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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 .798 107 177 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 .741 102 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 .828 113 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 .798 107 177 13 3 0 1 4
PIT (1 yr) 54 126 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 0 0 17 27 .255 .373 .368 .741 102 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 .828 113 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 .741 102 39 0 3 0 0 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

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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 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 2.17 1.66 .983 2.11 1.77
2009 TOT MLB 31 3B 13 4 54.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 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 2.66 2.54 .985 2.20 1.91
2009 PIT NL 31 RF 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2.66 2.54 .985 2.08 1.80
2009 PIT NL 31 1B 6 5 44.0 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 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 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 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 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 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 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 -29.3 -9.3 -26.3 -13.7 -12.6 -3 2.43 2.25 .952 2.67 2.37
4 Seasons OF 206 171 1344.1 306 293 11 2 1 .993 1.9 1.7 1.9 -5.8 7.7 0 2.04 1.48 .986 2.30 2.01
5 Seasons 1B 176 152 1366.2 1467 1347 108 12 127 .992 4.8 4.2 4.8 1.8 3.0 0 9.58 8.27 .994 9.52 8.06
4 Seasons RF 136 119 937.1 219 210 8 1 1 .995 -0.3 -0.4 0.7 -5.9 6.6 -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 2.2 6.5 1.2 0.1 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 -22.6 -4.2 -19.6 -17.7 -1.9 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 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 (1828), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1652), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Eric Byrnes (955)
  3. David Dellucci (951)
  4. Jimmie Hall (950)
  5. Mark Whiten (949)
  6. Jeffrey Hammonds (948)
  7. Mike Davis (944)
  8. Mack Jones (944)
  9. Brad Wilkerson (944)
  10. Rip Repulski (942)
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  6. Mike Davis (944)
  7. Candy Maldonado (943)
  8. Paul O'Neill (943)
  9. Milton Bradley (942)
  10. Rip Repulski (941)
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  7. Mack Jones (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.

March 28, 2001: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Miguel Cairo.

December 7, 2001: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Justin Miller to the Toronto Blue Jays for Billy Koch.

August 17, 2006: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.

November 1, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Toronto Blue Jays$200,000
2003Toronto Blue Jays$600,000
2004Toronto Blue Jays$900,000
2005Toronto Blue Jays$3,100,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$4,425,000
2007Boston Red Sox$5,625,000
2008Tampa Bay Rays$800,000
2009Pittsburgh Pirates$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,150,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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