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
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 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

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1051), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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