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John
Hale		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 5, 1953 in Usa, CA, FRESNO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 PIT NL     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4
1975 21 PIT NL     4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1976 22 PIT NL     4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1977 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 4 4 4
1978 24 BAL AL     4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 4 4 4
1979 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5
1980 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5
1981 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5
1982 28 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 5 5 5
1983 29 BAL AL $ 1,388,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5
1984 30 DET AL $ 3,221,429   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1985 31 DET AL $ 3,221,429   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1986 32 SEM AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5
1987 33 CLN NL $ 1,064,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 6 4 4 4
1988 34 PHN NL     5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 4 4 4
1989 35 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,221,429   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 20 A   137 424 88 126 25 2 22 91 3 1 129 71 .297 .461 .521 .982 105.7  
1975 21 A   137 456 72 120 15 4 25 69 1 2 131 92 .263 .428 .478 .906 100.8  
1976 22 A   137 458 67 112 21 2 24 76 1 1 132 85 .245 .414 .456 .870 95.8  
1977 23 A   137 444 78 136 29 2 23 78 1 1 128 67 .306 .462 .536 .998 110.9  
1978 24 AA   110 378 49 89 14 1 15 53 1 0 88 75 .235 .380 .397 .777 64.6  
    A   27 78 10 21 6 0 2 6 0 0 30 15 .269 .472 .423 .895 18.4  
1979 25 BAL AL 53 178 25 42 5 0 3 16 1 0 34 30 .236 .358 .315 .673 22.0 2.6
    AAA   104 392 47 113 27 0 13 61 0 1 66 66 .288 .391 .457 .847 70.0  
1980 26 BAL AL 132 447 42 111 15 1 5 56 1 2 37 79 .248 .308 .320 .628 42.6 3.8
1981 27 BAL AL 127 395 53 101 15 1 8 52 1 0 42 69 .256 .326 .359 .685 47.9 8.0
1982 28 BAL AL 116 345 35 81 9 3 9 44 0 2 37 73 .235 .306 .357 .663 39.5 6.1
1983 29 BAL AL 132 424 67 122 24 1 19 63 0 1 49 74 .288 .362 .483 .845 68.4 15.2
1984 30 BAL AL 87 280 29 63 13 1 2 35 1 0 37 52 .225 .317 .300 .617 28.4 3.6
  DET AL 48 171 31 45 12 2 4 21 0 0 23 33 .263 .354 .427 .780 25.6 5.3
  TOT   135 451 60 108 25 3 6 56 1 0 60 85 .239 .331 .348 .679 54.0 8.9
1985 31 DET AL 150 525 43 116 32 2 15 54 0 2 60 129 .221 .302 .375 .677 57.5 6.6
1986 32 SEM AL 156 537 64 143 18 0 21 69 0 0 53 121 .266 .336 .417 .753 74.2 14.6
1987 33 CLN NL 141 471 49 114 20 3 14 69 0 2 42 111 .242 .309 .386 .695 55.3 8.2
1988 34 PHN NL 14 30 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .067 .176 .100 .276 -0.4 0.0
1989 35 IND AL 70 171 12 32 3 0 4 13 0 0 17 50 .187 .266 .275 .540 13.6 0.0
    AA   25 87 14 22 1 0 2 11 0 0 18 25 .253 .381 .333 .714 13.0  
11 Years Sim 1226 3974 452 972 167 14 104 493 4 9 435 829 .245 .321 .372 .693 474.7 74.1
1 Years AAA 104 392 47 113 27 0 13 61 0 1 66 66 .288 .392 .457 .848 70.0  
2 Years AA 135 465 63 111 15 1 17 64 1 0 106 100 .239 .381 .385 .766 77.6  
5 Years A 575 1860 315 515 96 10 96 320 6 5 550 330 .277 .442 .494 .936 431.6  
8 Years Minors 814 2717 425 739 138 11 126 445 7 6 722 496 .272 .425 .470 .895 579.2  
162 Game Average 525 59 128 22 1 13 65 0 1 57 109 .245 .321 .372 .693 62.7  
Career Highs 156 537 67 143 32 3 21 69 1 2 60 129 .288 .362 .483 .845 74.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3043 363 775 134 8 83 389 4 7 348 633 .255 .332 .386 .718 398.4
vs LH   931 89 197 33 6 21 104 0 2 87 196 .212 .283 .328 .611 87.2
Home 604 1916 214 472 76 7 53 244 0 6 213 411 .246 .325 .376 .701 238.2
Away 622 2058 238 500 91 7 51 249 4 3 222 418 .243 .317 .368 .685 247.4
RISP   1000 0 251 32 4 23 366 0 0 112 212 .251 .322 .360 .682 122.5
Pinch Hitting   48 5 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 12 .188 .286 .250 .536 4.1
Close/Late   461 50 108 16 1 13 39 0 0 69 91 .234 .336 .358 .694 59.9
Mar/Apr 194 631 76 140 21 2 17 83 1 0 68 132 .222 .298 .342 .641 67.8
May 196 644 68 143 23 0 17 78 0 3 76 133 .222 .311 .337 .648 69.3
June 193 616 63 163 33 2 18 75 0 1 70 132 .265 .342 .412 .754 86.8
July 176 562 59 136 25 5 13 82 1 0 62 118 .242 .314 .374 .688 68.8
August 240 763 98 194 36 2 20 82 0 2 86 159 .254 .329 .385 .715 98.8
Sep/Oct 227 758 88 196 29 3 19 93 2 3 73 155 .259 .326 .380 .706 94.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 25 BAL AL CF 50 50 421.0 136 1 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 26 BAL AL CF 132 129 1109.3 294 7 1 2 .997 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1981 27 BAL AL CF 127 124 1073.3 296 5 0 1 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 28 BAL AL CF 116 114 946.3 261 3 1 1 .996 2.51 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1983 29 BAL AL CF 122 117 1024.3 250 8 0 3 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 6 6 49.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0  
1984 30 BAL AL CF 51 46 396.1 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 32 32 261.9 45 2 1 1 .979 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 15.5 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.7 1 0 1 0 .500 2.43 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL CF 28 25 243.6 60 2 0 1 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 18 17 161.1 28 2 1 1 .968 1.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 79 71 639.7 158 4 0 2 1.000 2.28   2.8
      RF 50 49 423.0 73 4 2 2 .975 1.64   0.0
      LF 3 3 25.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.16   0.0
      C 1 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 31 DET AL RF 144 142 1253.7 298 7 5 1 .984 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    CF 7 2 30.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 SEM AL CF 147 139 1241.7 353 5 0 1 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    RF 5 3 37.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.92 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1987 33 CLN NL RF 140 139 1175.7 246 5 4 1 .984 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 34 PHN NL CF 3 3 25.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
1989 35 IND AL LF 42 39 292.0 66 5 0 2 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 19 11 109.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 788 750 6529.7 1773 33 3 10 .998 2.49 0 0 .000 0 24.0
  RF 368 352 3068.3 659 16 12 4 .983 1.98 0 0 .000 0 7.5
  LF 55 47 377.7 89 6 0 3 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  3B 4 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1218 1149 9994.0 2525 56 16 17 .994 2.32 1 0 .000 0 32.8
Career Highs   155 144 1290.7 368 9 6 5 1.000 2.91 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 27 BAL AL 5 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .231 .375 .231 .606
Career Post-Season Batting 5 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .231 .375 .231 .606
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1986-5-156
 Strikeouts
1985-6-129
1986-10-121
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Joe Lis (946)
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  6. Jerry Morales (942)
  7. Roger Repoz (941)
  8. Al Luplow (940)
  9. Harry Anderson (940)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 59th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1974
Injured on 6/24/1974 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/18/1978 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Traded from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on 6/1/1978 (Going to PIT: C Biff Pocoroba. Going to BAL: CF John Hale)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1979, off Mike Torrez (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1979, off Tom Johnson (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1980, hitting .588 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 7/7/1980 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 6/2/1981 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/18/1982 with a Broken Ribs, out for 6 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,388,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Baltimore to Detroit on 7/31/1984 (Going to DET: CF Mike Brown, CF John Hale, P John Fulgham. Going to BAL: 3B Bob Horner, P Sandy Wihtol)
Injured on 9/2/1984 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $1,012,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1986
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,064,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 4/3/1988 to a minor league deal
Traded from Philadelphia to Detroit on 5/1/1988 (Going to PHN: LF Dave Winfield. Going to DET: CF John Hale)
Released by Detroit on 5/1/1988
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal
Injured on 9/30/1989 with a Broken Ribs, out for 7 weeks
 
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