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Albert Belle

Albert Jojuan Belle (Joey)
Also played as Joey Belle

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 25, 1966 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Huntington HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1989
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Orioles 1989-2000
Agents: Terry Belle, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1989 22 CLE AL 62 234 218 22 49 8 4 7 37 2 2 12 55 .225 .269 .394 .664 85 86 4 2 0 2 0 9D7
1990 23 CLE AL 9 25 23 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .174 .208 .304 .513 43 7 1 0 1 0 0 /D7
1991 24 CLE AL 123 496 461 60 130 31 2 28 95 3 1 25 99 .282 .323 .540 .863 134 249 24 5 0 5 2 7D/9
1992 25 CLE AL 153 651 585 81 152 23 1 34 112 8 2 52 128 .260 .320 .477 .797 123 279 18 4 1 8 5 D7 MVP-23
1993 26 CLE AL 159 693 594 93 172 36 3 38 129 23 12 76 96 .290 .370 .552 .922 145 328 18 8 1 14 13 *7/D AS,MVP-7,SS
1994 27 CLE AL 106 480 412 90 147 35 2 36 101 9 6 58 71 .357 .438 .714 1.152 194 294 5 5 1 4 9 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
1995 28 CLE AL 143 631 546 121 173 52 1 50 126 5 2 73 80 .317 .401 .690 1.091 177 377 24 6 0 4 5 *7/D AS,MVP-2,SS
1996 29 CLE AL 158 715 602 124 187 38 3 48 148 11 0 99 87 .311 .410 .623 1.033 158 375 20 7 0 7 15 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
1997 30 CHW AL 161 701 634 90 174 45 1 30 116 4 4 53 105 .274 .332 .491 .823 116 311 26 6 0 8 6 *7/D AS
1998 31 CHW AL 163 706 609 113 200 48 2 49 152 6 4 81 84 .328 .399 .655 1.055 172 399 17 1 0 15 10 *7/D MVP-8,SS
1999 32 BAL AL 161 722 610 108 181 36 1 37 117 17 3 101 82 .297 .400 .541 .941 143 330 19 7 0 4 15 *9/D
2000 33 BAL AL 141 622 559 71 157 37 1 23 103 0 5 52 68 .281 .342 .474 .817 109 265 17 4 0 7 11 *9D
12 Yrs 1539 6676 5853 974 1726 389 21 381 1239 88 41 683 961 .295 .369 .564 .933 144 3300 193 55 4 78 91
162 Game Avg. 162 703 616 103 182 41 2 40 130 9 4 72 101 .295 .369 .564 .933 144 347 20 6 0 8 10
CLE (8 yrs) 913 3925 3441 592 1014 223 16 242 751 61 25 396 622 .295 .369 .580 .949 150 1995 114 37 4 44 49
BAL (2 yrs) 302 1344 1169 179 338 73 2 60 220 17 8 153 150 .289 .374 .509 .882 127 595 36 11 0 11 26
CHW (2 yrs) 324 1407 1243 203 374 93 3 79 268 10 8 134 189 .301 .366 .571 .937 144 710 43 7 0 23 16

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1989 22 CLE AL 62 234 -5 -1 0 2 -4 -9 -0.8 7 -1 -0.2 .485 .494 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $68,000 9D7
1990 23 CLE AL 9 25 -0 -0 -0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $117,000 /D7
1991 24 CLE AL 123 496 20 -1 -4 -1 -7 6 0.8 17 22 2.3 .505 .504 2.4 -0.8 23 $130,000 7D/9
1992 25 CLE AL 153 651 13 1 -2 -5 -12 -5 -0.3 22 17 1.6 .496 .497 2.3 -1.8 22 $175,000 D7 MVP-23
1993 26 CLE AL 159 693 32 -0 -2 1 -8 22 2.3 23 45 4.4 .514 .513 4.4 -0.7 44 $1,675,000 *7/D AS,MVP-7,SS
1994 27 CLE AL 106 480 59 1 -0 -10 -5 45 4.1 15 60 5.5 .538 .525 6.5 -1.4 71 $2,775,000 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
1995 28 CLE AL 143 631 59 3 -4 -1 -7 50 4.8 20 70 6.6 .533 .529 6.8 -0.6 71 $4,500,000 *7/D AS,MVP-2,SS
1996 29 CLE AL 158 715 57 0 -2 -15 -8 32 3.3 23 56 5.4 .518 .518 6.6 -1.8 71 $5,700,000 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
1997 30 CHW AL 161 701 9 -2 -4 -8 -8 -12 -0.9 23 11 1.2 .493 .493 1.9 -1.4 18 $10,000,000 *7/D AS
1998 31 CHW AL 163 706 60 -1 -1 -3 -8 47 4.6 23 70 6.7 .527 .527 7.0 -0.9 73 $10,000,000 *7/D MVP-8,SS
1999 32 BAL AL 161 722 38 0 -3 -18 -8 9 1.0 24 32 3.1 .505 .505 4.8 -2.3 50 $11,949,794 *9/D
2000 33 BAL AL 141 622 3 -4 -3 -5 -8 -18 -1.5 21 2 0.4 .488 .490 0.8 -1.1 8 $12,868,670 *9D
12 Seasons 1539 6676 343 -5 -26 -63 -83 166 17.2 219 384 36.9 .510 .508 43.1 -12.9 447 $59,958,464
CLE (8 yrs) 913 3925 234 2 -15 -29 -52 140 14.0 128 269 25.5 .514 .510 28.6 -7.2 298 $15,140,000
BAL (2 yrs) 302 1344 40 -4 -6 -23 -16 -9 -0.5 44 35 3.5 .497 .497 5.6 -3.4 58 $24,818,464
CHW (2 yrs) 324 1407 68 -3 -5 -10 -16 35 3.7 46 81 7.9 .510 .510 8.9 -2.2 91 $20,000,000

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
1989 22 CLE AL 234 177 22 3.3 94 .266 .225 .262 .269 .327 .394 .385 .664 .712 85 .381 -5.8 -0.6 .571 .225 .170 3.1
1990 23 CLE AL 25 21 1 1.3 94 .188 .174 .258 .208 .326 .304 .386 .513 .712 43 .094 -1.9 -0.2 .400 .174 .130 .0
1991 24 CLE AL 496 361 71 5.3 98 .301 .282 .261 .323 .330 .540 .397 .863 .727 134 .569 18.9 1.9 .789 .317 .258 5.4
1992 25 CLE AL 651 462 87 5.1 93 .274 .260 .257 .320 .326 .477 .382 .797 .707 123 .564 15.9 1.6 .753 .316 .217 13.0
1993 26 CLE AL 693 467 119 6.8 103 .283 .290 .267 .370 .337 .552 .408 .922 .745 145 .654 39.0 3.7 .936 .409 .263 28.7
1994 27 CLE AL 480 281 131 12.5 110 .359 .357 .270 .438 .342 .714 .430 1.152 .772 194 .825 59.1 5.3 1.304 .505 .357 14.4
1995 28 CLE AL 631 403 144 9.5 110 .293 .317 .272 .401 .345 .690 .429 1.091 .774 177 .751 62.1 5.6 1.150 .513 .374 9.1
1996 29 CLE AL 715 442 156 9.5 115 .293 .311 .276 .410 .349 .623 .443 1.033 .792 158 .723 55.7 4.9 1.131 .495 .312 17.9
1997 30 CHW AL 701 498 96 5.2 105 .284 .274 .266 .332 .335 .491 .421 .823 .756 116 .500 14.2 1.3 .755 .300 .216 7.1
1998 31 CHW AL 706 445 158 9.5 107 .308 .328 .268 .399 .336 .655 .427 1.055 .763 172 .750 67.0 6.1 1.123 .463 .327 10.7
1999 32 BAL AL 722 455 135 7.9 109 .291 .297 .269 .400 .341 .541 .430 .941 .771 143 .668 43.1 3.9 1.002 .433 .244 23.3
2000 33 BAL AL 622 431 86 5.3 111 .282 .281 .270 .342 .342 .474 .435 .817 .777 109 .483 8.4 0.8 .745 .277 .193 .0
12 Yrs 6676 4443 1206 7.3 106 .293 .295 .267 .369 .338 .564 .419 .933 .757 144 .656 375.8 34.2 .937 .394 .269 143.0
162 Game Avg. 703 468 127 7.3 106 .293 .295 .267 .369 .338 .564 .419 .933 .757 144 .656 40 4 .937 .394 .269 15
CLE (8 yrs) 3925 2614 731 7.5 104 .295 .295 .267 .369 .338 .580 .412 .949 .750 150 .681 243.0 22.2 .960 .411 .285 97.4
BAL (2 yrs) 1344 886 221 6.6 110 .287 .289 .269 .374 .341 .509 .432 .882 .774 127 .590 51.6 4.6 .878 .358 .220 26.5
CHW (2 yrs) 1407 943 254 7.2 106 .296 .301 .267 .366 .336 .571 .424 .937 .760 144 .646 81.3 7.4 .927 .380 .270 17.8

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
1995 28 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 15 11 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 .273 .467 .636 1.103 7 0 0 0 0 2
1995 28 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 5 22 18 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 .222 .364 .444 .808 8 0 1 0 0 0
1995 28 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 24 17 4 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 7 5 .235 .458 .588 1.047 10 0 0 0 0 2
1996 29 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 4 18 15 2 3 0 0 2 6 1 0 3 2 .200 .333 .600 .933 9 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (4 Series) 18 79 61 10 14 2 0 6 14 1 1 17 15 .230 .405 .557 .962 34 0 1 0 0 5
2 ALDS 7 33 26 5 6 1 0 3 9 1 0 7 5 .231 .394 .615 1.009 16 0 0 0 0 3
1 ALCS 5 22 18 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 .222 .364 .444 .808 8 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 24 17 4 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 7 5 .235 .458 .588 1.047 10 0 0 0 0 2

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
1993 CLE AL 26 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 28 as LF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 29 as LF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CHW AL 30 DNP
5 Yrs (4 GP) 11 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 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
1989 22 CLE AL 234 3.0% 23.5% 5.1% 8.1% 39% 4.58 4.0 31.1 5.9 0.74 0.90 68% 21% 9.5% 20%
1990 23 CLE AL 25 4.0% 24.0% 4.0% 4.0% 25% 6.00 3.8 23.0 7.7 1.13 1.60 64% 6% 20.0% 38%
1991 24 CLE AL 496 5.7% 20.0% 5.0% 12.3% 47% 3.96 4.7 16.5 4.9 0.86 1.34 68% 17% 17.4% 18%
1992 25 CLE AL 651 5.2% 19.7% 8.0% 8.9% 38% 2.46 4.6 17.2 5.2 0.67 0.99 66% 21% 14.3% 15%
1993 26 CLE AL 693 5.5% 13.9% 11.0% 11.1% 45% 1.26 6.2 15.6 4.6 0.67 0.94 68% 19% 14.4% 13%
1994 27 CLE AL 480 7.5% 14.8% 12.1% 15.2% 50% 1.22 5.8 11.4 4.1 0.60 0.80 64% 23% 18.9% 12%
1995 28 CLE AL 631 7.9% 12.7% 11.6% 16.3% 60% 1.10 6.8 10.9 4.3 0.71 1.10 67% 20% 23.4% 22%
1996 29 CLE AL 715 6.7% 12.2% 13.9% 12.5% 48% 0.88 6.9 12.5 4.1 0.75 1.13 66% 20% 20.1% 19%
1997 30 CHW AL 701 4.3% 15.0% 7.6% 10.8% 44% 1.98 6.0 21.1 5.5 0.73 0.95 72% 22% 11.7% 15%
1998 31 CHW AL 706 6.9% 11.9% 11.5% 14.0% 50% 1.04 7.3 12.4 4.0 0.52 0.78 70% 26% 15.8% 13%
1999 32 BAL AL 722 5.1% 11.4% 14.0% 10.3% 41% 0.81 7.4 16.5 5.2 0.68 0.95 69% 19% 13.8% 15%
2000 33 BAL AL 622 3.7% 10.9% 8.4% 9.8% 39% 1.31 8.2 24.3 5.4 0.59 0.77 76% 25% 9.4% 18%
12 Yrs 6676 5.7% 14.4% 10.2% 11.9% 46% 1.41 6.1 15.4 4.7 0.67 0.96 69% 21% 15.5% 16%
MLB Averages 2.5% 15.9% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 1.78 5.6 35.7 7.8 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.4% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1989 22 CLE AL -5.8 -0.6 239 -0.4 4.3 -4.8 1.06 -0.9 0.5 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 -7.8 0.57 2
1990 23 CLE AL -2.0 -0.2 25 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .87 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 1.01 -0.7 2.71 2
1991 24 CLE AL 18.9 1.9 504 1.0 10.9 -9.9 1.08 1.3 -0.3 18.0 1.8 1.00 15.6 1.32 4
1992 25 CLE AL 15.1 1.5 672 1.3 13.7 -12.3 1.07 1.0 0.2 8.9 0.9 0.99 9.0 4.88 1
1993 26 CLE AL 39.0 3.7 732 5.2 17.3 -12.1 1.05 4.2 0.7 38.6 3.7 0.97 46.8 0.95 1
1994 27 CLE AL 58.4 5.2 514 4.3 12.4 -8.1 1.02 5.2 -1.0 54.4 4.9 0.95 64.3 0
1995 28 CLE AL 62.1 5.6 649 4.1 15.5 -11.4 1.04 5.1 -1.1 45.3 4.1 0.96 55.7 0
1996 29 CLE AL 55.7 4.9 734 4.5 17.2 -12.7 1.08 4.8 -0.6 65.0 5.7 0.96 55.2 0
1997 30 CHW AL 14.2 1.3 717 -1.3 12.9 -14.2 1.09 0.6 -1.8 3.6 0.3 1.01 6.9 0
1998 31 CHW AL 66.0 6.0 722 4.5 16.1 -11.6 .97 6.2 -1.6 60.3 5.6 0.99 71.8 0
1999 32 BAL AL 42.0 3.8 754 3.0 15.4 -12.4 1.00 3.3 -0.3 33.6 3.1 0.97 37.9 0
2000 33 BAL AL 8.4 0.8 633 0.2 11.6 -11.3 1.00 -0.3 0.6 6.7 0.6 0.95 -4.5 0
12 Yrs 372.3 33.9 6895 26.3 147.7 -121.3 1.04 30.2 -4.9 332.0 30.4 0.97 350.1 1.77 10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1989 22 CLE AL 2 0 27% 62 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 35% 10 7 3 1 1 0 9 5 4
1990 23 CLE AL 2 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 24 CLE AL 6 0 24% 134 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 41% 20 13 6 7 6 1 15 3 10
1992 25 CLE AL 3 1 27% 203 8 2 80% 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 11 15 45% 33 22 11 11 7 4 12 2 10
1993 26 CLE AL 4 0 25% 240 23 12 66% 21 9 2 2 0 1 2 1 7 10 58% 31 14 17 8 4 4 16 4 11
1994 27 CLE AL 7 0 31% 178 9 6 60% 6 4 3 2 0 0 3 2 11 29 51% 25 12 11 13 5 8 17 8 9
1995 28 CLE AL 4 2 35% 220 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 15 55% 39 17 21 9 6 3 18 5 12
1996 29 CLE AL 12 0 31% 259 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 21 39% 35 24 11 15 11 3 30 12 17
1997 30 CHW AL 3 0 30% 212 4 4 50% 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 14 42% 41 27 12 10 5 5 21 7 13
1998 31 CHW AL 5 0 28% 242 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 9 22 40% 33 20 12 7 6 1 23 10 12
1999 32 BAL AL 4 0 28% 259 17 3 85% 14 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 9 14 33% 39 28 10 12 7 4 22 11 10
2000 33 BAL AL 5 0 25% 217 0 5 0% 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 9 9 28% 30 24 6 13 11 2 14 4 8
12 Yrs 57 3 29% 2236 88 41 68% 74 31 12 9 2 1 21 9 95 158 42% 338 210 120 106 69 35 197 71 116

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 22 CLE AL 234 28% 49 4 0 2 1 0 0 0.57 7 1 9 4 3 3 4 0 1 0 0% 44 4 9% 27 7 26% 154 31 20% 15 8 53% 14 8 57% 0
1990 23 CLE AL 25 40% 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.71 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 3 1 33% 18 2 11% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1991 24 CLE AL 496 28% 130 31 0 4 1 0 0 1.32 28 0 8 20 8 8 20 0 0 0 115 24 21% 41 12 29% 356 70 20% 39 20 51% 10 5 50% 0
1992 25 CLE AL 651 24% 152 46 1 1 0 0 0 4.88 34 1 17 26 8 15 19 0 1 1 100% 132 18 14% 62 18 29% 444 79 18% 53 28 53% 22 9 41% 0
1993 26 CLE AL 693 29% 172 13 1 1 0 0 0 0.95 38 0 10 26 12 20 18 0 1 1 100% 136 18 13% 69 25 36% 471 97 21% 60 35 58% 20 12 60% 0
1994 27 CLE AL 480 31% 147 6 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 8 27 9 21 15 0 1 1 100% 82 5 6% 38 10 26% 309 67 22% 37 19 51% 17 11 65% 0
1995 28 CLE AL 631 25% 173 8 0 0 0 0 0 50 2 13 42 8 25 25 0 0 0 128 24 19% 57 18 32% 420 80 19% 40 17 43% 33 19 58% 0
1996 29 CLE AL 715 26% 187 13 0 0 0 0 0 48 2 21 33 15 22 26 0 0 0 143 20 14% 56 15 27% 518 102 20% 47 29 62% 29 15 52% 0
1997 30 CHW AL 701 20% 174 14 1 0 0 0 0 30 4 18 23 7 14 16 0 1 0 0% 171 26 15% 75 25 33% 542 87 16% 46 24 52% 31 14 45% 0
1998 31 CHW AL 706 21% 200 26 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 21 37 12 29 20 0 0 0 154 17 11% 65 21 32% 505 108 21% 47 27 57% 26 14 54% 0
1999 32 BAL AL 722 18% 181 11 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 10 26 11 19 18 0 0 0 141 19 13% 63 18 29% 519 85 16% 56 27 48% 33 17 52% 0
2000 33 BAL AL 622 25% 157 9 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 10 13 10 14 9 0 0 0 100 17 17% 60 21 35% 421 83 20% 44 21 48% 26 14 54% 0
12 Yrs 6676 25% 1726 181 3 10 2 0 0 1.77 381 13 145 277 104 191 190 0 6 4 67% 1355 193 14% 616 191 31% 4677 891 19% 485 256 53% 262 139 53% 0
MLB Averages 57% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 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
1989 22 CLE AL 229 803 3.51 526 66% 15% 26% 28% 30% 85% 0% 56% 69% 48% 1% 2 0 9% 20 18 5% 11 10 26% 5 2 3
1990 23 CLE AL 25 90 3.60 62 69% 16% 24% 31% 29% 84% 0% 58% 71% 56% 0% 0 0 4% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1991 24 CLE AL 496 1830 3.69 1152 63% 17% 22% 30% 32% 83% 1% 53% 74% 41% 2% 11 7 12% 60 42 6% 30 24 17% 0 0 0
1992 25 CLE AL 651 2300 3.53 1425 62% 16% 21% 30% 33% 84% 2% 52% 75% 46% 3% 19 7 13% 86 62 6% 41 29 29% 0 0 0
1993 26 CLE AL 664 2463 3.71 1402 57% 21% 17% 27% 35% 79% 4% 45% 79% 38% 7% 46 25 19% 129 66 11% 70 44 39% 29 0 1
1994 27 CLE AL 459 1778 3.87 1015 57% 20% 17% 30% 33% 80% 4% 46% 78% 37% 9% 41 22 19% 89 38 11% 52 35 25% 21 0 0
1995 28 CLE AL 607 2283 3.76 1278 56% 24% 14% 26% 35% 76% 2% 42% 81% 29% 7% 40 16 20% 120 62 12% 73 40 33% 24 1 2
1996 29 CLE AL 617 2282 3.70 1289 56% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 5% 42% 83% 33% 6% 40 8 18% 113 51 10% 63 30 38% 98 0 4
1997 30 CHW AL 653 2287 3.50 1404 61% 24% 15% 26% 36% 76% 2% 47% 80% 39% 4% 28 10 15% 96 51 7% 46 31 40% 48 1 0
1998 31 CHW AL 709 2564 3.62 1518 59% 22% 13% 30% 36% 78% 3% 46% 84% 39% 7% 48 13 15% 105 49 11% 79 45 38% -3 0 0
1999 32 BAL AL 725 2608 3.60 1472 56% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 5% 43% 83% 36% 8% 61 18 17% 121 44 11% 80 42 32% -3 0 0
2000 33 BAL AL 628 2266 3.61 1338 59% 21% 10% 31% 37% 79% 4% 46% 87% 38% 5% 33 12 19% 117 59 12% 75 50 38% -6 0 0
12 Yrs 6463 23554 3.64 13881 59% 21% 16% 28% 35% 79% 3% 46% 80% 38% 6% 369 138 16% 1057 543 10% 620 380 32% 213 4 10
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 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
1989 22 62 234 218 22 49 8 4 7 37 2 2 12 55 .225 .269 .394 .664 85 86 4 2 0 2 0
1990 23 71 259 241 23 53 8 4 8 40 2 2 13 61 .220 .264 .386 .649 81 93 5 2 1 2 0
1991 24 194 755 702 83 183 39 6 36 135 5 3 38 160 .261 .302 .487 .790 116 342 29 7 1 7 2
1992 25 347 1406 1287 164 335 62 7 70 247 13 5 90 288 .260 .311 .483 .793 119 621 47 11 2 15 7
1993 26 506 2099 1881 257 507 98 10 108 376 36 17 166 384 .270 .330 .505 .835 128 949 65 19 3 29 20
1994 27 612 2579 2293 347 654 133 12 144 477 45 23 224 455 .285 .350 .542 .893 141 1243 70 24 4 33 29
1995 28 755 3210 2839 468 827 185 13 194 603 50 25 297 535 .291 .360 .571 .931 148 1620 94 30 4 37 34
1996 29 913 3925 3441 592 1014 223 16 242 751 61 25 396 622 .295 .369 .580 .949 150 1995 114 37 4 44 49
1997 30 1074 4626 4075 682 1188 268 17 272 867 65 29 449 727 .292 .364 .566 .930 145 2306 140 43 4 52 55
1998 31 1237 5332 4684 795 1388 316 19 321 1019 71 33 530 811 .296 .368 .577 .946 148 2705 157 44 4 67 65
1999 32 1398 6054 5294 903 1569 352 20 358 1136 88 36 631 893 .296 .372 .573 .946 148 3035 176 51 4 71 80
2000 33 1539 6676 5853 974 1726 389 21 381 1239 88 41 683 961 .295 .369 .564 .933 144 3300 193 55 4 78 91

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
1989 22 62 238 221 24 52 8 4 7 41 2 13 55 .235 .282 .403 .684 25 62
1990 23 9 26 24 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 .208 .240 .333 .573 2 9
1991 24 123 500 464 63 133 32 2 29 99 3 26 99 .287 .328 .552 .880 83 123
1992 25 153 663 595 90 162 25 1 36 124 9 55 128 .272 .334 .499 .833 99 153
1993 26 159 694 595 93 173 36 3 38 130 23 76 96 .291 .371 .553 .924 122 159
1994 27 151 667 575 118 198 47 3 48 132 12 78 101 .344 .425 .687 1.112 168 106
1995 28 161 693 605 125 185 56 1 53 131 5 78 90 .306 .388 .664 1.053 155 143
1996 29 158 693 588 109 173 35 3 44 131 10 92 87 .294 .391 .588 .979 135 158
1997 30 161 700 633 89 173 45 1 30 115 4 53 105 .273 .331 .490 .821 102 161
1998 31 163 702 606 110 197 47 2 48 148 6 80 84 .325 .396 .647 1.043 158 163
1999 32 161 714 605 103 176 35 1 36 112 17 98 82 .291 .394 .531 .924 125 161
2000 33 141 614 553 67 151 36 1 22 97 0 50 68 .273 .334 .461 .795 85 141
12 Yrs 1602 6904 6064 992 1778 402 22 392 1264 91 700 1001 .293 .367 .561 .928 1259 1539
162 Game Avg. 162 698 613 100 180 41 2 40 128 9 71 101 .293 .367 .561 .928 127 1539

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA ( 7.7%)
2007 BBWAA ( 3.5%)

All-Star Games
1993 *
1994 *
1995 (LF)
1996 (LF)
1997

Awards (yr lg award)
1995 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 AL (23, 0%)
1993 AL (7, 21%)
1994 AL (3, 56%)
1995 AL (2, 77%)
1996 AL (3, 57%)
1998 AL (8, 25%)
2.38 Career Shares (67th)

Silver Sluggers
1993 AL (OF)
1994 AL (OF)
1995 AL (OF)
1996 AL (OF)
1998 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1994 AL  5.5 (6th)
1995 AL  6.6 (5th)
1998 AL  6.7 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1994 AL  5.5 (4th)
1995 AL  6.6 (3rd)
1996 AL  5.4 (9th)
1998 AL  6.7 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1994 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1995 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1996 AL  6.6 (5th)
1998 AL  7.0 (3rd)
Career  43.1 (203rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1994 AL  .357 (2nd)
1995 AL  .317 (8th)
1998 AL  .328 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1994 AL  .438 (3rd)
1998 AL  .399 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1991 AL  .540 (5th)**
1993 AL  .552 (7th)
1994 AL  .714 (2nd)
1995 AL  .690 (1st)
1996 AL  .623 (7th)
1998 AL  .655 (1st)
Career  .564 (15th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 AL  .922 (7th)
1994 AL  1.152 (2nd)
1995 AL  1.091 (2nd)
1996 AL  1.033 (7th)
1998 AL  1.055 (1st)
Career  .933 (33rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL  159 (4th)
1995 AL  143 (8th)
1996 AL  158 (8th)
1997 AL  161 (3rd)
1998 AL  163 (1st)
1999 AL  161 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1997 AL  634 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1993 AL  693 (5th)
1996 AL  715 (6th)
1997 AL  701 (7th)
1998 AL  706 (8th)
1999 AL  722 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1994 AL  90 (5th)
1995 AL  121 (1st)
1996 AL  124 (6th)
1998 AL  113 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1994 AL  147 (3rd)
1995 AL  173 (7th)
1996 AL  187 (8th)
1998 AL  200 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 AL  328 (6th)
1994 AL  294 (1st)
1995 AL  377 (1st)
1996 AL  375 (2nd)
1997 AL  311 (7th)
1998 AL  399 (1st)
1999 AL  330 (9th)
Career  3,300 (199th)

Doubles s c a p y
1994 AL  35 (2nd)
1995 AL  52 (1st)
1997 AL  45 (3rd)
1998 AL  48 (2nd)
Career  389 (194th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  28 (9th)
1992 AL  34 (4th)
1993 AL  38 (4th)
1994 AL  36 (3rd)
1995 AL  50 (1st)
1996 AL  48 (4th)
1998 AL  49 (2nd)
1999 AL  37 (10th)
Career  381 (62nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1992 AL  112 (4th)
1993 AL  129 (1st)
1994 AL  101 (3rd)
1995 AL  126 (1st)
1996 AL  148 (1st)
1997 AL  116 (8th)
1998 AL  152 (2nd)
1999 AL  117 (10th)
Career  1,239 (130th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 AL  99 (7th)
1999 AL  101 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 AL  128 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 AL  145 (8th)
1994 AL  193 (2nd)
1995 AL  177 (3rd)
1996 AL  158 (6th)
1998 AL  171 (1st)
1999 AL  142 (10th)
Career  144 (54th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1993 AL  119 (8th)
1994 AL  131 (2nd)
1995 AL  144 (2nd)
1996 AL  156 (3rd)
1998 AL  158 (1st)
1999 AL  135 (10th)
Career  1,206 (189th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1993 AL  39 (9th)
1994 AL  58 (2nd)
1995 AL  62 (3rd)
1996 AL  56 (6th)
1998 AL  66 (1st)
1999 AL  42 (8th)
Career  376 (82nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1993 AL  3.7 (9th)
1994 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1995 AL  5.6 (3rd)
1996 AL  4.9 (6th)
1998 AL  6.0 (1st)
1999 AL  3.8 (8th)
Career  34.2 (97th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1993 AL  77 (5th)
1994 AL  73 (1st)
1995 AL  103 (1st)
1996 AL  89 (3rd)
1997 AL  76 (4th)
1998 AL  99 (1st)
1999 AL  74 (8th)
Career  791 (112th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1993 AL  256 (10th)
1994 AL  210 (5th)
1995 AL  252 (7th)
1996 AL  293 (5th)
1998 AL  282 (3rd)
1999 AL  289 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1994 AL  .825 (2nd)
1995 AL  .751 (5th)
1996 AL  .723 (8th)
1998 AL  .750 (1st)
Career  .656 (183rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1993 AL  14 (1st)
1998 AL  15 (1st)
Career  78 (95th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 AL  15 (4th)
1998 AL  10 (5th)
1999 AL  15 (3rd)
2000 AL  11 (5th)
Career  91 (142nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 AL  24 (2nd)
1992 AL  18 (9th)
1993 AL  18 (6th)
1995 AL  24 (2nd)
1996 AL  20 (6th)
1997 AL  26 (1st)
1999 AL  19 (9th)
Career  193 (108th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1993 AL  12 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1999 AL  85.00 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1993 AL  28.7 (2nd)
1994 AL  14.4 (9th)
1996 AL  17.9 (9th)
1999 AL  23.3 (9th)
Career  143.0 (198th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1991 AL  16.5 (6th)**
1992 AL  17.2 (8th)
1993 AL  15.6 (5th)
1994 AL  11.4 (3rd)
1995 AL  10.9 (2nd)
1996 AL  12.5 (5th)
1998 AL  12.4 (2nd)
Career  15.4 (21st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1993 AL  467 (8th)
1997 AL  498 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1994 AL  54.36 (2nd)
1995 AL  45.27 (5th)
1996 AL  65.03 (2nd)
1998 AL  60.29 (1st)
Career  331.98 (92nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1993 AL  5.2 (4th)
1994 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.1 (5th)
1996 AL  4.5 (3rd)
1998 AL  4.5 (3rd)
Career  26.3 (118th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1993 AL  4.2 (8th)
1994 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1995 AL  5.1 (4th)
1996 AL  4.8 (6th)
1998 AL  6.2 (1st)
Career  30.2 (97th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1994 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.1 (5th)
1996 AL  5.7 (2nd)
1998 AL  5.5 (1st)
Career  30.4 (104th)

Salary s c a p y
1997 AL  $10,000,000 (1st)
1998 AL  $10,000,000 (1st)
1999 AL  $11,949,794 (1st)
2000 AL  $12,868,670 (1st)
2001 AL  $12,049,040 (8th)
2002 AL  $12,368,790 (6th)
2003 AL  $13,000,000 (6th)

             
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 1948-1973, 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 - 28 (64), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 137 (122), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 135 (98), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (199), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Lance Berkman (908)
  2. Juan Gonzalez (897)
  3. David Ortiz (879)
  4. Dick Allen (869)
  5. Hank Greenberg (859) *
  6. Ralph Kiner (857) *
  7. Rocky Colavito (855)
  8. Jermaine Dye (851)
  9. Tim Salmon (849)
  10. Frank Howard (849)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Willie Stargell (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Stargell (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Richie Sexson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Richie Sexson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carlos Delgado (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carlos Delgado (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lance Berkman (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Thome (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lance Berkman (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Delgado (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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