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John Hale

John Steven Hale

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Wasco (Wasco, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mariners 1974-1979

Final Game: August 1, 1979
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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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.250 2.250 540 5 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1975 21 LAD NL 71 238 204 20 43 7 0 6 22 1 2 26 51 .211 .303 .333 .637 80 68 1 2 4 2 4 98
1976 22 LAD NL 44 112 91 4 14 2 1 0 8 4 1 16 14 .154 .291 .198 .489 42 18 0 2 2 1 1 98
1977 23 LAD NL 79 124 108 10 26 4 1 2 11 2 1 15 28 .241 .331 .352 .682 84 38 0 0 0 1 1 978
1978 24 SEA AL 107 251 211 24 36 8 0 4 22 3 4 34 64 .171 .283 .265 .549 56 56 2 0 4 2 1 978
1979 25 SEA AL 54 77 63 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 26 .222 .342 .365 .707 90 23 2 0 1 1 4 7/9
6 Seasons 359 806 681 66 137 25 2 14 72 10 8 103 183 .201 .307 .305 .612 72 208 5 4 11 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 364 307 30 62 11 1 6 32 5 4 46 83 .201 .307 .305 .612 72 94 2 2 5 3 5
LAD (4 yrs) 198 478 407 36 87 14 2 8 43 7 4 57 93 .214 .314 .317 .631 77 129 1 4 6 4 6
SEA (2 yrs) 161 328 274 30 50 11 0 6 29 3 4 46 90 .182 .297 .288 .586 64 79 4 0 5 3 5
NL (4 yrs) 198 478 407 36 87 14 2 8 43 7 4 57 93 .214 .314 .317 .631 77 129 1 4 6 4 6
AL (2 yrs) 161 328 274 30 50 11 0 6 29 3 4 46 90 .182 .297 .288 .586 64 79 4 0 5 3 5

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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 3 0 0 0 -0 0 0 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ /9
1975 21 LAD NL 238 -6 0 -1 0 7 -2 7 6 0.5 -2 -0.2 0.7 $ 98
1976 22 LAD NL 112 -6 0 -1 1 1 -1 3 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 98
1977 23 LAD NL 124 -2 -1 -1 1 4 -2 4 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ 978
1978 24 SEA AL 251 -12 -1 0 0 1 -3 8 -7 -0.8 -8 -0.9 0.1 $ 978
1979 25 SEA AL 77 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 7/9
6 Seasons 806 -25 -2 -3 2 12 -9 25 0 -0.4 -12 -1.3 0.9 $
LAD (4 yrs) 478 -11 -1 -3 2 12 -5 14 8 0.6 -4 -0.4 1.0 $
SEA (2 yrs) 328 -14 -1 0 0 1 -4 11 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.9 -0.1 $

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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
1974 LAD NL 20 OF 3 0 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.30 2.27
1974 LAD NL 20 RF 3 0 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.03
1975 LAD NL 21 OF 68 53 37 509.0 133 128 2 3 0 .977 7 17 2.30 1.91 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 LAD NL 21 RF 43 23 16 249.0 59 57 0 2 0 .966 2 12 2.06 1.33 .974 2.03 2.03
1975 LAD NL 21 CF 35 30 21 260.0 81 78 2 1 0 .988 5 23 2.77 2.29 .984 2.72 2.72
1976 LAD NL 22 OF 37 24 20 248.1 59 55 3 1 0 .983 1 5 2.10 1.57 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 LAD NL 22 RF 28 16 13 172.1 44 40 3 1 0 .977 1 5 2.25 1.54 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 LAD NL 22 CF 10 8 7 76.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.13 1.80 .984 2.85 2.84
1977 LAD NL 23 OF 73 21 16 317.2 70 68 1 1 0 .986 4 14 1.95 0.95 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 LAD NL 23 RF 37 11 8 173.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 2 17 2.12 1.11 .974 2.11 2.11
1977 LAD NL 23 LF 25 4 4 86.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 3 39 2.41 0.92 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 LAD NL 23 CF 13 6 4 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -35 1.55 0.77 .986 2.73 2.74
1978 SEA AL 24 OF 98 63 52 591.2 163 160 1 2 0 .988 1 3 2.45 1.64 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 SEA AL 24 RF 45 35 29 318.1 77 76 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 2.18 1.71 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 SEA AL 24 LF 29 15 13 144.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.06 1.14 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 SEA AL 24 CF 24 13 10 129.1 57 55 0 2 0 .965 3 30 3.83 2.29 .984 2.97 2.94
1979 SEA AL 25 OF 42 17 14 178.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.72 0.81 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 SEA AL 25 LF 34 15 13 158.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.77 0.91 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 SEA AL 25 RF 8 2 1 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.80 0.50 .980 2.25 2.22
6 Seasons OF 321 178 139 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12 8 2.19 1.41 .979 2.37 2.35
6 Seasons RF 164 87 67 942.1 226 217 5 4 0 .982 3 4 2.12 1.35 .976 2.14 2.13
3 Seasons LF 88 34 30 388.0 87 87 0 0 0 1.000 2 6 2.02 0.99 .976 2.15 2.12
4 Seasons CF 82 57 42 523.1 166 161 2 3 0 .982 7 16 2.80 1.99 .984 2.80 2.80
6 Seasons TOT 321 178 139 1853.2 459 445 7 7 0 .985 12 8 2.19 1.41 .979 2.37 2.35
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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