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Larry Bowa

Lawrence Robert Bowa (Gnat)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA
High School: C.K. McClatchy (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Mets 1970-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
Relatives: Uncle of Nick Johnson
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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
1970 24 PHI NL 145 577 547 50 137 17 6 0 34 24 13 21 48 .250 .277 .303 .580 57 166 8 0 6 3 1 *6/4 RoY-3
1971 25 PHI NL 159 696 650 74 162 18 5 0 25 28 11 36 61 .249 .293 .292 .586 67 190 4 5 4 1 2 *6
1972 26 PHI NL 152 633 579 67 145 11 13 1 31 17 9 32 51 .250 .291 .320 .611 72 185 8 2 18 2 1 *6 GG
1973 27 PHI NL 122 476 446 42 94 11 3 0 23 10 6 24 31 .211 .252 .249 .501 39 111 5 1 4 1 8 *6
1974 28 PHI NL 162 717 669 97 184 19 10 1 36 39 11 23 52 .275 .298 .338 .636 75 226 11 1 20 4 0 *6 AS
1975 29 PHI NL 136 628 583 79 178 18 9 2 38 24 6 24 32 .305 .334 .377 .711 94 220 9 2 17 2 0 *6 AS,MVP-22
1976 30 PHI NL 156 672 624 71 155 15 9 0 49 30 8 32 31 .248 .283 .301 .584 64 188 11 0 11 5 3 *6 AS,MVP-29
1977 31 PHI NL 154 675 624 93 175 19 3 4 41 32 3 32 32 .280 .313 .340 .652 72 212 11 0 13 6 2 *6 MVP-25
1978 32 PHI NL 156 692 654 78 192 31 5 3 43 27 5 24 40 .294 .319 .370 .689 92 242 6 1 11 2 1 *6 AS,MVP-3,GG
1979 33 PHI NL 147 619 539 74 130 17 11 0 31 20 9 61 32 .241 .316 .314 .630 71 169 11 1 12 6 5 *6 AS
1980 34 PHI NL 147 577 540 57 144 16 4 2 39 21 6 24 28 .267 .300 .322 .622 71 174 9 3 7 3 7 *6
1981 35 PHI NL 103 391 360 34 102 14 3 0 31 16 7 26 17 .283 .331 .339 .670 88 122 8 0 4 1 2 *6
1982 36 CHC NL 142 549 499 50 123 15 7 0 29 8 3 39 38 .246 .302 .305 .606 69 152 10 1 9 1 5 *6
1983 37 CHC NL 147 544 499 73 133 20 5 2 43 7 3 35 30 .267 .312 .339 .651 78 169 3 0 6 4 1 *6
1984 38 CHC NL 133 423 391 33 87 14 2 0 17 10 4 28 24 .223 .274 .269 .542 49 105 4 0 3 1 5 *6
1985 39 TOT NL 86 234 214 15 50 7 4 0 15 5 1 13 22 .234 .276 .304 .580 57 65 3 0 6 1 2 6/4
1985 39 CHC NL 72 212 195 13 48 6 4 0 13 5 1 11 20 .246 .285 .318 .603 62 62 3 0 5 1 2 6
1985 39 NYM NL 14 22 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .105 .190 .158 .348 -1 3 0 0 1 0 0 /64
16 Seasons 2247 9103 8418 987 2191 262 99 15 525 318 105 474 569 .260 .300 .320 .620 71 2696 121 17 151 43 45
162 Game Avg. 162 656 607 71 158 19 7 1 38 23 8 34 41 .260 .300 .320 .620 71 194 9 1 11 3 3
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
PHI (12 yrs) 1739 7353 6815 816 1798 206 81 13 421 288 94 359 455 .264 .301 .324 .624 72 2205 101 16 127 36 32
CHC (4 yrs) 494 1728 1584 169 391 55 18 2 102 30 11 113 112 .247 .296 .308 .604 66 488 20 1 23 7 13
NYM (1 yr) 14 22 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .105 .190 .158 .348 -1 3 0 0 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 Awards
1970 24 PHI NL 577 -32 1 -3 3 -5 9 17 -10 -1.1 -5 -0.5 -0.6 $ *6/4 RoY-3
1971 25 PHI NL 696 -29 4 -1 5 16 10 19 24 2.1 8 0.8 1.3 $ *6
1972 26 PHI NL 633 -25 2 -2 4 4 10 18 11 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $ *6 GG
1973 27 PHI NL 477 -36 0 3 3 0 8 14 -8 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $ *6
1974 28 PHI NL 720 -16 5 4 3 -9 11 20 18 1.7 27 2.9 -1.2 $ *6 AS
1975 29 PHI NL 629 -7 6 -2 3 -3 9 17 23 2.3 26 2.7 -0.4 $ *6 AS,MVP-22
1976 30 PHI NL 672 -28 4 -1 4 6 10 19 14 1.1 8 0.9 0.2 $ *6 AS,MVP-29
1977 31 PHI NL 675 -20 9 -1 1 15 10 19 33 3.2 18 1.9 1.3 $150,000 *6 MVP-25
1978 32 PHI NL 692 -7 7 4 2 15 10 19 50 5.1 35 3.7 1.4 $ *6 AS,MVP-3,GG
1979 33 PHI NL 619 -22 2 -3 4 4 9 18 12 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ *6 AS
1980 34 PHI NL 577 -19 3 -1 2 -4 9 18 8 0.6 12 1.3 -0.7 $ *6
1981 35 PHI NL 391 -6 1 0 2 -1 6 12 14 1.4 15 1.7 -0.3 $ *6
1982 36 CHC NL 549 -20 2 -2 1 -16 8 17 -10 -1.2 6 0.6 -1.8 $500,000 *6
1983 37 CHC NL 545 -14 4 3 3 6 8 17 27 2.7 21 2.2 0.5 $500,000 *6
1984 38 CHC NL 423 -26 -1 -2 3 -2 7 13 -8 -1.1 -6 -0.6 -0.5 $500,000 *6
1985 39 CHC NL 212 -10 -2 -1 1 5 3 7 3 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ 6
1985 39 NYM NL 22 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $525,000 /64
16 Seasons 9109 -320 47 -5 44 30 137 265 198 17.2 168 17.9 -0.7 $2,175,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (12 yrs) 7358 -247 44 -3 36 39 111 210 189 17.1 151 16.1 1.0 $150,000
CHC (4 yrs) 1729 -70 3 -2 8 -7 26 54 12 0.5 19 2.0 -1.5 $1,500,000
NYM (1 yr) 22 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $525,000

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
1970 24 PHI NL 577 440 45 2.8 102 .273 .250 .265 .277 .337 .303 .404 .580 .741 57 .277 -34.5 -3.4 .459 .112 .053 .0
1971 25 PHI NL 696 508 59 3.1 92 .275 .249 .260 .293 .326 .292 .380 .586 .706 67 .381 -29.5 -3.1 .493 .125 .043 .0
1972 26 PHI NL 633 471 54 3.1 93 .272 .250 .259 .291 .327 .320 .382 .611 .710 72 .379 -23.8 -2.5 .503 .138 .069 1.9
1973 27 PHI NL 476 368 28 2.1 98 .226 .211 .265 .252 .334 .249 .394 .501 .728 39 .206 -38.6 -4.0 .386 .101 .038 .0
1974 28 PHI NL 717 531 69 3.5 98 .295 .275 .267 .298 .340 .338 .386 .636 .725 75 .412 -25.9 -2.7 .548 .139 .063 2.0
1975 29 PHI NL 628 439 75 4.6 99 .319 .305 .270 .334 .342 .377 .390 .711 .732 94 .530 -7.4 -0.8 .629 .144 .072 3.7
1976 30 PHI NL 672 504 55 2.9 95 .259 .248 .267 .283 .334 .301 .381 .584 .715 64 .353 -32.5 -3.4 .496 .139 .053 .0
1977 31 PHI NL 675 482 70 3.9 107 .288 .280 .275 .313 .344 .340 .419 .652 .763 72 .426 -26.4 -2.6 .590 .157 .059 7.1
1978 32 PHI NL 692 486 80 4.4 96 .308 .294 .263 .319 .331 .370 .387 .689 .718 92 .524 -9.5 -1.0 .611 .147 .076 5.4
1979 33 PHI NL 619 447 57 3.4 102 .253 .241 .272 .316 .338 .314 .404 .630 .743 71 .387 -21.8 -2.2 .564 .206 .072 .0
1980 34 PHI NL 577 421 53 3.4 99 .277 .267 .272 .300 .336 .322 .396 .622 .731 71 .400 -23.0 -2.4 .526 .128 .056 3.7
1981 35 PHI NL 391 278 40 3.9 95 .297 .283 .267 .331 .333 .339 .383 .670 .716 88 .475 -6.3 -0.7 .575 .153 .056 .0
1982 36 CHC NL 549 399 47 3.2 96 .266 .246 .268 .302 .331 .305 .389 .606 .721 69 .374 -21.6 -2.2 .506 .146 .058 .0
1983 37 CHC NL 544 382 56 3.9 100 .278 .267 .268 .312 .337 .339 .397 .651 .734 78 .466 -15.8 -1.6 .559 .150 .072 3.1
1984 38 CHC NL 423 316 30 2.6 100 .236 .223 .272 .274 .339 .269 .396 .542 .735 49 .290 -28.1 -3.0 .446 .133 .046 .0
1985 39 TOT NL 234 175 19 2.9 102 .259 .234 .270 .276 .339 .304 .403 .580 .742 57 .340 -13.6 -1.4 .488 .150 .070 .0
1985 39 CHC NL 212 157 18 3.1 103 .273 .246 .271 .285 .341 .318 .404 .603 .745 62 .362 -11.0 -1.2 .510 .149 .072 .0
1985 39 NYM NL 22 18 1 1.5 94 .118 .105 .259 .190 .327 .158 .386 .348 .712 -1 .131 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .158 .053
16 Seasons 9103 6647 837 3.4 98 .276 .260 .267 .300 .335 .320 .393 .620 .728 71 .397 -358.5 -37.2 .527 .142 .060 28.6
162 Game Avg. 656 479 60 3.4 98 .276 .260 .267 .300 .335 .320 .393 .620 .728 71 .397 -358.5 -37.2 .527 .142 .060 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (12 yrs) 7353 5375 685 3.4 98 .280 .264 .267 .301 .335 .324 .392 .624 .727 72 .401 -279.3 -28.9 .532 .141 .060 24.9
CHC (4 yrs) 1728 1254 151 3.2 99 .263 .247 .269 .296 .336 .308 .395 .604 .731 66 .383 -76.6 -8.0 .507 .145 .061 3.8
NYM (1 yr) 22 18 1 1.5 94 .118 .105 .259 .190 .327 .158 .386 .348 .712 -1 .131 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .158 .053

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
1976 30 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .125 .364 .250 .614 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 31 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 4 18 17 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 2 0 0 0 0
1978 32 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 4 19 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 6 0 0 0 0 0
1980 34 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 5 23 19 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .316 .409 .316 .725 6 0 0 1 0 3
1980 34 PHI NL WS KCR W 6 24 24 3 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .417 .792 10 0 0 0 0 0
1981 35 PHI NL NLDS MON L 5 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 1 0 0
1984 38 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 16 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .250 .267 .517 4 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (7 Series) 32 129 118 11 30 4 0 0 6 4 1 9 5 .254 .307 .288 .595 34 3 0 2 0 3
1 NLDS 5 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 1 0 0
5 NLCS 21 87 77 8 18 2 0 0 3 1 0 9 5 .234 .314 .260 .574 20 3 0 1 0 3
1 WS 6 24 24 3 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .417 .792 10 0 0 0 0 0

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
1974 PHI NL 28 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 32 as SS 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 33 as SS 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Appearances) 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 2 0 1 0 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
1970 24 PHI NL 577 0.0% 8.3% 3.6% 4.0% 17% 2.29 11.4 16.1 1.31 87%
1971 25 PHI NL 696 0.0% 8.8% 5.2% 3.3% 14% 1.69 10.7 26.0 1.11 85%
1972 26 PHI NL 633 0.2% 8.1% 5.1% 4.0% 17% 1.59 11.4 579.0 18.7 0.96 84%
1973 27 PHI NL 476 0.0% 6.5% 5.0% 2.9% 15% 1.29 14.4 19.4 1.04 87%
1974 28 PHI NL 717 0.1% 7.3% 3.2% 4.2% 16% 2.26 12.9 669.0 18.6 1.04 86%
1975 29 PHI NL 628 0.3% 5.1% 3.8% 4.6% 16% 1.33 18.2 291.5 15.3 1.13 88%
1976 30 PHI NL 672 0.0% 4.6% 4.8% 3.6% 16% 0.97 20.1 12.7 0.93 89%
1977 31 PHI NL 675 0.6% 4.7% 4.7% 3.9% 15% 1.00 19.5 156.0 15.2 1.03 88%
1978 32 PHI NL 692 0.4% 5.8% 3.5% 5.6% 20% 1.67 16.4 218.0 15.2 0.78 89%
1979 33 PHI NL 619 0.0% 5.2% 9.9% 4.5% 22% 0.52 16.8 17.4 1.32 83%
1980 34 PHI NL 577 0.4% 4.9% 4.2% 3.8% 15% 1.17 19.3 270.0 13.8 1.09 89%
1981 35 PHI NL 391 0.0% 4.4% 6.7% 4.4% 17% 0.65 21.2 11.6 0.87 88%
1982 36 CHC NL 549 0.0% 6.9% 7.1% 4.0% 18% 0.97 13.1 17.2 1.07 84%
1983 37 CHC NL 544 0.4% 5.5% 6.4% 5.0% 20% 0.86 16.6 249.5 11.6 0.97 87%
1984 38 CHC NL 423 0.0% 5.7% 6.6% 3.8% 18% 0.86 16.3 23.0 0.99 87%
1985 39 TOT NL 234 0.0% 9.4% 5.6% 4.7% 22% 1.69 9.7 14.3 1.19 82%
1985 39 CHC NL 212 0.0% 9.4% 5.2% 4.7% 21% 1.82 9.8 15.0 1.23 83%
1985 39 NYM NL 22 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 4.6% 50% 1.00 9.5 9.5 0.89 77%
16 Seasons 9103 0.2% 6.3% 5.2% 4.1% 17% 1.20 14.8 561.2 16.0 1.04 87%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.4% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.57 6.6 45.0 8.7 1.09 74%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 24 PHI NL -34.5 -3.4 625 -3.8 8.8 -12.6 1.11 -3.3 -0.1 -37.2 -3.7 0.94 -38.2 0
1971 25 PHI NL -29.5 -3.1 741 -1.7 11.2 -12.9 1.10 -2.5 1.0 -21.3 -2.3 0.95 -25.1 0
1972 26 PHI NL -23.8 -2.5 672 -2.5 9.4 -11.9 1.07 -2.0 -0.3 -18.0 -1.9 0.93 -18.0 0
1973 27 PHI NL -38.6 -4.0 498 -3.5 5.4 -8.9 .99 -3.1 -0.4 -29.9 -3.1 0.95 -30.6 2.95 0
1974 28 PHI NL -25.9 -2.7 778 -1.7 12.0 -13.6 1.07 -1.7 0.2 -22.6 -2.3 0.96 -23.0 0
1975 29 PHI NL -7.4 -0.8 671 -0.3 11.2 -11.5 1.08 0.5 -0.8 3.5 0.3 0.98 4.0 2.46 0
1976 30 PHI NL -32.5 -3.4 722 -1.6 9.5 -11.1 .96 -2.3 0.6 -17.3 -1.8 0.98 -24.9 0
1977 31 PHI NL -26.4 -2.6 718 -1.9 9.7 -11.6 .98 -1.7 -0.3 -22.4 -2.2 0.95 -23.4 0
1978 32 PHI NL -9.5 -1.0 725 -0.2 10.3 -10.6 .93 -0.1 -0.2 9.9 1.0 0.91 -2.4 0
1979 33 PHI NL -21.8 -2.2 655 -1.4 9.4 -10.8 1.03 -1.8 0.4 -21.6 -2.2 0.97 -20.1 0
1980 34 PHI NL -23.0 -2.4 615 -2.9 8.1 -11.0 1.05 -1.6 -1.2 -14.8 -1.5 0.93 -17.1 0
1981 35 PHI NL -6.3 -0.7 417 1.0 8.1 -7.1 1.10 -0.3 1.2 2.2 0.2 1.02 -2.1 2.76 1
1982 36 CHC NL -21.6 -2.2 566 -3.1 7.5 -10.7 1.06 -2.5 -0.5 -24.0 -2.5 0.93 -25.4 4.28 2
1983 37 CHC NL -15.8 -1.6 564 -0.1 8.7 -8.9 .99 -0.2 0.1 4.5 0.5 0.95 -5.2 1.86 4
1984 38 CHC NL -28.1 -3.0 438 -2.1 4.6 -6.7 .88 -3.0 0.6 -23.1 -2.3 0.92 -28.2 1.37 2
1985 39 TOT NL -13.6 -1.4 240 -1.6 2.9 -4.4 1.02 -1.5 -0.1 -14.7 -1.5 0.99 -15.8 1.49 3
1985 39 CHC NL -11.0 -1.2 218 -1.3 2.6 -3.9 .99 -1.2 -0.1 -12.3 -1.2 0.99 -13.5 1.71 2
1985 39 NYM NL -2.6 -0.3 22 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 1.28 -0.2 0.0 -2.4 -0.3 1.04 -2.3 1.06 1
16 Seasons -358.5 -37.2 9645 -27.4 136.8 -164.3 1.03 -27.1 0.4 -246.8 -25.1 0.95 -295.6 2.16 12
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1970 24 PHI NL 5 0 32% 201 24 13 65% 19 12 3 1 2 0 7 5 3 14 50% 22 15 6 6 1 5 12 3 9
1971 25 PHI NL 8 0 37% 233 28 11 72% 19 11 8 0 1 0 4 3 7 18 58% 35 14 21 12 7 5 13 4 9
1972 26 PHI NL 5 0 37% 235 17 9 65% 9 8 8 1 0 0 3 1 6 16 60% 40 22 18 7 0 7 21 4 16
1973 27 PHI NL 13 1 35% 157 10 6 63% 7 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 10 46% 20 13 7 4 2 2 15 4 9
1974 28 PHI NL 16 3 46% 256 39 11 78% 33 10 6 1 0 0 11 3 6 17 56% 31 23 8 11 3 8 29 3 24
1975 29 PHI NL 7 1 38% 229 24 6 80% 21 5 3 0 0 1 6 1 5 25 52% 42 17 23 12 8 4 21 8 12
1976 30 PHI NL 10 0 38% 236 30 8 79% 26 7 4 0 0 1 4 1 9 22 46% 33 24 9 8 4 4 18 4 14
1977 31 PHI NL 9 0 44% 243 32 3 91% 23 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 8 26 60% 25 14 10 12 4 8 18 3 15
1978 32 PHI NL 17 0 35% 268 27 5 84% 24 5 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 21 52% 34 19 15 11 5 5 18 5 13
1979 33 PHI NL 5 0 39% 240 20 9 69% 20 6 0 2 0 1 5 3 2 19 57% 25 15 10 15 8 7 27 6 21
1980 34 PHI NL 7 0 33% 204 21 6 78% 20 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 17 48% 36 20 16 6 4 2 17 6 10
1981 35 PHI NL 7 0 27% 162 16 7 70% 15 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 43% 22 15 7 6 4 2 14 5 9
1982 36 CHC NL 6 0 31% 209 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 48% 26 17 9 8 4 3 18 4 13
1983 37 CHC NL 11 1 43% 231 7 3 70% 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 18 65% 28 14 14 16 4 12 19 4 15
1984 38 CHC NL 3 0 29% 152 10 4 71% 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 34% 19 15 4 2 2 0 17 8 9
1985 39 TOT NL 2 0 24% 95 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 39% 9 7 2 1 0 1 8 3 4
1985 39 CHC NL 2 0 22% 86 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 36% 9 7 2 0 0 0 5 2 3
1985 39 NYM NL 0 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1
16 Seasons 131 6 36% 3351 318 105 75% 262 90 50 8 5 7 48 19 99 247 53% 447 264 179 137 60 75 285 74 202
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

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
1970 24 PHI NL 577 100% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 98 8 8% 60 17 28% 310 36 12% 29 11 38% 13 6 46% 0
1971 25 PHI NL 696 100% 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 120 4 3% 49 10 20% 346 26 8% 17 7 41% 10 6 60% 0
1972 26 PHI NL 633 100% 145 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 22 18 82% 110 8 7% 63 26 41% 302 31 10% 15 8 53% 23 12 52% 0
1973 27 PHI NL 477 100% 94 0 0 0 0 2.95 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 76 5 7% 37 14 38% 284 28 10% 28 13 46% 13 6 46% 0
1974 28 PHI NL 720 100% 184 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 30 20 67% 157 11 7% 97 35 36% 417 39 9% 34 14 41% 30 17 57% 0
1975 29 PHI NL 629 100% 178 0 0 0 0 2.46 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 0 28 17 61% 144 9 6% 95 35 37% 372 38 10% 31 11 35% 38 28 74% 0
1976 30 PHI NL 672 100% 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 69% 136 11 8% 81 30 37% 408 51 13% 36 17 47% 31 16 52% 0
1977 31 PHI NL 675 100% 175 0 0 0 0 4 1 12 1 3 3 1 0 18 13 72% 116 11 9% 85 33 39% 394 43 11% 32 16 50% 47 22 47% 0
1978 32 PHI NL 692 100% 192 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 2 1 2 0 12 11 92% 116 6 5% 62 15 24% 355 43 12% 23 13 57% 32 13 41% 0
1979 33 PHI NL 619 100% 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 86% 133 11 8% 79 34 43% 371 32 9% 29 17 59% 33 21 64% 0
1980 34 PHI NL 577 100% 144 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 9 7 78% 87 9 10% 48 23 48% 318 39 12% 27 16 59% 25 20 80% 0
1981 35 PHI NL 391 100% 102 1 0 0 0 2.76 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 98 8 8% 46 15 33% 265 37 14% 22 14 64% 17 11 65% 0
1982 36 CHC NL 549 100% 123 2 1 0 0 4.28 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 100 10 10% 62 20 32% 313 31 10% 27 11 41% 24 14 58% 0
1983 37 CHC NL 545 100% 133 4 1 0 0 1.86 2 0 14 0 2 1 1 0 6 6 100% 86 3 3% 37 18 49% 311 47 15% 26 18 69% 23 15 65% 0
1984 38 CHC NL 423 100% 87 2 1 0 0 1.37 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 75 4 5% 27 6 22% 231 19 8% 17 8 47% 9 4 44% 0
1985 39 TOT NL 234 100% 50 3 0 0 0 1.49 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 47 3 6% 29 12 41% 159 15 9% 14 5 36% 15 10 67% 0
1985 39 CHC NL 212 100% 48 2 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 44 3 7% 25 9 36% 141 13 9% 12 5 42% 12 7 58% 0
1985 39 NYM NL 22 100% 2 1 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 3 75% 18 2 11% 2 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
16 Seasons 9109 100% 2191 12 3 0 0 2.16 15 1 164 5 10 8 7 2 209 151 72% 1699 121 7% 957 343 36% 5156 555 11% 407 199 49% 383 221 58% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
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

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
1970 24 145 577 547 50 137 17 6 0 34 24 13 21 48 .250 .277 .303 .580 57 166 8 0 6 3 1
1971 25 304 1273 1197 124 299 35 11 0 59 52 24 57 109 .250 .286 .297 .583 62 356 12 5 10 4 3
1972 26 456 1906 1776 191 444 46 24 1 90 69 33 89 160 .250 .288 .305 .592 66 541 20 7 28 6 4
1973 27 578 2382 2222 233 538 57 27 1 113 79 39 113 191 .242 .280 .293 .574 60 652 25 8 32 7 12
1974 28 740 3099 2891 330 722 76 37 2 149 118 50 136 243 .250 .285 .304 .588 64 878 36 9 52 11 12
1975 29 876 3727 3474 409 900 94 46 4 187 142 56 160 275 .259 .293 .316 .609 69 1098 45 11 69 13 12
1976 30 1032 4399 4098 480 1055 109 55 4 236 172 64 192 306 .257 .291 .314 .605 68 1286 56 11 80 18 15
1977 31 1186 5074 4722 573 1230 128 58 8 277 204 67 224 338 .260 .294 .317 .611 69 1498 67 11 93 24 17
1978 32 1342 5766 5376 651 1422 159 63 11 320 231 72 248 378 .265 .297 .324 .621 71 1740 73 12 104 26 18
1979 33 1489 6385 5915 725 1552 176 74 11 351 251 81 309 410 .262 .299 .323 .622 71 1909 84 13 116 32 23
1980 34 1636 6962 6455 782 1696 192 78 13 390 272 87 333 438 .263 .299 .323 .622 71 2083 93 16 123 35 30
1981 35 1739 7353 6815 816 1798 206 81 13 421 288 94 359 455 .264 .301 .324 .624 72 2205 101 16 127 36 32
1982 36 1881 7902 7314 866 1921 221 88 13 450 296 97 398 493 .263 .301 .322 .623 72 2357 111 17 136 37 37
1983 37 2028 8446 7813 939 2054 241 93 15 493 303 100 433 523 .263 .302 .323 .625 72 2526 114 17 142 41 38
1984 38 2161 8869 8204 972 2141 255 95 15 510 313 104 461 547 .261 .300 .321 .621 71 2631 118 17 145 42 43
1985 39 2247 9103 8418 987 2191 262 99 15 525 318 105 474 569 .260 .300 .320 .620 71 2696 121 17 151 43 45

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
1970 24 145 571 547 50 137 17 6 0 34 24 21 48 .250 .277 .303 .580 46 145
1971 25 159 707 662 84 174 19 5 0 28 30 39 61 .263 .308 .307 .615 62 159
1972 26 159 653 614 77 160 12 14 1 36 19 35 53 .261 .302 .331 .632 62 152
1973 27 122 475 448 44 96 11 3 0 24 10 25 31 .214 .257 .252 .509 29 122
1974 28 162 699 671 99 186 19 10 1 37 39 23 52 .277 .300 .340 .640 69 162
1975 29 136 614 586 81 181 18 9 2 39 24 24 32 .309 .337 .381 .718 75 136
1976 30 156 668 630 76 161 16 9 0 52 31 33 31 .256 .290 .310 .600 57 156
1977 31 154 656 619 89 170 18 3 4 39 31 31 32 .275 .306 .333 .639 64 154
1978 32 156 695 666 86 204 33 5 3 47 29 26 40 .306 .332 .384 .717 85 156
1979 33 147 610 541 76 132 17 11 0 32 20 62 32 .244 .320 .316 .636 55 147
1980 34 147 575 544 59 148 16 4 2 41 22 25 28 .272 .306 .327 .633 54 147
1981 35 156 596 553 56 162 22 5 0 51 25 41 26 .293 .341 .351 .691 67 103
1982 36 142 547 504 54 128 16 7 0 31 8 41 38 .254 .311 .313 .624 49 142
1983 37 147 542 502 76 136 20 5 2 44 7 36 30 .271 .317 .343 .660 55 147
1984 38 133 420 391 33 87 14 2 0 17 10 28 24 .223 .274 .269 .542 29 133
1985 39 86 228 214 15 50 7 4 0 15 5 13 22 .234 .276 .304 .580 18 86
16 Seasons 2307 9256 8692 1055 2312 275 102 15 567 334 503 580 .266 .306 .326 .632 876 2247
162 Game Avg. 162 650 610 74 162 19 7 1 40 23 35 41 .266 .306 .326 .632 62 2247

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

All-Star Games
1974 (SS)
1975 *
1976 *
1978 (SS)
1979 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
2001 NL Mgr of the year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (22, 1%)
1976 NL (29, 0%)
1977 NL (25, 0%)
1978 NL (3, 56%)
0.57 Career Shares (403rd)

Gold Gloves
1972 NL (SS)
1978 NL (SS)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1971 NL  1.3 (4th)
1977 NL  1.3 (7th)
1978 NL  1.4 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 NL  159 (6th)
1972 NL  152 (5th)
1974 NL  162 (2nd)
1976 NL  156 (9th)
Career  2,247 (118th)

At Bats s c a p y
1971 NL  650 (1st)
1972 NL  579 (9th)
1974 NL  669 (3rd)
1976 NL  624 (7th)
1977 NL  624 (7th)
1978 NL  654 (4th)
Career  8,418 (103rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 NL  696 (4th)
1974 NL  717 (4th)
1976 NL  672 (8th)
1977 NL  675 (8th)
1978 NL  692 (6th)
Career  9,103 (135th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1974 NL  97 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL  184 (9th)
1975 NL  178 (10th)
1977 NL  175 (10th)
1978 NL  192 (5th)
Career  2,191 (178th)

Triples s c a p y
1972 NL  13 (1st)
1974 NL  10 (4th)
1975 NL  9 (6th)
1976 NL  9 (5th)
1979 NL  11 (5th)
Career  99 (162nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1970 NL  24 (9th)
1971 NL  28 (4th)
1974 NL  39 (8th)
1976 NL  30 (8th)
Career  318 (144th)

Singles s c a p y
1971 NL  139 (9th)
1974 NL  154 (6th)
1975 NL  149 (4th)
1976 NL  131 (9th)
1977 NL  149 (3rd)
1978 NL  153 (1st)
Career  1,815 (79th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 NL  18 (1st)
1974 NL  20 (4th)
1975 NL  17 (3rd)
1977 NL  13 (3rd)
1979 NL  12 (8th)
Career  151 (170th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 NL  13 (5th)
1971 NL  11 (3rd)
1972 NL  9 (8th)
Career  105 (100th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1970 NL  11.4 (9th)
1975 NL  18.2 (3rd)
1976 NL  20.1 (5th)
1977 NL  19.5 (2nd)
1978 NL  16.4 (4th)
1979 NL  16.8 (4th)
1980 NL  19.3 (4th)
1981 NL  21.2 (3rd)
1982 NL  13.1 (8th)
1983 NL  16.6 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL  508 (1st)
1972 NL  471 (4th)
1974 NL  531 (1st)
1976 NL  504 (3rd)
1977 NL  482 (7th)
1978 NL  486 (7th)
Career  6,647 (75th)

Oldest s c a p y
1985 NL  born 1945-12-06 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 70 (270), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Don Kessinger (913)
  2. Roger Peckinpaugh (876)
  3. Maury Wills (869)
  4. Alfredo Griffin (868)
  5. Bert Campaneris (862)
  6. Ozzie Guillen (857)
  7. Tommy Corcoran (855)
  8. Dave Bancroft (854) *
  9. Garry Templeton (854)
  10. Bill Russell (851)
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  1. Irv Hall (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ollie O'Mara (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Arnold Hauser (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Taveras (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Taveras (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Taveras (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Taveras (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ivan de Jesus (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ivan de Jesus (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ozzie Guillen (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Alfredo Griffin (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Alfredo Griffin (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Don Kessinger (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rabbit Maranville (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Rabbit Maranville (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bert Campaneris (875)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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