Hong
Irish
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 7, 1988 in USA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 20 MON VL   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 2
2009 21 MON VL   2 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3
2010 22 MIN GL   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4
2011 23 RIC GL   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 5 5
2012 24 RIC GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6
2013 25 MIN GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 7 7
2014 26 MIN GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 8
2015 27 MIN GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8
2016 28 DAV GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8
2017 29 DAV GL $ 3,150,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8
2018 30 IND VL $ 3,150,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 8 8
2019 31 IND VL $ 3,150,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 8 8
2020 32 HOL GL $ 4,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 8 8
2021 33 HOL GL $ 4,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 8 8
2022 34 BOS VL $ 4,000,000 6 5 5 6 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 8 8
2023 35 CAP VL $ 1,220,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
2024 36 CAP VL $ 1,220,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
2025 37 CAP VL $ 100,000 2 1 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 2
Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 20 A   153 556 37 109 16 2 3 46 1 2 38 107 .196 .247 .248 .496 31.5  
2009 21 A   161 589 42 141 21 0 9 33 2 1 29 122 .239 .275 .321 .596 50.5  
2010 22 A   157 528 42 139 24 0 7 52 2 0 53 115 .263 .330 .348 .679 62.4  
2011 23 AAA   18 66 10 20 4 3 1 9 0 0 4 13 .303 .343 .500 .843 10.4  
    AA   142 549 53 135 31 4 5 56 2 3 31 104 .246 .286 .344 .630 51.4  
2012 24 RIC GL 111 402 35 80 14 1 10 40 0 1 21 71 .199 .245 .313 .558 30.6 0.0
2013 25 MIN GL 69 106 14 32 8 0 1 14 2 0 14 18 .302 .374 .406 .780 17.8 4.5
2014 26 MIN GL 30 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .091 .231 .091 .322 0.8 0.0
2015 27 MIN GL 162 622 74 132 26 2 12 61 1 1 68 39 .212 .299 .318 .618 62.9 7.9
2016 28 DAV GL 58 135 19 32 8 0 3 27 0 0 23 10 .237 .350 .363 .713 19.1 4.6
2017 29 DAV GL 116 408 55 112 17 0 16 64 2 2 44 19 .275 .354 .434 .787 61.1 10.2
2018 30 IND VL 123 437 70 124 22 1 18 61 0 0 43 30 .284 .349 .462 .811 67.5 14.2
  DAV GL 36 131 16 35 8 0 4 14 0 0 12 13 .267 .331 .420 .751 17.2 2.5
  TOT   159 568 86 159 30 1 22 75 0 0 55 43 .280 .345 .452 .797 84.7 16.7
2019 31 IND VL 154 557 96 169 24 3 14 104 0 0 88 31 .303 .394 .433 .827 95.5 18.2
2020 32 HOL GL 156 557 80 133 23 1 15 74 0 0 68 42 .239 .320 .364 .685 65.7 4.9
2021 33 HOL GL 158 552 96 159 21 1 23 107 0 0 67 30 .288 .369 .455 .824 90.5 13.7
2022 34 BOS VL 160 581 67 140 42 1 15 87 1 1 57 35 .241 .311 .394 .705 69.6 9.0
2023 35 CAP VL 84 218 34 52 9 0 11 32 0 0 36 20 .239 .352 .431 .783 33.6 5.1
2024 36 CAP VL 57 118 23 22 1 1 8 23 1 0 14 15 .186 .279 .415 .695 15.5 1.5
2025 37 CAP VL 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   96 319 55 75 14 0 14 48 0 3 43 38 .235 .326 .411 .737 44.0  
    AA   6 20 6 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 .200 .360 .400 .760 3.3  
14 Years Sim 1481 4867 680 1226 223 11 150 708 7 5 561 381 .252 .332 .395 .727 647.0 96.3
2 Years AAA 114 385 65 95 18 3 15 57 0 3 47 51 .247 .329 .426 .755 54.4  
2 Years AA 148 569 59 139 32 4 6 58 2 3 36 106 .244 .304 .346 .650 54.7  
3 Years A 471 1673 121 389 61 2 19 131 5 3 120 344 .233 .290 .305 .596 144.3  
7 Years Minors 733 2627 245 623 111 9 40 246 7 9 203 501 .237 .299 .332 .631 253.4  
162 Game Average 532 74 134 24 1 16 77 0 0 61 41 .252 .332 .395 .727 70.8  
Career Highs 162 622 96 169 42 3 23 107 2 2 88 71 .303 .394 .455 .827 95.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3501 480 874 159 8 106 492 3 4 396 255 .250 .329 .390 .719 457.6
vs LH   1366 200 352 64 3 44 216 4 1 165 126 .258 .341 .406 .747 192.2
Home 725 2329 350 583 114 6 78 335 3 2 262 201 .250 .330 .405 .734 314.5
Away 756 2538 330 643 109 5 72 373 4 3 299 180 .253 .334 .385 .720 335.4
RISP   1232 0 329 59 2 41 535 0 0 173 90 .267 .348 .418 .766 189.2
Pinch Hitting   114 7 33 7 0 0 16 1 0 13 14 .289 .357 .351 .707 14.9
Close/Late   616 62 147 31 2 15 71 0 0 72 55 .239 .318 .369 .686 75.0
Mar/Apr 242 828 93 197 37 1 20 105 2 0 86 86 .238 .313 .357 .671 95.0
May 273 904 130 244 39 2 27 125 3 1 114 66 .270 .355 .407 .762 132.7
June 260 860 121 208 35 2 30 128 0 0 91 72 .242 .317 .392 .708 109.3
July 194 634 83 156 30 2 24 103 1 2 72 43 .246 .327 .413 .740 86.4
August 192 656 85 161 29 3 17 98 0 0 81 55 .245 .332 .377 .708 84.5
Sep/Oct 320 985 168 260 53 1 32 149 1 2 117 59 .264 .343 .417 .761 142.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2012 24 RIC GL 1B 109 105 938.0 973 52 8 94 .992 9.83   1.3
2013 25 MIN GL 1B 46 19 225.0 195 10 1 12 .995 8.20   0.2
2014 26 MIN GL 1B 15 4 51.0 47 3 1 8 .980 8.82   0.0
2015 27 MIN GL 1B 162 162 1422.0 1381 118 10 142 .993 9.49   1.7
2016 28 DAV GL 1B 50 33 313.7 369 22 3 48 .992 11.22   0.2
2017 29 DAV GL 1B 113 112 984.0 1251 100 9 105 .993 12.36   1.3
2018 30 IND VL 1B 122 115 1031.3 1106 82 8 99 .993 10.37   1.1
  DAV GL 1B 36 34 307.1 329 25 2 30 .994 10.37   0.2
  TOT   1B 158 149 1338.4 1435 107 10 129 .994 10.37   1.3
2019 31 IND VL 1B 153 150 1365.7 1534 99 11 132 .993 10.76   1.3
2020 32 HOL GL 1B 154 153 1396.3 1544 91 5 126 .997 10.54   1.8
2021 33 HOL GL 1B 157 157 1405.0 1575 116 13 134 .992 10.83   1.7
2022 34 BOS VL 1B 159 157 1357.7 1441 122 17 162 .989 10.36   1.5
2023 35 CAP VL 1B 72 49 467.3 461 43 1 50 .998 9.71   0.8
2024 36 CAP VL 1B 51 30 296.3 291 19 3 25 .990 9.42   0.2
2025 37 CAP VL 1B 7 2 28.0 32 1 0 4 1.000 10.61   0.0
Career Totals   1406 1282 11588.4 12529 903 92 1171 .993 10.43   13.5
Career Highs   162 162 1422.0 1575 122 17 162 1.000 12.36    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 29 DAV GL 10 35 1 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .200 .243 .343 .586
2018 30 IND VL 9 37 2 14 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 .378 .410 .486 .897
2019 31 IND VL 5 20 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .238 .400 .638
2020 32 HOL GL 14 47 8 14 3 1 2 7 0 0 3 4 .298 .340 .532 .872
2021 33 HOL GL 3 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 .333 .364 .697
Career Post-Season Batting 41 150 14 42 11 1 4 22 0 0 7 6 .280 .321 .447 .768
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2019-6-.394
Games
2015-1-162
2022-7-160
Walks
2015-7-68
2019-10-88
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 108th overall pick, by Montana in 2008
Injured on 5/2/2010 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Traded from Montana to Minnesota on 6/11/2010
Injured on 6/29/2010 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Traded from Minnesota to Richmond on 7/23/2011
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/2012, off Douglass Edwards (ATL)