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Larry Herndon

Larry Darnell Herndon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 3, 1953 in Sunflower, MS
High School: Douglas HS (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1974
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants/Cardinals 1974-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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
1974 20 STL NL 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 463 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1976 22 SFG NL 115 365 337 42 97 11 3 2 23 12 10 23 45 .288 .337 .356 .693 96 120 4 2 3 0 0 *8
1977 23 SFG NL 49 118 109 13 26 4 3 1 5 4 2 5 20 .239 .278 .358 .636 70 39 4 1 2 0 1 8
1978 24 SFG NL 151 521 471 52 122 15 9 1 32 13 8 35 71 .259 .311 .335 .646 84 158 12 1 13 1 2 *8
1979 25 SFG NL 132 389 354 35 91 14 5 7 36 8 6 29 70 .257 .313 .384 .698 96 136 3 1 3 2 5 *879
1980 26 SFG NL 139 521 493 54 127 17 11 8 49 8 8 19 91 .258 .284 .385 .670 88 190 10 1 4 4 1 *879
1981 27 SFG NL 96 391 364 48 105 15 8 5 41 15 6 20 55 .288 .325 .415 .740 111 151 12 1 3 3 2 *79/8
1982 28 DET AL 157 659 614 92 179 21 13 23 88 12 9 38 92 .292 .332 .480 .812 121 295 20 1 2 4 3 *7/D
1983 29 DET AL 153 658 603 88 182 28 9 20 92 9 3 46 95 .302 .351 .478 .829 129 288 20 3 0 6 6 *7D/9
1984 30 DET AL 125 446 407 52 114 18 5 7 43 6 2 32 63 .280 .333 .400 .734 104 163 8 2 1 3 1 *7/D
1985 31 DET AL 137 479 442 45 108 12 7 12 37 2 1 33 79 .244 .298 .385 .682 87 170 9 1 1 1 1 *7
1986 32 DET AL 106 316 283 33 70 13 1 8 37 2 1 27 40 .247 .310 .385 .695 89 109 3 1 0 5 2 7D
1987 33 DET AL 89 254 225 32 73 13 2 9 47 1 0 23 35 .324 .378 .520 .898 140 117 12 0 0 6 0 79D
1988 34 DET AL 76 201 174 16 39 5 0 4 20 0 1 23 37 .224 .313 .322 .635 82 56 8 1 0 3 0 D7
14 Yrs 1537 5319 4877 605 1334 186 76 107 550 92 57 353 793 .274 .322 .409 .731 103 1993 125 16 32 38 24
162 Game Avg. 162 561 514 64 141 20 8 11 58 10 6 37 84 .274 .322 .409 .731 103 210 13 2 3 4 3
DET (7 yrs) 843 3013 2748 358 765 110 37 83 364 32 17 222 441 .278 .331 .436 .767 110 1198 80 9 4 28 13
SFG (6 yrs) 682 2305 2128 244 568 76 39 24 186 60 40 131 352 .267 .310 .373 .683 93 794 45 7 28 10 11
STL (1 yr) 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 463 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 843 3013 2748 358 765 110 37 83 364 32 17 222 441 .278 .331 .436 .767 110 1198 80 9 4 28 13
NL (7 yrs) 694 2306 2129 247 569 76 39 24 186 60 40 131 352 .267 .310 .373 .684 93 795 45 7 28 10 11

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
1974 20 STL NL 12 1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /8
1976 22 SFG NL 115 365 -3 -1 -0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 11 6 0.5 .495 .496 0.5 0.0 6 $ *8
1977 23 SFG NL 49 118 -6 -1 0 0 -0 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.3 .486 .496 -0.4 0.0 -4 $35,000 8
1978 24 SFG NL 151 521 -10 -0 -1 4 -1 -8 -0.9 15 7 0.6 .494 .494 0.1 0.4 3 $ *8
1979 25 SFG NL 132 389 -3 -0 1 -2 -3 -8 -0.8 11 4 0.3 .493 .495 0.5 -0.4 5 $ *879
1980 26 SFG NL 139 521 -7 -1 -0 -2 -4 -14 -1.6 16 2 0.0 .488 .490 0.2 -0.7 4 $ *879
1981 27 SFG NL 96 391 5 1 -1 4 -4 5 0.7 12 17 1.9 .506 .503 1.3 0.0 13 $ *79/8
1982 28 DET AL 157 659 13 -2 -2 11 -7 13 1.6 20 33 3.4 .509 .509 2.3 0.5 22 $ *7/D
1983 29 DET AL 153 658 22 2 -2 1 -8 15 1.8 20 35 3.7 .510 .510 3.6 -0.6 35 $ *7D/9
1984 30 DET AL 125 446 3 0 -1 -4 -5 -6 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .495 .496 1.1 -0.9 11 $ *7/D
1985 31 DET AL 137 479 -9 -2 -1 11 -6 -6 -0.4 15 9 0.9 .496 .496 -0.2 0.7 -2 $675,000 *7
1986 32 DET AL 106 316 -6 -0 1 9 -6 -3 -0.1 10 7 0.8 .498 .498 -0.1 0.4 -2 $687,500 7D
1987 33 DET AL 89 254 13 -1 -2 0 -5 6 0.6 8 13 1.3 .506 .503 1.3 -0.4 13 $225,000 79D
1988 34 DET AL 76 201 -4 -1 -1 0 -6 -12 -1.2 6 -5 -0.6 .484 .492 -0.6 -0.5 -6 $375,000 D7
14 Seasons 1537 5319 8 -7 -8 33 -56 -30 -2.1 161 131 13.2 .498 .498 9.7 -1.5 98 $1,997,500
DET (7 yrs) 843 3013 32 -3 -7 29 -43 7 1.7 92 100 10.2 .501 .501 7.4 -0.8 71 $1,962,500
SFG (6 yrs) 682 2305 -24 -3 -1 4 -13 -37 -3.8 69 31 3.0 .494 .496 2.2 -0.6 27 $35,000
STL (1 yr) 12 1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 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
1974 20 STL NL 1 0 1 94 1.000 1.000 .262 1.000 .334 1.000 .379 2.000 .713 463 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1976 22 SFG NL 365 257 40 4.2 93 .328 .288 .265 .337 .332 .356 .378 .693 .709 96 .511 -2.6 -0.3 .579 .142 .068 3.4
1977 23 SFG NL 118 91 10 3.0 102 .284 .239 .268 .278 .336 .358 .409 .636 .744 70 .307 -5.2 -0.5 .528 .183 .119 1.6
1978 24 SFG NL 521 383 48 3.4 91 .303 .259 .257 .311 .324 .335 .379 .646 .703 84 .401 -10.9 -1.1 .539 .161 .076 1.9
1979 25 SFG NL 389 277 43 4.2 94 .301 .257 .260 .313 .325 .384 .387 .698 .711 96 .476 -2.5 -0.2 .618 .215 .127 7.5
1980 26 SFG NL 521 392 50 3.4 93 .299 .258 .263 .284 .325 .385 .382 .670 .707 88 .407 -10.5 -1.1 .547 .166 .128 8.0
1981 27 SFG NL 391 283 46 4.4 90 .326 .288 .260 .325 .325 .415 .373 .740 .698 111 .531 3.5 0.4 .653 .206 .126 7.5
1982 28 DET AL 659 470 90 5.2 99 .310 .292 .264 .332 .328 .480 .402 .812 .730 121 .552 13.9 1.4 .726 .256 .189 15.8
1983 29 DET AL 658 450 97 5.8 95 .328 .302 .262 .351 .324 .478 .395 .829 .719 129 .608 22.9 2.2 .773 .262 .176 12.4
1984 30 DET AL 446 307 55 4.8 96 .315 .280 .263 .333 .325 .400 .396 .734 .721 104 .528 1.7 0.2 .663 .209 .120 6.5
1985 31 DET AL 479 346 50 3.9 98 .273 .244 .260 .298 .326 .385 .404 .682 .730 87 .421 -10.1 -1.0 .596 .217 .140 3.4
1986 32 DET AL 316 222 36 4.3 100 .258 .247 .261 .310 .330 .385 .408 .695 .737 89 .466 -4.3 -0.4 .636 .237 .138 3.2
1987 33 DET AL 254 170 42 6.6 102 .342 .324 .260 .378 .328 .520 .418 .898 .746 140 .626 13.8 1.3 .860 .302 .196 1.8
1988 34 DET AL 201 147 17 3.1 91 .257 .224 .255 .313 .319 .322 .384 .635 .703 82 .344 -3.3 -0.3 .549 .224 .098 .0
14 Yrs 5319 3795 625 4.4 95 .306 .274 .262 .322 .326 .409 .392 .731 .718 103 .498 7.0 0.5 .643 .215 .135 98.9
162 Game Avg. 561 400 66 4.4 95 .306 .274 .262 .322 .326 .409 .392 .731 .718 103 .498 1 0 .643 .215 .135 10
DET (7 yrs) 3013 2112 387 4.9 97 .303 .278 .262 .331 .326 .436 .401 .767 .727 110 .530 34.5 3.3 .694 .244 .158 46.2
SFG (6 yrs) 2305 1683 237 3.8 93 .309 .267 .261 .310 .327 .373 .381 .683 .708 93 .450 -28.0 -2.9 .579 .177 .106 34.3
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1 94 1.000 1.000 .262 1.000 .334 1.000 .379 2.000 .713 463 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
AL (7 yrs) 3013 2112 387 4.9 97 .303 .278 .262 .331 .326 .436 .401 .767 .727 110 .530 34.5 3.3 .694 .244 .158 46.2
NL (7 yrs) 2306 1683 238 3.8 93 .309 .267 .261 .310 .327 .373 .381 .684 .708 93 .452 -27.6 -2.8 .579 .177 .106 34.3

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
1984 30 DET AL ALCS KCR W 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .800 1.133 4 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 DET AL WS SDP W 5 18 15 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 2 .333 .444 .533 .978 8 0 0 0 0 0
1987 33 DET AL ALCS MIN L 3 10 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .444 .844 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 10 34 29 3 9 1 0 2 6 0 1 5 5 .310 .412 .552 .963 16 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 5 16 14 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .286 .375 .571 .946 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 18 15 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 2 .333 .444 .533 .978 8 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
1974 20 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1976 22 SFG NL 365 0.6% 12.3% 6.3% 4.4% 17% 1.96 7.5 168.5 14.7 1.15 79%
1977 23 SFG NL 118 0.9% 17.0% 4.2% 6.8% 31% 4.00 5.5 109.0 21.8 1.76 75%
1978 24 SFG NL 521 0.2% 13.6% 6.7% 4.8% 21% 2.03 6.6 471.0 14.7 1.36 77%
1979 25 SFG NL 389 1.8% 18.0% 7.5% 6.7% 29% 2.41 5.1 50.6 9.8 0.89 72%
1980 26 SFG NL 521 1.5% 17.5% 3.7% 6.9% 28% 4.79 5.4 61.6 10.1 1.46 76%
1981 27 SFG NL 391 1.3% 14.1% 5.1% 7.2% 27% 2.75 6.6 72.8 8.9 1.63 79%
1982 28 DET AL 659 3.5% 14.0% 5.8% 8.7% 32% 2.42 6.7 26.7 7.0 1.02 76%
1983 29 DET AL 658 3.0% 14.4% 7.0% 8.7% 31% 2.07 6.3 30.2 6.6 1.14 75%
1984 30 DET AL 446 1.6% 14.1% 7.2% 6.7% 26% 1.97 6.5 58.1 9.5 0.83 76%
1985 31 DET AL 479 2.5% 16.5% 6.9% 6.5% 29% 2.39 5.6 36.8 11.9 1.09 73%
1986 32 DET AL 316 2.5% 12.7% 8.5% 7.0% 31% 1.48 7.1 35.4 7.6 0.96 76%
1987 33 DET AL 254 3.5% 13.8% 9.1% 9.5% 33% 1.52 6.4 25.0 4.8 1.36 74%
1988 34 DET AL 201 2.0% 18.4% 11.4% 4.5% 23% 1.61 4.7 43.5 8.7 0.89 1.28 68% 17% 8.7% 37%
14 Yrs 5319 2.0% 14.9% 6.6% 6.9% 28% 2.25 6.2 45.6 8.9 0.89 1.16 75% 17% 8.7% 37%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 20 STL NL 0.5 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.1 1.30 0.4 0
1976 22 SFG NL -3.0 -0.3 393 -1.1 5.7 -6.8 1.00 -0.7 -0.5 -10.6 -1.1 0.95 -6.7 1.60 6
1977 23 SFG NL -5.2 -0.5 128 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 1.12 -0.3 -0.4 -8.4 -0.8 0.97 -5.1 1.96 5
1978 24 SFG NL -10.9 -1.1 552 -2.6 7.9 -10.5 1.10 -1.7 -0.7 -22.2 -2.4 0.98 -17.3 1.52 4
1979 25 SFG NL -2.5 -0.2 407 -0.9 6.5 -7.4 1.08 -0.2 -0.6 -6.0 -0.6 0.97 -3.6 1.48 19
1980 26 SFG NL -10.5 -1.1 542 -0.5 9.0 -9.6 1.03 -0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.94 -4.9 1.27 21
1981 27 SFG NL 3.5 0.4 419 0.4 8.0 -7.6 1.08 0.9 -0.5 4.6 0.5 0.95 8.1 1.80 4
1982 28 DET AL 13.9 1.4 685 -0.5 12.0 -12.4 1.00 0.6 -1.0 8.3 0.8 0.93 6.4 0.54 3
1983 29 DET AL 22.9 2.2 672 1.2 12.3 -11.1 .98 1.7 -0.5 25.8 2.6 0.93 18.9 1.22 5
1984 30 DET AL 1.2 0.1 461 -0.2 6.9 -7.1 .92 -0.3 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 1.00 -2.0 1.11 24
1985 31 DET AL -10.7 -1.1 488 -2.0 7.5 -9.4 1.03 -0.7 -1.2 -17.2 -1.7 0.92 -11.7 1.18 5
1986 32 DET AL -4.3 -0.4 323 -0.6 5.1 -5.7 .97 -0.5 -0.2 -4.7 -0.5 0.95 -6.5 1.42 26
1987 33 DET AL 13.8 1.3 257 1.8 5.6 -3.8 .97 1.4 0.4 11.8 1.1 0.98 12.6 1.06 21
1988 34 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 205 -0.5 3.2 -3.8 1.01 -0.6 0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.93 -5.3 2.20 17
14 Yrs 5.2 0.3 5534 -6.3 91.4 -97.8 1.02 -1.2 -5.1 -26.3 -2.9 0.95 -16.6 1.40 160

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
1974 20 STL NL 0 0 300% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0
1976 22 SFG NL 1 0 33% 181 12 10 55% 11 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 47% 21 11 9 4 3 1 9 3 6
1977 23 SFG NL 0 1 39% 49 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 29% 7 4 3 1 1 0 6 4 1
1978 24 SFG NL 4 0 33% 195 13 8 62% 12 7 1 1 0 0 4 2 7 11 51% 22 14 8 4 2 2 17 4 12
1979 25 SFG NL 3 0 25% 123 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 12 52% 18 10 8 2 0 2 7 3 4
1980 26 SFG NL 7 0 33% 152 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 15 47% 27 15 11 5 2 3 15 7 8
1981 27 SFG NL 6 0 36% 142 15 6 71% 15 5 0 1 0 0 5 3 5 8 72% 19 7 11 6 2 4 18 2 16
1982 28 DET AL 4 0 35% 219 12 9 57% 12 8 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 7 42% 26 20 6 4 1 3 22 9 13
1983 29 DET AL 8 0 32% 257 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 11 57% 39 19 19 12 3 9 16 6 10
1984 30 DET AL 6 1 32% 170 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 11 39% 37 26 11 7 5 1 13 3 10
1985 31 DET AL 5 1 25% 168 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 38% 26 19 7 6 5 1 13 4 9
1986 32 DET AL 3 0 28% 130 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 27% 16 13 2 6 3 3 4 2 2
1987 33 DET AL 3 0 26% 122 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23% 16 14 2 3 2 1 7 4 3
1988 34 DET AL 1 0 20% 72 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 15% 11 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
14 Yrs 51 3 31% 1995 92 57 62% 89 50 3 7 0 0 21 8 48 114 45% 286 183 98 62 30 31 150 52 95

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
1974 20 STL NL 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 SFG NL 365 50% 97 6 2 0 0 1.60 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 0 5 3 60% 40 4 10% 25 9 36% 179 22 12% 14 7 50% 12 6 50% 0
1977 23 SFG NL 118 58% 26 5 1 0 0 1.96 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 26 4 15% 9 5 56% 75 4 5% 1 1 100% 5 5 100% 0
1978 24 SFG NL 521 38% 122 4 2 0 0 1.52 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 20 13 65% 98 12 12% 52 18 35% 307 33 11% 22 10 45% 24 11 46% 0
1979 25 SFG NL 389 31% 91 19 7 0 3 1.48 7 0 13 4 3 2 5 0 6 3 50% 63 3 5% 33 13 39% 243 31 13% 16 11 69% 17 9 53% 0
1980 26 SFG NL 521 32% 127 21 6 1 4 1.27 8 0 14 3 5 3 5 0 4 4 100% 89 10 11% 48 16 33% 307 43 14% 29 16 55% 22 13 59% 0
1981 27 SFG NL 391 25% 105 4 0 0 1 1.80 5 0 8 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 100% 67 12 18% 28 13 46% 229 38 17% 20 13 65% 8 4 50% 0
1982 28 DET AL 659 31% 179 3 0 0 0 0.54 23 0 11 17 6 9 14 0 2 2 100% 130 20 15% 52 16 31% 399 68 17% 35 19 54% 24 15 63% 0
1983 29 DET AL 658 33% 182 5 1 0 1 1.22 20 0 9 9 11 7 13 0 0 0 123 20 16% 45 19 42% 405 73 18% 37 25 68% 29 16 55% 0
1984 30 DET AL 446 54% 114 24 7 1 3 1.11 7 0 15 3 4 3 4 0 1 1 100% 90 8 9% 43 11 26% 318 40 13% 27 15 56% 17 6 35% 0
1985 31 DET AL 479 37% 108 5 3 0 3 1.18 12 0 16 5 7 7 5 0 3 1 33% 87 9 10% 36 7 19% 276 25 9% 20 5 25% 15 4 27% 0
1986 32 DET AL 316 67% 70 26 6 3 6 1.42 8 1 6 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 69 3 4% 33 11 33% 206 29 14% 20 10 50% 12 7 58% 0
1987 33 DET AL 254 80% 73 21 8 0 4 1.06 9 0 5 1 8 7 2 0 0 0 55 12 22% 28 9 32% 187 39 21% 21 13 62% 11 5 45% 0
1988 34 DET AL 201 91% 39 1 0 17 4 0 2 2.20 4 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 36 8 22% 19 8 42% 114 16 14% 10 5 50% 11 7 64% 0
14 Yrs 5319 43% 1334 1 0 160 47 5 27 1.40 107 1 129 51 56 49 58 1 47 32 68% 973 125 13% 451 155 34% 3247 461 14% 272 150 55% 207 108 52% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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 34 DET AL 201 788 3.92 444 56% 35% 14% 20% 32% 65% 0% 36% 79% 17% 8% 17 2 21% 43 16 10% 21 10 32% 0 2 0
1 Yr 201 788 3.92 444 56% 35% 14% 20% 32% 65% 0% 36% 79% 17% 8% 17 2 21% 43 16 10% 21 10 32% 0 2 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

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
1974 20 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 463 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 463 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 127 366 338 45 98 11 3 2 23 12 10 23 45 .290 .339 .358 .697 97 121 4 2 3 0 0
1977 23 176 484 447 58 124 15 6 3 28 16 12 28 65 .277 .324 .358 .682 90 160 8 3 5 0 1
1978 24 327 1005 918 110 246 30 15 4 60 29 20 63 136 .268 .317 .346 .664 87 318 20 4 18 1 3
1979 25 459 1394 1272 145 337 44 20 11 96 37 26 92 206 .265 .316 .357 .673 90 454 23 5 21 3 8
1980 26 598 1915 1765 199 464 61 31 19 145 45 34 111 297 .263 .308 .365 .672 89 644 33 6 25 7 9
1981 27 694 2306 2129 247 569 76 39 24 186 60 40 131 352 .267 .310 .373 .684 93 795 45 7 28 10 11
1982 28 851 2965 2743 339 748 97 52 47 274 72 49 169 444 .273 .315 .397 .713 99 1090 65 8 30 14 14
1983 29 1004 3623 3346 427 930 125 61 67 366 81 52 215 539 .278 .322 .412 .734 105 1378 85 11 30 20 20
1984 30 1129 4069 3753 479 1044 143 66 74 409 87 54 247 602 .278 .323 .411 .734 105 1541 93 13 31 23 21
1985 31 1266 4548 4195 524 1152 155 73 86 446 89 55 280 681 .275 .320 .408 .728 103 1711 102 14 32 24 22
1986 32 1372 4864 4478 557 1222 168 74 94 483 91 56 307 721 .273 .320 .406 .726 102 1820 105 15 32 29 24
1987 33 1461 5118 4703 589 1295 181 76 103 530 92 56 330 756 .275 .323 .412 .735 104 1937 117 15 32 35 24
1988 34 1537 5319 4877 605 1334 186 76 107 550 92 57 353 793 .274 .322 .409 .731 103 1993 125 16 32 38 24

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
1974 20 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 12
1976 22 115 372 343 46 103 12 3 2 25 13 24 45 .300 .350 .370 .720 44 115
1977 23 49 118 110 13 27 4 3 1 5 4 5 20 .245 .284 .364 .648 11 49
1978 24 151 535 482 60 133 16 10 1 37 14 38 71 .276 .330 .357 .686 57 151
1979 25 132 398 361 39 98 15 5 8 41 9 31 70 .271 .329 .407 .736 48 132
1980 26 139 531 502 61 136 18 12 9 55 9 20 91 .271 .298 .408 .706 61 139
1981 27 145 611 566 84 174 25 13 8 72 25 33 83 .307 .345 .440 .785 86 96
1982 28 157 665 619 97 184 22 13 24 92 12 39 92 .297 .338 .491 .829 103 157
1983 29 153 671 613 96 192 30 9 21 100 9 49 95 .313 .364 .494 .858 110 153
1984 30 125 451 412 56 119 19 5 7 46 6 33 63 .289 .342 .410 .752 58 125
1985 31 137 482 445 47 111 12 7 12 39 2 34 79 .249 .304 .389 .692 53 137
1986 32 106 317 284 34 71 13 1 8 38 2 27 40 .250 .312 .387 .700 35 106
1987 33 89 254 225 32 73 13 2 9 47 1 23 35 .324 .378 .520 .898 45 89
1988 34 76 206 177 18 42 5 0 4 23 0 25 37 .237 .330 .333 .663 20 76
14 Yrs 1586 5612 5140 686 1464 204 83 114 620 106 381 821 .285 .334 .423 .757 732 1537
162 Game Avg. 162 573 525 70 150 21 8 12 63 11 39 84 .285 .334 .423 .757 75 1537

* 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

At Bats s c a p y
1982 AL  614 (6th)
1983 AL  603 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1982 AL  179 (8th)
1983 AL  182 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  288 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (4th)
1980 NL  11 (3rd)
1981 NL  8 (4th)
1982 AL  13 (2nd)
1983 AL  9 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 NL  13 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1981 NL  12 (5th)
1982 AL  20 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1982 AL  15.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 AL  470 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-11-03 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1650), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1664), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Kevin Bass (950)
  2. Bob Skinner (938)
  3. Jay Johnstone (935)
  4. Gary Ward (933)
  5. Juan Beniquez (933)
  6. Cleon Jones (931)
  7. Lee Lacy (926)
  8. Tony Gonzalez (926)
  9. Hector Lopez (924)
  10. Tillie Walker (921)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Orsulak (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hosken Powell (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Bates (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chief Wilson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Beals Becker (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cleon Jones (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cleon Jones (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ken Landreaux (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cleon Jones (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cleon Jones (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tito Francona (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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