JD Closser

Jeffrey Darrin Closser
Born: January 15, 1980
Beech Grove, IN US
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, LF, OF, RF
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 205
Draft: Round 5 (1998 June Amateur Draft, Arizona Diamondbacks)
School: Alexandria HS (IN)
Career: 1998-2011
Major League Statistics

JD Closser compiled a career batting average of .276 with 123 home runs and 635 RBI in his 1232-game career with the Diamondbacks, South Bend Silver Hawks, Missoula Osprey, Lancaster JetHawks, Carolina Mudcats, Tulsa Drillers, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Sacramento River Cats, Nashville Sounds, Portland Beavers, Iowa Cubs, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Chattanooga Lookouts, Albuquerque Isotopes and Edmonton Capitals. He began playing during the 1998 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.

South Bend Silver Hawks	Missoula Osprey	Lancaster JetHawks	Carolina Mudcats	Tulsa Drillers	Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Sacramento River Cats	Nashville Sounds	Iowa Cubs	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	Portland Beavers	Albuquerque Isotopes
Chattanooga Lookouts	Edmonton Capitals

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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
1998	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	4	17	14	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.214	.312	.286	.598	4	0	0	1	0	0
1998	R	ARIZ	Diamondbacks	45	190	150	26	47	13	2	4	21	3	2	37	36	.313	.453	.507	.959	76	3	2	0	1	2
1999	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	52	212	174	29	42	8	0	3	27	0	1	34	37	.241	.363	.339	.702	59	3	1	0	3	0
1999	R	PION	Missoula Osprey	76	355	275	73	89	22	0	10	54	9	3	71	57	.324	.458	.513	.970	141	8	2	1	6	2
2000	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	101	396	331	54	74	19	1	8	37	6	2	60	61	.224	.347	.360	.706	119	7	3	1	1	4
2001	Advanced A	CALL	Lancaster JetHawks	128	540	468	85	136	26	6	21	87	6	7	65	106	.291	.377	.506	.883	237	9	2	1	4	4
2002	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	95	360	315	43	89	27	1	13	62	9	3	44	69	.283	.369	.498	.868	157	7	0	0	1	4
2003	AA	TL	Tulsa Drillers	118	463	410	62	116	28	5	13	54	3	2	47	79	.283	.359	.471	.829	193	10	3	0	3	3
2004	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	83	348	298	53	89	19	1	7	54	0	2	41	47	.299	.384	.440	.823	131	3	2	4	3	0
2006	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	70	258	225	32	67	15	1	8	30	8	2	31	38	.298	.384	.480	.864	108	6	1	0	1	0
2007	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	81	338	286	45	68	16	2	11	45	0	2	48	67	.238	.345	.423	.768	121	6	0	2	2	2
2007	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	17	61	48	9	9	2	0	2	6	3	1	11	10	.188	.328	.354	.682	17	1	0	0	2	0
2008	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	50	173	149	17	37	7	0	4	19	0	1	23	28	.248	.353	.376	.728	56	2	1	0	0	2
2008	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	5	12	12	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.417	.750	5	0	0	0	0	0
2008	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	17	55	46	3	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	7	13	.130	.245	.217	.463	10	1	0	2	0	1
2009	AA	SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	30	115	101	9	23	7	0	1	12	1	0	13	21	.228	.313	.327	.640	33	3	0	0	1	1
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	69	252	220	28	65	14	0	2	31	4	3	29	41	.295	.375	.386	.761	85	2	0	1	2	0
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	92	284	254	34	68	9	0	3	27	3	1	24	48	.268	.332	.339	.671	86	7	1	4	1	0
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	69	246	212	45	63	10	0	10	39	2	0	30	33	.297	.378	.486	.864	103	8	0	0	4	1
2011	Ind	NABL	Edmonton Capitals	30	123	96	29	32	3	2	2	23	4	0	24	14	.333	.472	.469	.940	45		2	0	1	0
Totals				1232	4798	4084	680	1127	248	21	123	635	61	32	641	816	.276	.374	.437	.811	1786	86	20	17	36	26

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1998	R	ARIZ	Diamondbacks	C	37	311	38	12	2	.967	9.432	10	67	23	25.6
1998	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	C	3	22	1	0	0	1.000	7.667	2	5	0	0.0
1998	R	ARIZ	Diamondbacks	1B	2	12	0	1	0	.923	6.000
1999	R	PION	Missoula Osprey	C	65	492	74	21	4	.964	8.708	16	68	34	33.3
1999	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	C	34	202	29	12	2	.951	6.794	12	37	13	26.0
2000	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	C	74	484	51	11	7	.980	7.230	25	70	31	30.7
2000	A	MIDW	South Bend Silver Hawks	1B	3	18	2	1	2	.952	6.667
2001	Advanced A	CALL	Lancaster JetHawks	C	95	745	74	16	0	.981	8.621	18	83	40	32.5
2001	Advanced A	CALL	Lancaster JetHawks	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2001	Advanced A	CALL	Lancaster JetHawks	RF	1						.000
2002	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	C	64	456	56	12	7	.977	8.000	10	77	27	26.0
2003	AA	TL	Tulsa Drillers	C	94	670	69	17	7	.978	7.862	8	77	38	33.0
2003	AA	TL	Tulsa Drillers	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
2003	AA	TL	Tulsa Drillers	RF	1						.000
2004	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	C	76	544	44	10	3	.983	7.737	6
2006	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	C	57	371	31	5	7	.988	7.053	6	33	18	35.3
2006	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2007	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	1B	8	58	6	2	6	.970	8.000
2007	AAA	PCL	Sacramento River Cats	C	45	342	18	3	3	.992	8.000	3	32	13	28.9
2007	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	C	13	102	4	1	1	.991	8.154	4	7	4	36.4
2007	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	1B	1	9	2	0	0	1.000	11.000
2008	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	C	9	59	8	0	0	1.000	7.444	1	10	3	23.1
2008	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	C	40	240	18	3	1	.989	6.450	2	25	7	21.9
2008	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	C	3	26	3	0	1	1.000	9.667	0	2	2	50.0
2008	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	1B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
2008	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	1B	1	1	0	1	1	.500	1.000
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	1B	36	229	21	3	20	.988	6.944
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	C	31	247	20	5	2	.982	8.613	2	20	11	35.5
2009	AA	SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	C	28	234	16	4	2	.984	8.929	3	27	10	27.0
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	LF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2009	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	C	46	349	24	3	5	.992	8.109	1	30	8	21.1
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	1B	31	138	10	3	14	.980	4.774
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	LF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	3B	11	2	15	1	2	.944	1.545
2010	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2011	Ind	NABL	Edmonton Capitals	1B	4	30	1	0	2	1.000	7.750
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	1B	34	253	22	6	28	.979	8.088
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	C	27	194	15	3	3	.986	7.741	0	22	8	26.7
2011	Ind	NABL	Edmonton Capitals	C	26	184	16	3	1	.985	7.692	4	13	6	31.6
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	LF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2011	AAA	PCL	Albuquerque Isotopes	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals					1018	7039	690	160	133	.980	7.592	133	705	296	29.6

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1998	R	Arizona League	Diamondbacks	ARI
1998	A	Midwest League	South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI
1999	R	Pioneer League	Missoula Osprey	ARI
1999	A	Midwest League	South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI
2000	A	Midwest League	South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI
2001	Advanced A	California League	Lancaster JetHawks	ARI
2002	AA	Southern League	Carolina Mudcats	COL
2003	AA	Texas League	Tulsa Drillers	COL
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	April 8, 2004	August 9, 2004
2006	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	April 6, 2006	September 3, 2006
2007	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Nashville Sounds	MIL	April 5, 2007	May 2, 2007
2007	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Sacramento River Cats	OAK	May 7, 2007	September 3, 2007
2008	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Iowa Cubs	CHN	April 5, 2008	April 9, 2008
2008	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	NYA	May 2, 2008	August 2, 2008
2008	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Portland Beavers	SDN	August 11, 2008	September 1, 2008
2009	AA	Southern League	Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	April 11, 2009	June 14, 2009
2009	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Albuquerque Isotopes	LAN	June 11, 2009	September 7, 2009
2010	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Albuquerque Isotopes	LAN	April 9, 2010	September 6, 2010
2011	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Albuquerque Isotopes	LAN	April 8, 2011	July 14, 2011
2011	Ind	North American League	Edmonton Capitals		July 27, 2011	August 28, 2011

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