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Ellis Burks

Ellis Rena Burks

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, MS
School: Ranger College (Ranger, TX)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 17, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1987 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Rockies/Indians/Giants/WhiteSox 1987-2004
Agents: Jim Turner [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2004 (Age 40)
Relatives: Cousin of Roosevelt Brown
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #126. Joe Sewell… #127. Willie Stargell… #128. Bobby Grich… #129. ELLIS BURKS… #130. Will Clark… #131. Dave Parker… #132. Keith Hernandez… 

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 Awards
1987 22 BOS AL 133 606 558 94 152 30 2 20 59 27 6 41 98 .272 .324 .441 .765 99 246 1 2 4 1 0 *8/D
1988 23 BOS AL 144 615 540 93 159 37 5 18 92 25 9 62 89 .294 .367 .481 .848 132 260 8 3 4 6 1 *8/D
1989 24 BOS AL 97 446 399 73 121 19 6 12 61 21 5 36 52 .303 .365 .471 .836 128 188 8 5 2 4 2 8/D
1990 25 BOS AL 152 641 588 89 174 33 8 21 89 9 11 48 82 .296 .349 .486 .835 128 286 18 1 2 2 4 *8/D AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1991 26 BOS AL 130 524 474 56 119 33 3 14 56 6 11 39 81 .251 .314 .422 .736 98 200 7 6 2 3 2 *8/D
1992 27 BOS AL 66 263 235 35 60 8 3 8 30 5 2 25 48 .255 .327 .417 .744 103 98 5 1 0 2 2 8/D
1993 28 CHW AL 146 574 499 75 137 24 4 17 74 6 9 60 97 .275 .352 .441 .793 114 220 11 4 3 8 2 *98
1994 29 COL NL 42 165 149 33 48 8 3 13 24 3 1 16 39 .322 .388 .678 1.066 154 101 3 0 0 0 3 8
1995 30 COL NL 103 321 278 41 74 10 6 14 49 7 3 39 72 .266 .359 .496 .856 102 138 7 2 1 1 0 87/9
1996 31 COL NL 156 685 613 142 211 45 8 40 128 32 6 61 114 .344 .408 .639 1.047 149 392 19 6 3 2 2 *78 AS,MVP-3,SS
1997 32 COL NL 119 478 424 91 123 19 2 32 82 7 2 47 75 .290 .363 .571 .934 122 242 17 3 1 2 0 *87
1998 33 TOT NL 142 582 504 76 147 28 6 21 76 11 8 58 111 .292 .365 .496 .861 113 250 12 5 6 9 1 *879
1998 33 COL NL 100 405 357 54 102 22 5 16 54 3 7 39 80 .286 .355 .510 .865 108 182 10 2 2 5 0 87
1998 33 SFG NL 42 177 147 22 45 6 1 5 22 8 1 19 31 .306 .387 .463 .850 128 68 2 3 4 4 1 89
1999 34 SFG NL 120 469 390 73 110 19 0 31 96 7 5 69 86 .282 .394 .569 .964 147 222 11 6 0 4 2 9/D
2000 35 SFG NL 122 458 393 74 135 21 5 24 96 5 1 56 49 .344 .419 .606 1.025 163 238 10 1 0 8 5 9/D MVP-15
2001 36 CLE AL 124 515 439 83 123 29 1 28 74 5 1 62 85 .280 .369 .542 .911 137 238 16 5 0 9 2 D7/9
2002 37 CLE AL 138 570 518 92 156 28 0 32 91 2 3 44 108 .301 .362 .541 .903 139 280 13 6 1 1 3 *D/7
2003 38 CLE AL 55 228 198 27 52 11 1 6 28 1 1 27 46 .263 .360 .419 .779 109 83 4 3 0 0 2 D/7
2004 39 BOS AL 11 37 33 6 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 8 .182 .270 .273 .543 39 9 1 1 0 0 0 /D
18 Yrs 2000 8177 7232 1253 2107 402 63 352 1206 181 84 793 1340 .291 .363 .510 .874 126 3691 171 60 29 62 33
162 Game Avg. 162 662 586 101 171 33 5 29 98 15 7 64 109 .291 .363 .510 .874 126 299 14 5 2 5 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
BOS (7 yrs) 733 3132 2827 446 791 160 27 94 388 95 44 254 458 .280 .341 .455 .796 115 1287 48 19 14 18 11
COL (5 yrs) 520 2054 1821 361 558 104 24 115 337 52 19 202 380 .306 .378 .579 .957 128 1055 56 13 7 10 5
SFG (3 yrs) 284 1104 930 169 290 46 6 60 214 20 7 144 166 .312 .404 .568 .971 151 528 23 10 4 16 8
CLE (3 yrs) 317 1313 1155 202 331 68 2 66 193 8 5 133 239 .287 .364 .520 .885 133 601 33 14 1 10 7
CHW (1 yr) 146 574 499 75 137 24 4 17 74 6 9 60 97 .275 .352 .441 .793 114 220 11 4 3 8 2
AL (11 yrs) 1196 5019 4481 723 1259 252 33 177 655 109 58 447 794 .281 .349 .470 .819 120 2108 92 37 18 36 20
NL (7 yrs) 804 3158 2751 530 848 150 30 175 551 72 26 346 546 .308 .387 .575 .962 135 1583 79 23 11 26 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1987 22 BOS AL 133 606 -1 4 1 4 1 9 1.0 19 29 2.8 .507 .506 2.5 0.5 25 $62,500 *8/D
1988 23 BOS AL 144 615 25 -1 3 3 1 30 3.3 21 51 5.3 .522 .520 4.9 0.5 48 $125,000 *8/D
1989 24 BOS AL 97 446 16 3 2 -3 1 19 2.1 15 34 3.5 .521 .512 3.8 -0.1 36 $275,000 8/D
1990 25 BOS AL 152 641 21 -3 -2 -8 2 10 1.0 23 32 3.3 .507 .506 4.2 -0.7 40 $475,000 *8/D AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1991 26 BOS AL 130 524 2 -3 1 4 2 6 0.7 19 25 2.5 .505 .504 2.1 0.6 21 $1,825,000 *8/D
1992 27 BOS AL 66 263 2 2 -0 -4 1 1 0.2 10 11 1.1 .502 .501 1.6 -0.3 15 $2,300,000 8/D
1993 28 CHW AL 146 574 9 -1 0 5 -5 9 0.9 22 30 2.9 .506 .505 2.5 -0.1 25 $2,050,000 *98
1994 29 COL NL 42 165 13 1 0 -5 1 10 0.9 5 15 1.4 .522 .506 2.0 -0.5 20 $2,333,333 8
1995 30 COL NL 103 321 -0 -2 -1 -10 0 -13 -1.3 10 -3 -0.3 .487 .492 0.6 -1.0 7 $3,333,333 87/9
1996 31 COL NL 156 685 48 8 -1 12 -5 63 5.9 21 84 7.9 .540 .538 6.9 0.6 71 $4,033,333 *78 AS,MVP-3,SS
1997 32 COL NL 119 478 17 1 -0 -10 -1 6 0.5 15 21 1.9 .506 .504 3.0 -1.2 31 $4,000,000 *87
1998 33 COL NL 100 405 5 -2 -0 -4 -0 -1 -0.2 13 12 1.0 .499 .499 1.5 -0.5 16 $4,900,000 87
1998 33 SFG NL 42 177 7 1 1 -4 0 5 0.4 6 10 1.0 .512 .503 1.4 -0.4 15 89
1999 34 SFG NL 120 469 29 -1 -1 -7 -4 16 1.4 15 30 2.8 .512 .509 3.5 -1.2 38 $4,500,000 9/D
2000 35 SFG NL 122 458 45 -1 -0 0 -4 40 3.6 14 54 5.0 .531 .523 5.0 -0.4 54 $5,500,000 9/D MVP-15
2001 36 CLE AL 124 515 24 2 -2 -3 -11 11 1.2 19 30 3.0 .509 .507 3.3 -1.3 34 $5,666,667 D7/9
2002 37 CLE AL 138 570 31 -1 1 -1 -12 19 1.9 21 40 3.9 .513 .511 4.0 -1.2 41 $6,666,667 *D/7
2003 38 CLE AL 55 228 3 0 0 -1 -5 -3 -0.2 9 6 0.6 .495 .498 0.7 -0.6 7 $7,166,667 D/7
2004 39 BOS AL 11 37 -2 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .476 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $750,000 /D
18 Seasons 2000 8177 292 9 4 -32 -39 234 23.1 276 510 49.5 .512 .508 53.2 -7.3 542 $55,962,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 733 3132 62 2 6 -4 7 73 8.2 108 181 18.4 .510 .507 18.9 0.5 184 $5,812,500
COL (5 yrs) 520 2054 83 6 -2 -17 -5 65 5.7 63 128 11.9 .512 .508 13.9 -2.6 145 $18,599,999
SFG (3 yrs) 284 1104 81 -1 -0 -11 -8 61 5.4 34 95 8.8 .520 .512 10.0 -2.0 106 $10,000,000
CLE (3 yrs) 317 1313 58 2 0 -5 -28 27 2.8 49 76 7.5 .508 .505 7.9 -3.1 81 $19,500,001
CHW (1 yr) 146 574 9 -1 0 5 -5 9 0.9 22 30 2.9 .506 .505 2.5 -0.1 25 $2,050,000

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
1988 23 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 17 17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .235 .235 .294 .529 5 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 15 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .267 .313 .400 .713 6 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 6 27 23 4 7 1 0 1 3 0 1 4 5 .304 .407 .478 .886 11 1 0 0 0 0
1995 30 COL NL NLDS ATL L 2 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .286 .500 .786 3 0 0 0 1 0
2000 35 SFG NL NLDS NYM L 4 17 13 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 2 .231 .412 .538 .950 7 0 0 0 0 0
2001 36 CLE AL ALDS SEA L 5 20 19 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .316 .350 .526 .876 10 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 Series) 25 104 93 14 26 7 0 3 11 1 1 10 15 .280 .346 .452 .798 42 1 0 0 1 0
1 ALDS 5 20 19 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .316 .350 .526 .876 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 6 24 19 3 5 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 3 .263 .375 .526 .901 10 0 0 0 1 0
3 ALCS 14 60 55 7 15 4 0 1 4 1 1 5 9 .273 .333 .400 .733 22 1 0 0 0 0

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 BOS AL 22 CF 132 128 125 1125.2 339 320 15 4 2 .988 4 4 2.68 2.54 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 BOS AL 22 OF 132 128 125 1125.2 339 320 15 4 2 .988 4 4 2.68 2.54 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 BOS AL 22 DH 1 0
1988 BOS AL 23 CF 142 139 136 1215.2 388 370 9 9 0 .977 3 3 2.81 2.67 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 BOS AL 23 OF 142 139 136 1215.2 388 370 9 9 0 .977 3 3 2.81 2.67 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 BOS AL 23 DH 2 0
1989 BOS AL 24 CF 95 95 93 855.1 257 244 7 6 3 .977 -3 -4 2.64 2.64 .984 2.78 2.75
1989 BOS AL 24 OF 95 95 93 855.1 258 245 7 6 3 .977 -3 -4 2.65 2.65 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 BOS AL 24 DH 1 0
1990 BOS AL 25 CF 143 143 139 1268.1 334 325 7 2 0 .994 -8 -7 2.36 2.32 .985 2.74 2.71 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1990 BOS AL 25 OF 143 143 139 1268.1 333 324 7 2 0 .994 -8 -7 2.35 2.31 .981 2.39 2.36 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1990 BOS AL 25 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1991 BOS AL 26 CF 126 123 115 1074.0 287 283 2 2 1 .993 4 5 2.39 2.26 .989 2.76 2.76
1991 BOS AL 26 OF 126 123 115 1074.0 287 283 2 2 1 .993 4 5 2.39 2.26 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 BOS AL 26 DH 2 1
1992 BOS AL 27 CF 63 62 59 535.2 127 122 3 2 0 .984 -4 -9 2.10 1.98 .986 2.90 2.89
1992 BOS AL 27 OF 63 62 59 535.2 125 120 3 2 0 .984 -4 -9 2.07 1.95 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 BOS AL 27 DH 1 1
1993 CHW AL 28 OF 146 133 120 1209.0 325 313 6 6 1 .982 5 5 2.37 2.18 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 CHW AL 28 RF 132 113 108 1046.0 274 264 4 6 1 .978 4 4 2.31 2.03 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 CHW AL 28 CF 21 20 12 163.0 50 48 2 0 0 1.000 1 9 2.76 2.38 .986 2.76 2.73
1994 COL NL 29 CF 39 38 36 330.1 82 77 2 3 0 .963 -5 -20 2.15 2.03 .982 2.63 2.61
1994 COL NL 29 OF 39 38 36 330.1 84 79 2 3 0 .964 -5 -20 2.21 2.08 .980 2.24 2.23
1995 COL NL 30 OF 80 67 39 558.2 166 158 3 5 0 .970 -10 -22 2.59 2.01 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 COL NL 30 CF 65 54 29 430.0 136 131 2 3 0 .978 -10 -28 2.78 2.05 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 COL NL 30 LF 23 13 10 125.2 30 27 1 2 0 .933 -0 -1 2.01 1.22 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 COL NL 30 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1996 COL NL 31 OF 152 149 124 1282.1 290 279 6 5 2 .983 12 12 2.00 1.88 .978 2.13 2.12 AS,MVP-3,SS
1996 COL NL 31 LF 129 118 104 1032.1 218 209 4 5 1 .977 10 12 1.86 1.65 .975 1.85 1.83 AS,MVP-3,SS
1996 COL NL 31 CF 32 31 20 250.0 66 64 2 0 1 1.000 2 12 2.38 2.06 .984 2.49 2.47 AS,MVP-3,SS
1997 COL NL 32 OF 112 106 45 900.1 217 207 6 4 1 .982 -10 -13 2.13 1.90 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 COL NL 32 CF 89 89 28 652.0 156 151 3 2 1 .987 -7 -14 2.13 1.73 .983 2.41 2.39
1997 COL NL 32 LF 66 17 17 248.1 58 53 3 2 0 .966 -2 -12 2.03 0.85 .980 1.95 1.93
1998 TOT NL 33 OF 139 134 86 1149.0 288 276 6 6 0 .979 -8 -8 2.21 2.03 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 TOT NL 33 CF 114 109 68 892.1 222 213 6 3 0 .986 -11 -15 2.21 1.92 .987 2.54 2.53
1998 COL NL 33 OF 98 93 55 799.0 197 187 5 5 0 .975 -4 -6 2.16 1.96 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 COL NL 33 CF 78 76 40 605.2 148 141 5 2 0 .986 -6 -13 2.17 1.87 .987 2.54 2.53
1998 COL NL 33 LF 45 17 15 193.1 48 45 0 3 0 .938 2 14 2.09 1.00 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 SFG NL 33 OF 41 41 31 350.0 91 89 1 1 0 .989 -4 -14 2.31 2.20 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 SFG NL 33 CF 36 33 28 286.2 74 72 1 1 0 .986 -4 -19 2.29 2.03 .987 2.54 2.53
1998 SFG NL 33 RF 10 8 3 63.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.56 1.80 .976 2.07 2.07
1999 SFG NL 34 OF 107 106 63 864.2 215 210 3 2 2 .991 -7 -10 2.22 1.99 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 SFG NL 34 RF 107 106 63 864.2 215 210 3 2 2 .991 -7 -10 2.22 1.99 .981 2.16 2.14
1999 SFG NL 34 DH 3 3
2000 SFG NL 35 OF 108 108 52 847.1 223 215 4 4 1 .982 0 1 2.33 2.03 .981 2.24 2.22 MVP-15
2000 SFG NL 35 RF 108 108 52 847.1 222 214 4 4 1 .982 0 1 2.32 2.02 .979 2.19 2.16 MVP-15
2000 SFG NL 35 DH 2 2 MVP-15
2001 CLE AL 36 DH 102 102
2001 CLE AL 36 OF 20 19 12 144.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -27 1.68 1.35 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 CLE AL 36 LF 18 17 11 129.2 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -32 1.60 1.28 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 CLE AL 36 RF 2 2 1 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 2.40 2.00 .982 2.10 2.05
2002 CLE AL 37 DH 127 127
2002 CLE AL 37 LF 6 6 4 41.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.52 1.17 .983 2.16 2.13
2002 CLE AL 37 OF 6 6 4 41.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.31 1.00 .985 2.35 2.32
2003 CLE AL 38 DH 51 51
2003 CLE AL 38 LF 2 2 1 14.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -43 -94 3.21 2.50 .984 2.19 2.15
2003 CLE AL 38 OF 2 2 1 14.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -43 -85 3.21 2.50 .984 2.38 2.35
2004 BOS AL 39 DH 9 8
17 Seasons OF 1612 1558 1249 13416.1 3576 3435 81 60 13 .983 -31 -1 -3 -85 2.36 2.18 .981 2.30 2.28
12 Seasons CF 1061 1031 860 8792.1 2444 2348 60 36 8 .985 -34 -5 2.46 2.27 .985 2.71 2.68
6 Seasons RF 360 337 227 2839.1 733 710 11 12 4 .984 -2 -1 2.29 2.00 .979 2.19 2.17
7 Seasons LF 289 190 162 1784.2 389 367 10 12 1 .969 5 -1 3 -85 1.90 1.30 .976 1.90 1.89
18 Seasons TOT 1612 1558 1249 13416.1 3576 3435 81 60 13 .983 -31 -1 -3 -85 2.36 2.18 .981 2.30 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2010 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1990
1996 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 AL (13, 6%)
1996 NL (3, 47%)
2000 NL (15, 1%)
0.54 Career Shares (428th)

Gold Gloves
1990 AL (OF)

Silver Sluggers
1990 AL (OF)
1996 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1996 NL  7.9 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1996 NL  7.9 (3rd)
Career  49.5 (187th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1996 NL  6.9 (6th)
Career  53.3 (139th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1996 NL  .344 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1996 NL  .408 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1990 AL  .486 (8th)
1996 NL  .639 (1st)
2001 AL  .542 (9th)
2002 AL  .541 (10th)
Career  .510 (74th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1990 AL  .835 (10th)
1996 NL  1.047 (3rd)
2002 AL  .903 (10th)
Career  .874 (108th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,000 (230th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,232 (236th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,177 (239th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1996 NL  142 (1st)
Career  1,253 (142nd)

Hits s c a p y
1990 AL  174 (9th)
1996 NL  211 (2nd)
Career  2,107 (215th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1990 AL  286 (5th)
1996 NL  392 (1st)
Career  3,691 (122nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1996 NL  45 (2nd)
Career  402 (168th)

Triples s c a p y
1990 AL  8 (6th)
1996 NL  8 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1996 NL  40 (5th)
1997 NL  32 (8th)
Career  352 (84th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 AL  89 (8th)
1996 NL  128 (5th)
Career  1,206 (146th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,340 (99th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1996 NL  149 (8th)
Career  126 (224th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1996 NL  158 (3rd)
Career  1,350 (129th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1996 NL  46 (7th)
Career  270 (154th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1996 NL  4.4 (7th)
Career  25.6 (170th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1990 AL  62 (5th)
1996 NL  93 (1st)
Career  817 (100th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1996 NL  278 (4th)
Career  2,960 (209th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1996 NL  .785 (4th)
Career  .642 (240th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1993 AL  8 (10th)
1998 NL  9 (4th)
2001 AL  9 (6th)
Career  62 (202nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1996 NL  19 (10th)
2001 AL  16 (10th)
Career  171 (181st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1991 AL  11 (7th)
Career  84 (193rd)

SB % s c a p y
1989 AL  80.77 (8th)
1996 NL  84.21 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1987 AL  23.0 (8th)
1988 AL  20.9 (4th)
1989 AL  15.3 (10th)
1996 NL  35.6 (2nd)
Career  239.1 (56th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1996 NL  15.3 (10th)
1997 NL  13.3 (6th)**
1999 NL  12.6 (10th)**
2001 AL  15.7 (10th)
2002 AL  16.2 (8th)
Career  20.5 (137th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,471 (243rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1996 NL  52.92 (7th)
2000 NL  51.42 (8th)
Career  323.92 (97th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.6 (8th)
2002 AL  4.2 (7th)
Career  25.0 (142nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.7 (7th)
Career  27.8 (112th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.5 (8th)
1999 NL  4.1 (10th)
2000 NL  4.8 (8th)
Career  29.9 (114th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  209 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  5 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  1 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  142 (5th)
1990 AL  143 (5th)
Career  1,061 (78th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  370 (5th)
Career  2,348 (93rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  15 (1st)
1988 AL  9 (2nd)
1990 AL  7 (5th)
Career  60 (92nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (1st)
1989 AL  6 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  2 (3rd)
1989 AL  3 (3rd)
1996 NL  1 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  132 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  6 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1988 AL  370 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1987 AL  15 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1987 AL  2.68 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  2.54 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  .988 (5th)
1990 AL  .994 (1st)
1991 AL  .993 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2000 NL  2.32 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  .978 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1989 AL  2.65 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1990 AL  .994 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1964-09-11 (8th)

                           
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (346), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (563), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 52 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (144), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (30th), 49.5 career WAR/31.9 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Carlos Beltran (939)
  2. Moises Alou (924)
  3. Shawn Green (914)
  4. Reggie Smith (912)
  5. Jim Edmonds (908)
  6. Bob Johnson (905)
  7. Duke Snider (899) *
  8. Dick Allen (890)
  9. Fred Lynn (889)
  10. Magglio Ordonez (885)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Andre Dawson (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andrew McCutchen (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rocco Baldelli (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Andrew McCutchen (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vernon Wells (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bernie Williams (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bernie Williams (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hunter Pence (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Lankford (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fred Lynn (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fred Lynn (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Fred Lynn (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Fred Lynn (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Fred Lynn (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Reggie Smith (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Reggie Smith (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jim Edmonds (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Moises Alou (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198722Boston Red Sox$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198823Boston Red Sox$125,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198924Boston Red Sox$275,0001989 USA Today survey
199025Boston Red Sox$475,000*
199126Boston Red Sox$1,825,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199227Boston Red Sox$2,300,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199328Chicago White Sox$2,050,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $1,550,000 earned bonus
199429Colorado Rockies$2,333,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $333,333 signing bonus
199530Colorado Rockies$3,333,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $333,333 signing bonus
199631Colorado Rockies$4,033,3331997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $333,333 signing bonus, $700,000 earned
199732Colorado Rockies$4,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $300,000 signing bonus
199833Colorado Rockies$4,900,0004/3/98 USA Today
199934San Francisco Giants$4,500,0004/6/99 USA Today
200035San Francisco Giants$5,500,0004/5/00 AP
200136Cleveland Indians$5,666,6674/6/01 USA Today
200237Cleveland Indians$6,666,6674/3/02 AP
200338Cleveland Indians$7,166,6674/3/03 AP
200439Boston Red Sox$750,0004/7/04 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$55,962,500
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $670,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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