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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #426. Victor Martinez… #427. Art Fletcher… #428. Michael Young… #429. PAUL BLAIR… #430. Jim Bottomley… #431. Wally Moses… #432. Cy Seymour… 

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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
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 $

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

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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 BAL AL 20 CF 6 0 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 0.17 .980 2.40 2.43
1964 BAL AL 20 OF 6 0 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 2.00 0.33 .980 2.00 2.03
1965 BAL AL 21 CF 116 97 94 908.1 247 240 5 2 0 .992 0 1 2.43 2.11 .979 2.40 2.40
1965 BAL AL 21 OF 116 97 94 908.1 248 241 5 2 0 .992 0 1 2.44 2.12 .978 2.04 2.03
1966 BAL AL 22 OF 127 79 72 787.2 210 204 4 2 2 .990 6 9 2.38 1.64 .982 2.10 2.10
1966 BAL AL 22 CF 126 79 72 786.2 213 207 4 2 3 .991 6 9 2.41 1.67 .986 2.52 2.52
1966 BAL AL 22 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1967 BAL AL 23 CF 146 139 136 1269.1 392 373 13 6 3 .985 22 21 2.74 2.64 .981 2.47 2.47 MVP-16,GG
1967 BAL AL 23 OF 146 139 136 1269.1 388 369 13 6 3 .985 22 21 2.71 2.62 .980 2.05 2.06 MVP-16,GG
1968 BAL AL 24 CF 132 100 96 977.0 284 272 10 2 2 .993 17 21 2.60 2.14 .986 2.53 2.52
1968 BAL AL 24 OF 132 100 96 977.0 283 271 10 2 2 .993 17 21 2.59 2.13 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 BAL AL 24 3B 1 0 0 8.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 -1 -105 2.25 2.00 .950 3.04 3.00
1969 BAL AL 25 CF 150 149 144 1339.0 419 402 12 5 5 .988 26 23 2.78 2.76 .982 2.50 2.50 AS,MVP-11,GG
1969 BAL AL 25 OF 150 149 144 1339.0 426 407 14 5 5 .988 26 23 2.83 2.81 .978 2.13 2.13 AS,MVP-11,GG
1970 BAL AL 26 CF 128 117 116 1085.2 381 366 11 4 3 .990 26 29 3.13 2.95 .985 2.62 2.61 GG
1970 BAL AL 26 OF 128 117 116 1085.2 382 368 10 4 3 .990 26 29 3.13 2.95 .980 2.14 2.13 GG
1970 BAL AL 26 3B 1 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -144 0.00 0.00 .950 3.06 3.10 GG
1971 BAL AL 27 CF 139 121 118 1115.0 338 331 4 3 1 .991 8 9 2.70 2.41 .983 2.73 2.72 GG
1971 BAL AL 27 OF 138 121 118 1115.0 338 331 4 3 1 .991 8 9 2.70 2.43 .982 2.24 2.22 GG
1972 BAL AL 28 CF 139 113 111 1083.2 349 339 7 3 1 .991 18 19 2.87 2.49 .987 2.65 2.64 GG
1972 BAL AL 28 OF 139 113 111 1083.2 350 337 10 3 1 .991 18 19 2.88 2.50 .983 2.22 2.21 GG
1973 BAL AL 29 CF 144 123 118 1154.1 389 371 14 4 4 .990 19 19 3.00 2.67 .983 2.78 2.77 AS,MVP-33,GG
1973 BAL AL 29 OF 144 123 118 1154.1 387 369 14 4 4 .990 19 19 2.99 2.66 .979 2.29 2.27 AS,MVP-33,GG
1974 BAL AL 30 CF 151 136 131 1285.0 461 447 7 7 2 .985 15 14 3.18 3.01 .986 2.93 2.92 MVP-13,GG
1974 BAL AL 30 OF 151 136 131 1285.0 461 447 7 7 2 .985 15 14 3.18 3.01 .980 2.41 2.40 MVP-13,GG
1975 BAL AL 31 CF 138 103 88 1033.0 335 324 8 3 1 .991 12 14 2.89 2.41 .983 2.84 2.83 GG
1975 BAL AL 31 OF 138 103 88 1033.0 338 327 8 3 1 .991 12 14 2.92 2.43 .979 2.37 2.36 GG
1975 BAL AL 31 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.80 GG
1975 BAL AL 31 DH 1 0 GG
1976 BAL AL 32 CF 139 89 83 956.2 344 331 6 7 1 .980 1 2 3.17 2.42 .984 2.98 2.99
1976 BAL AL 32 OF 139 89 83 956.2 340 327 6 7 1 .979 1 2 3.13 2.40 .981 2.47 2.48
1977 NYY AL 33 OF 79 37 30 434.1 130 125 1 4 0 .969 5 14 2.61 1.59 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 NYY AL 33 CF 42 32 25 312.0 96 93 0 3 0 .969 2 9 2.68 2.21 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 NYY AL 33 RF 34 5 5 103.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 3 36 2.53 0.85 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 NYY AL 33 LF 6 0 0 19.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 2.33 0.83 .976 2.09 2.08
1977 NYY AL 33 DH 3 0
1978 NYY AL 34 OF 64 20 17 307.2 90 87 2 1 1 .989 0 0 2.60 1.39 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 NYY AL 34 CF 49 13 10 211.0 71 68 2 1 1 .986 -1 -5 2.99 1.43 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 NYY AL 34 RF 16 7 7 88.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1 15 1.74 1.06 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 NYY AL 34 2B 5 0 0 6.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0 36 6.75 1.00 .980 5.53 5.42
1978 NYY AL 34 SS 4 0 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -77 1.93 0.25 .960 5.01 4.88
1978 NYY AL 34 3B 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -98 0.00 0.00 2.95 2.97
1978 NYY AL 34 LF 1 0 0 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -28 1.04 1.00 .970 2.18 2.20
1979 TOT MLB 35 OF 69 38 23 378.1 127 123 3 1 0 .992 0 1 3.00 1.83 .979 2.34 2.32
1979 TOT MLB 35 CF 56 37 22 330.2 107 105 1 1 0 .991 -0 -1 2.89 1.89 .986 2.82 2.81
1979 TOT MLB 35 RF 5 1 1 16.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 67 4.50 1.60 .980 2.19 2.18
1979 NYY AL 35 OF 2 1 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 37 4.15 3.00 .982 2.49 2.45
1979 NYY AL 35 CF 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 2.00 .985 2.92 2.90
1979 NYY AL 35 RF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 80 4.00 4.00 .980 2.20 2.20
1979 CIN NL 35 OF 67 37 22 365.1 121 117 3 1 0 .992 0 0 2.96 1.79 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 CIN NL 35 CF 55 37 22 326.2 105 103 1 1 0 .990 -0 -1 2.87 1.89 .986 2.82 2.81
1979 CIN NL 35 LF 18 0 0 31.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.71 0.33 .970 2.02 2.00
1979 CIN NL 35 RF 4 0 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 51 5.14 1.00 .980 2.19 2.17
1980 NYY AL 36 OF 12 0 0 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 3.27 0.67 .979 2.45 2.46
1980 NYY AL 36 RF 7 0 0 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 3.46 0.71 .976 2.15 2.11
1980 NYY AL 36 LF 5 0 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 0.60 .980 2.36 2.36
1980 NYY AL 36 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1980 NYY AL 36 DH 1 0
17 Seasons OF 1878 1461 1377 14146.0 4508 4343 111 54 26 .988 176 15 2.83 2.37 .980 2.23 2.23
17 Seasons CF 1802 1448 1364 13857.1 4427 4270 104 53 27 .988 171 15 2.84 2.43 .984 2.68 2.68
4 Seasons RF 62 13 13 220.0 60 58 1 1 0 .983 5 29 2.41 0.95 .976 2.16 2.12
5 Seasons LF 31 0 0 68.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.97 0.48 .974 2.10 2.07
1 Season 2B 5 0 0 6.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0 36 6.75 1.00 .980 5.53 5.42
3 Seasons 3B 5 0 0 16.2 4 1 1 2 1 .500 -2 -115 1.08 0.40 .950 3.02 3.00
1 Season SS 4 0 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -77 1.93 0.25 .960 5.01 4.88
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.80
17 Seasons TOT 1893 1461 1377 14174.0 4519 4347 115 57 27 .987 174 15 2.83 2.36 .980 2.23 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (746th)

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)
1970 AL  5.6 (10th)

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 (147th)

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 (181st)

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)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1967 AL  22 (3rd)
1969 AL  26 (1st)
1970 AL  26 (2nd)
1972 AL  18 (3rd)
Career  174 (9th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 AL  126 (3rd)
1967 AL  146 (1st)
1969 AL  150 (1st)
1971 AL  139 (3rd)
1972 AL  139 (3rd)
1973 AL  144 (4th)
1974 AL  151 (2nd)
1975 AL  138 (2nd)
1976 AL  139 (3rd)
Career  1,802 (12th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 AL  373 (1st)
1969 AL  402 (1st)
1970 AL  366 (3rd)
1971 AL  331 (2nd)
1972 AL  339 (4th)
1973 AL  371 (5th)
1974 AL  447 (2nd)
1975 AL  324 (4th)
Career  4,270 (19th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 AL  5 (5th)
1967 AL  13 (1st)
1968 AL  10 (4th)
1969 AL  12 (2nd)
1970 AL  11 (4th)
1973 AL  14 (2nd)
Career  104 (26th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 AL  6 (4th)
1970 AL  4 (4th)
1972 AL  3 (5th)
1974 AL  7 (2nd)
1976 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  53 (55th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  146 (3rd)
1969 AL  150 (2nd)
1974 AL  151 (4th)
Career  1,878 (65th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  369 (1st)
1969 AL  407 (1st)
1970 AL  368 (4th)
1972 AL  337 (4th)
1973 AL  369 (5th)
1974 AL  447 (2nd)
Career  4,343 (53rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  13 (4th)
1969 AL  14 (2nd)
1973 AL  14 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (4th)
1967 AL  22 (1st)
1968 AL  17 (1st)
1969 AL  26 (1st)
1970 AL  26 (1st)
1971 AL  8 (1st)
1972 AL  18 (1st)
1973 AL  19 (2nd)
1974 AL  15 (1st)
1975 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  171 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.74 (1st)
1968 AL  2.60 (3rd)
1969 AL  2.78 (1st)
1970 AL  3.13 (1st)
1972 AL  2.87 (2nd)
1973 AL  3.00 (2nd)
1974 AL  3.18 (2nd)
1975 AL  2.89 (5th)
1976 AL  3.17 (3rd)
Career  3.03 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 AL  2.64 (1st)
1969 AL  2.76 (1st)
1970 AL  2.95 (1st)
1972 AL  2.49 (5th)
1974 AL  3.01 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 AL  .992 (1st)
1966 AL  .991 (5th)
1967 AL  .985 (4th)
1968 AL  .993 (2nd)
1969 AL  .988 (3rd)
1971 AL  .991 (2nd)
1973 AL  .990 (3rd)
1975 AL  .991 (2nd)
Career  .988 (62nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  22 (2nd)
1968 AL  17 (4th)
1969 AL  26 (1st)
1970 AL  26 (1st)
1972 AL  18 (1st)
1973 AL  19 (2nd)
1974 AL  15 (2nd)
1975 AL  12 (4th)
Career  176 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1965 AL  2.44 (5th)
1967 AL  2.71 (1st)
1968 AL  2.59 (5th)
1969 AL  2.83 (1st)
1970 AL  3.13 (1st)
1972 AL  2.88 (2nd)
1973 AL  2.99 (2nd)
1974 AL  3.18 (4th)
1975 AL  2.92 (5th)
Career  3.00 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  2.62 (1st)
1969 AL  2.81 (1st)
1970 AL  2.95 (1st)
1971 AL  2.43 (5th)
1972 AL  2.50 (4th)
1974 AL  3.01 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1965 AL  .992 (4th)
1968 AL  .993 (4th)
1975 AL  .991 (4th)
Career  .988 (95th)

             

† 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 (523), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1796), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (48th), 34.3 career WAR/33.2 7yr-peak WAR/33.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jim Piersall (920)
  2. Dave Martinez (908)
  3. Tommy Harper (905)
  4. Dave Philley (899)
  5. Al Cowens (896)
  6. Bill Virdon (896)
  7. Lloyd Moseby (896)
  8. Brian McRae (892)
  9. Jorge Orta (892)
  10. Bob Bailey (891)
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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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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196622Baltimore Orioles$8,0002/5/66 TSN
196925Baltimore Orioles$20,00012/27/69 TSN
197228Baltimore Orioles$47,0002/10/73 TSN
197329Baltimore Orioles$50,0001975 TSN Guide
197430Baltimore Orioles$60,0001975 TSN GuidePlayer loss; $70K demand
197531Baltimore Orioles$75,0002/8/75 TSN
197733New York Yankees$100,00011/19/77 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$360,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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