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Rich Gedman

Richard Leo Gedman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 26, 1959 in Worcester, MA
High School: Worcester HS (Worcester, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1980
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Astros 1980-1992
Agents: Jack Sands [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1978	18	BOS-min	A	98	348	297	35	89	17	3	3	32	0	0	43	29	.300	.393	.407	.800		121		4	2	2			WHV · FLOR
1979	19	BOS-min	AA	130	528	470	48	129	25	1	12	63	0	2	49	95	.274	.347	.409	.755		192		4	3	2			BRI · EL
1980	20	BOS-min	AAA	111	383	347	43	82	18	2	11	29	0	1	30	64	.236	.305	.395	.700		137		5	0	1			PAW · IL
1980	20	BOS	AL	9	24	24	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.208	.208	.208	.417	12	5	1	0	0	0	0	/D2
1981	21	BOS-min	AAA	25	91	81	8	24	3	0	2	11	0	1	9	11	.296	.374	.407	.781		33		1	0	0	3		PAW · IL
1981	21	BOS	AL	62	219	205	22	59	15	0	5	26	0	0	9	31	.288	.317	.434	.751	110	89	9	1	1	3	1	2	RoY-2
1982	22	BOS	AL	92	305	289	30	72	17	2	4	26	0	1	10	37	.249	.279	.363	.642	71	105	13	2	4	0	2	2
1983	23	BOS	AL	81	223	204	21	60	16	1	2	18	0	1	15	37	.294	.345	.412	.757	102	84	4	1	3	0	6	2
1984	24	BOS	AL	133	486	449	54	121	26	4	24	72	0	0	29	72	.269	.312	.506	.818	118	227	5	1	2	5	8	*2
1985	25	BOS	AL	144	556	498	66	147	30	5	18	80	2	0	50	79	.295	.362	.484	.846	126	241	12	3	3	2	11	*2	AS,MVP-25
1986	26	BOS	AL	135	509	462	49	119	29	0	16	65	1	0	37	61	.258	.315	.424	.739	100	196	15	4	1	5	13	*2	AS
1987	27	BOS	AL	52	165	151	11	31	8	0	1	13	0	0	10	24	.205	.250	.278	.528	39	42	2	0	1	3	2	2
1988	28	BOS-min	AAA	4	17	15	2	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.467	.529	.733	1.263		11		1	0	0	0		PAW · IL
1988	28	BOS	AL	95	332	299	33	69	14	0	9	39	0	0	18	49	.231	.279	.368	.647	77	110	6	3	9	3	2	2/D
1989	29	BOS	AL	93	289	260	24	55	9	0	4	16	0	1	23	47	.212	.273	.292	.565	55	76	8	0	3	3	1	2
1990	30	TOT	MLB	50	143	119	7	24	7	0	1	10	0	0	20	30	.202	.319	.286	.605	70	34	3	1	2	1	6	2
1990	30	BOS	AL	10	21	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.200	.429	.200	.629	80	3	1	1	0	0	0	/2
1990	30	HOU	NL	40	122	104	4	21	7	0	1	10	0	0	15	24	.202	.300	.298	.598	68	31	2	0	2	1	6	2
1991	31	STL	NL	46	100	94	7	10	1	0	3	8	0	1	4	15	.106	.140	.213	.353	-2	20	2	0	0	2	0	2
1992	32	STL	NL	41	117	105	5	23	4	0	1	8	0	0	11	22	.219	.291	.286	.576	67	30	0	0	0	1	1	2
1993	33	NYY-min	AAA	89	310	275	30	72	15	0	12	35	0	4	35	63	.262	.345	.447	.792		123	6	0	0	0	5		CLB · IL
13 Yrs				1033	3468	3159	331	795	176	12	88	382	3	4	236	509	.252	.304	.399	.703	90	1259	80	16	29	28	53
162 Game Avg.				162	544	495	52	125	28	2	14	60	0	1	37	80	.252	.304	.399	.703	90	197	13	3	5	4	8

BOS (11 yrs)				906	3129	2856	315	741	164	12	83	356	3	3	206	448	.259	.310	.412	.723	95	1178	76	16	27	24	46
STL (2 yrs)				87	217	199	12	33	5	0	4	16	0	1	15	37	.166	.221	.251	.472	34	50	2	0	0	3	1
HOU (1 yr)				40	122	104	4	21	7	0	1	10	0	0	15	24	.202	.300	.298	.598	68	31	2	0	2	1	6

AL (11 yrs)				906	3129	2856	315	741	164	12	83	356	3	3	206	448	.259	.310	.412	.723	95	1178	76	16	27	24	46
NL (3 yrs)				127	339	303	16	54	12	0	5	26	0	1	30	61	.178	.249	.267	.517	46	81	4	0	2	4	7

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
1980	20	BOS	AL	9	24	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.451	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/D2
1981	21	BOS	AL	62	219	1	-0	-0	-3	3	0	0.1	7	7	0.7	.501	.500	1.1	0.1	10	$	2	RoY-2
1982	22	BOS	AL	92	305	-13	0	-1	-5	4	-15	-1.5	9	-6	-0.7	.483	.490	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	2
1983	23	BOS	AL	81	223	0	-2	0	-10	3	-9	-0.8	7	-2	-0.2	.489	.494	0.8	-0.6	8	$	2
1984	24	BOS	AL	133	486	4	-2	2	5	6	16	1.8	15	30	3.1	.512	.510	2.6	1.3	25	$	*2
1985	25	BOS	AL	144	556	18	-2	-0	11	7	34	3.6	17	50	5.2	.524	.521	4.1	2.0	40	$477,500	*2	AS,MVP-25
1986	26	BOS	AL	135	509	-2	-3	-1	13	7	14	1.7	16	30	3.1	.511	.509	1.8	2.2	17	$650,000	*2	AS
1987	27	BOS	AL	52	165	-14	-1	1	1	2	-11	-1.0	5	-6	-0.6	.479	.493	-0.6	0.4	-7	$772,504	2
1988	28	BOS	AL	95	332	-10	-2	0	6	5	-2	-0.1	10	8	0.9	.498	.499	0.3	1.2	2	$952,727	2/D
1989	29	BOS	AL	93	289	-16	-2	-1	-2	4	-16	-1.6	9	-7	-0.8	.481	.489	-0.6	0.3	-5	$1,150,000	2
1990	30	BOS	AL	10	21	1	-1	-0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$920,000	/2
1990	30	HOU	NL	40	122	-6	-0	-0	-2	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.481	.495	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	2
1991	31	STL	NL	46	100	-12	-0	-0	-1	2	-12	-1.4	3	-9	-1.1	.470	.491	-1.0	0.1	-8	$150,000	2
1992	32	STL	NL	41	117	-5	-1	0	-6	2	-10	-1.1	3	-6	-0.8	.473	.493	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$200,000	2
13 Seasons				1033	3468	-58	-17	-1	6	48	-22	-1.5	105	83	8.1	.497	.499	7.9	6.4	77	$5,272,731

BOS (11 yrs)				906	3129	-35	-15	-1	15	43	7	1.6	96	103	10.4	.501	.500	9.2	6.8	88	$4,922,731
STL (2 yrs)				87	217	-17	-1	0	-7	3	-22	-2.5	6	-16	-1.9	.471	.492	-1.1	-0.4	-9	$350,000
HOU (1 yr)				40	122	-6	-0	-0	-2	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.481	.495	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1980	20	BOS	AL	24	20	1	1.4	104	.263	.208	.276	.208	.339	.208	.409	.417	.749	12	.096	-3.0	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1981	21	BOS	AL	219	159	26	4.4	94	.314	.288	.263	.317	.328	.434	.382	.751	.711	110	.532	2.4	0.2	.639	.190	.146	.0
1982	22	BOS	AL	305	235	25	2.9	103	.274	.249	.271	.279	.336	.363	.413	.642	.749	71	.296	-12.7	-1.3	.502	.145	.114	.0
1983	23	BOS	AL	223	152	28	4.9	104	.352	.294	.274	.345	.336	.412	.413	.757	.749	102	.538	0.7	0.1	.664	.186	.118	.0
1984	24	BOS	AL	486	340	71	5.6	101	.271	.269	.269	.312	.333	.506	.406	.818	.739	118	.597	9.2	0.9	.772	.301	.236	.0
1985	25	BOS	AL	556	368	86	6.2	102	.320	.295	.266	.362	.332	.484	.413	.846	.745	126	.638	18.0	1.8	.815	.293	.189	3.6
1986	26	BOS	AL	509	364	59	4.3	100	.264	.258	.262	.315	.330	.424	.408	.739	.737	100	.466	-0.3	-0.0	.665	.249	.167	1.9
1987	27	BOS	AL	165	126	11	2.3	108	.233	.205	.267	.250	.336	.278	.429	.528	.765	39	.199	-13.3	-1.3	.426	.139	.073	.0
1988	28	BOS	AL	332	248	31	3.4	98	.246	.231	.264	.279	.329	.368	.397	.647	.727	77	.377	-10.1	-1.0	.555	.197	.137	.0
1989	29	BOS	AL	289	220	20	2.4	99	.241	.212	.269	.273	.335	.292	.395	.565	.730	55	.258	-16.1	-1.6	.458	.165	.081	.0
1990	30	TOT	MLB	143	101	12	3.2	96	.258	.202	.261	.319	.327	.286	.392	.605	.720	70	.356	-3.9	-0.4	.561	.252	.084	.0
1990	30	BOS	AL	21	13	2	4.1	98	.333	.200	.264	.429	.333	.200	.394	.629	.727	80	.471	0.1	0.0	.692	.333	.000
1990	30	HOU	NL	122	88	10	3.0	95	.250	.202	.261	.300	.327	.298	.392	.598	.718	68	.338	-4.0	-0.4	.541	.240	.096	.0
1991	31	STL	NL	100	89	2	0.6	94	.090	.106	.258	.140	.325	.213	.386	.353	.711	-2	.028	-13.2	-1.4	.264	.138	.106	.0
1992	32	STL	NL	117	83	10	3.2	90	.265	.219	.256	.291	.321	.286	.376	.576	.697	67	.392	-4.4	-0.5	.500	.171	.067	.0
13 Yrs				3468	2505	382	4.1	100	.273	.252	.266	.304	.332	.399	.404	.703	.736	90	.456	-46.7	-4.8	.617	.221	.147	5.8
162 Game Avg.				544	393	60	4.1	100	.273	.252	.266	.304	.332	.399	.404	.703	.736	90	.456	-46.7	-4.8	.617	.221	.147	1

BOS (11 yrs)				3129	2245	360	4.3	101	.280	.259	.267	.310	.332	.412	.406	.723	.739	95	.476	-25.1	-2.5	.638	.225	.153	5.8
STL (2 yrs)				217	172	12	1.9	92	.180	.166	.257	.221	.323	.251	.381	.472	.704	34	.190	-17.6	-1.8	.379	.156	.085	.0
HOU (1 yr)				122	88	10	3.0	95	.250	.202	.261	.300	.327	.298	.392	.598	.718	68	.338	-4.0	-0.4	.541	.240	.096	.0

AL (11 yrs)				3129	2245	360	4.3	101	.280	.259	.267	.310	.332	.412	.406	.723	.739	95	.476	-25.1	-2.5	.638	.225	.153	5.8
NL (3 yrs)				339	260	22	2.3	93	.203	.178	.258	.249	.324	.267	.385	.517	.709	46	.242	-21.6	-2.2	.433	.185	.089	.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
1986	26	BOS	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	7	29	28	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	4	.357	.379	.500	.879	14	0	1	0	0	0
1986	26	BOS	AL	WS	NYM	L	7	30	30	1	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	.200	.200	.333	.533	10	1	0	0	0	0

1988	28	BOS	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	4	16	14	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	.357	.438	.571	1.009	8	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							18	75	72	6	21	2	0	3	8	0	0	2	15	.292	.320	.444	.764	32	1	1	0	0	0
2 ALCS							11	45	42	5	15	1	0	2	7	0	0	2	5	.357	.400	.524	.924	22	0	1	0	0	0
1 WS							7	30	30	1	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	.200	.200	.333	.533	10	1	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1985	BOS	AL	25	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1986	BOS	AL	26	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)				1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
1980	20	BOS	AL	24	0.0%	20.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.8		24.0		1.50	79%
1981	21	BOS	AL	219	2.3%	14.2%	4.1%	9.1%	34%	3.44	6.6	41.0	7.9		2.10	79%
1982	22	BOS	AL	305	1.3%	12.1%	3.3%	7.5%	32%	3.70	7.8	72.3	11.1		2.48	81%
1983	23	BOS	AL	223	0.9%	16.6%	6.7%	8.5%	32%	2.47	5.5	102.0	11.3		1.97	74%
1984	24	BOS	AL	486	4.9%	14.8%	6.0%	11.1%	45%	2.48	6.2	18.7	6.2		0.84	74%
1985	25	BOS	AL	556	3.2%	14.2%	9.0%	9.5%	36%	1.58	6.3	27.7	6.2		1.02	72%
1986	26	BOS	AL	509	3.1%	12.0%	7.3%	8.8%	38%	1.65	7.6	28.9	7.1		1.03	77%
1987	27	BOS	AL	165	0.6%	14.6%	6.1%	5.5%	29%	2.40	6.3	151.0	11.6		0.92	78%
1988	28	BOS	AL	332	2.7%	14.8%	5.4%	6.9%	33%	2.72	6.1	33.2	7.7	0.84	1.10	73%	19%	11.3%	41%
1989	29	BOS	AL	289	1.4%	16.3%	8.0%	4.5%	24%	2.04	5.5	65.0	16.3	0.78	1.02	73%	21%	4.3%	24%
1990	30	TOT	MLB	143	0.7%	21.0%	14.0%	5.6%	33%	1.50	4.0	119.0	11.9	0.84	0.94	62%	21%	2.8%	27%
1990	30	BOS	AL	21	0.0%	28.6%	23.8%	0.0%	0%	1.20	2.5			3.50		43%	22%	0.0%	0%
1990	30	HOU	NL	122	0.8%	19.7%	12.3%	6.6%	38%	1.60	4.3	104.0	10.4	0.72	0.78	66%	20%	2.9%	28%
1991	31	STL	NL	100	3.0%	15.0%	4.0%	4.0%	40%	3.75	6.3	31.3	11.8	1.19	1.48	78%	12%	10.0%	19%
1992	32	STL	NL	117	0.9%	18.8%	9.4%	4.3%	22%	2.00	4.8	105.0	13.1	0.87	1.10	71%	21%	2.7%	18%
13 Yrs				3468	2.5%	14.7%	6.8%	8.0%	35%	2.16	6.2	35.9	8.3	0.86	1.19	75%	19%	6.5%	29%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.3	42.5	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	20	BOS	AL	-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.63	-0.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.3	0.99	-3.4	3.05	5
1981	21	BOS	AL	2.2	0.2	223	-0.2	4.1	-4.3	1.13	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	2.9	2.78	3
1982	22	BOS	AL	-13.0	-1.3	310	-2.3	3.9	-6.2	1.02	-1.7	-0.6	-16.9	-1.6	0.94	-19.3	1.86	9
1983	23	BOS	AL	0.7	0.1	224	-0.3	3.7	-3.9	1.07	-0.0	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.94	-0.5	1.65	19
1984	24	BOS	AL	9.2	0.9	487	0.8	8.1	-7.3	.88	0.6	0.3	9.2	0.9	0.90	12.1	1.50	15
1985	25	BOS	AL	18.0	1.8	563	1.8	10.9	-9.1	1.00	1.7	0.1	24.5	2.4	0.97	21.2	1.14	9
1986	26	BOS	AL	-0.9	-0.1	509	-0.2	9.2	-9.4	1.02	-0.2	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.98	-2.5	2.42	9
1987	27	BOS	AL	-13.5	-1.3	165	-0.8	1.9	-2.8	.92	-1.0	0.1	-13.1	-1.2	0.95	-14.4	0.95	4
1988	28	BOS	AL	-10.5	-1.1	333	-2.4	3.8	-6.2	.96	-0.7	-1.7	-9.0	-0.9	0.97	-9.3	2.34	3
1989	29	BOS	AL	-16.1	-1.6	292	-2.4	3.1	-5.4	.95	-1.9	-0.6	-20.3	-2.0	0.94	-18.4	0.91	5
1990	30	TOT	MLB	-3.9	-0.4	143	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	1.03	-0.6	0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.97	-5.2	1.01	4
1990	30	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	21	0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.03	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.96	0.9	0.11	1
1990	30	HOU	NL	-4.0	-0.4	122	-0.6	1.6	-2.2	1.03	-0.7	0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.98	-6.1	1.31	3
1991	31	STL	NL	-13.2	-1.4	101	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	.90	-0.8	0.3	-8.6	-0.9	0.89	-10.0	1.26	6
1992	32	STL	NL	-4.4	-0.5	117	-1.2	1.3	-2.4	1.14	-0.6	-0.4	-5.8	-0.6	0.89	-6.3	2.31	2
13 Yrs				-48.4	-5.0	3491	-8.9	53.4	-62.3	.99	-5.4	-3.5	-51.7	-5.2	0.95	-53.2	1.70	93

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	20	BOS	AL	0	40%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	21	BOS	AL	1	27%	87	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	6	13%	8	8	0	0	0	0	7	5	2
1982	22	BOS	AL	2	33%	93	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	3	9	42%	5	5	0	5	4	1	9	2	7
1983	23	BOS	AL	4	26%	85	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	5	3	42%	13	10	3	0	0	0	13	3	8
1984	24	BOS	AL	2	24%	151	0	0		0	0	0	0	8	1	40%	22	15	7	6	4	2	15	6	8
1985	25	BOS	AL	9	26%	217	2	0	100%	2	0	0	1	12	8	31%	33	28	5	8	7	1	17	3	12
1986	26	BOS	AL	10	23%	177	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	12	4	28%	20	16	4	8	5	2	8	3	4
1987	27	BOS	AL	2	25%	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1988	28	BOS	AL	3	30%	116	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	3	46%	14	7	6	6	5	1	13	5	8
1989	29	BOS	AL	3	27%	76	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	5	7	30%	10	8	2	6	4	1	7	2	4
1990	30	TOT	MLB	2	14%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	17%	5	4	1	0	0	0	7	3	1
1990	30	BOS	AL	1	33%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
1990	30	HOU	NL	1	9%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	13%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	0
1991	31	STL	NL	1	36%	18	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1992	32	STL	NL	0	12%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
13 Yrs				39	25%	1179	3	4	43%	3	2	2	2	54	42	34%	147	114	32	40	30	8	102	35	57

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
1980	20	BOS	AL	24	100%	5			5	0	0	0	3.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	15	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1981	21	BOS	AL	219	91%	59			3	1	0	1	2.78	5	0	3	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	100%	42	9	21%	22	11	50%	132	22	17%	14	9	64%	10	8	80%	0
1982	22	BOS	AL	305	86%	72			9	2	0	0	1.86	4	0	10	4	0	1	3	0	4	4	100%	55	13	24%	25	12	48%	185	23	12%	13	4	31%	11	9	82%	0
1983	23	BOS	AL	223	93%	60			19	5	0	2	1.65	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	100%	43	4	9%	15	3	20%	140	17	12%	9	3	33%	12	5	42%	0
1984	24	BOS	AL	486	87%	121			15	5	2	3	1.50	24	0	8	23	1	16	8	0	2	2	100%	88	5	6%	36	16	44%	281	49	17%	25	16	64%	14	8	57%	0
1985	25	BOS	AL	556	73%	147			9	4	0	0	1.14	18	1	17	16	2	9	9	0	3	3	100%	107	12	11%	50	14	28%	370	66	18%	31	14	45%	18	10	56%	0
1986	26	BOS	AL	509	76%	119			9	4	1	2	2.42	16	2	22	11	5	2	14	0	1	1	100%	97	15	15%	42	12	29%	365	51	14%	28	12	43%	17	11	65%	0
1987	27	BOS	AL	165	78%	31			4	1	0	0	0.95	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	31	2	6%	20	7	35%	106	12	11%	9	4	44%	6	2	33%	0
1988	28	BOS	AL	332	86%	69	6	0	3	0	0	0	2.34	9	0	7	9	0	5	4	0	10	9	90%	74	6	8%	38	15	39%	223	31	14%	18	10	56%	17	9	53%	0
1989	29	BOS	AL	289	86%	55	3	0	5	1	0	0	0.91	4	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	4	3	75%	56	8	14%	28	10	36%	167	15	9%	15	5	33%	10	2	20%	0
1990	30	TOT	MLB	143	94%	24	2	0	4	1	0	0	1.01	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	23	3	13%	14	3	21%	89	10	11%	10	2	20%	2	0	0%	0
1990	30	BOS	AL	21	100%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1990	30	HOU	NL	122	93%	21	2	0	3	1	0	0	1.31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	20	2	10%	13	3	23%	78	9	12%	9	2	22%	2	0	0%	0
1991	31	STL	NL	100	89%	10	2	0	6	0	0	0	1.26	3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		16	2	13%	10	5	50%	45	5	11%	5	3	60%	2	1	50%	0
1992	32	STL	NL	117	90%	23	6	0	2	0	0	0	2.31	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	8	2	25%	58	7	12%	9	5	56%	0	0		0
13 Yrs				3468	84%	795	19	0	93	24	3	8	1.70	88	3	81	78	10	41	47	0	33	29	88%	649	80	12%	309	110	36%	2176	309	14%	186	87	47%	119	65	55%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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	28	BOS	AL	327	1136	3.47	752	66%	21%	15%	30%	34%	79%	2%	53%	81%	36%	6%	20	0	15%	48	21	8%	26	20	14%	5	0	0
1989	29	BOS	AL	284	999	3.52	663	66%	21%	16%	31%	32%	79%	1%	52%	80%	40%	4%	11	0	12%	34	14	7%	20	10	28%	5	0	0
1990	30	TOT	MLB	115	442	3.84	261	59%	24%	16%	31%	28%	75%	9%	45%	78%	38%	9%	10	1	17%	20	9	7%	8	6	50%	28	0	1
1990	30	BOS	AL	21	84	4.00	52	62%	21%	23%	38%	17%	79%	0%	49%	71%	48%	0%	0	0	10%	2	2	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1990	30	HOU	NL	94	358	3.81	209	58%	25%	15%	29%	31%	75%	11%	44%	80%	36%	11%	10	1	19%	18	7	9%	8	6	50%	28	0	1
1991	31	STL	NL	101	341	3.38	212	62%	21%	16%	25%	38%	79%	0%	49%	80%	33%	5%	5	0	22%	22	14	6%	6	6	7%	-1	0	0
1992	32	STL	NL	118	431	3.65	273	63%	21%	20%	29%	31%	79%	2%	50%	75%	42%	6%	7	0	9%	11	3	8%	9	3	23%	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				945	3349	3.54	2161	65%	21%	16%	30%	33%	79%	3%	51%	80%	38%	6%	53	1	14%	135	61	7%	69	45	24%	36	0	1
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
1980	20	9	24	24	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.208	.208	.208	.417	12	5	1	0	0	0	0
1981	21	71	243	229	24	64	15	0	5	27	0	0	9	36	.279	.306	.410	.716	99	94	10	1	1	3	1
1982	22	163	548	518	54	136	32	2	9	53	0	1	19	73	.263	.291	.384	.675	83	199	23	3	5	3	3
1983	23	244	771	722	75	196	48	3	11	71	0	2	34	110	.271	.307	.392	.699	89	283	27	4	8	3	9
1984	24	377	1257	1171	129	317	74	7	35	143	0	2	63	182	.271	.309	.436	.744	100	510	32	5	10	8	17
1985	25	521	1813	1669	195	464	104	12	53	223	2	2	113	261	.278	.325	.450	.775	108	751	44	8	13	10	28
1986	26	656	2322	2131	244	583	133	12	69	288	3	2	150	322	.274	.323	.444	.767	106	947	59	12	14	15	41
1987	27	708	2487	2282	255	614	141	12	70	301	3	2	160	346	.269	.318	.433	.751	102	989	61	12	15	18	43
1988	28	803	2819	2581	288	683	155	12	79	340	3	2	178	395	.265	.313	.426	.739	99	1099	67	15	24	21	45
1989	29	896	3108	2841	312	738	164	12	83	356	3	3	201	442	.260	.310	.414	.723	95	1175	75	15	27	24	46
1990	30	946	3251	2960	319	762	171	12	84	366	3	3	221	472	.257	.310	.408	.719	94	1209	78	16	29	25	52
1991	31	992	3351	3054	326	772	172	12	87	374	3	4	225	487	.253	.305	.402	.707	91	1229	80	16	29	27	52
1992	32	1033	3468	3159	331	795	176	12	88	382	3	4	236	509	.252	.304	.399	.703	90	1259	80	16	29	28	53

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	20	9	24	24	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.208	.208	.208	.417	1	9
1981	21	94	338	315	37	94	24	0	8	43	0	14	47	.298	.327	.451	.778	47	62
1982	22	92	305	289	30	72	17	2	4	26	0	10	37	.249	.279	.363	.642	29	92
1983	23	81	222	203	20	59	16	1	2	18	0	15	37	.291	.342	.409	.751	28	81
1984	24	133	487	450	55	122	26	4	24	73	0	29	72	.271	.313	.507	.820	72	133
1985	25	144	555	497	66	146	30	5	18	79	2	50	79	.294	.361	.483	.843	86	144
1986	26	135	512	464	50	121	29	0	16	67	1	38	61	.261	.319	.427	.746	63	135
1987	27	52	164	150	10	30	8	0	1	12	0	10	24	.200	.245	.273	.519	10	52
1988	28	95	333	300	34	70	14	0	9	40	0	18	49	.233	.281	.370	.651	31	95
1989	29	93	289	260	24	55	9	0	4	16	0	23	47	.212	.273	.292	.565	21	93
1990	30	50	143	119	7	24	7	0	1	10	0	20	30	.202	.319	.286	.605	11	50
1991	31	46	100	94	7	10	1	0	3	8	0	4	15	.106	.140	.213	.353	3	46
1992	32	41	120	107	6	25	4	0	1	9	0	12	22	.234	.308	.299	.607	10	41
13 Yrs		1065	3592	3272	348	833	185	12	91	402	3	243	525	.255	.307	.402	.709	412	1033
162 Game Avg.		162	546	498	53	127	28	2	14	61	0	37	80	.255	.307	.402	.709	63	1033

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1985 * 1986 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1985 AL (25, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1985 AL 5.2 (8th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1985 AL 2.0 (3rd) 1986 AL 2.2 (5th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1985 AL 11 (9th) 1986 AL 13 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1980 AL born 1959-09-26 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 13 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 24 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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