Chip Hale
Walter William Hale
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: December 2, 1964 in San Jose, CA
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1989
Final Game: May 4, 1997
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 24 MIN AL 28 71 67 6 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .209 .214 .254 .468 28 17 0 0 1 2 0 4/5D
1990 25 MIN AL 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 2 0 /4
1993 28 MIN AL 69 213 186 25 62 6 1 3 27 2 1 18 17 .333 .408 .425 .832 125 79 3 6 2 1 0 45D/36
1994 29 MIN AL 67 138 118 13 31 9 0 1 11 0 2 16 14 .263 .350 .364 .715 86 43 2 1 1 2 1 5D/349
1995 30 MIN AL 69 114 103 10 27 4 0 2 18 0 0 11 20 .262 .333 .359 .693 80 37 6 0 0 0 1 D/453
1996 31 MIN AL 85 98 87 8 24 5 0 1 16 0 0 10 6 .276 .347 .368 .715 81 32 3 0 0 1 2 4D/359
1997 32 LAD NL 14 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298 -15 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
7 Seasons 333 652 575 62 159 27 1 7 78 2 3 58 68 .277 .346 .363 .709 87 209 14 7 4 8 4
162 Game Avg. 162 317 280 30 77 13 0 3 38 1 1 28 33 .277 .346 .363 .709 87 102 7 3 2 4 2
MIN (6 yrs) 319 638 563 62 158 27 1 7 78 2 3 56 64 .281 .349 .369 .718 89 208 14 7 4 8 4
LAD (1 yr) 14 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298 -15 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 319 638 563 62 158 27 1 7 78 2 3 56 64 .281 .349 .369 .718 89 208 14 7 4 8 4
NL (1 yr) 14 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298 -15 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 24 MIN AL 71 56 4 1.9 99 .222 .209 .269 .214 .335 .254 .395 .468 .730 28 .183 -6.6 -0.7 .340 .060 .045
1990 25 MIN AL 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .267 .000 .336 .000 .400 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1993 28 MIN AL 213 131 34 6.9 103 .353 .333 .267 .408 .337 .425 .408 .832 .745 125 .661 7.4 0.7 .813 .194 .091 2.4
1994 29 MIN AL 138 94 16 4.6 111 .286 .263 .273 .350 .345 .364 .434 .715 .779 86 .427 -1.7 -0.2 .637 .220 .102 .0
1995 30 MIN AL 114 82 11 3.6 110 .309 .262 .271 .333 .346 .359 .429 .693 .774 80 .334 -3.1 -0.3 .585 .204 .097 .0
1996 31 MIN AL 98 67 11 4.4 117 .284 .276 .278 .347 .352 .368 .447 .715 .799 81 .392 -2.3 -0.2 .636 .207 .092 .0
1997 32 LAD NL 14 11 0 0.0 102 .125 .083 .262 .214 .333 .083 .411 .298 .744 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .273 .167 .000
7 Seasons 652 445 76 4.6 107 .299 .277 .271 .346 .342 .363 .421 .709 .764 87 .454 -8.9 -0.9 .630 .186 .087 3.1
162 Game Avg. 317 216 37 4.6 107 .299 .277 .271 .346 .342 .363 .421 .709 .764 87 .454 -8.9 -0.9 .630 .186 .087 2
MIN (6 yrs) 638 434 76 4.7 108 .302 .281 .271 .349 .342 .369 .422 .718 .764 89 .464 -7.0 -0.7 .640 .187 .089 3.1
LAD (1 yr) 14 11 0 0.0 102 .125 .083 .262 .214 .333 .083 .411 .298 .744 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .273 .167 .000
AL (6 yrs) 638 434 76 4.7 108 .302 .281 .271 .349 .342 .369 .422 .718 .764 89 .464 -7.0 -0.7 .640 .187 .089 3.1
NL (1 yr) 14 11 0 0.0 102 .125 .083 .262 .214 .333 .083 .411 .298 .744 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .273 .167 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 24 MIN AL 71 0.0% 8.5% 1.4% 4.2% 21% 6.00 11.2 16.8 0.91 1.04 89% 17% 0.0% 9%
1990 25 MIN AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.0 0.00 0.00 75% 0% 0.0% 0%
1993 28 MIN AL 213 1.4% 8.0% 8.5% 4.7% 16% 0.94 10.9 62.0 6.9 0.65 1.05 78% 29% 3.3% 12%
1994 29 MIN AL 138 0.7% 10.1% 11.6% 7.3% 32% 0.88 8.4 118.0 10.7 1.08 1.55 76% 24% 2.1% 8%
1995 30 MIN AL 114 1.8% 17.5% 9.7% 5.3% 22% 1.82 5.2 51.5 5.7 0.84 1.50 71% 22% 5.1% 13%
1996 31 MIN AL 98 1.0% 6.1% 10.2% 6.1% 25% 0.60 14.5 87.0 5.4 0.71 1.18 83% 28% 2.6% 21%
1997 32 LAD NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 1.67 1.33 57% 0% 0.0% 33%
7 Seasons 652 1.1% 10.4% 8.9% 5.4% 22% 1.17 8.5 82.1 7.4 0.80 1.21 78% 25% 2.8% 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 24 MIN AL 0 0 40% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 2
1990 25 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 MIN AL 1 0 27% 111 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 37% 12 10 2 3 0 3 4 2 2
1994 29 MIN AL 4 0 26% 58 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 25% 9 9 0 2 2 0 5 1 4
1995 30 MIN AL 2 0 22% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23% 7 7 0 2 1 0 4 1 3
1996 31 MIN AL 0 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1997 32 LAD NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7 0 25% 261 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 15 33% 30 27 3 10 5 4 17 4 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 24 MIN AL 71 85% 14 4 1 8 0 0 0 1.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 7 4 57% 43 4 9% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
1990 25 MIN AL 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1993 28 MIN AL 213 95% 62 3 0 17 7 0 4 1.81 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 42 3 7% 23 8 35% 138 25 18% 12 9 75% 17 7 41% 0
1994 29 MIN AL 138 95% 31 3 0 27 10 0 3 1.57 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 23 2 9% 10 6 60% 88 13 15% 7 6 86% 11 5 45% 0
1995 30 MIN AL 114 96% 27 2 0 34 9 0 8 1.57 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 6 27% 9 4 44% 79 17 22% 9 6 67% 8 3 38% 0
1996 31 MIN AL 98 97% 24 2 0 58 15 0 9 1.58 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 3 12% 11 6 55% 77 15 19% 8 6 75% 11 3 27% 0
1997 32 LAD NL 14 100% 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 652 94% 159 14 1 156 42 0 24 1.53 7 0 21 6 1 1 6 0 4 4 100% 124 14 11% 63 30 48% 433 76 18% 41 31 76% 53 20 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 24 MIN AL 71 218 3.07 157 72% 27% 8% 24% 41% 73% 0% 52% 89% 38% 3% 2 0 10% 7 2 4% 3 2 0% 0 1 0
1990 25 MIN AL 4 14 3.50 9 64% 22% 11% 33% 33% 78% 0% 50% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 28 MIN AL 205 761 3.71 460 60% 36% 5% 24% 36% 64% 0% 39% 93% 21% 7% 15 0 17% 34 9 12% 25 11 35% 8 0 1
1994 29 MIN AL 133 498 3.74 294 59% 36% 10% 19% 35% 64% 2% 38% 84% 25% 8% 11 0 16% 21 6 13% 17 6 36% 5 0 0
1995 30 MIN AL 100 327 3.27 202 62% 36% 10% 18% 36% 64% 3% 39% 84% 35% 6% 6 0 13% 13 3 15% 15 6 25% 14 0 0
1996 31 MIN AL 84 312 3.71 184 59% 32% 4% 27% 38% 68% 6% 40% 94% 32% 6% 5 0 18% 15 4 11% 9 5 50% 14 0 0
1997 32 LAD NL 12 52 4.33 31 60% 45% 16% 19% 19% 55% 0% 33% 71% 25% 8% 1 0 25% 3 1 25% 3 0 50% 2 0 0
7 Seasons 609 2182 3.58 1337 61% 34% 7% 22% 36% 66% 2% 40% 89% 28% 7% 40 0 15% 93 25 12% 72 30 31% 43 1 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 28 71 67 6 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .209 .214 .254 .468 28 17 0 0 1 2 0
1990 25 29 75 69 6 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .203 .203 .246 .449 23 17 0 0 1 4 0
1991 26 29 75 69 6 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .203 .203 .246 .449 23 17 0 0 1 4 0
1992 27 29 75 69 6 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .203 .203 .246 .449 23 17 0 0 1 4 0
1993 28 98 288 255 31 76 9 1 3 33 2 1 19 24 .298 .354 .376 .731 98 96 3 6 3 5 0
1994 29 165 426 373 44 107 18 1 4 44 2 3 35 38 .287 .353 .373 .726 94 139 5 7 4 7 1
1995 30 234 540 476 54 134 22 1 6 62 2 3 46 58 .282 .349 .370 .719 91 176 11 7 4 7 2
1996 31 319 638 563 62 158 27 1 7 78 2 3 56 64 .281 .349 .369 .718 89 208 14 7 4 8 4
1997 32 333 652 575 62 159 27 1 7 78 2 3 58 68 .277 .346 .363 .709 87 209 14 7 4 8 4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 24 28 71 68 6 15 3 0 0 4 0 1 6 .221 .225 .265 .490 4 28
1990 25 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1993 28 69 216 190 25 66 6 1 3 27 2 19 17 .347 .421 .437 .858 34 69
1994 29 95 192 166 17 42 12 0 1 14 0 22 20 .253 .339 .343 .682 20 67
1995 30 78 123 112 10 27 4 0 2 18 0 11 22 .241 .309 .330 .639 11 69
1996 31 85 94 84 7 21 4 0 1 13 0 9 6 .250 .319 .333 .652 9 85
1997 32 14 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 14
7 Seasons 370 714 634 65 171 29 1 7 78 2 64 76 .270 .339 .352 .691 78 333
162 Game Avg. 162 313 278 28 75 13 0 3 34 1 28 33 .270 .339 .352 .691 34 333

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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