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There's more than just five tools

By Gary Gillette
ESPN Insider

Monday, May 23, 2005

Baseball professionals traditionally recognize five tools in a player: hitting for average, hitting for power, running, fielding, and throwing. These tools are at the core of all evaluations when scouts look at players – especially raw amateur prospects in high school, junior college or even in a four-year college program. The "Dickson Baseball Dictionary" defines the noun "tools" as "a player's abilities; his specific talents." Scouts will tell you that a player's tools are innate and ca ...

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