percentage ranked fourth in the AL led all AL third basemen with 530 total chances, 378 assists and 23 errors, while he was second with 129 putouts his 530 total chances at third base were the most by a Tigers player since Aurelio Rodriguez posted 536 total chances in 1975 they were the most by a Major League third baseman since Robin Ventura accepted 536 total chances for the Chicago White Sox in 1992 his 378 assists at third base were the most by a Tigers player since Aurelio Rodriguez established the club record with 389 in 1974 participated in 42 double plays at third base, the most in Tigers history Displayed versatility by seeing action as the catcher (39), at third base (73), in left field (seven), center field (19) and right field (two) tied for seventh in the American League with seven triples posted a 10-game hitting streak from April 15 to 24, batting.455 (15-for-33) with eight runs scored and 10 RBI belted his first career grand slam April 23 against Cleveland s Jason Anderson added a second grand slam April 27 against Anaheim s Scot Shields tied for fourth in the league with two grand slams became the first major leaguer since Kansas City s Roger Maris Aug. 3, 1958 against Washington to triple and hit a grand slam in the same inning after pulling off the feat in the sixth inning in the game against the Indians collected three outfield assists April 27 versus Anaheim, two from left field and one from center field, to become the first ML outfielder with three assists in a single game since Florida s Mark Kotsay on July 16, 2000 at Baltimore in 18 games during April, he hit.333 with 15 RBI did not commit an error in 38 consecutive games from May 1 to June 23, a stretch of 151 total chances at catcher, third base, in left field, center field and right field hit.372 in June, which ranked fourth in the AL was scratched from the lineup June 26 against Arizona due to a right hand injury resulting from being hit during a sacrifice bunt attempt June 25 against the Diamondbacks X-rays revealed a non-displaced fracture of his right index finger and he was placed on the disabled list retroactive to June 26 after being reinstated from the disabled list July 15, he played in 72 of the club s final 75 games collected a career-best four hits July 26 at Cleveland, a figure he matched at Anaheim Aug. 13 batted.306 in 27 games in August recorded a career-high 13-game hitting streak Sept. 3-17, batting.365 (19-for-52) hit.286 in September batted.327 with lefties on the mound, compared to.258 against right-handed pitchers hit.284 with runners in scoring position batted.455 with 18 RBI when hitting with the bases loaded hit.319 when playing third base, compared to.238 when catching and.257 when playing in the outfield tied for eighth among AL third basemen with 12 errors Ranked second among American League catchers with a.996 fielding percentage in his third season with the Tigers did not commit an error in his first 57 games behind the plate from March 31 to

12 June 15 established a career-high with two home runs May 7 at Baltimore optioned to Toledo June 17 hit safely in 15 of his 16 games with the Mud Hens from July 2 to 21, batting.339 with five doubles, three home runs and seven RBI recalled from Toledo Aug. 6 and hit safely in his first 12 games back with the Tigers from Aug batted.404 (19-for-47) with six doubles, a home run and eight RBI during the streak hit.325 with six doubles, a triple, three home runs and 14 RBI in 22 games during August ranked fourth among AL catchers by throwing out 30.0 percent of base runners attempting to steal (30-of-100) topped all AL catchers with 11 double plays Began the season with Toledo before becoming the Tigers regular catcher following his recall April 22 started 94 games behind the plate for the Tigers named the best defensive catcher in the International League by Baseball America belted his first major league home run April 28 against Minnesota, a solo shot off Brad Radke in the fourth inning was on the disabled list from May with a dislocated left shoulder hit.308 with two doubles, two triples, a home run and nine RBI in eight games during an injury rehab assignment with Toledo, May ranked second among American League catchers with a.998 fielding percentage and tied for third with 10 passed balls underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair his left shoulder Oct. 9, a procedure performed by Dr. Kyle Anderson in Detroit Made the Tigers Opening Day roster out of Spring Training, seeing his first major league action made his ML debut April 3 against Minnesota, starting behind the plate for the Tigers was the first rookie to start behind the plate for the Tigers on Opening Day since John Sullivan on April 12, 1965 at Kansas City doubled in the third inning off Jim Parque April 6 at Chicago (AL) for his first ML hit dislocated his left shoulder sliding head-first into home plate June 24 against Minnesota was on the disabled list from June 25 to Aug. 6 with the dislocated left shoulder was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Tigers as part of an injury rehab assignment July 25 saw action in three games before his injury rehab assignment was transferred to West Michigan July 29 transferred to Toledo Aug. 2 and was reinstated from the DL and optioned to Toledo Aug. 6 compiled a 12-game hitting streak from Aug with the Mud Hens, batting.405 (17-for-42) with seven doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI recalled by the Tigers Sept. 1 threw out 42.3 percent of base runners attempting to steal (22-of- 52) with the Tigers rank fourth among American League catchers with 10 passed balls played for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League following the season batted.259 with two doubles, a triple and three RBI in 17 games Opened the season with Double A Jacksonville before being promoted to Toledo in July appeared in 133 games between the two levels selected to the Southern League s Midseason and Postseason All-Star squads participated in the Futures Game at Turner Field in Atlanta prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game named the best defensive catcher in the Southern League by Baseball America led league catchers with a.990 fielding percentage posted a season-high eight-game hitting streak from April 15 to 24, batting.500 (16-for-32) with five runs, five doubles, a triple, two home runs and 16 RBI collected an RBI in 10 consecutive games from April 15-26, totaling 19 RBI drove in a season-high five runs, belting a grand slam, against Birmingham April 21 earned Southern League Player of the Week honors for April named the Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for April, hitting.353 (with 14 runs, 11 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 24 RBI in 22 games finished with a season-high four hits and matched a season high with five RBI against Carolina May 5 named the top prospect and best defensive catcher in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America hit.293 with 15 runs, four doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI and three stolen bases for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League following the season named to the Arizona Fall League s All-Prospect team Spent his second year in professional baseball with West Michigan, making 95 starts behind the plate after being converted from a shortstop to catcher in 1998 collected a season-high four hits May 23 at Clinton compiled a 12-game hitting streak from June 10-26, tying for the team s longest streak in 1999 batted.350 (14-for-40) during that stretch with eight doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI drilled a grand slam July 14 against South Bend, collecting a season-high four RBI led Midwest League catchers with 114 assists posted a.990 fielding percentage, committing eight errors named Most Valuable Player of the California Fall League after batting.407 with 35 runs scored, seven doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 28 RBI for Lancaster following the season led the league with a.407 batting average, while he tied for the league lead with four triples Made his professional debut with Single-A Jamestown as he was converted from a shortstop to catcher led the Jammers in doubles (10), home runs (8) and RBI (29) finished third on the team with 44 hits. Charles Brandon Inge was originally signed by Tigers scout Rob Guzik he and his wife Shani have two sons: Tyler Mason (10/6/04) and Samuel Chase (8/9/07) attended Virginia Commonwealth University was a three-time All-Colonial Athletic Conference selection, earning honors as a shortstop as a sophomore and a relief pitcher in all three seasons was a Second-Team All-America selection by Baseball America in 1998 batted.335 with 28 home runs and 144 RBI over his three-year career at VCU inducted into the Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Hall of Fame on December 11, 2004 had his high school jersey uniform number seven retired by Brookville High School in Lynchburg, VA in 2006 with Detroit, he participated in Tigers Dreams Come True and the Detroit Tigers Autographed Memorabilia Donation Program, Autographs for a Cause (donated funds to C.S. Mott Children s Hospital), served as a judge for the Comerica Bank Grand Slam Grant program providing a $10,000 grant to support a Michigan high school and baseball/softball program and participated in the Tigers Winter Caravan. LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 1998 Jamestown West Michigan Jacksonville Toledo GCL Tigers West Michigan Toledo DETROIT Toledo DETROIT Toledo DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT DETROIT Toledo DETROIT DETROIT West Michigan DETROIT Toledo DETROIT ML Totals Selected by the Detroit Tigers organization in the 2nd round of the June Draft On disabled list, June 25 to August 5; included rehabilitation assignments to GCL Tigers, July 25 to 28, West Michigan, July 29 to August 1, and Toledo, August 2 to On disabled list, May 12 to 26; included rehabilitation assignment to Toledo, May 17 to On disabled list, June 26 to July On disabled list, June 23 to July 9; included rehabilitation assignment to Toledo, July 7 to On disabled list, July 20 to August 3; included rehabilitation assignment to West Michigan, August On disabled list, June 2 to 22; included rehabilitation assignment to Toledo, June 16 to On disabled list, March 30 to April 13; included rehabilitation assignment to Toledo, April 10 to 12. Released, April 26; signed by the Oakland Athletics, April 30. DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 DET vs. NYY DET vs. NYY Totals

13 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 DET vs. OAK DET vs. TEX Totals WORLD SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 DET vs. STL Totals ALL-STAR GAME RECORD Year Club/Site AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2009 AL/STL Totals VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Colorado Florida Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego San Francisco St. Louis Washington MONTHLY BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by MONTH AVG. AB H HR RBI March April May June July August September October BATTING BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by CATEGORY AVG. AB H HR RBI Home Road Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG vs. LHP vs. RHP RISP Bases Loaded Pinch Hitter Designated Hitter BALLPARK BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI Angel Stadium AT&T Park Busch Stadium Camden Yards Chase Field Citi Field Citizens Bank Park Comerica Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Fenway Park Kauffman Stadium Metrodome Miller Park Minute Maid Park O.co Coliseum Original Yankee Stadium PETCO Park PNC Park Progressive Field Qualcomm Stadium Rangers Ballpark RFK Stadium Rogers Centre Safeco Field Shea Stadium Sun Life Stadium Target Field Tropicana Field Turner Field U.S. Cellular Field Wrigley Field Yankee Stadium FIELDING STATISTICS Catcher PB Totals Third Base Totals Outfield Totals

14 INGE S CAREER BESTS Hits: 4 (three times), last: September 29, 2005 vs. Chicago (AL) Home Runs: 2 (six times), April 26, 2010 at Texas; July 12, 2009 vs. Cleveland; June 18, 2006 at Chicago (NL); April 14, 2006 vs. Cleveland; September 26, 2005 vs. Chicago (AL); May 7, 2003 at Baltimore Runs Batted In: 5 (twice), May 15, 2009 vs. Oakland; June 10, 2007 vs. New York (NL) Stolen Bases: 2, April 14, 2007 at Toronto Hitting Streak: 13 (twice), last: April 13 to 28, 2005 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 25, August 30 to September 17, 2002 Grand Slams: 5, September 6, 2009 at Tampa Bay (Russ Springer); May 15, 2009 vs. Oakland (Dan Giese); September 15, 2006 vs. Baltimore (Sendy Rleal); April 27, 2004 vs. Anaheim (Scot Shields); April 23, 2004 vs. Cleveland (Jason Anderson) Pinch-Hit Home Runs: None Inside-The-Park Home Runs: None. Game Ending Home Runs: 6, September 10, 2011 vs. Minnesota (Glen Perkins); April 13, 2011 vs. Texas (Darren Oliver); August 14, 2009 vs. Kansas City (Roman Colon); July 21, 2007 vs. Kansas City (Joakim Soria); April 29, 2007 vs. Minnesota (Jesse Crain); August 24, 2003 vs. Anaheim (Troy Percival) Lead Off Home Runs: 5, April 6, 2006 at Texas (R.A. Dickey); July 18, 2005 at Chicago-AL (Orlando Hernandez); June 18, 2005 vs. San Francisco (Kirk Rueter); May 31, 2005 vs. Texas (Kenny Rogers); May 8, 2005 at Los Angeles-AL (Jarrod Washburn). George Kottaras 14 Catcher Height/Weight: 6-0 / 202 Bats/Throws: Left / Right Birthdate: May 10, 1983 Opening Day Age: 28 Birthplace/Resides: Scarbourough, Ontario, Canada / Scottsdale, Arizona Major League Service: 2 years, 149 days Obtained: Acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers for pitcher Fautino De Los Santos, July 29, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through CAREER Highlights Has spent parts of four seasons in the majors with Boston ( ) and Milwaukee ( ) is a.223 (94 for 421) hitter with 15 home runs and 53 RBI in 164 games notched the seventh cycle in Milwaukee history Sept. 3, 2011 at Houston was rated as the second-best prospect in the Padres organization according to Baseball America in 2006 also participated to the All-Star Futures Game that year led the Padres organization with a.310 batting average at Single-A Fort Wayne in 2004 was a member of the 2004 Greek Olympic team Highlights Batted.252 with five home runs and 17 RBI in 49 games with Milwaukee made 31 starts, all behind the plate made 22 of his 31 starts when Randy Wolf was pitching the team posted a 3.59 ERA when he caught and was when he started began the season with Milwaukee before he was outrighted to Triple-A Nashville April 21 returned June 15 after batting.343 with four home runs and 21 RBI in 29 games at Nashville notched the seventh cycle in franchise history Sept. 3 at Houston as he went 4-for-5 with two runs, a double, triple, home run and two RBI in the 8-2 win it was his first career four-hit game signed a one-year contract Dec. 12, avoiding arbitration. Career 2010 Batted.203 with nine home runs and 26 RBI in 67 games during his first season with the Brewers spent his first full season in the Major Leagues made 60 starts, all behind the plate the team posted a 4.44 ERA when he caught and was when he started threw out 4 of 48 runners attempting to steal (8.3%) 22 of his 43 hits went for extra bases (12 doubles, 1 triple, 9 home runs) appeared off the bench at first base April 25 vs. Chicago (NL) and July 28 vs. Cincinnati and in right field July 27 vs. Cincinnati, marking his first career games at those positions. runners attempting to steal (13.3%) his first Major League start was April 10 at Los Angeles (AL) went 1-for-3 belted his first ML home run July 3 vs. Seattle with a solo shot off Mark Lowe was on the 15-day disabled list from Aug. 1 to 31 with a lower back strain (retroactive to July 30) Batted.243 with 22 home runs and 65 RBI in 107 games at Triple-A Pawtucket his contract was selected by Boston Sept. 8 appeared in three games with the Red Sox, going 1-for-5 off the bench made his Major League debut Sept. 13 vs. Toronto in Game 1 of a doubleheader and went 0-for-2 with a run struck out in his first at-bat but reached due to a wild pitch by A.J. Burnett his first Major League hit was a double off Phil Coke Sept. 26 vs. New York (AL) played in the Dominican Winter League In his first season in the Red Sox organization, batted.241 with nine home runs and 39 RBI in 87 games at Triple-A Pawtucket Entered the season as the second-best prospect in the Padres organization according to Baseball America batted.255 with 10 home run and 50 RBI in 111 games between Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Portland was a Southern League All-Star participated in the All-Star Futures Game in Pittsburgh was traded from San Diego to Boston Sept. 5 to complete the deal that sent LHP David Wells to the Padres Aug Batted.299 with 11 home runs and 65 RBI in 120 games between Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A Mobile played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League Led the Padres organization with a.310 batting average at Single-A Fort Wayne, adding seven home runs and 46 RBI in 78 games In his first professional season, batted.259 with seven home runs and 24 RBI in 42 games at Rookie Idaho Falls. George Kottaras was originally signed by Padres scouts Lane Decker and John Ferracuti graduated from Milliken Mills High School (Ontario, CA) attended Connors State Junior College in Oklahoma was a member of the 2004 Greek Olympic Team appeared in four games, batting.250 (3-for-12) with two RBI. LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2003 Idaho Falls Fort Wayne Lake Elsinore Mobile Mobile Portland Pawtucket Pawtucket BOSTON BOSTON Pawtucket MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE Nashville AL Totals NL Totals ML Totals Batted.237 with one home and 10 RBI in 45 games with Boston made his first career Opening Day roster made 25 starts behind the plate, including 18 when knuckleballer Tim Wakefield was pitching the team posted a 5.36 ERA when he caught and was when he started threw out 4 of 30

15 2002 Selected by the San Diego Padres organization in the 20th round of the First-Year Player Draft Traded to the Boston Red Sox, September 5, to complete the deal that sent pitcher David Wells to San Diego, August On disabled list, July 30 to August 31; included rehabilitation assignment to Pawtucket, August 15 to Claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers, November Traded to the Oakland Athletics for pitcher Fautino De Los Santos, July 29. DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2011 MIL vs. ARI LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2011 MIL vs. STL VS. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto VS. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AVG. AB H HR RBI vs. TEAM AVG. AB H HR RBI Arizona Atlanta Chicago (NL) Cincinnati Colorado Florida Houston Los Angeles (NL) Milwaukee New York (NL) Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego San Francisco St. Louis Washington MONTHLY BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by MONTH AVG. AB H HR RBI April May June July August September October BATTING BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI by CATEGORY AVG. AB H HR RBI Home Road Day Night Pre-ASG Post-ASG vs. LHP vs. RHP RISP Bases Loaded Pinch Hitter Designated Hitter BALLPARK BREAKDOWN AVG. AB H HR RBI Angel Stadium AT&T Park Busch Stadium Camden Yards Chase Field Citi Field Citizens Bank Park Coliseum Comerica Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Fenway Park Great American Metrodome Miller Park Minute Maid Park Nationals Park PETCO Park PNC Park Progressive Field Rogers Centre Sun Life Stadium Target Field Tropicana Field Turner Field U.S. Cellular Field Wrigley Field Yankee Stadium FIELDING STATISTICS Catcher PB Totals First Base Totals Third Base Totals Outfield Totals

16 KOTTARAS CAREER BESTS Hits: 4, September 3, 2011 at Houston Home Runs: 1 (15 times), last: September 16, 2011 at Cincinnati Runs Batted In: 2 (10 times), last: September 25, 2011 vs. Florida Stolen Bases: 1 (twice), last: June 2, 2010 at Florida Hitting Streak: 5 (twice), last: August 20 to September 3, 2011 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 16, June 5 to 13, 2010 Grand Slams: None Pinch-Hit Home Runs: None Inside-The-Park Home Runs: None. Game Ending Home Runs: None Lead Off Home Runs: None Pat Neshek 40 RIGHT-handed pitcher Height/Weight: 6-3 / 210 Bats/Throws: Switch / Right Birthdate: September 4, 1980 Opening Day Age: 31 Birthplace/Resides: Madison, Wisconsin / Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major League Service: 4 years, 97 days Obtained: Acquired from the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations, August 3, 2012 Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through CAREER Highlights Has spent parts of five seasons in the Majors Leagues with Minnesota ( , 10) and San Diego (2011) and is 12-7 with a 3.21 ERA in 157 relief appearances has 171 strikeouts in innings, an average of 9.97 strikeouts per nine innings missed the entire 2009 season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow was one of five players on the Final Vote Ballot for the 2007 All-Star Game selected to Triple-A All-Star Game in 2006 but did not play as he was recalled by the Twins and made Major League debut July 7 named to the Topps Triple-A All-Star Team as the top relief pitcher in 2006 was also ranked as the best reliever in the International League and a Triple-A All-Star by Baseball America that year led Twins minor leaguers with 24 saves in 2005 mamed to the Midwest League All-Star team in Highlights Was claimed off waivers by San Diego from Minnesota on March 20 and made the Padres Opening Day roster earned the win on Opening Day, March 31 at St. Louis, his first win since August 15, 2007 at Seattle had four separate stints with San Diego in 2011 went 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA and a.203 opponents batting average over his first 16 outings from March 31-June 10 worked scoreless ball in 16 of his 25 outings for San Diego, including nine of 14 at home posted a 3.46 ERA over 14 outings at home for San Diego pitched to a 4.63 ERA in 11 outings on the road was designated for assignment Sept. 1 and outrighted to Triple-A Tucson Sept. 6. Career 2010 Started the season on the Twins Opening Day roster for the third time in his career (missed 2009 with injury) made six appearances for the Twins and did not allow a run in his first five appearances (4.1 innings) tossed a season-high 2.0 innings pitched April 14 vs. Boston was on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his right middle finger, May 2-June 5 returned from his rehab assignment at Single-A Ft. Myers and was optioned to Triple-A Rochester appeared in 30 games for the Red Wings, all in relief posted a four-game win-streak, June 29-Aug. 3 recorded his only save of the season, August 7 at Syracuse did not allow a run in nine consecutive appearances (11.1 ip), July 27-August 20 went 2-0 with a 5.21 ERA in 13 games before the All-Star Break and 3-1 with a save and a 2.66 ERA in 17 games after the break with Rochester was recalled by the Twins, Sept. 6 set a career-high with three walks in a scoreless inning, Sept. 19 vs. Oakland had a season-high with three strikeouts, Sept. 25 at Detroit Missed the entire season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Had a season-high three strikeouts, March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) did not allow a run in seven appearances (5.1 ip), April placed on 15-day DL with an acute partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, May Made the Twins Opening Day roster for the first time in career had a 17.0-inning scoreless streak, April 21-May 26 did not allow a run in 11 consecutive appearances (10.1 ip) from May 29-June 22 was one of five players on the Final Vote Ballot for the 2007 All-Star Game did not allow a run in nine appearances (7.1 ip) from July 7-21 tied his season-high with a three-game winning streak from July matched a season-high with three strikeouts, July 18 vs. detroit fired a season-high tying 2.0 innings, Sept. 4 against Cleveland had a.183 opponents batting average against, including.181 (17-for-94) with three home runs against left-handers and.185 (27-for-146) with four home runs against right-handers stranded 45 of 59 (76%) inherited runners and first batters faced were 8-for-62 (.129) with 22 strikeouts tied for fifth in American League in games Began the season at Triple-A Rochester was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (9.1 ip) and three saves, April 6-21 did not allow a run in six appearances (11.1 ip) and was 1-0 with two saves, April 29-May 12 was 2-0 with a 0.52 ERA and six saves in nine appearances from May 17-June 6 selected to Triple-A All-Star Game, July 12 at Toledo recalled and made Major League debut July 7 at Texas, pitching 2.0 scoreless innings with one hit allowed did not allow a run in five appearances (7.0 ip), July 7-23 recorded first ML win, July 30 against Detroit did not allow a run in nine appearances, striking out 19 and walking just one from July 30-Aug. 23 had season-high four strikeouts, Aug. 1 againist Texas and Aug. 12 against Toronto recorded his second win, Aug. 16 against Cleveland, retiring the only batter he faced recorded his third win in his next outing, Aug. 18 against Chicago (AL) pitched 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts, Sept. 28 against Kansas City went 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA and held opponents to a.181 average at the Metrodome stranded 26 of 29 (90%) of inherited runners and first batters faced were 4-for-31 (.129) named to the Topps Triple-A All-Star Team as the top relief pitcher ranked as the best reliever in the International League and a Triple-A All-Star by Baseball America was also ranked as the sixth-best prospect in the Twins organization by the magazine entering the 2007 season Did not allow a run in 14 of 15 appearances, going 2-0 with a 0.92 ERA and five saves from April 18-May 29 tied his season-high with five strikeouts, June 20 vs. Binghamton did now allow a run in nine of 10 appearances, going 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA and four saves from June 24-July 20 tossed a season-high 3.0 innings, July 19 at Binghamton averaged 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings led Twins minor leaguers in saves Began the season at New Britain did not allow a run in 10 appearances (10.0 ip), going 1-0 with one save from May 5-June 5 Was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (7.2 ip) and one save in five appearances, June 17-July 1 had a season-high 4.0 innings and four strikeouts, July 5 vs. Trenton transferred to Ft. Myers July 15 did not allow a run in 10 of 12 appearances, going 0-0 with a 1.32 ERA and nine saves from July 17-Aug. 20 led the club in saves Began the season at Quad Cities did not allow an earned run in his first 13 appearances (14.1 ip), going 2-1 with five saves from April 5-May 4 was the Twins Minor League Player of the Week, April was also the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April did not allow a run in 13 of 14 appearances, going 1-0 with a 0.50 ERA and nine saves, May 12-June 21 had a seasonhigh five strikeouts, June 12 at Peoria named to the Midwest League All-Star team, June 17 at West Michigan promoted to Ft. Myers June 23 was 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA in seven appearances from June 26-July 11 did not allow a run in nine of 11 appearances, going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA and two saves from July 17-Aug. 6 promoted to New Britain Aug. 12 tied a season-high with 3.0 innings Aug. 17 vs. Portland was third among Twins minor leaguers in saves pitched for Grand Canyon in the Arizona Fall League Was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (4.0 ip) and three saves in four appearances from June 26-July 4 did not allow an earned run in 19 consecutive appearances (19.2 ip) from July 11-Aug. 20 tossed a seasonhigh 3.1 innings Aug. 5 vs. Bristol matched his season-high four strikeouts Aug. 20 at Kingsport