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Brian Downing

Brian Jay Downing (The Incredible Hulk)

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1973
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Rangers 1973-1992
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1973 22 CHW AL 34 85 73 5 13 1 0 2 4 0 0 10 17 .178 .277 .274 .551 54 20 3 0 2 0 1 2/597D
1974 23 CHW AL 108 350 293 41 66 12 1 10 39 0 1 51 72 .225 .344 .375 .719 105 110 11 2 4 0 3 29/D7
1975 24 CHW AL 138 516 420 58 101 12 1 7 41 13 4 76 75 .240 .356 .324 .680 93 136 12 3 11 6 5 *2/D
1976 25 CHW AL 104 365 317 38 81 14 0 3 30 7 3 40 55 .256 .338 .328 .666 96 104 2 1 4 3 0 2D
1977 26 CHW AL 69 214 169 28 48 4 2 4 25 1 2 34 21 .284 .402 .402 .804 121 68 3 2 5 4 0 2/D79
1978 27 CAL AL 133 476 412 42 105 15 0 7 46 3 2 52 47 .255 .345 .342 .688 98 141 14 6 4 2 2 *2/D
1979 28 CAL AL 148 596 509 87 166 27 3 12 75 3 3 77 57 .326 .418 .462 .880 142 235 17 5 3 2 4 *2D AS,MVP-14
1980 29 CAL AL 30 108 93 5 27 6 0 2 25 0 2 12 12 .290 .364 .419 .784 118 39 5 0 1 2 1 2D
1981 30 CAL AL 93 370 317 47 79 14 0 9 41 1 1 46 35 .249 .351 .379 .730 112 120 11 4 3 0 1 72/D
1982 31 CAL AL 158 725 623 109 175 37 2 28 84 2 1 86 58 .281 .368 .482 .850 132 300 14 5 3 8 1 *7 MVP-14
1983 32 CAL AL 113 473 403 68 99 15 1 19 53 1 2 62 59 .246 .352 .429 .781 115 173 8 5 1 2 4 7D
1984 33 CAL AL 156 628 539 65 148 28 2 23 91 0 4 70 66 .275 .360 .462 .822 127 249 18 7 3 9 3 *7D MVP-18
1985 34 CAL AL 150 620 520 80 137 23 1 20 85 5 3 78 61 .263 .371 .427 .798 119 222 12 13 5 4 3 *7D
1986 35 CAL AL 152 631 513 90 137 27 4 20 95 4 4 90 84 .267 .389 .452 .841 130 232 14 17 3 8 2 *7D
1987 36 CAL AL 155 695 567 110 154 29 3 29 77 5 5 106 85 .272 .400 .487 .886 137 276 10 17 2 3 6 *D7
1988 37 CAL AL 135 590 484 80 117 18 2 25 64 3 4 81 63 .242 .362 .442 .805 128 214 12 14 5 6 5 *D
1989 38 CAL AL 142 610 544 59 154 25 2 14 59 0 2 56 87 .283 .354 .414 .768 118 225 6 6 0 4 3 *D
1990 39 CAL AL 96 390 330 47 90 18 2 14 51 0 0 50 45 .273 .374 .467 .841 138 154 11 6 0 4 2 D
1991 40 TEX AL 123 476 407 76 113 17 2 17 49 1 1 58 70 .278 .377 .455 .831 132 185 7 8 1 2 7 *D
1992 41 TEX AL 107 391 320 53 89 18 0 10 39 1 0 62 58 .278 .407 .428 .835 138 137 7 8 0 1 2 D
20 Yrs 2344 9309 7853 1188 2099 360 28 275 1073 50 44 1197 1127 .267 .370 .425 .796 122 3340 197 129 60 70 55
162 Game Avg. 162 643 543 82 145 25 2 19 74 3 3 83 78 .267 .370 .425 .796 122 231 14 9 4 5 4
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
CAL (13 yrs) 1661 6912 5854 889 1588 282 22 222 846 27 33 866 759 .271 .372 .441 .813 126 2580 152 105 33 54 37
CHW (5 yrs) 453 1530 1272 170 309 43 4 26 139 21 10 211 240 .243 .351 .344 .695 98 438 31 8 26 13 9
TEX (2 yrs) 230 867 727 129 202 35 2 27 88 2 1 120 128 .278 .390 .443 .833 135 322 14 16 1 3 9

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
1973 22 CHW AL 34 85 -6 -2 -0 -2 0 -9 -0.9 3 -6 -0.7 .472 .494 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $ 2/597D
1974 23 CHW AL 108 350 2 2 -2 -0 1 2 0.3 11 13 1.4 .502 .501 1.5 0.2 14 $ 29/D7
1975 24 CHW AL 138 516 0 3 -1 5 8 14 1.7 17 31 3.3 .511 .510 2.8 1.5 26 $ *2/D
1976 25 CHW AL 104 365 2 -1 1 2 4 9 1.1 12 20 2.2 .509 .506 2.0 0.8 18 $ 2D
1977 26 CHW AL 69 214 7 -1 0 -3 3 7 0.8 7 14 1.4 .511 .504 1.7 0.1 17 $50,000 2/D79
1978 27 CAL AL 133 476 1 -1 -1 4 7 10 1.2 15 25 2.6 .508 .506 2.2 1.3 21 $85,000 *2/D
1979 28 CAL AL 148 596 35 3 -1 -8 6 35 3.6 19 54 5.3 .523 .521 6.2 -0.1 62 $ *2D AS,MVP-14
1980 29 CAL AL 30 108 1 -1 -1 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .489 .498 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 2D
1981 30 CAL AL 93 370 8 -1 -1 -6 -1 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .498 .499 1.7 -0.7 16 $ 72/D
1982 31 CAL AL 158 725 30 4 -1 6 -7 32 3.4 22 54 5.4 .521 .520 4.9 0.0 48 $ *7 MVP-14
1983 32 CAL AL 113 473 7 -0 0 -5 -6 -4 -0.2 14 10 1.0 .496 .497 1.5 -1.0 15 $ 7D
1984 33 CAL AL 156 628 20 -1 -3 -0 -8 8 1.0 19 28 2.8 .506 .505 2.9 -0.8 28 $ *7D MVP-18
1985 34 CAL AL 150 620 19 -1 -0 -4 -8 6 0.8 19 25 2.6 .504 .504 3.0 -1.1 29 $808,333 *7D
1986 35 CAL AL 152 631 28 1 -1 0 -7 21 2.3 19 40 4.1 .514 .513 4.1 -0.6 40 $808,333 *7D
1987 36 CAL AL 155 695 34 0 -1 -3 -13 17 1.9 21 38 3.8 .511 .510 4.1 -1.5 41 $900,000 *D7
1988 37 CAL AL 135 590 21 2 -1 0 -13 9 1.2 18 28 2.9 .507 .506 2.9 -1.3 28 $900,000 *D
1989 38 CAL AL 142 610 15 -2 0 0 -14 -1 0.2 19 18 1.9 .500 .500 1.9 -1.4 18 $1,250,000 *D
1990 39 CAL AL 96 390 17 -1 -1 0 -9 6 0.7 13 19 1.9 .507 .504 2.0 -0.9 19 $1,250,000 D
1991 40 TEX AL 123 476 18 1 -0 0 -11 8 1.0 16 24 2.5 .507 .505 2.5 -1.0 24 $ *D
1992 41 TEX AL 107 391 19 0 -0 0 -9 10 1.2 13 23 2.4 .510 .507 2.4 -0.9 23 $950,000 D
20 Seasons 2344 9309 279 4 -14 -15 -78 176 21.1 293 469 47.8 .508 .506 50.0 -7.7 484 $7,001,666
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CAL (13 yrs) 1661 6912 236 2 -11 -17 -75 134 15.8 215 349 35.3 .508 .506 37.6 -8.2 366 $6,001,666
CHW (5 yrs) 453 1530 6 1 -2 2 16 23 3.0 50 73 7.6 .506 .503 7.5 2.4 70 $50,000
TEX (2 yrs) 230 867 38 1 -1 0 -20 18 2.2 29 47 4.9 .508 .506 4.9 -2.0 47 $950,000

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
1973 22 CHW AL 85 65 6 2.5 97 .204 .178 .264 .277 .334 .274 .388 .551 .722 54 .264 -4.7 -0.5 .476 .233 .096 .0
1974 23 CHW AL 350 243 38 4.2 92 .265 .225 .262 .344 .327 .375 .376 .719 .703 105 .509 3.2 0.3 .678 .321 .150 .0
1975 24 CHW AL 516 352 54 4.1 94 .273 .240 .260 .356 .330 .324 .382 .680 .713 93 .480 -0.6 -0.1 .669 .286 .083 9.1
1976 25 CHW AL 365 248 39 4.3 87 .298 .256 .257 .338 .322 .328 .362 .666 .684 96 .529 -0.2 -0.0 .618 .211 .073 4.2
1977 26 CHW AL 214 135 30 6.0 100 .297 .284 .266 .402 .330 .402 .405 .804 .735 121 .613 7.2 0.7 .817 .314 .118 1.6
1978 27 CAL AL 476 329 49 4.0 90 .272 .255 .256 .345 .321 .342 .378 .688 .699 98 .463 1.1 0.1 .619 .216 .087 4.2
1979 28 CAL AL 596 368 99 7.2 98 .348 .326 .265 .418 .329 .462 .401 .880 .730 142 .683 34.4 3.3 .873 .287 .136 4.8
1980 29 CAL AL 108 76 13 4.6 96 .309 .290 .266 .364 .328 .419 .394 .784 .721 118 .501 3.0 0.3 .671 .237 .129 .0
1981 30 CAL AL 370 253 43 4.6 88 .256 .249 .255 .351 .319 .379 .371 .730 .690 112 .550 6.4 0.7 .680 .274 .129 1.8
1982 31 CAL AL 725 474 114 6.5 99 .270 .281 .264 .368 .328 .482 .403 .850 .731 132 .651 30.3 3.0 .847 .340 .201 3.7
1983 32 CAL AL 473 317 63 5.3 97 .245 .246 .264 .352 .326 .429 .399 .781 .725 115 .572 9.8 1.0 .761 .335 .184 1.9
1984 33 CAL AL 628 425 89 5.6 96 .272 .275 .263 .360 .325 .462 .396 .822 .721 127 .598 22.5 2.2 .780 .310 .187 .0
1985 34 CAL AL 620 407 87 5.7 99 .264 .263 .261 .371 .327 .427 .406 .798 .733 119 .599 16.6 1.6 .791 .317 .163 8.0
1986 35 CAL AL 631 405 96 6.3 99 .281 .267 .260 .389 .328 .452 .406 .841 .734 130 .636 26.7 2.6 .860 .361 .185 6.7
1987 36 CAL AL 695 433 117 7.2 103 .274 .272 .261 .400 .329 .487 .420 .886 .749 137 .664 36.0 3.4 .932 .402 .215 8.5
1988 37 CAL AL 590 394 81 5.5 92 .229 .242 .256 .362 .320 .442 .385 .805 .706 128 .600 21.3 2.1 .804 .366 .200 5.4
1989 38 CAL AL 610 402 83 5.5 92 .313 .283 .258 .354 .323 .414 .380 .768 .703 118 .609 14.2 1.4 .716 .230 .131 .0
1990 39 CAL AL 390 255 59 6.2 92 .276 .273 .256 .374 .324 .467 .382 .841 .706 138 .652 18.5 1.8 .837 .345 .194 .0
1991 40 TEX AL 476 305 73 6.4 95 .298 .278 .258 .377 .326 .455 .391 .831 .717 132 .654 19.1 1.9 .831 .319 .177 1.9
1992 41 TEX AL 391 239 61 6.9 92 .312 .278 .256 .407 .324 .428 .380 .835 .704 138 .693 20.3 2.0 .874 .347 .150 1.8
20 Yrs 9309 6125 1294 5.7 95 .280 .267 .260 .370 .326 .425 .392 .796 .718 122 .604 285.0 27.8 .779 .311 .158 84.6
162 Game Avg. 643 423 89 5.7 95 .280 .267 .260 .370 .326 .425 .392 .796 .718 122 .604 20 2 .779 .311 .158 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CAL (13 yrs) 6912 4538 993 5.9 96 .277 .271 .261 .372 .325 .441 .396 .813 .721 126 .614 240.7 23.5 .796 .316 .169 48.1
CHW (5 yrs) 1530 1043 167 4.3 93 .278 .243 .261 .351 .328 .344 .379 .695 .707 98 .508 4.8 0.5 .665 .276 .101 23.2
TEX (2 yrs) 867 544 134 6.6 94 .304 .278 .257 .390 .325 .443 .386 .833 .712 135 .672 39.4 3.9 .850 .331 .165 3.7

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
1979 28 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .235 .200 .435 3 0 0 0 1 0
1982 31 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 5 23 19 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .158 .273 .211 .483 4 1 0 1 0 0
1986 35 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 7 33 27 2 6 0 0 1 7 0 1 4 5 .222 .333 .333 .667 9 0 1 0 1 1
3 Yrs (3 Series) 16 73 61 7 12 1 0 1 8 0 1 8 8 .197 .292 .262 .554 16 1 1 1 2 1
3 ALCS 16 73 61 7 12 1 0 1 8 0 1 8 8 .197 .292 .262 .554 16 1 1 1 2 1

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
1979 CAL AL 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
1973 22 CHW AL 85 2.4% 20.0% 11.8% 3.5% 23% 1.70 4.3 36.5 18.3 1.76 64%
1974 23 CHW AL 350 2.9% 20.6% 14.6% 6.6% 35% 1.41 4.1 29.3 7.5 1.33 60%
1975 24 CHW AL 516 1.4% 14.5% 14.7% 3.9% 20% 0.99 5.6 60.0 10.2 1.21 67%
1976 25 CHW AL 365 0.8% 15.1% 11.0% 4.7% 21% 1.38 5.8 105.7 10.6 0.84 72%
1977 26 CHW AL 214 1.9% 9.8% 15.9% 4.7% 21% 0.62 8.0 42.3 6.8 1.14 69%
1978 27 CAL AL 476 1.5% 9.9% 10.9% 4.6% 21% 0.90 8.8 58.9 9.0 1.39 76%
1979 28 CAL AL 596 2.0% 9.6% 12.9% 7.1% 25% 0.74 8.9 42.4 6.8 1.35 74%
1980 29 CAL AL 108 1.9% 11.1% 11.1% 7.4% 30% 1.00 7.8 46.5 3.7 0.91 75%
1981 30 CAL AL 370 2.4% 9.5% 12.4% 6.2% 29% 0.76 9.1 35.2 7.7 1.48 74%
1982 31 CAL AL 725 3.9% 8.0% 11.9% 9.2% 38% 0.67 10.7 22.3 7.4 1.11 75%
1983 32 CAL AL 473 4.0% 12.5% 13.1% 7.4% 35% 0.95 6.8 21.2 7.6 0.92 69%
1984 33 CAL AL 628 3.7% 10.5% 11.2% 8.4% 36% 0.94 8.2 23.4 5.9 1.02 73%
1985 34 CAL AL 620 3.2% 9.8% 12.6% 7.1% 32% 0.78 8.5 26.0 6.1 1.09 71%
1986 35 CAL AL 631 3.2% 13.3% 14.3% 8.1% 37% 0.93 6.1 25.7 5.4 0.88 66%
1987 36 CAL AL 695 4.2% 12.2% 15.3% 8.8% 40% 0.80 6.7 19.6 7.4 0.91 66%
1988 37 CAL AL 590 4.2% 10.7% 13.7% 7.6% 39% 0.78 7.7 19.4 7.6 0.73 0.91 68% 19% 16.9% 39%
1989 38 CAL AL 610 2.3% 14.3% 9.2% 6.7% 27% 1.55 6.3 38.9 9.2 0.62 0.66 73% 23% 5.8% 14%
1990 39 CAL AL 390 3.6% 11.5% 12.8% 8.7% 38% 0.90 7.3 23.6 6.5 0.68 0.91 71% 19% 10.2% 20%
1991 40 TEX AL 476 3.6% 14.7% 12.2% 7.6% 32% 1.21 5.8 23.9 8.3 0.68 0.93 68% 21% 10.4% 19%
1992 41 TEX AL 391 2.6% 14.8% 15.9% 7.2% 32% 0.94 5.5 32.0 8.2 0.71 0.92 65% 21% 8.2% 21%
20 Yrs 9309 3.0% 12.1% 12.9% 7.1% 32% 0.94 7.0 28.6 7.3 0.68 1.03 70% 21% 9.8% 23%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.8% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.62 6.4 43.7 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 CHW AL -4.8 -0.5 85 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 1.12 -0.5 -0.3 -6.8 -0.7 0.99 -4.7 1.40 9
1974 23 CHW AL 3.2 0.3 356 0.4 6.8 -6.4 1.05 -0.1 0.5 7.2 0.7 0.97 0.9 1.55 9
1975 24 CHW AL -0.6 -0.1 539 -0.5 8.9 -9.4 1.08 0.6 -1.1 -5.5 -0.6 0.98 3.7 0
1976 25 CHW AL -0.2 -0.0 378 -0.4 6.9 -7.4 1.20 0.1 -0.5 2.3 0.2 0.98 3.7 4.67 5
1977 26 CHW AL 7.2 0.7 217 0.8 3.9 -3.0 .97 0.9 -0.0 9.8 1.0 0.98 10.3 2.13 4
1978 27 CAL AL 1.1 0.1 484 0.2 8.0 -7.8 .99 -0.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.94 -1.8 1.76 3
1979 28 CAL AL 34.4 3.3 611 2.7 11.7 -9.0 .95 2.4 0.4 36.1 3.5 0.96 31.6 2.31 3
1980 29 CAL AL 3.0 0.3 110 0.4 2.5 -2.1 1.14 0.1 0.3 5.5 0.5 1.04 1.2 1.00 2
1981 30 CAL AL 6.0 0.6 376 -0.1 6.3 -6.3 .99 0.8 -0.8 7.6 0.8 0.95 7.9 1.29 2
1982 31 CAL AL 30.3 3.0 739 2.0 13.5 -11.5 .96 2.9 -0.8 29.7 2.9 0.92 30.9 1.69 1
1983 32 CAL AL 9.8 1.0 477 0.2 8.8 -8.6 1.01 1.0 -0.8 10.6 1.1 0.93 11.6 0.33 3
1984 33 CAL AL 21.8 2.2 633 2.1 12.7 -10.6 1.04 2.3 -0.3 21.6 2.1 0.96 23.7 2.28 3
1985 34 CAL AL 16.6 1.6 639 3.3 13.1 -9.8 .98 1.8 1.5 27.4 2.7 0.95 20.7 2.23 7
1986 35 CAL AL 26.7 2.6 651 3.1 13.2 -10.1 1.03 2.7 0.3 34.8 3.4 0.99 32.7 1.65 8
1987 36 CAL AL 36.0 3.4 718 2.1 13.5 -11.4 1.02 3.2 -1.1 27.4 2.6 0.94 38.2 2.85 5
1988 37 CAL AL 21.3 2.1 605 3.4 12.9 -9.6 1.05 2.5 0.7 17.4 1.8 0.93 28.0 1.27 3
1989 38 CAL AL 14.2 1.4 621 2.6 12.1 -9.5 1.03 1.4 1.0 18.8 1.9 0.94 15.0 2.34 1
1990 39 CAL AL 18.5 1.8 393 0.1 6.7 -6.6 1.00 1.2 -1.1 12.0 1.2 0.95 15.7 1.53 8
1991 40 TEX AL 19.1 1.9 483 1.4 10.0 -8.6 1.08 1.5 -0.2 18.1 1.8 0.96 17.7 2.14 24
1992 41 TEX AL 20.3 2.0 400 0.6 7.2 -6.6 1.04 1.9 -1.3 19.0 1.9 0.96 19.4 2.15 12
20 Yrs 283.7 27.7 9515 23.6 179.6 -156.0 1.03 26.5 -3.5 292.8 28.9 0.95 306.3 1.99 112
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 CHW AL 0 0 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17% 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
1974 23 CHW AL 2 0 28% 127 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 47% 19 12 7 5 3 2 8 2 6
1975 24 CHW AL 10 0 30% 213 13 4 76% 13 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 12 47% 35 23 12 3 1 2 20 7 13
1976 25 CHW AL 8 0 29% 178 7 3 70% 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 9 40% 27 22 5 3 2 1 13 2 11
1977 26 CHW AL 3 0 30% 96 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 34% 22 15 7 5 5 0 8 2 5
1978 27 CAL AL 5 0 22% 226 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 34% 27 20 7 7 5 2 16 8 8
1979 28 CAL AL 8 0 32% 310 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 21 46% 53 35 18 5 3 2 21 5 16
1980 29 CAL AL 0 0 8% 47 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1981 30 CAL AL 5 0 32% 161 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 35% 22 18 4 6 5 1 15 4 10
1982 31 CAL AL 9 0 34% 325 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 49% 40 25 15 10 7 3 37 11 25
1983 32 CAL AL 2 0 33% 174 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 49% 23 18 5 9 3 5 19 4 15
1984 33 CAL AL 7 0 21% 250 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 36% 37 26 11 4 2 1 9 3 6
1985 34 CAL AL 10 0 29% 298 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 41% 44 35 9 3 1 2 27 7 19
1986 35 CAL AL 10 0 31% 261 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 21 49% 36 23 13 8 6 1 31 6 23
1987 36 CAL AL 5 0 33% 351 5 5 50% 5 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 24 31% 41 34 7 14 6 8 23 14 9
1988 37 CAL AL 7 0 29% 235 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 46% 36 26 10 12 5 7 20 5 14
1989 38 CAL AL 8 0 22% 267 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 33% 49 37 10 7 5 2 17 4 12
1990 39 CAL AL 3 0 25% 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 32% 31 24 7 4 4 0 12 2 8
1991 40 TEX AL 5 0 36% 199 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 52% 35 20 15 13 8 5 19 4 15
1992 41 TEX AL 3 0 29% 193 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 33% 30 25 5 6 2 3 15 5 9
20 Yrs 110 0 29% 4107 50 44 53% 48 38 1 3 1 3 10 0 79 235 41% 615 445 167 126 74 47 335 97 227
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

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
1973 22 CHW AL 85 64% 13 9 2 0 0 1.40 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 100% 20 3 15% 6 2 33% 58 2 3% 1 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1974 23 CHW AL 350 59% 66 9 2 0 0 1.55 10 0 10 2 8 6 4 0 4 4 100% 69 11 16% 24 6 25% 226 29 13% 12 4 33% 12 6 50% 0
1975 24 CHW AL 516 30% 101 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 6 1 5 2 0 13 11 85% 98 12 12% 59 27 46% 339 35 10% 29 16 55% 24 13 54% 0
1976 25 CHW AL 365 34% 81 5 1 0 0 4.67 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 5 4 80% 66 2 3% 35 9 26% 226 29 13% 18 8 44% 9 2 22% 0
1977 26 CHW AL 214 34% 48 4 1 0 1 2.13 4 0 12 2 2 1 3 0 5 5 100% 43 3 7% 22 13 59% 140 21 15% 13 8 62% 4 2 50% 0
1978 27 CAL AL 476 28% 105 3 1 0 0 1.76 7 0 9 4 3 2 5 0 4 4 100% 86 14 16% 40 14 35% 288 42 15% 34 12 35% 15 6 40% 0
1979 28 CAL AL 596 25% 166 3 1 0 1 2.31 12 0 15 10 2 3 9 0 5 3 60% 119 17 14% 45 12 27% 377 66 18% 33 15 45% 26 17 65% 0
1980 29 CAL AL 108 40% 27 2 0 0 0 1.00 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 23 5 22% 10 5 50% 85 23 27% 12 7 58% 5 4 80% 0
1981 30 CAL AL 370 32% 79 2 0 0 0 1.29 9 1 8 7 2 6 3 0 4 3 75% 64 11 17% 29 11 38% 231 35 15% 17 6 35% 13 9 69% 0
1982 31 CAL AL 725 35% 175 1 0 0 0 1.69 28 2 15 19 9 15 13 0 3 3 100% 92 14 15% 42 22 52% 337 59 18% 34 24 71% 14 9 64% 0
1983 32 CAL AL 473 39% 99 3 1 0 1 0.33 19 0 7 9 10 10 9 0 1 1 100% 90 8 9% 31 9 29% 270 37 14% 24 8 33% 19 9 47% 0
1984 33 CAL AL 628 32% 148 3 1 0 1 2.28 23 1 11 16 7 9 14 0 3 3 100% 114 18 16% 53 20 38% 394 70 18% 37 21 57% 20 13 65% 0
1985 34 CAL AL 620 32% 137 7 0 0 0 2.23 20 0 16 12 8 10 10 0 6 5 83% 122 12 10% 47 21 45% 377 71 19% 35 22 63% 20 13 65% 0
1986 35 CAL AL 631 37% 137 8 0 0 0 1.65 20 2 21 13 7 13 7 0 3 3 100% 123 14 11% 57 24 42% 442 76 17% 44 25 57% 18 11 61% 0
1987 36 CAL AL 695 32% 154 5 0 0 0 2.85 29 0 12 18 11 11 18 0 2 2 100% 103 10 10% 47 15 32% 359 48 13% 38 17 45% 27 12 44% 0
1988 37 CAL AL 590 37% 117 8 0 3 1 0 0 1.27 25 0 6 17 8 11 14 0 5 5 100% 103 12 12% 48 23 48% 324 41 13% 30 15 50% 28 14 50% 0
1989 38 CAL AL 610 35% 154 15 0 1 0 0 0 2.34 14 0 15 6 8 10 4 0 2 0 0% 96 6 6% 41 16 39% 336 48 14% 29 15 52% 21 13 62% 0
1990 39 CAL AL 390 38% 90 8 0 8 0 0 0 1.53 14 0 10 9 5 11 3 0 0 0 73 11 15% 33 11 33% 236 38 16% 32 13 41% 17 10 59% 0
1991 40 TEX AL 476 35% 113 33 0 24 9 0 5 2.14 17 1 12 8 9 8 9 0 1 1 100% 70 7 10% 31 12 39% 257 35 14% 22 6 27% 10 5 50% 0
1992 41 TEX AL 391 39% 89 26 0 12 0 0 1 2.15 10 0 6 7 3 4 6 0 0 0 66 7 11% 28 8 29% 215 31 14% 21 7 33% 14 8 57% 0
20 Yrs 9309 35% 2099 90 0 112 20 0 10 1.99 275 7 207 168 107 138 137 1 69 60 87% 1640 197 12% 728 280 38% 5517 836 15% 515 249 48% 321 179 56% 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 11% 35% 14% 51% 55%
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*

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 37 CAL AL 583 2460 4.22 1443 59% 40% 9% 22% 30% 60% 1% 35% 86% 8% 8% 49 3 22% 129 26 16% 93 37 16% 7 3 0
1989 38 CAL AL 607 2525 4.16 1522 60% 33% 12% 25% 30% 67% 1% 40% 82% 12% 8% 51 7 21% 130 23 13% 79 47 18% 3 0 3
1990 39 CAL AL 372 1548 4.16 901 58% 33% 10% 27% 30% 67% 1% 39% 85% 13% 8% 30 3 19% 69 19 12% 45 25 26% 18 0 1
1991 40 TEX AL 478 2038 4.26 1187 58% 36% 11% 25% 29% 64% 3% 37% 83% 10% 9% 43 4 23% 109 23 13% 64 40 26% -2 0 0
1992 41 TEX AL 392 1738 4.43 993 57% 40% 9% 24% 26% 60% 1% 34% 84% 8% 9% 36 0 21% 81 11 16% 61 24 31% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2432 10309 4.24 6046 59% 36% 10% 24% 29% 64% 1% 37% 84% 10% 9% 209 17 21% 518 102 14% 342 173 23% 25 3 4
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1973 22 34 85 73 5 13 1 0 2 4 0 0 10 17 .178 .277 .274 .551 54 20 3 0 2 0 1
1974 23 142 435 366 46 79 13 1 12 43 0 1 61 89 .216 .331 .355 .686 95 130 14 2 6 0 4
1975 24 280 951 786 104 180 25 2 19 84 13 5 137 164 .229 .345 .338 .683 94 266 26 5 17 6 9
1976 25 384 1316 1103 142 261 39 2 22 114 20 8 177 219 .237 .343 .335 .678 94 370 28 6 21 9 9
1977 26 453 1530 1272 170 309 43 4 26 139 21 10 211 240 .243 .351 .344 .695 98 438 31 8 26 13 9
1978 27 586 2006 1684 212 414 58 4 33 185 24 12 263 287 .246 .350 .344 .694 98 579 45 14 30 15 11
1979 28 734 2602 2193 299 580 85 7 45 260 27 15 340 344 .264 .366 .371 .737 109 814 62 19 33 17 15
1980 29 764 2710 2286 304 607 91 7 47 285 27 17 352 356 .266 .365 .373 .739 109 853 67 19 34 19 16
1981 30 857 3080 2603 351 686 105 7 56 326 28 18 398 391 .264 .364 .374 .738 109 973 78 23 37 19 17
1982 31 1015 3805 3226 460 861 142 9 84 410 30 19 484 449 .267 .365 .395 .759 114 1273 92 28 40 27 18
1983 32 1128 4278 3629 528 960 157 10 103 463 31 21 546 508 .265 .363 .398 .762 114 1446 100 33 41 29 22
1984 33 1284 4906 4168 593 1108 185 12 126 554 31 25 616 574 .266 .363 .407 .769 116 1695 118 40 44 38 25
1985 34 1434 5526 4688 673 1245 208 13 146 639 36 28 694 635 .266 .364 .409 .773 116 1917 130 53 49 42 28
1986 35 1586 6157 5201 763 1382 235 17 166 734 40 32 784 719 .266 .366 .413 .779 118 2149 144 70 52 50 30
1987 36 1741 6852 5768 873 1536 264 20 195 811 45 37 890 804 .266 .370 .420 .790 120 2425 154 87 54 53 36
1988 37 1876 7442 6252 953 1653 282 22 220 875 48 41 971 867 .264 .369 .422 .791 120 2639 166 101 59 59 41
1989 38 2018 8052 6796 1012 1807 307 24 234 934 48 43 1027 954 .266 .368 .421 .789 120 2864 172 107 59 63 44
1990 39 2114 8442 7126 1059 1897 325 26 248 985 48 43 1077 999 .266 .368 .424 .792 121 3018 183 113 59 67 46
1991 40 2237 8918 7533 1135 2010 342 28 265 1034 49 44 1135 1069 .267 .369 .425 .794 121 3203 190 121 60 69 53
1992 41 2344 9309 7853 1188 2099 360 28 275 1073 50 44 1197 1127 .267 .370 .425 .796 122 3340 197 129 60 70 55

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
1973 22 34 87 74 5 14 1 0 2 4 0 11 17 .189 .294 .284 .578 6 34
1974 23 108 359 298 46 71 13 1 11 44 0 55 72 .238 .361 .399 .760 42 108
1975 24 139 527 427 63 106 13 1 7 44 14 80 75 .248 .366 .333 .699 52 138
1976 25 105 378 326 44 89 15 0 3 35 8 44 55 .273 .358 .347 .705 41 104
1977 26 69 217 171 30 50 4 2 4 26 1 35 21 .292 .410 .409 .820 29 69
1978 27 133 493 423 49 116 17 0 8 54 3 57 47 .274 .368 .371 .739 56 133
1979 28 149 608 518 93 173 28 3 13 80 3 80 57 .334 .426 .475 .901 104 148
1980 29 30 111 95 6 29 6 0 2 28 0 13 12 .305 .382 .432 .813 16 30
1981 30 141 579 491 83 131 23 0 15 72 2 76 53 .267 .373 .405 .778 73 93
1982 31 158 732 628 114 180 38 2 29 88 2 88 58 .287 .374 .492 .867 116 158
1983 32 113 480 407 73 103 16 1 20 57 1 65 59 .253 .361 .445 .806 64 113
1984 33 156 638 546 70 155 29 2 24 98 0 73 66 .284 .370 .476 .846 96 156
1985 34 150 625 523 83 140 24 1 20 88 5 80 61 .268 .376 .432 .808 83 150
1986 35 152 636 516 93 140 28 4 20 98 4 92 84 .271 .393 .457 .851 90 152
1987 36 155 693 566 109 153 29 3 29 77 5 105 85 .270 .398 .486 .884 106 155
1988 37 135 605 492 90 125 19 2 27 72 3 87 63 .254 .378 .465 .844 84 135
1989 38 142 625 555 66 165 27 2 15 66 0 60 87 .297 .370 .434 .804 88 142
1990 39 96 401 337 53 97 19 2 15 58 0 54 45 .288 .392 .490 .881 64 96
1991 40 123 484 412 82 118 18 2 18 53 1 61 70 .286 .387 .471 .858 73 123
1992 41 107 404 327 60 96 19 0 11 44 1 67 58 .294 .426 .453 .878 61 107
20 Yrs 2395 9682 8132 1312 2251 386 28 293 1186 53 1283 1145 .277 .381 .439 .821 1344 2344
162 Game Avg. 162 655 550 89 152 26 2 20 80 4 87 77 .277 .381 .439 .821 91 2344
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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1998 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1979 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (14, 6%)
1982 AL (14, 6%)
1984 AL (18, 2%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1982 AL  5.4 (10th)
Career  47.8 (176th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 AL  6.2 (4th)
1982 AL  4.9 (9th)
Career  50.0 (137th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 AL  .326 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 AL  .418 (3rd)
1986 AL  .389 (7th)
1987 AL  .400 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,344 (95th)

At Bats s c a p y
1982 AL  623 (5th)
Career  7,853 (155th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 AL  725 (3rd)
1987 AL  695 (7th)
Career  9,309 (122nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 AL  109 (5th)
1987 AL  110 (3rd)
Career  1,188 (179th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2,099 (218th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1982 AL  300 (8th)
Career  3,340 (193rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 AL  37 (8th)
Career  360 (243rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  25 (10th)
Career  275 (165th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1,073 (216th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  86 (8th)
1986 AL  90 (6th)
1987 AL  106 (1st)
1988 AL  81 (9th)
Career  1,197 (56th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,127 (183rd)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,436 (241st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 AL  114 (8th)
1987 AL  117 (10th)
Career  1,294 (145th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  34 (10th)
1987 AL  36 (9th)
Career  285 (133rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  3.3 (10th)
1987 AL  3.4 (9th)
Career  27.9 (142nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 AL  67 (9th)
Career  663 (208th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 AL  266 (5th)
1987 AL  277 (3rd)
Career  3,425 (110th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 AL  .683 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (9th)
1984 AL  7 (8th)
1985 AL  13 (3rd)
1986 AL  17 (2nd)
1987 AL  17 (2nd)
1988 AL  14 (2nd)
1989 AL  6 (9th)
1991 AL  8 (4th)
Career  129 (38th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (7th)
1984 AL  9 (6th)
1986 AL  8 (6th)
Career  70 (137th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL  17 (10th)
Career  197 (93rd)

SB % s c a p y
1975 AL  76.47 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1988 AL  19.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 AL  474 (4th)
Career  6,125 (122nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 AL  34.84 (6th)
Career  292.79 (119th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.3 (9th)
1986 AL  3.1 (10th)
1988 AL  3.4 (7th)
Career  23.6 (144th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.2 (9th)
Career  26.5 (119th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1986 AL  3.4 (6th)
Career  28.9 (117th)

Oldest s c a p y
1990 AL  born 1950-10-09 (9th)
1991 AL  born 1950-10-09 (6th)
1992 AL  born 1950-10-09 (5th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 25 (903), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (820), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (255), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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