Chip Hale
[edit] Biography
Chip Hale (Walter William Hale) was born on December 2, 1964 in San Jose, California. He made his Major League debut on August 27, 1989 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1993, his rookie year, he hit .333 with 3 home runs and 27 RBI. Hale played for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Chip Hale's best season was 1993, when he hit for a .333 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| 28
| 67
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .209
| .214
| .254
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 69
| 186
| 25
| 62
| 3
| 27
| .333
| .408
| .425
| 6
| 1
| 18
| 17
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 67
| 118
| 13
| 31
| 1
| 11
| .263
| .350
| .364
| 9
| 0
| 16
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 69
| 103
| 10
| 27
| 2
| 18
| .262
| .333
| .359
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 85
| 87
| 8
| 24
| 1
| 16
| .276
| .347
| .368
| 5
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .214
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .214
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 319
| 563
| 62
| 158
| 7
| 78
| .281
| .349
| .369
| 27
| 1
| 56
| 64
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 14
|
| Total
|
|
| 333
| 575
| 62
| 159
| 7
| 78
| .277
| .346
| .363
| 27
| 1
| 58
| 68
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 11
| 95.2
| 14
| 36
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 9
| 3
| 38
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 19
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 19
| 13
| 124
| 11
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 9
| 104.1
| 23
| 36
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 2
| 31.1
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 21
| 18
| 147.2
| 9
| 45
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 16
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 8.1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 27
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 9.1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 13.2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| RF
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 14
| 2
| 39
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| MIN
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 17
| 2
| 52.2
| 53
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 68
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 64
| 23
| 277.2
| 56
| 101
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 59
| 34
| 330
| 25
| 78
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987 - signed June 5, 1987).
- Granted free agency (October 4, 1996).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 30, 1996).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (September 3, 1997).
- Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 22, 1997).
- Traded by Anaheim Angels to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Craig Shipley (March 30, 1998).
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