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Joe Espada

Manager - Houston Astros (MLB) [2026]

High Level

AAA

Years

1994-2005

Proper Name

Josue Espada

Positions

SS (567) ... 2B (173) ... 3B (9) ... P (2) ... 1B (1)

Height / Weight

5-10 / 175

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

August 30,1975 Age: 50.362

Place

Santurce, Puerto Rico Flags

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Colleges

University of Mobile (Mobile,AL)

Drafted/Signed

1996-2-45-Oakland Athletics

Signing Bonus

$ 265,000

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[1998] Selected by the Minnesota Twins in MLB Rule 5 Draft

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1994	Mobile	GCAC	NAIA			18	2B-SS		0	150	45	59	6	1	3	27	38	0	28	9	0	2	0	0	0	76	180	10	49	.393	.489	.507	.996	.000	.114	.000	15.56	5.00	0.32	50.00
1995	Mobile	GCAC	NAIA			19	2B-SS		49	173	64	81	14	8	5	35	43	0	18	8	0	0	0	0	0	126	191	27	54	.468	.518	.728	1.246	.000	.260	.000	9.42	4.19	0.44	34.60
1996	Mobile	GCAC	NAIA			20	2B-SS		0	166	51	74	8	2	5	25	38	0	29	9	0	0	0	0	0	101	195	15	59	.446	.528	.608	1.136	.000	.162	.000	14.87	4.62	0.31	33.20
1996	Southern Oregon Timberjacks	Nwst	A-	OAK	-	20	SS	87*	15	54	7	12	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	10	1	1	0	0	1	16	61	2	10	.222	.300	.296	.596	.167	.074	.256	8.20	16.39	2.00	54.00
1996	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	OAK	-	20	SS	105*	23	74	9	20	2	0	0	4	3	1	13	11	2	0	0	0	2	22	89	2	18	.270	.393	.297	.690	.230	.027	.317	14.61	12.36	0.85	0.00
1997	Visalia Oaks	Calif	A+	OAK	-	21	SS	99	118	445	90	122	7	3	3	39	46	17	72	69	9	7	3	1	6	144	536	13	109	.274	.384	.324	.708	.276	.050	.316	13.43	12.87	0.96	148.33
1998	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	OAK	-	22	SS	96	51	161	29	41	7	1	1	22	7	4	27	15	4	5	1	0	4	53	198	9	32	.255	.373	.329	.702	.261	.074	.274	13.64	7.58	0.56	161.00
1999	Midland RockHounds	Tex	AA	OAK	12	23	SS	111	113	435	85	147	15	2	6	51	22	16	62	51	2	2	3	0	5	184	504	23	124	.338	.420	.423	.843	.241	.085	.370	12.30	10.12	0.82	72.50
1999	Vancouver Canadians	PCL	AAA	OAK	-	23	2B		6	26	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	29	1	7	.308	.379	.346	.725	.115	.038	.364	10.34	13.79	1.33	0.00
2000	Midland RockHounds	Tex	AA	OAK	15	24	2B-SS	93*	23	98	17	26	7	0	0	7	2	2	12	12	2	0	0	0	4	33	112	7	19	.265	.357	.337	.694	.194	.072	.302	10.71	10.71	1.00	0.00
2000	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	OAK	-	24	2B	89	40	145	21	34	7	0	0	10	7	2	27	23	1	3	0	0	5	41	176	7	27	.234	.358	.283	.641	.269	.049	.279	15.34	13.07	0.85	0.00
2001	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	COL	7	25	SS	105	7	27	8	7	2	0	1	2	3	2	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	32	3	4	.259	.375	.444	.819	.407	.185	.300	15.63	18.75	1.20	27.00
2001	Calgary Cannons	PCL	AAA	MIA	-	25	SS	105	79	290	61	87	20	2	3	30	13	7	39	49	4	3	3	0	4	120	339	25	62	.300	.387	.414	.801	.269	.114	.349	11.50	14.45	1.26	96.67
2002	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	KCA	12	26	2B	78	74	223	18	50	12	0	0	23	14	4	19	26	3	6	4	0	10	62	255	12	38	.224	.289	.278	.567	.184	.054	.249	7.45	10.20	1.37	0.00
2003	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	SLN	-	27	SS	91	47	178	17	42	7	0	0	9	10	4	20	13	1	1	0	0	8	49	200	7	35	.236	.317	.275	.592	.185	.039	.255	10.00	6.50	0.65	0.00
2003	Frisco RoughRiders	Tex	AA	TEX	-	27	SS-3B		13	41	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	3	9	44	0	9	.220	.273	.220	.493	.073	.000	.265	6.82	15.91	2.33	0.00
2003	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	4	27	SS		8	26	3	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	14	26	3	4	.269	.269	.538	.807	.269	.269	.300	0.00	19.23	0.00	26.00
2004	Pensacola	S-east	Indy		-	28	2B-SS		71	271	53	91	4	2	4	47	18	5	22	25	0	8	3	1	3	111	304	10	81	.336	.382	.410	.792	.203	.074	.355	7.24	8.22	1.14	67.75
2004	Montgomery Biscuits	Sou	AA	TBA	14	28	2B	89*	27	98	8	26	1	1	0	5	2	2	7	14	3	1	0	0	0	29	109	2	24	.265	.333	.296	.629	.102	.031	.310	6.42	12.84	2.00	0.00
2005	Pensacola Pelicans	Central	Indy		-	29	SS	114	64	246	52	82	15	0	4	31	24	4	26	25	4	4	4	0	3	109	284	19	63	.333	.400	.443	.843	.297	.110	.353	9.15	8.80	0.96	61.50
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors						644	2321	379	638	89	11	16	209	130	63	314	315	32	29	14	1	52	797	2710	116	522	.275	.367	.343	.710	.233	.069	.310	11.59	11.62	1.00	145.06
Tot:	Indy (2 yrs)		Indy						135	517	105	173	19	2	8	78	42	9	48	50	4	12	7	1	6	220	588	29	144	.335	.391	.426	.816	.248	.091	.354	8.16	8.50	1.04	64.63
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-						15	54	7	12	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	10	1	1	0	0	1	16	61	2	10	.222	.300	.296	.596	.167	.074	.256	8.20	16.39	2.00	54.00
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A						23	74	9	20	2	0	0	4	3	1	13	11	2	0	0	0	2	22	89	2	18	.270	.393	.297	.691	.230	.027	.317	14.61	12.36	0.85
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+						165	623	107	164	14	3	3	48	56	21	92	82	10	8	3	1	14	193	736	20	144	.263	.365	.310	.675	.250	.047	.298	12.50	11.14	0.89	207.67
Tot:	AA (5 yrs)		AA						227	833	143	249	30	4	7	86	33	24	111	99	11	8	4	0	16	308	967	41	208	.299	.387	.370	.757	.215	.071	.331	11.48	10.24	0.89	119.00
Tot:	AAA (5 yrs)		AAA						214	737	113	193	42	4	5	66	38	17	93	113	8	12	7	0	19	258	857	51	142	.262	.348	.350	.698	.243	.088	.300	10.85	13.19	1.22	147.40
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College						49	489	160	214	28	11	13	87	119	0	75	26	0	2	0	0	0	303	566	52	162	.438	.512	.620	1.132	.579	.182	.447	13.25	4.59	0.35	37.62
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors						162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 game avg		College						162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2002	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	KCA	12	26		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003	Frisco RoughRiders	Tex	AA	TEX	-	27		0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
Tot:	Minors (2 yrs)		Minors					0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	4.50
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00
Tot:	AAA (1 yrs)		AAA					0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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