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Kent Hrbek
Kent Allen Hrbek
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 21, 1960 in Minneapolis, MN
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 1981
Final Game: August 10, 1994
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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
1981 21 MIN AL 24 73 67 5 16 5 0 1 7 0 0 5 9 .239 .301 .358 .660 85 24 0 1 0 0 1 3/D
1982 22 MIN AL 140 591 532 82 160 21 4 23 92 3 1 54 80 .301 .363 .485 .848 128 258 17 0 1 4 12 *3/D AS,RoY-2
1983 23 MIN AL 141 582 515 75 153 41 5 16 84 4 6 57 71 .297 .366 .489 .855 130 252 12 3 0 7 5 *3/D
1984 24 MIN AL 149 635 559 80 174 31 3 27 107 1 1 65 87 .311 .383 .522 .906 145 292 17 4 1 6 15 *3/D MVP-2
1985 25 MIN AL 158 666 593 78 165 31 2 21 93 1 1 67 87 .278 .351 .444 .795 112 263 12 2 0 4 12 *3/D
1986 26 MIN AL 149 634 550 85 147 27 1 29 91 2 2 71 81 .267 .353 .478 .831 123 263 15 6 0 7 9 *3/D
1987 27 MIN AL 143 566 477 85 136 20 1 34 90 5 2 84 60 .285 .389 .545 .934 142 260 13 0 0 5 12 *3/D MVP-16
1988 28 MIN AL 143 586 510 75 159 31 0 25 76 0 3 67 54 .312 .387 .520 .907 149 265 9 0 2 7 7 3D
1989 29 MIN AL 109 434 375 59 102 17 0 25 84 3 0 53 35 .272 .360 .517 .878 139 194 6 1 1 4 4 3D
1990 30 MIN AL 143 578 492 61 141 26 0 22 79 5 2 69 45 .287 .377 .474 .850 131 233 17 7 2 8 8 *3D/5
1991 31 MIN AL 132 534 462 72 131 20 1 20 89 4 4 67 48 .284 .373 .461 .834 125 213 15 0 3 2 4 *3
1992 32 MIN AL 112 470 394 52 96 20 0 15 58 5 2 71 56 .244 .357 .409 .765 112 161 12 0 2 3 9 3/D
1993 33 MIN AL 123 471 392 60 95 11 1 25 83 4 2 71 57 .242 .357 .467 .824 120 183 12 1 3 4 6 *3/D
1994 34 MIN AL 81 317 274 34 74 11 0 10 53 0 0 37 28 .270 .353 .420 .773 99 115 8 1 0 5 6 3/D
14 Seasons 1747 7137 6192 903 1749 312 18 293 1086 37 26 838 798 .282 .367 .481 .848 128 2976 165 26 15 66 110
162 Game Avg. 162 662 574 84 162 29 2 27 101 3 2 78 74 .282 .367 .481 .848 128 276 15 2 1 6 10

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
1987 27 MIN AL ALCS DET W 5 23 20 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 .150 .261 .300 .561 6 1 0 0 0 2
1987 27 MIN AL WS STL W 7 29 24 4 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 3 .208 .345 .333 .678 8 0 0 0 0 1
1991 31 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 5 22 21 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .143 .182 .143 .325 3 1 0 0 0 0
1991 31 MIN AL WS ATL W 7 29 26 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .115 .207 .269 .476 7 1 1 0 0 1
2 Seasons (4 Series) 24 103 91 10 14 1 0 3 12 0 0 11 12 .154 .252 .264 .516 24 3 1 0 0 4
2 ALCS 10 45 41 4 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 .146 .222 .220 .442 9 2 0 0 0 2
2 WS 14 58 50 6 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 7 9 .160 .276 .300 .576 15 1 1 0 0 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 MIN AL 21 1B 13 12 102.1 128 124 4 0 14 1.000 0.3 3.5 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 11.26 9.85 .993 10.05 8.57
1981 MIN AL 21 DH 8
1982 MIN AL 22 1B 138 138 1209.0 1271 1174 88 9 125 .993 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.7 4.2 0 9.39 9.14 .992 7.44 7.25 AS,RoY-2
1982 MIN AL 22 DH 2 AS,RoY-2
1983 MIN AL 23 1B 137 136 1174.2 1253 1151 89 13 125 .990 -5.4 -5.5 -6.4 -2.7 -3.7 1 9.50 9.05 .992 7.66 7.30
1983 MIN AL 23 DH 2
1984 MIN AL 24 1B 148 147 1293.2 1433 1320 99 14 113 .990 11.9 11.0 10.9 7.4 3.5 1 9.87 9.59 .991 6.96 6.76 MVP-2
1984 MIN AL 24 DH 1 MVP-2
1985 MIN AL 25 1B 156 147 1308.1 1461 1339 114 8 114 .995 2.9 2.7 2.9 0.8 2.1 0 10.00 9.31 .991 6.88 6.41
1985 MIN AL 25 DH 2
1986 MIN AL 26 1B 147 143 1254.2 1332 1218 104 10 137 .992 -0.8 -0.8 -1.8 0.2 -2.0 1 9.48 8.99 .991 7.17 6.80
1986 MIN AL 26 DH 1
1987 MIN AL 27 1B 137 135 1161.0 1252 1179 68 5 112 .996 1.4 1.4 0.4 1.2 -0.9 1 9.67 9.10 .992 7.75 7.30 MVP-16
1987 MIN AL 27 DH 1 MVP-16
1988 MIN AL 28 1B 105 103 892.2 902 842 57 3 92 .997 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.9 -1.2 0 9.06 8.56 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 MIN AL 28 DH 37
1989 MIN AL 29 1B 89 86 734.1 787 723 60 4 66 .995 7.8 12.7 6.8 2.6 4.2 1 9.60 8.80 .993 9.79 8.35
1989 MIN AL 29 DH 18
1990 MIN AL 30 1B 120 117 1021.0 1141 1057 81 3 100 .997 -7.4 -8.7 -7.4 -5.8 -1.6 0 10.03 9.48 .992 8.81 8.33
1990 MIN AL 30 DH 20
1990 MIN AL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.30
1991 MIN AL 31 1B 128 126 1082.1 1241 1138 95 8 110 .994 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 -1.8 0.6 1 10.25 9.63 .992 8.31 7.81
1992 MIN AL 32 1B 104 102 903.1 1025 954 68 3 75 .997 2.5 3.3 2.5 0.6 1.9 0 10.18 9.83 .993 9.68 8.36
1992 MIN AL 32 DH 8
1993 MIN AL 33 1B 115 109 943.2 1026 940 81 5 98 .995 4.0 5.1 4.0 3.0 1.0 0 9.74 8.88 .993 9.54 8.24
1993 MIN AL 33 DH 2
1994 MIN AL 34 1B 72 66 578.2 609 566 41 2 50 .997 -7.0 -14.5 -7.0 -2.6 -4.4 0 9.44 8.43 .992 9.57 8.49
1994 MIN AL 34 DH 4
14 Seasons 1B 1609 1567 13659.2 14861 13725 1049 87 1331 .994 15.7 1.4 9.7 5.2 4.3 6 9.73 9.18 .992 8.20 7.56
13 Seasons DH 106
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.30
14 Seasons TOT 1610 1567 13660.2 14863 13725 1051 87 1331 .994 16.2 1.4 10.2 5.2 4.8 6 9.73 9.18 .986 8.20 7.56
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1991-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-AL-2-63%
1987-AL-16-3%
0.66 Career Shares (344th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 AL--.311--7th
1988 AL--.312--6th

On-Base% s c a p y
1984 AL--.383--7th
1988 AL--.387--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 AL--.522--5th
1987 AL--.545--9th
1988 AL--.520--8th
1990 AL--.474--10th
Career--.481--174th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 AL--.906--5th
1987 AL--.934--8th
1988 AL--.907--7th
1990 AL--.850--7th
Career--.848--173rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 AL--292--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1983 AL--41--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--34--3rd
1988 AL--25--10th
1989 AL--25--10th
Career--293--129th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 AL--107--7th
Career--1086--197th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL--84--7th
Career--838--206th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 AL--145--8th
1988 AL--149--9th
Career--128--190th

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 AL--110--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1984 AL--35--7th
1988 AL--36--8th
Career--253--174th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1984 AL--3.5--7th
1988 AL--3.5--8th
Career--24.8--177th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1983 AL--62--9th
1984 AL--61--10th
Career--623--248th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 AL--.701--7th
1987 AL--.685--7th
1988 AL--.725--5th
1990 AL--.658--8th
Career--.637--245th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL--7--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 AL--8--8th
Career--66--157th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL--12--5th
1984 AL--15--3rd
1985 AL--12--4th
1986 AL--9--10th
1987 AL--12--4th
Career--110--91st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career--165--184th

AB per SO s c a p y
1990 AL--10.933--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL--14.029--3rd
1989 AL--15.000--5th**
Career--21.133--146th

Salary s c a p y
1990 AL--$2,100,000--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL--born 1960-05-21--6th

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 40 (606), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (834), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (396), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Greg Luzinski (930)
  2. Ted Kluszewski (925)
  3. Eric Karros (925)
  4. Vic Wertz (918)
  5. Tim Salmon (912)
  6. Roy Sievers (912)
  7. Joe Adcock (910)
  8. Paul Konerko (908)
  9. Ryan Klesko (907)
  10. David Justice (903)
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  1. Prince Fielder (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Rice (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Olerud (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Olerud (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Will Clark (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Will Clark (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Will Clark (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Will Clark (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Paul Konerko (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Paul Konerko (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Paul Konerko (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gil Hodges (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tino Martinez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Minnesota Twins$560,000
1986Minnesota Twins$1,060,000
1987Minnesota Twins$1,310,000
1988Minnesota Twins$1,410,000
1989Minnesota Twins$1,560,000
1990Minnesota Twins$2,100,000
1991Minnesota Twins$2,600,000
1992Minnesota Twins$3,100,000
1993Minnesota Twins$3,100,000
1994Minnesota Twins$3,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$19,900,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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