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Billy Hatcher
William Augustus Hatcher

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 10, 1984
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 9, 1995
Born October 4, 1960 in Williams, AZ

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed May 22, 1981. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 23 CHC NL   8    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   2  0   1   0  .111  .200  .111  -13    1   0   0   1   0   0
 1985 24 CHC NL  53  163   24   40  12  1   2   10   2  4   8  12  .245  .290  .368   76   60   2   2   0   3   9
 1986 25 HOU NL 127  419   55  108  15  4   6   36  38 14  22  52  .258  .302  .356   84  149   6   1   1   5   3
 1987 26 HOU NL 141  564   96  167  28  3  11   63  53  9  42  70  .296  .352  .415  106  234   7   5   1   9  11
 1988 27 HOU NL 145  530   79  142  25  4   7   52  32 13  37  56  .268  .321  .370  102  196   8   8   4   8   6
 1989 28 TOT NL 135  481   59  111  19  3   4   51  24  7  30  62  .231  .277  .308   70  148   3   4   2   2   4
         HOU NL 108  395   49   90  15  3   3   44  22  6  30  53  .228  .281  .304   70  120   3   4   2   1   3
         PIT NL  27   86   10   21   4  0   1    7   2  1   0   9  .244  .253  .326   68   28   0   0   0   1   1
 1990 29 CIN NL 139  504   68  139  28  5   5   25  30 10  33  42  .276  .327  .381   91  192   1   1   5   6   4
 1991 30 CIN NL 138  442   45  116  25  3   4   41  11  9  26  55  .262  .312  .360   86  159   4   3   4   7   9
 1992 31 TOT    118  409   47  102  19  2   3   33   4  8  22  52  .249  .290  .328   70  134   6   4   1   3  11
         CIN NL  43   94   10   27   3  0   2   10   0  2   5  11  .287  .314  .383   95   36   0   3   0   0   2
         BOS AL  75  315   37   75  16  2   1   23   4  6  17  41  .238  .283  .311   63   98   6   1   1   3   9
 1993 32 BOS AL 136  508   71  146  24  3   9   57  14  7  28  46  .287  .336  .400   93  203  11   4   4  11  14
 1994 33 TOT     87  298   39   73  14  2   3   31   8  6  17  28  .245  .283  .336   58  100   5   6   0   1   5
         BOS AL  44  164   24   40   9  1   1   18   4  5  11  14  .244  .292  .329   57   54   3   2   0   1   3
         PHI NL  43  134   15   33   5  1   2   13   4  1   6  14  .246  .271  .343   58   46   2   4   0   0   2
 1995 34 TEX AL   6   12    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .083  .154  .167  -17    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1233 4339  586 1146 210 30  54  399 218 87 267 476  .264  .312  .364   86 1578  53  38  23  55  76
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   77  151  28  4   7   52  29 11  35  63  .264  .312  .364   86  207   7   5   3   7  10
 Career High    145  564   96  167  28  5  11   63  53 14  42  70  .296  .352  .415  106  234  11   8   5  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 23 CHC NL   10    8    0   0.0   100| .111  .272| .200  .338| .111  .396| .311  .734| -13  .000  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1985 24 CHC NL  178  140   14   2.7   103| .245  .271| .290  .341| .368  .404| .658  .745|  76  .307  -5.5  -0.6  33%
 1986 25 HOU NL  453  335   47   3.8    95| .258  .258| .302  .327| .356  .389| .658  .716|  84  .440 -10.6  -1.1  73%
 1987 26 HOU NL  627  429   89   5.6   102| .296  .264| .352  .333| .415  .412| .767  .745| 106  .572   6.0   0.6  85%
 1988 27 HOU NL  591  423   66   4.2    86| .268  .252| .321  .315| .370  .369| .691  .684| 102  .524   2.0   0.2  71%
 1989 28 TOT NL  520  388   44   3.1    88| .231  .250| .277  .317| .308  .373| .585  .690|  70  .373 -19.3  -2.0  77%
         HOU NL  433  321   37   3.1    88| .228  .250| .281  .317| .304  .373| .585  .690|  70  .380 -15.4  -1.6  78%
         PIT NL   87   67    7   2.8    87| .244  .249| .253  .316| .326  .371| .579  .687|  68  .339  -3.9  -0.4  66%
 1990 29 CIN NL  545  381   65   4.6   102| .276  .270| .327  .337| .381  .406| .708  .743|  91  .518  -7.2  -0.7  75%
 1991 30 CIN NL  482  351   48   3.7    97| .262  .262| .312  .330| .360  .393| .672  .723|  86  .441  -8.8  -0.9  55%
 1992 31 TOT     444  336   36   2.9    98| .249  .265| .290  .334| .328  .393| .618  .727|  70  .321 -17.6  -1.8  33%
         CIN NL  102   74   11   4.0    95| .287  .262| .314  .328| .383  .386| .697  .715|  95  .487  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL  342  262   25   2.6    99| .238  .266| .283  .336| .311  .395| .594  .731|  63  .272 -16.9  -1.7  40%
 1993 32 BOS AL  562  398   66   4.4   108| .287  .273| .336  .345| .400  .418| .736  .763|  93  .461  -6.6  -0.6  66%
 1994 33 TOT     327  247   28   3.0   114| .245  .278| .283  .348| .336  .439| .619  .787|  58  .275 -19.5  -1.8  57%
         BOS AL  181  137   15   2.9   116| .244  .278| .292  .352| .329  .443| .621  .795|  57  .249 -11.0  -1.0  44%
         PHI NL  146  110   13   3.2   111| .246  .277| .271  .344| .343  .433| .614  .777|  58  .309  -8.6  -0.8  80%
 1995 34 TEX AL   13   11    0   0.0   112| .083  .274| .154  .348| .167  .433| .321  .781| -17  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4752 3447  503   3.9    98| .264  .263| .312  .332| .364  .398| .676  .730|  86  .446 -90.7  -9.0  71%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1984 23 CHC NL LF 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.52 2.81 2.02 1 16.0 1985 24 CHC NL OF 44 77 2 1 0 .988 .979 1.80 1.88 2.09 2.20 37 341.0 CF 27 56 1 1 0 .983 .981 2.11 2.26 2.24 2.66 25 229.0 LF 16 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.25 1.50 1.94 1.92 10 93.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.67 1.89 2.04 2 19.0 1986 25 HOU NL OF 121 226 7 4 0 .983 .979 1.93 1.82 2.27 2.19 101 924.7 CF 95 192 6 4 0 .980 .984 2.08 2.05 2.34 2.59 88 761.3 LF 39 24 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.64 1.44 1.92 1.97 7 117.0 RF 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.89 1.63 1.56 1.98 6 46.3 1987 26 HOU NL OF 140 276 16 4 6 .986 .981 2.09 1.83 2.20 2.19 139 1195.3 CF 94 188 9 4 5 .980 .984 2.10 2.05 2.23 2.53 93 794.3 LF 51 79 6 0 1 1.000 .982 1.67 1.58 2.11 2.04 42 363.3 RF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.68 2.39 2.01 4 37.7 1988 27 HOU NL OF 142 280 7 5 2 .983 .982 2.02 1.98 2.13 2.28 133 1213.7 LF 124 234 6 4 2 .984 .980 1.94 1.75 2.10 2.13 115 1027.3 CF 25 44 0 1 0 .978 .987 1.76 2.28 2.13 2.66 18 186.3 1989 28 TOT NL OF 124 250 1 2 1 .992 .981 2.02 1.96 2.22 2.32 112 1017.0 TOT NL LF 98 200 1 2 1 .990 .981 2.05 1.72 2.28 2.15 84 792.0 TOT NL CF 21 40 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.90 2.33 2.26 2.69 20 159.0 HOU NL OF 104 223 1 2 1 .991 .981 2.15 1.96 2.35 2.32 93 857.0 LF 96 199 1 2 1 .990 .981 2.08 1.72 2.30 2.15 83 781.0 CF 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.27 2.33 2.96 2.69 10 76.0 PIT NL OF 20 27 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.35 1.96 1.52 2.32 19 160.0 CF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.50 2.33 1.63 2.69 10 83.0 RF 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.70 1.36 2.11 8 66.0 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.82 2.13 1 11.0 1990 29 CIN NL OF 131 308 10 1 2 .997 .981 2.43 2.01 2.65 2.39 119 1080.7 LF 76 136 6 1 1 .993 .979 1.87 1.71 2.43 2.19 54 525.3 CF 69 173 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.57 2.35 2.87 2.74 65 555.3 1991 30 CIN NL OF 121 248 4 5 0 .981 .983 2.08 1.88 2.39 2.28 105 948.0 LF 83 132 4 2 0 .986 .983 1.64 1.67 2.21 2.18 59 554.0 CF 53 117 0 3 0 .975 .985 2.21 2.12 2.67 2.59 46 394.0 1992 31 TOT OF 98 174 5 6 0 .968 .983 1.83 2.12 1.99 2.45 94 808.3 TOT LF 86 145 5 5 0 .968 .981 1.74 1.86 1.92 2.26 82 702.0 CIN NL LF 23 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 1.26 1.65 1.67 2.16 20 156.0 BOS AL OF 75 145 5 5 0 .968 .983 2.00 2.17 2.07 2.47 74 652.3 LF 63 116 5 4 0 .968 .981 1.92 1.94 1.99 2.29 62 546.0 CF 13 29 0 1 0 .967 .986 2.23 2.60 2.46 2.90 12 106.3 1993 32 BOS AL OF 130 284 6 2 2 .993 .983 2.23 2.09 2.36 2.41 126 1105.3 CF 129 279 6 2 2 .993 .986 2.21 2.45 2.34 2.76 125 1097.3 RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 5.62 2.25 1 8.0 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.00 5.17 0 4.0 1994 33 TOT OF 83 155 7 3 1 .982 .981 1.95 2.00 2.28 2.31 71 640.0 TOT RF 54 108 3 3 1 .974 .979 2.06 1.87 2.29 2.20 51 437.0 BOS AL RF 43 88 3 3 1 .968 .980 2.12 1.88 2.25 2.20 41 364.3 DH 1 PHI NL OF 40 68 4 0 0 1.000 .980 1.80 1.90 2.35 2.24 30 275.7 CF 26 38 3 0 0 1.000 .981 1.58 2.40 2.06 2.63 19 179.0 RF 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.82 1.82 2.48 2.18 10 72.7 LF 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.44 4.12 1.91 1 24.0 1995 34 TEX AL OF 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.00 2.73 2.32 4 33.0 RF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.62 3.00 2.03 3 27.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.50 2.25 1 6.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 32 BOS AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.00 5.17 0 4.0 1985 24 CHC NL CF 27 56 1 1 0 .983 .981 2.11 2.26 2.24 2.66 25 229.0 1986 25 HOU NL CF 95 192 6 4 0 .980 .984 2.08 2.05 2.34 2.59 88 761.3 1987 26 HOU NL CF 94 188 9 4 5 .980 .984 2.10 2.05 2.23 2.53 93 794.3 1988 27 HOU NL CF 25 44 0 1 0 .978 .987 1.76 2.28 2.13 2.66 18 186.3 1989 28 TOT NL CF 21 40 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.90 2.33 2.26 2.69 20 159.0 HOU NL CF 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.27 2.33 2.96 2.69 10 76.0 PIT NL CF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.50 2.33 1.63 2.69 10 83.0 1990 29 CIN NL CF 69 173 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.57 2.35 2.87 2.74 65 555.3 1991 30 CIN NL CF 53 117 0 3 0 .975 .985 2.21 2.12 2.67 2.59 46 394.0 1992 31 BOS AL CF 13 29 0 1 0 .967 .986 2.23 2.60 2.46 2.90 12 106.3 1993 32 BOS AL CF 129 279 6 2 2 .993 .986 2.21 2.45 2.34 2.76 125 1097.3 1994 33 PHI NL CF 26 38 3 0 0 1.000 .981 1.58 2.40 2.06 2.63 19 179.0 1994 33 BOS AL DH 1 1995 34 TEX AL DH 1 1984 23 CHC NL LF 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.52 2.81 2.02 1 16.0 1985 24 CHC NL LF 16 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.25 1.50 1.94 1.92 10 93.0 1986 25 HOU NL LF 39 24 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.64 1.44 1.92 1.97 7 117.0 1987 26 HOU NL LF 51 79 6 0 1 1.000 .982 1.67 1.58 2.11 2.04 42 363.3 1988 27 HOU NL LF 124 234 6 4 2 .984 .980 1.94 1.75 2.10 2.13 115 1027.3 1989 28 TOT NL LF 98 200 1 2 1 .990 .981 2.05 1.72 2.28 2.15 84 792.0 HOU NL LF 96 199 1 2 1 .990 .981 2.08 1.72 2.30 2.15 83 781.0 PIT NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.82 2.13 1 11.0 1990 29 CIN NL LF 76 136 6 1 1 .993 .979 1.87 1.71 2.43 2.19 54 525.3 1991 30 CIN NL LF 83 132 4 2 0 .986 .983 1.64 1.67 2.21 2.18 59 554.0 1992 31 TOT LF 86 145 5 5 0 .968 .981 1.74 1.86 1.92 2.26 82 702.0 CIN NL LF 23 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 1.26 1.65 1.67 2.16 20 156.0 BOS AL LF 63 116 5 4 0 .968 .981 1.92 1.94 1.99 2.29 62 546.0 1994 33 PHI NL LF 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.44 4.12 1.91 1 24.0 1995 34 TEX AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.50 2.25 1 6.0 1984 23 CHC NL OF 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.90 1.69 2.25 1 16.0 1985 24 CHC NL OF 44 77 2 1 0 .988 .979 1.80 1.88 2.09 2.20 37 341.0 1986 25 HOU NL OF 121 226 7 4 0 .983 .979 1.93 1.82 2.27 2.19 101 924.7 1987 26 HOU NL OF 140 276 16 4 6 .986 .981 2.09 1.83 2.20 2.19 139 1195.3 1988 27 HOU NL OF 142 280 7 5 2 .983 .982 2.02 1.98 2.13 2.28 133 1213.7 1989 28 TOT NL OF 124 250 1 2 1 .992 .981 2.02 1.96 2.22 2.32 112 1017.0 HOU NL OF 104 223 1 2 1 .991 .981 2.15 1.96 2.35 2.32 93 857.0 PIT NL OF 20 27 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.35 1.96 1.52 2.32 19 160.0 1990 29 CIN NL OF 131 308 10 1 2 .997 .981 2.43 2.01 2.65 2.39 119 1080.7 1991 30 CIN NL OF 121 248 4 5 0 .981 .983 2.08 1.88 2.39 2.28 105 948.0 1992 31 TOT OF 98 174 5 6 0 .968 .983 1.83 2.12 1.99 2.45 94 808.3 CIN NL OF 23 29 0 1 0 .967 .983 1.26 1.96 1.67 2.34 20 156.0 BOS AL OF 75 145 5 5 0 .968 .983 2.00 2.17 2.07 2.47 74 652.3 1993 32 BOS AL OF 130 284 6 2 2 .993 .983 2.23 2.09 2.36 2.41 126 1105.3 1994 33 TOT OF 83 155 7 3 1 .982 .981 1.95 2.00 2.28 2.31 71 640.0 BOS AL OF 43 87 3 3 1 .968 .983 2.09 2.09 2.22 2.37 41 364.3 PHI NL OF 40 68 4 0 0 1.000 .980 1.80 1.90 2.35 2.24 30 275.7 1995 34 TEX AL OF 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.00 2.73 2.32 4 33.0 1985 24 CHC NL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.67 1.89 2.04 2 19.0 1986 25 HOU NL RF 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.89 1.63 1.56 1.98 6 46.3 1987 26 HOU NL RF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.68 2.39 2.01 4 37.7 1989 28 PIT NL RF 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.70 1.36 2.11 8 66.0 1993 32 BOS AL RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.85 5.62 2.25 1 8.0 1994 33 TOT RF 54 108 3 3 1 .974 .979 2.06 1.87 2.29 2.20 51 437.0 BOS AL RF 43 88 3 3 1 .968 .980 2.12 1.88 2.25 2.20 41 364.3 PHI NL RF 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.82 1.82 2.48 2.18 10 72.7 1995 34 TEX AL RF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.62 3.00 2.03 3 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1143 2289 67 33 14 .986 .981 2.06 1.96 2.27 2.31 1042 9323.0 585 552 87# LF* 585 984 32 14 5 .986 .981 1.74 1.70 2.17 2.15 456 4220.0 CF* 552 1156 29 16 8 .987 .985 2.15 2.25 2.39 2.66 511 4462.0 RF* 87 153 4 3 1 .981 .979 1.80 1.79 2.20 2.15 75 641.0 2B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.00 5.17 0 4.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1145 2289 67 33 14 .986 .981 2.06 1.96 2.27 2.31 1042 9327
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   6  25   4   7  0  0  1   2   3   2  .280  .357  .400   3  0   2   0   0 
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   4  15   2   5  1  0  1   2   0   2  .333  .333  .600   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    CIN OAK     W   4  12   6   9  4  1  0   2   2   0  .750  .800 1.250   0  1   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  10  40   6  12  1  0  2   4   3   4  .300  .349  .475   3  0   3   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  14  52  12  21  5  1  2   6   5   4  .404  .466  .654   3  1   3   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
1990-NL-Babe Ruth Award

Stolen Bases
1986 NL-38-8
1987 NL-53-3

Singles
1987 NL-125-7

Hit By Pitch
1986 NL-5-10
1987 NL-9-2
1988 NL-8-5
1990 NL-6-6
1991 NL-7-4
1993 AL-11-5

Sac. Hits
1993 AL-11-8

Sac. Flies
1988 NL-8-7

Caught Stealing
1986 NL-14-7
1988 NL-13-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1990 NL-12.0-7

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1796) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1906) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2115) (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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  10. Dan Gladden (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 30th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed May 22, 1981.

December 16, 1985: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Jerry Mumphrey. The Chicago Cubs sent Steve Engel (July 24, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

August 18, 1989: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Glenn Wilson.

April 3, 1990: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Roesler and Jeff Richardson.

July 9, 1992: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Tom Bolton.

November 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

May 31, 1994: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Paul Quantrill to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Chamberlain and Mike Sullivan (minors).

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

May 16, 1995: Released by the Texas Rangers.

June 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Houston Astros$80,000
1987Houston Astros$110,000
1988Houston Astros$240,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$495,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$690,000
1991Boston Red Sox$1,250,000
1992Cincinnati Reds$1,600,000
1993Boston Red Sox$1,000,000
Cincinnati Reds$400,000
1994Boston Red Sox$650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,515,000

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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