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Richard Hidalgo

Richard Jose Hidalgo

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 28, 1975 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
High School: Guarenas (Guarenas, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1997
Teams (by GP): Astros/Rangers/Mets 1997-2005
Agents: Peter Greenberg [*]
Final Game: August 4, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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 Awards
1997 HOU NL 22 OF 19 14 12 142.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -20 1.77 1.47 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 HOU NL 22 CF 17 13 11 133.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -18 1.83 1.59 .983 2.41 2.39
1997 HOU NL 22 LF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 1.12 1.00 .980 1.91 1.90
1997 HOU NL 22 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1998 HOU NL 23 OF 72 52 41 491.0 137 131 3 3 1 .978 8 18 2.46 1.86 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 HOU NL 23 CF 57 47 37 410.0 120 116 3 1 1 .992 9 26 2.61 2.09 .987 2.54 2.53
1998 HOU NL 23 RF 14 2 1 40.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -4 -108 1.12 0.36 .977 2.07 2.07
1998 HOU NL 23 LF 9 3 3 41.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 2 61 2.20 1.11 .975 1.89 1.88
1999 HOU NL 24 OF 108 103 79 928.1 231 214 15 2 3 .991 8 10 2.22 2.12 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 HOU NL 24 LF 97 73 68 704.0 168 155 13 0 2 1.000 1 2 2.15 1.73 .977 2.00 1.98
1999 HOU NL 24 CF 30 27 10 202.1 57 53 2 2 1 .965 6 38 2.45 1.83 .984 2.63 2.61
1999 HOU NL 24 RF 3 3 1 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 16 2.05 1.67 .980 2.17 2.13
2000 HOU NL 25 OF 150 149 94 1299.0 439 425 7 7 2 .984 13 12 2.99 2.88 .981 2.24 2.22 MVP-20
2000 HOU NL 25 CF 126 125 71 1008.2 343 332 6 5 0 .985 6 7 3.02 2.68 .987 2.64 2.62 MVP-20
2000 HOU NL 25 RF 37 17 16 174.2 58 56 2 0 1 1.000 6 40 2.99 1.57 .979 2.19 2.16 MVP-20
2000 HOU NL 25 LF 36 7 7 115.2 38 36 0 2 1 .947 1 13 2.80 1.00 .976 1.92 1.90 MVP-20
2001 HOU NL 26 OF 144 137 87 1235.0 346 332 11 3 4 .991 4 4 2.50 2.38 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 HOU NL 26 CF 128 117 73 1009.1 290 279 8 3 3 .990 2 2 2.56 2.24 .986 2.59 2.56
2001 HOU NL 26 RF 37 4 2 78.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.96 0.46 .981 2.11 2.09
2001 HOU NL 26 LF 23 16 12 147.2 39 36 3 0 1 1.000 2 20 2.38 1.70 .979 1.91 1.89
2002 HOU NL 27 OF 110 101 95 914.1 217 210 6 1 3 .995 4 5 2.13 1.96 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 HOU NL 27 RF 110 101 95 913.1 218 211 6 1 3 .995 4 5 2.14 1.97 .983 2.07 2.05
2002 HOU NL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2003 HOU NL 28 OF 137 136 129 1200.0 303 277 22 4 5 .987 20 19 20 19 2.24 2.18 .984 2.17 2.15 MVP-18
2003 HOU NL 28 RF 137 136 129 1200.0 303 277 22 4 5 .987 20 19 20 19 2.24 2.18 .982 2.09 2.07 MVP-18
2003 HOU NL 28 DH 1 1 MVP-18
2004 TOT NL 29 OF 142 137 124 1203.0 286 266 14 6 3 .979 1 16 1 15 2.09 1.97 .982 2.16 2.14
2004 TOT NL 29 RF 139 132 121 1160.2 279 259 14 6 3 .978 1 17 1 17 2.12 1.96 .980 2.09 2.07
2004 HOU NL 29 OF 56 51 47 452.1 113 107 4 2 0 .982 1 16 3 42 2.21 1.98 .982 2.16 2.14
2004 HOU NL 29 RF 56 51 47 452.1 113 107 4 2 0 .982 1 7 3 19 2.21 1.98 .980 2.09 2.07
2004 NYM NL 29 OF 86 86 77 750.2 173 159 10 4 3 .977 -0 16 -0 25 2.03 1.97 .982 2.16 2.14
2004 NYM NL 29 RF 83 81 74 708.1 166 152 10 4 3 .976 0 10 0 17 2.06 1.95 .980 2.09 2.07
2004 NYM NL 29 LF 5 5 3 42.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -6 -28 1.49 1.40 .980 1.85 1.84
2005 TEX AL 30 OF 85 80 75 717.2 184 179 3 2 0 .989 5 8 9 13 2.28 2.14 .986 2.30 2.28
2005 TEX AL 30 RF 83 78 74 699.2 179 174 3 2 0 .989 5 9 9 15 2.28 2.13 .982 2.12 2.10
2005 TEX AL 30 CF 3 2 1 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 7 -67 2.50 1.67 .988 2.70 2.67
2005 TEX AL 30 DH 1 1
9 Seasons OF 967 909 736 8130.1 2171 2062 81 28 21 .987 61 43 9 16 2.37 2.22 .982 2.21 2.19
9 Seasons RF 561 473 439 4289.1 1065 1004 47 14 12 .987 33 45 9 17 2.21 1.87 .981 2.10 2.08
7 Seasons CF 362 331 203 2782.1 842 812 19 11 5 .987 21 -1 9 -66 2.69 2.30 .986 2.60 2.57
6 Seasons LF 171 105 94 1058.2 264 245 16 3 4 .989 7 -1 8 -28 2.22 1.53 .977 1.97 1.94
9 Seasons TOT 967 909 736 8130.1 2171 2062 81 28 21 .987 61 86 9 33 2.37 2.22 .982 2.21 2.19
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 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.
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1997 HOU NL 22 CF -2 -18 -2 2 -4 0
1997 HOU NL 22 LF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1997 HOU NL 22 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1998 HOU NL 23 CF 9 26 7 3 4 2
1998 HOU NL 23 RF -4 -108 -3 -2 -1 -1
1998 HOU NL 23 LF 2 61 2 1 1 0
1999 HOU NL 24 LF 1 2 -3 -4 1 4
1999 HOU NL 24 CF 6 38 6 2 4 0
1999 HOU NL 24 RF 0 16 0 1 -1 0
2000 HOU NL 25 CF 6 7 9 1 8 -3
2000 HOU NL 25 RF 6 40 4 -1 4 2
2000 HOU NL 25 LF 1 13 2 1 1 -1
2001 HOU NL 26 CF 2 2 3 3 -0 -1
2001 HOU NL 26 RF 0 2 0 -1 1 0
2001 HOU NL 26 LF 2 20 2 0 1 1
2002 HOU NL 27 RF 4 5 4 0 4 0
2002 HOU NL 27 CF 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 28 RF 20 20 6 4 2 14 19 19 2 17
2004 HOU NL 29 RF 1 3 1 1 0 0 7 19 3 3
2004 NYM NL 29 RF 0 0 -4 -5 1 4 10 17 1 8
2004 NYM NL 29 LF -0 -6 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -28 -1 0
2005 TEX AL 30 RF 5 9 3 4 -1 2 9 15 5 1
2005 TEX AL 30 CF 0 7 0 0 -0 0 -1 -67 -1 0
9 Seasons RF 33 9 12 3 9 21 45 17 11 29
7 Seasons CF 21 9 23 11 12 -2 -1 -66 -1 0
6 Seasons LF 7 8 3 -1 3 4 -1 -28 -1 0
9 Seasons TOT 62 8 35 10 26 27 86 33 9 29
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 HOU NL 22 19 14 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 19 0 2 1
1998 HOU NL 23 74 52 74 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 57 14 80 0 5 1
1999 HOU NL 24 108 103 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 30 3 130 0 2 0
2000 HOU NL 25 153 149 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 126 37 199 0 2 0
2001 HOU NL 26 146 137 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 128 37 188 0 4 0
2002 HOU NL 27 114 101 114 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 110 111 0 7 1
2003 HOU NL 28 141 137 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 1 4 0
2004 NYM NL 29 86 86 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 83 88 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 29 58 51 58 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 56 0 3 0
2005 TEX AL 30 88 81 88 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 83 86 1 4 0
9 Seasons 987 911 987 968 0 0 0 0 0 0 171 362 561 1094 2 33 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1997 HOU NL 22 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 3 33% 67% 33% 0
1998 HOU NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 173 75% 71% 31% 10 50%
1999 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 92 57% 74% 25% 9 56%
2000 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 16 9 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 4 4 0 31 17 54.8% 13 1 3.2% 1 818 60% 75% 41% 108 53%
2001 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 343 52% 73% 38% 29 59%
2002 HOU NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 48 18 0 34 17 2 15 13 0 13 1 1 28 19 0 138 68 49.3% 67 3 2.2% 3 3935 60% 73% 38% 420 51%
2003 HOU NL 28 4 0 4 0 1 22 1 9 4 7 65 45 1 41 16 6 18 12 0 13 4 2 23 12 2 160 89 55.6% 60 11 6.9% 11 5106 61% 74% 36% 554 53%
2004 NYM NL 29 4 0 3 1 1 10 2 5 0 2 38 23 0 26 13 1 13 10 0 8 1 1 13 7 0 98 54 55.1% 42 2 2.0% 8 3163 60% 76% 39% 335 47%
2004 HOU NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 27 14 1 11 5 1 2 1 0 8 4 0 12 4 0 60 28 46.7% 30 2 3.3% 2 1942 55% 71% 37% 207 54%
2005 TEX AL 30 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 44 24 0 30 14 2 23 11 1 10 3 0 19 12 0 126 64 50.8% 59 3 2.4% 0 3084 56% 79% 41% 368 48%
9 Seasons 14 0 12 2 3 47 3 18 6 16 245 137 2 147 67 12 74 49 1 56 13 5 100 58 2 622 324 52.1% 276 22 3.5% 25 18659 59% 75% 38% 2040 51%
MLB Averages 45.3% 2.4% 58% 77% 40% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1997 HOU NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 551 59% 72% 33% 60 45%
1998 HOU NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 27 19 0 13 5 1 6 2 0 3 0 1 8 5 0 57 31 54.4% 24 2 3.5% 1 1746 63% 73% 35% 233 50%
1999 HOU NL 24 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 20 12 0 6 2 0 3 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 36 15 41.7% 20 1 2.8% 1 832 54% 78% 38% 122 44%
2000 HOU NL 25 5 0 4 1 2 6 1 4 0 2 46 30 0 34 8 2 4 1 0 21 2 0 39 20 0 144 61 42.4% 81 2 1.4% 4 4489 55% 76% 40% 531 64%
2001 HOU NL 26 3 0 2 1 0 8 0 3 1 2 50 28 1 29 4 1 1 0 0 12 4 0 32 23 1 124 59 47.6% 62 3 2.4% 5 4321 55% 74% 37% 476 60%
2002 HOU NL 27 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 4 100% 50% 25% 0
2005 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 39% 83% 42% 11 45%
7 Seasons 11 0 9 2 4 19 2 8 2 6 149 93 1 87 19 4 15 4 0 42 6 2 85 51 1 378 173 45.8% 197 8 2.1% 11 12020 56% 75% 38% 1433 58%
MLB Averages 44.3% 2.2% 58% 77% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1997 HOU NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 41% 73% 22% 3 33%
1998 HOU NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 183 68% 83% 39% 18 56%
1999 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 6 2 3 49 45 1 30 13 2 19 10 0 13 5 0 10 5 0 121 78 64.5% 40 3 2.5% 10 2966 60% 76% 37% 377 44%
2000 HOU NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 4 1 0 5 4 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 515 57% 75% 43% 65 54%
2001 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 8 7 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 4 1 0 4 2 1 21 12 57.1% 7 2 9.5% 1 619 62% 73% 36% 66 58%
2004 NYM NL 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 0 171 60% 78% 41% 13 54%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 16 0 7 3 4 65 58 1 36 14 2 27 14 1 21 7 0 23 15 1 172 108 62.8% 59 5 2.9% 11 4491 60% 76% 38% 542 47%
MLB Averages 63.2% 2.6% 58% 77% 40% 47%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2000 NL (20, 0%)
2003 NL (18, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 NL  13 (3rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  8 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  5 (2nd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  139 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  277 (5th)
2004 NL  259 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  22 (1st)
2004 NL  14 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  6 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  425 (2nd)
2001 NL  332 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1999 NL  15 (3rd)
2003 NL  22 (1st)
2004 NL  14 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1999 NL  2.15 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 NL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  21 (62nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2000 NL  3.02 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  2.68 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  33 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2003 NL  2.24 (4th)
2004 NL  2.12 (5th)
2005 AL  2.28 (4th)
Career  2.21 (32nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  1.97 (5th)
2003 NL  2.18 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.13 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  .995 (1st)
2003 NL  .987 (5th)
Career  .987 (18th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  13 (4th)
2003 NL  20 (4th)
Career  61 (50th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2000 NL  2.99 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  2.88 (1st)
2001 NL  2.38 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2002 NL  .995 (5th)

             

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