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Álvaro Espinoza

Alvaro Alberto (Ramirez) Espinoza

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1984
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Twins/Mets/Mariners 1984-1997
Agents: Pat Gibbons [*]
Final Game: July 12, 1997
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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
1979	17	HOU-min	Rk	11	32	32		7	0	0	0						.219	.219	.219	.438		7							AST · GULF
1980	18	HOU-min	Rk	59	223	200	24	43	5	0	0	14	6	1	15	18	.215	.285	.240	.525		48		5	2	1			ASO · GULF
1981		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1982	20	MIN-min	A	112	409	379	41	101	9	0	5	29	9	3	16	66	.266	.298	.330	.628		125		2	10	2	1		WRA · MIDW
1983	21	MIN-min	A	130	510	486	57	155	20	1	4	57	6	4	14	50	.319	.339	.389	.728		189		1	8	1	1		VIS · CALL
1984	22	MIN-min	AAA	104	368	344	22	80	12	5	0	30	3	1	3	49	.233	.244	.297	.541		102		3	16	2	0		TOL · IL
1984	22	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1985	23	MIN-min	AAA	82	293	266	24	61	11	0	1	33	1	3	14	30	.229	.274	.282	.556		75		3	8	2	0		TOL · IL
1985	23	MIN	AL	32	62	57	5	15	2	0	0	9	0	1	1	9	.263	.288	.298	.586	58	17	2	1	3	0	0	6
1986	24	MIN-min	AAA	73	267	253	18	71	8	1	2	27	1	1	6	30	.281	.296	.344	.640		87		0	7	1	1		TOL · IL
1986	24	MIN	AL	37	45	42	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	10	.214	.233	.238	.471	28	10	0	0	2	0	0	46

1987	25	MIN-min	AAA	91	309	291	28	80	3	2	4	28	2	1	12	37	.275	.308	.340	.648		99		2	4	0	1		POR · PCL
1988	26	NYY-min	AAA	119	456	435	42	107	10	5	2	30	4	3	7	53	.246	.262	.306	.567		133		3	9	2	1		CLB · IL
1988	26	NYY	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/46
1989	27	NYY	AL	146	544	503	51	142	23	1	0	41	3	3	14	60	.282	.301	.332	.633	80	167	14	1	23	3	1	*6
1990	28	NYY	AL	150	472	438	31	98	12	2	2	20	1	2	16	54	.224	.258	.274	.532	50	120	13	5	11	2	0	*6
1991	29	NYY	AL	148	509	480	51	123	23	2	5	33	4	1	16	57	.256	.282	.344	.626	73	165	10	2	9	2	0	*6/51

1992	30	CLE-min	AAA	122	515	483	64	145	36	6	9	79	2	5	21	55	.300	.333	.455	.788		220	15	4	4	3	0		CSP · PCL
1993	31	CLE	AL	129	283	263	34	73	15	0	4	27	2	2	8	36	.278	.298	.380	.678	82	100	7	1	8	3	0	56/4
1994	32	CLE	AL	90	244	231	27	55	13	0	1	19	1	3	6	33	.238	.258	.307	.566	47	71	7	1	4	2	0	564/3
1995	33	CLE	AL	66	150	143	15	36	4	0	2	17	0	2	2	16	.252	.264	.322	.585	51	46	3	1	2	2	0	456/D3
1996	34	TOT	MLB	107	269	246	31	66	11	4	8	27	1	3	10	37	.268	.303	.443	.746	93	109	8	3	8	2	0	563/4D
1996	34	CLE	AL	59	125	112	12	25	4	2	4	11	1	1	6	18	.223	.279	.402	.680	71	45	4	3	3	1	0	536/4D
1996	34	NYM	NL	48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	0	5/643
1997	35	SEA-min	AAA	4	14	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.429	.333	.762		4	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1997	35	SEA	AL	33	78	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	1	1	2	12	.181	.213	.194	.408	9	14	2	1	3	0	0	64/5
12 Yrs				942	2659	2478	252	630	105	9	22	201	13	19	76	324	.254	.279	.331	.610	66	819	66	16	73	16	1
162 Game Avg.				162	457	426	43	108	18	2	4	35	2	3	13	56	.254	.279	.331	.610	66	141	11	3	13	3	0

CLE (4 yrs)				344	802	749	88	189	36	2	11	74	4	8	22	103	.252	.276	.350	.626	63	262	21	6	17	8	0
NYY (4 yrs)				447	1528	1424	133	363	58	5	7	94	8	6	46	171	.255	.281	.317	.598	68	452	37	8	43	7	1
MIN (3 yrs)				70	107	99	9	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	2	19	.242	.265	.273	.537	46	27	2	1	5	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				33	78	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	1	1	2	12	.181	.213	.194	.408	9	14	2	1	3	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				894	2515	2344	233	589	98	7	18	185	13	17	72	305	.251	.277	.322	.599	63	755	62	16	68	15	1
NL (1 yr)				48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	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
1984	22	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.521	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/6
1985	23	MIN	AL	32	62	-4	-0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	6
1986	24	MIN	AL	37	45	-5	-0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.2	0.0	-2	$60,000	46

1988	26	NYY	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.447	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/46
1989	27	NYY	AL	146	544	-16	3	-0	-0	8	-6	-0.3	17	11	1.2	.496	.496	1.2	1.0	11	$68,000	*6
1990	28	NYY	AL	150	472	-30	0	1	10	8	-12	-1.2	16	4	0.3	.491	.492	-0.7	1.9	-6	$256,000	*6
1991	29	NYY	AL	148	509	-18	0	1	6	8	-2	0.0	17	15	1.6	.499	.499	1.0	1.6	9	$650,000	*6/51

1993	31	CLE	AL	129	283	-8	0	-1	4	2	-3	-0.2	9	7	0.6	.498	.498	0.4	0.6	3	$500,000	56/4
1994	32	CLE	AL	90	244	-19	-1	-1	10	2	-10	-0.9	8	-2	-0.1	.490	.494	-1.0	1.2	-11	$475,000	564/3
1995	33	CLE	AL	66	150	-9	-1	0	0	1	-8	-0.8	5	-4	-0.3	.488	.495	-0.4	0.2	-4	$450,000	456/D3
1996	34	CLE	AL	59	125	-7	-0	-1	3	0	-5	-0.4	4	-1	0.0	.492	.497	-0.3	0.3	-4	$400,000	536/4D
1996	34	NYM	NL	48	144	4	0	-0	-0	1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.509	.503	0.9	0.0	9	$	5/643
1997	35	SEA	AL	33	78	-10	-1	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.6	0.2	-7	$	64/5
12 Seasons				942	2659	-122	-0	-1	31	34	-58	-5.1	86	28	3.0	.494	.497	0.1	7.3	-3	$2,859,000

CLE (4 yrs)				344	802	-43	-3	-3	16	6	-26	-2.3	26	-0	0.2	.493	.496	-1.3	2.4	-16	$1,825,000
NYY (4 yrs)				447	1528	-65	3	2	15	24	-21	-1.7	50	29	2.9	.495	.497	1.4	4.4	14	$974,000
MIN (3 yrs)				70	107	-8	-0	-0	-1	3	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.3	.490	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$60,000
NYM (1 yr)				48	144	4	0	-0	-0	1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.509	.503	0.9	0.0	9	$
SEA (1 yr)				33	78	-10	-1	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.6	0.2	-7	$

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
1985	23	MIN	AL	62	48	4	2.2	103	.313	.263	.267	.288	.334	.298	.414	.586	.748	58	.211	-3.5	-0.4	.400	.035	.035
1986	24	MIN	AL	45	36	2	1.5	101	.281	.214	.263	.233	.331	.238	.410	.471	.740	28	.109	-4.3	-0.4	.294	.024	.024

1988	26	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.389	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1989	27	NYY	AL	544	404	48	3.2	92	.318	.282	.260	.301	.324	.332	.382	.633	.706	80	.361	-14.4	-1.5	.481	.078	.050	.0
1990	28	NYY	AL	472	368	29	2.1	95	.250	.224	.259	.258	.328	.274	.388	.532	.715	50	.208	-31.0	-3.2	.394	.084	.050	1.3
1991	29	NYY	AL	509	379	45	3.2	97	.281	.256	.260	.282	.329	.344	.395	.626	.724	73	.344	-19.3	-1.9	.505	.127	.088	4.4

1993	31	CLE	AL	283	210	28	3.6	103	.305	.278	.267	.298	.337	.380	.408	.678	.745	82	.366	-7.4	-0.7	.548	.133	.103	2.7
1994	32	CLE	AL	244	192	16	2.2	110	.271	.238	.270	.258	.342	.307	.430	.566	.772	47	.168	-18.4	-1.7	.409	.087	.069	1.0
1995	33	CLE	AL	150	116	11	2.5	110	.268	.252	.271	.264	.346	.322	.429	.585	.774	51	.210	-10.8	-1.0	.420	.070	.070	.0
1996	34	TOT	MLB	269	201	30	4.0	108	.286	.268	.269	.303	.340	.443	.427	.746	.767	93	.384	-3.9	-0.3	.628	.207	.175	1.8
1996	34	CLE	AL	125	96	12	3.4	115	.231	.223	.276	.279	.349	.402	.443	.680	.792	71	.281	-5.8	-0.5	.587	.232	.179	1.6
1996	34	NYM	NL	144	105	18	4.6	102	.330	.306	.264	.324	.332	.478	.413	.801	.745	113	.477	1.9	0.2	.667	.187	.172	.0
1997	35	SEA	AL	78	65	3	1.2	107	.217	.181	.269	.213	.338	.194	.425	.408	.763	9	.068	-9.8	-0.9	.274	.042	.014	.0
12 Yrs				2659	2022	216	2.9	100	.283	.254	.264	.279	.332	.331	.402	.610	.735	66	.287	-123.7	-12.1	.468	.105	.076	16.3
162 Game Avg.				457	348	37	2.9	100	.283	.254	.264	.279	.332	.331	.402	.610	.735	66	.287	-123.7	-12.1	.468	.105	.076	3

CLE (4 yrs)				802	614	67	2.9	108	.277	.252	.270	.276	.342	.350	.424	.626	.766	63	.260	-42.4	-4.0	.486	.121	.097	5.9
NYY (4 yrs)				1528	1154	122	2.8	95	.284	.255	.260	.281	.327	.317	.388	.598	.715	68	.307	-65.5	-6.6	.460	.096	.063	7.5
MIN (3 yrs)				107	84	6	1.9	102	.300	.242	.265	.265	.332	.273	.412	.537	.745	46	.165	-7.8	-0.8	.354	.030	.030
NYM (1 yr)				144	105	18	4.6	102	.330	.306	.264	.324	.332	.478	.413	.801	.745	113	.477	1.9	0.2	.667	.187	.172	.0
SEA (1 yr)				78	65	3	1.2	107	.217	.181	.269	.213	.338	.194	.425	.408	.763	9	.068	-9.8	-0.9	.274	.042	.014	.0

AL (12 yrs)				2515	1917	198	2.8	100	.280	.251	.263	.277	.332	.322	.402	.599	.734	63	.275	-125.6	-12.3	.457	.100	.071	15.1
NL (1 yr)				144	105	18	4.6	102	.330	.306	.264	.324	.332	.478	.413	.801	.745	113	.477	1.9	0.2	.667	.187	.172	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1995	33	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1995	33	CLE	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	4	8	8	1	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
1995	33	CLE	AL	WS	ATL	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							7	11	11	2	2	1	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	2
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALCS							4	8	8	1	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	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
1985	23	MIN	AL	62	0.0%	14.5%	1.6%	3.2%	13%	9.00	6.3		6.3		1.71	77%
1986	24	MIN	AL	45	0.0%	22.2%	2.2%	2.2%	11%	10.00	4.2		42.0		1.50	71%

1988	26	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	2.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
1989	27	NYY	AL	544	0.0%	11.0%	2.6%	4.4%	17%	4.29	8.4		12.3	0.89	1.56	82%	26%	0.0%	10%
1990	28	NYY	AL	472	0.4%	11.4%	3.4%	3.4%	16%	3.38	8.1	219.0	21.9	0.97	1.35	81%	20%	1.2%	15%
1991	29	NYY	AL	509	1.0%	11.2%	3.1%	5.9%	24%	3.56	8.4	96.0	14.5	0.90	1.27	83%	19%	2.6%	14%

1993	31	CLE	AL	283	1.4%	12.7%	2.8%	6.7%	26%	4.50	7.3	65.8	9.7	0.69	1.07	80%	22%	3.5%	16%
1994	32	CLE	AL	244	0.4%	13.5%	2.5%	5.7%	26%	5.50	7.0	231.0	12.2	0.80	1.08	82%	21%	1.1%	15%
1995	33	CLE	AL	150	1.3%	10.7%	1.3%	4.0%	17%	8.00	8.9	71.5	8.4	0.97	1.29	85%	23%	4.0%	23%
1996	34	TOT	MLB	269	3.0%	13.8%	3.7%	8.6%	35%	3.70	6.6	30.8	9.1	0.77	1.28	75%	25%	8.3%	19%
1996	34	CLE	AL	125	3.2%	14.4%	4.8%	8.0%	40%	3.00	6.2	28.0	10.2	0.57	1.05	73%	27%	8.7%	23%
1996	34	NYM	NL	144	2.8%	13.2%	2.8%	9.0%	32%	4.75	7.1	33.5	8.4	0.98	1.55	78%	23%	8.0%	14%
1997	35	SEA	AL	78	0.0%	15.4%	2.6%	1.3%	8%	6.00	6.0		10.3	1.40	1.83	77%	19%	0.0%	16%
12 Yrs				2659	0.8%	12.2%	2.9%	5.1%	22%	4.26	7.6	112.6	12.3	0.88	1.32	81%	22%	2.4%	15%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.3%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.76	5.8	38.4	8.1	0.82	1.07	72%	21%	7.1%	19%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	22	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1985	23	MIN	AL	-3.5	-0.4	63	-0.0	1.0	-1.0	.97	-0.4	0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-4.0		0
1986	24	MIN	AL	-4.4	-0.4	47	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	.92	-0.2	0.2	-2.8	-0.3	0.83	-3.6	0.00	1

1988	26	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.69	-0.8		0
1989	27	NYY	AL	-14.4	-1.5	561	-1.3	7.8	-9.1	.96	-1.9	0.5	-17.3	-1.8	0.96	-20.9		0
1990	28	NYY	AL	-31.0	-3.2	480	-3.4	5.0	-8.3	.95	-3.5	-0.1	-36.6	-3.7	0.89	-36.3		0
1991	29	NYY	AL	-19.3	-1.9	519	-1.7	7.2	-8.9	.94	-2.1	0.3	-21.8	-2.2	0.92	-24.2	2.30	1

1993	31	CLE	AL	-7.4	-0.7	289	-0.9	4.6	-5.5	1.01	-0.9	-0.0	-8.5	-0.8	0.93	-12.5	0.83	8
1994	32	CLE	AL	-18.8	-1.7	248	-2.3	2.3	-4.6	.85	-2.1	-0.7	-24.9	-2.3	0.92	-25.6	0.01	1
1995	33	CLE	AL	-10.8	-1.0	155	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	.85	-0.8	0.0	-8.1	-0.8	0.98	-9.3	0.09	2
1996	34	TOT	MLB	-3.9	-0.3	279	-0.7	4.7	-5.4	1.10	-0.7	0.1	-9.7	-0.8	0.95	-7.8	1.52	6
1996	34	CLE	AL	-5.8	-0.5	128	-1.2	1.8	-2.9	1.12	-1.0	-0.0	-14.8	-1.3	1.00	-12.7	0.02	2
1996	34	NYM	NL	1.9	0.2	151	0.5	2.9	-2.4	1.08	0.4	0.1	5.1	0.5	0.91	4.9	2.27	4
1997	35	SEA	AL	-9.8	-0.9	80	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	.78	-0.9	0.7	-9.9	-0.9	1.00	-11.2	0.39	4
12 Yrs				-124.1	-12.2	2724	-11.3	36.0	-47.3	.95	-13.4	1.5	-142.1	-13.9	0.93	-156.3	0.86	23

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
1985	23	MIN	AL	0	0	29%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1986	24	MIN	AL	0	0	40%	23	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1

1988	26	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	27	NYY	AL	3	0	33%	197	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	24	48%	29	16	13	9	5	4	16	7	9
1990	28	NYY	AL	3	0	25%	156	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	42%	26	20	6	4	2	2	11	2	9
1991	29	NYY	AL	5	0	34%	169	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	45%	25	15	10	5	2	3	21	9	10

1993	31	CLE	AL	2	0	39%	106	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	47%	20	13	7	1	0	1	11	4	7
1994	32	CLE	AL	2	0	43%	83	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	41%	17	11	6	1	1	0	9	4	5
1995	33	CLE	AL	3	0	35%	57	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	33%	7	7	0	3	1	2	5	2	3
1996	34	TOT	MLB	4	0	32%	99	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	38%	12	10	2	1	1	0	8	2	6
1996	34	CLE	AL	0	0	27%	36	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1996	34	NYM	NL	4	0	37%	63	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	39%	7	6	1	1	1	0	5	1	4
1997	35	SEA	AL	0	0	19%	17	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	25%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
12 Yrs				22	0	33%	936	13	19	41%	12	17	1	2	0	0	3	1	22	64	43%	146	100	46	26	13	13	84	31	50

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
1985	23	MIN	AL	62	29%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	10	2	20%	7	4	57%	41	9	22%	6	4	67%	2	2	100%	0
1986	24	MIN	AL	45	27%	9			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	3	2	67%	14	2	14%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0

1988	26	NYY	AL	3	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	0		0	0		0
1989	27	NYY	AL	544	33%	142	16	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	31	23	74%	122	14	11%	67	31	46%	322	41	13%	28	14	50%	22	15	68%	0
1990	28	NYY	AL	472	33%	98	8	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	6	1	1	0	2	1	17	11	65%	103	13	13%	42	23	55%	248	18	7%	18	8	44%	16	11	69%	0
1991	29	NYY	AL	509	34%	123	43	1	1	0	0	0	2.30	5	0	14	4	1	2	3	0	12	9	75%	97	10	10%	33	14	42%	282	30	11%	23	11	48%	11	9	82%	0

1993	31	CLE	AL	283	43%	73	6	0	8	2	0	0	0.83	4	0	3	2	2	3	1	0	11	8	73%	45	7	16%	24	12	50%	171	25	15%	13	7	54%	12	10	83%	0
1994	32	CLE	AL	244	36%	55	5	1	1	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	6	4	67%	43	7	16%	30	13	43%	145	18	12%	14	8	57%	17	13	76%	0
1995	33	CLE	AL	150	39%	36	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	30	3	10%	17	6	35%	93	16	17%	6	4	67%	6	4	67%	0
1996	34	TOT	MLB	269	32%	66	3	0	6	4	0	2	1.52	8	0	7	4	4	3	5	0	8	8	100%	49	8	16%	27	14	52%	174	19	11%	14	8	57%	14	8	57%	0
1996	34	CLE	AL	125	38%	25	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.02	4	0	6	2	2	1	3	0	3	3	100%	26	4	15%	14	5	36%	98	7	7%	8	2	25%	6	3	50%	0
1996	34	NYM	NL	144	27%	41	2	0	4	3	0	1	2.27	4	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	5	5	100%	23	4	17%	13	9	69%	76	12	16%	6	6	100%	8	5	63%	0
1997	35	SEA	AL	78	37%	13	1	0	4	1	0	0	0.39	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	15	2	13%	8	3	38%	58	7	12%	5	4	80%	2	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				2659	35%	630	84	8	23	7	0	2	0.86	22	0	57	12	10	9	13	1	96	73	76%	518	66	13%	258	122	47%	1548	185	12%	128	69	54%	103	73	71%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			74%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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	26	NYY	AL	3	7	2.33	6	86%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	43%	100%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1989	27	NYY	AL	543	1555	2.86	1117	72%	17%	11%	30%	42%	83%	0%	60%	86%	51%	2%	11	0	7%	37	20	2%	13	5	19%	1	1	3
1990	28	NYY	AL	462	1437	3.11	1044	73%	18%	13%	32%	37%	82%	0%	59%	84%	47%	1%	6	0	6%	28	14	2%	11	3	24%	10	1	2
1991	29	NYY	AL	509	1496	2.94	1051	70%	18%	12%	28%	41%	82%	0%	57%	85%	46%	2%	8	0	8%	42	23	3%	15	6	19%	0	0	0

1993	31	CLE	AL	272	869	3.19	604	70%	19%	13%	30%	38%	81%	0%	56%	83%	44%	3%	8	1	9%	25	12	3%	9	5	26%	11	0	1
1994	32	CLE	AL	233	755	3.24	545	72%	19%	14%	32%	35%	81%	0%	59%	83%	44%	1%	3	1	6%	14	10	4%	10	6	22%	11	0	0
1995	33	CLE	AL	142	455	3.20	305	67%	15%	15%	30%	40%	85%	0%	57%	82%	44%	1%	2	1	8%	11	8	4%	6	5	19%	8	0	0
1996	34	TOT	MLB	244	773	3.17	525	68%	20%	17%	26%	37%	80%	0%	54%	79%	36%	3%	7	1	9%	23	14	5%	12	5	32%	25	1	0
1996	34	CLE	AL	102	331	3.25	220	66%	20%	17%	26%	36%	80%	0%	53%	78%	31%	4%	4	1	13%	13	7	6%	6	2	33%	23	0	0
1996	34	NYM	NL	142	442	3.11	305	69%	20%	16%	25%	38%	80%	0%	55%	80%	39%	2%	3	0	7%	10	7	4%	6	3	32%	2	1	0
1997	35	SEA	AL	76	211	2.78	153	73%	19%	13%	27%	41%	81%	0%	59%	84%	49%	1%	1	0	5%	4	3	4%	3	2	27%	2	0	0
9 Yrs				2484	7558	3.04	5350	71%	18%	13%	30%	39%	82%	0%	58%	84%	46%	2%	46	4	7%	184	104	3%	79	37	23%	68	3	6
MLB Averages						3.66		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1985	23	33	62	57	5	15	2	0	0	9	0	1	1	9	.263	.288	.298	.586	58	17	2	1	3	0	0
1986	24	70	107	99	9	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	2	19	.242	.265	.273	.537	46	27	2	1	5	0	0
1987	25	70	107	99	9	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	2	19	.242	.265	.273	.537	46	27	2	1	5	0	0
1988	26	73	110	102	9	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	2	19	.235	.257	.265	.522	42	27	2	1	5	0	0
1989	27	219	654	605	60	166	26	1	0	51	3	5	16	79	.274	.294	.321	.615	73	194	16	2	28	3	1
1990	28	369	1126	1043	91	264	38	3	2	71	4	7	32	133	.253	.279	.301	.580	63	314	29	7	39	5	1
1991	29	517	1635	1523	142	387	61	5	7	104	8	8	48	190	.254	.280	.315	.594	66	479	39	9	48	7	1
1992	30	517	1635	1523	142	387	61	5	7	104	8	8	48	190	.254	.280	.315	.594	66	479	39	9	48	7	1
1993	31	646	1918	1786	176	460	76	5	11	131	10	10	56	226	.258	.282	.324	.607	69	579	46	10	56	10	1
1994	32	736	2162	2017	203	515	89	5	12	150	11	13	62	259	.255	.280	.322	.602	66	650	53	11	60	12	1
1995	33	802	2312	2160	218	551	93	5	14	167	11	15	64	275	.255	.279	.322	.601	65	696	56	12	62	14	1
1996	34	909	2581	2406	249	617	104	9	22	194	12	18	74	312	.256	.281	.335	.616	68	805	64	15	70	16	1
1997	35	942	2659	2478	252	630	105	9	22	201	13	19	76	324	.254	.279	.331	.610	66	819	66	16	73	16	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	23	32	63	58	5	16	2	0	0	10	0	1	9	.276	.300	.310	.610	5	32
1986	24	37	44	41	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	.195	.214	.220	.434	2	37

1988	26	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1989	27	146	554	512	57	151	24	1	0	46	3	15	60	.295	.315	.346	.660	56	146
1990	28	150	478	443	34	103	13	2	2	22	1	17	54	.233	.268	.284	.552	33	150
1991	29	148	514	484	54	127	24	2	5	35	4	17	57	.262	.289	.351	.640	49	148

1993	31	129	283	263	34	73	15	0	4	27	2	8	36	.278	.298	.380	.678	30	129
1994	32	128	343	325	36	75	18	0	1	25	1	8	47	.231	.249	.295	.545	24	90
1995	33	74	165	158	15	38	4	0	2	17	0	2	18	.241	.252	.304	.555	12	66
1996	34	107	267	244	29	64	11	4	8	26	1	10	37	.262	.297	.439	.736	31	107
1997	35	33	78	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	1	2	12	.181	.213	.194	.408	3	33
11 Yrs		987	2792	2603	270	668	113	9	22	216	13	81	340	.257	.282	.332	.614	245	941
162 Game Avg.		162	458	427	44	110	19	1	4	35	2	13	56	.257	.282	.332	.614	40	941

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1990 AL 1.9 (9th) 1991 AL 1.6 (9th) 1994 AL 1.2 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1989 AL 23 (2nd) 1990 AL 11 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1990 AL  1.9 (9th)
1991 AL  1.6 (9th)
1994 AL  1.2 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1989 AL 23 (2nd)
1990 AL 11 (9th)

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