Josh Phelps

Phelps with the St. Louis Cardinals

Designated hitter / First baseman

Born: May 12, 1978 (age 39)
Anchorage, Alaska

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

June 13, 2000, for the Toronto Blue Jays

Last MLB appearance

September 28, 2008, for the St. Louis Cardinals

MLB statistics

Batting average

.273

Home runs

Runs batted in

244

Teams

Joshua Lee Phelps (born May 12, 1978) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. Phelps was also a member of the independent Bridgeport Bluefish, as well as the Telemarket Rimini of the Italian Baseball League.

Phelps attended Lakeland High School in Rathdrum, Idaho, where he was the baseball team's Most Valuable Player as a senior, and graduated 4th in his class in 1996 with a 3.94 GPA.

Phelps was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays as a catcher in the 10th round of the 1996 draft. Phelps had originally planned to take a degree in engineering.

In 1999, he led the Florida State League in slugging percentage (.562), and was 2nd in batting (.328). He was rated as the 5th best prospect in the organization by Baseball America.

In 2001, with Tennessee of the Southern League (Double-A), he hit .292, led the league with 36 doubles and 31 home runs, and was third in RBI (97). He was the Southern League MVP, was named to their All-Star team as the catcher and designated hitter, was selected to Baseball America's Minor League Second Team All-Star as catcher, was named as the R. Howard Webster Award winner (team MVP), and was twice selected as the SL Player of the Week.

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