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Dale Berra

Dale Anthony Berra

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, NJ
High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1977
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees/Astros 1977-1987
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Son of Yogi Berra
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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	18	PIT-min	A-	67	297	269	36	69	6	4	3	49	9	2	19	47	.257	.300	.342	.642		92	2	1	0	8	0		NFL · NYPL
1976	19	PIT-min	A	139	527	527		157	28	5	16						.298	.298	.461	.759		243							CHS · WCRS
1977	20	PIT-min	AAA	125	492	438	68	127	18	7	18	54	12	5	44	67	.290	.357	.486	.843		213		2	7	1			CLB · IL
1977	20	PIT	NL	17	42	40	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.175	.195	.200	.395	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	5
1978	21	PIT-min	AAA	99	398	361	58	101	18	5	18	63	9	3	30	73	.280	.338	.507	.844		183		3	1	3			CLB · IL
1978	21	PIT	NL	56	153	135	16	28	2	0	6	14	3	1	13	20	.207	.285	.356	.640	75	48	2	2	0	1	3	5/6
1979	22	PIT-min	AAA	56	238	210	37	68	13	2	6	32	2	1	19	29	.324	.387	.490	.878		103		4	3	2			POR · PCL
1979	22	PIT	NL	44	140	123	11	26	5	0	3	15	0	0	11	17	.211	.272	.325	.597	60	40	5	0	2	2	2	56
1980	23	PIT	NL	93	271	245	21	54	8	2	6	31	2	0	16	52	.220	.269	.343	.612	68	84	6	1	4	2	6	56/4
1981	24	PIT	NL	81	257	232	21	56	12	0	2	27	11	1	17	34	.241	.302	.319	.621	74	74	3	3	2	0	4	564
1982	25	PIT	NL	156	583	529	64	139	25	5	10	61	6	6	33	83	.263	.306	.386	.692	90	204	15	4	8	9	12	*6/5
1983	26	PIT	NL	161	614	537	51	135	25	1	10	52	8	5	61	84	.251	.327	.358	.684	88	192	10	0	7	2	19	*6
1984	27	PIT	NL	136	500	450	31	100	16	0	9	52	1	3	34	78	.222	.273	.318	.591	66	143	11	1	6	9	8	*6/5
1985	28	NYY	AL	48	118	109	8	25	5	1	1	8	1	1	7	20	.229	.276	.321	.597	65	35	2	0	2	0	0	5/6
1986	29	HOU-min	AAA	22	86	82	8	20	3	0	1	9	2	3	4	13	.244	.279	.317	.596		26		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1986	29	NYY	AL	42	121	108	10	25	7	0	2	13	0	0	9	14	.231	.294	.352	.646	76	38	0	1	2	1	0	65/D
1987	30	HOU-min	AAA	116	461	389	60	105	19	6	9	59	11	9	61	70	.270	.369	.419	.788		163		3	3	5	6		TUC · PCL
1987	30	HOU	NL	19	54	45	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.178	.296	.244	.541	48	11	0	0	0	1	3	6/4
1988	31	BAL-min	AAA	69	188	166	19	30	4	0	3	13	0	0	16	31	.181	.247	.259	.506		43		0	2	4	1		ROC · IL
11 Yrs				853	2853	2553	236	603	109	9	49	278	32	17	210	422	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	877	54	12	33	27	57
162 Game Avg.				162	542	485	45	115	21	2	9	53	6	3	40	80	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	167	10	2	6	5	11

PIT (8 yrs)				744	2560	2291	215	545	94	8	46	255	31	16	186	376	.238	.295	.346	.641	77	793	52	11	29	25	54
NYY (2 yrs)				90	239	217	18	50	12	1	3	21	1	1	16	34	.230	.285	.336	.622	71	73	2	1	4	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				19	54	45	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.178	.296	.244	.541	48	11	0	0	0	1	3

NL (9 yrs)				763	2614	2336	218	553	97	8	46	257	31	16	194	388	.237	.295	.344	.639	76	804	52	11	29	26	57
AL (2 yrs)				90	239	217	18	50	12	1	3	21	1	1	16	34	.230	.285	.336	.622	71	73	2	1	4	1	0

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
1977	20	PIT	NL	17	42	-6	-1	0	0	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.461	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$	5
1978	21	PIT	NL	56	153	-5	1	0	-3	1	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.2	.487	.496	0.0	-0.2	1	$	5/6
1979	22	PIT	NL	44	140	-4	-0	-1	-0	2	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.490	.497	0.0	0.2	1	$	56
1980	23	PIT	NL	93	271	-11	-1	-0	0	3	-9	-1.0	8	-0	-0.2	.489	.494	-0.2	0.4	-0	$	56/4
1981	24	PIT	NL	81	257	-8	4	0	-2	3	-3	-0.3	8	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.7	0.2	6	$	564
1982	25	PIT	NL	156	583	-9	-0	-1	11	8	9	1.2	18	27	2.9	.507	.506	1.5	2.4	16	$	*6/5
1983	26	PIT	NL	161	614	-12	-0	-0	1	9	-3	-0.3	19	16	1.6	.498	.498	1.4	1.1	15	$	*6
1984	27	PIT	NL	136	500	-23	-3	-0	4	8	-15	-1.6	15	0	-0.1	.487	.489	-0.6	1.4	-3	$	*6/5
1985	28	NYY	AL	48	118	-5	-0	-0	1	0	-3	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.1	0.2	-1	$477,500	5/6
1986	29	NYY	AL	42	121	-2	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	4	4	0.4	.502	.500	0.4	0.2	3	$557,500	65/D
1987	30	HOU	NL	19	54	-5	-0	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$62,500	6/4
11 Seasons				853	2853	-89	-2	-2	13	36	-43	-4.2	87	44	4.2	.494	.497	2.4	6.0	30	$1,097,500

PIT (8 yrs)				744	2560	-78	-2	-2	11	34	-37	-3.7	78	41	4.0	.494	.497	2.3	5.5	30	$
NYY (2 yrs)				90	239	-6	-0	0	2	1	-3	-0.2	7	5	0.4	.497	.499	0.3	0.4	2	$1,035,000
HOU (1 yr)				19	54	-5	-0	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$62,500

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
1977	20	PIT	NL	42	33	2	1.6	105	.219	.175	.272	.195	.340	.200	.414	.395	.754	6	.130	-5.5	-0.6	.273	.050	.025
1978	21	PIT	NL	153	111	14	3.4	99	.200	.207	.268	.285	.336	.356	.394	.640	.730	75	.404	-5.2	-0.5	.591	.259	.148	4.0
1979	22	PIT	NL	140	106	10	2.5	104	.219	.211	.275	.272	.341	.325	.408	.597	.749	60	.267	-7.2	-0.7	.500	.203	.114	.0
1980	23	PIT	NL	271	203	22	2.9	98	.254	.220	.270	.269	.333	.343	.392	.612	.725	68	.337	-11.6	-1.2	.523	.196	.122	3.0
1981	24	PIT	NL	257	182	24	3.6	95	.276	.241	.267	.302	.333	.319	.383	.621	.716	74	.435	-8.2	-0.9	.578	.194	.078	3.4
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	428	59	3.7	98	.290	.263	.270	.306	.334	.386	.393	.692	.726	90	.443	-8.1	-0.8	.586	.185	.123	7.5
1983	26	PIT	NL	614	426	63	4.0	99	.281	.251	.267	.327	.336	.358	.395	.684	.731	88	.471	-8.6	-0.9	.614	.225	.106	8.9
1984	27	PIT	NL	500	379	38	2.7	94	.245	.222	.263	.273	.328	.318	.383	.591	.711	66	.310	-20.5	-2.1	.484	.167	.096	1.8
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	89	9	2.7	97	.273	.229	.259	.276	.324	.321	.402	.597	.726	65	.275	-5.5	-0.5	.483	.156	.092	1.0
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	86	12	3.7	99	.247	.231	.260	.294	.328	.352	.406	.646	.734	76	.399	-3.4	-0.3	.578	.204	.120	.0
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	38	4	2.8	102	.235	.178	.264	.296	.333	.244	.412	.541	.745	48	.279	-2.9	-0.3	.514	.244	.067
11 Yrs				2853	2081	257	3.3	98	.263	.236	.267	.294	.333	.344	.393	.638	.726	76	.388	-86.7	-8.9	.551	.195	.107	38.7
162 Game Avg.				542	395	49	3.3	98	.263	.236	.267	.294	.333	.344	.393	.638	.726	76	.388	-86.7	-8.9	.551	.195	.107	7

PIT (8 yrs)				2560	1868	232	3.3	97	.263	.238	.268	.295	.334	.346	.392	.641	.725	77	.395	-74.9	-7.8	.554	.196	.108	37.0
NYY (2 yrs)				239	175	21	3.2	98	.260	.230	.260	.285	.326	.336	.404	.622	.730	71	.338	-8.9	-0.9	.529	.180	.106	1.5
HOU (1 yr)				54	38	4	2.8	102	.235	.178	.264	.296	.333	.244	.412	.541	.745	48	.279	-2.9	-0.3	.514	.244	.067

NL (9 yrs)				2614	1906	236	3.3	98	.263	.237	.268	.295	.334	.344	.392	.639	.726	76	.393	-77.8	-8.0	.553	.197	.107	37.0
AL (2 yrs)				239	175	21	3.2	98	.260	.230	.260	.285	.326	.336	.404	.622	.730	71	.338	-8.9	-0.9	.529	.180	.106	1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	20	PIT	NL	42	0.0%	19.1%	2.4%	2.4%	14%	8.00	5.0		13.3	0.67	76%
1978	21	PIT	NL	153	3.9%	13.1%	8.5%	5.2%	29%	1.54	6.8	22.5	9.6	0.58	72%
1979	22	PIT	NL	140	2.1%	12.1%	7.9%	5.7%	31%	1.55	7.2	41.0	8.2	1.13	75%
1980	23	PIT	NL	271	2.2%	19.2%	5.9%	5.9%	30%	3.25	4.7	40.8	7.9	0.86	70%
1981	24	PIT	NL	257	0.8%	13.2%	6.6%	5.5%	25%	2.00	6.8	116.0	8.6	0.65	76%
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	1.7%	14.2%	5.7%	6.9%	29%	2.52	6.4	52.9	8.7	0.96	76%
1983	26	PIT	NL	614	1.6%	13.7%	9.9%	5.9%	27%	1.38	6.4	53.7	10.3	0.80	72%
1984	27	PIT	NL	500	1.8%	15.6%	6.8%	5.0%	25%	2.29	5.8	50.0	8.7	0.80	74%
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	0.9%	17.0%	5.9%	5.9%	28%	2.86	5.5	109.0	13.6	0.65	75%
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	1.7%	11.6%	7.4%	7.4%	36%	1.56	7.7	54.0	8.3	0.51	77%
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	0.0%	22.2%	14.8%	5.6%	38%	1.50	3.8		22.5	0.53	63%
11 Yrs				2853	1.7%	14.8%	7.4%	5.9%	28%	2.01	6.0	52.1	9.2	0.79	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	41.6	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	20	PIT	NL	-5.5	-0.6	43	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.82	-0.6	0.0	-4.8	-0.5	0.89	-5.3	0.22	2
1978	21	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.5	157	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.83	-0.5	-0.5	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-5.0		0
1979	22	PIT	NL	-7.2	-0.7	140	-0.3	2.4	-2.7	1.13	-0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.94	-1.4		0
1980	23	PIT	NL	-11.6	-1.2	276	-1.0	3.8	-4.7	1.00	-0.9	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.97	-8.6	0.97	4
1981	24	PIT	NL	-8.2	-0.9	271	-1.2	4.0	-5.2	1.13	-0.4	-0.7	4.0	0.4	1.01	-1.4	1.46	3
1982	25	PIT	NL	-8.1	-0.8	605	-1.7	9.2	-10.9	1.01	-1.2	-0.5	-8.9	-0.9	0.97	-7.1		0
1983	26	PIT	NL	-8.6	-0.9	639	1.0	11.2	-10.2	1.02	-0.4	1.4	5.3	0.5	0.94	-0.4		0
1984	27	PIT	NL	-21.0	-2.2	508	-2.1	7.4	-9.5	1.06	-2.0	0.0	-19.1	-2.0	0.95	-21.2	3.02	2
1985	28	NYY	AL	-5.5	-0.5	121	-0.2	2.2	-2.4	1.07	-0.3	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.96	-4.7	0.89	7
1986	29	NYY	AL	-3.4	-0.3	122	0.1	2.2	-2.1	1.01	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.95	-2.0	3.17	3
1987	30	HOU	NL	-2.9	-0.3	54	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.05	-0.4	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	-4.0	2.34	1
11 Yrs				-87.3	-9.0	2936	-7.4	44.8	-52.2	1.03	-7.1	-0.1	-39.7	-4.1	0.96	-61.1	1.49	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	20	PIT	NL	0	1	0%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	PIT	NL	1	2	27%	48	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	56%	5	3	2	2	0	2	2	1	1
1979	22	PIT	NL	6	2	24%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	3	3	0	2	0	2	5	1	3
1980	23	PIT	NL	4	3	23%	88	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	33%	13	11	2	3	2	1	5	0	4
1981	24	PIT	NL	3	3	26%	94	11	1	92%	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	77%	8	2	6	1	1	0	4	0	4
1982	25	PIT	NL	9	0	33%	169	6	6	50%	4	6	0	0	2	6	2	7	14	63%	25	11	13	5	1	4	16	3	12
1983	26	PIT	NL	8	7	22%	212	8	5	62%	7	3	1	2	0	4	2	10	17	44%	11	11	0	3	1	2	20	5	13
1984	27	PIT	NL	5	0	18%	175	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	4	0	3	5	28%	20	14	5	2	2	0	17	10	6
1985	28	NYY	AL	2	0	23%	35	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	31%	7	5	1	2	1	1	4	1	2
1986	29	NYY	AL	4	0	24%	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1987	30	HOU	NL	0	0	19%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Yrs				42	18	24%	943	32	17	65%	27	14	2	3	3	17	5	31	51	45%	101	68	29	22	8	13	74	21	46

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
1977	20	PIT	NL	42	26%	7			2	0	0	0	0.22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	4	1	25%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1978	21	PIT	NL	153	49%	28			0	0	0	0		6	0	2	3	3	4	2	0	0	0		26	2	8%	10	2	20%	88	8	9%	9	3	33%	0	0		0
1979	22	PIT	NL	140	54%	26			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	28	5	18%	16	5	31%	84	14	17%	6	5	83%	4	0	0%	0
1980	23	PIT	NL	271	34%	54			4	1	0	0	0.97	6	1	3	5	1	3	3	0	4	4	100%	51	6	12%	26	6	23%	159	25	16%	13	7	54%	12	5	42%	0
1981	24	PIT	NL	257	27%	56			3	0	0	0	1.46	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	50	3	6%	17	4	24%	171	27	16%	8	5	63%	9	5	56%	0
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	29%	139			0	0	0	0		10	0	17	7	3	4	6	0	8	8	100%	102	15	15%	59	21	36%	360	55	15%	38	22	58%	26	11	42%	0
1983	26	PIT	NL	614	25%	135			0	0	0	0		10	0	8	6	4	5	5	0	7	7	100%	107	10	9%	47	16	34%	364	45	12%	28	11	39%	12	7	58%	0
1984	27	PIT	NL	500	26%	100			2	1	0	0	3.02	9	1	12	4	5	7	2	0	6	6	100%	79	11	14%	55	22	40%	302	43	14%	32	19	59%	22	15	68%	0
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	81%	25			7	2	0	1	0.89	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	25	2	8%	11	2	18%	80	7	9%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	66%	25			3	1	0	1	3.17	2	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	9	4	44%	79	11	14%	6	4	67%	6	3	50%	0
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	94%	8			1	0	0	0	2.34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	2	1	50%	33	2	6%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
11 Yrs				2853	35%	603			22	5	0	2	1.49	49	2	60	28	21	28	21	0	33	33	100%	502	54	11%	256	84	33%	1744	240	14%	147	79	54%	95	48	51%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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
1977	20	17	42	40	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.175	.195	.200	.395	6	8	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	73	195	175	16	35	3	0	6	17	3	1	14	28	.200	.266	.320	.586	59	56	2	2	0	1	3
1979	22	117	335	298	27	61	8	0	9	32	3	1	25	45	.205	.268	.322	.590	59	96	7	2	2	3	5
1980	23	210	606	543	48	115	16	2	15	63	5	1	41	97	.212	.269	.331	.600	63	180	13	3	6	5	11
1981	24	291	863	775	69	171	28	2	17	90	16	2	58	131	.221	.278	.328	.606	66	254	16	6	8	5	15
1982	25	447	1446	1304	133	310	53	7	27	151	22	8	91	214	.238	.290	.351	.641	76	458	31	10	16	14	27
1983	26	608	2060	1841	184	445	78	8	37	203	30	13	152	298	.242	.301	.353	.654	79	650	41	10	23	16	46
1984	27	744	2560	2291	215	545	94	8	46	255	31	16	186	376	.238	.295	.346	.641	77	793	52	11	29	25	54
1985	28	792	2678	2400	223	570	99	9	47	263	32	17	193	396	.238	.294	.345	.639	76	828	54	11	31	25	54
1986	29	834	2799	2508	233	595	106	9	49	276	32	17	202	410	.237	.294	.345	.640	76	866	54	12	33	26	54
1987	30	853	2853	2553	236	603	109	9	49	278	32	17	210	422	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	877	54	12	33	27	57

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	20	17	42	41	0	8	1	0	0	4	0	1	8	.195	.214	.220	.434	2	17
1978	21	56	152	136	17	29	2	0	6	15	3	13	20	.213	.289	.360	.650	14	56
1979	22	44	138	123	11	26	5	0	3	15	0	11	17	.211	.272	.325	.597	11	44
1980	23	93	271	247	22	56	8	2	6	33	2	17	52	.227	.277	.348	.625	24	93
1981	24	123	391	356	35	90	19	0	3	45	18	27	51	.253	.314	.331	.646	36	81
1982	25	156	587	532	67	142	26	5	10	64	6	34	83	.267	.311	.391	.702	65	156
1983	26	161	613	541	53	139	26	1	10	55	8	63	84	.257	.333	.364	.697	66	161
1984	27	136	507	455	34	105	17	0	9	56	1	36	78	.231	.283	.327	.611	43	136
1985	28	48	119	110	8	26	5	1	1	8	1	7	20	.236	.282	.327	.609	10	48
1986	29	42	121	108	10	25	7	0	2	13	0	9	14	.231	.294	.352	.646	11	42
1987	30	19	54	45	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	8	12	.178	.296	.244	.541	3	19
11 Yrs		895	2995	2694	260	654	119	9	50	310	39	226	439	.243	.302	.349	.651	285	853
162 Game Avg.		162	542	488	47	118	22	2	9	56	7	41	79	.243	.302	.349	.651	52	853

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1982 NL 2.4 (3rd) 1984 NL 1.4 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1983 NL 161 (2nd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1982 NL 9 (6th) 1984 NL 9 (5th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1983 NL 19 (1st)
SB % s c a p y 1981 NL 91.67 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1977 NL born 1956-12-13 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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