MLB / Players

Richard Hidalgo

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 220 lb

BornJune 28, 1975 · Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela

MLB debutSeptember 1, 1997

Final gameAugust 4, 2005

Seasons9 (1997–2005)

Houston Astros 1997–2004; New York Mets 2004; Texas Rangers 2005

Percentile snapshot

2004 season — qualified batters

144

40.6

578

31.9

523

38.1

125

11.3

24.4

52.5

66.9

RBI

58.8

29.4

129

13.8

29.4

37.5

.239

2.5

OBP

.301

3.1

SLG

.444

38.8

OPS

.745

23.1

wRC+

86.3

11.9

OPS+

90.6

17.5

wOBA

.320

12.5

sWAR

0.2

3.8

of 161 qualified 2004 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.8

63.3

OPS+

111.0

64.1

sWAR

15.2

91.1

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
1997	19	67	62	8	19	5	0	2	6	4	18	1	0	.306	.358	.484	.842	124.9	122.8	.374	0.5
1998	74	234	211	31	64	15	0	7	35	17	37	3	3	.303	.355	.474	.829	119.9	119.7	.365	1.4
1999	108	448	383	49	87	25	2	15	56	56	73	8	5	.227	.328	.420	.748	87.4	87.3	.333	0.3
2000	153	644	558	118	175	42	3	44	122	56	110	13	6	.314	.391	.636	1.028	149.7	150.7	.433	6.0
2001	146	593	512	70	141	29	3	19	80	54	107	3	5	.275	.356	.455	.811	103.9	102.8	.354	2.2
2002	114	439	388	54	91	17	4	15	48	43	85	6	2	.235	.319	.415	.734	89.7	88.5	.330	0.3
2003	141	585	514	91	159	43	4	28	88	58	104	9	7	.309	.385	.572	.957	144.0	143.6	.409	4.5
2004	144	578	523	67	125	26	3	25	82	44	129	4	4	.239	.301	.444	.745	86.3	90.6	.320	0.2
2005	88	339	308	43	68	12	0	16	43	26	74	1	2	.221	.289	.416	.705	79.6	80.9	.307	-0.1

Career totals

987

3,927

3,459

531

929

214

171

496th-most career HR

RBI

560

358

737

.2686

OBP

.3448

SLG

.4897

164th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8345

259th-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	BB	TB
2003-09-16	HOU @ COL Gameday	4	4	3	0	3	5	1	12
2002-05-31	HOU @ CHC Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	4	0	10
2003-07-18	HOU @ CIN Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	2	0	10
2003-07-01	MIL @ HOU Gameday	5	2	3	1	2	3	0	10
2000-09-09	HOU @ CHC Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	3	0	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.