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Joe Carter
Joseph Chris Carter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.
School Wichita State University

Debut July 30, 1983
  vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1998
Born March 7, 1960 in Oklahoma City, OK

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 23 CHC NL  23   51    6    9   1  1   0    1   1  0   0  21  .176  .176  .235   12   12   1   0   0   0   1
 1984 24 CLE AL  66  244   32   67   6  1  13   41   2  4  11  48  .275  .307  .467  110  114   0   1   0   1   2
 1985 25 CLE AL 143  489   64  128  27  0  15   59  24  6  25  74  .262  .298  .409   93  200   3   4   2   2   9
 1986 26 CLE AL 162  663  108  200  36  9  29  121  29  7  32  95  .302  .335  .514  130  341   1   8   3   5   8 MVP-9
 1987 27 CLE AL 149  588   83  155  27  2  32  106  31  6  27 105  .264  .304  .480  104  282   1   4   6   9   8
 1988 28 CLE AL 157  621   85  168  36  6  27   98  27  5  35  82  .271  .314  .478  117  297   1   6   6   7   6 MVP-20
 1989 29 CLE AL 162  651   84  158  32  4  35  105  13  5  39 112  .243  .292  .465  110  303   2   5   8   8   6 MVP-16
 1990 30 SDP NL 162  634   79  147  27  1  24  115  22  6  48  93  .232  .290  .391   85  248   0   8  18   7  12 MVP-17
 1991 31 TOR AL 162  638   89  174  42  3  33  108  20  9  49 112  .273  .330  .503  124  321   0   9  12  10   6 SS,MVP-5,AS
 1992 32 TOR AL 158  622   97  164  30  7  34  119  12  5  36 109  .264  .309  .498  119  310   1  13   4  11  14 SS,MVP-3,AS
 1993 33 TOR AL 155  603   92  153  33  5  33  121   8  3  47 113  .254  .312  .489  112  295   0  10   5   9  10 MVP-12,AS
 1994 34 TOR AL 111  435   70  118  25  2  27  103  11  0  33  64  .271  .317  .524  113  228   0  13   6   2   6 MVP-10,AS
 1995 35 TOR AL 139  558   70  141  23  0  25   76  12  1  37  87  .253  .300  .428   88  239   0   5   5   3  11
 1996 36 TOR AL 157  625   84  158  35  7  30  107   7  6  44 106  .253  .306  .475   95  297   0   6   2   7  12 AS
 1997 37 TOR AL 157  612   76  143  30  4  21  102   8  2  40 105  .234  .284  .399   77  244   0   9   5   7  12
 1998 38 TOT    126  388   51  101  22  1  18   63   4  1  24  61  .260  .304  .461   99  179   0   4   4   2   9
         BAL AL  85  283   36   70  15  1  11   34   3  1  18  48  .247  .297  .424   87  120   0   0   4   2   7
         SFG NL  41  105   15   31   7  0   7   29   1  0   6  13  .295  .322  .562  132   59   0   4   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         8422      2184     53     1445     66    1387  .259  .306  .464  105       10 105  86  90 132
               2189      1170      432    396      231    527                            3910
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   87  162  32  4  29  107  17  5  39 103  .259  .306  .464  105  289   1   8   6   7  10
 Career High    162  663  108  200  42  9  35  121  31  9  49 113  .302  .335  .524  130  341   3  13  18  11  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 23 CHC NL   52   44    2   1.2   100| .176  .268| .176  .337| .235  .397| .411  .734|  12  .093  -6.5  -0.7 100%
 1984 24 CLE AL  257  184   34   5.0    99| .275  .266| .307  .329| .467  .401| .774  .730| 110  .542   1.6   0.2  33%
 1985 25 CLE AL  523  383   60   4.2    98| .262  .260| .298  .326| .409  .404| .707  .730|  93  .458  -5.7  -0.6  80%
 1986 26 CLE AL  709  487  116   6.4    99| .302  .259| .335  .327| .514  .404| .849  .731| 130  .638  24.5   2.4  80%
 1987 27 CLE AL  629  452   87   5.1   106| .264  .265| .304  .333| .480  .426| .784  .759| 104  .514   0.7   0.1  83%
 1988 28 CLE AL  670  471   96   5.5    96| .271  .262| .314  .327| .478  .394| .792  .721| 117  .596  11.9   1.2  84%
 1989 29 CLE AL  705  511   89   4.6    94| .243  .262| .292  .327| .465  .385| .757  .712| 110  .533   4.7   0.5  72%
 1990 30 SDP NL  697  513   72   3.8    99| .232  .266| .290  .332| .391  .399| .681  .731|  85  .429 -14.4  -1.5  78%
 1991 31 TOR AL  706  488  108   6.0   100| .273  .265| .330  .334| .503  .402| .833  .736| 124  .622  19.5   1.9  68%
 1992 32 TOR AL  683  491   94   5.2    98| .264  .265| .309  .335| .498  .393| .807  .728| 119  .572  12.4   1.2  70%
 1993 33 TOR AL  669  473   93   5.3   103| .254  .268| .312  .339| .489  .409| .801  .748| 112  .540   7.3   0.7  72%
 1994 34 TOR AL  483  336   75   6.0   111| .271  .273| .317  .345| .524  .434| .841  .779| 113  .551   7.0   0.6 100%
 1995 35 TOR AL  603  434   72   4.4   109| .253  .269| .300  .343| .428  .425| .728  .768|  88  .425 -12.1  -1.1  92%
 1996 36 TOR AL  682  491   89   4.9   115| .253  .276| .306  .349| .475  .443| .781  .792|  95  .436  -7.9  -0.7  53%
 1997 37 TOR AL  668  492   69   3.8   108| .234  .270| .284  .339| .399  .427| .683  .766|  77  .358 -22.3  -2.1  80%
 1998 38 TOT     418  301   53   4.7   107| .260  .268| .304  .336| .461  .425| .765  .761|  99  .463  -1.8  -0.1  80%
         BAL AL  303  221   34   4.1   108| .247  .269| .297  .338| .424  .429| .721  .766|  87  .394  -6.6  -0.6  75%
         SFG NL  115   80   19   6.4   103| .295  .263| .322  .333| .562  .415| .884  .747| 132  .622   4.8   0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     9154 6551 1209   4.9   103| .259  .266| .306  .335| .464  .411| .770  .746| 105  .514  19.1   2.0  77%

* 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 ------+
1983 23 CHC NL OF 16 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.92 2.17 2.27 13 108.0 LF 14 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.43 1.60 2.02 2.03 11 89.0 CF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.40 3.00 2.80 2 18.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1984 24 CLE AL OF 59 122 9 6 0 .956 .983 2.22 2.17 2.72 2.51 48 432.7 LF 48 90 7 6 0 .942 .982 2.02 1.80 2.59 2.27 37 336.7 CF 14 32 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.36 2.62 3.09 3.01 11 96.0 1B 7 47 2 0 4 1.000 .992 7.00 8.26 8.32 9.75 7 53.0 1985 25 CLE AL OF 135 278 11 5 2 .983 .982 2.14 2.10 2.49 2.44 113 1044.0 LF 122 244 10 5 2 .981 .977 2.08 1.77 2.48 2.25 101 922.3 RF 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.82 2.44 2.17 11 110.7 1B 11 33 5 1 2 .974 .992 3.45 8.67 9.24 9.75 7 37.0 DH 7 CF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.55 3.27 2.95 1 11.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 1986 26 CLE AL OF 104 241 8 6 2 .976 .980 2.39 2.06 2.60 2.39 98 861.0 RF 78 135 7 3 1 .979 .975 1.82 1.79 2.41 2.11 56 530.0 1B 70 559 47 4 50 .993 .991 8.66 8.62 9.85 9.42 62 553.7 LF 45 93 1 3 1 .969 .977 2.09 1.77 2.93 2.24 37 289.0 CF 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.44 2.47 2.79 2.83 5 42.0 1987 27 CLE AL 1B 84 644 45 12 61 .983 .992 8.20 8.50 8.87 9.58 80 699.3 OF 62 138 1 5 0 .965 .980 2.24 2.00 2.41 2.31 60 518.7 LF 42 87 0 3 0 .967 .974 2.07 1.73 2.46 2.11 39 318.3 RF 14 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.75 1.58 2.12 10 102.3 CF 13 35 0 2 0 .946 .986 2.69 2.34 3.21 2.70 11 98.0 DH 5 1988 28 CLE AL CF 156 443 8 6 3 .987 .985 2.89 2.52 2.97 2.91 156 1366.7 1989 29 CLE AL OF 146 350 6 8 3 .978 .980 2.44 2.12 2.52 2.42 144 1273.3 CF 103 260 5 6 3 .978 .984 2.57 2.46 2.73 2.78 101 874.3 LF 56 98 1 2 0 .980 .977 1.77 1.83 2.25 2.16 43 395.3 1B 11 93 14 1 4 .991 .993 9.73 8.35 10.58 9.79 11 91.0 DH 8 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.43 2.43 0 3.7 1990 30 SDP NL OF 150 385 13 5 4 .988 .981 2.65 2.01 2.73 2.39 148 1310.0 CF 112 294 7 3 3 .990 .984 2.69 2.35 2.83 2.74 106 956.7 LF 51 92 5 2 1 .980 .979 1.90 1.71 2.47 2.19 42 353.3 1B 14 107 3 6 15 .948 .992 7.86 7.88 8.92 9.59 13 111.0 1991 31 TOR AL OF 151 283 13 8 2 .974 .983 1.96 2.03 2.00 2.37 152 1335.3 AS RF 101 191 12 3 2 .985 .980 2.01 1.76 2.10 2.19 100 871.0 AS LF 56 94 1 5 0 .950 .978 1.70 1.72 1.84 2.17 52 464.3 AS DH 11 AS 1992 32 TOR AL OF 129 257 10 8 2 .971 .983 2.07 2.17 2.19 2.47 129 1097.3 AS RF 123 247 10 8 2 .970 .982 2.09 1.87 2.21 2.23 123 1044.3 AS DH 24 AS LF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.93 1.70 2.29 6 53.0 AS 1B 4 27 3 1 1 .968 .993 7.50 8.35 7.71 9.67 4 35.0 AS 1993 33 TOR AL OF 151 289 7 8 0 .974 .983 1.96 2.09 2.06 2.41 151 1291.3 AS RF 96 183 6 4 0 .979 .978 1.97 1.85 2.06 2.23 96 825.7 AS LF 55 103 1 4 0 .963 .984 1.89 1.84 2.01 2.23 55 465.7 AS DH 3 AS 1994 34 TOR AL RF 110 202 4 2 1 .990 .980 1.87 1.88 1.96 2.20 109 945.0 AS DH 1 AS 1995 35 TOR AL OF 128 269 9 7 1 .975 .983 2.17 1.99 2.29 2.33 127 1091.7 LF 116 226 6 7 1 .971 .982 2.00 1.75 2.21 2.22 110 943.0 CF 20 43 3 0 0 1.000 .987 2.30 2.38 2.78 2.73 17 148.7 1B 7 47 3 0 2 1.000 .992 7.14 8.31 8.04 9.61 6 56.0 DH 5 1996 36 TOR AL LF 115 167 7 7 1 .961 .979 1.51 1.75 1.67 2.18 109 935.7 AS 1B 41 249 16 2 31 .993 .992 6.46 7.92 8.37 9.24 33 285.0 AS DH 15 AS 1997 37 TOR AL DH 65 OF 51 104 1 3 0 .972 .982 2.06 2.02 2.19 2.32 51 430.7 1B 42 325 22 1 24 .997 .992 8.26 8.04 8.40 9.31 42 372.0 LF 41 87 0 3 0 .967 .979 2.12 1.71 2.30 2.06 41 340.7 RF 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 1.79 1.80 2.18 10 90.0 1998 38 TOT OF 67 112 4 4 1 .967 .985 1.73 1.96 2.16 2.28 57 484.0 TOT RF 61 106 3 4 1 .965 .982 1.79 1.78 2.15 2.13 55 456.3 TOT 1B 17 90 9 1 5 .990 .993 5.82 8.03 9.00 9.46 10 99.0 TOT LF 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.53 1.95 1.98 2 27.7 BAL AL OF 50 96 4 4 1 .962 .985 2.00 2.02 2.40 2.31 44 374.7 RF 47 94 3 4 1 .960 .983 2.06 1.81 2.39 2.14 43 365.0 DH 32 LF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.73 2.78 2.13 1 9.7 1B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.30 18.00 9.45 0 2.0 SFG NL OF 17 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.94 1.78 1.32 2.17 13 109.3 1B 16 87 8 1 5 .990 .993 5.94 8.01 8.81 9.46 10 97.0 RF 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.86 1.66 1.18 2.08 12 91.3 LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.38 1.50 1.90 1 18.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 24 CLE AL 1B 7 47 2 0 4 1.000 .992 7.00 8.26 8.32 9.75 7 53.0 1985 25 CLE AL 1B 11 33 5 1 2 .974 .992 3.45 8.67 9.24 9.75 7 37.0 1986 26 CLE AL 1B 70 559 47 4 50 .993 .991 8.66 8.62 9.85 9.42 62 553.7 1987 27 CLE AL 1B 84 644 45 12 61 .983 .992 8.20 8.50 8.87 9.58 80 699.3 1989 29 CLE AL 1B 11 93 14 1 4 .991 .993 9.73 8.35 10.58 9.79 11 91.0 1990 30 SDP NL 1B 14 107 3 6 15 .948 .992 7.86 7.88 8.92 9.59 13 111.0 1992 32 TOR AL 1B 4 27 3 1 1 .968 .993 7.50 8.35 7.71 9.67 4 35.0 1995 35 TOR AL 1B 7 47 3 0 2 1.000 .992 7.14 8.31 8.04 9.61 6 56.0 1996 36 TOR AL 1B 41 249 16 2 31 .993 .992 6.46 7.92 8.37 9.24 33 285.0 1997 37 TOR AL 1B 42 325 22 1 24 .997 .992 8.26 8.04 8.40 9.31 42 372.0 1998 38 TOT 1B 17 90 9 1 5 .990 .993 5.82 8.03 9.00 9.46 10 99.0 BAL AL 1B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.30 18.00 9.45 0 2.0 SFG NL 1B 16 87 8 1 5 .990 .993 5.94 8.01 8.81 9.46 10 97.0 1985 25 CLE AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1985 25 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 1983 23 CHC NL CF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.40 3.00 2.80 2 18.0 1984 24 CLE AL CF 14 32 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.36 2.62 3.09 3.01 11 96.0 1985 25 CLE AL CF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.55 3.27 2.95 1 11.0 1986 26 CLE AL CF 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.44 2.47 2.79 2.83 5 42.0 1987 27 CLE AL CF 13 35 0 2 0 .946 .986 2.69 2.34 3.21 2.70 11 98.0 1988 28 CLE AL CF 156 443 8 6 3 .987 .985 2.89 2.52 2.97 2.91 156 1366.7 1989 29 CLE AL CF 103 260 5 6 3 .978 .984 2.57 2.46 2.73 2.78 101 874.3 1990 30 SDP NL CF 112 294 7 3 3 .990 .984 2.69 2.35 2.83 2.74 106 956.7 1995 35 TOR AL CF 20 43 3 0 0 1.000 .987 2.30 2.38 2.78 2.73 17 148.7 1985 25 CLE AL DH 7 1987 27 CLE AL DH 5 1989 29 CLE AL DH 8 1991 31 TOR AL DH 11 1992 32 TOR AL DH 24 1993 33 TOR AL DH 3 1994 34 TOR AL DH 1 1995 35 TOR AL DH 5 1996 36 TOR AL DH 15 1997 37 TOR AL DH 65 1998 38 BAL AL DH 32 1983 23 CHC NL LF 14 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.43 1.60 2.02 2.03 11 89.0 1984 24 CLE AL LF 48 90 7 6 0 .942 .982 2.02 1.80 2.59 2.27 37 336.7 1985 25 CLE AL LF 122 244 10 5 2 .981 .977 2.08 1.77 2.48 2.25 101 922.3 1986 26 CLE AL LF 45 93 1 3 1 .969 .977 2.09 1.77 2.93 2.24 37 289.0 1987 27 CLE AL LF 42 87 0 3 0 .967 .974 2.07 1.73 2.46 2.11 39 318.3 1989 29 CLE AL LF 56 98 1 2 0 .980 .977 1.77 1.83 2.25 2.16 43 395.3 1990 30 SDP NL LF 51 92 5 2 1 .980 .979 1.90 1.71 2.47 2.19 42 353.3 1991 31 TOR AL LF 56 94 1 5 0 .950 .978 1.70 1.72 1.84 2.17 52 464.3 1992 32 TOR AL LF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.93 1.70 2.29 6 53.0 1993 33 TOR AL LF 55 103 1 4 0 .963 .984 1.89 1.84 2.01 2.23 55 465.7 1995 35 TOR AL LF 116 226 6 7 1 .971 .982 2.00 1.75 2.21 2.22 110 943.0 1996 36 TOR AL LF 115 167 7 7 1 .961 .979 1.51 1.75 1.67 2.18 109 935.7 1997 37 TOR AL LF 41 87 0 3 0 .967 .979 2.12 1.71 2.30 2.06 41 340.7 1998 38 TOT LF 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.53 1.95 1.98 2 27.7 BAL AL LF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.73 2.78 2.13 1 9.7 SFG NL LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.38 1.50 1.90 1 18.0 1983 23 CHC NL OF 16 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.62 1.92 2.17 2.27 13 108.0 1984 24 CLE AL OF 59 122 9 6 0 .956 .983 2.22 2.17 2.72 2.51 48 432.7 1985 25 CLE AL OF 135 278 11 5 2 .983 .982 2.14 2.10 2.49 2.44 113 1044.0 1986 26 CLE AL OF 104 241 8 6 2 .976 .980 2.39 2.06 2.60 2.39 98 861.0 1987 27 CLE AL OF 62 138 1 5 0 .965 .980 2.24 2.00 2.41 2.31 60 518.7 1988 28 CLE AL OF 156 444 8 7 3 .985 .979 2.90 2.14 2.98 2.47 156 1366.7 1989 29 CLE AL OF 146 350 6 8 3 .978 .980 2.44 2.12 2.52 2.42 144 1273.3 1990 30 SDP NL OF 150 385 13 5 4 .988 .981 2.65 2.01 2.73 2.39 148 1310.0 1991 31 TOR AL OF 151 283 13 8 2 .974 .983 1.96 2.03 2.00 2.37 152 1335.3 1992 32 TOR AL OF 129 257 10 8 2 .971 .983 2.07 2.17 2.19 2.47 129 1097.3 1993 33 TOR AL OF 151 289 7 8 0 .974 .983 1.96 2.09 2.06 2.41 151 1291.3 1994 34 TOR AL OF 110 205 4 2 1 .991 .982 1.90 2.09 1.99 2.37 109 945.0 1995 35 TOR AL OF 128 269 9 7 1 .975 .983 2.17 1.99 2.29 2.33 127 1091.7 1996 36 TOR AL OF 115 165 7 7 1 .961 .983 1.50 2.02 1.65 2.37 109 935.7 1997 37 TOR AL OF 51 104 1 3 0 .972 .982 2.06 2.02 2.19 2.32 51 430.7 1998 38 TOT OF 67 112 4 4 1 .967 .985 1.73 1.96 2.16 2.28 57 484.0 BAL AL OF 50 96 4 4 1 .962 .985 2.00 2.02 2.40 2.31 44 374.7 SFG NL OF 17 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.94 1.78 1.32 2.17 13 109.3 1983 23 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1985 25 CLE AL RF 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.82 2.44 2.17 11 110.7 1986 26 CLE AL RF 78 135 7 3 1 .979 .975 1.82 1.79 2.41 2.11 56 530.0 1987 27 CLE AL RF 14 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.75 1.58 2.12 10 102.3 1989 29 CLE AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.43 2.43 0 3.7 1991 31 TOR AL RF 101 191 12 3 2 .985 .980 2.01 1.76 2.10 2.19 100 871.0 1992 32 TOR AL RF 123 247 10 8 2 .970 .982 2.09 1.87 2.21 2.23 123 1044.3 1993 33 TOR AL RF 96 183 6 4 0 .979 .978 1.97 1.85 2.06 2.23 96 825.7 1994 34 TOR AL RF 110 202 4 2 1 .990 .980 1.87 1.88 1.96 2.20 109 945.0 1997 37 TOR AL RF 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 1.79 1.80 2.18 10 90.0 1998 38 TOT RF 61 106 3 4 1 .965 .982 1.79 1.78 2.15 2.13 55 456.3 BAL AL RF 47 94 3 4 1 .960 .983 2.06 1.81 2.39 2.14 43 365.0 SFG NL RF 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.86 1.66 1.18 2.08 12 91.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1730 3668 111 89 22 .977 .982 2.18 2.07 1665 14525.3 774 433 625# LF* 774 1416 40 47 6 .969 .979 1.88 1.76 685 5934.0 RF* 625 1128 45 24 7 .980 .980 1.88 1.82 570 4980.0 CF* 433 1130 24 17 9 .985 .985 2.67 2.45 410 3611.3 1B* 308 2221 169 29 199 .988 .992 7.76 8.32 275 2392.0 DH 176 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 0 2.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0 0.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2040 5889 281 118 221 .981 .986 3.02 3.01
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   5  19   3   5  2  0  1   4   1   5  .263  .286  .526   0  1   0   1   0 
 1992   ALCS  TOR OAK     W   6  26   2   5  0  0  1   3   2   4  .192  .250  .308   2  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR ATL     W   6  22   2   6  2  0  2   3   3   2  .273  .346  .636   1  0   0   1   0 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   6  27   2   7  0  0  0   2   1   5  .259  .286  .259   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   6  25   6   7  1  0  2   8   0   4  .280  .250  .560   0  0   0   3   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  17  72   7  17  2  0  2   9   4  14  .236  .273  .347   2  1   0   1   0 
  2 World Series        2-0  12  47   8  13  3  0  4  11   3   6  .277  .296  .596   1  0   0   4   0 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1  29 119  15  30  5  0  6  20   7  20  .252  .282  .445   3  1   0   5   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1991   TOR AL       1   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1992   TOR AL   *   3   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1993   TOR AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1994   TOR AL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1996   TOR AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      3  11   3   5  0  0  0   1   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .455  .500  .455 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1991 *
1992 (RF)
1993 (RF)
1994 (LF)
1996 *

Silver Sluggers
1991-AL--OF
1992-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-AL-9-0.18
1988-AL-20-0.01
1989-AL-16-0.06
1990-NL-17-0.02
1991-AL-5-0.35
1992-AL-3-0.51
1993-AL-12-0.06
1994-AL-10-0.09
Car-168-1.28 shares

Slugging %
1986 AL-.514-6
1989 AL-.465-10
1992 AL-.498-6

Games
1986 AL-162-2
1989 AL-162-1
1990 NL-162-1
1991 AL-162-1
1992 AL-158-9
1997 AL-157-8

At Bats
1986 AL-663-4
1988 AL-621-3
1989 AL-651-1
1990 NL-634-1
1991 AL-638-6
1992 AL-622-10
1993 AL-603-8
1995 AL-558-6
1996 AL-625-8
1997 AL-612-9
Car-8422-96

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1986 AL-709-5
1989 AL-705-5
1990 NL-697-2

Runs
1986 AL-108-4

Hits
1986 AL-200-5

Total Bases
1986 AL-341-3
1988 AL-297-5
1989 AL-303-3
1991 AL-321-5
1992 AL-310-2
1993 AL-295-9
1994 AL-228-10
Car-3910-86

Doubles
1986 AL-36-9
1991 AL-42-4

Triples
1986 AL-9-3
1988 AL-6-9
1992 AL-7-7
1996 AL-7-7

Home Runs
1987 AL-32-9
1988 AL-27-6
1989 AL-35-2
1991 AL-33-4
1992 AL-34-4
1993 AL-33-6
1994 AL-27-6
Car-396-47

RBI
1986 AL-121-1
1987 AL-106-9
1988 AL-98-9
1989 AL-105-4
1990 NL-115-3
1991 AL-108-6
1992 AL-119-2
1993 AL-121-3
1994 AL-103-2
Car-1445-57

Strikeouts
Car-1387-70

Runs Created
1986 AL-116-5

Extra-Base Hits
1986 AL-74-4
1988 AL-69-4
1989 AL-71-2
1991 AL-78-2
1992 AL-71-2
1993 AL-71-7
1994 AL-54-7
Car-881-59

Hit By Pitch
1987 AL-9-4
1989 AL-8-5
1990 NL-7-2
1991 AL-10-1
1992 AL-11-5
1993 AL-9-9
Car-90-94

Sac. Flies
1986 AL-8-6
1990 NL-8-10
1991 AL-9-3
1992 AL-13-1
1993 AL-10-4
1994 AL-13-1
Car-105-17

Intentional Walks
1990 NL-18-5
1991 AL-12-8

Power/Speed Number
1986 AL-29.0-3
1987 AL-31.5-1
1988 AL-27.0-2
1989 AL-19.0-4
1990 NL-23.0-6
1991 AL-24.9-3
1992 AL-17.7-7
1994 AL-15.6-6
1995 AL-16.2-9
Car-291.8-23

At Bats per Home Run
1989 AL-18.6-8
1992 AL-18.3-9

Outs
1986 AL-487-4
1988 AL-471-7
1989 AL-511-2
1990 NL-513-1
1991 AL-488-5
1992 AL-491-6
1993 AL-473-4
1994 AL-336-9
1995 AL-434-5
1996 AL-491-2
1997 AL-492-6
Car-6551-83

Salary
1991 AL-$3,791,667-1
1993 AL-$5,550,000-1
1994 AL-$5,550,000-1
1995 AL-$7,500,000-4
1996 AL-$6,525,000-7

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (244) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 103 (209) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.5 (242) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 86.5 (189) (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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  5. Wally Post (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. George Bell (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lee May (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ruben Sierra (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ruben Sierra (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dale Murphy (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tony Perez (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.

June 13, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Darryl Banks (minors), Mel Hall, and Don Schulze to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier, and Ron Hassey.

December 6, 1989: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for Sandy Alomar, Chris James, and Carlos Baerga.

December 5, 1990: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Roberto Alomar to the Toronto Blue Jays for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez.

October 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 23, 1998: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).

November 5, 1998: 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
1985Cleveland Indians$110,000
1986Cleveland Indians$190,000
1987Cleveland Indians$250,000
1988Cleveland Indians$840,000
1989Cleveland Indians$1,630,000
1990San Diego Padres$1,866,667
1991Toronto Blue Jays$3,791,667
1992Toronto Blue Jays$3,691,667
1993Toronto Blue Jays$5,550,000
1994Toronto Blue Jays$5,550,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$7,500,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$6,525,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$6,500,000
1998Baltimore Orioles$3,151,380
Career (may be incomplete)$47,146,381

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