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Steve Braun
Stephen Russell Braun

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 8, 1948 in Trenton, NJ
High School: Hopewell Valley (Pennington, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1971
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Steve Braun
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Minors
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

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
1971	23	MIN	AL	128	402	343	51	87	12	2	5	35	8	3	48	50	.254	.350	.344	.694	95	118	8	5	2	4	4	546/79
1972	24	MIN	AL	121	455	402	40	116	21	0	2	50	4	5	45	38	.289	.360	.356	.716	110	143	14	2	2	4	1	546/79
1973	25	MIN	AL	115	440	361	46	102	28	5	6	42	4	3	74	48	.283	.408	.438	.845	135	158	9	3	1	1	8	5/7
1974	26	MIN	AL	129	516	453	53	127	12	1	8	40	4	4	56	51	.280	.361	.364	.726	107	165	6	2	4	1	4	75
1975	27	MIN	AL	136	526	453	70	137	18	3	11	45	0	2	66	55	.302	.389	.428	.818	130	194	8	1	2	4	5	7/3D54
1976	28	MIN	AL	122	491	417	73	120	12	3	3	61	12	4	67	43	.288	.384	.353	.737	115	147	5	1	2	4	2	D75/9
1977	29	SEA	AL	139	544	451	51	106	19	1	5	31	8	3	80	59	.235	.351	.315	.666	85	142	14	2	8	3	2	7D/5
1978	30	TOT	AL	96	251	211	27	53	14	1	3	29	4	2	37	21	.251	.360	.370	.730	105	78	5	0	1	2	2	7D5/98
1978	30	SEA	AL	32	84	74	11	17	4	0	3	15	1	0	9	5	.230	.310	.405	.715	100	30	4	0	0	1	1	D/79
1978	30	KCR	AL	64	167	137	16	36	10	1	0	14	3	2	28	16	.263	.386	.350	.736	107	48	1	0	1	1	1	75/8
1979	31	KCR	AL	58	139	116	15	31	2	0	4	10	0	0	22	11	.267	.384	.388	.772	108	45	2	0	1	0	2	7D/5
1980	32	TOT	AL	51	88	78	4	16	2	0	1	10	0	0	10	7	.205	.295	.269	.565	54	21	2	0	0	0	1	D/795
1980	32	KCR	AL	14	25	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.043	.120	.043	.163	-53	1	0	0	0	0	0	/79D
1980	32	TOR	AL	37	63	55	4	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	8	5	.273	.365	.364	.729	97	20	2	0	0	0	1	D/5
1981	33	STL	NL	44	62	46	9	9	2	1	0	2	1	0	15	7	.196	.393	.283	.676	93	13	1	0	1	0	0	/795
1982	34	STL	NL	58	73	62	6	17	4	0	0	4	0	0	11	10	.274	.384	.339	.722	104	21	2	0	0	0	0	/759
1983	35	STL	NL	78	114	92	8	25	2	1	3	7	0	1	21	7	.272	.404	.413	.817	127	38	1	0	0	1	0	7/95
1984	36	STL	NL	86	115	98	6	27	3	1	0	16	0	0	17	17	.276	.383	.327	.709	104	32	0	0	0	0	0	7/95
1985	37	STL	NL	64	79	67	7	16	4	0	1	6	0	0	10	9	.239	.342	.343	.685	93	23	0	1	0	1	1	/79
15 Seasons				1425	4295	3650	466	989	155	19	52	388	45	27	579	433	.271	.371	.367	.738	109	1338	77	17	24	25	32
162 Game Avg.				162	488	415	53	112	18	2	6	44	5	3	66	49	.271	.371	.367	.738	109	152	9	2	3	3	4
				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
MIN (6 yrs)				751	2830	2429	333	689	103	14	35	273	32	21	356	285	.284	.376	.381	.757	116	925	50	14	13	18	24
STL (5 yrs)				330	443	365	36	94	15	3	4	35	1	1	74	50	.258	.382	.348	.730	106	127	4	1	1	2	1
KCR (3 yrs)				136	331	276	31	68	12	1	4	25	3	2	52	29	.246	.365	.341	.705	95	94	3	0	2	1	3
SEA (2 yrs)				171	628	525	62	123	23	1	8	46	9	3	89	64	.234	.345	.328	.673	87	172	18	2	8	4	3
TOR (1 yr)				37	63	55	4	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	8	5	.273	.365	.364	.729	97	20	2	0	0	0	1

AL (10 yrs)				1095	3852	3285	430	895	140	16	48	353	44	26	505	383	.272	.370	.369	.738	109	1211	73	16	23	23	31
NL (5 yrs)				330	443	365	36	94	15	3	4	35	1	1	74	50	.258	.382	.348	.730	106	127	4	1	1	2	1

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
1971	23	MIN	AL	402	273	44	4.3	95	.281	.254	.258	.350	.331	.344	.383	.694	.714	95	.534	-0.3	-0.0	.659	.245	.090	6.2
1972	24	MIN	AL	455	311	51	4.4	87	.311	.289	.252	.360	.322	.356	.364	.716	.685	110	.588	7.0	0.8	.620	.177	.067	2.7
1973	25	MIN	AL	440	273	68	6.7	97	.312	.283	.264	.408	.333	.438	.388	.845	.722	135	.688	21.4	2.2	.871	.363	.155	4.8
1974	26	MIN	AL	516	341	62	4.9	92	.301	.280	.263	.361	.328	.364	.378	.726	.706	107	.577	5.0	0.5	.664	.208	.084	5.3
1975	27	MIN	AL	526	332	79	6.4	94	.322	.302	.260	.389	.330	.428	.382	.818	.713	130	.673	20.2	2.0	.794	.267	.126	.0
1976	28	MIN	AL	491	312	63	5.5	88	.312	.288	.259	.384	.324	.353	.366	.737	.690	115	.639	11.3	1.2	.729	.245	.065	4.8
1977	29	SEA	AL	544	373	54	3.9	99	.259	.235	.265	.351	.329	.315	.403	.666	.732	85	.419	-5.8	-0.6	.633	.268	.080	6.2
1978	30	TOT	AL	251	168	30	4.8	95	.265	.251	.263	.360	.329	.370	.388	.730	.717	105	.545	3.1	0.3	.709	.303	.118	3.4
1978	30	SEA	AL	84	62	9	3.9	94	.209	.230	.261	.310	.326	.405	.385	.715	.711	100	.451	0.1	0.0	.656	.311	.176	1.5
1978	30	KCR	AL	167	106	21	5.3	96	.295	.263	.264	.386	.330	.350	.390	.736	.720	107	.592	3.0	0.3	.740	.299	.088	.0
1979	31	KCR	AL	139	88	19	5.8	104	.267	.267	.272	.384	.337	.388	.412	.772	.749	108	.591	2.0	0.2	.770	.310	.121	.0
1980	32	TOT	AL	88	64	7	3.0	102	.214	.205	.273	.295	.336	.269	.405	.565	.741	54	.307	-5.0	-0.5	.484	.192	.064	.0
1980	32	KCR	AL	25	22	0	0.0	99	.048	.043	.269	.120	.331	.043	.399	.163	.730	-53	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.136	.087	.000
1980	32	TOR	AL	63	42	7	4.5	103	.286	.273	.275	.365	.338	.364	.408	.729	.746	97	.489	-0.0	0.0	.667	.236	.091	.0
1981	33	STL	NL	62	39	7	4.9	94	.231	.196	.266	.393	.332	.283	.381	.676	.713	93	.575	0.5	0.1	.763	.435	.087	.0
1982	34	STL	NL	73	47	8	4.6	95	.327	.274	.267	.384	.330	.339	.388	.722	.718	104	.539	1.0	0.1	.681	.242	.065
1983	35	STL	NL	114	70	17	6.5	97	.265	.272	.264	.404	.333	.413	.392	.817	.725	127	.688	4.4	0.4	.841	.359	.141	.0
1984	36	STL	NL	115	71	14	5.3	92	.333	.276	.261	.383	.326	.327	.380	.709	.705	104	.608	1.3	0.1	.690	.224	.051
1985	37	STL	NL	79	52	9	4.7	95	.259	.239	.260	.342	.328	.343	.388	.685	.715	93	.547	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.254	.104	.0
15 Seasons				4295	2814	532	5.1	94	.294	.271	.261	.371	.329	.367	.383	.738	.712	109	.585	66.1	6.8	.706	.259	.096	48.2
162 Game Avg.				488	320	60	5.1	94	.294	.271	.261	.371	.329	.367	.383	.738	.712	109	.585	8	1	.706	.259	.096	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
MIN (6 yrs)				2830	1842	367	5.4	92	.307	.284	.259	.376	.328	.381	.377	.757	.705	116	.623	64.7	6.7	.721	.248	.097	33.4
STL (5 yrs)				443	279	55	5.3	95	.288	.258	.263	.382	.329	.348	.386	.730	.715	106	.606	7.1	0.7	.732	.293	.090	1.6
KCR (3 yrs)				331	216	40	4.9	99	.262	.246	.268	.365	.333	.341	.400	.705	.733	95	.543	0.0	-0.0	.690	.286	.094	3.4
SEA (2 yrs)				628	435	63	3.9	98	.252	.234	.265	.345	.329	.328	.401	.673	.729	87	.423	-5.7	-0.6	.636	.274	.093	8.5
TOR (1 yr)				63	42	7	4.5	103	.286	.273	.275	.365	.338	.364	.408	.729	.746	97	.489	-0.0	0.0	.667	.236	.091	.0

AL (10 yrs)				3852	2535	477	5.1	94	.294	.272	.261	.370	.329	.369	.383	.738	.712	109	.583	59.0	6.1	.703	.255	.096	45.9
NL (5 yrs)				443	279	55	5.3	95	.288	.258	.263	.382	.329	.348	.386	.730	.715	106	.606	7.1	0.7	.732	.293	.090	1.6

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
1978	30	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

1982	34	STL	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	34	STL	NL	WS	MIL	W	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0

1985	37	STL	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	37	STL	NL	WS	KCR	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (5 Series)							8	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	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
1971	23	MIN	AL	402	1.2%	12.4%	11.9%	4.7%	22%	1.04	6.9	68.6	9.8		0.90	73%
1972	24	MIN	AL	455	0.4%	8.4%	9.9%	5.1%	20%	0.84	10.6	201.0	8.0		1.20	80%
1973	25	MIN	AL	440	1.4%	10.9%	16.8%	8.9%	38%	0.65	7.5	60.2	8.6		1.16	70%
1974	26	MIN	AL	516	1.6%	9.9%	10.9%	4.1%	17%	0.91	8.9	56.6	11.3		0.84	77%
1975	27	MIN	AL	526	2.1%	10.5%	12.6%	6.1%	23%	0.83	8.2	41.2	10.1		1.13	74%
1976	28	MIN	AL	491	0.6%	8.8%	13.7%	3.7%	15%	0.64	9.7	139.0	6.8		0.90	76%
1977	29	SEA	AL	544	0.9%	10.9%	14.7%	4.6%	24%	0.74	7.6	90.2	14.5		1.08	72%
1978	30	TOT	AL	251	1.2%	8.4%	14.7%	7.2%	34%	0.57	10.0	70.3	7.3		1.04	75%
1978	30	SEA	AL	84	3.6%	6.0%	10.7%	8.3%	41%	0.56	14.8	24.7	4.9		1.38	80%
1978	30	KCR	AL	167	0.0%	9.6%	16.8%	6.6%	31%	0.57	8.6		9.8		0.87	73%
1979	31	KCR	AL	139	2.9%	7.9%	15.8%	4.3%	19%	0.50	10.5	29.0	11.6		0.60	73%
1980	32	TOT	AL	88	1.1%	8.0%	11.4%	3.4%	19%	0.70	11.1	78.0	7.8		1.24	80%
1980	32	KCR	AL	25	0.0%	8.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.5		23.0		0.82	84%
1980	32	TOR	AL	63	1.6%	7.9%	12.7%	4.8%	20%	0.63	11.0	55.0	6.1		1.57	78%
1981	33	STL	NL	62	0.0%	11.3%	24.2%	4.8%	33%	0.47	6.6		23.0		0.82	63%
1982	34	STL	NL	73	0.0%	13.7%	15.1%	5.5%	24%	0.91	6.2		15.5		0.95	71%
1983	35	STL	NL	114	2.6%	6.1%	18.4%	5.3%	24%	0.33	13.1	30.7	13.1		0.61	73%
1984	36	STL	NL	115	0.0%	14.8%	14.8%	3.5%	15%	1.00	5.8		6.1		0.83	70%
1985	37	STL	NL	79	1.3%	11.4%	12.7%	6.3%	31%	0.90	7.4	67.0	11.2		1.47	73%
15 Seasons				4295	1.2%	10.1%	13.5%	5.3%	23%	0.75	8.4	70.2	9.4		0.99	74%
MLB Averages
				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

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	23	MIN	AL	6	0	34%	166	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	8	43%	31	21	10	4	3	1	18	5	12
1972	24	MIN	AL	1	0	24%	213	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	10	38%	28	17	7	2	1	1	20	8	11
1973	25	MIN	AL	5	0	23%	199	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	0	0	4	2	7	9	54%	27	15	12	7	4	2	16	2	13
1974	26	MIN	AL	8	0	25%	244	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	15	36%	47	37	9	4	1	3	16	4	12
1975	27	MIN	AL	5	0	31%	245	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	12	36%	53	40	11	9	4	5	22	8	14
1976	28	MIN	AL	3	0	38%	266	12	4	75%	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	17	56%	37	20	16	7	5	2	20	2	18
1977	29	SEA	AL	6	0	25%	239	8	3	73%	7	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	8	14	38%	36	24	11	4	3	0	15	5	10
1978	30	TOT	AL	2	0	28%	87	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	25%	15	10	4	3	2	0	10	7	3
1978	30	SEA	AL	0	0	35%	27	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	38%	3	1	2	2	1	0	3	2	1
1978	30	KCR	AL	2	0	25%	60	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20%	12	9	2	1	1	0	7	5	2
1979	31	KCR	AL	1	0	22%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	46%	11	5	6	0	0	0	2	2	0
1980	32	TOT	AL	1	0	12%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1980	32	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1980	32	TOR	AL	1	0	14%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1981	33	STL	NL	0	0	38%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1982	34	STL	NL	0	0	21%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1983	35	STL	NL	1	0	12%	40	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10%	9	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1984	36	STL	NL	1	0	14%	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	33%	5	3	2	1	1	0	3	1	1
1985	37	STL	NL	1	0	23%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
15 Seasons				41	0	27%	1865	45	27	63%	43	24	1	2	1	1	16	5	53	107	41%	309	206	93	42	25	14	151	48	98
MLB Averages
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1971	23	MIN	AL	402	72%	87			27	7	0	2	1.33	5	0	9	2	3	1	4	0	4	2	50%	66	8	12%	32	9	28%	234	32	14%	19	9	47%	19	6	32%	0
1972	24	MIN	AL	455	75%	116			14	4	0	2	1.84	2	0	13	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	99	14	14%	46	15	33%	307	50	16%	28	15	54%	31	15	48%	0
1973	25	MIN	AL	440	73%	102			5	1	0	0	1.41	6	0	11	5	1	4	2	0	2	1	50%	97	9	9%	34	14	41%	287	38	13%	18	10	56%	19	4	21%	0
1974	26	MIN	AL	516	81%	127			6	1	0	0	1.75	8	0	8	8	0	5	3	0	5	4	80%	99	6	6%	38	10	26%	307	32	10%	18	7	39%	25	14	56%	0
1975	27	MIN	AL	526	75%	137			11	6	1	4	1.89	11	0	6	10	1	9	2	0	4	2	50%	99	8	8%	46	15	33%	307	36	12%	21	11	52%	23	12	52%	0
1976	28	MIN	AL	491	93%	120			5	3	0	3	2.84	3	0	14	3	0	1	2	0	3	2	67%	84	5	6%	36	17	47%	303	60	20%	26	19	73%	35	19	54%	0
1977	29	SEA	AL	544	76%	106			10	0	0	0	1.29	5	0	9	4	1	2	3	0	8	8	100%	88	14	16%	42	18	43%	274	27	10%	19	9	47%	31	10	32%	0
1978	30	TOT	AL	251	92%	53			38	11	1	9	2.06	3	0	8	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	100%	45	5	11%	17	8	47%	156	28	18%	15	9	60%	15	9	60%	0
1978	30	SEA	AL	84	90%	17			15	3	1	2	2.02	3	0	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		19	4	21%	8	4	50%	67	14	21%	7	5	71%	9	4	44%	0
1978	30	KCR	AL	167	93%	36			23	8	0	7	2.09	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	26	1	4%	9	4	44%	89	14	16%	8	4	50%	6	5	83%	0
1979	31	KCR	AL	139	99%	31			28	8	0	2	1.74	4	0	1	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	18	4	22%	80	6	8%	10	2	20%	11	3	27%	0
1980	32	TOT	AL	88	88%	16			28	9	0	5	1.93	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		17	2	12%	7	0	0%	64	9	14%	7	2	29%	7	2	29%	0
1980	32	KCR	AL	25	100%	1			9	1	0	1	1.99	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	21	1	5%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1980	32	TOR	AL	63	83%	15			19	8	0	4	1.90	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	4	0	0%	43	8	19%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	0
1981	33	STL	NL	62	87%	9			25	5	0	2	1.35	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	6	2	33%	37	2	5%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
1982	34	STL	NL	73	99%	17			41	12	0	3	1.51	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	9	4	44%	46	4	9%	6	2	33%	6	4	67%	0
1983	35	STL	NL	114	98%	25			48	15	2	4	1.43	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		14	1	7%	8	3	38%	67	4	6%	5	2	40%	9	2	22%	0
1984	36	STL	NL	115	99%	27			61	17	0	11	1.54	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	0	0%	16	5	31%	79	17	22%	15	8	53%	15	4	27%	0
1985	37	STL	NL	79	99%	16			46	12	1	4	1.59	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	0	0%	8	5	63%	43	6	14%	5	2	40%	6	3	50%	0
15 Seasons				4295	82%	989			393	111	5	51	1.63	52	0	90	45	7	29	23	0	31	24	77%	780	77	10%	363	129	36%	2591	351	14%	217	108	50%	255	108	42%	0
MLB Averages
				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

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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
1971	23	128	402	343	51	87	12	2	5	35	8	3	48	50	.254	.350	.344	.694	95	118	8	5	2	4	4
1972	24	249	857	745	91	203	33	2	7	85	12	8	93	88	.272	.355	.350	.706	103	261	22	7	4	8	5
1973	25	364	1297	1106	137	305	61	7	13	127	16	11	167	136	.276	.373	.379	.752	114	419	31	10	5	9	13
1974	26	493	1813	1559	190	432	73	8	21	167	20	15	223	187	.277	.370	.375	.744	112	584	37	12	9	10	17
1975	27	629	2339	2012	260	569	91	11	32	212	20	17	289	242	.283	.374	.387	.761	116	778	45	13	11	14	22
1976	28	751	2830	2429	333	689	103	14	35	273	32	21	356	285	.284	.376	.381	.757	116	925	50	14	13	18	24
1977	29	890	3374	2880	384	795	122	15	40	304	40	24	436	344	.276	.372	.370	.742	111	1067	64	16	21	21	26
1978	30	986	3625	3091	411	848	136	16	43	333	44	26	473	365	.274	.371	.370	.742	110	1145	69	16	22	23	28
1979	31	1044	3764	3207	426	879	138	16	47	343	44	26	495	376	.274	.372	.371	.743	110	1190	71	16	23	23	30
1980	32	1095	3852	3285	430	895	140	16	48	353	44	26	505	383	.272	.370	.369	.738	109	1211	73	16	23	23	31
1981	33	1139	3914	3331	439	904	142	17	48	355	45	26	520	390	.271	.370	.367	.738	109	1224	74	16	24	23	31
1982	34	1197	3987	3393	445	921	146	17	48	359	45	26	531	400	.271	.370	.367	.737	108	1245	76	16	24	23	31
1983	35	1275	4101	3485	453	946	148	18	51	366	45	27	552	407	.271	.371	.368	.740	109	1283	77	16	24	24	31
1984	36	1361	4216	3583	459	973	151	19	51	382	45	27	569	424	.272	.372	.367	.739	109	1315	77	16	24	24	31
1985	37	1425	4295	3650	466	989	155	19	52	388	45	27	579	433	.271	.371	.367	.738	109	1338	77	17	24	25	32

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
1971	23	129	420	356	57	98	14	2	6	39	9	54	50	.275	.376	.376	.753	49	128
1972	24	126	494	435	51	136	25	0	2	64	5	53	40	.313	.387	.384	.771	65	121
1973	25	115	453	369	49	110	30	5	6	44	4	80	48	.298	.426	.455	.881	72	115
1974	26	129	529	465	59	139	13	1	9	44	4	61	51	.299	.382	.389	.771	69	129
1975	27	137	542	466	76	148	19	3	12	49	0	71	55	.318	.406	.448	.854	86	136
1976	28	123	522	439	84	140	14	4	4	70	14	78	43	.319	.420	.396	.816	72	122
1977	29	139	552	460	54	115	21	1	5	33	9	87	59	.250	.370	.333	.702	57	139
1978	30	96	258	216	30	58	15	1	3	32	4	40	21	.269	.380	.389	.769	33	96
1979	31	58	141	118	15	32	2	0	4	10	0	23	11	.271	.390	.390	.780	18	58
1980	32	51	93	81	4	19	2	0	1	11	0	12	7	.235	.333	.296	.630	8	51
1981	33	67	101	73	14	17	4	2	0	3	2	28	11	.233	.446	.342	.788	11	44
1982	34	58	75	63	6	18	4	0	0	4	0	12	10	.286	.400	.349	.749	9	58
1983	35	78	120	95	8	28	2	1	3	7	0	24	7	.295	.433	.432	.865	18	78
1984	36	86	122	102	6	31	3	1	0	17	0	20	17	.304	.418	.353	.771	15	86
1985	37	64	84	70	8	19	5	0	1	7	0	12	9	.271	.381	.386	.767	10	64
15 Seasons		1456	4506	3808	521	1108	173	21	56	434	51	655	439	.291	.395	.392	.787	592	1425
162 Game Avg.		162	501	424	58	123	19	2	6	48	6	73	49	.291	.395	.392	.787	66	1425

* 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

On-Base% s c a p y
1975 AL--.389--8th
1976 AL--.384--8th**
Career--.371--246th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL--80--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1975 AL--.673--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--8--9th

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 14 (1199), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Terry Pendleton (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Bucher (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Ontiveros (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dion James (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Valo (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Tuttle (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Albie Pearson (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Wyrostek (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Philley (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Beniquez (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Beniquez (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Russ Snyder (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Russ Snyder (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Milt Thompson (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1199), Average HOFer ≈ 50