Bill
Hinchman
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 4, 1883 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1907   
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
1905 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 9
1906 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 2 3 10 10 10
1907 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1908 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1909 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1910 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1911 28 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1912 29 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1913 30 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1914 31 CLE AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 9 9
1915 32 CLE AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1916 33 SLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,542,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1905 22 AA   92 369 69 115 12 2 27 62 27 4 30 62 .312 .363 .575 .938 76.0  
    A   26 103 15 33 5 0 5 11 7 3 8 17 .320 .369 .515 .884 18.6  
1906 23 AAA   39 146 16 27 4 2 2 15 5 1 13 21 .185 .252 .281 .532 10.9  
    AA   80 327 45 83 16 5 8 33 23 7 38 44 .254 .332 .407 .738 46.6  
1907 24 CLE AL 108 398 63 128 23 10 2 58 40 6 38 27 .322 .376 .445 .821 69.0 20.4
    AA   25 87 15 30 5 0 6 23 3 3 21 10 .345 .472 .609 1.081 23.0  
1908 25 CLE AL 137 519 80 138 26 7 3 56 64 13 52 48 .266 .338 .360 .699 69.3 17.0
1909 26 CLE AL 150 570 89 162 17 8 4 41 69 16 54 24 .284 .366 .363 .729 82.5 23.3
1910 27 CLE AL 144 544 81 161 20 18 3 61 60 14 45 23 .296 .363 .415 .778 85.7 28.7
1911 28 CLE AL 137 536 94 150 24 9 2 62 52 12 48 25 .280 .343 .369 .713 73.0 14.5
1912 29 CLE AL 94 286 39 68 8 6 0 25 32 1 20 19 .238 .297 .308 .605 31.3 3.9
1913 30 CLE AL 78 222 31 53 7 1 1 25 23 3 21 9 .239 .308 .293 .600 21.9 2.5
1914 31 CLE AL 100 298 40 84 12 9 4 35 19 9 25 20 .282 .343 .423 .766 40.4 7.9
1915 32 CLE AL 88 251 28 50 11 3 2 22 19 6 24 26 .199 .272 .291 .563 20.0 2.6
1916 33 AAA   131 507 87 134 23 4 8 56 20 5 69 56 .264 .352 .373 .725 71.4  
9 Years Sim 1036 3624 545 994 148 71 21 385 378 80 327 221 .274 .342 .372 .714 493.1 120.7
2 Years AAA 170 653 103 161 27 6 10 71 25 6 82 77 .247 .339 .352 .691 82.3  
3 Years AA 197 783 129 228 33 7 41 118 53 14 89 116 .291 .364 .508 .872 145.6  
1 Years A 26 103 15 33 5 0 5 11 7 3 8 17 .320 .369 .515 .884 18.6  
6 Years Minors 393 1539 247 422 65 13 56 200 85 23 179 210 .274 .353 .442 .796 246.5  
162 Game Average 566 85 155 23 11 3 60 59 12 51 34 .274 .342 .372 .714 77.1  
Career Highs 150 570 94 162 26 18 4 62 69 16 54 48 .322 .376 .445 .821 85.7  
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   2521 401 697 114 45 13 267 270 49 229 157 .276 .344 .373 .717 345.8
vs LH   1103 144 297 34 26 8 118 108 31 98 64 .269 .337 .369 .706 143.0
Home 523 1826 283 512 79 39 11 193 192 42 161 107 .280 .347 .384 .731 254.5
Away 513 1798 262 482 69 32 10 192 186 38 166 114 .268 .337 .359 .696 234.3
RISP   901 0 244 43 20 5 333 0 0 135 60 .271 .364 .380 .743 129.8
Pinch Hitting   111 13 26 7 2 1 12 10 2 12 6 .234 .312 .360 .672 13.6
Close/Late   522 74 145 19 6 3 48 0 0 48 30 .278 .343 .354 .697 62.9
Mar/Apr 103 363 66 101 10 4 5 42 48 10 26 17 .278 .329 .369 .698 48.7
May 160 537 74 147 18 6 1 54 62 10 49 30 .274 .347 .335 .682 68.8
June 167 599 75 158 30 14 5 76 48 15 43 35 .264 .324 .386 .710 74.0
July 182 646 92 178 26 14 3 60 65 12 69 47 .276 .351 .373 .724 91.5
August 197 710 112 190 24 15 5 68 70 14 62 39 .268 .332 .365 .697 92.4
Sep/Oct 227 769 126 220 40 18 2 85 85 19 78 53 .286 .360 .393 .753 113.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1907 24 CLE AL 3B 98 95 868.3 48 201 17 15 .936 2.58   2.3
    1B 4 3 31.0 41 1 1 8 .977 12.19   0.1
    LF 2 2 17.7 6 0 3 0 .667 3.06   0.0
1908 25 CLE AL 1B 78 78 698.3 923 48 5 59 .995 12.51   1.6
    3B 56 56 509.3 30 116 10 11 .936 2.58   1.9
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1909 26 CLE AL 1B 85 84 756.3 988 69 10 58 .991 12.58   1.6
    3B 61 60 564.3 29 147 15 12 .921 2.81   2.4
1910 27 CLE AL 1B 70 68 632.0 743 54 4 64 .995 11.35   1.1
    3B 70 70 626.0 31 140 14 14 .924 2.46   2.5
    LF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1911 28 CLE AL 3B 80 77 706.3 47 191 16 15 .937 3.03   2.9
    1B 37 35 315.0 383 29 4 30 .990 11.77   0.6
    LF 13 11 107.3 19 0 2 0 .905 1.59   0.1
1912 29 CLE AL 1B 38 36 316.3 346 30 3 34 .992 10.70   0.8
    3B 28 22 199.7 13 45 7 6 .892 2.61   0.6
    LF 15 14 123.3 24 1 3 1 .893 1.82   0.3
1913 30 CLE AL LF 25 23 205.0 48 1 1 0 .980 2.15   0.7
    3B 27 16 165.0 12 38 3 0 .943 2.73   0.5
    1B 11 11 93.7 117 11 0 6 1.000 12.30   0.2
1914 31 CLE AL 3B 57 48 454.3 30 102 9 11 .936 2.61   1.3
    1B 14 12 118.0 152 15 1 13 .994 12.74   0.2
    LF 10 9 82.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.4
1915 32 CLE AL 3B 42 35 320.7 19 76 7 7 .931 2.67   1.4
    1B 29 28 245.0 304 24 3 24 .991 12.05   0.8
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 519 479 4414.0 259 1056 98 91 .931 2.68   15.9
  1B 366 355 3205.7 3997 281 31 296 .993 12.01   7.0
  LF 69 59 548.3 126 3 9 1 .935 2.12   1.5
Career Totals   954 893 8167.9 4382 1340 138 388 .976 6.30   24.4
Career Highs   146 144 1320.7 1017 220 25 78 .987 8.40    
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
1908 25 CLE AL 5 27 3 13 1 0 0 5 6 0 1 2 .481 .500 .519 1.019
Career Post-Season Batting 5 27 3 13 1 0 0 5 6 0 1 2 .481 .500 .519 1.019
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.
Batting Average
1910-8-.296
On-Base Pct
1909-5-.366
1910-6-.363
Slugging Pct
1907-9-.388*
1910-3-.415
OPS
1909-9-.729
1910-4-.778
XR
1909-5-82.5
1910-1-85.7
Games
1909-5-150
At-Bats
1909-6-570
Runs
1908-10-80
1909-6-89
1910-4-81
1911-8-94
Hits
1909-9-162
1910-8-161
Total Bases
1909-9-207
1910-2-226
Doubles
1907-7-23
1908-9-26
Triples
1907-7-10
1910-1-18
Homeruns
1909-6-4
Stolen Bases
1908-6-64
1909-2-69
1910-3-60
1911-7-52
Walks
1909-10-54
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1905
Had first career hit (double) on 5/10/1907, off Chief Bender (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/1/1907, off Bob Blewett (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/11/1907
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1907, hitting .322 with 2 HR, 58 RBI
Injured on 5/23/1908 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 10/16/1908
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 7/6/1910