Rich Hinton
Richard Michael Hinton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 22, 1947 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Marana (Tucson, AZ)
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1971
Final Game: September 27, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 24 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.44 18 2 6 0 0 0 24.1 27 12 12 1 6 1 15 1 0 1 101 81 1.356 10.0 0.4 2.2 5.5 2.50
1972 25 TOT AL 1 1 .500 3.86 12 3 2 0 0 0 28.0 27 21 12 3 18 3 17 0 0 4 131 77 1.607 8.7 1.0 5.8 5.5 0.94
1972 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.86 7 3 2 0 0 0 16.2 20 11 9 2 8 2 13 0 0 4 79 61 1.680 10.8 1.1 4.3 7.0 1.63
1972 25 TEX AL 0 1 .000 2.38 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 7 10 3 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 52 126 1.500 5.6 0.8 7.9 3.2 0.40
1975 28 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 4.82 15 0 4 0 0 0 37.1 41 22 20 3 15 1 30 0 0 0 170 81 1.500 9.9 0.7 3.6 7.2 2.00
1976 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 7.64 12 1 2 0 0 0 17.2 30 15 15 4 11 3 8 0 0 1 92 46 2.321 15.3 2.0 5.6 4.1 0.73
1978 31 CHW AL 2 6 .250 4.02 29 4 12 2 0 1 80.2 78 38 36 5 28 2 48 2 0 1 336 96 1.314 8.7 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.71
1979 32 TOT AL 1 4 .200 5.84 30 3 14 0 0 2 61.2 80 44 40 8 13 2 34 4 0 1 278 74 1.508 11.7 1.2 1.9 5.0 2.62
1979 32 CHW AL 1 2 .333 6.05 16 2 8 0 0 2 41.2 57 30 28 4 8 1 27 2 0 0 188 71 1.560 12.3 0.9 1.7 5.8 3.38
1979 32 SEA AL 0 2 .000 5.40 14 1 6 0 0 0 20.0 23 14 12 4 5 1 7 2 0 1 90 81 1.400 10.4 1.8 2.3 3.2 1.40
6 Seasons 9 17 .346 4.87 116 13 40 2 0 3 249.2 283 152 135 24 91 12 152 7 0 8 1108 79 1.498 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.67
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .346 4.87 61 7 21 1 0 2 132 149 80 71 13 48 6 80 4 0 4 584 79 1.498 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.67
CHW (4 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.70 78 8 30 2 0 3 184.0 203 102 96 13 57 5 120 5 0 2 795 84 1.413 9.9 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.11
TEX (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.38 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 7 10 3 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 52 126 1.500 5.6 0.8 7.9 3.2 0.40
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.64 12 1 2 0 0 0 17.2 30 15 15 4 11 3 8 0 0 1 92 46 2.321 15.3 2.0 5.6 4.1 0.73
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.40 14 1 6 0 0 0 20.0 23 14 12 4 5 1 7 2 0 1 90 81 1.400 10.4 1.8 2.3 3.2 1.40
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.86 7 3 2 0 0 0 16.2 20 11 9 2 8 2 13 0 0 4 79 61 1.680 10.8 1.1 4.3 7.0 1.63
AL (5 yrs) 8 15 .348 4.66 104 12 38 2 0 3 232.0 253 137 120 20 80 9 144 7 0 7 1016 83 1.435 9.8 0.8 3.1 5.6 1.80
NL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.64 12 1 2 0 0 0 17.2 30 15 15 4 11 3 8 0 0 1 92 46 2.321 15.3 2.0 5.6 4.1 0.73

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 24 CHW AL 18 101 87 12 27 6 1 1 0 2 6 15 .310 .358 .437 .795 .361 38 3 1 6 1 1
1972 25 TOT AL 12 130 107 21 27 4 0 3 5 1 18 17 .252 .352 .374 .725 .267 40 2 0 2 3 3
1972 25 NYY AL 7 79 67 11 20 2 0 2 3 0 8 13 .299 .364 .418 .782 .333 28 2 0 2 2 2
1972 25 TEX AL 5 51 40 10 7 2 0 1 2 1 10 4 .175 .333 .300 .633 .167 12 0 0 0 1 1
1975 28 CHW AL 15 170 152 22 41 3 2 3 2 0 15 30 .270 .331 .375 .706 .314 57 1 0 1 2 1
1976 29 CIN NL 12 92 79 15 30 3 1 4 1 0 11 8 .380 .451 .595 1.045 .382 47 2 0 1 1 3
1978 31 CHW AL 29 336 299 38 78 12 0 5 4 6 28 48 .261 .326 .351 .677 .294 105 3 2 5 2 2
1979 32 TOT AL 30 278 253 44 80 14 1 8 6 3 13 34 .316 .354 .474 .828 .335 120 2 4 4 4 2
1979 32 CHW AL 16 188 172 30 57 12 1 4 6 1 8 27 .331 .362 .483 .845 .368 83 1 2 3 3 1
1979 32 SEA AL 14 90 81 14 23 2 0 4 0 2 5 7 .284 .337 .457 .794 .268 37 1 2 1 1 1
6 Seasons 116 1107 977 152 283 42 5 24 18 12 91 152 .290 .350 .417 .767 .318 407 13 7 19 13 12
162 Game Avg. 61 584 515 80 149 22 3 13 9 6 48 80 .290 .350 .417 .767 .318 215 7 4 10 7 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 24 CHW AL 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 35 27 8 2 1 1 2.5 3.0 1.7
1972 25 TOT AL 12 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 66 22 9 3 2 1 5.0 4.9 4.1
1972 25 NYY AL 7 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 43 66 22 4 1 2 1 5.0 4.9 4.1
1976 29 CIN NL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 6 1 0 0 8.0 9.0 2.7
1978 31 CHW AL 29 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 2 0 2 50% 46 67 23 17 7 1 3 5.4 6.8 5.4
1979 32 TOT AL 30 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 35 26 16 3 1 1 2.3 1.5 4.4
1979 32 CHW AL 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 35 26 8 2 0 1 2.5 2.0 5.0
1979 32 SEA AL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 8 1 1 0 2.0 0.0 3.3
5 Seasons 96 13 2 8 3 0 1 3 10 .231 0 2 2 0 3 23% 38 67 22 51 14 5 6 4.3 5.0 4.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 24 CHW AL 18 16 6 3 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 17 5 29% 8 1.349 9 2 5 4 5 7 8 8 7 3 8 4 3.9
1972 25 TOT AL 12 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 0.911 1 3 5 1 1 7 4 5 5 2 5 0 5.2
1972 25 NYY AL 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 1.025 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 3.3
1972 25 TEX AL 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 0.735 0 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 4 1 4 0 6.8
1975 28 CHW AL 15 15 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 22 10 45% 3 0.735 1 6 8 2 0 13 13 2 9 3 12 2 7.5
1976 29 CIN NL 12 11 2 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 0 0% 7 0.796 4 0 7 2 2 7 2 9 5 4 5 3 4.1
1978 31 CHW AL 29 25 12 1 3 3 1 2 33% 8 2 29 7 24% 8 0.888 9 4 11 9 0 16 16 9 15 7 15 2 7.1
1979 32 TOT AL 30 27 14 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 37 17 46% 0.658 5 7 14 4 2 21 20 7 16 10 16 4 5.4
1979 32 CHW AL 16 14 8 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 21 10 48% 4 0.659 4 1 9 3 2 9 11 3 10 4 10 3 6.8
1979 32 SEA AL 14 13 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 7 44% 7 0.657 1 6 5 1 0 12 9 4 6 6 6 1 3.8
6 Seasons 116 103 40 7 9 10 3 7 30% 17 4 116 42 36% 0.844 29 22 50 22 10 71 63 40 57 29 61 15 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 24 CHW AL 101 65% 1.0% 14.9% 5.9% 7.9% 30% 1.39 71% 27 3 11%
1972 25 TOT AL 130 68% 2.3% 13.1% 13.9% 5.4% 26% 0.97 69% 28 2 7%
1972 25 NYY AL 79 75% 2.5% 16.5% 10.1% 5.1% 20% 1.06 68% 21 2 10%
1972 25 TEX AL 51 59% 2.0% 7.8% 19.6% 5.9% 43% 0.87 71% 7 0 0%
1975 28 CHW AL 170 64% 1.8% 17.7% 8.8% 4.7% 20% 1.13 71% 40 1 3%
1976 29 CIN NL 92 70% 4.4% 8.7% 12.0% 8.7% 27% 1.00 74% 27 2 7%
1978 31 CHW AL 336 71% 1.5% 14.3% 8.3% 5.1% 22% 0.88 74% 64 3 5%
1979 32 TOT AL 278 65% 2.9% 12.2% 4.7% 8.3% 29% 0.75 77% 66 2 3%
1979 32 CHW AL 188 68% 2.1% 14.4% 4.3% 9.0% 30% 0.75 77% 42 1 2%
1979 32 SEA AL 90 60% 4.4% 7.8% 5.6% 6.7% 26% 0.76 79% 24 1 4%
6 Seasons 1107 67% 2.2% 13.7% 8.2% 6.4% 25% 0.93 74% 252 13 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 24 CHW AL 101 27 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 1 2 14% 0 1 0 49 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 25 TOT AL 130 27 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 11 6 1 55% 5 4 1 47 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1972 25 NYY AL 79 20 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 8 5 1 63% 3 4 0 30 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 25 TEX AL 51 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 33% 2 0 1 17 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 28 CHW AL 170 41 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 10 7 2 70% 3 0 0 77 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 29 CIN NL 92 30 4 0 5 4 0 1 3 10 4 0 40% 1 1 0 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 31 CHW AL 336 78 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 15 8 4 53% 2 1 0 128 4 6 40% 4 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 5 0
1979 32 TOT AL 278 80 8 0 11 7 1 6 2 25 21 0 84% 5 1 0 125 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1979 32 CHW AL 188 57 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 17 15 0 88% 2 0 0 84 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 32 SEA AL 90 23 4 0 3 3 1 3 1 8 6 0 75% 3 1 0 41 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 1107 283 24 0 39 18 5 11 12 78 47 9 60% 16 8 1 468 18 12 60% 15 7 3 5 0 0 2 0 32 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1971 24 3 4 .429 4.44 18 2 6 0 0 0 24.1 27 12 12 1 6 1 15 1 0 1 101 81 1.356 10.0 0.4 2.2 5.5 2.50 81
1972 25 4 5 .444 4.13 30 5 8 0 0 0 52.1 54 33 24 4 24 4 32 1 0 5 232 79 1.490 9.3 0.7 4.1 5.5 1.33 79
1973 26 4 5 .444 4.13 30 5 8 0 0 0 52.1 54 33 24 4 24 4 32 1 0 5 232 79 1.490 9.3 0.7 4.1 5.5 1.33 79
1974 27 4 5 .444 4.13 30 5 8 0 0 0 52.1 54 33 24 4 24 4 32 1 0 5 232 79 1.490 9.3 0.7 4.1 5.5 1.33 79
1975 28 5 5 .500 4.42 45 5 12 0 0 0 89.2 95 55 44 7 39 5 62 1 0 5 402 80 1.494 9.5 0.7 3.9 6.2 1.59 80
1976 29 6 7 .462 4.95 57 6 14 0 0 0 107.1 125 70 59 11 50 8 70 1 0 6 494 71 1.630 10.5 0.9 4.2 5.9 1.40 71
1977 30 6 7 .462 4.95 57 6 14 0 0 0 107.1 125 70 59 11 50 8 70 1 0 6 494 71 1.630 10.5 0.9 4.2 5.9 1.40 71
1978 31 8 13 .381 4.55 86 10 26 2 0 1 188.0 203 108 95 16 78 10 118 3 0 7 830 81 1.495 9.7 0.8 3.7 5.6 1.51 81
1979 32 9 17 .346 4.87 116 13 40 2 0 3 249.2 283 152 135 24 91 12 152 7 0 8 1108 79 1.498 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.67 79

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1971 24 1 1 .500 5.73 22.0 28 16 14 1 6 14 1 1.545 11.5 2.5 5.7 2.33 0.4 18
1972 25 1 2 .333 5.67 27.0 33 19 17 4 22 16 0 2.037 11.0 7.3 5.3 0.73 1.3 12
1975 28 2 2 .500 5.11 37.0 43 23 21 3 16 30 0 1.595 10.5 3.9 7.3 1.88 0.7 15
1976 29 0 1 .000 9.56 16.0 32 19 17 4 12 7 0 2.750 18.0 6.8 3.9 0.58 2.3 12
1978 31 3 5 .375 4.68 75.0 80 43 39 5 29 45 2 1.453 9.6 3.5 5.4 1.55 0.6 29
1979 32 2 4 .333 5.90 61.0 80 44 40 8 13 34 4 1.525 11.8 1.9 5.0 2.62 1.2 30
6 Seasons 9 15 .375 5.60 238.0 296 164 148 25 98 146 7 1.655 11.2 5.5 1.49 0.9 116

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