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Tommy Helms

Tommy Vann Helms

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 5, 1941 in Charlotte, NC
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Pirates/RedSox 1964-1977

Final Game: October 1, 1977
Relatives: Uncle of Wes Helms
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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
1959	18	CIN-min	D	56	210	210		53	3	1	0						.252	.252	.276	.529		58							PKA · FLOR
1960	19	CIN-min	D	137	586	586		171	33	5	3						.292	.292	.381	.672		223							PKA · FLOR
1961	20	CIN-min	B	121	484	484		134	13	10	2						.277	.277	.357	.634		173							TPK · IIIL
1962	21	CIN-min	A	139	627	573	102	195	38	7	1	50	15		32	32	.340	.373	.436	.809		250		0	18	4	3		MAC · SALL
1963	22	CIN-min	AAA	138	494	471	40	106	21	3	2	39	3	4	23	40	.225	.261	.295	.556		139							SDG · PCL
1964	23	CIN-min	AAA	142	578	543	57	168	25	9	7	69	11	5	19	40	.309	.329	.427	.757		232		3	1	12			SDG · PCL
1964	23	CIN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	CIN-min	AAA	96	401	382	48	122	23	3	6	51	2	4	14	25	.319	.346	.442	.788		169		2	2	1			SDG · PCL
1965	24	CIN	NL	21	46	42	4	16	2	2	0	6	1	0	3	7	.381	.435	.524	.959	162	22	0	1	0	0	1	/654
1966	25	CIN	NL	138	578	542	72	154	23	1	9	49	3	4	24	31	.284	.315	.380	.695	85	206	16	2	7	3	2	*54	RoY-1
1967	26	CIN	NL	137	530	497	40	136	27	4	2	35	5	10	24	41	.274	.305	.356	.661	80	177	11	0	5	4	8	46	AS
1968	27	CIN	NL	127	526	507	35	146	28	2	2	47	5	6	12	27	.288	.305	.363	.668	96	184	8	2	2	3	6	*4/65	AS,MVP-25
1969	28	CIN	NL	126	509	480	38	129	18	1	1	40	4	6	18	33	.269	.296	.317	.613	69	152	20	1	8	1	5	*4/6
1970	29	CIN	NL	150	607	575	42	136	21	1	1	45	2	2	21	33	.237	.262	.282	.543	44	162	18	0	5	4	4	*46	GG
1971	30	CIN	NL	150	589	547	40	141	26	1	3	52	3	4	26	33	.258	.289	.325	.615	78	178	17	1	7	7	5	*4	GG
1972	31	HOU	NL	139	559	518	45	134	20	5	5	60	4	3	24	27	.259	.291	.346	.637	82	179	8	4	3	10	8	*4
1973	32	HOU	NL	146	584	543	44	156	28	2	4	61	1	1	32	21	.287	.325	.368	.694	93	200	11	0	6	3	12	*4
1974	33	HOU	NL	137	481	452	32	126	21	1	5	50	5	4	23	27	.279	.313	.363	.675	93	164	13	1	1	4	7	*4
1975	34	HOU	NL	64	147	135	7	28	2	0	0	14	0	0	10	8	.207	.265	.222	.488	42	30	3	1	0	1	1	4/56
1976	35	PIT	NL	62	102	87	10	24	5	1	1	13	0	0	10	5	.276	.350	.391	.741	111	34	0	1	2	2	0	54/6
1977	36	TOT	MLB	36	78	71	5	16	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	7	.225	.276	.296	.572	50	21	1	1	2	0	1	D/54
1977	36	PIT	NL	15	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
1977	36	BOS	AL	21	64	59	5	16	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	.271	.328	.356	.684	78	21	1	1	0	0	1	D/54
14 Yrs				1435	5337	4997	414	1342	223	21	34	477	33	40	231	301	.269	.300	.342	.642	79	1709	126	15	48	42	60
162 Game Avg.				162	603	564	47	152	25	2	4	54	4	5	26	34	.269	.300	.342	.642	79	193	14	2	5	5	7

CIN (8 yrs)				851	3386	3191	271	858	145	12	18	274	23	32	128	206	.269	.297	.339	.635	75	1081	90	7	34	22	31
HOU (4 yrs)				486	1771	1648	128	444	71	8	14	185	10	8	89	83	.269	.306	.348	.654	86	573	35	6	10	18	28
PIT (2 yrs)				77	116	99	10	24	5	1	1	13	0	0	10	8	.242	.313	.343	.656	85	34	0	1	4	2	0
BOS (1 yr)				21	64	59	5	16	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	.271	.328	.356	.684	78	21	1	1	0	0	1

NL (14 yrs)				1414	5273	4938	409	1326	221	21	33	472	33	40	227	297	.269	.300	.342	.642	79	1688	125	14	48	42	59
AL (1 yr)				21	64	59	5	16	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	.271	.328	.356	.684	78	21	1	1	0	0	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
1964	23	CIN	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.483	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1965	24	CIN	NL	21	46	4	0	0	-1	0	4	0.4	2	5	0.5	.518	.502	0.6	-0.0	6	$	/654
1966	25	CIN	NL	138	578	-5	-1	-2	-3	3	-8	-0.8	20	12	1.2	.493	.494	1.4	0.1	15	$	*54	RoY-1
1967	26	CIN	NL	137	530	-14	-4	0	-2	5	-15	-1.6	18	3	0.1	.487	.489	0.2	0.5	5	$18,000	46	AS
1968	27	CIN	NL	127	526	-6	-2	1	-0	4	-3	-0.1	18	15	1.7	.497	.498	1.5	0.6	16	$24,000	*4/65	AS,MVP-25
1969	28	CIN	NL	126	509	-19	0	-2	-5	4	-23	-2.5	17	-6	-0.8	.479	.484	-0.3	-0.1	-0	$	*4/6
1970	29	CIN	NL	150	607	-43	2	-0	2	4	-35	-3.6	18	-18	-1.9	.475	.477	-2.2	0.8	-20	$	*46	GG
1971	30	CIN	NL	150	589	-15	0	-0	16	4	4	0.6	17	21	2.3	.503	.503	0.3	2.4	6	$	*4	GG
1972	31	HOU	NL	139	559	-9	0	0	-4	4	-9	-0.9	16	7	0.7	.493	.494	1.1	0.1	12	$	*4
1973	32	HOU	NL	146	584	-4	0	0	-2	4	-2	-0.3	17	15	1.4	.498	.499	1.6	0.2	17	$	*4
1974	33	HOU	NL	137	481	-5	-1	-2	6	3	1	0.2	14	15	1.5	.501	.501	0.9	1.0	10	$	*4
1975	34	HOU	NL	64	147	-9	-0	-0	5	1	-3	-0.4	4	1	0.1	.494	.498	-0.5	0.7	-4	$	4/56
1976	35	PIT	NL	62	102	3	-1	0	-4	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.6	-0.3	6	$	54/6
1977	36	PIT	NL	15	14	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.478	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$
1977	36	BOS	AL	21	64	-2	-0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.478	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	D/54
14 Seasons				1435	5337	-127	-7	-4	5	35	-99	-9.8	166	68	6.5	.492	.496	4.8	5.5	63	$42,000

CIN (8 yrs)				851	3386	-99	-5	-3	6	24	-77	-7.6	110	32	3.1	.490	.493	1.5	4.1	26	$42,000
HOU (4 yrs)				486	1771	-26	-1	-1	4	11	-13	-1.4	51	38	3.7	.497	.498	3.1	1.9	34	$
PIT (2 yrs)				77	116	-0	-1	0	-4	1	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$
BOS (1 yr)				21	64	-2	-0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.478	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1964	23	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96		.000	.267	.000	.325	.000	.396	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	CIN	NL	46	26	10	10.4	99	.457	.381	.266	.435	.331	.524	.402	.959	.733	162	.843	3.5	0.4	1.038	.238	.143	.0
1966	25	CIN	NL	578	418	61	3.9	104	.287	.284	.276	.315	.336	.380	.416	.695	.752	85	.468	-11.8	-1.2	.566	.138	.096	4.5
1967	26	CIN	NL	530	391	49	3.4	100	.293	.274	.271	.305	.336	.356	.398	.661	.734	80	.427	-13.6	-1.4	.513	.121	.082	2.9
1968	27	CIN	NL	526	380	53	3.8	86	.299	.288	.259	.305	.318	.363	.365	.668	.682	96	.525	-3.7	-0.4	.525	.097	.075	2.9
1969	28	CIN	NL	509	386	39	2.7	99	.286	.269	.265	.296	.336	.317	.393	.613	.729	69	.312	-21.6	-2.3	.448	.081	.048	1.6
1970	29	CIN	NL	607	468	39	2.2	107	.248	.237	.272	.262	.345	.282	.415	.543	.760	44	.208	-47.8	-4.8	.399	.082	.045	1.3
1971	30	CIN	NL	589	441	48	2.9	88	.266	.258	.254	.289	.319	.325	.372	.615	.691	78	.354	-15.4	-1.6	.478	.113	.068	3.0
1972	31	HOU	NL	559	408	52	3.4	90	.260	.259	.254	.291	.322	.346	.376	.637	.698	82	.425	-12.5	-1.3	.527	.135	.087	4.4
1973	32	HOU	NL	584	408	63	4.2	96	.292	.287	.261	.325	.330	.368	.389	.694	.719	93	.487	-5.4	-0.6	.581	.140	.081	1.6
1974	33	HOU	NL	481	348	48	3.7	90	.285	.279	.256	.313	.328	.363	.371	.675	.698	93	.438	-4.8	-0.5	.551	.137	.084	5.0
1975	34	HOU	NL	147	111	8	1.9	89	.219	.207	.256	.265	.325	.222	.369	.488	.695	42	.188	-10.2	-1.0	.373	.089	.015
1976	35	PIT	NL	102	67	13	5.2	92	.277	.276	.263	.350	.329	.391	.374	.741	.703	111	.611	1.7	0.2	.714	.230	.115	.0
1977	36	TOT	MLB	78	58	7	3.2	109	.238	.225	.279	.276	.346	.296	.425	.572	.771	50	.342	-5.4	-0.5	.464	.127	.070	.0
1977	36	PIT	NL	14	14	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.000	.340	.000	.414	.000	.754	-100	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1977	36	BOS	AL	64	44	7	4.3	110	.278	.271	.281	.328	.347	.356	.427	.684	.774	78	.462	-2.0	-0.2	.591	.153	.085	.0
14 Yrs				5337	3911	490	3.4	96	.278	.269	.263	.300	.330	.342	.389	.642	.719	79	.406	-147.3	-15.2	.510	.118	.073	33.5
162 Game Avg.				603	442	55	3.4	96	.278	.269	.263	.300	.330	.342	.389	.642	.719	79	.406	-147.3	-15.2	.510	.118	.073	4

CIN (8 yrs)				3386	2511	299	3.2	97	.281	.269	.266	.297	.332	.339	.394	.635	.725	75	.387	-110.6	-11.4	.492	.107	.070	20.2
HOU (4 yrs)				1771	1275	171	3.6	92	.274	.269	.257	.306	.327	.348	.378	.654	.705	86	.431	-32.9	-3.4	.537	.133	.078	11.7
PIT (2 yrs)				116	81	13	4.3	93	.250	.242	.264	.313	.330	.343	.379	.656	.709	85	.518	-1.8	-0.2	.600	.202	.101	.0
BOS (1 yr)				64	44	7	4.3	110	.278	.271	.281	.328	.347	.356	.427	.684	.774	78	.462	-2.0	-0.2	.591	.153	.085	.0

NL (14 yrs)				5273	3867	483	3.4	96	.278	.269	.263	.300	.330	.342	.388	.642	.718	79	.405	-145.3	-15.0	.509	.118	.073	33.0
AL (1 yr)				64	44	7	4.3	110	.278	.271	.281	.328	.347	.356	.427	.684	.774	78	.462	-2.0	-0.2	.591	.153	.085	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1970	29	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	3	11	11	0	3	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	3
1970	29	CIN	NL	WS	BAL	L	5	19	18	1	4	1	1	.222	.263	.222	.485	4
1 Yr (2 Series)							8	30	29	1	7	1	2	.241	.267	.241	.508	7
1 NLCS							3	11	11	0	3	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	3
1 WS							5	19	18	1	4	1	1	.222	.263	.222	.485	4

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1967	CIN	NL	26		1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1968	CIN	NL	27	as 2B	4	3	1	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2	1
2 Yrs (2 GP)					5	4	1	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	23	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1965	24	CIN	NL	46	0.0%	15.2%	6.5%	8.7%	25%	2.33	6.0		7.0	1.00	76%
1966	25	CIN	NL	578	1.6%	5.4%	4.2%	5.7%	21%	1.29	17.5	60.2	11.1	0.84	87%
1967	26	CIN	NL	530	0.4%	7.7%	4.5%	6.2%	24%	1.71	12.1	248.5	14.2	0.88	86%
1968	27	CIN	NL	526	0.4%	5.1%	2.3%	6.1%	22%	2.25	18.8	253.5	10.8	0.85	91%
1969	28	CIN	NL	509	0.2%	6.5%	3.5%	3.9%	16%	1.83	14.5	480.0	12.0	1.02	88%
1970	29	CIN	NL	607	0.2%	5.4%	3.5%	3.8%	17%	1.57	17.4	575.0	12.8	0.86	90%
1971	30	CIN	NL	589	0.5%	5.6%	4.4%	5.1%	21%	1.27	16.6	182.3	10.5	1.12	88%
1972	31	HOU	NL	559	0.9%	4.8%	4.3%	5.4%	22%	1.13	19.2	103.6	8.6	1.08	89%
1973	32	HOU	NL	584	0.7%	3.6%	5.5%	5.8%	22%	0.66	25.9	135.8	8.9	0.89	89%
1974	33	HOU	NL	481	1.0%	5.6%	4.8%	5.6%	21%	1.17	16.7	90.4	9.0	0.82	88%
1975	34	HOU	NL	147	0.0%	5.4%	6.8%	1.4%	7%	0.80	16.9		9.6	0.69	87%
1976	35	PIT	NL	102	1.0%	4.9%	9.8%	6.9%	29%	0.50	17.4	87.0	6.7	0.64	81%
1977	36	TOT	MLB	78	1.3%	9.0%	5.1%	3.9%	19%	1.75	10.1	71.0	14.2	0.88	81%
1977	36	PIT	NL	14	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			1.00	64%
1977	36	BOS	AL	64	1.6%	6.3%	6.3%	4.7%	19%	1.00	14.8	59.0	11.8	0.86	84%
14 Yrs				5337	0.6%	5.6%	4.3%	5.2%	21%	1.30	16.6	147.0	10.5	0.91	88%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.5%	8.5%	6.1%	27%	1.71	6.2	44.8	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	23	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.60	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0.60	1
1965	24	CIN	NL	3.5	0.4	47	0.9	1.7	-0.8	1.37	0.4	0.3	4.2	0.4	1.02	3.6	1.21	11
1966	25	CIN	NL	-11.8	-1.2	594	2.0	11.6	-9.6	1.02	0.2	1.8	6.8	0.7	0.92	3.4	1.01	5
1967	26	CIN	NL	-13.6	-1.4	551	-1.4	8.4	-9.8	.98	-1.1	-0.3	-18.1	-1.8	0.92	-13.0	1.69	3
1968	27	CIN	NL	-3.7	-0.4	540	-0.2	9.2	-9.4	1.06	-0.7	0.6	-5.7	-0.6	0.96	-4.9		0
1969	28	CIN	NL	-21.6	-2.3	523	-1.0	7.6	-8.6	.97	-2.0	0.9	-19.8	-2.0	0.98	-20.8	0.80	1
1970	29	CIN	NL	-47.8	-4.8	620	-3.4	7.8	-11.2	.98	-4.2	0.7	-43.6	-4.3	0.94	-46.0	2.34	2
1971	30	CIN	NL	-15.4	-1.6	597	-1.6	8.5	-10.1	1.01	-1.9	0.3	-16.2	-1.8	0.96	-20.2	2.89	1
1972	31	HOU	NL	-12.5	-1.3	565	0.9	10.3	-9.4	1.05	-0.7	1.6	-6.6	-0.7	1.00	-7.2		0
1973	32	HOU	NL	-5.4	-0.6	592	-1.0	8.7	-9.7	1.00	-0.5	-0.5	5.8	0.6	0.93	-3.5		0
1974	33	HOU	NL	-5.4	-0.6	496	-1.0	8.2	-9.1	1.05	-1.0	0.1	-8.2	-0.9	0.98	-10.1	2.53	6
1975	34	HOU	NL	-10.4	-1.1	148	-0.7	2.6	-3.4	1.32	-0.8	0.3	-5.8	-0.6	1.04	-7.7	1.72	28
1976	35	PIT	NL	1.7	0.2	102	0.7	2.0	-1.3	.99	0.4	0.3	5.5	0.6	0.98	2.9	1.07	24
1977	36	TOT	MLB	-5.4	-0.5	78	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.22	-0.6	-0.0	-6.0	-0.6	0.97	-4.6	1.84	15
1977	36	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	14	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	1.86	-0.3	0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.21	-3.3	1.86	12
1977	36	BOS	AL	-2.0	-0.2	64	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.08	-0.3	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.92	-1.3	1.75	3
14 Yrs				-148.1	-15.3	5454	-6.5	87.6	-94.1	1.03	-12.5	6.2	-107.8	-11.0	0.96	-128.2	1.54	97

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	23	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	CIN	NL	1	0	20%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	25	CIN	NL	14	0	37%	246	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	2	0	6	14	49%	37	27	10	10	3	7	18	3	15
1967	26	CIN	NL	6	0	24%	228	5	10	33%	5	9	0	2	2	0	5	8	50%	29	18	10	3	2	1	18	4	14
1968	27	CIN	NL	4	0	21%	204	5	6	45%	5	5	0	1	0	0	7	7	45%	25	19	5	6	4	2	16	2	14
1969	28	CIN	NL	8	1	25%	215	4	6	40%	4	5	1	0	0	0	7	16	52%	28	14	14	3	1	2	13	4	7
1970	29	CIN	NL	12	2	26%	217	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	2	0	7	15	59%	39	20	19	3	0	3	16	2	12
1971	30	CIN	NL	8	1	22%	198	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	2	1	2	8	47%	25	17	8	6	3	3	12	3	9
1972	31	HOU	NL	14	0	26%	199	4	3	57%	3	2	0	1	0	0	7	10	43%	25	18	7	6	3	2	13	3	10
1973	32	HOU	NL	11	0	22%	226	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	11	33%	31	23	7	9	6	3	11	3	7
1974	33	HOU	NL	7	0	19%	147	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	1	0	10	7	21%	15	11	3	2	1	1	12	9	2
1975	34	HOU	NL	3	0	18%	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	55%	5	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	4
1976	35	PIT	NL	3	0	27%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20%	7	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	1
1977	36	TOT	MLB	2	0	20%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
1977	36	PIT	NL	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	36	BOS	AL	1	0	20%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
14 Yrs				93	4	25%	2003	33	40	45%	32	35	1	5	10	1	59	100	45%	273	180	88	49	24	24	140	36	96

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
1964	23	CIN	NL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1965	24	CIN	NL	46	43%	16			11	3	0	1	1.21	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	0%	1	0	0%	36	6	17%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1966	25	CIN	NL	578	35%	154			5	3	0	0	1.01	9	0	9	8	1	4	5	0	8	7	88%	102	16	16%	48	18	38%	319	45	14%	18	10	56%	27	16	59%	0
1967	26	CIN	NL	530	29%	136			3	1	0	0	1.69	2	0	11	1	1	0	2	1	8	5	63%	90	11	12%	56	14	25%	279	34	12%	32	11	34%	17	8	47%	0
1968	27	CIN	NL	526	23%	146			0	0	0	0		2	0	12	1	1	2	0	0	6	2	33%	97	8	8%	53	15	28%	320	45	14%	28	13	46%	29	16	55%	0
1969	28	CIN	NL	509	18%	129			1	0	0	0	0.80	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	12	8	67%	118	20	17%	58	17	29%	347	44	13%	30	13	43%	18	8	44%	0
1970	29	CIN	NL	607	27%	136			2	0	0	0	2.34	1	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	6	5	83%	105	18	17%	51	19	37%	380	51	13%	30	19	63%	24	16	67%	0
1971	30	CIN	NL	589	23%	141			1	0	0	0	2.89	3	0	13	3	0	0	3	0	8	7	88%	120	17	14%	58	23	40%	370	52	14%	32	17	53%	22	12	55%	0
1972	31	HOU	NL	559	24%	134			0	0	0	0		5	0	23	2	3	1	4	0	4	3	75%	91	8	9%	45	20	44%	375	58	15%	30	21	70%	13	6	46%	0
1973	32	HOU	NL	584	22%	156			0	0	0	0		4	1	17	4	0	1	3	0	6	6	100%	109	11	10%	49	21	43%	353	59	17%	33	20	61%	21	14	67%	0
1974	33	HOU	NL	481	27%	126			6	1	0	1	2.53	5	0	19	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	100%	85	13	15%	48	16	33%	311	50	16%	34	17	50%	20	11	55%	0
1975	34	HOU	NL	147	48%	28			28	9	0	3	1.72	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29	3	10%	13	2	15%	115	15	13%	9	2	22%	4	1	25%	0
1976	35	PIT	NL	102	64%	24			24	8	1	5	1.07	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	21	0	0%	11	5	45%	68	12	18%	6	5	83%	5	1	20%	0
1977	36	TOT	MLB	78	55%	16			15	2	0	1	1.84	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	12	1	8%	11	3	27%	51	4	8%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
1977	36	PIT	NL	14	79%	0			12	0	0	0	1.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	15	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1977	36	BOS	AL	64	50%	16			3	2	0	1	1.75	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	7	1	14%	36	4	11%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
14 Yrs				5337	27%	1342			97	27	1	11	1.54	34	1	157	27	7	14	20	1	63	48	76%	993	126	13%	502	173	34%	3324	475	14%	290	151	52%	203	111	55%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			48%			52%

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
1964	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	23	47	43	4	16	2	2	0	6	1	0	3	8	.372	.426	.512	.937	156	22	0	1	0	0	1
1966	25	161	625	585	76	170	25	3	9	55	4	4	27	39	.291	.324	.390	.713	90	228	16	3	7	3	3
1967	26	298	1155	1082	116	306	52	7	11	90	9	14	51	80	.283	.315	.374	.689	86	405	27	3	12	7	11
1968	27	425	1681	1589	151	452	80	9	13	137	14	20	63	107	.284	.312	.371	.683	89	589	35	5	14	10	17
1969	28	551	2190	2069	189	581	98	10	14	177	18	26	81	140	.281	.308	.358	.666	84	741	55	6	22	11	22
1970	29	701	2797	2644	231	717	119	11	15	222	20	28	102	173	.271	.298	.342	.640	75	903	73	6	27	15	26
1971	30	851	3386	3191	271	858	145	12	18	274	23	32	128	206	.269	.297	.339	.635	75	1081	90	7	34	22	31
1972	31	990	3945	3709	316	992	165	17	23	334	27	35	152	233	.267	.296	.340	.636	76	1260	98	11	37	32	39
1973	32	1136	4529	4252	360	1148	193	19	27	395	28	36	184	254	.270	.300	.343	.643	79	1460	109	11	43	35	51
1974	33	1273	5010	4704	392	1274	214	20	32	445	33	40	207	281	.271	.301	.345	.646	80	1624	122	12	44	39	58
1975	34	1337	5157	4839	399	1302	216	20	32	459	33	40	217	289	.269	.300	.342	.642	79	1654	125	13	44	40	59
1976	35	1399	5259	4926	409	1326	221	21	33	472	33	40	227	294	.269	.301	.343	.643	79	1688	125	14	46	42	59
1977	36	1435	5337	4997	414	1342	223	21	34	477	33	40	231	301	.269	.300	.342	.642	79	1709	126	15	48	42	60

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1965	24	21	47	43	4	17	2	2	0	6	1	3	7	.395	.447	.535	.982	10	21
1966	25	138	577	541	71	153	23	1	9	48	3	24	31	.283	.314	.379	.693	64	138
1967	26	137	532	499	41	138	27	4	2	36	5	24	41	.277	.307	.359	.666	56	137
1968	27	126	542	522	42	163	31	2	2	57	6	13	27	.312	.330	.391	.720	68	127
1969	28	126	513	484	40	133	19	1	1	42	4	19	33	.275	.303	.324	.627	47	126
1970	29	150	599	570	39	131	20	1	1	42	2	20	33	.230	.254	.274	.528	40	150
1971	30	150	607	563	48	157	29	1	3	62	3	29	33	.279	.312	.350	.662	62	150
1972	31	145	598	553	54	152	23	6	6	72	5	27	28	.275	.309	.371	.680	63	139
1973	32	146	591	549	47	162	29	2	4	65	1	33	21	.295	.333	.377	.710	70	146
1974	33	137	492	461	36	135	22	1	5	56	5	25	27	.293	.328	.377	.705	58	137
1975	34	64	150	137	8	30	2	0	0	16	0	11	8	.219	.280	.234	.514	9	64
1976	35	62	103	88	11	25	5	1	1	14	0	10	5	.284	.356	.398	.754	13	62
1977	36	36	79	72	4	17	2	0	1	4	0	4	7	.236	.286	.306	.591	6	36
14 Yrs		1440	5431	5083	445	1413	234	22	35	520	35	242	302	.278	.310	.353	.664	566	1435
162 Game Avg.		162	611	572	50	159	26	2	4	59	4	27	34	.278	.310	.353	.664	64	1435

* 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 1983 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	All-Star Games 1967 * 1968 (2B)	Awards (yr lg award) 1966 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1968 NL (25, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)
Gold Gloves 1970 NL (2B) 1971 NL (2B) All multiple winners	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1971 NL 2.4 (3rd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1971 NL 7 (6th) 1972 NL 10 (2nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1966 NL 16 (8th) 1969 NL 20 (2nd) 1970 NL 18 (7th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1967 NL 10 (5th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1966 NL 17.5 (2nd) 1967 NL 12.1 (6th) 1968 NL 18.8 (4th) 1969 NL 14.5 (8th) 1970 NL 17.4 (4th) 1971 NL 16.6 (7th) 1972 NL 19.2 (2nd) 1973 NL 25.9 (2nd) Career 16.6 (215th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1970 NL 468 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1460), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Don Kolloway (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Kolloway (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jackie Hayes (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Sizemore (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Manny Trillo (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lumpe (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Gantner (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Gantner (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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