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Alan Bannister

Alan Bannister

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 3, 1951 in Montebello, CA
High School: John F. Kennedy HS (La Palma, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1974
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Rangers/Phillies/Astros 1974-1985

Final Game: October 6, 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
1974 22 PHI NL 26 29 25 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .120 .241 .120 .361 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 /867
1975 23 PHI NL 24 63 61 10 16 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 9 .262 .274 .344 .618 69 21 1 0 1 0 0 8/746
1976 24 CHW AL 73 165 145 19 36 6 2 0 8 12 4 14 21 .248 .317 .317 .634 86 46 0 1 4 1 1 768/D495
1977 25 CHW AL 139 630 560 87 154 20 3 3 57 4 3 54 49 .275 .335 .338 .672 85 189 11 2 3 11 1 *6/487
1978 26 CHW AL 49 119 107 16 24 3 2 0 8 3 3 11 12 .224 .303 .290 .592 67 31 2 1 0 0 1 D/7684
1979 27 CHW AL 136 560 506 71 144 28 8 2 55 22 6 43 40 .285 .342 .383 .725 96 194 9 3 4 4 1 475/D93
1980 28 TOT AL 126 443 392 57 111 23 4 1 41 14 4 40 41 .283 .346 .370 .715 97 145 9 0 6 5 6 4795/8D6
1980 28 CHW AL 45 146 130 16 25 6 0 0 9 5 2 12 16 .192 .259 .238 .497 38 31 3 0 3 1 5 75/D9
1980 28 CLE AL 81 297 262 41 86 17 4 1 32 9 2 28 25 .328 .388 .435 .823 125 114 6 0 3 4 1 49/8756D
1981 29 CLE AL 68 250 232 36 61 11 1 1 17 16 2 16 19 .263 .309 .332 .641 86 77 0 0 1 1 2 479/836
1982 30 CLE AL 101 398 348 40 93 16 1 4 41 18 5 42 41 .267 .347 .353 .700 94 123 4 1 6 1 1 47/9865D
1983 31 CLE AL 117 422 377 51 100 25 4 5 45 6 6 31 43 .265 .323 .393 .715 93 148 7 3 7 4 0 794/83D
1984 32 TOT MLB 56 157 132 22 37 4 1 2 9 3 0 23 19 .280 .389 .371 .760 112 49 1 1 0 1 0 4D/673589
1984 32 HOU NL 9 22 20 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .273 .300 .573 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 /67
1984 32 TEX AL 47 135 112 20 33 2 1 2 9 3 0 21 17 .295 .407 .384 .791 119 43 1 1 0 1 0 4D/35879
1985 33 TEX AL 57 137 122 17 32 4 1 1 6 8 2 14 17 .262 .338 .336 .674 85 41 1 0 1 0 0 D4/7593
12 Yrs 972 3373 3007 430 811 143 28 19 288 108 37 292 318 .270 .334 .355 .689 90 1067 45 13 33 28 13
162 Game Avg. 162 562 501 72 135 24 5 3 48 18 6 49 53 .270 .334 .355 .689 90 178 8 2 6 5 2
CHW (5 yrs) 442 1620 1448 209 383 63 15 5 137 46 18 134 138 .265 .326 .339 .665 83 491 25 7 14 17 9
CLE (4 yrs) 367 1367 1219 168 340 69 10 11 135 49 15 117 128 .279 .341 .379 .720 99 462 17 4 17 10 4
PHI (2 yrs) 50 92 86 14 19 3 1 0 1 2 2 4 16 .221 .264 .279 .543 49 24 1 1 1 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 104 272 234 37 65 6 2 3 15 11 2 35 34 .278 .373 .359 .732 102 84 2 1 1 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 9 22 20 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .273 .300 .573 67 6 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 913 3259 2901 414 788 138 27 19 287 106 35 286 300 .272 .337 .357 .694 92 1037 44 12 32 28 13
NL (3 yrs) 59 114 106 16 23 5 1 0 1 2 2 6 18 .217 .265 .283 .549 52 30 1 1 1 0 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 Awards
1974 22 PHI NL 26 29 -3 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .482 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /867
1975 23 PHI NL 24 63 -2 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .493 .499 0.0 0.0 0 $ 8/746
1976 24 CHW AL 73 165 -3 1 1 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 5 0 0.0 .492 .497 0.3 -0.4 3 $ 768/D495
1977 25 CHW AL 139 630 -8 3 0 -29 8 -26 -2.4 20 -6 -0.6 .481 .483 2.3 -2.0 23 $35,000 *6/487
1978 26 CHW AL 49 119 -3 -0 0 1 -2 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .491 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ D/7684
1979 27 CHW AL 136 560 -0 5 -0 -6 -2 -3 -0.2 18 15 1.5 .498 .498 2.2 -0.7 21 $ 475/D93
1980 28 CHW AL 45 146 -14 0 0 4 -1 -11 -1.1 4 -6 -0.7 .474 .493 -1.1 0.4 -10 $ 75/D9
1980 28 CLE AL 81 297 12 1 0 -4 -0 8 1.0 9 17 1.8 .511 .505 2.2 -0.4 22 $ 49/8756D
1981 29 CLE AL 68 250 -6 5 1 -7 -1 -7 -0.7 8 0 0.0 .488 .495 0.8 -0.8 7 $ 479/836
1982 30 CLE AL 101 398 2 2 -0 -4 -1 -1 -0.0 12 11 1.1 .499 .499 1.6 -0.5 15 $ 47/9865D
1983 31 CLE AL 117 422 -3 -0 0 -12 -4 -20 -1.9 13 -7 -0.7 .482 .487 0.6 -1.5 5 $ 794/83D
1984 32 HOU NL 9 22 -0 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .485 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /67
1984 32 TEX AL 47 135 4 2 0 -5 -0 0 0.1 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 1.0 -0.5 9 $ 4D/35879
1985 33 TEX AL 57 137 -2 2 0 -2 -3 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .493 .497 0.2 -0.4 2 $350,000 D4/7593
12 Seasons 972 3373 -27 19 4 -69 -8 -80 -7.4 106 25 2.3 .491 .496 9.8 -7.1 94 $385,000
CHW (5 yrs) 442 1620 -28 8 1 -33 2 -50 -4.6 52 2 0.1 .488 .494 3.6 -2.7 36 $35,000
CLE (4 yrs) 367 1367 5 8 1 -27 -7 -20 -1.7 42 22 2.2 .494 .497 5.2 -3.3 49 $
PHI (2 yrs) 50 92 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.4 .487 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $
TEX (2 yrs) 104 272 2 3 1 -7 -3 -4 -0.3 8 4 0.4 .496 .499 1.2 -0.9 11 $350,000
HOU (1 yr) 9 22 -0 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .485 .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
1974 22 PHI NL 29 22 1 1.2 98 .167 .120 .267 .241 .340 .120 .386 .361 .726 2 .093 -3.3 -0.4 .318 .120 .000
1975 23 PHI NL 63 49 5 2.8 99 .308 .262 .270 .274 .342 .344 .390 .618 .732 69 .304 -3.0 -0.3 .458 .098 .082 .0
1976 24 CHW AL 165 118 17 3.9 87 .288 .248 .257 .317 .322 .317 .362 .634 .684 86 .488 -2.4 -0.3 .611 .221 .069 .0
1977 25 CHW AL 630 434 66 4.1 100 .291 .275 .266 .335 .330 .338 .405 .672 .735 85 .441 -9.8 -1.0 .586 .161 .063 3.4
1978 26 CHW AL 119 88 9 2.7 94 .253 .224 .262 .303 .328 .290 .386 .592 .714 67 .302 -4.8 -0.5 .489 .168 .065 .0
1979 27 CHW AL 560 385 69 4.8 102 .303 .285 .270 .342 .334 .383 .408 .725 .743 96 .507 -2.4 -0.2 .679 .215 .099 3.7
1980 28 TOT AL 443 305 54 4.8 99 .310 .283 .270 .346 .332 .370 .400 .715 .732 97 .517 -0.5 -0.1 .663 .214 .087 1.9
1980 28 CHW AL 146 114 8 1.9 98 .217 .192 .268 .259 .330 .238 .397 .497 .727 38 .164 -10.8 -1.1 .418 .162 .046 .0
1980 28 CLE AL 297 191 46 6.5 100 .354 .328 .270 .388 .333 .435 .401 .823 .734 125 .652 10.3 1.0 .810 .240 .107 1.8
1981 29 CLE AL 250 175 27 4.2 88 .282 .263 .255 .309 .319 .332 .371 .641 .690 86 .505 -4.2 -0.4 .618 .198 .069 1.9
1982 30 CLE AL 398 271 47 4.7 99 .293 .267 .264 .347 .328 .353 .402 .700 .730 94 .507 -1.9 -0.2 .678 .244 .086 6.5
1983 31 CLE AL 422 301 48 4.3 101 .285 .265 .270 .323 .333 .393 .408 .715 .740 93 .471 -3.3 -0.3 .628 .210 .127 5.5
1984 32 TOT MLB 157 97 22 6.1 97 .313 .280 .265 .389 .328 .371 .398 .760 .726 112 .638 3.2 0.3 .792 .288 .091 2.4
1984 32 HOU NL 22 16 2 3.4 87 .222 .200 .254 .273 .317 .300 .369 .573 .687 67 .401 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .200 .100
1984 32 TEX AL 135 81 20 6.6 99 .330 .295 .267 .407 .330 .384 .403 .791 .733 119 .668 4.0 0.4 .850 .304 .089 2.4
1985 33 TEX AL 137 94 15 4.3 100 .298 .262 .262 .338 .328 .336 .407 .674 .736 85 .467 -2.4 -0.2 .656 .238 .074 1.8
12 Yrs 3373 2339 380 4.4 98 .294 .270 .266 .334 .330 .355 .399 .689 .729 90 .482 -34.8 -3.6 .633 .206 .085 32.3
162 Game Avg. 562 390 63 4.4 98 .294 .270 .266 .334 .330 .355 .399 .689 .729 90 .482 -34.8 -3.6 .633 .206 .085 5
CHW (5 yrs) 1620 1139 169 4.0 99 .286 .265 .266 .326 .331 .339 .400 .665 .731 83 .436 -30.3 -3.0 .596 .186 .075 9.0
CLE (4 yrs) 1367 938 168 4.8 98 .302 .279 .266 .341 .329 .379 .398 .720 .727 99 .532 0.9 0.1 .677 .224 .100 18.0
PHI (2 yrs) 92 71 6 2.3 99 .271 .221 .269 .264 .341 .279 .389 .543 .730 49 .238 -6.4 -0.7 .414 .105 .058 .0
TEX (2 yrs) 272 175 35 5.4 100 .313 .278 .265 .373 .329 .359 .405 .732 .735 102 .574 1.6 0.2 .746 .269 .081 4.7
HOU (1 yr) 22 16 2 3.4 87 .222 .200 .254 .273 .317 .300 .369 .573 .687 67 .402 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .200 .100
AL (10 yrs) 3259 2252 372 4.4 98 .295 .272 .266 .337 .330 .357 .399 .694 .729 92 .489 -27.7 -2.8 .641 .209 .086 32.2
NL (3 yrs) 114 87 8 2.5 97 .261 .217 .266 .265 .336 .283 .385 .549 .722 52 .269 -7.1 -0.7 .430 .123 .066 .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
1974 22 PHI NL 29 0.0% 24.1% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 2.33 3.6 25.0 0.31 62%
1975 23 PHI NL 63 0.0% 14.3% 1.6% 6.4% 25% 9.00 6.8 2.00 83%
1976 24 CHW AL 165 0.0% 12.7% 8.5% 4.9% 22% 1.50 6.9 18.1 1.02 76%
1977 25 CHW AL 630 0.5% 7.8% 8.6% 4.1% 17% 0.91 11.4 186.7 9.8 1.08 82%
1978 26 CHW AL 119 0.0% 10.1% 9.2% 4.2% 21% 1.09 8.9 13.4 1.09 80%
1979 27 CHW AL 560 0.4% 7.1% 7.7% 6.8% 26% 0.93 12.7 253.0 9.2 0.86 84%
1980 28 TOT AL 443 0.2% 9.3% 9.0% 6.3% 25% 1.03 9.6 392.0 9.6 1.22 80%
1980 28 CHW AL 146 0.0% 11.0% 8.2% 4.1% 24% 1.33 8.1 14.4 1.55 79%
1980 28 CLE AL 297 0.3% 8.4% 9.4% 7.4% 26% 0.89 10.5 262.0 8.2 1.05 81%
1981 29 CLE AL 250 0.4% 7.6% 6.4% 5.2% 21% 1.19 12.2 232.0 13.6 1.10 85%
1982 30 CLE AL 398 1.0% 10.3% 10.6% 5.3% 23% 0.98 8.5 87.0 8.5 0.83 76%
1983 31 CLE AL 422 1.2% 10.2% 7.4% 8.1% 34% 1.39 8.8 75.4 8.4 0.91 79%
1984 32 TOT MLB 157 1.3% 12.1% 14.7% 4.5% 19% 0.83 6.9 66.0 14.7 0.40 71%
1984 32 HOU NL 22 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 50% 1.00 10.0 0.63 82%
1984 32 TEX AL 135 1.5% 12.6% 15.6% 3.7% 15% 0.81 6.6 56.0 12.4 0.36 70%
1985 33 TEX AL 137 0.7% 12.4% 10.2% 4.4% 19% 1.21 7.2 122.0 20.3 0.78 76%
12 Yrs 3373 0.6% 9.4% 8.7% 5.6% 23% 1.09 9.5 158.3 10.4 0.95 80%
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 22 PHI NL -3.3 -0.4 30 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .70 -0.3 -0.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.96 -4.1 0.68 7
1975 23 PHI NL -3.0 -0.3 69 -0.8 0.9 -1.8 1.33 -0.4 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 1.04 -5.1 2.36 1
1976 24 CHW AL -2.4 -0.3 183 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 1.20 -0.3 -0.3 -4.4 -0.5 0.99 -3.3 1.78 4
1977 25 CHW AL -9.8 -1.0 643 -1.5 9.7 -11.3 .98 -1.1 -0.4 -16.5 -1.6 0.96 -9.1 0.87 2
1978 26 CHW AL -4.8 -0.5 126 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 .90 -0.1 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.92 -1.6 1.97 10
1979 27 CHW AL -2.4 -0.2 597 0.4 9.4 -9.0 .95 0.2 0.3 7.5 0.7 0.94 2.4 0.95 0
1980 28 TOT AL -0.7 -0.1 467 -1.5 6.5 -8.0 .97 -0.5 -1.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.97 -3.3 1.30 13
1980 28 CHW AL -11.0 -1.1 153 -1.1 1.6 -2.7 .97 -1.5 0.3 -13.0 -1.3 0.94 -15.4 1.17 7
1980 28 CLE AL 10.3 1.0 314 -0.4 4.9 -5.3 .98 0.9 -1.3 8.4 0.8 0.98 12.2 1.45 6
1981 29 CLE AL -4.5 -0.5 270 -0.0 4.3 -4.3 1.02 -0.5 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.96 -6.2 1.74 11
1982 30 CLE AL -2.4 -0.2 425 1.4 8.1 -6.7 1.08 0.2 1.1 6.2 0.6 0.98 2.9 1.16 7
1983 31 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 441 -0.3 7.3 -7.6 1.01 0.1 -0.4 0.9 0.1 0.96 -1.8 2.17 10
1984 32 TOT MLB 3.2 0.3 166 0.2 3.1 -2.9 1.11 0.5 -0.3 2.7 0.3 0.95 4.8 1.88 17
1984 32 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 24 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .95 -0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.81 0.0 1.78 3
1984 32 TEX AL 4.0 0.4 142 0.3 2.8 -2.4 1.14 0.5 -0.2 2.9 0.3 0.98 4.8 1.90 14
1985 33 TEX AL -2.4 -0.2 150 0.1 2.3 -2.2 .90 -0.1 0.2 -2.4 -0.2 0.92 -1.0 0.90 14
12 Yrs -35.8 -3.7 3567 -3.1 56.1 -59.3 1.01 -2.4 -0.7 -25.1 -2.6 0.96 -25.3 1.52 96

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
1974 22 PHI NL 0 0 57% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38% 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 23 PHI NL 2 0 59% 23 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 50% 5 4 1 1 0 1 4 1 3
1976 24 CHW AL 1 0 37% 97 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 26% 11 11 0 2 1 1 6 2 4
1977 25 CHW AL 11 0 41% 284 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 16 63% 49 21 28 9 3 6 26 5 19
1978 26 CHW AL 4 0 44% 67 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 67% 3 2 1 1 0 1 8 1 6
1979 27 CHW AL 9 0 37% 212 22 6 79% 20 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 17 54% 30 14 15 12 5 7 23 9 13
1980 28 TOT AL 7 0 37% 170 14 4 78% 14 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 5 17 38% 23 17 5 7 4 3 18 7 10
1980 28 CHW AL 0 0 43% 38 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 53% 6 4 2 3 2 1 6 1 5
1980 28 CLE AL 7 0 35% 132 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 13 30% 17 13 3 4 2 2 12 6 5
1981 29 CLE AL 1 0 46% 92 16 2 89% 15 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 68% 10 7 3 0 0 0 15 1 14
1982 30 CLE AL 9 0 27% 155 18 5 78% 17 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 7 46% 26 17 8 5 2 3 13 3 9
1983 31 CLE AL 5 0 36% 175 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 13 49% 23 14 9 4 2 2 20 8 12
1984 32 TOT MLB 2 0 34% 81 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 54% 15 8 7 1 0 0 10 3 7
1984 32 HOU NL 1 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 TEX AL 1 0 34% 71 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 52% 14 8 6 1 0 0 10 3 7
1985 33 TEX AL 1 0 36% 80 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 8 2 6 1 0 1 7 2 5
12 Yrs 52 0 38% 1459 108 37 74% 103 36 5 1 0 0 20 6 39 106 53% 211 122 86 43 17 25 150 42 102

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 22 PHI NL 29 79% 3 7 0 0 0 0.68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 20 1 5% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1975 23 PHI NL 63 22% 16 1 0 0 0 2.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 11 3 27% 44 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1976 24 CHW AL 165 40% 36 4 1 0 0 1.78 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 37 0 0% 14 9 64% 97 8 8% 7 4 57% 7 4 57% 0
1977 25 CHW AL 630 32% 154 2 0 0 0 0.87 3 0 20 1 2 1 2 1 6 3 50% 109 11 10% 72 25 35% 396 56 14% 47 23 49% 28 12 43% 0
1978 26 CHW AL 119 84% 24 10 0 0 1 1.97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 13 2 15% 11 3 27% 62 8 13% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
1979 27 CHW AL 560 38% 144 0 0 0 0 0.95 2 0 15 2 0 1 1 0 7 4 57% 96 9 9% 44 15 34% 307 54 18% 31 19 61% 15 8 53% 0
1980 28 TOT AL 443 50% 111 13 0 0 0 1.30 1 0 12 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 84 9 11% 51 20 39% 282 44 16% 31 18 58% 19 9 47% 0
1980 28 CHW AL 146 60% 25 7 0 0 0 1.17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 27 3 11% 15 7 47% 82 10 12% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
1980 28 CLE AL 297 45% 86 6 0 0 0 1.45 1 0 11 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 57 6 11% 36 13 36% 200 34 17% 23 14 61% 14 7 50% 0
1981 29 CLE AL 250 57% 61 11 4 0 0 1.74 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 48 0 0% 23 5 22% 149 16 11% 13 3 23% 9 5 56% 0
1982 30 CLE AL 398 44% 93 7 1 0 0 1.16 4 0 14 0 4 2 2 0 6 6 100% 50 4 8% 27 12 44% 245 39 16% 20 10 50% 9 5 56% 0
1983 31 CLE AL 422 53% 100 10 5 1 3 2.17 5 1 13 3 2 2 3 0 8 7 88% 73 7 10% 43 16 37% 231 41 18% 20 10 50% 7 4 57% 0
1984 32 TOT MLB 157 59% 37 17 4 0 2 1.88 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 1 3% 10 2 20% 93 7 8% 10 3 30% 3 1 33% 0
1984 32 HOU NL 22 64% 4 3 1 0 0 1.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 TEX AL 135 59% 33 14 3 0 2 1.90 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29 1 3% 10 2 20% 87 7 8% 10 3 30% 3 1 33% 0
1985 33 TEX AL 137 66% 32 14 6 0 0 0.90 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 8 0 0% 63 5 8% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
12 Yrs 3373 46% 811 96 21 1 6 1.52 19 1 94 7 12 8 11 1 42 33 79% 581 45 8% 318 110 35% 1989 279 14% 196 94 48% 108 53 49% 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 22 26 29 25 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .120 .241 .120 .361 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
1975 23 50 92 86 14 19 3 1 0 1 2 2 4 16 .221 .264 .279 .543 49 24 1 1 1 0 0
1976 24 123 257 231 33 55 9 3 0 9 14 6 18 37 .238 .298 .303 .601 72 70 1 2 5 1 1
1977 25 262 887 791 120 209 29 6 3 66 18 9 72 86 .264 .324 .327 .652 81 259 12 4 8 12 2
1978 26 311 1006 898 136 233 32 8 3 74 21 12 83 98 .259 .322 .323 .645 79 290 14 5 8 12 3
1979 27 447 1566 1404 207 377 60 16 5 129 43 18 126 138 .269 .329 .345 .674 86 484 23 8 12 16 4
1980 28 573 2009 1796 264 488 83 20 6 170 57 22 166 179 .272 .332 .350 .683 88 629 32 8 18 21 10
1981 29 641 2259 2028 300 549 94 21 7 187 73 24 182 198 .271 .330 .348 .678 88 706 32 8 19 22 12
1982 30 742 2657 2376 340 642 110 22 11 228 91 29 224 239 .270 .332 .349 .681 89 829 36 9 25 23 13
1983 31 859 3079 2753 391 742 135 26 16 273 97 35 255 282 .270 .331 .355 .686 89 977 43 12 32 27 13
1984 32 915 3236 2885 413 779 139 27 18 282 100 35 278 301 .270 .334 .356 .690 90 1026 44 13 32 28 13
1985 33 972 3373 3007 430 811 143 28 19 288 108 37 292 318 .270 .334 .355 .689 90 1067 45 13 33 28 13

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
1974 22 26 31 26 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 .154 .290 .154 .444 1 26
1975 23 24 63 61 10 16 3 1 0 0 2 1 9 .262 .274 .344 .618 6 24
1976 24 73 172 150 22 40 7 2 0 9 13 16 21 .267 .339 .340 .679 17 73
1977 25 139 635 564 91 158 21 3 3 60 4 55 49 .280 .340 .344 .684 67 139
1978 26 49 120 108 17 25 3 2 0 9 3 11 12 .231 .308 .296 .605 10 49
1979 27 137 565 510 72 146 28 8 2 56 22 44 40 .286 .344 .384 .728 67 136
1980 28 126 451 398 59 117 24 4 1 43 15 42 41 .294 .357 .382 .739 55 126
1981 29 103 390 360 64 101 18 2 2 30 26 26 29 .281 .327 .358 .686 42 68
1982 30 101 402 351 42 96 17 1 4 43 19 43 41 .274 .354 .362 .715 45 101
1983 31 117 423 378 52 101 25 4 5 45 6 31 43 .267 .325 .394 .719 48 117
1984 32 56 159 133 23 38 4 1 2 9 3 24 19 .286 .396 .376 .772 20 56
1985 33 57 137 122 17 32 4 1 1 6 8 14 17 .262 .338 .336 .674 14 57
12 Yrs 1008 3548 3161 475 874 154 29 20 312 121 311 328 .276 .341 .363 .703 392 972
162 Game Avg. 162 570 508 76 140 25 5 3 50 19 50 53 .276 .341 .363 .703 63 972

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 AL  16 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1977 AL  11 (1st)

SB % s c a p y
1976 AL  75.00 (10th)
1979 AL  78.57 (8th)
1981 AL  88.89 (4th)
1982 AL  78.26 (10th)
Career  74.48 (174th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1979 AL  12.7 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jerry Browne (959)
  2. Lee Handley (950)
  3. Bob Jones (943)
  4. Lee Magee (941)
  5. Sammy Strang (941)
  6. Albie Pearson (940)
  7. Farmer Weaver (937)
  8. Bob Bailor (935)
  9. Tony Boeckel (932)
  10. Myril Hoag (931)
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  1. John Pickett (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Harry Niles (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Bucher (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Delahanty (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lou Chiozza (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lee Handley (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Delahanty (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lee Handley (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Miller (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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