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Don Baylor

Don Edward Baylor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): Angels/Orioles/Yankees/RedSox/Athletics/... 1970-1988
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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 /
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 /
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 /3
1973 24 BAL AL 118 459 405 64 116 20 4 11 51 32 9 35 48 .286 .357 .437 .794 125 177 11 13 0 6 3 */3
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 */3
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 */3 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 3
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 3
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 3 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 /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
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 /3
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 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 /3 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 /
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 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 3/ 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 88 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
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 88 15 3 4 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 21 BAL AL 20 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /
1971 22 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /
1972 23 BAL AL 363 9 3 0 0 1 -4 12 22 2.5 20 2.1 0.4 $ /3
1973 24 BAL AL 459 14 2 1 -1 5 -6 15 30 3.2 25 2.6 0.6 $ */3
1974 25 BAL AL 549 4 6 0 0 -11 -7 18 11 1.2 21 2.2 -1.0 $ */3
1975 26 BAL AL 598 29 -1 -3 -2 -8 -8 19 26 2.8 34 3.4 -0.6 $ */3 MVP-20
1976 27 OAK AL 685 11 5 3 -1 0 -10 21 31 3.3 29 3.1 0.2 $35,200 3
1977 28 CAL AL 645 7 -2 -1 -1 -14 -11 21 -1 -0.1 13 1.3 -1.4 $246,667 3
1978 29 CAL AL 677 27 -4 -1 -2 -9 -13 21 19 2.1 28 2.9 -0.8 $256,667 3 MVP-7
1979 30 CAL AL 722 45 1 0 1 -15 -11 22 44 4.4 58 5.8 -1.4 $256,667 /3 AS,MVP-1
1980 31 CAL AL 380 -8 -1 -2 -2 -8 -6 12 -14 -1.5 -7 -0.7 -0.8 $256,667
1981 32 CAL AL 432 8 1 1 -2 1 -10 13 12 1.3 11 1.2 0.1 $256,667 /3
1982 33 CAL AL 680 3 0 -2 -2 0 -16 20 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $316,667 MVP-23
1983 34 NYY AL 597 28 2 1 0 -1 -14 18 35 3.7 35 3.6 0.1 $680,000 /3 SS
1984 35 NYY AL 558 22 1 3 -1 -0 -13 17 29 3.1 29 3.0 0.1 $787,500 /
1985 36 NYY AL 564 5 0 -1 -1 0 -14 18 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $810,000 SS
1986 37 BOS AL 687 12 1 0 1 -1 -15 20 19 2.0 19 1.9 0.1 $660,696 3/ MVP-13,SS
1987 38 BOS AL 409 3 1 0 -1 0 -10 13 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ D
1987 38 MIN AL 58 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ D
1988 39 OAK AL 313 -3 -2 0 -1 0 -8 10 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $495,000
19 Seasons 9401 215 13 -1 -16 -57 -177 293 277 29.3 327 33.6 -4.3 $5,058,398
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CAL (6 yrs) 3536 82 -5 -5 -8 -45 -67 109 63 6.5 106 10.8 -4.3 $1,590,002
BAL (6 yrs) 1994 55 10 -2 -3 -11 -25 65 91 9.9 100 10.3 -0.4 $
NYY (3 yrs) 1719 55 3 3 -2 -1 -41 53 71 7.5 71 7.3 0.2 $2,277,500
BOS (2 yrs) 1096 15 2 0 0 -1 -25 33 25 2.6 25 2.5 0.1 $660,696
OAK (2 yrs) 998 8 3 3 -2 0 -18 31 27 2.8 25 2.7 0.1 $530,200
MIN (1 yr) 58 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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
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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 BAL AL 21 OF 6 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 2.50 .980 2.13
1970 BAL AL 21 RF 4 1 1 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 33 2.86 1.75 .974 1.96 1.98
1970 BAL AL 21 CF 3 2 2 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 3.12 3.00 .984 2.63 2.60
1971 BAL AL 22 OF 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 4.00 .982 2.20
1971 BAL AL 22 RF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 93 4.00 4.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1972 BAL AL 23 OF 84 158 152 2 4 0 .975 2 1.83 .983 2.21
1972 BAL AL 23 1B 9 57 54 2 1 5 .982 -1 6.22 .991 9.71
1972 BAL AL 23 RF 45 32 26 304.0 67 65 0 2 0 .970 2 6 1.92 1.44 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 BAL AL 23 LF 39 29 26 272.1 63 60 2 1 0 .984 2 7 2.05 1.59 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 BAL AL 23 CF 13 11 3 93.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -1 -17 2.52 2.00 .987 2.65 2.64
1973 BAL AL 24 OF 110 213 204 5 4 0 .981 6 1.90 .979 2.27
1973 BAL AL 24 1B 6 31 24 5 2 2 .935 -1 4.83 .992 9.80
1973 BAL AL 24 LF 109 96 90 890.1 211 202 5 4 0 .981 6 8 2.09 1.90 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 BAL AL 24 RF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 4.50 1.00 .975 2.02 2.05
1973 BAL AL 24 DH 1 1
1974 BAL AL 25 OF 129 224 218 1 5 0 .978 -10 1.70 .980 2.40
1974 BAL AL 25 1B 8 43 42 1 0 2 1.000 -1 5.38 .992 9.66
1974 BAL AL 25 LF 114 97 90 921.2 190 184 1 5 0 .974 -5 -7 1.81 1.62 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 BAL AL 25 RF 26 23 12 171.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -30 1.68 1.23 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 BAL AL 25 CF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.90
1975 BAL AL 26 OF 135 281 268 8 5 0 .982 -8 2.04 .979 2.36 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 1B 2 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 -0 9.00 .990 9.80 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 LF 127 124 119 1114.2 263 252 8 3 0 .989 -4 -5 2.10 2.05 .977 2.18 2.17 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 RF 6 5 4 42.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -2 -62 0.85 0.67 .976 2.10 2.10 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 CF 4 4 3 33.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 -2 -58 3.27 3.00 .983 2.84 2.82 MVP-20
1975 BAL AL 26 DH 4 4 MVP-20
1976 OAK AL 27 OF 76 156 152 1 3 0 .981 -2 2.01 .981 2.48
1976 OAK AL 27 1B 69 682 629 44 9 40 .987 3 9.75 .992 9.89
1976 OAK AL 27 RF 50 45 38 397.0 104 103 0 1 0 .990 0 2 2.34 2.06 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 OAK AL 27 LF 27 26 24 236.0 51 48 1 2 0 .961 -2 -12 1.87 1.81 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 OAK AL 27 DH 21 21
1976 OAK AL 27 CF 2 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -51 1.29 0.50 .980 2.96 3.00
1977 CAL AL 28 OF 77 147 139 3 5 0 .966 -14 1.84 .978 2.32
1977 CAL AL 28 1B 18 156 141 13 2 14 .987 -1 8.56 .990 9.95
1977 CAL AL 28 DH 61 61
1977 CAL AL 28 LF 48 47 33 397.0 91 85 2 4 0 .956 -6 -19 1.97 1.81 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 CAL AL 28 RF 19 19 12 153.1 38 36 1 1 0 .974 -4 -32 2.17 1.95 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 CAL AL 28 CF 11 11 7 92.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -42 1.57 1.45 .983 2.83 2.81
1978 CAL AL 29 OF 39 78 76 0 2 0 .974 -7 1.95 .979 2.45 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 1B 17 131 118 9 4 6 .969 -2 7.47 .992 9.95 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 DH 102 102 MVP-7
1978 CAL AL 29 LF 39 39 29 327.0 79 77 0 2 0 .975 -7 -27 2.12 1.97 .974 2.21 2.19 MVP-7
1979 CAL AL 30 OF 97 206 198 3 5 0 .976 -14 2.07 .981 2.43 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 1B 1 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0 5.00 .992 10.00 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 LF 78 78 68 667.2 167 161 3 3 0 .982 -11 -20 2.21 2.10 .980 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 DH 65 65 AS,MVP-1
1979 CAL AL 30 RF 20 19 15 162.0 43 40 1 2 0 .953 -3 -25 2.28 2.05 .980 2.25 2.22 AS,MVP-1
1980 CAL AL 31 OF 54 127 119 4 4 0 .969 -8 2.28 .979 2.46
1980 CAL AL 31 LF 37 36 29 311.1 89 84 3 2 0 .978 -6 -24 2.51 2.35 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 CAL AL 31 DH 36 36
1980 CAL AL 31 RF 19 18 12 154.1 37 34 1 2 0 .946 -1 -9 2.04 1.84 .975 2.13 2.12
1981 CAL AL 32 1B 4 35 32 3 0 2 1.000 0 8.75 .993 10.02
1981 CAL AL 32 OF 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 6.00 .983 2.50
1981 CAL AL 32 DH 97 97
1981 CAL AL 32 LF 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 133 6.00 6.00 .978 2.40 2.40
1982 CAL AL 33 DH 155 155 MVP-23
1983 NYY AL 34 OF 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 2.00 .981 2.48 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 1B 1 16 13 2 1 0 .938 1 15.00 .992 9.80 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 DH 128 128 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 RF 4 3 1 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -52 2.53 2.25 .978 2.25 2.22 SS
1983 NYY AL 34 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .975 2.34 2.30 SS
1984 NYY AL 35 OF 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0 1.60 .983 2.50
1984 NYY AL 35 DH 118 118
1984 NYY AL 35 RF 5 3 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.57 1.60 .979 2.22 2.20
1984 NYY AL 35 LF 1 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1985 NYY AL 36 DH 126 126 SS
1986 BOS AL 37 1B 13 70 65 4 1 7 .986 -0 5.31 .991 9.33 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 OF 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .980 2.37 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 DH 143 143 MVP-13,SS
1986 BOS AL 37 LF 3 3 3 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 2.25 2.00 .977 2.25 2.23 MVP-13,SS
1987 TOT AL 38 DH 104 104
1987 BOS AL 38 DH 90 90
1987 MIN AL 38 DH 14 14
1988 OAK AL 39 DH 73 73
15 Seasons OF 822 1640 1575 27 38 0 .977 -55 1.95 .980 2.37
13 Seasons LF 625 578 513 5189.0 1219 1167 25 27 0 .978 -36 -8 2.07 1.91 .977 2.14 2.12
12 Seasons RF 201 169 125 1479.0 356 344 3 9 0 .975 -13 -10 2.11 1.73 .978 2.16 2.15
11 Seasons 1B 148 1244 1141 83 20 80 .984 -2 8.27 .992 9.83
6 Seasons CF 34 29 15 254.0 66 64 0 2 0 .970 -7 -31 2.27 1.88 .985 2.75 2.74
19 Seasons TOT 970 2884 2716 110 58 80 .980 -57 2.91 .985 3.50
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1995 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1979 (LF)

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

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 (210th)

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (DH)
1985 AL (DH)
1986 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 AL  5.8 (6th)

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  2,292 (109th)

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL  628 (5th)
1982 AL  608 (9th)
Career  8,198 (118th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1976 AL  685 (9th)
1978 AL  677 (9th)
1979 AL  722 (2nd)
Career  9,401 (117th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 AL  103 (3rd)
1979 AL  120 (1st)
Career  1,236 (151st)

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  186 (6th)
Career  2,135 (198th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 AL  279 (3rd)
1979 AL  333 (4th)
Career  3,571 (143rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL  33 (10th)
Career  366 (230th)

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 (93rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1978 AL  99 (5th)
1979 AL  139 (1st)
1981 AL  66 (6th)
Career  1,276 (113th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  805 (242nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,069 (206th)

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 (172nd)

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  1,247 (165th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1975 AL  30 (9th)
1979 AL  41 (5th)
Career  216 (232nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1975 AL  3.1 (9th)
1979 AL  3.9 (5th)
Career  21.6 (233rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  52 (10th)
1978 AL  60 (6th)
1979 AL  72 (5th)
Career  732 (149th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 AL  268 (3rd)
Career  3,207 (144th)

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 (142nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1981 AL  13 (9th)
Career  196 (98th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1975 AL  17 (5th)
1979 AL  12 (7th)
Career  120 (58th)

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 (18th)

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)

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL  483 (5th)
1978 AL  476 (8th)
1979 AL  476 (9th)
1982 AL  478 (3rd)
Career  6,510 (89th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 AL  36.39 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.2 (9th)
Career  15.4 (245th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1979 AL  3.6 (7th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  9 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.09 (4th)
1975 AL  2.10 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  1.90 (5th)
1975 AL  2.05 (2nd)
Career  1.91 (95th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  .981 (4th)
1975 AL  .989 (2nd)
Career  .978 (93rd)

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


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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (283), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (450), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (303), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ruben Sierra (888)
  2. Chili Davis (884)
  3. Dale Murphy (881)
  4. Tino Martinez (877)
  5. Lee May (869)
  6. Joe Carter (868)
  7. Gil Hodges (852)
  8. Jack Clark (846)
  9. Ron Santo (845) *
  10. Carlos Lee (845)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Darryl Motley (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Todd Hollandsworth (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rip Repulski (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Max West (965)  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 (900)  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 (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197526Oakland Athletics$44,0001/8/77 TSN
197627Oakland Athletics$35,2001/8/77 TSN
197728California Angels$246,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
197829California Angels$256,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
197930California Angels$256,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
198031California Angels$256,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
198132California Angels$256,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
198233California Angels$316,66712/25/76 TSN6 years/$1,600,000, incl. $580,000 bonus pro-rated
198334New York Yankees$680,0002/7/83 TSN (duration); 1/15/95 NYT ($)4/$3.15MM, $350K bonus, adj for $1.4MM def w/o int
198435New York Yankees$787,5002/7/83 TSN; 1/4/85 TSN says $825,0004/$3.15MM, $350K bonus, adj for $1.4MM def w/o int
198536New York Yankees$810,000USA Today & 3/3/86 TSN 2/7/83 TSN:787.5K4/$3.15MM, $350K bonus, adj for $1.4MM def w/o int
198637Boston Red Sox$660,6961986 USA Today survey4/$3.15MM, $350K bonus, adj for $1.4MM def w/o int
198738Oakland Athletics$731,1231987 USA Today survey
198839Oakland Athletics$495,000*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,833,521
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $532,050 - 12/13/88 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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