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Bobby Higginson

Robert Leigh Higginson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Team: Tigers 1995-2005

Final Game: May 5, 2005
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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
1995 24 DET AL 131 486 410 61 92 17 5 14 43 6 4 62 107 .224 .329 .393 .721 87 161 5 5 2 7 3 *97/D
1996 25 DET AL 130 515 440 75 141 35 0 26 81 6 3 65 66 .320 .404 .577 .982 145 254 7 1 3 6 7 *798/D
1997 26 DET AL 146 623 546 94 163 30 5 27 101 12 7 70 85 .299 .379 .520 .899 133 284 10 3 0 4 2 *79/8D
1998 27 DET AL 157 686 612 92 174 37 4 25 85 3 3 63 101 .284 .355 .480 .835 115 294 16 6 0 4 2 *97/D
1999 28 DET AL 107 445 377 51 90 18 0 12 46 4 6 64 66 .239 .351 .382 .733 88 144 2 2 0 2 2 9D
2000 29 DET AL 154 679 597 104 179 44 4 30 102 15 3 74 99 .300 .377 .538 .915 135 321 5 2 2 3 6 *7D
2001 30 DET AL 147 634 541 84 150 28 6 17 71 20 12 80 65 .277 .367 .445 .813 120 241 8 2 1 9 3 *7/D
2002 31 DET AL 119 499 444 50 125 24 3 10 63 12 5 41 45 .282 .345 .417 .762 109 185 8 6 1 7 3 *7/D
2003 32 DET AL 130 539 469 61 110 13 4 14 52 8 8 59 73 .235 .320 .369 .689 88 173 12 3 1 6 3 *9/D8
2004 33 DET AL 131 531 448 63 110 24 2 12 64 5 2 70 84 .246 .353 .388 .742 99 174 10 7 2 4 5 *9D
2005 34 DET AL 10 27 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .077 .111 .077 .188 -48 2 0 0 0 0 0 /9D7
11 Yrs 1362 5664 4910 736 1336 270 33 187 709 91 53 649 796 .272 .358 .455 .813 113 2233 83 37 12 52 36
162 Game Avg. 162 674 584 88 159 32 4 22 84 11 6 77 95 .272 .358 .455 .813 113 266 10 4 1 6 4

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
1995 24 DET AL 131 486 -8 0 2 2 -6 -10 -0.8 16 6 0.6 .493 .494 0.5 -0.3 4 $109,000 *97/D
1996 25 DET AL 130 515 29 -2 1 -5 -6 17 1.8 17 34 3.4 .512 .509 3.7 -0.8 39 $170,000 *798/D
1997 26 DET AL 146 623 27 2 1 -14 -8 8 1.0 20 28 2.8 .505 .505 4.2 -2.0 42 $375,000 *79/8D
1998 27 DET AL 157 686 12 -2 -0 -6 -7 -3 -0.0 23 20 2.0 .498 .498 2.6 -1.1 26 $2,425,000 *97/D
1999 28 DET AL 107 445 -4 -2 2 1 -6 -9 -0.8 14 5 0.6 .492 .495 0.5 -0.4 4 $3,825,000 9D
2000 29 DET AL 154 679 31 5 3 -0 -8 31 3.0 22 53 5.0 .518 .517 5.0 -0.6 54 $4,425,000 *7D
2001 30 DET AL 147 634 16 -3 -1 4 -7 10 1.1 21 31 3.0 .507 .506 2.6 -0.1 27 $5,325,000 *7/D
2002 31 DET AL 119 499 4 1 0 -3 -5 -4 -0.3 17 13 1.2 .497 .498 1.6 -0.8 16 $5,850,000 *7/D
2003 32 DET AL 130 539 -8 -2 1 -2 -6 -18 -1.6 18 0 0.0 .487 .489 0.3 -0.7 2 $11,850,000 *9/D8
2004 33 DET AL 131 531 -0 2 -1 8 -6 2 0.4 18 19 2.0 .501 .501 1.1 0.3 11 $8,850,000 *9D
2005 34 DET AL 10 27 -6 0 0 1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .448 .497 -0.5 0.1 -5 $8,850,000 /9D7
11 Seasons 1362 5664 93 -2 8 -14 -66 19 3.4 187 206 20.2 .501 .501 21.6 -6.5 220 $52,054,000

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
1995 24 DET AL 486 336 57 4.5 109 .264 .224 .270 .329 .344 .393 .427 .721 .771 87 .436 -7.2 -0.7 .703 .324 .168 8.4
1996 25 DET AL 515 318 106 9.0 116 .325 .320 .277 .404 .350 .577 .445 .982 .795 145 .702 32.7 2.9 1.045 .411 .257 9.8
1997 26 DET AL 623 404 109 7.2 108 .311 .299 .270 .379 .339 .520 .427 .899 .766 133 .649 27.2 2.5 .905 .359 .222 16.6
1998 27 DET AL 686 461 103 6.0 110 .304 .284 .272 .355 .340 .480 .432 .835 .773 115 .563 13.6 1.3 .794 .299 .196 5.4
1999 28 DET AL 445 297 54 4.8 113 .259 .239 .274 .351 .346 .382 .438 .733 .785 88 .450 -5.2 -0.5 .705 .308 .143 6.0
2000 29 DET AL 679 431 127 7.9 110 .316 .300 .269 .377 .341 .538 .432 .915 .773 135 .656 32.7 2.9 .960 .382 .238 20.0
2001 30 DET AL 634 421 93 5.9 101 .284 .277 .259 .367 .325 .445 .416 .813 .740 120 .571 19.6 1.8 .805 .331 .168 18.4
2002 31 DET AL 499 340 66 5.2 98 .290 .282 .255 .345 .321 .417 .410 .762 .731 109 .523 7.8 0.7 .720 .243 .135 10.9
2003 32 DET AL 539 386 55 3.8 101 .247 .235 .259 .320 .324 .369 .415 .689 .740 88 .376 -7.0 -0.7 .620 .260 .134 10.2
2004 33 DET AL 531 356 65 4.9 104 .275 .246 .263 .353 .330 .388 .423 .742 .753 99 .473 2.6 0.2 .726 .306 .143 7.1
2005 34 DET AL 27 24 0 0.0 102 .095 .077 .265 .111 .327 .077 .420 .188 .746 -48 .000 -5.5 -0.5 .125 .038 .000
11 Yrs 5664 3774 835 5.9 107 .289 .272 .267 .358 .336 .455 .426 .813 .762 113 .556 111.2 10.0 .797 .323 .183 122.4
162 Game Avg. 674 449 99 5.9 107 .289 .272 .267 .358 .336 .455 .426 .813 .762 113 .556 13 1 .797 .323 .183 15

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
1995 24 DET AL 486 2.9% 22.0% 12.8% 7.4% 39% 1.73 3.8 29.3 9.5 0.48 0.68 61% 24% 8.0% 16%
1996 25 DET AL 515 5.1% 12.8% 12.6% 11.8% 43% 1.02 6.7 16.9 5.4 0.61 0.79 69% 22% 12.6% 12%
1997 26 DET AL 623 4.3% 13.6% 11.2% 10.0% 38% 1.21 6.4 20.2 5.4 0.64 0.80 70% 22% 10.9% 11%
1998 27 DET AL 686 3.6% 14.7% 9.2% 9.6% 38% 1.60 6.1 24.5 7.2 0.62 0.84 71% 25% 9.2% 14%
1999 28 DET AL 445 2.7% 14.8% 14.4% 6.7% 33% 1.03 5.7 31.4 8.2 0.48 0.56 68% 25% 6.7% 16%
2000 29 DET AL 679 4.4% 14.6% 10.9% 11.5% 44% 1.34 6.0 19.9 5.9 0.42 0.56 69% 28% 10.6% 15%
2001 30 DET AL 634 2.7% 10.3% 12.6% 8.0% 34% 0.81 8.3 31.8 7.6 0.51 0.66 74% 24% 6.5% 15%
2002 31 DET AL 499 2.0% 9.0% 8.2% 7.4% 30% 1.10 9.9 44.4 7.0 0.47 0.60 79% 27% 4.4% 16%
2003 32 DET AL 539 2.6% 13.5% 11.0% 5.8% 28% 1.24 6.4 33.5 9.0 0.70 0.94 72% 20% 6.5% 9%
2004 33 DET AL 531 2.3% 15.8% 13.2% 7.2% 35% 1.20 5.3 37.3 7.0 0.60 0.75 67% 17% 5.8% 9%
2005 34 DET AL 27 0.0% 18.5% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 5.00 5.2 26.0 0.50 0.46 78% 14% 0.0% 7%
11 Yrs 5664 3.3% 14.1% 11.5% 8.7% 37% 1.23 6.2 26.3 6.9 0.55 0.71 70% 23% 8.2% 13%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 1.89 5.3 31.8 7.5 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.2% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1995 24 DET AL -7.2 -0.7 506 -0.4 7.9 -8.3 .97 -0.2 -0.3 -8.9 -0.8 0.94 -4.5 1.51 14
1996 25 DET AL 32.7 2.9 530 2.3 11.0 -8.7 1.00 3.1 -0.7 34.7 3.1 0.93 31.7 2.05 9
1997 26 DET AL 27.2 2.5 650 1.8 11.8 -10.0 .95 2.3 -0.4 35.0 3.2 0.95 27.0 1.66 4
1998 27 DET AL 13.6 1.3 701 2.9 14.7 -11.8 1.00 1.7 1.2 16.3 1.5 0.89 19.6 0.77 3
1999 28 DET AL -5.2 -0.5 456 -1.6 5.9 -7.5 .93 -0.8 -0.9 -4.1 -0.4 0.89 -8.5 1.57 3
2000 29 DET AL 31.6 2.8 699 2.6 13.5 -10.8 .98 2.5 0.1 34.2 3.1 0.92 31.2 0
2001 30 DET AL 19.6 1.8 676 2.7 12.8 -10.2 .98 1.9 0.9 19.8 1.9 0.91 19.3 0
2002 31 DET AL 7.8 0.7 522 1.1 9.0 -7.8 .94 0.4 0.9 7.4 0.7 0.88 3.1 4.52 0
2003 32 DET AL -7.0 -0.7 561 -2.1 8.2 -10.3 1.04 -0.5 -1.5 -12.9 -1.3 0.89 -9.6 2.01 4
2004 33 DET AL 1.8 0.2 544 -0.5 8.6 -9.0 .99 -0.3 -0.2 3.7 0.4 0.94 -0.5 1.34 4
2005 34 DET AL -5.6 -0.6 27 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 1.03 -0.5 -0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.87 -5.5 1.54 3
11 Yrs 109.3 9.8 5872 8.2 103.4 -95.2 .98 9.6 -1.2 120.8 11.0 0.91 103.4 1.62 44

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
1995 24 DET AL 5 0 32% 161 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14 48% 24 16 8 6 2 4 12 4 8
1996 25 DET AL 3 0 27% 226 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 7 16 33% 30 21 9 5 3 2 14 8 5
1997 26 DET AL 5 0 32% 259 12 7 63% 12 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 15 49% 36 23 13 6 2 4 19 6 13
1998 27 DET AL 5 1 31% 277 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 17 46% 36 20 16 16 10 6 17 6 10
1999 28 DET AL 5 0 27% 142 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 47% 18 10 8 10 5 4 8 3 5
2000 29 DET AL 6 1 33% 262 15 3 83% 12 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 17 55% 46 26 20 8 2 5 21 5 16
2001 30 DET AL 4 1 31% 241 20 12 63% 19 10 1 2 0 0 4 4 7 15 36% 34 24 9 8 3 5 22 13 9
2002 31 DET AL 1 0 25% 168 12 5 71% 11 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 5 9 53% 24 15 9 5 2 3 16 3 12
2003 32 DET AL 3 1 30% 188 8 8 50% 6 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 12 35% 27 20 6 5 3 2 11 3 7
2004 33 DET AL 2 0 29% 208 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 41% 36 26 9 8 3 5 14 4 10
2005 34 DET AL 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 39 4 30% 2133 91 53 63% 83 42 8 8 0 3 15 12 56 132 45% 311 201 107 77 35 40 154 55 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
1995 24 DET AL 486 84% 92 9 1 14 3 0 0 1.51 14 0 14 12 2 10 4 0 3 2 67% 99 5 5% 50 18 36% 297 31 10% 26 9 35% 22 11 50% 0
1996 25 DET AL 515 84% 141 9 0 9 3 2 2 2.05 26 0 10 25 1 15 11 0 4 3 75% 102 7 7% 47 19 40% 297 58 20% 31 22 71% 16 7 44% 0
1997 26 DET AL 623 72% 163 6 0 4 2 0 1 1.66 27 3 11 20 7 16 11 1 0 0 129 10 8% 53 16 30% 386 77 20% 35 21 60% 30 18 60% 0
1998 27 DET AL 686 69% 174 36 0 3 1 1 1 0.77 25 1 7 19 6 10 15 0 0 0 143 16 11% 51 19 37% 403 65 16% 38 18 47% 28 18 64% 0
1999 28 DET AL 445 77% 90 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.57 12 0 4 10 2 8 4 0 0 0 94 2 2% 35 10 29% 270 35 13% 21 10 48% 23 11 48% 0
2000 29 DET AL 679 70% 179 8 1 0 0 0 0 30 0 11 26 4 12 18 0 3 2 67% 150 5 3% 66 20 30% 445 78 18% 45 21 47% 50 27 54% 0
2001 30 DET AL 634 69% 150 10 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 11 9 8 7 10 0 1 1 100% 105 8 8% 53 21 40% 372 55 15% 37 16 43% 31 16 52% 0
2002 31 DET AL 499 71% 125 7 1 0 0 0 1 4.52 10 0 5 9 1 6 4 0 2 1 50% 103 8 8% 38 14 37% 268 54 20% 24 17 71% 16 8 50% 0
2003 32 DET AL 539 68% 110 4 0 4 2 0 1 2.01 14 0 6 11 3 6 8 0 1 1 100% 104 12 12% 47 18 38% 285 40 14% 28 17 61% 10 8 80% 0
2004 33 DET AL 531 72% 110 3 0 4 0 0 0 1.34 12 0 15 12 0 4 8 0 3 2 67% 103 10 10% 58 17 29% 325 57 18% 34 18 53% 26 17 65% 0
2005 34 DET AL 27 89% 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.54 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
11 Yrs 5664 73% 1336 95 3 44 11 3 6 1.62 187 4 95 153 34 94 93 1 17 12 71% 1135 83 7% 500 173 35% 3363 551 16% 319 169 53% 253 142 56% 0
MLB Averages 54% 71% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%

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
1995 24 DET AL 481 1993 4.14 1144 57% 33% 15% 25% 27% 67% 1% 38% 77% 22% 5% 26 1 16% 75 36 13% 64 33 30% 5 0 0
1996 25 DET AL 499 2038 4.08 1190 58% 28% 11% 30% 31% 72% 3% 42% 85% 22% 7% 33 5 18% 89 44 10% 48 21 37% 16 0 0
1997 26 DET AL 603 2403 3.99 1374 57% 33% 10% 25% 32% 67% 1% 38% 85% 18% 7% 44 7 20% 120 54 11% 68 37 31% 20 2 1
1998 27 DET AL 688 2615 3.80 1528 58% 28% 13% 25% 34% 72% 1% 42% 82% 25% 6% 44 12 19% 134 62 11% 74 53 34% -2 0 0
1999 28 DET AL 445 1709 3.84 962 56% 32% 10% 25% 33% 68% 1% 38% 84% 19% 8% 37 4 23% 102 45 12% 55 30 35% 0 0 1
2000 29 DET AL 680 2712 3.99 1564 58% 29% 11% 28% 32% 71% 2% 41% 85% 22% 7% 47 7 20% 136 66 13% 87 58 34% -1 0 0
2001 30 DET AL 634 2487 3.92 1413 57% 30% 8% 27% 34% 70% 1% 40% 88% 23% 5% 32 6 18% 117 59 13% 80 47 43% 0 0 0
2002 31 DET AL 499 1791 3.59 1100 61% 28% 8% 27% 37% 72% 2% 44% 89% 32% 5% 26 2 16% 80 39 9% 46 34 36% 0 0 0
2003 32 DET AL 543 2088 3.85 1194 57% 34% 8% 24% 34% 66% 1% 38% 89% 20% 5% 25 5 16% 88 47 10% 55 32 49% -4 0 0
2004 33 DET AL 531 2076 3.91 1182 57% 34% 8% 27% 31% 66% 2% 37% 89% 22% 8% 44 8 19% 99 38 13% 68 36 56% 0 0 0
2005 34 DET AL 27 94 3.48 61 65% 36% 15% 15% 34% 64% 0% 41% 77% 22% 7% 2 0 15% 4 1 15% 4 4 20% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 5630 22006 3.91 12712 58% 31% 10% 26% 33% 69% 1% 40% 85% 23% 6% 360 57 19% 1044 491 12% 649 385 38% 34 2 2
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 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
1995 24 131 486 410 61 92 17 5 14 43 6 4 62 107 .224 .329 .393 .721 87 161 5 5 2 7 3
1996 25 261 1001 850 136 233 52 5 40 124 12 7 127 173 .274 .367 .488 .856 118 415 12 6 5 13 10
1997 26 407 1624 1396 230 396 82 10 67 225 24 14 197 258 .284 .372 .501 .873 124 699 22 9 5 17 12
1998 27 564 2310 2008 322 570 119 14 92 310 27 17 260 359 .284 .367 .495 .861 121 993 38 15 5 21 14
1999 28 671 2755 2385 373 660 137 14 104 356 31 23 324 425 .277 .364 .477 .841 116 1137 40 17 5 23 16
2000 29 825 3434 2982 477 839 181 18 134 458 46 26 398 524 .281 .367 .489 .856 120 1458 45 19 7 26 22
2001 30 972 4068 3523 561 989 209 24 151 529 66 38 478 589 .281 .367 .482 .849 120 1699 53 21 8 35 25
2002 31 1091 4567 3967 611 1114 233 27 161 592 78 43 519 634 .281 .364 .475 .839 119 1884 61 27 9 42 28
2003 32 1221 5106 4436 672 1224 246 31 175 644 86 51 578 707 .276 .360 .464 .823 116 2057 73 30 10 48 31
2004 33 1352 5637 4884 735 1334 270 33 187 708 91 53 648 791 .273 .359 .457 .816 114 2231 83 37 12 52 36
2005 34 1362 5664 4910 736 1336 270 33 187 709 91 53 649 796 .272 .358 .455 .813 113 2233 83 37 12 52 36

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
1995 24 147 539 457 64 99 18 5 15 45 6 67 120 .217 .318 .376 .695 55 131
1996 25 130 499 429 66 130 32 0 24 71 6 60 66 .303 .385 .545 .931 91 130
1997 26 146 619 543 91 160 29 5 27 98 12 69 85 .295 .375 .516 .890 104 146
1998 27 157 677 606 86 168 36 4 24 80 3 61 101 .277 .347 .469 .816 97 157
1999 28 107 436 372 47 85 17 0 11 42 4 60 66 .228 .337 .363 .700 46 107
2000 29 154 670 591 99 173 43 4 29 97 14 72 99 .293 .370 .526 .896 115 154
2001 30 147 639 545 88 154 29 6 17 74 21 82 65 .283 .373 .451 .824 93 147
2002 31 119 504 448 53 129 25 3 10 67 12 42 45 .288 .352 .424 .776 67 119
2003 32 130 543 472 64 113 13 4 14 54 8 61 73 .239 .327 .373 .699 58 130
2004 33 131 533 449 64 111 24 2 12 65 5 71 84 .247 .356 .390 .746 61 131
2005 34 10 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .037 .000 .037 0 10
11 Yrs 1378 5686 4938 722 1322 266 33 183 693 91 646 809 .268 .353 .446 .799 787 1362
162 Game Avg. 162 668 581 85 155 31 4 22 81 11 76 95 .268 .353 .446 .799 93 1362

* 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
2011 BBWAA ()

At Bats s c a p y
1998 AL  612 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
2000 AL  44 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2000 AL  78 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2001 AL  9 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2001 AL  12 (4th)
2003 AL  8 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
2000 AL  83.33 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1997 AL  34.99 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1997 AL  3.2 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (807), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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