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Steve Buechele

Steven Bernard Buechele

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 26, 1961 in Lancaster, CA
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1985
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs/Pirates 1985-1995
Agents: Alan Meersand [*]
Final Game: July 29, 1995
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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
1985 23 TEX AL 69 236 219 22 48 6 3 6 21 3 2 14 38 .219 .271 .356 .627 70 78 11 2 0 1 2 5/4
1986 24 TEX AL 153 513 461 54 112 19 2 18 54 5 8 35 98 .243 .302 .410 .712 90 189 10 5 9 3 1 *54/7
1987 25 TEX AL 136 400 363 45 86 20 0 13 50 2 2 28 66 .237 .290 .399 .690 81 145 7 1 4 4 3 *54/7
1988 26 TEX AL 155 579 503 68 126 21 4 16 58 2 4 65 79 .250 .342 .404 .746 107 203 8 5 6 0 6 *5/4
1989 27 TEX AL 155 530 486 60 114 22 2 16 59 1 3 36 107 .235 .294 .387 .680 89 188 21 5 2 1 0 *54/D6
1990 28 TEX AL 91 289 251 30 54 10 0 7 30 1 0 27 63 .215 .294 .339 .633 77 85 5 2 7 2 1 5/4
1991 29 TOT MLB 152 600 530 74 139 22 3 22 85 0 5 49 97 .262 .331 .440 .771 114 233 14 7 11 3 4 *54/6
1991 29 TEX AL 121 472 416 58 111 17 2 18 66 0 4 39 69 .267 .335 .447 .783 117 186 11 5 10 2 4 *54/6
1991 29 PIT NL 31 128 114 16 28 5 1 4 19 0 1 10 28 .246 .315 .412 .727 104 47 3 2 1 1 0 5
1992 30 TOT NL 145 590 524 52 137 23 4 9 64 1 3 52 105 .261 .334 .372 .707 99 195 10 7 4 3 6 *5/4
1992 30 PIT NL 80 325 285 27 71 14 1 8 43 0 2 34 61 .249 .331 .389 .721 104 111 5 2 2 2 4 5
1992 30 CHC NL 65 265 239 25 66 9 3 1 21 1 1 18 44 .276 .338 .351 .690 94 84 5 5 2 1 2 5/4
1993 31 CHC NL 133 520 460 53 125 27 2 15 65 1 1 48 87 .272 .345 .437 .782 111 201 12 5 4 3 5 *5/3
1994 32 CHC NL 104 387 339 33 82 11 1 14 52 1 0 39 80 .242 .325 .404 .729 90 137 8 4 2 3 2 *5/34
1995 33 TOT MLB 41 146 130 10 23 2 0 1 9 0 0 15 22 .177 .262 .215 .477 29 28 1 0 1 0 1 5
1995 33 CHC NL 32 118 106 10 20 2 0 1 9 0 0 11 19 .189 .265 .236 .501 36 25 1 0 1 0 0 5
1995 33 TEX AL 9 28 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .125 .250 .125 .375 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 /5
11 Yrs 1334 4790 4266 501 1046 183 21 137 547 17 28 408 842 .245 .316 .394 .710 94 1682 107 43 50 23 31
162 Game Avg. 162 582 518 61 127 22 3 17 66 2 3 50 102 .245 .316 .394 .710 94 204 13 5 6 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
TEX (8 yrs) 889 3047 2723 337 654 115 13 94 338 14 23 248 523 .240 .308 .396 .704 92 1077 73 25 38 13 18
CHC (4 yrs) 334 1290 1144 121 293 49 6 31 147 3 2 116 230 .256 .330 .391 .721 94 447 26 14 9 7 9
PIT (2 yrs) 111 453 399 43 99 19 2 12 62 0 3 44 89 .248 .327 .396 .723 104 158 8 4 3 3 4
AL (8 yrs) 889 3047 2723 337 654 115 13 94 338 14 23 248 523 .240 .308 .396 .704 92 1077 73 25 38 13 18
NL (5 yrs) 445 1743 1543 164 392 68 8 43 209 3 5 160 319 .254 .329 .392 .721 97 605 34 18 12 10 13

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
1985 23 TEX AL 69 236 -9 0 -1 2 0 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .495 -0.2 0.3 -2 $ 5/4
1986 24 TEX AL 153 513 -6 -3 0 7 2 -1 0.1 16 15 1.6 .500 .500 0.9 1.0 8 $85,000 *54/7
1987 25 TEX AL 136 400 -10 -0 0 -1 1 -10 -0.9 12 2 0.3 .493 .494 0.4 0.2 3 $135,000 *54/7
1988 26 TEX AL 155 579 9 -2 2 11 1 21 2.4 18 38 4.1 .514 .514 2.9 1.4 28 $180,000 *5/4
1989 27 TEX AL 155 530 -6 -2 -3 0 1 -10 -0.8 16 6 0.7 .493 .493 0.7 0.3 6 $430,000 *54/D6
1990 28 TEX AL 91 289 -5 -0 -0 0 1 -5 -0.5 10 5 0.4 .494 .497 0.5 0.2 5 $550,000 5/4
1991 29 TEX AL 121 472 8 -1 -2 7 1 14 1.6 16 30 3.0 .512 .509 2.3 1.0 22 $775,000 *54/6
1991 29 PIT NL 31 128 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0.1 4 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.0 4 $ 5
1992 30 PIT NL 80 325 5 -1 0 2 0 7 0.9 9 16 1.7 .510 .505 1.4 0.4 14 $2,600,000 5
1992 30 CHC NL 65 265 -1 -1 0 -3 0 -5 -0.5 7 3 0.2 .492 .497 0.5 -0.3 6 $ 5/4
1993 31 CHC NL 133 520 8 -2 -0 11 0 17 1.9 14 32 3.3 .513 .511 2.0 1.3 20 $2,900,000 *5/3
1994 32 CHC NL 104 387 -6 0 0 -11 0 -16 -1.6 10 -6 -0.6 .484 .490 0.5 -1.0 5 $2,550,000 *5/34
1995 33 CHC NL 32 118 -9 -1 1 3 0 -6 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .481 .496 -0.6 0.4 -6 $ 5
1995 33 TEX AL 9 28 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .454 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /5
11 Seasons 1334 4790 -25 -14 -2 28 10 -3 1.2 143 140 14.5 .500 .500 11.4 5.1 111 $10,205,000
TEX (8 yrs) 889 3047 -24 -8 -3 26 8 -2 1.0 96 94 9.8 .500 .500 7.2 4.3 68 $2,155,000
CHC (4 yrs) 334 1290 -8 -4 1 0 1 -9 -0.8 35 26 2.6 .497 .499 2.4 0.4 25 $5,450,000
PIT (2 yrs) 111 453 6 -2 0 2 1 8 0.9 13 20 2.1 .508 .503 1.8 0.4 18 $2,600,000

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
1985 23 TEX AL 236 185 18 2.6 100 .239 .219 .262 .271 .328 .356 .407 .627 .736 70 .261 -10.1 -1.0 .516 .205 .137 4.0
1986 24 TEX AL 513 379 54 3.8 102 .270 .243 .264 .302 .332 .410 .411 .712 .744 90 .408 -7.6 -0.8 .616 .236 .167 7.8
1987 25 TEX AL 400 294 42 3.8 106 .253 .237 .265 .290 .334 .399 .425 .690 .759 81 .381 -10.4 -1.0 .608 .240 .163 3.5
1988 26 TEX AL 579 395 71 4.8 96 .270 .250 .262 .342 .327 .404 .394 .746 .721 107 .540 5.0 0.5 .697 .278 .153 3.6
1989 27 TEX AL 530 399 50 3.4 95 .269 .235 .263 .294 .328 .387 .387 .680 .715 89 .385 -8.7 -0.9 .573 .222 .152 1.9
1990 28 TEX AL 289 211 26 3.3 95 .257 .215 .259 .294 .328 .339 .388 .633 .715 77 .372 -7.8 -0.8 .569 .235 .124 1.8
1991 29 TOT MLB 600 424 74 4.7 95 .283 .262 .258 .331 .326 .440 .390 .771 .716 114 .523 9.3 0.9 .693 .260 .177 .0
1991 29 TEX AL 472 332 60 4.9 95 .281 .267 .258 .335 .326 .447 .391 .783 .717 117 .531 8.8 0.9 .706 .264 .180 .0
1991 29 PIT NL 128 92 14 4.1 93 .289 .246 .256 .315 .324 .412 .384 .727 .708 104 .489 0.5 0.0 .644 .246 .167 .0
1992 30 TOT NL 590 407 66 4.4 93 .310 .261 .261 .334 .326 .372 .384 .707 .710 99 .527 0.0 0.0 .630 .206 .111 1.8
1992 30 PIT NL 325 225 37 4.4 92 .289 .249 .259 .331 .325 .389 .381 .721 .706 104 .533 2.0 0.2 .656 .253 .140 .0
1992 30 CHC NL 265 182 29 4.3 95 .333 .276 .263 .338 .329 .351 .386 .690 .715 94 .518 -2.0 -0.2 .598 .151 .075 1.0
1993 31 CHC NL 520 355 69 5.2 101 .305 .272 .267 .345 .332 .437 .407 .782 .740 111 .553 7.8 0.8 .730 .270 .165 1.9
1994 32 CHC NL 387 270 46 4.6 108 .274 .242 .273 .325 .340 .404 .427 .729 .768 90 .466 -5.3 -0.5 .683 .280 .162 1.9
1995 33 TOT MLB 146 109 8 2.0 106 .206 .177 .268 .262 .338 .215 .419 .477 .757 29 .158 -13.6 -1.3 .398 .154 .038 .0
1995 33 CHC NL 118 88 7 2.1 104 .221 .189 .267 .265 .336 .236 .416 .501 .752 36 .183 -9.9 -1.0 .414 .151 .047 .0
1995 33 TEX AL 28 21 1 1.3 112 .143 .125 .274 .250 .348 .125 .433 .375 .781 1 .070 -3.6 -0.3 .333 .167 .000
11 Yrs 4790 3428 524 4.1 99 .275 .245 .263 .316 .330 .394 .401 .710 .731 94 .454 -41.3 -4.0 .632 .242 .149 30.2
162 Game Avg. 582 416 64 4.1 99 .275 .245 .263 .316 .330 .394 .401 .710 .731 94 .454 -41.3 -4.0 .632 .242 .149 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
TEX (8 yrs) 3047 2216 322 3.9 98 .264 .240 .262 .308 .329 .396 .400 .704 .730 92 .428 -34.5 -3.4 .619 .243 .155 24.4
CHC (4 yrs) 1290 895 151 4.5 102 .294 .256 .268 .330 .334 .391 .410 .721 .744 94 .489 -9.3 -0.9 .658 .237 .135 5.5
PIT (2 yrs) 453 317 51 4.3 92 .289 .248 .258 .327 .324 .396 .382 .723 .707 104 .521 2.5 0.3 .653 .251 .148 .0
AL (8 yrs) 3047 2216 322 3.9 98 .264 .240 .262 .308 .329 .396 .400 .704 .730 92 .428 -34.5 -3.4 .619 .243 .155 24.4
NL (5 yrs) 1743 1212 202 4.5 100 .293 .254 .266 .329 .332 .392 .403 .721 .734 97 .497 -6.8 -0.6 .656 .240 .138 5.6

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
1991 29 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 7 28 23 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .304 .407 .391 .799 9 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 7 28 23 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .304 .407 .391 .799 9 0 0 1 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
1985 23 TEX AL 236 2.5% 16.1% 5.9% 6.4% 31% 2.71 5.8 36.5 10.4 1.31 75%
1986 24 TEX AL 513 3.5% 19.1% 6.8% 7.6% 35% 2.80 4.7 25.6 8.5 1.13 68%
1987 25 TEX AL 400 3.3% 16.5% 7.0% 8.3% 38% 2.36 5.5 27.9 7.3 0.81 72%
1988 26 TEX AL 579 2.8% 13.6% 11.2% 7.1% 33% 1.22 6.4 31.4 8.7 0.74 1.04 70% 23% 10.4% 36%
1989 27 TEX AL 530 3.0% 20.2% 6.8% 7.6% 35% 2.97 4.5 30.4 8.2 0.75 1.18 69% 21% 8.9% 17%
1990 28 TEX AL 289 2.4% 21.8% 9.3% 5.9% 32% 2.33 4.0 35.9 8.4 0.79 1.07 63% 18% 8.0% 16%
1991 29 TOT MLB 600 3.7% 16.2% 8.2% 7.8% 34% 1.98 5.5 24.1 6.2 0.67 0.87 69% 18% 10.0% 15%
1991 29 TEX AL 472 3.8% 14.6% 8.3% 7.8% 33% 1.77 6.0 23.1 6.3 0.65 0.83 70% 17% 10.1% 15%
1991 29 PIT NL 128 3.1% 21.9% 7.8% 7.8% 36% 2.80 4.1 28.5 6.0 0.78 1.07 65% 22% 9.8% 16%
1992 30 TOT NL 590 1.5% 17.8% 8.8% 6.1% 26% 2.02 5.0 58.2 8.2 0.69 0.87 70% 23% 4.1% 11%
1992 30 PIT NL 325 2.5% 18.8% 10.5% 7.1% 32% 1.79 4.7 35.6 6.6 0.77 0.85 67% 20% 7.1% 12%
1992 30 CHC NL 265 0.4% 16.6% 6.8% 4.9% 20% 2.44 5.4 239.0 11.4 0.61 0.89 74% 26% 0.9% 10%
1993 31 CHC NL 520 2.9% 16.7% 9.2% 8.5% 35% 1.81 5.3 30.7 7.1 0.78 1.08 69% 23% 8.0% 11%
1994 32 CHC NL 387 3.6% 20.7% 10.1% 6.7% 32% 2.05 4.2 24.2 6.5 0.92 1.16 64% 20% 11.9% 13%
1995 33 TOT MLB 146 0.7% 15.1% 10.3% 2.1% 13% 1.47 5.9 130.0 14.4 1.57 1.30 73% 13% 3.2% 26%
1995 33 CHC NL 118 0.9% 16.1% 9.3% 2.5% 15% 1.73 5.6 106.0 11.8 1.72 1.44 73% 15% 4.0% 22%
1995 33 TEX AL 28 0.0% 10.7% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.75 8.0 1.10 0.90 75% 5% 0.0% 40%
11 Yrs 4790 2.9% 17.6% 8.5% 7.1% 33% 2.06 5.1 31.1 7.8 0.77 1.03 69% 21% 8.3% 18%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.1% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.74 5.9 39.4 8.2 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20%
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
1985 23 TEX AL -10.1 -1.0 244 -1.0 3.6 -4.6 .96 -0.7 -0.4 -13.3 -1.3 0.95 -8.7 0
1986 24 TEX AL -7.6 -0.8 530 -1.1 7.5 -8.6 .91 -0.4 -0.8 -12.5 -1.2 0.89 -5.5 0.25 2
1987 25 TEX AL -10.4 -1.0 412 -1.2 5.7 -7.0 .96 -1.1 -0.2 -9.1 -0.9 0.95 -12.9 0.23 2
1988 26 TEX AL 5.0 0.5 591 1.3 11.4 -10.1 1.04 0.9 0.4 7.4 0.7 0.95 9.5 1.68 2
1989 27 TEX AL -8.7 -0.9 538 -1.3 8.6 -9.9 .96 -0.9 -0.5 -13.9 -1.4 0.94 -11.1 1.21 1
1990 28 TEX AL -7.8 -0.8 290 -0.3 4.8 -5.2 1.01 -0.6 0.3 -6.7 -0.7 1.00 -5.2 0.71 2
1991 29 TOT MLB 9.3 0.9 610 1.2 12.4 -11.2 1.08 1.2 -0.1 14.6 1.5 0.99 12.0 2.84 5
1991 29 TEX AL 8.8 0.9 481 0.8 9.2 -8.4 1.04 1.1 -0.3 14.5 1.4 0.96 11.2 2.84 5
1991 29 PIT NL 0.5 0.0 129 0.4 3.2 -2.8 1.25 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.10 0.8 0
1992 30 TOT NL 0.7 0.1 601 0.6 10.9 -10.4 1.07 0.6 -0.1 13.3 1.4 1.00 6.4 2.86 1
1992 30 PIT NL 2.4 0.2 330 0.4 6.1 -5.7 1.08 0.5 -0.2 9.7 1.0 1.01 5.1 0
1992 30 CHC NL -1.7 -0.2 271 0.2 4.8 -4.6 1.07 0.1 0.1 3.6 0.4 0.98 1.4 2.86 1
1993 31 CHC NL 7.2 0.7 525 2.1 10.6 -8.5 1.02 1.0 1.1 11.2 1.1 0.96 7.8 2.15 3
1994 32 CHC NL -5.3 -0.5 390 -0.3 6.8 -7.1 1.00 0.1 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.92 2.3 0.73 2
1995 33 TOT MLB -13.7 -1.3 148 -1.1 1.9 -3.0 1.09 -1.0 -0.0 -6.9 -0.7 0.94 -11.5 2.07 2
1995 33 CHC NL -10.1 -1.0 120 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 1.09 -0.6 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -7.3 0
1995 33 TEX AL -3.6 -0.3 28 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 1.09 -0.4 0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.84 -4.2 2.07 2
11 Yrs -41.5 -4.1 4879 -1.2 84.4 -85.5 1.01 -1.0 -0.1 -18.2 -1.7 0.96 -16.9 1.64 22
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
1985 23 TEX AL 4 0 28% 55 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 25% 6 5 1 3 2 1 3 2 1
1986 24 TEX AL 7 0 27% 177 5 8 38% 5 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 8 35% 25 16 8 5 4 0 10 4 6
1987 25 TEX AL 6 0 31% 126 2 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 10 32% 24 17 6 4 3 1 9 4 5
1988 26 TEX AL 11 0 29% 210 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 15 36% 32 24 8 12 6 6 18 9 8
1989 27 TEX AL 6 0 32% 182 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 46% 20 14 6 7 5 1 14 2 12
1990 28 TEX AL 6 0 30% 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 30% 10 5 5 4 4 0 6 4 1
1991 29 TOT MLB 5 0 30% 216 0 5 0% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 12 39% 34 24 10 8 6 2 17 6 11
1991 29 TEX AL 3 0 29% 172 0 4 0% 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 11 37% 29 21 8 7 5 2 10 3 7
1991 29 PIT NL 2 0 33% 44 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 5 3 2 1 1 0 7 3 4
1992 30 TOT NL 11 0 23% 239 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 10 33% 34 26 8 3 1 1 18 9 9
1992 30 PIT NL 8 0 19% 123 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 42% 15 11 4 2 0 1 9 3 6
1992 30 CHC NL 3 0 27% 116 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 24% 19 15 4 1 1 0 9 6 3
1993 31 CHC NL 7 0 23% 198 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 41% 29 19 9 12 7 4 13 3 9
1994 32 CHC NL 2 0 17% 113 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 38% 18 12 6 9 4 5 2 2 0
1995 33 TOT MLB 2 0 24% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
1995 33 CHC NL 2 0 30% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 63% 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1995 33 TEX AL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 67 0 27% 1648 17 28 38% 16 20 1 4 0 4 4 3 47 83 37% 238 163 70 67 42 21 113 45 65
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
1985 23 TEX AL 236 33% 48 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 3 3 5 1 0 1 0 0% 47 11 23% 23 5 22% 140 15 11% 11 5 45% 7 2 29% 0
1986 24 TEX AL 513 31% 112 2 1 1 1 0.25 18 0 4 13 5 6 12 0 11 9 82% 78 10 13% 40 19 48% 268 37 14% 19 14 74% 24 14 58% 0
1987 25 TEX AL 400 48% 86 2 1 0 1 0.23 13 0 9 5 8 6 7 0 4 4 100% 71 7 10% 46 19 41% 257 40 16% 24 14 58% 13 6 46% 0
1988 26 TEX AL 579 31% 126 9 0 2 0 0 0 1.68 16 0 13 11 5 8 8 0 6 6 100% 110 8 7% 45 14 31% 360 47 13% 24 14 58% 20 9 45% 0
1989 27 TEX AL 530 31% 114 10 0 1 0 0 0 1.21 16 0 12 10 6 7 9 0 4 2 50% 93 21 23% 44 16 36% 324 47 15% 23 12 52% 14 8 57% 0
1990 28 TEX AL 289 33% 54 6 2 2 0 0 0 0.71 7 1 9 3 4 5 2 0 10 7 70% 64 5 8% 34 10 29% 209 25 12% 15 6 40% 12 4 33% 0
1991 29 TOT MLB 600 27% 139 45 4 5 2 0 1 2.84 22 0 19 13 9 9 13 0 14 11 79% 115 14 12% 57 23 40% 413 65 16% 36 17 47% 33 22 67% 0
1991 29 TEX AL 472 25% 111 36 4 5 2 0 1 2.84 18 0 12 12 6 7 11 0 13 10 77% 87 11 13% 44 17 39% 299 50 17% 23 12 52% 22 15 68% 0
1991 29 PIT NL 128 33% 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 13 6 46% 114 15 13% 13 5 38% 11 7 64% 0
1992 30 TOT NL 590 39% 137 54 1 1 1 0 1 2.86 9 0 13 4 5 4 5 0 6 4 67% 112 10 9% 51 20 39% 379 56 15% 41 18 44% 23 16 70% 0
1992 30 PIT NL 325 40% 71 26 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 4 4 3 5 0 2 2 100% 63 5 8% 30 13 43% 217 36 17% 28 12 43% 13 9 69% 0
1992 30 CHC NL 265 39% 66 28 1 1 1 0 1 2.86 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 50% 49 5 10% 21 7 33% 162 20 12% 13 6 46% 10 7 70% 0
1993 31 CHC NL 520 28% 125 6 0 3 0 0 0 2.15 15 0 12 10 5 8 7 0 4 4 100% 92 12 13% 40 18 45% 319 50 16% 17 10 59% 18 11 61% 0
1994 32 CHC NL 387 26% 82 9 1 2 0 0 0 0.73 14 0 9 12 2 7 7 0 3 2 67% 68 8 12% 33 12 36% 239 40 17% 30 19 63% 13 5 38% 0
1995 33 TOT MLB 146 27% 23 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.07 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 31 1 3% 17 6 35% 90 10 11% 8 4 50% 3 0 0% 0
1995 33 CHC NL 118 23% 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 27 1 4% 15 6 40% 78 10 13% 8 4 50% 2 0 0% 0
1995 33 TEX AL 28 43% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 4790 32% 1046 142 8 22 5 1 4 1.64 137 1 107 84 53 65 72 0 64 50 78% 881 107 12% 430 162 38% 2998 432 14% 248 133 54% 180 97 54% 0
MLB Averages 59% 73% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 TEX AL 563 2169 3.85 1311 60% 32% 12% 24% 32% 68% 2% 41% 82% 28% 8% 43 1 18% 104 26 10% 58 27 27% 16 1 0
1989 27 TEX AL 515 1951 3.79 1233 63% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 0% 44% 78% 31% 4% 23 1 16% 81 27 8% 40 24 23% 15 0 5
1990 28 TEX AL 280 1097 3.92 683 62% 31% 16% 25% 28% 69% 1% 43% 76% 25% 7% 20 0 16% 44 10 12% 33 19 28% 9 1 2
1991 29 TOT MLB 601 2268 3.77 1400 62% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 2% 44% 80% 26% 6% 35 5 17% 103 44 10% 62 39 33% -1 0 0
1991 29 TEX AL 472 1768 3.75 1081 61% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 2% 43% 82% 26% 6% 27 4 17% 81 33 10% 48 32 32% 0 0 0
1991 29 PIT NL 129 500 3.88 319 64% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 0% 45% 75% 26% 6% 8 1 17% 22 11 11% 14 7 36% -1 0 0
1992 30 TOT NL 591 2313 3.91 1423 62% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 2% 42% 79% 19% 7% 44 2 18% 105 35 10% 59 36 16% -1 0 0
1992 30 PIT NL 326 1293 3.97 777 60% 35% 14% 22% 29% 65% 3% 39% 79% 14% 9% 28 1 21% 67 21 11% 36 20 20% -1 0 0
1992 30 CHC NL 265 1020 3.85 646 63% 27% 15% 28% 31% 73% 2% 46% 79% 24% 6% 16 1 14% 38 14 9% 23 16 11% 0 0 0
1993 31 CHC NL 505 1884 3.73 1184 63% 32% 16% 21% 31% 68% 2% 43% 76% 24% 6% 30 2 15% 77 25 9% 46 27 28% 15 1 4
1994 32 CHC NL 379 1490 3.93 902 61% 32% 14% 25% 29% 68% 1% 41% 79% 23% 7% 27 2 17% 66 18 10% 37 26 25% 8 0 0
1995 33 TOT MLB 147 555 3.78 341 61% 32% 13% 23% 32% 68% 2% 42% 81% 27% 5% 8 0 13% 19 6 10% 14 7 32% -1 0 0
1995 33 CHC NL 119 440 3.70 275 63% 31% 13% 24% 32% 69% 0% 43% 81% 30% 5% 6 0 13% 15 5 10% 12 6 32% -1 0 0
1995 33 TEX AL 28 115 4.11 66 57% 36% 9% 23% 32% 64% 8% 37% 86% 14% 7% 2 0 14% 4 1 7% 2 1 33% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3581 13727 3.83 8477 62% 31% 14% 24% 31% 69% 1% 43% 79% 25% 6% 230 13 17% 599 191 10% 349 205 26% 60 3 11
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1985 23 69 236 219 22 48 6 3 6 21 3 2 14 38 .219 .271 .356 .627 70 78 11 2 0 1 2
1986 24 222 749 680 76 160 25 5 24 75 8 10 49 136 .235 .292 .393 .685 84 267 21 7 9 4 3
1987 25 358 1149 1043 121 246 45 5 37 125 10 12 77 202 .236 .291 .395 .686 83 412 28 8 13 8 6
1988 26 513 1728 1546 189 372 66 9 53 183 12 16 142 281 .241 .308 .398 .706 91 615 36 13 19 8 12
1989 27 668 2258 2032 249 486 88 11 69 242 13 19 178 388 .239 .305 .395 .700 90 803 57 18 21 9 12
1990 28 759 2547 2283 279 540 98 11 76 272 14 19 205 451 .237 .304 .389 .693 89 888 62 20 28 11 13
1991 29 911 3147 2813 353 679 120 14 98 357 14 24 254 548 .241 .309 .399 .707 94 1121 76 27 39 14 17
1992 30 1056 3737 3337 405 816 143 18 107 421 15 27 306 653 .245 .313 .394 .707 95 1316 86 34 43 17 23
1993 31 1189 4257 3797 458 941 170 20 122 486 16 28 354 740 .248 .317 .400 .716 97 1517 98 39 47 20 28
1994 32 1293 4644 4136 491 1023 181 21 136 538 17 28 393 820 .247 .318 .400 .717 96 1654 106 43 49 23 30
1995 33 1334 4790 4266 501 1046 183 21 137 547 17 28 408 842 .245 .316 .394 .710 94 1682 107 43 50 23 31

Neutralized Batting

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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
1985 23 69 236 219 22 48 6 3 6 21 3 14 38 .219 .271 .356 .627 21 69
1986 24 153 513 461 54 112 19 2 18 54 5 35 98 .243 .302 .410 .712 56 153
1987 25 136 397 361 44 84 20 0 13 48 2 27 66 .233 .285 .396 .681 41 136
1988 26 155 585 507 72 130 22 4 17 61 2 67 79 .256 .349 .416 .765 72 155
1989 27 155 537 491 64 119 23 2 17 63 1 38 107 .242 .303 .401 .704 58 155
1990 28 91 293 254 33 57 11 0 7 33 1 28 63 .224 .304 .350 .655 27 91
1991 29 152 608 536 79 145 23 3 23 91 0 51 97 .271 .340 .453 .793 81 152
1992 30 145 605 534 59 147 25 4 10 72 1 56 105 .275 .351 .393 .744 72 145
1993 31 133 521 461 53 126 27 2 15 66 1 48 87 .273 .346 .438 .784 69 133
1994 32 147 542 475 45 113 15 1 19 70 1 54 113 .238 .321 .394 .715 59 104
1995 33 46 162 145 11 25 2 0 1 10 0 16 25 .172 .255 .207 .462 8 41
11 Yrs 1382 4999 4444 536 1106 193 21 146 589 17 434 878 .249 .321 .400 .721 564 1334
162 Game Avg. 162 586 521 63 130 23 2 17 69 2 51 103 .249 .321 .400 .721 66 1334

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 NL  105 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 NL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1989 AL  21 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1371), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mike Pagliarulo (952)
  2. Pedro Feliz (948)
  3. Ed Sprague (945)
  4. Tom Tresh (935)
  5. Geoff Blum (927)
  6. Scott Brosius (926)
  7. Brook Jacoby (924)
  8. Woodie Held (923)
  9. Grady Hatton (922)
  10. Bill Melton (920)
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  1. Pedro Alvarez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Darnell Coles (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ian Stewart (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Graig Nettles (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Howell (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Sprague (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Max Alvis (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Sprague (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ed Sprague (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken McMullen (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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