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Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez (Mex)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Capuchino (San Bruno, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Indians 1974-1990
Agents: Scott Boras [?]
Final Game: July 24, 1990
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All-Star Player

Standard Batting

More Stats

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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
1974 20 STL NL 14 41 34 3 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 8 .294 .415 .441 .856 140 15 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1975 21 STL NL 64 207 188 20 47 8 2 3 20 0 1 17 26 .250 .309 .362 .671 83 68 5 0 0 2 2 3
1976 22 STL NL 129 428 374 54 108 21 5 7 46 4 2 49 53 .289 .376 .428 .803 127 160 8 3 2 0 5 *3
1977 23 STL NL 161 645 560 90 163 41 4 15 91 7 7 79 88 .291 .379 .459 .837 125 257 17 1 3 2 11 *3
1978 24 STL NL 159 633 542 90 138 32 4 11 64 13 5 82 68 .255 .351 .389 .741 108 211 12 2 1 6 11 *3 GG
1979 25 STL NL 161 698 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 11 6 80 78 .344 .417 .513 .930 151 313 9 1 0 7 5 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG
1980 26 STL NL 159 690 595 111 191 39 8 16 99 14 8 86 73 .321 .408 .494 .902 147 294 14 4 1 4 4 *3 AS,MVP-11,GG,SS
1981 27 STL NL 103 444 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 12 5 61 45 .306 .401 .463 .864 142 174 9 2 0 5 6 *3/7 MVP-20,GG
1982 28 STL NL 160 694 579 79 173 33 6 7 94 19 11 100 67 .299 .397 .413 .810 127 239 10 2 1 12 19 *3/79 MVP-17,GG
1983 29 TOT NL 150 633 538 77 160 23 7 12 63 9 5 88 72 .297 .396 .433 .829 131 233 7 2 2 3 14 *3 MVP-21,GG
1983 29 STL NL 55 244 218 34 62 15 4 3 26 1 1 24 30 .284 .352 .431 .784 116 94 2 0 0 2 5 3
1983 29 NYM NL 95 389 320 43 98 8 3 9 37 8 4 64 42 .306 .424 .434 .858 140 139 5 2 2 1 9 3
1984 30 NYM NL 154 657 550 83 171 31 0 15 94 2 3 97 89 .311 .409 .449 .859 143 247 9 1 0 9 12 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1985 31 NYM NL 158 682 593 87 183 34 4 10 91 3 3 77 59 .309 .384 .430 .814 129 255 14 2 0 10 15 *3 MVP-8,GG
1986 32 NYM NL 149 652 551 94 171 34 1 13 83 2 1 94 69 .310 .413 .446 .859 140 246 14 4 0 3 9 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG
1987 33 NYM NL 154 676 587 87 170 28 2 18 89 0 2 81 104 .290 .377 .436 .813 120 256 15 4 0 4 8 *3 AS,GG
1988 34 NYM NL 95 384 348 43 96 16 0 11 55 2 1 31 57 .276 .333 .417 .750 120 145 11 1 0 4 3 3 GG
1989 35 NYM NL 75 244 215 18 50 8 0 4 19 0 3 27 39 .233 .324 .326 .649 91 70 4 2 0 0 3 3
1990 36 CLE AL 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3 3
17 Seasons 2088 8553 7370 1124 2182 426 60 162 1071 98 63 1070 1012 .296 .384 .436 .821 128 3214 161 32 10 71 130
162 Game Avg. 162 664 572 87 169 33 5 13 83 8 5 83 79 .296 .384 .436 .821 128 249 12 2 1 6 10
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
STL (10 yrs) 1165 4724 4076 662 1217 265 50 81 595 81 46 585 536 .299 .385 .448 .833 130 1825 87 15 8 40 68
NYM (7 yrs) 880 3684 3164 455 939 159 10 80 468 17 17 471 459 .297 .387 .429 .816 129 1358 72 16 2 31 59
CLE (1 yr) 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3
NL (16 yrs) 2045 8408 7240 1117 2156 424 60 161 1063 98 63 1056 995 .298 .386 .440 .826 130 3183 159 31 10 71 127
AL (1 yr) 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 20 STL NL 41 2 0 0 0 -2 -1 1 0 0.0 /3
1975 21 STL NL 207 -5 1 1 0 3 -3 6 3 0.3 3
1976 22 STL NL 428 13 1 -1 0 8 -7 13 27 2.9 *3
1977 23 STL NL 645 29 1 2 -1 7 -10 19 47 4.9 $60,000 *3
1978 24 STL NL 633 11 4 0 0 3 -10 19 27 2.9 *3 GG
1979 25 STL NL 698 42 4 -3 2 13 -10 20 68 7.2 $75,000 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG
1980 26 STL NL 690 45 -1 -3 0 12 -10 20 63 6.8 $760,000 *3 AS,MVP-11,GG,SS
1981 27 STL NL 444 26 2 -1 0 7 -7 13 40 4.4 $760,000 *3/7 MVP-20,GG
1982 28 STL NL 694 23 -1 -1 -1 12 -10 20 42 4.5 $760,000 *3/79 MVP-17,GG
1983 29 STL NL 244 3 1 0 0 4 -4 7 11 1.2 3 MVP-21,GG
1983 29 NYM NL 389 21 0 0 2 13 -6 12 42 4.5 $948,660 3 MVP-21,GG
1984 30 NYM NL 657 35 2 2 2 9 -10 20 60 6.5 $1,673,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1985 31 NYM NL 682 25 -1 -2 0 14 -10 20 46 4.9 $1,100,000 *3 MVP-8,GG
1986 32 NYM NL 652 39 -3 0 -1 9 -10 19 53 5.6 $1,650,000 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG
1987 33 NYM NL 676 22 -5 1 0 4 -10 20 32 3.2 $1,800,000 *3 AS,GG
1988 34 NYM NL 384 10 0 0 -1 2 -6 12 17 1.9 $1,850,000 3 GG
1989 35 NYM NL 244 -2 -3 -1 1 1 -4 8 0 -0.1 $2,000,000 3
1990 36 CLE AL 145 -9 0 0 1 0 -2 5 -5 -0.6 $1,750,000 3
17 Seasons 8553 330 2 -6 4 119 -130 254 573 61.0 $15,186,660
PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (10 yrs) 4724 189 12 -6 0 67 -72 138 328 35.1 $2,415,000
NYM (7 yrs) 3684 150 -10 0 3 52 -56 111 250 26.5 $11,021,660
CLE (1 yr) 145 -9 0 0 1 0 -2 5 -5 -0.6 $1,750,000

Postseason Batting

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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
1982 28 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 14 12 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .333 .762 4 0 0 0 0 2
1982 28 STL NL WS MIL W 7 31 27 4 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 2 .259 .355 .444 .799 12 1 0 0 0 1
1986 32 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 6 29 26 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 6 .269 .345 .385 .729 10 0 0 0 0 3
1986 32 NYM NL WS BOS W 7 32 26 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 .231 .344 .231 .575 6 0 0 0 1 1
1988 34 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 7 32 26 2 7 0 0 1 5 1 0 6 7 .269 .406 .385 .791 10 2 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons (5 Series) 30 138 117 13 31 3 1 2 21 1 0 20 19 .265 .370 .359 .729 42 3 0 0 1 8
3 NLCS 16 75 64 8 18 1 1 1 9 1 0 11 16 .281 .387 .375 .762 24 2 0 0 0 6
2 WS 14 63 53 5 13 2 0 1 12 0 0 9 3 .245 .349 .340 .689 18 1 0 0 1 2

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 20 1B 9 8 76.0 73 70 1 2 8 .973 -2 -28 8.41 7.89 .992 9.94 9.93
1975 STL NL 21 1B 56 48 440.1 507 469 36 2 34 .996 3 8 10.32 9.02 .990 9.97 9.96
1976 STL NL 22 1B 110 97 884.2 979 862 107 10 87 .990 8 11 9.86 8.81 .991 9.95 9.09
1977 STL NL 23 1B 158 150 1345.0 1571 1453 106 12 146 .992 7 6 10.43 9.87 .991 6.69 6.33
1978 STL NL 24 1B 158 148 1327.2 1542 1436 96 10 124 .994 3 3 10.39 9.70 .992 6.78 6.33 GG
1979 STL NL 25 1B 160 156 1413.0 1643 1489 146 8 145 .995 13 11 10.41 10.22 .992 6.37 6.25 AS,MVP-1,GG
1980 STL NL 26 1B 157 157 1368.1 1696 1572 115 9 146 .995 12 10 11.10 10.75 .992 6.58 6.37 AS,MVP-11,GG,SS
1981 STL NL 27 1B 98 97 873.2 1143 1054 86 3 99 .997 8 12 11.74 11.63 .992 10.22 10.20 MVP-20,GG
1981 STL NL 27 LF 3 2 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -120 2.00 0.67 .950 2.10 2.13 MVP-20,GG
1981 STL NL 27 OF 3 2 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -120 2.00 0.67 1.000 2.30 2.33 MVP-20,GG
1982 STL NL 28 1B 158 153 1370.0 1732 1586 135 11 140 .994 13 11 11.31 10.89 .992 6.57 6.33 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 OF 4 4 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -74 1.55 1.25 .980 2.23 2.25 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 LF 2 2 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 0.69 0.50 1.000 2.08 2.10 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -105 2.25 2.00 .975 2.02 2.00 MVP-17,GG
1983 TOT NL 29 1B 144 142 1276.2 1578 1418 147 13 147 .992 16 15 11.03 10.87 .992 9.96 9.92 MVP-21,GG
1983 STL NL 29 1B 54 53 491.1 638 581 51 6 62 .991 4 9 11.58 11.70 .992 9.96 9.92
1983 NYM NL 29 1B 90 89 785.1 940 837 96 7 85 .993 12 19 10.69 10.37 .992 9.96 9.92
1984 NYM NL 30 1B 153 152 1338.2 1364 1214 142 8 127 .994 9 8 9.12 8.86 .992 6.72 6.54 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 1B 157 152 1387.0 1453 1310 139 4 113 .997 14 12 9.40 9.23 .993 6.49 6.37 MVP-8,GG
1986 NYM NL 32 1B 149 146 1302.0 1353 1199 149 5 115 .996 9 8 9.32 9.05 .992 6.91 6.71 AS,MVP-4,GG
1987 NYM NL 33 1B 154 151 1315.2 1457 1298 149 10 110 .993 4 4 9.90 9.40 .991 6.84 6.49 AS,GG
1988 NYM NL 34 1B 93 91 767.1 813 734 77 2 63 .998 2 3 9.51 8.72 .991 9.96 9.98 GG
1989 NYM NL 35 1B 58 55 473.2 440 405 31 4 22 .991 0 1 8.28 7.52 .992 9.75 9.76
1990 CLE AL 36 1B 42 39 320.0 362 340 20 2 28 .994 -0 -1 10.12 8.57 .992 9.63 9.53
17 Seasons 1B 2014 1942 17279.2 19706 17909 1682 115 1654 .994 119 8 10.20 9.73 .992 7.63 7.43
2 Seasons OF 7 6 38.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -85 1.66 1.00 .986 2.25 2.29
2 Seasons LF 5 4 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -71 1.23 0.60 .967 2.09 2.12
1 Season RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -105 2.25 2.00 .975 2.02 2.00
17 Seasons TOT 2021 1948 17317.2 19713 17916 1682 115 1654 .994 117 8 10.19 9.70 .992 7.62 7.41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1996 BBWAA ( 5.1%)
1997 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1998 BBWAA (10.8%)
1999 BBWAA ( 6.8%)
2000 BBWAA (10.4%)
2001 BBWAA ( 8.0%)
2002 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
2003 BBWAA ( 6.0%)
2004 BBWAA ( 4.3%)

All-Star Games
1979 *
1980 *
1984 *
1986 (1B)
1987 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (1, 64%)
1980 NL (11, 9%)
1981 NL (20, 3%)
1982 NL (17, 4%)
1983 NL (21, 0%)
1984 NL (2, 57%)
1985 NL (8, 18%)
1986 NL (4, 53%)
1 MVP
2.09 Career Shares (84th)

Gold Gloves
1978 NL (1B)
1979 NL (1B)
1980 NL (1B)
1981 NL (1B)
1982 NL (1B)
1983 NL (1B)
1984 NL (1B)
1985 NL (1B)
1986 NL (1B)
1987 NL (1B)
1988 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1980 NL (1B)
1984 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1979 NL  7.2 (3rd)
1980 NL  6.8 (4th)
1981 NL  4.4 (6th)
1983 NL  5.7 (9th)
1984 NL  6.5 (5th)
1986 NL  5.6 (6th)
Career  61.0 (145th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1977 NL  4.9 (9th)
1979 NL  7.2 (3rd)
1980 NL  6.8 (3rd)
1981 NL  4.4 (3rd)
1983 NL  5.7 (7th)
1984 NL  6.5 (5th)
1986 NL  5.6 (3rd)
Career  61.0 (102nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL  .344 (1st)
1980 NL  .321 (2nd)
1981 NL  .306 (10th)
1982 NL  .299 (9th)
1984 NL  .311 (7th)
1985 NL  .309 (6th)
1986 NL  .310 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 NL  .417 (2nd)
1980 NL  .408 (1st)
1981 NL  .401 (3rd)
1982 NL  .397 (3rd)
1983 NL  .396 (2nd)
1984 NL  .409 (3rd)
1985 NL  .384 (7th)
1986 NL  .413 (2nd)
Career  .384 (141st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 NL  .513 (9th)
1980 NL  .494 (9th)
1981 NL  .463 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL  .930 (5th)
1980 NL  .902 (2nd)
1981 NL  .864 (5th)
1984 NL  .859 (6th)
1986 NL  .859 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 NL  161 (3rd)
1978 NL  159 (4th)
1979 NL  161 (5th)
1980 NL  159 (9th)
1982 NL  160 (8th)
1985 NL  158 (8th)
Career  2088 (174th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7370 (203rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1979 NL  698 (7th)
1980 NL  690 (7th)
1982 NL  694 (9th)
1984 NL  657 (10th)
1985 NL  682 (7th)
1987 NL  676 (8th)
Career  8553 (176th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 NL  90 (9th)
1979 NL  116 (1st)
1980 NL  111 (1st)
1981 NL  65 (5th)
1986 NL  94 (5th)
Career  1124 (220th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  210 (2nd)
1980 NL  191 (3rd)
1985 NL  183 (8th)
1986 NL  171 (9th)
Career  2182 (178th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL  313 (6th)
1980 NL  294 (3rd)
1981 NL  174 (9th)
Career  3214 (209th)

Doubles s c a p y
1977 NL  41 (3rd)
1979 NL  48 (1st)
1980 NL  39 (4th)
1981 NL  27 (4th)
1982 NL  33 (9th)
1984 NL  31 (7th)
1985 NL  34 (5th)
1986 NL  34 (8th)
Career  426 (125th)

Triples s c a p y
1979 NL  11 (5th)
1980 NL  8 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 NL  105 (5th)
1980 NL  99 (5th)
1984 NL  94 (8th)
1985 NL  91 (10th)
Career  1071 (214th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  82 (7th)
1980 NL  86 (5th)
1981 NL  61 (3rd)
1982 NL  100 (3rd)
1983 NL  88 (6th)
1984 NL  97 (2nd)
1986 NL  94 (1st)
Career  1070 (85th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1012 (228th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 NL  140 (5th)
1984 NL  125 (10th)
1985 NL  135 (4th)
1986 NL  123 (7th)
1987 NL  122 (8th)
Career  1534 (176th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL  151 (4th)
1980 NL  147 (3rd)
1981 NL  142 (6th)
1983 NL  131 (8th)
1984 NL  143 (5th)
1986 NL  140 (3rd)
Career  128 (186th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 NL  135 (1st)
1980 NL  122 (2nd)
1981 NL  73 (4th)
1983 NL  98 (8th)
1984 NL  108 (5th)
1985 NL  100 (9th)
1986 NL  106 (6th)
Career  1281 (147th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  47 (2nd)
1980 NL  42 (2nd)
1981 NL  24 (4th)
1982 NL  28 (10th)
1983 NL  26 (9th)
1984 NL  38 (3rd)
1985 NL  27 (10th)
1986 NL  35 (3rd)
Career  328 (107th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  4.7 (2nd)
1980 NL  4.2 (2nd)
1981 NL  2.5 (4th)
1982 NL  2.8 (10th)
1983 NL  2.6 (9th)
1984 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1985 NL  2.8 (10th)
1986 NL  3.6 (3rd)
Career  33.2 (98th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  70 (6th)
1980 NL  63 (3rd)
1981 NL  39 (6th)
Career  648 (222nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 NL  291 (2nd)
1980 NL  281 (1st)
1981 NL  178 (3rd)
1982 NL  275 (1st)
1983 NL  250 (5th)
1984 NL  269 (3rd)
1985 NL  262 (3rd)
1986 NL  269 (3rd)
1987 NL  255 (9th)
Career  3284 (136th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL  .773 (1st)
1980 NL  .747 (2nd)
1981 NL  .729 (7th)
1983 NL  .696 (7th)
1984 NL  .734 (4th)
1986 NL  .718 (3rd)
Career  .668 (146th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (9th)
1982 NL  12 (4th)
1984 NL  9 (5th)
1985 NL  10 (2nd)
Career  71 (127th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  19 (1st)
1983 NL  14 (9th)
1984 NL  12 (9th)
1985 NL  15 (6th)
Career  130 (64th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 NL  17 (8th)
Career  161 (214th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL  9.6 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5493 (218th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 NL  33.62 (9th)
1979 NL  64.65 (1st)
1980 NL  50.05 (2nd)
1981 NL  22.72 (8th)
1982 NL  34.19 (10th)
1984 NL  47.95 (2nd)
1986 NL  41.66 (4th)
Career  401.48 (56th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 NL  3.6 (9th)
1979 NL  5.5 (3rd)
1981 NL  2.2 (10th)
1982 NL  4.2 (8th)
1984 NL  5.2 (2nd)
1985 NL  3.8 (8th)
1986 NL  4.2 (5th)
Career  38.5 (60th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 NL  4.7 (4th)
1980 NL  3.6 (6th)
1981 NL  2.6 (6th)
1984 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1986 NL  4.2 (2nd)
Career  33.8 (72nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1977 NL  3.3 (9th)
1979 NL  6.3 (1st)
1980 NL  5.0 (2nd)
1981 NL  2.3 (8th)
1982 NL  3.5 (10th)
1984 NL  4.9 (3rd)
1986 NL  4.2 (4th)
Career  40.5 (56th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1977 NL  1453 (2nd)
1978 NL  1436 (2nd)
1979 NL  1489 (1st)
1980 NL  1572 (2nd)
1981 NL  1056 (1st)
1982 NL  1591 (1st)
1983 NL  1418 (1st)
1984 NL  1214 (3rd)
1985 NL  1310 (3rd)
1987 NL  1298 (2nd)
Career  19334 (15th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 NL  16 (4th)
1985 NL  14 (5th)
Career  133 (28th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1977 NL  158 (2nd)
1978 NL  158 (2nd)
1979 NL  160 (2nd)
1980 NL  157 (5th)
1981 NL  98 (5th)
1982 NL  158 (4th)
1983 NL  144 (3rd)
1984 NL  153 (2nd)
1985 NL  157 (2nd)
1986 NL  149 (3rd)
1987 NL  154 (1st)
Career  2014 (18th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1977 NL  1453 (2nd)
1978 NL  1436 (2nd)
1979 NL  1489 (1st)
1980 NL  1572 (2nd)
1981 NL  1054 (1st)
1982 NL  1586 (1st)
1983 NL  1418 (1st)
1984 NL  1214 (3rd)
1985 NL  1310 (3rd)
1986 NL  1199 (5th)
1987 NL  1298 (2nd)
Career  17909 (20th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1976 NL  107 (1st)
1977 NL  106 (3rd)
1978 NL  96 (2nd)
1979 NL  146 (1st)
1980 NL  115 (2nd)
1981 NL  86 (3rd)
1982 NL  135 (3rd)
1983 NL  147 (2nd)
1984 NL  142 (1st)
1985 NL  139 (1st)
1986 NL  149 (2nd)
1987 NL  149 (1st)
Career  1682 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1976 NL  10 (5th)
1977 NL  12 (2nd)
1978 NL  10 (3rd)
1980 NL  9 (4th)
1982 NL  11 (5th)
1983 NL  13 (1st)
1984 NL  8 (4th)
Career  115 (92nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (1st)
1977 NL  7 (2nd)
1979 NL  13 (1st)
1980 NL  12 (1st)
1981 NL  8 (1st)
1982 NL  13 (1st)
1983 NL  16 (1st)
1984 NL  9 (1st)
1985 NL  14 (1st)
1986 NL  9 (2nd)
1987 NL  4 (4th)
1988 NL  2 (4th)
Career  120 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1977 NL  10.43 (4th)
1978 NL  10.39 (2nd)
1979 NL  10.41 (1st)
1980 NL  11.10 (2nd)
1981 NL  11.74 (1st)
1982 NL  11.31 (1st)
1983 NL  11.03 (2nd)
Career  10.26 (6th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1977 NL  9.87 (4th)
1978 NL  9.70 (3rd)
1979 NL  10.22 (1st)
1980 NL  10.75 (2nd)
1981 NL  11.63 (1st)
1982 NL  10.89 (1st)
1983 NL  10.87 (1st)
Career  9.73 (87th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1977 NL  .992 (5th)
1979 NL  .995 (3rd)
1980 NL  .995 (4th)
1981 NL  .997 (2nd)
1982 NL  .994 (5th)
1984 NL  .994 (5th)
1985 NL  .997 (2nd)
1986 NL  .996 (1st)
1987 NL  .993 (4th)
1988 NL  .998 (1st)
Career  .994 (36th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 NL  $1,650,000 (9th)
1987 NL  $1,800,000 (6th)
1988 NL  $1,850,000 (7th)
1989 NL  $2,000,000 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-10-20 (10th)

                                         

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (167), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 118 (170), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (251), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Wally Joyner (913)
  2. Mark Grace (912)
  3. Hal McRae (901)
  4. Joe Kuhel (900)
  5. Ken Griffey (895)
  6. Chris Chambliss (885)
  7. Cecil Cooper (882)
  8. Jose Cruz (878)
  9. Joe Judge (872)
  10. John Olerud (866)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tony Horton (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Olerud (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tony Horton (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Olerud (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Olerud (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rafael Palmeiro (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Olerud (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Olerud (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Olerud (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Olerud (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. John Olerud (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Olerud (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. John Olerud (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mark Grace (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mark Grace (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

June 15, 1983: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197723St. Louis Cardinals$60,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
197925St. Louis Cardinals$75,0001981 TSN Guide
198026St. Louis Cardinals$760,0001981 TSN Guide5 years/$3.8MM, breakdown unclear
198127St. Louis Cardinals$760,0001981 TSN Guide5 years/$3.8MM, breakdown unclear
198228St. Louis Cardinals$760,0001981 TSN Guide5 years/$3.8MM, breakdown unclear
198329New York Mets$948,6601981 TSN Guide (length); 1/15/84 NYT5 years/$3.8MM, breakdown unclear
198430New York Mets$1,673,0001/4/85 TSNRenegotiation of earlier deal with Cardinals
198531New York Mets$1,100,0003/3/86 TSN
198632New York Mets$1,650,0001986 USA Today survey
198733New York Mets$1,800,0001987 USA Today survey
198834New York Mets$1,850,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198935New York Mets$2,000,0002/27/89 TSN
199036Cleveland Indians$1,750,000USA Today
199137Cleveland Indians$1,750,000USA Today surveyOn disabled list entire year
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,936,660
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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