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Greg Gross

Gregory Eugene Gross

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 1, 1952 in York, PA
High School: Redland HS (Etters, PA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1973
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros/Cubs 1973-1989

Final Game: September 27, 1989
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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
1970	17	HOU-min	Rk	54	211	211		74	8	3	2						.351	.351	.445	.796		94							CVN · APPY
1971	18	HOU-min	AA	132	541	494	57	144	14	4	2	33	7	8	39	53	.291	.344	.348	.692		172		1	6	1			CBS · SOUL
1972	19	HOU-min	AA,AAA	129	546	476	70	138	18	2	0	33	6	2	64	42	.290	.375	.336	.711		160		2	2	2			CBS,OKC · SOUL,AA
1973	20	HOU-min	AAA	131	528	528		174	25	6	0						.330	.330	.400	.729		211							DEN · AA
1973	20	HOU	NL	14	43	39	5	9	2	1	0	1	2	1	4	4	.231	.302	.333	.636	77	13	2	0	0	0	0	/798
1974	21	HOU	NL	156	676	589	78	185	21	8	0	36	12	20	76	39	.314	.393	.377	.770	122	222	13	1	9	1	4	*97	RoY-2
1975	22	HOU	NL	132	558	483	67	142	14	10	0	41	2	2	63	37	.294	.373	.364	.738	113	176	11	0	9	3	1	*79
1976	23	HOU	NL	128	501	426	52	122	12	3	0	27	2	6	64	39	.286	.375	.329	.704	110	140	8	0	5	6	3	*9
1977	24	CHC	NL	115	280	239	43	77	10	4	5	32	0	1	33	19	.322	.397	.460	.857	120	110	6	0	3	5	4	78/9
1978	25	CHC	NL	124	390	347	34	92	12	7	1	39	3	1	33	19	.265	.323	.349	.672	80	121	6	0	3	7	5	*879
1979	26	PHI	NL	111	206	174	21	58	6	3	0	15	5	2	29	5	.333	.422	.402	.825	124	70	3	0	0	3	4	789
1980	27	PHI	NL	127	182	154	19	37	7	2	0	12	1	1	24	7	.240	.346	.312	.658	82	48	4	1	3	0	1	798/3
1981	28	PHI	NL	83	119	102	14	23	6	1	0	7	2	2	15	5	.225	.319	.304	.623	75	31	4	0	0	2	4	97/8
1982	29	PHI	NL	119	155	134	14	40	4	0	0	10	4	3	19	8	.299	.386	.328	.714	100	44	6	0	2	0	3	798
1983	30	PHI	NL	136	284	245	25	74	12	3	0	29	3	5	34	16	.302	.385	.376	.761	113	92	6	1	1	3	4	*789/3
1984	31	PHI	NL	112	229	202	19	65	9	1	0	16	1	0	24	11	.322	.393	.376	.769	116	76	4	1	0	2	3	739/8
1985	32	PHI	NL	93	205	169	21	44	5	2	0	14	1	0	32	9	.260	.374	.314	.688	93	53	5	0	2	2	1	7/93
1986	33	PHI	NL	87	125	101	11	25	5	0	0	8	1	0	21	11	.248	.379	.297	.676	87	30	4	1	1	1	7	7/9381
1987	34	PHI	NL	114	163	133	14	38	4	1	1	12	0	0	25	12	.286	.395	.353	.748	99	47	2	1	1	3	4	73/9
1988	35	PHI	NL	98	151	133	10	27	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	3	.203	.291	.211	.502	46	28	3	1	0	1	1	793
1989	36	HOU-min	AAA	21	78	72	7	18	0	1	0	5	0	1	6	8	.250	.308	.278	.585		20		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1989	36	HOU	NL	60	88	75	2	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	6	.200	.310	.200	.510	51	15	3	1	1	0	2	/9371
17 Yrs				1809	4355	3745	449	1073	130	46	7	308	39	44	523	250	.287	.372	.351	.723	103	1316	90	8	40	39	51
162 Game Avg.				162	390	335	40	96	12	4	1	28	3	4	47	22	.287	.372	.351	.723	103	118	8	1	4	3	5
				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
PHI (10 yrs)				1080	1819	1547	168	431	59	13	1	128	18	13	239	87	.279	.374	.335	.709	97	519	41	6	10	17	32
HOU (5 yrs)				490	1866	1612	204	473	49	22	0	109	18	29	218	125	.293	.376	.351	.727	112	566	37	2	24	10	10
CHC (2 yrs)				239	670	586	77	169	22	11	6	71	3	2	66	38	.288	.354	.394	.748	97	231	12	0	6	12	9

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
1973	20	HOU	NL	14	43	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/798
1974	21	HOU	NL	156	676	23	-3	-1	13	-10	23	2.6	20	43	4.5	.516	.516	3.0	0.5	30	$	*97	RoY-2
1975	22	HOU	NL	132	558	14	-1	-1	-5	-6	2	0.2	16	18	1.8	.502	.501	2.3	-1.2	23	$	*79
1976	23	HOU	NL	128	501	13	-3	1	7	-5	13	1.5	15	27	2.9	.511	.509	2.1	0.3	20	$	*9
1977	24	CHC	NL	115	280	8	-1	-0	-9	-3	-5	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.496	.497	1.2	-1.1	12	$	78/9
1978	25	CHC	NL	124	390	-8	1	0	-1	-3	-11	-1.2	12	0	-0.1	.490	.492	0.0	-0.4	2	$	*879
1979	26	PHI	NL	111	206	6	-1	0	3	-3	6	0.6	6	12	1.2	.505	.504	0.9	0.1	9	$	789
1980	27	PHI	NL	127	182	1	0	0	-1	-3	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.497	.498	0.3	-0.5	3	$250,000	798/3
1981	28	PHI	NL	83	119	-3	-1	-0	3	-2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.496	.498	-0.3	0.3	-3	$200,000	97/8
1982	29	PHI	NL	119	155	2	-1	-0	2	-2	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.501	.501	0.3	0.2	3	$225,000	798
1983	30	PHI	NL	136	284	5	-2	0	-6	-4	-7	-0.7	9	2	0.1	.495	.495	0.8	-1.1	8	$250,000	*789/3
1984	31	PHI	NL	112	229	3	1	0	4	-4	4	0.5	7	11	1.2	.504	.503	0.7	0.1	7	$225,000	739/8
1985	32	PHI	NL	93	205	-1	0	0	-5	-3	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.491	.495	0.3	-0.8	3	$350,000	7/93
1986	33	PHI	NL	87	125	-1	-1	-1	1	-1	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.495	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$375,000	7/9381
1987	34	PHI	NL	114	163	-1	-0	0	-3	-2	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.494	.495	0.1	-0.5	1	$420,000	73/9
1988	35	PHI	NL	98	151	-7	-0	1	-2	-3	-10	-1.2	5	-6	-0.7	.488	.492	-0.5	-0.5	-4	$320,000	793
1989	36	HOU	NL	60	88	-4	-1	-1	-0	-0	-6	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.488	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	/9371
17 Seasons				1809	4355	49	-14	-1	1	-53	-18	-1.5	130	112	11.2	.499	.499	10.6	-4.8	111	$2,615,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
PHI (10 yrs)				1080	1819	4	-6	1	-4	-26	-32	-3.3	56	24	2.3	.497	.498	2.5	-2.8	28	$2,615,000
HOU (5 yrs)				490	1866	45	-8	-2	15	-21	30	3.4	54	84	8.7	.507	.504	6.9	-0.5	69	$
CHC (2 yrs)				239	670	0	-1	-0	-10	-6	-16	-1.7	20	4	0.2	.493	.495	1.2	-1.5	14	$

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
1973	20	HOU	NL	43	33	4	3.3	96	.257	.231	.261	.302	.330	.333	.389	.636	.719	77	.378	-1.3	-0.1	.545	.231	.103	.0
1974	21	HOU	NL	676	447	86	5.2	90	.336	.314	.256	.393	.328	.377	.371	.770	.698	122	.589	19.7	2.0	.666	.178	.063	.0
1975	22	HOU	NL	558	366	69	5.1	89	.316	.294	.256	.373	.325	.364	.369	.738	.695	113	.574	10.8	1.1	.675	.201	.070	.0
1976	23	HOU	NL	501	329	56	4.6	84	.310	.286	.252	.375	.317	.329	.359	.704	.676	110	.553	9.8	1.0	.629	.183	.042	.0
1977	24	CHC	NL	280	177	45	6.9	112	.327	.322	.282	.397	.351	.460	.430	.857	.781	120	.673	8.2	0.8	.840	.272	.138	.0
1978	25	CHC	NL	390	272	41	4.0	104	.272	.265	.274	.323	.344	.349	.403	.672	.747	80	.484	-9.6	-1.0	.595	.184	.084	1.5
1979	26	PHI	NL	206	124	32	7.0	102	.337	.333	.272	.422	.338	.402	.404	.825	.743	124	.697	7.8	0.8	.843	.253	.069	.0
1980	27	PHI	NL	182	125	18	3.9	99	.252	.240	.272	.346	.336	.312	.396	.658	.731	82	.461	-3.1	-0.3	.598	.227	.071	.0
1981	28	PHI	NL	119	87	10	3.1	96	.232	.225	.268	.319	.334	.304	.384	.623	.719	75	.376	-2.9	-0.3	.541	.225	.078	.0
1982	29	PHI	NL	155	105	17	4.4	97	.317	.299	.269	.386	.332	.328	.391	.714	.723	100	.516	0.8	0.1	.621	.179	.030	.0
1983	30	PHI	NL	284	186	36	5.2	96	.319	.302	.262	.385	.330	.376	.388	.761	.719	113	.592	6.3	0.6	.687	.204	.073	.0
1984	31	PHI	NL	229	143	31	5.8	95	.337	.322	.266	.393	.331	.376	.386	.769	.717	116	.648	5.7	0.6	.723	.178	.054	.0
1985	32	PHI	NL	205	134	22	4.4	97	.272	.260	.263	.374	.332	.314	.393	.688	.724	93	.523	-0.0	0.0	.662	.249	.053	.0
1986	33	PHI	NL	125	82	12	4.0	100	.275	.248	.265	.379	.336	.297	.399	.676	.735	87	.460	-0.4	-0.0	.663	.267	.050	.0
1987	34	PHI	NL	163	101	21	5.6	108	.301	.286	.273	.395	.343	.353	.425	.748	.767	99	.573	1.3	0.1	.753	.256	.068	.0
1988	35	PHI	NL	151	110	9	2.2	90	.206	.203	.257	.291	.321	.211	.378	.502	.699	46	.252	-8.9	-1.0	.413	.128	.008
1989	36	HOU	NL	88	64	5	2.1	88	.217	.200	.250	.310	.317	.200	.373	.510	.690	51	.232	-4.4	-0.5	.429	.147	.000
17 Yrs				4355	2885	514	4.8	95	.302	.287	.263	.372	.331	.351	.386	.723	.717	103	.553	39.9	4.0	.656	.203	.065	11.9
162 Game Avg.				390	258	46	4.8	95	.302	.287	.263	.372	.331	.351	.386	.723	.717	103	.553	4	0	.656	.203	.065	1
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (10 yrs)				1819	1197	208	4.7	98	.291	.279	.267	.374	.333	.335	.394	.709	.727	97	.542	6.6	0.6	.657	.215	.057	1.9
HOU (5 yrs)				1866	1239	220	4.8	89	.316	.293	.255	.376	.324	.351	.368	.727	.691	112	.557	34.7	3.5	.643	.186	.058	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				670	449	86	5.1	107	.294	.288	.277	.354	.347	.394	.414	.748	.761	97	.575	-1.4	-0.2	.691	.220	.106	4.0

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
1980	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	4	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	1	0	0
1980	27	PHI	NL	WS	KCR	W	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
1981	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	MON	L	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

1983	30	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	4	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	30	PHI	NL	WS	BAL	L	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							18	25	21	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.217	.143	.360	3	3	0	2	0	0
1 NLDS							4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							8	12	9	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	0	1	0	0
2 WS							6	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	1	0	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
1973	20	HOU	NL	43	0.0%	9.3%	9.3%	7.0%	33%	1.00	9.8		39.0		1.88	81%
1974	21	HOU	NL	676	0.0%	5.8%	11.2%	4.3%	16%	0.51	15.1		16.4		1.65	82%
1975	22	HOU	NL	558	0.0%	6.6%	11.3%	4.3%	17%	0.59	13.1		11.8		1.69	80%
1976	23	HOU	NL	501	0.0%	7.8%	12.8%	3.0%	12%	0.61	10.9		15.8		1.39	78%
1977	24	CHC	NL	280	1.8%	6.8%	11.8%	6.8%	25%	0.58	12.6	47.8	7.5		1.22	79%
1978	25	CHC	NL	390	0.3%	4.9%	8.5%	5.1%	22%	0.58	18.3	347.0	8.9		1.02	86%
1979	26	PHI	NL	206	0.0%	2.4%	14.1%	4.4%	16%	0.17	34.8		11.6		1.15	84%
1980	27	PHI	NL	182	0.0%	3.9%	13.2%	5.0%	24%	0.29	22.0		12.8		1.38	81%
1981	28	PHI	NL	119	0.0%	4.2%	12.6%	5.9%	30%	0.33	20.4		14.6		1.20	83%
1982	29	PHI	NL	155	0.0%	5.2%	12.3%	2.6%	10%	0.42	16.8		13.4		2.07	81%
1983	30	PHI	NL	284	0.0%	5.6%	12.0%	5.3%	20%	0.47	15.3		8.4		1.22	82%
1984	31	PHI	NL	229	0.0%	4.8%	10.5%	4.4%	15%	0.46	18.4		12.6		0.87	84%
1985	32	PHI	NL	205	0.0%	4.4%	15.6%	3.4%	16%	0.28	18.8		12.1		1.38	79%
1986	33	PHI	NL	125	0.0%	8.8%	16.8%	4.0%	20%	0.52	9.2		12.6		2.14	73%
1987	34	PHI	NL	163	0.6%	7.4%	15.3%	3.7%	16%	0.48	11.1	133.0	11.1		1.43	75%
1988	35	PHI	NL	151	0.0%	2.0%	10.6%	0.7%	4%	0.19	44.3		26.6	1.44	1.58	87%	17%	0.0%	29%
1989	36	HOU	NL	88	0.0%	6.8%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	0.55	12.5		18.8	1.19	1.19	78%	20%	0.0%	19%
17 Yrs				4355	0.2%	5.7%	12.0%	4.2%	17%	0.48	15.0	535.0	12.2	1.35	1.38	81%	18%	0.0%	25%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.6%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.60	6.5	43.6	8.5	0.81	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	20	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	42	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.94	-0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.90	-1.0	2.49	4
1974	21	HOU	NL	18.9	1.9	727	2.4	12.8	-10.3	.99	1.5	0.9	20.9	2.2	0.93	18.5	1.55	6
1975	22	HOU	NL	10.0	1.0	577	1.8	10.8	-9.0	1.05	1.6	0.2	14.4	1.5	0.94	14.9	2.01	9
1976	23	HOU	NL	9.8	1.0	521	0.3	7.8	-7.5	.98	1.0	-0.7	7.9	0.9	0.93	9.4	1.04	14
1977	24	CHC	NL	8.2	0.8	286	0.7	6.1	-5.3	1.15	1.2	-0.6	12.4	1.2	0.96	13.6	1.75	40
1978	25	CHC	NL	-10.0	-1.0	403	0.7	8.0	-7.4	1.15	-0.2	0.8	2.0	0.2	0.98	-1.8	1.84	21
1979	26	PHI	NL	7.8	0.8	218	0.1	4.0	-3.9	1.11	0.6	-0.5	2.8	0.3	0.94	5.9	1.55	51
1980	27	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	186	-1.1	2.9	-4.0	1.25	-0.1	-0.8	-2.1	-0.2	1.00	-0.6	1.58	39
1981	28	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	124	-0.5	2.3	-2.7	1.21	-0.0	-0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.94	-2.1	1.22	39
1982	29	PHI	NL	0.8	0.1	162	0.4	3.8	-3.4	1.42	0.1	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.07	0.5	1.57	53
1983	30	PHI	NL	6.3	0.6	293	1.2	5.8	-4.6	1.12	0.5	0.5	10.8	1.1	0.97	7.2	1.45	33
1984	31	PHI	NL	5.7	0.6	233	0.4	4.4	-4.0	1.07	0.6	-0.2	4.4	0.5	0.90	5.9	1.42	47
1985	32	PHI	NL	-0.0	0.0	210	-0.4	3.1	-3.5	1.15	0.0	-0.3	1.7	0.2	0.94	1.7	1.64	41
1986	33	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	129	-0.9	1.7	-2.6	1.28	-0.1	-0.6	-2.0	-0.2	0.97	-1.4	1.55	52
1987	34	PHI	NL	1.3	0.1	166	0.2	3.3	-3.1	1.27	0.1	0.0	2.4	0.2	0.95	1.0	1.45	56
1988	35	PHI	NL	-8.9	-1.0	154	-0.7	2.1	-2.8	1.21	-0.7	0.1	-9.3	-1.0	0.93	-7.6	1.37	52
1989	36	HOU	NL	-4.4	-0.5	88	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	1.07	-0.4	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.83	-3.1	1.40	38
17 Yrs				37.9	3.8	4519	4.5	80.7	-76.2	1.11	5.7	-1.7	59.5	6.1	0.95	61.2	1.51	595
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	20	HOU	NL	0	0	39%	13	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1974	21	HOU	NL	13	0	30%	338	12	20	38%	12	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	31	45%	47	30	17	6	5	1	32	6	20
1975	22	HOU	NL	11	0	33%	265	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	16	51%	39	23	13	8	4	4	20	1	17
1976	23	HOU	NL	13	0	28%	258	2	6	25%	2	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	15	14	37%	45	31	11	7	4	3	24	8	14
1977	24	CHC	NL	5	0	36%	134	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	8	48%	24	14	10	8	3	4	8	3	5
1978	25	CHC	NL	8	0	27%	167	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	17	35%	27	19	8	5	1	4	11	7	3
1979	26	PHI	NL	2	0	24%	124	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	27%	17	14	3	1	1	0	8	2	4
1980	27	PHI	NL	7	0	31%	85	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	41%	17	12	5	4	3	1	8	2	6
1981	28	PHI	NL	3	0	37%	48	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	33%	10	7	3	2	1	1	3	1	1
1982	29	PHI	NL	4	0	24%	76	4	3	57%	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	42%	10	7	3	4	2	2	5	2	3
1983	30	PHI	NL	4	0	23%	117	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	27%	21	14	5	3	3	0	6	2	3
1984	31	PHI	NL	1	0	21%	145	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	40%	20	14	6	3	2	1	7	2	5
1985	32	PHI	NL	1	0	28%	95	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	26%	16	14	2	5	3	1	6	2	4
1986	33	PHI	NL	3	0	23%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	19%	13	13	0	3	2	1	5	1	3
1987	34	PHI	NL	0	0	21%	83	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	35%	10	8	2	2	1	1	5	1	3
1988	35	PHI	NL	4	0	23%	63	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	31%	11	6	4	1	1	0	1	1	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	1	0	7%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	29%	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
17 Yrs				80	0	28%	2101	39	44	47%	38	41	1	2	0	1	17	2	68	134	38%	334	230	95	62	36	24	151	42	91
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1973	20	HOU	NL	43	77%	9			4	0	0	0	2.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	1	0	0%	18	1	6%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1974	21	HOU	NL	676	77%	185			6	2	0	0	1.55	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	9	64%	74	13	18%	38	16	42%	296	40	14%	15	10	67%	19	12	63%	0
1975	22	HOU	NL	558	73%	142			9	1	0	0	2.01	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	84	11	13%	52	20	38%	279	43	15%	19	10	53%	19	10	53%	0
1976	23	HOU	NL	501	81%	122			14	1	0	0	1.04	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	65	8	12%	32	17	53%	240	28	12%	23	17	74%	15	7	47%	0
1977	24	CHC	NL	280	93%	77			40	10	0	4	1.75	5	0	7	4	1	3	2	0	4	3	75%	49	6	12%	34	12	35%	175	29	17%	11	8	73%	19	7	37%	0
1978	25	CHC	NL	390	89%	92			21	5	0	7	1.84	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	56	6	11%	44	21	48%	239	39	16%	28	15	54%	14	7	50%	0
1979	26	PHI	NL	206	88%	58			51	14	0	3	1.55	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	30	3	10%	13	4	31%	124	15	12%	16	7	44%	8	5	63%	0
1980	27	PHI	NL	182	85%	37			39	10	0	4	1.58	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	31	4	13%	20	8	40%	123	15	12%	8	3	38%	4	3	75%	0
1981	28	PHI	NL	119	92%	23			39	6	0	0	1.22	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21	4	19%	10	3	30%	58	7	12%	10	4	40%	0	0		0
1982	29	PHI	NL	155	95%	40			53	19	0	7	1.57	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	31	6	19%	17	5	29%	113	11	10%	9	3	33%	8	5	63%	0
1983	30	PHI	NL	284	92%	74			33	7	0	5	1.45	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	45	6	13%	20	10	50%	167	30	18%	14	8	57%	11	7	64%	0
1984	31	PHI	NL	229	90%	65			47	13	0	7	1.42	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		32	4	13%	16	5	31%	107	16	15%	13	6	46%	4	2	50%	0
1985	32	PHI	NL	205	95%	44			41	7	0	3	1.64	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	37	5	14%	19	12	63%	116	15	13%	10	6	60%	9	7	78%	0
1986	33	PHI	NL	125	83%	25			52	13	0	5	1.55	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	19	4	21%	9	4	44%	76	9	12%	6	4	67%	4	2	50%	0
1987	34	PHI	NL	163	93%	38			56	15	0	6	1.45	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	23	2	9%	14	7	50%	88	11	13%	9	3	33%	6	4	67%	0
1988	35	PHI	NL	151	95%	27	8	1	52	13	0	2	1.37	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	24	3	13%	9	5	56%	78	5	6%	12	5	42%	2	1	50%	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	88	95%	15	4	1	38	7	0	2	1.40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	3	50%	5	2	40%	38	4	11%	1	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
17 Yrs				4355	85%	1073	12	2	595	143	0	55	1.51	7	0	74	6	1	3	4	0	53	40	75%	631	90	14%	353	151	43%	2335	318	14%	204	109	53%	146	82	56%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			78%			11%			35%			14%			51%			55%
				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*

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	35	PHI	NL	149	566	3.80	344	61%	36%	1%	25%	38%	64%	2%	39%	98%	13%	8%	12	1	16%	24	3	11%	16	11	100%	2	1	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	83	345	4.16	207	60%	35%	6%	27%	31%	64%	6%	39%	90%	8%	14%	12	0	25%	21	1	10%	8	4	50%	5	0	1
2 Yrs				232	911	3.93	551	61%	36%	3%	26%	35%	64%	3%	39%	95%	12%	10%	24	1	19%	45	4	10%	24	15	67%	7	1	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			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
1973	20	14	43	39	5	9	2	1	0	1	2	1	4	4	.231	.302	.333	.636	77	13	2	0	0	0	0
1974	21	170	719	628	83	194	23	9	0	37	14	21	80	43	.309	.387	.374	.762	119	235	15	1	9	1	4
1975	22	302	1277	1111	150	336	37	19	0	78	16	23	143	80	.302	.381	.370	.751	116	411	26	1	18	4	5
1976	23	430	1778	1537	202	458	49	22	0	105	18	29	207	119	.298	.379	.358	.738	115	551	34	1	23	10	8
1977	24	545	2058	1776	245	535	59	26	5	137	18	30	240	138	.301	.382	.372	.754	116	661	40	1	26	15	12
1978	25	669	2448	2123	279	627	71	33	6	176	21	31	273	157	.295	.372	.368	.741	110	782	46	1	29	22	17
1979	26	780	2654	2297	300	685	77	36	6	191	26	33	302	162	.298	.376	.371	.747	111	852	49	1	29	25	21
1980	27	907	2836	2451	319	722	84	38	6	203	27	34	326	169	.295	.374	.367	.742	109	900	53	2	32	25	22
1981	28	990	2955	2553	333	745	90	39	6	210	29	36	341	174	.292	.372	.365	.737	108	931	57	2	32	27	26
1982	29	1109	3110	2687	347	785	94	39	6	220	33	39	360	182	.292	.373	.363	.736	107	975	63	2	34	27	29
1983	30	1245	3394	2932	372	859	106	42	6	249	36	44	394	198	.293	.374	.364	.738	108	1067	69	3	35	30	33
1984	31	1357	3623	3134	391	924	115	43	6	265	37	44	418	209	.295	.375	.365	.740	108	1143	73	4	35	32	36
1985	32	1450	3828	3303	412	968	120	45	6	279	38	44	450	218	.293	.375	.362	.737	107	1196	78	4	37	34	37
1986	33	1537	3953	3404	423	993	125	45	6	287	39	44	471	229	.292	.375	.360	.735	107	1226	82	5	38	35	44
1987	34	1651	4116	3537	437	1031	129	46	7	299	39	44	496	241	.291	.376	.360	.736	106	1273	84	6	39	38	48
1988	35	1749	4267	3670	447	1058	130	46	7	304	39	44	512	244	.288	.373	.354	.727	104	1301	87	7	39	39	49
1989	36	1809	4355	3745	449	1073	130	46	7	308	39	44	523	250	.287	.372	.351	.723	103	1316	90	8	40	39	51

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
1973	20	14	43	39	5	9	2	1	0	1	2	4	4	.231	.302	.333	.636	4	14
1974	21	156	696	603	88	199	23	9	0	40	13	82	39	.330	.410	.398	.808	98	156
1975	22	132	578	497	78	156	15	11	0	48	2	69	37	.314	.395	.388	.784	77	132
1976	23	128	525	442	64	138	14	3	0	33	2	72	39	.312	.404	.357	.761	65	128
1977	24	115	273	234	39	72	9	4	5	29	0	31	19	.308	.381	.444	.826	40	115
1978	25	124	390	347	34	92	12	7	1	39	3	33	19	.265	.323	.349	.672	40	124
1979	26	111	208	175	22	59	6	3	0	16	5	30	5	.337	.428	.406	.834	31	111
1980	27	127	184	155	20	38	7	2	0	12	1	25	7	.245	.354	.316	.670	17	127
1981	28	126	184	157	23	37	10	2	0	12	3	24	8	.236	.332	.325	.656	17	83
1982	29	119	156	135	15	41	4	0	0	11	4	19	8	.304	.390	.333	.723	18	119
1983	30	136	290	249	27	78	13	3	0	32	3	36	16	.313	.398	.390	.787	39	136
1984	31	112	233	205	20	68	9	1	0	17	1	25	11	.332	.403	.385	.789	32	112
1985	32	93	207	170	22	45	5	2	0	15	1	33	9	.265	.380	.318	.698	21	93
1986	33	87	127	102	12	26	5	0	0	8	1	22	11	.255	.389	.304	.693	12	87
1987	34	114	161	132	13	37	4	1	1	12	0	24	12	.280	.388	.348	.736	18	114
1988	35	98	154	135	11	29	1	0	0	6	0	17	3	.215	.305	.222	.527	9	98
1989	36	60	90	76	2	16	0	0	0	4	0	12	6	.211	.326	.211	.536	5	60
17 Yrs		1852	4499	3853	495	1140	139	49	7	335	41	558	253	.296	.383	.363	.745	543	1809
162 Game Avg.		162	394	337	43	100	12	4	1	29	4	49	22	.296	.383	.363	.745	47	1809
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1995 BBWAA ()	Batting Average s c a p y 1974 NL .314 (3rd)	On-Base% s c a p y 1974 NL .393 (5th) Career .372 (240th)	Hits s c a p y 1974 NL 185 (7th)
Triples s c a p y 1974 NL 8 (8th) 1975 NL 10 (2nd)	Singles s c a p y 1974 NL 156 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1974 NL 262 (5th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1974 NL 20 (2nd)
AB per SO s c a p y 1974 NL 15.1 (8th) 1975 NL 13.1 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1973 NL born 1952-08-01 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (1051), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Manny Mota (900)
Steve Braun (895)
Shad Barry (894)

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Jimmy Barrett (919) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Jimmy Barrett (918) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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