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Carlton Fisk

Carlton Ernest Fisk (Pudge)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 26, 1947 in Bellows Falls, VT
High School: Charlestown HS (Charlestown, NH)
School: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1969 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 1969-1993
Agents: Jack Sands, previously: Bob Teaff,Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1993 (Age 45)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2000 (397/499 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #70. Dave Winfield… #71. Derek Jeter… #72. Roberto Alomar… #73. CARLTON FISK… #74. Joe Morgan… #75. Vladimir Guerrero… #76. Sam Crawford… 

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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
1969 21 BOS AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1971 23 BOS AL 14 49 48 7 15 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 10 .313 .327 .521 .847 130 25 1 0 0 0 0 2
1972 24 BOS AL 131 514 457 74 134 28 9 22 61 5 2 52 83 .293 .370 .538 .909 162 246 11 4 1 0 6 *2 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,GG
1973 25 BOS AL 135 558 508 65 125 21 0 26 71 7 2 37 99 .246 .309 .441 .750 105 224 11 10 1 2 2 *2/D AS,MVP-18
1974 26 BOS AL 52 216 187 36 56 12 1 11 26 5 1 24 23 .299 .383 .551 .934 158 103 5 2 2 1 2 2/D AS
1975 27 BOS AL 79 294 263 47 87 14 4 10 52 4 3 27 32 .331 .395 .529 .923 150 139 7 2 0 2 4 2/D
1976 28 BOS AL 134 557 487 76 124 17 5 17 58 12 5 56 71 .255 .336 .415 .751 109 202 11 6 3 5 3 *2/D AS
1977 29 BOS AL 152 632 536 106 169 26 3 26 102 7 6 75 85 .315 .402 .521 .922 138 279 9 9 2 10 3 *2 AS,MVP-8
1978 30 BOS AL 157 658 571 94 162 39 5 20 88 7 2 71 83 .284 .366 .475 .841 125 271 10 7 3 6 6 *2/D7 AS,MVP-9
1979 31 BOS AL 91 340 320 49 87 23 2 10 42 3 0 10 38 .272 .304 .450 .754 96 144 9 6 1 3 0 D2/7
1980 32 BOS AL 131 530 478 73 138 25 3 18 62 11 5 36 62 .289 .353 .467 .819 118 223 12 13 0 3 6 *2/D735 AS
1981 33 CHW AL 96 394 338 44 89 12 0 7 45 3 2 38 37 .263 .354 .361 .715 110 122 9 12 1 5 3 *2/357 AS,SS
1982 34 CHW AL 135 536 476 66 127 17 3 14 65 17 2 46 60 .267 .336 .403 .740 103 192 12 6 4 4 7 *2/3 AS
1983 35 CHW AL 138 545 488 85 141 26 4 26 86 9 6 46 88 .289 .355 .518 .874 134 253 8 6 2 3 3 *2/D MVP-3
1984 36 CHW AL 102 395 359 54 83 20 1 21 43 6 0 26 60 .231 .289 .468 .757 102 168 7 5 1 4 4 2/D
1985 37 CHW AL 153 620 543 85 129 23 1 37 107 17 9 52 81 .238 .320 .488 .808 115 265 9 17 2 6 12 *2D AS,MVP-13,SS
1986 38 CHW AL 125 491 457 42 101 11 0 14 63 2 4 22 92 .221 .263 .337 .600 60 154 10 6 0 6 2 27D
1987 39 CHW AL 135 508 454 68 116 22 1 23 71 1 4 39 72 .256 .321 .460 .782 103 209 9 8 1 6 8 *2/3D7
1988 40 CHW AL 76 298 253 37 70 8 1 19 50 0 0 37 40 .277 .377 .542 .919 155 137 6 5 1 2 9 2 SS
1989 41 CHW AL 103 419 375 47 110 25 2 13 68 1 0 36 60 .293 .356 .475 .830 136 178 15 3 0 5 8 2D
1990 42 CHW AL 137 521 452 65 129 21 0 18 65 7 2 61 73 .285 .378 .451 .829 134 204 12 7 0 1 8 *2D MVP-15
1991 43 CHW AL 134 501 460 42 111 25 0 18 74 1 2 32 86 .241 .299 .413 .712 97 190 19 7 0 2 4 2D3 AS
1992 44 CHW AL 62 214 188 12 43 4 1 3 21 3 0 23 38 .229 .313 .309 .622 76 58 2 1 0 2 5 2/D
1993 45 CHW AL 25 58 53 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 11 .189 .228 .245 .473 29 13 0 1 1 1 0 2
24 Yrs 2499 9853 8756 1276 2356 421 47 376 1330 128 58 849 1386 .269 .341 .457 .797 117 3999 204 143 26 79 105
162 Game Avg. 162 639 568 83 153 27 3 24 86 8 4 55 90 .269 .341 .457 .797 117 259 13 9 2 5 7
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
CHW (13 yrs) 1421 5500 4896 649 1259 214 14 214 762 67 32 460 798 .257 .329 .438 .766 109 2143 118 84 13 47 73
BOS (11 yrs) 1078 4353 3860 627 1097 207 33 162 568 61 26 389 588 .284 .356 .481 .837 126 1856 86 59 13 32 32

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 21 BOS AL 2 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .427 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $4,500 /2
1971 23 BOS AL 14 49 1 -0 0 2 1 4 0.4 2 6 0.6 .533 .503 0.4 0.3 4 2
1972 24 BOS AL 131 514 36 1 -1 1 8 45 5.3 18 63 7.3 .541 .533 7.3 1.0 62 *2 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,GG
1973 25 BOS AL 135 558 1 3 0 5 8 17 2.0 20 37 3.9 .513 .511 3.3 1.5 32 *2/D AS,MVP-18
1974 26 BOS AL 52 216 14 2 -0 0 3 19 2.1 8 27 2.8 .539 .512 2.8 0.4 27 2/D AS
1975 27 BOS AL 79 294 15 1 -1 0 4 20 2.1 11 30 3.1 .526 .513 3.2 0.5 30 $80,000 2/D
1976 28 BOS AL 134 557 7 -1 -1 6 8 20 2.3 20 40 4.2 .516 .514 3.6 1.7 33 *2/D AS
1977 29 BOS AL 152 632 25 -1 -0 12 10 46 4.8 23 68 7.0 .531 .529 5.7 2.3 56 $160,000 *2 AS,MVP-8
1978 30 BOS AL 157 658 18 5 -0 1 10 34 3.7 24 57 5.9 .523 .522 5.9 1.2 56 *2/D7 AS,MVP-9
1979 31 BOS AL 91 340 -2 2 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .495 .497 1.1 -0.4 11 $195,000 D2/7
1980 32 BOS AL 131 530 11 2 -1 1 7 20 2.2 18 38 3.9 .516 .513 3.7 0.9 37 *2/D735 AS
1981 33 CHW AL 96 394 7 1 -0 -0 6 13 1.5 13 27 2.8 .515 .509 2.9 0.6 27 $580,000 *2/357 AS,SS
1982 34 CHW AL 135 536 2 4 -1 1 8 15 1.6 18 34 3.3 .512 .510 3.3 1.0 32 $580,000 *2/3 AS
1983 35 CHW AL 138 545 20 2 -0 -5 8 24 2.5 19 42 4.3 .517 .515 4.8 0.3 47 $580,000 *2/D MVP-3
1984 36 CHW AL 102 395 -3 2 0 -2 5 2 0.2 14 15 1.5 .502 .501 1.7 0.3 17 $580,000 2/D
1985 37 CHW AL 153 620 8 -2 -0 0 6 12 1.3 21 33 3.3 .508 .507 3.3 0.6 33 $685,000 *2D AS,MVP-13,SS
1986 38 CHW AL 125 491 -28 -1 -1 -4 1 -33 -3.3 17 -16 -1.7 .473 .479 -1.4 -0.2 -12 $875,000 27D
1987 39 CHW AL 135 508 3 -3 -1 9 6 14 1.5 17 32 3.1 .510 .509 2.2 1.5 23 $900,000 *2/3D7
1988 40 CHW AL 76 298 17 -1 -0 -4 4 15 1.7 10 26 2.6 .521 .510 3.0 0.1 29 $700,000 2 SS
1989 41 CHW AL 103 419 14 -0 -2 0 4 16 1.9 15 31 3.3 .517 .511 3.2 0.5 31 $1,200,000 2D
1990 42 CHW AL 137 521 19 -1 -1 6 6 29 3.1 19 48 4.9 .522 .519 4.3 1.2 41 $1,750,000 *2D MVP-15
1991 43 CHW AL 134 501 -4 -0 -4 4 5 1 0.2 18 19 1.9 .501 .500 1.4 1.0 14 $1,250,000 2D3 AS
1992 44 CHW AL 62 214 -8 -0 -0 1 3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .493 .497 0.3 0.4 3 $1,000,000 2/D
1993 45 CHW AL 25 58 -5 -1 0 -4 1 -9 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .465 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -3 2
24 Seasons 2499 9853 167 11 -14 27 120 312 35.2 346 659 68.3 .513 .509 65.8 16.3 631 $11,119,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (13 yrs) 1421 5500 42 -2 -11 3 63 95 10.9 191 287 28.8 .507 .505 28.9 7.1 284 $10,680,000
BOS (11 yrs) 1078 4353 125 13 -3 24 57 217 24.4 155 372 39.5 .522 .513 36.9 9.3 347 $439,500

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
1975 27 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 12 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 6 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 BOS AL WS CIN L 7 32 25 5 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 7 7 .240 .406 .480 .886 12 1 0 0 0 3
1983 35 CHW AL ALCS BAL L 4 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .176 .222 .235 .458 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 14 62 54 9 14 2 0 2 6 1 0 8 12 .259 .355 .407 .762 22 1 0 0 0 3
2 ALCS 7 30 29 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .276 .300 .345 .645 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 32 25 5 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 7 7 .240 .406 .480 .886 12 1 0 0 0 3

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1969 BOS AL 21 C 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 2.00 .985 6.60 6.60 1 1 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 23 C 14 12 12 115.1 80 72 6 2 1 .975 2 21 6.09 5.57 .988 6.37 6.34 1 1 4 5 56% 39% 0
1972 BOS AL 24 C 131 129 127 1143.1 933 846 72 15 10 .984 1 1 7.23 7.01 .985 6.48 6.46 8 27 56 36 39% 39% 2 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,GG
1973 BOS AL 25 C 131 131 129 1155.0 803 739 50 14 8 .983 5 5 6.15 6.02 .985 6.05 6.02 3 19 51 32 39% 38% 2 AS,MVP-18
1973 BOS AL 25 DH 3 2 AS,MVP-18
1974 BOS AL 26 C 50 49 43 435.0 299 267 26 6 2 .980 0 0 6.06 5.86 .983 5.89 5.87 2 11 24 15 38% 38% 0 AS
1974 BOS AL 26 DH 2 2 AS
1975 BOS AL 27 C 71 70 56 578.0 385 347 30 8 2 .979 0 0 5.87 5.31 .983 6.00 5.98 0 17 34 21 38% 38% 1
1975 BOS AL 27 DH 6 5
1976 BOS AL 28 C 133 130 125 1167.2 734 649 73 12 9 .984 6 6 5.56 5.43 .981 5.75 5.77 7 19 90 50 36% 34% 0 AS
1976 BOS AL 28 DH 1 1 AS
1977 BOS AL 29 C 151 149 144 1316.1 859 779 69 11 7 .987 12 11 5.80 5.62 .986 6.01 5.97 4 12 60 50 45% 39% 2 AS,MVP-8
1978 BOS AL 30 C 154 150 148 1355.2 840 733 90 17 13 .980 1 1 5.46 5.34 .983 5.53 5.48 7 13 103 49 32% 38% 1 AS,MVP-9
1978 BOS AL 30 DH 1 0 AS,MVP-9
1978 BOS AL 30 LF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -80 1.50 1.00 .970 2.25 2.20 AS,MVP-9
1978 BOS AL 30 OF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -80 1.50 1.00 .980 2.40 2.40 AS,MVP-9
1979 BOS AL 31 DH 42 42
1979 BOS AL 31 C 39 35 24 293.1 166 155 8 3 1 .982 -3 -12 5.00 4.18 .982 5.46 5.39 3 7 24 5 17% 36% 1
1979 BOS AL 31 LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1979 BOS AL 31 OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1980 BOS AL 32 C 115 112 104 1001.1 588 522 56 10 8 .983 2 2 5.20 5.03 .986 5.48 5.47 3 16 74 30 29% 35% 1 AS
1980 BOS AL 32 DH 5 5 AS
1980 BOS AL 32 LF 5 5 3 41.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 2.85 2.60 .980 2.35 2.36 AS
1980 BOS AL 32 OF 5 5 3 41.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 2.85 2.60 .979 2.48 2.46 AS
1980 BOS AL 32 1B 3 1 1 10.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1 -120 7.20 2.67 .992 9.99 10.00 AS
1980 BOS AL 32 3B 3 1 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -72 0.00 0.00 2.97 3.00 AS
1981 CHW AL 33 C 92 89 76 767.2 519 470 44 5 10 .990 0 0 6.03 5.59 .987 5.51 5.49 2 14 64 30 32% 38% 2 AS,SS
1981 CHW AL 33 1B 1 1 1 9.0 10 7 2 1 4 .900 -0 -13 9.00 9.00 .993 10.10 10.00 AS,SS
1981 CHW AL 33 3B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 1.00 .950 3.00 2.90 AS,SS
1981 CHW AL 33 LF 1 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.40 AS,SS
1981 CHW AL 33 OF 1 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50 AS,SS
1982 CHW AL 34 C 133 129 108 1123.0 705 639 62 4 7 .994 2 2 5.62 5.27 .988 5.69 5.66 10 21 80 44 35% 36% 1 AS
1982 CHW AL 34 1B 2 1 1 9.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -1 -93 10.00 5.00 .992 9.80 9.80 AS
1983 CHW AL 35 C 133 123 104 1077.2 762 709 46 7 5 .991 -5 -6 6.31 5.68 .986 5.70 5.66 11 35 77 31 29% 33% 3 MVP-3
1983 CHW AL 35 DH 2 1 MVP-3
1984 CHW AL 36 C 90 81 69 726.0 465 421 38 6 4 .987 -2 -3 5.69 5.10 .987 5.96 5.92 2 20 51 21 29% 36% 0
1984 CHW AL 36 DH 5 5
1985 CHW AL 37 C 130 120 108 1068.1 871 801 60 10 13 .989 0 0 7.25 6.62 .987 6.05 5.99 10 35 84 44 34% 33% 1 AS,MVP-13,SS
1985 CHW AL 37 DH 28 28 AS,MVP-13,SS
1986 CHW AL 38 C 71 65 57 563.1 432 389 39 4 3 .991 -2 -4 6.84 6.03 .989 6.62 6.56 8 24 56 23 29% 34% 0
1986 CHW AL 38 LF 31 29 24 260.0 76 66 6 4 0 .947 -2 -7 2.49 2.32 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 CHW AL 38 OF 31 29 24 260.0 75 66 5 4 0 .947 -2 -7 2.46 2.29 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 CHW AL 38 DH 22 21
1987 CHW AL 39 C 122 102 95 939.1 613 550 57 6 15 .990 8 10 5.82 4.98 .988 6.74 6.67 7 17 69 32 32% 31% 1
1987 CHW AL 39 1B 9 6 3 53.1 54 44 9 1 7 .981 0 5 8.94 5.89 .992 9.57 9.48
1987 CHW AL 39 DH 7 7
1987 CHW AL 39 LF 2 2 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 69 1.93 1.50 .973 2.12 2.10
1987 CHW AL 39 OF 2 2 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 69 1.93 1.50 .980 2.31 2.30
1988 CHW AL 40 C 74 68 59 617.2 376 338 36 2 7 .995 -4 -8 5.45 5.05 .989 6.22 6.16 3 29 56 19 25% 31% 0 SS
1989 CHW AL 41 C 90 85 77 739.0 459 419 37 3 1 .993 0 0 5.55 5.07 .989 6.24 6.17 9 21 57 26 31% 31% 0
1989 CHW AL 41 DH 13 13
1990 CHW AL 42 C 116 112 98 970.0 727 660 63 4 14 .994 6 7 6.71 6.23 .991 6.42 6.35 11 26 71 42 37% 34% 1 MVP-15
1990 CHW AL 42 DH 14 12 MVP-15
1991 CHW AL 43 C 106 91 64 794.1 594 535 55 4 5 .993 4 6 6.68 5.57 .990 6.49 6.48 11 27 54 38 41% 34% 0 AS
1991 CHW AL 43 DH 13 12 AS
1991 CHW AL 43 1B 12 12 3 94.0 102 90 10 2 8 .980 0 4 9.57 8.33 .992 9.75 9.74 AS
1992 CHW AL 44 C 54 51 33 429.2 280 252 26 2 2 .993 1 3 5.82 5.15 .989 6.20 6.18 4 12 41 20 33% 34% 0
1992 CHW AL 44 DH 2 1
1993 CHW AL 45 C 25 13 7 125.2 80 75 5 0 0 1.000 -4 -38 5.73 3.20 .991 6.56 6.50 2 4 22 2 8% 36% 1
24 Seasons C 2226 2097 1868 18511.2 12572 11369 1048 155 147 .988 30 2 6.04 5.58 .986 6.02 5.99 129 428 1302 665 34% 35% 20
6 Seasons OF 41 38 27 325.2 93 84 5 4 0 .957 -1 -4 2.46 2.17 .980 2.40 2.38
6 Seasons LF 41 38 27 325.2 94 84 6 4 0 .957 -1 -4 2.49 2.20 .977 2.25 2.23
5 Seasons 1B 27 21 9 175.1 186 158 22 6 20 .968 -1 -9 9.24 6.67 .992 9.73 9.70
2 Seasons 3B 4 1 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 0.69 0.25 .950 2.98 2.98
24 Seasons TOT 2298 2157 1904 19025.2 12852 11612 1075 165 167 .987 27 2 6.00 5.52 .986 5.99 5.96 129 428 1302 665 34% 35% 20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA (66.4%)
2000 BBWAA (79.6%)
Selected to HOF in 2000 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1972 *
1973 (C)
1974
1976 *
1977 (C)
1978 (C)
1980 (C)
1981 (C)
1982 (C)
1985 (C)
1991 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1972 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 AL (4, 28%)
1973 AL (18, 5%)
1977 AL (8, 17%)
1978 AL (9, 13%)
1983 AL (3, 53%)
1985 AL (13, 7%)
1990 AL (15, 4%)
1.28 Career Shares (178th)

Gold Gloves
1972 AL (C)

Silver Sluggers
1981 AL (C)
1985 AL (C)
1988 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1972 AL  7.3 (5th)
1977 AL  7.0 (6th)
1978 AL  6.0 (10th)
Career  68.3 (108th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1972 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1977 AL  7.0 (3rd)
1978 AL  6.0 (4th)
Career  68.3 (73rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1972 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1977 AL  5.7 (7th)
1978 AL  5.9 (2nd)
1983 AL  4.8 (10th)
Career  65.8 (71st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1977 AL  2.3 (5th)
1987 AL  1.5 (9th)
Career  16.4 (77th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1972 AL  .293 (8th)
1977 AL  .315 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1972 AL  .370 (7th)
1977 AL  .402 (5th)
1990 AL  .378 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1972 AL  .538 (2nd)
1977 AL  .521 (10th)
1983 AL  .518 (4th)
1985 AL  .488 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1972 AL  .909 (2nd)
1977 AL  .922 (6th)
1983 AL  .874 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  157 (9th)
Career  2,499 (56th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  8,756 (84th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  9,853 (86th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1977 AL  106 (2nd)
1978 AL  94 (6th)
Career  1,276 (133rd)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2,356 (126th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1972 AL  246 (6th)
1978 AL  271 (7th)
Career  3,999 (82nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1972 AL  28 (6th)
1978 AL  39 (2nd)
Career  421 (142nd)

Triples s c a p y
1972 AL  9 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  22 (7th)
1973 AL  26 (5th)
1985 AL  37 (2nd)
Career  376 (69th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1977 AL  102 (9th)
1985 AL  107 (8th)
Career  1,330 (93rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  75 (8th)
Career  849 (206th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,386 (84th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,512 (197th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1972 AL  162 (5th)
1990 AL  134 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1972 AL  90 (6th)
1977 AL  117 (5th)
1978 AL  103 (6th)
Career  1,378 (118th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  35 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1972 AL  3.8 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  59 (4th)
1978 AL  64 (3rd)
Career  844 (84th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 AL  253 (8th)
1978 AL  240 (10th)
Career  3,348 (128th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1972 AL  .777 (3rd)
1977 AL  .729 (5th)
1983 AL  .663 (10th)
1990 AL  .657 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  10 (3rd)
1976 AL  6 (10th)
1977 AL  9 (7th)
1978 AL  7 (6th)
1979 AL  6 (9th)
1980 AL  13 (1st)
1981 AL  12 (2nd)
1982 AL  6 (10th)
1983 AL  6 (9th)
1985 AL  17 (2nd)
1987 AL  8 (8th)
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1991 AL  7 (7th)
Career  143 (24th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1977 AL  10 (3rd)
Career  79 (92nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  12 (4th)
1987 AL  8 (10th)
Career  105 (113th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career  204 (86th)

SB % s c a p y
1982 AL  89.47 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1982 AL  15.4 (10th)
1985 AL  23.3 (8th)
Career  191.0 (91st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1972 AL  20.8 (9th)
1973 AL  19.5 (4th)
1983 AL  18.8 (9th)
1985 AL  14.7 (2nd)
Career  23.3 (242nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,767 (66th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1972 AL  31.87 (8th)
1977 AL  40.94 (7th)
Career  229.91 (182nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1972 AL  3.6 (9th)
1977 AL  3.9 (7th)
Career  18.3 (207th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1972 AL  3.9 (6th)
1977 AL  3.7 (8th)
1990 AL  2.4 (9th)
Career  24.1 (149th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1972 AL  3.4 (9th)
1977 AL  3.7 (8th)
Career  22.5 (184th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Career  11,612 (96th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1972 AL  131 (2nd)
1973 AL  131 (3rd)
1976 AL  133 (3rd)
1977 AL  151 (1st)
1978 AL  154 (1st)
1980 AL  115 (5th)
1981 AL  92 (2nd)
1982 AL  133 (2nd)
1983 AL  133 (2nd)
1985 AL  130 (5th)
1987 AL  122 (4th)
Career  2,226 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1972 AL  846 (1st)
1973 AL  739 (1st)
1976 AL  649 (3rd)
1977 AL  779 (2nd)
1978 AL  733 (2nd)
1981 AL  470 (1st)
1982 AL  639 (2nd)
1983 AL  709 (1st)
1985 AL  801 (1st)
1990 AL  660 (5th)
Career  11,369 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1972 AL  72 (1st)
1973 AL  50 (5th)
1976 AL  73 (4th)
1978 AL  90 (2nd)
1980 AL  56 (5th)
1981 AL  44 (4th)
1982 AL  62 (4th)
1985 AL  60 (3rd)
1987 AL  57 (2nd)
1990 AL  63 (3rd)
1991 AL  55 (5th)
Career  1,048 (38th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1972 AL  15 (1st)
1973 AL  14 (1st)
1976 AL  12 (4th)
1977 AL  11 (4th)
1978 AL  17 (1st)
1980 AL  10 (1st)
1985 AL  10 (3rd)
Career  155 (68th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1972 AL  10 (3rd)
1973 AL  8 (4th)
1976 AL  9 (3rd)
1978 AL  13 (3rd)
1980 AL  8 (4th)
1981 AL  10 (1st)
1985 AL  13 (2nd)
1987 AL  15 (1st)
1990 AL  14 (2nd)
Career  147 (12th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  7 (4th)
1978 AL  7 (5th)
1982 AL  10 (4th)
1983 AL  11 (1st)
1990 AL  11 (3rd)
1991 AL  11 (4th)
Career  129 (89th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1972 AL  56 (2nd)
1976 AL  90 (4th)
1978 AL  103 (2nd)
1980 AL  74 (2nd)
1981 AL  64 (1st)
1982 AL  80 (2nd)
1983 AL  77 (3rd)
1985 AL  84 (1st)
Career  1,302 (10th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1972 AL  36 (2nd)
1976 AL  50 (3rd)
1981 AL  30 (5th)
1982 AL  44 (5th)
1985 AL  44 (3rd)
1990 AL  42 (4th)
1991 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  665 (38th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1977 AL  45.5 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  6 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1973 AL  5 (5th)
1976 AL  6 (3rd)
1977 AL  12 (2nd)
1987 AL  8 (2nd)
1990 AL  6 (4th)
1991 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  30 (41st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1972 AL  7.23 (3rd)
1981 AL  6.03 (3rd)
1983 AL  6.31 (4th)
1985 AL  7.25 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1972 AL  7.01 (2nd)
1981 AL  5.59 (3rd)
1983 AL  5.68 (3rd)
1985 AL  6.62 (1st)
1990 AL  6.23 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1977 AL  .987 (5th)
1982 AL  .994 (2nd)
1987 AL  .990 (5th)
1989 AL  .993 (1st)
1990 AL  .994 (3rd)
1991 AL  .993 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1947-12-26 (8th)
1989 AL  born 1947-12-26 (4th)
1990 AL  born 1947-12-26 (3rd)
1991 AL  born 1947-12-26 (2nd)
1992 AL  born 1947-12-26 (2nd)
1993 AL  born 1947-12-26 (2nd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (757), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 120 (117), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 49 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (4th), 68.3 career WAR/37.6 7yr-peak WAR/53.0 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Johnny Bench (866) *
  2. Gary Carter (859) *
  3. Yogi Berra (834) *
  4. Miguel Tejada (826)
  5. Ted Simmons (819)
  6. Ivan Rodriguez (818)
  7. Jeff Kent (789)
  8. Gary Gaetti (787)
  9. Ryne Sandberg (769) *
  10. Ron Santo (767) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill DeLancey (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Javy Lopez (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Bailey (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Romano (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Lieberthal (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Javy Lopez (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Javy Lopez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gabby Hartnett (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gabby Hartnett (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jorge Posada (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jorge Posada (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jorge Posada (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jorge Posada (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jorge Posada (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lance Parrish (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Lance Parrish (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Yogi Berra (859) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Brian Downing (746)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Graig Nettles (730)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Graig Nettles (742)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Tony Perez (679) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Julio Franco (655)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January).
  • February 12, 1981: Granted Free Agency.
  • March 18, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • November 4, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 11, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 5, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • June 28, 1993: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196921Boston Red Sox$4,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
197527Boston Red Sox$80,000P. Gammons, Beyond the Sixth Game, p 281
197729Boston Red Sox$160,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
197931Boston Red Sox$195,000P. Gammons, Beyond..., p.2815/$900,000
198133Chicago White Sox$580,0001982 TSN GuideFive years, $2.9 million, breakdown unclear
198234Chicago White Sox$580,0001982 TSN GuideFive years, $2.9 million, breakdown unclear
198335Chicago White Sox$580,0001982 TSN GuideFive years, $2.9 million, breakdown unclear
198436Chicago White Sox$580,0001982 TSN GuideFive years, $2.9 million, breakdown unclear
198537Chicago White Sox$685,0003/3/86 TSN; 1982 TSN Guide for durationFive years, $2.9 million, breakdown unclear
198638Chicago White Sox$875,0001986 USA Today survey
198739Chicago White Sox$900,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198840Chicago White Sox$700,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198941Chicago White Sox$1,200,0001989 USA Today survey
199042Chicago White Sox$1,750,000*
199143Chicago White Sox$1,250,000USA Today survey
199244Chicago White Sox$1,000,0004/2/92 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,119,500
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $2,360,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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