A.J. Hinch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: May 15, 1974 in Waverly, IA
High School: Midwest City (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1998
Final Game: September 24, 2004
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1998 OAK AL 24 C 118 109 940.1 658 602 47 9 8 .986 1.0 1.3 1 6.21 5.50 .990 7.13 6.17 8 38 68 35 34%
1999 OAK AL 25 C 73 67 566.2 399 368 26 5 4 .987 -4.0 -8.5 -4 6.26 5.40 .991 6.98 6.11 10 22 42 15 26%
2000 OAK AL 26 C 5 2 19.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 0 4.26 1.80 .990 6.92 6.02 0 1 1 1 50%
2000 OAK AL 26 DH 1
2001 KCR AL 27 C 43 37 331.2 237 220 14 3 2 .987 -1.0 -3.6 -1 6.35 5.44 .990 7.17 6.12 4 16 22 7 24%
2002 KCR AL 28 C 68 60 527.1 376 349 23 4 2 .989 -4.0 -9.1 -4 6.35 5.47 .993 6.96 6.16 2 24 39 9 19%
2003 DET AL 29 C 27 23 197.2 118 110 6 2 0 .983 -4.0 -24.3 -4 5.28 4.30 .991 6.79 5.88 2 7 23 3 12%
2004 PHI NL 30 C 4 1 25.2 19 14 5 0 0 1.000 1.0 46.8 1 6.66 4.75 .995 7.47 6.45 0 0 1 2 67%
7 Seasons C 338 299 2608.1 1817 1672 121 24 16 .987 -11.0 -5.1 -11 6.19 5.30 .991 7.04 6.13 26 108 196 72 27%
1 Season DH 1
7 Seasons TOT 338 299 2608.1 1817 1672 121 24 16 .987 -11.0 -5.1 -11 6.19 5.30 .978 7.04 6.13 26 108 196 72 27%

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
1998 OAK AL 24 120 109 120 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 OAK AL 25 76 67 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2000 OAK AL 26 6 2 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 KCR AL 27 45 37 45 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 KCR AL 28 72 60 72 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003 DET AL 29 27 23 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 PHI NL 30 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 350 299 350 338 0 338 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1998 OAK AL 24 4233 4.51 5.04 33 82% 0 0 602 22 4 13 563 45 3 0 0 13 9 0 4 5 0 8 0 1 1 7 57%
1999 OAK AL 25 2571 4.42 5.21 17 94% 0 0 368 13 2 4 349 25 6 0 0 6 5 1 1 3 1 4 0 2 2 4 75%
2000 OAK AL 26 84 1.42 1.89 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 KCR AL 27 1467 4.07 4.61 13 92% 0 0 220 9 0 4 207 14 3 0 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 67%
2002 KCR AL 28 2416 5.36 5.73 19 84% 0 1 357 8 4 10 335 18 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 6 100%
2003 DET AL 29 899 4.96 5.37 6 67% 0 0 110 4 0 4 102 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 PHI NL 30 107 2.81 2.81 2 100% 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Seasons 11777 4.60 5.14 90 86% 0 1 1680 56 10 36 1578 113 22 0 0 27 24 1 7 16 4 16 0 4 5 22 73%
MLB Averages 4.49 4.90 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1998 OAK AL 24 8 38 1521 68 35 22 34% 60 29 7 4 1 2 0 0 147 43 1.10 0.99
1999 OAK AL 25 10 22 918 42 15 10 26% 36 13 6 1 0 1 0 0 95 18 1.26 1.63
2000 OAK AL 26 0 1 30 1 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.72 0.80
2001 KCR AL 27 4 16 563 22 7 6 24% 21 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 50 8 1.12 0.99
2002 KCR AL 28 2 24 891 39 9 7 19% 31 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 86 11 1.32 1.39
2003 DET AL 29 2 7 334 23 3 2 12% 21 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 38 3 1.09 1.94
2004 PHI NL 30 0 0 37 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.40 2.12
7 Seasons 26 108 4294 196 72 49 27% 171 61 24 6 1 5 1 0 420 86 1.18 1.24
MLB Averages 31% 1.27 1.23

* 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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