#96 Kila Ka'aihue, First Base, 36 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Thursday, 9/8/2020 |
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| Kila Ka'aihue
3/29/1984
36
USA,HI,Kailua
6"3
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First Base
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2 / 6 (Fair)
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1.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 640,000
2020
11 Year(s), 30 Days (1922 total Days)
127 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 58 Days (2122 total Days)
13 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Versus RHP | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Talent | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
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| Fielding Ratings
1B : 7 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 8/17 | @OAK | L 2-9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
| 8/18 | LAA | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 8/21 | OAK | W 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 8/22 | OAK | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 8/24 | OAK | W 6-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 8/28 | @CHA | W 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 9/1 | CHA | L 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 9/3 | CHA | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 9/5 | @TB | L 8-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 9/6 | @TB | L 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | #1 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 63 | 142 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 40 | .197 | .299 | .310 | .609 | .569 | .113 |
| Projected | 71 | 161 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 45 | .197 | .299 | .310 | .609 | .569 | .113 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 33 | 164 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 3.3 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 |
| vs. RHP | 136 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 | .308 | .324 | .631 |
| Close/Late | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .344 | .448 | .792 |
| Scoring Position | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .232 | .160 | .392 |
| Pinch Hitting | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .455 | .839 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 33 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | .187 | .291 | .280 | .571 |
| Road | 30 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 21 | .209 | .308 | .343 | .651 |
| This Week | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 10 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .222 | .263 | .306 | .569 |
| June | 23 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 14 | .154 | .267 | .277 | .544 |
| July | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 |
| August | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .529 | .609 | .824 | 1.432 |
| Sept/Oct | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2008 | 21 | 78 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .314 | .487 | .801 | NYM |
| 2009 | 61 | 235 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .324 | .489 | .813 | NYM |
| 2010 | 157 | 563 | 139 | 37 | 5 | 33 | 108 | 96 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 3 | .247 | .329 | .506 | .835 | NYM |
| 2011 | 157 | 575 | 158 | 38 | 2 | 41 | 127 | 106 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 159 | 6 | 0 | .275 | .357 | .562 | .918 | NYM |
| 2012 | 141 | 479 | 137 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 101 | 73 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 4 | 1 | .286 | .365 | .589 | .954 | NYM BOS |
| 2013 | 136 | 447 | 126 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 102 | 93 | 87 | 0 | 5 | 135 | 1 | 0 | .282 | .395 | .568 | .963 | BOS |
| 2014 | 130 | 430 | 115 | 24 | 5 | 28 | 85 | 77 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 3 | 0 | .267 | .381 | .542 | .922 | BOS |
| 2015 | 140 | 434 | 109 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 75 | 84 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .356 | .541 | .898 | BOS |
| 2016 | 154 | 548 | 148 | 39 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 97 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .392 | .515 | .907 | BOS DET |
| 2017 | 158 | 543 | 150 | 42 | 5 | 35 | 130 | 108 | 126 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 4 | 0 | .276 | .410 | .565 | .975 | DET |
| 2018 | 158 | 552 | 149 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 113 | 105 | 104 | 0 | 9 | 149 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .380 | .505 | .886 | DET |
| 2019 | 103 | 284 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .308 | .356 | .663 | DET MIL |
| 2020 | 63 | 142 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | .197 | .299 | .310 | .609 | MIN |
| Total | 1579 | 5310 | 1406 | 318 | 29 | 332 | 1064 | 936 | 868 | 2 | 39 | 1398 | 24 | 5 | .265 | .366 | .523 | .889 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2008, AAA | 112 | 442 | 140 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 97 | 93 | 72 | 106 | 11 | 2 | .317 | .410 | .602 | 1.012 |
| 2009, AAA | 84 | 322 | 105 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 87 | 75 | 59 | 61 | 1 | 5 | .326 | .425 | .736 | 1.161 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2012 | 10 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .500 | .818 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
| 2014 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .391 | .400 | .791 |
| 2015 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .438 | .733 | 1.171 |
| Total | 29 | 93 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .356 | .495 | .851 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 39 | 33 | 336 | 28 | 36 | 366 | 2 | .995 | 292.0 | 11.28 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/27/2008 to a minor league contract.
Had first career hit on 6/9/2008, off Pedro Martinez (TEX)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/13/2008, off Brad Baker (HOU)...
Drove in 7 runs against San Francisco on 9/21/2009...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/2010, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Houston on 4/10/2011...
Injured on 10/2/2011 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Traded from New York (N) to Boston on 4/11/2012 (Going to NYM: P Preacher Roe, P Taylor Phillips, 1B Ken Harrelson. Going to BOS: 1B Kila Ka'aihue)...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/11/2012...
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,714,286 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 6/25/2013...
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,207,143 through salary arbitration...
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,207,143 through salary arbitration...
8/24/2015: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Traded from Boston to Detroit on 3/30/2016 (Going to DET: P Eddie Dyer, 1B Kila Ka'aihue, SS George Grantham. Going to BOS: P Dick Radatz, 1B Travis Hafner)...
Hit for the cycle against Chicago (A) on 8/23/2017...
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Chicago (A) on 8/23/2017...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/2017, hitting .579 with 3 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2017, hitting .370 with 9 HR, 41 RBI...
Released by Detroit on 7/8/2019...
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 8/8/2019 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 5/17/2020 to a 1-year deal worth $640,000 per year...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP
2013 - .395 - 6th
2017 - .410 - 5th
| SLG
2012 - .589 - 4th
2013 - .568 - 5th
2014 - .542 - 7th
2015 - .541 - 5th
2017 - .565 - 6th
| OPS
2012 - .954 - 3rd
2013 - .963 - 5th
2014 - .922 - 5th
2015 - .898 - 10th
2017 - .975 - 4th
| Homeruns
2011 - 41 - 6th
2012 - 41 - 2nd
2013 - 31 - 9th
2014 - 28 - 8th
2015 - 31 - 5th
2017 - 35 - 6th
2018 - 33 - 7th
| RBI
2010 - 108 - 8th
2011 - 127 - 3rd
2017 - 130 - 4th
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BB
2010 - 70 - 10th
2013 - 87 - 5th
2016 - 110 - 4th
2017 - 126 - 1st
2018 - 104 - 6th
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