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Alan Ashby

Alan Dean Ashby

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 8, 1951 in Long Beach, CA
High School: San Pedro HS (Rolling Hills, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1973
Teams (by GP): Astros/BlueJays/Indians 1973-1989
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 9, 1989
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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
1969	17	CLE-min	Rk	48	117	117		28	3	1	0						.239	.239	.282	.521		33							INS · GULF
1970	18	CLE-min	A	40	145	121	15	23	5	1	3	18	1	0	18	31	.190	.299	.322	.621		39		2	1	3			REN · CALL
1971	19	CLE-min	A,AA	90	284	274	4	77	16	1	18	8	1	0	7	7	.281	.299	.544	.843		149		1	0	2			REN,JCK · CALL,SOUL
1972	20	CLE-min	AAA	95	331	291	33	65	9	2	9	28	0	1	36	51	.223	.309	.361	.670		105		1	1	2			POR · PCL
1973	21	CLE-MIL-min	AAA	41	124	124		28	8	0	3						.226	.226	.363	.589		45							OKC,EVN · AA
1973	21	CLE	AL	11	31	29	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	11	.172	.226	.310	.536	49	9	0	0	0	0	0	2
1974	22	CLE-min	AAA	66	250	211	26	60	19	1	2	24	1	0	34	39	.284	.385	.412	.797		87		1	3	1			OKC · AA
1974	22	CLE	AL	10	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1975	23	CLE	AL	90	302	254	32	57	10	1	5	32	3	2	30	42	.224	.309	.331	.639	82	84	10	1	16	0	1	2/35D
1976	24	CLE	AL	89	283	247	26	59	5	1	4	32	0	2	27	49	.239	.310	.316	.626	86	78	6	0	6	3	4	2/35
1977	25	TOR	AL	124	459	396	25	83	16	3	2	29	0	2	50	51	.210	.301	.280	.581	60	111	14	2	10	1	3	*2
1978	26	TOR	AL	81	298	264	27	69	15	0	9	29	1	1	28	32	.261	.333	.420	.754	111	111	10	1	4	1	4	2
1979	27	HOU	NL	108	370	336	25	68	15	2	2	35	0	0	26	70	.202	.262	.277	.538	51	93	8	2	3	3	10	2
1980	28	HOU	NL	116	394	352	30	90	19	2	3	48	0	0	35	40	.256	.319	.347	.665	93	122	11	0	2	5	12	*2
1981	29	HOU	NL	83	296	255	20	69	13	0	4	33	0	2	35	33	.271	.356	.369	.725	111	94	6	0	3	2	6	*2
1982	30	HOU	NL	100	372	339	40	87	14	2	12	49	2	0	27	53	.257	.311	.416	.727	110	141	7	1	2	3	4	2
1983	31	HOU	NL	87	311	275	31	63	18	1	8	34	0	0	31	38	.229	.303	.389	.692	97	107	12	0	1	4	4	2
1984	32	HOU	NL	66	219	191	16	50	7	0	4	27	0	0	20	22	.262	.330	.361	.691	102	69	4	1	4	3	2	2
1985	33	HOU	NL	65	216	189	20	53	8	0	8	25	0	0	24	27	.280	.363	.450	.813	130	85	9	1	1	1	2	2
1986	34	HOU	NL	120	361	315	24	81	15	0	7	38	1	0	39	56	.257	.333	.371	.705	97	117	7	0	1	6	9	2
1987	35	HOU	NL	125	447	386	53	111	16	0	14	63	0	1	50	52	.288	.367	.438	.805	117	169	14	1	0	4	2	*2
1988	36	HOU-min	AAA	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1988	36	HOU	NL	73	261	227	19	54	10	0	7	33	0	0	29	36	.238	.319	.374	.694	103	85	5	0	1	4	3	2
1989	37	HOU	NL	22	71	61	4	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	7	8	.164	.257	.213	.470	38	13	2	1	1	1	0	2
17 Yrs				1370	4699	4123	397	1010	183	13	90	513	7	10	461	622	.245	.320	.361	.681	93	1489	125	11	55	41	66
162 Game Avg.				162	556	488	47	119	22	2	11	61	1	1	55	74	.245	.320	.361	.681	93	176	15	1	7	5	8
				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
HOU (11 yrs)				965	3318	2926	282	736	136	8	69	388	3	3	323	435	.252	.324	.374	.698	98	1095	85	7	19	36	54
CLE (4 yrs)				200	624	537	63	122	16	2	10	67	3	4	60	104	.227	.304	.320	.625	81	172	16	1	22	3	5
TOR (2 yrs)				205	757	660	52	152	31	3	11	58	1	3	78	83	.230	.314	.336	.650	80	222	24	3	14	2	7

NL (11 yrs)				965	3318	2926	282	736	136	8	69	388	3	3	323	435	.252	.324	.374	.698	98	1095	85	7	19	36	54
AL (6 yrs)				405	1381	1197	115	274	47	5	21	125	4	7	138	187	.229	.310	.329	.639	80	394	40	4	36	5	12

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
1973	21	CLE	AL	11	31	-2	-0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.465	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	2
1974	22	CLE	AL	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/2
1975	23	CLE	AL	90	302	-5	0	-1	-4	5	-6	-0.5	10	4	0.4	.493	.496	0.8	0.2	8	$	2/35D
1976	24	CLE	AL	89	283	-6	-0	-1	1	4	-2	-0.1	9	7	0.7	.498	.499	0.6	0.7	6	$	2/35
1977	25	TOR	AL	124	459	-23	-2	-1	6	7	-13	-1.2	15	2	0.2	.489	.492	-0.4	1.5	-4	$	*2
1978	26	TOR	AL	81	298	0	1	-1	-1	5	4	0.6	10	14	1.4	.506	.503	1.6	0.5	15	$	2
1979	27	HOU	NL	108	370	-23	-1	-1	-2	6	-21	-2.2	11	-10	-1.2	.479	.486	-1.0	0.5	-8	$	2
1980	28	HOU	NL	116	394	-6	-1	-1	-5	6	-7	-0.8	12	5	0.4	.493	.495	0.9	0.2	10	$	*2
1981	29	HOU	NL	83	296	3	-3	-0	5	4	10	1.2	9	18	2.1	.513	.507	1.4	1.2	13	$	*2
1982	30	HOU	NL	100	372	4	-2	0	-14	5	-7	-0.6	11	5	0.5	.493	.495	1.9	-0.9	19	$	2
1983	31	HOU	NL	87	311	-2	-2	0	-7	4	-7	-0.7	10	3	0.2	.492	.495	1.0	-0.3	10	$366,667	2
1984	32	HOU	NL	66	219	-1	-0	1	-5	3	-3	-0.2	7	4	0.4	.496	.498	1.0	-0.2	9	$391,667	2
1985	33	HOU	NL	65	216	11	-0	-0	-6	3	7	0.8	7	14	1.5	.512	.505	2.1	-0.3	20	$416,667	2
1986	34	HOU	NL	120	361	-5	-1	-0	-7	5	-8	-0.8	11	3	0.3	.493	.495	1.0	-0.2	10	$525,000	2
1987	35	HOU	NL	125	447	12	-1	-0	-8	6	8	0.9	14	22	2.2	.506	.505	3.0	-0.2	30	$575,000	*2
1988	36	HOU	NL	73	261	2	-1	-0	-6	3	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.6	.497	.499	1.3	-0.3	12	$450,000	2
1989	37	HOU	NL	22	71	-5	0	0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.5	.469	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$550,000	2
17 Seasons				1370	4699	-48	-13	-6	-56	68	-55	-5.0	146	91	8.9	.496	.498	14.8	2.2	148	$3,275,001
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
HOU (11 yrs)				965	3318	-11	-12	-2	-57	47	-36	-3.5	101	66	6.5	.496	.498	12.3	-0.6	123	$3,275,001
CLE (4 yrs)				200	624	-14	-0	-2	-4	10	-11	-0.9	20	10	0.8	.494	.498	1.3	0.8	14	$
TOR (2 yrs)				205	757	-23	-0	-2	5	12	-9	-0.6	24	16	1.6	.496	.497	1.2	2.0	11	$

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
1973	21	CLE	AL	31	24	2	2.2	95	.235	.172	.262	.226	.331	.310	.385	.536	.716	49	.230	-2.1	-0.2	.458	.207	.138	.0
1974	22	CLE	AL	8	6	0	0.0	88	.200	.143	.257	.250	.322	.143	.370	.393	.691	16	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.143	.000
1975	23	CLE	AL	302	225	26	3.1	92	.251	.224	.257	.309	.327	.331	.377	.639	.704	82	.355	-5.9	-0.6	.555	.228	.106	3.8
1976	24	CLE	AL	283	205	24	3.2	84	.279	.239	.254	.310	.318	.316	.358	.626	.675	86	.395	-4.0	-0.4	.526	.178	.077	.0
1977	25	TOR	AL	459	340	34	2.7	100	.235	.210	.266	.301	.330	.280	.405	.581	.735	60	.268	-21.1	-2.1	.489	.192	.071	.0
1978	26	TOR	AL	298	211	35	4.4	94	.268	.261	.262	.333	.328	.420	.386	.754	.714	111	.512	3.7	0.4	.680	.265	.159	1.8
1979	27	HOU	NL	370	282	24	2.3	95	.247	.202	.262	.262	.326	.277	.388	.538	.715	51	.232	-21.9	-2.2	.438	.152	.074	.0
1980	28	HOU	NL	394	280	38	3.7	88	.277	.256	.257	.319	.318	.347	.373	.665	.692	93	.434	-1.7	-0.2	.575	.190	.091	.0
1981	29	HOU	NL	296	199	34	4.6	88	.295	.271	.257	.356	.321	.369	.368	.725	.689	111	.553	5.2	0.6	.655	.227	.098	.0
1982	30	HOU	NL	372	264	44	4.5	88	.271	.257	.256	.311	.318	.416	.372	.727	.690	110	.529	3.7	0.4	.660	.245	.159	3.4
1983	31	HOU	NL	311	229	31	3.6	91	.236	.229	.255	.303	.322	.389	.378	.692	.700	97	.431	-0.4	-0.1	.616	.273	.160	.0
1984	32	HOU	NL	219	152	24	4.2	87	.274	.262	.254	.330	.317	.361	.369	.691	.686	102	.508	1.3	0.1	.621	.204	.099	.0
1985	33	HOU	NL	216	147	29	5.3	92	.290	.280	.257	.363	.324	.450	.382	.813	.706	130	.606	7.8	0.8	.759	.296	.169	.0
1986	34	HOU	NL	361	248	40	4.4	95	.287	.257	.258	.333	.328	.371	.389	.705	.716	97	.504	0.2	0.0	.651	.241	.114	1.8
1987	35	HOU	NL	447	294	61	5.6	102	.299	.288	.264	.367	.333	.438	.412	.805	.745	117	.572	10.6	1.0	.755	.277	.150	.0
1988	36	HOU	NL	261	183	28	4.1	86	.250	.238	.252	.319	.315	.374	.369	.694	.684	103	.516	1.6	0.2	.640	.264	.137	.0
1989	37	HOU	NL	71	55	4	2.0	88	.185	.164	.250	.257	.317	.213	.373	.470	.690	38	.210	-4.8	-0.5	.396	.164	.049
17 Yrs				4699	3344	478	3.8	92	.267	.245	.258	.320	.324	.361	.382	.681	.706	93	.448	-28.6	-2.9	.603	.227	.116	13.0
162 Game Avg.				556	395	57	3.8	92	.267	.245	.258	.320	.324	.361	.382	.681	.706	93	.448	-28.6	-2.9	.603	.227	.116	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
HOU (11 yrs)				3318	2333	357	4.1	92	.271	.252	.257	.324	.323	.374	.382	.698	.704	98	.482	1.6	0.1	.626	.233	.123	5.8
CLE (4 yrs)				624	460	52	3.1	88	.263	.227	.256	.304	.323	.320	.369	.625	.691	81	.361	-12.8	-1.3	.533	.203	.093	4.6
TOR (2 yrs)				757	551	69	3.4	98	.248	.230	.265	.314	.329	.336	.398	.650	.727	80	.367	-17.4	-1.7	.563	.221	.106	1.8

NL (11 yrs)				3318	2333	357	4.1	92	.271	.252	.257	.324	.323	.374	.382	.698	.704	98	.482	1.6	0.1	.626	.233	.123	5.8
AL (6 yrs)				1381	1011	121	3.2	94	.255	.229	.261	.310	.326	.329	.385	.639	.711	80	.365	-30.2	-3.0	.549	.213	.100	6.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	28	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
1981	29	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	.111	.273	.444	.717	4	0	0	0	0	1

1986	34	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	6	25	23	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.130	.200	.304	.504	7	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							11	44	40	3	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	4	1	.125	.205	.300	.505	12	1	0	0	0	1
1 NLDS							3	11	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	.111	.273	.444	.717	4	0	0	0	0	1
2 NLCS							8	33	31	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	.129	.182	.258	.440	8	1	0	0	0	0

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
1973	21	CLE	AL	31	3.2%	35.5%	6.5%	6.5%	40%	5.50	2.6	29.0	9.7		0.63	55%
1974	22	CLE	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.5				2.00	63%
1975	23	CLE	AL	302	1.7%	13.9%	9.9%	5.3%	28%	1.40	6.0	50.8	7.9		1.50	69%
1976	24	CLE	AL	283	1.4%	17.3%	9.5%	3.5%	17%	1.81	5.0	61.8	7.7		1.11	70%
1977	25	TOR	AL	459	0.4%	11.1%	10.9%	4.6%	25%	1.02	7.8	198.0	13.7		1.50	75%
1978	26	TOR	AL	298	3.0%	10.7%	9.4%	8.1%	35%	1.14	8.3	29.3	9.1		1.51	75%
1979	27	HOU	NL	370	0.5%	18.9%	7.0%	5.1%	28%	2.69	4.8	168.0	9.6		1.44	72%
1980	28	HOU	NL	394	0.8%	10.2%	8.9%	6.1%	27%	1.14	8.8	117.3	7.3		1.85	80%
1981	29	HOU	NL	296	1.4%	11.2%	11.8%	5.7%	25%	0.94	7.7	63.8	7.7		1.46	74%
1982	30	HOU	NL	372	3.2%	14.3%	7.3%	7.5%	32%	1.96	6.4	28.3	6.9		1.46	74%
1983	31	HOU	NL	311	2.6%	12.2%	10.0%	8.7%	43%	1.23	7.2	34.4	8.1		1.47	75%
1984	32	HOU	NL	219	1.8%	10.1%	9.1%	5.0%	22%	1.10	8.7	47.8	7.1		1.22	77%
1985	33	HOU	NL	216	3.7%	12.5%	11.1%	7.4%	30%	1.13	7.0	23.6	7.6		1.75	72%
1986	34	HOU	NL	361	1.9%	15.5%	10.8%	6.1%	27%	1.44	5.6	45.0	8.3		1.16	71%
1987	35	HOU	NL	447	3.1%	11.6%	11.2%	6.7%	27%	1.04	7.4	27.6	6.1		1.70	72%
1988	36	HOU	NL	261	2.7%	13.8%	11.1%	6.5%	32%	1.24	6.3	32.4	6.9	0.74	1.01	72%	23%	8.6%	27%
1989	37	HOU	NL	71	0.0%	11.3%	9.9%	2.8%	20%	1.14	7.6		20.3	0.86	1.24	76%	20%	0.0%	14%
17 Yrs				4699	1.9%	13.2%	9.8%	6.1%	28%	1.35	6.6	45.8	8.0	0.76	1.43	73%	22%	6.6%	24%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.6%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.60	6.5	43.6	8.5	0.81	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%
				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
1973	21	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.83	-0.4	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	-1.6		0
1974	22	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	8	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.95	-0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.08	-0.2	7.11	1
1975	23	CLE	AL	-5.9	-0.6	312	-0.1	4.5	-4.6	.83	-0.5	0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.98	-7.4	1.12	2
1976	24	CLE	AL	-4.0	-0.4	287	0.0	5.2	-5.1	1.07	-0.5	0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.99	-4.7	1.99	5
1977	25	TOR	AL	-21.7	-2.2	466	-3.6	5.4	-9.0	1.03	-2.7	-0.8	-28.7	-2.9	0.91	-31.6	1.19	0
1978	26	TOR	AL	3.7	0.4	300	-0.4	5.1	-5.5	1.11	-0.3	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	-1.2		0
1979	27	HOU	NL	-21.9	-2.2	374	-2.0	4.4	-6.4	.99	-2.0	-0.0	-13.9	-1.5	0.96	-19.5	2.49	3
1980	28	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	396	0.3	7.3	-7.0	1.07	-0.4	0.7	3.7	0.4	0.97	-4.3	1.62	5
1981	29	HOU	NL	5.2	0.6	303	-0.9	4.5	-5.4	1.06	-0.2	-0.7	1.2	0.1	1.00	-0.9	3.35	4
1982	30	HOU	NL	3.7	0.4	376	0.4	7.2	-6.9	1.10	0.3	-0.0	5.7	0.6	0.98	8.4	2.00	6
1983	31	HOU	NL	-0.4	-0.1	314	-0.6	5.3	-5.9	1.07	-0.4	-0.2	-6.7	-0.7	0.97	-0.5	1.26	5
1984	32	HOU	NL	1.3	0.1	220	0.2	3.9	-3.7	1.11	0.4	-0.2	3.0	0.3	0.98	3.5	2.23	4
1985	33	HOU	NL	7.8	0.8	216	1.7	5.0	-3.2	1.02	1.3	0.4	10.9	1.1	0.95	15.4	1.41	4
1986	34	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	367	0.1	6.3	-6.3	1.05	-0.4	0.4	-4.5	-0.5	0.99	-3.9	1.41	20
1987	35	HOU	NL	10.6	1.0	456	0.6	8.9	-8.3	1.10	1.2	-0.7	13.0	1.3	0.96	14.8	1.91	16
1988	36	HOU	NL	1.6	0.2	262	1.7	6.1	-4.4	1.09	0.5	1.0	8.4	0.9	0.94	4.4	1.90	10
1989	37	HOU	NL	-4.8	-0.5	72	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	1.06	-0.6	-0.2	-5.4	-0.6	0.97	-5.4	1.56	2
17 Yrs				-29.2	-3.0	4760	-3.6	80.0	-83.6	1.05	-4.5	1.1	-21.4	-2.1	0.97	-34.7	1.86	87
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	21	CLE	AL	0	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1974	22	CLE	AL	1	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	23	CLE	AL	4	1	33%	103	3	2	60%	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	44%	19	12	7	6	5	1	14	3	9
1976	24	CLE	AL	1	0	27%	93	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	14%	14	14	0	1	1	0	7	4	3
1977	25	TOR	AL	3	0	17%	151	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	3	32%	23	16	6	6	5	1	8	3	5
1978	26	TOR	AL	0	0	20%	105	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	29%	10	6	4	1	1	0	10	8	2
1979	27	HOU	NL	5	0	25%	122	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	17%	9	9	0	4	4	0	10	5	4
1980	28	HOU	NL	4	0	22%	131	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	4	50%	17	11	6	4	2	1	9	0	8
1981	29	HOU	NL	3	1	16%	114	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	4	37%	18	12	5	2	0	2	10	5	4
1982	30	HOU	NL	4	0	27%	141	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	50%	13	7	6	6	3	3	9	3	5
1983	31	HOU	NL	3	0	27%	113	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	44%	13	7	4	2	1	1	10	2	6
1984	32	HOU	NL	0	0	18%	102	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	30%	10	9	1	2	2	0	8	2	5
1985	33	HOU	NL	7	0	17%	97	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	12	8	4	5	3	2	4	2	2
1986	34	HOU	NL	1	0	15%	108	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	15%	16	13	3	3	3	0	7	5	1
1987	35	HOU	NL	6	6	26%	213	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	30%	24	19	5	6	6	0	20	8	10
1988	36	HOU	NL	4	0	16%	86	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22%	13	12	1	3	2	1	7	4	3
1989	37	HOU	NL	0	0	22%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
17 Yrs				46	8	22%	1707	7	10	41%	5	7	1	3	1	0	10	0	54	69	33%	216	159	53	51	38	12	138	57	69
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1973	21	CLE	AL	31	100%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	20	2	10%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1974	22	CLE	AL	8	100%	1			1	1	0	0	7.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	23	CLE	AL	302	100%	57			2	0	0	0	1.12	5	1	6	4	1	1	4	0	16	16	100%	62	10	16%	29	12	41%	203	27	13%	20	5	25%	14	9	64%	0
1976	24	CLE	AL	283	100%	59			5	0	0	0	1.99	4	0	7	4	0	1	3	0	6	6	100%	48	6	13%	24	13	54%	189	28	15%	18	8	44%	12	7	58%	0
1977	25	TOR	AL	459	100%	83			0	0	0	0	1.19	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	11	10	91%	90	14	16%	36	18	50%	245	28	11%	21	12	57%	11	10	91%	0
1978	26	TOR	AL	298	100%	69			0	0	0	0		9	0	4	8	1	6	3	0	7	4	57%	58	10	17%	27	13	48%	180	21	12%	14	7	50%	11	10	91%	0
1979	27	HOU	NL	370	100%	68			3	1	0	1	2.49	2	0	9	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	100%	62	8	13%	28	14	50%	233	36	15%	26	17	65%	11	6	55%	0
1980	28	HOU	NL	394	100%	90			5	1	0	0	1.62	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	70	11	16%	39	13	33%	263	48	18%	32	18	56%	14	10	71%	0
1981	29	HOU	NL	296	100%	69			4	2	0	1	3.35	4	0	9	3	1	3	1	0	4	3	75%	50	6	12%	23	7	30%	196	30	15%	21	12	57%	14	8	57%	0
1982	30	HOU	NL	372	100%	87			6	3	0	0	2.00	12	0	8	9	3	5	7	0	2	2	100%	52	7	13%	29	10	34%	251	40	16%	23	12	52%	15	8	53%	0
1983	31	HOU	NL	311	100%	63			5	2	0	0	1.26	8	0	5	7	1	2	6	0	1	1	100%	68	12	18%	34	10	29%	193	26	13%	16	7	44%	10	4	40%	0
1984	32	HOU	NL	219	100%	50			4	2	0	1	2.23	4	0	2	2	2	0	4	0	4	4	100%	46	4	9%	25	15	60%	150	23	15%	14	8	57%	12	9	75%	0
1985	33	HOU	NL	216	100%	53			4	1	0	0	1.41	8	1	3	6	2	3	5	0	1	1	100%	44	9	20%	20	9	45%	127	18	14%	11	5	45%	12	8	67%	0
1986	34	HOU	NL	361	100%	81			20	3	0	1	1.41	7	0	9	5	2	1	6	0	1	1	100%	70	7	10%	45	16	36%	248	31	13%	28	16	57%	9	5	56%	0
1987	35	HOU	NL	447	100%	111			16	1	0	0	1.91	14	1	10	14	0	8	6	0	0	0		80	14	18%	41	14	34%	283	49	17%	34	17	50%	18	10	56%	0
1988	36	HOU	NL	261	100%	54	5	0	10	2	0	1	1.90	7	0	7	7	0	0	7	0	1	1	100%	41	5	12%	22	11	50%	148	27	18%	16	9	56%	10	7	70%	0
1989	37	HOU	NL	71	100%	10	0	0	2	1	0	2	1.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	2	15%	8	5	63%	47	3	6%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
17 Yrs				4699	100%	1010	5	0	87	20	0	7	1.86	90	3	92	74	16	33	57	0	60	55	92%	860	125	15%	434	181	42%	2982	437	15%	299	154	52%	176	112	64%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			78%			11%			35%			14%			51%			55%
				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	36	HOU	NL	262	937	3.58	549	59%	21%	17%	26%	36%	79%	2%	46%	78%	36%	6%	17	1	17%	45	22	13%	33	21	19%	-1	0	0
1989	37	HOU	NL	72	244	3.39	144	59%	22%	16%	24%	38%	78%	0%	46%	79%	31%	6%	4	0	18%	13	8	7%	5	4	25%	-1	0	1
2 Yrs				334	1181	3.54	693	59%	22%	17%	25%	36%	78%	2%	46%	78%	35%	6%	21	1	17%	58	30	11%	38	25	20%	-2	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			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
1973	21	11	31	29	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	11	.172	.226	.310	.536	49	9	0	0	0	0	0
1974	22	21	39	36	5	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	13	.167	.231	.278	.509	43	10	0	0	0	0	0
1975	23	111	341	290	37	63	11	1	6	35	3	2	33	55	.217	.299	.324	.624	77	94	10	1	16	0	1
1976	24	200	624	537	63	122	16	2	10	67	3	4	60	104	.227	.304	.320	.625	81	172	16	1	22	3	5
1977	25	324	1083	933	88	205	32	5	12	96	3	6	110	155	.220	.303	.303	.606	72	283	30	3	32	4	8
1978	26	405	1381	1197	115	274	47	5	21	125	4	7	138	187	.229	.310	.329	.639	80	394	40	4	36	5	12
1979	27	513	1751	1533	140	342	62	7	23	160	4	7	164	257	.223	.299	.318	.617	74	487	48	6	39	8	22
1980	28	629	2145	1885	170	432	81	9	26	208	4	7	199	297	.229	.303	.323	.626	78	609	59	6	41	13	34
1981	29	712	2441	2140	190	501	94	9	30	241	4	9	234	330	.234	.309	.329	.638	82	703	65	6	44	15	40
1982	30	812	2813	2479	230	588	108	11	42	290	6	9	261	383	.237	.310	.340	.650	85	844	72	7	46	18	44
1983	31	899	3124	2754	261	651	126	12	50	324	6	9	292	421	.236	.309	.345	.654	86	951	84	7	47	22	48
1984	32	965	3343	2945	277	701	133	12	54	351	6	9	312	443	.238	.310	.346	.657	87	1020	88	8	51	25	50
1985	33	1030	3559	3134	297	754	141	12	62	376	6	9	336	470	.241	.314	.353	.666	90	1105	97	9	52	26	52
1986	34	1150	3920	3449	321	835	156	12	69	414	7	9	375	526	.242	.315	.354	.670	91	1222	104	9	53	32	61
1987	35	1275	4367	3835	374	946	172	12	83	477	7	10	425	578	.247	.321	.363	.683	93	1391	118	10	53	36	63
1988	36	1348	4628	4062	393	1000	182	12	90	510	7	10	454	614	.246	.321	.363	.684	94	1476	123	10	54	40	66
1989	37	1370	4699	4123	397	1010	183	13	90	513	7	10	461	622	.245	.320	.361	.681	93	1489	125	11	55	41	66

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	21	11	31	29	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	2	11	.172	.226	.310	.536	2	11
1974	22	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	10
1975	23	91	310	260	36	62	11	1	5	36	3	33	42	.238	.327	.346	.673	29	90
1976	24	90	294	255	31	66	6	1	4	38	0	30	49	.259	.333	.337	.671	29	89
1977	25	124	461	397	26	84	16	3	2	30	0	51	51	.212	.304	.282	.586	34	124
1978	26	81	305	269	30	74	16	0	10	32	1	30	32	.275	.349	.446	.795	41	81
1979	27	108	377	341	28	73	16	2	2	39	0	28	70	.214	.275	.290	.566	27	108
1980	28	116	408	362	36	100	21	2	3	57	0	39	40	.276	.342	.370	.713	47	116
1981	29	126	465	398	36	116	22	0	7	59	0	59	50	.291	.380	.399	.780	61	83
1982	30	100	384	348	47	96	15	2	13	58	2	30	53	.276	.332	.443	.775	52	100
1983	31	87	320	281	36	69	20	1	9	39	0	34	38	.246	.323	.420	.743	38	87
1984	32	66	226	196	19	55	8	0	4	32	0	22	22	.281	.351	.383	.734	27	66
1985	33	65	220	192	22	56	8	0	8	28	0	25	27	.292	.374	.458	.833	34	65
1986	34	120	367	319	26	85	16	0	7	41	1	41	56	.266	.344	.382	.727	43	120
1987	35	125	444	388	54	113	16	0	14	65	0	51	52	.291	.372	.441	.812	64	125
1988	36	73	270	233	23	60	11	0	8	40	0	32	36	.258	.342	.408	.750	33	73
1989	37	22	73	62	5	11	1	1	0	4	0	8	8	.177	.278	.226	.504	4	22
17 Yrs		1415	4963	4337	459	1125	204	13	97	601	7	516	639	.259	.337	.380	.716	565	1370
162 Game Avg.		162	568	497	53	129	23	1	11	69	1	59	73	.259	.337	.380	.716	65	1370
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1981 NL 1.2 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1975 AL 16 (6th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1980 NL 12 (10th) Career 66 (245th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL 1.2 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1975 AL 16 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL 12 (10th)
Career 66 (245th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 24 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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