Rick Bosetti
Richard Alan Bosetti
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Redding, CA
High School: Union (Anderson, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 17, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1976
Final Game: May 26, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
1976 22 PHI NL 13 20 18 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .278 .316 .333 .649 82 6 1 0 1 0 0 /879
1977 23 STL NL 41 76 69 12 16 0 0 0 3 4 4 6 11 .232 .303 .232 .535 47 16 0 1 0 0 0 7/89
1978 24 TOR AL 136 608 568 61 147 25 5 5 42 6 10 30 65 .259 .299 .347 .645 81 197 5 3 5 2 0 *8
1979 25 TOR AL 162 657 619 59 161 35 2 8 65 13 12 22 70 .260 .286 .362 .648 74 224 17 3 6 7 0 *8
1980 26 TOR AL 53 207 188 24 40 7 1 4 18 4 6 15 29 .213 .277 .324 .601 61 61 2 2 1 1 1 8
1981 27 TOT AL 34 72 66 9 13 2 0 0 5 0 2 5 9 .197 .254 .227 .481 39 15 2 0 1 0 0 8/7D9
1981 27 TOR AL 25 50 47 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 6 .234 .265 .277 .542 53 13 2 0 1 0 0 8/79D
1981 27 OAK AL 9 22 19 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .105 .227 .105 .333 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 /8D9
1982 28 OAK AL 6 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 3 1 0 1 0 0 /89
7 Seasons 445 1656 1543 172 385 70 8 17 133 30 34 79 188 .250 .288 .338 .627 72 522 28 9 15 10 1
162 Game Avg. 162 603 562 63 140 25 3 6 48 11 12 29 68 .250 .288 .338 .627 72 190 10 3 5 4 0
TOR (4 yrs) 376 1522 1422 149 359 69 8 17 129 23 30 69 170 .252 .289 .348 .637 74 495 26 8 13 10 1
OAK (2 yrs) 15 38 34 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .147 .216 .147 .363 7 5 1 0 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 13 20 18 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .278 .316 .333 .649 82 6 1 0 1 0 0
STL (1 yr) 41 76 69 12 16 0 0 0 3 4 4 6 11 .232 .303 .232 .535 47 16 0 1 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 391 1560 1456 154 364 69 8 17 130 23 30 72 174 .250 .287 .343 .631 73 500 27 8 14 10 1
NL (2 yrs) 54 96 87 18 21 1 0 0 3 7 4 7 14 .241 .305 .253 .558 54 22 1 1 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1976 22 PHI NL 20 15 2 3.6 95 .333 .278 .267 .316 .334 .333 .381 .649 .715 82 .441 -0.4 -0.1 .714 .278 .056 .0
1977 23 STL NL 76 57 5 2.4 102 .276 .232 .268 .303 .336 .232 .408 .535 .744 47 .227 -5.2 -0.5 .404 .087 .000 .0
1978 24 TOR AL 608 443 58 3.5 94 .284 .259 .262 .299 .328 .347 .386 .645 .714 81 .405 -16.1 -1.6 .518 .134 .088 5.5
1979 25 TOR AL 657 500 58 3.1 102 .279 .260 .270 .286 .334 .362 .408 .648 .743 74 .316 -23.5 -2.3 .513 .139 .102 9.9
1980 26 TOR AL 207 158 16 2.7 103 .231 .213 .275 .277 .338 .324 .408 .601 .746 61 .278 -10.7 -1.1 .487 .181 .112 4.0
1981 27 TOT AL 72 58 4 1.9 91 .228 .197 .259 .254 .324 .227 .377 .481 .701 39 .190 -5.3 -0.6 .316 .076 .030
1981 27 TOR AL 50 41 3 2.0 94 .268 .234 .263 .265 .328 .277 .382 .542 .711 53 .207 -3.0 -0.3 .325 .043 .043
1981 27 OAK AL 22 17 1 1.6 85 .125 .105 .250 .227 .314 .105 .364 .333 .678 1 .149 -2.3 -0.2 .294 .158 .000
1982 28 OAK AL 16 14 0 0.0 93 .214 .200 .257 .200 .320 .200 .392 .400 .711 14 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .231 .000 .000
7 Seasons 1656 1245 143 3.1 99 .273 .250 .267 .288 .332 .338 .398 .627 .730 72 .331 -63.0 -6.3 .497 .137 .089 21.7
162 Game Avg. 603 453 52 3.1 99 .273 .250 .267 .288 .332 .338 .398 .627 .730 72 .331 -63.0 -6.3 .497 .137 .089 8
TOR (4 yrs) 1522 1142 135 3.2 99 .275 .252 .267 .289 .332 .348 .399 .637 .731 74 .342 -53.3 -5.3 .505 .139 .096 19.6
OAK (2 yrs) 38 31 1 0.9 89 .167 .147 .253 .216 .316 .147 .376 .363 .693 7 .051 -4.1 -0.4 .267 .088 .000
PHI (1 yr) 20 15 2 3.6 95 .333 .278 .267 .316 .334 .333 .381 .649 .715 82 .441 -0.4 -0.1 .714 .278 .056 .0
STL (1 yr) 76 57 5 2.4 102 .276 .232 .268 .303 .336 .232 .408 .535 .744 47 .227 -5.2 -0.5 .404 .087 .000 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1560 1173 136 3.1 99 .272 .250 .267 .287 .332 .343 .398 .631 .730 73 .335 -57.4 -5.8 .499 .138 .093 19.6
NL (2 yrs) 96 72 7 2.6 101 .288 .241 .268 .305 .335 .253 .403 .558 .738 54 .270 -5.6 -0.6 .465 .126 .011 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1981 27 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 OAK AL ALCS NYY L 2 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1976 22 PHI NL 20 0.0% 15.0% 5.0% 5.0% 20% 3.00 6.0 11.00 75%
1977 23 STL NL 76 0.0% 14.5% 7.9% 0.0% 0% 1.83 6.3 23.0 1.60 76%
1978 24 TOR AL 608 0.8% 10.7% 4.9% 5.8% 24% 2.17 8.7 113.6 13.5 1.27 82%
1979 25 TOR AL 657 1.2% 10.7% 3.4% 6.9% 28% 3.18 8.8 77.4 9.5 1.38 83%
1980 26 TOR AL 207 1.9% 14.0% 7.3% 5.8% 30% 1.93 6.5 47.0 10.4 1.20 75%
1981 27 TOT AL 72 0.0% 12.5% 6.9% 2.8% 15% 1.80 7.3 13.2 1.44 79%
1981 27 TOR AL 50 0.0% 12.0% 4.0% 4.0% 18% 3.00 7.8 11.8 1.58 82%
1981 27 OAK AL 22 0.0% 13.6% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.3 19.0 1.17 73%
1982 28 OAK AL 16 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 15.0 2.00 88%
7 Seasons 1656 1.0% 11.4% 4.8% 5.7% 25% 2.38 8.2 90.8 11.6 1.35 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1976 22 PHI NL 0 0 100% 16 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43% 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 2 1
1977 23 STL NL 3 0 52% 49 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 69% 9 3 6 0 0 0 4 1 3
1978 24 TOR AL 14 0 32% 217 6 10 38% 5 10 0 0 1 0 6 3 10 9 58% 42 20 20 6 0 6 18 4 12
1979 25 TOR AL 8 0 29% 230 13 12 52% 13 10 0 2 0 0 8 3 7 14 48% 35 22 12 4 1 3 17 5 12
1980 26 TOR AL 3 0 38% 52 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 56% 10 4 6 2 1 1 6 3 3
1981 27 TOT AL 3 0 50% 38 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 80% 7 1 6 1 1 0 2 0 2
1981 27 TOR AL 2 0 39% 27 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 83% 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0
1981 27 OAK AL 1 0 80% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1982 28 OAK AL 1 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 32 0 34% 609 30 34 47% 29 31 0 2 1 1 18 8 22 40 56% 105 51 50 16 4 12 50 15 33
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1976 22 PHI NL 20 70% 5 1 0 0 0 0.54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 4 2 50% 12 1 8% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1977 23 STL NL 76 68% 16 2 0 0 0 0.28 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 1 20% 33 3 9% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1978 24 TOR AL 608 34% 147 0 0 0 0 5 1 9 5 0 3 2 0 6 5 83% 83 5 6% 23 6 26% 271 41 15% 27 14 52% 20 9 45% 0
1979 25 TOR AL 657 30% 161 0 0 0 0 8 0 18 4 4 4 4 0 8 6 75% 136 17 13% 61 26 43% 399 64 16% 41 21 51% 38 15 39% 0
1980 26 TOR AL 207 34% 40 1 0 0 0 2.17 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 27 2 7% 13 6 46% 107 14 13% 12 6 50% 6 1 17% 0
1981 27 TOT AL 72 64% 13 3 1 0 0 1.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 10 2 20% 6 1 17% 39 5 13% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
1981 27 TOR AL 50 62% 11 2 1 0 0 0.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 32 4 13% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1981 27 OAK AL 22 68% 2 1 0 0 0 2.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1982 28 OAK AL 16 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
7 Seasons 1656 36% 385 7 1 0 0 0.95 17 1 36 12 5 9 8 0 19 15 79% 273 28 10% 114 43 38% 873 128 15% 90 45 50% 79 29 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1976 22 13 20 18 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .278 .316 .333 .649 82 6 1 0 1 0 0
1977 23 54 96 87 18 21 1 0 0 3 7 4 7 14 .241 .305 .253 .558 54 22 1 1 1 0 0
1978 24 190 704 655 79 168 26 5 5 45 13 14 37 79 .256 .299 .334 .634 77 219 6 4 6 2 0
1979 25 352 1361 1274 138 329 61 7 13 110 26 26 59 149 .258 .293 .348 .641 76 443 23 7 12 9 0
1980 26 405 1568 1462 162 369 68 8 17 128 30 32 74 178 .252 .291 .345 .635 74 504 25 9 13 10 1
1981 27 439 1640 1528 171 382 70 8 17 133 30 34 79 187 .250 .289 .340 .629 72 519 27 9 14 10 1
1982 28 445 1656 1543 172 385 70 8 17 133 30 34 79 188 .250 .288 .338 .627 72 522 28 9 15 10 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 22 13 19 18 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 .278 .316 .333 .649 2 13
1977 23 41 77 70 12 17 0 0 0 3 4 6 11 .243 .312 .243 .555 5 41
1978 24 136 613 576 68 155 26 5 5 47 6 32 65 .269 .310 .358 .668 64 136
1979 25 163 647 616 60 155 34 2 8 66 13 21 70 .252 .277 .352 .629 59 162
1980 26 53 205 187 24 39 7 1 4 18 4 15 29 .209 .273 .321 .594 16 53
1981 27 51 108 100 17 20 3 0 0 10 0 8 14 .200 .259 .230 .489 6 34
1982 28 6 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
7 Seasons 463 1684 1582 187 391 71 8 17 144 30 83 193 .247 .287 .334 .621 152 445
162 Game Avg. 162 589 554 65 137 25 3 6 50 10 29 68 .247 .287 .334 .621 53 445

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1979 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL--619--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL--35--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL--17--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1979 AL--12--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1979 AL--500--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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