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Bobby Darwin
Arthur Bobby Lee Darwin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 30, 1962
  vs. CLE 3.3 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game August 18, 1977
Born February 16, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1962. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 19 LAA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 26 LAD NL   6    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 28 LAD NL  11   20    2    5   1  0   1    4   0  0   2   9  .250  .318  .450  122    9   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 29 MIN AL 145  513   48  137  20  2  22   80   2  3  38 145  .267  .326  .442  123  227   1   2   4   8  24
 1973 30 MIN AL 145  560   69  141  20  2  18   90   5  2  46 137  .252  .309  .391   94  219   0   5   5   3  22
 1974 31 MIN AL 152  575   67  152  13  7  25   94   1  3  37 127  .264  .322  .442  115  254   0   4   2  14  12
 1975 32 TOT AL 103  355   45   83  12  2  13   41   6  1  29  98  .234  .304  .389   94  138   1   1   1   7  12
         MIN AL  48  169   26   37   6  0   5   18   2  0  18  44  .219  .307  .343   83   58   0   1   1   4   8
         MIL AL  55  186   19   46   6  2   8   23   4  1  11  54  .247  .300  .430  105   80   1   0   0   3   4
 1976 33 TOT AL  68  179   15   37   8  3   4   18   1  0   8  51  .207  .260  .352   74   63   1   0   1   5   4
         MIL AL  25   73    6   18   3  1   1    5   0  0   6  16  .247  .321  .356  101   26   0   0   1   2   2
         BOS AL  43  106    9   19   5  2   3   13   1  0   2  35  .179  .216  .349   56   37   1   0   0   3   2
 1977 34 TOT     15   21    3    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   9  .190  .190  .286   21    6   0   0   0   0   1
         BOS AL   4    9    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .222  .222  .333   42    3   0   0   0   0   1
         CHC NL  11   12    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .167  .167  .250    6    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      646 2224  250  559  76 16  83  328  15  9 160 577  .251  .311  .412  104  916   3  12  13  37  75
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   63  140  19  4  21   82   4  2  40 145  .251  .311  .412  104  230   1   3   3   9  19
 Career High    152  575   69  152  20  7  25   94   6  3  46 145  .267  .326  .442  123  254   1   5   5  14  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 19 LAA AL    1    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .260| .000  .331| .000  .404| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1969 26 LAD NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1971 28 LAD NL   22   15    3   5.4    87| .250  .253| .318  .318| .450  .370| .768  .688| 122  .625   0.5   0.1   0%
 1972 29 MIN AL  562  406   67   4.4    87| .267  .252| .326  .322| .442  .364| .768  .685| 123  .591  13.1   1.5  40%
 1973 30 MIN AL  614  448   64   3.8    97| .252  .264| .309  .334| .391  .388| .700  .722|  94  .443  -6.4  -0.7  71%
 1974 31 MIN AL  630  442   80   4.9    92| .264  .263| .322  .328| .442  .378| .764  .706| 115  .575   8.4   0.9  25%
 1975 32 TOT AL  393  287   41   3.8    93| .234  .259| .304  .329| .389  .381| .693  .710|  94  .447  -4.0  -0.4  85%
         MIN AL  192  141   17   3.2    94| .219  .260| .307  .330| .343  .382| .650  .713|  83  .372  -3.9  -0.4 100%
         MIL AL  201  146   24   4.4    93| .247  .258| .300  .328| .430  .379| .730  .707| 105  .512  -0.1   0.0  80%
 1976 33 TOT AL  193  147   16   3.0    91| .207  .264| .260  .329| .352  .371| .612  .700|  74  .364  -7.0  -0.7 100%
         MIL AL   81   57    8   3.8    84| .247  .254| .321  .318| .356  .358| .677  .675| 101  .477   0.0   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  112   90    8   2.4    96| .179  .270| .216  .336| .349  .381| .565  .717|  56  .283  -7.0  -0.7 100%
 1977 34 TOT      21   18    1   1.5   111| .190  .281| .190  .349| .286  .429| .476  .778|  21  .113  -2.4  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL    9    8    0   0.0   110| .222  .281| .222  .347| .333  .427| .555  .774|  42  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL   12   10    1   2.7   112| .167  .282| .167  .351| .250  .430| .417  .781|   6  .272  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2436 1764  272   4.2    92| .251  .260| .311  .328| .412  .378| .723  .706| 104  .507   2.0   0.4  62%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1962 19 LAA AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    3.3    8    6    4   0    4    6   0   0    23   0   0 10.80  3.85   36 3.600
 1969 26 LAD NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    4    4    4   0    5    0   2   2    21   0   0  9.82  3.31   34 2.455
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL  .000   0   1   4   1   0   0   1  0    7.0   12   10    8   0    9    6   2   2    44   0   0 10.29  3.57   35 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  13  54  13   0   0  13  0   95.0  163  136  108   0  122   81  27  27   598   0   0 10.29  3.57   35 3.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 ------+
1962 19 LAA AL P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 1969 26 LAD NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.77 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 1971 28 LAD NL RF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.80 2.61 2.06 4 31.0 1972 29 MIN AL OF 142 289 8 6 1 .980 .983 2.09 1.91 2.24 2.22 131 1193.0 CF 86 188 5 5 0 .975 .987 2.24 2.29 2.29 2.65 84 758.7 RF 47 92 3 1 1 .990 .980 2.02 1.76 2.13 2.12 46 401.3 LF 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.53 1.64 1.88 1 33.0 1973 30 MIN AL RF 140 235 13 5 1 .980 .976 1.77 1.73 1.82 2.09 137 1223.3 DH 1 1974 31 MIN AL RF 142 259 8 8 1 .971 .976 1.88 1.86 1.93 2.18 141 1246.7 1975 32 TOT AL OF 70 110 8 3 1 .975 .978 1.69 2.10 1.91 2.37 68 557.3 TOT AL RF 47 64 6 1 0 .986 .975 1.49 1.84 1.68 2.11 44 374.7 TOT AL DH 28 MIN AL RF 27 28 3 1 0 .969 .975 1.15 1.84 1.22 2.11 26 228.0 DH 19 MIL AL OF 43 82 5 2 1 .978 .979 2.02 2.10 2.38 2.37 42 329.3 LF 25 45 2 2 1 .959 .977 1.88 1.80 2.32 2.18 24 182.7 RF 20 36 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.95 1.84 2.39 2.11 18 146.7 DH 9 1976 33 TOT AL OF 38 68 2 2 0 .972 .982 1.84 2.21 2.49 2.47 28 252.7 TOT AL RF 35 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.91 1.92 2.52 2.21 28 239.7 TOT AL DH 17 MIL AL RF 21 41 1 1 0 .977 .979 2.00 1.92 2.54 2.21 19 148.7 DH 1 BOS AL OF 17 26 1 1 0 .964 .982 1.59 2.21 2.34 2.47 9 104.0 DH 16 RF 14 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.79 1.92 2.47 2.21 9 91.0 LF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 1.90 1.38 2.22 0 13.0 1977 34 TOT OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.95 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 TOT RF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.75 1.00 2.10 1 9.0 BOS AL DH 2 RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.06 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 29 MIN AL CF 86 188 5 5 0 .975 .987 2.24 2.29 2.29 2.65 84 758.7 1973 30 MIN AL DH 1 1975 32 TOT AL DH 28 MIN AL DH 19 MIL AL DH 9 1976 33 TOT AL DH 17 MIL AL DH 1 BOS AL DH 16 1977 34 BOS AL DH 2 1972 29 MIN AL LF 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.53 1.64 1.88 1 33.0 1975 32 MIL AL LF 25 45 2 2 1 .959 .977 1.88 1.80 2.32 2.18 24 182.7 1976 33 BOS AL LF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 1.90 1.38 2.22 0 13.0 1971 28 LAD NL OF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.93 2.61 2.18 4 31.0 1972 29 MIN AL OF 142 289 8 6 1 .980 .983 2.09 1.91 2.24 2.22 131 1193.0 1973 30 MIN AL OF 140 233 13 5 1 .980 .979 1.76 2.02 1.81 2.29 137 1223.3 1974 31 MIN AL OF 142 254 8 8 1 .970 .980 1.85 2.12 1.89 2.41 141 1246.7 1975 32 TOT AL OF 70 110 8 3 1 .975 .978 1.69 2.10 1.91 2.37 68 557.3 MIN AL OF 27 28 3 1 0 .969 .978 1.15 2.10 1.22 2.37 26 228.0 MIL AL OF 43 82 5 2 1 .978 .979 2.02 2.10 2.38 2.37 42 329.3 1976 33 TOT AL OF 38 68 2 2 0 .972 .982 1.84 2.21 2.49 2.47 28 252.7 MIL AL OF 21 42 1 1 0 .977 .982 2.05 2.21 2.60 2.47 19 148.7 BOS AL OF 17 26 1 1 0 .964 .982 1.59 2.21 2.34 2.47 9 104.0 1977 34 TOT OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.95 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 BOS AL OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 2.00 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.31 1 7.0 1962 19 LAA AL P 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 1969 26 LAD NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.77 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 1971 28 LAD NL RF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.80 2.61 2.06 4 31.0 1972 29 MIN AL RF 47 92 3 1 1 .990 .980 2.02 1.76 2.13 2.12 46 401.3 1973 30 MIN AL RF 140 235 13 5 1 .980 .976 1.77 1.73 1.82 2.09 137 1223.3 1974 31 MIN AL RF 142 259 8 8 1 .971 .976 1.88 1.86 1.93 2.18 141 1246.7 1975 32 TOT AL RF 47 64 6 1 0 .986 .975 1.49 1.84 1.68 2.11 44 374.7 MIN AL RF 27 28 3 1 0 .969 .975 1.15 1.84 1.22 2.11 26 228.0 MIL AL RF 20 36 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.95 1.84 2.39 2.11 18 146.7 1976 33 TOT AL RF 35 65 2 1 0 .985 .980 1.91 1.92 2.52 2.21 28 239.7 MIL AL RF 21 41 1 1 0 .977 .979 2.00 1.92 2.54 2.21 19 148.7 BOS AL RF 14 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.79 1.92 2.47 2.21 9 91.0 1977 34 TOT RF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.75 1.00 2.10 1 9.0 BOS AL RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.06 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 538 964 39 25 4 .976 .981 1.86 2.04 2.00 2.32 510 4513.0 37 86 417# RF* 417 725 32 17 3 .978 .977 1.82 1.81 1.93 2.14 401 3525.7 CF* 86 188 5 5 0 .975 .987 2.24 2.29 2.29 2.65 84 758.7 DH 48 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 37 52 3 3 1 .948 .979 1.49 1.74 2.16 2.14 25 228.7 P* 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.78 0.00 2.06 1 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 542 964 39 26 4 .975 .981 1.85 2.03 2.00 2.32 511 4520
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

At Bats
1974 AL-575-10

Total Bases
1974 AL-254-10

Triples
1974 AL-7-7

Home Runs
1972 AL-22-7
1974 AL-25-4

RBI
1972 AL-80-6
1974 AL-94-5

Strikeouts
1972 AL-145-1
1973 AL-137-1
1974 AL-127-1
1975 AL-98-10

Hit By Pitch
1972 AL-8-7
1974 AL-14-2
1975 AL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1972 AL-24-2
1973 AL-22-2

At Bats per Home Run
1974 AL-23.0-8

Youngest Player
1962 AL-19-6

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1050) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2279) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent.

May 15, 1963: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Los Angeles Angels as first-year waiver pick.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

October 22, 1971: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Paul Powell.

June 14, 1975: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Milwaukee Brewers for Johnny Briggs.

June 3, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Tom Murphy to the Boston Red Sox for Bernie Carbo.

May 28, 1977: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Ramon Hernandez.

August 23, 1977: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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