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Ralph Garr

Ralph Allen Garr (Road Runner or Gator)

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

Born: December 12, 1945 in Monroe, LA
High School: Lincoln (Ruston, LA)
School: Grambling State University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1968
Teams (by GP): Braves/WhiteSox/Angels 1968-1980

Final Game: June 4, 1980
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 22 ATL NL 11 8 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 ATL NL 22 29 27 6 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 .222 .276 .259 .535 50 7 0 0 0 0 1 /7
1970 24 ATL NL 37 102 96 18 27 3 0 0 8 5 2 5 12 .281 .314 .313 .626 65 30 3 0 0 1 1 9/87
1971 25 ATL NL 154 693 639 101 219 24 6 9 44 30 14 30 68 .343 .372 .441 .813 125 282 7 2 18 4 1 *7 MVP-24
1972 26 ATL NL 134 594 554 87 180 22 0 12 53 25 9 25 41 .325 .359 .430 .788 116 238 9 6 6 3 2 *798 MVP-19
1973 27 ATL NL 148 698 668 94 200 32 6 11 55 35 11 22 64 .299 .323 .415 .737 97 277 12 2 4 2 5 *97
1974 28 ATL NL 143 645 606 87 214 24 17 11 54 26 16 28 52 .353 .383 .503 .886 143 305 6 2 8 1 10 *79 AS,MVP-12
1975 29 ATL NL 151 678 625 74 174 26 11 6 31 14 9 44 50 .278 .327 .384 .711 95 240 8 3 3 3 17 *7
1976 30 CHW AL 136 558 527 63 158 22 6 4 36 14 5 17 41 .300 .322 .387 .709 107 204 6 2 8 4 2 *978/D
1977 31 CHW AL 134 574 543 78 163 29 7 10 54 12 7 27 44 .300 .333 .435 .767 108 236 7 0 3 1 4 *7/D
1978 32 CHW AL 118 478 443 67 122 18 9 3 29 7 5 24 41 .275 .314 .377 .691 93 167 9 1 10 0 1 *7/D
1979 33 TOT AL 108 353 331 34 89 10 2 9 39 2 4 17 22 .269 .305 .393 .698 88 130 5 1 2 2 0 7D
1979 33 CHW AL 102 329 307 34 86 10 2 9 39 2 4 17 19 .280 .318 .414 .732 96 127 5 1 2 2 0 7D
1979 33 CAL AL 6 24 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 3 0 0 0 0 0 /D
1980 34 CAL AL 21 46 42 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 6 .190 .261 .214 .475 34 9 0 0 0 0 2 /D79
13 Seasons 1317 5456 5108 717 1562 212 64 75 408 172 83 246 445 .306 .339 .416 .755 108 2127 72 19 62 21 46
162 Game Avg. 162 671 628 88 192 26 8 9 50 21 10 30 55 .306 .339 .416 .755 108 262 9 2 8 3 6
ATL (8 yrs) 800 3447 3222 470 1022 132 40 49 247 137 62 157 291 .317 .350 .429 .779 112 1381 45 15 39 14 37
CHW (4 yrs) 490 1939 1820 242 529 79 24 26 158 35 21 85 145 .291 .323 .403 .726 102 734 27 4 23 7 7
CAL (2 yrs) 27 70 66 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .167 .214 .182 .396 11 12 0 0 0 0 2
NL (8 yrs) 800 3447 3222 470 1022 132 40 49 247 137 62 157 291 .317 .350 .429 .779 112 1381 45 15 39 14 37
AL (5 yrs) 517 2009 1886 247 540 80 24 26 161 35 21 89 154 .286 .319 .396 .714 99 746 27 4 23 7 9

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
1968 22 ATL NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1969 23 ATL NL 29 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /7
1970 24 ATL NL 102 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 9/87
1971 25 ATL NL 693 16 1 -3 4 9 -8 19 38 4.0 29 3.3 0.7 $ *7 MVP-24
1972 26 ATL NL 594 9 2 -2 1 -9 -6 16 10 1.2 20 2.3 -1.1 $ *798 MVP-19
1973 27 ATL NL 698 -4 2 -2 0 -6 -8 18 1 0.1 6 0.6 -0.5 $ *97
1974 28 ATL NL 645 31 0 1 2 3 -7 17 47 5.1 44 4.8 0.3 $55,000 *79 AS,MVP-12
1975 29 ATL NL 678 -8 2 5 1 -7 -8 18 3 0.3 10 1.1 -0.8 $114,500 *7
1976 30 CHW AL 558 0 2 -3 4 -11 -5 18 5 0.6 16 1.7 -1.1 $112,000 *978/D
1977 31 CHW AL 574 1 -1 0 4 -16 -6 18 0 0.0 16 1.6 -1.6 $160,000 *7/D
1978 32 CHW AL 478 -4 2 2 0 -4 -6 16 6 0.6 10 1.0 -0.4 $ *7/D
1979 33 CHW AL 329 -3 0 0 0 -7 -4 11 -3 -0.3 4 0.4 -0.7 $ 7D
1979 33 CAL AL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ /D
1980 34 CAL AL 46 -4 0 0 1 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $130,000 /D79
13 Seasons 5456 23 10 -2 17 -49 -61 157 95 10.4 144 15.7 -5.3 $571,500
ATL (8 yrs) 3447 38 7 -1 8 -11 -38 92 95 10.3 106 11.8 -1.5 $169,500
CHW (4 yrs) 1939 -6 3 -1 8 -38 -21 63 8 0.9 46 4.7 -3.8 $272,000
CAL (2 yrs) 70 -9 0 0 1 0 -2 2 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $130,000

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
1968 22 ATL NL 8 5 1 5.4 82 .286 .286 .253 .375 .312 .286 .357 .661 .668 100 .681 0.0 0.0 .800 .286 .000 .0
1969 23 ATL NL 29 22 2 2.4 95 .261 .222 .261 .276 .331 .259 .386 .535 .717 50 .273 -1.8 -0.2 .409 .111 .037 .0
1970 24 ATL NL 102 75 9 3.2 108 .318 .281 .274 .314 .348 .313 .418 .626 .766 65 .339 -4.9 -0.5 .514 .115 .031 .0
1971 25 ATL NL 693 463 105 6.1 97 .371 .343 .267 .372 .334 .441 .390 .813 .724 125 .677 19.2 2.0 .748 .171 .099 13.8
1972 26 ATL NL 594 401 86 5.8 99 .333 .325 .267 .359 .336 .430 .394 .788 .730 116 .657 10.7 1.1 .727 .179 .105 16.2
1973 27 ATL NL 698 497 87 4.7 103 .318 .299 .272 .323 .342 .415 .404 .737 .746 97 .545 -5.7 -0.6 .662 .184 .115 16.7
1974 28 ATL NL 645 423 113 7.2 98 .373 .353 .267 .383 .340 .503 .386 .886 .725 143 .724 30.6 3.1 .833 .213 .150 15.5
1975 29 ATL NL 678 474 78 4.4 99 .294 .278 .269 .327 .340 .384 .388 .711 .729 95 .512 -6.6 -0.7 .624 .184 .106 8.4
1976 30 CHW AL 558 392 66 4.6 87 .317 .300 .257 .322 .322 .387 .363 .709 .684 107 .560 2.2 0.2 .611 .137 .087 6.2
1977 31 CHW AL 574 398 77 5.2 100 .312 .300 .266 .333 .330 .435 .405 .767 .735 108 .551 4.2 0.4 .680 .193 .134 10.9
1978 32 CHW AL 478 345 51 4.0 94 .298 .275 .262 .314 .328 .377 .386 .691 .714 93 .459 -6.0 -0.6 .579 .160 .102 4.2
1979 33 TOT AL 353 255 39 4.1 102 .265 .269 .269 .305 .334 .393 .408 .698 .742 88 .435 -7.2 -0.7 .582 .169 .124 3.3
1979 33 CHW AL 329 234 39 4.4 102 .274 .280 .270 .318 .334 .414 .408 .732 .743 96 .473 -2.8 -0.3 .622 .182 .134 3.3
1979 33 CAL AL 24 21 0 0.0 98 .143 .125 .265 .125 .329 .125 .401 .250 .730 -31 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .143 .000 .000
1980 34 CAL AL 46 34 2 1.6 96 .222 .190 .266 .261 .328 .214 .394 .475 .721 34 .124 -3.8 -0.4 .382 .119 .024
13 Seasons 5456 3784 716 5.1 98 .323 .306 .266 .339 .335 .416 .392 .755 .726 108 .580 31.1 3.2 .670 .176 .111 104.5
162 Game Avg. 671 465 88 5.1 98 .323 .306 .266 .339 .335 .416 .392 .755 .726 108 .580 4 0 .670 .176 .111 13
ATL (8 yrs) 3447 2360 481 5.5 99 .336 .317 .268 .350 .339 .429 .393 .779 .732 112 .619 41.6 4.3 .706 .183 .111 72.2
CHW (4 yrs) 1939 1369 233 4.6 95 .304 .291 .263 .323 .328 .403 .389 .726 .717 102 .519 -2.3 -0.2 .625 .167 .113 29.8
CAL (2 yrs) 70 55 2 1.0 97 .193 .167 .265 .214 .328 .182 .397 .396 .725 11 .055 -8.2 -0.8 .291 .076 .015
NL (8 yrs) 3447 2360 481 5.5 99 .336 .317 .268 .350 .339 .429 .393 .779 .732 112 .619 41.6 4.3 .706 .183 .111 72.2
AL (5 yrs) 2009 1424 235 4.4 95 .300 .286 .263 .319 .328 .396 .389 .714 .717 99 .504 -10.5 -1.0 .612 .164 .109 29.8

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 ATL NL 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1968 22 ATL NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.00 88%
1969 23 ATL NL 29 0.0% 13.8% 6.9% 3.5% 17% 2.00 6.8 13.5 0.45 79%
1970 24 ATL NL 102 0.0% 11.8% 4.9% 2.9% 11% 2.40 8.0 12.0 1.75 83%
1971 25 ATL NL 693 1.3% 9.8% 4.3% 5.6% 18% 2.27 9.4 71.0 14.5 1.51 82%
1972 26 ATL NL 594 2.0% 6.9% 4.2% 5.7% 19% 1.64 13.5 46.2 10.5 1.60 85%
1973 27 ATL NL 698 1.6% 9.2% 3.2% 7.0% 25% 2.91 10.4 60.7 12.1 1.38 85%
1974 28 ATL NL 645 1.7% 8.1% 4.3% 8.1% 24% 1.86 11.7 55.1 11.2 1.56 84%
1975 29 ATL NL 678 0.9% 7.4% 6.5% 6.3% 25% 1.14 12.5 104.2 20.2 1.21 84%
1976 30 CHW AL 558 0.7% 7.4% 3.1% 5.7% 20% 2.41 12.9 131.8 14.6 1.47 87%
1977 31 CHW AL 574 1.7% 7.7% 4.7% 8.0% 28% 1.63 12.3 54.3 10.1 1.50 85%
1978 32 CHW AL 478 0.6% 8.6% 5.0% 6.3% 25% 1.71 10.8 147.7 15.3 1.55 83%
1979 33 TOT AL 353 2.6% 6.2% 4.8% 6.0% 24% 1.29 15.0 36.8 8.5 1.27 86%
1979 33 CHW AL 329 2.7% 5.8% 5.2% 6.4% 24% 1.12 16.2 34.1 7.9 1.24 85%
1979 33 CAL AL 24 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 1.57 88%
1980 34 CAL AL 46 0.0% 13.0% 8.7% 2.2% 13% 1.50 7.0 14.0 1.45 78%
13 Seasons 5456 1.4% 8.2% 4.5% 6.4% 23% 1.81 11.5 68.1 12.5 1.44 84%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.7% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.59 6.5 45.8 8.8 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 22 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 7 0.2 0.2 -0.1 1.02 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.75 0.5 1.02 6
1969 23 ATL NL -1.8 -0.2 32 0.1 0.6 -0.6 1.18 -0.2 0.3 -3.8 -0.4 1.06 -3.4 2.18 5
1970 24 ATL NL -4.9 -0.5 113 -1.0 1.7 -2.7 1.29 -0.6 -0.2 -7.1 -0.7 1.02 -5.6 1.58 10
1971 25 ATL NL 19.2 2.0 744 3.4 14.2 -10.9 1.02 2.6 0.7 17.7 1.8 0.93 20.7 4.22 1
1972 26 ATL NL 10.7 1.1 632 1.4 11.6 -10.3 1.04 1.7 -0.3 14.2 1.4 0.95 16.9 4.44 3
1973 27 ATL NL -5.7 -0.6 754 -0.8 12.6 -13.5 1.06 -0.1 -0.7 -5.5 -0.5 0.94 -0.2 0
1974 28 ATL NL 30.6 3.1 702 3.9 14.8 -11.0 1.04 3.3 0.4 30.5 3.0 0.94 35.0 0.81 4
1975 29 ATL NL -6.6 -0.7 708 -0.4 11.2 -11.6 1.02 -0.3 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.93 -5.9 1.32 3
1976 30 CHW AL 2.2 0.2 592 -0.9 9.2 -10.1 1.09 0.8 -1.6 -2.2 -0.2 0.97 5.6 3.19 3
1977 31 CHW AL 4.2 0.4 601 0.5 10.6 -10.1 1.03 0.5 -0.1 5.1 0.5 0.98 4.0 1.44 7
1978 32 CHW AL -6.0 -0.6 498 -0.7 7.3 -8.0 .94 -0.2 -0.5 -3.1 -0.3 0.94 -2.4 2.46 2
1979 33 TOT AL -7.2 -0.7 367 -0.2 6.0 -6.2 .97 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.94 -3.9 1.57 23
1979 33 CHW AL -2.8 -0.3 343 0.2 5.9 -5.7 .98 0.2 0.0 5.3 0.5 0.94 1.1 1.57 23
1979 33 CAL AL -4.4 -0.4 24 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .88 -0.4 -0.0 -5.4 -0.6 0.94 -4.9 0
1980 34 CAL AL -3.8 -0.4 46 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 1.41 -0.4 0.2 -4.9 -0.5 1.01 -3.6 2.37 9
13 Seasons 31.1 3.2 5796 5.0 101.1 -96.1 1.04 6.8 -2.1 36.2 3.6 0.95 57.8 1.84 76

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
1968 22 ATL NL 0 0 100% 11 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1969 23 ATL NL 0 0 75% 23 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 71% 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
1970 24 ATL NL 1 0 56% 26 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 63% 9 3 6 0 0 0 7 3 4
1971 25 ATL NL 5 0 38% 312 30 14 68% 29 13 0 1 0 0 9 1 9 25 51% 40 26 13 5 3 2 29 6 23
1972 26 ATL NL 8 0 38% 275 25 9 74% 23 9 2 0 0 0 3 1 17 18 63% 33 17 14 4 3 1 30 2 27
1973 27 ATL NL 9 0 39% 274 35 11 76% 33 11 1 0 1 0 9 2 18 21 45% 36 24 11 3 1 1 23 6 16
1974 28 ATL NL 12 0 33% 293 26 16 62% 25 12 1 2 0 1 8 2 8 18 43% 28 20 8 4 2 2 22 8 13
1975 29 ATL NL 18 0 32% 288 14 9 61% 13 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 19 46% 38 24 13 6 2 4 17 6 11
1976 30 CHW AL 4 0 34% 261 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 22 52% 25 12 12 6 1 4 17 8 9
1977 31 CHW AL 10 0 38% 231 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 13 60% 38 20 17 5 1 3 22 3 19
1978 32 CHW AL 11 0 44% 176 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 16 64% 28 12 15 5 3 2 19 3 16
1979 33 TOT AL 8 0 26% 133 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 38% 14 9 5 7 4 2 8 4 4
1979 33 CHW AL 8 0 26% 125 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 39% 13 8 5 7 4 2 8 4 4
1979 33 CAL AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 34 CAL AL 1 0 42% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
13 Seasons 87 0 37% 2326 172 83 67% 164 76 5 4 1 1 42 10 87 169 53% 294 171 115 45 20 21 204 51 149

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
1968 22 ATL NL 7 100% 2 6 2 0 0 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 23 ATL NL 28 100% 6 5 2 0 1 2.18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 2 9% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 1
1970 24 ATL NL 86 97% 27 10 1 0 0 1.58 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 14% 12 2 17% 68 9 13% 6 3 50% 8 2 25% 16
1971 25 ATL NL 680 72% 219 1 1 0 1 4.22 9 0 4 9 0 9 0 0 22 18 82% 136 7 5% 85 31 36% 319 39 12% 19 11 58% 24 11 46% 13
1972 26 ATL NL 584 70% 180 3 0 0 1 4.44 12 0 9 9 2 8 3 0 11 6 55% 93 9 10% 46 12 26% 308 41 13% 19 8 42% 14 7 50% 10
1973 27 ATL NL 689 58% 200 0 0 0 0 11 1 16 8 3 3 8 1 5 4 80% 96 12 13% 42 12 29% 332 44 13% 25 13 52% 11 6 55% 9
1974 28 ATL NL 645 66% 214 4 2 0 1 0.81 11 0 10 10 1 6 5 0 10 8 80% 73 6 8% 40 12 30% 284 49 17% 23 13 57% 9 7 78% 0
1975 29 ATL NL 676 61% 174 3 2 0 0 1.32 6 0 9 5 1 5 1 0 5 3 60% 84 8 10% 42 11 26% 298 26 9% 27 9 33% 14 10 71% 2
1976 30 CHW AL 558 70% 158 3 1 0 0 3.19 4 0 13 4 0 0 4 0 15 8 53% 115 6 5% 62 25 40% 318 34 11% 25 11 44% 23 11 48% 0
1977 31 CHW AL 574 75% 163 7 1 0 0 1.44 10 0 20 9 1 2 8 0 7 3 43% 112 7 6% 38 11 29% 327 45 14% 31 15 48% 13 9 69% 0
1978 32 CHW AL 478 68% 122 2 0 0 0 2.46 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 16 10 63% 66 9 14% 37 17 46% 225 29 13% 17 8 47% 16 14 88% 0
1979 33 TOT AL 353 94% 89 23 6 0 2 1.57 9 0 5 9 0 3 6 0 2 2 100% 49 5 10% 17 9 53% 182 33 18% 13 10 77% 11 9 82% 0
1979 33 CHW AL 329 94% 86 23 6 0 2 1.57 9 0 4 9 0 3 6 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 16 9 56% 167 33 20% 12 10 83% 11 9 82% 0
1979 33 CAL AL 24 88% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1980 34 CAL AL 46 93% 8 9 1 0 1 2.37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 4 2 50% 32 3 9% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
13 Seasons 5404 70% 1562 76 19 0 7 1.84 75 1 96 66 8 38 36 1 93 62 67% 857 72 8% 428 145 34% 2716 354 13% 210 103 49% 145 87 60% 52
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1968 22 11 8 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 33 37 34 9 8 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 .235 .297 .265 .562 61 9 0 0 0 0 1
1970 24 70 139 130 27 35 4 0 0 10 7 3 8 16 .269 .309 .300 .609 64 39 3 0 0 1 2
1971 25 224 832 769 128 254 28 6 9 54 37 17 38 84 .330 .361 .417 .779 114 321 10 2 18 5 3
1972 26 358 1426 1323 215 434 50 6 21 107 62 26 63 125 .328 .360 .423 .783 115 559 19 8 24 8 5
1973 27 506 2124 1991 309 634 82 12 32 162 97 37 85 189 .318 .348 .420 .768 109 836 31 10 28 10 10
1974 28 649 2769 2597 396 848 106 29 43 216 123 53 113 241 .327 .356 .439 .795 117 1141 37 12 36 11 20
1975 29 800 3447 3222 470 1022 132 40 49 247 137 62 157 291 .317 .350 .429 .779 112 1381 45 15 39 14 37
1976 30 936 4005 3749 533 1180 154 46 53 283 151 67 174 332 .315 .346 .423 .769 112 1585 51 17 47 18 39
1977 31 1070 4579 4292 611 1343 183 53 63 337 163 74 201 376 .313 .345 .424 .769 111 1821 58 17 50 19 43
1978 32 1188 5057 4735 678 1465 201 62 66 366 170 79 225 417 .309 .342 .420 .762 110 1988 67 18 60 19 44
1979 33 1296 5410 5066 712 1554 211 64 75 405 172 83 242 439 .307 .339 .418 .757 108 2118 72 19 62 21 44
1980 34 1317 5456 5108 717 1562 212 64 75 408 172 83 246 445 .306 .339 .416 .755 108 2127 72 19 62 21 46

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
1968 22 11 8 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 1 11
1969 23 22 29 27 6 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 .222 .276 .259 .535 2 22
1970 24 37 101 95 17 26 3 0 0 8 5 5 12 .274 .307 .305 .612 9 37
1971 25 154 685 648 108 228 25 6 9 47 31 31 68 .352 .381 .451 .832 112 154
1972 26 140 619 583 94 192 23 0 13 57 27 27 43 .329 .363 .436 .799 91 134
1973 27 148 692 666 93 198 32 6 11 54 35 22 64 .297 .321 .413 .734 88 148
1974 28 143 640 609 89 217 24 17 11 55 26 28 52 .356 .386 .506 .892 119 143
1975 29 151 680 629 77 178 27 11 6 32 14 45 50 .283 .332 .390 .722 81 151
1976 30 137 570 545 73 174 24 7 4 42 15 19 41 .319 .342 .411 .753 76 136
1977 31 134 576 547 81 167 30 7 10 56 12 28 44 .305 .339 .441 .779 82 134
1978 32 118 478 451 74 130 19 10 3 32 7 26 41 .288 .328 .395 .723 58 118
1979 33 109 355 335 34 91 10 2 9 39 2 17 22 .272 .307 .394 .701 41 108
1980 34 21 47 43 6 9 1 0 0 4 0 4 6 .209 .277 .233 .509 3 21
13 Seasons 1325 5480 5185 756 1618 219 66 76 428 176 255 447 .312 .345 .424 .769 763 1317
162 Game Avg. 162 670 634 92 198 27 8 9 52 22 31 55 .312 .345 .424 .769 93 1317

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
1974 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 NL (24, 0%)
1972 NL (19, 2%)
1974 NL (12, 3%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1974 NL  4.8 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 NL  .343 (2nd)
1972 NL  .325 (2nd)
1973 NL  .299 (10th)
1974 NL  .353 (1st)
1976 AL  .300 (10th)
Career  .306 (145th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1974 NL  .503 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1974 NL  .886 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1971 NL  639 (4th)
1973 NL  668 (2nd)
1975 NL  625 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 NL  693 (5th)
1973 NL  698 (7th)
1975 NL  678 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 NL  101 (4th)
1972 NL  87 (10th)
1973 NL  94 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1971 NL  219 (2nd)
1972 NL  180 (4th)
1973 NL  200 (2nd)
1974 NL  214 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1971 NL  282 (9th)
1974 NL  305 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1974 NL  17 (1st)
1975 NL  11 (1st)
1978 AL  9 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1971 NL  30 (3rd)
1972 NL  25 (6th)
1973 NL  35 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1971 NL  180 (1st)
1972 NL  146 (3rd)
1973 NL  151 (3rd)
1974 NL  162 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1974 NL  143 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 NL  105 (8th)
1974 NL  113 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  31 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  3.1 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 NL  251 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1974 NL  .724 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 NL  6 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 NL  18 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  17 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1971 NL  14 (2nd)
1972 NL  9 (8th)
1973 NL  11 (7th)
1974 NL  16 (5th)
Career  83 (200th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1971 NL  13.8 (6th)
1972 NL  16.2 (9th)
1973 NL  16.7 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1972 NL  13.5 (8th)
1976 AL  12.9 (4th)
1977 AL  12.3 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL  463 (10th)
1973 NL  497 (2nd)
1975 NL  474 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 NL  3.9 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1974 NL  3.3 (8th)

                                         

† 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 - 9 (252), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 56 (453), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 54 (366), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jo-Jo Moore (932)
  2. Johnny Hopp (915)
  3. Mickey Rivers (913)
  4. Tommy Holmes (911)
  5. Chick Stahl (911)
  6. Luis Polonia (910)
  7. Ethan Allen (904)
  8. Mookie Wilson (904)
  9. Jerry Mumphrey (903)
  10. Curt Walker (902)
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  1. Gene Clines (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dale Mitchell (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vin Campbell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Moses (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Griffey (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dale Mitchell (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Griffey (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Rivers (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Rivers (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mickey Rivers (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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