Bob Hamelin

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 240lb (185cm, 108kg)

Born: November 29, 1967 in Elizabeth, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rancho Santiago College (Santa Ana, CA).

High School: Irvine HS (Irvine, CA)

Schools: Rancho Santiago College (Santa Ana, CA), Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 12, 1993 (Age 25-287d, 16,431st in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 30-302d)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: Robert James Hamelin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1272

313

.246

179

RBI

209

OBP

.352

SLG

.464

OPS

.816

OPS+

109

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 22 go ahead

3 Tms
KCR	42
DET	18
MIL	7

Platoon
vs RHP	61
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	33

Outs
2	25
1	21
0	21

19 Opps
OAK	9
TOR	9
MIL	7
MIN	5
BAL	5
DET	5
SEA	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
SDP	2
NYY	2
ARI	1
CAL	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
MON	1
FLA	1

57 Pitchers
Todd Van Poppel	3
Alberto Reyes	2
Ricky Bones	2
Dave Stewart	2
A.J. Sager	2
Bobby Witt	2
Tim Belcher	2
David Cone	2
Roberto Hernández	2
Carl Pavano	1
Jeff Russell	1
Mark Lee	1
Bobby Jones	1
Terry Burrows	1
Mike Johnson	1
Bryan Corey	1
Ricky Trlicek	1
Doug Henry	1
Mike Moore	1
Marty Janzen	1
Armando Benítez	1
Tim Fortugno	1
Brad Radke	1
Bill Simas	1
Woody Williams	1
Scott Erickson	1
Liván Hernández	1
Ken Robinson	1
Scott Sanders	1
Jimmy Haynes	1
Bob Scanlan	1
Joe Grahe	1
Pat Mahomes	1
Salomón Torres	1
Ron Darling	1
Kevin Brown	1
Bob Wolcott	1
Chris Bosio	1
Tim Crabtree	1
Jack Morris	1
LaTroy Hawkins	1
Paul Spoljaric	1
Dave Stevens	1
Paul Menhart	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
Shawn Boskie	1
Don Wengert	1
Donne Wall	1
Kelly Downs	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Dan Plesac	1
Steve Karsay	1
Jeremy Hernandez	1
Roger Salkeld	1
Mark Clark	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Heathcliff Slocumb	1

14 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	20
Tiger Stad (DET)	12
County Stad (MIL)	8
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
9	40
8	9
89	9
7	5
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
4	12
1	11
5	11
6	9
2	6
Unk	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	16
-2-	5
--3	4
12-	3
1-3	3
-23	1

106 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	35
1 on	25
2 on	7
Any on	32

Inning
1	3
2	13
3	6
4	4
5	6
6	7
7	8
8	6
9	11
Extra	3

1-3	22
4-6	17
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	5
+2	8
+1	9
Tied	15
-1	12
-2	8
-3	5
-4..	3

Ahead	24
Tied	15
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	12
0-0	11
2-1	7
1-2	6
1-1	6
3-1	6
2-0	6
0-1	4
2-2	4
Unk	3
1-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	45
1B	16
PH	5
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
5th	22
4th	18
6th	10
7th	7
9th	4
8th	3
3rd	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1993-09-21	KCR	@	OAK	Kelly Downs	behind 5-6	t 6	1	---	8,(3-2) BCBCFBFX	1	7	3	0.166	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1993-09-27	KCR		CLE	Jeremy Hernandez	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) .FBBX	1	7	3	0.130	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1994-04-12	KCR		BOS	Ricky Trlicek	behind 5-21	b 7	2	-23	5,(2-2) CFBBX	3	6	DH	-0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Koslofski Scores; W. Joyner Scores
4	4	2	1	1994-04-13	KCR		BOS	Jeff Russell	behind 0-1	b 9	1	1--	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	5	DH	0.762	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Henderson Scores/unER; B. Hamelin Scores
5	5	3	1	1994-04-16	KCR	@	CLE	Mark Clark	behind 5-8	t 5	1	1-3	5,(3-1) SBBBX	3	5	DH	0.227	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. McRae Scores; M. Macfarlane Scores
6	6	4	1	1994-04-17	KCR	@	CLE	Jack Morris	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	0.089	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	5	1	1994-04-22	KCR	@	MIL	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	5	DH	0.148	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Macfarlane Scores
8	8	6	1	1994-04-30	KCR		MIL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	3	0.127	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
9	9	7	1	1994-05-14	KCR		OAK	Ron Darling	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	0.100	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	8	1	1994-05-16	KCR	@	SEA	Chris Bosio	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	5,(2-2) CBCBX	2	5	DH	0.147	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Joyner Scores
11	11	9	1	1994-05-19	KCR	@	CAL	Joe Grahe	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BBCX	1	5	DH	0.095	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	1994-05-25	KCR		TEX	Kevin Brown	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	4	DH	0.125	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. McRae Scores
13	13	11	1	1994-06-22	KCR	@	OAK	Todd Van Poppel	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	4	DH	0.108	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); W. Joyner Scores
14	14	12	1	1994-06-25	KCR	@	MIN	Pat Mahomes	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBBFF>X	2	4	DH	0.147	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Joyner Scores
15	15	13	1	1994-07-05	KCR		MIL	Doug Henry	ahead 7-5	b 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	0.064	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
16	16	14	1	1994-07-06	KCR		MIL	Bob Scanlan	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	4	3	0.198	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Macfarlane Scores
17	17	15	1	1994-07-08	KCR	@	TOR	Dave Stewart	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	1	3	3	0.101	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	16	2	1994-07-08	KCR	@	TOR	Dave Stewart	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	0.154	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	17	1	1994-07-15 (2)	KCR		DET	Mike Moore	behind 2-3	b 5	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	0.345	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Henderson Scores; W. Joyner Scores
20	20	18	1	1994-07-23	KCR	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	4	DH	0.129	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
21	21	19	1	1994-07-24	KCR	@	DET	Tim Belcher	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	0.083	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	20	1	1994-07-25	KCR		CHW	Roberto Hernández	behind 3-4	b 12	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	0.518	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Henderson Scores; W. Joyner Scores
23	23	21	1	1994-07-30	KCR		MIN	Scott Erickson	behind 1-4	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	0.086	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	22	1	1994-08-02	KCR		OAK	Todd Van Poppel	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	DH	0.094	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
25	25	23	1	1994-08-03	KCR		OAK	Bobby Witt	ahead 5-3	b 5	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	DH	0.098	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Joyner Scores
26	26	24	1	1994-08-07	KCR		SEA	Roger Salkeld	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	0.166	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Joyner Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1995-05-23	KCR	@	TOR	Paul Menhart	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) BSCX	1	4	DH	0.090	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	2	1	1995-05-29	KCR		TEX	Terry Burrows	ahead 11-0	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	3	1	1995-07-02	KCR		CHW	Tim Fortugno	behind 3-5	b 9	2	-2-	6,(3-2) ..CBFBB.X	2	6	PH/DH	0.486	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Lockhart Scores
30	30	4	1	1995-07-13	KCR	@	BAL	Arthur Rhodes	behind 6-8	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	0.103	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	1995-07-14	KCR	@	BAL	Mark Lee	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	1-3	5,(1-2) BC>FFX	3	4	DH	0.223	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Goodwin Scores; W. Joyner Scores
32	32	6	1	1995-09-05	KCR		TOR	Ken Robinson	tied 8-8	b 10	0	---		1	6	DH	0.348	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	7	1	1995-09-12	KCR	@	OAK	Todd Van Poppel	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	5	DH	0.042	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1996-04-12	KCR	@	MIL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	6	DH	0.095	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	2	1	1996-04-28	KCR	@	BOS	Heathcliff Slocumb	tied 7-7	t 9	1	--3	6,(3-2) .BBCBC.X	2	2	PH	0.242	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Lockhart Scores
36	36	3	1	1996-05-01	KCR	@	MIN	Brad Radke	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--		2	8	DH	0.176	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Offerman Scores
37	37	4	2	1996-05-01	KCR	@	MIN	Dave Stevens	behind 3-5	t 9	1	-2-		2	8	DH	0.327	43%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Offerman Scores
38	38	5	1	1996-06-02	KCR	@	TOR	Marty Janzen	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) .1C1BX	2	7	3	0.118	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Damon Scores
39	39	6	1	1996-07-19	KCR	@	CHW	Roberto Hernández	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	4	3	0.322	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	7	1	1996-08-14	KCR	@	SEA	Bob Wolcott	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	0.094	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	8	1	1996-08-23	KCR		DET	A.J. Sager	behind 0-3	b 7	1	--3	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	7	3	0.155	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Tucker Scores; B. Hamelin Scores
42	42	9	1	1996-09-10	KCR		SEA	Salomón Torres	tied 2-2	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	0.234	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Roberts Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1997-05-13	DET		TOR	Paul Spoljaric	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	7	DH	0.073	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
44	44	2	2	1997-05-13	DET		TOR	Tim Crabtree	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	DH	0.031	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
45	45	3	1	1997-05-25	DET		TEX	Bobby Witt	behind 0-3	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	0.149	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Higginson Scores
46	46	4	1	1997-06-02	DET	@	OAK	Steve Karsay	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	DH	0.096	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	5	1	1997-06-03	DET	@	OAK	Don Wengert	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	DH	0.091	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
48	48	6	1	1997-06-23	DET		NYY	David Cone	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	0.104	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Hamelin Scores
49	49	7	1	1997-07-01	DET		NYM	Bobby Jones	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	12-	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	3	5	DH	0.119	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); T. Fryman Scores; T. Clark Scores
50	50	8	1	1997-07-04 (1)	DET		BAL	Shawn Boskie	tied 2-2	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	0.113	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Hamelin Scores
51	51	9	1	1997-07-04 (2)	DET		BAL	Mike Johnson	behind 5-8	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	5	DH	0.166	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); T. Clark Scores; B. Hamelin Scores
52	52	10	1	1997-07-12	DET	@	NYY	David Cone	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFBSX	1	5	DH	0.133	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
53	53	11	1	1997-07-27	DET		MIL	Alberto Reyes	behind 5-11	b 9	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	DH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores
54	54	12	1	1997-08-03	DET		TOR	Woody Williams	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	DH	0.100	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
55	55	13	1	1997-08-07	DET	@	KCR	Tim Belcher	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	5	DH	0.120	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
56	56	14	1	1997-08-10	DET	@	TOR	Dan Plesac	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	0.109	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
57	57	15	1	1997-08-19	DET		MIN	LaTroy Hawkins	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	-2-	8,(3-2) SBBBFFFX	2	5	DH	0.148	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores; B. Hamelin Scores
58	58	16	1	1997-08-22	DET	@	MIL	Alberto Reyes	ahead 14-1	t 7	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores
59	59	17	1	1997-09-14	DET	@	OAK	Jimmy Haynes	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	DH	0.156	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
60	60	18	1	1997-09-22	DET	@	BAL	Armando Benítez	behind 3-4	t 8	2	--3	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	6	DH	0.466	70%		Home Run (Line Drive); B. Higginson Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1998-05-13	MIL	@	ARI	Bryan Corey	ahead 6-3	t 9	0	1--	6,(3-2) B1BCFBX	2	6	3	0.023	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Jackson Scores
62	62	2	1	1998-05-29	MIL		FLA	Liván Hernández	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	9	PH	0.201	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
63	63	3	1	1998-06-06	MIL		DET	A.J. Sager	behind 2-9	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
64	64	4	1	1998-06-26	MIL	@	CHW	Bill Simas	behind 0-1	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) FB1X	2	6	3	0.628	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Grissom Scores
65	65	5	1	1998-07-26	MIL		MON	Carl Pavano	behind 3-4	b 7	2	--3	8,(3-2) CBBSFFBX	2	9	PH	0.417	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grissom Scores
66	66	6	1	1998-08-22	MIL		SDP	Scott Sanders	ahead 5-3	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	9	3	0.099	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Hughes Scores; J. Valentín Scores
67	67	7	1	1998-08-23	MIL		SDP	Donne Wall	behind 8-9	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	PH	0.300	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)