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Amos Otis
Amos Joseph Otis (A.O.)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 166 lb.

Debut September 6, 1967
  vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 5, 1984
Born April 26, 1947 in Mobile, AL

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 20 NYM NL  19   59    6   13   2  0   0    1   0  4   5  13  .220  .292  .254   60   15   1   0   0   1   0
 1969 22 NYM NL  48   93    6   14   3  1   0    4   1  0   6  27  .151  .202  .204   13   19   3   0   1   0   0
 1970 23 KCR AL 159  620   91  176  36  9  11   58  33  2  68  67  .284  .353  .424  115  263   6   5   3   1   8 AS
 1971 24 KCR AL 147  555   80  167  26  4  15   79  52  8  40  74  .301  .345  .443  124  246   2   8   2   2  18 MVP-8,AS
 1972 25 KCR AL 143  540   75  158  28  2  11   54  28 12  50  59  .293  .352  .413  129  223   6   6   3   3   6 MVP-32,AS
 1973 26 KCR AL 148  583   89  175  21  4  26   93  13  9  63  47  .300  .368  .484  133  282   1   3   5   1  10 MVP-3,AS
 1974 27 KCR AL 146  552   87  157  31  9  12   73  18  5  58  67  .284  .348  .438  121  242   8  12   4   2  16
 1975 28 KCR AL 132  470   87  116  26  6   9   46  39 11  66  48  .247  .342  .385  103  181   4   4   1   4   8
 1976 29 KCR AL 153  592   93  165  40  2  18   86  26  7  55 100  .279  .341  .444  128  263   5   8   7   5  13 MVP-7,AS
 1977 30 KCR AL 142  478   85  120  20  8  17   78  23  7  71  88  .251  .342  .433  109  207   3   9   5   0  13
 1978 31 KCR AL 141  486   74  145  30  7  22   96  32  8  66  54  .298  .380  .525  150  255   1  10   7   4  10 MVP-4
 1979 32 KCR AL 151  577  100  170  28  2  18   90  30  5  68  92  .295  .369  .444  117  256   7   5   8   3  12
 1980 33 KCR AL 107  394   56   99  16  3  10   53  16  1  39  70  .251  .316  .383   91  151   2  10   0   3   9
 1981 34 KCR AL  99  372   49  100  22  3   9   57  16  7  31  59  .269  .321  .417  113  155   3   9   1   2   7
 1982 35 KCR AL 125  475   73  136  25  3  11   88   9  5  37  65  .286  .335  .421  107  200   1   9   3   2  17
 1983 36 KCR AL  98  356   35   93  16  3   4   41   5  2  27  63  .261  .313  .357   84  127   0   1   3   0   7
 1984 37 PIT NL  40   97    6   16   4  0   0   10   0  0   7  15  .165  .213  .206   18   20   1   4   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7299      2020     66     1007     93    1008  .277  .343  .425  114       54 103  53  33 158
               1998      1092      374    193      341    757                            3105
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   89  164  30  5  16   82  28  8  61  82  .277  .343  .425  114  252   4   8   4   3  13
 Career High    159  620  100  176  40  9  26   96  52 12  71 100  .301  .380  .525  150  282   8  12   8   5  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 20 NYM NL   66   51    4   2.1    89| .220  .256| .292  .318| .254  .375| .546  .693|  60  .241  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1969 22 NYM NL  102   82    4   1.3    96| .151  .262| .202  .332| .204  .388| .406  .720|  13  .107 -11.2  -1.2 100%
 1970 23 KCR AL  700  465  102   5.9    97| .284  .257| .353  .331| .424  .392| .777  .723| 115  .641  13.4   1.4  94%
 1971 24 KCR AL  607  424   87   5.5    91| .301  .254| .345  .326| .443  .377| .788  .702| 124  .640  16.4   1.7  86%
 1972 25 KCR AL  605  412   82   5.4    82| .293  .245| .352  .314| .413  .354| .765  .668| 129  .670  19.9   2.2  70%
 1973 26 KCR AL  651  431  103   6.4    98| .300  .266| .368  .336| .484  .391| .852  .727| 133  .671  24.9   2.5  59%
 1974 27 KCR AL  632  436   86   5.3    93| .284  .264| .348  .329| .438  .380| .786  .709| 121  .612  16.1   1.7  78%
 1975 28 KCR AL  548  381   68   4.8    95| .247  .261| .342  .332| .385  .384| .727  .716| 103  .549   3.4   0.3  78%
 1976 29 KCR AL  665  460   92   5.4    87| .279  .258| .341  .323| .444  .364| .785  .687| 128  .636  21.2   2.2  78%
 1977 30 KCR AL  561  390   74   5.1   102| .251  .269| .342  .333| .433  .409| .775  .742| 109  .542   6.9   0.7  76%
 1978 31 KCR AL  567  370  102   7.4    96| .298  .264| .380  .330| .525  .390| .905  .720| 150  .727  34.1   3.4  80%
 1979 32 KCR AL  660  436  100   6.1   104| .295  .272| .369  .337| .444  .412| .813  .749| 117  .617  15.3   1.5  85%
 1980 33 KCR AL  448  317   52   4.4    99| .251  .269| .316  .331| .383  .399| .699  .730|  91  .482  -4.0  -0.4  94%
 1981 34 KCR AL  417  298   51   4.6    88| .269  .255| .321  .319| .417  .371| .738  .690| 113  .553   6.6   0.7  69%
 1982 35 KCR AL  524  371   64   4.6    98| .286  .264| .335  .328| .421  .402| .756  .730| 107  .505   5.0   0.5  64%
 1983 36 KCR AL  384  273   39   3.8    98| .261  .266| .313  .328| .357  .401| .670  .728|  84  .422  -8.0  -0.8  71%
 1984 37 PIT NL  109   90    4   1.2    95| .165  .264| .213  .330| .206  .384| .419  .714|  18  .092 -10.4  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8246 5687 1114   5.3    95| .277  .262| .343  .329| .425  .387| .768  .715| 114  .593 146.7  15.0  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1967 20 NYM NL OF 16 22 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.50 1.81 1.55 2.03 16 139.7 CF 14 15 2 0 1 1.000 .983 1.21 2.04 1.31 2.30 14 116.7 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.77 1.38 2.01 1 13.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.50 2.70 1.71 1 10.0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1969 22 NYM NL OF 35 46 3 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.75 2.33 2.02 17 189.0 CF 19 32 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.74 2.04 2.48 2.27 12 120.0 LF 16 14 0 0 0 1.000 .959 0.88 1.28 1.83 1.64 5 69.0 3B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 2.63 2.45 2.90 3 22.0 1970 23 KCR AL CF 159 387 16 4 6 .990 .985 2.53 2.30 2.57 2.62 158 1413.7 AS 1971 24 KCR AL CF 144 401 10 4 4 .990 .983 2.85 2.32 2.98 2.73 142 1241.3 GG,AS 1972 25 KCR AL CF 137 352 7 3 3 .992 .987 2.62 2.29 2.72 2.65 137 1190.0 AS 1973 26 KCR AL CF 135 330 10 5 4 .986 .983 2.52 2.54 2.64 2.78 134 1160.3 GG,AS DH 14 AS 1974 27 KCR AL CF 143 422 8 6 3 .986 .986 3.01 2.63 3.08 2.93 140 1257.7 GG DH 2 1975 28 KCR AL CF 130 311 9 4 3 .988 .983 2.46 2.52 2.62 2.84 121 1098.0 1976 29 KCR AL CF 152 374 5 3 1 .992 .984 2.49 2.60 2.57 2.98 151 1326.0 AS 1977 30 KCR AL CF 140 324 10 3 0 .991 .983 2.39 2.49 2.54 2.83 129 1181.3 1978 31 KCR AL CF 136 383 9 2 1 .995 .984 2.88 2.64 3.06 2.97 133 1151.7 DH 1 1979 32 KCR AL CF 146 383 11 3 5 .992 .983 2.70 2.62 2.80 2.92 143 1266.3 DH 4 1980 33 KCR AL CF 105 307 6 4 1 .987 .983 2.98 2.65 3.09 2.92 104 912.7 1981 34 KCR AL OF 97 294 6 2 1 .993 .983 3.09 2.16 3.10 2.48 97 870.3 CF 86 257 4 0 1 1.000 .988 3.03 2.61 3.10 2.90 84 758.3 LF 12 34 2 2 1 .947 .978 3.00 1.99 3.12 2.38 12 104.0 RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.38 2.14 1 8.0 DH 1 1982 35 KCR AL CF 125 311 6 1 1 .997 .985 2.54 2.49 2.70 2.84 124 1055.7 1983 36 KCR AL OF 96 233 6 1 1 .996 .981 2.49 2.16 2.66 2.50 96 809.3 CF 55 154 4 0 1 1.000 .987 2.87 2.56 3.06 2.93 55 465.0 RF 41 83 2 1 0 .988 .978 2.07 1.85 2.22 2.25 41 344.3 DH 1 1984 37 PIT NL LF 32 48 5 2 0 .964 .971 1.66 1.53 2.15 2.03 24 222.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 20 NYM NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1969 22 NYM NL 3B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 2.63 2.45 2.90 3 22.0 1967 20 NYM NL CF 14 15 2 0 1 1.000 .983 1.21 2.04 1.31 2.30 14 116.7 1969 22 NYM NL CF 19 32 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.74 2.04 2.48 2.27 12 120.0 1970 23 KCR AL CF 159 387 16 4 6 .990 .985 2.53 2.30 2.57 2.62 158 1413.7 1971 24 KCR AL CF 144 401 10 4 4 .990 .983 2.85 2.32 2.98 2.73 142 1241.3 1972 25 KCR AL CF 137 352 7 3 3 .992 .987 2.62 2.29 2.72 2.65 137 1190.0 1973 26 KCR AL CF 135 330 10 5 4 .986 .983 2.52 2.54 2.64 2.78 134 1160.3 1974 27 KCR AL CF 143 422 8 6 3 .986 .986 3.01 2.63 3.08 2.93 140 1257.7 1975 28 KCR AL CF 130 311 9 4 3 .988 .983 2.46 2.52 2.62 2.84 121 1098.0 1976 29 KCR AL CF 152 374 5 3 1 .992 .984 2.49 2.60 2.57 2.98 151 1326.0 1977 30 KCR AL CF 140 324 10 3 0 .991 .983 2.39 2.49 2.54 2.83 129 1181.3 1978 31 KCR AL CF 136 383 9 2 1 .995 .984 2.88 2.64 3.06 2.97 133 1151.7 1979 32 KCR AL CF 146 383 11 3 5 .992 .983 2.70 2.62 2.80 2.92 143 1266.3 1980 33 KCR AL CF 105 307 6 4 1 .987 .983 2.98 2.65 3.09 2.92 104 912.7 1981 34 KCR AL CF 86 257 4 0 1 1.000 .988 3.03 2.61 3.10 2.90 84 758.3 1982 35 KCR AL CF 125 311 6 1 1 .997 .985 2.54 2.49 2.70 2.84 124 1055.7 1983 36 KCR AL CF 55 154 4 0 1 1.000 .987 2.87 2.56 3.06 2.93 55 465.0 1973 26 KCR AL DH 14 1974 27 KCR AL DH 2 1978 31 KCR AL DH 1 1979 32 KCR AL DH 4 1981 34 KCR AL DH 1 1983 36 KCR AL DH 1 1967 20 NYM NL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.50 2.70 1.71 1 10.0 1969 22 NYM NL LF 16 14 0 0 0 1.000 .959 0.88 1.28 1.83 1.64 5 69.0 1981 34 KCR AL LF 12 34 2 2 1 .947 .978 3.00 1.99 3.12 2.38 12 104.0 1984 37 PIT NL LF 32 48 5 2 0 .964 .971 1.66 1.53 2.15 2.03 24 222.3 1967 20 NYM NL OF 16 22 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.50 1.81 1.55 2.03 16 139.7 1969 22 NYM NL OF 35 46 3 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.75 2.33 2.02 17 189.0 1970 23 KCR AL OF 159 388 15 4 6 .990 .980 2.53 1.85 2.57 2.14 158 1413.7 1971 24 KCR AL OF 144 404 10 4 4 .990 .982 2.88 1.96 3.00 2.24 142 1241.3 1972 25 KCR AL OF 137 351 6 3 3 .992 .983 2.61 1.91 2.70 2.22 137 1190.0 1973 26 KCR AL OF 135 330 10 5 4 .986 .979 2.52 2.02 2.64 2.29 134 1160.3 1974 27 KCR AL OF 143 425 8 6 3 .986 .980 3.03 2.12 3.10 2.41 140 1257.7 1975 28 KCR AL OF 130 310 9 4 3 .988 .979 2.45 2.10 2.61 2.37 121 1098.0 1976 29 KCR AL OF 152 373 5 3 1 .992 .981 2.49 2.21 2.57 2.47 151 1326.0 1977 30 KCR AL OF 140 326 10 3 0 .991 .978 2.40 2.03 2.56 2.34 129 1181.3 1978 31 KCR AL OF 136 382 9 2 1 .995 .979 2.88 2.13 3.06 2.47 133 1151.7 1979 32 KCR AL OF 146 385 11 3 5 .992 .981 2.71 2.13 2.81 2.46 143 1266.3 1980 33 KCR AL OF 105 310 6 4 1 .988 .979 3.01 2.15 3.12 2.47 104 912.7 1981 34 KCR AL OF 97 294 6 2 1 .993 .983 3.09 2.16 3.10 2.48 97 870.3 1982 35 KCR AL OF 125 308 5 1 1 .997 .982 2.50 2.15 2.67 2.47 124 1055.7 1983 36 KCR AL OF 96 233 6 1 1 .996 .981 2.49 2.16 2.66 2.50 96 809.3 1984 37 PIT NL OF 32 49 5 2 0 .964 .978 1.69 1.91 2.19 2.27 24 222.3 1967 20 NYM NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.77 1.38 2.01 1 13.0 1981 34 KCR AL RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.38 2.14 1 8.0 1983 36 KCR AL RF 41 83 2 1 0 .988 .978 2.07 1.85 2.22 2.25 41 344.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1928 4936 126 47 35 .991 .980 2.63 2.06 2.76 2.36 1866 16485.3 62 1826 45# CF*1826 4743 118 42 35 .991 .984 2.66 2.50 2.78 2.83 1781 15714.7 LF* 62 99 7 4 1 .964 .972 1.71 1.55 2.35 2.05 42 405.3 RF* 45 88 2 1 0 .989 .978 2.00 1.84 2.22 2.24 43 365.3 DH 23 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 4 4 3 1 0 .875 .946 1.75 2.67 2.62 2.93 3 24.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1932 4940 129 48 35 .991 .980 2.62 2.06 2.76 2.36 1869 16509
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   5  16   1   2  1  0  0   2   2   3  .125  .222  .188   2  0   0   0   0 
 1978   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   4  14   2   6  2  0  0   1   3   5  .429  .529  .571   4  0   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   3  12   2   4  1  0  0   0   0   3  .333  .333  .417   2  1   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   6  23   4  11  2  0  3   7   3   3  .478  .538  .957   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   3  12   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3  13  43   5  12  4  0  0   3   5  11  .279  .354  .372   8  1   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   1-5  22  78   9  23  6  0  3  11   8  18  .295  .360  .487   8  1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1970   KCR AL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1971   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1972   KCR AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1973   KCR AL   *   2   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1976   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/5      1   7   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   1   1  0   0   0   0  .286  .286  .286 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1970 *
1971 *
1972
1973 (CF)
1976 *

Gold Gloves
1971-AL--OF
1973-AL--OF
1974-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-8-0.20
1972-AL-32-0.00
1973-AL-3-0.33
1976-AL-7-0.17
1978-AL-4-0.23
Car-255-0.93 shares

Batting Average
1971 AL-.301-6
1972 AL-.293-9
1973 AL-.300-7
1978 AL-.298-7

On-base %
1978 AL-.380-6

Slugging %
1973 AL-.484-8
1978 AL-.525-4

OPS
1973 AL-.851-9
1978 AL-.905-3

Games
1970 AL-159-8

At Bats
1970 AL-620-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1970 AL-700-6

Runs
1972 AL-75-9
1973 AL-89-8
1974 AL-87-4
1975 AL-87-9
1976 AL-93-5
1979 AL-100-10

Hits
1970 AL-176-7
1971 AL-167-6
1972 AL-158-6
1973 AL-175-6

Total Bases
1971 AL-246-9
1973 AL-282-6
1976 AL-263-7

Doubles
1970 AL-36-1
1971 AL-26-8
1972 AL-28-6
1974 AL-31-8
1976 AL-40-1

Triples
1970 AL-9-3
1974 AL-9-2
1975 AL-6-9

Home Runs
1973 AL-26-5

RBI
1973 AL-93-9
1978 AL-96-8

Stolen Bases
1970 AL-33-5
1971 AL-52-1
1972 AL-28-5
1975 AL-39-3
1978 AL-32-9
1981 AL-16-9

Singles
1971 AL-122-5
1972 AL-117-7

Adjusted OPS+
1978 AL-150-5

Runs Created
1970 AL-102-9
1973 AL-103-6
1976 AL-92-6
1978 AL-102-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1978 AL-34-5

Batting Wins
1978 AL-3.4-5

Extra-Base Hits
1973 AL-51-9
1974 AL-52-10
1976 AL-60-2
1978 AL-59-8

Times on Base
1970 AL-245-10
1973 AL-239-10

Offensive Win%
1973 AL-.671-7
1978 AL-.727-2

Sac. Flies
1971 AL-8-5
1972 AL-6-9
1974 AL-12-2
1977 AL-9-6
1978 AL-10-5
1980 AL-10-2
1981 AL-9-2
1982 AL-9-3
Car-103-22

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-7-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1971 AL-18-8

Caught Stealing
1972 AL-12-5

Power/Speed Number
1970 AL-16.5-9
1971 AL-23.3-1
1972 AL-15.8-6
1973 AL-17.3-3
1974 AL-14.4-9
1975 AL-14.6-8
1976 AL-21.3-4
1977 AL-19.6-8
1978 AL-26.1-3
1979 AL-22.5-4
1981 AL-11.5-5
Car-246.5-47

At Bats per Strikeout
1973 AL-12.4-5

Outs
1970 AL-465-9

Youngest Player
1967 NL-20-9

   

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (332) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 91 (256) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.4 (333) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.0 (426) (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. Dusty Baker (910)
  6. Johnny Damon (909)
  7. Marquis Grissom (903)
  8. Ken Griffey (903)
  9. Felipe Alou (900)
  10. Minnie Minoso (899)
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  1. Brian McRae (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dan Driessen (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lenny Dykstra (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Kotsay (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Kotsay (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Kotsay (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Kotsay (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Von Hayes (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Andy Van Slyke (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Matthews (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Claudell Washington (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Claudell Washington (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Marquis Grissom (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Marquis Grissom (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Finley (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

November 29, 1966: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.

December 3, 1969: Traded by the New York Mets with Bob Johnson to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 5, 1984: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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