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Brett Butler

Brett Morgan Butler

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 15, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
School: Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Durant, OK)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 23rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1981
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Indians/Giants/Braves/Mets 1981-1997
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1997
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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 ATL NL 24 OF 37 33 22 292.1 79 76 2 1 0 .987 1 4 2.40 2.11 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 ATL NL 24 LF 26 21 13 187.1 53 51 2 0 0 1.000 3 21 2.55 2.04 .975 2.12 2.13
1981 ATL NL 24 CF 11 8 5 68.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -1 -18 1.85 1.27 .987 2.81 2.81
1981 ATL NL 24 RF 5 4 4 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -42 1.70 1.40 .979 2.09 2.08
1982 ATL NL 25 CF 77 55 47 516.0 133 130 3 0 0 1.000 -5 -12 2.32 1.73 .983 2.66 2.67
1982 ATL NL 25 OF 77 55 47 516.0 131 129 2 0 0 1.000 -5 -12 2.28 1.70 .978 2.25 2.26
1983 ATL NL 26 OF 143 130 115 1166.0 301 284 13 4 4 .987 12 12 2.29 2.08 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 ATL NL 26 LF 109 97 89 864.2 224 212 9 3 2 .987 11 15 2.30 2.03 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 ATL NL 26 CF 39 31 25 281.1 78 74 3 1 2 .987 0 0 2.46 1.97 .983 2.78 2.77
1983 ATL NL 26 RF 4 2 1 20.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 36 1.35 0.75 .980 2.02 2.00
1984 CLE AL 27 CF 156 149 144 1342.2 466 450 12 4 4 .991 0 0 3.10 2.96 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 CLE AL 27 OF 156 149 144 1343.2 465 448 13 4 3 .991 0 0 3.09 2.96 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 CLE AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1985 CLE AL 28 CF 150 148 131 1266.1 451 434 16 1 5 .998 -3 -3 3.20 3.00 .988 2.91 2.88
1985 CLE AL 28 OF 150 148 131 1266.1 457 437 19 1 5 .998 -3 -3 3.24 3.04 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 CLE AL 28 DH 1 0
1986 CLE AL 29 CF 159 151 140 1328.2 441 430 8 3 2 .993 1 1 2.97 2.75 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 CLE AL 29 OF 159 151 140 1328.2 446 434 9 3 3 .993 1 1 3.00 2.79 .980 2.39 2.37
1987 CLE AL 30 CF 136 135 131 1170.2 398 390 4 4 2 .990 -0 -0 3.03 2.90 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 CLE AL 30 OF 136 135 131 1170.2 401 393 4 4 2 .990 -0 -0 3.05 2.92 .980 2.31 2.29
1988 SFG NL 31 CF 156 150 132 1326.1 402 394 3 5 1 .988 5 5 2.69 2.54 .986 2.66 2.67 MVP-17
1988 SFG NL 31 OF 155 150 132 1326.1 403 395 3 5 1 .988 5 5 2.70 2.57 .982 2.28 2.29 MVP-17
1989 SFG NL 32 CF 152 149 130 1293.1 425 407 12 6 3 .986 -10 -10 2.92 2.76 .985 2.69 2.70 MVP-17
1989 SFG NL 32 OF 152 149 130 1293.1 424 407 11 6 3 .986 -10 -10 2.91 2.75 .981 2.32 2.32 MVP-17
1990 SFG NL 33 CF 159 158 148 1391.1 426 415 5 6 0 .986 -9 -8 2.72 2.64 .984 2.74 2.73 MVP-24
1990 SFG NL 33 OF 159 158 148 1391.1 430 420 4 6 0 .986 -9 -8 2.74 2.67 .981 2.39 2.37 MVP-24
1991 LAD NL 34 CF 161 160 147 1409.0 380 372 8 0 3 1.000 4 3 2.43 2.36 .985 2.59 2.58 AS,MVP-7
1991 LAD NL 34 OF 161 160 147 1409.0 380 372 8 0 3 1.000 4 3 2.43 2.36 .983 2.28 2.27 AS,MVP-7
1992 LAD NL 35 CF 155 152 141 1318.1 365 354 9 2 3 .995 -11 -10 2.48 2.34 .989 2.80 2.80 MVP-21
1992 LAD NL 35 OF 155 152 141 1318.1 364 353 9 2 3 .995 -11 -10 2.47 2.34 .983 2.34 2.34 MVP-21
1993 LAD NL 36 CF 155 154 146 1381.2 373 367 6 0 0 1.000 -24 -21 2.43 2.41 .985 2.75 2.73
1993 LAD NL 36 OF 155 154 146 1381.2 375 369 6 0 0 1.000 -24 -21 2.44 2.42 .979 2.34 2.33
1994 LAD NL 37 CF 111 108 99 944.2 271 261 8 2 2 .993 -10 -13 2.56 2.42 .982 2.63 2.61 MVP-22
1994 LAD NL 37 OF 111 108 99 944.2 270 260 8 2 2 .993 -10 -13 2.55 2.41 .980 2.24 2.23 MVP-22
1995 TOT NL 38 CF 129 127 109 1105.2 294 286 6 2 1 .993 -21 -23 2.38 2.26 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 TOT NL 38 OF 128 127 109 1105.2 290 282 6 2 1 .993 -21 -23 2.34 2.25 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 NYM NL 38 CF 90 88 75 773.2 217 210 6 1 1 .995 -15 -23 2.51 2.40 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 NYM NL 38 OF 90 88 75 773.2 214 207 6 1 1 .995 -15 -23 2.48 2.37 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 LAD NL 38 CF 39 39 34 332.0 77 76 0 1 0 .987 -6 -21 2.06 1.95 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 LAD NL 38 OF 38 39 34 332.0 76 75 0 1 0 .987 -6 -21 2.03 1.97 .979 2.15 2.14
1996 LAD NL 39 CF 34 34 25 279.0 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -3 -12 2.42 2.21 .984 2.49 2.47
1996 LAD NL 39 OF 34 34 25 279.0 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -3 -12 2.42 2.21 .978 2.13 2.12
1997 LAD NL 40 OF 91 87 50 730.2 167 163 4 0 2 1.000 -10 -16 2.06 1.84 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 LAD NL 40 CF 49 47 37 408.1 97 95 2 0 1 1.000 -12 -34 2.14 1.98 .983 2.41 2.39
1997 LAD NL 40 LF 47 40 13 322.1 71 69 2 0 1 1.000 2 6 1.98 1.51 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 LAD NL 40 DH 1 1
17 Seasons OF 2159 2080 1857 18263.2 5459 5296 122 41 32 .992 -84 -6 2.67 2.51 .981 2.32 2.31
17 Seasons CF 1989 1916 1737 16831.1 5091 4947 106 38 29 .993 -99 -7 2.70 2.54 .985 2.72 2.71
3 Seasons LF 182 158 115 1374.1 348 332 13 3 3 .991 16 14 2.26 1.90 .977 2.02 2.01
3 Seasons RF 10 6 5 58.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.55 1.00 .979 2.06 2.06
17 Seasons TOT 2159 2080 1857 18263.2 5459 5296 122 41 32 .992 -84 -6 2.67 2.51 .981 2.32 2.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1981 ATL NL 24 LF 3 21 2 0 2 1
1981 ATL NL 24 CF -1 -18 -1 -0 -1 0
1981 ATL NL 24 RF -1 -42 -0 -0 0 -1
1982 ATL NL 25 CF -5 -12 -5 -2 -3 0
1983 ATL NL 26 LF 11 15 11 6 4 0
1983 ATL NL 26 CF 0 0 -1 -1 0 1
1983 ATL NL 26 RF 1 36 -0 -0 -0 1
1984 CLE AL 27 CF 0 0 2 -1 4 -2
1984 CLE AL 27 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 28 CF -3 -3 -3 7 -10 0
1986 CLE AL 29 CF 1 1 -1 -5 4 2
1987 CLE AL 30 CF -0 -0 3 -2 5 -3
1988 SFG NL 31 CF 5 5 9 4 4 -4
1989 SFG NL 32 CF -10 -10 -13 -5 -8 3
1990 SFG NL 33 CF -9 -8 -7 -3 -4 -2
1991 LAD NL 34 CF 4 3 6 4 2 -3
1992 LAD NL 35 CF -11 -10 -8 -3 -5 -3
1993 LAD NL 36 CF -24 -21 -24 -10 -14 0
1994 LAD NL 37 CF -10 -13 -13 0 -13 3
1995 NYM NL 38 CF -15 -23 -16 -10 -6 1
1995 LAD NL 38 CF -6 -21 -5 -5 0 -1
1996 LAD NL 39 CF -3 -12 -3 -0 -2 0
1997 LAD NL 40 CF -12 -34 -10 -8 -2 -1
1997 LAD NL 40 LF 2 6 2 2 -1 0
17 Seasons CF -99 -7 -90 -41 -49 -9
3 Seasons LF 16 14 15 9 6 1
3 Seasons RF -1 -14 -1 -1 -0 0
17 Seasons TOT -84 -6 -76 -33 -44 -8
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 ATL NL 24 40 33 40 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 11 5 42 0 2 2
1982 ATL NL 25 89 55 89 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 77 0 9 7
1983 ATL NL 26 151 130 151 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 39 4 152 0 6 7
1984 CLE AL 27 159 149 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 1 157 0 3 2
1985 CLE AL 28 152 148 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 1 2
1986 CLE AL 29 161 151 161 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 159 0 3 2
1987 CLE AL 30 137 135 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 0 1 1
1988 SFG NL 31 157 150 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 2 3
1989 SFG NL 32 154 149 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 1 2
1990 SFG NL 33 160 158 160 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 159 0 1 0
1991 LAD NL 34 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 1 0
1992 LAD NL 35 157 152 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 4 0
1993 LAD NL 36 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 1 0
1994 LAD NL 37 111 108 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 111 0 0 0
1995 NYM NL 38 90 88 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 90 0 1 0
1995 LAD NL 38 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 0 0 0
1996 LAD NL 39 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 0 0
1997 LAD NL 40 105 88 105 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 49 0 96 1 11 4
17 Seasons 2213 2081 2213 2161 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 1989 10 2181 2 47 32
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 ATL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 294 49% 82% 21% 33 42%
1982 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 26 17 1 14 1 1 3 1 0 9 3 0 10 3 0 62 25 40.3% 35 2 3.2% 1 2165 54% 83% 24% 233 57%
1983 ATL NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 29 23 0 19 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 11 7 1 64 31 48.4% 30 3 4.7% 0 1163 54% 82% 24% 155 49%
1984 CLE AL 27 4 0 4 0 0 12 0 3 2 1 4 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 24 1 0 45 27 1 78 31 39.7% 45 2 2.6% 10 5806 54% 82% 28% 460 98%
1985 CLE AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 16 1 4 4 4 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 4 1 49 31 1 91 37 40.7% 51 3 3.3% 13 5553 58% 84% 28% 450 97%
1986 CLE AL 29 3 0 2 1 0 8 0 2 0 3 41 24 3 31 6 0 12 4 1 28 5 0 43 29 0 155 68 43.9% 84 4 2.6% 4 5896 55% 82% 32% 655 67%
1987 CLE AL 30 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 35 20 0 25 2 0 6 0 0 25 1 0 40 24 0 131 47 35.9% 84 0 0.0% 4 5232 57% 81% 30% 525 74%
1988 SFG NL 31 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 69 32 1 56 13 1 10 4 0 18 3 1 35 20 0 188 72 38.3% 113 3 1.6% 0 5503 60% 82% 40% 724 55%
1989 SFG NL 32 6 0 4 2 0 12 0 1 4 3 76 46 4 55 11 2 15 7 0 25 3 1 41 23 0 212 90 42.5% 115 7 3.3% 5 5359 53% 83% 43% 769 54%
1990 SFG NL 33 6 0 3 3 2 5 0 2 3 0 88 49 0 59 11 0 13 5 0 21 6 0 48 28 0 229 99 43.2% 130 0 0.0% 5 5982 51% 82% 42% 802 52%
1991 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 3 49 28 0 28 5 1 4 2 1 17 1 1 37 19 1 135 55 40.7% 75 4 3.0% 4 5901 51% 79% 38% 575 66%
1992 LAD NL 35 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 1 4 45 29 0 32 6 2 4 1 0 21 2 1 35 18 0 137 56 40.9% 78 3 2.2% 6 5685 50% 80% 37% 516 69%
1993 LAD NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 87 55 2 45 8 2 16 5 0 19 0 0 38 22 0 205 90 43.9% 111 4 2.0% 2 5917 47% 78% 37% 710 53%
1994 LAD NL 37 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 1 3 1 58 45 2 45 9 1 13 1 1 15 2 0 28 15 0 159 72 45.3% 84 4 2.5% 4 4049 50% 78% 37% 525 51%
1995 NYM NL 38 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 48 28 0 32 5 1 9 2 2 7 1 0 17 9 1 113 45 39.8% 64 4 3.5% 2 3271 61% 79% 39% 424 51%
1995 LAD NL 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 0 14 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 10 6 0 47 17 36.2% 30 0 0.0% 0 1413 54% 76% 36% 163 47%
1996 LAD NL 39 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 19 9 47.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 1163 62% 73% 38% 125 59%
1997 LAD NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 11 0 19 2 1 4 1 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 53 17 32.1% 35 1 1.9% 1 1745 53% 74% 36% 178 54%
17 Seasons 38 0 25 13 3 106 1 25 20 29 708 430 15 487 83 12 115 34 6 280 32 6 497 286 5 2087 865 41.4% 1179 44 2.1% 62 72097 54% 81% 35% 8022 62%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.1% 58% 80% 35% 60%
Lg Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 ATL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 11 8 1 2 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19 12 63.2% 5 2 10.5% 0 783 54% 86% 27% 98 54%
1983 ATL NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 9 0 5 0 2 48 37 0 23 5 1 17 8 0 9 3 1 28 27 0 125 80 64.0% 43 2 1.6% 7 3652 58% 80% 25% 419 52%
1997 LAD NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 7 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 9 8 0 25 16 64.0% 7 2 8.0% 0 1365 54% 74% 37% 132 53%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 13 0 5 1 5 68 52 1 27 6 2 22 11 1 14 4 2 38 35 0 169 108 63.9% 55 6 3.6% 7 5800 57% 80% 28% 649 53%
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.8% 58% 80% 35% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 ATL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 154 62% 77% 24% 20 35%
1983 ATL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 85 52% 82% 22% 6 50%
1984 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 33% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 242 58% 79% 24% 26 38%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.7% 58% 80% 35% 55%

* 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

Hall of Fame
2003 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1991 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1996 ML Branch Rickey Award
1996 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 NL (17, 1%)
1989 NL (17, 1%)
1990 NL (24, 1%)
1991 NL (7, 31%)
1992 NL (21, 1%)
1994 NL (22, 0%)
0.35 Career Shares (557th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  156 (1st)
1985 AL  150 (3rd)
1986 AL  159 (2nd)
1988 NL  156 (1st)
1989 NL  152 (1st)
1990 NL  159 (1st)
1991 NL  161 (1st)
1992 NL  155 (3rd)
1993 NL  155 (3rd)
1994 NL  111 (2nd)
1995 NL  129 (5th)
Career  1,989 (6th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  450 (3rd)
1985 AL  434 (2nd)
1986 AL  430 (2nd)
1987 AL  390 (1st)
1988 NL  394 (2nd)
1989 NL  407 (1st)
1990 NL  415 (2nd)
1991 NL  372 (1st)
1993 NL  367 (4th)
1994 NL  261 (5th)
Career  4,947 (7th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  12 (3rd)
1985 AL  16 (2nd)
1986 AL  8 (4th)
1989 NL  12 (2nd)
1991 NL  8 (3rd)
1992 NL  9 (3rd)
1993 NL  6 (5th)
1994 NL  8 (3rd)
Career  106 (24th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  5 (4th)
1989 NL  6 (2nd)
1990 NL  6 (4th)
Career  38 (96th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  156 (3rd)
1986 AL  159 (2nd)
1988 NL  155 (2nd)
1989 NL  152 (4th)
1990 NL  159 (1st)
1991 NL  161 (1st)
1992 NL  155 (3rd)
1994 NL  111 (5th)
Career  2,159 (29th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  448 (3rd)
1985 AL  437 (3rd)
1986 AL  434 (2nd)
1987 AL  393 (2nd)
1988 NL  395 (2nd)
1989 NL  407 (2nd)
1990 NL  420 (2nd)
1991 NL  372 (1st)
1993 NL  369 (4th)
1994 NL  260 (5th)
Career  5,296 (13th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1983 NL  13 (5th)
1984 AL  13 (4th)
1985 AL  19 (2nd)
1989 NL  11 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (3rd)
1983 NL  11 (1st)
Career  16 (78th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.30 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 NL  2.03 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 NL  .987 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.20 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.97 (5th)
1987 AL  3.03 (2nd)
1988 NL  2.69 (5th)
1989 NL  2.92 (3rd)
Career  2.70 (58th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  3.00 (4th)
1986 AL  2.75 (5th)
1987 AL  2.90 (1st)
1988 NL  2.54 (4th)
1989 NL  2.76 (3rd)
1990 NL  2.64 (5th)
1991 NL  2.36 (3rd)
Career  2.54 (89th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  .991 (5th)
1985 AL  .998 (1st)
1986 AL  .993 (2nd)
1987 AL  .990 (4th)
1988 NL  .988 (5th)
1990 NL  .986 (4th)
1991 NL  1.000 (1st)
1992 NL  .995 (4th)
1993 NL  1.000 (1st)
1994 NL  .993 (2nd)
1995 NL  .993 (3rd)
Career  .993 (12th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1983 NL  12 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.24 (3rd)
1986 AL  3.00 (4th)
1987 AL  3.05 (2nd)
1988 NL  2.70 (4th)
1989 NL  2.91 (3rd)
Career  2.67 (49th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  3.04 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.79 (4th)
1987 AL  2.92 (1st)
1988 NL  2.57 (3rd)
1989 NL  2.75 (3rd)
1990 NL  2.67 (3rd)
Career  2.51 (76th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  .998 (1st)
1986 AL  .993 (5th)
1991 NL  1.000 (1st)
1992 NL  .995 (5th)
1993 NL  1.000 (1st)
1994 NL  .993 (5th)
1997 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .992 (14th)

Oldest s c a p y
1994 NL  born 1957-06-15 (7th)
1995 NL  born 1957-06-15 (4th)
1996 NL  born 1957-06-15 (6th)
1997 NL  born 1957-06-15 (6th)

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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