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Ken Forsch

Kenneth Roth Forsch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Astros/Angels 1970-1986

Final Game: May 23, 1986
Relatives: Brother of Bob Forsch
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All-Star

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
1970 23 HOU NL 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1971 24 HOU NL 33 63 59 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 .136 .150 .153 .303 -13 9 0 0 3 0 0 1
1972 25 HOU NL 30 49 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .146 .167 .146 .313 -9 6 1 0 7 0 0 1
1973 26 HOU NL 46 69 62 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .065 .094 .081 .174 -51 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1974 27 HOU NL 70 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 28 HOU NL 34 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .045 .192 .045 .238 -29 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1976 29 HOU NL 52 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -22 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 AS
1977 30 HOU NL 42 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1978 31 HOU NL 52 29 27 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 8 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1979 32 HOU NL 26 68 58 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 22 .138 .194 .155 .349 -1 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
1980 33 HOU NL 32 84 77 3 18 3 0 0 8 1 0 1 33 .234 .244 .273 .516 50 21 0 0 6 0 0 1
1981 34 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1982 35 CAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 36 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 37 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 39 CAL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Yrs 521 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 136 119 5 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 51 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 18 1 0 12 0 0
HOU (11 yrs) 421 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
CAL (5 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 421 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1970 23 HOU NL 4 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .463 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1971 24 HOU NL 33 63 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1972 25 HOU NL 30 49 -6 -0 -0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1973 26 HOU NL 46 69 -13 0 0 0 8 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .487 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 $ 1
1974 27 HOU NL 70 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1975 28 HOU NL 34 29 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1976 29 HOU NL 52 14 -2 0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1 AS
1977 30 HOU NL 42 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1978 31 HOU NL 52 29 -3 -0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1979 32 HOU NL 26 68 -8 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1980 33 HOU NL 32 84 -6 -1 0 0 9 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1
1981 34 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 AS
1982 35 CAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 36 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 37 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1986 39 CAL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $100,000 1
16 Seasons 521 438 -57 -1 1 0 49 -9 -1.0 13 4 -1.1 .498 .500 -1.1 0.2 4 $100,000
HOU (11 yrs) 421 438 -57 -1 1 0 49 -9 -1.0 13 4 -1.1 .498 .499 -1.1 0.2 4 $
CAL (5 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $100,000

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
1970 23 HOU NL 9 9 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .334 .000 .401 .000 .735 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1971 24 HOU NL 63 54 2 1.0 90 .276 .136 .256 .150 .322 .153 .375 .303 .697 -13 .071 -8.8 -0.9 .196 .034 .017
1972 25 HOU NL 49 43 1 0.6 90 .300 .146 .254 .167 .322 .146 .376 .313 .698 -9 .032 -5.9 -0.6 .194 .024 .000
1973 26 HOU NL 69 63 1 0.4 96 .111 .065 .261 .094 .330 .081 .389 .174 .719 -51 .015 -12.8 -1.3 .121 .048 .016
1974 27 HOU NL 9 8 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .125 .328 .000 .371 .125 .698 -62 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1975 28 HOU NL 29 24 1 1.1 89 .067 .045 .256 .192 .325 .045 .370 .238 .695 -29 .078 -3.6 -0.4 .238 .182 .000
1976 29 HOU NL 14 13 0 0.0 84 .125 .091 .252 .167 .317 .091 .359 .258 .676 -22 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .182 .091 .000
1977 30 HOU NL 15 13 0 0.0 95 .125 .077 .258 .143 .324 .077 .394 .220 .718 -36 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .167 .077 .000
1978 31 HOU NL 29 24 1 1.1 88 .278 .185 .253 .185 .319 .185 .371 .370 .690 8 .082 -3.3 -0.3 .227 .000 .000
1979 32 HOU NL 68 57 2 0.9 95 .222 .138 .262 .194 .326 .155 .388 .349 .715 -1 .056 -7.9 -0.8 .255 .086 .017
1980 33 HOU NL 84 65 6 2.5 88 .409 .234 .257 .244 .318 .273 .373 .516 .692 50 .274 -5.1 -0.5 .390 .065 .039 .0
16 Yrs 438 373 14 1.0 91 .236 .136 .258 .170 .323 .151 .379 .322 .702 -7 .067 -54.8 -5.7 .225 .060 .016 .0
162 Game Avg. 136 116 4 1.0 91 .236 .136 .258 .170 .323 .151 .379 .322 .702 -7 .067 -54.8 -5.7 .225 .060 .016

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
1980 33 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1970 23 HOU NL 9 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 4.00 22%
1971 24 HOU NL 63 0.0% 47.6% 1.6% 1.6% 13% 30.00 2.0 59.0 1.20 46%
1972 25 HOU NL 49 0.0% 42.9% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 21.00 2.0 6.00 41%
1973 26 HOU NL 69 0.0% 37.7% 2.9% 1.5% 25% 13.00 2.4 62.0 1.24 52%
1974 27 HOU NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 3.00 2.3 1.50 44%
1975 28 HOU NL 29 0.0% 24.1% 13.8% 0.0% 0% 1.75 3.1 2.20 52%
1976 29 HOU NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 11.0 4.00 57%
1977 30 HOU NL 15 0.0% 33.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.6 2.50 53%
1978 31 HOU NL 29 0.0% 31.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 9.0 3.33 62%
1979 32 HOU NL 68 0.0% 32.4% 5.9% 1.5% 13% 5.50 2.6 19.3 2.89 53%
1980 33 HOU NL 84 0.0% 39.3% 1.2% 3.6% 17% 33.00 2.3 9.6 1.46 52%
16 Yrs 438 0.0% 37.2% 3.7% 1.4% 12% 10.19 2.3 22.5 2.04 50%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.58 6.6 44.4 8.6 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 23 HOU NL -1.7 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .78 -0.2 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.86 -2.1 0
1971 24 HOU NL -8.8 -0.9 56 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .84 -0.9 -0.1 -9.8 -1.1 0.95 -9.5 0
1972 25 HOU NL -5.9 -0.6 49 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1.12 -0.7 -0.1 -7.3 -0.8 0.94 -6.8 0
1973 26 HOU NL -12.8 -1.3 69 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 .80 -1.3 -0.1 -12.4 -1.3 0.86 -14.0 0
1974 27 HOU NL -1.5 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .74 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.91 -1.5 0
1975 28 HOU NL -3.7 -0.4 30 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.10 -0.3 -0.1 -4.3 -0.5 1.00 -3.5 0
1976 29 HOU NL -1.7 -0.2 14 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.23 -0.3 0.0 -2.7 -0.3 1.10 -2.8 0
1977 30 HOU NL -2.4 -0.2 15 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.39 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.93 -2.2 0
1978 31 HOU NL -3.3 -0.3 29 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 .94 -0.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.97 -2.3 0
1979 32 HOU NL -7.9 -0.8 68 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 .85 -0.8 0.2 -9.6 -1.0 1.06 -8.6 0
1980 33 HOU NL -5.1 -0.5 84 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 .94 -0.6 0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.96 -6.1 0
1981 34 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1982 35 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1983 36 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1984 37 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1986 39 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
16 Yrs -54.9 -5.7 432 -5.1 2.9 -8.0 .94 -5.7 0.2 -55.8 -6.0 0.96 -59.1 0

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
1970 23 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 HOU NL 0 0 22% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 25 HOU NL 1 0 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 26 HOU NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 27 HOU NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 HOU NL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 29 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 HOU NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 31 HOU NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 32 HOU NL 1 0 33% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38% 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1980 33 HOU NL 0 0 16% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 0
16 Yrs 2 0 24% 95 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 21% 17 16 1 3 2 1 9 4 4

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
1970 23 HOU NL 9 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1971 24 HOU NL 63 32% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0 0% 12 1 8% 42 1 2% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1972 25 HOU NL 49 14% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 14 1 7% 12 3 25% 24 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1973 26 HOU NL 69 16% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 8 0 0% 10 3 30% 37 1 3% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
1974 27 HOU NL 9 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 HOU NL 29 38% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 16 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 29 HOU NL 14 36% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 11 1 9% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1977 30 HOU NL 15 7% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 31 HOU NL 29 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 4 2 50% 18 3 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1979 32 HOU NL 68 44% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 18 1 6% 17 2 12% 54 3 6% 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 0
1980 33 HOU NL 84 44% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 15 0 0% 14 4 29% 48 9 19% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
16 Yrs 438 30% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 45 39 87% 82 3 4% 83 20 24% 265 18 7% 27 6 22% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1970 23 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0
1971 24 37 72 65 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 .123 .136 .138 .275 -21 9 0 0 6 0 0
1972 25 67 121 106 4 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 55 .132 .148 .142 .290 -17 15 1 0 13 0 0
1973 26 113 190 168 6 18 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 81 .107 .128 .119 .247 -29 20 1 0 18 0 0
1974 27 183 199 175 6 18 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 84 .103 .128 .114 .242 -31 20 1 0 19 0 0
1975 28 217 228 197 7 19 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 91 .096 .136 .107 .243 -30 21 1 0 22 0 0
1976 29 269 242 208 7 20 2 0 0 3 0 0 10 94 .096 .138 .106 .243 -30 22 2 0 24 0 0
1977 30 311 257 221 8 21 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 99 .095 .138 .104 .242 -30 23 2 0 25 0 0
1978 31 363 286 248 9 26 2 0 0 6 0 0 11 108 .105 .143 .113 .256 -26 28 2 0 27 0 0
1979 32 389 354 306 13 34 3 0 0 9 0 0 15 130 .111 .153 .121 .274 -21 37 3 0 33 0 0
1980 33 421 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1981 34 441 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1982 35 478 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1983 36 509 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1984 37 511 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1985 38 511 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 0
1986 39 521 438 383 16 52 6 0 0 17 1 0 16 163 .136 .170 .151 .322 -7 58 3 0 39 0 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
1970 23 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1971 24 33 65 61 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 30 .164 .177 .180 .358 2 33
1972 25 31 51 43 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .140 .159 .140 .299 1 30
1973 26 46 72 64 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 26 .094 .134 .125 .259 1 46
1974 27 70 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 70
1975 28 34 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 34
1976 29 52 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 52
1977 30 42 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 42
1978 31 52 29 27 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 1 52
1979 32 26 69 59 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 4 22 .153 .206 .169 .376 2 26
1980 33 32 86 79 4 20 3 0 0 9 1 1 33 .253 .263 .291 .554 6 32
11 Yrs 422 448 392 19 56 7 0 0 18 1 17 164 .143 .178 .161 .339 13 421
162 Game Avg. 162 172 150 7 21 3 0 0 7 0 7 63 .143 .178 .161 .339 5 421

* 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
1992 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1976 *
1981 *

Oldest s c a p y
1986 AL  born 1946-09-08 (9th)

             

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