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Gail Hopkins
Gail Eason Hopkins

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1943 in Tulsa, OK
Schools: Pepperdine University, University of California, Los Angeles
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1968
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Gail Hopkins
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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
1968	25	CHW	AL	29	43	37	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	.216	.326	.270	.596	78	10	0	0	0	0	1	/3
1969	26	CHW	AL	124	427	373	52	99	13	3	8	46	2	1	50	28	.265	.351	.381	.732	100	142	10	1	0	3	1	3
1970	27	CHW	AL	116	321	287	32	82	8	1	6	29	0	0	28	19	.286	.346	.383	.729	101	110	5	1	0	5	5	3/2
1971	28	KCR	AL	103	339	295	35	82	16	1	9	47	3	1	37	13	.278	.364	.431	.794	126	127	8	4	1	2	9	3
1972	29	KCR	AL	53	78	71	1	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	4	.211	.282	.239	.521	57	17	2	0	0	0	1	3/5
1973	30	KCR	AL	74	171	138	17	34	6	1	2	16	1	2	29	15	.246	.380	.348	.728	102	48	8	2	0	2	2	D3
1974	31	LAD	NL	15	21	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.222	.333	.222	.556	61	4	0	0	0	0	2	/32
7 Seasons				514	1400	1219	142	324	47	6	25	145	6	4	160	83	.266	.352	.376	.727	103	458	33	8	1	12	21
162 Game Avg.				162	441	384	45	102	15	2	8	46	2	1	50	26	.266	.352	.376	.727	103	144	10	3	0	4	7

KCR (3 yrs)				230	588	504	53	131	24	2	11	68	4	3	73	32	.260	.358	.381	.739	110	192	18	6	1	4	12
CHW (3 yrs)				269	791	697	88	189	23	4	14	77	2	1	84	50	.271	.348	.376	.724	99	262	15	2	0	8	7
LAD (1 yr)				15	21	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.222	.333	.222	.556	61	4	0	0	0	0	2

AL (6 yrs)				499	1379	1201	141	320	47	6	25	145	6	4	157	82	.266	.352	.378	.730	104	454	33	8	1	12	19
NL (1 yr)				15	21	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.222	.333	.222	.556	61	4	0	0	0	0	2

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
1968	25	CHW	AL	43	29	4	3.7	84	.235	.216	.244	.326	.315	.270	.361	.596	.676	78	.525	-0.7	-0.1	.552	.216	.054
1969	26	CHW	AL	427	288	51	4.8	100	.268	.265	.261	.351	.339	.381	.394	.732	.733	100	.557	0.8	0.1	.681	.252	.115	3.2
1970	27	CHW	AL	321	215	39	4.9	98	.285	.286	.259	.346	.334	.383	.395	.729	.729	101	.558	0.7	0.1	.662	.195	.098	.0
1971	28	KCR	AL	339	225	47	5.6	91	.265	.278	.254	.364	.326	.431	.377	.794	.703	126	.648	11.1	1.2	.766	.285	.153	4.5
1972	29	KCR	AL	78	58	5	2.3	82	.224	.211	.245	.282	.314	.239	.354	.521	.668	57	.306	-3.6	-0.4	.414	.127	.028
1973	30	KCR	AL	171	116	18	4.2	98	.260	.246	.266	.380	.336	.348	.391	.728	.727	102	.481	2.1	0.2	.684	.304	.101	1.3
1974	31	LAD	NL	21	14	1	1.9	91	.235	.222	.258	.333	.329	.222	.372	.556	.701	61	.190	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.167	.000
7 Seasons				1400	945	165	4.7	96	.266	.266	.258	.352	.332	.376	.386	.727	.718	103	.557	9.6	1.0	.674	.243	.110	9.7
162 Game Avg.				441	298	52	4.7	96	.266	.266	.258	.352	.332	.376	.386	.727	.718	103	.557	3	0	.674	.243	.110	3

KCR (3 yrs)				588	399	70	4.7	92	.258	.260	.256	.358	.327	.381	.378	.739	.705	110	.567	9.6	1.0	.690	.268	.121	5.9
CHW (3 yrs)				791	532	94	4.8	98	.273	.271	.259	.348	.335	.376	.393	.724	.728	99	.555	0.8	0.1	.666	.227	.105	3.5
LAD (1 yr)				21	14	1	1.9	91	.235	.222	.258	.333	.329	.222	.372	.556	.701	61	.190	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.167	.000

AL (6 yrs)				1379	931	164	4.7	96	.267	.266	.258	.352	.332	.378	.386	.730	.718	104	.560	10.4	1.0	.676	.244	.112	9.7
NL (1 yr)				21	14	1	1.9	91	.235	.222	.258	.333	.329	.222	.372	.556	.701	61	.190	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.167	.000

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	GO/AO	IP%
1968	25	CHW	AL	43	0.0%	7.0%	14.0%	4.7%	25%	0.50	12.3		18.5	1.60	79%
1969	26	CHW	AL	427	1.9%	6.6%	11.7%	5.6%	24%	0.56	13.3	46.6	8.1	1.00	80%
1970	27	CHW	AL	321	1.9%	5.9%	8.7%	4.7%	18%	0.68	15.1	47.8	9.9	0.92	83%
1971	28	KCR	AL	339	2.7%	3.8%	10.9%	7.7%	32%	0.35	22.7	32.8	6.3	1.05	81%
1972	29	KCR	AL	78	0.0%	5.1%	9.0%	2.6%	13%	0.57	17.8		14.2	1.45	86%
1973	30	KCR	AL	171	1.2%	8.8%	17.0%	5.3%	27%	0.52	9.2	69.0	8.6	1.36	72%
1974	31	LAD	NL	21	0.0%	4.8%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	18.0			0.86	81%
7 Seasons				1400	1.8%	5.9%	11.4%	5.6%	24%	0.52	14.7	48.8	8.4	1.07	80%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	25	CHW	AL	0	0	29%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0
1969	26	CHW	AL	8	0	31%	180	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	43%	29	22	7	3	1	2	19	6	13
1970	27	CHW	AL	7	0	25%	102	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	41%	23	16	6	5	4	1	11	1	9
1971	28	KCR	AL	4	0	23%	128	3	1	75%	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	8	51%	27	17	10	5	0	5	9	2	6
1972	29	KCR	AL	2	0	5%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1973	30	KCR	AL	0	0	24%	47	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	37%	9	5	4	2	1	1	8	4	2
1974	31	LAD	NL	0	0	14%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7 Seasons				21	0	25%	498	6	4	60%	6	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	15	31	43%	92	64	27	18	7	11	52	16	31
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
1968	25	CHW	AL	43	91%	8			20	4	0	2	1.61	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	1	1	100%	25	2	8%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1969	26	CHW	AL	427	78%	99			23	6	0	5	2.58	8	0	11	8	0	4	4	0	0	0		103	10	10%	32	14	44%	310	40	13%	21	13	62%	27	14	52%	0
1970	27	CHW	AL	321	79%	82			36	10	1	4	1.79	6	0	8	5	1	3	3	0	2	0	0%	76	5	7%	25	9	36%	224	26	12%	17	8	47%	11	6	55%	0
1971	28	KCR	AL	339	87%	82			17	5	1	3	1.84	9	0	4	9	0	4	5	0	1	1	100%	64	8	13%	28	12	43%	218	39	18%	29	13	45%	26	10	38%	0
1972	29	KCR	AL	78	79%	15			34	6	0	3	2.01	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	2	11%	11	4	36%	61	5	8%	8	2	25%	3	2	67%	0
1973	30	KCR	AL	171	92%	34			20	7	0	5	1.63	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		43	8	19%	21	5	24%	147	14	10%	17	7	41%	9	4	44%	0
1974	31	LAD	NL	21	81%	4			12	4	0	0	1.45	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
7 Seasons				1400	83%	324			162	42	2	22	1.89	25	0	38	23	2	12	13	0	3	1	33%	318	33	10%	120	45	38%	1001	126	13%	96	44	46%	80	36	45%	0
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
1968	25	29	43	37	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	.216	.326	.270	.596	78	10	0	0	0	0	1
1969	26	153	470	410	56	107	15	3	8	48	2	1	56	31	.261	.349	.371	.720	99	152	10	1	0	3	2
1970	27	269	791	697	88	189	23	4	14	77	2	1	84	50	.271	.348	.376	.724	99	262	15	2	0	8	7
1971	28	372	1130	992	123	271	39	5	23	124	5	2	121	63	.273	.353	.392	.745	107	389	23	6	1	10	16
1972	29	425	1208	1063	124	286	41	5	23	129	5	2	128	67	.269	.348	.382	.730	104	406	25	6	1	10	17
1973	30	499	1379	1201	141	320	47	6	25	145	6	4	157	82	.266	.352	.378	.730	104	454	33	8	1	12	19
1974	31	514	1400	1219	142	324	47	6	25	145	6	4	160	83	.266	.352	.376	.727	103	458	33	8	1	12	21

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
1968	25	29	47	39	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	8	3	.256	.383	.308	.691	5	29
1969	26	124	430	375	53	101	13	3	8	47	2	51	28	.269	.356	.384	.740	52	124
1970	27	116	325	290	33	85	8	1	6	30	0	29	19	.293	.354	.390	.744	41	116
1971	28	104	354	306	41	92	18	1	10	55	3	42	13	.301	.390	.464	.854	54	103
1972	29	55	85	77	1	18	2	0	0	7	0	8	4	.234	.306	.260	.566	6	53
1973	30	74	173	139	18	35	6	1	2	17	1	30	15	.252	.387	.353	.740	19	74
1974	31	15	23	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.263	.391	.263	.654	2	15
7 Seasons		517	1437	1245	152	346	49	6	26	159	6	172	83	.278	.366	.390	.756	179	514
162 Game Avg.		162	450	390	48	108	15	2	8	50	2	54	26	.278	.366	.390	.756	56	514

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