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Jesse Barfield

Jesse Lee Barfield

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 29, 1959 in Joliet, IL
High School: Central HS (Joliet, IL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Yankees 1981-1992
Agents: Ray Negron, previously: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: June 17, 1992 (Age 32)
Relatives: Father of Josh Barfield
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All-Star

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 21 TOR AL 25 100 95 7 22 3 2 2 9 4 3 4 19 .232 .270 .368 .638 79 35 4 1 0 0 0 9
1982 22 TOR AL 139 446 394 54 97 13 2 18 58 1 4 42 79 .246 .323 .426 .749 97 168 7 3 6 1 3 *9/8D7 RoY-8
1983 23 TOR AL 128 420 388 58 98 13 3 27 68 2 5 22 110 .253 .296 .510 .806 112 198 8 4 1 5 0 *9/D87
1984 24 TOR AL 110 360 320 51 91 14 1 14 49 8 2 35 81 .284 .357 .466 .822 123 149 5 2 1 2 5 9/8D
1985 25 TOR AL 155 612 539 94 156 34 9 27 84 22 8 66 143 .289 .369 .536 .905 141 289 14 4 0 3 5 *9/8 MVP-7
1986 26 TOR AL 158 671 589 107 170 35 2 40 108 8 8 69 146 .289 .368 .559 .927 146 329 9 8 0 5 5 *98 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1987 27 TOR AL 159 654 590 89 155 25 3 28 84 3 5 58 141 .263 .331 .458 .788 105 270 13 3 1 2 7 *98 GG
1988 28 TOR AL 137 520 468 62 114 21 5 18 56 7 3 41 108 .244 .302 .425 .728 102 199 10 1 4 6 6 *98/D
1989 29 TOT AL 150 615 521 79 122 23 1 23 67 5 5 87 150 .234 .345 .415 .760 115 216 8 3 1 3 6 *98/D7
1989 29 TOR AL 21 86 80 8 16 4 0 5 11 0 2 5 28 .200 .256 .438 .693 97 35 0 1 0 0 0 9/7
1989 29 NYY AL 129 529 441 71 106 19 1 18 56 5 3 82 122 .240 .360 .410 .770 118 181 8 2 1 3 6 *98/D
1990 30 NYY AL 153 570 476 69 117 21 2 25 78 4 3 82 150 .246 .359 .456 .815 127 217 6 5 2 5 4 *9/8
1991 31 NYY AL 84 321 284 37 64 12 0 17 48 1 0 36 80 .225 .312 .447 .759 108 127 11 0 0 1 6 9
1992 32 NYY AL 30 105 95 8 13 2 0 2 7 1 1 9 27 .137 .210 .221 .431 22 21 5 0 0 1 2 9
12 Yrs 1428 5394 4759 715 1219 216 30 241 716 66 47 551 1234 .256 .335 .466 .802 117 2218 100 34 16 34 49
162 Game Avg. 162 612 540 81 138 25 3 27 81 7 5 63 140 .256 .335 .466 .802 117 252 11 4 2 4 6
TOR (9 yrs) 1032 3869 3463 530 919 162 27 179 527 55 40 342 855 .265 .334 .483 .817 118 1672 70 27 13 24 31
NYY (4 yrs) 396 1525 1296 185 300 54 3 62 189 11 7 209 379 .231 .339 .421 .760 113 546 30 7 3 10 18

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 21 TOR AL 25 100 -2 -2 -0 7 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .508 .501 -0.2 0.6 -1 9
1982 22 TOR AL 139 446 -1 -4 0 4 -4 -4 -0.4 15 11 1.0 .497 .497 0.7 -0.0 7 *9/8D7 RoY-8
1983 23 TOR AL 128 420 9 -3 0 11 -4 13 1.4 14 27 2.8 .510 .508 1.6 0.7 16 *9/D87
1984 24 TOR AL 110 360 7 1 0 11 -4 16 1.7 12 28 2.8 .515 .510 1.7 0.8 17 9/8D
1985 25 TOR AL 155 612 28 2 -1 23 -6 47 4.9 21 68 6.8 .531 .530 4.5 1.8 45 $325,000 *9/8 MVP-7
1986 26 TOR AL 158 671 38 -1 0 21 -6 52 5.4 23 75 7.6 .534 .533 5.4 1.6 54 $725,000 *98 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1987 27 TOR AL 159 654 8 -1 -0 25 -6 26 2.6 22 48 4.7 .516 .516 2.3 1.9 23 $1,525,000 *98 GG
1988 28 TOR AL 137 520 -1 -2 -1 20 -5 11 1.3 18 28 2.9 .508 .507 0.8 1.7 8 $1,400,000 *98/D
1989 29 TOR AL 21 86 -0 -2 0 2 -1 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .498 .500 0.0 0.2 1 $1,300,000 9/7
1989 29 NYY AL 129 529 10 1 -0 13 -5 20 2.3 19 39 4.1 .517 .513 2.6 1.0 25 *98/D
1990 30 NYY AL 153 570 19 1 1 15 -5 30 3.2 20 50 5.2 .521 .520 3.7 1.0 35 $1,233,333 *9/8
1991 31 NYY AL 84 321 -0 -0 -1 11 -3 7 0.8 12 18 1.9 .508 .504 0.7 0.9 7 $1,333,333 9
1992 32 NYY AL 30 105 -11 0 -1 -2 -1 -15 -1.6 4 -11 -1.3 .445 .490 -1.1 -0.3 -9 $2,166,667 9
12 Seasons 1428 5394 104 -9 -2 161 -52 203 21.8 187 390 39.4 .515 .510 22.7 11.8 228 $10,008,333
TOR (9 yrs) 1032 3869 87 -11 -1 124 -37 161 17.2 132 294 29.5 .516 .511 16.8 9.2 170 $5,275,000
NYY (4 yrs) 396 1525 17 2 -2 38 -14 42 4.7 55 96 9.9 .511 .507 5.9 2.6 59 $4,733,333

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 21 TOR AL 100 80 8 2.7 94 .270 .232 .263 .270 .328 .368 .382 .638 .711 79 .316 -3.3 -0.4 .513 .189 .137 2.7
1982 22 TOR AL 446 315 54 4.6 106 .265 .246 .274 .323 .340 .426 .418 .749 .758 97 .502 -2.9 -0.3 .682 .279 .180 1.9
1983 23 TOR AL 420 309 55 4.8 103 .277 .253 .272 .296 .335 .510 .411 .806 .746 112 .522 4.0 0.4 .729 .307 .258 3.7
1984 24 TOR AL 360 239 55 6.2 100 .339 .284 .268 .357 .332 .466 .405 .822 .736 123 .639 9.9 1.0 .814 .309 .181 10.2
1985 25 TOR AL 612 408 106 7.0 102 .347 .289 .266 .369 .332 .536 .413 .905 .745 141 .681 30.8 3.0 .921 .395 .247 24.2
1986 26 TOR AL 671 441 122 7.4 103 .319 .289 .265 .368 .333 .559 .413 .927 .747 146 .698 37.7 3.6 .931 .387 .270 13.3
1987 27 TOR AL 654 456 87 5.1 108 .300 .263 .267 .331 .336 .458 .429 .788 .765 105 .511 2.8 0.3 .726 .290 .195 5.4
1988 28 TOR AL 520 377 60 4.3 94 .276 .244 .259 .302 .324 .425 .391 .728 .715 102 .484 0.0 0.0 .668 .278 .182 10.1
1989 29 TOT AL 615 416 79 5.1 92 .282 .234 .259 .345 .324 .415 .381 .760 .705 115 .572 12.7 1.3 .743 .347 .180 8.2
1989 29 TOR AL 86 66 9 3.6 89 .234 .200 .255 .256 .319 .438 .375 .693 .694 97 .421 -0.8 -0.1 .591 .275 .238 .0
1989 29 NYY AL 529 350 70 5.3 92 .289 .240 .260 .360 .324 .410 .382 .770 .706 118 .595 13.6 1.4 .772 .361 .170 7.8
1990 30 NYY AL 570 375 84 6.0 95 .301 .246 .259 .359 .328 .456 .388 .815 .715 127 .639 19.4 1.9 .829 .384 .210 6.9
1991 31 NYY AL 321 232 38 4.4 97 .250 .225 .260 .312 .329 .447 .395 .759 .724 108 .487 2.2 0.2 .710 .352 .222 1.9
1992 32 NYY AL 105 89 4 1.2 93 .164 .137 .258 .210 .327 .221 .383 .431 .710 22 .086 -10.2 -1.0 .341 .179 .084 1.3
12 Yrs 5394 3737 752 5.4 100 .295 .256 .265 .335 .331 .466 .404 .802 .735 117 .576 103.0 10.0 .765 .330 .210 103.6
162 Game Avg. 612 424 85 5.4 100 .295 .256 .265 .335 .331 .466 .404 .802 .735 117 .576 12 1 .765 .330 .210 12
TOR (9 yrs) 3869 2691 556 5.5 102 .302 .265 .267 .334 .333 .483 .411 .817 .743 118 .582 78.1 7.5 .775 .321 .217 84.1
NYY (4 yrs) 1525 1046 196 5.0 94 .275 .231 .259 .339 .327 .421 .387 .760 .714 113 .560 24.9 2.5 .742 .354 .190 18.7

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
1985 25 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 7 28 25 3 7 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 7 .280 .357 .440 .797 11 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 28 25 3 7 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 7 .280 .357 .440 .797 11 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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
1986 TOR AL 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 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
1981 21 TOR AL 100 2.0% 19.0% 4.0% 7.0% 32% 4.75 5.0 47.5 10.6 1.80 74%
1982 22 TOR AL 446 4.0% 17.7% 9.4% 7.4% 34% 1.88 5.0 21.9 6.8 1.14 67%
1983 23 TOR AL 420 6.4% 26.2% 5.2% 10.2% 44% 5.00 3.5 14.4 5.7 1.13 61%
1984 24 TOR AL 360 3.9% 22.5% 9.7% 8.1% 32% 2.31 4.0 22.9 6.5 0.91 63%
1985 25 TOR AL 612 4.4% 23.4% 10.8% 11.4% 45% 2.17 3.8 20.0 6.4 1.17 61%
1986 26 TOR AL 671 6.0% 21.8% 10.3% 11.5% 45% 2.12 4.0 14.7 5.5 1.01 61%
1987 27 TOR AL 654 4.3% 21.6% 8.9% 8.6% 36% 2.43 4.2 21.1 7.0 1.18 65%
1988 28 TOR AL 520 3.5% 20.8% 7.9% 8.5% 39% 2.63 4.3 26.0 8.4 0.66 0.75 67% 17% 17.1% 50%
1989 29 TOT AL 615 3.7% 24.4% 14.2% 7.6% 39% 1.72 3.5 22.7 7.8 0.77 0.96 57% 22% 13.8% 21%
1989 29 TOR AL 86 5.8% 32.6% 5.8% 10.5% 56% 5.60 2.9 16.0 7.3 0.49 0.59 55% 25% 18.5% 23%
1989 29 NYY AL 529 3.4% 23.1% 15.5% 7.2% 36% 1.49 3.6 24.5 7.9 0.83 1.04 57% 21% 12.9% 20%
1990 30 NYY AL 570 4.4% 26.3% 14.4% 8.4% 41% 1.83 3.2 19.0 6.1 0.58 0.71 54% 23% 13.9% 13%
1991 31 NYY AL 321 5.3% 24.9% 11.2% 9.0% 45% 2.22 3.6 16.7 5.9 0.71 1.38 59% 25% 17.9% 21%
1992 32 NYY AL 105 1.9% 25.7% 8.6% 3.8% 31% 3.00 3.5 47.5 13.6 0.77 1.10 64% 17% 6.9% 26%
12 Yrs 5394 4.5% 22.9% 10.2% 9.0% 40% 2.24 3.9 19.7 6.6 0.68 1.02 62% 21% 14.8% 27%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.69 6.2 42.2 8.5 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 21 TOR AL -3.3 -0.4 108 -0.0 1.8 -1.9 .99 -0.2 0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.92 -3.0 0
1982 22 TOR AL -2.9 -0.3 454 -0.1 8.4 -8.5 1.08 0.2 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.98 0.5 1.41 21
1983 23 TOR AL 4.0 0.4 429 -0.7 7.2 -7.9 .94 0.9 -1.6 -1.4 -0.1 0.93 9.1 1.22 17
1984 24 TOR AL 9.9 1.0 370 0.4 6.5 -6.0 1.03 0.9 -0.5 8.5 0.8 0.98 10.0 1.86 22
1985 25 TOR AL 30.8 3.0 650 1.8 13.2 -11.3 1.01 3.0 -1.2 28.0 2.7 0.95 33.9 1.79 1
1986 26 TOR AL 37.7 3.6 689 3.5 15.9 -12.4 1.07 3.8 -0.6 36.5 3.5 0.94 44.5 4.45 1
1987 27 TOR AL 2.8 0.3 675 0.3 12.1 -11.7 1.01 0.4 -0.0 7.3 0.7 0.92 7.5 0.69 5
1988 28 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 535 -0.2 8.3 -8.6 .91 -0.2 -0.0 -5.3 -0.5 0.94 -0.4 1.14 4
1989 29 TOT AL 12.7 1.3 637 1.1 11.1 -10.1 .98 0.8 0.3 9.2 0.9 0.96 6.4 0.74 2
1989 29 TOR AL -0.8 -0.1 90 -0.1 1.6 -1.7 1.06 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.01 -1.6 0.98 1
1989 29 NYY AL 13.6 1.4 547 1.2 9.5 -8.3 .97 0.9 0.3 9.2 0.9 0.96 7.9 0.50 1
1990 30 NYY AL 19.4 1.9 582 2.4 11.6 -9.3 1.03 1.8 0.5 21.6 2.2 0.94 22.0 1.40 13
1991 31 NYY AL 2.2 0.2 322 0.1 5.6 -5.6 .96 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.92 4.9 1.75 4
1992 32 NYY AL -10.2 -1.0 108 -1.4 1.1 -2.5 1.04 -1.3 -0.1 -13.8 -1.4 0.99 -14.0 2.54 3
12 Yrs 103.0 10.0 5559 7.1 102.9 -95.8 1.00 9.9 -2.9 87.7 8.4 0.95 121.3 1.50 93

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 21 TOR AL 2 0 20% 20 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 50% 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
1982 22 TOR AL 7 0 29% 126 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 1 8 39% 20 15 5 7 4 2 14 4 9
1983 23 TOR AL 10 0 32% 143 2 5 29% 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 7 32% 14 12 1 5 3 2 12 5 7
1984 24 TOR AL 2 0 33% 120 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 10 69% 19 7 12 5 2 3 11 2 9
1985 25 TOR AL 5 0 34% 217 22 8 73% 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 3 1 18 53% 32 21 11 7 3 4 18 3 15
1986 26 TOR AL 10 0 32% 277 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 12 43% 36 28 8 9 4 5 23 7 16
1987 27 TOR AL 14 0 32% 218 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 18 49% 24 8 16 12 10 2 17 8 8
1988 28 TOR AL 5 0 32% 171 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 4 11 35% 31 27 4 3 0 3 18 4 11
1989 29 TOT AL 4 0 30% 208 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 25 40% 40 25 15 8 6 2 24 10 12
1989 29 TOR AL 1 0 18% 24 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
1989 29 NYY AL 3 0 31% 184 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 22 43% 38 23 15 8 6 2 21 9 12
1990 30 NYY AL 6 0 25% 184 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 17 50% 28 15 13 7 4 3 13 5 8
1991 31 NYY AL 1 0 24% 105 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 60% 14 7 7 2 1 1 9 2 7
1992 32 NYY AL 0 0 30% 16 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 67% 8 2 5 2 0 2 2 1 1
12 Yrs 66 0 30% 1805 66 47 58% 64 43 2 1 0 3 8 6 60 0 8 11 14 133 46% 269 167 98 68 37 30 163 52 104

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 21 TOR AL 100 39% 22 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 16 4 25% 7 2 29% 55 7 13% 4 1 25% 6 4 67% 0
1982 22 TOR AL 446 61% 97 21 6 2 3 1.41 18 1 13 3 15 11 7 0 6 6 100% 99 7 7% 44 16 36% 311 42 14% 28 11 39% 25 15 60% 0
1983 23 TOR AL 420 54% 98 17 6 0 0 1.22 27 0 4 14 13 22 5 0 2 1 50% 70 8 11% 44 9 20% 264 42 16% 28 14 50% 22 7 32% 0
1984 24 TOR AL 360 59% 91 22 9 1 3 1.86 14 0 7 8 6 10 4 0 1 1 100% 75 5 7% 46 11 24% 236 35 15% 26 12 46% 18 8 44% 0
1985 25 TOR AL 612 38% 156 1 0 0 0 1.79 27 0 11 18 9 15 12 0 0 0 110 14 13% 57 13 23% 363 58 16% 39 15 38% 22 11 50% 0
1986 26 TOR AL 671 27% 170 1 0 0 0 4.45 40 0 11 31 9 16 24 0 0 0 125 9 7% 59 14 24% 416 74 18% 48 22 46% 24 11 46% 0
1987 27 TOR AL 654 31% 155 5 1 0 1 0.69 28 0 8 19 9 11 17 0 1 1 100% 113 13 12% 63 20 32% 401 59 15% 37 16 43% 28 13 46% 0
1988 28 TOR AL 520 35% 114 7 0 4 1 1 2 1.14 18 2 15 9 9 12 6 0 4 4 100% 100 10 10% 57 17 30% 314 40 13% 33 15 45% 27 14 52% 0
1989 29 TOT AL 615 34% 122 11 0 2 0 0 0 0.74 23 0 10 15 8 7 16 0 1 1 100% 110 8 7% 48 12 25% 401 45 11% 28 9 32% 21 14 67% 0
1989 29 TOR AL 86 43% 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.98 5 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 19 0 0% 13 4 31% 62 7 11% 2 0 0% 7 4 57% 0
1989 29 NYY AL 529 32% 106 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.50 18 0 9 13 5 6 12 0 1 1 100% 91 8 9% 35 8 23% 339 38 11% 26 9 35% 14 10 71% 0
1990 30 NYY AL 570 35% 117 12 1 13 3 1 2 1.40 25 0 13 12 13 12 13 0 4 2 50% 109 6 6% 47 13 28% 345 53 15% 28 14 50% 20 5 25% 0
1991 31 NYY AL 321 39% 64 8 0 4 2 1 2 1.75 17 0 5 8 9 11 6 0 0 0 67 11 16% 25 4 16% 200 32 16% 14 7 50% 10 2 20% 0
1992 32 NYY AL 105 37% 13 2 0 3 0 0 0 2.54 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 5 25% 15 3 20% 80 5 6% 5 1 20% 8 3 38% 0
12 Yrs 5394 39% 1219 40 1 93 28 6 13 1.50 241 3 99 139 102 130 111 0 19 16 84% 1014 100 10% 512 134 26% 3386 492 15% 318 137 43% 231 107 46% 0
MLB Averages 59% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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 TOR AL 520 2105 4.05 1299 62% 26% 20% 25% 28% 74% 2% 46% 72% 27% 6% 29 6 18% 91 40 10% 53 35 15% 0 4 0
1989 29 TOT AL 611 2627 4.30 1497 57% 30% 21% 23% 25% 70% 2% 40% 69% 23% 8% 47 2 21% 127 50 14% 83 49 15% 4 0 3
1989 29 TOR AL 86 370 4.30 220 59% 30% 25% 20% 24% 69% 0% 41% 63% 19% 9% 8 2 21% 18 5 12% 10 7 11% 0 0 2
1989 29 NYY AL 525 2257 4.30 1277 57% 30% 21% 24% 25% 70% 2% 40% 70% 24% 7% 39 0 21% 109 45 14% 73 42 16% 4 0 1
1990 30 NYY AL 557 2313 4.15 1357 59% 27% 23% 26% 24% 73% 1% 43% 68% 31% 6% 33 3 18% 101 40 12% 69 38 26% 13 0 3
1991 31 NYY AL 321 1366 4.26 801 59% 26% 23% 25% 26% 74% 3% 43% 68% 31% 6% 19 4 19% 62 25 14% 44 28 15% 0 0 0
1992 32 NYY AL 105 422 4.02 269 64% 17% 26% 32% 26% 83% 5% 53% 69% 49% 2% 2 0 9% 9 7 11% 12 10 11% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2114 8833 4.18 5223 59% 27% 22% 25% 26% 73% 2% 43% 70% 29% 6% 130 15 18% 390 162 12% 261 160 18% 17 4 6
MLB Averages 3.62 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 21 25 100 95 7 22 3 2 2 9 4 3 4 19 .232 .270 .368 .638 79 35 4 1 0 0 0
1982 22 164 546 489 61 119 16 4 20 67 5 7 46 98 .243 .313 .415 .728 94 203 11 4 6 1 3
1983 23 292 966 877 119 217 29 7 47 135 7 12 68 208 .247 .306 .457 .763 102 401 19 8 7 6 3
1984 24 402 1326 1197 170 308 43 8 61 184 15 14 103 289 .257 .319 .459 .779 108 550 24 10 8 8 8
1985 25 557 1938 1736 264 464 77 17 88 268 37 22 169 432 .267 .335 .483 .819 118 839 38 14 8 11 13
1986 26 715 2609 2325 371 634 112 19 128 376 45 30 238 578 .273 .344 .502 .846 125 1168 47 22 8 16 18
1987 27 874 3263 2915 460 789 137 22 156 460 48 35 296 719 .271 .341 .493 .834 121 1438 60 25 9 18 25
1988 28 1011 3783 3383 522 903 158 27 174 516 55 38 337 827 .267 .336 .484 .820 118 1637 70 26 13 24 31
1989 29 1161 4398 3904 601 1025 181 28 197 583 60 43 424 977 .263 .337 .475 .812 118 1853 78 29 14 27 37
1990 30 1314 4968 4380 670 1142 202 30 222 661 64 46 506 1127 .261 .340 .473 .812 119 2070 84 34 16 32 41
1991 31 1398 5289 4664 707 1206 214 30 239 709 65 46 542 1207 .259 .338 .471 .809 118 2197 95 34 16 33 47
1992 32 1428 5394 4759 715 1219 216 30 241 716 66 47 551 1234 .256 .335 .466 .802 117 2218 100 34 16 34 49

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 21 38 154 146 12 35 5 3 3 15 6 6 29 .240 .279 .377 .656 15 25
1982 22 139 443 392 52 95 13 2 18 56 1 41 79 .242 .318 .423 .742 52 139
1983 23 128 419 387 57 97 13 3 27 67 2 22 110 .251 .294 .509 .803 57 128
1984 24 110 361 321 52 92 14 1 14 50 8 35 81 .287 .358 .467 .826 54 110
1985 25 155 611 538 93 155 34 9 27 83 22 66 143 .288 .368 .535 .904 105 155
1986 26 158 671 589 107 170 35 2 40 108 8 69 146 .289 .368 .559 .927 119 158
1987 27 159 647 585 84 150 24 3 27 80 3 56 141 .256 .324 .446 .770 84 159
1988 28 137 528 474 68 120 22 5 19 61 7 43 108 .253 .313 .441 .754 66 137
1989 29 150 629 529 88 130 25 1 25 75 5 93 150 .246 .360 .439 .798 82 150
1990 30 153 582 483 76 124 22 2 26 86 4 87 150 .257 .372 .472 .844 85 153
1991 31 84 324 286 39 66 12 0 18 51 1 37 80 .231 .318 .462 .779 42 84
1992 32 30 107 96 9 14 2 0 2 8 1 10 27 .146 .224 .229 .453 5 30
12 Yrs 1441 5476 4826 737 1248 221 31 246 740 68 565 1244 .259 .338 .470 .809 766 1428
162 Game Avg. 162 616 543 83 140 25 3 28 83 8 64 140 .259 .338 .470 .809 86 1428

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1986 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (7, 22%)
1986 AL (5, 27%)
0.49 Career Shares (458th)

Gold Gloves
1986 AL (OF)
1987 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1986 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1985 AL  6.9 (6th)
1986 AL  7.6 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1985 AL  6.9 (4th)
1986 AL  7.6 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1986 AL  5.4 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1985 AL  1.8 (6th)
1987 AL  1.9 (5th)
1988 AL  1.7 (8th)
Career  11.8 (159th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1985 AL  .536 (3rd)
1986 AL  .559 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1985 AL  .905 (6th)
1986 AL  .927 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1987 AL  159 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL  107 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 AL  329 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1985 AL  34 (9th)
1986 AL  35 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1985 AL  9 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (9th)
1986 AL  40 (1st)
1990 AL  25 (9th)
Career  241 (223rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1986 AL  108 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  87 (8th)
1990 AL  82 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 AL  110 (7th)
1985 AL  143 (2nd)
1986 AL  146 (6th)
1987 AL  141 (8th)
1989 AL  150 (3rd)
1990 AL  150 (4th)
Career  1,234 (139th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1985 AL  141 (6th)
1986 AL  146 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1985 AL  106 (10th)
1986 AL  122 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  31 (7th)
1986 AL  38 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1985 AL  3.0 (7th)
1986 AL  3.6 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  70 (4th)
1986 AL  77 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1986 AL  247 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1985 AL  .681 (8th)
1986 AL  .698 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 AL  8 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1985 AL  24.2 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1983 AL  14.4 (5th)**
1986 AL  14.7 (2nd)
1990 AL  19.0 (8th)
Career  19.7 (114th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 AL  28.04 (10th)
1986 AL  36.49 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 AL  3.5 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.0 (9th)
1986 AL  3.8 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1985 AL  2.7 (10th)
1986 AL  3.5 (5th)

Salary s c a p y
1987 AL  $1,525,000 (9th)

                           
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (427), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (703), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (44th), 39.4 career WAR/34.2 7yr-peak WAR/36.8 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bob Allison (936)
  2. Tony Armas (934)
  3. Jose Cruz (929)
  4. Carl Everett (927)
  5. Jason Bay (924)
  6. Nick Swisher (922)
  7. Roger Maris (918)
  8. Dean Palmer (917)
  9. Dave Henderson (916)
  10. Oscar Gamble (913)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Wily Mo Pena (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wily Mo Pena (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Shawn Green (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Shawn Green (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Conigliaro (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Conigliaro (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Wynn (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Wynn (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Burroughs (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Gant (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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