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 (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

Final Game: October 3, 2010 vs. WSN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
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	/35
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	3/5

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	3/5
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	223	24	0	2	0	0	0	5

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	-min	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
5 Seasons				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: 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
2003	25	ATL	NL	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	/35
2004	26	ATL	NL	71	-10	0	1	0	-0	-1	2	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$300,000	3/5

2007	29	DET	AL	57	0	0	0	0	1	-1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	3/5
2008	30	DET	AL	31	5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0.5	6	0.6	-0.1	$	5

2010	32	NYM	NL	65	-4	-0	0	-0	3	-0	2	0	0.1	-3	-0.3	0.4	$	/53
5 Seasons				250	-8	-0	1	-0	3	-2	8	2	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$300,000

ATL (2 yrs)				97	-8	0	1	0	-0	-1	3	-4	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$300,000
DET (2 yrs)				88	5	0	0	0	0	-1	3	6	0.6	7	0.7	-0.1	$
NYM (1 yr)				65	-4	-0	0	-0	3	-0	2	0	0.1	-3	-0.3	0.4	$

Standard Fielding

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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
2003	ATL	NL	25	OF	8				5	4	0	1	0	.800	-0	1				0.50	.984		2.15
2003	ATL	NL	25	1B	4				31	30	1	0	3	1.000	1	0				7.75	.993		9.50
2003	ATL	NL	25	3B	3				3	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0	1				1.00	.953		2.73
2003	ATL	NL	25	LF	7	0	0	12.1	5	4	0	1	0	.800	0	1	49	98	2.92	0.57	.980	1.90	1.89
2003	ATL	NL	25	RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-280	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
2004	ATL	NL	26	1B	16				104	96	4	4	6	.962	-1	0				6.25	.993		9.44
2004	ATL	NL	26	3B	7				18	2	14	2	1	.889	-0	1				2.29	.956		2.74
2004	ATL	NL	26	OF	3				4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	0				1.33	.982		2.13
2004	ATL	NL	26	LF	3	2	0	17.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	0	64	0	2.12	1.33	.980	1.85	1.83
2007	DET	AL	29	1B	12				76	74	2	0	15	1.000	0	0				6.33	.995		9.27
2007	DET	AL	29	3B	4				6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1	2				1.50	.957		2.60
2007	DET	AL	29	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1				1.00	.990		2.30
2007	DET	AL	29	LF	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-150	-300	2.25	1.00	.980	2.02	2.10
2008	DET	AL	30	3B	12				28	7	20	1	3	.964	-1	-2				2.25	.958		2.71
2010	NYM	NL	32	3B	8				17	4	13	0	3	1.000	3	3				2.13	.951		2.52
2010	NYM	NL	32	1B	6				51	50	1	0	4	1.000	1	0				8.50	.993		9.13
	4 Seasons			1B	38				262	250	8	4	28	.985	0	0				6.79	.994		9.34
	5 Seasons			3B	34				72	14	55	3	7	.958	3	5				2.03	.956		2.66
	3 Seasons			OF	12				10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	0		0		0.75	.984		2.16
	3 Seasons			LF	11	2	0	33.1	10	9	0	1	0	.900	1	0	32	0	2.43	0.82	.980	1.89	1.89
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-280	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
	5 Seasons			TOT	84				344	273	63	8	35	.977	3	5				4.00	.985		5.61

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1996.
December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 13, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 14, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 3, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 10, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
February 2, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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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
2004	26	Atlanta Braves	$300,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$300,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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