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James
Kinch		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 15, 1987 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2016   
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
2007 20 PHI VL   0 0 0 2 2 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2
2008 21 MON VL   1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 4 4 3 3 3
2009 22 UTI VL   3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 5
2010 23 NRW GL   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
2011 24 NRW GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6
2012 25 NRW GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6
2013 26 BOS VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6
2014 27 BOS VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2015 28 BOS VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2016 29 WIC GL $ 2,200,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2017 30 WIC GL $ 2,200,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2018 31 WIC GL $ 2,200,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2019 32 HOL GL $ 2,810,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2020 33 BOS VL $ 2,810,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2021 34 BOS VL $ 2,810,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2022 35 BOS VL $ 1,870,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2023 36 BOS VL $ 1,870,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2024 37 BOS VL $ 1,870,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2025 38 RIC GL $ 1,410,000 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5
Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 2,810,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
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
2007 20 AA   160 611 35 89 19 3 0 26 6 2 35 145 .146 .192 .187 .379 12.5  
2008 21 A   162 630 44 149 27 4 1 25 8 6 39 118 .237 .281 .297 .578 50.1  
2009 22 A   145 579 51 155 30 5 4 54 7 10 55 116 .268 .331 .358 .689 66.6  
2010 23 AA   131 521 47 134 23 6 4 47 12 5 39 94 .257 .309 .347 .656 55.7  
    A   30 124 13 37 8 1 1 9 2 1 14 20 .298 .370 .403 .773 18.2  
2011 24 NRW GL 162 490 60 128 23 8 4 52 6 8 48 64 .261 .338 .365 .703 60.5 7.2
2012 25 NRW GL 159 626 64 155 30 1 8 57 10 15 61 78 .248 .320 .337 .657 65.7 6.2
2013 26 NRW GL 88 324 44 87 20 0 3 24 3 5 40 47 .269 .362 .358 .720 41.6 5.5
  BOS VL 67 232 27 66 9 0 3 16 3 4 28 37 .284 .375 .362 .737 31.8 3.3
  TOT   155 556 71 153 29 0 6 40 6 9 68 84 .275 .367 .360 .727 73.3 8.8
2014 27 BOS VL 156 561 62 154 21 1 12 82 0 2 69 77 .275 .360 .380 .740 77.2 16.8
2015 28 BOS VL 158 575 82 147 18 3 15 52 0 1 69 77 .256 .341 .376 .717 75.3 9.6
2016 29 WIC GL 157 577 95 199 34 3 9 87 0 0 80 73 .345 .426 .461 .887 105.5 19.1
2017 30 WIC GL 139 503 82 140 22 1 18 83 2 1 51 63 .278 .348 .433 .781 78.1 14.3
2018 31 WIC GL 108 395 65 125 25 4 11 56 0 1 48 53 .316 .399 .484 .882 71.4 13.4
2019 32 HOL GL 151 546 75 134 32 1 9 75 1 1 67 79 .245 .335 .357 .693 64.8 7.8
2020 33 BOS VL 152 506 75 115 24 2 19 92 2 0 74 76 .227 .329 .395 .725 69.7 8.1
2021 34 BOS VL 160 591 82 146 27 1 15 85 2 3 75 74 .247 .335 .372 .707 75.4 12.4
2022 35 BOS VL 159 579 75 162 33 3 15 78 0 2 77 87 .280 .372 .425 .797 90.5 11.7
2023 36 BOS VL 160 558 98 184 34 2 11 87 1 2 94 85 .330 .432 .457 .889 107.1 25.0
2024 37 BOS VL 158 570 94 154 31 1 15 73 2 1 85 67 .270 .364 .407 .771 86.7 15.0
2025 38 RIC GL 158 579 87 144 22 3 13 57 0 2 96 91 .249 .362 .364 .726 80.5 11.0
15 Years Sim 2292 8212 1167 2240 405 34 180 1056 32 48 1062 1128 .273 .362 .396 .758 1181.6 186.6
2 Years AA 291 1132 82 223 42 9 4 73 18 7 74 239 .197 .255 .261 .516 68.3  
3 Years A 337 1333 108 341 65 10 6 88 17 17 108 254 .256 .316 .333 .649 134.9  
5 Years Minors 628 2465 190 564 107 19 10 161 35 24 182 493 .229 .288 .300 .588 203.2  
162 Game Average 580 82 158 28 2 12 74 2 3 75 79 .273 .362 .396 .758 83.5  
Career Highs 162 626 98 199 34 8 19 92 10 15 96 91 .345 .432 .484 .889 107.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6469 876 1716 314 28 115 762 22 38 804 882 .265 .353 .376 .729 859.2
vs LH   1743 291 524 91 6 65 294 10 10 258 246 .301 .395 .472 .866 315.7
Home 1146 4005 571 1109 207 13 88 503 16 24 535 550 .277 .369 .401 .770 588.9
Away 1146 4207 596 1131 198 21 92 553 16 24 527 578 .269 .355 .391 .746 586.0
RISP   2069 0 564 95 8 47 830 0 0 314 290 .273 .368 .394 .763 313.7
Pinch Hitting   48 7 17 2 1 1 10 0 0 9 4 .354 .466 .500 .966 10.5
Close/Late   838 77 219 45 2 14 87 0 0 109 125 .261 .351 .370 .721 111.3
Mar/Apr 368 1340 198 360 60 3 36 166 8 5 154 204 .269 .350 .399 .748 186.8
May 365 1309 182 391 66 8 24 187 5 10 178 158 .299 .390 .416 .806 207.0
June 358 1288 184 356 68 7 30 170 6 8 186 168 .276 .374 .410 .783 197.2
July 290 1048 161 266 53 4 19 127 3 5 134 138 .254 .344 .366 .710 134.1
August 367 1298 194 358 67 8 32 169 3 14 185 177 .276 .373 .414 .787 196.9
Sep/Oct 544 1929 248 509 91 4 39 237 7 6 225 283 .264 .345 .376 .721 252.9
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
2011 24 NRW GL RF 162 162 1353.0 332 9 0 1 1.000 2.27   5.1
2012 25 NRW GL RF 159 158 1411.0 324 14 5 1 .985 2.16   5.3
2013 26 NRW GL RF 60 60 528.8 127 2 0 2 1.000 2.20   0.9
  BOS VL RF 45 45 377.9 91 1 0 1 1.000 2.19   0.7
  TOT   RF 105 105 906.7 218 3 0 3 1.000 2.19   1.5
2014 27 BOS VL RF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
2015 28 BOS VL LF 2 2 17.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.71    
    RF 152 150 1302.3 328 5 5 2 .985 2.30   2.2
2016 29 WIC GL RF 157 154 1375.3 339 11 1 3 .997 2.29   5.3
2017 30 WIC GL RF 137 136 1206.0 305 9 4 1 .987 2.34   4.7
2018 31 WIC GL RF 108 106 936.0 211 0 3 0 .986 2.03   1.9
2019 32 HOL GL RF 144 144 1286.7 303 5 4 0 .987 2.15   5.1
2020 33 BOS VL RF 146 140 1224.7 319 11 6 6 .982 2.43   3.6
2021 34 BOS VL RF 157 154 1374.3 345 10 6 4 .983 2.32   2.3
2022 35 BOS VL RF 158 156 1358.3 311 7 5 1 .985 2.11   2.4
2023 36 BOS VL CF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 153 151 1313.7 312 14 6 4 .982 2.23   2.3
2024 37 BOS VL 3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 154 153 1357.0 313 13 6 0 .982 2.16   2.7
  RF 1895 1869 16413.0 3964 111 51 26 .988 2.23   44.3
  LF 2 2 17.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.71    
  CF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1900 1874 16454.0 3974 112 51 26 .988 2.23   44.3
Career Highs   162 162 1411.0 345 14 6 6 1.000 4.50    
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
2016 29 WIC GL 5 18 6 6 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 1 .333 .458 .611 1.069
Career Post-Season Batting 5 18 6 6 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 1 .333 .458 .611 1.069
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.
Batting Average
2016-3-.345
2023-7-.330
 On-Base Pct
2016-2-.426
2023-2-.432
 Games
2011-1-162
2023-8-160
CAR-45-2292
 Hits
2016-10-199
 Singles
2016-8-153
2023-8-137
 Triples
2011-9-8
Caught Stealing
2012-6-15
 Walks
2015-7-69
CAR-29-1062
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Randy Walker (930)
  2. Kyle Doyle (925)
  3. Bill Gallegos (920)
  4. Mark Hurtado (915)
  5. Fred Verrill (910)
  6. Steven Thomas (900)
  7. Florentino Villagomez (893)
  8. Derek Montgomery (892)
  9. Brian Lahey (892)
  10. Ernie Martinez (888)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 167th overall pick, by Philadelphia in 2007
Traded from Philadelphia to Montana on 6/25/2008
Traded from Montana to Utica on 3/2/2009
Injured on 4/25/2009 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/10/2009 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Traded from Utica to Norwich on 7/30/2010
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/2/2011, off Harold Smith (DES)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/2011, off Lucius Johnston (RIC)
 
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