Bob Hamelin
Robert James Hamelin
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: November 29, 1967 in Elizabeth, NJ
High School: Irvine (Irvine, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1993
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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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
1993 25 KCR AL 16 55 49 2 11 3 0 2 5 0 0 6 15 .224 .309 .408 .717 87 20 2 0 0 0 0 3
1994 26 KCR AL 101 374 312 64 88 25 1 24 65 4 3 56 62 .282 .388 .599 .987 146 187 4 1 0 5 3 D3 RoY-1
1995 27 KCR AL 72 241 208 20 35 7 1 7 25 0 1 26 56 .168 .278 .313 .591 53 65 6 6 0 1 1 D/3
1996 28 KCR AL 89 299 239 31 61 14 1 9 40 5 2 54 58 .255 .391 .435 .826 110 104 7 2 0 4 2 D3
1997 29 DET AL 110 369 318 47 86 15 0 18 52 2 1 48 72 .270 .366 .487 .853 122 155 8 1 0 2 3 D/3
1998 30 MIL NL 109 167 146 15 32 6 0 7 22 0 1 16 30 .219 .295 .404 .699 82 59 7 1 1 3 1 3/D
6 Seasons 497 1505 1272 179 313 70 3 67 209 11 8 206 293 .246 .352 .464 .816 109 590 34 11 1 15 10
162 Game Avg. 162 491 415 58 102 23 1 22 68 4 3 67 96 .246 .352 .464 .816 109 192 11 4 0 5 3
KCR (4 yrs) 278 969 808 117 195 49 3 42 135 9 6 142 191 .241 .357 .465 .822 109 376 19 9 0 10 6
DET (1 yr) 110 369 318 47 86 15 0 18 52 2 1 48 72 .270 .366 .487 .853 122 155 8 1 0 2 3
MIL (1 yr) 109 167 146 15 32 6 0 7 22 0 1 16 30 .219 .295 .404 .699 82 59 7 1 1 3 1
AL (5 yrs) 388 1338 1126 164 281 64 3 60 187 11 7 190 263 .250 .359 .472 .831 112 531 27 10 0 12 9
NL (1 yr) 109 167 146 15 32 6 0 7 22 0 1 16 30 .219 .295 .404 .699 82 59 7 1 1 3 1

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
1993 25 KCR AL 55 40 6 4.0 108 .281 .224 .274 .309 .345 .408 .418 .717 .764 87 .417 -1.1 -0.1 .650 .306 .184 .0
1994 26 KCR AL 374 236 76 8.6 115 .277 .282 .277 .388 .350 .599 .442 .987 .792 146 .705 22.9 2.1 1.061 .500 .317 6.9
1995 27 KCR AL 241 181 18 2.6 110 .192 .168 .272 .278 .345 .313 .429 .591 .774 53 .224 -15.2 -1.4 .533 .264 .144 .0
1996 28 KCR AL 299 191 44 6.2 115 .295 .255 .276 .391 .349 .435 .443 .826 .792 110 .545 6.5 0.6 .872 .418 .180 6.4
1997 29 DET AL 369 243 58 6.4 108 .296 .270 .270 .366 .339 .487 .427 .853 .766 122 .597 10.7 1.0 .851 .371 .217 3.6
1998 30 MIL NL 167 126 16 3.4 107 .223 .219 .269 .295 .340 .404 .424 .699 .764 82 .343 -4.0 -0.4 .615 .288 .185 .0
6 Seasons 1505 1017 218 5.7 111 .265 .246 .273 .352 .345 .464 .433 .816 .778 109 .540 19.9 1.7 .809 .382 .218 18.9
162 Game Avg. 491 331 71 5.7 111 .265 .246 .273 .352 .345 .464 .433 .816 .778 109 .540 6 1 .809 .382 .218 6
KCR (4 yrs) 969 648 144 5.9 113 .262 .241 .275 .357 .348 .465 .437 .822 .786 109 .547 13.2 1.1 .831 .403 .224 14.8
DET (1 yr) 369 243 58 6.4 108 .296 .270 .270 .366 .339 .487 .427 .853 .766 122 .596 10.7 1.0 .851 .371 .217 3.6
MIL (1 yr) 167 126 16 3.4 107 .223 .219 .269 .295 .340 .404 .424 .699 .764 82 .343 -4.0 -0.4 .615 .288 .185 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1338 891 202 6.1 112 .271 .250 .274 .359 .346 .472 .434 .831 .780 112 .561 23.9 2.1 .836 .394 .222 18.6
NL (1 yr) 167 126 16 3.4 107 .223 .219 .269 .295 .340 .404 .424 .699 .764 82 .343 -4.0 -0.4 .615 .288 .185 .0

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
1993 25 KCR AL 55 3.6% 27.3% 10.9% 9.1% 46% 2.50 3.3 24.5 9.8 0.55 0.79 58% 24% 12.5% 27%
1994 26 KCR AL 374 6.4% 16.6% 15.0% 13.4% 57% 1.11 5.0 13.0 4.8 0.58 0.80 62% 16% 17.4% 14%
1995 27 KCR AL 241 2.9% 23.2% 10.8% 6.2% 43% 2.15 3.7 29.7 8.3 0.77 1.02 61% 16% 10.3% 21%
1996 28 KCR AL 299 3.0% 19.4% 18.1% 8.0% 39% 1.07 4.1 26.6 6.0 0.50 0.71 59% 29% 8.9% 17%
1997 29 DET AL 369 4.9% 19.5% 13.0% 8.9% 38% 1.50 4.4 17.7 6.1 0.58 0.83 62% 25% 12.9% 11%
1998 30 MIL NL 167 4.2% 18.0% 9.6% 7.8% 41% 1.88 4.9 20.9 6.6 1.48 2.32 67% 18% 16.7% 13%
6 Seasons 1505 4.5% 19.5% 13.7% 9.3% 45% 1.42 4.3 19.0 6.1 0.66 0.94 62% 21% 13.3% 15%
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
1993 25 KCR AL 0 0 0% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 26 KCR AL 3 1 33% 130 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 35% 21 15 6 9 5 4 10 5 4
1995 27 KCR AL 3 1 22% 54 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 40% 16 9 6 2 1 0 2 0 2
1996 28 KCR AL 1 0 20% 130 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 30% 19 15 3 3 0 2 11 4 5
1997 29 DET AL 1 1 25% 140 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 22% 17 15 2 5 3 2 10 5 3
1998 30 MIL NL 3 0 19% 44 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 18% 10 8 2 3 3 0 4 2 1
6 Seasons 11 3 24% 520 11 8 58% 9 6 1 2 1 0 2 2 21 23 30% 85 63 20 22 12 8 37 16 15
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
1993 25 KCR AL 55 91% 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 2 20% 8 2 25% 30 3 10% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1994 26 KCR AL 375 85% 88 5 0 4 1 0 0 1.33 24 0 8 24 0 13 11 0 1 0 0% 80 4 5% 34 14 41% 255 41 16% 22 15 68% 18 6 33% 0
1995 27 KCR AL 242 84% 35 3 0 5 2 0 0 1.54 7 0 5 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 41 6 15% 28 10 36% 165 18 11% 20 8 40% 19 7 37% 0
1996 28 KCR AL 299 82% 61 4 0 12 1 1 1 2.88 9 0 8 9 0 2 7 0 0 0 54 7 13% 28 12 43% 206 32 16% 20 13 65% 18 9 50% 0
1997 29 DET AL 370 86% 86 2 0 7 3 0 1 2.04 18 0 11 16 2 10 8 0 0 0 75 8 11% 39 9 23% 248 34 14% 23 7 30% 19 10 53% 0
1998 30 MIL NL 167 89% 32 4 0 53 12 4 6 1.55 7 0 9 7 0 5 2 0 1 1 100% 38 7 18% 16 6 38% 131 17 13% 15 6 40% 4 1 25% 0
6 Seasons 1508 85% 313 18 0 82 19 5 8 1.76 67 0 43 61 6 34 33 0 2 1 50% 298 34 11% 153 53 35% 1035 145 14% 101 50 50% 79 33 42% 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
1993 25 KCR AL 51 217 4.25 127 59% 26% 17% 32% 24% 73% 0% 43% 77% 39% 8% 4 2 22% 11 6 20% 10 7 29% 4 0 1
1994 26 KCR AL 366 1478 4.04 824 56% 30% 14% 25% 30% 70% 2% 39% 79% 27% 10% 35 9 21% 76 26 19% 68 33 31% 9 0 0
1995 27 KCR AL 230 890 3.87 538 60% 31% 19% 22% 27% 69% 1% 42% 72% 29% 5% 11 2 16% 36 18 8% 18 10 24% 12 0 0
1996 28 KCR AL 271 1125 4.15 604 54% 33% 17% 23% 27% 67% 1% 36% 74% 28% 8% 22 5 18% 49 18 17% 46 20 38% 28 0 0
1997 29 DET AL 363 1426 3.93 806 57% 28% 16% 25% 31% 71% 2% 40% 77% 27% 9% 31 4 21% 77 29 13% 47 25 27% 7 1 2
1998 30 MIL NL 167 637 3.81 396 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 30% 6% 10 1 14% 23 8 9% 15 7 17% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1448 5773 3.99 3295 57% 30% 16% 25% 29% 70% 1% 40% 76% 28% 8% 113 23 19% 272 105 14% 204 102 28% 60 1 3
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
1993 25 16 55 49 2 11 3 0 2 5 0 0 6 15 .224 .309 .408 .717 87 20 2 0 0 0 0
1994 26 117 429 361 66 99 28 1 26 70 4 3 62 77 .274 .378 .573 .951 139 207 6 1 0 5 3
1995 27 189 670 569 86 134 35 2 33 95 4 4 88 133 .236 .342 .478 .820 108 272 12 7 0 6 4
1996 28 278 969 808 117 195 49 3 42 135 9 6 142 191 .241 .357 .465 .822 109 376 19 9 0 10 6
1997 29 388 1338 1126 164 281 64 3 60 187 11 7 190 263 .250 .359 .472 .831 112 531 27 10 0 12 9
1998 30 497 1505 1272 179 313 70 3 67 209 11 8 206 293 .246 .352 .464 .816 109 590 34 11 1 15 10

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1993 25 16 55 49 2 11 3 0 2 5 0 6 15 .224 .309 .408 .717 6 16
1994 26 144 517 435 79 117 33 1 32 80 5 74 88 .269 .371 .570 .941 94 101
1995 27 81 271 234 21 39 8 1 8 26 0 29 63 .167 .277 .312 .589 19 72
1996 28 89 295 237 27 59 14 1 9 35 5 52 58 .249 .383 .430 .813 39 89
1997 29 110 367 317 46 85 15 0 18 50 2 47 72 .268 .362 .486 .848 56 110
1998 30 109 161 143 14 29 5 0 6 21 0 14 30 .203 .273 .364 .637 15 109
6 Seasons 549 1666 1415 189 340 78 3 75 217 12 222 326 .240 .345 .459 .803 229 497
162 Game Avg. 162 492 418 56 100 23 1 22 64 4 66 96 .240 .345 .459 .803 68 497

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1994-AL-Rookie of the Year

Slugging % s c a p y
1994 AL--.599--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1994 AL--.987--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 AL--24--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1994 AL--146--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1994 AL--.705--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1994 AL--13.0--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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