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Luis Polonia
Luis Andrew (Almonte) Polonia

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 8", Weight 152 lb.

Debut April 24, 1987
  vs. SEA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 2000
Born October 12, 1963 in Santiago, D.R.

Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1984. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 23 OAK AL 125  435   78  125  16 10   4   49  29  7  32  64  .287  .335  .398  100  173   1   1   1   0   4
 1988 24 OAK AL  84  288   51   84  11  4   2   27  24  9  21  40  .292  .338  .378  104  109   2   2   0   0   3
 1989 25 TOT AL 125  433   70  130  17  6   3   46  22  8  25  44  .300  .338  .388  107  168   2   4   1   2  13
         OAK AL  59  206   31   59   6  4   1   17  13  4   9  15  .286  .315  .369   95   76   2   1   0   0   5
         NYY AL  66  227   39   71  11  2   2   29   9  4  16  29  .313  .359  .405  117   92   0   3   1   2   8
 1990 26 TOT AL 120  403   52  135   7  9   2   35  21 14  25  43  .335  .372  .412  123  166   3   4   1   1   9
         NYY AL  11   22    2    7   0  0   0    3   1  0   0   1  .318  .304  .318   75    7   0   1   0   0   1
         CAL AL 109  381   50  128   7  9   2   32  20 14  25  42  .336  .376  .417  125  159   3   3   1   1   8
 1991 27 CAL AL 150  604   92  179  28  8   2   50  48 23  52  74  .296  .352  .379  104  229   2   3   4   1  11
 1992 28 CAL AL 149  577   83  165  17  4   0   35  51 21  45  64  .286  .337  .329   88  190   8   4   6   1  18
 1993 29 CAL AL 152  576   75  156  17  6   1   32  55 24  48  53  .271  .328  .326   75  188   8   3   7   2   7
 1994 30 NYY AL  95  350   62  109  21  6   1   36  20 12  37  36  .311  .383  .414  109  145   2   1   1   4   7
 1995 31 TOT     95  291   43   76  16  3   2   17  13  4  28  38  .261  .322  .357   78  104   3   4   1   0   3
         NYY AL  67  238   37   62   9  3   2   15  10  4  25  29  .261  .326  .349   77   83   2   4   1   0   3
         ATL NL  28   53    6   14   7  0   0    2   3  0   3   9  .264  .304  .396   81   21   1   0   0   0   0
 1996 32 TOT     80  206   28   55   4  1   2   16   9  7  11  23  .267  .306  .325   61   67   1   1   0   1  10
         BAL AL  58  175   25   42   4  1   2   14   8  6  10  20  .240  .285  .309   51   54   1   0   0   1  10
         ATL NL  22   31    3   13   0  0   0    2   1  1   1   3  .419  .424  .419  119   13   0   1   0   0   0
 1999 35 DET AL  87  333   46  108  21  8  10   32  17  9  16  32  .324  .357  .526  123  175   2   2   0   2   2
 2000 36 TOT AL 117  344   48   95  14  5   7   30  12  7  29  32  .276  .329  .407   89  140   3   6   1   1   4
         DET AL  80  267   37   73  10  5   6   25   8  5  22  25  .273  .325  .416   91  111   3   5   1   1   2
         NYY AL  37   77   11   22   4  0   1    5   4  2   7   7  .286  .341  .377   83   29   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         4840      1417     70      405    145     543  .293  .342  .383   97       37  35  23  15  91
               1379       728      189     36      321    369                            1854
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   86  166  22  8   4   48  38 17  43  64  .293  .342  .383   97  218   4   4   3   2  11
 Career High    152  604   92  179  28 10  10   50  55 24  52  74  .335  .383  .526  123  229   8   6   7   4  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 / 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 23 OAK AL  469  323   61   5.0   100| .287  .257| .335  .324| .398  .412| .733  .736| 100  .505  -0.3   0.0  80%
 1988 24 OAK AL  313  220   38   4.6    92| .292  .256| .338  .320| .378  .385| .716  .706| 104  .521   1.1   0.1  72%
 1989 25 TOT AL  466  330   55   4.4    92| .300  .259| .338  .323| .388  .380| .726  .704| 107  .513   3.0   0.3  73%
         OAK AL  218  159   23   3.9    91| .286  .257| .315  .322| .369  .379| .684  .700|  95  .448  -2.2  -0.2  76%
         NYY AL  248  171   32   5.0    92| .313  .260| .359  .324| .405  .382| .764  .707| 117  .565   5.2   0.5  69%
 1990 26 TOT AL  436  298   59   5.3    92| .335  .256| .372  .324| .412  .383| .784  .706| 123  .586  10.8   1.1  60%
         NYY AL   23   17    2   3.1    95| .318  .259| .304  .327| .318  .388| .622  .715|  75  .352  -0.8  -0.1 100%
         CAL AL  413  281   57   5.4    92| .336  .256| .376  .323| .417  .382| .793  .706| 125  .596  11.6   1.2  58%
 1991 27 CAL AL  662  464   81   4.7    96| .296  .259| .352  .328| .379  .393| .731  .721| 104  .516   3.2   0.3  67%
 1992 28 CAL AL  635  463   63   3.7    94| .286  .259| .337  .328| .329  .385| .666  .713|  88  .417  -9.4  -1.0  70%
 1993 29 CAL AL  637  462   64   3.7   105| .271  .270| .328  .341| .326  .413| .654  .754|  75  .381 -21.5  -2.1  69%
 1994 30 NYY AL  394  263   56   5.7   109| .311  .269| .383  .341| .414  .428| .797  .769| 109  .529   5.9   0.5  62%
 1995 31 TOT     326  229   36   4.2   109| .261  .270| .322  .343| .357  .425| .679  .768|  78  .407  -9.2  -0.8  76%
         NYY AL  269  189   29   4.1   109| .261  .269| .326  .343| .349  .425| .675  .768|  77  .391  -7.8  -0.7  71%
         ATL NL   57   40    7   4.7   109| .264  .274| .304  .344| .396  .427| .700  .771|  81  .487  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1996 32 TOT     220  170   18   2.8   115| .267  .277| .306  .350| .325  .443| .631  .793|  61  .231 -13.1  -1.2  56%
         BAL AL  187  150   12   2.2   116| .240  .277| .285  .350| .309  .445| .594  .795|  51  .148 -14.0  -1.3  57%
         ATL NL   33   20    6   8.0   112| .419  .277| .424  .347| .419  .433| .843  .780| 119  .717   1.0   0.1  50%
 1999 35 DET AL  355  240   62   6.9   113| .324  .274| .357  .346| .526  .438| .883  .785| 123  .609   9.9   0.9  65%
 2000 36 TOT AL  383  269   47   4.7   112| .276  .271| .329  .344| .407  .436| .736  .780|  89  .423  -5.6  -0.5  63%
         DET AL  298  209   37   4.7   111| .273  .270| .325  .342| .416  .435| .741  .777|  91  .429  -3.8  -0.3  61%
         NYY AL   85   60   10   4.4   114| .286  .275| .341  .348| .377  .442| .718  .790|  83  .403  -1.8  -0.2  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5296 3731  640   4.6   101| .293  .264| .342  .333| .383  .407| .725  .740|  97  .478 -25.0  -2.4  68%

* 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 ------+
1987 23 OAK AL OF 104 235 2 5 1 .979 .980 2.28 2.00 2.55 2.31 95 837.7 CF 69 153 1 4 1 .975 .986 2.23 2.34 2.55 2.70 63 544.3 LF 35 73 1 1 0 .987 .974 2.11 1.73 2.65 2.11 29 251.3 DH 18 RF 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.75 1.71 2.12 3 42.0 1988 24 OAK AL LF 76 155 4 2 1 .988 .977 2.09 1.85 2.38 2.26 63 600.0 OF 76 155 3 2 1 .988 .979 2.08 2.14 2.35 2.47 64 606.0 DH 2 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.90 3.00 2.25 1 6.0 1989 25 TOT AL OF 108 231 9 4 2 .984 .980 2.22 2.12 2.52 2.42 98 856.3 TOT AL LF 108 230 10 4 2 .984 .977 2.22 1.83 2.52 2.16 98 856.3 OAK AL LF 55 126 4 2 1 .985 .977 2.36 1.83 2.73 2.16 48 428.3 NYY AL LF 53 104 6 2 1 .982 .977 2.08 1.83 2.31 2.16 50 428.0 DH 9 1990 26 TOT AL DH 15 NYY AL DH 4 CAL AL OF 85 142 3 3 2 .980 .981 1.71 2.04 1.92 2.39 80 681.3 LF 73 116 3 3 2 .975 .978 1.63 1.74 1.86 2.19 68 577.0 CF 13 25 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.92 2.42 2.16 2.74 12 104.3 DH 11 1991 27 CAL AL LF 143 246 8 5 1 .981 .978 1.78 1.72 1.83 2.17 140 1249.7 OF 143 246 9 5 1 .981 .983 1.78 2.03 1.83 2.37 141 1254.7 DH 4 CF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.80 2.70 1 5.0 1992 28 CAL AL LF 99 192 8 4 1 .980 .981 2.02 1.94 2.14 2.29 96 841.0 DH 47 1993 29 CAL AL LF 141 287 12 5 3 .984 .984 2.12 1.84 2.28 2.23 135 1181.0 DH 4 1994 30 NYY AL LF 84 156 10 4 2 .976 .978 1.98 1.80 2.06 2.16 80 723.7 DH 2 1995 31 TOT OF 79 141 5 0 1 1.000 .983 1.85 1.96 2.29 2.30 62 574.6 TOT LF 75 140 5 0 1 1.000 .982 1.93 1.70 2.38 2.18 60 549.3 NYY AL LF 64 134 5 0 1 1.000 .982 2.17 1.75 2.56 2.22 56 489.3 DH 1 ATL NL OF 15 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.60 1.82 0.95 2.15 6 85.3 LF 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.55 1.43 0.90 1.88 4 60.0 CF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.75 2.15 1.11 2.48 2 24.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1996 32 TOT OF 41 61 1 2 0 .969 .983 1.51 1.98 1.91 2.34 29 292.7 TOT LF 39 57 2 2 0 .967 .978 1.51 1.70 1.87 2.13 28 284.7 BAL AL OF 34 57 1 1 0 .983 .983 1.71 2.02 2.06 2.37 27 253.7 LF 32 53 1 1 0 .982 .978 1.69 1.75 1.98 2.18 26 245.7 DH 18 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 3.38 2.14 1 8.0 ATL NL LF 7 4 1 1 0 .833 .980 0.71 1.46 1.15 1.85 2 39.0 1999 35 DET AL DH 51 OF 40 67 4 1 0 .986 .983 1.77 2.03 2.17 2.30 37 295.0 LF 31 52 3 1 0 .982 .986 1.77 1.73 2.14 2.08 29 231.0 RF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.60 1.82 2.25 2.11 8 64.0 2000 36 TOT AL OF 55 76 2 1 0 .987 .985 1.42 2.02 2.23 2.36 35 314.3 TOT AL DH 51 TOT AL RF 32 42 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.38 1.76 2.34 2.16 19 169.3 TOT AL LF 23 34 0 1 0 .971 .983 1.48 1.76 2.11 2.16 16 145.0 DET AL DH 44 OF 27 44 2 0 0 1.000 .985 1.70 2.02 2.57 2.36 20 161.3 RF 26 40 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.62 1.76 2.48 2.16 19 152.3 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.00 2.20 1 9.0 NYY AL OF 28 32 0 1 0 .970 .985 1.14 2.02 1.88 2.36 15 153.0 LF 22 30 0 1 0 .968 .984 1.36 1.76 1.99 2.16 15 136.0 DH 7 RF 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.77 1.06 2.17 0 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 23 OAK AL CF 69 153 1 4 1 .975 .986 2.23 2.34 2.55 2.70 63 544.3 1990 26 CAL AL CF 13 25 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.92 2.42 2.16 2.74 12 104.3 1991 27 CAL AL CF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.80 2.70 1 5.0 1995 31 ATL NL CF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.75 2.15 1.11 2.48 2 24.3 1987 23 OAK AL DH 18 1988 24 OAK AL DH 2 1989 25 NYY AL DH 9 1990 26 TOT AL DH 15 NYY AL DH 4 CAL AL DH 11 1991 27 CAL AL DH 4 1992 28 CAL AL DH 47 1993 29 CAL AL DH 4 1994 30 NYY AL DH 2 1995 31 NYY AL DH 1 1996 32 BAL AL DH 18 1999 35 DET AL DH 51 2000 36 TOT AL DH 51 DET AL DH 44 NYY AL DH 7 1987 23 OAK AL LF 35 73 1 1 0 .987 .974 2.11 1.73 2.65 2.11 29 251.3 1988 24 OAK AL LF 76 155 4 2 1 .988 .977 2.09 1.85 2.38 2.26 63 600.0 1989 25 TOT AL LF 108 230 10 4 2 .984 .977 2.22 1.83 2.52 2.16 98 856.3 OAK AL LF 55 126 4 2 1 .985 .977 2.36 1.83 2.73 2.16 48 428.3 NYY AL LF 53 104 6 2 1 .982 .977 2.08 1.83 2.31 2.16 50 428.0 1990 26 CAL AL LF 73 116 3 3 2 .975 .978 1.63 1.74 1.86 2.19 68 577.0 1991 27 CAL AL LF 143 246 8 5 1 .981 .978 1.78 1.72 1.83 2.17 140 1249.7 1992 28 CAL AL LF 99 192 8 4 1 .980 .981 2.02 1.94 2.14 2.29 96 841.0 1993 29 CAL AL LF 141 287 12 5 3 .984 .984 2.12 1.84 2.28 2.23 135 1181.0 1994 30 NYY AL LF 84 156 10 4 2 .976 .978 1.98 1.80 2.06 2.16 80 723.7 1995 31 TOT LF 75 140 5 0 1 1.000 .982 1.93 1.70 2.38 2.18 60 549.3 NYY AL LF 64 134 5 0 1 1.000 .982 2.17 1.75 2.56 2.22 56 489.3 ATL NL LF 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.55 1.43 0.90 1.88 4 60.0 1996 32 TOT LF 39 57 2 2 0 .967 .978 1.51 1.70 1.87 2.13 28 284.7 BAL AL LF 32 53 1 1 0 .982 .978 1.69 1.75 1.98 2.18 26 245.7 ATL NL LF 7 4 1 1 0 .833 .980 0.71 1.46 1.15 1.85 2 39.0 1999 35 DET AL LF 31 52 3 1 0 .982 .986 1.77 1.73 2.14 2.08 29 231.0 2000 36 TOT AL LF 23 34 0 1 0 .971 .983 1.48 1.76 2.11 2.16 16 145.0 DET AL LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.00 2.20 1 9.0 NYY AL LF 22 30 0 1 0 .968 .984 1.36 1.76 1.99 2.16 15 136.0 1987 23 OAK AL OF 104 235 2 5 1 .979 .980 2.28 2.00 2.55 2.31 95 837.7 1988 24 OAK AL OF 76 155 3 2 1 .988 .979 2.08 2.14 2.35 2.47 64 606.0 1989 25 TOT AL OF 108 231 9 4 2 .984 .980 2.22 2.12 2.52 2.42 98 856.3 OAK AL OF 55 126 3 2 1 .985 .980 2.35 2.12 2.71 2.42 48 428.3 NYY AL OF 53 105 6 2 1 .982 .980 2.09 2.12 2.33 2.42 50 428.0 1990 26 CAL AL OF 85 142 3 3 2 .980 .981 1.71 2.04 1.92 2.39 80 681.3 1991 27 CAL AL OF 143 246 9 5 1 .981 .983 1.78 2.03 1.83 2.37 141 1254.7 1992 28 CAL AL OF 99 192 8 4 1 .980 .983 2.02 2.17 2.14 2.47 96 841.0 1993 29 CAL AL OF 141 286 12 5 3 .983 .983 2.11 2.09 2.27 2.41 135 1181.0 1994 30 NYY AL OF 84 155 9 4 2 .976 .982 1.95 2.09 2.04 2.37 80 723.7 1995 31 TOT OF 79 141 5 0 1 1.000 .983 1.85 1.96 2.29 2.30 62 574.6 NYY AL OF 64 132 5 0 1 1.000 .983 2.14 1.99 2.52 2.33 56 489.3 ATL NL OF 15 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.60 1.82 0.95 2.15 6 85.3 1996 32 TOT OF 41 61 1 2 0 .969 .983 1.51 1.98 1.91 2.34 29 292.7 BAL AL OF 34 57 1 1 0 .983 .983 1.71 2.02 2.06 2.37 27 253.7 ATL NL OF 7 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.57 1.80 0.92 2.12 2 39.0 1999 35 DET AL OF 40 67 4 1 0 .986 .983 1.77 2.03 2.17 2.30 37 295.0 2000 36 TOT AL OF 55 76 2 1 0 .987 .985 1.42 2.02 2.23 2.36 35 314.3 DET AL OF 27 44 2 0 0 1.000 .985 1.70 2.02 2.57 2.36 20 161.3 NYY AL OF 28 32 0 1 0 .970 .985 1.14 2.02 1.88 2.36 15 153.0 1987 23 OAK AL RF 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.75 1.71 2.12 3 42.0 1988 24 OAK AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.90 3.00 2.25 1 6.0 1995 31 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1996 32 BAL AL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 3.38 2.14 1 8.0 1999 35 DET AL RF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.60 1.82 2.25 2.11 8 64.0 2000 36 TOT AL RF 32 42 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.38 1.76 2.34 2.16 19 169.3 DET AL RF 26 40 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.62 1.76 2.48 2.16 19 152.3 NYY AL RF 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.77 1.06 2.17 0 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1055 1987 67 36 14 .983 .982 1.95 2.06 2.19 2.38 952 8458.3 927 87 54# LF* 927 1738 66 32 13 .983 .980 1.95 1.79 2.17 2.19 842 7490.0 DH 222 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 87 181 2 4 1 .979 .986 2.10 2.34 2.43 2.70 78 678.0 RF* 54 70 3 0 0 1.000 .981 1.35 1.77 2.26 2.15 32 290.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1055 1987 67 36 14 .983 .982 1.95 2.06 2.19 2.39 952 8458
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   3   5   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .400  .500  .400   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   3   9   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .111  .111  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   3   3   0   1  0  0  0   2   0   1  .333  .333  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   3   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    ATL CLE     W   6  14   3   4  1  0  1   4   1   3  .286  .333  .571   1  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  ATL LAD     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL STL     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   6   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   3  .000  .167  .000   0  1   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY SEA     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY NYM     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       3-0   6   6   0   2  0  0  0   2   0   2  .333  .333  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
  4 Lg Champ Series     4-0  10  11   0   3  0  0  0   1   1   3  .273  .333  .273   0  1   1   0   0 
  4 World Series        2-2  17  30   4   6  1  0  1   4   2   8  .200  .250  .333   1  1   0   0   0 
 11 Postseason Series   9-2  33  47   4  11  1  0  1   7   3  13  .234  .280  .319   2  2   1   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.

Triples
1987 AL-10-2
1990 AL-9-3
1991 AL-8-8
1993 AL-6-9
1994 AL-6-5
1999 AL-8-5

Stolen Bases
1991 AL-48-4
1992 AL-51-4
1993 AL-55-2

Singles
1991 AL-141-5
1992 AL-144-4
1993 AL-132-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1992 AL-18-9

Caught Stealing
1990 AL-14-8
1991 AL-23-1
1992 AL-21-1
1993 AL-24-1
1994 AL-12-2
Car-145-24

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.3 (802) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1464) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 3, 1984: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.

June 21, 1989: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Greg Cadaret and Eric Plunk to the New York Yankees for Rickey Henderson.

April 29, 1990: Traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for Claudell Washington and Rich Monteleone.

October 27, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 11, 1995: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Troy Hughes (minors).

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 1, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 26, 1996: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

April 19, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

August 12, 1996: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

August 17, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

March 11, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

November 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

July 31, 2000: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

August 3, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Oakland Athletics$62,500
1989Oakland Athletics$182,500
1990New York Yankees$200,000
1991California Angels$845,000
1992California Angels$1,650,000
1993California Angels$2,475,000
1994New York Yankees$1,500,000
1995New York Yankees$1,500,000
1996Baltimore Orioles$250,000
Atlanta Braves$109,000
1999Detroit Tigers$300,000
2000Detroit Tigers$1,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,174,000

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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