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Hunter Pence

Hunter Andrew Pence (Captain Underpants) (twitter: @hunterpence)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 13, 1983 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Arlington HS (Arlington, TX)
School: University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2007
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Giants 2007-2012
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.156, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman,BHSC, previously: Billy Martin Jr. [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #611. Red Rolfe… #612. Jason Thompson… #613. Tommy Tucker… #614. HUNTER PENCE… #615. Bob Horner… #616. Billy Nash… #617. Bill Mueller… 

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 .818 116 276 25 1 0 3 1 *9 AS
2010 27 HOU NL 156 658 614 93 173 29 3 25 91 18 9 41 105 .282 .325 .461 .786 112 283 11 0 0 3 2 *9
2011 28 TOT NL 154 668 606 84 190 38 5 22 97 8 2 56 124 .314 .370 .502 .871 139 304 15 1 0 5 3 *9 AS,MVP-16
2011 28 HOU NL 100 432 399 49 123 26 3 11 62 7 1 30 86 .308 .356 .471 .828 128 188 7 1 0 2 1 9
2011 28 PHI NL 54 236 207 35 67 12 2 11 35 1 1 26 38 .324 .394 .560 .954 159 116 8 0 0 3 2 9
2012 29 TOT NL 160 688 617 87 156 26 4 24 104 5 2 56 145 .253 .319 .425 .743 103 262 14 7 1 7 2 *9 MVP-32
2012 29 PHI NL 101 440 398 59 108 15 2 17 59 4 2 37 85 .271 .336 .447 .784 109 178 13 3 0 2 1 9
2012 29 SFG NL 59 248 219 28 48 11 2 7 45 1 0 19 60 .219 .287 .384 .671 91 84 1 4 1 5 1 9
6 Yrs 894 3787 3473 475 991 183 30 138 516 67 39 277 702 .285 .339 .475 .813 117 1648 89 14 1 22 10
162 Game Avg. 162 686 629 86 180 33 5 25 94 12 7 50 127 .285 .339 .475 .813 117 299 16 3 0 4 2
HOU (5 yrs) 680 2863 2649 353 768 145 24 103 377 61 36 195 519 .290 .339 .479 .818 117 1270 67 7 0 12 6
PHI (2 yrs) 155 676 605 94 175 27 4 28 94 5 3 63 123 .289 .357 .486 .842 126 294 21 3 0 5 3
SFG (1 yr) 59 248 219 28 48 11 2 7 45 1 0 19 60 .219 .287 .384 .671 91 84 1 4 1 5 1

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
2007 24 HOU NL 108 484 20 -1 1 -1 1 21 2.0 13 34 3.3 .519 .512 3.4 -0.0 35 $ 89 RoY-3
2008 25 HOU NL 157 642 5 -4 2 9 -7 5 0.4 17 22 2.1 .503 .503 1.3 0.2 13 $396,000 *9
2009 26 HOU NL 159 647 12 1 -3 17 -7 19 2.0 18 36 3.7 .512 .512 1.9 1.1 20 $439,000 *9 AS
2010 27 HOU NL 156 658 12 2 2 2 -7 10 1.0 18 28 2.8 .507 .506 2.6 -0.5 26 $3,500,000 *9
2011 28 HOU NL 100 432 17 3 2 1 -4 18 2.0 12 30 3.2 .520 .512 3.0 -0.3 29 $6,900,000 9 AS,MVP-16
2011 28 PHI NL 54 236 17 0 -1 0 -2 14 1.6 6 21 2.2 .529 .510 2.2 -0.3 21 $ 9 AS,MVP-16
2012 29 PHI NL 101 440 5 2 -1 -6 -5 -6 -0.5 12 7 0.7 .494 .496 1.2 -1.1 13 $10,400,000 9 MVP-32
2012 29 SFG NL 59 248 -2 0 2 -3 -3 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.1 .490 .496 0.4 -0.6 4 $ 9 MVP-32
6 Seasons 894 3787 85 3 4 19 -35 76 8.0 104 180 18.1 .509 .506 16.0 -1.6 161 $21,635,000
HOU (5 yrs) 680 2863 65 1 4 28 -25 73 7.5 78 151 15.1 .511 .509 12.2 0.3 123 $11,235,000
PHI (2 yrs) 155 676 22 2 -2 -6 -7 9 1.0 19 27 2.9 .506 .503 3.4 -1.3 34 $10,400,000
SFG (1 yr) 59 248 -2 0 2 -3 -3 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.1 .490 .496 0.4 -0.6 4 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2011 28 PHI NL NLDS STL L 5 21 19 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 .211 .286 .211 .496 4 0 0 0 0 1
2012 29 SFG NL NLDS CIN W 5 20 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 1 0 0 0 0
2012 29 SFG NL NLCS STL W 7 29 28 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .179 .207 .321 .528 9 1 0 0 0 0
2012 29 SFG NL WS DET W 4 16 14 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .286 .313 .357 .670 5 0 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 21 86 81 10 17 2 0 1 8 2 1 4 19 .210 .244 .272 .516 22 2 0 0 1 1
2 NLDS 10 41 39 3 8 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 5 .205 .244 .205 .449 8 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 7 29 28 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .179 .207 .321 .528 9 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 16 14 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .286 .313 .357 .670 5 0 0 0 1 0

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
2007 HOU NL 24 OF 108 108 102 960.1 308 296 6 6 0 .981 1 -1 1 -1 2.83 2.80 .984 2.30 2.29 RoY-3
2007 HOU NL 24 CF 95 95 90 844.2 270 260 6 4 0 .985 -1 -1 -1 -1 2.83 2.80 .987 2.71 2.70 RoY-3
2007 HOU NL 24 RF 14 13 12 115.2 38 36 0 2 0 .947 2 0 22 0 2.80 2.57 .981 2.18 2.17 RoY-3
2008 HOU NL 25 OF 156 154 153 1366.1 357 340 16 1 4 .997 -4 9 -4 7 2.34 2.28 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 HOU NL 25 RF 156 154 153 1366.1 357 340 16 1 4 .997 -4 9 -4 8 2.34 2.28 .982 2.12 2.11
2009 HOU NL 26 OF 157 156 155 1375.2 337 316 16 5 2 .985 0 17 0 14 2.17 2.11 .986 2.20 2.18 AS
2009 HOU NL 26 RF 157 156 155 1375.2 337 316 16 5 2 .985 0 17 0 15 2.17 2.11 .986 2.08 2.06 AS
2010 HOU NL 27 RF 156 155 151 1370.1 355 340 9 6 2 .983 -11 2 -9 2 2.29 2.24 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 HOU NL 27 OF 155 155 151 1370.1 355 340 9 6 2 .983 -11 2 -9 1 2.29 2.25 .987 2.17 2.15
2011 TOT NL 28 OF 153 152 148 1342.2 301 284 11 6 3 .980 0 1 0 0 1.98 1.93 .986 2.16 2.15 AS,MVP-16
2011 TOT NL 28 RF 153 152 148 1342.2 301 284 11 6 3 .980 0 1 0 0 1.98 1.93 .983 2.05 2.04 AS,MVP-16
2011 HOU NL 28 OF 100 99 96 860.0 217 203 9 5 3 .977 -2 1 -3 1 2.22 2.12 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 HOU NL 28 RF 100 99 96 860.0 217 203 9 5 3 .977 -2 1 -3 1 2.22 2.12 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 PHI NL 28 OF 53 53 52 482.2 84 81 2 1 0 .988 3 1 7 2 1.55 1.57 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 PHI NL 28 RF 53 53 52 482.2 84 81 2 1 0 .988 3 0 7 0 1.55 1.57 .983 2.05 2.04
2012 TOT NL 29 OF 159 158 152 1408.4 289 271 11 7 0 .976 -10 -9 -9 -7 1.80 1.77 .987 2.11 2.09 MVP-32
2012 TOT NL 29 RF 159 158 152 1408.4 289 271 11 7 0 .976 -10 -9 -9 -7 1.80 1.77 .984 2.01 1.99 MVP-32
2012 PHI NL 29 OF 101 100 99 901.2 175 161 9 5 0 .971 -11 -9 -15 -11 1.70 1.68 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 PHI NL 29 RF 101 100 99 901.2 175 161 9 5 0 .971 -11 -6 -15 -8 1.70 1.68 .984 2.01 1.99
2012 SFG NL 29 OF 58 58 53 506.2 114 110 2 2 0 .982 1 -9 2 -21 1.99 1.93 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 SFG NL 29 RF 58 58 53 506.2 114 110 2 2 0 .982 1 -3 2 -7 1.99 1.93 .984 2.01 1.99
6 Seasons OF 888 883 861 7823.2 1947 1847 69 31 11 .984 -23 19 -4 2 2.20 2.16 .986 2.19 2.17
6 Seasons RF 795 788 771 6979.0 1677 1587 63 27 11 .984 -23 20 -4 3 2.13 2.08 .984 2.07 2.06
1 Season CF 95 95 90 844.2 270 260 6 4 0 .985 -1 -1 -1 -1 2.83 2.80 .987 2.71 2.70
6 Seasons TOT 888 883 861 7823.2 1947 1847 69 31 11 .984 -23 38 -4 5 2.20 2.16 .986 2.19 2.17
Lg 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
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

All-Star Games
2009
2011 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (16, 2%)
2012 NL (32, 0%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2011 NL  5.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 NL  5.2 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 NL  .314 (4th)
Active  .285 (40th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .475 (221st)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  159 (7th)
2012 NL  160 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
2010 NL  614 (4th)
2011 NL  606 (4th)
2012 NL  617 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2012 NL  688 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  173 (10th)
2011 NL  190 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 NL  304 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 NL  38 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 NL  97 (8th)
2012 NL  104 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
2010 NL  116 (10th)
2011 NL  125 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2011 NL  112 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  247 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 NL  7 (8th)

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)
2010 NL  9 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 NL  459 (10th)
2010 NL  464 (7th)
2012 NL  485 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 NL  38.02 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.4 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.8 (7th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  156 (1st)
2009 NL  157 (2nd)
2010 NL  156 (1st)
2011 NL  153 (3rd)
2012 NL  159 (1st)
Active  795 (9th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  340 (1st)
2009 NL  316 (2nd)
2010 NL  340 (2nd)
2011 NL  284 (4th)
2012 NL  271 (4th)
Active  1,587 (9th)
Career  1,587 (88th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (1st)
2009 NL  16 (1st)
2010 NL  9 (3rd)
2011 NL  11 (1st)
2012 NL  11 (1st)
Active  63 (7th)
Career  63 (97th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  5 (4th)
2010 NL  6 (1st)
2011 NL  6 (3rd)
2012 NL  7 (1st)
Active  27 (8th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  156 (3rd)
2009 NL  157 (4th)
2010 NL  155 (3rd)
2012 NL  159 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  16 (1st)
2009 NL  16 (1st)
2011 NL  11 (3rd)
2012 NL  11 (3rd)
Active  69 (16th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  6 (3rd)
2012 NL  7 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.83 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 NL  2.80 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.34 (3rd)
2010 NL  2.29 (3rd)
Active  2.13 (9th)
Career  2.13 (49th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2.28 (3rd)
2009 NL  2.11 (4th)
2010 NL  2.24 (3rd)
Active  2.08 (5th)
Career  2.08 (31st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  .997 (3rd)
Active  .984 (12th)
Career  .984 (46th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.83 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  2.80 (2nd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (973), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1178), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (108th), 18.1 career WAR/18.0 7yr-peak WAR/18.0 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 24) = 69.5 career WAR/41.3 7yr-peak WAR/55.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Leon Durham (940)
  6. Marty Cordova (939)
  7. Ellis Valentine (938)
  8. Shea Hillenbrand (936)
  9. Trot Nixon (936)
  10. Grady Sizemore (936)
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  2. Ellis Burks (960)
  3. Jermaine Dye (959)
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  5. Leon Durham (952)
  6. Rondell White (951)
  7. Frank Thomas (950)
  8. Jose Guillen (948)
  9. Torii Hunter (947)
  10. Jim Ray Hart (946)
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  2. Aubrey Huff (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bobby Higginson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rondell White (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Aubrey Huff (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200825Houston Astros$396,000
200926Houston Astros$439,000
201027Houston Astros$3,500,000
201128Houston Astros$6,900,000 $2M paid by Houston Astros
201229Philadelphia Phillies$10,400,000contracts
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,635,000
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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