Eric Hinske
Eric Scott Hinske
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 5, 1977 in Menasha, WI
High School: Menasha (Menasha, WI)
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002
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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
2002 24 TOR AL 151 650 566 99 158 38 2 24 84 13 1 77 138 .279 .365 .481 .845 119 272 12 2 0 5 5 *5 RoY-1
2003 25 TOR AL 124 514 449 74 109 45 3 12 63 12 2 59 104 .243 .329 .437 .765 97 196 11 1 0 5 1 *5
2004 26 TOR AL 155 634 570 66 140 23 3 15 69 12 8 54 109 .246 .312 .375 .688 76 214 14 4 0 6 2 *5/D
2005 27 TOR AL 147 537 477 79 125 31 2 15 68 8 4 46 121 .262 .333 .430 .763 100 205 8 8 0 6 4 3D
2006 28 TOT AL 109 312 277 43 75 17 2 13 34 2 2 35 79 .271 .353 .487 .840 114 135 8 0 0 0 2 9D35/7
2006 28 TOR AL 78 224 197 35 52 9 2 12 29 1 1 27 49 .264 .353 .513 .865 121 101 6 0 0 0 2 9D5/37
2006 28 BOS AL 31 88 80 8 23 8 0 1 5 1 1 8 30 .288 .352 .425 .777 97 34 2 0 0 0 0 39/7D
2007 29 BOS AL 84 218 186 25 38 12 3 6 21 3 0 28 54 .204 .317 .398 .714 83 74 7 3 0 1 2 379/D
2008 30 TBR AL 133 432 381 59 94 21 1 20 60 10 3 47 88 .247 .333 .465 .798 109 177 13 3 0 1 4 97D3/5
2009 31 TOT MLB 93 224 190 31 46 12 0 8 25 1 0 27 52 .242 .348 .432 .780 107 82 2 5 0 2 1 95/3D7
2009 31 PIT NL 54 126 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 0 0 17 27 .255 .373 .368 .741 100 39 0 3 0 0 0 9/35D
2009 31 NYY AL 39 98 84 13 19 3 0 7 14 1 0 10 25 .226 .316 .512 .828 116 43 2 2 0 2 1 95/7D
8 Seasons 996 3521 3096 476 785 199 16 113 424 61 20 373 745 .254 .336 .438 .774 100 1355 75 26 0 26 21
162 Game Avg. 162 573 504 77 128 32 3 18 69 10 3 61 121 .254 .336 .438 .774 100 220 12 4 0 4 3
TOR (5 yrs) 655 2559 2259 353 584 146 12 78 313 46 16 263 521 .259 .337 .437 .774 100 988 51 15 0 22 14
BOS (2 yrs) 115 306 266 33 61 20 3 7 26 4 1 36 84 .229 .327 .406 .733 87 108 9 3 0 1 2
TBR (1 yr) 133 432 381 59 94 21 1 20 60 10 3 47 88 .247 .333 .465 .798 109 177 13 3 0 1 4
PIT (1 yr) 54 126 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 0 0 17 27 .255 .373 .368 .741 100 39 0 3 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 39 98 84 13 19 3 0 7 14 1 0 10 25 .226 .316 .512 .828 116 43 2 2 0 2 1
AL (8 yrs) 942 3395 2990 458 758 190 16 112 413 61 20 356 718 .254 .335 .440 .775 100 1316 75 23 0 26 21
NL (1 yr) 54 126 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 0 0 17 27 .255 .373 .368 .741 100 39 0 3 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 TOR AL 650 426 104 6.5 109 .328 .279 .269 .365 .337 .481 .432 .845 .769 119 .624 17.3 1.6 .862 .359 .201 16.9
2003 25 TOR AL 514 358 67 5.0 110 .287 .243 .272 .329 .339 .437 .436 .765 .775 97 .497 -0.6 -0.1 .754 .347 .194 12.0
2004 26 TOR AL 634 458 66 3.9 113 .277 .246 .275 .312 .344 .375 .442 .688 .786 76 .368 -21.6 -2.0 .611 .232 .130 13.3
2005 27 TOR AL 537 370 70 5.0 107 .317 .262 .271 .333 .334 .430 .429 .763 .763 100 .514 0.9 0.1 .723 .273 .168 10.4
2006 28 TOT AL 312 212 47 5.9 112 .335 .271 .277 .353 .342 .487 .441 .840 .782 114 .557 5.4 0.5 .802 .343 .217 3.5
2006 28 TOR AL 224 152 35 6.1 111 .294 .264 .275 .353 .340 .513 .438 .865 .778 121 .574 5.6 0.5 .842 .386 .249 1.8
2006 28 BOS AL 88 60 12 5.3 115 .449 .288 .281 .352 .347 .425 .447 .777 .794 97 .510 -0.2 -0.0 .700 .238 .138 1.0
2007 29 BOS AL 218 156 24 4.1 112 .252 .204 .278 .317 .346 .398 .435 .714 .781 83 .407 -5.0 -0.5 .697 .360 .194 4.0
2008 30 TBR AL 432 304 58 5.1 106 .270 .247 .269 .333 .337 .465 .423 .798 .760 109 .513 4.1 0.4 .772 .360 .218 13.3
2009 31 TOT MLB 224 148 30 5.4 104 .288 .242 .263 .348 .334 .432 .419 .780 .753 107 .545 2.9 0.3 .788 .337 .189 1.8
2009 31 PIT NL 126 79 16 5.4 104 .333 .255 .262 .373 .335 .368 .416 .741 .751 100 .555 1.0 0.1 .747 .274 .113 .0
2009 31 NYY AL 98 69 14 5.4 105 .222 .226 .264 .316 .332 .512 .423 .828 .756 116 .531 1.9 0.2 .836 .417 .286 1.8
8 Seasons 3521 2432 466 5.1 109 .297 .254 .272 .336 .339 .438 .433 .774 .772 100 .509 3.2 0.3 .746 .318 .184 79.2
162 Game Avg. 573 396 76 5.1 109 .297 .254 .272 .336 .339 .438 .433 .774 .772 100 .509 1 0 .746 .318 .184 13
TOR (5 yrs) 2559 1764 342 5.2 110 .301 .259 .272 .337 .339 .437 .435 .774 .774 100 .513 1.5 0.1 .744 .309 .179 57.9
BOS (2 yrs) 306 216 36 4.4 113 .307 .229 .279 .327 .346 .406 .438 .733 .785 87 .438 -5.3 -0.5 .698 .323 .177 5.1
TBR (1 yr) 432 304 58 5.1 106 .270 .247 .269 .333 .337 .465 .423 .798 .760 109 .513 4.1 0.4 .772 .360 .218 13.3
PIT (1 yr) 126 79 16 5.4 104 .333 .255 .262 .373 .335 .368 .416 .741 .751 100 .555 1.0 0.1 .747 .274 .113 .0
NYY (1 yr) 98 69 14 5.4 105 .222 .226 .264 .316 .332 .512 .423 .828 .756 116 .530 1.9 0.2 .836 .417 .286 1.8
AL (8 yrs) 3395 2353 450 5.1 110 .296 .254 .272 .335 .339 .440 .434 .775 .773 100 .507 2.2 0.2 .746 .319 .187 79.0
NL (1 yr) 126 79 16 5.4 104 .333 .255 .262 .373 .335 .368 .416 .741 .751 100 .555 1.0 0.1 .747 .274 .113 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
2007 29 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 BOS AL WS COL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 TBR AL WS PHI L 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 31 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 6 5 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 TOR AL 650 3.7% 21.2% 11.9% 9.9% 41% 1.79 4.1 23.6 6.7 0.64 0.94 63% 27% 10.9% 12%
2003 25 TOR AL 514 2.3% 20.2% 11.5% 11.7% 55% 1.76 4.3 37.4 7.1 0.57 0.92 66% 21% 5.9% 8%
2004 26 TOR AL 634 2.4% 17.2% 8.5% 6.5% 29% 2.02 5.2 38.0 8.3 0.75 0.94 71% 18% 6.4% 12%
2005 27 TOR AL 537 2.8% 22.5% 8.6% 8.9% 38% 2.63 3.9 31.8 7.0 0.68 0.90 65% 19% 7.7% 9%
2006 28 TOT AL 312 4.2% 25.3% 11.2% 10.3% 43% 2.26 3.5 21.3 8.1 0.68 1.13 59% 19% 11.7% 6%
2006 28 TOR AL 224 5.4% 21.9% 12.1% 10.3% 44% 1.81 4.0 16.4 6.8 0.70 1.10 61% 16% 14.5% 5%
2006 28 BOS AL 88 1.1% 34.1% 9.1% 10.2% 39% 3.75 2.7 80.0 16.0 0.61 1.23 56% 28% 3.6% 10%
2007 29 BOS AL 218 2.8% 24.8% 12.8% 9.6% 55% 1.93 3.4 31.0 8.9 0.81 1.30 58% 13% 10.2% 19%
2008 30 TBR AL 432 4.6% 20.4% 10.9% 9.7% 45% 1.87 4.3 19.1 6.4 0.67 1.04 63% 21% 13.6% 16%
2009 31 TOT MLB 224 3.6% 23.2% 12.1% 8.9% 44% 1.93 3.7 23.8 7.6 0.60 0.63 59% 19% 10.8% 15%
2009 31 PIT NL 126 0.8% 21.4% 13.5% 7.9% 37% 1.59 3.9 106.0 9.6 0.86 0.83 62% 13% 2.9% 19%
2009 31 NYY AL 98 7.1% 25.5% 10.2% 10.2% 53% 2.50 3.4 12.0 6.0 0.36 0.43 55% 26% 17.5% 11%
8 Seasons 3521 3.2% 21.2% 10.6% 9.3% 42% 2.00 4.2 27.4 7.3 0.67 0.95 64% 21% 9.1% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 TOR AL 6 0 35% 249 13 1 93% 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 17 44% 41 31 10 11 7 4 27 3 21
2003 25 TOR AL 3 0 40% 182 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 20 56% 22 16 6 8 3 5 18 1 16
2004 26 TOR AL 7 0 28% 198 12 8 60% 10 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 18 46% 32 23 9 8 3 5 16 4 12
2005 27 TOR AL 4 0 39% 163 8 4 67% 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 51% 35 21 13 4 2 2 16 3 13
2006 28 TOT AL 0 0 31% 117 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 46% 16 10 6 4 2 2 8 2 5
2006 28 TOR AL 0 0 34% 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 48% 14 9 5 3 1 2 8 2 5
2006 28 BOS AL 0 0 23% 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 29 BOS AL 2 0 30% 68 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 32% 9 6 3 4 2 2 9 7 2
2008 30 TBR AL 2 0 32% 133 10 3 77% 6 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 9 43% 19 14 5 3 2 1 13 4 9
2009 31 TOT MLB 2 0 33% 75 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 36% 14 11 2 3 1 2 8 3 5
2009 31 PIT NL 1 0 37% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 37% 10 8 1 2 0 2 7 3 4
2009 31 NYY AL 1 0 25% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 26 0 34% 1185 61 20 75% 50 17 10 3 1 0 5 1 30 92 46% 188 132 54 45 22 23 115 27 83
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 TOR AL 650 78% 158 12 0 9 2 0 1 2.04 24 0 19 20 4 15 9 0 0 0 142 12 8% 63 16 25% 396 61 15% 38 23 61% 47 22 47% 0
2003 25 TOR AL 514 71% 109 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.84 12 1 19 10 2 4 8 0 0 0 119 11 9% 49 17 35% 331 53 16% 32 16 50% 34 15 44% 0
2004 26 TOR AL 634 71% 140 8 0 5 2 1 1 1.61 15 0 27 11 4 6 9 0 0 0 129 14 11% 62 23 37% 417 56 13% 38 22 58% 31 13 42% 0
2005 27 TOR AL 537 83% 125 5 0 3 0 0 0 0.95 15 0 15 11 4 7 8 0 1 0 0% 122 8 7% 48 13 27% 358 55 15% 31 14 45% 34 14 41% 0
2006 28 TOT AL 312 82% 75 3 0 18 4 0 3 1.34 13 0 7 12 1 7 6 0 0 0 61 8 13% 26 4 15% 198 24 12% 17 6 35% 14 6 43% 0
2006 28 TOR AL 224 81% 52 2 0 12 3 0 3 1.35 12 0 5 11 1 6 6 0 0 0 44 6 14% 15 2 13% 141 19 13% 12 4 33% 8 4 50% 0
2006 28 BOS AL 88 85% 23 1 0 6 1 0 0 1.33 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 11 2 18% 57 5 9% 5 2 40% 6 2 33% 0
2007 29 BOS AL 218 89% 38 3 1 9 2 0 0 0.96 6 0 8 5 1 4 2 0 1 0 0% 44 7 16% 22 5 23% 133 16 12% 10 3 30% 12 2 17% 0
2008 30 TBR AL 432 87% 94 7 2 11 3 0 1 1.67 20 0 13 19 1 8 12 0 0 0 90 13 14% 43 9 21% 288 43 15% 30 11 37% 28 10 36% 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 224 78% 46 6 1 29 9 0 3 0.89 8 0 5 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 52 2 4% 22 4 18% 152 17 11% 15 8 53% 15 5 33% 0
2009 31 PIT NL 126 78% 27 6 1 24 8 0 2 0.83 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 0 0% 12 2 17% 85 10 12% 7 4 57% 10 3 30% 0
2009 31 NYY AL 98 79% 19 0 0 5 1 0 1 1.19 7 0 1 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 24 2 8% 10 2 20% 67 7 10% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
8 Seasons 3521 79% 785 46 4 87 22 1 9 1.25 113 1 113 94 19 53 60 0 2 0 0% 759 75 10% 335 91 27% 2273 325 14% 211 103 49% 215 87 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 TOR AL 650 2555 3.93 1539 60% 28% 18% 26% 28% 72% 2% 43% 75% 24% 7% 45 0 18% 115 45 13% 82 44 25% 0 0 0
2003 25 TOR AL 514 2101 4.09 1289 61% 27% 16% 29% 27% 73% 0% 45% 78% 26% 5% 27 0 18% 93 29 12% 61 32 21% 0 0 0
2004 26 TOR AL 634 2412 3.80 1510 63% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 1% 48% 79% 30% 6% 40 0 16% 100 40 9% 56 36 18% 0 0 0
2005 27 TOR AL 537 2083 3.88 1285 62% 23% 21% 29% 28% 77% 2% 48% 73% 28% 5% 29 0 18% 96 47 10% 52 31 14% 0 0 0
2006 28 TOT AL 312 1266 4.06 771 61% 25% 21% 28% 26% 75% 2% 46% 72% 28% 6% 18 1 17% 52 24 10% 31 18 20% 0 0 0
2006 28 TOR AL 224 884 3.95 531 60% 27% 19% 27% 28% 73% 2% 44% 74% 28% 6% 13 1 17% 37 17 11% 24 14 24% 0 0 0
2006 28 BOS AL 88 382 4.34 240 63% 21% 26% 32% 21% 79% 0% 50% 67% 28% 6% 5 0 17% 15 7 8% 7 4 13% 0 0 0
2007 29 BOS AL 218 870 3.99 511 59% 26% 20% 28% 26% 74% 1% 43% 73% 27% 6% 12 0 20% 43 23 12% 26 15 19% 0 0 0
2008 30 TBR AL 432 1680 3.89 1030 61% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 2% 44% 78% 28% 8% 36 4 18% 77 29 11% 49 26 30% 0 0 0
2009 31 TOT MLB 224 926 4.13 528 57% 30% 19% 25% 27% 70% 1% 40% 73% 21% 8% 18 1 21% 46 21 14% 31 17 29% 0 0 0
2009 31 PIT NL 126 509 4.04 286 56% 27% 21% 24% 28% 73% 0% 41% 71% 20% 8% 10 0 21% 27 11 15% 19 10 26% 0 0 0
2009 31 NYY AL 98 417 4.26 242 58% 34% 16% 25% 25% 66% 2% 38% 76% 21% 8% 8 1 19% 19 10 12% 12 7 32% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3521 13893 3.95 8463 61% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 1% 45% 76% 27% 6% 225 6 18% 622 258 11% 388 219 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 24 151 650 566 99 158 38 2 24 84 13 1 77 138 .279 .365 .481 .845 119 272 12 2 0 5 5
2003 25 275 1164 1015 173 267 83 5 36 147 25 3 136 242 .263 .349 .461 .810 109 468 23 3 0 10 6
2004 26 430 1798 1585 239 407 106 8 51 216 37 11 190 351 .257 .336 .430 .766 97 682 37 7 0 16 8
2005 27 577 2335 2062 318 532 137 10 66 284 45 15 236 472 .258 .335 .430 .765 98 887 45 15 0 22 12
2006 28 686 2647 2339 361 607 154 12 79 318 47 17 271 551 .260 .337 .437 .774 100 1022 53 15 0 22 14
2007 29 770 2865 2525 386 645 166 15 85 339 50 17 299 605 .255 .336 .434 .770 99 1096 60 18 0 23 16
2008 30 903 3297 2906 445 739 187 16 105 399 60 20 346 693 .254 .335 .438 .774 100 1273 73 21 0 24 20
2009 31 996 3521 3096 476 785 199 16 113 424 61 20 373 745 .254 .336 .438 .774 100 1355 75 26 0 26 21

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 24 151 649 565 94 157 38 2 24 79 13 77 138 .278 .364 .480 .843 98 151
2003 25 124 509 446 69 106 44 3 12 58 12 57 104 .238 .322 .430 .753 62 124
2004 26 155 623 562 60 132 22 3 14 63 11 51 109 .235 .300 .359 .660 60 155
2005 27 147 538 478 77 126 31 2 15 66 8 46 121 .264 .335 .431 .766 68 147
2006 28 109 306 273 40 71 16 2 12 32 2 33 79 .260 .340 .465 .805 43 109
2007 29 84 216 185 23 37 12 3 6 19 3 27 54 .200 .310 .395 .705 22 84
2008 30 133 429 379 57 92 21 1 20 58 10 46 88 .243 .329 .462 .790 56 133
2009 31 93 227 192 30 48 13 0 8 25 1 28 52 .250 .357 .443 .800 30 93
8 Seasons 996 3497 3080 450 769 197 16 111 400 60 365 745 .250 .332 .432 .764 439 996
162 Game Avg. 162 569 501 73 125 32 3 18 65 10 59 121 .250 .332 .432 .764 71 996

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2002 AL Rookie of the Year

Doubles s c a p y
2002 AL  38 (10th)
2003 AL  45 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 AL  138 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Jeffrey Hammonds (954)
  5. Austin Kearns (951)
  6. Mark Whiten (951)
  7. Ben Grieve (944)
  8. Michael Cuddyer (944)
  9. Chet Laabs (944)
  10. Fernando Tatis (941)
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  3. Scott Spiezio (950)
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  5. Mark Whiten (948)
  6. Jim Northrup (946)
  7. Michael Tucker (941)
  8. Milton Bradley (940)
  9. Ivan Calderon (939)
  10. Rip Repulski (935)
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  3. Joe Crede (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Hisle (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Henderson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Spiezio (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mack Jones (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brad Wilkerson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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