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Dan Driessen
Daniel Driessen
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 29, 1951 in Hilton Head Island, SC
High School: Hardeeville (Hardeeville, SC)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1973
Final Game: October 3, 1987
Relatives: Uncle of Gerald Perry
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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
1973 21 CIN NL 102 394 366 49 110 15 2 4 47 8 3 24 37 .301 .346 .385 .731 107 141 8 2 1 1 4 53/9 RoY-3
1974 22 CIN NL 150 523 470 63 132 23 6 7 56 10 5 48 62 .281 .347 .400 .747 110 188 9 1 1 3 5 *53/9
1975 23 CIN NL 88 249 210 38 59 8 1 7 38 10 3 35 30 .281 .386 .429 .814 125 90 8 2 0 2 2 37/9
1976 24 CIN NL 98 268 219 32 54 11 1 7 44 14 1 43 32 .247 .362 .402 .764 116 88 11 0 0 6 2 37
1977 25 CIN NL 151 608 536 75 161 31 4 17 91 31 13 64 85 .300 .375 .468 .843 124 251 12 3 0 5 8 *3
1978 26 CIN NL 153 612 524 68 131 23 3 16 70 28 9 75 79 .250 .345 .397 .742 108 208 13 4 3 6 7 *3
1979 27 CIN NL 150 589 515 72 129 24 3 18 75 11 5 62 77 .250 .330 .414 .744 102 213 6 3 2 7 11 *3
1980 28 CIN NL 154 632 524 81 139 36 1 14 74 19 6 93 68 .265 .377 .418 .795 121 219 14 6 0 9 17 *3
1981 29 CIN NL 82 280 233 35 55 14 0 7 33 2 4 40 31 .236 .349 .386 .735 107 90 5 2 2 3 3 *3
1982 30 CIN NL 149 606 516 64 139 25 1 17 57 11 6 82 62 .269 .368 .421 .789 119 217 8 2 0 6 8 *3
1983 31 CIN NL 122 467 386 57 107 17 1 12 57 6 4 75 51 .277 .390 .420 .809 122 162 12 0 0 6 10 *3
1984 32 TOT NL 132 447 387 47 104 24 0 16 60 2 2 54 40 .269 .354 .455 .809 126 176 10 0 1 5 8 *3
1984 32 CIN NL 81 259 218 27 61 13 0 7 28 2 1 37 25 .280 .378 .436 .814 125 95 5 0 0 4 2 3
1984 32 MON NL 51 188 169 20 43 11 0 9 32 0 1 17 15 .254 .321 .479 .800 127 81 5 0 1 1 6 3
1985 33 TOT NL 145 552 493 53 120 26 0 9 47 2 2 50 51 .243 .314 .351 .665 90 173 10 3 1 5 12 *3
1985 33 MON NL 91 350 312 31 78 18 0 6 25 2 2 33 29 .250 .324 .365 .689 97 114 8 2 1 2 9 3
1985 33 SFG NL 54 202 181 22 42 8 0 3 22 0 0 17 22 .232 .297 .326 .623 79 59 2 1 0 3 3 3
1986 34 TOT NL 32 49 40 7 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 9 6 .250 .388 .400 .788 122 16 0 0 0 0 2 3
1986 34 SFG NL 15 20 16 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .188 .350 .313 .663 89 5 0 0 0 0 1 /3
1986 34 HOU NL 17 29 24 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 .292 .414 .458 .872 144 11 0 0 0 0 1 3
1987 35 STL NL 24 68 60 5 14 2 0 1 11 0 0 7 8 .233 .309 .317 .625 65 19 2 0 0 1 1 3
15 Seasons 1732 6344 5479 746 1464 282 23 153 763 154 63 761 719 .267 .356 .411 .767 113 2251 128 28 11 65 100
162 Game Avg. 162 593 512 70 137 26 2 14 71 14 6 71 67 .267 .356 .411 .767 113 211 12 3 1 6 9
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
CIN (12 yrs) 1480 5487 4717 661 1277 240 23 133 670 152 60 678 639 .271 .361 .416 .777 115 1962 111 25 9 58 79
SFG (2 yrs) 69 222 197 24 45 10 0 3 22 0 0 21 26 .228 .302 .325 .627 80 64 2 1 0 3 4
MON (2 yrs) 142 538 481 51 121 29 0 15 57 2 3 50 44 .252 .323 .405 .728 108 195 13 2 2 3 15
STL (1 yr) 24 68 60 5 14 2 0 1 11 0 0 7 8 .233 .309 .317 .625 65 19 2 0 0 1 1
HOU (1 yr) 17 29 24 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 .292 .414 .458 .872 144 11 0 0 0 0 1

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
1973 21 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 4 13 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .167 .154 .250 .404 3 0 0 0 1 0
1975 23 CIN NL WS BOS W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 CIN NL NLCS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 CIN NL WS NYY W 4 16 14 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .357 .438 .714 1.152 10 0 0 0 0 1
1979 27 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 1 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 STL NL NLCS SFG W 5 13 12 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .417 .724 5 1 0 0 0 0
1987 35 STL NL WS MIN L 4 14 13 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 5 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons (7 Series) 23 72 66 9 14 7 0 1 4 1 1 5 7 .212 .264 .364 .628 24 1 0 0 1 3
4 NLCS 13 40 37 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 6 .162 .200 .243 .443 9 1 0 0 1 1
3 WS 10 32 29 7 8 4 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 .276 .344 .517 .861 15 0 0 0 0 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CIN NL 21 3B 87 85 651.0 224 62 150 12 19 .946 -4.8 -8.8 -4.8 -4.3 -0.6 0 2.93 2.44 .946 2.88 2.49 RoY-3
1973 CIN NL 21 1B 35 5 109.1 104 97 7 0 11 1.000 0.1 1.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 8.56 2.97 .992 9.83 8.40 RoY-3
1973 CIN NL 21 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 2.00 RoY-3
1973 CIN NL 21 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80 RoY-3
1974 CIN NL 22 3B 126 122 897.0 283 67 192 24 19 .915 -9.0 -12.0 -8.0 -4.8 -3.2 -1 2.60 2.06 .950 3.04 2.64
1974 CIN NL 22 1B 47 3 125.0 134 118 14 2 18 .985 2.2 21.1 2.2 1.6 0.6 0 9.50 2.81 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 CIN NL 22 OF 3 2 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.75 0.33 1.000 2.25 1.97
1974 CIN NL 22 RF 3 2 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.75 0.33 1.000 2.03 1.67
1975 CIN NL 23 1B 41 26 266.1 292 268 20 4 34 .986 -1.8 -8.1 -1.8 -1.2 -0.6 0 9.73 7.02 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 CIN NL 23 OF 29 28 193.1 42 41 0 1 0 .976 -3.1 -19.2 -2.1 -1.5 -0.6 -1 1.91 1.41 .979 2.29 2.01
1975 CIN NL 23 LF 25 25 170.1 33 32 0 1 0 .970 -3.7 -26.1 -3.7 -1.5 -2.2 0 1.69 1.28 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 CIN NL 23 RF 4 3 23.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 31.3 1.6 0.0 1.6 -1 3.91 2.50 .970 2.03 1.75
1976 CIN NL 24 1B 40 32 295.0 313 291 21 1 33 .997 2.2 8.9 2.2 2.6 -0.4 0 9.52 7.80 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 CIN NL 24 LF 20 20 146.0 26 23 2 1 0 .962 -1.7 -14.0 -2.7 -2.3 -0.4 1 1.54 1.25 .977 2.02 1.59
1976 CIN NL 24 OF 20 20 146.0 26 23 2 1 0 .962 -1.7 -14.0 -2.7 -2.3 -0.4 1 1.54 1.25 .981 2.34 2.03
1977 CIN NL 25 1B 148 141 1252.2 1264 1182 75 7 116 .994 -3.7 -3.5 -3.7 -6.0 2.2 0 9.03 8.49 .991 7.18 6.76
1978 CIN NL 26 1B 151 142 1282.1 1363 1264 93 6 92 .996 5.8 5.4 4.8 -1.5 6.4 1 9.52 8.99 .992 7.02 6.62
1979 CIN NL 27 1B 143 138 1221.0 1377 1289 79 9 112 .993 -4.0 -3.9 -4.0 -2.0 -2.0 0 10.08 9.57 .992 7.37 6.99
1980 CIN NL 28 1B 151 149 1327.0 1441 1349 85 7 115 .995 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.1 0.5 0 9.73 9.50 .992 6.78 6.62
1981 CIN NL 29 1B 74 66 585.2 591 558 30 3 54 .995 -4.0 -8.2 -4.0 -0.1 -4.0 0 9.04 7.95 .992 10.22 8.68
1982 CIN NL 30 1B 144 144 1285.0 1320 1239 78 3 123 .998 -8.4 -7.8 -9.4 -6.2 -3.2 1 9.22 9.15 .992 7.00 6.94
1983 CIN NL 31 1B 112 110 965.0 992 917 71 4 73 .996 -2.2 -2.7 -2.2 -2.4 0.2 0 9.21 8.82 .992 9.33 8.39
1984 TOT NL 32 1B 115 101 910.1 929 870 52 7 69 .992 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0 9.12 8.02 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 CIN NL 32 1B 70 59 526.1 541 507 29 5 31 .991 -3.5 -8.0 -3.5 -0.4 -3.2 0 9.17 7.66 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 MON NL 32 1B 45 42 384.0 388 363 23 2 38 .995 3.5 10.9 3.5 0.3 3.2 0 9.05 8.58 .992 9.86 8.15
1985 TOT NL 33 1B 137 131 1151.1 1298 1203 91 4 111 .997 -3.4 -3.5 -2.4 -0.2 -2.3 -1 10.12 9.45 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 MON NL 33 1B 88 84 740.0 871 804 64 3 79 .997 2.0 3.2 2.0 0.9 1.1 0 10.56 9.86 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 SFG NL 33 1B 49 47 411.1 427 399 27 1 32 .998 -5.4 -15.8 -4.4 -1.1 -3.4 -1 9.32 8.69 .993 10.06 8.54
1986 TOT NL 34 1B 16 6 83.2 83 77 6 0 5 1.000 0.7 10.0 0.7 0.0 0.8 0 8.93 5.19 .993 9.94 8.31
1986 SFG NL 34 1B 4 2 24.0 28 25 3 0 0 1.000 1.4 70.0 1.4 0.0 1.4 0 10.50 7.00 .993 9.94 8.30
1986 HOU NL 34 1B 12 4 59.2 55 52 3 0 5 1.000 -0.7 -14.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.6 0 8.30 4.58 .993 9.94 8.31
1987 STL NL 35 1B 21 16 138.2 152 141 10 1 13 .993 0.4 3.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 9.80 7.19 .991 9.88 8.47
15 Seasons 1B 1375 1210 10998.1 11653 10863 732 58 979 .995 -14.6 -1.6 -15.6 -14.3 -1.4 1 9.49 8.43 .992 8.24 7.55
2 Seasons 3B 213 207 1548.0 507 129 342 36 38 .929 -13.8 -10.7 -12.8 -9.1 -3.8 -1 2.74 2.21 .948 2.97 2.58
4 Seasons OF 53 50 352.1 70 66 2 2 0 .971 -4.6 -15.7 -4.6 -3.6 -1.0 0 1.74 1.28 .980 2.31 2.02
2 Seasons LF 45 45 316.1 59 55 2 2 0 .966 -5.4 -20.5 -6.4 -3.8 -2.6 1 1.62 1.27 .975 2.06 1.66
3 Seasons RF 8 5 36.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 26.7 1.8 0.2 1.6 -1 3.00 1.50 .975 2.03 1.72
15 Seasons TOT 1641 1467 12898.2 12230 11058 1076 96 1017 .992 -33.0 -3.1 -33.0 -27.0 -6.2 0 0 8.47 7.39 .982 7.45 6.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1980 NL--.377--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1980 NL--36--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--93--1st
1982 NL--82--7th
1983 NL--75--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1980 NL--238--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--6--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL--7--9th
1980 NL--9--5th
Career--65--162nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--17--3rd
Career--100--117th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1977 NL--22.0--6th
1978 NL--20.4--5th
Career--153.5--153rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. J.T. Snow (927)
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  5. Earl Torgeson (920)
  6. Joe Rudi (911)
  7. George McQuinn (906)
  8. Tito Francona (902)
  9. Matt Lawton (901)
  10. Al Smith (900)
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  2. Pop Foster (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Amos Otis (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Max West (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Fairly (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy White (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Von Hayes (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Von Hayes (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Fairly (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Von Hayes (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ron Fairly (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Fairly (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Pete O'Brien (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 29, 1969: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

July 26, 1984: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Montreal Expos for Jim Jefferson (minors) and Andy McGaffigan.

August 1, 1985: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Bill Laskey and Scot Thompson.

May 1, 1986: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

June 2, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 24, 1986: Released by the Houston Astros.

June 9, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 9, 1987: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985San Francisco Giants$767,500
1986San Francisco Giants$700,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,567,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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