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Leon Durham

Leon Durham (Bull)

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Woodward HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1980
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Reds 1980-1989
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 17, 1989
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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
1980 22 STL NL 96 330 303 42 82 15 4 8 42 8 5 18 55 .271 .309 .426 .735 100 129 3 1 3 5 1 97/38 RoY-7
1981 23 CHC NL 87 355 328 42 95 14 6 10 35 25 11 27 53 .290 .344 .460 .804 123 151 6 0 0 0 6 *9/3
1982 24 CHC NL 148 609 539 84 168 33 7 22 90 28 14 66 77 .312 .388 .521 .909 151 281 11 2 0 2 14 *98/3 AS,SS
1983 25 CHC NL 100 409 337 58 87 18 8 12 55 12 6 66 83 .258 .381 .466 .847 131 157 4 3 0 3 12 78/39 AS
1984 26 CHC NL 137 548 473 86 132 30 4 23 96 16 8 69 86 .279 .369 .505 .874 136 239 8 1 0 5 11 *3 MVP-12
1985 27 CHC NL 153 607 542 58 153 32 2 21 75 7 6 64 99 .282 .357 .465 .822 120 252 5 0 0 1 24 *3
1986 28 CHC NL 141 557 484 66 127 18 7 20 65 8 7 67 98 .262 .350 .452 .803 114 219 6 1 0 5 16 *3
1987 29 CHC NL 131 492 439 70 120 22 1 27 63 2 2 51 92 .273 .348 .513 .860 122 225 6 0 0 2 9 *3
1988 30 TOT NL 45 138 124 14 27 9 1 4 8 0 1 14 32 .218 .297 .403 .700 96 50 0 0 0 0 3 3
1988 30 CHC NL 24 82 73 10 16 6 1 3 6 0 1 9 20 .219 .305 .452 .757 111 33 0 0 0 0 2 3
1988 30 CIN NL 21 56 51 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 12 .216 .286 .333 .619 75 17 0 0 0 0 1 3
1989 31 STL NL 29 22 18 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 .056 .182 .111 .293 -15 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Yrs 1067 4067 3587 522 992 192 40 147 530 106 61 444 679 .277 .356 .475 .831 125 1705 49 9 3 24 96
162 Game Avg. 162 617 545 79 151 29 6 22 80 16 9 67 103 .277 .356 .475 .831 125 259 7 1 0 4 15
CHC (8 yrs) 921 3659 3215 474 898 173 36 138 485 98 55 419 608 .279 .362 .484 .846 128 1557 46 7 0 18 94
STL (2 yrs) 125 352 321 44 83 16 4 8 43 8 6 20 59 .259 .301 .408 .709 94 131 3 2 3 6 1
CIN (1 yr) 21 56 51 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 12 .216 .286 .333 .619 75 17 0 0 0 0 1

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
1980 22 STL NL 96 330 -0 -1 1 8 -4 4 0.5 10 14 1.5 .505 .503 0.5 0.5 6 $ 97/38 RoY-7
1981 23 CHC NL 87 355 10 -1 1 -9 -4 -3 -0.2 11 7 0.8 .496 .498 1.7 -1.4 16 $ *9/3
1982 24 CHC NL 148 609 34 -1 2 -7 -5 22 2.5 19 40 4.4 .516 .515 5.0 -1.2 48 $ *98/3 AS,SS
1983 25 CHC NL 100 409 12 1 0 -12 -3 -2 -0.2 13 11 1.0 .498 .499 2.3 -1.6 23 $ 78/39 AS
1984 26 CHC NL 137 548 20 1 0 1 -8 15 1.8 17 32 3.4 .512 .510 3.2 -0.7 31 $500,000 *3 MVP-12
1985 27 CHC NL 153 607 11 -3 2 1 -9 2 0.3 19 20 2.1 .501 .501 2.0 -0.8 20 $800,000 *3
1986 28 CHC NL 141 557 4 -2 1 -8 -8 -13 -1.4 17 4 0.3 .490 .491 1.2 -1.8 12 $983,333 *3
1987 29 CHC NL 131 492 10 -1 1 -6 -7 -4 -0.3 15 11 1.2 .497 .498 1.8 -1.3 18 $1,183,333 *3
1988 30 CHC NL 24 82 0 -0 1 0 -1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .497 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $1,383,333 3
1988 30 CIN NL 21 56 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $ 3
1989 31 STL NL 29 22 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $175,000 3
10 Seasons 1067 4067 95 -7 9 -34 -50 13 2.2 125 138 14.3 .501 .501 17.5 -8.7 172 $5,024,999
CHC (8 yrs) 921 3659 101 -7 8 -41 -45 16 2.5 112 128 13.4 .502 .501 17.4 -9.0 169 $4,849,999
STL (2 yrs) 125 352 -3 -1 1 9 -4 1 0.1 11 12 1.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.5 3 $175,000
CIN (1 yr) 21 56 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $

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
1980 22 STL NL 330 237 40 4.6 98 .302 .271 .271 .309 .334 .426 .394 .735 .728 100 .533 -0.8 -0.1 .659 .224 .155 8.0
1981 23 CHC NL 355 250 50 5.4 95 .321 .290 .267 .344 .333 .460 .383 .804 .716 123 .623 8.5 0.9 .768 .296 .171 14.3
1982 24 CHC NL 609 398 108 7.4 96 .330 .312 .268 .388 .331 .521 .389 .909 .721 151 .733 37.3 3.8 .917 .358 .210 24.6
1983 25 CHC NL 409 263 64 6.5 100 .306 .258 .268 .381 .337 .466 .397 .847 .734 131 .688 16.2 1.6 .892 .421 .208 12.0
1984 26 CHC NL 548 362 90 6.7 100 .295 .279 .272 .369 .339 .505 .396 .874 .735 136 .703 24.5 2.5 .888 .389 .226 18.9
1985 27 CHC NL 607 401 90 6.1 103 .312 .282 .271 .357 .341 .465 .404 .822 .745 120 .661 15.0 1.6 .793 .303 .183 10.5
1986 28 CHC NL 557 375 78 5.6 103 .288 .262 .269 .350 .341 .452 .406 .803 .747 114 .619 9.2 0.9 .778 .331 .190 11.4
1987 29 CHC NL 492 329 79 6.4 108 .289 .273 .273 .348 .343 .513 .425 .860 .767 122 .636 13.0 1.2 .844 .355 .239 3.7
1988 30 TOT NL 138 98 15 4.1 93 .261 .218 .261 .297 .326 .403 .384 .700 .710 96 .516 -0.8 -0.1 .643 .290 .185 .0
1988 30 CHC NL 82 58 10 4.7 94 .260 .219 .262 .305 .326 .452 .384 .757 .711 111 .570 0.9 0.1 .707 .342 .233 .0
1988 30 CIN NL 56 40 5 3.4 93 .263 .216 .261 .286 .325 .333 .383 .619 .708 75 .424 -1.7 -0.2 .550 .216 .118 .0
1989 31 STL NL 22 19 0 0.0 93 .067 .056 .257 .182 .325 .111 .383 .293 .708 -15 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .222 .111 .056
10 Yrs 4067 2732 614 6.1 100 .303 .277 .270 .356 .337 .475 .399 .831 .736 125 .655 119.5 12.1 .814 .335 .199 123.2
162 Game Avg. 617 415 93 6.1 100 .303 .277 .270 .356 .337 .475 .399 .831 .736 125 .655 18 2 .814 .335 .199 19
CHC (8 yrs) 3659 2436 569 6.3 101 .306 .279 .270 .362 .338 .484 .400 .846 .738 128 .669 124.6 12.7 .838 .349 .205 114.6
STL (2 yrs) 352 256 40 4.2 98 .288 .259 .271 .301 .334 .408 .393 .709 .727 94 .499 -3.4 -0.4 .628 .218 .150 8.0
CIN (1 yr) 56 40 5 3.4 93 .263 .216 .261 .286 .325 .333 .383 .619 .708 75 .424 -1.7 -0.2 .550 .216 .118 .0

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
1984 26 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 21 20 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .450 .640 9 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 5 21 20 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .450 .640 9 1 0 0 0 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
1982 CHC NL 24 DNP
1983 CHC NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1980 22 STL NL 330 2.4% 16.7% 5.5% 8.2% 33% 3.06 5.5 37.9 7.2 0.98 74%
1981 23 CHC NL 355 2.8% 14.9% 7.6% 8.5% 32% 1.96 6.2 32.8 9.4 1.40 75%
1982 24 CHC NL 609 3.6% 12.6% 10.8% 10.2% 37% 1.17 7.0 24.5 6.0 1.09 73%
1983 25 CHC NL 409 2.9% 20.3% 16.1% 9.3% 44% 1.26 4.1 28.1 6.1 1.28 60%
1984 26 CHC NL 548 4.2% 15.7% 12.6% 10.4% 43% 1.25 5.5 20.6 4.9 0.87 67%
1985 27 CHC NL 607 3.5% 16.3% 10.5% 9.1% 36% 1.55 5.5 25.8 7.2 1.06 70%
1986 28 CHC NL 557 3.6% 17.6% 12.0% 8.1% 35% 1.46 4.9 24.2 7.4 0.97 67%
1987 29 CHC NL 492 5.5% 18.7% 10.4% 10.2% 42% 1.80 4.8 16.3 7.0 0.87 65%
1988 30 TOT NL 138 2.9% 23.2% 10.1% 10.1% 52% 2.29 3.9 31.0 15.5 0.57 0.81 64% 22% 13.3% 48%
1988 30 CHC NL 82 3.7% 24.4% 11.0% 12.2% 63% 2.22 3.7 24.3 12.2 0.66 0.95 61% 19% 18.8% 50%
1988 30 CIN NL 56 1.8% 21.4% 8.9% 7.1% 36% 2.40 4.3 51.0 25.5 0.46 0.65 68% 26% 7.1% 46%
1989 31 STL NL 22 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 4.6% 100% 2.00 4.5 18.0 0.36 0.40 68% 13% 0.0% 9%
10 Yrs 4067 3.6% 16.7% 10.9% 9.3% 38% 1.53 5.3 24.4 6.8 0.54 1.02 68% 21% 10.0% 42%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.1% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.66 6.4 42.1 8.5 0.81 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1980 22 STL NL -0.8 -0.1 344 0.0 5.4 -5.4 .99 -0.3 0.3 6.1 0.6 0.92 -1.0 1.53 17
1981 23 CHC NL 8.5 0.9 397 0.7 7.4 -6.7 1.07 0.9 -0.2 11.4 1.2 0.95 13.2 1.79 3
1982 24 CHC NL 37.3 3.8 656 5.4 15.5 -10.0 1.08 3.7 1.3 41.3 4.2 0.98 37.1 2.06 5
1983 25 CHC NL 16.2 1.6 429 1.8 8.6 -6.8 1.04 1.3 0.4 22.1 2.2 0.94 18.1 2.76 1
1984 26 CHC NL 24.5 2.5 576 3.4 12.3 -8.9 1.02 3.1 0.2 37.2 3.7 1.02 36.8 1.62 8
1985 27 CHC NL 15.0 1.6 624 2.0 11.8 -9.8 1.03 1.9 0.0 24.0 2.3 0.96 23.5 0.35 2
1986 28 CHC NL 9.2 0.9 576 1.3 10.7 -9.5 1.06 1.3 -0.1 11.8 1.2 0.94 14.9 1.61 2
1987 29 CHC NL 13.0 1.2 503 0.4 8.9 -8.5 .96 2.0 -1.6 13.0 1.2 0.93 18.5 1.79 8
1988 30 TOT NL -0.8 -0.1 142 0.2 2.2 -2.0 .98 -0.1 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.94 -1.3 1.16 8
1988 30 CHC NL 0.9 0.1 83 0.2 1.4 -1.2 .97 0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.93 0.4 1.52 3
1988 30 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 59 -0.0 0.9 -0.9 1.00 -0.2 0.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.96 -1.8 0.95 5
1989 31 STL NL -2.7 -0.3 23 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 1.59 -0.2 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 1.03 -3.2 2.51 11
10 Yrs 119.5 12.1 4270 14.6 83.0 -68.4 1.03 13.6 0.5 161.2 15.9 0.96 156.5 1.73 65

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
1980 22 STL NL 4 0 37% 114 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 47% 14 10 4 3 1 2 13 4 8
1981 23 CHC NL 6 0 29% 126 25 11 69% 23 10 2 1 0 0 5 3 6 9 42% 15 9 6 5 2 3 11 5 4
1982 24 CHC NL 6 0 29% 233 28 14 67% 24 13 4 0 0 1 2 1 13 16 45% 35 24 11 4 1 3 21 7 13
1983 25 CHC NL 3 0 32% 149 12 6 67% 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 46% 24 16 8 1 1 0 12 3 9
1984 26 CHC NL 5 0 35% 186 16 8 67% 13 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 6 17 47% 21 16 5 8 3 5 18 5 12
1985 27 CHC NL 8 0 19% 270 7 6 54% 6 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 10 39% 29 21 7 3 2 1 22 9 13
1986 28 CHC NL 3 0 26% 213 8 7 53% 8 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 12 41% 30 23 7 6 3 3 15 3 11
1987 29 CHC NL 2 0 30% 195 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 35% 29 23 5 6 3 3 11 3 8
1988 30 TOT NL 0 0 27% 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1988 30 CHC NL 0 0 32% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1988 30 CIN NL 0 0 20% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 31 STL NL 0 0 50% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Yrs 37 0 29% 1538 106 61 63% 94 54 11 4 1 3 13 5 41 91 42% 204 148 54 36 16 20 126 40 80

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
1980 22 STL NL 330 84% 82 17 5 0 1 1.53 8 1 4 8 0 3 5 0 3 3 100% 58 3 5% 35 15 43% 182 35 19% 21 13 62% 11 7 64% 0
1981 23 CHC NL 355 75% 95 3 1 0 0 1.79 10 0 4 9 1 8 2 0 0 0 57 6 11% 22 2 9% 218 26 12% 19 6 32% 6 1 17% 0
1982 24 CHC NL 609 75% 168 5 2 1 2 2.06 22 0 12 17 5 9 13 1 0 0 114 11 10% 40 16 40% 391 69 18% 29 18 62% 15 11 73% 0
1983 25 CHC NL 409 73% 87 1 0 0 0 2.76 12 1 6 10 2 9 3 0 0 0 53 4 8% 36 13 36% 234 43 18% 29 14 48% 19 6 32% 0
1984 26 CHC NL 548 77% 132 8 2 0 1 1.62 23 0 12 21 2 19 4 0 0 0 123 8 7% 48 13 27% 402 77 19% 53 25 47% 20 12 60% 0
1985 27 CHC NL 607 77% 153 2 0 0 0 0.35 21 1 11 17 4 15 6 0 0 0 95 5 5% 44 12 27% 383 58 15% 30 14 47% 27 15 56% 0
1986 28 CHC NL 557 75% 127 2 0 0 0 1.61 20 0 12 17 3 13 7 0 0 0 102 6 6% 57 19 33% 322 46 14% 23 12 52% 20 13 65% 0
1987 29 CHC NL 492 84% 120 8 2 0 1 1.79 27 0 9 25 2 16 11 0 0 0 98 6 6% 37 13 35% 292 37 13% 25 10 40% 18 12 67% 0
1988 30 TOT NL 138 94% 27 2 0 8 0 0 0 1.16 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 21 0 0% 10 5 50% 79 4 5% 2 1 50% 6 4 67% 0
1988 30 CHC NL 82 94% 16 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.52 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0% 6 5 83% 48 3 6% 2 1 50% 4 4 100% 0
1988 30 CIN NL 56 95% 11 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.95 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 4 0 0% 31 1 3% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1989 31 STL NL 22 73% 1 0 0 11 1 0 1 2.51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
10 Yrs 4067 78% 992 2 0 65 13 1 6 1.73 147 3 71 128 19 93 54 1 3 3 100% 724 49 7% 330 109 33% 2521 396 16% 232 114 49% 144 81 56% 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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 30 TOT NL 134 568 4.24 336 59% 23% 15% 36% 27% 77% 5% 46% 81% 27% 7% 9 0 27% 36 21 15% 20 18 23% 4 0 0
1988 30 CHC NL 82 360 4.39 215 60% 22% 13% 40% 25% 78% 6% 47% 83% 33% 7% 6 0 24% 20 9 17% 14 13 25% 0 0 0
1988 30 CIN NL 52 208 4.00 121 58% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 5% 44% 77% 17% 6% 3 0 31% 16 12 12% 6 5 20% 4 0 0
1989 31 STL NL 21 76 3.62 48 63% 29% 17% 25% 29% 71% 0% 45% 76% 33% 10% 2 1 10% 2 0 19% 4 2 25% 1 0 0
2 Yrs 155 644 4.15 384 60% 23% 15% 34% 27% 77% 5% 46% 80% 28% 7% 11 1 25% 38 21 15% 24 20 24% 5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 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
1980 22 96 330 303 42 82 15 4 8 42 8 5 18 55 .271 .309 .426 .735 100 129 3 1 3 5 1
1981 23 183 685 631 84 177 29 10 18 77 33 16 45 108 .281 .327 .444 .771 112 280 9 1 3 5 7
1982 24 331 1294 1170 168 345 62 17 40 167 61 30 111 185 .295 .356 .479 .835 130 561 20 3 3 7 21
1983 25 431 1703 1507 226 432 80 25 52 222 73 36 177 268 .287 .362 .476 .838 130 718 24 6 3 10 33
1984 26 568 2251 1980 312 564 110 29 75 318 89 44 246 354 .285 .363 .483 .847 132 957 32 7 3 15 44
1985 27 721 2858 2522 370 717 142 31 96 393 96 50 310 453 .284 .362 .479 .842 129 1209 37 7 3 16 68
1986 28 862 3415 3006 436 844 160 38 116 458 104 57 377 551 .281 .360 .475 .835 127 1428 43 8 3 21 84
1987 29 993 3907 3445 506 964 182 39 143 521 106 59 428 643 .280 .359 .480 .838 126 1653 49 8 3 23 93
1988 30 1038 4045 3569 520 991 191 40 147 529 106 60 442 675 .278 .357 .477 .834 125 1703 49 8 3 23 96
1989 31 1067 4067 3587 522 992 192 40 147 530 106 61 444 679 .277 .356 .475 .831 125 1705 49 9 3 24 96

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
1980 22 96 332 305 44 84 15 4 8 44 8 18 55 .275 .313 .430 .743 42 96
1981 23 132 547 504 69 151 22 10 16 57 40 43 80 .300 .355 .478 .833 85 87
1982 24 148 617 545 89 174 34 7 23 95 29 68 77 .319 .395 .534 .929 115 148
1983 25 100 413 339 60 89 18 8 12 57 12 68 83 .263 .387 .469 .856 62 100
1984 26 137 548 473 86 132 30 4 23 96 16 69 86 .279 .369 .505 .874 89 137
1985 27 153 606 541 57 152 32 2 21 74 7 64 99 .281 .356 .464 .820 89 153
1986 28 141 555 483 65 126 18 7 20 64 8 66 98 .261 .348 .451 .799 76 141
1987 29 131 488 436 67 117 21 1 26 60 2 50 92 .268 .342 .500 .842 75 131
1988 30 45 140 125 15 28 9 1 4 9 0 15 32 .224 .307 .408 .715 16 45
1989 31 29 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .136 .000 .136 0 29
10 Yrs 1112 4268 3769 552 1053 199 44 153 556 122 463 706 .279 .358 .477 .835 649 1067
162 Game Avg. 162 622 549 80 153 29 6 22 81 18 67 103 .279 .358 .477 .835 95 1067

* 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

All-Star Games
1982
1983 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 NL (12, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (885th)

Silver Sluggers
1982 NL (OF)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.0 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1982 NL  .312 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 NL  .388 (7th)
1984 NL  .369 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1981 NL  .460 (10th)
1982 NL  .521 (3rd)
1984 NL  .505 (5th)
Career  .475 (214th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1982 NL  .909 (3rd)
1984 NL  .874 (5th)
Career  .831 (240th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1982 NL  281 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 NL  33 (9th)
1984 NL  30 (8th)
1985 NL  32 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (10th)
1983 NL  8 (7th)
1986 NL  7 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  23 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 NL  96 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 NL  25 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1982 NL  151 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 NL  108 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  37 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  3.8 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  62 (7th)
1984 NL  57 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1982 NL  .733 (5th)
1984 NL  .703 (10th)
Career  .655 (189th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  14 (8th)
1985 NL  24 (1st)
1986 NL  16 (5th)
Career  96 (128th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (5th)
1982 NL  14 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL  14.3 (3rd)
1982 NL  24.6 (4th)
1984 NL  18.9 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1984 NL  20.6 (5th)
1987 NL  16.3 (10th)**

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 NL  41.30 (4th)
1984 NL  37.21 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.4 (1st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.7 (6th)
1984 NL  3.1 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1982 NL  4.2 (4th)
1984 NL  3.7 (9th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (962), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Bull Leon Durham

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