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Ken Holtzman

Kenneth Dale Holtzman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 3, 1945 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1965
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Athletics/Yankees/Orioles 1965-1979

Final Game: September 19, 1979
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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
1965	19	CHC-min	A,Rk	12	30	30		7	1	0	0						.233	.233	.267	.500		8							WEN,CDW · NORW,PION
1965	19	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1966	20	CHC	NL	34	80	73	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	.123	.135	.137	.272	-24	10	2	0	6	0	0	1
1967	21	CHC	NL	12	41	35	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.200	.200	.229	.429	20	8	0	0	6	0	0	1
1968	22	CHC	NL	35	82	80	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	26	.125	.136	.138	.273	-20	11	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	23	CHC	NL	39	107	100	5	15	1	1	1	7	0	0	2	32	.150	.167	.210	.377	-0	21	1	0	5	0	0	1
1970	24	CHC	NL	40	118	105	6	21	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	22	.200	.236	.248	.484	25	26	3	0	8	0	0	1
1971	25	CHC	NL	30	75	69	4	9	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	15	.130	.164	.203	.367	-1	14	1	0	2	1	0	1
1972	26	OAK	AL	40	102	90	6	16	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	25	.178	.187	.222	.409	24	20	4	0	11	0	0	1	AS
1973	27	OAK	AL	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1974	28	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	29	OAK	AL	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	TOT	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	BAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	NYY	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	31	NYY	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	32	TOT	MLB	28	12	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	54	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1978	32	NYY	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1978	32	CHC	NL	23	12	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	54	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1979	33	CHC	NL	24	45	43	2	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.233	.267	.302	.569	49	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
15 Yrs				456	665	607	35	99	19	1	2	34	0	0	17	170	.163	.186	.208	.393	8	126	11	0	40	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	236	216	12	35	7	0	1	12	0	0	6	60	.163	.186	.208	.393	8	45	4	0	14	0	0
				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
CHC (9 yrs)				240	560	515	29	83	15	1	2	28	0	0	15	145	.161	.185	.206	.390	6	106	7	0	29	1	0
OAK (4 yrs)				159	105	92	6	16	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	.174	.191	.217	.409	24	20	4	0	11	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				216	105	92	6	16	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	.174	.191	.217	.409	24	20	4	0	11	0	0
NL (9 yrs)				240	560	515	29	83	15	1	2	28	0	0	15	145	.161	.185	.206	.390	6	106	7	0	29	1	0

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
1965	19	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1966	20	CHC	NL	34	80	-12	-1	0	0	9	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-1	$	1
1967	21	CHC	NL	12	41	-4	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$15,000	1
1968	22	CHC	NL	35	82	-10	-1	0	0	8	-2	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.1	0	$27,000	1
1969	23	CHC	NL	39	107	-14	-0	1	0	12	-1	-0.1	4	3	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1970	24	CHC	NL	40	118	-11	-0	-0	0	14	2	0.3	3	6	0.3	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	6	$	1
1971	25	CHC	NL	30	75	-9	-0	1	0	8	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$56,500	1
1972	26	OAK	AL	40	102	-6	-0	-0	0	10	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.512	.503	0.5	-0.0	7	$53,250	1	AS
1973	27	OAK	AL	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$66,500	1	AS
1974	28	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$93,000	1
1975	29	OAK	AL	39	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$93,000	1
1976	30	BAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	30	NYY	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	31	NYY	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$165,000	1
1978	32	NYY	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$165,000	/1
1978	32	CHC	NL	23	12	-1	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1979	33	CHC	NL	24	45	-2	0	0	0	5	3	0.4	1	5	0.4	.515	.502	0.4	0.0	5	$165,000	1
15 Seasons				456	665	-70	-2	2	0	73	2	0.3	21	24	0.4	.500	.500	0.3	0.4	24	$899,250
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
CHC (9 yrs)				240	560	-64	-2	2	0	63	-2	-0.1	18	16	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.3	0.2	16	$263,500
OAK (4 yrs)				159	105	-6	0	-0	0	10	4	0.5	4	8	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	0.1	8	$305,750
NYY (3 yrs)				44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$330,000
BAL (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1966	20	CHC	NL	80	72	1	0.4	97	.188	.123	.266	.135	.325	.137	.401	.272	.725	-24	.011	-12.4	-1.3	.167	.027	.014
1967	21	CHC	NL	41	34	2	1.6	94	.292	.200	.264	.200	.327	.229	.387	.429	.714	20	.158	-3.8	-0.4	.286	.029	.029
1968	22	CHC	NL	82	71	2	0.8	87	.185	.125	.260	.136	.319	.138	.366	.273	.685	-20	.055	-12.1	-1.4	.171	.025	.013
1969	23	CHC	NL	107	91	4	1.2	105	.209	.150	.274	.167	.346	.210	.406	.377	.752	-0	.090	-14.6	-1.6	.267	.080	.060	.0
1970	24	CHC	NL	118	95	6	1.7	112	.253	.200	.280	.236	.354	.248	.427	.484	.781	25	.137	-12.0	-1.2	.356	.095	.048
1971	25	CHC	NL	75	64	2	0.8	103	.148	.130	.274	.164	.342	.203	.401	.367	.744	-1	.052	-9.9	-1.1	.279	.116	.072	.0
1972	26	OAK	AL	102	89	3	0.9	79	.246	.178	.241	.187	.309	.222	.348	.409	.657	24	.074	-8.4	-1.0	.269	.056	.044
1973	27	OAK	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.322						.000	0.3	0.0

1975	29	OAK	AL	2	2	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.256	.000	.325	.000	.376	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1978	32	TOT	MLB	12	9	1	3.0	104	.400	.200	.274	.273	.344	.300	.404	.573	.747	54	.350	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.200	.100
1978	32	CHC	NL	12	9	1	3.0	104	.400	.200	.274	.273	.344	.300	.404	.573	.747	54	.350	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.200	.100
1979	33	CHC	NL	45	33	4	3.3	108	.294	.233	.280	.267	.347	.302	.416	.569	.763	49	.365	-3.2	-0.3	.455	.116	.070
15 Yrs				665	560	25	1.2	98	.222	.163	.267	.186	.334	.208	.394	.393	.729	8	.096	-77.1	-8.3	.276	.072	.044	.0
162 Game Avg.				236	199	9	1.2	98	.222	.163	.267	.186	.334	.208	.394	.393	.729	8	.096	-77.1	-8.3	.276	.072	.044

CHC (9 yrs)				560	469	22	1.3	102	.220	.161	.272	.185	.339	.206	.402	.390	.741	6	.100	-68.5	-7.3	.276	.074	.045	.0
OAK (4 yrs)				105	91	3	0.9	79	.239	.174	.241	.191	.309	.217	.349	.409	.658	24	.070	-8.6	-1.0	.275	.065	.043

NL (9 yrs)				560	469	22	1.3	102	.220	.161	.272	.185	.339	.206	.402	.390	.741	6	.100	-68.5	-7.3	.276	.074	.045	.0
AL (7 yrs)				105	91	3	0.9	79	.239	.174	.241	.191	.309	.217	.349	.409	.658	24	.070	-8.6	-1.0	.275	.065	.043

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1972	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1972	26	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	W	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1973	27	OAK	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1973	27	OAK	AL	WS	NYM	W	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	4
1974	28	OAK	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1974	28	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	.500	.600	1.500	2.100	6
1975	29	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
4 Yrs (7 Series)							13	14	13	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	.308	.357	.769	1.126	10
4 ALCS							5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 WS							8	13	12	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	.333	.385	.833	1.218	10

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1972	OAK	AL	26		DNP
1973	OAK	AL	27		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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	GO/AO	IP%
1966	20	CHC	NL	80	0.0%	31.3%	1.3%	1.3%	11%	25.00	2.9		36.5	2.92	60%
1967	21	CHC	NL	41	0.0%	26.8%	0.0%	2.4%	14%		3.2		17.5	2.43	59%
1968	22	CHC	NL	82	0.0%	31.7%	1.2%	1.2%	10%	26.00	3.1		16.0	1.19	66%
1969	23	CHC	NL	107	0.9%	29.9%	1.9%	2.8%	20%	16.00	3.1	100.0	14.3	1.10	63%
1970	24	CHC	NL	118	0.0%	18.6%	4.2%	4.2%	24%	4.40	4.8		17.5	1.37	70%
1971	25	CHC	NL	75	1.3%	20.0%	4.0%	4.0%	33%	5.00	4.6	69.0	13.8	1.35	72%
1972	26	OAK	AL	102	0.0%	24.5%	1.0%	3.9%	25%	25.00	3.6		15.0	2.16	64%
1973	27	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%

1975	29	OAK	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%

1978	32	TOT	MLB	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	8.3%	50%	5.00	2.0			1.00	42%
1978	32	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	8.3%	50%	5.00	2.0			1.00	42%
1979	33	CHC	NL	45	0.0%	20.0%	4.4%	6.7%	30%	4.50	4.8		43.0	0.92	76%
15 Yrs				665	0.3%	25.6%	2.6%	3.3%	22%	10.00	3.6	303.5	17.9	1.52	66%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.1%	8.5%	6.1%	27%	1.66	6.3	45.1	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1965	19	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1966	20	CHC	NL	-12.4	-1.3	81	-1.3	0.5	-1.8	1.02	-1.3	0.0	-12.8	-1.3	0.98	-12.9		0
1967	21	CHC	NL	-3.8	-0.4	41	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.72	-0.5	0.0	-6.4	-0.7	1.05	-5.0		0
1968	22	CHC	NL	-12.1	-1.4	82	-0.9	0.5	-1.5	.93	-1.2	0.2	-9.8	-1.1	0.95	-11.2	2.82	1
1969	23	CHC	NL	-14.6	-1.6	107	-1.7	0.6	-2.3	.98	-1.2	-0.6	-17.3	-1.7	1.08	-12.5		0
1970	24	CHC	NL	-12.0	-1.2	120	-1.1	1.0	-2.0	.80	-1.1	-0.2	-13.0	-1.2	0.94	-12.0	1.99	1
1971	25	CHC	NL	-9.9	-1.1	75	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	1.02	-0.9	-0.1	-10.7	-1.1	0.98	-9.6		0
1972	26	OAK	AL	-8.4	-1.0	102	-0.7	1.0	-1.8	.88	-0.7	-0.1	-6.2	-0.7	0.98	-6.7	6.18	1
1973	27	OAK	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.10	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	0.3	0.10	0
1974	28	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1975	29	OAK	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.34	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.22	-0.6		0
1976	30	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	30	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	30	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1977	31	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	32	TOT	MLB	-0.6	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.83	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.76	-0.8		0
1978	32	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	32	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.83	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.76	-0.8		0
1979	33	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	45	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.78	-0.2	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.93	-2.6	1.73	1
15 Yrs				-77.1	-8.3	668	-7.5	5.0	-12.5	.90	-7.3	-1.0	-80.1	-8.2	0.98	-73.7	3.18	4
				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	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	20	CHC	NL	1	0	20%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1967	21	CHC	NL	0	0	57%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1968	22	CHC	NL	1	0	36%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1969	23	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	2	1	2	2	0	3	2	1
1970	24	CHC	NL	2	0	23%	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18%	7	6	1	1	1	0	3	2	1
1971	25	CHC	NL	1	0	27%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	26	OAK	AL	4	0	35%	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1973	27	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	29	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1978	32	TOT	MLB	0	0	67%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1978	32	CHC	NL	0	0	67%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1979	33	CHC	NL	1	0	17%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
15 Yrs				11	0	29%	170	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	26%	29	22	5	3	3	0	15	8	7

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
1966	20	CHC	NL	80	18%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	50%	15	2	13%	22	4	18%	53	2	4%	7	1	14%	7	3	43%	0
1967	21	CHC	NL	41	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	8	0	0%	10	3	30%	32	2	6%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1968	22	CHC	NL	82	30%	10			1	0	0	0	2.82	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	9	0	0%	9	0	0%	55	5	9%	4	4	100%	3	0	0%	0
1969	23	CHC	NL	107	21%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	14	5	36%	28	1	4%	27	6	22%	99	6	6%	10	2	20%	3	0	0%	0
1970	24	CHC	NL	118	31%	21			1	0	0	0	1.99	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	8	62%	22	3	14%	29	5	17%	67	6	9%	5	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1971	25	CHC	NL	75	20%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	67%	13	1	8%	14	2	14%	53	4	8%	7	3	43%	1	0	0%	0
1972	26	OAK	AL	102	25%	16			1	0	0	0	6.18	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	92%	27	4	15%	24	5	21%	64	8	13%	6	2	33%	4	3	75%	0
1973	27	OAK	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1975	29	OAK	AL	2	100%	0			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

1978	32	TOT	MLB	12	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	32	CHC	NL	12	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	33	CHC	NL	45	20%	10			1	0	0	0	1.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	5	0	0%	30	1	3%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
15 Yrs				665	24%	99			4	0	0	0	3.18	2	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	67	40	60%	130	11	8%	141	26	18%	458	34	7%	42	12	29%	24	7	29%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1966	20	37	80	73	2	9	1	0	0	2	1	25	.123	.135	.137	.272	-24	10	2	6	0
1967	21	49	121	108	6	16	2	0	0	4	1	36	.148	.156	.167	.323	-10	18	2	12	0
1968	22	84	203	188	10	26	3	0	0	9	2	62	.138	.147	.154	.302	-14	29	2	13	0
1969	23	123	310	288	15	41	4	1	1	16	4	94	.142	.154	.174	.328	-9	50	3	18	0
1970	24	163	428	393	21	62	9	1	1	22	9	116	.158	.177	.193	.370	1	76	6	26	0
1971	25	193	503	462	25	71	11	1	2	27	12	131	.154	.175	.195	.370	0	90	7	28	1
1972	26	233	605	552	31	87	15	1	2	33	13	156	.158	.177	.199	.376	4	110	11	39	1
1973	27	274	606	552	31	87	15	1	2	33	14	156	.158	.178	.199	.377	4	110	11	39	1
1974	28	313	606	552	31	87	15	1	2	33	14	156	.158	.178	.199	.377	4	110	11	39	1
1975	29	352	608	554	31	87	15	1	2	33	14	156	.157	.178	.199	.376	4	110	11	39	1
1976	30	386	608	554	31	87	15	1	2	33	14	156	.157	.178	.199	.376	4	110	11	39	1
1977	31	404	608	554	31	87	15	1	2	33	14	156	.157	.178	.199	.376	4	110	11	39	1
1978	32	432	620	564	33	89	16	1	2	33	15	161	.158	.179	.200	.380	5	113	11	40	1
1979	33	456	665	607	35	99	19	1	2	34	17	170	.163	.186	.208	.393	8	126	11	40	1

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
1966	20	34	79	72	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	25	.111	.123	.125	.248	1	34
1967	21	12	42	36	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	.222	.222	.250	.472	2	12
1968	22	35	84	82	5	12	1	0	0	7	0	1	26	.146	.157	.159	.315	2	35
1969	23	39	106	99	4	14	1	1	1	6	0	2	32	.141	.158	.202	.360	3	39
1970	24	40	116	103	5	19	5	0	0	5	0	5	22	.184	.222	.233	.455	5	40
1971	25	30	74	68	3	8	2	0	1	4	0	3	15	.118	.153	.191	.344	2	30
1972	26	42	109	97	8	20	5	0	0	8	0	1	26	.206	.214	.258	.472	5	40
1973	27	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	41

1975	29	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39

1978	32	28	12	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	1	28
1979	33	24	44	42	2	9	3	0	0	1	0	2	9	.214	.250	.286	.536	3	24
11 Yrs		364	669	611	35	100	20	1	2	34	0	17	171	.164	.186	.209	.396	24	362
162 Game Avg.		162	298	272	16	45	9	0	1	15	0	8	76	.164	.186	.209	.396	11	362

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1985 BBWAA ( 1.0%) 1986 BBWAA ( 1.2%)	All-Star Games 1972 1973 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1970 NL 6.3 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1965 NL born 1945-11-03 (9th)

Hall of Fame
1985 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1986 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

All-Star Games
1972
1973 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1970 NL 6.3 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL born 1945-11-03 (9th)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Doc McJames (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Meadows (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tommy John (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rube Benton (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Guy Morton (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Drabek (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fritz Peterson (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Toney (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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