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Sam Hilliard

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 236lb (193cm, 107kg)

Born: February 21, 1994 in Mansfield, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crowder College (Neosho, MO) and the Colorado Rockies in the 15th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Mansfield HS (Mansfield, TX)

Schools: Crowder College (Neosho, MO), Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: August 27, 2019 (Age 25-187d, 22,035th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 3.094 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Magnus Sports

Full Name: Samuel Beauman Hilliard

Pronunciation: \HIL-lee-erd\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

2.5

138

780

171

.239

.219

125

RBI

104

OBP

.305

.296

SLG

.507

.439

OPS

.812

.735

OPS+

115

Summary of 42 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
COL	39
ATL	3

Platoon
vs RHP	28
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	21

Outs
2	16
0	13
1	13

18 Opps
LAD	10
MIA	4
ARI	4
MIL	3
CHC	3
KCR	3
CIN	2
NYM	2
BOS	2
OAK	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
SDP	1
PIT	1
SFG	1
WSN	1
TEX	1
LAA	1

38 Pitchers
Frankie Montas	2
Noah Syndergaard	2
Dustin May	2
Alex Vesia	2
Chris Devenski	1
Jonathan Bermúdez	1
Matt Grace	1
Carlos Hernández	1
Jake Arrieta	1
Alberto Baldonado	1
Zach Davies	1
Porter Hodge	1
Zack Kelly	1
Daniel Mengden	1
Jordan Lyles	1
Max Fried	1
Darién Núñez	1
Andrew Wantz	1
Dennis Santana	1
Anthony Bender	1
David Price	1
Michael Feliz	1
Gabe Speier	1
Ian Kennedy	1
Josh Hader	1
Hoby Milner	1
Zac Gallen	1
Landon Knack	1
Brady Singer	1
Dylan Floro	1
Reiss Knehr	1
Josh A. Smith	1
Hyun Jin Ryu	1
Humberto Castellanos	1
Jared Koenig	1
Tyler Rogers	1
Sean Nolin	1
Edward Cabrera	1

13 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	19
Dodger Stad (LOS)	7
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Truist Pk (ATL)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1

Where Hit
9	23
89	9
7	8
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
1	7
2	7
5	6
4	6
7+	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	7
1-3	5
--3	2
12-	1
-23	1
-2-	1

66 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	25
1 on	10
2 on	7
Any on	17

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

1-3	10
4-6	14
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	6
-2	3
-4..	11

Ahead	14
Tied	8
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	7
0-0	6
3-2	6
1-0	5
1-2	5
0-2	3
2-2	3
0-1	2
2-0	2
2-1	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	23
LF	11
PH	4
RF	3
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
8th	15
9th	9
6th	8
7th	7
5th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-08-27	COL		BOS	Josh A. Smith	behind 2-10	b 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); I. Desmond Scores
2	2	2	1	2019-08-29	COL		PIT	Michael Feliz	behind 6-11	b 8	2	-2-	7,(3-2) .CSBFB*BX	2	7	8	0.037	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); I. Desmond Scores
3	3	3	1	2019-09-18	COL		NYM	Noah Syndergaard	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	6	8	0.098	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	4	2	2019-09-18	COL		NYM	Noah Syndergaard	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBFFBX	1	6	8	0.117	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2019-09-20	COL	@	LAD	Dylan Floro	behind 4-12	t 8	2	---	5,(1-2) .SCFBX	1	5	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	2019-09-22	COL	@	LAD	Hyun Jin Ryu	behind 1-5	t 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) C*BX	2	7	9	0.085	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Fuentes Scores
7	7	7	1	2019-09-28	COL		MIL	Josh Hader	behind 1-2	b 9	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	PH	0.485	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2020-07-28	COL	@	OAK	Daniel Mengden	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) BB1C11SX	2	8	7	0.210	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Tapia Scores
9	9	2	1	2020-08-22	COL	@	LAD	Dustin May	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	9	0.098	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	2020-08-23	COL	@	LAD	Dennis Santana	behind 2-11	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	8	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
11	11	4	1	2020-08-26	COL	@	ARI	Matt Grace	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	7	0.068	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	2020-09-02	COL		SFG	Tyler Rogers	ahead 7-6	b 7	1	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	7	0.102	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Pillar Scores
13	13	6	1	2020-09-04	COL	@	LAD	Dustin May	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFBFFX	1	8	7	0.139	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2021-04-02	COL		LAD	David Price	behind 5-10	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	8	0.030	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	2	1	2021-04-06	COL		ARI	Chris Devenski	behind 4-5	b 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	8	0.486	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
16	16	3	1	2021-07-23	COL	@	LAD	Darién Núñez	tied 5-5	t 9	2	---	4,(1-2) .SBFX	1	9	PH	0.408	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	4	1	2021-07-27	COL	@	LAA	Andrew Wantz	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	5	PH/DH	0.038	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Rodgers Scores; T. Story Scores
18	18	5	1	2021-08-01	COL	@	SDP	Reiss Knehr	behind 0-4	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	0.058	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	6	1	2021-08-03	COL		CHC	Zach Davies	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	8	0.080	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. McMahon Scores; E. Díaz Scores
20	20	7	1	2021-08-05	COL		CHC	Jake Arrieta	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) SBFX	1	6	9	0.053	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	8	1	2021-08-08	COL		MIA	Anthony Bender	ahead 11-4	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	8	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
22	22	9	1	2021-08-31	COL	@	TEX	Jordan Lyles	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	8	0.112	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	10	1	2021-09-09	COL	@	PHI	Ian Kennedy	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	7,(3-2) BTBBFFX	1	8	7	0.105	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
24	24	11	1	2021-09-17	COL	@	WSN	Alberto Baldonado	behind 5-6	t 6	2	1--	5,(2-2) CBS*BX	2	8	7	0.332	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. McMahon Scores
25	25	12	1	2021-09-22	COL		LAD	Alex Vesia	ahead 7-5	b 7	2	1-3	5,(1-2) SFF1*BX	3	8	8	0.103	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Cron Scores/unER; E. Díaz Scores/unER; S. Hilliard Scores/unER
26	26	13	1	2021-10-01	COL	@	ARI	Humberto Castellanos	behind 3-7	t 6	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	8	0.175	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. McMahon Scores; E. Díaz Scores
27	27	14	1	2021-10-02	COL	@	ARI	Zac Gallen	behind 0-6	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	7	8	0.033	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-05-13	COL		KCR	Gabe Speier	behind 9-14	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ....FBFBBX	1	9	7	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	2	1	2022-05-14	COL		KCR	Carlos Hernández	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	12-	3,(1-1) *BSX	3	7	7	0.180	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Rodgers Scores; J. Iglesias Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2023-04-14	ATL	@	KCR	Brady Singer	ahead 4-1	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	8	0.064	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
31	31	2	1	2023-04-24	ATL		MIA	Edward Cabrera	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	3,(0-2) CCX	2	8	8	0.159	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Ozuna Scores
32	32	3	2	2023-04-24	ATL		MIA	Sean Nolin	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	---	1,(1-0) .VX	1	8	8	0.014	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2024-07-10	COL	@	CIN	Frankie Montas	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	9	8	0.170	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); N. Jones Scores
34	34	2	2	2024-07-10	COL	@	CIN	Frankie Montas	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	8	0.085	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	2024-07-22	COL		BOS	Zack Kelly	behind 5-7	b 10	1	--3	2,(0-1) SX	2	8	7	0.456	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Cave Scores/unER
36	36	4	1	2024-08-10	COL		ATL	Max Fried	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1-3	6,(3-2) CFBB.B1X	3	9	7	0.138	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. Toglia Scores; H. Goodman Scores
37	37	5	1	2024-08-27	COL		MIA	Jonathan Bermúdez	ahead 6-4	b 6	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	8	8	0.067	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	6	1	2024-09-07	COL	@	MIL	Jared Koenig	behind 1-5	t 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	8	0.019	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39	39	7	1	2024-09-08	COL	@	MIL	Hoby Milner	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1-3	2,(1-1) .VFX	3	6	8	0.315	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Toglia Scores; B. Rodgers Scores
40	40	8	1	2024-09-14	COL		CHC	Porter Hodge	behind 3-5	b 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	8	PH	0.489	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); H. Goodman Scores
41	41	9	1	2024-09-20	COL	@	LAD	Alex Vesia	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	4,(0-2) SF.FX	1	6	8	0.172	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	10	1	2024-09-29	COL		LAD	Landon Knack	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	8	0.106	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)