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George Bell

George Antonio (Mathey) Bell (Liberty)

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

Born: October 21, 1959 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/WhiteSox/Cubs 1981-1993
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1993
Relatives: Brother of Juan Bell
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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 60 168 163 19 38 2 1 5 12 3 2 5 27 .233 .256 .350 .606 69 57 1 0 0 0 1 79/D RoY-8
1983 23 TOR AL 39 118 112 5 30 5 4 2 17 1 1 4 17 .268 .305 .438 .743 97 49 4 2 0 0 1 7/9D
1984 24 TOR AL 159 641 606 85 177 39 4 26 87 11 2 24 86 .292 .326 .498 .824 121 302 14 8 0 3 2 *97/D5 MVP-19
1985 25 TOR AL 157 666 607 87 167 28 6 28 95 21 6 43 90 .275 .327 .479 .807 115 291 8 8 0 8 6 *7/5 MVP-8,SS
1986 26 TOR AL 159 690 641 101 198 38 6 31 108 7 8 41 62 .309 .349 .532 .881 133 341 15 2 0 6 3 *7D/5 MVP-4,SS
1987 27 TOR AL 156 665 610 111 188 32 4 47 134 5 1 39 75 .308 .352 .605 .957 146 369 17 7 0 9 9 *7/D45 AS,MVP-1,SS
1988 28 TOR AL 156 657 614 78 165 27 5 24 97 4 2 34 66 .269 .304 .446 .751 108 274 21 1 0 8 5 *7/D
1989 29 TOR AL 153 664 613 88 182 41 2 18 104 4 3 33 60 .297 .330 .458 .788 127 281 18 4 0 14 3 *7D MVP-4
1990 30 TOR AL 142 608 562 67 149 25 0 21 86 3 2 32 80 .265 .303 .422 .724 96 237 14 3 0 11 7 7D AS
1991 31 CHC NL 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6 *7 AS
1992 32 CHW AL 155 670 627 74 160 27 0 25 112 5 2 31 97 .255 .294 .418 .712 99 262 29 6 0 6 8 *D7 MVP-20
1993 33 CHW AL 102 436 410 36 89 17 2 13 64 1 1 13 49 .217 .243 .363 .607 63 149 14 4 0 9 2 D
12 Seasons 1587 6586 6123 814 1702 308 34 265 1002 67 36 331 771 .278 .316 .469 .785 113 2873 165 49 0 83 53
162 Game Avg. 162 672 625 83 174 31 3 27 102 7 4 34 79 .278 .316 .469 .785 113 293 17 5 0 8 5
TOR (9 yrs) 1181 4877 4528 641 1294 237 32 202 740 59 27 255 563 .286 .325 .486 .811 119 2201 112 35 0 59 37
CHW (2 yrs) 257 1106 1037 110 249 44 2 38 176 6 3 44 146 .240 .274 .396 .670 84 411 43 10 0 15 10
CHC (1 yr) 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6
AL (11 yrs) 1438 5983 5565 751 1543 281 34 240 916 65 30 299 709 .277 .315 .469 .785 113 2612 155 45 0 74 47
NL (1 yr) 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6

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
1981 21 TOR AL 168 -6 1 1 1 4 -3 5 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ 79/D RoY-8
1983 23 TOR AL 118 -2 -1 0 0 2 -2 4 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 7/9D
1984 24 TOR AL 643 8 1 2 0 -1 -8 20 22 2.3 23 2.4 -0.1 $ *97/D5 MVP-19
1985 25 TOR AL 667 10 5 4 2 4 -8 20 37 3.8 33 3.4 0.4 $335,000 *7/5 MVP-8,SS
1986 26 TOR AL 690 30 1 2 -1 -8 -8 20 36 3.7 44 4.5 -0.8 $725,000 *7D/5 MVP-4,SS
1987 27 TOR AL 667 38 3 -1 -2 1 -8 20 51 5.0 50 5.0 0.0 $1,175,000 *7/D45 AS,MVP-1,SS
1988 28 TOR AL 658 4 2 -1 -2 -11 -8 20 4 0.4 15 1.5 -1.1 $1,900,000 *7/D
1989 29 TOR AL 664 23 1 -1 -2 -2 -9 20 30 3.1 32 3.3 -0.2 $1,900,000 *7D MVP-4
1990 30 TOR AL 608 -7 1 3 -1 3 -9 20 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $2,000,000 7D AS
1991 31 CHC NL 603 12 -3 0 -1 -4 -7 17 13 1.4 18 1.9 -0.5 $2,150,000 *7 AS
1992 32 CHW AL 670 -5 1 -1 -6 -0 -15 22 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $3,650,000 *D7 MVP-20
1993 33 CHW AL 436 -23 -1 -2 -2 0 -10 14 -24 -2.4 -24 -2.4 0.0 $3,650,000 D
12 Seasons 6592 82 11 6 -14 -14 -95 202 179 18.2 192 19.7 -1.5 $17,485,000
TOR (9 yrs) 4883 98 14 9 -5 -9 -63 149 194 19.7 202 20.6 -0.9 $8,035,000
CHW (2 yrs) 1106 -28 0 -3 -8 -0 -25 36 -28 -2.9 -28 -2.8 -0.1 $7,300,000
CHC (1 yr) 603 12 -3 0 -1 -4 -7 17 13 1.4 18 1.9 -0.5 $2,150,000

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
1981 21 TOR AL 168 128 14 2.9 94 .252 .233 .263 .256 .328 .350 .382 .606 .711 69 .352 -7.8 -0.8 .492 .153 .117 3.8
1983 23 TOR AL 118 87 13 4.0 103 .301 .268 .272 .305 .335 .438 .411 .743 .746 97 .442 -1.2 -0.1 .632 .205 .170 1.3
1984 24 TOR AL 641 448 95 5.7 100 .304 .292 .268 .326 .332 .498 .405 .824 .736 121 .604 15.3 1.5 .771 .261 .206 15.5
1985 25 TOR AL 666 462 97 5.6 102 .280 .275 .266 .327 .332 .479 .413 .807 .745 115 .592 10.7 1.0 .786 .300 .204 24.0
1986 26 TOR AL 690 472 113 6.4 103 .301 .309 .265 .349 .333 .532 .413 .881 .747 133 .640 27.8 2.7 .822 .285 .223 11.4
1987 27 TOR AL 665 449 125 7.4 108 .284 .308 .267 .352 .336 .605 .429 .957 .765 146 .676 38.0 3.6 .952 .367 .297 9.0
1988 28 TOR AL 657 480 78 4.4 94 .265 .269 .259 .304 .324 .446 .391 .751 .715 108 .494 4.0 0.4 .659 .236 .178 6.9
1989 29 TOR AL 664 466 89 5.1 88 .299 .297 .254 .330 .318 .458 .373 .788 .691 127 .574 21.4 2.2 .706 .217 .162 6.5
1990 30 TOR AL 608 440 70 4.2 99 .271 .265 .266 .303 .335 .422 .398 .724 .733 96 .486 -4.6 -0.5 .636 .215 .157 5.3
1991 31 CHC NL 603 424 81 5.1 97 .279 .285 .262 .323 .331 .468 .393 .791 .723 117 .592 11.1 1.1 .706 .233 .183 3.7
1992 32 CHW AL 670 504 68 3.6 93 .264 .255 .258 .294 .327 .418 .383 .712 .710 99 .413 -3.9 -0.4 .606 .217 .163 8.3
1993 33 CHW AL 436 345 33 2.6 101 .213 .217 .264 .243 .335 .363 .404 .607 .739 63 .239 -23.2 -2.3 .494 .178 .146 1.9
12 Seasons 6586 4705 876 5.0 99 .278 .278 .263 .316 .330 .469 .400 .785 .730 113 .546 87.6 8.4 .711 .250 .191 107.0
162 Game Avg. 672 480 89 5.0 99 .278 .278 .263 .316 .330 .469 .400 .785 .730 113 .546 9 1 .711 .250 .191 11
TOR (9 yrs) 4877 3432 694 5.4 99 .286 .286 .264 .325 .330 .486 .403 .811 .733 119 .579 103.7 10.0 .748 .264 .200 91.3
CHW (2 yrs) 1106 849 101 3.2 96 .243 .240 .261 .274 .330 .396 .392 .670 .722 84 .342 -27.2 -2.7 .561 .202 .156 10.4
CHC (1 yr) 603 424 81 5.1 97 .279 .285 .262 .323 .331 .468 .393 .791 .723 117 .592 11.1 1.1 .706 .233 .183 3.7
AL (11 yrs) 5983 4281 795 5.0 99 .278 .277 .263 .315 .330 .469 .401 .785 .731 113 .541 76.5 7.3 .711 .252 .192 102.3
NL (1 yr) 603 424 81 5.1 97 .279 .285 .262 .323 .331 .468 .393 .791 .723 117 .592 11.1 1.1 .706 .233 .183 3.7

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 30 28 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .321 .333 .429 .762 12 0 1 0 1 0
1989 29 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 5 21 20 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .190 .350 .540 7 1 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 51 48 6 13 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 .271 .275 .396 .670 19 1 1 0 2 0
2 ALCS 12 51 48 6 13 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 .271 .275 .396 .670 19 1 1 0 2 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
1987 TOR AL 27 as LF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 6 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 168 3.0% 16.1% 3.0% 4.8% 21% 5.40 6.0 32.6 13.6 1.23 78%
1983 23 TOR AL 118 1.7% 14.4% 3.4% 9.3% 37% 4.25 6.6 56.0 6.6 1.38 79%
1984 24 TOR AL 641 4.1% 13.4% 3.7% 10.8% 39% 3.58 7.0 23.3 7.0 0.64 78%
1985 25 TOR AL 666 4.2% 13.5% 6.5% 9.3% 37% 2.09 6.7 21.7 6.4 0.70 75%
1986 26 TOR AL 690 4.5% 9.0% 5.9% 10.9% 38% 1.51 10.3 20.7 5.9 0.61 80%
1987 27 TOR AL 665 7.1% 11.3% 5.9% 12.5% 44% 1.92 8.1 13.0 4.6 0.69 75%
1988 28 TOR AL 657 3.7% 10.1% 5.2% 8.5% 34% 1.94 9.3 25.6 6.3 0.69 0.84 81% 20% 13.8% 46%
1989 29 TOR AL 664 2.7% 9.0% 5.0% 9.2% 34% 1.82 10.2 34.1 5.9 0.52 0.69 83% 25% 5.7% 15%
1990 30 TOR AL 608 3.5% 13.2% 5.3% 7.6% 31% 2.50 7.0 26.8 6.5 0.52 0.55 78% 22% 8.0% 18%
1991 31 CHC NL 603 4.2% 10.3% 5.3% 8.6% 33% 1.94 9.0 22.3 6.5 0.56 0.67 80% 24% 9.7% 21%
1992 32 CHW AL 670 3.7% 14.5% 4.6% 7.8% 33% 3.13 6.5 25.1 5.6 0.49 0.74 76% 22% 8.6% 19%
1993 33 CHW AL 436 3.0% 11.2% 3.0% 7.3% 36% 3.77 8.4 31.5 6.4 0.59 0.76 82% 18% 7.6% 27%
12 Seasons 6586 4.0% 11.7% 5.0% 9.2% 36% 2.33 7.9 23.1 6.1 0.56 0.71 79% 22% 8.6% 24%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.70 6.2 41.8 8.4 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.3% 21%

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 -7.8 -0.8 175 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 .93 -0.4 -0.6 -8.2 -0.8 0.86 -5.0 1.79 5
1983 23 TOR AL -1.2 -0.1 120 -0.0 2.0 -2.0 .91 -0.2 0.1 3.9 0.4 0.93 -0.9 2.48 3
1984 24 TOR AL 15.3 1.5 662 1.6 13.5 -11.9 1.05 1.5 0.1 9.4 0.9 0.95 14.1 2.91 8
1985 25 TOR AL 10.7 1.0 705 1.5 13.4 -11.9 1.01 1.5 -0.0 12.0 1.2 0.94 18.0 0
1986 26 TOR AL 27.8 2.7 713 1.8 15.5 -13.7 1.08 2.7 -1.1 26.7 2.5 0.96 32.8 1.65 1
1987 27 TOR AL 38.0 3.6 686 2.7 15.4 -12.7 1.06 3.2 -0.7 38.4 3.6 0.96 40.3 1.52 1
1988 28 TOR AL 4.0 0.4 675 0.5 12.9 -12.4 1.01 0.2 0.4 -10.9 -1.1 0.99 -0.6 2.20 3
1989 29 TOR AL 21.4 2.2 677 2.2 13.7 -11.5 1.02 1.7 0.4 18.2 1.9 0.95 17.2 0
1990 30 TOR AL -4.6 -0.5 619 -1.5 10.0 -11.5 .99 -0.1 -1.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.95 -1.1 0.92 1
1991 31 CHC NL 11.1 1.1 616 0.6 12.6 -12.0 1.10 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.1 0.98 2.9 2.28 4
1992 32 CHW AL -3.9 -0.4 678 0.2 13.9 -13.8 1.10 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 -0.1 1.07 -0.1 0
1993 33 CHW AL -23.2 -2.3 439 -3.6 5.8 -9.3 1.04 -2.5 -1.0 -32.7 -3.2 0.99 -32.6 0
12 Seasons 87.6 8.4 6765 5.0 130.9 -125.9 1.04 7.9 -3.1 54.5 5.0 0.97 84.9 2.29 26

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
1981 21 TOR AL 3 0 37% 54 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 67% 6 1 5 5 3 2 7 1 5
1983 23 TOR AL 1 0 9% 36 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 24 TOR AL 9 2 32% 227 11 2 85% 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 10 44% 40 28 11 4 2 2 17 3 14
1985 25 TOR AL 13 1 31% 235 21 6 78% 20 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 16 55% 29 16 13 8 5 3 16 2 13
1986 26 TOR AL 11 0 33% 236 7 8 47% 7 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 11 22 46% 28 21 7 15 5 10 14 5 9
1987 27 TOR AL 4 2 34% 237 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 47% 30 21 9 8 3 5 11 1 9
1988 28 TOR AL 7 1 31% 194 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 22 58% 20 11 9 7 4 3 18 4 14
1989 29 TOR AL 5 0 35% 274 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13 51% 29 18 11 3 3 0 21 4 16
1990 30 TOR AL 9 0 28% 221 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 43% 29 23 6 7 2 5 15 4 11
1991 31 CHC NL 6 0 22% 192 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 9 39% 33 22 10 5 3 2 14 4 8
1992 32 CHW AL 5 0 29% 185 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 32% 29 23 6 6 4 2 12 5 7
1993 33 CHW AL 2 0 25% 77 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 44% 15 8 6 1 0 1 9 3 4
12 Seasons 75 6 30% 2168 67 36 65% 65 31 2 4 0 1 14 3 51 137 47% 292 194 95 69 34 35 154 36 110

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
1981 21 TOR AL 168 64% 38 5 3 0 2 1.79 5 0 2 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 19 1 5% 7 0 0% 85 7 8% 6 1 17% 5 2 40% 0
1983 23 TOR AL 118 86% 30 3 1 0 1 2.48 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 4 21% 6 2 33% 73 15 21% 2 1 50% 5 4 80% 0
1984 24 TOR AL 642 35% 177 8 3 1 2 2.91 26 0 9 15 11 12 14 1 0 0 122 14 11% 61 14 23% 415 67 16% 32 14 44% 23 10 43% 1
1985 25 TOR AL 667 36% 167 0 0 0 0 28 2 9 17 11 10 18 0 0 0 131 8 6% 53 20 38% 418 69 17% 35 19 54% 22 13 59% 0
1986 26 TOR AL 690 28% 198 1 1 0 0 1.65 31 1 14 21 10 15 16 0 0 0 127 15 12% 69 14 20% 440 81 18% 40 17 43% 30 16 53% 0
1987 27 TOR AL 667 28% 188 1 0 0 1 1.52 47 2 6 31 16 19 28 0 0 0 123 17 14% 61 22 36% 452 90 20% 42 24 57% 23 10 43% 0
1988 28 TOR AL 658 31% 165 18 0 3 0 0 0 2.20 24 1 20 14 10 9 15 0 0 0 133 21 16% 58 20 34% 436 76 17% 46 28 61% 21 12 57% 0
1989 29 TOR AL 664 29% 182 17 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 8 9 9 8 10 0 0 0 117 18 15% 70 33 47% 405 92 23% 46 32 70% 36 19 53% 0
1990 30 TOR AL 608 28% 149 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.92 21 1 9 16 5 11 10 0 1 0 0% 100 14 14% 63 22 35% 382 68 18% 46 28 61% 23 11 48% 0
1991 31 CHC NL 603 37% 159 56 0 4 2 2 2 2.28 25 0 16 10 15 9 16 0 0 0 102 10 10% 50 14 28% 389 62 16% 43 26 60% 18 7 39% 0
1992 32 CHW AL 670 23% 160 46 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 22 18 7 16 9 1 0 0 165 29 18% 71 19 27% 557 95 17% 41 23 56% 41 29 71% 0
1993 33 CHW AL 436 26% 89 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 13 10 3 7 6 0 0 0 90 14 16% 57 20 35% 316 52 16% 42 25 60% 22 12 55% 0
12 Seasons 6591 32% 1702 156 0 26 10 3 8 2.29 265 10 130 162 103 120 145 2 1 0 0% 1248 165 13% 626 200 32% 4368 774 18% 421 238 57% 269 145 54% 1
MLB Averages 59% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 658 2360 3.59 1490 63% 24% 12% 26% 37% 76% 2% 48% 84% 21% 4% 27 8 16% 105 55 6% 42 32 26% 0 3 0
1989 29 TOR AL 651 2170 3.33 1418 65% 25% 11% 25% 39% 75% 1% 49% 85% 19% 4% 29 7 15% 96 47 6% 36 17 20% 13 5 4
1990 30 TOR AL 586 2175 3.71 1392 64% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 3% 47% 81% 16% 7% 42 8 21% 123 54 9% 50 40 12% 22 1 3
1991 31 CHC NL 603 2095 3.47 1392 66% 23% 13% 28% 36% 77% 3% 51% 83% 21% 5% 30 2 14% 86 44 6% 38 28 10% 0 0 0
1992 32 CHW AL 670 2374 3.54 1558 66% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 3% 53% 79% 22% 4% 25 6 14% 95 57 5% 35 23 14% 0 0 0
1993 33 CHW AL 426 1465 3.44 975 67% 21% 14% 28% 37% 79% 2% 53% 83% 23% 3% 13 1 16% 67 48 5% 22 20 13% 10 0 0
6 Seasons 3594 12639 3.52 8225 65% 23% 14% 27% 36% 77% 2% 50% 82% 20% 5% 166 32 16% 572 305 6% 223 160 16% 45 9 7
MLB Averages 3.63 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 60 168 163 19 38 2 1 5 12 3 2 5 27 .233 .256 .350 .606 69 57 1 0 0 0 1
1982 22 60 168 163 19 38 2 1 5 12 3 2 5 27 .233 .256 .350 .606 69 57 1 0 0 0 1
1983 23 99 286 275 24 68 7 5 7 29 4 3 9 44 .247 .276 .385 .662 81 106 5 2 0 0 2
1984 24 258 927 881 109 245 46 9 33 116 15 5 33 130 .278 .311 .463 .774 109 408 19 10 0 3 4
1985 25 415 1593 1488 196 412 74 15 61 211 36 11 76 220 .277 .318 .470 .787 111 699 27 18 0 11 10
1986 26 574 2283 2129 297 610 112 21 92 319 43 19 117 282 .287 .327 .488 .816 118 1040 42 20 0 17 13
1987 27 730 2948 2739 408 798 144 25 139 453 48 20 156 357 .291 .333 .514 .847 124 1409 59 27 0 26 22
1988 28 886 3605 3353 486 963 171 30 163 550 52 22 190 423 .287 .328 .502 .830 122 1683 80 28 0 34 27
1989 29 1039 4269 3966 574 1145 212 32 181 654 56 25 223 483 .289 .328 .495 .823 122 1964 98 32 0 48 30
1990 30 1181 4877 4528 641 1294 237 32 202 740 59 27 255 563 .286 .325 .486 .811 119 2201 112 35 0 59 37
1991 31 1330 5480 5086 704 1453 264 32 227 826 61 33 287 625 .286 .325 .484 .809 119 2462 122 39 0 68 43
1992 32 1485 6150 5713 778 1613 291 32 252 938 66 35 318 722 .282 .321 .477 .798 117 2724 151 45 0 74 51
1993 33 1587 6586 6123 814 1702 308 34 265 1002 67 36 331 771 .278 .316 .469 .785 113 2873 165 49 0 83 53

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 91 258 250 32 61 3 2 8 20 5 8 41 .244 .267 .368 .635 24 60
1983 23 39 118 112 5 30 5 4 2 17 1 4 17 .268 .305 .438 .743 14 39
1984 24 159 644 609 87 180 40 4 26 89 11 24 86 .296 .329 .502 .832 99 159
1985 25 157 666 607 87 167 28 6 28 95 21 43 90 .275 .327 .479 .807 94 157
1986 26 159 689 640 101 197 38 6 31 108 7 41 62 .308 .348 .531 .880 119 159
1987 27 156 658 604 105 182 31 4 46 127 5 38 75 .301 .345 .594 .939 122 156
1988 28 156 667 622 84 173 28 5 25 105 4 36 66 .278 .315 .460 .775 91 156
1989 29 153 685 631 103 200 45 2 20 121 4 36 60 .317 .350 .490 .840 109 153
1990 30 142 612 565 70 152 26 0 21 89 3 33 80 .269 .307 .427 .734 75 142
1991 31 149 608 562 66 163 28 0 26 90 2 33 62 .290 .329 .479 .808 88 149
1992 32 155 682 637 82 170 29 0 27 124 5 33 97 .267 .306 .440 .746 84 155
1993 33 102 437 411 37 90 17 2 13 66 1 13 49 .219 .245 .365 .610 37 102
12 Seasons 1618 6724 6250 859 1765 318 35 273 1051 69 342 785 .282 .321 .476 .796 956 1587
162 Game Avg. 162 673 626 86 177 32 4 27 105 7 34 79 .282 .321 .476 .796 96 1587

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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
1999 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

All-Star Games
1987 (LF)
1990 *
1991 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1987 ML Major League Player of the Year
1987 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (19, 1%)
1985 AL (8, 21%)
1986 AL (4, 32%)
1987 AL (1, 85%)
1989 AL (4, 52%)
1992 AL (20, 1%)
1 MVP
1.92 Career Shares (100th)

Silver Sluggers
1985 AL (OF)
1986 AL (OF)
1987 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1987 AL  5.0 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1986 AL  4.5 (10th)
1987 AL  5.0 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL  .309 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1986 AL  .532 (4th)
1987 AL  .605 (2nd)
Career  .469 (247th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1986 AL  .881 (6th)
1987 AL  .957 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL  159 (7th)
1986 AL  159 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1986 AL  641 (5th)
1987 AL  610 (9th)
1988 AL  614 (6th)
1992 AL  627 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1986 AL  690 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL  101 (9th)
1987 AL  111 (2nd)
1989 AL  88 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  198 (7th)
1987 AL  188 (6th)
1989 AL  182 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 AL  302 (8th)
1986 AL  341 (3rd)
1987 AL  369 (1st)
1989 AL  281 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1984 AL  39 (3rd)
1986 AL  38 (6th)
1989 AL  41 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  31 (6th)
1987 AL  47 (2nd)
Career  265 (179th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1986 AL  108 (5th)
1987 AL  134 (1st)
1988 AL  97 (10th)
1989 AL  104 (6th)
1992 AL  112 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1986 AL  133 (8th)
1987 AL  146 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 AL  113 (7th)
1987 AL  125 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  28 (8th)
1987 AL  38 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (8th)
1987 AL  3.6 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  69 (4th)
1986 AL  75 (3rd)
1987 AL  83 (1st)
1989 AL  61 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 AL  .676 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1985 AL  8 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1989 AL  14 (1st)
1990 AL  11 (3rd)
1991 NL  9 (7th)
1993 AL  9 (7th)
Career  83 (77th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 AL  21 (2nd)
1992 AL  29 (1st)
Career  165 (200th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL  15.5 (5th)
1985 AL  24.0 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1991 NL  9.0 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL  13.0 (2nd)
Career  23.1 (227th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1988 AL  480 (4th)
1989 AL  466 (8th)
1992 AL  504 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1987 AL  38.38 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.6 (8th)

Salary s c a p y
1988 AL  $1,900,000 (8th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 68 (367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (372), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (774), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Aubrey Huff (942)
  2. Vic Wertz (932)
  3. Vernon Wells (931)
  4. Bobby Thomson (921)
  5. Raul Ibanez (920)
  6. Frank Thomas (920)
  7. Ben Oglivie (918)
  8. Rudy York (913)
  9. Raul Mondesi (913)
  10. Ryan Klesko (912)
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  1. Austin Kearns (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Walker (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jermaine Dye (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Raul Mondesi (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carlos Lee (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carlos Lee (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Carlos Lee (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Clark (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vernon Wells (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Perez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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