Mike Hessman
Michael Steven Hessman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 5, 1978 in Fountain Valley, CA
High School: Mater Dei (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
Final Game: September 25, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 ATL NL 25 OF 8 0 15.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.2 -15.7 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 0 2.35 0.50 .980 2.17 1.85
2003 ATL NL 25 LF 7 0 12.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.5 48.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.92 0.57 .980 1.90 1.54
2003 ATL NL 25 1B 4 3 27.0 31 30 1 0 3 1.000 0.6 26.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 10.33 7.75 .994 9.60 7.98
2003 ATL NL 25 3B 3 0 11.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -21.8 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 0 2.45 1.00 .967 2.70 2.37
2003 ATL NL 25 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
2004 ATL NL 26 1B 16 9 90.1 104 96 4 4 6 .962 -1.0 -13.3 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 9.96 6.25 .993 9.50 8.23
2004 ATL NL 26 3B 7 2 29.0 18 2 14 2 1 .889 -0.3 -12.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 4.97 2.29 .961 2.76 2.34
2004 ATL NL 26 LF 3 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 63.5 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.12 1.33 .975 1.85 1.47
2004 ATL NL 26 OF 3 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 63.5 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.12 1.33 .975 2.17 1.87
2007 DET AL 29 1B 12 11 84.1 76 74 2 0 15 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0 8.11 6.33 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 DET AL 29 3B 4 3 28.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.4 60.0 1.4 1.1 0.3 0 1.93 1.50 .950 2.64 2.35
2007 DET AL 29 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
2007 DET AL 29 OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
2008 DET AL 30 3B 12 7 70.0 28 7 20 1 3 .964 -0.8 -13.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 3.47 2.25 .957 2.74 2.37
3 Seasons 1B 32 23 201.2 211 200 7 4 24 .981 -0.4 -2.4 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 0 9.24 6.47 .994 9.46 8.09
4 Seasons 3B 26 12 138.0 55 10 42 3 4 .945 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.0 -0.9 0 3.39 2.00 .958 2.72 2.36
3 Seasons OF 12 2 36.1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.2 6.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.23 0.75 .980 2.18 1.87
3 Seasons LF 11 2 33.1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.9 32.4 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.43 0.82 .980 1.89 1.54
1 Season RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
4 Seasons TOT 70 37 376.0 276 219 49 8 28 .971 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 0 0 6.41 3.83 .957 6.26 4.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 ATL NL 25 19 3 19 15 0 0 4 0 3 0 7 0 1 8 0 6 2
2004 ATL NL 26 29 13 29 23 0 0 16 0 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 2
2007 DET AL 29 17 14 17 17 0 0 12 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
2008 DET AL 30 12 7 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 77 37 77 67 0 0 32 0 26 0 11 0 1 12 0 19 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 ATL NL 25 120 83% 76% 36% 4 100% 0 30 2 28 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
2004 ATL NL 26 421 51% 77% 32% 19 89% 0 96 4 94 0 9 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 100%
2007 DET AL 29 377 52% 71% 28% 11 100% 0 74 2 71 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 918 56% 75% 31% 34 94% 0 200 8 193 1 18 7 5 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 24 0 0 0 21 0 3 1 2 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 ATL NL 25 45 64% 69% 31% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL NL 26 134 72% 76% 37% 19 74% 0 2 0 0 2 14 11 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 29 122 52% 70% 25% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DET AL 30 330 50% 75% 26% 28 89% 0 7 6 1 0 20 16 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 631 56% 74% 29% 56 86% 0 10 7 1 2 42 34 6 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 ATL NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 55% 78% 39% 10 40%
2004 ATL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 44% 78% 38% 8 50%
2007 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 63% 75% 38% 2 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 157 50% 78% 38% 20 45%
MLB Averages 62.3% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 83% 33% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 83% 33% 1 0%
MLB Averages 48.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 49%

* 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.

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