A.J. Hinch | Major Leaguer 1998-2004

Full Name: Andrew Jay Hinch
Born: May 15,1974 in Waverly, Iowa
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Midwest City (Midwest City,OK)
College: Stanford University

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Prospect Rankings*
1998 - 42nd ranked Major League prospect

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Chicago White Sox in 2nd Round (62nd overall) of 1992 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 3rd Round (72nd overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Oakland Athletics in 3rd Round (75th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Sep 22,1996] - signed [Jan 8,2001] - Traded by Athletics with Angel Berroa and Ben Grieve to Royals for Mark Ellis, Johnny Damon and Cory Lidle. [Oct 15,2002] - Released by Royals. [Dec 23,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Jan 8,2003] - Signed by Indians [Mar 29,2003] - Purchased by Tigers from Indians. [Oct 1,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 15,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. [Oct 9,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 15,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. [Feb 2,2005] - Signed by Phillies (minor) [Oct 12,2005] - Opted for free agency

Signed by: Will Schock

Disabled List: [Aug 6,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown)

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Modesto	Calif	23	Oak	A+	c		95	333	70	103	25	3	20	73	8	3	42	68	11	3	4	4	9	.309	.400	.583	983	--
	Edmonton	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	c		39	125	23	47	7	0	4	24	2	0	20	13	3	1	0	0	7	.376	.473	.528	1001	--
1998	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	c	9	120	337	34	78	10	0	9	35	3	0	30	89	4	0	13	7	6	.231	.296	.341	637	43%
1999	Vancouver	PCL	25	Oak	AAA	c		15	61	9	23	3	0	2	7	1	1	3	12	1	1	0	0	0	.377	.415	.525	940	--
	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	c		76	205	26	44	4	1	7	24	6	2	11	41	2	0	9	1	3	.215	.260	.346	606	--
2000	Sacramento	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	c		109	417	65	111	23	2	6	47	5	5	45	67	7	2	2	5	8	.266	.344	.374	718	--
	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	c	9	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	583	62%
2001	Omaha	PCL	27	Kc	AAA	c		45	168	28	54	14	0	10	33	1	0	11	33	1	0	0	1	5	.321	.365	.583	948	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	c	8,9	45	121	10	19	3	0	6	15	1	1	8	26	3	1	1	1	5	.157	.226	.331	557	62%
2002	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	c	8,9	72	197	25	49	7	1	7	27	3	3	18	35	3	0	2	0	2	.249	.321	.401	722	49%
2003	Toledo	IL	29	Det	AAA	c		55	185	20	48	15	1	4	23	0	1	13	38	4	2	2	1	2	.259	.320	.416	736	--
	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	c	8	27	74	7	15	3	1	3	11	0	0	3	18	2	0	1	2	3	.203	.247	.392	639	22%
2004	Scr/wb	IL	30	Phi	AAA	c		77	265	21	61	9	1	2	32	0	0	24	48	8	0	1	3	5	.230	.310	.294	604	--
	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	MLB	c	8	4	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	455	0%
2005	Scr/wb	IL	31	Phi	AAA	c		85	269	30	75	15	2	3	44	0	0	22	45	9	2	2	4	8	.279	.349	.383	732	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								350	953	104	209	28	3	32	112	13	6	71	214	14	1	26	11	19	.219	.280	.356	636	45%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)								520	1823	266	522	111	9	51	283	17	10	180	324	44	11	11	18	44	.286	.361	.441	802	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	Modesto	Calif	23	Oak	A+	C	86			615	65	3	683	6	9			.996	--
1997	Modesto	Calif	23	Oak	A+	1B	1			7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Edmonton	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	C	31			197	7	3	207	3	1			.986	--
1997	Edmonton	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	OF	3			4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	C	118			602	47	9	658	8	8	68	35	.986	--

1999	Vancouver	PCL	25	Oak	AAA	C	12			83	3	1	87	1	1			.989	--
1999	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	C	73			368	26	5	399	4	10	42	15	.987	--

2000	Sacramento	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	C	87			580	47	4	631	4	10			.994	--
2000	Sacramento	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	1B	1			6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	C	5		19	9	0	1	10	0	0	1	1	.900	4.26
2000	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2001	Omaha	PCL	27	Kc	AAA	C	24			188	6	1	195	0	0			.995	--
2001	Omaha	PCL	27	Kc	AAA	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2001	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	C	43		331.2	220	14	3	237	2	4	22	7	.987	6.35

2002	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	C	68		527.1	349	23	4	376	2	2	39	9	.989	6.35

2003	Toledo	IL	29	Det	AAA	C	48			299	22	3	324	5	3			.991	--
2003	Toledo	IL	29	Det	AAA	1B	2			17	0	0	17	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Toledo	IL	29	Det	AAA	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2003	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	C	27	23	197.2	110	6	2	118	0	2	23	3	.983	5.28

2004	Scr/wb	IL	30	Phi	AAA	C	75			435	34	4	473	3	3			.992	--
2004	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	MLB	C	4	1	25.2	14	5	0	19	0		1	2	1.000	6.66

2005	Scr/wb	IL	31	Phi	AAA	C	80			499	33	8	540	7				.985	--

Awards

[1993] - Freshman 1st team All-America C [1994] - Pac-10 Conference All-Southern C, 3rd team College All-American C [1995] - Pac-10 Conference All-Southern C, 1st team College All-American C, Pac-10 Southern Player of the Year [1996] - Pac-10 Conference All-Southern C, Pac-10 Conference All-Southern Player of the Year, Summer League First-Team All-American C, 2nd team College All-American C [1997] - Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star C

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1998	170,000		1,054,037	80
1999	230,000		1,222,537	58
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	260,000		1,609,512	55
2002	260,000		1,654,088	54
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80

Career:	$1,695,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the Bronze-medal United States Baseball Team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
2007	Arizona Diamondbacks [MLB]	Farm Director
2008	Arizona Diamondbacks [MLB]	Director of player development