Hinske broke into the big leagues back in 2002 with the Toronto Blue Jays and won the Rookie of the Year award hitting 24 home runs and 84 RBI's and batting .279. Since then, he has played for the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees. He came to the Atlanta Braves in 2010 as a free agent.
Hinske has had success as a Brave. He is always remembered for hitting a clutch home run in 2010 against the San Francisco Giants in the playoffs. This past year, he had a great game against the Colorado Rockies on May 4th. In that game he went four for six with a double, a home run and three RBI's.
After that game though, Hinske's season took a drastic turn for the worse. As a matter of fact, this was the worst season he has ever had in his career. When he had that great game against the Rockies on May 4th, his batting average was at .412. Through the rest of the season, his average fell over 200 points and he finished the year batting .197. His playing time decreased and he fell out of favor with manager Fredi Gonzalez. Along with his miserable batting average, Hinske hit only two home runs and only had thirteen RBI's.
Hinske's tenure with the Braves is most likely over. He didn't do anything this year to earn a spot on the roster next season. He even said himself on the day after the wild card game, that he had fun playing here and understood it's a business. So, thank you Eric Hinske, but good luck next year playing somewhere else and good luck to anyone that takes a chance on him.
Eric Hinske didn't produce at all this season for the Braves, he will be playing somewhere else next year.
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