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Gary Carter

Gary Edmund Carter (Kid)

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 8, 1954 in Culver City, CA
High School: Sunny Hills (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1974
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Dodgers/Giants 1974-1992
Agents: Dick Moss,Jerry Petrie [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1992
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2003 (387/496 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:01PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #89. Edgar Martinez… #90. Jesse Burkett… #91. Mickey Cochrane… #92. GARY CARTER… #93. Joe Medwick… #94. Dick Allen… #95. Willie Keeler… 

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
1974 20 MON NL 9 29 27 5 11 0 1 1 6 2 0 1 2 .407 .414 .593 1.006 174 16 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1975 21 MON NL 144 590 503 58 136 20 1 17 68 5 2 72 83 .270 .360 .416 .776 112 209 7 1 10 4 8 2/5 AS,RoY-2
1976 22 MON NL 91 347 311 31 68 8 1 6 38 0 2 30 43 .219 .287 .309 .596 66 96 7 1 2 3 2 2
1977 23 MON NL 154 595 522 86 148 29 2 31 84 5 5 58 103 .284 .356 .525 .881 137 274 9 5 3 7 5 *2/
1978 24 MON NL 157 607 533 76 136 27 1 20 72 10 6 62 70 .255 .336 .422 .758 112 225 10 5 2 5 11 *2/3
1979 25 MON NL 141 559 505 74 143 26 5 22 75 3 2 40 62 .283 .338 .485 .823 123 245 11 5 2 7 3 *2 AS,MVP-17
1980 26 MON NL 154 617 549 76 145 25 5 29 101 3 2 58 78 .264 .331 .486 .818 126 267 9 1 1 8 11 *2 AS,MVP-2,GG
1981 27 MON NL 100 419 374 48 94 20 2 16 68 1 5 35 35 .251 .313 .444 .756 112 166 6 1 3 6 4 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1982 28 MON NL 154 653 557 91 163 32 1 29 97 2 5 78 64 .293 .381 .510 .890 146 284 16 6 4 8 11 *2 AS,MVP-12,GG,SS
1983 29 MON NL 145 609 541 63 146 37 3 17 79 1 1 51 57 .270 .336 .444 .780 116 240 14 7 2 8 7 *2/3 AS
1984 30 MON NL 159 669 596 75 175 32 1 27 106 2 2 64 57 .294 .366 .487 .853 143 290 8 6 0 3 9 *23 AS,MVP-14,SS
1985 31 NYM NL 149 633 555 83 156 17 1 32 100 1 1 69 46 .281 .365 .488 .853 138 271 18 6 0 3 16 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,SS
1986 32 NYM NL 132 573 490 81 125 14 2 24 105 1 0 62 63 .255 .337 .439 .776 115 215 21 6 0 15 9 *2/35 AS,MVP-3,SS
1987 33 NYM NL 139 573 523 55 123 18 2 20 83 0 0 42 73 .235 .290 .392 .682 83 205 14 1 1 6 1 *2/3 AS
1988 34 NYM NL 130 503 455 39 110 16 2 11 46 0 2 34 52 .242 .301 .358 .659 93 163 8 7 1 6 1 *23/5 AS
1989 35 NYM NL 50 166 153 14 28 8 0 2 15 0 0 12 15 .183 .241 .275 .515 51 42 5 0 0 1 0 2/3
1990 36 SFG NL 92 272 244 24 62 10 0 9 27 1 1 25 31 .254 .324 .406 .729 103 99 2 1 0 2 3 2/3
1991 37 LAD NL 101 280 248 22 61 14 0 6 26 2 2 22 26 .246 .323 .375 .698 98 93 11 7 1 2 1 23
1992 38 MON NL 95 325 285 24 62 18 1 5 29 0 4 33 37 .218 .299 .340 .640 82 97 4 2 1 4 4 2/3
19 Seasons 2296 9019 7971 1025 2092 371 31 324 1225 39 42 848 997 .262 .335 .439 .773 115 3497 180 68 33 99 106
162 Game Avg. 162 636 562 72 148 26 2 23 86 3 3 60 70 .262 .335 .439 .773 115 247 13 5 2 7 7
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
MON (12 yrs) 1503 6019 5303 707 1427 274 24 220 823 34 36 582 691 .269 .342 .454 .796 121 2409 101 40 30 64 75
NYM (5 yrs) 600 2448 2176 272 542 73 7 89 349 2 3 219 249 .249 .319 .412 .731 104 896 66 20 2 31 27
SFG (1 yr) 92 272 244 24 62 10 0 9 27 1 1 25 31 .254 .324 .406 .729 103 99 2 1 0 2 3
LAD (1 yr) 101 280 248 22 61 14 0 6 26 2 2 22 26 .246 .323 .375 .698 98 93 11 7 1 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 20 MON NL 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ /2
1975 21 MON NL 590 8 -2 2 2 3 0 18 31 3.2 28 2.9 0.3 $ 2/5 AS,RoY-2
1976 22 MON NL 347 -13 0 2 -1 12 2 10 12 1.1 0 0.0 1.1 $ 2
1977 23 MON NL 595 23 0 0 0 -1 9 18 49 5.0 50 5.1 -0.1 $ *2/
1978 24 MON NL 607 8 3 3 0 11 10 18 53 5.5 42 4.4 1.1 $220,000 *2/3
1979 25 MON NL 559 17 -1 1 -1 15 9 17 57 5.8 42 4.3 1.5 $220,000 *2 AS,MVP-17
1980 26 MON NL 617 15 1 1 1 13 10 19 60 6.3 47 4.9 1.4 $220,000 *2 AS,MVP-2,GG
1981 27 MON NL 419 8 -3 1 -1 13 6 13 37 3.8 24 2.5 1.3 $240,000 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1982 28 MON NL 653 30 0 2 -1 14 10 20 75 7.8 61 6.5 1.3 $240,000 *2 AS,MVP-12,GG,SS
1983 29 MON NL 609 9 1 0 0 27 9 19 65 6.6 38 4.0 2.6 $ *2/3 AS
1984 30 MON NL 669 27 -1 2 0 8 7 20 63 6.7 55 6.0 0.7 $ *23 AS,MVP-14,SS
1985 31 NYM NL 633 27 1 1 -1 8 9 19 64 6.7 56 5.9 0.8 $2,028,571 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,SS
1986 32 NYM NL 573 13 1 1 -3 1 7 17 37 3.8 36 3.8 0.0 $2,160,714 *2/35 AS,MVP-3,SS
1987 33 NYM NL 573 -12 -1 0 -2 -1 8 18 10 0.9 11 1.1 -0.2 $2,060,714 *2/3 AS
1988 34 NYM NL 503 -3 -5 -1 -1 -10 7 16 3 0.1 13 1.4 -1.3 $2,160,714 *23/5 AS
1989 35 NYM NL 166 -9 0 0 -1 0 3 5 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $2,198,572 2/3
1990 36 SFG NL 272 0 -1 3 1 0 4 8 15 1.5 15 1.6 -0.1 $250,000 2/3
1991 37 LAD NL 280 0 -1 1 -2 1 3 8 10 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $500,000 23
1992 38 MON NL 325 -5 -2 -1 0 -2 5 9 4 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $825,000 2/3
19 Seasons 9019 146 -10 19 -10 112 118 273 648 66.3 536 56.3 10.0 $13,324,285
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
MON (12 yrs) 6019 130 -4 14 -1 112 77 182 511 52.6 398 41.7 10.9 $1,965,000
NYM (5 yrs) 2448 16 -4 1 -8 -1 34 75 112 11.2 114 12.0 -0.8 $10,609,285
SFG (1 yr) 272 0 -1 3 1 0 4 8 15 1.5 15 1.6 -0.1 $250,000
LAD (1 yr) 280 0 -1 1 -2 1 3 8 10 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $500,000

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
1981 27 MON NL NLDS PHI W 5 21 19 3 8 3 0 2 6 0 1 1 1 .421 .429 .895 1.323 17 0 0 0 1 1
1981 27 MON NL NLCS LAD L 5 20 16 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .438 .550 .500 1.050 8 0 0 0 0 0
1986 32 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 6 29 27 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .148 .207 .185 .392 5 1 0 0 0 0
1986 32 NYM NL WS BOS W 7 30 29 4 8 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 4 .276 .267 .552 .818 16 1 0 0 1 0
1988 34 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 7 28 27 0 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 .222 .250 .333 .583 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 30 128 118 11 33 8 1 4 21 0 1 8 15 .280 .320 .466 .786 55 2 0 0 2 1
1 NLDS 5 21 19 3 8 3 0 2 6 0 1 1 1 .421 .429 .895 1.323 17 0 0 0 1 1
3 NLCS 18 77 70 4 17 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 10 .243 .312 .314 .626 22 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 29 4 8 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 4 .276 .267 .552 .818 16 1 0 0 1 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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1974 MON NL 20 C 6 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 0 5.00 .985 6.12 0 1 1 50%
1974 MON NL 20 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.25
1974 MON NL 20 RF 2 2 0 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.29 1.00 .975 2.06 2.05
1975 MON NL 21 OF 92 155 150 1 4 1 .974 0 1.64 .978 2.28 AS,RoY-2
1975 MON NL 21 C 66 322 280 37 5 6 .984 3 4.80 .985 6.02 6 22 21 49% AS,RoY-2
1975 MON NL 21 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 AS,RoY-2
1975 MON NL 21 RF 92 80 71 729.1 155 150 1 4 1 .974 0 0 1.86 1.64 .974 2.03 2.03 AS,RoY-2
1976 MON NL 22 C 60 349 311 36 2 7 .994 8 5.78 .986 5.94 3 27 27 50%
1976 MON NL 22 OF 36 59 53 6 0 1 1.000 4 1.64 .979 2.33
1976 MON NL 22 RF 34 31 18 246.0 55 50 5 0 1 1.000 4 19 2.01 1.62 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 MON NL 22 LF 2 2 1 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.93 1.50 .977 1.99 2.00
1977 MON NL 23 C 146 921 811 101 9 14 .990 -1 6.25 .985 6.49 9 113 55 33%
1977 MON NL 23 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .980 2.30
1977 MON NL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 288 10.80 2.00 .970 2.16 1.90
1978 MON NL 24 C 152 874 781 83 10 9 .989 11 5.68 .985 6.12 1 80 58 42%
1978 MON NL 24 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 6.00 .992 9.90
1979 MON NL 25 C 138 848 751 88 9 12 .989 15 6.08 .985 6.11 3 75 66 47% AS,MVP-17
1980 MON NL 26 C 149 937 822 108 7 8 .993 13 6.24 .983 6.10 3 94 63 40% AS,MVP-2,GG
1981 MON NL 27 C 100 571 509 58 4 11 .993 13 5.67 .983 5.95 4 50 44 47% AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1981 MON NL 27 1B 1 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0 6.00 .992 10.20 AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1982 MON NL 28 C 153 1068 954 104 10 6 .991 14 6.92 .985 6.30 6 103 70 40% AS,MVP-12,GG,SS
1983 MON NL 29 C 144 959 847 107 5 14 .995 27 6.63 .984 6.54 6 86 75 47% AS
1983 MON NL 29 1B 1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -0 9.00 .992 9.90 AS
1984 MON NL 30 C 143 843 772 65 6 6 .993 5 5.85 .986 6.51 7 107 50 32% AS,MVP-14,SS
1984 MON NL 30 1B 25 232 218 13 1 19 .996 2 9.24 .992 9.83 AS,MVP-14,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 C 143 1031 956 67 8 11 .992 9 7.15 .987 6.42 5 99 51 34% AS,MVP-6,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 1B 6 34 31 3 0 2 1.000 0 5.67 .993 10.05 AS,MVP-6,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.20 AS,MVP-6,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 RF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00 AS,MVP-6,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 C 122 939 869 62 8 13 .991 0 7.63 .985 6.94 5 114 45 28% AS,MVP-3,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 1B 9 73 68 5 0 4 1.000 1 8.11 .992 9.96 AS,MVP-3,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 OF 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0 1.25 .978 2.20 AS,MVP-3,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 3B 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0 4.00 .945 2.70 AS,MVP-3,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 LF 2 1 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 1.64 1.00 .975 1.96 1.95 AS,MVP-3,SS
1986 NYM NL 32 RF 2 2 1 16.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0 -23 1.69 1.50 .978 1.97 2.00 AS,MVP-3,SS
1987 NYM NL 33 C 135 953 874 70 9 13 .991 0 6.99 .987 6.90 5 122 46 27% AS
1987 NYM NL 33 1B 4 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 -0 2.50 .991 9.82 AS
1987 NYM NL 33 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .980 2.20 AS
1987 NYM NL 33 RF 1 1 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 2.25 2.00 .975 2.02 2.00 AS
1988 NYM NL 34 C 119 860 797 54 9 5 .990 -10 7.15 .987 6.57 9 136 31 19% AS
1988 NYM NL 34 1B 10 49 45 3 1 3 .980 -0 4.80 .991 9.98 AS
1988 NYM NL 34 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .950 2.80 AS
1989 NYM NL 35 C 47 303 266 31 6 6 .980 0 6.32 .986 6.68 3 46 20 30%
1989 NYM NL 35 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.80
1990 SFG NL 36 C 80 357 323 31 3 2 .992 0 4.43 .987 6.61 4 66 21 24%
1990 SFG NL 36 1B 3 25 25 0 0 3 1.000 0 8.33 .992 9.53
1991 LAD NL 37 C 68 405 355 45 5 2 .988 1 5.88 .988 6.75 4 59 28 32%
1991 LAD NL 37 1B 10 54 47 7 0 3 1.000 0 5.40 .992 9.75
1992 MON NL 38 C 85 539 481 52 6 3 .989 -2 6.27 .991 6.67 1 98 38 28%
1992 MON NL 38 1B 5 27 26 1 0 2 1.000 0 5.40 .993 9.76
19 Seasons C 2056 13109 11785 1203 121 149 .991 106 6.32 .986 6.42 84 1498 810 35%
7 Seasons OF 137 226 214 7 5 2 .978 3 1.61 .978 2.29
6 Seasons RF 132 117 91 1021.1 218 207 6 5 2 .977 2 3 1.88 1.61 .974 2.06 2.06
12 Seasons 1B 76 525 490 33 2 39 .996 3 6.88 .992 9.86
3 Seasons LF 5 3 1 26.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.36 1.40 .974 1.99 1.96
3 Seasons 3B 3 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0 1.67 .946 2.83
19 Seasons TOT 2272 13865 12490 1247 128 191 .991 112 6.05 .986 6.28 84 1498 810 35%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1998 BBWAA (42.3%)
1999 BBWAA (33.8%)
2000 BBWAA (49.7%)
2001 BBWAA (64.9%)
2002 BBWAA (72.7%)
2003 BBWAA (78.0%)
Selected to HOF in 2003 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1975 *
1979 *
1980 *
1981 (C)
1982 (C)
1983 (C)
1984 (C)
1985
1986 (C)
1987 (C)
1988 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
1981 ML AS MVP
1984 ML AS MVP
1989 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (17, 4%)
1980 NL (2, 56%)
1981 NL (6, 23%)
1982 NL (12, 10%)
1984 NL (14, 10%)
1985 NL (6, 35%)
1986 NL (3, 54%)
1.93 Career Shares (97th)

Gold Gloves
1980 NL (C)
1981 NL (C)
1982 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1981 NL (C)
1982 NL (C)
1984 NL (C)
1985 NL (C)
1986 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.5 (8th)
1979 NL  5.8 (7th)
1980 NL  6.3 (6th)
1981 NL  3.8 (10th)
1982 NL  7.8 (3rd)
1983 NL  6.6 (5th)
1984 NL  6.7 (4th)
1985 NL  6.7 (6th)
Career  66.3 (106th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1977 NL  5.0 (8th)
1978 NL  5.5 (5th)
1979 NL  5.8 (6th)
1980 NL  6.3 (5th)
1981 NL  3.8 (5th)
1982 NL  7.8 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.6 (4th)
1984 NL  6.7 (4th)
1985 NL  6.7 (4th)
Career  66.3 (76th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1977 NL  5.1 (8th)
1980 NL  4.9 (8th)
1982 NL  6.5 (2nd)
1984 NL  6.0 (4th)
1985 NL  5.9 (6th)
Career  56.3 (107th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 NL  1.1 (7th)
1978 NL  1.1 (7th)
1979 NL  1.5 (4th)
1980 NL  1.4 (4th)
1981 NL  1.3 (2nd)
1982 NL  1.3 (4th)
1983 NL  2.6 (1st)
Career  10.0 (68th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 NL  .381 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1977 NL  .525 (7th)
1982 NL  .510 (6th)
1984 NL  .487 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1977 NL  .881 (10th)
1982 NL  .890 (6th)
1984 NL  .853 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 NL  159 (7th)
Career  2,296 (107th)

At Bats s c a p y
1984 NL  596 (10th)
Career  7,971 (141st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1984 NL  669 (9th)
Career  9,019 (149th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 NL  91 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  175 (7th)
Career  2,092 (218th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1980 NL  267 (8th)
1982 NL  284 (6th)
1984 NL  290 (4th)
1985 NL  271 (10th)
Career  3,497 (158th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 NL  37 (4th)
1984 NL  32 (5th)
Career  371 (224th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  31 (7th)
1980 NL  29 (4th)
1981 NL  16 (7th)
1982 NL  29 (7th)
1984 NL  27 (3rd)
1985 NL  32 (5th)
1986 NL  24 (9th)
Career  324 (104th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1980 NL  101 (4th)
1981 NL  68 (4th)
1982 NL  97 (9th)
1984 NL  106 (1st)
1985 NL  100 (6th)
1986 NL  105 (3rd)
Career  1,225 (135th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  78 (8th)
Career  848 (206th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  997 (248th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 NL  137 (10th)
1982 NL  146 (6th)
1984 NL  143 (6th)
1985 NL  138 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 NL  107 (7th)
1984 NL  108 (5th)
Career  1,184 (198th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  37 (6th)
1984 NL  34 (6th)
1985 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  3.8 (6th)
1984 NL  3.5 (6th)
1985 NL  2.9 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  62 (8th)
1980 NL  59 (7th)
1981 NL  38 (8th)
1982 NL  62 (7th)
1983 NL  57 (8th)
1984 NL  60 (5th)
Career  726 (155th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 NL  247 (8th)
1984 NL  245 (8th)
Career  3,008 (188th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1982 NL  .703 (9th)
1984 NL  .703 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  5 (10th)
1982 NL  6 (5th)
1983 NL  7 (3rd)
1984 NL  6 (4th)
1985 NL  6 (6th)
1986 NL  6 (6th)
1988 NL  7 (8th)
1991 NL  7 (4th)
Career  68 (224th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (9th)
1980 NL  8 (10th)
1981 NL  6 (6th)
1982 NL  8 (10th)
1983 NL  8 (8th)
1986 NL  15 (1st)
Career  99 (30th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 NL  16 (5th)
Career  106 (106th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1982 NL  16 (7th)
1986 NL  21 (1st)
Career  180 (147th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1984 NL  10.5 (5th)
1985 NL  12.1 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1977 NL  16.8 (7th)
1980 NL  18.9 (4th)
1981 NL  23.4 (9th)
1982 NL  19.2 (7th)
1984 NL  22.1 (7th)
1985 NL  17.3 (5th)
1986 NL  20.4 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,233 (115th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  38.60 (7th)
1985 NL  32.73 (10th)
Career  197.18 (199th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  3.6 (9th)
1985 NL  3.3 (10th)
Career  14.5 (250th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1977 NL  3.0 (8th)
1982 NL  3.2 (10th)
1984 NL  3.4 (9th)
Career  17.9 (208th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.0 (7th)
1985 NL  3.4 (10th)
Career  19.9 (192nd)

Putouts† s c a p y
Career  12,490 (82nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1976 NL  12 (5th)
1979 NL  15 (4th)
1980 NL  13 (5th)
1981 NL  13 (2nd)
1982 NL  14 (4th)
1983 NL  27 (1st)
Career  112 (39th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1977 NL  146 (1st)
1978 NL  152 (1st)
1979 NL  138 (1st)
1980 NL  149 (1st)
1981 NL  100 (1st)
1982 NL  153 (1st)
1983 NL  144 (3rd)
1984 NL  143 (4th)
1985 NL  143 (2nd)
1986 NL  122 (5th)
1987 NL  135 (4th)
1988 NL  119 (4th)
Career  2,056 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1977 NL  811 (1st)
1978 NL  781 (1st)
1979 NL  751 (1st)
1980 NL  822 (1st)
1981 NL  509 (1st)
1982 NL  954 (1st)
1983 NL  847 (3rd)
1984 NL  772 (3rd)
1985 NL  956 (1st)
1986 NL  869 (2nd)
1987 NL  874 (2nd)
1988 NL  797 (1st)
Career  11,785 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1977 NL  101 (1st)
1978 NL  83 (3rd)
1979 NL  88 (1st)
1980 NL  108 (1st)
1981 NL  58 (3rd)
1982 NL  104 (1st)
1983 NL  107 (1st)
1984 NL  65 (4th)
1985 NL  67 (3rd)
Career  1,203 (24th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1978 NL  10 (4th)
1979 NL  9 (5th)
1987 NL  9 (5th)
1988 NL  9 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (5th)
1981 NL  4 (5th)
1988 NL  9 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1977 NL  113 (1st)
1978 NL  80 (5th)
1979 NL  75 (4th)
1980 NL  94 (3rd)
1982 NL  103 (4th)
1984 NL  107 (3rd)
1985 NL  99 (5th)
1986 NL  114 (3rd)
1987 NL  122 (3rd)
1988 NL  136 (1st)
1992 NL  98 (1st)
Career  1,498 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1977 NL  55 (3rd)
1978 NL  58 (2nd)
1979 NL  66 (1st)
1980 NL  63 (2nd)
1981 NL  44 (3rd)
1982 NL  70 (1st)
1983 NL  75 (1st)
1984 NL  50 (5th)
1985 NL  51 (4th)
Career  810 (23rd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1975 NL  48.8 (2nd)
1976 NL  50.0 (1st)
1978 NL  42.0 (3rd)
1979 NL  46.8 (3rd)
1980 NL  40.1 (3rd)
1981 NL  46.8 (1st)
1982 NL  40.5 (4th)
1983 NL  46.6 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (3rd)
1978 NL  11 (2nd)
1979 NL  15 (1st)
1980 NL  13 (1st)
1981 NL  13 (1st)
1982 NL  14 (1st)
1983 NL  27 (1st)
1984 NL  5 (3rd)
1985 NL  9 (3rd)
Career  106 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1979 NL  6.22 (5th)
1980 NL  6.42 (3rd)
1982 NL  7.03 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.81 (3rd)
1985 NL  7.36 (1st)
1986 NL  7.77 (2nd)
1987 NL  7.44 (3rd)
1988 NL  7.67 (1st)
1992 NL  7.21 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1977 NL  6.25 (4th)
1978 NL  5.68 (3rd)
1979 NL  6.08 (1st)
1980 NL  6.24 (2nd)
1981 NL  5.67 (4th)
1982 NL  6.92 (1st)
1983 NL  6.63 (3rd)
1985 NL  7.15 (1st)
1986 NL  7.63 (1st)
1987 NL  6.99 (3rd)
1988 NL  7.15 (1st)
1992 NL  6.27 (3rd)
Career  6.32 (59th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1977 NL  .990 (2nd)
1978 NL  .989 (4th)
1979 NL  .989 (3rd)
1980 NL  .993 (1st)
1981 NL  .993 (3rd)
1982 NL  .991 (2nd)
1983 NL  .995 (1st)
1984 NL  .993 (2nd)
1985 NL  .992 (2nd)
1986 NL  .991 (3rd)
1987 NL  .991 (4th)
Career  .991 (65th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $2,028,571 (2nd)
1986 NL  $2,160,714 (2nd)
1987 NL  $2,060,714 (2nd)
1988 NL  $2,160,714 (3rd)
1989 NL  $2,198,572 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1991 NL  born 1954-04-08 (7th)
1992 NL  born 1954-04-08 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1954-04-08 (3rd)
1975 NL  born 1954-04-08 (9th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 75 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 135 (98), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Johnny Bench (881) *
  2. Lance Parrish (869)
  3. Carlton Fisk (858) *
  4. Yogi Berra (842) *
  5. Jorge Posada (826)
  6. Ted Simmons (818)
  7. Miguel Tejada (816)
  8. Ron Cey (792)
  9. Joe Torre (787)
  10. Gabby Hartnett (781) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Gregg Jefferies (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jimmy Bloodworth (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Travis Fryman (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Earl Williams (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Earl Williams (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Torre (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Torre (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lance Parrish (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lance Parrish (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lance Parrish (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Yogi Berra (882) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Yogi Berra (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Yogi Berra (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Yogi Berra (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Yogi Berra (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Lance Parrish (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Lance Parrish (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Lance Parrish (854)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197824Montreal Expos$220,0008/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $100K signing, $85K/yr. promotions
197925Montreal Expos$220,0008/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $100K signing, $85K/yr. promotions
198026Montreal Expos$220,0008/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $100K signing, $85K/yr. promotions
198127Montreal Expos$240,0008/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $100K signing, $85K/yr. promotions
198228Montreal Expos$240,0008/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $100K signing, $85K/yr. promotions
198531New York Mets$2,028,5713/3/86 TSN
198632New York Mets$2,160,7141986 USA Today survey
198733New York Mets$2,060,7141987 USA Today survey
198834New York Mets$2,160,714*
198935New York Mets$2,198,5722/27/89 TSN1989 USA Today survey: $2,160,714
199036San Francisco Giants$250,000*
199137Los Angeles Dodgers$500,000USA Today survey
199238Montreal Expos$825,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $325,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,324,285
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $2,298,572 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $1,000,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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