A.J. Hinch

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: May 15, 1974 in Waverly, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Midwest City HS (Midwest City, OK), the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Midwest City HS (Midwest City, OK)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 1, 1998 (Age 23-321d, 17,198th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 2004 (Age 30-132d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College,18U)

Full Name: Andrew Jay Hinch

Twitter: @ajhinch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

953

209

.219

104

RBI

112

OBP

.280

SLG

.356

OPS

.636

OPS+

Summary of 32 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

3 Tms
OAK	16
KCR	13
DET	3

Platoon
vs RHP	25
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	14

Outs
1	11
0	11
2	10

16 Opps
TOR	5
KCR	4
CLE	4
MIN	3
SEA	3
BAL	2
BOS	2
ARI	1
STL	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
ANA	1
NYY	1
DET	1
CHW	1
MIL	1

31 Pitchers
Kelvim Escobar	2
James Baldwin	1
Brad Voyles	1
Dave Burba	1
CC Sabathia	1
Bob Wells	1
John Halama	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
Jamey Wright	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
Erik Hanson	1
Ken Cloude	1
Doug Johns	1
Butch Henry	1
Armando Reynoso	1
Héctor Carrasco	1
Cory Lidle	1
Jay Witasick	1
Pat Rapp	1
Jake Westbrook	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Barry Zito	1
Bartolo Colón	1
Brian Rose	1
Steve Karsay	1
Roger Clemens	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Mike Morgan	1
Mike Timlin	1
Bryce Florie	1
Joey Hamilton	1

10 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	13
RingCentral Col (OAK)	8
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	25
78	6
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	6
3	6
2	6
4	5
7+	4
5	4
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	7
12-	3
123	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

51 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	19
1 on	8
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	8
4	4
5	8
6	3
7	4
8	2
9	1

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	7
-1	4
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	12
Tied	7
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-1	5
3-2	4
1-0	4
2-1	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
2-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	31
PH	1

OrderPos
9th	18
8th	10
6th	3
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1998-04-14	OAK	@	BOS	Butch Henry	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) BBBCCFX	1	8	2	0.100	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1998-04-21	OAK		MIN	Mike Morgan	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.179	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
3	3	3	1	1998-04-25	OAK	@	BAL	Arthur Rhodes	behind 1-8	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	1998-05-01	OAK		TOR	Erik Hanson	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	10,(3-2) BFFBFFBFFX	1	6	2	0.127	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1998-06-20	OAK	@	SEA	Ken Cloude	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	6,(2-2) CBBCFX	2	9	2	0.102	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Christenson Scores
6	6	6	1	1998-08-16	OAK	@	DET	Bryce Florie	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	9	2	0.085	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	7	1	1998-08-17	OAK		TOR	Kelvim Escobar	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) C1BX	2	9	2	0.229	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Tejada Scores
8	8	8	1	1998-09-08	OAK		BAL	Doug Johns	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	8,(3-2) FBFBBFFX	1	9	2	0.131	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	9	1	1998-09-15	OAK	@	KCR	Pat Rapp	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) BCBFBFX	1	9	2	0.105	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1999-04-11	OAK	@	SEA	Jamie Moyer	behind 0-10	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1999-05-05	OAK	@	TOR	Kelvim Escobar	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	5,(3-1) SBBBX	2	9	2	0.236	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); O. Sáenz Scores
12	12	3	1	1999-05-27	OAK		KCR	Jay Witasick	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.109	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	4	1	1999-08-10	OAK		NYY	Roger Clemens	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.031	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1999-08-14	OAK	@	TOR	Joey Hamilton	ahead 4-0	t 1	1	123	4,(0-2) FFFX	4	9	2	0.093	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Stairs Scores; B. Grieve Scores/unER; E. Chavez Scores
15	15	6	1	1999-08-16	OAK	@	BOS	Brian Rose	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1-3	5,(1-2) FFFBX	3	9	2	0.145	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Tejada Scores; E. Chavez Scores
16	16	7	1	1999-08-24	OAK		CLE	Steve Karsay	behind 0-5	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	9	2	0.051	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2001-04-08	KCR		MIN	Héctor Carrasco	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	8	2	0.058	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Randa Scores; D. McCarty Scores
18	18	2	1	2001-05-25	KCR		SEA	John Halama	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	9	2	0.110	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	2001-06-03	KCR	@	ANA	Ramón Ortiz	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	2	0.107	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	2001-06-06	KCR		CHW	James Baldwin	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	9	2	0.049	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Alicea Scores
21	21	5	1	2001-06-09	KCR		ARI	Armando Reynoso	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	2	0.078	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	2001-06-17	KCR	@	MIL	Jamey Wright	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.078	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2002-05-09	KCR		CLE	Bartolo Colón	behind 1-3	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.128	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	2	1	2002-05-10	KCR		CLE	CC Sabathia	tied 0-0	b 5	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.243	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Berger Scores; D. McCarty Scores
25	25	3	1	2002-05-14	KCR		MIN	Bob Wells	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	8	2	0.040	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Quinn Scores; N. Pérez Scores
26	26	4	1	2002-05-25	KCR		TEX	Dave Burba	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	0.043	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	2002-06-07	KCR		STL	Mike Timlin	behind 4-12	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ibañez Scores
28	28	6	1	2002-07-20 (1)	KCR		CLE	Jake Westbrook	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	9	2	0.129	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Berger Scores
29	29	7	1	2002-09-02	KCR	@	OAK	Barry Zito	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.099	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2003-06-30	DET		TOR	Cory Lidle	behind 0-1	b 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) >FX	2	8	2	0.241	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Santiago Scores
31	31	2	1	2003-09-22	DET	@	KCR	Jason Grimsley	behind 4-11	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	8	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Monroe Scores
32	32	3	1	2003-09-23	DET	@	KCR	Brad Voyles	ahead 13-6	t 7	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	6	2	0.006	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)