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Eric Hinske

Eric Scott Hinske

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rays/RedSox/Pirates/... 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$2.85M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:08PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1336. Brad Wilkerson… #1337. Elliott Maddox… #1338. Art Wilson… #1339. ERIC HINSKE… #1340. Rip Radcliff… #1341. Everett Scott… #1342. Alan Ashby… 

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
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 3
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 3
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 3/5
2009 31 TOT MLB 93 224 190 31 46 12 0 8 25 1 0 27 52 .242 .348 .432 .780 104 82 2 5 0 2 1 95/3D7
2009 31 NYY AL 39 98 84 13 19 3 0 7 14 1 0 10 25 .226 .316 .512 .828 109 43 2 2 0 2 1 5/35
2009 31 PIT NL 54 126 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 0 0 17 27 .255 .373 .368 .741 99 39 0 3 0 0 0 5/35
2010 32 ATL NL 131 320 281 38 72 21 1 11 51 0 0 33 75 .256 .338 .456 .793 114 128 4 3 0 3 5 3/5
2011 33 ATL NL 117 264 236 24 55 10 0 10 28 0 1 26 71 .233 .311 .403 .713 96 95 5 1 0 1 1 793/D
10 Seasons 1244 4105 3613 538 912 230 17 134 503 61 21 432 891 .252 .335 .437 .771 101 1578 84 30 0 30 27
162 Game Avg. 162 535 471 70 119 30 2 17 66 8 3 56 116 .252 .335 .437 .771 101 205 11 4 0 4 4
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
ATL (2 yrs) 248 584 517 62 127 31 1 21 79 0 1 59 146 .246 .325 .431 .757 106 223 9 4 0 4 6
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 99 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 .828 109 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 (3 yrs) 302 710 623 80 154 40 1 22 90 0 1 76 173 .247 .334 .421 .754 105 262 9 7 0 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 24 TOR AL 650 20 3 0 0 -6 2 21 40 4.0 46 4.6 -0.6 $200,000 *5 RoY-1
2003 25 TOR AL 514 0 5 -1 1 -12 2 17 12 1.2 24 2.4 -1.2 $600,000 *5
2004 26 TOR AL 634 -21 2 1 1 -13 2 22 -6 -0.6 7 0.7 -1.3 $900,000 *5
2005 27 TOR AL 537 1 2 -1 0 5 -11 19 15 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $3,100,000 3
2006 28 TOR AL 224 4 -2 -1 0 0 -3 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $4,425,000 9D5/37
2006 28 BOS AL 88 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 39/7D
2007 29 BOS AL 218 -6 0 0 -1 6 -3 8 4 0.4 -2 -0.2 0.6 $5,625,000 3
2008 30 TBR AL 432 -1 1 -1 -1 -0 -6 15 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $800,000 3/5
2009 31 PIT NL 126 0 -2 -1 1 4 -1 4 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $1,500,000 5/35
2009 31 NYY AL 98 1 0 0 -0 -3 -1 3 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ 5/35
2010 32 ATL NL 320 6 -0 -1 0 0 -3 9 10 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $1,000,000 3/5
2011 33 ATL NL 264 -2 -1 -2 0 6 -2 7 6 0.7 0 0.0 0.7 $1,350,000 793/D
10 Seasons 4105 2 8 -6 1 -16 -26 136 102 10.3 115 11.5 -1.2 $19,500,000
TOR (5 yrs) 2559 4 10 -2 2 -26 -8 87 68 6.8 93 9.3 -2.5 $9,225,000
ATL (2 yrs) 584 4 -2 -3 0 6 -6 16 17 1.8 10 1.0 0.8 $2,350,000
BOS (2 yrs) 306 -6 0 0 -1 4 -4 11 4 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 $5,625,000
TBR (1 yr) 432 -1 1 -1 -1 -0 -6 15 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $800,000
PIT (1 yr) 126 0 -2 -1 1 4 -1 4 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $1,500,000
NYY (1 yr) 98 1 0 0 -0 -3 -1 3 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $

Postseason Batting

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
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
2010 32 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 10 9 7 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 4 .286 .444 1.143 1.587 8 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 NLDS 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4 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
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 TOR AL 24 3B 148 368 103 245 20 14 .946 -6 2.35 .951 2.65 RoY-1
2003 TOR AL 25 3B 124 316 80 214 22 13 .930 -12 -7 2.37 .955 2.64
2004 TOR AL 26 3B 153 357 107 242 8 23 .978 -13 -14 2.28 .951 2.62
2004 TOR AL 26 DH 1 1
2005 TOR AL 27 1B 100 944 868 69 7 77 .993 5 0 9.37 .994 9.49
2005 TOR AL 27 DH 30 30
2006 TOT AL 28 OF 45 38 23 299.0 59 56 3 0 1 1.000 -2 0 -8 0 1.78 1.31 .986 69.80 2.27
2006 TOT AL 28 RF 40 35 21 275.0 54 51 3 0 1 1.000 -2 1 -8 4 1.77 1.35 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 TOT AL 28 DH 21 21
2006 TOT AL 28 1B 16 12 5 100.0 112 106 5 1 10 .991 -1 1 -11 12 9.99 6.94 .994 99.99 9.40
2006 TOT AL 28 LF 6 3 2 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -10 -50 1.88 0.83 .986 2.06 2.02
2006 TOR AL 28 OF 30 28 16 215.0 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 -1 0 -7 0 1.80 1.43 .986 69.80 2.27
2006 TOR AL 28 RF 30 28 16 214.0 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -1 -7 -6 1.81 1.43 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 TOR AL 28 DH 19 19
2006 TOR AL 28 3B 10 5 4 64.0 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 1 2 21 38 2.39 1.70 .960 0.00 2.80
2006 TOR AL 28 1B 4 1 0 14.0 15 15 0 0 1 1.000 0 1 43 86 9.64 3.75 .994 99.96 9.40
2006 TOR AL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2006 BOS AL 28 OF 15 10 7 84.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -10 0 1.71 1.07 .986 69.80 2.27
2006 BOS AL 28 1B 12 11 5 86.0 97 91 5 1 9 .990 -1 0 -20 0 10.05 8.00 .994 99.99 9.40
2006 BOS AL 28 RF 10 7 5 61.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2 -10 39 1.62 1.10 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 BOS AL 28 LF 5 3 2 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -10 -52 1.96 1.00 .986 2.07 2.02
2006 BOS AL 28 DH 2 2
2007 BOS AL 29 1B 43 281 256 22 3 25 .989 2 -2 6.47 .995 9.27
2007 BOS AL 29 OF 35 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 4 0 1.23 .987 2.28
2007 BOS AL 29 LF 24 10 6 101.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2 0 23 0 2.41 1.13 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 BOS AL 29 RF 12 9 5 82.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 28 0 1.75 1.33 .985 2.08 2.06
2007 BOS AL 29 DH 1 1
2008 TBR AL 30 OF 89 139 133 4 2 0 .986 0 0 1.54 .986 2.28
2008 TBR AL 30 1B 11 87 78 8 1 11 .989 -1 1 7.82 .994 9.18
2008 TBR AL 30 3B 8 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0 1 0.88 .959 2.71
2008 TBR AL 30 RF 49 47 13 339.1 91 88 2 1 0 .989 -0 0 -1 0 2.39 1.84 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 TBR AL 30 LF 40 37 10 265.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 0 0 2 0 1.60 1.18 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 TBR AL 30 DH 18 18
2009 TOT MLB 31 OF 37 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 1.76 .986 2.26
2009 TOT MLB 31 RF 35 28 20 240.2 58 55 3 0 0 1.000 -3 0 -14 0 2.17 1.66 .984 2.11 2.09
2009 TOT MLB 31 3B 13 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1 0 0.69 .957 2.62
2009 TOT MLB 31 DH 4 4
2009 NYY AL 31 OF 24 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -3 1.33 .987 2.30
2009 PIT NL 31 OF 13 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2 1 2.54 .986 2.18
2009 NYY AL 31 3B 10 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1 1 0.60 .957 2.65
2009 PIT NL 31 1B 6 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 1 0 7.00 .993 9.22
2009 PIT NL 31 3B 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 -1 1.00 .957 2.53
2009 PIT NL 31 RF 13 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2 1 27 11 2.66 2.54 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 PIT NL 31 DH 3 3
2009 NYY AL 31 RF 22 15 7 129.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -1 -49 -9 1.74 1.14 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 NYY AL 31 LF 2 1 1 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 92 -141 3.71 3.50 .987 2.12 2.10
2009 NYY AL 31 DH 1 1
2010 ATL NL 32 OF 50 66 65 0 1 0 .985 0 -4 1.30 .987 2.15
2010 ATL NL 32 1B 32 190 179 10 1 15 .995 -0 0 5.91 .993 9.13
2010 ATL NL 32 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.00 .950 2.50
2010 ATL NL 32 LF 50 50 12 360.0 66 65 0 1 0 .985 0 -4 0 -13 1.62 1.30 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 ATL NL 32 DH 1 1
2011 ATL NL 33 OF 46 39 14 321.0 67 65 2 0 0 1.000 3 5 12 18 1.88 1.46 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 ATL NL 33 LF 33 27 10 211.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 3 5 19 28 1.79 1.27 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 ATL NL 33 RF 16 12 4 110.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -1 0 2.05 1.56 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 ATL NL 33 1B 13 10 3 83.1 89 81 8 0 6 1.000 3 1 43 14 9.61 6.85 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 ATL NL 33 DH 1 1
7 Seasons 3B 457 5 4 64.0 1076 297 729 50 51 .954 -28 -17 -527 -318 2.39 2.25 .952 0.00 2.64
6 Seasons OF 302 77 37 620.0 439 423 13 3 1 .993 4 -1 7 0 1.83 1.44 .986 34.78 2.23
7 Seasons 1B 221 22 8 183.1 1745 1607 125 13 148 .993 9 1 56 6 9.82 7.84 .994 58.78 9.36
6 Seasons LF 155 128 41 978.0 195 189 4 2 0 .990 7 -2 9 -2 1.78 1.25 .985 1.93 1.93
5 Seasons RF 152 131 63 1047.1 244 234 9 1 1 .996 -3 1 -4 1 2.09 1.60 .984 2.14 2.12
10 Seasons TOT 980 104 49 867.1 3260 2327 867 66 200 .980 -16 -18 -22 -24 3.56 3.26 .979 37.29 4.03
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

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

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2002 AL  4.0 (10th)

Errors Committeds c a p y
2003 AL  22 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  7 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2002 AL  148 (4th)
2004 AL  153 (3rd)
Active  457 (23rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  107 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2002 AL  20 (3rd)
2003 AL  22 (1st)
Active  50 (24th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  5 (5th)
Active  9 (16th)
Career  9 (94th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  9.37 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  .978 (1st)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200224Toronto Blue Jays$200,0004/3/02 AP
200325Toronto Blue Jays$600,0004/3/03 AP
200426Toronto Blue Jays$900,0004/7/04 AP
200527Toronto Blue Jays$3,100,000
200628Toronto Blue Jays$4,425,000
200729Boston Red Sox$5,625,000
200830Tampa Bay Rays$800,000
200931Pittsburgh Pirates$1,500,000
201032Atlanta Braves$1,000,000
201133Atlanta Braves$1,350,000
201234Atlanta Braves$1,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,500,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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