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Rick Dempsey
John Rikard Dempsey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 23, 1969
  vs. KCR 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1992
Born September 13, 1949 in Fayetteville, TN

Uncle of Gregg Zaun

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        Rick will always be remembered for his "Jim Palmer in Jockey shorts" impression, and for his wonderful "rain delay improv." At least by me.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 19 MIN AL   5    6    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .571  .667  241    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 20 MIN AL   5    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .125  .000  -63    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1971 21 MIN AL   6   13    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .308  .357  .385  108    5   0   0   0   0   1
 1972 22 MIN AL  25   40    0    8   1  0   0    0   0  0   6   8  .200  .304  .225   57    9   1   0   0   0   2
 1973 23 NYY AL   6   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .182  .250  .182   25    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1974 24 NYY AL  43  109   12   26   3  0   2   12   1  0   8   7  .239  .288  .321   76   35   1   1   0   0   5
 1975 25 NYY AL  71  145   18   38   8  0   1   11   0  0  21  15  .262  .353  .338   98   49   3   1   1   0   5
 1976 26 TOT AL  80  216   12   42   2  0   0   12   1  1  18  21  .194  .263  .204   41   44   4   0   0   2   2
         NYY AL  21   42    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   5   4  .119  .213  .119   -1    5   1   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  59  174   11   37   2  0   0   10   1  1  13  17  .213  .275  .224   52   39   3   0   0   2   2
 1977 27 BAL AL  91  270   27   61   7  4   3   34   2  3  34  34  .226  .314  .315   77   85   5   3   1   2   9
 1978 28 BAL AL 136  441   41  114  25  0   6   32   7  3  48  54  .259  .327  .356   98  157   3   6   2   0  11
 1979 29 BAL AL 124  368   48   88  23  0   6   41   0  1  38  37  .239  .307  .351   80  129   3   4   1   0  12
 1980 30 BAL AL 119  362   51   95  26  3   9   40   3  1  36  45  .262  .333  .425  108  154   4   1   1   3  11
 1981 31 BAL AL  92  251   24   54  10  1   6   15   0  1  32  36  .215  .306  .335   85   84   3   0   1   1   5
 1982 32 BAL AL 125  344   35   88  15  1   5   36   0  3  46  37  .256  .339  .349   90  120   7   5   1   0  10
 1983 33 BAL AL 128  347   33   80  16  2   4   32   1  1  40  54  .231  .311  .323   77  112   5   5   1   3   9
 1984 34 BAL AL 109  330   37   76  11  0  11   34   1  2  40  58  .230  .312  .364   89  120   5   4   0   1  11
 1985 35 BAL AL 132  362   54   92  19  0  12   52   0  1  50  87  .254  .345  .406  108  147   5   2   0   1   2
 1986 36 BAL AL 122  327   42   68  15  1  13   29   1  0  45  78  .208  .309  .379   88  124   7   0   0   3   5
 1987 37 CLE AL  60  141   16   25  10  0   1    9   0  0  23  29  .177  .295  .270   52   38   4   1   0   1   4
 1988 38 LAD NL  77  167   25   42  13  0   7   30   1  0  25  44  .251  .338  .455  129   76   0   6   0   0   4
 1989 39 LAD NL  79  151   16   27   7  0   4   16   1  0  30  37  .179  .319  .305   81   46   1   0   3   1   5
 1990 40 LAD NL  62  128   13   25   5  0   2   15   1  0  23  29  .195  .318  .281   68   36   0   0   0   0   8
 1991 41 MIL AL  61  147   15   34   5  0   4   21   0  2  23  20  .231  .329  .347   90   51   1   3   1   0   7
 1992 42 BAL AL   8    9    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .111  .273  .111   11    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 24 Seasons    1766 4692  525 1093 223 12  96  471  20 19 592 736  .233  .319  .347   87 1628  63  42  13  18 131
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        430   48  100  20  1   9   43   2  2  54  68  .233  .319  .347   87  149   6   4   1   2  12
 Career High    136  441   54  114  26  4  13   52   7  3  50  87  .262  .345  .425  108  157   7   6   3   3  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 19 MIN AL    7    3    2  18.0    98| .500  .259| .571  .336| .667  .390|1.238  .726| 241  .934   1.3   0.1   0%
 1970 20 MIN AL    8    8    0   0.0   100| .000  .261| .125  .336| .000  .399| .125  .735| -63  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1971 21 MIN AL   14   10    2   5.4    95| .308  .258| .357  .331| .385  .384| .742  .714| 108  .629   0.2   0.0   0%
 1972 22 MIN AL   47   35    3   2.3    87| .200  .252| .304  .322| .225  .364| .529  .685|  57  .303  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1973 23 NYY AL   13   11    0   0.0    91| .182  .256| .250  .324| .182  .376| .432  .701|  25  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1974 24 NYY AL  119   90    9   2.7    88| .239  .257| .288  .321| .321  .370| .609  .691|  76  .313  -3.4  -0.4 100%
 1975 25 NYY AL  170  116   18   4.2    92| .262  .257| .353  .327| .338  .377| .691  .704|  98  .485   0.6   0.1   0%
 1976 26 TOT AL  240  181   12   1.8    82| .194  .250| .263  .314| .204  .353| .467  .667|  41  .188 -15.5  -1.7  50%
         NYY AL   48   38    1   0.7    86| .119  .256| .213  .320| .119  .361| .332  .681|  -1  .041  -5.3  -0.6   0%
         BAL AL  192  143   11   2.1    81| .213  .249| .275  .312| .224  .351| .499  .663|  52  .232 -10.2  -1.1  50%
 1977 27 BAL AL  314  229   27   3.2    95| .226  .259| .314  .322| .315  .394| .629  .716|  77  .331  -7.3  -0.7  40%
 1978 28 BAL AL  498  350   53   4.0    89| .259  .254| .327  .318| .356  .374| .683  .692|  98  .471   1.0   0.1  70%
 1979 29 BAL AL  413  300   39   3.5    99| .239  .266| .307  .330| .351  .403| .658  .733|  80  .364  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1980 30 BAL AL  406  284   50   4.7    98| .262  .268| .333  .330| .425  .397| .758  .728| 108  .514   4.2   0.4  75%
 1981 31 BAL AL  287  206   26   3.4    89| .215  .256| .306  .321| .335  .373| .641  .693|  85  .415  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1982 32 BAL AL  402  281   42   4.0    98| .256  .264| .339  .328| .349  .402| .688  .730|  90  .440  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1983 33 BAL AL  400  287   36   3.4    96| .231  .263| .311  .325| .323  .397| .634  .722|  77  .365  -9.5  -0.9  50%
 1984 34 BAL AL  380  276   37   3.6    95| .230  .261| .312  .324| .364  .394| .676  .718|  89  .397  -4.5  -0.4  33%
 1985 35 BAL AL  420  280   55   5.2    96| .254  .258| .345  .323| .406  .400| .751  .723| 108  .561   5.5   0.5   0%
 1986 36 BAL AL  382  271   41   4.0    99| .208  .259| .309  .327| .379  .404| .688  .731|  88  .434  -5.1  -0.5 100%
 1987 37 CLE AL  170  125   12   2.6   106| .177  .265| .295  .333| .270  .426| .565  .759|  52  .228  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1988 38 LAD NL  198  135   27   5.4    88| .251  .254| .338  .317| .455  .373| .793  .690| 129  .635   7.5   0.8 100%
 1989 39 LAD NL  183  130   16   3.3    90| .179  .253| .319  .320| .305  .377| .624  .696|  81  .410  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 1990 40 LAD NL  151  111   11   2.7    96| .195  .262| .318  .328| .281  .393| .599  .721|  68  .285  -4.9  -0.5 100%
 1991 41 MIL AL  174  126   16   3.4    95| .231  .258| .329  .326| .347  .391| .676  .718|  90  .372  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1992 42 BAL AL   11    9    0   0.0    96| .111  .262| .273  .331| .111  .388| .384  .719|  11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 24 Seasons     5407 3854  534   3.7    94| .233  .260| .319  .324| .347  .390| .666  .715|  87  .418 -65.7  -6.7  51%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1991 41 MIL AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    3    1    1   0    1    0   0   0    10   0   0  4.50  4.02   89 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    3    1    1   0    1    0   0   0    10   0   0  4.50  4.02   89 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  102   34   34   0   34    0   0   0   340   0   0  4.50  4.02   89 2.000

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 19 MIN AL C 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 5.60 4.21 6.64 0 10.7 0 0 1 0 1970 20 MIN AL C 3 12 0 1 0 .923 .992 4.00 5.83 6.75 6.64 1 16.0 0 0 2 0 1971 21 MIN AL C 6 30 4 2 0 .944 .988 5.67 5.63 8.27 6.37 4 37.0 0 1 4 2 1972 22 MIN AL C 23 67 5 1 0 .986 .985 3.13 5.66 5.73 6.48 8 113.0 2 3 5 4 1973 23 NYY AL C 5 9 0 2 0 .818 .989 1.80 5.28 2.61 6.04 3 31.0 0 1 3 0 1974 24 NYY AL C 31 152 22 4 0 .978 .983 5.61 5.01 6.60 5.89 25 237.3 1 6 6 16 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.47 0 7.3 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.14 0 6.3 DH 1 1975 25 NYY AL C 19 76 8 2 0 .977 .982 4.42 5.04 6.52 6.00 12 116.0 0 2 11 4 DH 18 OF 8 16 1 1 1 .944 .977 2.12 2.10 2.46 2.37 7 62.3 RF 7 13 1 1 1 .933 .979 2.00 1.84 2.36 2.11 6 53.3 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1976 26 TOT AL C 67 302 39 4 8 .988 .981 5.09 4.90 5.72 5.75 60 536.7 3 9 27 31 TOT AL OF 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 2.20 1.93 2.48 3 32.7 TOT AL RF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.92 2.33 2.23 3 27.0 NYY AL C 9 39 5 0 0 1.000 .980 4.89 4.90 5.91 5.75 7 67.0 0 0 4 4 RF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.93 3.00 2.23 2 21.0 BAL AL C 58 263 34 4 8 .987 .981 5.12 4.90 5.69 5.75 53 469.7 3 9 23 27 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.46 1 11.7 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 1 6.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.21 0 5.7 1977 27 BAL AL C 91 416 52 11 10 .977 .986 5.14 5.06 5.65 6.01 84 745.0 2 14 30 41 1978 28 BAL AL C 135 636 79 11 14 .985 .983 5.30 4.86 5.62 5.53 130 1145.7 7 32 62 55 1979 29 BAL AL C 124 615 81 7 13 .990 .982 5.61 4.69 6.17 5.46 112 1015.7 5 22 48 45 1980 30 BAL AL C 112 531 54 8 8 .987 .986 5.22 4.60 6.00 5.48 95 878.0 5 27 53 45 OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.15 2.52 2.44 0 10.7 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.77 3.86 2.19 0 7.0 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.93 2.43 2.43 0 3.7 1B 2 10 1 0 2 1.000 .991 5.50 8.40 12.38 10.01 0 8.0 DH 1 1981 31 BAL AL C 90 384 35 1 6 .998 .987 4.66 4.76 5.67 5.51 71 665.3 4 11 30 24 DH 1 1982 32 BAL AL C 124 491 46 5 8 .991 .988 4.33 4.90 5.12 5.69 101 944.0 5 22 47 27 DH 1 1983 33 BAL AL C 128 591 65 2 7 .997 .986 5.12 4.76 5.97 5.70 109 989.7 1 23 60 35 1984 34 BAL AL C 108 453 43 4 5 .992 .987 4.59 5.05 4.92 5.96 104 907.7 4 27 59 23 1985 35 BAL AL C 131 575 49 8 5 .987 .987 4.76 5.03 5.57 6.05 113 1008.0 2 24 79 30 1986 36 BAL AL C 121 659 53 7 9 .990 .989 5.88 5.44 6.95 6.62 101 922.3 2 27 68 34 1987 37 CLE AL C 59 293 18 5 3 .984 .988 5.27 5.49 6.63 6.74 48 422.0 3 25 35 18 1988 38 LAD NL C 74 333 29 4 4 .989 .987 4.89 5.58 7.23 6.56 46 450.7 2 10 47 19 1989 39 LAD NL C 62 265 35 5 4 .984 .986 4.84 5.56 7.12 6.67 38 379.3 3 15 26 25 1990 40 LAD NL C 53 213 27 2 3 .992 .987 4.53 5.44 6.86 6.65 33 314.7 4 15 34 17 1991 41 MIL AL C 56 246 23 2 4 .993 .990 4.80 5.28 5.92 6.49 44 408.7 5 13 29 12 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 1992 42 BAL AL C 8 13 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 5.26 4.20 6.21 1 30.0 1 0 4 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 30 BAL AL 1B 2 10 1 0 2 1.000 .991 5.50 8.40 12.38 10.01 0 8.0 1991 41 MIL AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 1975 25 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1969 19 MIN AL C 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 5.60 4.21 6.64 0 10.7 0 0 1 0 1970 20 MIN AL C 3 12 0 1 0 .923 .992 4.00 5.83 6.75 6.64 1 16.0 0 0 2 0 1971 21 MIN AL C 6 30 4 2 0 .944 .988 5.67 5.63 8.27 6.37 4 37.0 0 1 4 2 1972 22 MIN AL C 23 67 5 1 0 .986 .985 3.13 5.66 5.73 6.48 8 113.0 2 3 5 4 1973 23 NYY AL C 5 9 0 2 0 .818 .989 1.80 5.28 2.61 6.04 3 31.0 0 1 3 0 1974 24 NYY AL C 31 152 22 4 0 .978 .983 5.61 5.01 6.60 5.89 25 237.3 1 6 6 16 1975 25 NYY AL C 19 76 8 2 0 .977 .982 4.42 5.04 6.52 6.00 12 116.0 0 2 11 4 1976 26 TOT AL C 67 302 39 4 8 .988 .981 5.09 4.90 5.72 5.75 60 536.7 3 9 27 31 NYY AL C 9 39 5 0 0 1.000 .980 4.89 4.90 5.91 5.75 7 67.0 0 0 4 4 BAL AL C 58 263 34 4 8 .987 .981 5.12 4.90 5.69 5.75 53 469.7 3 9 23 27 1977 27 BAL AL C 91 416 52 11 10 .977 .986 5.14 5.06 5.65 6.01 84 745.0 2 14 30 41 1978 28 BAL AL C 135 636 79 11 14 .985 .983 5.30 4.86 5.62 5.53 130 1145.7 7 32 62 55 1979 29 BAL AL C 124 615 81 7 13 .990 .982 5.61 4.69 6.17 5.46 112 1015.7 5 22 48 45 1980 30 BAL AL C 112 531 54 8 8 .987 .986 5.22 4.60 6.00 5.48 95 878.0 5 27 53 45 1981 31 BAL AL C 90 384 35 1 6 .998 .987 4.66 4.76 5.67 5.51 71 665.3 4 11 30 24 1982 32 BAL AL C 124 491 46 5 8 .991 .988 4.33 4.90 5.12 5.69 101 944.0 5 22 47 27 1983 33 BAL AL C 128 591 65 2 7 .997 .986 5.12 4.76 5.97 5.70 109 989.7 1 23 60 35 1984 34 BAL AL C 108 453 43 4 5 .992 .987 4.59 5.05 4.92 5.96 104 907.7 4 27 59 23 1985 35 BAL AL C 131 575 49 8 5 .987 .987 4.76 5.03 5.57 6.05 113 1008.0 2 24 79 30 1986 36 BAL AL C 121 659 53 7 9 .990 .989 5.88 5.44 6.95 6.62 101 922.3 2 27 68 34 1987 37 CLE AL C 59 293 18 5 3 .984 .988 5.27 5.49 6.63 6.74 48 422.0 3 25 35 18 1988 38 LAD NL C 74 333 29 4 4 .989 .987 4.89 5.58 7.23 6.56 46 450.7 2 10 47 19 1989 39 LAD NL C 62 265 35 5 4 .984 .986 4.84 5.56 7.12 6.67 38 379.3 3 15 26 25 1990 40 LAD NL C 53 213 27 2 3 .992 .987 4.53 5.44 6.86 6.65 33 314.7 4 15 34 17 1991 41 MIL AL C 56 246 23 2 4 .993 .990 4.80 5.28 5.92 6.49 44 408.7 5 13 29 12 1992 42 BAL AL C 8 13 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 5.26 4.20 6.21 1 30.0 1 0 4 0 1974 24 NYY AL DH 1 1975 25 NYY AL DH 18 1980 30 BAL AL DH 1 1981 31 BAL AL DH 1 1982 32 BAL AL DH 1 1974 24 NYY AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1975 25 NYY AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1976 26 BAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.21 0 5.7 1980 30 BAL AL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.93 2.43 2.43 0 3.7 1974 24 NYY AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.47 0 7.3 1975 25 NYY AL OF 8 16 1 1 1 .944 .977 2.12 2.10 2.46 2.37 7 62.3 1976 26 TOT AL OF 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.00 2.20 1.93 2.48 3 32.7 NYY AL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 2.20 3.00 2.49 2 21.0 BAL AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.46 1 11.7 1980 30 BAL AL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.15 2.52 2.44 0 10.7 1991 41 MIL AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1974 24 NYY AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.14 0 6.3 1975 25 NYY AL RF 7 13 1 1 1 .933 .979 2.00 1.84 2.36 2.11 6 53.3 1976 26 TOT AL RF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.92 2.33 2.23 3 27.0 NYY AL RF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.93 3.00 2.23 2 21.0 BAL AL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 1 6.0 1980 30 BAL AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.77 3.86 2.19 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1633 7367 768 99 111 .988 .986 4.98 5.04 1343 12324.3 61 329 770 507 OF* 23 25 2 1 1 .964 .978 1.17 2.14 10 113.0 6 0 17# DH 22 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 17 22 2 1 1 .960 .980 1.41 1.86 9 93.7 LF* 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.88 1 19.3 1B* 3 10 1 0 2 1.000 .991 3.67 8.37 0 8.0 P* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0 2.0 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1662 7402 771 100 114 .988 .986 4.92 5.00
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  BAL CAL     W   3  10   3   4  2  0  0   2   1   0  .400  .455  .600   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   7  21   3   6  2  0  0   0   1   3  .286  .318  .381   0  0   0   0   0 
 1983   ALCS  BAL CHW     W   4  12   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   1  .167  .231  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PHI     W   5  13   3   5  4  0  1   2   2   2  .385  .467  .923   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   4   5   1   2  2  0  0   2   1   0  .400  .500  .800   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     W   2   5   0   1  1  0  0   1   1   2  .200  .333  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0  11  27   5   8  4  0  0   4   3   1  .296  .367  .444   1  0   0   0   0 
  3 World Series        2-1  14  39   6  12  7  0  1   3   4   7  .308  .372  .564   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   5-1  25  66  11  20 11  0  1   7   7   8  .303  .370  .515   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Awards
1983-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1983-ML-WS MVP

Oldest Player
1988 NL-38-9
1989 NL-39-5
1990 NL-40-4
1991 AL-41-4
1992 AL-42-4

Youngest Player
1969 AL-19-4
1970 AL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1247) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 56.0 (329) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1967 amateur draft.

October 27, 1972: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Danny Walton.

June 15, 1976: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tippy Martinez, Rudy May, Scott McGregor, and Dave Pagan to the Baltimore Orioles for Ken Holtzman, Doyle Alexander, Grant Jackson, Ellie Hendricks, and Jimmy Freeman.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 29, 1987: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

March 30, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

April 2, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 9, 1991: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 22, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 31, 1992: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

September 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 15, 1992: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Baltimore Orioles$512,500
1986Baltimore Orioles$442,066
1987Cleveland Indians$400,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$250,000
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$420,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$500,000
1991Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,124,566

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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