John Suomi

John Richard Suomi
Born: October 5, 1980
Toronto, ON CA
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, CF, LF, OF, P, RF
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
Draft: Round 22 (2000 June Amateur Draft, Oakland Athletics)
Draft: Round 3 (2005 Rule V (3A phase), Pittsburgh Pirates)
Draft: Round 2 (2008 Rule V (3A phase), Kansas City Royals)
School: University College of the Cariboo (Kamloops, BC)
N/A
Career: 2000-2013

John Suomi compiled a career batting average of .262 with 58 home runs and 389 RBI in his 833-game career with the Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Visalia Oaks, Kane County Cougars, Modesto A's, Lynchburg Hillcats, Clearwater Threshers, Harrisburg Senators, Columbus Clippers, Reading Phillies, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Omaha Royals and Reading Fightin Phils. He began playing during the 2000 season and last took the field during the 2013 campaign.

Athletics	Visalia Oaks	Vancouver Canadians	Kane County Cougars	Modesto A's	Lynchburg Hillcats
Clearwater Threshers	Harrisburg Senators	Columbus Clippers	Reading Phillies	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Reading Phillies
Omaha Royals	Northwest Arkansas Naturals

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2013	AA	EL	Reading Fightin Phils	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Totals				0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	R	ARIZ	Athletics	31	106	87	19	23	2	1	0	14	1	1	14	10	.264	.365	.310	.676	27	2	1	2	2	0
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	52	216	175	31	45	14	2	4	43	7	2	27	36	.257	.374	.429	.802	75	1	8	2	4	1
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	41	156	142	20	36	7	0	5	24	0	0	11	36	.254	.310	.408	.718	58	0	1	1	1	0
2002	Advanced A	CALL	Visalia Oaks	20	79	70	9	15	6	0	1	10	1	0	7	13	.214	.295	.343	.638	24	1	1	1	0	1
2003	A	MIDW	Kane County Cougars	69	263	241	29	62	19	1	1	28	4	2	14	34	.257	.298	.357	.655	86	1	2	1	5	1
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Modesto A's	134	599	545	84	161	35	4	12	99	3	1	41	72	.295	.345	.440	.785	240	18	4	2	7	2
2006	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	81	282	246	30	64	19	1	3	34	0	1	25	43	.260	.336	.382	.718	94	9	5	2	4	2
2007	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	5	20	17	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	.176	.250	.294	.544	5	0	0	0	1	0
2007	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	36	122	112	11	25	7	1	2	14	0	0	7	19	.223	.281	.357	.638	40	1	2	1	0	0
2007	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	20	75	62	12	16	5	0	2	7	0	0	12	6	.258	.387	.435	.822	27	1	1	0	0	0
2008	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	24	88	86	6	21	8	0	1	9	0	0	2	11	.244	.261	.372	.633	32	4	0	0	0	0
2008	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	32	118	106	14	25	5	1	3	13	0	0	9	12	.236	.305	.387	.692	41	3	2	0	1	1
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	23	81	76	4	11	3	0	1	6	0	1	2	14	.145	.177	.224	.401	17	2	1	2	0	0
2009	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	37	136	119	23	37	6	2	7	19	0	2	13	17	.311	.378	.571	.949	68	3	1	1	2	1
2010	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	6	19	18	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	2	1	5	.333	.368	.611	.980	11	0	0	0	0	0
2010	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	18	53	49	2	12	0	0	1	5	1	1	2	7	.245	.288	.306	.595	15	0	1	1	0	0
2010	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	46	157	145	21	38	5	0	3	18	1	2	8	33	.262	.299	.359	.658	52	1	1	0	3	0
2011	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	19	46	42	4	12	2	1	1	5	0	0	3	9	.286	.326	.452	.778	19	2	0	0	1	0
2011	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	19	49	46	4	16	3	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	.348	.375	.478	.853	22	0	1	1	0	0
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	11	36	33	3	6	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	7	.182	.250	.394	.644	13	3	0	0	0	0
2012	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	64	210	196	27	52	13	0	4	18	1	1	13	29	.265	.311	.393	.704	77	9	0	1	0	0
2013	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	10	29	26	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	.269	.345	.423	.768	11	0	0	0	0	0
2013	AA	EL	Reading Fightin Phils	35	92	81	12	19	0	0	2	10	0	0	11	6	.235	.326	.309	.635	25	0	0	0	0	2
Totals				833	3032	2720	373	712	163	15	58	389	21	16	231	425	.262	.323	.397	.720	1079	61	32	18	31	11

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
2000	R	ARIZ	Athletics	C	21	104	9	2	2	.983	5.381	2	11	4	26.7
2000	R	ARIZ	Athletics	1B	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	9.000
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	OF	8	10	1	0	1	1.000	1.375
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	LF	6						.000
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	C	35	295	34	8	0	.976	9.400	22	50	19	27.5
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	1B	2	5	1	1	0	.857	3.000
2001	R	ARIZ	Athletics	RF	2						.000
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	C	21	174	11	2	0	.989	8.810	1	18	5	21.7
2002	Advanced A	CALL	Visalia Oaks	C	17	137	12	2	0	.987	8.765	5	19	4	17.4
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	OF	15	13	0	1	0	.929	.867
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	LF	14						.000
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	CF	1						.000
2002	Short Season A	NORW	Vancouver Canadians	RF	1						.000
2003	A	MIDW	Kane County Cougars	C	55	354	34	7	1	.982	7.055	8	57	11	16.2
2003	A	MIDW	Kane County Cougars	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Modesto A's	C	92	642	50	10	8	.986	7.522	25
2004	Advanced A	CALL	Modesto A's	3B	20	7	30	6	2	.860	1.850
2006	Advanced A	CARL	Lynchburg Hillcats	C	56	329	45	3	5	.992	6.679	13	66	19	22.4
2007	AAA	IL	Columbus Clippers	C	5	37	1	1	0	.974	7.600	0	5	1	16.7
2007	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	C	32	192	11	1	0	.995	6.344	6	39	9	18.8
2007	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	C	17	135	4	1	0	.993	8.176	0	14	2	12.5
2008	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	C	29	227	8	1	3	.996	8.103	3	19	3	13.6
2008	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	C	23	182	10	3	2	.985	8.348	3	23	4	14.8
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	LF	5	8	1	1	0	.900	1.800
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	OF	5	8	1	1	0	.900	1.800
2009	AA	TL	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	C	24	137	26	2	3	.988	6.792	2	33	13	28.3
2009	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	C	16	105	5	2	2	.982	6.875	1	20	4	16.7
2010	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	C	4	35	0	2	0	.946	8.750	0	8	0	0.0
2010	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	C	15	91	6	2	2	.980	6.467	2	10	1	9.1
2010	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	C	15	107	5	1	0	.991	7.467	0	11	1	8.3
2010	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	OF	14	24	0	1	0	.960	1.714
2010	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	LF	13	23	0	1	0	.958	1.769
2010	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	RF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Clearwater Threshers	C	11	78	11	0	1	1.000	8.091	0	9	2	18.2
2011	AA	EL	Reading Phillies	C	10	63	6	0	0	1.000	6.900	0	8	3	27.3
2011	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	C	10	78	4	2	1	.976	8.200	1	18	1	5.3
2012	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1B	7	30	3	2	8	.943	4.714
2012	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	C	35	227	16	3	1	.988	6.943	7	26	6	18.8
2013	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	C	9	55	4	1	0	.983	6.556	3	9	3	25.0
2013	AA	EL	Reading Fightin Phils	1B	3	16	2	0	0	1.000	6.000
2013	AA	EL	Reading Fightin Phils	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2013	AA	EL	Reading Fightin Phils	C	12	76	5	0	0	1.000	6.750	4	15	2	11.8
2013	AAA	IL	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals					687	4018	356	70	43	.984	6.367	108	488	117	19.3

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2000	R	Arizona League	Athletics	OAK
2001	R	Arizona League	Athletics	OAK
2002	Short Season A	Northwest League	Vancouver Canadians	OAK
2002	Advanced A	California League	Visalia Oaks	OAK
2003	A	Midwest League	Kane County Cougars	OAK
2004	Advanced A	California League	Modesto A's	OAK	April 9, 2004	September 6, 2004
2006	Advanced A	Carolina League	Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	April 6, 2006	September 2, 2006
2007	AA	Eastern League	Harrisburg Senators	WAS	April 7, 2007	June 23, 2007
2007	AAA	International League	Columbus Clippers	WAS	May 6, 2007	May 13, 2007
2007	Advanced A	Florida State League	Clearwater Threshers	PHI	June 28, 2007	September 2, 2007
2008	AA	Eastern League	Reading Phillies	PHI	April 6, 2008	August 24, 2008
2008	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	May 12, 2008	September 1, 2008
2009	AA	Texas League	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	KCA	April 9, 2009	June 22, 2009
2009	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	June 25, 2009	September 6, 2009
2010	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	April 16, 2010	September 6, 2010
2010	Advanced A	Florida State League	Clearwater Threshers	PHI	April 21, 2010	May 5, 2010
2010	AA	Eastern League	Reading Phillies	PHI	May 27, 2010	August 31, 2010
2011	AA	Eastern League	Reading Phillies	PHI	April 15, 2011	August 30, 2011
2011	Advanced A	Florida State League	Clearwater Threshers	PHI	April 23, 2011	July 10, 2011
2011	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	May 21, 2011	September 3, 2011
2012	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	April 6, 2012	August 30, 2012
2013	AA	Eastern League	Reading Fightin Phils	PHI	April 8, 2013	August 26, 2013
2013	AAA	International League	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	PHI	May 24, 2013	September 2, 2013

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