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Aaron Hill

Aaron Walter Hill

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Diamondbacks 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 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 Jun 1, 2012, 7:05PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #998. Jerry Priddy… #999. Gus Zernial… #1000. Lyle Overbay… #1001. AARON HILL… #1002. Jay Payton… #1003. Josh Willingham… #1004. Jimmy Barrett… 

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 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 4
2011 29 ARI NL 33 142 124 23 39 12 2 2 16 5 4 12 19 .315 .386 .492 .878 136 61 2 3 2 1 0 4
2012 30 ARI NL 49 200 179 19 47 8 2 5 18 5 1 19 32 .263 .340 .413 .753 100 74 3 2 0 0 4 *4
8 Yrs 957 3984 3629 478 967 208 13 103 443 49 20 270 527 .266 .322 .416 .738 94 1510 83 39 18 28 14
162 Game Avg. 162 674 614 81 164 35 2 17 75 8 3 46 89 .266 .322 .416 .738 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 92 1375 78 34 16 27 10
ARI (2 yrs) 82 342 303 42 86 20 4 7 34 10 5 31 51 .284 .359 .446 .804 115 135 5 5 2 1 4
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) 82 342 303 42 86 20 4 7 34 10 5 31 51 .284 .359 .446 .804 115 135 5 5 2 1 4

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 49 200 0 -0 -0 -3 1 -2 -0.2 6 3 0.4 .495 .499 0.6 -0.2 6 $ *4
8 Seasons 957 3984 -27 4 3 47 17 44 5.3 133 176 17.2 .504 .503 12.5 7.1 130 $12,731,000
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) 82 342 6 -0 0 1 2 8 1.0 10 17 1.9 .511 .503 1.6 0.3 16 $

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 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 46 45 44 401.0 244 89 152 3 29 .988 -1 -3 -3 -9 5.41 5.24 .985 4.86 4.81
8 Seasons 2B 825 806 753 7138.0 3998 1430 2518 50 584 .987 58 57 10 9 4.98 4.79 .985 4.86 4.81
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 939 899 832 7974.0 4365 1529 2769 67 620 .985 52 47 8 7 4.85 4.58 .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-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

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)

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 AL  1.9 (5th)
2007 AL  2.6 (3rd)
Active  7.1 (35th)

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)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (7th)

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  6.9 (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  152 (4th)

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  825 (10th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  307 (2nd)
2012 NL  89 (3rd)
Active  1,430 (13th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  560 (1st)
2009 AL  484 (1st)
2010 AL  383 (3rd)
2012 NL  152 (4th)
Active  2,518 (10th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (3rd)
2010 AL  10 (4th)
Active  50 (16th)

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)
Active  58 (5th)
Career  58 (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)
2012 NL  5.41 (3rd)
Active  4.98 (11th)
Career  4.98 (78th)

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  5.24 (2nd)
Active  4.79 (8th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2009 AL  .991 (2nd)
Active  .987 (7th)
Career  .987 (16th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1051), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2062), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Marcus Giles (930)
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  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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  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
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
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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