Eric Hillman

John Eric Hillman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 10", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: April 27, 1966 in Gary, IN
School: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)
Drafted
by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1992
Team: Mets 1992-1994

Final Game: May 30, 1994
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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
1992 26 NYM NL 11 18 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -56 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
1993 27 NYM NL 27 51 44 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .159 .178 .182 .360 -2 8 0 1 6 0 0 1
1994 28 NYM NL 11 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
3 Yrs 49 78 65 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 9 0 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 258 215 7 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 30 0 3 40 0 0

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
1992 26 NYM NL 11 18 -3 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1993 27 NYM NL 27 51 -7 -0 0 0 7 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1994 28 NYM NL 11 9 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $170,000 1
3 Seasons 49 78 -13 -1 0 0 10 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.3 .492 .499 -0.4 0.0 -1 $170,000

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
1992 26 NYM NL 18 17 0 0.0 91 .167 .077 .258 .077 .323 .077 .380 .154 .703 -56 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1993 27 NYM NL 51 43 2 1.2 102 .233 .159 .269 .178 .334 .182 .409 .360 .743 -2 .083 -6.4 -0.6 .243 .023 .023
1994 28 NYM NL 9 9 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .273 .000 .340 .000 .427 .000 .768 -100 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
3 Yrs 78 69 2 0.8 101 .200 .123 .267 .136 .332 .138 .406 .275 .738 -25 .038 -11.5 -1.2 .175 .015 .015
162 Game Avg. 258 228 7 0.8 101 .200 .123 .267 .136 .332 .138 .406 .275 .738 -25 .038 -11.5 -1.2 .175 .015 .015

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
1992 26 NYM NL 18 0.0% 38.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.9 5.00 9.00 33% 0% 100%
1993 27 NYM NL 51 0.0% 27.5% 0.0% 2.0% 14% 3.1 0.87 1.64 59% 22% 0.0% 27%
1994 28 NYM NL 9 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.33 0.50 44% 0% 0.0% 33%
3 Yrs 78 0.0% 32.1% 0.0% 1.3% 13% 2.6 1.00 1.81 51% 15% 0.0% 32%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.1% 30% 1.74 5.9 39.3 8.0 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.6% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 26 NYM NL -2.7 -0.3 19 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .65 -0.4 -0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.98 -3.6 0
1993 27 NYM NL -6.5 -0.6 52 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .78 -0.7 -0.0 -6.2 -0.6 0.81 -7.6 0
1994 28 NYM NL -2.4 -0.2 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .94 -0.3 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.92 -2.8 0
3 Yrs -11.5 -1.2 80 -1.1 0.2 -1.4 .77 -1.3 -0.1 -13.0 -1.3 0.87 -14.0 0

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
1992 26 NYM NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 NYM NL 0 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1994 28 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 0 0 22% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0

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
1992 26 NYM NL 18 56% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 5 0 0% 6 2 33% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 NYM NL 51 82% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 10 0 0% 10 1 10% 21 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 28 NYM NL 9 44% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 78 72% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 86% 17 0 0% 18 3 17% 35 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 36% 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
1992 26 NYM NL 18 53 2.94 44 83% 14% 34% 27% 25% 86% 0% 72% 61% 83% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 27 NYM NL 49 147 3.00 123 84% 7% 28% 35% 28% 92% 0% 77% 68% 63% 2% 1 0 8% 4 2 2% 1 1 0% 2 0 1
1994 28 NYM NL 8 21 2.63 19 90% 0% 42% 32% 26% 100% 0% 90% 58% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
3 Yrs 75 221 2.95 186 84% 8% 31% 33% 27% 91% 0% 77% 65% 72% 1% 1 0 5% 4 2 1% 1 1 0% 3 0 1
MLB Averages 3.66 61% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1992 26 11 18 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -56 1 0 0 5 0 0
1993 27 38 69 57 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .140 .155 .158 .313 -14 9 0 1 11 0 0
1994 28 49 78 65 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 9 0 1 12 0 0

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
1992 26 11 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1993 27 27 50 43 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 .140 .159 .163 .322 1 27
1994 28 15 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
3 Yrs 53 80 67 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 .090 .103 .104 .207 1 49
162 Game Avg. 162 245 205 6 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 83 .090 .103 .104 .207 3 49

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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