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Jerry Grote

Gerald Wayne Grote

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX
High School: MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)
School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Teams (by GP): Mets/Colt.45's/Dodgers/Royals 1963-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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All-Star

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
1963 20 HOU NL 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 47 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1964 21 HOU NL 100 325 298 26 54 9 3 3 24 0 2 20 75 .181 .240 .262 .502 45 78 6 4 0 3 5 2
1966 23 NYM NL 120 364 317 26 75 12 2 3 31 4 3 40 81 .237 .327 .315 .642 82 100 9 3 3 1 8 *2/5
1967 24 NYM NL 120 367 344 25 67 8 0 4 23 2 2 14 65 .195 .226 .253 .479 38 87 5 1 4 4 8 *2
1968 25 NYM NL 124 454 404 29 114 18 0 3 31 1 5 44 81 .282 .357 .349 .706 113 141 6 3 3 0 11 *2 AS
1969 26 NYM NL 113 406 365 38 92 12 3 6 40 2 1 32 59 .252 .313 .351 .663 84 128 10 1 6 2 5 *2
1970 27 NYM NL 126 463 415 38 106 14 1 2 34 2 1 36 39 .255 .313 .308 .621 68 128 14 1 6 5 8 *2
1971 28 NYM NL 125 450 403 35 109 25 0 2 35 1 4 40 47 .270 .339 .347 .686 97 140 19 2 4 1 4 *2
1972 29 NYM NL 64 241 205 15 43 5 1 3 21 1 0 26 27 .210 .304 .288 .592 72 59 5 3 4 3 8 2/59
1973 30 NYM NL 84 305 285 17 73 10 2 1 32 0 0 13 23 .256 .290 .316 .606 70 90 11 1 5 1 1 2/5
1974 31 NYM NL 97 363 319 25 82 8 1 5 36 0 1 33 33 .257 .326 .335 .661 87 107 11 2 4 5 4 2 AS
1975 32 NYM NL 119 428 386 28 114 14 5 2 39 0 1 38 23 .295 .357 .373 .731 108 144 11 1 0 3 8 *2
1976 33 NYM NL 101 366 323 30 88 14 2 4 28 1 2 38 19 .272 .350 .365 .715 110 118 15 1 3 1 4 2/79
1977 34 TOT NL 60 158 142 11 38 3 1 0 11 0 1 11 17 .268 .329 .303 .632 75 43 7 2 3 0 2 25
1977 34 NYM NL 42 128 115 8 31 3 1 0 7 0 0 9 12 .270 .333 .313 .646 80 36 5 2 2 0 1 25
1977 34 LAD NL 18 30 27 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 5 .259 .310 .259 .570 56 7 2 0 1 0 1 2/5
1978 35 LAD NL 41 83 70 5 19 5 0 0 9 0 0 10 5 .271 .354 .343 .697 97 24 0 0 1 2 1 2/5
1981 38 TOT MLB 24 64 58 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 3 .293 .333 .431 .764 121 25 2 1 1 1 0 2
1981 38 KCR AL 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 129 25 1 1 1 1 0 2
1981 38 LAD NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /2
16 Yrs 1421 4844 4339 352 1092 160 22 39 404 15 23 399 600 .252 .316 .326 .642 83 1413 131 26 47 33 77
162 Game Avg. 162 552 495 40 124 18 3 4 46 2 3 45 68 .252 .316 .326 .642 83 161 15 3 5 4 9
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
NYM (12 yrs) 1235 4335 3881 314 994 143 18 35 357 14 20 363 509 .256 .321 .329 .650 85 1278 121 21 44 26 70
LAD (3 yrs) 61 115 99 8 26 5 0 0 13 0 1 12 11 .263 .336 .313 .649 82 31 3 0 2 2 2
HOU (2 yrs) 103 332 303 26 55 9 3 3 25 0 2 21 78 .182 .241 .261 .502 46 79 6 4 0 4 5
KCR (1 yr) 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 129 25 1 1 1 1 0
NL (16 yrs) 1399 4782 4283 348 1075 157 21 38 395 14 23 396 598 .251 .316 .324 .640 83 1388 130 25 46 32 77
AL (1 yr) 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 129 25 1 1 1 1 0

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
1963 20 HOU NL 3 7 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .447 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /2
1964 21 HOU NL 100 325 -21 -0 0 -2 5 -18 -2.0 11 -7 -0.9 .479 .487 -0.7 0.4 -5 $ 2
1966 23 NYM NL 120 364 -8 -1 -0 -3 6 -7 -0.6 12 6 0.6 .494 .495 0.8 0.4 9 $ *2/5
1967 24 NYM NL 120 367 -22 -2 1 3 6 -15 -1.6 12 -2 -0.4 .486 .489 -0.9 1.1 -5 $ *2
1968 25 NYM NL 124 454 5 -4 -0 0 6 7 1.1 16 23 2.7 .507 .506 2.5 1.0 23 $ *2 AS
1969 26 NYM NL 113 406 -5 -2 -2 11 6 9 1.1 14 22 2.4 .509 .506 1.1 2.0 12 $ *2
1970 27 NYM NL 126 463 -20 -2 -0 5 7 -9 -0.9 13 4 0.4 .492 .494 -0.2 1.4 -1 $ *2
1971 28 NYM NL 125 450 0 -2 -2 -1 7 2 0.3 13 16 1.6 .502 .502 1.7 0.8 16 $ *2
1972 29 NYM NL 64 241 -8 0 -0 6 4 2 0.2 7 9 0.9 .503 .501 0.2 1.2 2 $ 2/59
1973 30 NYM NL 84 305 -9 -1 -0 1 5 -5 -0.6 9 4 0.3 .493 .497 0.2 0.6 3 $ 2/5
1974 31 NYM NL 97 363 -4 -3 -1 2 5 0 0.0 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.8 0.8 8 $ 2 AS
1975 32 NYM NL 119 428 6 -2 0 6 6 17 1.9 12 29 3.1 .515 .511 2.4 1.4 23 $ *2
1976 33 NYM NL 101 366 4 -2 -1 -2 5 4 0.5 11 14 1.5 .504 .503 1.7 0.4 16 $ 2/79
1977 34 NYM NL 42 128 -3 0 -1 -2 2 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .492 .498 0.2 0.0 2 $ 25
1977 34 LAD NL 18 30 -2 0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 2/5
1978 35 LAD NL 41 83 0 -0 0 -4 2 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.5 -0.3 4 $135,000 2/5
1981 38 KCR AL 22 62 2 0 -0 -1 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .511 .501 0.6 0.0 5 $ 2
1981 38 LAD NL 2 2 -0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .458 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
16 Seasons 1421 4844 -85 -20 -7 18 73 -21 -1.3 151 130 13.3 .498 .499 10.7 11.3 111 $135,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 1235 4335 -64 -19 -7 27 65 2 1.1 134 135 14.1 .500 .500 10.5 11.2 109 $
LAD (3 yrs) 61 115 -2 -0 -0 -5 2 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .491 .499 0.3 -0.3 3 $135,000
HOU (2 yrs) 103 332 -21 -0 0 -3 5 -19 -2.1 11 -8 -1.0 .479 .493 -0.7 0.3 -5 $
KCR (1 yr) 22 62 2 0 -0 -1 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .511 .501 0.6 0.0 5 $

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
1963 20 HOU NL 7 5 1 5.4 84 .333 .200 .247 .286 .308 .200 .370 .486 .678 47 .642 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1964 21 HOU NL 325 255 18 1.9 89 .229 .181 .256 .240 .313 .262 .381 .502 .694 45 .196 -21.1 -2.2 .397 .141 .081 .0
1966 23 NYM NL 364 258 33 3.4 94 .308 .237 .261 .327 .320 .315 .394 .642 .713 82 .408 -6.0 -0.6 .567 .208 .079 3.4
1967 24 NYM NL 367 292 19 1.8 89 .226 .195 .256 .226 .318 .253 .376 .479 .693 38 .184 -27.9 -3.0 .359 .099 .058 2.7
1968 25 NYM NL 454 304 50 4.5 81 .347 .282 .252 .357 .310 .349 .355 .706 .666 113 .599 8.3 0.9 .611 .166 .067 1.5
1969 26 NYM NL 406 292 39 3.6 96 .285 .252 .262 .313 .332 .351 .388 .663 .720 84 .431 -8.2 -0.8 .570 .189 .099 3.0
1970 27 NYM NL 463 335 39 3.1 103 .274 .255 .267 .313 .340 .308 .408 .621 .748 68 .326 -18.5 -1.8 .512 .142 .053 2.0
1971 28 NYM NL 450 322 44 3.7 91 .301 .270 .257 .339 .323 .347 .377 .686 .700 97 .454 -0.1 -0.0 .565 .169 .077 1.3
1972 29 NYM NL 241 174 19 3.0 89 .225 .210 .253 .304 .321 .288 .374 .592 .695 72 .358 -6.8 -0.7 .533 .210 .078 1.5
1973 30 NYM NL 305 229 24 2.8 95 .275 .256 .260 .290 .329 .316 .387 .606 .716 70 .318 -12.3 -1.3 .466 .105 .060 .0
1974 31 NYM NL 363 258 35 3.7 94 .269 .257 .261 .326 .333 .335 .378 .661 .711 87 .431 -5.2 -0.5 .566 .179 .078 .0
1975 32 NYM NL 428 287 51 4.8 92 .308 .295 .260 .357 .330 .373 .375 .731 .704 108 .547 4.7 0.5 .641 .174 .078 .0
1976 33 NYM NL 366 256 39 4.1 86 .279 .272 .254 .350 .320 .365 .362 .715 .682 110 .501 5.4 0.6 .619 .207 .093 1.6
1977 34 TOT NL 158 115 13 3.1 99 .304 .268 .263 .329 .330 .303 .401 .632 .731 75 .319 -4.8 -0.5 .491 .106 .035
1977 34 NYM NL 128 91 11 3.3 98 .301 .270 .262 .333 .329 .313 .399 .646 .728 80 .346 -3.0 -0.3 .528 .122 .043
1977 34 LAD NL 30 24 2 2.2 102 .318 .259 .268 .310 .336 .259 .409 .570 .744 56 .211 -1.7 -0.2 .348 .037 .000
1978 35 LAD NL 83 54 10 5.0 94 .284 .271 .261 .354 .329 .343 .384 .697 .712 97 .578 0.5 0.0 .667 .214 .071
1981 38 TOT MLB 64 45 9 5.4 87 .291 .293 .254 .333 .318 .431 .369 .764 .688 121 .622 1.5 0.1 .698 .207 .138 1.0
1981 38 KCR AL 62 42 9 5.8 87 .296 .304 .254 .344 .318 .446 .369 .791 .687 129 .651 2.0 0.2 .750 .214 .143 1.0
1981 38 LAD NL 2 3 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .259 .000 .324 .000 .371 .000 .695 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
16 Yrs 4844 3481 443 3.4 92 .282 .252 .259 .316 .324 .326 .380 .642 .705 83 .412 -90.6 -9.4 .538 .164 .074 21.7
162 Game Avg. 552 397 51 3.4 92 .282 .252 .259 .316 .324 .326 .380 .642 .705 83 .412 -90.6 -9.4 .538 .164 .074 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYM (12 yrs) 4335 3098 403 3.5 92 .285 .256 .259 .321 .325 .329 .380 .650 .705 85 .422 -69.6 -7.2 .547 .165 .073 20.0
LAD (3 yrs) 115 81 12 4.0 96 .289 .263 .263 .336 .330 .313 .390 .649 .721 82 .465 -1.8 -0.2 .545 .162 .051
HOU (2 yrs) 332 260 19 2.0 89 .230 .182 .256 .241 .313 .261 .380 .502 .693 46 .207 -21.3 -2.3 .398 .142 .079 .0
KCR (1 yr) 62 42 9 5.8 87 .296 .304 .254 .344 .318 .446 .369 .791 .687 129 .651 2.0 0.2 .750 .214 .143 1.0
NL (16 yrs) 4782 3439 434 3.4 92 .282 .251 .259 .316 .325 .324 .380 .640 .705 83 .408 -92.6 -9.6 .536 .163 .073 20.5
AL (1 yr) 62 42 9 5.8 87 .296 .304 .254 .344 .318 .446 .369 .791 .687 129 .651 2.0 0.2 .750 .214 .143 1.0

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
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 3 13 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 3 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 NYM NL WS BAL W 5 20 19 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .316 .566 6 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 5 20 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 1 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL WS OAK L 7 32 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .290 .267 .557 8 1 1 1 0 0
1977 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 34 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 35 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 35 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (8 Series) 26 87 81 8 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 .222 .267 .259 .527 21 2 1 1 0 0
4 NLCS 11 34 31 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .194 .265 .226 .491 7 1 0 0 0 0
4 WS 15 53 50 3 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .240 .269 .280 .549 14 1 1 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 NYM NL 25 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYM NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 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
1963 20 HOU NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 1.7 5.0 0.00 43%
1964 21 HOU NL 325 0.9% 23.1% 6.2% 4.6% 28% 3.75 4.0 99.3 12.4 1.11 69%
1966 23 NYM NL 364 0.8% 22.3% 11.0% 4.7% 23% 2.03 3.9 105.7 10.2 1.23 64%
1967 24 NYM NL 367 1.1% 17.7% 3.8% 3.3% 18% 4.64 5.3 86.0 15.0 1.14 76%
1968 25 NYM NL 454 0.7% 17.8% 9.7% 4.6% 18% 1.84 5.0 134.7 13.0 1.13 70%
1969 26 NYM NL 406 1.5% 14.5% 7.9% 5.2% 23% 1.84 6.2 60.8 9.1 1.51 74%
1970 27 NYM NL 463 0.4% 8.4% 7.8% 3.7% 16% 1.08 10.6 207.5 12.2 1.36 82%
1971 28 NYM NL 450 0.4% 10.4% 8.9% 6.0% 25% 1.18 8.6 201.5 11.5 1.52 79%
1972 29 NYM NL 241 1.2% 11.2% 10.8% 3.7% 21% 1.04 7.6 68.3 9.8 1.44 74%
1973 30 NYM NL 305 0.3% 7.5% 4.3% 4.3% 18% 1.77 12.4 285.0 8.9 1.73 86%
1974 31 NYM NL 363 1.4% 9.1% 9.1% 3.9% 17% 1.00 9.7 63.8 8.9 1.23 79%
1975 32 NYM NL 428 0.5% 5.4% 8.9% 4.9% 18% 0.61 16.8 193.0 9.9 1.69 85%
1976 33 NYM NL 366 1.1% 5.2% 10.4% 5.5% 23% 0.50 17.0 80.8 11.5 1.28 82%
1977 34 TOT NL 158 0.0% 10.8% 7.0% 2.5% 11% 1.55 8.4 12.9 1.57 79%
1977 34 NYM NL 128 0.0% 9.4% 7.0% 3.1% 13% 1.33 9.6 16.4 1.60 80%
1977 34 LAD NL 30 0.0% 16.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.50 5.4 6.8 1.43 73%
1978 35 LAD NL 83 0.0% 6.0% 12.1% 6.0% 26% 0.50 14.0 7.8 0.96 81%
1981 38 TOT MLB 64 1.6% 4.7% 4.7% 7.8% 29% 1.00 19.3 58.0 6.4 1.41 86%
1981 38 KCR AL 62 1.6% 3.2% 4.8% 8.1% 29% 0.67 28.0 56.0 6.2 1.29 87%
1981 38 LAD NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
16 Yrs 4844 0.8% 12.4% 8.2% 4.6% 20% 1.50 7.2 111.3 10.7 1.36 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.1% 8.4% 6.2% 27% 1.67 6.3 45.0 8.9 1.10 74%
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
1963 20 HOU NL -0.2 -0.0 7 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.48 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.12 -0.3 0
1964 21 HOU NL -21.5 -2.3 329 -1.8 4.9 -6.7 1.10 -1.8 0.2 -18.6 -2.0 0.96 -18.9 1.38 2
1966 23 NYM NL -6.0 -0.6 373 -0.7 5.6 -6.3 1.00 -0.8 0.2 -7.2 -0.8 0.98 -8.3 0.46 5
1967 24 NYM NL -27.9 -3.0 372 -1.8 4.5 -6.3 .98 -2.2 0.4 -16.0 -1.7 0.96 -21.2 0.81 2
1968 25 NYM NL 8.3 0.9 464 0.6 8.5 -7.9 1.09 1.0 -0.5 11.6 1.3 0.94 9.0 1.71 8
1969 26 NYM NL -8.2 -0.8 411 -1.0 6.6 -7.6 1.07 -0.2 -0.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.98 -2.9 2.87 4
1970 27 NYM NL -18.5 -1.8 473 -1.7 7.0 -8.6 1.07 -1.5 -0.1 -21.1 -2.1 1.00 -18.4 0.53 1
1971 28 NYM NL -0.1 -0.0 460 -1.3 7.4 -8.7 1.07 -0.3 -1.0 -6.8 -0.7 1.00 -3.8 4.22 4
1972 29 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 243 -0.7 3.6 -4.3 1.03 -0.6 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.00 -3.6 1.35 2
1973 30 NYM NL -12.3 -1.3 307 -1.4 4.4 -5.8 1.07 -1.2 -0.1 -8.3 -0.9 0.96 -10.2 0.10 1
1974 31 NYM NL -5.2 -0.5 370 -0.5 6.4 -6.8 1.05 -0.3 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.99 -4.0 1.97 3
1975 32 NYM NL 4.2 0.4 438 0.2 7.0 -6.8 .97 0.3 -0.1 8.7 0.9 0.96 4.4 3.00 8
1976 33 NYM NL 4.9 0.5 371 -1.0 5.5 -6.5 .99 -0.4 -0.6 -7.2 -0.8 0.95 -2.7 1.86 10
1977 34 TOT NL -5.0 -0.5 161 -0.8 2.6 -3.3 1.14 -0.6 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.95 -6.4 1.90 11
1977 34 NYM NL -3.2 -0.3 130 -0.6 2.2 -2.7 1.14 -0.4 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.93 -4.2 2.30 9
1977 34 LAD NL -1.8 -0.2 31 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 1.15 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.00 -2.2 0.12 2
1978 35 LAD NL 0.4 0.0 83 0.1 1.3 -1.1 .94 0.1 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.95 1.4 1.67 2
1981 38 TOT MLB 1.4 0.1 65 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 1.03 0.1 -0.2 1.4 0.1 0.88 0.5 3.57 2
1981 38 KCR AL 2.0 0.2 63 0.2 1.1 -0.9 .95 0.1 0.1 3.3 0.3 0.86 1.4 0
1981 38 LAD NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 3.57 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.82 -0.9 3.57 2
16 Yrs -92.4 -9.6 4927 -11.8 76.5 -88.3 1.04 -8.4 -2.9 -75.0 -7.8 0.97 -85.5 2.03 65
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
1963 20 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 HOU NL 5 0 31% 96 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 52% 8 5 3 3 2 1 12 4 8
1966 23 NYM NL 4 0 20% 151 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 44% 9 6 3 3 3 0 6 1 5
1967 24 NYM NL 12 0 27% 130 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 20% 9 7 1 1 0 1 10 7 2
1968 25 NYM NL 5 0 17% 183 1 5 17% 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 7 6 26% 20 12 6 7 6 1 8 5 2
1969 26 NYM NL 9 0 27% 171 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 38% 32 22 9 2 2 0 19 8 11
1970 27 NYM NL 6 0 26% 208 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 40% 25 16 9 4 2 1 14 6 7
1971 28 NYM NL 7 0 22% 198 1 4 20% 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 8 33% 27 20 7 1 1 0 15 8 7
1972 29 NYM NL 4 0 17% 96 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 9 8 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1973 30 NYM NL 6 0 19% 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 26% 19 15 4 3 1 1 9 6 3
1974 31 NYM NL 7 0 18% 152 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 7 22% 22 20 2 4 2 2 10 4 4
1975 32 NYM NL 9 0 17% 185 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 23% 27 23 4 6 2 3 15 10 4
1976 33 NYM NL 3 0 21% 151 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 6 26% 16 14 2 6 4 2 13 8 5
1977 34 TOT NL 1 0 22% 68 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 45% 12 9 3 2 0 2 6 2 4
1977 34 NYM NL 1 0 19% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43% 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
1977 34 LAD NL 0 0 33% 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1978 35 LAD NL 2 0 17% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30% 4 3 1 0 0 0 6 4 2
1981 38 TOT MLB 1 0 15% 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1981 38 KCR AL 1 0 15% 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1981 38 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 81 0 21% 1980 15 23 39% 15 17 0 2 0 4 11 5 37 85 31% 244 184 56 42 25 14 148 75 66
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
1963 20 HOU NL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1964 21 HOU NL 325 34% 54 2 0 0 0 1.38 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0% 58 6 10% 31 5 16% 195 23 12% 18 8 44% 5 1 20% 0
1966 23 NYM NL 364 43% 75 5 1 0 0 0.46 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 100% 78 9 12% 34 6 18% 237 29 12% 17 7 41% 14 4 29% 0
1967 24 NYM NL 367 41% 67 2 0 0 0 0.81 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 4 4 100% 69 5 7% 37 13 35% 224 23 10% 17 9 53% 11 7 64% 0
1968 25 NYM NL 454 41% 114 8 2 0 1 1.71 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 5 3 60% 71 6 8% 27 7 26% 267 30 11% 20 3 15% 10 4 40% 0
1969 26 NYM NL 406 32% 92 4 1 0 1 2.87 6 0 13 5 1 4 2 0 6 6 100% 73 10 14% 36 10 28% 271 35 13% 27 13 48% 15 8 53% 0
1970 27 NYM NL 463 24% 106 1 0 0 0 0.53 2 0 18 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 75% 114 14 12% 47 21 45% 326 36 11% 41 21 51% 19 14 74% 0
1971 28 NYM NL 450 27% 109 4 0 0 0 4.22 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 84 19 23% 40 14 35% 302 43 14% 23 14 61% 14 7 50% 0
1972 29 NYM NL 241 33% 43 2 0 0 0 1.35 3 0 11 1 2 0 3 0 4 4 100% 45 5 11% 19 10 53% 166 19 11% 16 9 56% 5 3 60% 0
1973 30 NYM NL 305 31% 73 1 0 0 0 0.10 1 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 65 11 17% 21 11 52% 205 32 16% 17 14 82% 12 9 75% 0
1974 31 NYM NL 363 27% 82 3 0 0 0 1.97 5 0 12 2 3 3 2 0 4 4 100% 78 11 14% 35 14 40% 258 34 13% 28 14 50% 15 9 60% 0
1975 32 NYM NL 428 36% 114 8 1 1 1 3.00 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 73 11 15% 29 10 34% 272 40 15% 23 10 43% 11 6 55% 0
1976 33 NYM NL 366 34% 88 10 4 0 1 1.86 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 0 3 3 100% 64 15 23% 30 8 27% 228 24 11% 17 4 24% 14 6 43% 0
1977 34 TOT NL 158 39% 38 11 3 0 2 1.90 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 29 7 24% 11 2 18% 96 12 13% 7 4 57% 6 4 67% 0
1977 34 NYM NL 128 46% 31 9 2 0 1 2.30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 24 5 21% 9 2 22% 75 8 11% 5 2 40% 5 3 60% 0
1977 34 LAD NL 30 7% 7 2 1 0 1 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 21 4 19% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1978 35 LAD NL 83 35% 19 2 1 0 0 1.67 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 9 3 33% 48 9 19% 8 5 63% 4 2 50% 0
1981 38 TOT MLB 64 63% 17 2 0 0 0 3.57 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 7 3 43% 29 8 28% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1981 38 KCR AL 62 61% 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 5 3 60% 25 8 32% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 0
1981 38 LAD NL 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 3.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
16 Yrs 4844 34% 1092 65 13 1 6 2.03 39 2 126 27 12 18 21 0 53 47 89% 921 131 14% 414 138 33% 3130 398 13% 286 139 49% 157 85 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%
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

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
1963 20 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 47 1 0 0 0 1 0
1964 21 103 332 303 26 55 9 3 3 25 0 2 21 78 .182 .241 .261 .502 46 79 6 4 0 4 5
1965 22 103 332 303 26 55 9 3 3 25 0 2 21 78 .182 .241 .261 .502 46 79 6 4 0 4 5
1966 23 223 696 620 52 130 21 5 6 56 4 5 61 159 .210 .286 .289 .574 65 179 15 7 3 5 13
1967 24 343 1063 964 77 197 29 5 10 79 6 7 75 224 .204 .265 .276 .541 56 266 20 8 7 9 21
1968 25 467 1517 1368 106 311 47 5 13 110 7 12 119 305 .227 .293 .298 .590 72 407 26 11 10 9 32
1969 26 580 1923 1733 144 403 59 8 19 150 9 13 151 364 .233 .297 .309 .606 75 535 36 12 16 11 37
1970 27 706 2386 2148 182 509 73 9 21 184 11 14 187 403 .237 .300 .309 .609 73 663 50 13 22 16 45
1971 28 831 2836 2551 217 618 98 9 23 219 12 18 227 450 .242 .306 .315 .621 77 803 69 15 26 17 49
1972 29 895 3077 2756 232 661 103 10 26 240 13 18 253 477 .240 .306 .313 .619 77 862 74 18 30 20 57
1973 30 979 3382 3041 249 734 113 12 27 272 13 18 266 500 .241 .304 .313 .618 76 952 85 19 35 21 58
1974 31 1076 3745 3360 274 816 121 13 32 308 13 19 299 533 .243 .307 .315 .622 77 1059 96 21 39 26 62
1975 32 1195 4173 3746 302 930 135 18 34 347 13 20 337 556 .248 .312 .321 .633 80 1203 107 22 39 29 70
1976 33 1296 4539 4069 332 1018 149 20 38 375 14 22 375 575 .250 .315 .325 .640 83 1321 122 23 42 30 74
1977 34 1356 4697 4211 343 1056 152 21 38 386 14 23 386 592 .251 .315 .324 .639 82 1364 129 25 45 30 76
1978 35 1397 4780 4281 348 1075 157 21 38 395 14 23 396 597 .251 .316 .324 .640 83 1388 129 25 46 32 77
1979 36 1397 4780 4281 348 1075 157 21 38 395 14 23 396 597 .251 .316 .324 .640 83 1388 129 25 46 32 77
1980 37 1397 4780 4281 348 1075 157 21 38 395 14 23 396 597 .251 .316 .324 .640 83 1388 129 25 46 32 77
1981 38 1421 4844 4339 352 1092 160 22 39 404 15 23 399 600 .252 .316 .326 .642 83 1413 131 26 47 33 77

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
1963 20 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 3
1964 21 100 332 303 30 59 10 3 3 28 0 22 75 .195 .256 .277 .533 21 100
1966 23 120 372 322 29 80 13 2 3 35 4 43 81 .248 .341 .329 .671 36 120
1967 24 120 374 350 29 73 9 0 4 27 2 15 65 .209 .241 .269 .509 23 120
1968 25 123 477 420 37 132 21 0 3 40 1 51 81 .314 .392 .386 .778 64 124
1969 26 113 411 369 41 96 13 3 6 43 2 33 59 .260 .321 .360 .681 43 113
1970 27 126 460 413 37 104 14 1 2 33 2 35 39 .252 .308 .305 .613 39 126
1971 28 125 462 412 40 118 27 0 2 40 1 43 47 .286 .356 .367 .722 54 125
1972 29 67 259 219 19 50 6 1 3 26 1 30 28 .228 .325 .306 .631 22 64
1973 30 84 309 288 18 76 10 2 1 34 0 14 23 .264 .299 .323 .622 28 84
1974 31 97 369 323 27 86 8 1 5 39 0 35 33 .266 .337 .344 .681 38 97
1975 32 119 439 394 31 122 15 5 2 44 0 41 23 .310 .374 .388 .762 58 119
1976 33 101 380 333 36 98 16 2 4 33 1 42 19 .294 .374 .390 .764 49 101
1977 34 60 161 144 12 40 3 1 0 12 0 12 17 .278 .342 .313 .654 15 60
1978 35 41 86 72 6 21 6 0 0 10 0 11 5 .292 .376 .375 .751 10 41
1981 38 36 102 91 7 29 5 2 2 16 2 5 5 .319 .360 .484 .844 15 24
16 Yrs 1435 5000 4458 399 1184 176 23 40 460 16 433 603 .266 .332 .342 .674 515 1421
162 Game Avg. 162 564 503 45 134 20 3 5 52 2 49 68 .266 .332 .342 .674 58 1421

* 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
1987 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1968 (C)
1974 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1969 NL  2.0 (5th)
1970 NL  1.4 (9th)
Career  11.3 (166th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  77 (189th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 NL  19 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1942-10-06 (4th)
1981 NL  born 1942-10-06 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (657), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Brent Mayne (940)
  2. Rick Cerone (939)
  3. Mickey Owen (937)
  4. Joe Girardi (932)
  5. Mike Scioscia (927)
  6. Frank Snyder (926)
  7. Butch Wynegar (925)
  8. Cy Perkins (924)
  9. Ivey Wingo (922)
  10. Gus Mancuso (922)
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  1. Steve Swisher (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Ainsmith (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Sundberg (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Sundberg (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Kendall (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buck Rodgers (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buck Rodgers (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Buck Rodgers (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Owen (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cy Perkins (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cy Perkins (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mickey Owen (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mickey Owen (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rick Cerone (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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