Benny Ayala

Benigno (Felix) Ayala

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 7, 1951 in Yauco, P.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1974
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Mets/Cardinals 1974-1985

Final Game: October 2, 1985
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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
1971	20	NYM-min	A	84	279	254	38	68	7	5	9	34	8	2	25	61	.268	.333	.441	.774		112							POM,VIS · FLOR,CALL
1972	21	NYM-min	A	113	405	348	68	79	15	2	19	66	6	0	57	115	.227	.336	.445	.781		155							VIS · CALL
1973	22	NYM-min	AA	136	540	462	69	119	17	6	17	68	6	1	70	74	.258	.352	.431	.783		199		0	3	5			MEM · TL
1974	23	NYM-min	AAA	92	326	288	41	79	21	1	11	40	0	3	35	66	.274	.353	.469	.822		135		1	0	2			TID · IL
1974	23	NYM	NL	23	78	68	9	16	1	0	2	8	0	0	7	17	.235	.308	.338	.646	82	23	3	1	0	2	0	7/9

1975	24	NYM-min	AAA	65	197	177	24	49	13	0	6	28	3	0	16	33	.277	.340	.452	.792		80		2	0	2			TID · IL
1976	25	NYM-min	AAA	87	323	293	41	66	9	2	12	48	5	0	24	56	.225	.283	.392	.675		115		1	1	4			TID · IL
1976	25	NYM	NL	22	28	26	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	6	.115	.179	.231	.409	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1977	26	STL-min	AAA	126	488	450	71	134	27	5	18	73	3	2	30	56	.298	.341	.500	.841		225		2	1	5			NOR · AA
1977	26	STL	NL	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9

1978	27	PIT-STL-min	AAA	106	408	368	46	110	13	4	11	56	2	4	33	35	.299	.356	.446	.802		164		1	4	2			CLB,SPR · IL,AA
1979	28	BAL-min	AAA	17	70	62	10	22	1	3	1	7	0	1	6	6	.355	.420	.516	.936		32		1	1	0			ROC · IL
1979	28	BAL	AL	42	94	86	15	22	5	0	6	13	0	0	6	9	.256	.298	.523	.821	120	45	2	0	0	2	1	7D/9
1980	29	BAL	AL	76	191	170	28	45	8	1	10	33	0	0	19	21	.265	.335	.500	.835	127	85	4	0	0	2	3	D7/9
1981	30	BAL	AL	44	100	86	12	24	2	0	3	13	0	1	11	9	.279	.364	.407	.771	123	35	2	1	1	1	0	D/7
1982	31	BAL	AL	64	133	128	17	39	6	0	6	24	1	1	5	14	.305	.331	.492	.823	123	63	3	0	0	0	2	7D/3
1983	32	BAL	AL	47	115	104	12	23	7	0	4	13	0	0	9	18	.221	.278	.404	.682	87	42	2	0	0	2	0	7D/9
1984	33	BAL	AL	60	128	118	9	25	6	0	4	24	1	1	8	24	.212	.258	.364	.622	73	43	4	0	0	2	0	D7/9
1985	34	CLE-min	AAA	14	52	46	2	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	12	.152	.250	.239	.489		11		0	0	0	1		MAI · IL
1985	34	CLE	AL	46	81	76	10	19	7	0	2	15	0	0	4	17	.250	.284	.421	.705	91	32	2	0	0	1	1	7/D
10 Yrs				425	951	865	114	217	42	1	38	145	2	4	71	136	.251	.305	.434	.739	104	375	22	2	1	12	7
162 Game Avg.				162	362	330	43	83	16	0	14	55	1	2	27	52	.251	.305	.434	.739	104	143	8	1	0	5	3

BAL (6 yrs)				333	761	692	93	178	34	1	33	120	2	3	58	95	.257	.312	.452	.764	110	313	17	1	1	9	6
NYM (2 yrs)				45	106	94	11	19	1	0	3	10	0	1	9	23	.202	.274	.309	.582	66	29	3	1	0	2	0
STL (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				46	81	76	10	19	7	0	2	15	0	0	4	17	.250	.284	.421	.705	91	32	2	0	0	1	1

AL (7 yrs)				379	842	768	103	197	41	1	35	135	2	3	62	112	.257	.309	.449	.758	108	345	19	1	1	10	7
NL (3 yrs)				46	109	97	11	20	1	0	3	10	0	1	9	24	.206	.275	.309	.585	66	30	3	1	0	2	0

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
1974	23	NYM	NL	23	78	-2	0	-0	1	-1	-2	-0.3	2	-0	0.0	.488	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	7/9

1976	25	NYM	NL	22	28	-3	-0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/97
1977	26	STL	NL	1	3	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.592	.501	0.0	0.1	0	$	/9

1979	28	BAL	AL	42	94	1	0	0	3	-2	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.507	.502	0.3	0.2	2	$	7D/9
1980	29	BAL	AL	76	191	5	-1	-0	-1	-5	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.499	0.6	-0.6	5	$	D7/9
1981	30	BAL	AL	44	100	4	-0	0	1	-3	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.507	.502	0.5	-0.2	4	$	D/7
1982	31	BAL	AL	64	133	4	-0	0	1	-3	2	0.3	4	6	0.6	.504	.501	0.6	-0.2	5	$	7D/3
1983	32	BAL	AL	47	115	-3	-1	-0	0	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	7D/9
1984	33	BAL	AL	60	128	-5	-1	-1	1	-4	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.483	.494	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$	D7/9
1985	34	CLE	AL	46	81	-1	-0	0	-3	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$303,333	7/D
10 Seasons				425	951	1	-3	-0	3	-22	-21	-2.0	29	7	0.7	.495	.499	0.6	-1.6	5	$303,333

BAL (6 yrs)				333	761	7	-3	-0	5	-19	-11	-0.9	23	13	1.3	.497	.499	1.0	-1.2	8	$
NYM (2 yrs)				45	106	-5	-0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.484	.498	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$
STL (1 yr)				1	3	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.592	.501	0.0	0.1	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				46	81	-1	-0	0	-3	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$303,333

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	23	NYM	NL	78	57	7	3.3	94	.275	.235	.261	.308	.333	.338	.378	.646	.711	82	.388	-1.5	-0.2	.564	.206	.103	.0

1976	25	NYM	NL	28	24	1	1.1	86	.105	.115	.254	.179	.320	.231	.362	.409	.682	20	.086	-2.8	-0.3	.292	.154	.115	.0
1977	26	STL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	102	.500	.333	.268	.333	.336	.333	.409	.667	.744	81	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1979	28	BAL	AL	94	68	13	5.1	99	.219	.256	.266	.298	.330	.523	.403	.821	.733	120	.536	2.1	0.2	.773	.337	.267	.0
1980	29	BAL	AL	191	131	28	5.8	98	.248	.265	.268	.335	.330	.500	.397	.835	.727	127	.602	6.0	0.6	.806	.347	.235	.0
1981	30	BAL	AL	100	67	13	5.2	89	.280	.279	.256	.364	.321	.407	.373	.771	.693	123	.609	2.8	0.3	.708	.244	.128	.0
1982	31	BAL	AL	133	93	19	5.5	99	.306	.305	.264	.331	.328	.492	.402	.823	.730	123	.581	3.4	0.3	.731	.227	.188	1.7
1983	32	BAL	AL	115	85	12	3.8	96	.226	.221	.263	.278	.325	.404	.397	.682	.722	87	.416	-1.8	-0.2	.614	.269	.183	.0
1984	33	BAL	AL	128	100	10	2.7	94	.228	.212	.260	.258	.322	.364	.392	.622	.715	73	.278	-4.4	-0.4	.520	.220	.153	1.6
1985	34	CLE	AL	81	60	9	4.0	98	.293	.250	.260	.284	.326	.421	.404	.705	.730	91	.438	-0.9	-0.1	.610	.224	.171	.0
10 Yrs				951	687	112	4.4	96	.255	.251	.263	.305	.327	.434	.394	.739	.720	104	.488	2.7	0.2	.662	.262	.183	3.8
162 Game Avg.				362	262	43	4.4	96	.255	.251	.263	.305	.327	.434	.394	.739	.720	104	.488	1	0	.662	.262	.183	1

BAL (6 yrs)				761	544	95	4.7	96	.253	.257	.263	.312	.326	.452	.395	.764	.722	110	.516	8.1	0.8	.695	.277	.195	3.8
NYM (2 yrs)				106	81	8	2.7	92	.229	.202	.259	.274	.329	.309	.373	.582	.703	66	.302	-4.4	-0.5	.481	.191	.106	.0
STL (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	102	.500	.333	.268	.333	.336	.333	.409	.667	.744	81	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				81	60	9	4.0	98	.293	.250	.260	.284	.326	.421	.404	.705	.730	91	.439	-0.9	-0.1	.610	.224	.171	.0

AL (7 yrs)				842	604	104	4.6	96	.257	.257	.263	.309	.326	.449	.396	.758	.722	108	.509	7.2	0.7	.686	.272	.193	3.8
NL (3 yrs)				109	83	8	2.6	92	.236	.206	.260	.275	.330	.309	.375	.585	.704	66	.291	-4.5	-0.5	.481	.186	.103	.0

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
1979	28	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	4	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.833	1.262	5	0	0	0	0	0

1983	32	BAL	AL	ALCS	CHW	W	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
1983	32	BAL	AL	WS	PHI	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							6	9	7	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	.429	.444	.857	1.302	6	0	0	0	1	0
1 ALCS							1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
2 WS							5	8	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	6	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1974	23	NYM	NL	78	2.6%	21.8%	9.0%	3.9%	19%	2.43	4.0	34.0	8.5	1.21	65%

1976	25	NYM	NL	28	3.6%	21.4%	7.1%	3.6%	33%	3.00	4.3	26.0	13.0	0.55	68%
1977	26	STL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%

1979	28	BAL	AL	94	6.4%	9.6%	6.4%	11.7%	50%	1.50	9.6	14.3	6.6	1.15	78%
1980	29	BAL	AL	191	5.2%	11.0%	10.0%	10.0%	42%	1.11	8.1	17.0	5.2	0.77	74%
1981	30	BAL	AL	100	3.0%	9.0%	11.0%	5.0%	21%	0.82	9.6	28.7	6.6	1.25	75%
1982	31	BAL	AL	133	4.5%	10.5%	3.8%	9.0%	31%	2.80	9.1	21.3	5.3	0.70	81%
1983	32	BAL	AL	115	3.5%	15.7%	7.8%	9.6%	48%	2.00	5.8	26.0	8.0	0.84	73%
1984	33	BAL	AL	128	3.1%	18.8%	6.3%	7.8%	40%	3.00	4.9	29.5	4.9	0.74	72%
1985	34	CLE	AL	81	2.5%	21.0%	4.9%	11.1%	47%	4.25	4.5	38.0	5.1	1.15	72%
10 Yrs				951	4.0%	14.3%	7.5%	8.5%	37%	1.92	6.4	22.8	6.0	0.89	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.55	6.8	45.4	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	23	NYM	NL	-1.5	-0.2	79	-1.4	1.0	-2.4	1.34	-0.3	-0.7	-8.5	-0.9	1.13	-3.6	3.26	4

1976	25	NYM	NL	-2.9	-0.3	29	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.18	-0.3	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.90	-3.1	1.44	15
1977	26	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.42	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.62	-0.1		0

1979	28	BAL	AL	2.1	0.2	95	-0.5	1.6	-2.2	1.23	-0.0	-0.4	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	0.4	2.61	13
1980	29	BAL	AL	6.0	0.6	192	0.1	4.2	-4.1	1.18	0.6	-0.5	7.0	0.7	1.00	7.5	1.89	28
1981	30	BAL	AL	2.8	0.3	101	0.1	1.8	-1.7	1.09	0.2	-0.1	1.7	0.2	0.99	2.6	2.17	16
1982	31	BAL	AL	3.4	0.3	136	-0.2	2.9	-3.1	1.24	0.3	-0.4	2.3	0.2	1.03	3.5	2.57	24
1983	32	BAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	115	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	1.07	-0.1	-0.8	-6.8	-0.7	0.99	-1.7	1.69	14
1984	33	BAL	AL	-4.6	-0.5	131	-0.9	3.1	-4.0	1.45	-0.6	0.0	-4.8	-0.5	1.09	-7.4	2.04	28
1985	34	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	81	-0.0	1.7	-1.7	1.16	-0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.99	-1.9	1.41	22
10 Yrs				2.5	0.2	962	-4.3	18.1	-22.4	1.22	-0.5	-3.0	-12.7	-1.4	1.01	-3.9	2.01	164

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
1974	23	NYM	NL	0	0	32%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	80%	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1

1976	25	NYM	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	26	STL	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	28	BAL	AL	1	0	41%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29%	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	0
1980	29	BAL	AL	2	0	33%	76	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	35%	9	7	2	4	3	1	7	3	4
1981	30	BAL	AL	3	0	27%	42	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	36%	6	6	0	2	1	1	3	0	3
1982	31	BAL	AL	3	0	29%	45	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	33%	6	6	0	2	1	1	4	1	3
1983	32	BAL	AL	0	0	29%	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36%	5	4	1	1	1	0	5	2	3
1984	33	BAL	AL	1	0	17%	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	50%	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1985	34	CLE	AL	1	0	38%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63%	5	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	2
10 Yrs				11	0	30%	299	2	4	33%	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	11	41%	39	29	9	14	9	5	26	8	18

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	23	NYM	NL	78	35%	16			4	0	0	0	3.26	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		21	3	14%	11	3	27%	69	6	9%	6	3	50%	3	0	0%	0

1976	25	NYM	NL	28	68%	3			15	2	1	2	1.44	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1977	26	STL	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1979	28	BAL	AL	94	90%	22			13	3	0	0	2.61	6	0	5	1	5	5	1	0	1	0	0%	19	2	11%	13	5	38%	57	7	12%	7	3	43%	3	2	67%	0
1980	29	BAL	AL	191	90%	45			28	5	2	5	1.89	10	0	7	0	10	6	4	0	0	0		34	4	12%	15	6	40%	141	23	16%	10	6	60%	8	3	38%	0
1981	30	BAL	AL	100	86%	24			16	5	1	3	2.17	3	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	100%	21	2	10%	8	2	25%	68	10	15%	6	4	67%	2	0	0%	0
1982	31	BAL	AL	133	96%	39			24	9	2	5	2.57	6	1	5	0	6	3	3	0	0	0		33	3	9%	11	2	18%	107	19	18%	6	2	33%	5	4	80%	0
1983	32	BAL	AL	115	92%	23			14	4	0	1	1.69	4	0	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0		19	2	11%	11	4	36%	84	9	11%	6	3	50%	6	2	33%	0
1984	33	BAL	AL	128	95%	25			28	9	2	6	2.04	4	0	8	0	4	1	3	0	0	0		34	4	12%	16	4	25%	117	20	17%	14	6	43%	7	6	86%	0
1985	34	CLE	AL	81	90%	19			22	4	0	2	1.41	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		21	2	10%	9	4	44%	57	13	23%	8	5	63%	3	3	100%	0
10 Yrs				951	86%	217			164	41	8	24	2.01	38	1	41	3	35	22	16	0	2	1	50%	204	22	11%	96	31	32%	712	108	15%	63	32	51%	39	21	54%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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	23	23	78	68	9	16	1	0	2	8	0	0	7	17	.235	.308	.338	.646	82	23	3	1	0	2	0
1975	24	23	78	68	9	16	1	0	2	8	0	0	7	17	.235	.308	.338	.646	82	23	3	1	0	2	0
1976	25	45	106	94	11	19	1	0	3	10	0	1	9	23	.202	.274	.309	.582	66	29	3	1	0	2	0
1977	26	46	109	97	11	20	1	0	3	10	0	1	9	24	.206	.275	.309	.585	66	30	3	1	0	2	0
1978	27	46	109	97	11	20	1	0	3	10	0	1	9	24	.206	.275	.309	.585	66	30	3	1	0	2	0
1979	28	88	203	183	26	42	6	0	9	23	0	1	15	33	.230	.286	.410	.696	92	75	5	1	0	4	1
1980	29	164	394	353	54	87	14	1	19	56	0	1	34	54	.246	.310	.453	.763	109	160	9	1	0	6	4
1981	30	208	494	439	66	111	16	1	22	69	0	2	45	63	.253	.320	.444	.765	112	195	11	2	1	7	4
1982	31	272	627	567	83	150	22	1	28	93	1	3	50	77	.265	.323	.455	.778	115	258	14	2	1	7	6
1983	32	319	742	671	95	173	29	1	32	106	1	3	59	95	.258	.316	.447	.763	110	300	16	2	1	9	6
1984	33	379	870	789	104	198	35	1	36	130	2	4	67	119	.251	.307	.435	.742	105	343	20	2	1	11	6
1985	34	425	951	865	114	217	42	1	38	145	2	4	71	136	.251	.305	.434	.739	104	375	22	2	1	12	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1974	23	23	79	69	10	17	1	0	2	9	0	7	17	.246	.316	.348	.664	8	23

1976	25	22	28	26	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	6	.115	.179	.231	.409	1	22
1977	26	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1979	28	42	94	86	15	22	5	0	6	13	0	6	9	.256	.298	.523	.821	14	42
1980	29	76	192	171	29	46	8	1	10	34	0	19	21	.269	.339	.503	.841	30	76
1981	30	67	158	134	22	40	3	0	5	23	0	18	14	.299	.385	.433	.817	23	44
1982	31	64	134	129	18	40	6	0	6	25	1	5	14	.310	.336	.496	.832	22	64
1983	32	47	116	105	13	24	7	0	4	14	0	9	18	.229	.284	.410	.694	13	47
1984	33	60	129	119	10	26	6	0	4	26	1	8	24	.218	.264	.370	.633	12	60
1985	34	46	82	77	11	20	7	0	2	16	0	4	17	.260	.293	.429	.721	10	46
10 Yrs		448	1015	919	130	238	43	1	40	162	2	78	141	.259	.315	.439	.753	133	425
162 Game Avg.		162	367	332	47	86	16	0	14	59	1	28	51	.259	.315	.439	.753	48	425

* 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.

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