Ike
Hardstone
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 10, 1985 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2017   
All-Star Selections 2016    2017    2020   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 MN GE   3 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 19 MN GE   3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3
2006 20 MN GE   5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 21 MN GE   6 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 22 MN GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 23 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 5 5
2010 24 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2011 25 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2012 26 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
2013 27 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2014 28 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2015 29 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2016 30 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2017 31 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
2018 32 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
2019 33 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
2020 34 MN GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2021 35 MN GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 18 A   100 363 38 107 14 0 12 50 0 1 18 83 .295 .328 .433 .761 49.1  
2005 19 AA   14 55 6 17 2 0 2 8 0 1 4 13 .309 .356 .455 .810 8.2  
    A   121 440 50 159 19 0 7 59 3 1 30 91 .361 .402 .452 .854 73.7  
2006 20 AA   138 526 50 154 29 0 9 45 1 0 46 101 .293 .350 .399 .749 71.9  
2007 21 AA   109 441 61 162 14 0 9 58 3 0 24 83 .367 .400 .460 .860 74.5  
2008 22 AAA   47 144 18 52 4 0 0 8 0 1 6 31 .361 .387 .389 .776 19.8  
    AA   56 229 28 89 14 0 6 34 0 1 12 44 .389 .419 .528 .947 43.5  
2009 23 MN GE 132 419 44 130 18 0 2 53 1 0 19 50 .310 .349 .368 .717 49.3 11.4
2010 24 MN GE 81 169 17 49 6 0 3 21 0 0 8 16 .290 .330 .379 .708 20.4 5.3
2011 25 MN GE 103 184 15 60 10 0 1 21 0 1 9 15 .326 .360 .397 .757 23.1 5.2
2012 26 MN GE 135 399 37 111 10 0 6 35 0 0 28 27 .278 .330 .348 .679 45.4 8.0
2013 27 MN GE 144 451 51 135 21 0 16 58 1 0 24 9 .299 .338 .452 .791 64.3 16.1
2014 28 MN GE 145 502 62 145 21 0 16 71 0 0 34 12 .289 .335 .426 .761 68.5 20.6
2015 29 MN GE 151 514 64 126 13 0 18 62 1 0 43 10 .245 .312 .375 .687 60.1 10.7
2016 30 MN GE 145 499 74 135 19 0 16 85 1 0 43 12 .271 .333 .405 .738 65.4 13.7
2017 31 MN GE 149 495 80 134 16 0 18 67 1 0 46 16 .271 .336 .412 .748 70.0 14.7
2018 32 MN GE 144 526 71 138 17 0 25 90 4 0 34 10 .262 .311 .437 .748 67.5 9.4
2019 33 MN GE 147 510 69 154 25 0 19 89 6 0 45 27 .302 .357 .463 .820 86.2 15.8
2020 34 MN GE 141 485 58 140 12 0 19 78 1 2 30 53 .289 .336 .431 .767 67.0 13.2
2021 35 MN GE 91 207 16 40 3 0 2 15 0 0 4 39 .193 .216 .237 .452 10.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 1708 5360 658 1497 191 0 161 745 16 3 367 296 .279 .330 .405 .735 697.4 144.1
1 Years AAA 47 144 18 52 4 0 0 8 0 1 6 31 .361 .391 .389 .780 19.8  
4 Years AA 317 1251 145 422 59 0 26 145 4 2 86 241 .337 .383 .447 .830 198.2  
2 Years A 221 803 88 266 33 0 19 109 3 2 48 174 .331 .369 .443 .812 122.8  
7 Years Minors 585 2198 251 740 96 0 45 262 7 5 140 446 .337 .379 .442 .820 340.7  
162 Game Average 508 62 141 18 0 15 70 1 0 34 28 .279 .330 .405 .735 66.1  
Career Highs 151 526 80 154 25 0 25 90 6 2 46 53 .326 .360 .463 .820 86.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3845 474 1078 148 0 125 560 12 2 258 207 .280 .330 .416 .746 512.7
vs LH   1515 184 419 43 0 36 185 4 1 109 89 .277 .330 .376 .706 185.0
Home 846 2619 319 749 80 0 90 382 12 2 187 140 .286 .339 .420 .759 362.3
Away 862 2741 339 748 111 0 71 363 4 1 180 156 .273 .321 .391 .712 335.4
RISP   1383 0 393 40 0 47 579 0 0 134 84 .284 .344 .415 .759 200.0
Pinch Hitting   388 31 103 13 0 6 35 0 1 24 25 .265 .313 .345 .658 40.5
Close/Late   775 73 233 32 0 24 115 0 0 73 39 .301 .364 .435 .799 118.9
Mar/Apr 244 754 94 210 29 0 20 103 2 0 61 42 .279 .339 .397 .736 99.1
May 288 927 106 254 27 0 31 129 3 1 54 54 .274 .314 .403 .718 116.1
June 291 879 100 247 33 0 23 120 2 0 62 46 .281 .332 .397 .729 113.1
July 269 834 98 238 26 0 28 110 5 2 54 43 .285 .334 .417 .751 112.4
August 283 901 120 239 27 0 28 144 2 0 68 47 .265 .320 .388 .708 111.7
Sep/Oct 333 1065 140 309 49 0 31 139 2 0 68 64 .290 .339 .423 .763 145.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2009 23 MN GE C 115 95 880.3 557 51 12 2 .981 6.22 121 30 .248 0 4.4
    2B 2 2 17.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2010 24 MN GE C 41 34 314.3 161 11 2 1 .989 4.92 36 5 .139 0 1.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 25 MN GE C 57 31 313.7 160 10 4 0 .977 4.88 40 7 .175 0 1.1
2012 26 MN GE C 112 97 896.3 585 44 7 2 .989 6.32 110 28 .255 1 5.2
2013 27 MN GE C 119 109 983.7 588 49 7 0 .989 5.83 133 34 .256 0 5.0
2014 28 MN GE C 135 126 1153.0 736 48 20 0 .975 6.12 149 25 .168 0 1.2
2015 29 MN GE C 137 120 1126.7 765 66 16 1 .981 6.64 170 47 .276 1 6.5
2016 30 MN GE C 137 122 1124.0 740 56 13 0 .984 6.37 122 26 .213 0 3.9
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 31 MN GE C 133 122 1101.7 743 54 7 0 .991 6.51 109 34 .312 1 5.7
    SS 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 32 MN GE C 132 124 1127.3 784 38 14 0 .983 6.56 111 22 .198 2 2.1
2019 33 MN GE C 135 128 1160.7 851 60 8 0 .991 7.06 128 30 .234 3 5.8
2020 34 MN GE C 129 121 1084.3 756 43 5 1 .994 6.63 97 26 .268 1 7.0
2021 35 MN GE C 48 46 394.3 284 18 3 1 .990 6.89 36 11 .306 1 2.4
  C 1430 1275 11660.3 7710 548 118 8 .986 6.37 1362 325 .239 10 51.3
  2B 2 2 17.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1436 1277 11686.9 7720 556 119 10 .986 6.37 1362 325 .239 10 51.5
Career Highs   138 128 1160.7 851 66 20 3 .994 7.06 170 47 .312 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 30 MN GE 6 23 5 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 2 .261 .333 .435 .768
2017 31 MN GE 11 29 4 8 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 .276 .300 .586 .886
2018 32 MN GE 13 51 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .255 .264 .255 .519
Career Post-Season Batting 30 103 14 27 1 0 4 19 0 0 4 3 .262 .291 .388 .679
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
2018-8-25
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Minnesota in 2004
Injured on 5/9/2004 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/16/2005 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/19/2006 with a Concussion, out for one week
Injured on 5/16/2007 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/23/2008 with a Fractured Foot, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/2009, off Joaquin Govea (Wis)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/2009, off Paul Knutson (Uta)
Injured on 4/27/2011 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/9/2011 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2016, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/20/2016, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2017
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2019, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 12 RBI