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Willie Crawford

Willie Murphy Crawford

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 7, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1964
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals/Athletics/Astros 1964-1977

Final Game: October 1, 1977
Died: August 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 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
1964 17 LAD NL 10 17 16 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 .313 .353 .375 .728 112 6 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1965 18 LAD NL 52 29 27 10 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 .148 .207 .148 .355 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 /978
1966 19 LAD NL 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 LAD NL 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1968 21 LAD NL 61 198 175 25 44 12 1 4 14 1 3 20 64 .251 .335 .400 .735 129 70 0 2 1 0 0 7/98
1969 22 LAD NL 129 440 389 64 96 17 5 11 41 4 5 49 85 .247 .331 .401 .732 111 156 5 0 2 0 3 *798
1970 23 LAD NL 109 336 299 48 70 8 6 8 40 4 4 33 88 .234 .313 .381 .694 90 114 5 2 0 2 4 97/8
1971 24 LAD NL 114 376 342 64 96 16 6 9 40 5 2 28 49 .281 .334 .442 .776 124 151 6 1 1 3 2 79/8
1972 25 LAD NL 96 283 243 28 61 7 3 8 27 4 2 35 55 .251 .349 .403 .752 116 98 8 2 2 1 3 79
1973 26 LAD NL 145 543 457 75 135 26 2 14 66 12 5 78 91 .295 .396 .453 .849 140 207 6 1 3 4 12 *97/8
1974 27 LAD NL 139 540 468 73 138 23 4 11 61 7 8 64 88 .295 .376 .432 .808 130 202 9 0 3 5 9 *9/8
1975 28 LAD NL 124 432 373 46 98 15 2 9 46 5 5 49 43 .263 .345 .386 .731 108 144 2 0 6 4 11 *97
1976 29 STL NL 120 438 392 49 119 17 5 9 50 2 1 37 53 .304 .360 .441 .801 126 173 10 1 2 6 6 9/7
1977 30 TOT MLB 101 289 250 21 54 10 1 3 34 0 0 34 30 .216 .307 .300 .607 70 75 6 0 2 3 5 79D
1977 30 HOU NL 42 132 114 14 29 3 0 2 18 0 0 16 10 .254 .341 .333 .674 90 38 1 0 0 2 1 7
1977 30 OAK AL 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4 9D/7
14 Yrs 1210 3926 3435 507 921 152 35 86 419 47 36 431 664 .268 .349 .408 .757 116 1401 57 9 22 28 55
162 Game Avg. 162 526 460 68 123 20 5 12 56 6 5 58 89 .268 .349 .408 .757 116 188 8 1 3 4 7
LAD (12 yrs) 989 3199 2793 437 748 125 29 74 335 45 35 360 581 .268 .351 .413 .764 118 1153 41 8 18 19 44
STL (1 yr) 120 438 392 49 119 17 5 9 50 2 1 37 53 .304 .360 .441 .801 126 173 10 1 2 6 6
OAK (1 yr) 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4
HOU (1 yr) 42 132 114 14 29 3 0 2 18 0 0 16 10 .254 .341 .333 .674 90 38 1 0 0 2 1
NL (14 yrs) 1151 3769 3299 500 896 145 34 85 403 47 36 413 644 .272 .352 .413 .765 118 1364 52 9 20 27 51
AL (1 yr) 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4

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
1964 17 LAD NL 10 17 0 -0 0 1 -0 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .509 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $ /97
1965 18 LAD NL 52 29 -2 -0 0 -0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .492 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /978
1966 19 LAD NL 6 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1967 20 LAD NL 4 5 0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /9
1968 21 LAD NL 61 198 8 -0 0 4 -2 10 1.3 7 16 2.0 .520 .507 1.3 0.3 12 $ 7/98
1969 22 LAD NL 129 440 8 -1 1 0 -5 3 0.5 15 18 1.9 .503 .502 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *798
1970 23 LAD NL 109 336 -3 1 0 7 -5 0 0.1 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.3 0.3 3 $ 97/8
1971 24 LAD NL 114 376 12 3 0 -4 -5 7 0.8 11 18 1.9 .507 .505 2.3 -1.0 22 $ 79/8
1972 25 LAD NL 96 283 5 1 -0 1 -4 3 0.4 8 12 1.3 .504 .502 1.1 -0.3 11 $ 79
1973 26 LAD NL 145 543 25 1 1 12 -6 32 3.5 16 48 5.1 .525 .522 3.8 0.6 37 $ *97/8
1974 27 LAD NL 139 540 21 -1 0 3 -6 17 1.9 16 32 3.4 .513 .511 3.1 -0.3 30 $ *9/8
1975 28 LAD NL 124 432 3 0 2 10 -6 9 1.1 12 22 2.3 .508 .507 1.1 0.6 11 $ *97
1976 29 STL NL 120 438 12 0 0 -2 -5 7 0.8 13 20 2.1 .506 .505 2.2 -0.7 21 $ 9/7
1977 30 HOU NL 42 132 1 -1 1 -1 -1 -1 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $130,000 7
1977 30 OAK AL 59 157 -11 0 -0 -1 -3 -15 -1.5 5 -10 -1.0 .474 .491 -0.9 -0.4 -8 $ 9D/7
14 Seasons 1210 3926 78 4 5 30 -48 69 8.4 118 187 20.0 .507 .503 16.2 -1.4 157 $130,000
LAD (12 yrs) 989 3199 76 4 5 34 -40 78 9.2 96 174 18.7 .509 .505 14.6 -0.2 141 $
STL (1 yr) 120 438 12 0 0 -2 -5 7 0.8 13 20 2.1 .506 .505 2.2 -0.7 21 $
OAK (1 yr) 59 157 -11 0 -0 -1 -3 -15 -1.5 5 -10 -1.0 .474 .491 -0.9 -0.4 -8 $
HOU (1 yr) 42 132 1 -1 1 -1 -1 -1 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $130,000

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
1964 17 LAD NL 17 12 2 4.5 88 .556 .313 .255 .353 .312 .375 .379 .728 .691 112 .541 0.3 0.0 .583 .125 .063 .0
1965 18 LAD NL 29 23 1 1.2 88 .211 .148 .250 .207 .312 .148 .378 .355 .690 5 .090 -3.3 -0.4 .348 .148 .000 .0
1967 20 LAD NL 5 3 1 9.0 83 1.000 .250 .248 .400 .308 .250 .364 .650 .672 98 .817 0.1 0.0 .667 .250 .000
1968 21 LAD NL 198 135 24 4.8 75 .374 .251 .243 .335 .300 .400 .342 .735 .642 129 .633 6.6 0.7 .672 .251 .149 1.6
1969 22 LAD NL 440 305 52 4.6 89 .290 .247 .251 .331 .320 .401 .372 .732 .693 111 .542 5.8 0.6 .673 .278 .154 5.9
1970 23 LAD NL 336 240 36 4.0 99 .302 .234 .261 .313 .333 .381 .399 .694 .732 90 .435 -5.0 -0.5 .626 .258 .147 5.3
1971 24 LAD NL 376 258 51 5.3 87 .303 .281 .253 .334 .318 .442 .370 .776 .688 124 .620 10.1 1.1 .720 .251 .161 6.4
1972 25 LAD NL 283 195 34 4.7 90 .293 .251 .254 .349 .322 .403 .376 .752 .698 116 .567 5.4 0.6 .714 .305 .152 5.3
1973 26 LAD NL 543 340 88 7.0 93 .340 .295 .258 .396 .326 .453 .383 .849 .710 140 .710 28.4 2.9 .880 .344 .158 12.9
1974 27 LAD NL 540 355 77 5.9 91 .340 .295 .258 .376 .329 .432 .372 .808 .701 130 .642 20.6 2.1 .764 .271 .137 8.6
1975 28 LAD NL 432 292 52 4.8 92 .274 .263 .260 .345 .330 .386 .375 .731 .704 108 .548 4.9 0.5 .684 .255 .123 6.4
1976 29 STL NL 438 292 62 5.7 93 .327 .304 .264 .360 .330 .441 .376 .801 .706 126 .649 13.5 1.4 .746 .235 .138 3.3
1977 30 TOT MLB 289 207 24 3.1 96 .232 .216 .261 .307 .325 .300 .397 .607 .722 70 .326 -9.1 -0.9 .540 .220 .084 .0
1977 30 HOU NL 132 88 14 4.3 95 .260 .254 .258 .341 .324 .333 .394 .674 .718 90 .466 -0.7 -0.1 .628 .219 .079 .0
1977 30 OAK AL 157 119 10 2.2 97 .207 .184 .263 .277 .326 .272 .400 .549 .726 53 .210 -8.4 -0.8 .474 .221 .088 .0
14 Yrs 3926 2657 504 5.1 91 .308 .268 .257 .349 .325 .408 .377 .757 .702 116 .585 78.4 8.2 .710 .268 .140 60.8
162 Game Avg. 526 356 67 5.1 91 .308 .268 .257 .349 .325 .408 .377 .757 .702 116 .585 10 1 .710 .268 .140 8
LAD (12 yrs) 3199 2158 418 5.2 91 .312 .268 .255 .351 .324 .413 .376 .764 .699 118 .596 74.0 7.6 .722 .277 .145 56.0
STL (1 yr) 438 292 62 5.7 93 .327 .304 .264 .360 .330 .441 .376 .801 .706 126 .649 13.5 1.4 .746 .235 .138 3.3
OAK (1 yr) 157 119 10 2.3 97 .207 .184 .263 .277 .326 .272 .400 .549 .726 53 .211 -8.4 -0.8 .474 .221 .088 .0
HOU (1 yr) 132 88 14 4.3 95 .260 .254 .258 .341 .324 .333 .394 .674 .718 90 .466 -0.7 -0.1 .628 .219 .079 .0
NL (14 yrs) 3769 2538 494 5.2 91 .312 .272 .257 .352 .325 .413 .376 .765 .701 118 .599 86.8 9.0 .721 .270 .142 60.5
AL (1 yr) 157 119 10 2.3 97 .207 .184 .263 .277 .326 .272 .400 .549 .726 53 .211 -8.4 -0.8 .474 .221 .088 .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
1965 18 LAD NL WS MIN W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL WS OAK L 3 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 7 13 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .583 .968 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .750 1.125 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
1964 17 LAD NL 17 0.0% 41.2% 5.9% 5.9% 20% 7.00 2.3 1.00 53%
1965 18 LAD NL 29 0.0% 27.6% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.4 1.80 66%
1967 20 LAD NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 1.3 20%
1968 21 LAD NL 198 2.0% 32.3% 10.1% 8.6% 39% 3.20 2.7 43.8 12.5 1.42 54%
1969 22 LAD NL 440 2.5% 19.3% 11.1% 7.5% 34% 1.73 4.6 35.4 9.5 1.74 67%
1970 23 LAD NL 336 2.4% 26.2% 9.8% 6.6% 31% 2.67 3.4 37.4 7.5 0.88 61%
1971 24 LAD NL 376 2.4% 13.0% 7.5% 8.2% 32% 1.75 7.0 38.0 8.6 0.92 76%
1972 25 LAD NL 283 2.8% 19.4% 12.4% 6.4% 30% 1.57 4.4 30.4 9.0 1.32 64%
1973 26 LAD NL 543 2.6% 16.8% 14.4% 7.7% 31% 1.17 5.0 32.6 6.9 1.16 66%
1974 27 LAD NL 540 2.0% 16.3% 11.9% 7.0% 28% 1.38 5.3 42.5 7.7 1.07 69%
1975 28 LAD NL 432 2.1% 10.0% 11.3% 6.0% 27% 0.88 8.7 41.4 8.1 0.77 75%
1976 29 STL NL 438 2.1% 12.1% 8.5% 7.1% 26% 1.43 7.4 43.6 7.8 1.17 77%
1977 30 TOT MLB 289 1.0% 10.4% 11.8% 4.8% 26% 0.88 8.3 83.3 7.4 1.08 76%
1977 30 HOU NL 132 1.5% 7.6% 12.1% 3.8% 17% 0.63 11.4 57.0 6.3 0.73 79%
1977 30 OAK AL 157 0.6% 12.7% 11.5% 5.7% 36% 1.11 6.8 136.0 8.5 1.48 74%
14 Yrs 3926 2.2% 16.9% 11.0% 7.0% 30% 1.54 5.2 39.9 8.2 1.10 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.71 6.2 44.8 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 17 LAD NL 0.3 0.0 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.23 -0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.82 -0.1 0.21 3
1965 18 LAD NL -3.3 -0.4 32 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .71 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.90 -1.6 0.70 13
1966 19 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967 20 LAD NL 0.1 0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .49 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.94 0.1 0.72 3
1968 21 LAD NL 6.6 0.7 195 1.0 3.8 -2.8 .93 0.9 0.1 4.5 0.5 0.90 7.1 0.51 12
1969 22 LAD NL 5.8 0.6 454 1.7 9.1 -7.4 1.04 1.0 0.6 10.8 1.1 0.93 10.6 1.37 21
1970 23 LAD NL -5.0 -0.5 349 -0.2 5.7 -5.8 .95 -0.6 0.4 -2.9 -0.3 0.97 -3.2 1.14 15
1971 24 LAD NL 10.1 1.1 390 1.1 6.9 -5.8 .95 1.5 -0.3 12.1 1.3 1.01 14.3 1.38 19
1972 25 LAD NL 5.4 0.6 293 0.2 5.6 -5.3 1.12 0.4 -0.2 1.4 0.2 1.03 5.2 1.63 18
1973 26 LAD NL 27.8 2.8 568 4.3 12.8 -8.5 1.07 2.6 1.4 33.2 3.4 0.97 27.7 2.15 7
1974 27 LAD NL 20.6 2.1 560 1.8 10.2 -8.4 1.00 1.6 0.1 28.5 3.0 0.99 21.2 2.21 8
1975 28 LAD NL 4.4 0.4 449 1.5 9.0 -7.5 1.14 0.0 1.3 3.6 0.4 0.97 1.9 1.86 17
1976 29 STL NL 13.5 1.4 452 0.9 8.9 -8.0 1.15 1.8 -1.1 12.6 1.3 1.02 17.6 1.60 16
1977 30 TOT MLB -9.1 -0.9 291 -0.6 5.6 -6.2 1.19 -0.8 0.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.97 -4.9 2.23 22
1977 30 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 133 0.2 2.7 -2.5 1.20 0.1 0.1 4.4 0.5 1.01 4.0 2.45 8
1977 30 OAK AL -8.4 -0.8 158 -0.9 2.8 -3.7 1.18 -0.9 0.2 -6.2 -0.6 0.94 -8.9 2.10 14
14 Yrs 77.2 8.0 4057 11.2 77.9 -66.7 1.05 8.4 2.2 100.4 10.5 0.98 95.9 1.49 174

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
1964 17 LAD NL 0 0 50% 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1965 18 LAD NL 1 0 167% 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 40% 6 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1967 20 LAD NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 LAD NL 4 0 34% 73 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 47% 12 7 4 0 0 0 5 1 4
1969 22 LAD NL 8 0 40% 157 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 9 54% 27 12 14 4 2 2 12 4 7
1970 23 LAD NL 6 0 41% 113 4 4 50% 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 12 67% 20 9 11 4 1 3 12 2 10
1971 24 LAD NL 7 1 47% 152 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 60% 32 14 18 5 3 2 10 2 8
1972 25 LAD NL 3 0 22% 112 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 67% 19 8 11 2 0 2 6 1 5
1973 26 LAD NL 7 0 31% 224 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 12 59% 43 20 22 6 3 3 29 7 21
1974 27 LAD NL 10 0 33% 222 7 8 47% 7 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 16 47% 38 23 14 9 6 3 19 4 14
1975 28 LAD NL 6 0 27% 173 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 51% 23 10 11 6 4 2 8 2 6
1976 29 STL NL 6 0 27% 182 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 15 50% 24 10 11 3 3 0 17 6 11
1977 30 TOT MLB 5 0 21% 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 39% 15 8 7 5 4 1 6 4 2
1977 30 HOU NL 4 0 28% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 26% 10 7 3 3 3 0 6 4 2
1977 30 OAK AL 1 0 14% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 71% 5 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
14 Yrs 63 1 33% 1573 47 36 57% 43 34 2 0 2 2 12 0 59 113 54% 262 127 125 45 27 18 130 35 92

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
1964 17 LAD NL 17 100% 5 3 1 0 0 0.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 18 LAD NL 29 100% 4 13 0 0 0 0.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 10 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1967 20 LAD NL 5 100% 1 3 1 0 0 0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 LAD NL 198 80% 44 12 2 0 0 0.51 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 19 0 0% 9 1 11% 70 9 13% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1969 22 LAD NL 440 89% 96 21 6 0 0 1.37 11 0 8 11 0 9 2 0 2 2 100% 63 5 8% 33 9 27% 232 32 14% 28 13 46% 10 6 60% 0
1970 23 LAD NL 336 88% 70 15 3 0 1 1.14 8 0 5 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 66 5 8% 30 8 27% 226 32 14% 25 12 48% 13 6 46% 0
1971 24 LAD NL 376 84% 96 19 8 0 2 1.38 9 0 11 8 1 3 6 0 1 1 100% 80 6 8% 37 7 19% 245 31 13% 19 8 42% 12 8 67% 0
1972 25 LAD NL 283 92% 61 18 4 0 0 1.63 8 0 8 8 0 4 4 0 3 2 67% 56 8 14% 30 6 20% 200 20 10% 17 6 35% 12 4 33% 0
1973 26 LAD NL 543 76% 135 7 2 0 0 2.15 14 1 10 13 1 12 2 0 3 3 100% 108 6 6% 42 17 40% 347 55 16% 24 13 54% 18 8 44% 0
1974 27 LAD NL 540 87% 138 8 1 0 1 2.21 11 0 11 8 3 5 6 1 4 3 75% 119 9 8% 41 13 32% 349 53 15% 28 15 54% 21 11 52% 0
1975 28 LAD NL 432 97% 98 17 3 1 2 1.86 9 0 3 9 0 6 3 0 6 6 100% 79 2 3% 48 18 38% 265 38 14% 29 14 48% 23 16 70% 0
1976 29 STL NL 438 79% 119 16 5 0 0 1.60 9 1 8 6 3 4 5 0 2 2 100% 99 10 10% 48 21 44% 311 43 14% 36 20 56% 23 9 39% 0
1977 30 TOT MLB 289 87% 54 22 3 1 4 2.23 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 46 6 13% 26 12 46% 192 34 18% 22 11 50% 10 5 50% 0
1977 30 HOU NL 132 86% 29 8 2 0 3 2.45 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 1 5% 9 4 44% 97 18 19% 10 6 60% 5 3 60% 0
1977 30 OAK AL 157 87% 25 14 1 1 1 2.10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 25 5 20% 17 8 47% 95 16 17% 12 5 42% 5 2 40% 0
14 Yrs 3926 86% 921 174 39 2 10 1.49 86 2 68 78 8 48 38 1 26 22 85% 740 57 8% 347 113 33% 2456 347 14% 233 112 48% 148 75 51% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 48% 52%

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
1964 17 10 17 16 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 .313 .353 .375 .728 112 6 0 0 0 0 0
1965 18 62 46 43 13 9 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 15 .209 .261 .233 .493 45 10 0 0 0 0 0
1966 19 68 46 43 14 9 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 15 .209 .261 .233 .493 45 10 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 72 51 47 14 10 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 18 .213 .275 .234 .509 50 11 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 133 249 222 39 54 13 1 4 14 4 4 24 82 .243 .323 .365 .687 111 81 0 2 1 0 0
1969 22 262 689 611 103 150 30 6 15 55 8 9 73 167 .245 .328 .388 .716 111 237 5 2 3 0 3
1970 23 371 1025 910 151 220 38 12 23 95 12 13 106 255 .242 .323 .386 .709 104 351 10 4 3 2 7
1971 24 485 1401 1252 215 316 54 18 32 135 17 15 134 304 .252 .326 .401 .727 109 502 16 5 4 5 9
1972 25 581 1684 1495 243 377 61 21 40 162 21 17 169 359 .252 .330 .401 .731 110 600 24 7 6 6 12
1973 26 726 2227 1952 318 512 87 23 54 228 33 22 247 450 .262 .346 .413 .759 117 807 30 8 9 10 24
1974 27 865 2767 2420 391 650 110 27 65 289 40 30 311 538 .269 .352 .417 .769 120 1009 39 8 12 15 33
1975 28 989 3199 2793 437 748 125 29 74 335 45 35 360 581 .268 .351 .413 .764 118 1153 41 8 18 19 44
1976 29 1109 3637 3185 486 867 142 34 83 385 47 36 397 634 .272 .352 .416 .768 119 1326 51 9 20 25 50
1977 30 1210 3926 3435 507 921 152 35 86 419 47 36 431 664 .268 .349 .408 .757 116 1401 57 9 22 28 55

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
1964 17 10 18 17 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 .353 .389 .412 .801 3 10
1965 18 52 29 27 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 .148 .207 .148 .355 1 52
1967 20 4 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .400 .571 .400 .971 1 4
1968 21 61 210 183 35 53 14 1 5 19 1 24 64 .290 .378 .459 .837 32 61
1969 22 129 455 399 76 106 19 6 12 48 4 54 85 .266 .353 .434 .787 61 129
1970 23 109 337 300 49 71 8 6 8 41 4 33 88 .237 .315 .383 .698 36 109
1971 24 114 389 353 77 107 18 7 10 48 6 31 49 .303 .358 .479 .837 61 114
1972 25 100 304 259 34 69 8 3 9 33 5 40 57 .266 .368 .425 .792 41 96
1973 26 145 557 466 83 144 28 2 15 73 13 83 91 .309 .412 .474 .886 91 145
1974 27 139 553 477 81 147 24 4 12 68 7 68 88 .308 .391 .451 .842 85 139
1975 28 124 444 381 52 106 16 2 10 52 5 53 43 .278 .363 .409 .772 57 124
1976 29 120 447 399 54 126 18 5 10 55 2 39 53 .316 .373 .461 .834 69 120
1977 30 101 292 252 22 56 10 1 3 36 0 35 30 .222 .314 .306 .619 25 101
13 Yrs 1208 4042 3518 579 997 164 37 94 473 50 465 666 .283 .366 .431 .797 563 1204
162 Game Avg. 162 542 472 78 134 22 5 13 63 7 62 89 .283 .366 .431 .797 76 1204

* 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

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.1 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 NL  .396 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 NL  139 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1973 NL  .710 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 NL  4.3 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 NL  born 1946-09-07 (2nd)
1965 NL  born 1946-09-07 (3rd)
1966 NL  born 1946-09-07 (4th)

                           

† 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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1448), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jim Rivera (960)
  2. Mitch Webster (951)
  3. Jim Russell (951)
  4. Al Zarilla (950)
  5. Sam Mele (950)
  6. Floyd Robinson (949)
  7. Irv Noren (948)
  8. Ollie Brown (948)
  9. Steve Henderson (946)
  10. Gene Moore (945)
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  1. Reggie Smith (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Briggs (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Briggs (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Briggs (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Briggs (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ken Henderson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Henderson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Skinner (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jackie Brandt (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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