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Mike Easler

Michael Anthony Easler (Hit Man)

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 29, 1950 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Benedictine HS (Cleveland, OH)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed July 4, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1973
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox/Yankees/Phillies/Astros/... 1973-1987
Agents: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Cliff Johnson
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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
1969	18	HOU-min	Rk	33	113	113		36	7	2	0						.319	.319	.416	.735		47							CVN · APPY
1970	19	HOU-min	A	96	339	314	30	79	11	4	1	24	8	7	25	39	.252	.307	.322	.628		101							COC · FLOR
1971	20	HOU-min	A	109	424	392	61	115	14	5	11	68	16	1	32	69	.293	.347	.439	.785		172							COC · FLOR
1972	21	HOU-min	AA	106	410	372	52	100	11	4	13	46	4	5	24	68	.269	.324	.425	.748		158		8	2	4			CBS · SOUL
1973	22	HOU-min	AAA,AA	96	344	344		102	22	3	13						.297	.297	.491	.788		169							DEN,CBS · AA,SOUL
1973	22	HOU	NL	6	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	-33	0	0	0	0	0	1	/79
1974	23	HOU-min	AAA	100	423	367	75	104	18	8	19	63	12	4	45	81	.283	.366	.531	.897		195		5	2	4			DEN · AA
1974	23	HOU	NL	15	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	1	0	0	0	0
1975	24	STL-HOU-min	AAA	113	469	415	69	130	31	6	15	69	5	6	43	78	.313	.378	.525	.904		218		4	1	6			TUL,IWA · AA
1975	24	HOU	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	25	STL-min	AAA	118	427	378	75	133	31	2	26	77	9	8	43	68	.352	.417	.651	1.068		246		2	0	4			TUL · AA
1976	25	CAL	AL	21	59	54	6	13	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	11	.241	.259	.296	.555	68	16	1	0	1	2	1	D
1977	26	PIT-min	AAA	127	536	451	83	136	29	5	18	75	12	7	76	76	.302	.403	.508	.911		229		4	0	5			CLB · IL
1977	26	PIT	NL	10	19	18	3	8	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	.444	.421	.722	1.143	198	13	0	0	0	1	0	/97

1978	27	PIT-min	AAA	126	527	448	84	148	26	3	18	84	7	4	75	86	.330	.425	.522	.947		234		1	0	3			CLB · IL
1979	28	PIT	NL	55	62	54	8	15	1	1	2	11	0	1	8	13	.278	.371	.444	.815	118	24	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1980	29	PIT	NL	132	445	393	66	133	27	3	21	74	5	9	43	65	.338	.396	.583	.978	167	229	7	0	0	9	6	*79	MVP-20
1981	30	PIT	NL	95	369	339	43	97	18	5	7	42	4	7	24	45	.286	.328	.431	.759	111	146	10	0	0	6	7	*79	AS
1982	31	PIT	NL	142	526	475	52	131	27	2	15	58	1	1	40	85	.276	.337	.436	.773	112	207	11	6	1	4	12	*7/9
1983	32	PIT	NL	115	408	381	44	117	17	2	10	54	4	2	22	64	.307	.349	.441	.790	116	168	10	3	1	1	1	7
1984	33	BOS	AL	156	666	601	87	188	31	5	27	91	1	1	58	134	.313	.376	.516	.892	140	310	8	4	1	2	4	*D3
1985	34	BOS	AL	155	631	568	71	149	29	4	16	74	0	1	53	129	.262	.325	.412	.737	98	234	15	3	0	7	1	*D7/9
1986	35	NYY	AL	146	546	490	64	148	26	2	14	78	3	2	49	87	.302	.362	.449	.811	121	220	17	0	2	5	13	*D/79
1987	36	TOT	MLB	98	301	277	20	78	10	0	5	31	1	1	20	52	.282	.329	.372	.701	86	103	5	1	0	3	0	7D/9
1987	36	PHI	NL	33	117	110	7	31	4	0	1	10	0	1	6	20	.282	.316	.345	.662	74	38	1	0	0	1	0	7
1987	36	NYY	AL	65	184	167	13	47	6	0	4	21	1	0	14	32	.281	.337	.389	.726	93	65	4	1	0	2	0	D7/9
1988	37	TEX-min	AAA,Fgn	2	9	7	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.714	.778	1.000	1.778		7		0	0	0	0		OKC,NPN · AA,JPPL
1989	38	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
14 Yrs				1151	4061	3677	465	1078	189	25	118	522	20	26	321	696	.293	.349	.454	.804	118	1671	85	17	6	40	46
162 Game Avg.				162	572	518	65	152	27	4	17	73	3	4	45	98	.293	.349	.454	.804	118	235	12	2	1	6	6

PIT (6 yrs)				549	1829	1660	216	501	92	13	56	244	14	20	137	273	.302	.354	.474	.828	127	787	38	9	2	21	26
HOU (3 yrs)				26	29	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.037	.103	.037	.140	-59	1	1	0	0	0	1
BOS (2 yrs)				311	1297	1169	158	337	60	9	43	165	1	2	111	263	.288	.351	.465	.816	119	544	23	7	1	9	5
NYY (2 yrs)				211	730	657	77	195	32	2	18	99	4	2	63	119	.297	.356	.434	.790	114	285	21	1	2	7	13
PHI (1 yr)				33	117	110	7	31	4	0	1	10	0	1	6	20	.282	.316	.345	.662	74	38	1	0	0	1	0
CAL (1 yr)				21	59	54	6	13	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	11	.241	.259	.296	.555	68	16	1	0	1	2	1

NL (10 yrs)				608	1975	1797	224	533	96	13	57	254	14	21	145	303	.297	.348	.460	.808	121	826	40	9	2	22	27
AL (5 yrs)				543	2086	1880	241	545	93	12	61	268	6	5	176	393	.290	.350	.449	.800	116	845	45	8	4	18	19

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	HOU	NL	6	9	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.450	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/79
1974	23	HOU	NL	15	15	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$
1975	24	HOU	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1976	25	CAL	AL	21	59	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.471	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	D
1977	26	PIT	NL	10	19	2	0	0	0	-0	2	0.2	0	3	0.3	.524	.501	0.3	0.0	2	$	/97

1979	28	PIT	NL	55	62	2	-0	0	-1	-0	0	0.1	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/79
1980	29	PIT	NL	132	445	32	-2	1	-2	-6	23	2.5	14	36	3.9	.519	.516	4.1	-0.9	39	$	*79	MVP-20
1981	30	PIT	NL	95	369	3	-1	-0	-1	-4	-4	-0.3	11	7	0.8	.495	.497	0.8	-0.6	8	$	*79	AS
1982	31	PIT	NL	142	526	4	-0	-0	-4	-6	-7	-0.6	16	9	1.0	.495	.495	1.3	-1.0	14	$	*7/9
1983	32	PIT	NL	115	408	8	2	-1	-7	-4	-3	-0.3	13	10	0.9	.497	.498	1.7	-1.2	17	$	7
1984	33	BOS	AL	156	666	30	-1	-0	-1	-14	14	1.6	20	34	3.4	.509	.509	3.6	-1.5	35	$	*D3
1985	34	BOS	AL	155	631	-2	0	-1	0	-14	-17	-1.6	19	2	0.2	.488	.489	0.2	-1.3	2	$650,000	*D7/9
1986	35	NYY	AL	146	546	14	1	-2	1	-14	1	0.3	17	18	1.8	.501	.501	1.8	-1.2	17	$658,333	*D/79
1987	36	PHI	NL	33	117	-4	-1	0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.489	.498	-0.3	0.2	-2	$700,000	7
1987	36	NYY	AL	65	184	-1	-0	-1	-2	-4	-8	-0.8	6	-3	-0.2	.488	.495	0.0	-0.5	-1	$	D7/9
14 Seasons				1151	4061	79	-3	-4	-16	-70	-15	-0.5	124	110	11.2	.499	.499	12.8	-8.5	126	$2,008,333

PIT (6 yrs)				549	1829	51	-2	-1	-16	-21	12	1.6	56	68	7.1	.502	.501	8.5	-3.9	84	$
HOU (3 yrs)				26	29	-6	0	-0	-1	-0	-7	-0.8	1	-6	-0.7	.469	.498	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$
BOS (2 yrs)				311	1297	27	-1	-2	-0	-28	-4	0.0	40	36	3.6	.499	.499	3.8	-2.8	37	$650,000
NYY (2 yrs)				211	730	13	1	-2	-1	-17	-7	-0.4	22	15	1.6	.497	.498	1.8	-1.7	17	$658,333
PHI (1 yr)				33	117	-4	-1	0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.489	.498	-0.3	0.2	-2	$700,000
CAL (1 yr)				21	59	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.471	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$

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	HOU	NL	9	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.261	.222	.330	.000	.389	.222	.719	-33	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.286	.000
1974	23	HOU	NL	15	15	0	0.0	90	.100	.067	.256	.067	.328	.067	.371	.133	.698	-62	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.067	.000	.000
1975	24	HOU	NL	5	5	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.256	.000	.325	.000	.370	.000	.695	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1976	25	CAL	AL	59	46	4	2.4	80	.289	.241	.248	.259	.311	.296	.350	.555	.660	68	.276	-2.2	-0.2	.419	.093	.056	.0
1977	26	PIT	NL	19	11	6	14.7	105	.412	.444	.272	.421	.340	.722	.414	1.143	.754	198	.893	2.6	0.2	1.300	.278	.278	.0

1979	28	PIT	NL	62	40	9	6.1	104	.333	.278	.275	.371	.341	.444	.408	.815	.749	118	.641	1.3	0.1	.775	.296	.167	.0
1980	29	PIT	NL	445	285	88	8.3	98	.354	.338	.270	.396	.333	.583	.392	.978	.725	167	.775	36.7	3.7	.971	.344	.244	8.1
1981	30	PIT	NL	369	265	44	4.5	95	.307	.286	.267	.328	.333	.431	.383	.759	.716	111	.540	4.2	0.4	.645	.206	.145	5.1
1982	31	PIT	NL	526	361	69	5.2	98	.306	.276	.270	.337	.334	.436	.393	.773	.726	112	.591	7.4	0.8	.711	.244	.160	1.9
1983	32	PIT	NL	408	278	57	5.5	99	.347	.307	.267	.349	.336	.441	.395	.790	.731	116	.618	6.8	0.7	.707	.197	.134	5.7
1984	33	BOS	AL	666	425	118	7.4	101	.364	.313	.269	.376	.333	.516	.406	.892	.739	140	.714	32.4	3.2	.882	.300	.203	1.9
1985	34	BOS	AL	631	442	75	4.5	102	.309	.262	.266	.325	.332	.412	.413	.737	.745	98	.495	-2.0	-0.2	.664	.241	.150	.0
1986	35	NYY	AL	546	368	76	5.5	99	.340	.302	.260	.362	.328	.449	.406	.811	.734	121	.576	15.1	1.5	.748	.249	.147	4.9
1987	36	TOT	MLB	301	208	34	4.4	106	.327	.282	.267	.329	.336	.372	.424	.701	.760	86	.449	-5.7	-0.6	.605	.162	.090	1.7
1987	36	PHI	NL	117	82	12	3.9	108	.333	.282	.273	.316	.343	.345	.425	.662	.767	74	.414	-4.3	-0.4	.531	.109	.064	.0
1987	36	NYY	AL	184	126	22	4.7	105	.323	.281	.264	.337	.332	.389	.424	.726	.756	93	.470	-1.4	-0.1	.653	.198	.108	1.6
14 Yrs				4061	2756	580	5.7	100	.331	.293	.267	.349	.333	.454	.401	.804	.734	118	.609	90.6	9.0	.739	.247	.161	34.2
162 Game Avg.				572	388	82	5.7	100	.331	.293	.267	.349	.333	.454	.401	.804	.734	118	.609	13	1	.739	.247	.161	5

PIT (6 yrs)				1829	1240	273	5.9	98	.329	.302	.269	.354	.334	.474	.392	.828	.726	127	.652	58.9	6.0	.762	.251	.172	22.4
HOU (3 yrs)				29	27	0	0.0	92	.059	.037	.258	.103	.328	.037	.375	.140	.703	-59	.000	-5.8	-0.6	.111	.074	.000
BOS (2 yrs)				1297	867	193	6.0	102	.337	.288	.268	.351	.333	.465	.409	.816	.742	119	.621	30.3	3.0	.771	.271	.177	2.0
NYY (2 yrs)				730	494	98	5.3	101	.336	.297	.261	.356	.329	.434	.411	.790	.740	114	.550	13.7	1.3	.724	.236	.137	6.5
PHI (1 yr)				117	82	12	3.9	108	.333	.282	.273	.316	.343	.345	.425	.662	.767	74	.414	-4.3	-0.4	.531	.109	.064	.0
CAL (1 yr)				59	46	4	2.4	80	.289	.241	.248	.259	.311	.296	.350	.555	.660	68	.275	-2.2	-0.2	.419	.093	.056	.0

NL (10 yrs)				1975	1349	285	5.7	98	.326	.297	.269	.348	.335	.460	.394	.808	.728	121	.631	48.8	5.0	.734	.240	.163	22.5
AL (5 yrs)				2086	1407	295	5.6	101	.335	.290	.265	.350	.331	.449	.408	.800	.739	116	.590	41.8	4.1	.744	.254	.160	10.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1979	28	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1979	28	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	2	2	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	3	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	2	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500

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
1981	PIT	NL	30		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	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	GO/AO	IP%
1973	22	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	22.2%	0.0%		2.00	1.8			0.50	33%
1974	23	HOU	NL	15	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	67%
1975	24	HOU	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			1.00	80%
1976	25	CAL	AL	59	0.0%	18.6%	3.4%	3.4%	15%	5.50	4.9		13.5	1.13	76%
1977	26	PIT	NL	19	5.3%	5.3%	0.0%	15.8%	38%		18.0	18.0	3.6	0.67	89%

1979	28	PIT	NL	62	3.2%	21.0%	12.9%	6.5%	27%	1.63	4.2	27.0	4.9	0.47	63%
1980	29	PIT	NL	445	4.7%	14.6%	9.7%	11.5%	38%	1.51	6.0	18.7	5.3	1.36	71%
1981	30	PIT	NL	369	1.9%	12.2%	6.5%	8.1%	31%	1.88	7.5	48.4	8.1	1.02	79%
1982	31	PIT	NL	526	2.9%	16.2%	7.6%	8.4%	34%	2.13	5.6	31.7	8.2	1.34	72%
1983	32	PIT	NL	408	2.5%	15.7%	5.4%	7.1%	25%	2.91	6.0	38.1	7.1	1.01	75%
1984	33	BOS	AL	666	4.1%	20.1%	8.7%	9.5%	34%	2.31	4.5	22.3	6.6	1.13	66%
1985	34	BOS	AL	631	2.5%	20.4%	8.4%	7.8%	33%	2.43	4.4	35.5	7.7	1.27	68%
1986	35	NYY	AL	546	2.6%	15.9%	9.0%	7.7%	28%	1.78	5.6	35.0	6.3	1.34	72%
1987	36	TOT	MLB	301	1.7%	17.3%	6.6%	5.0%	19%	2.60	5.3	55.4	8.9	1.22	74%
1987	36	PHI	NL	117	0.9%	17.1%	5.1%	4.3%	16%	3.33	5.5	110.0	11.0	1.46	77%
1987	36	NYY	AL	184	2.2%	17.4%	7.6%	5.4%	21%	2.29	5.2	41.8	8.0	1.09	72%
14 Yrs				4061	2.9%	17.1%	7.9%	8.2%	31%	2.17	5.3	31.2	7.0	1.19	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.5%	8.6%	6.5%	28%	1.57	6.6	43.4	8.5	1.09	74%

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	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.66	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.78	-1.6	0.00	2
1974	23	HOU	NL	-3.2	-0.3	15	-0.5	0.0	-0.6	1.39	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	0.98	-3.5	1.39	15
1975	24	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.60	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.76	-1.2	0.60	5
1976	25	CAL	AL	-2.2	-0.2	60	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	1.15	-0.4	-0.2	-5.6	-0.6	0.94	-3.6	1.00	5
1977	26	PIT	NL	2.6	0.2	19	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.90	0.2	0.1	3.3	0.3	0.76	2.5	1.14	6

1979	28	PIT	NL	1.3	0.1	63	1.2	2.6	-1.5	1.60	0.4	0.3	4.5	0.4	1.00	3.5	1.71	44
1980	29	PIT	NL	36.7	3.7	466	4.9	11.5	-6.6	1.03	4.1	0.7	43.8	4.4	0.92	44.7	2.13	13
1981	30	PIT	NL	4.2	0.4	385	1.5	8.0	-6.6	1.13	0.2	1.1	2.0	0.2	0.97	3.2	2.64	7
1982	31	PIT	NL	7.4	0.8	533	0.0	9.2	-9.2	1.03	0.8	-0.8	9.0	0.9	0.96	7.3	1.76	10
1983	32	PIT	NL	6.8	0.7	421	2.0	8.5	-6.4	.98	0.9	1.2	11.7	1.2	0.95	8.2	2.02	17
1984	33	BOS	AL	32.4	3.2	675	3.3	14.0	-10.7	.98	2.9	0.4	24.4	2.4	0.95	35.1	1.23	1
1985	34	BOS	AL	-2.0	-0.2	640	-0.6	11.0	-11.6	1.00	-0.0	-0.6	-3.6	-0.3	0.95	-3.5	2.11	5
1986	35	NYY	AL	15.1	1.5	557	1.3	9.8	-8.5	.96	1.2	0.2	17.2	1.7	0.98	13.3	1.78	19
1987	36	TOT	MLB	-5.7	-0.6	307	0.2	5.1	-4.9	.92	-0.2	0.4	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	-4.3	1.73	22
1987	36	PHI	NL	-4.3	-0.4	118	-0.5	1.5	-2.0	.91	-0.3	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.96	-3.1	1.14	3
1987	36	NYY	AL	-1.4	-0.1	189	0.7	3.6	-2.9	.93	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.2	0.93	-1.2	1.82	19
14 Yrs				90.6	9.0	4155	12.8	81.0	-68.2	1.01	9.5	3.1	99.3	9.7	0.95	100.3	1.71	171

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	22	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	23	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	24	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	25	CAL	AL	0	0	40%	18	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	86%	2	0	2	2	1	1	3	0	3
1977	26	PIT	NL	0	0	29%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1979	28	PIT	NL	1	0	29%	17	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1980	29	PIT	NL	4	0	29%	184	5	9	36%	5	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	8	56%	25	15	10	3	2	1	24	5	18
1981	30	PIT	NL	5	0	32%	129	4	7	36%	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	50%	20	14	6	3	1	2	13	3	10
1982	31	PIT	NL	5	0	23%	200	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	17	38%	28	18	10	8	5	3	11	5	5
1983	32	PIT	NL	4	0	26%	146	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	51%	25	12	11	5	2	3	7	2	5
1984	33	BOS	AL	4	0	27%	279	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	14	43%	45	28	17	12	7	3	19	5	13
1985	34	BOS	AL	7	0	29%	221	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	37%	31	21	10	12	9	3	19	8	10
1986	35	NYY	AL	10	0	27%	210	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	11	44%	37	23	14	4	3	1	14	4	9
1987	36	TOT	MLB	3	0	16%	114	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	31%	10	9	1	1	1	0	5	1	4
1987	36	PHI	NL	1	0	17%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1987	36	NYY	AL	2	0	16%	73	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	33%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
14 Yrs				43	0	27%	1531	20	26	43%	20	23	0	1	0	1	6	1	52	83	45%	229	146	81	50	31	17	121	33	83

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	HOU	NL	9	89%	0			2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1974	23	HOU	NL	15	80%	1			15	1	0	0	1.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1975	24	HOU	NL	5	80%	0			5	0	0	0	0.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	25	CAL	AL	59	93%	13			5	2	0	0	1.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	8	3	38%	35	4	11%	4	3	75%	1	0	0%	0
1977	26	PIT	NL	19	100%	8			6	2	0	1	1.14	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	5	4	80%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

1979	28	PIT	NL	62	90%	15			44	10	2	6	1.71	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		12	0	0%	2	2	100%	46	9	20%	4	3	75%	3	3	100%	0
1980	29	PIT	NL	445	83%	133			13	4	2	5	2.13	21	0	8	20	1	9	12	0	0	0		67	7	10%	32	17	53%	239	55	23%	30	18	60%	12	6	50%	0
1981	30	PIT	NL	369	77%	97			7	2	0	2	2.64	7	0	8	7	0	4	3	0	0	0		67	10	15%	33	10	30%	221	37	17%	23	15	65%	10	5	50%	0
1982	31	PIT	NL	526	87%	131			10	5	0	1	1.76	15	1	6	13	2	9	6	0	1	1	100%	89	11	12%	39	13	33%	331	43	13%	33	9	27%	28	16	57%	0
1983	32	PIT	NL	408	88%	117			17	8	1	3	2.02	10	2	9	10	0	2	8	0	1	1	100%	75	10	13%	31	11	35%	244	45	18%	17	10	59%	14	10	71%	0
1984	33	BOS	AL	666	71%	188			1	0	0	0	1.23	27	0	15	20	7	16	11	0	1	1	100%	104	8	8%	46	13	28%	402	65	16%	30	14	47%	20	15	75%	0
1985	34	BOS	AL	631	69%	149			5	2	1	1	2.11	16	2	16	14	2	4	12	0	0	0		100	15	15%	51	18	35%	402	60	15%	33	18	55%	22	13	59%	0
1986	35	NYY	AL	546	80%	148			19	4	0	2	1.78	14	0	13	13	1	6	8	0	2	2	100%	113	17	15%	39	14	36%	387	70	18%	39	22	56%	19	13	68%	0
1987	36	TOT	MLB	301	86%	78			22	5	1	4	1.73	5	0	7	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		54	5	9%	22	7	32%	183	27	15%	20	9	45%	12	7	58%	0
1987	36	PHI	NL	117	86%	31			3	0	0	0	1.14	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		18	1	6%	6	1	17%	70	9	13%	6	3	50%	4	2	50%	0
1987	36	NYY	AL	184	85%	47			19	5	1	4	1.82	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		36	4	11%	16	6	38%	113	18	16%	14	6	43%	8	5	63%	0
14 Yrs				4061	79%	1078			171	45	7	25	1.71	118	5	85	105	13	55	63	0	6	6	100%	697	85	12%	308	110	36%	2510	419	17%	237	123	52%	142	88	62%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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	6	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	-33	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	23	21	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.045	.125	.045	.170	-50	1	1	0	0	0	1
1975	24	26	29	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.037	.103	.037	.140	-59	1	1	0	0	0	1
1976	25	47	88	81	7	14	1	1	0	4	1	1	4	21	.173	.207	.210	.417	24	17	2	0	1	2	2
1977	26	57	107	99	10	22	3	1	1	9	1	1	4	22	.222	.245	.303	.548	59	30	2	0	1	3	2
1978	27	57	107	99	10	22	3	1	1	9	1	1	4	22	.222	.245	.303	.548	59	30	2	0	1	3	2
1979	28	112	169	153	18	37	4	2	3	20	1	2	12	35	.242	.292	.353	.645	81	54	2	0	1	3	2
1980	29	244	614	546	84	170	31	5	24	94	6	11	55	100	.311	.367	.518	.885	144	283	9	0	1	12	8
1981	30	339	983	885	127	267	49	10	31	136	10	18	79	145	.302	.352	.485	.837	131	429	19	0	1	18	15
1982	31	481	1509	1360	179	398	76	12	46	194	11	19	119	230	.293	.347	.468	.815	125	636	30	6	2	22	27
1983	32	596	1917	1741	223	515	93	14	56	248	15	21	141	294	.296	.347	.462	.809	123	804	40	9	3	23	28
1984	33	752	2583	2342	310	703	124	19	83	339	16	22	199	428	.300	.355	.476	.830	127	1114	48	13	4	25	32
1985	34	907	3214	2910	381	852	153	23	99	413	16	23	252	557	.293	.349	.463	.812	121	1348	63	16	4	32	33
1986	35	1053	3760	3400	445	1000	179	25	113	491	19	25	301	644	.294	.351	.461	.812	121	1568	80	16	6	37	46
1987	36	1151	4061	3677	465	1078	189	25	118	522	20	26	321	696	.293	.349	.454	.804	118	1671	85	17	6	40	46

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
1973	22	6	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	6
1974	23	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1975	24	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1976	25	21	60	55	7	14	1	1	0	5	1	2	11	.255	.271	.309	.580	5	21
1977	26	10	19	18	3	8	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	.444	.421	.722	1.143	6	10

1979	28	55	62	54	8	15	1	1	2	11	0	8	13	.278	.371	.444	.815	9	55
1980	29	132	452	398	70	138	28	3	22	78	5	45	65	.347	.405	.598	1.003	98	132
1981	30	144	568	521	71	155	29	8	11	69	6	38	68	.298	.340	.447	.787	80	95
1982	31	142	530	478	54	134	28	2	15	60	1	41	85	.280	.342	.441	.784	71	142
1983	32	115	413	385	46	121	18	2	10	57	4	23	64	.314	.357	.449	.806	61	115
1984	33	156	669	603	89	190	31	5	27	93	1	59	134	.315	.379	.517	.896	118	156
1985	34	155	631	568	71	149	29	4	16	74	0	53	129	.262	.325	.412	.737	76	155
1986	35	146	550	493	66	151	27	2	14	81	3	50	87	.306	.367	.454	.821	83	146
1987	36	98	300	276	19	77	10	0	5	30	1	20	52	.279	.327	.370	.696	33	98
14 Yrs		1200	4283	3876	505	1152	204	28	123	563	22	341	719	.297	.353	.459	.813	640	1151
162 Game Avg.		162	578	523	68	156	28	4	17	76	3	46	97	.297	.353	.459	.813	86	1151

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1981 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1980 NL (20, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1980 NL 4.1 (10th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1984 AL .313 (6th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1980 NL .583 (5th)** 1984 AL .516 (7th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1980 NL .978 (5th)** 1984 AL .892 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1984 AL 188 (5th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1984 AL 310 (5th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1984 AL 134 (5th) 1985 AL 129 (5th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1984 AL 118 (5th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1980 NL 37 (3rd) 1984 AL 32 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1980 NL 3.7 (3rd) 1984 AL 3.2 (9th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1984 AL 63 (9th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1984 AL 250 (10th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1984 AL .714 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1982 NL 6 (5th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1980 NL 9 (5th) 1981 NL 6 (6th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1986 AL 13 (3rd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1980 NL 18.7 (10th)**	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1980 NL 43.76 (4th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1980 NL 4.9 (2nd) 1984 AL 3.3 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1980 NL 4.1 (2nd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1980 NL 4.4 (5th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 13 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (971), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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