Kent Hrbek

First Base

1981—1994

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#53

Player Detail

Kent Allen
GIVEN NAME
Hrbek
SURNAME
May 21, 1960, in Minneapolis, MN
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1981—1994
Playing Career
Played from 21-34
PLAYING AGE
Minnesota Twins
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Minnesota Twins
PRIMARY TEAM
1987, 1991
World Series titles
Herbie
NICKNAME
14
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-4 / 200
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 24, 1981
Major League Debut
August 10, 1994
FINAL GAME
— Twins ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Kent Hrbek?

Friendly Minnesota native who starred for his hometown Twins and won two World Series.
  • Kent Hrbek Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

30

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

20

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1747
1749
293
1086
.282
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
32.9
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.848
.770
110.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.282
.367
.481

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Don Mattingly
Pat Tabler
Willie Upshaw
Eddie Murray

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.299
.383
.514

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Tim Laudner
Roy Smalley III
Chuck Knoblauch
Greg Gagne
Gary Gaetti
Dan Gladden
Kirby Puckett
Tom Brunansky
Frank Viola
Jack Morris
Tom Kelly

Kent Hrbek Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hrbek
521
147
76
26
2
25
91
70
67
3
250
220
.282
.367
.481
848
AVG 1B
530
143
70
26
2
17
60
81
5
226
206
.270
.344
.426
.770

Kent Hrbek Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
53
52
47
54
72
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
50
61
60
76
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Kent Hrbek PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
38.4
27.4
19.9
14.1
3.56
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Kent Hrbek
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
231.5
146.7
106.2
70.4
21.4
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Kent Hrbek
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B