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Bob Hamelin
Robert James Hamelin

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 235 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut September 12, 1993
  vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1998
Born November 29, 1967 in Elizabeth, NJ

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 25 KCR AL  16   49    2   11   3  0   2    5   0  0   6  15  .224  .309  .408   87   20   0   0   0   0   2
 1994 26 KCR AL 101  312   64   88  25  1  24   65   4  3  56  62  .282  .388  .599  146  187   0   5   3   1   4 RoY-1
 1995 27 KCR AL  72  208   20   35   7  1   7   25   0  1  26  56  .168  .278  .313   53   65   0   1   1   6   6
 1996 28 KCR AL  89  239   31   61  14  1   9   40   5  2  54  58  .255  .391  .435  110  104   0   4   2   2   7
 1997 29 DET AL 110  318   47   86  15  0  18   52   2  1  48  72  .270  .366  .487  122  155   0   2   3   1   8
 1998 30 MIL NL 109  146   15   32   6  0   7   22   0  1  16  30  .219  .295  .404   82   59   1   3   1   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      497 1272  179  313  70  3  67  209  11  8 206 293  .246  .352  .464  109  590   1  15  10  11  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        415   58  102  23  1  22   68   4  3  67  96  .246  .352  .464  109  192   0   5   3   4  11
 Career High    110  318   64   88  25  1  24   65   5  3  56  72  .282  .391  .599  146  187   1   5   3   6   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 25 KCR AL   55   40    6   4.0   108| .224  .274| .309  .345| .408  .418| .717  .764|  87  .417  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1994 26 KCR AL  374  236   76   8.6   115| .282  .277| .388  .350| .599  .442| .987  .792| 146  .705  22.9   2.1  57%
 1995 27 KCR AL  241  181   18   2.6   110| .168  .272| .278  .345| .313  .429| .591  .774|  53  .224 -15.2  -1.4   0%
 1996 28 KCR AL  299  191   44   6.2   115| .255  .276| .391  .349| .435  .443| .826  .792| 110  .545   6.5   0.6  71%
 1997 29 DET AL  369  243   58   6.4   108| .270  .270| .366  .339| .487  .427| .853  .766| 122  .597  10.7   1.0  66%
 1998 30 MIL NL  167  126   16   3.4   107| .219  .269| .295  .339| .404  .424| .699  .764|  82  .343  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1505 1017  218   5.7   111| .246  .273| .352  .345| .464  .433| .816  .778| 109  .540  19.9   1.8  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 25 KCR AL 1B 15 129 9 2 10 .986 .993 9.20 8.24 10.44 9.57 14 119.0 1994 26 KCR AL DH 70 1B 24 234 18 2 11 .992 .992 10.50 8.49 10.68 9.57 24 212.3 1995 27 KCR AL DH 56 1B 8 66 9 0 11 1.000 .993 9.38 8.32 10.71 9.61 7 63.0 1996 28 KCR AL DH 47 1B 33 232 20 4 25 .984 .992 7.64 7.92 9.37 9.24 28 242.0 1997 29 DET AL DH 95 1B 7 29 1 0 1 1.000 .993 4.29 8.04 7.94 9.32 3 34.0 1998 30 MIL NL 1B 51 230 7 2 22 .992 .993 4.65 8.01 8.61 9.46 21 247.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 25 KCR AL 1B 15 129 9 2 10 .986 .993 9.20 8.24 10.44 9.57 14 119.0 1994 26 KCR AL 1B 24 234 18 2 11 .992 .992 10.50 8.49 10.68 9.57 24 212.3 1995 27 KCR AL 1B 8 66 9 0 11 1.000 .993 9.38 8.32 10.71 9.61 7 63.0 1996 28 KCR AL 1B 33 232 20 4 25 .984 .992 7.64 7.92 9.37 9.24 28 242.0 1997 29 DET AL 1B 7 29 1 0 1 1.000 .993 4.29 8.04 7.94 9.32 3 34.0 1998 30 MIL NL 1B 51 230 7 2 22 .992 .993 4.65 8.01 8.61 9.46 21 247.7 1994 26 KCR AL DH 70 1995 27 KCR AL DH 56 1996 28 KCR AL DH 47 1997 29 DET AL DH 95 1998 30 MIL NL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 269 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 138 920 64 10 80 .990 .993 7.13 8.12 9.65 9.45 97 918.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 138 920 64 10 80 .990 .993 7.13 8.12 9.65 9.45 97 918
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1994-AL-ROY

Slugging %
1994 AL-.599-5

OPS
1994 AL-.987-5

Home Runs
1994 AL-24-9

Adjusted OPS+
1994 AL-146-7

Offensive Win%
1994 AL-.705-8

At Bats per Home Run
1994 AL-13.0-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2141) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1988.

March 26, 1997: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

April 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 21, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

November 11, 1998: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1994Kansas City Royals$110,000
1995Kansas City Royals$435,000
1996Kansas City Royals$375,000
1998Milwaukee Brewers$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,370,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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