John Claiborn Mayberry Jr... 2002 graduate of Rockhurst High School (KS)... 2006 graduate of Stanford University (CA) with a degree in political science... Completed his degree in 2006 after being drafted in 2005... Played baseball at Stanford where he finished with a .312 AVG, 28 HR, 35 doubles and 148 RBI over three years (2003-05)...Was a 2-time All-Pac-10 selection and a *Collegiate Baseball *Freshman All-American in 2003... Rated as the best college athlete among Baseball America's top 200 prospects, also the 3rd-best power hitter in that group... Played for the USA Baseball National Team in 2004 and helped Team USA to a gold medal in the FISU World University Games in Tainan, Taiwan (.254, 15-59, 2 HR, 9 RBI)... **Signed by:** Tim Fortugno.
2014
Placed on the 15-Day Disabled List on July 21 with left wrist inflammation...Traded to Toronto on August 31...Reinstated from the DL on September 1.
2013
Made 89 starts: 41 in CF, 40 in RF, 5 at 1st base and 3 in LF... Had a team single-game high with 2 OF assists, 8/30 at CHI (Bogusevic at 2nd base, Navarro at home)... On 6/4 vs MIA, became the 1st player in MLB history to hit 2 HR in extra innings in one game with one of them being a walk-off grand slam; also became the 1st player to hit a game-tying and walk-off HR, both in extra innings, since 5/28/87 when BAL's Mike Young did it and the 1st Phillie to hit 2 extra-inning HR in 1 game... His walk-off grand slam was the first by a Phillie in extra innings since Dale Murphy on 8/6/91 vs CHI (11th inn.); overall, it was the 13th in Phillies history... Batted .292 (14-48) in 18 interleague games
2012
Set career highs in games (149), AB (441), runs (53),
hits (108), doubles (24), walks (34), XBH (38) and total
bases (174)
... Made 107 starts: 52 in CF, 30 in LF, 22 in 1st base and 3
in RF
... Appeared in the first 43 games of the season for the
Phillies (24 starts)
... Homered in 3 straight games, 6/16-19 and in 4 out of 5
games, 6/13-19; had 11 RBI over 6 games, 6/12-19
... Batted .406 (13-32) with RISP from 8/20 through the
remainder of the season
... Had 10 walks in his final 43 plate appearances vs LHP
after having none through his first 138 plate
appearances vs LHP
... Hit a go-ahead, 3-run HR in the top of the 10th inning,
8/31 at ATL (Cristhian Martinez)
... Batted .304 (7-23), 2B, RBI as a pinch-hitter.
2011
Made an Opening Day roster for the 1st time in his career...Had the game-winning, walk-off pinch RBI single on
Opening Day, 4/1 vs HOU...Made 60 starts at 4 different positions: 26 in CF, 17 in LF,
10 at 1st base and 7 in RF; started 13 straight games,
5/20-6/1...Was optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 6/3 (Shane
Victorino activated from DL) but was recalled the next
day (6/4) when Ross Gload was placed on the paternity
leave list; optioned back to Lehigh Valley following the
game on 6/5...Hit a walk-off HR, 6/9 vs Durham...Recalled from Lehigh Valley on 7/5 (Vance Worley
optioned)...Had his 1st career multi-HR game, 7/6 at FLA (Anibal
Sanchez & Mike Dunn)...Set single-game highs in hits (3), doubles (3) and RBI (4),
7/10 vs ATL, and then set another career high in RBI (5)
the very next game, 7/15 at NYM...Slugged his 1st pinch HR of the season (3rd career), 8/1
at COL, a game-tying 2-run HR with 2 outs in the 9th
inning (Huston Street)...Batted .309 (46-149), 11 2B, 3B, 10 HR, 34 RBI, .597 SLG %
in his final 55 games...Had 22 hits in his final 55 at-bats vs LHP (.400) with 4 2B
& 6 HR (.800 SLG %)...Reached base safely in 47 of his 60 starts (78.3%) and hit
safely in 41 of the 60 (68.3%).
2010
Spent the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA) where he
set a professional high in SB (20) ... Finished 5th in the International League in runs (75) ... Had a team-leading 37 multi-hit games, including 20
over his last 55 games (.307, 5 HR, 23 RBI) ... Named IL Player of the Week, 4/12-18 (.524, 11-21,
4 2B, 3B) ... Belted a game-winning grand slam, 5/12 at Charlotte;
had a game-winning solo HR, 8/15 at Rochester ... Had a career-best 12-game hit streak, 7/29-8/16 (.400,
18-45, 3 HR, 6 RBI) ... Was recalled on 8/3; appeared in 2 games before
being optioned back to Lehigh Valley on 8/8 ... Was recalled for the 2nd and final time on 9/7 ... Tied his career high with 3 RBI, 9/29 at WSH (3-run HR) ... Slugged his 2nd career pinch HR (2-run), 10/3 at ATL
(Tim Hudson) ... Played in 1 game for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League
(0-2)
2009
Began the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Batted .296 (24-81) vs LHP...Was recalled on 5/23 and made his ML debut that day
at NYY in a start (RF)...Homered for his 1st ML hit, 5/23 at NYY (Andy Pettitte),
becoming the 19th Phillie to do so and 1st since
4/24/03 (Chase Utley)...Became the 1st Phillie to have 2 HR in his first 12 ML
at-bats since 1988, when Ricky Jordan hit 2 in his first
5 at-bats...Optioned back to Lehigh Valley on 6/1 before being
recalled again on 6/18...Optioned to Lehigh Valley on 6/29 for the remainder
of the triple-A season...Was recalled for the final time on 9/6 for the
remainder of the MLB season...Singled and scored the game-winning run in the
regular season finale, 10/4 vs FLA...Made 10 starts for the Phillies: 7 in LF and 3 in RF...7 of his 12 ML hits were for extra bases
2008
Split the year between Frisco (AA) and Oklahoma (AAA)
and hit a combined .264, 20 HR, 71 RBI in 135 games...Began the season with Frisco before being promoted
to Oklahoma on 4/29...Had 16 hits in his first 32 at-bats in triple-A, including
5-for-5 in his fourth game, 5/2 at Tacoma...Homered in consecutive games, 6/20-21...Hit in a season-best 9 straight games, 6/10-17 (.429,
2 HR, 10 RBI)...Overall, batted .351 (40-114), 9 HR, 23 RBI vs LHP...Slugged 3 HR and had 7 RBI in the Pacific Coast
League playoffs.
2007
Non-roster invitee to spring training with TEX...Split the season between Bakersfield (A) and Frisco
and combined to hit .235, 30 HR, 83 RBI in 132 games...T-11th among all minor league players in HR...Went 3-for-5, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, 4/26 vs Visalia...Homered in 3 straight games twice: 5/19-22 and
7/15-17...Promoted to Frisco on 6/11...Played for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League (.214,
18-84, 5 HR, 13 RBI)
2006
Spent the entire season with Clinton (A) and finished
3rd in the Midwest League in HR (21)...Led the team in hits (123), HR, RBI (77) and runs (77)...Started 89 games in RF, 25 in LF and 12 as DH...Homered in 3 consecutive games, 4/23-25...Named Rangers Minor League Player of the Month in
August (.330) and Midwest League Player of the Week,
8/21-27...Hit .290 (38-131) vs LHP...Rated by Baseball America as the Best Power Hitter,
Best Athlete and Best Outfield Arm among all TEX
minor leaguers
2005
Spent his 1st pro season with Spokane (A)...Was T-3rd in the Northwest League in HR (11) and
finished 4th in runs (51) and HR ratio (24.1)...Following the season, was named the 8th-best
prospect in the league by Baseball America; also rated
as having the 4th-best raw power among 2005 draftees...Homered in his 1st pro game, 6/21 at Eugene, and in
his final 4 games of the season, 9/4-7...Had one of only four 5-hit games in the Northwest
League in 2005, 8/12 at Boise (5-5, 3 2B)...Appeared in all 5 postseason games for Spokane
