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Will Clark

William Nuschler Clark (The Thrill)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 13, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Jesuit (New Orleans, LA)
School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1986
Teams (by GP): Giants/Rangers/Orioles/Cardinals 1986-2000
Agents: Jeff Moorad [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #108. Ted Simmons… #109. Keith Hernandez… #110. Lou Brock… #111. WILL CLARK… #112. Ken Boyer… #113. Lou Boudreau… #114. Fred McGriff… 

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
1986 22 SFG NL 111 458 408 66 117 27 2 11 41 4 7 34 76 .287 .343 .444 .787 121 181 3 3 9 4 10 3 RoY-5
1987 23 SFG NL 150 588 529 89 163 29 5 35 91 5 17 49 98 .308 .371 .580 .951 152 307 2 5 3 2 11 *3 MVP-5
1988 24 SFG NL 162 689 575 102 162 31 6 29 109 9 1 100 129 .282 .386 .508 .894 160 292 9 4 0 10 27 *3 AS,MVP-5
1989 25 SFG NL 159 675 588 104 196 38 9 23 111 8 3 74 103 .333 .407 .546 .953 175 321 6 5 0 8 14 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 26 SFG NL 154 678 600 91 177 25 5 19 95 8 2 62 97 .295 .357 .448 .805 125 269 7 3 0 13 9 *3 AS
1991 27 SFG NL 148 622 565 84 170 32 7 29 116 4 2 51 91 .301 .359 .536 .895 154 303 5 2 0 4 12 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 28 SFG NL 144 601 513 69 154 40 1 16 73 12 7 73 82 .300 .384 .476 .860 150 244 5 4 0 11 23 *3 AS
1993 29 SFG NL 132 567 491 82 139 27 2 14 73 2 2 63 68 .283 .367 .432 .799 117 212 10 6 1 6 6 *3
1994 30 TEX AL 110 469 389 73 128 24 2 13 80 5 1 71 59 .329 .431 .501 .932 141 195 5 3 0 6 11 *3 AS,MVP-15
1995 31 TEX AL 123 537 454 85 137 27 3 16 92 0 1 68 50 .302 .389 .480 .869 123 218 7 4 0 11 6 *3
1996 32 TEX AL 117 512 436 69 124 25 1 13 72 2 1 64 67 .284 .377 .436 .813 102 190 10 5 0 7 5 *3
1997 33 TEX AL 110 450 393 56 128 29 1 12 51 0 0 49 62 .326 .400 .496 .896 128 195 4 3 0 5 11 3
1998 34 TEX AL 149 636 554 98 169 41 1 23 102 1 0 72 97 .305 .384 .507 .891 126 281 15 3 0 7 5 *3
1999 35 BAL AL 77 294 251 40 76 15 0 10 29 2 2 38 42 .303 .395 .482 .877 127 121 5 2 0 3 2 3
2000 36 TOT MLB 130 507 427 78 136 30 2 21 70 5 2 69 69 .319 .418 .546 .964 144 233 7 7 0 4 3 *3/D
2000 36 BAL AL 79 310 256 49 77 15 1 9 28 4 2 47 45 .301 .413 .473 .886 129 121 4 4 0 3 3 33
2000 36 STL NL 51 197 171 29 59 15 1 12 42 1 0 22 24 .345 .426 .655 1.081 166 112 3 3 0 1 0 33
15 Seasons 1976 8283 7173 1186 2176 440 47 284 1205 67 48 937 1190 .303 .384 .497 .880 137 3562 100 59 13 101 155
162 Game Avg. 162 679 588 97 178 36 4 23 99 5 4 77 98 .303 .384 .497 .880 137 292 8 5 1 8 13
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
SFG (8 yrs) 1160 4878 4269 687 1278 249 37 176 709 52 41 506 744 .299 .373 .499 .872 145 2129 47 32 13 58 112
TEX (5 yrs) 609 2604 2226 381 686 146 8 77 397 8 3 324 335 .308 .395 .485 .880 124 1079 41 18 0 36 38
BAL (2 yrs) 156 604 507 89 153 30 1 19 57 6 4 85 87 .302 .404 .477 .881 128 242 9 6 0 6 5
STL (1 yr) 51 197 171 29 59 15 1 12 42 1 0 22 24 .345 .426 .655 1.081 166 112 3 3 0 1 0
NL (9 yrs) 1211 5075 4440 716 1337 264 38 188 751 53 41 528 768 .301 .375 .505 .880 146 2241 50 35 13 59 112
AL (7 yrs) 765 3208 2733 470 839 176 9 96 454 14 7 409 422 .307 .397 .483 .880 125 1321 50 24 0 42 43

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
1986 22 SFG NL 458 14 -1 -1 3 2 -7 14 24 2.6 22 2.3 0.3 $60,000 3 RoY-5
1987 23 SFG NL 588 41 -4 -2 1 -1 -9 19 45 4.6 46 4.8 -0.2 $120,000 *3 MVP-5
1988 24 SFG NL 689 46 5 -1 2 0 -10 21 63 7.1 63 6.6 0.5 $320,000 *3 AS,MVP-5
1989 25 SFG NL 675 59 2 2 2 9 -10 20 84 9.4 75 8.1 1.3 $1,125,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 26 SFG NL 678 18 3 -1 3 -3 -10 18 28 3.0 31 3.3 -0.3 $2,250,000 *3 AS
1991 27 SFG NL 622 35 0 -2 3 1 -9 17 45 4.9 44 4.7 0.2 $3,750,000 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 28 SFG NL 601 32 1 -1 2 -3 -9 17 39 4.4 42 4.6 -0.2 $4,275,000 *3 AS
1993 29 SFG NL 567 15 0 -1 0 -7 -8 15 14 1.5 21 2.1 -0.6 $4,750,000 *3
1994 30 TEX AL 469 28 4 -1 1 -3 -7 15 37 3.5 40 3.9 -0.4 $3,875,972 *3 AS,MVP-15
1995 31 TEX AL 537 18 0 0 1 1 -8 17 29 2.9 28 2.8 0.1 $5,647,726 *3
1996 32 TEX AL 512 2 3 -1 1 4 -7 16 18 1.8 14 1.4 0.4 $5,657,365 *3
1997 33 TEX AL 450 17 0 0 1 8 -7 15 34 3.4 26 2.6 0.8 $5,657,365 3
1998 34 TEX AL 636 26 0 -1 -1 -5 -10 21 30 2.9 35 3.4 -0.5 $5,812,595 *3
1999 35 BAL AL 294 11 -1 1 0 -2 -4 10 15 1.5 17 1.7 -0.2 $4,920,840 3
2000 36 BAL AL 310 15 -1 0 0 -1 -5 11 19 1.8 20 1.9 -0.1 $6,000,000 33
2000 36 STL NL 197 19 1 1 -1 0 -3 6 24 2.3 23 2.3 0.0 $ 33
15 Seasons 8283 396 12 -8 18 2 -123 252 548 57.6 547 56.5 1.1 $54,221,863
SFG (8 yrs) 4878 260 6 -7 16 -1 -72 141 342 37.5 344 36.5 1.0 $16,650,000
TEX (5 yrs) 2604 91 7 -3 3 6 -39 84 148 14.5 143 14.1 0.4 $26,651,023
BAL (2 yrs) 604 26 -2 1 0 -3 -9 21 34 3.3 37 3.6 -0.3 $10,920,840
STL (1 yr) 197 19 1 1 -1 0 -3 6 24 2.3 23 2.3 0.0 $

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
1987 23 SFG NL NLCS STL L 7 28 25 3 9 2 0 1 3 1 1 3 6 .360 .429 .560 .989 14 1 0 0 0 1
1989 25 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 5 22 20 8 13 3 1 2 8 0 0 2 2 .650 .682 1.200 1.882 24 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 SFG NL WS OAK L 4 17 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 5 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 4 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .125 .263 .125 .388 2 1 0 0 0 1
1998 34 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 36 STL NL NLDS ATL W 3 14 12 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 1 0 0 1
2000 36 STL NL NLCS NYM L 5 20 17 3 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .412 .500 .706 1.206 12 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 31 132 117 20 39 8 1 5 16 1 1 13 19 .333 .409 .547 .956 64 2 2 0 0 3
1 NLDS 3 14 12 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 31 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .111 .226 .111 .337 3 1 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 17 70 62 14 29 7 1 4 12 1 1 7 9 .468 .529 .806 1.335 50 1 1 0 0 1
1 WS 4 17 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 5 0 0 0 0 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
1986 SFG NL 22 1B 102 1025 942 72 11 76 .989 2 9.94 .992 9.95 RoY-5
1987 SFG NL 23 1B 139 1369 1253 103 13 130 .991 -1 9.76 .991 9.83 MVP-5
1988 SFG NL 24 1B 158 1608 1492 104 12 126 .993 0 10.10 .991 9.98 AS,MVP-5
1989 SFG NL 25 1B 158 1566 1445 111 10 117 .994 9 9.85 .992 9.76 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 SFG NL 26 1B 153 1587 1456 119 12 118 .992 -3 10.29 .992 9.53 AS
1991 SFG NL 27 1B 144 1387 1273 110 4 115 .997 1 9.60 .992 9.75 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 SFG NL 28 1B 141 1390 1275 105 10 130 .993 -3 9.79 .993 9.76 AS
1993 SFG NL 29 1B 129 1180 1078 88 14 113 .988 -7 9.04 .992 9.61
1994 TEX AL 30 1B 107 1051 968 73 10 87 .990 -3 9.73 .992 9.49 AS,MVP-15
1994 TEX AL 30 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-15
1995 TEX AL 31 1B 122 1171 1076 88 7 125 .994 1 9.54 .993 9.50
1995 TEX AL 31 DH 1 1
1996 TEX AL 32 1B 117 1033 956 73 4 90 .996 4 8.79 .992 9.18
1997 TEX AL 33 1B 100 946 880 62 4 86 .996 8 9.42 .992 9.23
1997 TEX AL 33 DH 6 6
1998 TEX AL 34 1B 134 1165 1079 73 13 112 .989 -5 8.60 .992 9.33
1998 TEX AL 34 DH 15 15
1999 BAL AL 35 1B 63 620 575 42 3 54 .995 -2 9.79 .992 9.35
1999 BAL AL 35 DH 3 3
2000 TOT MLB 36 1B 122 1027 947 71 9 92 .991 -0 8.34 .993 9.22
2000 BAL AL 36 1B 72 633 583 44 6 58 .991 -1 8.71 .993 9.26
2000 STL NL 36 1B 50 394 364 27 3 34 .992 0 7.82 .992 9.16
2000 BAL AL 36 DH 6 6
15 Seasons 1B 1889 18125 16695 1294 136 1571 .992 2 9.52 .992 9.59
15 Seasons TOT 1889 18125 16695 1294 136 1571 .992 2 9.52 .992 9.59
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-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
2006 BBWAA ( 4.4%)

All-Star Games
1988 (1B)
1989 (1B)
1990 (1B)
1991 (1B)
1992 *
1994 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 NL (5, 38%)
1988 NL (5, 40%)
1989 NL (2, 67%)
1991 NL (4, 35%)
1994 AL (15, 4%)
1.84 Career Shares (111th)

Gold Gloves
1991 NL (1B)

Silver Sluggers
1989 NL (1B)
1991 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1988 NL  7.1 (3rd)
1989 NL  9.4 (1st)
Career  57.6 (172nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1988 NL  7.1 (3rd)
1989 NL  9.4 (1st)
1991 NL  4.9 (8th)
Career  57.6 (124th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.8 (10th)
1988 NL  6.6 (1st)
1989 NL  8.1 (3rd)
1991 NL  4.7 (10th)
1994 AL  3.9 (7th)
Career  56.5 (105th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1987 NL  .308 (6th)
1989 NL  .333 (2nd)
1991 NL  .301 (8th)
1994 AL  .329 (8th)
Career  .303 (162nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1988 NL  .386 (3rd)
1989 NL  .407 (3rd)
1992 NL  .384 (8th)
1994 AL  .431 (5th)
Career  .384 (144th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 NL  .580 (4th)
1988 NL  .508 (3rd)
1989 NL  .546 (3rd)
1991 NL  .536 (1st)
1992 NL  .476 (9th)
Career  .497 (114th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1987 NL  .951 (8th)
1988 NL  .894 (2nd)
1989 NL  .953 (2nd)
1991 NL  .895 (2nd)
1992 NL  .860 (8th)
Career  .880 (94th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 NL  162 (1st)
1989 NL  159 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1989 NL  588 (10th)
1990 NL  600 (9th)
Career  7,173 (241st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1988 NL  689 (1st)
1989 NL  675 (7th)
1990 NL  678 (7th)
Career  8,283 (209th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1988 NL  102 (3rd)
1989 NL  104 (1st)
Career  1,186 (181st)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  196 (2nd)
1990 NL  177 (8th)
1991 NL  170 (6th)
Career  2,176 (181st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1987 NL  307 (5th)
1988 NL  292 (5th)
1989 NL  321 (2nd)
1991 NL  303 (1st)
Career  3,562 (145th)

Doubles s c a p y
1989 NL  38 (4th)
1992 NL  40 (2nd)
1998 AL  41 (7th)
Career  440 (111th)

Triples s c a p y
1989 NL  9 (3rd)
1991 NL  7 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  35 (6th)
1988 NL  29 (3rd)
1989 NL  23 (10th)
1991 NL  29 (6th)
Career  284 (152nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1988 NL  109 (1st)
1989 NL  111 (3rd)
1990 NL  95 (9th)
1991 NL  116 (2nd)
Career  1,205 (142nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  100 (1st)
1994 AL  71 (6th)
Career  937 (148th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 NL  129 (3rd)
Career  1,190 (152nd)

Singles s c a p y
1989 NL  126 (6th)
1990 NL  128 (8th)
1994 AL  89 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1987 NL  152 (7th)
1988 NL  160 (2nd)
1989 NL  175 (2nd)
1991 NL  153 (2nd)
1992 NL  150 (7th)
Career  137 (94th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1988 NL  120 (1st)
1989 NL  136 (1st)
1990 NL  101 (9th)
1991 NL  110 (4th)
1994 AL  91 (10th)
Career  1,415 (100th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  38 (9th)
1988 NL  49 (1st)
1989 NL  59 (2nd)
1991 NL  38 (3rd)
1992 NL  38 (7th)
1994 AL  28 (8th)
Career  405 (72nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  3.6 (9th)
1988 NL  5.1 (1st)
1989 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1991 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1992 NL  3.9 (7th)
1994 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  39.6 (70th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  69 (6th)
1988 NL  66 (3rd)
1989 NL  70 (4th)
1991 NL  68 (3rd)
Career  771 (126th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1988 NL  266 (1st)
1989 NL  275 (1st)
1990 NL  242 (6th)
1994 AL  202 (8th)
Career  3,172 (151st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 NL  .698 (9th)
1988 NL  .760 (1st)
1989 NL  .811 (2nd)
1991 NL  .733 (3rd)
1992 NL  .721 (8th)
1994 AL  .719 (6th)
Career  .685 (102nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  10 (2nd)
1989 NL  8 (3rd)
1990 NL  13 (2nd)
1992 NL  11 (2nd)
1994 AL  6 (10th)
1995 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  101 (28th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  27 (1st)
1991 NL  12 (7th)
1992 NL  23 (2nd)
1994 AL  11 (7th)
1997 AL  11 (7th)
Career  155 (39th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1987 NL  17 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1992 NL  13.7 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 NL  15.1 (7th)
1988 NL  19.8 (4th)
1991 NL  19.5 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1988 NL  40.26 (5th)
1989 NL  69.34 (1st)
1991 NL  57.79 (2nd)
1994 AL  41.45 (5th)
Career  437.39 (49th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 NL  3.9 (10th)
1988 NL  5.5 (3rd)
1989 NL  8.3 (1st)
1991 NL  5.8 (3rd)
1992 NL  3.8 (10th)
1994 AL  3.1 (5th)
Career  45.9 (41st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.4 (7th)
1988 NL  4.7 (2nd)
1989 NL  6.7 (1st)
1991 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1992 NL  3.1 (10th)
1994 AL  3.1 (6th)
Career  42.0 (48th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1988 NL  4.3 (5th)
1989 NL  7.2 (1st)
1991 NL  6.0 (2nd)
1994 AL  3.7 (5th)
Career  43.0 (48th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1987 NL  1,253 (5th)
1988 NL  1,492 (1st)
1989 NL  1,445 (1st)
1990 NL  1,456 (1st)
1991 NL  1,273 (4th)
1992 NL  1,275 (4th)
1994 AL  968 (1st)
Career  16,695 (30th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1988 NL  158 (1st)
1989 NL  158 (3rd)
1990 NL  153 (2nd)
1991 NL  144 (5th)
1994 AL  107 (2nd)
Career  1,889 (29th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1987 NL  1,253 (5th)
1988 NL  1,492 (1st)
1989 NL  1,445 (1st)
1990 NL  1,456 (1st)
1991 NL  1,273 (4th)
1992 NL  1,275 (4th)
1994 AL  968 (1st)
Career  16,695 (30th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1987 NL  103 (4th)
1988 NL  104 (3rd)
1989 NL  111 (4th)
1990 NL  119 (2nd)
1991 NL  110 (3rd)
1992 NL  105 (5th)
1994 AL  73 (2nd)
Career  1,294 (21st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1986 NL  11 (3rd)
1987 NL  13 (4th)
1988 NL  12 (5th)
1989 NL  10 (5th)
1990 NL  12 (2nd)
1992 NL  10 (3rd)
1993 NL  14 (4th)
1994 AL  10 (1st)
1995 AL  7 (4th)
1998 AL  13 (2nd)
Career  136 (68th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1989 NL  9 (1st)
1996 AL  4 (4th)
1997 AL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1986 NL  10.34 (3rd)
1987 NL  10.20 (4th)
1988 NL  10.49 (1st)
1989 NL  10.19 (3rd)
1990 NL  10.60 (1st)
1991 NL  10.08 (4th)
1992 NL  10.10 (3rd)
1994 AL  10.18 (4th)
1997 AL  10.00 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1986 NL  9.94 (2nd)
1987 NL  9.76 (2nd)
1988 NL  10.10 (1st)
1989 NL  9.85 (1st)
1990 NL  10.29 (1st)
1991 NL  9.60 (3rd)
1992 NL  9.79 (2nd)
1994 AL  9.73 (5th)
1995 AL  9.54 (4th)
1997 AL  9.42 (2nd)
Career  9.52 (97th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1988 NL  .993 (5th)
1989 NL  .994 (4th)
1991 NL  .997 (2nd)
1996 AL  .996 (3rd)
1997 AL  .996 (3rd)
Career  .992 (90th)

Salary s c a p y
1990 NL  $2,250,000 (2nd)
1991 NL  $3,750,000 (2nd)
1992 NL  $4,275,000 (8th)
1993 NL  $4,750,000 (8th)

                                         

† 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 - 13 (181), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (243), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (216), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (137), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Kent Hrbek (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rafael Palmeiro (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rafael Palmeiro (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kent Hrbek (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bernie Williams (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bernie Williams (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Luis Gonzalez (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Luis Gonzalez (913)  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
198622San Francisco Giants$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198723San Francisco Giants$120,0001987 USA Today survey
198824San Francisco Giants$320,000*
198925San Francisco Giants$1,125,0001989 USA Today survey
199026San Francisco Giants$2,250,000*
199127San Francisco Giants$3,750,0004/5/91 USA Today
199228San Francisco Giants$4,275,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
199329San Francisco Giants$4,750,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $500,000 signing bonus
199430Texas Rangers$3,875,9721996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $400K signing bon, $50K earned bon; $2M def.
199531Texas Rangers$5,647,7261996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $400K signing bonus; $1.75M deferral
199632Texas Rangers$5,657,3651996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $400K signing bonus; $2M deferral
199733Texas Rangers$5,657,3651997 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $400K signing bonus; $2M deferral
199834Texas Rangers$5,812,5954/3/98 USA Today
199935Baltimore Orioles$4,920,8404/6/99 USA Today
200036Baltimore Orioles$6,000,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$54,221,863
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $345,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $2,275,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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