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Alex Cole

Alexander Cole

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 17, 1965 in Fayetteville, NC
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1990
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins/Rockies/Pirates/RedSox 1990-1996

Final Game: May 22, 1996
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1985	19	STL-min	Rk	66	264	232	60	61	5	1	1	13	46	8	30	27	.263	.348	.306	.655		71		1	0	1	0	JOH · APPY
1986	20	STL-min	A,AAA	137	564	486	101	148	11	5	1	42	80	35	71	67	.305	.395	.354	.749		172		3	2	2	1	SPT,LOU · FLOR,AA
1987	21	STL-min	AA	125	527	477	68	122	12	4	2	27	68	29	44	55	.256	.318	.310	.628		148		0	5	1	5	ARK · TL
1988	22	STL-min	AAA	120	442	392	44	91	7	8	0	24	40	15	42	59	.232	.307	.291	.598		114		1	6	1	1	LOU · AA
1989	23	STL-min	AAA,A	135	567	487	77	134	5	5	2	30	51	20	74	83	.275	.371	.318	.690		155	1	1	4	1	1	LOU,SPT · AA,FLOR
1990	24	SDP-CLE-min	AAA	104	456	390	71	120	9	4	0	31	38	19	55	69	.308	.393	.351	.744		137		1	8	2	1	LVG,CSP · PCL
1990	24	CLE	AL	63	256	227	43	68	5	4	0	13	40	9	28	38	.300	.379	.357	.736	108	81	2	1	0	0	0	8	RoY-9
1991	25	CLE-min	AAA	8	37	32	6	6	0	1	0	3	1	3	4	3	.188	.297	.250	.547		8	0	1	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
1991	25	CLE	AL	122	452	387	58	114	17	3	0	21	27	17	58	47	.295	.386	.354	.740	106	137	8	1	4	2	2	8/7D
1992	26	TOT	MLB	105	334	302	44	77	4	7	0	15	16	6	28	67	.255	.318	.315	.633	81	95	4	1	1	2	1	97/8D
1992	26	CLE	AL	41	109	97	11	20	1	0	0	5	9	2	10	21	.206	.284	.216	.501	43	21	2	1	0	1	0	7/8D9
1992	26	PIT	NL	64	225	205	33	57	3	7	0	10	7	4	18	46	.278	.335	.361	.696	99	74	2	0	1	1	1	9/8
1993	27	COL	NL	126	399	348	50	89	9	4	0	24	30	13	43	58	.256	.339	.305	.644	64	106	6	2	4	2	3	8
1994	28	MIN	AL	105	398	345	68	102	15	5	4	23	29	8	44	60	.296	.375	.403	.778	102	139	3	1	6	2	2	*87
1995	29	MIN	AL	28	90	79	10	27	3	2	1	14	1	3	8	15	.342	.409	.468	.877	128	37	0	1	2	0	0	8/D
1996	30	BOS-min	AAA	82	362	304	57	90	14	8	4	39	11	7	50	47	.296	.397	.434	.831		132	3	2	4	2	0	PAW · IL
1996	30	BOS	AL	24	83	72	13	16	5	1	0	7	5	3	8	11	.222	.296	.319	.616	56	23	2	0	2	1	0	8
1997	31	FLA-min	AAA	39	126	105	20	22	5	0	2	7	4	1	18	20	.210	.331	.314	.645		33	1	1	2	0	0	CHR · IL
7 Seasons				573	2012	1760	286	493	58	26	5	117	148	59	217	296	.280	.360	.351	.711	91	618	25	7	19	9	8
162 Game Avg.				162	569	498	81	139	16	7	1	33	42	17	61	84	.280	.360	.351	.711	91	175	7	2	5	3	2

CLE (3 yrs)				226	817	711	112	202	23	7	0	39	76	28	96	106	.284	.370	.336	.706	98	239	12	3	4	3	2
MIN (2 yrs)				133	488	424	78	129	18	7	5	37	30	11	52	75	.304	.381	.415	.796	106	176	3	2	8	2	2
COL (1 yr)				126	399	348	50	89	9	4	0	24	30	13	43	58	.256	.339	.305	.644	64	106	6	2	4	2	3
PIT (1 yr)				64	225	205	33	57	3	7	0	10	7	4	18	46	.278	.335	.361	.696	99	74	2	0	1	1	1
BOS (1 yr)				24	83	72	13	16	5	1	0	7	5	3	8	11	.222	.296	.319	.616	56	23	2	0	2	1	0

AL (6 yrs)				383	1388	1207	203	347	46	15	5	83	111	42	156	192	.287	.370	.363	.733	99	438	17	5	14	6	4
NL (2 yrs)				190	624	553	83	146	12	11	0	34	37	17	61	104	.264	.338	.325	.663	75	180	8	2	5	3	4

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
1990	24	CLE	AL	256	6	4	1	1	-1	1	9	21	2.2	22	2.3	-0.1	$100,000	8	RoY-9
1991	25	CLE	AL	452	4	0	-1	0	-7	1	16	14	1.4	20	2.1	-0.7	$155,000	8/7D
1992	26	CLE	AL	109	-7	1	0	0	-5	-1	4	-8	-0.9	-3	-0.3	-0.6	$162,500	7/8D9
1992	26	PIT	NL	225	1	1	-1	0	-1	-2	6	4	0.5	5	0.6	-0.1	$	9/8
1993	27	COL	NL	399	-13	0	-2	1	1	1	11	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$350,000	8
1994	28	MIN	AL	398	4	5	-3	2	-4	0	14	18	1.7	22	2.1	-0.4	$375,000	*87
1995	29	MIN	AL	90	4	-1	1	1	-4	0	3	4	0.4	8	0.8	-0.4	$500,000	8/D
1996	30	BOS	AL	83	-5	1	-1	0	-2	0	3	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	8
7 Seasons				2012	-6	11	-6	5	-23	0	66	48	4.8	70	7.2	-2.4	$1,642,500

CLE (3 yrs)				817	3	5	0	1	-13	1	29	27	2.7	39	4.1	-1.4	$417,500
MIN (2 yrs)				488	8	4	-2	3	-8	0	17	22	2.1	30	2.9	-0.8	$875,000
COL (1 yr)				399	-13	0	-2	1	1	1	11	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$350,000
PIT (1 yr)				225	1	1	-1	0	-1	-2	6	4	0.5	5	0.6	-0.1	$
BOS (1 yr)				83	-5	1	-1	0	-2	0	3	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$

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
1992	26	PIT	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	4	13	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.200	.385	.200	.585	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	13	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.200	.385	.200	.585	2	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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
1990	CLE	AL	24	CF	59	57	51	492.1	154	145	3	6	1	.961	-1	-2	2.71	2.51	.985	2.74	2.71	RoY-9
1990	CLE	AL	24	OF	59	57	51	492.1	154	145	3	6	1	.961	-1	-2	2.71	2.51	.981	2.39	2.36	RoY-9
1991	CLE	AL	25	OF	107	95	84	846.0	270	256	6	8	1	.970	-7	-10	2.79	2.45	.983	2.37	2.37
1991	CLE	AL	25	CF	101	90	80	800.0	258	245	6	7	1	.973	-7	-11	2.82	2.49	.989	2.76	2.76
1991	CLE	AL	25	LF	8	5	4	46.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	0	13	2.15	1.38	.978	2.17	2.16
1991	CLE	AL	25	DH	4	4
1992	TOT	MLB	26	OF	77	63	44	561.2	126	118	6	2	1	.984	-6	-13	1.99	1.61	.983	2.38	2.38
1992	TOT	MLB	26	RF	54	45	29	402.1	89	84	4	1	0	.989	-1	-4	1.97	1.63	.979	2.08	2.09
1992	TOT	MLB	26	CF	6	4	2	29.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-8	1.24	0.67	.988	2.89	2.87
1992	CLE	AL	26	OF	24	17	15	161.1	35	33	1	1	1	.971	-5	-36	1.90	1.42	.983	2.47	2.46
1992	CLE	AL	26	LF	18	14	13	130.1	31	29	1	1	1	.968	-5	-42	2.07	1.67	.981	2.29	2.28
1992	CLE	AL	26	CF	5	3	2	27.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-9	1.00	0.60	.987	2.90	2.88
1992	CLE	AL	26	DH	3	3
1992	CLE	AL	26	RF	2	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.25	0.50	.980	2.25	2.20
1992	PIT	NL	26	OF	53	46	29	400.1	91	85	5	1	0	.989	-1	-4	2.02	1.70	.983	2.34	2.34
1992	PIT	NL	26	RF	52	45	29	398.1	88	83	4	1	0	.989	-1	-4	1.97	1.67	.979	2.08	2.08
1992	PIT	NL	26	CF	1	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	1.00	.990	2.70	2.80
1993	COL	NL	27	CF	93	85	74	749.2	228	220	4	4	1	.982	1	1	2.69	2.41	.985	2.75	2.73
1993	COL	NL	27	OF	93	85	74	749.2	228	219	5	4	1	.982	1	1	2.69	2.41	.979	2.34	2.33
1994	MIN	AL	28	OF	100	82	77	766.0	257	245	4	8	0	.969	-4	-6	2.93	2.49	.982	2.37	2.35
1994	MIN	AL	28	CF	84	68	64	635.1	215	204	4	7	0	.967	-8	-15	2.95	2.48	.988	2.76	2.74
1994	MIN	AL	28	LF	16	14	13	130.2	41	40	0	1	0	.976	4	36	2.76	2.50	.978	2.16	2.14
1995	MIN	AL	29	CF	23	17	13	158.1	49	45	1	3	0	.939	-4	-30	2.61	2.00	.987	2.73	2.70
1995	MIN	AL	29	OF	23	17	13	158.1	48	44	1	3	0	.938	-4	-30	2.56	1.96	.983	2.33	2.31
1995	MIN	AL	29	DH	1	1
1996	BOS	AL	30	CF	24	17	15	164.1	39	37	1	1	1	.974	-2	-12	2.08	1.58	.990	2.77	2.76
1996	BOS	AL	30	OF	24	17	15	164.1	39	37	1	1	1	.974	-2	-12	2.08	1.58	.983	2.38	2.36
	7 Seasons			OF	483	416	358	3738.1	1122	1064	26	32	5	.971	-23	-7	2.62	2.26	.982	2.37	2.35
	7 Seasons			CF	390	338	299	3029.0	947	900	19	28	4	.970	-21	-8	2.73	2.36	.987	2.75	2.74
	1 Season			RF	54	45	29	402.1	89	84	4	1	0	.989	-1	-4	1.97	1.63	.979	2.08	2.09
	3 Seasons			LF	42	33	30	307.0	84	80	1	3	1	.964	-0	-1	2.37	1.93	.979	2.22	2.20
	7 Seasons			TOT	483	416	358	3738.1	1122	1064	26	32	5	.971	-23	-7	2.62	2.26	.982	2.37	2.35
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.

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1992 NL 7 (10th) 1994 AL 5 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1990 AL 40 (4th) 1994 AL 29 (6th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1991 AL 17 (3rd) 1993 NL 13 (7th) 1994 AL 8 (8th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1991 AL 8 (3rd) 1994 AL 8 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1994 AL 2.95 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1994 AL 2.93 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 17, 1984: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
January 3, 1985: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 6, 1985.
February 27, 1990: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Steve Peters to the San Diego Padres for Omar Olivares.
July 11, 1990: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Lampkin.
July 4, 1992: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Mitchell (minors).
November 17, 1992: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 17th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
October 21, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
February 16, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
October 10, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1990	24	Cleveland Indians	$100,000	11/21/90 NYT
1991	25	Cleveland Indians	$155,000	USA Today survey
1992	26	Cleveland Indians	$162,500	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	27	Colorado Rockies	$350,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	28	Minnesota Twins	$375,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $125,000 earned bonus
1995	29	Minnesota Twins	$500,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,642,500

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