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Dave
Hilton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 201
 
Born: September 15, 1950 in Usa, TX, UVALDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
Gold Glove 1981   
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 21 CLN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7
1973 22 CLN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 7 8
1974 23 CLN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1975 24 CLN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1976 25 CLN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1977 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1978 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1979 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1980 29 NYA AL $ 414,286   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1981 30 NYA AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1982 31 KCR AL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1983 32 KCR AL $ 750,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1984 33 KCR AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1985 34 NYG NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1986 35 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,528,571   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4 8 8 8
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
1972 21 A   131 407 45 107 22 2 15 53 4 5 49 39 .263 .342 .437 .779 60.5  
1973 22 A   131 426 52 116 24 2 12 53 8 1 55 34 .272 .356 .423 .778 65.7  
1974 23 A   113 417 50 111 25 2 13 52 1 10 54 22 .266 .350 .429 .780 60.3  
1975 24 A   136 565 71 191 43 6 19 64 6 7 55 46 .338 .397 .536 .933 107.7  
1976 25 A   137 565 90 184 30 4 29 67 6 4 65 34 .326 .395 .547 .942 113.3  
1977 26 CLN NL 149 437 41 105 23 4 4 42 2 2 22 43 .240 .276 .339 .615 39.8 4.5
1978 27 CLN NL 115 331 33 86 17 1 6 32 0 0 17 29 .260 .296 .372 .668 34.1 4.1
1979 28 NYA AL 63 153 21 41 9 1 0 16 0 0 2 7 .268 .280 .340 .620 13.6 1.9
1980 29 NYA AL 124 426 37 115 15 5 2 43 2 3 23 51 .270 .306 .343 .649 39.3 5.7
1981 30 NYA AL 152 584 62 176 16 2 5 60 3 4 21 62 .301 .326 .361 .687 63.2 13.7
1982 31 NYA AL 77 273 26 74 12 2 1 20 2 2 15 37 .271 .310 .341 .651 25.9 4.3
  KCR AL 74 249 18 50 3 1 2 15 1 1 10 34 .201 .231 .245 .476 10.9 0.0
  TOT   151 522 44 124 15 3 3 35 3 3 25 71 .238 .273 .295 .568 36.9 4.3
1983 32 KCR AL 44 124 15 41 6 0 3 18 0 0 3 18 .331 .344 .452 .795 17.5 3.9
1984 33 KCR AL 141 505 58 149 20 3 6 52 0 0 16 62 .295 .315 .382 .697 54.0 9.6
1985 34 NYG NL 77 177 10 43 12 0 0 13 0 0 6 30 .243 .266 .311 .577 11.7 0.6
1986 35 TAM AL 58 95 15 32 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .337 .344 .358 .702 10.2 1.7
10 Years Sim 1074 3354 336 912 135 19 29 317 10 12 136 391 .272 .300 .349 .649 320.4 50.0
5 Years A 648 2380 308 709 144 16 88 289 25 27 278 175 .298 .371 .483 .853 407.5  
162 Game Average 505 50 137 20 2 4 47 1 1 20 58 .272 .300 .349 .649 48.3  
Career Highs 152 584 62 176 23 5 6 60 3 4 25 71 .337 .344 .452 .795 63.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2345 228 629 92 13 23 227 7 6 91 276 .268 .296 .348 .643 228.9
vs LH   1009 108 283 43 6 6 90 3 6 45 115 .280 .310 .353 .663 104.1
Home 525 1590 153 417 65 8 10 152 7 5 62 174 .262 .289 .332 .621 144.7
Away 549 1764 183 495 70 11 19 165 3 7 74 217 .281 .310 .365 .675 188.3
RISP   735 0 213 32 6 7 267 0 0 37 78 .290 .319 .378 .697 85.8
Pinch Hitting   30 3 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 4.4
Close/Late   362 28 97 7 6 3 26 0 0 14 38 .268 .295 .345 .641 35.4
Mar/Apr 184 586 64 168 27 4 1 70 4 2 31 65 .287 .322 .352 .674 63.5
May 188 632 63 180 22 4 6 58 2 2 25 74 .285 .311 .361 .672 67.5
June 159 477 51 129 19 4 4 43 1 3 23 67 .270 .304 .352 .656 48.2
July 131 400 37 105 13 1 5 34 1 2 15 41 .263 .288 .338 .626 36.9
August 194 554 53 139 29 4 5 42 1 2 19 60 .251 .275 .345 .620 48.9
Sep/Oct 217 705 68 191 25 2 8 70 1 1 23 84 .271 .295 .346 .641 67.9
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
1977 26 CLN NL SS 149 147 1197.3 200 570 12 95 .985 5.79   5.5
1978 27 CLN NL SS 114 113 913.0 132 463 11 89 .982 5.87   5.2
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1979 28 NYA AL 3B 21 14 126.0 3 25 5 2 .848 2.00   0.1
    SS 29 12 125.0 14 54 1 13 .986 4.90   0.5
    2B 6 5 44.0 13 13 1 7 .963 5.32   0.1
1980 29 NYA AL SS 120 119 1007.0 149 440 10 80 .983 5.26   4.6
    3B 4 3 27.7 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.1
1981 30 NYA AL SS 148 147 1300.0 221 640 9 110 .990 5.96   7.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 31 NYA AL SS 66 66 583.3 90 270 9 46 .976 5.55   2.7
    2B 11 9 86.8 20 36 3 6 .949 5.81   0.1
  KCR AL SS 64 63 523.0 80 242 9 41 .973 5.54   2.2
    2B 11 9 77.8 18 33 3 5 .944 5.90   0.4
  TOT   SS 130 129 1106.3 170 512 18 87 .974 5.55   4.8
      2B 22 18 164.6 38 69 6 11 .947 5.85   0.5
1983 32 KCR AL SS 31 31 264.0 41 121 1 24 .994 5.52   1.2
    2B 8 3 30.7 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.40   0.1
    3B 5 2 20.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1984 33 KCR AL SS 140 138 1181.3 204 503 14 107 .981 5.39   7.0
1985 34 NYG NL 2B 28 15 161.3 44 69 3 14 .974 6.30   0.6
    SS 33 13 158.0 34 71 1 8 .991 5.98   0.7
    3B 14 9 81.3 3 11 1 1 .933 1.55   0.1
1986 35 TAM AL 2B 30 4 80.7 16 38 0 8 1.000 6.03   0.5
    SS 16 7 79.7 15 39 1 6 .982 6.10   0.6
    3B 13 6 57.0 1 19 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.3
  SS 910 856 7331.6 1180 3413 78 619 .983 5.64   38.0
  2B 95 45 484.3 115 201 10 41 .969 5.87   1.8
  3B 58 34 313.0 10 64 6 4 .925 2.13   0.6
Career Totals   1063 935 8128.9 1305 3678 94 664 .981 5.52   40.4
Career Highs   152 147 1301.0 221 640 24 110 .995 5.96    
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
1977 26 CLN NL 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 27 CLN NL 4 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1982 31 KCR AL 5 18 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .389 .389 .444 .833
1983 32 KCR AL 5 12 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .417 .462 .500 .962
1986 35 TAM AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 20 52 6 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .346 .358 .385 .743
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.
Singles
1981-4-153
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Denny Doyle (947)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 73rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1972
Injured on 4/4/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/21/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/26/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/4/1977, off Charlie Williams (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1977, off Don Durham (MIA)
Injured on 6/14/1978 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/22/1979 (Going to CLN: P Billy Mccool, SS Pat Rockett. Going to NYA: P Bill Slayback, SS Dave Hilton)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $414,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/14/1980 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 5/20/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 7/1/1982 (Going to KCR: SS Dave Hilton. Going to NYA: SS Dick Allen, P Jeff Jones)
9/22/1982: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/27/1984 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: P Rick Camp, SS Dave Hilton. Going to KCR: 3B Jeff Burroughs, 1B Steve Kemp, C Jody Davis, LF Tito Landrum)
Injured on 9/27/1985 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Released by New York (N) on 10/13/1985
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/3/1986 to a minor league deal
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
 
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