Josh Whitesell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josh Whitesell
Date Of Birth	Apr 14, 1982(1982-04-14)
Age	42
Birthplace	Durham
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Aries

Josh Whitesell Biography

Josh Whitesell is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 14, 1982 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. On the 6th of May, Whitesell was called back up to the Diamondbacks after he hit .356 in The Reno Aces with a .477 on-base percentage (2nd in the PCL) and an .552 Slugging percentage. Whitesell took over the position that of Tony Clark, who was placed on the disabled list for 15 days. Melvin stated that Whitesell would be given the chance to play every day. However, on May 19 only two weeks after, Melvin had been fired as team manager. The team had optioned Whitesell for a return to Reno.

Whitesell was picked out of the college system in the 6th round of 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the Montreal Expos.

In the minor leagues, Whitesell was a Carolina League mid-season All Star in 2005, and an Eastern League mid-season All-Star team in 2007. In 2008, Whitesell was voted the Diamondbacks’ 2008 Minor League Player of the Year, a Baseball America Triple-A All Star, and the Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year. Baseball America also ranked him the best power hitter in the organization, and as having the best strike zone discipline in the organization.

Whitesell was voted a Carolina League mid-season All Star while playing for the Potomac Nationals in 2005, for whom he batted .293/.416/.524, and was voted the Eastern League player-of-the-week on July 23, 2006.

Whitesell was a player in his team, the Loyola Marymount University Lions (after being enlisted from California, UCLA, San Diego, Nevada, and Pepperdine) at first as a pitcher from 2001 until 2003. In his first year, he injured his shoulder when he was running bases, which required surgery. Prior to that, he had thrown 90-91 mph. However, after the surgery, he threw around an 84-mph speed.

Josh Whitesell Net Worth

Josh Whitesell is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josh Whitesell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The spring season was a success for Whitesell. Whitesell lead the team’s the percentage of on-base (.429 which is the top of all hitters who had 30 or more hits) and was leading the team for home run walks (3) as well as walks (11; despite only receiving 11 of the most bats played for the team) He came in second place in run (12) and was tied for second place with second place in RBIs (12) in addition to hitting .308 with an .519 percent slugging. In the final weekend before the season got underway Whitesell was informed that he was not been included on the initial roster. “He had a great camp” Melvin said. Melvin. “He’s certainly a guy we wouldn’t hesitate to (call up) if we did have an injury or something along those lines.”

Joshua S. Whitesell (born April 14, 1982 from Durham, North Carolina) is an American professional baseball First Baseman, who was a part of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Chiba Lotte Marines.

Whitesell was named to the second team All-West Coast Conference in 2003, his junior (and final) year. In 162 at bats, he batted .340 with 41 runs scored, 19 doubles, 15 home runs and 47 RBIs. He had a .471 on-base percentage and .736 slugging percentage. He earned the league’s Player of the Month award for February.

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In 2008 his 110 RBIs broke Lyle Overbay’s team record from 2002, and was the fourth-most in the minors. He batted .328, with a .425 on-base percentage and 26 home runs. He had 86 runs scored and 36 doubles in 127 games. He finished the PCL season ranked 2nd in RBIs, tied for 4th in hits, and 7th in batting average. Whitesell had the most home runs and RBIs in the Diamondbacks system, was 2nd in on-base percentage and slugging percentage (.568), and was 3rd in batting average, OPS (.993), runs scored, hits (156), and doubles.

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Josh Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Josh Whitesell celebrates birthday on April 14 of every year.

Whitesell played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball for parts of 2008 and 2009. He played in the Washington Nationals organization for part of 2010, and played in the Japanese League for four years from 2010–13.