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Cecil Espy
Cecil Edward Espy
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 20, 1963 in San Diego, CA
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1983
Final Game: June 13, 1993
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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
1983 20 LAD NL 20 12 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .364 .697 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 8
1987 24 TEX AL 14 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 1 0 0 0 0 /79
1988 25 TEX AL 123 376 347 46 86 17 6 2 39 33 10 20 83 .248 .288 .349 .637 77 121 2 1 5 3 1 78D/96234 RoY-8
1989 26 TEX AL 142 527 475 65 122 12 7 3 31 45 20 38 99 .257 .313 .331 .644 81 157 2 2 10 2 2 *8/D79
1990 27 TEX AL 52 82 71 10 9 0 0 0 1 11 5 10 20 .127 .235 .127 .361 4 9 1 0 1 0 0 8/9D74
1991 28 PIT NL 43 92 82 7 20 4 0 1 11 4 0 5 17 .244 .281 .329 .610 72 27 0 0 3 2 0 89/7
1992 29 PIT NL 112 211 194 21 50 7 3 1 20 6 3 15 40 .258 .310 .340 .650 85 66 3 0 1 1 2 987
1993 30 CIN NL 40 76 60 6 14 2 0 0 5 2 2 14 13 .233 .368 .267 .635 73 16 2 0 0 2 0 7/9
8 Seasons 546 1385 1248 160 304 43 16 7 108 103 40 104 277 .244 .301 .321 .622 74 400 11 3 20 10 5
162 Game Avg. 162 411 370 47 90 13 5 2 32 31 12 31 82 .244 .301 .321 .622 74 119 3 1 6 3 1
TEX (4 yrs) 331 994 901 122 217 29 13 5 71 91 35 69 205 .241 .296 .319 .614 72 287 6 3 16 5 3
PIT (2 yrs) 155 303 276 28 70 11 3 2 31 10 3 20 57 .254 .301 .337 .638 81 93 3 0 4 3 2
LAD (1 yr) 20 12 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .364 .697 95 4 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 40 76 60 6 14 2 0 0 5 2 2 14 13 .233 .368 .267 .635 73 16 2 0 0 2 0
AL (4 yrs) 331 994 901 122 217 29 13 5 71 91 35 69 205 .241 .296 .319 .614 72 287 6 3 16 5 3
NL (4 yrs) 215 391 347 38 87 14 3 2 37 12 5 35 72 .251 .315 .326 .641 81 113 5 0 4 5 2

Postseason Batting

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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
1991 28 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 29 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1983 LAD NL 20 CF 15 1 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 23.2 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 3.48 0.80 .983 2.79 2.38
1983 LAD NL 20 OF 15 1 31.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 23.2 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 3.19 0.73 .982 2.26 1.92
1987 TEX AL 24 OF 8 2 30.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 36.0 0.9 0.0 1.0 0 2.70 1.13 .978 2.31 2.00
1987 TEX AL 24 LF 5 1 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 2.12 0.80 .975 2.12 1.72
1987 TEX AL 24 RF 3 1 13.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 73.8 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 3.46 1.67 .980 2.15 1.73
1988 TEX AL 25 OF 98 79 728.0 212 196 10 6 0 .972 3.8 6.3 4.8 -0.5 5.3 -1 2.55 2.10 .979 2.47 2.14 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 LF 52 43 378.2 110 101 7 2 0 .982 3.3 10.5 3.3 -0.7 4.0 0 2.57 2.08 .977 2.26 1.85 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 CF 46 31 301.1 92 88 1 3 0 .967 2.1 8.4 3.1 1.8 1.3 -1 2.66 1.93 .985 2.91 2.52 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 DH 12 0.0 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 RF 8 5 48.0 10 7 2 1 0 .900 -1.6 -40.0 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 0 1.69 1.13 .980 2.23 1.89 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 SS 3 0 5.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0 5.40 1.00 .975 4.68 4.13 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.30 1 0 0 0 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40 RoY-8
1988 TEX AL 25 2B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.72 4.40 RoY-8
1989 TEX AL 26 OF 133 109 1004.1 289 281 5 3 2 .990 6.6 7.9 6.6 3.2 3.4 0 2.56 2.15 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TEX AL 26 CF 131 108 986.1 284 276 5 3 2 .989 6.6 8.0 6.6 3.2 3.4 0 2.56 2.15 .984 2.78 2.46
1989 TEX AL 26 DH 3 0.0
1989 TEX AL 26 LF 3 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 0.67 1.000 2.19 1.83
1989 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1990 TEX AL 27 OF 39 16 173.0 57 56 1 0 0 1.000 2.6 18.0 2.6 1.0 1.6 0 2.97 1.46 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 TEX AL 27 CF 28 14 133.0 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 4.5 40.6 3.5 0.8 2.7 1 3.32 1.75 .986 2.74 2.42
1990 TEX AL 27 RF 9 2 32.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -45.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -1 1.97 0.78 .971 2.22 1.81
1990 TEX AL 27 DH 4 0.0
1990 TEX AL 27 LF 4 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.14 1.75
1990 TEX AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1991 PIT NL 28 OF 35 17 192.0 59 54 3 2 2 .966 -1.0 -6.2 -2.0 0.3 -2.3 1 2.67 1.63 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 PIT NL 28 CF 25 11 130.1 42 41 0 1 0 .976 0.6 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.83 1.64 .986 2.59 2.12
1991 PIT NL 28 RF 11 6 56.2 16 12 3 1 2 .938 -1.6 -33.9 -2.6 0.0 -2.6 1 2.38 1.36 .981 2.06 1.65
1991 PIT NL 28 LF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.65
1992 PIT NL 29 OF 82 25 355.2 88 83 1 4 0 .955 -5.8 -19.6 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 -2 2.13 1.02 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 PIT NL 29 RF 56 12 210.2 48 45 1 2 0 .958 -2.0 -11.4 -1.0 1.3 -2.3 -1 1.97 0.82 .979 2.08 1.66
1992 PIT NL 29 CF 18 6 81.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.9 1.4 2.3 -0.9 -1 2.78 1.39 .988 2.80 2.44
1992 PIT NL 29 LF 11 7 64.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -4.2 -78.7 -4.2 -3.5 -0.7 0 1.83 1.18 .980 2.17 1.65
1993 CIN NL 30 LF 18 11 109.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 1.0 11.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1 2.15 1.44 .975 2.11 1.69
1993 CIN NL 30 OF 18 11 110.0 29 25 2 2 0 .931 1.0 10.9 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1 2.21 1.50 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 CIN NL 30 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 428 260 2624.0 754 714 23 17 5 .977 8.7 4.0 9.7 4.7 5.1 -1 2.53 1.72 .980 2.40 2.05
6 Seasons CF 263 171 1663.0 504 490 7 7 2 .986 14.8 10.7 15.8 9.2 6.6 -1 2.69 1.89 .985 2.79 2.43
7 Seasons LF 95 63 595.2 162 147 9 6 0 .963 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -4.4 3.0 1 2.36 1.64 .978 2.21 1.78
7 Seasons RF 89 26 365.1 86 75 7 4 3 .953 -5.6 -18.4 -4.6 -0.1 -4.5 -1 2.02 0.92 .979 2.11 1.70
3 Seasons DH 19 0.0
1 Season SS 3 0 5.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0 5.40 1.00 .975 4.68 4.13
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.01 4.45
1 Season C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.30 1 0 0 0
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40
8 Seasons TOT 436 260 2635.1 760 718 24 18 5 .976 8.2 3.7 9.2 4.1 5.3 -1 0 0 2.53 1.70 .957 2.42 2.11 1 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1988 AL--6--9th
1989 AL--7--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1988 AL--33--7th
1989 AL--45--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1988 AL--10--6th
1989 AL--20--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1983 NL--born 1963-01-20--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1654), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3892), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Simpson (975)
  2. Luis Melendez (972)
  3. Milt Cuyler (969)
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  5. Doug Dascenzo (967)
  6. Tom Umphlett (966)
  7. Ed Stroud (964)
  8. Gary Woods (964)
  9. Chico Walker (963)
  10. Hugh High (963)
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  2. Mike Felder (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lee Tinsley (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Moses (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Simpson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

March 30, 1982: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bert Geiger (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rudy Law.

September 9, 1985: Sent by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1985. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent players to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for players to be named later and Bill Madlock. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent R.J. Reynolds (September 3, 1985), Cecil Espy (September 9, 1985) and Sid Bream (September 9, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

December 8, 1986: Drafted by the Texas Rangers from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 11, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 25, 1992: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 20, 1993: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1988Texas Rangers$62,500
1989Texas Rangers$97,500
1990Texas Rangers$162,500
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$250,000
1993Cincinnati Reds$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$972,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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