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Rick Dempsey
John Rikard Dempsey

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 13, 1949 in Fayetteville, TN
High School: Crespi Carmelite (Encino, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1969
Final Game: September 27, 1992
Relatives: Uncle of Gregg Zaun
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Rick Dempsey
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Minors
Game Logs [+]
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- 1972
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HR Log
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum () ·

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	19	MIN	AL	5	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	241	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1970	20	MIN	AL	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1971	21	MIN	AL	6	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	108	5	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1972	22	MIN	AL	25	47	40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	.200	.304	.225	.529	57	9	2	0	1	0	0	2
1973	23	NYY	AL	6	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	/2
1974	24	NYY	AL	43	119	109	12	26	3	0	2	12	1	0	8	7	.239	.288	.321	.609	76	35	5	0	1	1	0	2/D79
1975	25	NYY	AL	71	170	145	18	38	8	0	1	11	0	0	21	15	.262	.353	.338	.691	98	49	5	0	3	1	1	2D/957
1976	26	TOT	AL	80	240	216	12	42	2	0	0	12	1	1	18	21	.194	.263	.204	.466	41	44	2	2	4	0	0	2/97
1976	26	NYY	AL	21	48	42	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.119	.213	.119	.332	-1	5	0	0	1	0	0	/29
1976	26	BAL	AL	59	192	174	11	37	2	0	0	10	1	1	13	17	.213	.275	.224	.499	52	39	2	2	3	0	0	2/97
1977	27	BAL	AL	91	314	270	27	61	7	4	3	34	2	3	34	34	.226	.314	.315	.629	77	85	9	2	5	3	1	2
1978	28	BAL	AL	136	498	441	41	114	25	0	6	32	7	3	48	54	.259	.327	.356	.683	98	157	11	0	3	6	2	*2
1979	29	BAL	AL	124	413	368	48	88	23	0	6	41	0	1	38	37	.239	.307	.351	.658	80	129	12	0	3	4	1	*2
1980	30	BAL	AL	119	406	362	51	95	26	3	9	40	3	1	36	45	.262	.333	.425	.759	108	154	11	3	4	1	1	*2/793D
1981	31	BAL	AL	92	287	251	24	54	10	1	6	15	0	1	32	36	.215	.306	.335	.641	85	84	5	1	3	0	1	*2/D
1982	32	BAL	AL	125	402	344	35	88	15	1	5	36	0	3	46	37	.256	.339	.349	.688	90	120	10	0	7	5	1	*2/D
1983	33	BAL	AL	128	400	347	33	80	16	2	4	32	1	1	40	54	.231	.311	.323	.634	77	112	9	3	5	5	1	*2
1984	34	BAL	AL	109	380	330	37	76	11	0	11	34	1	2	40	58	.230	.312	.364	.676	89	120	11	1	5	4	0	2
1985	35	BAL	AL	132	420	362	54	92	19	0	12	52	0	1	50	87	.254	.345	.406	.751	108	147	2	1	5	2	0	*2
1986	36	BAL	AL	122	382	327	42	68	15	1	13	29	1	0	45	78	.208	.309	.379	.689	88	124	5	3	7	0	0	*2
1987	37	CLE	AL	60	170	141	16	25	10	0	1	9	0	0	23	29	.177	.295	.270	.565	52	38	4	1	4	1	0	2
1988	38	LAD	NL	77	198	167	25	42	13	0	7	30	1	0	25	44	.251	.338	.455	.793	129	76	4	0	0	6	0	2
1989	39	LAD	NL	79	183	151	16	27	7	0	4	16	1	0	30	37	.179	.319	.305	.623	81	46	5	1	1	0	3	2
1990	40	LAD	NL	62	151	128	13	25	5	0	2	15	1	0	23	29	.195	.318	.281	.599	68	36	8	0	0	0	0	2
1991	41	MIL	AL	60	174	147	15	34	5	0	4	21	0	2	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	90	51	7	0	1	3	1	2/13
1992	42	BAL	AL	8	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
24 Seasons				1765	5407	4692	525	1093	223	12	96	471	20	19	592	736	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	1628	131	18	63	42	13
162 Game Avg.				162	496	431	48	100	20	1	9	43	2	2	54	68	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	149	12	2	6	4	1
				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
BAL (12 yrs)				1245	4105	3585	405	854	169	12	75	355	16	17	424	538	.238	.319	.355	.674	89	1272	88	16	50	30	8
MIN (4 yrs)				41	76	66	4	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	.227	.320	.273	.593	71	18	4	0	1	0	0
NYY (4 yrs)				141	350	307	31	71	11	0	3	25	1	0	35	29	.231	.308	.296	.605	75	91	11	0	6	2	1
LAD (3 yrs)				218	532	446	54	94	25	0	13	61	3	0	78	110	.211	.326	.354	.680	95	158	17	1	1	6	3
CLE (1 yr)				60	170	141	16	25	10	0	1	9	0	0	23	29	.177	.295	.270	.565	52	38	4	1	4	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				60	174	147	15	34	5	0	4	21	0	2	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	90	51	7	0	1	3	1

AL (21 yrs)				1547	4875	4246	471	999	198	12	83	410	17	19	514	626	.235	.318	.346	.664	86	1470	114	17	62	36	10
NL (3 yrs)				218	532	446	54	94	25	0	13	61	3	0	78	110	.211	.326	.354	.680	95	158	17	1	1	6	3

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	19	MIN	AL	7	3	2	18.0	98	.500	.500	.259	.571	.336	.667	.390	1.238	.726	241	.934	1.3	0.1	1.667	.333	.167
1970	20	MIN	AL	8	8	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.125	.336	.000	.399	.125	.735	-63	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.125	.143	.000
1971	21	MIN	AL	14	10	2	5.4	95	.333	.308	.258	.357	.331	.385	.384	.742	.714	108	.629	0.2	0.0	.600	.154	.077
1972	22	MIN	AL	47	35	3	2.3	87	.250	.200	.252	.304	.322	.225	.364	.529	.685	57	.303	-2.0	-0.2	.441	.175	.025
1973	23	NYY	AL	13	11	0	0.0	91	.250	.182	.256	.250	.324	.182	.376	.432	.701	25	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.300	.091	.000
1974	24	NYY	AL	119	90	9	2.7	88	.238	.239	.257	.288	.322	.321	.370	.609	.691	76	.313	-3.4	-0.4	.500	.165	.083	1.3
1975	25	NYY	AL	170	116	18	4.2	92	.285	.262	.257	.353	.327	.338	.377	.691	.704	98	.485	0.6	0.1	.625	.221	.076	.0
1976	26	TOT	AL	240	181	12	1.8	82	.215	.194	.250	.263	.314	.204	.353	.466	.667	41	.188	-15.5	-1.7	.362	.093	.009	.0
1976	26	NYY	AL	48	38	1	0.7	86	.132	.119	.256	.213	.320	.119	.361	.332	.681	-1	.041	-5.3	-0.6	.270	.119	.000
1976	26	BAL	AL	192	143	11	2.1	81	.236	.213	.249	.275	.312	.224	.351	.499	.663	52	.232	-10.2	-1.1	.386	.086	.011	.0
1977	27	BAL	AL	314	229	27	3.2	95	.246	.226	.259	.314	.322	.315	.394	.629	.716	77	.331	-7.3	-0.7	.543	.211	.089	2.4
1978	28	BAL	AL	498	350	53	4.0	89	.279	.259	.254	.327	.318	.356	.374	.683	.692	98	.471	1.0	0.1	.613	.215	.098	6.5
1979	29	BAL	AL	413	300	39	3.5	99	.249	.239	.266	.307	.330	.351	.403	.658	.733	80	.364	-9.2	-0.9	.567	.212	.111	.0
1980	30	BAL	AL	406	284	50	4.7	98	.278	.262	.268	.333	.330	.425	.397	.759	.728	108	.514	4.2	0.4	.699	.268	.163	4.5
1981	31	BAL	AL	287	206	26	3.4	89	.230	.215	.256	.306	.321	.335	.373	.641	.693	85	.415	-4.6	-0.5	.571	.243	.120	.0
1982	32	BAL	AL	402	281	42	4.0	98	.270	.256	.264	.339	.328	.349	.402	.688	.730	90	.440	-2.9	-0.3	.606	.218	.093	.0
1983	33	BAL	AL	400	287	36	3.4	96	.259	.231	.263	.311	.325	.323	.397	.634	.722	77	.365	-9.5	-0.9	.560	.207	.092	1.6
1984	34	BAL	AL	380	276	37	3.6	95	.245	.230	.261	.312	.324	.364	.394	.676	.718	89	.397	-4.5	-0.4	.599	.252	.133	1.8
1985	35	BAL	AL	420	280	55	5.2	96	.302	.254	.258	.345	.323	.406	.400	.751	.723	108	.561	5.5	0.5	.722	.287	.152	.0
1986	36	BAL	AL	382	271	41	4.0	99	.233	.208	.259	.309	.327	.379	.404	.689	.731	88	.434	-5.1	-0.5	.655	.312	.171	1.9
1987	37	CLE	AL	170	125	12	2.6	106	.214	.177	.265	.295	.333	.270	.426	.565	.759	52	.228	-9.1	-0.9	.517	.255	.092	.0
1988	38	LAD	NL	198	135	27	5.4	88	.287	.251	.254	.338	.317	.455	.373	.793	.690	129	.635	7.5	0.8	.791	.359	.204	1.8
1989	39	LAD	NL	183	130	16	3.3	90	.209	.179	.253	.319	.320	.305	.377	.623	.696	81	.410	-2.8	-0.3	.605	.331	.126	1.6
1990	40	LAD	NL	151	111	11	2.7	96	.237	.195	.262	.318	.328	.281	.393	.599	.721	68	.285	-4.9	-0.5	.541	.273	.086	1.3
1991	41	MIL	AL	174	126	16	3.4	95	.238	.231	.258	.329	.326	.347	.391	.676	.718	90	.372	-1.2	-0.1	.590	.259	.116	.0
1992	42	BAL	AL	11	9	0	0.0	96	.125	.111	.262	.273	.331	.111	.388	.384	.719	11	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.222	.000
24 Seasons				5407	3854	534	3.7	94	.256	.233	.260	.319	.324	.347	.390	.666	.715	87	.418	-65.7	-6.7	.597	.240	.114	33.1
162 Game Avg.				496	354	49	3.7	94	.256	.233	.260	.319	.324	.347	.390	.666	.715	87	.418	-65.7	-6.7	.597	.240	.114	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BAL (12 yrs)				4105	2916	417	3.8	95	.259	.238	.260	.319	.324	.355	.392	.674	.716	89	.426	-43.6	-4.4	.603	.235	.117	26.4
MIN (4 yrs)				76	56	7	3.4	91	.268	.227	.255	.320	.326	.273	.374	.593	.700	71	.441	-2.2	-0.3	.491	.182	.045
NYY (4 yrs)				350	255	28	3.0	90	.245	.231	.257	.308	.324	.296	.372	.605	.696	75	.344	-9.3	-1.0	.514	.182	.065	1.5
LAD (3 yrs)				532	376	54	3.9	91	.246	.211	.256	.326	.321	.354	.380	.680	.701	95	.470	-0.2	0.0	.650	.325	.143	4.9
CLE (1 yr)				170	125	12	2.6	106	.214	.177	.265	.295	.333	.270	.426	.565	.759	52	.229	-9.1	-0.9	.517	.255	.092	.0
MIL (1 yr)				174	126	16	3.4	95	.238	.231	.258	.329	.326	.347	.391	.676	.718	90	.373	-1.2	-0.1	.590	.259	.116	.0

AL (21 yrs)				4875	3478	480	3.7	95	.256	.235	.260	.318	.325	.346	.391	.664	.716	86	.412	-65.5	-6.7	.591	.232	.111	28.2
NL (3 yrs)				532	376	54	3.9	91	.246	.211	.256	.326	.321	.354	.380	.680	.701	95	.470	-0.2	0.0	.650	.325	.143	4.9

Postseason Batting

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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	29	BAL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	3	11	10	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	.400	.455	.600	1.055	6	0	0	0	0	0
1979	29	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	7	22	21	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.318	.381	.699	8	1	0	0	0	0

1983	33	BAL	AL	ALCS	CHW	W	4	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0	0
1983	33	BAL	AL	WS	PHI	W	5	15	13	3	5	4	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.385	.467	.923	1.390	12	1	0	0	0	2

1988	38	LAD	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	4	6	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300	4	0	0	0	0	0
1988	38	LAD	NL	WS	OAK	W	2	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	1	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (6 Series)							25	73	66	11	20	11	0	1	7	1	0	7	8	.303	.370	.515	.885	34	3	0	0	0	2
2 ALCS							7	24	22	4	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	6	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300	4	0	0	0	0	0
3 WS							14	43	39	6	12	7	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.308	.372	.564	.936	22	3	0	0	0	2

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	19	MIN	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	33%	0.00					2.00	86%
1970	20	MIN	AL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%		1.00	7.0				0.75	75%
1971	21	MIN	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	7.1%	25%	1.00	13.0				0.80	86%
1972	22	MIN	AL	47	0.0%	17.0%	12.8%	2.1%	13%	1.33	5.0				1.45	68%
1973	23	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7				1.67	62%
1974	24	NYY	AL	119	1.7%	5.9%	6.7%	4.2%	19%	0.88	15.6	54.5	9.1		0.93	85%
1975	25	NYY	AL	170	0.6%	8.8%	12.4%	5.3%	24%	0.71	9.7	145.0	13.2		1.58	76%
1976	26	TOT	AL	240	0.0%	8.8%	7.5%	0.8%	5%	1.17	10.3		18.0		0.89	81%
1976	26	NYY	AL	48	0.0%	8.3%	10.4%	0.0%	0%	0.80	10.5		21.0		0.62	79%
1976	26	BAL	AL	192	0.0%	8.9%	6.8%	1.0%	5%	1.31	10.2		17.4		0.98	82%
1977	27	BAL	AL	314	1.0%	10.8%	10.8%	4.5%	23%	1.00	7.9	90.0	7.9		1.02	75%
1978	28	BAL	AL	498	1.2%	10.8%	9.6%	6.2%	27%	1.13	8.2	73.5	13.8		0.74	78%
1979	29	BAL	AL	413	1.5%	9.0%	9.2%	7.0%	33%	0.97	9.9	61.3	9.0		0.96	80%
1980	30	BAL	AL	406	2.2%	11.1%	8.9%	9.4%	40%	1.25	8.0	40.2	9.1		0.88	76%
1981	31	BAL	AL	287	2.1%	12.5%	11.2%	5.9%	32%	1.13	7.0	41.8	16.7		0.74	73%
1982	32	BAL	AL	402	1.2%	9.2%	11.4%	5.2%	24%	0.80	9.3	68.8	9.6		0.94	76%
1983	33	BAL	AL	400	1.0%	13.5%	10.0%	5.5%	28%	1.35	6.4	86.8	10.8		0.88	74%
1984	34	BAL	AL	380	2.9%	15.3%	10.5%	5.8%	29%	1.45	5.7	30.0	9.7		0.97	70%
1985	35	BAL	AL	420	2.9%	20.7%	11.9%	7.4%	34%	1.74	4.2	30.2	7.0		0.56	63%
1986	36	BAL	AL	382	3.4%	20.4%	11.8%	7.6%	43%	1.73	4.2	25.2	11.3		0.68	62%
1987	37	CLE	AL	170	0.6%	17.1%	13.5%	6.5%	44%	1.26	4.9	141.0	15.7		0.78	66%
1988	38	LAD	NL	198	3.5%	22.2%	12.6%	10.1%	48%	1.76	3.8	23.9	5.6	0.58	0.73	62%	21%	14.3%	39%
1989	39	LAD	NL	183	2.2%	20.2%	16.4%	6.0%	41%	1.23	4.1	37.8	9.4	0.51	0.72	60%	23%	6.8%	21%
1990	40	LAD	NL	151	1.3%	19.2%	15.2%	4.6%	28%	1.26	4.4	64.0	8.5	0.66	1.22	64%	23%	4.9%	31%
1991	41	MIL	AL	174	2.3%	11.5%	13.2%	5.2%	27%	0.87	7.4	36.8	7.0	0.58	0.78	72%	21%	5.7%	14%
1992	42	BAL	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	0.50	9.0			0.75	1.00	73%	0%	0.0%	25%
24 Seasons				5407	1.8%	13.6%	11.0%	6.1%	30%	1.24	6.4	48.9	10.0	0.58	0.86	72%	22%	7.7%	26%
MLB Averages
				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

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	19	MIN	AL	0	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970	20	MIN	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	21	MIN	AL	0	0	40%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1972	22	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	23	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	24	NYY	AL	1	0	31%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	38%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1975	25	NYY	AL	1	0	29%	71	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	54%	15	6	9	4	4	0	5	0	4
1976	26	TOT	AL	2	0	19%	73	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	54%	8	5	3	1	0	1	4	1	3
1976	26	NYY	AL	0	0	10%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	26	BAL	AL	2	0	21%	64	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	58%	7	4	3	1	0	1	4	1	3
1977	27	BAL	AL	1	0	26%	113	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	7	20%	20	20	0	6	3	3	4	1	3
1978	28	BAL	AL	4	0	22%	196	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	43%	21	14	7	7	4	3	16	6	9
1979	29	BAL	AL	4	0	35%	176	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	29%	26	22	3	6	4	2	17	7	9
1980	30	BAL	AL	3	0	34%	153	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	45%	32	21	11	4	1	3	17	5	10
1981	31	BAL	AL	3	0	22%	122	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	35%	10	7	2	5	3	2	5	1	3
1982	32	BAL	AL	3	0	23%	171	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	31%	23	17	6	7	5	2	12	7	5
1983	33	BAL	AL	3	0	24%	131	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	47%	22	12	10	4	2	2	10	5	5
1984	34	BAL	AL	2	0	25%	141	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	32%	21	17	3	5	4	1	11	2	8
1985	35	BAL	AL	8	0	32%	164	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	30%	23	18	5	5	4	1	16	9	7
1986	36	BAL	AL	2	0	28%	122	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	37%	15	10	5	2	1	1	13	8	5
1987	37	CLE	AL	2	0	31%	63	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	23%	9	9	0	6	4	2	7	3	3
1988	38	LAD	NL	2	0	30%	87	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	45%	8	7	1	0	0	0	12	3	8
1989	39	LAD	NL	2	0	22%	51	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	27%	9	7	2	1	1	0	5	2	2
1990	40	LAD	NL	0	0	24%	57	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	19%	11	10	1	0	0	0	5	3	2
1991	41	MIL	AL	2	0	21%	70	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	13%	10	9	1	2	1	0	3	2	1
1992	42	BAL	AL	0	0	67%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
24 Seasons				45	0	27%	2036	20	19	51%	16	17	4	1	0	1	9	2	65	115	36%	294	219	72	65	41	23	169	65	94
MLB Averages
				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

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	19	MIN	AL	7	29%	3			1	0	0	0	1.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	20	MIN	AL	8	13%	0			1	0	0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	21	MIN	AL	14	0%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	22	MIN	AL	47	26%	8			2	1	0	0	1.30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	2	22%	4	1	25%	26	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0
1973	23	NYY	AL	13	62%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	24	NYY	AL	119	46%	26			11	1	0	0	1.78	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	50%	27	5	19%	10	3	30%	86	10	12%	5	2	40%	5	0	0%	0
1975	25	NYY	AL	170	65%	38			23	5	0	2	1.70	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	75%	32	5	16%	14	10	71%	101	10	10%	11	5	45%	11	6	55%	0
1976	26	TOT	AL	240	35%	42			6	0	0	1	0.91	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	33	2	6%	17	7	41%	146	13	9%	9	6	67%	19	8	42%	0
1976	26	NYY	AL	48	73%	5			6	0	0	1	0.91	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	2	1	50%	30	2	7%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1976	26	BAL	AL	192	26%	37			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	27	2	7%	15	6	40%	116	11	9%	6	4	67%	18	8	44%	0
1977	27	BAL	AL	314	30%	61			1	1	0	1	0.92	3	0	12	3	0	1	2	0	6	5	83%	69	9	13%	32	14	44%	205	33	16%	21	11	52%	23	7	30%	0
1978	28	BAL	AL	498	31%	114			4	1	0	0	2.07	6	0	12	3	3	4	2	0	5	3	60%	95	11	12%	47	17	36%	277	27	10%	20	8	40%	28	12	43%	0
1979	29	BAL	AL	413	31%	88			2	0	0	0	2.09	6	1	11	5	1	1	5	0	5	3	60%	79	12	15%	34	11	32%	256	36	14%	27	16	59%	17	5	29%	0
1980	30	BAL	AL	406	48%	95			9	1	0	0	1.92	9	0	10	3	6	5	4	0	6	4	67%	88	11	13%	39	11	28%	262	34	13%	16	5	31%	26	8	31%	0
1981	31	BAL	AL	287	35%	54			8	0	0	0	1.54	6	0	5	2	4	4	2	0	4	3	75%	48	5	10%	20	4	20%	175	9	5%	8	2	25%	16	7	44%	0
1982	32	BAL	AL	402	40%	88			8	3	0	1	0.96	5	0	10	3	2	2	3	0	10	7	70%	95	10	11%	44	17	39%	274	31	11%	25	14	56%	22	7	32%	0
1983	33	BAL	AL	400	47%	80			7	0	0	0	0.43	4	0	10	2	2	3	1	0	6	5	83%	74	9	12%	38	16	42%	233	28	12%	19	9	47%	17	5	29%	0
1984	34	BAL	AL	380	27%	76			0	0	0	0	0.00	11	0	8	6	5	6	5	0	5	5	100%	74	11	15%	44	15	34%	259	24	9%	23	9	39%	30	10	33%	0
1985	35	BAL	AL	420	43%	92			6	1	1	2	1.70	12	0	13	5	7	4	8	0	7	5	71%	85	2	2%	36	10	28%	272	42	15%	20	13	65%	26	9	35%	0
1986	36	BAL	AL	382	43%	68			9	1	0	0	1.61	13	1	15	7	6	7	6	0	7	7	100%	74	5	7%	38	12	32%	258	16	6%	16	5	31%	25	5	20%	0
1987	37	CLE	AL	170	29%	25			2	1	0	0	2.23	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	6	4	67%	32	4	13%	18	6	33%	101	8	8%	11	4	36%	10	5	50%	0
1988	38	LAD	NL	198	72%	42	4	0	8	1	0	1	1.60	7	0	3	2	5	3	4	0	0	0		34	4	12%	22	8	36%	113	24	21%	12	8	67%	12	7	58%	0
1989	39	LAD	NL	183	77%	27	2	0	24	5	0	2	2.39	4	0	7	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	37	5	14%	13	4	31%	125	14	11%	7	4	57%	7	1	14%	0
1990	40	LAD	NL	151	75%	25	2	1	16	1	0	1	1.58	2	0	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		32	8	25%	8	1	13%	105	14	13%	5	3	60%	4	2	50%	0
1991	41	MIL	AL	174	66%	34	12	0	4	2	0	1	2.18	4	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	2	1	50%	39	7	18%	18	8	44%	108	17	16%	7	5	71%	7	1	14%	0
1992	42	BAL	AL	11	36%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
24 Seasons				5407	43%	1093	21	2	152	25	1	12	1.69	96	2	143	45	51	48	48	0	85	63	74%	1071	131	12%	504	177	35%	3414	390	11%	264	129	49%	310	105	34%	0
MLB Averages
				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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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	38	LAD	NL	192	800	4.17	470	59%	30%	15%	28%	27%	70%	0%	41%	78%	25%	9%	17	4	20%	39	13	15%	29	10	34%	6	1	2
1989	39	LAD	NL	173	703	4.06	395	56%	25%	17%	31%	28%	75%	3%	42%	77%	20%	10%	17	3	24%	41	15	13%	22	12	26%	10	1	2
1990	40	LAD	NL	129	536	4.16	308	57%	28%	15%	30%	27%	71%	0%	41%	78%	22%	10%	13	5	26%	33	11	15%	19	6	35%	22	0	1
1991	41	MIL	AL	174	689	3.96	405	59%	23%	13%	32%	32%	77%	1%	45%	83%	29%	7%	13	2	21%	37	15	14%	24	14	30%	0	0	0
1992	42	BAL	AL	11	29	2.64	15	52%	13%	13%	20%	53%	87%	0%	45%	85%	55%	18%	2	0	27%	3	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				679	2757	4.06	1593	58%	26%	15%	30%	29%	73%	1%	42%	79%	25%	9%	62	14	23%	153	55	14%	94	42	31%	38	2	5
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	19	5	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	241	4	0	0	0	0	0
1970	20	10	15	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.231	.333	.308	.641	77	4	1	0	0	0	0
1971	21	16	29	26	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.269	.345	.346	.691	92	9	2	0	0	0	0
1972	22	41	76	66	4	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	.227	.320	.273	.593	71	18	4	0	1	0	0
1973	23	47	89	77	4	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	.221	.310	.260	.570	65	20	5	0	2	0	0
1974	24	90	208	186	16	43	6	0	2	12	1	0	18	20	.231	.298	.296	.593	72	55	10	0	3	1	0
1975	25	161	378	331	34	81	14	0	3	23	1	0	39	35	.245	.323	.314	.637	83	104	15	0	6	2	1
1976	26	241	618	547	46	123	16	0	3	35	2	1	57	56	.225	.299	.271	.570	67	148	17	2	10	2	1
1977	27	332	932	817	73	184	23	4	6	69	4	4	91	90	.225	.304	.285	.589	71	233	26	4	15	5	2
1978	28	468	1430	1258	114	298	48	4	12	101	11	7	139	144	.237	.312	.310	.622	80	390	37	4	18	11	4
1979	29	592	1843	1626	162	386	71	4	18	142	11	8	177	181	.237	.311	.319	.630	80	519	49	4	21	15	5
1980	30	711	2249	1988	213	481	97	7	27	182	14	9	213	226	.242	.315	.339	.654	85	673	60	7	25	16	6
1981	31	803	2536	2239	237	535	107	8	33	197	14	10	245	262	.239	.314	.338	.652	85	757	65	8	28	16	7
1982	32	928	2938	2583	272	623	122	9	38	233	14	13	291	299	.241	.318	.340	.657	86	877	75	8	35	21	8
1983	33	1056	3338	2930	305	703	138	11	42	265	15	14	331	353	.240	.317	.338	.654	85	989	84	11	40	26	9
1984	34	1165	3718	3260	342	779	149	11	53	299	16	16	371	411	.239	.316	.340	.657	85	1109	95	12	45	30	9
1985	35	1297	4138	3622	396	871	168	11	65	351	16	17	421	498	.240	.319	.347	.666	88	1256	97	13	50	32	9
1986	36	1419	4520	3949	438	939	183	12	78	380	17	17	466	576	.238	.318	.349	.668	88	1380	102	16	57	32	9
1987	37	1479	4690	4090	454	964	193	12	79	389	17	17	489	605	.236	.318	.347	.664	86	1418	106	17	61	33	9
1988	38	1556	4888	4257	479	1006	206	12	86	419	18	17	514	649	.236	.318	.351	.669	88	1494	110	17	61	39	9
1989	39	1635	5071	4408	495	1033	213	12	90	435	19	17	544	686	.234	.318	.349	.668	88	1540	115	18	62	39	12
1990	40	1697	5222	4536	508	1058	218	12	92	450	20	17	567	715	.233	.318	.347	.666	87	1576	123	18	62	39	12
1991	41	1757	5396	4683	523	1092	223	12	96	471	20	19	590	735	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	1627	130	18	63	42	13
1992	42	1765	5407	4692	525	1093	223	12	96	471	20	19	592	736	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	1628	131	18	63	42	13

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	19	5	8	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339	3	5
1970	20	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	5
1971	21	6	14	13	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	2	6
1972	22	26	49	42	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	7	8	.214	.327	.238	.565	3	25
1973	23	6	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	6
1974	24	43	119	110	14	27	3	0	2	14	1	8	7	.245	.294	.327	.621	11	43
1975	25	71	174	150	20	42	9	0	1	12	0	23	15	.280	.374	.360	.734	20	71
1976	26	80	251	227	15	52	2	0	0	15	1	22	21	.229	.303	.238	.541	16	80
1977	27	91	317	275	30	66	8	4	3	38	2	37	34	.240	.331	.331	.662	30	91
1978	28	136	515	455	49	128	28	0	7	38	8	54	54	.281	.353	.389	.742	63	136
1979	29	125	415	372	51	90	24	0	6	43	0	39	37	.242	.311	.355	.666	41	124
1980	30	119	406	365	54	98	27	3	9	42	3	37	45	.268	.340	.433	.773	53	119
1981	31	139	447	390	43	92	17	2	10	27	0	55	55	.236	.333	.367	.700	47	92
1982	32	125	401	348	37	92	16	1	5	38	0	48	37	.264	.349	.359	.708	44	125
1983	33	128	404	353	35	86	17	2	4	34	1	43	54	.244	.327	.337	.664	39	128
1984	34	109	380	333	40	79	11	0	11	37	1	42	58	.237	.321	.369	.690	40	109
1985	35	132	427	370	57	100	21	0	13	55	0	54	87	.270	.363	.432	.795	58	132
1986	36	122	385	333	44	74	16	1	14	31	1	49	78	.222	.327	.402	.730	43	122
1987	37	60	168	142	15	26	10	0	1	9	0	24	29	.183	.304	.275	.578	12	60
1988	38	77	206	172	29	47	15	0	8	35	1	28	44	.273	.364	.500	.864	32	77
1989	39	79	190	155	18	31	8	0	5	18	1	34	37	.200	.347	.348	.696	18	79
1990	40	62	153	129	14	26	5	0	2	16	1	24	29	.202	.327	.287	.614	12	62
1991	41	60	173	147	16	34	5	0	4	22	0	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	17	60
1992	42	8	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	8
24 Seasons		1814	5633	4915	586	1207	245	13	105	524	21	657	755	.246	.334	.365	.699	604	1765
162 Game Avg.		162	503	439	52	108	22	1	9	47	2	59	67	.246	.334	.365	.699	54	1765
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

* 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

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1983-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1983-ML-WS MVP

Oldest s c a p y
1988 NL--born 1949-09-13--9th
1989 NL--born 1949-09-13--5th
1990 NL--born 1949-09-13--4th
1991 AL--born 1949-09-13--4th
1992 AL--born 1949-09-13--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1969 AL--born 1949-09-13--4th
1970 AL--born 1949-09-13--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 56 (330), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Johnny Edwards (933)
Johnny Roseboro (921)
Eddie Miller (914)
Butch Wynegar (914)
Alan Ashby (913)
Chris Gomez (911)
Spike Owen (909)

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Jim Hegan (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 56 (330), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50