Shane Halter
Shane David Halter
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 8, 1969 in LaPlata, MD
High School: Hooks (Hooks, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1997
Final Game: October 3, 2004
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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
1997 27 KCR AL 74 139 123 16 34 5 1 2 10 4 3 10 28 .276 .341 .382 .723 88 47 1 2 4 0 0 4957/86D
1998 28 KCR AL 86 226 204 17 45 12 0 2 13 2 5 12 38 .221 .265 .309 .574 49 63 3 1 7 2 0 6/547931
1999 29 NYM NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /896
2000 30 DET AL 105 265 238 26 62 12 2 3 27 5 2 14 49 .261 .302 .366 .668 72 87 5 1 10 2 0 5364/89271
2001 31 DET AL 136 507 450 53 128 32 7 12 65 3 3 37 100 .284 .344 .467 .811 118 210 14 7 7 6 2 56/3D
2002 32 DET AL 122 458 410 46 98 22 6 10 39 0 4 39 92 .239 .309 .395 .704 93 162 12 4 1 4 1 65/74D3
2003 33 DET AL 114 393 360 33 78 5 2 12 30 2 3 27 77 .217 .269 .342 .611 65 123 11 0 3 3 0 5643/D7
2004 34 ANA AL 46 121 114 10 23 5 0 4 13 1 1 7 30 .202 .248 .351 .599 56 40 3 0 0 0 0 5/43D6
8 Seasons 690 2109 1899 201 468 93 18 45 197 17 21 146 414 .246 .303 .385 .688 84 732 49 15 32 17 3
162 Game Avg. 162 495 446 47 110 22 4 11 46 4 5 34 97 .246 .303 .385 .688 84 172 12 4 8 4 1
DET (4 yrs) 477 1623 1458 158 366 71 17 37 161 10 12 117 318 .251 .309 .399 .708 90 582 42 12 21 15 3
KCR (2 yrs) 160 365 327 33 79 17 1 4 23 6 8 22 66 .242 .294 .336 .630 64 110 4 3 11 2 0
NYM (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANA (1 yr) 46 121 114 10 23 5 0 4 13 1 1 7 30 .202 .248 .351 .599 56 40 3 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 683 2109 1899 201 468 93 18 45 197 17 21 146 414 .246 .303 .385 .688 84 732 49 15 32 17 3
NL (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1997 27 KCR AL 139 97 16 4.4 110 .344 .276 .272 .341 .342 .382 .431 .723 .773 88 .429 -2.3 -0.2 .645 .195 .106 2.7
1998 28 KCR AL 226 176 16 2.4 111 .259 .221 .273 .265 .342 .309 .434 .574 .776 49 .199 -15.8 -1.5 .437 .132 .088 2.0
2000 30 DET AL 265 195 26 3.6 111 .314 .261 .270 .302 .342 .366 .434 .668 .777 72 .310 -10.0 -0.9 .574 .176 .105 3.8
2001 31 DET AL 507 352 70 5.3 101 .337 .284 .259 .344 .325 .467 .416 .811 .740 118 .523 13.0 1.2 .749 .264 .182 4.8
2002 32 DET AL 458 333 48 3.8 98 .282 .239 .255 .309 .321 .395 .410 .704 .731 93 .388 -3.7 -0.4 .613 .241 .156 .0
2003 33 DET AL 393 302 31 2.7 101 .241 .217 .259 .269 .324 .342 .415 .611 .740 65 .248 -18.5 -1.8 .503 .197 .125 3.4
2004 34 ANA AL 121 95 9 2.5 107 .238 .202 .267 .248 .334 .351 .428 .599 .763 56 .213 -7.8 -0.7 .495 .211 .149 1.6
8 Seasons 2109 1550 216 3.7 103 .290 .246 .262 .303 .329 .385 .420 .688 .750 84 .358 -45.2 -4.2 .592 .214 .139 24.7
162 Game Avg. 495 364 51 3.7 103 .290 .246 .262 .303 .329 .385 .420 .688 .750 84 .358 -45.2 -4.2 .592 .214 .139 6
DET (4 yrs) 1623 1182 175 4.0 102 .294 .251 .260 .309 .326 .399 .417 .708 .743 90 .386 -19.3 -1.8 .619 .227 .148 15.7
KCR (2 yrs) 365 273 32 3.1 110 .290 .242 .273 .294 .342 .336 .433 .630 .775 64 .285 -18.1 -1.7 .512 .156 .095 4.8
ANA (1 yr) 121 95 9 2.5 107 .238 .202 .267 .248 .334 .351 .428 .599 .763 56 .213 -7.8 -0.7 .495 .211 .149 1.6

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
1997 27 KCR AL 139 1.4% 20.1% 7.2% 5.8% 24% 2.80 4.4 61.5 12.3 0.76 1.09 67% 25% 4.2% 6%
1998 28 KCR AL 226 0.9% 16.8% 5.3% 6.2% 31% 3.17 5.4 102.0 15.7 0.75 0.94 73% 21% 2.7% 22%
2000 30 DET AL 265 1.1% 18.5% 5.3% 6.4% 27% 3.50 4.9 79.3 8.8 0.69 1.16 71% 26% 2.9% 6%
2001 31 DET AL 507 2.4% 19.7% 7.3% 10.1% 40% 2.70 4.5 37.5 6.9 0.61 0.94 68% 28% 6.5% 12%
2002 32 DET AL 458 2.2% 20.1% 8.5% 8.3% 39% 2.36 4.5 41.0 10.5 0.71 1.13 68% 23% 6.2% 9%
2003 33 DET AL 393 3.1% 19.6% 6.9% 4.8% 24% 2.85 4.7 30.0 12.0 0.90 1.18 70% 15% 9.1% 10%
2004 34 ANA AL 121 3.3% 24.8% 5.8% 7.4% 39% 4.29 3.8 28.5 8.8 0.82 1.13 66% 14% 11.1% 20%
8 Seasons 2109 2.1% 19.6% 6.9% 7.4% 33% 2.84 4.6 42.2 9.6 0.73 1.07 69% 23% 6.1% 11%
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
1997 27 KCR AL 0 0 32% 74 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 46% 14 9 5 4 2 1 4 0 4
1998 28 KCR AL 3 0 27% 69 2 5 29% 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 41% 15 8 7 1 1 0 6 3 2
2000 30 DET AL 8 0 31% 106 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 42% 8 7 1 5 4 1 11 3 8
2001 31 DET AL 5 0 26% 168 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14 48% 25 17 8 8 3 5 9 1 7
2002 32 DET AL 4 0 28% 157 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 39% 25 16 7 6 3 3 13 5 7
2003 33 DET AL 5 0 23% 109 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 57% 10 5 5 3 1 2 8 3 5
2004 34 ANA AL 0 0 23% 36 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
8 Seasons 25 0 27% 721 17 21 45% 15 20 2 0 0 1 5 2 15 47 44% 102 65 35 28 15 12 54 17 34
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
1997 27 KCR AL 139 50% 34 6 3 4 0 0 0 0.74 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 67% 27 1 4% 12 7 58% 82 8 10% 5 3 60% 8 2 25% 0
1998 28 KCR AL 226 35% 45 11 2 5 1 0 0 1.04 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 9 7 78% 42 3 7% 27 11 41% 124 11 9% 10 2 20% 7 4 57% 0
2000 30 DET AL 265 37% 62 7 4 3 0 0 0 0.67 3 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 11 10 91% 61 5 8% 32 18 56% 168 27 16% 20 10 50% 15 5 33% 0
2001 31 DET AL 507 26% 128 12 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 10 9 3 4 8 1 11 7 64% 98 14 14% 47 14 30% 318 53 17% 29 18 62% 35 12 34% 0
2002 32 DET AL 458 25% 98 9 4 1 0 0 0 2.30 10 0 5 8 2 4 6 0 2 1 50% 80 12 15% 33 12 36% 247 32 13% 19 9 47% 23 12 52% 0
2003 33 DET AL 393 43% 78 10 2 7 1 0 1 1.24 12 0 5 6 6 6 6 1 7 3 43% 72 11 15% 35 10 29% 228 19 8% 13 6 46% 17 4 24% 0
2004 34 ANA AL 121 40% 23 0 0 3 2 1 1 0.91 4 1 5 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 0% 16 3 19% 8 1 13% 63 11 17% 6 2 33% 7 1 14% 0
8 Seasons 2109 34% 468 55 19 23 4 1 2 1.04 45 2 37 24 21 17 28 2 47 32 68% 396 49 12% 194 73 38% 1230 161 13% 102 50 49% 112 40 36% 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
1997 27 KCR AL 137 516 3.77 324 63% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 0% 45% 79% 29% 7% 10 0 18% 25 4 10% 14 6 25% 2 0 0
1998 28 KCR AL 226 844 3.73 551 65% 22% 17% 29% 32% 78% 0% 51% 79% 35% 3% 6 0 10% 23 13 7% 16 8 24% 0 0 0
2000 30 DET AL 265 997 3.76 647 65% 26% 13% 30% 31% 74% 0% 48% 82% 28% 5% 12 0 14% 38 17 8% 20 11 43% 0 0 0
2001 31 DET AL 507 1896 3.74 1221 64% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 47% 80% 28% 6% 28 0 13% 67 27 7% 38 22 19% 0 0 0
2002 32 DET AL 458 1743 3.81 1080 62% 23% 20% 27% 30% 77% 1% 47% 74% 33% 4% 17 3 16% 74 35 9% 43 25 21% 0 0 0
2003 33 DET AL 393 1449 3.69 908 63% 20% 18% 30% 32% 80% 0% 50% 78% 34% 6% 22 5 16% 63 27 7% 27 17 18% 0 0 0
2004 34 ANA AL 121 454 3.75 288 63% 26% 19% 25% 29% 74% 0% 47% 74% 22% 5% 6 3 14% 17 9 9% 11 6 27% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2107 7899 3.75 5019 64% 25% 17% 28% 31% 75% 0% 48% 78% 31% 5% 101 11 15% 307 132 8% 169 95 23% 2 0 0
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
1997 27 74 139 123 16 34 5 1 2 10 4 3 10 28 .276 .341 .382 .723 88 47 1 2 4 0 0
1998 28 160 365 327 33 79 17 1 4 23 6 8 22 66 .242 .294 .336 .630 64 110 4 3 11 2 0
1999 29 167 365 327 33 79 17 1 4 23 6 8 22 66 .242 .294 .336 .630 64 110 4 3 11 2 0
2000 30 272 630 565 59 141 29 3 7 50 11 10 36 115 .250 .297 .349 .646 67 197 9 4 21 4 0
2001 31 408 1137 1015 112 269 61 10 19 115 14 13 73 215 .265 .318 .401 .719 89 407 23 11 28 10 2
2002 32 530 1595 1425 158 367 83 16 29 154 14 17 112 307 .258 .315 .399 .715 90 569 35 15 29 14 3
2003 33 644 1988 1785 191 445 88 18 41 184 16 20 139 384 .249 .306 .388 .694 85 692 46 15 32 17 3
2004 34 690 2109 1899 201 468 93 18 45 197 17 21 146 414 .246 .303 .385 .688 84 732 49 15 32 17 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 27 74 136 124 16 35 5 1 2 10 4 10 28 .282 .346 .387 .733 16 74
1998 28 86 215 201 16 42 11 0 2 12 2 11 38 .209 .251 .294 .545 15 86
2000 30 105 253 236 25 60 12 2 3 26 5 14 49 .254 .296 .360 .657 25 105
2001 31 136 503 452 55 130 32 7 12 68 3 38 100 .288 .348 .469 .817 73 136
2002 32 122 460 412 49 100 22 6 10 42 0 40 92 .243 .313 .398 .711 51 122
2003 33 114 387 358 34 76 5 2 12 31 2 26 77 .212 .264 .338 .602 32 114
2004 34 46 120 113 10 22 5 0 4 13 1 7 30 .195 .242 .345 .587 9 46
7 Seasons 683 2074 1896 205 465 92 18 45 202 17 146 414 .245 .302 .384 .686 221 683
162 Game Avg. 162 492 450 49 110 22 4 11 48 4 35 98 .245 .302 .384 .686 52 683

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2001 AL  7 (9th)
2002 AL  6 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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