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Eric Hosmer

Eric John Hosmer (twitter: @Hos3KC)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 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  vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Team: Royals 2011-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$503k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.146, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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 .799 117 243 13 1 0 5 7 *3 RoY-3
2012 22 KCR AL 47 202 186 20 38 7 1 6 25 2 1 16 26 .204 .267 .349 .617 69 65 4 0 0 0 1 *3
2 Yrs 175 765 709 86 191 34 4 25 103 13 6 50 108 .269 .316 .434 .751 104 308 17 1 0 5 8
162 Game Avg. 162 708 656 80 177 31 4 23 95 12 6 46 100 .269 .316 .434 .751 104 285 16 1 0 5 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 9 2 1 -9 -8 -6 -0.5 19 13 1.3 .495 .496 2.3 -1.7 22 $ *3 RoY-3
2012 22 KCR AL 47 202 -9 -0 1 -1 -3 -12 -1.4 7 -6 -0.7 .472 .492 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $ *3
2 Seasons 175 765 -0 2 1 -10 -11 -18 -1.8 26 8 0.6 .489 .494 1.8 -2.1 18 $

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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 -10 9.30 9.24 .993 9.30 9.24 RoY-3
2012 KCR AL 22 1B 47 46 46 413.2 433 395 35 3 46 .993 -1 -1 -2 -3 9.36 9.15 .995 9.49 9.46
2 Seasons 1B 174 173 173 1549.1 1615 1491 113 11 147 .993 -10 -10 -8 -7 9.32 9.22 .994 9.35 9.30
2 Seasons TOT 174 173 173 1549.1 1615 1491 113 11 147 .993 -10 -10 -8 -7 9.32 9.22 .994 9.35 9.30
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2012 AL  47 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2011 AL  78 (5th)
2012 AL  35 (3rd)

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

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)
2012 AL  born 1989-10-24 (9th)

                           

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  1. Freddie Freeman (964)
  2. Ike Davis (956)
  3. Ryan Shealy (947)
  4. Troy Neel (941)
  5. Jack Bentley (941)
  6. Mark Trumbo (940)
  7. Angel Echevarria (939)
  8. George Puccinelli (933)
  9. Pete Scott (931)
  10. Roy Carlyle (929)
Similar Batters through 21 
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  1. Eddie Murray (968) *
  2. Freddie Freeman (964)
  3. Greg Luzinski (940)
  4. Del Ennis (933)
  5. Ed Stevens (933)
  6. Whitey Lockman (932)
  7. Jake Beckley (924) *
  8. Joe Vosmik (919)
  9. Delmon Young (918)
  10. Willie Mays (917) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Eddie Murray (968) * 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
201222Kansas City Royals$502,500
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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