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Hank
Baez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: June 14, 1955 in San Diego, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 19 BRK FL   1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 2
1975 20 BRK FL   1 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 1 3 2
1976 21 BRK FL   2 4 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 1 3 3
1977 22 BRK FL   3 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 2 4 3
1978 23 BRK FL   3 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 2 4 4
1979 24 BRK FL $ 300,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 8 9 8 5 6 6 3 5 4
1980 25 BRK FL $ 300,000 4 5 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 6 6 2 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 6 6 3 5 4
                                             
  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
1981 26 BRK FL $ 300,000   13 13 12 17 19 18 7 9 8 13 15 15 9 13 12
1982 27 BRK FL $ 2,435,714   12 12 11 18 19 18 7 9 8 14 15 15 9 13 12
1983 28 BRK FL $ 2,435,714   13 13 12 19 20 19 6 7 7 14 15 15 9 13 12
1984 29 BRK FL $ 2,435,714   13 13 12 20 20 20 6 7 7 14 15 15 10 14 13
1985 30 BRK FL $ 1,500,000   14 14 13 20 20 20 6 7 7 14 14 14 10 14 13
1986 31 BRK FL $ 1,500,000   13 13 12 20 20 20 6 7 7 14 14 14 10 13 12
1987 32 BRK FL $ 1,500,000   13 13 12 20 20 20 7 8 7 14 14 14 10 14 13
1988 33 LV FL $ 6,100,000   12 12 11 20 20 20 7 8 8 13 14 14 10 14 13
1989 34 PHX JL     12 12 11 18 19 18 7 8 7 13 14 14 10 14 13
1990 35 MAD JL $ 1,500,000   12 12 11 17 18 18 7 8 8 13 14 14 10 13 12
1991 36 MAD JL $ 1,500,000   12 12 11 17 18 18 7 8 8 13 13 13 8 12 11
1992 37 MAD JL $ 1,500,000   11 11 11 17 18 18 7 8 8 13 13 13 8 12 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 11 17 18 18 6 7 7 13 13 13 8 12 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,100,000   14 14 13 20 20 20 7 9 8 14 15 15 10 14 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 19 A   136 528 83 159 12 1 22 78 22 19 60 111 .301 .372 .453 .825 86.2  
1975 20 A   137 558 95 164 16 4 28 72 22 17 39 137 .294 .340 .487 .827 88.0  
1976 21 AA   52 161 26 43 7 0 4 26 13 7 18 38 .267 .341 .385 .726 21.7  
    A   77 311 55 114 8 0 19 61 20 7 29 58 .367 .421 .576 .996 68.9  
1977 22 AAA   119 489 59 126 15 0 11 54 29 16 41 99 .258 .315 .356 .671 55.8  
    AA   19 78 13 27 6 2 3 18 6 2 6 18 .346 .393 .590 .983 16.3  
1978 23 AAA   133 500 91 156 25 2 28 93 32 6 61 112 .312 .387 .538 .925 102.5  
1979 24 BRK FL 137 400 62 87 13 5 12 41 42 7 38 95 .218 .283 .365 .648 48.9 7.8
1980 25 BRK FL 150 450 72 110 22 7 18 73 38 12 48 113 .244 .319 .444 .763 66.5 11.8
1981 26 BRK FL 154 531 90 138 16 8 31 78 51 16 71 150 .260 .347 .495 .842 95.4 19.2
1982 27 BRK FL 151 445 68 98 14 2 20 55 33 15 45 138 .220 .291 .396 .686 55.2 7.2
1983 28 BRK FL 149 500 65 107 15 4 18 65 27 14 51 122 .214 .285 .368 .653 56.3 6.3
1984 29 BRK FL 129 348 46 85 5 5 13 44 15 12 31 80 .244 .303 .399 .703 43.1 4.9
1985 30 BRK FL 142 375 55 93 9 3 23 59 24 7 39 78 .248 .317 .472 .789 61.2 9.1
1986 31 BRK FL 140 306 44 83 12 3 14 38 15 11 41 75 .271 .356 .467 .823 49.3 6.6
1987 32 BRK FL 140 363 82 91 7 2 35 82 17 6 51 85 .251 .342 .570 .912 70.2 10.5
1988 33 LV FL 138 393 63 108 12 4 22 61 29 13 49 65 .275 .356 .494 .849 68.0 11.5
1989 34 PHX JL 148 480 78 122 22 4 29 82 25 17 50 104 .254 .323 .498 .821 74.8 10.2
1990 35 MAD JL 130 308 51 78 11 5 15 60 7 5 25 59 .253 .304 .468 .771 44.5 6.0
1991 36 MAD JL 121 260 32 60 9 2 15 52 6 8 20 59 .231 .281 .454 .735 33.6 3.9
1992 37 MAD JL 141 354 54 80 11 1 14 54 21 7 37 76 .226 .298 .381 .680 41.3 4.0
14 Years Sim 1970 5513 862 1340 178 55 279 844 350 150 596 1299 .243 .315 .447 .763 808.4 119.0
2 Years AAA 252 989 150 282 40 2 39 147 61 22 102 211 .285 .350 .448 .798 158.3  
2 Years AA 71 239 39 70 13 2 7 44 19 9 24 56 .293 .360 .452 .811 38.0  
3 Years A 350 1397 233 437 36 5 69 211 64 43 128 306 .313 .369 .494 .863 243.1  
7 Years Minors 673 2625 422 789 89 9 115 402 144 74 254 573 .301 .361 .473 .834 439.4  
162 Game Average 453 70 110 14 4 22 69 28 12 49 106 .243 .315 .447 .763 66.5  
Career Highs 154 531 90 138 22 8 35 82 51 17 71 150 .275 .356 .570 .912 95.4  
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   4289 698 1081 147 40 226 704 285 125 465 917 .252 .324 .463 .787 668.3
vs LH   1224 164 259 31 15 53 140 65 25 131 382 .212 .286 .391 .677 149.8
Home 982 2677 422 638 86 21 144 422 160 70 283 622 .238 .309 .448 .757 391.5
Away 988 2836 440 702 92 34 135 422 190 80 313 677 .248 .321 .447 .768 426.7
RISP   1417 0 340 40 18 66 535 0 0 182 316 .240 .318 .433 .751 209.0
Pinch Hitting   491 73 121 13 2 16 82 22 9 51 108 .246 .316 .379 .695 62.4
Close/Late   755 124 182 19 10 30 105 0 1 103 176 .241 .329 .412 .741 108.5
Mar/Apr 324 952 155 233 28 10 55 170 59 24 108 215 .245 .319 .468 .788 150.4
May 354 988 141 222 31 8 47 133 71 34 105 209 .225 .299 .415 .714 130.4
June 312 830 135 208 28 9 47 130 52 16 92 233 .251 .326 .476 .802 135.0
July 330 931 131 216 22 4 38 123 60 26 92 233 .232 .298 .387 .685 115.8
August 327 905 141 223 34 8 42 134 57 19 96 209 .246 .317 .441 .758 134.1
Sep/Oct 323 907 159 238 35 16 50 154 51 31 103 200 .262 .335 .502 .837 152.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 24 BRK FL RF 119 108 933.7 248 5 5 1 .981 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 25 BRK FL RF 119 104 897.3 196 11 4 1 .981 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    1B 15 11 105.0 90 2 0 10 1.000 7.89 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 2 16.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 BRK FL 1B 92 87 769.7 749 67 3 75 .996 9.54 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 62 54 477.3 110 6 7 1 .943 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1982 27 BRK FL 1B 100 66 660.7 677 56 8 72 .989 9.99 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 47 42 350.7 75 2 2 2 .975 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1983 28 BRK FL 1B 131 129 1103.0 1093 104 10 113 .992 9.77 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 10 9 81.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 29 BRK FL RF 81 77 699.7 175 7 5 1 .973 2.34 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    1B 8 6 58.0 77 7 2 8 .977 13.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 30 BRK FL RF 63 61 546.0 129 4 7 1 .950 2.19 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 26 14 141.0 149 12 0 17 1.000 10.28 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 16 15 131.0 37 3 0 1 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 14.0 7 0 1 0 .875 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1986 31 BRK FL RF 54 37 363.0 68 2 3 0 .959 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 33 15 162.7 148 18 2 15 .988 9.18 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 7 7 62.7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 BRK FL RF 58 48 435.7 81 2 2 1 .976 1.71 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 49 27 281.0 277 10 3 18 .990 9.19 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 4 4 36.0 5 1 1 0 .857 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 LV FL RF 123 104 936.7 209 5 6 1 .973 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 3 0 6.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 PHX JL 1B 136 116 1048.3 1087 78 5 66 .996 10.00 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1990 35 MAD JL 1B 92 71 650.0 585 49 4 42 .994 8.78 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 13 1 32.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1991 36 MAD JL 1B 55 44 410.0 336 20 1 27 .997 7.81 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 11 9 77.0 19 2 2 0 .913 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 7.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1992 37 MAD JL 1B 91 77 694.7 628 38 6 54 .991 8.63 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 9 6 59.0 14 1 1 0 .938 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 832 663 6091.0 5903 463 44 518 .993 9.41 0 0 .000 0 12.1
  RF 769 660 5889.0 1341 50 44 9 .969 2.13 0 0 .000 0 12.8
  LF 33 32 283.3 68 4 2 1 .973 2.29 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 3 1 15.0 7 0 1 0 .875 4.20 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 2 0 9.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1641 1356 12291.3 7326 521 91 531 .989 5.75 0 0 .000 1 25.1
Career Highs   154 141 1247.0 1106 106 10 113 .996 10.00 0 0 .000 1  
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
1988 33 LV FL 8 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 .211 .250 .211 .461
1990 35 MAD JL 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111
1991 36 MAD JL 5 16 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 .313 .389 .438 .826
Career Post-Season Batting 16 42 4 9 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 12 .214 .277 .262 .539
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.
Slugging Pct
1981-5-.495
 Games
CAR-33-1970
 Homeruns
1981-5-31
CAR-42-279
 Stolen Bases
CAR-47-350
 Caught Stealing
CAR-34-150
 Strikeouts
1981-4-150
1982-7-138
CAR-45-1299
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Quentin Rolando (882)
  2. Mickey Masutto (875)
  3. Jed Johnson (867)
  4. Joe Gillstrom (848)
  5. Jack Kelly (847)
  6. Mike Fuentes (847)
  7. Clue Heywood (842)
  8. Davey Mellor (841)
  9. Jose Primo (838)
  10. Luis Abdullah (836)
History
Drafted in 22nd round, 507th overall pick, by Omaha in 1973
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Phoenix in 1974
Traded from Phoenix to Des Moines on 5/21/1974 (Going to DM: P A. Gomez, P G. Bowerman, 3B K. Woodson, RF H. Baez, P L. Hoots. Going to PHX: P D. Estrada, 3B F. Lorenzen, P L. Hardy)
Traded from Des Moines to Brooklyn on 7/1/1974 (Going to DM: RF B. Barnes. Going to BRK: RF H. Baez, SS E. Hiles, 3B P. Fowler, RF C. Moralez, C L. Glover)
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/1/1979, off Chuck DeLong (BUF)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1979, off Kurt Stallwith (MON)
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Manhattan on 8/15/1984
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 6/2/1986
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/6/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $6,100,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Phoenix on 2/15/1989 (Going to PHX: RF Hank Baez. Going to LV: RF Victor Jenkins)
Released by Phoenix on 11/2/1989
Signed as a free agent by Madison on 2/24/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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