Kirk Gibson
Kirk Harold Gibson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI
High School: Kettering (Waterford, MI)
School: Michigan State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1979
Final Game: August 10, 1995
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema
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Standard Batting

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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
1979 22 DET AL 12 39 38 3 9 3 0 1 4 3 3 1 3 .237 .256 .395 .651 71 15 0 0 0 0 0 /798
1980 23 DET AL 51 189 175 23 46 2 1 9 16 4 7 10 45 .263 .303 .440 .743 100 77 0 1 1 2 0 8/D
1981 24 DET AL 83 313 290 41 95 11 3 9 40 17 5 18 64 .328 .369 .479 .848 140 139 9 2 1 2 1 98/D7 MVP-12
1982 25 DET AL 69 294 266 34 74 16 2 8 35 9 7 25 41 .278 .341 .444 .785 114 118 2 1 1 1 2 8/D
1983 26 DET AL 128 467 401 60 91 12 9 15 51 14 3 53 96 .227 .320 .414 .734 104 166 2 4 5 4 3 D78/9
1984 27 DET AL 149 611 531 92 150 23 10 27 91 29 9 63 103 .282 .363 .516 .879 141 274 4 8 3 6 6 *9/D8 MVP-6
1985 28 DET AL 154 670 581 96 167 37 5 29 97 30 4 71 137 .287 .364 .518 .882 139 301 5 5 3 10 16 *98/D MVP-18
1986 29 DET AL 119 521 441 84 118 11 2 28 86 34 6 68 107 .268 .371 .492 .863 133 217 8 7 1 4 4 *9/D8
1987 30 DET AL 128 568 487 95 135 25 3 24 79 26 7 71 117 .277 .372 .489 .861 130 238 5 5 1 4 8 *7/D8
1988 31 LAD NL 150 632 542 106 157 28 1 25 76 31 4 73 120 .290 .377 .483 .860 148 262 8 7 3 7 14 *7/8 MVP-1,SS
1989 32 LAD NL 71 292 253 35 54 8 2 9 28 12 3 35 55 .213 .312 .368 .679 95 93 5 2 0 2 5 78
1990 33 LAD NL 89 359 315 59 82 20 0 8 38 26 2 39 65 .260 .345 .400 .745 107 126 4 3 0 2 0 87
1991 34 KCR AL 132 540 462 81 109 17 6 16 55 18 4 69 103 .236 .341 .403 .744 106 186 9 6 1 2 3 7D/9
1992 35 PIT NL 16 60 56 6 11 0 0 2 5 3 1 3 12 .196 .237 .304 .541 53 17 1 0 1 0 0 9
1993 36 DET AL 116 454 403 62 105 18 6 13 62 15 6 44 87 .261 .337 .432 .769 107 174 2 4 0 3 4 D8/7
1994 37 DET AL 98 382 330 71 91 17 2 23 72 4 5 42 69 .276 .358 .548 .906 129 181 2 3 2 5 3 D89
1995 38 DET AL 70 265 227 37 59 12 2 9 35 9 2 33 61 .260 .358 .449 .808 109 102 6 3 0 2 3 D/9
17 Seasons 1635 6656 5798 985 1553 260 54 255 870 284 78 718 1285 .268 .352 .463 .815 123 2686 72 61 23 56 72
162 Game Avg. 162 659 574 98 154 26 5 25 86 28 8 71 127 .268 .352 .463 .815 123 266 7 6 2 6 7
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
DET (12 yrs) 1177 4773 4170 698 1140 187 45 195 668 194 64 499 930 .273 .354 .480 .834 125 2002 45 43 18 43 50
LAD (3 yrs) 310 1283 1110 200 293 56 3 42 142 69 9 147 240 .264 .353 .433 .786 124 481 17 12 3 11 19
KCR (1 yr) 132 540 462 81 109 17 6 16 55 18 4 69 103 .236 .341 .403 .744 106 186 9 6 1 2 3
PIT (1 yr) 16 60 56 6 11 0 0 2 5 3 1 3 12 .196 .237 .304 .541 53 17 1 0 1 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 1309 5313 4632 779 1249 204 51 211 723 212 68 568 1033 .270 .352 .472 .825 123 2188 54 49 19 45 53
NL (4 yrs) 326 1343 1166 206 304 56 3 44 147 72 10 150 252 .261 .348 .427 .775 121 498 18 12 4 11 19

Advanced Batting

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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
1979 22 DET AL 39 32 3 2.5 104 .235 .237 .273 .256 .338 .395 .414 .651 .752 71 .239 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .184 .158 1.5
1980 23 DET AL 189 139 22 4.3 100 .301 .263 .271 .303 .334 .440 .403 .743 .737 100 .465 -1.1 -0.1 .625 .217 .177 5.5
1981 24 DET AL 313 212 50 6.4 92 .393 .328 .261 .369 .326 .479 .379 .848 .705 140 .690 13.9 1.4 .818 .255 .152 11.8
1982 25 DET AL 294 203 40 5.3 98 .303 .278 .264 .341 .328 .444 .402 .785 .730 114 .565 5.2 0.5 .726 .267 .165 8.5
1983 26 DET AL 467 324 59 4.9 95 .259 .227 .262 .320 .324 .414 .395 .734 .719 104 .532 1.8 0.2 .743 .347 .187 14.5
1984 27 DET AL 611 403 106 7.0 97 .302 .282 .264 .363 .326 .516 .398 .879 .724 141 .693 29.6 2.9 .926 .390 .234 28.0
1985 28 DET AL 670 436 118 7.2 99 .325 .287 .261 .364 .327 .518 .406 .882 .733 139 .697 33.0 3.2 .953 .398 .231 29.5
1986 29 DET AL 521 342 88 6.9 100 .290 .268 .262 .371 .330 .492 .408 .863 .737 133 .670 21.5 2.1 .950 .442 .224 30.7
1987 30 DET AL 568 369 95 6.9 102 .317 .277 .260 .372 .328 .489 .418 .861 .746 130 .644 23.4 2.2 .915 .396 .211 25.0
1988 31 LAD NL 632 407 107 7.1 88 .327 .290 .254 .377 .317 .483 .373 .860 .690 148 .741 36.3 3.8 .929 .378 .194 27.7
1989 32 LAD NL 292 209 31 4.0 90 .236 .213 .253 .312 .320 .368 .376 .679 .696 95 .494 -1.5 -0.2 .671 .328 .154 10.3
1990 33 LAD NL 359 241 50 5.6 96 .303 .260 .262 .345 .328 .400 .393 .745 .721 107 .605 4.2 0.4 .803 .340 .140 12.2
1991 34 KCR AL 540 369 68 5.0 97 .270 .236 .260 .341 .329 .403 .395 .744 .724 106 .540 4.2 0.4 .751 .346 .167 16.9
1992 35 PIT NL 60 48 4 2.2 91 .214 .196 .258 .237 .323 .304 .380 .541 .703 53 .248 -3.8 -0.4 .468 .196 .107 2.4
1993 36 DET AL 454 309 62 5.4 102 .301 .261 .265 .337 .336 .432 .406 .769 .742 107 .549 3.1 0.3 .755 .303 .171 13.9
1994 37 DET AL 382 253 67 7.1 112 .280 .276 .274 .358 .346 .548 .436 .906 .782 129 .626 13.9 1.3 .915 .397 .273 6.8
1995 38 DET AL 265 178 38 5.7 109 .314 .260 .270 .358 .344 .449 .427 .808 .771 109 .540 3.5 0.3 .824 .366 .189 9.0
17 Seasons 6656 4474 1008 6.0 98 .301 .268 .262 .352 .329 .463 .400 .815 .729 123 .623 185.6 18.2 .835 .355 .195 268.7
162 Game Avg. 659 443 100 6.0 98 .301 .268 .262 .352 .329 .463 .400 .815 .729 123 .623 18 2 .835 .355 .195 27
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (12 yrs) 4773 3200 748 6.3 100 .306 .273 .264 .354 .331 .480 .407 .834 .737 125 .626 146.2 14.2 .852 .358 .207 194.5
LAD (3 yrs) 1283 857 188 5.9 91 .299 .264 .256 .353 .321 .433 .379 .786 .700 124 .659 39.0 4.1 .830 .356 .169 52.2
KCR (1 yr) 540 369 68 5.0 97 .270 .236 .260 .341 .329 .403 .395 .744 .724 106 .540 4.2 0.4 .751 .346 .167 16.9
PIT (1 yr) 60 48 4 2.2 91 .214 .196 .258 .237 .323 .304 .380 .541 .703 53 .248 -3.8 -0.4 .468 .196 .107 2.4
AL (13 yrs) 5313 3569 816 6.1 100 .302 .270 .264 .352 .330 .472 .406 .825 .736 123 .619 150.3 14.6 .841 .356 .203 211.5
NL (4 yrs) 1343 905 192 5.7 91 .295 .261 .256 .348 .321 .427 .379 .775 .700 121 .645 35.2 3.7 .811 .348 .166 54.6

Postseason Batting

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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
1984 27 DET AL ALCS KCR W 3 14 12 2 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 .417 .500 .750 1.250 9 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 DET AL WS SDP W 5 23 18 4 6 0 0 2 7 3 1 4 4 .333 .478 .667 1.145 12 0 1 0 0 0
1987 30 DET AL ALCS MIN L 5 24 21 4 6 1 0 1 4 3 0 3 8 .286 .375 .476 .851 10 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 7 30 26 2 4 0 0 2 6 2 0 3 6 .154 .233 .385 .618 10 0 0 0 1 2
1988 31 LAD NL WS OAK W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 21 92 78 13 22 2 0 7 21 9 1 12 19 .282 .380 .577 .957 45 0 1 0 1 2
1 NLCS 7 30 26 2 4 0 0 2 6 2 0 3 6 .154 .233 .385 .618 10 0 0 0 1 2
2 ALCS 8 38 33 6 11 2 0 2 6 4 0 5 9 .333 .421 .576 .997 19 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 24 19 5 7 0 0 3 9 3 1 4 4 .368 .500 .842 1.342 16 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1979 22 DET AL 39 2.6% 7.7% 2.6% 10.3% 44% 3.00 12.7 38.0 9.5 1.00 87%
1980 23 DET AL 189 4.8% 23.8% 5.3% 6.4% 26% 4.50 3.9 19.4 10.9 1.02 65%
1981 24 DET AL 313 2.9% 20.5% 5.8% 7.4% 24% 3.56 4.5 32.2 7.3 1.27 70%
1982 25 DET AL 294 2.7% 14.0% 8.5% 8.8% 35% 1.64 6.5 33.3 7.6 1.15 74%
1983 26 DET AL 467 3.2% 20.6% 11.4% 7.7% 40% 1.81 4.2 26.7 7.9 0.86 63%
1984 27 DET AL 611 4.4% 16.9% 10.3% 9.8% 40% 1.63 5.2 19.7 5.8 0.82 67%
1985 28 DET AL 670 4.3% 20.5% 10.6% 10.6% 43% 1.93 4.2 20.0 6.0 0.95 63%
1986 29 DET AL 521 5.4% 20.5% 13.1% 7.9% 35% 1.57 4.1 15.8 5.1 0.85 60%
1987 30 DET AL 568 4.2% 20.6% 12.5% 9.2% 39% 1.65 4.2 20.3 6.2 0.78 62%
1988 31 LAD NL 632 4.0% 19.0% 11.6% 8.5% 34% 1.64 4.5 21.7 7.1 0.72 0.95 64% 18% 17.0% 38%
1989 32 LAD NL 292 3.1% 18.8% 12.0% 6.5% 35% 1.57 4.6 28.1 9.0 0.79 1.08 65% 15% 10.7% 24%
1990 33 LAD NL 359 2.2% 18.1% 10.9% 7.8% 34% 1.67 4.8 39.4 8.3 0.55 0.63 68% 22% 7.4% 33%
1991 34 KCR AL 540 3.0% 19.1% 12.8% 7.2% 36% 1.49 4.5 28.9 8.4 0.70 1.00 64% 19% 8.9% 15%
1992 35 PIT NL 60 3.3% 20.0% 5.0% 3.3% 18% 4.00 4.7 28.0 11.2 1.20 1.54 70% 18% 13.3% 25%
1993 36 DET AL 454 2.9% 19.2% 9.7% 8.2% 35% 1.98 4.6 31.0 6.5 0.68 0.74 67% 25% 8.0% 13%
1994 37 DET AL 382 6.0% 18.1% 11.0% 11.0% 46% 1.64 4.8 14.3 4.6 0.59 0.79 64% 22% 16.1% 14%
1995 38 DET AL 265 3.4% 23.0% 12.5% 8.7% 39% 1.85 3.7 25.2 6.5 0.67 1.05 60% 26% 10.3% 13%
17 Seasons 6656 3.8% 19.3% 10.8% 8.6% 37% 1.79 4.5 22.7 6.7 0.68 0.90 65% 21% 11.3% 22%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1979 22 DET AL 0 0 22% 9 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 DET AL 3 0 29% 42 4 7 36% 4 4 0 1 0 2 3 1 3 4 64% 8 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 2
1981 24 DET AL 1 0 30% 130 17 5 77% 15 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 6 66% 15 5 10 5 1 4 12 3 7
1982 25 DET AL 4 0 28% 123 9 7 56% 8 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 12 37% 16 9 6 1 1 0 10 4 4
1983 26 DET AL 8 0 34% 139 14 3 82% 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 52% 19 10 9 2 1 1 8 3 5
1984 27 DET AL 7 0 34% 216 29 9 76% 27 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 12 63% 31 15 15 5 1 4 18 3 15
1985 28 DET AL 8 0 31% 235 30 4 88% 26 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 51% 38 23 15 5 2 3 16 4 12
1986 29 DET AL 9 0 34% 202 34 6 85% 31 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 50% 32 22 10 6 2 4 22 5 16
1987 30 DET AL 8 0 38% 203 26 7 79% 20 7 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 18 40% 48 36 12 8 3 5 20 6 13
1988 31 LAD NL 6 0 38% 254 31 4 89% 24 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 6 20 51% 38 28 10 16 9 7 27 2 24
1989 32 LAD NL 3 0 32% 103 12 3 80% 11 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 55% 14 8 6 6 3 3 9 1 7
1990 33 LAD NL 1 0 44% 126 26 2 93% 18 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 47% 14 10 4 4 2 2 16 6 10
1991 34 KCR AL 2 0 39% 190 18 4 82% 14 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 14 48% 26 15 11 9 5 4 17 7 10
1992 35 PIT NL 2 0 33% 25 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1993 36 DET AL 3 0 35% 152 15 6 71% 11 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 14 47% 22 14 8 8 5 3 17 6 11
1994 37 DET AL 4 0 43% 138 4 5 44% 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 13 50% 19 12 7 5 3 2 10 2 8
1995 38 DET AL 2 0 33% 124 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 49% 18 14 4 5 3 2 10 0 10
17 Seasons 71 0 35% 2411 284 78 78% 238 62 46 14 0 2 19 6 62 186 50% 363 227 132 86 41 45 218 53 157
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1979 22 DET AL 39 87% 9 2 0 0 0 1.89 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 2 67% 25 3 12% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1980 23 DET AL 189 67% 46 6 2 0 1 0.60 9 0 5 7 2 3 6 0 5 1 20% 36 0 0% 16 4 25% 117 9 8% 9 5 56% 9 2 22% 0
1981 24 DET AL 313 58% 95 8 1 0 2 2.61 9 0 10 5 4 4 5 0 2 1 50% 68 9 13% 24 7 29% 206 31 15% 11 6 55% 14 6 43% 0
1982 25 DET AL 294 64% 74 1 0 0 0 4.61 8 0 4 6 2 4 4 0 2 1 50% 62 2 3% 27 9 33% 165 31 19% 19 7 37% 20 9 45% 0
1983 26 DET AL 467 90% 91 13 3 0 3 2.23 15 0 9 14 1 5 10 1 7 5 71% 83 2 2% 49 14 29% 284 39 14% 35 18 51% 37 9 24% 0
1984 27 DET AL 611 69% 150 9 1 0 1 1.21 27 0 10 18 9 11 16 0 3 3 100% 133 4 3% 60 24 40% 408 65 16% 37 18 49% 41 17 41% 0
1985 28 DET AL 670 71% 167 3 2 0 1 3.30 29 0 13 22 7 18 11 1 5 3 60% 140 5 4% 47 14 30% 410 71 17% 49 27 55% 45 17 38% 0
1986 29 DET AL 521 64% 118 2 1 0 0 2.52 28 0 16 21 7 15 13 0 1 1 100% 109 8 7% 39 12 31% 349 63 18% 40 18 45% 43 20 47% 0
1987 30 DET AL 568 63% 135 3 0 0 0 2.11 24 0 9 20 4 14 10 0 5 1 20% 128 5 4% 43 19 44% 359 58 16% 34 19 56% 48 21 44% 0
1988 31 LAD NL 632 64% 157 27 5 3 0 0 1 1.44 25 0 8 14 11 14 11 0 6 3 50% 110 8 7% 52 16 31% 346 52 15% 42 18 43% 47 20 43% 0
1989 32 LAD NL 292 62% 54 6 2 2 1 0 0 1.03 9 0 4 5 4 4 5 1 0 0 62 5 8% 20 5 25% 181 23 13% 13 5 38% 22 7 32% 0
1990 33 LAD NL 359 67% 82 12 0 6 1 0 0 0.82 8 0 2 5 3 2 6 0 1 0 0% 80 4 5% 40 8 20% 211 31 15% 16 6 38% 21 8 38% 0
1991 34 KCR AL 540 71% 109 28 1 9 2 0 1 1.32 16 1 10 14 2 4 12 0 2 1 50% 83 9 11% 49 14 29% 285 40 14% 25 12 48% 42 16 38% 0
1992 35 PIT NL 60 88% 11 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.30 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 0 0 22 3 14% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1993 36 DET AL 454 91% 105 11 2 11 2 0 2 1.96 13 1 24 13 0 5 8 0 2 0 0% 97 2 2% 40 12 30% 342 50 15% 29 19 66% 15 7 47% 0
1994 37 DET AL 382 89% 91 8 0 7 2 2 3 3.25 23 1 9 20 3 9 14 0 2 2 100% 87 2 2% 44 14 32% 249 49 20% 23 15 65% 17 11 65% 0
1995 38 DET AL 265 86% 59 7 0 6 3 1 4 2.35 9 0 9 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 47 6 13% 21 4 19% 178 27 15% 13 8 62% 13 4 31% 0
17 Seasons 6656 72% 1553 100 10 94 21 3 19 1.88 255 4 144 194 61 119 136 3 44 23 52% 1340 72 5% 574 178 31% 4137 645 16% 400 204 51% 436 175 40% 0
MLB Averages
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*

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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 31 LAD NL 618 2385 3.86 1441 60% 21% 19% 30% 29% 79% 5% 48% 75% 32% 5% 33 2 16% 97 45 9% 57 31 18% 14 1 0
1989 32 LAD NL 282 1100 3.90 652 59% 24% 17% 29% 30% 76% 4% 45% 77% 29% 8% 22 3 20% 57 21 10% 29 15 22% 10 0 3
1990 33 LAD NL 251 903 3.60 565 63% 21% 22% 25% 31% 79% 0% 49% 72% 35% 4% 11 0 14% 36 17 9% 22 13 21% 108 0 2
1991 34 KCR AL 540 2205 4.08 1273 58% 24% 18% 29% 28% 76% 1% 44% 77% 25% 7% 36 4 21% 111 53 10% 53 31 30% 0 0 0
1992 35 PIT NL 60 235 3.92 145 62% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 0% 47% 76% 25% 5% 3 1 15% 9 4 12% 7 4 25% 0 0 0
1993 36 DET AL 445 1736 3.90 1001 58% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 1% 43% 78% 24% 7% 33 5 21% 95 44 9% 40 21 22% 9 0 0
1994 37 DET AL 378 1481 3.92 883 60% 28% 19% 23% 30% 72% 2% 43% 74% 21% 7% 26 4 20% 77 31 12% 46 29 15% 4 0 0
1995 38 DET AL 260 1042 4.01 599 57% 33% 19% 20% 28% 67% 2% 38% 72% 17% 8% 21 0 21% 55 15 13% 33 19 22% 5 0 0
8 Seasons 2834 11087 3.91 6559 59% 25% 18% 27% 30% 75% 2% 45% 75% 26% 7% 185 19 19% 537 230 10% 287 163 22% 150 1 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1979 22 12 39 38 3 9 3 0 1 4 3 3 1 3 .237 .256 .395 .651 71 15 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 63 228 213 26 55 5 1 10 20 7 10 11 48 .258 .295 .432 .727 95 92 0 1 1 2 0
1981 24 146 541 503 67 150 16 4 19 60 24 15 29 112 .298 .338 .459 .797 120 231 9 3 2 4 1
1982 25 215 835 769 101 224 32 6 27 95 33 22 54 153 .291 .339 .454 .793 118 349 11 4 3 5 3
1983 26 343 1302 1170 161 315 44 15 42 146 47 25 107 249 .269 .332 .440 .772 113 515 13 8 8 9 6
1984 27 492 1913 1701 253 465 67 25 69 237 76 34 170 352 .273 .342 .464 .806 122 789 17 16 11 15 12
1985 28 646 2583 2282 349 632 104 30 98 334 106 38 241 489 .277 .348 .478 .826 126 1090 22 21 14 25 28
1986 29 765 3104 2723 433 750 115 32 126 420 140 44 309 596 .275 .352 .480 .832 128 1307 30 28 15 29 32
1987 30 893 3672 3210 528 885 140 35 150 499 166 51 380 713 .276 .355 .481 .836 128 1545 35 33 16 33 40
1988 31 1043 4304 3752 634 1042 168 36 175 575 197 55 453 833 .278 .358 .482 .840 131 1807 43 40 19 40 54
1989 32 1114 4596 4005 669 1096 176 38 184 603 209 58 488 888 .274 .355 .474 .830 129 1900 48 42 19 42 59
1990 33 1203 4955 4320 728 1178 196 38 192 641 235 60 527 953 .273 .355 .469 .824 127 2026 52 45 19 44 59
1991 34 1335 5495 4782 809 1287 213 44 208 696 253 64 596 1056 .269 .353 .463 .816 125 2212 61 51 20 46 62
1992 35 1351 5555 4838 815 1298 213 44 210 701 256 65 599 1068 .268 .352 .461 .813 124 2229 62 51 21 46 62
1993 36 1467 6009 5241 877 1403 231 50 223 763 271 71 643 1155 .268 .351 .459 .809 123 2403 64 55 21 49 66
1994 37 1565 6391 5571 948 1494 248 52 246 835 275 76 685 1224 .268 .351 .464 .815 123 2584 66 58 23 54 69
1995 38 1635 6656 5798 985 1553 260 54 255 870 284 78 718 1285 .268 .352 .463 .815 123 2686 72 61 23 56 72

Neutralized Batting

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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
1979 22 12 38 37 3 8 3 0 1 4 3 1 3 .216 .237 .378 .615 3 12
1980 23 51 188 175 24 46 2 1 9 17 4 10 45 .263 .303 .440 .743 23 51
1981 24 126 481 446 69 151 17 5 14 67 27 29 97 .339 .380 .493 .874 83 83
1982 25 69 296 268 35 76 16 2 8 37 9 26 41 .284 .348 .448 .796 42 69
1983 26 128 479 412 65 102 13 10 17 56 16 59 96 .248 .344 .451 .796 64 128
1984 27 149 627 544 98 163 25 11 29 97 32 68 103 .300 .383 .546 .929 113 149
1985 28 154 683 592 99 178 39 5 31 100 32 76 137 .301 .379 .541 .920 122 154
1986 29 119 537 451 86 128 12 2 30 88 37 74 107 .284 .391 .519 .910 90 119
1987 30 128 578 494 95 142 26 3 25 79 27 75 117 .287 .384 .504 .888 95 128
1988 31 150 667 567 123 182 32 1 29 88 36 85 120 .321 .412 .534 .947 124 150
1989 32 71 304 260 40 61 9 2 10 32 14 40 55 .235 .339 .400 .739 35 71
1990 33 89 375 326 63 93 23 0 9 40 29 44 65 .285 .373 .439 .812 53 89
1991 34 132 556 472 85 119 19 7 17 58 20 75 103 .252 .362 .430 .792 72 132
1992 35 16 60 57 8 12 0 0 2 6 3 3 12 .211 .250 .316 .566 5 16
1993 36 116 461 408 63 110 19 6 14 63 16 46 87 .270 .347 .449 .796 63 116
1994 37 139 532 464 91 124 23 3 31 92 5 57 98 .267 .348 .530 .878 85 98
1995 38 79 297 255 39 66 13 2 10 37 10 37 69 .259 .357 .443 .800 40 70
17 Seasons 1728 7159 6228 1086 1761 291 60 286 961 320 805 1355 .283 .368 .487 .854 1112 1635
162 Game Avg. 162 671 584 102 165 27 6 27 90 30 75 127 .283 .368 .487 .854 104 1635
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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 AL ALCS MVP
1988 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (12, 10%)
1984 AL (6, 24%)
1985 AL (18, 2%)
1988 NL (1, 81%)
1 MVP
1.17 Career Shares (203rd)

Silver Sluggers
1988 NL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1981 AL  .328 (3rd)**

On-Base% s c a p y
1988 NL  .377 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 AL  .516 (6th)
1985 AL  .518 (6th)
1986 AL  .492 (9th)
1988 NL  .483 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 AL  .879 (10th)
1985 AL  .882 (7th)
1986 AL  .863 (9th)
1988 NL  .860 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1988 NL  106 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1985 AL  301 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1985 AL  37 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (2nd)
1984 AL  10 (3rd)
1993 AL  6 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  29 (9th)
1988 NL  25 (7th)
1994 AL  23 (10th)
Career  255 (182nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 AL  137 (4th)
1988 NL  120 (9th)
Career  1285 (107th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 AL  17 (8th)
1984 AL  29 (8th)
1985 AL  30 (8th)
1986 AL  34 (4th)
Career  284 (174th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 AL  141 (10th)
1985 AL  139 (7th)
1986 AL  133 (9th)
1988 NL  148 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1985 AL  118 (6th)
1988 NL  107 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  33 (6th)
1988 NL  36 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1985 AL  3.2 (6th)
1988 NL  3.8 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  71 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1988 NL  237 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 AL  .693 (9th)
1985 AL  .697 (6th)
1986 AL  .670 (6th)
1988 NL  .741 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1986 AL  7 (9th)
1988 NL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1985 AL  10 (4th)
Career  56 (236th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  16 (2nd)
1987 AL  8 (10th)
1988 NL  14 (7th)
Career  72 (204th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  78 (219th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 AL  11.8 (4th)
1983 AL  14.5 (10th)
1984 AL  28.0 (1st)
1985 AL  29.5 (2nd)
1986 AL  30.7 (2nd)
1987 AL  25.0 (4th)
1988 NL  27.7 (3rd)
Career  268.7 (36th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1986 AL  15.8 (3rd)
1988 NL  21.7 (8th)
1994 AL  14.3 (6th)
Career  22.7 (202nd)

Salary s c a p y
1988 NL  $1,833,333 (9th)

                                         
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 44 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (904), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Bill Nicholson (926)
  3. Eric Davis (926)
  4. Raul Mondesi (926)
  5. Ben Oglivie (914)
  6. Larry Doby (910) *
  7. Bobby Thomson (907)
  8. Rick Monday (904)
  9. Cliff Floyd (901)
  10. Torii Hunter (900)
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