Chris Hoiles
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| Chris Hoiles | ||
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| Catcher | ||
| Born: March 20, 1965 Bowling Green, Ohio |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 25, 1989 for the Baltimore Orioles |
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| Final game | ||
| September 27, 1998 for the Baltimore Orioles |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .262 | |
| Home runs | 151 | |
| Hits | 739 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
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Christopher Allen Hoiles (born March 20, 1965 in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 1998. Hoiles was drafted by the Detroit Tigers but was traded to the Orioles in 1988 for Fred Lynn.
Hoiles was a career .262 hitter with 151 home runs, hitting 20 or more in 3 seasons. His career slugging percentage of .467 is the 9th best in Orioles history. His best year was 1993, when he had career highs with a .310 batting average and 29 home runs.
On May 17, 1996, Hoiles joined the list of 23 major league players who have hit an ultimate grand slam, when he hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth with the Baltimore Orioles down by three runs against the Seattle Mariners. Hoiles hit his home run on a full 3-2 count with 2 outs.[1] On August 14, 1998 Hoiles became the 9th player ever to hit two grand slams in one game.
Chris Hoiles was one of very few hitters known for having great success against Randy Johnson when Johnson was in his prime as the Seattle Mariners star ace pitcher.
Hoiles was an assistant coach for the Eastern Michigan University baseball team, of which he is an alumnus. He was inducted to the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.
He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame on August 26, 2006.
On December 20, 2006, Chris Hoiles was named as the first manager of the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Chris Hoiles went by the clubhouse nickname of "Tractor Mechanic." Because as his Orioles teamates explained "He just looks like a tractor mechanic."
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[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Career statistics on MLB.com
| Preceded by Frank Thomas |
American League Player of the Month September 1993 |
Succeeded by Joe Carter |
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