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Chip Hale

Walter William Hale

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 2, 1964 in San Jose, CA
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1989 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers 1989-1997

Final Game: May 4, 1997 (Age 32)
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More Stats

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
1987	22	MIN-min	A	87	383	339	65	117	12	7	7	65	3	3	33	26	.345	.402	.484	.886		164		4	0	7	4		KSH · MIDW
1988	23	MIN-min	AA	133	557	482	62	126	20	1	11	65	8	3	64	31	.261	.350	.376	.725		181		3	5	3	3		ORL · SOUL
1989	24	MIN-min	AAA	108	454	411	49	112	16	9	2	34	3	2	35	55	.273	.330	.370	.699		152		1	5	2	2		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	130	562	479	71	134	24	2	3	40	6	6	68	57	.280	.366	.357	.723		171		1	7	7	3		POR · PCL
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

1991	26	MIN-min	AAA	110	409	352	45	85	16	3	1	37	3	3	47	22	.241	.327	.313	.639		110	5	0	5	5	4		POR · PCL
1992	27	MIN-min	AAA	132	557	474	77	135	25	8	1	53	3	3	73	45	.285	.376	.378	.754		179	7	0	4	6	11		POR · PCL
1993	28	MIN-min	AAA	55	236	211	37	59	15	3	1	24	2	1	21	13	.280	.343	.393	.737		83	6	0	3	1	1		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	16	56	49	5	14	4	0	0	2	0	1	7	5	.286	.375	.367	.742		18	2	0	0	0	1		SLK · PCL
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-min	AAA	88	313	247	43	66	16	0	2	30	3	3	58	26	.267	.408	.356	.764		88	9	2	4	2	0		ABQ · PCL
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
1998	33	STL-min	AAA	132	480	411	60	110	21	0	8	66	1	3	62	37	.268	.361	.377	.738		155	11	0	4	3	4		MEM · PCL
7 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1989	24	MIN	AL	28	71	-7	0	0	1	0	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.478	.496	-0.4	0.1	-4	$68,000	4/5D
1990	25	MIN	AL	1	4	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.468	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$100,000	/4

1993	28	MIN	AL	69	213	8	1	1	1	-1	9	0.9	8	17	1.7	.513	.506	1.6	-0.0	16	$128,000	45D/36
1994	29	MIN	AL	67	138	-0	-2	1	1	-1	-2	-0.1	5	4	0.3	.498	.499	0.2	0.0	2	$150,000	5D/349
1995	30	MIN	AL	69	114	-2	-0	-2	0	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.491	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$167,500	D/453
1996	31	MIN	AL	85	98	-4	1	1	1	-1	-2	-0.2	4	1	0.2	.498	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$175,000	4D/359
1997	32	LAD	NL	14	14	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$280,000	/5
7 Seasons				333	652	-9	-1	0	4	-5	-10	-0.9	24	14	1.4	.497	.499	1.0	0.1	10	$1,068,500

MIN (6 yrs)				319	638	-7	-1	0	5	-5	-7	-0.6	24	16	1.6	.498	.499	1.1	0.1	11	$788,500
LAD (1 yr)				14	14	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$280,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1989	MIN	AL	24	2B	16	11	8	95.2	51	14	36	1	8	.980	2	29	4.70	3.13	.981	5.24	5.18
1989	MIN	AL	24	3B	9	3	3	38.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-47	1.18	0.56	.944	2.72	2.70
1989	MIN	AL	24	DH	2	2
1990	MIN	AL	25	2B	1	1	1	9.0	8	2	6	0	2	1.000	1	107	8.00	8.00	.984	5.20	5.20
1993	MIN	AL	28	2B	21	9	8	104.1	62	23	36	3	8	.952	0	2	5.09	2.81	.981	5.15	5.11
1993	MIN	AL	28	3B	19	13	8	124.0	38	11	26	1	2	.974	1	8	2.69	1.95	.951	2.69	2.66
1993	MIN	AL	28	DH	19	19
1993	MIN	AL	28	1B	1	0	0	4.0	6	5	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	13.50	6.00	.993	9.67	9.50
1993	MIN	AL	28	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0					0.00			4.60
1994	MIN	AL	29	3B	21	18	13	147.2	56	9	45	2	2	.964	2	12	3.29	2.57	.948	2.64	2.62
1994	MIN	AL	29	DH	10	5
1994	MIN	AL	29	1B	7	2	1	31.1	29	28	1	0	3	1.000	-1	-34	8.33	4.14	.992	9.56	9.49
1994	MIN	AL	29	2B	5	0	0	16.0	13	7	5	1	2	.923	1	45	6.75	2.40	.981	5.12	5.06
1994	MIN	AL	29	OF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	120	9.00	1.00	.980	2.70	2.40
1994	MIN	AL	29	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	120	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.20
1995	MIN	AL	30	DH	27	13
1995	MIN	AL	30	2B	7	0	0	13.2	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0	9	4.61	1.00	.981	5.14	5.06
1995	MIN	AL	30	3B	5	0	0	8.1	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	14	2.16	0.40	.950	2.59	2.58
1995	MIN	AL	30	1B	3	0	0	9.1	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-26	12.54	4.33	.993	9.55	9.50
1996	MIN	AL	31	2B	14	2	0	39.0	21	8	13	0	2	1.000	2	71	4.85	1.50	.980	5.05	5.02
1996	MIN	AL	31	DH	10	1
1996	MIN	AL	31	1B	6	0	0	8.0	8	7	1	0	1	1.000	0	15	9.00	1.33	.992	9.22	9.18
1996	MIN	AL	31	3B	3	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	0	17	5.14	1.33	.955	2.57	2.53
1996	MIN	AL	31	OF	3	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-520	0.00	0.00		2.40	2.37
1996	MIN	AL	31	RF	3	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-520	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.17
1997	LAD	NL	32	3B	2	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-168	1.80	0.50	.950	2.70	2.65
	6 Seasons			2B	64	23	17	277.2	162	56	101	5	23	.969	6	27	5.09	2.45	.981	5.17	5.10
	6 Seasons			3B	59	34	24	330.0	106	25	78	3	6	.972	0	1	2.81	1.75	.949	2.67	2.64
	4 Seasons			1B	17	2	1	52.2	56	53	3	0	5	1.000	-1	-23	9.57	3.29	.992	9.52	9.38
	2 Seasons			RF	4	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-360	2.25	0.25	.980	2.02	2.17
	2 Seasons			OF	4	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-360	2.25	0.25	.980	2.48	2.38
	1 Season			SS	1				0	0	0	0	0					0.00			4.60
	7 Seasons			TOT	145	59	42	664.1	325	135	182	8	34	.975	4	8	4.29	2.19	.973	4.25	4.52
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1989	24	Minnesota Twins	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	25	Minnesota Twins	$100,000	USA Today

1993	28	Minnesota Twins	$128,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	29	Minnesota Twins	$150,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	30	Minnesota Twins	$167,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	31	Minnesota Twins	$175,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	32	Los Angeles Dodgers	$280,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,068,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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