Eric Hosmer Batting Statistics and History

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Eric Hosmer

Eric John Hosmer (twitter: @TheRealHos35)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 24, 1989 in South Miami, FL
High School: American Heritage HS (Plantation, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2011 (Age 21)
Team: Royals 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$528k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.146, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Batting

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2008	18	KCR-min	Rk	3	15	11	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.364	.533	.545	1.079		6	0	1	0	0		IDF · PION
2009	19	KCR-min	A,A+	106	434	377	40	91	19	4	6	59	3	2	53	90	.241	.334	.361	.695		136	11	1	3	3		BUR,WMT · MIDW,CARL
2010	20	KCR-min	A+,AA	137	586	520	87	176	43	9	20	86	14	2	59	66	.338	.406	.571	.977		297	23	3	4	8		WMT,NTA · CARL,TL
2011	21	KCR-min	AAA	26	118	98	21	43	5	0	3	15	3	0	19	16	.439	.525	.582	1.107		57	1	0	1	0		OMA · PCL
2011	21	KCR	AL	128	563	523	66	153	27	3	19	78	11	5	34	82	.293	.334	.465	.799	118	243	13	1	5	7	*3	RoY-3
2012	22	KCR	AL	152	598	535	65	124	22	2	14	60	16	1	56	95	.232	.304	.359	.663	82	192	10	2	5	4	*3/9
2013	23	KCR	AL	35	139	124	13	31	4	1	1	11	2	0	13	25	.250	.324	.323	.646	78	40	3	1	1	1	*3
3 Yrs				315	1300	1182	144	308	53	6	34	149	29	6	103	202	.261	.319	.402	.721	97	475	26	4	11	12
162 Game Avg.				162	669	608	74	158	27	3	17	77	15	3	53	104	.261	.319	.402	.721	97	244	13	2	6	6

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
2011	21	KCR	AL	128	563	10	2	1	-9	-7	-4	-0.3	20	16	1.6	.497	.498	2.6	-1.7	25		*3	RoY-3
2012	22	KCR	AL	152	598	-14	3	2	-6	-8	-24	-2.5	22	-1	-0.3	.484	.485	0.4	-1.6	5	$502,500	*3/9
2013	23	KCR	AL	35	139	-2	-0	-0	2	-2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.494	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$528,250	*3
3 Seasons				315	1300	-6	5	2	-13	-18	-30	-3.0	48	18	1.6	.490	.494	3.1	-3.2	31	$1,030,750

Advanced Batting

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
2011	21	KCR	AL	563	393	78	5.3	98	.314	.293	.257	.334	.322	.465	.407	.799	.729	118	.564	11.8	1.2	.732	.249	.172	13.9
2012	22	KCR	AL	598	427	62	3.9	99	.255	.232	.256	.304	.320	.359	.412	.663	.732	82	.426	-13.0	-1.3	.628	.260	.127	14.9
2013	23	KCR	AL	139	97	14	3.9	100	.303	.250	.256	.324	.322	.323	.415	.646	.737	78	.409	-3.6	-0.4	.583	.194	.073	1.3
3 Yrs				1300	917	154	4.5	98	.286	.261	.256	.319	.321	.402	.410	.721	.731	97	.489	-4.8	-0.5	.668	.248	.141	31.3
162 Game Avg.				669	472	79	4.5	98	.286	.261	.256	.319	.321	.402	.410	.721	.731	97	.489	-4.8	-0.5	.668	.248	.141	16

Ratio Batting*

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
2011	21	KCR	AL	563	3.4%	14.6%	6.0%	8.7%	32%	2.41	6.4	27.5	6.7	1.04	1.38	76%	17%	10.1%	14%
2012	22	KCR	AL	598	2.3%	15.9%	9.4%	6.4%	31%	1.70	5.6	38.2	8.9	1.18	1.47	72%	14%	8.1%	15%
2013	23	KCR	AL	139	0.7%	18.0%	9.4%	4.3%	19%	1.92	5.0	124.0	11.3	1.50	1.96	71%	18%	2.8%	10%
3 Yrs				1300	2.6%	15.5%	7.9%	7.2%	30%	1.96	5.9	34.8	7.9	1.14	1.47	74%	16%	8.6%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	19.3%	8.1%	7.6%	33%	2.39	4.6	34.7	8.3	0.83	1.10	68%	19%	7.8%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2011	21	KCR	AL	11.8	1.2	589	1.8	12.3	-10.4	1.12	0.5	1.1	6.8	0.7	0.98	5.7	2.25	1
2012	22	KCR	AL	-13.0	-1.3	620	-0.2	10.0	-10.2	.99	-1.1	0.9	-5.8	-0.6	0.91	-10.4	2.58	1
2013	23	KCR	AL	-3.6	-0.4	142	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	1.00	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-2.7	0.01	0
3 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	1351	1.6	24.5	-22.9	1.05	-1.0	2.5	0.7	0.1	0.95	-7.4	2.41	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2011	21	KCR	AL	3	28%	209	11	5	69%	10	3	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	1	13	46%	32	25	7	11	4	7	22	6	16
2012	22	KCR	AL	5	30%	193	16	1	94%	15	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	0	14	44%	28	19	8	3	1	2	23	9	14
2013	23	KCR	AL	4	27%	48	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	39%	11	7	4	4	2	2	3	2	1
3 Yrs				12	29%	450	29	6	83%	27	3	2	3	1	10	3	4	2	1	29	45%	71	51	19	18	7	11	48	17	31

Situational Hitting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2011	21	KCR	AL	563	71%	153	9	0	1	0	0	0	2.25	19	0	16	18	1	3	16	0	0	0		115	13	11%	51	24	47%	362	60	17%	36	20	56%	19	12	63%	0
2012	22	KCR	AL	598	66%	124	21	1	1	0	0	0	2.58	14	0	14	11	3	8	6	0	0	0		94	10	11%	43	22	51%	341	48	14%	29	18	62%	24	15	63%	0
2013	23	KCR	AL	139	73%	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		20	3	15%	11	4	36%	87	10	11%	5	3	60%	7	3	43%	0
3 Yrs				1300	69%	308	37	1	2	0	0	0	2.41	34	0	35	30	4	11	23	0	0	0		229	26	11%	105	50	48%	790	118	15%	70	41	59%	50	30	60%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2011	21	KCR	AL	565	2080	3.68	1349	65%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	4%	49%	79%	27%	6%	34	2	17%	94	35	7%	37	24	16%	-2	0	0
2012	22	KCR	AL	599	2234	3.73	1395	62%	25%	15%	28%	32%	75%	2%	47%	80%	25%	6%	38	8	15%	89	32	10%	57	38	17%	-1	0	0
2013	23	KCR	AL	139	541	3.89	339	63%	22%	18%	30%	29%	78%	2%	49%	77%	28%	3%	4	0	15%	21	10	9%	13	4	20%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1303	4855	3.73	3083	64%	25%	16%	28%	32%	75%	3%	48%	79%	26%	6%	76	10	16%	204	77	8%	107	66	17%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	1%	46%	78%	27%	5%			14%			8%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2011	21	128	563	523	66	153	27	3	19	78	11	5	34	82	.293	.334	.465	.799	118	243	13	1	5	7
2012	22	280	1161	1058	131	277	49	5	33	138	27	6	90	177	.262	.319	.411	.730	100	435	23	3	10	11
2013	23	315	1300	1182	144	308	53	6	34	149	29	6	103	202	.261	.319	.402	.721	97	475	26	4	11	12

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
2011	21	128	570	529	70	159	28	3	20	83	11	35	82	.301	.342	.478	.820	87	128
2012	22	152	604	539	69	128	23	2	14	64	17	58	95	.237	.311	.365	.677	62	152
2013	23	35	142	126	14	33	4	1	1	12	2	14	25	.262	.338	.333	.671	14	35
3 Yrs		315	1316	1194	153	320	55	6	35	159	30	107	202	.268	.328	.412	.740	163	315
162 Game Avg.		162	677	614	79	165	28	3	18	82	15	55	104	.268	.328	.412	.740	84	315

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2079), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	First Base (357th), 1.5 career WAR/1.5 7yr-peak WAR/1.5 JAWS Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

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