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César Gerónimo

Cesar Francisco (Zorrilla) Geronimo

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 11, 1948 in El Seibo, El Seibo, D.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1969
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Royals 1969-1983

Final Game: August 28, 1983
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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
1967	19	NYY-min	Rk,A-	22	25	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	.083	.120	.083	.203		2		0	0	0			JOH,ONE · APPY,NYPL
1968	20	NYY-min	A	109	324	324		63	11	5	1						.194	.194	.269	.463		87							FTL · FLOR
1969	21	HOU	NL	28	8	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	75	3	0	0	0	0	0	/798
1970	22	HOU-min	AA	74	264	264		71	9	4	0						.269	.269	.333	.602		88							CBS · SOUL
1970	22	HOU	NL	47	42	37	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.243	.293	.243	.536	48	9	2	1	1	1	0	79/8
1971	23	HOU	NL	94	88	82	13	18	2	2	1	6	2	2	5	31	.220	.264	.329	.594	70	27	0	0	1	0	0	79/8
1972	24	CIN	NL	120	285	255	32	70	9	7	4	29	2	7	24	64	.275	.344	.412	.756	120	105	5	3	3	0	7	*98
1973	25	CIN	NL	139	358	324	35	68	14	3	4	33	5	5	23	74	.210	.266	.309	.574	63	100	5	3	4	4	3	*89
1974	26	CIN	NL	150	530	474	73	133	17	8	7	54	9	5	46	96	.281	.345	.395	.739	108	187	8	2	5	3	11	*8	GG
1975	27	CIN	NL	148	557	501	69	129	25	5	6	53	13	5	48	97	.257	.327	.363	.690	90	182	7	4	3	1	8	*8	GG
1976	28	CIN	NL	149	555	486	59	149	24	11	2	49	22	5	56	95	.307	.382	.414	.795	125	201	6	6	2	5	13	*8	MVP-25,GG
1977	29	CIN	NL	149	538	492	54	131	22	4	10	52	10	4	35	89	.266	.321	.388	.709	88	191	11	5	5	1	13	*8	GG
1978	30	CIN	NL	122	351	296	28	67	15	1	5	27	8	3	43	67	.226	.329	.334	.664	87	99	5	3	8	1	10	*8
1979	31	CIN	NL	123	400	356	38	85	17	4	4	38	1	1	37	56	.239	.312	.343	.655	78	122	8	2	3	2	11	*8
1980	32	CIN	NL	103	162	145	16	37	5	0	2	9	2	1	14	24	.255	.319	.331	.650	82	48	2	0	2	1	3	8
1981	33	KCR	AL	59	133	118	14	29	0	2	2	13	6	1	11	16	.246	.305	.331	.636	86	39	3	0	2	2	2	9/78
1982	34	KCR	AL	53	131	119	14	32	6	3	4	23	2	0	8	16	.269	.305	.471	.776	110	56	5	0	0	4	2	87/9D
1983	35	KCR	AL	38	91	87	2	18	4	0	0	4	0	1	2	13	.207	.242	.253	.495	37	22	1	2	0	0	0	9/78
15 Yrs				1522	4229	3780	460	977	161	50	51	392	82	40	354	746	.258	.325	.368	.693	93	1391	68	31	39	25	83
162 Game Avg.				162	450	402	49	104	17	5	5	42	9	4	38	79	.258	.325	.368	.693	93	148	7	3	4	3	9

CIN (9 yrs)				1203	3736	3329	404	869	148	43	44	344	72	36	326	662	.261	.330	.371	.701	95	1235	57	28	35	18	79
KCR (3 yrs)				150	355	324	30	79	10	5	6	40	8	2	21	45	.244	.289	.361	.650	82	117	9	2	2	6	4
HOU (3 yrs)				169	138	127	26	29	3	2	1	8	2	2	7	39	.228	.272	.307	.579	64	39	2	1	2	1	0

NL (12 yrs)				1372	3874	3456	430	898	151	45	45	352	74	38	333	701	.260	.328	.369	.697	94	1274	59	29	37	19	79
AL (3 yrs)				150	355	324	30	79	10	5	6	40	8	2	21	45	.244	.289	.361	.650	82	117	9	2	2	6	4

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	21	HOU	NL	28	8	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/798
1970	22	HOU	NL	47	42	-3	-0	-0	-2	-1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.487	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	79/8
1971	23	HOU	NL	94	88	-2	0	0	-4	-2	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.6	.491	.495	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$	79/8
1972	24	CIN	NL	120	285	4	-3	0	-2	-4	-4	-0.3	8	5	0.5	.497	.497	0.6	-0.5	6	$	*98
1973	25	CIN	NL	139	358	-16	-2	1	14	-2	-6	-0.6	10	5	0.4	.495	.496	-1.1	1.3	-9	$	*89
1974	26	CIN	NL	150	530	0	0	1	22	-1	23	2.5	15	38	4.1	.517	.516	1.6	2.4	16	$	*8	GG
1975	27	CIN	NL	148	557	-6	1	1	24	-1	20	2.3	16	36	3.9	.516	.514	1.1	2.7	12	$	*8	GG
1976	28	CIN	NL	149	555	12	1	2	-6	-1	8	0.9	16	24	2.5	.506	.505	3.2	-0.8	30	$	*8	MVP-25,GG
1977	29	CIN	NL	149	538	-12	-0	1	3	-1	-10	-1.0	16	6	0.5	.493	.494	0.2	0.2	3	$100,000	*8	GG
1978	30	CIN	NL	122	351	-8	-1	1	-2	-1	-10	-1.0	10	1	0.0	.491	.493	0.1	-0.2	2	$	*8
1979	31	CIN	NL	123	400	-14	-1	-0	6	-1	-11	-1.1	12	1	0.1	.490	.493	-0.6	0.6	-5	$	*8
1980	32	CIN	NL	103	162	-3	-0	0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.497	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	8
1981	33	KCR	AL	59	133	-2	2	0	2	-2	0	0.0	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$	9/78
1982	34	KCR	AL	53	131	-1	1	-0	4	-1	3	0.3	4	7	0.7	.506	.502	0.3	0.3	3	$	87/9D
1983	35	KCR	AL	38	91	-7	-2	0	3	-2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.480	.495	-0.8	0.2	-8	$	9/78
15 Seasons				1522	4229	-57	-5	7	63	-18	-9	-0.6	124	114	11.7	.499	.500	4.5	5.8	51	$100,000

CIN (9 yrs)				1203	3736	-41	-6	7	59	-10	9	1.3	109	118	12.2	.501	.501	5.2	5.9	58	$100,000
KCR (3 yrs)				150	355	-10	1	-0	10	-4	-4	-0.4	11	6	0.6	.497	.499	-0.3	0.7	-3	$
HOU (3 yrs)				169	138	-5	0	0	-5	-3	-14	-1.5	4	-10	-1.1	.491	.497	-0.4	-0.8	-4	$

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	21	HOU	NL	8	6	1	4.5	93	.400	.250	.257	.250	.327	.375	.381	.625	.708	75	.532	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.125	.125
1970	22	HOU	NL	42	32	3	2.5	100	.273	.243	.262	.293	.334	.243	.401	.536	.735	48	.246	-2.6	-0.2	.400	.054	.000
1971	23	HOU	NL	88	67	7	2.8	90	.340	.220	.256	.264	.322	.329	.375	.594	.697	70	.337	-3.7	-0.4	.485	.171	.110	1.3
1972	24	CIN	NL	285	200	34	4.6	87	.353	.275	.250	.344	.317	.412	.369	.756	.685	120	.557	6.1	0.6	.645	.212	.137	2.7
1973	25	CIN	NL	358	274	26	2.6	92	.256	.210	.257	.266	.325	.309	.382	.574	.706	63	.280	-16.3	-1.7	.474	.170	.099	4.4
1974	26	CIN	NL	530	362	65	4.8	94	.337	.281	.261	.345	.333	.395	.378	.739	.711	108	.559	4.3	0.4	.675	.219	.114	7.9
1975	27	CIN	NL	557	388	61	4.2	98	.308	.257	.268	.327	.339	.363	.387	.690	.726	90	.491	-7.2	-0.7	.630	.218	.106	8.2
1976	28	CIN	NL	555	355	82	6.2	93	.373	.307	.265	.382	.332	.414	.378	.795	.709	125	.683	17.4	1.8	.805	.257	.107	3.7
1977	29	CIN	NL	538	382	60	4.2	105	.307	.266	.272	.321	.340	.388	.414	.709	.754	88	.461	-9.5	-0.9	.630	.205	.122	10.0
1978	30	CIN	NL	351	246	35	3.8	95	.276	.226	.262	.329	.330	.334	.385	.664	.715	87	.458	-4.2	-0.4	.633	.270	.108	6.2
1979	31	CIN	NL	400	285	38	3.6	100	.272	.239	.270	.312	.336	.343	.401	.655	.737	78	.407	-10.6	-1.1	.575	.208	.104	1.6
1980	32	CIN	NL	162	114	16	3.8	96	.292	.255	.268	.319	.330	.331	.389	.650	.720	82	.449	-3.5	-0.4	.568	.179	.076	2.0
1981	33	KCR	AL	133	97	13	3.6	87	.265	.246	.254	.305	.318	.331	.369	.636	.687	86	.442	-2.4	-0.2	.591	.220	.085	3.0
1982	34	KCR	AL	131	96	16	4.5	99	.272	.269	.264	.305	.328	.471	.403	.776	.731	110	.489	1.4	0.1	.717	.286	.202	2.7
1983	35	KCR	AL	91	71	5	1.9	98	.243	.207	.265	.242	.328	.253	.401	.495	.728	37	.167	-7.6	-0.8	.352	.057	.046
15 Yrs				4229	2975	462	4.2	96	.308	.258	.264	.325	.332	.368	.388	.693	.719	93	.488	-38.6	-3.9	.625	.214	.110	62.9
162 Game Avg.				450	317	49	4.2	96	.308	.258	.264	.325	.332	.368	.388	.693	.719	93	.488	-38.6	-3.9	.625	.214	.110	7

CIN (9 yrs)				3736	2606	417	4.3	96	.312	.261	.264	.330	.333	.371	.388	.701	.720	95	.502	-23.5	-2.3	.637	.219	.110	54.6
KCR (3 yrs)				355	264	34	3.5	94	.262	.244	.261	.289	.324	.361	.390	.650	.714	82	.392	-8.6	-0.9	.570	.201	.117	6.9
HOU (3 yrs)				138	105	11	2.8	93	.318	.228	.258	.272	.326	.307	.383	.579	.709	64	.320	-6.5	-0.7	.461	.134	.079	1.3

NL (12 yrs)				3874	2711	428	4.3	96	.313	.260	.264	.328	.332	.369	.388	.697	.720	94	.496	-30.0	-3.0	.630	.216	.109	56.0
AL (3 yrs)				355	264	34	3.5	94	.262	.244	.261	.289	.324	.361	.390	.650	.714	82	.392	-8.6	-0.9	.570	.201	.117	6.9

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
1972	24	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	5	20	20	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.250	.350	5	0	0	0	0	0
1972	24	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	L	7	20	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	0	0	0	0
1973	25	CIN	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	4	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	0	0	0

1975	27	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	3	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	27	CIN	NL	WS	BOS	W	7	29	25	3	7	0	1	2	3	0	0	3	5	.280	.357	.600	.957	15	1	0	1	0	3
1976	28	CIN	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	3	12	11	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	.182	.250	.364	.614	4	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	15	13	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	.308	.400	.462	.862	6	1	0	0	0	0

1979	31	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0

1981	33	KCR	AL	ALDS	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs (9 Series)							36	131	120	9	20	2	2	3	11	3	1	8	34	.167	.217	.292	.509	35	2	0	2	1	3
1 ALDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
5 NLCS							17	67	63	2	6	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	23	.095	.121	.175	.296	11	0	0	1	1	0
3 WS							18	64	57	7	14	2	1	2	7	3	0	6	11	.246	.317	.421	.739	24	2	0	1	0	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	21	HOU	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	12.5%	50%		2.7				63%
1970	22	HOU	NL	42	0.0%	11.9%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	2.50	7.4		18.5	2.38	79%
1971	23	HOU	NL	88	1.1%	35.2%	5.7%	5.7%	28%	6.20	2.6	82.0	13.7	1.21	57%
1972	24	CIN	NL	285	1.4%	22.5%	8.4%	7.0%	29%	2.67	4.0	63.8	8.8	1.37	66%
1973	25	CIN	NL	358	1.1%	20.7%	6.4%	5.9%	31%	3.22	4.4	81.0	9.8	0.82	70%
1974	26	CIN	NL	530	1.3%	18.1%	8.7%	6.0%	24%	2.09	4.9	67.7	8.8	1.11	71%
1975	27	CIN	NL	557	1.1%	17.4%	8.6%	6.5%	28%	2.02	5.2	83.5	9.5	1.01	72%
1976	28	CIN	NL	555	0.4%	17.1%	10.1%	6.7%	25%	1.70	5.1	243.0	9.9	0.97	71%
1977	29	CIN	NL	538	1.9%	16.5%	6.5%	6.7%	28%	2.54	5.5	49.2	9.5	1.24	73%
1978	30	CIN	NL	351	1.4%	19.1%	12.3%	6.0%	31%	1.56	4.4	59.2	11.0	1.42	64%
1979	31	CIN	NL	400	1.0%	14.0%	9.3%	6.3%	29%	1.51	6.4	89.0	9.4	1.25	75%
1980	32	CIN	NL	162	1.2%	14.8%	8.6%	4.3%	19%	1.71	6.0	72.5	16.1	1.23	74%
1981	33	KCR	AL	133	1.5%	12.0%	8.3%	3.0%	14%	1.45	7.4	59.0	9.1	0.95	77%
1982	34	KCR	AL	131	3.1%	12.2%	6.1%	9.9%	41%	2.00	7.4	29.8	5.2	0.82	79%
1983	35	KCR	AL	91	0.0%	14.3%	2.2%	4.4%	22%	6.50	6.7		21.8	0.97	81%
15 Yrs				4229	1.2%	17.6%	8.4%	6.2%	27%	2.11	5.1	74.1	9.6	1.11	71%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.5%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.57	6.6	45.3	8.7	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
1969	21	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.57	-0.0	-0.2	0.7	0.1	1.07	0.5	2.10	6
1970	22	HOU	NL	-2.6	-0.2	44	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.20	-0.3	-0.3	-4.4	-0.4	0.96	-4.0	1.06	11
1971	23	HOU	NL	-3.8	-0.4	86	-0.0	1.8	-1.8	1.23	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	-0.1	0.91	-2.7	1.74	10
1972	24	CIN	NL	6.1	0.6	304	0.2	5.0	-4.8	.95	0.2	-0.0	4.2	0.5	0.99	4.3	1.26	12
1973	25	CIN	NL	-16.3	-1.7	373	-0.9	5.5	-6.5	.98	-1.4	0.5	-15.1	-1.6	0.99	-15.7	1.65	7
1974	26	CIN	NL	4.3	0.4	551	1.3	9.5	-8.2	1.00	0.2	1.1	11.9	1.2	1.01	4.8	0.84	7
1975	27	CIN	NL	-7.2	-0.7	586	0.7	9.8	-9.1	.97	-0.2	0.9	6.5	0.6	0.99	-2.0	1.96	3
1976	28	CIN	NL	17.4	1.8	587	1.2	10.6	-9.4	1.05	1.7	-0.5	19.8	2.0	0.99	22.3	1.85	6
1977	29	CIN	NL	-9.5	-0.9	561	-1.7	7.2	-8.9	.89	-0.8	-1.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.97	-6.4	0.66	7
1978	30	CIN	NL	-4.2	-0.4	364	-1.5	5.3	-6.8	1.10	-0.8	-0.6	-8.5	-0.9	0.99	-7.8	2.39	10
1979	31	CIN	NL	-10.6	-1.1	405	-0.6	6.0	-6.6	.95	-1.1	0.5	-6.1	-0.6	0.98	-9.9	1.17	9
1980	32	CIN	NL	-3.5	-0.4	167	-0.8	1.7	-2.4	.88	-0.5	-0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.88	-4.5	1.08	21
1981	33	KCR	AL	-2.6	-0.3	141	-0.2	2.0	-2.3	1.02	-0.4	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.00	-2.1	1.11	3
1982	34	KCR	AL	1.4	0.1	135	-0.0	2.4	-2.5	.97	-0.1	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.95	2.0	2.36	10
1983	35	KCR	AL	-7.6	-0.8	92	-0.5	1.3	-1.9	1.00	-0.8	0.3	-10.0	-1.0	0.93	-10.0	1.78	6
15 Yrs				-38.9	-3.9	4405	-3.9	68.5	-72.5	.99	-4.5	0.6	-6.8	-0.7	0.98	-31.3	1.49	128

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	21	HOU	NL	0	400%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	43%	5	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1970	22	HOU	NL	0	42%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	40%	6	5	1	2	0	2	2	1	1
1971	23	HOU	NL	2	55%	52	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	56%	12	5	7	3	1	2	3	1	1
1972	24	CIN	NL	2	30%	125	2	7	22%	2	5	0	0	2	6	0	4	11	55%	19	8	11	2	1	1	10	4	5
1973	25	CIN	NL	4	34%	108	5	5	50%	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	8	50%	15	9	6	3	0	3	10	3	5
1974	26	CIN	NL	3	38%	199	9	5	64%	9	4	0	0	1	5	0	7	12	59%	24	12	12	10	5	5	19	2	14
1975	27	CIN	NL	9	36%	191	13	5	72%	11	3	2	1	1	6	0	3	15	53%	28	17	11	8	3	5	21	7	14
1976	28	CIN	NL	5	27%	275	22	5	81%	21	4	1	1	0	2	1	6	9	36%	43	31	11	3	1	2	21	8	11
1977	29	CIN	NL	5	27%	204	10	4	71%	10	4	0	0	0	4	0	10	16	46%	21	14	7	2	1	1	16	5	10
1978	30	CIN	NL	2	21%	106	8	3	73%	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	7	4	37%	14	11	2	2	2	0	11	1	8
1979	31	CIN	NL	2	28%	146	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	50%	15	10	4	7	3	4	18	4	12
1980	32	CIN	NL	3	29%	59	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	31%	7	5	1	3	2	1	3	1	2
1981	33	KCR	AL	2	32%	51	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	53%	9	6	3	2	0	2	4	1	3
1982	34	KCR	AL	0	28%	33	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	46%	7	4	3	1	1	0	3	1	2
1983	35	KCR	AL	1	9%	36	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
15 Yrs				40	31%	1646	82	40	67%	75	34	7	2	4	31	1	55	100	47%	226	140	82	50	21	29	144	40	88

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	21	HOU	NL	8	100%	2			6	1	0	0	2.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	22	HOU	NL	42	93%	9			11	4	0	1	1.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	22	2	9%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
1971	23	HOU	NL	88	90%	18			10	1	0	0	1.74	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	0	0%	6	1	17%	38	5	13%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1972	24	CIN	NL	285	85%	70			12	1	0	0	1.26	4	0	7	4	0	2	2	1	4	3	75%	47	5	11%	14	2	14%	188	27	14%	11	3	27%	6	3	50%	0
1973	25	CIN	NL	358	81%	68			7	1	0	1	1.65	4	0	12	4	0	3	1	0	9	4	44%	69	5	7%	31	12	39%	235	30	13%	15	9	60%	20	9	45%	0
1974	26	CIN	NL	530	84%	133			7	0	0	0	0.84	7	1	12	7	0	2	5	0	5	5	100%	105	8	8%	48	17	35%	354	48	14%	25	13	52%	21	11	52%	0
1975	27	CIN	NL	557	78%	129			3	1	0	1	1.96	6	0	12	6	0	3	3	1	5	3	60%	107	7	7%	48	12	25%	364	48	13%	26	11	42%	29	17	59%	0
1976	28	CIN	NL	555	75%	149			6	3	0	1	1.85	2	0	12	1	1	1	1	0	4	2	50%	105	6	6%	44	13	30%	352	47	13%	29	10	34%	23	11	48%	0
1977	29	CIN	NL	538	67%	131			7	3	0	1	0.66	10	0	8	5	5	4	6	0	5	5	100%	98	11	11%	55	15	27%	329	45	14%	21	9	43%	27	16	59%	0
1978	30	CIN	NL	351	67%	67			10	5	0	1	2.39	5	0	8	5	0	2	3	0	11	8	73%	58	5	9%	35	12	34%	244	23	9%	17	4	24%	18	9	50%	0
1979	31	CIN	NL	400	79%	85			9	2	0	1	1.17	4	0	9	4	0	4	0	0	5	3	60%	69	8	12%	46	11	24%	269	36	13%	22	8	36%	20	7	35%	0
1980	32	CIN	NL	162	88%	37			21	5	0	0	1.08	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	100%	18	2	11%	7	2	29%	80	7	9%	3	3	100%	5	2	40%	0
1981	33	KCR	AL	133	86%	29			3	3	0	1	1.11	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	100%	31	3	10%	15	7	47%	91	11	12%	10	6	60%	6	4	67%	0
1982	34	KCR	AL	131	86%	32			10	2	0	2	2.36	4	0	2	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		26	5	19%	15	10	67%	87	20	23%	10	8	80%	4	3	75%	0
1983	35	KCR	AL	91	99%	18			6	1	0	1	1.78	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	1	6%	8	0	0%	58	4	7%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	0
15 Yrs				4229	79%	977			128	33	0	11	1.49	51	1	95	45	6	26	25	2	55	39	71%	770	68	9%	376	116	31%	2715	353	13%	198	87	44%	189	97	51%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			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
1969	21	28	8	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	75	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	22	75	50	45	13	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.244	.286	.267	.552	53	12	2	1	1	1	0
1971	23	169	138	127	26	29	3	2	1	8	2	2	7	39	.228	.272	.307	.579	64	39	2	1	2	1	0
1972	24	289	423	382	58	99	12	9	5	37	4	9	31	103	.259	.321	.377	.698	101	144	7	4	5	1	7
1973	25	428	781	706	93	167	26	12	9	70	9	14	54	177	.237	.295	.346	.641	83	244	12	7	9	5	10
1974	26	578	1311	1180	166	300	43	20	16	124	18	19	100	273	.254	.315	.365	.681	93	431	20	9	14	8	21
1975	27	726	1868	1681	235	429	68	25	22	177	31	24	148	370	.255	.319	.365	.683	92	613	27	13	17	9	29
1976	28	875	2423	2167	294	578	92	36	24	226	53	29	204	465	.267	.333	.376	.709	100	814	33	19	19	14	42
1977	29	1024	2961	2659	348	709	114	40	34	278	63	33	239	554	.267	.331	.378	.709	98	1005	44	24	24	15	55
1978	30	1146	3312	2955	376	776	129	41	39	305	71	36	282	621	.263	.331	.374	.704	96	1104	49	27	32	16	65
1979	31	1269	3712	3311	414	861	146	45	43	343	72	37	319	677	.260	.329	.370	.699	94	1226	57	29	35	18	76
1980	32	1372	3874	3456	430	898	151	45	45	352	74	38	333	701	.260	.328	.369	.697	94	1274	59	29	37	19	79
1981	33	1431	4007	3574	444	927	151	47	47	365	80	39	344	717	.259	.328	.367	.695	94	1313	62	29	39	21	81
1982	34	1484	4138	3693	458	959	157	50	51	388	82	39	352	733	.260	.327	.371	.698	94	1369	67	29	39	25	83
1983	35	1522	4229	3780	460	977	161	50	51	392	82	40	354	746	.258	.325	.368	.693	93	1391	68	31	39	25	83

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
1969	21	28	8	8	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	28
1970	22	47	43	38	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	.263	.310	.263	.573	3	47
1971	23	94	89	83	15	19	2	2	1	7	2	5	31	.229	.273	.337	.610	8	94
1972	24	125	310	275	41	82	11	8	5	37	2	28	67	.298	.371	.451	.822	45	120
1973	25	139	363	328	39	72	15	3	4	36	5	24	74	.220	.276	.320	.596	29	139
1974	26	150	538	480	78	139	18	8	7	58	9	48	96	.290	.355	.404	.759	69	150
1975	27	148	562	505	73	133	26	5	6	56	13	49	97	.263	.333	.370	.703	62	148
1976	28	149	566	494	64	157	25	12	2	53	23	59	95	.318	.394	.429	.823	83	149
1977	29	149	535	490	53	129	22	4	10	51	10	34	89	.263	.317	.386	.703	59	149
1978	30	122	359	301	31	72	16	1	5	30	9	46	67	.239	.345	.349	.694	36	122
1979	31	123	401	357	39	86	17	4	4	39	1	37	56	.241	.314	.345	.659	39	123
1980	32	103	165	147	18	39	5	0	2	10	2	15	24	.265	.331	.340	.671	17	103
1981	33	89	207	183	25	48	0	3	3	23	10	18	24	.262	.324	.344	.668	21	59
1982	34	53	132	120	15	33	6	3	4	25	2	8	16	.275	.311	.475	.786	19	53
1983	35	38	91	87	2	18	4	0	0	4	0	2	13	.207	.242	.253	.495	5	38
15 Yrs		1557	4369	3896	510	1039	168	53	53	431	88	375	757	.267	.334	.378	.712	496	1522
162 Game Avg.		162	455	405	53	108	17	6	6	45	9	39	79	.267	.334	.378	.712	52	1522

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1989 BBWAA ()	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1976 NL (25, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Gold Gloves 1974 NL (OF) 1975 NL (OF) 1976 NL (OF) 1977 NL (OF) All multiple winners	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1974 NL 2.4 (4th) 1975 NL 2.7 (2nd)
On-Base% s c a p y 1976 NL .382 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1972 NL 7 (6th) 1974 NL 8 (8th) 1976 NL 11 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1976 NL 95 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1976 NL 6 (6th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1976 NL 13 (5th) 1977 NL 13 (8th) Career 83 (168th)	SB % s c a p y 1976 NL 81.48 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (820), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1787), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Gene Stephens (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delsing (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Barry Bonnell (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Martinez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Metkovich (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Metkovich (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Metkovich (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Metkovich (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Beniquez (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Braun (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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