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Jim Gantner

James Elmer Gantner

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 5, 1953 in Fond du Lac, WI
School: University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1976
Team: Brewers 1976-1992
Agents: Ron Simon [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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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
1976 23 MIL AL 26 79 69 6 17 1 0 0 7 1 0 6 11 .246 .316 .261 .577 72 18 1 1 3 0 0 5/D
1977 24 MIL AL 14 49 47 4 14 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 .298 .327 .383 .710 93 18 1 0 0 0 0 5
1978 25 MIL AL 43 105 97 14 21 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 10 .216 .269 .258 .527 50 25 0 2 1 0 0 45/36
1979 26 MIL AL 70 234 208 29 59 10 3 2 22 3 5 16 17 .284 .336 .389 .726 96 81 3 2 5 3 1 54/6D1
1980 27 MIL AL 132 457 415 47 117 21 3 4 40 11 10 30 29 .282 .330 .376 .706 96 156 8 1 8 3 5 54/6
1981 28 MIL AL 107 397 352 35 94 14 1 2 33 3 6 29 29 .267 .325 .330 .654 94 116 6 3 9 4 5 *4
1982 29 MIL AL 132 485 447 48 132 17 2 4 43 6 3 26 36 .295 .335 .369 .704 99 165 6 2 7 3 3 *4
1983 30 MIL AL 161 662 603 85 170 23 8 11 74 5 6 38 46 .282 .329 .401 .730 107 242 10 6 11 4 5 *4
1984 31 MIL AL 153 658 613 61 173 27 1 3 56 6 5 30 51 .282 .314 .344 .658 86 211 16 3 2 10 0 *4
1985 32 MIL AL 143 573 523 63 133 15 4 5 44 11 8 33 42 .254 .300 .327 .627 73 171 13 3 10 4 7 *45/6
1986 33 MIL AL 139 543 497 58 136 25 1 7 38 13 7 26 50 .274 .313 .370 .684 84 184 13 6 6 7 2 *4/5D6
1987 34 MIL AL 81 296 265 37 72 14 0 4 30 6 2 19 22 .272 .331 .370 .701 84 98 7 5 4 1 2 45/D
1988 35 MIL AL 155 596 539 67 149 28 2 0 47 20 8 34 50 .276 .322 .336 .658 84 181 9 3 18 2 1 *4/5
1989 36 MIL AL 116 455 409 51 112 18 3 0 34 20 6 21 33 .274 .321 .333 .654 86 136 10 10 8 5 2 *4/D
1990 37 MIL AL 88 358 323 36 85 8 5 0 25 18 3 29 19 .263 .328 .319 .647 83 103 10 2 4 0 0 4/5
1991 38 MIL AL 140 567 526 63 149 27 4 2 47 4 6 27 34 .283 .320 .361 .681 90 190 13 3 7 4 5 54
1992 39 MIL AL 101 273 256 22 63 12 1 1 18 6 2 12 17 .246 .278 .313 .590 67 80 9 0 3 2 2 45/3D
17 Yrs 1801 6787 6189 726 1696 262 38 47 568 137 78 383 501 .274 .319 .351 .671 88 2175 135 52 106 52 40
162 Game Avg. 162 610 557 65 153 24 3 4 51 12 7 34 45 .274 .319 .351 .671 88 196 12 5 10 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

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
1976 23 MIL AL 26 79 -1 -1 0 -2 0 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.1 .488 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 5/D
1977 24 MIL AL 14 49 1 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $ 5
1978 25 MIL AL 43 105 -6 0 1 3 1 -1 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .498 .500 0.0 0.4 -0 $ 45/36
1979 26 MIL AL 70 234 -1 -2 2 4 2 4 0.5 8 12 1.2 .506 .503 0.8 0.6 8 $ 54/6D1
1980 27 MIL AL 132 457 -3 -1 -0 9 3 7 0.9 14 21 2.2 .505 .504 1.2 1.3 12 $ 54/6
1981 28 MIL AL 107 397 -4 -1 0 3 3 1 0.2 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 1.1 0.7 10 $ *4
1982 29 MIL AL 132 485 -2 0 1 6 3 9 1.0 15 24 2.4 .507 .506 1.9 1.1 18 $ *4
1983 30 MIL AL 161 662 5 0 3 6 4 18 2.2 20 38 4.0 .512 .512 3.4 1.2 33 $ *4
1984 31 MIL AL 153 658 -11 -2 0 -8 4 -16 -1.5 20 4 0.3 .489 .489 1.2 -0.3 12 $ *4
1985 32 MIL AL 143 573 -16 -2 1 14 4 0 0.2 18 18 1.8 .500 .500 0.5 1.9 4 $687,500 *45/6
1986 33 MIL AL 139 543 -13 -3 0 3 4 -10 -0.8 17 7 0.7 .493 .494 0.5 0.8 4 $887,500 *4/5D6
1987 34 MIL AL 81 296 -6 1 0 -2 2 -6 -0.4 9 4 0.4 .493 .497 0.6 0.1 5 $375,000 45/D
1988 35 MIL AL 155 596 -9 1 2 4 4 2 0.4 18 20 2.1 .501 .501 1.7 1.0 16 $937,500 *4/5
1989 36 MIL AL 116 455 -8 2 0 -5 2 -8 -0.7 14 6 0.6 .492 .494 1.1 -0.2 10 $900,000 *4/D
1990 37 MIL AL 88 358 -4 2 -0 -2 2 -3 -0.3 12 9 0.8 .496 .498 1.1 0.0 11 $700,000 4/5
1991 38 MIL AL 140 567 -11 -1 0 5 2 -5 -0.3 19 14 1.4 .496 .497 1.0 0.8 9 $1,000,000 54
1992 39 MIL AL 101 273 -10 -1 0 2 1 -8 -0.8 9 1 0.1 .491 .495 -0.1 0.4 -0 $1,150,000 45/3D
17 Seasons 1801 6787 -99 -7 10 36 40 -19 0.3 212 193 19.6 .499 .499 16.4 9.4 157 $6,637,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1976 23 MIL AL 79 56 6 2.9 84 .293 .246 .254 .316 .318 .261 .358 .577 .675 72 .357 -2.3 -0.2 .491 .116 .014 .0
1977 24 MIL AL 49 35 6 4.6 100 .317 .298 .266 .327 .330 .383 .405 .710 .735 93 .496 -0.6 -0.1 .600 .149 .085 1.3
1978 25 MIL AL 105 77 8 2.8 94 .233 .216 .261 .269 .326 .258 .385 .527 .711 50 .309 -6.8 -0.7 .447 .113 .041 1.3
1979 26 MIL AL 234 165 27 4.4 102 .297 .284 .270 .336 .334 .389 .408 .726 .743 96 .465 -1.1 -0.1 .618 .173 .106 2.4
1980 27 MIL AL 457 327 50 4.1 96 .294 .282 .265 .330 .328 .376 .394 .706 .721 96 .450 -2.0 -0.2 .595 .169 .094 5.9
1981 28 MIL AL 397 283 38 3.6 85 .283 .267 .250 .325 .314 .330 .364 .654 .678 94 .442 -1.7 -0.2 .537 .136 .063 2.4
1982 29 MIL AL 485 334 56 4.5 93 .312 .295 .257 .335 .320 .369 .392 .704 .711 99 .492 -0.3 -0.0 .605 .139 .074 4.8
1983 30 MIL AL 662 464 79 4.6 92 .289 .282 .257 .329 .318 .401 .388 .730 .706 107 .501 5.0 0.5 .635 .181 .119 6.9
1984 31 MIL AL 658 473 64 3.6 93 .299 .282 .259 .314 .321 .344 .391 .658 .712 86 .401 -10.6 -1.1 .531 .113 .062 4.0
1985 32 MIL AL 573 425 49 3.1 98 .267 .254 .260 .300 .326 .327 .404 .627 .730 73 .325 -20.0 -2.0 .511 .141 .073 6.9
1986 33 MIL AL 543 394 56 3.8 103 .289 .274 .265 .313 .333 .370 .413 .684 .747 84 .407 -11.6 -1.1 .583 .161 .097 9.1
1987 34 MIL AL 296 207 32 4.1 108 .283 .272 .268 .331 .337 .370 .431 .701 .769 84 .415 -6.1 -0.6 .624 .185 .098 4.8
1988 35 MIL AL 596 427 60 3.8 95 .303 .276 .261 .322 .326 .336 .392 .658 .718 84 .428 -11.3 -1.1 .565 .145 .059 .0
1989 36 MIL AL 455 326 45 3.7 92 .294 .274 .260 .321 .324 .333 .382 .654 .707 86 .427 -7.1 -0.7 .578 .144 .059 .0
1990 37 MIL AL 358 255 35 3.7 94 .280 .263 .258 .328 .326 .319 .386 .647 .712 83 .420 -7.7 -0.8 .594 .192 .056 .0
1991 38 MIL AL 567 407 58 3.8 95 .298 .283 .258 .320 .326 .361 .391 .681 .718 90 .423 -7.4 -0.7 .551 .125 .078 2.7
1992 39 MIL AL 273 209 21 2.7 93 .258 .246 .257 .278 .326 .313 .382 .590 .707 67 .290 -11.7 -1.2 .471 .129 .066 1.7
17 Yrs 6787 4864 690 3.8 95 .290 .274 .260 .319 .325 .351 .393 .671 .718 88 .422 -103.1 -10.3 .567 .149 .077 70.0
162 Game Avg. 610 438 62 3.8 95 .290 .274 .260 .319 .325 .351 .393 .671 .718 88 .422 -103.1 -10.3 .567 .149 .077 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

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
1981 28 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 4 14 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .214 .357 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 MIL AL WS STL L 7 26 24 5 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .360 .583 .943 14 1 0 1 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 16 57 54 7 13 5 1 0 6 0 0 2 4 .241 .268 .370 .638 20 1 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 4 14 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .214 .357 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 26 24 5 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .360 .583 .943 14 1 0 1 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
1976 23 MIL AL 79 0.0% 13.9% 7.6% 1.3% 6% 1.83 6.3 9.9 1.10 73%
1977 24 MIL AL 49 2.0% 10.2% 4.1% 4.1% 14% 2.50 9.4 47.0 23.5 0.75 84%
1978 25 MIL AL 105 1.0% 9.5% 4.8% 1.9% 10% 2.00 9.7 97.0 12.1 0.94 82%
1979 26 MIL AL 234 0.9% 7.3% 6.8% 6.4% 25% 1.06 12.2 104.0 9.5 1.69 82%
1980 27 MIL AL 457 0.9% 6.4% 6.6% 6.1% 24% 0.97 14.3 103.8 10.4 1.38 84%
1981 28 MIL AL 397 0.5% 7.3% 7.3% 4.3% 18% 1.00 12.1 176.0 10.7 1.47 82%
1982 29 MIL AL 485 0.8% 7.4% 5.4% 4.7% 17% 1.38 12.4 111.8 10.4 1.14 85%
1983 30 MIL AL 662 1.7% 7.0% 5.7% 6.3% 25% 1.21 13.1 54.8 8.1 1.23 83%
1984 31 MIL AL 658 0.5% 7.8% 4.6% 4.7% 18% 1.70 12.0 204.3 10.9 1.28 86%
1985 32 MIL AL 573 0.9% 7.3% 5.8% 4.2% 18% 1.27 12.5 104.6 11.9 1.23 84%
1986 33 MIL AL 543 1.3% 9.2% 4.8% 6.1% 24% 1.92 9.9 71.0 13.1 1.29 82%
1987 34 MIL AL 296 1.4% 7.4% 6.4% 6.1% 25% 1.16 12.0 66.3 8.8 1.29 81%
1988 35 MIL AL 596 0.0% 8.4% 5.7% 5.0% 20% 1.47 10.8 11.5 1.03 1.55 82% 21% 0.0% 40%
1989 36 MIL AL 455 0.0% 7.3% 4.6% 4.6% 19% 1.57 12.4 12.0 0.98 1.60 84% 22% 0.0% 7%
1990 37 MIL AL 358 0.0% 5.3% 8.1% 3.6% 15% 0.66 17.0 12.9 1.10 1.28 85% 19% 0.0% 9%
1991 38 MIL AL 567 0.4% 6.0% 4.8% 5.8% 22% 1.26 15.5 263.0 11.2 0.83 1.21 87% 24% 0.8% 12%
1992 39 MIL AL 273 0.4% 6.2% 4.4% 5.1% 22% 1.42 15.1 256.0 14.2 0.75 1.08 88% 23% 0.8% 13%
17 Yrs 6787 0.7% 7.4% 5.6% 5.1% 21% 1.31 12.4 131.7 10.9 0.93 1.30 84% 22% 0.4% 18%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.64 6.4 43.2 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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
1976 23 MIL AL -2.3 -0.2 81 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 1.01 -0.2 -0.3 1.7 0.2 0.98 -1.3 2.19 0
1977 24 MIL AL -0.6 -0.1 53 0.0 0.8 -0.8 .99 -0.0 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.95 0.1 1.06 1
1978 25 MIL AL -6.8 -0.7 110 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 .79 -0.7 -0.1 -7.7 -0.8 0.90 -7.7 0.96 4
1979 26 MIL AL -1.1 -0.1 246 -0.4 3.6 -4.0 .99 0.2 -0.7 -1.1 -0.1 0.98 -1.4 0
1980 27 MIL AL -2.0 -0.2 489 -1.0 6.4 -7.5 .87 -0.8 -0.4 -7.6 -0.8 0.93 -7.7 1.30 2
1981 28 MIL AL -1.7 -0.2 410 -0.4 5.1 -5.5 .85 -0.8 0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.92 -9.0 0.27 3
1982 29 MIL AL -0.3 -0.0 502 -0.7 6.8 -7.6 .90 -0.3 -0.4 1.0 0.1 0.91 -4.8 1.11 4
1983 30 MIL AL 5.0 0.5 680 0.9 12.9 -12.0 1.11 0.6 0.2 7.2 0.7 0.96 4.5 2.77 3
1984 31 MIL AL -10.6 -1.1 677 -1.1 10.9 -12.1 1.01 -1.5 0.4 -8.6 -0.9 0.93 -16.6 1.23 2
1985 32 MIL AL -20.7 -2.1 597 -1.5 9.3 -10.9 1.07 -1.6 0.2 -22.8 -2.3 0.95 -21.4 1.98 1
1986 33 MIL AL -11.6 -1.1 572 -2.6 7.8 -10.4 1.05 -1.2 -1.3 -25.6 -2.5 0.95 -18.6 3.24 2
1987 34 MIL AL -6.1 -0.6 309 -0.6 4.5 -5.2 1.00 -0.4 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.93 -7.2 1.15 4
1988 35 MIL AL -11.3 -1.1 634 -1.6 8.8 -10.4 .96 -1.4 -0.2 -7.8 -0.8 0.92 -14.9 4.72 2
1989 36 MIL AL -7.1 -0.7 483 0.5 7.5 -6.9 .92 -0.7 1.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.92 -7.4 1.16 1
1990 37 MIL AL -7.7 -0.8 381 -0.5 5.1 -5.6 .94 -0.7 0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.93 -6.1 0
1991 38 MIL AL -7.4 -0.7 585 -1.8 8.5 -10.2 1.02 -1.5 -0.2 -18.9 -1.9 0.95 -17.9 1.87 4
1992 39 MIL AL -12.0 -1.2 280 -0.9 4.0 -4.9 1.03 -1.5 0.6 -13.8 -1.4 0.96 -15.1 0.79 6
17 Yrs -104.2 -10.4 7089 -12.9 104.1 -117.1 .99 -12.4 -0.7 -124.3 -12.4 0.94 -152.4 1.52 39
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
1976 23 MIL AL 2 0 25% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 4
1977 24 MIL AL 2 0 20% 20 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 MIL AL 2 0 48% 37 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 63% 7 4 3 5 2 3 4 0 4
1979 26 MIL AL 3 0 36% 131 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 6 37% 17 12 5 3 3 0 10 3 6
1980 27 MIL AL 5 0 30% 161 11 10 52% 9 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 12 41% 23 12 9 3 1 1 18 9 8
1981 28 MIL AL 4 0 27% 171 3 6 33% 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 7 36% 21 16 4 6 3 3 12 5 7
1982 29 MIL AL 4 0 28% 208 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 11 37% 24 18 5 7 4 3 18 7 10
1983 30 MIL AL 8 0 37% 261 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 49% 38 26 12 7 5 2 23 4 19
1984 31 MIL AL 8 0 29% 287 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 18 37% 33 26 7 10 8 2 27 10 17
1985 32 MIL AL 13 0 35% 205 11 8 58% 11 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 11 49% 28 17 10 9 5 4 18 5 13
1986 33 MIL AL 5 1 32% 203 13 7 65% 10 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 9 15 44% 21 13 7 7 3 2 24 9 14
1987 34 MIL AL 3 2 36% 128 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 8 51% 17 10 6 8 3 5 10 2 7
1988 35 MIL AL 8 0 36% 233 20 8 71% 18 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 15 44% 36 26 10 9 8 1 27 5 21
1989 36 MIL AL 4 2 36% 184 20 6 77% 19 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 17 39% 34 24 8 5 3 2 18 6 12
1990 37 MIL AL 6 0 31% 167 18 3 86% 17 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 44% 26 16 10 7 5 2 17 6 10
1991 38 MIL AL 2 0 35% 225 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 12 44% 30 21 9 8 4 4 10 2 8
1992 39 MIL AL 5 0 28% 85 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 30% 16 11 4 2 1 1 9 5 3
17 Yrs 84 5 33% 2748 137 78 64% 128 69 7 6 2 3 18 7 86 165 43% 377 258 109 96 58 35 250 78 163
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
1976 23 MIL AL 79 71% 17 0 0 0 0 2.19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 16 1 6% 7 3 43% 50 8 16% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1977 24 MIL AL 49 96% 14 1 1 0 0 1.06 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 29 1 3% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 MIL AL 105 92% 21 4 1 0 1 0.96 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 0 0% 7 2 29% 54 7 13% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1979 26 MIL AL 234 89% 59 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 100% 44 3 7% 24 15 63% 133 21 16% 11 7 64% 15 10 67% 0
1980 27 MIL AL 457 80% 117 2 0 0 0 1.30 4 1 7 4 0 1 3 1 16 8 50% 69 8 12% 37 16 43% 265 40 15% 20 10 50% 20 10 50% 0
1981 28 MIL AL 397 76% 94 3 0 0 0 0.27 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 15 9 60% 56 6 11% 32 17 53% 201 31 15% 24 13 54% 14 8 57% 0
1982 29 MIL AL 485 71% 132 4 1 0 0 1.11 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 0 9 7 78% 67 6 9% 39 14 36% 266 40 15% 26 13 50% 11 9 82% 0
1983 30 MIL AL 662 64% 170 3 0 0 0 2.77 11 0 10 9 2 5 6 0 13 11 85% 131 10 8% 71 29 41% 414 66 16% 38 23 61% 31 20 65% 0
1984 31 MIL AL 658 66% 173 2 1 0 0 1.23 3 0 13 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 100% 130 16 12% 64 23 36% 373 56 15% 42 28 67% 23 12 52% 0
1985 32 MIL AL 573 69% 133 1 1 0 0 1.98 5 0 12 5 0 4 1 0 10 10 100% 116 13 11% 58 24 41% 347 41 12% 27 15 56% 28 19 68% 0
1986 33 MIL AL 543 74% 136 2 0 0 0 3.24 7 0 15 7 0 4 3 0 9 6 67% 98 13 13% 51 24 47% 325 34 10% 28 16 57% 23 15 65% 0
1987 34 MIL AL 296 68% 72 4 1 0 0 1.15 4 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 6 4 67% 49 7 14% 18 11 61% 185 26 14% 10 6 60% 9 8 89% 0
1988 35 MIL AL 596 72% 149 15 1 2 1 0 1 4.72 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 23 18 78% 91 9 10% 62 31 50% 328 48 15% 33 18 55% 27 18 67% 0
1989 36 MIL AL 455 73% 112 11 3 1 0 0 0 1.16 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 65 10 15% 37 20 54% 242 36 15% 17 11 65% 22 17 77% 0
1990 37 MIL AL 358 72% 85 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 58 10 17% 36 13 36% 193 27 14% 21 10 48% 6 4 67% 0
1991 38 MIL AL 567 74% 149 53 2 4 1 0 0 1.87 2 0 16 2 0 1 1 0 7 7 100% 98 13 13% 55 28 51% 338 47 14% 31 20 65% 18 12 67% 0
1992 39 MIL AL 273 85% 63 32 0 6 1 0 0 0.79 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 64 9 14% 31 11 35% 167 20 12% 14 8 57% 10 5 50% 0
17 Yrs 6787 73% 1696 123 9 39 9 0 2 1.52 47 1 119 45 2 18 29 1 142 106 75% 1182 135 11% 631 282 45% 3910 549 14% 350 202 58% 261 170 65% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

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 35 MIL AL 584 1904 3.26 1215 64% 17% 9% 33% 41% 83% 1% 53% 89% 39% 3% 15 0 11% 63 40 5% 28 15 24% 12 1 0
1989 36 MIL AL 444 1372 3.09 900 66% 19% 10% 28% 42% 80% 1% 53% 87% 39% 2% 9 0 10% 44 27 4% 18 14 34% 11 1 3
1990 37 MIL AL 343 1096 3.20 665 61% 19% 6% 31% 44% 80% 0% 49% 92% 37% 6% 19 1 17% 58 27 6% 22 14 33% 15 2 5
1991 38 MIL AL 569 1725 3.03 1127 65% 19% 9% 27% 45% 81% 3% 53% 89% 39% 5% 27 1 14% 80 43 5% 28 19 32% -2 0 0
1992 39 MIL AL 275 858 3.12 575 67% 12% 9% 37% 42% 88% 3% 59% 90% 49% 2% 6 1 11% 30 21 4% 12 11 12% -2 0 0
5 Yrs 2215 6955 3.14 4482 64% 18% 9% 30% 43% 82% 1% 53% 89% 40% 3% 76 3 12% 275 158 5% 108 73 28% 34 4 8
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1976 23 26 79 69 6 17 1 0 0 7 1 0 6 11 .246 .316 .261 .577 72 18 1 1 3 0 0
1977 24 40 128 116 10 31 2 0 1 9 3 1 8 16 .267 .320 .310 .630 82 36 2 1 3 0 0
1978 25 83 233 213 24 52 3 0 2 17 5 1 13 26 .244 .297 .286 .583 67 61 2 3 4 0 0
1979 26 153 467 421 53 111 13 3 4 39 8 6 29 43 .264 .317 .337 .654 82 142 5 5 9 3 1
1980 27 285 924 836 100 228 34 6 8 79 19 16 59 72 .273 .323 .356 .680 89 298 13 6 17 6 6
1981 28 392 1321 1188 135 322 48 7 10 112 22 22 88 101 .271 .324 .348 .672 90 414 19 9 26 10 11
1982 29 524 1806 1635 183 454 65 9 14 155 28 25 114 137 .278 .327 .354 .681 93 579 25 11 33 13 14
1983 30 685 2468 2238 268 624 88 17 25 229 33 31 152 183 .279 .327 .367 .694 96 821 35 17 44 17 19
1984 31 838 3126 2851 329 797 115 18 28 285 39 36 182 234 .280 .324 .362 .686 94 1032 51 20 46 27 19
1985 32 981 3699 3374 392 930 130 22 33 329 50 44 215 276 .276 .321 .357 .677 91 1203 64 23 56 31 26
1986 33 1120 4242 3871 450 1066 155 23 40 367 63 51 241 326 .275 .320 .358 .678 90 1387 77 29 62 38 28
1987 34 1201 4538 4136 487 1138 169 23 44 397 69 53 260 348 .275 .320 .359 .679 89 1485 84 34 66 39 30
1988 35 1356 5134 4675 554 1287 197 25 44 444 89 61 294 398 .275 .321 .356 .677 89 1666 93 37 84 41 31
1989 36 1472 5589 5084 605 1399 215 28 44 478 109 67 315 431 .275 .321 .354 .675 89 1802 103 47 92 46 33
1990 37 1560 5947 5407 641 1484 223 33 44 503 127 70 344 450 .274 .321 .352 .673 88 1905 113 49 96 46 33
1991 38 1700 6514 5933 704 1633 250 37 46 550 131 76 371 484 .275 .321 .353 .674 89 2095 126 52 103 50 38
1992 39 1801 6787 6189 726 1696 262 38 47 568 137 78 383 501 .274 .319 .351 .671 88 2175 135 52 106 52 40

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
1976 23 26 83 72 8 20 1 0 0 9 1 7 11 .278 .350 .292 .642 7 26
1977 24 14 49 47 4 14 1 0 1 2 2 2 5 .298 .327 .383 .710 6 14
1978 25 43 106 98 15 22 1 0 1 9 2 5 10 .224 .276 .265 .541 7 43
1979 26 70 235 209 29 59 10 3 2 22 3 16 17 .282 .335 .388 .722 27 70
1980 27 132 465 421 51 123 22 3 4 43 12 32 29 .292 .341 .387 .729 56 132
1981 28 162 627 552 65 161 24 2 3 61 5 50 44 .292 .352 .359 .711 70 107
1982 29 132 497 457 54 142 18 2 4 48 6 28 36 .311 .351 .385 .736 62 132
1983 30 161 678 616 96 183 25 9 12 84 5 41 46 .297 .345 .425 .770 89 161
1984 31 153 671 624 68 184 29 1 3 62 6 32 51 .295 .327 .359 .686 74 153
1985 32 143 577 526 65 136 15 4 5 46 11 34 42 .259 .305 .331 .636 53 143
1986 33 139 542 497 58 136 25 1 7 38 13 26 50 .274 .313 .370 .684 57 139
1987 34 81 290 262 34 69 13 0 4 28 6 18 22 .263 .322 .359 .680 29 81
1988 35 155 603 545 72 155 29 2 0 50 21 35 50 .284 .330 .345 .675 62 155
1989 36 116 463 417 57 120 19 3 0 38 21 22 33 .288 .336 .348 .684 47 116
1990 37 88 365 328 40 90 8 5 0 28 19 31 19 .274 .341 .329 .670 37 88
1991 38 140 575 533 68 156 28 4 2 51 4 28 34 .293 .329 .371 .701 65 140
1992 39 101 278 260 25 67 13 1 1 20 6 13 17 .258 .291 .327 .618 25 101
17 Yrs 1856 7104 6464 809 1837 281 40 49 639 143 420 516 .284 .331 .363 .693 773 1801
162 Game Avg. 162 620 564 71 160 25 3 4 56 12 37 45 .284 .331 .363 .693 67 1801
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1985 AL  1.9 (4th)
Career  9.4 (234th)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  107 (7th)
1983 AL  161 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  603 (10th)
1984 AL  613 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  128 (9th)
1984 AL  142 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  6 (9th)
1989 AL  10 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  9 (7th)
1983 AL  11 (5th)
1985 AL  10 (9th)
1988 AL  18 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  78 (231st)

SB % s c a p y
1990 AL  85.71 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1983 AL  13.1 (6th)
1984 AL  12.0 (10th)
1991 AL  15.5 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 AL  473 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1992 AL  born 1953-01-05 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1083), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Cookie Rojas (952)
  2. Manny Trillo (936)
  3. Tom Herr (914)
  4. Claude Ritchey (912)
  5. Jose Offerman (909)
  6. Felix Millan (908)
  7. Adam Kennedy (907)
  8. Dave Cash (903)
  9. Hughie Critz (903)
  10. Steve Sax (903)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lee Lacy (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lee Lacy (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Hughes (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Miguel Cairo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eddie Kasko (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Marty Barrett (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Oester (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Oester (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy Helms (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tommy Helms (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jose Vizcaino (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Cookie Rojas (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Jurges (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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