John Charles  
Third Baseman | Houston Astros

Hitting
During the last two years, he has become more patient and gotten better loft on the ball. The Houston Astros do tend to sit Charles when the opposing team throws a lefty. It's no secret he can't touch the left-handed breaking ball. You can expect John Charles to pull the ball.

Baserunning & Defense
When you play Charles you're not putting him in for his glove. His arm is accurate enough. Charles isn't a good baserunner. He doesn't get good jumps on steals nor runs sharp routes around the bases.

2010 Outlook
In three full big league seasons, Charles already has done more than what scouts projected when he came out of college.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
2001 HOU 3B 40 75 34 53 58 43 48 48 44 24 0 Low Minors 45 70 1B-55 273
2002 HOU 3B 45 79 35 53 58 43 48 48 44 25 0 Low Minors 51 70 1B-56 288
2003 HOU 3B 48 82 35 53 58 43 48 48 44 26 0 Low Minors 55 70 1B-60 297
2004 HOU 3B 52 83 35 53 58 43 48 48 44 27 0 Low Minors 55 69 1B-60 304
2005 HOU 3B 55 88 35 53 58 43 48 48 44 28 0 Low Minors 55 67 1B-60 316
2006 HOU 3B 55 94 34 53 58 43 48 48 44 29 0 AA/AAA 55 68 1B-60 324
2007 HOU 3B 55 98 34 53 58 43 48 48 44 30 0 Active 55 68 1B-60 329
2008 HOU 3B 53 98 34 53 58 43 48 48 44 31 1 Active 55 68 1B-60 325
2009 HOU 3B 54 98 33 53 58 43 48 48 44 32 2 Active 55 66 1B-60 325
2010 HOU 3B 55 98 32 53 58 43 48 48 44 33 3 Active 55 64 1B-60 324
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.