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Chip Hale
Walter William Hale

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 191 lb.
School University of Arizona

Debut August 27, 1989
  vs. SEA 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 4, 1997
Born December 2, 1964 in San Jose, CA

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 24 MIN AL  28   67    6   14   3  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .209  .214  .254   28   17   1   2   0   0   0
 1990 25 MIN AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   2   0   0   0
 1993 28 MIN AL  69  186   25   62   6  1   3   27   2  1  18  17  .333  .408  .425  125   79   2   1   0   6   3
 1994 29 MIN AL  67  118   13   31   9  0   1   11   0  2  16  14  .263  .350  .364   86   43   1   2   1   1   2
 1995 30 MIN AL  69  103   10   27   4  0   2   18   0  0  11  20  .262  .333  .359   80   37   0   0   1   0   6
 1996 31 MIN AL  85   87    8   24   5  0   1   16   0  0  10   6  .276  .347  .368   81   32   0   1   2   0   3
 1997 32 LAD NL  14   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .083  .214  .083  -15    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      333  575   62  159  27  1   7   78   2  3  58  68  .277  .346  .363   87  209   4   8   4   7  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        280   30   77  13  0   3   38   1  1  28  33  .277  .346  .363   87  102   2   4   2   3   7
 Career High     85  186   25   62   9  1   3   27   2  2  18  20                          79   2   2   2   6   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 24 MIN AL   71   56    4   1.9    99| .209  .269| .214  .335| .254  .395| .468  .730|  28  .183  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1990 25 MIN AL    4    4    0   0.0   100| .000  .267| .000  .336| .000  .400| .000  .736|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1993 28 MIN AL  213  131   34   6.9   103| .333  .267| .408  .337| .425  .408| .833  .745| 125  .661   7.4   0.7  66%
 1994 29 MIN AL  138   94   16   4.6   111| .263  .273| .350  .345| .364  .434| .714  .779|  86  .427  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1995 30 MIN AL  114   82   11   3.6   110| .262  .271| .333  .346| .359  .429| .692  .774|  80  .334  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1996 31 MIN AL   98   67   11   4.4   117| .276  .278| .347  .352| .368  .447| .715  .799|  81  .392  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1997 32 LAD NL   14   11    0   0.0   102| .083  .262| .214  .333| .083  .411| .297  .744| -15  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       652  445   76   4.6   107| .277  .271| .346  .342| .363  .421| .709  .764|  87  .454  -8.9  -1.0  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 24 MIN AL 2B 16 14 36 1 8 .980 .980 3.12 4.51 4.70 5.24 11 95.7 3B 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.56 2.34 1.18 2.72 3 38.0 DH 2 1990 25 MIN AL 2B 1 2 6 0 2 1.000 .988 8.00 4.50 8.00 5.20 1 9.0 1993 28 MIN AL 2B 21 23 36 3 8 .952 .982 2.81 4.54 5.09 5.15 9 104.3 3B 19 11 26 1 2 .974 .951 1.95 2.31 2.69 2.69 13 124.0 DH 19 1B 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 6.00 8.20 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 1994 29 MIN AL 3B 21 9 45 2 2 .964 .947 2.57 2.34 3.29 2.64 18 147.7 DH 10 1B 7 28 1 0 3 1.000 .993 4.14 8.49 8.34 9.58 2 31.3 2B 5 7 5 1 2 .923 .984 2.40 4.48 6.75 5.12 0 16.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1995 30 MIN AL DH 27 2B 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 .986 1.00 4.34 4.60 5.12 0 13.7 3B 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 2.20 2.17 2.60 0 8.3 1B 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 .992 4.33 8.33 12.58 9.58 0 9.3 1996 31 MIN AL 2B 14 8 13 0 2 1.000 .981 1.50 4.33 4.85 5.05 2 39.0 DH 10 1B 6 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 1.33 7.92 9.00 9.22 0 8.0 3B 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 2.17 5.14 2.57 0 7.0 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1997 32 LAD NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.20 1.80 2.70 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 28 MIN AL 1B 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 6.00 8.20 13.50 9.67 0 4.0 1994 29 MIN AL 1B 7 28 1 0 3 1.000 .993 4.14 8.49 8.34 9.58 2 31.3 1995 30 MIN AL 1B 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 .992 4.33 8.33 12.58 9.58 0 9.3 1996 31 MIN AL 1B 6 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 1.33 7.92 9.00 9.22 0 8.0 1989 24 MIN AL 2B 16 14 36 1 8 .980 .980 3.12 4.51 4.70 5.24 11 95.7 1990 25 MIN AL 2B 1 2 6 0 2 1.000 .988 8.00 4.50 8.00 5.20 1 9.0 1993 28 MIN AL 2B 21 23 36 3 8 .952 .982 2.81 4.54 5.09 5.15 9 104.3 1994 29 MIN AL 2B 5 7 5 1 2 .923 .984 2.40 4.48 6.75 5.12 0 16.0 1995 30 MIN AL 2B 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 .986 1.00 4.34 4.60 5.12 0 13.7 1996 31 MIN AL 2B 14 8 13 0 2 1.000 .981 1.50 4.33 4.85 5.05 2 39.0 1989 24 MIN AL 3B 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.56 2.34 1.18 2.72 3 38.0 1993 28 MIN AL 3B 19 11 26 1 2 .974 .951 1.95 2.31 2.69 2.69 13 124.0 1994 29 MIN AL 3B 21 9 45 2 2 .964 .947 2.57 2.34 3.29 2.64 18 147.7 1995 30 MIN AL 3B 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 2.20 2.17 2.60 0 8.3 1996 31 MIN AL 3B 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 2.17 5.14 2.57 0 7.0 1997 32 LAD NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.20 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1989 24 MIN AL DH 2 1993 28 MIN AL DH 19 1994 29 MIN AL DH 10 1995 30 MIN AL DH 27 1996 31 MIN AL DH 10 1994 29 MIN AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1996 31 MIN AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.03 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1994 29 MIN AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1996 31 MIN AL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1993 28 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 68 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 64 56 101 5 23 .969 .982 2.45 4.46 23 277.7 3B* 59 25 78 3 6 .972 .948 1.75 2.31 34 330.0 1B* 17 53 3 0 5 1.000 .993 3.29 8.24 2 52.7 RF* 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.77 0 4.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 145 135 182 8 34 .975 .973 2.19 3.96
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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.

October 4, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

October 30, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 3, 1997: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

December 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

March 30, 1998: Traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Minnesota Twins$68,000
1990Minnesota Twins$100,000
1993Minnesota Twins$128,000
1994Minnesota Twins$150,000
1995Minnesota Twins$167,500
1996Minnesota Twins$175,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$280,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,068,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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