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Frank Howard
Frank Oliver Howard (Hondo or Capital Punisher)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 255 lb.
School Ohio State University

Debut September 10, 1958
  vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1973
Born August 8, 1936 in Columbus, OH

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 21 LAD NL   8   29    3    7   1  0   1    2   0  0   1  11  .241  .267  .379   66   11   0   0   0   0   1
 1959 22 LAD NL   9   21    2    3   0  1   1    6   0  0   2   9  .143  .217  .381   51    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 23 LAD NL 117  448   54  120  15  2  23   77   0  1  32 108  .268  .320  .464  107  208   2   2   1   3   8 RoY-1
 1961 24 LAD NL  92  267   36   79  10  2  15   45   0  1  21  50  .296  .347  .517  119  138   1   2   3   1  12
 1962 25 LAD NL 141  493   80  146  25  6  31  119   1  0  39 108  .296  .346  .560  147  276   1   4  10   1  18 MVP-9
 1963 26 LAD NL 123  417   58  114  16  1  28   64   1  2  33 116  .273  .330  .518  149  216   2   3   4   4   7
 1964 27 LAD NL 134  433   60   98  13  2  24   69   1  0  51 113  .226  .303  .432  111  187   1   7  10   0  14
 1965 28 WSA AL 149  516   53  149  22  6  21   84   0  0  55 112  .289  .358  .477  138  246   0   2   2   2   9 MVP-29
 1966 29 WSA AL 146  493   52  137  19  4  18   71   1  1  53 104  .278  .348  .442  127  218   0   2   6   1  14
 1967 30 WSA AL 149  519   71  133  20  2  36   89   0  1  60 155  .256  .338  .511  153  265   0   1   7   5  14
 1968 31 WSA AL 158  598   79  164  28  3  44  106   0  0  54 141  .274  .338  .552  170  330   0   5  12   6  13 MVP-8,AS
 1969 32 WSA AL 161  592  111  175  17  2  48  111   1  0 102  96  .296  .402  .574  178  340   0   3  19   5  29 MVP-4,AS
 1970 33 WSA AL 161  566   90  160  15  1  44  126   1  2 132 125  .283  .416  .546  170  309   0   6  29   2  23 MVP-5,AS
 1971 34 WSA AL 153  549   60  153  25  2  26   83   1  0  77 121  .279  .367  .474  144  260   0   5  20   2  29 AS
 1972 35 TOT AL 109  320   29   78  10  0  10   38   1  0  46  63  .244  .340  .369  114  118   0   1   8   1  16
         TEX AL  95  287   28   70   9  0   9   31   1  0  42  55  .244  .341  .369  116  106   0   1   8   1  16
         DET AL  14   33    1    8   1  0   1    7   0  0   4   8  .242  .324  .364  103   12   0   0   0   0   0
 1973 36 DET AL  85  227   26   58   9  1  12   29   0  1  24  28  .256  .327  .463  115  105   0   0   4   0  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         6488      1774     35     1119      9    1460  .273  .352  .499  142        7  43 135  33 219
               1895       864      245    382        8    782                            3235
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        555   74  152  21  3  33   96   1  1  67 125  .273  .352  .499  142  277   1   4  12   3  19
 Career High    161  598  111  175  28  6  48  126   1  2 132 155  .296  .416  .574  178  340   2   7  29   6  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 21 LAD NL   30   23    3   3.5   109| .241  .274| .267  .343| .379  .428| .646  .771|  66  .372  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1959 22 LAD NL   23   18    2   3.0   111| .143  .278| .217  .345| .381  .430| .598  .776|  51  .308  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1960 23 LAD NL  487  341   66   5.2   104| .268  .270| .320  .337| .464  .414| .784  .751| 107  .580   2.4   0.2   0%
 1961 24 LAD NL  292  204   44   5.8   112| .296  .279| .347  .347| .517  .435| .864  .782| 119  .596   6.4   0.6   0%
 1962 25 LAD NL  538  370   90   6.5    97| .296  .261| .346  .328| .560  .397| .906  .724| 147  .657  30.0   2.9 100%
 1963 26 LAD NL  459  317   70   5.9    84| .273  .246| .330  .307| .518  .368| .848  .675| 149  .682  24.4   2.6  33%
 1964 27 LAD NL  492  357   56   4.2    88| .226  .255| .303  .312| .432  .379| .735  .690| 111  .513   6.8   0.7 100%
 1965 28 WSA AL  575  378   90   6.4    90| .289  .248| .358  .318| .477  .381| .835  .699| 138  .700  25.0   2.6   0%
 1966 29 WSA AL  549  373   74   5.4    89| .278  .247| .348  .314| .442  .381| .790  .695| 127  .640  17.2   1.8  50%
 1967 30 WSA AL  585  402   88   5.9    81| .256  .239| .338  .307| .511  .358| .849  .665| 153  .699  32.6   3.5   0%
 1968 31 WSA AL  663  452  110   6.5    77| .274  .235| .338  .303| .552  .347| .890  .651| 170  .757  47.7   5.3   0%
 1969 32 WSA AL  702  449  132   7.9    90| .296  .247| .402  .323| .574  .373| .976  .696| 178  .760  62.5   6.3 100%
 1970 33 WSA AL  706  437  130   8.0    93| .283  .252| .416  .325| .546  .385| .962  .710| 170  .757  59.5   5.9  33%
 1971 34 WSA AL  633  430   89   5.6    87| .279  .248| .367  .319| .474  .368| .841  .687| 144  .644  32.4   3.4 100%
 1972 35 TOT AL  368  259   38   3.9    80| .244  .243| .340  .311| .369  .351| .709  .661| 114  .537   6.7   0.7 100%
         TEX AL  331  234   34   3.9    80| .244  .242| .341  .310| .369  .349| .710  .659| 116  .534   6.6   0.7 100%
         DET AL   37   25    4   4.3    85| .242  .250| .324  .319| .364  .361| .688  .680| 103  .577   0.1   0.0   0%
 1973 36 DET AL  251  182   30   4.4    98| .256  .266| .327  .336| .463  .391| .790  .727| 115  .508   3.7   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     7353 4992 1112   6.0    90| .273  .251| .352  .319| .499  .379| .851  .698| 142  .670 353.9  36.5  47%

* 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 ------+
1958 21 LAD NL OF 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.95 2.13 2.26 8 55.0 RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.72 2.18 2.02 5 33.0 LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.53 2.05 2.00 3 22.0 1959 22 LAD NL OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 2.14 2.21 5 42.0 LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.60 2.42 2.04 3 26.0 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.69 1.97 2 16.0 1960 23 LAD NL OF 115 177 8 3 1 .984 .978 1.61 1.92 1.67 2.20 112 999.3 RF 94 157 7 1 1 .994 .979 1.74 1.76 1.80 1.98 91 821.3 LF 22 22 1 2 0 .920 .975 1.05 1.55 1.16 1.99 21 178.0 1B 4 19 3 1 2 .957 .991 5.50 8.20 12.38 9.56 1 16.0 1961 24 LAD NL OF 65 79 6 6 0 .934 .977 1.31 1.86 1.57 2.16 61 487.0 RF 47 61 3 6 0 .914 .974 1.36 1.60 1.63 1.93 45 353.0 LF 19 19 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.11 1.50 1.41 1.88 16 134.0 1B 7 43 4 2 2 .959 .989 6.71 8.57 10.32 9.81 5 41.0 1962 25 LAD NL OF 131 187 19 6 4 .972 .974 1.57 1.79 1.67 2.07 127 1108.3 RF 128 182 16 6 4 .971 .975 1.55 1.65 1.68 1.90 122 1062.7 LF 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.67 1.37 1.18 1.81 5 45.7 1963 26 LAD NL OF 111 190 4 8 0 .960 .977 1.75 1.75 1.84 2.01 107 947.3 RF 107 181 4 8 0 .959 .976 1.73 1.61 1.82 1.83 104 915.0 LF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.38 2.23 1.81 3 32.3 1964 27 LAD NL RF 122 179 3 4 0 .978 .974 1.49 1.62 1.64 1.90 121 996.3 1965 28 WSA AL LF 138 204 5 4 0 .981 .979 1.51 1.49 1.73 1.87 138 1089.0 OF 138 204 5 4 0 .981 .978 1.51 1.78 1.71 2.04 138 1099.0 RF 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 1.57 0.90 1.89 0 10.0 1966 29 WSA AL LF 135 215 6 4 1 .982 .980 1.64 1.45 1.91 1.83 134 1039.0 1967 30 WSA AL OF 141 210 5 3 1 .986 .980 1.52 1.76 1.78 2.05 140 1086.0 LF 141 206 5 3 1 .986 .976 1.50 1.40 1.75 1.87 140 1082.3 1B 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 .994 4.00 8.32 8.47 9.53 2 17.0 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.57 0.00 1.70 0 3.7 1968 31 WSA AL LF 107 168 11 8 1 .957 .978 1.67 1.45 1.79 1.85 105 899.3 AS 1B 55 416 41 11 38 .976 .989 8.31 8.32 9.38 9.59 51 438.3 AS 1969 32 WSA AL OF 114 147 3 4 0 .974 .978 1.32 1.84 1.50 2.13 112 898.3 AS LF 108 137 3 4 0 .972 .978 1.30 1.60 1.47 1.99 106 854.7 AS 1B 70 455 31 10 38 .980 .992 6.94 8.33 9.91 9.63 47 441.3 AS RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.60 1.24 1.92 6 43.7 AS 1970 33 WSA AL OF 120 172 6 5 4 .973 .980 1.48 1.85 1.64 2.14 118 979.3 AS LF 114 169 5 5 4 .972 .978 1.53 1.48 1.68 1.81 112 932.3 AS 1B 48 429 25 6 37 .987 .991 9.46 8.14 10.34 9.59 42 395.3 AS RF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.58 0.77 1.97 6 47.0 AS 1971 34 WSA AL OF 100 141 7 1 0 .993 .982 1.48 1.96 1.64 2.24 100 810.7 AS LF 95 137 7 1 0 .993 .981 1.52 1.60 1.68 1.93 95 771.7 AS 1B 68 414 58 4 40 .992 .992 6.94 8.10 9.96 9.59 48 426.7 AS RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.70 1.15 2.05 5 39.0 AS 1972 35 TOT AL 1B 76 495 32 12 44 .978 .991 6.93 8.04 8.81 9.75 64 538.3 TOT AL OF 22 26 0 1 0 .963 .985 1.18 1.91 1.40 2.22 21 167.7 TOT AL LF 21 24 0 1 0 .960 .980 1.14 1.53 1.34 1.89 20 160.7 TEX AL 1B 66 440 27 9 39 .981 .991 7.08 8.04 8.88 9.75 55 473.3 OF 21 25 0 1 0 .962 .984 1.19 1.91 1.35 2.22 21 166.7 LF 20 23 0 1 0 .958 .979 1.15 1.53 1.30 1.89 20 159.7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.57 2.06 1 7.0 DET AL 1B 10 55 5 3 5 .952 .992 6.00 8.04 8.31 9.75 9 65.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1973 36 DET AL DH 76 1B 2 12 0 1 0 .923 .992 6.00 8.25 12.00 9.90 1 9.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 23 LAD NL 1B 4 19 3 1 2 .957 .991 5.50 8.20 12.38 9.56 1 16.0 1961 24 LAD NL 1B 7 43 4 2 2 .959 .989 6.71 8.57 10.32 9.81 5 41.0 1967 30 WSA AL 1B 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 .994 4.00 8.32 8.47 9.53 2 17.0 1968 31 WSA AL 1B 55 416 41 11 38 .976 .989 8.31 8.32 9.38 9.59 51 438.3 1969 32 WSA AL 1B 70 455 31 10 38 .980 .992 6.94 8.33 9.91 9.63 47 441.3 1970 33 WSA AL 1B 48 429 25 6 37 .987 .991 9.46 8.14 10.34 9.59 42 395.3 1971 34 WSA AL 1B 68 414 58 4 40 .992 .992 6.94 8.10 9.96 9.59 48 426.7 1972 35 TOT AL 1B 76 495 32 12 44 .978 .991 6.93 8.04 8.81 9.75 64 538.3 TEX AL 1B 66 440 27 9 39 .981 .991 7.08 8.04 8.88 9.75 55 473.3 DET AL 1B 10 55 5 3 5 .952 .992 6.00 8.04 8.31 9.75 9 65.0 1973 36 DET AL 1B 2 12 0 1 0 .923 .992 6.00 8.25 12.00 9.90 1 9.0 1973 36 DET AL DH 76 1958 21 LAD NL LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.53 2.05 2.00 3 22.0 1959 22 LAD NL LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.60 2.42 2.04 3 26.0 1960 23 LAD NL LF 22 22 1 2 0 .920 .975 1.05 1.55 1.16 1.99 21 178.0 1961 24 LAD NL LF 19 19 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.11 1.50 1.41 1.88 16 134.0 1962 25 LAD NL LF 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.67 1.37 1.18 1.81 5 45.7 1963 26 LAD NL LF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.38 2.23 1.81 3 32.3 1965 28 WSA AL LF 138 204 5 4 0 .981 .979 1.51 1.49 1.73 1.87 138 1089.0 1966 29 WSA AL LF 135 215 6 4 1 .982 .980 1.64 1.45 1.91 1.83 134 1039.0 1967 30 WSA AL LF 141 206 5 3 1 .986 .976 1.50 1.40 1.75 1.87 140 1082.3 1968 31 WSA AL LF 107 168 11 8 1 .957 .978 1.67 1.45 1.79 1.85 105 899.3 1969 32 WSA AL LF 108 137 3 4 0 .972 .978 1.30 1.60 1.47 1.99 106 854.7 1970 33 WSA AL LF 114 169 5 5 4 .972 .978 1.53 1.48 1.68 1.81 112 932.3 1971 34 WSA AL LF 95 137 7 1 0 .993 .981 1.52 1.60 1.68 1.93 95 771.7 1972 35 TOT AL LF 21 24 0 1 0 .960 .980 1.14 1.53 1.34 1.89 20 160.7 TEX AL LF 20 23 0 1 0 .958 .979 1.15 1.53 1.30 1.89 20 159.7 DET AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1973 36 DET AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1958 21 LAD NL OF 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.95 2.13 2.26 8 55.0 1959 22 LAD NL OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 2.14 2.21 5 42.0 1960 23 LAD NL OF 115 177 8 3 1 .984 .978 1.61 1.92 1.67 2.20 112 999.3 1961 24 LAD NL OF 65 79 6 6 0 .934 .977 1.31 1.86 1.57 2.16 61 487.0 1962 25 LAD NL OF 131 187 19 6 4 .972 .974 1.57 1.79 1.67 2.07 127 1108.3 1963 26 LAD NL OF 111 190 4 8 0 .960 .977 1.75 1.75 1.84 2.01 107 947.3 1964 27 LAD NL OF 122 183 2 4 0 .979 .973 1.52 1.72 1.67 1.99 121 996.3 1965 28 WSA AL OF 138 204 5 4 0 .981 .978 1.51 1.78 1.71 2.04 138 1099.0 1966 29 WSA AL OF 135 216 5 4 1 .982 .982 1.64 1.82 1.91 2.10 134 1039.0 1967 30 WSA AL OF 141 210 5 3 1 .986 .980 1.52 1.76 1.78 2.05 140 1086.0 1968 31 WSA AL OF 107 160 11 8 1 .955 .981 1.60 1.80 1.71 2.08 105 899.3 1969 32 WSA AL OF 114 147 3 4 0 .974 .978 1.32 1.84 1.50 2.13 112 898.3 1970 33 WSA AL OF 120 172 6 5 4 .973 .980 1.48 1.85 1.64 2.14 118 979.3 1971 34 WSA AL OF 100 141 7 1 0 .993 .982 1.48 1.96 1.64 2.24 100 810.7 1972 35 TOT AL OF 22 26 0 1 0 .963 .985 1.18 1.91 1.40 2.22 21 167.7 TEX AL OF 21 25 0 1 0 .962 .984 1.19 1.91 1.35 2.22 21 166.7 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1958 21 LAD NL RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.72 2.18 2.02 5 33.0 1959 22 LAD NL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.69 1.97 2 16.0 1960 23 LAD NL RF 94 157 7 1 1 .994 .979 1.74 1.76 1.80 1.98 91 821.3 1961 24 LAD NL RF 47 61 3 6 0 .914 .974 1.36 1.60 1.63 1.93 45 353.0 1962 25 LAD NL RF 128 182 16 6 4 .971 .975 1.55 1.65 1.68 1.90 122 1062.7 1963 26 LAD NL RF 107 181 4 8 0 .959 .976 1.73 1.61 1.82 1.83 104 915.0 1964 27 LAD NL RF 122 179 3 4 0 .978 .974 1.49 1.62 1.64 1.90 121 996.3 1965 28 WSA AL RF 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 1.57 0.90 1.89 0 10.0 1967 30 WSA AL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.57 0.00 1.70 0 3.7 1969 32 WSA AL RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.60 1.24 1.92 6 43.7 1970 33 WSA AL RF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.58 0.77 1.97 6 47.0 1971 34 WSA AL RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.70 1.15 2.05 5 39.0 1972 35 TEX AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.57 2.06 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1435 2114 82 57 12 .975 .978 1.53 1.82 1.70 2.10 1409 11614.7 923 0 533# LF* 923 1325 47 32 7 .977 .978 1.49 1.49 1.70 1.88 901 7268.0 RF* 533 788 34 25 5 .970 .976 1.54 1.65 1.70 1.91 508 4347.7 1B* 334 2298 195 47 201 .981 .991 7.46 8.19 9.66 9.64 261 2323.0 DH 76 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1769 4412 277 104 213 .978 .985 2.65 3.02 3.03 3.35 1670 13938
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1963   WS    LAD NYY     W   3  10   2   3  1  0  1   1   0   2  .300  .300  .700   0  0   0   0   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   WSA AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1969   WSA AL   *   1   1   1  0  0  1   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1970   WSA AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1971   WSA AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      3   6   1   1  0  0  1   1   1   2   0  0   0   0   0  .167  .286  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1968 (RF)
1969 (LF)
1970 (LF)
1971 *

Awards
1960-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-NL-9-0.11
1965-AL-29-0.01
1968-AL-8-0.22
1969-AL-4-0.34
1970-AL-5-0.27
Car-248-0.95 shares

Batting Average
1965 AL-.289-6
1966 AL-.278-9
1968 AL-.274-10
1969 AL-.296-8

On-base %
1965 AL-.358-9
1969 AL-.402-6
1970 AL-.416-2

Slugging %
1962 NL-.560-4
1965 AL-.477-7
1967 AL-.511-5
1968 AL-.552-1
1969 AL-.574-4
1970 AL-.546-4
1971 AL-.474-10

OPS
1962 NL-.906-6
1965 AL-.835-8
1967 AL-.849-6
1968 AL-.890-3
1969 AL-.976-4
1970 AL-.962-2

Games
1968 AL-158-6
1969 AL-161-4
1970 AL-161-3

At Bats
1968 AL-598-8
1969 AL-592-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1968 AL-663-9
1969 AL-702-4
1970 AL-706-5

Runs
1968 AL-79-8
1969 AL-111-2

Hits
1968 AL-164-3
1969 AL-175-4

Total Bases
1965 AL-246-10
1967 AL-265-4
1968 AL-330-1
1969 AL-340-1
1970 AL-309-4
1971 AL-260-6

Doubles
1968 AL-28-7

Triples
1965 AL-6-10

Home Runs
1960 NL-23-9
1962 NL-31-7
1963 NL-28-5
1964 NL-24-9
1967 AL-36-3
1968 AL-44-1
1969 AL-48-2
1970 AL-44-1
1971 AL-26-9
Car-382-55

RBI
1962 NL-119-5
1965 AL-84-7
1967 AL-89-4
1968 AL-106-2
1969 AL-111-5
1970 AL-126-1

Bases on Balls
1969 AL-102-4
1970 AL-132-1

Strikeouts
1960 NL-108-3
1962 NL-108-2
1963 NL-116-7
1964 NL-113-4
1965 AL-112-6
1966 AL-104-10
1967 AL-155-1
1968 AL-141-3
1970 AL-125-4
1971 AL-121-2
Car-1460-50

Adjusted OPS+
1962 NL-147-5
1965 AL-138-7
1967 AL-153-6
1968 AL-170-2
1969 AL-178-2
1970 AL-170-2
1971 AL-144-9
Car-142-61

Runs Created
1965 AL-90-9
1967 AL-88-9
1968 AL-110-2
1969 AL-132-3
1970 AL-130-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1962 NL-30-7
1965 AL-25-9
1967 AL-33-8
1968 AL-48-2
1969 AL-62-3
1970 AL-60-2
1971 AL-32-6
Car-354-90

Batting Wins
1962 NL-2.9-7
1965 AL-2.6-9
1967 AL-3.5-8
1968 AL-5.3-2
1969 AL-6.3-3
1970 AL-5.9-2
1971 AL-3.4-6
Car-36.5-82

Extra-Base Hits
1962 NL-62-6
1967 AL-58-4
1968 AL-75-1
1969 AL-67-5
1970 AL-60-8
1971 AL-53-6

Times on Base
1968 AL-224-7
1969 AL-282-3
1970 AL-294-2

Offensive Win%
1965 AL-.700-7
1968 AL-.757-2
1969 AL-.760-5
1970 AL-.757-3

Hit By Pitch
1968 AL-6-10

Sac. Flies
1964 NL-7-2
1968 AL-5-10

Intentional Walks
1962 NL-10-7
1968 AL-12-4
1969 AL-19-3
1970 AL-29-1
1971 AL-20-1
Car-135-56

Grounded into Double Plays
1962 NL-18-4
1969 AL-29-1
1970 AL-23-4
1971 AL-29-1
1972 AL-16-9
Car-219-55

At Bats per Home Run
1960 NL-19.5-7
1962 NL-15.9-4
1967 AL-14.4-3
1968 AL-13.6-1
1969 AL-12.3-3
1970 AL-12.9-2
Car-17.0-47

         

Black Ink: Batting - 17 (130) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 121 (157) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.3 (370) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 61.0 (303) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1964: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with a player to be named later, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, and Pete Richert to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy, and $100,000. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Dick Nen (December 15, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

August 31, 1972: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Texas Rangers.

October 25, 1973: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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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