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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
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1989
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers 1989-1997

Final Game: May 4, 1997
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 5/34D9
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 4/359D
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1989 24 MIN AL 71 -6 0 -1 0 1 0 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $68,000 4/5D
1990 25 MIN AL 4 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $100,000 /4
1993 28 MIN AL 213 8 1 -1 1 1 -2 7 15 1.5 14 1.4 0.1 $128,000 45D/36
1994 29 MIN AL 138 -2 -3 2 1 1 -1 5 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $150,000 5/34D9
1995 30 MIN AL 114 -3 -1 0 -1 0 -3 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $167,500 D/453
1996 31 MIN AL 98 -2 1 -1 0 1 -1 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $175,000 4/359D
1997 32 LAD NL 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $280,000 /5
7 Seasons 652 -8 -2 -1 1 4 -7 21 8 0.9 4 0.4 0.5 $1,068,500
MIN (6 yrs) 638 -6 -2 -1 1 5 -7 21 11 1.2 6 0.6 0.6 $788,500
LAD (1 yr) 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $280,000

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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 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 DH 5 5
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 13 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 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
1996 MIN AL 31 DH 1 1
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 OF 4 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -360 2.25 0.25 .980 2.48 2.38
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
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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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Transactions

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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 Notes
198924Minnesota Twins$68,0001989 USA Today survey
199025Minnesota Twins$100,000USA Today
199328Minnesota Twins$128,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Minnesota Twins$150,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199530Minnesota Twins$167,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199631Minnesota Twins$175,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199732Los Angeles Dodgers$280,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,068,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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