Mickey Hatcher

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: March 15, 1955 in Cleveland, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mesa HS (Mesa, AZ), the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Mesa HS (Mesa, AZ)

Schools: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: August 3, 1979 (Age 24-141d, 14,209th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 35-202d)
vs. SDP 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Michael Vaughn Hatcher

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1988 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

3377

946

.280

348

RBI

375

OBP

.313

SLG

.377

OPS

.690

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 38 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	26
LAD	12

Platoon
vs LHP	22
vs RHP	16

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	16

Outs
0	15
2	15
1	8

19 Opps
CAL	4
KCR	4
SFG	3
SDP	3
NYY	3
MIL	3
OAK	2
SEA	2
PIT	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
STL	1
TEX	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
ATL	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
CHW	1

33 Pitchers
Jim Acker	2
Tom Burgmeier	2
Bob Kipper	2
Mike Armstrong	2
Ron Guidry	2
Mark Langston	1
Bob Forsch	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Tom Griffin	1
Scott McGregor	1
Les Lancaster	1
Dave Righetti	1
Bud Black	1
Luis Sánchez	1
Frank Tanana	1
Don Sutton	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Bill Dawley	1
Jim Slaton	1
Tommy John	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Bruce Hurst	1
John Candelaria	1
Shane Rawley	1
Bill Travers	1
Craig Lefferts	1
Bill Caudill	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Larry Gura	1
Bob McClure	1
Dave Stieb	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1

14 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	14
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	14
78	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	35
5	2
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	9
12-	5
-2-	4
--3	2
1-3	1

65 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	17
1 on	15
2 on	6
Any on	21

Inning
1	1
2	5
3	6
4	3
5	1
6	7
7	5
8	6
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	12
4-6	11
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	13
Tied	9
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	35
1-0	1
3-1	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	11
LF	11
DH	6
1B	3
CF	3
3B	3
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
6th	10
3rd	8
2nd	6
7th	4
1st	4
5th	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-08-10	LAD	@	SFG	Tom Griffin	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	9	0.013	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1980-09-18	LAD		SDP	Mike Armstrong	ahead 6-3	b 8	0	---		1	6	9	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1981-04-24	MIN		CAL	Bill Travers	behind 0-4	b 3	0	12-		3	2	8	0.191	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores; G. Ward Scores/unER
4	4	2	1	1981-05-12	MIN		BOS	Tom Burgmeier	behind 2-3	b 10	2	---		1	3	8	0.489	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1981-09-02	MIN		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 0-1	b 6	1	-2-		2	3	8	0.304	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1982-05-30	MIN		NYY	Dave Righetti	behind 1-6	b 6	2	12-		3	6	7	0.146	20%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores/unER; K. Hrbek Scores/unER; M. Hatcher Scores/unER
7	7	2	1	1982-08-28	MIN		CLE	Rick Sutcliffe	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	1--		2	1	9	0.046	97%		Home Run; L. Faedo Scores
8	8	3	1	1982-09-12	MIN	@	KCR	Mike Armstrong	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	--3		2	6	DH	0.070	95%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1983-04-29	MIN		MIL	Bob McClure	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-		2	7	DH	0.185	72%		Home Run; G. Gaetti Scores
10	10	2	1	1983-05-16	MIN		OAK	Tom Burgmeier	behind 4-7	b 9	2	1--		2	7	PH/DH	0.033	5%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores
11	11	3	1	1983-06-07	MIN	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 2-6	t 3	0	---		1	1	9	0.064	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1983-07-15	MIN	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---		1	6	DH	0.076	17%		Home Run
13	13	5	1	1983-07-29	MIN		SEA	Bill Caudill	tied 2-2	b 8	2	---		1	1	9	0.315	84%		Home Run
14	14	6	1	1983-09-09	MIN		KCR	Gaylord Perry	behind 0-1	b 2	2	12-		3	8	9	0.283	72%		Home Run; D. Engle Scores; G. Gaetti Scores
15	15	7	1	1983-09-15	MIN		TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	---		1	5	9	0.017	99%		Home Run
16	16	8	1	1983-09-16	MIN		TOR	Jim Acker	ahead 6-3	b 6	2	1--		2	2	9	0.068	97%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores
17	17	9	1	1983-09-24	MIN	@	KCR	Bud Black	behind 0-11	t 3	0	---		1	1	9	0.003	1%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1984-05-03	MIN	@	SEA	Mark Langston	behind 1-4	t 7	1	---		1	6	DH	0.066	14%		Home Run
19	19	2	1	1984-05-26	MIN		MIL	Don Sutton	behind 5-6	b 6	0	---		1	8	7	0.180	58%		Home Run
20	20	3	1	1984-07-02	MIN		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	1--		2	3	DH	0.166	93%		Home Run; K. Puckett Scores
21	21	4	1	1984-09-08	MIN		TEX	Frank Tanana	behind 1-4	b 7	2	12-		3	3	7	0.398	52%		Home Run; T. Laudner Scores; K. Puckett Scores
22	22	5	1	1984-09-22	MIN		CLE	Bert Blyleven	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	1--		2	3	7	0.118	97%		Home Run; R. Washington Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1985-04-09	MIN	@	CAL	Luis Sánchez	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	1--		2	2	7	0.067	98%		Home Run; T. Laudner Scores
24	24	2	1	1985-04-11	MIN	@	CAL	Jim Slaton	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---		1	2	7	0.120	78%		Home Run
25	25	3	1	1985-08-13	MIN		OAK	Tommy John	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1-3		3	6	7	0.058	96%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores; D. Engle Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1986-07-27	MIN	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	7	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1986-08-04	MIN		CAL	John Candelaria	behind 1-2	b 3	2	-2-		2	2	3	0.215	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Beane Scores
28	28	3	1	1986-09-28	MIN	@	CHW	Bill Dawley	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	--3		2	2	DH	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smalley Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1987-05-07	LAD		PIT	Bob Kipper	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	9	0.107	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	1987-05-21	LAD	@	PHI	Shane Rawley	behind 1-3	t 2	0	---		1	5	9	0.094	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	3	1	1987-07-08 (1)	LAD	@	STL	Bob Forsch	behind 1-6	t 7	1	---		1	6	5	0.021	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1987-07-12	LAD	@	CHC	Les Lancaster	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--		2	6	5	0.175	80%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. Scioscia Scores
33	33	5	1	1987-07-16	LAD		PIT	Bob Kipper	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--		2	6	3	0.163	75%		Home Run; M. Marshall Scores
34	34	6	1	1987-07-27	LAD		SFG	Craig Lefferts	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---		1	5	5	0.264	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1987-08-08	LAD		ATL	Jim Acker	behind 0-5	b 6	2	1--		2	6	3	0.073	11%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Scioscia Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1988-09-23	LAD	@	SFG	Atlee Hammaker	tied 0-0	t 8	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	7	0.448	94%		Home Run; T. Woodson Scores; A. Griffin Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1989-07-28	LAD	@	SDP	Bruce Hurst	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	5,(1-2) BSSFX	1	3	7	0.187	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1989-09-10	LAD	@	SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	3	7	0.168	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Gonzalez Scores