Tim Corcoran

Timothy Michael Corcoran

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 19, 1953 in Glendale, CA
School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1977
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies/Twins/Mets 1977-1986

Final Game: June 6, 1986
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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
1977 24 DET AL 55 111 103 13 29 3 0 3 15 0 1 6 9 .282 .315 .398 .713 90 41 3 0 0 2 1 /987D
1978 25 DET AL 116 363 324 37 86 13 1 1 27 3 2 24 27 .265 .322 .321 .643 80 104 10 5 6 4 2 *9/8D
1979 26 DET AL 18 27 22 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 1 4 2 .227 .333 .273 .606 64 6 1 0 0 1 1 /937D
1980 27 DET AL 84 177 153 20 44 7 1 3 18 0 2 22 10 .288 .379 .405 .784 114 62 4 1 0 1 2 39/7D
1981 28 MIN AL 22 58 51 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 7 .176 .259 .235 .494 40 12 3 0 0 1 0 3/D
1983 30 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 /3
1984 31 PHI NL 102 248 208 30 71 13 1 5 36 0 1 37 27 .341 .440 .486 .925 159 101 6 1 0 2 5 39/7
1985 32 PHI NL 103 219 182 11 39 6 1 0 22 0 0 29 20 .214 .312 .258 .570 60 47 6 0 1 7 4 3/79
1986 33 NYM NL 6 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -32 0 0 0 0 0 1 /3
9 Yrs 509 1213 1050 120 283 46 4 12 128 4 7 130 102 .270 .349 .355 .704 95 373 33 7 8 18 16
162 Game Avg. 162 386 334 38 90 15 1 4 41 1 2 41 32 .270 .349 .355 .704 95 119 11 2 3 6 5
DET (4 yrs) 273 678 602 74 164 24 2 7 66 4 6 56 48 .272 .336 .354 .690 90 213 18 6 6 8 6
PHI (3 yrs) 208 468 390 41 110 19 2 5 58 0 1 66 47 .282 .380 .379 .759 112 148 12 1 2 9 9
MIN (1 yr) 22 58 51 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 7 .176 .259 .235 .494 40 12 3 0 0 1 0
NYM (1 yr) 6 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -32 0 0 0 0 0 1
AL (5 yrs) 295 736 653 78 173 27 2 7 70 4 6 62 55 .265 .330 .345 .675 86 225 21 6 6 9 6
NL (4 yrs) 214 477 397 42 110 19 2 5 58 0 1 68 47 .277 .377 .373 .750 110 148 12 1 2 9 10

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
1977 24 DET AL 55 111 -3 1 0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 4 1 0.2 .496 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ /987D
1978 25 DET AL 116 363 -10 -2 -0 4 -4 -13 -1.3 12 -1 -0.2 .488 .491 -0.6 0.0 -4 $ *9/8D
1979 26 DET AL 18 27 -1 0 -0 3 -1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .501 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ /937D
1980 27 DET AL 84 177 2 0 -0 -4 -4 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .493 .496 0.4 -0.8 3 $ 39/7D
1981 28 MIN AL 22 58 -4 -1 -0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ 3/D
1983 30 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /3
1984 31 PHI NL 102 248 15 -0 -1 -0 -4 10 1.2 8 18 1.9 .511 .507 1.9 -0.4 18 $ 39/7
1985 32 PHI NL 103 219 -11 -0 1 -1 -3 -15 -1.7 7 -8 -1.0 .483 .489 -0.9 -0.4 -7 $220,000 3/79
1986 33 NYM NL 6 9 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .463 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $220,000 /3
9 Seasons 509 1213 -13 -2 -1 3 -19 -32 -3.2 38 6 0.5 .493 .498 0.1 -1.3 4 $440,000
DET (4 yrs) 273 678 -12 -0 -0 3 -10 -20 -1.9 22 2 0.1 .492 .497 -0.2 -0.5 -1 $
PHI (3 yrs) 208 468 4 -1 0 -2 -7 -5 -0.5 14 9 0.9 .497 .499 1.0 -0.8 11 $220,000
MIN (1 yr) 22 58 -4 -1 -0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 $
NYM (1 yr) 6 9 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .463 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $220,000

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
1977 24 DET AL 111 80 12 4.0 104 .280 .282 .272 .315 .337 .398 .414 .713 .751 90 .435 -1.6 -0.2 .590 .165 .117 .0
1978 25 DET AL 363 260 33 3.4 96 .283 .265 .265 .322 .330 .321 .390 .643 .720 80 .391 -8.3 -0.8 .536 .133 .056 1.5
1979 26 DET AL 27 20 2 2.7 104 .238 .227 .273 .333 .338 .273 .414 .606 .752 64 .261 -0.8 -0.1 .526 .227 .045 .0
1980 27 DET AL 177 116 23 5.3 100 .291 .288 .272 .379 .334 .405 .403 .784 .737 114 .568 3.8 0.4 .722 .248 .118 .0
1981 28 MIN AL 58 46 3 1.8 94 .200 .176 .263 .259 .328 .235 .382 .494 .711 40 .175 -3.8 -0.4 .400 .176 .059
1983 30 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
1984 31 PHI NL 248 146 45 8.3 95 .371 .341 .266 .440 .331 .486 .386 .925 .717 159 .778 18.9 1.9 .958 .317 .144 .0
1985 32 PHI NL 219 157 16 2.8 97 .231 .214 .263 .312 .332 .258 .393 .570 .724 60 .314 -8.4 -0.9 .510 .203 .044
1986 33 NYM NL 9 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .259 .222 .329 .000 .391 .222 .719 -32 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
9 Yrs 1213 833 134 4.3 98 .284 .270 .266 .349 .332 .355 .394 .704 .726 95 .498 -1.6 -0.2 .628 .207 .086 6.0
162 Game Avg. 386 265 43 4.3 98 .284 .270 .266 .349 .332 .355 .394 .704 .726 95 .498 -1.6 -0.2 .628 .207 .086 2
DET (4 yrs) 678 476 70 3.9 99 .283 .272 .268 .336 .333 .354 .398 .690 .731 90 .444 -7.0 -0.7 .591 .171 .081 5.1
PHI (3 yrs) 468 304 61 5.4 96 .303 .282 .265 .380 .331 .379 .389 .759 .721 112 .614 10.5 1.1 .730 .264 .097 .0
MIN (1 yr) 58 46 3 1.8 94 .200 .176 .263 .259 .328 .235 .382 .494 .711 40 .175 -3.8 -0.4 .400 .176 .059
NYM (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .259 .222 .329 .000 .391 .222 .719 -32 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
AL (5 yrs) 736 522 73 3.7 98 .277 .265 .268 .330 .332 .345 .397 .675 .729 86 .424 -10.8 -1.1 .574 .172 .080 5.1
NL (4 yrs) 477 311 61 5.3 96 .297 .277 .264 .377 .331 .373 .389 .750 .721 110 .604 9.3 0.9 .720 .264 .096 .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
1977 24 DET AL 111 2.7% 8.1% 5.4% 5.4% 21% 1.50 11.4 34.3 6.9 0.67 84%
1978 25 DET AL 363 0.3% 7.4% 6.6% 4.1% 17% 1.13 12.0 324.0 12.0 0.89 83%
1979 26 DET AL 27 0.0% 7.4% 14.8% 3.7% 20% 0.50 11.0 3.7 4.33 78%
1980 27 DET AL 177 1.7% 5.7% 12.4% 6.2% 25% 0.45 15.3 51.0 8.5 1.15 80%
1981 28 MIN AL 58 0.0% 12.1% 10.3% 5.2% 33% 1.17 7.3 12.8 0.95 78%
1983 30 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
1984 31 PHI NL 248 2.0% 10.9% 14.9% 7.7% 27% 0.73 7.7 41.6 5.8 1.13 72%
1985 32 PHI NL 219 0.0% 9.1% 13.2% 3.2% 18% 0.69 9.1 8.3 0.99 77%
1986 33 NYM NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.00 6.00 78%
9 Yrs 1213 1.0% 8.4% 10.7% 5.1% 22% 0.78 10.3 87.5 8.2 1.00 79%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.58 6.7 42.9 8.4 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 24 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 112 -0.1 2.6 -2.6 1.25 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 -0.9 1.81 32
1978 25 DET AL -8.3 -0.8 373 -1.3 5.2 -6.4 .99 -1.1 -0.1 -15.1 -1.5 0.98 -13.2 1.06 12
1979 26 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 30 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.19 -0.1 -0.0 1.3 0.1 1.04 -0.6 3.33 2
1980 27 DET AL 3.8 0.4 183 0.1 3.2 -3.1 1.03 0.5 -0.3 2.7 0.3 0.96 2.5 1.25 18
1981 28 MIN AL -3.9 -0.4 60 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 .93 -0.4 -0.1 -5.3 -0.5 1.00 -4.5 1.53 4
1983 30 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.03 0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.85 -0.0 0
1984 31 PHI NL 18.9 1.9 251 0.2 4.5 -4.4 1.02 1.6 -1.4 21.4 2.2 1.00 20.7 1.66 37
1985 32 PHI NL -8.4 -0.9 220 -1.4 4.0 -5.4 1.37 -0.7 -0.3 -13.0 -1.3 1.09 -8.8 2.40 34
1986 33 NYM NL -1.2 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .71 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.82 -1.3 1.28 3
9 Yrs -1.6 -0.2 1239 -3.0 20.5 -23.6 1.09 -0.6 -2.2 -10.4 -1.1 1.00 -6.0 1.78 142

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
1977 24 DET AL 0 0 31% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 55% 10 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
1978 25 DET AL 2 0 32% 142 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 30% 25 19 5 6 4 2 13 6 6
1979 26 DET AL 1 0 44% 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1980 27 DET AL 0 0 27% 71 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 38% 9 8 1 0 0 0 12 4 7
1981 28 MIN AL 1 0 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17% 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
1983 30 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 31 PHI NL 1 0 24% 124 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 38% 16 12 4 5 3 2 11 5 6
1985 32 PHI NL 2 0 16% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16% 13 11 1 1 0 1 5 3 1
1986 33 NYM NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 7 0 27% 499 4 7 36% 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 12 30 34% 80 58 20 16 10 6 44 19 22

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
1977 24 DET AL 111 87% 29 32 10 1 3 1.81 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 26 3 12% 13 4 31% 77 12 16% 6 5 83% 3 2 67% 0
1978 25 DET AL 363 79% 86 12 2 0 3 1.06 1 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 86 10 12% 31 15 48% 233 27 12% 22 13 59% 10 9 90% 0
1979 26 DET AL 27 100% 5 2 1 0 2 3.33 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 21 6 29% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1980 27 DET AL 177 89% 44 18 3 0 0 1.25 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 30 4 13% 12 4 33% 117 16 14% 10 4 40% 3 2 67% 0
1981 28 MIN AL 58 93% 9 4 0 0 0 1.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 7 3 43% 34 4 12% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
1983 30 PHI NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1984 31 PHI NL 248 93% 71 37 10 0 7 1.66 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 48 6 13% 17 6 35% 165 33 20% 18 9 50% 6 4 67% 0
1985 32 PHI NL 219 91% 39 34 5 0 4 2.40 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 58 6 10% 35 14 40% 179 23 13% 22 12 55% 9 5 56% 0
1986 33 NYM NL 9 100% 0 3 0 0 0 1.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1213 87% 283 142 31 1 19 1.78 12 1 32 9 3 7 5 0 8 8 100% 263 33 13% 118 48 41% 830 121 15% 84 47 56% 34 25 74% 0
MLB Averages 57% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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
1977 24 55 111 103 13 29 3 0 3 15 0 1 6 9 .282 .315 .398 .713 90 41 3 0 0 2 1
1978 25 171 474 427 50 115 16 1 4 42 3 3 30 36 .269 .321 .340 .660 82 145 13 5 6 6 3
1979 26 189 501 449 54 120 17 1 4 48 4 4 34 38 .267 .321 .336 .658 82 151 14 5 6 7 4
1980 27 273 678 602 74 164 24 2 7 66 4 6 56 48 .272 .336 .354 .690 90 213 18 6 6 8 6
1981 28 295 736 653 78 173 27 2 7 70 4 6 62 55 .265 .330 .345 .675 86 225 21 6 6 9 6
1982 29 295 736 653 78 173 27 2 7 70 4 6 62 55 .265 .330 .345 .675 86 225 21 6 6 9 6
1983 30 298 737 653 78 173 27 2 7 70 4 6 62 55 .265 .330 .345 .675 86 225 21 6 7 9 6
1984 31 400 985 861 108 244 40 3 12 106 4 7 99 82 .283 .358 .379 .737 104 326 27 7 7 11 11
1985 32 503 1204 1043 119 283 46 4 12 128 4 7 128 102 .271 .349 .358 .707 96 373 33 7 8 18 15
1986 33 509 1213 1050 120 283 46 4 12 128 4 7 130 102 .270 .349 .355 .704 95 373 33 7 8 18 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
1977 24 55 111 103 13 29 3 0 3 15 0 6 9 .282 .315 .398 .713 13 55
1978 25 116 369 329 41 91 14 1 1 30 3 25 27 .277 .333 .334 .668 36 116
1979 26 18 27 22 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 4 2 .227 .333 .273 .606 2 18
1980 27 84 178 154 21 45 7 1 3 18 0 22 10 .292 .382 .409 .791 24 84
1981 28 33 88 77 6 13 4 0 0 6 0 9 11 .169 .250 .221 .471 5 22
1983 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1984 31 102 253 211 32 74 14 1 5 38 0 39 27 .351 .451 .498 .948 47 102
1985 32 103 221 183 12 40 6 1 0 23 0 30 20 .219 .318 .262 .580 16 103
1986 33 6 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 6
9 Yrs 520 1257 1086 130 297 49 4 12 136 4 137 106 .273 .353 .359 .712 143 509
162 Game Avg. 162 392 338 41 93 15 1 4 42 1 43 33 .273 .353 .359 .712 45 509

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1985 NL  7 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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