What years did LaTroy Hawkins play?

LaTroy Hawkins played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2015.

Was LaTroy Hawkins a pitcher?

Yes. LaTroy Hawkins pitched in the major leagues, recording 75 wins and 983 strikeouts.

How many home runs did LaTroy Hawkins hit?

LaTroy Hawkins hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did LaTroy Hawkins play for?

LaTroy Hawkins played for 11 teams: the Minnesota Twins (1995–2003), the Chicago Cubs (2004–2005), the San Francisco Giants (2005), the Baltimore Orioles (2006), the Colorado Rockies (2007, 2014–2015), the New York Yankees (2008), the Houston Astros (2008–2009), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2011), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2012), the New York Mets (2013), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2015).

What were LaTroy Hawkins's career stats?

In 1,042 games, LaTroy Hawkins went 75-94 with a 4.31 ERA, 983 strikeouts, 1,467.1 innings pitched, and 127 saves.

What was LaTroy Hawkins's salary?

LaTroy Hawkins's last recorded salary was $2,250,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $4,500,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $117,500, in 1996. The Salary History table lists each season from 1996 to 2015.

What position did LaTroy Hawkins play?

LaTroy Hawkins played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was LaTroy Hawkins and how much did he weigh?

LaTroy Hawkins was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds.

What was LaTroy Hawkins's career ERA?

LaTroy Hawkins finished with a 4.31 career ERA, going 75-94 with 983 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did LaTroy Hawkins have?

LaTroy Hawkins recorded 983 career strikeouts.

Is LaTroy Hawkins in the Hall of Fame?

No. LaTroy Hawkins has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

LaTroy Hawkins

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2015)

LaTroy Hawkins was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2015 for 11 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 21 seasons. Across 1,042 career appearances, he went 75-94 with a 4.31 ERA, 983 strikeouts, and 127 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7266.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 75–94

ERA 4.31

WHIP 1.41

SO 983

Pitcher PIV 7266.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 220 lb
Born: 12/21/1972 in Gary, IN, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-04-29
Last Game: 2015-10-03

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Career Pitching Statistics

LaTroy Hawkins — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
75	94	1,042	98	2	0	127	1467.1	1,607	702	163	456	983	4.31	7266.8

Career ERA 4.31 vs. league average 4.30 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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LaTroy Hawkins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	MIN	AL	2	3	6	6	1	0	27.0	39	26	12	9	8.67	4.45 (-95%)	-590.2
1996	MIN	AL	1	1	7	6	0	0	26.1	42	24	9	24	8.20	4.61 (-78%)	-1127.4
1997	MIN	AL	6	12	20	20	0	0	103.1	134	67	47	58	5.84	4.39 (-33%)	-3792.7
1998	MIN	AL	7	14	33	33	0	0	190.1	227	111	61	105	5.25	4.43 (-18%)	-2324.9
1999	MIN	AL	10	14	33	33	1	0	174.1	238	129	60	103	6.66	4.71 (-41%)	-1987.8
2000	MIN	AL	2	5	66	0	0	14	87.2	85	33	32	59	3.39	4.77 (+29%)	1816.4
2001	MIN	AL	1	5	62	0	0	28	51.1	59	34	39	36	5.96	4.42 (-35%)	-418.9
2002	MIN	AL	6	0	65	0	0	0	80.1	63	19	15	63	2.13	4.28 (+50%)	3093.3
2003	MIN	AL	9	3	74	0	0	2	77.1	69	16	15	75	1.86	4.40 (+58%)	3957.2
2004	CHN	NL	5	4	77	0	0	25	82.0	72	24	14	69	2.63	4.46 (+41%)	1933.7
2005	CHN	NL	1	4	21	0	0	4	19.0	18	7	7	13	3.32	4.29 (+23%)	-571.3
2005	SFN	NL	1	4	45	0	0	2	37.1	40	17	17	30	4.10	4.29 (+4%)	439.6
2006	BAL	AL	3	2	60	0	0	0	60.1	73	30	15	27	4.48	4.53 (+1%)	1019.1
2007	COL	NL	2	5	62	0	0	0	55.1	52	21	16	29	3.42	4.47 (+24%)	6.4
2008	NYA	AL	1	1	33	0	0	0	41.0	42	26	17	23	5.71	4.32 (-32%)	122.6
2008	HOU	NL	2	0	24	0	0	1	21.0	11	1	5	25	0.43	4.32 (+90%)	1507.2
2009	HOU	NL	1	4	65	0	0	11	63.1	60	15	16	45	2.13	4.32 (+51%)	571.4
2010	MIL	NL	0	3	18	0	0	0	16.0	21	15	6	18	8.44	4.08 (-107%)	50.5
2011	MIL	NL	3	1	52	0	0	0	48.1	50	13	10	28	2.42	3.94 (+39%)	1447.3
2012	LAA	AL	2	3	48	0	0	1	42.0	45	17	13	23	3.64	4.01 (+9%)	-484.1
2013	NYN	NL	3	2	72	0	0	13	70.2	71	23	10	55	2.93	3.87 (+24%)	1440.1
2014	COL	NL	4	3	57	0	0	23	54.1	52	20	13	32	3.31	3.74 (+11%)	481.7
2015	COL	NL	2	1	24	0	0	2	22.1	22	9	4	20	3.63	3.96 (+8%)	188.1
2015	TOR	AL	1	0	18	0	0	1	16.1	22	5	3	14	2.76	3.96 (+30%)	489.7
Career · 24 seasons			75	94	1,042	98	2	127	1,467.1	1,607	702	456	983	4.31	—	7,267

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

LaTroy Hawkins — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,042	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .748 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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LaTroy Hawkins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	MIN	AL	6	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	MIN	AL	7	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	MIN	AL	20	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	MIN	AL	33	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	MIN	AL	33	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	MIN	AL	66	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	MIN	AL	62	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	MIN	AL	65	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	MIN	AL	74	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CHN	NL	77	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	CHN	NL	21	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	SFN	NL	45	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	BAL	AL	60	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	COL	NL	62	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYA	AL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	HOU	NL	24	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	HOU	NL	65	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	18	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	MIL	NL	52	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	LAA	AL	48	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYN	NL	72	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	COL	NL	57	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	COL	NL	24	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TOR	AL	18	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 24 seasons			1,042	8	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

LaTroy Hawkins — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

LaTroy Hawkins — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2015	ALCS	TOR	2	.000
2015	ALDS2	TOR	1	.000
2011	NLCS	MIL	3	.000
2011	NLDS2	MIL	1	.000
2007	NLCS	COL	2	.000
2007	NLDS2	COL	1	.000
2007	WS	COL	2	.000
2003	ALDS1	MIN	3	.000
2002	ALCS	MIN	4	.000
2002	ALDS2	MIN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

LaTroy Hawkins — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	22	0	0	17.1	20	13	7	17	6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

LaTroy Hawkins — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	ALCS	TOR	0	0	2	1.0	4	5	1	0	45.00
2015	ALDS2	TOR	0	1	1	0.2	3	2	0	0	27.00
2011	NLCS	MIL	0	0	3	3.0	2	0	2	2	0.00
2011	NLDS2	MIL	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	2	1	0.00
2007	NLCS	COL	0	0	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2007	NLDS2	COL	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
2007	WS	COL	0	0	2	2.0	1	1	0	2	4.50
2003	ALDS1	MIN	1	0	3	3.0	5	2	0	5	6.00
2002	ALCS	MIN	0	0	4	1.1	4	3	1	1	20.25
2002	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	3	2.1	0	0	0	5	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

LaTroy Hawkins — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	541	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	500	7	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

LaTroy Hawkins — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	541	775.1	841	340	225	527	3.95
Away	500	691.0	765	362	231	455	4.71

Last 10 Games — Pitching

LaTroy Hawkins — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-10-03	TOR	TBR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-30	TOR	BAL	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0
2015-09-26	TOR	TBR	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2015-09-20	TOR	BOS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-11	TOR	NYY	—	0.2	2	3	2	0	0	1
2015-09-06	TOR	BAL	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
2015-08-31	TOR	CLE	—	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0
2015-08-27	TOR	TEX	—	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0
2015-08-25	TOR	TEX	W	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2015-08-22	TOR	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

LaTroy Hawkins — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	1042	98	95	207	12	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

LaTroy Hawkins — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	MIN	P	6	6	3	3	0	1
1996	MIN	P	7	6	3	4	0	0
1997	MIN	P	20	20	9	13	1	1
1998	MIN	P	33	33	17	29	0	5
1999	MIN	P	33	33	7	18	1	3
2000	MIN	P	66	0	3	16	2	1
2001	MIN	P	62	0	3	5	0	0
2002	MIN	P	65	0	4	12	0	1
2003	MIN	P	74	0	1	9	0	0
2004	CHN	P	77	0	5	7	0	0
2005	CHN	P	21	0	1	4	1	1
2005	SFN	P	45	0	2	4	1	0
2006	BAL	P	60	0	4	7	1	1
2007	COL	P	62	0	9	12	0	2
2008	NYA	P	33	0	0	6	0	0
2008	HOU	P	24	0	1	1	0	0
2009	HOU	P	65	0	8	11	0	0
2010	MIL	P	18	0	1	2	0	0
2011	MIL	P	52	0	1	10	1	0
2012	LAA	P	48	0	3	5	1	2
2013	NYN	P	72	0	3	16	2	1
2014	COL	P	57	0	5	5	1	1
2015	COL	P	24	0	2	5	0	1
2015	TOR	P	18	0	0	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

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LaTroy Hawkins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1042

Salary History

LaTroy Hawkins's recorded salaries total $46,942,500 over 20 seasons, 1996 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hawkins's career ran from 1995 to 2015. No salary is recorded for 1995.

LaTroy Hawkins — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	COL	NL	$2,250,000
2014	COL	NL	$2,250,000
2013	NYN	NL	$480,000
2012	LAA	AL	$3,000,000
2011	MIL	NL	$4,250,000
2010	MIL	NL	$3,250,000
2009	HOU	NL	$3,500,000
2008	NYA	AL	$3,750,000
2007	COL	NL	$3,250,000
2006	BAL	AL	$4,400,000
2005	CHN	NL	$4,500,000
2004	CHN	NL	$3,000,000
2003	MIN	AL	$3,000,000
2002	MIN	AL	$2,750,000
2001	MIN	AL	$1,450,000
2000	MIN	AL	$1,115,000
1999	MIN	AL	$300,000
1998	MIN	AL	$180,000
1997	MIN	AL	$150,000
1996	MIN	AL	$117,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$46,942,500

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LaTroy Hawkins: the record in brief

LaTroy Hawkins's major league career runs from a debut on April 29, 1995 to a final game on October 3, 2015. The season rows list, in order, the Minnesota Twins (1995 through 2003), the Chicago Cubs (2004 to 2005), the San Francisco Giants (2005), the Baltimore Orioles (2006), the Colorado Rockies (2007 to 2015), the New York Yankees (2008), the Houston Astros (2008 through 2009), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2010 through 2011), among other clubs in the table. At 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, Hawkins is listed as a pitcher. Hawkins threw and hit right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is December 21, 1972, in Gary, IN, USA.

The pitching table credits Hawkins with a 75-94 record and a 4.31 ERA in 1,042 games. The same table counts 983 strikeouts and 127 saves. Hawkins's 4.31 ERA was close to the 4.30 league figure for those seasons. 1999 brought Hawkins a season-high 10 wins. The strikeout high was 105 in 1998. Hawkins saved 28 games in 2001, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about LaTroy Hawkins

What years did LaTroy Hawkins play?: LaTroy Hawkins played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2015.
Was LaTroy Hawkins a pitcher?: Yes. LaTroy Hawkins pitched in the major leagues, recording 75 wins and 983 strikeouts.
How many home runs did LaTroy Hawkins hit?: LaTroy Hawkins hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did LaTroy Hawkins play for?: LaTroy Hawkins played for 11 teams: the Minnesota Twins (1995–2003), the Chicago Cubs (2004–2005), the San Francisco Giants (2005), the Baltimore Orioles (2006), the Colorado Rockies (2007, 2014–2015), the New York Yankees (2008), the Houston Astros (2008–2009), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2011), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2012), the New York Mets (2013), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2015).
What were LaTroy Hawkins's career stats?: In 1,042 games, LaTroy Hawkins went 75-94 with a 4.31 ERA, 983 strikeouts, 1,467.1 innings pitched, and 127 saves.
How much did LaTroy Hawkins earn in his career?: LaTroy Hawkins's recorded salaries total $46,942,500 over 20 seasons, 1996 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hawkins's career ran from 1995 to 2015. No salary is recorded for 1995.
What was LaTroy Hawkins's salary?: LaTroy Hawkins's last recorded salary was $2,250,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $4,500,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $117,500, in 1996. The Salary History table lists each season from 1996 to 2015.
What position did LaTroy Hawkins play?: LaTroy Hawkins played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was LaTroy Hawkins and how much did he weigh?: LaTroy Hawkins was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds.
What was LaTroy Hawkins's career ERA?: LaTroy Hawkins finished with a 4.31 career ERA, going 75-94 with 983 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did LaTroy Hawkins have?: LaTroy Hawkins recorded 983 career strikeouts.
Is LaTroy Hawkins in the Hall of Fame?: No. LaTroy Hawkins has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.