Rusty Greer
Thurman Clyde (III) Greer (The Red Baron)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 21, 1969 in Fort Rucker, AL
High School: Albertville (Albertville, AL)
School: University of Montevallo
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1994
Final Game: July 11, 2002
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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
1994 25 TEX AL 80 331 277 36 87 16 1 10 46 0 0 46 46 .314 .410 .487 .898 131 135 3 2 2 4 2 987/3 RoY-3
1995 26 TEX AL 131 478 417 58 113 21 2 13 61 3 1 55 66 .271 .355 .424 .780 100 177 9 1 2 3 1 *97/83
1996 27 TEX AL 139 617 542 96 180 41 6 18 100 9 0 62 86 .332 .397 .530 .927 128 287 9 3 0 10 4 *7/38D
1997 28 TEX AL 157 690 601 112 193 42 3 26 87 9 5 83 87 .321 .405 .531 .936 138 319 11 3 1 2 4 *78/D9 MVP-22
1998 29 TEX AL 155 691 598 107 183 31 5 16 108 2 4 80 93 .306 .386 .455 .841 115 272 18 4 0 9 1 *7/8
1999 30 TEX AL 147 662 556 107 167 41 3 20 101 2 2 96 67 .300 .405 .493 .898 124 274 17 5 0 5 2 *7/D
2000 31 TEX AL 105 453 394 65 117 34 3 8 65 4 1 51 61 .297 .377 .459 .837 110 181 14 3 0 5 1 7/D
2001 32 TEX AL 62 279 245 38 67 23 0 7 29 1 2 27 32 .273 .342 .453 .795 104 111 5 1 1 5 1 7/D
2002 33 TEX AL 51 219 199 24 59 9 2 1 17 1 0 19 17 .296 .356 .377 .733 91 75 5 0 0 1 0 D7/93
9 Seasons 1027 4420 3829 643 1166 258 25 119 614 31 15 519 555 .305 .387 .478 .865 119 1831 91 22 6 44 16
162 Game Avg. 162 697 604 101 184 41 4 19 97 5 2 82 88 .305 .387 .478 .865 119 289 14 3 1 7 3

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
1994 25 TEX AL 331 199 60 8.1 111 .342 .314 .273 .410 .345 .487 .434 .898 .779 131 .680 15.3 1.4 .948 .339 .173 .0
1995 26 TEX AL 478 319 65 5.4 112 .293 .271 .274 .355 .348 .424 .433 .780 .781 100 .519 0.2 0.0 .748 .290 .153 4.9
1996 27 TEX AL 617 381 120 8.4 120 .362 .332 .283 .397 .357 .530 .455 .927 .812 128 .680 25.0 2.2 .973 .328 .197 12.0
1997 28 TEX AL 690 427 132 8.3 113 .341 .321 .277 .405 .347 .531 .438 .936 .786 138 .703 35.5 3.3 .965 .354 .210 13.4
1998 29 TEX AL 691 446 106 6.4 113 .335 .306 .276 .386 .346 .455 .440 .841 .786 115 .590 16.1 1.5 .810 .279 .149 3.6
1999 30 TEX AL 662 413 114 7.3 118 .310 .300 .281 .405 .354 .493 .450 .898 .804 124 .638 24.0 2.2 .919 .365 .192 3.6
2000 31 TEX AL 453 297 69 6.2 117 .330 .297 .279 .377 .352 .459 .448 .837 .800 110 .553 7.8 0.7 .815 .299 .162 5.3
2001 32 TEX AL 279 191 38 5.3 110 .284 .273 .272 .342 .339 .453 .436 .795 .776 104 .523 2.6 0.2 .746 .286 .180 1.8
2002 33 TEX AL 219 146 27 4.9 110 .319 .296 .271 .356 .339 .377 .436 .733 .776 91 .500 -2.5 -0.2 .655 .181 .080 1.0
9 Seasons 4420 2819 731 6.9 115 .327 .305 .277 .387 .349 .478 .442 .865 .791 119 .620 124.1 11.3 .862 .313 .174 49.2
162 Game Avg. 697 445 115 6.9 115 .327 .305 .277 .387 .349 .478 .442 .865 .791 119 .620 20 2 .862 .313 .174 8

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
1996 27 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 4 19 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .125 .263 .125 .388 2 1 0 0 0 0
1998 29 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .333 .111 .444 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 10 43 36 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 .111 .256 .111 .367 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 10 43 36 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 .111 .256 .111 .367 4 1 0 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
1994 25 TEX AL 331 3.0% 13.9% 13.9% 8.2% 31% 1.00 6.0 27.7 6.0 0.68 0.74 68% 21% 8.5% 15%
1995 26 TEX AL 478 2.7% 13.8% 11.5% 7.5% 32% 1.20 6.3 32.1 6.8 0.65 0.81 71% 22% 7.3% 17%
1996 27 TEX AL 617 2.9% 13.9% 10.1% 10.5% 36% 1.39 6.3 30.1 5.4 0.64 0.78 73% 31% 7.1% 11%
1997 28 TEX AL 690 3.8% 12.6% 12.0% 10.3% 37% 1.05 6.9 23.1 6.9 0.65 0.96 71% 30% 9.1% 8%
1998 29 TEX AL 691 2.3% 13.5% 11.6% 7.5% 28% 1.16 6.4 37.4 5.5 0.74 1.07 72% 25% 6.0% 10%
1999 30 TEX AL 662 3.0% 10.1% 14.5% 9.7% 38% 0.70 8.3 27.8 5.5 0.82 1.27 72% 22% 8.1% 8%
2000 31 TEX AL 453 1.8% 13.5% 11.3% 9.9% 39% 1.20 6.5 49.3 6.1 0.79 1.34 73% 30% 4.5% 4%
2001 32 TEX AL 279 2.5% 11.5% 9.7% 10.8% 45% 1.19 7.7 35.0 8.4 0.77 1.13 76% 29% 6.5% 9%
2002 33 TEX AL 219 0.5% 7.8% 8.7% 5.5% 20% 0.89 11.7 199.0 11.7 0.86 1.11 83% 27% 1.1% 6%
9 Seasons 4420 2.7% 12.6% 11.7% 9.1% 35% 1.07 6.9 32.2 6.2 0.72 1.01 72% 27% 6.9% 10%
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
1994 25 TEX AL 1 0 21% 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 47% 17 10 5 5 2 3 8 1 6
1995 26 TEX AL 6 0 29% 186 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 46% 29 19 10 5 3 2 12 2 9
1996 27 TEX AL 10 0 34% 273 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 46% 38 26 12 16 9 7 25 7 17
1997 28 TEX AL 4 0 34% 313 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 24 46% 47 33 14 11 4 7 22 6 16
1998 29 TEX AL 9 0 36% 282 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 46% 50 32 18 20 8 11 14 3 10
1999 30 TEX AL 12 0 35% 308 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 42% 61 43 18 7 6 1 27 6 21
2000 31 TEX AL 11 0 35% 223 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 52% 28 16 12 11 5 6 17 5 11
2001 32 TEX AL 2 0 35% 116 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 45% 16 11 5 5 2 3 8 3 5
2002 33 TEX AL 1 0 30% 106 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 20% 9 9 0 6 4 2 5 2 2
9 Seasons 56 0 33% 1956 31 15 67% 29 15 2 0 0 0 6 2 35 135 45% 295 199 94 86 43 42 138 35 97
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
1994 25 TEX AL 331 76% 87 9 1 2 0 0 0 0.88 10 0 8 7 3 3 7 1 5 2 40% 73 3 4% 40 12 30% 232 37 16% 23 13 57% 19 5 26% 0
1995 26 TEX AL 478 82% 113 10 0 14 6 2 4 1.85 13 1 16 11 2 7 6 0 3 2 67% 87 9 10% 46 13 28% 340 53 16% 29 11 38% 37 15 41% 0
1996 27 TEX AL 617 68% 180 12 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 17 12 6 9 9 0 0 0 142 9 6% 44 18 41% 446 86 19% 40 27 68% 51 25 49% 0
1997 28 TEX AL 690 70% 193 9 0 3 1 1 1 0.81 26 1 13 19 7 18 8 0 1 1 100% 140 11 8% 67 23 34% 448 65 15% 43 16 37% 70 28 40% 0
1998 29 TEX AL 691 71% 183 28 0 3 0 0 0 1.22 16 1 19 12 4 8 8 0 0 0 179 18 10% 73 26 36% 505 97 19% 60 33 55% 53 25 47% 0
1999 30 TEX AL 662 77% 167 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.63 20 1 9 17 3 10 10 0 0 0 141 17 12% 55 25 45% 435 85 20% 42 27 64% 70 29 41% 0
2000 31 TEX AL 453 75% 117 10 0 6 2 0 1 2.67 8 0 10 7 1 3 5 0 0 0 85 14 16% 39 17 44% 284 58 20% 24 19 79% 32 22 69% 0
2001 32 TEX AL 279 76% 67 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.21 7 0 3 6 1 2 5 0 1 1 100% 37 5 14% 23 10 43% 143 22 15% 11 10 91% 18 10 56% 0
2002 33 TEX AL 219 72% 59 5 0 2 2 0 1 2.49 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 50 5 10% 17 6 35% 124 16 13% 6 4 67% 14 8 57% 0
9 Seasons 4420 74% 1166 92 1 31 11 3 7 1.77 119 6 98 92 27 61 58 1 10 6 60% 934 91 10% 404 150 37% 2957 519 18% 278 160 58% 364 167 46% 0
MLB Averages

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
1994 25 TEX AL 327 1274 3.90 718 56% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 1% 42% 81% 24% 9% 29 1 22% 73 31 14% 46 28 28% 4 0 0
1995 26 TEX AL 422 1662 3.94 953 57% 27% 12% 27% 33% 73% 1% 42% 83% 20% 9% 37 7 23% 96 39 14% 60 36 26% 56 0 0
1996 27 TEX AL 592 2285 3.86 1336 58% 26% 12% 28% 33% 74% 1% 43% 84% 23% 7% 44 2 21% 122 60 11% 65 41 25% 25 0 0
1997 28 TEX AL 687 2728 3.97 1567 57% 29% 10% 28% 33% 71% 1% 41% 86% 26% 6% 41 2 18% 123 53 11% 79 49 40% 3 0 0
1998 29 TEX AL 691 2817 4.08 1657 59% 28% 13% 29% 31% 72% 0% 43% 83% 21% 7% 45 0 18% 124 46 11% 75 45 28% 0 0 0
1999 30 TEX AL 662 2735 4.13 1516 55% 29% 10% 28% 33% 71% 0% 39% 86% 18% 8% 50 2 25% 167 82 17% 112 64 27% 0 0 0
2000 31 TEX AL 453 1828 4.04 1039 57% 32% 11% 25% 33% 68% 1% 39% 84% 18% 6% 29 1 19% 88 37 14% 64 36 26% 0 0 0
2001 32 TEX AL 279 1149 4.12 695 60% 34% 8% 26% 32% 66% 1% 40% 87% 22% 5% 13 0 16% 46 13 12% 34 18 28% 0 0 0
2002 33 TEX AL 219 867 3.96 525 61% 33% 6% 26% 35% 67% 0% 40% 91% 14% 7% 15 0 18% 39 15 8% 17 11 53% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4332 17345 4.00 10006 58% 29% 11% 28% 33% 71% 1% 41% 85% 21% 7% 303 15 20% 878 376 13% 552 328 30% 88 0 0
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
1994 25 80 331 277 36 87 16 1 10 46 0 0 46 46 .314 .410 .487 .898 131 135 3 2 2 4 2
1995 26 211 809 694 94 200 37 3 23 107 3 1 101 112 .288 .378 .450 .827 113 312 12 3 4 7 3
1996 27 350 1426 1236 190 380 78 9 41 207 12 1 163 198 .307 .386 .485 .871 119 599 21 6 4 17 7
1997 28 507 2116 1837 302 573 120 12 67 294 21 6 246 285 .312 .392 .500 .892 125 918 32 9 5 19 11
1998 29 662 2807 2435 409 756 151 17 83 402 23 10 326 378 .310 .391 .489 .879 123 1190 50 13 5 28 12
1999 30 809 3469 2991 516 923 192 20 103 503 25 12 422 445 .309 .393 .489 .883 123 1464 67 18 5 33 14
2000 31 914 3922 3385 581 1040 226 23 111 568 29 13 473 506 .307 .392 .486 .878 121 1645 81 21 5 38 15
2001 32 976 4201 3630 619 1107 249 23 118 597 30 15 500 538 .305 .388 .484 .872 120 1756 86 22 6 43 16
2002 33 1027 4420 3829 643 1166 258 25 119 614 31 15 519 555 .305 .387 .478 .865 119 1831 91 22 6 44 16

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
1994 25 114 464 391 46 121 22 1 14 59 0 64 65 .309 .405 .478 .883 77 80
1995 26 147 527 464 59 122 23 2 14 62 3 59 74 .263 .345 .412 .757 66 131
1996 27 139 597 527 80 165 38 6 16 84 8 57 86 .313 .377 .499 .876 100 139
1997 28 157 678 593 102 185 40 3 25 79 9 80 87 .312 .395 .516 .911 120 157
1998 29 155 677 588 97 173 29 5 15 98 2 76 93 .294 .374 .437 .811 96 155
1999 30 147 645 545 93 156 38 3 19 88 2 90 67 .286 .389 .472 .861 99 147
2000 31 105 440 385 57 108 31 3 7 57 4 47 61 .281 .359 .431 .790 60 105
2001 32 62 274 242 36 64 22 0 7 27 1 26 32 .264 .332 .442 .774 36 62
2002 33 51 216 197 22 57 9 2 1 16 1 18 17 .289 .347 .371 .718 25 51
9 Seasons 1077 4518 3932 592 1151 252 25 118 570 30 517 582 .293 .374 .460 .834 679 1027
162 Game Avg. 162 680 591 89 173 38 4 18 86 5 78 88 .293 .374 .460 .834 102 1027

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1997-AL-22-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1996 AL--.332--5th
1997 AL--.321--7th
Career--.305--151st

On-Base% s c a p y
1997 AL--.405--8th
Career--.387--120th

Slugging % s c a p y
Career--.478--185th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1997 AL--.936--10th
Career--.865--119th

Games Played s c a p y
1997 AL--157--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1997 AL--112--5th

Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--193--2nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1997 AL--319--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1996 AL--41--8th
1997 AL--42--5th
1999 AL--41--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 AL--96--9th

Singles s c a p y
1997 AL--122--9th
1998 AL--131--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1997 AL--132--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1997 AL--36--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1997 AL--3.3--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--71--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1997 AL--279--3rd
1998 AL--267--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1997 AL--.703--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1996 AL--10--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 AL--18--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (461), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (321), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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