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George Foster

George Arthur Foster

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 1, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Leuzinger HS (Lawndale, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1969
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mets/Giants/WhiteSox 1969-1986
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 6, 1986
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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
1969 20 SFG NL 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 126 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1970 21 SFG NL 9 21 19 2 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 5 .316 .381 .632 1.013 168 12 1 0 0 0 1 /79
1971 22 TOT NL 140 514 473 50 114 23 4 13 58 7 7 29 120 .241 .292 .389 .681 95 184 20 7 1 4 3 *87/9
1971 22 SFG NL 36 112 105 11 28 5 0 3 8 0 1 6 27 .267 .304 .400 .704 99 42 4 0 0 1 1 7/9
1971 22 CIN NL 104 402 368 39 86 18 4 10 50 7 6 23 93 .234 .289 .386 .675 94 142 16 7 1 3 2 8/79
1972 23 CIN NL 59 152 145 15 29 4 1 2 12 2 1 5 44 .200 .230 .283 .513 49 41 6 1 0 1 1 9/87
1973 24 CIN NL 17 43 39 6 11 3 0 4 9 0 1 4 7 .282 .349 .667 1.016 182 26 1 0 0 0 0 8/97
1974 25 CIN NL 106 314 276 31 73 18 0 7 41 3 2 30 52 .264 .343 .406 .749 110 112 8 4 2 2 5 98/7
1975 26 CIN NL 134 511 463 71 139 24 4 23 78 2 1 40 73 .300 .356 .518 .875 139 240 14 3 0 5 11 *789/3
1976 27 CIN NL 144 627 562 86 172 21 9 29 121 17 3 52 89 .306 .364 .530 .894 150 298 11 4 0 9 4 *789/3 AS,MVP-2
1977 28 CIN NL 158 689 615 124 197 31 2 52 149 6 4 61 107 .320 .382 .631 1.013 165 388 17 5 0 8 10 *78 AS,MVP-1
1978 29 CIN NL 158 687 604 97 170 26 7 40 120 4 4 70 138 .281 .360 .546 .906 151 330 18 7 0 6 16 *78 AS,MVP-6
1979 30 CIN NL 121 505 440 68 133 18 3 30 98 0 2 59 105 .302 .386 .561 .948 155 247 11 3 0 3 7 *7 AS,MVP-12
1980 31 CIN NL 144 608 528 79 144 21 5 25 93 1 0 75 99 .273 .362 .473 .835 131 250 14 1 0 4 14 *7
1981 32 CIN NL 108 472 414 64 122 23 2 22 90 4 0 51 75 .295 .373 .519 .892 150 215 12 3 0 4 5 *7 AS,MVP-3,SS
1982 33 NYM NL 151 608 550 64 136 23 2 13 70 1 1 50 123 .247 .309 .367 .676 90 202 13 2 0 6 9 *7
1983 34 NYM NL 157 647 601 74 145 19 2 28 90 1 1 38 111 .241 .289 .419 .708 95 252 19 4 0 4 5 *7
1984 35 NYM NL 146 595 553 67 149 22 1 24 86 2 2 30 122 .269 .311 .443 .754 111 245 14 6 0 6 9 *7
1985 36 NYM NL 129 504 452 57 119 24 1 21 77 0 1 46 87 .263 .331 .460 .792 121 208 8 2 0 4 5 *7
1986 37 TOT MLB 87 310 284 30 64 6 3 14 42 1 1 24 61 .225 .284 .415 .699 91 118 9 0 0 2 1 7/D
1986 37 NYM NL 72 256 233 28 53 6 1 13 38 1 1 21 53 .227 .289 .429 .718 98 100 7 0 0 2 1 7
1986 37 CHW AL 15 54 51 2 11 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 8 .216 .259 .353 .612 63 18 2 0 0 0 0 7/D
18 Yrs 1977 7812 7023 986 1925 307 47 348 1239 51 31 666 1419 .274 .338 .480 .818 126 3370 196 52 3 68 106
162 Game Avg. 162 640 575 81 158 25 4 29 102 4 3 55 116 .274 .338 .480 .818 126 276 16 4 0 6 9
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
CIN (11 yrs) 1253 5010 4454 680 1276 207 37 244 861 46 24 470 882 .286 .356 .514 .870 140 2289 128 38 3 45 75
NYM (5 yrs) 655 2610 2389 290 602 94 7 99 361 5 6 185 496 .252 .307 .422 .728 103 1007 61 14 0 22 29
SFG (3 yrs) 54 138 129 14 36 6 1 4 13 0 1 8 33 .279 .319 .434 .753 111 56 5 0 0 1 2
CHW (1 yr) 15 54 51 2 11 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 8 .216 .259 .353 .612 63 18 2 0 0 0 0
NL (18 yrs) 1962 7758 6972 984 1914 307 45 347 1235 51 31 663 1411 .275 .339 .481 .820 127 3352 194 52 3 68 106
AL (1 yr) 15 54 51 2 11 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 8 .216 .259 .353 .612 63 18 2 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
1969 20 SFG NL 9 5 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /7
1970 21 SFG NL 9 21 2 -0 -0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /79
1971 22 SFG NL 36 112 0 -1 0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.0 -0.1 1 $ 7/9
1971 22 CIN NL 104 402 -1 -2 -2 6 -1 1 0.2 12 13 1.4 .502 .501 0.6 0.7 7 $ 8/79
1972 23 CIN NL 59 152 -8 0 -0 0 -2 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .482 .493 -0.7 -0.1 -5 $ 9/87
1973 24 CIN NL 17 43 5 -1 -0 1 -0 4 0.5 1 6 0.6 .527 .503 0.5 0.0 5 $ 8/97
1974 25 CIN NL 106 314 4 -1 -1 2 -4 0 0.0 9 9 1.0 .500 .500 0.7 -0.2 8 $ 98/7
1975 26 CIN NL 134 511 19 1 -1 15 -6 28 3.1 15 43 4.6 .523 .519 2.9 1.1 28 $ *789/3
1976 27 CIN NL 144 627 34 2 -0 7 -7 35 4.0 18 54 5.8 .527 .524 4.9 0.0 47 $ *789/3 AS,MVP-2
1977 28 CIN NL 158 689 52 -2 -0 17 -7 60 6.3 20 80 8.2 .540 .539 6.4 1.1 63 $166,667 *78 AS,MVP-1
1978 29 CIN NL 158 687 37 -2 -3 -0 -8 24 2.8 20 44 4.7 .517 .516 4.7 -0.8 44 $166,667 *78 AS,MVP-6
1979 30 CIN NL 121 505 34 -2 -2 7 -6 32 3.5 15 46 4.9 .528 .521 4.1 0.2 39 $166,667 *7 AS,MVP-12
1980 31 CIN NL 144 608 21 -2 -1 6 -6 17 2.0 19 36 3.8 .513 .512 3.1 -0.1 30 $ *7
1981 32 CIN NL 108 472 26 1 -1 -4 -5 17 2.1 14 31 3.5 .518 .512 3.8 -0.9 35 $ *7 AS,MVP-3,SS
1982 33 NYM NL 151 608 -8 -1 -2 -9 -6 -25 -2.7 19 -7 -0.9 .481 .482 -0.1 -1.5 2 $1,650,000 *7
1983 34 NYM NL 157 647 -3 -0 -2 -1 -7 -13 -1.4 20 7 0.5 .491 .491 0.6 -0.8 8 $1,750,000 *7
1984 35 NYM NL 146 595 5 1 -1 2 -6 1 0.2 18 19 2.0 .501 .500 1.6 -0.3 16 $1,850,000 *7
1985 36 NYM NL 129 504 12 -2 0 -7 -6 -1 -0.0 16 14 1.5 .499 .499 2.1 -1.3 21 $1,942,857 *7
1986 37 NYM NL 72 256 2 0 -1 -3 -3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.3 .493 .497 0.7 -0.6 7 $2,800,000 7
1986 37 CHW AL 15 54 -3 0 0 -0 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .473 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $60,000 7/D
18 Seasons 1977 7812 230 -10 -16 37 -82 160 18.5 234 394 41.3 .509 .505 35.9 -3.9 356 $10,552,858
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 1253 5010 224 -7 -11 56 -52 210 23.5 147 357 37.9 .518 .513 31.0 1.0 301 $500,001
NYM (5 yrs) 655 2610 8 -2 -5 -17 -27 -43 -4.4 80 37 3.4 .493 .494 4.9 -4.5 54 $9,992,857
SFG (3 yrs) 54 138 2 -2 -0 -1 -2 -2 -0.3 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.2 -0.3 3 $
CHW (1 yr) 15 54 -3 0 0 -0 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .473 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $60,000

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
1969 20 SFG NL 5 3 1 8.9 94 .500 .400 .258 .400 .328 .400 .383 .800 .711 126 .801 0.2 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1970 21 SFG NL 21 14 4 7.7 103 .385 .316 .266 .381 .338 .632 .406 1.013 .745 168 .715 1.7 0.2 1.000 .421 .316 .0
1971 22 TOT NL 514 391 47 3.2 89 .294 .241 .255 .292 .320 .389 .373 .681 .694 95 .396 -3.8 -0.4 .570 .209 .148 9.1
1971 22 SFG NL 112 83 11 3.6 92 .329 .267 .259 .304 .325 .400 .379 .704 .703 99 .439 -0.4 -0.0 .573 .181 .133 .0
1971 22 CIN NL 402 308 36 3.2 88 .284 .234 .254 .289 .319 .386 .372 .675 .691 94 .384 -3.5 -0.4 .569 .217 .152 8.2
1972 23 CIN NL 152 124 8 1.8 87 .270 .200 .250 .230 .317 .283 .369 .513 .686 49 .176 -9.9 -1.0 .390 .124 .083 2.0
1973 24 CIN NL 43 30 8 7.2 92 .250 .282 .257 .349 .325 .667 .382 1.016 .706 182 .721 4.0 0.4 .967 .462 .385 .0
1974 25 CIN NL 314 217 38 4.7 94 .301 .264 .261 .343 .333 .406 .378 .749 .711 110 .548 4.4 0.5 .690 .254 .141 4.2
1975 26 CIN NL 511 344 82 6.4 98 .312 .300 .268 .356 .339 .518 .387 .875 .726 139 .674 22.6 2.3 .838 .307 .218 3.7
1976 27 CIN NL 627 413 111 7.2 93 .316 .306 .265 .364 .332 .530 .378 .894 .709 150 .740 35.0 3.6 .911 .342 .224 21.4
1977 28 CIN NL 689 447 144 8.7 105 .313 .320 .272 .382 .340 .631 .414 1.013 .754 165 .761 54.9 5.3 1.039 .413 .311 10.8
1978 29 CIN NL 687 462 115 6.7 95 .301 .281 .262 .360 .330 .546 .385 .906 .715 151 .702 39.2 4.0 .893 .381 .265 7.3
1979 30 CIN NL 505 323 95 7.9 100 .334 .302 .270 .386 .336 .561 .401 .948 .737 155 .745 33.4 3.3 .959 .389 .259 .0
1980 31 CIN NL 608 402 91 6.1 96 .292 .273 .268 .362 .330 .473 .389 .835 .720 131 .662 22.7 2.3 .822 .345 .201 1.9
1981 32 CIN NL 472 308 81 7.1 94 .312 .295 .265 .373 .330 .519 .380 .892 .710 150 .732 27.4 2.8 .898 .357 .225 6.8
1982 33 NYM NL 608 434 62 3.9 94 .293 .247 .264 .309 .327 .367 .384 .676 .712 90 .459 -7.5 -0.8 .593 .211 .120 1.9
1983 34 NYM NL 647 480 68 3.8 96 .251 .241 .262 .289 .330 .419 .388 .708 .719 95 .451 -7.2 -0.7 .618 .241 .178 1.9
1984 35 NYM NL 595 426 73 4.6 93 .303 .269 .262 .311 .327 .443 .381 .754 .708 111 .545 5.9 0.6 .669 .228 .174 3.7
1985 36 NYM NL 504 346 69 5.4 94 .282 .263 .259 .331 .327 .460 .386 .792 .712 121 .610 12.0 1.2 .746 .296 .197 .0
1986 37 TOT MLB 310 232 32 3.7 97 .237 .225 .260 .284 .330 .415 .395 .699 .725 91 .426 -5.3 -0.5 .617 .275 .190 1.9
1986 37 NYM NL 256 190 28 4.0 96 .237 .227 .259 .289 .329 .429 .391 .718 .719 98 .464 -2.1 -0.2 .644 .292 .202 1.9
1986 37 CHW AL 54 42 4 2.5 104 .238 .216 .266 .259 .335 .353 .415 .612 .750 63 .248 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .196 .137 .0
18 Yrs 7812 5396 1129 5.6 95 .296 .274 .264 .338 .331 .480 .387 .818 .718 126 .627 229.7 23.1 .771 .303 .206 89.0
162 Game Avg. 640 442 93 5.6 95 .296 .274 .264 .338 .331 .480 .387 .818 .718 126 .627 19 2 .771 .303 .206 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (11 yrs) 5010 3378 809 6.5 96 .306 .286 .265 .356 .332 .514 .388 .870 .720 140 .681 230.2 23.1 .847 .338 .227 77.4
NYM (5 yrs) 2610 1876 300 4.3 94 .277 .252 .262 .307 .328 .422 .386 .728 .714 103 .509 1.2 0.1 .650 .247 .170 9.5
SFG (3 yrs) 138 100 16 4.3 93 .344 .279 .260 .319 .327 .434 .383 .753 .710 111 .515 1.4 0.1 .636 .209 .155 .0
CHW (1 yr) 54 42 4 2.5 104 .238 .216 .266 .259 .335 .353 .415 .612 .750 63 .248 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .196 .137 .0
NL (18 yrs) 7758 5354 1125 5.7 95 .297 .275 .264 .339 .331 .481 .387 .820 .717 127 .629 232.9 23.4 .774 .304 .206 88.9
AL (1 yr) 54 42 4 2.5 104 .238 .216 .266 .259 .335 .353 .415 .612 .750 63 .248 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .196 .137 .0

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
1972 23 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 CIN NL WS OAK L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 12 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .364 .417 .364 .780 4 1 0 0 0 0
1975 26 CIN NL WS BOS W 7 30 29 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 .276 .300 .310 .610 9 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 CIN NL NLCS PHI W 3 13 12 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .167 .154 .667 .821 8 0 0 0 1 0
1976 27 CIN NL WS NYY W 4 16 14 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 .429 .500 .500 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 14 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .200 .429 .500 .929 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (7 Series) 23 85 76 11 22 2 0 3 12 2 3 8 13 .289 .353 .434 .787 33 1 0 0 1 0
4 NLCS 10 39 33 7 8 0 0 3 6 1 0 5 9 .242 .333 .515 .848 17 1 0 0 1 0
3 WS 13 46 43 4 14 2 0 0 6 1 3 3 4 .326 .370 .372 .742 16 0 0 0 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 CIN NL 27 as CF 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 28 as CF 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 29 as CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 CIN NL 30 as LF 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 32 as LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 GP) 13 11 3 3 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .273 .385 .727 1.112 8 0 0 0 0 1

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
1969 20 SFG NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 1.00 80%
1970 21 SFG NL 21 4.8% 23.8% 9.5% 14.3% 50% 2.50 3.8 19.0 4.8 3.00 62%
1971 22 TOT NL 514 2.5% 23.4% 5.6% 7.8% 35% 4.14 3.9 36.4 8.2 1.34 67%
1971 22 SFG NL 112 2.7% 24.1% 5.4% 7.1% 29% 4.50 3.9 35.0 13.1 1.52 68%
1971 22 CIN NL 402 2.5% 23.1% 5.7% 8.0% 37% 4.04 4.0 36.8 7.4 1.29 67%
1972 23 CIN NL 152 1.3% 29.0% 3.3% 4.6% 24% 8.80 3.3 72.5 12.1 0.81 66%
1973 24 CIN NL 43 9.3% 16.3% 9.3% 16.3% 64% 1.75 5.6 9.8 4.3 1.50 65%
1974 25 CIN NL 314 2.2% 16.6% 9.6% 8.0% 34% 1.73 5.3 39.4 6.7 0.92 70%
1975 26 CIN NL 511 4.5% 14.3% 7.8% 10.0% 37% 1.83 6.3 20.1 5.9 1.20 73%
1976 27 CIN NL 627 4.6% 14.2% 8.3% 9.4% 34% 1.71 6.3 19.4 4.6 0.84 72%
1977 28 CIN NL 689 7.6% 15.5% 8.9% 12.3% 43% 1.75 5.7 11.8 4.1 1.10 67%
1978 29 CIN NL 687 5.8% 20.1% 10.2% 10.6% 43% 1.97 4.4 15.1 5.0 1.05 63%
1979 30 CIN NL 505 5.9% 20.8% 11.7% 10.1% 38% 1.78 4.2 14.7 4.5 0.83 61%
1980 31 CIN NL 608 4.1% 16.3% 12.3% 8.4% 35% 1.32 5.3 21.1 5.7 1.01 67%
1981 32 CIN NL 472 4.7% 15.9% 10.8% 10.0% 39% 1.47 5.5 18.8 4.6 1.06 68%
1982 33 NYM NL 608 2.1% 20.2% 8.2% 6.3% 28% 2.46 4.5 42.3 7.9 0.97 69%
1983 34 NYM NL 647 4.3% 17.2% 5.9% 7.6% 34% 2.92 5.4 21.5 6.7 1.11 72%
1984 35 NYM NL 595 4.0% 20.5% 5.0% 7.9% 32% 4.07 4.5 23.0 6.4 1.11 69%
1985 36 NYM NL 504 4.2% 17.3% 9.1% 9.1% 39% 1.89 5.2 21.5 5.9 0.78 69%
1986 37 TOT MLB 310 4.5% 19.7% 7.7% 7.4% 36% 2.54 4.7 20.3 6.8 0.90 68%
1986 37 NYM NL 256 5.1% 20.7% 8.2% 7.8% 38% 2.52 4.4 17.9 6.1 0.79 66%
1986 37 CHW AL 54 1.9% 14.8% 5.6% 5.6% 27% 2.67 6.4 51.0 12.8 1.43 78%
18 Yrs 7812 4.5% 18.2% 8.5% 9.0% 37% 2.13 4.9 20.2 5.7 1.02 68%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.59 6.5 44.3 8.7 1.09 74%
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
1969 20 SFG NL 0.2 0.0 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .52 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.10 0.1 0.00 1
1970 21 SFG NL 1.6 0.2 22 0.2 0.5 -0.3 1.05 0.1 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.94 1.8 1.36 2
1971 22 TOT NL -3.8 -0.4 535 -2.6 8.0 -10.6 1.08 -0.5 -1.9 -3.5 -0.4 1.02 0.0 1.78 9
1971 22 SFG NL -0.4 -0.0 115 -1.1 1.5 -2.7 1.21 0.0 -0.9 -7.3 -0.8 1.10 -0.3 1.51 7
1971 22 CIN NL -3.5 -0.4 420 -1.4 6.5 -7.9 1.04 -0.5 -0.9 3.8 0.4 1.00 0.3 2.72 2
1972 23 CIN NL -9.9 -1.0 158 -1.1 1.5 -2.5 .86 -0.6 -0.6 -8.8 -1.0 1.01 -8.1 0.70 12
1973 24 CIN NL 4.0 0.4 45 0.1 0.9 -0.8 .95 0.4 -0.3 2.9 0.3 0.97 4.5 2.33 4
1974 25 CIN NL 4.4 0.5 329 -0.3 5.5 -5.8 1.01 0.8 -1.1 8.7 0.9 1.02 7.2 1.46 17
1975 26 CIN NL 22.6 2.3 522 1.2 10.0 -8.9 1.00 2.1 -1.0 15.5 1.6 1.02 21.3 2.40 9
1976 27 CIN NL 35.0 3.6 651 3.8 14.6 -10.8 1.04 4.2 -0.5 40.3 4.1 1.03 45.2 1.29 6
1977 28 CIN NL 54.9 5.3 706 5.7 17.1 -11.4 .99 5.5 0.2 53.7 5.2 1.02 63.6 0
1978 29 CIN NL 39.2 4.0 702 5.9 17.9 -12.0 1.05 4.4 1.3 41.0 4.2 0.99 49.8 0.01 1
1979 30 CIN NL 33.4 3.3 511 4.3 13.5 -9.2 1.14 4.4 -0.7 41.2 4.1 1.02 43.2 2.73 4
1980 31 CIN NL 22.7 2.3 611 3.4 13.3 -9.9 1.03 2.5 0.9 28.1 2.8 0.97 26.1 2.71 3
1981 32 CIN NL 27.4 2.8 487 4.2 11.6 -7.4 1.05 3.3 0.7 44.5 4.5 1.02 35.0 0
1982 33 NYM NL -7.5 -0.8 612 -1.2 10.5 -11.7 1.07 -0.6 -0.5 -10.6 -1.1 0.95 -3.4 2.06 11
1983 34 NYM NL -7.2 -0.7 650 1.5 14.0 -12.4 1.11 -0.8 2.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -6.1 1.68 5
1984 35 NYM NL 5.9 0.6 602 1.2 12.5 -11.3 1.07 1.8 -0.6 6.0 0.6 0.99 13.9 2.60 5
1985 36 NYM NL 12.0 1.2 509 0.1 9.3 -9.2 1.04 1.6 -1.5 23.1 2.4 0.99 21.7 1.55 6
1986 37 TOT MLB -5.3 -0.5 313 -0.6 5.7 -6.3 1.09 -0.1 -0.5 -4.5 -0.4 1.00 -3.0 1.78 9
1986 37 NYM NL -2.1 -0.2 259 -0.2 5.0 -5.2 1.10 0.4 -0.5 1.6 0.2 1.02 1.7 1.69 8
1986 37 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 54 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 1.06 -0.4 -0.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.92 -4.6 2.50 1
18 Yrs 229.7 23.1 7970 25.9 166.4 -140.6 1.05 28.5 -3.8 278.9 27.8 1.00 312.8 1.72 104
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
1969 20 SFG NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 SFG NL 1 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1971 22 TOT NL 9 0 27% 175 7 7 50% 6 4 0 2 1 1 4 2 8 10 46% 23 16 6 5 1 3 16 5 11
1971 22 SFG NL 2 0 26% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 29% 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 2
1971 22 CIN NL 7 0 27% 136 7 6 54% 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 9 49% 21 14 6 5 1 3 11 2 9
1972 23 CIN NL 3 0 39% 51 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 44% 7 5 2 3 2 1 6 1 4
1973 24 CIN NL 2 0 18% 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1974 25 CIN NL 5 0 24% 145 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 9 59% 11 5 6 5 2 3 6 1 4
1975 26 CIN NL 4 0 30% 184 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 50% 28 20 8 4 1 3 18 4 14
1976 27 CIN NL 7 0 29% 225 17 3 85% 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 55% 37 22 15 8 2 5 21 5 16
1977 28 CIN NL 7 0 34% 256 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 13 47% 32 23 9 19 7 11 19 6 13
1978 29 CIN NL 7 0 28% 249 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 15 46% 37 24 13 8 3 4 18 4 12
1979 30 CIN NL 7 0 23% 188 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 42% 25 18 7 7 4 2 16 2 11
1980 31 CIN NL 8 0 28% 247 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 34% 34 28 6 9 5 4 21 7 12
1981 32 CIN NL 5 0 27% 206 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 17 23% 28 26 2 7 5 2 17 7 8
1982 33 NYM NL 8 0 29% 238 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 10 34% 29 23 6 7 5 2 17 7 10
1983 34 NYM NL 9 0 29% 183 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 41% 29 20 9 7 4 3 10 3 7
1984 35 NYM NL 6 0 27% 207 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 8 53% 35 21 14 6 2 4 16 4 12
1985 36 NYM NL 6 0 25% 147 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 38% 23 12 8 7 6 1 10 4 6
1986 37 TOT MLB 7 0 22% 92 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 46% 17 9 8 4 3 1 3 1 2
1986 37 NYM NL 7 0 25% 81 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 41% 16 9 7 4 3 1 2 1 1
1986 37 CHW AL 0 0 8% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
18 Yrs 101 0 28% 2823 51 31 62% 47 25 2 3 2 3 23 4 74 143 43% 397 274 119 107 53 49 216 62 142
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
1969 20 SFG NL 5 40% 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1970 21 SFG NL 21 33% 6 2 1 1 1 1.36 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 14 3 21% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1971 22 TOT NL 514 25% 114 9 2 1 2 1.78 13 1 20 9 4 9 4 0 2 1 50% 122 20 16% 61 19 31% 360 48 13% 26 13 50% 24 12 50% 0
1971 22 SFG NL 112 26% 28 7 2 1 1 1.51 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 28 4 14% 17 6 35% 95 5 5% 7 1 14% 8 5 63% 0
1971 22 CIN NL 402 24% 86 2 0 0 1 2.72 10 1 11 7 3 8 2 0 2 1 50% 94 16 17% 44 13 30% 265 43 16% 19 12 63% 16 7 44% 0
1972 23 CIN NL 152 59% 29 12 4 0 2 0.70 2 1 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 39 6 15% 17 6 35% 109 12 11% 12 6 50% 10 5 50% 0
1973 24 CIN NL 43 72% 11 4 0 0 0 2.33 4 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 28 5 18% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1974 25 CIN NL 314 51% 73 17 3 0 0 1.46 7 0 10 4 3 3 4 0 2 2 100% 68 8 12% 27 7 26% 213 34 16% 21 10 48% 12 5 42% 0
1975 26 CIN NL 511 38% 139 9 4 1 3 2.40 23 1 17 14 9 15 8 0 0 0 102 14 14% 45 13 29% 373 60 16% 27 12 44% 22 16 73% 0
1976 27 CIN NL 627 34% 172 6 0 0 0 1.29 29 1 23 19 10 13 16 0 1 0 0% 114 11 10% 62 21 34% 485 97 20% 64 36 56% 32 16 50% 0
1977 28 CIN NL 689 38% 197 0 0 0 0 52 0 24 32 20 21 31 0 0 0 139 17 12% 72 21 29% 535 100 19% 59 29 49% 40 17 43% 0
1978 29 CIN NL 687 40% 170 1 0 0 0 0.01 40 2 15 24 16 25 15 0 1 0 0% 107 18 17% 57 11 19% 469 83 18% 60 24 40% 24 10 42% 0
1979 30 CIN NL 505 36% 133 4 1 0 1 2.73 30 1 14 19 11 20 10 0 0 0 92 11 12% 43 7 16% 382 71 19% 41 17 41% 18 6 33% 0
1980 31 CIN NL 608 29% 144 3 0 0 0 2.71 25 1 10 16 9 14 11 0 0 0 90 14 16% 42 16 38% 392 72 18% 39 21 54% 22 11 50% 0
1981 32 CIN NL 472 24% 122 0 0 0 0 22 1 8 19 3 8 14 0 0 0 95 12 13% 40 12 30% 339 70 21% 37 15 41% 25 11 44% 0
1982 33 NYM NL 608 20% 136 11 2 0 1 2.06 13 0 10 9 4 7 6 0 0 0 95 13 14% 62 18 29% 393 60 15% 55 28 51% 26 11 42% 0
1983 34 NYM NL 647 27% 145 5 1 1 1 1.68 28 2 14 16 12 17 11 0 0 0 116 19 16% 55 14 25% 434 63 15% 35 18 51% 28 13 46% 0
1984 35 NYM NL 595 35% 149 5 1 0 0 2.60 24 0 11 14 10 11 13 0 0 0 102 14 14% 51 18 35% 410 67 16% 41 21 51% 16 10 63% 0
1985 36 NYM NL 504 43% 119 6 1 0 2 1.55 21 1 15 12 9 9 12 0 0 0 107 8 7% 47 9 19% 343 56 16% 36 15 42% 19 10 53% 0
1986 37 TOT MLB 310 43% 64 9 0 0 1 1.78 14 1 12 7 7 10 4 0 0 0 71 9 13% 27 7 26% 213 29 14% 15 7 47% 16 9 56% 0
1986 37 NYM NL 256 43% 53 8 0 0 1 1.69 13 1 11 6 7 9 4 0 0 0 62 7 11% 25 6 24% 179 26 15% 14 6 43% 14 8 57% 0
1986 37 CHW AL 54 41% 11 1 0 0 0 2.50 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 2 1 50% 34 3 9% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
18 Yrs 7812 34% 1925 104 20 4 14 1.72 348 13 211 215 133 184 164 0 6 3 50% 1472 196 13% 713 200 28% 5497 931 17% 574 275 48% 337 164 49% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
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

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
1969 20 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 126 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 18 26 24 3 8 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 6 .333 .385 .583 .968 160 14 1 0 0 0 1
1971 22 158 540 497 53 122 24 5 14 63 7 7 31 126 .245 .297 .398 .695 99 198 21 7 1 4 4
1972 23 217 692 642 68 151 28 6 16 75 9 8 36 170 .235 .282 .372 .654 88 239 27 8 1 5 5
1973 24 234 735 681 74 162 31 6 20 84 9 9 40 177 .238 .286 .389 .675 93 265 28 8 1 5 5
1974 25 340 1049 957 105 235 49 6 27 125 12 11 70 229 .246 .303 .394 .697 99 377 36 12 3 7 10
1975 26 474 1560 1420 176 374 73 10 50 203 14 12 110 302 .263 .320 .435 .755 112 617 50 15 3 12 21
1976 27 618 2187 1982 262 546 94 19 79 324 31 15 162 391 .275 .333 .462 .795 123 915 61 19 3 21 25
1977 28 776 2876 2597 386 743 125 21 131 473 37 19 223 498 .286 .345 .502 .846 133 1303 78 24 3 29 35
1978 29 934 3563 3201 483 913 151 28 171 593 41 23 293 636 .285 .347 .510 .858 137 1633 96 31 3 35 51
1979 30 1055 4068 3641 551 1046 169 31 201 691 41 25 352 741 .287 .352 .516 .869 139 1880 107 34 3 38 58
1980 31 1199 4676 4169 630 1190 190 36 226 784 42 25 427 840 .285 .354 .511 .864 138 2130 121 35 3 42 72
1981 32 1307 5148 4583 694 1312 213 38 248 874 46 25 478 915 .286 .355 .512 .867 139 2345 133 38 3 46 77
1982 33 1458 5756 5133 758 1448 236 40 261 944 47 26 528 1038 .282 .350 .496 .847 134 2547 146 40 3 52 86
1983 34 1615 6403 5734 832 1593 255 42 289 1034 48 27 566 1149 .278 .344 .488 .832 130 2799 165 44 3 56 91
1984 35 1761 6998 6287 899 1742 277 43 313 1120 50 29 596 1271 .277 .341 .484 .826 128 3044 179 50 3 62 100
1985 36 1890 7502 6739 956 1861 301 44 334 1197 50 30 642 1358 .276 .341 .483 .823 128 3252 187 52 3 66 105
1986 37 1977 7812 7023 986 1925 307 47 348 1239 51 31 666 1419 .274 .338 .480 .818 126 3370 196 52 3 68 106

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
1969 20 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 9
1970 21 9 21 19 2 6 1 1 1 4 0 2 5 .316 .381 .632 1.013 5 9
1971 22 140 530 485 59 126 25 4 14 69 8 32 120 .260 .314 .414 .728 62 140
1972 23 62 162 154 19 33 5 1 2 15 2 6 46 .214 .247 .299 .546 11 59
1973 24 17 44 40 7 12 3 0 4 10 0 4 7 .300 .364 .675 1.039 10 17
1974 25 106 320 280 34 77 19 0 7 45 3 32 52 .275 .355 .418 .773 41 106
1975 26 134 517 468 75 144 25 4 24 82 2 41 73 .308 .364 .532 .896 90 134
1976 27 144 639 571 93 181 22 9 31 131 18 55 89 .317 .376 .550 .925 118 144
1977 28 158 686 613 122 195 31 2 51 147 6 60 107 .318 .379 .625 1.004 146 158
1978 29 158 703 615 107 181 28 7 43 133 4 75 138 .294 .374 .572 .946 130 158
1979 30 121 509 443 71 136 18 3 31 102 0 60 105 .307 .391 .571 .962 99 121
1980 31 144 619 535 85 151 22 5 26 100 1 79 99 .282 .373 .488 .861 98 144
1981 32 164 732 639 108 197 37 3 36 152 6 82 114 .308 .388 .545 .933 135 108
1982 33 151 618 557 69 143 24 2 14 76 1 53 123 .257 .320 .382 .703 68 151
1983 34 157 657 609 81 153 20 2 30 99 1 40 111 .251 .300 .438 .738 79 157
1984 35 146 606 562 74 158 23 1 25 95 2 32 122 .281 .323 .459 .783 83 146
1985 36 129 514 459 63 126 25 1 22 85 0 49 87 .275 .344 .477 .821 76 129
1986 37 87 314 287 32 67 6 3 15 45 1 25 61 .233 .293 .432 .725 36 87
18 Yrs 2036 8196 7341 1102 2088 334 48 376 1391 55 727 1460 .284 .350 .497 .847 1288 1977
162 Game Avg. 162 652 584 88 166 27 4 30 111 4 58 116 .284 .350 .497 .847 102 1977
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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 ( 5.6%)
1993 BBWAA ( 6.9%)
1994 BBWAA ( 3.5%)
1995 BBWAA ( 4.1%)

All-Star Games
1976 (CF)
1977 (CF)
1978 (CF)
1979 (LF)
1981 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1976 ML AS MVP
1977 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (2, 66%)
1977 NL (1, 87%)
1978 NL (6, 31%)
1979 NL (12, 10%)
1981 NL (3, 43%)
1 MVP
2.37 Career Shares (68th)

Silver Sluggers
1981 NL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1976 NL  5.8 (8th)
1977 NL  8.2 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1976 NL  5.8 (6th)
1977 NL  8.2 (2nd)
1979 NL  4.9 (8th)
1981 NL  3.5 (6th)
Career  41.3 (243rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 NL  4.9 (7th)
1977 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1981 NL  3.8 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1977 NL  .320 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 NL  .386 (8th)
1981 NL  .373 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 NL  .518 (5th)
1976 NL  .530 (2nd)
1977 NL  .631 (1st)
1978 NL  .546 (3rd)
1979 NL  .561 (3rd)
1981 NL  .519 (3rd)
Career  .480 (188th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 NL  .875 (10th)
1976 NL  .894 (4th)
1977 NL  1.013 (1st)
1978 NL  .906 (5th)
1979 NL  .948 (4th)
1981 NL  .892 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 NL  158 (6th)
1981 NL  108 (4th)
1983 NL  157 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1981 NL  414 (7th)
1983 NL  601 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 NL  689 (6th)
1978 NL  687 (8th)
1981 NL  472 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 NL  86 (9th)
1977 NL  124 (1st)
1978 NL  97 (4th)
1981 NL  64 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  172 (10th)
1977 NL  197 (4th)
1981 NL  122 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 NL  298 (3rd)
1977 NL  388 (1st)
1978 NL  330 (2nd)
1981 NL  215 (3rd)
Career  3,370 (187th)

Doubles s c a p y
1981 NL  23 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  23 (7th)
1976 NL  29 (4th)
1977 NL  52 (1st)
1978 NL  40 (1st)
1979 NL  30 (6th)
1980 NL  25 (8th)
1981 NL  22 (3rd)
1983 NL  28 (6th)
1984 NL  24 (6th)
Career  348 (86th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1976 NL  121 (1st)
1977 NL  149 (1st)
1978 NL  120 (1st)
1979 NL  98 (6th)
1980 NL  93 (8th)
1981 NL  90 (2nd)
1983 NL  90 (8th)
Career  1,239 (130th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  75 (10th)
1981 NL  51 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 NL  120 (7th)
1977 NL  107 (9th)
1978 NL  138 (2nd)
1979 NL  105 (5th)
1980 NL  99 (7th)
1981 NL  75 (3rd)
1982 NL  123 (4th)
1983 NL  111 (6th)
1984 NL  122 (5th)
Career  1,419 (67th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1975 NL  139 (10th)
1976 NL  150 (4th)
1977 NL  165 (2nd)
1978 NL  151 (6th)
1979 NL  155 (2nd)
1980 NL  131 (10th)
1981 NL  150 (4th)
Career  126 (219th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 NL  111 (4th)
1977 NL  144 (1st)
1978 NL  115 (3rd)
1981 NL  81 (3rd)
Career  1,129 (240th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  35 (6th)
1977 NL  55 (1st)
1978 NL  39 (5th)
1979 NL  33 (5th)
1981 NL  27 (3rd)
Career  230 (213th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  3.6 (6th)
1977 NL  5.3 (1st)
1978 NL  4.0 (5th)
1979 NL  3.3 (5th)
1981 NL  2.8 (3rd)
Career  23.1 (211th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  59 (3rd)
1977 NL  85 (1st)
1978 NL  73 (3rd)
1981 NL  47 (4th)
Career  702 (176th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 NL  263 (4th)
1978 NL  247 (7th)
1981 NL  176 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1976 NL  .740 (3rd)
1977 NL  .761 (3rd)
1978 NL  .702 (6th)
1979 NL  .745 (3rd)
1980 NL  .662 (9th)
1981 NL  .732 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL  7 (3rd)
1978 NL  7 (6th)
1984 NL  6 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (3rd)
1977 NL  8 (5th)
Career  68 (149th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  16 (5th)
1980 NL  14 (4th)
Career  106 (106th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 NL  20 (5th)
1977 NL  17 (8th)
1978 NL  18 (4th)
1981 NL  12 (5th)
1983 NL  19 (4th)
Career  196 (98th)

SB % s c a p y
1976 NL  85.00 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 NL  21.4 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1975 NL  20.1 (6th)
1976 NL  19.4 (5th)
1977 NL  11.8 (1st)
1978 NL  15.1 (1st)
1979 NL  14.7 (4th)
1980 NL  21.1 (9th)
1981 NL  18.8 (5th)
1983 NL  21.5 (8th)
1984 NL  23.0 (8th)
Career  20.2 (127th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1983 NL  480 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 NL  40.31 (6th)
1977 NL  53.71 (2nd)
1978 NL  41.02 (9th)
1979 NL  41.16 (5th)
1981 NL  44.51 (2nd)
Career  278.89 (129th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 NL  3.8 (8th)
1977 NL  5.7 (2nd)
1978 NL  5.9 (2nd)
1979 NL  4.3 (7th)
1981 NL  4.2 (2nd)
Career  25.9 (126th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1976 NL  4.2 (4th)
1977 NL  5.5 (1st)
1978 NL  4.4 (4th)
1979 NL  4.4 (5th)
1981 NL  3.3 (3rd)
Career  28.5 (103rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1976 NL  4.1 (6th)
1977 NL  5.2 (2nd)
1978 NL  4.2 (8th)
1979 NL  4.1 (7th)
1981 NL  4.5 (2nd)
Career  27.8 (128th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $1,942,857 (3rd)
1986 NL  $2,800,000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 26 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 119 (170), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 92 (181), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (416), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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