#65 Juan Mendoza, Catcher, 37 yrs, New York Gothams

#65 Juan Mendoza, Catcher, 37 yrs, New York Gothams
Thursday, 10/17/2009

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Juan Mendoza

9/5/1972
37
USA
6"2
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
2009
16 Year(s), 38 Days (2790 total Days)
172 Day(s)
16 Year(s), 38 Days (2790 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	32	31	10	42	25
Versus LHP	19	23	3	29	33
Versus RHP	37	34	13	47	21
Talent	4	4	2	5	3

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Fielding Ratings
C : 5 (Range), .980 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 9 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/22	COV	W 4-3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	#8
9/23	COV	W 5-2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
9/24	DAN	W 6-3	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	#8
9/26	@WAL	L 9-13	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
9/27	@WAL	W 4-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	#8
9/28	@SB	W 4-2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
9/30	DAN	W 5-4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#8
10/1	@WAL	W 5-1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/2	RIV	W 6-0	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	#8
10/5	WAL	L 6-9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	134	432	105	20	1	7	41	41	45	112	.243	.315	.343	.657	.564	.100
Projected	134	432	105	20	1	7	41	41	45	112	.243	.315	.343	.657	.564	.100

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	128	482	1	0	0	17	2	2	148	28	0	0	.0	45.2	3.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	69	15	3	0	0	3	6	7	18	0	0	0	.217	.289	.261	.550
vs. RHP	363	90	17	1	7	38	35	38	94	2	2	1	.248	.319	.358	.677
Close/Late	44	10	3	0	0	2	6	6	7	1	2	0	.227	.302	.295	.597
Scoring Position	109	24	4	0	3	31	0	7	25	2	0	0	.220	.263	.339	.602
Pinch Hitting	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	68	219	55	11	1	4	22	22	21	53	.251	.314	.365	.680
Road	66	213	50	9	0	3	19	19	24	59	.235	.312	.319	.631
March/April	24	76	23	5	0	1	8	5	8	14	.303	.360	.408	.768
May	22	67	15	3	0	1	5	5	8	22	.224	.316	.313	.629
June	21	67	12	2	0	2	7	6	7	23	.179	.253	.299	.552
July	20	65	16	2	0	2	8	10	7	17	.246	.319	.369	.689
August	21	71	18	4	1	0	4	8	4	18	.254	.293	.338	.631
Sept/Oct	26	86	21	4	0	1	9	7	11	18	.244	.327	.326	.652

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2002	142	415	119	12	7	11	47	62	51	0	0	107	0	0	.287	.365	.429	.794	VIR
2003	136	399	120	10	2	8	53	51	57	0	0	96	4	0	.301	.388	.396	.784	VIR
2004	141	437	128	18	0	11	58	67	73	0	0	54	3	2	.293	.394	.410	.804	VIR,ZL
2005	143	479	134	20	1	13	64	67	80	0	0	97	1	0	.280	.383	.407	.790	VIR SEA
2006	162	590	157	27	0	13	70	90	98	0	0	108	0	0	.266	.371	.378	.749	WAL,ZL
2007	162	604	115	12	0	7	43	76	99	1	1	134	0	0	.190	.305	.245	.550	WAL
2008	94	152	34	6	0	1	10	17	22	1	0	38	0	0	.224	.326	.283	.609	WAL
2009	134	432	105	20	1	7	41	41	45	1	2	112	0	0	.243	.315	.343	.657	NY
Total	1114	3508	912	125	11	71	386	471	525	3	3	746	8	2	.260	.357	.363	.719

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2009

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	132	128	914	41	0	971	16	.984	1139.2	7.67	0	131	24	18.3
First Base	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00

Player History

Drafted in 19th round, 152nd overall pick, by Virginia in 2002... Had first career hit on 4/3/2002, off Troy Nelson (STO)... Hit first career homerun on 4/21/2002, off Jesus Marquez (CAL)... Was sele
cted to the 2004 Allstar game...
Traded from River Cities to Seattle on 7/22/2005 (Going to RIV: 3B C. Edwards, P R. Kirkwood, P J. Cowherd, C T. Wine. Going to SEA: 1B J. Mendoza, P A. Garcia, P J. Ertel, P M. Bohon)...
Signed as a free agent by Walla Walla on 2/5/2006 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/2006, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 4 RBI...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by New York on 2/14/2009 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 2004 - .293 - 8th	OBP 2004 - .394 - 5th 2005 - .383 - 9th 2006 - .371 - 10th	OPS 2004 - .804 - 10th	Runs 2006 - 90 - 6th	BB 2003 - 57 - 10th 2004 - 73 - 7th 2005 - 80 - 7th 2006 - 98 - 3rd 2007 - 99 - 4th

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