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Wade Boggs

Wade Anthony Boggs (Chicken Man)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 15, 1958 in Omaha, NE
High School: Plant HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1982 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Yankees/DevilRays 1982-1999
Agents: Alan Nero,Cecil Cooper, previously: Brian David,Tony Pennacchia [*]
Final Game: August 27, 1999 (Age 41)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2005 (474/516 ballots).
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #12. Rogers Hornsby… #13. George Brett… #14. Charlie Gehringer… #15. WADE BOGGS… #16. Carl Yastrzemski… #17. Frankie Frisch… #18. George Sisler… 

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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
1982 24 BOS AL 104 381 338 51 118 14 1 5 44 1 0 35 21 .349 .406 .441 .847 128 149 9 0 4 4 4 35/D7 RoY-3
1983 25 BOS AL 153 685 582 100 210 44 7 5 74 3 3 92 36 .361 .444 .486 .931 150 283 15 1 3 7 2 *5 MVP-12,SS
1984 26 BOS AL 158 726 625 109 203 31 4 6 55 3 2 89 44 .325 .407 .416 .823 125 260 13 0 8 4 6 *5/D
1985 27 BOS AL 161 758 653 107 240 42 3 8 78 2 1 96 61 .368 .450 .478 .928 151 312 20 4 3 2 5 *5 AS,MVP-4
1986 28 BOS AL 149 693 580 107 207 47 2 8 71 0 4 105 44 .357 .453 .486 .939 157 282 11 0 4 4 14 *5 AS,MVP-7,SS
1987 29 BOS AL 147 667 551 108 200 40 6 24 89 1 3 105 48 .363 .461 .588 1.049 174 324 13 2 1 8 19 *5/3D AS,MVP-9,SS
1988 30 BOS AL 155 719 584 128 214 45 6 5 58 2 3 125 34 .366 .476 .490 .965 168 286 23 3 0 7 18 *5/D AS,MVP-6,SS
1989 31 BOS AL 156 742 621 113 205 51 7 3 54 2 6 107 51 .330 .430 .449 .879 142 279 19 7 0 7 19 *5/D AS,MVP-21,SS
1990 32 BOS AL 155 713 619 89 187 44 5 6 63 0 0 87 68 .302 .386 .418 .804 122 259 14 1 0 6 19 *5/D AS,MVP-22
1991 33 BOS AL 144 641 546 93 181 42 2 8 51 1 2 89 32 .332 .421 .460 .881 140 251 16 0 0 6 25 *5 AS,SS
1992 34 BOS AL 143 598 514 62 133 22 4 7 50 1 3 74 31 .259 .353 .358 .711 96 184 10 4 0 6 19 *5D AS
1993 35 NYY AL 143 644 560 83 169 26 1 2 59 0 1 74 49 .302 .378 .363 .740 104 203 10 0 1 9 4 *5/D AS,SS
1994 36 NYY AL 97 434 366 61 125 19 1 11 55 2 1 61 29 .342 .433 .489 .922 142 179 10 1 2 4 3 *5/3 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1995 37 NYY AL 126 541 460 76 149 22 4 5 63 1 1 74 50 .324 .412 .422 .834 119 194 13 0 0 7 5 *5/3 AS,MVP-17,GG
1996 38 NYY AL 132 574 501 80 156 29 2 2 41 1 2 67 32 .311 .389 .389 .778 98 195 10 0 1 5 7 *5/D AS
1997 39 NYY AL 104 407 353 55 103 23 1 4 28 0 1 48 38 .292 .373 .397 .769 102 140 3 0 2 4 3 5D/1
1998 40 TBD AL 123 483 435 51 122 23 4 7 52 3 2 46 54 .280 .348 .400 .748 94 174 13 0 0 2 6 5D
1999 41 TBD AL 90 334 292 40 88 14 1 2 29 1 0 38 23 .301 .377 .377 .754 94 110 14 0 0 4 2 5/D31
18 Yrs 2440 10740 9180 1513 3010 578 61 118 1014 24 35 1412 745 .328 .415 .443 .858 131 4064 236 23 29 96 180
162 Game Avg. 162 713 609 100 200 38 4 8 67 2 2 94 49 .328 .415 .443 .858 131 270 16 2 2 6 12
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
BOS (11 yrs) 1625 7323 6213 1067 2098 422 47 85 687 16 27 1004 470 .338 .428 .462 .890 142 2869 163 22 23 61 150
NYY (5 yrs) 602 2600 2240 355 702 119 9 24 246 4 6 324 198 .313 .396 .407 .803 112 911 46 1 6 29 22
TBD (2 yrs) 213 817 727 91 210 37 5 9 81 4 2 84 77 .289 .360 .391 .750 94 284 27 0 0 6 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1982 24 BOS AL 104 381 11 0 1 15 -2 25 2.7 13 38 3.9 .525 .516 2.3 1.4 23 35/D7 RoY-3
1983 25 BOS AL 153 685 46 -1 1 7 2 54 5.7 22 77 7.8 .536 .534 7.1 1.0 70 $130,000 *5 MVP-12,SS
1984 26 BOS AL 158 726 24 1 1 10 2 39 4.1 23 62 6.3 .526 .525 5.3 1.3 52 $525,000 *5/D
1985 27 BOS AL 161 758 55 2 0 8 2 68 6.9 23 91 9.1 .542 .542 8.3 1.1 83 $1,000,000 *5 AS,MVP-4
1986 28 BOS AL 149 693 51 -3 1 8 2 58 5.9 22 80 7.9 .539 .536 7.2 1.0 72 $1,350,000 *5 AS,MVP-7,SS
1987 29 BOS AL 147 667 57 -0 -1 8 2 65 6.2 22 86 8.2 .542 .538 7.5 0.9 79 $1,675,000 *5/3D AS,MVP-9,SS
1988 30 BOS AL 155 719 58 -1 -2 2 2 58 6.2 22 80 8.2 .539 .537 7.9 0.5 78 $1,650,000 *5/D AS,MVP-6,SS
1989 31 BOS AL 156 742 41 -3 -2 19 2 56 6.2 24 80 8.4 .538 .537 6.2 2.3 61 $1,850,000 *5/D AS,MVP-21,SS
1990 32 BOS AL 155 713 15 -1 -0 -8 2 8 0.9 24 31 3.1 .505 .505 4.1 -0.7 39 $1,900,000 *5/D AS,MVP-22
1991 33 BOS AL 144 641 31 -3 -1 11 2 41 4.3 22 63 6.4 .529 .526 5.2 1.4 51 $2,750,000 *5 AS,SS
1992 34 BOS AL 143 598 -5 0 1 4 -1 -1 0.1 22 22 2.2 .499 .499 1.7 0.4 17 $2,700,000 *5D AS
1993 35 NYY AL 143 644 6 4 1 8 1 20 2.1 23 44 4.2 .514 .513 3.6 0.8 36 $2,950,000 *5/D AS,SS
1994 36 NYY AL 97 434 30 -1 -0 3 1 32 3.0 16 48 4.5 .530 .518 4.2 0.4 45 $3,200,000 *5/3 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1995 37 NYY AL 126 541 18 1 -1 5 1 24 2.3 20 44 4.2 .518 .514 3.7 0.6 39 $4,724,316 *5/3 AS,MVP-17,GG
1996 38 NYY AL 132 574 4 -0 0 8 1 12 1.4 22 34 3.4 .509 .507 2.5 1.0 26 $2,050,000 *5/D AS
1997 39 NYY AL 104 407 2 -1 1 4 -1 5 0.6 15 20 2.0 .504 .503 1.6 0.4 16 $2,000,000 5D/1
1998 40 TBD AL 123 483 -5 -1 -1 5 -2 -4 -0.3 18 14 1.4 .497 .498 1.0 0.3 10 $1,150,000 5D
1999 41 TBD AL 90 334 -2 0 -1 -13 0 -16 -1.4 13 -3 -0.2 .484 .491 1.0 -1.2 10 $750,000 5/D31
18 Seasons 2440 10740 437 -8 -3 104 15 546 56.9 365 911 90.9 .522 .519 80.5 12.9 807 $32,354,316
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BOS (11 yrs) 1625 7323 384 -9 -2 85 13 471 49.1 239 710 71.4 .529 .527 62.9 10.6 625 $15,530,000
NYY (5 yrs) 602 2600 60 2 1 28 4 94 9.4 96 190 18.3 .515 .511 15.6 3.2 162 $14,924,316
TBD (2 yrs) 213 817 -7 -1 -2 -8 -2 -19 -1.7 31 11 1.2 .492 .494 2.0 -0.9 20 $1,900,000

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
1986 28 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 7 35 30 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 .233 .324 .333 .657 10 2 0 1 0 0
1986 28 BOS AL WS NYM L 7 35 31 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .290 .371 .387 .759 12 0 0 0 0 1
1988 30 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 18 13 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .385 .444 .385 .829 5 0 0 0 2 0
1990 32 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 16 1 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .438 .438 .688 1.125 11 1 0 0 0 0
1995 37 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 4 22 19 4 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .263 .364 .526 .890 10 1 0 0 0 0
1996 38 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 3 13 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .167 .250 2 0 0 1 0 0
1996 38 NYY AL ALCS BAL W 3 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 38 NYY AL WS ATL W 4 12 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .273 .333 .364 .697 4 1 0 0 0 0
1997 39 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 3 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 3 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (9 Series) 39 174 154 15 42 9 1 2 16 0 0 16 20 .273 .337 .383 .720 59 6 0 2 2 1
3 ALDS 10 42 38 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 7 .237 .293 .395 .687 15 2 0 1 0 0
4 ALCS 18 85 74 7 21 2 1 1 6 0 0 8 11 .284 .345 .378 .724 28 3 0 1 2 0
2 WS 11 47 42 3 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 .286 .362 .381 .743 16 1 0 0 0 1

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 39 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1999 41 TBD AL 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
2 Yrs 0 0 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 157 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 3.86 68 0 68 0 0 0 78 102 34 34 0 34 0 68 0 0 0 374 157 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
TBD (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1997 39 NYY AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.08 -0.23 -0.38 104.0 5.13 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .557 .500 $2,000,000
1999 41 TBD AL 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.48 -0.47 -0.40 104.0 5.77 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $750,000
2 Seasons 2.1 2 0 1 3.86 5.31 -0.37 -0.39 104.0 5.50 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .522 .500 $2,750,000
TBD (1 yr) 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.48 -0.47 -0.40 104.0 5.77 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $750,000
NYY (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.08 -0.23 -0.38 104.0 5.13 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .557 .500 $2,000,000

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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 SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1982 BOS AL 24 1B 49 44 42 422.2 512 460 49 3 40 .994 7 19 10.84 10.39 .992 9.85 9.81 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 3B 44 39 38 353.0 152 28 119 5 11 .967 9 29 3.75 3.34 .954 3.07 3.05 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 DH 3 0 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 LF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 OF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50 RoY-3
1983 BOS AL 25 3B 153 153 150 1354.0 513 118 368 27 40 .947 7 6 3.23 3.18 .955 3.07 3.05 MVP-12,SS
1984 BOS AL 26 3B 156 155 150 1361.1 491 141 330 20 30 .959 10 9 3.11 3.02 .950 2.75 2.73
1984 BOS AL 26 DH 2 1
1985 BOS AL 27 3B 161 159 152 1417.1 486 134 335 17 30 .965 8 7 2.98 2.91 .953 2.85 2.82 AS,MVP-4
1986 BOS AL 28 3B 149 148 141 1293.2 407 121 267 19 30 .953 8 7 2.70 2.60 .948 2.74 2.71 AS,MVP-7,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 3B 145 145 136 1267.0 402 111 277 14 37 .965 8 7 2.76 2.68 .952 2.77 2.74 AS,MVP-9,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 9.45 9.50 AS,MVP-9,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-9,SS
1988 BOS AL 30 3B 151 151 143 1313.2 383 122 250 11 17 .971 2 2 2.55 2.46 .954 2.71 2.69 AS,MVP-6,SS
1988 BOS AL 30 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-6,SS
1989 BOS AL 31 3B 152 152 140 1339.1 404 123 264 17 29 .958 19 17 2.60 2.55 .943 2.73 2.70 AS,MVP-21,SS
1989 BOS AL 31 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-21,SS
1990 BOS AL 32 3B 152 152 144 1340.2 369 108 241 20 18 .946 -8 -7 2.34 2.30 .944 2.75 2.73 AS,MVP-22
1990 BOS AL 32 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-22
1991 BOS AL 33 3B 140 139 125 1196.2 377 89 276 12 34 .968 11 11 2.75 2.61 .955 2.79 2.79 AS,SS
1992 BOS AL 34 3B 117 114 105 994.0 314 70 229 15 23 .952 4 5 2.71 2.56 .950 2.78 2.77 AS
1992 BOS AL 34 DH 21 21 AS
1993 NYY AL 35 3B 134 129 112 1122.2 398 75 311 12 29 .970 8 8 3.09 2.88 .951 2.69 2.66 AS,SS
1993 NYY AL 35 DH 8 8 AS,SS
1994 NYY AL 36 3B 93 87 80 783.1 264 40 214 10 19 .962 2 3 2.92 2.73 .948 2.64 2.62 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1994 NYY AL 36 1B 4 2 2 28.1 30 26 4 0 2 1.000 1 47 9.53 7.50 .992 9.56 9.50 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1995 NYY AL 37 3B 117 105 95 935.0 267 69 193 5 11 .981 5 6 2.52 2.24 .952 2.61 2.58 AS,MVP-17,GG
1995 NYY AL 37 1B 9 6 3 58.2 50 45 5 0 4 1.000 0 8 7.67 5.56 .993 9.62 9.50 AS,MVP-17,GG
1996 NYY AL 38 3B 123 120 99 1025.2 270 62 201 7 24 .974 8 9 2.31 2.14 .956 2.56 2.55 AS
1996 NYY AL 38 DH 4 4 AS
1997 NYY AL 39 3B 76 70 53 611.0 186 42 140 4 15 .978 4 8 2.68 2.39 .953 2.67 2.65
1997 NYY AL 39 DH 19 18
1997 NYY AL 39 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 0 0 0
1998 TBD AL 40 3B 78 75 55 639.1 188 52 131 5 12 .973 5 9 2.58 2.35 .948 2.55 2.52
1998 TBD AL 40 DH 33 32
1999 TBD AL 41 3B 74 72 44 573.2 154 45 100 9 14 .942 -14 -29 2.27 1.96 .950 2.58 2.54
1999 TBD AL 41 DH 7 7
1999 TBD AL 41 1B 4 3 2 28.0 32 32 0 0 3 1.000 1 34 10.29 8.00 .992 9.51 9.35
1999 TBD AL 41 P 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 1.70 0 0 0
18 Seasons 3B 2215 2165 1962 18921.1 6025 1550 4246 229 423 .962 95 6 2.76 2.62 .951 2.75 2.72
5 Seasons 1B 67 55 49 539.2 625 564 58 3 49 .995 9 20 10.37 9.28 .992 9.79 9.72
2 Seasons P 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.54 1.70 0 0 0
1 Season LF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1 Season OF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50
18 Seasons TOT 2285 2220 2011 19467.1 6651 2115 4304 232 472 .965 104 6 2.97 2.81 .955 2.94 2.93 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA (91.9%)
Selected to HOF in 2005 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1985 *
1986 (3B)
1987 (3B)
1988 (3B)
1989 (3B)
1990 (3B)
1991 (3B)
1992 (3B)
1993 (3B)
1994 (3B)
1995 (3B)
1996 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 AL batting_title
1985 AL batting_title
1986 AL batting_title
1987 AL batting_title
1988 AL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (12, 6%)
1985 AL (4, 41%)
1986 AL (7, 22%)
1987 AL (9, 16%)
1988 AL (6, 27%)
1989 AL (21, 1%)
1990 AL (22, 1%)
1994 AL (13, 5%)
1995 AL (17, 1%)
1.20 Career Shares (200th)

Gold Gloves
1994 AL (3B)
1995 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (3B)
1986 AL (3B)
1987 AL (3B)
1988 AL (3B)
1989 AL (3B)
1991 AL (3B)
1993 AL (3B)
1994 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1983 AL  7.8 (2nd)
1984 AL  6.3 (8th)
1985 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1986 AL  7.9 (3rd)
1987 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1988 AL  8.2 (1st)
1989 AL  8.4 (3rd)
1991 AL  6.4 (10th)
Career  91.0 (43rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1983 AL  7.8 (2nd)
1984 AL  6.3 (6th)
1985 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1986 AL  7.9 (1st)
1987 AL  8.3 (1st)
1988 AL  8.2 (1st)
1989 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1991 AL  6.4 (5th)
1994 AL  4.5 (6th)
Career  90.9 (29th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  7.1 (2nd)
1984 AL  5.3 (8th)
1985 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1986 AL  7.2 (1st)
1987 AL  7.5 (2nd)
1988 AL  8.0 (1st)
1989 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1994 AL  4.2 (6th)
Career  80.5 (33rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1989 AL  2.3 (5th)
Career  12.9 (139th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1983 AL  .361 (1st)
1984 AL  .325 (3rd)
1985 AL  .368 (1st)
1986 AL  .357 (1st)
1987 AL  .363 (1st)
1988 AL  .366 (1st)
1989 AL  .330 (3rd)
1990 AL  .302 (5th)
1991 AL  .332 (2nd)
1994 AL  .342 (5th)
1995 AL  .324 (4th)
Career  .328 (33rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1983 AL  .444 (1st)
1984 AL  .407 (2nd)
1985 AL  .450 (1st)
1986 AL  .453 (1st)
1987 AL  .461 (1st)
1988 AL  .476 (1st)
1989 AL  .430 (1st)
1990 AL  .386 (6th)
1991 AL  .421 (3rd)
1994 AL  .433 (4th)
1995 AL  .412 (9th)
Career  .415 (25th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 AL  .588 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 AL  .931 (2nd)
1985 AL  .928 (4th)
1986 AL  .939 (2nd)
1987 AL  1.049 (1st)
1988 AL  .965 (1st)
1989 AL  .879 (5th)
1991 AL  .881 (10th)
Career  .858 (140th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL  158 (10th)
1985 AL  161 (4th)
Career  2,440 (70th)

At Bats s c a p y
1984 AL  625 (7th)
1985 AL  653 (3rd)
1989 AL  621 (9th)
1990 AL  619 (5th)
Career  9,180 (58th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 AL  685 (5th)
1984 AL  726 (2nd)
1985 AL  758 (1st)
1986 AL  693 (8th)
1988 AL  719 (1st)
1989 AL  742 (1st)
1990 AL  713 (3rd)
Career  10,740 (43rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1983 AL  100 (7th)
1984 AL  109 (3rd)
1985 AL  107 (6th)
1986 AL  107 (5th)
1987 AL  108 (7th)
1988 AL  128 (1st)
1989 AL  113 (1st)
Career  1,513 (65th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL  210 (2nd)
1984 AL  203 (2nd)
1985 AL  240 (1st)
1986 AL  207 (4th)
1987 AL  200 (4th)
1988 AL  214 (2nd)
1989 AL  205 (2nd)
1990 AL  187 (2nd)
1991 AL  181 (9th)
Career  3,010 (26th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1985 AL  312 (4th)
1987 AL  324 (5th)
1988 AL  286 (9th)
1989 AL  279 (9th)
Career  4,064 (78th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 AL  44 (2nd)
1985 AL  42 (3rd)
1986 AL  47 (2nd)
1987 AL  40 (2nd)
1988 AL  45 (1st)
1989 AL  51 (1st)
1990 AL  44 (3rd)
1991 AL  42 (4th)
Career  578 (19th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL  7 (9th)
1988 AL  6 (9th)
1989 AL  7 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1983 AL  92 (3rd)
1984 AL  89 (5th)
1985 AL  96 (5th)
1986 AL  105 (1st)
1987 AL  105 (3rd)
1988 AL  125 (1st)
1989 AL  107 (3rd)
1990 AL  87 (8th)
1991 AL  89 (8th)
Career  1,412 (26th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  154 (1st)
1984 AL  162 (1st)
1985 AL  187 (1st)
1986 AL  150 (3rd)
1987 AL  130 (9th)
1988 AL  158 (2nd)
1989 AL  144 (6th)
1990 AL  132 (3rd)
1991 AL  129 (9th)
1993 AL  140 (5th)
1994 AL  94 (6th)
1995 AL  118 (5th)
Career  2,253 (18th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1983 AL  150 (4th)
1985 AL  151 (4th)
1986 AL  157 (2nd)
1987 AL  174 (1st)
1988 AL  168 (2nd)
1989 AL  142 (6th)
1994 AL  142 (10th)
Career  131 (163rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1983 AL  130 (1st)
1984 AL  110 (8th)
1985 AL  143 (2nd)
1986 AL  133 (2nd)
1987 AL  154 (1st)
1988 AL  140 (1st)
1989 AL  122 (2nd)
1990 AL  103 (5th)
Career  1,750 (43rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  47 (2nd)
1985 AL  53 (2nd)
1986 AL  54 (2nd)
1987 AL  67 (1st)
1988 AL  65 (1st)
1989 AL  44 (3rd)
1991 AL  36 (9th)
1994 AL  27 (10th)
Career  480 (51st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1985 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1986 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1987 AL  6.2 (1st)
1988 AL  6.4 (1st)
1989 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1991 AL  3.5 (9th)
1994 AL  2.4 (10th)
Career  46.3 (53rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1987 AL  70 (4th)
1989 AL  61 (6th)
1990 AL  55 (10th)
Career  757 (138th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 AL  303 (1st)
1984 AL  292 (1st)
1985 AL  340 (1st)
1986 AL  312 (1st)
1987 AL  307 (1st)
1988 AL  342 (1st)
1989 AL  319 (1st)
1990 AL  275 (1st)
1991 AL  270 (4th)
Career  4,445 (22nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1983 AL  .766 (1st)
1985 AL  .764 (3rd)
1986 AL  .768 (1st)
1987 AL  .809 (1st)
1988 AL  .797 (1st)
1989 AL  .721 (4th)
1991 AL  .710 (9th)
Career  .677 (120th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  8 (8th)
1993 AL  9 (7th)
Career  96 (40th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL  14 (2nd)
1987 AL  19 (1st)
1988 AL  18 (1st)
1989 AL  19 (1st)
1990 AL  19 (1st)
1991 AL  25 (1st)
1992 AL  19 (1st)
Career  180 (24th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1985 AL  20 (9th)
1988 AL  23 (1st)
Career  236 (41st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1983 AL  16.2 (2nd)
1984 AL  14.2 (4th)
1986 AL  13.2 (6th)
1987 AL  11.5 (10th)
1988 AL  17.2 (3rd)
1989 AL  12.2 (9th)
1991 AL  17.1 (2nd)
1992 AL  16.6 (4th)
1993 AL  11.4 (9th)
1994 AL  12.6 (5th)
1996 AL  15.7 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,566 (87th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  61.95 (1st)
1985 AL  57.27 (2nd)
1986 AL  59.83 (1st)
1987 AL  47.49 (3rd)
1988 AL  46.70 (7th)
1989 AL  42.10 (4th)
Career  463.82 (46th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.8 (1st)
1985 AL  4.5 (5th)
1986 AL  6.4 (1st)
1987 AL  3.5 (5th)
1991 AL  3.9 (6th)
Career  36.7 (69th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.9 (1st)
1985 AL  5.1 (3rd)
1986 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1987 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1988 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1989 AL  3.7 (5th)
1994 AL  2.4 (9th)
Career  39.3 (57th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  5.8 (1st)
1985 AL  5.4 (3rd)
1986 AL  5.7 (1st)
1987 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1988 AL  4.5 (7th)
1989 AL  4.1 (6th)
Career  44.1 (50th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1989 AL  19 (4th)
Career  104 (43rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  153 (3rd)
1984 AL  156 (1st)
1985 AL  161 (1st)
1986 AL  149 (4th)
1987 AL  145 (4th)
1988 AL  151 (4th)
1989 AL  152 (2nd)
1990 AL  152 (1st)
1991 AL  140 (4th)
1993 AL  134 (5th)
Career  2,215 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  118 (3rd)
1984 AL  141 (2nd)
1985 AL  134 (2nd)
1986 AL  121 (1st)
1987 AL  111 (4th)
1988 AL  122 (1st)
1989 AL  123 (1st)
1990 AL  108 (3rd)
1991 AL  89 (4th)
Career  1,550 (34th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  368 (2nd)
1984 AL  330 (2nd)
1985 AL  335 (2nd)
1986 AL  267 (5th)
1987 AL  277 (5th)
1988 AL  250 (5th)
1991 AL  276 (4th)
1993 AL  311 (1st)
1994 AL  214 (3rd)
Career  4,246 (8th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (1st)
1984 AL  20 (1st)
1986 AL  19 (5th)
1989 AL  17 (5th)
1990 AL  20 (4th)
Career  229 (61st)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  40 (2nd)
1984 AL  30 (1st)
1985 AL  30 (3rd)
1986 AL  30 (3rd)
1987 AL  37 (1st)
1989 AL  29 (1st)
1991 AL  34 (2nd)
1992 AL  23 (5th)
1993 AL  29 (1st)
1994 AL  19 (3rd)
1996 AL  24 (5th)
Career  423 (6th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1982 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  9 (87th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1982 AL  9 (4th)
1984 AL  10 (3rd)
1985 AL  8 (3rd)
1986 AL  8 (2nd)
1987 AL  8 (3rd)
1989 AL  19 (1st)
1991 AL  11 (2nd)
1996 AL  8 (4th)
Career  95 (11th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.23 (4th)
1984 AL  3.11 (3rd)
1985 AL  2.98 (5th)
1993 AL  3.09 (1st)
1994 AL  2.92 (1st)
Career  2.76 (57th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1983 AL  3.18 (4th)
1984 AL  3.02 (3rd)
1985 AL  2.91 (4th)
1987 AL  2.68 (5th)
1993 AL  2.88 (1st)
1994 AL  2.73 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1984 AL  .959 (4th)
1985 AL  .965 (3rd)
1987 AL  .965 (3rd)
1988 AL  .971 (4th)
1989 AL  .958 (4th)
1990 AL  .946 (5th)
1991 AL  .968 (2nd)
1993 AL  .970 (1st)
1994 AL  .962 (4th)
1995 AL  .981 (1st)
1996 AL  .974 (2nd)
Career  .962 (43rd)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL  $1,350,000 (8th)
1986 AL  $1,350,000 (8th)
1987 AL  $1,675,000 (7th)
1987 AL  $1,675,000 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1997 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1998 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1998 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1999 AL  born 1958-06-15 (5th)
1999 AL  born 1958-06-15 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 37 (41), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 138 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 268 (19), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 58 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (3rd), 90.9 career WAR/56.0 7yr-peak WAR/73.5 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Rod Carew (882) *
  2. Tony Gwynn (853) *
  3. Paul Waner (830) *
  4. Sam Rice (810) *
  5. Zack Wheat (798) *
  6. Frankie Frisch (797) *
  7. Roberto Alomar (777) *
  8. Jimmy Ryan (768)
  9. Tim Raines (766)
  10. Julio Franco (760)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Wally Moses (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kevin Seitzer (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cap Anson (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Madlock (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Honus Wagner (893) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pete Browning (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Browning (881)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Browning (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harvey Kuenn (855)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Gwynn (873) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Gwynn (881) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Gwynn (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Gwynn (866) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rod Carew (865) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Rod Carew (854) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tony Gwynn (851) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tony Gwynn (853) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1976.
  • October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 15, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 5, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • November 1, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 9, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198325Boston Red Sox$130,0002/6/84 TSN4/25/83 TSN: $125,000
198426Boston Red Sox$525,0001986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
198527Boston Red Sox$1,000,0001986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databaseArbitration win; $675,000 offer
198628Boston Red Sox$1,350,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $1,850,000 request
198729Boston Red Sox$1,675,0001987 USA Today survey
198830Boston Red Sox$1,650,000*
198931Boston Red Sox$1,850,000*
199032Boston Red Sox$1,900,000USA Today
199133Boston Red Sox$2,750,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
199234Boston Red Sox$2,700,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199335New York Yankees$2,950,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $1,000,000 signing bonus, $50K earned bonus
199436New York Yankees$3,200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $1,000,000 signing bonus, $100K earned bonus
199537New York Yankees$4,724,3161996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $1M signing bonus, $100K earned; $3M deferred
199638New York Yankees$2,050,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
199739New York Yankees$2,000,0001997 AP survey
199840Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,150,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $650,000 earned bonus
199941Tampa Bay Devil Rays$750,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$32,354,316
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $1,675,000 - 12/13/88 NYT - Larry Grasso: $1,700,000
*1989 - $1,775,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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