Rich Hinton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: May 22, 1947 in Tucson, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 23rd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Marana HS (Tucson, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).

High School: Marana HS (Tucson, AZ)

School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Debut: July 17, 1971 (Age 24-056d, 10,764th in MLB history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1979 (Age 32-128d)
vs. MIL 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Richard Michael Hinton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

W

L

ERA

4.87

G

116

GS

SV

IP

249.2

SO

152

WHIP

1.498

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1969	22	CHW-min	A,AAA	4	3	.571	3.68	11	11		4	0	0	71.0	62	35	29	1	19	1	43	1	0	0				1.141	7.9	0.1	2.4	5.5	2.26	LBG,TUC CARL,PCL
1970	23	CHW-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.04	31	30		7	1	0	196.0	216	106	88	11	43	3	103	1	0	3				1.321	9.9	0.5	2.0	4.7	2.40	TUC PCL
1971	24	CHW-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.53	20	19		7	1	0	137.0	167	74	69	8	39	6	104	3	0	1				1.504	11.0	0.5	2.6	6.8	2.67	TUC PCL
1971	24	CHW	AL	3	4	.429	4.44	18	2	6	0	0	0	24.1	27	12	12	1	6	1	15	1	0	1	101	83	2.62	1.356	10.0	0.4	2.2	5.5	2.50
1972	25	NYY-min	AAA	3	9	.250	4.78	19	15		5	1	0	96.0	101	58	51	13	36	4	71	1	0	4				1.427	9.5	1.2	3.4	6.7	1.97	SYR IL
1972	25	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	3.86	12	3	2	0	0	0	28.0	27	21	12	3	18	3	17	0	0	4	131	80	4.51	1.607	8.7	1.0	5.8	5.5	0.94
1972	25	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	4.86	7	3	2	0	0	0	16.2	20	11	9	2	8	2	13	0	0	4	79	63	3.84	1.680	10.8	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63
1972	25	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	2.38	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	7	10	3	1	10	1	4	0	0	0	52	132	5.49	1.500	5.6	0.8	7.9	3.2	0.40

1973	26	CLE-min	AAA	8	7	.533	5.10	36	12		3	1	2	113.0	126	69	64	9	45	1	80	1	0	1				1.513	10.0	0.7	3.6	6.4	1.78	OKC AA
1974	27	CHW-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.55	48	8		3	2	1	83.0	82	48	42	11	48	2	69	2	0	2				1.566	8.9	1.2	5.2	7.5	1.44	IWA AA
1975	28	CHW-min	AAA	9	2	.818	3.26	30	0		0	0	5	69.0	66	34	25	3	22	2	51	4	0	0				1.275	8.6	0.4	2.9	6.7	2.32	DEN AA
1975	28	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	4.82	15	0	4	0	0	0	37.1	41	22	20	2	15	1	30	0	0	0	170	82	2.88	1.500	9.9	0.5	3.6	7.2	2.00
1976	29	CIN-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.00	37	6		1	0	7	81.0	81	29	27	9	25	4	53	3	1	1				1.309	9.0	1.0	2.8	5.9	2.12	INA AA
1976	29	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	7.64	12	1	2	0	0	0	17.2	30	15	15	4	11	3	8	0	0	1	92	47	6.54	2.321	15.3	2.0	5.6	4.1	0.73
1977			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Mexico)
1978	31	CHW-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.73	4	4		3	0	0	33.0	26	11	10	1	6	0	26	2	0	0				0.970	7.1	0.3	1.6	7.1	4.33	IWA AA
1978	31	CHW	AL	2	6	.250	4.02	29	4	12	2	0	1	80.2	78	38	36	5	28	2	48	2	0	1	336	95	3.32	1.314	8.7	0.6	3.1	5.4	1.71
1979	32	CHW-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.30	5	4		2	0	1	30.0	28	15	11	6	7	0	16	0	0	0				1.167	8.4	1.8	2.1	4.8	2.29	IWA AA
1979	32	TOT	AL	1	4	.200	5.84	30	3	14	0	0	2	61.2	80	44	40	8	13	2	34	4	0	1	278	75	4.14	1.508	11.7	1.2	1.9	5.0	2.62
1979	32	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	6.05	16	2	8	0	0	2	41.2	57	30	28	4	8	1	27	2	0	0	188	71	3.40	1.560	12.3	0.9	1.7	5.8	3.38
1979	32	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	5.40	14	1	6	0	0	0	20.0	23	14	12	4	5	1	7	2	0	1	90	83	5.68	1.400	10.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	1.40
6 Yrs				9	17	.346	4.87	116	13	40	2	0	3	249.2	283	152	135	23	91	12	152	7	0	8	1108	79	3.75	1.498	10.2	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.346	4.87	61	7	21	1	0	2	132	149	80	71	12	48	6	80	4	0	4	584	79	3.75	1.498	10.2	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67

CHW (4 yrs)				7	12	.368	4.70	78	8	30	2	0	3	184.0	203	102	96	12	57	5	120	5	0	2	795	84	3.16	1.413	9.9	0.6	2.8	5.9	2.11
TEX (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.38	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	7	10	3	1	10	1	4	0	0	0	52	132	5.49	1.500	5.6	0.8	7.9	3.2	0.40
CIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	7.64	12	1	2	0	0	0	17.2	30	15	15	4	11	3	8	0	0	1	92	47	6.54	2.321	15.3	2.0	5.6	4.1	0.73
SEA (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.40	14	1	6	0	0	0	20.0	23	14	12	4	5	1	7	2	0	1	90	83	5.68	1.400	10.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	1.40
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.86	7	3	2	0	0	0	16.2	20	11	9	2	8	2	13	0	0	4	79	63	3.84	1.680	10.8	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63

AL (5 yrs)				8	15	.348	4.66	104	12	38	2	0	3	232.0	253	137	120	19	80	9	144	7	0	7	1016	83	3.54	1.435	9.8	0.7	3.1	5.6	1.80
NL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	7.64	12	1	2	0	0	0	17.2	30	15	15	4	11	3	8	0	0	1	92	47	6.54	2.321	15.3	2.0	5.6	4.1	0.73

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