#60 Richard Hidalgo, Centerfield, 29 yrs, Montreal Expos

#60 Richard Hidalgo, Centerfield, 29 yrs, Montreal Expos
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Richard Hidalgo

7/2/1975
29
VENEZUELA,,
6"3
190

Centerfield
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4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,764,286
2004
$ 7,900,000 (6 year(s))
5 Year(s), 78 Days (938 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 78 Days (938 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	9	9	4	6
Versus LHP	9	9	9	4	7
Versus RHP	7	9	8	4	6
Talent	8	9	10	4	6

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2
4
6
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1
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
LF : 1 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 8 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 2 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
10/20	@SFN	W 8-6	5	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	#5	PoG
10/21	@SFN	L 3-4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
10/23	SFN	W 5-2	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	#5
10/24	SFN	W 3-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
10/26	TEX	L 4-5	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	#5
10/27	TEX	W 6-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/29	@TEX	W 13-1	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	#5
10/30	@TEX	L 0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#5
10/31	@TEX	L 2-10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
11/2	TEX	L 1-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	157	637	193	55	1	35	142	113	56	106	.303	.366	.557	.924	.892	.254
Projected	157	637	193	55	1	35	142	113	56	106	.303	.366	.557	.924	.892	.254

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	150	704	9	6	0	28	0	2	355	91	2	1	66.7	122.2	6.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	167	53	13	0	11	40	30	14	22	1	0	3	.317	.378	.593	.971
vs. RHP	470	140	42	1	24	102	83	42	84	1	0	6	.298	.362	.545	.907
Close/Late	72	24	8	1	4	18	12	9	8	0	0	0	.333	.407	.639	1.046
Scoring Position	186	64	16	0	11	105	0	20	33	2	0	4	.344	.415	.608	1.023
Pinch Hitting	5	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	.600	.667	1.200	1.867

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	79	314	85	26	0	17	72	54	27	56	.271	.337	.516	.853
Road	78	323	108	29	1	18	70	59	29	50	.334	.395	.598	.992
This Week	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Last Week	5	19	5	2	0	1	4	1	3	3	.263	.364	.526	.890
March/April	23	103	38	14	0	7	17	19	6	13	.369	.404	.709	1.112
May	27	104	24	6	0	7	20	21	11	19	.231	.310	.490	.801
June	27	106	33	7	1	5	27	19	11	20	.311	.373	.538	.911
July	23	92	22	4	0	4	18	14	12	25	.239	.336	.413	.749
August	27	107	31	11	0	2	24	13	5	10	.290	.339	.449	.788
Sept/Oct	30	125	45	13	0	10	36	27	11	19	.360	.424	.704	1.128
Postseason	17	66	22	6	0	5	18	8	8	12	.333	.405	.652	1.057

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	59	241	74	14	0	6	32	38	21	2	0	25	1	1	.307	.367	.440	.807	ARI MON
2000	161	663	189	48	3	14	78	101	41	11	4	92	2	1	.285	.335	.430	.765	MON
2001	150	618	164	34	2	23	92	89	40	11	5	101	1	0	.265	.319	.439	.758	MON
2002	162	629	167	40	4	23	115	82	57	5	11	87	0	0	.266	.326	.452	.778	MON
2003	145	548	168	45	5	31	123	87	48	5	3	81	0	1	.307	.366	.577	.943	MON
2004	157	637	193	55	1	35	142	113	56	9	2	106	2	1	.303	.366	.557	.924	MON
Total	834	3336	955	236	15	132	582	510	263	43	25	492	6	4	.286	.344	.485	.829

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1998, AA	135	554	178	29	2	16	69	71	44	81	5	9	.321	.363	.468	.830
1998, AAA	3	11	4	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	.364	.364	.636	1.000
1999, AAA	94	413	130	12	3	15	38	64	23	61	7	4	.315	.346	.467	.813

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	3	12	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500
2004	17	66	22	6	0	5	18	8	8	12	1	0	.333	.405	.652	1.057
Total	20	78	24	8	0	5	19	9	8	15	1	0	.308	.372	.603	.975

Fielding Stats 2004

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
Centerfield	151	150	357	6	4	367	4	.989	1367.1	2.42
Rightfield	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00

Player History

2/5/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/16/2003 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 4/28/2003 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks...
2/5/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration...
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 4 runs on 5/25/2004...
6/14/2004: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $7,900,000 per year, for 6 years.
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/5/2004...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 9/7/2004...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2004, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2004, hitting .367 with 9 HR, 33 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Hits
2000 - 189 - 6th

Doubles
2000 - 48 - 5th
2003 - 45 - 8th

RBI
2003 - 123 - 10th

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