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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)
Schools: Texarkana College (Texarkana, TX), 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Giants 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$13.8M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.156, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Rick Thurman,BHSC, previously: Billy Martin Jr. [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 6:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #672. Jeromy Burnitz… #673. Ezra Sutton… #674. Deacon McGuire… #675. HUNTER PENCE… #676. Mike Bordick… #677. Snuffy Stirnweiss… #678. Casey Stengel… 

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 .743 102 262 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 .784 108 178 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 90 84 1 4 1 5 1 9
2013 30 SFG NL 39 167 156 22 45 10 1 7 22 7 0 10 33 .288 .329 .500 .829 136 78 5 0 0 1 1 *9
7 Yrs 933 3954 3629 497 1036 193 31 145 538 74 39 287 735 .285 .338 .476 .814 117 1726 94 14 1 23 11
162 Game Avg. 162 687 630 86 180 34 5 25 93 13 7 50 128 .285 .338 .476 .814 117 300 16 2 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
SFG (2 yrs) 98 415 375 50 93 21 3 14 67 8 0 29 93 .248 .304 .432 .736 109 162 6 4 1 6 2
PHI (2 yrs) 155 676 605 94 175 27 4 28 94 5 3 63 123 .289 .357 .486 .842 125 294 21 3 0 5 3

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
2007 24 HOU NL 108 484 20 -1 1 -1 1 21 2.0 15 36 3.4 .519 .513 3.5 -0.0 37 89 RoY-3
2008 25 HOU NL 157 642 4 -4 2 9 -6 5 0.4 20 25 2.3 .503 .503 1.4 0.2 16 $396,000 *9
2009 26 HOU NL 159 647 12 1 -3 17 -6 20 2.0 20 40 4.0 .513 .513 2.1 1.1 23 $439,000 *9 AS
2010 27 HOU NL 156 658 13 1 2 2 -6 12 1.2 21 33 3.2 .508 .508 3.0 -0.5 31 $3,500,000 *9
2011 28 HOU NL 100 432 17 3 2 1 -4 19 2.0 13 32 3.3 .521 .513 3.2 -0.3 31 $6,900,000 9 AS,MVP-16
2011 28 PHI NL 54 236 17 1 -1 0 -2 14 1.5 7 22 2.2 .529 .510 2.2 -0.2 22 9 AS,MVP-16
2012 29 PHI NL 101 440 5 1 -1 -6 -4 -5 -0.5 13 8 0.8 .495 .497 1.3 -1.1 14 $10,400,000 9 MVP-32
2012 29 SFG NL 59 248 -2 0 2 -3 -2 -5 -0.5 8 3 0.2 .491 .497 0.5 -0.6 6 9 MVP-32
2013 30 SFG NL 39 167 6 1 1 0 -2 7 0.7 5 12 1.2 .519 .505 1.2 -0.2 12 $13,800,000 *9
7 Seasons 933 3954 92 4 4 19 -32 88 8.7 122 210 20.5 .510 .506 18.3 -1.8 191 $35,435,000
HOU (5 yrs) 680 2863 66 0 4 28 -22 77 7.6 89 165 16.1 .512 .510 13.1 0.3 137 $11,235,000
SFG (2 yrs) 98 415 4 2 3 -3 -4 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 1.7 -0.8 18 $13,800,000
PHI (2 yrs) 155 676 22 2 -2 -6 -6 9 1.0 20 30 3.0 .506 .503 3.5 -1.3 36 $10,400,000

Postseason Batting

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 OF 155 154 151 1370.1 355 340 9 6 2 .983 -11 2 -9 1 2.29 2.25 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 HOU NL 27 RF 155 154 151 1370.1 355 340 9 6 2 .983 -11 2 -9 2 2.29 2.25 .986 2.10 2.07
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 0 7 0 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 1408.1 289 271 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 1408.1 289 271 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 -12 -6 -15 -7 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 -12 -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 -3 3 -7 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 3 -7 1.99 1.93 .984 2.01 1.99
2013 SFG NL 30 OF 39 39 39 352.1 100 98 1 1 0 .990 1 0 4 0 2.53 2.54 .986 2.14 2.12
2013 SFG NL 30 RF 39 39 39 352.1 100 98 1 1 0 .990 1 0 4 0 2.53 2.54 .988 2.13 2.11
7 Seasons OF 927 921 900 8176.0 2047 1945 70 32 11 .984 -22 19 -3 2 2.22 2.17 .986 2.18 2.17
7 Seasons RF 833 826 810 7331.1 1777 1685 64 28 11 .984 -21 20 -3 3 2.15 2.10 .984 2.08 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
7 Seasons TOT 927 921 900 8176.0 2047 1945 70 32 11 .984 -22 19 -3 2 2.22 2.17 .986 2.18 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-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

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

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2011 NL  5.6 (7th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2011 NL  5.4 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 NL  .314 (4th)
Active  .285 (37th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Active  .476 (43rd)
Career  .476 (215th)

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  159 (7th)
2012 NL  160 (3rd)
2013 NL  39 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
2010 NL  614 (4th)
2011 NL  606 (4th)
2012 NL  617 (6th)
2013 NL  156 (5th)

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)
2013 NL  45 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 NL  304 (7th)
2013 NL  78 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 NL  38 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (4th)
Active  31 (40th)

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

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2013 NL  7 (7th)

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

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  117 (43rd)

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

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2013 NL  18 (6th)

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)
Active  39 (37th)

SB % s c a p y
2013 NL  100.00 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2013 NL  7.0 (2nd)
Active  98.0 (43rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 NL  459 (10th)
2010 NL  464 (7th)
2012 NL  485 (4th)
2013 NL  117 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2011 NL  38.07 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
Active  10.9 (43rd)

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  155 (1st)
2011 NL  153 (3rd)
2012 NL  159 (1st)
2013 NL  39 (1st)
Active  833 (5th)
Career  833 (92nd)

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)
2013 NL  98 (1st)
Active  1,685 (6th)
Career  1,685 (84th)

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  64 (4th)
Career  64 (98th)

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)
2013 NL  1 (2nd)
Active  28 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  4 (2nd)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
2011 NL  3 (2nd)
Active  11 (9th)

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)
2013 NL  39 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2013 NL  98 (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  70 (10th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  6 (3rd)
2012 NL  7 (1st)
Active  32 (16th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  4 (3rd)

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)
2013 NL  2.53 (1st)
Active  2.15 (8th)
Career  2.15 (44th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2.28 (3rd)
2009 NL  2.11 (4th)
2010 NL  2.25 (3rd)
2013 NL  2.54 (1st)
Active  2.10 (5th)
Career  2.10 (27th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  .997 (2nd)
2009 NL  .985 (4th)
2011 NL  .980 (5th)
2013 NL  .990 (5th)
Active  .984 (12th)
Career  .984 (44th)

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

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  2.80 (2nd)
2013 NL  2.54 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  .997 (3rd)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 33 (738), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (975), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1098), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (110th), 19.6 career WAR/19.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.4 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

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/Other Sources
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
201330San Francisco Giants$13,800,000
2013 Status4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$35,435,000
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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