Josh Whitesell
| Josh Whitesell | |||
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Whitesell with the Arizona Diamondbacks
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: April 14, 1982 Durham, North Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 2008, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 20, 2009, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .200 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 15 | ||
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Joshua S. Whitesell (born April 14, 1982, in Durham, North Carolina) is an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Chiba Lotte Marines.
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 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.
Whitesell is Jewish. He attended Rialto High School in Rialto, California, and pitched and played first base for the school's Rialto Knights, with teammate Ricky Nolasco who now pitches for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was chosen to the first team All-Citrus Belt League and All-San Bernardino County in his sophomore and junior years.
In his senior year he had an 8–2 record, 1.74 ERA, and a .520 batting average. He was named 1st-team All-CIF Division I and 1st-team All-Citrus Belt League, and to the San Bernardino County North and CBCA (California Baseball Coaches' Association) Southern California All-Star teams. He played for US Team in the Goodwill Games against Japan, and was named by the San Bernardino Sun as San Bernardino County Player of the Year. He graduated in 2000 with a 4.2 grade point average (2nd in his class of 685), and was class salutatorian.
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