Scott Hatteberg
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| Cincinnati Reds — No. 21 | |
| First base | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 8, 1995 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Avg | .271 |
| HR | 96 |
| RBI | 473 |
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Scott Allen Hatteberg (born December 14, 1969 in Salem, Oregon) is an American Major League Baseball player who currently plays first base for the Cincinnati Reds.
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[edit] Early Life
He played Little League in his native Salem, Oregon, and Pony League and American Legion baseball in Yakima, Washington. Hatteberg graduated from Eisenhower High School (Yakima, Washington) in 1988 . He was MVP of the baseball and basketball teams and also lettered in football. He was team captain his senior year and hit .570 with 7 home runs.
[edit] College career
He attended Washington State University from 1989-91 and the Cougars won the Pac-10 North all three years. He was captain and MVP in 1991; as a catcher he formed a battery with future major league pitcher Aaron Sele. Hatteberg played in the Alaska Baseball League in 1989-90.
[edit] Early career
[edit] Boston Red Sox
He was a member of the 1990 U.S. team at the Goodwill Games and hit a home run vs. Mexico. He was the third player selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1991 June draft, a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds as compensation from Kansas City Royals for the signing of Type A free agent Mike Boddicker. He played catcher for the Red Sox in parts of seven seasons from 1995-2001, hitting 34 home runs and batting .267. In a game of August 6th, 2001, against the Texas Rangers, he became the only player in MLB history to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam in his next at-bat. The bat he used for that game is now in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
[edit] Oakland Athletics
In January 2002, Hatteberg signed with the Oakland Athletics and became a first baseman and designated hitter for four seasons.
Hatteberg's conversion to a first baseman by the A's is the subject of a chapter in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball. Oakland General Manager Billy Beane speaks openly about how the team pursued Hatteberg because of his high on-base percentage, which, A's management had determined, correlated most often to runs scored. Beane also mentioned that it was one of the most affordable "skills" for small-market clubs like the A's.
Being an everyday player, Hatteberg helped the A's reach the playoffs twice in 2002 and 2003, hitting 49 homers and batting .269 from 2002-2005.
His most memorable moment as a member of the Oakland A's was on September 4th, 2002. With a historic 19-game winning streak on the line and the game against the Kansas City Royals tied at 11 after the A's had blown an 11-0 lead, Hattenberg slammed a 1-0 pitch well over the right center field wall for a walkoff home run to give the A's an 12-11 win and an American League record 20-game winning streak.
[edit] Cincinnati Reds
On February 12, 2006, the Cincinnati Reds signed Hatteberg to a one-year, $750,000 contract. He was originally expected to give the Reds flexibility at first base, backing up Adam Dunn. When the Reds traded Wily Mo Pena to the Red Sox, Dunn moved back to the outfield, and Hatteberg shared first-base duties with Rich Aurilia.
On August 8, 2006, Hatteberg recorded his 1000th career hit against Jason Marquis of the Cardinals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. He went 3-for-5 in this game, increasing his batting average to .323.
[edit] Trivia
He is a self-taught guitar player and avid fly fisherman. He and his wife Elizabeth, nicknamed "Bitsy", have three children, Lauren (11-8-97), Sophia (2-21-00) and Ella (3-24-04).
[edit] Career Stats
Yr Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K AVG OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GIDP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 25 BOS AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1 0 0 0 0 1 1996 26 BOS AL 10 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .182 .327 .273 3 0 0 0 0 2 1997 27 BOS AL 114 350 46 97 23 1 10 44 0 1 40 70 .277 .354 .434 152 2 1 2 2 11 1998 28 BOS AL 112 359 46 99 23 1 12 43 0 0 43 58 .276 .359 .446 160 0 3 3 5 11 1999 29 BOS AL 30 80 12 22 5 0 1 11 0 0 18 14 .275 .410 .375 30 0 1 0 1 2 2000 30 BOS AL 92 230 21 61 15 0 8 36 0 1 38 39 .265 .367 .435 100 1 2 3 0 8 2001 31 BOS AL 94 278 34 68 19 0 3 25 1 1 33 26 .245 .332 .345 96 0 1 0 4 7 2002 32 OAK AL 136 492 58 138 22 4 15 61 0 0 68 56 .281 .374 .433 213 1 1 1 6 8 2003 33 OAK AL 147 541 63 137 34 0 12 61 0 1 66 53 .253 .342 .383 207 3 3 0 9 14 2004 34 OAK AL 152 550 87 156 30 0 15 82 0 0 72 48 .284 .367 .420 231 3 8 5 5 10 2005 35 OAK AL 134 464 52 119 19 0 7 59 0 1 51 54 .257 .334 .343 159 2 2 4 4 22 2006 36 CIN NL 110 363 54 115 26 0 13 45 1 2 51 28 .317 .410 .496 157 1 4 3 3 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS 1133 3720 477 1015 217 6 95 467 2 7 489 454 .273 .361 .412 1509 13 26 21 39 103 12 Seasons
Stats as of August 22, 2006
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
