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Alan Bannister
Alan Bannister

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 3, 1951 in Montebello, CA
High School: Kennedy (La Palma, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1974
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
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	768/4D95
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	96	145	9	0	6	5	6	4795/86
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	75/9
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	49/8756
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	93	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	4/D673589
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	4/D35879
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 Seasons				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	91	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

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
1974	22	PHI	NL	29	22	1	1.2	98	.167	.120	.267	.241	.340	.120	.386	.361	.725	2	.093	-3.3	-0.3	.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	.733	96	.517	-0.7	-0.1	.663	.214	.087	1.9
1980	28	CHW	AL	146	114	8	1.9	99	.217	.192	.269	.259	.331	.238	.399	.497	.730	38	.164	-11.0	-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	89	.282	.263	.256	.309	.321	.332	.373	.641	.693	86	.506	-4.5	-0.5	.618	.198	.069	1.9
1982	30	CLE	AL	398	271	47	4.7	99	.293	.267	.265	.347	.329	.353	.404	.700	.733	93	.507	-2.3	-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	-3.4	-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	.686	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 Seasons				3373	2339	380	4.4	98	.294	.270	.266	.334	.330	.355	.399	.689	.730	90	.483	-35.8	-3.6	.633	.206	.085	32.3
162 Game Avg.				562	390	63	4.4	98	.294	.270	.266	.334	.330	.355	.399	.689	.730	90	.483	-35.8	-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	-30.5	-3.1	.596	.186	.075	9.0
CLE (4 yrs)				1367	938	168	4.8	98	.302	.279	.266	.341	.329	.379	.398	.720	.728	99	.532	0.2	0.0	.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	-0.6	.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	.686	67	.402	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.200	.100

AL (10 yrs)				3259	2252	372	4.4	98	.295	.272	.266	.337	.330	.357	.400	.694	.730	91	.489	-28.7	-2.9	.641	.209	.086	32.2
NL (3 yrs)				114	87	8	2.5	97	.261	.217	.266	.265	.336	.283	.385	.549	.721	52	.269	-7.1	-0.7	.430	.123	.066	.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	GO/AO	IP%
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 Seasons				3373	0.6%	9.4%	8.7%	5.6%	23%	1.09	9.5	158.3	10.4	0.95	80%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Seasons				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
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
1974	22	PHI	NL	29	79%	3			7	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	20	1	5%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1975	23	PHI	NL	63	22%	16			1	0	0	0	2.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	11	3	27%	44	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1976	24	CHW	AL	165	40%	36			4	1	0	0	1.80	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	37	0	0%	14	9	64%	97	8	8%	7	4	57%	8	4	50%	0
1977	25	CHW	AL	630	32%	154			2	0	0	0	0.94	3	0	20	1	2	1	2	1	6	3	50%	109	11	10%	72	25	35%	396	56	14%	47	23	49%	42	14	33%	0
1978	26	CHW	AL	119	84%	24			5	0	0	1	2.05	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	11	3	27%	62	8	13%	6	2	33%	8	3	38%	0
1979	27	CHW	AL	560	38%	144			0	0	0	0	0.99	2	0	15	2	0	1	1	0	7	4	57%	96	9	9%	44	15	34%	307	54	18%	31	19	61%	25	11	44%	0
1980	28	TOT	AL	443	50%	111			12	0	0	0	1.34	1	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	100%	84	9	11%	51	20	39%	282	44	16%	31	18	58%	30	9	30%	0
1980	28	CHW	AL	146	60%	25			6	0	0	0	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	27	3	11%	15	7	47%	82	10	12%	8	4	50%	11	4	36%	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%	19	5	26%	0
1981	29	CLE	AL	250	57%	61			11	4	0	0	1.76	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	48	0	0%	23	5	22%	149	16	11%	13	3	23%	16	7	44%	0
1982	30	CLE	AL	398	44%	93			7	1	0	0	1.20	4	0	14	0	4	2	2	0	6	6	100%	50	4	8%	27	12	44%	245	39	16%	20	10	50%	24	14	58%	0
1983	31	CLE	AL	422	53%	100			10	5	1	3	2.20	5	1	13	3	2	2	3	0	8	7	88%	73	7	10%	43	16	37%	231	41	18%	20	10	50%	16	7	44%	0
1984	32	TOT	MLB	157	59%	37			15	3	0	1	1.95	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		31	1	3%	10	2	20%	93	7	8%	10	3	30%	3	0	0%	0
1984	32	HOU	NL	22	64%	4			3	1	0	0	1.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1984	32	TEX	AL	135	59%	33			12	2	0	1	1.95	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		29	1	3%	10	2	20%	87	7	8%	10	3	30%	2	0	0%	0
1985	33	TEX	AL	137	66%	32			9	4	0	0	0.94	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	8	0	0%	63	5	8%	6	2	33%	5	2	40%	0
12 Seasons				3373	46%	811			83	18	1	5	1.57	19	1	94	7	12	8	11	1	42	33	79%	581	45	8%	318	110	35%	1989	279	14%	196	94	48%	185	71	38%	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
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	88	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

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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	22	26	31	26	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.154	.290	.154	.444	1	26
1975	23	24	61	60	10	15	3	1	0	0	2	1	9	.250	.262	.333	.596	5	24
1976	24	73	172	153	22	43	7	2	0	9	14	17	21	.281	.355	.353	.708	19	73
1977	25	139	636	567	91	161	21	3	3	59	4	56	49	.284	.344	.347	.692	69	139
1978	26	49	120	108	17	25	3	2	0	9	3	11	12	.231	.308	.296	.605	10	49
1979	27	137	566	514	72	150	29	8	2	56	23	45	40	.292	.350	.391	.741	70	136
1980	28	126	448	400	60	119	25	4	1	43	15	43	41	.298	.362	.388	.749	57	126
1981	29	103	397	367	63	108	19	2	2	30	28	28	29	.294	.343	.373	.716	47	68
1982	30	101	404	356	42	101	17	1	4	43	20	46	41	.284	.366	.371	.737	49	101
1983	31	117	416	378	52	101	25	4	5	45	6	31	43	.267	.325	.394	.719	48	117
1984	32	56	165	137	23	42	5	1	2	9	3	26	19	.307	.418	.401	.820	23	56
1985	33	57	140	125	18	35	4	1	1	6	9	15	17	.280	.357	.352	.709	16	57
12 Seasons		1008	3556	3191	474	904	158	29	20	310	127	323	328	.283	.349	.370	.718	414	972
162 Game Avg.		162	572	513	76	145	25	5	3	50	20	52	53	.283	.349	.370	.718	67	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 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

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

AB per SO s c a p y
1979 AL--12.650--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Kevin Stocker (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Niles (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Foster (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dude Esterbrook (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Handley (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Handley (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Miller (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50