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Aaron Hill

Aaron Walter Hill

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 21, 1982 in Visalia, CA
High School: Redwood HS (Visalia, CA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Diamondbacks 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$46M (12-16) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.136, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Casey Close [*]
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #657. Jeromy Burnitz… #658. Coco Crisp… #659. Jose Vidro… #660. AARON HILL… #661. Tom Brunansky… #662. Vic Power… #663. Clete Boyer… 

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 85 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 .829 114 340 17 5 1 4 1 *4/D AS,MVP-12,SS
2010 28 TOR AL 138 580 528 70 108 22 0 26 68 2 2 41 85 .205 .271 .394 .665 78 208 8 8 1 2 2 *4/D
2011 29 TOT MLB 137 571 520 61 128 27 3 8 61 21 7 35 72 .246 .299 .356 .655 77 185 10 7 2 7 1 *4
2011 29 TOR AL 104 429 396 38 89 15 1 6 45 16 3 23 53 .225 .270 .313 .584 58 124 8 4 0 6 1 4
2011 29 ARI NL 33 142 124 23 39 12 2 2 16 5 4 12 19 .315 .386 .492 .878 137 61 2 3 2 1 0 4
2012 30 ARI NL 156 668 609 93 184 44 6 26 85 14 5 52 86 .302 .360 .522 .882 131 318 15 4 1 2 7 *4 MVP-26,SS
8 Yrs 1064 4452 4059 552 1104 244 17 124 510 58 24 303 581 .272 .327 .432 .759 100 1754 95 41 19 30 17
162 Game Avg. 162 678 618 84 168 37 3 19 78 9 4 46 88 .272 .327 .432 .759 100 267 14 6 3 5 3
TOR (7 yrs) 875 3642 3326 436 881 188 9 96 409 39 15 239 476 .265 .318 .413 .732 92 1375 78 34 16 27 10
ARI (2 yrs) 189 810 733 116 223 56 8 28 101 19 9 64 105 .304 .364 .517 .881 132 379 17 7 3 3 7
AL (7 yrs) 875 3642 3326 436 881 188 9 96 409 39 15 239 476 .265 .318 .413 .732 92 1375 78 34 16 27 10
NL (2 yrs) 189 810 733 116 223 56 8 28 101 19 9 64 105 .304 .364 .517 .881 132 379 17 7 3 3 7

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 Awards
2005 23 TOR AL 105 407 -3 2 -0 3 -2 0 0.1 14 14 1.3 .500 .500 1.0 0.2 11 5D46
2006 24 TOR AL 155 606 -5 3 0 13 5 16 1.8 21 37 3.6 .510 .510 2.3 1.9 24 $336,000 *46/D
2007 25 TOR AL 160 657 4 -2 -1 22 3 26 2.8 22 48 4.8 .516 .516 2.6 2.6 27 $395,000 *4
2008 26 TOR AL 55 229 -4 0 -0 -1 1 -4 -0.3 8 4 0.4 .493 .498 0.5 0.1 5 $410,000 4
2009 27 TOR AL 158 734 16 0 1 13 3 32 3.4 25 57 5.6 .520 .520 4.4 1.7 44 $2,590,000 *4/D AS,MVP-12,SS
2010 28 TOR AL 138 580 -15 -1 3 -2 3 -13 -1.2 20 7 0.6 .490 .492 0.8 0.2 9 $4,000,000 *4/D
2011 29 TOR AL 104 429 -25 2 1 -2 2 -22 -2.3 15 -8 -1.0 .477 .485 -0.7 0.1 -6 $5,000,000 4
2011 29 ARI NL 33 142 6 -0 0 4 1 10 1.1 4 14 1.5 .533 .507 1.0 0.5 10 4
2012 30 ARI NL 156 668 24 2 -1 -2 3 25 2.8 19 44 4.6 .517 .517 4.7 0.2 46 $5,500,000 *4 MVP-26,SS
8 Seasons 1064 4452 -4 6 2 48 19 71 8.3 146 217 21.4 .507 .505 16.6 7.5 169 $18,231,000
TOR (7 yrs) 875 3642 -33 4 3 46 15 36 4.3 124 159 15.3 .504 .503 10.9 6.8 113 $12,731,000
ARI (2 yrs) 189 810 29 2 -1 2 4 35 3.9 23 58 6.1 .520 .512 5.7 0.7 56 $5,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 29 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 5 23 18 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 .278 .435 .444 .879 8 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 5 23 18 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 .278 .435 .444 .879 8 1 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
2005 TOR AL 23 3B 35 32 30 286.2 99 21 73 5 8 .949 1 3 3 13 2.95 2.69 .957 2.76 2.73
2005 TOR AL 23 DH 34 31
2005 TOR AL 23 2B 22 19 19 177.2 111 33 77 1 15 .991 4 0 30 0 5.57 5.00 .983 4.96 4.90
2005 TOR AL 23 SS 16 15 10 121.0 66 18 48 0 9 1.000 3 0 26 0 4.91 4.13 .972 4.60 4.55
2006 TOR AL 24 2B 112 106 84 912.0 526 174 345 7 93 .987 14 26 18 34 5.12 4.63 .986 4.92 4.85
2006 TOR AL 24 SS 63 46 39 428.1 202 60 130 12 19 .941 -10 -13 -27 -36 3.99 3.02 .970 4.49 4.42
2006 TOR AL 24 DH 1 1
2007 TOR AL 25 2B 160 158 156 1410.0 818 244 560 14 114 .983 22 22 19 19 5.13 5.03 .985 4.98 4.92
2008 TOR AL 26 2B 55 53 51 479.0 238 87 150 1 27 .996 -4 -1 -9 -3 4.45 4.31 .987 5.01 4.96
2009 TOR AL 27 2B 156 155 150 1372.0 798 307 484 7 129 .991 11 13 10 11 5.19 5.07 .986 4.76 4.70 AS,MVP-12,SS
2009 TOR AL 27 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-12,SS
2010 TOR AL 28 2B 137 137 122 1188.0 628 235 383 10 89 .984 3 -2 3 -2 4.68 4.51 .984 4.80 4.75
2010 TOR AL 28 DH 1 1
2011 TOT MLB 29 2B 137 133 127 1198.1 635 261 367 7 88 .989 8 2 8 2 4.72 4.58 .984 4.76 4.74
2011 TOR AL 29 2B 104 101 97 915.1 480 193 280 7 71 .985 2 -2 3 -3 4.65 4.55 .984 4.76 4.73
2011 ARI NL 29 2B 33 32 30 283.0 155 68 87 0 17 1.000 6 4 25 17 4.93 4.70 .985 4.76 4.75
2012 ARI NL 30 2B 153 151 144 1336.2 757 264 487 6 94 .992 14 -2 13 -2 5.06 4.91 .984 4.77 4.72 MVP-26,SS
8 Seasons 2B 932 912 853 8073.2 4511 1605 2853 53 649 .988 73 58 11 8 4.97 4.78 .985 4.84 4.79
2 Seasons SS 79 61 49 549.1 268 78 178 12 28 .955 -7 -13 -15 -28 4.19 3.24 .970 4.51 4.45
1 Season 3B 35 32 30 286.2 99 21 73 5 8 .949 1 3 3 12 2.95 2.69 .957 2.76 2.73
8 Seasons TOT 1046 1005 932 8909.2 4878 1704 3104 70 685 .986 67 48 9 5 4.86 4.60 .984 4.76 4.70
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 AL Comeback Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (12, 6%)
2012 NL (26, 1%)
0.07 Career Shares (1028th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (2B)
2012 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.6 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.7 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 AL  1.9 (5th)
2007 AL  2.6 (3rd)
Active  7.5 (38th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 NL  .522 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 NL  .882 (8th)

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)
2012 NL  609 (8th)

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

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 AL  103 (6th)
2012 NL  93 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  195 (5th)
2012 NL  184 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  340 (2nd)
2012 NL  318 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
2007 AL  47 (3rd)
2012 NL  44 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  36 (3rd)

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

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 NL  131 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 NL  112 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  73 (6th)
2012 NL  76 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 NL  240 (10th)

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

SB % s c a p y
2011 AL  84.21 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.0 (40th)

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

Assists† s c a p y
2006 AL  475 (2nd)
2007 AL  560 (1st)
2009 AL  484 (1st)
2012 NL  487 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2006 AL  19 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2007 AL  23 (2nd)
Active  67 (18th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  160 (1st)
2009 AL  156 (3rd)
2010 AL  137 (4th)
2012 NL  153 (2nd)
Active  932 (10th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  307 (2nd)
2012 NL  264 (2nd)
Active  1,605 (12th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  560 (1st)
2009 AL  484 (1st)
2010 AL  383 (3rd)
2012 NL  487 (1st)
Active  2,853 (9th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (3rd)
2010 AL  10 (4th)
Active  53 (17th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  114 (2nd)
2009 AL  129 (1st)
2010 AL  89 (4th)
2011 AL  71 (5th)
2012 NL  94 (3rd)
Active  649 (11th)
Career  649 (93rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2006 AL  14 (2nd)
2007 AL  23 (1st)
2009 AL  11 (2nd)
2011 NL  6 (4th)
2012 NL  14 (2nd)
Active  73 (2nd)
Career  73 (8th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.12 (5th)
2007 AL  5.13 (5th)
2009 AL  5.19 (1st)
2012 NL  5.06 (4th)
Active  4.97 (11th)
Career  4.97 (80th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  5.03 (4th)
2009 AL  5.07 (1st)
2011 AL  4.55 (5th)
2012 NL  4.91 (2nd)
Active  4.78 (7th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  .991 (2nd)
2012 NL  .992 (4th)
Active  .988 (6th)
Career  .988 (14th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (770), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (897), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (766), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (72nd), 21.4 career WAR/22.0 7yr-peak WAR/21.7 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
200624Toronto Blue Jays$336,000
200725Toronto Blue Jays$395,000
200826Toronto Blue Jays$410,000
200927Toronto Blue Jays$2,590,000
201028Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,000
201129Toronto Blue Jays$5,000,000
201230Arizona Diamondbacks$5,500,000contracts
201331Arizona Diamondbacks$5,500,000
201432Arizona Diamondbacks$11,000,000
201533Arizona Diamondbacks$12,000,000
201634Arizona Diamondbacks$12,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,231,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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