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Koyie Hill
Chicago Cubs [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats B
Age 30
6'
190 lbs.

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Cubs Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
PosOrderNamePT%PA AVG R HR RBI SB OBP SLG VORP
C 7 Koyie Hill 25 57 .210 5 1 5 0 .282 .333 -1.2
1   2009 Total 25 57 .210 5 1 5 0 .282 .333 -1.2

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 COH AAA 76 4 2 0 1 5 5 17 0 0 -0.2 .143 .197 .214 -.686 .127 .182 .197 .091 -12.6 14-C -3 -1.2
2007 IOW AAA 162 22 16 0 2 24 11 23 1 1 1.9 .322 .364 .470 -.185 .252 .290 .377 .231 -3.0 28-C 1 0.1
2007 CHN MLB 105 7 4 0 2 12 8 18 0 0 -0.6 .161 .231 .269 -.486 .161 .238 .258 .174 -7.6 26-C 2 -0.3
2008 IOW AAA 412 56 24 2 17 64 40 77 3 2 -2.4 .275 .350 .492 -.270 .206 .271 .361 .218 -18.0 89-C 0 -0.3
2008 CHN MLB 22 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 -0.1 .095 .095 .143 -.795 .136 .136 .182 .000 -3.7 5-C -1 -0.4


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/7/09 1:20 PM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 403 45 25 1 12 50 32 94 2 2 -1.0 .252 .315 .429 -.078 .249 .312 .429 .253 8.1 96-C 1 2.5
75o 385 39 23 1 10 46 30 92 2 2 -0.9 .240 .302 .401 -.149 .237 .299 .401 .240 1.5 92-C 0 1.7
60o 370 34 21 1 9 42 28 90 2 2 -0.8 .229 .290 .378 -.206 .226 .287 .377 .228 -3.5 89-C -1 1.1
50o 354 29 19 1 8 38 26 88 2 1 -0.8 .219 .279 .355 -.262 .216 .276 .355 .216 -7.9 85-C -1 0.5
40o 343 27 18 1 7 35 24 86 2 1 -0.7 .212 .272 .341 -.297 .210 .269 .341 .208 -10.5 83-C -2 0.2
25o 323 22 16 1 5 31 22 83 2 1 -0.7 .200 .259 .315 -.361 .198 .257 .315 .193 -14.6 78-C -2 -0.4
10o 273 14 12 1 3 21 17 74 1 1 -0.5 .176 .232 .261 -.493 .174 .230 .261 .155 -20.7 67-C -4 -1.4
Weighted Mean 376 32 21 1 8 41 27 93 2 2 -0.8 .219 .280 .357 -.235 .217 .277 .357 .216 -5.3 90-C -2 0.6

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

52%

68%

20%

29%

1.03

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2009 (age 30) 376 32 21 1 8 41 27 93 2 2 -0.8 .219 .280 .357 -.235 .217 .277 .357 .216 -5.3 90-C -2 0.6
2010 (age 31) 335 27 17 1 7 36 25 83 2 1 -0.5 .214 .277 .347 -.294 .208 .270 .342 .212 -6.4 81-C -2 0.3
2011 (age 32) 306 25 17 0 7 33 24 76 1 1 -0.3 .219 .283 .362 -.260 .214 .277 .357 .220 -2.5 74-C -2 0.3
2012 (age 33) 263 20 14 0 6 29 21 66 1 1 -0.2 .214 .282 .358 -.271 .209 .275 .353 .218 -2.0 65-C -3 0.2
2013 (age 34)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 35)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 36)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .233 .280 .364
vs RHP .216 .280 .353
Split +.018 +.000 +.011
LgAvg +.004 -.004 +.007

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -8.0 -2.0 0.6 $400,000 -7.0 1.0
2010 -8.4 -2.0 0.3 $400,000 -7.7 1.5
2011 -5.5 -2.0 0.3 $575,000 -3.0 0.1
2012 -5.2 -3.0 0.2 $475,000 -2.7 0.4
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 1.7 $1,375,000 0.0 4.7


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .240 .216 .193 .216
2010 .239 .215 .188 .212
2011 .237 .222 .196 .220
2012 .247 .213 .190 .218
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 29% 0% 52%
2010 44% 23% 40%
2011 70% 47% 39%
2012 76% 64% 26%
2013 85% 74% 28%
2014 84% 80% 19%
2015 89% 89% 11%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Mandy Romero 1998 54 11 Brian Guinn 1991 39
2 A.J. Hinch 2004 42 12 Juan Espino 1986 37
3 Stan Cliburn 1987 41 13 Mark Bailey 1992 37
4 Larry Owen 1985 40 14 Gene Schall 2000 37
5 Brad Gulden 1986 40 15 John Boccabella 1971 37
6 Brian Simmons 2003 40 16 Razor Shines 1986 36
7 Mike Robertson 2001 39 17 Randy Knorr 1999 36
8 Bob Barton 1971 39 18 Jon DeBus 1988 36
9 Glenn Williams 2007 39 19 Damon Hollins 2004 35
10 Tim Laker 2000 39 20 Michael Ryan 2007 35

Player Comments

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2008

Koyie Hill took advantage of the Cubs' revolving door at catcher last year to record his longest stint as a big-leaguer, but didn't do himself any favors by posting a .174 EqA. As a backup catcher, he's neither any better nor any worse than most of the scrubs in the league.

2006

He has yet to translate his acceptable minor league walk rate into something more like a career, and it doesn`t look like he will. He put up okay numbers by admittedly pathetic D-Back catcher standards while regrouping in Triple-A after an abysmal start. If he was unable to push Chris Snyder`s .202/.297/.301 line out of the everyday lineup, he`s no longer a prospect.

2005

Did he just pull it all together? Solid defensive catcher, shows occasional flashes of all the tools in previous years; average one year, power the next, plate discipline, then has a pretty good consolidation season at Las Vegas, and gets a taste of the bigs. With Hammock's knee a concern, he'll compete with the more talented but less proven Chris Snyder for the #1 job.


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