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Paul Blair

Paul L. D. Blair (Motormouth)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK
High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1964
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees/Reds 1964-1980

Final Game: June 20, 1980
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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
1964 20 BAL AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1965 21 BAL AL 119 409 364 49 85 19 2 5 25 8 5 32 52 .234 .302 .338 .640 81 123 6 4 8 1 3 *8
1966 22 BAL AL 133 325 303 35 84 20 2 6 33 5 6 15 36 .277 .309 .416 .725 108 126 4 0 5 2 0 *8/7
1967 23 BAL AL 151 619 552 72 162 27 12 11 64 8 6 50 68 .293 .353 .446 .799 135 246 11 5 5 7 3 *8 MVP-16,GG
1968 24 BAL AL 141 467 421 48 89 22 1 7 38 4 2 37 60 .211 .277 .318 .595 81 134 4 2 5 2 4 *8/5
1969 25 BAL AL 150 685 625 102 178 32 5 26 76 20 6 40 72 .285 .327 .477 .804 122 298 11 2 13 5 0 *8 AS,MVP-11,GG
1970 26 BAL AL 133 548 480 79 128 24 2 18 65 24 11 56 93 .267 .344 .438 .782 114 210 9 3 5 4 1 *8/5 GG
1971 27 BAL AL 141 555 516 75 135 24 8 10 44 14 11 32 94 .262 .306 .397 .703 99 205 8 1 6 0 2 *8 GG
1972 28 BAL AL 142 514 477 47 111 20 8 8 49 7 8 25 78 .233 .267 .358 .626 83 171 16 0 5 7 0 *8 GG
1973 29 BAL AL 146 554 500 73 140 25 3 10 64 18 8 43 72 .280 .334 .402 .736 108 201 10 0 6 5 4 *8 AS,MVP-33,GG
1974 30 BAL AL 151 615 552 77 144 27 4 17 62 27 9 43 59 .261 .313 .417 .730 112 230 11 2 11 7 0 *8 MVP-13,GG
1975 31 BAL AL 140 487 440 51 96 13 4 5 31 17 11 25 82 .218 .257 .300 .557 62 132 7 0 17 5 0 *8/3D GG
1976 32 BAL AL 145 413 375 29 74 16 0 3 16 15 6 22 49 .197 .245 .264 .509 54 99 14 2 13 1 2 *8
1977 33 NYY AL 83 183 164 20 43 4 3 4 25 3 2 9 16 .262 .303 .396 .700 90 65 7 2 5 3 1 89/7D
1978 34 NYY AL 75 136 125 10 22 5 0 2 13 1 1 9 17 .176 .231 .264 .495 41 33 4 0 2 0 0 89/4657
1979 35 TOT MLB 77 160 145 7 22 4 1 2 15 0 0 11 28 .152 .209 .234 .443 21 34 4 0 2 2 3 87/9
1979 35 NYY AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1979 35 CIN NL 75 155 140 7 21 4 1 2 15 0 0 11 27 .150 .209 .236 .445 21 33 4 0 2 2 3 87/9
1980 36 NYY AL 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /978D
17 Yrs 1947 6673 6042 776 1513 282 55 134 620 171 93 449 877 .250 .302 .382 .684 96 2307 126 23 108 51 23
162 Game Avg. 162 555 503 65 126 23 5 11 52 14 8 37 73 .250 .302 .382 .684 96 192 10 2 9 4 2
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
BAL (13 yrs) 1700 6192 5606 737 1426 269 51 126 567 167 90 420 816 .254 .306 .388 .694 99 2175 111 21 99 46 19
NYY (4 yrs) 172 326 296 32 66 9 3 6 38 4 3 18 34 .223 .270 .334 .604 68 99 11 2 7 3 1
CIN (1 yr) 75 155 140 7 21 4 1 2 15 0 0 11 27 .150 .209 .236 .445 21 33 4 0 2 2 3
AL (17 yrs) 1872 6518 5902 769 1492 278 54 132 605 171 93 438 850 .253 .305 .385 .690 98 2274 122 23 106 49 20
NL (1 yr) 75 155 140 7 21 4 1 2 15 0 0 11 27 .150 .209 .236 .445 21 33 4 0 2 2 3

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
1964 20 BAL AL 8 1 -0 -1 0 -0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /8
1965 21 BAL AL 119 409 -8 1 1 0 -1 -6 -0.8 11 5 0.3 .494 .495 0.3 -0.1 4 $ *8
1966 22 BAL AL 133 325 6 -3 0 6 -1 9 0.9 9 18 1.9 .508 .507 1.3 0.5 12 $8,000 *8/7
1967 23 BAL AL 151 619 21 -0 -0 22 -1 41 4.7 17 59 6.4 .533 .531 3.9 2.5 36 $ *8 MVP-16,GG
1968 24 BAL AL 141 467 -8 -2 0 16 -1 6 0.6 13 19 1.9 .506 .505 0.0 1.9 3 $ *8/5
1969 25 BAL AL 150 685 16 5 -0 26 -1 45 4.9 19 64 6.7 .533 .531 3.9 2.7 38 $20,000 *8 AS,MVP-11,GG
1970 26 BAL AL 133 548 10 1 1 26 -1 36 3.9 18 54 5.6 .530 .525 2.9 2.7 29 $ *8/5 GG
1971 27 BAL AL 141 555 1 0 -0 8 -1 8 0.9 18 27 2.7 .507 .506 1.8 0.8 19 $ *8 GG
1972 28 BAL AL 142 514 -8 -2 -1 18 -1 5 0.5 17 22 2.2 .504 .504 0.1 2.0 4 $47,000 *8 GG
1973 29 BAL AL 146 554 3 3 1 19 -1 26 3.0 18 43 4.6 .519 .517 2.6 2.1 25 $50,000 *8 AS,MVP-33,GG
1974 30 BAL AL 151 615 8 5 0 15 -1 26 3.2 20 46 5.0 .520 .518 3.4 1.7 32 $60,000 *8 MVP-13,GG
1975 31 BAL AL 140 487 -20 -2 1 12 -1 -9 -0.8 16 6 0.6 .493 .494 -0.7 1.4 -6 $75,000 *8/3D GG
1976 32 BAL AL 145 413 -22 -1 -2 1 -1 -23 -2.5 13 -10 -1.3 .482 .484 -1.4 0.2 -11 $ *8
1977 33 NYY AL 83 183 -3 -0 -1 5 -2 -2 -0.1 6 4 0.4 .498 .499 -0.1 0.4 -1 $100,000 89/7D
1978 34 NYY AL 75 136 -10 -1 -0 -0 -1 -12 -1.3 4 -8 -0.9 .482 .492 -0.8 -0.0 -7 $ 89/4657
1979 35 NYY AL 2 5 -1 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /89
1979 35 CIN NL 75 155 -16 -1 -0 0 -1 -19 -2.1 4 -14 -1.6 .472 .487 -1.6 -0.1 -14 $ 87/9
1980 36 NYY AL 12 2 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /978D
17 Seasons 1947 6673 -33 3 -0 174 -15 129 14.7 205 334 34.3 .508 .505 15.3 18.6 159 $360,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (13 yrs) 1700 6192 -2 4 1 169 -10 163 18.3 190 352 36.4 .511 .509 18.0 18.4 184 $260,000
NYY (4 yrs) 172 326 -15 -1 -1 6 -4 -15 -1.5 11 -4 -0.5 .491 .498 -1.1 0.4 -10 $100,000
CIN (1 yr) 75 155 -16 -1 -0 0 -1 -19 -2.1 4 -14 -1.6 .472 .487 -1.6 -0.1 -14 $

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
1964 20 BAL AL 1 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .397 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 -.500 -1.000 .000
1965 21 BAL AL 409 299 38 3.4 93 .260 .234 .253 .302 .323 .338 .388 .640 .711 81 .426 -9.3 -1.0 .559 .201 .104 6.2
1966 22 BAL AL 325 236 37 4.2 89 .297 .277 .247 .309 .314 .416 .381 .725 .695 108 .536 2.6 0.3 .611 .185 .139 5.5
1967 23 BAL AL 619 419 87 5.6 85 .315 .293 .243 .353 .312 .446 .365 .799 .677 135 .677 24.3 2.6 .744 .246 .152 9.3
1968 24 BAL AL 467 345 39 3.0 80 .230 .211 .238 .277 .307 .318 .352 .595 .659 81 .435 -9.8 -1.1 .518 .200 .107 5.1
1969 25 BAL AL 685 482 97 5.4 96 .286 .285 .256 .327 .332 .477 .386 .804 .718 122 .613 15.4 1.6 .763 .278 .192 22.6
1970 26 BAL AL 548 381 74 5.2 98 .295 .267 .259 .344 .334 .438 .395 .782 .729 114 .588 9.4 1.0 .758 .315 .171 20.6
1971 27 BAL AL 555 406 60 4.0 91 .303 .262 .254 .306 .326 .397 .377 .703 .702 99 .494 -3.0 -0.3 .603 .203 .136 11.7
1972 28 BAL AL 514 402 41 2.7 85 .259 .233 .250 .267 .319 .358 .361 .626 .680 83 .374 -12.1 -1.4 .500 .176 .126 7.5
1973 29 BAL AL 554 389 67 4.6 93 .307 .280 .258 .334 .327 .402 .380 .736 .707 108 .529 5.2 0.5 .672 .228 .122 12.9
1974 30 BAL AL 615 446 73 4.4 87 .263 .261 .255 .313 .319 .417 .366 .730 .685 112 .529 7.5 0.8 .685 .266 .156 20.9
1975 31 BAL AL 487 384 34 2.4 88 .254 .218 .251 .257 .320 .300 .369 .557 .689 62 .252 -22.6 -2.3 .450 .152 .082 7.7
1976 32 BAL AL 413 335 23 1.9 81 .219 .197 .249 .245 .312 .264 .351 .509 .663 54 .198 -21.6 -2.3 .411 .149 .067 5.0
1977 33 NYY AL 183 138 18 3.5 99 .265 .262 .265 .303 .329 .396 .403 .700 .732 90 .374 -2.6 -0.3 .592 .195 .134 3.4
1978 34 NYY AL 136 110 7 1.7 91 .189 .176 .258 .231 .322 .264 .380 .495 .702 41 .154 -9.9 -1.0 .389 .160 .088 1.3
1979 35 TOT MLB 160 131 7 1.4 100 .171 .152 .270 .209 .336 .234 .401 .443 .737 21 .114 -16.5 -1.7 .354 .159 .083 .0
1979 35 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 100 .250 .200 .267 .200 .332 .200 .405 .400 .736 10 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1979 35 CIN NL 155 127 7 1.5 100 .168 .150 .270 .209 .336 .236 .401 .445 .737 21 .119 -15.8 -1.6 .358 .164 .086 .0
1980 36 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .266 .000 .329 .000 .396 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
17 Yrs 6673 4907 702 3.8 90 .271 .250 .252 .302 .322 .382 .374 .684 .696 96 .476 -43.8 -4.7 .602 .219 .131 150.3
162 Game Avg. 555 408 58 3.8 90 .271 .250 .252 .302 .322 .382 .374 .684 .696 96 .476 -43.8 -4.7 .602 .219 .131 13
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (13 yrs) 6192 4526 670 4.0 89 .276 .254 .251 .306 .321 .388 .373 .694 .694 99 .496 -14.2 -1.7 .615 .222 .134 143.6
NYY (4 yrs) 326 254 25 2.6 96 .232 .223 .262 .270 .326 .334 .393 .604 .719 68 .273 -13.7 -1.4 .492 .176 .111 4.8
CIN (1 yr) 155 127 7 1.5 100 .168 .150 .270 .209 .336 .236 .401 .445 .737 21 .120 -15.8 -1.6 .358 .164 .086 .0
AL (17 yrs) 6518 4780 695 3.9 89 .274 .253 .252 .305 .321 .385 .374 .690 .695 98 .485 -27.9 -3.1 .608 .220 .132 149.0
NL (1 yr) 155 127 7 1.5 100 .168 .150 .270 .209 .336 .236 .401 .445 .737 21 .120 -15.8 -1.6 .358 .164 .086 .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
1966 22 BAL AL WS LAD W 4 7 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .667 .952 4 0 0 0 0 1
1969 25 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 17 15 1 6 2 0 1 6 0 1 2 2 .400 .471 .733 1.204 11 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 BAL AL WS NYM L 5 22 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 1 0 0
1970 26 BAL AL WS CIN W 5 22 19 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .474 .524 .526 1.050 10 1 0 1 0 0
1971 27 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 2 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 BAL AL WS PIT L 4 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 5 20 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .167 .250 .167 .417 3 0 1 0 0 0
1974 30 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 14 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 .286 .375 .500 .875 7 0 0 0 0 0
1977 33 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 3 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 33 NYY AL WS LAD W 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 34 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 34 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 9 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .375 .444 .500 .944 4 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (13 Series) 52 161 146 21 38 6 0 3 15 1 5 12 31 .260 .321 .363 .684 53 1 1 2 0 1
7 ALCS 24 88 80 9 19 3 0 2 10 0 4 6 17 .238 .299 .350 .649 28 0 1 1 0 0
6 WS 28 73 66 12 19 3 0 1 5 1 1 6 14 .288 .347 .379 .726 25 1 0 1 0 1

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
1969 BAL AL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
1964 20 BAL AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1965 21 BAL AL 409 1.2% 12.7% 7.8% 6.4% 31% 1.63 7.0 72.8 14.6 1.08 75%
1966 22 BAL AL 325 1.9% 11.1% 4.6% 8.6% 33% 2.40 8.4 50.5 9.2 1.23 81%
1967 23 BAL AL 619 1.8% 11.0% 8.1% 8.1% 31% 1.36 8.1 50.2 8.6 0.81 78%
1968 24 BAL AL 467 1.5% 12.9% 7.9% 6.4% 34% 1.62 7.0 60.1 11.1 0.65 76%
1969 25 BAL AL 685 3.8% 10.5% 5.8% 9.2% 35% 1.80 8.7 24.0 8.2 0.56 78%
1970 26 BAL AL 548 3.3% 17.0% 10.2% 8.0% 34% 1.66 5.2 26.7 7.4 0.83 68%
1971 27 BAL AL 555 1.8% 16.9% 5.8% 7.6% 31% 2.94 5.5 51.6 11.7 0.73 74%
1972 28 BAL AL 514 1.6% 15.2% 4.9% 7.0% 32% 3.12 6.1 59.6 9.7 0.93 77%
1973 29 BAL AL 554 1.8% 13.0% 7.8% 6.9% 27% 1.67 6.9 50.0 7.8 0.87 76%
1974 30 BAL AL 615 2.8% 9.6% 7.0% 7.8% 33% 1.37 9.4 32.5 8.9 0.81 79%
1975 31 BAL AL 487 1.0% 16.8% 5.1% 4.5% 23% 3.28 5.4 88.0 14.2 0.85 74%
1976 32 BAL AL 413 0.7% 11.9% 5.3% 4.6% 26% 2.23 7.7 125.0 23.4 1.01 78%
1977 33 NYY AL 183 2.2% 8.7% 4.9% 6.0% 26% 1.78 10.3 41.0 6.6 1.05 80%
1978 34 NYY AL 136 1.5% 12.5% 6.6% 5.2% 32% 1.89 7.4 62.5 9.6 0.69 78%
1979 35 TOT MLB 160 1.3% 17.5% 6.9% 4.4% 32% 2.55 5.2 72.5 9.7 0.87 73%
1979 35 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.00 80%
1979 35 CIN NL 155 1.3% 17.4% 7.1% 4.5% 33% 2.45 5.2 70.0 9.3 0.85 73%
1980 36 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
17 Yrs 6673 2.0% 13.1% 6.7% 7.1% 31% 1.95 6.9 45.1 9.7 0.83 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.1% 8.4% 6.2% 27% 1.67 6.3 44.9 8.9 1.10 74%
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
1964 20 BAL AL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.34 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.92 -0.6 0
1965 21 BAL AL -9.3 -1.0 429 -2.2 6.2 -8.4 1.10 -1.1 -0.9 -11.5 -1.2 0.96 -10.6 0.77 0
1966 22 BAL AL 2.6 0.3 341 0.7 6.0 -5.3 1.00 0.8 -0.1 12.5 1.3 0.90 7.9 2.09 6
1967 23 BAL AL 24.3 2.6 644 2.8 12.9 -10.1 1.02 2.6 0.2 29.6 3.2 0.95 27.3 1.71 5
1968 24 BAL AL -10.2 -1.2 477 -0.5 7.1 -7.6 .96 -0.8 0.3 -5.7 -0.6 0.96 -6.7 1.78 11
1969 25 BAL AL 15.4 1.6 722 -0.2 12.8 -13.0 1.02 1.8 -2.0 11.4 1.2 0.97 18.8 1.56 1
1970 26 BAL AL 9.4 1.0 596 -0.5 10.4 -10.9 1.08 1.1 -1.6 1.7 0.2 1.06 14.4 1.59 6
1971 27 BAL AL -3.0 -0.3 582 0.5 10.3 -9.8 1.01 0.2 0.2 -2.5 -0.3 1.00 1.7 1.49 4
1972 28 BAL AL -12.1 -1.4 530 -2.0 7.7 -9.7 1.04 -0.9 -1.0 -11.8 -1.3 0.96 -10.1 1.52 10
1973 29 BAL AL 5.2 0.5 582 -0.1 10.2 -10.4 1.09 -0.1 -0.0 2.5 0.3 0.99 1.0 1.64 10
1974 30 BAL AL 7.5 0.8 659 1.3 12.0 -10.7 1.02 1.1 0.2 3.1 0.3 0.98 6.8 0.60 5
1975 31 BAL AL -22.6 -2.3 518 -2.5 7.0 -9.4 1.04 -2.5 0.1 -28.8 -3.1 0.99 -27.2 1.66 6
1976 32 BAL AL -21.6 -2.3 439 -2.5 5.5 -8.0 .99 -2.6 0.0 -29.3 -3.3 0.94 -28.1 0.94 12
1977 33 NYY AL -2.6 -0.3 189 -0.5 2.8 -3.3 .90 -0.2 -0.3 -7.4 -0.7 1.04 -4.9 0.94 4
1978 34 NYY AL -9.9 -1.0 138 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 .94 -1.0 0.3 -12.0 -1.3 0.98 -12.9 0.60 16
1979 35 TOT MLB -16.5 -1.7 161 -1.4 2.0 -3.4 1.13 -1.7 0.5 -16.3 -1.7 1.00 -18.9 1.13 8
1979 35 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .75 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.92 -1.1 0
1979 35 CIN NL -15.8 -1.6 156 -1.3 2.0 -3.3 1.14 -1.6 0.5 -15.3 -1.6 1.00 -17.8 1.13 8
1980 36 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.02 -0.5 0
17 Yrs -44.2 -4.7 7012 -8.1 114.7 -122.9 1.03 -3.5 -4.4 -65.6 -7.0 0.98 -42.4 1.31 104
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
1964 20 BAL AL 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 BAL AL 6 0 38% 132 8 5 62% 8 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 12 63% 15 8 7 6 2 4 11 2 9
1966 22 BAL AL 9 0 31% 128 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 9 33% 17 14 3 3 2 1 10 3 6
1967 23 BAL AL 5 0 30% 241 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 8 25 44% 34 24 8 7 3 4 16 2 13
1968 24 BAL AL 8 0 34% 183 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 13 58% 16 8 8 3 2 1 12 3 9
1969 25 BAL AL 6 0 39% 206 20 6 77% 19 3 1 2 0 1 3 1 4 16 71% 29 8 20 7 6 1 23 2 21
1970 26 BAL AL 6 0 36% 207 24 11 69% 22 9 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 10 58% 18 13 5 8 4 4 17 0 16
1971 27 BAL AL 9 0 41% 193 14 11 56% 13 10 1 1 0 0 2 2 6 17 56% 30 17 12 5 2 3 13 1 12
1972 28 BAL AL 8 0 31% 175 7 8 47% 7 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 4 51% 27 19 7 6 2 4 20 2 16
1973 29 BAL AL 6 0 36% 184 18 8 69% 18 7 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 11 52% 35 19 16 5 1 4 23 9 13
1974 30 BAL AL 8 0 35% 222 27 9 75% 24 8 3 0 0 1 4 1 5 16 53% 23 15 8 5 3 2 17 2 14
1975 31 BAL AL 9 0 40% 155 17 11 61% 15 11 1 0 1 0 4 3 5 8 55% 17 9 8 10 9 1 13 0 13
1976 32 BAL AL 4 0 27% 128 15 6 71% 11 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 6 9 35% 14 12 2 2 1 1 10 3 6
1977 33 NYY AL 2 0 32% 66 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 42% 6 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 3
1978 34 NYY AL 0 0 28% 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 7 7 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1979 35 TOT MLB 1 0 16% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 4 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
1979 35 NYY AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 35 CIN NL 1 0 17% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 4 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
1980 36 NYY AL 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
17 Yrs 87 0 35% 2311 171 93 65% 157 79 13 9 1 5 34 12 76 156 52% 295 181 107 72 40 32 195 32 155
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
1964 20 BAL AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 BAL AL 409 36% 85 0 0 0 0 0.77 5 0 12 4 1 1 4 0 8 8 100% 69 6 9% 32 9 28% 231 20 9% 14 5 36% 14 6 43% 0
1966 22 BAL AL 325 58% 84 6 2 0 1 2.09 6 0 7 1 5 3 3 0 5 5 100% 54 4 7% 21 10 48% 162 29 18% 13 11 85% 10 9 90% 0
1967 23 BAL AL 619 31% 162 5 1 1 1 1.71 11 0 12 7 4 3 8 0 6 5 83% 125 11 9% 47 17 36% 354 54 15% 36 19 53% 14 7 50% 0
1968 24 BAL AL 467 37% 89 11 2 0 1 1.78 7 0 15 1 6 3 4 0 7 5 71% 68 4 6% 35 12 34% 247 31 13% 19 12 63% 13 6 46% 0
1969 25 BAL AL 685 30% 178 1 0 0 0 1.56 26 0 16 19 7 11 15 1 23 13 57% 139 11 8% 89 22 25% 430 54 13% 32 9 28% 39 17 44% 0
1970 26 BAL AL 548 34% 128 6 0 0 1 1.59 18 0 24 9 9 8 10 0 17 5 29% 129 9 7% 67 17 25% 415 50 12% 32 15 47% 19 9 47% 0
1971 27 BAL AL 555 33% 135 4 1 0 0 1.49 10 1 20 6 4 4 6 0 14 6 43% 115 8 7% 51 8 16% 340 35 10% 18 5 28% 17 8 47% 0
1972 28 BAL AL 514 34% 111 10 3 0 1 1.52 8 0 14 4 4 5 3 0 9 5 56% 99 16 16% 56 18 32% 299 44 15% 23 15 65% 18 7 39% 0
1973 29 BAL AL 554 40% 140 10 0 0 0 1.64 10 1 15 5 5 4 6 2 20 6 30% 127 10 8% 59 19 32% 377 59 16% 51 26 51% 25 9 36% 0
1974 30 BAL AL 615 42% 144 5 1 0 0 0.60 17 1 17 7 10 7 10 0 22 11 50% 125 11 9% 75 27 36% 361 53 15% 36 17 47% 22 17 77% 0
1975 31 BAL AL 487 32% 96 6 2 0 1 1.66 5 0 12 2 3 4 1 0 26 17 65% 116 7 6% 68 22 32% 319 30 9% 28 11 39% 17 7 41% 0
1976 32 BAL AL 413 39% 74 12 2 0 2 0.94 3 0 8 0 3 1 2 0 18 13 72% 68 14 21% 36 18 50% 234 15 6% 8 3 38% 14 9 64% 0
1977 33 NYY AL 183 62% 43 4 2 0 0 0.94 4 0 8 1 3 2 2 0 6 5 83% 45 7 16% 29 10 34% 146 22 15% 15 7 47% 7 5 71% 0
1978 34 NYY AL 136 64% 22 16 5 0 2 0.60 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 100% 31 4 13% 14 4 29% 94 11 12% 10 5 50% 5 3 60% 0
1979 35 TOT MLB 160 73% 22 8 0 0 0 1.13 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 6 2 33% 33 4 12% 21 7 33% 112 13 12% 10 5 50% 10 4 40% 0
1979 35 NYY AL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1979 35 CIN NL 155 73% 21 8 0 0 0 1.13 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 5 2 40% 33 4 12% 20 7 35% 109 13 12% 9 5 56% 9 4 44% 0
1980 36 NYY AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 6673 39% 1513 104 21 1 10 1.31 134 3 191 67 67 57 77 3 189 108 57% 1343 126 9% 700 220 31% 4122 520 13% 345 165 48% 244 123 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%
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

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
1964 20 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 127 410 365 49 85 19 2 5 25 8 6 32 53 .233 .301 .337 .638 80 123 6 4 8 1 3
1966 22 260 735 668 84 169 39 4 11 58 13 12 47 89 .253 .305 .373 .677 92 249 10 4 13 3 3
1967 23 411 1354 1220 156 331 66 16 22 122 21 18 97 157 .271 .327 .406 .733 112 495 21 9 18 10 6
1968 24 552 1821 1641 204 420 88 17 29 160 25 20 134 217 .256 .314 .383 .698 104 629 25 11 23 12 10
1969 25 702 2506 2266 306 598 120 22 55 236 45 26 174 289 .264 .318 .409 .727 109 927 36 13 36 17 10
1970 26 835 3054 2746 385 726 144 24 73 301 69 37 230 382 .264 .323 .414 .737 110 1137 45 16 41 21 11
1971 27 976 3609 3262 460 861 168 32 83 345 83 48 262 476 .264 .320 .411 .731 108 1342 53 17 47 21 13
1972 28 1118 4123 3739 507 972 188 40 91 394 90 56 287 554 .260 .313 .405 .718 105 1513 69 17 52 28 13
1973 29 1264 4677 4239 580 1112 213 43 101 458 108 64 330 626 .262 .316 .404 .720 106 1714 79 17 58 33 17
1974 30 1415 5292 4791 657 1256 240 47 118 520 135 73 373 685 .262 .316 .406 .721 106 1944 90 19 69 40 17
1975 31 1555 5779 5231 708 1352 253 51 123 551 152 84 398 767 .258 .311 .397 .708 103 2076 97 19 86 45 17
1976 32 1700 6192 5606 737 1426 269 51 126 567 167 90 420 816 .254 .306 .388 .694 99 2175 111 21 99 46 19
1977 33 1783 6375 5770 757 1469 273 54 130 592 170 92 429 832 .255 .306 .388 .695 99 2240 118 23 104 49 20
1978 34 1858 6511 5895 767 1491 278 54 132 605 171 93 438 849 .253 .305 .386 .690 98 2273 122 23 106 49 20
1979 35 1935 6671 6040 774 1513 282 55 134 620 171 93 449 877 .250 .302 .382 .684 96 2307 126 23 108 51 23
1980 36 1947 6673 6042 776 1513 282 55 134 620 171 93 449 877 .250 .302 .382 .684 96 2307 126 23 108 51 23

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
1964 20 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1965 21 119 416 369 54 90 20 2 5 28 8 34 52 .244 .314 .350 .663 40 119
1966 22 134 335 312 40 92 22 2 7 38 5 16 36 .295 .327 .446 .773 45 133
1967 23 151 645 571 86 181 30 13 12 77 9 56 68 .317 .380 .478 .858 104 151
1968 24 141 488 436 62 104 26 1 8 49 5 43 60 .239 .308 .358 .666 48 141
1969 25 150 695 633 110 186 33 5 27 82 21 42 72 .294 .337 .490 .827 105 150
1970 26 133 554 484 83 132 25 2 19 69 25 58 93 .273 .352 .450 .802 76 133
1971 27 142 573 531 87 148 26 9 11 51 15 35 95 .279 .325 .424 .748 72 141
1972 28 148 556 514 60 131 24 9 9 63 8 30 82 .255 .292 .389 .681 60 142
1973 29 146 566 509 81 149 27 3 11 71 19 46 72 .293 .348 .422 .771 75 146
1974 30 151 636 568 92 160 30 4 19 74 30 48 59 .282 .336 .449 .785 86 151
1975 31 141 500 451 60 105 14 4 5 36 19 27 83 .233 .273 .315 .588 40 140
1976 32 146 429 388 37 85 18 0 3 20 17 25 49 .219 .269 .289 .558 30 145
1977 33 83 185 166 21 45 4 3 4 27 3 9 16 .271 .311 .404 .715 21 83
1978 34 75 139 127 12 24 5 0 2 15 1 10 17 .189 .248 .276 .524 9 75
1979 35 77 160 145 7 22 4 1 2 15 0 11 28 .152 .209 .234 .443 7 77
1980 36 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
17 Yrs 1957 6880 6207 894 1654 308 58 144 715 185 490 883 .266 .320 .404 .725 818 1947
162 Game Avg. 162 570 514 74 137 25 5 12 59 15 41 73 .266 .320 .404 .725 68 1947
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

All-Star Games
1969 *
1973 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (16, 3%)
1969 AL (11, 8%)
1973 AL (33, 1%)
1974 AL (13, 8%)
0.20 Career Shares (738th)

Gold Gloves
1967 AL (OF)
1969 AL (OF)
1970 AL (OF)
1971 AL (OF)
1972 AL (OF)
1973 AL (OF)
1974 AL (OF)
1975 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1967 AL  6.4 (4th)
1969 AL  6.7 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1967 AL  6.4 (4th)
1969 AL  6.7 (5th)
1970 AL  5.6 (9th)
1974 AL  5.0 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.5 (3rd)
1968 AL  1.9 (9th)
1969 AL  2.7 (4th)
1970 AL  2.7 (3rd)
1972 AL  2.0 (4th)
1973 AL  2.1 (7th)
Career  18.6 (57th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1967 AL  .293 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1969 AL  625 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1969 AL  685 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1969 AL  102 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  162 (7th)
1969 AL  178 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1967 AL  246 (10th)
1969 AL  298 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1967 AL  27 (7th)
1969 AL  32 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1967 AL  12 (1st)
1969 AL  5 (9th)
1971 AL  8 (3rd)
1972 AL  8 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL  94 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1969 AL  20 (10th)
1970 AL  24 (9th)
1974 AL  27 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1967 AL  112 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1967 AL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1967 AL  87 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1967 AL  2.6 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  50 (10th)
1969 AL  63 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 AL  13 (1st)
1974 AL  11 (7th)
1975 AL  17 (4th)
1976 AL  13 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1967 AL  7 (4th)
1972 AL  7 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1972 AL  16 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 AL  11 (7th)
1971 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  93 (145th)

SB % s c a p y
1969 AL  76.92 (8th)
1974 AL  75.00 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 AL  22.6 (1st)
1970 AL  20.6 (6th)
1974 AL  20.9 (2nd)
Career  150.3 (173rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 AL  482 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1967 AL  3.2 (9th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (521), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jim Piersall (920)
  2. Dave Martinez (908)
  3. Tommy Harper (905)
  4. Dave Philley (899)
  5. Lloyd Moseby (897)
  6. Al Cowens (896)
  7. Bill Virdon (896)
  8. Mark Kotsay (892)
  9. Brian McRae (892)
  10. Bob Bailey (890)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carlos Gomez (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Kotsay (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Junior Felix (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee Mazzilli (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chili Davis (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Corey Patterson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Cardenal (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brian McRae (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brian McRae (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Brian McRae (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy Harper (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Piersall (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Piersall (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Piersall (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jim Piersall (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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