Josh Phegley

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Josh Phegley

Chicago White Sox – No. 36
Catcher
Born: (1988-02-12) February 12, 1988 Terre Haute, Indiana
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 5, 2013 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics (through 2013)
Batting average	.206
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	22
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2013–present)

Joshua Aaron Phegley (born February 12, 1988) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago White Sox. He is 5'10" and weighs 215 lbs.

Professional career

Minors

Phegley was drafted by the White Sox in the first round (38th overall) of the 2009 MLB Draft after attending Indiana University-Bloomington. He was named Indiana's Mr. Baseball in 2006. Phegley started his career in 2009 at Class A with the Kannapolis hitting .224 with 9 home runs and 33 RBI in 52 games. Then during an injury plagued 2010 season, Phegley spent time at three different levels in the White Sox system, rookie league Bristol, Class A-Advanced Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham. His totals for the 2010 season were .284, 5 home runs and 26 RBI in 48 games. Phegley then began the 2011 season at Double-A Birmingham but was promoted to Triple-A Charlotte for the last month of the season. He hit a combined .242, 9 home runs and 56 RBI in 116 games in 2011. Phegley spent the entire 2012 season at Triple-A Charlotte where he hit .266, 6 home runs, 48 RBI in 102 games.

Chicago White Sox

On July 5, 2013, Phegley was promoted from Triple-A after hitting .316 with 15 home runs, 18 doubles and 41 RBI. He collected his first Major League hit and RBI on a single off of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jeremy Hellickson on July 5, 2013. On July 7, 2013, Phegley recorded his first Major League home run off of David Price.^[1] Phegley's first Grand Slam came four days later against Detroit's Aníbal Sánchez.

References

↑ "David Price throws 8-hit complete game as Rays sweep White Sox". ESPN. Associated Press. July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

2009 Major League Baseball Draft First Round Selections

Chicago White Sox first-round draft picks

1965: Plesha
1966: May
1967: Haynes
1968: McKinney
1969: Nicholson
1970: Richard
1971: Goodwin
1972: Ondina
1973: Swisher
1974: Monroe
1975: Knapp
1976: Trout
1977: Baines
1978: none
1979: Buechele, Seilheimer
1980: Espy
1981: Boston
1982: Karkovice
1983: Davis, Morman
1984: Menéndez, Hartley
1985: Brown
1986: Hall
1987: McDowell
1988: Ventura
1989: Thomas
1990: Fernandez
1991: Ruffcorn
1992: Pearson
1993: Christman
1994: Johnson, Clemons
1995: Liefer
1996: Seay
1997: Dellaero, Kane, Caradonna, Myette, Parque, Biddle
1998: Wells, Rowand
1999: Stumm, Ginter, West, Purvis
2000: Borchard
2001: Honel, Allen
2002: Ring
2003: B. Anderson
2004: Fields, Lumsden, Gonzalez
2005: Broadway
2006: McCulloch
2007: Poreda
2008: Beckham
2009: Mitchell, Phegley
2010: Sale
2011: Walker
2012: Hawkins, Barnum
2013: T. Anderson

v t e Chicago White Sox current roster

Active roster	1 Adam Eaton 5 Marcus Semien 7 Jeff Keppinger 10 Alexei Ramírez 12 Conor Gillaspie 14 Paul Konerko 15 Gordon Beckham 20 Jordan Danks 21 Tyler Flowers 22 Matt Davidson 24 Dayán Viciedo 26 Avisail García 27 Matt Lindstrom 28 Leury García 29 Jared Mitchell 30 Alejandro De Aza 32 Adrián Nieto 36 Josh Phegley 37 Scott Downs 39 Jake Elmore 43 Mitchell Boggs 44 Adam Dunn 45 Erik Johnson 46 Donnie Veal 49 Chris Sale 50 John Danks 51 Ronald Belisario 52 Jake Petricka 53 Eric Surkamp 55 Felipe Paulino 60 Daniel Webb 61 Charles Leesman 62 José Quintana 63 Néstor Molina 64 Andre Rienzo 65 Nate Jones 66 Frank De Los Santos 75 Trayce Thompson 77 Carlos Sánchez 79 José Dariel Abreu

Coaching staff	Manager 23 Robin Ventura Bench Coach 8 Mark Parent First Base Coach -- Daryl Boston Third Base Coach 47 Joe McEwing Hitting Coach -- Todd Steverson Asst. Hitting Coach 3 Harold Baines Pitching Coach 21 Don Cooper Bullpen Coach -- Bobby Thigpen Bullpen Catcher 59 Mark Salas

Persondata
Name	Phegley, Josh
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 12, 1988
Place of birth	Terre Haute, Indiana
Date of death
Place of death

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