Koyie Hill
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[edit] Profile
Full Name: Koyie Dolan Hill
Bats: Both Throws: Right
Height: 6'0", Weight: 190 lbs
Position: C
Born: March 9, 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
High School: (HS) Eisnenhower (Lawton, Oklahoma)
College: Wichita State University
Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent
Reach Majors: Yes
Left team: Still with organization and on 40-man roster.
Uniform number: 55
[edit] Notes & News
Drafted in 4th round, 117 overall in 2000 amateur draft.
Selected to play in Futures Game in for Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004.
Non-Roster Invitee in 2007 and 2008.
Started in 26 straight games in 2009 when Geovany Soto went to the disabled list with an oblique strain.
Arbitration eligibile after 2009 season and agreed to $700,000 contract.[1]
Made $475,000 in 2009.
[edit] Prospect Lists
Rated at 6th best prospect by Baseball America in Los Angeles Dodgers's organization in 2003 and 9th in 2004.
[edit] Injury History
Severed the pinkie and ring finger on his right hand, and cut deeply into thumb and middle finger in a table saw accident in October of 2007. Doctors sewed middle finger back in exact position he needed to throw a baseball.[2][3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ "Cubs agree with five arb-eligibles" by Bruce Miles http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/3277
- ↑ "Fateful accident doesn’t stop Iowa's Hill" by Luke Plansky http://cubs.scout.com/2/778025.html
- ↑ "Hill's Will Never Severed" by Carrie Muskat http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080901&content_id=3401843&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
[edit] External Links
Baseball Reference Minor League Page | Baseball Cube Page | Fangraphs] | Baseball Prospectus]
