{"id":7715,"date":"2015-03-28T07:07:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=7715"},"modified":"2015-03-22T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T15:18:48","slug":"162-marc-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/162-marc-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"#162 – Marc Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MarcHill2_20090603845\"<\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Marc Hill<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong>\u00a0162<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0C<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01981-1986<\/p>\n

Marc Hill signed with the White Sox as a free agent just as spring training was getting underway in 1981. \u00a0When the White Sox signed fellow free agent Carlton Fisk a month later, Hill jockeyed for playing time alongside fellow backup catcher Jim Essian. \u00a0Between that, spending time in the minor leagues, and the player’s strike, which wiped out 2 months of the season, Hill managed to get into only 16 games, going hitless in 6 ABs.<\/p>\n

With Essian gone, Hill returned to a more normal backup role in 1982. \u00a0He appeared in 53 games and managed to get a hit or 23 in 88 ABs. \u00a0Things were starting to look up for the White Sox and Hill.<\/p>\n

The Sox were expected to contend in 1983, but got off to a slow start. \u00a0By May 26, the Sox were eight games under .500 and manager Tony LaRussa’s job was in jeopardy. \u00a0Hill, and the other veterans, helped to turn things around. \u00a0“We looked around at each other and told ourselves Tony wasn’t going to get fired,” Hill said in an interview. \u00a0“We weren’t going to let that happen.” \u00a0The White Sox got back to .500 by the end of June and caught fire after the All-Star break, earning their first division title. \u00a0Hill again provided solid defense behind the plate, even though he struggled at the plate.<\/p>\n

Expectations were high in 1984, but the White Sox struggled to reproduce their success of the previous year. \u00a0Hill saw the most playing time he had since joining the White Sox, appearing in 77 games and getting 193 ABs, despite hitting only .233.<\/p>\n

The White Sox rebounded to have a winning season in 1985, but Hill’s production dropped off significantly. \u00a0With the 37 year old Fisk still chugging along and young prospect Joel Skinner ready to take the next step, Hill saw his playing time reduced, appearing in just 40 games and hitting an anemic .133.<\/p>\n

Things went downhill for the White Sox in 1986. \u00a0Hawk Harrelson was brought in as GM and he clashed with manager Tony LaRussa. \u00a0“I got along with Hawk and I got along with Tony but it was just bad,” Hill said. \u00a0“With Tony gone, it just wasn’t any fun anymore for me. \u00a0I remember Hawk came up to me in Texas and asked if I’d had enough and I did.” \u00a0Hitting .158 in only 19 AB, Hill was released on May 27. \u00a0He remained with the club for the remainder of the year as a bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher.<\/p>\n

Hill’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0Marc Hill Rank:\u00a0162 Position:\u00a0C Years With White Sox:\u00a01981-1986 Marc Hill signed with the White Sox as a free agent just as spring training was getting underway in 1981. \u00a0When the White Sox signed fellow free agent Carlton Fisk a month later, Hill jockeyed for playing time alongside fellow backup catcher Jim Essian. \u00a0Between that, spending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5205,2789,5515,2327,2369,4234,2428,49],"class_list":["post-7715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-1981-strike","tag-carlton-fisk","tag-jim-essian","tag-joel-skinner","tag-ken-harrelson","tag-marc-hill","tag-tony-larussa","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7813,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions\/7813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

BA<\/span><\/th>\nAt Bats<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRBI<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nDoubles<\/span><\/th>\nTriples<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nSB<\/span><\/th>\nGIDP<\/span><\/th>\nErrors<\/span><\/th>\nGames<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0.216<\/span><\/td>\n514<\/span><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/td>\n111<\/span><\/td>\n48<\/span><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/td>\n76<\/span><\/td>\n20<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n266<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n