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Billy Hatcher

William Augustus Hatcher

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 4, 1960 in Williams, AZ
High School: Williams HS (Williams, AZ)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 22, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1984
Teams (by GP): Astros/Reds/RedSox/Cubs/Phillies/... 1984-1995

Final Game: May 9, 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
1984 23 CHC NL 8 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 0 0 0 0 1 /7
1985 24 CHC NL 53 178 163 24 40 12 1 2 10 2 4 8 12 .245 .290 .368 .658 76 60 9 3 2 2 0 87/9
1986 25 HOU NL 127 453 419 55 108 15 4 6 36 38 14 22 52 .258 .302 .356 .658 84 149 3 5 6 1 1 *87/9
1987 26 HOU NL 141 627 564 96 167 28 3 11 63 53 9 42 70 .296 .352 .415 .767 106 234 11 9 7 5 1 *87/9
1988 27 HOU NL 145 591 530 79 142 25 4 7 52 32 13 37 56 .268 .321 .370 .691 102 196 6 8 8 8 4 *78
1989 28 TOT NL 135 520 481 59 111 19 3 4 51 24 7 30 62 .231 .277 .308 .584 70 148 4 2 3 4 2 *78/9
1989 28 HOU NL 108 433 395 49 90 15 3 3 44 22 6 30 53 .228 .281 .304 .585 70 120 3 1 3 4 2 78
1989 28 PIT NL 27 87 86 10 21 4 0 1 7 2 1 0 9 .244 .253 .326 .578 68 28 1 1 0 0 0 8/97
1990 29 CIN NL 139 545 504 68 139 28 5 5 25 30 10 33 42 .276 .327 .381 .708 91 192 4 6 1 1 5 *78
1991 30 CIN NL 138 482 442 45 116 25 3 4 41 11 9 26 55 .262 .312 .360 .671 86 159 9 7 4 3 4 *78
1992 31 TOT MLB 118 444 409 47 102 19 2 3 33 4 8 22 52 .249 .290 .328 .618 70 134 11 3 6 4 1 78
1992 31 CIN NL 43 102 94 10 27 3 0 2 10 0 2 5 11 .287 .314 .383 .697 94 36 2 0 0 3 0 7
1992 31 BOS AL 75 342 315 37 75 16 2 1 23 4 6 17 41 .238 .283 .311 .594 63 98 9 3 6 1 1 78
1993 32 BOS AL 136 562 508 71 146 24 3 9 57 14 7 28 46 .287 .336 .400 .735 93 203 14 11 11 4 4 *8/49
1994 33 TOT MLB 87 327 298 39 73 14 2 3 31 8 6 17 28 .245 .283 .336 .618 58 100 5 1 5 6 0 *98/7D
1994 33 BOS AL 44 181 164 24 40 9 1 1 18 4 5 11 14 .244 .292 .329 .621 58 54 3 1 3 2 0 9/D
1994 33 PHI NL 43 146 134 15 33 5 1 2 13 4 1 6 14 .246 .271 .343 .614 58 46 2 0 2 4 0 89/7
1995 34 TEX AL 6 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .083 .154 .167 .321 -17 2 0 0 0 0 0 /9D7
12 Yrs 1233 4752 4339 586 1146 210 30 54 399 218 87 267 476 .264 .312 .364 .676 86 1578 76 55 53 38 23
162 Game Avg. 162 624 570 77 151 28 4 7 52 29 11 35 63 .264 .312 .364 .676 86 207 10 7 7 5 3
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
HOU (4 yrs) 521 2104 1908 279 507 83 14 27 195 145 42 131 231 .266 .318 .366 .684 93 699 23 23 24 18 8
BOS (3 yrs) 255 1085 987 132 261 49 6 11 98 22 18 56 101 .264 .312 .360 .671 78 355 26 15 20 7 5
CIN (3 yrs) 320 1129 1040 123 282 56 8 11 76 41 21 64 108 .271 .319 .372 .692 89 387 15 13 5 7 9
CHC (2 yrs) 61 188 172 25 41 12 1 2 10 4 4 9 12 .238 .285 .355 .640 72 61 9 3 2 2 1
PIT (1 yr) 27 87 86 10 21 4 0 1 7 2 1 0 9 .244 .253 .326 .578 68 28 1 1 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 43 146 134 15 33 5 1 2 13 4 1 6 14 .246 .271 .343 .614 58 46 2 0 2 4 0
TEX (1 yr) 6 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .083 .154 .167 .321 -17 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 972 3654 3340 452 884 160 24 43 301 196 69 210 374 .265 .313 .366 .679 88 1221 50 40 33 31 18
AL (4 yrs) 261 1098 999 134 262 50 6 11 98 22 18 57 102 .262 .310 .357 .667 76 357 26 15 20 7 5

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
1984 23 CHC NL 8 10 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .472 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ /7
1985 24 CHC NL 53 178 -4 -2 -1 -5 -1 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.7 .475 .492 -0.3 -0.6 -2 $ 87/9
1986 25 HOU NL 127 453 -5 3 2 3 -2 1 0.1 14 14 1.5 .501 .500 1.1 0.1 12 $80,000 *87/9
1987 26 HOU NL 141 627 9 5 -1 -7 -2 3 0.4 19 22 2.3 .502 .502 2.9 -0.9 29 $110,000 *87/9
1988 27 HOU NL 145 591 1 1 0 -7 -6 -10 -1.2 18 8 0.6 .492 .492 1.4 -1.4 15 $240,000 *78
1989 28 HOU NL 108 433 -10 2 1 4 -4 -8 -0.9 13 6 0.4 .492 .494 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 78
1989 28 PIT NL 27 87 -4 -0 -0 2 -0 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .490 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $495,000 8/97
1990 29 CIN NL 139 545 -2 2 2 2 -3 1 0.3 15 16 1.8 .501 .501 1.3 0.1 14 $ *78
1991 30 CIN NL 138 482 -8 -2 -0 -8 -3 -22 -2.4 13 -8 -1.1 .482 .485 -0.2 -1.2 -0 $ *78
1992 31 CIN NL 43 102 -2 -1 -0 -6 -1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .474 .493 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $1,600,000 7
1992 31 BOS AL 75 342 -17 -2 -0 -9 -3 -30 -3.1 12 -19 -2.1 .457 .480 -1.2 -1.2 -10 $ 78
1993 32 BOS AL 136 562 -7 4 -1 -1 2 -2 -0.1 19 17 1.6 .498 .499 1.8 0.2 18 $1,000,000 *8/49
1994 33 BOS AL 44 181 -10 -2 -0 -4 -2 -18 -1.6 6 -12 -1.1 .462 .490 -0.8 -0.5 -8 $650,000 9/D
1994 33 PHI NL 43 146 -8 1 1 2 -0 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 -0.3 0.2 -3 $ 89/7
1995 34 TEX AL 6 13 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .472 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ /9D7
12 Seasons 1233 4752 -71 10 3 -32 -26 -117 -12.0 145 27 2.0 .490 .495 4.8 -5.8 60 $4,175,000
HOU (4 yrs) 521 2104 -6 10 3 -7 -15 -15 -1.5 65 50 4.8 .497 .497 5.3 -2.2 57 $430,000
BOS (3 yrs) 255 1085 -34 1 -1 -13 -3 -50 -4.9 36 -14 -1.6 .480 .489 -0.2 -1.5 -0 $1,650,000
CIN (3 yrs) 320 1129 -12 -1 1 -12 -7 -30 -3.2 31 1 -0.1 .489 .493 1.0 -1.9 13 $1,600,000
CHC (2 yrs) 61 188 -6 -1 -1 -5 -1 -14 -1.5 6 -8 -0.9 .475 .495 -0.5 -0.6 -3 $
PIT (1 yr) 27 87 -4 -0 -0 2 -0 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .490 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $495,000
PHI (1 yr) 43 146 -8 1 1 2 -0 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 -0.3 0.2 -3 $
TEX (1 yr) 6 13 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .472 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 $

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
1984 23 CHC NL 10 8 0 0.0 100 .111 .111 .272 .200 .339 .111 .396 .311 .735 -13 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .500 .333 .000 .0
1985 24 CHC NL 178 140 14 2.7 103 .252 .245 .271 .290 .341 .368 .404 .658 .745 76 .307 -5.5 -0.6 .507 .160 .123 2.0
1986 25 HOU NL 453 335 47 3.8 95 .282 .258 .258 .302 .327 .356 .389 .658 .716 84 .440 -10.6 -1.1 .610 .208 .098 10.4
1987 26 HOU NL 627 429 89 5.6 102 .320 .296 .264 .352 .333 .415 .412 .767 .745 106 .572 6.0 0.6 .789 .271 .119 18.2
1988 27 HOU NL 591 423 66 4.2 86 .284 .268 .252 .321 .315 .370 .370 .691 .684 102 .524 2.0 0.2 .639 .208 .102 11.5
1989 28 TOT NL 520 388 44 3.1 88 .255 .231 .250 .277 .317 .308 .373 .584 .690 70 .375 -19.4 -2.1 .517 .175 .077 6.9
1989 28 HOU NL 433 321 37 3.1 88 .254 .228 .250 .281 .317 .304 .373 .585 .690 70 .382 -15.5 -1.6 .532 .192 .076 5.3
1989 28 PIT NL 87 67 7 2.8 87 .263 .244 .249 .253 .316 .326 .371 .578 .687 68 .339 -3.9 -0.4 .448 .093 .081 1.3
1990 29 CIN NL 545 381 65 4.6 102 .293 .276 .270 .327 .337 .381 .406 .708 .743 91 .518 -7.2 -0.7 .662 .210 .105 8.6
1991 30 CIN NL 482 351 48 3.7 97 .290 .262 .262 .312 .330 .360 .393 .671 .723 86 .441 -8.8 -0.9 .564 .161 .097 5.9
1992 31 TOT MLB 444 336 36 2.9 98 .277 .249 .266 .290 .335 .328 .393 .618 .728 70 .321 -17.6 -1.8 .475 .122 .078 3.4
1992 31 CIN NL 102 74 11 4.0 95 .298 .287 .264 .314 .330 .383 .388 .697 .718 94 .486 -0.8 -0.1 .549 .128 .096 .0
1992 31 BOS AL 342 262 25 2.6 99 .270 .238 .266 .283 .336 .311 .395 .594 .731 63 .272 -16.8 -1.7 .455 .121 .073 1.6
1993 32 BOS AL 562 398 66 4.4 108 .300 .287 .274 .336 .345 .400 .418 .735 .763 93 .462 -6.5 -0.6 .650 .181 .112 11.0
1994 33 TOT MLB 327 247 28 3.0 113 .256 .245 .277 .283 .348 .336 .438 .618 .785 58 .275 -19.3 -1.8 .508 .154 .091 4.4
1994 33 BOS AL 181 137 15 2.9 115 .258 .244 .277 .292 .350 .329 .442 .621 .792 58 .249 -10.7 -1.0 .492 .146 .085 1.6
1994 33 PHI NL 146 110 13 3.2 111 .254 .246 .277 .271 .344 .343 .433 .614 .777 58 .309 -8.5 -0.8 .529 .164 .097 2.7
1995 34 TEX AL 13 11 0 0.0 112 .091 .083 .274 .154 .348 .167 .433 .321 .781 -17 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .273 .167 .083
12 Yrs 4752 3447 503 3.9 98 .284 .264 .263 .312 .332 .364 .398 .676 .730 86 .446 -90.5 -9.2 .605 .191 .100 86.6
162 Game Avg. 624 453 66 3.9 98 .284 .264 .263 .312 .332 .364 .398 .676 .730 86 .446 -90.5 -9.2 .605 .191 .100 11
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
HOU (4 yrs) 2104 1508 239 4.3 93 .288 .266 .257 .318 .323 .366 .387 .684 .710 93 .497 -18.2 -1.9 .652 .223 .101 45.5
BOS (3 yrs) 1085 797 106 3.6 106 .283 .264 .272 .312 .343 .360 .415 .671 .758 78 .369 -34.1 -3.3 .558 .156 .095 14.7
CIN (3 yrs) 1129 806 124 4.1 99 .292 .271 .266 .319 .334 .372 .399 .692 .732 89 .483 -16.8 -1.7 .610 .182 .101 17.3
CHC (2 yrs) 188 148 14 2.6 103 .244 .238 .271 .285 .340 .355 .404 .640 .744 72 .286 -6.9 -0.7 .507 .169 .116 2.7
PIT (1 yr) 87 67 7 2.8 87 .263 .244 .249 .253 .316 .326 .371 .578 .687 68 .340 -3.9 -0.4 .448 .093 .081 1.3
PHI (1 yr) 146 110 13 3.2 111 .254 .246 .277 .271 .344 .343 .433 .614 .777 58 .309 -8.5 -0.8 .529 .164 .097 2.7
TEX (1 yr) 13 11 0 0.0 112 .091 .083 .274 .154 .348 .167 .433 .321 .781 -17 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .273 .167 .083
NL (10 yrs) 3654 2639 397 4.1 96 .285 .265 .261 .313 .328 .366 .393 .679 .721 88 .472 -54.3 -5.6 .621 .202 .101 70.5
AL (4 yrs) 1098 808 106 3.5 106 .281 .262 .272 .310 .343 .357 .415 .667 .758 76 .363 -36.2 -3.5 .554 .156 .095 14.7

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
1986 25 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 6 30 25 4 7 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 2 .280 .357 .400 .757 10 0 0 2 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 4 16 15 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .600 .933 9 0 0 1 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL WS OAK W 4 15 12 6 9 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 .750 .800 1.250 2.050 15 1 1 0 0 1
2 Yrs (3 Series) 14 61 52 12 21 5 1 2 6 3 1 5 4 .404 .466 .654 1.119 34 1 1 3 0 1
2 NLCS 10 46 40 6 12 1 0 2 4 3 0 3 4 .300 .349 .475 .824 19 0 0 3 0 0
1 WS 4 15 12 6 9 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 .750 .800 1.250 2.050 15 1 1 0 0 1

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
1984 23 CHC NL 10 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.00 90%
1985 24 CHC NL 178 1.1% 6.7% 4.5% 8.4% 38% 1.50 13.6 81.5 16.3 1.35 85%
1986 25 HOU NL 453 1.3% 11.5% 4.9% 5.5% 23% 2.36 8.1 69.8 11.6 1.49 80%
1987 26 HOU NL 627 1.8% 11.2% 6.7% 6.7% 25% 1.67 8.1 51.3 9.0 1.36 78%
1988 27 HOU NL 591 1.2% 9.5% 6.3% 6.1% 25% 1.51 9.5 75.7 10.2 0.87 0.94 80% 20% 4.4% 37%
1989 28 TOT NL 520 0.8% 11.9% 5.8% 5.0% 23% 2.07 7.8 120.3 9.4 1.00 1.09 81% 16% 2.7% 29%
1989 28 HOU NL 433 0.7% 12.2% 6.9% 4.9% 23% 1.77 7.5 131.7 9.0 1.09 1.17 79% 15% 2.5% 27%
1989 28 PIT NL 87 1.2% 10.3% 0.0% 5.8% 24% 9.6 86.0 12.3 0.67 0.78 87% 22% 3.7% 40%
1990 29 CIN NL 545 0.9% 7.7% 6.1% 7.0% 27% 1.27 12.0 100.8 20.2 0.82 0.89 84% 22% 2.6% 21%
1991 30 CIN NL 482 0.8% 11.4% 5.4% 6.6% 28% 2.12 8.0 110.5 10.8 1.03 1.25 80% 18% 2.7% 22%
1992 31 TOT MLB 444 0.7% 11.7% 5.0% 5.4% 24% 2.36 7.9 136.3 12.4 0.93 1.24 81% 23% 1.9% 16%
1992 31 CIN NL 102 2.0% 10.8% 4.9% 4.9% 19% 2.20 8.5 47.0 9.4 0.69 0.76 82% 27% 4.7% 16%
1992 31 BOS AL 342 0.3% 12.0% 5.0% 5.6% 25% 2.41 7.7 315.0 13.7 1.02 1.44 80% 22% 0.9% 16%
1993 32 BOS AL 562 1.6% 8.2% 5.0% 6.4% 25% 1.64 11.0 56.4 8.9 0.83 1.07 81% 21% 4.5% 20%
1994 33 TOT MLB 327 0.9% 8.6% 5.2% 5.8% 26% 1.65 10.6 99.3 9.6 0.90 1.02 83% 17% 2.5% 17%
1994 33 BOS AL 181 0.6% 7.7% 6.1% 6.1% 28% 1.27 11.7 164.0 9.1 0.83 0.87 83% 17% 1.4% 16%
1994 33 PHI NL 146 1.4% 9.6% 4.1% 5.5% 24% 2.33 9.6 67.0 10.3 0.98 1.24 84% 17% 4.0% 19%
1995 34 TEX AL 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 100% 1.00 12.0 1.20 1.50 85% 9% 0.0% 0%
12 Yrs 4752 1.1% 10.0% 5.6% 6.2% 26% 1.78 9.1 80.4 10.9 0.91 1.14 81% 20% 3.1% 24%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.74 5.9 39.8 8.2 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20%
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
1984 23 CHC NL -1.4 -0.2 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.09 -0.2 0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.82 -2.0 1.26 3
1985 24 CHC NL -5.5 -0.6 187 -1.3 2.4 -3.7 .97 -0.5 -0.8 -14.0 -1.4 0.94 -6.9 0.83 8
1986 25 HOU NL -10.6 -1.1 516 1.0 8.8 -7.8 1.05 0.3 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.97 1.1 2.08 4
1987 26 HOU NL 6.0 0.6 711 0.5 12.2 -11.8 1.06 1.3 -0.9 21.1 2.1 0.95 17.2 1.68 1
1988 27 HOU NL 2.0 0.2 652 2.4 12.3 -9.9 1.07 0.5 1.7 11.5 1.2 0.96 7.6 1.67 5
1989 28 TOT NL -19.4 -2.1 564 -1.1 8.1 -9.2 .97 -1.0 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.98 -9.2 1.47 15
1989 28 HOU NL -15.5 -1.6 472 -0.6 6.9 -7.5 .98 -0.7 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.99 -5.4 1.12 7
1989 28 PIT NL -3.9 -0.4 92 -0.5 1.2 -1.6 .90 -0.3 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.91 -3.8 1.78 8
1990 29 CIN NL -7.2 -0.7 599 -0.5 8.7 -9.2 .97 0.2 -0.7 -4.5 -0.4 0.93 -0.9 1.52 13
1991 30 CIN NL -8.8 -0.9 510 0.5 8.3 -7.8 .95 -0.8 1.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.92 -2.1 1.33 19
1992 31 TOT MLB -17.5 -1.8 461 -0.9 8.3 -9.2 1.13 -2.0 1.2 -23.3 -2.3 0.98 -22.8 1.23 20
1992 31 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 105 -0.6 1.5 -2.1 1.07 -0.4 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 1.02 -4.5 1.17 19
1992 31 BOS AL -16.8 -1.7 356 -0.3 6.8 -7.1 1.15 -1.6 1.3 -17.2 -1.7 0.96 -18.4 2.27 1
1993 32 BOS AL -6.5 -0.6 597 -0.7 9.7 -10.4 1.03 -0.9 0.2 -8.0 -0.8 0.94 -9.6 0.34 4
1994 33 TOT MLB -19.5 -1.8 350 -1.3 5.1 -6.4 1.04 -1.4 0.1 -15.2 -1.4 0.95 -17.5 0.80 5
1994 33 BOS AL -10.9 -1.0 194 -0.5 2.8 -3.2 1.00 -0.9 0.5 -7.1 -0.6 0.94 -11.9 0.21 1
1994 33 PHI NL -8.5 -0.8 156 -0.8 2.4 -3.2 1.09 -0.4 -0.3 -8.0 -0.8 0.96 -5.6 0.95 4
1995 34 TEX AL -2.2 -0.2 14 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 1.57 -0.2 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.95 -2.7 0.56 1
12 Yrs -90.6 -9.2 5173 -2.0 84.1 -86.1 1.03 -4.6 2.6 -39.2 -3.7 0.95 -47.8 1.29 98
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
1984 23 CHC NL 0 0 50% 5 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 24 CHC NL 4 0 45% 67 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 67% 9 4 5 1 0 1 5 1 4
1986 25 HOU NL 9 0 38% 160 38 14 73% 37 12 1 2 0 0 5 1 6 13 60% 17 10 7 5 1 4 18 4 13
1987 26 HOU NL 9 0 41% 234 53 9 85% 45 9 8 0 0 0 14 0 12 28 57% 32 17 15 8 2 6 27 10 17
1988 27 HOU NL 6 0 40% 211 32 13 71% 27 10 5 1 0 2 6 2 6 16 59% 30 14 15 7 3 4 32 9 22
1989 28 TOT NL 10 0 40% 165 24 7 77% 20 5 4 1 0 1 5 1 9 19 54% 22 14 8 4 2 2 17 4 13
1989 28 HOU NL 10 0 39% 136 22 6 79% 19 4 3 1 0 1 4 0 8 16 53% 20 12 8 4 2 2 14 4 10
1989 28 PIT NL 0 0 43% 29 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1990 29 CIN NL 11 0 36% 226 30 10 75% 23 7 7 3 0 0 3 0 9 25 39% 31 23 8 7 3 4 23 10 12
1991 30 CIN NL 6 0 28% 197 11 9 55% 9 8 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 6 46% 25 14 10 8 6 2 13 3 9
1992 31 TOT MLB 2 0 36% 144 4 8 33% 3 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 7 48% 27 16 10 6 4 2 11 2 9
1992 31 CIN NL 0 0 27% 34 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 38% 2 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 3
1992 31 BOS AL 2 0 38% 110 4 6 40% 3 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 6 50% 25 14 10 3 1 2 8 2 6
1993 32 BOS AL 4 0 35% 200 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 21 59% 26 8 17 9 4 5 14 7 7
1994 33 TOT MLB 5 0 41% 109 8 6 57% 7 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 12 30% 14 11 3 3 2 1 13 7 5
1994 33 BOS AL 3 0 45% 48 4 5 44% 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 35% 10 7 3 3 2 1 7 4 3
1994 33 PHI NL 2 0 35% 61 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 6 3 2
1995 34 TEX AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 66 0 38% 1721 218 87 71% 189 75 27 8 2 4 45 7 65 149 52% 235 131 100 58 27 31 174 57 112
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
1984 23 CHC NL 10 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 CHC NL 178 24% 40 8 1 0 1 0.83 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 31 9 29% 19 11 58% 94 8 9% 11 4 36% 9 6 67% 0
1986 25 HOU NL 453 51% 108 4 0 0 2 2.08 6 1 9 3 3 2 4 0 7 6 86% 79 3 4% 51 24 47% 237 32 14% 18 10 56% 17 12 71% 0
1987 26 HOU NL 627 36% 167 1 1 0 0 1.68 11 1 15 7 4 3 8 0 8 7 88% 87 11 13% 40 17 43% 310 55 18% 30 15 50% 15 9 60% 0
1988 27 HOU NL 591 35% 142 30 5 5 1 0 1 1.67 7 0 7 3 4 3 4 0 12 8 67% 94 6 6% 60 26 43% 321 45 14% 29 18 62% 32 22 69% 0
1989 28 TOT NL 520 39% 111 14 2 15 5 0 4 1.47 4 0 13 2 2 0 4 0 5 3 60% 64 4 6% 35 13 37% 287 48 17% 33 19 58% 14 5 36% 0
1989 28 HOU NL 433 34% 90 12 1 7 4 0 3 1.12 3 0 11 1 2 0 3 0 5 3 60% 60 3 5% 32 13 41% 247 42 17% 29 17 59% 14 5 36% 0
1989 28 PIT NL 87 62% 21 2 1 8 1 0 1 1.78 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 40 6 15% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL 545 41% 139 29 10 13 3 0 1 1.52 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 10 1 10% 71 4 6% 36 10 28% 253 21 8% 22 9 41% 15 8 53% 0
1991 30 CIN NL 482 29% 116 45 3 19 3 0 0 1.33 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 7 4 57% 71 9 13% 29 10 34% 236 38 16% 11 6 55% 10 7 70% 0
1992 31 TOT MLB 444 34% 102 34 0 20 5 0 1 1.23 3 0 14 1 2 1 2 0 7 6 86% 74 11 15% 44 16 36% 259 31 12% 20 9 45% 17 11 65% 0
1992 31 CIN NL 102 63% 27 14 0 19 5 0 1 1.17 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 2 13% 14 5 36% 73 8 11% 6 4 67% 7 3 43% 0
1992 31 BOS AL 342 25% 75 20 0 1 0 0 0 2.27 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 86% 58 9 16% 30 11 37% 186 23 12% 14 5 36% 10 8 80% 0
1993 32 BOS AL 562 26% 146 23 4 4 1 0 1 0.34 9 0 10 8 1 5 4 0 16 11 69% 103 14 14% 59 25 42% 323 50 15% 26 17 65% 18 11 61% 0
1994 33 TOT MLB 327 35% 73 9 2 5 3 0 1 0.80 3 0 13 2 1 0 3 0 7 5 71% 54 5 9% 30 14 47% 191 30 16% 20 13 65% 7 4 57% 0
1994 33 BOS AL 181 31% 40 5 1 1 0 0 0 0.21 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 31 3 10% 12 6 50% 111 19 17% 7 7 100% 6 3 50% 0
1994 33 PHI NL 146 41% 33 4 1 4 3 0 1 0.95 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 100% 23 2 9% 18 8 44% 80 11 14% 13 6 46% 1 1 100% 0
1995 34 TEX AL 13 85% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 4752 36% 1146 184 26 98 23 0 12 1.29 54 2 98 35 19 20 34 0 81 53 65% 730 76 10% 404 166 41% 2520 358 14% 220 120 55% 154 95 62% 0
MLB Averages 59% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%
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 27 HOU NL 592 1924 3.25 1243 65% 20% 13% 27% 39% 80% 2% 52% 83% 38% 5% 30 1 15% 91 45 6% 36 22 25% -1 1 0
1989 28 TOT NL 510 1749 3.43 1134 65% 23% 13% 27% 37% 77% 1% 50% 82% 33% 6% 30 4 16% 84 28 8% 41 25 23% 10 0 5
1989 28 HOU NL 424 1474 3.48 939 64% 23% 14% 26% 36% 76% 1% 49% 82% 33% 6% 27 4 17% 71 22 8% 35 20 25% 9 0 5
1989 28 PIT NL 86 275 3.20 195 71% 21% 11% 29% 39% 79% 0% 56% 86% 34% 3% 3 0 15% 13 6 7% 6 5 11% 1 0 0
1990 29 CIN NL 533 1772 3.32 1140 64% 22% 10% 28% 40% 78% 3% 50% 86% 37% 6% 30 0 16% 84 29 6% 32 23 30% 12 1 4
1991 30 CIN NL 482 1633 3.39 1076 66% 23% 12% 28% 37% 77% 3% 51% 85% 34% 4% 18 0 14% 66 26 6% 30 18 31% 0 0 0
1992 31 TOT MLB 444 1463 3.30 972 66% 25% 11% 27% 38% 75% 1% 50% 85% 34% 5% 23 1 14% 60 14 7% 32 22 23% 0 0 0
1992 31 CIN NL 102 326 3.20 218 67% 22% 12% 27% 39% 78% 0% 52% 85% 34% 7% 7 1 15% 15 5 6% 6 4 18% 0 0 0
1992 31 BOS AL 342 1137 3.32 754 66% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 1% 50% 86% 34% 5% 16 0 13% 45 9 8% 26 18 24% 0 0 0
1993 32 BOS AL 563 1880 3.34 1208 64% 25% 9% 27% 39% 75% 2% 49% 88% 31% 5% 26 1 14% 80 22 7% 40 26 15% -1 3 0
1994 33 TOT MLB 322 1120 3.48 733 65% 26% 10% 26% 38% 74% 0% 49% 86% 29% 7% 21 1 15% 49 17 8% 25 13 30% 5 0 1
1994 33 BOS AL 182 616 3.38 392 64% 26% 10% 24% 40% 74% 0% 47% 86% 29% 6% 11 0 15% 28 12 9% 16 7 29% -1 0 0
1994 33 PHI NL 140 504 3.60 341 68% 26% 10% 29% 35% 74% 0% 50% 86% 29% 7% 10 1 15% 21 5 6% 9 6 31% 6 0 1
1995 34 TEX AL 13 43 3.31 26 60% 12% 8% 38% 42% 88% 0% 53% 91% 46% 8% 1 0 15% 2 1 15% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3459 11584 3.35 7532 65% 23% 11% 27% 38% 77% 2% 50% 85% 34% 5% 179 8 15% 516 182 7% 238 150 25% 25 5 10
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
1984 23 8 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 0 0 0 0 1
1985 24 61 188 172 25 41 12 1 2 10 4 4 9 12 .238 .285 .355 .640 72 61 9 3 2 2 1
1986 25 188 641 591 80 149 27 5 8 46 42 18 31 64 .252 .297 .355 .652 80 210 12 8 8 3 2
1987 26 329 1268 1155 176 316 55 8 19 109 95 27 73 134 .274 .324 .384 .708 93 444 23 17 15 8 3
1988 27 474 1859 1685 255 458 80 12 26 161 127 40 110 190 .272 .323 .380 .703 96 640 29 25 23 16 7
1989 28 609 2379 2166 314 569 99 15 30 212 151 47 140 252 .263 .313 .364 .677 90 788 33 27 26 20 9
1990 29 748 2924 2670 382 708 127 20 35 237 181 57 173 294 .265 .315 .367 .683 90 980 37 33 27 21 14
1991 30 886 3406 3112 427 824 152 23 39 278 192 66 199 349 .265 .315 .366 .681 90 1139 46 40 31 24 18
1992 31 1004 3850 3521 474 926 171 25 42 311 196 74 221 401 .263 .312 .362 .674 87 1273 57 43 37 28 19
1993 32 1140 4412 4029 545 1072 195 28 51 368 210 81 249 447 .266 .315 .366 .681 88 1476 71 54 48 32 23
1994 33 1227 4739 4327 584 1145 209 30 54 399 218 87 266 475 .265 .313 .364 .677 86 1576 76 55 53 38 23
1995 34 1233 4752 4339 586 1146 210 30 54 399 218 87 267 476 .264 .312 .364 .676 86 1578 76 55 53 38 23

Neutralized Batting

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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
1984 23 8 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 8
1985 24 53 178 163 24 40 12 1 2 10 2 8 12 .245 .290 .368 .658 17 53
1986 25 127 460 425 60 114 16 4 6 39 40 23 52 .268 .313 .367 .680 48 127
1987 26 141 630 566 98 169 28 3 11 64 54 43 70 .299 .355 .417 .772 82 141
1988 27 145 611 545 93 157 28 4 8 61 35 41 56 .288 .343 .398 .741 73 145
1989 28 135 531 490 68 120 21 3 4 59 26 32 62 .245 .292 .324 .616 47 135
1990 29 139 546 505 69 140 28 5 5 25 30 33 42 .277 .328 .382 .711 62 139
1991 30 138 484 444 47 118 25 3 4 42 11 26 55 .266 .315 .363 .677 50 138
1992 31 118 446 411 48 104 19 2 3 34 4 22 52 .253 .293 .331 .624 40 118
1993 32 136 556 503 67 141 23 3 9 54 14 27 46 .280 .328 .392 .720 62 136
1994 33 123 455 416 50 98 19 3 4 40 11 23 40 .236 .272 .325 .597 37 87
1995 34 7 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 6
12 Yrs 1270 4922 4491 624 1201 219 31 56 428 229 280 488 .267 .316 .367 .683 518 1233
162 Game Avg. 162 628 573 80 153 28 4 7 55 29 36 62 .267 .316 .367 .683 66 1233

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 NL Babe Ruth Award

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1986 NL  38 (8th)
1987 NL  53 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1987 NL  125 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL  5 (10th)
1987 NL  9 (2nd)
1988 NL  8 (5th)
1990 NL  6 (6th)
1991 NL  7 (4th)
1993 AL  11 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1993 AL  11 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  8 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1986 NL  14 (7th)
1988 NL  13 (8th)
Career  87 (182nd)

SB % s c a p y
1987 NL  85.48 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1990 NL  12.0 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Orsulak (949)
  2. Bobby Tolan (946)
  3. Jim Busby (945)
  4. Dan Gladden (943)
  5. Pat Kelly (942)
  6. Johnny Wyrostek (942)
  7. Cliff Heathcote (936)
  8. Rube Oldring (936)
  9. Bill Tuttle (935)
  10. Peanuts Lowrey (933)
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  1. Jermaine Allensworth (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Leon Culberson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Danny Cater (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Juan Beniquez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pat Kelly (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Kelly (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Metkovich (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Busby (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Tolan (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dan Gladden (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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