Jose Offerman #30

Jose Antonio Offerman...Married, wife's name is Alexis; two daughters, Joseann (3/10/94) and Jealynn (7/3/97)...Attended Colegio Biblico Cristiano High School (DR), where he played baseball, basketball and volleyball.

2005

He came out of nowhere in late June to provide some productive pinch-hitting -- 11-for-37 (.297) -- and tentative defense. A potential free agent, Offerman didn't appear to have a place in the club's plans for 2006. But his ability to deliver off the bench -- if he retains it at age 37 -- will make him attractive to any team with a need for pinch-hitting. He accepted a Minor League assignment with the Mets after the Phillies released him in late May and played for the Major League minimum, so he has appeal in that regard, too.

2004

Led the AL in pinch-average (.414, 12-29) and pinch-hits (12)...Started five games at 1st base and one at 2nd base...Appeared in 39 games as the DH...Had nine hits in his first five games of the season (five 2Bs, two HRs)...Had the game-winning RBI single in the 15th inning, 4/6 vs CLE...Both of his HRs came in consecutive games, 4/8-10 at DET...Doubled off Chris Hammond for career hit No. 1,500, 5/7 at OAK...Hit .407 (11-27) in 12 August games...Played for Licey in Dominican Winter League.

2003

Played for Bridgeport in the Independent Atlantic League.

2002

Began season with Boston ... was 9-23 (.391) in 6 games, April 12-24 ... season-high 4 rbi, April 21 at Kansas City ... 17th career 4-hit game, May 1 vs. Baltimore ... hit safely in 7 of 8 games, going 12-33 (.364), May 1-12 ... hit safely in 5 of 6 games, June 6-11 ... season-high 8-game hit-streak, going 11-29 (.379), July 4-17 ... claimed by Seattle off waivers, August 8 ... hit safely in 5 consecutive games, September 2-8 ... had .993 fielding percentage ... made 52 appearances at first base, 1 at second base and 8 in the outfield.

2001

Had 8-game hit streak at the start of the season 4/5-4/13 11-30 .367, 2B, 5 BB, 6 R...Hit a HR in 3 consec. G (a career first) 5/5-6 in 2 G at Oak. and 1 G vs. Sea. on 5/8...Had season high 13 G hit streak 5/5-5/20 (20-58 .345, 13 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB...Had 7 G hit streak 5/27-6/3 (9-30 .300, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB)...Went 4-6 (3 R, 2B, 3B, RBI) in Sox 9-5 win at Atl. on 6/15...Went 4-6 (2 R, 2 RBI) in Sox 13-4 win at Clev. on 7/4...Hit a 3R-HR in 2nd inng. off R. Biddle 7/20 at CWS in Sox 7-2 win...Went 24 straight games w/o an extra-base hit 6/21-7/20...Hit just .191 (18-94) in July...Hit .368 (21-57) in Sept. (13 R, 6 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB, 10 BB)...Played in 91 G at 2B (88 starts, 11 E) and 43 at 1B (38 starts, 3 E)...5 SB in 7 tries and had 2 bunt hits...6th on club w/20 2-out RBI and had 13 game-tying and go-ahead RBI...Hit .280 (30-107 w/RISP and was 3rd on Sox w/36 multi-hit gms...4-8 w/1 BB w/bases loaded...His 140 hits ranked 3rd on the Sox...Batted leadoff 82 times, 2nd 40 times, 7th 3 times and 8th once.

2000

Collected his 1st 3-H game on 4/14 in 13-6 loss vs. Oak (3-4, 2 R)...Began the season 2-20 before hitting safely in 9 of his next 12 G (4/11-4/26)...Hit his 1st HR on 4/19 at Det. (off H. Nomo) in a Sox 10-0 win...Hit the Sox 1st lead-off HR of the season on 4/25 at Tex. (off R. Helling) in a 6-3 win...2nd leadoff HR as a Red Sox and 7th of his career...Batted only .175 (14-80) w/11 R and 9 RBI in April...Snapped an 0-15 streak on 5/3 (4/26-5/3) when he doubled (off J. Weaver) in a 4-2 win... Had his 1st 4-H G of the season on 5/12 at Balt...1st time he had 4 H in a game since 9/14/99 at Clev...Had a 10-game hitting streak from 5/11-5/23 (15-46 .326)...Was placed on the 15-day D.L. on 5/27 (retro to 5/24) w/strained left groin...Returned from the D.L. on 6/10 at Atl. and had his 3rd 3-hit game (3-4, 1 K)...Hit safely in 9 consec. road games 5/11-6/13 (.400 16-40,10 R,1 2B,1HR,5 RBI)...Reached base safely in 18 consective games (5/10-6/17)...Had a season-high 12-G hit streak 6/25-7/7 (20-53 .377, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 R, 4 RBI)...Hit safely in 17 of 22 games 6/25-7/22 (.295 28-95, 2 2B, 2 3B, 13 R, 9 RBI)...Was placed on the 15-day D.L on 7/31 with a left knee contusion...Reinstated from the 15-day D.L. on 8/16 vs. Tampa Bay and went 1-1 w/a run...Had his first 2-HR game on 9/7 vs. Minn. (off Milton & Guardado)...It was the second of his career, last time (6/28/99 vs. CWS)...Also tied a career-high with 10 TB (6/28/99 vs. CWS)...Hit his 9th HR on 9/11 at NYY (O. Hernandez) to set a new career-high...From 9/4 to 9/30 he hit safely in 15 of 22 games (25-77 .325, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 11 RBI)...Had 15 2-out RBI, 3 game-tying and 9 go ahead RBI...Led off in 85 G, hit 2nd 24 times, 6th once and 7th once...Sox were 41-30 in his 71 starts at 2B, 15-16 when he started at 1B and 6-3 as a DH...4 E in 38 G at 1B (286 TC) and 7 E in 80 G at 2B...Did not record a SB for the first time in his career (8 attempts).

1999

Led A.L. w/11 3B...Set career-highs for 2B (37), HR (8), R (107), RBI (69), and BB (96)...Reached base safely in 118 of 149 G...2nd on Sox w/51 multi-hit games (Garciaparra, 53) incl. 5 G w/4 H...Was 6-12 (.500) w/bases loaded...Tied career-high 4 H on opening day and 1st game as a Sox on 4/5 at KC, his former team, in 5-3 win (4-5 w/2B, 3B, 2 R, 1 SB)...Selected to 1999 A.L. All-Star team (PH for R. Alomar in 6th and played 2B)...Had 8-G hit streak 4/5-4/15 (.457, 16-35, 7 R, 7 2B, 3 3B, 5 RBI, 29 TB)...Had 9-G hit streak 4/28-5/8 (.405, 15-37, 8 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 21 TB)...Tied career-high 8 TB on 5/17 at Tor. in an 8-7 win (4-5, 2 2B, 1 3B)...Hit 2 HR (1st career grand slam) in a game for 1st time in career and set new career-high 10 TB vs. CWS on 6/28 in 14-1 win (both RH, 4-6, 3 R, 6 RBI)...On 7/15 hit 3rd career leadoff HR (Phillies' Paul Byrd), his 1st since 8/9/96 and Sox 1st since D. Bragg 8/8/98 at Tex...Hit .354 (40-113) w/23 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, 17 RBI, .504 slugg. pct. and .453 OBP in Aug...Had 10-G hit streak 9/10-9/21 (.463, 19-41, 12 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI, 11 BB)...Had 17 game-tying and go-ahead RBI and 22, 2-out RBI incl. 8 in Aug...Batted 1st in 137 G and 2nd in 10...Hit .347 vs. Clev. (17-49 w/11 BB), .324 vs. NYY (12-37 w/11 BB), and .371 vs. Tex. (13-35 w/7 BB)...Started 126 G at 2B, 16 as DH and 5 at 1B...Last start at 1B was 5/2 at Oak.

1998

Set career-highs w/158 G, .313 BA (13th in AL), 607 AB, 191 H (7th in AL), 13 3B (1st in ML), and 45 SB (5th in AL)...1st Royal to lead ML in triples since 1988 ( W. Wilson)...191 H were most by a Royal since 1987 (K. Seitzer, 209)...2nd in AL w/143 singles; 5th in OBP (.403); 10th in AL w/79% SB rate (45-57)...Also had league's 3rd-best on-base pct. when leading off an inning (.413)...Opened the season 0-4, then hit safely in 9 consec. G, Apr. 1-11 (17-39 .436) & in 17 of 18 G Apr, 1-21 (29-79 .367)...100th career SB Apr. 20 at Sea...Scored in 7 consec. G Apr. 15-21 (9 R)...36-105 .343 w/20 R & 13 RBI in Apr...Scored in 7 consec. G May 21-29 (9 R)...Hit just .233 in June (27-116)...Was batting .274 through July 10 before career-high 27-G hit streak, July 11-Aug. 7 (45-103 .457 w/22 R, 15 RBI) to raise avg. to .312; 3rd longest streak in the AL in '98 & 2nd longest in Royals history (G. Brett, 30 G, 1980)...Tied career-high w/4 H (4 AB) July 23 at Tex...Named K.C. Player of the Month for July & Aug...Batted .373 (38-102) w/18 R in July & .333 (36-108) w/19 R, 14 RBI, 14 SB in Aug ...Career-high 4 SB Aug. 1 vs. Bal...4-4 w/3B, career-high 4 R & 3 SB Sept. 17 at Chi.; 2nd 4-H G of '98...Batted .349 (29-83) w/16 R in Sept...66-195 .338 vs. LHP; 125-412 .303 vs. RHP...Was in 152 G at 2B (all starts) (both 2nd in AL)...Also 2nd w/736 TC and 113 DPs...Signed by Red Sox as a free agent, Nov. 13.

1997

Played 2B for a full season for the 1st time ...Batted .297 w/59 R & 39 RBI in 106 G...Season limited due to 3 stints on the D.L...5-for-17 .294 in first 4 games before straining groin while legging out a triple Apr. 5 in Minn...Placed on 15-day D.L. Apr. 6...Activated April 29 & hit 1st HR of season that night (3-R, Hentgen) in KC's 6-5 win vs. Tor...2B, 3B & 3 RBI just 2 days later against Tor....Raised his avg. from .234 on May 10 to .300 just 5 days later by going 9-16 w/5 RBI over 4 G ...Hit 2nd and final HR May 18 off Detroit's Felipe Lira...Committed 2 E in his first 48 G at 2B...Season-high 12-G hit streak, June 4-16 (24-52 .462), raising his avg. from .288 to .333...Matched career high w/4-hit game June 15 at Pitt...Also had 4-hit games vs. Bos., Aug. 1 and at Tex., Sept. 15...Placed on DL w/chicken pox July 10, retro to July 7...Activated July 22 & hit safely in his first 8 G back (10-31 .323)...Played regularly next two weeks before suffering a severely sprained left ankle at NYY Aug. 13...Went on the D.L. once more and was not activated until Sept. 6...Came back from D.L. hitting safely in 10 straight G (16-45 .356) ...Tied his career best with a 4-H, 4-RBI game at Tex. Sept. 15; 6th career 4-hit game and 4th career 4-RBI game...Avg. was .315 through Sept. 15...Finished the season 3-29 to drop to .297...5-12 .417 w/10 RBI w/bases loaded...Hit .380 (49-129) vs. LHP and .261 (77-295) vs. RHP...Posted .981 fielding pct. in 101 G (100 starts) at 2B; Had only 38 G at the position prior to '97...Hit .405 in 11 G for Licey in the Dominican Winter Lg.

1996

Finished w/then-career-high .303 average...Led team in G (151), AB (561), R (85), H (170), TB (234), 2B (33), 3B (8) & BB (74), earning the Joe Burke Special Achievement Award...Began the year as KC's starting SS...Played 1B for the 1st time April 23...Entered June 16 game vs. Balt. as a PH and stayed in to play 2B for 1st time in ML career...Made 1st start at 2B July 4 at Minn., (4 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI); 2nd career 4-H G and 1st since 7/7/93 at Phi...1st CF start of career Sept. 4 at Tor...2nd 4-H G of season Sept. 8 at Oak., becoming the 19th player in club history w/3 doubles in 1 G...Hit .376 (35-93) in Sept., the 2nd best average in the M.L. (Lance Johnson, .405)...Ended season w/14-G hit streak (26-58 .448, 15 R, 9 RBI), the longest of the season by a Royal.

1995

Selected to his 1st All-Star game; played SS in 9th inng., but did not bat...Lost his starting job Sept. 2 and had just 2 more AB...Led ML w/35 E at SS...Had 20 E in 1st 71 G...Season-high 4 RBI (which tied his career-high set May 3, 1994 at Montr.) twice - May 3 at SF and July 14 vs. Fla...Traded to KC Dec. 17 for LHP Billy Brewer

1994

23 RBI in 1st 42 G, but just 2 in his last 30 G...Led all NL SS and was 4th in league in highest pct. of pitches taken (63.4)...Opt. to Triple A Albuquerque June 27.

1993

Played in a career-high 158 G, hitting .269 w/career-best 62 RBI - the most by a Dodger SS since Bill Russell set the LA record w/65 RBI in 1974 & also in 1976...Led the team w/Dodger-record 33 sacrifices, incl. a ML-leading 25 SH...44 multi-hit games, including a career-high 4-H G vs. Phi. July 7.

1992

Dodgers opening day SS (Alfredo Griffin had started the previous 4 openers)...HR Aug. 20 off the Mets John Franco was 1st since Aug. 19, 1990 - a span of 578 AB...Hit just .216 in April but batted .267 (123-460) the remainder of the season...Committed 42 ML-high E, the most by a Dodger SS in 51 seasons (Pee Wee Reese, 47 E, 1941).

1991

Recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque May 10...Hit .194 in 14 G before being opt. to Albuquerque May 29...0 E in 13 G at SS in May w/LA...Rec. from Albuquerque Aug. 6 and remained w/ LA for season...50 G at SS (37 starts)...Reached base safely in 20 of his last 24 starts.

1990

Named The Sporting News 1990 Minor League Player of the Year & the 3rd best prospect in the PCL by league managers in a survey by Baseball America...Rec. from Triple-A Albuquerque Aug. 18 and made an impressive ML debut w/leadoff HR off Montreal's Dennis Martinez in his 1st ML AB, Aug. 19 at LA...1st LA Dodger to homer in 1st AB, 5th in club history, 55th in ML history...3-4 in ML debut w/HR, RBI and S

1989

Selected to California L. All-Star team as SS after hitting .306 with 53 R, 2 HR and 22 RBI for Bakersfield.

1988

Named #1 prospect by the Pioneer Lg. coaches and managers after hitting .331 in 60 G for Great Falls.