Lance
Hacker
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 2, 1943 in Usa
 
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
1973 30 LEX FL $ 2,000,000 3 5 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4
1974 31 LEX FL $ 2,000,000 3 5 4 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4
1975 32 LEX FL $ 2,000,000 3 5 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
1976 33 OMA JL $ 2,000,000 4 6 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
1977 34 JAX JL $ 2,000,000 4 6 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 5 4 5
1978 35 JAX JL $ 2,000,000 4 6 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 5 4 5
1979 36 PHX JL $ 1,000,000 3 5 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 5 4 4
1980 37 PHX JL $ 1,000,000 3 5 4 5 7 6 0 0 0 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000 3 5 4 5 7 6 0 0 0 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 4 6 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
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
1973 30 LEX FL 61 164 26 49 16 0 7 21 0 0 13 44 .299 .356 .524 .880 27.5 4.8
    AAA   87 347 49 106 27 1 15 48 1 0 32 53 .305 .364 .519 .883 61.5  
1974 31 LEX FL 130 372 53 108 33 2 12 58 0 0 21 61 .290 .328 .487 .815 53.7 8.0
1975 32 LEX FL 133 419 52 128 35 0 11 53 1 2 37 71 .305 .367 .468 .835 65.5 10.6
1976 33 AUS FL 72 200 18 47 9 0 7 30 0 0 10 45 .235 .279 .385 .664 21.5 2.8
  OMA JL 60 182 15 42 13 0 1 15 0 0 14 54 .231 .291 .319 .610 16.5 2.0
  TOT   132 382 33 89 22 0 8 45 0 0 24 99 .233 .285 .353 .638 38.0 4.8
1977 34 OMA JL 53 168 15 35 7 0 4 20 0 1 7 28 .208 .242 .321 .563 12.1 0.3
  JAX JL 96 326 38 83 18 0 8 41 0 1 23 63 .255 .303 .383 .687 36.0 4.7
  TOT   149 494 53 118 25 0 12 61 0 2 30 91 .239 .282 .362 .645 48.1 5.0
1978 35 JAX JL 146 496 50 143 41 1 17 84 2 1 24 83 .288 .329 .478 .807 71.5 11.0
1979 36 PHX JL 122 287 33 82 21 1 9 45 1 2 14 65 .286 .327 .460 .787 41.0 8.6
1980 37 AAA   98 138 23 51 15 1 6 19 0 0 11 18 .370 .416 .623 1.039 30.4  
7 Years Sim 873 2614 300 717 193 4 76 367 4 7 163 514 .274 .321 .438 .760 345.3 52.8
2 Years AAA 185 485 72 157 42 2 21 67 1 0 43 71 .324 .379 .548 .927 91.9  
162 Game Average 485 55 133 35 0 14 68 0 1 30 95 .274 .321 .438 .760 64.1  
Career Highs 149 496 53 143 41 2 17 84 2 2 37 99 .305 .367 .524 .880 71.5  
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   2045 238 590 156 4 62 302 3 7 143 424 .289 .340 .460 .799 297.0
vs LH   569 62 127 37 0 14 65 1 0 20 90 .223 .254 .362 .616 49.3
Home 436 1293 157 352 88 1 41 188 2 4 79 236 .272 .318 .437 .755 170.0
Away 438 1321 143 365 105 3 35 179 2 3 84 278 .276 .325 .440 .765 176.3
RISP   624 0 186 42 2 26 284 0 0 51 108 .298 .347 .497 .843 103.1
Pinch Hitting   161 20 45 14 0 8 35 0 2 10 35 .280 .328 .516 .843 24.7
Close/Late   386 37 99 19 1 12 55 0 0 33 88 .256 .318 .404 .723 49.2
Mar/Apr 138 410 37 108 27 1 12 68 1 3 24 75 .263 .305 .422 .727 50.1
May 125 332 32 88 20 0 11 45 0 0 22 73 .265 .317 .425 .741 42.8
June 124 352 39 96 20 0 13 66 0 1 12 61 .273 .308 .440 .748 43.8
July 141 411 52 112 30 0 8 41 1 2 31 83 .273 .331 .404 .735 51.5
August 177 571 69 164 59 0 18 75 1 1 29 107 .287 .323 .485 .809 82.5
Sep/Oct 169 538 71 149 37 3 14 72 1 0 45 115 .277 .335 .435 .770 75.6
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   DWS
1973 30 LEX FL 1B 51 37 338.3 339 21 2 27 .994 9.58   0.3
    3B 4 3 30.0 4 14 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.2
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 31 LEX FL 1B 88 76 675.0 655 52 3 52 .996 9.43   2.3
    3B 27 13 143.0 10 26 2 1 .947 2.27   0.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 LEX FL 1B 96 90 793.7 863 72 5 76 .995 10.60   1.5
    3B 24 14 139.0 8 26 3 1 .919 2.20   0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 33 AUS FL 3B 36 27 239.5 15 55 6 6 .921 2.63   1.0
    1B 29 25 222.3 230 21 2 22 .992 10.16   0.8
  OMA JL 3B 30 23 221.7 14 51 6 6 .915 2.64   0.3
    1B 24 21 205.7 213 19 2 21 .991 10.15   0.1
  TOT   3B 66 50 461.2 29 106 12 12 .918 2.63   1.3
      1B 53 46 428.0 443 40 4 43 .992 10.16   0.9
1977 34 OMA JL 3B 47 42 353.1 27 69 4 6 .960 2.45   0.4
    1B 2 2 18.1 16 1 0 2 1.000 8.45   0.0
    SS 2 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
    2B 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
  JAX JL 3B 85 76 698.3 54 135 9 12 .955 2.44   1.4
    1B 5 3 35.9 31 3 0 3 1.000 8.52   0.1
    SS 3 2 21.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.90   0.1
    2B 1 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
  TOT   3B 132 118 1051.4 81 204 13 18 .956 2.44   1.8
      1B 7 5 54.0 47 4 0 5 1.000 8.50   0.1
      SS 5 3 32.7 5 6 0 1 1.000 3.03   0.1
      2B 1 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.0
1978 35 JAX JL 3B 107 104 927.0 45 229 14 16 .951 2.66   2.6
    1B 30 28 223.0 243 13 4 22 .985 10.33   0.3
1979 36 PHX JL 1B 37 32 288.0 271 14 3 24 .990 8.91   0.5
    3B 36 32 282.0 18 58 9 5 .894 2.43   0.7
    2B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
  3B 396 334 3033.6 195 663 53 55 .942 2.55   7.3
  1B 362 314 2800.0 2861 216 21 249 .993 9.89   5.8
  SS 7 3 34.7 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.85   0.1
  2B 2 0 9.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.85   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   768 651 5880.7 3065 885 74 305 .982 6.05   13.2
Career Highs   145 132 1150.0 871 242 18 77 .995 9.34    
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
1979 36 PHX JL 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Doubles
1974-9-33
1978-3-41
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 20th round, 478th overall pick, by Lexington in 1973
Injured on 6/2/1973 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 6/17/1973 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 7/21/1973, off Pablo Verlohi (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1973, off J.J. Jackson (BIR)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Birmingham on 5/13/1975
Traded from Omaha to Jacksonville on 6/1/1977 (Going to OMA: 2B B. Zarzuela. Going to JAX: 3B L. Hacker)
Injured on 5/3/1978 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Vancouver on 7/19/1978
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/6/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1979, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 8 RBI