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Delino DeShields    \duh-LINE-oh\

Delino Lamont DeShields (twitter: @DelinoSr)

Positions: Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 15, 1969 in Seaford, DE
High School: Seaford HS (Seaford, DE)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1990 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Dodgers/Orioles/Cardinals/Cubs 1990-2002
Agents: Tom Reich,Adam Katz [*]
Final Game: August 8, 2002 (Age 33)
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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
1990 21 MON NL 129 572 499 69 144 28 6 4 45 42 22 66 96 .289 .375 .393 .768 116 196 10 4 1 2 3 *4 RoY-2
1991 22 MON NL 151 673 563 83 134 15 4 10 51 56 23 95 151 .238 .347 .332 .680 94 187 6 2 8 5 2 *4
1992 23 MON NL 135 599 530 82 155 19 8 7 56 46 15 54 108 .292 .359 .398 .757 115 211 10 3 9 3 4 *4 MVP-16
1993 24 MON NL 123 562 481 75 142 17 7 2 29 43 10 72 64 .295 .389 .372 .761 102 179 6 3 4 2 3 *4
1994 25 LAD NL 89 376 320 51 80 11 3 2 33 27 7 54 53 .250 .357 .322 .679 84 103 9 0 1 1 0 *46
1995 26 LAD NL 127 493 425 66 109 18 3 8 37 39 14 63 83 .256 .353 .369 .722 99 157 6 1 3 1 4 *4
1996 27 LAD NL 154 642 581 75 130 12 8 5 41 48 11 53 124 .224 .288 .298 .585 60 173 12 1 2 5 7 *4
1997 28 STL NL 150 643 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 14 55 72 .295 .357 .448 .804 111 256 5 3 7 6 1 *4
1998 29 STL NL 117 484 420 74 122 21 8 7 44 26 10 56 61 .290 .371 .429 .799 110 180 6 0 4 4 2 *4/3
1999 30 BAL AL 96 374 330 46 87 11 2 6 34 11 8 37 52 .264 .339 .364 .702 84 120 5 1 5 1 0 4
2000 31 BAL AL 151 643 561 84 166 43 5 10 86 37 10 69 82 .296 .369 .444 .813 110 249 16 1 3 9 2 47D/8
2001 32 TOT MLB 126 417 351 55 82 17 5 5 37 23 2 59 77 .234 .344 .353 .697 87 124 8 1 4 2 1 74/D538
2001 32 BAL AL 58 222 188 29 37 8 2 3 21 11 1 31 42 .197 .312 .309 .621 69 58 3 1 1 1 1 7/D8
2001 32 CHC NL 68 195 163 26 45 9 3 2 16 12 1 28 35 .276 .380 .405 .785 108 66 5 0 3 1 0 74/53
2002 33 CHC NL 67 174 146 20 28 6 1 3 10 10 1 21 38 .192 .292 .308 .600 60 45 0 0 6 1 2 4/9
13 Yrs 1615 6652 5779 872 1548 244 74 80 561 463 147 754 1061 .268 .352 .377 .729 98 2180 99 20 57 42 31
162 Game Avg. 162 667 580 87 155 24 7 8 56 46 15 76 106 .268 .352 .377 .729 98 219 10 2 6 4 3
MON (4 yrs) 538 2406 2073 309 575 79 25 23 181 187 70 287 419 .277 .367 .373 .740 106 773 32 12 22 12 12
LAD (3 yrs) 370 1511 1326 192 319 41 14 15 111 114 32 170 260 .241 .326 .327 .653 79 433 27 2 6 7 11
BAL (3 yrs) 305 1239 1079 159 290 62 9 19 141 59 19 137 176 .269 .350 .396 .745 95 427 24 3 9 11 3
STL (2 yrs) 267 1127 992 166 291 47 22 18 102 81 24 111 133 .293 .363 .440 .802 110 436 11 3 11 10 3
CHC (2 yrs) 135 369 309 46 73 15 4 5 26 22 2 49 73 .236 .339 .359 .698 86 111 5 0 9 2 2
NL (11 yrs) 1310 5413 4700 713 1258 182 65 61 420 404 128 617 885 .268 .353 .373 .726 98 1753 75 17 48 31 28
AL (3 yrs) 305 1239 1079 159 290 62 9 19 141 59 19 137 176 .269 .350 .396 .745 95 427 24 3 9 11 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1990 21 MON NL 129 572 11 -4 -1 -13 3 -4 -0.4 18 13 1.3 .496 .497 2.5 -1.0 27 $100,000 *4 RoY-2
1991 22 MON NL 151 673 -2 4 0 -11 4 -4 -0.6 20 16 1.5 .497 .497 2.5 -0.8 27 *4
1992 23 MON NL 135 599 8 5 0 -4 3 13 1.5 17 30 3.2 .511 .509 3.5 -0.1 34 $302,500 *4 MVP-16
1993 24 MON NL 123 562 3 6 -0 11 3 22 2.4 16 38 4.0 .519 .514 2.7 1.5 28 $1,537,500 *4
1994 25 LAD NL 89 376 -3 4 0 2 3 5 0.5 12 17 1.7 .506 .503 1.4 0.4 15 $2,700,000 *46
1995 26 LAD NL 127 493 -1 3 1 8 3 15 1.5 15 30 3.0 .512 .509 2.1 1.1 22 $3,000,000 *4
1996 27 LAD NL 154 642 -30 7 1 -12 4 -30 -3.4 20 -11 -1.4 .480 .481 -0.1 -1.0 1 $3,000,000 *4
1997 28 STL NL 150 643 10 7 1 3 3 24 2.2 20 44 4.2 .516 .515 3.9 0.5 41 $1,600,000 *4
1998 29 STL NL 117 484 5 -0 0 -4 3 3 0.2 15 18 1.6 .503 .502 2.1 -0.2 22 $3,000,000 *4/3
1999 30 BAL AL 96 374 -6 0 1 1 2 -1 -0.0 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 1.2 0.3 12 $3,719,758 4
2000 31 BAL AL 151 643 11 5 -0 -7 -0 8 0.9 24 33 3.2 .505 .505 3.7 -0.6 39 $4,209,324 47D/8
2001 32 BAL AL 58 222 -9 3 1 -1 -3 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.1 .484 .494 0.1 -0.4 1 $4,333,667 7/D8
2001 32 CHC NL 68 195 3 2 -1 -4 -1 -1 -0.1 6 6 0.5 .499 .500 0.9 -0.5 9 74/53
2002 33 CHC NL 67 174 -8 3 1 3 1 -0 -0.1 5 5 0.5 .499 .500 0.1 0.4 2 $1,250,000 4/9
13 Seasons 1615 6652 -8 45 4 -27 28 41 3.8 211 252 24.3 .503 .502 26.7 -0.2 279 $28,752,749
MON (4 yrs) 538 2406 21 11 -1 -17 13 27 3.0 71 98 10.0 .505 .504 11.2 -0.4 115 $1,940,000
LAD (3 yrs) 370 1511 -34 14 2 -1 9 -10 -1.4 47 36 3.2 .497 .496 3.4 0.6 38 $8,700,000
BAL (3 yrs) 305 1239 -3 8 2 -7 -1 -2 0.0 46 45 4.4 .499 .501 5.0 -0.6 52 $12,262,749
STL (2 yrs) 267 1127 15 7 1 -1 6 27 2.4 35 62 5.8 .510 .509 6.0 0.3 63 $4,600,000
CHC (2 yrs) 135 369 -6 5 -0 -1 0 -1 -0.2 12 10 1.0 .499 .500 1.0 -0.1 11 $1,250,000

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
1990 21 MON NL 572 390 75 5.2 95 .349 .289 .260 .375 .325 .393 .390 .768 .715 116 .572 13.6 1.4 .739 .277 .104 7.3
1991 22 MON NL 673 471 74 4.2 93 .305 .238 .257 .347 .324 .332 .384 .680 .708 94 .503 -1.5 -0.2 .692 .321 .094 17.0
1992 23 MON NL 599 412 80 5.2 92 .354 .292 .259 .359 .325 .398 .381 .757 .706 115 .607 10.7 1.1 .748 .266 .106 12.2
1993 24 MON NL 562 361 80 5.9 107 .336 .295 .276 .389 .342 .372 .420 .761 .762 102 .611 4.2 0.4 .808 .295 .077 3.8
1994 25 LAD NL 376 258 41 4.3 104 .293 .250 .267 .357 .333 .322 .418 .679 .751 84 .434 -5.0 -0.5 .691 .303 .072 3.7
1995 26 LAD NL 493 340 61 4.8 99 .301 .256 .260 .353 .328 .369 .404 .722 .732 99 .498 2.2 0.2 .732 .320 .113 13.3
1996 27 LAD NL 642 481 54 3.0 101 .274 .224 .261 .288 .329 .298 .409 .585 .738 60 .295 -33.0 -3.2 .557 .229 .074 9.1
1997 28 STL NL 643 435 99 6.1 107 .319 .295 .269 .357 .341 .448 .423 .804 .764 111 .602 8.1 0.8 .841 .320 .152 18.3
1998 29 STL NL 484 322 71 5.9 107 .323 .290 .269 .371 .340 .429 .424 .799 .764 110 .589 7.3 0.7 .803 .310 .138 11.0
1999 30 BAL AL 374 262 42 4.3 109 .297 .264 .269 .339 .341 .364 .430 .702 .771 84 .394 -7.4 -0.7 .629 .221 .100 7.8
2000 31 BAL AL 643 433 95 5.8 111 .326 .296 .270 .369 .342 .444 .434 .813 .777 110 .526 12.0 1.1 .822 .319 .148 15.7
2001 32 TOT MLB 417 285 49 4.6 105 .284 .234 .262 .344 .330 .353 .424 .697 .754 87 .458 -4.4 -0.4 .735 .348 .120 8.2
2001 32 BAL AL 222 157 21 3.6 103 .236 .197 .261 .312 .327 .309 .420 .621 .747 69 .347 -7.6 -0.7 .645 .330 .112 4.7
2001 32 CHC NL 195 128 28 5.8 107 .339 .276 .263 .380 .333 .405 .430 .785 .763 108 .569 3.2 0.3 .847 .368 .129 3.4
2002 33 CHC NL 174 126 16 3.4 105 .236 .192 .264 .292 .337 .308 .419 .600 .756 60 .347 -8.4 -0.8 .630 .322 .116 4.6
13 Yrs 6652 4576 837 4.9 102 .314 .268 .265 .352 .333 .377 .411 .729 .744 98 .513 -1.8 -0.1 .730 .295 .109 136.4
162 Game Avg. 667 459 84 4.9 102 .314 .268 .265 .352 .333 .377 .411 .729 .744 98 .513 -1.8 -0.1 .730 .295 .109 14
MON (4 yrs) 2406 1634 309 5.1 96 .336 .277 .262 .367 .329 .373 .393 .740 .722 106 .573 27.0 2.7 .743 .290 .096 41.0
LAD (3 yrs) 1511 1079 156 3.9 101 .287 .241 .262 .326 .330 .327 .409 .653 .739 79 .398 -35.8 -3.5 .644 .276 .086 26.5
BAL (3 yrs) 1239 852 158 4.9 109 .303 .269 .268 .350 .339 .396 .431 .745 .770 95 .460 -3.1 -0.3 .730 .291 .127 28.7
STL (2 yrs) 1127 757 170 6.0 107 .321 .293 .269 .363 .340 .440 .423 .802 .764 110 .596 15.4 1.5 .825 .316 .146 29.5
CHC (2 yrs) 369 254 44 4.6 106 .292 .236 .263 .339 .335 .359 .425 .698 .760 86 .473 -5.2 -0.5 .741 .346 .123 8.1
NL (11 yrs) 5413 3724 679 4.9 101 .316 .268 .264 .353 .332 .373 .406 .726 .738 98 .526 1.3 0.2 .731 .295 .105 106.0
AL (3 yrs) 1239 852 158 4.9 109 .303 .269 .268 .350 .339 .396 .431 .745 .770 95 .460 -3.1 -0.3 .730 .291 .127 28.7

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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1990 21 MON NL 572 0.7% 16.8% 11.5% 6.6% 26% 1.45 5.2 124.8 11.1 1.13 1.66 70% 22% 2.7% 18%
1991 22 MON NL 673 1.5% 22.4% 14.1% 4.3% 22% 1.59 3.7 56.3 11.0 1.27 1.68 60% 16% 6.0% 6%
1992 23 MON NL 599 1.2% 18.0% 9.0% 5.7% 22% 2.00 4.9 75.7 9.5 1.12 1.53 70% 18% 4.1% 12%
1993 24 MON NL 562 0.4% 11.4% 12.8% 4.6% 18% 0.89 7.5 240.5 16.6 1.04 1.26 74% 19% 1.2% 16%
1994 25 LAD NL 376 0.5% 14.1% 14.4% 4.3% 20% 0.98 6.0 160.0 9.7 1.46 1.69 71% 17% 2.1% 10%
1995 26 LAD NL 493 1.6% 16.8% 12.8% 5.9% 27% 1.32 5.1 53.1 11.5 0.96 1.25 68% 22% 5.7% 17%
1996 27 LAD NL 642 0.8% 19.3% 8.3% 3.9% 19% 2.34 4.7 116.2 14.2 1.00 1.25 71% 19% 2.9% 21%
1997 28 STL NL 643 1.7% 11.2% 8.6% 7.9% 30% 1.31 7.9 52.0 9.9 1.08 1.46 77% 19% 5.5% 12%
1998 29 STL NL 484 1.5% 12.6% 11.6% 7.4% 30% 1.09 6.9 60.0 9.5 1.13 1.28 74% 20% 4.6% 9%
1999 30 BAL AL 374 1.6% 13.9% 9.9% 5.1% 22% 1.41 6.3 55.0 9.7 1.08 1.12 73% 14% 5.1% 11%
2000 31 BAL AL 643 1.6% 12.8% 10.7% 9.0% 35% 1.19 6.8 56.1 6.5 0.76 1.20 74% 29% 3.9% 7%
2001 32 TOT MLB 417 1.2% 18.5% 14.2% 6.5% 33% 1.31 4.6 70.2 9.5 0.83 1.30 65% 26% 3.8% 12%
2001 32 BAL AL 222 1.4% 18.9% 14.0% 5.9% 35% 1.35 4.5 62.7 9.0 0.83 1.21 65% 22% 4.2% 10%
2001 32 CHC NL 195 1.0% 18.0% 14.4% 7.2% 31% 1.25 4.7 81.5 10.2 0.84 1.42 65% 32% 3.3% 14%
2002 33 CHC NL 174 1.7% 21.8% 12.1% 5.8% 36% 1.81 3.8 48.7 14.6 1.20 2.04 61% 21% 6.8% 10%
13 Yrs 6652 1.2% 16.0% 11.3% 6.0% 26% 1.41 5.4 72.2 10.3 1.05 1.39 70% 20% 4.1% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.2% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.82 5.5 34.4 7.7 0.78 1.08 71% 22% 7.5% 15%

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1990 21 MON NL 13.6 1.4 655 -0.5 10.6 -11.1 1.06 0.7 -1.2 3.1 0.3 0.93 5.2 1.38 4
1991 22 MON NL -1.5 -0.2 766 0.6 12.8 -12.2 1.09 0.2 0.3 5.1 0.5 0.95 1.2 1.72 5
1992 23 MON NL 10.7 1.1 682 2.5 12.4 -9.8 1.02 2.1 0.4 19.3 2.0 0.96 19.1 0
1993 24 MON NL 4.2 0.4 626 1.3 11.0 -9.7 1.07 1.0 0.1 13.0 1.2 0.93 10.5 0
1994 25 LAD NL -5.0 -0.5 421 1.0 8.3 -7.3 1.12 -0.4 1.3 4.5 0.4 0.97 -1.8 1.14 2
1995 26 LAD NL 2.2 0.2 555 0.7 9.2 -8.5 1.00 0.2 0.6 4.4 0.4 0.93 2.2 2.04 10
1996 27 LAD NL -33.0 -3.2 710 -1.6 10.6 -12.3 1.04 -2.3 0.7 -26.8 -2.7 0.94 -28.4 2.34 2
1997 28 STL NL 8.1 0.8 726 2.4 13.9 -11.5 1.11 1.8 0.4 19.6 1.9 0.93 16.9 0.85 8
1998 29 STL NL 7.3 0.7 526 2.2 10.4 -8.2 1.05 1.2 0.9 16.8 1.6 0.94 12.0 1.33 10
1999 30 BAL AL -7.4 -0.7 399 -0.6 5.8 -6.4 1.02 -1.1 0.5 -7.9 -0.7 0.95 -12.6 1.83 7
2000 31 BAL AL 12.0 1.1 697 0.8 12.0 -11.3 .98 0.5 0.2 12.0 1.1 0.92 7.0 0.86 5
2001 32 TOT MLB -4.4 -0.4 450 -0.8 6.9 -7.7 1.03 -0.3 -0.5 -3.6 -0.3 0.94 -1.1 1.13 18
2001 32 BAL AL -7.6 -0.7 239 -0.2 3.7 -3.9 1.01 -0.4 0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.92 -4.4 0.34 2
2001 32 CHC NL 3.2 0.3 211 -0.6 3.3 -3.9 1.06 0.2 -0.7 0.3 0.0 0.98 3.3 1.23 16
2002 33 CHC NL -8.4 -0.8 188 -0.4 2.9 -3.3 1.20 -0.6 0.3 -8.7 -0.9 0.93 -5.9 1.87 14
13 Yrs -1.8 -0.1 7401 7.6 126.8 -119.2 1.05 3.2 4.0 50.8 4.9 0.94 24.4 1.47 85

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 21 MON NL 3 0 31% 218 42 22 66% 36 20 6 2 0 0 11 3 10 0 2 1 4 20 37% 31 20 10 6 3 3 22 10 9
1991 22 MON NL 6 0 33% 234 56 23 71% 48 18 8 4 0 1 5 0 8 0 1 2 3 24 41% 40 25 14 7 3 3 24 10 12
1992 23 MON NL 1 0 37% 228 46 15 75% 40 13 6 2 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 25 44% 35 23 12 10 3 7 19 10 9
1993 24 MON NL 4 0 34% 267 43 10 81% 38 7 5 3 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1 1 23 50% 28 16 12 9 1 8 25 13 11
1994 25 LAD NL 5 0 37% 138 27 7 79% 22 7 5 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 16 57% 28 13 14 3 3 0 11 1 10
1995 26 LAD NL 1 0 35% 182 39 14 74% 32 12 7 2 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 13 62% 16 7 9 5 2 3 21 7 14
1996 27 LAD NL 10 0 39% 209 48 11 81% 40 11 8 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 18 70% 18 8 9 5 0 5 23 5 18
1997 28 STL NL 8 0 38% 255 55 14 80% 45 10 9 4 1 0 4 2 5 0 0 2 2 21 50% 30 16 14 9 6 3 13 4 9
1998 29 STL NL 1 0 39% 194 26 10 72% 23 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 3 11 47% 21 12 9 7 5 1 17 5 11
1999 30 BAL AL 5 0 34% 134 11 8 58% 9 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 11 51% 24 15 9 7 3 4 10 2 8
2000 31 BAL AL 7 0 33% 246 37 10 79% 31 7 6 3 0 0 3 0 10 0 3 2 1 18 60% 31 15 15 9 5 4 23 4 19
2001 32 TOT MLB 2 0 37% 154 23 2 92% 20 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 2 3 16 69% 15 4 10 4 1 3 16 4 11
2001 32 BAL AL 1 0 39% 67 11 1 92% 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 11 71% 6 1 5 0 0 0 11 3 7
2001 32 CHC NL 1 0 34% 87 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 2 1 5 67% 9 3 5 4 1 3 5 1 4
2002 33 CHC NL 2 0 37% 67 10 1 91% 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 60% 8 3 4 3 0 3 4 1 2
13 Yrs 55 0 35% 2526 463 147 76% 392 122 70 23 1 2 60 14 67 1 9 15 20 221 52% 325 177 141 84 35 47 228 76 143

Situational Batting*

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1990 21 MON NL 572 61% 144 19 7 4 0 0 0 1.38 4 0 4 2 2 3 1 0 5 1 20% 63 10 16% 27 10 37% 260 42 16% 28 16 57% 9 4 44% 0
1991 22 MON NL 673 66% 134 35 5 5 0 0 0 1.72 10 0 12 7 3 3 7 0 12 8 67% 85 6 7% 34 16 47% 295 42 14% 30 23 77% 5 3 60% 0
1992 23 MON NL 599 65% 155 36 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 5 2 1 6 1 12 9 75% 82 10 12% 48 21 44% 287 50 17% 25 16 64% 22 11 50% 0
1993 24 MON NL 562 66% 142 22 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 8 4 50% 59 6 10% 33 13 39% 248 29 12% 15 6 40% 16 8 50% 0
1994 25 LAD NL 376 69% 80 15 4 2 1 0 1 1.14 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 6 1 17% 59 9 15% 35 9 26% 225 32 14% 19 9 47% 16 6 38% 0
1995 26 LAD NL 493 73% 109 12 4 10 3 0 1 2.04 8 1 10 6 2 2 6 0 5 3 60% 66 6 9% 27 12 44% 239 32 13% 16 9 56% 14 11 79% 0
1996 27 LAD NL 642 77% 130 29 5 2 0 0 0 2.34 5 0 17 4 1 3 2 0 5 2 40% 87 12 14% 55 20 36% 332 38 11% 28 12 43% 22 12 55% 0
1997 28 STL NL 643 79% 169 28 11 8 3 2 2 0.85 11 0 15 10 1 6 5 0 12 7 58% 68 5 7% 38 21 55% 271 47 17% 24 15 63% 13 10 77% 0
1998 29 STL NL 484 77% 122 36 6 10 3 1 2 1.33 7 0 11 7 0 3 4 0 6 4 67% 70 6 9% 39 17 44% 246 38 15% 16 9 56% 19 12 63% 0
1999 30 BAL AL 374 88% 87 16 1 7 1 0 2 1.83 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 0 8 5 63% 80 5 6% 38 15 39% 231 31 13% 16 11 69% 13 12 92% 0
2000 31 BAL AL 643 72% 166 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.86 10 0 10 8 2 4 6 0 3 3 100% 147 16 11% 57 25 44% 396 79 20% 37 24 65% 29 14 48% 0
2001 32 TOT MLB 417 76% 82 0 0 18 8 1 2 1.13 5 0 13 5 0 3 2 0 4 4 100% 71 8 11% 32 12 38% 251 34 14% 24 10 42% 16 8 50% 0
2001 32 BAL AL 222 79% 37 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.34 3 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 37 3 8% 17 8 47% 134 20 15% 11 7 64% 9 5 56% 0
2001 32 CHC NL 195 72% 45 0 0 16 7 1 2 1.23 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 100% 34 5 15% 15 4 27% 117 14 12% 13 3 23% 7 3 43% 0
2002 33 CHC NL 174 86% 28 0 0 14 3 0 1 1.87 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 6 6 100% 20 0 0% 16 9 56% 84 7 8% 7 3 43% 7 4 57% 0
13 Yrs 6652 72% 1548 250 51 85 22 4 11 1.47 80 1 121 64 16 36 44 1 92 57 62% 957 99 10% 479 200 42% 3365 501 15% 285 163 57% 201 115 57% 0
MLB Averages 56% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

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
1990 21 MON NL 458 1856 4.05 1071 58% 32% 13% 24% 30% 67% 1% 39% 80% 23% 6% 26 3 19% 85 38 13% 59 31 35% 114 0 3
1991 22 MON NL 676 2868 4.24 1617 56% 35% 15% 25% 26% 65% 1% 37% 78% 19% 7% 45 1 18% 123 36 14% 95 52 31% -3 0 0
1992 23 MON NL 600 2385 3.98 1420 60% 33% 13% 23% 31% 67% 1% 40% 80% 19% 7% 41 0 19% 115 36 13% 79 48 23% -1 0 0
1993 24 MON NL 534 2153 4.03 1217 57% 38% 7% 22% 33% 62% 1% 35% 88% 14% 7% 39 1 18% 98 24 14% 74 38 32% 28 1 2
1994 25 LAD NL 358 1492 4.17 851 57% 40% 8% 22% 30% 60% 0% 34% 86% 15% 7% 25 0 19% 67 17 14% 51 26 50% 18 1 3
1995 26 LAD NL 450 1832 4.07 1064 58% 38% 10% 23% 29% 62% 2% 36% 84% 19% 7% 30 0 19% 87 20 15% 68 35 36% 43 1 4
1996 27 LAD NL 529 2079 3.93 1257 60% 32% 11% 25% 31% 67% 3% 41% 83% 23% 5% 27 1 17% 90 30 10% 55 35 38% 113 1 2
1997 28 STL NL 624 2283 3.66 1342 59% 34% 8% 21% 37% 66% 0% 39% 87% 24% 6% 39 3 17% 108 37 10% 62 35 48% 19 0 1
1998 29 STL NL 485 1887 3.89 1093 58% 32% 9% 25% 34% 68% 1% 39% 86% 25% 7% 33 2 16% 80 20 13% 62 29 39% -1 0 0
1999 30 BAL AL 375 1418 3.78 830 59% 33% 9% 23% 34% 67% 0% 39% 86% 29% 6% 22 1 22% 82 25 13% 48 27 44% -1 0 0
2000 31 BAL AL 648 2455 3.79 1422 58% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 1% 41% 83% 28% 6% 40 4 17% 109 37 14% 93 54 28% -5 0 0
2001 32 TOT MLB 419 1654 3.95 960 58% 35% 11% 25% 29% 65% 1% 38% 83% 26% 7% 31 3 20% 84 33 11% 48 26 44% -2 0 0
2001 32 BAL AL 224 874 3.90 499 57% 33% 11% 26% 30% 67% 1% 38% 83% 24% 9% 20 3 23% 52 23 11% 24 12 36% -2 0 0
2001 32 CHC NL 195 780 4.00 461 59% 36% 11% 24% 29% 64% 0% 38% 83% 29% 6% 11 0 16% 32 10 12% 24 14 54% 0 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL 174 684 3.93 399 58% 34% 14% 23% 29% 66% 3% 38% 78% 26% 9% 15 0 20% 34 10 12% 21 10 26% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 6330 25046 3.96 14543 58% 34% 11% 23% 31% 66% 1% 38% 83% 22% 7% 413 19 18% 1162 363 13% 815 446 35% 322 4 15
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 16% 9% 28%

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
1990 21 129 572 499 69 144 28 6 4 45 42 22 66 96 .289 .375 .393 .768 116 196 10 4 1 2 3
1991 22 280 1245 1062 152 278 43 10 14 96 98 45 161 247 .262 .360 .361 .721 104 383 16 6 9 7 5
1992 23 415 1844 1592 234 433 62 18 21 152 144 60 215 355 .272 .360 .373 .733 108 594 26 9 18 10 9
1993 24 538 2406 2073 309 575 79 25 23 181 187 70 287 419 .277 .367 .373 .740 106 773 32 12 22 12 12
1994 25 627 2782 2393 360 655 90 28 25 214 214 77 341 472 .274 .365 .366 .731 103 876 41 12 23 13 12
1995 26 754 3275 2818 426 764 108 31 33 251 253 91 404 555 .271 .363 .367 .730 103 1033 47 13 26 14 16
1996 27 908 3917 3399 501 894 120 39 38 292 301 102 457 679 .263 .351 .355 .706 95 1206 59 14 28 19 23
1997 28 1058 4560 3971 593 1063 146 53 49 350 356 116 512 751 .268 .352 .368 .720 98 1462 64 17 35 25 24
1998 29 1175 5044 4391 667 1185 167 61 56 394 382 126 568 812 .270 .354 .374 .728 99 1642 70 17 39 29 26
1999 30 1271 5418 4721 713 1272 178 63 62 428 393 134 605 864 .269 .353 .373 .726 98 1762 75 18 44 30 26
2000 31 1422 6061 5282 797 1438 221 68 72 514 430 144 674 946 .272 .354 .381 .735 99 2011 91 19 47 39 28
2001 32 1548 6478 5633 852 1520 238 73 77 551 453 146 733 1023 .270 .354 .379 .733 99 2135 99 20 51 41 29
2002 33 1615 6652 5779 872 1548 244 74 80 561 463 147 754 1061 .268 .352 .377 .729 98 2180 99 20 57 42 31

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1990 21 129 585 508 76 153 30 6 4 49 45 70 96 .301 .389 .407 .796 80 129
1991 22 151 685 570 91 141 16 4 11 56 59 100 151 .247 .359 .347 .706 71 151
1992 23 135 617 543 93 168 21 9 8 64 50 59 108 .309 .378 .425 .804 86 135
1993 24 123 556 477 71 138 17 7 2 28 42 70 64 .289 .382 .367 .749 66 123
1994 25 125 533 453 74 115 16 4 3 48 39 78 75 .254 .363 .327 .689 54 89
1995 26 143 560 482 78 126 21 3 9 44 45 73 93 .261 .359 .373 .733 65 127
1996 27 154 645 583 77 132 12 8 5 42 49 54 124 .226 .291 .300 .591 51 154
1997 28 150 639 569 90 166 26 14 11 56 54 54 72 .292 .353 .445 .797 89 150
1998 29 117 480 417 71 119 20 8 7 42 25 55 61 .285 .366 .422 .788 65 117
1999 30 96 371 328 44 85 11 2 6 33 11 36 52 .259 .333 .360 .693 39 96
2000 31 151 633 554 79 159 41 5 10 81 35 66 82 .287 .359 .433 .792 87 151
2001 32 126 417 351 55 82 17 5 5 37 23 59 77 .234 .344 .353 .697 43 126
2002 33 67 174 146 20 28 6 1 3 10 10 21 38 .192 .292 .308 .600 13 67
13 Yrs 1667 6895 5981 919 1612 254 76 84 590 487 795 1093 .270 .355 .380 .734 809 1615
162 Game Avg. 162 670 581 89 157 25 7 8 57 47 77 106 .270 .355 .380 .734 79 1615



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (16, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1991 NL  673 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2000 AL  43 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1992 NL  8 (6th)
1993 NL  7 (8th)
1996 NL  8 (5th)
1997 NL  14 (1st)
1998 NL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 NL  95 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1991 NL  151 (1st)
1992 NL  108 (4th)
1996 NL  124 (8th)
Career  1,061 (224th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1990 NL  42 (8th)
1991 NL  56 (3rd)
1992 NL  46 (2nd)
1993 NL  43 (6th)
1994 NL  27 (7th)
1995 NL  39 (3rd)
1996 NL  48 (3rd)
1997 NL  55 (3rd)
1998 NL  26 (8th)
2000 AL  37 (3rd)
Career  463 (46th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1991 NL  231 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 AL  9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1990 NL  22 (2nd)
1991 NL  23 (2nd)
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1995 NL  14 (3rd)
1996 NL  11 (7th)
1997 NL  14 (4th)
1998 NL  10 (8th)
2000 AL  10 (5th)
Career  147 (25th)

SB % s c a p y
1993 NL  81.13 (8th)
2001 ML  92.00 (2nd)
Career  75.90 (134th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1991 NL  17.0 (8th)
Career  136.4 (233rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 NL  471 (2nd)
1996 NL  481 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1969-01-15 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (819), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1688), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (516), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (80th), 24.3 career WAR/20.8 7yr-peak WAR/22.6 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.6 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jose Offerman (952)
  2. Lonny Frey (927)
  3. Adam Kennedy (914)
  4. Bill Doran (902)
  5. Eric Young (897)
  6. Julian Javier (889)
  7. Billy Werber (886)
  8. Phil Garner (883)
  9. Mark McLemore (881)
  10. Johnny Evers (880) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie Randolph (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Randolph (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Randolph (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lou Whitaker (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Randolph (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Taylor (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Randolph (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Randolph (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Randolph (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Randolph (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jose Offerman (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jose Offerman (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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