John
Zink
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: January 26, 1967 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1987   
Slick Fielder Award 1988   
All-Star Selections 1987    1988    1989   
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
1986 19 HAW JL     15 15 14 11 11 11 13 14 13 13 14 14 13 14 14
1987 20 HAW JL $ 300,000   18 18 17 11 11 11 14 15 15 13 14 14 14 15 15
1988 21 HAW JL $ 300,000   18 18 18 11 12 12 14 15 15 13 15 14 14 16 15
1989 22 HAW JL $ 300,000   18 18 17 12 12 12 15 15 15 13 15 14 14 16 16
1990 23 HAW JL $ 3,464,286   18 18 17 12 12 12 15 15 15 12 13 13 14 16 16
1991 24 QUE FL $ 2,610,000   18 18 17 12 12 12 15 15 15 12 13 13 16 17 17
1992 25 MTL FL $ 2,610,000   18 18 18 12 13 13 15 15 15 11 13 12 16 17 17
1993 26 MTL FL $ 4,000,000   18 18 17 12 13 13 15 15 15 11 13 12 16 17 17
1994 27 MTL FL $ 4,000,000   18 18 17 12 13 13 15 16 16 11 13 12 16 17 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings     15 15 14 11 11 11 13 14 13 11 13 12 13 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   18 18 18 12 13 13 15 16 16 13 15 14 16 17 17
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
1986 19 AAA   98 351 83 106 15 2 25 81 4 5 74 77 .302 .424 .570 .993 81.6  
    AA   37 118 22 35 6 2 7 13 3 4 37 17 .297 .465 .559 1.024 30.4  
1987 20 HAW JL 153 572 97 177 29 4 23 100 17 6 74 93 .309 .390 .495 .885 105.8 17.1
1988 21 HAW JL 152 565 89 181 34 4 12 75 11 8 50 79 .320 .377 .458 .835 89.9 17.9
1989 22 HAW JL 150 570 96 208 55 5 17 98 18 4 55 68 .365 .424 .568 .993 115.9 26.0
1990 23 HAW JL 153 571 88 170 33 2 18 85 11 11 56 74 .298 .360 .457 .817 86.7 14.8
1991 24 HAW JL 70 254 37 71 14 2 5 28 4 4 27 26 .280 .351 .409 .760 35.7 4.6
  QUE FL 69 250 47 88 24 1 8 50 3 3 28 15 .352 .417 .552 .969 50.9 10.6
  TOT   139 504 84 159 38 3 13 78 7 7 55 41 .315 .384 .480 .864 86.5 15.2
    AAA   16 62 15 19 3 0 7 15 0 1 11 3 .306 .411 .694 1.105 16.0  
1992 25 MTL FL 151 581 85 162 53 5 14 79 4 4 42 51 .279 .324 .460 .784 81.9 14.6
1993 26 MTL FL 157 552 75 161 34 7 18 82 4 4 40 48 .292 .338 .476 .815 82.6 12.8
1994 27 MTL FL 151 577 87 176 38 4 17 70 9 3 39 52 .305 .348 .473 .821 88.9 15.7
8 Years Sim 1206 4492 701 1394 314 34 132 667 81 47 411 506 .310 .368 .484 .852 738.2 134.0
2 Years AAA 114 413 98 125 18 2 32 96 4 6 85 80 .303 .421 .588 1.009 97.7  
1 Years AA 37 118 22 35 6 2 7 13 3 4 37 17 .297 .462 .559 1.021 30.4  
3 Years Minors 151 531 120 160 24 4 39 109 7 10 122 97 .301 .430 .582 1.012 128.0  
162 Game Average 603 94 187 42 4 17 89 10 6 55 67 .310 .368 .484 .852 99.2  
Career Highs 157 581 97 208 55 7 23 100 18 11 74 93 .365 .424 .568 .993 115.9  
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   3089 498 978 216 26 94 459 53 36 272 335 .317 .372 .495 .867 526.8
vs LH   1403 203 416 98 8 38 208 28 11 139 171 .297 .360 .459 .819 223.6
Home 596 2197 337 686 164 20 65 338 32 26 196 245 .312 .368 .494 .862 370.0
Away 610 2295 364 708 150 14 67 329 49 21 215 261 .308 .369 .474 .842 380.4
RISP   1127 0 352 83 4 36 506 0 0 148 138 .312 .382 .489 .871 206.2
Pinch Hitting   67 14 26 5 0 1 16 3 0 15 9 .388 .494 .507 1.001 16.7
Close/Late   523 42 159 34 2 13 68 0 0 53 62 .304 .369 .451 .820 83.4
Mar/Apr 180 663 88 188 33 6 18 80 10 9 66 66 .284 .351 .433 .783 97.2
May 212 798 127 247 65 4 26 110 15 10 73 80 .310 .368 .499 .867 135.8
June 200 754 118 242 52 9 23 114 13 4 53 96 .321 .366 .505 .871 128.8
July 188 693 99 198 48 3 14 90 11 7 71 90 .286 .352 .424 .777 100.7
August 210 792 132 251 49 4 22 125 14 12 70 106 .317 .372 .472 .844 129.7
Sep/Oct 216 792 137 268 67 8 29 148 18 5 78 68 .338 .396 .553 .949 158.2
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
1987 20 HAW JL LF 151 142 1270.0 284 6 8 2 .973 2.06   3.5
1988 21 HAW JL LF 144 138 1220.3 274 5 6 1 .979 2.06   2.9
1989 22 HAW JL LF 145 138 1235.0 280 4 8 0 .973 2.07   2.3
1990 23 HAW JL LF 99 93 849.0 196 2 2 0 .990 2.10   1.9
    CF 48 47 410.3 123 4 6 1 .955 2.79    
1991 24 HAW JL LF 68 66 585.1 123 5 1 1 .992 1.97   1.9
    CF 1 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  QUE FL LF 67 65 574.9 120 4 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.7
    CF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 135 131 1160.0 243 9 1 1 .996 1.96   2.6
      CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1992 25 MTL FL LF 148 142 1239.3 260 11 6 1 .978 1.97   3.3
1993 26 MTL FL LF 152 150 1322.3 281 9 8 2 .973 1.97   2.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1994 27 MTL FL LF 146 139 1224.7 225 5 4 1 .983 1.69   1.6
  LF 1120 1073 9520.7 2043 51 43 8 .980 1.98   20.9
  CF 50 47 413.3 124 4 6 1 .955 2.79   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   1171 1120 9936.0 2168 55 49 9 .978 2.01   20.9
Career Highs   153 150 1324.3 319 11 8 2 .996 2.32    
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
1987 20 HAW JL 9 32 6 6 0 0 2 7 0 2 2 8 .188 .235 .375 .610
1988 21 HAW JL 10 40 5 11 4 0 1 4 1 0 2 7 .275 .326 .450 .776
1992 25 MTL FL 7 28 2 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .250 .300 .464 .764
1993 26 MTL FL 9 34 8 12 3 0 3 8 0 0 2 2 .353 .378 .706 1.084
Career Post-Season Batting 35 134 21 36 8 1 7 22 1 2 8 19 .269 .313 .500 .813
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
1988-6-.320
1989-2-.365
CAR-23-.310
On-Base Pct
1989-2-.424
CAR-46-.368
Slugging Pct
1989-5-.568
OPS
1989-2-.993
CAR-43-.852
XR
1989-6-115.9
Games
1993-6-157
Hits
1988-10-181
1989-3-208
Total Bases
1989-6-324
Singles
1988-8-131
1989-10-131
Doubles
1989-1-55
1992-6-53
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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