Joey Gathright (Joey Renard Gathright) was born on April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on June 25, 2004 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2005, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 0 home runs and 13 RBI. Gathright played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 3 year career.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2004
TB
A
19
52
11
13
0
1
.250
.316
.250
0
0
2
14
3
0
6
0
2
2005
TB
A
76
203
29
56
0
13
.276
.316
.340
7
3
10
39
2
3
20
0
5
2006
TB
A
55
154
25
31
0
13
.201
.305
.240
6
0
20
30
3
5
12
0
1
2006
KC
A
79
229
34
60
1
28
.262
.332
.328
6
3
22
45
4
4
10
0
2
2006
TOT
A
134
383
59
91
1
41
.238
.321
.292
12
3
42
75
7
9
22
0
3
2007
KC
A
74
228
28
70
0
19
.307
.371
.342
8
0
20
36
3
10
9
0
2
Total
229
638
99
160
1
55
.251
.319
.304
19
6
54
128
12
12
48
0
10
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2004
TB
A
LF
4
2
22
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2004
TB
A
OF
16
14
126
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2004
TB
A
RF
1
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2004
TB
A
CF
11
11
96
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2004
TB
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2005
TB
A
OF
70
56
505.2
180
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.984
2005
TB
A
CF
70
56
505.2
180
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.984
2005
TB
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
TB
A
OF
54
50
438
155
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.994
2006
TB
A
CF
54
50
438
155
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.994
2006
KC
A
OF
76
62
578.2
186
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.990
2006
KC
A
CF
76
62
578.2
186
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.990
2006
KC
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
TOT
A
OF
130
112
1016.2
341
5
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.991
2006
TOT
A
CF
130
112
1016.2
341
5
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.991
2007
KC
A
OF
72
64
575.1
170
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.977
2007
KC
A
LF
64
59
519.1
154
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.981
2007
KC
A
CF
10
5
56
16
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.941
2007
KC
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
CF
221
184
1674.1
564
8
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
.988
Total
OF
288
246
2223.2
721
11
10
6
0
0
0
0
0
.987
Total
DH
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
RF
1
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
LF
68
61
541.1
157
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.982
Transactions[]
Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed August 29, 2001).
Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Fernando Cortez to Kansas City Royals in exchange for J.P. Howell (June 20, 2006).
Trivia[]
He has been clocked at 6-6.7 seconds in the 60-yard dash.
While in high school, he jumped over his coach's car.
In 2007, Joey broke up Bobby Jenks' major league record-tying streak of 41 consecutive batters retired. Gathright, who would have been the 42nd batter and a record for Jenks if retired, was able to record a hit.