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Dave Bergman

David Bruce Bergman

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 6, 1953 in Evanston, IL
High School: Maine South HS (Park Ridge, IL)
School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1975
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants/Astros/Yankees 1975-1992

Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1975 22 NYY AL 7 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 -68 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1977 24 NYY AL 5 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 /3879
1978 25 HOU NL 104 228 186 15 43 5 1 0 12 2 0 39 32 .231 .361 .269 .630 86 50 5 0 1 2 9 37
1979 26 HOU NL 13 15 15 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .600 1.000 177 9 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1980 27 HOU NL 90 91 78 12 20 6 1 0 3 1 0 10 10 .256 .341 .359 .700 103 28 1 0 3 0 2 3/79
1981 28 TOT NL 69 173 151 17 38 9 0 4 14 2 0 19 18 .252 .333 .391 .724 107 59 4 0 2 1 3 37
1981 28 HOU NL 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833 133 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1981 28 SFG NL 63 167 145 16 37 9 0 3 13 2 0 19 18 .255 .339 .379 .719 106 55 4 0 2 1 3 37
1982 29 SFG NL 100 140 121 22 33 3 1 4 14 3 0 18 11 .273 .364 .413 .778 119 50 1 0 0 1 3 3/79
1983 30 SFG NL 90 167 140 16 40 4 1 6 24 2 1 24 21 .286 .394 .457 .851 139 64 5 1 2 0 2 3/7
1984 31 DET AL 120 316 271 42 74 8 5 7 44 3 4 33 40 .273 .351 .417 .768 113 113 4 3 3 6 2 *3/79
1985 32 DET AL 69 157 140 8 25 2 0 3 7 0 0 14 15 .179 .250 .257 .507 40 36 6 0 1 2 0 3/D7
1986 33 DET AL 65 151 130 14 30 6 1 1 9 0 0 21 16 .231 .338 .315 .653 80 41 3 0 0 0 0 3/D79
1987 34 DET AL 91 207 172 25 47 7 3 6 22 0 1 30 23 .273 .379 .453 .832 124 78 1 1 1 3 4 3/D97
1988 35 DET AL 116 333 289 37 85 14 0 5 35 0 2 38 34 .294 .372 .394 .766 119 114 7 0 2 4 2 3D7
1989 36 DET AL 137 436 385 38 103 13 1 7 37 1 3 44 44 .268 .345 .361 .706 102 139 5 2 4 1 3 *3/D7
1990 37 DET AL 100 241 205 21 57 10 1 2 26 3 2 33 17 .278 .375 .366 .741 108 75 7 0 1 2 3 D3/7
1991 38 DET AL 86 231 194 23 46 10 1 7 29 1 1 35 40 .237 .351 .407 .758 108 79 2 0 0 2 2 3D/7
1992 39 DET AL 87 204 181 17 42 3 0 1 10 1 0 20 19 .232 .305 .265 .571 62 48 4 0 1 2 1 3D/7
17 Yrs 1349 3114 2679 312 690 100 16 54 289 19 14 380 347 .258 .348 .367 .716 102 984 55 7 21 27 36
162 Game Avg. 162 374 322 37 83 12 2 6 35 2 2 46 42 .258 .348 .367 .716 102 118 7 1 3 3 4
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
DET (9 yrs) 871 2276 1967 225 509 73 12 39 219 9 13 268 248 .259 .346 .368 .714 100 723 39 6 13 22 17
HOU (4 yrs) 213 340 285 32 70 11 2 2 18 3 0 49 45 .246 .354 .319 .673 97 91 6 0 4 2 11
SFG (3 yrs) 253 474 406 54 110 16 2 13 51 7 1 61 50 .271 .366 .416 .782 121 169 10 1 4 2 8
NYY (2 yrs) 12 24 21 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .048 .125 .048 .173 -49 1 0 0 0 1 0
AL (11 yrs) 883 2300 1988 226 510 73 12 39 220 9 13 270 252 .257 .344 .364 .708 98 724 39 6 13 23 17
NL (6 yrs) 466 814 691 86 180 27 4 15 69 10 1 110 95 .260 .361 .376 .737 111 260 16 1 8 4 19

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
1975 22 NYY AL 7 19 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .444 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /9
1977 24 NYY AL 5 5 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .473 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /3879
1978 25 HOU NL 104 228 -6 0 0 1 -5 -9 -1.0 7 -2 -0.3 .490 .494 -0.5 -0.3 -4 $ 37
1979 26 HOU NL 13 15 1 -0 0 -0 -0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /3
1980 27 HOU NL 90 91 0 0 0 3 -2 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.2 0.2 2 $ 3/79
1981 28 HOU NL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ /3
1981 28 SFG NL 63 167 -0 0 -0 2 -3 -2 -0.1 5 3 0.4 .497 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 37
1982 29 SFG NL 100 140 2 2 1 -2 -2 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.7 -0.4 6 $ 3/79
1983 30 SFG NL 90 167 8 0 -1 0 -2 6 0.6 5 11 1.1 .507 .504 1.1 -0.2 10 $ 3/7
1984 31 DET AL 120 316 5 -0 -0 9 -5 9 1.0 10 19 1.9 .508 .506 1.0 0.6 9 $ *3/79
1985 32 DET AL 69 157 -13 -0 -0 0 -3 -16 -1.6 5 -11 -1.2 .476 .490 -1.2 -0.2 -11 $262,500 3/D7
1986 33 DET AL 65 151 -4 0 0 -0 -3 -7 -0.7 5 -3 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $316,667 3/D79
1987 34 DET AL 91 207 7 1 0 -2 -4 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .502 .501 1.1 -0.6 10 $331,667 3/D97
1988 35 DET AL 116 333 10 -1 -0 2 -8 3 0.4 10 13 1.4 .502 .502 1.2 -0.5 11 $360,000 3D7
1989 36 DET AL 137 436 2 -2 1 -4 -8 -10 -0.9 13 3 0.4 .492 .493 0.8 -1.1 7 $437,500 *3/D7
1990 37 DET AL 100 241 5 -0 -0 0 -7 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.5 .497 .498 0.6 -0.7 6 $525,000 D3/7
1991 38 DET AL 86 231 2 1 0 0 -5 -1 -0.0 8 7 0.7 .499 .499 0.7 -0.4 6 $575,000 3D/7
1992 39 DET AL 87 204 -9 -0 0 -0 -4 -14 -1.5 7 -7 -0.8 .482 .491 -0.8 -0.4 -7 $375,000 3D/7
17 Seasons 1349 3114 6 1 1 9 -61 -44 -3.7 97 54 5.5 .497 .498 4.7 -4.5 45 $3,183,334
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (9 yrs) 871 2276 5 -2 1 5 -47 -38 -3.2 72 34 3.5 .495 .497 3.2 -3.6 29 $3,183,334
HOU (4 yrs) 213 340 -4 0 0 4 -7 -6 -0.6 10 4 0.4 .497 .499 -0.2 -0.2 0 $
SFG (3 yrs) 253 474 9 3 -0 0 -8 4 0.6 14 19 2.0 .502 .501 2.0 -0.6 18 $
NYY (2 yrs) 12 24 -4 0 0 -0 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .456 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -4 $

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
1975 22 NYY AL 19 17 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .257 .105 .327 .000 .377 .105 .704 -68 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .118 .118 .000
1977 24 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 99 .200 .250 .265 .200 .329 .250 .404 .450 .732 23 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1978 25 HOU NL 228 151 20 3.6 88 .276 .231 .252 .361 .319 .269 .371 .630 .690 86 .426 -0.8 -0.1 .615 .258 .038 .0
1979 26 HOU NL 15 9 4 12.0 94 .455 .400 .262 .400 .326 .600 .388 1.000 .715 177 .861 1.4 0.1 1.000 .200 .200 .0
1980 27 HOU NL 91 62 10 4.4 88 .294 .256 .257 .341 .318 .359 .373 .700 .691 103 .513 0.8 0.1 .661 .244 .103 .0
1981 28 TOT NL 173 120 20 4.5 90 .262 .252 .260 .333 .325 .391 .373 .724 .698 107 .542 1.8 0.2 .684 .278 .139 2.7
1981 28 HOU NL 6 5 1 5.4 88 .000 .167 .257 .167 .321 .667 .368 .833 .689 133 .623 0.1 0.0 .800 .500 .500 .0
1981 28 SFG NL 167 115 19 4.5 90 .272 .255 .260 .339 .325 .379 .373 .719 .698 106 .538 1.7 0.2 .679 .269 .124 2.4
1982 29 SFG NL 140 90 20 6.0 94 .271 .273 .264 .364 .327 .413 .384 .778 .712 119 .656 3.4 0.4 .798 .314 .140 3.4
1983 30 SFG NL 167 108 25 6.2 94 .301 .286 .260 .394 .328 .457 .385 .851 .712 139 .668 8.0 0.8 .849 .350 .171 3.0
1984 31 DET AL 316 214 41 5.1 96 .291 .273 .263 .351 .325 .417 .396 .768 .721 113 .558 5.8 0.6 .722 .262 .144 4.2
1985 32 DET AL 157 124 9 1.9 98 .177 .179 .260 .250 .326 .257 .404 .507 .730 40 .171 -11.6 -1.2 .413 .179 .079 .0
1986 33 DET AL 151 103 15 3.9 100 .257 .231 .262 .338 .329 .315 .408 .653 .737 80 .417 -3.1 -0.3 .602 .246 .085 .0
1987 34 DET AL 207 131 32 6.5 102 .281 .273 .260 .379 .328 .453 .418 .832 .746 124 .622 7.2 0.7 .850 .349 .180 .0
1988 35 DET AL 333 219 43 5.3 91 .315 .294 .255 .372 .319 .394 .384 .766 .703 119 .580 9.4 0.9 .704 .225 .100 .0
1989 36 DET AL 436 295 50 4.5 92 .287 .268 .258 .345 .323 .361 .380 .706 .703 102 .521 1.6 0.2 .631 .203 .094 1.8
1990 37 DET AL 241 160 29 4.8 95 .293 .278 .260 .375 .329 .366 .389 .741 .718 108 .546 3.8 0.4 .694 .254 .088 2.4
1991 38 DET AL 231 153 30 5.3 98 .262 .237 .262 .351 .331 .407 .398 .758 .730 108 .568 3.1 0.3 .755 .351 .170 1.8
1992 39 DET AL 204 146 16 3.0 94 .252 .232 .259 .305 .328 .265 .385 .571 .713 62 .325 -9.0 -0.9 .483 .149 .033 1.0
17 Yrs 3114 2106 364 4.6 94 .276 .258 .259 .348 .325 .367 .389 .716 .714 102 .522 17.5 1.7 .669 .253 .110 28.1
162 Game Avg. 374 253 44 4.6 94 .276 .258 .259 .348 .325 .367 .389 .716 .714 102 .522 2 0 .669 .253 .110 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (9 yrs) 2276 1545 265 4.6 95 .276 .259 .260 .346 .326 .368 .393 .714 .719 100 .509 7.1 0.7 .658 .243 .109 14.6
HOU (4 yrs) 340 227 35 4.1 88 .283 .246 .254 .354 .319 .319 .373 .673 .692 97 .493 1.5 0.2 .647 .256 .074 2.4
SFG (3 yrs) 474 313 64 5.5 93 .281 .271 .261 .366 .327 .416 .380 .782 .707 121 .623 13.2 1.4 .772 .310 .145 9.1
NYY (2 yrs) 24 21 0 0.0 93 .056 .048 .258 .125 .327 .048 .382 .173 .709 -49 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .150 .095 .000
AL (11 yrs) 2300 1566 265 4.5 95 .274 .257 .260 .344 .326 .364 .393 .708 .719 98 .503 2.9 0.2 .651 .241 .108 14.6
NL (6 yrs) 814 540 99 4.9 91 .282 .260 .258 .361 .324 .376 .377 .737 .701 111 .574 14.6 1.5 .720 .288 .116 12.0

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
1980 27 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1984 31 DET AL ALCS KCR W 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1984 31 DET AL WS SDP W 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 34 DET AL ALCS MIN L 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .200 .250 .450 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 15 14 13 1 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 .231 .214 .385 .599 5 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 6 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .400 .333 .400 .733 2 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1975 22 NYY AL 19 0.0% 21.1% 10.5% 0.0% 2.00 4.3 1.60 68%
1977 24 NYY AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 0.33 100%
1978 25 HOU NL 228 0.0% 14.0% 17.1% 2.6% 14% 0.82 5.8 15.5 1.00 68%
1979 26 HOU NL 15 6.7% 20.0% 0.0% 6.7% 17% 5.0 15.0 7.5 0.00 73%
1980 27 HOU NL 91 0.0% 11.0% 11.0% 7.7% 35% 1.00 7.8 26.0 1.04 75%
1981 28 TOT NL 173 2.3% 10.4% 11.0% 7.5% 34% 0.95 8.4 37.8 10.8 0.80 75%
1981 28 HOU NL 6 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 6.0 6.0 0.67 83%
1981 28 SFG NL 167 1.8% 10.8% 11.4% 7.2% 32% 0.95 8.1 48.3 11.2 0.81 75%
1982 29 SFG NL 140 2.9% 7.9% 12.9% 5.7% 24% 0.61 11.0 30.3 8.6 0.59 76%
1983 30 SFG NL 167 3.6% 12.6% 14.4% 6.6% 28% 0.88 6.7 23.3 5.8 1.15 68%
1984 31 DET AL 316 2.2% 12.7% 10.4% 6.3% 27% 1.21 6.8 38.7 6.2 0.92 73%
1985 32 DET AL 157 1.9% 9.6% 8.9% 3.2% 20% 1.07 9.3 46.7 20.0 1.12 79%
1986 33 DET AL 151 0.7% 10.6% 13.9% 5.3% 27% 0.76 8.1 130.0 14.4 1.05 75%
1987 34 DET AL 207 2.9% 11.1% 14.5% 7.7% 34% 0.77 7.5 28.7 7.8 0.93 71%
1988 35 DET AL 333 1.5% 10.2% 11.4% 5.7% 22% 0.89 8.5 57.8 8.3 0.76 1.09 76% 23% 4.7% 26%
1989 36 DET AL 436 1.6% 10.1% 10.1% 4.8% 20% 1.00 8.8 55.0 10.4 0.68 0.86 77% 25% 4.0% 13%
1990 37 DET AL 241 0.8% 7.1% 13.7% 5.4% 23% 0.52 12.1 102.5 7.9 0.85 1.25 78% 21% 2.4% 19%
1991 38 DET AL 231 3.0% 17.3% 15.2% 7.8% 39% 1.14 4.9 27.7 6.7 0.68 0.96 65% 22% 8.6% 12%
1992 39 DET AL 204 0.5% 9.3% 9.8% 2.0% 10% 0.95 9.5 181.0 18.1 0.69 0.70 80% 17% 1.3% 21%
17 Yrs 3114 1.7% 11.1% 12.2% 5.5% 25% 0.91 7.7 49.6 9.3 0.73 0.94 74% 22% 4.2% 18%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.63 6.4 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 22 NYY AL -3.8 -0.4 19 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.00 -0.4 0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.90 -3.9 1.52 0
1977 24 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .66 -0.1 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.01 -0.5 0.15 0
1978 25 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 233 -0.5 3.0 -3.5 1.01 -0.7 0.3 -6.4 -0.7 0.97 -6.8 1.41 16
1979 26 HOU NL 1.4 0.1 15 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.17 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.84 1.4 1.29 10
1980 27 HOU NL 0.8 0.1 94 0.2 1.8 -1.6 1.12 -0.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.91 -0.0 1.21 24
1981 28 TOT NL 1.8 0.2 178 -0.8 3.1 -3.8 1.18 -0.1 -0.6 -2.1 -0.2 1.01 -0.9 1.97 23
1981 28 HOU NL 0.1 0.0 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .83 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.73 0.0 0.99 5
1981 28 SFG NL 1.7 0.2 172 -0.7 3.0 -3.7 1.20 -0.1 -0.5 -2.3 -0.2 1.02 -0.9 2.24 18
1982 29 SFG NL 3.4 0.4 146 0.3 2.9 -2.6 1.12 0.2 0.1 2.8 0.3 0.97 3.1 1.74 21
1983 30 SFG NL 8.0 0.8 172 1.5 4.7 -3.2 1.16 0.9 0.4 12.6 1.3 1.00 10.5 2.03 31
1984 31 DET AL 5.4 0.5 328 1.5 6.1 -4.6 .91 0.4 1.2 11.1 1.1 0.99 5.1 1.12 23
1985 32 DET AL -11.8 -1.2 159 -1.3 2.4 -3.8 1.22 -1.3 0.2 -17.0 -1.7 0.97 -16.1 1.69 24
1986 33 DET AL -3.1 -0.3 152 -0.3 2.4 -2.7 .98 -0.3 0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.93 -5.0 1.47 23
1987 34 DET AL 7.2 0.7 209 -0.0 3.0 -3.1 .88 0.8 -0.9 4.1 0.4 0.95 8.6 1.45 21
1988 35 DET AL 9.0 0.9 341 0.0 6.0 -6.0 1.06 0.9 -0.9 4.2 0.4 0.93 10.7 1.74 24
1989 36 DET AL 1.6 0.2 442 -0.8 6.5 -7.3 1.02 0.1 -0.8 -1.1 -0.1 0.94 1.3 2.53 18
1990 37 DET AL 3.8 0.4 247 -0.4 4.3 -4.7 1.12 0.6 -1.0 2.1 0.2 0.99 6.7 2.78 33
1991 38 DET AL 3.1 0.3 238 1.1 4.5 -3.4 1.02 0.5 0.6 8.1 0.8 0.95 3.9 2.26 25
1992 39 DET AL -9.2 -0.9 206 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 .97 -0.9 0.1 -9.1 -0.9 0.95 -10.2 1.84 22
17 Yrs 16.3 1.6 3185 -0.6 53.8 -54.4 1.04 0.7 -1.3 -0.4 -0.1 0.96 7.7 1.82 338
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1975 22 NYY AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 NYY AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 25 HOU NL 0 0 18% 111 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 36% 13 9 3 3 1 2 9 4 4
1979 26 HOU NL 0 0 60% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 27 HOU NL 1 0 40% 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 43% 6 5 1 1 0 1 7 2 4
1981 28 TOT NL 0 0 25% 74 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 38% 11 8 3 3 2 1 7 2 4
1981 28 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 28 SFG NL 0 0 25% 74 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 38% 11 8 3 3 2 1 7 2 4
1982 29 SFG NL 0 0 38% 60 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 55% 15 7 8 0 0 0 7 3 4
1983 30 SFG NL 2 0 17% 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 54% 9 5 4 2 0 1 2 0 2
1984 31 DET AL 4 0 34% 119 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 9 53% 14 5 9 7 4 2 9 4 5
1985 32 DET AL 0 0 14% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22% 7 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1986 33 DET AL 0 0 26% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29% 6 6 0 2 2 0 9 4 5
1987 34 DET AL 4 0 26% 83 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 41% 15 9 6 6 4 2 6 2 3
1988 35 DET AL 5 0 27% 171 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 40% 20 13 6 3 3 0 15 5 9
1989 36 DET AL 5 0 22% 172 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 30% 26 21 5 4 4 0 10 3 7
1990 37 DET AL 5 0 22% 127 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 36% 15 13 2 2 1 1 8 2 6
1991 38 DET AL 2 0 22% 74 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 33% 11 7 4 4 3 1 3 2 1
1992 39 DET AL 1 0 26% 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21% 13 13 0 3 2 1 3 0 3
17 Yrs 29 0 25% 1310 19 14 58% 19 11 0 3 0 0 6 2 10 83 39% 185 128 55 41 27 12 98 35 58
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

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
1975 22 NYY AL 19 79% 0 0 0 0 0 1.52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1977 24 NYY AL 5 80% 1 0 0 0 1 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1978 25 HOU NL 228 88% 43 16 2 0 2 1.41 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 38 5 13% 25 11 44% 149 12 8% 22 8 36% 17 11 65% 0
1979 26 HOU NL 15 100% 6 10 5 1 2 1.29 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1980 27 HOU NL 91 87% 20 24 4 0 1 1.21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 20 1 5% 9 3 33% 48 4 8% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 0
1981 28 TOT NL 173 96% 38 23 4 1 3 1.97 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 34 4 12% 21 4 19% 101 10 10% 9 3 33% 4 3 75% 0
1981 28 HOU NL 6 100% 1 5 1 1 1 0.99 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 28 SFG NL 167 96% 37 18 3 0 2 2.24 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 34 4 12% 21 4 19% 101 10 10% 9 3 33% 4 3 75% 0
1982 29 SFG NL 140 86% 33 21 5 0 1 1.74 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 30 1 3% 11 2 18% 92 10 11% 13 6 46% 4 1 25% 0
1983 30 SFG NL 167 92% 40 31 11 2 7 2.03 6 0 5 5 1 3 3 0 2 2 100% 35 5 14% 19 6 32% 108 19 18% 10 5 50% 10 7 70% 0
1984 31 DET AL 316 92% 74 23 7 1 6 1.12 7 0 13 7 0 4 3 0 3 3 100% 61 4 7% 24 14 58% 223 39 17% 23 16 70% 11 8 73% 0
1985 32 DET AL 157 96% 25 24 6 0 1 1.69 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 37 6 16% 21 7 33% 91 4 4% 7 3 43% 7 3 43% 0
1986 33 DET AL 151 92% 30 23 5 0 2 1.47 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 3 10% 10 2 20% 96 9 9% 8 3 38% 3 1 33% 0
1987 34 DET AL 207 91% 47 21 4 0 3 1.45 6 0 3 6 0 4 2 0 2 1 50% 35 1 3% 15 6 40% 135 17 13% 11 6 55% 5 3 60% 0
1988 35 DET AL 333 94% 85 10 2 24 3 0 3 1.74 5 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 3 2 67% 63 7 11% 37 16 43% 191 32 17% 20 11 55% 13 6 46% 0
1989 36 DET AL 436 84% 103 9 1 18 1 0 1 2.53 7 0 11 7 0 6 1 0 6 4 67% 80 5 6% 38 11 29% 267 33 12% 24 12 50% 15 8 53% 0
1990 37 DET AL 241 94% 57 5 0 33 6 0 5 2.78 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 61 7 11% 21 8 38% 175 27 15% 22 13 59% 9 8 89% 0
1991 38 DET AL 231 90% 46 12 1 25 3 0 2 2.26 7 0 6 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 40 2 5% 18 8 44% 136 22 16% 15 9 60% 7 3 43% 0
1992 39 DET AL 204 92% 42 16 0 22 6 1 2 1.84 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 45 4 9% 21 8 38% 128 11 9% 12 5 42% 10 7 70% 0
17 Yrs 3114 91% 690 52 4 338 72 6 42 1.82 54 0 82 52 2 30 24 0 25 21 84% 612 55 9% 297 107 36% 1960 251 13% 203 102 50% 123 71 58% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

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 35 DET AL 330 1210 3.67 718 59% 38% 8% 19% 36% 62% 2% 37% 88% 22% 8% 25 1 19% 62 20 10% 34 14 41% 3 1 0
1989 36 DET AL 427 1665 3.90 998 60% 32% 8% 26% 34% 68% 1% 40% 88% 22% 6% 26 0 19% 79 27 13% 55 26 37% 9 0 2
1990 37 DET AL 222 823 3.71 460 56% 33% 6% 23% 38% 66% 3% 37% 90% 26% 9% 21 0 22% 48 9 14% 31 15 47% 19 0 3
1991 38 DET AL 232 1015 4.38 601 59% 34% 10% 30% 26% 66% 1% 39% 85% 22% 8% 18 4 22% 52 15 14% 33 17 35% -1 0 0
1992 39 DET AL 204 791 3.88 475 60% 32% 9% 25% 35% 68% 0% 41% 87% 21% 5% 10 0 19% 38 12 7% 14 8 42% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1415 5504 3.89 3252 59% 34% 8% 24% 34% 66% 2% 39% 88% 22% 7% 100 5 20% 279 83 12% 167 80 39% 30 1 5
MLB Averages 3.62 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
1975 22 7 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 -68 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 7 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 -68 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 24 12 24 21 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .048 .125 .048 .173 -49 1 0 0 0 1 0
1978 25 116 252 207 16 44 5 1 0 13 2 0 41 36 .213 .339 .246 .585 72 51 5 0 1 3 9
1979 26 129 267 222 20 50 5 1 1 15 2 0 41 39 .225 .342 .270 .612 79 60 5 0 1 3 9
1980 27 219 358 300 32 70 11 2 1 18 3 0 51 49 .233 .342 .293 .635 85 88 6 0 4 3 11
1981 28 288 531 451 49 108 20 2 5 32 5 0 70 67 .239 .339 .326 .665 93 147 10 0 6 4 14
1982 29 388 671 572 71 141 23 3 9 46 8 0 88 78 .247 .344 .344 .689 98 197 11 0 6 5 17
1983 30 478 838 712 87 181 27 4 15 70 10 1 112 99 .254 .354 .367 .721 107 261 16 1 8 5 19
1984 31 598 1154 983 129 255 35 9 22 114 13 5 145 139 .259 .353 .380 .734 109 374 20 4 11 11 21
1985 32 667 1311 1123 137 280 37 9 25 121 13 5 159 154 .249 .341 .365 .706 100 410 26 4 12 13 21
1986 33 732 1462 1253 151 310 43 10 26 130 13 5 180 170 .247 .341 .360 .701 98 451 29 4 12 13 21
1987 34 823 1669 1425 176 357 50 13 32 152 13 6 210 193 .251 .345 .371 .717 101 529 30 5 13 16 25
1988 35 939 2002 1714 213 442 64 13 37 187 13 8 248 227 .258 .350 .375 .725 104 643 37 5 15 20 27
1989 36 1076 2438 2099 251 545 77 14 44 224 14 11 292 271 .260 .349 .373 .721 104 782 42 7 19 21 30
1990 37 1176 2679 2304 272 602 87 15 46 250 17 13 325 288 .261 .351 .372 .723 104 857 49 7 20 23 33
1991 38 1262 2910 2498 295 648 97 16 53 279 18 14 360 328 .259 .351 .375 .726 104 936 51 7 20 25 35
1992 39 1349 3114 2679 312 690 100 16 54 289 19 14 380 347 .258 .348 .367 .716 102 984 55 7 21 27 36

Neutralized Batting

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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
1975 22 7 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 7
1977 24 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1978 25 104 238 191 18 48 6 1 0 14 2 44 32 .251 .388 .293 .681 22 104
1979 26 13 15 15 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 .400 .400 .600 1.000 4 13
1980 27 90 94 80 14 22 7 1 0 3 1 11 10 .275 .363 .388 .750 11 90
1981 28 104 267 232 29 61 14 0 6 24 3 30 27 .263 .345 .401 .746 33 69
1982 29 100 143 123 24 35 3 1 4 15 3 19 11 .285 .378 .423 .800 20 100
1983 30 90 172 143 18 43 4 1 6 27 2 26 21 .301 .412 .469 .880 28 90
1984 31 120 322 275 45 78 8 5 7 48 3 35 40 .284 .364 .425 .789 43 120
1985 32 69 159 141 9 26 2 0 3 8 0 15 15 .184 .259 .262 .522 10 69
1986 33 65 151 130 14 30 6 1 1 9 0 21 16 .231 .338 .315 .653 14 65
1987 34 91 207 172 25 47 7 3 6 22 0 30 23 .273 .379 .453 .832 30 91
1988 35 116 342 295 41 91 15 0 5 39 0 41 34 .308 .388 .410 .798 48 116
1989 36 137 446 392 42 110 14 1 7 41 1 47 44 .281 .360 .375 .735 53 137
1990 37 100 246 208 23 60 11 1 2 28 3 35 17 .288 .388 .380 .768 31 100
1991 38 86 233 195 24 47 10 1 7 30 1 36 40 .241 .356 .410 .766 29 86
1992 39 87 207 183 18 44 3 0 1 11 1 21 19 .240 .316 .273 .589 16 87
17 Yrs 1384 3266 2796 348 748 110 16 56 321 20 413 356 .268 .360 .378 .738 392 1349
162 Game Avg. 162 382 327 41 88 13 2 7 38 2 48 42 .268 .360 .378 .738 46 1349
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mike Hegan (917)
  6. Jim Delsing (914)
  7. Rich Reese (914)
  8. Casey Kotchman (912)
  9. Pat Sheridan (911)
  10. Gene Larkin (910)
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  1. Tommy Gregg (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Sweeney (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gail Hopkins (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Terry Crowley (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave McCarty (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Terry Crowley (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jerry Hairston (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Sweeney (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Sweeney (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Dwyer (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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