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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
1968	18	STL-min	Rk	44	143	143		32	5	0	0						.224	.224	.259	.483		37							CDS · GULF
1969	19	STL-min	A,A-	59	197	193	8	43	5	0	4	7	0	0	4	50	.223	.239	.311	.549		60							MOD,LEW · CALL,NORW
1970	20	STL-min	A,A-	57	118	111	4	14	5	1	1	1	0	0	7	21	.126	.178	.216	.394		24		0	0	0			MOD,CDR,LEW · CALL,MIDW,NORW
1971	21	STL-min	A	23	75	69	11	17	5	0	1	7	1	0	6	21	.246	.307	.362	.669		25							CDR · MIDW
1972	22	STL-min	AA	25	62	56	5	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	4	14	.196	.250	.250	.500		14		0	2	0			ARK · TL
1973	23	STL-min	AAA	27																									TUL · AA
1974	24	STL-min	AAA	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TUL · AA
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

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
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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

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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 Replacement† s 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)

Similarity Scores

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Harvey Haddix (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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