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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

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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
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 0 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 0 5 4 *3/9
2013 23 KCR AL 34 134 120 12 31 4 1 1 11 2 0 12 24 .258 .328 .333 .662 83 40 3 1 0 1 1 *3
3 Yrs 314 1295 1178 143 308 53 6 34 149 29 6 102 201 .261 .320 .403 .723 98 475 26 4 0 11 12
162 Game Avg. 162 668 608 74 159 27 3 18 77 15 3 53 104 .261 .320 .403 .723 98 245 13 2 0 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 34 134 -1 -0 -0 2 -2 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .496 .499 0.2 0.1 2 $528,250 *3
3 Seasons 314 1295 -5 5 2 -13 -18 -29 -2.9 47 19 1.7 .490 .494 3.1 -3.2 32 $1,030,750

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
2011 KCR AL 21 1B 127 127 127 1135.2 1182 1096 78 8 101 .993 -9 -9 -10 -9 9.30 9.24 .993 9.30 9.24 RoY-3
2012 KCR AL 22 1B 148 142 140 1277.0 1295 1183 103 9 132 .993 -12 -5 -12 -5 9.06 8.69 .994 9.27 9.22
2012 KCR AL 22 OF 3 2 2 16.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -3 -1 -205 -75 1.12 0.67 .987 2.19 2.17
2012 KCR AL 22 RF 3 2 2 16.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -3 -1 -205 -75 1.12 0.67 .983 1.97 1.97
2013 KCR AL 23 1B 34 31 31 279.2 276 250 24 2 26 .993 0 2 1 9 8.82 8.06 .995 8.81 8.76
3 Seasons 1B 309 300 298 2692.1 2753 2529 205 19 259 .993 -21 -12 -10 -5 9.14 8.85 .994 9.24 9.18
1 Season OF 3 2 2 16.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -3 -1 -205 -75 1.12 0.67 .987 2.19 2.17
1 Season RF 3 2 2 16.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -3 -1 -205 -75 1.12 0.67 .983 1.97 1.97
3 Seasons TOT 312 302 300 2708.1 2756 2530 206 20 259 .993 -24 -13 -11 -5 9.09 8.77 .994 9.19 9.11
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

SB % s c a p y
2012 AL  94.12 (3rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
2012 AL  1,184 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2012 AL  148 (3rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2012 AL  1,183 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  78 (5th)
2012 AL  103 (4th)
2013 AL  24 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  8 (3rd)
2012 AL  9 (2nd)
2013 AL  2 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
2012 AL  132 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2011 AL  9.30 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  9.24 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
2011 AL  born 1989-10-24 (10th)
2011 AL  born 1989-10-24 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ken Harvey (971)
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  3. Travis Ishikawa (964)
  4. Steve Cox (963)
  5. Pancho Herrera (962)
  6. Mitch Moreland (962)
  7. Ed Stevens (957)
  8. Allie Clark (955)
  9. Bob Chance (954)
  10. Chris Shelton (951)
Similar Batters through 22 
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  1. John Olerud (963)
  2. Jason Thompson (951)
  3. Freddie Freeman (948)
  4. Jose Guillen (946)
  5. Howie Schultz (946)
  6. Tony Horton (940)
  7. Carlos May (940)
  8. George Burns (938)
  9. Johnny Callison (938)
  10. Max West (938)
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  1. Eddie Murray (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Olerud (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2008.
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
201222Kansas City Royals$502,500contracts
201323Kansas City Royals$528,250
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,030,750
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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