Don Baylor
Don Edward Baylor
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 28, 1949 in Austin, TX
High School: Stephen F. Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1970
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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
1970 21 BAL AL 8 20 17 4 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 .235 .300 .235 .535 49 4 0 0 0 1 0 /98
1971 22 BAL AL 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000 .600 .000 .600 84 0 0 1 0 0 0 /9
1972 23 BAL AL 102 363 320 33 81 13 3 11 38 24 2 29 50 .253 .330 .416 .745 119 133 9 9 2 3 0 978/3
1973 24 BAL AL 118 459 405 64 116 20 4 11 51 32 9 35 48 .286 .357 .437 .794 124 177 11 13 0 6 3 *7/39D
1974 25 BAL AL 137 549 489 66 133 22 1 10 59 29 12 43 56 .272 .341 .382 .723 111 187 10 10 3 4 6 *79/38D
1975 26 BAL AL 145 598 524 79 148 21 6 25 76 32 17 53 64 .282 .360 .489 .849 145 256 12 13 4 4 8 *7/D983 MVP-20
1976 27 OAK AL 157 685 595 85 147 25 1 15 68 52 12 58 72 .247 .329 .368 .697 109 219 11 20 1 11 4 397D/8
1977 28 CAL AL 154 645 561 87 141 27 0 25 75 26 12 62 76 .251 .334 .433 .768 112 243 16 12 2 8 7 D7938
1978 29 CAL AL 158 677 591 103 151 26 0 34 99 22 9 56 71 .255 .332 .472 .804 129 279 15 18 0 12 9 D73 MVP-7
1979 30 CAL AL 162 722 628 120 186 33 3 36 139 22 12 71 51 .296 .371 .530 .901 145 333 10 11 0 12 6 7D9/3 AS,MVP-1
1980 31 CAL AL 90 380 340 39 85 12 2 5 51 6 6 24 32 .250 .316 .341 .657 83 116 9 11 0 5 4 7D9
1981 32 CAL AL 103 432 377 52 90 18 1 17 66 3 3 42 51 .239 .322 .427 .749 115 161 13 7 0 6 1 *D/37
1982 33 CAL AL 157 680 608 80 160 24 1 24 93 10 4 57 69 .263 .329 .424 .754 106 258 18 7 0 8 7 *D MVP-23
1983 34 NYY AL 144 597 534 82 162 33 3 21 85 17 7 40 53 .303 .361 .494 .856 138 264 10 13 2 8 11 *D/973 SS
1984 35 NYY AL 134 558 493 84 129 29 1 27 89 1 1 38 68 .262 .341 .489 .830 131 241 10 23 1 3 6 *D/97
1985 36 NYY AL 142 564 477 70 110 24 1 23 91 0 4 52 90 .231 .330 .430 .760 109 205 10 24 1 10 6 *D SS
1986 37 BOS AL 160 687 585 93 139 23 1 31 94 3 5 62 111 .238 .344 .439 .783 111 257 12 35 0 5 8 *D3/7 MVP-13,SS
1987 38 TOT AL 128 467 388 67 95 9 0 16 63 5 3 45 59 .245 .360 .392 .751 97 152 13 28 0 6 3 *D
1987 38 BOS AL 108 409 339 64 81 8 0 16 57 5 2 40 47 .239 .355 .404 .759 99 137 10 24 0 6 3 D
1987 38 MIN AL 20 58 49 3 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 12 .286 .397 .306 .703 89 15 3 4 0 0 0 D
1988 39 OAK AL 92 313 264 28 58 7 0 7 34 0 1 34 44 .220 .332 .326 .658 88 86 7 12 0 3 2 D
19 Seasons 2292 9401 8198 1236 2135 366 28 338 1276 285 120 805 1069 .260 .342 .436 .777 118 3571 196 267 16 115 91
162 Game Avg. 162 664 579 87 151 26 2 24 90 20 8 57 76 .260 .342 .436 .777 118 252 14 19 1 8 6
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
CAL (6 yrs) 824 3536 3105 481 813 140 7 141 523 89 46 312 350 .262 .337 .448 .785 118 1390 81 66 2 51 34
BAL (6 yrs) 511 1994 1757 246 482 76 14 57 229 118 41 164 222 .274 .349 .431 .779 125 757 42 46 9 18 17
NYY (3 yrs) 420 1719 1504 236 401 86 5 71 265 18 12 130 211 .267 .345 .472 .817 126 710 30 60 4 21 23
BOS (2 yrs) 268 1096 924 157 220 31 1 47 151 8 7 102 158 .238 .348 .426 .774 106 394 22 59 0 11 11
OAK (2 yrs) 249 998 859 113 205 32 1 22 102 52 13 92 116 .239 .330 .355 .685 102 305 18 32 1 14 6
MIN (1 yr) 20 58 49 3 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 12 .286 .397 .306 .703 89 15 3 4 0 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
1970 21 BAL AL 20 15 1 1.8 98 .267 .235 .259 .300 .334 .235 .395 .535 .729 49 .167 -1.0 -0.1 .429 .118 .000 .0
1971 22 BAL AL 5 2 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .254 .600 .326 .000 .377 .600 .703 84 .000 0.5 0.0 1.500 1.000 .000
1972 23 BAL AL 363 255 47 5.0 85 .267 .253 .250 .330 .319 .416 .361 .745 .680 119 .638 7.3 0.8 .772 .322 .163 15.1
1973 24 BAL AL 459 315 65 5.5 93 .298 .286 .258 .357 .327 .437 .380 .794 .707 124 .610 14.0 1.4 .803 .294 .151 16.4
1974 25 BAL AL 549 385 65 4.5 87 .288 .272 .255 .341 .319 .382 .366 .723 .685 111 .543 8.2 0.8 .680 .233 .110 14.9
1975 26 BAL AL 598 413 90 5.9 88 .280 .282 .251 .360 .320 .489 .369 .849 .689 145 .637 30.5 3.1 .832 .336 .206 28.1
1976 27 OAK AL 685 483 80 4.5 82 .254 .247 .250 .329 .314 .368 .353 .697 .667 109 .553 9.6 1.0 .715 .286 .121 23.3
1977 28 CAL AL 645 458 81 4.7 96 .248 .251 .262 .334 .325 .433 .398 .768 .723 112 .510 11.0 1.1 .739 .317 .182 25.5
1978 29 CAL AL 677 476 93 5.2 90 .235 .255 .256 .332 .321 .472 .378 .804 .699 129 .586 22.9 2.3 .789 .333 .217 26.7
1979 30 CAL AL 722 476 126 7.1 98 .271 .296 .265 .371 .329 .530 .401 .901 .730 145 .677 41.2 4.0 .916 .363 .234 27.3
1980 31 CAL AL 380 275 36 3.5 96 .260 .250 .266 .316 .327 .341 .394 .657 .721 83 .381 -7.1 -0.7 .559 .162 .091 5.5
1981 32 CAL AL 432 309 51 4.4 89 .232 .239 .256 .322 .321 .427 .373 .749 .693 115 .536 7.7 0.8 .693 .300 .188 5.1
1982 33 CAL AL 680 478 84 4.7 98 .260 .263 .264 .329 .328 .424 .402 .754 .730 106 .513 5.2 0.5 .698 .265 .161 14.1
1983 34 NYY AL 597 399 96 6.4 95 .301 .303 .261 .361 .322 .494 .394 .856 .716 138 .654 28.4 2.8 .841 .285 .191 18.8
1984 35 NYY AL 558 379 83 5.9 93 .254 .262 .259 .341 .321 .489 .391 .830 .712 131 .617 21.2 2.1 .805 .304 .227 1.9
1985 36 NYY AL 564 392 70 4.8 97 .233 .231 .259 .330 .325 .430 .402 .760 .727 109 .518 7.9 0.8 .727 .300 .199 .0
1986 37 BOS AL 687 468 91 5.2 101 .241 .238 .263 .344 .331 .439 .410 .783 .740 111 .548 10.3 1.0 .760 .304 .202 5.5
1987 38 TOT AL 467 315 58 4.9 108 .248 .245 .269 .360 .337 .392 .431 .751 .769 97 .494 0.6 0.0 .735 .268 .147 7.6
1987 38 BOS AL 409 276 52 5.0 108 .230 .239 .269 .355 .337 .404 .431 .759 .769 99 .505 1.0 0.1 .756 .292 .165 7.6
1987 38 MIN AL 58 39 6 4.1 108 .378 .286 .269 .397 .337 .306 .431 .703 .768 89 .413 -0.4 -0.0 .590 .102 .020
1988 39 OAK AL 313 217 30 3.7 92 .236 .220 .256 .332 .320 .326 .385 .658 .706 88 .420 -2.5 -0.2 .612 .231 .106 .0
19 Seasons 9401 6510 1247 5.1 94 .260 .260 .259 .342 .324 .436 .388 .777 .712 118 .567 215.7 21.5 .754 .293 .175 309.2
162 Game Avg. 664 460 88 5.1 94 .260 .260 .259 .342 .324 .436 .388 .777 .712 118 .567 15 2 .754 .293 .175 22
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CAL (6 yrs) 3536 2472 471 5.1 95 .252 .262 .262 .337 .325 .448 .392 .785 .717 118 .556 80.7 7.9 .749 .300 .186 109.1
BAL (6 yrs) 1994 1385 268 5.2 88 .284 .274 .254 .349 .321 .431 .369 .779 .691 125 .603 59.4 6.1 .769 .294 .157 76.9
NYY (3 yrs) 1719 1170 249 5.7 95 .265 .267 .260 .345 .323 .472 .395 .817 .718 126 .601 57.5 5.6 .791 .296 .205 28.7
BOS (2 yrs) 1096 744 143 5.1 104 .237 .238 .265 .348 .333 .426 .418 .774 .751 106 .532 11.2 1.1 .759 .300 .188 13.7
OAK (2 yrs) 998 700 110 4.2 85 .249 .239 .252 .330 .316 .355 .363 .685 .679 102 .512 7.2 0.8 .683 .269 .116 30.9
MIN (1 yr) 58 39 6 4.1 108 .378 .286 .269 .397 .337 .306 .431 .703 .768 89 .413 -0.4 -0.0 .590 .102 .020

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
1973 24 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .273 .429 .273 .701 3 1 0 0 0 0
1974 25 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533 4 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .188 .235 .375 .610 6 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 5 20 17 2 5 1 1 1 10 0 0 2 0 .294 .350 .647 .997 11 1 0 0 1 0
1986 37 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 7 32 26 6 9 3 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 .346 .469 .577 1.046 15 1 2 0 0 0
1986 37 BOS AL WS NYM L 4 13 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .308 .273 .580 3 0 1 0 0 0
1987 38 MIN AL ALCS DET W 2 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 2 0 1 0 0 0
1987 38 MIN AL WS STL W 5 15 13 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .385 .467 .615 1.082 8 1 1 0 0 1
1988 39 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 39 OAK AL WS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (10 Series) 38 141 121 17 33 5 1 4 21 0 1 13 21 .273 .362 .430 .791 52 4 5 0 2 2
7 ALCS 28 112 96 13 26 4 1 3 17 0 1 11 16 .271 .357 .427 .784 41 3 3 0 2 1
3 WS 10 29 25 4 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .280 .379 .440 .819 11 1 2 0 0 1

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
1979 CAL AL 30 as LF 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 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
1970 21 BAL AL 20 0.0% 15.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 5.7 4.3 1.75 75%
1971 22 BAL AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.50 2.0 2.0 0.00 20%
1972 23 BAL AL 363 3.0% 13.8% 8.0% 7.4% 33% 1.72 6.4 29.1 8.4 0.85 72%
1973 24 BAL AL 459 2.4% 10.5% 7.6% 7.6% 30% 1.37 8.4 36.8 7.9 0.92 77%
1974 25 BAL AL 549 1.8% 10.2% 7.8% 6.0% 25% 1.30 8.7 48.9 8.3 0.75 78%
1975 26 BAL AL 598 4.2% 10.7% 8.9% 8.7% 35% 1.21 8.2 21.0 6.9 0.55 73%
1976 27 OAK AL 685 2.2% 10.5% 8.5% 6.0% 28% 1.24 8.3 39.7 8.8 0.61 76%
1977 28 CAL AL 645 3.9% 11.8% 9.6% 8.1% 37% 1.23 7.4 22.4 7.5 0.86 73%
1978 29 CAL AL 677 5.0% 10.5% 8.3% 8.9% 40% 1.27 8.3 17.4 6.0 0.58 74%
1979 30 CAL AL 722 5.0% 7.1% 9.8% 10.0% 39% 0.72 12.3 17.4 4.5 0.66 77%
1980 31 CAL AL 380 1.3% 8.4% 6.3% 5.0% 22% 1.33 10.6 68.0 6.7 0.68 81%
1981 32 CAL AL 432 3.9% 11.8% 9.7% 8.3% 40% 1.21 7.4 22.2 5.7 0.57 73%
1982 33 CAL AL 680 3.5% 10.2% 8.4% 7.2% 31% 1.21 8.8 25.3 6.5 0.61 77%
1983 34 NYY AL 597 3.5% 8.9% 6.7% 9.6% 35% 1.33 10.1 25.4 6.3 0.58 78%
1984 35 NYY AL 558 4.8% 12.2% 6.8% 10.2% 44% 1.79 7.3 18.3 5.5 0.66 72%
1985 36 NYY AL 564 4.1% 16.0% 9.2% 8.5% 44% 1.73 5.3 20.7 5.2 0.54 66%
1986 37 BOS AL 687 4.5% 16.2% 9.0% 8.0% 40% 1.79 5.3 18.9 6.2 0.64 65%
1987 38 TOT AL 467 3.4% 12.6% 9.6% 5.4% 26% 1.31 6.6 24.3 6.2 0.77 68%
1987 38 BOS AL 409 3.9% 11.5% 9.8% 5.9% 30% 1.18 7.2 21.2 5.9 0.73 69%
1987 38 MIN AL 58 0.0% 20.7% 8.6% 1.7% 7% 2.40 4.1 8.2 1.25 64%
1988 39 OAK AL 313 2.2% 14.1% 10.9% 4.5% 24% 1.29 6.0 37.7 7.8 0.58 0.79 69% 19% 10.8% 53%
19 Seasons 9401 3.6% 11.4% 8.6% 7.8% 34% 1.33 7.7 24.3 6.4 0.58 0.67 73% 19% 10.8% 53%
MLB Averages
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

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
1970 21 BAL AL 0 0 67% 8 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 22 BAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 BAL AL 4 0 20% 135 24 2 92% 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 52% 11 9 2 5 2 3 11 1 9
1973 24 BAL AL 6 0 35% 156 32 9 78% 27 8 4 1 1 0 4 1 9 13 69% 16 8 7 1 0 1 18 2 16
1974 25 BAL AL 11 0 32% 170 29 12 71% 24 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 5 14 71% 28 13 15 8 0 8 15 2 13
1975 26 BAL AL 1 0 29% 176 32 17 65% 30 12 2 3 0 2 7 1 2 8 70% 27 10 17 2 1 1 14 2 12
1976 27 OAK AL 10 0 33% 197 52 12 81% 45 9 7 3 0 0 10 2 12 17 57% 23 14 8 10 1 8 23 6 16
1977 28 CAL AL 6 0 33% 207 26 12 68% 24 11 2 1 0 0 9 0 13 14 54% 31 13 16 10 5 3 27 6 18
1978 29 CAL AL 7 0 36% 174 22 9 71% 20 8 2 1 0 0 6 0 16 16 49% 31 19 9 13 8 5 35 7 25
1979 30 CAL AL 6 0 36% 245 22 12 65% 20 12 2 0 0 0 8 3 12 18 57% 45 27 16 7 2 5 32 5 27
1980 31 CAL AL 2 0 30% 121 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 11 6 56% 17 10 7 5 3 2 10 1 9
1981 32 CAL AL 5 0 29% 155 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 61% 26 12 14 3 2 1 12 2 10
1982 33 CAL AL 5 0 28% 232 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 11 38% 28 20 8 8 8 0 24 9 15
1983 34 NYY AL 7 0 31% 219 17 7 71% 16 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 6 16 53% 31 17 12 4 2 2 18 3 14
1984 35 NYY AL 10 0 35% 172 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 43% 33 18 14 5 2 0 16 6 9
1985 36 NYY AL 4 0 29% 169 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 64% 31 11 20 4 4 0 12 2 10
1986 37 BOS AL 7 0 30% 231 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 16 44% 40 25 15 14 10 4 17 5 12
1987 38 TOT AL 3 0 34% 160 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 12 36% 23 19 4 12 9 3 12 2 10
1987 38 BOS AL 3 0 37% 130 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 36% 21 18 3 12 9 3 12 2 10
1987 38 MIN AL 0 0 13% 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 39 OAK AL 4 0 22% 113 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15% 17 16 1 5 5 0 12 6 4
19 Seasons 98 0 31% 3040 285 120 70% 258 102 26 14 1 4 59 9 123 201 52% 460 263 185 116 64 46 308 67 229
MLB Averages
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

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
1970 21 BAL AL 20 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 11 4 36% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 0
1971 22 BAL AL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1972 23 BAL AL 363 39% 81 16 5 1 4 2.20 11 0 7 7 4 3 8 0 3 2 67% 68 9 13% 28 9 32% 236 29 12% 18 7 39% 16 5 31% 0
1973 24 BAL AL 459 45% 116 12 2 0 3 2.31 11 0 17 6 5 4 7 0 2 0 0% 95 11 12% 45 10 22% 329 42 13% 30 16 53% 21 6 29% 0
1974 25 BAL AL 549 42% 133 5 3 0 3 1.39 10 0 16 5 5 3 7 0 7 3 43% 99 10 10% 43 10 23% 344 52 15% 26 10 38% 35 9 26% 0
1975 26 BAL AL 598 26% 148 1 0 0 0 2.31 25 0 14 19 6 10 15 0 5 4 80% 115 12 10% 51 17 33% 388 52 13% 33 11 33% 30 9 30% 0
1976 27 OAK AL 685 23% 147 0 0 0 0 15 0 13 8 7 5 10 0 3 1 33% 117 11 9% 63 20 32% 430 59 14% 54 22 41% 59 20 34% 0
1977 28 CAL AL 645 20% 141 0 0 0 0 25 1 13 22 3 17 8 0 3 2 67% 113 16 14% 56 21 38% 384 53 14% 38 24 63% 38 15 39% 0
1978 29 CAL AL 677 25% 151 0 0 0 0 34 2 16 22 12 21 13 0 1 0 0% 133 15 11% 63 17 27% 477 67 14% 58 27 47% 44 15 34% 0
1979 30 CAL AL 722 26% 186 0 0 0 0 36 2 13 22 14 17 19 0 0 0 131 10 8% 65 25 38% 528 107 20% 59 34 58% 65 27 42% 0
1980 31 CAL AL 380 29% 85 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 65 9 14% 41 12 29% 256 49 19% 29 19 66% 33 11 33% 0
1981 32 CAL AL 432 29% 90 1 1 0 0 3.11 17 0 13 12 5 10 7 0 0 0 93 13 14% 36 9 25% 282 52 18% 26 14 54% 19 10 53% 0
1982 33 CAL AL 680 39% 160 0 0 0 0 2.70 24 1 23 16 8 13 11 0 0 0 157 18 11% 72 18 25% 478 70 15% 44 21 48% 43 14 33% 0
1983 34 NYY AL 597 48% 162 3 0 0 0 0.98 21 2 11 8 13 10 11 0 2 2 100% 110 10 9% 55 17 31% 380 65 17% 38 21 55% 38 9 24% 0
1984 35 NYY AL 558 39% 129 1 0 0 0 5.01 27 0 13 18 9 10 17 1 1 1 100% 119 10 8% 43 10 23% 427 64 15% 29 19 66% 30 8 27% 0
1985 36 NYY AL 564 42% 110 2 0 0 0 1.03 23 2 17 12 11 12 11 0 1 1 100% 99 10 10% 50 16 32% 385 70 18% 38 23 61% 35 15 43% 0
1986 37 BOS AL 687 27% 139 0 0 0 0 2.22 31 1 20 26 5 9 22 0 0 0 146 12 8% 70 17 24% 516 69 13% 54 26 48% 45 10 22% 0
1987 38 TOT AL 467 33% 95 12 4 0 3 1.96 16 1 17 10 6 10 6 0 1 0 0% 101 13 13% 51 12 24% 337 47 14% 33 16 48% 30 7 23% 0
1987 38 BOS AL 409 33% 81 8 2 0 2 2.28 16 1 15 10 6 10 6 0 1 0 0% 92 10 11% 45 11 24% 300 41 14% 31 16 52% 26 5 19% 0
1987 38 MIN AL 58 38% 14 4 2 0 1 1.32 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 6 1 17% 37 6 16% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1988 39 OAK AL 313 45% 58 0 0 7 0 0 1 2.71 7 0 6 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 53 7 13% 20 4 20% 187 27 14% 12 7 58% 16 6 38% 0
19 Seasons 9401 33% 2135 0 0 60 15 1 14 2.13 338 12 241 223 115 156 182 1 29 16 55% 1818 196 11% 854 246 29% 6380 979 15% 623 321 52% 598 197 33% 0
MLB Averages
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 39 OAK AL 312 1140 3.65 663 58% 22% 16% 29% 33% 78% 2% 45% 80% 34% 9% 28 1 18% 57 20 11% 34 17 20% 1 2 0
1 Season 312 1140 3.65 663 58% 22% 16% 29% 33% 78% 2% 45% 80% 34% 9% 28 1 18% 57 20 11% 34 17 20% 1 2 0
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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
1970 21 8 20 17 4 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 .235 .300 .235 .535 49 4 0 0 0 1 0
1971 22 9 25 19 4 4 0 0 0 5 1 1 4 4 .211 .360 .211 .571 62 4 0 1 0 1 0
1972 23 111 388 339 37 85 13 3 11 43 25 3 33 54 .251 .332 .404 .736 115 137 9 10 2 4 0
1973 24 229 847 744 101 201 33 7 22 94 57 12 68 102 .270 .346 .422 .768 120 314 20 23 2 10 3
1974 25 366 1396 1233 167 334 55 8 32 153 86 24 111 158 .271 .344 .406 .750 117 501 30 33 5 14 9
1975 26 511 1994 1757 246 482 76 14 57 229 118 41 164 222 .274 .349 .431 .779 125 757 42 46 9 18 17
1976 27 668 2679 2352 331 629 101 15 72 297 170 53 222 294 .267 .344 .415 .759 121 976 53 66 10 29 21
1977 28 822 3324 2913 418 770 128 15 97 372 196 65 284 370 .264 .342 .418 .760 119 1219 69 78 12 37 28
1978 29 980 4001 3504 521 921 154 15 131 471 218 74 340 441 .263 .340 .428 .768 121 1498 84 96 12 49 37
1979 30 1142 4723 4132 641 1107 187 18 167 610 240 86 411 492 .268 .345 .443 .788 125 1831 94 107 12 61 43
1980 31 1232 5103 4472 680 1192 199 20 172 661 246 92 435 524 .267 .343 .435 .778 122 1947 103 118 12 66 47
1981 32 1335 5535 4849 732 1282 217 21 189 727 249 95 477 575 .264 .341 .435 .776 121 2108 116 125 12 72 48
1982 33 1492 6215 5457 812 1442 241 22 213 820 259 99 534 644 .264 .340 .434 .773 119 2366 134 132 12 80 55
1983 34 1636 6812 5991 894 1604 274 25 234 905 276 106 574 697 .268 .342 .439 .781 121 2630 144 145 14 88 66
1984 35 1770 7370 6484 978 1733 303 26 261 994 277 107 612 765 .267 .342 .443 .784 122 2871 154 168 15 91 72
1985 36 1912 7934 6961 1048 1843 327 27 284 1085 277 111 664 855 .265 .341 .442 .783 121 3076 164 192 16 101 78
1986 37 2072 8621 7546 1141 1982 350 28 315 1179 280 116 726 966 .263 .341 .442 .783 120 3333 176 227 16 106 86
1987 38 2200 9088 7934 1208 2077 359 28 331 1242 285 119 771 1025 .262 .342 .439 .781 119 3485 189 255 16 112 89
1988 39 2292 9401 8198 1236 2135 366 28 338 1276 285 120 805 1069 .260 .342 .436 .777 118 3571 196 267 16 115 91

Neutralized Batting

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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
1970 21 8 19 16 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 .188 .263 .188 .451 1 8
1971 22 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .000 .600 .000 .600 1 1
1972 23 107 404 353 43 103 17 4 14 49 31 37 52 .292 .374 .482 .855 61 102
1973 24 118 479 419 71 130 22 4 12 57 36 39 48 .310 .384 .468 .852 73 118
1974 25 137 572 508 78 152 25 1 11 70 33 49 56 .299 .371 .417 .788 77 137
1975 26 146 620 543 92 165 23 7 28 89 36 59 64 .304 .384 .527 .911 106 145
1976 27 158 744 635 106 184 31 1 19 85 65 73 72 .290 .379 .431 .811 100 157
1977 28 154 657 570 95 150 29 0 27 82 28 66 76 .263 .349 .456 .805 88 154
1978 29 158 705 610 121 170 29 0 38 116 25 63 71 .279 .359 .513 .872 109 158
1979 30 163 741 642 127 197 35 3 38 147 23 75 51 .307 .383 .548 .932 134 162
1980 31 90 389 346 42 91 13 2 5 55 6 26 32 .263 .332 .355 .687 39 90
1981 32 156 675 584 92 149 30 2 28 116 5 70 77 .255 .342 .457 .799 89 103
1982 33 157 685 612 84 164 25 1 25 98 10 58 69 .268 .334 .435 .769 88 157
1983 34 144 612 547 90 175 36 3 23 93 18 43 53 .320 .379 .523 .902 105 144
1984 35 134 581 509 93 145 33 1 30 99 1 43 68 .285 .368 .530 .899 92 134
1985 36 142 581 488 74 121 26 1 25 96 0 57 90 .248 .351 .459 .810 74 142
1986 37 160 707 597 94 151 25 1 34 95 3 67 111 .253 .362 .469 .831 92 160
1987 38 128 474 392 62 99 9 0 17 58 5 47 59 .253 .369 .406 .775 53 128
1988 39 92 329 273 31 67 8 0 8 38 0 39 44 .245 .365 .363 .727 34 92
19 Seasons 2353 9979 8646 1398 2416 416 31 382 1448 326 915 1097 .279 .364 .467 .831 1416 2292
162 Game Avg. 162 687 595 96 166 29 2 26 100 22 63 76 .279 .364 .467 .831 97 2292
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1979 (LF)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1979-AL-MVP
1985-ML-Roberto Clemente Award
1995-NL-Mgr of the year

Silver Sluggers
1983-AL-DH
1985-AL-DH
1986-AL-DH
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1975-AL-20-2%
1978-AL-7-13%
1979-AL-1-89%
1982-AL-23-2%
1986-AL-13-8%
1 MVP
1.14 Career Shares (204th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 AL--.489--10th
1979 AL--.530--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 AL--.849--10th
1979 AL--.901--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL--158--7th
1979 AL--162--1st
1986 AL--160--8th
Career--2292--103rd

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL--628--5th
1982 AL--608--9th
Career--8198--114th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1976 AL--685--9th
1978 AL--677--9th
1979 AL--722--2nd
Career--9401--115th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 AL--103--3rd
1979 AL--120--1st
Career--1236--147th

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--186--6th
Career--2135--192nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 AL--279--3rd
1979 AL--333--4th
Career--3571--134th

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL--33--10th
Career--366--217th

Triples s c a p y
1975 AL--6--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1975 AL--25--8th
1978 AL--34--2nd
1979 AL--36--4th
1981 AL--17--7th
1986 AL--31--6th
Career--338--86th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1978 AL--99--5th
1979 AL--139--1st
1981 AL--66--6th
Career--1276--107th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--805--235th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1069--191st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1972 AL--24--7th
1973 AL--32--7th
1974 AL--29--7th
1975 AL--32--6th
1976 AL--52--4th
1977 AL--26--10th
Career--285--169th

Singles s c a p y
Career--1403--244th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1975 AL--145--7th
1979 AL--145--8th
1983 AL--138--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 AL--126--5th
Career--1247--159th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1975 AL--31--9th
1979 AL--41--5th
Career--216--227th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1975 AL--3.1--9th
1979 AL--4.0--5th
Career--21.5--232nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--52--10th
1978 AL--60--6th
1979 AL--72--5th
Career--732--138th

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 AL--268--3rd
Career--3207--143rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 AL--.677--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 AL--9--3rd
1973 AL--13--1st
1974 AL--10--4th
1975 AL--13--1st
1976 AL--20--1st
1977 AL--12--2nd
1978 AL--18--1st
1979 AL--11--3rd
1980 AL--11--3rd
1981 AL--7--4th
1982 AL--7--8th
1983 AL--13--2nd
1984 AL--23--1st
1985 AL--24--1st
1986 AL--35--1st
1987 AL--28--1st
1988 AL--12--3rd
Career--267--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL--6--10th
1976 AL--11--2nd
1978 AL--12--1st
1979 AL--12--3rd
1981 AL--6--9th
1982 AL--8--7th
1983 AL--8--7th
1985 AL--10--4th
Career--115--11th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--9--5th
1983 AL--11--7th
Career--91--137th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1981 AL--13--9th
Career--196--92nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1975 AL--17--5th
1979 AL--12--7th
Career--120--56th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1972 AL--15.1--8th
1973 AL--16.4--5th
1974 AL--14.9--7th
1975 AL--28.1--2nd
1976 AL--23.3--2nd
1977 AL--25.5--4th
1978 AL--26.7--2nd
1979 AL--27.3--2nd
1983 AL--18.8--7th
Career--309.2--17th

AB per HR s c a p y
1975 AL--21.0--8th
1978 AL--17.4--6th
1979 AL--17.4--8th
1981 AL--22.2--10th
1984 AL--18.3--10th
Career--24.3--244th

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL--483--5th
1978 AL--476--8th
1979 AL--476--9th
1982 AL--478--3rd
Career--6510--86th

Youngest s c a p y
1970 AL--born 1949-06-28--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (433), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (294), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ruben Sierra (887)
  2. Chili Davis (883)
  3. Dale Murphy (880)
  4. Tino Martinez (877)
  5. Lee May (870)
  6. Joe Carter (867)
  7. Gil Hodges (852)
  8. Jack Clark (845)
  9. Ron Santo (844)
  10. Gary Gaetti (842)
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  1. Darryl Motley (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Todd Hollandsworth (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rip Repulski (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Max West (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Henderson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommie Agee (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin McReynolds (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin McReynolds (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin McReynolds (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin McReynolds (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dusty Baker (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobby Murcer (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ruben Sierra (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ruben Sierra (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Chili Davis (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Ruben Sierra (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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