The Hawk

The Hawkins signing certainly couldn’t hurt. I was worried about Luis Vizcaino leaving … for about five minutes.
Besides, on a personal note, “the Hawk” brings a smile to my face. You see, that was the nickname we gave to a college buddy of mine, who is from the Midwest and a Chicago Cubs fan. The reason? His inability to close [...]

Latroy Hawkins

The Yankees have agreed to a 1 year contract with Latroy Hawkins. Let’s take a look at what’s coming to New York:

Basic Statistics

Year

Age

 

Team

G

W

L

IP

TBF

H

2B

3B

HR

R

ER

BB

K

ERA

RA9

2005

32

MLB

SF

45

1

4

37.1

166

40

 

 

3

18

17

17

30

4.10

4.34

2005

32

MLB

Chi NL

21

1

4

19.0

81

18

 

 

4

9

7

7

13

3.32

4.26

2006

33

MLB

Bal

60

3

2

60.1

261

73

12

3

4

30

30

15

27

4.48

4.48

2007

34

AAA

Col Sp

4

1

0

4.0

15

2

0

0

0

1

1

2

5

2.25

2.25

2007

34

MLB

Col

62

2

5

55.1

225

51

5

3

6

21

21

16

29

3.42

3.42

Extended Statistics

 

Year

Age

 

Team

BB/PA

K/PA

BABIP

GB%

HR/Air

FIP

BsRA9

2005

32

MLB

SF Giants

10.2%

18.1%

.347

 

 

4.09

 

2005

32

MLB

Chi NL

8.6%

16.0%

.272

 

 

5.71

 

2006

33

MLB

Baltimore

5.7%

10.3%

.330

46%

3%

3.91

4.76

2007

34

AAA

Co Spngs

13.3%

33.3%

.250

63%

0%

2.50

1.49

2007

34

MLB

Colorado

7.1%

12.9%

.265

65%

10%

4.41

4.00

Interestingly, there is a discrepancy in the 2006 groundball rate between firstinning.com and thebaseballcube.com, but it is only one of 3%.
A lot of Yankee fans [...]