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Bill Almon

William Francis Almon

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 21, 1952 in Providence, RI
High School: Veterans Memorial HS (Warwick, RI)
School: Brown University (Providence, RI)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1974
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics/WhiteSox/Pirates/Mets/... 1974-1988
Agents: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: June 14, 1988
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 21 SDP NL 16 40 38 4 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 .316 .350 .342 .692 99 13 0 0 0 0 0 6
1975 22 SDP NL 6 10 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 129 4 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1976 23 SDP NL 14 60 57 6 14 3 0 1 6 3 1 2 9 .246 .271 .351 .622 82 20 0 0 1 0 0 6
1977 24 SDP NL 155 670 613 75 160 18 11 2 43 20 9 37 114 .261 .303 .336 .639 80 206 14 0 20 0 1 *6
1978 25 SDP NL 138 442 405 39 102 19 2 0 21 17 5 33 74 .252 .308 .309 .616 80 125 6 0 3 1 10 *56/4
1979 26 SDP NL 100 226 198 20 45 3 0 1 8 6 5 21 48 .227 .299 .258 .556 59 51 1 0 5 2 7 46/8
1980 27 TOT NL 66 160 150 15 29 4 3 0 7 2 0 9 32 .193 .238 .260 .498 41 39 2 0 0 1 1 64/5
1980 27 MON NL 18 40 38 2 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 .263 .275 .342 .617 72 13 2 0 0 1 0 6/4
1980 27 NYM NL 48 120 112 13 19 3 2 0 4 2 0 8 27 .170 .225 .232 .457 30 26 0 0 0 0 1 64/5
1981 28 CHW AL 103 377 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 16 6 21 60 .301 .341 .375 .717 110 131 4 2 2 3 0 *6 MVP-19
1982 29 CHW AL 111 336 308 40 79 10 4 4 26 10 8 25 49 .256 .313 .354 .667 83 109 4 1 1 1 0 6/D
1983 30 OAK AL 143 495 451 45 120 29 1 4 63 26 8 26 67 .266 .302 .361 .663 88 163 8 2 5 11 3 6539/74D8
1984 31 OAK AL 106 225 211 24 47 11 0 7 16 5 7 10 42 .223 .253 .374 .628 78 79 3 0 0 4 0 379D/5286
1985 32 PIT NL 88 274 244 33 66 17 0 6 29 10 7 22 61 .270 .330 .414 .744 108 101 6 1 4 3 0 67/358
1986 33 PIT NL 102 230 196 29 43 7 2 7 27 11 4 30 38 .219 .319 .383 .701 92 75 5 0 1 3 2 756/39
1987 34 TOT NL 68 83 74 13 17 4 0 0 5 1 0 9 21 .230 .313 .284 .597 63 21 0 0 0 0 0 64/3759
1987 34 PIT NL 19 21 20 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .238 .250 .488 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 /675
1987 34 NYM NL 49 62 54 8 13 3 0 0 4 1 0 8 16 .241 .339 .296 .635 74 16 0 0 0 0 0 64/39
1988 35 PHI NL 20 31 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .115 .207 .192 .399 15 5 0 0 2 0 0 /563
15 Yrs 1236 3659 3330 390 846 138 25 36 296 128 60 250 636 .254 .305 .343 .648 84 1142 53 6 44 29 24
162 Game Avg. 162 480 436 51 111 18 3 5 39 17 8 33 83 .254 .305 .343 .648 84 150 7 1 6 4 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SDP (6 yrs) 429 1448 1321 144 337 44 13 4 81 47 20 95 255 .255 .304 .317 .622 78 419 21 0 29 3 18
PIT (3 yrs) 209 525 460 67 113 25 2 13 57 21 11 53 104 .246 .321 .393 .715 97 181 11 1 5 6 2
NYM (2 yrs) 97 182 166 21 32 6 2 0 8 3 0 16 43 .193 .264 .253 .517 45 42 0 0 0 0 1
OAK (2 yrs) 249 720 662 69 167 40 1 11 79 31 15 36 109 .252 .287 .366 .652 85 242 11 2 5 15 3
CHW (2 yrs) 214 713 657 86 184 20 6 8 67 26 14 46 109 .280 .328 .365 .693 97 240 8 3 3 4 0
PHI (1 yr) 20 31 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .115 .207 .192 .399 15 5 0 0 2 0 0
MON (1 yr) 18 40 38 2 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 .263 .275 .342 .617 72 13 2 0 0 1 0
NL (11 yrs) 773 2226 2011 235 495 78 18 17 150 71 31 168 418 .246 .303 .328 .631 79 660 34 1 36 10 21
AL (4 yrs) 463 1433 1319 155 351 60 7 19 146 57 29 82 218 .266 .307 .365 .673 91 482 19 5 8 19 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 21 SDP NL 16 40 -0 0 0 -2 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .494 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 6
1975 22 SDP NL 6 10 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /6
1976 23 SDP NL 14 60 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 2 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 6
1977 24 SDP NL 155 670 -7 3 -1 -5 9 -0 -0.0 19 19 1.8 .500 .500 2.3 0.5 24 $35,000 *6
1978 25 SDP NL 138 442 -11 2 2 -8 3 -13 -1.4 13 0 -0.1 .490 .491 0.8 -0.5 9 $ *56/4
1979 26 SDP NL 100 226 -12 -3 0 0 3 -12 -1.2 7 -5 -0.6 .487 .492 -0.6 0.4 -5 $ 46/8
1980 27 MON NL 18 40 -2 0 -0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .478 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ 6/4
1980 27 NYM NL 48 120 -9 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .483 .495 -0.4 0.1 -3 $ 64/5
1981 28 CHW AL 103 377 5 1 1 -4 6 8 0.9 12 19 2.0 .508 .505 2.6 0.2 24 $ *6 MVP-19
1982 29 CHW AL 111 336 -7 -1 0 -3 5 -6 -0.6 10 4 0.3 .494 .496 0.8 0.2 7 $220,000 6/D
1983 30 OAK AL 143 495 -6 3 1 -9 -0 -12 -1.0 15 3 0.4 .491 .492 1.3 -0.8 12 $ 6539/74D8
1984 31 OAK AL 106 225 -6 -2 -0 -4 -6 -19 -1.9 7 -12 -1.3 .481 .488 -0.8 -1.0 -7 $ 379D/5286
1985 32 PIT NL 88 274 5 0 -1 -0 1 5 0.6 8 13 1.4 .506 .503 1.4 0.1 14 $255,000 67/358
1986 33 PIT NL 102 230 -2 0 -1 -2 -1 -5 -0.6 7 2 0.1 .494 .496 0.3 -0.3 3 $260,000 756/39
1987 34 PIT NL 19 21 -1 -0 0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .481 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $250,000 /675
1987 34 NYM NL 49 62 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.2 0.0 2 $ 64/39
1988 35 PHI NL 20 31 -3 0 0 -0 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.1 0.0 -1 $250,000 /563
15 Seasons 1236 3659 -58 4 3 -46 24 -73 -7.2 110 37 3.1 .494 .497 8.2 -1.6 83 $1,270,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SDP (6 yrs) 429 1448 -31 3 2 -16 17 -26 -2.7 42 16 1.3 .493 .497 3.0 0.3 33 $35,000
PIT (3 yrs) 209 525 2 0 -2 -4 -0 -4 -0.3 16 12 1.2 .498 .499 1.6 -0.4 16 $765,000
NYM (2 yrs) 97 182 -10 0 1 -2 3 -8 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .490 .497 -0.2 0.1 -1 $
OAK (2 yrs) 249 720 -12 1 1 -13 -7 -31 -2.9 22 -8 -0.9 .487 .490 0.5 -1.9 5 $
CHW (2 yrs) 214 713 -2 -1 1 -8 10 1 0.3 22 23 2.3 .501 .501 3.4 0.4 31 $220,000
PHI (1 yr) 20 31 -3 0 0 -0 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.1 0.0 -1 $250,000
MON (1 yr) 18 40 -2 0 -0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .478 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 21 SDP NL 40 26 5 5.2 90 .414 .316 .256 .350 .328 .342 .371 .692 .698 99 .589 -0.1 -0.0 .615 .105 .026 .0
1975 22 SDP NL 10 6 2 9.0 91 .444 .400 .258 .400 .328 .400 .373 .800 .701 129 .793 0.3 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1976 23 SDP NL 60 45 6 3.6 85 .277 .246 .253 .271 .318 .351 .361 .622 .679 82 .441 -1.5 -0.2 .545 .175 .105 1.5
1977 24 SDP NL 670 496 61 3.3 93 .318 .261 .256 .303 .322 .336 .390 .639 .711 80 .352 -16.8 -1.7 .534 .153 .075 3.6
1978 25 SDP NL 442 318 40 3.4 87 .307 .252 .251 .308 .318 .309 .370 .616 .687 80 .403 -9.6 -1.0 .541 .168 .057 .0
1979 26 SDP NL 226 166 16 2.6 94 .291 .227 .260 .299 .325 .258 .387 .556 .712 59 .274 -10.4 -1.1 .459 .141 .030 1.7
1980 27 TOT NL 160 124 9 2.0 93 .244 .193 .264 .238 .326 .260 .383 .498 .710 41 .196 -12.4 -1.3 .407 .140 .067 .0
1980 27 MON NL 40 31 3 2.6 95 .294 .263 .267 .275 .329 .342 .387 .617 .716 72 .293 -1.6 -0.2 .467 .105 .079
1980 27 NYM NL 120 93 6 1.7 93 .224 .170 .263 .225 .325 .232 .382 .457 .707 30 .164 -10.8 -1.1 .387 .152 .063 .0
1981 28 CHW AL 377 259 46 4.8 86 .351 .301 .253 .341 .317 .375 .368 .717 .684 110 .570 4.0 0.4 .646 .163 .074 6.4
1982 29 CHW AL 336 243 34 3.8 99 .293 .256 .264 .313 .328 .354 .402 .667 .730 83 .410 -7.6 -0.8 .568 .185 .097 5.7
1983 30 OAK AL 495 363 51 3.8 92 .297 .266 .257 .302 .318 .361 .388 .663 .706 88 .415 -5.4 -0.5 .602 .193 .095 6.9
1984 31 OAK AL 225 178 18 2.7 90 .241 .223 .254 .253 .316 .374 .383 .628 .699 78 .282 -6.2 -0.6 .500 .190 .152 5.8
1985 32 PIT NL 274 198 32 4.4 94 .333 .270 .259 .330 .327 .414 .386 .744 .712 108 .516 3.1 0.3 .665 .246 .143 7.5
1986 33 PIT NL 230 166 25 4.1 99 .234 .219 .264 .319 .334 .383 .398 .701 .732 92 .473 -2.2 -0.2 .691 .352 .163 8.6
1987 34 TOT NL 83 57 7 3.3 103 .321 .230 .265 .313 .334 .284 .412 .597 .746 63 .339 -3.6 -0.4 .544 .189 .054 .0
1987 34 PIT NL 21 16 1 1.7 106 .267 .200 .269 .238 .339 .250 .419 .488 .758 30 .130 -2.0 -0.2 .375 .100 .050
1987 34 NYM NL 62 41 6 3.9 102 .342 .241 .263 .339 .332 .296 .410 .635 .742 74 .414 -1.6 -0.2 .610 .222 .056 .0
1988 35 PHI NL 31 25 1 1.1 90 .200 .115 .257 .207 .321 .192 .378 .399 .699 15 .084 -2.8 -0.3 .348 .192 .077
15 Yrs 3659 2670 353 3.6 92 .301 .254 .257 .305 .322 .343 .385 .648 .707 84 .404 -71.2 -7.2 .564 .184 .089 56.2
162 Game Avg. 480 350 46 3.6 92 .301 .254 .257 .305 .322 .343 .385 .648 .707 84 .404 -71.2 -7.2 .564 .184 .089 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SDP (6 yrs) 1448 1057 130 3.3 91 .313 .255 .255 .304 .321 .317 .381 .622 .702 78 .371 -38.1 -3.9 .528 .154 .062 7.4
PIT (3 yrs) 525 380 58 4.1 97 .287 .246 .261 .321 .330 .393 .392 .715 .723 97 .483 -1.1 -0.1 .664 .285 .148 16.1
NYM (2 yrs) 182 134 12 2.4 96 .260 .193 .263 .264 .327 .253 .391 .517 .719 45 .249 -12.4 -1.3 .455 .175 .060 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 720 541 69 3.4 91 .280 .252 .256 .287 .317 .366 .387 .652 .704 85 .373 -11.6 -1.2 .568 .192 .113 16.2
CHW (2 yrs) 713 502 80 4.3 92 .324 .280 .258 .328 .322 .365 .384 .693 .706 97 .495 -3.6 -0.3 .608 .174 .085 12.2
PHI (1 yr) 31 25 1 1.1 90 .200 .115 .257 .207 .321 .192 .378 .399 .699 15 .084 -2.8 -0.3 .348 .192 .077
MON (1 yr) 40 31 3 2.6 95 .294 .263 .267 .275 .329 .342 .387 .617 .716 72 .292 -1.6 -0.2 .467 .105 .079
NL (11 yrs) 2226 1627 204 3.4 93 .301 .246 .257 .303 .324 .328 .385 .631 .709 79 .384 -56.0 -5.7 .550 .185 .082 27.4
AL (4 yrs) 1433 1043 149 3.8 92 .302 .266 .257 .307 .320 .365 .385 .673 .705 91 .434 -15.2 -1.5 .588 .183 .099 28.5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 21 SDP NL 40 0.0% 22.5% 5.0% 2.5% 8% 4.50 4.2 12.7 1.13 73%
1975 22 SDP NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 90%
1976 23 SDP NL 60 1.7% 15.0% 3.3% 6.7% 29% 4.50 6.3 57.0 9.5 1.27 78%
1977 24 SDP NL 670 0.3% 17.0% 5.5% 4.6% 19% 3.08 5.4 306.5 14.3 1.45 74%
1978 25 SDP NL 442 0.0% 16.7% 7.5% 4.8% 21% 2.24 5.5 19.3 1.33 75%
1979 26 SDP NL 226 0.4% 21.2% 9.3% 1.8% 9% 2.29 4.1 198.0 24.8 1.07 67%
1980 27 TOT NL 160 0.0% 20.0% 5.6% 4.4% 24% 3.56 4.7 21.4 0.69 74%
1980 27 MON NL 40 0.0% 12.5% 2.5% 5.0% 20% 5.00 7.6 12.7 0.73 85%
1980 27 NYM NL 120 0.0% 22.5% 6.7% 4.2% 26% 3.38 4.1 28.0 0.67 71%
1981 28 CHW AL 377 1.1% 15.9% 5.6% 4.2% 15% 2.86 5.8 87.3 8.5 1.21 76%
1982 29 CHW AL 336 1.2% 14.6% 7.4% 5.4% 23% 1.96 6.3 77.0 11.8 1.00 76%
1983 30 OAK AL 495 0.8% 13.5% 5.3% 6.9% 28% 2.58 6.7 112.8 7.2 1.13 79%
1984 31 OAK AL 225 3.1% 18.7% 4.4% 8.0% 38% 4.20 5.0 30.1 13.2 0.70 74%
1985 32 PIT NL 274 2.2% 22.3% 8.0% 8.4% 35% 2.77 4.0 40.7 8.4 0.98 66%
1986 33 PIT NL 230 3.0% 16.5% 13.0% 7.0% 37% 1.27 5.2 28.0 7.3 0.83 67%
1987 34 TOT NL 83 0.0% 25.3% 10.8% 4.8% 24% 2.33 3.5 14.8 1.06 64%
1987 34 PIT NL 21 0.0% 23.8% 4.8% 4.8% 25% 5.00 4.0 20.0 0.83 71%
1987 34 NYM NL 62 0.0% 25.8% 12.9% 4.8% 23% 2.00 3.4 13.5 1.18 61%
1988 35 PHI NL 31 0.0% 35.5% 9.7% 6.5% 67% 3.67 2.4 26.0 0.67 1.00 48% 0% 0.0% 67%
15 Yrs 3659 1.0% 17.4% 6.8% 5.4% 24% 2.54 5.2 92.5 11.3 0.67 1.11 73% 0% 0.0% 67%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 21 SDP NL -0.1 -0.0 41 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .92 -0.0 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.91 -0.1 0
1975 22 SDP NL 0.3 0.0 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 1.36 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.93 0.2 0.35 1
1976 23 SDP NL -1.5 -0.2 65 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 1.28 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.2 0.96 -0.2 0
1977 24 SDP NL -17.8 -1.8 709 -1.8 10.8 -12.6 1.03 -0.9 -0.8 -14.9 -1.6 0.96 -11.8 0
1978 25 SDP NL -9.6 -1.0 472 -2.0 6.2 -8.2 1.08 -1.4 -0.4 -17.7 -1.9 0.98 -15.1 1.92 5
1979 26 SDP NL -10.4 -1.1 239 -1.2 2.4 -3.6 .96 -1.1 -0.2 -11.9 -1.3 0.97 -13.6 1.00 3
1980 27 TOT NL -12.4 -1.3 164 -1.3 1.7 -3.0 1.01 -1.2 -0.1 -11.2 -1.2 0.93 -10.9 0.31 4
1980 27 MON NL -1.6 -0.2 40 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 1.22 -0.3 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.06 -2.4 0.40 3
1980 27 NYM NL -10.8 -1.1 124 -1.0 1.2 -2.2 .94 -0.8 -0.2 -8.6 -0.9 0.88 -8.5 0.06 1
1981 28 CHW AL 3.5 0.4 406 -1.5 5.5 -7.0 .97 0.3 -1.9 10.5 1.1 0.94 5.4 0
1982 29 CHW AL -7.6 -0.8 359 -1.0 5.4 -6.4 .99 -0.5 -0.5 -10.5 -1.0 0.96 -7.2 1.33 1
1983 30 OAK AL -5.4 -0.5 535 0.6 10.3 -9.7 1.14 -0.6 1.1 2.1 0.2 0.98 -8.8 2.04 14
1984 31 OAK AL -6.5 -0.6 240 -0.8 3.2 -4.0 .94 -0.3 -0.5 -10.9 -1.1 0.91 -6.8 0.73 17
1985 32 PIT NL 3.1 0.3 294 0.1 5.4 -5.3 1.10 0.1 -0.0 0.9 0.1 1.00 1.3 1.42 14
1986 33 PIT NL -2.2 -0.2 244 -0.1 4.9 -5.0 1.23 0.1 -0.2 5.9 0.6 0.97 1.7 1.48 28
1987 34 TOT NL -3.6 -0.4 87 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 1.14 -0.2 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.90 -2.2 0.81 22
1987 34 PIT NL -2.0 -0.2 22 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .89 -0.1 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.93 -1.4 0.75 7
1987 34 NYM NL -1.6 -0.2 65 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 1.22 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.90 -0.8 0.83 15
1988 35 PHI NL -2.8 -0.3 32 -0.8 0.2 -1.1 1.56 -0.4 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 1.02 -2.8 2.53 6
15 Yrs -72.9 -7.4 3897 -10.3 59.4 -69.7 1.06 -6.0 -3.7 -61.9 -6.5 0.96 -71.0 1.31 115
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 21 SDP NL 0 0 29% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
1975 22 SDP NL 0 0 0% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 SDP NL 1 0 33% 27 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1977 24 SDP NL 17 0 37% 245 20 9 69% 18 9 2 0 0 0 5 2 6 17 56% 30 18 12 10 2 8 15 3 11
1978 25 SDP NL 5 0 29% 193 17 5 77% 15 3 2 0 0 2 6 2 4 11 57% 19 10 9 1 1 0 17 4 12
1979 26 SDP NL 2 0 29% 102 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 5 36% 10 8 2 3 2 1 12 5 6
1980 27 TOT NL 3 0 40% 57 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 33% 9 7 2 3 3 0 6 2 4
1980 27 MON NL 0 0 18% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 27 NYM NL 3 0 48% 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 33% 7 5 2 3 3 0 5 2 3
1981 28 CHW AL 5 0 34% 168 16 6 73% 16 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 12 32% 25 19 6 2 2 0 14 6 7
1982 29 CHW AL 3 0 36% 114 10 8 56% 10 5 0 3 0 0 2 1 5 10 34% 21 16 4 7 3 4 10 3 5
1983 30 OAK AL 9 0 29% 178 26 8 76% 18 6 7 0 1 2 1 0 6 14 48% 21 11 8 5 1 4 16 8 8
1984 31 OAK AL 3 0 34% 73 5 7 42% 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 46% 7 5 2 0 0 0 6 2 4
1985 32 PIT NL 6 0 33% 113 10 7 59% 10 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 35% 11 7 4 6 3 3 6 5 1
1986 33 PIT NL 3 0 33% 84 11 4 73% 8 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 48% 15 9 6 2 2 0 8 2 6
1987 34 TOT NL 2 0 50% 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 42% 6 5 1 0 0 0 6 1 4
1987 34 PIT NL 1 0 100% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 34 NYM NL 1 0 38% 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46% 6 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 4
1988 35 PHI NL 0 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 59 0 33% 1470 128 60 68% 113 46 14 9 1 5 21 6 40 99 44% 185 121 61 40 19 21 121 43 71
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 21 SDP NL 40 5% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 20 4 20% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1975 22 SDP NL 10 40% 4 1 0 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 SDP NL 60 42% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 6 3 50% 38 5 13% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1977 24 SDP NL 670 26% 160 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 2 0 1 1 0 23 20 87% 111 14 13% 77 31 40% 392 44 11% 34 15 44% 35 20 57% 0
1978 25 SDP NL 442 33% 102 5 1 0 0 1.92 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 68 6 9% 27 11 41% 275 22 8% 19 5 26% 10 6 60% 0
1979 26 SDP NL 226 26% 45 3 0 0 0 1.00 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 46 1 2% 24 6 25% 134 8 6% 7 3 43% 7 2 29% 0
1980 27 TOT NL 160 39% 29 4 0 0 0 0.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 8% 11 4 36% 85 7 8% 4 3 75% 6 3 50% 0
1980 27 MON NL 40 38% 10 3 0 0 0 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 2 2 100% 34 3 9% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1980 27 NYM NL 120 39% 19 1 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 9 2 22% 51 4 8% 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 0
1981 28 CHW AL 377 24% 105 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 0 3 2 67% 49 4 8% 26 7 27% 202 38 19% 19 14 74% 9 5 56% 0
1982 29 CHW AL 336 32% 79 1 0 0 0 1.33 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 0 3 1 33% 57 4 7% 28 3 11% 192 22 11% 20 7 35% 10 3 30% 0
1983 30 OAK AL 495 48% 120 14 3 0 3 2.04 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 0 5 5 100% 104 8 8% 53 26 49% 320 59 18% 45 28 62% 21 16 76% 0
1984 31 OAK AL 225 62% 47 17 4 1 2 0.73 7 0 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 0 0% 37 3 8% 19 6 32% 112 11 10% 10 5 50% 5 4 80% 0
1985 32 PIT NL 274 55% 66 14 5 1 1 1.42 6 2 14 3 3 3 3 0 4 4 100% 48 6 13% 27 7 26% 168 25 15% 16 8 50% 7 3 43% 0
1986 33 PIT NL 230 63% 43 28 5 0 1 1.48 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 1 2 1 50% 42 5 12% 24 7 29% 129 20 16% 13 7 54% 9 2 22% 0
1987 34 TOT NL 83 58% 17 22 4 0 0 0.81 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 12 0 0% 4 0 0% 45 5 11% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
1987 34 PIT NL 21 76% 4 7 2 0 0 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1987 34 NYM NL 62 52% 13 15 2 0 0 0.83 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 2 0 0% 34 4 12% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1988 35 PHI NL 31 55% 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 2.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 18 1 6% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
15 Yrs 3659 38% 846 0 0 115 22 2 7 1.31 36 2 88 20 16 19 17 1 54 44 81% 619 53 9% 336 114 34% 2135 271 13% 197 99 50% 125 68 54% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 35 PHI NL 30 103 3.43 69 67% 25% 25% 26% 25% 75% 0% 50% 67% 47% 3% 1 0 7% 2 1 10% 3 1 36% 1 0 0
1 Yr 30 103 3.43 69 67% 25% 25% 26% 25% 75% 0% 50% 67% 47% 3% 1 0 7% 2 1 10% 3 1 36% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 21 16 40 38 4 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 .316 .350 .342 .692 99 13 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 22 50 48 4 16 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 10 .333 .360 .354 .714 105 17 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 36 110 105 10 30 4 0 1 9 4 1 4 19 .286 .312 .352 .664 93 37 0 0 1 0 0
1977 24 191 780 718 85 190 22 11 3 52 24 10 41 133 .265 .304 .338 .643 82 243 14 0 21 0 1
1978 25 329 1222 1123 124 292 41 13 3 73 41 15 74 207 .260 .306 .328 .633 82 368 20 0 24 1 11
1979 26 429 1448 1321 144 337 44 13 4 81 47 20 95 255 .255 .304 .317 .622 78 419 21 0 29 3 18
1980 27 495 1608 1471 159 366 48 16 4 88 49 20 104 287 .249 .298 .311 .609 74 458 23 0 29 4 19
1981 28 598 1985 1820 205 471 58 18 8 129 65 26 125 347 .259 .306 .324 .630 81 589 27 2 31 7 19
1982 29 709 2321 2128 245 550 68 22 12 155 75 34 150 396 .258 .307 .328 .635 81 698 31 3 32 8 19
1983 30 852 2816 2579 290 670 97 23 16 218 101 42 176 463 .260 .306 .334 .640 83 861 39 5 37 19 22
1984 31 958 3041 2790 314 717 108 23 23 234 106 49 186 505 .257 .302 .337 .639 82 940 42 5 37 23 22
1985 32 1046 3315 3034 347 783 125 23 29 263 116 56 208 566 .258 .305 .343 .648 84 1041 48 6 41 26 22
1986 33 1148 3545 3230 376 826 132 25 36 290 127 60 238 604 .256 .305 .346 .651 85 1116 53 6 42 29 24
1987 34 1216 3628 3304 389 843 136 25 36 295 128 60 247 625 .255 .306 .344 .650 84 1137 53 6 42 29 24
1988 35 1236 3659 3330 390 846 138 25 36 296 128 60 250 636 .254 .305 .343 .648 84 1142 53 6 44 29 24

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 21 16 41 39 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 2 9 .333 .366 .359 .725 5 16
1975 22 6 11 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .455 .455 .455 .909 2 6
1976 23 14 62 59 8 16 3 0 1 8 3 2 9 .271 .295 .373 .668 7 14
1977 24 155 684 624 84 171 19 12 2 48 21 40 114 .274 .318 .353 .670 70 155
1978 25 138 459 418 48 115 21 2 0 26 19 37 74 .275 .333 .335 .668 47 138
1979 26 100 230 201 22 48 3 0 1 9 6 22 48 .239 .311 .269 .580 17 100
1980 27 66 164 153 17 32 4 3 0 8 2 10 32 .209 .256 .275 .531 11 66
1981 28 156 591 545 83 176 17 3 7 74 27 35 91 .323 .364 .404 .768 80 103
1982 29 111 340 311 42 82 10 4 4 27 10 26 49 .264 .322 .360 .682 36 111
1983 30 143 506 460 51 129 31 1 4 71 28 28 67 .280 .317 .378 .696 56 143
1984 31 106 231 216 28 52 12 0 8 19 6 11 42 .241 .273 .407 .680 24 106
1985 32 88 279 248 37 70 18 0 6 32 11 23 61 .282 .342 .427 .769 37 88
1986 33 102 232 197 30 44 7 2 7 28 11 31 38 .223 .325 .386 .710 25 102
1987 34 68 85 75 14 18 4 0 0 5 1 10 21 .240 .329 .293 .623 7 68
1988 35 20 31 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 11 .115 .207 .192 .399 1 20
15 Yrs 1289 3946 3583 469 974 152 27 40 359 146 280 667 .272 .323 .363 .686 425 1236
162 Game Avg. 162 496 450 59 122 19 3 5 45 18 35 84 .272 .323 .363 .686 53 1236

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Triples s c a p y
1977 NL  11 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 NL  114 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 AL  16 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1977 NL  129 (9th)
1981 AL  89 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  20 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1983 AL  11 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 NL  496 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1496), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jose Pagan (946)
  2. Wayne Causey (945)
  3. Sibby Sisti (933)
  4. Alex Cora (932)
  5. Desi Relaford (930)
  6. Eddie Mayo (927)
  7. Jerry Browne (926)
  8. Mark Lemke (925)
  9. Bill Spiers (925)
  10. Eddie Kasko (922)
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  1. Ivan de Jesus (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jose Vizcaino (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Doug Griffin (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Danny Thompson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Curt Wilkerson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ricky Gutierrez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Horace Clarke (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eddie Kasko (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Miguel Cairo (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Miguel Cairo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Miguel Cairo (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jose Pagan (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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