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Jose
Espinel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 23, 1990 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2020    2023   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 22 MIN GL   2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 23 MON VL   4 3 3 7 6 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 24 MON VL   5 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2015 25 MON VL   6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2016 26 MON VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2017 27 MON VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2018 28 MON VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 7 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2019 29 MON VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2020 30 MON VL $ 100,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2021 31 PHI VL $ 4,010,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2022 32 PHI VL $ 4,010,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2023 33 MIL VL $ 4,010,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2024 34 NRW GL $ 5,900,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2025 35 NRW GL $ 5,900,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
Min Ratings   2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 5,900,000 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 22 A   130 559 60 156 34 4 11 58 24 17 19 154 .279 .303 .413 .716 64.6  
2013 23 AA   92 353 48 93 38 3 7 33 14 3 22 81 .263 .307 .448 .754 47.1  
    A   35 148 35 45 12 4 9 35 8 4 13 35 .304 .360 .622 .982 30.5  
2014 24 AAA   107 406 52 103 53 5 4 69 13 9 16 68 .254 .282 .438 .720 45.4  
2015 25 AAA   137 598 92 184 56 12 12 68 23 13 35 113 .308 .346 .502 .848 94.2  
2016 26 MON VL 153 554 60 156 41 5 9 87 15 13 21 83 .282 .313 .422 .735 63.9 11.9
2017 27 MON VL 158 612 91 176 39 5 20 98 5 2 18 78 .288 .310 .466 .776 81.9 14.3
2018 28 MON VL 146 563 87 170 40 5 18 94 4 5 24 38 .302 .329 .487 .816 85.3 16.2
2019 29 MON VL 158 586 79 162 36 10 14 75 2 2 29 34 .276 .314 .444 .757 78.4 12.2
2020 30 MON VL 160 624 83 178 35 4 18 74 1 5 39 29 .285 .327 .441 .768 86.8 11.1
2021 31 PHI VL 71 288 56 99 22 5 14 56 4 6 16 12 .344 .379 .601 .979 56.0 10.9
  WIS GL 77 248 39 69 18 1 8 38 4 5 12 18 .278 .311 .456 .766 32.2 6.1
  TOT   148 536 95 168 40 6 22 94 8 11 28 30 .313 .347 .534 .881 88.2 17.0
2022 32 PHI VL 149 606 89 173 59 7 10 76 13 16 32 34 .285 .320 .455 .776 78.7 10.4
2023 33 MIL VL 158 570 90 158 48 3 14 81 2 3 40 34 .277 .329 .446 .774 80.7 12.4
2024 34 NRW GL 153 663 125 213 49 9 25 116 0 3 28 46 .321 .353 .535 .888 107.2 18.9
2025 35 NRW GL 159 623 103 156 39 7 21 94 0 6 40 44 .250 .302 .437 .738 75.4 10.3
10 Years Sim 1542 5937 902 1710 426 61 171 889 50 66 299 450 .288 .324 .467 .791 826.4 134.8
2 Years AAA 244 1004 144 287 109 17 16 137 36 22 51 181 .286 .326 .476 .803 139.6  
1 Years AA 92 353 48 93 38 3 7 33 14 3 22 81 .263 .315 .448 .763 47.1  
2 Years A 165 707 95 201 46 8 20 93 32 21 32 189 .284 .321 .457 .778 95.1  
5 Years Minors 501 2064 287 581 193 28 43 263 82 46 105 451 .281 .323 .465 .787 281.9  
162 Game Average 623 94 179 44 6 17 93 5 6 31 47 .288 .324 .467 .791 86.8  
Career Highs 160 663 125 213 59 10 25 116 15 16 40 83 .321 .353 .535 .888 107.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4530 669 1275 307 40 135 687 34 48 210 353 .281 .314 .456 .771 603.2
vs LH   1407 233 435 119 21 36 202 16 18 89 97 .309 .355 .500 .856 222.9
Home 766 2884 432 821 208 31 76 422 20 34 144 236 .285 .320 .457 .778 388.1
Away 776 3053 470 889 218 30 95 467 30 32 155 214 .291 .328 .476 .804 438.1
RISP   1487 0 459 112 14 37 668 0 0 89 125 .309 .338 .477 .816 228.1
Pinch Hitting   38 10 15 2 0 2 16 1 0 1 1 .395 .400 .605 1.005 8.1
Close/Late   636 109 193 46 6 18 95 0 0 41 48 .303 .350 .480 .830 98.2
Mar/Apr 245 945 137 268 68 9 23 124 9 17 42 71 .284 .318 .448 .765 120.9
May 239 883 116 224 63 6 24 141 6 5 45 82 .254 .291 .420 .711 103.2
June 238 902 134 254 71 8 26 134 13 14 57 60 .282 .323 .465 .788 126.4
July 207 807 132 260 61 5 22 110 8 9 35 61 .322 .356 .492 .848 124.7
August 252 979 167 316 65 14 38 156 7 8 49 78 .323 .357 .534 .891 167.3
Sep/Oct 361 1421 216 388 98 19 38 224 7 13 71 98 .273 .310 .449 .759 183.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2016 26 MON VL 2B 146 144 1255.3 255 409 12 96 .982 4.76 0 0 .000 0 7.5
    RF 6 6 50.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2017 27 MON VL 2B 121 120 1087.7 219 371 3 70 .995 4.88 0 0 .000 0 8.4
    RF 34 34 254.0 78 1 2 1 .975 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.8
2018 28 MON VL 2B 113 113 999.0 166 347 10 75 .981 4.62 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 24 24 189.0 47 0 5 0 .904 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.5
2019 29 MON VL 2B 122 122 1103.0 236 370 8 87 .987 4.94 0 0 .000 0 8.2
    C 1 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    RF 35 35 273.0 70 0 1 0 .986 2.31 0 0 .000 0 1.1
2020 30 MON VL 2B 160 160 1444.3 310 576 17 140 .981 5.52 0 0 .000 0 9.8
2021 31 PHI VL 2B 57 48 496.3 101 167 4 34 .985 4.86 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  WIS GL 2B 61 53 424.0 86 143 3 29 .987 4.86 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  TOT   2B 118 101 920.3 187 310 7 63 .986 4.86   5.5
  PHI VL CF 0 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WIS GL CF 1 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 1 0 5.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  PHI VL RF 13 13 133.2 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  WIS GL RF 15 15 113.8 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  TOT   RF 28 28 247.0 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.7
2022 32 PHI VL 2B 59 59 523.0 108 208 4 49 .988 5.44 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 87 87 773.3 202 1 8 1 .962 2.36 0 0 .000 0 2.4
2023 33 MIL VL 2B 152 152 1348.7 287 523 18 100 .978 5.41 0 0 .000 0 12.1
    RF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2024 34 NRW GL 2B 152 151 1338.3 269 527 15 112 .982 5.35 0 0 .000 0 10.9
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2025 35 NRW GL 2B 157 156 1381.0 291 510 10 134 .988 5.22 0 0 .000 0 9.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1300 1278 11400.6 2328 4151 104 926 .984 5.11 0 0 .000 0 82.0
  RF 219 214 1795.3 465 2 16 2 .967 2.34 0 0 .000 0 5.8
  3B 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 2 0 8.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1524 1493 13220.7 2800 4157 120 928 .983 4.74 0 0 .000 1 87.9
Career Highs   160 160 1444.3 310 576 18 140 .993 5.52 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 26 MON VL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2017 27 MON VL 16 49 5 14 5 0 2 4 0 1 1 7 .286 .294 .510 .804
2018 28 MON VL 16 67 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 9 .149 .169 .164 .333
2019 29 MON VL 15 53 6 17 4 1 0 5 1 1 3 1 .321 .357 .434 .791
2021 31 PHI VL 5 20 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 .100 .182 .250 .432
2023 33 MIL VL 8 30 4 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 61 223 23 48 13 2 3 18 2 3 7 18 .215 .239 .332 .571
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2024-9-.535
 Games
2020-8-160
 Runs
2024-10-125
 Total Bases
2024-8-355
 Doubles
2016-7-41
2022-2-59
2023-6-48
2024-10-49
 Triples
2019-4-10
2022-10-7
2024-2-9
2025-7-7
Caught Stealing
2022-10-16
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ricardo Ramirez (918)
  2. Ernest Walker (893)
  3. James Mosteller (889)
  4. Luis Orellana (887)
  5. Clarence Meeks (872)
  6. Sol Perez (870)
  7. Jonah Hubbert (868)
  8. Jordon Oubre (866)
  9. Paul Gregor (854)
  10. Earl Cashion (854)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 92nd overall pick, by Minnesota in 2012
Injured on 7/22/2012 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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