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Mike Epstein

Michael Peter Epstein (Superjew)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 4, 1943 in Bronx, NY
High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1966
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Angels/Rangers/Orioles 1966-1974

Final Game: April 28, 1974
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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
1966 23 BAL AL 6 12 11 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .364 .614 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1967 24 TOT AL 105 345 297 32 67 7 4 9 29 1 4 41 79 .226 .330 .367 .697 110 109 4 6 0 1 5 3
1967 24 BAL AL 9 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .154 .313 .154 .466 42 2 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1967 24 WSA AL 96 329 284 32 65 7 4 9 29 1 4 38 74 .229 .331 .377 .708 113 107 3 6 0 1 5 3
1968 25 WSA AL 123 448 385 40 90 8 2 13 33 1 1 48 91 .234 .338 .366 .704 118 141 13 13 1 1 5 *3
1969 26 WSA AL 131 500 403 73 112 18 1 30 85 2 5 85 99 .278 .414 .551 .965 176 222 8 10 0 2 10 *3 MVP-25
1970 27 WSA AL 140 517 430 55 110 15 3 20 56 2 3 73 117 .256 .371 .444 .815 129 191 7 9 0 6 6 *3
1971 28 TOT AL 128 502 414 49 98 14 1 19 60 1 3 74 102 .237 .367 .413 .780 124 171 3 12 2 1 6 *3
1971 28 WSA AL 24 101 85 6 21 1 1 1 9 1 0 12 31 .247 .366 .318 .684 102 27 0 4 0 0 1 3
1971 28 OAK AL 104 401 329 43 77 13 0 18 51 0 3 62 71 .234 .368 .438 .805 130 144 3 8 2 1 5 3
1972 29 OAK AL 138 537 455 63 123 18 2 26 70 0 1 68 68 .270 .376 .490 .866 163 223 7 11 0 3 9 *3 MVP-16
1973 30 TOT AL 118 457 397 39 83 11 2 9 38 0 0 48 73 .209 .304 .315 .619 82 125 11 8 0 4 2 *3
1973 30 TEX AL 27 104 85 9 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 14 19 .188 .317 .259 .576 68 22 2 3 0 2 0 3
1973 30 CAL AL 91 353 312 30 67 8 2 8 32 0 0 34 54 .215 .300 .330 .630 85 103 9 5 0 2 2 3
1974 31 CAL AL 18 73 62 10 10 2 0 4 6 0 0 10 13 .161 .288 .387 .675 98 24 0 1 0 0 0 3
9 Yrs 907 3391 2854 362 695 93 16 130 380 7 17 448 645 .244 .358 .424 .782 130 1210 53 70 3 18 43
162 Game Avg. 162 606 510 65 124 17 3 23 68 1 3 80 115 .244 .358 .424 .782 130 216 9 13 1 3 8
TEX (6 yrs) 541 1999 1672 215 414 52 11 74 218 7 13 270 431 .248 .365 .425 .789 131 710 33 45 1 12 27
OAK (2 yrs) 242 938 784 106 200 31 2 44 121 0 4 130 139 .255 .372 .468 .841 148 367 10 19 2 4 14
CAL (2 yrs) 109 426 374 40 77 10 2 12 38 0 0 44 67 .206 .298 .340 .638 87 127 9 6 0 2 2
BAL (2 yrs) 15 28 24 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 .167 .286 .250 .536 58 6 1 0 0 0 0

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
1966 23 BAL AL 6 12 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /3
1967 24 BAL AL 9 16 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .478 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /3
1967 24 WSA AL 96 329 3 -0 1 -4 -5 -4 -0.6 9 5 0.3 .495 .497 0.9 -1.1 9 $8,000 3
1968 25 WSA AL 123 448 7 -2 -1 -11 -6 -13 -1.9 13 -0 -0.6 .486 .490 1.0 -2.3 10 $ *3
1969 26 WSA AL 131 500 39 -3 0 -6 -7 24 2.5 14 38 3.9 .520 .516 4.7 -1.5 44 $ *3 MVP-25
1970 27 WSA AL 140 517 17 -1 0 -7 -7 2 0.2 17 19 1.8 .502 .502 2.7 -1.6 26 $ *3
1971 28 WSA AL 24 101 1 -1 0 -6 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .467 .495 0.2 -0.8 2 $ 3
1971 28 OAK AL 104 401 13 -4 1 -4 -5 1 0.0 13 14 1.3 .501 .501 1.8 -1.0 18 $40,000 3
1972 29 OAK AL 138 537 32 1 0 1 -7 26 3.2 18 44 4.9 .524 .520 4.9 -0.9 44 $40,000 *3 MVP-16
1973 30 TEX AL 27 104 -4 1 -0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .483 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $65,000 3
1973 30 CAL AL 91 353 -5 0 -1 -1 -5 -11 -1.0 11 0 0.0 .487 .493 0.1 -0.5 1 $ 3
1974 31 CAL AL 18 73 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .491 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $65,000 3
9 Seasons 907 3391 103 -10 1 -38 -46 10 0.7 104 115 10.8 .501 .501 16.2 -10.1 153 $218,000
TEX (6 yrs) 541 1999 64 -6 0 -33 -27 -2 -1.0 59 57 4.8 .499 .499 9.4 -7.4 90 $73,000
OAK (2 yrs) 242 938 45 -3 1 -3 -12 27 3.2 31 58 6.2 .514 .510 6.7 -2.0 61 $80,000
CAL (2 yrs) 109 426 -5 -0 -0 -1 -6 -12 -1.1 14 1 0.1 .488 .496 0.2 -0.6 2 $65,000
BAL (2 yrs) 15 28 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -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
1966 23 BAL AL 12 9 1 3.0 89 .250 .182 .247 .250 .314 .364 .381 .614 .695 75 .381 -0.5 -0.1 .556 .273 .182
1967 24 TOT AL 345 239 38 4.3 81 .276 .226 .239 .330 .308 .367 .359 .697 .666 110 .564 4.4 0.5 .643 .269 .141 1.8
1967 24 BAL AL 16 12 1 2.2 85 .250 .154 .243 .313 .312 .154 .365 .466 .677 42 .283 -0.8 -0.1 .417 .231 .000
1967 24 WSA AL 329 227 37 4.4 81 .277 .229 .239 .331 .307 .377 .358 .708 .666 113 .575 5.2 0.6 .655 .271 .148 1.8
1968 25 WSA AL 448 311 48 4.2 77 .273 .234 .234 .338 .302 .366 .346 .704 .648 118 .576 9.5 1.1 .654 .257 .132 1.9
1969 26 WSA AL 500 306 96 8.5 90 .297 .278 .247 .414 .323 .551 .373 .965 .696 176 .782 44.4 4.5 1.033 .476 .273 3.8
1970 27 WSA AL 517 336 76 6.1 93 .301 .256 .252 .371 .325 .444 .385 .815 .710 129 .653 20.0 2.0 .824 .356 .188 3.6
1971 28 TOT AL 502 325 69 5.7 90 .269 .237 .251 .367 .323 .413 .373 .780 .696 124 .654 16.1 1.7 .792 .350 .176 1.9
1971 28 WSA AL 101 64 12 5.0 86 .377 .247 .247 .366 .318 .318 .366 .684 .684 102 .601 0.9 0.1 .688 .224 .071 1.0
1971 28 OAK AL 401 261 57 5.9 91 .245 .234 .253 .368 .324 .438 .375 .805 .700 130 .666 15.2 1.6 .818 .383 .204 .0
1972 29 OAK AL 537 343 88 6.9 79 .266 .270 .241 .376 .309 .490 .348 .866 .657 163 .764 36.7 4.0 .885 .367 .220 .0
1973 30 TOT AL 457 329 39 3.2 87 .232 .209 .250 .304 .317 .315 .367 .619 .685 82 .361 -7.8 -0.8 .557 .227 .106 .0
1973 30 TEX AL 104 73 8 2.9 89 .224 .188 .254 .317 .322 .259 .373 .576 .694 68 .329 -2.5 -0.3 .549 .235 .071 .0
1973 30 CAL AL 353 256 31 3.2 86 .234 .215 .249 .300 .316 .330 .366 .630 .682 85 .371 -5.3 -0.5 .559 .224 .115 .0
1974 31 CAL AL 73 52 8 4.1 84 .133 .161 .251 .288 .315 .387 .361 .675 .676 98 .501 -0.1 -0.0 .673 .387 .226 .0
9 Yrs 3391 2250 463 5.5 85 .269 .244 .245 .358 .316 .424 .365 .782 .680 130 .647 122.6 12.9 .771 .334 .180 13.3
162 Game Avg. 606 402 83 5.5 85 .269 .244 .245 .358 .316 .424 .365 .782 .680 130 .647 22 2 .771 .334 .180 2
TEX (6 yrs) 1999 1317 277 5.7 86 .288 .248 .244 .365 .316 .425 .367 .789 .683 131 .654 77.4 8.0 .781 .335 .177 12.8
OAK (2 yrs) 938 604 145 6.5 84 .258 .255 .246 .372 .315 .468 .359 .841 .675 148 .725 51.9 5.6 .856 .374 .213 .0
CAL (2 yrs) 426 308 39 3.4 86 .219 .206 .249 .298 .316 .340 .365 .638 .681 87 .394 -5.4 -0.6 .578 .251 .134 .0
BAL (2 yrs) 28 21 2 2.6 86 .250 .167 .245 .286 .313 .250 .372 .536 .685 58 .327 -1.3 -0.1 .476 .250 .083

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
1971 28 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 OAK AL ALCS DET W 5 21 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 .188 .381 .375 .756 6 0 1 0 0 0
1972 29 OAK AL WS CIN W 6 21 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .000 .238 .000 .238 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (3 Series) 13 47 37 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 11 .108 .298 .189 .487 7 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALCS 7 26 21 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 8 .190 .346 .333 .679 7 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 21 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .000 .238 .000 .238 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1966 23 BAL AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 3.00 3.7 3.7 1.00 67%
1967 24 TOT AL 345 2.6% 22.9% 11.9% 5.8% 30% 1.93 3.8 33.0 10.2 1.14 61%
1967 24 BAL AL 16 0.0% 31.3% 18.8% 0.0% 0% 1.67 2.6 1.33 50%
1967 24 WSA AL 329 2.7% 22.5% 11.6% 6.1% 31% 1.95 3.8 31.6 9.8 1.13 61%
1968 25 WSA AL 448 2.9% 20.3% 10.7% 5.1% 26% 1.90 4.2 29.6 11.7 1.16 63%
1969 26 WSA AL 500 6.0% 19.8% 17.0% 9.8% 44% 1.16 4.1 13.4 4.7 0.76 55%
1970 27 WSA AL 517 3.9% 22.6% 14.1% 7.4% 35% 1.60 3.7 21.5 7.7 0.90 58%
1971 28 TOT AL 502 3.8% 20.3% 14.7% 6.8% 35% 1.38 4.1 21.8 6.9 0.90 59%
1971 28 WSA AL 101 1.0% 30.7% 11.9% 3.0% 14% 2.58 2.7 85.0 9.4 1.29 52%
1971 28 OAK AL 401 4.5% 17.7% 15.5% 7.7% 40% 1.15 4.6 18.3 6.5 0.85 60%
1972 29 OAK AL 537 4.8% 12.7% 12.7% 8.6% 37% 1.00 6.7 17.5 6.5 0.56 68%
1973 30 TOT AL 457 2.0% 16.0% 10.5% 4.8% 27% 1.52 5.4 44.1 10.4 0.75 70%
1973 30 TEX AL 104 1.0% 18.3% 13.5% 3.9% 25% 1.36 4.5 85.0 14.2 0.56 64%
1973 30 CAL AL 353 2.3% 15.3% 9.6% 5.1% 27% 1.59 5.8 39.0 9.8 0.82 71%
1974 31 CAL AL 73 5.5% 17.8% 13.7% 8.2% 60% 1.30 4.8 15.5 10.3 0.39 62%
9 Yrs 3391 3.8% 19.0% 13.2% 7.1% 34% 1.44 4.4 22.0 7.5 0.82 62%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.7% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.74 6.0 44.9 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1966 23 BAL AL -0.5 -0.1 12 0.3 0.4 -0.1 .97 -0.0 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.93 -0.2 0.73 2
1967 24 TOT AL 4.4 0.5 352 1.2 6.6 -5.5 1.02 0.4 0.8 9.3 1.0 0.92 3.5 1.04 19
1967 24 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 16 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 1.21 -0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.85 -0.8 1.43 4
1967 24 WSA AL 5.2 0.6 336 1.4 6.4 -5.0 1.01 0.4 1.0 9.9 1.1 0.92 4.2 0.93 15
1968 25 WSA AL 9.0 1.0 453 0.7 8.2 -7.5 1.06 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.96 5.5 1.74 13
1969 26 WSA AL 44.4 4.5 511 6.7 15.1 -8.4 1.14 4.7 1.2 45.7 4.8 0.97 49.3 1.93 12
1970 27 WSA AL 20.0 2.0 526 0.4 9.4 -9.1 1.09 1.7 -1.4 13.2 1.4 0.96 18.5 2.07 18
1971 28 TOT AL 15.9 1.7 510 1.9 9.5 -7.6 .98 1.8 0.1 14.8 1.6 0.96 17.6 1.48 9
1971 28 WSA AL 0.8 0.1 102 0.5 2.2 -1.7 1.13 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.96 0.2 0
1971 28 OAK AL 15.2 1.6 408 1.4 7.3 -5.9 .94 1.7 -0.2 13.6 1.4 0.96 17.5 1.48 9
1972 29 OAK AL 36.7 4.0 546 2.5 11.4 -8.8 1.05 3.8 -1.4 33.7 3.8 0.99 38.2 1.13 1
1973 30 TOT AL -8.3 -0.8 467 -1.0 7.4 -8.4 1.03 -1.2 0.2 -12.7 -1.4 0.95 -10.7 2.33 5
1973 30 TEX AL -2.5 -0.3 105 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 .99 -0.6 -0.0 -6.5 -0.7 0.95 -5.3 3.28 1
1973 30 CAL AL -5.8 -0.6 362 -0.3 6.3 -6.6 1.05 -0.5 0.2 -6.2 -0.7 0.95 -5.4 2.09 4
1974 31 CAL AL -0.1 -0.0 73 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .87 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 0.92 -0.3 0
9 Yrs 121.5 12.8 3450 12.6 69.1 -56.5 1.05 11.7 0.2 104.3 11.2 0.96 121.4 1.65 79

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
1966 23 BAL AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 TOT AL 2 0 22% 114 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 52% 20 12 8 4 2 2 9 2 7
1967 24 BAL AL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 WSA AL 2 0 23% 104 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 53% 19 11 8 4 2 2 9 2 7
1968 25 WSA AL 3 0 20% 168 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 39% 26 18 7 5 4 1 8 1 7
1969 26 WSA AL 3 0 24% 192 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 7 50% 30 16 14 7 5 1 11 0 9
1970 27 WSA AL 5 0 20% 200 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 42% 35 24 11 6 2 3 12 3 8
1971 28 TOT AL 3 0 18% 180 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 7 22% 30 25 5 7 6 1 22 13 7
1971 28 WSA AL 1 0 14% 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 8 6 2 2 1 1 5 2 2
1971 28 OAK AL 2 0 19% 143 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 7 18% 22 19 3 5 5 0 17 11 5
1972 29 OAK AL 3 0 21% 205 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 40% 26 21 5 7 3 4 12 3 9
1973 30 TOT AL 5 0 23% 178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17 28% 28 26 2 5 3 2 13 4 9
1973 30 TEX AL 0 0 25% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 33% 4 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
1973 30 CAL AL 5 0 22% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 27% 24 22 2 3 2 1 10 3 7
1974 31 CAL AL 0 0 35% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22% 7 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 24 0 21% 1261 7 17 29% 7 14 0 0 0 3 6 0 28 67 37% 202 148 53 42 26 14 88 26 57

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
1966 23 BAL AL 12 42% 2 2 0 0 0 0.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 3 43% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1967 24 TOT AL 345 81% 67 19 3 0 0 1.04 9 1 6 8 1 3 6 1 0 0 61 4 7% 28 5 18% 172 21 12% 15 4 27% 5 2 40% 0
1967 24 BAL AL 16 100% 2 4 0 0 0 1.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 WSA AL 329 80% 65 15 3 0 0 0.93 9 1 6 8 1 3 6 1 0 0 57 3 5% 27 5 19% 166 21 13% 15 4 27% 5 2 40% 0
1968 25 WSA AL 448 76% 90 13 3 1 1 1.74 13 0 8 10 3 8 5 0 1 1 100% 84 13 15% 34 9 26% 275 22 8% 18 3 17% 14 8 57% 0
1969 26 WSA AL 500 81% 112 12 3 0 1 1.93 30 1 8 24 6 15 15 0 0 0 96 8 8% 35 10 29% 335 56 17% 27 12 44% 13 6 46% 0
1970 27 WSA AL 517 70% 110 18 2 0 1 2.07 20 1 10 15 5 8 12 0 0 0 87 7 8% 43 10 23% 331 38 11% 30 12 40% 20 6 30% 0
1971 28 TOT AL 502 74% 98 9 1 0 0 1.48 19 0 15 15 4 15 4 0 2 2 100% 80 3 4% 34 8 24% 315 42 13% 32 13 41% 14 4 29% 0
1971 28 WSA AL 101 75% 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0 0% 7 0 0% 69 8 12% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1971 28 OAK AL 401 73% 77 9 1 0 0 1.48 18 0 10 14 4 14 4 0 2 2 100% 63 3 5% 27 8 30% 246 34 14% 27 13 48% 10 4 40% 0
1972 29 OAK AL 537 68% 123 1 0 0 0 1.13 26 0 12 22 4 12 14 0 0 0 93 7 8% 32 11 34% 343 44 13% 26 9 35% 16 11 69% 0
1973 30 TOT AL 457 68% 83 5 2 1 1 2.33 9 0 9 8 1 4 5 0 0 0 90 11 12% 47 14 30% 279 31 11% 27 11 41% 22 10 45% 0
1973 30 TEX AL 104 63% 16 1 1 0 0 3.28 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 2 13% 12 4 33% 61 5 8% 8 3 38% 5 2 40% 0
1973 30 CAL AL 353 70% 67 4 1 1 1 2.09 8 0 6 7 1 4 4 0 0 0 74 9 12% 35 10 29% 218 26 12% 19 8 42% 17 8 47% 0
1974 31 CAL AL 73 70% 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 12 0 0% 5 1 20% 40 2 5% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
9 Yrs 3391 73% 695 79 14 2 4 1.65 130 3 71 105 25 67 63 1 3 3 100% 605 53 9% 259 69 27% 2097 259 12% 180 66 37% 106 49 46% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1966 23 6 12 11 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .364 .614 75 4 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 111 357 308 33 69 7 5 9 32 1 4 42 82 .224 .328 .367 .695 109 113 4 6 0 1 5
1968 25 234 805 693 73 159 15 7 22 65 2 5 90 173 .229 .333 .367 .700 114 254 17 19 1 2 10
1969 26 365 1305 1096 146 271 33 8 52 150 4 10 175 272 .247 .364 .434 .799 138 476 25 29 1 4 20
1970 27 505 1822 1526 201 381 48 11 72 206 6 13 248 389 .250 .366 .437 .803 135 667 32 38 1 10 26
1971 28 633 2324 1940 250 479 62 12 91 266 7 16 322 491 .247 .366 .432 .798 133 838 35 50 3 11 32
1972 29 771 2861 2395 313 602 80 14 117 336 7 17 390 559 .251 .368 .443 .811 138 1061 42 61 3 14 41
1973 30 889 3318 2792 352 685 91 16 126 374 7 17 438 632 .245 .359 .425 .784 130 1186 53 69 3 18 43
1974 31 907 3391 2854 362 695 93 16 130 380 7 17 448 645 .244 .358 .424 .782 130 1210 53 70 3 18 43

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
1966 23 6 12 11 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 .182 .250 .364 .614 1 6
1967 24 105 361 306 39 76 8 5 10 36 1 47 79 .248 .360 .405 .765 43 105
1968 25 123 479 403 54 108 10 2 16 45 1 58 91 .268 .381 .422 .803 61 123
1969 26 131 519 413 84 122 20 1 33 98 2 93 99 .295 .435 .588 1.024 103 131
1970 27 140 532 438 62 118 16 3 21 63 2 78 117 .269 .387 .463 .851 78 140
1971 28 129 525 427 58 109 16 1 21 71 1 82 103 .255 .390 .445 .835 71 128
1972 29 144 603 501 88 154 23 3 33 98 0 85 71 .307 .420 .563 .982 114 138
1973 30 118 472 406 47 92 12 2 10 46 0 53 73 .227 .326 .340 .666 44 118
1974 31 18 75 63 12 11 2 0 4 7 0 11 13 .175 .307 .397 .703 8 18
9 Yrs 914 3578 2968 445 792 107 18 148 467 7 508 649 .267 .386 .465 .851 523 907
162 Game Avg. 162 634 526 79 140 19 3 26 83 1 90 115 .267 .386 .465 .851 93 907

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (25, 1%)
1972 AL (16, 3%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.7 (7th)
1972 AL  4.9 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 AL  .414 (3rd)**
1972 AL  .376 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1969 AL  .551 (6th)**
1972 AL  .490 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1969 AL  .965 (5th)**
1972 AL  .866 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  30 (9th)
1972 AL  26 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  68 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  99 (10th)
1970 AL  117 (5th)
1971 AL  102 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1972 AL  163 (4th)
Career  130 (169th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1972 AL  88 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  44 (7th)
1972 AL  37 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  4.5 (7th)
1972 AL  4.0 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1972 AL  .764 (5th)
Career  .647 (221st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 AL  13 (4th)
1969 AL  10 (4th)
1970 AL  9 (2nd)
1971 AL  12 (1st)
1972 AL  11 (2nd)
1973 AL  8 (7th)
Career  70 (214th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1969 AL  13.4 (5th)**
1972 AL  17.5 (3rd)
Career  22.0 (183rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  45.74 (8th)
1972 AL  33.66 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  6.7 (4th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.7 (8th)
1972 AL  3.8 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.8 (7th)
1972 AL  3.8 (7th)

             
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 - 16 (1158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ken Harrelson (955)
  2. Bob Robertson (948)
  3. Dick Gernert (944)
  4. Dan Pasqua (937)
  5. Don Lock (934)
  6. Carmelo Martinez (929)
  7. Greg Brock (926)
  8. Gary Roenicke (925)
  9. Nick Esasky (924)
  10. Greg Walker (923)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Gail Harris (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gail Harris (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Andre Thornton (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Robertson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Robertson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Mincher (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Robertson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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