Chuck
Hinton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 202
 
Born: May 3, 1934 in Usa, NC, ROCKY MOUNT
 
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
1961 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
1962 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
1963 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
1964 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1965 31 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1966 32 MIN AL $ 1,160,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
1967 33 MIN AL $ 1,160,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
1968 34 BOS AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
1969 35 SDP NL $ 875,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
1970 36 BSN NL $ 875,000   2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
1971 37 BSN NL $ 875,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
1972 38 BSN NL $ 875,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,160,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
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
1961 27 MIN AL 33 47 12 10 0 1 2 7 3 0 4 7 .213 .275 .383 .657 5.2 0.9
    AAA   68 210 37 55 4 1 13 31 2 2 18 46 .262 .320 .476 .796 32.1  
1962 28 MIN AL 13 22 4 6 1 0 1 5 0 2 1 4 .273 .304 .455 .759 2.0 0.2
    AAA   135 540 98 172 31 4 18 69 17 6 60 84 .319 .387 .491 .877 98.1  
1963 29 MIN AL 98 126 28 40 4 2 5 18 13 5 7 18 .317 .353 .500 .853 21.2 5.5
1964 30 MIN AL 154 592 82 163 25 7 14 49 33 15 32 122 .275 .311 .412 .723 76.4 12.6
1965 31 MON NL 103 287 40 84 14 1 1 29 7 0 22 53 .293 .342 .359 .701 34.5 7.6
1966 32 MIN AL 17 20 2 8 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 .400 .455 .450 .905 3.6 0.8
1967 33 MIN AL 75 121 15 28 6 1 1 9 8 7 8 30 .231 .277 .322 .599 9.7 0.5
    AAA   28 104 14 30 3 0 6 16 3 1 9 24 .288 .345 .490 .836 17.5  
1968 34 BOS AL 90 221 33 64 8 1 3 25 7 4 15 36 .290 .335 .376 .710 25.2 4.9
1969 35 SDP NL 45 69 9 17 1 0 0 4 6 0 2 22 .246 .268 .261 .528 4.9 0.1
1970 36 BSN NL 83 110 19 12 2 1 0 6 10 7 5 27 .109 .145 .145 .291 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   25 102 10 16 6 1 2 12 4 0 11 21 .157 .239 .294 .533 7.9  
1971 37 BSN NL 72 115 15 17 3 0 1 4 4 2 5 26 .148 .183 .200 .383 1.4 0.0
1972 38 AAA   19 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
11 Years Sim 783 1730 259 449 65 14 28 160 94 43 103 348 .260 .300 .362 .662 184.0 33.3
5 Years AAA 275 958 165 273 44 6 39 128 26 9 98 176 .285 .350 .466 .815 155.4  
162 Game Average 357 53 92 13 2 5 33 19 8 21 72 .260 .300 .362 .662 38.1  
Career Highs 154 592 82 163 25 7 14 49 33 15 32 122 .400 .455 .500 .905 76.4  
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   920 152 204 24 7 17 74 66 27 54 191 .222 .264 .318 .582 79.9
vs LH   810 107 245 41 7 11 86 28 16 49 157 .302 .341 .411 .752 108.0
Home 377 818 121 213 31 8 12 72 46 24 41 151 .260 .294 .362 .656 85.4
Away 406 912 138 236 34 6 16 88 48 19 62 197 .259 .305 .362 .667 102.5
RISP   331 0 88 12 2 5 126 0 0 26 62 .266 .312 .360 .672 37.9
Pinch Hitting   139 15 41 3 0 2 17 2 1 5 26 .295 .319 .360 .679 15.4
Close/Late   269 73 69 12 0 5 25 0 0 15 56 .257 .296 .357 .653 27.7
Mar/Apr 90 193 33 53 4 5 4 27 16 9 12 40 .275 .314 .409 .723 24.5
May 124 293 43 81 12 3 2 18 12 11 24 54 .276 .329 .358 .688 33.1
June 145 306 56 79 12 1 8 25 21 4 15 68 .258 .293 .382 .675 36.0
July 123 270 39 73 12 1 3 25 12 7 21 67 .270 .322 .356 .677 30.6
August 141 310 43 92 15 1 5 28 21 6 13 58 .297 .325 .400 .725 39.9
Sep/Oct 160 358 45 71 10 3 6 37 12 6 18 61 .198 .235 .293 .528 23.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1961 27 MIN AL LF 7 6 49.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.1
    RF 6 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    CF 2 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 28 MIN AL RF 3 3 28.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    CF 3 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 29 MIN AL LF 31 11 126.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.4
    CF 15 8 78.0 17 0 1 0 .944 1.96    
    RF 5 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    1B 11 0 11.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 10.64   0.0
1964 30 MIN AL CF 125 120 1058.0 291 9 15 4 .952 2.55   2.8
    RF 21 19 172.7 31 3 1 0 .971 1.77    
    1B 3 0 6.0 7 2 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 31 MON NL LF 64 61 500.7 109 3 3 2 .974 2.01   1.9
    CF 13 8 76.3 20 1 1 0 .955 2.48    
    RF 10 1 24.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 6.38    
    1B 6 0 15.7 18 2 0 3 1.000 11.49   0.0
1966 32 MIN AL CF 2 2 17.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.59   0.1
    RF 7 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    LF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 33 MIN AL LF 14 11 95.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.9
    CF 24 6 90.3 20 2 2 2 .917 2.19    
    RF 14 10 89.0 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.12    
    1B 3 0 4.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 34 BOS AL CF 53 51 432.7 105 3 4 1 .964 2.25   1.2
    RF 8 3 38.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    LF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 6 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1969 35 SDP NL CF 13 12 98.0 30 2 1 1 .970 2.94   0.2
    LF 6 3 26.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.77    
    1B 6 2 22.0 26 2 0 3 1.000 11.45   0.0
    RF 4 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1970 36 BSN NL CF 38 12 168.0 44 0 1 0 .978 2.36   0.6
    LF 16 3 49.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47    
    RF 9 3 44.7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.21    
    1B 4 3 26.0 32 1 1 3 .971 11.42   0.0
1971 37 BSN NL RF 26 11 150.3 34 0 1 0 .971 2.04   0.6
    CF 23 12 119.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.27    
    LF 7 0 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 4 1 16.0 16 1 0 3 1.000 9.56   0.0
  CF 311 233 2159.3 563 18 25 9 .959 2.42   4.9
  LF 153 97 892.3 190 3 4 2 .980 1.95   3.3
  RF 113 57 620.7 136 4 3 1 .979 2.03   0.6
  1B 46 6 111.7 127 10 1 14 .993 11.04   0.2
  SS 4 0 8.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   627 393 3792.0 1016 38 33 27 .970 2.50   9.0
Career Highs   151 139 1241.0 329 14 16 6 1.000 4.06    
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
1965 31 MON NL 10 35 1 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 7 .229 .270 .286 .556
1968 34 BOS AL 5 17 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .294 .400 .294 .694
Career Post-Season Batting 15 52 2 13 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 13 .250 .316 .288 .604
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.
At-Bats
1964-3-592
Hits
1964-9-163
Singles
1964-9-117
Triples
1964-6-7
Stolen Bases
1964-5-33
Caught Stealing
1964-3-15
1970-9-7
Strikeouts
1964-6-122
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1961
Had first career hit on 7/4/1961, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/1961, off Whitey Ford (BOS)
Injured on 4/24/1962 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 2/7/1965 (Going to MON: LF Chuck Hinton. Going to MIN: SS Ernie Banks, P Bud Daley, P Fred Lasher)
Injured on 7/28/1965 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/7/1966 (Going to MIN: SS Ken Boyer, LF Chuck Hinton. Going to MON: SS Ernie Banks)
Injured on 5/7/1966 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 2/1/1968 (Going to MIN: P Eli Grba. Going to MON: P Ken Sanders, LF Chuck Hinton)
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 4/2/1968 (Going to MON: P John Tsitouris. Going to BOS: LF Chuck Hinton)
Released by Boston (A) on 10/31/1968
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/7/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $875,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 3/3/1970 (Going to SDP: P Gary Kroll, 2B Johnny Goryl, P Dick Lemay, P Jim Roland. Going to KCR: RF Tony Conigliaro, LF Chuck Hinton, P Seth Morehead)
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 3/3/1970 (Going to BSN: P Seth Morehead, LF Chuck Hinton, P Gary Gentry. Going to KCR: RF Al Kaline)