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Héctor Cruz

Hector Louis (Dilan) Cruz (Heity)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 2, 1953 in Arroyo, P.R.
High School: Carmen Bosello de Heyke (Carmen Bosello de Heyke, PR)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1973
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds/Cubs/Giants 1973-1982

Final Game: July 15, 1982
Relatives: Brother of Jose Cruz, Brother of Tommy Cruz and Uncle of Jose Cruz
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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
1970	17	STL-min	A,Rk	27	50	50		10	0	2	0						.200	.200	.280	.480		14						CDR,CDS · MIDW,GULF
1971	18	STL-min	A	111	451	406	71	112	21	4	23	68	4	6	45	103	.276	.348	.517	.865		210						CDR · MIDW
1972	19	STL-min	A	123	479	455	58	135	21	4	27	77	5	5	24	85	.297	.332	.538	.870		245						MOD,CDR · CALL,MIDW
1973	20	STL-min	AA	114	472	403	94	132	21	3	30	105	5	4	65	102	.328	.419	.618	1.037		249		0	2	2		ARK · TL
1973	20	STL	NL	11	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0	0	0	0	0	/87

1975	22	STL-min	AAA	115	504	435	84	133	30	1	29	116	6	4	63	76	.306	.394	.579	.974		252		2	2	2		TUL · AA
1975	22	STL	NL	23	52	48	7	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	2	4	.146	.176	.271	.447	21	13	1	0	1	1	0	5/79
1976	23	STL	NL	151	577	526	54	120	17	1	13	71	1	0	42	119	.228	.286	.338	.625	77	178	13	2	4	3	7	*5	RoY-3
1977	24	STL	NL	118	391	339	50	80	19	2	6	42	4	3	46	56	.236	.326	.357	.683	85	121	8	1	2	3	1	97/5
1978	25	TOT	NL	109	300	273	27	62	13	1	8	33	0	2	24	45	.227	.292	.370	.662	84	101	10	1	2	0	3	7859
1978	25	CHC	NL	30	80	76	8	18	5	0	2	9	0	0	3	6	.237	.266	.382	.647	71	29	4	0	1	0	1	8/57
1978	25	SFG	NL	79	220	197	19	44	8	1	6	24	0	2	21	39	.223	.301	.365	.667	89	72	6	1	1	0	2	7859
1979	26	TOT	NL	90	243	207	26	47	10	2	4	28	0	1	34	46	.227	.335	.353	.687	88	73	10	0	1	1	3	987/5
1979	26	SFG	NL	16	28	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.120	.214	.120	.334	-3	3	2	0	0	0	0	/759
1979	26	CIN	NL	74	215	182	24	44	10	2	4	27	0	1	31	39	.242	.350	.385	.735	100	70	8	0	1	1	3	987
1980	27	CIN	NL	52	83	75	5	16	4	1	1	5	0	0	8	16	.213	.289	.333	.622	73	25	1	0	0	0	1	79
1981	28	CHC	NL	53	127	109	15	25	5	0	7	15	2	2	17	24	.229	.331	.468	.799	122	51	3	0	0	1	0	59/7
1982	29	CHC-min	AAA	10	40	38	5	10	5	0	2	9	0	0	1	13	.263	.300	.553	.853		21		1	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1982	29	CHC	NL	17	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.211	.286	.263	.549	54	5	1	0	0	0	0	/79
9 Seasons				624	1806	1607	186	361	71	9	39	200	7	8	176	317	.225	.301	.353	.654	81	567	47	4	10	9	15
162 Game Avg.				162	469	417	48	94	18	2	10	52	2	2	46	82	.225	.301	.353	.654	81	147	12	1	3	2	4

STL (4 yrs)				303	1032	924	112	207	38	5	19	119	5	3	91	182	.224	.294	.338	.631	75	312	22	3	7	7	8
CHC (3 yrs)				100	228	204	24	47	11	0	9	24	2	2	22	34	.230	.304	.417	.721	97	85	8	0	1	1	1
SFG (2 yrs)				95	248	222	21	47	8	1	6	25	0	2	24	46	.212	.291	.338	.629	79	75	8	1	1	0	2
CIN (2 yrs)				126	298	257	29	60	14	3	5	32	0	1	39	55	.233	.333	.370	.703	93	95	9	0	1	1	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1973	20	STL	NL	12	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/87

1975	22	STL	NL	52	-5	1	2	0	-1	0	2	-1	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	5/79
1976	23	STL	NL	577	-20	-1	-2	0	-17	4	17	-19	-2.2	-2	-0.2	-2.0	$	*5	RoY-3
1977	24	STL	NL	391	-2	-2	0	1	-9	-5	12	-5	-0.5	4	0.4	-0.9	$55,000	97/5
1978	25	CHC	NL	80	-3	1	1	-1	-1	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	8/57
1978	25	SFG	NL	220	-4	-3	1	0	0	-1	7	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	7859
1979	26	SFG	NL	28	-4	0	0	-1	-1	0	1	-6	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	/759
1979	26	CIN	NL	215	0	-2	0	-1	-1	-2	6	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	987
1980	27	CIN	NL	83	-3	0	0	0	3	-1	3	2	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	79
1981	28	CHC	NL	127	3	0	-1	-1	-4	0	4	0	0.0	5	0.6	-0.6	$	59/7
1982	29	CHC	NL	21	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/79
9 Seasons				1806	-42	-6	1	-3	-32	-5	55	-35	-4.2	0	0.1	-4.3	$55,000

STL (4 yrs)				1032	-30	-2	0	1	-28	-1	31	-29	-3.3	-1	-0.1	-3.2	$55,000
CHC (3 yrs)				228	-1	1	0	-2	-6	0	7	-2	-0.2	5	0.6	-0.8	$
SFG (2 yrs)				248	-8	-3	1	-1	-1	-1	8	-6	-0.8	-4	-0.4	-0.4	$
CIN (2 yrs)				298	-3	-2	0	-1	2	-3	9	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$

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
1973	20	STL	NL	12	11	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.263	.083	.332	.000	.390	.083	.722	-75	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.091	.091	.000

1975	22	STL	NL	52	44	2	1.2	99	.156	.146	.270	.176	.342	.271	.390	.447	.732	21	.091	-5.6	-0.6	.357	.167	.125
1976	23	STL	NL	577	426	50	3.2	93	.270	.228	.264	.286	.330	.338	.376	.625	.706	77	.384	-17.7	-1.9	.532	.192	.110	1.9
1977	24	STL	NL	391	275	41	4.0	102	.264	.236	.268	.326	.336	.357	.409	.683	.744	85	.437	-6.3	-0.6	.626	.260	.121	4.8
1978	25	TOT	NL	300	225	26	3.1	95	.245	.227	.262	.292	.330	.370	.386	.662	.716	84	.365	-6.5	-0.7	.556	.223	.143	.0
1978	25	CHC	NL	80	63	6	2.6	104	.235	.237	.275	.266	.345	.382	.405	.647	.750	71	.288	-3.4	-0.4	.516	.184	.145	.0
1978	25	SFG	NL	220	162	20	3.3	91	.250	.223	.257	.301	.325	.365	.378	.667	.703	89	.395	-3.1	-0.3	.571	.239	.142	.0
1979	26	TOT	NL	243	173	25	3.9	100	.272	.227	.269	.335	.335	.353	.399	.687	.734	88	.443	-2.6	-0.3	.620	.285	.126	.0
1979	26	SFG	NL	28	24	1	1.1	94	.167	.120	.260	.214	.325	.120	.387	.334	.711	-3	.075	-3.5	-0.4	.250	.120	.000
1979	26	CIN	NL	215	149	24	4.3	100	.286	.242	.270	.350	.336	.385	.401	.735	.737	100	.493	0.9	0.1	.680	.308	.143	.0
1980	27	CIN	NL	83	60	7	3.2	96	.259	.213	.268	.289	.331	.333	.389	.622	.720	73	.367	-2.8	-0.3	.550	.227	.120	.0
1981	28	CHC	NL	127	90	17	5.1	95	.228	.229	.267	.331	.333	.468	.383	.799	.716	122	.598	3.0	0.3	.764	.394	.239	3.1
1982	29	CHC	NL	21	16	1	1.7	96	.267	.211	.268	.286	.331	.263	.389	.549	.721	54	.157	-1.2	-0.1	.438	.158	.053
9 Seasons				1806	1320	169	3.4	97	.256	.225	.266	.301	.333	.353	.389	.654	.722	81	.403	-42.3	-4.4	.573	.237	.128	11.9
162 Game Avg.				469	343	44	3.4	97	.256	.225	.266	.301	.333	.353	.389	.654	.722	81	.403	-42.3	-4.4	.573	.237	.128	3

STL (4 yrs)				1032	756	93	3.3	97	.258	.224	.266	.294	.333	.338	.389	.631	.722	75	.383	-32.3	-3.4	.550	.214	.114	7.9
CHC (3 yrs)				228	169	24	3.8	99	.235	.230	.270	.304	.337	.417	.392	.721	.729	97	.463	-1.5	-0.1	.641	.294	.186	3.3
SFG (2 yrs)				248	186	21	3.0	92	.241	.212	.258	.291	.325	.338	.379	.629	.704	79	.354	-6.6	-0.7	.530	.225	.126	.0
CIN (2 yrs)				298	209	31	4.0	99	.278	.233	.269	.333	.334	.370	.397	.703	.732	93	.460	-1.9	-0.2	.643	.284	.136	.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	2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	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	GO/AO	IP%
1973	20	STL	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%		3.00	3.7			1.67	67%

1975	22	STL	NL	52	0.0%	7.7%	3.9%	7.7%	57%	2.00	12.0		8.0	0.71	87%
1976	23	STL	NL	577	2.3%	20.6%	7.3%	5.4%	26%	2.83	4.4	40.5	7.4	1.16	69%
1977	24	STL	NL	391	1.5%	14.3%	11.8%	6.9%	34%	1.22	6.1	56.5	8.1	0.97	72%
1978	25	TOT	NL	300	2.7%	15.0%	8.0%	7.3%	36%	1.88	6.1	34.1	8.3	1.00	73%
1978	25	CHC	NL	80	2.5%	7.5%	3.8%	8.8%	39%	2.00	12.7	38.0	8.4	0.90	85%
1978	25	SFG	NL	220	2.7%	17.7%	9.6%	6.8%	34%	1.86	5.1	32.8	8.2	1.05	69%
1979	26	TOT	NL	243	1.7%	18.9%	14.0%	6.6%	34%	1.35	4.5	51.8	7.4	1.47	65%
1979	26	SFG	NL	28	0.0%	25.0%	10.7%	0.0%	0%	2.33	3.6		25.0	1.57	64%
1979	26	CIN	NL	215	1.9%	18.1%	14.4%	7.4%	36%	1.26	4.7	45.5	6.7	1.45	65%
1980	27	CIN	NL	83	1.2%	19.3%	9.6%	7.2%	38%	2.00	4.7	75.0	15.0	1.15	70%
1981	28	CHC	NL	127	5.5%	18.9%	13.4%	9.5%	48%	1.41	4.5	15.6	7.3	0.64	62%
1982	29	CHC	NL	21	0.0%	19.1%	9.5%	4.8%	25%	2.00	4.8			2.00	71%
9 Seasons				1806	2.2%	17.6%	9.8%	6.6%	33%	1.80	5.1	41.2	8.0	1.07	70%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.9%	8.5%	6.3%	27%	1.52	6.9	46.2	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	20	STL	NL	-2.7	-0.3	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.19	-0.2	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.88	-2.7	0.67	4

1975	22	STL	NL	-5.6	-0.6	54	0.5	1.4	-0.9	1.23	-0.2	0.6	1.6	0.2	1.03	-1.7	0.75	6
1976	23	STL	NL	-17.7	-1.9	580	-2.5	8.7	-11.2	1.04	-2.2	-0.3	-7.5	-0.8	1.01	-15.2	1.34	3
1977	24	STL	NL	-6.3	-0.6	401	-0.2	6.3	-6.5	.97	-0.4	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.97	-5.4	1.41	15
1978	25	TOT	NL	-6.5	-0.7	304	-0.6	5.6	-6.1	1.13	-0.4	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.00	-2.0	1.58	30
1978	25	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.4	80	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	1.16	-0.1	-0.5	-2.7	-0.3	0.99	-1.0	1.34	10
1978	25	SFG	NL	-3.1	-0.3	224	0.1	4.3	-4.2	1.13	-0.3	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.00	-1.0	1.69	20
1979	26	TOT	NL	-2.6	-0.3	246	-0.6	4.8	-5.4	1.16	-0.3	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.02	-3.7	2.19	16
1979	26	SFG	NL	-3.5	-0.4	28	-1.0	0.2	-1.2	1.39	-0.5	-0.2	-4.2	-0.4	1.03	-4.3	2.10	8
1979	26	CIN	NL	0.9	0.1	218	0.4	4.6	-4.2	1.13	0.2	0.2	2.1	0.2	1.02	0.6	2.29	8
1980	27	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	83	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.97	-0.3	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.89	-3.3	1.42	22
1981	28	CHC	NL	3.0	0.3	132	-0.2	2.7	-3.0	1.25	0.3	-0.4	-1.1	-0.1	1.07	2.1	1.49	17
1982	29	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	21	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	.98	-0.1	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.92	-1.8	1.05	15
9 Seasons				-42.3	-4.4	1833	-4.5	31.1	-35.6	1.07	-3.8	-0.4	-19.9	-2.1	1.00	-33.7	1.46	128

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	20	STL	NL	0	0	100%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1975	22	STL	NL	4	0	78%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1976	23	STL	NL	5	0	27%	183	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	5	49%	31	17	12	11	7	3	17	2	14
1977	24	STL	NL	5	0	36%	133	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	49%	28	14	12	4	0	3	15	6	8
1978	25	TOT	NL	7	0	24%	107	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	37%	16	12	4	2	0	2	9	4	4
1978	25	CHC	NL	3	0	32%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	3	2	1	0	0	0	5	3	2
1978	25	SFG	NL	4	0	22%	80	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	37%	13	10	3	2	0	2	4	1	2
1979	26	TOT	NL	3	0	29%	100	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	46%	13	8	4	2	1	1	11	3	7
1979	26	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1979	26	CIN	NL	3	0	28%	93	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	42%	13	8	4	2	1	1	9	3	5
1980	27	CIN	NL	1	0	17%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	75%	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1981	28	CHC	NL	0	0	23%	37	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22%	5	5	0	3	2	1	1	0	1
1982	29	CHC	NL	0	0	17%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				25	0	29%	626	7	8	47%	7	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	23	46%	101	60	36	22	10	10	59	17	38

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
1973	20	STL	NL	12	75%	0			4	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1975	22	STL	NL	52	67%	7			6	1	0	0	0.75	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	19	1	5%	7	2	29%	41	9	22%	4	4	100%	2	1	50%	0
1976	23	STL	NL	577	41%	120			3	0	0	0	1.34	13	0	18	4	9	9	4	1	5	4	80%	133	13	10%	67	14	21%	390	63	16%	48	19	40%	19	7	37%	0
1977	24	STL	NL	391	42%	80			15	2	0	2	1.41	6	0	9	2	4	4	2	0	2	2	100%	78	8	10%	36	13	36%	255	40	16%	34	17	50%	14	6	43%	0
1978	25	TOT	NL	300	56%	62			30	8	1	3	1.58	8	0	8	4	4	4	4	0	2	2	100%	55	10	18%	24	7	29%	201	28	14%	17	8	47%	11	6	55%	0
1978	25	CHC	NL	80	81%	18			10	3	0	2	1.34	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	100%	14	4	29%	8	4	50%	55	9	16%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
1978	25	SFG	NL	220	47%	44			20	5	1	1	1.69	6	0	6	3	3	4	2	0	1	1	100%	41	6	15%	16	3	19%	146	19	13%	11	5	45%	8	4	50%	0
1979	26	TOT	NL	243	48%	47			16	2	0	2	2.19	4	0	9	4	0	3	1	1	3	1	33%	55	10	18%	23	6	26%	174	25	14%	21	10	48%	9	4	44%	0
1979	26	SFG	NL	28	64%	3			8	0	0	0	2.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1979	26	CIN	NL	215	46%	44			8	2	0	2	2.29	4	0	8	4	0	3	1	1	3	1	33%	47	8	17%	20	5	25%	155	24	15%	19	9	47%	8	3	38%	0
1980	27	CIN	NL	83	69%	16			22	1	0	0	1.42	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	8	3	38%	46	5	11%	9	2	22%	0	0		0
1981	28	CHC	NL	127	28%	25			17	3	1	2	1.49	7	0	4	5	2	4	3	0	0	0		34	3	9%	15	2	13%	105	8	8%	11	4	36%	6	2	33%	0
1982	29	CHC	NL	21	67%	4			15	3	0	0	1.05	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Seasons				1806	46%	361			128	20	2	9	1.46	39	0	53	19	20	25	14	2	13	10	77%	392	47	12%	183	47	26%	1229	178	14%	145	64	44%	61	26	43%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			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
1973	20	11	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	21	11	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	22	34	64	59	8	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	3	7	.119	.159	.220	.379	3	13	1	0	1	1	0
1976	23	185	641	585	62	127	19	3	13	77	1	0	45	126	.217	.274	.326	.600	69	191	14	2	5	4	7
1977	24	303	1032	924	112	207	38	5	19	119	5	3	91	182	.224	.294	.338	.631	75	312	22	3	7	7	8
1978	25	412	1332	1197	139	269	51	6	27	152	5	5	115	227	.225	.293	.345	.638	77	413	32	4	9	7	11
1979	26	502	1575	1404	165	316	61	8	31	180	5	6	149	273	.225	.300	.346	.646	79	486	42	4	10	8	14
1980	27	554	1658	1479	170	332	65	9	32	185	5	6	157	289	.224	.299	.346	.645	79	511	43	4	10	8	15
1981	28	607	1785	1588	185	357	70	9	39	200	7	8	174	313	.225	.301	.354	.655	82	562	46	4	10	9	15
1982	29	624	1806	1607	186	361	71	9	39	200	7	8	176	317	.225	.301	.353	.654	81	567	47	4	10	9	15

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	20	11	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	11

1975	22	23	50	47	6	6	2	2	0	5	0	2	4	.128	.160	.255	.415	2	23
1976	23	151	582	533	60	127	18	1	14	78	1	44	119	.238	.297	.355	.652	56	151
1977	24	118	389	339	51	80	19	2	6	42	4	46	56	.236	.326	.357	.683	40	118
1978	25	109	302	276	30	65	14	1	8	36	0	25	45	.236	.301	.380	.682	32	109
1979	26	90	245	209	27	49	10	2	4	29	0	35	46	.234	.343	.359	.702	26	90
1980	27	52	84	76	6	17	4	1	1	6	0	8	16	.224	.298	.342	.640	8	52
1981	28	80	195	166	24	39	8	0	11	24	3	27	36	.235	.338	.482	.820	27	53
1982	29	17	22	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	2	17
9 Seasons		651	1881	1677	206	388	76	9	44	220	8	190	329	.231	.309	.366	.676	193	624
162 Game Avg.		162	468	417	51	97	19	2	11	55	2	47	82	.231	.309	.366	.676	48	624

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1976 NL 119 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1973 NL born 1953-04-02 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 NL 119 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 NL born 1953-04-02 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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