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Oscar Gamble

Oscar Charles Gamble

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 20, 1949 in Ramer, AL
High School: Carver HS (Montgomery, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Phillies/WhiteSox/Padres/... 1969-1985
Agents: Dick Moss,Howard Mandell [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1985
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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
1969 19 CHC NL 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 2 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 69 22 1 0 0 0 1 8/7
1970 20 PHI NL 88 305 275 31 72 12 4 1 19 5 4 27 37 .262 .330 .345 .675 84 95 8 1 2 0 3 89
1971 21 PHI NL 92 309 280 24 62 11 1 6 23 5 2 21 35 .221 .275 .332 .607 72 93 1 1 3 4 2 79/8
1972 22 PHI NL 74 157 135 17 32 5 2 1 13 0 1 19 16 .237 .331 .326 .657 86 44 4 1 0 2 0 9/3
1973 23 CLE AL 113 432 390 56 104 11 3 20 44 3 4 34 37 .267 .329 .464 .793 120 181 4 3 3 2 1 D9/78
1974 24 CLE AL 135 509 454 74 132 16 4 19 59 5 6 48 51 .291 .363 .469 .833 140 213 7 5 0 2 10 *D7/9
1975 25 CLE AL 121 405 348 60 91 16 3 15 45 11 5 53 39 .261 .361 .454 .815 131 158 8 2 1 1 4 7D/9
1976 26 NYY AL 110 384 340 43 79 13 1 17 57 5 3 38 38 .232 .317 .426 .743 118 145 4 4 2 0 4 9/D
1977 27 CHW AL 137 470 408 75 121 22 2 31 83 1 2 54 54 .297 .386 .588 .974 162 240 3 6 1 1 2 D9/87 MVP-29
1978 28 SDP NL 126 437 375 46 103 15 3 7 47 1 2 51 45 .275 .366 .387 .753 120 145 2 6 0 5 11 97
1979 29 TOT AL 100 327 274 48 98 10 1 19 64 2 1 50 28 .358 .456 .609 1.065 188 167 7 1 0 2 12 D79
1979 29 TEX AL 64 201 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 2 1 37 15 .335 .458 .522 .979 167 84 6 1 0 2 11 D9
1979 29 NYY AL 36 126 113 21 44 4 1 11 32 0 0 13 13 .389 .452 .735 1.187 218 83 1 0 0 0 1 7/D
1980 30 NYY AL 78 229 194 40 54 10 2 14 50 2 0 28 21 .278 .376 .567 .943 158 110 2 4 0 3 4 7D9
1981 31 NYY AL 80 227 189 24 45 8 0 10 27 0 2 35 23 .238 .357 .439 .796 131 83 4 1 0 2 2 D97/8
1982 32 NYY AL 108 382 316 49 86 21 2 18 57 6 3 58 47 .272 .387 .522 .910 150 165 4 4 0 4 2 D9/7
1983 33 NYY AL 74 208 180 26 47 10 2 7 26 0 0 25 23 .261 .361 .456 .816 128 82 3 3 0 0 1 9D/7
1984 34 NYY AL 54 151 125 17 23 2 0 10 27 1 0 25 18 .184 .318 .440 .758 112 55 1 0 0 1 0 D9
1985 35 CHW AL 70 184 148 20 30 5 0 4 20 0 0 34 22 .203 .353 .318 .671 83 47 1 1 0 1 3 D
17 Yrs 1584 5197 4502 656 1195 188 31 200 666 47 37 610 546 .265 .356 .454 .811 127 2045 64 43 12 30 62
162 Game Avg. 162 532 460 67 122 19 3 20 68 5 4 62 56 .265 .356 .454 .811 127 209 7 4 1 3 6
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
NYY (7 yrs) 540 1707 1457 220 378 68 8 87 276 14 8 222 183 .259 .361 .496 .858 141 723 19 16 2 10 14
PHI (3 yrs) 254 771 690 72 166 28 7 8 55 10 7 67 88 .241 .308 .336 .644 80 232 13 3 5 6 5
CLE (3 yrs) 369 1346 1192 190 327 43 10 54 148 19 15 135 127 .274 .352 .463 .815 131 552 19 10 4 5 15
CHW (2 yrs) 207 654 556 95 151 27 2 35 103 1 2 88 76 .272 .377 .516 .893 141 287 4 7 1 2 5
TEX (1 yr) 64 201 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 2 1 37 15 .335 .458 .522 .979 167 84 6 1 0 2 11
SDP (1 yr) 126 437 375 46 103 15 3 7 47 1 2 51 45 .275 .366 .387 .753 120 145 2 6 0 5 11
CHC (1 yr) 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 2 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 69 22 1 0 0 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1180 3908 3366 532 910 144 20 184 559 36 26 482 401 .270 .366 .489 .855 139 1646 48 34 7 19 45
NL (5 yrs) 404 1289 1136 124 285 44 11 16 107 11 11 128 145 .251 .329 .351 .680 92 399 16 9 5 11 17

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 19 CHC NL 24 81 -3 -1 0 -6 -0 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.8 .456 .494 -0.1 -0.6 -1 $ 8/7
1970 20 PHI NL 88 305 -6 -2 0 -15 -2 -24 -2.3 9 -15 -1.5 .472 .485 0.0 -1.6 0 $ 89
1971 21 PHI NL 92 309 -11 -1 2 -1 -4 -15 -1.7 9 -6 -0.8 .481 .489 -0.7 -0.6 -5 $15,000 79/8
1972 22 PHI NL 74 157 -2 -0 -0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .492 .496 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 9/3
1973 23 CLE AL 113 432 11 0 2 -1 -9 4 0.6 14 18 1.9 .504 .503 1.9 -0.9 19 $19,500 D9/78
1974 24 CLE AL 135 509 22 -1 2 -2 -12 9 1.2 16 26 2.7 .508 .506 3.0 -1.5 28 $25,000 *D7/9
1975 25 CLE AL 121 405 13 -1 0 -2 -7 3 0.5 13 16 1.7 .503 .502 1.9 -0.9 18 $ 7D/9
1976 26 NYY AL 110 384 8 0 2 5 -4 11 1.4 12 24 2.5 .512 .508 2.0 0.2 18 $75,000 9/D
1977 27 CHW AL 137 470 33 -1 3 -8 -10 18 2.0 15 33 3.3 .513 .511 4.1 -1.7 41 $100,000 D9/87 MVP-29
1978 28 SDP NL 126 437 13 -2 2 -4 -5 3 0.4 13 16 1.7 .503 .502 2.1 -1.0 20 $475,000 97
1979 29 TEX AL 64 201 14 1 0 4 -5 15 1.5 6 21 2.1 .523 .509 1.8 -0.0 17 $475,000 D9
1979 29 NYY AL 36 126 18 0 -0 -1 -2 15 1.5 4 19 1.9 .540 .509 2.0 -0.3 20 $ 7/D
1980 30 NYY AL 78 229 14 1 0 -1 -4 11 1.2 7 18 1.8 .514 .507 1.9 -0.5 18 $475,000 7D9
1981 31 NYY AL 80 227 7 -0 1 2 -5 5 0.6 7 12 1.2 .507 .503 1.0 -0.3 9 $475,000 D97/8
1982 32 NYY AL 108 382 24 -0 0 -2 -9 13 1.4 12 25 2.5 .512 .508 2.8 -1.0 26 $475,000 D9/7
1983 33 NYY AL 74 208 7 -0 0 -5 -4 -2 -0.1 6 4 0.5 .497 .499 1.0 -0.9 10 $475,000 9D/7
1984 34 NYY AL 54 151 2 0 1 -3 -3 -3 -0.3 5 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.4 -0.6 4 $700,000 D9
1985 35 CHW AL 70 184 -3 -0 -0 0 -5 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .488 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $ D
17 Seasons 1584 5197 162 -7 16 -40 -91 41 5.5 162 202 20.5 .502 .501 24.9 -12.6 242 $3,784,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 540 1707 80 0 4 -4 -31 50 5.7 53 103 10.5 .510 .505 11.1 -3.3 107 $2,675,000
PHI (3 yrs) 254 771 -19 -3 2 -17 -7 -43 -4.6 22 -21 -2.4 .481 .490 -0.7 -2.3 -4 $15,000
CLE (3 yrs) 369 1346 46 -1 4 -5 -28 16 2.3 43 60 6.3 .505 .504 6.8 -3.2 65 $44,500
CHW (2 yrs) 207 654 30 -1 3 -8 -15 10 1.2 21 30 3.1 .505 .503 3.9 -2.1 38 $100,000
TEX (1 yr) 64 201 14 1 0 4 -5 15 1.5 6 21 2.1 .523 .509 1.8 -0.0 17 $475,000
SDP (1 yr) 126 437 13 -2 2 -4 -5 3 0.4 13 16 1.7 .503 .502 2.1 -1.0 20 $475,000
CHC (1 yr) 24 81 -3 -1 0 -6 -0 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.8 .456 .494 -0.1 -0.6 -1 $

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 19 CHC NL 81 58 7 3.2 105 .259 .225 .274 .321 .346 .310 .406 .631 .752 69 .387 -3.1 -0.3 .517 .197 .085 .0
1970 20 PHI NL 305 217 30 3.7 101 .300 .262 .263 .330 .336 .345 .402 .675 .738 84 .399 -6.0 -0.6 .577 .185 .084 1.7
1971 21 PHI NL 309 228 27 3.2 92 .230 .221 .260 .275 .326 .332 .380 .607 .706 72 .389 -10.8 -1.1 .534 .196 .111 5.5
1972 22 PHI NL 157 110 15 3.7 93 .258 .237 .259 .331 .327 .326 .382 .657 .710 86 .455 -1.8 -0.2 .583 .222 .089 .0
1973 23 CLE AL 432 299 60 5.4 95 .251 .267 .262 .329 .331 .464 .385 .793 .716 120 .598 8.4 0.8 .738 .282 .197 5.2
1974 24 CLE AL 509 337 77 6.2 88 .293 .291 .257 .363 .322 .469 .370 .833 .691 140 .674 22.9 2.4 .791 .282 .178 7.9
1975 25 CLE AL 405 272 58 5.7 92 .258 .261 .257 .361 .326 .454 .377 .815 .704 131 .628 14.9 1.5 .811 .362 .193 12.7
1976 26 NYY AL 384 270 47 4.7 85 .218 .232 .255 .317 .319 .426 .359 .743 .678 118 .575 6.8 0.7 .705 .312 .194 7.7
1977 27 CHW AL 470 294 96 8.8 100 .278 .297 .266 .386 .330 .588 .405 .974 .735 162 .762 35.3 3.4 1.024 .422 .292 1.9
1978 28 SDP NL 437 281 57 5.4 87 .293 .275 .251 .366 .318 .387 .370 .753 .687 120 .618 12.6 1.3 .728 .245 .112 1.8
1979 29 TOT AL 327 186 77 11.0 100 .345 .358 .267 .456 .332 .609 .405 1.065 .736 188 .826 36.0 3.4 1.190 .438 .252 3.6
1979 29 TEX AL 201 116 39 9.0 100 .329 .335 .267 .458 .332 .522 .405 .979 .736 167 .764 17.9 1.7 1.079 .422 .186 3.2
1979 29 NYY AL 126 70 38 14.5 100 .371 .389 .267 .452 .332 .735 .405 1.187 .736 218 .886 18.1 1.7 1.371 .460 .345 .0
1980 30 NYY AL 229 145 44 8.2 97 .247 .278 .267 .376 .329 .567 .396 .943 .724 158 .741 15.8 1.5 1.014 .443 .289 3.5
1981 31 NYY AL 227 152 31 5.5 87 .222 .238 .254 .357 .318 .439 .369 .796 .687 131 .630 8.8 0.9 .780 .376 .201 .0
1982 32 NYY AL 382 241 69 7.7 97 .267 .272 .262 .387 .325 .522 .399 .910 .724 150 .720 24.4 2.4 .970 .443 .250 9.0
1983 33 NYY AL 208 136 31 6.1 95 .267 .261 .261 .361 .322 .456 .394 .816 .716 128 .632 7.3 0.7 .809 .333 .194 .0
1984 34 NYY AL 151 104 19 4.9 93 .133 .184 .259 .318 .321 .440 .391 .758 .712 112 .537 2.1 0.2 .786 .464 .256 1.8
1985 35 CHW AL 184 120 19 4.2 102 .211 .203 .266 .353 .332 .318 .413 .671 .745 83 .463 -2.2 -0.2 .689 .345 .115 .0
17 Yrs 5197 3450 764 6.0 94 .263 .265 .260 .356 .326 .454 .386 .811 .712 127 .638 171.4 16.9 .795 .327 .189 76.1
162 Game Avg. 532 353 78 6.0 94 .263 .265 .260 .356 .326 .454 .386 .811 .712 127 .638 18 2 .795 .327 .189 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (7 yrs) 1707 1118 279 6.7 93 .243 .259 .260 .361 .323 .496 .384 .858 .708 141 .685 83.3 8.2 .874 .393 .237 24.1
PHI (3 yrs) 771 555 72 3.5 96 .263 .241 .261 .308 .330 .336 .390 .644 .720 80 .406 -18.7 -1.9 .561 .197 .096 8.9
CLE (3 yrs) 1346 908 195 5.8 92 .269 .274 .259 .352 .326 .463 .377 .815 .703 131 .636 46.2 4.7 .780 .305 .189 28.1
CHW (2 yrs) 654 414 115 7.4 101 .260 .272 .266 .377 .331 .516 .407 .893 .738 141 .705 33.1 3.2 .927 .401 .245 1.9
TEX (1 yr) 201 116 39 9.0 100 .329 .335 .267 .458 .332 .522 .405 .979 .736 167 .764 17.9 1.7 1.079 .422 .186 3.2
SDP (1 yr) 437 281 57 5.4 87 .293 .275 .251 .366 .318 .387 .370 .753 .687 120 .618 12.6 1.3 .728 .245 .112 1.8
CHC (1 yr) 81 58 7 3.2 105 .259 .225 .274 .321 .346 .310 .406 .631 .752 69 .386 -3.1 -0.3 .517 .197 .085 .0
AL (12 yrs) 3908 2556 628 6.6 94 .259 .270 .261 .366 .326 .489 .387 .855 .712 139 .678 180.6 17.8 .858 .365 .219 60.2
NL (5 yrs) 1289 894 136 4.1 94 .273 .251 .259 .329 .327 .351 .384 .680 .711 92 .482 -9.2 -1.0 .610 .213 .100 13.0

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
1976 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 3 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 3 0 0 1 0 0
1976 26 NYY AL WS CIN L 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 30 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 4 10 9 2 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 .556 .600 1.333 1.933 12 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .167 .500 .167 .667 1 0 0 0 1 0
1981 31 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 18 53 42 7 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 9 7 .286 .404 .476 .880 20 0 0 1 1 0
1 ALDS 4 10 9 2 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 .556 .600 1.333 1.933 12 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 8 28 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .211 .407 .263 .671 5 0 0 1 1 0
2 WS 6 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 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
1969 19 CHC NL 81 1.2% 14.8% 12.4% 3.7% 19% 1.20 5.9 71.0 14.2 1.47 72%
1970 20 PHI NL 305 0.3% 12.1% 8.9% 5.6% 24% 1.37 7.4 275.0 14.5 1.79 78%
1971 21 PHI NL 309 1.9% 11.3% 6.8% 5.8% 29% 1.67 8.0 46.7 12.2 0.71 79%
1972 22 PHI NL 157 0.6% 10.2% 12.1% 5.1% 25% 0.84 8.4 135.0 10.4 1.09 76%
1973 23 CLE AL 432 4.6% 8.6% 7.9% 7.9% 33% 1.09 10.5 19.5 8.9 0.85 78%
1974 24 CLE AL 509 3.7% 10.0% 9.4% 7.7% 30% 1.06 8.9 23.9 7.7 1.07 76%
1975 25 CLE AL 405 3.7% 9.6% 13.1% 8.4% 37% 0.74 8.9 23.2 7.7 1.01 73%
1976 26 NYY AL 384 4.4% 9.9% 9.9% 8.1% 39% 1.00 8.9 20.0 6.0 0.88 74%
1977 27 CHW AL 470 6.6% 11.5% 11.5% 11.7% 46% 1.00 7.6 13.2 4.9 1.01 69%
1978 28 SDP NL 437 1.6% 10.3% 11.7% 5.7% 24% 0.88 8.3 53.6 8.0 0.71 75%
1979 29 TOT AL 327 5.8% 8.6% 15.3% 9.2% 31% 0.56 9.8 14.4 4.3 0.81 70%
1979 29 TEX AL 201 4.0% 7.5% 18.4% 7.0% 26% 0.41 10.7 20.1 5.0 0.96 70%
1979 29 NYY AL 126 8.7% 10.3% 10.3% 12.7% 36% 1.00 8.7 10.3 3.5 0.60 71%
1980 30 NYY AL 229 6.1% 9.2% 12.2% 11.4% 48% 0.75 9.2 13.9 3.9 0.61 71%
1981 31 NYY AL 227 4.4% 10.1% 15.4% 7.9% 40% 0.66 8.2 18.9 7.0 0.74 70%
1982 32 NYY AL 382 4.7% 12.3% 15.2% 10.7% 48% 0.81 6.7 17.6 5.5 0.65 67%
1983 33 NYY AL 208 3.4% 11.1% 12.0% 9.1% 40% 0.92 7.8 25.7 6.9 0.78 72%
1984 34 NYY AL 151 6.6% 11.9% 16.6% 8.0% 52% 0.72 6.9 12.5 4.6 0.70 65%
1985 35 CHW AL 184 2.2% 12.0% 18.5% 4.9% 30% 0.65 6.7 37.0 7.4 0.64 67%
17 Yrs 5197 3.9% 10.5% 11.7% 8.1% 35% 0.90 8.2 22.5 6.8 0.88 73%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.3% 28% 1.58 6.6 44.8 8.7 1.10 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 19 CHC NL -3.1 -0.3 83 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 .87 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.90 -3.1 0.86 0
1970 20 PHI NL -6.4 -0.6 315 -0.8 5.3 -6.0 1.11 -0.9 0.2 -9.1 -0.9 0.89 -10.3 2.48 14
1971 21 PHI NL -10.8 -1.1 317 -0.7 5.0 -5.7 1.12 -0.8 0.1 -11.6 -1.2 0.96 -9.0 1.86 13
1972 22 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 161 0.1 2.8 -2.7 1.08 -0.2 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.95 0.6 1.48 30
1973 23 CLE AL 8.0 0.8 446 1.1 7.7 -6.6 .91 1.4 -0.2 8.5 0.9 0.91 14.6 1.49 11
1974 24 CLE AL 22.9 2.4 526 1.8 9.8 -7.9 .97 2.6 -0.7 27.8 2.9 0.95 28.7 2.20 9
1975 25 CLE AL 14.9 1.5 424 1.9 7.8 -5.9 .91 0.7 1.4 12.9 1.3 0.94 9.6 2.77 18
1976 26 NYY AL 6.4 0.7 397 2.0 8.4 -6.5 1.05 0.7 1.2 17.5 1.9 0.99 11.3 1.69 16
1977 27 CHW AL 35.3 3.4 478 4.2 11.1 -6.9 .95 3.8 0.6 36.5 3.5 0.94 40.1 2.03 18
1978 28 SDP NL 12.6 1.3 446 1.9 8.7 -6.8 1.08 1.6 0.2 18.8 2.0 0.99 17.1 1.94 13
1979 29 TOT AL 35.8 3.4 333 3.4 8.0 -4.6 1.01 3.1 0.2 39.5 3.8 0.95 38.0 2.13 19
1979 29 TEX AL 17.7 1.7 205 1.0 3.9 -2.9 1.02 1.5 -0.6 17.3 1.7 0.97 18.4 1.38 11
1979 29 NYY AL 18.1 1.7 128 2.4 4.1 -1.6 .99 1.7 0.8 22.1 2.1 0.93 19.7 3.16 8
1980 30 NYY AL 15.8 1.5 233 2.2 5.6 -3.4 1.01 1.8 0.4 22.4 2.2 0.96 19.6 2.44 17
1981 31 NYY AL 8.8 0.9 231 -0.4 3.3 -3.7 1.00 0.6 -1.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 6.9 1.24 16
1982 32 NYY AL 24.4 2.4 396 1.5 7.7 -6.2 1.02 2.2 -0.7 16.9 1.7 0.96 25.0 2.12 18
1983 33 NYY AL 7.3 0.7 209 0.9 4.5 -3.6 1.11 0.4 0.4 7.8 0.8 0.95 5.6 1.85 20
1984 34 NYY AL 2.1 0.2 152 -0.1 2.8 -2.8 1.12 0.3 -0.3 6.3 0.6 0.99 3.5 1.88 13
1985 35 CHW AL -2.2 -0.2 185 0.5 3.6 -3.1 1.08 -0.0 0.5 5.4 0.5 0.93 0.7 1.77 24
17 Yrs 169.8 16.7 5332 19.6 103.2 -83.7 1.01 17.2 2.1 198.3 19.8 0.95 198.9 1.94 269
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 19 CHC NL 1 0 20% 36 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 0
1970 20 PHI NL 3 0 30% 110 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 44% 13 9 3 6 2 3 8 1 6
1971 21 PHI NL 3 0 23% 125 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 30% 14 12 2 2 1 1 7 3 4
1972 22 PHI NL 1 0 31% 77 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 30% 19 15 4 1 0 1 7 3 3
1973 23 CLE AL 7 0 30% 178 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 58% 23 13 10 6 1 4 11 1 9
1974 24 CLE AL 8 0 33% 200 5 6 45% 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 8 49% 32 20 12 10 5 4 17 4 13
1975 25 CLE AL 3 0 34% 134 11 5 69% 10 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 8 46% 26 16 9 6 3 3 12 4 8
1976 26 NYY AL 6 0 25% 122 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 38% 15 10 5 2 2 0 7 3 4
1977 27 CHW AL 2 0 29% 183 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 43% 36 21 14 7 6 1 13 4 9
1978 28 SDP NL 10 0 26% 176 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 33% 30 23 6 6 5 1 10 1 8
1979 29 TOT AL 2 0 22% 137 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 40% 22 14 8 4 4 0 12 4 7
1979 29 TEX AL 1 0 23% 88 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 39% 18 12 6 1 1 0 9 4 5
1979 29 NYY AL 1 0 22% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 40% 4 2 2 3 3 0 3 0 2
1980 30 NYY AL 2 0 36% 80 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 69% 5 2 2 2 0 2 6 1 5
1981 31 NYY AL 1 0 20% 78 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 40% 15 9 5 0 0 0 5 2 3
1982 32 NYY AL 5 0 24% 164 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 22% 24 21 3 6 4 2 7 4 3
1983 33 NYY AL 2 0 28% 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38% 12 9 2 1 0 1 3 0 3
1984 34 NYY AL 1 0 18% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27% 9 7 2 3 2 1 3 1 1
1985 35 CHW AL 2 0 26% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 47% 11 7 4 4 2 2 4 1 3
17 Yrs 59 0 28% 1996 47 37 56% 45 33 2 1 0 3 13 3 62 98 41% 311 211 93 66 37 26 135 40 89
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 19 CHC NL 81 95% 16 0 0 0 0 0.86 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 16 1 6% 8 1 13% 38 4 11% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
1970 20 PHI NL 305 90% 72 14 4 0 3 2.48 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 59 8 14% 26 9 35% 165 19 12% 12 5 42% 11 6 55% 0
1971 21 PHI NL 309 87% 62 13 4 0 0 1.86 6 0 7 6 0 2 4 0 4 3 75% 58 1 2% 26 10 38% 183 17 9% 12 7 58% 6 3 50% 0
1972 22 PHI NL 157 98% 32 30 9 1 3 1.48 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 4 11% 17 6 35% 88 12 14% 9 5 56% 4 3 75% 0
1973 23 CLE AL 432 95% 104 11 4 0 1 1.49 20 0 4 20 0 13 7 0 3 3 100% 81 4 5% 42 16 38% 221 27 12% 15 7 47% 20 11 55% 0
1974 24 CLE AL 509 71% 132 9 0 0 0 2.20 19 0 11 15 4 7 12 0 1 0 0% 94 7 7% 45 13 29% 286 44 15% 27 14 52% 18 8 44% 0
1975 25 CLE AL 405 88% 91 18 3 0 1 2.77 15 0 7 15 0 10 5 0 1 1 100% 70 8 11% 28 7 25% 233 32 14% 10 6 60% 15 7 47% 0
1976 26 NYY AL 384 78% 79 16 6 0 4 1.69 17 1 7 16 1 15 2 0 2 2 100% 88 4 5% 42 10 24% 252 40 16% 23 9 39% 15 7 47% 0
1977 27 CHW AL 470 87% 121 18 8 3 6 2.03 31 0 8 30 1 14 17 0 2 1 50% 85 3 4% 36 12 33% 295 52 18% 19 13 68% 5 4 80% 0
1978 28 SDP NL 437 77% 103 13 6 0 4 1.94 7 0 12 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 74 2 3% 43 16 37% 285 46 16% 31 15 48% 24 12 50% 0
1979 29 TOT AL 327 86% 98 19 5 2 5 2.13 19 1 7 16 3 11 8 0 0 0 68 7 10% 21 6 29% 217 46 21% 18 10 56% 11 6 55% 0
1979 29 TEX AL 201 86% 54 11 3 1 3 1.38 8 0 3 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 45 6 13% 16 6 38% 136 24 18% 13 6 46% 5 3 60% 0
1979 29 NYY AL 126 87% 44 8 2 1 2 3.16 11 1 4 8 3 6 5 0 0 0 23 1 4% 5 0 0% 81 22 27% 5 4 80% 6 3 50% 0
1980 30 NYY AL 229 91% 54 17 4 1 6 2.44 14 0 4 14 0 8 6 0 0 0 43 2 5% 25 7 28% 157 37 24% 22 12 55% 14 9 64% 0
1981 31 NYY AL 227 93% 45 16 5 0 2 1.24 10 0 6 10 0 6 4 0 0 0 35 4 11% 26 10 38% 142 17 12% 15 4 27% 12 8 67% 0
1982 32 NYY AL 382 88% 86 18 2 0 0 2.12 18 0 5 15 3 11 7 0 0 0 62 4 6% 38 13 34% 232 40 17% 27 12 44% 21 10 48% 0
1983 33 NYY AL 208 85% 47 20 6 0 0 1.85 7 0 3 6 1 5 2 0 1 0 0% 39 3 8% 20 2 10% 131 21 16% 16 6 38% 7 2 29% 0
1984 34 NYY AL 151 94% 23 13 1 1 1 1.88 10 0 2 10 0 5 5 0 0 0 33 1 3% 15 5 33% 105 17 16% 9 4 44% 7 5 71% 0
1985 35 CHW AL 184 96% 30 24 3 0 4 1.77 4 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 34 1 3% 13 2 15% 106 16 15% 9 5 56% 8 3 38% 0
17 Yrs 5197 86% 1195 269 70 8 40 1.94 200 2 96 185 15 112 88 0 18 12 67% 975 64 7% 471 145 31% 3136 487 16% 278 136 49% 199 104 52% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 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 19 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 2 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 69 22 1 0 0 0 1
1970 20 112 386 346 37 88 13 5 2 24 5 6 37 49 .254 .328 .338 .666 81 117 9 1 2 0 4
1971 21 204 695 626 61 150 24 6 8 47 10 8 58 84 .240 .304 .335 .640 77 210 10 2 5 4 6
1972 22 278 852 761 78 182 29 8 9 60 10 9 77 100 .239 .309 .334 .643 79 254 14 3 5 6 6
1973 23 391 1284 1151 134 286 40 11 29 104 13 13 111 137 .248 .316 .378 .694 92 435 18 6 8 8 7
1974 24 526 1793 1605 208 418 56 15 48 163 18 19 159 188 .260 .329 .404 .733 106 648 25 11 8 10 17
1975 25 647 2198 1953 268 509 72 18 63 208 29 24 212 227 .261 .335 .413 .748 110 806 33 13 9 11 21
1976 26 757 2582 2293 311 588 85 19 80 265 34 27 250 265 .256 .333 .415 .747 111 951 37 17 11 11 25
1977 27 894 3052 2701 386 709 107 21 111 348 35 29 304 319 .262 .341 .441 .782 119 1191 40 23 12 12 27
1978 28 1020 3489 3076 432 812 122 24 118 395 36 31 355 364 .264 .344 .434 .778 119 1336 42 29 12 17 38
1979 29 1120 3816 3350 480 910 132 25 137 459 38 32 405 392 .272 .354 .449 .802 125 1503 49 30 12 19 50
1980 30 1198 4045 3544 520 964 142 27 151 509 40 32 433 413 .272 .355 .455 .810 127 1613 51 34 12 22 54
1981 31 1278 4272 3733 544 1009 150 27 161 536 40 34 468 436 .270 .355 .454 .809 127 1696 55 35 12 24 56
1982 32 1386 4654 4049 593 1095 171 29 179 593 46 37 526 483 .270 .358 .460 .817 129 1861 59 39 12 28 58
1983 33 1460 4862 4229 619 1142 181 31 186 619 46 37 551 506 .270 .358 .459 .817 129 1943 62 42 12 28 59
1984 34 1514 5013 4354 636 1165 183 31 196 646 47 37 576 524 .268 .357 .459 .815 129 1998 63 42 12 29 59
1985 35 1584 5197 4502 656 1195 188 31 200 666 47 37 610 546 .265 .356 .454 .811 127 2045 64 43 12 30 62

Neutralized Batting

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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 19 24 81 71 6 16 1 1 1 5 0 10 12 .225 .321 .310 .631 7 24
1970 20 88 305 275 31 72 12 4 1 19 5 27 37 .262 .330 .345 .675 31 88
1971 21 92 316 285 27 67 12 1 6 26 5 23 35 .235 .291 .347 .638 29 92
1972 22 77 167 143 20 35 5 2 1 15 0 21 17 .245 .341 .329 .670 17 74
1973 23 113 439 395 61 109 12 3 21 48 3 36 37 .276 .339 .481 .820 64 113
1974 24 135 527 467 86 145 18 4 21 69 5 53 51 .310 .385 .501 .886 89 135
1975 25 122 418 357 67 98 17 3 16 50 12 57 39 .275 .376 .473 .850 63 121
1976 26 111 399 351 51 88 14 1 19 68 6 42 38 .251 .338 .459 .796 53 110
1977 27 137 474 411 78 124 23 2 32 87 1 55 54 .302 .391 .601 .992 95 137
1978 28 126 457 388 56 116 17 3 8 57 1 57 45 .299 .394 .420 .814 64 126
1979 29 101 333 278 50 101 10 1 20 67 2 52 28 .363 .462 .622 1.085 79 100
1980 30 78 232 196 42 56 10 2 15 53 2 29 21 .286 .384 .587 .970 43 78
1981 31 121 356 293 43 75 13 0 17 48 0 58 35 .256 .379 .474 .854 53 80
1982 32 108 389 320 52 90 22 2 19 61 6 61 47 .281 .398 .541 .939 68 108
1983 33 74 213 183 29 50 11 2 7 29 0 27 23 .273 .376 .470 .846 32 74
1984 34 54 155 127 19 25 2 0 11 31 1 27 18 .197 .335 .472 .808 20 54
1985 35 70 182 147 19 29 5 0 4 19 0 33 22 .197 .346 .313 .659 16 70
17 Yrs 1631 5443 4687 737 1296 204 31 219 752 49 668 559 .277 .370 .473 .843 823 1584
162 Game Avg. 162 541 466 73 129 20 3 22 75 5 66 56 .277 .370 .473 .843 82 1584
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
1991 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (29, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1974 AL  .469 (7th)
1977 AL  .588 (4th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1974 AL  .833 (8th)
1977 AL  .974 (7th)**

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1974 AL  140 (8th)
Career  127 (210th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  35 (8th)
1979 AL  36 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  3.4 (8th)
1979 AL  3.4 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1974 AL  .675 (8th)
Career  .639 (247th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  6 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (9th)
1979 AL  12 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1974 AL  23.9 (10th)
1977 AL  13.2 (1st)**
Career  22.5 (204th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1974 AL  27.79 (9th)
1977 AL  36.55 (9th)
1979 AL  39.47 (8th)
Career  198.28 (209th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 AL  4.2 (5th)
Career  19.6 (183rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1974 AL  2.6 (10th)
1977 AL  3.8 (6th)
1979 AL  3.1 (8th)
Career  17.2 (218th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1974 AL  2.9 (9th)
1977 AL  3.5 (10th)
1979 AL  3.8 (8th)
Career  19.8 (202nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1969 NL  born 1949-12-20 (3rd)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1280), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (946), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Leon Wagner (945)
  2. Cliff Johnson (924)
  3. Larry Hisle (923)
  4. Bobby Higginson (917)
  5. Jesse Barfield (914)
  6. Kevin Millar (914)
  7. Jose Cruz (914)
  8. Carl Everett (913)
  9. Joe Pepitone (912)
  10. Pete Incaviglia (910)
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  1. Beauty McGowan (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lee Mazzilli (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chili Davis (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ron Fairly (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ron Fairly (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Scott (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dwight Evans (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Baylor (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Marshall (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roy Sievers (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sixto Lezcano (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Kirk Gibson (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ben Oglivie (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Leon Wagner (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Leon Wagner (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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