Aaron Hill
Aaron Walter Hill
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 21, 1982 in Visalia, CA
High School: Redwood (Visalia, CA)
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 2005
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
2005 23 TOR AL 105 407 361 49 99 25 3 3 40 2 1 34 41 .274 .342 .385 .727 92 139 5 5 3 4 0 5D46
2006 24 TOR AL 155 606 546 70 159 28 3 6 50 5 2 42 66 .291 .349 .386 .735 91 211 15 9 4 5 5 *46/D
2007 25 TOR AL 160 657 608 87 177 47 2 17 78 4 3 41 102 .291 .333 .459 .792 107 279 21 0 3 5 1 *4
2008 26 TOR AL 55 229 205 19 54 14 0 2 20 4 2 16 31 .263 .324 .361 .685 84 74 4 3 4 1 0 4
2009 27 TOR AL 158 734 682 103 195 37 0 36 108 6 2 42 98 .286 .330 .499 .829 117 340 17 5 1 4 1 *4/D AS,SS
5 Seasons 633 2633 2402 328 684 151 8 64 296 21 10 175 338 .285 .337 .434 .771 102 1043 62 22 15 19 7
162 Game Avg. 162 674 615 84 175 39 2 16 76 5 3 45 87 .285 .337 .434 .771 102 267 16 6 4 5 2

Advanced Batting

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 407 275 50 4.8 107 .299 .274 .271 .342 .334 .385 .429 .727 .762 92 .495 -3.0 -0.3 .668 .208 .111 2.4
2006 24 TOR AL 606 413 73 4.7 111 .319 .291 .275 .349 .340 .386 .438 .735 .778 91 .453 -6.5 -0.6 .656 .178 .095 5.5
2007 25 TOR AL 657 463 87 5.0 107 .324 .291 .271 .333 .338 .459 .424 .792 .762 107 .497 5.4 0.5 .705 .237 .168 6.5
2008 26 TOR AL 229 162 24 4.0 104 .301 .263 .266 .324 .333 .361 .417 .685 .751 84 .398 -4.3 -0.4 .605 .185 .098 2.7
2009 27 TOR AL 734 511 109 5.7 105 .288 .286 .264 .330 .332 .499 .423 .829 .756 117 .553 14.8 1.4 .773 .280 .213 10.3
5 Seasons 2633 1824 343 5.0 107 .307 .285 .269 .337 .336 .434 .427 .771 .763 102 .496 6.4 0.6 .699 .227 .149 31.6
162 Game Avg. 674 467 88 5.0 107 .307 .285 .269 .337 .336 .434 .427 .771 .763 102 .496 2 0 .699 .227 .149 8

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 TOR AL 27 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 407 0.7% 10.1% 8.4% 7.6% 31% 1.21 8.8 120.3 9.0 0.69 0.88 79% 22% 1.7% 8%
2006 24 TOR AL 606 1.0% 10.9% 6.9% 6.1% 23% 1.57 8.3 91.0 10.9 0.88 1.10 79% 19% 2.5% 6%
2007 25 TOR AL 657 2.6% 15.5% 6.2% 10.1% 37% 2.49 6.0 35.8 7.8 0.68 0.90 75% 23% 6.3% 10%
2008 26 TOR AL 229 0.9% 13.5% 7.0% 7.0% 30% 1.94 6.6 102.5 10.3 0.56 0.64 76% 18% 2.2% 19%
2009 27 TOR AL 734 4.9% 13.4% 5.7% 10.0% 37% 2.33 7.0 18.9 6.3 0.65 0.88 75% 21% 11.7% 14%
5 Seasons 2633 2.4% 12.8% 6.7% 8.5% 33% 1.93 7.1 37.5 8.1 0.70 0.91 77% 21% 5.9% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 23 TOR AL 4 0 34% 158 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 36% 23 19 4 3 2 1 13 4 9
2006 24 TOR AL 7 0 31% 221 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 47% 39 26 13 7 2 5 16 5 11
2007 25 TOR AL 5 0 35% 245 4 3 57% 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 13 35% 31 26 5 10 7 2 25 9 16
2008 26 TOR AL 2 0 24% 86 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 48% 13 7 5 3 1 2 5 2 3
2009 27 TOR AL 10 0 33% 301 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 19 41% 37 27 10 9 4 5 20 7 12
5 Seasons 28 0 32% 1011 21 10 68% 16 10 4 0 1 0 4 2 15 63 41% 143 105 37 32 16 15 79 27 51
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 407 29% 99 11 0 3 2 0 0 0.92 3 0 6 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 100% 70 5 7% 31 13 42% 244 37 15% 14 9 64% 36 14 39% 0
2006 24 TOR AL 606 29% 159 14 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 3 3 4 2 0 4 4 100% 110 15 14% 59 19 32% 369 45 12% 35 13 37% 37 16 43% 0
2007 25 TOR AL 657 23% 177 21 0 1 0 0 0 1.90 17 0 15 10 7 8 9 0 3 3 100% 165 21 13% 60 16 27% 444 64 14% 33 18 55% 33 18 55% 0
2008 26 TOR AL 229 24% 54 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 67% 52 4 8% 27 9 33% 149 20 13% 14 6 43% 14 9 64% 0
2009 27 TOR AL 734 25% 195 21 0 1 1 0 1 1.35 36 0 17 25 11 21 15 0 1 1 100% 174 17 10% 87 20 23% 457 73 16% 21 15 71% 47 19 40% 0
5 Seasons 2633 26% 684 76 1 5 3 0 1 1.20 64 0 58 42 22 37 27 0 17 15 88% 571 62 11% 264 77 29% 1663 239 14% 117 61 52% 167 76 46% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2005 23 TOR AL 407 1405 3.45 877 62% 28% 10% 24% 37% 72% 0% 45% 86% 33% 4% 18 0 13% 54 21 9% 37 20 37% 0 0 0
2006 24 TOR AL 606 2254 3.72 1391 62% 32% 9% 24% 35% 68% 2% 42% 87% 19% 6% 34 0 16% 99 33 9% 57 31 24% 0 0 0
2007 25 TOR AL 657 2509 3.82 1600 64% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 0% 44% 82% 22% 5% 30 1 17% 109 39 9% 60 34 21% 0 0 0
2008 26 TOR AL 229 782 3.41 504 64% 25% 13% 26% 36% 75% 0% 49% 82% 30% 4% 9 0 11% 25 9 4% 10 7 23% 0 0 0
2009 27 TOR AL 734 2542 3.46 1656 65% 22% 13% 29% 36% 78% 0% 51% 83% 35% 4% 32 3 14% 100 50 7% 53 39 19% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2633 9492 3.61 6028 64% 28% 12% 26% 35% 72% 1% 46% 84% 27% 5% 123 4 15% 387 152 8% 217 131 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 105 407 361 49 99 25 3 3 40 2 1 34 41 .274 .342 .385 .727 92 139 5 5 3 4 0
2006 24 260 1013 907 119 258 53 6 9 90 7 3 76 107 .284 .346 .386 .732 91 350 20 14 7 9 5
2007 25 420 1670 1515 206 435 100 8 26 168 11 6 117 209 .287 .341 .415 .756 97 629 41 14 10 14 6
2008 26 475 1899 1720 225 489 114 8 28 188 15 8 133 240 .284 .339 .409 .748 96 703 45 17 14 15 6
2009 27 633 2633 2402 328 684 151 8 64 296 21 10 175 338 .285 .337 .434 .771 102 1043 62 22 15 19 7

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
2005 23 105 407 363 47 101 26 3 3 38 2 35 41 .278 .346 .391 .738 48 105
2006 24 155 598 543 67 156 27 3 6 48 5 41 66 .287 .344 .381 .726 70 155
2007 25 160 640 597 84 166 44 2 16 75 4 38 102 .278 .319 .439 .758 84 160
2008 26 55 228 207 19 56 15 0 2 20 4 17 31 .271 .333 .372 .705 25 55
2009 27 158 731 680 103 193 37 0 36 108 6 42 98 .284 .328 .497 .825 109 158
5 Seasons 633 2604 2390 320 672 149 8 63 289 21 173 338 .281 .333 .429 .762 336 633
162 Game Avg. 162 666 612 82 172 38 2 16 74 5 44 87 .281 .333 .429 .762 86 633

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 (2B)

Silver Sluggers
2009-AL-2B

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL--160--6th
2009 AL--158--9th

At Bats s c a p y
2009 AL--682--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 AL--734--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 AL--103--6th

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--195--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL--340--2nd

Doubles s c a p y
2007 AL--47--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--36--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 AL--108--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--73--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL--21--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 AL--463--8th
2009 AL--511--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (720), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1646), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. J.J. Hardy (932)
  6. Russell Martin (932)
  7. Don Padgett (932)
  8. Butch Henline (931)
  9. Hal Smith (929)
  10. Earl Smith (927)
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  1. Michael Young (968)
  2. Rich Gedman (958)
  3. Jeff Blauser (954)
  4. Thurman Munson (949)
  5. Barry Larkin (946)
  6. Marcus Giles (944)
  7. Gil McDougald (940)
  8. Terry Kennedy (939)
  9. Sammy White (936)
  10. A.J. Pierzynski (934)
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  3. Yuniesky Betancourt (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Michael Young (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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