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Dave Collins

David S. Collins

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 20, 1952 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Stevens HS (Rapid City, SD)
School: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1975
Teams (by GP): Reds/BlueJays/Angels/Tigers/Mariners/... 1975-1990
Agents: Richie Bry [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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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
1975 22 CAL AL 93 362 319 41 85 13 4 3 29 24 10 36 55 .266 .340 .361 .700 106 115 4 1 3 3 1 7D/8
1976 23 CAL AL 99 413 365 45 96 12 1 4 28 32 19 40 55 .263 .335 .334 .669 103 122 2 0 7 1 2 7D8
1977 24 SEA AL 120 447 402 46 96 9 3 5 28 25 10 33 66 .239 .299 .313 .613 69 126 2 3 6 3 0 7D/98
1978 25 CIN NL 102 120 102 13 22 1 0 0 7 7 7 15 18 .216 .311 .225 .536 53 23 2 0 1 2 0 8/97
1979 26 CIN NL 122 429 396 59 126 16 4 3 35 16 9 27 48 .318 .364 .402 .765 109 159 6 2 3 1 2 973/8 MVP-27
1980 27 CIN NL 144 613 551 94 167 20 4 3 35 79 21 53 68 .303 .366 .370 .736 106 204 5 3 3 3 2 *87/9
1981 28 CIN NL 95 412 360 63 98 18 6 3 23 26 10 41 41 .272 .355 .381 .735 108 137 6 6 3 2 1 *9/87
1982 29 NYY AL 111 393 348 41 88 12 3 3 25 13 8 28 49 .253 .315 .330 .646 80 115 6 5 9 3 3 3987/D
1983 30 TOR AL 118 451 402 55 109 12 4 1 34 31 7 43 67 .271 .343 .328 .671 82 132 7 2 2 2 1 *7/38D9
1984 31 TOR AL 128 492 441 59 136 24 15 2 44 60 14 33 41 .308 .366 .444 .811 120 196 0 9 6 3 0 7/3D8
1985 32 OAK AL 112 418 379 52 95 16 4 4 29 29 8 29 37 .251 .303 .346 .648 84 131 6 1 5 4 2 7
1986 33 DET AL 124 476 419 44 113 18 2 1 27 27 12 44 49 .270 .340 .329 .670 84 138 9 2 9 2 0 7D98
1987 34 CIN NL 57 100 85 19 25 5 0 0 5 9 0 11 12 .294 .388 .353 .741 96 30 1 2 2 0 0 7/89
1988 35 CIN NL 99 189 174 12 41 6 2 0 14 7 2 11 27 .236 .286 .293 .579 64 51 0 2 0 2 0 97/83
1989 36 CIN NL 78 118 106 12 25 4 0 0 7 3 1 10 17 .236 .302 .274 .575 64 29 2 0 2 0 0 7
1990 37 STL NL 99 74 58 12 13 1 0 0 3 7 1 13 10 .224 .366 .241 .608 72 14 1 0 3 0 2 3/978
16 Yrs 1701 5507 4907 667 1335 187 52 32 373 395 139 467 660 .272 .338 .351 .689 93 1722 59 38 64 31 16
162 Game Avg. 162 524 467 64 127 18 5 3 36 38 13 44 63 .272 .338 .351 .689 93 164 6 4 6 3 2
CIN (7 yrs) 697 1981 1774 272 504 70 16 9 126 147 50 168 231 .284 .349 .357 .706 97 633 22 15 14 10 5
CAL (2 yrs) 192 775 684 86 181 25 5 7 57 56 29 76 110 .265 .337 .346 .684 105 237 6 1 10 4 3
TOR (2 yrs) 246 943 843 114 245 36 19 3 78 91 21 76 108 .291 .355 .389 .744 102 328 7 11 8 5 1
STL (1 yr) 99 74 58 12 13 1 0 0 3 7 1 13 10 .224 .366 .241 .608 72 14 1 0 3 0 2
OAK (1 yr) 112 418 379 52 95 16 4 4 29 29 8 29 37 .251 .303 .346 .648 84 131 6 1 5 4 2
NYY (1 yr) 111 393 348 41 88 12 3 3 25 13 8 28 49 .253 .315 .330 .646 80 115 6 5 9 3 3
SEA (1 yr) 120 447 402 46 96 9 3 5 28 25 10 33 66 .239 .299 .313 .613 69 126 2 3 6 3 0
DET (1 yr) 124 476 419 44 113 18 2 1 27 27 12 44 49 .270 .340 .329 .670 84 138 9 2 9 2 0
NL (8 yrs) 796 2055 1832 284 517 71 16 9 129 154 51 181 241 .282 .350 .353 .703 96 647 23 15 17 10 7
AL (8 yrs) 905 3452 3075 383 818 116 36 23 244 241 88 286 419 .266 .331 .350 .681 91 1075 36 23 47 21 9

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
1975 22 CAL AL 93 362 4 1 1 -3 -5 -3 -0.2 12 9 0.9 .497 .498 1.3 -0.8 12 $ 7D/8
1976 23 CAL AL 99 413 5 0 1 4 -5 6 0.8 13 20 2.1 .507 .504 1.6 0.0 15 $ 7D8
1977 24 SEA AL 120 447 -16 1 2 1 -8 -20 -1.9 14 -5 -0.6 .483 .487 -0.7 -0.5 -7 $ 7D/98
1978 25 CIN NL 102 120 -6 -2 0 -1 -0 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .490 .494 -0.5 -0.1 -4 $ 8/97
1979 26 CIN NL 122 429 6 1 1 -2 -5 1 0.2 12 13 1.4 .501 .501 1.6 -0.7 15 $ 973/8 MVP-27
1980 27 CIN NL 144 613 4 9 1 -1 -2 10 1.2 19 29 3.0 .508 .507 3.1 -0.3 30 $167,000 *87/9
1981 28 CIN NL 95 412 6 2 1 1 -4 6 0.8 12 18 2.1 .507 .504 1.9 -0.3 17 $267,500 *9/87
1982 29 NYY AL 111 393 -8 -2 3 -6 -6 -19 -1.9 12 -7 -0.8 .482 .488 -0.1 -1.2 -1 $650,000 3987/D
1983 30 TOR AL 118 451 -6 0 0 11 -5 -0 0.2 14 13 1.4 .500 .500 0.3 0.7 3 $650,000 *7/38D9
1984 31 TOR AL 128 492 13 6 2 -1 -6 13 1.5 15 28 2.9 .511 .508 3.1 -0.6 30 $650,000 7/3D8
1985 32 OAK AL 112 418 -7 4 1 5 -4 -1 0.0 13 12 1.2 .499 .499 0.7 0.2 6 $700,000 7
1986 33 DET AL 124 476 -6 -2 2 10 -6 -3 -0.1 14 12 1.2 .498 .498 0.2 0.4 2 $700,000 7D98
1987 34 CIN NL 57 100 0 2 0 3 -1 6 0.6 3 9 0.9 .510 .504 0.5 0.3 5 $100,000 7/89
1988 35 CIN NL 99 189 -8 -0 2 -6 -2 -13 -1.5 6 -7 -0.9 .484 .491 -0.3 -0.8 -2 $175,000 97/83
1989 36 CIN NL 78 118 -5 1 -0 -0 -1 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .493 .496 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $225,000 7
1990 37 STL NL 99 74 -3 1 0 -2 -2 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .494 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $225,000 3/978
16 Seasons 1701 5507 -27 21 16 13 -60 -37 -2.4 170 133 13.6 .498 .498 12.4 -3.9 120 $4,509,500
CIN (7 yrs) 697 1981 -1 12 5 -5 -14 -4 -0.3 60 56 5.7 .499 .499 6.1 -1.9 61 $934,500
CAL (2 yrs) 192 775 9 1 2 1 -10 4 0.7 25 29 3.0 .502 .501 2.9 -0.8 28 $
TOR (2 yrs) 246 943 6 6 2 9 -11 13 1.7 29 41 4.3 .505 .504 3.4 0.1 32 $1,300,000
STL (1 yr) 99 74 -3 1 0 -2 -2 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .494 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $225,000
OAK (1 yr) 112 418 -7 4 1 5 -4 -1 0.0 13 12 1.2 .499 .499 0.7 0.2 6 $700,000
NYY (1 yr) 111 393 -8 -2 3 -6 -6 -19 -1.9 12 -7 -0.8 .482 .488 -0.1 -1.2 -1 $650,000
SEA (1 yr) 120 447 -16 1 2 1 -8 -20 -1.9 14 -5 -0.6 .483 .487 -0.7 -0.5 -7 $
DET (1 yr) 124 476 -6 -2 2 10 -6 -3 -0.1 14 12 1.2 .498 .498 0.2 0.4 2 $700,000

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
1975 22 CAL AL 362 254 42 4.4 86 .311 .266 .249 .340 .317 .361 .365 .700 .682 106 .515 3.6 0.4 .669 .251 .094 5.3
1976 23 CAL AL 413 298 43 3.9 80 .300 .263 .248 .335 .311 .334 .350 .669 .661 103 .490 2.6 0.3 .603 .216 .071 7.1
1977 24 SEA AL 447 327 41 3.4 99 .272 .239 .265 .299 .329 .313 .403 .613 .732 69 .356 -17.7 -1.8 .557 .194 .075 8.3
1978 25 CIN NL 120 92 7 2.0 95 .256 .216 .262 .311 .330 .225 .385 .536 .715 53 .212 -5.9 -0.6 .427 .157 .010 .0
1979 26 CIN NL 429 289 58 5.4 100 .355 .318 .270 .364 .336 .402 .401 .765 .737 109 .592 4.3 0.4 .684 .169 .083 5.1
1980 27 CIN NL 613 416 84 5.5 96 .340 .303 .268 .366 .330 .370 .389 .736 .720 106 .614 5.5 0.6 .776 .269 .067 5.8
1981 28 CIN NL 412 283 52 5.0 94 .299 .272 .265 .355 .330 .381 .380 .735 .710 108 .586 4.4 0.5 .719 .267 .108 5.4
1982 29 NYY AL 393 286 37 3.5 97 .284 .253 .262 .315 .325 .330 .399 .646 .724 80 .376 -9.3 -0.9 .558 .172 .078 4.9
1983 30 TOR AL 451 311 50 4.3 103 .321 .271 .272 .343 .335 .328 .411 .671 .746 82 .475 -9.6 -1.0 .655 .224 .057 1.9
1984 31 TOR AL 492 328 81 6.6 100 .334 .308 .268 .366 .332 .444 .405 .811 .736 120 .668 11.8 1.2 .890 .315 .136 3.9
1985 32 OAK AL 418 307 42 3.7 92 .266 .251 .252 .303 .316 .346 .391 .648 .707 84 .398 -7.5 -0.7 .611 .227 .095 7.0
1986 33 DET AL 476 338 49 3.9 100 .302 .270 .261 .340 .329 .329 .408 .670 .737 84 .415 -8.2 -0.8 .609 .200 .060 1.9
1987 34 CIN NL 100 63 14 6.0 109 .342 .294 .274 .388 .344 .353 .426 .741 .770 96 .603 0.1 0.0 .852 .294 .059 .0
1988 35 CIN NL 189 137 16 3.2 93 .275 .236 .261 .286 .325 .293 .383 .579 .708 64 .394 -8.3 -0.9 .511 .149 .057 .0
1989 36 CIN NL 118 86 9 2.8 94 .281 .236 .258 .302 .326 .274 .385 .575 .711 64 .341 -5.1 -0.5 .488 .151 .038 .0
1990 37 STL NL 74 50 7 3.8 98 .271 .224 .264 .366 .331 .241 .397 .608 .728 72 .429 -1.6 -0.2 .702 .345 .017 .0
16 Yrs 5507 3865 632 4.4 96 .307 .272 .263 .338 .327 .351 .392 .689 .719 93 .500 -40.8 -4.1 .659 .226 .079 59.2
162 Game Avg. 524 368 60 4.4 96 .307 .272 .263 .338 .327 .351 .392 .689 .719 93 .500 -40.8 -4.1 .659 .226 .079 6
CIN (7 yrs) 1981 1366 240 4.7 97 .321 .284 .266 .349 .331 .357 .390 .706 .722 97 .551 -5.0 -0.6 .680 .222 .073 17.0
CAL (2 yrs) 775 552 85 4.2 83 .305 .265 .248 .337 .314 .346 .357 .684 .671 105 .502 6.1 0.6 .634 .232 .082 12.4
TOR (2 yrs) 943 639 131 5.5 101 .328 .291 .270 .355 .333 .389 .408 .744 .741 102 .587 2.2 0.2 .775 .272 .098 5.8
STL (1 yr) 74 50 7 3.8 98 .271 .224 .264 .366 .331 .241 .397 .608 .728 72 .428 -1.6 -0.2 .702 .345 .017 .0
OAK (1 yr) 418 307 42 3.7 92 .266 .251 .252 .303 .316 .346 .391 .648 .707 84 .398 -7.5 -0.7 .611 .227 .095 7.0
NYY (1 yr) 393 286 37 3.5 97 .284 .253 .262 .315 .325 .330 .399 .646 .724 80 .376 -9.3 -0.9 .558 .172 .078 4.9
SEA (1 yr) 447 327 41 3.4 99 .272 .239 .265 .299 .329 .313 .403 .613 .732 69 .357 -17.7 -1.8 .557 .194 .075 8.3
DET (1 yr) 476 338 49 3.9 100 .302 .270 .261 .340 .329 .329 .408 .670 .737 84 .415 -8.2 -0.8 .609 .200 .060 1.9
NL (8 yrs) 2055 1416 247 4.7 97 .319 .282 .266 .350 .331 .353 .391 .703 .722 96 .547 -6.6 -0.7 .681 .226 .071 17.0
AL (8 yrs) 3452 2449 385 4.2 95 .300 .266 .260 .331 .325 .350 .393 .681 .718 91 .471 -34.3 -3.4 .646 .226 .084 42.0

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
1979 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 14 14 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 .357 .357 .429 .786 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 14 14 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 .357 .357 .429 .786 6 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
1975 22 CAL AL 362 0.8% 15.2% 9.9% 5.5% 24% 1.53 5.8 106.3 11.0 0.95 73%
1976 23 CAL AL 413 1.0% 13.3% 9.7% 4.1% 18% 1.38 6.6 91.3 13.0 1.12 74%
1977 24 SEA AL 447 1.1% 14.8% 7.4% 3.8% 18% 2.00 6.1 80.4 14.4 0.80 75%
1978 25 CIN NL 120 0.0% 15.0% 12.5% 0.8% 5% 1.20 5.7 14.6 1.68 72%
1979 26 CIN NL 429 0.7% 11.2% 6.3% 5.4% 18% 1.78 8.3 132.0 11.3 1.30 81%
1980 27 CIN NL 613 0.5% 11.1% 8.7% 4.4% 16% 1.28 8.1 183.7 15.7 1.24 79%
1981 28 CIN NL 412 0.7% 10.0% 10.0% 6.6% 28% 1.00 8.8 120.0 15.7 1.43 77%
1982 29 NYY AL 393 0.8% 12.5% 7.1% 4.6% 21% 1.75 7.1 116.0 13.9 1.13 76%
1983 30 TOR AL 451 0.2% 14.9% 9.5% 3.8% 16% 1.56 6.0 402.0 11.8 1.03 75%
1984 31 TOR AL 492 0.4% 8.3% 6.7% 8.3% 30% 1.24 10.8 220.5 10.0 0.85 82%
1985 32 OAK AL 418 1.0% 8.9% 6.9% 5.7% 25% 1.28 10.2 94.8 13.1 1.32 82%
1986 33 DET AL 476 0.2% 10.3% 9.2% 4.4% 19% 1.11 8.6 419.0 15.5 1.24 78%
1987 34 CIN NL 100 0.0% 12.0% 11.0% 5.0% 20% 1.09 7.1 17.0 1.52 73%
1988 35 CIN NL 189 0.0% 14.3% 5.8% 4.2% 20% 2.45 6.4 12.4 0.84 0.82 79% 23% 0.0% 44%
1989 36 CIN NL 118 0.0% 14.4% 8.5% 3.4% 16% 1.70 6.2 15.1 0.91 1.19 75% 19% 0.0% 36%
1990 37 STL NL 74 0.0% 13.5% 17.6% 1.4% 8% 0.77 5.8 19.3 0.70 0.86 65% 16% 0.0% 33%
16 Yrs 5507 0.6% 12.0% 8.5% 4.9% 20% 1.41 7.4 153.3 13.2 0.84 1.12 77% 20% 0.0% 39%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.61 6.5 43.3 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 22 CAL AL 3.6 0.4 401 0.6 6.9 -6.3 1.03 -0.4 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.98 -1.2 1.66 5
1976 23 CAL AL 2.6 0.3 472 0.3 8.2 -7.9 1.11 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0.1 0.99 3.4 1.52 1
1977 24 SEA AL -17.7 -1.8 488 -0.3 7.7 -8.0 1.05 -1.3 1.0 -14.0 -1.4 0.94 -15.8 2.27 6
1978 25 CIN NL -5.9 -0.6 134 -0.6 2.4 -2.9 1.46 -0.6 0.2 -7.6 -0.8 0.99 -6.8 1.31 64
1979 26 CIN NL 4.3 0.4 462 0.6 8.3 -7.7 1.04 0.5 0.1 9.5 1.0 0.97 5.6 1.41 28
1980 27 CIN NL 5.5 0.6 733 2.9 13.5 -10.5 1.02 1.1 1.7 12.0 1.2 1.00 10.0 0.66 3
1981 28 CIN NL 4.4 0.5 459 0.6 7.3 -6.7 .96 1.0 -0.3 4.2 0.4 0.95 9.4 2.01 1
1982 29 NYY AL -9.3 -0.9 419 -1.6 5.8 -7.4 1.08 -1.1 -0.4 -9.2 -0.9 0.93 -11.0 1.27 7
1983 30 TOR AL -9.6 -1.0 500 -1.0 7.6 -8.6 1.04 -0.8 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.95 -9.9 1.22 18
1984 31 TOR AL 11.8 1.2 587 2.7 11.9 -9.3 1.11 1.7 0.7 15.8 1.5 0.93 18.1 2.72 14
1985 32 OAK AL -7.5 -0.7 462 -0.4 7.4 -7.8 1.06 -0.9 0.4 -5.7 -0.6 0.95 -9.7 2.10 17
1986 33 DET AL -8.2 -0.8 519 -1.4 6.9 -8.4 .95 -0.6 -0.9 -15.5 -1.5 0.94 -11.7 1.90 11
1987 34 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 114 -0.0 1.7 -1.7 1.00 0.1 -0.1 1.9 0.2 0.96 1.6 0.94 35
1988 35 CIN NL -8.3 -0.9 200 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 1.19 -0.5 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.94 -5.2 1.51 58
1989 36 CIN NL -5.1 -0.5 123 -0.1 2.3 -2.4 1.23 -0.3 0.3 -6.2 -0.6 1.03 -4.5 1.40 55
1990 37 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 84 0.2 1.2 -1.0 1.05 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.00 -0.8 0.80 25
16 Yrs -40.8 -4.1 6157 1.6 102.3 -100.7 1.06 -1.5 3.1 -20.2 -2.1 0.96 -28.4 1.42 348

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
1975 22 CAL AL 5 0 32% 125 24 10 71% 22 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 51% 17 12 5 4 4 0 14 1 13
1976 23 CAL AL 8 0 31% 160 32 19 63% 30 19 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 13 42% 20 14 6 1 1 0 12 4 8
1977 24 SEA AL 6 0 32% 184 25 10 71% 23 7 2 2 0 1 3 3 5 16 51% 25 13 10 4 3 1 8 0 8
1978 25 CIN NL 1 0 35% 55 7 7 50% 7 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 37% 8 6 2 7 3 3 4 2 2
1979 26 CIN NL 6 0 37% 191 16 9 64% 16 8 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 9 60% 26 15 11 8 4 4 19 2 17
1980 27 CIN NL 3 0 41% 244 79 21 79% 71 16 8 5 0 0 10 2 6 22 52% 32 17 14 2 1 1 32 11 19
1981 28 CIN NL 7 0 42% 173 26 10 72% 26 10 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 13 57% 22 9 13 6 3 3 23 9 13
1982 29 NYY AL 6 0 32% 132 13 8 62% 13 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 5 51% 19 10 7 4 2 2 16 5 11
1983 30 TOR AL 8 0 35% 178 31 7 82% 28 5 3 2 0 0 8 2 9 10 35% 25 17 7 7 4 2 11 5 6
1984 31 TOR AL 6 0 32% 198 60 14 81% 54 11 6 3 0 0 9 0 6 24 53% 14 8 5 4 3 1 14 2 11
1985 32 OAK AL 6 0 40% 146 29 8 78% 24 8 5 0 0 0 4 0 4 9 40% 23 18 5 2 1 1 13 4 9
1986 33 DET AL 7 0 27% 172 27 12 69% 24 12 3 0 0 0 1 1 13 11 42% 16 9 6 7 6 1 8 1 6
1987 34 CIN NL 1 0 50% 55 9 0 100% 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 41% 10 8 2 0 0 0 7 2 5
1988 35 CIN NL 2 0 22% 71 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 25% 7 5 2 3 3 0 2 1 1
1989 36 CIN NL 1 0 34% 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 50% 7 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 1
1990 37 STL NL 0 0 46% 57 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 25% 6 5 1 3 2 1 3 1 1
16 Yrs 73 0 35% 2190 395 139 74% 359 123 35 13 1 3 57 14 79 168 48% 277 170 99 64 41 21 187 50 131

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
1975 22 CAL AL 362 100% 85 5 4 0 1 1.66 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 5 3 60% 75 4 5% 30 10 33% 205 29 14% 24 9 38% 13 8 62% 0
1976 23 CAL AL 413 100% 96 1 0 0 0 1.52 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 1 9 7 78% 75 2 3% 40 14 35% 212 25 12% 17 10 59% 12 6 50% 0
1977 24 SEA AL 447 100% 96 6 3 0 1 2.27 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 0 8 6 75% 67 2 3% 38 16 42% 226 23 10% 16 9 56% 17 10 59% 0
1978 25 CIN NL 120 100% 22 64 14 0 3 1.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 19 2 11% 14 6 43% 68 7 10% 9 4 44% 4 2 50% 0
1979 26 CIN NL 429 100% 126 28 9 0 1 1.41 3 0 13 2 1 0 3 1 6 3 50% 70 6 9% 33 9 27% 221 34 15% 17 10 59% 10 3 30% 0
1980 27 CIN NL 613 100% 167 3 1 0 0 0.66 3 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 4 3 75% 66 5 8% 32 10 31% 259 33 13% 19 8 42% 9 3 33% 0
1981 28 CIN NL 412 100% 98 1 0 0 0 2.01 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 75% 44 6 14% 21 8 38% 174 22 13% 13 5 38% 5 3 60% 0
1982 29 NYY AL 393 100% 88 7 1 0 1 1.27 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 1 10 9 90% 79 6 8% 36 18 50% 233 25 11% 20 11 55% 14 12 86% 0
1983 30 TOR AL 451 100% 109 18 5 0 1 1.22 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 72 7 10% 32 12 38% 241 38 16% 25 14 56% 11 4 36% 0
1984 31 TOR AL 492 100% 136 14 6 0 2 2.72 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 7 6 86% 69 0 0% 50 18 36% 251 44 18% 20 12 60% 19 10 53% 0
1985 32 OAK AL 418 100% 95 17 4 0 1 2.10 4 1 7 3 1 1 3 0 6 5 83% 70 6 9% 28 12 43% 203 28 14% 19 11 58% 9 7 78% 0
1986 33 DET AL 476 100% 113 11 1 0 0 1.90 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 93 9 10% 42 17 40% 280 27 10% 20 11 55% 19 10 53% 0
1987 34 CIN NL 100 100% 25 35 8 0 1 0.94 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 13 1 8% 8 2 25% 48 6 13% 4 2 50% 6 4 67% 0
1988 35 CIN NL 189 100% 41 6 2 58 12 0 3 1.51 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 35 0 0% 19 7 37% 102 15 15% 10 7 70% 8 3 38% 0
1989 36 CIN NL 118 100% 25 5 0 55 10 0 2 1.40 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 22 2 9% 10 3 30% 74 7 9% 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 0
1990 37 STL NL 74 100% 13 4 1 25 6 0 1 0.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 22 1 5% 8 3 38% 49 4 8% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
16 Yrs 5507 100% 1335 15 3 348 84 0 18 1.42 32 1 100 26 6 13 19 3 85 64 75% 891 59 7% 441 165 37% 2846 367 13% 246 127 52% 161 87 54% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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 35 CIN NL 187 658 3.52 417 63% 21% 12% 32% 35% 79% 0% 50% 85% 37% 5% 9 1 14% 27 16 6% 12 9 26% 2 1 0
1989 36 CIN NL 118 427 3.62 255 60% 19% 11% 34% 36% 80% 0% 48% 86% 40% 6% 7 0 21% 25 13 10% 12 8 35% 0 0 2
1990 37 STL NL 72 259 3.60 155 60% 24% 12% 32% 32% 75% 8% 45% 83% 44% 8% 6 0 17% 12 1 10% 7 2 56% 2 0 2
3 Yrs 377 1344 3.56 827 62% 21% 11% 33% 35% 79% 2% 49% 85% 40% 6% 22 1 17% 64 30 8% 31 19 34% 4 1 4
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1975 22 93 362 319 41 85 13 4 3 29 24 10 36 55 .266 .340 .361 .700 106 115 4 1 3 3 1
1976 23 192 775 684 86 181 25 5 7 57 56 29 76 110 .265 .337 .346 .684 105 237 6 1 10 4 3
1977 24 312 1222 1086 132 277 34 8 12 85 81 39 109 176 .255 .323 .334 .658 91 363 8 4 16 7 3
1978 25 414 1342 1188 145 299 35 8 12 92 88 46 124 194 .252 .322 .325 .647 87 386 10 4 17 9 3
1979 26 536 1771 1584 204 425 51 12 15 127 104 55 151 242 .268 .332 .344 .676 93 545 16 6 20 10 5
1980 27 680 2384 2135 298 592 71 16 18 162 183 76 204 310 .277 .341 .351 .692 96 749 21 9 23 13 7
1981 28 775 2796 2495 361 690 89 22 21 185 209 86 245 351 .277 .343 .355 .698 98 886 27 15 26 15 8
1982 29 886 3189 2843 402 778 101 25 24 210 222 94 273 400 .274 .340 .352 .692 96 1001 33 20 35 18 11
1983 30 1004 3640 3245 457 887 113 29 25 244 253 101 316 467 .273 .340 .349 .689 94 1133 40 22 37 20 12
1984 31 1132 4132 3686 516 1023 137 44 27 288 313 115 349 508 .278 .343 .361 .704 97 1329 40 31 43 23 12
1985 32 1244 4550 4065 568 1118 153 48 31 317 342 123 378 545 .275 .339 .359 .699 96 1460 46 32 48 27 14
1986 33 1368 5026 4484 612 1231 171 50 32 344 369 135 422 594 .275 .340 .356 .696 95 1598 55 34 57 29 14
1987 34 1425 5126 4569 631 1256 176 50 32 349 378 135 433 606 .275 .340 .356 .697 95 1628 56 36 59 29 14
1988 35 1524 5315 4743 643 1297 182 52 32 363 385 137 444 633 .273 .338 .354 .692 94 1679 56 38 59 31 14
1989 36 1602 5433 4849 655 1322 186 52 32 370 388 138 454 650 .273 .338 .352 .690 93 1708 58 38 61 31 14
1990 37 1701 5507 4907 667 1335 187 52 32 373 395 139 467 660 .272 .338 .351 .689 93 1722 59 38 64 31 16

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
1975 22 94 377 330 49 95 15 4 3 35 27 40 55 .288 .364 .385 .748 47 93
1976 23 100 438 383 57 112 14 1 5 36 37 47 55 .292 .369 .373 .742 52 99
1977 24 120 450 404 48 98 9 3 5 29 26 34 66 .243 .304 .317 .621 39 120
1978 25 102 122 103 14 23 1 0 0 8 7 16 18 .223 .322 .233 .555 8 102
1979 26 122 433 399 62 129 16 4 3 37 16 28 48 .323 .370 .406 .776 60 122
1980 27 144 625 560 102 176 21 4 3 38 83 56 68 .314 .378 .382 .760 81 144
1981 28 144 641 556 106 159 29 10 5 39 42 67 62 .286 .371 .401 .772 80 95
1982 29 111 398 352 44 92 13 3 3 27 14 29 49 .261 .324 .341 .665 38 111
1983 30 118 451 402 55 109 12 4 1 34 31 43 67 .271 .343 .328 .671 45 118
1984 31 128 494 443 61 138 24 15 2 45 61 33 41 .312 .369 .447 .816 72 128
1985 32 112 427 386 59 102 17 4 4 33 31 31 37 .264 .318 .360 .678 45 112
1986 33 124 479 421 45 115 18 2 1 28 27 45 49 .273 .345 .333 .677 48 124
1987 34 57 100 85 19 25 5 0 0 5 9 11 12 .294 .388 .353 .741 11 57
1988 35 99 193 177 13 44 6 2 0 16 8 12 27 .249 .301 .305 .606 16 99
1989 36 78 118 106 12 25 4 0 0 7 3 10 17 .236 .302 .274 .575 9 78
1990 37 99 74 58 12 13 1 0 0 3 7 13 10 .224 .366 .241 .608 5 99
16 Yrs 1752 5820 5165 758 1455 205 56 35 420 429 515 681 .282 .350 .363 .713 656 1701
162 Game Avg. 162 538 478 70 135 19 5 3 39 40 48 63 .282 .350 .363 .713 61 1701

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (27, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1980 NL  .303 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1980 NL  94 (7th)
1981 NL  63 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (10th)
1984 AL  15 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1980 NL  79 (3rd)
1981 NL  26 (4th)
1984 AL  60 (2nd)
1985 AL  29 (10th)
Career  395 (75th)

Singles s c a p y
1980 NL  140 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (2nd)
1984 AL  9 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 AL  19 (5th)
1980 NL  21 (2nd)
1981 NL  10 (7th)
1984 AL  14 (5th)
1986 AL  12 (9th)
Career  139 (35th)

SB % s c a p y
1984 AL  81.08 (5th)
Career  73.97 (197th)

Oldest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1952-10-20 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1028), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1466), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Rick Manning (921)
  2. Stan Javier (917)
  3. George Case (915)
  4. Max Flack (915)
  5. Burt Shotton (914)
  6. Cliff Heathcote (914)
  7. Terry Puhl (913)
  8. Luis Polonia (913)
  9. Omar Moreno (913)
  10. Al Bumbry (913)
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  1. Jim Wohlford (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Beals Becker (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Wohlford (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Davy Jones (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Mumphrey (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Menosky (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Max Flack (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roger Cedeno (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Max Flack (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Max Flack (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cliff Heathcote (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dode Paskert (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dode Paskert (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Stan Javier (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Stan Javier (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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