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Ron Cey

Ronald Charles Cey (Penguin)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 15, 1948 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Mount Tacoma HS (Tacoma, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1971 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Athletics 1971-1987

Final Game: July 12, 1987 (Age 39)
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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
1971 23 LAD NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 LAD NL 11 45 37 3 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 .270 .400 .378 .778 125 14 0 1 0 0 0 5
1973 25 LAD NL 152 595 507 60 124 18 4 15 80 1 1 74 77 .245 .338 .385 .723 104 195 19 2 4 8 7 *5 RoY-6
1974 26 LAD NL 159 673 577 88 151 20 2 18 97 1 1 76 68 .262 .349 .397 .746 113 229 17 7 3 10 13 *5 AS,MVP-25
1975 27 LAD NL 158 662 566 72 160 29 2 25 101 5 2 78 74 .283 .372 .473 .845 139 268 15 7 3 8 15 *5 AS,MVP-18
1976 28 LAD NL 145 600 502 69 139 18 3 23 80 0 4 89 74 .277 .386 .462 .848 143 232 11 3 2 4 13 *5 AS,MVP-23
1977 29 LAD NL 153 669 564 77 136 22 3 30 110 3 4 93 106 .241 .347 .450 .797 114 254 11 2 3 7 6 *5 AS,MVP-8
1978 30 LAD NL 159 667 555 84 150 32 0 23 84 2 5 96 96 .270 .380 .452 .833 134 251 13 7 2 7 9 *5 AS
1979 31 LAD NL 150 579 487 77 137 20 1 28 81 3 3 86 85 .281 .389 .499 .888 142 243 11 2 0 4 8 *5 AS
1980 32 LAD NL 157 630 551 81 140 25 0 28 77 2 2 69 92 .254 .342 .452 .794 121 249 16 5 4 1 5 *5
1981 33 LAD NL 85 359 312 42 90 15 2 13 50 0 2 40 55 .288 .372 .474 .846 143 148 7 3 1 3 3 *5
1982 34 LAD NL 150 627 556 62 141 23 1 24 79 3 2 57 99 .254 .323 .428 .751 111 238 16 4 2 8 6 *5
1983 35 CHC NL 159 658 581 73 160 33 1 24 90 0 0 62 85 .275 .346 .460 .805 118 267 20 5 1 9 11 *5
1984 36 CHC NL 146 580 505 71 121 27 0 25 97 3 2 61 108 .240 .324 .442 .766 107 223 10 6 0 8 10 *5 MVP-17
1985 37 CHC NL 145 564 500 64 116 18 2 22 63 1 1 58 106 .232 .316 .408 .724 94 204 10 4 0 2 9 *5
1986 38 CHC NL 97 306 256 42 70 21 0 13 36 0 0 44 66 .273 .384 .508 .891 138 130 5 3 1 2 1 5
1987 39 OAK AL 45 128 104 12 23 6 0 4 11 0 0 22 32 .221 .359 .394 .754 107 41 4 1 0 1 1 D/35
17 Yrs 2073 8344 7162 977 1868 328 21 316 1139 24 29 1012 1235 .261 .354 .445 .799 121 3186 185 62 26 82 117
162 Game Avg. 162 652 560 76 146 26 2 25 89 2 2 79 97 .261 .354 .445 .799 121 249 14 5 2 6 9
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
LAD (12 yrs) 1481 6108 5216 715 1378 223 18 228 842 20 26 765 838 .264 .359 .445 .804 125 2321 136 43 24 60 85
CHC (4 yrs) 547 2108 1842 250 467 99 3 84 286 4 3 225 365 .254 .337 .447 .784 111 824 45 18 2 21 31
OAK (1 yr) 45 128 104 12 23 6 0 4 11 0 0 22 32 .221 .359 .394 .754 107 41 4 1 0 1 1
NL (16 yrs) 2028 8216 7058 965 1845 322 21 312 1128 24 29 990 1203 .261 .354 .446 .799 122 3145 181 61 26 81 116
AL (1 yr) 45 128 104 12 23 6 0 4 11 0 0 22 32 .221 .359 .394 .754 107 41 4 1 0 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1971 23 LAD NL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0
1972 24 LAD NL 11 45 1 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .492 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 5
1973 25 LAD NL 152 595 5 -2 -3 16 3 19 2.1 17 37 3.8 .514 .513 2.0 2.1 20 *5 RoY-6
1974 26 LAD NL 159 673 11 -0 -2 12 3 24 2.7 19 44 4.6 .517 .517 3.2 1.7 32 $27,000 *5 AS,MVP-25
1975 27 LAD NL 158 662 30 0 -1 10 3 42 4.6 19 61 6.5 .529 .528 5.3 1.6 51 $56,000 *5 AS,MVP-18
1976 28 LAD NL 145 600 28 -2 -0 8 3 37 4.2 18 54 5.9 .528 .525 4.9 1.3 46 *5 AS,MVP-23
1977 29 LAD NL 153 669 11 -3 -0 4 3 14 1.5 19 34 3.4 .510 .509 3.0 0.7 30 $160,000 *5 AS,MVP-8
1978 30 LAD NL 159 667 25 -1 0 1 3 28 3.2 20 48 5.1 .519 .519 4.9 0.5 47 $135,000 *5 AS
1979 31 LAD NL 150 579 29 -2 -0 -0 2 29 3.2 17 46 4.9 .521 .519 4.8 0.3 46 *5 AS
1980 32 LAD NL 157 630 15 -1 -2 10 2 25 2.8 19 44 4.7 .518 .517 3.5 1.5 34 *5
1981 33 LAD NL 85 359 18 -2 -1 1 1 19 2.2 11 29 3.3 .525 .513 3.1 0.4 28 *5
1982 34 LAD NL 150 627 7 -1 -1 4 2 11 1.4 19 30 3.3 .508 .508 2.7 0.8 26 *5
1983 35 CHC NL 159 658 12 -1 -2 -15 1 -5 -0.5 20 16 1.5 .497 .497 3.1 -1.4 30 $850,000 *5
1984 36 CHC NL 146 580 4 -1 -1 -8 1 -5 -0.4 18 13 1.3 .496 .496 2.1 -0.7 21 $900,000 *5 MVP-17
1985 37 CHC NL 145 564 -2 0 0 -10 1 -10 -1.1 17 7 0.6 .492 .493 1.7 -0.9 17 $1,450,000 *5
1986 38 CHC NL 97 306 16 1 -0 -10 0 7 0.8 9 16 1.7 .507 .504 2.7 -0.9 26 $1,400,000 5
1987 39 OAK AL 45 128 2 -0 -1 -2 -3 -5 -0.4 4 -1 -0.1 .490 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,050,000 D/35
17 Seasons 2073 8344 212 -15 -13 19 25 228 26.2 249 477 50.4 .512 .509 47.3 6.1 458 $6,028,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
LAD (12 yrs) 1481 6108 181 -14 -9 64 25 246 27.9 180 427 45.4 .518 .514 37.6 10.6 363 $378,000
CHC (4 yrs) 547 2108 30 -1 -3 -43 3 -14 -1.2 65 51 5.1 .497 .498 9.6 -4.0 94 $4,600,000
OAK (1 yr) 45 128 2 -0 -1 -2 -3 -5 -0.4 4 -1 -0.1 .490 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,050,000

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
1974 26 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 4 19 16 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .313 .421 .688 1.109 11 0 0 0 0 3
1974 26 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 20 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .176 .300 .176 .476 3 1 0 0 0 0
1977 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 16 13 4 4 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 4 .308 .400 .615 1.015 8 1 0 1 0 0
1977 29 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 25 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .190 .280 .381 .661 8 0 0 0 1 0
1978 30 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 18 16 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .313 .389 .563 .951 9 0 0 0 0 0
1978 30 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 24 21 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .286 .375 .429 .804 9 0 0 0 0 0
1981 33 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 21 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .278 .381 .333 .714 6 0 0 0 0 0
1981 33 LAD NL WS NYY W 6 24 20 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 3 .350 .458 .500 .958 10 0 1 0 0 0
1984 36 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 22 19 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .158 .273 .368 .641 7 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (9 Series) 45 189 161 22 42 8 0 7 27 1 0 25 29 .261 .362 .441 .803 71 2 1 1 1 3
5 NLCS 22 96 82 14 22 7 0 4 14 1 0 13 15 .268 .368 .500 .868 41 1 0 1 0 3
4 WS 23 93 79 8 20 1 0 3 13 0 0 12 14 .253 .355 .380 .735 30 1 1 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 Awards
1972 LAD NL 24 3B 11 11 8 96.0 30 7 20 3 1 .900 -2 -31 2.53 2.45 .945 2.87 2.88
1973 LAD NL 25 3B 146 142 133 1295.1 457 111 328 18 39 .961 16 15 3.05 3.01 .946 2.88 2.88 RoY-6
1974 LAD NL 26 3B 158 158 151 1412.2 542 155 365 22 25 .959 12 10 3.31 3.29 .948 3.04 3.04 AS,MVP-25
1975 LAD NL 27 3B 158 158 147 1410.0 472 144 309 19 23 .960 10 9 2.89 2.87 .945 2.98 2.97 AS,MVP-18
1976 LAD NL 28 3B 144 143 129 1269.0 461 111 334 16 22 .965 8 8 3.16 3.09 .952 2.93 2.92 AS,MVP-23
1977 LAD NL 29 3B 153 153 137 1352.2 502 138 346 18 29 .964 4 3 3.22 3.16 .956 2.98 2.98 AS,MVP-8
1978 LAD NL 30 3B 158 158 135 1341.0 468 116 336 16 26 .966 1 1 3.03 2.86 .952 3.00 2.97 AS
1979 LAD NL 31 3B 150 148 108 1182.1 397 123 265 9 25 .977 -0 -0 2.95 2.59 .951 2.89 2.88 AS
1980 LAD NL 32 3B 157 156 138 1354.2 457 127 317 13 24 .972 10 9 2.95 2.83 .948 2.87 2.88
1981 LAD NL 33 3B 84 84 79 754.0 271 71 184 16 15 .941 1 2 3.04 3.04 .948 2.84 2.85
1982 LAD NL 34 3B 149 148 123 1306.1 429 93 320 16 23 .963 4 4 2.85 2.77 .951 2.77 2.78
1983 CHC NL 35 3B 157 157 138 1341.2 377 90 270 17 12 .955 -15 -13 2.41 2.29 .949 2.70 2.69
1984 CHC NL 36 3B 144 142 123 1228.0 338 97 230 11 22 .967 -8 -8 2.40 2.27 .943 2.79 2.78 MVP-17
1985 CHC NL 37 3B 140 138 111 1185.1 369 75 273 21 21 .943 -10 -10 2.64 2.49 .948 2.88 2.88
1986 CHC NL 38 3B 77 75 34 591.1 167 41 118 8 7 .952 -10 -19 2.42 2.06 .946 2.72 2.72
1987 OAK AL 39 DH 30 25
1987 OAK AL 39 1B 7 5 2 46.0 57 55 1 1 3 .982 -2 -39 10.96 8.00 .992 9.59 9.49
1987 OAK AL 39 3B 3 3 1 20.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -6 1.80 1.33 .952 2.79 2.73
16 Seasons 3B 1989 1974 1695 17140.1 5741 1500 4018 223 315 .961 21 1 2.90 2.77 .949 2.89 2.88
1 Season 1B 7 5 2 46.0 57 55 1 1 3 .982 -2 -39 10.96 8.00 .992 9.59 9.49
17 Seasons TOT 1996 1979 1697 17186.1 5798 1555 4019 224 318 .961 19 1 2.92 2.79 .949 2.90 2.90
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-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
  • 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
1993 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

All-Star Games
1974 (3B)
1975 (3B)
1976 *
1977 (3B)
1978 *
1979 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1981 NL Babe Ruth Award
1981 ML WS MVP
1982 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (25, 0%)
1975 NL (18, 3%)
1976 NL (23, 2%)
1977 NL (8, 18%)
1984 NL (17, 2%)
0.25 Career Shares (679th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1975 NL  6.5 (5th)
1976 NL  5.9 (7th)
Career  50.4 (240th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1975 NL  6.5 (3rd)
1976 NL  5.9 (5th)
1978 NL  5.1 (8th)
1979 NL  4.9 (8th)
1980 NL  4.7 (10th)
1981 NL  3.3 (9th)
Career  50.4 (153rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1975 NL  5.3 (5th)
1976 NL  4.9 (7th)
1978 NL  4.9 (8th)
1979 NL  4.8 (9th)
1981 NL  3.1 (7th)
Career  47.3 (159th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.1 (3rd)
1974 NL  1.7 (10th)
1975 NL  1.6 (9th)
1980 NL  1.5 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1976 NL  .386 (5th)
1978 NL  .380 (7th)
1979 NL  .389 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1976 NL  .462 (10th)
1981 NL  .474 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1976 NL  .848 (8th)
1979 NL  .888 (9th)
1981 NL  .846 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL  159 (10th)
1975 NL  158 (7th)
1978 NL  159 (4th)
1983 NL  159 (5th)
Career  2,073 (195th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,162 (248th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,344 (204th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1975 NL  268 (10th)
1983 NL  267 (9th)
Career  3,186 (229th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 NL  33 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  25 (5th)
1976 NL  23 (6th)
1977 NL  30 (9th)
1979 NL  28 (8th)
1980 NL  28 (6th)
1981 NL  13 (10th)
1982 NL  24 (10th)
1983 NL  24 (8th)
1984 NL  25 (5th)
Career  316 (117th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1974 NL  97 (10th)
1975 NL  101 (5th)
1977 NL  110 (5th)
1978 NL  84 (10th)
1983 NL  90 (8th)
1984 NL  97 (4th)
Career  1,139 (179th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL  89 (4th)
1977 NL  93 (5th)
1978 NL  96 (5th)
1979 NL  86 (9th)
Career  1,012 (109th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL  92 (10th)
1982 NL  99 (10th)
1984 NL  108 (7th)
1985 NL  106 (9th)
Career  1,235 (138th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1975 NL  139 (10th)
1976 NL  143 (6th)
1979 NL  142 (7th)
1981 NL  143 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1975 NL  101 (8th)
Career  1,148 (228th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  32 (8th)
1976 NL  31 (7th)
1981 NL  18 (7th)
Career  227 (218th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  3.2 (8th)
1976 NL  3.2 (7th)
1979 NL  3.1 (10th)
1981 NL  1.9 (7th)
Career  23.1 (211th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  56 (9th)
1983 NL  58 (7th)
1984 NL  52 (10th)
Career  665 (207th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 NL  253 (4th)
Career  2,942 (216th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1976 NL  .697 (8th)
1979 NL  .705 (8th)
1981 NL  .688 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  7 (7th)
1975 NL  7 (8th)
1978 NL  7 (6th)
1980 NL  5 (7th)
1983 NL  5 (5th)
1984 NL  6 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 NL  8 (6th)
1974 NL  10 (4th)
1975 NL  8 (6th)
1982 NL  8 (10th)
1983 NL  9 (5th)
1984 NL  8 (9th)
Career  82 (81st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  13 (7th)
1975 NL  15 (4th)
1976 NL  13 (5th)
Career  117 (85th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL  19 (8th)
1980 NL  16 (8th)
1982 NL  16 (7th)
1983 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  185 (132nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 NL  21.8 (6th)
1977 NL  18.8 (10th)
1979 NL  17.4 (8th)
1980 NL  19.7 (6th)
1981 NL  24.0 (10th)
1982 NL  23.2 (10th)
1984 NL  20.2 (4th)
Career  22.7 (216th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,616 (202nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
Career  280.48 (132nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.2 (9th)
1976 NL  4.9 (3rd)
Career  20.4 (176th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1976 NL  3.0 (9th)
1981 NL  1.9 (10th)
Career  24.7 (143rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
Career  28.6 (125th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1973 NL  16 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  146 (2nd)
1974 NL  158 (3rd)
1975 NL  158 (2nd)
1977 NL  153 (4th)
1978 NL  158 (1st)
1979 NL  150 (5th)
1980 NL  157 (2nd)
1982 NL  149 (2nd)
1983 NL  157 (1st)
1984 NL  144 (3rd)
1985 NL  140 (3rd)
Career  1,989 (14th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  111 (3rd)
1974 NL  155 (2nd)
1975 NL  144 (2nd)
1977 NL  138 (2nd)
1978 NL  116 (5th)
1979 NL  123 (3rd)
1980 NL  127 (1st)
1981 NL  71 (5th)
1982 NL  93 (5th)
1984 NL  97 (2nd)
Career  1,500 (36th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  328 (1st)
1974 NL  365 (3rd)
1975 NL  309 (3rd)
1976 NL  334 (2nd)
1977 NL  346 (2nd)
1978 NL  336 (2nd)
1980 NL  317 (3rd)
1982 NL  320 (2nd)
1983 NL  270 (5th)
1984 NL  230 (3rd)
1985 NL  273 (3rd)
Career  4,018 (11th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1974 NL  22 (5th)
1977 NL  18 (5th)
1981 NL  16 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (1st)
Career  223 (68th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  39 (1st)
1977 NL  29 (3rd)
1978 NL  26 (2nd)
1980 NL  24 (4th)
1982 NL  23 (3rd)
1984 NL  22 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (3rd)
Career  315 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  16 (1st)
1974 NL  12 (3rd)
1975 NL  10 (2nd)
1976 NL  8 (4th)
1980 NL  11 (2nd)
1982 NL  4 (4th)
Career  21 (61st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1973 NL  3.05 (4th)
1974 NL  3.31 (3rd)
1976 NL  3.16 (4th)
1977 NL  3.22 (3rd)
1978 NL  3.03 (5th)
1979 NL  2.95 (3rd)
1981 NL  3.04 (4th)
1982 NL  2.85 (5th)
Career  2.89 (29th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  3.01 (2nd)
1974 NL  3.29 (3rd)
1975 NL  2.87 (4th)
1976 NL  3.09 (4th)
1977 NL  3.16 (2nd)
1979 NL  2.59 (5th)
1980 NL  2.83 (3rd)
1981 NL  3.04 (3rd)
1982 NL  2.77 (4th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  .961 (3rd)
1974 NL  .959 (3rd)
1975 NL  .960 (4th)
1976 NL  .965 (3rd)
1977 NL  .964 (3rd)
1978 NL  .966 (3rd)
1979 NL  .977 (1st)
1980 NL  .972 (2nd)
1982 NL  .963 (5th)
1984 NL  .967 (2nd)
Career  .961 (48th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $1,450,000 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1986 NL  born 1948-02-15 (10th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 80 (302), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (524), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (21st), 50.4 career WAR/35.5 7yr-peak WAR/42.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

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  2. Randy Jackson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kelly Gruber (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kelly Gruber (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kelly Gruber (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hank Thompson (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Melton (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Graig Nettles (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Howard Johnson (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eric Chavez (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Graig Nettles (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Graig Nettles (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Graig Nettles (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Graig Nettles (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Brian Downing (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197426Los Angeles Dodgers$27,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197527Los Angeles Dodgers$56,0001976 Guide; 3/15/75 TSN; Timmerman dbasePlayer win; $47,000 offer
197729Los Angeles Dodgers$160,0001977 TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
197830Los Angeles Dodgers$135,0002/10/79 TSN
198335Chicago Cubs$850,0002/14/83 TSN4/$4.75MM, incl. $500K bonus, + perf & attendance
198436Chicago Cubs$900,0002/14/83 TSN4/$4.75MM, incl. $500K bonus, + perf & attendance
198537Chicago Cubs$1,450,0003/3/86 - $1.45M incl att.; 1985 USAT4/$4.75MM, incl. $500K bonus, + perf & attendance
198638Chicago Cubs$1,400,0002/14/83 TSN; 1986 USA Today survey4/$4.75MM, incl. $500K bonus, + perf & attendance
198739Chicago Cubs$1,050,000
39Oakland Athletics$1,050,0002/14/83 TSN4/$4.75MM, incl. $500K bonus, + perf & attendance
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,078,000
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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