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Aaron Hill

Aaron Walter Hill

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Diamondbacks 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$12M (08-11), 2 yrs/$11M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.136, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Casey Close [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 8:08PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1007. Jimmy Slagle… #1008. Hubie Brooks… #1009. Tom Brown… #1010. AARON HILL… #1011. Brian McRae… #1012. Craig Counsell… #1013. Mike Macfarlane… 

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 0 546
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
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 .829 115 340 17 5 1 4 1 *4 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
2011 29 TOT MLB 137 571 520 61 128 27 3 8 61 21 7 35 72 .246 .299 .356 .655 76 185 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 57 124 8 4 0 6 1 44
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 44
7 Seasons 908 3784 3450 459 920 200 11 98 425 44 19 251 495 .267 .321 .416 .737 94 1436 80 37 18 28 10
162 Game Avg. 162 675 616 82 164 36 2 17 76 8 3 45 88 .267 .321 .416 .737 94 256 14 7 3 5 2
TOR (7 yrs) 875 3642 3326 436 881 188 9 96 409 39 15 239 476 .265 .318 .413 .732 93 1375 78 34 16 27 10
ARI (1 yr) 33 142 124 23 39 12 2 2 16 5 4 12 19 .315 .386 .492 .878 137 61 2 3 2 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 875 3642 3326 436 881 188 9 96 409 39 15 239 476 .265 .318 .413 .732 93 1375 78 34 16 27 10
NL (1 yr) 33 142 124 23 39 12 2 2 16 5 4 12 19 .315 .386 .492 .878 137 61 2 3 2 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 Awards
2005 23 TOR AL 407 -2 2 0 0 8 -2 14 20 2.0 12 1.2 0.8 $ 546
2006 24 TOR AL 606 -9 3 0 0 4 4 21 23 2.3 19 1.9 0.4 $336,000 *46
2007 25 TOR AL 657 6 -2 0 -1 22 3 23 52 5.2 29 2.9 2.3 $395,000 *4
2008 26 TOR AL 229 -4 1 0 0 -4 1 8 2 0.2 6 0.6 -0.4 $410,000 4
2009 27 TOR AL 734 13 1 2 1 11 3 22 53 5.1 42 4.0 1.1 $2,590,000 *4 AS,MVP-12,SS
2010 28 TOR AL 580 -18 -1 2 3 3 2 20 11 1.1 8 0.8 0.3 $4,000,000 *4
2011 29 TOR AL 429 -24 1 -1 1 2 2 14 -4 -0.4 -6 -0.6 0.2 $5,000,000 44
2011 29 ARI NL 142 7 0 -1 0 6 1 4 17 1.7 11 1.1 0.6 $ 44
7 Seasons 3784 -31 6 2 4 53 14 126 174 17.2 121 11.9 5.3 $12,731,000
TOR (7 yrs) 3642 -38 5 3 4 47 14 122 157 15.5 110 10.8 4.7 $12,731,000
ARI (1 yr) 142 7 0 -1 0 6 1 4 17 1.7 11 1.1 0.6 $

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

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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 99 21 73 5 8 .949 1 2 2.69 .957 2.73
2005 TOR AL 23 2B 22 111 33 77 1 15 .991 4 0 5.00 .983 4.90
2005 TOR AL 23 SS 16 66 18 48 0 9 1.000 3 -1 4.13 .972 4.55
2005 TOR AL 23 DH 31 31
2006 TOR AL 24 2B 112 526 174 345 7 93 .987 14 25 4.63 .986 4.85
2006 TOR AL 24 SS 63 202 60 130 12 19 .941 -10 -14 3.02 .970 4.42
2006 TOR AL 24 DH 1 1
2007 TOR AL 25 2B 160 818 244 560 14 114 .983 22 21 5.03 .985 4.92
2008 TOR AL 26 2B 55 238 87 150 1 27 .996 -4 -2 4.31 .987 4.96
2009 TOR AL 27 2B 156 798 307 484 7 129 .991 11 19 5.07 .986 4.70 AS,MVP-12,SS
2009 TOR AL 27 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-12,SS
2010 TOR AL 28 2B 137 628 235 383 10 89 .984 3 9 4.51 .984 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 7 8 7 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 3 3 4 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
7 Seasons 2B 779 133 127 1198.1 3754 1341 2366 47 555 .987 59 79 59 79 4.72 4.76 .985 4.76 4.81
2 Seasons SS 79 268 78 178 12 28 .955 -7 -15 3.24 .970 4.45
1 Season 3B 35 99 21 73 5 8 .949 1 2 2.69 .957 2.73
7 Seasons TOT 893 133 127 1198.1 4121 1440 2617 64 591 .984 52 66 53 66 4.72 4.54 .983 4.76 4.69
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 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%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (2B)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.3 (2nd)
Active  5.3 (36th)

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)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.0 (42nd)

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)

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

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

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  160 (1st)
2009 AL  156 (3rd)
2010 AL  137 (4th)
Active  779 (11th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  307 (2nd)
Active  1,341 (15th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  560 (1st)
2009 AL  484 (1st)
2010 AL  383 (3rd)
Active  2,366 (11th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (3rd)
2010 AL  10 (4th)
Active  47 (17th)

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 (3rd)
Active  59 (5th)
Career  59 (15th)

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)
Active  4.72 (12th)
Career  4.72 (35th)

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)
Active  4.76 (8th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  .991 (2nd)
Active  .987 (8th)
Career  .987 (16th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (998), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jose Lopez (950)
  2. Charlie Neal (931)
  3. Marcus Giles (930)
  4. Mark Ellis (926)
  5. Mark DeRosa (924)
  6. Tim Teufel (923)
  7. Jim Morrison (922)
  8. Tony Bernazard (920)
  9. Aaron Ward (916)
  10. Mike Lansing (915)
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  2. Frank Bolling (936)
  3. Damion Easley (932)
  4. Marcus Giles (930)
  5. Davey Johnson (926)
  6. Bret Boone (925)
  7. Todd Zeile (924)
  8. Bobby Grich (922)
  9. Gil McDougald (921)
  10. Orlando Cabrera (921)
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  3. Adam Kennedy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Michael Young (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brandon Phillips (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brandon Phillips (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
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$5,500,000
201331Arizona Diamondbacks$5,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,731,000Does not include future salaries
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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