Ken Hill
Kenneth Wade Hill
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 14, 1965 in Lynn, MA
School: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1988
Final Game: April 18, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 STL NL 22 P 4 1 14.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.75 .967 1.93 0.70
1989 STL NL 23 P 33 33 196.2 44 12 31 1 1 .977 1.97 1.30 .945 1.87 0.63
1990 STL NL 24 P 17 14 78.2 18 7 10 1 1 .944 1.94 1.00 .956 1.80 0.58
1991 STL NL 25 P 30 30 181.1 43 15 26 2 1 .953 2.03 1.37 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 MON NL 26 P 33 33 218.0 61 21 36 4 3 .934 2.35 1.73 .956 1.94 0.60
1993 MON NL 27 P 28 28 183.2 63 24 38 1 2 .984 3.04 2.21 .951 1.84 0.54
1994 MON NL 28 P 23 23 154.2 50 15 33 2 2 .960 2.79 2.09 .958 1.86 0.54 AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1995 TOT MLB 29 P 30 29 185.0 59 23 35 1 2 .983 2.82 1.93 .958 1.82 0.52
1995 STL NL 29 P 18 18 110.1 34 13 20 1 1 .971 2.69 1.83 .956 1.84 0.51
1995 CLE AL 29 P 12 11 74.2 25 10 15 0 1 1.000 3.01 2.08 .960 1.80 0.53
1996 TEX AL 30 P 35 35 250.2 60 22 37 1 5 .983 2.12 1.69 .958 1.77 0.52 CYA-6
1997 TOT AL 31 P 31 31 190.0 54 17 37 0 2 1.000 2.56 1.74 .952 1.71 0.49
1997 TEX AL 31 P 19 19 111.0 38 13 25 0 1 1.000 3.08 2.00 .953 1.71 0.49
1997 ANA AL 31 P 12 12 79.0 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.82 1.33 .950 1.71 0.49
1998 ANA AL 32 P 19 19 103.0 34 14 20 0 3 1.000 2.97 1.79 .956 1.78 0.50
1999 ANA AL 33 P 26 22 128.1 31 6 25 0 3 1.000 2.17 1.19 .948 1.69 0.47
2000 TOT AL 34 P 18 17 81.2 20 5 14 1 1 .950 2.09 1.06 .960 1.62 0.46
2000 ANA AL 34 P 16 16 78.2 19 5 13 1 1 .947 2.06 1.13 .958 1.62 0.46
2000 CHW AL 34 P 2 1 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.50 0.45
2001 TBD AL 35 P 5 0 7.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 4.91 0.80 .960 1.72 0.48
14 Seasons P 332 315 1973.0 545 183 347 15 26 .972 2.42 1.60 .954 1.81 0.54
14 Seasons TOT 332 315 1973.0 545 183 347 15 26 .972 2.42 1.60 .927 1.81 0.54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1988 STL NL 22 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 23 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 STL NL 24 17 14 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 STL NL 25 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 26 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MON NL 27 29 28 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 MON NL 28 24 23 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 STL NL 29 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 29 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 30 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 31 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 ANA AL 31 12 1 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ANA AL 32 19 1 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 33 26 1 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ANA AL 34 16 2 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHW AL 34 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TBD AL 35 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 334 185 194 332 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 STL NL 22 65 82% 45% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 23 901 76% 37% 35 94% 0 12 2 7 31 27 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1990 STL NL 24 362 75% 26% 12 100% 0 8 0 7 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1991 STL NL 25 780 75% 30% 28 96% 1 15 0 11 26 22 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 100%
1992 MON NL 26 962 76% 34% 35 97% 0 21 0 18 36 27 4 4 2 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 10 90%
1993 MON NL 27 818 79% 38% 42 95% 2 25 1 18 37 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 100%
1994 MON NL 28 673 80% 41% 32 94% 0 15 0 14 32 26 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1995 STL NL 29 517 82% 37% 26 88% 1 13 2 9 20 16 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1995 CLE AL 29 338 76% 36% 19 84% 1 9 1 7 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1996 TEX AL 30 1098 75% 30% 47 89% 0 22 4 17 37 27 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 5 0 6 83%
1997 TEX AL 31 516 76% 33% 32 91% 0 13 1 9 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1997 ANA AL 31 356 78% 33% 16 88% 2 4 0 3 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1998 ANA AL 32 488 78% 32% 25 92% 0 14 3 9 20 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 100%
1999 ANA AL 33 599 74% 31% 25 96% 0 6 0 4 25 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 4 75%
2000 ANA AL 34 406 74% 26% 14 93% 0 4 1 3 13 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
2000 CHW AL 34 22 73% 9% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2001 TBD AL 35 42 79% 26% 4 75% 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 8943 77% 33% 395 93% 7 183 16 137 346 273 28 15 4 1 10 6 27 20 26 1 80 93%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 85%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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