MLB / Players

Kent Hrbek

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb

BornMay 21, 1960 · Minneapolis, MN, USA

MLB debutAugust 24, 1981

Final gameAugust 10, 1994

Seasons14 (1981–1994)

Minnesota Twins 1981–1994

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

132

7.4

534

12.3

462

7.4

40.2

131

17.2

5.7

66.4

RBI

75.4

65.6

86.1

24.6

57.4

.284

63.1

OBP

.373

SLG

.461

68.9

OPS

.834

73.8

wRC+

129.5

69.7

OPS+

126.6

67.2

wOBA

.377

73.8

sWAR

2.6

44.3

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

127.2

88.4

OPS+

127.9

88.4

sWAR

33.0

96.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	24	73	67	5	16	5	0	1	7	5	9	0	0	.239	.301	.358	.660	83.5	86.6	.303	-0.1
1982	140	591	532	82	160	21	4	23	92	54	80	3	1	.301	.363	.485	.848	125.6	127.6	.370	2.6
1983	141	582	515	75	153	41	5	16	84	57	71	4	6	.297	.366	.489	.855	130.7	130.0	.378	3.0
1984	149	635	559	80	174	31	3	27	107	65	87	1	1	.311	.383	.522	.906	142.7	143.9	.394	4.1
1985	158	666	593	78	165	31	2	21	93	67	87	1	1	.278	.351	.444	.795	110.0	111.6	.349	1.7
1986	149	634	550	85	147	27	1	29	91	71	81	2	2	.267	.353	.478	.831	120.4	122.1	.363	2.5
1987	143	566	477	85	136	20	1	34	90	84	60	5	2	.285	.389	.545	.934	139.0	141.6	.397	3.5
1988	143	586	510	75	159	31	0	25	76	67	54	0	3	.312	.387	.520	.907	150.7	150.0	.401	4.2
1989	109	434	375	59	102	17	0	25	84	53	35	3	0	.272	.360	.517	.878	139.6	139.0	.391	2.6
1990	143	578	492	61	141	26	0	22	79	69	45	5	2	.287	.377	.474	.850	132.3	131.3	.382	2.9
1991	132	534	462	72	131	20	1	20	89	67	48	4	4	.284	.373	.461	.834	129.5	126.6	.377	2.6
1992	112	470	394	52	96	20	0	15	58	71	56	5	2	.244	.357	.409	.765	113.2	112.5	.351	1.3
1993	123	471	392	60	95	11	1	25	83	71	57	4	2	.242	.357	.467	.824	119.6	119.5	.368	1.7
1994	81	317	274	34	74	11	0	10	53	37	28	0	0	.270	.353	.420	.773	95.5	97.9	.340	0.3

Career totals

1,747

467th-most career G

7,137

430th-most career PA

6,192

460th-most career AB

903

475th-most career R

1,749

452nd-most career H

312

440th-most career 2B

293

173rd-most career HR

RBI

1,086

231st-most career RBI

838

236th-most career BB

798

.2825

OBP

.3669

342nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4806

219th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8475

204th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1986-06-07	MIN @ KC Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	2	9
1986-06-18	CWS @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	4	9
1988-08-23	DET @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	4	9
1989-08-23	CWS @ MIN Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	4	9
1983-09-09	KC @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	3	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.