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Eric Hinske    \Hin-SKI\

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 HS (Menasha, WI)
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rays/RedSox/Pirates/... 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$1.35M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 11.000, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1291. Chief Wilson… #1292. Mitch Webster… #1293. Jim Lemon… #1294. ERIC HINSKE… #1295. Braggo Roth… #1296. Al Bridwell… #1297. Peanuts Lowrey… 

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 .780 104 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 99 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 .828 109 43 2 2 0 2 1 95/D7
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 73/5D
2011 33 ATL NL 117 264 236 24 55 10 0 10 28 0 1 26 71 .233 .311 .403 .713 94 95 5 1 0 1 1 793/D
2012 34 ATL NL 91 147 132 9 26 7 1 2 13 0 0 14 41 .197 .272 .311 .583 57 41 5 0 0 1 2 3/7D9
2013 35 ARI NL 29 33 31 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .194 .242 .323 .565 52 10 1 0 0 0 0 /3D
12 Yrs 1364 4285 3776 548 944 238 18 137 520 61 21 448 939 .250 .332 .431 .763 99 1629 90 30 0 31 29
162 Game Avg. 162 509 448 65 112 28 2 16 62 7 2 53 112 .250 .332 .431 .763 99 193 11 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
ATL (3 yrs) 339 731 649 71 153 38 2 23 92 0 1 73 187 .236 .315 .407 .721 95 264 14 4 0 5 8
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
ARI (1 yr) 29 33 31 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .194 .242 .323 .565 52 10 1 0 0 0 0
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 (5 yrs) 422 890 786 90 186 48 2 25 107 0 1 92 221 .237 .320 .398 .718 94 313 15 7 0 5 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 24 TOR AL 151 650 16 4 -0 -6 3 16 1.7 24 41 4.0 .511 .510 4.6 -0.3 47 $200,000 *5 RoY-1
2003 25 TOR AL 124 514 -3 5 1 -5 2 -0 0.0 19 19 1.9 .500 .500 2.3 -0.2 24 $600,000 *5
2004 26 TOR AL 155 634 -20 2 1 -16 3 -31 -2.8 24 -7 -0.6 .481 .482 0.8 -1.2 9 $900,000 *5/D
2005 27 TOR AL 147 537 -1 2 -0 1 -10 -8 -0.8 20 12 1.1 .494 .495 1.0 -0.9 11 $3,100,000 3D
2006 28 TOR AL 78 224 4 -1 -0 2 -3 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .501 0.8 -0.1 8 $4,425,000 9D5/37
2006 28 BOS AL 31 88 -1 0 -0 -1 -2 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .490 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 39/7D
2007 29 BOS AL 84 218 -5 -0 -1 -1 -4 -12 -1.1 8 -3 -0.3 .486 .493 -0.2 -0.5 -2 $5,625,000 379/D
2008 30 TBR AL 133 432 3 1 -1 0 -6 -3 -0.1 16 13 1.4 .498 .498 1.4 -0.5 13 $800,000 97D3/5
2009 31 PIT NL 54 126 0 -1 1 2 -1 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $1,500,000 9/35D
2009 31 NYY AL 39 98 1 0 -0 -3 -1 -4 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.3 -0.4 3 95/D7
2010 32 ATL NL 131 320 4 -0 0 -5 -4 -6 -0.6 10 4 0.3 .495 .496 0.8 -1.0 9 $1,000,000 73/5D
2011 33 ATL NL 117 264 -2 -2 0 1 -3 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .495 .496 0.0 -0.2 2 $1,350,000 793/D
2012 34 ATL NL 91 147 -9 -1 -0 -2 -1 -13 -1.4 5 -8 -1.0 .484 .491 -0.8 -0.3 -7 $1,500,000 3/7D9
2013 35 ARI NL 29 33 -2 -0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $1,350,000 /3D
12 Seasons 1364 4285 -15 7 -1 -33 -28 -70 -6.5 155 85 8.3 .495 .497 11.2 -5.8 118 $22,350,000
TOR (5 yrs) 655 2559 -3 10 1 -24 -6 -22 -1.7 96 74 7.4 .497 .497 9.5 -2.6 98 $9,225,000
ATL (3 yrs) 339 731 -7 -3 0 -6 -8 -24 -2.7 23 -2 -0.5 .492 .495 0.0 -1.5 4 $3,850,000
BOS (2 yrs) 115 306 -6 0 -1 -2 -6 -15 -1.4 11 -3 -0.3 .487 .496 -0.1 -0.7 -1 $5,625,000
ARI (1 yr) 29 33 -2 -0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $1,350,000
TBR (1 yr) 133 432 3 1 -1 0 -6 -3 -0.1 16 13 1.4 .498 .498 1.4 -0.5 13 $800,000
PIT (1 yr) 54 126 0 -1 1 2 -1 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $1,500,000
NYY (1 yr) 39 98 1 0 -0 -3 -1 -4 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.3 -0.4 3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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 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 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
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 148 141 138 1259.1 368 103 245 20 14 .946 -6 -6 2.49 2.35 .951 2.68 2.65 RoY-1
2003 TOR AL 25 3B 124 120 117 1063.2 316 80 214 22 13 .930 -12 -5 -14 -6 2.49 2.37 .955 2.67 2.64
2004 TOR AL 26 3B 153 148 145 1310.2 357 107 242 8 23 .978 -13 -16 -12 -15 2.40 2.28 .951 2.64 2.62
2004 TOR AL 26 DH 1 1
2005 TOR AL 27 1B 100 97 95 859.2 944 868 69 7 77 .993 5 1 7 1 9.81 9.37 .994 9.60 9.49
2005 TOR AL 27 DH 43 30
2006 TOT AL 28 OF 45 38 23 299.0 59 56 3 0 1 1.000 -2 -1 -8 -4 1.78 1.31 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 TOT AL 28 RF 40 35 21 275.0 54 51 3 0 1 1.000 -2 0 -8 0 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 0 -11 0 9.99 6.94 .994 9.54 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 -1 -7 -5 1.80 1.43 .986 2.30 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 39 2.39 1.70 .960 2.85 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 9.51 9.40
2006 TOR AL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 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 2.30 2.27
2006 BOS AL 28 1B 12 11 5 86.0 97 91 5 1 9 .990 -1 -1 -20 -14 10.05 8.00 .994 9.54 9.40
2006 BOS AL 28 RF 10 7 5 61.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -10 20 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 -57 1.96 1.00 .986 2.07 2.02
2006 BOS AL 28 DH 2 2
2007 BOS AL 29 1B 43 29 20 276.0 281 256 22 3 25 .989 2 -2 8 -8 9.07 6.47 .995 9.37 9.27
2007 BOS AL 29 OF 35 19 11 183.1 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 4 1 25 6 2.11 1.23 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 BOS AL 29 LF 24 10 6 101.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 23 12 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 3 1
2008 TBR AL 30 OF 89 84 23 604.1 139 133 4 2 0 .986 0 -1 0 -1 2.04 1.54 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 TBR AL 30 RF 49 47 13 339.1 91 88 2 1 0 .989 -0 -1 -1 -4 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 20 18
2008 TBR AL 30 1B 11 9 8 87.0 87 78 8 1 11 .989 -1 0 -12 0 8.90 7.82 .994 9.26 9.18
2008 TBR AL 30 3B 8 4 3 49.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0 1 12 27 1.29 0.88 .959 2.74 2.71
2009 TOT MLB 31 OF 37 30 22 257.2 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -7 0 2.27 1.76 .986 2.27 2.26
2009 TOT MLB 31 RF 35 28 20 240.2 58 55 3 0 0 1.000 -3 3 -14 14 2.17 1.66 .984 2.11 2.09
2009 TOT MLB 31 3B 13 4 3 54.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1 -1 15 -22 1.49 0.69 .957 2.63 2.62
2009 TOT MLB 31 DH 6 4
2009 PIT NL 31 OF 13 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2 3 27 32 2.66 2.54 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 PIT NL 31 RF 13 13 13 111.2 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 2 3 27 32 2.66 2.54 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 PIT NL 31 1B 6 5 5 44.0 42 39 3 0 4 1.000 1 0 33 0 8.59 7.00 .993 9.29 9.22
2009 PIT NL 31 3B 3 2 1 19.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 -1 0 -57 1.42 1.00 .957 2.56 2.53
2009 PIT NL 31 DH 3 3
2009 NYY AL 31 OF 24 17 9 146.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -3 -33 -24 1.97 1.33 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 NYY AL 31 RF 22 15 7 129.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -5 0 -49 0 1.74 1.14 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 NYY AL 31 3B 10 2 2 35.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1 0 24 0 1.53 0.60 .957 2.67 2.65
2009 NYY AL 31 DH 3 1
2009 NYY AL 31 LF 2 2 2 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 -3 92 -212 3.71 3.50 .987 2.12 2.10
2010 ATL NL 32 LF 50 50 12 360.0 66 65 0 1 0 .985 0 -6 0 -20 1.62 1.30 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 ATL NL 32 OF 50 50 12 360.0 66 65 0 1 0 .985 0 -6 0 -20 1.62 1.30 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 ATL NL 32 1B 32 17 9 167.1 190 179 10 1 15 .995 -0 0 -3 0 10.17 5.91 .993 9.23 9.13
2010 ATL NL 32 3B 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 600 1320 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.50
2010 ATL NL 32 DH 1 1
2011 ATL NL 33 OF 46 39 15 321.0 67 65 2 0 0 1.000 3 -0 10 0 1.88 1.46 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 ATL NL 33 LF 32 26 10 211.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 14 5 1.79 1.31 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 ATL NL 33 RF 16 13 5 110.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -9 -11 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 48 16 9.61 6.85 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 ATL NL 33 DH 1 1
2012 ATL NL 34 1B 15 11 10 107.0 105 95 8 2 6 .981 -0 0 -2 0 8.66 6.87 .992 9.29 9.18
2012 ATL NL 34 OF 10 7 3 63.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -2 -95 -37 1.27 0.90 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 ATL NL 34 LF 6 3 1 32.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 -111 -73 1.10 0.67 .988 1.82 1.82
2012 ATL NL 34 DH 4 4
2012 ATL NL 34 RF 4 4 2 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -3 0 -117 0 1.45 1.25 .984 2.00 2.00
2013 ARI NL 35 1B 4 1 0 14.0 14 13 1 0 4 1.000 1 0 55 0 9.00 3.50 .994 9.39 9.32
2013 ARI NL 35 DH 1 1
7 Seasons 3B 457 422 410 3802.0 1076 297 729 50 51 .954 -28 -17 -9 -8 2.43 2.25 .952 2.67 2.64
7 Seasons OF 312 267 109 2089.0 448 432 13 3 1 .993 -2 -9 -1 -5 1.92 1.43 .986 2.25 2.23
9 Seasons 1B 240 191 155 1738.1 1864 1715 134 15 158 .992 9 0 6 0 9.57 7.70 .994 9.47 9.34
7 Seasons LF 160 131 43 1010.2 199 193 4 2 0 .990 3 -10 4 -11 1.75 1.23 .985 1.93 1.93
6 Seasons RF 156 136 66 1078.1 249 239 9 1 1 .996 -7 1 -8 1 2.07 1.59 .984 2.13 2.11
12 Seasons TOT 1009 880 674 7629.1 3388 2444 876 68 210 .980 -20 -27 -3 -4 3.92 3.29 .980 4.10 4.11
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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

Games Played s c a p y
Active  1,364 (36th)

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

Strikeouts s c a p y
2002 AL  138 (7th)
Active  939 (41st)

SB % s c a p y
Career  74.39 (192nd)

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

Errors Committed† s 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 (18th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  107 (4th)
Active  297 (18th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
Active  729 (21st)

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

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2004 AL  23 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  5 (5th)
Active  9 (15th)
Career  9 (82nd)

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 1945-1973, 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 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1688), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1391), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (202nd), 8.6 career WAR/10.1 7yr-peak WAR/9.4 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
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$1,500,000contracts
201335Arizona Diamondbacks$1,350,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,350,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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