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Rich Becker

Richard Godhard Becker

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 1, 1972 in Aurora, IL
High School: West HS (Aurora, IL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1993 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Tigers/Brewers/Orioles/Athletics/... 1993-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 28)
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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
1993 21 MIN AL 3 12 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 .286 .583 .571 1.155 213 4 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1994 22 MIN AL 28 112 98 12 26 3 0 1 8 6 1 13 25 .265 .351 .327 .678 77 32 2 0 1 0 0 8/9D7
1995 23 MIN AL 106 438 392 45 93 15 1 2 33 8 9 34 95 .237 .303 .296 .599 57 116 9 4 6 2 0 *8/97
1996 24 MIN AL 148 606 525 92 153 31 4 12 71 19 5 68 118 .291 .372 .434 .807 103 228 14 2 5 4 1 *879
1997 25 MIN AL 132 510 443 61 117 22 3 10 45 17 5 62 130 .264 .354 .395 .749 96 175 4 1 2 2 1 *89/7
1998 26 TOT MLB 128 262 213 37 42 5 2 6 21 5 1 43 76 .197 .337 .324 .661 76 69 7 2 2 0 2 987/D
1998 26 NYM NL 49 123 100 15 19 4 2 3 10 3 1 21 42 .190 .331 .360 .691 83 36 1 0 0 0 2 789
1998 26 BAL AL 79 139 113 22 23 1 0 3 11 2 0 22 34 .204 .343 .292 .635 70 33 6 2 2 0 0 98/7D
1999 27 TOT MLB 129 327 264 36 68 8 2 6 26 8 2 58 81 .258 .395 .371 .766 100 98 7 2 3 0 0 879/D
1999 27 MIL NL 89 174 139 15 35 5 2 5 16 5 0 33 38 .252 .395 .424 .820 110 59 4 0 2 0 0 897/D
1999 27 OAK AL 40 153 125 21 33 3 0 1 10 3 2 25 43 .264 .395 .312 .707 89 39 3 2 1 0 0 87/9D
2000 28 TOT AL 115 357 285 59 69 14 0 8 39 2 2 67 87 .242 .384 .375 .759 99 107 1 1 0 4 0 987/D
2000 28 OAK AL 23 59 47 11 11 2 0 1 5 1 0 11 17 .234 .390 .340 .730 91 16 1 1 0 0 0 8/7D9
2000 28 DET AL 92 298 238 48 58 12 0 7 34 1 2 56 70 .244 .383 .382 .765 101 91 0 0 0 4 0 987/D
8 Yrs 789 2624 2227 345 570 100 12 45 243 66 26 350 616 .256 .358 .372 .731 90 829 44 12 19 12 4
162 Game Avg. 162 539 457 71 117 21 2 9 50 14 5 72 126 .256 .358 .372 .731 90 170 9 2 4 2 1
MIN (5 yrs) 417 1678 1465 213 391 73 8 25 157 51 21 182 372 .267 .349 .379 .728 88 555 29 7 14 8 2
OAK (2 yrs) 63 212 172 32 44 5 0 2 15 4 2 36 60 .256 .393 .320 .713 90 55 4 3 1 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 49 123 100 15 19 4 2 3 10 3 1 21 42 .190 .331 .360 .691 83 36 1 0 0 0 2
DET (1 yr) 92 298 238 48 58 12 0 7 34 1 2 56 70 .244 .383 .382 .765 101 91 0 0 0 4 0
BAL (1 yr) 79 139 113 22 23 1 0 3 11 2 0 22 34 .204 .343 .292 .635 70 33 6 2 2 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 89 174 139 15 35 5 2 5 16 5 0 33 38 .252 .395 .424 .820 110 59 4 0 2 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 651 2327 1988 315 516 91 8 37 217 58 25 296 536 .260 .357 .369 .726 89 734 39 12 17 12 2
NL (2 yrs) 138 297 239 30 54 9 4 8 26 8 1 54 80 .226 .369 .397 .766 99 95 5 0 2 0 2

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
1993 21 MIN AL 3 12 2 -0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .473 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $109,000 /8
1994 22 MIN AL 28 112 -1 -1 0 -0 0 -2 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .495 .499 0.3 0.0 3 $109,000 8/9D7
1995 23 MIN AL 106 438 -23 -4 2 -0 2 -24 -2.2 16 -8 -0.7 .478 .486 -0.7 0.2 -7 $120,000 *8/97
1996 24 MIN AL 148 606 5 5 0 10 2 22 2.3 23 44 4.3 .513 .512 3.3 1.2 35 $152,500 *879
1997 25 MIN AL 132 510 -3 3 3 3 1 7 0.8 19 26 2.6 .505 .504 2.3 0.5 23 $260,000 *89/7
1998 26 NYM NL 49 123 -3 -1 0 3 -1 -2 -0.3 4 2 0.1 .495 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $1,550,000 789
1998 26 BAL AL 79 139 -4 1 -1 -4 -1 -10 -0.9 5 -5 -0.4 .488 .494 -0.1 -0.5 -1 98/7D
1999 27 MIL NL 89 174 4 -0 0 0 -1 3 0.3 5 9 0.8 .504 .502 0.8 -0.1 8 $475,000 897/D
1999 27 OAK AL 40 153 3 -0 -1 -1 -1 0 0.1 6 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.7 -0.1 7 87/9D
2000 28 OAK AL 23 59 1 0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 $500,000 8/7D9
2000 28 DET AL 92 298 2 1 1 -8 -2 -6 -0.5 11 5 0.5 .494 .496 1.3 -0.9 13 $200,000 987/D
8 Seasons 789 2624 -18 2 5 -0 -1 -12 -0.7 97 84 8.3 .498 .499 8.1 0.1 85 $3,475,500
MIN (5 yrs) 417 1678 -21 2 5 10 5 2 0.6 63 65 6.4 .500 .500 5.3 1.7 55 $750,500
OAK (2 yrs) 63 212 4 -0 -0 -2 -1 1 0.1 8 8 0.8 .501 .500 1.0 -0.2 10 $500,000
NYM (1 yr) 49 123 -3 -1 0 3 -1 -2 -0.3 4 2 0.1 .495 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $1,550,000
DET (1 yr) 92 298 2 1 1 -8 -2 -6 -0.5 11 5 0.5 .494 .496 1.3 -0.9 13 $200,000
BAL (1 yr) 79 139 -4 1 -1 -4 -1 -10 -0.9 5 -5 -0.4 .488 .494 -0.1 -0.5 -1
MIL (1 yr) 89 174 4 -0 0 0 -1 3 0.3 5 9 0.8 .504 .502 0.8 -0.1 8 $475,000

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
1993 21 MIN AL 12 6 3 13.4 103 .667 .286 .267 .583 .337 .571 .408 1.155 .745 213 .866 1.9 0.2 1.500 1.000 .286 .0
1994 22 MIN AL 112 76 13 4.6 111 .347 .265 .273 .351 .345 .327 .434 .678 .779 77 .429 -3.2 -0.3 .667 .245 .061 1.7
1995 23 MIN AL 438 325 35 2.9 110 .306 .237 .272 .303 .346 .296 .429 .599 .774 57 .252 -25.4 -2.4 .483 .143 .059 3.2
1996 24 MIN AL 606 400 88 5.9 117 .353 .291 .278 .372 .352 .434 .447 .807 .799 103 .524 3.8 0.3 .798 .299 .143 14.7
1997 25 MIN AL 510 339 68 5.4 109 .351 .264 .271 .354 .341 .395 .429 .749 .770 96 .518 -1.6 -0.2 .746 .298 .131 12.6
1998 26 TOT MLB 262 181 25 3.7 107 .275 .197 .269 .337 .338 .324 .426 .661 .764 76 .362 -6.9 -0.6 .659 .347 .127 5.5
1998 26 NYM NL 123 83 13 4.2 107 .291 .190 .268 .331 .338 .360 .422 .691 .760 83 .435 -2.3 -0.2 .711 .400 .170 3.0
1998 26 BAL AL 139 98 12 3.3 108 .263 .204 .269 .343 .338 .292 .429 .635 .766 70 .300 -4.5 -0.4 .615 .301 .088 2.4
1999 27 TOT MLB 327 208 43 5.5 111 .350 .258 .271 .395 .344 .371 .434 .766 .778 100 .514 2.8 0.3 .800 .356 .114 6.9
1999 27 MIL NL 174 110 26 6.3 114 .313 .252 .273 .395 .348 .424 .440 .820 .788 110 .580 3.2 0.3 .898 .446 .173 5.0
1999 27 OAK AL 153 98 17 4.6 108 .395 .264 .268 .395 .339 .312 .428 .707 .768 89 .429 -0.4 -0.0 .691 .256 .048 1.5
2000 28 TOT AL 357 223 48 5.7 110 .314 .242 .269 .384 .341 .375 .433 .759 .774 99 .518 3.8 0.3 .799 .368 .133 3.2
2000 28 OAK AL 59 37 7 5.0 112 .345 .234 .271 .390 .344 .340 .437 .730 .780 91 .459 0.0 0.0 .784 .362 .106 1.0
2000 28 DET AL 298 186 41 5.9 110 .309 .244 .269 .383 .341 .382 .432 .765 .773 101 .529 3.8 0.3 .802 .370 .139 1.8
8 Yrs 2624 1758 323 4.9 111 .333 .256 .272 .358 .344 .372 .434 .731 .779 90 .462 -24.7 -2.3 .713 .291 .116 53.5
162 Game Avg. 539 361 66 4.9 111 .333 .256 .272 .358 .344 .372 .434 .731 .779 90 .462 -24.7 -2.3 .713 .291 .116 11
MIN (5 yrs) 1678 1146 207 4.8 112 .340 .267 .274 .349 .346 .379 .436 .728 .782 88 .454 -24.4 -2.3 .689 .257 .112 33.6
OAK (2 yrs) 212 135 24 4.7 109 .382 .256 .269 .393 .341 .320 .431 .713 .771 90 .438 -0.3 -0.0 .716 .285 .064 2.7
NYM (1 yr) 123 83 13 4.2 107 .291 .190 .268 .331 .338 .360 .422 .691 .760 83 .434 -2.3 -0.2 .711 .400 .170 3.0
DET (1 yr) 298 186 41 5.9 110 .309 .244 .269 .383 .341 .382 .432 .765 .773 101 .529 3.8 0.3 .802 .370 .139 1.8
BAL (1 yr) 139 98 12 3.3 108 .263 .204 .269 .343 .338 .292 .429 .635 .766 70 .300 -4.5 -0.4 .615 .301 .088 2.4
MIL (1 yr) 174 110 26 6.3 114 .313 .252 .273 .395 .348 .424 .440 .820 .788 110 .580 3.2 0.3 .898 .446 .173 5.0
AL (8 yrs) 2327 1565 284 4.9 111 .336 .260 .273 .357 .344 .369 .434 .726 .779 89 .454 -25.5 -2.4 .700 .275 .110 45.2
NL (2 yrs) 297 193 39 5.4 111 .305 .226 .271 .369 .344 .397 .433 .766 .777 99 .526 0.8 0.1 .817 .427 .172 8.0

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
1993 21 MIN AL 12 0.0% 33.3% 41.7% 16.7% 100% 0.80 1.8 0.50 25% 67% 0.0% 0%
1994 22 MIN AL 112 0.9% 22.3% 11.6% 3.6% 15% 1.92 3.9 98.0 12.3 1.61 2.50 64% 19% 4.5% 21%
1995 23 MIN AL 438 0.5% 21.7% 7.8% 4.1% 19% 2.79 4.1 196.0 11.9 1.27 1.56 68% 19% 1.8% 15%
1996 24 MIN AL 606 2.0% 19.5% 11.2% 7.8% 31% 1.74 4.4 43.8 7.4 0.86 1.27 66% 21% 6.6% 17%
1997 25 MIN AL 510 2.0% 25.5% 12.2% 6.9% 30% 2.10 3.4 44.3 9.8 0.78 1.07 60% 23% 6.7% 13%
1998 26 TOT MLB 262 2.3% 29.0% 16.4% 5.0% 31% 1.77 2.8 35.5 10.1 0.81 1.23 50% 25% 9.4% 15%
1998 26 NYM NL 123 2.4% 34.2% 17.1% 7.3% 47% 2.00 2.4 33.3 10.0 0.78 1.11 45% 24% 10.7% 13%
1998 26 BAL AL 139 2.2% 24.5% 15.8% 2.9% 17% 1.55 3.3 37.7 10.3 0.84 1.32 55% 26% 8.3% 16%
1999 27 TOT MLB 327 1.8% 24.8% 17.7% 4.9% 24% 1.40 3.3 44.0 10.2 0.71 1.20 54% 22% 6.7% 16%
1999 27 MIL NL 174 2.9% 21.8% 19.0% 6.9% 34% 1.15 3.7 27.8 8.7 0.77 1.50 55% 19% 11.1% 20%
1999 27 OAK AL 153 0.7% 28.1% 16.3% 2.6% 12% 1.72 2.9 125.0 12.5 0.64 0.89 53% 25% 2.3% 12%
2000 28 TOT AL 357 2.2% 24.4% 18.8% 6.2% 32% 1.30 3.3 35.6 7.3 0.85 1.62 54% 29% 8.0% 8%
2000 28 OAK AL 59 1.7% 28.8% 18.6% 5.1% 27% 1.55 2.8 47.0 9.4 0.50 0.80 49% 33% 5.9% 15%
2000 28 DET AL 298 2.4% 23.5% 18.8% 6.4% 33% 1.25 3.4 34.0 7.0 0.93 1.83 55% 28% 8.4% 7%
8 Yrs 2624 1.7% 23.5% 13.3% 6.0% 28% 1.76 3.6 49.5 9.2 0.91 1.34 60% 23% 6.2% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.4% 9.1% 7.8% 33% 1.80 5.4 32.6 7.4 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.0% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 21 MIN AL 1.9 0.2 15 0.2 0.4 -0.2 1.30 0.2 -0.0 1.5 0.1 0.92 1.9 0
1994 22 MIN AL -3.2 -0.3 119 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 1.12 -0.3 -0.4 -6.1 -0.6 0.97 -4.3 1.96 2
1995 23 MIN AL -25.4 -2.4 460 -1.8 6.6 -8.3 1.01 -2.4 0.6 -24.6 -2.3 0.94 -30.3 2.17 1
1996 24 MIN AL 3.8 0.3 641 1.3 11.5 -10.2 .98 0.8 0.6 16.0 1.4 0.96 8.7 0.93 7
1997 25 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 536 -0.8 7.8 -8.6 .96 0.1 -0.9 1.2 0.1 0.92 1.5 1.44 11
1998 26 TOT MLB -6.9 -0.6 271 -1.6 4.7 -6.3 1.23 -0.6 -0.6 -9.7 -0.9 1.00 -8.5 1.41 31
1998 26 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 126 0.4 2.7 -2.4 1.18 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -0.1 0.97 -1.1 1.05 14
1998 26 BAL AL -4.5 -0.4 145 -1.9 2.0 -3.9 1.26 -0.5 -1.0 -9.1 -0.9 1.02 -7.4 1.72 17
1999 27 TOT MLB 2.8 0.3 338 0.0 5.7 -5.6 1.02 0.7 -0.6 4.9 0.4 0.94 7.3 1.47 43
1999 27 MIL NL 3.2 0.3 180 0.1 3.3 -3.1 1.11 0.6 -0.5 7.3 0.7 0.97 8.6 1.44 38
1999 27 OAK AL -0.4 -0.0 158 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 .92 0.0 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.91 -1.3 1.75 5
2000 28 TOT AL 3.8 0.3 368 1.3 6.3 -5.0 .93 0.7 0.7 18.6 1.7 0.93 9.0 1.42 26
2000 28 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 61 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 1.05 0.2 -0.4 5.1 0.5 0.99 2.6 1.99 7
2000 28 DET AL 3.8 0.3 307 1.4 5.4 -4.0 .90 0.5 1.1 13.5 1.2 0.91 6.4 1.21 19
8 Yrs -24.7 -2.3 2748 -1.9 44.6 -46.5 1.01 -0.8 -1.1 1.7 0.0 0.95 -14.7 1.43 121

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
1993 21 MIN AL 0 0 43% 8 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1994 22 MIN AL 3 0 29% 50 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 27% 7 6 1 4 2 1 4 2 2
1995 23 MIN AL 5 0 33% 167 8 9 47% 8 7 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 43% 23 14 9 5 2 3 9 5 4
1996 24 MIN AL 6 2 38% 256 19 5 79% 17 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 1 2 25 51% 46 22 23 11 9 2 26 9 17
1997 25 MIN AL 2 0 30% 199 17 5 77% 14 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 15 41% 29 17 12 8 5 2 17 8 8
1998 26 TOT MLB 1 2 38% 101 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 29% 14 11 3 6 4 2 4 2 2
1998 26 NYM NL 0 2 32% 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 17% 8 7 1 3 2 1 1 1 0
1998 26 BAL AL 1 0 43% 52 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 42% 6 4 2 3 2 1 3 1 2
1999 27 TOT MLB 6 0 25% 165 8 2 80% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 3 41% 26 19 7 4 2 2 7 1 6
1999 27 MIL NL 2 0 16% 76 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 47% 13 8 5 1 1 0 3 0 3
1999 27 OAK AL 4 0 34% 89 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 35% 13 11 2 3 1 2 4 1 3
2000 28 TOT AL 4 0 40% 182 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 50% 25 17 8 8 3 5 15 4 11
2000 28 OAK AL 2 0 46% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
2000 28 DET AL 2 0 38% 146 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 58% 20 12 8 8 3 5 12 2 10
8 Yrs 27 4 34% 1128 66 26 72% 58 22 7 1 1 3 8 5 23 1 5 3 8 72 44% 170 106 63 46 27 17 84 31 52

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
1993 21 MIN AL 12 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 22 MIN AL 112 100% 26 3 0 2 1 0 0 1.96 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 25 2 8% 14 5 36% 79 7 9% 6 3 50% 7 4 57% 0
1995 23 MIN AL 438 96% 93 16 0 1 1 0 0 2.17 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 86% 101 9 9% 56 19 34% 274 31 11% 21 12 57% 24 12 50% 0
1996 24 MIN AL 606 100% 153 13 1 7 2 0 0 0.93 12 0 13 12 0 8 4 0 8 5 63% 131 14 11% 77 22 29% 399 63 16% 37 18 49% 41 25 61% 0
1997 25 MIN AL 510 85% 117 8 0 11 5 0 0 1.44 10 0 9 10 0 4 6 1 2 2 100% 89 4 4% 52 19 37% 297 36 12% 15 7 47% 21 10 48% 0
1998 26 TOT MLB 262 85% 42 10 0 31 6 0 0 1.41 6 0 10 5 1 4 2 0 2 2 100% 59 7 12% 20 3 15% 179 15 8% 19 5 26% 10 4 40% 0
1998 26 NYM NL 123 92% 19 4 0 14 3 0 0 1.05 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 25 1 4% 6 0 0% 75 7 9% 7 2 29% 5 2 40% 0
1998 26 BAL AL 139 78% 23 6 0 17 3 0 0 1.72 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 34 6 18% 14 3 21% 104 8 8% 12 3 25% 5 2 40% 0
1999 27 TOT MLB 327 93% 68 0 0 43 12 1 5 1.47 6 0 10 6 0 5 1 0 5 3 60% 63 7 11% 33 9 27% 190 21 11% 14 5 36% 16 5 31% 0
1999 27 MIL NL 174 91% 35 0 0 38 10 1 4 1.44 5 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 4 2 50% 40 4 10% 21 7 33% 110 12 11% 8 2 25% 8 4 50% 0
1999 27 OAK AL 153 95% 33 0 0 5 2 0 1 1.75 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 23 3 13% 12 2 17% 80 9 11% 6 3 50% 8 1 13% 0
2000 28 TOT AL 357 89% 69 0 0 26 7 1 4 1.42 8 0 12 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 50 1 2% 28 12 43% 181 33 18% 21 11 52% 18 8 44% 0
2000 28 OAK AL 59 90% 11 0 0 7 2 0 1 1.99 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 1 25% 33 6 18% 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
2000 28 DET AL 298 89% 58 0 0 19 5 1 3 1.21 7 0 8 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 40 0 0% 24 11 46% 148 27 18% 20 11 55% 13 6 46% 0
8 Yrs 2624 93% 570 50 1 121 34 2 9 1.43 45 0 63 44 1 27 18 1 25 19 76% 520 44 8% 280 89 32% 1605 206 13% 133 61 46% 137 68 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 73% 10% 35% 15% 53% 57%

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
1993 21 MIN AL 12 58 4.83 29 50% 34% 31% 24% 10% 66% 0% 33% 53% 42% 0% 0 0 17% 2 2 33% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1994 22 MIN AL 97 358 3.69 212 59% 39% 13% 16% 32% 60% 0% 36% 77% 26% 7% 7 0 18% 17 4 10% 10 6 37% 15 0 2
1995 23 MIN AL 413 1490 3.61 909 61% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 45% 77% 35% 5% 20 1 17% 71 37 9% 39 28 31% 25 0 1
1996 24 MIN AL 506 1913 3.78 1135 59% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 0% 44% 80% 37% 6% 28 5 18% 90 40 7% 36 21 39% 100 0 1
1997 25 MIN AL 491 1956 3.98 1162 59% 30% 18% 26% 26% 70% 0% 42% 75% 35% 7% 32 3 17% 85 21 13% 63 39 37% 19 0 0
1998 26 TOT MLB 262 1114 4.25 634 57% 35% 15% 27% 22% 65% 1% 37% 76% 29% 8% 21 1 18% 46 15 13% 34 18 49% 0 0 0
1998 26 NYM NL 123 549 4.46 305 56% 33% 16% 31% 19% 67% 2% 37% 76% 30% 11% 14 1 20% 25 9 12% 15 8 45% 0 0 0
1998 26 BAL AL 139 565 4.06 329 58% 36% 15% 24% 25% 64% 0% 37% 76% 27% 5% 7 0 15% 21 6 14% 19 10 53% 0 0 0
1999 27 TOT MLB 327 1409 4.31 770 55% 36% 13% 27% 24% 64% 0% 35% 80% 22% 8% 27 0 23% 75 24 16% 52 26 46% 0 0 0
1999 27 MIL NL 174 744 4.28 398 53% 30% 15% 29% 26% 70% 0% 37% 79% 25% 7% 12 0 24% 41 14 16% 27 15 39% 0 0 0
1999 27 OAK AL 153 665 4.35 372 56% 42% 11% 24% 22% 58% 0% 32% 81% 18% 10% 15 0 22% 34 10 16% 25 11 51% 0 0 0
2000 28 TOT AL 359 1533 4.27 841 55% 39% 13% 24% 24% 61% 0% 34% 78% 19% 6% 20 1 18% 66 17 16% 57 28 51% -2 0 0
2000 28 OAK AL 59 267 4.53 143 54% 36% 15% 27% 21% 64% 0% 34% 76% 15% 7% 4 0 31% 18 5 22% 13 7 47% 0 0 0
2000 28 DET AL 300 1266 4.22 698 55% 39% 13% 23% 25% 61% 0% 33% 79% 20% 5% 16 1 16% 48 12 15% 44 21 51% -2 0 0
8 Yrs 2467 9831 3.99 5692 58% 32% 15% 26% 27% 68% 0% 40% 77% 30% 6% 155 11 18% 452 160 12% 295 167 41% 157 0 4
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

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
1993 21 3 12 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 .286 .583 .571 1.155 213 4 0 0 0 0 0
1994 22 31 124 105 15 28 5 0 1 8 7 2 18 29 .267 .374 .343 .717 88 36 2 0 1 0 0
1995 23 137 562 497 60 121 20 1 3 41 15 11 52 124 .243 .319 .306 .625 64 152 11 4 7 2 0
1996 24 285 1168 1022 152 274 51 5 15 112 34 16 120 242 .268 .347 .372 .718 84 380 25 6 12 6 1
1997 25 417 1678 1465 213 391 73 8 25 157 51 21 182 372 .267 .349 .379 .728 88 555 29 7 14 8 2
1998 26 545 1940 1678 250 433 78 10 31 178 56 22 225 448 .258 .347 .372 .719 86 624 36 9 16 8 4
1999 27 674 2267 1942 286 501 86 12 37 204 64 24 283 529 .258 .354 .372 .726 88 722 43 11 19 8 4
2000 28 789 2624 2227 345 570 100 12 45 243 66 26 350 616 .256 .358 .372 .731 90 829 44 12 19 12 4

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
1993 21 3 12 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 4 .286 .583 .571 1.155 2 3
1994 22 40 154 136 15 34 4 0 1 10 8 17 36 .250 .333 .301 .635 14 28
1995 23 119 486 436 47 100 16 1 2 34 9 37 107 .229 .294 .284 .579 36 106
1996 24 148 587 513 80 141 29 4 11 62 18 63 118 .275 .354 .411 .765 74 148
1997 25 132 505 440 58 114 21 3 10 43 17 60 130 .259 .348 .389 .737 59 132
1998 26 128 258 212 36 41 5 2 6 20 5 42 76 .193 .332 .321 .653 22 128
1999 27 129 321 261 34 65 8 2 6 24 8 55 81 .249 .384 .364 .748 36 129
2000 28 115 353 283 56 67 14 0 8 37 2 65 87 .237 .377 .371 .748 39 115
8 Yrs 814 2676 2288 329 564 99 12 44 230 68 344 639 .247 .346 .358 .704 282 789
162 Game Avg. 162 533 455 65 112 20 2 9 46 14 68 127 .247 .346 .358 .704 56 789

* 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1997 AL  130 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (234th), 8.3 career WAR/9.4 7yr-peak WAR/8.8 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Pat Sheridan (966)
  2. Jim Delsing (965)
  3. Darren Bragg (964)
  4. Eddie Milner (963)
  5. Franklin Gutierrez (959)
  6. Henry Cotto (957)
  7. Mike Aldrete (947)
  8. R.J. Reynolds (947)
  9. Lou Johnson (946)
  10. Randy Ready (945)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chad Curtis (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chad Curtis (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Landis (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Tuttle (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Franklin Gutierrez (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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