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Al Cowens

Alfred Edward Cowens (A. C.)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: October 25, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Centennial HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 75th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1974
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mariners/Tigers/Angels 1974-1986

Final Game: June 8, 1986
Died: March 11, 2002 in Downey, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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
1974 22 KCR AL 110 296 269 28 65 7 1 1 25 5 0 23 38 .242 .303 .286 .589 67 77 10 1 2 1 0 98/7D5
1975 23 KCR AL 120 367 328 44 91 13 8 4 42 12 7 28 36 .277 .340 .402 .742 107 132 9 4 5 2 1 *987/D
1976 24 KCR AL 152 616 581 71 154 23 6 3 59 23 16 26 50 .265 .298 .341 .639 86 198 9 3 2 4 0 *98/D
1977 25 KCR AL 162 661 606 98 189 32 14 23 112 16 12 41 64 .312 .361 .525 .885 137 318 14 8 1 5 4 *98/D MVP-2,GG
1978 26 KCR AL 132 534 485 63 133 24 8 5 63 14 6 31 54 .274 .319 .388 .707 97 188 7 6 1 11 3 *98/5D
1979 27 KCR AL 136 568 516 69 152 18 7 9 73 10 8 40 44 .295 .345 .409 .753 101 211 12 3 2 7 4 *9/8D
1980 28 TOT AL 142 584 522 69 140 20 3 6 59 6 8 49 61 .268 .331 .352 .684 88 184 8 2 7 4 5 *98/7D
1980 28 CAL AL 34 132 119 11 27 5 0 1 17 1 2 12 21 .227 .303 .294 .597 67 35 2 1 0 0 1 98/7D
1980 28 DET AL 108 452 403 58 113 15 3 5 42 5 6 37 40 .280 .339 .370 .709 93 149 6 1 7 4 4 9/D
1981 29 DET AL 85 284 253 27 66 11 4 1 18 3 3 22 36 .261 .319 .348 .667 90 88 3 1 5 3 3 *89
1982 30 SEA AL 146 611 560 72 151 39 8 20 78 11 7 46 81 .270 .325 .475 .800 114 266 12 1 1 3 3 *9/D
1983 31 SEA AL 110 384 356 39 73 19 2 7 35 10 2 23 38 .205 .255 .329 .584 57 117 13 2 0 3 0 9D/87
1984 32 SEA AL 139 559 524 60 145 34 2 15 78 9 5 27 83 .277 .312 .435 .747 107 228 18 2 1 5 2 *9/D8
1985 33 SEA AL 122 487 452 59 120 32 5 14 69 0 0 30 56 .265 .310 .451 .761 106 204 23 1 0 4 3 *9/D
1986 34 SEA AL 28 87 82 5 15 4 0 0 6 1 0 3 18 .183 .209 .232 .441 20 19 3 0 1 1 0 9/D7
13 Yrs 1584 6038 5534 704 1494 276 68 108 717 120 74 389 659 .270 .319 .403 .722 99 2230 141 34 28 53 28
162 Game Avg. 162 618 566 72 153 28 7 11 73 12 8 40 67 .270 .319 .403 .722 99 228 14 3 3 5 3
KCR (6 yrs) 812 3042 2785 373 784 117 44 45 374 80 49 189 286 .282 .329 .404 .733 103 1124 61 25 13 30 12
SEA (5 yrs) 545 2128 1974 235 504 128 17 56 266 31 14 129 276 .255 .301 .422 .723 96 834 69 6 3 16 8
DET (2 yrs) 193 736 656 85 179 26 7 6 60 8 9 59 76 .273 .331 .361 .693 92 237 9 2 12 7 7
CAL (1 yr) 34 132 119 11 27 5 0 1 17 1 2 12 21 .227 .303 .294 .597 67 35 2 1 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
1974 22 KCR AL 110 296 -12 3 0 1 -4 -12 -1.3 10 -3 -0.4 .487 .491 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ 98/7D5
1975 23 KCR AL 120 367 2 1 0 6 -5 5 0.6 12 17 1.7 .504 .503 1.1 0.3 10 $ *987/D
1976 24 KCR AL 152 616 -9 -2 2 10 -7 -5 -0.4 20 15 1.4 .496 .496 0.3 0.5 4 $ *98/D
1977 25 KCR AL 162 661 30 -2 -0 6 -7 28 3.1 21 49 5.0 .517 .517 4.3 0.1 42 $40,000 *98/D MVP-2,GG
1978 26 KCR AL 132 534 -7 4 0 8 -6 -1 0.0 17 16 1.6 .499 .499 0.8 0.3 8 $ *98/5D
1979 27 KCR AL 136 568 9 2 -0 -11 -6 -6 -0.4 18 12 1.2 .495 .496 2.4 -1.6 24 $ *9/8D
1980 28 CAL AL 34 132 -5 -1 1 -2 -1 -9 -0.9 4 -5 -0.5 .473 .494 -0.3 -0.3 -2 $ 98/7D
1980 28 DET AL 108 452 -5 -0 2 1 -5 -6 -0.5 14 7 0.8 .494 .496 0.6 -0.3 6 $ 9/D
1981 29 DET AL 85 284 -4 -0 0 2 -1 -4 -0.4 9 5 0.4 .495 .497 0.3 0.1 3 $ *89
1982 30 SEA AL 146 611 11 -1 1 3 -7 7 0.9 19 26 2.6 .505 .505 2.4 -0.3 23 $ *9/D
1983 31 SEA AL 110 384 -19 2 -0 4 -7 -20 -2.0 12 -9 -0.9 .480 .487 -1.4 -0.1 -13 $400,000 9D/87
1984 32 SEA AL 139 559 5 -0 -1 -13 -7 -15 -1.5 17 2 0.1 .488 .490 1.5 -2.0 15 $400,000 *9/D8
1985 33 SEA AL 122 487 1 1 -3 -4 -6 -11 -0.9 15 4 0.4 .491 .493 0.9 -0.9 8 $400,000 *9/D
1986 34 SEA AL 28 87 -10 0 0 -2 -1 -12 -1.2 3 -10 -1.0 .454 .492 -0.8 -0.3 -8 $360,000 9/D7
13 Seasons 1584 6038 -14 7 2 10 -69 -63 -4.9 190 126 12.4 .496 .497 11.6 -4.7 117 $1,600,000
KCR (6 yrs) 812 3042 13 6 2 21 -35 7 1.6 98 106 10.5 .501 .501 8.4 -0.6 85 $40,000
SEA (5 yrs) 545 2128 -12 2 -3 -12 -27 -52 -4.8 65 13 1.2 .490 .493 2.6 -3.6 25 $1,560,000
DET (2 yrs) 193 736 -9 -1 2 3 -6 -10 -0.9 22 12 1.2 .494 .497 0.9 -0.2 9 $
CAL (1 yr) 34 132 -5 -1 1 -2 -1 -9 -0.9 4 -5 -0.5 .473 .494 -0.3 -0.3 -2 $

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
1974 22 KCR AL 296 217 23 2.8 93 .277 .242 .264 .303 .329 .286 .380 .589 .709 67 .336 -11.6 -1.2 .495 .149 .045 1.7
1975 23 KCR AL 367 260 44 4.6 95 .300 .277 .261 .340 .332 .402 .384 .742 .716 107 .525 2.3 0.2 .668 .226 .125 6.0
1976 24 KCR AL 616 458 57 3.4 87 .284 .265 .258 .298 .323 .341 .364 .639 .687 86 .422 -12.3 -1.3 .518 .133 .076 5.3
1977 25 KCR AL 661 449 109 6.5 102 .317 .312 .269 .361 .333 .525 .409 .885 .742 137 .650 28.9 2.8 .837 .287 .213 18.9
1978 26 KCR AL 534 377 62 4.4 95 .293 .274 .263 .319 .329 .388 .388 .707 .717 97 .508 -2.2 -0.2 .638 .194 .113 7.4
1979 27 KCR AL 568 393 71 4.8 104 .304 .295 .272 .345 .337 .409 .412 .753 .749 101 .511 0.5 0.0 .667 .196 .114 9.5
1980 28 TOT AL 584 409 62 4.1 99 .292 .268 .270 .331 .333 .352 .401 .684 .733 88 .445 -8.6 -0.8 .585 .174 .084 6.0
1980 28 CAL AL 132 96 11 3.1 96 .268 .227 .265 .303 .328 .294 .394 .597 .721 67 .326 -5.1 -0.5 .490 .160 .067 1.0
1980 28 DET AL 452 313 51 4.4 100 .298 .280 .271 .339 .334 .370 .403 .709 .737 93 .479 -3.5 -0.3 .616 .179 .089 5.0
1981 29 DET AL 284 201 29 3.9 91 .297 .261 .260 .319 .325 .348 .378 .667 .702 90 .475 -3.2 -0.3 .575 .174 .087 1.5
1982 30 SEA AL 611 432 84 5.2 101 .284 .270 .268 .325 .332 .475 .408 .800 .740 114 .559 9.7 1.0 .741 .295 .205 14.2
1983 31 SEA AL 384 301 28 2.5 101 .210 .205 .270 .255 .333 .329 .408 .584 .740 57 .249 -22.0 -2.2 .503 .211 .124 8.2
1984 32 SEA AL 559 408 66 4.3 95 .302 .277 .261 .312 .324 .435 .394 .747 .718 107 .481 4.0 0.4 .649 .218 .158 11.3
1985 33 SEA AL 487 359 56 4.2 99 .275 .265 .261 .310 .327 .451 .406 .761 .733 106 .456 2.9 0.3 .662 .252 .186 .0
1986 34 SEA AL 87 72 4 1.5 100 .231 .183 .262 .209 .330 .232 .408 .441 .737 20 .109 -9.1 -0.9 .329 .098 .049 .0
13 Yrs 6038 4336 695 4.3 97 .288 .270 .265 .319 .330 .403 .396 .722 .725 99 .484 -20.6 -2.3 .634 .212 .133 113.7
162 Game Avg. 618 443 71 4.3 97 .288 .270 .265 .319 .330 .403 .396 .722 .725 99 .484 -20.6 -2.3 .634 .212 .133 12
KCR (6 yrs) 3042 2154 366 4.6 96 .298 .282 .265 .329 .330 .404 .391 .733 .721 103 .519 5.7 0.3 .649 .201 .122 57.6
SEA (5 yrs) 2128 1572 238 4.1 99 .270 .255 .265 .301 .329 .422 .404 .723 .732 96 .446 -14.6 -1.5 .635 .241 .167 39.9
DET (2 yrs) 736 514 80 4.2 97 .298 .273 .267 .331 .330 .361 .393 .693 .723 92 .477 -6.6 -0.7 .600 .177 .088 6.9
CAL (1 yr) 132 96 11 3.1 96 .268 .227 .265 .303 .328 .294 .394 .597 .721 67 .325 -5.1 -0.5 .490 .160 .067 1.0

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
1976 24 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 22 21 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 .190 .227 .286 .513 6 1 0 0 0 0
1977 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 20 19 2 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 .263 .300 .421 .721 8 1 0 0 0 0
1978 26 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 15 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 14 57 55 7 11 0 1 1 6 2 1 2 6 .200 .228 .291 .519 16 2 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 14 57 55 7 11 0 1 1 6 2 1 2 6 .200 .228 .291 .519 16 2 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
1974 22 KCR AL 296 0.3% 12.8% 7.8% 3.0% 14% 1.65 7.1 269.0 10.8 1.11 78%
1975 23 KCR AL 367 1.1% 9.8% 7.6% 6.8% 28% 1.29 9.1 82.0 7.8 0.96 79%
1976 24 KCR AL 616 0.5% 8.1% 4.2% 5.2% 21% 1.92 11.6 193.7 9.8 1.04 86%
1977 25 KCR AL 661 3.5% 9.7% 6.2% 10.4% 37% 1.56 9.5 26.3 5.4 0.95 79%
1978 26 KCR AL 534 0.9% 10.1% 5.8% 6.9% 28% 1.74 9.0 97.0 7.7 0.90 82%
1979 27 KCR AL 568 1.6% 7.8% 7.0% 6.0% 22% 1.10 11.7 57.3 7.1 1.04 83%
1980 28 TOT AL 584 1.0% 10.5% 8.4% 5.0% 21% 1.24 8.6 87.0 8.8 0.98 79%
1980 28 CAL AL 132 0.8% 15.9% 9.1% 4.6% 22% 1.75 5.7 119.0 7.0 1.11 73%
1980 28 DET AL 452 1.1% 8.9% 8.2% 5.1% 20% 1.08 10.1 80.6 9.6 0.95 80%
1981 29 DET AL 284 0.4% 12.7% 7.8% 5.6% 24% 1.64 7.0 253.0 14.1 0.98 77%
1982 30 SEA AL 611 3.3% 13.3% 7.5% 11.0% 44% 1.76 6.9 28.0 7.2 0.93 76%
1983 31 SEA AL 384 1.8% 9.9% 6.0% 7.3% 38% 1.65 9.4 50.9 10.2 1.09 82%
1984 32 SEA AL 559 2.7% 14.9% 4.8% 9.1% 35% 3.07 6.3 34.9 6.7 1.35 77%
1985 33 SEA AL 487 2.9% 11.5% 6.2% 10.5% 43% 1.87 8.1 32.3 6.6 1.09 79%
1986 34 SEA AL 87 0.0% 20.7% 3.5% 4.6% 27% 6.00 4.6 13.7 1.57 75%
13 Yrs 6038 1.8% 10.9% 6.4% 7.5% 30% 1.69 8.4 51.2 7.7 1.03 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.7 44.7 8.5 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
1974 22 KCR AL -11.6 -1.2 307 -0.5 5.4 -5.9 1.14 -1.2 0.8 -14.9 -1.5 1.00 -11.5 1.18 9
1975 23 KCR AL 2.3 0.2 392 -0.1 7.8 -8.0 1.13 -0.2 0.0 -6.8 -0.7 1.01 -3.9 1.61 9
1976 24 KCR AL -12.3 -1.3 666 -1.9 10.1 -12.0 1.03 -1.2 -0.6 -14.4 -1.5 1.01 -15.5 1.93 5
1977 25 KCR AL 28.9 2.8 697 3.9 14.9 -11.0 1.00 2.9 1.0 39.9 3.8 0.97 35.4 1.53 6
1978 26 KCR AL -2.7 -0.3 559 -1.7 8.6 -10.3 1.03 -1.1 -0.5 -10.7 -1.1 1.00 -10.3 2.22 2
1979 27 KCR AL 0.5 0.0 597 0.7 11.4 -10.7 1.10 1.2 -0.6 9.7 0.9 1.00 11.1 1.06 3
1980 28 TOT AL -8.6 -0.8 602 -2.0 8.9 -10.9 1.03 -0.9 -1.0 -11.1 -1.1 0.97 -11.4 2.94 5
1980 28 CAL AL -5.1 -0.5 135 0.0 2.5 -2.4 1.05 -0.5 0.6 -0.7 -0.1 1.01 -5.3 4.48 3
1980 28 DET AL -3.5 -0.3 467 -2.1 6.4 -8.5 1.03 -0.4 -1.6 -10.4 -1.0 0.95 -6.0 0.64 2
1981 29 DET AL -3.5 -0.4 291 0.4 4.7 -4.4 .96 -0.7 1.1 -3.5 -0.4 0.96 -6.4 1.59 11
1982 30 SEA AL 9.7 1.0 634 -0.9 11.8 -12.7 1.15 0.8 -1.6 3.3 0.3 0.97 11.6 0
1983 31 SEA AL -22.0 -2.2 398 -2.6 6.1 -8.7 1.11 -2.0 -0.3 -23.7 -2.3 0.92 -22.7 3.49 6
1984 32 SEA AL 4.0 0.4 578 -0.2 11.7 -11.9 1.16 -0.1 -0.0 -6.3 -0.6 1.01 -0.1 3.57 8
1985 33 SEA AL 2.9 0.3 495 -0.2 8.6 -8.9 1.01 -0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.98 -3.9 2.01 8
1986 34 SEA AL -9.1 -0.9 89 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 1.16 -0.9 0.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.99 -9.8 1.45 7
13 Yrs -21.5 -2.4 6305 -6.0 111.4 -117.4 1.07 -4.0 -1.6 -48.4 -5.1 0.98 -37.6 2.02 79

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
1974 22 KCR AL 1 0 31% 121 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 52% 17 12 5 6 3 3 10 1 9
1975 23 KCR AL 3 0 34% 145 12 7 63% 12 6 0 0 0 1 6 3 5 9 50% 16 12 4 4 1 3 12 3 9
1976 24 KCR AL 10 0 38% 185 23 16 59% 21 15 2 0 0 1 10 3 13 19 63% 24 10 14 11 3 8 24 8 15
1977 25 KCR AL 10 0 35% 243 16 12 57% 13 13 3 0 0 0 7 4 10 18 64% 27 12 15 8 1 7 15 5 10
1978 26 KCR AL 2 0 35% 181 14 6 70% 14 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 16 52% 29 18 11 7 2 5 16 5 11
1979 27 KCR AL 18 0 32% 232 10 8 56% 10 8 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 21 45% 42 25 17 3 1 2 15 6 8
1980 28 TOT AL 5 0 34% 231 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 15 56% 36 16 20 5 1 4 16 8 8
1980 28 CAL AL 1 0 26% 48 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 54% 8 4 4 2 0 2 3 2 1
1980 28 DET AL 4 0 36% 183 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 13 57% 28 12 16 3 1 2 13 6 7
1981 29 DET AL 3 0 30% 112 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 57% 13 6 7 1 1 0 9 3 6
1982 30 SEA AL 9 0 29% 208 11 7 61% 10 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 10 45% 29 19 10 2 2 0 18 6 12
1983 31 SEA AL 7 0 35% 138 10 2 83% 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 36% 15 12 3 3 2 1 10 4 6
1984 32 SEA AL 9 0 28% 193 9 5 64% 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 6 41% 26 16 10 5 3 2 20 9 9
1985 33 SEA AL 5 0 33% 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 35% 12 8 3 6 3 3 11 6 4
1986 34 SEA AL 0 0 28% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 43% 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
13 Yrs 82 0 33% 2177 120 74 62% 107 70 13 2 0 3 38 15 64 141 50% 291 169 121 62 23 39 177 65 107

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
1974 22 KCR AL 296 60% 65 9 4 0 1 1.18 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 50% 66 10 15% 33 12 36% 204 24 12% 19 6 32% 11 5 45% 0
1975 23 KCR AL 367 43% 91 9 2 1 1 1.61 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 0 6 5 83% 74 9 12% 39 8 21% 255 42 16% 20 8 40% 14 3 21% 0
1976 24 KCR AL 616 31% 154 5 2 0 1 1.93 3 0 13 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 67% 121 9 7% 65 23 35% 412 58 14% 41 24 59% 34 19 56% 0
1977 25 KCR AL 661 27% 189 6 2 0 3 1.53 23 0 10 16 7 11 12 0 1 1 100% 130 14 11% 53 20 38% 420 89 21% 44 27 61% 15 13 87% 0
1978 26 KCR AL 534 34% 133 2 0 0 0 2.22 5 1 12 1 4 1 4 0 1 1 100% 102 7 7% 65 23 35% 370 59 16% 44 26 59% 20 10 50% 0
1979 27 KCR AL 568 32% 152 3 2 0 0 1.06 9 0 13 6 3 3 6 0 2 2 100% 109 12 11% 58 21 36% 388 67 17% 46 25 54% 25 17 68% 0
1980 28 TOT AL 584 39% 140 5 1 1 1 2.94 6 0 14 3 3 2 4 0 7 7 100% 117 8 7% 62 20 32% 376 56 15% 33 21 64% 21 9 43% 0
1980 28 CAL AL 132 27% 27 3 1 1 1 4.48 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 2 7% 14 2 14% 91 17 19% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1980 28 DET AL 452 43% 113 2 0 0 0 0.64 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 0 7 7 100% 88 6 7% 48 18 38% 285 39 14% 29 19 66% 18 7 39% 0
1981 29 DET AL 284 63% 66 11 3 0 3 1.59 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 100% 42 3 7% 21 10 48% 155 17 11% 8 4 50% 8 3 38% 0
1982 30 SEA AL 611 35% 151 0 0 0 0 20 0 16 16 4 13 7 0 1 1 100% 115 12 10% 60 21 35% 403 60 15% 32 19 59% 27 17 63% 0
1983 31 SEA AL 384 47% 73 6 1 0 1 3.49 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 77 13 17% 36 10 28% 227 29 13% 19 8 42% 18 7 39% 0
1984 32 SEA AL 559 34% 145 8 1 0 1 3.57 15 0 25 9 6 7 8 0 1 1 100% 110 18 16% 45 13 29% 406 66 16% 36 23 64% 11 4 36% 0
1985 33 SEA AL 487 32% 120 8 2 1 2 2.01 14 0 19 9 5 8 6 0 0 0 102 23 23% 49 13 27% 335 58 17% 32 18 56% 19 13 68% 0
1986 34 SEA AL 87 16% 15 7 1 0 1 1.45 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 16 3 19% 16 9 56% 62 7 11% 6 4 67% 11 8 73% 0
13 Yrs 6038 37% 1494 79 21 3 15 2.02 108 1 156 68 40 53 55 1 32 28 88% 1181 141 12% 602 203 34% 4013 632 16% 380 213 56% 234 128 55% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1974 22 110 296 269 28 65 7 1 1 25 5 0 23 38 .242 .303 .286 .589 67 77 10 1 2 1 0
1975 23 230 663 597 72 156 20 9 5 67 17 7 51 74 .261 .323 .350 .673 89 209 19 5 7 3 1
1976 24 382 1279 1178 143 310 43 15 8 126 40 23 77 124 .263 .311 .346 .657 88 407 28 8 9 7 1
1977 25 544 1940 1784 241 499 75 29 31 238 56 35 118 188 .280 .328 .406 .734 105 725 42 16 10 12 5
1978 26 676 2474 2269 304 632 99 37 36 301 70 41 149 242 .279 .326 .402 .728 103 913 49 22 11 23 8
1979 27 812 3042 2785 373 784 117 44 45 374 80 49 189 286 .282 .329 .404 .733 103 1124 61 25 13 30 12
1980 28 954 3626 3307 442 924 137 47 51 433 86 57 238 347 .279 .330 .396 .725 101 1308 69 27 20 34 17
1981 29 1039 3910 3560 469 990 148 51 52 451 89 60 260 383 .278 .329 .392 .721 100 1396 72 28 25 37 20
1982 30 1185 4521 4120 541 1141 187 59 72 529 100 67 306 464 .277 .328 .403 .732 102 1662 84 29 26 40 23
1983 31 1295 4905 4476 580 1214 206 61 79 564 110 69 329 502 .271 .323 .397 .720 98 1779 97 31 26 43 23
1984 32 1434 5464 5000 640 1359 240 63 94 642 119 74 356 585 .272 .322 .401 .723 99 2007 115 33 27 48 25
1985 33 1556 5951 5452 699 1479 272 68 108 711 119 74 386 641 .271 .321 .406 .726 100 2211 138 34 27 52 28
1986 34 1584 6038 5534 704 1494 276 68 108 717 120 74 389 659 .270 .319 .403 .722 99 2230 141 34 28 53 28

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
1974 22 110 300 272 30 68 7 1 1 27 5 24 38 .250 .312 .294 .606 25 110
1975 23 121 373 333 47 95 14 8 4 45 13 29 36 .285 .348 .411 .759 47 120
1976 24 153 637 599 83 169 25 7 3 69 25 29 50 .282 .317 .362 .679 68 152
1977 25 162 663 608 100 191 32 14 23 114 16 41 64 .314 .363 .526 .889 115 162
1978 26 132 544 493 70 141 25 8 5 70 15 33 54 .286 .331 .400 .731 66 132
1979 27 137 570 518 69 152 18 7 9 73 10 40 44 .293 .343 .407 .751 72 136
1980 28 142 589 526 72 144 21 3 6 62 6 50 61 .274 .337 .359 .696 64 142
1981 29 129 442 391 46 108 18 7 2 31 5 36 55 .276 .336 .373 .710 48 85
1982 30 146 614 562 73 153 40 8 20 79 11 47 81 .272 .328 .479 .807 88 146
1983 31 110 385 357 39 74 19 2 7 35 10 23 38 .207 .257 .331 .588 30 110
1984 32 139 567 531 65 152 36 2 16 84 9 28 83 .286 .322 .452 .774 77 139
1985 33 122 491 455 61 123 33 5 14 72 0 31 56 .270 .316 .457 .773 66 122
1986 34 28 87 82 5 15 4 0 0 6 1 3 18 .183 .209 .232 .441 4 28
13 Yrs 1631 6262 5727 760 1585 292 72 110 767 126 414 678 .277 .326 .411 .737 770 1584
162 Game Avg. 162 622 569 75 157 29 7 11 76 13 41 67 .277 .326 .411 .737 76 1584

* 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))
1977 AL (2, 55%)
0.55 Career Shares (414th)

Gold Gloves
1977 AL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1977 AL  .312 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1977 AL  .525 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL  162 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  189 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1977 AL  318 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 AL  39 (5th)
1984 AL  34 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1975 AL  8 (4th)
1977 AL  14 (3rd)
1978 AL  8 (6th)
1982 AL  8 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1977 AL  112 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  69 (4th)
1982 AL  67 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL  8 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  11 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1985 AL  23 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 AL  16 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1977 AL  18.9 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 AL  39.94 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.9 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.8 (6th)

             

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (939), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Tony Gonzalez (940)
  2. Tillie Walker (936)
  3. Kevin Bass (932)
  4. Jim Piersall (925)
  5. Tito Francona (919)
  6. Jorge Orta (917)
  7. Larry Herndon (917)
  8. Brian McRae (916)
  9. Bill Virdon (916)
  10. Von Hayes (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ned Hanlon (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Davy Jones (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Casey Stengel (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Casey Stengel (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Groth (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Schulte (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Groth (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Piersall (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Virdon (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Piersall (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Kotsay (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jose Cruz (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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