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Brian Harper

Brian David Harper

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 16, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1979
Teams (by GP): Twins/Pirates/Brewers/Cardinals/Tigers/... 1979-1995
Agents: Nick Lampros [*]
Final Game: April 29, 1995
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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
1979 19 CAL AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /D
1981 21 CAL AL 4 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .250 .273 .523 52 3 0 0 0 1 0 /D79
1982 22 PIT NL 20 31 29 4 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .276 .300 .517 .817 122 15 1 0 1 0 1 /7
1983 23 PIT NL 61 140 131 16 29 4 1 7 20 0 0 2 15 .221 .232 .427 .659 77 56 3 1 2 4 0 7/39
1984 24 PIT NL 46 121 112 4 29 4 0 2 11 0 0 5 11 .259 .300 .348 .648 82 39 4 2 1 1 0 7/92
1985 25 STL NL 43 55 52 5 13 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 3 .250 .273 .327 .600 68 17 2 0 0 1 0 /75923
1986 26 DET AL 19 41 36 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .139 .200 .167 .367 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 9/D32
1987 27 OAK AL 11 19 17 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .235 .222 .294 .516 40 5 1 0 1 1 0 /D7
1988 28 MIN AL 60 182 166 15 49 11 1 3 20 0 3 10 12 .295 .344 .428 .772 114 71 12 3 2 1 1 2/D5
1989 29 MIN AL 126 412 385 43 125 24 0 8 57 2 4 13 16 .325 .353 .449 .802 119 173 11 6 4 4 3 2D/935
1990 30 MIN AL 134 509 479 61 141 42 3 6 54 3 2 19 27 .294 .328 .432 .760 107 207 20 7 0 4 2 *2D/53
1991 31 MIN AL 123 469 441 54 137 28 1 10 69 1 2 14 22 .311 .336 .447 .783 111 197 14 6 2 6 3 *2/D37
1992 32 MIN AL 140 546 502 58 154 25 0 9 73 0 1 26 22 .307 .343 .410 .753 109 206 15 7 1 10 7 *2/D
1993 33 MIN AL 147 573 530 52 161 26 1 12 73 1 3 29 29 .304 .347 .425 .772 107 225 15 9 0 5 9 *2/D
1994 34 MIL AL 64 267 251 23 73 15 0 4 32 0 2 9 18 .291 .318 .398 .717 81 100 8 3 0 4 1 D2/97
1995 35 OAK AL 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
16 Yrs 1001 3386 3151 339 931 186 7 63 428 8 17 133 188 .295 .329 .419 .748 103 1320 107 44 15 43 27
162 Game Avg. 162 548 510 55 151 30 1 10 69 1 3 22 30 .295 .329 .419 .748 103 214 17 7 2 7 4
MIN (6 yrs) 730 2691 2503 283 767 156 6 48 346 7 15 111 128 .306 .342 .431 .773 110 1079 87 38 9 30 25
PIT (3 yrs) 127 292 272 24 66 9 1 11 35 0 0 8 30 .243 .267 .404 .672 84 110 8 3 4 5 1
OAK (2 yrs) 13 26 24 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .167 .160 .208 .368 -0 5 1 0 1 1 0
CAL (2 yrs) 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .231 .214 .231 .445 28 3 0 0 0 1 0
STL (1 yr) 43 55 52 5 13 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 3 .250 .273 .327 .600 68 17 2 0 0 1 0
DET (1 yr) 19 41 36 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .139 .200 .167 .367 2 6 1 0 1 1 0
MIL (1 yr) 64 267 251 23 73 15 0 4 32 0 2 9 18 .291 .318 .398 .717 81 100 8 3 0 4 1
AL (12 yrs) 831 3039 2827 310 852 173 6 52 385 8 17 123 155 .301 .336 .422 .758 105 1193 97 41 11 37 26
NL (4 yrs) 170 347 324 29 79 13 1 11 43 0 0 10 33 .244 .268 .392 .660 82 127 10 3 4 6 1

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
1979 19 CAL AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .426 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /D
1981 21 CAL AL 4 12 -1 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .463 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ /D79
1982 22 PIT NL 20 31 0 0 -0 1 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .504 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $ /7
1983 23 PIT NL 61 140 -3 0 1 -2 -1 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .490 .496 0.1 -0.3 1 $ 7/39
1984 24 PIT NL 46 121 -3 -1 -0 3 -1 -2 -0.2 4 1 0.1 .494 .498 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ 7/92
1985 25 STL NL 43 55 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .494 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $135,000 /75923
1986 26 DET AL 19 41 -6 -0 -0 1 -1 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .467 .496 -0.6 0.0 -6 $ 9/D32
1987 27 OAK AL 11 19 -2 0 -0 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .475 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $70,000 /D7
1988 28 MIN AL 60 182 2 -2 -2 4 2 5 0.6 6 10 1.1 .508 .503 0.7 0.7 6 $90,000 2/D5
1989 29 MIN AL 126 412 10 -2 -2 1 4 11 1.3 13 23 2.5 .509 .507 2.4 0.6 23 $147,500 2D/935
1990 30 MIN AL 134 509 5 -1 -3 2 6 9 1.1 17 26 2.6 .507 .506 2.5 0.9 24 $500,000 *2D/53
1991 31 MIN AL 123 469 10 -1 -2 -11 6 2 0.4 16 18 1.8 .502 .502 3.0 -0.4 29 $625,000 *2/D37
1992 32 MIN AL 140 546 4 -0 -2 -7 7 2 0.4 18 20 2.1 .502 .501 2.8 0.1 27 $2,500,000 *2/D
1993 33 MIN AL 147 573 5 -3 -2 -4 7 3 0.3 19 22 2.1 .502 .502 2.7 0.3 26 $2,400,000 *2/D
1994 34 MIL AL 64 267 -8 -3 -1 -0 -2 -14 -1.3 8 -6 -0.5 .479 .492 -0.5 -0.2 -6 $1,000,000 D2/97
1995 35 OAK AL 2 7 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .404 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
16 Seasons 1001 3386 11 -13 -13 -14 23 -5 0.5 111 105 10.6 .500 .500 12.3 1.7 119 $7,467,500
MIN (6 yrs) 730 2691 36 -9 -12 -16 31 31 4.1 89 120 12.2 .505 .503 14.1 2.2 136 $6,262,500
PIT (3 yrs) 127 292 -5 -1 0 2 -3 -7 -0.7 9 2 0.1 .494 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $
OAK (2 yrs) 13 26 -4 0 -0 -0 -1 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .464 .499 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $70,000
CAL (2 yrs) 5 14 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .456 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $
STL (1 yr) 43 55 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .494 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $135,000
DET (1 yr) 19 41 -6 -0 -0 1 -1 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .467 .496 -0.6 0.0 -6 $
MIL (1 yr) 64 267 -8 -3 -1 -0 -2 -14 -1.3 8 -6 -0.5 .479 .492 -0.5 -0.2 -6 $1,000,000

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
1979 19 CAL AL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .265 .000 .329 .000 .401 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1981 21 CAL AL 12 9 1 3.0 88 .250 .273 .255 .250 .319 .273 .371 .523 .690 52 .359 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .091 .000 .0
1982 22 PIT NL 31 23 4 4.7 98 .261 .276 .270 .300 .334 .517 .393 .817 .726 122 .549 0.6 0.1 .727 .276 .241 .0
1983 23 PIT NL 140 111 12 2.9 99 .195 .221 .267 .232 .336 .427 .395 .659 .731 77 .334 -5.1 -0.5 .562 .221 .206 .0
1984 24 PIT NL 121 89 11 3.3 94 .270 .259 .263 .300 .328 .348 .383 .648 .711 82 .398 -2.8 -0.3 .529 .134 .089 .0
1985 25 STL NL 55 42 4 2.6 95 .260 .250 .260 .273 .328 .327 .388 .600 .715 68 .288 -2.2 -0.2 .463 .115 .077
1986 26 DET AL 41 34 1 0.8 100 .147 .139 .262 .200 .330 .167 .408 .367 .737 2 .037 -4.9 -0.5 .281 .111 .028
1987 27 OAK AL 19 16 1 1.7 100 .286 .235 .257 .222 .324 .294 .412 .516 .736 40 .119 -1.3 -0.1 .357 .059 .059
1988 28 MIN AL 182 135 20 4.0 96 .303 .295 .262 .344 .327 .428 .394 .772 .721 114 .452 3.0 0.3 .614 .175 .133 .0
1989 29 MIN AL 412 283 57 5.4 99 .321 .325 .269 .353 .335 .449 .395 .802 .730 119 .598 9.3 0.9 .691 .153 .125 3.2
1990 30 MIN AL 509 364 62 4.6 99 .300 .294 .266 .328 .335 .432 .398 .760 .733 107 .517 3.7 0.4 .650 .180 .138 4.0
1991 31 MIN AL 469 328 62 5.1 101 .306 .311 .266 .336 .335 .447 .403 .783 .739 111 .552 5.8 0.6 .675 .166 .136 1.8
1992 32 MIN AL 546 375 68 4.9 96 .301 .307 .262 .343 .331 .410 .388 .753 .719 109 .547 6.3 0.6 .654 .153 .104 .0
1993 33 MIN AL 573 392 74 5.0 103 .302 .304 .267 .347 .337 .425 .408 .772 .745 107 .521 4.7 0.4 .674 .172 .121 1.8
1994 34 MIL AL 267 192 29 4.0 115 .296 .291 .277 .318 .350 .398 .442 .717 .792 81 .375 -7.4 -0.7 .585 .135 .108 .0
1995 35 OAK AL 7 7 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .259 .000 .331 .000 .410 .000 .741 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
16 Yrs 3386 2402 406 4.5 100 .295 .295 .266 .329 .335 .419 .401 .748 .736 103 .499 6.4 0.7 .635 .163 .123 14.2
162 Game Avg. 548 389 66 4.5 100 .295 .295 .266 .329 .335 .419 .401 .748 .736 103 .499 1 0 .635 .163 .123 2
MIN (6 yrs) 2691 1877 343 4.9 99 .305 .306 .265 .342 .334 .431 .398 .773 .733 110 .539 32.8 3.3 .664 .166 .125 12.2
PIT (3 yrs) 292 223 27 3.3 97 .233 .243 .266 .267 .332 .404 .390 .672 .722 84 .385 -7.4 -0.8 .565 .191 .162 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 26 23 1 1.2 100 .200 .167 .257 .160 .326 .208 .411 .368 .737 -0 .064 -3.3 -0.3 .238 .042 .042
CAL (2 yrs) 14 11 1 2.4 90 .231 .231 .257 .214 .321 .231 .376 .445 .696 28 .272 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .077 .000 .0
STL (1 yr) 55 42 4 2.6 95 .260 .250 .260 .273 .328 .327 .388 .600 .715 68 .288 -2.2 -0.2 .463 .115 .077
DET (1 yr) 41 34 1 0.8 100 .147 .139 .262 .200 .330 .167 .408 .367 .737 2 .037 -4.9 -0.5 .281 .111 .028
MIL (1 yr) 267 192 29 4.0 115 .296 .291 .277 .318 .350 .398 .442 .717 .792 81 .375 -7.4 -0.7 .585 .135 .108 .0
AL (12 yrs) 3039 2137 375 4.7 101 .301 .301 .266 .336 .335 .422 .402 .758 .738 105 .512 16.0 1.7 .645 .161 .121 13.9
NL (4 yrs) 347 265 31 3.2 96 .238 .244 .265 .268 .332 .392 .390 .660 .721 82 .370 -9.6 -1.0 .549 .179 .148 .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
1985 25 STL NL NLCS LAD W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 STL NL WS KCR L 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 31 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 5 18 18 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .389 .667 7 0 0 0 0 0
1991 31 MIN AL WS ATL W 7 23 21 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .381 .435 .476 .911 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 17 46 44 3 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .318 .348 .409 .757 18 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 18 18 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .389 .667 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 27 25 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .360 .407 .440 .847 11 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
1979 19 CAL AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1981 21 CAL AL 12 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 11.0 0.80 100%
1982 22 PIT NL 31 6.5% 12.9% 3.2% 9.7% 38% 4.00 7.3 14.5 7.3 1.50 74%
1983 23 PIT NL 140 5.0% 10.7% 1.4% 8.6% 41% 7.50 8.7 18.7 6.6 0.58 81%
1984 24 PIT NL 121 1.7% 9.1% 4.1% 5.0% 21% 2.20 10.2 56.0 10.2 0.54 83%
1985 25 STL NL 55 0.0% 5.5% 3.6% 7.3% 31% 1.50 17.3 6.5 1.22 91%
1986 26 DET AL 41 0.0% 7.3% 7.3% 2.4% 20% 1.00 12.0 12.0 0.88 83%
1987 27 OAK AL 19 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 5.3% 25% 4.3 5.7 0.50 74%
1988 28 MIN AL 182 1.7% 6.6% 5.5% 8.2% 31% 1.20 13.8 55.3 8.3 0.75 1.16 84% 25% 4.5% 25%
1989 29 MIN AL 412 1.9% 3.9% 3.2% 7.8% 26% 1.23 24.1 48.1 6.8 0.62 0.70 89% 25% 4.1% 14%
1990 30 MIN AL 509 1.2% 5.3% 3.7% 10.0% 36% 1.42 17.7 79.8 8.9 0.79 1.05 88% 21% 2.7% 11%
1991 31 MIN AL 469 2.1% 4.7% 3.0% 8.3% 29% 1.57 20.0 44.1 6.4 0.70 0.90 88% 24% 4.9% 18%
1992 32 MIN AL 546 1.7% 4.0% 4.8% 6.2% 22% 0.85 22.8 55.8 6.9 0.62 0.80 88% 24% 3.6% 18%
1993 33 MIN AL 573 2.1% 5.1% 5.1% 6.8% 24% 1.00 18.3 44.2 7.3 0.54 0.66 86% 23% 4.6% 21%
1994 34 MIL AL 267 1.5% 6.7% 3.4% 7.1% 26% 2.00 13.9 62.8 7.8 0.68 0.89 87% 26% 3.4% 16%
1995 35 OAK AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 1.00 1.00 86% 17% 0.0% 0%
16 Yrs 3386 1.9% 5.6% 3.9% 7.6% 28% 1.41 16.8 50.0 7.4 0.66 0.82 87% 24% 3.9% 17%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.4% 8.6% 6.8% 29% 1.68 6.2 41.0 8.3 0.81 1.08 73% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1979 19 CAL AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.11 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.86 -0.6 1
1981 21 CAL AL -0.6 -0.1 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .93 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.04 -0.4 3.33 1
1982 22 PIT NL 0.6 0.1 31 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 1.81 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 1.18 -1.7 1.82 12
1983 23 PIT NL -5.1 -0.5 145 -0.5 2.4 -2.9 1.13 -0.2 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.97 -0.0 1.16 27
1984 24 PIT NL -3.0 -0.3 124 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 1.05 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.99 -3.0 1.39 11
1985 25 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 55 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 1.69 -0.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.09 -1.7 2.63 26
1986 26 DET AL -4.9 -0.5 41 -0.6 0.2 -0.7 .72 -0.4 -0.4 -4.3 -0.4 0.91 -5.7 0.93 4
1987 27 OAK AL -1.3 -0.1 19 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .80 -0.1 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.05 -2.0 1.56 4
1988 28 MIN AL 2.8 0.3 186 -1.0 2.6 -3.6 .98 -0.1 -1.0 -7.0 -0.7 1.01 -2.4 1.81 7
1989 29 MIN AL 9.3 0.9 425 -0.1 7.1 -7.2 .98 0.3 -0.4 1.1 0.1 1.00 5.2 1.49 7
1990 30 MIN AL 3.2 0.3 521 0.5 9.8 -9.3 1.02 0.3 0.2 -1.0 -0.1 0.97 0.6 1.92 1
1991 31 MIN AL 5.8 0.6 479 1.5 10.1 -8.6 1.06 0.8 0.7 13.8 1.3 1.00 7.2 6.03 2
1992 32 MIN AL 5.7 0.6 553 0.7 9.9 -9.2 1.05 -0.1 0.7 3.3 0.3 1.01 -0.2 1.91 8
1993 33 MIN AL 4.7 0.4 577 1.2 11.8 -10.5 1.07 0.4 0.7 5.6 0.5 0.94 1.8 2.84 8
1994 34 MIL AL -7.4 -0.7 270 0.3 5.1 -4.8 1.02 -0.6 0.9 -5.8 -0.5 0.92 -8.0 0.99 1
1995 35 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .45 -0.1 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.95 -2.1 0
16 Yrs 4.9 0.5 3448 0.7 63.6 -62.8 1.05 -0.4 1.1 -10.5 -1.1 0.98 -12.9 1.89 120

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
1979 19 CAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 CAL AL 0 0 33% 7 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 22 PIT NL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1983 23 PIT NL 4 0 36% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 55% 5 3 2 2 0 2 4 1 2
1984 24 PIT NL 1 0 6% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 17% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1985 25 STL NL 1 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1986 26 DET AL 0 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1987 27 OAK AL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 28 MIN AL 1 0 20% 58 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 67% 11 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 29 MIN AL 7 0 26% 164 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 12 35% 21 17 4 6 4 2 10 3 7
1990 30 MIN AL 8 0 34% 174 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 10 45% 20 15 4 6 4 2 27 7 18
1991 31 MIN AL 11 0 30% 197 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 37% 28 22 5 8 2 6 13 5 7
1992 32 MIN AL 6 0 28% 184 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 36% 29 20 8 9 7 2 18 8 10
1993 33 MIN AL 8 0 21% 243 1 3 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 31% 34 28 6 9 7 2 16 4 10
1994 34 MIL AL 3 0 24% 109 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 28% 14 11 2 6 5 1 5 0 4
1995 35 OAK AL 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 50 0 26% 1262 8 17 32% 6 15 1 1 1 1 7 0 46 61 36% 175 132 39 51 34 17 98 30 61

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
1979 19 CAL AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 CAL AL 12 67% 3 1 0 0 0 3.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 2 100% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1982 22 PIT NL 31 74% 8 12 5 1 1 1.82 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 6 2 33% 27 2 7% 5 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1983 23 PIT NL 140 76% 29 27 6 1 4 1.16 7 0 6 0 7 5 2 0 3 2 67% 34 3 9% 21 10 48% 86 14 16% 12 8 67% 7 4 57% 0
1984 24 PIT NL 121 68% 29 11 2 1 2 1.39 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 33 4 12% 17 2 12% 77 10 13% 5 2 40% 8 3 38% 0
1985 25 STL NL 55 84% 13 26 7 0 4 2.63 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 15% 5 2 40% 46 8 17% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1986 26 DET AL 41 85% 5 4 2 0 2 0.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 6 2 33% 22 3 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1987 27 OAK AL 19 95% 4 4 1 0 1 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 15 3 20% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1988 28 MIN AL 182 30% 49 4 0 7 1 0 0 1.81 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 100% 50 12 24% 19 5 26% 139 17 12% 9 4 44% 3 2 67% 0
1989 29 MIN AL 412 40% 125 10 0 7 1 0 0 1.49 8 0 12 5 3 4 4 0 4 4 100% 80 11 14% 39 12 31% 292 50 17% 26 17 65% 17 10 59% 0
1990 30 MIN AL 509 31% 141 8 0 1 0 0 0 1.92 6 1 13 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 0% 116 20 17% 53 14 26% 332 50 15% 31 16 52% 21 12 57% 0
1991 31 MIN AL 469 26% 137 43 1 2 0 0 0 6.03 10 0 12 8 2 4 6 0 3 2 67% 97 14 14% 40 19 48% 337 61 18% 29 18 62% 22 17 77% 0
1992 32 MIN AL 546 23% 154 57 0 8 1 0 1 1.91 9 1 19 8 1 3 6 0 1 1 100% 119 15 13% 62 27 44% 400 67 17% 44 27 61% 27 16 59% 0
1993 33 MIN AL 573 23% 161 9 0 8 5 1 3 2.84 12 0 10 7 5 6 6 0 0 0 93 15 16% 44 14 32% 344 63 18% 24 13 54% 20 11 55% 0
1994 34 MIL AL 267 20% 73 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.99 4 0 7 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 49 8 16% 26 9 35% 172 30 17% 19 10 53% 12 4 33% 0
1995 35 OAK AL 7 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
16 Yrs 3386 34% 931 135 1 120 31 4 18 1.89 63 2 94 35 28 26 37 0 19 15 79% 709 107 15% 345 123 36% 2301 379 16% 215 121 56% 142 84 59% 0
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 28 MIN AL 182 529 2.91 367 69% 19% 15% 24% 43% 81% 2% 57% 82% 41% 6% 11 4 11% 20 8 3% 6 3 33% 0 0 0
1989 29 MIN AL 412 1264 3.07 834 66% 21% 8% 26% 45% 79% 3% 52% 89% 29% 4% 18 1 17% 69 42 4% 17 11 6% 0 2 2
1990 30 MIN AL 510 1655 3.25 1124 68% 22% 9% 27% 41% 77% 1% 53% 87% 31% 4% 21 4 12% 62 30 5% 24 20 0% -1 2 6
1991 31 MIN AL 473 1503 3.18 984 65% 23% 10% 24% 43% 77% 2% 50% 87% 29% 3% 13 0 14% 67 36 4% 21 13 18% -4 0 0
1992 32 MIN AL 547 1896 3.47 1228 65% 25% 8% 27% 40% 75% 4% 49% 90% 23% 5% 27 6 12% 66 25 7% 39 27 9% -1 0 0
1993 33 MIN AL 567 1875 3.31 1196 64% 23% 8% 28% 42% 77% 5% 49% 90% 29% 7% 41 8 16% 89 40 6% 35 28 14% 6 0 1
1994 34 MIL AL 266 899 3.38 616 69% 24% 12% 26% 38% 75% 1% 52% 84% 20% 2% 6 2 11% 30 16 4% 11 10 17% 1 0 2
1995 35 OAK AL 7 25 3.57 16 64% 38% 13% 13% 38% 63% 0% 40% 80% 14% 0% 0 0 14% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 2964 9646 3.25 6365 66% 23% 9% 26% 42% 77% 3% 51% 88% 28% 5% 137 25 14% 404 198 5% 153 112 12% 1 4 11
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 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
1979 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .231 .214 .231 .445 28 3 0 0 0 1 0
1982 22 25 45 42 5 11 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 5 .262 .273 .429 .701 93 18 1 0 1 1 1
1983 23 86 185 173 21 40 5 1 9 25 1 0 3 20 .231 .242 .428 .670 81 74 4 1 3 5 1
1984 24 132 306 285 25 69 9 1 11 36 1 0 8 31 .242 .265 .396 .661 82 113 8 3 4 6 1
1985 25 175 361 337 30 82 13 1 11 44 1 0 10 34 .243 .266 .386 .652 80 130 10 3 4 7 1
1986 26 194 402 373 32 87 14 1 11 47 1 0 13 37 .233 .259 .365 .624 72 136 11 3 5 8 1
1987 27 205 421 390 33 91 15 1 11 50 1 0 13 41 .233 .258 .362 .619 70 141 12 3 6 9 1
1988 28 265 603 556 48 140 26 2 14 70 1 3 23 53 .252 .284 .381 .665 83 212 24 6 8 10 2
1989 29 391 1015 941 91 265 50 2 22 127 3 7 36 69 .282 .312 .409 .721 98 385 35 12 12 14 5
1990 30 525 1524 1420 152 406 92 5 28 181 6 9 55 96 .286 .317 .417 .734 101 592 55 19 12 18 7
1991 31 648 1993 1861 206 543 120 6 38 250 7 11 69 118 .292 .322 .424 .746 103 789 69 25 14 24 10
1992 32 788 2539 2363 264 697 145 6 47 323 7 12 95 140 .295 .326 .421 .748 105 995 84 32 15 34 17
1993 33 935 3112 2893 316 858 171 7 59 396 8 15 124 169 .297 .330 .422 .752 105 1220 99 41 15 39 26
1994 34 999 3379 3144 339 931 186 7 63 428 8 17 133 187 .296 .329 .420 .749 103 1320 107 44 15 43 27
1995 35 1001 3386 3151 339 931 186 7 63 428 8 17 133 188 .295 .329 .419 .748 103 1320 107 44 15 43 27

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
1979 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1981 21 6 19 17 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .294 .263 .294 .557 2 4
1982 22 20 32 30 4 9 1 0 2 4 0 1 4 .300 .323 .533 .856 5 20
1983 23 61 141 132 17 30 4 1 7 21 0 2 15 .227 .237 .432 .669 14 61
1984 24 46 122 113 4 30 4 0 2 12 0 5 11 .265 .306 .354 .660 12 46
1985 25 43 55 52 5 13 4 0 0 8 0 2 3 .250 .273 .327 .600 5 43
1986 26 19 39 35 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 .114 .158 .143 .301 1 19
1987 27 11 19 17 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 .235 .222 .294 .516 1 11
1988 28 60 183 167 16 50 11 1 3 21 0 10 12 .299 .348 .431 .779 25 60
1989 29 126 415 388 44 128 25 0 8 59 2 13 16 .330 .358 .456 .814 62 126
1990 30 134 512 482 63 144 43 3 6 56 3 19 27 .299 .332 .438 .770 69 134
1991 31 123 469 441 54 137 28 1 10 69 1 14 22 .311 .336 .447 .783 65 123
1992 32 140 553 508 62 160 26 0 9 78 0 27 22 .315 .351 .419 .771 75 140
1993 33 147 574 531 52 162 26 1 12 74 1 29 29 .305 .348 .426 .774 77 147
1994 34 91 370 348 28 95 20 0 5 39 0 12 26 .273 .300 .374 .674 38 64
1995 35 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
16 Yrs 1030 3513 3271 354 971 194 7 64 448 9 136 196 .297 .329 .419 .748 451 1001
162 Game Avg. 162 553 514 56 153 31 1 10 70 1 21 31 .297 .329 .419 .748 71 1001

* 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

Batting Average s c a p y
1992 AL  .307 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1990 AL  42 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 AL  6 (9th)
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1993 AL  9 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1992 AL  10 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1990 AL  20 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1990 AL  17.7 (1st)
1992 AL  22.8 (1st)
1993 AL  18.3 (2nd)
Career  16.8 (210th)

Youngest s c a p y
1979 AL  born 1959-10-16 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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