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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 TOR AL 24 3B 148 141 1259.1 369 103 246 20 14 .946 -6.0 -5.7 -4.0 -4.6 0.6 -2 2.49 2.36 .951 2.68 2.40 RoY-1
2003 TOR AL 25 3B 124 120 1063.2 315 80 213 22 13 .930 -12.0 -13.5 -11.0 -9.0 -2.0 -1 2.48 2.36 .956 2.67 2.35
2004 TOR AL 26 3B 153 148 1310.2 358 107 243 8 23 .978 -12.9 -11.8 -12.9 -0.4 -12.5 0 2.40 2.29 .950 2.64 2.34
2004 TOR AL 26 DH 1
2005 TOR AL 27 1B 100 97 859.2 944 868 69 7 77 .993 4.8 6.7 4.8 4.0 0.8 0 9.81 9.37 .994 9.60 8.11
2005 TOR AL 27 DH 42
2006 TOT AL 28 OF 45 38 299.0 59 56 3 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -8.0 -3.0 -3.1 0.1 1 1.78 1.31 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 TOT AL 28 RF 40 35 275.0 54 51 3 0 1 1.000 -1.8 -7.9 -2.8 -3.1 0.3 1 1.77 1.35 .983 2.20 1.85
2006 TOT AL 28 DH 21
2006 TOT AL 28 1B 16 12 100.0 113 106 6 1 10 .991 -0.9 -10.8 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 10.08 7.00 .994 9.51 7.99
2006 TOT AL 28 LF 6 3 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.88 0.83 .980 2.06 1.68
2006 TOR AL 28 OF 30 28 215.0 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -7.3 -2.3 -3.2 0.9 1 1.80 1.43 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 TOR AL 28 RF 30 28 214.0 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -7.3 -2.3 -3.2 0.9 1 1.81 1.43 .984 2.20 1.85
2006 TOR AL 28 DH 19
2006 TOR AL 28 3B 10 5 64.0 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.1 20.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 2.39 1.70 .959 2.84 2.54
2006 TOR AL 28 1B 4 1 14.0 15 15 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 42.9 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.64 3.75 .993 9.51 8.00
2006 TOR AL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
2006 BOS AL 28 OF 15 10 84.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -10.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 1.71 1.07 .988 2.30 1.99
2006 BOS AL 28 1B 12 11 86.0 98 91 6 1 9 .990 -1.4 -19.5 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 10.15 8.08 .994 9.51 7.99
2006 BOS AL 28 RF 10 7 61.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -9.8 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.62 1.10 .982 2.20 1.85
2006 BOS AL 28 LF 5 3 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.96 1.00 .980 2.07 1.68
2006 BOS AL 28 DH 2
2007 BOS AL 29 1B 43 29 276.0 281 256 22 3 25 .989 1.8 7.8 1.8 -0.9 2.7 0 9.07 6.47 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 BOS AL 29 OF 35 19 183.1 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.8 24.9 2.8 0.8 2.0 1 2.11 1.23 .986 2.30 2.00
2007 BOS AL 29 LF 24 10 101.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.9 22.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 1 2.41 1.13 .985 2.11 1.71
2007 BOS AL 29 RF 12 9 82.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 27.7 1.9 0.2 1.7 0 1.75 1.33 .988 2.08 1.77
2007 BOS AL 29 DH 1
2008 TBR AL 30 OF 89 84 604.1 139 133 4 2 0 .986 0.1 0.2 2.1 -3.5 5.6 -2 2.04 1.54 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 TBR AL 30 RF 49 47 339.1 91 88 2 1 0 .989 -0.4 -1.4 1.6 -3.0 4.6 -2 2.39 1.84 .985 2.15 1.83
2008 TBR AL 30 LF 40 37 265.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 0.5 2.3 0.5 -0.5 1.0 0 1.60 1.18 .983 2.05 1.66
2008 TBR AL 30 DH 18
2008 TBR AL 30 1B 11 9 87.0 87 78 8 1 11 .989 -0.9 -12.4 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 8.90 7.82 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 TBR AL 30 3B 8 4 49.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.5 12.2 0.5 -0.5 1.0 0 1.29 0.88 .957 2.74 2.38
2009 TOT MLB 31 OF 37 30 257.2 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -7.0 -1.5 -1.7 0.2 0 2.27 1.76 .986 2.27 1.99
2009 TOT MLB 31 RF 35 28 240.2 58 55 3 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -14.0 -2.8 -3.0 0.2 0 2.17 1.66 .983 2.11 1.77
2009 TOT MLB 31 3B 13 4 54.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.7 15.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 1.49 0.69 .956 2.63 2.33
2009 TOT MLB 31 DH 4
2009 PIT NL 31 OF 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2.5 26.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 1 2.66 2.54 .985 2.20 1.91
2009 PIT NL 31 RF 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2.5 26.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 1 2.66 2.54 .985 2.08 1.80
2009 PIT NL 31 1B 6 5 44.0 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 1.2 32.7 1.2 0.3 0.9 0 8.59 7.00 .993 9.29 8.32
2009 PIT NL 31 3B 3 2 19.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.5 0 1.42 1.00 .967 2.56 2.17
2009 PIT NL 31 DH 3
2009 NYY AL 31 OF 24 17 146.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -4.0 -32.9 -3.0 -3.2 0.2 -1 1.97 1.33 .988 2.33 2.04
2009 NYY AL 31 RF 22 15 129.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -5.3 -49.3 -4.3 -4.5 0.2 -1 1.74 1.14 .980 2.13 1.75
2009 NYY AL 31 3B 10 2 35.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 23.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 1.53 0.60 .950 2.67 2.38
2009 NYY AL 31 LF 2 2 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 91.8 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 3.71 3.50 .986 2.12 1.80
2009 NYY AL 31 DH 1
6 Seasons 3B 456 422 3801.0 1075 297 728 50 51 .953 -28.6 -9.0 -25.6 -13.7 -11.9 -3 2.43 2.25 .952 2.67 2.37
4 Seasons OF 206 171 1344.1 306 293 11 2 1 .993 0.4 0.4 0.4 -7.5 7.9 0 2.04 1.48 .986 2.30 2.01
5 Seasons 1B 176 152 1366.2 1467 1347 108 12 127 .992 6.0 5.3 6.0 2.1 3.9 0 9.58 8.27 .994 9.52 8.06
4 Seasons RF 136 119 937.1 219 210 8 1 1 .995 -3.1 -4.0 -2.1 -8.9 6.8 -1 2.09 1.60 .984 2.15 1.81
6 Seasons DH 87
4 Seasons LF 72 52 407.0 87 83 3 1 0 .989 3.5 10.3 2.5 1.4 1.1 1 1.90 1.19 .984 2.07 1.68
8 Seasons TOT 840 745 6512.0 2848 1937 847 64 179 .978 -22.2 -4.1 -19.2 -19.1 -0.1 0 -3 3.85 3.31 .955 3.99 3.41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
2002 TOR AL 24 151 141 151 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2003 TOR AL 25 124 120 124 124 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 TOR AL 26 155 149 155 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
2005 TOR AL 27 147 127 147 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 18 1
2006 TOR AL 28 78 53 78 42 0 0 4 0 10 0 1 0 30 30 19 14 5
2006 BOS AL 28 31 23 31 27 0 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 10 15 2 6 1
2007 BOS AL 29 84 49 84 75 0 0 43 0 0 0 24 0 12 35 1 14 4
2008 TBR AL 30 133 115 133 102 0 0 11 0 8 0 40 0 49 89 20 14 0
2009 PIT NL 31 54 23 54 22 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 13 13 3 29 0
2009 NYY AL 31 39 19 39 33 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 22 24 2 9 1
8 Seasons 996 819 996 826 0 0 176 0 456 0 72 0 136 206 78 122 13
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 TOR AL 24 5758 47% 75% 28% 363 90% 2 102 81 8 13 243 209 32 1 8 20 0 11 9 18 14 10 0 11 2 1 1 19 37%
2003 TOR AL 25 4857 48% 76% 34% 331 84% 4 78 62 6 10 214 176 33 2 4 22 1 14 7 20 13 9 1 11 2 2 0 16 31%
2004 TOR AL 26 5982 49% 75% 31% 373 87% 4 107 90 2 15 243 198 37 1 8 8 0 5 3 6 23 14 1 18 4 2 2 21 71%
2006 TOR AL 28 284 68% 74% 29% 17 100% 0 3 2 1 0 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2008 TBR AL 30 201 52% 74% 28% 7 100% 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYY AL 31 139 47% 73% 29% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PIT NL 31 91 56% 80% 32% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 17312 48% 75% 31% 1100 87% 10 294 239 17 38 726 606 105 4 20 50 1 30 19 44 51 34 2 41 8 5 3 56 48%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 5 0 8 4 0 7 2 0 3 1 1 4 3 0 29 15 51.7% 13 1 3.4% 1 1009 59% 74% 36% 85 49%
2006 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 1 292 54% 75% 42% 30 37%
2007 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 350 56% 75% 46% 30 53%
2008 TBR AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 12 4 0 5 2 0 10 4 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 33 12 36.4% 20 1 3.0% 1 1441 55% 74% 43% 161 56%
2009 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 9 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 9 40.9% 13 0 0.0% 0 603 64% 74% 39% 55 45%
2009 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 6 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 17 8 47.1% 8 1 5.9% 2 521 56% 72% 36% 60 55%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 3 4 1 36 21 1 37 16 0 26 12 1 9 1 1 16 7 0 124 57 46.0% 64 3 2.4% 5 4216 57% 74% 40% 421 52%
MLB Averages 48.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2005 TOR AL 27 3781 57% 77% 33% 207 94% 0 868 48 810 12 84 69 49 11 0 3 7 2 4 1 3 77 0 4 0 70 4 7 2 5 4 100%
2006 BOS AL 28 398 55% 76% 33% 14 93% 0 91 1 87 4 8 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 100%
2006 TOR AL 28 69 51% 74% 23% 5 100% 0 15 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 29 1211 54% 73% 30% 66 92% 0 256 17 236 3 22 22 17 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 25 0 1 0 24 1 1 0 1 2 100%
2008 TBR AL 30 373 61% 73% 31% 19 84% 0 78 7 70 1 3 8 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 2 0 11 3 0 0 0 0
2009 PIT NL 31 186 59% 76% 26% 10 100% 0 39 1 36 2 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 6018 57% 76% 32% 321 93% 0 1347 77 1251 22 126 107 74 20 1 3 12 3 8 1 7 127 1 7 1 118 9 9 3 6 9 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 87 55% 70% 30% 12 42%
2006 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 33% 0% 0
2007 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 458 52% 74% 42% 50 54%
2008 TBR AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 11 10 0 5 3 1 11 3 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 34 19 55.9% 14 1 2.9% 1 1184 59% 72% 40% 104 45%
2009 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 88 55% 74% 49% 15 47%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 14 13 0 12 7 1 15 6 0 7 2 0 4 4 0 52 32 61.5% 19 1 1.9% 2 1820 57% 72% 40% 181 48%
MLB Averages 62.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* 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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