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Don Baylor
Don Edward Baylor

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 18, 1970
  vs. CLE 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1988
Born June 28, 1949 in Austin, TX

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 21 BAL AL   8   17    4    4   0  0   0    4   1  1   2   3  .235  .300  .235   49    4   0   1   0   0   0
 1971 22 BAL AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .000  .600  .000   84    0   0   0   0   1   0
 1972 23 BAL AL 102  320   33   81  13  3  11   38  24  2  29  50  .253  .330  .416  119  133   2   3   0   9   9
 1973 24 BAL AL 118  405   64  116  20  4  11   51  32  9  35  48  .286  .357  .437  124  177   0   6   3  13  11
 1974 25 BAL AL 137  489   66  133  22  1  10   59  29 12  43  56  .272  .341  .382  111  187   3   4   6  10  10
 1975 26 BAL AL 145  524   79  148  21  6  25   76  32 17  53  64  .282  .360  .489  145  256   4   4   8  13  12 MVP-20
 1976 27 OAK AL 157  595   85  147  25  1  15   68  52 12  58  72  .247  .329  .368  109  219   1  11   4  20  11
 1977 28 CAL AL 154  561   87  141  27  0  25   75  26 12  62  76  .251  .334  .433  112  243   2   8   7  12  16
 1978 29 CAL AL 158  591  103  151  26  0  34   99  22  9  56  71  .255  .332  .472  129  279   0  12   9  18  15 MVP-7
 1979 30 CAL AL 162  628  120  186  33  3  36  139  22 12  71  51  .296  .371  .530  145  333   0  12   6  11  10 MVP-1,AS
 1980 31 CAL AL  90  340   39   85  12  2   5   51   6  6  24  32  .250  .316  .341   83  116   0   5   4  11   9
 1981 32 CAL AL 103  377   52   90  18  1  17   66   3  3  42  51  .239  .322  .427  115  161   0   6   1   7  13
 1982 33 CAL AL 157  608   80  160  24  1  24   93  10  4  57  69  .263  .329  .424  106  258   0   8   7   7  18 MVP-23
 1983 34 NYY AL 144  534   82  162  33  3  21   85  17  7  40  53  .303  .361  .494  138  264   2   8  11  13  10 SS
 1984 35 NYY AL 134  493   84  129  29  1  27   89   1  1  38  68  .262  .341  .489  131  241   1   3   6  23  10
 1985 36 NYY AL 142  477   70  110  24  1  23   91   0  4  52  90  .231  .330  .430  109  205   1  10   6  24  10 SS
 1986 37 BOS AL 160  585   93  139  23  1  31   94   3  5  62 111  .238  .344  .439  111  257   0   5   8  35  12 SS,MVP-13
 1987 38 TOT AL 128  388   67   95   9  0  16   63   5  3  45  59  .245  .360  .392   97  152   0   6   3  28  13
         BOS AL 108  339   64   81   8  0  16   57   5  2  40  47  .239  .355  .404   99  137   0   6   3  24  10
         MIN AL  20   49    3   14   1  0   0    6   0  1   5  12  .286  .397  .306   89   15   0   0   0   4   3
 1988 39 OAK AL  92  264   28   58   7  0   7   34   0  1  34  44  .220  .332  .326   88   86   0   3   2  12   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         8198      2135     28     1276    120    1069  .260  .342  .436  118       16 115  91 267 196
               2292      1236      366    338      285    805                            3571
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   87  151  26  2  24   90  20  8  57  76  .260  .342  .436  118  252   1   8   6  19  14
 Career High    162  628  120  186  33  6  36  139  52 17  71 111  .303  .371  .530  145  333   4  12  11  35  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 21 BAL AL   20   15    1   1.8    98| .235  .259| .300  .334| .235  .395| .535  .729|  49  .167  -1.0  -0.1  50%
 1971 22 BAL AL    5    2    0   0.0    91| .000  .254| .600  .326| .000  .377| .600  .703|  84  .000   0.5   0.0   0%
 1972 23 BAL AL  363  255   47   5.0    85| .253  .250| .330  .319| .416  .361| .746  .680| 119  .638   7.3   0.8  92%
 1973 24 BAL AL  459  315   65   5.5    93| .286  .258| .357  .327| .437  .380| .794  .707| 124  .610  14.0   1.4  78%
 1974 25 BAL AL  549  385   65   4.5    87| .272  .255| .341  .319| .382  .366| .723  .685| 111  .543   8.2   0.8  70%
 1975 26 BAL AL  598  413   90   5.9    88| .282  .251| .360  .320| .489  .369| .849  .689| 145  .637  30.5   3.1  65%
 1976 27 OAK AL  685  483   80   4.5    82| .247  .250| .329  .314| .368  .353| .697  .667| 109  .553   9.6   1.0  81%
 1977 28 CAL AL  645  458   81   4.7    96| .251  .262| .334  .325| .433  .398| .767  .723| 112  .510  11.0   1.1  68%
 1978 29 CAL AL  677  476   93   5.2    90| .255  .256| .332  .321| .472  .378| .804  .699| 129  .586  22.9   2.3  70%
 1979 30 CAL AL  722  476  126   7.1    98| .296  .265| .371  .329| .530  .401| .901  .730| 145  .677  41.2   3.9  64%
 1980 31 CAL AL  380  275   36   3.5    96| .250  .266| .316  .327| .341  .394| .657  .721|  83  .381  -7.1  -0.7  50%
 1981 32 CAL AL  432  309   51   4.4    89| .239  .256| .322  .321| .427  .373| .749  .693| 115  .536   7.7   0.8  50%
 1982 33 CAL AL  680  478   84   4.7    98| .263  .264| .329  .328| .424  .402| .753  .730| 106  .513   5.2   0.5  71%
 1983 34 NYY AL  597  399   96   6.4    95| .303  .261| .361  .322| .494  .393| .855  .716| 138  .654  28.4   2.8  70%
 1984 35 NYY AL  558  379   83   5.9    93| .262  .259| .341  .321| .489  .391| .830  .712| 131  .617  21.2   2.1  50%
 1985 36 NYY AL  564  392   70   4.8    97| .231  .259| .330  .325| .430  .402| .760  .727| 109  .519   7.9   0.8   0%
 1986 37 BOS AL  687  468   91   5.2   101| .238  .263| .344  .331| .439  .410| .783  .740| 111  .548  10.3   1.0  37%
 1987 38 TOT AL  467  315   58   4.9   108| .245  .269| .360  .337| .392  .431| .752  .769|  97  .494   0.6   0.1  62%
         BOS AL  409  276   52   5.0   108| .239  .269| .355  .337| .404  .431| .759  .769|  99  .505   1.0   0.1  71%
         MIN AL   58   39    6   4.1   108| .286  .269| .397  .337| .306  .431| .703  .768|  89  .413  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1988 39 OAK AL  313  217   30   3.7    92| .220  .256| .332  .320| .326  .385| .658  .706|  88  .420  -2.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     9401 6510 1247   5.1    94| .260  .259| .342  .324| .436  .388| .778  .712| 118  .567 215.7  21.5  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 21 BAL AL OF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 2.81 2.14 3 48.0 RF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.60 2.86 1.96 1 22.0 CF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 2.30 3.12 2.63 2 26.0 1971 22 BAL AL RF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.70 4.00 2.00 1 9.0 1972 23 BAL AL OF 84 152 2 4 0 .975 .983 1.83 1.91 2.07 2.22 72 669.3 RF 45 65 0 2 0 .970 .980 1.44 1.76 1.92 2.12 32 304.0 LF 39 60 2 1 0 .984 .979 1.59 1.53 2.05 1.89 29 272.3 CF 13 26 0 1 0 .963 .989 2.00 2.29 2.52 2.65 11 93.0 1B 9 54 2 1 5 .982 .991 6.22 8.04 7.88 9.75 8 64.0 1973 24 BAL AL OF 110 204 5 4 0 .981 .979 1.90 2.02 2.10 2.29 96 894.3 LF 109 202 5 4 0 .981 .977 1.90 1.68 2.09 2.00 96 890.3 1B 6 24 5 2 2 .935 .993 4.83 8.27 6.87 9.85 5 38.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.75 4.50 2.02 0 4.0 DH 1 1974 25 BAL AL OF 129 218 1 5 0 .978 .980 1.70 2.12 1.80 2.41 120 1095.7 LF 114 184 1 5 0 .974 .974 1.62 1.75 1.81 2.12 97 921.7 RF 26 32 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.23 1.86 1.68 2.18 23 171.0 1B 8 42 1 0 2 1.000 .993 5.38 8.01 7.74 9.70 7 50.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 DH 1 1975 26 BAL AL OF 135 268 8 5 0 .982 .979 2.04 2.10 2.09 2.37 133 1190.0 LF 127 252 8 3 0 .989 .977 2.05 1.80 2.10 2.18 124 1114.7 DH 7 RF 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 1.83 0.85 2.11 5 42.3 CF 4 12 0 1 0 .923 .984 3.00 2.52 3.27 2.84 4 33.0 1B 2 18 0 0 1 1.000 .989 9.00 8.30 11.57 9.84 2 14.0 1976 27 OAK AL OF 76 152 1 3 0 .981 .981 2.01 2.21 2.15 2.47 72 640.0 1B 69 629 44 9 40 .987 .992 9.75 8.88 10.83 9.85 62 559.3 RF 50 103 0 1 0 .990 .980 2.06 1.92 2.34 2.21 45 397.0 LF 27 48 1 2 0 .961 .978 1.81 1.91 1.87 2.23 26 236.0 DH 23 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.60 1.29 2.96 1 7.0 1977 28 CAL AL OF 77 139 3 5 0 .966 .978 1.84 2.03 1.99 2.34 77 642.3 DH 61 LF 48 85 2 4 0 .956 .976 1.81 1.74 1.97 2.11 47 397.0 RF 19 36 1 1 0 .974 .974 1.95 1.71 2.17 2.08 19 153.3 1B 18 141 13 2 14 .987 .990 8.56 8.79 9.74 10.02 16 142.3 CF 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 2.49 1.57 2.83 11 92.0 1978 29 CAL AL DH 102 LF 39 77 0 2 0 .975 .973 1.97 1.78 2.12 2.21 39 327.0 1B 17 118 9 4 6 .969 .992 7.47 8.75 8.11 10.05 17 141.0 1979 30 CAL AL OF 97 198 3 5 0 .976 .981 2.07 2.13 2.18 2.46 97 829.7 AS LF 78 161 3 3 0 .982 .980 2.10 1.80 2.21 2.22 78 667.7 AS DH 65 AS RF 20 40 1 2 0 .953 .981 2.05 1.88 2.28 2.25 19 162.0 AS 1B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.80 11.25 10.12 0 4.0 AS 1980 31 CAL AL OF 54 119 4 4 0 .969 .979 2.28 2.15 2.38 2.47 54 465.7 LF 37 84 3 2 0 .978 .980 2.35 1.92 2.52 2.35 36 311.3 DH 36 RF 19 34 1 2 0 .946 .975 1.84 1.77 2.04 2.13 18 154.3 1981 32 CAL AL DH 97 1B 4 32 3 0 2 1.000 .994 8.75 8.57 9.55 10.06 4 33.0 LF 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 2.00 6.00 2.40 1 9.0 1982 33 CAL AL DH 155 1983 34 NYY AL DH 136 OF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.16 2.14 2.51 4 42.0 RF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.85 2.53 2.25 3 32.0 LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.80 2.34 1 10.0 1B 1 13 2 1 0 .938 .993 15.00 8.20 16.88 9.90 1 8.0 1984 35 NYY AL DH 127 OF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .988 1.60 2.16 2.00 2.50 4 36.0 RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.88 2.57 2.22 3 28.0 LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 1 8.0 1985 36 NYY AL DH 140 1986 37 BOS AL DH 143 1B 13 65 4 1 7 .986 .991 5.31 8.62 6.15 9.42 13 101.0 LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.77 2.25 2.25 3 24.0 1987 38 TOT AL DH 111 BOS AL DH 97 MIN AL DH 14 1988 39 OAK AL DH 80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 23 BAL AL 1B 9 54 2 1 5 .982 .991 6.22 8.04 7.88 9.75 8 64.0 1973 24 BAL AL 1B 6 24 5 2 2 .935 .993 4.83 8.27 6.87 9.85 5 38.0 1974 25 BAL AL 1B 8 42 1 0 2 1.000 .993 5.38 8.01 7.74 9.70 7 50.0 1975 26 BAL AL 1B 2 18 0 0 1 1.000 .989 9.00 8.30 11.57 9.84 2 14.0 1976 27 OAK AL 1B 69 629 44 9 40 .987 .992 9.75 8.88 10.83 9.85 62 559.3 1977 28 CAL AL 1B 18 141 13 2 14 .987 .990 8.56 8.79 9.74 10.02 16 142.3 1978 29 CAL AL 1B 17 118 9 4 6 .969 .992 7.47 8.75 8.11 10.05 17 141.0 1979 30 CAL AL 1B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.80 11.25 10.12 0 4.0 1981 32 CAL AL 1B 4 32 3 0 2 1.000 .994 8.75 8.57 9.55 10.06 4 33.0 1983 34 NYY AL 1B 1 13 2 1 0 .938 .993 15.00 8.20 16.88 9.90 1 8.0 1986 37 BOS AL 1B 13 65 4 1 7 .986 .991 5.31 8.62 6.15 9.42 13 101.0 1970 21 BAL AL CF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 2.30 3.12 2.63 2 26.0 1972 23 BAL AL CF 13 26 0 1 0 .963 .989 2.00 2.29 2.52 2.65 11 93.0 1974 25 BAL AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 1975 26 BAL AL CF 4 12 0 1 0 .923 .984 3.00 2.52 3.27 2.84 4 33.0 1976 27 OAK AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.60 1.29 2.96 1 7.0 1977 28 CAL AL CF 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 2.49 1.57 2.83 11 92.0 1973 24 BAL AL DH 1 1974 25 BAL AL DH 1 1975 26 BAL AL DH 7 1976 27 OAK AL DH 23 1977 28 CAL AL DH 61 1978 29 CAL AL DH 102 1979 30 CAL AL DH 65 1980 31 CAL AL DH 36 1981 32 CAL AL DH 97 1982 33 CAL AL DH 155 1983 34 NYY AL DH 136 1984 35 NYY AL DH 127 1985 36 NYY AL DH 140 1986 37 BOS AL DH 143 1987 38 TOT AL DH 111 BOS AL DH 97 MIN AL DH 14 1988 39 OAK AL DH 80 1972 23 BAL AL LF 39 60 2 1 0 .984 .979 1.59 1.53 2.05 1.89 29 272.3 1973 24 BAL AL LF 109 202 5 4 0 .981 .977 1.90 1.68 2.09 2.00 96 890.3 1974 25 BAL AL LF 114 184 1 5 0 .974 .974 1.62 1.75 1.81 2.12 97 921.7 1975 26 BAL AL LF 127 252 8 3 0 .989 .977 2.05 1.80 2.10 2.18 124 1114.7 1976 27 OAK AL LF 27 48 1 2 0 .961 .978 1.81 1.91 1.87 2.23 26 236.0 1977 28 CAL AL LF 48 85 2 4 0 .956 .976 1.81 1.74 1.97 2.11 47 397.0 1978 29 CAL AL LF 39 77 0 2 0 .975 .973 1.97 1.78 2.12 2.21 39 327.0 1979 30 CAL AL LF 78 161 3 3 0 .982 .980 2.10 1.80 2.21 2.22 78 667.7 1980 31 CAL AL LF 37 84 3 2 0 .978 .980 2.35 1.92 2.52 2.35 36 311.3 1981 32 CAL AL LF 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 2.00 6.00 2.40 1 9.0 1983 34 NYY AL LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.80 2.34 1 10.0 1984 35 NYY AL LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 1 8.0 1986 37 BOS AL LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.77 2.25 2.25 3 24.0 1970 21 BAL AL OF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 2.81 2.14 3 48.0 1971 22 BAL AL OF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.20 1 9.0 1972 23 BAL AL OF 84 152 2 4 0 .975 .983 1.83 1.91 2.07 2.22 72 669.3 1973 24 BAL AL OF 110 204 5 4 0 .981 .979 1.90 2.02 2.10 2.29 96 894.3 1974 25 BAL AL OF 129 218 1 5 0 .978 .980 1.70 2.12 1.80 2.41 120 1095.7 1975 26 BAL AL OF 135 268 8 5 0 .982 .979 2.04 2.10 2.09 2.37 133 1190.0 1976 27 OAK AL OF 76 152 1 3 0 .981 .981 2.01 2.21 2.15 2.47 72 640.0 1977 28 CAL AL OF 77 139 3 5 0 .966 .978 1.84 2.03 1.99 2.34 77 642.3 1978 29 CAL AL OF 39 76 0 2 0 .974 .979 1.95 2.13 2.09 2.47 39 327.0 1979 30 CAL AL OF 97 198 3 5 0 .976 .981 2.07 2.13 2.18 2.46 97 829.7 1980 31 CAL AL OF 54 119 4 4 0 .969 .979 2.28 2.15 2.38 2.47 54 465.7 1981 32 CAL AL OF 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 2.20 6.00 2.50 1 9.0 1983 34 NYY AL OF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.16 2.14 2.51 4 42.0 1984 35 NYY AL OF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .988 1.60 2.16 2.00 2.50 4 36.0 1986 37 BOS AL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.07 2.25 2.40 3 24.0 1970 21 BAL AL RF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.60 2.86 1.96 1 22.0 1971 22 BAL AL RF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.70 4.00 2.00 1 9.0 1972 23 BAL AL RF 45 65 0 2 0 .970 .980 1.44 1.76 1.92 2.12 32 304.0 1973 24 BAL AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.75 4.50 2.02 0 4.0 1974 25 BAL AL RF 26 32 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.23 1.86 1.68 2.18 23 171.0 1975 26 BAL AL RF 6 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.67 1.83 0.85 2.11 5 42.3 1976 27 OAK AL RF 50 103 0 1 0 .990 .980 2.06 1.92 2.34 2.21 45 397.0 1977 28 CAL AL RF 19 36 1 1 0 .974 .974 1.95 1.71 2.17 2.08 19 153.3 1979 30 CAL AL RF 20 40 1 2 0 .953 .981 2.05 1.88 2.28 2.25 19 162.0 1980 31 CAL AL RF 19 34 1 2 0 .946 .975 1.84 1.77 2.04 2.13 18 154.3 1983 34 NYY AL RF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.85 2.53 2.25 3 32.0 1984 35 NYY AL RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.88 2.57 2.22 3 28.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 1285 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 822 1575 27 38 0 .977 .980 1.95 2.08 2.08 2.38 776 6922.0 625 34 201# LF* 625 1167 25 27 0 .978 .977 1.91 1.76 2.07 2.14 578 5189.0 RF* 201 344 3 9 0 .975 .978 1.73 1.82 2.11 2.16 169 1479.0 1B* 148 1141 83 20 80 .984 .992 8.27 8.69 9.54 9.85 135 1154.7 CF* 34 64 0 2 0 .970 .986 1.88 2.41 2.27 2.75 29 254.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 970 2716 110 58 80 .980 .985 2.91 3.09 3.15 3.45 911 8077
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   ALCS  BAL OAK     L   4  11   3   3  0  0  0   1   3   5  .273  .429  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
 1974   ALCS  BAL OAK     L   4  15   0   4  0  0  0   0   0   2  .267  .267  .267   0  1   0   0   0 
 1979   ALCS  CAL BAL     L   4  16   2   3  0  0  1   2   1   2  .188  .235  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   5  17   2   5  1  1  1  10   2   0  .294  .350  .647   0  0   0   1   0 
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   7  26   6   9  3  0  1   2   4   5  .346  .469  .577   0  0   0   0   2 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   4  11   1   2  1  0  0   1   1   3  .182  .308  .273   0  0   0   0   1 
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   2   5   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0  .400  .500  .400   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    MIN STL     W   5  13   3   5  0  0  1   3   1   1  .385  .467  .615   0  0   0   0   1 
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   2   6   0   0  0  0  0   1   1   2  .000  .125  .000   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  7 Lg Champ Series     3-4  28  96  13  26  4  1  3  17  11  16  .271  .357  .427   0  1   0   2   3 
  3 World Series        1-2  10  25   4   7  1  0  1   4   2   5  .280  .379  .440   0  0   0   0   2 
 10 Postseason Series   4-6  38 121  17  33  5  1  4  21  13  21  .273  .362  .430   0  1   0   2   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   CAL AL   *   4   2   2  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   4   2   2  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .750 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 (LF)

Awards
1979-AL-MVP
1985-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Silver Sluggers
1983-AL--DH
1985-AL--DH
1986-AL--DH
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-AL-20-0.02
1978-AL-7-0.13
1979-AL-1-0.89
1982-AL-23-0.02
1986-AL-13-0.08
Car-202-1.14 shares

Slugging %
1975 AL-.489-10
1979 AL-.530-10

OPS
1975 AL-.849-10
1979 AL-.901-10

Games
1978 AL-158-7
1979 AL-162-1
1986 AL-160-8

At Bats
1979 AL-628-5
1982 AL-608-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1976 AL-685-9
1978 AL-677-9
1979 AL-722-2

Runs
1978 AL-103-3
1979 AL-120-1

Hits
1979 AL-186-6

Total Bases
1978 AL-279-3
1979 AL-333-4

Doubles
1979 AL-33-10

Triples
1975 AL-6-9

Home Runs
1975 AL-25-8
1978 AL-34-2
1979 AL-36-4
1981 AL-17-7
1986 AL-31-6
Car-338-85

RBI
1978 AL-99-5
1979 AL-139-1
1981 AL-66-6

Stolen Bases
1972 AL-24-7
1973 AL-32-7
1974 AL-29-7
1975 AL-32-6
1976 AL-52-4
1977 AL-26-10

Adjusted OPS+
1975 AL-145-7
1979 AL-145-8
1983 AL-138-10

Runs Created
1979 AL-126-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1975 AL-31-9
1979 AL-41-5

Batting Wins
1975 AL-3.1-9
1979 AL-3.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1975 AL-52-10
1978 AL-60-6
1979 AL-72-5

Times on Base
1979 AL-268-3

Offensive Win%
1979 AL-.677-9

Hit By Pitch
1972 AL-9-3
1973 AL-13-1
1974 AL-10-4
1975 AL-13-1
1976 AL-20-1
1977 AL-12-2
1978 AL-18-1
1979 AL-11-3
1980 AL-11-3
1981 AL-7-4
1982 AL-7-8
1983 AL-13-2
1984 AL-23-1
1985 AL-24-1
1986 AL-35-1
1987 AL-28-1
1988 AL-12-3
Car-267-4

Sac. Flies
1973 AL-6-10
1976 AL-11-2
1978 AL-12-1
1979 AL-12-3
1981 AL-6-9
1982 AL-8-7
1983 AL-8-7
1985 AL-10-4
Car-115-11

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-9-5
1983 AL-11-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1981 AL-13-9
Car-196-88

Caught Stealing
1975 AL-17-5
1979 AL-12-7
Car-120-56

Power/Speed Number
1972 AL-15.1-8
1973 AL-16.4-5
1974 AL-14.9-7
1975 AL-28.1-2
1976 AL-23.3-2
1977 AL-25.5-4
1978 AL-26.7-2
1979 AL-27.3-2
1983 AL-18.8-7
Car-309.2-17

At Bats per Home Run
1975 AL-21.0-8
1978 AL-17.4-6
1979 AL-17.4-8
1981 AL-22.2-10
1984 AL-18.3-10

Outs
1976 AL-483-5
1978 AL-476-8
1979 AL-476-9
1982 AL-478-3
Car-6510-85

Youngest Player
1970 AL-21-10

     

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (274) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 67 (361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 30.0 (266) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.5 (418) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  8. Gary Carter (846) *
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  10. Kevin McReynolds (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dusty Baker (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobby Murcer (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ruben Sierra (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ruben Sierra (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Chili Davis (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Ruben Sierra (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft.

April 2, 1976: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Paul Mitchell and Mike Torrez to the Oakland Athletics for Reggie Jackson, Ken Holtzman, and Bill VanBommell (minors).

November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 28, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Easler.

September 1, 1987: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Enrique Rios (minors) (December 18, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$810,000
1986Boston Red Sox$660,696
1987Oakland Athletics$731,123
1988Oakland Athletics$495,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,696,819

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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