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Bruce Bochte

Bruce Anton Bochte

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 12, 1950 in Pasadena, CA
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1974
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Athletics/Angels/Indians 1974-1986
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1974 23 CAL AL 57 221 196 24 53 4 1 5 26 6 3 18 23 .270 .332 .378 .709 110 74 6 1 4 2 0 73/89
1975 24 CAL AL 107 428 375 41 107 19 3 3 48 3 4 45 43 .285 .362 .376 .738 117 141 6 2 3 3 5 3/D
1976 25 CAL AL 146 543 466 53 120 17 1 2 49 4 5 64 53 .258 .346 .311 .658 100 145 12 2 6 5 11 739/D
1977 26 TOT AL 137 552 492 64 148 23 1 7 51 6 4 47 42 .301 .358 .394 .753 109 194 20 0 8 5 3 738/D9
1977 26 CAL AL 25 108 100 12 29 4 0 2 8 3 2 7 4 .290 .336 .390 .726 102 39 3 0 1 0 0 8/D
1977 26 CLE AL 112 444 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 3 2 40 38 .304 .364 .395 .759 111 155 17 0 7 5 3 73/8D9
1978 27 SEA AL 140 560 486 58 128 25 3 11 51 3 4 60 47 .263 .342 .395 .737 108 192 12 1 7 6 3 7D8/93
1979 28 SEA AL 150 636 554 81 175 38 6 16 100 2 2 67 64 .316 .385 .493 .878 134 273 27 2 3 10 8 *3 AS
1980 29 SEA AL 148 603 520 62 156 34 4 13 78 2 3 72 81 .300 .381 .456 .836 128 237 16 0 4 7 13 *3D
1981 30 SEA AL 99 385 335 39 87 16 0 6 30 1 3 47 53 .260 .354 .361 .715 104 121 5 2 1 0 5 *37/D
1982 31 SEA AL 144 586 509 58 151 21 0 12 70 8 5 67 71 .297 .380 .409 .788 115 208 17 3 4 3 5 73D
1984 33 OAK AL 148 533 469 58 124 23 0 5 52 2 5 52 59 .264 .333 .345 .678 96 162 12 0 4 8 3 *3/D
1985 34 OAK AL 137 474 424 48 125 17 1 14 60 3 1 49 58 .295 .367 .439 .806 128 186 14 0 0 1 6 *3
1986 35 OAK AL 125 473 407 57 104 13 1 6 43 3 2 65 68 .256 .357 .337 .694 98 137 9 0 0 1 3 *3/D
12 Yrs 1538 5994 5233 643 1478 250 21 100 658 43 41 653 662 .282 .360 .396 .756 113 2070 156 13 44 51 65
162 Game Avg. 162 631 551 68 156 26 2 11 69 5 4 69 70 .282 .360 .396 .756 113 218 16 1 5 5 7
SEA (5 yrs) 681 2770 2404 298 697 134 13 58 329 16 17 313 316 .290 .370 .429 .799 119 1031 77 8 19 26 34
CAL (4 yrs) 335 1300 1137 130 309 44 5 12 131 16 14 134 123 .272 .348 .351 .699 108 399 27 5 14 10 16
OAK (3 yrs) 410 1480 1300 163 353 53 2 25 155 8 8 166 185 .272 .352 .373 .725 107 485 35 0 4 10 12
CLE (1 yr) 112 444 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 3 2 40 38 .304 .364 .395 .759 111 155 17 0 7 5 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
1974 23 CAL AL 57 221 2 0 -0 2 -3 0 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 73/89
1975 24 CAL AL 107 428 9 -2 0 -2 -6 -1 0.0 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 1.6 -0.8 15 $ 3/D
1976 25 CAL AL 146 543 -1 -1 -0 -0 -8 -12 -1.1 18 6 0.5 .491 .492 0.6 -0.9 7 $ 739/D
1977 26 CAL AL 25 108 3 0 0 -4 -0 -1 -0.1 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.6 -0.4 6 $ 8/D
1977 26 CLE AL 112 444 7 0 -2 1 -6 2 0.3 14 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.5 -0.4 14 $28,000 73/8D9
1978 27 SEA AL 140 560 3 1 -0 -4 -8 -9 -0.9 18 9 0.8 .493 .494 1.3 -1.3 13 $126,000 7D8/93
1979 28 SEA AL 150 636 27 2 -3 -3 -9 14 1.6 21 34 3.4 .509 .508 3.8 -1.0 37 $126,000 *3 AS
1980 29 SEA AL 148 603 14 1 -2 3 -10 6 0.9 18 24 2.6 .504 .504 2.2 -0.5 22 $126,000 *3D
1981 30 SEA AL 99 385 4 -3 -0 -1 -6 -6 -0.6 12 5 0.5 .493 .496 0.6 -0.7 6 $126,000 *37/D
1982 31 SEA AL 144 586 9 1 -1 -2 -8 -2 -0.0 18 16 1.6 .499 .499 1.9 -0.9 18 $ 73D
1984 33 OAK AL 148 533 -0 -1 1 -6 -8 -15 -1.4 16 2 0.1 .489 .490 0.8 -1.4 7 $ *3/D
1985 34 OAK AL 137 474 17 0 -1 1 -7 10 1.2 14 25 2.6 .508 .507 2.5 -0.5 24 $350,000 *3
1986 35 OAK AL 125 473 2 -0 -0 -2 -7 -8 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .494 .495 1.0 -0.8 9 $572,500 *3/D
12 Seasons 1538 5994 94 -4 -9 -17 -86 -21 -0.5 189 167 16.7 .498 .499 19.0 -9.7 184 $1,454,500
SEA (5 yrs) 681 2770 56 1 -7 -7 -41 2 1.0 87 89 8.9 .500 .500 9.8 -4.5 96 $504,000
CAL (4 yrs) 335 1300 12 -3 -0 -4 -18 -13 -1.0 42 29 2.8 .496 .498 3.4 -2.1 33 $
OAK (3 yrs) 410 1480 19 -1 -0 -7 -22 -12 -0.8 45 33 3.4 .497 .497 4.3 -2.7 41 $922,500
CLE (1 yr) 112 444 7 0 -2 1 -6 2 0.3 14 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.5 -0.4 14 $28,000

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
1974 23 CAL AL 221 158 24 4.1 84 .282 .270 .251 .332 .315 .378 .361 .709 .676 110 .496 2.5 0.3 .632 .214 .107 5.5
1975 24 CAL AL 428 284 53 5.0 86 .313 .285 .249 .362 .317 .376 .365 .738 .682 117 .569 10.6 1.1 .673 .208 .091 3.0
1976 25 CAL AL 543 374 52 3.8 80 .284 .258 .248 .346 .311 .311 .350 .658 .660 100 .473 4.1 0.4 .579 .189 .054 2.7
1977 26 TOT AL 552 381 66 4.6 96 .315 .301 .262 .358 .325 .394 .398 .753 .723 109 .501 8.2 0.8 .660 .193 .093 6.5
1977 26 CAL AL 108 77 12 4.2 96 .287 .290 .262 .336 .325 .390 .398 .726 .723 102 .452 0.2 0.0 .618 .180 .100 2.4
1977 26 CLE AL 444 304 54 4.8 96 .322 .304 .262 .364 .325 .395 .398 .759 .723 111 .512 8.0 0.8 .671 .196 .092 3.8
1978 27 SEA AL 560 387 67 4.6 93 .270 .263 .260 .342 .325 .395 .383 .737 .708 108 .532 6.9 0.7 .674 .253 .132 4.7
1979 28 SEA AL 636 421 100 6.3 104 .329 .316 .272 .385 .337 .493 .412 .878 .749 134 .632 29.1 2.8 .838 .298 .177 3.6
1980 29 SEA AL 603 394 90 6.2 100 .330 .300 .270 .381 .333 .456 .401 .836 .734 128 .630 23.1 2.3 .804 .292 .156 3.5
1981 30 SEA AL 385 257 44 4.6 92 .293 .260 .261 .354 .326 .361 .379 .715 .705 104 .553 3.2 0.3 .656 .236 .101 1.7
1982 31 SEA AL 586 387 79 5.5 101 .324 .297 .268 .380 .332 .409 .408 .788 .740 115 .581 12.7 1.2 .739 .250 .112 9.6
1984 33 OAK AL 533 374 54 3.9 90 .288 .264 .254 .333 .316 .345 .383 .678 .699 96 .429 0.5 0.0 .583 .186 .081 2.9
1985 34 OAK AL 474 315 67 5.7 92 .314 .295 .252 .367 .316 .439 .391 .806 .707 128 .597 17.4 1.7 .755 .264 .144 4.9
1986 35 OAK AL 473 315 52 4.4 93 .293 .256 .252 .357 .319 .337 .393 .694 .712 98 .474 2.0 0.2 .646 .243 .081 4.0
12 Yrs 5994 4047 748 5.0 94 .305 .282 .259 .360 .324 .396 .388 .756 .711 113 .548 120.2 11.9 .693 .238 .113 60.1
162 Game Avg. 631 426 79 5.0 94 .305 .282 .259 .360 .324 .396 .388 .756 .711 113 .548 13 1 .693 .238 .113 6
SEA (5 yrs) 2770 1846 380 5.5 98 .311 .290 .267 .370 .331 .429 .398 .799 .729 119 .593 75.0 7.3 .750 .269 .139 25.1
CAL (4 yrs) 1300 893 141 4.3 84 .293 .272 .250 .348 .315 .351 .361 .699 .676 108 .509 17.3 1.8 .621 .199 .079 13.7
OAK (3 yrs) 1480 1004 173 4.6 92 .298 .272 .253 .352 .317 .373 .389 .725 .706 107 .502 19.9 1.9 .658 .229 .102 12.1
CLE (1 yr) 444 304 54 4.8 96 .322 .304 .262 .364 .325 .395 .398 .759 .723 111 .512 8.0 0.8 .671 .196 .092 3.8

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
1979 SEA AL 28 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 1 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
1974 23 CAL AL 221 2.3% 10.4% 8.1% 4.5% 19% 1.28 8.5 39.2 7.5 1.43 77%
1975 24 CAL AL 428 0.7% 10.1% 10.5% 5.8% 23% 0.96 8.7 125.0 7.8 1.40 78%
1976 25 CAL AL 543 0.4% 9.8% 11.8% 3.7% 17% 0.83 8.8 233.0 9.5 1.16 77%
1977 26 TOT AL 552 1.3% 7.6% 8.5% 5.6% 21% 0.89 11.7 70.3 9.6 1.28 81%
1977 26 CAL AL 108 1.9% 3.7% 6.5% 5.6% 21% 0.57 25.0 50.0 12.5 1.31 87%
1977 26 CLE AL 444 1.1% 8.6% 9.0% 5.6% 21% 0.95 10.3 78.4 9.1 1.27 80%
1978 27 SEA AL 560 2.0% 8.4% 10.7% 7.0% 31% 0.78 10.3 44.2 9.5 1.08 78%
1979 28 SEA AL 636 2.5% 10.1% 10.5% 9.4% 34% 0.96 8.7 34.6 5.5 1.22 76%
1980 29 SEA AL 603 2.2% 13.4% 11.9% 8.5% 33% 1.13 6.4 40.0 6.7 1.05 72%
1981 30 SEA AL 385 1.6% 13.8% 12.2% 5.7% 25% 1.13 6.3 55.8 11.2 1.20 72%
1982 31 SEA AL 586 2.1% 12.1% 11.4% 5.6% 22% 1.06 7.2 42.4 7.3 1.24 73%
1984 33 OAK AL 533 0.9% 11.1% 9.8% 5.3% 23% 1.13 7.9 93.8 9.0 0.96 77%
1985 34 OAK AL 474 3.0% 12.2% 10.3% 6.8% 26% 1.18 7.3 30.3 7.1 1.19 74%
1986 35 OAK AL 473 1.3% 14.4% 13.7% 4.2% 19% 1.05 6.0 67.8 9.5 1.08 71%
12 Yrs 5994 1.7% 11.0% 10.9% 6.2% 25% 1.01 7.9 52.3 8.0 1.17 75%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.7 44.7 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 23 CAL AL 2.5 0.3 232 -0.1 4.1 -4.2 1.10 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.98 0.2 2.18 1
1975 24 CAL AL 10.6 1.1 438 1.0 8.0 -7.0 1.07 0.3 0.6 6.7 0.7 0.96 2.2 3.00 3
1976 25 CAL AL 4.1 0.4 561 -0.4 8.9 -9.3 1.12 -0.2 -0.1 3.5 0.4 0.95 -0.6 2.49 7
1977 26 TOT AL 8.2 0.8 570 -1.3 9.1 -10.4 1.04 0.3 -1.6 2.3 0.2 0.99 4.6 0.51 1
1977 26 CAL AL 0.2 0.0 114 -0.6 1.4 -1.9 .98 0.0 -0.6 -1.1 -0.1 0.96 -0.3 0
1977 26 CLE AL 8.0 0.8 456 -0.7 7.7 -8.4 1.06 0.3 -1.0 3.4 0.3 1.00 4.8 0.51 1
1978 27 SEA AL 6.2 0.6 579 0.6 10.1 -9.6 1.04 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.95 4.4 1.28 6
1979 28 SEA AL 29.1 2.8 648 2.5 14.1 -11.5 1.09 2.4 -0.1 29.7 2.8 0.94 28.3 4.23 4
1980 29 SEA AL 23.1 2.3 622 4.1 14.6 -10.5 1.11 1.5 2.2 22.8 2.2 0.95 15.5 2.21 7
1981 30 SEA AL 2.8 0.3 391 0.0 6.4 -6.3 .91 0.4 -0.4 1.0 0.1 0.89 3.8 1.39 8
1982 31 SEA AL 12.7 1.2 602 1.2 11.5 -10.3 1.05 1.5 -0.4 14.3 1.4 0.89 14.5 3.81 4
1984 33 OAK AL -0.2 -0.0 542 0.6 9.0 -8.4 .98 0.2 0.4 5.0 0.5 0.94 -1.0 1.09 13
1985 34 OAK AL 17.4 1.7 487 2.4 9.7 -7.2 .94 1.8 0.8 21.0 2.1 0.91 21.5 1.17 9
1986 35 OAK AL 2.0 0.2 482 2.0 9.0 -7.1 1.00 0.6 1.3 14.7 1.5 0.94 7.9 1.54 9
12 Yrs 118.4 11.7 6154 12.6 114.5 -101.8 1.04 9.1 3.0 121.8 12.1 0.94 101.1 1.86 72

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
1974 23 CAL AL 1 0 28% 87 6 3 67% 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 38% 11 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 4
1975 24 CAL AL 6 0 25% 195 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 35% 26 19 7 0 0 0 11 3 6
1976 25 CAL AL 4 0 28% 226 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 13 54% 23 14 9 7 2 4 13 3 10
1977 26 TOT AL 10 0 30% 235 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 15 33% 33 26 7 6 4 2 22 9 11
1977 26 CAL AL 4 0 29% 50 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 23% 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 1
1977 26 CLE AL 6 0 31% 185 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 35% 24 19 5 6 4 2 18 7 10
1978 27 SEA AL 3 0 26% 208 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 21 39% 30 21 8 10 4 5 11 3 7
1979 28 SEA AL 9 0 29% 252 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19 41% 36 24 12 10 8 2 23 8 14
1980 29 SEA AL 1 0 23% 200 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 41% 29 18 11 7 7 0 15 3 10
1981 30 SEA AL 6 0 25% 168 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 35% 29 20 8 6 6 0 14 4 9
1982 31 SEA AL 2 0 22% 213 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 30% 34 24 10 8 6 1 14 7 6
1984 33 OAK AL 8 0 31% 206 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 30% 31 24 6 8 6 2 17 8 9
1985 34 OAK AL 6 0 21% 201 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 39% 25 18 7 2 2 0 9 2 7
1986 35 OAK AL 5 0 31% 203 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 14 42% 34 27 7 4 1 3 19 4 14
12 Yrs 61 0 27% 2394 43 41 51% 39 36 3 2 1 3 11 1 79 144 38% 341 242 96 70 48 19 176 58 107

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
1974 23 CAL AL 221 67% 53 1 0 0 0 2.18 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 7 4 57% 35 6 17% 21 11 52% 133 21 16% 18 8 44% 5 3 60% 0
1975 24 CAL AL 428 60% 107 3 1 0 1 3.00 3 0 11 2 1 2 1 0 6 3 50% 70 6 9% 38 15 39% 266 46 17% 42 22 52% 16 13 81% 0
1976 25 CAL AL 543 81% 120 7 3 0 1 2.49 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 100% 93 12 13% 51 23 45% 326 49 15% 28 18 64% 13 11 85% 0
1977 26 TOT AL 552 70% 148 1 0 0 0 0.51 7 0 18 5 2 3 4 0 8 8 100% 132 20 15% 61 24 39% 380 46 12% 38 17 45% 24 15 63% 0
1977 26 CAL AL 108 78% 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 26 3 12% 12 4 33% 70 6 9% 7 2 29% 5 4 80% 0
1977 26 CLE AL 444 68% 119 1 0 0 0 0.51 5 0 13 5 0 2 3 0 7 7 100% 106 17 16% 49 20 41% 310 40 13% 31 15 48% 19 11 58% 0
1978 27 SEA AL 560 73% 128 6 3 0 0 1.28 11 0 9 10 1 8 3 0 8 7 88% 104 12 12% 56 23 41% 333 40 12% 31 17 55% 18 10 56% 0
1979 28 SEA AL 636 71% 175 4 2 0 2 4.23 16 1 12 12 4 11 5 0 3 3 100% 133 27 20% 59 23 39% 416 88 21% 58 35 60% 18 10 56% 0
1980 29 SEA AL 603 69% 156 7 1 0 0 2.21 13 0 14 8 5 10 3 0 4 4 100% 109 16 15% 42 18 43% 391 66 17% 34 20 59% 18 11 61% 0
1981 30 SEA AL 385 77% 87 8 2 0 0 1.39 6 0 2 3 3 4 2 0 1 1 100% 54 5 9% 23 8 35% 196 26 13% 11 6 55% 12 6 50% 0
1982 31 SEA AL 586 65% 151 4 2 0 1 3.81 12 0 7 9 3 7 5 0 4 4 100% 111 17 15% 46 21 46% 327 59 18% 32 15 47% 19 13 68% 0
1984 33 OAK AL 533 77% 124 13 4 1 3 1.09 5 0 13 5 0 1 4 0 5 4 80% 107 12 11% 40 18 45% 313 47 15% 22 16 73% 11 6 55% 0
1985 34 OAK AL 474 87% 125 9 3 0 1 1.17 14 0 7 10 4 6 8 0 0 0 93 14 15% 40 14 35% 268 50 19% 27 13 48% 27 19 70% 0
1986 35 OAK AL 473 89% 104 9 4 0 2 1.54 6 0 13 6 0 3 3 0 1 0 0% 75 9 12% 26 8 31% 281 41 15% 20 11 55% 15 6 40% 0
12 Yrs 5994 74% 1478 72 25 1 11 1.86 100 1 119 77 23 57 43 0 53 44 83% 1116 156 14% 503 206 41% 3630 579 16% 361 198 55% 196 123 63% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1974 23 57 221 196 24 53 4 1 5 26 6 3 18 23 .270 .332 .378 .709 110 74 6 1 4 2 0
1975 24 164 649 571 65 160 23 4 8 74 9 7 63 66 .280 .352 .377 .729 115 215 12 3 7 5 5
1976 25 310 1192 1037 118 280 40 5 10 123 13 12 127 119 .270 .349 .347 .697 108 360 24 5 13 10 16
1977 26 447 1744 1529 182 428 63 6 17 174 19 16 174 161 .280 .352 .362 .715 109 554 44 5 21 15 19
1978 27 587 2304 2015 240 556 88 9 28 225 22 20 234 208 .276 .350 .370 .720 109 746 56 6 28 21 22
1979 28 737 2940 2569 321 731 126 15 44 325 24 22 301 272 .285 .358 .397 .754 115 1019 83 8 31 31 30
1980 29 885 3543 3089 383 887 160 19 57 403 26 25 373 353 .287 .361 .407 .768 117 1256 99 8 35 38 43
1981 30 984 3928 3424 422 974 176 19 63 433 27 28 420 406 .284 .361 .402 .763 116 1377 104 10 36 38 48
1982 31 1128 4514 3933 480 1125 197 19 75 503 35 33 487 477 .286 .363 .403 .766 116 1585 121 13 40 41 53
1983 32 1128 4514 3933 480 1125 197 19 75 503 35 33 487 477 .286 .363 .403 .766 116 1585 121 13 40 41 53
1984 33 1276 5047 4402 538 1249 220 19 80 555 37 38 539 536 .284 .360 .397 .757 113 1747 133 13 44 49 56
1985 34 1413 5521 4826 586 1374 237 20 94 615 40 39 588 594 .285 .361 .401 .761 115 1933 147 13 44 50 62
1986 35 1538 5994 5233 643 1478 250 21 100 658 43 41 653 662 .282 .360 .396 .756 113 2070 156 13 44 51 65

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
1974 23 57 230 203 29 60 5 1 6 32 7 20 23 .296 .358 .419 .777 30 57
1975 24 108 448 390 49 120 21 3 3 58 3 50 43 .308 .387 .400 .787 61 107
1976 25 147 576 488 68 140 20 1 2 63 5 75 53 .287 .381 .344 .725 64 146
1977 26 137 561 499 69 155 24 1 7 55 6 49 42 .311 .369 .405 .774 76 137
1978 27 140 575 496 66 138 27 3 12 58 3 65 47 .278 .359 .417 .776 75 140
1979 28 151 638 556 80 175 38 6 16 99 2 67 64 .315 .384 .491 .875 106 150
1980 29 148 609 524 65 160 35 4 13 81 2 74 81 .305 .387 .462 .849 95 148
1981 30 150 596 515 65 140 26 0 10 50 2 76 80 .272 .369 .381 .749 71 99
1982 31 144 589 511 59 153 21 0 12 71 8 68 71 .299 .383 .411 .794 80 144
1984 33 148 549 480 67 135 25 0 5 60 2 57 59 .281 .352 .365 .717 63 148
1985 34 137 487 433 54 134 18 1 15 68 3 53 58 .309 .384 .460 .844 77 137
1986 35 125 486 415 64 112 14 1 6 48 3 70 68 .270 .374 .352 .726 55 125
12 Yrs 1592 6344 5510 735 1622 274 21 107 743 46 724 689 .294 .375 .410 .785 853 1538
162 Game Avg. 162 646 561 75 165 28 2 11 76 5 74 70 .294 .375 .410 .785 87 1538

* 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

All-Star Games
1979 *

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 AL  .316 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 AL  .380 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL  38 (8th)
1980 AL  34 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  11 (5th)
1980 AL  13 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 AL  20 (6th)
1979 AL  27 (1st)
Career  156 (240th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1977 AL  11.7 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 AL  4.1 (3rd)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (983), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1255), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Alex Johnson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Hargrove (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Johnson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Luderus (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tito Francona (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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