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Joe Carter
Joseph Chris Carter
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 7, 1960 in Oklahoma City, OK
Schools: Wichita State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1983
Final Game: September 28, 1998
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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
1983 23 CHC NL 23 52 51 6 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 .176 .176 .235 .412 12 12 1 0 1 0 0 7/89
1984 24 CLE AL 66 257 244 32 67 6 1 13 41 2 4 11 48 .275 .307 .467 .775 110 114 2 1 0 1 0 78/3
1985 25 CLE AL 143 523 489 64 128 27 0 15 59 24 6 25 74 .262 .298 .409 .707 93 200 9 2 3 4 2 *793/D845
1986 26 CLE AL 162 709 663 108 200 36 9 29 121 29 7 32 95 .302 .335 .514 .849 130 341 8 5 1 8 3 937/8 MVP-9
1987 27 CLE AL 149 629 588 83 155 27 2 32 106 31 6 27 105 .264 .304 .480 .784 104 282 8 9 1 4 6 3798/D
1988 28 CLE AL 157 670 621 85 168 36 6 27 98 27 5 35 82 .271 .314 .478 .792 117 297 6 7 1 6 6 *8 MVP-20
1989 29 CLE AL 162 705 651 84 158 32 4 35 105 13 5 39 112 .243 .292 .465 .757 110 303 6 8 2 5 8 *873/D9 MVP-16
1990 30 SDP NL 162 697 634 79 147 27 1 24 115 22 6 48 93 .232 .290 .391 .681 85 248 12 7 0 8 18 *873 MVP-17
1991 31 TOR AL 162 706 638 89 174 42 3 33 108 20 9 49 112 .273 .330 .503 .833 124 321 6 10 0 9 12 *97D AS,MVP-5,SS
1992 32 TOR AL 158 683 622 97 164 30 7 34 119 12 5 36 109 .264 .309 .498 .808 119 310 14 11 1 13 4 *9D/73 AS,MVP-3,SS
1993 33 TOR AL 155 669 603 92 153 33 5 33 121 8 3 47 113 .254 .312 .489 .802 112 295 10 9 0 10 5 *97/D AS,MVP-12
1994 34 TOR AL 111 483 435 70 118 25 2 27 103 11 0 33 64 .271 .317 .524 .841 113 228 6 2 0 13 6 *9/D AS,MVP-10
1995 35 TOR AL 139 603 558 70 141 23 0 25 76 12 1 37 87 .253 .300 .428 .728 88 239 11 3 0 5 5 *78/3D
1996 36 TOR AL 157 682 625 84 158 35 7 30 107 7 6 44 106 .253 .306 .475 .782 95 297 12 7 0 6 2 *73D AS
1997 37 TOR AL 157 668 612 76 143 30 4 21 102 8 2 40 105 .234 .284 .399 .683 77 244 12 7 0 9 5 D379
1998 38 TOT MLB 126 418 388 51 101 22 1 18 63 4 1 24 61 .260 .304 .461 .765 99 179 9 2 0 4 4 9D3/7
1998 38 BAL AL 85 303 283 36 70 15 1 11 34 3 1 18 48 .247 .297 .424 .721 87 120 7 2 0 0 4 9D/73
1998 38 SFG NL 41 115 105 15 31 7 0 7 29 1 0 6 13 .295 .322 .562 .884 132 59 2 0 0 4 0 39/7
16 Seasons 2189 9154 8422 1170 2184 432 53 396 1445 231 66 527 1387 .259 .306 .464 .771 105 3910 132 90 10 105 86
162 Game Avg. 162 677 623 87 162 32 4 29 107 17 5 39 103 .259 .306 .464 .771 105 289 10 7 1 8 6
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
TOR (7 yrs) 1039 4494 4093 578 1051 218 28 203 736 78 26 286 696 .257 .308 .473 .781 104 1934 71 49 1 65 39
CLE (6 yrs) 839 3493 3256 456 876 164 22 151 530 126 33 169 516 .269 .309 .472 .781 112 1537 39 32 8 28 25
SFG (1 yr) 41 115 105 15 31 7 0 7 29 1 0 6 13 .295 .322 .562 .884 132 59 2 0 0 4 0
SDP (1 yr) 162 697 634 79 147 27 1 24 115 22 6 48 93 .232 .290 .391 .681 85 248 12 7 0 8 18
CHC (1 yr) 23 52 51 6 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 .176 .176 .235 .412 12 12 1 0 1 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 85 303 283 36 70 15 1 11 34 3 1 18 48 .247 .297 .424 .721 87 120 7 2 0 0 4
AL (14 yrs) 1963 8290 7632 1070 1997 397 51 365 1300 207 60 473 1260 .262 .308 .471 .779 106 3591 117 83 9 93 68
NL (3 yrs) 226 864 790 100 187 35 2 31 145 24 6 54 127 .237 .287 .404 .691 87 319 15 7 1 12 18

Postseason Batting

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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 31 TOR AL ALCS MIN L 5 21 19 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 5 .263 .286 .526 .812 10 0 0 0 1 1
1992 32 TOR AL ALCS OAK W 6 28 26 2 5 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 4 .192 .250 .308 .558 8 1 0 0 0 0
1992 32 TOR AL WS ATL W 6 26 22 2 6 2 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 .273 .346 .636 .983 14 0 0 0 1 1
1993 33 TOR AL ALCS CHW W 6 28 27 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .259 .286 .259 .545 7 0 0 0 0 0
1993 33 TOR AL WS PHI W 6 28 25 6 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 4 .280 .250 .560 .810 14 0 0 0 3 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 29 131 119 15 30 5 0 6 20 3 1 7 20 .252 .282 .445 .728 53 1 0 0 5 2
3 ALCS 17 77 72 7 17 2 0 2 9 2 1 4 14 .236 .273 .347 .620 25 1 0 0 1 1
2 WS 12 54 47 8 13 3 0 4 11 1 0 3 6 .277 .296 .596 .892 28 0 0 0 4 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 CHC NL 23 OF 16 13 108.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -12.2 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 -1 2.17 1.63 .981 2.27 1.92
1983 CHC NL 23 LF 14 11 89.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -29.7 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 -1 2.02 1.43 .975 2.03 1.60
1983 CHC NL 23 CF 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 73.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 3.00 3.00 .983 2.80 2.40
1983 CHC NL 23 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1984 CLE AL 24 OF 59 48 432.2 137 122 9 6 0 .956 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 1.8 -0.9 -1 2.72 2.22 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 CLE AL 24 LF 48 37 336.2 103 90 7 6 0 .942 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.5 -1.1 -1 2.59 2.02 .983 2.27 1.80
1984 CLE AL 24 CF 14 11 96.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -5.0 -0.4 -0.7 0.2 0 3.09 2.36 .985 3.01 2.62
1984 CLE AL 24 1B 7 7 53.0 49 47 2 0 4 1.000 -0.2 -4.5 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 8.32 7.00 .992 9.75 8.26
1985 CLE AL 25 OF 135 113 1044.0 294 278 11 5 2 .983 2.3 2.6 0.3 -0.3 0.6 2 2.49 2.14 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 CLE AL 25 LF 122 101 922.1 259 244 10 5 2 .981 2.0 2.6 0.0 -0.8 0.8 2 2.48 2.08 .977 2.25 1.77
1985 CLE AL 25 RF 30 11 110.2 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 2.44 1.00 .980 2.17 1.82
1985 CLE AL 25 1B 11 7 37.0 39 33 5 1 2 .974 1.3 42.2 1.3 1.1 0.1 0 9.24 3.45 .992 9.75 8.67
1985 CLE AL 25 DH 7
1985 CLE AL 25 CF 4 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.27 1.00 1.000 2.95 2.55
1985 CLE AL 25 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1985 CLE AL 25 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.40
1986 CLE AL 26 OF 104 98 861.0 255 241 8 6 2 .976 9.5 13.2 7.5 5.6 1.8 2 2.60 2.39 .980 2.39 2.06 MVP-9
1986 CLE AL 26 RF 78 56 530.0 145 135 7 3 1 .979 4.4 10.0 1.4 0.5 0.9 3 2.41 1.82 .975 2.11 1.79 MVP-9
1986 CLE AL 26 1B 70 62 553.2 610 559 47 4 50 .993 -2.2 -4.8 -2.2 -2.0 -0.3 0 9.85 8.66 .991 9.42 8.62 MVP-9
1986 CLE AL 26 LF 45 37 289.0 97 93 1 3 1 .969 5.0 20.8 6.0 3.7 2.3 -1 2.93 2.09 .977 2.24 1.77 MVP-9
1986 CLE AL 26 CF 9 5 42.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.9 0.1 1.4 -1.4 0 2.79 1.44 .985 2.83 2.47 MVP-9
1987 CLE AL 27 1B 84 80 699.1 701 644 45 12 61 .983 -5.5 -9.4 -5.5 -3.7 -1.8 0 8.87 8.20 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 CLE AL 27 OF 62 60 518.2 144 138 1 5 0 .965 0.5 1.2 -1.5 -0.4 -1.2 2 2.41 2.24 .981 2.31 2.00
1987 CLE AL 27 LF 42 39 318.1 90 87 0 3 0 .967 2.7 10.2 1.7 1.5 0.2 1 2.46 2.07 .974 2.11 1.73
1987 CLE AL 27 RF 14 10 102.1 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -12.9 -2.1 -1.5 -0.7 1 1.58 1.29 .978 2.12 1.75
1987 CLE AL 27 CF 13 11 98.0 37 35 0 2 0 .946 -1.1 -13.5 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 0 3.21 2.69 .986 2.70 2.34
1987 CLE AL 27 DH 5
1988 CLE AL 28 CF 156 156 1366.2 457 443 8 6 3 .987 -7.7 -6.8 -9.7 -9.0 -0.8 2 2.97 2.89 .985 2.91 2.52 MVP-20
1988 CLE AL 28 OF 156 156 1366.2 459 444 8 7 3 .985 -7.7 -6.8 -9.7 -9.0 -0.8 2 2.98 2.90 .979 2.47 2.14 MVP-20
1989 CLE AL 29 OF 146 144 1273.1 364 350 6 8 3 .978 -12.2 -11.5 -11.2 -6.7 -4.5 -1 2.52 2.44 .980 2.42 2.12 MVP-16
1989 CLE AL 29 CF 103 101 874.1 271 260 5 6 3 .978 -9.1 -12.5 -9.1 -1.0 -8.1 0 2.73 2.57 .984 2.78 2.46 MVP-16
1989 CLE AL 29 LF 56 43 395.1 101 98 1 2 0 .980 -3.0 -9.1 -2.0 -5.6 3.6 -1 2.25 1.77 .977 2.16 1.83 MVP-16
1989 CLE AL 29 1B 11 11 91.0 108 93 14 1 4 .991 2.3 30.3 2.3 1.0 1.3 0 10.58 9.73 .993 9.79 8.35 MVP-16
1989 CLE AL 29 DH 8 MVP-16
1989 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 3.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -32.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.45 1.00 1.000 2.45 1.90 MVP-16
1990 SDP NL 30 OF 150 148 1310.0 403 385 13 5 4 .988 -24.0 -22.0 -27.0 -5.3 -21.7 3 2.73 2.65 .981 2.39 2.01 MVP-17
1990 SDP NL 30 CF 112 106 956.2 304 294 7 3 3 .990 -19.4 -24.3 -21.4 -2.2 -19.2 2 2.83 2.69 .984 2.74 2.35 MVP-17
1990 SDP NL 30 LF 51 42 353.1 99 92 5 2 1 .980 -4.6 -15.6 -5.6 -3.1 -2.5 1 2.47 1.90 .979 2.19 1.71 MVP-17
1990 SDP NL 30 1B 14 13 111.0 116 107 3 6 15 .948 -4.7 -50.8 -4.7 -1.6 -3.1 0 8.92 7.86 .992 9.59 7.88 MVP-17
1991 TOR AL 31 OF 151 152 1335.1 304 283 13 8 2 .974 10.1 9.1 9.1 0.3 8.8 1 2.00 1.96 .983 2.37 2.03 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 TOR AL 31 RF 101 100 871.0 206 191 12 3 2 .985 4.0 5.5 5.0 2.0 3.0 -1 2.10 2.01 .980 2.19 1.76 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 TOR AL 31 LF 56 52 464.1 100 94 1 5 0 .950 6.1 15.8 4.1 -1.7 5.8 2 1.84 1.70 .979 2.17 1.72 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 TOR AL 31 DH 11 AS,MVP-5,SS
1992 TOR AL 32 OF 129 129 1097.1 275 257 10 8 2 .971 -2.8 -3.1 -0.8 -5.0 4.2 -2 2.19 2.07 .983 2.47 2.17 AS,MVP-3,SS
1992 TOR AL 32 RF 123 123 1044.1 265 247 10 8 2 .970 -1.8 -2.1 0.2 -4.1 4.3 -2 2.21 2.09 .982 2.23 1.87 AS,MVP-3,SS
1992 TOR AL 32 DH 24 AS,MVP-3,SS
1992 TOR AL 32 LF 6 6 53.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.6 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 1.70 1.67 .980 2.29 1.93 AS,MVP-3,SS
1992 TOR AL 32 1B 4 4 35.0 31 27 3 1 1 .968 0.5 17.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 7.71 7.50 .994 9.67 8.35 AS,MVP-3,SS
1993 TOR AL 33 OF 151 151 1291.1 304 289 7 8 0 .974 -0.8 -0.7 3.2 8.7 -5.5 -4 2.06 1.96 .983 2.41 2.09 AS,MVP-12
1993 TOR AL 33 RF 96 96 825.2 193 183 6 4 0 .979 6.7 9.7 8.7 11.8 -3.1 -2 2.06 1.97 .978 2.23 1.85 AS,MVP-12
1993 TOR AL 33 LF 55 55 465.2 108 103 1 4 0 .963 -7.5 -19.3 -5.5 -3.1 -2.4 -2 2.01 1.89 .984 2.23 1.84 AS,MVP-12
1993 TOR AL 33 DH 3 AS,MVP-12
1994 TOR AL 34 OF 110 109 945.0 211 205 4 2 1 .991 -13.4 -17.0 -13.4 -9.6 -3.8 0 1.99 1.90 .982 2.37 2.09 AS,MVP-10
1994 TOR AL 34 RF 110 109 945.0 208 202 4 2 1 .990 -13.4 -17.0 -13.4 -9.6 -3.8 0 1.96 1.87 .980 2.20 1.88 AS,MVP-10
1994 TOR AL 34 DH 1 AS,MVP-10
1995 TOR AL 35 OF 128 127 1091.2 285 269 9 7 1 .975 -8.7 -9.6 -7.7 -7.0 -0.7 -1 2.29 2.17 .983 2.33 1.99
1995 TOR AL 35 LF 116 110 943.0 239 226 6 7 1 .971 -8.2 -10.4 -6.2 -7.4 1.2 -2 2.21 2.00 .982 2.22 1.75
1995 TOR AL 35 CF 20 17 148.2 46 43 3 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -4.0 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 1 2.78 2.30 .987 2.73 2.38
1995 TOR AL 35 1B 7 6 56.0 50 47 3 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -8.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 8.04 7.14 .992 9.61 8.31
1995 TOR AL 35 DH 5
1996 TOR AL 36 LF 115 109 935.2 181 167 7 7 1 .961 -9.6 -12.3 -10.6 -3.4 -7.2 1 1.67 1.51 .980 2.18 1.75 AS
1996 TOR AL 36 OF 115 109 935.2 179 165 7 7 1 .961 -9.6 -12.3 -10.6 -3.4 -7.2 1 1.65 1.50 .983 2.37 2.02 AS
1996 TOR AL 36 1B 41 33 285.0 267 249 16 2 31 .993 -3.9 -16.4 -3.9 -2.5 -1.4 0 8.37 6.46 .992 9.24 7.92 AS
1996 TOR AL 36 DH 15 AS
1997 TOR AL 37 DH 65
1997 TOR AL 37 OF 51 51 430.2 108 104 1 3 0 .972 -1.2 -3.3 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 -1 2.19 2.06 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 TOR AL 37 1B 42 42 372.0 348 325 22 1 24 .997 -2.4 -7.7 -2.4 -3.0 0.6 0 8.40 8.26 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 TOR AL 37 LF 41 41 340.2 90 87 0 3 0 .967 0.2 0.7 1.2 1.7 -0.5 -1 2.30 2.12 .979 2.06 1.71
1997 TOR AL 37 RF 10 10 90.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -18.7 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 0 1.80 1.80 .978 2.18 1.79
1998 TOT MLB 38 OF 67 57 484.0 120 112 4 4 1 .967 -12.0 -29.8 -9.0 -2.4 -6.6 -3 2.16 1.73 .985 2.28 1.96
1998 TOT MLB 38 RF 61 55 456.1 113 106 3 4 1 .965 -10.3 -27.1 -7.3 -2.1 -5.2 -3 2.15 1.79 .982 2.13 1.78
1998 TOT MLB 38 1B 17 10 99.0 100 90 9 1 5 .990 0.8 9.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 9.00 5.82 .993 9.46 8.03
1998 TOT MLB 38 LF 7 2 27.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -73.7 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 1.95 0.86 .983 1.98 1.53
1998 BAL AL 38 OF 50 44 374.2 104 96 4 4 1 .962 -5.0 -16.0 -3.0 0.8 -3.8 -2 2.40 2.00 .986 2.31 2.02
1998 BAL AL 38 RF 47 43 365.0 101 94 3 4 1 .960 -5.3 -17.4 -3.3 0.5 -3.8 -2 2.39 2.06 .983 2.14 1.81
1998 BAL AL 38 DH 32
1998 BAL AL 38 LF 3 1 9.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 37.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.79 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.73
1998 BAL AL 38 1B 1 0 2.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 18.00 4.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1998 SFG NL 38 OF 17 13 109.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -7.0 -76.8 -6.0 -3.2 -2.8 -1 1.32 0.94 .981 2.17 1.78
1998 SFG NL 38 1B 16 10 97.0 96 87 8 1 5 .990 0.3 3.7 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 8.81 5.94 .993 9.46 8.01
1998 SFG NL 38 RF 14 12 91.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -5.0 -65.7 -4.0 -2.6 -1.4 -1 1.18 0.86 .975 2.08 1.66
1998 SFG NL 38 LF 4 1 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -133.3 -2.0 -0.6 -1.4 0 1.50 0.75 .967 1.90 1.38
16 Seasons OF 1730 1665 14525.1 3868 3668 111 89 22 .977 -71.2 -5.9 -70.2 -33.0 -37.5 -1 2.34 2.18 .982 2.40 2.07
14 Seasons LF 774 685 5934.0 1503 1416 40 47 6 .969 -21.5 -4.3 -19.5 -17.7 -1.7 -2 2.21 1.88 .979 2.19 1.76
11 Seasons RF 625 570 4980.0 1197 1128 45 24 7 .980 -12.7 -3.1 -8.7 -3.8 -5.0 -4 2.12 1.88 .980 2.19 1.82
9 Seasons CF 433 410 3611.1 1171 1130 24 17 9 .985 -37.0 -12.3 -42.0 -11.5 -30.8 5 2.88 2.67 .985 2.82 2.45
11 Seasons 1B 308 275 2392.0 2419 2221 169 29 199 .988 -14.4 -7.2 -14.4 -10.5 -4.1 0 8.99 7.76 .992 9.47 8.32
11 Seasons DH 176
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1 Season 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.40
16 Seasons TOT 2049 1940 16919.1 6289 5890 281 118 221 .981 -85.5 -6.1 -84.5 -43.4 -41.6 -1 0 3.28 3.01 .967 3.37 2.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1991 *
1992 (RF)
1993 (RF)
1994 (LF)
1996 *

Silver Sluggers
1991-AL-OF
1992-AL-OF
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL-9-18%
1988-AL-20-1%
1989-AL-16-6%
1990-NL-17-2%
1991-AL-5-35%
1992-AL-3-51%
1993-AL-12-6%
1994-AL-10-9%
1.28 Career Shares (170th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1986 AL--.514--6th
1989 AL--.465--10th
1992 AL--.498--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1986 AL--162--2nd
1989 AL--162--1st
1990 NL--162--1st
1991 AL--162--1st
1992 AL--158--9th
1997 AL--157--8th
Career--2189--129th

At Bats s c a p y
1986 AL--663--4th
1988 AL--621--3rd
1989 AL--651--1st
1990 NL--634--1st
1991 AL--638--6th
1992 AL--622--10th
1993 AL--603--8th
1995 AL--558--6th
1996 AL--625--8th
1997 AL--612--9th
Career--8422--98th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1986 AL--709--5th
1989 AL--705--5th
1990 NL--697--2nd
Career--9154--128th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL--108--4th
Career--1170--189th

Hits s c a p y
1986 AL--200--5th
Career--2184--173rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 AL--341--3rd
1988 AL--297--5th
1989 AL--303--3rd
1991 AL--321--5th
1992 AL--310--2nd
1993 AL--295--9th
1994 AL--228--10th
Career--3910--90th

Doubles s c a p y
1986 AL--36--9th
1991 AL--42--4th
Career--432--116th

Triples s c a p y
1986 AL--9--3rd
1988 AL--6--9th
1992 AL--7--7th
1996 AL--7--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--32--9th
1988 AL--27--6th
1989 AL--35--2nd
1991 AL--33--4th
1992 AL--34--4th
1993 AL--33--6th
1994 AL--27--6th
Career--396--49th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1986 AL--121--1st
1987 AL--106--9th
1988 AL--98--9th
1989 AL--105--4th
1990 NL--115--3rd
1991 AL--108--6th
1992 AL--119--2nd
1993 AL--121--3rd
1994 AL--103--2nd
Career--1445--57th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1387--73rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 AL--116--5th
Career--1209--179th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 AL--74--4th
1988 AL--69--4th
1989 AL--71--2nd
1991 AL--78--2nd
1992 AL--71--2nd
1993 AL--71--7th
1994 AL--54--7th
Career--881--60th

Times On Base s c a p y
Career--2801--248th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 AL--9--4th
1989 AL--8--5th
1990 NL--7--2nd
1991 AL--10--1st
1992 AL--11--5th
1993 AL--9--9th
Career--90--96th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1986 AL--8--6th
1990 NL--8--10th
1991 AL--9--3rd
1992 AL--13--1st
1993 AL--10--4th
1994 AL--13--1st
Career--105--17th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL--18--5th
1991 AL--12--8th
Career--86--150th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1986 AL--29.0--3rd
1987 AL--31.5--1st
1988 AL--27.0--2nd
1989 AL--19.0--4th
1990 NL--23.0--6th
1991 AL--24.9--3rd
1992 AL--17.7--7th
1994 AL--15.6--6th
1995 AL--16.2--9th
Career--291.8--24th

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 AL--18.600--8th
1992 AL--18.294--9th
Career--21.268--156th

Outs Made s c a p y
1986 AL--487--4th
1988 AL--471--7th
1989 AL--511--2nd
1990 NL--513--1st
1991 AL--488--5th
1992 AL--491--6th
1993 AL--473--4th
1994 AL--336--9th
1995 AL--434--5th
1996 AL--491--2nd
1997 AL--492--6th
Career--6551--84th

Salary s c a p y
1991 AL--$3,791,667--1st
1993 AL--$5,550,000--1st
1994 AL--$5,550,000--1st
1995 AL--$7,500,000--4th
1996 AL--$6,525,000--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 103 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (194), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dale Murphy (903)
  2. Ruben Sierra (900)
  3. Andres Galarraga (881)
  4. Don Baylor (867)
  5. Gary Gaetti (864)
  6. Chili Davis (863)
  7. Jim Rice (862) *
  8. Orlando Cepeda (860) *
  9. Ron Santo (837)
  10. Willie Stargell (835) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jeffrey Hammonds (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willard Marshall (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cliff Floyd (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Thomas (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Post (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin McReynolds (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin McReynolds (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jermaine Dye (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Bell (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jermaine Dye (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ruben Sierra (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ruben Sierra (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dale Murphy (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tony Perez (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.

June 13, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Darryl Banks (minors), Mel Hall and Don Schulze to the Cleveland Indians for George Frazier, Ron Hassey and Rick Sutcliffe.

December 6, 1989: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for Sandy Alomar, Carlos Baerga and Chris James.

December 5, 1990: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Roberto Alomar to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Fernandez and Fred McGriff.

October 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 23, 1998: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).

November 5, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cleveland Indians$110,000
1986Cleveland Indians$190,000
1987Cleveland Indians$250,000
1988Cleveland Indians$840,000
1989Cleveland Indians$1,630,000
1990San Diego Padres$1,866,667
1991Toronto Blue Jays$3,791,667
1992Toronto Blue Jays$3,691,667
1993Toronto Blue Jays$5,550,000
1994Toronto Blue Jays$5,550,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$7,500,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$6,525,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$6,500,000
1998Baltimore Orioles$3,151,380
Career (may be incomplete)$47,146,381
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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