Mike Hessman

Michael Steven Hessman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 5, 1978 in Fountain Valley, CA
High School: Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 2003
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets/Tigers 2003-2010
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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Standard Batting

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
1996	18	ATL-min	Rk	53	210	190	13	41	10	1	1	15	1	1	12	41	.216	.277	.295	.571		56	0	4	4	0	1		BRV · GULF
1997	19	ATL-min	A	122	508	459	69	108	25	0	21	74	0	2	41	167	.235	.305	.427	.732		196	6	6	0	2	0		MAC · SALL
1998	20	ATL-min	A+	118	483	445	47	89	21	0	20	63	3	3	30	172	.200	.259	.382	.641		170	6	6	0	2	0		DVE · CARL
1999	21	ATL-min	A+	103	426	365	62	90	25	0	23	54	0	3	47	135	.247	.347	.504	.852		184	3	11	0	3	3		MYR · CARL
2000	22	ATL-min	AA	127	484	437	52	80	23	1	19	50	3	1	37	178	.183	.258	.371	.629		162	9	8	0	2	0		GRV · SOUL
2001	23	ATL-min	AA	129	524	478	66	110	23	2	26	80	2	4	39	124	.230	.298	.450	.748		215	5	7	0	0	2		GRV · SOUL
2002	24	ATL-min	AAA	134	532	484	67	127	28	1	26	77	1	5	34	107	.262	.321	.486	.807		235	13	10	0	4	2		RMD · IL
2003	25	ATL-min	AAA,Rk	101	415	374	48	90	15	3	16	54	3	1	26	89	.241	.292	.425	.717		159	6	5	0	10	0		RMD,DAN · IL,APPY
2003	25	ATL	NL	19	26	21	2	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	5	6	.286	.423	.667	1.090	178	14	2	0	0	0	1	/7359
2004	26	ATL-min	AAA	78	304	265	48	76	14	1	19	54	4	0	28	65	.287	.365	.562	.927		149	6	7	0	4	3		RMD · IL
2004	26	ATL	NL	29	71	69	8	9	3	0	2	5	0	0	1	24	.130	.155	.261	.416	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	3/57

2005	27	DET-min	AAA	134	547	473	69	101	19	1	28	74	5	4	58	154	.214	.313	.436	.748		206	11	11	3	2	3		TOL · IL
2006	28	DET-min	AAA	101	394	345	45	57	11	0	24	49	3	1	45	129	.165	.269	.406	.675		140	5	4	0	0	1		TOL · IL
2007	29	DET-min	AAA	117	498	422	71	107	24	2	31	101	6	11	64	153	.254	.356	.540	.896		228	10	6	1	5	4		TOL · IL
2007	29	DET	AL	17	57	51	7	12	0	0	4	12	0	0	5	17	.235	.298	.471	.769	98	24	0	0	0	1	0	3/57
2008	30	DET-min	AAA	108	473	399	83	108	20	5	34	72	3	3	59	140	.271	.374	.602	.976		240	2	10	0	5	3		TOL · IL
2008	30	DET	AL	12	31	27	6	8	1	0	5	7	0	0	2	9	.296	.387	.889	1.276	224	24	0	2	0	0	0	5

2009	31	DET-min	AAA	131	548	466	58	101	30	3	23	77	3	1	65	171	.217	.324	.442	.766		206	5	11	2	4	1		TOL · IL
2010	32	NYM-min	AAA,Rk	65	286	252	44	70	20	0	18	58	0	0	27	60	.278	.353	.571	.925		144	2	4	0	3	4		BFL,MET · IL,GULF
2010	32	NYM	NL	32	65	55	6	7	2	1	1	6	0	0	8	23	.127	.262	.255	.516	42	14	2	2	0	0	1	/53
2011	33	ORX	Fgn	48	142	130	9	25	6	0	6	14	0	0	11	46	.192	.261	.377	.637		49	2	1	0	0	0		ORX · JPPL
2012	34	HOU-min	AAA	39	141	123	23	34	4	0	10	24	0	0	13	41	.276	.362	.553	.915		68	3	4	0	1	0		OKC · PCL
5 Yrs				109	250	223	29	42	8	1	14	33	0	0	21	79	.188	.272	.422	.694	79	94	4	5	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	372	331	43	62	12	1	21	49	0	0	31	117	.188	.272	.422	.694	79	140	6	7	0	1	3

ATL (2 yrs)				48	97	90	10	15	5	0	4	8	0	0	6	30	.167	.227	.356	.582	48	32	2	1	0	0	1
DET (2 yrs)				29	88	78	13	20	1	0	9	19	0	0	7	26	.256	.330	.615	.945	141	48	0	2	0	1	0
NYM (1 yr)				32	65	55	6	7	2	1	1	6	0	0	8	23	.127	.262	.255	.516	42	14	2	2	0	0	1

NL (3 yrs)				80	162	145	16	22	7	1	5	14	0	0	14	53	.152	.241	.317	.558	46	46	4	3	0	0	2
AL (2 yrs)				29	88	78	13	20	1	0	9	19	0	0	7	26	.256	.330	.615	.945	141	48	0	2	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2003	25	ATL	NL	19	26	2	-0	-0	2	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.517	.502	0.2	0.2	2	$	/7359
2004	26	ATL	NL	29	71	-9	0	0	1	-1	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.467	.494	-0.9	0.0	-8	$300,000	3/57

2007	29	DET	AL	17	57	-1	-0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.1	.492	.499	0.1	-0.1	0	$	3/57
2008	30	DET	AL	12	31	4	-0	0	-2	0	2	0.2	1	4	0.3	.520	.501	0.5	-0.2	6	$	5

2010	32	NYM	NL	32	65	-4	-0	-0	3	-0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$	/53
5 Seasons				109	250	-7	-0	-0	4	-3	-7	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.493	.499	-0.4	0.2	-3	$300,000

ATL (2 yrs)				48	97	-7	-0	-0	3	-2	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.487	.498	-0.7	0.2	-6	$300,000
DET (2 yrs)				29	88	4	-0	0	-2	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.504	.500	0.6	-0.3	6	$
NYM (1 yr)				32	65	-4	-0	-0	3	-0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$

Advanced Batting

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
2003	25	ATL	NL	26	17	5	7.9	110	.308	.286	.270	.423	.342	.667	.433	1.090	.775	178	.702	2.6	0.2	1.118	.619	.381	.0
2004	26	ATL	NL	71	60	3	1.3	112	.163	.130	.271	.155	.343	.261	.439	.416	.782	5	.082	-10.2	-1.0	.333	.145	.130	.0

2007	29	DET	AL	57	40	8	5.3	109	.258	.235	.273	.298	.341	.471	.427	.769	.769	98	.526	-0.6	-0.1	.744	.333	.235	.0
2008	30	DET	AL	31	19	10	14.1	107	.231	.296	.270	.387	.339	.889	.425	1.276	.763	224	.871	4.5	0.4	1.474	.667	.593	.0

2010	32	NYM	NL	65	50	4	2.1	100	.194	.127	.258	.262	.328	.255	.407	.516	.735	42	.199	-4.5	-0.4	.480	.273	.127	.0
5 Yrs				250	186	30	4.3	107	.214	.188	.268	.272	.338	.422	.426	.694	.764	79	.442	-8.2	-0.8	.649	.327	.233	.0
162 Game Avg.				372	276	45	4.3	107	.214	.188	.268	.272	.338	.422	.426	.694	.764	79	.442	-8.2	-0.8	.649	.327	.233

ATL (2 yrs)				97	77	8	2.8	112	.196	.167	.270	.227	.342	.356	.437	.582	.780	48	.255	-7.6	-0.7	.506	.256	.189	.0
DET (2 yrs)				88	59	18	8.1	108	.250	.256	.272	.330	.340	.615	.426	.945	.767	141	.708	4.0	0.4	.983	.449	.359	.0
NYM (1 yr)				65	50	4	2.1	100	.194	.127	.258	.262	.328	.255	.407	.516	.735	42	.199	-4.5	-0.4	.480	.273	.127	.0

NL (3 yrs)				162	127	12	2.5	107	.195	.152	.266	.241	.337	.317	.426	.558	.763	46	.234	-12.1	-1.2	.496	.262	.166	.0
AL (2 yrs)				88	59	18	8.1	108	.250	.256	.272	.330	.340	.615	.426	.945	.767	141	.708	4.0	0.4	.983	.449	.359	.0

Ratio Batting*

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
2003	25	ATL	NL	26	7.7%	23.1%	19.2%	15.4%	67%	1.20	3.5	10.5	7.0	0.67	1.20	50%	7%	22.2%	0%
2004	26	ATL	NL	71	2.8%	33.8%	1.4%	7.0%	56%	24.00	2.9	34.5	13.8	0.15	0.09	61%	20%	6.1%	15%

2007	29	DET	AL	57	7.0%	29.8%	8.8%	7.0%	33%	3.40	3.0	12.8	4.3	0.35	0.28	54%	11%	21.1%	27%
2008	30	DET	AL	31	16.1%	29.0%	6.5%	19.4%	75%	4.50	3.0	5.4	3.9	0.50	0.67	42%	17%	55.6%	25%

2010	32	NYM	NL	65	1.5%	35.4%	12.3%	6.2%	57%	2.88	2.4	55.0	9.2	0.68	1.17	48%	19%	5.9%	11%
5 Yrs				250	5.6%	31.6%	8.4%	9.2%	55%	3.76	2.8	15.9	6.8	0.38	0.44	52%	16%	16.1%	17%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.02	5.2	32.9	7.7	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	25	ATL	NL	2.6	0.2	26	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.63	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.78	1.5	0.43	5
2004	26	ATL	NL	-10.2	-1.0	71	-1.2	0.4	-1.6	.93	-0.7	-0.6	-8.2	-0.8	0.95	-7.5	1.22	9

2007	29	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	57	0.1	1.1	-1.0	.98	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.98	-0.4	0.08	3
2008	30	DET	AL	4.5	0.4	31	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	.78	0.3	-0.4	3.6	0.3	0.94	6.9	1.56	1

2010	32	NYM	NL	-4.5	-0.4	65	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	1.23	-0.4	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.05	-4.4	1.33	18
5 Yrs				-8.2	-0.8	250	-1.9	2.8	-4.8	.97	-0.7	-1.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.96	-4.0	1.08	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	25	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	ATL	NL	1	0	67%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29%	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	2

2007	29	DET	AL	0	0	23%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2008	30	DET	AL	0	0	14%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	32	NYM	NL	1	0	31%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	2
5 Yrs				2	0	28%	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	30%	10	9	1	4	3	1	6	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
2003	25	ATL	NL	26	58%	6	0	0	5	1	1	1	0.43	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	100%	2	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2004	26	ATL	NL	71	39%	9	0	0	9	2	0	2	1.22	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		13	0	0%	7	1	14%	39	3	8%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	0

2007	29	DET	AL	57	46%	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.08	4	0	2	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	9	3	33%	39	8	21%	5	1	20%	3	2	67%	0
2008	30	DET	AL	31	55%	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	5	0	1	4	1	4	1	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	20	2	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0

2010	32	NYM	NL	65	49%	7	1	0	18	3	1	2	1.33	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		16	2	13%	3	0	0%	54	5	9%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				250	47%	42	1	0	36	7	2	5	1.08	14	0	6	10	4	10	4	0	0	0		45	4	9%	23	4	17%	163	19	12%	14	4	29%	9	6	67%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2003	25	ATL	NL	26	120	4.62	69	58%	14%	25%	39%	22%	86%	4%	49%	71%	46%	0%	0	0	12%	3	3	19%	5	3	17%	0	0	0
2004	26	ATL	NL	71	272	3.83	187	69%	21%	30%	25%	24%	79%	0%	54%	61%	42%	0%	0	0	3%	2	2	3%	2	1	21%	0	0	0

2007	29	DET	AL	57	240	4.21	154	64%	23%	26%	29%	23%	77%	0%	50%	66%	32%	5%	3	1	19%	11	4	5%	3	1	12%	0	0	0
2008	30	DET	AL	31	136	4.39	87	64%	22%	25%	32%	21%	78%	0%	50%	68%	32%	10%	3	1	16%	5	2	13%	4	2	22%	0	0	0

2010	32	NYM	NL	65	249	3.83	156	63%	19%	28%	32%	21%	81%	4%	51%	65%	52%	5%	3	0	8%	5	2	9%	6	3	17%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				250	1017	4.07	653	64%	20%	28%	30%	22%	80%	2%	51%	65%	42%	4%	9	2	10%	26	13	8%	20	10	18%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2003	25	19	26	21	2	6	2	0	2	3	5	6	.286	.423	.667	1.090	178	14	2	0	0	1
2004	26	48	97	90	10	15	5	0	4	8	6	30	.167	.227	.356	.582	48	32	2	1	0	1
2005	27	48	97	90	10	15	5	0	4	8	6	30	.167	.227	.356	.582	48	32	2	1	0	1
2006	28	48	97	90	10	15	5	0	4	8	6	30	.167	.227	.356	.582	48	32	2	1	0	1
2007	29	65	154	141	17	27	5	0	8	20	11	47	.191	.253	.397	.650	66	56	2	1	1	1
2008	30	77	185	168	23	35	6	0	13	27	13	56	.208	.276	.476	.752	91	80	2	3	1	1
2009	31	77	185	168	23	35	6	0	13	27	13	56	.208	.276	.476	.752	91	80	2	3	1	1
2010	32	109	250	223	29	42	8	1	14	33	21	79	.188	.272	.422	.694	79	94	4	5	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2003	25	19	26	21	2	6	2	0	2	3	0	5	6	.286	.423	.667	1.090	6	19
2004	26	29	70	68	6	8	3	0	2	4	0	1	24	.118	.143	.250	.393	2	29

2007	29	17	57	51	7	12	0	0	4	12	0	5	17	.235	.298	.471	.769	7	17
2008	30	12	31	27	6	8	1	0	5	7	0	2	9	.296	.387	.889	1.276	8	12

2010	32	32	67	56	7	8	2	1	1	7	0	9	23	.143	.284	.268	.551	4	32
5 Yrs		109	251	223	28	42	8	1	14	33	0	22	79	.188	.275	.422	.696	27	109
162 Game Avg.		162	373	331	42	62	12	1	21	49	0	33	117	.188	.275	.422	.696	40	109

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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