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Chris Chambliss

Carroll Christopher Chambliss

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 26, 1948 in Dayton, OH
High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1971
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Indians 1971-1988
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 8, 1988
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All-Star

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
1971 22 CLE AL 111 458 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 2 0 40 83 .275 .341 .407 .749 104 169 9 2 2 0 1 3 RoY-1
1972 23 CLE AL 121 499 466 51 136 27 2 6 44 3 4 26 63 .292 .327 .397 .724 112 185 8 0 3 4 2 *3
1973 24 CLE AL 155 636 572 70 156 30 2 11 53 4 8 58 76 .273 .342 .390 .732 105 223 14 3 1 2 8 *3
1974 25 TOT AL 127 499 467 46 119 20 3 6 50 0 1 28 48 .255 .296 .349 .645 86 163 10 0 2 2 2 *3/D
1974 25 CLE AL 17 72 67 8 22 4 0 0 7 0 1 5 5 .328 .375 .388 .763 122 26 1 0 0 0 1 3
1974 25 NYY AL 110 427 400 38 97 16 3 6 43 0 0 23 43 .243 .282 .343 .625 80 137 9 0 2 2 1 3/D
1975 26 NYY AL 150 603 562 66 171 38 4 9 72 0 1 29 50 .304 .336 .434 .770 118 244 19 1 4 6 9 *3
1976 27 NYY AL 156 676 641 79 188 32 6 17 96 1 0 27 80 .293 .323 .441 .765 124 283 11 3 1 3 1 *3/D AS,MVP-5
1977 28 NYY AL 157 653 600 90 172 32 6 17 90 4 0 45 73 .287 .336 .445 .781 112 267 22 2 0 5 5 *3 MVP-29
1978 29 NYY AL 162 677 625 81 171 26 3 12 90 2 1 41 60 .274 .321 .382 .703 100 239 6 5 1 5 3 *3/D GG
1979 30 NYY AL 149 599 554 61 155 27 3 18 63 3 2 34 53 .280 .324 .437 .761 106 242 9 5 1 5 4 *3D
1980 31 ATL NL 158 663 602 83 170 37 2 18 72 7 3 49 73 .282 .338 .440 .779 114 265 11 4 2 4 6 *3
1981 32 ATL NL 107 455 404 44 110 25 2 8 51 4 1 44 41 .272 .343 .403 .746 109 163 11 1 2 3 10 *3
1982 33 ATL NL 157 598 534 57 144 25 2 20 86 7 3 57 57 .270 .337 .436 .773 112 233 11 0 0 6 13 *3 MVP-23
1983 34 ATL NL 131 514 447 59 125 24 3 20 78 2 7 63 68 .280 .366 .481 .847 126 215 8 0 0 3 15 *3
1984 35 ATL NL 135 455 389 47 100 14 0 9 44 1 2 58 54 .257 .350 .362 .713 96 141 10 1 0 6 12 *3
1985 36 ATL NL 101 189 170 16 40 7 0 3 21 0 0 18 22 .235 .307 .329 .636 75 56 5 0 0 1 4 3
1986 37 ATL NL 97 138 122 13 38 8 0 2 14 0 2 15 24 .311 .384 .426 .810 119 52 2 0 0 1 4 3
1988 39 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 2175 8313 7571 912 2109 392 42 185 972 40 35 632 926 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 3140 166 27 19 56 99
162 Game Avg. 162 619 564 68 157 29 3 14 72 3 3 47 69 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 234 12 2 1 4 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
ATL (7 yrs) 886 3012 2668 319 727 140 9 80 366 21 18 304 339 .272 .345 .422 .767 110 1125 58 6 4 24 64
NYY (7 yrs) 885 3636 3383 415 954 171 25 79 454 10 4 199 360 .282 .323 .417 .740 108 1412 76 16 9 26 23
CLE (4 yrs) 404 1665 1520 178 428 81 8 26 152 9 13 129 227 .282 .339 .397 .735 107 603 32 5 6 6 12
AL (10 yrs) 1289 5301 4903 593 1382 252 33 105 606 19 17 328 587 .282 .328 .411 .739 108 2015 108 21 15 32 35
NL (7 yrs) 886 3012 2668 319 727 140 9 80 366 21 18 304 339 .272 .345 .422 .767 110 1125 58 6 4 24 64

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 22 CLE AL 111 458 2 -2 1 -4 -6 -10 -1.2 15 6 0.3 .490 .493 0.9 -1.3 10 $ 3 RoY-1
1972 23 CLE AL 121 499 8 -2 1 0 -7 1 -0.0 16 17 1.6 .501 .501 1.7 -0.9 17 $ *3
1973 24 CLE AL 155 636 1 -3 -0 3 -9 -8 -0.6 20 12 1.3 .494 .495 0.9 -0.4 9 $ *3
1974 25 CLE AL 17 72 1 0 0 -3 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .481 .498 0.3 -0.5 3 $ 3
1974 25 NYY AL 110 427 -7 1 1 4 -6 -8 -0.8 14 6 0.5 .492 .494 0.1 -0.2 2 $ 3/D
1975 26 NYY AL 150 603 11 -0 -2 8 -9 9 1.2 20 29 3.0 .507 .506 2.1 0.1 20 $ *3
1976 27 NYY AL 156 676 15 0 0 8 -9 14 1.8 22 36 3.8 .510 .510 3.0 -0.0 28 $ *3/D AS,MVP-5
1977 28 NYY AL 157 653 6 2 -3 2 -10 -1 0.1 21 20 2.0 .499 .499 1.8 -0.6 17 $240,000 *3 MVP-29
1978 29 NYY AL 162 677 4 2 2 8 -10 6 0.8 22 28 2.8 .504 .504 2.0 -0.2 20 $240,000 *3/D GG
1979 30 NYY AL 149 599 4 -1 1 2 -10 -4 -0.2 19 15 1.5 .497 .497 1.4 -0.7 13 $240,000 *3D
1980 31 ATL NL 158 663 11 -4 0 6 -10 4 0.5 20 24 2.4 .503 .503 1.7 -0.4 18 $ *3
1981 32 ATL NL 107 455 2 -1 -1 2 -7 -4 -0.3 14 10 1.1 .496 .497 0.7 -0.4 7 $ *3
1982 33 ATL NL 157 598 5 -0 -0 9 -9 5 0.8 18 24 2.5 .504 .504 1.3 0.2 14 $ *3 MVP-23
1983 34 ATL NL 131 514 11 -4 1 -9 -7 -9 -0.9 16 7 0.6 .493 .494 1.5 -1.8 16 $ *3
1984 35 ATL NL 135 455 -3 0 -0 -6 -6 -16 -1.7 14 -2 -0.3 .487 .489 0.3 -1.3 4 $ *3
1985 36 ATL NL 101 189 -4 -1 0 3 -2 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .495 .497 -0.2 0.2 -1 $800,000 3
1986 37 ATL NL 97 138 2 -2 0 -2 -1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .498 .499 0.4 -0.3 4 $769,452 3
1988 39 NYY AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .467 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $62,500
17 Seasons 2175 8313 69 -14 2 31 -120 -31 -1.4 264 233 23.4 .498 .499 19.9 -8.4 202 $2,351,952
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
ATL (7 yrs) 886 3012 24 -12 0 4 -42 -26 -2.3 92 67 6.7 .497 .497 5.7 -3.7 63 $1,569,452
NYY (7 yrs) 885 3636 33 4 0 32 -54 15 2.9 118 132 13.6 .502 .501 10.4 -1.6 101 $782,500
CLE (4 yrs) 404 1665 12 -6 2 -5 -23 -20 -2.0 54 34 3.1 .494 .497 3.8 -3.1 39 $

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
1971 22 CLE AL 458 312 58 5.0 99 .325 .275 .265 .341 .338 .407 .393 .749 .732 104 .598 1.9 0.2 .687 .234 .133 3.3
1972 23 CLE AL 499 349 59 4.6 86 .324 .292 .251 .327 .320 .397 .362 .724 .683 112 .602 5.9 0.7 .614 .159 .105 4.0
1973 24 CLE AL 636 441 74 4.5 95 .298 .273 .262 .342 .331 .390 .385 .732 .716 105 .517 4.0 0.4 .639 .212 .117 5.9
1974 25 TOT AL 499 363 47 3.5 88 .272 .255 .257 .296 .322 .349 .370 .645 .691 86 .422 -9.3 -1.0 .529 .152 .094 .0
1974 25 CLE AL 72 47 9 5.2 88 .355 .328 .257 .375 .322 .388 .370 .763 .691 122 .600 2.0 0.2 .638 .119 .060
1974 25 NYY AL 427 316 38 3.2 88 .258 .243 .257 .282 .322 .343 .370 .625 .691 80 .389 -11.3 -1.2 .513 .158 .100 .0
1975 26 NYY AL 603 421 77 4.9 92 .318 .304 .257 .336 .326 .434 .377 .770 .704 118 .560 12.2 1.2 .664 .180 .130 .0
1976 27 NYY AL 676 468 90 5.2 85 .313 .293 .255 .323 .319 .441 .359 .765 .678 124 .619 15.9 1.7 .677 .192 .148 1.9
1977 28 NYY AL 653 455 85 5.0 99 .301 .287 .265 .336 .329 .445 .403 .781 .732 112 .535 9.6 0.9 .707 .240 .158 6.5
1978 29 NYY AL 677 467 79 4.5 91 .285 .274 .258 .321 .322 .382 .380 .703 .702 100 .521 -0.4 -0.0 .620 .176 .109 3.4
1979 30 NYY AL 599 416 78 5.0 100 .281 .280 .267 .324 .332 .437 .405 .761 .736 106 .527 3.2 0.3 .688 .220 .157 5.1
1980 31 ATL NL 663 452 90 5.4 98 .295 .282 .270 .338 .333 .440 .392 .779 .725 114 .607 10.8 1.1 .722 .246 .158 10.1
1981 32 ATL NL 455 311 56 4.9 94 .285 .272 .266 .343 .332 .403 .381 .746 .713 109 .577 5.5 0.6 .690 .248 .131 5.3
1982 33 ATL NL 598 410 79 5.2 98 .268 .270 .270 .337 .334 .436 .393 .773 .727 112 .595 8.4 0.9 .728 .281 .167 10.4
1983 34 ATL NL 514 340 78 6.2 103 .290 .280 .272 .366 .342 .481 .404 .847 .746 126 .665 16.8 1.7 .810 .331 .201 3.6
1984 35 ATL NL 455 307 51 4.5 99 .274 .257 .271 .350 .337 .362 .394 .713 .732 96 .531 -0.3 -0.0 .661 .252 .105 1.8
1985 36 ATL NL 189 136 17 3.4 99 .253 .235 .266 .307 .334 .329 .396 .636 .730 75 .400 -5.8 -0.6 .548 .200 .094 .0
1986 37 ATL NL 138 89 20 6.1 102 .371 .311 .267 .384 .338 .426 .403 .810 .741 119 .651 3.9 0.4 .739 .221 .115 .0
1988 39 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .389 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
17 Yrs 8313 5738 1038 4.9 95 .295 .279 .263 .334 .330 .415 .386 .749 .716 109 .563 82.2 8.4 .672 .220 .136 65.8
162 Game Avg. 619 427 77 4.9 95 .295 .279 .263 .334 .330 .415 .386 .749 .716 109 .563 6 1 .672 .220 .136 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
ATL (7 yrs) 3012 2045 391 5.2 99 .285 .272 .270 .345 .335 .422 .394 .767 .729 110 .592 39.3 4.0 .713 .264 .149 33.3
NYY (7 yrs) 3636 2544 447 4.7 93 .295 .282 .260 .323 .325 .417 .383 .740 .708 108 .536 29.1 2.9 .651 .196 .135 17.8
CLE (4 yrs) 1665 1149 200 4.7 93 .316 .282 .259 .339 .329 .397 .380 .735 .709 107 .568 13.8 1.5 .645 .197 .115 13.4
AL (10 yrs) 5301 3693 647 4.7 93 .301 .282 .260 .328 .326 .411 .382 .739 .708 108 .546 42.9 4.4 .649 .196 .129 32.2
NL (7 yrs) 3012 2045 391 5.2 99 .285 .272 .270 .345 .335 .422 .394 .767 .729 110 .592 39.3 4.0 .713 .264 .149 33.3

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
1976 27 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 22 21 5 11 1 1 2 8 2 0 0 1 .524 .500 .952 1.452 20 1 0 0 1 0
1976 27 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 17 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313 .353 .375 .728 6 0 1 0 0 0
1977 28 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .059 .200 .059 .259 1 0 0 0 0 2
1977 28 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 24 24 4 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .292 .292 .500 .792 12 1 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 15 15 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .400 .400 .400 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL WS LAD W 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs (7 Series) 30 121 114 12 32 4 1 3 15 2 0 5 14 .281 .314 .412 .726 47 3 1 0 1 3
3 ALCS 14 57 53 6 18 1 1 2 10 2 0 3 9 .340 .368 .509 .878 27 1 0 0 1 2
1 NLCS 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 WS 13 53 51 6 14 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .275 .302 .392 .694 20 1 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 NYY AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 22 CLE AL 458 2.0% 18.1% 8.7% 7.2% 29% 2.08 5.0 46.1 8.6 1.48 71%
1972 23 CLE AL 499 1.2% 12.6% 5.2% 7.0% 26% 2.42 7.4 77.7 10.6 1.03 80%
1973 24 CLE AL 636 1.7% 12.0% 9.1% 6.8% 28% 1.31 7.5 52.0 10.8 1.18 77%
1974 25 TOT AL 499 1.2% 9.6% 5.6% 5.8% 24% 1.71 9.7 77.8 9.3 1.14 83%
1974 25 CLE AL 72 0.0% 6.9% 6.9% 5.6% 18% 1.00 13.4 9.6 0.71 86%
1974 25 NYY AL 427 1.4% 10.1% 5.4% 5.9% 26% 1.87 9.3 66.7 9.3 1.23 83%
1975 26 NYY AL 603 1.5% 8.3% 4.8% 8.5% 30% 1.72 11.2 62.4 7.8 0.97 84%
1976 27 NYY AL 676 2.5% 11.8% 4.0% 8.1% 29% 2.96 8.0 37.7 6.7 0.95 81%
1977 28 NYY AL 653 2.6% 11.2% 6.9% 8.4% 32% 1.62 8.2 35.3 6.7 1.41 79%
1978 29 NYY AL 677 1.8% 8.9% 6.1% 6.1% 24% 1.46 10.4 52.1 6.9 0.88 82%
1979 30 NYY AL 599 3.0% 8.9% 5.7% 8.0% 31% 1.56 10.5 30.8 8.8 1.01 81%
1980 31 ATL NL 663 2.7% 11.0% 7.4% 8.6% 34% 1.49 8.2 33.4 8.4 0.85 78%
1981 32 ATL NL 455 1.8% 9.0% 9.7% 7.7% 32% 0.93 9.9 50.5 7.9 0.75 79%
1982 33 ATL NL 598 3.3% 9.5% 9.5% 7.9% 33% 1.00 9.4 26.7 6.2 0.95 77%
1983 34 ATL NL 514 3.9% 13.2% 12.3% 9.1% 38% 1.08 6.6 22.4 5.7 0.83 70%
1984 35 ATL NL 455 2.0% 11.9% 12.8% 5.1% 23% 0.93 7.2 43.2 8.8 0.93 73%
1985 36 ATL NL 189 1.6% 11.6% 9.5% 5.3% 25% 1.22 7.7 56.7 8.1 0.95 77%
1986 37 ATL NL 138 1.5% 17.4% 10.9% 7.3% 26% 1.60 5.1 61.0 8.7 0.77 70%
1988 39 NYY AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
17 Yrs 8313 2.2% 11.1% 7.6% 7.5% 29% 1.47 8.2 40.9 7.8 1.00 78%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.7% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.60 6.5 43.8 8.6 0.80 1.09 74% 20% 8.2% 41%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 CLE AL 1.9 0.2 466 0.3 8.1 -7.8 1.02 0.6 -0.3 10.0 1.0 0.95 8.4 1.57 3
1972 23 CLE AL 5.9 0.7 513 0.7 9.7 -9.0 1.05 0.9 -0.3 4.4 0.5 0.92 8.0 2.02 2
1973 24 CLE AL 3.3 0.3 657 -0.9 10.5 -11.4 .95 -0.2 -0.8 -4.3 -0.4 0.91 -2.0 0.17 1
1974 25 TOT AL -9.3 -1.0 503 -0.3 8.7 -9.0 1.02 -0.8 0.5 -3.2 -0.3 0.96 -6.0 2.36 4
1974 25 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 74 0.1 1.7 -1.6 1.26 0.1 -0.0 1.5 0.2 1.00 1.3 0
1974 25 NYY AL -11.3 -1.2 429 -0.4 7.0 -7.4 .98 -0.8 0.5 -4.6 -0.5 0.95 -7.3 2.36 4
1975 26 NYY AL 12.2 1.2 613 -0.3 10.9 -11.3 1.05 0.6 -0.9 2.4 0.2 0.97 6.2 2.57 3
1976 27 NYY AL 15.2 1.6 683 1.9 14.6 -12.7 1.08 1.3 0.4 23.5 2.5 1.01 13.3 0
1977 28 NYY AL 9.6 0.9 663 1.9 13.0 -11.1 .96 0.6 1.3 12.5 1.2 0.97 6.0 2.78 4
1978 29 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 688 2.2 13.0 -10.7 .98 0.5 1.8 18.0 1.8 0.99 6.8 1.62 1
1979 30 NYY AL 3.2 0.3 611 0.3 10.7 -10.4 .99 0.1 0.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -0.1 2
1980 31 ATL NL 10.8 1.1 680 0.4 12.3 -11.9 1.03 1.4 -1.0 13.6 1.4 0.94 17.8 0
1981 32 ATL NL 6.0 0.6 465 2.2 9.1 -7.0 1.01 0.5 1.7 13.9 1.4 0.92 8.1 0
1982 33 ATL NL 8.4 0.9 612 3.6 13.4 -9.8 1.06 2.2 1.2 28.5 2.9 0.95 25.8 1.82 10
1983 34 ATL NL 16.8 1.7 529 2.1 10.7 -8.6 1.04 2.4 -0.3 22.4 2.2 0.98 26.4 2.59 8
1984 35 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 465 0.1 8.0 -7.9 1.08 0.5 -0.4 6.5 0.6 0.97 6.4 1.77 24
1985 36 ATL NL -5.8 -0.6 189 -1.5 2.6 -4.1 1.12 -0.5 -0.9 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 -2.4 1.68 54
1986 37 ATL NL 3.9 0.4 142 1.2 4.4 -3.2 1.50 0.5 0.3 8.0 0.8 1.04 5.3 1.86 68
1988 39 NYY AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .51 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0.51 1
17 Yrs 81.3 8.3 8480 13.8 159.6 -145.7 1.03 10.6 2.7 154.8 15.7 0.96 127.6 1.83 185
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 22 CLE AL 4 0 27% 193 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 36% 35 25 9 7 4 3 14 4 8
1972 23 CLE AL 9 0 29% 214 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 7 11 50% 29 16 13 6 2 3 13 3 8
1973 24 CLE AL 6 0 29% 263 4 8 33% 4 7 0 1 0 0 5 1 5 14 46% 28 20 8 6 2 3 21 5 14
1974 25 TOT AL 9 0 28% 188 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 55% 31 15 15 7 3 4 11 2 8
1974 25 CLE AL 0 0 30% 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 64% 8 3 5 2 0 2 1 1 0
1974 25 NYY AL 9 0 28% 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 53% 23 12 10 5 3 2 10 1 8
1975 26 NYY AL 11 1 30% 268 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 17 50% 24 16 7 4 1 3 20 6 14
1976 27 NYY AL 5 1 31% 252 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 49% 22 15 7 10 5 4 21 5 15
1977 28 NYY AL 5 1 36% 265 4 0 100% 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 15 38% 42 29 11 10 7 3 25 9 15
1978 29 NYY AL 14 0 34% 275 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 45% 46 29 14 12 6 6 17 2 14
1979 30 NYY AL 8 0 24% 239 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 10 33% 38 28 10 8 4 3 14 6 7
1980 31 ATL NL 8 2 32% 246 7 3 70% 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 12 30% 32 26 5 8 5 3 21 9 10
1981 32 ATL NL 4 1 25% 199 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 43% 17 13 3 5 2 3 18 7 11
1982 33 ATL NL 6 1 20% 226 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 50% 31 17 14 5 3 2 16 5 10
1983 34 ATL NL 2 1 23% 181 2 7 22% 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 11 29% 37 31 4 5 4 1 16 3 12
1984 35 ATL NL 6 1 25% 184 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 44% 28 17 11 11 7 4 7 2 5
1985 36 ATL NL 5 0 24% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 28% 11 7 4 3 2 1 4 3 0
1986 37 ATL NL 1 0 22% 45 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 42% 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1988 39 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 103 9 28% 3300 40 35 53% 36 30 2 3 2 2 21 3 92 175 42% 461 311 138 107 57 46 240 71 153
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 22 CLE AL 458 67% 114 3 0 0 1 1.57 9 0 5 7 2 5 4 0 2 2 100% 87 9 10% 34 7 21% 275 41 15% 20 11 55% 10 5 50% 0
1972 23 CLE AL 499 56% 136 2 0 0 0 2.02 6 0 5 5 1 3 3 0 5 3 60% 106 8 8% 40 13 33% 275 39 14% 30 18 60% 11 5 45% 0
1973 24 CLE AL 636 70% 156 1 0 0 0 0.17 11 1 7 8 3 8 3 0 1 1 100% 120 14 12% 55 14 25% 355 45 13% 22 6 27% 26 13 50% 0
1974 25 TOT AL 499 63% 119 4 0 0 0 2.36 6 0 12 3 3 4 2 0 5 2 40% 98 10 10% 32 14 44% 314 45 14% 24 14 58% 15 12 80% 0
1974 25 CLE AL 72 78% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 4 2 50% 45 7 16% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1974 25 NYY AL 427 60% 97 4 0 0 0 2.36 6 0 10 3 3 4 2 0 5 2 40% 84 9 11% 28 12 43% 269 38 14% 21 12 57% 14 11 79% 0
1975 26 NYY AL 603 64% 171 3 0 0 0 2.57 9 0 15 7 2 4 5 0 4 4 100% 132 19 14% 68 27 40% 383 65 17% 44 30 68% 32 23 72% 0
1976 27 NYY AL 676 53% 188 0 0 0 0 17 1 8 4 13 10 7 0 3 1 33% 138 11 8% 53 16 30% 464 82 18% 37 23 62% 23 17 74% 0
1977 28 NYY AL 653 56% 172 4 2 1 1 2.78 17 0 14 9 8 11 6 0 0 0 127 22 17% 49 14 29% 444 75 17% 35 13 37% 19 9 47% 0
1978 29 NYY AL 677 49% 171 1 0 0 0 1.62 12 1 23 8 4 6 6 0 3 1 33% 124 6 5% 62 13 21% 464 85 18% 53 32 60% 32 21 66% 0
1979 30 NYY AL 599 57% 155 2 1 0 0 18 0 11 12 6 10 8 0 2 1 50% 121 9 7% 40 11 28% 370 46 12% 27 17 63% 17 9 53% 0
1980 31 ATL NL 663 76% 170 0 0 0 0 18 0 6 15 3 12 6 0 2 2 100% 137 11 8% 61 13 21% 398 54 14% 41 17 41% 23 13 57% 0
1981 32 ATL NL 455 77% 110 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 7 1 2 6 0 2 2 100% 76 11 14% 35 13 37% 246 45 18% 22 15 68% 14 8 57% 0
1982 33 ATL NL 598 83% 144 10 4 2 5 1.82 20 1 18 19 1 11 9 0 0 0 105 11 10% 54 24 44% 372 71 19% 31 17 55% 26 18 69% 0
1983 34 ATL NL 514 83% 125 8 5 0 4 2.59 20 1 16 18 2 9 11 0 0 0 101 8 8% 50 14 28% 331 58 18% 41 15 37% 19 11 58% 0
1984 35 ATL NL 455 81% 100 24 4 0 5 1.77 9 0 13 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 77 10 13% 36 16 44% 296 38 13% 24 12 50% 17 11 65% 0
1985 36 ATL NL 189 78% 40 54 11 1 9 1.68 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 35 5 14% 15 5 33% 129 19 15% 15 9 60% 7 4 57% 0
1986 37 ATL NL 138 88% 38 68 20 1 7 1.86 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 38 2 5% 12 3 25% 105 13 12% 10 3 30% 6 2 33% 0
1988 39 NYY AL 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 8313 67% 2109 0 0 185 47 5 32 1.83 185 5 173 136 49 104 81 0 29 19 66% 1622 166 10% 696 217 31% 5221 821 16% 476 252 53% 297 181 61% 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

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
1971 22 111 458 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 2 0 40 83 .275 .341 .407 .749 104 169 9 2 2 0 1
1972 23 232 957 881 100 250 47 6 15 92 5 4 66 146 .284 .334 .402 .735 108 354 17 2 5 4 3
1973 24 387 1593 1453 170 406 77 8 26 145 9 12 124 222 .279 .337 .397 .734 107 577 31 5 6 6 11
1974 25 514 2092 1920 216 525 97 11 32 195 9 13 152 270 .273 .327 .385 .713 102 740 41 5 8 8 13
1975 26 664 2695 2482 282 696 135 15 41 267 9 14 181 320 .280 .329 .396 .726 106 984 60 6 12 14 22
1976 27 820 3371 3123 361 884 167 21 58 363 10 14 208 400 .283 .328 .406 .734 109 1267 71 9 13 17 23
1977 28 977 4024 3723 451 1056 199 27 75 453 14 14 253 473 .284 .329 .412 .741 110 1534 93 11 13 22 28
1978 29 1139 4701 4348 532 1227 225 30 87 543 16 15 294 533 .282 .328 .408 .736 108 1773 99 16 14 27 31
1979 30 1288 5300 4902 593 1382 252 33 105 606 19 17 328 586 .282 .328 .411 .739 108 2015 108 21 15 32 35
1980 31 1446 5963 5504 676 1552 289 35 123 678 26 20 377 659 .282 .329 .414 .743 109 2280 119 25 17 36 41
1981 32 1553 6418 5908 720 1662 314 37 131 729 30 21 421 700 .281 .330 .414 .743 109 2443 130 26 19 39 51
1982 33 1710 7016 6442 777 1806 339 39 151 815 37 24 478 757 .280 .330 .415 .746 109 2676 141 26 19 45 64
1983 34 1841 7530 6889 836 1931 363 42 171 893 39 31 541 825 .280 .333 .420 .753 110 2891 149 26 19 48 79
1984 35 1976 7985 7278 883 2031 377 42 180 937 40 33 599 879 .279 .334 .417 .750 109 3032 159 27 19 54 91
1985 36 2077 8174 7448 899 2071 384 42 183 958 40 33 617 901 .278 .333 .415 .748 109 3088 164 27 19 55 95
1986 37 2174 8312 7570 912 2109 392 42 185 972 40 35 632 925 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 3140 166 27 19 56 99
1987 38 2174 8312 7570 912 2109 392 42 185 972 40 35 632 925 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 3140 166 27 19 56 99
1988 39 2175 8313 7571 912 2109 392 42 185 972 40 35 632 926 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 3140 166 27 19 56 99

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 22 112 466 421 52 118 21 4 9 51 2 41 84 .280 .347 .413 .760 60 111
1972 23 126 544 506 66 161 32 2 7 57 4 31 66 .318 .355 .431 .786 78 121
1973 24 155 647 580 76 164 32 2 12 57 4 61 76 .283 .353 .407 .760 82 155
1974 25 127 513 478 53 130 22 3 7 58 0 31 48 .272 .315 .374 .690 56 127
1975 26 151 617 575 73 182 40 4 10 80 0 31 50 .317 .349 .452 .801 92 150
1976 27 157 703 666 94 210 36 7 19 115 1 30 80 .315 .346 .476 .822 109 156
1977 28 157 658 605 94 177 33 6 17 94 4 46 73 .293 .342 .451 .793 94 157
1978 29 162 697 641 94 187 28 3 13 104 2 45 60 .292 .341 .406 .746 88 162
1979 30 150 606 560 63 159 28 3 18 65 3 35 53 .284 .329 .441 .770 80 149
1980 31 158 670 609 88 177 39 2 19 77 7 51 73 .291 .347 .455 .802 95 158
1981 32 162 703 622 74 177 40 3 13 85 6 71 62 .285 .357 .421 .778 94 107
1982 33 157 601 537 59 147 26 2 20 89 7 58 57 .274 .341 .441 .782 82 157
1983 34 131 513 447 59 125 24 3 20 78 2 63 68 .280 .366 .481 .847 79 131
1984 35 135 456 390 48 101 14 0 9 45 1 59 54 .259 .353 .364 .717 51 135
1985 36 101 190 171 17 41 7 0 3 22 0 18 22 .240 .311 .333 .644 18 101
1986 37 97 138 122 13 38 8 0 2 14 0 15 24 .311 .384 .426 .810 20 97
1988 39 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
17 Yrs 2239 8723 7931 1023 2294 430 44 198 1091 43 686 951 .289 .346 .429 .775 1178 2175
162 Game Avg. 162 631 574 74 166 31 3 14 79 3 50 69 .289 .346 .429 .775 85 2175
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1994 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1976 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1971 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (5, 21%)
1977 AL (29, 0%)
1982 NL (23, 1%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Gold Gloves
1978 AL (1B)

Batting Average s c a p y
1975 AL  .304 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 NL  .481 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 NL  .847 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  162 (2nd)
1980 NL  158 (10th)
1981 NL  107 (5th)
Career  2,175 (141st)

At Bats s c a p y
1976 AL  641 (2nd)
1978 AL  625 (5th)
1981 NL  404 (10th)
Career  7,571 (188th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1978 AL  677 (9th)
1981 NL  455 (9th)
Career  8,313 (207th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  171 (10th)
1976 AL  188 (3rd)
1978 AL  171 (7th)
Career  2,109 (210th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 AL  283 (2nd)
1980 NL  265 (9th)
Career  3,140 (241st)

Doubles s c a p y
1972 AL  27 (10th)
1973 AL  30 (3rd)
1975 AL  38 (3rd)
1976 AL  32 (6th)
1980 NL  37 (6th)
1981 NL  25 (5th)
Career  392 (189th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1976 AL  96 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1976 AL  133 (9th)
1978 AL  130 (7th)
Career  1,490 (204th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 AL  90 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  55 (6th)
1980 NL  57 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  56 (244th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  8 (9th)
1981 NL  10 (4th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  12 (9th)
Career  99 (124th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL  19 (5th)
1977 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  166 (195th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1983 NL  22.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL  468 (10th)
1978 AL  467 (10th)
Career  5,738 (183rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1948-12-26 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (945), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Wally Joyner (914)
  2. Hal McRae (903)
  3. Jeff Conine (899)
  4. Felipe Alou (892)
  5. Keith Hernandez (885)
  6. Amos Otis (878)
  7. Charlie Grimm (874)
  8. George Scott (871)
  9. Ron Fairly (870)
  10. Dusty Baker (869)
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  1. Mickey Vernon (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mickey Vernon (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Vernon (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Burns (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Burns (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Montanez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Montanez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Montanez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Montanez (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Montanez (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Buckner (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Buckner (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Wally Joyner (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Wally Joyner (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Wally Joyner (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Wally Joyner (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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