Butch Davis

Wallace McArthur Davis

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 19, 1958 in Williamston, NC
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1983
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers/Orioles/Pirates/Dodgers 1983-1994

Final Game: July 31, 1994
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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
1980	22	KCR-min	Rk	61	270	235	46	74	17	4	2	35	31	4	29	36	.315	.385	.447	.832		105		1	0	5			RYB · GULF
1981	23	KCR-min	A	126	527	464	89	139	17	10	13	70	44	3	54	99	.300	.373	.463	.836		215		3	1	5	2		FTM · FLOR
1982	24	KCR-min	AA	122	505	450	64	115	18	4	10	57	17	9	46	101	.256	.327	.380	.707		171		3	3	3	1		JCK · SOUL
1983	25	KCR-min	AA,AAA	136	566	502	78	159	25	10	19	84	42	12	54	114	.317	.380	.520	.900		261		1	3	6	2		JCK,OMA · SOUL,AA
1983	25	KCR	AL	33	130	122	13	42	2	6	2	18	4	3	4	19	.344	.359	.508	.868	137	62	3	0	2	2	0	7
1984	26	KCR-min	AAA	83	342	314	45	102	15	5	7	43	9	7	24	56	.325	.374	.471	.845		148		1	2	1	4		OMA · AA
1984	26	KCR	AL	41	128	116	11	17	3	0	2	12	4	3	10	19	.147	.211	.224	.435	21	26	2	0	0	2	0	7/D89

1985	27	KCR-min	AAA	109	436	403	58	106	26	10	6	34	15	6	26	89	.263	.307	.422	.729		170		1	3	3	0		OMA · AA
1987	29	PIT-min	AAA	111	454	424	58	115	17	7	7	57	22	6	22	73	.271	.305	.394	.699		167		1	1	6	1		VAN · PCL
1987	29	PIT	NL	7	8	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1988	30	BAL-min	AA,AAA	109	471	440	66	128	23	9	13	82	17	5	24	42	.291	.331	.473	.804		208		3	3	1	2		CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1988	30	BAL	AL	13	25	25	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.240	.240	.280	.520	48	7	2	0	0	0	0	/97D
1989	31	BAL-min	AAA	127	520	479	81	145	29	9	10	64	19	8	28	57	.303	.346	.463	.809		222		6	2	5	4		ROC · IL
1989	31	BAL	AL	5	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79

1990	32	LAD-min	AAA	124	519	480	87	164	31	9	10	85	25	14	24	53	.342	.370	.506	.876		243		4	0	11	5		ABQ · PCL
1991	33	LAD-min	AAA	91	306	284	55	89	19	10	7	44	12	5	18	51	.313	.356	.525	.881		149	5	2	0	2	6		ABQ · PCL
1991	33	LAD	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1992	34	TOR-SDP-min	AAA	135	593	551	67	155	31	9	9	74	19	6	33	77	.281	.321	.419	.741		231	20	2	2	5	4		SYR,LVG · IL,PCL
1993	35	TEX	AL	62	170	159	24	39	10	4	3	20	3	1	5	28	.245	.273	.415	.688	86	66	0	1	5	0	1	79D8
1994	36	TEX-min	AAA	106	411	381	60	116	23	9	6	55	19	5	20	44	.304	.344	.459	.803		175	15	4	4	2	2		OKC · AA
1994	36	TEX	AL	4	17	17	2	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.235	.235	.412	.647	64	7	0	0	0	0	0	/9
8 Yrs				166	485	453	56	110	21	10	7	50	13	7	20	83	.243	.274	.380	.654	78	172	7	1	7	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	473	442	55	107	20	10	7	49	13	7	20	81	.243	.274	.380	.654	78	168	7	1	7	4	1

KCR (2 yrs)				74	258	238	24	59	5	6	4	30	8	6	14	38	.248	.285	.370	.655	80	88	5	0	2	4	0
TEX (2 yrs)				66	187	176	26	43	13	4	3	20	4	1	5	31	.244	.269	.415	.684	84	73	0	1	5	0	1
BAL (2 yrs)				18	31	31	3	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	.226	.226	.290	.516	46	9	2	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				7	8	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	42	2	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				158	476	445	53	109	20	10	7	50	13	7	19	80	.245	.275	.382	.657	79	170	7	1	7	4	1
NL (2 yrs)				8	9	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.250	.472	26	2	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
1983	25	KCR	AL	33	130	6	-1	0	4	-2	8	0.9	4	12	1.2	.525	.505	0.8	0.3	8	$	7
1984	26	KCR	AL	41	128	-10	-1	0	-2	-2	-14	-1.5	4	-11	-1.1	.462	.490	-0.9	-0.4	-8	$	7/D89

1987	29	PIT	NL	7	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/7
1988	30	BAL	AL	13	25	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/97D
1989	31	BAL	AL	5	6	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/79

1991	33	LAD	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1993	35	TEX	AL	62	170	-4	-1	1	1	-3	-5	-0.5	6	1	0.0	.492	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$130,000	79D8
1994	36	TEX	AL	4	17	-1	1	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.461	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/9
8 Seasons				166	485	-11	-1	1	3	-7	-15	-1.4	15	0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$130,000

KCR (2 yrs)				74	258	-4	-2	1	2	-3	-6	-0.6	8	1	0.1	.490	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$
TEX (2 yrs)				66	187	-5	-0	1	0	-3	-7	-0.6	6	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$130,000
BAL (2 yrs)				18	31	-2	0	-0	1	-1	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.493	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
PIT (1 yr)				7	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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	25	KCR	AL	130	90	21	6.2	98	.388	.344	.266	.359	.328	.508	.401	.868	.728	137	.641	5.0	0.5	.779	.205	.164	2.7
1984	26	KCR	AL	128	106	5	1.3	97	.155	.147	.264	.211	.326	.224	.398	.435	.724	21	.089	-12.6	-1.3	.356	.172	.078	2.7

1987	29	PIT	NL	8	6	1	4.5	106	.250	.143	.269	.250	.339	.286	.419	.536	.758	42	.472	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.286	.143
1988	30	BAL	AL	25	21	1	1.3	92	.353	.240	.256	.240	.320	.280	.385	.520	.706	48	.093	-1.8	-0.2	.381	.080	.040	.0
1989	31	BAL	AL	6	5	0	0.0	90	.333	.167	.256	.167	.320	.333	.377	.500	.697	40	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

1991	33	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.255	.000	.323	.000	.383	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1993	35	TEX	AL	170	126	18	3.8	99	.281	.245	.262	.273	.332	.415	.400	.688	.732	86	.395	-4.2	-0.4	.612	.214	.170	3.0
1994	36	TEX	AL	17	13	2	4.1	111	.286	.235	.271	.235	.343	.412	.432	.647	.776	64	.383	-0.9	-0.1	.615	.235	.176	.0
8 Yrs				485	368	48	3.5	98	.281	.243	.263	.274	.329	.380	.400	.654	.729	78	.371	-15.8	-1.6	.557	.194	.137	9.1
162 Game Avg.				473	359	47	3.5	98	.281	.243	.263	.274	.329	.380	.400	.654	.729	78	.371	-15.8	-1.6	.557	.194	.137	9

KCR (2 yrs)				258	196	26	3.6	97	.275	.248	.265	.285	.327	.370	.399	.655	.726	80	.391	-7.6	-0.8	.547	.189	.122	5.3
TEX (2 yrs)				187	139	20	3.8	100	.282	.244	.263	.269	.333	.415	.403	.684	.736	84	.394	-5.1	-0.5	.612	.216	.170	3.4
BAL (2 yrs)				31	26	1	1.0	92	.350	.226	.256	.226	.320	.290	.384	.516	.704	46	.066	-2.2	-0.2	.385	.097	.065	.0
PIT (1 yr)				8	6	1	4.5	106	.250	.143	.269	.250	.339	.286	.419	.536	.758	42	.473	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.286	.143
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.255	.000	.323	.000	.383	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				476	361	47	3.5	98	.282	.245	.263	.275	.329	.382	.400	.657	.729	79	.371	-14.9	-1.5	.560	.193	.137	9.1
NL (2 yrs)				9	7	1	3.8	104	.200	.125	.267	.222	.337	.250	.415	.472	.752	26	.409	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.250	.125

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	25	KCR	AL	130	1.5%	14.6%	3.1%	7.7%	24%	4.75	6.4	61.0	6.8		1.75	79%
1984	26	KCR	AL	128	1.6%	14.8%	7.8%	3.9%	29%	1.90	6.1	58.0	9.7		1.47	76%

1987	29	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	12.5%	100%	3.00	2.3				0.50	50%
1988	30	BAL	AL	25	0.0%	32.0%	0.0%	4.0%	17%		3.1			1.13	3.00	68%	29%	0.0%	25%
1989	31	BAL	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		2.0			0.50	1.00	50%	33%	0.0%	50%

1991	33	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%

1993	35	TEX	AL	170	1.8%	16.5%	2.9%	10.0%	44%	5.60	5.7	53.0	8.0	0.87	1.29	75%	21%	5.0%	13%
1994	36	TEX	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	0.0%	17.7%	75%		5.7			0.40	0.67	82%	29%	0.0%	0%
8 Yrs				485	1.4%	17.1%	4.1%	7.8%	35%	4.15	5.5	64.7	9.1	0.84	1.45	76%	22%	3.9%	13%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.8%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.72	6.0	40.6	8.3	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	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	25	KCR	AL	5.0	0.5	137	-0.3	2.1	-2.3	1.00	0.3	-0.6	4.9	0.5	0.95	4.1		0
1984	26	KCR	AL	-12.6	-1.3	138	-0.9	1.5	-2.4	.95	-0.9	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	0.98	-8.8	1.46	4

1987	29	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.58	-0.0	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.92	-0.6	0.41	5
1988	30	BAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	26	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	1.14	-0.2	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.86	-1.9	1.95	1
1989	31	BAL	AL	-0.4	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.56	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.18	-0.5	2.31	1

1991	33	LAD	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.38	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0.38	1

1993	35	TEX	AL	-4.2	-0.4	180	0.7	3.2	-2.4	.92	-0.2	0.9	4.2	0.4	0.94	-3.2	1.91	9
1994	36	TEX	AL	-0.9	-0.1	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.90	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.99	-0.5		0
8 Yrs				-15.8	-1.6	517	-1.3	7.3	-8.6	.96	-1.1	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.95	-11.6	1.42	21

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	25	KCR	AL	2	0	25%	39	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	44%	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	2	1
1984	26	KCR	AL	5	0	36%	33	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	78%	6	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	3

1987	29	PIT	NL	0	0	150%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	30	BAL	AL	1	0	33%	11	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1989	31	BAL	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1991	33	LAD	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

1993	35	TEX	AL	2	0	50%	47	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	39%	7	5	2	2	1	1	4	2	2
1994	36	TEX	AL	0	0	50%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8 Yrs				10	0	40%	146	13	7	65%	12	6	1	1	0	0	5	2	6	16	56%	20	9	11	2	1	1	14	5	8

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	25	KCR	AL	130	40%	42			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	100%	31	3	10%	14	7	50%	79	20	25%	10	8	80%	6	4	67%	0
1984	26	KCR	AL	128	58%	17			4	0	0	0	1.46	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		25	2	8%	22	5	23%	87	13	15%	9	6	67%	9	4	44%	0

1987	29	PIT	NL	8	100%	1			5	0	0	0	0.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1988	30	BAL	AL	25	96%	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1989	31	BAL	AL	6	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1991	33	LAD	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1993	35	TEX	AL	170	36%	39	7	1	9	3	0	0	1.91	3	0	2	1	2	0	3	1	7	5	71%	30	0	0%	16	9	56%	92	20	22%	8	5	63%	6	5	83%	0
1994	36	TEX	AL	17	88%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				485	49%	110	8	1	21	3	0	0	1.42	7	0	8	3	4	1	6	1	9	7	78%	99	7	7%	54	21	39%	285	53	19%	28	19	68%	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	30	BAL	AL	25	76	3.04	55	72%	18%	24%	27%	31%	82%	0%	59%	71%	44%	0%	0	0	4%	1	1	4%	1	1	13%	0	0	0
1989	31	BAL	AL	4	11	2.75	11	100%	18%	45%	27%	9%	82%		82%	44%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	2	0	0

1991	33	LAD	NL	1	4	4.00	2	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	25%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

1993	35	TEX	AL	171	559	3.27	395	71%	16%	21%	29%	34%	84%	2%	59%	75%	44%	2%	4	0	5%	9	3	3%	5	5	25%	-1	1	1
1994	36	TEX	AL	17	50	2.94	36	72%	19%	17%	25%	39%	81%	0%	58%	79%	18%	0%	0	0	12%	2	2	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				218	700	3.21	499	71%	17%	21%	28%	34%	83%	2%	59%	75%	42%	2%	4	0	6%	12	6	3%	6	6	19%	1	1	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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1983	25	33	130	122	13	42	2	6	2	18	4	3	4	19	.344	.359	.508	.868	137	62	3	0	2	2	0
1984	26	74	258	238	24	59	5	6	4	30	8	6	14	38	.248	.285	.370	.655	80	88	5	0	2	4	0
1985	27	74	258	238	24	59	5	6	4	30	8	6	14	38	.248	.285	.370	.655	80	88	5	0	2	4	0
1986	28	74	258	238	24	59	5	6	4	30	8	6	14	38	.248	.285	.370	.655	80	88	5	0	2	4	0
1987	29	81	266	245	27	60	6	6	4	30	8	6	15	41	.245	.284	.367	.651	79	90	5	0	2	4	0
1988	30	94	291	270	29	66	7	6	4	30	9	6	15	49	.244	.280	.359	.640	76	97	7	0	2	4	0
1989	31	99	297	276	30	67	8	6	4	30	9	6	15	52	.243	.278	.359	.637	75	99	7	0	2	4	0
1990	32	99	297	276	30	67	8	6	4	30	9	6	15	52	.243	.278	.359	.637	75	99	7	0	2	4	0
1991	33	100	298	277	30	67	8	6	4	30	9	6	15	52	.242	.277	.357	.634	75	99	7	0	2	4	0
1992	34	100	298	277	30	67	8	6	4	30	9	6	15	52	.242	.277	.357	.634	75	99	7	0	2	4	0
1993	35	162	468	436	54	106	18	10	7	50	12	7	20	80	.243	.275	.378	.654	79	165	7	1	7	4	1
1994	36	166	485	453	56	110	21	10	7	50	13	7	20	83	.243	.274	.380	.654	78	172	7	1	7	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	25	33	132	124	14	44	2	6	2	19	4	4	19	.355	.369	.516	.885	24	33
1984	26	41	130	117	12	18	3	0	2	13	4	11	19	.154	.223	.231	.454	6	41

1987	29	7	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	7
1988	30	13	26	26	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	.269	.269	.308	.577	2	13
1989	31	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1991	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1993	35	62	170	159	24	39	10	4	3	20	3	5	28	.245	.273	.415	.688	18	62
1994	36	6	24	24	3	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	.250	.250	.417	.667	3	4
8 Yrs		168	497	464	55	114	20	10	7	52	14	21	84	.246	.278	.377	.655	53	166
162 Game Avg.		162	479	447	53	110	19	10	7	50	14	20	81	.246	.278	.377	.655	51	166

* 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.

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