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Bill Haselman

William Joseph Haselman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 25, 1966 in Long Branch, NJ
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1990
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Mariners/Tigers 1990-2003
Agents: Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2003
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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
1987	21	TEX-min	A	61	256	235	35	72	13	1	8	33	1	2	19	46	.306	.359	.472	.832		111		1	0	1	0	GST · SALL
1988	22	TEX-min	A	122	504	453	56	111	17	2	10	54	8	5	45	99	.245	.316	.358	.674		162	10	3	1	2	3	POE · FLOR
1989	23	TEX-min	AA	107	398	352	38	95	17	2	7	36	5	10	40	88	.270	.348	.389	.737		137		3	1	2	0	TUL · TL
1990	24	TEX-min	AA	120	485	430	68	137	39	2	18	80	3	7	44	96	.319	.387	.544	.931		234		6	2	3	1	TUL · TL
1990	24	TEX	AL	7	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D2

1992	26	SEA-TEX-min	AAA	105	420	360	57	91	19	2	20	62	4	3	54	101	.253	.351	.483	.834		174	11	2	1	3	4	CGY,OKC · PCL,AA
1992	26	SEA	AL	8	19	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.263	.263	.263	.526	49	5	1	0	0	0	0	/27
1993	27	SEA	AL	58	154	137	21	35	8	0	5	16	2	1	12	19	.255	.316	.423	.739	97	58	5	1	2	2	0	2/D9
1994	28	SEA-min	AAA	44	195	163	44	54	10	0	15	46	1	0	30	33	.331	.436	.669	1.105		109	5	1	0	1	1	CGY · PCL
1994	28	SEA	AL	38	88	83	11	16	7	1	1	8	1	0	3	11	.193	.230	.337	.567	43	28	2	1	1	0	0	2/9D
1995	29	BOS	AL	64	174	152	22	37	6	1	5	23	0	2	17	30	.243	.322	.395	.717	84	60	4	2	0	3	0	2/D35
1996	30	BOS	AL	77	257	237	33	65	13	1	8	34	4	2	19	52	.274	.331	.439	.770	92	104	13	1	0	0	3	2/3
1997	31	BOS-min	AA,Rk	11	44	42	5	8	1	0	2	4	1	0	2	3	.190	.227	.357	.584		15	0	0	0	0	0	TRE,RES · EL,GULF
1997	31	BOS	AL	67	232	212	22	50	15	0	6	26	0	2	15	44	.236	.290	.392	.682	75	83	8	2	1	2	2	2
1998	32	TEX	AL	40	110	105	11	33	6	0	6	17	0	0	3	17	.314	.327	.543	.870	118	57	2	0	0	2	0	2/D
1999	33	DET	AL	48	153	143	13	39	8	0	4	14	2	0	10	26	.273	.320	.413	.733	87	59	4	0	0	0	1	2/D
2000	34	TEX	AL	62	210	193	23	53	18	0	6	26	0	1	15	36	.275	.329	.461	.790	96	89	1	1	0	1	0	2
2001	35	TEX-min	AAA	8	31	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.143	.194	.143	.336		4	3	1	0	1	0	OKC · PCL
2001	35	TEX	AL	47	140	130	12	37	6	0	3	25	0	1	8	27	.285	.331	.400	.731	89	52	5	1	1	0	0	2
2002	36	TEX	AL	69	193	179	16	44	7	0	3	18	0	0	11	25	.246	.297	.335	.632	64	60	6	2	1	0	1	2/D
2003	37	BOS-min	AAA	79	291	280	37	63	6	0	6	24	1	1	9	46	.225	.247	.311	.558		87	15	0	0	2	0	PAW · IL
2003	37	BOS	AL	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
13 Seasons				589	1747	1606	185	416	94	3	47	210	9	9	114	300	.259	.311	.409	.720	84	657	51	11	6	10	7
162 Game Avg.				162	480	442	51	114	26	1	13	58	2	2	31	83	.259	.311	.409	.720	84	181	14	3	2	3	2

TEX (5 yrs)				225	667	620	62	169	37	0	18	89	0	2	38	110	.273	.317	.419	.737	88	260	14	4	2	3	1
BOS (4 yrs)				212	666	604	77	152	34	2	19	83	4	6	51	127	.252	.313	.409	.722	83	247	25	5	1	5	5
SEA (3 yrs)				104	261	239	33	56	15	1	6	24	3	1	15	37	.234	.283	.381	.664	74	91	8	2	3	2	0
DET (1 yr)				48	153	143	13	39	8	0	4	14	2	0	10	26	.273	.320	.413	.733	87	59	4	0	0	0	1

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
1990	24	TEX	AL	14	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$100,000	/D2

1992	26	SEA	AL	19	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/27
1993	27	SEA	AL	154	-1	-1	0	0	-5	2	5	0	0.0	5	0.5	-0.5	$122,500	2/D9
1994	28	SEA	AL	88	-8	0	2	1	-1	1	3	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$175,000	2/9D
1995	29	BOS	AL	174	-3	0	1	0	2	1	6	7	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$200,000	2/D35
1996	30	BOS	AL	257	-4	-1	-1	-2	1	4	9	6	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$310,000	2/3
1997	31	BOS	AL	232	-10	-1	-2	-1	-4	4	8	-6	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$650,000	2
1998	32	TEX	AL	110	3	-1	1	0	-3	2	4	6	0.6	9	0.9	-0.3	$625,000	2/D
1999	33	DET	AL	153	-4	-1	1	-1	-1	1	5	0	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$650,000	2/D
2000	34	TEX	AL	210	-2	0	2	1	0	4	7	12	1.2	12	1.1	0.1	$1,100,000	2
2001	35	TEX	AL	140	-2	-1	-1	-1	1	3	5	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$800,000	2
2002	36	TEX	AL	193	-10	-1	1	-1	-2	3	7	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$800,000	2/D
2003	37	BOS	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
13 Seasons				1747	-45	-7	4	-4	-12	25	60	20	2.2	33	3.2	-1.0	$5,532,500

TEX (5 yrs)				667	-13	-3	3	-1	-4	12	23	17	1.7	21	2.0	-0.3	$3,425,000
BOS (4 yrs)				666	-18	-2	-2	-3	-1	9	23	6	0.7	7	0.7	-0.0	$1,160,000
SEA (3 yrs)				261	-10	-1	2	1	-6	3	9	-3	-0.3	4	0.4	-0.7	$297,500
DET (1 yr)				153	-4	-1	1	-1	-1	1	5	0	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$650,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1990	TEX	AL	24	DH	3	3
1990	TEX	AL	24	C	1	0	0	4.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		18.00	8.00	.991	6.52	6.40	0	0	0	0		0
1992	SEA	AL	26	C	5	4	2	33.0	18	16	2	0	0	1.000	1		36		4.91	3.60	.989	6.19	6.18	0	1	1	2	67%	0
1992	SEA	AL	26	LF	2	2	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2		-129		1.93	1.50	.980	2.31	2.30
1992	SEA	AL	26	OF	2	2	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2		-129		1.93	1.50	.983	2.44	2.45
1993	SEA	AL	27	C	49	29	26	304.1	255	236	17	2	2	.992	-5		-20		7.48	5.16	.991	6.56	6.50	5	12	35	10	22%	1
1993	SEA	AL	27	DH	4	4
1993	SEA	AL	27	OF	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.34	2.40
1993	SEA	AL	27	RF	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.16	2.20
1994	SEA	AL	28	C	33	21	16	195.0	164	155	6	3	0	.982	-1		-6		7.43	4.88	.991	6.79	6.74	3	5	22	8	27%	0
1994	SEA	AL	28	OF	2	0	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		3.00	1.00	.980	2.40	2.35
1994	SEA	AL	28	RF	2	0	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		3.00	1.00	.980	2.25	2.20
1994	SEA	AL	28	DH	1	1
1995	BOS	AL	29	C	48	36	28	334.1	276	257	16	3	0	.989	2		7		7.35	5.69	.990	6.74	6.67	3	5	24	11	31%	0
1995	BOS	AL	29	DH	5	5
1995	BOS	AL	29	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		18.00	2.00	.995	9.90	9.50
1995	BOS	AL	29	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-240		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
1996	BOS	AL	30	C	69	60	48	553.2	530	494	33	3	6	.994	1		2		8.57	7.64	.990	6.91	6.87	5	17	44	16	27%	1
1996	BOS	AL	30	1B	2	1	1	11.2	13	13	0	0	2	1.000	0		10		10.03	6.50	.992	9.26	9.20
1997	BOS	AL	31	C	66	60	49	529.0	420	373	40	7	4	.983	-4		-9		7.03	6.26	.991	7.15	7.09	17	16	63	22	26%	0
1998	TEX	AL	32	C	36	25	23	234.0	185	176	8	1	0	.995	-3		-15		7.08	5.11	.990	7.13	7.05	0	11	26	6	19%	0
1998	TEX	AL	32	DH	1	1
1999	DET	AL	33	C	39	37	30	313.1	245	231	13	1	0	.996	-1		-4		7.01	6.26	.991	6.98	6.87	4	13	20	9	31%	0
1999	DET	AL	33	DH	3	3
2000	TEX	AL	34	C	62	54	45	478.1	360	336	20	4	4	.989	0		0		6.70	5.74	.991	6.93	6.85	1	10	34	13	28%	0
2001	TEX	AL	35	C	47	35	27	338.0	247	234	13	0	2	1.000	1		4		6.58	5.26	.990	7.17	7.11	0	18	34	15	31%	1
2002	TEX	AL	36	C	67	49	41	453.2	332	310	19	3	0	.991	-2		-5		6.53	4.91	.993	6.96	6.89	2	14	33	10	23%	1
2002	TEX	AL	36	DH	1	1
2003	BOS	AL	37	C	2	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	6.75	6.70	0	0	1	0	0%	0
	13 Seasons			C	524	410	335	3772.2	3042	2828	187	27	18	.991	-11	0	-3	0	7.19	5.75	.991	6.94	6.86	40	122	337	122	27%	4
	3 Seasons			OF	6	2	1	25.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-62		1.80	0.83	.982	2.41	2.40
	2 Seasons			RF	4	0	0	11.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		22		1.64	0.50	.980	2.21	2.20
	2 Seasons			1B	3	1	1	12.2	15	15	0	0	2	1.000	0		9		10.66	5.00	.993	9.31	9.30
	1 Season			LF	2	2	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2		-129		1.93	1.50	.980	2.31	2.30
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-240		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	13 Seasons			TOT	534	413	337	3811.1	3062	2848	187	27	20	.991	-12	0	-4	0	7.17	5.68	.991	6.92	6.82	40	122	337	122	27%	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	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.

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1997 AL 7 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1997 AL 17 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y Career 7.19 (44th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y Career .991 (59th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1997 AL 7 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1997 AL 17 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Career 7.19 (44th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
Career .991 (59th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
May 29, 1992: Selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 6, 1997: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mark Brandenburg and Aaron Sele to the Texas Rangers for Damon Buford and Jim Leyritz.
October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
November 2, 1999: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Alan Webb (minors), Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Gabe Kapler and Justin Thompson to the Texas Rangers for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun.
October 30, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
January 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 27, 2003: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
April 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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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
1990	24	Texas Rangers	$100,000	USA Today

1992	26	Texas Rangers	$109,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	27	Seattle Mariners	$122,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $5,000 earned bonus
1994	28	Seattle Mariners	$175,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	29	Boston Red Sox	$200,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	30	Boston Red Sox	$310,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $10,000 earned bonus
1997	31	Boston Red Sox	$650,000	1997 AP survey
1998	32	Texas Rangers	$625,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	33	Detroit Tigers	$650,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	34	Texas Rangers	$1,100,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	35	Texas Rangers	$800,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	36	Texas Rangers	$800,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,641,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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