Sal Bando
Salvatore Leonard Bando
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 6th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1966
Final Game: October 3, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Chris Bando
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Standard Batting

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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
1966 22 KCA AL 11 26 24 1 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 .292 .320 .417 .737 113 10 0 0 1 0 0 /5
1967 23 KCA AL 47 152 130 11 25 3 2 0 6 1 0 16 24 .192 .295 .246 .541 64 32 0 3 3 0 0 5
1968 24 OAK AL 162 674 605 67 152 25 5 9 67 13 4 51 78 .251 .314 .354 .668 108 214 12 7 6 5 6 *5/7
1969 25 OAK AL 162 734 609 106 171 25 3 31 113 1 4 111 82 .281 .400 .484 .885 153 295 12 11 2 1 5 *5 AS,MVP-16
1970 26 OAK AL 155 636 502 93 132 20 2 20 75 6 10 118 88 .263 .407 .430 .837 135 216 12 6 7 3 5 *5 MVP-27
1971 27 OAK AL 153 643 538 75 146 23 1 24 94 3 7 86 55 .271 .377 .452 .828 137 243 14 8 6 5 11 *5 MVP-2
1972 28 OAK AL 152 631 535 64 126 20 3 15 77 3 1 78 55 .236 .341 .368 .709 116 197 13 9 6 3 17 *5/4 AS,MVP-30
1973 29 OAK AL 162 689 592 97 170 32 3 29 98 4 2 82 84 .287 .375 .498 .873 150 295 13 4 6 5 5 *5/D AS,MVP-4
1974 30 OAK AL 146 603 498 84 121 21 2 22 103 2 3 86 79 .243 .352 .426 .778 130 212 10 5 1 13 4 *5/D AS,MVP-3
1975 31 OAK AL 160 658 562 64 129 24 1 15 78 7 1 87 80 .230 .337 .356 .693 98 200 10 5 2 2 2 *5
1976 32 OAK AL 158 640 550 75 132 18 2 27 84 20 6 76 74 .240 .335 .427 .762 128 235 7 4 7 3 1 *5/6D MVP-13
1977 33 MIL AL 159 666 580 65 145 27 3 17 82 4 2 75 89 .250 .336 .395 .731 99 229 10 3 3 5 3 *5D/46
1978 34 MIL AL 152 629 540 85 154 20 6 17 78 3 2 72 52 .285 .371 .439 .810 128 237 11 6 4 7 4 *5D/3
1979 35 MIL AL 130 543 476 57 117 14 3 9 43 2 0 57 42 .246 .330 .345 .674 83 164 17 3 6 1 3 *5D/341
1980 36 MIL AL 78 291 254 28 50 12 1 5 31 5 3 29 35 .197 .278 .311 .589 64 79 7 1 3 4 2 5D/3
1981 37 MIL AL 32 73 65 10 13 4 0 2 9 1 1 6 3 .200 .268 .354 .621 82 23 1 0 2 0 1 5/3D
16 Seasons 2019 8288 7060 982 1790 289 38 242 1039 75 46 1031 923 .254 .352 .408 .760 119 2881 149 75 65 57 69
162 Game Avg. 162 665 566 79 144 23 3 19 83 6 4 83 74 .254 .352 .408 .760 119 231 12 6 5 5 6
OAK (11 yrs) 1468 6086 5145 737 1311 212 25 192 796 60 38 792 702 .255 .359 .418 .776 127 2149 103 62 47 40 56
MIL (5 yrs) 551 2202 1915 245 479 77 13 50 243 15 8 239 221 .250 .335 .382 .717 98 732 46 13 18 17 13

Advanced Batting

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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
1966 22 KCA AL 26 18 3 4.5 87 .333 .292 .245 .320 .311 .417 .378 .737 .689 113 .563 0.3 0.0 .647 .167 .125
1967 23 KCA AL 152 108 11 2.8 82 .236 .192 .240 .295 .308 .246 .360 .541 .668 64 .363 -5.4 -0.6 .495 .185 .054 .0
1968 24 OAK AL 674 480 69 3.9 75 .273 .251 .231 .314 .300 .354 .342 .668 .642 108 .543 6.4 0.7 .599 .202 .102 10.6
1969 25 OAK AL 734 457 124 7.3 91 .282 .281 .248 .400 .324 .484 .375 .885 .699 153 .733 47.0 4.8 .912 .381 .204 1.9
1970 26 OAK AL 636 402 94 6.3 95 .282 .263 .254 .407 .328 .430 .388 .837 .716 135 .667 31.0 3.1 .857 .394 .167 9.2
1971 27 OAK AL 643 424 93 5.9 91 .263 .271 .253 .377 .324 .452 .375 .828 .700 137 .668 29.0 3.0 .806 .333 .180 5.3
1972 28 OAK AL 631 432 70 4.4 79 .237 .236 .241 .341 .309 .368 .348 .709 .656 116 .583 13.4 1.5 .676 .282 .133 5.0
1973 29 OAK AL 689 448 113 6.8 89 .291 .287 .254 .375 .322 .498 .373 .873 .695 150 .693 40.9 4.1 .876 .353 .211 7.0
1974 30 OAK AL 603 404 80 5.3 84 .241 .243 .251 .352 .315 .426 .361 .778 .676 130 .614 23.4 2.4 .774 .353 .183 3.7
1975 31 OAK AL 658 448 73 4.4 91 .243 .230 .256 .337 .325 .356 .376 .693 .701 98 .507 1.3 0.1 .671 .292 .126 9.5
1976 32 OAK AL 640 441 84 5.2 82 .232 .240 .250 .335 .314 .427 .353 .762 .666 128 .614 19.6 2.1 .763 .351 .187 23.0
1977 33 MIL AL 666 455 81 4.8 100 .267 .250 .266 .336 .330 .395 .405 .731 .735 99 .513 0.8 0.1 .691 .278 .145 6.5
1978 34 MIL AL 629 410 92 6.0 94 .287 .285 .261 .371 .326 .439 .385 .810 .711 128 .646 21.9 2.2 .792 .289 .154 5.1
1979 35 MIL AL 543 383 54 3.8 102 .254 .246 .270 .330 .334 .345 .408 .674 .743 83 .398 -11.2 -1.1 .601 .223 .099 3.3
1980 36 MIL AL 291 221 22 2.7 96 .206 .197 .266 .278 .327 .311 .394 .589 .721 64 .271 -12.0 -1.2 .519 .236 .114 5.0
1981 37 MIL AL 73 56 6 2.9 85 .183 .200 .250 .268 .314 .354 .364 .621 .678 82 .344 -1.5 -0.2 .537 .246 .154 1.3
16 Seasons 8288 5587 1069 5.1 89 .260 .254 .253 .352 .321 .408 .374 .760 .695 119 .593 204.9 21.0 .735 .305 .155 114.5
162 Game Avg. 665 448 86 5.1 89 .260 .254 .253 .352 .321 .408 .374 .760 .695 119 .593 16 2 .735 .305 .155 9
OAK (11 yrs) 6086 4062 814 5.4 86 .261 .255 .248 .359 .318 .418 .365 .776 .683 127 .629 206.9 21.2 .761 .321 .163 91.4
MIL (5 yrs) 2202 1525 255 4.5 98 .258 .250 .265 .335 .329 .382 .397 .717 .727 98 .493 -2.0 -0.2 .665 .261 .132 23.1

Postseason Batting

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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
1971 27 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 3 12 11 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 .818 1.235 9 1 0 0 0 0
1972 28 OAK AL ALCS DET W 5 22 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 0 0 2 0 0
1972 28 OAK AL WS CIN W 7 28 26 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .269 .321 .308 .629 8 1 0 0 0 1
1973 29 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 5 22 18 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 6 .167 .318 .500 .818 9 0 1 0 0 0
1973 29 OAK AL WS NYM W 7 31 26 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 7 .231 .333 .346 .679 9 0 0 1 0 1
1974 30 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 4 17 13 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 .231 .412 .692 1.104 9 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 OAK AL WS LAD W 5 20 16 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .063 .200 .063 .263 1 0 1 0 1 0
1975 31 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 3 12 12 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .667 1.167 8 0 0 0 0 0
1981 37 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 5 19 17 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .294 .368 .471 .839 8 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (9 Series) 44 183 159 21 39 9 1 5 13 0 1 18 32 .245 .328 .409 .737 65 2 2 3 1 2
1 ALDS 5 19 17 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .294 .368 .471 .839 8 0 0 0 0 0
5 ALCS 20 85 74 10 20 4 0 5 8 0 0 8 12 .270 .349 .527 .876 39 1 1 2 0 0
3 WS 19 79 68 10 14 2 1 0 4 0 0 8 17 .206 .295 .265 .560 18 1 1 1 1 2

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 OAK AL 25 as 3B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 30 DNP
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1966 22 KCA AL 26 0.0% 11.5% 3.9% 7.7% 29% 3.00 8.0 24.0 0.86 81%
1967 23 KCA AL 152 0.0% 15.8% 10.5% 3.3% 20% 1.50 5.4 21.7 1.50 70%
1968 24 OAK AL 674 1.3% 11.6% 7.6% 5.8% 26% 1.53 7.8 67.2 9.0 1.09 78%
1969 25 OAK AL 734 4.2% 11.2% 15.1% 8.0% 35% 0.74 7.4 19.6 5.4 1.11 68%
1970 26 OAK AL 636 3.1% 13.8% 18.6% 6.6% 32% 0.75 5.7 25.1 6.7 1.14 62%
1971 27 OAK AL 643 3.7% 8.6% 13.4% 7.5% 33% 0.64 9.8 22.4 5.7 1.16 72%
1972 28 OAK AL 631 2.4% 8.7% 12.4% 6.0% 30% 0.71 9.7 35.7 6.9 1.04 74%
1973 29 OAK AL 689 4.2% 12.2% 11.9% 9.3% 38% 1.02 7.0 20.4 6.0 0.98 70%
1974 30 OAK AL 603 3.7% 13.1% 14.3% 7.5% 37% 0.92 6.3 22.6 4.8 0.72 68%
1975 31 OAK AL 658 2.3% 12.2% 13.2% 6.1% 31% 0.92 7.0 37.5 7.2 0.71 71%
1976 32 OAK AL 640 4.2% 11.6% 11.9% 7.3% 36% 0.97 7.4 20.4 6.5 0.69 71%
1977 33 MIL AL 666 2.6% 13.4% 11.3% 7.1% 32% 1.19 6.5 34.1 7.1 0.73 72%
1978 34 MIL AL 629 2.7% 8.3% 11.5% 6.8% 28% 0.72 10.4 31.8 6.9 0.78 76%
1979 35 MIL AL 543 1.7% 7.7% 10.5% 4.8% 22% 0.74 11.3 52.9 11.1 0.87 78%
1980 36 MIL AL 291 1.7% 12.0% 10.0% 6.2% 36% 1.21 7.3 50.8 8.2 0.74 75%
1981 37 MIL AL 73 2.7% 4.1% 8.2% 8.2% 46% 0.50 21.7 32.5 7.2 0.81 82%
16 Seasons 8288 2.9% 11.1% 12.4% 6.9% 32% 0.90 7.7 29.2 6.8 0.90 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1966 22 KCA AL 2 0 13% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 KCA AL 5 0 25% 66 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 42% 13 8 5 2 1 1 4 2 2
1968 24 OAK AL 11 0 29% 228 13 4 76% 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 11 43% 37 19 15 7 4 3 21 11 10
1969 25 OAK AL 15 0 29% 308 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 19 47% 51 34 16 15 7 7 27 6 21
1970 26 OAK AL 8 0 31% 308 6 10 38% 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22 55% 39 20 19 10 3 7 17 6 10
1971 27 OAK AL 10 0 24% 285 3 7 30% 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 13 51% 38 24 12 6 2 4 19 3 16
1972 28 OAK AL 8 0 25% 217 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 18 50% 31 20 11 8 3 4 15 3 12
1973 29 OAK AL 10 1 30% 271 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 13 58% 41 21 17 10 3 7 20 3 17
1974 30 OAK AL 12 0 33% 228 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 61% 26 12 14 13 6 6 17 2 14
1975 31 OAK AL 7 0 24% 243 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 54% 17 8 8 9 6 3 17 5 12
1976 32 OAK AL 10 0 26% 211 20 6 77% 19 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 7 50% 23 12 11 9 4 4 14 5 8
1977 33 MIL AL 5 0 23% 251 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 45% 48 27 21 12 8 4 13 5 8
1978 34 MIL AL 4 0 32% 269 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 32% 43 32 11 12 10 2 16 5 10
1979 35 MIL AL 7 0 29% 223 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 35% 36 27 8 8 4 4 16 6 9
1980 36 MIL AL 6 0 31% 91 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 44% 15 10 5 1 1 0 11 3 7
1981 37 MIL AL 3 0 47% 24 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
16 Seasons 123 1 28% 3230 75 46 62% 71 41 3 2 1 3 9 1 82 180 48% 460 276 173 123 63 56 229 65 158
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1966 22 KCA AL 26 27% 7 4 2 0 0 1.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 2 15% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1967 23 KCA AL 152 34% 25 4 1 0 0 2.29 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 27 0 0% 11 4 36% 95 9 9% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 0
1968 24 OAK AL 674 39% 152 0 0 0 0 9 0 20 4 5 2 7 0 6 6 100% 121 12 10% 73 23 32% 432 63 15% 47 16 34% 44 20 45% 0
1969 25 OAK AL 734 35% 171 0 0 0 0 31 2 20 19 12 14 17 0 2 2 100% 134 12 9% 47 17 36% 546 85 16% 45 21 47% 52 25 48% 0
1970 26 OAK AL 636 41% 132 1 0 0 0 1.25 20 0 7 10 10 11 9 0 9 7 78% 100 12 12% 38 15 39% 375 57 15% 29 13 45% 44 14 32% 0
1971 27 OAK AL 643 36% 146 0 0 0 0 24 2 19 12 12 9 15 0 6 6 100% 126 14 11% 56 18 32% 437 70 16% 35 23 66% 29 12 41% 0
1972 28 OAK AL 629 32% 126 0 0 0 0 3.66 15 1 18 8 7 6 9 0 6 6 100% 131 13 10% 51 15 29% 409 66 16% 42 16 38% 33 5 15% 0
1973 29 OAK AL 690 30% 170 0 0 0 0 29 0 9 21 8 14 15 1 6 6 100% 119 13 11% 68 26 38% 426 70 16% 58 25 43% 58 18 31% 0
1974 30 OAK AL 603 28% 121 4 2 0 1 1.27 22 1 11 14 8 10 12 0 1 1 100% 93 10 11% 51 21 41% 384 85 22% 55 34 62% 53 19 36% 0
1975 31 OAK AL 658 29% 129 1 0 0 0 0.77 15 1 11 13 2 8 7 0 2 2 100% 112 10 9% 58 12 21% 410 64 16% 38 15 39% 54 12 22% 0
1976 32 OAK AL 640 24% 132 1 0 0 0 2.51 27 0 23 20 7 16 11 0 8 7 88% 96 7 7% 55 16 29% 408 61 15% 35 16 46% 44 22 50% 0
1977 33 MIL AL 666 22% 145 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 12 5 10 7 0 4 3 75% 121 10 8% 61 20 33% 445 66 15% 39 16 41% 41 11 27% 0
1978 34 MIL AL 629 25% 154 4 0 0 0 1.67 17 0 16 12 5 10 7 0 5 4 80% 135 11 8% 59 27 46% 430 62 14% 38 19 50% 50 20 40% 0
1979 35 MIL AL 543 29% 117 1 1 0 0 0.21 9 0 6 5 4 6 3 0 8 6 75% 113 17 15% 55 16 29% 314 37 12% 24 9 38% 37 21 57% 0
1980 36 MIL AL 291 48% 50 5 0 0 1 2.01 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 3 3 100% 50 7 14% 26 12 46% 171 30 18% 17 10 59% 19 7 37% 0
1981 37 MIL AL 73 62% 13 8 1 0 0 1.78 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 6 3 50% 38 7 18% 6 4 67% 6 1 17% 0
16 Seasons 8287 32% 1790 33 7 0 2 1.65 242 7 187 154 88 119 123 1 72 65 90% 1491 149 10% 717 245 34% 5333 834 16% 516 239 46% 571 210 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1966 22 11 26 24 1 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 .292 .320 .417 .737 113 10 0 0 1 0 0
1967 23 58 178 154 12 32 4 3 0 7 1 0 17 27 .208 .299 .273 .572 72 42 0 3 4 0 0
1968 24 220 852 759 79 184 29 8 9 74 14 4 68 105 .242 .311 .337 .648 101 256 12 10 10 5 6
1969 25 382 1586 1368 185 355 54 11 40 187 15 8 179 187 .260 .353 .403 .755 125 551 24 21 12 6 11
1970 26 537 2222 1870 278 487 74 13 60 262 21 18 297 275 .260 .368 .410 .778 128 767 36 27 19 9 16
1971 27 690 2865 2408 353 633 97 14 84 356 24 25 383 330 .263 .370 .419 .790 130 1010 50 35 25 14 27
1972 28 842 3496 2943 417 759 117 17 99 433 27 26 461 385 .258 .365 .410 .775 128 1207 63 44 31 17 44
1973 29 1004 4185 3535 514 929 149 20 128 531 31 28 543 469 .263 .366 .425 .791 131 1502 76 48 37 22 49
1974 30 1150 4788 4033 598 1050 170 22 150 634 33 31 629 548 .260 .365 .425 .790 131 1714 86 53 38 35 53
1975 31 1310 5446 4595 662 1179 194 23 165 712 40 32 716 628 .257 .361 .417 .778 127 1914 96 58 40 37 55
1976 32 1468 6086 5145 737 1311 212 25 192 796 60 38 792 702 .255 .359 .418 .776 127 2149 103 62 47 40 56
1977 33 1627 6752 5725 802 1456 239 28 209 878 64 40 867 791 .254 .356 .415 .772 124 2378 113 65 50 45 59
1978 34 1779 7381 6265 887 1610 259 34 226 956 67 42 939 843 .257 .358 .417 .775 124 2615 124 71 54 52 63
1979 35 1909 7924 6741 944 1727 273 37 235 999 69 42 996 885 .256 .356 .412 .768 121 2779 141 74 60 53 66
1980 36 1987 8215 6995 972 1777 285 38 240 1030 74 45 1025 920 .254 .353 .409 .761 119 2858 148 75 63 57 68
1981 37 2019 8288 7060 982 1790 289 38 242 1039 75 46 1031 923 .254 .352 .408 .760 119 2881 149 75 65 57 69

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
1966 22 11 26 25 1 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 .320 .346 .440 .786 4 11
1967 23 47 161 137 14 32 4 3 0 7 1 20 24 .234 .348 .307 .654 14 47
1968 24 162 719 642 92 189 31 6 11 92 16 63 78 .294 .363 .413 .776 95 162
1969 25 162 771 632 121 194 28 3 35 129 1 126 82 .307 .431 .527 .958 141 162
1970 26 155 658 517 102 147 22 2 22 82 7 131 88 .284 .433 .462 .895 103 155
1971 27 154 669 558 88 164 26 1 27 110 3 97 55 .294 .404 .489 .893 109 153
1972 28 159 708 591 90 164 26 4 20 108 4 102 57 .277 .393 .437 .829 98 152
1973 29 162 711 611 112 189 36 3 32 113 4 91 84 .309 .399 .535 .935 131 162
1974 30 146 639 519 103 142 25 2 26 126 2 101 79 .274 .390 .480 .869 98 146
1975 31 161 690 583 72 147 27 1 17 88 8 99 80 .252 .365 .389 .755 83 160
1976 32 159 678 579 93 158 22 2 32 104 24 91 74 .273 .375 .484 .858 105 158
1977 33 159 675 588 68 153 28 3 18 85 4 79 89 .260 .348 .410 .758 84 159
1978 34 152 649 556 95 170 22 7 19 88 3 79 52 .306 .394 .473 .867 103 152
1979 35 131 543 481 58 120 14 3 9 44 2 58 42 .249 .333 .347 .681 55 130
1980 36 78 293 257 30 53 13 1 5 33 5 31 35 .206 .290 .323 .613 24 78
1981 37 48 110 100 18 21 6 0 3 16 2 10 5 .210 .282 .360 .642 11 32
16 Seasons 2046 8700 7376 1157 2051 331 42 276 1226 86 1179 927 .278 .381 .447 .828 1258 2019
162 Game Avg. 162 689 584 92 162 26 3 22 97 7 93 73 .278 .381 .447 .828 100 2019

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 (3B)
1972 *
1973 *
1974

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1969-AL-16-5%
1970-AL-27-0%
1971-AL-2-54%
1972-AL-30-1%
1973-AL-4-25%
1974-AL-3-43%
1976-AL-13-9%
1.37 Career Shares (160th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 AL--.400--7th
1970 AL--.407--5th
1973 AL--.375--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1973 AL--.498--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1969 AL--.885--9th
1970 AL--.837--10th
1973 AL--.873--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL--162--1st
1969 AL--162--1st
1972 AL--152--8th
1973 AL--162--1st
1975 AL--160--1st
1976 AL--158--7th
1977 AL--159--7th
Career--2019--200th

At Bats s c a p y
1968 AL--605--7th
1969 AL--609--6th
1973 AL--592--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1968 AL--674--4th
1969 AL--734--1st
1972 AL--631--8th
1973 AL--689--3rd
Career--8288--202nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1969 AL--106--4th
1973 AL--97--5th
1974 AL--84--7th

Hits s c a p y
1968 AL--152--9th
1969 AL--171--6th
1973 AL--170--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 AL--295--9th
1973 AL--295--1st

Doubles s c a p y
1973 AL--32--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--31--8th
1973 AL--29--4th
1974 AL--22--6th
1976 AL--27--2nd
Career--242--207th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 AL--113--4th
1971 AL--94--4th
1972 AL--77--7th
1973 AL--98--4th
1974 AL--103--2nd
Career--1039--235th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL--111--3rd
1970 AL--118--4th
1971 AL--86--8th
1972 AL--78--5th
1973 AL--82--7th
1974 AL--86--5th
1975 AL--87--8th
1977 AL--75--8th
Career--1031--100th

Singles s c a p y
1968 AL--113--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1969 AL--153--7th
1970 AL--135--9th
1973 AL--150--2nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1969 AL--124--6th
1971 AL--93--9th
1973 AL--113--1st

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--47--6th
1970 AL--31--8th
1973 AL--41--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1969 AL--4.8--6th
1970 AL--3.1--8th
1973 AL--4.1--2nd
Career--21.0--238th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 AL--48--10th
1973 AL--64--1st

Times On Base s c a p y
1969 AL--293--2nd
1970 AL--256--7th
1971 AL--240--9th
1972 AL--213--10th
1973 AL--256--5th
Career--2896--222nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1969 AL--.733--7th
1973 AL--.693--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 AL--7--8th
1969 AL--11--3rd
1971 AL--8--5th
1972 AL--9--3rd
Career--75--166th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL--5--10th
1974 AL--13--1st
Career--57--225th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 AL--11--8th
1972 AL--17--2nd
Career--69--213th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL--17--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 AL--10--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 AL--23.0--3rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1973 AL--20.414--6th
1974 AL--22.636--7th
1976 AL--20.370--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
1968 AL--480--5th
Career--5587--196th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 82 (199), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (509), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (446), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Todd Zeile (904)
  2. Ron Cey (897)
  3. Bobby Murcer (894)
  4. Robin Ventura (892)
  5. Bobby Grich (889)
  6. Dusty Baker (885)
  7. Ken Caminiti (883)
  8. Ron Fairly (882)
  9. Tim Wallach (874)
  10. Larry Parrish (873)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom O'Malley (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Grady Hatton (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Grady Hatton (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Grady Hatton (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doug Rader (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Jones (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Jones (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Jones (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Jones (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Jones (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gary Gaetti (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gary Gaetti (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Todd Zeile (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Todd Zeile (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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