LaTroy Hawkins, baseball player, 1995-2015

LaTroy Hawkins

Born: 12/21/1972 in Gary, IN, USA

MLB Debut: 1995-04-29 | Final Game: 2015-10-03

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'5" | Weight: 220 lbs

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Biography

LaTroy Hawkins was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned two decades from 1995 to 2015. Born in 1972, Hawkins made his Major League debut with the Chicago Cubs, quickly establishing himself as a reliable arm in the bullpen. Over his extensive career, he recorded a win-loss record of 75-94 and posted an earned run average (ERA) of 4.31. His versatility allowed him to excel in various roles, including as a starter and a closer, which he embraced particularly during his tenure with teams such as the Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets. Hawkins was known for his competitive spirit and durability on the mound, amassing a total of 983 strikeouts and 127 saves throughout his career. He became a respected veteran presence in every clubhouse he joined, contributing not only with his pitching but also as a mentor to younger players. As one of the few players to enjoy a lengthy career that extended into the 21st century, Hawkins's journey reflected the evolution of the game during a time characterized by both the rise of analytics and the increasing importance of bullpen specialists. His legacy is marked by his adaptability and resilience, qualities that endeared him to fans and teammates alike.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
75 94 1042 98 2 0 127 1467.3 1607 702 163 456 983 4.31 0

Career ERA 4.31 vs. league average 4.30 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1995 MIN AL 2 3 6 6 1 0 0 27.0 39 26 12 9 8.67 4.45 (-95%) -593.5
1996 MIN AL 1 1 7 6 0 0 0 26.3 42 24 9 24 8.20 4.61 (-78%) -1133.5
1997 MIN AL 6 12 20 20 0 0 0 103.3 134 67 47 58 5.84 4.39 (-33%) -3873.3
1998 MIN AL 7 14 33 33 0 0 0 190.3 227 111 61 105 5.25 4.43 (-18%) -2415.9
1999 MIN AL 10 14 33 33 1 0 0 174.3 238 129 60 103 6.66 4.71 (-41%) -2059.1
2000 MIN AL 2 5 66 0 0 0 14 87.7 85 33 32 59 3.39 4.77 (+29%) 1816.4
2001 MIN AL 1 5 62 0 0 0 28 51.3 59 34 39 36 5.96 4.42 (-35%) -423.3
2002 MIN AL 6 0 65 0 0 0 0 80.3 63 19 15 63 2.13 4.28 (+50%) 3093.3
2003 MIN AL 9 3 74 0 0 0 2 77.3 69 16 15 75 1.86 4.40 (+58%) 3957.2
2004 CHC NL 5 4 77 0 0 0 25 82.0 72 24 14 69 2.63 4.46 (+41%) -
2005 CHC NL 1 4 21 0 0 0 4 19.0 18 7 7 13 3.32 4.29 (+23%) -
2005 SFG NL 1 4 45 0 0 0 2 37.3 40 17 17 30 4.10 4.29 (+4%) -
2006 BAL AL 3 2 60 0 0 0 0 60.3 73 30 15 27 4.48 4.53 (+1%) 1019.1
2007 COL NL 2 5 62 0 0 0 0 55.3 52 21 16 29 3.42 4.47 (+24%) 6.4
2008 NYY AL 1 1 33 0 0 0 0 41.0 42 26 17 23 5.71 4.32 (-32%) -
2008 HOU NL 2 0 24 0 0 0 1 21.0 11 1 5 25 0.43 4.32 (+90%) 1507.2
2009 HOU NL 1 4 65 0 0 0 11 63.3 60 15 16 45 2.13 4.32 (+51%) 571.4
2010 MIL NL 0 3 18 0 0 0 0 16.0 21 15 6 18 8.44 4.08 (-107%) 50.5
2011 MIL NL 3 1 52 0 0 0 0 48.3 50 13 10 28 2.42 3.94 (+39%) 1447.3
2012 LAA AL 2 3 48 0 0 0 1 42.0 45 17 13 23 3.64 4.01 (+9%) -488.3
2013 NYN NL 3 2 72 0 0 0 13 70.7 71 23 10 55 2.93 3.87 (+24%) 1440.1
2014 COL NL 4 3 57 0 0 0 23 54.3 52 20 13 32 3.31 3.74 (+11%) 481.7
2015 COL NL 2 1 24 0 0 0 2 22.3 22 9 4 20 3.63 3.96 (+8%) 188.1
2015 TOR AL 1 0 18 0 0 0 1 16.3 22 5 3 14 2.76 3.96 (+30%) 489.7

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1042 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS 0.000 vs. league average 0.748 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1995 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 MIN AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 MIN AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1998 MIN AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1999 MIN AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2000 MIN AL 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 MIN AL 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 MIN AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 CHC NL 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 CHC NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 SFG NL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 BAL AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 COL NL 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2008 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 HOU NL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 MIL NL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 MIL NL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 LAA AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 NYN NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 COL NL 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2015 COL NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2015 TOR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2015 ALCS TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS2 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 NLCS MIL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 NLDS2 MIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 NLCS COL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 NLDS2 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 WS COL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 ALDS1 MIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 ALCS MIN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 ALDS2 MIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 22 0 0 17.3 20 13 7 17 6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2015 ALCS TOR 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 4 5 1 0 45.00
2015 ALDS2 TOR 0 1 1 0 0 0.7 3 2 0 0 27.00
2011 NLCS MIL 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 2 0.00
2011 NLDS2 MIL 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 2 1 0.00
2007 NLCS COL 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0.00
2007 NLDS2 COL 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2007 WS COL 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 4.50
2003 ALDS1 MIN 1 0 3 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 5 6.00
2002 ALCS MIN 0 0 4 0 0 1.3 4 3 1 1 20.25
2002 ALDS2 MIN 0 0 3 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 5 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 1042 98 95 207 12 21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1995 MIN P 6 6 3 3 0 1
1996 MIN P 7 6 3 4 0 0
1997 MIN P 20 20 9 13 1 1
1998 MIN P 33 33 17 29 0 5
1999 MIN P 33 33 7 18 1 3
2000 MIN P 66 0 3 16 2 1
2001 MIN P 62 0 3 5 0 0
2002 MIN P 65 0 4 12 0 1
2003 MIN P 74 0 1 9 0 0
2004 CHN P 77 0 5 7 0 0
2005 CHN P 21 0 1 4 1 1
2005 SFN P 45 0 2 4 1 0
2006 BAL P 60 0 4 7 1 1
2007 COL P 62 0 9 12 0 2
2008 NYA P 33 0 0 6 0 0
2008 HOU P 24 0 1 1 0 0
2009 HOU P 65 0 8 11 0 0
2010 MIL P 18 0 1 2 0 0
2011 MIL P 52 0 1 10 1 0
2012 LAA P 48 0 3 5 1 2
2013 NYN P 72 0 3 16 2 1
2014 COL P 57 0 5 5 1 1
2015 COL P 24 0 2 5 0 1
2015 TOR P 18 0 0 3 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 1042

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2015 COL NL $2,250,000
2014 COL NL $2,250,000
2013 NYN NL $480,000
2012 LAA AL $3,000,000
2011 MIL NL $4,250,000
2010 MIL NL $3,250,000
2009 HOU NL $3,500,000
2008 NYA AL $3,750,000
2007 COL NL $3,250,000
2006 BAL AL $4,400,000
2005 CHN NL $4,500,000
2004 CHN NL $3,000,000
2003 MIN AL $3,000,000
2002 MIN AL $2,750,000
2001 MIN AL $1,450,000
2000 MIN AL $1,115,000
1999 MIN AL $300,000
1998 MIN AL $180,000
1997 MIN AL $150,000
1996 MIN AL $117,500
Total Career Earnings $46,942,500