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Steve Balboni

Stephen Charles Balboni (Bye Bye)

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 16, 1957 in Brockton, MA
High School: Memorial HS (Manchester, NH)
School: Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1981
Teams (by GP): Royals/Yankees/Mariners/Rangers 1981-1993

Final Game: October 2, 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
1981 24 NYY AL 4 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .286 .375 .714 1.089 211 5 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1982 25 NYY AL 33 114 107 8 20 2 1 2 4 0 0 6 34 .187 .228 .280 .508 40 30 1 0 0 1 0 3/D
1983 26 NYY AL 32 95 86 8 20 2 0 5 17 0 0 8 23 .233 .295 .430 .725 101 37 2 0 0 1 0 3/D
1984 27 KCR AL 126 488 438 58 107 23 2 28 77 0 0 45 139 .244 .320 .498 .817 123 218 9 4 0 1 5 *3/D MVP-19
1985 28 KCR AL 160 662 600 74 146 28 2 36 88 1 1 52 166 .243 .307 .477 .783 112 286 14 5 0 5 4 *3 MVP-19
1986 29 KCR AL 138 562 512 54 117 25 1 29 88 0 0 43 146 .229 .286 .451 .738 97 231 8 1 0 6 2 *3
1987 30 KCR AL 121 425 386 44 80 11 1 24 60 0 0 34 97 .207 .273 .427 .700 81 165 11 2 0 3 1 3D
1988 31 TOT AL 118 440 413 46 97 17 1 23 66 0 1 24 87 .235 .277 .448 .725 97 185 8 1 0 2 2 D3
1988 31 KCR AL 21 64 63 2 9 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 20 .143 .156 .270 .426 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 3/D
1988 31 SEA AL 97 376 350 44 88 15 1 21 61 0 1 23 67 .251 .298 .480 .778 111 168 8 1 0 2 2 D3
1989 32 NYY AL 110 334 300 33 71 12 2 17 59 0 0 25 67 .237 .296 .460 .756 112 138 10 3 0 6 5 D3
1990 33 NYY AL 116 307 266 24 51 6 0 17 34 0 0 35 91 .192 .291 .406 .697 94 108 4 3 1 2 2 D3
1993 36 TEX AL 2 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 1.200 231 3 0 0 0 0 0 /D
11 Yrs 960 3440 3120 351 714 127 11 181 495 1 2 273 856 .229 .293 .451 .743 101 1406 67 19 1 27 21
162 Game Avg. 162 581 527 59 120 21 2 31 84 0 0 46 144 .229 .293 .451 .743 101 237 11 3 0 5 4
KCR (5 yrs) 566 2201 1999 232 459 89 6 119 318 1 1 175 568 .230 .294 .459 .752 101 917 42 12 0 15 12
NYY (5 yrs) 295 858 766 75 164 23 4 41 116 0 0 75 219 .214 .286 .415 .701 95 318 17 6 1 10 7
TEX (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 1.200 231 3 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 97 376 350 44 88 15 1 21 61 0 1 23 67 .251 .298 .480 .778 111 168 8 1 0 2 2

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
1981 24 NYY AL 4 8 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .525 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /3D
1982 25 NYY AL 33 114 -8 -0 -0 -4 -2 -15 -1.5 4 -11 -1.2 .453 .490 -0.8 -0.6 -7 $ 3/D
1983 26 NYY AL 32 95 0 -0 -0 2 -2 -0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $ 3/D
1984 27 KCR AL 126 488 9 -1 -1 4 -7 4 0.6 15 19 2.0 .504 .503 1.6 -0.3 15 $ *3/D MVP-19
1985 28 KCR AL 160 662 8 0 -2 -8 -10 -12 -0.9 20 9 0.9 .493 .493 1.7 -1.7 16 $205,000 *3 MVP-19
1986 29 KCR AL 138 562 -8 -1 0 -6 -8 -24 -2.2 17 -7 -0.7 .482 .485 0.0 -1.4 -0 $525,000 *3
1987 30 KCR AL 121 425 -11 -2 -2 -2 -9 -24 -2.3 13 -12 -1.1 .480 .485 -0.9 -0.9 -10 $625,000 3D
1988 31 KCR AL 21 64 -7 -0 -0 -1 -1 -10 -1.1 2 -8 -0.9 .447 .493 -0.8 -0.2 -7 $350,000 3/D
1988 31 SEA AL 97 376 5 -1 -1 2 -8 -3 -0.2 12 8 0.9 .497 .498 0.7 -0.6 7 $ D3
1989 32 NYY AL 110 334 0 -1 -2 -1 -10 -13 -1.2 10 -2 -0.3 .487 .491 -0.2 -1.0 -2 $ D3
1990 33 NYY AL 116 307 -3 -0 -1 -2 -9 -15 -1.5 10 -5 -0.6 .486 .490 -0.2 -1.2 -2 $900,000 D3
1993 36 TEX AL 2 5 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .534 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /D
11 Seasons 960 3440 -13 -6 -8 -16 -67 -110 -10.2 106 -4 -0.5 .488 .494 1.4 -7.8 12 $2,605,000
KCR (5 yrs) 566 2201 -8 -3 -5 -13 -36 -66 -5.9 67 1 0.2 .488 .492 1.6 -4.5 15 $1,705,000
NYY (5 yrs) 295 858 -10 -2 -3 -5 -23 -42 -4.2 27 -14 -1.7 .485 .494 -1.0 -2.7 -10 $900,000
TEX (1 yr) 2 5 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .534 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $
SEA (1 yr) 97 376 5 -1 -1 2 -8 -3 -0.2 12 8 0.9 .497 .498 0.7 -0.6 7 $

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
1981 24 NYY AL 8 5 2 10.8 87 .667 .286 .254 .375 .318 .714 .369 1.089 .687 211 .854 0.9 0.1 1.200 .571 .429
1982 25 NYY AL 114 89 7 2.1 97 .250 .187 .262 .228 .325 .280 .399 .508 .724 40 .194 -9.1 -0.9 .409 .150 .093 .0
1983 26 NYY AL 95 69 11 4.3 95 .254 .233 .261 .295 .322 .430 .394 .725 .716 101 .471 -0.2 -0.0 .662 .291 .198 .0
1984 27 KCR AL 488 341 69 5.4 97 .290 .244 .264 .320 .326 .498 .398 .817 .724 123 .583 12.3 1.2 .785 .356 .253 .0
1985 28 KCR AL 662 474 86 4.8 98 .273 .243 .260 .307 .326 .477 .404 .783 .730 112 .525 8.1 0.8 .731 .320 .233 1.9
1986 29 KCR AL 562 409 67 4.4 101 .257 .229 .263 .286 .331 .451 .410 .738 .740 97 .471 -4.3 -0.4 .682 .307 .223 .0
1987 30 KCR AL 425 320 43 3.6 108 .209 .207 .267 .273 .336 .427 .429 .700 .765 81 .355 -13.0 -1.2 .634 .308 .220 .0
1988 31 TOT AL 440 327 51 4.2 97 .243 .235 .263 .277 .329 .448 .397 .725 .726 97 .476 -4.2 -0.4 .643 .269 .213 .0
1988 31 KCR AL 64 54 3 1.5 95 .171 .143 .261 .156 .326 .270 .392 .426 .718 17 .121 -7.4 -0.8 .333 .143 .127 .0
1988 31 SEA AL 376 273 48 4.7 98 .254 .251 .264 .298 .330 .480 .397 .778 .727 111 .530 3.1 0.3 .705 .291 .229 .0
1989 32 NYY AL 334 245 39 4.2 92 .243 .237 .260 .296 .324 .460 .382 .756 .707 112 .492 3.6 0.4 .695 .307 .223 .0
1990 33 NYY AL 307 222 33 4.0 95 .213 .192 .259 .291 .328 .406 .388 .697 .715 94 .455 -3.3 -0.3 .667 .346 .214 .0
1993 36 TEX AL 5 2 2 26.8 99 1.000 .600 .262 .600 .332 .600 .400 1.200 .732 231 .958 0.9 0.1 1.500 .000 .000
11 Yrs 3440 2503 410 4.4 99 .253 .229 .262 .293 .328 .451 .402 .743 .730 101 .481 -8.3 -0.8 .686 .309 .222 2.0
162 Game Avg. 581 422 69 4.4 99 .253 .229 .262 .293 .328 .451 .402 .743 .730 101 .481 -8.3 -0.8 .686 .309 .222
KCR (5 yrs) 2201 1598 268 4.5 100 .256 .230 .263 .294 .329 .459 .409 .752 .738 101 .482 -4.2 -0.4 .697 .317 .229 2.0
NYY (5 yrs) 858 630 92 3.9 94 .238 .214 .260 .286 .325 .415 .388 .701 .713 95 .445 -8.1 -0.8 .645 .299 .201 .0
TEX (1 yr) 5 2 2 26.8 99 1.000 .600 .262 .600 .332 .600 .400 1.200 .732 231 .958 0.9 0.1 1.500 .000 .000
SEA (1 yr) 376 273 48 4.7 98 .254 .251 .264 .298 .330 .480 .397 .778 .727 111 .530 3.1 0.3 .705 .291 .229 .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
1984 27 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 27 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .120 .185 .120 .305 3 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 KCR AL WS STL W 7 30 25 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .320 .433 .320 .753 8 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (3 Series) 17 69 61 3 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 16 .197 .290 .197 .487 12 0 0 0 0 1
2 ALCS 10 39 36 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .111 .179 .111 .291 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 25 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .320 .433 .320 .753 8 0 0 0 0 1

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
1981 24 NYY AL 8 0.0% 50.0% 12.5% 25.0% 100% 4.00 1.8 3.5 38%
1982 25 NYY AL 114 1.8% 29.8% 5.3% 4.4% 25% 5.67 3.1 53.5 26.8 0.26 63%
1983 26 NYY AL 95 5.3% 24.2% 8.4% 7.4% 35% 2.88 3.7 17.2 5.1 0.55 62%
1984 27 KCR AL 488 5.7% 28.5% 9.2% 10.9% 50% 3.09 3.2 15.6 5.7 0.61 56%
1985 28 KCR AL 662 5.4% 25.1% 7.9% 10.0% 45% 3.19 3.6 16.7 6.8 0.77 61%
1986 29 KCR AL 562 5.2% 26.0% 7.7% 9.8% 47% 3.40 3.5 17.7 5.8 0.61 61%
1987 30 KCR AL 425 5.7% 22.8% 8.0% 8.5% 45% 2.85 4.0 16.1 6.4 0.79 63%
1988 31 TOT AL 440 5.2% 19.8% 5.5% 9.3% 42% 3.63 4.7 18.0 6.3 0.56 0.64 69% 18% 22.3% 49%
1988 31 KCR AL 64 3.1% 31.3% 1.6% 6.3% 44% 20.00 3.2 31.5 12.6 0.62 0.59 64% 12% 16.7% 54%
1988 31 SEA AL 376 5.6% 17.8% 6.1% 9.8% 42% 2.91 5.2 16.7 5.7 0.55 0.65 70% 19% 23.1% 48%
1989 32 NYY AL 334 5.1% 20.1% 7.5% 9.3% 44% 2.68 4.5 17.6 5.1 0.53 0.59 66% 20% 15.0% 27%
1990 33 NYY AL 307 5.5% 29.6% 11.4% 7.5% 45% 2.60 2.9 15.6 7.8 0.55 0.78 52% 22% 18.3% 18%
1993 36 TEX AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 0.00 60% 33% 0.0% 0%
11 Yrs 3440 5.3% 24.9% 7.9% 9.3% 45% 3.14 3.6 17.2 6.3 0.54 0.66 61% 20% 18.3% 34%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.70 6.2 41.8 8.4 0.80 1.07 73% 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
1981 24 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 8 0.3 0.5 -0.2 1.76 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.2 1.20 1.1 1
1982 25 NYY AL -9.1 -0.9 114 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 .96 -0.7 -0.3 -10.0 -1.0 0.95 -8.6 1.43 5
1983 26 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 96 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 1.07 -0.0 -0.1 1.6 0.2 1.01 0.1 1.66 3
1984 27 KCR AL 12.3 1.2 492 2.6 10.5 -7.8 .95 1.5 1.3 21.2 2.1 0.92 19.0 1.37 1
1985 28 KCR AL 7.3 0.7 669 0.2 12.4 -12.1 1.00 -0.1 0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.93 -0.6 0.22 1
1986 29 KCR AL -5.0 -0.5 568 -0.7 10.0 -10.7 1.00 -0.8 0.1 -7.7 -0.8 0.96 -7.9 1.34 2
1987 30 KCR AL -13.0 -1.2 426 -1.9 6.8 -8.7 .96 -0.4 -1.7 -19.6 -1.9 0.94 -6.9 1.52 15
1988 31 TOT AL -4.2 -0.4 445 0.1 8.9 -8.8 1.02 0.1 0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.97 -3.2 1.51 9
1988 31 KCR AL -7.4 -0.8 64 -0.9 0.5 -1.3 .90 -0.8 -0.2 -8.2 -0.8 0.88 -9.3 1.27 2
1988 31 SEA AL 3.1 0.3 381 1.0 8.5 -7.5 1.04 0.8 0.1 4.5 0.4 0.99 6.1 1.58 7
1989 32 NYY AL 3.6 0.4 337 -0.0 7.0 -7.0 1.09 0.4 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 1.03 6.5 2.01 25
1990 33 NYY AL -3.3 -0.3 308 -1.0 5.8 -6.8 1.14 0.7 -1.6 -5.8 -0.6 0.94 2.2 1.92 40
1993 36 TEX AL 0.9 0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .27 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.64 0.6 1
11 Yrs -9.8 -0.9 3468 -1.5 64.8 -66.3 1.01 0.8 -2.3 -26.2 -2.6 0.95 2.4 1.74 103

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
1981 24 NYY AL 0 0 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1982 25 NYY AL 2 0 25% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1983 26 NYY AL 1 0 13% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1984 27 KCR AL 2 0 23% 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 42% 19 14 5 3 1 2 16 5 9
1985 28 KCR AL 8 0 23% 188 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 18% 27 25 1 7 6 1 17 10 7
1986 29 KCR AL 2 0 19% 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 13% 32 28 4 5 4 1 8 7 1
1987 30 KCR AL 7 0 22% 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25% 20 17 3 3 2 1 9 5 4
1988 31 TOT AL 5 0 23% 99 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 38% 11 6 5 5 5 0 5 2 3
1988 31 KCR AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 SEA AL 5 0 25% 91 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 40% 10 5 5 5 5 0 5 2 3
1989 32 NYY AL 1 0 20% 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17% 14 14 0 2 2 0 7 3 4
1990 33 NYY AL 3 0 10% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 25% 13 11 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1993 36 TEX AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 31 0 21% 1003 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 50 24% 147 125 21 27 22 5 67 34 31

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
1981 24 NYY AL 8 100% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 2 22% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1982 25 NYY AL 114 48% 20 5 1 0 0 1.43 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 1 5% 9 3 33% 68 2 3% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 0
1983 26 NYY AL 95 75% 20 3 1 0 0 1.66 5 1 3 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 27 2 7% 14 3 21% 67 12 18% 5 3 60% 7 4 57% 0
1984 27 KCR AL 488 36% 107 1 0 0 0 1.37 28 0 5 18 10 10 18 0 0 0 79 9 11% 44 7 16% 281 50 18% 20 10 50% 19 8 42% 0
1985 28 KCR AL 662 28% 146 1 0 0 0 0.22 36 2 13 28 8 17 19 0 0 0 102 14 14% 52 8 15% 398 53 13% 27 12 44% 29 10 34% 0
1986 29 KCR AL 562 27% 117 2 0 0 0 1.34 29 0 18 17 12 10 19 0 0 0 103 8 8% 56 13 23% 375 62 17% 34 20 59% 30 15 50% 0
1987 30 KCR AL 425 27% 80 15 4 2 2 1.52 24 0 13 18 6 8 16 0 0 0 75 11 15% 37 4 11% 288 36 13% 27 7 26% 8 1 13% 0
1988 31 TOT AL 440 39% 97 7 0 9 2 0 0 1.51 23 0 9 17 6 15 8 0 0 0 93 8 9% 47 8 17% 299 45 15% 25 9 36% 12 4 33% 0
1988 31 KCR AL 64 70% 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.27 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0% 9 1 11% 29 3 10% 6 2 33% 1 0 0% 0
1988 31 SEA AL 376 34% 88 6 0 7 2 0 0 1.58 21 0 8 15 6 14 7 0 0 0 83 8 10% 38 7 18% 270 42 16% 19 7 37% 11 4 36% 0
1989 32 NYY AL 334 64% 71 6 0 25 6 0 2 2.01 17 1 8 4 13 7 10 0 0 0 68 10 15% 39 10 26% 265 44 17% 33 18 55% 10 2 20% 0
1990 33 NYY AL 307 63% 51 3 0 40 8 2 5 1.92 17 0 7 3 14 8 9 0 1 1 100% 52 4 8% 21 4 19% 175 18 10% 14 8 57% 5 1 20% 0
1993 36 TEX AL 5 0% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3440 39% 714 16 0 103 22 4 9 1.74 181 4 79 108 73 75 106 0 1 1 100% 622 67 11% 320 60 19% 2226 324 15% 190 89 47% 125 48 38% 0
MLB Averages 59% 76% 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 31 TOT AL 436 1580 3.62 1024 65% 20% 22% 26% 32% 80% 1% 52% 72% 35% 4% 19 1 14% 62 32 7% 32 17 15% 4 0 0
1988 31 KCR AL 64 206 3.22 156 76% 15% 24% 33% 28% 85% 0% 64% 72% 50% 2% 1 0 8% 5 3 0% 0 0 35% 0 0 0
1988 31 SEA AL 372 1374 3.69 868 63% 21% 22% 24% 33% 79% 2% 50% 72% 32% 5% 18 1 15% 57 29 9% 32 17 9% 4 0 0
1989 32 NYY AL 333 1267 3.80 794 63% 20% 22% 28% 30% 80% 3% 50% 72% 35% 6% 21 1 15% 50 19 7% 24 17 12% 1 0 2
1990 33 NYY AL 299 1170 3.91 719 61% 23% 28% 25% 24% 77% 2% 47% 64% 34% 6% 17 0 18% 53 20 9% 28 12 17% 8 0 2
1993 36 TEX AL 5 17 3.40 12 71% 8% 33% 33% 25% 92% 0% 65% 64% 40% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 20% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1073 4034 3.76 2549 63% 21% 24% 26% 29% 79% 2% 50% 70% 35% 5% 58 2 15% 166 71 8% 85 47 15% 13 0 4
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
1981 24 4 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .286 .375 .714 1.089 211 5 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 37 122 114 10 22 3 2 2 6 0 0 7 38 .193 .238 .307 .545 50 35 1 0 0 1 0
1983 26 69 217 200 18 42 5 2 7 23 0 0 15 61 .210 .263 .360 .623 72 72 3 0 0 2 0
1984 27 195 705 638 76 149 28 4 35 100 0 0 60 200 .234 .302 .455 .757 107 290 12 4 0 3 5
1985 28 355 1367 1238 150 295 56 6 71 188 1 1 112 366 .238 .304 .465 .770 110 576 26 9 0 8 9
1986 29 493 1929 1750 204 412 81 7 100 276 1 1 155 512 .235 .299 .461 .760 106 807 34 10 0 14 11
1987 30 614 2354 2136 248 492 92 8 124 336 1 1 189 609 .230 .294 .455 .749 101 972 45 12 0 17 12
1988 31 732 2794 2549 294 589 109 9 147 402 1 2 213 696 .231 .292 .454 .746 101 1157 53 13 0 19 14
1989 32 842 3128 2849 327 660 121 11 164 461 1 2 238 763 .232 .292 .455 .747 102 1295 63 16 0 25 19
1990 33 958 3435 3115 351 711 127 11 181 495 1 2 273 854 .228 .292 .450 .742 101 1403 67 19 1 27 21
1991 34 958 3435 3115 351 711 127 11 181 495 1 2 273 854 .228 .292 .450 .742 101 1403 67 19 1 27 21
1992 35 958 3435 3115 351 711 127 11 181 495 1 2 273 854 .228 .292 .450 .742 101 1403 67 19 1 27 21
1993 36 960 3440 3120 351 714 127 11 181 495 1 2 273 856 .229 .293 .451 .743 101 1406 67 19 1 27 21

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1981 24 6 13 11 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 6 .273 .385 .818 1.203 3 4
1982 25 33 114 107 8 20 2 1 2 4 0 6 34 .187 .228 .280 .508 7 33
1983 26 32 96 87 9 21 2 0 5 19 0 8 23 .241 .302 .437 .739 12 32
1984 27 126 494 442 62 111 24 2 29 82 0 47 139 .251 .328 .511 .839 73 126
1985 28 160 667 604 78 150 29 2 37 92 1 53 166 .248 .312 .487 .799 91 160
1986 29 138 562 512 54 117 25 1 29 89 0 43 146 .229 .286 .451 .738 67 138
1987 30 121 421 383 41 77 11 1 23 56 0 33 97 .201 .266 .415 .681 42 121
1988 31 118 445 417 48 101 18 1 24 69 0 25 87 .242 .285 .463 .748 55 118
1989 32 110 339 304 36 75 13 2 18 65 0 26 67 .247 .307 .480 .787 45 110
1990 33 116 312 269 26 54 6 0 18 37 0 37 91 .201 .302 .424 .726 34 116
1993 36 2 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 1.200 2 2
11 Yrs 962 3468 3141 365 732 132 12 185 516 1 280 858 .233 .297 .459 .757 431 960
162 Game Avg. 162 584 529 61 123 22 2 31 87 0 47 144 .233 .297 .459 .757 73 960

* 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))
1984 AL (19, 1%)
1985 AL (19, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL  160 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  36 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  139 (3rd)
1985 AL  166 (1st)
1986 AL  146 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  66 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1984 AL  15.6 (4th)**
1985 AL  16.7 (5th)
1986 AL  17.7 (9th)
Career  17.2 (52nd)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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