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Ron Darling

Ronald Maurice Darling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, HI
High School: St. John's HS (Shrewsbury, MA)
School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983
Teams (by GP): Mets/Athletics/Expos 1983-1995
Agents: Steve Kaufman [*]
Final Game: August 15, 1995
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All-Star

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
1981	20	TEX-min	AA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TUL · TL
1982	21	NYM-min	AAA	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1983	22	NYM-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1983	22	NYM	NL	5	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1984	23	NYM	NL	39	75	67	7	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	19	.149	.159	.164	.324	-8	11	1	0	6	1	0	1	RoY-5
1985	24	NYM	NL	42	93	76	9	13	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	25	.171	.213	.224	.436	23	17	0	0	13	0	0	1	AS
1986	25	NYM	NL	34	94	81	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	29	.099	.131	.123	.254	-29	10	0	0	10	0	0	1	CYA-5
1987	26	NYM	NL	32	77	65	5	8	5	0	0	4	0	0	2	22	.123	.149	.200	.349	-6	13	0	0	10	0	0	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	34	92	82	4	18	4	2	0	4	0	0	1	21	.220	.229	.317	.546	59	26	1	0	9	0	0	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	35	80	73	8	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	28	.123	.147	.219	.366	6	16	0	1	5	0	0	1	GG
1990	29	NYM	NL	34	39	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	.129	.206	.129	.335	-5	4	0	0	5	0	0	1
1991	30	TOT	MLB	32	46	40	0	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.125	.125	.225	.350	-3	9	0	0	6	0	0	1
1991	30	TOT	NL	20	46	40	0	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.125	.125	.225	.350	-3	9	0	0	6	0	0	1
1991	30	NYM	NL	17	39	34	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.118	.118	.206	.324	-10	7	0	0	5	0	0	1
1991	30	MON	NL	3	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1991	30	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	31	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1993	32	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	OAK	AL	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	34	OAK	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13 Yrs				402	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	0	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	245	212	16	31	8	1	1	8	0	0	6	71	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	43	1	0	26	0	0
				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
NYM (9 yrs)				272	600	519	39	75	20	2	2	19	1	0	15	173	.145	.170	.202	.372	5	105	2	1	64	1	0
OAK (5 yrs)				127	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				3	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	38	2	0	0	1	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				275	607	525	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	0	15	175	.145	.170	.204	.374	5	107	2	1	65	1	0
AL (5 yrs)				127	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1983	22	NYM	NL	5	11	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1984	23	NYM	NL	39	75	-10	0	-0	0	9	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$60,000	1	RoY-5
1985	24	NYM	NL	42	93	-7	0	0	0	10	4	0.5	3	7	0.5	.512	.503	0.5	0.0	7	$230,000	1	AS
1986	25	NYM	NL	34	94	-13	-1	0	0	12	-2	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	0	$440,000	1	CYA-5
1987	26	NYM	NL	32	77	-10	0	0	0	11	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$1,050,000	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	34	92	-4	-0	0	0	11	6	0.7	3	9	0.7	.521	.505	0.7	0.0	9	$1,000,000	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	35	80	-9	0	0	0	9	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$1,966,666	1	GG
1990	29	NYM	NL	34	39	-4	0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$1,566,667	1
1991	30	NYM	NL	17	39	-6	0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$1,966,667	1
1991	30	MON	NL	3	7	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.515	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1991	30	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1992	31	OAK	AL	34	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$2,200,000	1/D
1993	32	OAK	AL	32	0	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$2,250,000	1
1994	33	OAK	AL	27	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$2,250,000	1
1995	34	OAK	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,000,000	1
13 Seasons				402	608	-65	-1	1	0	73	8	1.0	19	27	0.8	.502	.500	0.8	0.2	27	$17,980,000

NYM (9 yrs)				272	600	-64	-0	1	0	72	9	1.0	18	27	0.9	.504	.501	0.9	0.2	27	$8,280,000
OAK (5 yrs)				127	1	-0	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$9,700,000
MON (1 yr)				3	7	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.515	.500	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
1983	22	NYM	NL	11	10	0	0.0	96	.143	.100	.262	.100	.330	.100	.388	.200	.719	-44	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1984	23	NYM	NL	75	65	2	0.8	93	.204	.149	.262	.159	.327	.164	.381	.324	.708	-8	.049	-9.7	-1.0	.207	.030	.015
1985	24	NYM	NL	93	76	5	1.8	94	.255	.171	.259	.213	.327	.224	.386	.436	.712	23	.172	-7.9	-0.8	.349	.118	.053	.0
1986	25	NYM	NL	94	83	2	0.6	96	.154	.099	.259	.131	.329	.123	.391	.254	.720	-29	.030	-14.3	-1.5	.178	.062	.025
1987	26	NYM	NL	77	67	2	0.8	102	.186	.123	.263	.149	.332	.200	.410	.349	.742	-6	.037	-9.7	-1.0	.263	.108	.077
1988	27	NYM	NL	92	74	6	2.2	85	.295	.220	.250	.229	.313	.317	.368	.546	.681	59	.249	-4.6	-0.5	.415	.110	.098
1989	28	NYM	NL	80	69	3	1.2	86	.163	.123	.248	.147	.315	.219	.370	.366	.684	6	.094	-9.1	-1.0	.281	.110	.096	.0
1990	29	NYM	NL	39	32	1	0.8	98	.211	.129	.264	.206	.331	.129	.397	.335	.728	-5	.046	-4.6	-0.5	.259	.097	.000
1991	30	TOT	MLB	46	41	1	0.7	93	.208	.125	.256	.125	.324	.225	.384	.350	.708	-3	.033	-5.4	-0.6	.257	.100	.100
1991	30	TOT	NL	46	41	1	0.7	93	.208	.125	.256	.125	.324	.225	.384	.350	.708	-3	.033	-5.4	-0.6	.257	.100	.100
1991	30	NYM	NL	39	35	1	0.8	93	.200	.118	.256	.118	.324	.206	.384	.324	.708	-10	.043	-4.9	-0.5	.233	.088	.088
1991	30	MON	NL	7	6	0	0.0	93	.250	.167	.256	.167	.324	.333	.384	.500	.708	38	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

1994	33	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
13 Yrs				608	518	22	1.2	93	.211	.144	.257	.169	.324	.203	.385	.373	.709	5	.084	-67.6	-7.0	.274	.089	.059	1.3
162 Game Avg.				245	209	9	1.2	93	.211	.144	.257	.169	.324	.203	.385	.373	.709	5	.084	-67.6	-7.0	.274	.089	.059	1

NYM (9 yrs)				600	511	22	1.2	93	.212	.145	.257	.170	.324	.202	.384	.372	.709	5	.085	-66.9	-7.0	.274	.089	.058	1.3
OAK (5 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
MON (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	93	.250	.167	.256	.167	.324	.333	.384	.500	.708	38	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

NL (9 yrs)				607	517	22	1.1	93	.212	.145	.257	.170	.324	.204	.384	.374	.709	5	.083	-67.3	-7.0	.275	.090	.059	1.3
AL (5 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1986	25	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1992	31	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1985	NYM	NL	24		DNP

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
1983	22	NYM	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3				5.00	64%
1984	23	NYM	NL	75	0.0%	25.3%	1.3%	1.3%	10%	19.00	3.5		22.3		2.21	65%
1985	24	NYM	NL	93	0.0%	26.9%	4.3%	4.3%	31%	6.25	3.0				2.00	55%
1986	25	NYM	NL	94	0.0%	30.9%	3.2%	2.1%	25%	9.67	2.8				1.78	55%
1987	26	NYM	NL	77	0.0%	28.6%	2.6%	6.5%	63%	11.00	3.0		16.3		2.00	56%
1988	27	NYM	NL	92	0.0%	22.8%	1.1%	6.5%	33%	21.00	3.9		20.5	1.59	3.00	66%	14%	0.0%	23%
1989	28	NYM	NL	80	2.5%	35.0%	1.3%	3.8%	33%	28.00	2.6	36.5	14.6	0.87	1.22	54%	12%	11.1%	22%
1990	29	NYM	NL	39	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.6		15.5	1.38	2.17	49%	8%	0.0%	25%
1991	30	TOT	MLB	46	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	8.7%	80%		2.5		13.3	0.92	2.13	52%	7%	0.0%	8%
1991	30	TOT	NL	46	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	8.7%	80%		2.5		13.3	0.92	2.13	52%	7%	0.0%	8%
1991	30	NYM	NL	39	0.0%	35.9%	0.0%	7.7%	75%		2.4		34.0	0.82	1.63	51%	4%	0.0%	9%
1991	30	MON	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	100%		3.0		3.0	2.00		57%	20%	0.0%	0%

1994	33	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
13 Yrs				608	0.3%	28.8%	2.5%	4.1%	33%	11.67	3.0	263.0	25.0	1.17	2.01	58%	11%	3.8%	21%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.0	8.2	0.81	1.07	73%	21%	6.7%	20%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	22	NYM	NL	-2.0	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.98	-0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.94	-1.4		0
1984	23	NYM	NL	-9.7	-1.0	75	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	.95	-0.9	-0.1	-10.7	-1.1	0.96	-9.8		0
1985	24	NYM	NL	-7.9	-0.8	94	-0.9	1.0	-1.8	1.07	-0.8	-0.0	-10.6	-1.1	1.01	-8.6		0
1986	25	NYM	NL	-14.3	-1.5	95	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	.95	-1.2	0.3	-13.2	-1.4	1.02	-13.2		0
1987	26	NYM	NL	-9.7	-1.0	79	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	.87	-0.9	0.0	-9.2	-0.9	0.90	-10.1		0
1988	27	NYM	NL	-4.6	-0.5	92	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.87	-0.8	0.0	-7.3	-0.8	0.90	-6.5		0
1989	28	NYM	NL	-9.1	-1.0	82	-0.9	0.7	-1.7	1.00	-1.0	0.0	-7.1	-0.8	0.96	-8.1		0
1990	29	NYM	NL	-4.6	-0.5	39	-0.2	0.4	-0.7	.90	-0.3	0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.89	-3.6		0
1991	30	TOT	MLB	-5.4	-0.6	46	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.76	-0.6	0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.90	-6.5		0
1991	30	TOT	NL	-5.4	-0.6	46	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.76	-0.6	0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.90	-6.5		0
1991	30	NYM	NL	-4.9	-0.5	39	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	.69	-0.6	-0.1	-6.1	-0.7	0.88	-6.1		0
1991	30	MON	NL	-0.5	-0.1	7	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.17	-0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.97	-0.3		0
1991	30	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	31	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1993	32	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1994	33	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	2.35	1
1995	34	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
13 Yrs				-67.6	-7.0	614	-5.9	5.1	-11.0	.94	-6.7	0.4	-68.3	-7.2	0.95	-68.0	2.35	1
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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
1983	22	NYM	NL	1	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	23	NYM	NL	1	0	64%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1985	24	NYM	NL	3	0	53%	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	3	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	3	0	36%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	33%	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	2
1987	26	NYM	NL	1	0	50%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	1	0	21%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	0	0	67%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	40%	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1990	29	NYM	NL	1	0	29%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	MON	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1994	33	OAK	AL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				11	0	41%	159	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	29%	25	20	4	3	2	1	13	4	7

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
1983	22	NYM	NL	11	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	23	NYM	NL	75	24%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	10	1	10%	13	5	38%	48	4	8%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1985	24	NYM	NL	93	33%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	100%	21	0	0%	22	7	32%	65	2	3%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	94	43%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	77%	19	0	0%	15	5	33%	71	2	3%	0	0		5	4	80%	0
1987	26	NYM	NL	77	51%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	10	91%	12	0	0%	14	9	64%	44	4	9%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1988	27	NYM	NL	92	22%	18	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	75%	14	1	7%	20	5	25%	48	4	8%	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
1989	28	NYM	NL	80	51%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	7	5	71%	9	0	0%	14	2	14%	53	4	8%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	0
1990	29	NYM	NL	39	36%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	8	0	0%	7	5	71%	27	3	11%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1991	30	TOT	MLB	46	28%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	7	0	0%	11	3	27%	27	3	11%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1991	30	TOT	NL	46	28%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	7	0	0%	11	3	27%	27	3	11%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1991	30	NYM	NL	39	28%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	5	0	0%	9	3	33%	22	1	5%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1991	30	MON	NL	7	29%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	0	0		0	0		0

1994	33	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				608	36%	76	7	1	1	0	0	0	2.35	2	0	13	1	1	1	1	0	74	65	88%	101	2	2%	117	41	35%	390	26	7%	19	5	26%	21	13	62%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			75%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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	27	NYM	NL	92	282	3.07	221	78%	15%	22%	31%	32%	85%	0%	67%	74%	72%	0%	0	0	2%	2	1	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
1989	28	NYM	NL	80	275	3.44	204	74%	13%	25%	37%	25%	87%	0%	65%	71%	59%	0%	0	0	4%	3	1	3%	2	0	14%	0	0	0
1990	29	NYM	NL	39	149	3.82	101	68%	12%	29%	35%	24%	87%	0%	59%	66%	62%	3%	1	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	1
1991	30	TOT	MLB	46	154	3.35	114	74%	13%	28%	32%	26%	87%	0%	64%	68%	70%	0%	0	0	4%	2	0	0%	0	0	13%	0	0	0
1991	30	TOT	NL	46	154	3.35	114	74%	13%	28%	32%	26%	87%	0%	64%	68%	70%	0%	0	0	4%	2	0	0%	0	0	13%	0	0	0
1991	30	NYM	NL	39	128	3.28	96	75%	13%	29%	32%	26%	88%	0%	66%	67%	74%	0%	0	0	5%	2	0	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
1991	30	MON	NL	7	26	3.71	18	69%	17%	22%	33%	28%	83%	0%	58%	73%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1994	33	OAK	AL	1	6	6.00	3	50%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	1	0		0	0	0
5 Yrs				258	866	3.36	643	74%	14%	25%	34%	27%	86%	0%	64%	71%	66%	0%	1	0	3%	8	2	1%	3	0	21%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1983	22	5	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1	0	0	1	0
1984	23	44	86	77	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	1	22	.143	.152	.156	.308	-13	12	1	0	7	1
1985	24	86	179	153	16	24	5	0	0	3	1	5	47	.157	.182	.190	.372	5	29	1	0	20	1
1986	25	120	273	234	20	32	7	0	0	3	1	8	76	.137	.165	.167	.331	-7	39	1	0	30	1
1987	26	152	350	299	25	40	12	0	0	7	1	10	98	.134	.161	.174	.335	-6	52	1	0	40	1
1988	27	186	442	381	29	58	16	2	0	11	1	11	119	.152	.176	.205	.380	7	78	2	0	49	1
1989	28	221	522	454	37	67	17	2	2	16	1	12	147	.148	.171	.207	.378	7	94	2	1	54	1
1990	29	255	561	485	39	71	17	2	2	18	1	15	159	.146	.173	.202	.375	6	98	2	1	59	1
1991	30	287	607	525	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.145	.170	.204	.374	5	107	2	1	65	1
1992	31	321	607	525	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.145	.170	.204	.374	5	107	2	1	65	1
1993	32	353	607	525	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.145	.170	.204	.374	5	107	2	1	65	1
1994	33	380	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1
1995	34	402	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	22	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1984	23	39	76	68	8	11	1	0	0	3	0	1	19	.162	.171	.176	.348	2	39
1985	24	42	94	77	10	14	4	0	0	0	1	4	25	.182	.222	.234	.456	4	42
1986	25	34	93	80	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	3	29	.088	.120	.113	.233	1	34
1987	26	32	77	65	5	8	5	0	0	4	0	2	22	.123	.149	.200	.349	2	32
1988	27	34	94	84	5	20	4	2	0	5	0	1	21	.238	.247	.333	.580	7	34
1989	28	35	82	75	11	11	1	0	2	7	0	1	28	.147	.169	.240	.409	3	35
1990	29	34	39	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	.129	.206	.129	.335	1	34
1991	30	32	46	40	0	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	16	.125	.125	.225	.350	1	32

1994	33	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27
10 Yrs		325	613	531	44	80	21	2	2	24	1	15	175	.151	.175	.209	.384	21	314
162 Game Avg.		162	306	265	22	40	10	1	1	12	0	7	87	.151	.175	.209	.384	10	314

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2001 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1985	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1986 NL (5, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (255th)	Gold Gloves 1989 NL (P)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1985 NL 13 (3rd) 1986 NL 10 (10th) 1987 NL 10 (6th)

Similarity Scores

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John Smiley (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Kramer (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Benes (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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