Chris Hoiles
Christopher Allen Hoiles
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: March 20, 1965 in Bowling Green, OH
School: Eastern Michigan University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1989
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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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
1989 24 BAL AL 6 10 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .222 .422 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
1990 25 BAL AL 23 68 63 7 12 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 12 .190 .250 .286 .536 52 18 0 0 0 0 1 /2D3
1991 26 BAL AL 107 372 341 36 83 15 0 11 31 0 2 29 61 .243 .304 .384 .688 93 131 11 1 0 1 1 2D/3
1992 27 BAL AL 96 371 310 49 85 10 1 20 40 0 2 55 60 .274 .384 .506 .890 146 157 8 2 1 3 2 2/D
1993 28 BAL AL 126 503 419 80 130 28 0 29 82 1 1 69 94 .310 .416 .585 1.001 162 245 10 9 3 3 4 *2/D MVP-16
1994 29 BAL AL 99 405 332 45 82 10 0 19 53 2 0 63 73 .247 .371 .449 .820 107 149 6 5 1 4 2 *2
1995 30 BAL AL 114 426 352 53 88 15 1 19 58 1 0 67 80 .250 .373 .460 .833 114 162 11 4 0 3 3 *2/D
1996 31 BAL AL 127 481 407 64 105 13 0 25 73 0 1 57 97 .258 .356 .474 .830 108 193 7 9 1 7 1 *2/3
1997 32 BAL AL 99 384 320 45 83 15 0 12 49 1 0 51 86 .259 .375 .419 .794 110 134 7 10 0 3 3 2/D35
1998 33 BAL AL 97 318 267 36 70 12 0 15 56 0 1 38 50 .262 .358 .476 .833 117 127 5 4 5 4 0 2/3D
10 Seasons 894 3338 2820 415 739 122 2 151 449 5 7 435 616 .262 .366 .467 .833 119 1318 65 44 11 28 17
162 Game Avg. 162 605 511 75 134 22 0 27 81 1 1 79 112 .262 .366 .467 .833 119 239 12 8 2 5 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 24 BAL AL 10 8 0 0.0 90 .167 .111 .256 .200 .320 .222 .377 .422 .697 21 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .375 .222 .111
1990 25 BAL AL 68 51 5 2.6 92 .220 .190 .256 .250 .324 .286 .382 .536 .706 52 .281 -4.1 -0.4 .451 .175 .095 .0
1991 26 BAL AL 372 272 37 3.7 93 .267 .243 .256 .304 .324 .384 .388 .688 .711 93 .403 -3.8 -0.4 .587 .220 .141 .0
1992 27 BAL AL 371 239 62 7.0 96 .279 .274 .262 .384 .331 .506 .388 .890 .719 146 .699 20.3 2.0 .902 .403 .232 .0
1993 28 BAL AL 503 306 105 9.2 106 .338 .310 .271 .416 .343 .585 .415 1.001 .757 162 .765 39.6 3.8 1.077 .439 .274 1.9
1994 29 BAL AL 405 261 60 6.2 116 .258 .247 .278 .371 .352 .449 .444 .820 .795 107 .564 4.3 0.4 .855 .398 .202 3.6
1995 30 BAL AL 426 278 63 6.0 111 .270 .250 .273 .373 .347 .460 .431 .833 .778 114 .567 8.8 0.8 .851 .403 .210 1.9
1996 31 BAL AL 481 318 73 6.2 116 .274 .258 .277 .356 .350 .474 .445 .830 .795 108 .543 5.5 0.5 .832 .354 .216 .0
1997 32 BAL AL 384 247 54 5.8 106 .316 .259 .268 .375 .337 .419 .423 .794 .760 110 .557 7.3 0.7 .803 .322 .159 1.8
1998 33 BAL AL 318 212 48 6.0 108 .267 .262 .269 .358 .338 .476 .429 .833 .766 117 .569 7.5 0.7 .828 .352 .213 .0
10 Seasons 3338 2192 507 6.2 107 .283 .262 .269 .366 .340 .467 .420 .833 .760 119 .594 84.6 8.0 .834 .359 .205 9.7
162 Game Avg. 605 397 92 6.2 107 .283 .262 .269 .366 .340 .467 .420 .833 .760 119 .594 15 1 .834 .359 .205 2

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
1996 31 BAL AL ALDS CLE W 4 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .143 .455 .143 .597 1 0 1 0 0 1
1996 31 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 4 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .417 .647 5 0 0 0 0 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALDS SEA W 3 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .571 .905 4 1 0 0 0 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALCS CLE L 4 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 15 49 40 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 8 12 .150 .306 .300 .606 12 3 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 20 14 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 .143 .400 .357 .757 5 1 1 0 0 1
2 ALCS 8 29 26 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 .154 .241 .269 .511 7 2 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 24 BAL AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 10.0% 10.0% 100% 3.00 3.0 9.0 1.00 0.67 60% 0% 0.0% 67%
1990 25 BAL AL 68 1.5% 17.7% 7.4% 5.9% 33% 2.40 5.3 63.0 10.5 0.34 0.27 74% 14% 3.0% 13%
1991 26 BAL AL 372 3.0% 16.4% 7.8% 7.0% 31% 2.10 5.6 31.0 11.0 0.58 0.71 73% 18% 7.3% 15%
1992 27 BAL AL 371 5.4% 16.2% 14.8% 8.4% 37% 1.09 5.2 15.5 7.8 0.47 0.70 63% 19% 13.6% 14%
1993 28 BAL AL 503 5.8% 18.7% 13.7% 11.3% 44% 1.36 4.5 14.4 5.1 0.46 0.62 59% 21% 15.1% 14%
1994 29 BAL AL 405 4.7% 18.0% 15.6% 7.2% 35% 1.16 4.5 17.5 6.3 0.43 0.51 60% 19% 12.6% 17%
1995 30 BAL AL 426 4.5% 18.8% 15.7% 8.2% 40% 1.19 4.4 18.5 6.1 0.52 0.73 60% 21% 13.0% 18%
1996 31 BAL AL 481 5.2% 20.2% 11.9% 7.9% 36% 1.70 4.2 16.3 5.6 0.50 0.60 61% 18% 17.6% 32%
1997 32 BAL AL 384 3.1% 22.4% 13.3% 7.0% 33% 1.69 3.7 26.7 6.5 0.47 0.65 59% 22% 11.4% 29%
1998 33 BAL AL 318 4.7% 15.7% 12.0% 8.5% 39% 1.32 5.3 17.8 4.8 0.43 0.64 65% 19% 11.9% 17%
10 Seasons 3338 4.5% 18.5% 13.0% 8.2% 37% 1.42 4.6 18.7 6.3 0.48 0.63 62% 19% 12.6% 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 24 BAL AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 BAL AL 1 0 38% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44% 5 4 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1991 26 BAL AL 4 0 25% 130 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 34% 20 13 7 5 4 0 7 3 4
1992 27 BAL AL 3 0 24% 148 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 48% 32 20 12 4 2 2 12 3 9
1993 28 BAL AL 6 0 29% 210 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 34% 23 16 7 13 8 5 23 13 8
1994 29 BAL AL 1 1 20% 142 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 37% 28 18 9 7 6 0 6 0 6
1995 30 BAL AL 2 0 24% 139 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 31% 26 20 6 6 5 1 13 6 7
1996 31 BAL AL 5 0 27% 163 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 29% 25 19 5 4 3 1 9 3 5
1997 32 BAL AL 3 0 25% 151 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 37% 26 21 5 5 2 2 10 0 8
1998 33 BAL AL 1 0 22% 110 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 28% 15 11 4 4 3 1 6 3 2
10 Seasons 26 1 25% 1212 5 7 42% 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 45 64 36% 200 142 56 49 33 13 89 32 51
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 24 BAL AL 10 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1990 25 BAL AL 68 50% 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 7 1 14% 46 5 11% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1991 26 BAL AL 372 34% 83 17 0 5 0 0 0 1.15 11 1 5 5 6 5 6 0 0 0 67 11 16% 21 7 33% 213 21 10% 15 6 40% 20 9 45% 0
1992 27 BAL AL 371 26% 85 23 1 0 0 0 0 20 1 8 16 4 8 12 0 2 1 50% 82 8 10% 34 11 32% 226 20 9% 18 7 39% 18 5 28% 0
1993 28 BAL AL 503 27% 130 5 0 3 0 0 0 2.87 29 1 10 21 8 16 13 0 5 3 60% 106 10 9% 38 15 39% 313 55 18% 23 15 65% 26 16 62% 0
1994 29 BAL AL 406 22% 82 2 0 3 0 0 0 2.04 19 0 12 11 8 11 8 0 1 1 100% 92 6 7% 33 10 30% 263 34 13% 20 10 50% 19 5 26% 0
1995 30 BAL AL 426 29% 88 5 0 5 1 1 1 1.47 19 0 9 7 12 9 10 0 0 0 91 11 12% 35 8 23% 289 41 14% 22 11 50% 20 8 40% 0
1996 31 BAL AL 481 30% 105 7 0 1 0 0 1 2.88 25 2 9 16 9 13 12 0 1 1 100% 88 7 8% 44 18 41% 309 51 17% 23 14 61% 35 11 31% 0
1997 32 BAL AL 384 30% 83 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 12 0 9 7 5 9 3 0 0 0 84 7 8% 20 9 45% 253 38 15% 22 14 64% 16 9 56% 0
1998 33 BAL AL 318 29% 70 9 1 5 2 1 4 0.99 15 3 14 12 3 5 10 0 8 5 63% 70 5 7% 40 16 40% 224 42 19% 24 9 38% 23 10 43% 0
10 Seasons 3339 29% 739 77 2 25 3 2 6 1.69 151 8 77 96 55 77 74 0 17 11 65% 692 65 9% 272 95 35% 2142 308 14% 170 87 51% 181 73 40% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 24 BAL AL 10 41 4.10 28 68% 25% 29% 25% 21% 75% 0% 51% 62% 30% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 10% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
1990 25 BAL AL 64 232 3.63 138 59% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 1% 44% 85% 20% 2% 1 0 17% 11 9 8% 5 4 60% 4 0 1
1991 26 BAL AL 372 1420 3.82 888 63% 23% 14% 31% 32% 77% 0% 48% 81% 30% 5% 17 0 15% 55 26 10% 39 27 25% 0 0 0
1992 27 BAL AL 371 1504 4.05 858 57% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 41% 81% 27% 8% 31 4 19% 70 23 12% 45 25 45% 0 0 0
1993 28 BAL AL 494 2103 4.26 1176 56% 24% 19% 29% 28% 76% 1% 42% 75% 21% 9% 44 6 22% 108 43 14% 71 47 33% 9 0 1
1994 29 BAL AL 401 1651 4.12 912 55% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 40% 77% 19% 7% 28 8 21% 85 38 17% 68 42 30% 5 0 2
1995 30 BAL AL 376 1532 4.07 836 55% 30% 17% 24% 29% 70% 2% 38% 76% 18% 9% 34 8 23% 85 29 14% 53 25 36% 50 0 0
1996 31 BAL AL 397 1649 4.15 954 58% 29% 17% 27% 27% 70% 0% 41% 75% 20% 7% 29 3 17% 67 25 13% 51 31 35% 84 1 3
1997 32 BAL AL 297 1242 4.18 689 55% 30% 19% 25% 26% 70% 1% 39% 73% 23% 9% 27 9 25% 73 33 14% 41 22 35% 87 0 0
1998 33 BAL AL 318 1321 4.15 757 57% 32% 14% 24% 30% 68% 0% 39% 79% 23% 6% 20 1 19% 61 20 13% 42 28 38% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3100 12695 4.10 7236 57% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 41% 77% 22% 7% 231 39 20% 615 246 13% 416 252 35% 239 1 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 6 10 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .222 .422 21 2 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 29 78 72 7 13 4 0 1 7 0 0 6 15 .181 .244 .278 .521 48 20 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 136 450 413 43 96 19 0 12 38 0 2 35 76 .232 .293 .366 .659 85 151 11 1 0 1 2
1992 27 232 821 723 92 181 29 1 32 78 0 4 90 136 .250 .334 .426 .760 112 308 19 3 1 4 4
1993 28 358 1324 1142 172 311 57 1 61 160 1 5 159 230 .272 .365 .484 .849 132 553 29 12 4 7 8
1994 29 457 1729 1474 217 393 67 1 80 213 3 5 222 303 .267 .367 .476 .843 126 702 35 17 5 11 10
1995 30 571 2155 1826 270 481 82 2 99 271 4 5 289 383 .263 .368 .473 .841 123 864 46 21 5 14 13
1996 31 698 2636 2233 334 586 95 2 124 344 4 6 346 480 .262 .366 .473 .839 120 1057 53 30 6 21 14
1997 32 797 3020 2553 379 669 110 2 136 393 5 6 397 566 .262 .367 .467 .833 119 1191 60 40 6 24 17
1998 33 894 3338 2820 415 739 122 2 151 449 5 7 435 616 .262 .366 .467 .833 119 1318 65 44 11 28 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 24 6 12 10 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 .200 .333 .400 .733 1 6
1990 25 23 69 64 7 13 3 0 1 6 0 5 12 .203 .261 .297 .558 5 23
1991 26 107 375 343 39 85 15 0 11 34 0 30 61 .248 .309 .388 .697 41 107
1992 27 96 378 315 52 90 11 1 21 43 0 58 60 .286 .397 .527 .924 66 96
1993 28 126 502 420 77 131 28 0 29 79 1 70 94 .312 .418 .586 1.004 101 126
1994 29 141 568 468 55 113 14 0 26 65 3 87 104 .241 .364 .438 .802 74 99
1995 30 128 475 394 55 97 17 1 21 60 1 74 90 .246 .368 .454 .823 65 114
1996 31 127 474 403 56 101 13 0 24 63 0 55 97 .251 .348 .462 .810 63 127
1997 32 99 393 325 44 88 16 0 13 48 1 54 86 .271 .389 .440 .829 53 99
1998 33 97 315 268 35 71 12 0 15 54 0 39 50 .265 .362 .478 .840 46 97
10 Seasons 950 3561 3010 420 791 131 2 161 454 6 474 657 .263 .368 .468 .837 515 894
162 Game Avg. 162 607 513 72 135 22 0 27 77 1 81 112 .263 .368 .468 .837 88 894

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-AL-16-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1993 AL--.416--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1993 AL--.585--5th
Career--.467--241st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 AL--1.001--4th
Career--.833--222nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 AL--162--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1993 AL--40--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1993 AL--3.8--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 AL--.765--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 AL--9--9th
1996 AL--9--10th
1997 AL--10--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 AL--14.448--4th
Career--18.675--85th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1599), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Joe Ferguson (914)
  6. Ed Bailey (914)
  7. Dan Uggla (912)
  8. Eddie Taubensee (909)
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  10. Joe Crede (904)
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  3. Stan Lopata (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Stan Lopata (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Lopata (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Stan Lopata (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Stanley (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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