Hunter Pence
Hunter A. Pence
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 13, 1983 in Arlington, TX
High School: Arlington (Arlington, TX)
School: University of Texas at Arlington
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2007
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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
2007 24 HOU NL 108 484 456 57 147 30 9 17 69 11 5 26 95 .322 .360 .539 .899 129 246 10 1 0 1 0 89 RoY-3
2008 25 HOU NL 157 642 595 78 160 34 4 25 83 11 10 40 124 .269 .318 .466 .783 105 277 14 4 0 3 2 *9
2009 26 HOU NL 159 647 585 76 165 26 5 25 72 14 11 58 109 .282 .346 .472 .818 115 276 25 1 0 3 1 *9 AS
3 Seasons 424 1773 1636 211 472 90 18 67 224 36 26 124 328 .289 .340 .488 .828 115 799 49 6 0 7 3
162 Game Avg. 162 677 625 81 180 34 7 26 86 14 10 47 125 .289 .340 .488 .828 115 305 19 2 0 3 1

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
2007 24 HOU NL 484 325 85 7.0 111 .377 .322 .273 .360 .342 .539 .436 .899 .778 129 .644 17.2 1.6 .861 .287 .217 13.4
2008 25 HOU NL 642 462 83 4.8 106 .301 .269 .265 .318 .336 .466 .423 .783 .759 105 .492 1.8 0.2 .702 .266 .197 15.3
2009 26 HOU NL 647 459 87 5.1 106 .308 .282 .265 .346 .337 .472 .420 .818 .758 115 .525 11.0 1.0 .741 .294 .190 17.9
3 Seasons 1773 1246 255 5.5 107 .325 .289 .267 .340 .338 .488 .425 .828 .764 115 .551 30.0 2.8 .758 .282 .200 46.8
162 Game Avg. 677 476 97 5.5 107 .325 .289 .267 .340 .338 .488 .425 .828 .764 115 .551 11 1 .758 .282 .200 18

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 HOU NL 26

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 24 HOU NL 484 3.5% 19.6% 5.4% 11.6% 38% 3.65 4.8 26.8 6.6 1.01 1.31 71% 20% 11.0% 14%
2008 25 HOU NL 642 3.9% 19.3% 6.2% 9.8% 39% 3.10 4.8 23.8 7.2 1.10 1.26 70% 12% 13.3% 17%
2009 26 HOU NL 647 3.9% 16.9% 9.0% 8.7% 34% 1.88 5.4 23.4 8.1 1.14 1.49 70% 14% 12.8% 13%
3 Seasons 1773 3.8% 18.5% 7.0% 9.9% 37% 2.65 5.0 24.4 7.3 1.09 1.36 70% 15% 12.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 24 HOU NL 6 0 26% 205 11 5 69% 11 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 10 35% 24 19 4 7 2 5 9 4 5
2008 25 HOU NL 9 0 30% 215 11 10 52% 9 10 2 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 52% 27 18 9 8 3 5 19 4 14
2009 26 HOU NL 5 0 26% 201 14 11 56% 12 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 11 54% 37 21 15 5 0 5 19 5 13
3 Seasons 20 0 27% 621 36 26 58% 32 22 4 3 0 1 6 2 17 32 48% 88 58 28 20 5 15 47 13 32
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2007 24 HOU NL 484 22% 147 20 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 11 13 4 7 10 0 1 0 0% 93 10 11% 44 12 27% 277 54 19% 23 10 43% 26 10 38% 0
2008 25 HOU NL 642 25% 160 39 0 2 1 0 0 2.22 25 1 17 18 7 14 11 0 0 0 110 14 13% 56 17 30% 389 60 15% 44 20 45% 40 16 40% 0
2009 26 HOU NL 647 20% 165 35 0 2 0 0 0 2.16 25 0 12 19 6 14 11 0 0 0 107 25 23% 63 19 30% 387 50 13% 24 10 42% 43 18 42% 0
3 Seasons 1773 23% 472 94 1 4 1 0 0 2.19 67 2 40 50 17 35 32 0 1 0 0% 310 49 16% 163 48 29% 1053 164 16% 91 40 44% 109 44 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2007 24 HOU NL 484 1750 3.62 1154 66% 19% 19% 30% 31% 81% 0% 53% 76% 37% 3% 14 0 12% 58 36 5% 25 18 13% 0 0 0
2008 25 HOU NL 642 2357 3.67 1529 65% 22% 19% 28% 31% 78% 1% 51% 76% 39% 4% 23 3 12% 79 37 6% 36 23 28% 0 0 0
2009 26 HOU NL 647 2524 3.90 1572 62% 24% 19% 27% 30% 76% 1% 48% 75% 33% 4% 26 4 13% 86 41 10% 64 36 23% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1773 6631 3.74 4255 64% 22% 19% 28% 31% 78% 1% 50% 76% 36% 4% 63 7 13% 223 114 7% 125 77 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2007 24 108 484 456 57 147 30 9 17 69 11 5 26 95 .322 .360 .539 .899 129 246 10 1 0 1 0
2008 25 265 1126 1051 135 307 64 13 42 152 22 15 66 219 .292 .336 .498 .833 115 523 24 5 0 4 2
2009 26 424 1773 1636 211 472 90 18 67 224 36 26 124 328 .289 .340 .488 .828 115 799 49 6 0 7 3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 24 108 473 447 54 138 28 8 16 65 10 24 95 .309 .345 .515 .859 80 108
2008 25 157 634 589 77 154 33 4 24 82 11 38 124 .261 .309 .453 .762 82 157
2009 26 159 635 576 76 156 25 5 24 72 13 55 109 .271 .334 .457 .790 87 159
3 Seasons 424 1742 1612 207 448 86 17 64 219 34 117 328 .278 .328 .471 .799 249 424
162 Game Avg. 162 666 616 79 171 33 6 24 84 13 45 125 .278 .328 .471 .799 95 424

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  159 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2009 NL  25 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 NL  10 (7th)
2009 NL  11 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 NL  459 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Matt Kemp (964)
  2. Josh Hamilton (956)
  3. Cody Ross (950)
  4. Corey Hart (947)
  5. Adam Lind (944)
  6. Ed Coleman (943)
  7. Andre Ethier (942)
  8. Ryan Ludwick (941)
  9. Jason Kubel (941)
  10. Smead Jolley (938)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Aubrey Huff (975)
  2. Jim Edmonds (966)
  3. Bobby Higginson (965)
  4. Corey Hart (965)
  5. Wally Judnich (963)
  6. Larry Doby (960) *
  7. Chad Tracy (958)
  8. J.D. Drew (956)
  9. Richie Zisk (954)
  10. Andre Ethier (953)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chad Tracy (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Aubrey Huff (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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