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John Briggs

John Edward Briggs

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1944 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Eastside HS (Paterson, NJ)
School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1964
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Brewers/Twins 1964-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
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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
1963	19	PHI-min	A	120	468	468		139	20	6	21						.297	.297	.500	.797		234							BAK · CALL
1964	20	PHI	NL	61	76	66	16	17	2	0	1	6	1	1	9	12	.258	.347	.333	.680	94	22	2	0	1	0	0	/8739
1965	21	PHI	NL	93	277	229	47	54	9	4	4	23	3	2	42	44	.236	.349	.362	.712	103	83	0	0	2	4	1	8/7
1966	22	PHI	NL	81	297	255	43	72	13	5	10	23	3	2	41	55	.282	.380	.490	.871	140	125	2	0	0	1	3	8/7
1967	23	PHI	NL	106	383	332	47	77	12	4	9	30	3	5	41	72	.232	.315	.373	.688	96	124	3	0	7	2	1	87/9
1968	24	PHI	NL	110	399	338	36	86	13	1	7	31	8	5	58	72	.254	.364	.361	.725	119	122	3	1	1	1	4	389/7
1969	25	PHI	NL	124	427	361	51	86	20	3	12	46	9	6	64	78	.238	.351	.410	.761	115	148	2	0	0	2	3	789/3
1970	26	PHI	NL	110	387	341	43	92	15	7	9	47	5	4	39	65	.270	.342	.434	.776	110	148	14	0	4	3	5	798
1971	27	TOT	MLB	135	482	397	54	103	12	1	21	62	1	2	77	81	.259	.377	.453	.830	137	180	4	1	2	5	8	739
1971	27	PHI	NL	10	28	22	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	2	.182	.357	.227	.584	69	5	0	0	0	0	1	/7
1971	27	MIL	AL	125	454	375	51	99	11	1	21	59	1	2	71	79	.264	.378	.467	.845	141	175	4	1	2	5	7	379
1972	28	MIL	AL	135	481	418	58	111	14	1	21	65	1	2	54	67	.266	.347	.455	.801	141	190	8	1	2	6	4	*738
1973	29	MIL	AL	142	580	488	78	120	20	7	18	57	15	9	87	83	.246	.361	.426	.787	125	208	6	2	1	2	6	*7/D9	MVP-23
1974	30	MIL	AL	154	628	554	72	140	30	8	17	73	9	7	71	102	.253	.337	.428	.764	120	237	8	0	1	2	2	*7/D8
1975	31	TOT	AL	115	421	338	56	83	10	2	10	44	6	4	80	54	.246	.388	.376	.764	116	127	2	0	1	2	10	379/D
1975	31	MIL	AL	28	94	74	12	22	1	0	3	5	0	2	20	13	.297	.447	.432	.879	150	32	1	0	0	0	0	7/D
1975	31	MIN	AL	87	327	264	44	61	9	2	7	39	6	2	60	41	.231	.371	.360	.731	106	95	1	0	1	2	10	379/D
1976	32	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
12 Yrs				1366	4838	4117	601	1041	170	43	139	507	64	49	663	785	.253	.355	.416	.771	121	1714	54	5	22	30	47
162 Game Avg.				162	574	488	71	123	20	5	16	60	8	6	79	93	.253	.355	.416	.771	121	203	6	1	3	4	6

PHI (8 yrs)				695	2274	1944	286	488	85	24	52	209	32	25	300	400	.251	.349	.400	.749	112	777	26	1	15	13	18
MIL (5 yrs)				584	2237	1909	271	492	76	17	80	259	26	22	303	344	.258	.358	.441	.799	131	842	27	4	6	15	19
MIN (1 yr)				87	327	264	44	61	9	2	7	39	6	2	60	41	.231	.371	.360	.731	106	95	1	0	1	2	10

NL (8 yrs)				695	2274	1944	286	488	85	24	52	209	32	25	300	400	.251	.349	.400	.749	112	777	26	1	15	13	18
AL (5 yrs)				671	2564	2173	315	553	85	19	87	298	32	24	363	385	.254	.360	.431	.791	128	937	28	4	7	17	29

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1964	20	PHI	NL	61	76	-0	0	-0	1	-1	1	0.1	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$	/8739
1965	21	PHI	NL	93	277	3	0	1	-6	-1	-2	-0.2	9	7	0.7	.497	.499	1.3	-0.7	13	$	8/7
1966	22	PHI	NL	81	297	13	2	0	-10	-0	4	0.5	10	14	1.5	.506	.503	2.6	-1.1	25	$	8/7
1967	23	PHI	NL	106	383	-1	-3	1	-3	-2	-9	-0.9	13	4	0.4	.490	.494	0.6	-0.5	8	$	87/9
1968	24	PHI	NL	110	399	10	-0	1	-11	-4	-4	-0.4	14	9	1.0	.495	.497	2.2	-1.7	20	$	389/7
1969	25	PHI	NL	124	427	9	0	1	-0	-5	5	0.7	14	20	2.1	.505	.504	2.1	-0.5	20	$	789/3
1970	26	PHI	NL	110	387	6	-1	-1	4	-5	3	0.4	11	14	1.5	.503	.502	1.0	-0.0	11	$	798
1971	27	PHI	NL	10	28	-1	-0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.455	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$25,000	/7
1971	27	MIL	AL	125	454	20	0	0	5	-7	19	2.1	15	34	3.6	.517	.513	3.0	-0.2	28	$	379
1972	28	MIL	AL	135	481	19	0	0	2	-7	14	1.7	16	30	3.3	.513	.511	3.2	-0.7	29	$32,000	*738
1973	29	MIL	AL	142	580	16	1	2	-3	-7	8	1.2	19	27	2.9	.506	.506	3.2	-0.9	30	$	*7/D9	MVP-23
1974	30	MIL	AL	154	628	13	-1	1	-2	-7	3	0.5	20	23	2.3	.502	.502	2.7	-1.0	25	$	*7/D8
1975	31	MIL	AL	28	94	7	-1	0	2	-1	8	0.8	3	11	1.1	.529	.505	0.9	0.1	9	$	7/D
1975	31	MIN	AL	87	327	3	-0	2	6	-5	5	0.6	11	15	1.6	.506	.503	1.0	0.1	10	$	379/D
12 Seasons				1366	4838	116	-1	8	-19	-52	51	6.7	159	209	22.0	.504	.502	23.9	-7.3	229	$57,000

PHI (8 yrs)				695	2274	39	-1	2	-28	-18	-6	-0.2	75	69	7.2	.499	.499	9.9	-4.8	98	$25,000
MIL (5 yrs)				584	2237	74	0	4	3	-29	52	6.3	73	125	13.2	.510	.507	13.0	-2.7	121	$32,000
MIN (1 yr)				87	327	3	-0	2	6	-5	5	0.6	11	15	1.6	.506	.503	1.0	0.1	10	$

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
1964	20	PHI	NL	76	53	8	4.0	93	.302	.258	.262	.347	.320	.333	.389	.680	.709	94	.496	-0.2	-0.0	.596	.212	.076	1.0
1965	21	PHI	NL	277	183	33	4.9	92	.270	.236	.256	.349	.319	.362	.387	.712	.706	103	.574	2.8	0.3	.712	.314	.127	3.4
1966	22	PHI	NL	297	188	50	7.2	96	.325	.282	.265	.380	.324	.490	.399	.871	.722	140	.725	15.1	1.5	.893	.373	.208	4.6
1967	23	PHI	NL	383	272	40	4.0	91	.269	.232	.259	.315	.322	.373	.381	.688	.702	96	.500	-1.7	-0.2	.620	.259	.142	4.5
1968	24	PHI	NL	399	262	49	5.1	81	.304	.254	.252	.364	.310	.361	.355	.725	.666	119	.654	10.7	1.2	.708	.287	.107	7.5
1969	25	PHI	NL	427	285	56	5.3	93	.271	.238	.257	.351	.327	.410	.381	.761	.708	115	.606	9.2	0.9	.760	.357	.172	10.3
1970	26	PHI	NL	387	274	48	4.7	101	.307	.270	.263	.342	.336	.434	.402	.776	.738	110	.506	4.4	0.4	.704	.282	.164	6.4
1971	27	TOT	MLB	482	307	73	6.4	91	.273	.259	.253	.377	.324	.453	.375	.830	.700	137	.700	22.0	2.3	.857	.385	.194	1.9
1971	27	PHI	NL	28	18	2	3.0	92	.200	.182	.260	.357	.326	.227	.380	.584	.706	69	.363	-0.5	-0.1	.611	.318	.045
1971	27	MIL	AL	454	289	71	6.6	91	.279	.264	.253	.378	.324	.467	.375	.845	.699	141	.712	22.5	2.4	.872	.389	.203	1.9
1972	28	MIL	AL	481	325	67	5.5	81	.268	.266	.243	.347	.311	.455	.351	.801	.663	141	.684	21.3	2.3	.770	.316	.189	1.9
1973	29	MIL	AL	580	386	80	5.6	91	.262	.246	.256	.361	.324	.426	.376	.787	.701	125	.611	18.0	1.8	.791	.371	.180	16.4
1974	30	MIL	AL	628	432	82	5.1	88	.281	.253	.257	.337	.321	.428	.370	.764	.691	120	.596	14.6	1.5	.723	.307	.175	11.8
1975	31	TOT	AL	421	264	56	5.7	94	.264	.246	.260	.388	.330	.376	.382	.764	.712	116	.626	11.2	1.1	.801	.373	.130	7.5
1975	31	MIL	AL	94	55	15	7.3	93	.328	.297	.258	.447	.328	.432	.379	.879	.707	150	.726	6.3	0.6	.909	.378	.135	.0
1975	31	MIN	AL	327	209	41	5.3	94	.248	.231	.260	.371	.330	.360	.382	.731	.713	106	.592	4.9	0.5	.772	.371	.129	6.5
12 Yrs				4838	3231	642	5.4	90	.280	.253	.256	.355	.323	.416	.377	.771	.699	121	.619	127.4	13.3	.754	.328	.163	87.6
162 Game Avg.				574	383	76	5.4	90	.280	.253	.256	.355	.323	.416	.377	.771	.699	121	.619	15	2	.754	.328	.163	10

PHI (8 yrs)				2274	1535	286	5.0	92	.290	.251	.259	.349	.323	.400	.384	.749	.707	112	.590	39.7	4.1	.720	.307	.149	39.6
MIL (5 yrs)				2237	1487	315	5.7	88	.275	.258	.253	.358	.321	.441	.369	.799	.690	131	.650	82.8	8.7	.786	.344	.183	39.2
MIN (1 yr)				327	209	41	5.3	94	.248	.231	.260	.371	.330	.360	.382	.731	.713	106	.592	4.9	0.5	.772	.371	.129	6.5

NL (8 yrs)				2274	1535	286	5.0	92	.290	.251	.259	.349	.323	.400	.384	.749	.707	112	.590	39.7	4.1	.720	.307	.149	39.6
AL (5 yrs)				2564	1696	356	5.6	89	.271	.254	.254	.360	.322	.431	.370	.791	.693	128	.643	87.7	9.2	.785	.347	.177	46.8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	20	PHI	NL	76	1.3%	15.8%	11.8%	4.0%	18%	1.33	5.5	66.0	11.0	0.63	70%
1965	21	PHI	NL	277	1.4%	15.9%	15.2%	6.1%	32%	1.05	5.2	57.3	10.0	0.68	67%
1966	22	PHI	NL	297	3.4%	18.5%	13.8%	9.4%	39%	1.34	4.6	25.5	11.1	0.83	64%
1967	23	PHI	NL	383	2.4%	18.8%	10.7%	6.5%	33%	1.76	4.6	36.9	11.1	0.85	66%
1968	24	PHI	NL	399	1.8%	18.1%	14.5%	5.3%	24%	1.24	4.7	48.3	10.9	0.84	65%
1969	25	PHI	NL	427	2.8%	18.3%	15.0%	8.2%	41%	1.22	4.6	30.1	7.8	0.90	64%
1970	26	PHI	NL	387	2.3%	16.8%	10.1%	8.0%	34%	1.67	5.2	37.9	7.3	1.26	70%
1971	27	TOT	MLB	482	4.4%	16.8%	16.0%	7.1%	33%	1.05	4.9	18.9	6.4	0.76	62%
1971	27	PHI	NL	28	0.0%	7.1%	21.4%	3.6%	25%	0.33	11.0		7.3	0.45	71%
1971	27	MIL	AL	454	4.6%	17.4%	15.6%	7.3%	33%	1.11	4.7	17.9	6.4	0.79	62%
1972	28	MIL	AL	481	4.4%	13.9%	11.2%	7.5%	32%	1.24	6.2	19.9	6.4	0.96	70%
1973	29	MIL	AL	580	3.1%	14.3%	15.0%	7.8%	38%	0.95	5.9	27.1	8.6	0.82	67%
1974	30	MIL	AL	628	2.7%	16.2%	11.3%	8.8%	39%	1.44	5.4	32.6	7.6	0.66	70%
1975	31	TOT	AL	421	2.4%	12.8%	19.0%	5.2%	27%	0.68	6.3	33.8	7.7	0.83	66%
1975	31	MIL	AL	94	3.2%	13.8%	21.3%	4.3%	18%	0.65	5.7	24.7	14.8	1.06	62%
1975	31	MIN	AL	327	2.1%	12.5%	18.4%	5.5%	30%	0.68	6.4	37.7	6.8	0.79	67%
12 Yrs				4838	2.9%	16.2%	13.7%	7.3%	34%	1.18	5.2	29.6	8.1	0.83	67%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.7%	8.5%	6.0%	27%	1.74	6.1	44.5	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	20	PHI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	80	0.8	1.7	-0.9	1.00	-0.0	0.8	3.2	0.3	0.94	0.5	1.20	29
1965	21	PHI	NL	2.8	0.3	285	1.6	5.6	-4.0	.98	0.7	0.9	10.1	1.1	0.90	10.6	1.61	32
1966	22	PHI	NL	15.1	1.5	308	0.4	5.3	-4.9	.99	1.0	-0.6	9.8	1.0	0.92	12.5	1.66	17
1967	23	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	398	-0.9	5.6	-6.5	1.02	0.2	-1.1	8.8	0.9	0.90	3.8	2.07	13
1968	24	PHI	NL	10.7	1.2	414	1.8	7.8	-6.0	1.02	1.1	0.7	15.8	1.8	0.95	13.4	1.00	14
1969	25	PHI	NL	9.2	0.9	452	0.5	7.8	-7.3	1.03	1.2	-0.7	15.3	1.6	0.97	13.4	1.97	16
1970	26	PHI	NL	3.9	0.4	398	1.7	9.1	-7.4	1.11	0.6	0.9	7.7	0.8	0.93	7.1	1.66	15
1971	27	TOT	MLB	22.0	2.3	489	2.9	10.7	-7.8	1.07	2.2	0.5	20.9	2.2	0.97	19.4	1.53	10
1971	27	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	28	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.12	0.0	-0.1	2.3	0.2	1.06	0.1	2.19	3
1971	27	MIL	AL	22.5	2.4	461	2.9	10.3	-7.3	1.07	2.2	0.5	18.6	2.0	0.96	19.3	1.25	7
1972	28	MIL	AL	21.3	2.3	493	1.2	9.1	-7.9	.99	2.4	-1.2	23.0	2.6	0.98	25.1	1.34	11
1973	29	MIL	AL	18.0	1.8	611	1.7	12.4	-10.6	1.09	1.7	-0.1	13.5	1.4	0.97	17.8	1.47	3
1974	30	MIL	AL	14.6	1.5	650	0.2	11.7	-11.5	1.05	0.7	-0.6	10.7	1.1	0.93	12.4	2.95	5
1975	31	TOT	AL	11.2	1.1	437	1.3	7.8	-6.4	1.04	1.8	-0.5	16.1	1.6	1.00	17.8	1.97	11
1975	31	MIL	AL	6.3	0.6	100	0.7	1.9	-1.2	.90	1.1	-0.3	7.6	0.8	0.92	10.3	1.42	5
1975	31	MIN	AL	4.9	0.5	337	0.6	5.8	-5.2	1.09	0.7	-0.1	8.4	0.8	1.02	7.5	2.43	6
12 Yrs				126.9	13.3	5015	13.2	94.7	-81.5	1.04	13.6	-0.8	154.9	16.3	0.95	153.7	1.61	176

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	20	PHI	NL	1	0	60%	54	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	67%	9	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	3
1965	21	PHI	NL	5	0	47%	117	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	8	66%	18	8	9	7	1	6	10	2	8
1966	22	PHI	NL	2	0	32%	110	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	14	63%	15	6	9	3	2	1	6	0	5
1967	23	PHI	NL	3	1	35%	141	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	8	54%	18	8	9	4	3	1	13	4	9
1968	24	PHI	NL	6	0	21%	153	8	5	62%	7	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	8	45%	18	10	7	6	2	4	5	3	2
1969	25	PHI	NL	6	0	28%	183	9	6	60%	9	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	14	46%	21	14	7	7	3	3	11	2	8
1970	26	PHI	NL	8	0	28%	144	5	4	56%	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	6	67%	19	8	11	6	3	3	11	1	10
1971	27	TOT	MLB	4	0	21%	191	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	44%	20	16	4	2	1	1	17	4	12
1971	27	PHI	NL	0	0	30%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1971	27	MIL	AL	4	0	20%	181	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	49%	17	13	4	2	1	1	16	3	12
1972	28	MIL	AL	3	0	26%	184	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	13	47%	23	13	8	6	3	3	16	6	10
1973	29	MIL	AL	6	0	31%	228	15	9	63%	14	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	6	14	57%	32	15	17	7	4	3	17	5	12
1974	30	MIL	AL	5	0	28%	204	9	7	56%	8	6	0	1	1	0	3	1	8	6	57%	33	18	14	10	2	8	18	5	13
1975	31	TOT	AL	7	0	30%	196	6	4	60%	6	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	8	38%	36	28	7	6	4	2	22	6	15
1975	31	MIL	AL	2	0	23%	51	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	17%	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1975	31	MIN	AL	5	0	33%	145	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	40%	31	25	6	5	3	2	22	6	15
12 Yrs				56	1	29%	1905	64	49	57%	60	43	3	2	1	3	19	4	62	111	52%	262	148	107	64	28	35	149	38	107

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
1964	20	PHI	NL	76	95%	17			29	7	0	1	1.20	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	14	2	14%	4	3	75%	36	5	14%	3	3	100%	3	3	100%	0
1965	21	PHI	NL	277	89%	54			32	7	0	4	1.61	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	2	2	100%	35	0	0%	15	7	47%	123	19	15%	12	8	67%	3	2	67%	0
1966	22	PHI	NL	297	78%	72			17	2	0	0	1.66	10	0	8	9	1	4	6	0	0	0		39	2	5%	15	2	13%	133	14	11%	12	4	33%	6	4	67%	0
1967	23	PHI	NL	383	88%	77			13	2	0	0	2.07	9	0	3	7	2	2	7	0	8	7	88%	66	3	5%	33	13	39%	181	21	12%	12	5	42%	14	9	64%	0
1968	24	PHI	NL	399	79%	86			14	7	0	0	1.00	7	0	7	7	0	1	6	0	2	1	50%	86	3	3%	31	10	32%	238	26	11%	17	8	47%	13	9	69%	0
1969	25	PHI	NL	427	84%	86			16	3	0	0	1.97	12	1	15	10	2	5	7	0	0	0		71	2	3%	36	8	22%	258	36	14%	16	9	56%	23	10	43%	0
1970	26	PHI	NL	387	76%	92			15	6	0	3	1.66	9	0	9	7	2	4	5	0	4	4	100%	84	14	17%	47	12	26%	229	41	18%	16	9	56%	15	11	73%	0
1971	27	TOT	MLB	482	79%	103			10	1	0	1	1.53	21	0	5	17	4	6	15	0	3	2	67%	79	4	5%	40	10	25%	298	42	14%	44	19	43%	14	3	21%	0
1971	27	PHI	NL	28	96%	4			3	1	0	1	2.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	2	0	0%	22	3	14%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1971	27	MIL	AL	454	78%	99			7	0	0	0	1.25	21	0	4	17	4	6	15	0	2	2	100%	70	4	6%	38	10	26%	276	39	14%	39	17	44%	12	3	25%	0
1972	28	MIL	AL	481	76%	111			11	4	0	0	1.34	21	1	10	18	3	7	14	0	2	2	100%	79	8	10%	48	18	38%	293	44	15%	27	14	52%	20	13	65%	0
1973	29	MIL	AL	580	62%	120			3	0	0	0	1.47	18	0	11	15	3	10	8	1	2	1	50%	122	6	5%	50	13	26%	356	41	12%	38	14	37%	16	7	44%	0
1974	30	MIL	AL	628	65%	140			5	1	0	0	2.95	17	1	9	12	5	6	11	0	1	1	100%	131	8	6%	48	12	25%	382	57	15%	33	14	42%	21	10	48%	0
1975	31	TOT	AL	421	72%	83			11	2	0	0	1.97	10	0	16	8	2	5	5	0	2	1	50%	79	2	3%	36	16	44%	288	37	13%	23	15	65%	13	9	69%	0
1975	31	MIL	AL	94	74%	22			5	2	0	0	1.42	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		18	1	6%	7	2	29%	49	4	8%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1975	31	MIN	AL	327	72%	61			6	0	0	0	2.43	7	0	14	5	2	3	4	0	2	1	50%	61	1	2%	29	14	48%	239	33	14%	19	14	74%	11	7	64%	0
12 Yrs				4838	76%	1041			176	42	0	9	1.61	139	3	100	115	24	52	87	1	28	22	79%	885	54	6%	403	124	31%	2815	383	14%	253	122	48%	161	90	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

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
1964	20	61	76	66	16	17	2	0	1	6	1	1	9	12	.258	.347	.333	.680	94	22	2	0	1	0	0
1965	21	154	353	295	63	71	11	4	5	29	4	3	51	56	.241	.349	.356	.705	101	105	2	0	3	4	1
1966	22	235	650	550	106	143	24	9	15	52	7	5	92	111	.260	.363	.418	.781	120	230	4	0	3	5	4
1967	23	341	1033	882	153	220	36	13	24	82	10	10	133	183	.249	.345	.401	.747	111	354	7	0	10	7	5
1968	24	451	1432	1220	189	306	49	14	31	113	18	15	191	255	.251	.351	.390	.741	113	476	10	1	11	8	9
1969	25	575	1859	1581	240	392	69	17	43	159	27	21	255	333	.248	.351	.395	.746	114	624	12	1	11	10	12
1970	26	685	2246	1922	283	484	84	24	52	206	32	25	294	398	.252	.349	.402	.751	113	772	26	1	15	13	17
1971	27	820	2728	2319	337	587	96	25	73	268	33	27	371	479	.253	.354	.411	.765	117	952	30	2	17	18	25
1972	28	955	3209	2737	395	698	110	26	94	333	34	29	425	546	.255	.353	.417	.770	120	1142	38	3	19	24	29
1973	29	1097	3789	3225	473	818	130	33	112	390	49	38	512	629	.254	.354	.419	.773	121	1350	44	5	20	26	35
1974	30	1251	4417	3779	545	958	160	41	129	463	58	45	583	731	.254	.352	.420	.772	121	1587	52	5	21	28	37
1975	31	1366	4838	4117	601	1041	170	43	139	507	64	49	663	785	.253	.355	.416	.771	121	1714	54	5	22	30	47

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
1964	20	61	76	66	17	17	2	0	1	6	1	9	12	.258	.347	.333	.680	8	61
1965	21	92	283	232	52	58	10	4	4	26	3	45	44	.250	.367	.379	.746	33	93
1966	22	81	303	259	47	76	14	5	11	25	3	43	55	.293	.393	.514	.906	52	81
1967	23	106	393	339	54	84	13	4	10	34	3	45	72	.248	.334	.398	.732	45	106
1968	24	109	420	350	46	100	15	1	8	40	9	67	72	.286	.401	.403	.804	57	110
1969	25	124	437	367	57	92	21	3	13	51	10	68	78	.251	.366	.431	.797	58	124
1970	26	110	387	341	43	92	15	7	9	47	5	39	65	.270	.342	.434	.776	51	110
1971	27	136	503	410	63	114	13	1	23	73	1	85	81	.278	.399	.483	.882	80	135
1972	28	141	534	458	79	137	17	1	26	89	1	67	70	.299	.385	.511	.896	91	135
1973	29	142	597	498	89	130	22	8	20	65	16	94	83	.261	.379	.458	.837	85	142
1974	30	154	648	567	84	153	33	9	19	85	10	78	102	.270	.357	.460	.817	93	154
1975	31	116	433	345	61	88	11	2	11	48	6	85	54	.255	.400	.394	.795	54	115
12 Yrs		1372	5014	4232	692	1141	186	45	155	589	68	725	788	.270	.375	.445	.820	707	1366
162 Game Avg.		162	592	500	82	135	22	5	18	70	8	86	93	.270	.375	.445	.820	83	1366

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1981 BBWAA ()	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 AL (23, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Slugging % s c a p y 1972 AL .455 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1974 AL 30 (10th)
Triples s c a p y 1973 AL 7 (6th) 1974 AL 8 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1972 AL 21 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1968 NL 58 (10th) 1973 AL 87 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1974 AL 102 (9th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1972 AL 141 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1974 AL 55 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1972 AL 6 (9th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1973 AL 16.4 (6th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1971 AL 17.9 (8th)** 1972 AL 19.9 (5th)

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 - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1144), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Chili Davis (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruppert Jones (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Henderson (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Crawford (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Thomasson (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Thomasson (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Crawford (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Crawford (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruppert Jones (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruppert Jones (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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