Boots Day
Charles Frederick Day
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 31, 1947 in Ilion, NY
High School: Central (Ilion, NY)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1969
Final Game: September 24, 1974
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Standard Batting

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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
1969 21 STL NL 11 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 1 0 0 0 0 /8
1970 22 TOT NL 52 126 116 16 31 4 0 0 5 3 2 6 21 .267 .303 .302 .605 63 35 3 0 4 0 2 8/7
1970 22 CHC NL 11 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 /8
1970 22 MON NL 41 118 108 14 29 4 0 0 5 3 2 6 18 .269 .307 .306 .613 66 33 2 0 4 0 2 8/7
1971 23 MON NL 127 422 371 53 105 10 2 4 33 9 4 33 39 .283 .342 .353 .695 98 131 4 1 16 1 5 *8/7
1972 24 MON NL 128 428 386 32 90 7 4 0 30 3 6 29 44 .233 .288 .272 .560 60 105 5 1 12 0 3 *89
1973 25 MON NL 101 234 207 36 57 7 0 4 28 0 3 21 28 .275 .342 .367 .709 95 76 3 0 6 0 1 87/9
1974 26 MON NL 52 72 65 8 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .185 .239 .185 .424 18 12 2 0 1 1 0 7/9
6 Seasons 471 1289 1151 146 295 28 6 8 98 15 15 95 141 .256 .314 .312 .626 76 359 18 2 39 2 11
162 Game Avg. 162 443 396 50 101 10 2 3 34 5 5 33 48 .256 .314 .312 .626 76 123 6 1 13 1 4
MON (5 yrs) 449 1274 1137 143 293 28 6 8 98 15 15 94 137 .258 .315 .314 .629 77 357 16 2 39 2 11
STL (1 yr) 11 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 11 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 29 2 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1969 21 STL NL 7 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .259 .143 .330 .000 .384 .143 .714 -57 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .167 .000
1970 22 TOT NL 126 94 10 2.9 103 .326 .267 .267 .303 .339 .302 .407 .605 .747 63 .291 -6.1 -0.6 .467 .095 .034 .0
1970 22 CHC NL 8 7 0 0.0 112 .400 .250 .280 .250 .354 .250 .427 .500 .781 29 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
1970 22 MON NL 118 87 10 3.1 103 .322 .269 .266 .307 .338 .306 .406 .613 .744 66 .321 -5.3 -0.5 .482 .102 .037 .0
1971 23 MON NL 422 291 47 4.4 92 .307 .283 .260 .342 .326 .353 .380 .695 .706 98 .529 -1.0 -0.1 .620 .173 .070 5.5
1972 24 MON NL 428 319 31 2.6 92 .263 .233 .258 .288 .326 .272 .381 .560 .707 60 .310 -21.2 -2.3 .430 .106 .039 .0
1973 25 MON NL 234 162 26 4.3 99 .303 .275 .266 .342 .336 .367 .395 .709 .731 95 .504 -1.5 -0.2 .603 .179 .092 .0
1974 26 MON NL 72 57 3 1.4 99 .207 .185 .268 .239 .341 .185 .387 .424 .728 18 .118 -7.4 -0.8 .309 .077 .000
6 Seasons 1289 930 117 3.4 95 .286 .256 .261 .314 .330 .312 .386 .626 .716 76 .407 -38.5 -4.1 .513 .138 .056 10.4
162 Game Avg. 443 320 40 3.4 95 .286 .256 .261 .314 .330 .312 .386 .626 .716 76 .407 -38.5 -4.1 .513 .138 .056 4
MON (5 yrs) 1274 916 117 3.4 95 .287 .258 .261 .315 .330 .314 .386 .629 .716 77 .413 -36.4 -3.9 .518 .139 .056 10.4
STL (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .259 .143 .330 .000 .384 .143 .714 -57 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .167 .000
CHC (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 112 .400 .250 .280 .250 .354 .250 .427 .500 .781 29 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .286 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1969 21 STL NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 1.00 6.0 1.00 71%
1970 22 TOT NL 126 0.0% 16.7% 4.8% 3.2% 13% 3.50 5.5 23.2 0.51 75%
1970 22 CHC NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 1.00 63%
1970 22 MON NL 118 0.0% 15.3% 5.1% 3.4% 14% 3.00 6.0 21.6 0.49 76%
1971 23 MON NL 422 1.0% 9.2% 7.8% 3.8% 15% 1.18 9.5 92.8 11.2 1.57 78%
1972 24 MON NL 428 0.0% 10.3% 6.8% 2.6% 12% 1.52 8.8 12.9 1.27 80%
1973 25 MON NL 234 1.7% 12.0% 9.0% 4.7% 19% 1.33 7.4 51.8 7.4 1.16 75%
1974 26 MON NL 72 0.0% 11.1% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 1.60 8.1 32.5 0.85 81%
6 Seasons 1289 0.6% 10.9% 7.4% 3.3% 14% 1.48 8.2 143.9 11.7 1.20 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1969 21 STL NL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 22 TOT NL 2 0 43% 54 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 46% 8 7 1 1 0 1 4 0 4
1970 22 CHC NL 0 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 22 MON NL 2 0 40% 45 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 46% 7 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
1971 23 MON NL 4 0 36% 165 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 16 53% 36 21 15 8 5 2 15 1 14
1972 24 MON NL 3 0 27% 128 3 6 33% 2 5 1 0 0 1 4 2 7 12 62% 22 10 11 1 1 0 11 0 10
1973 25 MON NL 4 0 43% 80 0 3 0% 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 7 54% 15 9 6 4 3 1 9 1 8
1974 26 MON NL 0 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
6 Seasons 13 0 36% 456 15 15 50% 14 11 1 2 0 2 9 3 19 45 54% 86 50 35 15 10 4 43 4 38
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1969 21 STL NL 7 100% 0 5 0 0 0 0.86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 22 TOT NL 126 94% 31 13 3 0 0 1.70 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 24 3 13% 18 7 39% 74 7 9% 9 1 11% 4 0 0% 0
1970 22 CHC NL 8 100% 2 2 1 0 0 0.20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1970 22 MON NL 118 93% 29 11 2 0 0 1.97 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 23 2 9% 17 6 35% 68 7 10% 8 1 13% 4 0 0% 0
1971 23 MON NL 418 97% 105 15 6 0 1 1.49 4 0 15 4 0 3 1 0 16 16 100% 85 4 5% 42 19 45% 267 32 12% 19 8 42% 19 5 26% 4
1972 24 MON NL 427 94% 90 17 4 0 4 1.04 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 100% 70 5 7% 29 16 55% 228 32 14% 11 5 45% 26 8 31% 1
1973 25 MON NL 221 96% 57 47 13 1 8 1.83 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 0 7 6 86% 56 3 5% 31 9 29% 157 28 18% 15 8 53% 14 5 36% 13
1974 26 MON NL 72 97% 12 31 3 0 1 1.67 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 2 14% 7 2 29% 42 2 5% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 1271 96% 295 128 29 1 14 1.60 8 0 40 8 0 6 2 0 41 39 95% 254 18 7% 128 53 41% 776 101 13% 56 24 43% 66 18 27% 18
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1969 21 11 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 1 0 0 0 0
1970 22 63 133 122 17 31 4 0 0 5 3 2 7 22 .254 .295 .287 .581 58 35 4 0 4 0 2
1971 23 190 555 493 70 136 14 2 4 38 12 6 40 61 .276 .331 .337 .668 88 166 8 1 20 1 7
1972 24 318 983 879 102 226 21 6 4 68 15 12 69 105 .257 .312 .308 .621 76 271 13 2 32 1 10
1973 25 419 1217 1086 138 283 28 6 8 96 15 15 90 133 .261 .318 .320 .638 79 347 16 2 38 1 11
1974 26 471 1289 1151 146 295 28 6 8 98 15 15 95 141 .256 .314 .312 .626 76 359 18 2 39 2 11

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
1969 21 11 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 11
1970 22 52 121 115 16 30 4 0 0 5 3 6 21 .261 .298 .296 .593 10 52
1971 23 127 420 382 60 116 11 2 4 37 10 36 39 .304 .364 .374 .739 53 127
1972 24 134 444 410 37 101 8 4 0 35 3 33 46 .246 .304 .285 .589 36 128
1973 25 101 229 208 37 58 7 0 4 29 0 21 28 .279 .345 .370 .715 27 101
1974 26 52 71 65 8 12 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 .185 .239 .185 .424 3 52
6 Seasons 477 1292 1186 159 317 30 6 8 108 16 102 143 .267 .326 .323 .649 129 471
162 Game Avg. 162 439 403 54 108 10 2 3 37 5 35 49 .267 .326 .323 .649 44 471

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 NL--16--2nd
1972 NL--12--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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