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Greg Gagne

Gregory Carpenter Gagne

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 12, 1961 in Fall River, MA
High School: Somerset HS (Somerset, MA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1983
Teams (by GP): Twins/Royals/Dodgers 1983-1997
Agents: Michael Moye [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1997
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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
1983 21 MIN AL 10 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .111 .103 .148 .252 -32 4 0 0 0 2 0 6
1984 22 MIN AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 23 MIN AL 114 322 293 37 66 15 3 2 23 10 4 20 57 .225 .279 .317 .596 60 93 5 3 3 3 0 6/D
1986 24 MIN AL 156 524 472 63 118 22 6 12 54 12 10 30 108 .250 .301 .398 .700 88 188 4 6 13 3 0 *6/4
1987 25 MIN AL 137 479 437 68 116 28 7 10 40 6 6 25 84 .265 .310 .430 .740 92 188 3 4 10 2 0 *6/84D9
1988 26 MIN AL 149 508 461 70 109 20 6 14 48 15 7 27 110 .236 .288 .397 .685 89 183 13 7 11 1 2 *6/845
1989 27 MIN AL 149 491 460 69 125 29 7 9 48 11 4 17 80 .272 .298 .424 .721 96 195 10 2 7 5 0 *6/8
1990 28 MIN AL 138 423 388 38 91 22 3 7 38 8 8 24 76 .235 .280 .361 .640 74 140 5 1 8 2 0 *6/D8
1991 29 MIN AL 139 447 408 52 108 23 3 8 42 11 9 26 72 .265 .310 .395 .705 90 161 15 3 5 5 0 *6/D
1992 30 MIN AL 146 473 439 53 108 23 0 7 39 6 7 19 83 .246 .280 .346 .626 74 152 11 2 12 1 0 *6
1993 31 KCR AL 159 581 540 66 151 32 3 10 57 10 12 33 93 .280 .319 .406 .724 89 219 7 0 4 4 1 *6 MVP-22
1994 32 KCR AL 107 409 375 39 97 23 3 7 51 10 17 27 79 .259 .314 .392 .706 79 147 8 4 2 1 0 *6
1995 33 KCR AL 120 482 430 58 110 25 4 6 49 3 5 38 60 .256 .316 .374 .690 79 161 11 2 7 5 2 *6/D
1996 34 LAD NL 128 487 428 48 109 13 2 10 55 4 2 50 93 .255 .333 .364 .698 90 156 6 2 4 3 11 *6
1997 35 LAD NL 144 553 514 49 129 20 3 9 57 2 5 31 120 .251 .298 .354 .652 76 182 13 4 3 1 4 *6
15 Yrs 1798 6209 5673 712 1440 296 50 111 604 108 96 367 1121 .254 .302 .382 .684 83 2169 111 40 89 38 20
162 Game Avg. 162 559 511 64 130 27 5 10 54 10 9 33 101 .254 .302 .382 .684 83 195 10 4 8 3 2
MIN (10 yrs) 1140 3697 3386 452 844 183 35 69 335 79 55 188 676 .249 .292 .385 .677 83 1304 66 28 69 24 2
KCR (3 yrs) 386 1472 1345 163 358 80 10 23 157 23 34 98 232 .266 .317 .392 .708 83 527 26 6 13 10 3
LAD (2 yrs) 272 1040 942 97 238 33 5 19 112 6 7 81 213 .253 .315 .359 .673 83 338 19 6 7 4 15
AL (13 yrs) 1526 5169 4731 615 1202 263 45 92 492 102 89 286 908 .254 .299 .387 .686 83 1831 92 34 82 34 5
NL (2 yrs) 272 1040 942 97 238 33 5 19 112 6 7 81 213 .253 .315 .359 .673 83 338 19 6 7 4 15

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
1983 21 MIN AL 10 29 -5 0 0 -6 0 -9 -0.9 1 -8 -0.8 .407 .494 -0.3 -0.5 -3 $ 6
1984 22 MIN AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .484 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1985 23 MIN AL 114 322 -17 0 1 7 5 -4 -0.3 10 6 0.6 .496 .498 0.0 1.3 -1 $ 6/D
1986 24 MIN AL 156 524 -4 -0 1 -14 8 -10 -0.8 16 6 0.7 .493 .494 2.1 -0.5 20 $100,000 *6/4
1987 25 MIN AL 137 479 -5 -1 2 19 7 23 2.4 15 37 3.7 .516 .514 1.8 2.7 18 $155,000 *6/84D9
1988 26 MIN AL 149 508 -5 1 -1 0 8 3 0.6 16 19 2.0 .502 .502 2.0 1.0 19 $440,000 *6/845
1989 27 MIN AL 149 491 -0 3 -1 11 7 20 2.4 15 35 3.8 .515 .513 2.6 2.2 24 $570,000 *6/8
1990 28 MIN AL 138 423 -12 0 1 20 7 15 1.7 14 29 3.0 .512 .510 1.0 2.9 10 $833,333 *6/D8
1991 29 MIN AL 139 447 -3 -2 -2 8 7 8 1.0 15 23 2.4 .506 .505 1.6 1.6 15 $1,733,333 *6/D
1992 30 MIN AL 146 473 -17 0 -0 6 7 -4 -0.3 16 12 1.2 .497 .497 0.6 1.5 6 $1,933,334 *6
1993 31 KCR AL 159 581 -7 -1 1 10 8 10 1.1 19 30 2.9 .507 .506 2.0 1.9 20 $3,366,667 *6 MVP-22
1994 32 KCR AL 107 409 -12 -7 0 8 6 -5 -0.4 13 8 0.8 .495 .497 0.1 1.3 0 $2,966,667 *6
1995 33 KCR AL 120 482 -12 2 -0 10 6 5 0.6 15 21 2.0 .504 .503 1.1 1.7 10 $4,366,667 *6/D
1996 34 LAD NL 128 487 -9 1 2 8 7 9 0.7 13 22 2.0 .507 .506 1.4 1.4 15 $2,600,000 *6
1997 35 LAD NL 144 553 -16 -4 -1 -4 8 -18 -2.0 15 -3 -0.5 .487 .489 0.0 0.4 1 $3,000,000 *6
15 Seasons 1798 6209 -125 -8 3 83 91 43 5.8 194 237 23.8 .503 .502 16.0 18.8 154 $22,065,001
MIN (10 yrs) 1140 3697 -69 2 2 51 56 42 5.7 117 159 16.6 .504 .503 11.4 12.2 108 $5,765,000
KCR (3 yrs) 386 1472 -32 -7 1 28 20 10 1.3 48 58 5.7 .503 .502 3.2 4.8 30 $10,700,001
LAD (2 yrs) 272 1040 -25 -3 1 4 15 -9 -1.2 29 19 1.5 .497 .497 1.4 1.8 16 $5,600,000

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
1983 21 MIN AL 29 26 1 1.0 100 .130 .111 .269 .103 .331 .148 .406 .252 .737 -32 .062 -4.9 -0.5 .167 .037 .037
1984 22 MIN AL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .268 .000 .332 .000 .405 .000 .737 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1985 23 MIN AL 322 242 27 3.0 103 .270 .225 .267 .279 .334 .317 .414 .596 .748 60 .312 -16.7 -1.7 .517 .181 .092 3.3
1986 24 MIN AL 524 384 57 4.0 101 .299 .250 .263 .301 .331 .398 .410 .700 .740 88 .426 -9.2 -0.9 .614 .216 .148 12.0
1987 25 MIN AL 479 342 58 4.5 108 .307 .265 .268 .310 .337 .430 .431 .740 .769 92 .457 -6.7 -0.6 .658 .222 .165 7.5
1988 26 MIN AL 508 384 50 3.5 96 .281 .236 .262 .288 .327 .397 .394 .685 .721 89 .395 -9.2 -0.9 .605 .236 .161 14.5
1989 27 MIN AL 491 361 56 4.1 99 .309 .272 .269 .298 .335 .424 .395 .721 .730 96 .480 -4.5 -0.5 .633 .204 .152 9.9
1990 28 MIN AL 423 320 38 3.2 99 .274 .235 .266 .280 .335 .361 .398 .640 .733 74 .356 -15.2 -1.5 .532 .188 .126 7.5
1991 29 MIN AL 447 334 45 3.6 101 .300 .265 .266 .310 .335 .395 .403 .705 .739 90 .398 -6.3 -0.6 .593 .199 .130 9.3
1992 30 MIN AL 473 362 39 2.9 96 .289 .246 .262 .280 .331 .346 .388 .626 .719 74 .318 -17.2 -1.7 .493 .141 .100 6.5
1993 31 KCR AL 581 416 67 4.3 108 .320 .280 .274 .319 .345 .406 .418 .724 .763 89 .449 -10.0 -1.0 .613 .183 .126 10.0
1994 32 KCR AL 409 306 41 3.6 114 .310 .259 .276 .314 .349 .392 .440 .706 .789 79 .325 -12.8 -1.2 .564 .187 .133 8.2
1995 33 KCR AL 482 348 50 3.8 110 .282 .256 .272 .316 .345 .374 .429 .690 .774 79 .363 -13.9 -1.3 .592 .202 .119 4.0
1996 34 LAD NL 487 334 54 4.3 101 .302 .255 .261 .333 .329 .364 .409 .698 .738 90 .450 -4.8 -0.5 .642 .231 .110 5.7
1997 35 LAD NL 553 407 51 3.4 102 .311 .251 .262 .298 .333 .354 .411 .652 .744 76 .336 -18.6 -1.8 .531 .158 .103 3.3
15 Yrs 6209 4567 634 3.7 103 .297 .254 .267 .302 .336 .382 .411 .684 .746 83 .393 -150.2 -14.7 .583 .195 .129 109.5
162 Game Avg. 559 411 57 3.7 103 .297 .254 .267 .302 .336 .382 .411 .684 .746 83 .393 -150.2 -14.7 .583 .195 .129 10
MIN (10 yrs) 3697 2756 371 3.6 100 .291 .249 .265 .292 .333 .385 .404 .677 .737 83 .396 -90.2 -9.0 .580 .198 .136 73.7
KCR (3 yrs) 1472 1070 158 3.9 110 .305 .266 .274 .317 .346 .392 .428 .708 .774 83 .385 -36.7 -3.4 .592 .190 .126 23.0
LAD (2 yrs) 1040 741 105 3.8 101 .307 .253 .262 .315 .331 .359 .410 .673 .741 83 .390 -23.4 -2.2 .581 .191 .106 9.1
AL (13 yrs) 5169 3826 529 3.7 103 .295 .254 .268 .299 .337 .387 .411 .686 .747 83 .393 -126.8 -12.4 .583 .196 .133 96.7
NL (2 yrs) 1040 741 105 3.8 101 .307 .253 .262 .315 .331 .359 .410 .673 .741 83 .390 -23.4 -2.2 .581 .191 .106 9.1

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
1987 25 MIN AL ALCS DET W 5 22 18 5 5 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 .278 .409 .778 1.187 14 0 1 0 0 0
1987 25 MIN AL WS STL W 7 31 30 5 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .200 .226 .333 .559 10 0 0 0 0 0
1991 29 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 5 19 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 .235 .316 .235 .551 4 1 1 0 0 0
1991 29 MIN AL WS ATL W 7 24 24 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .333 .500 8 0 0 0 0 0
1996 34 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 3 11 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .364 .636 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 27 107 100 14 22 6 0 4 10 0 2 5 27 .220 .271 .400 .671 40 1 2 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 11 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .273 .273 .364 .636 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 10 41 35 6 9 3 0 2 4 0 2 4 9 .257 .366 .514 .880 18 1 2 0 0 0
2 WS 14 55 54 6 10 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 13 .185 .200 .333 .533 18 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
1983 21 MIN AL 29 0.0% 20.7% 0.0% 3.5% 33% 4.5 9.0 1.11 79%
1984 22 MIN AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1985 23 MIN AL 322 0.6% 17.7% 6.2% 6.2% 30% 2.85 5.1 146.5 12.7 0.70 74%
1986 24 MIN AL 524 2.3% 20.6% 5.7% 7.6% 34% 3.60 4.4 39.3 8.7 0.82 68%
1987 25 MIN AL 479 2.1% 17.5% 5.2% 9.4% 39% 3.36 5.2 43.7 10.9 0.93 72%
1988 26 MIN AL 508 2.8% 21.7% 5.3% 7.9% 37% 4.07 4.2 32.9 9.6 0.74 1.06 67% 18% 10.5% 31%
1989 27 MIN AL 491 1.8% 16.3% 3.5% 9.2% 36% 4.71 5.8 51.1 9.6 0.69 0.84 77% 19% 5.0% 21%
1990 28 MIN AL 423 1.7% 18.0% 5.7% 7.6% 35% 3.17 5.1 55.4 10.2 0.72 0.96 73% 19% 4.6% 15%
1991 29 MIN AL 447 1.8% 16.1% 5.8% 7.6% 32% 2.77 5.7 51.0 9.7 0.59 0.78 75% 19% 5.0% 24%
1992 30 MIN AL 473 1.5% 17.6% 4.0% 6.3% 28% 4.37 5.3 62.7 11.3 0.77 1.08 74% 19% 4.3% 17%
1993 31 KCR AL 581 1.7% 16.0% 5.7% 7.8% 30% 2.82 5.8 54.0 9.5 0.61 0.73 76% 22% 4.3% 16%
1994 32 KCR AL 409 1.7% 19.3% 6.6% 8.1% 34% 2.93 4.7 53.6 7.4 0.75 0.90 71% 21% 4.9% 16%
1995 33 KCR AL 482 1.2% 12.5% 7.9% 7.3% 32% 1.58 7.2 71.7 8.8 0.63 0.81 77% 25% 3.1% 14%
1996 34 LAD NL 487 2.1% 19.1% 10.3% 5.1% 23% 1.86 4.6 42.8 7.8 0.88 1.16 67% 22% 6.7% 17%
1997 35 LAD NL 553 1.6% 21.7% 5.6% 5.8% 25% 3.87 4.3 57.1 9.0 1.04 1.36 70% 16% 6.0% 21%
15 Yrs 6209 1.8% 18.1% 5.9% 7.4% 32% 3.05 5.1 51.1 9.4 0.73 0.92 72% 20% 5.3% 19%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.75 5.9 38.7 8.1 0.82 1.07 72% 21% 7.1% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 21 MIN AL -4.9 -0.5 29 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 1.05 -0.4 0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.95 -4.5 0
1984 22 MIN AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.76 -0.3 0.06 1
1985 23 MIN AL -16.7 -1.7 337 -0.9 4.3 -5.2 .88 -1.4 0.4 -19.8 -1.9 0.92 -17.1 1.93 4
1986 24 MIN AL -9.8 -1.0 551 -0.9 8.2 -9.1 .93 -0.0 -0.9 -5.4 -0.5 0.93 -4.3 0
1987 25 MIN AL -6.7 -0.6 496 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 .87 -0.5 0.4 -6.2 -0.6 0.90 -5.6 0
1988 26 MIN AL -9.7 -1.0 535 -1.1 8.2 -9.2 .97 -0.7 -0.4 -12.1 -1.2 0.97 -11.7 0.71 1
1989 27 MIN AL -4.5 -0.5 513 -1.6 7.1 -8.7 .94 -0.3 -1.4 -5.6 -0.6 0.98 -1.5 1.78 5
1990 28 MIN AL -15.6 -1.6 447 -1.2 5.8 -7.0 .92 -1.3 -0.0 -13.7 -1.4 0.93 -14.3 0.11 2
1991 29 MIN AL -6.3 -0.6 472 -1.8 6.6 -8.4 .93 -1.2 -0.7 -16.7 -1.6 0.97 -12.4 0.16 2
1992 30 MIN AL -17.7 -1.8 496 -3.5 5.8 -9.3 .94 -2.6 -1.1 -27.8 -2.8 0.94 -29.1 0.59 1
1993 31 KCR AL -10.0 -1.0 610 -2.9 9.3 -12.2 1.09 -1.2 -1.4 -10.9 -1.0 0.93 -15.1 0.62 1
1994 32 KCR AL -13.3 -1.2 439 -2.6 5.7 -8.4 .95 -1.9 -0.9 -19.4 -1.8 0.91 -24.6 0
1995 33 KCR AL -13.9 -1.3 497 -1.5 7.0 -8.6 .96 -1.0 -0.6 -18.0 -1.7 0.94 -14.1 1.54 6
1996 34 LAD NL -4.8 -0.5 497 -0.2 7.9 -8.2 1.00 -0.5 0.2 2.8 0.3 0.97 -3.4 1.54 0
1997 35 LAD NL -18.6 -1.8 566 -1.8 9.0 -10.8 1.05 -1.8 0.1 -15.0 -1.5 0.96 -21.0 0.97 1
15 Yrs -152.9 -15.0 6486 -20.4 92.6 -113.0 .96 -14.8 -6.4 -172.1 -16.7 0.94 -179.0 1.22 24

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
1983 21 MIN AL 1 0 67% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1984 22 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 23 MIN AL 3 0 40% 124 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 51% 19 9 10 4 3 1 14 5 8
1986 24 MIN AL 11 0 36% 171 12 10 55% 11 9 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 11 52% 21 16 5 6 2 4 17 3 14
1987 25 MIN AL 7 1 43% 164 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 12 71% 22 9 12 8 3 5 18 1 17
1988 26 MIN AL 9 1 43% 145 15 7 68% 14 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 57% 16 7 9 11 8 3 19 4 14
1989 27 MIN AL 10 0 44% 161 11 4 73% 8 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 7 15 58% 24 14 10 8 2 6 16 4 12
1990 28 MIN AL 7 0 28% 129 8 8 50% 6 6 1 2 1 0 2 2 5 13 53% 20 13 7 3 1 2 13 3 10
1991 29 MIN AL 8 0 34% 142 11 9 55% 11 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 13 62% 20 11 9 5 1 4 12 2 10
1992 30 MIN AL 2 0 38% 155 6 7 46% 6 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 8 23 56% 30 16 14 3 1 2 19 6 13
1993 31 KCR AL 8 0 32% 226 10 12 45% 9 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 15 59% 26 15 9 9 1 7 18 3 15
1994 32 KCR AL 4 0 26% 128 10 17 37% 9 17 1 0 0 0 3 3 6 8 67% 14 5 9 3 2 1 7 1 6
1995 33 KCR AL 7 0 36% 187 3 5 38% 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 11 61% 21 13 8 5 3 2 17 1 16
1996 34 LAD NL 3 0 25% 181 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 38% 17 13 3 2 1 1 18 7 10
1997 35 LAD NL 7 0 26% 182 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 7 26% 20 16 3 3 2 1 15 7 6
15 Yrs 87 2 35% 2100 108 96 53% 98 85 7 8 3 3 17 9 76 156 55% 270 157 108 71 30 40 203 47 151

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
1983 21 MIN AL 29 45% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 2 67% 19 3 16% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1984 22 MIN AL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 23 MIN AL 322 41% 66 4 1 0 0 1.93 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 75% 58 5 9% 36 13 36% 187 22 12% 13 6 46% 19 11 58% 0
1986 24 MIN AL 524 27% 118 0 0 0 0 12 0 14 6 6 10 2 2 19 13 68% 100 4 4% 49 20 41% 305 46 15% 25 11 44% 15 11 73% 0
1987 25 MIN AL 479 29% 116 0 0 0 0 10 0 11 10 0 7 3 1 12 10 83% 90 3 3% 56 22 39% 256 32 13% 18 9 50% 18 11 61% 0
1988 26 MIN AL 508 24% 109 21 5 1 0 0 0 0.71 14 1 10 12 2 5 9 0 13 11 85% 97 13 13% 55 16 29% 339 36 11% 23 6 26% 24 15 63% 0
1989 27 MIN AL 491 36% 125 16 2 5 0 0 1 1.78 9 0 9 4 5 5 4 0 9 7 78% 99 10 10% 52 17 33% 310 42 14% 24 11 46% 18 10 56% 0
1990 28 MIN AL 423 33% 91 10 2 2 0 0 0 0.11 7 0 9 4 3 3 4 0 13 8 62% 76 5 7% 43 15 35% 258 33 13% 20 12 60% 18 11 61% 0
1991 29 MIN AL 447 30% 108 41 0 2 1 0 0 0.16 8 0 10 6 2 3 5 0 7 5 71% 100 15 15% 43 14 33% 296 38 13% 32 15 47% 11 5 45% 0
1992 30 MIN AL 473 24% 108 48 4 1 0 0 0 0.59 7 0 11 6 1 1 6 0 15 12 80% 86 11 13% 44 16 36% 280 34 12% 34 16 47% 17 9 53% 0
1993 31 KCR AL 581 26% 151 21 2 1 0 0 0 0.62 10 1 8 8 2 3 7 0 8 4 50% 92 7 8% 46 12 26% 327 47 14% 21 13 62% 18 9 50% 0
1994 32 KCR AL 409 24% 97 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 11 6 1 2 5 1 3 2 67% 73 8 11% 34 9 26% 256 45 18% 24 12 50% 17 5 29% 0
1995 33 KCR AL 482 27% 110 12 0 6 3 0 1 1.54 6 0 12 5 1 2 4 0 7 7 100% 95 11 12% 43 20 47% 317 44 14% 33 20 61% 18 11 61% 0
1996 34 LAD NL 487 22% 109 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.54 10 0 14 7 3 3 7 0 4 4 100% 98 6 6% 42 17 40% 312 47 15% 28 14 50% 15 12 80% 0
1997 35 LAD NL 553 26% 129 12 1 1 0 0 0 0.97 9 0 15 6 3 2 7 0 3 3 100% 100 13 13% 60 17 28% 341 50 15% 33 14 42% 20 10 50% 0
15 Yrs 6209 28% 1440 199 17 24 5 0 2 1.22 111 2 137 81 30 46 65 4 117 89 76% 1171 111 9% 606 210 35% 3805 519 14% 331 161 49% 228 130 57% 0
MLB Averages 59% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 26 MIN AL 508 1862 3.67 1223 66% 19% 22% 30% 30% 81% 1% 53% 74% 39% 4% 22 3 11% 58 32 8% 41 28 16% 0 0 0
1989 27 MIN AL 491 1624 3.31 1081 67% 16% 18% 29% 36% 84% 0% 56% 78% 45% 3% 14 4 12% 57 32 5% 25 15 19% 0 0 2
1990 28 MIN AL 425 1390 3.27 921 66% 16% 21% 28% 35% 83% 0% 55% 75% 44% 3% 12 1 11% 45 23 7% 28 15 7% -2 3 3
1991 29 MIN AL 451 1674 3.71 1085 65% 20% 16% 32% 32% 80% 0% 52% 80% 34% 6% 28 9 14% 64 23 7% 33 21 17% -4 0 0
1992 30 MIN AL 474 1692 3.57 1132 67% 20% 16% 31% 33% 80% 0% 53% 80% 38% 3% 14 4 9% 44 21 6% 27 18 17% -1 0 0
1993 31 KCR AL 565 2024 3.58 1353 67% 23% 14% 31% 33% 77% 0% 52% 82% 35% 4% 22 4 13% 71 26 6% 36 23 15% 16 2 2
1994 32 KCR AL 403 1477 3.67 944 64% 22% 17% 30% 31% 78% 0% 50% 79% 37% 3% 13 2 13% 52 25 7% 29 17 21% 6 0 0
1995 33 KCR AL 469 1707 3.64 1084 64% 22% 14% 30% 34% 78% 1% 50% 81% 34% 5% 22 2 14% 67 34 8% 38 22 12% 13 0 0
1996 34 LAD NL 408 1515 3.71 920 61% 23% 18% 28% 31% 77% 5% 46% 76% 35% 7% 28 1 18% 73 33 9% 36 25 30% 79 0 1
1997 35 LAD NL 495 1721 3.48 1128 66% 24% 20% 24% 32% 76% 2% 50% 74% 37% 5% 25 1 12% 59 23 6% 31 18 20% 58 0 1
10 Yrs 4689 16686 3.56 10871 65% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 1% 52% 78% 38% 4% 200 31 13% 590 272 7% 324 202 17% 165 5 9
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1983 21 10 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .111 .103 .148 .252 -32 4 0 0 0 2 0
1984 22 12 30 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .107 .100 .143 .243 -35 4 0 0 0 2 0
1985 23 126 352 321 39 69 16 3 2 26 10 4 20 63 .215 .264 .302 .566 52 97 5 3 3 5 0
1986 24 282 876 793 102 187 38 9 14 80 22 14 50 171 .236 .286 .359 .645 74 285 9 9 16 8 0
1987 25 419 1355 1230 170 303 66 16 24 120 28 20 75 255 .246 .294 .385 .679 80 473 12 13 26 10 0
1988 26 568 1863 1691 240 412 86 22 38 168 43 27 102 365 .244 .293 .388 .681 82 656 25 20 37 11 2
1989 27 717 2354 2151 309 537 115 29 47 216 54 31 119 445 .250 .294 .396 .689 85 851 35 22 44 16 2
1990 28 855 2777 2539 347 628 137 32 54 254 62 39 143 521 .247 .292 .390 .682 84 991 40 23 52 18 2
1991 29 994 3224 2947 399 736 160 35 62 296 73 48 169 593 .250 .294 .391 .685 85 1152 55 26 57 23 2
1992 30 1140 3697 3386 452 844 183 35 69 335 79 55 188 676 .249 .292 .385 .677 83 1304 66 28 69 24 2
1993 31 1299 4278 3926 518 995 215 38 79 392 89 67 221 769 .253 .296 .388 .684 84 1523 73 28 73 28 3
1994 32 1406 4687 4301 557 1092 238 41 86 443 99 84 248 848 .254 .298 .388 .686 84 1670 81 32 75 29 3
1995 33 1526 5169 4731 615 1202 263 45 92 492 102 89 286 908 .254 .299 .387 .686 83 1831 92 34 82 34 5
1996 34 1654 5656 5159 663 1311 276 47 102 547 106 91 336 1001 .254 .302 .385 .687 84 1987 98 36 86 37 16
1997 35 1798 6209 5673 712 1440 296 50 111 604 108 96 367 1121 .254 .302 .382 .684 83 2169 111 40 89 38 20

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
1983 21 10 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1984 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1985 23 114 321 292 36 65 15 3 2 23 10 20 57 .223 .277 .315 .592 25 114
1986 24 156 525 473 64 119 22 6 12 55 12 30 108 .252 .303 .400 .702 56 156
1987 25 137 473 433 64 112 27 7 10 38 6 24 84 .259 .302 .423 .725 54 137
1988 26 149 512 465 74 113 21 6 15 51 16 28 110 .243 .295 .411 .706 54 149
1989 27 149 493 462 71 127 29 7 9 50 11 17 80 .275 .300 .426 .727 60 149
1990 28 138 424 389 39 92 22 3 7 39 8 24 76 .237 .281 .362 .644 40 138
1991 29 139 447 408 52 108 23 3 8 42 11 26 72 .265 .310 .395 .705 50 139
1992 30 146 478 443 57 112 24 0 7 42 6 20 83 .253 .288 .354 .642 45 146
1993 31 159 574 534 62 145 31 3 10 53 10 32 93 .272 .311 .397 .708 66 159
1994 32 152 568 523 49 128 30 4 9 64 13 36 112 .245 .299 .369 .668 57 107
1995 33 135 535 478 60 118 27 4 6 51 3 41 68 .247 .306 .358 .663 53 120
1996 34 128 488 429 49 110 13 2 10 56 4 50 93 .256 .335 .366 .701 53 128
1997 35 144 555 516 50 131 20 3 9 59 2 31 120 .254 .301 .357 .657 55 144
15 Yrs 1858 6423 5873 727 1480 304 51 114 623 112 379 1162 .252 .300 .379 .679 668 1798
162 Game Avg. 162 560 512 63 129 27 4 10 54 10 33 101 .252 .300 .379 .679 58 1798

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1987 AL  2.7 (2nd)
1989 AL  2.2 (6th)
1990 AL  2.9 (2nd)
1991 AL  1.6 (9th)
1992 AL  1.5 (10th)
1993 AL  1.9 (10th)
1994 AL  1.3 (7th)
1995 AL  1.7 (5th)
Career  18.8 (56th)

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL  159 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1987 AL  7 (9th)
1988 AL  6 (9th)
1989 AL  7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,121 (187th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  13 (4th)
1987 AL  10 (8th)
1988 AL  11 (6th)
1992 AL  12 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1993 AL  12 (10th)
1994 AL  17 (1st)
Career  96 (133rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1961-11-12 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mike Bordick (935)
  2. Granny Hamner (925)
  3. Leo Cardenas (917)
  4. Alex Gonzalez (913)
  5. Johnny Logan (909)
  6. Frank Bolling (902)
  7. Alex Gonzalez (893)
  8. Eddie Miller (890)
  9. Zoilo Versalles (888)
  10. Cristian Guzman (887)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Don Buddin (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Orlando Cabrera (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex Gonzalez (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Angel Berroa (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Angel Berroa (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Shawon Dunston (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Shawon Dunston (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Shawon Dunston (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Gonzalez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Logan (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank White (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Leo Cardenas (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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