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Julio Franco

Julio Cesar Franco
born Julio Cesar Robles Franco

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, D.R.
High School: Divine Providence (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1982
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Braves/Mets/WhiteSox/... 1982-2007
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich, previously: Chuck Berry,John Davimos,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 17, 2007
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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
1982 23 PHI NL 16 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 .276 .323 .310 .633 76 9 1 0 1 0 1 6/5
1983 24 CLE AL 149 598 560 68 153 24 8 8 80 32 12 27 50 .273 .306 .388 .693 87 217 21 2 3 6 1 *6 RoY-2
1984 25 CLE AL 160 718 658 82 188 22 5 3 79 19 10 43 68 .286 .331 .348 .679 87 229 23 6 1 10 1 *6
1985 26 CLE AL 160 703 636 97 183 33 4 6 90 13 9 54 74 .288 .343 .381 .723 100 242 26 4 0 9 2 *6/4
1986 27 CLE AL 149 636 599 80 183 30 5 10 74 10 7 32 66 .306 .338 .422 .760 108 253 28 0 0 5 1 *64
1987 28 CLE AL 128 560 495 86 158 24 3 8 52 32 9 57 56 .319 .389 .428 .818 117 212 23 3 0 5 2 *6/4
1988 29 CLE AL 152 676 613 88 186 23 6 10 54 25 11 56 72 .303 .361 .409 .771 115 251 17 2 1 4 4 *4 MVP-25,SS
1989 30 TEX AL 150 621 548 80 173 31 5 13 92 21 3 66 69 .316 .386 .462 .848 137 253 27 1 0 6 11 *4 AS,SS
1990 31 TEX AL 157 670 582 96 172 27 1 11 69 31 10 82 83 .296 .383 .402 .785 121 234 12 2 2 2 3 *4 AS,SS
1991 32 TEX AL 146 659 589 108 201 27 3 15 78 36 9 65 78 .341 .408 .474 .882 147 279 13 3 0 2 8 *4 AS,MVP-15,SS
1992 33 TEX AL 35 123 107 19 25 7 0 2 8 1 1 15 17 .234 .328 .355 .683 95 38 3 0 1 0 2 /4
1993 34 TEX AL 144 607 532 85 154 31 3 14 84 9 3 62 95 .289 .360 .438 .798 118 233 16 1 5 7 4
1994 35 CHW AL 112 505 433 72 138 19 2 20 98 8 1 62 75 .319 .406 .510 .916 137 221 14 5 0 5 4 3 MVP-8,SS
1996 37 CLE AL 112 499 432 72 139 20 1 14 76 8 8 61 82 .322 .407 .470 .877 123 203 14 3 0 3 2 3
1997 38 TOT AL 120 505 430 68 116 16 1 7 44 15 6 69 116 .270 .369 .360 .730 91 155 17 1 1 4 4 D43
1997 38 CLE AL 78 328 289 46 82 13 1 3 25 8 5 38 75 .284 .367 .367 .734 91 106 13 0 1 0 2 D4/3
1997 38 MIL AL 42 177 141 22 34 3 0 4 19 7 1 31 41 .241 .373 .348 .720 90 49 4 1 0 4 2 D3
1999 40 TBD AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
2001 42 ATL NL 25 101 90 13 27 4 0 3 11 0 0 10 20 .300 .376 .444 .821 109 40 3 1 0 0 1 3
2002 43 ATL NL 125 383 338 51 96 13 1 6 30 5 1 39 75 .284 .357 .382 .739 94 129 13 1 2 3 3 3
2003 44 ATL NL 103 223 197 28 58 12 2 5 31 0 1 25 43 .294 .372 .452 .824 113 89 8 0 0 1 5 3
2004 45 ATL NL 125 361 320 37 99 18 3 6 57 4 2 36 68 .309 .378 .441 .818 111 141 10 1 1 3 4 3
2005 46 ATL NL 108 265 233 30 64 12 1 9 42 4 0 27 57 .275 .348 .451 .799 107 105 10 1 1 3 1 3
2006 47 NYM NL 95 179 165 14 45 10 0 2 26 6 1 13 49 .273 .330 .370 .699 81 61 11 1 0 0 2 3/5
2007 48 TOT NL 55 106 90 8 20 3 0 1 16 2 1 14 23 .222 .321 .289 .610 61 26 2 0 0 2 1 3/5D
2007 48 NYM NL 40 61 50 7 10 0 0 1 8 2 1 10 13 .200 .328 .260 .588 57 13 1 0 0 1 0 /35D
2007 48 ATL NL 15 45 40 1 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 10 .250 .311 .325 .636 67 13 1 0 0 1 1 3
23 Seasons 2527 9731 8677 1285 2586 407 54 173 1194 281 107 917 1341 .298 .365 .417 .782 111 3620 312 38 19 80 67
162 Game Avg. 162 624 556 82 166 26 3 11 77 18 7 59 86 .298 .365 .417 .782 111 232 20 2 1 5 4
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
CLE (8 yrs) 1088 4718 4282 619 1272 189 33 62 530 147 71 368 543 .297 .352 .400 .752 103 1713 165 20 6 42 15
ATL (6 yrs) 501 1378 1218 160 354 62 7 29 179 13 4 141 273 .291 .363 .424 .788 104 517 45 4 4 11 15
TEX (5 yrs) 632 2680 2358 388 725 123 12 55 331 98 26 290 342 .307 .382 .440 .822 129 1037 71 7 8 17 28
NYM (2 yrs) 135 240 215 21 55 10 0 3 34 8 2 23 62 .256 .329 .344 .673 76 74 12 1 0 1 2
TBD (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 16 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 .276 .323 .310 .633 76 9 1 0 1 0 1
MIL (1 yr) 42 177 141 22 34 3 0 4 19 7 1 31 41 .241 .373 .348 .720 90 49 4 1 0 4 2
CHW (1 yr) 112 505 433 72 138 19 2 20 98 8 1 62 75 .319 .406 .510 .916 137 221 14 5 0 5 4
AL (15 yrs) 1875 8081 7215 1101 2169 334 47 141 978 260 99 751 1002 .301 .366 .419 .785 114 3020 254 33 14 68 49
NL (8 yrs) 652 1650 1462 184 417 73 7 32 216 21 8 166 339 .285 .357 .410 .768 99 600 58 5 5 12 18

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 23 PHI NL 32 -1 -1 0 0 -0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 6/5
1983 24 CLE AL 598 -7 0 -1 0 -11 9 19 9 0.9 20 2.0 -1.1 $ *6 RoY-2
1984 25 CLE AL 718 -6 -2 3 1 -1 9 20 24 2.4 25 2.6 -0.2 $ *6
1985 26 CLE AL 703 5 -2 0 -3 -13 9 20 16 1.7 29 3.0 -1.3 $455,000 *6/4
1986 27 CLE AL 636 7 2 -2 -4 -5 8 19 25 2.5 30 3.1 -0.6 $575,000 *64
1987 28 CLE AL 560 11 2 1 -1 -9 6 16 26 2.6 35 3.4 -0.8 $775,000 *6/4
1988 29 CLE AL 676 14 -2 -4 -1 -10 5 19 20 2.1 31 3.2 -1.1 $975,000 *4 MVP-25,SS
1989 30 TEX AL 621 28 5 0 -5 -0 3 19 50 5.2 50 5.2 0.0 $1,300,000 *4 AS,SS
1990 31 TEX AL 670 16 5 2 -2 13 2 22 58 6.0 45 4.6 1.4 $1,633,333 *4 AS,SS
1991 32 TEX AL 659 40 5 0 0 -6 2 21 62 6.3 68 7.0 -0.7 $2,350,000 *4 AS,MVP-15,SS
1992 33 TEX AL 123 -2 0 -1 0 -3 -2 4 -5 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $2,450,000 /4
1993 34 TEX AL 607 20 3 -3 -1 0 -14 20 25 2.5 25 2.5 0.0 $3,000,000
1994 35 CHW AL 505 26 1 0 0 -2 -11 16 30 2.8 32 3.1 -0.3 $1,000,000 3 MVP-8,SS
1996 37 CLE AL 499 19 0 -2 -1 4 -7 16 29 2.7 25 2.4 0.3 $2,401,972 3
1997 38 CLE AL 328 -4 1 2 -2 -3 -4 11 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $3,292,404 D4/3
1997 38 MIL AL 177 -1 2 -1 -1 2 -4 6 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $150,000 D3
1999 40 TBD AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
2001 42 ATL NL 101 2 0 1 -1 4 -1 3 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ 3
2002 43 ATL NL 383 -2 0 -1 -1 4 -5 11 6 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $600,000 3
2003 44 ATL NL 223 4 0 0 -1 -0 -3 6 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $600,000 3
2004 45 ATL NL 361 5 -1 -2 -1 2 -5 10 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $750,000 3
2005 46 ATL NL 265 4 0 -2 -1 1 -4 8 6 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $1,000,000 3
2006 47 NYM NL 179 -4 0 -1 -2 -2 -2 5 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $1,050,000 3/5
2007 48 NYM NL 61 -3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $1,150,000 /35D
2007 48 ATL NL 45 -2 0 0 0 3 -1 1 1 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ 3
23 Seasons 9731 169 18 -11 -27 -34 -9 295 402 40.6 435 44.1 -3.5 $25,507,709
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (8 yrs) 4718 39 -1 -3 -11 -49 35 140 149 14.9 199 20.1 -5.2 $8,474,376
ATL (6 yrs) 1378 11 -1 -4 -5 14 -19 39 35 3.6 21 2.1 1.5 $2,950,000
TEX (5 yrs) 2680 102 18 -2 -8 4 -9 86 190 19.5 187 19.2 0.3 $10,733,333
NYM (2 yrs) 240 -7 0 -1 -2 -1 -2 7 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $2,200,000
TBD (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
PHI (1 yr) 32 -1 -1 0 0 -0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
MIL (1 yr) 177 -1 2 -1 -1 2 -4 6 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $150,000
CHW (1 yr) 505 26 1 0 0 -2 -11 16 30 2.8 32 3.1 -0.3 $1,000,000

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
1996 37 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 4 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .176 .133 .310 2 0 0 0 1 0
2001 42 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 3 13 13 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 .308 .308 .538 .846 7 0 0 0 0 0
2001 42 ATL NL NLCS ARI L 5 23 23 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .261 .261 .391 .652 9 0 0 0 0 0
2002 43 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 5 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 4 1 0 0 0 0
2003 44 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 4 10 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .500 .600 .625 1.225 5 0 0 0 0 0
2004 45 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 46 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 47 NYM NL NLDS LAD W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 47 NYM NL NLCS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (9 Series) 31 105 98 9 22 1 0 2 6 1 1 6 21 .224 .267 .296 .563 29 1 0 0 1 0
1 ALDS 4 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .176 .133 .310 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 NLDS 20 63 58 6 14 1 0 1 3 1 1 5 11 .241 .302 .310 .612 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .240 .240 .360 .600 9 0 0 0 0 0

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 PHI NL 23 SS 11 31 8 23 0 2 1.000 -0 2.82 .967 5.02
1982 PHI NL 23 3B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .950 2.80
1983 CLE AL 24 SS 149 713 247 438 28 92 .961 -11 4.60 .963 4.72 RoY-2
1984 CLE AL 25 SS 159 797 280 481 36 116 .955 -1 4.79 .962 4.72
1985 CLE AL 26 SS 151 692 238 419 35 95 .949 -11 4.35 .964 4.60
1985 CLE AL 26 2B 8 33 14 18 1 4 .970 -2 4.00 .982 5.24
1985 CLE AL 26 DH 1 1
1986 CLE AL 27 SS 134 623 231 374 18 81 .971 -5 4.51 .967 4.49
1986 CLE AL 27 2B 13 57 17 39 1 9 .982 0 4.31 .981 5.05
1986 CLE AL 27 DH 3 3
1987 CLE AL 28 SS 111 459 157 285 17 53 .963 -10 3.98 .970 4.54
1987 CLE AL 28 2B 9 47 18 28 1 3 .979 1 5.11 .980 5.06
1987 CLE AL 28 DH 8 8
1988 CLE AL 29 2B 151 758 310 434 14 87 .982 -10 4.93 .982 5.08 MVP-25,SS
1988 CLE AL 29 DH 1 1 MVP-25,SS
1989 TEX AL 30 2B 140 655 256 386 13 70 .980 -0 4.59 .981 5.18 AS,SS
1989 TEX AL 30 DH 10 10 AS,SS
1990 TEX AL 31 2B 152 773 310 444 19 101 .975 13 4.96 .984 5.18 AS,SS
1990 TEX AL 31 DH 2 2 AS,SS
1991 TEX AL 32 2B 146 680 294 372 14 80 .979 -6 4.56 .981 5.18 AS,MVP-15,SS
1992 TEX AL 33 2B 9 32 12 17 3 2 .906 -2 3.22 .983 5.23
1992 TEX AL 33 OF 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 2.25 .983 2.45
1992 TEX AL 33 DH 14 14
1992 TEX AL 33 LF 4 2 1 16.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 5.06 2.25 .981 2.31 2.28
1992 TEX AL 33 RF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -189 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.20
1993 TEX AL 34 DH 140 140
1994 CHW AL 35 1B 14 98 88 7 3 9 .969 -2 6.79 .992 9.49 MVP-8,SS
1994 CHW AL 35 DH 99 99 MVP-8,SS
1996 CLE AL 37 1B 97 938 852 77 9 89 .990 4 9.58 .992 9.18
1996 CLE AL 37 DH 13 13
1997 TOT AL 38 DH 70 70
1997 TOT AL 38 1B 14 13 13 123.1 121 109 11 1 20 .992 2 15 8.76 8.57 .992 0.00 9.23
1997 CLE AL 38 DH 42 42
1997 CLE AL 38 2B 35 34 24 288.2 179 69 107 3 23 .983 -3 -12 5.49 5.03 .980 62.20 4.89
1997 CLE AL 38 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -300 4.50 1.00 .990 0.00 9.20
1997 MIL AL 38 DH 28 28
1997 MIL AL 38 1B 13 13 13 121.1 120 108 11 1 20 .992 2 20 8.83 9.15 .992 0.00 9.23
1999 TBD AL 40 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .990 9.40
2001 ATL NL 42 1B 23 198 181 16 1 20 .995 4 8.57 .993 9.16
2002 ATL NL 43 1B 95 784 717 59 8 79 .990 4 8.17 .992 9.31
2002 ATL NL 43 DH 2 2
2003 ATL NL 44 1B 75 465 432 32 1 47 .998 -0 -4 6.19 .993 9.51
2004 ATL NL 45 1B 84 677 627 48 2 68 .997 2 1 8.04 .993 9.44
2004 ATL NL 45 DH 1 1
2005 ATL NL 46 1B 62 492 450 37 5 47 .990 1 -2 7.85 .993 9.52
2005 ATL NL 46 DH 4 4
2006 NYM NL 47 1B 27 203 197 5 1 22 .995 -2 0 7.48 .994 9.36
2006 NYM NL 47 3B 3 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1 2 2.00 .953 2.67
2006 NYM NL 47 DH 3 3
2007 TOT NL 48 1B 16 14 12 131.1 136 123 13 0 14 1.000 4 2 33 18 9.32 8.50 .993 0.00 9.17
2007 NYM NL 48 1B 6 4 4 40.0 25 22 3 0 3 1.000 1 0 24 0 5.62 4.17 .993 0.00 9.17
2007 NYM NL 48 3B 2 2 2 18.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 7 0 2.50 2.50 .954 0.00 2.65
2007 NYM NL 48 DH 1 1
2007 ATL NL 48 1B 10 10 8 91.1 111 101 10 0 11 1.000 3 2 37 26 10.94 11.10 .993 0.00 9.17
6 Seasons SS 715 3315 1161 2020 134 439 .960 -39 4.45 .965 4.63
9 Seasons 2B 663 34 24 288.2 3214 1300 1845 69 379 .979 -10 -39 5.49 4.74 .982 62.20 5.14
11 Seasons 1B 508 27 25 254.2 4114 3778 305 31 415 .992 15 -3 70 -27 9.05 8.04 .993 0.00 9.36
3 Seasons 3B 7 2 2 18.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1 2 33 133 2.50 1.86 .953 0.00 2.70
1 Season LF 4 2 1 16.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 5.06 2.25 .981 2.31 2.28
1 Season OF 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 2.25 .983 2.45
1 Season RF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -189 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.20
23 Seasons TOT 1897 63 51 561.1 10665 6249 4182 234 1233 .978 -34 -1 -72 -8 7.01 5.50 .981 31.98 6.06
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 (2B)
1990 *
1991

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 AL (25, 1%)
1991 AL (15, 4%)
1994 AL (8, 12%)
0.17 Career Shares (792nd)

Silver Sluggers
1988 AL (2B)
1989 AL (2B)
1990 AL (2B)
1991 AL (2B)
1994 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1990 AL  6.0 (7th)
1991 AL  6.3 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1989 AL  5.2 (8th)
1990 AL  6.0 (5th)
1991 AL  6.3 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1989 AL  5.2 (7th)
1990 AL  4.6 (8th)
1991 AL  7.0 (3rd)
Career  44.1 (203rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1990 AL  1.4 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL  .306 (10th)
1987 AL  .319 (8th)
1989 AL  .316 (5th)
1991 AL  .341 (1st)
Career  .298 (234th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1987 AL  .389 (10th)
1989 AL  .386 (9th)
1990 AL  .383 (7th)
1991 AL  .408 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1989 AL  .848 (10th)
1991 AL  .882 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL  160 (5th)
1985 AL  160 (9th)
1994 AL  112 (8th)
Career  2,527 (46th)

At Bats s c a p y
1984 AL  658 (1st)
1985 AL  636 (8th)
1988 AL  613 (7th)
Career  8,677 (88th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1984 AL  718 (3rd)
1985 AL  703 (8th)
1994 AL  505 (8th)
Career  9,731 (97th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1990 AL  96 (6th)
1991 AL  108 (6th)
Career  1,285 (127th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  188 (5th)
1985 AL  183 (10th)
1986 AL  183 (8th)
1988 AL  186 (7th)
1991 AL  201 (5th)
Career  2,586 (82nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
Career  3,620 (135th)

Doubles s c a p y
Career  407 (156th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (5th)
1988 AL  6 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1994 AL  98 (5th)
Career  1,194 (147th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL  82 (10th)
Career  917 (159th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,341 (94th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  32 (9th)
1987 AL  32 (10th)
1990 AL  31 (9th)
1991 AL  36 (6th)
Career  281 (179th)

Singles s c a p y
1984 AL  158 (2nd)
1985 AL  140 (4th)
1986 AL  138 (6th)
1988 AL  147 (3rd)
1990 AL  133 (2nd)
1991 AL  156 (1st)
1994 AL  97 (5th)
Career  1,952 (56th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1989 AL  137 (7th)
1991 AL  146 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1990 AL  95 (10th)
1991 AL  118 (5th)
1994 AL  92 (9th)
Career  1,309 (139th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  29 (9th)
1991 AL  38 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1989 AL  2.9 (9th)
1991 AL  3.8 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  634 (247th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1990 AL  256 (4th)
1991 AL  269 (5th)
1994 AL  205 (6th)
Career  3,541 (93rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1991 AL  .725 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (3rd)
1985 AL  9 (9th)
Career  80 (87th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  67 (239th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1983 AL  21 (9th)
1984 AL  23 (2nd)
1985 AL  26 (4th)
1986 AL  28 (1st)
1987 AL  23 (2nd)
1988 AL  17 (10th)
1989 AL  27 (1st)
1994 AL  14 (9th)
Career  312 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL  12 (5th)
1988 AL  11 (5th)
Career  107 (94th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1989 AL  16.1 (6th)
1990 AL  16.2 (9th)
1991 AL  21.2 (6th)
Career  214.2 (71st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 AL  514 (2nd)
1985 AL  497 (4th)
Career  6,609 (78th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1989 AL  34.90 (9th)
1994 AL  33.19 (7th)
Career  187.54 (209th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.9 (7th)
1994 AL  3.1 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1994 AL  2.9 (7th)
Career  15.4 (243rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1989 AL  3.5 (8th)
1994 AL  3.0 (7th)
Career  17.9 (214th)

Assists† s c a p y
1984 AL  481 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1983 AL  28 (3rd)
1984 AL  36 (1st)
1985 AL  36 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1996 AL  9 (5th)
2002 NL  8 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  151 (3rd)
1989 AL  140 (5th)
1990 AL  152 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  310 (3rd)
1990 AL  310 (2nd)
1991 AL  294 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  434 (3rd)
1990 AL  444 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  14 (3rd)
1989 AL  13 (4th)
1990 AL  19 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  149 (3rd)
1984 AL  159 (2nd)
1985 AL  151 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  247 (4th)
1984 AL  280 (2nd)
1985 AL  238 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  438 (3rd)
1984 AL  481 (2nd)
1985 AL  419 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  28 (2nd)
1984 AL  36 (1st)
1985 AL  35 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1996 AL  4 (5th)
2001 NL  4 (4th)
2007 NL  4 (4th)
Career  15 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1996 AL  10.03 (2nd)
2002 NL  10.06 (2nd)
Career  9.05 (48th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1996 AL  9.58 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  .997 (2nd)
Career  .992 (94th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1990 AL  13 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
Career  5.49 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  4.93 (4th)
1990 AL  4.96 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1986 AL  4.76 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  4.60 (4th)
1984 AL  4.79 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1958-08-23 (9th)
1999 AL  born 1958-08-23 (6th)
2001 NL  born 1958-08-23 (2nd)
2002 NL  born 1958-08-23 (2nd)
2003 NL  born 1958-08-23 (2nd)
2004 NL  born 1958-08-23 (1st)
2005 NL  born 1958-08-23 (1st)
2006 NL  born 1958-08-23 (1st)
2007 NL  born 1958-08-23 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (425), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 58 (336), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Buddy Bell (887)
  2. B.J. Surhoff (873)
  3. Alan Trammell (847)
  4. Willie Davis (847)
  5. Enos Slaughter (840) *
  6. Roberto Alomar (838) *
  7. Jose Cruz (834)
  8. Lou Whitaker (833)
  9. Jimmy Dykes (829)
  10. Bill Buckner (826)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Yuniesky Betancourt (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack O'Connor (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lave Cross (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Knickerbocker (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Hollocher (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Barry Larkin (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Barry Larkin (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. B.J. Surhoff (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Michael Young (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Placido Polanco (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Placido Polanco (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Placido Polanco (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pinky Higgins (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Al Dark (871)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ken Griffey (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jimmy Dykes (849)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Minnie Minoso (828)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Minnie Minoso (815)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Minnie Minoso (790)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Minnie Minoso (774)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Jim O'Rourke (768) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Jim O'Rourke (766) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198526Cleveland Indians$455,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198627Cleveland Indians$575,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $740,000 request
198728Cleveland Indians$775,0001987 USA Today survey
198829Cleveland Indians$975,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198930Texas Rangers$1,300,000*
199031Texas Rangers$1,633,333USA Today
199132Texas Rangers$2,350,000USA Today survey
199233Texas Rangers$2,450,0004/2/92 USA Today
199334Texas Rangers$3,000,000USA Today
199435Chicago White Sox$1,000,0004/5/94 USA Today
199637Cleveland Indians$2,401,9721997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250K deferred w/o interest
199738Cleveland Indians$3,292,4041997 AP surveyReleased midseason
38Milwaukee Brewers$150,0001997 postseason AP surveyReleased midseason by Cle
200243Atlanta Braves$600,0004/3/02 AP
200344Atlanta Braves$600,0004/3/03 AP
200445Atlanta Braves$750,0004/7/04 AP
200546Atlanta Braves$1,000,000
200647New York Mets$1,050,000
200748New York Mets$1,150,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$25,507,709
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $1,275,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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