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Rick Bosetti

Richard Alan Bosetti

Position: Centerfielder
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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Cardinals/Athletics/Phillies 1976-1982

Final Game: May 26, 1982
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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
1973	19	PHI-min	A-,A	93	361	361		112	17	3	4						.310	.310	.407	.717		147						AUB,SPB · NYPL,WCRS
1974	20	PHI-min	AA,A	130	495	465	64	121	20	6	5	46	20	6	21	63	.260	.296	.361	.657		168	4	3	5	1	1	REA,RKM · EL,CARL
1975	21	PHI-min	AA	110	432	432		118	21	5	6						.273	.273	.387	.660		167						REA · EL
1976	22	PHI-min	AAA	123	563	504	82	154	25	6	5	52	42	14	43	59	.306	.365	.409	.774		206		6	7	3		OKC · AA
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	PHI-STL-min	AAA	81	357	323	61	100	17	5	7	21	23	10	30	40	.310	.370	.458	.828		148		2	0	2		OKC,NOR · AA
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	8/79D
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	8/79
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-min	AAA	101	374	342	58	110	22	3	7	56	21	9	22	51	.322	.367	.465	.832		159		3	6	1	0	TAC · PCL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1976	22	PHI	NL	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/879
1977	23	STL	NL	76	-4	0	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	7/89
1978	24	TOR	AL	608	-15	-2	3	2	12	-2	18	16	1.5	4	0.4	1.1	$	*8
1979	25	TOR	AL	657	-21	-3	-1	1	8	-2	22	4	0.3	-4	-0.4	0.7	$	*8
1980	26	TOR	AL	207	-11	0	0	0	-4	0	7	-8	-0.9	-4	-0.4	-0.5	$100,000	8
1981	27	TOR	AL	50	-3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$100,000	8/79
1981	27	OAK	AL	22	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/8D9
1982	28	OAK	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/89
7 Seasons				1656	-58	-3	3	4	20	-5	53	14	0.9	-6	-0.6	1.5	$200,000

TOR (4 yrs)				1522	-50	-4	2	3	15	-4	49	12	0.8	-4	-0.4	1.2	$200,000
OAK (2 yrs)				38	-4	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				20	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				76	-4	0	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1981	27	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1981	27	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	2	4	4	1	1	1	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0
1 Season (2 Series)							3	4	4	1	1	1	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0
1 ALDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1 ALCS							2	4	4	1	1	1	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0

Standard Fielding

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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
1976	PHI	NL	22	OF	6	4	4	37.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1	36	2.43	1.67	.979	2.34	2.33
1976	PHI	NL	22	CF	4	4	4	34.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1	42	2.65	2.50	.984	2.86	2.85
1976	PHI	NL	22	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1976	PHI	NL	22	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1977	STL	NL	23	OF	35	14	10	171.1	45	42	3	0	0	1.000	2	14	2.36	1.29	.978	2.26	2.26
1977	STL	NL	23	LF	26	8	5	105.1	23	20	3	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	1.97	0.88	.972	1.93	1.93
1977	STL	NL	23	CF	8	5	5	57.0	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	2	51	3.79	3.00	.986	2.73	2.74
1977	STL	NL	23	RF	3	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-40	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
1978	TOR	AL	24	CF	135	135	132	1187.2	437	415	16	6	1	.986	12	12	3.27	3.19	.984	2.97	2.94
1978	TOR	AL	24	OF	135	135	132	1187.2	440	417	17	6	1	.986	12	12	3.29	3.21	.979	2.47	2.45
1979	TOR	AL	25	CF	162	162	156	1386.0	494	463	18	13	4	.974	8	6	3.12	2.97	.983	2.92	2.88
1979	TOR	AL	25	OF	162	162	156	1386.0	497	466	18	13	4	.974	8	6	3.14	2.99	.981	2.46	2.43
1980	TOR	AL	26	CF	51	50	45	436.0	131	125	4	2	0	.985	-4	-11	2.66	2.53	.983	2.92	2.91
1980	TOR	AL	26	OF	51	50	45	436.0	130	124	4	2	0	.985	-4	-11	2.64	2.51	.979	2.47	2.46
1981	TOT	AL	27	OF	24	13	11	153.0	52	52	0	0	0	1.000	1	5	3.06	2.17	.983	2.48	2.47
1981	TOT	AL	27	CF	17	12	11	128.1	48	48	0	0	0	1.000	1	9	3.37	2.82	.988	2.90	2.89
1981	TOT	AL	27	RF	3	0	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-17	1.29	0.33	.980	2.19	2.17
1981	TOR	AL	27	OF	19	11	9	123.0	40	40	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.93	2.11	.983	2.48	2.47
1981	TOR	AL	27	CF	13	10	9	100.1	37	37	0	0	0	1.000	0	5	3.32	2.85	.988	2.90	2.89
1981	TOR	AL	27	LF	5	1	0	17.2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	1.53	0.60	.980	2.39	2.38
1981	TOR	AL	27	RF	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-48	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.15
1981	OAK	AL	27	OF	5	2	2	30.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	1	28	3.60	2.40	.983	2.49	2.46
1981	OAK	AL	27	CF	4	2	2	28.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1	26	3.54	2.75	.988	2.89	2.90
1981	OAK	AL	27	DH	2	2
1981	OAK	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	4.50	1.00	.980	2.25	2.20
1982	OAK	AL	28	OF	6	5	4	39.0	16	14	2	0	0	1.000	1	25	3.69	2.67	.982	2.47	2.47
1982	OAK	AL	28	CF	5	4	3	34.0	14	12	2	0	0	1.000	0	18	3.71	2.80	.985	2.83	2.84
1982	OAK	AL	28	RF	1	1	1	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	72	3.60	2.00	.980	2.34	2.30
	7 Seasons			OF	419	383	362	3410.0	1190	1124	45	21	5	.982	20	7	3.09	2.79	.980	2.45	2.43
	7 Seasons			CF	382	372	356	3263.0	1158	1096	41	21	5	.982	20	7	3.14	2.98	.984	2.93	2.90
	3 Seasons			LF	32	9	5	125.0	26	23	3	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.87	0.81	.973	1.99	2.00
	4 Seasons			RF	8	2	1	22.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-5	1.23	0.38	.980	2.17	2.16
	7 Seasons			TOT	419	383	362	3410.0	1190	1124	45	21	5	.982	20	7	3.09	2.79	.980	2.45	2.43
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1979 AL 162 (1st)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1978 AL 417 (2nd) 1979 AL 466 (1st)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1978 AL 17 (2nd) 1979 AL 18 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1979 AL 13 (1st)	Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y Career 20 (67th)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1978 AL 3.27 (2nd) 1979 AL 3.12 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1978 AL 3.19 (1st) 1979 AL 2.97 (3rd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1978 AL .986 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1978 AL 12 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1978 AL 3.29 (2nd) 1979 AL 3.14 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1978 AL 3.21 (1st) 1979 AL 2.99 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 10, 1973: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 17, 1973.
June 15, 1977: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Dane Iorg and Tom Underwood to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury.
March 15, 1978: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Bruno and cash.
June 10, 1981: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Toronto Blue Jays.
September 6, 1982: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1980	26	Toronto Blue Jays	$100,000	3/15/80 TSN	Arbitration settlement
1981	27	Toronto Blue Jays	$100,000	1/31/81 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$200,000

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