Danny Cater Batting Statistics and History

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Danny Cater

Danny Anderson Cater

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 25, 1940 in Austin, TX
High School: W. B. Travis HS (Austin, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/RedSox/WhiteSox/Phillies/... 1964-1975

Final Game: June 11, 1975 (Age 35)
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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
1958	18	PHI-min	D-	68	261	261		90	13	4	14						.345	.345	.586	.931		153							JOH · APPY
1959	19	PHI-min	C	141	650	594	103	183	38	7	11	99	9		50	75	.308	.364	.451	.815		268	19	3	1	2			BAK · CALL
1960	20	PHI-min	A	138	571	542	76	144	33	3	12	69	4		29	89	.266	.303	.404	.707		219							WPT · EL
1961	21	PHI-min	A	137	599	562	114	193	28	9	16	80	1		37	55	.343	.384	.511	.895		287							WPT · EL
1962	22	PHI-min	AAA	139	557	524	72	151	21	7	12	67	3	5	25	91	.288	.320	.424	.744		222		1	4	3			BFL · IL
1963	23	PHI-min	AAA	135	493	471	73	137	23	5	14	58	0	3	22	50	.291	.323	.450	.773		212							ARK · IL
1964	24	PHI	NL	60	160	152	13	45	9	1	1	13	1	0	7	15	.296	.325	.388	.713	101	59	6	0	0	1	1	7/3895
1965	25	CHW	AL	142	555	514	74	139	18	4	14	55	3	3	33	65	.270	.316	.403	.719	110	207	18	3	2	3	0	*75/38
1966	26	TOT	AL	137	524	485	50	135	17	4	7	56	4	5	28	47	.278	.317	.373	.691	101	181	12	2	4	5	2	357/9
1966	26	CHW	AL	21	65	60	3	11	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	10	.183	.194	.233	.427	26	14	1	1	3	1	0	7/9
1966	26	KCA	AL	116	459	425	47	124	16	3	7	52	1	4	28	37	.292	.334	.393	.727	111	167	11	1	1	4	2	357/9
1967	27	KCA	AL	142	573	529	55	143	17	4	4	46	4	5	34	56	.270	.317	.340	.657	96	180	14	4	2	4	9	573
1968	28	OAK	AL	147	550	504	53	146	28	3	6	62	8	7	35	43	.290	.336	.393	.729	127	198	21	2	5	4	3	*37/94	MVP-19
1969	29	OAK	AL	152	620	584	64	153	24	2	10	76	1	4	28	40	.262	.296	.361	.657	87	211	25	2	1	5	3	*37/49
1970	30	NYY	AL	155	621	582	64	175	26	5	6	76	4	2	34	44	.301	.340	.393	.734	107	229	19	2	1	2	6	*35/9
1971	31	NYY	AL	121	456	428	39	118	16	5	4	50	0	3	19	25	.276	.308	.364	.672	95	156	18	2	4	3	4	35
1972	32	BOS	AL	92	343	317	32	75	17	1	8	39	0	1	15	33	.237	.270	.372	.642	85	118	16	2	1	7	2	3
1973	33	BOS	AL	63	208	195	30	61	12	0	1	24	0	0	10	22	.313	.348	.390	.738	103	76	6	1	1	1	1	35/D
1974	34	BOS	AL	56	140	126	14	31	5	0	5	20	1	0	10	13	.246	.309	.405	.714	98	51	5	2	1	1	1	3D
1975	35	STL-min	AAA	5	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.286	.500		4		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1975	35	STL	NL	22	36	35	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.229	.250	.286	.536	46	10	0	0	0	0	1	3
12 Yrs				1289	4786	4451	491	1229	191	29	66	519	26	30	254	406	.276	.316	.377	.693	101	1676	160	22	22	36	33
162 Game Avg.				162	601	559	62	154	24	4	8	65	3	4	32	51	.276	.316	.377	.693	101	211	20	3	3	5	4

OAK (4 yrs)				557	2202	2042	219	566	85	12	27	236	14	20	125	176	.277	.319	.370	.689	104	756	71	9	9	17	17
BOS (3 yrs)				211	691	638	76	167	34	1	14	83	1	1	35	68	.262	.301	.384	.685	93	245	27	5	3	9	4
NYY (2 yrs)				276	1077	1010	103	293	42	10	10	126	4	5	53	69	.290	.326	.381	.708	102	385	37	4	5	5	10
CHW (2 yrs)				163	620	574	77	150	19	5	14	59	6	4	33	75	.261	.304	.385	.689	101	221	19	4	5	4	0
PHI (1 yr)				60	160	152	13	45	9	1	1	13	1	0	7	15	.296	.325	.388	.713	101	59	6	0	0	1	1
STL (1 yr)				22	36	35	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.229	.250	.286	.536	46	10	0	0	0	0	1

AL (10 yrs)				1207	4590	4264	475	1176	180	28	65	504	25	30	246	388	.276	.316	.377	.693	102	1607	154	22	22	35	31
NL (2 yrs)				82	196	187	16	53	11	1	1	15	1	0	8	18	.283	.311	.369	.680	91	69	6	0	0	1	2

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
1964	24	PHI	NL	60	160	-1	0	-1	3	-2	-1	-0.0	6	5	0.6	.499	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$6,000	7/3895
1965	25	CHW	AL	142	555	9	-0	-2	2	-6	3	0.2	17	20	1.9	.502	.502	1.8	-0.6	18	$8,500	*75/38
1966	26	CHW	AL	21	65	-5	0	0	-2	-1	-8	-1.0	2	-6	-0.8	.453	.494	-0.5	-0.4	-4		7/9
1966	26	KCA	AL	116	459	6	-1	-1	-2	-3	-1	-0.4	15	14	1.2	.499	.499	1.7	-0.8	16	$12,000	357/9
1967	27	KCA	AL	142	573	-4	1	-1	-0	-4	-8	-1.3	19	10	0.6	.493	.494	0.9	-0.7	10	$17,000	573
1968	28	OAK	AL	147	550	15	-2	-2	0	-8	3	0.1	19	22	2.1	.502	.502	2.3	-1.2	21		*37/94	MVP-19
1969	29	OAK	AL	152	620	-7	-0	-3	5	-9	-14	-1.7	21	7	0.5	.490	.490	0.1	-0.6	3	$29,000	*37/49
1970	30	NYY	AL	155	621	6	1	-1	1	-7	0	-0.1	21	22	2.1	.500	.500	2.1	-0.7	20	$32,500	*35/9
1971	31	NYY	AL	121	456	-1	-2	-2	3	-4	-7	-0.9	16	9	0.8	.493	.495	0.5	-0.1	6		35
1972	32	BOS	AL	92	343	-1	0	-2	5	-5	-2	-0.4	12	10	1.0	.497	.498	0.4	-0.0	5	$43,250	3
1973	33	BOS	AL	63	208	1	1	-0	-1	-2	-2	-0.1	7	6	0.6	.497	.499	0.7	-0.2	7	$43,250	35/D
1974	34	BOS	AL	56	140	-1	1	-1	2	-2	-1	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.2	-0.0	2		3D
1975	35	STL	NL	22	36	-3	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3		3
12 Seasons				1289	4786	13	-2	-14	15	-54	-42	-6.0	161	120	10.7	.496	.498	9.9	-5.3	104	$191,500

OAK (4 yrs)				557	2202	9	-2	-6	3	-25	-20	-3.2	74	53	4.4	.496	.496	4.9	-3.2	51	$58,000
BOS (3 yrs)				211	691	-1	2	-3	6	-9	-5	-0.6	25	19	2.0	.497	.499	1.2	-0.3	13	$86,500
NYY (2 yrs)				276	1077	5	-2	-3	4	-11	-6	-1.0	37	31	2.9	.497	.498	2.6	-0.9	26	$32,500
CHW (2 yrs)				163	620	4	-0	-2	-1	-7	-6	-0.8	19	13	1.1	.496	.501	1.3	-1.0	14	$8,500
PHI (1 yr)				60	160	-1	0	-1	3	-2	-1	-0.0	6	5	0.6	.499	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$6,000
STL (1 yr)				22	36	-3	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3

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
1964	24	PHI	NL	160	114	18	4.2	93	.321	.296	.262	.325	.320	.388	.389	.713	.709	101	.516	0.2	0.0	.593	.145	.092	1.0
1965	25	CHW	AL	555	401	61	4.1	86	.285	.270	.243	.316	.311	.403	.372	.719	.683	110	.508	5.3	0.6	.614	.196	.132	4.9
1966	26	TOT	AL	524	376	56	4.0	87	.294	.278	.244	.317	.310	.373	.377	.691	.687	101	.513	0.3	0.0	.572	.151	.095	5.1
1966	26	CHW	AL	65	55	3	1.5	84	.216	.183	.240	.194	.306	.233	.370	.427	.676	26	.143	-5.7	-0.6	.333	.083	.050	.0
1966	26	KCA	AL	459	321	53	4.4	87	.304	.292	.245	.334	.311	.393	.378	.727	.689	111	.559	6.0	0.6	.611	.160	.101	1.8
1967	27	KCA	AL	573	411	54	3.6	83	.294	.270	.241	.317	.310	.340	.362	.657	.671	96	.476	-2.8	-0.3	.536	.132	.070	4.0
1968	28	OAK	AL	550	395	61	4.2	75	.305	.290	.231	.336	.299	.393	.342	.729	.642	127	.576	15.9	1.8	.611	.175	.103	6.9
1969	29	OAK	AL	620	466	55	3.2	91	.265	.262	.249	.296	.324	.361	.375	.657	.699	87	.373	-11.2	-1.2	.517	.142	.099	1.8
1970	30	NYY	AL	621	431	74	4.6	93	.316	.301	.252	.340	.325	.393	.385	.734	.710	107	.533	4.4	0.4	.624	.155	.093	4.8
1971	31	NYY	AL	456	338	42	3.3	87	.284	.276	.248	.308	.319	.364	.368	.672	.687	95	.416	-4.0	-0.4	.526	.126	.089	.0
1972	32	BOS	AL	343	267	28	2.8	88	.237	.237	.253	.270	.323	.372	.365	.642	.688	85	.386	-6.4	-0.7	.517	.180	.136	.0
1973	33	BOS	AL	208	142	25	4.7	98	.347	.313	.266	.348	.336	.390	.391	.738	.727	103	.539	0.8	0.1	.621	.128	.077	.0
1974	34	BOS	AL	140	102	15	4.0	95	.239	.246	.267	.309	.333	.405	.384	.714	.717	98	.481	-0.6	-0.1	.640	.246	.159	1.7
1975	35	STL	NL	36	27	3	3.0	100	.250	.229	.270	.250	.342	.286	.390	.536	.732	46	.339	-2.7	-0.3	.407	.086	.057
12 Yrs				4786	3470	492	3.8	87	.290	.276	.247	.316	.317	.377	.371	.693	.688	101	.482	-0.6	-0.0	.571	.157	.100	37.3
162 Game Avg.				601	436	62	3.8	87	.290	.276	.247	.316	.317	.377	.371	.693	.688	101	.482	-0.6	-0.0	.571	.157	.100	5

OAK (4 yrs)				2202	1593	223	3.8	84	.290	.277	.242	.319	.312	.370	.364	.689	.676	104	.491	8.0	1.0	.564	.151	.093	18.4
BOS (3 yrs)				691	511	68	3.6	92	.271	.262	.260	.301	.329	.384	.377	.685	.706	93	.455	-6.3	-0.7	.571	.177	.122	1.9
NYY (2 yrs)				1077	769	116	4.1	91	.302	.290	.250	.326	.323	.381	.378	.708	.700	102	.486	0.4	0.0	.581	.143	.091	5.7
CHW (2 yrs)				620	456	64	3.8	86	.278	.261	.242	.304	.311	.385	.372	.689	.682	101	.472	-0.3	-0.1	.582	.185	.124	8.4
PHI (1 yr)				160	114	18	4.2	93	.321	.296	.262	.325	.320	.388	.389	.713	.709	101	.516	0.2	0.0	.593	.145	.092	1.0
STL (1 yr)				36	27	3	3.0	100	.250	.229	.270	.250	.342	.286	.390	.536	.732	46	.338	-2.7	-0.3	.407	.086	.057

AL (10 yrs)				4590	3329	471	3.8	87	.289	.276	.247	.316	.317	.377	.370	.693	.687	102	.482	1.8	0.2	.572	.158	.101	36.1
NL (2 yrs)				196	141	21	4.0	94	.308	.283	.264	.311	.324	.369	.390	.680	.713	91	.485	-2.4	-0.2	.557	.134	.086	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	24	PHI	NL	160	0.6%	9.4%	4.4%	6.9%	24%	2.14	10.1	152.0	11.7	1.28	86%
1965	25	CHW	AL	555	2.5%	11.7%	6.0%	6.5%	26%	1.97	7.9	36.7	9.3	1.27	79%
1966	26	TOT	AL	524	1.3%	9.0%	5.3%	5.3%	21%	1.68	10.3	69.3	8.7	1.39	83%
1966	26	CHW	AL	65	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	3.1%	18%		6.0		15.0	1.87	78%
1966	26	KCA	AL	459	1.5%	8.1%	6.1%	5.7%	21%	1.32	11.5	60.7	8.2	1.33	84%
1967	27	KCA	AL	573	0.7%	9.8%	5.9%	4.4%	18%	1.65	9.4	132.3	11.5	1.41	83%
1968	28	OAK	AL	550	1.1%	7.8%	6.4%	6.7%	25%	1.23	11.7	84.0	8.1	1.33	83%
1969	29	OAK	AL	620	1.6%	6.5%	4.5%	5.8%	24%	1.43	14.6	58.4	7.7	1.23	87%
1970	30	NYY	AL	621	1.0%	7.1%	5.5%	6.0%	21%	1.29	13.2	97.0	7.7	1.45	86%
1971	31	NYY	AL	456	0.9%	5.5%	4.2%	5.5%	21%	1.32	17.1	107.0	8.6	1.45	88%
1972	32	BOS	AL	343	2.3%	9.6%	4.4%	7.6%	35%	2.20	9.6	39.6	8.1	1.17	83%
1973	33	BOS	AL	208	0.5%	10.6%	4.8%	6.3%	21%	2.20	8.9	195.0	8.1	1.09	83%
1974	34	BOS	AL	140	3.6%	9.3%	7.1%	7.1%	32%	1.30	9.7	25.2	6.3	1.00	78%
1975	35	STL	NL	36	0.0%	8.3%	2.8%	5.6%	25%	3.00	11.7		17.5	1.40	89%
12 Yrs				4786	1.4%	8.5%	5.3%	6.0%	23%	1.60	11.0	67.4	8.6	1.32	84%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.7%	8.5%	6.0%	27%	1.74	6.1	44.5	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	24	PHI	NL	0.2	0.0	167	-1.2	2.7	-3.8	1.20	-0.2	-0.8	-4.5	-0.5	1.05	-1.9	1.39	19
1965	25	CHW	AL	5.3	0.6	569	0.5	10.5	-10.0	1.04	0.6	-0.0	1.9	0.2	0.95	6.3	1.55	7
1966	26	TOT	AL	0.3	0.0	540	0.3	9.1	-8.9	1.00	-0.3	0.6	0.3	-0.0	0.96	-3.3	1.45	6
1966	26	CHW	AL	-5.7	-0.6	67	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	1.07	-0.6	-0.1	-7.3	-0.8	0.97	-6.9	1.14	1
1966	26	KCA	AL	6.0	0.6	473	1.1	8.5	-7.5	.99	0.3	0.8	7.6	0.8	0.96	3.7	1.51	5
1967	27	KCA	AL	-2.8	-0.3	593	-1.3	9.1	-10.3	1.03	-0.9	-0.3	-6.4	-0.7	0.95	-8.2	2.00	2
1968	28	OAK	AL	15.9	1.8	571	1.3	11.3	-10.0	1.05	1.0	0.3	16.9	1.9	0.98	12.0	2.03	12
1969	29	OAK	AL	-11.2	-1.2	631	-0.3	12.5	-12.8	1.12	-0.7	0.5	-6.1	-0.7	1.03	-7.0	1.08	9
1970	30	NYY	AL	4.4	0.4	635	1.3	13.4	-12.1	1.16	0.6	0.5	13.9	1.4	1.02	6.8	1.46	3
1971	31	NYY	AL	-4.0	-0.4	462	0.8	9.8	-8.9	1.17	-0.4	1.1	-3.3	-0.4	1.05	-3.5	1.81	10
1972	32	BOS	AL	-6.4	-0.7	350	-0.1	6.6	-6.7	1.11	0.2	-0.4	-1.0	-0.1	1.00	2.5	1.28	6
1973	33	BOS	AL	0.8	0.1	214	-0.5	3.7	-4.1	1.08	-0.1	-0.3	1.7	0.2	1.04	0.1	2.24	8
1974	34	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	143	0.3	2.8	-2.6	1.12	0.1	0.2	3.8	0.4	0.97	1.9	1.86	21
1975	35	STL	NL	-2.7	-0.3	36	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.20	-0.2	-0.3	-2.6	-0.3	0.97	-2.9	1.41	13
12 Yrs				-0.6	-0.0	4911	0.7	91.8	-91.1	1.09	-0.4	1.0	14.6	1.6	1.00	3.0	1.63	116

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	24	PHI	NL	1	0	24%	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	3	5	41%	7	4	3	3	2	0	7	3	4
1965	25	CHW	AL	10	0	37%	234	3	3	50%	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	1	2	3	17	52%	43	21	20	2	2	0	20	6	14
1966	26	TOT	AL	7	0	27%	195	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	9	44%	22	15	7	5	3	2	16	6	10
1966	26	CHW	AL	1	0	25%	17	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1966	26	KCA	AL	6	0	27%	178	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	9	45%	22	15	7	5	3	2	15	5	10
1967	27	KCA	AL	6	0	29%	230	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	2	2	2	15	41%	28	20	8	10	6	3	13	3	10
1968	28	OAK	AL	8	0	27%	227	8	7	53%	6	7	0	0	2	0	4	2	14	0	3	1	6	9	46%	37	23	14	4	2	2	25	8	14
1969	29	OAK	AL	12	0	31%	229	1	4	20%	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	16	41%	26	19	7	8	5	3	17	6	11
1970	30	NYY	AL	10	0	28%	251	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	3	2	2	12	48%	30	16	13	11	7	4	22	9	13
1971	31	NYY	AL	8	0	26%	158	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	2	9	46%	22	11	10	2	2	0	13	5	7
1972	32	BOS	AL	12	1	29%	112	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	9	33%	19	13	6	3	3	0	5	2	3
1973	33	BOS	AL	3	0	41%	97	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	11	31%	13	11	2	5	5	0	8	2	6
1974	34	BOS	AL	1	0	24%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	40%	9	6	3	2	1	1	4	1	2
1975	35	STL	NL	0	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
12 Yrs				78	1	30%	1826	26	30	46%	22	26	1	2	3	1	15	2	61	1	14	10	23	114	44%	256	159	93	57	38	16	150	51	94

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1964	24	PHI	NL	160	81%	45			19	7	0	1	1.39	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0%	35	6	17%	16	4	25%	122	14	11%	8	3	38%	6	4	67%	0
1965	25	CHW	AL	555	37%	139			7	2	0	0	1.55	14	0	11	11	3	5	9	0	2	2	100%	99	18	18%	46	11	24%	297	42	14%	23	13	57%	15	6	40%	0
1966	26	TOT	AL	524	36%	135			6	1	0	1	1.45	7	0	8	4	3	1	6	0	5	4	80%	90	12	13%	44	21	48%	318	54	17%	26	16	62%	25	14	56%	0
1966	26	CHW	AL	65	58%	11			1	0	0	1	1.14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	12	1	8%	10	5	50%	39	5	13%	5	3	60%	5	4	80%	0
1966	26	KCA	AL	459	32%	124			5	1	0	0	1.51	7	0	6	4	3	1	6	0	1	1	100%	78	11	14%	34	16	47%	279	49	18%	21	13	62%	20	10	50%	0
1967	27	KCA	AL	573	34%	143			2	1	0	1	2.00	4	0	8	2	2	1	3	0	2	2	100%	98	14	14%	52	16	31%	336	46	14%	41	17	41%	17	10	59%	0
1968	28	OAK	AL	550	45%	146			12	5	0	1	2.03	6	0	16	2	4	2	4	0	6	5	83%	109	21	19%	60	21	35%	339	60	18%	41	23	56%	17	6	35%	0
1969	29	OAK	AL	620	36%	153			9	1	0	2	1.08	10	1	20	6	4	5	5	0	1	1	100%	128	25	20%	73	18	25%	453	73	16%	41	18	44%	22	8	36%	0
1970	30	NYY	AL	621	43%	175			3	0	0	0	1.46	6	0	20	4	2	3	3	0	1	1	100%	135	19	14%	63	19	30%	429	74	17%	39	18	46%	23	13	57%	0
1971	31	NYY	AL	456	45%	118			10	3	0	1	1.81	4	0	14	2	2	0	4	0	6	4	67%	114	18	16%	52	18	35%	333	48	14%	31	16	52%	16	11	69%	0
1972	32	BOS	AL	343	37%	75			6	1	0	0	1.28	8	0	7	5	3	6	2	0	3	1	33%	81	16	20%	39	11	28%	230	35	15%	24	13	54%	14	8	57%	0
1973	33	BOS	AL	208	41%	61			8	2	0	1	2.24	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	50	6	12%	21	4	19%	165	23	14%	12	6	50%	7	4	57%	0
1974	34	BOS	AL	140	62%	31			21	6	0	2	1.86	5	0	3	2	3	0	5	0	2	1	50%	36	5	14%	16	4	25%	91	15	16%	12	6	50%	4	1	25%	0
1975	35	STL	NL	36	75%	8			13	2	0	0	1.41	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	22	2	9%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
12 Yrs				4786	41%	1229			116	31	0	10	1.63	66	1	125	39	27	24	42	0	31	22	71%	980	160	16%	484	147	30%	3135	486	16%	300	149	50%	167	86	52%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

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
1964	24	60	160	152	13	45	9	1	1	13	1	0	7	15	.296	.325	.388	.713	101	59	6	0	0	1	1
1965	25	202	715	666	87	184	27	5	15	68	4	3	40	80	.276	.318	.399	.718	108	266	24	3	2	4	1
1966	26	339	1239	1151	137	319	44	9	22	124	8	8	68	127	.277	.318	.388	.706	105	447	36	5	6	9	3
1967	27	481	1812	1680	192	462	61	13	26	170	12	13	102	183	.275	.318	.373	.691	102	627	50	9	8	13	12
1968	28	628	2362	2184	245	608	89	16	32	232	20	20	137	226	.278	.322	.378	.700	108	825	71	11	13	17	15
1969	29	780	2982	2768	309	761	113	18	42	308	21	24	165	266	.275	.316	.374	.691	103	1036	96	13	14	22	18
1970	30	935	3603	3350	373	936	139	23	48	384	25	26	199	310	.279	.321	.378	.698	104	1265	115	15	15	24	24
1971	31	1056	4059	3778	412	1054	155	28	52	434	25	29	218	335	.279	.319	.376	.695	103	1421	133	17	19	27	28
1972	32	1148	4402	4095	444	1129	172	29	60	473	25	30	233	368	.276	.315	.376	.691	102	1539	149	19	20	34	30
1973	33	1211	4610	4290	474	1190	184	29	61	497	25	30	243	390	.277	.317	.376	.693	102	1615	155	20	21	35	31
1974	34	1267	4750	4416	488	1221	189	29	66	517	26	30	253	403	.276	.316	.377	.694	102	1666	160	22	22	36	32
1975	35	1289	4786	4451	491	1229	191	29	66	519	26	30	254	406	.276	.316	.377	.693	101	1676	160	22	22	36	33

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	24	60	162	154	14	47	9	1	1	14	1	7	15	.305	.333	.396	.729	21	60
1965	25	142	575	530	89	155	20	4	16	66	3	37	65	.292	.340	.436	.776	78	142
1966	26	138	545	503	59	151	19	4	8	66	4	31	47	.300	.340	.402	.742	69	137
1967	27	142	596	547	67	161	19	5	5	56	5	38	56	.294	.343	.375	.718	69	142
1968	28	147	590	536	73	178	34	4	7	86	10	43	43	.332	.381	.450	.831	92	147
1969	29	152	634	596	73	165	26	2	11	86	1	30	40	.277	.311	.383	.694	71	152
1970	30	155	635	594	72	187	28	5	6	85	4	36	44	.315	.355	.409	.764	87	155
1971	31	122	475	445	48	133	18	6	5	61	0	21	25	.299	.331	.400	.731	58	121
1972	32	96	367	340	40	87	20	1	9	48	0	17	34	.256	.290	.400	.690	40	92
1973	33	63	209	196	31	62	12	0	1	25	0	10	22	.316	.351	.393	.744	27	63
1974	34	56	141	127	15	32	5	0	5	21	1	10	13	.252	.314	.409	.724	16	56
1975	35	22	37	36	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	.250	.270	.306	.576	3	22
12 Yrs		1295	4966	4604	585	1367	212	32	74	616	29	281	407	.297	.338	.405	.743	631	1289
162 Game Avg.		162	621	576	73	171	27	4	9	77	4	35	51	.297	.338	.405	.743	79	1289

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1968 AL (19, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)	Batting Average s c a p y 1966 AL .278 (8th) 1968 AL .290 (2nd) 1970 AL .301 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1970 AL 175 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1968 AL 28 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1967 AL 118 (5th) 1970 AL 138 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1972 AL 7 (3rd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1965 AL 18 (6th) 1968 AL 21 (2nd) 1969 AL 25 (2nd) 1970 AL 19 (6th) 1971 AL 18 (8th) 1972 AL 16 (9th) Career 160 (227th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1966 AL 10.3 (6th) 1967 AL 9.4 (8th) 1968 AL 11.7 (4th) 1969 AL 14.6 (3rd) 1970 AL 13.2 (6th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1969 AL 466 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 17 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1937), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (2083), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	First Base (195th), 10.7 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/9.9 JAWS Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Johnny Groth (930)

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Chad Allen (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Pat Tabler (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Barry Bonnell (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Orsulak (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Tabler (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Piniella (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Tabler (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Tabler (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Orsulak (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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