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Vince Coleman

Vincent Maurice Coleman (Vincent Van Go)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 22, 1961 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Raines HS (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1985
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Royals/Mariners/Reds/... 1985-1997
Agents: Richie Bry, previously: Eric Goldschmidt? [*]
Final Game: April 14, 1997
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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
1985 23 STL NL 151 692 636 107 170 20 10 1 40 110 25 50 115 .267 .320 .335 .655 84 213 3 0 5 1 1 *789 MVP-11,RoY-1
1986 24 STL NL 154 670 600 94 139 13 8 0 29 107 14 60 98 .232 .301 .280 .581 62 168 4 2 3 5 0 *78
1987 25 STL NL 151 702 623 121 180 14 10 3 43 109 22 70 126 .289 .363 .358 .721 91 223 7 3 5 1 0 *7 MVP-12
1988 26 STL NL 153 679 616 77 160 20 10 3 38 81 27 49 111 .260 .313 .339 .652 87 209 4 1 8 5 4 *78 AS
1989 27 STL NL 145 624 563 94 143 21 9 2 28 65 10 50 90 .254 .316 .334 .650 84 188 4 2 7 2 0 *7 AS
1990 28 STL NL 124 539 497 73 145 18 9 6 39 77 17 35 88 .292 .340 .400 .741 104 199 6 2 4 1 1 *7/9
1991 29 NYM NL 72 318 278 45 71 7 5 1 17 37 14 39 47 .255 .347 .327 .674 92 91 3 0 1 0 0 8
1992 30 NYM NL 71 261 229 37 63 11 1 2 21 24 9 27 41 .275 .355 .358 .713 104 82 1 2 2 1 3 78
1993 31 NYM NL 92 399 373 64 104 14 8 2 25 38 13 21 58 .279 .316 .375 .691 86 140 2 0 3 2 1 7
1994 32 KCR AL 104 477 438 61 105 14 12 2 33 50 8 29 72 .240 .285 .340 .626 59 149 2 1 4 5 0 *7/D
1995 33 TOT AL 115 500 455 66 131 23 6 5 29 42 16 37 80 .288 .343 .398 .741 92 181 8 2 5 1 2 *79/D8
1995 33 KCR AL 75 324 293 39 84 13 4 4 20 26 9 27 48 .287 .348 .399 .747 94 117 7 1 2 1 1 79/D8
1995 33 SEA AL 40 176 162 27 47 10 2 1 9 16 7 10 32 .290 .335 .395 .730 89 64 1 1 3 0 1 7
1996 34 CIN NL 33 94 84 10 13 1 1 1 4 12 2 9 31 .155 .237 .226 .463 23 19 0 0 1 0 0 7
1997 35 DET AL 6 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0 /78D
13 Yrs 1371 5970 5406 849 1425 176 89 28 346 752 177 477 960 .264 .324 .345 .668 83 1863 45 15 48 24 12
162 Game Avg. 162 705 639 100 168 21 11 3 41 89 21 56 113 .264 .324 .345 .668 83 220 5 2 6 3 1
STL (6 yrs) 878 3906 3535 566 937 106 56 15 217 549 115 314 628 .265 .326 .339 .665 85 1200 28 10 32 15 6
NYM (3 yrs) 235 978 880 146 238 32 14 5 63 99 36 87 146 .270 .336 .356 .692 93 313 6 2 6 3 4
KCR (2 yrs) 179 801 731 100 189 27 16 6 53 76 17 56 120 .259 .311 .364 .675 73 266 9 2 6 6 1
CIN (1 yr) 33 94 84 10 13 1 1 1 4 12 2 9 31 .155 .237 .226 .463 23 19 0 0 1 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 40 176 162 27 47 10 2 1 9 16 7 10 32 .290 .335 .395 .730 89 64 1 1 3 0 1
DET (1 yr) 6 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 1146 4978 4499 722 1188 139 71 21 284 660 153 410 805 .264 .326 .341 .666 85 1532 34 12 39 18 10
AL (3 yrs) 225 992 907 127 237 37 18 7 62 92 24 67 155 .261 .312 .365 .677 74 331 11 3 9 6 2

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
1985 23 STL NL 151 692 -13 10 3 7 -7 1 0.2 21 22 2.3 .501 .501 1.4 0.1 15 $60,000 *789 MVP-11,RoY-1
1986 24 STL NL 154 670 -27 17 3 4 -6 -10 -1.0 21 11 1.0 .493 .493 0.6 -0.2 7 $150,000 *78
1987 25 STL NL 151 702 -0 14 1 -4 -7 5 0.6 21 26 2.6 .503 .503 2.9 -1.0 30 $160,000 *7 MVP-12
1988 26 STL NL 153 679 -8 5 2 -6 -6 -13 -1.4 21 8 0.6 .490 .491 1.3 -1.3 15 $700,000 *78 AS
1989 27 STL NL 145 624 -10 8 2 4 -6 -2 -0.3 19 17 1.6 .498 .498 1.1 -0.2 13 $775,000 *7 AS
1990 28 STL NL 124 539 3 7 1 6 -5 12 1.5 15 27 2.9 .511 .508 2.0 0.3 20 $1,012,500 *7/9
1991 29 NYM NL 72 318 0 4 1 -5 1 0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .501 .500 1.4 -0.4 14 $3,112,500 8
1992 30 NYM NL 71 261 1 4 0 -3 -2 -0 0.0 7 7 0.7 .499 .500 1.0 -0.5 10 $3,212,500 78
1993 31 NYM NL 92 399 -6 3 1 -4 -4 -10 -0.9 11 1 0.1 .489 .494 0.4 -0.7 5 $2,312,500 7
1994 32 KCR AL 104 477 -29 5 3 -8 -5 -34 -3.1 15 -19 -1.7 .469 .480 -1.0 -1.1 -11 $3,312,500 *7/D
1995 33 KCR AL 75 324 -3 1 -0 -7 -4 -12 -1.1 10 -2 -0.1 .484 .493 0.5 -0.9 5 $250,000 79/D8
1995 33 SEA AL 40 176 -2 -2 1 0 -2 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .490 .498 0.2 -0.1 1 $ 7
1996 34 CIN NL 33 94 -8 1 0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $500,000 7
1997 35 DET AL 6 15 -2 -0 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .447 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $500,000 /78D
13 Seasons 1371 5970 -104 75 19 -12 -54 -75 -6.6 180 104 10.5 .494 .497 11.1 -6.1 117 $16,057,500
STL (6 yrs) 878 3906 -54 60 12 12 -37 -7 -0.4 118 111 11.0 .499 .499 9.3 -2.3 99 $2,857,500
NYM (3 yrs) 235 978 -5 10 2 -11 -5 -10 -0.9 27 17 1.7 .496 .498 2.8 -1.6 29 $8,637,500
KCR (2 yrs) 179 801 -32 6 3 -15 -9 -47 -4.2 26 -21 -1.8 .475 .486 -0.5 -2.1 -6 $3,562,500
CIN (1 yr) 33 94 -8 1 0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $500,000
SEA (1 yr) 40 176 -2 -2 1 0 -2 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .490 .498 0.2 -0.1 1 $
DET (1 yr) 6 15 -2 -0 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .447 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $500,000

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
1985 23 STL NL 692 500 79 4.3 95 .324 .267 .260 .320 .328 .335 .388 .655 .715 84 .506 -14.9 -1.6 .704 .280 .068 2.0
1986 24 STL NL 670 487 67 3.7 97 .274 .232 .261 .301 .331 .280 .394 .581 .726 62 .432 -31.5 -3.2 .674 .303 .048 .0
1987 25 STL NL 702 478 96 5.4 108 .358 .289 .271 .363 .341 .358 .423 .721 .764 91 .558 -7.9 -0.8 .811 .321 .069 5.8
1988 26 STL NL 679 500 71 3.8 90 .310 .260 .257 .313 .321 .339 .378 .652 .699 87 .481 -11.2 -1.2 .643 .247 .080 5.8
1989 27 STL NL 624 443 70 4.3 93 .298 .254 .257 .316 .325 .334 .383 .650 .708 84 .523 -12.4 -1.3 .680 .266 .080 3.9
1990 28 STL NL 539 380 74 5.2 98 .344 .292 .264 .340 .331 .400 .397 .741 .728 104 .578 0.9 0.1 .789 .300 .109 11.1
1991 29 NYM NL 318 225 35 4.2 93 .304 .255 .256 .347 .324 .327 .384 .674 .708 92 .499 -2.3 -0.2 .683 .295 .072 1.9
1992 30 NYM NL 261 179 32 4.8 91 .326 .275 .258 .355 .323 .358 .380 .713 .703 104 .571 2.2 0.2 .716 .266 .083 3.7
1993 31 NYM NL 399 289 46 4.3 102 .324 .279 .269 .316 .334 .375 .409 .691 .743 86 .462 -8.4 -0.8 .655 .220 .097 3.8
1994 32 KCR AL 477 352 49 3.7 114 .279 .240 .276 .285 .349 .340 .440 .626 .789 59 .341 -29.4 -2.7 .644 .263 .100 3.8
1995 33 TOT AL 500 354 63 4.8 110 .340 .288 .272 .343 .345 .398 .429 .741 .774 92 .457 -6.1 -0.6 .707 .248 .110 8.9
1995 33 KCR AL 324 228 41 4.8 110 .331 .287 .272 .348 .346 .399 .429 .747 .774 94 .462 -3.2 -0.3 .720 .263 .113 6.9
1995 33 SEA AL 176 126 22 4.7 110 .357 .290 .272 .335 .345 .395 .429 .730 .774 89 .448 -3.0 -0.3 .683 .222 .105 1.9
1996 34 CIN NL 94 74 6 2.2 107 .231 .155 .270 .237 .339 .226 .422 .463 .761 23 .188 -9.8 -1.0 .521 .298 .071 1.8
1997 35 DET AL 15 14 0 0.0 108 .091 .071 .270 .133 .339 .071 .427 .205 .766 -44 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .143 .071 .000
13 Yrs 5970 4275 688 4.3 99 .314 .264 .264 .324 .332 .345 .401 .668 .733 83 .484 -133.8 -13.4 .697 .276 .081 54.0
162 Game Avg. 705 505 81 4.3 99 .314 .264 .264 .324 .332 .345 .401 .668 .733 83 .484 -133.8 -13.4 .697 .276 .081 6
STL (6 yrs) 3906 2788 457 4.4 97 .317 .265 .262 .326 .330 .339 .394 .665 .724 85 .514 -77.0 -8.0 .714 .286 .074 29.2
NYM (3 yrs) 978 693 113 4.4 96 .318 .270 .262 .336 .328 .356 .394 .692 .721 93 .503 -8.5 -0.8 .680 .256 .085 9.5
KCR (2 yrs) 801 580 90 4.2 113 .300 .259 .274 .311 .347 .364 .435 .675 .783 73 .390 -32.6 -3.0 .674 .263 .105 11.1
CIN (1 yr) 94 74 6 2.2 107 .231 .155 .270 .237 .339 .226 .422 .463 .761 23 .188 -9.8 -1.0 .521 .298 .071 1.8
SEA (1 yr) 176 126 22 4.7 110 .357 .290 .272 .335 .345 .395 .429 .730 .774 89 .448 -3.0 -0.3 .683 .222 .105 1.9
DET (1 yr) 15 14 0 0.0 108 .091 .071 .270 .133 .339 .071 .427 .205 .766 -44 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .143 .071 .000
NL (10 yrs) 4978 3555 576 4.4 97 .316 .264 .262 .326 .329 .341 .394 .666 .724 85 .505 -95.3 -9.8 .704 .280 .076 40.7
AL (3 yrs) 992 720 112 4.2 112 .306 .261 .274 .312 .347 .365 .434 .677 .781 74 .392 -38.6 -3.6 .665 .252 .104 13.0

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
1985 23 STL NL NLCS LAD W 3 14 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 4 1 0 0 0 0
1987 25 STL NL NLCS SFG W 7 30 26 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 2 4 6 .269 .367 .308 .674 8 1 0 0 0 0
1987 25 STL NL WS MIN L 7 30 28 5 4 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 10 .143 .200 .214 .414 6 0 0 0 0 0
1995 33 SEA AL ALDS NYY W 5 25 23 6 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 .217 .280 .435 .715 10 0 0 0 0 0
1995 33 SEA AL ALCS CLE L 6 22 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 .100 .182 .100 .282 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 28 121 111 16 22 3 1 1 8 13 3 10 28 .198 .264 .270 .535 30 2 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 5 25 23 6 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 .217 .280 .435 .715 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 6 22 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 .100 .182 .100 .282 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 44 40 5 11 1 0 0 5 2 3 4 8 .275 .341 .300 .641 12 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 28 5 4 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 10 .143 .200 .214 .414 6 0 0 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
1988 STL NL 26 as LF 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 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
1985 23 STL NL 692 0.1% 16.6% 7.2% 4.5% 18% 2.30 5.5 636.0 15.9 1.47 75%
1986 24 STL NL 670 0.0% 14.6% 9.0% 3.1% 15% 1.63 6.1 20.7 1.30 76%
1987 25 STL NL 702 0.4% 18.0% 10.0% 3.9% 15% 1.80 4.9 207.7 14.5 1.66 71%
1988 26 STL NL 679 0.4% 16.4% 7.2% 4.9% 21% 2.27 5.5 205.3 16.2 1.09 1.30 75% 22% 1.8% 27%
1989 27 STL NL 624 0.3% 14.4% 8.0% 5.1% 22% 1.80 6.3 281.5 20.1 1.27 1.27 76% 16% 1.2% 17%
1990 28 STL NL 539 1.1% 16.3% 6.5% 6.1% 23% 2.51 5.6 82.8 12.7 0.93 1.23 75% 21% 4.2% 28%
1991 29 NYM NL 318 0.3% 14.8% 12.3% 4.1% 18% 1.21 5.9 278.0 16.4 1.23 1.39 72% 16% 1.3% 19%
1992 30 NYM NL 261 0.8% 15.7% 10.3% 5.4% 22% 1.52 5.6 114.5 10.9 1.07 1.51 72% 18% 2.8% 18%
1993 31 NYM NL 399 0.5% 14.5% 5.3% 6.0% 23% 2.76 6.4 186.5 14.9 0.96 0.95 79% 18% 1.6% 14%
1994 32 KCR AL 477 0.4% 15.1% 6.1% 5.9% 27% 2.48 6.1 219.0 13.3 1.13 1.29 77% 16% 1.4% 13%
1995 33 TOT AL 500 1.0% 16.0% 7.4% 6.8% 26% 2.16 5.7 91.0 15.7 0.93 1.24 74% 21% 3.0% 10%
1995 33 KCR AL 324 1.2% 14.8% 8.3% 6.5% 25% 1.78 6.1 73.3 14.7 0.98 1.37 75% 20% 3.8% 9%
1995 33 SEA AL 176 0.6% 18.2% 5.7% 7.4% 28% 3.20 5.1 162.0 18.0 0.85 1.02 73% 24% 1.7% 12%
1996 34 CIN NL 94 1.1% 33.0% 9.6% 3.2% 23% 3.44 2.7 84.0 21.0 0.70 0.77 55% 15% 4.2% 20%
1997 35 DET AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 1.25 1.00 73% 9% 0.0% 50%
13 Yrs 5970 0.5% 16.1% 8.0% 4.9% 21% 2.01 5.6 193.1 15.6 1.06 1.31 74% 19% 2.2% 19%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.4% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 1.76 5.8 38.0 8.1 0.82 1.08 72% 21% 7.1% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 23 STL NL -14.9 -1.6 851 0.2 12.2 -12.0 .95 0.6 -0.4 10.8 1.1 0.98 4.7 0.29 1
1986 24 STL NL -31.5 -3.2 836 -0.2 13.4 -13.5 1.11 -1.0 0.8 -8.7 -0.9 0.98 -10.7 1.53 2
1987 25 STL NL -7.9 -0.8 861 2.9 15.9 -13.0 1.09 1.5 1.1 22.4 2.1 0.97 16.0 5.83 1
1988 26 STL NL -11.2 -1.2 813 -0.0 13.3 -13.4 1.11 -0.2 0.2 -2.4 -0.3 0.97 -2.9 1.61 2
1989 27 STL NL -12.4 -1.3 722 -1.0 10.7 -11.7 1.05 -0.4 -0.5 -9.7 -1.0 0.98 -6.4 3.49 5
1990 28 STL NL 0.9 0.1 654 0.7 11.3 -10.7 1.11 0.9 -0.3 2.9 0.3 0.99 7.6 1.80 5
1991 29 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 381 -0.4 6.0 -6.4 1.09 0.2 -0.6 0.6 0.1 0.97 2.7 0.04 2
1992 30 NYM NL 2.2 0.2 304 1.7 6.0 -4.3 1.07 0.4 1.2 11.3 1.2 0.96 5.3 2.27 8
1993 31 NYM NL -9.0 -0.9 456 -0.9 6.9 -7.8 1.04 -0.7 -0.2 -3.5 -0.4 0.93 -6.4 0.99 3
1994 32 KCR AL -30.0 -2.8 552 -1.4 7.3 -8.7 .95 -1.8 0.3 -14.6 -1.3 0.91 -23.2 0
1995 33 TOT AL -6.1 -0.6 572 -0.5 9.2 -9.7 1.05 -0.7 0.2 -11.4 -1.1 0.94 -11.6 0.25 2
1995 33 KCR AL -3.2 -0.3 367 -0.5 6.0 -6.5 1.07 -0.5 0.1 -9.8 -0.9 0.94 -7.4 1
1995 33 SEA AL -3.0 -0.3 205 -0.0 3.2 -3.2 1.02 -0.2 0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.93 -4.2 0.51 1
1996 34 CIN NL -9.9 -1.0 110 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.02 -0.5 0.2 -7.8 -0.8 0.91 -6.8 0.79 10
1997 35 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 16 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.56 -0.3 -0.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.93 -3.4 1.69 4
13 Yrs -135.1 -13.5 7128 0.1 113.6 -113.5 1.06 -2.0 2.1 -14.2 -1.3 0.96 -35.1 1.67 45

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
1985 23 STL NL 6 0 48% 211 110 25 81% 78 20 30 4 2 1 14 2 12 22 46% 32 20 11 1 0 1 28 10 16
1986 24 STL NL 8 0 47% 196 107 14 88% 76 8 31 5 0 1 16 2 19 42 58% 20 11 8 4 0 3 31 9 21
1987 25 STL NL 12 0 47% 245 109 22 83% 85 13 24 5 0 4 14 3 12 35 57% 41 22 19 12 3 9 30 9 19
1988 26 STL NL 10 0 36% 200 81 27 75% 54 22 26 4 1 1 16 5 8 26 45% 34 22 11 6 2 4 20 7 12
1989 27 STL NL 6 0 48% 231 65 10 87% 48 8 17 2 0 0 10 1 10 24 47% 34 23 11 7 3 4 25 9 16
1990 28 STL NL 5 0 38% 185 77 17 82% 59 16 17 1 1 0 9 3 7 23 51% 21 15 6 1 0 1 25 8 17
1991 29 NYM NL 5 0 40% 103 37 14 73% 31 11 6 2 0 1 3 0 2 16 63% 15 6 9 5 4 1 10 0 9
1992 30 NYM NL 1 0 39% 105 24 9 73% 20 6 4 2 0 1 4 0 2 11 67% 9 5 4 3 0 3 9 1 7
1993 31 NYM NL 6 0 50% 132 38 13 75% 33 10 5 3 0 0 2 0 3 17 52% 11 7 4 4 3 0 18 5 13
1994 32 KCR AL 4 0 44% 142 50 8 86% 39 6 11 2 0 0 9 2 8 15 59% 18 12 6 6 2 4 17 3 14
1995 33 TOT AL 4 0 37% 193 42 16 72% 29 13 13 2 0 1 6 1 10 17 53% 24 13 11 3 2 1 13 3 9
1995 33 KCR AL 2 0 32% 120 26 9 74% 18 8 8 0 0 1 2 0 8 11 54% 15 8 7 2 1 1 9 2 6
1995 33 SEA AL 2 0 46% 73 16 7 70% 11 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 2 6 50% 9 5 4 1 1 0 4 1 3
1996 34 CIN NL 3 0 43% 37 12 2 86% 7 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 44% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
1997 35 DET AL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 71 0 44% 1981 752 177 81% 559 135 189 32 4 10 105 20 94 253 53% 265 160 102 52 19 31 229 64 155

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
1985 23 STL NL 692 100% 170 1 0 0 0 0.29 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 6 5 83% 78 3 4% 40 20 50% 280 41 15% 22 11 50% 17 13 76% 0
1986 24 STL NL 670 100% 139 2 1 0 0 1.53 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 69 4 6% 33 12 36% 282 31 11% 25 14 56% 10 5 50% 0
1987 25 STL NL 702 100% 180 1 0 0 0 5.83 3 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 11 5 45% 90 7 8% 41 10 24% 322 43 13% 30 13 43% 14 9 64% 0
1988 26 STL NL 679 100% 160 37 10 2 0 0 0 1.61 3 0 9 1 2 2 1 0 10 8 80% 69 4 6% 38 16 42% 283 35 12% 24 12 50% 12 8 67% 0
1989 27 STL NL 624 100% 143 47 18 5 2 0 1 3.49 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 14 7 50% 71 4 6% 31 12 39% 275 28 10% 23 10 43% 17 13 76% 0
1990 28 STL NL 539 100% 145 41 10 5 0 0 0 1.80 6 0 12 1 5 5 1 0 8 4 50% 58 6 10% 35 17 49% 251 34 14% 21 10 48% 13 8 62% 0
1991 29 NYM NL 318 100% 71 37 8 2 0 0 0 0.04 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 33% 34 3 9% 17 3 18% 134 17 13% 13 7 54% 5 2 40% 0
1992 30 NYM NL 261 100% 63 29 5 8 3 0 0 2.27 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 100% 22 1 5% 12 6 50% 107 19 18% 7 5 71% 5 3 60% 0
1993 31 NYM NL 399 99% 104 20 11 3 1 0 0 0.99 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 8 3 38% 46 2 4% 17 6 35% 166 24 14% 19 11 58% 4 2 50% 0
1994 32 KCR AL 477 100% 105 23 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 67% 63 2 3% 34 12 35% 202 31 15% 18 10 56% 9 7 78% 0
1995 33 TOT AL 500 100% 131 31 11 2 1 0 0 0.25 5 1 7 2 3 3 2 0 11 5 45% 77 8 10% 33 9 27% 216 25 12% 19 8 42% 9 4 44% 0
1995 33 KCR AL 324 100% 84 18 8 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 6 2 33% 48 7 15% 20 5 25% 140 16 11% 12 6 50% 5 2 40% 0
1995 33 SEA AL 176 100% 47 13 3 1 0 0 0 0.51 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 60% 29 1 3% 13 4 31% 76 9 12% 7 2 29% 4 2 50% 0
1996 34 CIN NL 94 100% 13 1 0 10 2 0 0 0.79 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 6 4 67% 44 3 7% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1997 35 DET AL 15 100% 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 5970 100% 1425 266 81 45 10 0 1 1.67 28 1 80 8 20 21 7 1 86 48 56% 688 45 7% 340 127 37% 2570 331 13% 225 113 50% 120 76 63% 0
MLB Averages 59% 73% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 STL NL 679 2377 3.50 1544 65% 26% 15% 26% 34% 74% 2% 48% 80% 35% 4% 26 0 11% 78 15 8% 54 14 26% 0 1 0
1989 27 STL NL 599 2215 3.70 1428 64% 30% 12% 25% 32% 70% 0% 45% 82% 26% 5% 28 0 12% 74 11 6% 38 8 31% 25 0 3
1990 28 STL NL 511 1815 3.55 1171 65% 26% 12% 29% 34% 74% 1% 48% 84% 34% 5% 23 0 16% 80 25 6% 31 12 35% 28 0 4
1991 29 NYM NL 319 1262 3.96 769 61% 30% 11% 30% 30% 70% 0% 43% 85% 25% 7% 23 0 18% 57 11 11% 35 12 45% -1 0 0
1992 30 NYM NL 261 979 3.75 604 62% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 3% 44% 81% 29% 7% 17 0 16% 41 11 11% 28 13 32% 0 0 0
1993 31 NYM NL 380 1388 3.65 920 66% 21% 14% 32% 33% 79% 1% 52% 82% 37% 5% 18 0 13% 49 13 6% 22 9 16% 19 0 1
1994 32 KCR AL 470 1697 3.61 1107 65% 26% 12% 28% 33% 74% 0% 48% 83% 35% 4% 21 1 12% 58 15 8% 37 9 32% 7 0 0
1995 33 TOT AL 502 1778 3.54 1161 65% 26% 11% 30% 33% 74% 1% 48% 85% 35% 5% 24 1 12% 60 18 8% 42 18 31% -2 0 0
1995 33 KCR AL 326 1146 3.52 749 65% 26% 11% 30% 33% 74% 1% 49% 85% 37% 5% 16 1 11% 37 11 8% 27 13 31% -2 0 0
1995 33 SEA AL 176 632 3.59 412 65% 27% 12% 29% 32% 73% 2% 47% 84% 30% 5% 8 0 13% 23 7 9% 15 5 31% 0 0 0
1996 34 CIN NL 85 328 3.86 218 66% 25% 14% 39% 22% 74% 0% 49% 81% 42% 2% 2 0 11% 9 3 9% 8 5 59% 9 0 1
1997 35 DET AL 15 53 3.53 33 62% 30% 15% 21% 33% 70% 0% 43% 78% 40% 13% 2 0 20% 3 0 13% 2 2 33% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3821 13892 3.64 8955 64% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 1% 47% 83% 33% 5% 184 2 13% 509 122 8% 297 102 32% 85 1 9
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1985 23 151 692 636 107 170 20 10 1 40 110 25 50 115 .267 .320 .335 .655 84 213 3 0 5 1 1
1986 24 305 1362 1236 201 309 33 18 1 69 217 39 110 213 .250 .311 .308 .619 73 381 7 2 8 6 1
1987 25 456 2064 1859 322 489 47 28 4 112 326 61 180 339 .263 .329 .325 .654 79 604 14 5 13 7 1
1988 26 609 2743 2475 399 649 67 38 7 150 407 88 229 450 .262 .325 .328 .653 81 813 18 6 21 12 5
1989 27 754 3367 3038 493 792 88 47 9 178 472 98 279 540 .261 .323 .329 .653 82 1001 22 8 28 14 5
1990 28 878 3906 3535 566 937 106 56 15 217 549 115 314 628 .265 .326 .339 .665 85 1200 28 10 32 15 6
1991 29 950 4224 3813 611 1008 113 61 16 234 586 129 353 675 .264 .327 .339 .666 85 1291 31 10 33 15 6
1992 30 1021 4485 4042 648 1071 124 62 18 255 610 138 380 716 .265 .329 .340 .668 87 1373 32 12 35 16 9
1993 31 1113 4884 4415 712 1175 138 70 20 280 648 151 401 774 .266 .328 .343 .670 87 1513 34 12 38 18 10
1994 32 1217 5361 4853 773 1280 152 82 22 313 698 159 430 846 .264 .324 .342 .666 84 1662 36 13 42 23 10
1995 33 1332 5861 5308 839 1411 175 88 27 342 740 175 467 926 .266 .326 .347 .673 85 1843 44 15 47 24 12
1996 34 1365 5955 5392 849 1424 176 89 28 346 752 177 476 957 .264 .324 .345 .670 84 1862 44 15 48 24 12
1997 35 1371 5970 5406 849 1425 176 89 28 346 752 177 477 960 .264 .324 .345 .668 83 1863 45 15 48 24 12

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
1985 23 151 702 644 116 178 21 10 1 43 115 52 115 .276 .330 .345 .675 74 151
1986 24 154 677 605 100 144 13 8 0 31 111 62 98 .238 .309 .286 .595 54 154
1987 25 151 695 618 116 175 14 10 3 41 106 68 126 .283 .357 .353 .709 77 151
1988 26 153 695 628 87 172 22 11 3 43 87 53 111 .274 .329 .358 .687 74 153
1989 27 145 633 570 102 150 22 9 2 30 68 52 90 .263 .326 .344 .670 64 145
1990 28 124 545 502 77 150 19 9 6 41 80 36 88 .299 .348 .408 .756 71 124
1991 29 72 323 281 48 74 7 5 1 18 39 41 47 .263 .357 .335 .692 34 72
1992 30 71 268 234 42 68 12 1 2 24 26 29 41 .291 .372 .376 .748 33 71
1993 31 92 400 374 65 105 14 8 2 25 38 21 58 .281 .317 .377 .694 45 92
1994 32 148 662 610 75 137 18 16 3 41 65 38 102 .225 .268 .321 .590 53 104
1995 33 129 553 504 68 140 25 6 5 30 45 40 90 .278 .333 .381 .714 64 115
1996 34 33 92 83 9 12 1 1 1 4 11 8 31 .145 .220 .217 .437 4 33
1997 35 6 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 6
13 Yrs 1429 6260 5667 905 1505 188 94 29 371 791 501 1000 .266 .325 .347 .673 647 1371
162 Game Avg. 162 710 642 103 171 21 11 3 42 90 57 113 .266 .325 .347 .673 73 1371

* 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
2003 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

All-Star Games
1988 (LF)
1989 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1985 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 NL (11, 5%)
1987 NL (12, 6%)
0.11 Career Shares (885th)

At Bats s c a p y
1985 NL  636 (3rd)
1986 NL  600 (7th)
1987 NL  623 (3rd)
1988 NL  616 (4th)
1994 AL  438 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1985 NL  692 (6th)
1986 NL  670 (7th)
1987 NL  702 (4th)
1988 NL  679 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1985 NL  107 (5th)
1986 NL  94 (5th)
1987 NL  121 (2nd)
1989 NL  94 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  180 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1985 NL  10 (4th)
1986 NL  8 (4th)
1987 NL  10 (5th)
1988 NL  10 (2nd)
1989 NL  9 (3rd)
1990 NL  9 (3rd)
1993 NL  8 (5th)
1994 AL  12 (2nd)
1995 AL  6 (8th)
Career  89 (214th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 NL  115 (6th)
1987 NL  126 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1985 NL  110 (1st)
1986 NL  107 (1st)
1987 NL  109 (1st)
1988 NL  81 (1st)
1989 NL  65 (1st)
1990 NL  77 (1st)
1991 NL  37 (7th)
1993 NL  38 (9th)
1994 AL  50 (2nd)
1995 AL  42 (5th)
Career  752 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1985 NL  139 (3rd)
1986 NL  118 (10th)
1987 NL  153 (2nd)
1988 NL  127 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1985 NL  25 (1st)
1986 NL  14 (7th)
1987 NL  22 (1st)
1988 NL  27 (1st)
1990 NL  17 (5th)
1991 NL  14 (10th)
1993 NL  13 (7th)
1994 AL  8 (8th)
1995 AL  16 (4th)
Career  177 (14th)

SB % s c a p y
1985 NL  81.48 (9th)
1986 NL  88.43 (3rd)
1987 NL  83.21 (5th)
1989 NL  86.67 (5th)
1994 AL  86.21 (8th)
Career  80.95 (36th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1985 NL  500 (3rd)
1986 NL  487 (2nd)
1987 NL  478 (3rd)
1988 NL  500 (1st)
1994 AL  352 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 12 (199), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 49 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (657), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1337), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Omar Moreno (917)
  2. Ned Hanlon (913) *
  3. Bob Bescher (909)
  4. Topsy Hartsel (907)
  5. Max Flack (905)
  6. Tommy Dowd (903)
  7. Dave Collins (903)
  8. Burt Shotton (899)
  9. Otis Nixon (897)
  10. George Case (895)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rube Ellis (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Nemo Leibold (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Carson Bigbee (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Murphy (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Omar Moreno (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Omar Moreno (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Omar Moreno (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Omar Moreno (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Omar Moreno (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Omar Moreno (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Omar Moreno (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ned Hanlon (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Max Flack (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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