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Hunter Pence
Hunter A. Pence

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Texas at Arlington

Debut April 28, 2007

Born April 13, 1983 in Arlington, TX

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 2004. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 24 HOU NL 108  456   57  147  30  9  17   69  11  5  26  95  .322  .360  .539  130  246   0   1   0   1  10 RoY-3
 2008 25 HOU NL 157  595   78  160  34  4  25   83  11 10  40 124  .269  .318  .466  105  277   0   3   2   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      265 1051  135  307  64 13  42  152  22 15  66 219  .292  .336  .498  116  523   0   4   2   5  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        642   83  188  39  8  26   93  13  9  40 134  .292  .336  .498  116  320   0   2   1   3  15
 Career High    157  595   78  160  34  9  25   83  11 10  40 124  .322  .360  .539  130  277   0   3   2   4  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 24 HOU NL  484  325   85   7.0   110| .322  .272| .360  .341| .539  .434| .899  .775| 130  .644  17.9   1.7  68%
 2008 25 HOU NL  642  462   83   4.8   106| .269  .265| .318  .336| .466  .423| .784  .759| 105  .492   1.8   0.2  52%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons      1126  787  168   5.7   108| .292  .268| .336  .338| .498  .428| .834  .766| 116  .564  19.6   1.9  59%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 24 HOU NL OF 108 296 6 6 0 .981 .984 2.80 1.94 2.83 2.30 108 960.3 CF 95 260 6 4 0 .985 .987 2.80 2.30 2.83 2.71 95 844.7 RF 14 36 0 2 0 .947 .981 2.57 1.81 2.80 2.18 13 115.7 2008 25 HOU NL RF 156 340 16 1 4 .997 .982 2.28 1.83 2.35 2.12 154 1366.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 24 HOU NL CF 95 260 6 4 0 .985 .987 2.80 2.30 2.83 2.71 95 844.7 2007 24 HOU NL OF 108 296 6 6 0 .981 .984 2.80 1.94 2.83 2.30 108 960.3 2007 24 HOU NL RF 14 36 0 2 0 .947 .981 2.57 1.81 2.80 2.18 13 115.7 2008 25 HOU NL RF 156 340 16 1 4 .997 .982 2.28 1.83 2.35 2.12 154 1366.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total RF* 170 376 16 3 4 .992 .982 2.31 1.83 2.38 2.12 167 1482.0 OF* 108 296 6 6 0 .981 .984 2.80 1.94 2.83 2.30 108 960.3 0 95 170# CF* 95 260 6 4 0 .985 .987 2.80 2.30 2.83 2.71 95 844.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 108 296 6 6 0 .981 .984 2.80 1.94 2.83 2.30 108 960
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
2007 NL-9-4

Caught Stealing
2008 NL-10-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (894) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 40th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 2004.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Houston Astros$396,000
Career (may be incomplete)$396,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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