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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 MIN AL 24 2B 16 11 95.2 51 14 36 1 8 .980 2.3 28.9 2.3 2.3 0.0 0 4.70 3.13 .980 5.24 4.51
1989 MIN AL 24 3B 9 3 38.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -47.4 -1.5 -0.4 -1.1 0 1.18 0.56 .940 2.72 2.34
1989 MIN AL 24 DH 2
1990 MIN AL 25 2B 1 1 9.0 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 0.8 106.7 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 8.00 8.00 .988 5.20 4.50
1993 MIN AL 28 2B 21 9 104.1 62 23 36 3 8 .952 0.2 2.3 0.2 1.3 -1.1 0 5.09 2.81 .982 5.15 4.54
1993 MIN AL 28 3B 19 13 124.0 38 11 26 1 2 .974 0.8 7.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0 2.69 1.95 .950 2.69 2.31
1993 MIN AL 28 DH 19
1993 MIN AL 28 1B 1 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.50 6.00 1.000 9.67 8.20
1993 MIN AL 28 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10
1994 MIN AL 29 3B 21 18 147.2 56 9 45 2 2 .964 1.5 12.2 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 3.29 2.57 .946 2.64 2.34
1994 MIN AL 29 DH 10
1994 MIN AL 29 1B 7 2 31.1 29 28 1 0 3 1.000 -0.9 -34.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 8.33 4.14 .993 9.56 8.49
1994 MIN AL 29 2B 5 0 16.0 13 7 5 1 2 .923 0.6 45.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 0 6.75 2.40 .985 5.12 4.48
1994 MIN AL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
1994 MIN AL 29 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1995 MIN AL 30 DH 27
1995 MIN AL 30 2B 7 0 13.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.1 8.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.61 1.00 .986 5.14 4.34
1995 MIN AL 30 3B 5 0 8.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 14.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.16 0.40 .950 2.59 2.20
1995 MIN AL 30 1B 3 0 9.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -25.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 12.54 4.33 .992 9.55 8.33
1996 MIN AL 31 2B 14 2 39.0 21 8 13 0 2 1.000 2.3 70.8 2.3 0.5 1.8 0 4.85 1.50 .981 5.05 4.33
1996 MIN AL 31 DH 10
1996 MIN AL 31 1B 6 0 8.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.33 .988 9.22 7.92
1996 MIN AL 31 3B 3 0 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 5.14 1.33 .950 2.57 2.17
1996 MIN AL 31 OF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 -520.0 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.03
1996 MIN AL 31 RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 -520.0 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.73
1997 LAD NL 32 3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -168.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 .900 2.70 2.20
5 Seasons DH 68
6 Seasons 2B 64 23 277.2 162 56 101 5 23 .969 6.3 27.2 6.3 4.3 2.0 0 5.09 2.45 .982 5.17 4.46
6 Seasons 3B 59 34 330.0 106 25 78 3 6 .972 0.3 1.1 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.81 1.75 .947 2.67 2.31
4 Seasons 1B 17 2 52.2 56 53 3 0 5 1.000 -1.0 -22.8 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 9.57 3.29 .993 9.52 8.24
2 Seasons OF 4 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -360.0 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 0 2.25 0.25 1.000 2.48 2.05
2 Seasons RF 4 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -360.0 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 0 2.25 0.25 1.000 2.02 1.78
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10
7 Seasons TOT 145 59 664.1 325 135 182 8 34 .975 4.4 7.9 4.4 4.0 0.4 0 0 4.29 2.19 .948 4.25 3.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 MIN AL 24 28 16 28 24 0 0 0 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
1990 MIN AL 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 28 69 41 69 39 0 0 1 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 21 0
1994 MIN AL 29 67 25 67 32 0 0 7 5 21 0 0 0 1 1 5 34 1
1995 MIN AL 30 69 13 69 14 0 0 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 51 1
1996 MIN AL 31 85 3 85 24 0 0 6 14 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 77 1
1997 LAD NL 32 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
7 Seasons 333 99 333 136 0 0 17 64 59 0 0 0 4 4 40 204 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 MIN AL 24 429 57% 79% 31% 35 94% 0 15 4 10 1 38 32 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 7 2 5 2 2 0
1990 MIN AL 25 38 53% 82% 39% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 28 457 59% 79% 33% 51 86% 0 23 10 10 3 37 29 7 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 9 2 1 3 0 6 3 3 2 1 1
1994 MIN AL 29 84 64% 80% 26% 7 86% 0 7 3 3 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 30 65 51% 78% 31% 4 100% 0 2 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1996 MIN AL 31 171 58% 78% 26% 16 100% 0 8 5 3 0 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1244 58% 79% 31% 117 91% 0 57 22 29 6 104 89 11 0 1 5 1 3 1 3 25 9 5 5 0 20 5 15 4 3 1
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 MIN AL 24 166 61% 78% 30% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 28 555 57% 76% 30% 40 88% 0 11 9 1 1 27 21 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1994 MIN AL 29 696 63% 79% 32% 56 88% 1 9 5 1 3 45 39 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 25%
1995 MIN AL 30 34 56% 71% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1996 MIN AL 31 35 37% 74% 20% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1997 LAD NL 32 26 50% 69% 27% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1512 60% 77% 31% 107 87% 1 25 18 3 4 79 64 7 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 6 33%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 86% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1993 MIN AL 28 17 65% 65% 35% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 MIN AL 29 135 53% 76% 33% 3 100% 0 28 0 28 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 30 45 60% 76% 42% 2 100% 0 14 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIN AL 31 32 56% 91% 28% 1 100% 0 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 229 56% 77% 34% 7 100% 0 54 0 54 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 67% 1 100%
1996 MIN AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 19 47% 68% 47% 2 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 50% 68% 50% 3 33%
MLB Averages 44.4% 2.5% 56% 76% 39% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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