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Bobby Hill

William Robert Hill

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 3, 1978 in San Jose, CA
High School: Leland (Leland, CA)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed December 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 2002-2005
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: July 20, 2005
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Standard Batting

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
2002 24 CHC NL 59 215 190 26 48 7 2 4 20 6 1 17 42 .253 .327 .374 .701 148 71 0 4 4 0 4
2003 25 TOT NL 6 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .286 .730 168 2 1 0 0 0 0 /4
2003 25 CHC NL 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 139 1 1 0 0 0 0 /4
2003 25 PIT NL 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 204 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
2004 26 PIT NL 126 267 233 28 62 7 2 2 27 0 3 20 39 .266 .353 .339 .692 150 79 12 12 1 1 2
2005 27 PIT NL 58 105 93 12 25 6 0 0 11 0 0 9 17 .269 .343 .333 .676 157 31 3 2 0 1 0
4 Seasons 249 596 523 67 137 20 4 6 58 6 4 48 100 .262 .343 .350 .693 151 183 16 18 5 2 6
162 Game Avg. 162 388 340 44 89 13 3 4 38 4 3 31 65 .262 .343 .350 .693 151 119 10 12 3 1 4
PIT (3 yrs) 185 376 329 41 88 13 2 2 38 0 3 30 56 .267 .352 .337 .689 152 111 15 14 1 2 2
CHC (2 yrs) 64 220 194 26 49 7 2 4 20 6 1 18 44 .253 .329 .371 .700 148 72 1 4 4 0 4

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
2002 24 CHC NL 215 -6 1 -2 1 -2 1 6 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $
2003 25 CHC NL 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /4
2003 25 PIT NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
2004 26 PIT NL 267 -4 -1 0 -3 -6 1 8 -6 -0.7 1 0.1 -0.8 $315,000
2005 27 PIT NL 105 -3 -1 0 0 -2 0 3 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $326,000
4 Seasons 596 -13 -1 -2 -2 -10 2 17 -11 -1.2 1 0.1 -1.3 $641,000
PIT (3 yrs) 376 -7 -2 0 -3 -8 1 11 -9 -1.0 0 0.0 -1.0 $641,000
CHC (2 yrs) 220 -6 1 -2 1 -2 1 6 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $

Advanced Batting

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
2002 24 CHC NL 215 147 25 4.6 54 .306 .253 .207 .327 .260 .374 .306 .701 .566 148 .476 9.6 0.9 .678 .237 .121 4.8
2003 25 TOT NL 9 6 1 4.5 52 .400 .286 .201 .444 .256 .286 .303 .730 .559 168 .454 0.6 0.1 .667 .286 .000
2003 25 CHC NL 5 4 0 0.0 52 .500 .250 .201 .400 .256 .250 .302 .650 .558 139 .000 0.2 0.0 .500 .250 .000
2003 25 PIT NL 4 2 1 13.4 53 .333 .333 .202 .500 .257 .333 .303 .833 .560 204 .861 0.4 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
2004 26 PIT NL 267 188 26 3.7 52 .311 .266 .200 .353 .255 .339 .306 .692 .560 150 .364 12.5 1.2 .581 .146 .073 .0
2005 27 PIT NL 105 72 11 4.1 44 .325 .269 .194 .343 .246 .333 .284 .676 .530 157 .422 5.5 0.5 .592 .161 .065
4 Seasons 596 413 63 4.1 52 .313 .262 .201 .343 .255 .350 .302 .693 .557 151 .416 28.2 2.7 .618 .184 .088 6.0
162 Game Avg. 388 269 41 4.1 52 .313 .262 .201 .343 .255 .350 .302 .693 .557 151 .416 18 2 .618 .184 .088 4
PIT (3 yrs) 376 262 38 3.9 50 .315 .267 .198 .352 .252 .337 .299 .689 .552 152 .389 18.5 1.8 .587 .152 .070 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 220 151 25 4.4 54 .308 .253 .206 .329 .260 .371 .306 .700 .566 148 .463 9.8 0.9 .673 .237 .119 4.8

Ratio Batting*

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
2002 24 CHC NL 215 1.9% 19.5% 7.9% 6.1% 27% 2.47 4.5 47.5 9.5 0.92 1.64 67% 24% 6.1% 11%
2003 25 TOT NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.5 0.67 3.00 56% 40% 0.0% 0%
2003 25 CHC NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.0 1.00 40% 50% 0.0% 0%
2003 25 PIT NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.50 1.00 75% 33% 0.0% 0%
2004 26 PIT NL 267 0.8% 14.6% 7.5% 4.1% 18% 1.95 6.0 116.5 8.6 0.97 1.53 72% 20% 2.2% 7%
2005 27 PIT NL 105 0.0% 16.2% 8.6% 5.7% 24% 1.89 5.5 8.5 1.26 1.79 73% 18% 0.0% 18%
4 Seasons 596 1.0% 16.8% 8.1% 5.0% 22% 2.08 5.2 87.2 9.0 1.00 1.62 70% 21% 3.2% 10%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.96 5.3 32.1 7.7 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 24 CHC NL -4.1 -0.4 226 0.7 4.0 -3.4 1.01 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.96 -0.9 1.66 3
2003 25 TOT NL 0.1 0.0 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .71 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.07 -0.5 1.09 3
2003 25 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .94 -0.0 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 1.29 -0.8 1.56 2
2003 25 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .42 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.80 0.3 0.15 1
2004 26 PIT NL -5.7 -0.5 271 0.3 5.3 -5.0 1.09 -0.5 0.8 -5.9 -0.6 0.97 -7.3 1.13 60
2005 27 PIT NL -2.2 -0.2 105 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 1.10 -0.2 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.94 -2.3 1.20 31
4 Seasons -11.9 -1.2 611 0.6 11.1 -10.5 1.05 -0.7 1.3 -6.5 -0.6 0.96 -11.0 1.17 97

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2002 24 CHC NL 1 0 34% 96 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 47% 8 6 2 4 2 2 5 1 4
2003 25 TOT NL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 PIT NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 PIT NL 2 0 28% 97 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 26% 20 17 3 5 3 2 14 8 5
2005 27 PIT NL 1 0 33% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 53% 9 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 2
4 Seasons 4 0 31% 238 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 36% 38 28 9 12 6 6 22 10 11

Situational Hitting*

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
2002 24 CHC NL 215 100% 48 3 1 3 1 0 0 1.66 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 4 4 100% 27 0 0% 18 8 44% 109 16 15% 12 7 58% 9 7 78% 0
2003 25 TOT NL 9 100% 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2003 25 CHC NL 5 100% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2003 25 PIT NL 4 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 PIT NL 267 100% 62 2 0 60 16 2 9 1.13 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 41 12 29% 19 8 42% 183 28 15% 18 10 56% 11 8 73% 0
2005 27 PIT NL 105 100% 25 2 0 31 9 0 4 1.20 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 14% 8 2 25% 67 11 16% 9 7 78% 4 2 50% 0
4 Seasons 596 100% 137 7 1 97 26 2 13 1.17 6 0 23 6 0 2 4 0 5 5 100% 93 16 17% 47 19 40% 365 55 15% 39 24 62% 25 18 72% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2002 24 CHC NL 215 824 3.83 510 62% 31% 11% 28% 30% 69% 4% 42% 85% 24% 4% 8 0 14% 31 12 9% 20 12 40% 0 0 0
2003 25 TOT NL 9 37 4.11 23 62% 30% 13% 35% 22% 70% 0% 43% 81% 33% 0% 0 0 11% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2003 25 CHC NL 5 23 4.60 14 61% 36% 14% 36% 14% 64% 0% 39% 78% 20% 0% 0 0 20% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2003 25 PIT NL 4 14 3.50 9 64% 22% 11% 33% 33% 78% 0% 50% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 PIT NL 267 979 3.67 590 60% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 2% 43% 82% 34% 5% 13 1 12% 31 10 9% 24 18 36% 0 0 0
2005 27 PIT NL 105 374 3.56 227 61% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 0% 42% 82% 31% 5% 5 0 15% 16 6 10% 10 8 53% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 596 2214 3.71 1350 61% 30% 12% 26% 32% 70% 2% 43% 83% 30% 4% 26 1 13% 79 29 9% 54 38 41% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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
2002 24 59 215 190 26 48 7 2 4 20 6 1 17 42 .253 .327 .374 .701 148 71 0 4 4 0 4
2003 25 65 224 197 27 50 7 2 4 20 6 1 19 44 .254 .332 .371 .702 149 73 1 4 4 0 4
2004 26 191 491 430 55 112 14 4 6 47 6 4 39 83 .260 .344 .353 .697 149 152 13 16 5 1 6
2005 27 249 596 523 67 137 20 4 6 58 6 4 48 100 .262 .343 .350 .693 151 183 16 18 5 2 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2002 24 59 212 191 27 49 7 2 4 21 6 17 42 .257 .330 .377 .707 23 59
2003 25 6 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .286 .730 1 6
2004 26 126 265 232 27 61 7 2 2 26 0 20 39 .263 .351 .336 .687 25 126
2005 27 58 105 93 12 25 6 0 0 11 0 9 17 .269 .343 .333 .676 10 58
4 Seasons 249 591 523 67 137 20 4 6 58 6 48 100 .262 .343 .350 .693 59 249
162 Game Avg. 162 385 340 44 89 13 3 4 38 4 31 65 .262 .343 .350 .693 38 249

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 NL  12 (8th)

                                         

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