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Mel Hall

Melvin Hall

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 16, 1960 in Lyons, NY
High School: Cayuga (Port Byron, NY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees/Cubs/Giants 1981-1996
Agents: Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: May 21, 1996
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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
1981 20 CHC NL 10 12 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .364 .530 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1982 21 CHC NL 24 88 80 6 21 3 2 0 4 0 1 5 17 .263 .318 .350 .668 86 28 0 2 0 1 1 8
1983 22 CHC NL 112 458 410 60 116 23 5 17 56 6 6 42 101 .283 .352 .488 .840 127 200 4 3 1 2 6 *8/7 RoY-3
1984 23 TOT MLB 131 463 407 68 108 24 4 11 52 3 2 47 78 .265 .339 .425 .764 108 173 5 2 0 7 8 *79/D8
1984 23 CHC NL 48 164 150 25 42 11 3 4 22 2 1 12 23 .280 .329 .473 .803 117 71 2 0 0 2 3 9/87
1984 23 CLE AL 83 299 257 43 66 13 1 7 30 1 1 35 55 .257 .344 .397 .741 104 102 3 2 0 5 5 7/D98
1985 24 CLE AL 23 75 66 7 21 6 0 0 12 0 1 8 12 .318 .387 .409 .796 120 27 2 0 0 1 0 7/D9
1986 25 CLE AL 140 480 442 68 131 29 2 18 77 6 2 33 65 .296 .346 .493 .839 128 218 8 2 0 3 8 *79/D
1987 26 CLE AL 142 508 485 57 136 21 1 18 76 5 4 20 68 .280 .309 .439 .748 96 213 7 1 0 2 6 *7/D
1988 27 CLE AL 150 553 515 69 144 32 4 6 71 7 3 28 50 .280 .312 .392 .704 95 202 8 0 2 8 12 *7/8D9
1989 28 NYY AL 113 391 361 54 94 9 0 17 58 0 0 21 37 .260 .295 .427 .721 103 154 9 0 1 8 4 79D
1990 29 NYY AL 113 371 360 41 93 23 2 12 46 0 0 6 46 .258 .272 .433 .706 95 156 7 2 0 3 2 D79
1991 30 NYY AL 141 527 492 67 140 23 2 19 80 0 1 26 40 .285 .321 .455 .776 113 224 6 3 0 6 6 *97D
1992 31 NYY AL 152 622 583 67 163 36 3 15 81 4 2 29 53 .280 .310 .429 .739 106 250 13 1 0 9 4 *79/D
1996 35 SFG NL 25 27 25 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .120 .148 .120 .268 -26 3 0 0 0 1 0 /79
13 Seasons 1276 4575 4237 568 1171 229 25 134 620 31 22 267 575 .276 .318 .437 .755 107 1852 69 16 4 51 57
162 Game Avg. 162 581 538 72 149 29 3 17 79 4 3 34 73 .276 .318 .437 .755 107 235 9 2 1 6 7
CLE (5 yrs) 538 1915 1765 244 498 101 8 49 266 19 11 124 250 .282 .328 .432 .759 106 762 28 5 2 19 31
CHC (4 yrs) 194 722 651 92 180 37 10 22 84 8 8 60 145 .276 .340 .465 .805 119 303 6 5 1 5 10
NYY (4 yrs) 519 1911 1796 229 490 91 7 63 265 4 3 82 176 .273 .303 .437 .739 105 784 35 6 1 26 16
SFG (1 yr) 25 27 25 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .120 .148 .120 .268 -26 3 0 0 0 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 1057 3826 3561 473 988 192 15 112 531 23 14 206 426 .277 .315 .434 .749 105 1546 63 11 3 45 47
NL (5 yrs) 219 749 676 95 183 37 10 22 89 8 8 61 149 .271 .333 .453 .786 113 306 6 5 1 6 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 20 CHC NL 12 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /87
1982 21 CHC NL 88 -1 -1 0 1 -3 0 3 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 8
1983 22 CHC NL 458 13 -4 -1 2 1 0 14 25 2.6 24 2.5 0.1 $ *8/7 RoY-3
1984 23 CHC NL 164 3 0 0 0 -1 -2 5 4 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ 9/87
1984 23 CLE AL 299 3 1 1 0 -1 -4 9 8 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ 7/D98
1985 24 CLE AL 75 3 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 1 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $210,000 7/D9
1986 25 CLE AL 480 15 1 -2 1 -8 -6 15 16 1.7 24 2.5 -0.8 $350,000 *79/D
1987 26 CLE AL 508 -8 -2 -2 1 5 -7 16 3 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $550,000 *7/D
1988 27 CLE AL 553 -5 1 2 2 -10 -7 17 0 0.0 10 1.0 -1.0 $725,000 *7/8D9
1989 28 NYY AL 391 -1 -1 1 0 5 -7 12 9 0.9 4 0.4 0.5 $925,000 79D
1990 29 NYY AL 371 -6 0 -1 1 -7 -8 13 -8 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $1,100,000 D79
1991 30 NYY AL 527 5 -2 -1 2 -21 -6 18 -5 -0.5 16 1.6 -2.1 $1,100,000 *97D
1992 31 NYY AL 622 1 0 -1 3 3 -8 21 19 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $1,300,000 *79/D
1996 35 SFG NL 27 -5 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $120,000 /79
13 Seasons 4575 16 -7 -4 13 -40 -56 146 65 7.0 108 11.0 -4.0 $6,380,000
CLE (5 yrs) 1915 8 1 -1 4 -16 -25 59 28 3.1 46 4.7 -1.6 $1,835,000
CHC (4 yrs) 722 14 -5 -1 3 -4 -2 22 26 2.8 31 3.2 -0.4 $
NYY (4 yrs) 1911 -1 -3 -2 6 -20 -29 64 15 1.5 35 3.5 -2.0 $4,425,000
SFG (1 yr) 27 -5 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $120,000

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
1981 20 CHC NL 12 10 1 2.7 95 .000 .091 .267 .167 .333 .364 .383 .530 .716 45 .317 -1.0 -0.1 .500 .364 .273 .0
1982 21 CHC NL 88 61 9 4.0 96 .328 .263 .268 .318 .331 .350 .389 .668 .721 86 .473 -1.6 -0.2 .567 .138 .088
1983 22 CHC NL 458 307 71 6.2 100 .337 .283 .268 .352 .337 .488 .397 .840 .734 127 .668 14.6 1.5 .806 .307 .205 8.9
1984 23 TOT MLB 463 313 61 5.2 99 .298 .265 .268 .339 .332 .425 .399 .764 .732 108 .579 5.6 0.6 .729 .278 .160 4.7
1984 23 CHC NL 164 113 23 5.5 100 .304 .280 .272 .329 .339 .473 .396 .803 .735 117 .621 3.0 0.3 .757 .280 .193 2.7
1984 23 CLE AL 299 200 38 5.1 99 .295 .257 .266 .344 .329 .397 .401 .741 .730 104 .555 2.6 0.3 .713 .276 .140 1.8
1985 24 CLE AL 75 49 10 5.5 98 .382 .318 .260 .387 .326 .409 .404 .796 .730 120 .579 2.5 0.2 .708 .197 .091
1986 25 CLE AL 480 324 75 6.2 99 .312 .296 .259 .346 .327 .493 .404 .839 .731 128 .626 16.5 1.6 .801 .281 .197 9.0
1987 26 CLE AL 508 362 63 4.6 106 .294 .280 .265 .309 .334 .439 .426 .748 .759 96 .469 -4.7 -0.4 .653 .202 .159 7.8
1988 27 CLE AL 553 392 63 4.3 96 .296 .280 .262 .312 .327 .392 .394 .704 .721 95 .488 -3.9 -0.4 .613 .175 .113 6.5
1989 28 NYY AL 391 285 44 4.1 92 .244 .260 .260 .295 .324 .427 .382 .721 .706 103 .477 -0.2 -0.0 .634 .224 .166 .0
1990 29 NYY AL 371 277 40 3.9 95 .266 .258 .259 .272 .327 .433 .388 .706 .715 95 .442 -4.5 -0.5 .599 .192 .175 .0
1991 30 NYY AL 527 365 72 5.3 97 .276 .285 .260 .321 .329 .455 .395 .776 .724 113 .571 6.7 0.7 .702 .222 .171 .0
1992 31 NYY AL 622 444 75 4.5 94 .282 .280 .259 .310 .328 .429 .385 .739 .713 106 .514 2.8 0.3 .648 .202 .149 6.3
1996 35 SFG NL 27 23 1 1.2 102 .136 .120 .264 .148 .332 .120 .413 .268 .745 -26 .069 -4.5 -0.4 .182 .040 .000
13 Seasons 4575 3212 585 4.9 98 .290 .276 .262 .318 .330 .437 .397 .755 .726 107 .538 28.2 2.8 .679 .226 .161 50.4
162 Game Avg. 581 408 74 4.9 98 .290 .276 .262 .318 .330 .437 .397 .755 .726 107 .538 4 0 .679 .226 .161 6
CLE (5 yrs) 1915 1327 249 5.0 100 .302 .282 .263 .328 .329 .432 .407 .759 .736 106 .535 12.9 1.3 .688 .224 .150 27.4
CHC (4 yrs) 722 491 104 5.7 99 .323 .276 .269 .340 .337 .465 .396 .805 .732 119 .634 15.0 1.5 .759 .281 .189 11.7
NYY (4 yrs) 1911 1371 231 4.5 95 .270 .273 .260 .303 .327 .437 .388 .739 .715 105 .510 4.8 0.5 .650 .210 .164 7.5
SFG (1 yr) 27 23 1 1.2 102 .136 .120 .264 .148 .332 .120 .413 .268 .745 -26 .069 -4.5 -0.4 .182 .040 .000
AL (9 yrs) 3826 2698 480 4.8 97 .286 .277 .261 .315 .328 .434 .397 .749 .725 105 .523 17.6 1.7 .669 .217 .157 38.2
NL (5 yrs) 749 514 105 5.5 99 .315 .271 .269 .333 .336 .453 .396 .786 .733 113 .616 10.5 1.1 .734 .272 .182 11.7

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
1981 20 CHC NL 12 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 8.3% 100% 4.00 2.8 11.0 5.5 1.00 50%
1982 21 CHC NL 88 0.0% 19.3% 5.7% 5.7% 24% 3.40 4.7 20.0 0.83 73%
1983 22 CHC NL 458 3.7% 22.1% 9.2% 9.8% 39% 2.40 4.1 24.1 7.3 0.98 64%
1984 23 TOT MLB 463 2.4% 16.9% 10.2% 8.4% 36% 1.66 5.2 37.0 7.8 0.64 70%
1984 23 CHC NL 164 2.4% 14.0% 7.3% 11.0% 43% 1.92 6.5 37.5 6.8 0.63 76%
1984 23 CLE AL 299 2.3% 18.4% 11.7% 7.0% 32% 1.57 4.7 36.7 8.6 0.64 67%
1985 24 CLE AL 75 0.0% 16.0% 10.7% 8.0% 29% 1.50 5.5 5.5 1.00 73%
1986 25 CLE AL 480 3.8% 13.5% 6.9% 10.2% 37% 1.97 6.8 24.6 5.7 0.98 75%
1987 26 CLE AL 508 3.5% 13.4% 3.9% 7.9% 29% 3.40 7.1 26.9 6.4 0.90 79%
1988 27 CLE AL 553 1.1% 9.0% 5.1% 7.6% 29% 1.79 10.3 85.8 7.3 0.76 0.86 84% 20% 4.1% 46%
1989 28 NYY AL 391 4.4% 9.5% 5.4% 6.7% 28% 1.76 9.8 21.2 6.2 0.74 0.91 81% 24% 10.8% 17%
1990 29 NYY AL 371 3.2% 12.4% 1.6% 10.0% 40% 7.67 7.8 30.0 7.8 0.69 0.81 82% 23% 7.7% 17%
1991 30 NYY AL 527 3.6% 7.6% 4.9% 8.4% 31% 1.54 12.3 25.9 6.2 0.64 0.81 83% 20% 8.5% 20%
1992 31 NYY AL 622 2.4% 8.5% 4.7% 8.7% 33% 1.83 11.0 38.9 7.2 0.73 0.94 84% 22% 5.7% 16%
1996 35 SFG NL 27 0.0% 14.8% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 6.3 5.0 0.69 0.80 81% 14% 0.0% 46%
13 Seasons 4575 2.9% 12.6% 5.8% 8.5% 33% 2.15 7.4 31.6 6.8 0.71 0.87 78% 21% 7.3% 24%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.71 6.0 39.9 8.2 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.9% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 20 CHC NL -1.0 -0.1 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .55 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.86 -1.0 0.82 7
1982 21 CHC NL -1.6 -0.2 91 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .93 -0.2 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.89 -0.9 2.33 2
1983 22 CHC NL 14.6 1.5 474 1.6 9.4 -7.9 1.04 1.4 0.1 14.4 1.4 0.95 16.1 1.93 2
1984 23 TOT MLB 5.6 0.6 477 1.7 9.0 -7.3 .95 1.1 0.7 3.1 0.3 0.96 7.6 1.29 15
1984 23 CHC NL 3.0 0.3 171 0.6 3.0 -2.5 .89 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.99 3.9 0.49 4
1984 23 CLE AL 2.6 0.3 306 1.2 6.0 -4.8 .98 0.7 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.95 3.7 1.58 11
1985 24 CLE AL 2.5 0.2 77 0.3 1.5 -1.2 .98 0.1 0.2 3.4 0.3 1.04 1.6 1.32 6
1986 25 CLE AL 16.5 1.6 499 1.8 9.6 -7.9 .98 1.7 0.1 23.5 2.3 0.96 21.6 1.94 19
1987 26 CLE AL -4.7 -0.4 521 -0.7 9.0 -9.8 1.03 -0.5 -0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.94 -6.6 1.64 17
1988 27 CLE AL -3.9 -0.4 573 1.1 9.7 -8.6 .98 0.3 0.8 7.4 0.7 0.95 4.5 0.94 11
1989 28 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 395 0.1 6.8 -6.8 1.00 0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.96 -0.8 1.38 16
1990 29 NYY AL -4.5 -0.5 375 0.4 7.6 -7.3 1.11 -0.4 0.8 -3.7 -0.4 0.97 -3.6 2.12 15
1991 30 NYY AL 6.7 0.7 533 1.5 11.3 -9.8 1.09 1.4 0.0 3.7 0.4 1.01 11.4 1.35 14
1992 31 NYY AL 2.8 0.3 634 0.5 11.4 -11.0 1.08 0.0 0.4 10.1 1.0 0.98 4.0 1.98 12
1996 35 SFG NL -4.5 -0.4 27 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.01 -0.3 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.95 -2.6 1.12 19
13 Seasons 28.2 2.8 4688 7.0 86.7 -79.6 1.02 4.7 2.2 54.7 5.4 0.97 51.4 1.51 155

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
1981 20 CHC NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 21 CHC NL 1 0 21% 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 50% 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1983 22 CHC NL 4 0 30% 172 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 9 52% 22 13 9 10 4 4 16 4 12
1984 23 TOT MLB 7 0 39% 171 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 48% 35 27 8 8 2 6 20 4 16
1984 23 CHC NL 2 0 42% 56 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 50% 9 7 2 2 1 1 7 1 6
1984 23 CLE AL 5 0 38% 115 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 47% 26 20 6 6 1 5 13 3 10
1985 24 CLE AL 1 0 24% 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42% 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1986 25 CLE AL 2 0 34% 188 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 50% 25 19 5 9 5 3 24 3 21
1987 26 CLE AL 2 0 28% 181 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 54% 19 13 6 4 1 3 12 2 10
1988 27 CLE AL 8 0 38% 222 7 3 70% 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 17 44% 31 26 5 10 7 3 21 2 19
1989 28 NYY AL 8 0 38% 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 49% 21 14 6 6 2 3 12 1 10
1990 29 NYY AL 2 0 33% 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 41% 14 11 3 6 3 3 9 3 6
1991 30 NYY AL 9 0 32% 207 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 46% 25 16 9 9 4 5 12 5 7
1992 31 NYY AL 5 0 29% 215 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 16 50% 24 16 8 4 2 2 18 4 13
1996 35 SFG NL 1 0 75% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 50 0 33% 1693 31 22 58% 31 21 0 0 0 1 11 3 53 117 48% 233 167 64 67 30 33 147 28 117

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
1981 20 CHC NL 12 100% 1 7 1 1 1 0.82 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1982 21 CHC NL 88 83% 21 2 0 0 0 2.33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 6 4 67% 41 4 10% 3 3 100% 2 1 50% 0
1983 22 CHC NL 458 83% 116 2 1 1 1 1.93 17 1 12 17 0 6 11 0 1 1 100% 85 4 5% 31 9 29% 264 43 16% 27 17 63% 14 5 36% 0
1984 23 TOT MLB 462 90% 108 15 4 0 1 1.29 11 0 13 11 0 7 4 0 0 0 93 5 5% 43 14 33% 298 41 14% 30 13 43% 20 9 45% 1
1984 23 CHC NL 164 94% 42 4 0 0 0 0.49 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 34 2 6% 17 7 41% 117 18 15% 15 6 40% 7 4 57% 0
1984 23 CLE AL 298 88% 66 11 4 0 1 1.58 7 0 7 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 59 3 5% 26 7 27% 181 23 13% 15 7 47% 13 5 38% 1
1985 24 CLE AL 75 93% 21 6 2 0 1 1.32 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 9% 9 3 33% 63 12 19% 5 2 40% 7 4 57% 0
1986 25 CLE AL 480 94% 131 19 6 1 3 1.94 18 0 8 18 0 8 10 0 0 0 84 8 10% 41 11 27% 311 61 20% 24 13 54% 14 8 57% 0
1987 26 CLE AL 508 93% 136 17 2 0 0 1.64 18 0 12 17 1 8 10 0 0 0 88 7 8% 42 16 38% 306 62 20% 31 20 65% 18 11 61% 0
1988 27 CLE AL 553 91% 144 23 1 11 4 0 1 0.94 6 0 9 5 1 3 3 1 2 2 100% 91 8 9% 45 25 56% 349 66 19% 37 23 62% 18 8 44% 0
1989 28 NYY AL 391 80% 94 4 1 16 4 0 2 1.38 17 1 7 16 1 11 6 0 1 1 100% 77 9 12% 33 12 36% 255 44 17% 28 16 57% 11 7 64% 0
1990 29 NYY AL 371 84% 93 3 0 15 3 1 2 2.12 12 0 7 11 1 3 9 0 0 0 69 7 10% 33 16 48% 234 35 15% 16 9 56% 13 9 69% 0
1991 30 NYY AL 527 67% 140 53 0 14 4 0 2 1.35 19 0 17 14 5 13 6 0 0 0 112 6 5% 57 23 40% 396 62 16% 39 23 59% 22 13 59% 0
1992 31 NYY AL 622 69% 163 56 0 12 4 0 3 1.98 15 0 10 13 2 7 8 0 0 0 149 13 9% 72 37 51% 430 68 16% 44 32 73% 31 23 74% 0
1996 35 SFG NL 27 85% 3 0 0 19 2 0 3 1.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 3 100% 21 5 24% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 0
13 Seasons 4574 83% 1171 139 2 155 37 4 20 1.51 134 2 100 123 11 67 67 1 4 4 100% 888 69 8% 416 173 42% 2974 504 17% 288 175 61% 171 99 58% 1
MLB Averages 59% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 27 CLE AL 540 1749 3.24 1118 64% 18% 12% 29% 41% 82% 7% 53% 86% 41% 6% 31 2 16% 89 48 6% 31 30 12% 13 3 0
1989 28 NYY AL 389 1293 3.32 834 65% 19% 12% 30% 40% 81% 3% 52% 85% 40% 4% 16 0 16% 63 40 6% 23 17 14% 2 0 2
1990 29 NYY AL 367 1216 3.31 830 68% 15% 15% 32% 38% 85% 2% 58% 83% 44% 1% 4 0 8% 30 24 2% 9 8 11% 4 0 0
1991 30 NYY AL 527 1703 3.23 1070 63% 16% 12% 29% 43% 84% 4% 53% 85% 41% 4% 22 4 16% 84 53 8% 42 32 30% 0 0 0
1992 31 NYY AL 622 2153 3.46 1336 62% 20% 11% 28% 40% 80% 1% 49% 86% 32% 5% 29 9 17% 104 61 8% 47 38 11% 0 0 0
1996 35 SFG NL 23 84 3.65 59 70% 20% 17% 31% 32% 80% 0% 56% 79% 43% 9% 2 0 17% 4 2 4% 1 1 33% 4 0 0
6 Seasons 2468 8198 3.32 5247 64% 18% 12% 29% 40% 82% 3% 53% 85% 39% 4% 104 15 15% 374 228 6% 153 126 15% 23 3 2
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1981 20 10 12 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .364 .530 45 4 0 0 0 0 0
1982 21 34 100 91 7 22 3 2 1 6 0 1 6 21 .242 .300 .352 .652 81 32 0 2 0 1 1
1983 22 146 558 501 67 138 26 7 18 62 6 7 48 122 .275 .343 .463 .806 119 232 4 5 1 3 7
1984 23 277 1021 908 135 246 50 11 29 114 9 9 95 200 .271 .341 .446 .787 114 405 9 7 1 10 15
1985 24 300 1096 974 142 267 56 11 29 126 9 10 103 212 .274 .344 .444 .788 115 432 11 7 1 11 15
1986 25 440 1576 1416 210 398 85 13 47 203 15 12 136 277 .281 .345 .459 .804 119 650 19 9 1 14 23
1987 26 582 2084 1901 267 534 106 14 65 279 20 16 156 345 .281 .336 .454 .790 113 863 26 10 1 16 29
1988 27 732 2637 2416 336 678 138 18 71 350 27 19 184 395 .281 .331 .441 .772 109 1065 34 10 3 24 41
1989 28 845 3028 2777 390 772 147 18 88 408 27 19 205 432 .278 .326 .439 .765 108 1219 43 10 4 32 45
1990 29 958 3399 3137 431 865 170 20 100 454 27 19 211 478 .276 .320 .438 .759 107 1375 50 12 4 35 47
1991 30 1099 3926 3629 498 1005 193 22 119 534 27 20 237 518 .277 .320 .441 .761 108 1599 56 15 4 41 53
1992 31 1251 4548 4212 565 1168 229 25 134 615 31 22 266 571 .277 .319 .439 .758 107 1849 69 16 4 50 57
1993 32 1251 4548 4212 565 1168 229 25 134 615 31 22 266 571 .277 .319 .439 .758 107 1849 69 16 4 50 57
1994 33 1251 4548 4212 565 1168 229 25 134 615 31 22 266 571 .277 .319 .439 .758 107 1849 69 16 4 50 57
1995 34 1251 4548 4212 565 1168 229 25 134 615 31 22 266 571 .277 .319 .439 .758 107 1849 69 16 4 50 57
1996 35 1276 4575 4237 568 1171 229 25 134 620 31 22 267 575 .276 .318 .437 .755 107 1852 69 16 4 51 57

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
1981 20 15 19 17 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 6 .118 .211 .471 .681 2 10
1982 21 24 89 81 6 22 3 2 0 4 0 5 17 .272 .326 .358 .684 9 24
1983 22 112 460 412 62 118 23 5 17 58 6 43 101 .286 .357 .490 .847 72 112
1984 23 131 466 409 70 110 24 4 11 54 3 48 78 .269 .343 .428 .771 61 131
1985 24 23 76 67 7 22 6 0 0 12 0 8 12 .328 .395 .418 .813 11 23
1986 25 140 485 446 71 135 30 2 19 81 6 34 65 .303 .353 .507 .859 79 140
1987 26 142 505 482 55 133 21 1 18 73 5 20 68 .276 .305 .436 .741 63 142
1988 27 150 557 520 73 149 33 4 6 75 7 29 50 .287 .320 .400 .720 68 150
1989 28 113 396 366 59 99 9 0 18 64 0 22 37 .270 .306 .443 .748 51 113
1990 29 113 376 365 45 98 24 2 13 50 0 6 46 .268 .282 .452 .734 46 113
1991 30 141 532 496 70 144 24 2 20 84 0 27 40 .290 .327 .468 .795 75 141
1992 31 152 633 592 73 172 38 3 16 89 4 31 53 .291 .322 .446 .768 86 152
1996 35 25 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .037 .000 .037 0 25
13 Seasons 1281 4621 4278 593 1204 235 25 140 649 31 276 577 .281 .324 .446 .770 623 1276
162 Game Avg. 162 584 541 75 152 30 3 18 82 4 35 73 .281 .324 .446 .770 79 1276

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Doubles s c a p y
1992 AL  36 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1992 AL  9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1991 AL  12.3 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 NL  born 1960-09-16 (5th)
1982 NL  born 1960-09-16 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1571), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Troy O'Leary (961)
  2. Gary Ward (960)
  3. Steve Kemp (955)
  4. Jay Payton (954)
  5. Bernard Gilkey (953)
  6. Aaron Rowand (949)
  7. Willard Marshall (949)
  8. Al Martin (948)
  9. Sixto Lezcano (947)
  10. Orlando Merced (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Andre Dawson (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam Chapman (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dan Ford (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Walker (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tito Francona (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tito Francona (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Ford (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Ford (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Rudi (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Rudi (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gary Ward (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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