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Wally Backman

Walter Wayne Backman

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, OR
High School: Aloha HS (Beaverton, OR)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Teams (by GP): Mets/Phillies/Pirates/Twins/Mariners 1980-1993
Agents: Terry Bross, previously: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 14, 1993
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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
1977	17	NYM-min	A-	69	287	255	44	83	10	2	6	30	20	7	28	53	.325	.393	.451	.844		115		1	2	1			LFA · NYPL
1978	18	NYM-min	A	132	581	494	86	149	19	9	3	38	42	17	74	99	.302	.397	.395	.791		195		5	6	2			LBG · CARL
1979	19	NYM-min	AA	110	448	404	63	114	11	5	2	19	23	5	35	50	.282	.346	.349	.695		141		5	3	1			JAC · TL
1980	20	NYM-min	AAA	125	498	400	53	117	15	5	1	51	11	7	87	67	.293	.415	.363	.778		145		0	7	4			TID · IL
1980	20	NYM	NL	27	110	93	12	30	1	1	0	9	2	3	11	14	.323	.396	.355	.751	115	33	3	1	4	1	1	4/6
1981	21	NYM-min	AAA	21	70	59	6	9	3	1	0	6	2	2	10	8	.153	.275	.237	.513		14		0	1	0	1		TID · IL
1981	21	NYM	NL	26	42	36	5	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.278	.350	.333	.683	97	12	0	0	2	0	0	4/5
1982	22	NYM	NL	96	312	261	37	71	13	2	3	22	8	7	49	47	.272	.387	.372	.759	115	97	6	0	2	0	1	4/56
1983	23	NYM-min	AAA	101	431	361	69	114	11	3	1	28	37	15	68	47	.316	.422	.371	.793		134		0	0	2	2		TID · IL
1983	23	NYM	NL	26	45	42	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	8	.167	.205	.214	.419	17	9	2	0	1	0	0	4/5
1984	24	NYM	NL	128	499	436	68	122	19	2	1	26	32	9	56	63	.280	.360	.339	.700	99	148	13	0	5	2	2	*4/6
1985	25	NYM	NL	145	574	520	77	142	24	5	1	38	30	12	36	72	.273	.320	.344	.664	87	179	3	1	14	3	1	*4/6
1986	26	NYM	NL	124	440	387	67	124	18	2	1	27	13	7	36	32	.320	.376	.385	.761	113	149	3	0	14	3	1	*4
1987	27	NYM	NL	94	335	300	43	75	6	1	1	23	11	3	25	43	.250	.307	.287	.593	62	86	5	0	9	1	0	4
1988	28	NYM	NL	99	347	294	44	89	12	0	0	17	9	5	41	49	.303	.388	.344	.731	117	101	6	1	9	2	1	4
1989	29	MIN	AL	87	337	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	1	1	32	45	.231	.306	.284	.591	63	85	4	1	4	1	0	4/D
1990	30	PIT	NL	104	361	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	6	3	42	53	.292	.374	.397	.771	117	125	5	1	0	3	1	54
1991	31	PHI	NL	94	220	185	20	45	12	0	0	15	3	2	30	30	.243	.344	.308	.652	86	57	2	0	2	3	0	45
1992	32	PHI	NL	42	55	48	6	13	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	9	.271	.352	.292	.644	85	14	3	0	1	0	1	4/5
1993	33	SEA	AL	10	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	-17	4	0	0	1	0	0	/54
14 Yrs				1102	3708	3245	482	893	138	19	10	240	117	52	371	480	.275	.349	.339	.687	94	1099	55	5	68	19	9
162 Game Avg.				162	545	477	71	131	20	3	1	35	17	8	55	71	.275	.349	.339	.687	94	162	8	1	10	3	1

NYM (9 yrs)				765	2704	2369	359	670	95	14	7	165	106	46	260	335	.283	.353	.344	.696	97	814	41	3	60	12	7
PHI (2 yrs)				136	275	233	26	58	13	0	0	21	4	2	36	39	.249	.346	.305	.650	86	71	5	0	3	3	1
MIN (1 yr)				87	337	299	33	69	9	2	1	26	1	1	32	45	.231	.306	.284	.591	63	85	4	1	4	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				104	361	315	62	92	21	3	2	28	6	3	42	53	.292	.374	.397	.771	117	125	5	1	0	3	1
SEA (1 yr)				10	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	-17	4	0	0	1	0	0

NL (12 yrs)				1005	3340	2917	447	820	129	17	9	214	116	51	338	427	.281	.355	.346	.701	98	1010	51	4	63	18	9
AL (2 yrs)				97	368	328	35	73	9	2	1	26	1	1	33	53	.223	.295	.271	.566	56	89	4	1	5	1	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
1980	20	NYM	NL	27	110	1	-1	0	-6	1	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.485	.498	0.5	-0.5	5	$	4/6
1981	21	NYM	NL	26	42	2	1	0	-0	0	2	0.3	1	4	0.4	.511	.502	0.5	-0.0	4	$	4/5
1982	22	NYM	NL	96	312	8	-2	0	-6	2	2	0.3	10	12	1.2	.502	.501	1.9	-0.4	18	$	4/56
1983	23	NYM	NL	26	45	-5	0	0	-2	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.474	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	4/5
1984	24	NYM	NL	128	499	-0	2	-2	-10	3	-6	-0.6	15	9	0.9	.495	.496	2.0	-0.7	19	$93,000	*4/6
1985	25	NYM	NL	145	574	-3	0	3	-0	3	3	0.5	18	21	2.2	.502	.502	2.2	0.4	21	$200,000	*4/6
1986	26	NYM	NL	124	440	7	0	3	3	2	14	1.6	14	28	3.0	.513	.510	2.6	0.6	25	$325,000	*4
1987	27	NYM	NL	94	335	-8	1	1	-0	2	-5	-0.4	10	5	0.6	.495	.497	0.5	0.2	6	$550,000	4
1988	28	NYM	NL	99	347	10	-2	0	4	2	14	1.7	11	25	2.7	.516	.510	2.3	0.7	21	$650,000	4
1989	29	MIN	AL	87	337	-13	-0	1	-7	2	-18	-1.8	10	-8	-0.9	.477	.488	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$750,000	4/D
1990	30	PIT	NL	104	361	9	-1	1	-8	1	2	0.4	10	12	1.4	.502	.502	2.1	-0.6	20	$400,000	54
1991	31	PHI	NL	94	220	-2	-1	0	-0	1	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.4	0.1	4	$650,000	45
1992	32	PHI	NL	42	55	-0	0	-0	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$650,000	4/5
1993	33	SEA	AL	10	31	-3	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.488	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/54
14 Seasons				1102	3708	2	-1	8	-33	20	-4	0.6	112	109	11.5	.500	.500	14.6	-0.6	141	$4,268,000

NYM (9 yrs)				765	2704	11	0	6	-19	17	15	2.3	83	98	10.4	.502	.501	12.2	0.2	118	$1,818,000
PHI (2 yrs)				136	275	-2	-1	-0	1	1	-2	-0.1	8	6	0.6	.499	.499	0.5	0.3	5	$1,300,000
MIN (1 yr)				87	337	-13	-0	1	-7	2	-18	-1.8	10	-8	-0.9	.477	.488	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$750,000
PIT (1 yr)				104	361	9	-1	1	-8	1	2	0.4	10	12	1.4	.502	.502	2.1	-0.6	20	$400,000
SEA (1 yr)				10	31	-3	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.488	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

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
1980	20	NYM	NL	110	74	13	4.8	93	.375	.323	.263	.396	.325	.355	.382	.751	.707	115	.552	2.4	0.2	.638	.140	.032	.0
1981	21	NYM	NL	42	28	5	4.8	90	.345	.278	.260	.350	.325	.333	.373	.683	.698	97	.573	0.0	0.0	.654	.194	.056	.0
1982	22	NYM	NL	312	205	39	5.2	94	.322	.272	.264	.387	.327	.372	.384	.759	.712	115	.589	7.7	0.8	.724	.291	.100	4.4
1983	23	NYM	NL	45	38	2	1.4	96	.206	.167	.262	.205	.330	.214	.388	.419	.719	17	.119	-5.0	-0.5	.297	.095	.048
1984	24	NYM	NL	499	343	57	4.5	93	.324	.280	.262	.360	.327	.339	.381	.700	.708	99	.531	1.8	0.2	.676	.241	.060	1.9
1985	25	NYM	NL	574	410	61	4.0	94	.313	.273	.259	.320	.327	.344	.386	.664	.712	87	.479	-9.2	-1.0	.595	.175	.071	1.9
1986	26	NYM	NL	440	290	59	5.5	96	.345	.320	.259	.376	.329	.385	.391	.761	.719	113	.609	7.8	0.8	.700	.173	.065	1.9
1987	27	NYM	NL	335	243	28	3.1	102	.288	.250	.263	.307	.332	.287	.410	.593	.742	62	.313	-15.8	-1.6	.511	.147	.037	1.8
1988	28	NYM	NL	347	227	42	5.0	85	.360	.303	.250	.388	.313	.344	.368	.731	.681	117	.602	9.1	1.0	.681	.194	.041	.0
1989	29	MIN	AL	337	240	28	3.1	99	.268	.231	.269	.306	.335	.284	.395	.591	.730	63	.354	-14.9	-1.5	.502	.161	.054	1.0
1990	30	PIT	NL	361	234	49	5.6	95	.342	.292	.260	.374	.325	.397	.390	.771	.715	117	.610	9.4	0.9	.740	.248	.105	3.0
1991	31	PHI	NL	220	149	22	4.0	93	.285	.243	.256	.344	.324	.308	.384	.652	.708	86	.475	-1.5	-0.2	.611	.232	.065	.0
1992	32	PHI	NL	55	39	5	3.5	92	.333	.271	.259	.352	.325	.292	.381	.644	.706	85	.420	-0.8	-0.1	.553	.167	.021	.0
1993	33	SEA	AL	31	26	1	1.0	103	.190	.138	.268	.167	.339	.138	.409	.305	.748	-17	.056	-5.0	-0.5	.200	.034	.000
14 Yrs				3708	2546	411	4.4	94	.318	.275	.261	.349	.327	.339	.387	.687	.714	94	.507	-14.0	-1.4	.626	.198	.063	18.4
162 Game Avg.				545	374	60	4.4	94	.318	.275	.261	.349	.327	.339	.387	.687	.714	94	.507	-14.0	-1.4	.626	.198	.063	3

NYM (9 yrs)				2704	1858	306	4.4	94	.325	.283	.260	.353	.326	.344	.386	.696	.712	97	.519	-1.2	-0.1	.637	.196	.061	13.1
PHI (2 yrs)				275	188	27	3.9	93	.294	.249	.257	.346	.324	.305	.384	.650	.708	86	.464	-2.3	-0.2	.599	.219	.056	.0
MIN (1 yr)				337	240	28	3.1	99	.268	.231	.269	.306	.335	.284	.395	.591	.730	63	.354	-14.9	-1.5	.502	.161	.054	1.0
PIT (1 yr)				361	234	49	5.6	95	.342	.292	.260	.374	.325	.397	.390	.771	.715	117	.610	9.4	0.9	.740	.248	.105	3.0
SEA (1 yr)				31	26	1	1.0	103	.190	.138	.268	.167	.339	.138	.409	.305	.748	-17	.056	-5.0	-0.5	.200	.034	.000

NL (12 yrs)				3340	2280	382	4.5	94	.325	.281	.260	.355	.326	.346	.386	.701	.712	98	.526	5.9	0.7	.644	.203	.065	16.7
AL (2 yrs)				368	266	29	2.9	99	.262	.223	.269	.295	.335	.271	.397	.566	.732	56	.322	-19.9	-2.0	.473	.149	.049	1.0

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
1986	26	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	6	23	21	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	4	.238	.304	.238	.542	5	0	0	0	0	1
1986	26	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	6	22	18	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	0	0	1	0	0

1988	28	NYM	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	7	26	22	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.273	.333	.318	.652	7	0	0	2	0	0

1990	30	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	3	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							22	79	68	12	18	2	0	0	5	4	1	8	14	.265	.342	.294	.636	20	0	0	3	0	1
3 NLCS							16	57	50	8	12	2	0	0	4	3	0	5	12	.240	.309	.280	.589	14	0	0	2	0	1
1 WS							6	22	18	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	0	0	1	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
1980	20	NYM	NL	110	0.0%	12.7%	10.0%	1.8%	7%	1.27	6.6		10.3		4.18	73%
1981	21	NYM	NL	42	0.0%	16.7%	9.5%	4.8%	20%	1.75	5.1				5.00	69%
1982	22	NYM	NL	312	1.0%	15.1%	15.7%	5.8%	25%	0.96	5.6	87.0	11.9		2.59	68%
1983	23	NYM	NL	45	0.0%	17.8%	4.4%	2.2%	14%	4.00	5.3		14.0		2.75	76%
1984	24	NYM	NL	499	0.2%	12.6%	11.2%	4.4%	18%	1.13	6.9	436.0	16.8		2.18	75%
1985	25	NYM	NL	574	0.2%	12.5%	6.3%	5.2%	21%	2.00	7.2	520.0	13.7		1.80	78%
1986	26	NYM	NL	440	0.2%	7.3%	8.2%	4.8%	17%	0.89	12.1	387.0	14.3		2.68	81%
1987	27	NYM	NL	335	0.3%	12.8%	7.5%	2.4%	11%	1.72	7.0	300.0	13.0		2.65	77%
1988	28	NYM	NL	347	0.0%	14.1%	11.8%	3.5%	14%	1.20	6.0		17.3	1.35	2.23	71%	20%	0.0%	26%
1989	29	MIN	AL	337	0.3%	13.4%	9.5%	3.6%	17%	1.41	6.6	299.0	11.5	1.39	1.82	75%	19%	1.0%	5%
1990	30	PIT	NL	361	0.6%	14.7%	11.6%	7.2%	28%	1.26	5.9	157.5	11.3	1.10	1.82	73%	20%	2.0%	15%
1991	31	PHI	NL	220	0.0%	13.6%	13.6%	5.5%	27%	1.00	6.2		12.3	1.21	1.50	72%	21%	0.0%	8%
1992	32	PHI	NL	55	0.0%	16.4%	10.9%	1.8%	8%	1.50	5.3		8.0	2.55	3.83	71%	20%	0.0%	0%
1993	33	SEA	AL	31	0.0%	25.8%	3.2%	0.0%	0%	8.00	3.6			1.63	2.00	68%	14%	0.0%	0%
14 Yrs				3708	0.3%	12.9%	10.0%	4.5%	19%	1.29	6.8	324.5	13.5	1.30	2.18	75%	20%	0.8%	13%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.2	42.2	8.4	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	20	NYM	NL	2.4	0.2	119	0.3	2.2	-1.9	1.25	0.1	0.1	4.0	0.4	0.96	1.8		0
1981	21	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	44	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.95	0.2	-0.3	0.6	0.1	0.92	1.7	0.57	12
1982	22	NYM	NL	7.7	0.8	332	-0.1	5.1	-5.2	.98	0.4	-0.5	3.4	0.4	0.95	4.5	0.93	5
1983	23	NYM	NL	-5.0	-0.5	45	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	1.26	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.89	-4.8	0.91	16
1984	24	NYM	NL	1.8	0.2	552	2.0	10.0	-8.0	1.01	0.2	1.7	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-0.7	1.02	11
1985	25	NYM	NL	-9.2	-1.0	626	0.1	9.3	-9.3	.98	0.2	-0.1	3.6	0.4	0.96	-1.1	0.94	15
1986	26	NYM	NL	7.8	0.8	467	1.1	7.6	-6.5	.99	0.5	0.7	3.3	0.3	0.93	4.2	0.96	15
1987	27	NYM	NL	-15.8	-1.6	355	-0.1	5.0	-5.1	.93	-0.5	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	0.92	-4.5	1.31	12
1988	28	NYM	NL	9.1	1.0	371	0.4	5.8	-5.3	.99	0.6	-0.1	5.0	0.5	0.94	7.0	1.23	6
1989	29	MIN	AL	-14.9	-1.5	343	-0.7	4.9	-5.6	.97	-1.2	0.5	-7.0	-0.7	0.96	-11.2	1.46	4
1990	30	PIT	NL	9.4	0.9	379	1.5	6.8	-5.3	.92	1.2	0.5	16.4	1.7	0.91	13.4	1.18	15
1991	31	PHI	NL	-1.5	-0.2	228	0.4	4.1	-3.7	1.06	0.0	0.4	-2.2	-0.2	0.92	-1.2	1.67	38
1992	32	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	58	0.2	1.3	-1.0	1.28	-0.1	0.3	2.7	0.3	1.07	-0.1	1.47	29
1993	33	SEA	AL	-5.0	-0.5	31	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.12	-0.2	-0.2	-4.3	-0.4	1.07	-3.0	4.45	1
14 Yrs				-14.0	-1.4	3950	4.0	63.4	-59.4	1.00	0.8	3.2	17.9	1.9	0.94	6.0	1.24	179

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	20	NYM	NL	0	29%	52	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	3	47%	10	7	3	0	0	0	5	1	4
1981	21	NYM	NL	3	36%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	1
1982	22	NYM	NL	4	29%	141	8	7	53%	8	7	0	0	1	0	4	12	42%	14	10	4	9	4	5	13	6	6
1983	23	NYM	NL	0	67%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1984	24	NYM	NL	3	38%	219	32	9	78%	31	9	1	0	3	0	7	17	56%	27	12	14	10	6	4	18	3	13
1985	25	NYM	NL	13	43%	230	30	12	71%	29	11	1	1	5	3	6	16	51%	24	16	7	11	5	6	26	8	18
1986	26	NYM	NL	3	42%	219	13	7	65%	12	7	1	0	0	0	8	14	65%	30	14	16	9	3	5	26	4	21
1987	27	NYM	NL	11	42%	164	11	3	79%	11	3	0	0	1	0	4	9	47%	21	13	7	3	3	0	10	0	9
1988	28	NYM	NL	6	34%	193	9	5	64%	9	5	0	0	4	0	7	10	55%	26	16	10	6	2	3	17	1	14
1989	29	MIN	AL	4	32%	135	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	8	36%	19	14	5	6	3	3	11	5	5
1990	30	PIT	NL	5	45%	206	6	3	67%	4	3	2	0	1	0	4	18	37%	17	15	2	7	4	3	25	10	13
1991	31	PHI	NL	3	27%	97	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	32%	8	7	1	2	2	0	9	4	5
1992	32	PHI	NL	1	32%	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	2	1
1993	33	SEA	AL	3	40%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
14 Yrs				59	38%	1730	117	52	69%	112	50	5	2	20	5	46	115	49%	206	130	73	66	32	32	168	46	112

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
1980	20	NYM	NL	110	100%	30			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	17	3	18%	12	10	83%	62	9	15%	4	4	100%	10	8	80%	0
1981	21	NYM	NL	42	100%	10			12	3	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	5	1	20%	17	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1982	22	NYM	NL	312	100%	71			5	0	0	0	0.93	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	1	4	2	50%	48	6	13%	25	5	20%	181	19	11%	14	6	43%	15	7	47%	0
1983	23	NYM	NL	45	100%	7			16	3	0	1	0.91	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1984	24	NYM	NL	499	100%	122			11	3	0	0	1.02	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	100%	63	13	21%	33	13	39%	219	26	12%	23	10	43%	12	7	58%	0
1985	25	NYM	NL	574	100%	142			15	6	0	0	0.94	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	17	14	82%	100	3	3%	53	24	45%	297	37	12%	21	13	62%	24	15	63%	0
1986	26	NYM	NL	440	100%	124			15	5	0	0	0.96	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	23	14	61%	72	3	4%	63	28	44%	222	26	12%	17	8	47%	29	15	52%	0
1987	27	NYM	NL	335	100%	75			12	2	0	0	1.31	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	19	9	47%	51	5	10%	41	21	51%	171	26	15%	14	7	50%	26	16	62%	0
1988	28	NYM	NL	347	100%	89	16	9	6	1	0	0	1.23	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	9	56%	62	6	10%	30	18	60%	172	18	10%	13	9	69%	13	8	62%	0
1989	29	MIN	AL	337	100%	69	12	8	4	0	0	1	1.46	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	9	4	44%	57	4	7%	32	12	38%	185	27	15%	17	9	53%	13	10	77%	0
1990	30	PIT	NL	361	100%	92	13	6	15	3	0	0	1.18	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0%	34	5	15%	18	6	33%	139	27	19%	16	9	56%	3	2	67%	0
1991	31	PHI	NL	220	100%	45	16	1	38	7	0	7	1.67	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	31	2	6%	15	8	53%	114	15	13%	7	5	71%	5	3	60%	0
1992	32	PHI	NL	55	98%	13	5	0	29	10	0	5	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	3	20%	5	1	20%	42	6	14%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1993	33	SEA	AL	31	100%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	23	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
14 Yrs				3708	100%	893	62	24	179	43	0	14	1.24	10	0	52	10	0	2	8	1	109	68	62%	568	55	10%	340	149	44%	1868	239	13%	154	84	55%	157	94	60%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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	28	NYM	NL	344	1329	3.86	772	58%	31%	10%	26%	33%	69%	1%	40%	85%	21%	6%	20	0	17%	57	22	10%	36	21	44%	3	2	0
1989	29	MIN	AL	339	1248	3.68	731	59%	28%	12%	24%	35%	71%	0%	42%	83%	22%	7%	24	1	18%	62	19	10%	33	19	42%	-2	0	2
1990	30	PIT	NL	289	1102	3.81	644	58%	29%	9%	29%	32%	70%	1%	41%	86%	22%	4%	13	0	16%	46	13	7%	21	7	55%	72	0	6
1991	31	PHI	NL	221	857	3.88	482	56%	32%	10%	25%	33%	68%	0%	38%	86%	12%	9%	19	0	24%	54	7	10%	22	5	33%	-1	0	0
1992	32	PHI	NL	55	255	4.64	156	61%	32%	8%	35%	26%	68%	4%	42%	89%	15%	5%	3	0	16%	9	0	9%	5	2	44%	0	0	0
1993	33	SEA	AL	31	129	4.16	75	58%	31%	13%	27%	29%	69%	0%	40%	81%	19%	3%	1	0	26%	8	3	3%	1	1	38%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1279	4920	3.85	2860	58%	30%	10%	26%	33%	70%	1%	40%	85%	20%	6%	80	1	18%	236	64	9%	118	55	44%	72	2	8
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			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
1980	20	27	110	93	12	30	1	1	0	9	2	3	11	14	.323	.396	.355	.751	115	33	3	1	4	1	1
1981	21	53	152	129	17	40	3	1	0	9	3	3	15	21	.310	.384	.349	.732	110	45	3	1	6	1	1
1982	22	149	464	390	54	111	16	3	3	31	11	10	64	68	.285	.386	.364	.750	113	142	9	1	8	1	2
1983	23	175	509	432	60	118	16	4	3	34	11	10	66	76	.273	.370	.350	.720	104	151	11	1	9	1	2
1984	24	303	1008	868	128	240	35	6	4	60	43	19	122	139	.276	.365	.344	.710	102	299	24	1	14	3	4
1985	25	448	1582	1388	205	382	59	11	5	98	73	31	158	211	.275	.349	.344	.693	96	478	27	2	28	6	5
1986	26	572	2022	1775	272	506	77	13	6	125	86	38	194	243	.285	.355	.353	.708	100	627	30	2	42	9	6
1987	27	666	2357	2075	315	581	83	14	7	148	97	41	219	286	.280	.348	.344	.691	94	713	35	2	51	10	6
1988	28	765	2704	2369	359	670	95	14	7	165	106	46	260	335	.283	.353	.344	.696	97	814	41	3	60	12	7
1989	29	852	3041	2668	392	739	104	16	8	191	107	47	292	380	.277	.348	.337	.685	93	899	45	4	64	13	7
1990	30	956	3402	2983	454	831	125	19	10	219	113	50	334	433	.279	.351	.343	.694	96	1024	50	5	64	16	8
1991	31	1050	3622	3168	474	876	137	19	10	234	116	52	364	463	.277	.350	.341	.691	95	1081	52	5	66	19	8
1992	32	1092	3677	3216	480	889	138	19	10	240	117	52	370	472	.276	.350	.340	.691	95	1095	55	5	67	19	9
1993	33	1102	3708	3245	482	893	138	19	10	240	117	52	371	480	.275	.349	.339	.687	94	1099	55	5	68	19	9

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	20	27	114	96	14	33	1	1	0	10	2	12	14	.344	.418	.375	.793	15	27
1981	21	39	66	56	9	17	3	0	0	0	2	7	11	.304	.381	.357	.738	8	26
1982	22	96	319	265	40	75	14	2	3	24	8	52	47	.283	.401	.385	.786	41	96
1983	23	26	45	42	7	7	0	1	0	3	0	2	8	.167	.205	.214	.419	2	26
1984	24	128	509	443	75	129	20	2	1	29	34	59	63	.291	.373	.352	.725	59	128
1985	25	145	584	528	85	150	25	5	1	42	32	38	72	.284	.332	.356	.688	63	145
1986	26	124	448	393	73	130	19	2	1	29	14	38	32	.331	.387	.397	.784	61	124
1987	27	94	336	301	44	76	6	1	1	23	11	25	43	.252	.309	.289	.598	27	94
1988	28	99	363	305	53	100	13	0	0	20	10	46	49	.328	.415	.370	.786	47	99
1989	29	87	340	301	34	71	9	2	1	27	1	33	45	.236	.313	.289	.602	27	87
1990	30	104	368	320	67	97	22	3	2	30	6	44	53	.303	.386	.409	.795	51	104
1991	31	94	225	188	22	48	13	0	0	17	3	32	30	.255	.359	.324	.683	22	94
1992	32	42	58	50	7	15	1	0	0	7	1	7	9	.300	.386	.320	.706	6	42
1993	33	10	32	30	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.167	.194	.167	.360	1	10
14 Yrs		1115	3807	3318	533	953	146	19	10	261	124	396	484	.287	.362	.352	.714	430	1102
162 Game Avg.		162	553	482	77	138	21	3	1	38	18	58	70	.287	.362	.352	.714	62	1102

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1985 NL 14 (1st) 1986 NL 14 (3rd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1985 NL 12 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1980 NL born 1959-09-22 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL 14 (1st)
1986 NL 14 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1985 NL 12 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1980 NL born 1959-09-22 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (969), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jose Lind (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Millan (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Millan (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Burgess Whitehead (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Sizemore (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Temple (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Temple (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marty Barrett (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Kasko (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Kasko (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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