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Nate Colbert

Nathan Colbert

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 9, 1946 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Teams (by GP): Padres/Expos/Tigers/Astros/Athletics 1966-1976

Final Game: October 1, 1976
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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
1964	18	STL-min	Rk	45	83	83		18	3	1	2						.217	.217	.349	.566		29							CDS · SARR
1965	19	STL-min	A	81	285	285		78	7	2	9						.274	.274	.407	.681		116							CDR · MIDW
1966	20	HOU	NL	19	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	21	HOU-min	AA,AAA	122	492	439	82	127	18	4	28	67	26	4	53	148	.289	.366	.540	.906		237		0	0	0			AMA,OKC · TL,PCL
1968	22	HOU-min	AAA	92	355	322	52	85	15	4	14	44	8	7	26	77	.264	.327	.466	.793		150		5	0	2			OKC · PCL
1968	22	HOU	NL	20	56	53	5	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	23	.151	.164	.170	.333	2	9	2	0	1	1	0	/3879
1969	23	SDP	NL	139	532	483	64	123	20	9	24	66	6	4	45	123	.255	.322	.482	.804	127	233	13	3	1	0	7	*3
1970	24	SDP	NL	156	636	572	84	148	17	6	38	86	3	5	56	150	.259	.328	.509	.836	126	291	11	4	1	3	8	*3/5
1971	25	SDP	NL	156	639	565	81	149	25	3	27	84	5	2	63	119	.264	.339	.462	.801	133	261	17	4	2	5	6	*3	AS
1972	26	SDP	NL	151	643	563	87	141	27	2	38	111	15	6	70	127	.250	.333	.508	.841	145	286	12	2	3	5	14	*3	AS,MVP-8
1973	27	SDP	NL	145	598	529	73	143	25	2	22	80	9	8	54	146	.270	.343	.450	.793	128	238	12	8	1	6	9	*3	AS
1974	28	SDP	NL	119	437	368	53	76	16	0	14	54	10	2	62	108	.207	.319	.364	.683	96	134	10	1	1	5	6	37
1975	29	TOT	MLB	83	260	237	26	37	8	3	8	29	0	2	22	83	.156	.231	.316	.547	51	75	5	1	0	0	3	3/D
1975	29	DET	AL	45	173	156	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	17	52	.147	.231	.276	.507	41	43	4	0	0	0	0	3/D
1975	29	MON	NL	38	87	81	10	14	4	1	4	11	0	0	5	31	.173	.230	.395	.625	69	32	1	1	0	0	3	3
1976	30	OAK-min	AAA	64	238	210	35	52	12	1	12	44	5	2	26	52	.248	.332	.486	.818		102		1	0	1			TUC · PCL
1976	30	TOT	MLB	16	55	45	5	8	2	0	2	6	3	1	10	19	.178	.327	.356	.683	92	16	0	0	0	0	2	/73D
1976	30	MON	NL	14	49	40	5	8	2	0	2	6	3	1	9	16	.200	.347	.400	.747	108	16	0	0	0	0	1	/73
1976	30	OAK	AL	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	0	0	1	/D
10 Yrs				1004	3863	3422	481	833	141	25	173	520	52	31	383	902	.243	.322	.451	.772	119	1543	82	23	10	25	55
162 Game Avg.				162	623	552	78	134	23	4	28	84	8	5	62	146	.243	.322	.451	.772	119	249	13	4	2	4	9

SDP (6 yrs)				866	3485	3080	442	780	130	22	163	481	48	27	350	773	.253	.331	.469	.800	127	1443	75	22	9	24	50
MON (2 yrs)				52	136	121	15	22	6	1	6	17	3	1	14	47	.182	.272	.397	.669	83	48	1	1	0	0	4
HOU (2 yrs)				39	63	60	8	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	27	.133	.145	.150	.295	-10	9	2	0	1	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	0	0	1
DET (1 yr)				45	173	156	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	17	52	.147	.231	.276	.507	41	43	4	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				957	3684	3261	465	810	137	23	169	502	52	29	365	847	.248	.326	.460	.786	123	1500	78	23	10	25	54
AL (2 yrs)				47	179	161	16	23	4	2	4	18	0	2	18	55	.143	.229	.267	.496	39	43	4	0	0	0	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
1966	20	HOU	NL	19	7	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

1968	22	HOU	NL	20	56	-6	0	0	-3	-1	-9	-1.1	2	-7	-1.0	.441	.493	-0.6	-0.4	-4	$	/3879
1969	23	SDP	NL	139	532	16	0	-1	-2	-8	5	0.7	18	23	2.5	.504	.504	2.5	-0.9	25	$11,000	*3
1970	24	SDP	NL	156	636	22	-1	-0	-8	-9	3	0.5	18	22	2.3	.502	.502	3.0	-1.7	30	$19,000	*3/5
1971	25	SDP	NL	156	639	24	1	-2	-2	-9	12	1.5	19	31	3.3	.509	.508	3.4	-1.1	32	$50,000	*3	AS
1972	26	SDP	NL	151	643	31	4	-1	3	-9	28	3.4	19	47	5.2	.521	.520	4.8	-0.6	44	$85,000	*3	AS,MVP-8
1973	27	SDP	NL	145	598	18	-2	-1	1	-8	8	0.9	17	26	2.6	.506	.506	2.5	-0.8	24	$70,000	*3	AS
1974	28	SDP	NL	119	437	-1	0	-1	-2	-7	-10	-1.1	13	2	0.1	.490	.493	0.4	-1.0	5	$80,000	37
1975	29	DET	AL	45	173	-12	-1	-1	-2	-3	-18	-2.0	6	-13	-1.5	.455	.487	-1.3	-0.4	-11	$	3/D
1975	29	MON	NL	38	87	-3	-0	-0	-2	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	3
1976	30	MON	NL	14	49	1	0	0	-1	-1	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.496	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$	/73
1976	30	OAK	AL	2	6	-1	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.403	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/D
10 Seasons				1004	3863	86	3	-7	-18	-55	9	1.6	115	125	12.8	.501	.500	14.3	-7.5	143	$315,000

SDP (6 yrs)				866	3485	109	4	-6	-10	-50	47	5.8	104	151	16.0	.506	.505	16.6	-6.1	161	$315,000
MON (2 yrs)				52	136	-2	0	-0	-3	-2	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.485	.498	0.0	-0.5	-0	$
HOU (2 yrs)				39	63	-8	0	0	-3	-1	-11	-1.3	2	-9	-1.2	.465	.496	-0.8	-0.4	-6	$
OAK (1 yr)				2	6	-1	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.403	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				45	173	-12	-1	-1	-2	-3	-18	-2.0	6	-13	-1.5	.455	.487	-1.3	-0.4	-11	$

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
1966	20	HOU	NL	7	7	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.257	.000	.314	.000	.386	.000	.701	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1968	22	HOU	NL	56	50	1	0.5	79	.258	.151	.249	.164	.306	.170	.351	.333	.657	2	.030	-6.3	-0.7	.208	.038	.019	.0
1969	23	SDP	NL	532	378	72	5.1	91	.295	.255	.255	.322	.324	.482	.378	.804	.702	127	.592	14.4	1.5	.751	.325	.228	9.6
1970	24	SDP	NL	636	444	93	5.6	99	.284	.259	.261	.328	.333	.509	.399	.836	.732	126	.587	17.5	1.7	.793	.344	.250	5.6
1971	25	SDP	NL	639	442	87	5.3	87	.288	.264	.252	.339	.316	.462	.368	.801	.685	133	.618	23.9	2.5	.761	.315	.198	8.4
1972	26	SDP	NL	643	448	95	5.7	85	.256	.250	.247	.333	.314	.508	.365	.841	.679	145	.652	31.8	3.3	.834	.398	.258	21.5
1973	27	SDP	NL	598	413	80	5.2	89	.330	.270	.252	.343	.319	.450	.374	.793	.694	128	.590	20.3	2.1	.741	.284	.180	12.8
1974	28	SDP	NL	437	310	46	4.0	90	.247	.207	.256	.319	.328	.364	.371	.683	.698	96	.472	-0.6	-0.1	.674	.348	.158	11.7
1975	29	TOT	MLB	260	207	16	2.1	97	.199	.156	.264	.231	.335	.316	.386	.547	.721	51	.208	-17.4	-1.8	.464	.245	.160	.0
1975	29	DET	AL	173	139	9	1.7	95	.190	.147	.261	.231	.332	.276	.384	.507	.716	41	.160	-13.1	-1.4	.417	.224	.128	.0
1975	29	MON	NL	87	68	7	2.8	99	.217	.173	.270	.230	.342	.395	.390	.625	.732	69	.309	-4.3	-0.4	.559	.284	.222	.0
1976	30	TOT	MLB	55	38	6	4.3	94	.250	.178	.266	.327	.333	.356	.379	.683	.712	92	.520	-0.2	-0.0	.737	.444	.178	2.4
1976	30	MON	NL	49	33	6	4.9	96	.273	.200	.268	.347	.336	.400	.382	.747	.718	108	.582	0.7	0.1	.818	.475	.200	2.4
1976	30	OAK	AL	6	5	0	0.0	82	.000	.000	.250	.167	.314	.000	.353	.167	.666	-47	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
10 Yrs				3863	2737	496	4.9	91	.278	.243	.254	.322	.323	.451	.377	.772	.699	119	.564	81.6	8.3	.729	.326	.207	80.0
162 Game Avg.				623	442	80	4.9	91	.278	.243	.254	.322	.323	.451	.377	.772	.699	119	.564	13	1	.729	.326	.207	13

SDP (6 yrs)				3485	2435	473	5.2	90	.285	.253	.254	.331	.322	.469	.376	.800	.698	127	.594	107.3	11.0	.764	.336	.215	74.2
MON (2 yrs)				136	101	13	3.5	98	.235	.182	.269	.272	.339	.397	.388	.669	.727	83	.410	-3.7	-0.4	.644	.347	.215	4.0
HOU (2 yrs)				63	57	1	0.5	80	.235	.133	.250	.145	.307	.150	.355	.295	.662	-10	.023	-8.1	-0.9	.182	.033	.017	.0
OAK (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	82	.000	.000	.250	.167	.314	.000	.353	.167	.666	-47	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
DET (1 yr)				173	139	9	1.7	95	.190	.147	.261	.231	.332	.276	.384	.507	.716	41	.160	-13.1	-1.4	.417	.224	.128	.0

NL (10 yrs)				3684	2593	487	5.1	90	.282	.248	.254	.326	.322	.460	.376	.786	.699	123	.580	95.5	9.7	.747	.331	.212	79.5
AL (2 yrs)				179	144	9	1.7	95	.186	.143	.261	.229	.331	.267	.383	.496	.714	39	.152	-14.0	-1.5	.410	.224	.124	.0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	SDP	NL	25	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	SDP	NL	26	1	0	1	1	0		1.000
1973	SDP	NL	27	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs (3 GP)				3	2	1	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	20	HOU	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			0.50	43%

1968	22	HOU	NL	56	0.0%	41.1%	1.8%	1.8%	13%	23.00	2.3		13.3	1.29	55%
1969	23	SDP	NL	532	4.5%	23.1%	8.5%	10.0%	43%	2.73	3.9	20.1	7.3	1.43	63%
1970	24	SDP	NL	636	6.0%	23.6%	8.8%	9.6%	41%	2.68	3.8	15.1	6.7	1.00	61%
1971	25	SDP	NL	639	4.2%	18.6%	9.9%	8.6%	37%	1.89	4.7	20.9	6.7	1.32	66%
1972	26	SDP	NL	643	5.9%	19.8%	10.9%	10.4%	48%	1.81	4.4	14.8	5.1	1.21	63%
1973	27	SDP	NL	598	3.7%	24.4%	9.0%	8.2%	34%	2.70	3.6	24.0	6.6	1.04	61%
1974	28	SDP	NL	437	3.2%	24.7%	14.2%	6.9%	40%	1.74	3.4	26.3	6.8	0.90	57%
1975	29	TOT	MLB	260	3.1%	31.9%	8.5%	7.3%	51%	3.77	2.9	29.6	8.2	0.62	56%
1975	29	DET	AL	173	2.3%	30.1%	9.8%	5.8%	44%	3.06	3.0	39.0	8.7	0.62	58%
1975	29	MON	NL	87	4.6%	35.6%	5.8%	10.3%	64%	6.20	2.6	20.3	7.4	0.62	53%
1976	30	TOT	MLB	55	3.6%	34.6%	18.2%	7.3%	50%	1.90	2.4	22.5	7.5	0.55	44%
1976	30	MON	NL	49	4.1%	32.7%	18.4%	8.2%	50%	1.78	2.5	20.0	6.7	0.50	45%
1976	30	OAK	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	0.0%		3.00	1.7			1.00	33%
10 Yrs				3863	4.5%	23.4%	9.9%	8.8%	41%	2.36	3.8	19.8	6.6	1.09	61%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.4%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.69	6.2	46.3	9.1	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	20	HOU	NL	-1.8	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.2	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.73	-1.8	0.63	7

1968	22	HOU	NL	-6.3	-0.7	48	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	1.09	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	1.06	-3.5	1.68	2
1969	23	SDP	NL	14.4	1.5	548	1.5	11.9	-10.4	1.08	1.0	0.4	14.2	1.5	0.98	13.3	2.51	4
1970	24	SDP	NL	16.6	1.6	649	1.4	13.4	-12.0	1.05	1.8	-0.4	12.3	1.2	0.95	19.2	1.14	4
1971	25	SDP	NL	23.9	2.5	629	2.5	13.7	-11.2	1.08	2.3	0.1	26.1	2.8	0.93	31.4	1.71	3
1972	26	SDP	NL	31.8	3.3	673	1.7	13.8	-12.1	1.13	3.8	-2.3	37.9	4.1	0.96	48.1	2.22	2
1973	27	SDP	NL	20.3	2.1	616	1.5	12.2	-10.8	1.11	1.0	0.3	19.9	2.1	0.99	16.1	2.62	1
1974	28	SDP	NL	-0.6	-0.1	452	0.5	8.2	-7.8	1.08	0.2	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.97	7.6	1.83	12
1975	29	TOT	MLB	-17.6	-1.8	264	-0.5	4.9	-5.4	1.08	-1.7	1.2	-12.1	-1.2	0.94	-15.3	1.56	20
1975	29	DET	AL	-13.3	-1.4	177	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	.99	-1.6	0.5	-10.8	-1.1	0.94	-13.2		0
1975	29	MON	NL	-4.3	-0.4	87	0.6	2.5	-1.9	1.25	-0.1	0.6	-1.4	-0.1	0.94	-2.2	1.56	20
1976	30	TOT	MLB	-0.2	-0.0	60	0.2	1.1	-0.9	1.15	0.1	0.1	2.8	0.3	0.91	0.8	0.73	3
1976	30	MON	NL	0.7	0.1	54	0.3	1.1	-0.8	1.12	0.2	0.1	3.3	0.3	0.93	1.9	1.10	2
1976	30	OAK	AL	-0.9	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.46	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.76	-1.0		1
10 Yrs				80.5	8.1	3946	8.1	79.8	-71.6	1.09	7.8	-0.3	98.1	10.4	0.96	115.9	1.55	58

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	20	HOU	NL	0	0		21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1968	22	HOU	NL	0	0	56%	28	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	23	SDP	NL	7	0	27%	165	6	4	60%	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	14	40%	32	22	10	5	4	1	13	4	9
1970	24	SDP	NL	12	0	27%	205	3	5	38%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	10	44%	36	24	12	11	4	7	12	4	7
1971	25	SDP	NL	8	0	29%	216	5	2	71%	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	10	12	51%	30	15	12	10	4	5	21	4	14
1972	26	SDP	NL	10	0	28%	200	15	6	71%	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	51%	45	26	19	6	3	3	12	1	10
1973	27	SDP	NL	6	0	28%	191	9	8	53%	9	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	17	41%	30	18	8	6	3	3	15	2	10
1974	28	SDP	NL	7	0	31%	155	10	2	83%	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	47%	33	21	10	2	1	1	16	3	13
1975	29	TOT	MLB	5	0	35%	71	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	7	42%	10	9	1	0	0	0	9	1	7
1975	29	DET	AL	2	0	33%	47	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	46%	6	5	1	0	0	0	5	1	4
1975	29	MON	NL	3	0	38%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	3
1976	30	TOT	MLB	1	0	19%	20	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	30	MON	NL	1	0	20%	20	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	30	OAK	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	0
10 Yrs				56	0	29%	1272	52	31	63%	51	25	1	2	0	4	6	4	39	86	45%	226	144	73	40	19	20	100	19	72

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
1966	20	HOU	NL	7	57%	0			7	0	0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1968	22	HOU	NL	56	29%	8			2	0	0	0	1.68	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	7	1	14%	33	4	12%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1969	23	SDP	NL	532	22%	123			4	0	0	0	2.51	24	1	8	21	3	11	13	0	2	1	50%	105	13	12%	49	4	8%	317	43	14%	22	6	27%	12	5	42%	0
1970	24	SDP	NL	636	20%	148			4	0	0	0	1.14	38	0	9	28	10	16	22	0	1	1	100%	129	11	9%	56	9	16%	387	50	13%	32	15	47%	20	6	30%	0
1971	25	SDP	NL	639	19%	149			3	1	0	0	1.71	27	1	9	22	5	13	14	0	1	2	200%	88	17	19%	45	12	27%	345	60	17%	37	18	49%	13	6	46%	0
1972	26	SDP	NL	643	23%	141			2	0	0	0	2.22	38	2	9	28	10	16	22	0	3	3	100%	103	12	12%	48	19	40%	393	75	19%	37	23	62%	26	14	54%	0
1973	27	SDP	NL	598	30%	143			1	0	0	0	2.62	22	0	14	14	8	10	12	0	1	1	100%	103	12	12%	38	13	34%	383	60	16%	48	19	40%	14	12	86%	0
1974	28	SDP	NL	437	42%	76			12	4	0	3	1.83	14	1	9	6	8	6	8	0	1	1	100%	85	10	12%	51	12	24%	275	40	15%	36	16	44%	23	10	43%	0
1975	29	TOT	MLB	260	51%	37			20	3	2	3	1.56	8	1	7	4	4	4	4	0	0	0		49	5	10%	27	1	4%	151	21	14%	9	4	44%	8	1	13%	0
1975	29	DET	AL	173	35%	23			0	0	0	0		4	1	6	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		32	4	13%	17	1	6%	99	14	14%	7	3	43%	5	1	20%	0
1975	29	MON	NL	87	82%	14			20	3	2	3	1.56	4	0	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0		17	1	6%	10	0	0%	52	7	13%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
1976	30	TOT	MLB	55	44%	8			3	1	0	0	0.73	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	27	4	15%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1976	30	MON	NL	49	37%	8			2	1	0	0	1.10	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	25	4	16%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1976	30	OAK	AL	6	100%	0			1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
10 Yrs				3863	27%	833			58	9	2	6	1.55	173	6	68	125	48	77	96	0	10	10	100%	681	82	12%	323	71	22%	2314	357	15%	229	104	45%	118	55	47%	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
1966	20	19	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	21	19	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	22	39	63	60	8	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	27	.133	.145	.150	.295	-10	9	2	0	1	1	0
1969	23	178	595	543	72	131	21	9	24	70	7	5	46	150	.241	.304	.446	.749	113	242	15	3	2	1	7
1970	24	334	1231	1115	156	279	38	15	62	156	10	10	102	300	.250	.316	.478	.794	120	533	26	7	3	4	15
1971	25	490	1870	1680	237	428	63	18	89	240	15	12	165	419	.255	.324	.473	.796	124	794	43	11	5	9	21
1972	26	641	2513	2243	324	569	90	20	127	351	30	18	235	546	.254	.326	.481	.808	129	1080	55	13	8	14	35
1973	27	786	3111	2772	397	712	115	22	149	431	39	26	289	692	.257	.329	.475	.805	129	1318	67	21	9	20	44
1974	28	905	3548	3140	450	788	131	22	163	485	49	28	351	800	.251	.328	.462	.791	125	1452	77	22	10	25	50
1975	29	988	3808	3377	476	825	139	25	171	514	49	30	373	883	.244	.321	.452	.774	120	1527	82	23	10	25	53
1976	30	1004	3863	3422	481	833	141	25	173	520	52	31	383	902	.243	.322	.451	.772	119	1543	82	23	10	25	55

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
1966	20	19	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19

1968	22	20	57	54	7	9	1	0	0	5	1	1	23	.167	.179	.185	.364	2	20
1969	23	139	546	493	73	133	22	10	26	75	6	49	123	.270	.339	.513	.853	84	139
1970	24	156	639	574	86	150	17	6	39	88	3	57	150	.261	.331	.516	.846	97	156
1971	25	156	667	584	98	168	28	3	30	102	6	71	119	.288	.367	.500	.867	107	156
1972	26	158	701	608	112	167	32	2	45	142	18	83	133	.275	.361	.556	.917	122	151
1973	27	145	618	543	85	157	27	2	24	94	10	59	146	.289	.365	.479	.843	94	145
1974	28	119	446	373	59	81	17	0	15	60	11	66	108	.217	.333	.383	.716	48	119
1975	29	83	263	239	28	38	8	3	8	31	0	23	83	.159	.236	.318	.554	18	83
1976	30	16	57	46	5	9	2	0	2	6	3	11	19	.196	.351	.370	.720	6	16
10 Yrs		1011	4001	3521	556	912	154	26	189	603	58	420	908	.259	.340	.479	.819	578	1004
162 Game Avg.		162	641	564	89	146	25	4	30	97	9	67	145	.259	.340	.479	.819	93	1004

* 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

All-Star Games 1971 * 1972 * 1973 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1972 NL (8, 13%) 0.13 Career Shares (851st)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1972 NL 5.2 (9th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1972 NL 4.8 (7th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1972 NL .508 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 NL 151 (10th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1972 NL 87 (10th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1972 NL 286 (5th)
Triples s c a p y 1969 NL 9 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1970 NL 38 (5th) 1971 NL 27 (9th) 1972 NL 38 (2nd)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1972 NL 111 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1972 NL 70 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1969 NL 123 (8th) 1970 NL 150 (3rd) 1971 NL 119 (9th) 1972 NL 127 (5th) 1973 NL 146 (2nd) 1974 NL 108 (6th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1972 NL 145 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1972 NL 32 (7th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1972 NL 3.3 (7th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1972 NL 67 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1973 NL 8 (5th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1972 NL 14 (6th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1972 NL 21.5 (4th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1970 NL 15.1 (6th) 1971 NL 20.9 (10th) 1972 NL 14.8 (3rd) Career 19.8 (111th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1972 NL 37.89 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1972 NL 3.8 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1972 NL 4.1 (10th)
Youngest s c a p y 1966 NL born 1946-04-09 (9th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 16 (929), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bill White (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Robertson (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Mayberry (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Mayberry (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Derrek Lee (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Incaviglia (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Incaviglia (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Vaughn (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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