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Craig Biggio

Craig Alan Biggio

Positions: Second Baseman, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 14, 1965 in Smithtown, NY
High School: Kings Park (Kings Park, NY)
School: Seton Hall University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1988
Team: Astros 1988-2007
Agents: Barry Axelrod [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 11:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #52. Al Simmons… #53. Willie McCovey… #54. Luke Appling… #55. CRAIG BIGGIO… #56. Harmon Killebrew… #57. Johnny Mize… #58. Harry Heilmann… 

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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
1988 22 HOU NL 50 131 123 14 26 6 1 3 5 6 1 7 29 .211 .254 .350 .603 75 43 1 0 1 0 2 2
1989 23 HOU NL 134 509 443 64 114 21 2 13 60 21 3 49 64 .257 .336 .402 .738 114 178 7 6 6 5 8 *2/ SS
1990 24 HOU NL 150 621 555 53 153 24 2 4 42 25 11 53 79 .276 .342 .348 .689 93 193 11 3 9 1 1 *2
1991 25 HOU NL 149 609 546 79 161 23 4 4 46 19 6 53 71 .295 .358 .374 .731 113 204 2 2 5 3 3 *2/4 AS
1992 26 HOU NL 162 721 613 96 170 32 3 6 39 38 15 94 95 .277 .378 .369 .747 118 226 5 7 5 2 9 *4 AS
1993 27 HOU NL 155 706 610 98 175 41 5 21 64 15 17 77 93 .287 .373 .474 .847 130 289 10 10 4 5 7 *4
1994 28 HOU NL 114 511 437 88 139 44 5 6 56 39 4 62 58 .318 .411 .483 .893 138 211 5 8 2 2 1 *4 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1995 29 HOU NL 141 673 553 123 167 30 2 22 77 33 8 80 85 .302 .406 .483 .889 141 267 6 22 11 7 1 *4 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
1996 30 HOU NL 162 723 605 113 174 24 4 15 75 25 7 75 72 .288 .386 .415 .801 120 251 10 27 8 8 0 *4 AS,GG
1997 31 HOU NL 162 744 619 146 191 37 8 22 81 47 10 84 107 .309 .415 .501 .916 143 310 0 34 0 7 6 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1998 32 HOU NL 160 738 646 123 210 51 2 20 88 50 8 64 113 .325 .403 .503 .906 139 325 10 23 1 4 6 *4 AS,MVP-5,SS
1999 33 HOU NL 160 749 639 123 188 56 0 16 73 28 14 88 107 .294 .386 .457 .843 113 292 5 11 5 6 9 *4/ MVP-12
2000 34 HOU NL 101 466 377 67 101 13 5 8 35 12 2 61 73 .268 .388 .393 .780 93 148 10 16 7 5 3 4
2001 35 HOU NL 155 717 617 118 180 35 3 20 70 7 4 66 100 .292 .382 .455 .838 110 281 11 28 0 6 4 *4
2002 36 HOU NL 145 655 577 96 146 36 3 15 58 16 2 50 111 .253 .330 .404 .734 88 233 15 17 9 2 2 *4/
2003 37 HOU NL 153 717 628 102 166 44 2 15 62 8 4 57 116 .264 .350 .412 .763 96 259 4 27 3 2 3 *
2004 38 HOU NL 156 700 633 100 178 47 0 24 63 7 2 40 94 .281 .337 .469 .806 104 297 8 15 9 3 0 *
2005 39 HOU NL 155 651 590 94 156 40 1 26 69 11 1 37 90 .264 .325 .468 .792 104 276 10 17 4 3 2 *4
2006 40 HOU NL 145 607 548 79 135 33 0 21 62 3 2 40 84 .246 .306 .422 .727 84 231 15 9 5 5 1 *4
2007 41 HOU NL 141 555 517 68 130 31 3 10 50 4 3 23 112 .251 .285 .381 .666 71 197 5 3 7 5 0 *4/2
20 Seasons 2850 12503 10876 1844 3060 668 55 291 1175 414 124 1160 1753 .281 .363 .433 .796 111 4711 150 285 101 81 68
162 Game Avg. 162 711 618 105 174 38 3 17 67 24 7 66 100 .281 .363 .433 .796 111 268 9 16 6 5 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

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
1988 22 HOU NL 131 -4 0 1 0 -2 3 4 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 2
1989 23 HOU NL 509 13 4 4 2 -16 8 16 31 3.4 47 5.1 -1.7 $78,000 *2/ SS
1990 24 HOU NL 621 -5 -3 0 2 3 7 17 21 2.1 18 2.0 0.1 $240,000 *2
1991 25 HOU NL 609 10 2 5 2 -5 9 17 40 4.2 45 4.8 -0.6 $437,500 *2/4 AS
1992 26 HOU NL 721 16 2 1 2 -6 2 19 35 3.8 42 4.6 -0.8 $1,425,000 *4 AS
1993 27 HOU NL 707 25 -3 -1 -1 -4 2 18 36 3.7 40 4.1 -0.4 $3,050,000 *4
1994 28 HOU NL 511 32 6 1 1 -7 1 13 47 4.8 54 5.5 -0.7 $3,500,000 *4 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1995 29 HOU NL 673 44 3 0 2 -2 2 16 65 6.6 67 6.8 -0.2 $4,725,000 *4 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
1996 30 HOU NL 723 23 3 0 2 2 2 19 51 5.1 49 5.0 0.1 $2,075,000 *4 AS,GG
1997 31 HOU NL 744 44 7 2 2 19 2 19 95 9.6 76 7.7 1.9 $6,280,000 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1998 32 HOU NL 738 41 9 1 0 -7 2 18 64 6.6 71 7.2 -0.6 $6,145,000 *4 AS,MVP-5,SS
1999 33 HOU NL 749 17 3 3 2 7 2 18 52 5.2 45 4.5 0.7 $6,060,000 *4/ MVP-12
2000 34 HOU NL 466 1 1 2 0 -3 2 12 15 1.5 18 1.8 -0.3 $6,750,000 4
2001 35 HOU NL 717 12 5 0 1 -11 3 18 28 2.8 39 3.9 -1.1 $7,750,000 *4
2002 36 HOU NL 655 -9 5 4 0 -18 3 17 1 0.1 20 2.1 -2.0 $8,750,000 *4/
2003 37 HOU NL 717 1 2 4 1 -2 2 18 26 2.6 28 2.9 -0.3 $9,750,000 *
2004 38 HOU NL 700 6 1 0 0 -15 -3 18 8 0.8 22 2.2 -1.4 $3,000,000 *
2005 39 HOU NL 651 6 1 3 3 -2 2 18 31 3.2 33 3.4 -0.2 $3,000,000 *4
2006 40 HOU NL 607 -15 1 -1 -1 11 2 17 14 1.4 3 0.3 1.1 $4,000,000 *4
2007 41 HOU NL 555 -25 0 3 2 -12 2 16 -14 -1.5 -2 -0.2 -1.3 $5,150,000 *4/2
20 Seasons 12504 233 49 32 22 -70 55 328 648 66.2 719 74.1 -7.9 $82,165,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1997 31 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 3 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 32 HOU NL NLDS SDP L 4 17 11 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .182 .471 .273 .743 3 0 2 0 0 1
1999 33 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 4 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 35 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2004 38 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 5 22 20 5 8 2 0 1 4 1 0 2 4 .400 .455 .650 1.105 13 1 0 0 0 0
2004 38 HOU NL NLCS STL L 7 32 32 3 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 .188 .188 .313 .500 10 0 0 0 0 0
2005 39 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 4 23 19 6 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .316 .364 .526 .890 10 0 0 1 1 1
2005 39 HOU NL NLCS STL W 6 27 24 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .333 .385 .333 .718 8 0 0 1 0 0
2005 39 HOU NL WS CHW L 4 19 18 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .278 .541 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (9 Series) 40 185 167 23 39 9 0 2 11 2 1 13 30 .234 .295 .323 .618 54 1 2 2 1 2
6 NLDS 23 107 93 15 21 7 0 1 6 2 0 10 19 .226 .311 .333 .645 31 1 2 1 1 2
2 NLCS 13 59 56 5 14 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 7 .250 .276 .321 .597 18 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 19 18 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .278 .541 5 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1988 HOU NL 22 C 50 323 292 28 3 0 .991 -2 6.40 .987 6.57 3 51 17 25%
1989 HOU NL 23 C 125 792 728 56 8 6 .990 -17 6.27 .986 6.68 9 140 29 17% SS
1989 HOU NL 23 OF 5 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1 2.80 .981 2.32 SS
1989 HOU NL 23 CF 4 4 4 36.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 40 2.75 2.75 .985 2.70 2.70 SS
1989 HOU NL 23 LF 1 1 1 8.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 15 4.50 4.00 .980 2.14 2.20 SS
1990 HOU NL 24 C 113 609 546 54 9 4 .985 -2 5.31 .987 6.61 7 117 38 25%
1990 HOU NL 24 OF 50 121 111 6 4 0 .967 5 2.34 .981 2.37
1990 HOU NL 24 CF 34 34 25 283.0 98 91 4 3 0 .969 7 29 3.02 2.79 .984 2.74 2.73
1990 HOU NL 24 LF 17 10 2 87.2 23 20 2 1 0 .957 -2 -22 2.26 1.29 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 HOU NL 24 RF 2 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 6.75 0.50 .980 2.02 2.20
1991 HOU NL 25 C 139 963 889 64 10 10 .990 -5 6.86 .988 6.75 13 126 46 27% AS
1991 HOU NL 25 2B 3 14 5 8 1 1 .929 -0 4.33 .982 5.13 AS
1991 HOU NL 25 OF 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .980 2.25 AS
1991 HOU NL 25 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60 AS
1991 HOU NL 25 LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS
1992 HOU NL 26 2B 161 769 344 413 12 81 .984 -6 4.70 .981 5.18 AS
1993 HOU NL 27 2B 155 767 306 447 14 90 .982 -4 4.86 .980 5.13
1994 HOU NL 28 2B 113 570 225 338 7 63 .988 -7 4.98 .981 5.23 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1995 HOU NL 29 2B 141 728 299 419 10 78 .986 -2 5.09 .984 5.23 AS,MVP-10,GG,SS
1996 HOU NL 30 2B 162 811 361 440 10 76 .988 2 4.94 .981 5.06 AS,GG
1997 HOU NL 31 2B 160 863 341 504 18 108 .979 19 5.28 .980 5.03 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1997 HOU NL 31 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1998 HOU NL 32 2B 159 764 318 431 15 92 .980 -7 4.71 .982 5.06 AS,MVP-5,SS
1998 HOU NL 32 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-5,SS
1999 HOU NL 33 2B 155 801 359 430 12 117 .985 6 5.09 .981 5.01 MVP-12
1999 HOU NL 33 OF 6 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.17 .981 2.23 MVP-12
1999 HOU NL 33 LF 6 3 2 25.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 28 2.49 1.17 .977 1.99 1.98 MVP-12
1999 HOU NL 33 DH 2 2 MVP-12
2000 HOU NL 34 2B 100 467 181 280 6 57 .987 -3 4.61 .982 4.91
2001 HOU NL 35 2B 154 680 280 389 11 86 .984 -11 4.34 .983 4.80
2001 HOU NL 35 DH 1 1
2002 HOU NL 36 2B 142 673 313 352 8 88 .988 -18 4.68 .981 4.92
2002 HOU NL 36 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 2.20
2002 HOU NL 36 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -67 1.00 1.00 .980 1.90 1.90
2003 HOU NL 37 OF 150 336 326 9 1 1 .997 -2 -4 2.23 .984 2.15
2003 HOU NL 37 CF 150 150 136 1313.0 336 326 9 1 1 .997 -2 -4 -2 -4 2.30 2.23 .988 2.50 2.48
2004 HOU NL 38 OF 149 263 250 4 9 0 .966 -15 -7 1.70 .982 2.14
2004 HOU NL 38 LF 83 83 39 654.1 128 116 3 9 0 .930 -4 -3 -8 -6 1.64 1.43 .980 1.85 1.84
2004 HOU NL 38 CF 66 66 55 570.2 135 134 1 0 0 1.000 -10 -4 -22 -8 2.13 2.05 .987 2.53 2.51
2004 HOU NL 38 DH 1 1
2005 HOU NL 39 2B 141 662 250 396 16 82 .976 -2 -12 4.58 .981 4.92
2005 HOU NL 39 DH 5 5
2006 HOU NL 40 2B 129 559 219 334 6 80 .989 11 -2 4.29 .982 5.01
2006 HOU NL 40 DH 5 5
2007 HOU NL 41 2B 114 468 191 267 10 54 .979 -12 -18 4.02 .984 4.84
2007 HOU NL 41 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.00 .990 7.40 0 0 0
2007 HOU NL 41 DH 4 4
15 Seasons 2B 1989 9596 3992 5448 156 1153 .984 -34 -32 4.75 .982 5.03
5 Seasons C 428 2688 2456 202 30 20 .989 -26 0 6.21 .987 6.67 32 434 130 23%
7 Seasons OF 363 744 708 21 15 1 .980 -11 -11 -5 2.01 .983 2.18
5 Seasons CF 255 254 220 2203.2 581 562 15 4 1 .993 -4 -8 -2 -5 2.36 2.26 .987 2.54 2.53
6 Seasons LF 109 98 45 785.0 164 147 6 11 0 .933 -6 -3 -9 -5 1.75 1.40 .980 1.90 1.91
1 Season RF 2 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 6.75 0.50 .980 2.02 2.20
20 Seasons TOT 2780 13028 7156 5671 201 1174 .985 -70 -54 4.61 .983 4.91 32 434 130 23%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1991 *
1992 *
1994 *
1995 (2B)
1996 (2B)
1997 (2B)
1998 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1997 ML Branch Rickey Award
2005 ML Hutch Award
2007 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1994 NL (16, 4%)
1995 NL (10, 15%)
1997 NL (4, 40%)
1998 NL (5, 36%)
1999 NL (12, 7%)
1.02 Career Shares (233rd)

Gold Gloves
1994 NL (2B)
1995 NL (2B)
1996 NL (2B)
1997 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1989 NL (C)
1994 NL (2B)
1995 NL (2B)
1997 NL (2B)
1998 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1994 NL  4.8 (5th)
1995 NL  6.6 (4th)
1997 NL  9.6 (1st)
1998 NL  6.6 (10th)
Career  66.2 (107th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1994 NL  4.8 (3rd)
1995 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1997 NL  9.6 (1st)
1998 NL  6.6 (8th)
Career  66.2 (77th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1989 NL  5.1 (8th)
1991 NL  4.8 (8th)
1994 NL  5.5 (3rd)
1995 NL  6.8 (1st)
1997 NL  7.7 (3rd)
1998 NL  7.2 (3rd)
Career  74.1 (47th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1997 NL  1.9 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1997 NL  .309 (10th)
1998 NL  .325 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1994 NL  .411 (7th)
1995 NL  .406 (2nd)
1997 NL  .415 (6th)
1998 NL  .403 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1997 NL  .916 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1992 NL  162 (1st)
1994 NL  114 (3rd)
1995 NL  141 (8th)
1996 NL  162 (1st)
1997 NL  162 (1st)
1998 NL  160 (5th)
1999 NL  160 (9th)
Career  2,850 (16th)

At Bats s c a p y
1992 NL  613 (6th)
1993 NL  610 (6th)
1994 NL  437 (6th)
1995 NL  553 (6th)
1997 NL  619 (6th)
1998 NL  646 (5th)
1999 NL  639 (2nd)
2001 NL  617 (8th)
2003 NL  628 (3rd)
2004 NL  633 (6th)
Career  10,876 (12th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1992 NL  721 (1st)
1993 NL  706 (4th)
1994 NL  511 (3rd)
1995 NL  673 (1st)
1996 NL  723 (2nd)
1997 NL  744 (1st)
1998 NL  738 (1st)
1999 NL  749 (1st)
2001 NL  717 (3rd)
2003 NL  717 (4th)
2004 NL  700 (9th)
Career  12,503 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1992 NL  96 (7th)
1994 NL  88 (5th)
1995 NL  123 (1st)
1996 NL  113 (10th)
1997 NL  146 (1st)
1998 NL  123 (4th)
1999 NL  123 (3rd)
2001 NL  118 (8th)
2003 NL  102 (10th)
Career  1,844 (13th)

Hits s c a p y
1993 NL  175 (10th)
1994 NL  139 (7th)
1995 NL  167 (4th)
1997 NL  191 (4th)
1998 NL  210 (2nd)
1999 NL  188 (9th)
Career  3,060 (21st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 NL  289 (10th)
1997 NL  310 (9th)
Career  4,711 (31st)

Doubles s c a p y
1993 NL  41 (4th)
1994 NL  44 (1st)
1998 NL  51 (1st)
1999 NL  56 (1st)
2003 NL  44 (9th)
2004 NL  47 (4th)
Career  668 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1994 NL  5 (10th)
1997 NL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  291 (141st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1,175 (159th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  94 (4th)
1994 NL  62 (7th)
1995 NL  80 (3rd)
1997 NL  84 (9th)
1999 NL  88 (10th)
Career  1,160 (63rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,753 (18th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1992 NL  38 (10th)
1994 NL  39 (1st)
1995 NL  33 (8th)
1997 NL  47 (4th)
1998 NL  50 (2nd)
Career  414 (64th)

Singles s c a p y
1991 NL  130 (2nd)
1992 NL  129 (7th)
1995 NL  113 (7th)
1996 NL  131 (7th)
1997 NL  124 (8th)
1998 NL  137 (7th)
2001 NL  122 (8th)
Career  2,046 (38th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1995 NL  141 (7th)
1997 NL  143 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1994 NL  98 (5th)
1995 NL  121 (2nd)
1997 NL  148 (5th)
1998 NL  142 (4th)
Career  1,832 (31st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1994 NL  29 (8th)
1995 NL  39 (4th)
1997 NL  45 (6th)
Career  216 (233rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1994 NL  2.7 (8th)
1995 NL  3.7 (4th)
1997 NL  4.3 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1993 NL  67 (7th)
1994 NL  55 (8th)
1998 NL  73 (9th)
Career  1,014 (31st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1992 NL  271 (2nd)
1993 NL  262 (8th)
1994 NL  209 (3rd)
1995 NL  269 (2nd)
1996 NL  276 (5th)
1997 NL  309 (1st)
1998 NL  297 (3rd)
1999 NL  287 (5th)
2001 NL  274 (9th)
Career  4,505 (17th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1994 NL  .729 (9th)
1995 NL  .704 (8th)
1997 NL  .751 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 NL  6 (6th)
1992 NL  7 (8th)
1993 NL  10 (3rd)
1994 NL  8 (7th)
1995 NL  22 (1st)
1996 NL  27 (1st)
1997 NL  34 (1st)
1998 NL  23 (4th)
1999 NL  11 (8th)
2000 NL  16 (4th)
2001 NL  28 (1st)
2002 NL  17 (3rd)
2003 NL  27 (1st)
2004 NL  15 (5th)
2005 NL  17 (4th)
Career  285 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1995 NL  11 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1995 NL  7 (3rd)
1996 NL  8 (8th)
Career  81 (83rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  68 (235th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1993 NL  17 (4th)
1999 NL  14 (5th)
Career  124 (54th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1989 NL  16.1 (10th)
1995 NL  26.4 (5th)
1997 NL  30.0 (5th)
1998 NL  28.6 (3rd)
Career  341.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1992 NL  470 (6th)
1993 NL  471 (4th)
1995 NL  418 (6th)
1999 NL  481 (3rd)
2001 NL  458 (9th)
2003 NL  475 (5th)
2004 NL  477 (10th)
Career  8,272 (11th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1994 NL  37.06 (6th)
1995 NL  41.28 (7th)
1996 NL  43.12 (9th)
1997 NL  59.47 (6th)
1998 NL  49.78 (8th)
Career  352.66 (74th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1994 NL  3.5 (5th)
1995 NL  4.0 (8th)
1997 NL  5.4 (6th)
1998 NL  5.1 (6th)
Career  31.2 (83rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1994 NL  3.3 (9th)
1995 NL  4.3 (5th)
1997 NL  5.5 (5th)
1998 NL  5.3 (6th)
Career  33.4 (76th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1994 NL  3.6 (6th)
1995 NL  4.1 (6th)
1996 NL  4.3 (9th)
1997 NL  5.7 (6th)
1998 NL  4.8 (8th)
Career  34.2 (76th)

Assists† s c a p y
1992 NL  413 (5th)
1993 NL  447 (5th)
1994 NL  338 (2nd)
1995 NL  419 (1st)
1996 NL  440 (5th)
1997 NL  504 (1st)
1999 NL  431 (2nd)
Career  5,671 (57th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1997 NL  19 (5th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1989 NL  125 (5th)
1990 NL  113 (5th)
1991 NL  139 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1989 NL  728 (2nd)
1991 NL  889 (1st)

Assists as C s c a p y
1989 NL  56 (5th)
1991 NL  64 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1990 NL  9 (5th)
1991 NL  10 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1989 NL  9 (2nd)
1991 NL  13 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1989 NL  140 (1st)
1990 NL  117 (1st)
1991 NL  126 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1990 NL  38 (5th)
1991 NL  46 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  161 (1st)
1993 NL  155 (1st)
1994 NL  113 (1st)
1995 NL  141 (1st)
1996 NL  162 (1st)
1997 NL  160 (1st)
1998 NL  159 (1st)
1999 NL  155 (2nd)
2001 NL  154 (1st)
2005 NL  141 (3rd)
Career  1,989 (14th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  344 (1st)
1993 NL  306 (2nd)
1994 NL  225 (1st)
1995 NL  299 (4th)
1996 NL  361 (1st)
1997 NL  341 (1st)
1998 NL  318 (4th)
1999 NL  359 (1st)
2001 NL  280 (3rd)
2002 NL  313 (3rd)
2005 NL  250 (5th)
Career  3,992 (20th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  413 (3rd)
1993 NL  447 (1st)
1994 NL  338 (1st)
1995 NL  419 (1st)
1996 NL  440 (1st)
1997 NL  504 (1st)
1998 NL  431 (4th)
1999 NL  430 (1st)
2001 NL  389 (2nd)
2005 NL  396 (5th)
Career  5,448 (17th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  12 (5th)
1993 NL  14 (3rd)
1995 NL  10 (3rd)
1997 NL  18 (3rd)
1998 NL  15 (4th)
2001 NL  11 (4th)
2005 NL  16 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2004 NL  9 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.63 (3rd)
1991 NL  7.30 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1989 NL  6.27 (3rd)
1991 NL  6.86 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1989 NL  .990 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1997 NL  19 (1st)
1999 NL  6 (4th)
2006 NL  11 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1996 NL  5.12 (4th)
1997 NL  5.49 (3rd)
1999 NL  5.25 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  4.70 (4th)
1994 NL  4.98 (5th)
1995 NL  5.09 (5th)
1996 NL  4.94 (2nd)
1997 NL  5.28 (1st)
1999 NL  5.09 (2nd)
2002 NL  4.68 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  .984 (5th)
1994 NL  .988 (3rd)
1996 NL  .988 (3rd)
1999 NL  .985 (4th)
2000 NL  .987 (3rd)
2002 NL  .988 (3rd)
2006 NL  .989 (3rd)
Career  .984 (46th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL  .997 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2003 NL  .997 (5th)

Salary s c a p y
1997 NL  $6,280,000 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2007 NL  born 1965-12-14 (9th)

                                         

† 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 - 17 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 104 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 169 (65), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 57 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Robin Yount (836) *
  2. Derek Jeter (801)
  3. Joe Morgan (779) *
  4. Paul Molitor (778) *
  5. Roberto Alomar (773) *
  6. Cal Ripken (761) *
  7. Johnny Damon (741)
  8. Brooks Robinson (739) *
  9. Lou Whitaker (738)
  10. George Brett (737) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Azcue (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Michael Barrett (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. B.J. Surhoff (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Burleson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jay Bell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jay Bell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jay Bell (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rafael Furcal (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rafael Furcal (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Durham (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Durham (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ray Durham (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Alan Trammell (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Alan Trammell (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lou Whitaker (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Lou Whitaker (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Joe Morgan (837) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Joe Morgan (819) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Paul Molitor (778) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1987.
  • October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 14, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
  • October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 10, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198923Houston Astros$78,0001989 USA Today survey
199024Houston Astros$240,000USA Today
199125Houston Astros$437,500*
199226Houston Astros$1,425,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199327Houston Astros$3,050,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200,000 signing bonus
199428Houston Astros$3,500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $200,000 signing bonus, $125,000 earned bonus
199529Houston Astros$4,725,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $200,000 signing bonus, $125,000 earned bonus
199630Houston Astros$2,075,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $75,000 earned bonus
199731Houston Astros$6,280,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $100,000 earned bonus
199832Houston Astros$6,145,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
199933Houston Astros$6,060,0004/6/99 USA Today
200034Houston Astros$6,750,0004/5/00 AP
200135Houston Astros$7,750,0004/6/01 USA Today
200236Houston Astros$8,750,0004/3/02 AP
200337Houston Astros$9,750,0004/3/03 AP
200438Houston Astros$3,000,0004/7/04 AP
200539Houston Astros$3,000,000
200640Houston Astros$4,000,000
200741Houston Astros$5,150,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$82,165,500
Disputed Salaries
*1991 - $427,500 - USA Today -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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