| G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG YTD 49 185 20 56 17 0 3 38 7 26 1 0 .303 .443 .335 |
| Full name: Shea Matthew Hillenbrand Born: 07/27/75 Birthplace: Mesa,AZ,USA Height: 6'1" Weight: 200 Position: 3B Bats: Right Throws: Right MLB Debut: 02-APR-01 |
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| Career Avg .284 |
| All information taken from the Official Red Sox Website |
| As of 5/29/03 Final stats in a Red Sox uniform |
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| 2002 Highlights ***Exceeded rookie season in almost every offensive category: H (186), HR (18), 2B (43), 3B (4), RBI (83), slugging pct. (.459), on-base pct. (.330) and walks (25)... ***Hit .377 (29-77, 12 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI) vs. NYY this season... ***Began the season with a career-high 12-game hit streak 4/1-4/17 (19-46 .413, 3 2B, 5 HR, 17 RBI)... ***Longest Sox hit streak to begin the season since Lee Tinsley in 1995 (14 G)... ***Recorded first career multi-HR game on 4/7 at Balt. (2-4 w/2 HR, 4 RBI)... ***Hit GW 2-run HR (off Mariano Rivera) in last of 8th inng. on 4/13 (3-4 w/HR, 3 RBI) in Sox 7-6 win... ***Hit .341 (31-91) w/5 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 23 RBI in 23 games in April... ***5 HR and 15 RBI are a career-high for a month... ***Hit first career grand-slam HR (GW off V. Zambrano) w/2 outs in the 9th as a PH for 7-5 win at TB on 5/4... ***It was the Sox first PH-GS since R. Gedman on 8/10/86 vs. Det., 7th time in Red Sox history... ***Matched career-high 12-game hit streak from 5/6-5/18 (20-50 .400, 4 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI)... ***Hit safely in 48 of his first 55 games... ***Became first Red Sox to reach 10 HR on 5/26 vs. NYY (off M. Mussina)... ***Hit safely in 14 of 15 games from 5/23-6/8 (23-68 .338, 7 2B, HR, 8 RBI)... ***Hit GW 3-run HR (off B. Lawrence in 8th inng.) on 6/18 at SD to give Sox a 4-2 win... ***Had second career multi-HR game on 6/21 at LA (off H. Nomo, G. Carrara)... ***Voted as the starting 3B for the A.L. All-Star Team (he went 0-2)... ***First Red Sox to be selected as a 3B since Scott Cooper in 1994 and first Sox to start at third since Wade Boggs in 1992... ***Went 2-5 on 7/7 vs. Det. to join Johnny Damon and Nomar Garciaparra as Red Sox with 100 hits at the All-Star break... ***Hit safely in 11 of 14 games from 7/27-8/10, hitting .382 (21-55) w/5 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI... ***Had an 8-game hitting streak from 8/30-9/6 (13-32 .406) w/3 2B, 3B, 4 RBI... ***It was his 4th streak of 8-games on the season... ***In Aug., he hit .314 (33-105) w/7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI in 27 games... ***Recorded his 50th multi-hit game on 9/15; joining Nomar Garciaparra and Johnny Damon as the only Red Sox w/50 multi-hit G and ended with 53; Nomar led club with 57... ***Was 9th in the A.L. with a .322 (104-323) road batting average... ***Committed 23 errors at 3B to tie R. Ventura of NYY for most by ML 3B; 10 E came on throws... ***3rd among A.L. 3B w/283 assists and 406 TC and T3rd w/27 DP... ***9 of his 18 HR were solo... ***Hit only 8 HR after 5/27... ***His last Fenway Park HR came on 5/26 vs. NYY... ***Hit 5 HR at Fenway Park and 13 on the road... ***3rd on Sox w/24 game-tying and go-ahead RBI, and 38 2-out RBI... ***Batted 5th in 59 starts, 6th in 37 and 2nd in 31... ***Also hit 3rd 17 times, 4th twice and 7th 10 times. |
| 2001 Highlights: ***Made jump from AAA Trenton to M.L. and began the season as the Sox starting 3B... ***Went 1-4 in the Sox season opener at Balt. on 4/2 and recorded his 1st M.L. hit off P. Hentgen... ***Hit his 1st M.L. HR (solo off T. Harper) in 6-2 win vs. TB on 4/7... ***Started season w/9-game hit streak 4/2-4/11 (Sox 1st 9 G) (11-36 .306, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI) and became the first Sox rookie to begin season w/9-G hit streak since T. Williams in 1939... ***The streak was the longest by a Sox rookie since N. Garciaparra hit in 30 consec. G in 1997... ***His 1st BB came on 4/17 at TB; It was his 1st in 149 AB (51 AB in 14 M.L. G, 52 AB in spring training, 46 AB in 12 minor lg. G in 2000)... ***Recorded his 1st M.L. 4-hit G on 4/29 vs. KC... ***Hit .343 (34-99) in 25 G in April w/9 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI and hit safely in 23 of the 25 G... ***His 34 H in April were the most by a Sox rookie in that month since N. Garciaparra had 38 H in 1997... ***Started at 3B in the Sox first 52 G... ***Hit safely in 7 of his 1st 9 games during May (9-37 .243)... ***Batted .228 (23-101) w/2B, 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI in 26 G in May... ***Hit GW-HR (off D. Borkowski) to lead off the 18th inng. and win 4-3 vs. Det. on 6/5... ***Had 1 hit in 23 AB from 6/7-6/17... ***Hit .206 (14-68) w/2 HR, 7 RBI in 24 G in June... ***Had 11 H (18 AB) in a 5 G stretch (7/17-7/26)... ***Hit .333 (14-42) w/3 HR, 8 RBI in 19 G in July... ***Made 1st M.L. start and 1st M.L. app. at 1B on 8/9 at Oak... ***Played 129 G (116 starts) at 3B and 6 G (5 starts at 1B)... ***Recorded a 7 G hit streak 8/20-8/26, 10-29 .345 w/3 2B, HR, 3 RBI...Hit .274 (20-73) w/5 2B, HR, 8 RBI in 23 G in Aug... ***Ended the season hitting safely in 14 of his last 20 G... ***His 12 HR rank 3rd all-time among Sox rookie 3B (J. Foy, 15 in 1966 and J. Tabor, 14 in 1939)... ***Ranked 3rd among A.L. rookies in HR (12) and T3rd in RBI (49), in XBH (34), 5th in multi-hit G (32), hits (123), TB (183) and slugg. pct. (.391), 6th in batting avg. (.263), R (52) and 2B (20) and 9th in OBP (.291)... ***Made 18 errors at 3B and none at 1B... ***Had 14 2-out RBI, none after 8/16 and 13 game-tying and go-ahead RBI, none after 8/14... ***Batted 7th 70 times, 6th 23 times, 8th 19 times and 9th 9 times. |