Joe Ferguson
Joseph Vance Ferguson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 19, 1946 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of the Pacific
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1970
Final Game: June 17, 1983
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Standard Batting

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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
1970 23 LAD NL 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .429 .250 .679 91 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1971 24 LAD NL 36 115 102 13 22 3 0 2 7 1 0 12 15 .216 .304 .304 .608 78 31 3 1 0 0 1 2
1972 25 LAD NL 8 27 24 2 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .292 .346 .542 .888 152 13 2 0 1 0 0 /29
1973 26 LAD NL 136 585 487 84 128 26 0 25 88 1 1 87 81 .263 .369 .470 .839 135 229 5 1 0 10 9 *29/7 MVP-21
1974 27 LAD NL 111 430 349 54 88 14 1 16 57 2 2 75 73 .252 .380 .436 .815 132 152 11 0 1 5 10 29
1975 28 LAD NL 66 241 202 15 42 2 1 5 23 2 1 35 47 .208 .325 .302 .627 79 61 4 1 1 2 5 29/7
1976 29 TOT NL 125 439 374 46 79 15 4 10 39 6 2 57 81 .211 .317 .353 .670 91 132 9 2 4 2 4 29
1976 29 LAD NL 54 213 185 24 41 7 0 6 18 2 0 25 41 .222 .318 .357 .674 93 66 3 1 2 0 1 92
1976 29 STL NL 71 226 189 22 38 8 4 4 21 4 2 32 40 .201 .317 .349 .666 89 66 6 1 2 2 3 29
1977 30 HOU NL 132 511 421 59 108 21 3 16 61 6 2 85 79 .257 .379 .435 .814 127 183 11 0 2 3 7 *2/3
1978 31 TOT NL 118 426 348 40 78 16 0 14 50 1 2 71 71 .224 .356 .391 .747 113 136 15 2 2 3 11 *2/79
1978 31 HOU NL 51 191 150 20 31 5 0 7 22 0 0 37 30 .207 .363 .380 .743 116 57 6 1 1 2 6 2
1978 31 LAD NL 67 235 198 20 47 11 0 7 28 1 2 34 41 .237 .350 .399 .749 110 79 9 1 1 1 5 2/79
1979 32 LAD NL 122 442 363 54 95 14 0 20 69 1 0 70 68 .262 .380 .466 .845 131 169 10 2 2 5 6 29/7
1980 33 LAD NL 77 214 172 20 41 3 2 9 29 2 2 38 46 .238 .371 .436 .807 126 75 8 0 1 3 11 2/9
1981 34 TOT MLB 29 57 44 7 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 11 13 .205 .357 .318 .675 97 14 1 0 1 1 0 /279
1981 34 LAD NL 17 16 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .143 .250 .214 .464 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1981 34 CAL AL 12 41 30 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 9 8 .233 .400 .367 .767 123 11 1 0 1 1 0 /279
1982 35 CAL AL 36 97 84 10 19 2 0 3 8 0 0 12 19 .226 .323 .357 .680 87 30 4 0 1 0 0 2/9
1983 36 CAL AL 12 33 27 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .074 .219 .074 .293 -14 2 3 0 1 0 0 /297
14 Seasons 1013 3624 3001 407 719 121 11 122 445 22 12 562 607 .240 .358 .409 .767 116 1228 86 9 17 35 64
162 Game Avg. 162 580 480 65 115 19 2 20 71 4 2 90 97 .240 .358 .409 .767 116 196 14 1 3 6 10
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
LAD (11 yrs) 699 2525 2100 288 514 84 4 91 326 12 8 382 423 .245 .359 .419 .777 119 879 55 7 9 27 48
CAL (3 yrs) 60 171 141 18 28 3 0 4 15 0 0 26 35 .199 .321 .305 .626 76 43 8 0 3 1 0
HOU (2 yrs) 183 702 571 79 139 26 3 23 83 6 2 122 109 .243 .375 .420 .795 124 240 17 1 3 5 13
STL (1 yr) 71 226 189 22 38 8 4 4 21 4 2 32 40 .201 .317 .349 .666 89 66 6 1 2 2 3
NL (12 yrs) 953 3453 2860 389 691 118 11 118 430 22 12 536 572 .242 .359 .414 .774 118 1185 78 9 14 34 64
AL (3 yrs) 60 171 141 18 28 3 0 4 15 0 0 26 35 .199 .321 .305 .626 76 43 8 0 3 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1970 23 LAD NL 7 4 1 6.7 99 .333 .250 .261 .429 .333 .250 .399 .679 .732 91 .662 0.3 0.0 1.000 .500 .000
1971 24 LAD NL 115 83 10 3.2 87 .235 .216 .253 .304 .318 .304 .370 .608 .688 78 .397 -2.7 -0.3 .542 .216 .088 1.3
1972 25 LAD NL 27 20 4 5.4 90 .316 .292 .254 .346 .322 .542 .376 .888 .698 152 .628 1.6 0.2 .789 .333 .250 .0
1973 26 LAD NL 585 375 92 6.6 94 .263 .263 .259 .369 .328 .470 .385 .839 .713 135 .689 26.6 2.7 .868 .386 .207 1.9
1974 27 LAD NL 430 280 60 5.8 91 .272 .252 .258 .380 .329 .436 .372 .815 .701 132 .636 18.5 1.9 .828 .398 .183 3.6
1975 28 LAD NL 241 168 22 3.5 93 .243 .208 .261 .325 .331 .302 .376 .627 .707 79 .409 -4.9 -0.5 .594 .272 .094 2.9
1976 29 TOT NL 439 312 44 3.8 91 .242 .211 .262 .317 .328 .353 .373 .670 .702 91 .466 -3.8 -0.3 .637 .305 .142 7.5
1976 29 LAD NL 213 149 22 4.0 90 .254 .222 .260 .318 .326 .357 .371 .674 .697 93 .488 -1.4 -0.1 .639 .281 .135 3.0
1976 29 STL NL 226 163 22 3.6 93 .231 .201 .264 .317 .330 .349 .376 .666 .706 89 .447 -2.4 -0.2 .635 .328 .148 4.0
1977 30 HOU NL 511 331 74 6.0 95 .280 .257 .258 .379 .324 .435 .394 .814 .718 127 .619 20.4 2.0 .834 .390 .178 8.7
1978 31 TOT NL 426 292 49 4.5 92 .241 .224 .258 .356 .325 .391 .379 .747 .704 113 .533 9.0 0.9 .725 .368 .167 1.9
1978 31 HOU NL 191 128 22 4.6 88 .209 .207 .252 .363 .319 .380 .371 .743 .690 116 .544 5.3 0.5 .760 .420 .173 .0
1978 31 LAD NL 235 164 27 4.4 95 .265 .237 .262 .350 .330 .399 .385 .749 .715 110 .524 3.6 0.4 .698 .328 .162 1.8
1979 32 LAD NL 442 285 68 6.4 99 .268 .262 .268 .380 .333 .466 .397 .845 .730 131 .665 18.4 1.8 .871 .399 .204 1.9
1980 33 LAD NL 214 145 27 5.0 94 .267 .238 .266 .371 .328 .436 .386 .807 .713 126 .578 7.4 0.8 .801 .419 .198 3.3
1981 34 TOT MLB 57 38 6 4.3 89 .258 .205 .257 .357 .322 .318 .372 .675 .694 97 .517 0.5 0.1 .694 .364 .114 .0
1981 34 LAD NL 16 12 1 2.3 89 .222 .143 .259 .250 .324 .214 .371 .464 .695 35 .250 -1.1 -0.1 .417 .214 .071
1981 34 CAL AL 41 26 5 5.2 89 .273 .233 .256 .400 .321 .367 .373 .767 .693 123 .605 1.6 0.2 .833 .433 .133 .0
1982 35 CAL AL 97 70 9 3.4 98 .258 .226 .264 .323 .328 .357 .402 .680 .730 87 .372 -1.4 -0.1 .609 .274 .131 .0
1983 36 CAL AL 33 29 0 0.0 97 .105 .074 .264 .219 .326 .074 .399 .293 .725 -14 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .250 .185 .000
14 Seasons 3624 2432 466 5.2 94 .259 .240 .260 .358 .328 .409 .383 .767 .711 116 .582 85.7 8.8 .760 .360 .170 37.3
162 Game Avg. 580 389 75 5.2 94 .259 .240 .260 .358 .328 .409 .383 .767 .711 116 .582 14 1 .760 .360 .170 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
LAD (11 yrs) 2525 1685 334 5.3 94 .262 .245 .261 .359 .329 .419 .382 .777 .711 119 .602 66.3 6.8 .771 .358 .174 21.2
CAL (3 yrs) 171 125 14 3.0 96 .233 .199 .262 .321 .326 .305 .395 .626 .721 76 .327 -4.0 -0.3 .570 .291 .106 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 702 459 96 5.6 93 .261 .243 .257 .375 .323 .420 .388 .795 .711 124 .601 25.8 2.5 .814 .398 .177 9.5
STL (1 yr) 226 163 22 3.6 93 .231 .201 .264 .317 .330 .349 .376 .666 .706 89 .446 -2.4 -0.2 .635 .328 .148 4.0
NL (12 yrs) 3453 2307 452 5.3 94 .260 .242 .260 .359 .328 .414 .383 .774 .710 118 .593 89.7 9.1 .770 .364 .173 37.1
AL (3 yrs) 171 125 14 3.0 96 .233 .199 .262 .321 .326 .305 .395 .626 .721 76 .327 -4.0 -0.3 .570 .291 .106 .0

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
1974 27 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 4 19 13 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .231 .444 .231 .675 3 0 0 1 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 21 16 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 6 .125 .333 .313 .646 5 0 1 0 0 0
1978 31 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 31 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 13 46 35 6 7 2 0 1 4 1 0 9 9 .200 .378 .343 .721 12 1 1 1 0 0
2 NLCS 6 21 15 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .200 .400 .200 .600 3 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 7 25 20 3 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 7 .200 .360 .450 .810 9 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1970 23 LAD NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.0 4.0 0.00 43%
1971 24 LAD NL 115 1.7% 13.0% 10.4% 4.4% 23% 1.25 6.8 51.0 14.6 0.81 74%
1972 25 LAD NL 27 3.7% 14.8% 7.4% 14.8% 57% 2.00 6.0 24.0 4.8 1.67 70%
1973 26 LAD NL 585 4.3% 13.9% 14.9% 8.7% 40% 0.93 6.0 19.5 5.5 0.78 67%
1974 27 LAD NL 430 3.7% 17.0% 17.4% 7.2% 35% 0.97 4.8 21.8 6.1 1.04 62%
1975 28 LAD NL 241 2.1% 19.5% 14.5% 3.3% 19% 1.34 4.3 40.4 8.8 0.86 63%
1976 29 TOT NL 439 2.3% 18.5% 13.0% 6.6% 37% 1.42 4.6 37.4 9.6 0.96 65%
1976 29 LAD NL 213 2.8% 19.3% 11.7% 6.1% 32% 1.64 4.5 30.8 10.3 0.71 65%
1976 29 STL NL 226 1.8% 17.7% 14.2% 7.1% 42% 1.25 4.7 47.3 9.0 1.25 65%
1977 30 HOU NL 511 3.1% 15.5% 16.6% 7.8% 37% 0.93 5.3 26.3 6.9 1.02 64%
1978 31 TOT NL 426 3.3% 16.7% 16.7% 7.0% 39% 1.00 4.9 24.9 7.0 0.88 62%
1978 31 HOU NL 191 3.7% 15.7% 19.4% 6.3% 39% 0.81 5.0 21.4 6.8 0.77 60%
1978 31 LAD NL 235 3.0% 17.5% 14.5% 7.7% 38% 1.21 4.8 28.3 7.1 0.98 64%
1979 32 LAD NL 442 4.5% 15.4% 15.8% 7.7% 36% 0.97 5.3 18.2 5.3 0.85 63%
1980 33 LAD NL 214 4.2% 21.5% 17.8% 6.5% 34% 1.21 3.7 19.1 5.9 1.54 56%
1981 34 TOT MLB 57 1.8% 22.8% 19.3% 5.3% 33% 1.18 3.4 44.0 7.3 1.08 54%
1981 34 LAD NL 16 0.0% 31.3% 12.5% 6.3% 50% 2.50 2.8 14.0 0.17 56%
1981 34 CAL AL 41 2.4% 19.5% 22.0% 4.9% 29% 0.89 3.8 30.0 6.0 2.00 54%
1982 35 CAL AL 97 3.1% 19.6% 12.4% 5.2% 26% 1.58 4.4 28.0 10.5 1.55 64%
1983 36 CAL AL 33 0.0% 24.2% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 1.60 3.4 13.5 1.86 58%
14 Seasons 3624 3.4% 16.8% 15.5% 7.0% 35% 1.08 4.9 24.6 6.7 0.95 64%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 23 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 LAD NL 1 0 33% 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 67% 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
1972 25 LAD NL 0 0 13% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 26 LAD NL 10 0 31% 269 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 40% 37 23 14 9 6 2 17 5 9
1974 27 LAD NL 7 0 26% 156 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 53% 28 13 13 7 4 2 14 2 11
1975 28 LAD NL 3 0 14% 88 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 27% 21 15 6 2 2 0 3 2 1
1976 29 TOT NL 4 0 28% 143 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 50% 18 11 5 4 2 2 16 3 12
1976 29 LAD NL 2 0 30% 66 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 41% 7 6 0 1 1 0 9 1 7
1976 29 STL NL 2 0 27% 77 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 57% 11 5 5 3 1 2 7 2 5
1977 30 HOU NL 7 0 24% 214 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 42% 31 24 7 5 1 4 16 4 11
1978 31 TOT NL 6 0 19% 149 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 4 23% 23 17 5 4 4 0 17 11 5
1978 31 HOU NL 4 0 21% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19% 10 8 2 4 4 0 7 4 2
1978 31 LAD NL 2 0 17% 87 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 3 26% 13 9 3 0 0 0 10 7 3
1979 32 LAD NL 1 0 23% 153 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 30% 31 23 5 3 1 2 9 3 6
1980 33 LAD NL 3 0 16% 66 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 25% 5 5 0 3 3 0 8 3 4
1981 34 TOT MLB 0 0 32% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1981 34 LAD NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1981 34 CAL AL 0 0 27% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 35 CAL AL 0 0 25% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13% 4 4 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1983 36 CAL AL 1 0 43% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 43 0 24% 1328 22 12 65% 21 11 1 0 0 1 8 2 43 69 38% 211 143 59 43 26 15 106 34 64
MLB Averages
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

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 23 LAD NL 7 29% 1 0 0 0 1 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1971 24 LAD NL 115 82% 22 2 1 0 0 2.31 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0% 14 3 21% 10 0 0% 57 5 9% 4 0 0% 8 0 0% 0
1972 25 LAD NL 27 33% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 4 3 75% 18 4 22% 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 0
1973 26 LAD NL 585 33% 128 1 1 1 1 4.28 25 0 7 15 10 13 12 0 0 0 95 5 5% 45 17 38% 360 68 19% 47 21 45% 30 10 33% 0
1974 27 LAD NL 430 27% 88 6 0 0 1 2.43 16 0 11 11 5 10 6 0 1 1 100% 98 11 11% 46 14 30% 303 43 14% 30 14 47% 23 3 13% 0
1975 28 LAD NL 241 32% 42 9 3 0 2 1.95 5 0 13 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 54 4 7% 23 11 48% 183 18 10% 19 9 47% 10 1 10% 0
1976 29 TOT NL 439 45% 79 14 2 1 1 1.97 10 1 9 6 4 2 8 0 4 4 100% 94 9 10% 50 17 34% 298 33 11% 20 8 40% 33 13 39% 0
1976 29 LAD NL 213 31% 41 2 0 0 0 1.56 6 0 4 3 3 1 5 0 2 2 100% 50 3 6% 25 8 32% 145 15 10% 9 3 33% 12 3 25% 0
1976 29 STL NL 226 58% 38 12 2 1 1 2.03 4 1 5 3 1 1 3 0 2 2 100% 44 6 14% 25 9 36% 153 18 12% 11 5 45% 21 10 48% 0
1977 30 HOU NL 510 29% 108 12 2 0 2 2.61 16 0 9 12 4 6 10 0 2 2 100% 85 11 13% 49 9 18% 342 46 13% 39 10 26% 36 6 17% 1
1978 31 TOT NL 426 32% 78 5 1 0 2 1.72 14 0 6 9 5 6 8 0 2 2 100% 80 15 19% 38 13 34% 281 38 14% 27 9 33% 34 10 29% 0
1978 31 HOU NL 191 37% 31 1 0 0 1 2.74 7 0 0 4 3 2 5 0 1 1 100% 36 6 17% 18 7 39% 132 16 12% 12 4 33% 15 3 20% 0
1978 31 LAD NL 235 29% 47 4 1 0 1 1.47 7 0 6 5 2 4 3 0 1 1 100% 44 9 20% 20 6 30% 149 22 15% 15 5 33% 19 7 37% 0
1979 32 LAD NL 442 31% 95 9 1 0 0 2.15 20 1 16 12 8 16 4 1 2 2 100% 82 10 12% 34 10 29% 298 51 17% 24 10 42% 32 9 28% 0
1980 33 LAD NL 214 23% 41 14 2 1 3 2.80 9 0 6 7 2 8 1 0 1 1 100% 41 8 20% 22 10 45% 135 20 15% 13 8 62% 10 3 30% 0
1981 34 TOT MLB 57 54% 9 14 2 0 2 1.74 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 3 3 100% 43 6 14% 3 3 100% 5 2 40% 0
1981 34 LAD NL 16 50% 2 14 2 0 1 1.74 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 10 1 10% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1981 34 CAL AL 41 56% 7 0 0 0 1 0.31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 3 3 100% 33 5 15% 3 3 100% 4 1 25% 0
1982 35 CAL AL 97 47% 19 0 0 0 0 2.37 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 22 4 18% 8 1 13% 55 5 9% 7 2 29% 6 1 17% 0
1983 36 CAL AL 33 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 3 38% 5 1 20% 27 2 7% 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 0
14 Seasons 3623 35% 719 86 15 3 15 2.23 122 2 83 76 46 67 55 1 18 17 94% 690 86 12% 339 110 32% 2407 340 14% 243 98 40% 233 58 25% 1
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1970 23 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .429 .250 .679 91 1 0 0 0 1 0
1971 24 41 122 106 13 23 3 0 2 8 1 0 14 17 .217 .311 .302 .613 79 32 3 1 0 1 1
1972 25 49 149 130 15 30 6 0 3 13 1 0 16 21 .231 .318 .346 .664 93 45 5 1 1 1 1
1973 26 185 734 617 99 158 32 0 28 101 2 1 103 102 .256 .359 .444 .803 126 274 10 2 1 11 10
1974 27 296 1164 966 153 246 46 1 44 158 4 3 178 175 .255 .367 .441 .808 129 426 21 2 2 16 20
1975 28 362 1405 1168 168 288 48 2 49 181 6 4 213 222 .247 .359 .417 .776 120 487 25 3 3 18 25
1976 29 487 1844 1542 214 367 63 6 59 220 12 6 270 303 .238 .349 .401 .751 113 619 34 5 7 20 29
1977 30 619 2355 1963 273 475 84 9 75 281 18 8 355 382 .242 .356 .409 .764 116 802 45 5 9 23 36
1978 31 737 2781 2311 313 553 100 9 89 331 19 10 426 453 .239 .356 .406 .762 116 938 60 7 11 26 47
1979 32 859 3223 2674 367 648 114 9 109 400 20 10 496 521 .242 .359 .414 .773 118 1107 70 9 13 31 53
1980 33 936 3437 2846 387 689 117 11 118 429 22 12 534 567 .242 .360 .415 .775 118 1182 78 9 14 34 64
1981 34 965 3494 2890 394 698 119 11 119 435 22 12 545 580 .242 .360 .414 .774 118 1196 79 9 15 35 64
1982 35 1001 3591 2974 404 717 121 11 122 443 22 12 557 599 .241 .359 .412 .771 117 1226 83 9 16 35 64
1983 36 1013 3624 3001 407 719 121 11 122 445 22 12 562 607 .240 .358 .409 .767 116 1228 86 9 17 35 64

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
1970 23 5 10 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 .400 .600 .400 1.000 1 5
1971 24 36 121 106 16 26 4 0 2 9 1 14 15 .245 .339 .340 .678 12 36
1972 25 8 27 25 2 7 3 0 1 6 0 2 4 .280 .333 .520 .853 4 8
1973 26 136 609 501 93 142 29 0 28 97 1 97 81 .283 .394 .509 .903 101 136
1974 27 111 444 357 60 96 15 1 17 63 2 82 73 .269 .401 .459 .860 67 111
1975 28 66 249 207 17 47 2 1 6 25 2 39 47 .227 .349 .333 .683 24 66
1976 29 125 449 382 51 87 17 4 11 43 7 63 81 .228 .339 .380 .718 49 125
1977 30 132 527 431 65 118 23 3 17 67 7 93 79 .274 .400 .459 .860 81 132
1978 31 118 437 355 46 85 17 0 15 57 1 77 71 .239 .375 .414 .789 56 118
1979 32 122 452 370 58 102 15 0 21 73 1 75 68 .276 .396 .486 .883 72 122
1980 33 77 217 174 22 43 3 2 9 32 2 40 46 .247 .382 .443 .825 30 77
1981 34 44 93 70 12 17 4 0 2 10 0 21 20 .243 .409 .386 .794 11 29
1982 35 36 96 84 11 19 2 0 3 9 0 12 19 .226 .323 .357 .680 10 36
1983 36 12 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 .000 .156 .000 .156 0 12
14 Seasons 1028 3763 3094 453 791 134 11 132 492 24 624 614 .256 .378 .434 .812 518 1013
162 Game Avg. 162 593 488 71 125 21 2 21 78 4 98 97 .256 .378 .434 .812 82 1013

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-NL-21-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL--87--8th
1977 NL--85--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 NL--10--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--64--248th

AB per HR s c a p y
1973 NL--19.480--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Tom Haller (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ozzie Virgil (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ozzie Virgil (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rick Wilkins (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ozzie Virgil (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Darren Daulton (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Darren Daulton (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Darren Daulton (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ernie Whitt (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ernie Whitt (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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