Bob Forsch

Robert Herbert Forsch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Astros 1974-1989
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1989
Died: November 3, 2011 in Weeki Wachee, FL
Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch
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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
1974 24 STL NL 20 37 29 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 .241 .290 .276 .566 60 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
1975 25 STL NL 35 88 78 9 24 3 3 1 5 0 0 3 20 .308 .341 .462 .803 118 36 0 1 6 0 0 1
1976 26 STL NL 35 72 62 6 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 17 .177 .190 .258 .449 26 16 3 0 9 0 0 1
1977 27 STL NL 35 86 72 6 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .167 .189 .222 .411 11 16 0 0 12 0 0 1
1978 28 STL NL 34 89 83 2 15 7 0 1 8 0 0 1 26 .181 .190 .301 .492 36 25 3 0 5 0 0 1
1979 29 STL NL 33 84 73 7 8 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 17 .110 .163 .192 .354 -4 14 1 0 4 2 0 1
1980 30 STL NL 32 89 78 11 23 5 0 3 10 1 0 2 18 .295 .313 .474 .787 114 37 1 0 9 0 0 1 SS
1981 31 STL NL 20 48 41 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .122 .143 .146 .289 -19 6 2 0 6 0 0 1
1982 32 STL NL 36 90 73 7 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 20 .205 .237 .274 .511 42 20 1 0 14 0 0 1
1983 33 STL NL 37 66 54 4 13 3 0 1 6 0 1 3 14 .241 .271 .352 .623 71 19 0 0 7 2 0 1
1984 34 STL NL 16 17 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 59 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1985 35 STL NL 34 47 45 3 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 10 .244 .244 .400 .644 78 18 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 36 STL NL 34 88 76 7 13 4 1 2 12 0 0 0 24 .171 .169 .329 .498 34 25 1 0 11 1 0 1
1987 37 STL NL 34 71 57 9 17 6 0 2 8 0 0 3 17 .298 .333 .509 .842 118 29 1 0 11 0 0 1 SS
1988 38 TOT NL 37 39 32 3 8 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 7 .250 .273 .281 .554 60 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1988 38 STL NL 31 31 25 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .280 .308 .280 .588 70 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1988 38 HOU NL 6 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1989 39 HOU NL 37 30 24 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
16 Yrs 509 1041 893 77 190 45 8 12 84 3 1 27 249 .213 .235 .321 .557 53 287 14 1 115 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 331 284 25 60 14 3 4 27 1 0 9 79 .213 .235 .321 .557 53 91 4 0 37 2 0
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
STL (15 yrs) 466 1003 862 76 185 44 8 12 79 3 1 27 242 .215 .238 .326 .564 54 281 14 1 108 5 0
HOU (2 yrs) 43 38 31 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .161 .161 .194 .355 3 6 0 0 7 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
1974 24 STL NL 20 37 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1975 25 STL NL 35 88 2 -1 0 0 10 11 1.2 2 13 1.2 .533 .507 1.1 0.0 13 $ 1
1976 26 STL NL 35 72 -6 -0 0 0 8 1 0.2 2 3 0.2 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1977 27 STL NL 35 86 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.2 2 4 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1978 28 STL NL 34 89 -8 -0 -0 0 10 2 0.3 3 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1979 29 STL NL 33 84 -12 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1980 30 STL NL 32 89 1 0 0 0 10 11 1.2 3 14 1.2 .538 .507 1.2 0.0 14 $ 1 SS
1981 31 STL NL 20 48 -7 0 -0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $583,333 1
1982 32 STL NL 36 90 -6 -0 0 0 10 4 0.5 3 7 0.5 .512 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $583,333 1
1983 33 STL NL 37 66 -3 -1 0 0 8 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $583,333 1
1984 34 STL NL 16 17 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $583,333 1
1985 35 STL NL 34 47 -2 0 0 0 5 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .512 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $583,333 1
1986 36 STL NL 34 88 -8 -1 0 0 11 2 0.3 3 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.2 0.0 5 $527,235 1
1987 37 STL NL 34 71 2 0 -0 0 10 12 1.2 2 14 1.2 .535 .507 1.2 0.0 14 $750,000 1 SS
1988 38 STL NL 31 31 -1 -1 0 0 4 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $400,000 1
1988 38 HOU NL 6 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1989 39 HOU NL 37 30 -3 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $975,000 1
16 Seasons 509 1041 -63 -4 1 0 121 54 6.0 31 85 6.3 .511 .502 5.9 0.2 85 $5,568,900
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (15 yrs) 466 1003 -60 -4 0 0 117 54 5.9 30 83 6.2 .512 .502 5.8 0.2 84 $4,593,900
HOU (2 yrs) 43 38 -4 -0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $975,000

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
1974 24 STL NL 37 28 3 2.9 95 .389 .241 .262 .290 .334 .276 .379 .566 .714 60 .330 -1.6 -0.2 .500 .138 .034 .0
1975 25 STL NL 88 60 13 5.8 99 .404 .308 .270 .341 .342 .462 .390 .803 .732 118 .634 1.2 0.1 .741 .192 .154 .0
1976 26 STL NL 72 63 3 1.3 93 .227 .177 .264 .190 .330 .258 .376 .449 .706 26 .107 -6.4 -0.7 .315 .097 .081 .0
1977 27 STL NL 86 72 4 1.5 102 .279 .167 .268 .189 .336 .222 .409 .411 .744 11 .113 -9.2 -0.9 .300 .083 .056
1978 28 STL NL 89 76 4 1.4 94 .250 .181 .261 .190 .329 .301 .384 .492 .712 36 .120 -7.3 -0.8 .366 .133 .120 .0
1979 29 STL NL 84 72 3 1.1 101 .138 .110 .271 .163 .337 .192 .403 .354 .740 -4 .075 -11.0 -1.1 .288 .151 .082
1980 30 STL NL 89 65 12 5.0 98 .351 .295 .271 .313 .334 .474 .394 .787 .728 114 .574 1.0 0.1 .714 .218 .179 1.5
1981 31 STL NL 48 44 1 0.6 94 .161 .122 .266 .143 .332 .146 .381 .289 .713 -19 .030 -6.6 -0.7 .184 .049 .024
1982 32 STL NL 90 73 5 1.8 95 .283 .205 .267 .237 .330 .274 .388 .511 .718 42 .180 -5.9 -0.6 .390 .110 .068
1983 33 STL NL 66 51 6 3.2 97 .293 .241 .264 .271 .333 .352 .392 .623 .725 71 .369 -2.1 -0.2 .500 .148 .111 .0
1984 34 STL NL 17 14 1 1.9 92 .308 .250 .261 .250 .326 .313 .380 .563 .705 59 .194 -0.9 -0.1 .385 .063 .063
1985 35 STL NL 47 36 4 3.0 95 .294 .244 .260 .244 .328 .400 .388 .644 .715 78 .350 -1.7 -0.2 .529 .156 .156 .0
1986 36 STL NL 88 76 4 1.4 97 .216 .171 .261 .169 .332 .329 .394 .498 .726 34 .116 -7.3 -0.8 .391 .158 .158 .0
1987 37 STL NL 71 52 10 5.2 108 .395 .298 .271 .333 .341 .509 .423 .842 .764 118 .538 1.4 0.1 .780 .263 .211 .0
1988 38 TOT NL 39 30 3 2.7 90 .320 .250 .256 .273 .320 .281 .376 .554 .696 60 .329 -1.7 -0.2 .458 .094 .031 .0
1988 38 STL NL 31 23 3 3.5 90 .368 .280 .257 .308 .321 .280 .378 .588 .699 70 .443 -1.1 -0.1 .500 .080 .000 .0
1988 38 HOU NL 8 7 0 0.0 86 .167 .143 .252 .143 .315 .286 .369 .429 .684 23 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .143 .143
1989 39 HOU NL 30 26 1 1.0 88 .222 .167 .250 .167 .317 .167 .373 .333 .690 -3 .076 -3.2 -0.3 .200 .000 .000
16 Yrs 1041 838 77 2.5 97 .279 .213 .265 .235 .333 .321 .392 .557 .724 53 .268 -61.3 -6.4 .442 .141 .109 4.8
162 Game Avg. 331 267 25 2.5 97 .279 .213 .265 .235 .333 .321 .392 .557 .724 53 .268 -61.3 -6.4 .442 .141 .109 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (15 yrs) 1003 805 76 2.5 98 .282 .215 .266 .238 .333 .326 .392 .564 .726 54 .277 -57.4 -6.0 .449 .145 .111 4.8
HOU (2 yrs) 38 33 1 0.8 88 .208 .161 .251 .161 .317 .194 .372 .355 .689 3 .051 -3.9 -0.4 .231 .032 .032

Postseason Batting

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
1982 32 STL NL NLCS ATL W 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 0 1 0
1982 32 STL NL WS MIL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 35 STL NL NLCS LAD W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1985 35 STL NL WS KCR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 37 STL NL NLCS SFG W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 37 STL NL WS MIN L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 12 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .333 .400 .733 2 0 0 1 1 0
3 NLCS 5 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 1 1 0
3 WS 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1974 24 STL NL 37 0.0% 29.7% 5.4% 2.7% 14% 5.50 2.6 29.0 2.20 49%
1975 25 STL NL 88 1.1% 22.7% 3.4% 8.0% 29% 6.67 3.9 78.0 15.6 1.79 65%
1976 26 STL NL 72 1.4% 23.6% 1.4% 4.2% 27% 17.00 3.6 62.0 12.4 3.40 61%
1977 27 STL NL 86 0.0% 33.7% 2.3% 4.7% 33% 14.50 2.5 18.0 2.31 50%
1978 28 STL NL 89 1.1% 29.2% 1.1% 9.0% 53% 26.00 3.2 83.0 10.4 1.33 63%
1979 29 STL NL 84 0.0% 20.2% 6.0% 4.8% 50% 3.40 4.3 14.6 1.29 69%
1980 30 STL NL 89 3.4% 20.2% 2.3% 9.0% 35% 9.00 4.3 26.0 7.8 1.61 64%
1981 31 STL NL 48 0.0% 20.8% 2.1% 2.1% 20% 10.00 4.1 13.7 2.09 65%
1982 32 STL NL 90 0.0% 22.2% 3.3% 4.4% 27% 6.67 3.7 24.3 2.53 59%
1983 33 STL NL 66 1.5% 21.2% 4.6% 6.1% 31% 4.67 3.9 54.0 9.0 0.89 62%
1984 34 STL NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 5.9% 25% 5.3 5.3 10.00 76%
1985 35 STL NL 47 2.1% 21.3% 0.0% 8.5% 36% 4.5 45.0 11.3 2.25 72%
1986 36 STL NL 88 2.3% 27.3% 0.0% 8.0% 54% 3.2 38.0 6.3 2.25 58%
1987 37 STL NL 71 2.8% 23.9% 4.2% 11.3% 47% 5.67 3.4 28.5 7.1 3.38 54%
1988 38 TOT NL 39 0.0% 18.0% 2.6% 2.6% 13% 7.00 4.6 6.4 0.67 1.30 64% 19% 0.0% 53%
1988 38 STL NL 31 0.0% 19.4% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.2 12.5 0.73 1.43 61% 21% 0.0% 45%
1988 38 HOU NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 7.0 2.3 0.50 1.00 75% 14% 0.0% 75%
1989 39 HOU NL 30 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 12.0 1.67 3.00 60% 4% 0.0% 50%
16 Yrs 1041 1.2% 23.9% 2.6% 6.2% 34% 9.22 3.6 74.4 10.6 0.95 1.94 61% 13% 0.0% 52%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.60 6.5 43.7 8.5 0.81 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 24 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 38 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .75 -0.2 -0.0 -3.3 -0.3 0.89 -3.2 0
1975 25 STL NL 1.2 0.1 89 -0.3 0.8 -1.2 .75 0.1 -0.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 2.5 0
1976 26 STL NL -6.4 -0.7 72 -0.6 0.8 -1.3 .87 -0.6 -0.1 -7.6 -0.8 1.01 -6.2 0
1977 27 STL NL -9.2 -0.9 86 -0.3 0.7 -1.1 .76 -1.0 0.5 -6.6 -0.7 0.94 -9.9 0
1978 28 STL NL -7.3 -0.8 91 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 .98 -0.8 -0.1 -8.7 -0.9 0.96 -8.6 0
1979 29 STL NL -11.0 -1.1 85 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 .96 -1.1 -0.1 -12.8 -1.3 0.92 -12.5 0
1980 30 STL NL 1.0 0.1 90 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 .86 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.94 -0.6 0.31 1
1981 31 STL NL -6.6 -0.7 48 -0.4 0.6 -0.9 .99 -0.7 0.3 -7.0 -0.7 1.03 -6.7 0
1982 32 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 91 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .84 -0.7 -0.2 -8.5 -0.9 0.88 -7.5 0
1983 33 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 68 0.0 0.9 -0.8 .83 -0.1 0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.99 -1.5 1.13 1
1984 34 STL NL -0.9 -0.1 17 0.1 0.4 -0.3 1.18 -0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.08 -1.2 0
1985 35 STL NL -1.7 -0.2 48 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .75 -0.2 0.2 -3.4 -0.4 0.93 -2.7 0
1986 36 STL NL -7.3 -0.8 90 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .99 -0.8 0.3 -5.6 -0.6 1.06 -7.9 0
1987 37 STL NL 1.4 0.1 71 0.1 1.0 -0.9 .74 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.89 0.9 1.35 0
1988 38 TOT NL -1.7 -0.2 41 0.1 0.7 -0.6 1.18 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.03 -1.9 0.76 1
1988 38 STL NL -1.1 -0.1 33 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.08 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.96 -1.5 0.76 1
1988 38 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 8 0.2 0.3 -0.2 1.58 -0.1 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.28 -0.5 0
1989 39 HOU NL -3.2 -0.3 30 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.21 -0.4 0.2 -3.8 -0.4 1.16 -3.5 0
16 Yrs -61.3 -6.4 1055 -5.1 11.8 -16.9 .89 -6.7 1.0 -68.9 -7.2 0.96 -70.5 0.73 3
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1974 24 STL NL 0 0 11% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1975 25 STL NL 1 0 30% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36% 4 2 2 2 2 0 5 3 2
1976 26 STL NL 1 0 46% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 1
1977 27 STL NL 2 0 43% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1978 28 STL NL 0 0 7% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 29 STL NL 0 0 54% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 75% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1980 30 STL NL 0 0 36% 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 7 4 3 1 1 0 4 3 1
1981 31 STL NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 32 STL NL 1 0 39% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13% 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 4 1
1983 33 STL NL 0 0 20% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1984 34 STL NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 35 STL NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1986 36 STL NL 0 0 46% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1987 37 STL NL 1 0 39% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
1988 38 TOT NL 0 0 33% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13% 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
1988 38 STL NL 0 0 38% 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13% 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
1988 38 HOU 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
1989 39 HOU NL 1 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 7 0 32% 279 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 17 25% 41 31 10 10 8 1 30 17 9
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*

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
1974 24 STL NL 37 24% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 7 0 0% 9 2 22% 23 1 4% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1975 25 STL NL 88 41% 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 86% 16 0 0% 15 5 33% 56 4 7% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1976 26 STL NL 72 33% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 17 3 18% 20 6 30% 52 5 10% 7 1 14% 5 4 80% 0
1977 27 STL NL 86 42% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 75% 22 0 0% 18 5 28% 53 4 8% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
1978 28 STL NL 89 46% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 83% 16 3 19% 17 4 24% 57 7 12% 4 1 25% 5 2 40% 0
1979 29 STL NL 84 52% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 11 1 9% 16 6 38% 52 5 10% 7 3 43% 4 3 75% 0
1980 30 STL NL 89 46% 23 1 0 0 0 0.31 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 11 9 82% 18 1 6% 19 7 37% 51 7 14% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
1981 31 STL NL 48 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 9 2 22% 12 4 33% 35 3 9% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1982 32 STL NL 90 34% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 93% 17 1 6% 21 6 29% 44 3 7% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1983 33 STL NL 66 36% 13 1 0 0 0 1.13 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 100% 8 0 0% 11 5 45% 44 5 11% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1984 34 STL NL 17 41% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 14 3 21% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1985 35 STL NL 47 13% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 30 3 10% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1986 36 STL NL 88 30% 13 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 16 11 69% 20 1 5% 23 8 35% 69 11 16% 8 4 50% 3 3 100% 0
1987 37 STL NL 71 42% 17 0 0 0 0 1.35 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 16 11 69% 17 1 6% 16 5 31% 37 6 16% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0
1988 38 TOT NL 39 36% 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.76 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 9 0 0% 9 2 22% 27 5 19% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1988 38 STL NL 31 29% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 19 2 11% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1988 38 HOU NL 8 63% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 3 38% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1989 39 HOU NL 30 37% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 11 0 0% 10 3 30% 31 2 6% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
16 Yrs 1041 38% 190 3 1 3 0 0 0 0.73 12 1 23 5 7 7 5 0 137 115 84% 205 14 7% 224 70 31% 675 74 11% 62 25 40% 37 26 70% 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

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 38 TOT NL 38 129 3.39 90 70% 8% 27% 32% 33% 92% 0% 64% 71% 61% 0% 0 0 5% 2 1 3% 1 1 0% 1 0 0
1988 38 STL NL 31 102 3.29 71 70% 8% 27% 31% 34% 92% 0% 64% 71% 61% 0% 0 0 6% 2 1 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1988 38 HOU NL 7 27 3.86 19 70% 5% 26% 37% 32% 95% 0% 67% 72% 57% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1989 39 HOU NL 27 76 2.81 59 78% 20% 22% 22% 36% 80% 0% 62% 72% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 3 0 0
2 Yrs 65 205 3.15 149 73% 13% 25% 28% 34% 87% 0% 63% 72% 63% 0% 0 0 3% 2 1 2% 1 1 0% 4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

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
1974 24 20 37 29 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 .241 .290 .276 .566 60 8 0 0 6 0 0
1975 25 55 125 107 10 31 4 3 1 6 1 0 5 31 .290 .327 .411 .739 103 44 0 1 12 0 0
1976 26 90 197 169 16 42 6 3 2 11 1 0 6 48 .249 .278 .355 .633 75 60 3 1 21 0 0
1977 27 125 283 241 22 54 10 3 2 15 1 0 8 77 .224 .252 .315 .567 56 76 3 1 33 0 0
1978 28 159 372 324 24 69 17 3 3 23 1 0 9 103 .213 .237 .312 .548 51 101 6 1 38 0 0
1979 29 192 456 397 31 77 19 5 3 28 1 0 14 120 .194 .222 .290 .512 40 115 7 1 42 2 0
1980 30 224 545 475 42 100 24 5 6 38 2 0 16 138 .211 .237 .320 .557 52 152 8 1 51 2 0
1981 31 244 593 516 42 105 25 5 6 41 2 0 17 148 .203 .229 .306 .536 47 158 10 1 57 2 0
1982 32 280 683 589 49 120 28 6 6 44 2 0 20 168 .204 .230 .302 .533 46 178 11 1 71 2 0
1983 33 317 749 643 53 133 31 6 7 50 2 1 23 182 .207 .234 .306 .540 49 197 11 1 78 4 0
1984 34 333 766 659 54 137 32 6 7 53 2 1 23 185 .208 .234 .307 .541 49 202 12 1 79 4 0
1985 35 367 813 704 57 148 34 7 8 57 2 1 23 195 .210 .235 .313 .547 51 220 12 1 81 4 0
1986 36 401 901 780 64 161 38 8 10 69 2 1 23 219 .206 .229 .314 .543 49 245 13 1 92 5 0
1987 37 435 972 837 73 178 44 8 12 77 2 1 26 236 .213 .236 .327 .563 54 274 14 1 103 5 0
1988 38 472 1011 869 76 186 45 8 12 82 3 1 27 243 .214 .237 .326 .563 54 283 14 1 109 5 0
1989 39 509 1041 893 77 190 45 8 12 84 3 1 27 249 .213 .235 .321 .557 53 287 14 1 115 5 0

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
1974 24 20 36 28 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 .214 .267 .250 .517 2 20
1975 25 35 88 78 9 24 3 3 1 5 0 3 20 .308 .341 .462 .803 12 35
1976 26 35 72 62 6 11 2 0 1 5 0 1 17 .177 .190 .258 .449 3 35
1977 27 35 86 72 6 12 4 0 0 4 0 2 29 .167 .189 .222 .411 3 35
1978 28 34 89 83 2 15 7 0 1 8 0 1 26 .181 .190 .301 .492 5 34
1979 29 33 82 72 6 7 2 2 0 4 0 4 17 .097 .141 .181 .322 2 33
1980 30 32 90 79 11 24 5 0 3 10 1 2 18 .304 .321 .481 .802 12 32
1981 31 30 74 63 0 8 2 0 0 5 0 2 15 .127 .154 .159 .313 2 20
1982 32 36 90 73 7 15 3 1 0 3 0 3 20 .205 .237 .274 .511 5 36
1983 33 37 67 55 5 14 3 0 1 7 0 3 14 .255 .283 .364 .647 6 37
1984 34 16 17 16 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 1 16
1985 35 34 48 46 3 12 2 1 1 5 0 0 10 .261 .261 .413 .674 5 34
1986 36 34 89 77 8 14 4 1 2 14 0 0 24 .182 .179 .338 .517 5 34
1987 37 34 70 56 8 16 6 0 2 7 0 3 17 .286 .322 .500 .822 9 34
1988 38 37 40 33 4 9 1 0 0 6 1 1 7 .273 .294 .303 .597 3 37
1989 39 37 31 25 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 37
16 Yrs 519 1069 918 78 196 46 8 12 89 3 27 254 .214 .236 .320 .556 76 509
162 Game Avg. 162 334 287 24 61 14 2 4 28 1 8 79 .214 .236 .320 .556 24 509

* 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

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Silver Sluggers
1980 NL (P)
1987 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1975 NL  6.5 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  12 (6th)
1982 NL  14 (5th)
1986 NL  11 (7th)
1987 NL  11 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL  born 1950-01-13 (7th)

                                         

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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.
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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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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