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John Ellis

John Charles Ellis

Positions: First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 21, 1948 in New London, CT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1969
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Yankees 1969-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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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
1969 20 NYY AL 22 65 62 2 18 4 0 1 8 0 2 1 11 .290 .308 .403 .711 101 25 0 1 0 1 0 2
1970 21 NYY AL 78 249 226 24 56 12 1 7 29 0 1 18 47 .248 .305 .403 .708 98 91 5 2 0 3 0 3/52
1971 22 NYY AL 83 271 238 16 58 12 1 3 34 0 0 23 42 .244 .322 .340 .663 93 81 12 6 1 3 5 3/2
1972 23 NYY AL 52 144 136 13 40 5 1 5 25 0 0 8 22 .294 .333 .456 .789 137 62 9 0 0 0 0 2/3
1973 24 CLE AL 127 494 437 59 118 12 2 14 68 0 0 46 57 .270 .339 .403 .741 107 176 13 3 1 7 2 2D3
1974 25 CLE AL 128 513 477 58 136 23 6 10 64 1 2 32 53 .285 .330 .421 .751 117 201 16 1 1 2 3 32D
1975 26 CLE AL 92 316 296 22 68 11 1 7 32 0 1 14 33 .230 .266 .345 .610 73 102 13 2 0 4 2 2/D3
1976 27 TEX AL 11 31 31 4 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 4 .419 .419 .581 1.000 189 18 1 0 0 0 0 /2D
1977 28 TEX AL 49 127 119 7 28 7 0 4 15 0 0 8 26 .235 .283 .395 .678 83 47 1 0 0 0 2 2D/3
1978 29 TEX AL 34 104 94 7 23 4 0 3 17 0 1 6 20 .245 .282 .383 .665 86 36 0 0 1 3 0 2/D
1979 30 TEX AL 111 337 316 33 90 12 0 12 61 2 2 15 55 .285 .318 .437 .754 104 138 3 2 0 4 1 D3/2
1980 31 TEX AL 73 200 182 12 43 9 1 1 23 3 0 14 23 .236 .290 .313 .603 69 57 6 1 0 3 1 3D/2
1981 32 TEX AL 23 64 58 2 8 3 0 1 7 0 1 5 10 .138 .219 .241 .460 37 14 3 1 0 0 1 3/D
13 Yrs 883 2915 2672 259 699 116 13 69 391 6 10 190 403 .262 .312 .392 .704 99 1048 82 19 4 30 17
162 Game Avg. 162 535 490 48 128 21 2 13 72 1 2 35 74 .262 .312 .392 .704 99 192 15 3 1 6 3
TEX (6 yrs) 301 863 800 65 205 37 1 22 131 5 4 48 138 .256 .298 .388 .686 89 310 14 4 1 10 5
NYY (4 yrs) 235 729 662 55 172 33 3 16 96 0 3 50 122 .260 .317 .391 .709 104 259 26 9 1 7 5
CLE (3 yrs) 347 1323 1210 139 322 46 9 31 164 1 3 92 143 .266 .318 .396 .714 102 479 42 6 2 13 7

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
1969 20 NYY AL 22 65 0 -2 0 -3 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 2
1970 21 NYY AL 78 249 -1 -1 0 1 -3 -3 -0.4 8 5 0.4 .495 .498 0.3 -0.2 4 $ 3/52
1971 22 NYY AL 83 271 -1 0 -2 -2 -4 -8 -1.0 9 0 -0.1 .488 .494 0.1 -0.7 3 $ 3/2
1972 23 NYY AL 52 144 5 -1 -2 -2 1 2 0.2 5 7 0.7 .504 .501 0.9 -0.1 8 $21,000 2/3
1973 24 CLE AL 127 494 4 1 -2 -8 -0 -6 -0.4 16 10 1.1 .495 .496 1.9 -0.7 18 $16,000 2D3
1974 25 CLE AL 128 513 6 -0 -2 0 -4 -0 0.2 17 16 1.7 .500 .500 1.7 -0.3 16 $ 32D
1975 26 CLE AL 92 316 -12 -1 -2 -1 4 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .486 .492 -0.1 0.5 -1 $ 2/D3
1976 27 TEX AL 11 31 3 -0 -0 0 0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .526 .502 0.4 0.0 4 $ /2D
1977 28 TEX AL 49 127 -5 0 -0 -3 -1 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .482 .495 -0.1 -0.3 -2 $ 2D/3
1978 29 TEX AL 34 104 -2 -0 0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .488 .497 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 2/D
1979 30 TEX AL 111 337 2 0 -0 -2 -8 -7 -0.6 11 4 0.4 .493 .495 0.6 -0.8 5 $ D3/2
1980 31 TEX AL 73 200 -9 0 -1 -3 -4 -16 -1.6 6 -10 -1.1 .477 .489 -0.8 -0.7 -7 $ 3D/2
1981 32 TEX AL 23 64 -4 -0 -0 -2 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -7 -0.8 .458 .494 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $ 3/D
13 Seasons 883 2915 -14 -5 -10 -26 -17 -73 -7.1 93 20 1.8 .491 .496 4.7 -4.1 46 $37,000
TEX (6 yrs) 301 863 -16 0 -2 -12 -13 -42 -4.1 27 -14 -1.6 .485 .495 -0.2 -2.3 -3 $
NYY (4 yrs) 235 729 4 -4 -3 -6 -4 -13 -1.6 23 10 0.8 .494 .498 1.4 -1.2 16 $21,000
CLE (3 yrs) 347 1323 -2 -1 -6 -9 0 -18 -1.4 43 25 2.6 .494 .496 3.5 -0.5 34 $16,000

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
1969 20 NYY AL 65 47 7 4.0 91 .333 .290 .250 .308 .326 .403 .377 .711 .703 101 .478 0.0 0.0 .543 .097 .113 .0
1970 21 NYY AL 249 179 27 4.1 93 .280 .248 .252 .305 .325 .403 .385 .708 .710 98 .474 -0.6 -0.1 .625 .230 .155 .0
1971 22 NYY AL 271 196 25 3.4 87 .281 .244 .248 .322 .319 .340 .368 .663 .687 93 .427 -1.0 -0.1 .573 .193 .097 .0
1972 23 NYY AL 144 105 17 4.4 81 .321 .294 .243 .333 .312 .456 .351 .789 .663 137 .582 5.2 0.6 .667 .221 .162 .0
1973 24 CLE AL 494 340 60 4.7 95 .279 .270 .262 .339 .331 .403 .385 .741 .716 107 .540 4.3 0.4 .678 .238 .133 .0
1974 25 CLE AL 513 362 62 4.6 88 .303 .285 .257 .330 .322 .421 .370 .751 .691 117 .550 8.7 0.9 .649 .201 .136 1.8
1975 26 CLE AL 316 246 24 2.6 92 .235 .230 .257 .266 .326 .345 .377 .610 .704 73 .287 -11.6 -1.2 .483 .159 .115 .0
1976 27 TEX AL 31 19 7 10.0 87 .462 .419 .258 .419 .323 .581 .364 1.000 .687 189 .842 3.2 0.3 .947 .161 .161 .0
1977 28 TEX AL 127 92 13 3.8 101 .270 .235 .267 .283 .332 .395 .407 .678 .738 83 .408 -3.2 -0.3 .598 .227 .160 .0
1978 29 TEX AL 104 76 11 3.9 94 .270 .245 .261 .282 .326 .383 .385 .665 .711 86 .450 -1.8 -0.2 .569 .191 .138 .0
1979 30 TEX AL 337 235 44 5.0 100 .308 .285 .267 .318 .332 .437 .405 .754 .736 104 .526 0.7 0.1 .671 .199 .152 3.4
1980 31 TEX AL 200 148 17 3.1 95 .261 .236 .264 .290 .326 .313 .392 .603 .718 69 .326 -7.3 -0.7 .517 .170 .077 1.5
1981 32 TEX AL 64 54 2 1.0 84 .149 .138 .249 .219 .313 .241 .362 .460 .675 37 .070 -4.6 -0.5 .352 .172 .103 .0
13 Yrs 2915 2099 316 4.0 92 .283 .262 .258 .312 .325 .392 .381 .704 .706 99 .473 -8.2 -0.8 .607 .200 .131 11.0
162 Game Avg. 535 385 58 4.0 92 .283 .262 .258 .312 .325 .392 .381 .704 .706 99 .473 -8.2 -0.8 .607 .200 .131 2
TEX (6 yrs) 863 624 94 4.0 97 .282 .256 .264 .298 .328 .388 .395 .686 .723 89 .445 -13.1 -1.3 .592 .193 .131 8.1
NYY (4 yrs) 729 527 76 3.9 88 .294 .260 .249 .317 .320 .391 .371 .709 .691 104 .479 3.6 0.4 .607 .202 .131 .0
CLE (3 yrs) 1323 948 146 4.1 92 .277 .266 .259 .318 .326 .396 .377 .714 .703 102 .488 1.3 0.1 .616 .204 .130 1.9

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
1969 20 NYY AL 65 1.5% 16.9% 1.5% 7.7% 28% 11.00 5.6 62.0 7.8 0.82 78%
1970 21 NYY AL 249 2.8% 18.9% 7.2% 8.0% 36% 2.61 4.8 32.3 7.8 0.63 70%
1971 22 NYY AL 271 1.1% 15.5% 8.5% 5.9% 28% 1.83 5.7 79.3 7.0 0.80 72%
1972 23 NYY AL 144 3.5% 15.3% 5.6% 7.6% 28% 2.75 6.2 27.2 5.4 1.50 76%
1973 24 CLE AL 494 2.8% 11.5% 9.3% 5.7% 24% 1.24 7.7 31.2 6.4 0.99 76%
1974 25 CLE AL 513 2.0% 10.3% 6.2% 7.6% 29% 1.66 9.0 47.7 7.5 1.03 81%
1975 26 CLE AL 316 2.2% 10.4% 4.4% 6.0% 28% 2.36 9.0 42.3 9.3 0.86 82%
1976 27 TEX AL 31 3.2% 12.9% 0.0% 9.7% 23% 7.8 31.0 3.9 0.36 84%
1977 28 TEX AL 127 3.2% 20.5% 6.3% 8.7% 39% 3.25 4.6 29.8 7.9 1.13 70%
1978 29 TEX AL 104 2.9% 19.2% 5.8% 6.7% 30% 3.33 4.7 31.3 5.5 0.38 71%
1979 30 TEX AL 337 3.6% 16.3% 4.5% 7.1% 27% 3.67 5.7 26.3 5.2 0.76 75%
1980 31 TEX AL 200 0.5% 11.5% 7.0% 5.5% 26% 1.64 7.9 182.0 7.9 0.82 81%
1981 32 TEX AL 64 1.6% 15.6% 7.8% 6.3% 50% 2.00 5.8 58.0 8.3 0.79 73%
13 Yrs 2915 2.4% 13.8% 6.5% 6.8% 28% 2.12 6.6 38.7 6.8 0.87 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.56 6.6 45.7 8.8 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 20 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 70 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.30 -0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.94 1.9 3.30 7
1970 21 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 254 0.1 6.0 -5.8 1.24 -0.3 0.4 -3.8 -0.4 1.02 -3.0 1.80 20
1971 22 NYY AL -1.0 -0.1 272 -0.3 5.5 -5.7 1.21 -0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.08 -0.6 1.85 15
1972 23 NYY AL 5.2 0.6 145 -0.1 3.6 -3.8 1.22 0.5 -0.7 2.1 0.2 1.08 5.2 1.50 17
1973 24 CLE AL 3.8 0.4 500 2.5 9.9 -7.4 .95 0.8 1.8 14.3 1.4 0.92 8.3 3.13 10
1974 25 CLE AL 8.7 0.9 523 1.6 10.6 -9.0 1.01 0.1 1.5 13.1 1.4 0.95 1.6 1.74 3
1975 26 CLE AL -11.6 -1.2 321 -0.2 5.6 -5.8 1.02 -1.2 1.0 -11.7 -1.2 0.92 -13.7 1.85 10
1976 27 TEX AL 3.2 0.3 31 0.1 0.8 -0.7 1.16 0.2 -0.1 4.3 0.4 1.12 2.8 2.78 5
1977 28 TEX AL -3.2 -0.3 127 0.3 2.7 -2.4 1.12 -0.1 0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.92 -3.6 2.49 16
1978 29 TEX AL -1.8 -0.2 105 -0.6 1.5 -2.1 1.12 -0.3 -0.2 -1.3 -0.1 1.08 -2.6 2.65 5
1979 30 TEX AL 0.2 0.0 342 0.1 7.2 -7.1 1.10 0.3 -0.3 11.4 1.1 0.98 4.8 2.45 26
1980 31 TEX AL -7.6 -0.8 204 -0.6 3.4 -4.1 1.15 -0.7 0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.98 -7.3 2.48 15
1981 32 TEX AL -4.6 -0.5 65 -0.2 1.3 -1.6 1.19 -0.5 0.3 -7.6 -0.8 1.00 -5.5 2.33 8
13 Yrs -9.4 -0.9 2959 2.4 59.4 -57.0 1.09 -1.3 3.5 13.7 1.3 0.98 -11.6 2.25 157

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
1969 20 NYY AL 1 0 5% 19 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 33% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 NYY AL 2 0 25% 81 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 46% 6 5 1 3 1 2 4 1 3
1971 22 NYY AL 5 0 16% 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 61% 10 5 5 0 0 0 8 2 6
1972 23 NYY AL 1 0 19% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14% 4 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1973 24 CLE AL 6 0 29% 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 38% 34 25 9 4 2 2 17 7 10
1974 25 CLE AL 2 0 30% 177 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 9 47% 25 19 6 9 3 6 13 3 10
1975 26 CLE AL 4 0 20% 107 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 26% 11 10 1 2 2 0 6 1 4
1976 27 TEX AL 0 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 TEX AL 0 0 9% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1978 29 TEX AL 1 0 15% 40 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
1979 30 TEX AL 5 0 22% 80 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 44% 9 8 1 1 1 0 8 1 7
1980 31 TEX AL 1 0 19% 53 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 9 6 3 0 0 0 5 0 4
1981 32 TEX AL 1 0 8% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 29 0 23% 920 6 10 38% 5 7 1 1 0 2 6 0 36 42 42% 124 93 30 22 11 11 66 16 47

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
1969 20 NYY AL 65 58% 18 7 2 0 2 3.30 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 37 8 22% 6 3 50% 2 1 50% 0
1970 21 NYY AL 249 75% 56 20 2 0 2 1.80 7 0 9 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 62 5 8% 24 3 13% 177 22 12% 16 6 38% 5 2 40% 0
1971 22 NYY AL 271 57% 58 15 4 0 3 1.85 3 0 11 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 70 12 17% 32 7 22% 225 35 16% 23 11 48% 14 5 36% 0
1972 23 NYY AL 144 56% 40 17 4 0 3 1.50 5 0 4 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 36 9 25% 12 3 25% 122 21 17% 9 3 33% 3 3 100% 0
1973 24 CLE AL 494 39% 118 10 3 1 4 3.13 14 0 4 6 8 7 7 0 1 1 100% 92 13 14% 32 11 34% 304 54 18% 27 16 59% 12 6 50% 0
1974 25 CLE AL 513 40% 136 3 1 0 0 1.74 10 1 8 4 6 6 4 0 1 1 100% 78 16 21% 32 7 22% 306 56 18% 30 10 33% 7 5 71% 0
1975 26 CLE AL 316 39% 68 10 5 0 2 1.85 7 0 6 2 5 1 6 0 0 0 52 13 25% 22 6 27% 164 25 15% 12 6 50% 5 2 40% 0
1976 27 TEX AL 31 39% 13 5 1 0 1 2.78 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 26 7 27% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1977 28 TEX AL 127 57% 28 16 2 0 1 2.49 4 0 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 20 1 5% 12 2 17% 75 12 16% 7 4 57% 4 0 0% 0
1978 29 TEX AL 104 32% 23 5 2 0 1 2.65 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 27 0 0% 11 4 36% 81 15 19% 13 8 62% 3 2 67% 0
1979 30 TEX AL 337 56% 90 26 7 0 6 2.45 12 0 12 5 7 4 8 0 0 0 63 3 5% 24 6 25% 244 52 21% 24 14 58% 15 5 33% 0
1980 31 TEX AL 200 76% 43 15 4 0 2 2.48 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 35 6 17% 16 5 31% 124 22 18% 8 6 75% 6 6 100% 0
1981 32 TEX AL 64 73% 8 8 1 0 1 2.33 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 20% 8 4 50% 47 7 15% 7 4 57% 3 2 67% 0
13 Yrs 2915 51% 699 157 38 1 28 2.25 69 1 85 26 43 27 42 1 5 4 80% 564 82 15% 232 59 25% 1932 336 17% 184 92 50% 80 39 49% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1969 20 22 65 62 2 18 4 0 1 8 0 2 1 11 .290 .308 .403 .711 101 25 0 1 0 1 0
1970 21 100 314 288 26 74 16 1 8 37 0 3 19 58 .257 .306 .403 .709 99 116 5 3 0 4 0
1971 22 183 585 526 42 132 28 2 11 71 0 3 42 100 .251 .313 .375 .688 97 197 17 9 1 7 5
1972 23 235 729 662 55 172 33 3 16 96 0 3 50 122 .260 .317 .391 .709 104 259 26 9 1 7 5
1973 24 362 1223 1099 114 290 45 5 30 164 0 3 96 179 .264 .326 .396 .722 106 435 39 12 2 14 7
1974 25 490 1736 1576 172 426 68 11 40 228 1 5 128 232 .270 .327 .404 .731 109 636 55 13 3 16 10
1975 26 582 2052 1872 194 494 79 12 47 260 1 6 142 265 .264 .318 .394 .712 103 738 68 15 3 20 12
1976 27 593 2083 1903 198 507 81 12 48 268 1 6 142 269 .266 .319 .397 .716 104 756 69 15 3 20 12
1977 28 642 2210 2022 205 535 88 12 52 283 1 6 150 295 .265 .317 .397 .714 103 803 70 15 3 20 14
1978 29 676 2314 2116 212 558 92 12 55 300 1 7 156 315 .264 .316 .397 .712 102 839 70 15 4 23 14
1979 30 787 2651 2432 245 648 104 12 67 361 3 9 171 370 .266 .316 .402 .718 103 977 73 17 4 27 15
1980 31 860 2851 2614 257 691 113 13 68 384 6 9 185 393 .264 .314 .396 .710 100 1034 79 18 4 30 16
1981 32 883 2915 2672 259 699 116 13 69 391 6 10 190 403 .262 .312 .392 .704 99 1048 82 19 4 30 17

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
1969 20 22 66 63 2 19 4 0 1 8 0 1 11 .302 .318 .413 .731 8 22
1970 21 78 254 230 27 60 13 1 8 33 0 19 47 .261 .319 .430 .749 31 78
1971 22 84 284 247 20 66 14 1 3 42 0 26 42 .267 .350 .368 .718 31 83
1972 23 54 159 149 18 49 6 1 6 34 0 10 23 .329 .371 .503 .874 28 52
1973 24 127 502 443 64 124 13 2 15 74 0 48 57 .280 .349 .420 .769 65 127
1974 25 128 529 490 67 149 25 7 11 74 1 35 53 .304 .350 .451 .801 77 128
1975 26 93 323 302 25 73 12 1 8 36 0 15 33 .242 .279 .368 .646 30 92
1976 27 11 33 33 5 15 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 .455 .455 .606 1.061 9 11
1977 28 49 128 120 7 29 7 0 4 16 0 8 26 .242 .289 .400 .689 14 49
1978 29 34 107 96 8 25 4 0 3 20 0 7 20 .260 .302 .396 .698 12 34
1979 30 112 340 319 34 92 12 0 12 63 2 15 55 .288 .321 .439 .759 45 111
1980 31 73 203 184 13 45 9 1 1 25 3 15 23 .245 .300 .321 .621 18 73
1981 32 35 102 91 4 15 6 0 2 15 0 9 15 .165 .255 .297 .552 6 23
13 Yrs 900 3030 2767 294 761 127 14 75 450 6 208 409 .275 .327 .412 .740 374 883
162 Game Avg. 162 545 498 53 137 23 3 14 81 1 37 74 .275 .327 .412 .740 67 883

* 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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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