Rod Gilbreath
Rodney Joe Gilbreath
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1952 in Laurel, MS
High School: Watkins (Laurel, MS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1972
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1972 19 ATL NL 18 41 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 .237 .293 .263 .556 54 10 1 1 0 0 0 /45
1973 20 ATL NL 29 82 74 10 21 2 1 0 2 2 1 6 10 .284 .341 .338 .679 84 25 2 1 0 1 1 5
1974 21 ATL NL 3 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 134 2 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1975 22 ATL NL 90 237 202 24 49 3 1 2 16 5 5 24 26 .243 .323 .297 .620 71 60 2 1 8 2 0 45/6
1976 23 ATL NL 116 452 383 57 96 11 8 1 32 7 7 42 36 .251 .329 .329 .658 83 126 9 4 20 3 1 4/56
1977 24 ATL NL 128 463 407 47 99 15 2 8 43 3 9 45 79 .243 .320 .349 .669 72 142 10 2 7 2 6 *4/5
1978 25 ATL NL 116 356 326 22 80 13 3 3 31 7 6 26 51 .245 .300 .331 .632 69 108 6 0 3 1 3 54
7 Seasons 500 1640 1436 164 356 45 15 14 125 25 29 147 212 .248 .320 .329 .649 75 473 30 9 39 9 11
162 Game Avg. 162 531 465 53 115 15 5 5 41 8 9 48 69 .248 .320 .329 .649 75 153 10 3 13 3 4

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
1972 19 ATL NL 41 31 3 2.6 99 .321 .237 .266 .293 .336 .263 .394 .556 .730 54 .309 -2.4 -0.2 .419 .079 .026 .0
1973 20 ATL NL 82 57 9 4.3 103 .323 .284 .272 .341 .342 .338 .404 .679 .746 84 .497 -1.6 -0.2 .589 .149 .054 .0
1974 21 ATL NL 9 5 1 5.4 98 .333 .333 .267 .500 .340 .333 .386 .833 .725 134 .607 0.5 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1975 22 ATL NL 237 170 21 3.3 99 .267 .243 .269 .323 .340 .297 .388 .620 .729 71 .383 -7.7 -0.8 .531 .173 .054 2.9
1976 23 ATL NL 452 326 43 3.6 97 .272 .251 .269 .329 .337 .329 .384 .658 .721 83 .436 -8.7 -0.9 .568 .188 .078 1.8
1977 24 ATL NL 463 336 44 3.5 113 .283 .243 .283 .320 .352 .349 .431 .669 .783 72 .380 -17.5 -1.7 .560 .201 .106 4.4
1978 25 ATL NL 356 262 32 3.3 104 .282 .245 .275 .300 .345 .331 .405 .632 .750 69 .390 -15.1 -1.6 .523 .169 .086 4.2
7 Seasons 1640 1187 153 3.5 104 .281 .248 .275 .320 .344 .329 .404 .649 .748 75 .402 -52.6 -5.4 .549 .181 .081 17.9
162 Game Avg. 531 385 50 3.5 104 .281 .248 .275 .320 .344 .329 .404 .649 .748 75 .402 -52.6 -5.4 .549 .181 .081 6

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
1972 19 ATL NL 41 0.0% 24.4% 4.9% 2.4% 11% 5.00 3.8 38.0 0.90 68%
1973 20 ATL NL 82 0.0% 12.2% 7.3% 3.7% 14% 1.67 7.4 37.0 1.20 79%
1974 21 ATL NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.67 67%
1975 22 ATL NL 237 0.8% 11.0% 10.1% 2.5% 12% 1.08 7.8 101.0 12.6 1.58 74%
1976 23 ATL NL 452 0.2% 8.0% 9.3% 4.4% 21% 0.86 10.6 383.0 12.0 1.33 77%
1977 24 ATL NL 463 1.7% 17.1% 9.7% 5.4% 25% 1.76 5.2 50.9 9.5 1.46 70%
1978 25 ATL NL 356 0.8% 14.3% 7.3% 5.3% 24% 1.96 6.4 108.7 10.5 0.99 77%
7 Seasons 1640 0.9% 12.9% 9.0% 4.5% 21% 1.44 6.8 102.6 11.5 1.29 74%
MLB Averages

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
1972 19 ATL NL 0 0 17% 16 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1973 20 ATL NL 3 0 36% 40 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 57% 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 3
1974 21 ATL NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 ATL NL 6 0 31% 107 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 57% 11 6 5 1 0 1 9 3 6
1976 23 ATL NL 9 0 40% 182 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 57% 32 19 13 8 2 6 18 4 14
1977 24 ATL NL 6 0 28% 164 3 9 25% 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 36% 29 21 8 2 1 1 14 6 7
1978 25 ATL NL 2 0 18% 130 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 5 36% 18 12 5 2 1 0 13 4 7
7 Seasons 26 0 30% 645 25 29 46% 24 28 0 1 0 0 9 2 19 41 46% 95 63 31 15 5 9 61 20 38
MLB Averages

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
1972 19 ATL NL 39 33% 9 2 0 0 0 1.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0 0% 25 1 4% 0 0 1 0 0% 2
1973 20 ATL NL 82 57% 21 4 1 0 0 2.30 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 15% 5 2 40% 41 2 5% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1974 21 ATL NL 9 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 ATL NL 237 39% 49 25 10 1 2 1.37 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 10 8 80% 50 2 4% 29 13 45% 133 14 11% 12 7 58% 8 6 75% 0
1976 23 ATL NL 452 32% 96 5 0 0 0 1.11 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 21 20 95% 104 9 9% 65 37 57% 281 32 11% 22 12 55% 32 9 28% 0
1977 24 ATL NL 463 34% 99 5 0 0 0 1.27 8 1 8 4 4 6 2 0 7 7 100% 93 10 11% 41 14 34% 285 36 13% 32 13 41% 31 10 32% 0
1978 25 ATL NL 356 32% 80 11 1 0 0 1.76 3 1 11 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 100% 58 6 10% 29 7 24% 206 29 14% 17 8 47% 14 4 29% 0
7 Seasons 1638 35% 356 52 12 1 2 1.50 14 2 36 5 9 7 7 0 42 39 93% 329 30 9% 172 74 43% 973 114 12% 84 41 49% 87 29 33% 2
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
1972 19 18 41 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 .237 .293 .263 .556 54 10 1 1 0 0 0
1973 20 47 123 112 12 30 3 1 0 3 3 2 8 20 .268 .325 .313 .638 74 35 3 2 0 1 1
1974 21 50 132 118 14 32 3 1 0 3 3 2 10 20 .271 .336 .314 .649 77 37 3 2 1 1 1
1975 22 140 369 320 38 81 6 2 2 19 8 7 34 46 .253 .328 .303 .631 74 97 5 3 9 3 1
1976 23 256 821 703 95 177 17 10 3 51 15 14 76 82 .252 .328 .317 .645 79 223 14 7 29 6 2
1977 24 384 1284 1110 142 276 32 12 11 94 18 23 121 161 .249 .325 .329 .654 76 365 24 9 36 8 8
1978 25 500 1640 1436 164 356 45 15 14 125 25 29 147 212 .248 .320 .329 .649 75 473 30 9 39 9 11

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
1972 19 19 43 40 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 10 .250 .302 .275 .577 3 18
1973 20 29 81 73 9 20 2 1 0 2 2 6 10 .274 .333 .329 .662 8 29
1974 21 3 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 3
1975 22 90 235 206 25 53 3 1 2 17 5 26 26 .257 .340 .311 .651 22 90
1976 23 116 441 389 60 102 12 8 1 34 7 45 36 .262 .342 .342 .684 45 116
1977 24 128 444 399 42 91 14 2 7 38 3 41 79 .228 .302 .326 .628 39 128
1978 25 116 350 324 22 78 13 3 3 30 7 25 51 .241 .294 .327 .621 31 116
7 Seasons 501 1602 1437 161 356 45 15 13 122 25 147 212 .248 .320 .327 .647 149 500
162 Game Avg. 162 518 465 52 115 15 5 4 39 8 48 69 .248 .320 .327 .647 48 500

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL--8--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 NL--20--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1972 NL--born 1952-09-24--2nd
1973 NL--born 1952-09-24--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Gil Hatfield (959)
  6. Steve Dillard (958)
  7. Enrique Wilson (958)
  8. Marv Breeding (957)
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  10. Rusty Peters (957)
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