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Todd Benzinger

Todd Eric Benzinger (Mercedes)

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 11, 1963 in Dayton, KY
High School: New Richmond HS (New Richmond, OH)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1987
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/RedSox/Dodgers/Royals 1987-1995

Final Game: May 14, 1995
Relatives: Nephew of Don Gross
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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
1981	18	BOS-min	A-	41	163	141	21	34	10	1	2	8	4	0	20	32	.241	.335	.369	.704		52		0	2	0	1		ELM · NYPL
1982	19	BOS-min	A	121	497	443	54	97	19	1	5	46	4	1	41	71	.219	.286	.300	.586		133		3	4	6	2		WSM · CARL
1983	20	BOS-min	A	125	533	480	56	134	34	5	7	68	4	3	43	75	.279	.340	.415	.754		199		3	3	4	4		WHV · FLOR
1984	21	BOS-min	AA	110	430	391	49	101	25	5	10	60	0	1	33	89	.258	.316	.425	.741		166		1	3	2	4		NBR · EL
1985	22	BOS-min	AAA	70	273	256	31	64	13	1	11	47	0	0	12	49	.250	.280	.438	.718		112		0	2	3	1		PAW · IL
1986	23	BOS-min	AAA	90	342	314	41	79	13	2	11	32	7	5	23	76	.252	.302	.411	.713		129		1	1	3	2		PAW · IL
1987	24	BOS-min	AAA	65	278	257	47	83	17	3	13	49	7	2	16	41	.323	.363	.564	.928		145		2	0	3	1		PAW · IL
1987	24	BOS	AL	73	253	223	36	62	11	1	8	43	5	4	22	41	.278	.344	.444	.788	106	99	5	2	3	3	3	97/83
1988	25	BOS	AL	120	436	405	47	103	28	1	13	70	2	3	22	80	.254	.293	.425	.718	96	172	8	1	6	2	4	39/7D
1989	26	CIN	NL	161	686	628	79	154	28	3	17	76	3	7	44	120	.245	.293	.381	.674	89	239	5	2	4	8	13	*3
1990	27	CIN	NL	118	408	376	35	95	14	2	5	46	3	4	19	69	.253	.291	.340	.631	70	128	3	4	2	7	4	37
1991	28	TOT	MLB	129	451	416	36	109	18	5	3	51	4	6	27	66	.262	.310	.351	.661	83	146	7	3	2	3	4	37/D
1991	28	CIN	NL	51	136	123	7	23	3	2	1	11	2	0	10	20	.187	.244	.268	.513	42	33	2	0	1	2	2	37
1991	28	KCR	AL	78	315	293	29	86	15	3	2	40	2	6	17	46	.294	.338	.386	.723	100	113	5	3	1	1	2	3/D
1992	29	LAD	NL	121	313	293	24	70	16	2	4	31	2	4	15	54	.239	.272	.348	.620	76	102	6	0	0	5	1	397
1993	30	SFG	NL	86	194	177	25	51	7	2	6	26	0	0	13	35	.288	.332	.452	.784	112	80	2	0	1	3	1	3/75
1994	31	SFG	NL	107	352	328	32	87	13	2	9	31	2	1	17	84	.265	.304	.399	.703	87	131	3	2	3	2	4	*3
1995	32	NYY-min	AAA	12	52	50	4	14	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	10	.280	.308	.400	.708		20	2	0	0	0	1		CLB · IL
1995	32	SFG	NL	9	13	10	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.200	.308	.500	.808	114	5	0	0	0	1	1	/3
9 Yrs				924	3106	2856	316	733	135	18	66	376	21	29	181	552	.257	.301	.386	.687	88	1102	39	14	21	34	35
162 Game Avg.				162	545	501	55	129	24	3	12	66	4	5	32	97	.257	.301	.386	.687	88	193	7	2	4	6	6

SFG (3 yrs)				202	559	515	59	140	20	4	16	59	2	1	32	122	.272	.314	.419	.733	96	216	5	2	4	6	6
CIN (3 yrs)				330	1230	1127	121	272	45	7	23	133	8	11	73	209	.241	.287	.355	.642	77	400	10	6	7	17	19
BOS (2 yrs)				193	689	628	83	165	39	2	21	113	7	7	44	121	.263	.312	.432	.743	100	271	13	3	9	5	7
KCR (1 yr)				78	315	293	29	86	15	3	2	40	2	6	17	46	.294	.338	.386	.723	100	113	5	3	1	1	2
LAD (1 yr)				121	313	293	24	70	16	2	4	31	2	4	15	54	.239	.272	.348	.620	76	102	6	0	0	5	1

NL (7 yrs)				653	2102	1935	204	482	81	13	43	223	12	16	120	385	.249	.292	.371	.663	82	718	21	8	11	28	26
AL (3 yrs)				271	1004	921	112	251	54	5	23	153	9	13	61	167	.273	.320	.417	.737	100	384	18	6	10	6	9

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
1987	24	BOS	AL	73	253	1	-1	0	6	-3	3	0.4	8	10	1.1	.504	.502	0.5	0.3	5	$62,500	97/83
1988	25	BOS	AL	120	436	-6	-1	0	-1	-8	-15	-1.4	13	-2	-0.2	.486	.490	-0.1	-0.8	-1	$85,000	39/7D
1989	26	CIN	NL	161	686	-9	-5	2	-1	-10	-23	-2.7	21	-2	-0.7	.483	.483	-0.5	-1.3	-1	$160,000	*3
1990	27	CIN	NL	118	408	-16	-2	2	-6	-6	-28	-2.9	11	-16	-1.8	.474	.481	-1.3	-1.2	-10	$325,000	37
1991	28	CIN	NL	51	136	-10	0	0	-3	-2	-14	-1.6	4	-10	-1.2	.468	.490	-0.9	-0.5	-8	$705,000	37
1991	28	KCR	AL	78	315	-1	-1	0	2	-5	-4	-0.3	10	7	0.7	.495	.498	0.4	-0.2	4	$	3/D
1992	29	LAD	NL	121	313	-10	-0	0	-1	-5	-16	-1.9	9	-8	-1.0	.484	.488	-0.9	-0.7	-6	$1,150,000	397
1993	30	SFG	NL	86	194	2	-1	1	-4	-3	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.2	.495	.497	0.5	-0.6	5	$500,000	3/75
1994	31	SFG	NL	107	352	-7	-2	1	-4	-5	-17	-1.7	9	-8	-0.8	.484	.489	-0.4	-0.9	-4	$700,000	*3
1995	32	SFG	NL	9	13	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/3
9 Seasons				924	3106	-56	-13	8	-11	-46	-119	-12.5	91	-27	-3.7	.486	.492	-2.7	-5.7	-16	$3,687,500

SFG (3 yrs)				202	559	-5	-3	2	-7	-8	-21	-2.1	15	-6	-0.6	.489	.496	0.1	-1.5	1	$1,200,000
CIN (3 yrs)				330	1230	-35	-7	5	-10	-18	-65	-7.2	36	-29	-3.7	.478	.485	-2.7	-3.0	-19	$1,190,000
BOS (2 yrs)				193	689	-5	-2	0	5	-11	-12	-1.1	21	9	0.9	.493	.496	0.4	-0.4	4	$147,500
KCR (1 yr)				78	315	-1	-1	0	2	-5	-4	-0.3	10	7	0.7	.495	.498	0.4	-0.2	4	$
LAD (1 yr)				121	313	-10	-0	0	-1	-5	-16	-1.9	9	-8	-1.0	.484	.488	-0.9	-0.7	-6	$1,150,000

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
1987	24	BOS	AL	253	176	34	5.2	108	.305	.278	.267	.344	.336	.444	.429	.788	.765	106	.516	2.0	0.2	.729	.269	.166	6.2
1988	25	BOS	AL	436	321	48	4.0	98	.287	.254	.264	.293	.330	.425	.397	.718	.727	96	.456	-3.6	-0.4	.620	.222	.170	3.5
1989	26	CIN	NL	686	498	70	3.8	94	.275	.245	.258	.293	.326	.381	.385	.674	.711	89	.470	-10.9	-1.2	.578	.199	.135	5.1
1990	27	CIN	NL	408	297	38	3.4	102	.291	.253	.270	.291	.337	.340	.406	.631	.743	70	.388	-16.2	-1.6	.521	.136	.088	3.8
1991	28	TOT	MLB	451	325	45	3.7	97	.303	.262	.261	.310	.329	.351	.394	.661	.724	83	.421	-10.3	-1.1	.544	.149	.089	3.4
1991	28	CIN	NL	136	105	9	2.3	97	.212	.187	.262	.244	.331	.268	.393	.513	.723	42	.250	-10.0	-1.0	.441	.179	.081	1.3
1991	28	KCR	AL	315	220	36	4.4	97	.341	.294	.260	.338	.329	.386	.395	.723	.724	100	.486	-0.3	-0.0	.592	.137	.092	2.0
1992	29	LAD	NL	313	238	26	3.0	91	.275	.239	.258	.272	.323	.348	.380	.620	.703	76	.351	-9.8	-1.0	.494	.154	.109	2.7
1993	30	SFG	NL	194	132	27	5.5	100	.324	.288	.266	.332	.331	.452	.406	.784	.736	112	.576	2.6	0.2	.727	.237	.164	.0
1994	31	SFG	NL	352	250	40	4.3	104	.329	.265	.267	.304	.333	.399	.418	.703	.751	87	.438	-7.0	-0.7	.616	.189	.134	3.3
1995	32	SFG	NL	13	9	2	6.0	102	.143	.200	.265	.308	.333	.500	.412	.808	.745	114	.595	0.3	0.0	.875	.500	.300	.0
9 Yrs				3106	2246	330	4.0	98	.294	.257	.263	.301	.330	.386	.399	.687	.729	88	.448	-53.1	-5.5	.588	.190	.129	31.9
162 Game Avg.				545	394	58	4.0	98	.294	.257	.263	.301	.330	.386	.399	.687	.729	88	.448	-53.1	-5.5	.588	.190	.129	6

SFG (3 yrs)				559	391	69	4.7	103	.324	.272	.267	.314	.332	.419	.413	.733	.746	96	.492	-4.1	-0.4	.659	.212	.148	3.6
CIN (3 yrs)				1230	900	117	3.5	97	.273	.241	.263	.287	.330	.355	.393	.642	.723	77	.419	-37.2	-3.8	.543	.176	.114	11.9
BOS (2 yrs)				689	497	82	4.4	101	.293	.263	.265	.312	.332	.432	.409	.743	.741	100	.479	-1.6	-0.2	.658	.239	.169	10.5
KCR (1 yr)				315	220	36	4.4	97	.341	.294	.260	.338	.329	.386	.395	.723	.724	100	.486	-0.3	-0.0	.592	.137	.092	2.0
LAD (1 yr)				313	238	26	3.0	91	.275	.239	.258	.272	.323	.348	.380	.620	.703	76	.351	-9.8	-1.0	.494	.154	.109	2.7

NL (7 yrs)				2102	1529	212	3.7	98	.286	.249	.263	.292	.330	.371	.396	.663	.726	82	.431	-51.1	-5.3	.565	.182	.122	18.8
AL (3 yrs)				1004	717	118	4.4	100	.309	.273	.264	.320	.331	.417	.404	.737	.735	100	.481	-1.9	-0.2	.638	.206	.144	12.9

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
1988	25	BOS	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	2	0	0	0	0

1990	27	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	5	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	0	0	0	2
1990	27	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	4	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							13	34	31	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.194	.265	.194	.458	6	3	0	0	0	2
1 ALCS							4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	2	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							5	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	0	0	0	2
1 WS							4	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	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
1987	24	BOS	AL	253	3.2%	16.2%	8.7%	7.9%	32%	1.86	5.4	27.9	5.2		1.13	70%
1988	25	BOS	AL	436	3.0%	18.4%	5.1%	9.6%	41%	3.64	5.1	31.2	5.8	0.67	0.93	72%	22%	10.0%	33%
1989	26	CIN	NL	686	2.5%	17.5%	6.4%	7.0%	31%	2.73	5.2	36.9	8.3	0.75	0.85	73%	16%	7.1%	19%
1990	27	CIN	NL	408	1.2%	16.9%	4.7%	5.2%	22%	3.63	5.4	75.2	8.2	0.91	1.17	76%	22%	3.7%	18%
1991	28	TOT	MLB	451	0.7%	14.6%	6.0%	5.8%	24%	2.44	6.3	138.7	8.2	0.61	0.78	78%	23%	1.6%	16%
1991	28	CIN	NL	136	0.7%	14.7%	7.4%	4.4%	26%	2.00	6.2	123.0	11.2	0.54	0.72	76%	21%	1.7%	15%
1991	28	KCR	AL	315	0.6%	14.6%	5.4%	6.4%	23%	2.71	6.4	146.5	7.3	0.64	0.81	78%	24%	1.6%	17%
1992	29	LAD	NL	313	1.3%	17.3%	4.8%	7.0%	31%	3.60	5.4	73.3	9.5	0.79	1.05	77%	17%	3.5%	15%
1993	30	SFG	NL	194	3.1%	18.0%	6.7%	7.7%	29%	2.69	5.1	29.5	6.8	0.67	0.79	72%	22%	7.6%	9%
1994	31	SFG	NL	352	2.6%	23.9%	4.8%	6.8%	28%	4.94	3.9	36.4	10.6	0.95	1.25	67%	20%	8.0%	10%
1995	32	SFG	NL	13	7.7%	23.1%	15.4%	7.7%	50%	1.50	3.3	10.0	5.0	1.67	5.00	54%	13%	33.3%	0%
9 Yrs				3106	2.1%	17.8%	5.8%	7.1%	30%	3.05	5.2	43.3	7.6	0.76	0.96	73%	20%	5.8%	18%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.2%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.75	5.9	39.6	8.2	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.7%	20%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	24	BOS	AL	1.7	0.2	264	-0.4	4.6	-5.0	1.04	0.0	-0.4	-2.2	-0.2	1.03	-1.0	1.61	8
1988	25	BOS	AL	-4.1	-0.4	449	-0.1	7.8	-7.9	1.00	-0.8	0.7	-0.3	-0.0	1.02	-1.1	1.67	7
1989	26	CIN	NL	-10.9	-1.2	708	-1.5	10.4	-11.9	1.02	-0.8	-0.7	-8.8	-0.9	0.96	-4.9	3.43	3
1990	27	CIN	NL	-16.2	-1.6	418	-0.2	6.9	-7.0	1.08	-1.2	1.1	-4.7	-0.5	1.02	-10.7	1.36	15
1991	28	TOT	MLB	-10.3	-1.1	468	-1.5	7.7	-9.2	1.11	-0.6	-0.7	-9.6	-1.0	1.01	-8.7	1.49	22
1991	28	CIN	NL	-10.0	-1.0	140	-1.0	2.1	-3.2	1.21	-0.4	-0.4	-12.1	-1.2	1.07	-7.2	1.03	18
1991	28	KCR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	328	-0.4	5.6	-6.0	1.06	-0.2	-0.2	2.5	0.2	0.98	-1.5	3.54	4
1992	29	LAD	NL	-9.8	-1.0	323	0.1	6.3	-6.2	1.13	-0.5	0.6	-4.6	-0.5	0.97	-7.1	1.75	48
1993	30	SFG	NL	2.4	0.2	196	0.1	3.2	-3.1	.99	-0.0	0.2	1.5	0.2	0.98	2.4	1.29	41
1994	31	SFG	NL	-7.0	-0.7	356	-0.0	5.7	-5.8	.98	-0.1	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.91	0.5	1.39	14
1995	32	SFG	NL	0.3	0.0	13	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.30	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.98	-0.3	1.39	6
9 Yrs				-54.1	-5.6	3195	-3.5	52.8	-56.3	1.05	-4.2	0.9	-35.3	-3.6	0.99	-31.0	1.54	164

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	24	BOS	AL	2	36%	99	5	4	56%	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	43%	14	8	6	4	3	1	10	4	5
1988	25	BOS	AL	2	30%	163	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	40%	11	7	4	8	6	2	11	4	6
1989	26	CIN	NL	12	34%	258	3	7	30%	3	5	0	0	2	4	1	5	14	37%	35	26	8	16	8	8	16	7	9
1990	27	CIN	NL	5	27%	147	3	4	43%	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	37%	27	18	9	3	3	0	11	4	6
1991	28	TOT	MLB	3	24%	162	4	6	40%	4	5	0	1	0	2	0	4	11	30%	33	24	9	8	5	3	9	5	3
1991	28	CIN	NL	1	19%	41	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	25%	8	7	1	2	1	1	2	0	1
1991	28	KCR	AL	2	26%	121	2	6	25%	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	10	32%	25	17	8	6	4	2	7	5	2
1992	29	LAD	NL	2	25%	109	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	27%	8	8	0	3	3	0	11	4	6
1993	30	SFG	NL	2	33%	74	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	29%	11	9	1	3	2	1	3	0	3
1994	31	SFG	NL	4	24%	139	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	36%	17	11	6	4	3	1	12	6	5
1995	32	SFG	NL	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9 Yrs				32	29%	1155	21	29	42%	19	25	2	2	2	8	1	22	63	36%	157	112	43	49	33	16	84	34	44

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
1987	24	BOS	AL	253	100%	62			8	2	0	0	1.61	8	1	17	6	2	5	3	0	3	3	100%	62	5	8%	39	13	33%	200	36	18%	28	13	46%	21	8	38%	0
1988	25	BOS	AL	436	100%	103	7	0	7	3	0	2	1.67	13	0	21	12	1	6	7	0	7	6	86%	80	8	10%	49	16	33%	324	61	19%	29	18	62%	21	9	43%	0
1989	26	CIN	NL	686	100%	154	17	0	3	1	0	0	3.43	17	2	13	10	7	6	11	0	4	4	100%	104	5	5%	70	29	41%	422	60	14%	44	24	55%	24	14	58%	0
1990	27	CIN	NL	408	100%	95	10	0	15	0	0	1	1.36	5	0	18	3	2	4	1	0	2	2	100%	79	3	4%	48	25	52%	285	48	17%	34	25	74%	21	14	67%	0
1991	28	TOT	MLB	451	100%	109	34	0	22	3	0	1	1.49	3	1	17	2	1	2	1	0	2	2	100%	73	7	10%	36	11	31%	317	50	16%	24	14	58%	19	12	63%	0
1991	28	CIN	NL	136	100%	23	8	0	18	2	0	1	1.03	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	20	2	10%	13	6	46%	106	11	10%	7	3	43%	3	2	67%	0
1991	28	KCR	AL	315	100%	86	26	0	4	1	0	0	3.54	2	1	10	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	53	5	9%	23	5	22%	211	39	18%	17	11	65%	16	10	63%	0
1992	29	LAD	NL	313	100%	70	24	0	48	13	2	4	1.75	4	2	12	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		54	6	11%	27	9	33%	194	30	15%	18	11	61%	10	7	70%	0
1993	30	SFG	NL	194	100%	51	2	0	41	8	0	4	1.29	6	0	7	4	2	0	6	0	1	1	100%	38	2	5%	23	12	52%	135	20	15%	15	5	33%	14	11	79%	0
1994	31	SFG	NL	352	100%	87	9	0	14	5	2	2	1.39	9	0	8	8	1	5	4	0	4	3	75%	52	3	6%	33	11	33%	195	23	12%	11	4	36%	18	8	44%	0
1995	32	SFG	NL	13	100%	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1.39	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
9 Yrs				3106	100%	733	103	0	164	36	4	14	1.54	66	6	114	48	18	30	36	0	23	21	91%	544	39	7%	326	127	39%	2080	329	16%	204	115	56%	148	83	56%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			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	25	BOS	AL	428	1521	3.55	1016	67%	24%	16%	28%	32%	76%	2%	51%	79%	27%	4%	19	0	15%	63	27	4%	19	14	21%	8	0	0
1989	26	CIN	NL	687	2428	3.53	1527	63%	21%	17%	28%	34%	78%	6%	49%	78%	32%	7%	48	2	18%	124	48	7%	47	37	23%	-1	0	6
1990	27	CIN	NL	407	1396	3.43	910	65%	20%	17%	27%	34%	79%	3%	52%	77%	32%	4%	16	0	15%	60	29	5%	20	16	15%	1	2	9
1991	28	TOT	MLB	451	1551	3.44	1026	66%	20%	15%	30%	35%	80%	3%	53%	81%	33%	3%	15	1	13%	57	27	5%	24	14	15%	0	0	0
1991	28	CIN	NL	136	469	3.45	306	65%	21%	16%	28%	35%	79%	4%	52%	79%	35%	5%	7	0	11%	15	4	7%	9	5	30%	0	0	0
1991	28	KCR	AL	315	1082	3.43	720	67%	19%	15%	31%	35%	81%	2%	54%	82%	33%	3%	8	1	13%	42	23	5%	15	9	9%	0	0	0
1992	29	LAD	NL	313	1108	3.54	727	66%	20%	18%	28%	34%	80%	1%	52%	77%	32%	4%	14	1	14%	44	22	6%	20	16	15%	0	0	0
1993	30	SFG	NL	188	657	3.49	418	64%	22%	17%	26%	34%	78%	2%	49%	78%	32%	4%	8	2	14%	27	17	8%	15	9	19%	6	0	0
1994	31	SFG	NL	343	1274	3.71	826	65%	21%	22%	28%	29%	79%	3%	51%	72%	38%	6%	20	2	17%	59	28	7%	23	13	15%	9	0	1
1995	32	SFG	NL	13	51	3.92	30	59%	30%	30%	13%	27%	70%	19%	41%	57%	15%	8%	1	0	8%	1	0	8%	1	1	67%	0	0	0
8 Yrs				2830	9986	3.53	6480	65%	21%	17%	28%	33%	79%	3%	51%	78%	32%	5%	141	8	15%	435	198	6%	169	120	18%	23	2	16
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1987	24	73	253	223	36	62	11	1	8	43	5	4	22	41	.278	.344	.444	.788	106	99	5	2	3	3	3
1988	25	193	689	628	83	165	39	2	21	113	7	7	44	121	.263	.312	.432	.743	100	271	13	3	9	5	7
1989	26	354	1375	1256	162	319	67	5	38	189	10	14	88	241	.254	.302	.406	.709	94	510	18	5	13	13	20
1990	27	472	1783	1632	197	414	81	7	43	235	13	18	107	310	.254	.300	.391	.691	89	638	21	9	15	20	24
1991	28	601	2234	2048	233	523	99	12	46	286	17	24	134	376	.255	.302	.383	.685	87	784	28	12	17	23	28
1992	29	722	2547	2341	257	593	115	14	50	317	19	28	149	430	.253	.298	.378	.676	86	886	34	12	17	28	29
1993	30	808	2741	2518	282	644	122	16	56	343	19	28	162	465	.256	.300	.384	.684	88	966	36	12	18	31	30
1994	31	915	3093	2846	314	731	135	18	65	374	21	29	179	549	.257	.301	.385	.686	88	1097	39	14	21	33	34
1995	32	924	3106	2856	316	733	135	18	66	376	21	29	181	552	.257	.301	.386	.687	88	1102	39	14	21	34	35

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	24	73	250	221	34	60	11	1	8	41	5	21	41	.271	.336	.439	.775	32	73
1988	25	120	438	407	49	105	29	1	13	72	2	22	80	.258	.296	.430	.726	52	120
1989	26	161	695	635	85	161	29	3	18	82	3	46	120	.254	.302	.394	.696	76	161
1990	27	118	408	376	35	95	14	2	5	46	3	19	69	.253	.291	.340	.631	37	118
1991	28	129	457	421	38	114	19	5	3	54	4	28	66	.271	.319	.361	.680	48	129
1992	29	121	319	298	27	75	17	2	4	35	2	16	54	.252	.285	.362	.648	32	121
1993	30	86	195	178	26	52	7	2	6	27	0	13	35	.292	.335	.455	.790	28	86
1994	31	151	496	462	46	123	18	3	13	44	3	24	118	.266	.305	.403	.707	56	107
1995	32	10	16	12	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	3	3	.250	.375	.750	1.125	2	9
9 Yrs		969	3274	3010	343	788	144	19	72	404	22	192	586	.262	.306	.394	.700	363	924
162 Game Avg.		162	547	503	57	132	24	3	12	68	4	32	98	.262	.306	.394	.700	61	924

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1989 NL 161 (5th)	At Bats s c a p y 1989 NL 628 (1st)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1989 NL 686 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1989 NL 120 (7th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1989 NL 8 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1989 NL 498 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Chris James (939)
Dick Sisler (935)
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